Monthly Archives: September 2013

Walmart workers rally

Posted on September 30, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Walmart store and warehouse workers, with the support of several busloads of national NOW conference participants, rallied at the downtown Chicago Walmart store. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Chicago, Harassment, labor, National Organization for Women, racism, retaliation, union-busting, United Food & Commercial Workers, United States, Walmart, workers | Leave a comment

NYC fast food strikes

Posted on September 29, 2013 by franklindmitryev

The fast food workers of New York, along with those in seven other cities, are on the move and demanding nothing less than to be treated as human beings on the job, not replaceable parts in a giant fast food industry machine. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Bronx, Brooklyn, class struggle, Communities for Change, Fast food, Kentucky Fried Chicken, labor, Manhattan, McDonald's, New York City, Union Square, workers | Leave a comment

BART workers face strike-breaking tactics

Posted on September 28, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Several hundred rallied in support of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers trying to negotiate a contract with a modest raise and no more takeaways. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged AC Transit, Amalgamated Transportation Union, BART, Bay Area Rapid Transit, class struggle, ILWU, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Jerry Brown, labor, Oakland California, San Francisco Bay Area, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, Strike action, Thomas Hock, transit workers, union-busting, Veolia | Leave a comment

Rise Up Texas

Posted on September 27, 2013 by franklindmitryev

An overflow crowd at Bluestockings Bookstore in New York City heard Hallie Boas speak on “Come and Take It: How the Fight to Protect Wom¬en’s Healthcare Is Launching a New Wave of Feminism in Texas.” Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Abortion, African Americans, Arab spring, Black, Bluestockings Bookstore, feminism, Hallie Boas, healthcare, Latino, Middle East, Occupy Wall Street, patriarchy, religious fundamentalism, Rise Up Texas, sexism, Texas, United States, Wendy Davis, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Women Worldwide, September-October 2013

Posted on September 26, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Women Worldwide: Turkey anti-fundamentalist demonstrations; Egypt sexual violence; California in vitro fertilization; Saudi Arabia segregation. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged California, Center for Genetics and Society, Contraception, Egypt, feminism, in vitro fertilization, informed consent, Islamism, IVF, Jerry Brown, Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment, patriarchy, Pregnancy, Princess Nora bin Abdulraham University, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sexism, sexual harassment, Susan Bonilla, Turkey, UN Entity for Gender Equity, Women in Egypt, women's liberation | Leave a comment

The Child Catchers

Posted on September 25, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Review of The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce, which explores the religious Right’s renewed enthusiasm for domestic and international adoption. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged adoption, Anne Fessler, Baby Scoop Era, Christian Right, Ethiopia, feminism, Guatemala, Haiti, Kathryn Joyce, Liberia, patriarchy, Quiverfull, religious Right, Rwanda, sexism, South Korea, The Child Catchers, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Outrage at Trayvon Martin injustice

Posted on September 24, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Participant reports from Trayvon Martin demonstrations in Los Angeles, Oakland, Chicago, Raleigh, and New York. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged African Americans, Airicka Gordon-Taylor, Amadou Diallo, Black liberation, Black Workers for Justice, Boyle Heights Mariachi Plaza, Chicago, Cliff Kelley, criminal injustice system, Emmett Till, Fruitvale (BART station), George Zimmerman, Harlem Hospital, Heroes Emerging Among Teens, Howard Morgan, Jesse Jackson, Latinos, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Pfleger, Moral Monday, NC HEAT, NC Student Power Union, NC-NAACP, NYPD, Oakland California, Oscar Grant, racism, Raleigh North Carolina, Ramarley Graham, Sanford Florida, Shon McClain, Shooting of Trayvon Martin, Stephon Watts, Trayvon Martin, United States, vigilantism, William Barber, WVON | Leave a comment

Latin America in view, September-October 2013

Posted on September 23, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Latin America in View, Sept.-Oct. 2013: Ecuador oil drilling; Brazil rapes; Mexico Escuelita Zapatista. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Amazon, Brazil, Chiapas, direct democracy, Ecuador, Escuelita Zapatista, feminism, Indigenous peoples, Latin America, Mexico, oil drilling, patriarchy, Rafael Correa, Rape, Rio de Janeiro, sexism, sexual assault, women's liberation, Yasuni national park, Zapatista | Leave a comment

Anti-LGBT bigot sued in human rights trial

Posted on September 22, 2013 by franklindmitryev

U.S. preacher and bigot Scott Lively will have to face charges of human rights violations in a Massachusetts courtroom. Lively is best known as promoter of Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill. His homophobic preaching has led to persecution and death among African Gays. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Alien Tort Statute, Angola, Center for Constitutional Rights, David Kato, heterosexism, homophobia, Human rights, lgbt, Mozambique, Pink Swastika, queer liberation, Russia, Scott Lively, Sexual Minorities Uganda, Uganda, Vladimir Putin | Leave a comment

Families stand up for prisoners’ rights

Posted on September 21, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the new September-October 2013 issue of News & Letters: Families stand up for prisoners’ rights Editor’s note: Marie Levin spoke at many of the demonstrations. This statement is from July 31. Oakland, Calif.—My name is Marie Levin. My brother, … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Prison Focus, CDCR, criminal injustice system, Dolores Huerta, Jay Leno, Marie Levin, Pelican Bay prison hunger strike, Pelican Bay State Prison, prison industrial complex, Ron Ahnen, shu, Sitawa Jamaa, Solitary confinement | 1 Comment