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Solidarity Ale! Anchor Brewing workers plan to turn closed company into a co-op
After 127 years of operation, San Francisco's beloved Anchor Brewing Company shut down operations earlier this year. Bought by Sapporo in 2017, Anchor Brewing's revenues had been declining for years …
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
UPS Contract Ratified. What's Next? | The Upsurge
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, the Teamsters union announced that its members voted to ratify the national UPS contract by 86.3% – and with record turnout. Workers won significant raises, the abolition of the …
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Africa is the future. Why everyone must understand it w/Nii Akuetteh
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News stories about Africa and the 1.4 billion people who live there, about 17% of the world’s population, have always been systematically de-prioritized in Western…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
West Virginia University decimates staff in new budget | Working People
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The world of higher education has been in shock this past week after West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee announced plans to dramatically cut aca…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Why do India's Hindutva fascists love Israel? | The Marc Steiner Show
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/india-and-israels-fascists-are-in-cahoots-can-hindu-and-jewish-progressives-form-an-alliance-too
Warnings of rising fascism have emanated f…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Inside the shadowy, lucrative business of 'union avoidance consultants'
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/the-shady-consultants-bosses-hire-to-dissuade-workers-from-unionizing
Most people often think of "union-busting" only in terms of overt and…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Who was George Jackson? America's prophetic revolutionary | Rattling the Bars
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/george-jacksons-unfinished-revolution
At the age of 18, George Jackson was condemned to a prison sentence of one year to life for the alleg…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
What MLK REALLY said about Malcolm X, and more, revealed in new biography
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com
Jonathan Eig’s ‘King: A Life’ is the first major biography in decades to be written on the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.—it is a…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Slovenian workers fight back amid cost of living crisis, war in Ukraine | Working People
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Ana Jakopič is a lawyer, organizer, and trade union leader in Slovenia. Currently, Ana is working as a field or…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
The days of ‘unwavering support’ for Israel are over | The Marc Steiner Show
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“The shift in US public opinion toward Palestine and Israel has been dramatic over the last decade, especially transformative in the last f…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago