Author: Lallan Schoenstein

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Palestine

U.S. arms shipment to Israel blocked at Port of Tacoma

November 8, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 The Port of Tacoma in Washington state was shut down by a picket line shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 6. Protesters swarmed the entrance with signs and chants: “No aid for Israel” and […]
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Palestine

U.S. military ship’s supplies for Israel stalled by protest at berth in Oakland, Calif.

November 8, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 As the sun rose on Nov. 3, protesters began to pour into a site near Berth 20 in the Port of Oakland in California, where the U.S. military vessel MV Cape Orlando was preparing […]
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Labor and strikes

Longshore workers to review proposed union contract

June 23, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
In June, the union contract dispute between 22,000 longshore workers in 29 ports on the West Coast — members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) — and the port bosses — the Pacific […]
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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 […]