Baltimore

Striking Walmart workers, supporters converge on company headquarters

Walmart workers across the United States resumed their strike at the end of May and began caravaning toward Bentonville, Ark.,…

June 3, 2013

Poor People’s March says: Ignite class struggle

Washington, D.C. — The Poor People’s March began May 11 in Baltimore at the site of the police killing of…

May 15, 2013

Day 2: March arrives in D.C., sets new goals for struggle

Washington, D.C. — The second day of the Poor People’s March for Jobs and Justice, May 12, began with excitement as…

May 12, 2013

Day 1: Marchers defy police presence at Walmart

U.S. Route 1, south of Baltimore Within hours of the start of the Poor People’s Campaign and March, which headed…

May 11, 2013

March for jobs and justice from Baltimore to D.C. May 11-12

The following is a May 9 national press release.   Baltimore, Md. — On Saturday, May 11, 2013, community, civil…

May 9, 2013

Poor People’s March highlights police terror

A recent report from the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement concludes that Black people in the U.S. face a crisis in…

May 8, 2013

Poor People‘s March for jobs, justice

‘Ignite revolution Dr. King called for’ The following press statement was released by Witherspoon, president of the Baltimore chapter of…

May 7, 2013

Momentum grows for May 11 Poor People’s March

A march to uphold the legacy of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, by protesting for jobs, racial and economic justice,…

April 23, 2013

Números mágicos no pueden ocultar la crisis de desempleo

El informe mensual de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales (BLS por las siglas en inglés), la inminente amenaza del “secuestro”…

April 17, 2013

Poor People’s March to revive Martin Luther King’s revolutionary heritage

Forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stunned the nation when he called for a poor people’s…

April 7, 2013