Sunday May 26, 2013
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People's Struggles

SDS holds national Day of Action for Education Rights
Stephanie Taylor | Minneapolis, MN | 3/18/13
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a national progressive student group, held a “Day of Action for Education Rights” on March 14. High school and...
Education Rights, SDS, Students for a Democratic Society
CIW 6-mile march protesting Publix declares “New day for farmworkers”
Staff | Lakeland, FL | 3/18/13
About 1000 people took to the streets here, March 17, marching six miles to the Publix Supermarket headquarters.
CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farmworkers, Lakeland, Publix
Save Public Schools Night exposes destruction of public education
David Hungerford | Irvington, NJ | 3/17/13
The Coalition to Save Our Homes held Save Public Schools Night here on March 11.
Capitalism, Coalition to Save Our Homes, Education Rights, Home Foreclosures, Public Schools, Wall Street
Justice for Kimani Gray!
Fight Back! Editors | New York, NY | 3/17/13
We stand with Carol Gray, the mother of Kimani Gray, in demanding his murderers be taken off the streets of New York City before they take another young...
Kimani Gray, NYPD, Oppressed Nationalities, Police Brutality, Racism
Stand up and fight back for housing in Springfield, MA
Evan Cross | Springfield, MA | 3/16/13
Nearly 100 community members, many African American, Puerto Rican and Latino, answered a call to occupy and clean up a vacant home located at 280...
Arise for Social Justice, Homes for All!, No One Leaves/Nadie Se Mude
U of MN students and workers protest demand “chop from the top”
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/15/13
About 40 students and campus workers rallied at Morrill Hall and marched through the University of Minnesota (U of M) campus on March 14 to protest rising...
Chop from the top, Education Rights, Students for a Democratic Society, tuition hikes, University of Minnesota
Venezuela to hold presidential elections following Chavez's death
Staff | Venezuela | 3/15/13
Following the tragic death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan National Electoral Council announced a new Presidential election for April...
Henrique Capriles, Hugo Chavez, Nicholas Maduro, United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Venezuela, Venezuelan Elections
Unite against Governor Rick Scott’s far-right agenda in the 2013 Florida legislative session
Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Florida District | Florida | 3/14/13
On March 5, Governor Rick Scott delivered his State of the State address to the Florida legislature, marking the start of the 2013 legislative session.
Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Governor Rick Scott, Labor, Republican Agenda
MN Senate kills Homeowner Bill of Rights
Staff | St. Paul, MN | 3/14/13
40 residents and community supporters from the Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone marched on Wells Fargo with the boards used to illegally board up an...
Home Foreclosures, Homeowner Bill of Rights, Jessica English, Wells Fargo
Protesters shut down presentation by Holy Land 5 prosecutor Barry Jonas
Kait McIntyre | Chicago, IL | 3/13/13
"Hands off our families, hands off our friends! Barry Jonas, this must end!"
Anti-War 23, Assistant U.S. Attorney Barry Jonas, FBI Repression, Holy Land 5, Joe Iosbaker, Palestine Solidarity