Buffalo Starbucks workers organize for a union

Buffalo, N.Y. Workers at several Starbucks locations in Buffalo have gone public with an ambitious bid for union representation. The Starbucks Workers United Organizing Committee published an open letter Aug. 23, calling on Starbucks President and CEO Kevin Johnson to agree to a set of noninterference principles that “provide a . . .

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Workers Assembly Against Racism: Union rights, cancel rent!

On Labor Day weekend, show solidarity with Workers Assembly Against Racism, Chris Smalls and workers fighting to organize Staten Island’s Amazon facilities. They are demanding union rights, passage of the PRO Act and a permanent eviction moratorium. Join them at their rally at 5:00 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 4, at Union . . .

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Editorial: As occupation ends, U.S. lies to hide crimes

The bloody final week of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan is replaying Washington’s crimes of the past 20 years. A war whose pretext was combating “terror” is ending, amid terror that U.S. mass murders have generated.  In 2009, people all over the world marched against the continued U.S. war on . . .

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EDITORIAL: Ya se ha oído todo antes

Ya lo hemos oído todo antes. El gobierno de Estados Unidos reclama un complot, una agresión o una crisis humanitaria en otro país. Luego, Washington utiliza el reclamo para justificar la invasión militar, la ocupación con “botas en el terreno” y/o la guerra por sanciones – guerras que se prolongan . . .

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