On May Day, Let’s Make Bold Demands for Democracy at Work and in the Streets
As we continue to watch federal and state governments fail us on issue after issue — from climate change to voting rights to even the most basic of human rights, such as the right to an abortion — a growing movement of change-makers are beginning to look closer to home for ways to exercise political […]
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New York Court Orders District Maps to Be Redrawn for Midterms
In a major victory for fair maps Wednesday, the New York Court of Appeals struck down the state’s congressional and state senate district maps and ordered them redrawn by a court-appointed neutral expert in time for the 2022 midterms. The New York case is the latest where voters — both Democrats and Republicans — have […]
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SEIU Members Are Voting to Strike in Los Angeles. Here’s Why.
I am a worker at the Department of Mental Health in Los Angeles County, and I’m a member of SEIU Local 721. The annual budget of the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, the largest mental health service in America, is $3 billion. As one of the workers deployed by the county during the pandemic […]
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UN Chief Slams Fossil Fuel Industry for Using Ukraine War to Boost Profits
United Nations Secretary-Common António Guterres on Saturday slammed the fossil gas trade for attempting to make use of Russia’s struggle on Ukraine to spice up polluters’ income on the expense of the worldwide local weather and all life on Earth. “Fossil gas pursuits are actually cynically utilizing the struggle in Ukraine to attempt to lock […]
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Biden Faces Mounting Pressure to Commit to Substantial Student Debt Cancellation
Just 24 hours after the news broke, President Biden died. seriously considering Organisers mobilized to cancel student loans worth tens and thousands of dollars. Students from the Washington, D.C. area joined advocates from Move On, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and other groups in chants of “cancel student debt” at […]
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Political Agenda – Adrian Ramsay
The 2022 local elections will be held in less than a week. Political parties across the UK are arguing their case to voters against a backdrop of the cost of living crisis, and the fallout from Partygate. Adrian Ramsay, co-leads Greens with Carla Denyer hopes his Party can offer fresh answers to the cost crisis, […]
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May 5 Elections: the London boroughs to watch
The May 5ThNot only will elections be important for London’s future, but also for the respective careers and interests of Boris Johnson (and KeirStarmer). A bad night for the Conservatives could see them loose former true-blue seats like Wandsworth and Barnet, which would only ratchet up the pressure on the prime minister. Starmer’s test will […]
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JFK Awards Snub Manchin, Sinema
There’s apparently no political courage worthy of commendation ever exhibited by maverick Democrats — at least not if the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s annual Profiles in Courage Awards are the arbiters thereof. The foundation’s website explains what it claims it’s looking to reward and showcase with its yearly awards: “In times of partisan divide and […]
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The government should hang its head in shame over its Rwanda policy
Offshoring migrants to Rwanda is yet another example of the government’s immoral and ineffective anti-refugee strategy. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 52 people drowned in English Channel waters between 2018-2021. Last year, more than 28,000 people were smuggled across Channel to reach the country. Another 3,000 arrived in the country since January. […]
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QAnon and Other Far Right Elements Are Already Shaping the Upcoming Midterms
Pennsylvania will play the role of fulcrum for American politics in 2022, as it has done in the past. A perfectly divided Senate means that each national Senate race that is in play will be swept under the carpet like a speedbag in a Philly gym. After the retirement announcement of two term Republican Sen. […]
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