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Monthly Archives: May, 2024

Free Speech, Police Brutality Among Issues Noted by Striking University Workers

University of California academic workers represented by UAW 4811 are striking. They say the UC system has failed to protect their freedom to speak and failed to keep them safe from police brutality during recent campus protests.

The Kids Are Alright!

The UCSC rally saw Palestinian flags, UAW picket signs, and chants such as "Money for jobs and education, not for war and occupation"; and "Disclose, divest."

1,000-Plus Black Pastors Call for Gaza Ceasefire

1,000 Black pastors representing hundreds of thousands of parishioners have called for President Biden to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

We Can End Poverty When We Unite

Voices of the heroic efforts of those who suffer from and fight poverty, horrors of homelessness, heartless immigrant policies, and war.

Sweeping Decision: Will U.S. Supreme Court Criminalize Being Homeless?

The Supreme Court’s decision in the case out of southern Oregon, expected in June, will broadly impact how local governments write homelessness policy in the United States.

Help Stop Water Shutoffs in Benton Harbor, MI.

Benton Harbor city officials are shutting off the water at homes; in one week more than I00 homes water was shut off.

I’m Tryna Get A Hot Dog

I'm Tryna Get A Hot Dog He sat on the low curbAcross from the entrance of the supermarketWhere boxes and cans of food crammed the...

Homelessness: Is Supreme Court OK With Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

Florida homeless advocate discusses new anti-homeless laws in Florida, and elsewhere, criminalizing those who have to shelter, including upcoming Supreme Court rulings that could impact the nation.

Immigration Project Condemns Biden’s Assault on Asylum Seekers

The Biden administration plans to propose a rule that would make it more difficult for asylum seekers to apply for asylum.

Flint is Still Broken — 10 Years Later

Hear Flint voices at the 10-Year after Commemoration of the water crisis.

USC Grad Student Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against University over Arrests

The UAW union representing about 3,000 graduate student workers at USC filed an unfair labor practice charge against the school to end campus militarization and drop charges against students and faculty.

The Distortion of Campus Protests over Gaza

Helen Benedict, a Columbia University journalism professor, describes how the right wing has used accusations of anti-semitism against campus protests to distract attention from the death toll in Gaza.

The Origins of May Day and Its Meaning for Students Today

Speech given on what happened to create the internationally known holiday of May Day, a holiday that began in Chicago, Illinois in 1886.

Shawn Fain: May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement—and the World

UAW Shawn Fain discusses a general strike in 2028 and the collective power and unity needed to win the demands of the working class.

Strawberry Workers May Day March

Photos by David Bacon of Strawberry workers parading through Santa Maria on a May Day march, demanding a living wage.  Most are indigenous Mixtec migrants from Oaxaca and southern Mexico.