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Monthly Archives: August, 2024

How Summer of Heat on Wall Street is Using Disruption to End Fossil Fuel financing

New climate campaign tests if relentless civil disobedience can stop financiers like Citi and others from backing fossil fuel industry.

Sweeps Kill! The City of Sacramento is Complicit in Homeless Deaths

Sweeps kill! As history repeats itself the city and county of Sacramento are going to allow a sweep at Camp Resolution, home to many unhoused people who live there and care for one another.

Photo Story: Protests Outside the Democratic National Convention

Photo story of the protests at the DNC shows the diversity of issues, and people from all walks of life and ages, young and old.

Outrage Grows as Democrats Silence Palestinian Voices—Echoes of 1964

Outrage is growing over the DNC leadership’s refusal to allow even one Palestinian-American to address the Convention from its main stage, in an echo of the 1964 Democratic convention.

Statement by Muslim Women For Harris/Walz on Why They are Discontinuing Their Support

Statement issued by Muslim Women For Harris/Walz on why they cannot continue their support.

We Must Pick Up the Pieces

We must pick up the piecesof the dreams our ancestors left behindwhen they fought to change the world. We must pick up the piecesof love...

‘The Democrats Have Failed the American People,’ says Student Leader at DNC Protest

A leader of Students for Justice in Palestine addresses a press conference that announces the demonstration on opening day of DNC for Palestine.

This Is What Mass Deportation Looks Like…

Trump and his Project 2025 backers envision mass deportations of immigrants if Trump is elected. Author Sarah Towle explores the real cruelty that would be involved in such deportations.

Heat Wave

A poem on the heatwave in Las Vegas.

Michael Brown Jr.’s Father Is Still Fighting for Justice and His Son’s Legacy

Mike Brown Sr. releases butterflies after four and a half minutes of silence to honor the four and a half hours Mike Brown Jr.’s body was left on the ground after he was shot on August 9, 2014.

Poor People’s Army: Protest of the Poor at the Democratic National Convention

The Poor People’s Army, a national group of poor and homeless people with a history of staging nonviolent protests, faces pressure from Chicago officials to stay away from DNC.

The Elections: To Continue the Fight for Democracy, Defeat Project 2025

The 2024 elections are probably the most consequential in our lifetimes. Defeating Trump and Project 2025 will give the millions who are fighting for a new society a little more maneuvering room to wage their struggles.

‘Our Movement Marches On,’ says Congresswoman Cori Bush

After far right super PAC's defeated Congresswoman Cori Bush in the primary, she vows to keep fighting for the people of her District.

Heat Wave

driving to workwith the window downhot breath of an angry Godspewing in my face, I feel condemned without evenbeing judged,the heat is a ubiquitous, tangible...

‘The Problem Is, There’s No Place for Anyone to Go’

States are using their budgetary power to punish communities that don’t push people off the street, including places that have more unhoused people than shelter beds, and to arrest people who don’t have a safe space to go to.

Where Do We Go, Gavin Newsom? Wood Street Commons Demands Public Land be Used for Public Good

The Wood Street Commons, a community of unhoused residents in West Oakland, is calling for immediate action to address the State’s homelessness crisis.

Why Are Anti-Abortion Forces Pushing More C-Sections?

Writer says anti-abortion forces want to remove the idea of abortion as health care in people's mind.

Eddie Canales ¡Presente! A Longtime Human Rights Activist Has Died

A tribute to Eddie Canales, a great advocate for humanity in the South Texas border region, and founder and director of the South Texas Human Rights Center (STHRC), who died July 31, 2024.

The Burn

Ninety degreesNo cooling centersWhat shall we do with?No cooling centers?Sunscreen cladWe flock to the beachesScorching bleached sandWe flock to the beaches.Deadly yet welcomeThe snow...

US Healthcare Workers Back From Gaza Tell Harris and Biden: ‘End This Madness Now’

Forty-five American physicians and nurses sent an open letter to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Jill Biden about the carnage they saw while working in Gaza.

Aggressive Sweeps Loom in San Francisco after Grants Pass

San Francisco begins brutal sweeps against people on the streets and their belongings, whether housing is available or not; a city with some of the highest rents in the nation.

‘Solidarity Can Defeat Forces of Corporate Greed,’ says UAW President at Teachers Convention

UAW President Shawn Fain says forces of solidarity can defeat corporate greed, speaking at American Confederation of Teachers (AFT) Convention.

Strategically Speaking

A discussion on speaking strategically for an agenda that stands in contrast to corporate collusion, poverty and endless wars, that gives people something to believe in.

Sonya Massey, Shot by Police in Illinois, ‘Should Be Alive Today’

One deputy in Sonya Massey’s murder was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, and official misconduct. Read the story and see the video.