Washington, D.C. — Tens of thousands of poor people, low-wage workers and their allies rallied here June 18 for the Poor People’s Campaign Moral March and Low Wage Workers Assembly against “poverty, systemic racism and voter suppression.” Starbucks workers — including some of the Memphis 7 fired for organizing — . . .
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We were still reeling from the racist massacre at Buffalo, New York, the slaughter of children in Uvalde, Texas. Then came news of a June 11 attempt by white supremacists to ambush a public Pride in the Park celebration in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Over 30 white men of the Patriot . . .
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June 19 — Yancy Balderas, an activist with the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, led the call “Texas says death row!” Juneteenth marchers and parade watchers in Houston responded with “We say, hell no!” Abolitionists participate in Juneteenth, Houston. Balderas carried a sign with a photo of herself and her . . .
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This excerpted text was first handed out at a youth conference for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia, December 2012. Some statistics have been updated. George Washington. Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy. Young people in the U.S. are taught in school to see these men as heroes. But this is the history . . .
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Al día siguiente del 1 de mayo -Día Internacional de los Trabajadores-, un grupo de trabajadores de la construcción inmigrantes, principalmente de Guatemala, lanzó la campaña Cabricanecos en una acción realizada a primera hora de la mañana en Brooklyn, en protesta por las peligrosas condiciones de trabajo a las que . . .
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