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How One Landlord Tried to Silence Tenants'and the Story of Their Rent Strike
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (1694+ words) In late August 2025, I'sat in on a'meeting of Chicago's Belden Sawyer Tenant Association (BSTA) and interviewed members about their six-month rent strike for Shelterforce. The tenant union formed and launched its rent strike after members learned their once affordable building…...
Trump's Latest Target: Coal Miners' Safety
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (248+ words) But it appears that seeing thousands of the unelected civilians whose labor makes the government run lose their jobs wasn't enough to slake Trump administration officials' thirst for punishment'they're just being quieter about it now. The headlines may have moved…...
Notes on Our Connected Crusades for Liberation
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (364+ words) Three poems from Cortney Lamar Charleston's new collection, "It's Important I Remember." Notes on Our Connected Crusades for Liberation Three poems from Cortney Lamar Charleston's new collection, "It's Important I Remember." As I compose this note, we are four months…...
While the U. S. Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels, Other Countries Are Charting a Path Away From Them
1+ week, 3+ day ago (421+ words) Under the Trump administration, the U. S. government has been hell-bent on enriching the fossil fuel industry at the expense of humanity. But elsewhere, the fight for a'fossil fuel-free future has broken new'ground. In late April, dozens of world governments'led by Colombia…...
A Dream Deferred for the Jackson Faction
1+ week, 4+ day ago (204+ words) Jesse Jackson's politics of inclusion, an ongoing project, was spurred by his ascent to two candidacies for the Democratic presidential ticket. A Dream Deferred for the Jackson Faction Jesse Jackson's politics of inclusion, an ongoing project, was spurred by his…...
"These Are the Mistakes a Dying Empire Makes"
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (958+ words) It's been more than two months since President Donald Trump dropped the first bombs in his illegal war with Iran, and U. S. consumers are increasingly footing the'bill.' In late April, Norwegian professor Glenn Dieson sat down with Richard Wolff, one of…...
This May Day, Montana Trailer Park Tenants Are Going on Rent Strike
2+ week, 4+ day ago (781+ words) Facing dramatic rent hikes and a'sale to an anonymous investor, residents of two Montana trailer parks are launching a'rent strike this May Day, likely the first such action in the state in'decades.' Tenants of King Arthur and Mountain Meadows Parks…...
The Legacy of Jewish Worker Organizing That Brought Us to This May Day
2+ week, 3+ day ago (272+ words) When fascism is on the rise, celebration may feel beside the point. It isn't. Workers who organized before us understood that coming together in solidarity, in struggle, in joy, was not a'break from the fight. It was the fight. This…...
The U. S. -Iran War Is Illegal. Here's Why That Matters.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (694+ words) The U. S. and Israeli war has, from its very beginning, violated both U. S. domestic and international'law.' Now, however, that future is in more danger than any other time in recent memory. Right now, Iranian civilians are paying the highest price. But the…...
Why Mayors Across the Country Are Signing On To a Haymarket Declaration This May Day
2+ week, 3+ day ago (298+ words) On April 30, the day before May Day, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson joined a'coalition of mayors from cities across the United States to sign the Haymarket Declaration'a joint recognition of May Day and the anniversary of the Haymarket Affair in Chicago,…...