Newest Activism

• Fox: Millions of Brazilians Join General Strike

  Millions of Brazilians joined in the general strike, shutting down schools, banks, and public transportation. They are demanding a halt of the pension reform and the release of imprisoned ex-president Lula da Silva
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  Brooks: Why the UAW Lost Again in Chattanooga

  The UAW’s long-term commitment to “labor-management partnership” is the parent of not only the festering corruption scandal, but also the union’s toothless and ineffective organizing. Both need to be washed away
• Mohammed: Two Iraqi Peace Activists Confront a Trumpian World

  As the Trump Administration Weighs War, Iraqis Prepare a Carnival for Peace
• Rebellion: Radiohead joins the Rebellion

  Yes, you read that subject right. Faced with a ransom...
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  Achcar: The seasons after the Arab Spring

  Revolt if not revolution in Sudan and Algeria: is this the next phase of a profound change in the Arab world? The uprisings haven’t repeated the mistakes of 2011
• Rodríguez Pineda: The Roots of the National Strike in Honduras

  As Honduran teachers and doctors resist the neoliberal restructuring of health and education services, educator and organizer Bayron Rodríguez Pineda explains the roots of the mobilizations and the growing people power in the streets
• Claesson: Japan’s protestors puncture the Western myth of political consensus

  Activism is alive and well in Japan, despite a media narrative of a depoliticised society
• Kelly: How LGBTQ Union Activists Transformed the Labor Movement

  In 28 U.S. states, queer and trans workers can still be fired due to their sexual orientation and gender identity, and a strong union contract is often the only legally binding workplace protection available to LGBTQIA workers to fight discrimination
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  Brooks: Rampant Workplace Injuries

  “I shouldn’t have to give Volkswagen my body in exchange for the house that I live in and the lifestyle I try to provide for my family.”
• Hansen: “Batshit jobs”

  An in-depth look at workers’ participation in the climate and ecological breakdown, and how this might be transformed into ecological care, and leveraged for change
• Featherstone: How We Won a $15 Minimum Wage and More

  It’s been five years since Seattle’s landmark $15 minimum wage law. It not only helped workers — it raised their expectations about what's possible and what they deserve
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  Zeese: Uniting To Protect Venezuela And Stop The US War Machine

  The attack on the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC was part of a coordinated strategy of attacking Venezuelan embassies in other countries including Chile and Argentina
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  Cagan: What are you doing on June 30th?

  On June 30th, the Queer Liberation March will take to the streets of NYC
• Marlière: France: The Yellow Vests’ Missed Opportunity

  The movement’s most fundamental characteristic is its loathing of representative democracy: the Yellow Vests despise professional politicians and describe them as ‘corrupt’ and ‘incompetent’
• Kurzweil: March Separately, Fight Together

  Some Thoughts on the 2020 Election
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  Brown: Disrupting Pipeline Construction a Crime Punishable by 20 Years in Prison

  Legislation proposed by the Trump administration would prescribe up to 20 years in prison for “inhibiting the operation” of an oil or gas pipeline — or even conspiring to do so
• Arria: The “Bloodiest, Ugliest Battle” in Labor History

  Mechanics at American Airlines are threatening to strike if a new contract isn’t negotiated, and the union president has declared that employees are prepared for the dispute to erupt into “the bloodiest, ugliest battle that the United States labor movement ever saw.”
• de Fato: Massive rallies in defense of education

  Nearly 1 million people in Brazil protested in around 200 cities against the education budget cuts and the pension overhaul
• Mollmann: A culture of care

  Helping activists and their allies look after themselves
• Beattie: Putting Values Into Action

  So, are we to assume these constituents would rather suffer respiratory conditions, heart disease, neurotoxicity, early death than endure view, sound, and the flicker of windmills?