by Carolina Ampudia 03272025 Columbia University didn’t sell out like a sex worker—it did something far worse. As a labor organizer, former professor, and community advocate, I’ve had the privilege of knowing sex workers who are brilliant, principled, and deeply committed to justice. Their work is honest and consensual. They exchange labor for survival in […]
by Lorenzo Canizares 3/26/25 This coming Saturday (3/29/25), a massive rally is being planned in Miami at the Krome Detention Center to protest the inhumane conditions that immigration detainees are facing in the land of the free and the home of the brave. As per a 3/21/25 article by Alex DeLuca in Miami New Times, […]
by Lorenzo Canizares 3/20/2025 Encyclopaedia Britannica (EB) defines fascism as “a philosophy of government that stresses the primacy and glory of the state, unquestioning obedience to its leader, subordination of the individual will to the state’s authority, and harsh suppression of dissent. Martial virtues are celebrated, while liberal and democratic values are disparaged. Fascism arose […]
by Lorenzo Canizares 3/14/25 Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA-AFL-CIO, has made the call for American workers to join forces in a general strike. Joe Maniscalco in an article posted in Portside 3/12/25 quotes Ms. Nelson, “We have very few options but to join together to organize for a General Strike.” […]
by Lorenzo Canizares 2/22/2025 Yesterday in South Florida it was a difficult day for immigrants. The Trump administration announced Haitians and Venezuelans in the United States will lose their Temporary Protection Status (TPS) and soon they will begin to be deported. The reasons given for their loss of TPS don’t have much to do with […]
by Lorenzo Canizares 2/17/2025 The American people are going through difficult times that many hope is just a short-lived nightmare even though I don’t know of anyone that believes most Americans will come out unscathed from this experience. Not many believe that we could survive what it appears to be so much just “crazy stuff.” […]
by Gabe Ignetti We have just passed through one of the most crucial elections in US history which resulted in the re-election of a serial rapist and convicted felon, and fascist back into the Presidency. To make matters worse the Trump Supreme Court has given him the power to commit illegal acts. It has been […]
by Lorenzo Canizares 1/27/25 It all points out to Israel putting a major effort to guarantee its territorial expansion and keep it with world’s approval, at least to get the approval of the countries that count with them – the former colonizers. Khury Petersen-Smith in an article in Truthout 1/2/25 says “2024 Will Be Remembered […]
By Jeff Bigelow Dynamics in the 2024 Bargaining and Strike Context: Episodes in CWA’s Struggle to Achieve Some Measure of Power for Workers Amid Technological Change, Mergers and the role of the State Introduction ATT spent months stalling negotiations and forcing workers out on strike. On July 11 its representatives even said that some of […]