Category Archives: labor

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains

Coal Mining Curbed on the Black Mesa, Paving Way for Navajo Green Economy

By yvonnegrapher | Published: February 9, 2010
A shorter version of this post first appeared on RaceWire. The indigenous environmental justice movement celebrated a victory, early January 2010, when a judge ruled that Peabody Energy cannot expand its coal mining operations on the Black Mesa in northern Arizona.  Former president Bush Jr. approved a permit for Peabody in the twilight of his outgoing [...]
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Communities of Possibilities

By yvonnegrapher | Published: October 1, 2009
This was first published on RaceWire. The concept of community is an ever-shifting one. It first becomes applied to movements for social change after World War II, when a dissatisfied social worker Saul Alinksy shifted his efforts into organizing urban communities, based on geographic proximity. He was the first recognizable community organizer that developed a model beyond [...]
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A Tale of Race and Recovery

By yvonnegrapher | Published: September 30, 2009
via RaceWire It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…we had everything before us, we had nothing before us.* The Obama administration enacted the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) back in February, the largest boon to public spending and [...]
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Equal Rights for All Workers

By yvonnegrapher | Published: April 26, 2008
MARCH on MAY 1, 2008 International Workers’ Day Join us in a May Day march to unite ALL workers! 2:00pm RALLY at ROOSEVELT PARK in CHINATOWN (Grand St. between Forsyth and Chrystie St.) (B/D Train to Grand St. Station) 3:00pm MARCH to UNION SQUARE JOIN US TO DEMAND: Repeal of the Employer Sanctions Provision Legislate Equal Rights for All Workers Establish a [...]
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