Paying for Their Deficit with Our Lives
Over the last several weeks Obama and politicians in Congress have been telling us over and over again how bad the US government’s $14 trillion deficit is. Lately, it seems like every time we turn on the nightly news or pick up a newspaper we here scary stories about how unless something is done soon […]
Squeezing Workers for Every Last Penny
As the economic crisis continues to bring in record profits and income for banks and corporations and the super rich, working people keep paying for the crisis with their pocket books. In addition to layoffs, unemployment, foreclosures, and budget cuts, those of us workers who still have jobs are seeing our paychecks disappear even more […]
The Real Debate About Climate Change
Since the beginning of the New Year there has been a string of extreme weather events throughout the world. In December and January, the South American country, Colombia, saw record flooding that left millions without access to safe drinking water or shelter. A few months later, in April, Colombia was again battered by record flooding. […]
S.F. MUNI Workers Were Right To Vote “NO”
Last week San Francisco MUNI workers, who drive buses, streetcars and cable cars in San Francisco, voted down the latest transit contract proposal 994 to 488. This is the third time in 18 months the workers have rejected a contract proposal full of takeaways. The MUNI workers had good reasons to say “No” to this […]
There is No Justice in This System!
We are out in the streets today in memory of Oscar Grant. This is not a day of mourning. We are here because we refuse to allow his murder to be ignored. We refuse to ignore the fact that Johannes Mehserle will be released two and a half years after he murdered Oscar. Mehserle is […]