Author: Lallan Schoenstein

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Labor and strikes

Teamsters fight for union rights

June 23, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
UPS Teamsters take a strike vote On June 12, the UPS Teamsters reported that 97% of the members voted to authorize a strike. The overwhelming unity of the members gives the union negotiating committee maximum […]
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Labor and strikes

ILWU to celebrate Juneteenth with a shutdown

June 4, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
Seattle port bosses fired the International Longshore and Warehouse (ILWU) Local 52 workers on the June 2 night shift and again on the morning shift, says Gabriel Prawl, a longshore worker and a leading member […]
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Around the world

Nkosi Mandela speaks on apartheid and the Nakba

May 25, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 Upholding the legacy of Malcolm X and commemorating the Palestinian Nakba, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela — grandson of Nelson Mandela — spoke to a gathering at San Francisco State University on May 19. Mandela was […]
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In the U.S.

U.S. judicial system’s bias against workers

May 3, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
There are various concepts of the law. One often hears reference to “Constitutional Law.” The U.S. Constitution, with the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789, did not extend equal rights to people kidnapped from […]
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Political Prisoners

How to free Mumia? Shut it down!

April 27, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 On April 23, a day before Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 69th birthday, protesters marched down 52nd Street in West Philadelphia to a rally at the OneArt Community Center. A glorious mural demanding Mumia’s freedom marks the […]
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Political Prisoners

International Transport Workers Union calls for Mumia’s release

March 31, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
International Transport Workers Union General Secretary Stephen Cotton wrote a letter of support for “the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal” to Judge Lucretia Clemons of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on March 27 […]
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Labor and strikes

Labor seizes the time to ‘Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!’

February 18, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
As leaders in the vanguard of social activism in the labor movement, Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) locals in San Francisco and Oakland, California, shut down their ports on February 16 to demand freedom for […]
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Around the world

South Africa’s National Union of Metalworkers will join call for Mumia’s freedom

February 11, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
ILWU attends South African Conference commemorating the 1973 Durban strikes Representatives from the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) gathered with union leaders from Namibia and South Africa at a Jan. 26 – 28, 2023, […]
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Events

Jan 22 Webinar: What we can learn about Cuba’s ‘code of freedom’ for families

January 18, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
On Sunday, Jan. 22, a webinar panel will report on “What we can learn from Cuba’s ‘code of freedom’ for families.” The people of socialist Cuba voted by a two-thirds margin for the new Code […]
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In the U.S.

Charlene Mitchell presente!

January 3, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
Charlene Mitchell, an extraordinary African American leader, died on Dec. 14 in New York City. She was 92 years old. The story of her life’s achievements evokes profound respect. The daughter of a trade unionist, […]