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Photo Essay: Chicago Spring Takes the Streets
Chicago Spring, April 7, 2012. (Photo: sierraromeo [sarah-ji]) Though it's been a temperate winter, things are heating up in Chicago. With only weeks to go until May Day and …
Immigrant Steel Workers March Against Unjust Firings
Pacific Steel workers march through Berkeley. (Photo: David Bacon) Berkeley, California - Two hundred immigrant workers, their wives, husbands, children and hundreds of supporters marched through downtown …
Oaxaca’s “Occupier” Refugees Face Roadblocks on the Way Home
Indigenous Triqui children march through the streets of Oaxaca on December 19, 2011, to protest a wave of killings in their home community of San Juan Copala. (Photo: David …
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Revolution
(Photo: Lance Page / Truthout) 1. Entrance October 28 The man sitting behind the chain barrier between Portland, Oregon's Lownsdale Square and …
Unions and Immigrants Join Occupy Movements
Southern California janitors block the streets to protest the firing of immigrant workers. (Photo: David Bacon) Oakland, California - When Occupy Seattle called its tent camp "Planton …
Bay Area Workers Up in Arms
Hyatt Housekeepers Sue the Hotel in San Jose In San Jose, two housekeepers at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after …
Union Organizers Still Fired With Impunity
Los Angeles, California - When a private employer, like the Los Angeles Film School (LAFS), decides to fight the efforts of its workers to form a union, there is …
Occupy Northwest – Bellingham and Tacoma
Bellingham and Tacoma, Washington - Grassroots people and political activists occupy parks in Bellingham and Tacoma, Washington, to support the New York City demonstration, Occupy Wall Street. Occupiers …
Occupy Northwest – Seattle
Seattle, Washington - Seattle is the first Occupy I've seen whose banners refer to it as a "planton," giving credit to the social movements of Mexico, Central America, the …
Occupy Oakland Encampment Creates a Community
Oakland, CA - October 30, 2011 - Grassroots people and political activists create a community of tents, music, children, food and other activity in Frank Ogawa Plaza in front …