Workers Walk Out, Building Momentum Toward General Strike By Candace Bernd, Truthout. April 4, 2020 Workers Walk Out, Building Momentum Toward General Strike2020-04-042020-04-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/2020_0402-amazon-walkout-e1586016598568.jpg200px200px Above photo: Amazon employees hold a protest and walkout over conditions at the company’s Staten Island distribution facility on March 30, 2020, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty images. Essential workers at Instacart, Whole Foods, Amazon and General Electric are staging protests and walking […]
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Here’s What A General Strike Would Take By Hamilton Nolan, In These Times. April 4, 2020 Here’s What A General Strike Would Take2020-04-042020-04-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/general_strike_covid-e1586011484286.jpg200px200px Above photo: Striking building workers raise their fists in salute during a rally in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris, 13th June 1936. Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. NOTE: There are many ways to conduct a general strike. This article looks at it from the […]
Ten Palestinian political prisoner at Ofer Detention Centre, southwest of Ramallah, launched an open ended hunger strike to protest against the ongoing solitary confinement of two detainees, as well as against Israel’s failure to protect them against the coronavirus, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) announced yesterday. More prisoners have vowed to join the hunger strike if the demands of demands remain unmet, PPS said. Nineteen-year-old Palestinian, […]