Mass Strike in Quebec Shows Potential Power of Working Class
On November 23 of last year, the province of Quebec, Canada, saw the beginning of a wave of overlapping strikes of public sector workers that may be drawing to a close in the new year. The strike was brought on by a combination of factors: slow yet consistent budget cuts; intensifying pressures on public workers […]
The Fight for People’s Park Today
On Thursday, January 4, police invaded People’s Park in Berkeley, California, closing access to the area. Around midnight, residents of the park, students, and other community members were violently pushed out by hundreds of police – university police, Alameda County sheriffs, California state police and others. (University officials have refused to say how many police […]