On July 21, following a devastating bomb attack on government offices in Oslo, a gunman attacked the annual summer camp of the AUF, youth wing of the Norwegian Labour Party. After initial police estimates of more than 90 dead, the death toll has been officially reduced to 76.The media frenzy in the immediate aftermath of … Continue reading Norway attack shows dangers from Islamophobia and the far right
Month: August 2011
WikiLeaks lifts lid on U.S. role in Haiti
Documents released by WikiLeaks to the left-of-center Haitian weekly Haiti Liberté, in partnership with The Nation magazine, unveils a cozy U.S. relationship with Haiti’s reactionary, corrupt elite. They also offer insight into the bipartisan U.S./UN occupation mislabeled a “humanitarian intervention.” The revelations show that U.S. policy has changed little since the founding of the world’s … Continue reading WikiLeaks lifts lid on U.S. role in Haiti
Sandy Pope campaign provides new vision for Teamsters union leadership
Thousands of delegates, members, and guests gathered in Las Vegas in late June for the 28th International Convention of the 1.3-million-member Teamsters union. The assembled delegates were given a dazzling spectacle of a show that was fit for the city of sin. The incumbent Hoffa administration spent millions of dues dollars for a show that included … Continue reading Sandy Pope campaign provides new vision for Teamsters union leadership
Federal judge authorizes new union election at Kaiser Permanente
Some 43,000 union workers at Kaiser Permanente will get a second chance to vote on which union they wish to represent them after Federal Administrative Law Judge Lana H. Parke ruled that collusion between Kaiser and the current union SEIU-UHW “interfered with employees’ exercise of a free and reasoned choice” and that a new election must … Continue reading Federal judge authorizes new union election at Kaiser Permanente
Justice for Palestine!
A Call to Action from Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists Between June 14 and June 23, 2011, a delegation of 11 scholars, activists, and artists visited occupied Palestine. As indigenous and women of color feminists involved in multiple social justice struggles, we sought to affirm our association with the growing international movement for a … Continue reading Justice for Palestine!
Review of “A Better Life”
“A Better Life,” starring Demián Bichir and José Julián, directed by Chris Weitz. Los Angeles director Chris Weitz‘s “A Better Life” is a deceptively simple story of a single parent raising his son. The film lets us spend time with Carlos and Luís in and around their East LA home, and is as much Carlos’ as … Continue reading Review of “A Better Life”
Chicago in 2012: Protest the G-8 and NATO!
A Call by the United National Antiwar Committee (UNAC) At the invitation of the White House, military and civilian representatives of the 28-nation U.S.-commanded and largely U.S.-financed North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and heads of state and finance ministers of the G-8 world economic powers are convening in Chicago, May 15-22, 2012. The U.S./NATO military … Continue reading Chicago in 2012: Protest the G-8 and NATO!
The Tanya McDowell Case and the Fight Against the New Jim Crow
Through the recession, Black and Latino families have been hit the hardest leading to the highest disparity of wealth in a quarter century. Unemployment rates for minorities are twice as high as those of whites. The average net worth of a white person is 20 times higher than that of Blacks.In Norwalk, Conn., Tanya McDowell, … Continue reading The Tanya McDowell Case and the Fight Against the New Jim Crow
Northern Lights
Get with the program, Andrea When voters in Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, go to the polls on Oct. 6, will they reward the party with the “coolest” leader, or the one with the best policies? Andrea Horwath, Leader of the labour-based New Democratic Party of Ontario, seems to be aiming at “cool,” sadly at … Continue reading Northern Lights