“Battery workers are seizing their power!” said the United Auto Workers.
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
What the Chicano Movement can teach us about organizing Latinos today
Latino-Americans have become a major demographic bloc and a powerful force in progressive organizing. So what’ll it take to get justice?
Posted inRattling the Bars
Invest in housing, not prisons: California’s war on the homeless
Rather than treating housing as a human right and committing to large-scale construction of accessible housing, states like California are responding with police raids of homeless encampments and imprisonment for unhoused people.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
As Democrats fold to GOP on border policy, immigrants pay the price
Instead of fighting right-wing propaganda about an ‘invasion’ at the border, the Harris campaign is trying to flank Republicans on immigration—from the right. But prominent Democrats living near the US-Mexico border are urging Harris to change course.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
‘Whitewashing genocide’: How Democrats and the media kept Gaza out of the DNC
The DNC showed how the ruling establishment and corporate media work together to curate a fantasy version of reality, especially when it comes to whitewashing the Biden-Harris Administration’s support for Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
UK fascists set the country ablaze with pogroms—until anti-fascists fought back
White supremacist gangs like the English Defense League, which has ties to the IDF, have surrendered control of the streets to anti-fascist protesters.
Posted inPolice Accountability Report
First a violent arrest, then threats of the psych ward: A Utah woman’s police horror story
A woman’s bewildering encounter with law enforcement in Ogden, Utah, quickly escalated when police tackled and arrested her for failing to show ID. When she refused a guilty plea, they threatened her with involuntary psychiatric hospitalization.
Posted inWorking People
Union leaders explain why they’re demanding an end to US aid to Israel
In a letter to President Biden, seven major labor unions called for an end to US military aid to Israel, linking the genocide in Gaza to the flow of arms and funding from Washington.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Is anyone in power responsible for anything?
Gaza, AOC, Bernie, and the politics of feigned helplessness.
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Movement media organizations are coming together to build power
The Movement Media Alliance is a coalition working to build a journalism of accountability based on social justice.