u.s. working class
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Defense of “Tent City” in Lakewood, NJ Grows
On June 2 and then June 3, a rally against injustice to defend the seven year encampment of the homeless…
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The revolutionary origins of Memorial Day and its political hijacking
What we now know as Memorial Day began as "Decoration Day" in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War.…
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Devastating cuts to food stamps, while pantries report critical shortages
Cutting food stamps by $8 billion over the next decade, poor and working-class families will see immediate cuts of $90…
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Unemployment for young Black males in Chicago highest in US
This shocking number is higher than the already abysmal national average of 83 percent
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Silicon Valley monopolies conspired against high-tech workers
In 2005, Apple’s Steve Jobs arranged a secret and illegal pact with Google’s Eric Schmidt to hold down their workers'…
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Public outrage over Google buses in San Francisco
Non-profits, grass-roots organizations, activist and labor groups have been fighting against the growing tide of evictions.
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1.3 million workers lose unemployment benefits so Congress can leave for vacation
The phenomenon of unemployment is a profound crisis for each jobless individual but an opportunity for capitalists to have unemployed…
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Fast food workers ‘Fight for 15’
Dec. 5 was a nationwide day of strikes by fast food workers in cities across the U.S. Liberation News was…
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Black Friday protests demand justice for Walmart workers
On Nov. 29, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, known as “Black Friday,” protesters gathered at as many as 1,500…
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