Workers Struggle
News relating to Organized Labor, Strikes, Unionization, and Worker’s Struggles in the Workplace.
NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily
The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April. The order, a copy of which has been obtained by… Read More ›
Police Retreat as Protests Expand Through Turkey
By TIM ARANGO ISTANBUL — Violent protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan engulfed Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, on Saturday and spread to other cities, including the capital, Ankara, as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the… Read More ›
Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
BY KIRSTEN WEST Former Ward 2 Councilman and Chokwe Lumumba, 65, is the new mayor of Jackson, Miss., winning the general election with 87 percent of the vote, reports Fight Back! News. “I’m just delighted. I feel wonderfully well about the people and their… Read More ›
Taksim Square Protests: 13 Photos Showing Severity of the Protests
by Christian Rice Protesters flooded Istanbul’s Taksim Square Friday after heavy-handed police tactics and increasing dissatisfaction with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who some say is becoming increasingly authoritarian. The mainstream media has yet to highlight the protests. Meanwhile,… Read More ›
Turkey Protests Continue to Surge: Over 1,700 Arrested
235 Separate Rallies Reported Nationwide by Jason Ditz Protests continue to grow in Turkey, with a third day of rallies seeing tens of thousands of people attending at least 90 separate rallies in the nation’s four largest cities, and 235… Read More ›
The day the people of Turkey rose up — in pictures
Police forced to retreat from Istanbul’s Taksim square as protests against the authoritarian neoliberalism of Erdogan’s proto-Islamist government grow. For more background, read a solidarity statement here. For an update on the situation on the ground in Istanbul, check our latest… Read More ›
Turkish union to strike from Tuesday over unrest
ISTANBUL, June 3 (Reuters) – Turkey’s Public Workers Unions Confederation (KESK) said on Monday it would hold a “warning strike” on June 4-5 to protest at a crackdown on anti-government protests over the last four days. “The state terror implemented… Read More ›
Pots, pans and the mundane terror at Taksim
On Friday I picked up my Turkish residence permit, breathed a sigh of relief, then came home to Taksim and was promptly tear gassed. I hadn’t joined the Gezi clashes, nor was I up close trying to get some citizen… Read More ›
Syria calls on Turkish PM to resign over crackdown
Syria gleefully turned the tables on Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday over his response to anti-government demonstrations, calling on him to halt the violent repression of peaceful protests or resign. Erdogan, a former ally of Bashar al-Assad, turned against… Read More ›
Updates From A Comrade in Turkey
Update as of 6 am (PST) Due to a media blackout, the following updates are hard to confirm, but come directly from comrades on the ground in an undisclosed major city. Vicious attacks from state security Police chased protesters towards… Read More ›
Thousands of protesters pack Istanbul’s Taksim Square, over 900 arrested across Turkey
Police in Istanbul have withdrawn from Taksim Square, allowing the mass protest to continue unabated, Turkish media report. Istanbul and Ankara are entering the third day of violent protests, with tear gas and water cannon deployed and over 900 arrested…. Read More ›
Black 14-year-old Carrying a Puppy Tackled and Choked by Police for Giving Them a “Dehumanizing Stare”
By Steven Hsieh Grown police officers allege that the unarmed teen looked at them funny. New cell phone footage shows Miami-Dade Police officers aggressively pinning an unarmed teen to the ground while choking him. His alleged crime: giving the officers “dehumanizing… Read More ›
How “Memorial Day” was stripped of its African-American Roots
Written by: Ben Becker What we now know as Memorial Day began as “Decoration Day” in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It was a tradition initiated by former slaves to celebrate emancipation and commemorate those who died for that… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 