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Philly labor hosts first ever “Workers’ Presidential Summit”
September 24, 2019Last spring Pat Eiding, President of the Philadelphia AFL-CIO Council, urged his members to start getting ready for the 2020 Presidential campaign.
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Gun Violence Memorial Project allows victims to speak, even in death
September 24, 2019Part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial until Jan. 2020, it seeks to create a permanent national memorial honoring victims of gun violence.
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San Jose churches and synagogues get set to fight racist mass incarceration
September 23, 2019The workshop was led by Sophia Jackson, a candidate for ordination as a minister who knows the criminal "justice" system inside out—literally. She was incarcerated for eight years.
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Climate strike action rocks San Jose
September 23, 2019The crowd joined in an environmentalist take off on the traditional union song "Which side are you on?" recognizing that there's no place for neutrality in this struggle to save the planet.
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GM endangers the lives of its workers by yanking health care
September 19, 2019“The UAW workers on the strike lines are showing immense bravery in the face of intimidation."
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