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Chicago: Labor group backs May 1 immigration rally

April 27, 2006

Organized labor linked arms with the immigration issue April 24 at a Chicago street corner with powerful symbolism. “Immigrants’ rights are workers’ rights,” Dennis Gannon said at a rally at Randolph and Des Plaines. Gannon, head...

Another racist attack in Germany

April 26, 2006

BERLIN — Racism in Germany, always a vital and bitter affair, became a central issue again when a young man of Ethiopian background was attacked late at night on April 21 at a bus stop in...

Hunger strikers at the University of Miami need your support now

April 22, 2006

Every once in a while (actually more often than that) we get an appeal from workers that makes you sit up and really take notice. The hunger strike now taking place at the University of Miami,...

U. of Miami hunger strikers hospitalized

April 21, 2006

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — As of April 19, striking University of Miami janitors were into the 16th day of their hunger strike. Student hunger strikers were on day eight. The janitors and their supporters are calling...

M1s Confidential disappoints: Revolutionary message missing

April 21, 2006

Revolutionary hip hop artists constantly face the reality of being typecast as “conscious,” which means that they may never achieve mainstream appeal. Their audience is going to consist of mainly white liberal students, not the Black...