activism
All out for five-day push to free Cuban 5
May 29, 2013The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 has been organizing events in Washington D.C. and around the country to up pressure to "Free the Five" with the next one coming up starting Friday,...
Read moreOhio unions remain vigilant against anti-worker blitz
May 21, 2013"The right-wingers are out to destroy unions because we are the only line of defense workers have. Without unions, nobody is there to stop the corporate power-grab!"
Read moreToday in labor history: Congress passes notorious Sedition Act
May 16, 2013On May 16, 1918, Congress passed the Sedition Act, leading to the arrest, imprisonment, execution and deportation of dozens of unionists, anarchists and communists.
Read moreAmericans ride to free the Cuban Five
May 15, 2013On Sunday, May 5, two Americans rode their bikes in a 40-mile ride that passed through over 20 different towns in the area of Lake Como, Italy.
Read moreNew York public housing residents protest increased fees
May 15, 2013Matthew Hendricks, a resident of the Lower East Side's Smith Houses, described NYCHA subcontractors as "incompetent" and typical of "indifference to residents of public housing."
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