The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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A New Center of Trauma? Irrationality and Healthcare
Recently Kendall Regional Medical Center initiated the application process to be given the right to operate a trauma center under its hospital. The Miami Herald reported on 04/16/10 (1) that Kendall Regional released the following statement “Supported by data that shows that Miami-Dade/Monroe counties need additional trauma services and the ever growing challenges that traffic…
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Workers in Rebellion: A May Day Event
May Day has been a significant date for many working people worldwide since the late 19th century. From the battles over the 8-hour day to the general strike, walkouts and rallies of 2006, workers have utilized May 1 to gather with each other and assert their rights. This May Day, Wild Rose Collective will be…
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Miami Taxi Drivers Struggle Against the Sun Pass
Tuesday Miami-Dade taxi drivers organized with New Vision Taxi Association picketed outside of Government Center, where the county commissioners were meeting. The taxi drivers are engaged in a campaign to stop the passage of a law giving the county power to ticket any driver who drive without a functioning Sun Pass in their car. The…
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Teachers of Miami-Dade County Call:
Take a personal day or sick day, Monday April 12th to oppose Florida Senate Bill 6/ HB 7189 Meet 3:30pm at: Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th Street, Miami, Florida We need to show our power and force Governor Crist to veto the bill! We need to meet and organize ourselves autonomously as teachers from the…
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Teachers and Public Education are Under Attack in Florida
Education reform seems to be the buzzword coming out of all the politicians’ mouths these days, and these words have taken on a menacing form in the case of Florida. In Florida, education reform is supposedly at the bottom of legislation such as HB7189 and SB 6. These companion bills, emerging from the Florida House…
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Imperialist domination and the popular masses
by Jan- Miami Autonomy & Solidarity (MAS) In consolidating the Haitian dominant classes and their state apparatus, imperialism plays a direct and indirect role in maintaining the dictatorship of the dominant classes on the masses. Imperialism intervenes directly on class struggles in the Haitian social formation.
