The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Interviews with organizers: Canada’s postal struggles & the New School occupation
Beginning with the crisis of 2008, a series of community, labor, and education struggles have unfolded across the world, in the US, and Canada. As experienced organizers face new challenges, and new people are brought into the movement, the challenges and problems posed by building powerful radical movements confronts us. Today we present two interviews…
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10 Ways to #BuildPower for #M1GS
by Occupy May 1st From: https://www.facebook.com/notes/occupy-may-first/10-ways-to-buildpower-for-m1gs/164740520313106 With the American Spring just starting, us folks at #BuildPowerShowPower thought it would be good to wrap up some of the ideas going around on how to help #BuildPower for #M1GS! [1] Work Within Occupy: There are hundreds of Occupy groups still holding regular meetings and events. Chances are,…
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Stand with Homestead Against Racial Profiling!
Miami Autonomy and Solidarity is passing along this request for solidarity from a WeCount! organizer to stand with Homestead residents as they express their outrage at the persistent racial profiling by Miami-Dade Police of Homestead residents: In December, WeCount! delivered petitions with over 2,300 signatures to the Miami-Dade Police Department, calling on the MDPD to…
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Solidarity with CIW & Supporters’ Week Long Fast
On Monday March 5th, members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and 150 of their supporters gathered at the headquarters of supermarket chain Publix, in Lakeland, FL to begin a “Fast for Fair Food.” The CIW and supporters are fasting due to Publix’s refusal to end their part in farmworker exploitation and take part in…
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Miami Rally in Solidarity with National Day of Action for Education
Thursday, March 1st 4:30pm- 6:00pm The Torch of Friendship Bayside Park, Miami, FL Teachers, Students, and Parents will be speaking on the state of and their hopes for education in Miami and beyond… https://www.facebook.com/events/179959818783805/ ♦ In solidarity with the National Day of Action for Education: http://www.facebook.com/events/206613039422535/ ♦ In coordination with the National Build…
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Occupy the Class War
It would seem the division is clear. There is the “1%,” and there is the “99%.” We know what, and a lot of time we even know who this “1%” is, although for some reason no one seems to be talking about it. Instead, we tend to speak to the inverse—the “99%”. It is a…
