Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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U.S.
‘People’s Filibuster for Gun Safety’ launched as Supreme Court tosses N.Y. law
June 24, 2022“Haven’t we had enough children shot yet?” Rev. William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign asked.
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Labor
Railroad bosses’ profit-making tactics lower safety standards, raise dangers
June 23, 2022Negotiations between the unions representing the nation’s freight rail workers and railroad bosses have broken down.
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Politics
Before Trump coup, Georgia elections official warned: ‘Someone’s going to get killed’
June 22, 2022"There were a lot of threats wishing death upon me,” election worker Shaye Moss testified. “Telling me that I’ll be in jail with my mother…things like, ‘Be glad it’s 2020 and not 1920.’”
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Politics
150,000 bring Poor People’s Campaign demands to D.C.: “We won’t be silent”
June 21, 2022The campaign and its allies will hold politicians’ feet to the electoral fire unless they move fast and forcefully to help solve the problems of poor and low-wage people.
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Politics
Witness: Trump’s pressure on Pence to steal election part of ‘war against democracy’
June 17, 2022Blockbuster report the same day shows Trump campaign and Republican Party paid millions of dollars to organize Jan. 6th Capitol attack.
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Labor
Union leaders talk with White House on protecting abortion access
June 16, 2022But they didn’t get a commitment for specific moves.
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Labor
Biden at AFL-CIO convention: PRO Act is ‘Pro-American’
June 15, 2022Republican Senate filibusters, plus opposition from renegade Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, continue to halt Biden’s agenda.
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Labor
Teachers union leader Ingram: Conservatives play a long game; progressives don’t
June 15, 2022The right wing has been following a power-winning strategy since 1971. Progressives are still re-inventing the wheel every two years, says AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram.
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