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1000+ Turn-Out for #S17, 5 arrested including SP-NY Secretary outside Goldman Sachs On September 17th over one thousand protestors took to the streets to celebrate Occupy Wall Street’s first birthday. The festivities sent Wall Street and the surrounding area into chaos as jubilant protestors marched, chanted, danced and sang in the streets, effectively shutting down the machinations of the... 

“The simple fact of the matter is that after decades of neoliberalism, the Democratic Party is utterly unable to represent the interests of working people.  This is clear in the day to day operations of politics in Chicago and other cities throughout the country, but comes into even sharper focus when actions like a strike raise the level of resistance by workers to a higher pitch.” by Billy Wharton from... 

September 28, 20127:00 pmto9:00 pm       When: Friday, Sep. 28th – 7:00pm Where: 6th St. Community Center, 638 E. 6th St, Manhattan NY [get directions]  Read More →

Prefiguration is a fancy word that means to try to live and think like the future, right now. It means that we do not have to wait until we have a perfect world to start creating the kind of society that we want. We can start right now, by creating alternative schools, offices, hospitals, factories, homes, senior centers, etc.   from Ecosocialist Horizons   “An important political principle... 

“As counterproductive as window-smashing generally is (although quite cathartic, therapeutic, etc., no doubt), nobody in Pittsburgh got hurt by that incident, nor has anyone been hurt (except by cops) at any protest that I know of in the US for decades. The cost of those windows would be a tiny fraction of the cost of just one of those fences that surrounded so much of downtown Tampa. But nevertheless,... 

The union’s top priority is a “better school day” for all of Chicago’s students, one that would include art, music, gym, recess, and foreign languages. CTU wants smaller class sizes and wraparound services like social workers, counselors, and school nurses to make sure that the district’s mostly poor students get the support they need.  by Theresa Moran  from Labor Notes   Chicago teachers...