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Monthly Archives: May, 2018

Elections: The people light a fire under the corporate government

The American people are standing up. Teachers are striking. Students are mobilizing. The homeless are organizing. Whether the issue is water, homelessness, environmental destruction, low wages, lack of jobs, poverty, police violence and other violence, healthcare, immigrant ...

May Day 2018: Teachers say education fight is a ‘turning point’

A striking Oklahoma teacher called the mushrooming struggle around public education “a turning point.” She is right. This year we have seen sweeping, rolling statewide strikes by teachers that began in West Virginia and spread to Oklahoma, Kentucky, Tennessee ...

The aftermath of winter in Chicago: An interview with a homeless survivor

Martin, I haven't seen you all winter and you tell me that some people you know either froze to death or got their legs amputated. ...

Caring for one another

Momma Crystal comforts Alex, ahead of a threatened raid of their Dare to Care tent community in Berkeley, CA. After the raid ...

Letter to the Editor: Homeless mother tells her story

I am also homeless, a mother of an 11 year-old girl and a 23 year-old son. My son was in a car accident when he was 9, suffered ...

Elections: Government must serve the people

More grassroots candidates than ever before are running for office. Many put forth a program that “we the people” have a right to food, water, housing, healthcare and ...

We’re taking our state back, starting from the bottom up, says WV candidate

I officially began my real political activism in 2015. I was inspired by none other than Bernie Sanders. Bernie spoke to me like no ...

Message to Democrats: ‘Take responsibility for poverty and injustice’

Desiree, you were elected as an Assembly Delegate to the Democratic Party for District 4 (Yolo/Solano County in Northern California). ...

Michigan Greens to hold nominating convention in Flint

    The fourth anniversary of the Flint Water Crisis looms large as the Green Party of Michigan prepares to nominate candidates for public office at...

Bayou Bridge pipeline protests and dangerous new anti-protest law

Protesters, as in the photo above, put on crawfish costumes to emphasize the threat of the Bayou Bridge oil pipeline through a wild ...

Resistance to Mountain Valley pipeline in Appalachia is ongoing

On February 26, 2018, two tree sits were erected on Peters Mountain in Monroe County, WV in the path of the Mountain Valley ...

Why Chicago must replace water lead service lines now!

According to the City of Chicago Finance Department, water cost per 1,000 gallons has gone up 323% from 2002 to 2017. Almost ...

Water for Flint, Not Nestlé

Claiming that the water is now safe, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has launched a surprise attack ...

Water: ‘Be aware of what’s happening in small rural towns’

We have a mayor who is refusing to allow Dr. Edwards and his Virginia Tech team to come in and sample and test our wells. ...

City of Detroit to shut off water to 17,000 more homes

I’m Maureen Taylor with the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWRO). The city of Detroit has announced the next round ...

Appalachian addicts: Creating addicts and ‘treating,’ reviving and securing the next generation of addicts

Pharmaceutical companies are sure winning in the epidemic of addiction in America. We trust them since most Americans ...

The best of times or the worst of times — our choice

“It will soon be obvious that half our tasks can be done better at almost no cost by AI [artificial intelligence] and robots ...

NOW, THE RESISTANCE

In the most powerful nation
on earth, a flame
of fascistic fervor is taking hold,
fueled by privileges, corruption
and greed.

Outpouring of support for immigrants is on the rise

In April, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) conducted the largest workplace raid in the last ten years, arresting ...

U.S veterans deported. What?

The shocking story of United States veterans deported across the border to Tijuana, Mexico, is told in the video, “The Deported ...

Immigrant youth launch walk from New York to D.C. to stay home

Eleven undocumented youth and allies began a “Walk to Stay Home,” a 15-day walk from Battery Park in New York to the ...

Disability group fights electric shock treatment of autistic youth

Coming into D.C. in March, 2018, to support National ADAPT, a national grassroots disability rights organization which ...

Illinois illegally ignores needs of people for Human Services

The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) cannot serve ...

The Cry of Mother Earth

The First Ecosocialist International Convocation was held from October 31 to November 3, 2017 in the state of Yaracuay, ...

Students going hungry at colleges in California

Why is there food insecurity on the Laney College campus, when we have one of the largest Culinary Arts Departments in ...

Stop the war, help the people

With each passing day lately, humanity moves closer to another world war, and the threat of a nuclear war that could destroy the ...

Occupy the PGA: Mass demonstration in Benton Harbor, MI May 26

On Saturday May 26, 2018, Occupy the PGA to save our children!—a coalition of Benton Harbor residents, community groups ...

Why police terror? An interview with Kevin ‘Brother’ Carter

Cathleen Williams: Kevin ‘Brother’ Carter, you are a leader in keeping alive the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s ...

Fighting to save water and earth from the corporations

The articles below highlight water and environmental struggles in Flint, Detroit, Chicago, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Louisiana. With these stories we continue to ...

An awakening experience

The fear of becoming homeless crept up on me slowly. Housing security had never been an issue as I moved between nine states and two countries over the last thirty years ...

Urgent request for solidarity, support, and press at the hearing.

On Wednesday, May 9, attorneys for Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners subsidiary Sunoco will attempt to make the case at the Huntingdon County Common ...

The people of Benton Harbor win a victory against dictatorship!

In a victory for the people in the fight against naked corporate power and defending democracy, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled 6-0 that Rev. Edward ...

Joann Mae Spotted Bear Announces Presidential Campaign

Joann Mae Spotted Bear Announces Presidential Campaign By Diana Zwinak On June 6, 2018, Joann Mae Spotted Bear, seventh generation Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, whose family fought...