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Vermont AFL-CIO president David Van Deusen is interviewed one year after the January 6, 2021 attempted coup and insurrection. His federation debated and voted for a resolution for a general strike to protest and stop such an insurrection. He talks about the same issues one year later....
Posted: Wed, Jan 5, 2022 9:39pm PST
Central to our remembering, reflection and recommitment to our Kwanzaa Holiday Celebration is a renaissance of Black Agriculture in the "Greatest Garden in the World." Womanity is our theme for 2022, assigned by Queen Mother and we begin the journey....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2021 9:29pm PST
Italian SI Cobas FedEx workers are under attack and the government is also jailing their leaders. They celebrated as a leaders was released and prepared for a general strike on October 11, 2021. There will be a solidarity action at the Italian consulate in San Francisco....
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2021 5:30pm PDT
Labor historian Kim Scipes discusses the history of the US labor unions role internationally. The AFL under Samuel Gompers and the AFL-CIO under their president worked with both parties and the US government to support US coups and wars abroad....
Posted: Fri, Sep 10, 2021 9:18pm PDT
WorkWeek covers the case of Major Tillery who provided legal advise to Mumia Abu-Jamal. It also covers the fight against covid at San Francisco City College....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2021 6:38pm PDT
WorkWeek covers the death of former AFL-CIO president Trumka, the racist terror campaign against Black LA Belt line rail workers including hanging nooses. WorkWeek also covers the privatization of public education and the racist xenophobic attacks on Asians and Asian Americans....
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2021 10:16am PDT
The Buffalo Soldiers must be celebrated and their history told. They had a central role in helping to protect, build, and preserve America’s national parks. 2021 National Buffalo Soldiers Day - Union Square - establishing Monthly Buffalos Soldiers Day along the California Buffalo Soldiers Trail...
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2021 10:56pm PDT
WorkWeek interviews Namibian journalist and artist Kav Hambira about the role of German imperialism in Namibia and the present economic and political crisis....
Posted: Fri, Jul 16, 2021 8:46am PDT
The role of UBER in Brazil is the focus of this interview. Wagner Oliveria who was a driver with UBER in Sao Paulo Brazil talks about the murders of UBER drivers and the criminal syndicate it operates....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2021 6:23pm PDT
This interview by the Jamal Journal has just been published by the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper. Permission is granted to reprint as long as the SFBV Newspaper is cited as the original source....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2021 6:42pm PDT
Texas teacher and founder of Teachers Against Dying talks about the effect of Covid and the pandemic on teachers, students and their families. He also discusses the role of the AFT including a debate he had with Randi Weingarten national president of the union....
Posted: Sun, Apr 11, 2021 10:38am PDT
Pacifica's Covid, Race & Democracy interviews journalist Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio about how she helped bring Mumia Abu-Jamal to the airwaves of Pacifica....
Posted: Thu, Apr 1, 2021 9:48am PDT
Strong bipartisan Congressional support and USDA Leadership will provide equity and inclusion throughout our $333+ billion dollar California Working Landscape and beyond. 2021 Women's Herstory Month will begin to open the archives and libraries to include past, present and future opportunities for Black Women to continue to lead the way in the Land of Queen Califia....
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2021 5:32pm PDT
WorkWeek interviews Kent Wong, Director of the UCLA Labor Center and a founder of the Asian Pacifica Labor Alliance. He discusses the growing racist attacks, the history of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia....
Posted: Tue, Mar 23, 2021 5:51pm PDT
Last night, Philly DA Larry Krasner was asked by journalist Shaun King about Mumia Abu-Jamal. Krasner made a joke out of Mumia supporters' demands by saying he has no "magic key" to let Mumia out. Mumia's supporters have concrete demands, including a Color of Change petition and a 40-page newspaper meticulously presenting evidence in support of the petition. Noelle Hanrahan from San Francisco's Prison presents her challenge to DA Krasner...
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2021 3:30pm PDT
In this March 8 letter to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, the San Francisco-based ILWU Calls for the compassionate release of Mumia Abu-Jamal and other vulnerable prisoners....
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2021 9:45pm PST
Dozens of graduates and supporters of Boğaziçi University rallied in SF and spoke out against the Erdogan's government appointment of a Rector who plagiarized others for his work and is a crony of Erdogan's AKP....
Posted: Sun, Feb 7, 2021 7:30pm PST
Jeb Bush's voter roll purging, the criminal deceit of the Florida Times Union, police intimidation, barring of precincts etc robbed the American people of our choice in 2000. The disastrous results remain with us at this time....
Posted: Wed, Jan 13, 2021 2:17am PST
WorkWeek interviews Professor Frances Boyle about the insurrection and coup and what should be done about it....
Posted: Fri, Jan 8, 2021 7:17pm PST
WorkWeek looks at the threat of a coup and also the role of labor with the David Van Deusen. His Vermont Labor AFL-CIO had called for a general strike to prevent a coup. WorkWeek also looks at the systemic racism in San Francisco and an action at the British Consulate in San Francisco to demand the freedom of journalist Julian Assange....
Posted: Wed, Jan 6, 2021 3:45pm PST