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Making a Killing: Anatomy of the Cincinnati Rebellion of 2001 w/Robin D.G. Kelley
In a special 'George Floyd Memorial Lecture' hosted by the University of Houston, historian Robin D.G. Kelley draws links between the 2020 uprisings and the 2001 rebellion in Cincinnati against the p…
Published on 2 years ago
Is it time to nationalize the railroads?
The train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio catapulted the degraded condition of the US's freight rail network into national consciousness. But workers have been sounding the alarm for year…
Published on 2 years ago
Judge tosses UMich case against striking grad students | Working People
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Graduate student-workers at the University of Michigan are still on s…
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Kayla Denker speaks out against death threats, transphobic backlash | Working People
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Kayla Denker is a military veteran and a trained archaeo…
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'This is war' fighting mass incarceration from inside prisons | Rattling the Bars
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Marshall "Eddie" Conway was framed for the murder of a police officer and incarcerated for 44 years—but even behind bars, he continued to organize. In the early 1970s…
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US Marshals, SWAT bully Alzheimer's patient into warrantless search | Police Accountability Report
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/us-marshals-swat-bully-alzheimers-patient-into-warrantless-search
Lance Thornton was sitting at his home in Erie, Pennsylvania, on the morn…
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What 17 years of railroad work taught me about corporate America | Working People
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Bryan Mack is a second-generation railroad worker from Florence, South Carolina, with a master's degree in music perfor…
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Texas is the future neofascists want | The Marc Steiner Show
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Attacks on LGBTQ rights, abortion access, and movements for racial justice aren't exclusive to any one state in the union. But Texas is certainly a place where state …
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To Say Their Own Word: Eddie Conway's prison organizing | Rattling the Bars
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Even though he was framed for the killing of a local police officer, sentenced without a fair trial, and imprisoned for 44 years, former Black Panther and dearly depa…
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For workers in the Philippines, repression and US trade policy go hand-in-hand
For call center workers in the Philippines, attempts to unionize the workplace don’t just entail confrontations with local management—but overseas US-based multinationals and the US federal governmen…
Published on 2 years ago