Palestinians in Gaza are enduring yet another bombing campaign and a barbarous siege by Apartheid Israel. All shipments of food, water, and electricity have been suspended as Apartheid Israel sets out to starve an entire population. Israel continues to bomb and destroy schools, homes, and hospitals while, at the same time, ordering the evacuation of 1.2 million Palestinians from Gaza.
Read morePosted on March 13, 2023 Save the Date Saturday, May 13, 2023 Labor and Community for an Independent Party (LCIP) is holding a national conference on Saturday, May 13, 2023 in-person and with online (remote) attendance options. Join us for the day, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time, at Compton College in the City of Compton (Los Angeles area in Southern California)
Read morePosted on March 13, 2023 Save the Date Saturday, May 13, 2023 Labor and Community for an Independent Party (LCIP) is holding a national conference on Saturday, May 13, 2023 in-person and with online (remote) attendance options. Join us for the day, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time, at Compton College in the City of Compton (Los Angeles area in Southern California)
Read moreIN THIS SPECIAL LCIP REPORT: (1) Presentation: Why Did the South Carolina Democratic Party Get the South Carolina Labor Party Thrown Off the November Ballot?, by LCIP (2) Chronology of Promising South Carolina Labor Party Candidacies Torpedoed by South Carolina Democratic Party, with a Little Help from Its Friends, by LCIP (3) LCIP Discussion with South Carolina Labor Party Candidates
Read moreBy Millie Phillips and Bill Leumer We recognize that there are many demands on activists during these difficult times, so why do we think that supporting LCIP should be one of your priorities? Precisely because these are difficult times and the approaches most of us have been taking to deal with them aren’t working! On June 24, the US Supreme
Read moreBy Bill Leumer This year’s Labor Notes conference was the biggest ever: 4,000 participants, not to mention the hundreds more who followed the proceedings online. It was a powerful gathering that expressed the deepening fightback sentiment in the labor movement. Featured at the conference were the organizing drives and contract fights at Amazon, Starbucks, Apple in Baltimore, REI, John Deere,
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Labor strikers issue demands for private prison operator to fulfill By the Mesa Verde Labor Strikers Collective Detained immigrant workers at the Mesa Verde ICE Detention Facility in Bakersfield, Calif., have formally announced their labor strike. This is the second labor strike launched within eight months at the facility owned and operated by The GEO Group. Workers enrolled in the
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By Connie WhiteJune 1, 2022 First, before I get into what I want to discuss today, I would like to say that the members of the LCIP Continuations Committee extend our continued condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims murdered and injured in the mass shootings that occurred in Buffalo, NY, and in Uvalde, Texas. We grieve
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Ujima People’s Progress Party Maryland The current crisis in international capitalism, at home and abroad, highlights the desperate attempt by the ruling class forces of imperialism and colonialism to hold on to power over the human and natural resources of Black, Brown, Indigenous and other working-class peoples. From NATO inspired conflicts in Africa and Eastern Europe to the use of
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“I’d never heard before 1962 that Black people could register to vote.” (Fannie Lou Hamer) With all of the hoopla within the Republican Party regarding their efforts to roll back voting rights, it is important now, during what is called Black History Month, to remember where we came from. Take a look at the brief video below depicting a brief
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Alan Benjamin – OPEIU Delegate to San Francisco Labor Council; Editorial Board member of The Organizer newspaper (Northern California)
* Editorial board member, The Organizer newspaper
* Delegate to San Francisco Labor Council fro OPEIU Local 29
• Past Executive Committee member (retired) of San Francisco Labor Council
* Member, Organizing Committee, Binational (US-Mexico) Conference Against NAFTA 2.0 and the Wall of Shame
• Member, Coordinating Committee, International Workers Committee Against War and Exploitation
• Founding member, U.S. Labor Against the War
• Member, Administrative Committee, Labor Fightback Network
