The self-proclaimed "world's coolest dictator," El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, has suddenly become an OK-with-us dictator. As the Biden administration thrashes about for solutions to the so-called refugee problem, it has put criticism of dictators aside in hope that they will somehow clamp down on people fleeing... wait...
The complex U.S. immigration system has made it difficult for refugees and asylum seekers to secure their rights without legal help. This is doubly true for people whose first language is not English....
This time around, Parker has outdone herself in her plots against the drug-using community. Her budget has earmarked $100 million to create a facility to treat Substance Use Disorder. Dubbed the “Riverview Wellness Village,” This creation will provide treatment, job training, Medication Assisted Treatments such as methadone,...
On June 5, the Teamsters union made this groundbreaking announcement: “In a milestone for organized labor, the Amazon Labor Union has formally affiliated with the 1.3 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The affiliation supplies renewed representation and stronger resources for Amazon workers — behind the...
The summit’s keynote speaker was Brandon Lee, a San Fransisco-born Indigenous rights activist who was shot and badly wounded in the Philippines during a suspected assassination attempt by the U.S.-backed Philippine government....
The powerhouses of [neo]imperialist propaganda — think Hollywood — present World War II and especially the Normandy landing as the Western imperialist powers’ contribution to a heroic victory of Western democracy over totalitarianism, meaning over Adolf Hitler and Nazism....
“We call on the California Labor Federation and the entire labor movement to join us in fighting this calculated attack on the right to strike and on the rights of workers everywhere. We remain committed in our opposition to the U.S. war machine and the UC’s vast investments in the industries that support it. We remain...
The tone of the chants was very militant, and they often connected the liberation of Palestine with the struggles against racism, national oppression and U.S. [neo]imperialism. Chants included: “Yemen, Yemen, make us proud, turn another ship around,” “From Palestine to Mexico, border walls have got to go,” and “From...