In a June recall election, a coalition of wealthy real estate developers, corporate lobbyists and San Francisco Democratic Party hacks successfully ousted progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office. This was 2-1/2 years after voters elected him as a reform candidate who pushed for decarceration. Demonstrators call on Krasner to . . .
Continue reading Campaign to impeach Philly DA Krasner masks capitalism’s role in violence at Workers.org
As we go to print, three of the prison guards who beat Jarrett Hobbs have been arrested on charges of “Battery of an Inmate and Violating the Oath of Office” according to a Nov. 22 statement from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office. The same three were also fired. The savage beating . . .
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By Anders Fenger The following is a Nov. 6 interview of Steve Gillis by Anders Fenger of the electronic newspaper, Arbejderen (The Worker), produced in Denmark. Gillis was a school bus driver in Boston for 37 years and has been elected to every office in United Steelworkers Local 8751, which . . .
Continue reading A unionist view of the U.S. midterm elections at Workers.org
Union coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, on strike since April 1, 2021, are stepping up plans for resistance. The job for the United Mine Workers (UMWA) locals now is to break through Warrior Met Coal’s threat to starve them out — and to move forward at the bargaining table. Brookwood, . . .
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