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the Northern Worker: Free Leonard Peltier!

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015. This June will mark the 40th anniversary of the shoot out at Oglala on the Pine Ridge reservation. Leonard Peltier has been wrongly imprisoned for the shooting of two FBI agents at this shoot out between the U.S. government and American Indian Movement activists. Events are planned all over the country to mark the event, raise awareness about Peltier's case, and to call for his release from prison. In 1973 the Pine Ridge Reservation, the poorest. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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the Northern Worker: Workers Rally in Defense of Duluth Mail Processing Center

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Friday, May 29, 2015. Workers Rally in Defense of Duluth Mail Processing Center. Fifty people gathered in front of the post office on. In a rally to save the. What do we want? A man with a megaphone asked the crowd Wednesday. The crowd shouted, "Permanently restored services! When do we want it? As well as the. And other parts of northern. S mail processing center has been slated to close as part of the Postal Service's consolidation plan to save money. Will be substandard compared to the Twin Cities.

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the Northern Worker: TPPA: Capitalism at its Predatory Best

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. TPPA: Capitalism at its Predatory Best. President Obama was granted “Fast Track” authority by Congress on June 24, thus clearing the way to rapid passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). CIO, provisions for a government-funded program for some of the thousands of U.S. workers expected to lose their jobs as U.S. corporations offshore production to low-wage and virtual slave-labor nations like Vietnam and China. The Republicans, joined by their “progressive&#...

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About | Petition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Petition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Let's bring Mumia home NOW. Skip to primary content. Who is Mumia Abu-Jamal? Mumia is one of the most widely recognized political prisoners in the world. He continues to be harshly punished for challenging the power of the United States government in his writings and in his political activism as a former Black Panther and sympathizer of the MOVE organization. Listen to Mumia’s weekly writings in his own voice: http:/ www.prisonradio.org/. Deutschland: http:/ www.mumi...

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the Northern Worker: $15 Wage Movement Makes Gains

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. 15 Wage Movement Makes Gains. June was a good month for the fight for a $15 minimum wage. On June 13,. The second largest city in the country, saw the mayor sign the bill passed by the city council that raised the minimum wage from $9 to $15 over the next five years. This will keep the city ahead of the statewide minimum wage, which was raised to $10 in 2016. The California State Assembly is now considering raising it to $13 in 2017. Last November, the people of. Attorney General ...

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the Northern Worker: May Day in Superior: No Cuts to the UW!

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Sunday, May 3, 2015. May Day in Superior: No Cuts to the UW! This year to mark International Workers Day, workers and activists held a rally in. The theme of this year's May Day protest was opposition to the proposes $300 million cuts to the. About three dozen people attended the event at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The first part of the event was a powerful rally with the following speakers: Michael Raino, Kym Young, Scott Wallace, Meghan Krausch and Joel Sipress. Email us at adamritscher@gmai...

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the Northern Worker: What Socialists Advocate

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Saturday, February 1, 2014. Below is a list of stances that Socialist Action takes on a wide variety of social, economic and political questions. We also encourage you to check out our ". Workers Action Program to Confront the Economic Crisis. For our views on how to turn around the U.S. economy. Bring all troops home now from overseas. Close all military bases. Cut all aid and political ties to Apartheid. No blood for oil. Free universal health care. Drop the insurance companies and establish a sing...

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the Northern Worker: Workers Memorial Day: Speak Out for Safe Jobs

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Saturday, April 25, 2015. Workers Memorial Day: Speak Out for Safe Jobs. Will have a special focus this year on the threats facing mental health workers. In addition to events at construction sites and union halls on April 28, AFSCME. Will march at six treatment centers. Workers Memorial Day, the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, is commemorated each year as a day to remember those killed or injured at work and to renew the call for workplace safety. Monday, April 27. AFSCME members ...

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the Northern Worker: Screwed by vulture funds, Puerto Rico is the US's 'Greece'

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Screwed by vulture funds, Puerto Rico is the US's 'Greece'. The world has been focused on the spectacle of the “Troika” of the International Monetary Fund, European Union and the European Central Bank crushing the Greek people, but it is far from the only example of strong nations using a “debt crisis” to extract more wealth from those that are weaker. A case in point is the. In a June 28. Times interview, the governor of the. Which remains a territory of the. Spoke to protester D...