Juan Lopez
LATEST ARTICLES BY Juan Lopez
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U.S.
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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Environment
Labor and community battle Chevron over environment
July 3, 2013The largest greenhouse gas polluter in the state, Chevron, along with the other four Bay Area refineries, is already refining tar sands oil from Canada, brought into the area by rail.
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Labor
California labor moves to halt Walmart abuse
May 25, 2013California labor and social justice groups are throwing down the gauntlet to Walmart during a two-week statewide tour to protest the giant retailer's abuse of taxpayers and workers alike.
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Environment
Energy giants hold workers hostage as environmental time bomb ticks away
April 25, 2013Oil and coal companies are using their already powerful leverage with brutal disregard for working people and the environment.
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U.S.
Latinos helping transform California and nation
February 26, 2013Latinos have emerged as a progressive nationwide political bloc that no amount of right-wing posturing will let the Republicans capture in any significant numbers.
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Environment
Leaders arrested on eve of anti-Keystone XL pipeline rally
February 15, 2013Prominent environmental and human rights leaders were arrested Wednesday outside the White House while protesting Keystone XL pipeline construction.
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Opinion
Obama speech heralds new era
January 22, 2013The preident laid out confidently - at times defiantly - a list of policy choices anathema to Republicans who tried to block every piece of progressive legislation during his first term.
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U.S.
Walmart and gun makers, drivers of the right wing
December 21, 2012Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, is also the country's biggest seller of firearms and ammunition.
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