By Ryan Paul
Between April 3rd and May 8th of 2019, a sit-in protest took place at Garland Hall, John’s Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, MD. It came to be known by university press and other media as the “Garland …
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Justice for George Floyd!
By Sachio Ko-yin
The death of George Floyd comes as waves of crisis are devastating communities of color. We are in the midst of two global disasters: the unchecked climate crisis and the mismanaged COVID pandemic. And as with all
…The Conversation Has To Happen!
By Danielle Kulp
In many American households people are wringing their hands and wondering, “what’s going on?” They see the fires, the damage, the looting, and wonder how the death of one man, George Floyd, could cause all of this. …
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We Support the Uprising – Statement by East Bay Group of Workers Solidarity Alliance
The unprecedented scope of the uprising this past week reflects widespread discontent on various levels – and widespread disdain and criticism for the racist and repressive role of the police as an institution in the USA. The immediate issue is …
Read moreCovid-19 Crisis and Battling Capitalism in the Post-Truth Era
By Jason Fiore
The COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. has been exacerbated by mass consumption of right wing conspiratorial fake news that downplays the seriousness of the crisis and upholds market liberalism as the solution. What is new about this …
Read moreSlaughterhouse Fight: A Look at the Hormel Strike
By Steve Boyce, Jake Edwards and Tom Wetzel – published in Ideas & Action #7, Summer, 1986
Note: As the COVID-19 crisis endangers us in our work places, we fight in solidarity with workers who face this virus with
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