activism
Petition: Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, please quit!
August 16, 2013An online petition, supported by the Detroit branch of the NAACP, is calling on Kevyn Orr to resign for "vile and callous"comments.
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Writers Guild to PBS: Air film on Koch brothers
August 16, 2013The Writers Guild of America-East is demanding that a Public Broadcasting System flagship station, WNET 13 in New York, air the documentary about the far-right oil tycoons, the Koch brothers.
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A year after Chevron explosion, the grassroots mobilizes
August 13, 2013A protest grew to 3,000 once it reached the gates of the Chevron refinery, and 209 were subsequently arrested in a sit-down act of non-violent civil disobedience.
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Idaho natives face off against tar sands disruption
August 13, 2013The problem? The truck was illegally advancing through tribal lands and a federally-protected river area.
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It’s official: UFCW formally rejoins AFL-CIO
August 9, 2013Citing the AFL-CIO's new dynamism and activism, UFCW formally rejoined the labor federation on August 8, leaving Change To Win, but not its organizing institute.
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