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Housing is a human right
To guarantee the human right to housing, a fundamental change in policy would be required at all levels. At all levels - federal, state and local - the social housing provision should be enforced against private profit interests. The non-profit status of housing must be revived. Housing must not be a commodity, it must not be the object of speculation and profit interests....
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2023 7:28am PDT
Community Consciousness
The following is my most recent article previously published in Street Roots August 31st edition of recent struggles in my life, and coming from chaos through with my commitment to community...in which we collectively have consciousness....
Posted: Sat, Sep 30, 2023 1:26pm PDT
Gender Roles Are Not A Thing Of The Past
The investigative sociology report conducted by Sonoma State University’s Senior Seminar student Georgia Van Amsterdam examines how misogynistic practices skew the way gender roles are depicted and how that affects the women in our society. Through conducting multiple interviews with participants between the ages of 18-40, and have contributed and or dealt with misogyny in their past, misogynistic ideologies are skewing the roles society believes women must play in order to be seen as desira...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2023 4:09pm PDT
Police Transport (Spit) Hoods May Cause Injury or Death
The use of transport (spit) hoods by police increases the likelihood of breathing difficulties and suffocation. These hoods are particularly dangerous when a person is already in distress. When used in conjunction with other restraints (such as handcuffs and hobbles) hoods are highly likely to reduce a person's ability to breathe....
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2023 4:36pm PDT
México_Oaxaca: Alas y Raíces de los Movimientos Sociales
México_Oaxaca: Alas y Raíces de los Movimientos Sociales
Hacer visibles las agresiones contra los movimientos sociales en Oaxaca y contra las personas defensoras en todo México...
Posted: Sat, Sep 16, 2023 4:40pm PDT
México_FRAYBA Informe DDHH: Chiapas un desastre
Frayba Derechos Humanos
Informe: Chiapas un desastre...
Posted: Sat, Sep 16, 2023 6:03am PDT
Informe 2022: Asesinatos de defensores ambientales y territoriales
nuestrAmérica
Informe 2022: Asesinatos de defensores ambientales y territoriales...
Posted: Sat, Sep 16, 2023 4:46am PDT
Socialist Health Care Organizers Exit DSA
Open letter from former members of DSA-LA explaining why they resigned from DSA following the organization's abandonment of a true fight for Single Payer health care in CA....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2023 12:18pm PDT
WHO-ICRC Basic Emergency Care Course
Developed by WHO and International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM), the *Basic Emergency Care (BEC): Approach to the Acutely Ill and Injured* course is an open-access training course for first contact health workers who manage acute illness and injury with limited resources....
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2023 7:46am PDT
Contact with Police May Be Detrimental to Your Health & Well-Being
Calling the police can frequently do more harm than good, and other options should be considered whenever possible. The emotional impacts of violence and repression can be serious and it is important that we are aware of those impacts and work together to deal with them. Looking after ourselves and our friends or affinity groups does not end when the action ends!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 4, 2023 8:30pm PDT
Protection for PNW Street Medics
Resources and information to help street medics, activists, and anyone facing police brutality and harassment protect themselves against government spying, corruption, and abuse....
Posted: Sun, Aug 6, 2023 4:13pm PDT
Apple Whistleblower Ashley Gjøvik Part 1 & Part 2
Apple Whistleblower Ashley Gjøvik talks about her struggle for health and safety at the super-fund toxic dump site that her Apple office was on in Silicon Valley...
Posted: Thu, Aug 3, 2023 10:25am PDT
EPA Makes Pesticide Incident Reports Publicly Available for First Time
Data Details Serious Harms Caused by Pesticides...
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2023 7:16am PDT
Iowa's Abortion Ban from a Disability Perspective
The Iowa legislature convened on July 11 for a special session and passed a near-total abortion ban....
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2023 1:07am PDT
Put the Moxi, not Puny, in MUNI
The progressive left hobbles itself in not believing the advocacy of socializing land values is worth the energy expended. Without a clear, principled aspiration articulated, a larger, wider, transformative social justice program is unlikely to emerge in public discourse, much less at the ballot....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2023 11:27pm PDT
Wallmapu: «la CAM goza de buena salud» afirma Héctor Llaitul
Wallmapu: «la CAM goza de buena salud» afirma Héctor Llaitul...
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2023 8:32am PDT
Psychological First Aid
The emotional impacts of violence and repression can be serious and it is important that we are aware of those impacts and work together to deal with them. Looking after ourselves and our friends or affinity groups does not end when the action ends! As Street Medics we should be versed in psychological first aid....
Posted: Thu, Jun 29, 2023 7:13pm PDT
Francia_Levantamientos de la tierra: La lucha continúa!
Francia_Levantamientos de la tierra: La lucha continúa!
Solidaridad sin fronteras, con las luchas compañeras!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 27, 2023 8:23am PDT
Authoritarian Capitalism
The banks and auto corporations were bailed out and rescued and the ensuing public debt was invoked in order to cut public expenditures on health care, education, pensions, and public
salaries. Furthermore, a new race to the bottom has started in the name of “global competitiveness."...
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2023 2:35am PDT
Car Plants Are Making Medical Equipment - And Things Should Stay That Way
The time has come for progressive nationalization and socialization. This includes the financial sector, because only if we gain control over the financing of socially necessary areas of production will it be possible to ensure that we as a society can plan our future and the future of our finite planet democratically and thus avert the impending climate catastrophe....
Posted: Sat, Jun 24, 2023 7:32am PDT