Strikes, protests hit retail giant nationwide Protesters gathered at hundreds of Walmart stores across the country on Nov. 23, or “Black Friday,” the heaviest shopping day of the year, to support Walmart workers on strike for better wages and working conditions. In Oakland, Calif., the protest began even earlier, at 10 p.m. on Thursday. [...]
Secaucus, N.J. — The capitalist 1% class is trembling at the specter of a union victory at Walmart, the largest multinational corporation in the world. On Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, shoppers did not just find cheap goods. They encountered some class truth. In more than 1,000 stores in 46 states, a [...]
Excerpted from a talk by Dante Strobino, an organizer with United Electrical Workers, at the WWP National Conference on Nov. 17. He was in Elwood, Ill., during the Walmart workers’ strike and rally. Walmart, the world’s largest private sector employer, has been entirely union-free in the United States since its founding in Arkansas 50 years [...]
Hundreds of Native people and their supporters gathered in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 22 to commemorate the 43rd annual National Day of Mourning — a protest of the “Thanksgiving” holiday. Moonanum James detailed the history of the NDOM, saying that “the Pilgrims and Native people certainly did not live happily ever after.” Indigenous speakers described [...]
From greetings sent by Leonard Peltier, imprisoned leader of the American Indian Movement, to the Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 22. I’m saddened that we have to call this a Day of Mourning, but we must take every opportunity to remind this nation when it comes to keeping its word about treaties, [...]
Indigenous people and their supporters gathered in Emeryville, Calif., on Nov. 23 at the site of the Emeryville Shellmound, the oldest and largest shellmound burial site of the Ohlone people. The annual event here is in protest of a shopping mall that has been built on top of the sacred shellmound, destroying and desecrating it. [...]
A cease-fire agreement went into effect in battle-scarred Gaza on Nov. 21. After a week of heavy bombing raids and missile attacks by the Israeli armed forces that killed more than 160 Palestinians and wounded over 1,000, mainly civilians, Israel and the elected Hamas government of Gaza agreed to end hostilities. The government of Egypt, [...]
Within days of the start of Israel’s latest aerial offensive on the imprisoned people of the Gaza Strip, solidarity protests with the Palestinian people were held in over 300 cities worldwide. Demonstrations have continued since the Nov. 21 cease-fire agreement. From New York to Chicago to Los Angeles, protests in the U.S. were marked by [...]
Mass protests erupted across Egypt following President Mohamed Morsi’s Nov. 22 announcement of a series of decrees that would further consolidate his administration’s power over areas of law, the judiciary and the constitution. On Nov. 26, he met with leaders of the Supreme Judiciary Council in Cairo in an attempt to calm the atmosphere on [...]
Sometimes a trial will throw a light upon the injustices inherent in an entire society. Such a trial is the one scheduled for February 2013 that puts Army Pfc. B. Manning — a whistle-blower and a true friend of peace and justice — in danger of life imprisonment. Imperialism is a social and economic system [...]
Strikes, protests hit retail giant nationwide Protesters gathered at hundreds of Walmart stores across the country on Nov. 23, or “Black Friday,” the heaviest shopping day of the year, to support Walmart workers on strike for better wages and working conditions. In Oakland, Calif. […]
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