Poor People's Movements
staff | Minneapolis, MN | 10/21/20
On October 20, Hennepin County workers gathered at the Government Center in downtown Minneapolis to demand, “Protect our workers, protect our community...
Jake Holtzman | Austin, TX | 9/11/20
On the morning of September 8, a group of around 100 unemployed artisans, designers, technicians, stagehands and other entertainment industry workers held...
Ryan Hamann | Milwaukee, WI | 8/09/20
Milwaukee, WI - On the evening of August 1, around 70 people gathered at the Washington Park Senior Center to demand an end to home evictions and to...
staff | Milwaukee, WI | 8/06/20
While Joe Biden shelters himself from COVID-19 and the movement for Black lives in Milwaukee, the Coalition to March on the Democratic National Convention...
Toni Duplechain-Jones | New Orleans, LA | 8/04/20
On the morning of July 30, over 100 people gathered around the New Orleans Civil District Court building to demand that eviction court be closed.
Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 7/18/20
In less than two weeks the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation or FPUC, which provides an extra $600 a week to those who are unemployed because of...
Tom Burke | Lansing, MI | 7/17/20
120 union members and supporters marched through downtown Lansing, July 15, chanting, “They say cut back! We say fight back!”
Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 7/10/20
On Thursday, July 9, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the broadest measure of people on unemployment continued to climb.
Tom Burke | Grand Rapids, MI | 7/08/20
After a lively rally on June 24 with nearly 100 workers, the stagehands union IATSE is calling a new rally on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol for...
Freedom Road Socialist Organization | United States | 7/08/20
The U.S.-backed government of Philippines and its President Duterte is putting in place the legal framework to carry out a wave of repression against...
