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Monthly Archives: October, 2019

Homeless need housing, not prison camps

  “No FEMA Camps for the Homeless!” has been a rallying cry in the streets and on social media since President Trump’s recent threat to...

Youth lead global fight for “System Change, Not Climate Change”

CHICAGO, IL — “The oceans are rising—and so are we!” That defiant chant shouted by thousands of marchers summed up the mood during the massive...

Strikes sweeping nation and globe have much in common

What do U.S. auto workers at GM, Chicago teachers and nurses, direct care provider workers in Massachusetts, Metal workers in Brazil, South African bank ...

What candidates say on healthcare, homelessness, & more

The crisis in our country is arousing millions of people to bring their demands for economic survival and a just society to the arena of the 2020 elections ...

No FEMA camps for the homeless!

I’ve said it a million times Trump’s next target is the homeless. … Sprung tents in Sacramento … the last shelter had barbed wire like prison and awful ...

Camps in the Desert?

Seemingly out of nowhere the discussion among the Los Angeles City Council, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, homeless service providers and even some ...

‘If you were homeless I would fight for you’

You say that you support the homeless people of Chicago. I don’t believe that is true. Because this past weekend we had so many police down in the park in ...

Lead is a poison and ingesting poison constitutes poisoning

On August 29, over a dozen women dressed in white painter suits with a bright red broken heart confronted the Hurley Hospital Board of Managers ...

Global Climate Strike: ‘Unite behind the science’

Sailing under the banner “Unite Behind the Science”, Greta Thunberg brought her enthusiasm and leadership to the UN Climate Summit and the September ...

‘The climate crisis connects us’

I am from the Xakriabá people in Brazil. I am here today representing the more than 25 million indigenous and traditional communities from the ...

Building a movement to save Earth and humanity

“We should be building an unstoppable movement of the world’s people that crosses all boundaries, united in a commitment to create a world that truly works for all ...

An open letter from fighter against Mountain Top Removal coal mining

Below are a few excerpts from an Open Letter by Maria Gunnoe, a 2009 Goldman Prize winner who has been the fight for a safe environment in Appalachia ...

‘Everyday regular people are going to make the difference’

In October, Lakota youth activist Tokata Iron Eyes and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke at rallies in Native American country in South Dakota ...

Truth is a spark

Truth is a spark. To the torch of freedom, Warriors Throw your spears burnin ...

Alex Sanchez: a beacon of hope for youth

“My parents left me and my brother in El Salvador for five years, and at the age of seven, I was reunited with people who said they were my parents ...

Life was perfect until it wasn’t

Life was perfect until it wasn’t. What I mean is that everything until that year seemed to go according to the natural laws of “life.“ I had two ...

What the GM strike means for America today

The Santita Jackson Show, WCPT-820 AM in Chicago, interviewed Sheilah Garland, retired National Nurses United Political Organizer about the ...

Unite with our brothers and sisters across borders, says GM striker

A strike against General Motors is but one battle in what is a much bigger class war waged against “US” by owners of society. To paraphrase Walter ...

International solidarity with GM strikers

A GM worker in Silao, Mexico sent a recording to GM workers in the US that said, “We are organizing to collaborate for the...

Down the deepest well of lies

Down the deepest well of lies I dropped a few stones making a small splash – Suzanne McDonald

Stop the attacks on migrants!

Attacks on migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border and inside the U.S. are increasingly vicious. The pro-migrant/immigrant movement is also gaining strength ...

Resisting the attacks on migrants

“Media suddenly discovered El Paso after the killings, but it has been like this for years. What is different today is the level of militarism by the ...

Unity movement to free the wrongfully convicted confronts police ire

On August 2, more than 50 supporters from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) and Innocent Demand Justice (IDJ) ...

Nurses strike to defend the safety of their patients

On Sept. 20, some 2,200 nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) carried out a one-day strike. The nurses, represented by National ...

Women janitors and farmworkers unite

Women of all backgrounds and trades have been fighting for equality in the workplace for generations. Much progress has been made, but as we say, the ...

American Cry

In my vision I saw a small child wrapped in a blanket with a cup

We can’t allow Benton Harbor High School to close

Let the truth be told in the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan, a small city just beside Lake Michigan. The land is so valuable that Whirlpool, the dominant ...

Chicago teachers approve strike

In late September, 94% of the teachers authorized the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) to strike. This photo at Hearst Elementary shows support staff from SEIU ...

You are critical to this paper’s future

Make the People’s Tribune October fund drive a success Our country and the world are in crisis, and this has aroused people to build unity in the fight for a new society that ...

House homeless people in housing now

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