On May 15 in Milwaukee, hundreds of workers walked off the job at fast-food restaurants, including McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Old Country Buffet and Popeye’s. The strikers from across the city, after converging with community allies at the Milwaukee County courthouse, marched in the hundreds to the Grand Avenue Mall for [...]
Massive cuts in essential federal programs are being proposed by the Obama administration. The chained Consumer Price Index would affect Social Security and other benefits, while $400 billion would be taken out, over 10 years, of Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs for the poor and elderly. These efforts are purportedly connected with the [...]
“No ifs! No buts! No education cuts!” was the chant by hundreds of students from several Philadelphia public high schools who walked out of classes May 9 in a spontaneous, militant march protesting $60 million in additonal education cuts. The demonstration was organized largely through online messaging and Facebook. After twice circling City Hall in [...]
The 28th anniversary of the racist bombing of the MOVE family house in Philadelphia, which killed 11 men, women and children, was observed May 11 with an event that asked participants to consider the question: “Where were you when you learned about the May 13, 1985, bombing of MOVE?” Around 150 people, including members of [...]
Los Angeles — The prosecutor told me I had a choice: Either serve several months in prison or accept community labor for 20 days — which is really a month of work, since most folks get at least two days off a week. This seemed a little severe to me. I was arrested for protesting against Bank [...]
On Friday, May 17th, the People’s Organization for Progress will hold an informational picket at Newark’s City Plex 12 Movie Theatres for their decision to ban the critically acclaimed documentary, “Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal.” It will take place at 5:30 p.m. City Plex is located at Springfield Avenue and Bergen [...]
Taken from a May 1 audio column at prisonradio.org With a voice that seemed equal parts grit and sand, Richie Havens was an original. Although known to the industry and deejays as a folk singer, anyone who listened to him — both that magical voice and his frenetic guitar playing — knew instantly that he [...]
Organizers of the Left Forum announced on May 9 that Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera will address the conference’s closing plenary and participate in some panels. The theme of this year’s Forum is “Mobilizing for Economic/Ecological Transformation.” The LF has been a center for the struggle of ideas by people within the left movement [...]
Washington, D.C. — The Poor People’s March began May 11 in Baltimore at the site of the police killing of Anthony Anderson, Sr., an unarmed African-American, and arrived the next day in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. It was a timely action to further ignite the struggle for social justice for the poor, the workers [...]
May 15 marks the 65th anniversary of the beginning of what Palestinians and their supporters call the Nakba, “the disaster,” which followed the illegal founding in 1948 of the state of Israel, with the full cooperation of international imperialism. The founding of the Israeli state was accompanied by massacres and the forced removal through terror [...]
