Philadelphia March 2 — Dozens of supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal — the imprisoned, internationally renowned journalist, community activist and Pennsylvania political prisoner — gathered March 2 outside the city’s Common Pleas Court. At an earlier brief court hearing on Mumia’s current appeals of his unjust sentence, Judge Lecretia Clemons postponed . . .
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Bedford Heights, Ohio United Steelworkers (USW) Local 14919 has been on strike against the Sherwin Williams company since Feb. 5. The 55 union members hit the picket line in the Cleveland suburb of Bedford Heights with signs reading “Fair contract now!” The plant where they work manufactures a range of . . .
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by Naomi Cohen New York City The following edited excerpt is from an article originally published in the March 25, 1970, Workers World, “A day of struggle in New York City — Militant demonstration marks International Working Women’s Day.” Youth Against World and Fascism banner leads a march to the . . .
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This lightly edited article was first published in 2009 for the 77th anniversary of the Ford Hunger March in Michigan. Detroit labor and community activists will commemorate the 90th anniversary on March 5, 2022, by retracing the steps of the marchers. The funeral procession for the workers killed in the . . .
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