Labor solidarity with Palestine On May 18, a general strike of Palestinian workers was held to protest the killing of civilians in Gaza, the displacement of Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and the attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli Defense Forces. The strike helped to pressure…
By Betsey Stone May 31, 2021
Militant/Betsey StoneDennis Richter, right, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of California, and campaign supporter Alyson Kennedy talk to Long Beach port worker Javier Marquez May 16. Marquez got Teamster Rebellion to learn how revolutionary-minded unionists fought in 1930s.
LOS ANGELES The Socialist Workers Party in California announced May 15 that it will run Dennis Richter, a Walmart worker and party leader, for governor in a special election to decide who might replace Democratic Party governor Gavin Newsom if he is recalled in an upcoming election.
“Dissatisfaction with the capitalist parties is growing,” Richter told the meeting here where the campaign was announced. “Over 2 million people signed petitions for the recall election, initiated by Republicans. It got wide support because of opposition to Newsom’s arbitrary implementation of COVID shutdown rules, the
Family speaks out after victim hit by own truck during SF theft
Family speaks out after victim hit by own truck during SF theft
The family of a 65-year-old retired longshore worker who was seriously injured when he was hit by his own truck during a San Francisco theft spoke out Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO - The family of a 65-year-old retired longshore worker who was seriously injured when he was hit by his own truck during a San Francisco theft spoke out Monday. How somebody can just leave somebody in the street like that, said Alesha Boyd, the sister-in-law of Richard Mead.
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