Author: Dan
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A progressive’s dilemma: Tavis Smiley vs. Al Sharpton & Dr. King vs. Barack Obama
I thought this article, written by my friend Justin Jeffre for The Cincinnati Beacon is a fascinating article about the African American debate over Obama…. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – PBS Radio and TV host Tavis Smiley has sparked controversy in the black community by criticizing…
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Cincinnati Immigrants Demand Reform Now at Mass Meeting
A qualitative leap in organizing, a large African presence Hundreds of immigrants from the Cincinnati area, most of them African and Latino, filled the Hartwell Community Center
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De la “Batalla de Seattle” a la crisis del 2008 y Obama
Este articulo fue publicado por Viento Sur, en número 107, diciembre 2009. En septiembre pasado unas 8000 personas, de movimientos socials, iglesias, sindicalistas y activistas de izquierda, se manifestaron en Pittsburgh para protestar frente a la reunión de los ministros de finanzas del G20. La marcha llegó cerca del décimo aniversario de la famosa Batalla…
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From the Battle of Seattle to the Crisis of 2008 and Obama
In September 2008, some 8,000 people — from social movements and churches, and from labor and the left — marched through Pittsburgh to protest the meeting of the finance ministers of the G-20.
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Mexican Eletrical Workers Union Changes Strategy in Face of Calderón Government Intransigence
The Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME), continues its fight for its members’ jobs and for the union itself, but now, two months since President Felipe Calderón’s liquidation of the state-owned
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Proclamation to the Peoples of Mexico Regarding the Recall of Felipe Calderón
[The following document was circulated in November by a number of Mexican labor organizations, social movements, and political organizations, sometimes in the form of a petition.
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Mexican Electrical Workers (SME) “Take Mexico City”; Canadian, US Union Delegation Shows Solidarity
Tens of thousands of Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) members, their families, other union members, peasant organizations, social movement activists and students engaged in a symbolic “taking
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Questions and Answers on Health Care for Activists
What principle should guide our thinking as we approach the health care debate?
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The War Goes On, With Corporate Sponsorship
This past weekend, I flew to Sacramento for an interview with the Argentine Discovery Channel. They’re doing a documentary on César Chávez, about whom I wrote a biography.