Defend the Atlanta Forest. Bring Tent. March 4 – 11, 2023 #StopCopCity February 11, 2023 (occupywallst.nyc) Calling lovers and dreamers to Atlanta’s Weelaunee Forest. Stand in solidarity with forest defenders from March 4 – 11, 2023. Love the forest. Dream of stopping Cop City. “Cop City” is a project bankrolled… Continue reading
Starbucks workers in St. Anthony, Minnesota, join fellow Starbucks workers across the country in strikes to protest unfair labor practices and union busting going on at the company on Dec. 17, 2022. Photo by Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. POSTED IN ECONOMY AND INEQUALITY Amid a historic unionizing… Continue reading
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) meets with UNITE union members in support of Senate cafeteria workers on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on July 20, 2022. (Photo: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) “Right now, a Wall Street CEO who makes $30 million pays the same amount into… Continue reading
By Max Blue | Special to The Examiner Feb 13, 2023 Updated 17 hrs ago (SFExaminer.com) Students with murals at the California Labor School. Courtesy Tenderloin Museum Started in a loft on Turk Street, the California Labor School eventually occupied its own building at 240 Golden Gate Avenue, today home to SEIU… Continue reading
Netflix • Jan 25, 2023 On the court, Bill Russell was a force to be reckoned with – a champion who sacrificed himself for his teammates and love of basketball. Off the court, Bill Russell was a force in the fight for human rights – marching with the great Martin… Continue reading
In Behind the Shield, celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee. Digging deep into the history of the league, and navigating a stunning excavation of decades of archival footage… Continue reading
“The idea of reparations is a ridiculous idea. If my great-grandfather picked cotton for 50 years, then he may deserve some money, but he’s dead and gone and nobody owes me anything.” –Bayard Rustin Cambridge Union Streamed on November 10th 2022 at 20:00 in the Debating Chamber Debate Results: Prop:… Continue reading
“If you can’t say “Fuck” you can’t say, “Fuck the government.” ― Lenny Bruce Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and actor. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical… Continue reading
The New Constitution of Mexico’s Capital Inspires Badly Needed Democracy and Local Sovereignty Mexico City would be a practical improvement as California’s national capital. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. by JOE MATHEWS | FEBRUARY 25, 2020 (zocalopublicsquare.org) For more than two decades of the 19th century, Mexico City was California’s national capital. I wish it could be again. Over… Continue reading
