In an explosion of anger and political rejection, 200,000 people marched in Paris Nov. 28 while another 300,000 in over 95 cities and towns across France held coordinated protest marches. Demonstrations also took place in front of French embassies in the Netherlands and Germany. In Paris, demonstrators carry a banner, . . .
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Seattle On Nov. 27, “Black Friday,” workers rallied in front of Amazon world headquarters in Seattle to condemn Amazon’s exploitation of essential workers. Chris Smalls and The Congress of Essential Workers (TCOEW) led the Seattle action. Smalls was fired March 30 by Amazon for leading a work stoppage in New . . .
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New York As so-called essential workers fight for their rights on the job, they continue to be the most reliable fighters for COVID safety, PPE and a rational response to the pandemic. New York laundry workers and supporters rally on Nov. 25. (WW Photo: Toni Arenstein) From healthcare workers in . . .
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By Ángeles Maestro The author of this commentary is a leader of the organization Red Roja (Red Network) in the Spanish state and a medical doctor who is a major spokesperson for organizations promoting publicly funded health care. Translation by John Catalinotto. After nine months of a pandemic [in Spain], . . .
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Philadelphia Around 50 demonstrators gathered outside the Federal Detention Center at Seventh and Arch streets on Nov. 28 to demand the release of those on the inside – where at least 200 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in less than a month. In the past week, the detention center . . .
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Introduction by Hildegardo Córdova-Aguilar: Peru has a population of 32 million people. Lima’s expanding urban population is approaching 11 million. Millions of workers live in places known as “asentamientos humanos” (human settlements) on the periphery of the historic city center. The settlements grew up on the sides of the surrounding . . .
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Download the 12-page PDF. India: 250 million strike! ‘Thanksgiving’ myth busted on 51st National Day of Mourning Remembering Leslie Feinberg; Diego Maradona ¡presente! Stop deportations! World AIDS Day; Class struggle surges; Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities; Addiction & harm reduction; Biden’s hawks; COVID in nursing homes; Editorial: Companies lie, . . .
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Occupied Muscogee Creek, Choctaw, Cherokee, Shawnee, Yuchi lands The Free Alabama Movement, led primarily by Black men who are incarcerated in the state of Alabama, has declared a 30-day economic blackout — a boycott of for-profit prison services and a work strike — to protest inhumane conditions at prisons across . . .
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