In response to widespread reports of anti-Asian racism, harassment and violence, Asian Americans United Philadelphia hosted a zoom gathering on March 26 in solidarity with Asian-American communities. The event highlighted a “Collective Statement Against Anti-Asian Bias and the Targeting of Any Community,” which people were urged to sign. While . . .
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New York City transit strike, 2005. By a New York City public sector worker The direct responsibility of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration for dangerously reducing the size of work stations used by city public sector workers was exposed last year in an article by Katie Honan. (“New York City . . .
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A broad coalition of prison abolition activists took to Philadelphia’s streets in over 120 cars—most with just one occupant—to demand officials massively decarcerate jails, prisons and detention centers in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Four separate car caravans—decorated with signs and banners—circled City Hall, the Criminal Justice Center, Gov. . . .
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Atlanta The Philadelphia Tribune ran a March 26 article exposing how the lesser-resourced Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States will take a harder hit than rich, predominantly white institutions (PWIs) during closures due to COVID-19. These realities cannot be separated from the old saying: “When America . . .
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During this pandemic, which requires social distancing to save lives, Workers World Party launched a series of webinars to break the isolation and put forth a revolutionary perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic and the capitalist crisis. The first webinar, titled “Capitalism is killing us!” connected the ongoing crises of capitalism: . . .
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Lechat is a member of Harvard Union of Clerical & Technical Workers (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3650) and Harvard TPS (Temporary Protected Status) Coalition. Childs is a retired chief shop steward in UNITE HERE Local 26. COVID-19 might not discriminate — bourgeois narratives emphasize that . . .
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