Ben Sears

LATEST ARTICLES BY Ben Sears

• World

  

  Veteran Communist activist Rita “Rookie” Perna wins prestigious Mandela Award

  September 25, 2018 By Ben Sears

  Previous recipients have included Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier, the Cuban Five, and Philadelphia health care activist Sylvia Metzler.

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• U.S.

  

  Philadelphia announces plans to cancel contract with ICE

  August 8, 2018 By Ben Sears

  Immigrant rights activists have long argued, and the mayor confirmed, that ICE has been using info from an arrest database to target immigrants.

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• Labor

  

  Philadelphia area labor: ‘Janus won’t stop us!’

  June 28, 2018 By Ben Sears

  “Our power is in the workers' movement,” said Dan Symonds, a teacher and rank-and-file member of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.

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• Labor

  

  Big rally in Philly against Janus attack on union organizing rights

  February 26, 2018 By Ben Sears

  A dense crowd of workers and their allies loudly proclaimed their support for union organizing rights.

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• Letters to the Editor

  

  Considering the Soviet experience: Thoughts from an American

  December 6, 2017 By Ben Sears

  Were “crimes” committed? We are regularly reminded that the answer is “yes, certainly.” But if that is all we learn, we risk losing other valuable parts of the last century’s record.

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• Culture

  

  Lessons not learned: The Vietnamese experience in the Vietnam War

  September 19, 2017 By Ben Sears

  American authors have primarily viewed the war as part of the Cold War chess game, largely neglecting the experience of the Vietnamese people.

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• Politics

  

  Keystone State legislator ramps up single-payer health care struggle

  July 31, 2017 By Ben Sears

  Pennsylvania state Rep. Pamela DiLissio says a system driven by insurance companies will never meet citizens’ needs. Only single-payer health care can.

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• U.S.

  

  Long time civil rights lawyer wins Democratic nomination for Philly district attorney

  May 23, 2017 By Ben Sears

  Krasner told supporters that he shared their vision of a “criminal justice system that makes things better, that is based on preventing crime and building up society rather than tearing it apart.”

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