Activism

Walmart Workers Model ‘Minority Unionism’

Walmart Workers Model ‘Minority Unionism’ Walmart Workers Model ‘Minority Unionism’

The OUR Walmart approach doesn't rely on majority membership at one store, but a coalition of workers across the country. 

Dec 11, 2012 / Josh Eidelson

How to Strike Back: A 14N Dispatch From Madrid

How to Strike Back: A 14N Dispatch From Madrid How to Strike Back: A 14N Dispatch From Madrid

The general strike that swept Spain on November 14 was a fusion of traditional union efforts and a new breed of radical protest entirely.

Dec 10, 2012 / StudentNation / Julia Ramírez Blanco

After Sandy, Learning From New Orleans: D6 and Beyond

After Sandy, Learning From New Orleans: D6 and Beyond After Sandy, Learning From New Orleans: D6 and Beyond

From public housing to living wages, how can New York rebuild as a more equal, just city? 

Dec 7, 2012 / Laura Flanders

This Week in Poverty: When Even Santa Can’t Get a Job

This Week in Poverty: When Even Santa Can’t Get a Job This Week in Poverty: When Even Santa Can’t Get a Job

Two million unemployed workers will lose their benefits before the New Year if Congress fails to extend the unemployment insurance program.

Dec 7, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Pressuring Publix Pressuring Publix

The Fair Food Program is viable, it’s working and, with our help, it could eventually fulfill its enormous promise as an unprecedented collaborative model for farm-labor just...

Dec 6, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

[VIDEO] Protest Organizers Explain the Cooper Union Occupation [VIDEO] Protest Organizers Explain the Cooper Union Occupation

Student activists talk about what they're fighting for and why.

Dec 5, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Doing the Math Better: A Talk With Christian Parenti Doing the Math Better: A Talk With Christian Parenti

Author Christian Parenti, in conversation with NYU student Rebecca Nathanson, explains why fossil-fuel divestment campaigns—now gaining popularity on college campuses thanks ...

Dec 5, 2012 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson

Yolanda Andrews: The Home Defenders League Is Fighting Back

Yolanda Andrews: The Home Defenders League Is Fighting Back Yolanda Andrews: The Home Defenders League Is Fighting Back

For Yolanda Andrews, losing her house would mean losing everything. That's why she's standing up to predatory banking.

Dec 5, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

Latinos Are Ready to Fight Climate Change—Are Green Groups Ready for Them?

Latinos Are Ready to Fight Climate Change—Are Green Groups Ready for Them? Latinos Are Ready to Fight Climate Change—Are Green Groups Ready for Them?

Latinos—along with other minorities and youth—are the strongest supporters of action against climate change. It’s time mainstream enviros got the message.

Dec 5, 2012 / Mark Hertsgaard

Students Occupying Cooper Union Insist on Founder’s Vision

Students Occupying Cooper Union Insist on Founder’s Vision Students Occupying Cooper Union Insist on Founder’s Vision

Founder Peter Cooper's insistence that the institution should be as “free as air and water” is being challenged by an administration intent on starting to charge un...

Dec 4, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia

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