California
L.A. county averts a strike by 55,000 workers
May 19, 2022Workers had overwhelmingly, 98 percent to two percent, authorized a strike.
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Mass march in L.A. underlines the problems of the poor
May 17, 2022Thousands descend on the city to spell out both the hardships that face the poor and the solutions to the problems.
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La Federación Laboral del Condado de Los Ángeles lanza el ‘Proyecto del Pueblo’
April 9, 2022LOS ÁNGELES—El 31 de marzo, la poderosa Federación Laboral del Condado de Los Ángeles reunió a mil trabajadores, líderes sindicales y organizadores comunitarios para su Congreso de Trabajadores 2022 en el Hotel Westin Bonaventure en el...
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L.A. County Federation of Labor launches mega mutual aid ‘People’s Project’
April 6, 2022Revolutionary Angela Davis tells Workers Congress: “The labor movement is the model of struggle for a new world. Capitalism can be defeated, colonialism can be defeated.”
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‘Zoot Suit Riots’: Culture wars in wartime Los Angeles
March 25, 2022Tovares deftly weaves the context around the resulting social upheaval, helping us understand the moral ambiguities of Los Angeles’ corrupt government, notorious police force, get-rich-quick land development schemes, and the diverse population trying to emerge from...
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