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Monthly Archives: November, 2021

Lesson of Virginia:Will our elected officials defend democracy?

Mainstream media have declared that the Democrats losing the Virginia governor’s race means the Democratic Party should isolate progressives and be more “moderate” in...

Glasgow: Indigenous youth demand immediate climate action

At the United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow (known as the #COP26 conference), Vanessa Nakate, a 24-year-old climate activist from Uganda, warned that, “Commitments...

Believe the climate science, this is code red for humanity

When we think about the future of climate change, we have to realize that the future is not too far off. The truth is...

Infrastructure and Build Back Better Bills: Some for the people, a lot for the corporations

As this is being written, President Biden has signed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law. Now progressive lawmakers and...

Community demands public officials insure every Benton Harbor, MI resident has safe water

BENTON HARBOR, MI — Let the truth be known. It is simple matter of law that the people of Benton Harbor, Michigan deserve safe...

Communities fight for THEIR Covid Relief Dollars

Editor’s Note: Below are voices from the fight going on in cities and states across the country for where the $1.9 trillion Covid Relief...

We Cannot Live with COVID Anymore: It’s the People’s Mission

CHICAGO, IL — We don’t have to live like this. We don’t have to die like this. We don’t have to fear going to...

Miami’s Vice is anti-homeless barbarism

MIAMA, FL — A phrase, a name, the mention of a city can conjure meanings that come to mind automatically. If that city happens to...

‘We too might join the homeless!’City pressures owner to evict disabled woman encamped at unused sheltered doorway

This is a letter that I sent to Jay Caspian Kang, opinion writer for the New York Times, who sends out a newsletter, often...

“No Plan to Humanely Solve”: City ordinance forces people into the growing tent camps of Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ, CA — Margaret stands before the Food Not Bombs meal clearly in shock. Her vehicular home was towed. She has lost everything...

Razor Wire – Pogrom Ready

Razor wire like “freedom” Was designed to rip the arses Of the poor and underclasses. Razor wire outshines napalm Allays all anxiety and doubt The affluent kept safe the indigent kept out.

Militarized border communities are forcing migrants to take dangerous routes in hostile terrain

Editor’s note: In an opinion piece published on September 27, 2021 in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Pedro Rios a human rights advocate with the...

The long, hard road of the courageous Haitian migrantsNorthward Bound: In Transit through Central America

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by our sister publication, the Tribuno del Puelo at www.tribunodelpueblo.org/ While we were all surprised by 15,000 Haitian...

Two murder trials: Excusing vigilantes and white supremacist killers endangers democracy

Editor’s Note: As this edition of the People’s Tribune was being posted, the verdict had just been rendered in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial. The...

The ‘Great Resignation’, ‘Worker Uprising’, and ‘Striketober’: What is happening?

In August we saw 4.3 million U.S. workers, almost 3 percent of the entire American workforce, quit their jobs, according to the Bureau of...

An incarcerated person says why we need reparationsResponse to reparations hearing

Thank you for acknowledging this letter. As an incarcerated person of a continuous three decades, and from an intersectionality of marginalized groups, I wanted...

Austin voted and said, ‘No Way Prop A’

Editor’s note:  This article by Chas Moore, Executive Director of the Austin Justice Coalition was originally published at www.AustinJustice.org and is reprinted here with...

Two Paths ForwardDivision, war and misery or cooperation with one another and harmony with Mother Earth

This article was published in the Tribuno del Pueblo at http://www.tribunodelpueblo.org/2021/10/two-paths-forward-division-war-and-misery-or-cooperation-with-one-another-and-harmony-with-mother-earth/ Times such as these sorely try women’s and men’s souls: Chaos, division, hate, police killings,...