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Dr. Liz Theoharis of the Poor People’s Campaign discusses the role of media in suppressing the working class movement—an...
03/28/2023
The media amplifies bigotry but ignores working class organizing. That's by design.

Dr. Liz Theoharis of the Poor People’s Campaign discusses the role of media in suppressing the working class movement—and how stories of people fighting back can be used to inspire others.

Dr. Liz Theoharis of the Poor People's Campaign discusses the role of media in suppressing the working class movement—and how stories of people fighting back can be used to inspire others.

Former Baltimore Black Panther and 44-year political prisoner Eddie Conway passed away on Feb. 13, 2023. Eddie’s family ...
03/27/2023
A tribute to the revolutionary life of Marshall 'Eddie' Conway

Former Baltimore Black Panther and 44-year political prisoner Eddie Conway passed away on Feb. 13, 2023. Eddie’s family and coworkers reflect on his life and example.

Former Baltimore Black Panther and 44-year political prisoner Eddie Conway passed away on Feb. 13, 2023. Eddie's family and coworkers reflect on his life and example.

“This is all so inspiring—and at the same time, so dreadful to know that all these forces have been silent for so long o...
03/27/2023
While silent on apartheid, Israelis protest Netanyahu firing minister who urged halt to judicial coup

“This is all so inspiring—and at the same time, so dreadful to know that all these forces have been silent for so long on apartheid. Silent, or actively participating and profiting from it,” said one Israeli journalist.

"This is all so inspiring—and at the same time, so dreadful to know that all these forces have been silent for so long on apartheid. Silent, or actively participating and profiting from it," said one Israeli journalist.

In Feb., veteran journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh dropped a bombshell report detailing how President J...
03/26/2023
Did the US Navy destroy the Nord Stream pipelines?

In Feb., veteran journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh dropped a bombshell report detailing how President Joe Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines.

Seymour Hersh, the journalist who uncovered the Mỹ Lai Massacre and torture at Abu Ghraib says America detonated the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. The response from corporate media has been stunning.

For a variety of sordid and explicitly racist reasons, agricultural workers in the US were deliberately exempted from th...
03/26/2023
Farmworkers in Florida are marching against slave conditions

For a variety of sordid and explicitly racist reasons, agricultural workers in the US were deliberately exempted from the provisions circumscribed by the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. To this day, workers in this industry remain some of the most exploited and underrepresented across the workforce.

Starting on March 14, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers will lead a 5-day march to protest abuses in the farming industry and to compel companies like Wendy’s and Kroger to join the Fair Food Program.

As more states and districts around the country push for legalization, the cannabis industry has exploded in recent year...
03/25/2023
Meet the Teamsters unionizing the cannabis industry

As more states and districts around the country push for legalization, the cannabis industry has exploded in recent years, but the vast majority of cannabis workers are not reaping the benefits of the booming profits.

As legalization spreads, profits in the cannabis industry are exploding, but the workers who make the industry run report low pay, overwork and burnout, and disrespect from management. That’s why these organizers are fighting to unionize cannabis workers.

Not only have none of the hawks who promoted, cheerled, or authorized the criminal invasion of Iraq ever been held accou...
03/25/2023
US Media’s Iraq War Pushers 20 Years On: Where Are They Now? Rich and Influential.

Not only have none of the hawks who promoted, cheerled, or authorized the criminal invasion of Iraq ever been held accountable, they’ve since thrived: they’ve found success in the media, the speaking circuit, government jobs, and cushy think tank gigs, and they currently occupy the Oval Office.

It’s not just that media figures who sold the most devastating war crime of the 21st century never faced any professional consequences—they’re more powerful and influential now than ever.

“If you think the U.S. needs a TikTok ban and not a comprehensive privacy law regulating data brokers, you don’t care ab...
03/24/2023
US Progressives Stand Against 'Xenophobic' TikTok Ban

“If you think the U.S. needs a TikTok ban and not a comprehensive privacy law regulating data brokers, you don’t care about privacy, you just hate that a Chinese company has built a dominant social media platform,” said one digital rights campaigner.

US efforts to ban TikTok were denounced by activists and lawmakers as motivated by "anti-China" sentiments rather than privacy concerns.

Thousands demonstrate in front of White House to demand an end to the US war machineOver 200 organizations participated ...
03/24/2023

Thousands demonstrate in front of White House to demand an end to the US war machine

Over 200 organizations participated in a rally and march this weekend to fight for peace in Ukraine and an end to US escalation.

With public safety front and center in Chicago’s runoff mayoral election, Brandon Johnson, a public school teacher, has ...
03/23/2023
Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson's plan to reduce violence and rein in the police at the same time

With public safety front and center in Chicago’s runoff mayoral election, Brandon Johnson, a public school teacher, has emerged as a powerful contender against police union-backed candidate Paul Vallas.

With public safety front and center in Chicago's runoff mayoral election, Brandon Johnson, a public school teacher, has emerged as a powerful contender against police union-backed candidate Paul Vallas.

The economizing logic of neoliberalism doesn’t just undermine democracy—it makes democratic institutions and culture una...
03/22/2023
Wendy Brown: Neoliberalism's anti-democratic stealth revolution

The economizing logic of neoliberalism doesn’t just undermine democracy—it makes democratic institutions and culture unable to function at all.

The economizing logics of neoliberalism are not just corrosive to democracy, but render its institutions and culture non-functional.

100 workers from five different unions walked off the job last October after the paper’s management, Block Communication...
03/22/2023
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's half-year strike

100 workers from five different unions walked off the job last October after the paper’s management, Block Communications, cut off their healthcare.

100 workers from five different unions walked off the job last October after the paper's management, Block Communications, cut off their healthcare.

03/22/2023
60,000 strike in Barcelona for International Women’s Day

In Barcelona, Catalonia, 60,000 women took to the streets for a one-day general strike called by Spanish union CGT on International Women’s Day. Women workers united across sectors to demand fair pay, an end to workplace discrimination, and migrant justice.

As the national spotlight from Norfolk Southern’s train wreck fades, residents of East Palestine are left to navigate se...
03/21/2023
6 weeks later: The state of East Palestine, Ohio from the eyes of a local

As the national spotlight from Norfolk Southern’s train wreck fades, residents of East Palestine are left to navigate serious health and safety concerns with little to no government support.

As the national spotlight from Norfolk Southern's train wreck fades, residents of East Palestine are left to navigate serious health and safety concerns with little to no government support.

Kathy Randels’s one-woman play, ‘The Road to Damascus’, explores white complicity in the prison system through fairy tal...
03/20/2023
'The Road to Damascus' uses theater to confront white supremacy

Kathy Randels’s one-woman play, ‘The Road to Damascus’, explores white complicity in the prison system through fairy tales and biblical allusions.

Kathy Randels's one-woman play, 'The Road to Damascus', explores white complicity in the prison system through fairy tales and biblical allusions.

Did the US Navy destroy the Nord Stream pipelines?Seymour Hersh, the journalist who uncovered the Mỹ Lai Massacre and to...
03/20/2023

Did the US Navy destroy the Nord Stream pipelines?

Seymour Hersh, the journalist who uncovered the Mỹ Lai Massacre and torture at Abu Ghraib says America detonated the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. The response from corporate media has been stunning.

The death of an unarmed man who was subjected to a controversial form of police restraint has been ruled a homicide by a...
03/19/2023
Death of unarmed North Carolina man under police restraint ruled a homicide; police would not release body camera footage to assist with autopsy

The death of an unarmed man who was subjected to a controversial form of police restraint has been ruled a homicide by a North Carolina State medical examiner. However, the post-mortem examination was hampered by the refusal of police to release body camera footage.

Police in Fletcher, NC, tased Christopher Robert Hensley twice and sat on him for four minutes. Body camera footage was not shared with medical examiners, who ruled Hensley’s death a homicide.

For nearly 40 years, Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement has been fighting the concentration of landownership among the ...
03/19/2023
Life inside the MST landless workers' movement in Brazil

For nearly 40 years, Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement has been fighting the concentration of landownership among the country’s elite through the direct occupation and settlement of fallow lands. Founded at the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship, thee now have settlements and occupations throughout the nation.

For nearly 40 years, Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST) has been fighting the concentration of landownership among the country's elite through the direct occupation and settlement of fallow lands.

"Even before the pandemic, companies purposefully short staffed themselves to save on labor costs—just look at the situa...
03/18/2023
What the bosses and boss-loving pundits get wrong about 'quiet quitting'

"Even before the pandemic, companies purposefully short staffed themselves to save on labor costs—just look at the situation on the railroads, in healthcare, in education, etc. That is to say, pushing people to the brink is a feature of our economic system, not a bug."

Recent pieces decrying 'quiet quitting' in the Wall Street Journal and other outlets just expose how corporate media writes for the interests of the ruling class, not workers.

Last year, over half of the 72 activists murdered in Mexico were Indigenous. Many others were lawyers or human rights ac...
03/18/2023
Indigenous Mexicans risk their lives to defend the environment from organized crime and 'insatiable, predatory' transnational corporations

Last year, over half of the 72 activists murdered in Mexico were Indigenous. Many others were lawyers or human rights activists supporting their struggles.

In a nation where much of the land is still communal property, US, Canadian, and European corporations are partnering with cartels to seize land and resource rights through terror and violence against Indigenous communities and activists.

Seymour Hersh, the journalist who uncovered the Mỹ Lai Massacre and torture at Abu Ghraib says America detonated the Nor...
03/17/2023
Did the US Navy destroy the Nord Stream pipelines?

Seymour Hersh, the journalist who uncovered the Mỹ Lai Massacre and torture at Abu Ghraib says America detonated the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. The response from corporate media has been stunning.

A SWAT team illegally raided Indiana resident Chris Reiter’s home in 2020, severely injuring his girlfriend. Reiter has ...
03/17/2023
Cops illegally raided his house. This is what happened when he fought back

A SWAT team illegally raided Indiana resident Chris Reiter’s home in 2020, severely injuring his girlfriend. Reiter has since dedicated his life to holding police accountable, and was recently jailed for his efforts.

A SWAT team illegally raided Indiana resident Chris Reiter's home in 2020, severely injuring his girlfriend. Reiter has since dedicated his life to holding police accountable, and was recently jailed for his efforts.

Farmworkers in Florida are marching against slave conditionsStarting on March 14, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers wil...
03/16/2023

Farmworkers in Florida are marching against slave conditions

Starting on March 14, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers will lead a 5-day march to protest abuses in the farming industry and to compel companies like Wendy’s and Kroger to join the Fair Food Program.

As legalization spreads, profits in the cannabis industry are exploding, but the workers who make the industry run repor...
03/15/2023
Meet the Teamsters unionizing the cannabis industry

As legalization spreads, profits in the cannabis industry are exploding, but the workers who make the industry run report low pay, overwork and burnout, and disrespect from management. That’s why these organizers are fighting to unionize cannabis workers.

Facing burnout from overwork, mistreatment from managers, and a cost of living crisis that is pummeling working people, ...
03/15/2023
Inside the UK’s first Amazon strike

Facing burnout from overwork, mistreatment from managers, and a cost of living crisis that is pummeling working people, Amazon workers at a warehouse in Coventry are making history and striking for higher wages.

Marc Steiner interviews Dan Berger, author of ‘Stayed on Freedom: the Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s J...
03/15/2023
'Black Power was the height of expression of love': A deeply personal struggle for Black liberation

Marc Steiner interviews Dan Berger, author of ‘Stayed on Freedom: the Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s Journey’, along with Dr. Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons, whose stories are featured in the book.

Marc Steiner interviews Dan Berger, author of 'Stayed on Freedom: the Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey', along with Dr. Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons, whose stories are featured in the book.

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Dr. Liz Theoharis of the Poor People’s Campaign discusses the role of media in suppressing the working class movement—and how stories of people fighting back can be used to inspire others.
The spectacle of frenzied tech bros gave us all a good laugh, but the bailout and rebound to come will only harm labor in the end, notes author Malcolm Harris.
Former Baltimore Black Panther and 44-year political prisoner Eddie Conway passed away on Feb. 13, 2023. Eddie’s family and coworkers reflect on his life and example.
“This is all so inspiring—and at the same time, so dreadful to know that all these forces have been silent for so long on apartheid. Silent, or actively participating and profiting from it,” said one Israeli journalist.
In Feb., veteran journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh dropped a bombshell report detailing how President Joe Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines.
For a variety of sordid and explicitly racist reasons, agricultural workers in the US were deliberately exempted from the provisions circumscribed by the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. To this day, workers in this industry remain some of the most exploited and underrepresented across the workforce.
As more states and districts around the country push for legalization, the cannabis industry has exploded in recent years, but the vast majority of cannabis workers are not reaping the benefits of the booming profits.
Not only have none of the hawks who promoted, cheerled, or authorized the criminal invasion of Iraq ever been held accountable, they’ve since thrived: they’ve found success in the media, the speaking circuit, government jobs, and cushy think tank gigs, and they currently occupy the Oval Office.
The push by Republicans and industry lobbyists to roll back child labor laws in states like Arkansas, Iowa, and Ohio are part of a larger attack on workers and the federal government’s ability to enforce labor standards.
Over 150 journalists have been assassinated in Mexico since 2000. Behind the killings is a nexus of corruption and violence that links organized crime, police, and government.
“If you think the U.S. needs a TikTok ban and not a comprehensive privacy law regulating data brokers, you don’t care about privacy, you just hate that a Chinese company has built a dominant social media platform,” said one digital rights campaigner.
A routine encounter with a Weymouth, Massachusetts, police officer led to an aggressive arrest ending with life changing charges against an innocent motorist.
Thousands demonstrate in front of White House to demand an end to the US war machine

Over 200 organizations participated in a rally and march this weekend to fight for peace in Ukraine and an end to US escalation.
British tanks gifted to Ukraine will come equipped with controversial depleted uranium rounds.
With public safety front and center in Chicago’s runoff mayoral election, Brandon Johnson, a public school teacher, has emerged as a powerful contender against police union-backed candidate Paul Vallas.
Over 200 organizations participated in a rally and march this weekend to fight for peace in Ukraine and an end to US escalation.
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