For the second time this year, a class-wide mobilization in an “All-India strike” brought out 250 million workers. With one in four working-age people in India participating, this 24-hour work stoppage can again claim the status of “world’s biggest strike.” The first record-breaking general strike had taken place on Jan. . . .
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Plymouth, Mass. November 26 marked the 51st National Day of Mourning. The first was in 1970 when Aquinnah Wampanoag elder Wamsutta Frank James called Indigenous peoples and their supporters to “America’s Hometown.” The crowd joined the United American Indians of New England on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Mass., to expose . . .
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Greetings my relatives, friends, loved ones and supporters, First of all, I want to thank you for the privilege of being allowed to express my feelings about this “Day of Mourning,” as we call it, and “Day of Thanksgiving,” as the rest of the U.S. calls it. Sometimes I’m at . . .
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December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day when we reflect on those who have died — and are, hopefully, supporting people living with HIV and AIDS. This special day was first declared by James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter in 1988. They chose Dec. 1 as the date so . . .
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En marzo y abril, más de 22 millones de trabajadores en los Estados Unidos perdieron sus trabajos. Hasta ahora, la tambaleante recuperación económica ha traído retornado a 12 millones, pero 10 millones de trabajadores, el 90% de ellos en el sector de servicios mal remunerados, todavía no tienen trabajo. Un . . .
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By Marta Guttenberg Philadelphia Around 50 people, including immigrant community members, Shut Down Berks Coalition activists, and elected Pennsylvania State Representatives Chris Rabb and Joseph Hohenstein, took part in an emergency rally outside Philadelphia’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on Nov. 25. Demonstrators tell ICE, “Don’t deport the 28,” . . .
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