Troy Davis’ execution was delayed tonight as the Supreme Court weighed arguments by Davis’ legal team and the state of Georgia over whether he deserves a stay. At 7:05 p.m. tonight, five minutes after his scheduled death, Davis’ supporters erupted… Read More ›
Workers Struggle
News relating to Organized Labor, Strikes, Unionization, and Worker’s Struggles in the Workplace.
Davis Attorneys File Emergency Stay of Execution
In a last ditch effort to save their client from death, Troy Davis’s attorneys have just filed a motion for an emergency stay of execution. In their motion, the lawyers wrote: “No physical evidence has ever conclusively linked Mr. Davis… Read More ›
Troy Davis Execution Approaches As Calls For Clemency Continue
JACKSON, Ga. — Behind razor wire and thick concrete walls, Troy Davis spent what may be his final hours Wednesday with friends and family, awaiting his execution at 7 p.m. for the murder of a police officer over 20 years… Read More ›
Troy Davis wants polygraph ahead of execution
(Reuters) – A condemned man set to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for killing a Georgia police officer in a high-profile case wants a polygraph test in a last-ditch bid to show his innocence, Amnesty International USA said…. Read More ›
While Troy Davis is Left to Die, Rapist & Murderer Army Recruiter has Third Stay of Execution
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former Army recruiter who for the third time this year was hours away from his scheduled execution for the rape-slaying of a woman in Fort Worth nearly 10 years ago was granted yet another reprieve… Read More ›
“To All” – A Message from Troy Anthony Davis
To All: I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the past year I have experienced such emotion, joy, sadness and never ending faith. It is because of all… Read More ›
Death-row inmate Troy Davis denied clemency
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole has denied clemency for death-row inmate Troy Davis. Davis was convicted of the 1989 killing of Savannah, Georgia, police officer Mark MacPhail. Davis is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 7… Read More ›
Video: Troy Davis’ Sister Kimberly Davis Makes Last Plea Before Possible Execution
From Too Much Doubt:
After Winning Global Support, Troy Davis Loses Clemency Bid
A Georgia parole board Tuesday denied clemency for Troy Davis, a death row inmate who garnered global support for his claims of innocence. His execution is scheduled for Wednesday night. After hearing exhaustive pleas both from Troy Davis supporters and… Read More ›
Protesters Take to the Streets in New York
NEW YORK — Hundreds of people marched Saturday near Wall Street in New York, but the city thwarted their bid to descend into the heart of global finance itself to protest greed, corruption and budget cuts. Protesters had planned to… Read More ›
NAACP Condemns Scheduled Execution of Troy Davis
On Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) strongly condemned the scheduled execution of Troy Anthony Davis. The NAACP believes that there is too much doubt surrounding the conviction of Mr. Davis, whose… Read More ›
Longshoremen storm Washington State Port
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of Longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the center of a labor dispute, said Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha. Six… Read More ›
Happy Corporation Day!
Faked Stats, No Jobs by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS It is Labor Day, 2011, but labor has nothing to celebrate. The jobs that once gave American workers a stake in capitalism have left and gone away. Corporations in pursuit of near-term… Read More ›
We Do the Work
by DAVID MACARAY Whenever Labor Day rolls around I get filled with subversive thoughts about the unfairness of it all. While it’s the workers who keep the operation going, it’s management who gets the credit. It’s management who gets the… Read More ›
Review of “The Working Poor: Invisible in America”
In capitalism’s mythology, society functions according to merit. Wealth and decadence are the tell-tale signs of hard work and brilliance paying off, while poverty is a sign of laziness, irresponsibility and a disposition or work-ethic undeserving of the products of… Read More ›