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#NoDAPL pipeline opposition a model for resistance under Trump
December 2, 2016Activists say the battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline is a human rights issue, an environmental issue, and a battle against militarized police forces.
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Frank Rosen, labor leader and political activist
December 1, 2016Frank took part in many of the seminal moments in Chicago history, from fighting to defend civil liberties in the McCarthy era, to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, to electing Harold Washington as mayor,...
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Resist Trump at every turn
December 1, 2016Everything changed as of Nov. 8. With the takeover of the Republican Party by white supremacists, a new kind of right-wing and authoritarian danger has emerged.
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Jose Carillo and Donald Trump
December 1, 2016Jose Carillo was one of the dozens of Fight for 15 demonstrators peacefully arrested in midtown Manhattan when they sat down in front of a McDonald’s to demand $15 hourly wages and the right to unionize...
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California state workers to strike Dec. 5
December 1, 2016SEIU Local 1000 raised issues of pay inequity and the state’s plan to shift 20 percent of health care costs to the workers. The state refused to discuss them.
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