Saturday, May 27, 2023

Tag: protest

University of California workers lead largest academic strike in US history

Academic workers at the University of California system are on strike for better working conditions — with other universities joining.

Poor People’s Campaign readies ‘massive, nonviolent’ effort to save democracy

"The path to electoral victory in this country goes through the 140 million poor and low-income people."

Trump-appointed judge sides with cops who brutalized DAPL protesters

A decision that critics have characterized as a tacit endorsement of the violent repression of climate justice advocates.

How one organization is keeping the spirit of Occupy Wall Street...

Occupy Wall Street changed the world and how people articulated their grievances, but it did not last long enough to seize upon its own victories.

Extinction Rebellion blockade Central London street to kick off Fortnight of...

Activists have blocked Garrick Street by attaching themselves to a van parked across the road.

Hundreds arrested at Line 3 ‘treaty people gathering.’ Water protectors vow...

Even after the mass arrests on Monday, the Anishinaabe and their allies camped out at the site and plan to continue their direct action.

‘This is horrendous’: US military confirms bayonets were issued to troops...

"It is difficult for us to imagine a circumstance which could necessitate or justify the deployment of bayonets against American civilians."

A mass uprising is here, protect it from the ruling class

We must continue to protest, be non-compliant with the power structure, defy the opposition’s tactics, support each other’s needs, and build alternative structures.

Nationwide uprising against failed state triggered by police killings

To achieve the changes we need, people must stay in the streets and connect the problems we face to the demand for systemic changes.

An uprising was inevitable

"Being Black in this country means being at war on every front in every space at every moment."

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How workers in the South are defying history

The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them.

Among the GOP’s debt ceiling hostages? Social Security payments for oldest Americans

"The choice facing the executive branch is clear: Act or default; act or increase the suffering of millions; act or go into economic tailspin."

The surprising pervasiveness of American arrogance

We Americans are all beneficiaries of exceptionalism, even those of us who decry its corrosive impact.

Fast fashion pollutes the Atacama Desert in Chile

With nearly 60,000 tons of unsold clothes arriving globally from Europe, Asia and North America to the port town of Iquique, about 39,000 tons of fast fashion ends up in the landfill in the desert.

Supreme Court’s ruling on humane treatment of pigs could catalyze a wave of new...

While the ruling was fractured and reflected complex legal questions, it is a major victory for those working to improve farm animal welfare.