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Wide coalition mobilizes for April 4 “We Are One”
Leaders in labor, faith, civil and immigrant rights groups held a March 29 teleconference to announce coordinated actions nationwide on April 4 to commemorate the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and stand in solidarity with public workers. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, while in Memphis, Tenn., lending support to striking […]
- By : Pepe Lozano
- March 29, 2011
New Yorkers keep Triangle fire legacy alive
NEW YORK (March 25) – Thousands of New Yorkers marked the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history – the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire – with a ceremony at the site where 146 garment workers died. The 100th anniversary has prompted more media attention this year than perhaps previous ones, along with […]
- By : Gabe Falsetta
- March 25, 2011
Defiant protesters still occupy Wisconsin Capitol
MADISON, Wisc. — Protesters still occupy the state Capitol here. But thousands of workers, students and union-supporters are locked outside of the “people’s house,” because Gov. Walker flagrantly refuses to follow the court order to keep the state Capitol open. The Capitol is effectively closed two days after the court decision was rendered. Among those […]
- By : John Wojcik
- March 3, 2011
Where is the next Milton Rogovin? Gage Gallery opens Working-Class Eye exhibit
CHICAGO – The gallery was packed, students scribbling on their notepads or taking snapshots with their iPhones, gray-haired and gray-bearded viewers in their winter finery trying to make their way from photo to photo. Hundreds milled around enjoying hot dogs with sauerkraut and jalapeños, kettle chips in a paper cone, New York City’s iconic black […]
- By : Teresa Albano
- January 25, 2011
Labor editor wins award: good time to give
John Wojcik, labor editor of peoplesworld.org, is a winner. Originally from Brooklyn, the Chicago resident and former United Food and Commercial Worker shop steward easily wins over anybody with his friendly banter, passion for justice and story-telling ability. He is also a winner of a 2010 Labor Media Award from the International Labor Communications Association, […]
- By : Teresa Albano
- September 17, 2010
Sept. 11 ceremonies marred by right-wing-led campaign over mosque
NEW YORK (AP) – Hundreds of family members of Sept. 11 victims recited loved ones’ names through tears on the ninth anniversary of the attacks Saturday, avoiding direct mention of the political furor over plans for a mosque that later drew thousands of protesters on both sides. After the ceremony, around 1,000 activists rallied about […]
- By : Special to People’s World
- September 11, 2010
U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment founder, Rev. Lucius Walker, dies
A few days and one month after his 80th birthday, Pastors for Peace executive director, the Rev. Lucius Walker Jr., died today, Sept. 7. In an e-mail announcement, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizing, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, made a brief statement. “It is with immeasurable sadness that we write to let you know of the […]
- By : Special to People’s World
- September 7, 2010
SB 1070 protested across the U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO – Immigrant rights activists around the country demonstrated July 29, the day Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB 1070, took effect, despite a temporary ban on enforcement of several of the law’s most onerous provisions. Arizona’s capital, Phoenix, was the site of a number of protests. “It’s a good day to be arrested. We are going […]
- By : Marilyn Bechtel
- July 30, 2010
Birthday wishes for Medicare at 45: “everybody in”
CLEVELAND — July 30 was a bright sunny summer day here in Cleveland and dozens gathered in Public Square to launch balloons in celebration of the 45th anniversary of Medicare and call for extending the program to all Americans. Speakers at the event hailed the expansion of benefits under the health reform law passed earlier […]
- By : Rick Nagin
- July 30, 2010
NAACP, tea party, Shirley Sherrod and racism
Tea party supporters can deny all they want that their “movement” is rife with racism. The American people aren’t buying it. “Methinks the racists doth protest too much,” says one Washington Post commenter on a blog about a tea party group restating its opposition to racism. One white Republican who voted for Barack Obama in […]
- By : Teresa Albano
- July 22, 2010