“This racist council’s got to go!”: Crisis in Los Angeles City Council following leaked recording
“They have verbalized what they have been doing for the last five years,” said L.A. activist Kenia Alcocer after a leaked recording revealed City Council members making racist remarks
New men must be born: organizing Black men in a movement slump
Peoples Dispatch spoke to philip agnew for insights into organizing Black men in the US in the context of dire material conditions and the downswing of the anti-racist movement
State of emergency declared in NYC over influx of asylum seekers
Latin American migrants seek refuge in the United States only to be shuttled around as political pawns and sleep in tents in the richest city
How did a hurricane kill over 100 people in Florida?
Some accuse the US of disregarding human life in its evacuation and relief strategy after over 100 died and thousands were displaced or went missing
Hundreds of Amazon workers in the US went on strike after a warehouse fire
Staten Island Amazon workers stand up to industry giant regarding safety hazards, citing a string of workplace-related deaths
Alabama prisoners organize a system-wide shut down
On September 26 Alabama prison officials made a rare admission: prisoners had initiated work stoppages at every single major correctional facility in the state.
Cuba’s “Code of Freedom” inspires US-based activists, academics
The Mission of Cuba to the United Nations hosted various US scholars, activists, union leaders and others in an effort to dialogue around the victory of the Family Code
“Democracy is our word”: Historic exchange between Venezuela, Cuba, and US working people held in New York
On September 25, diplomats from Global South nations including Cuba and Venezuela, organizers, and working people gathered in Harlem to challenge imperialism