Xenophobia in America: Immigrant Children Detention Centers Promote Terror and Fear

U.S. Immigration Patrol is detaining immigrant families and separating parents from their children.

No One is Illegal: This Pride, I Fight for Roxana Hernandez

Roxana Hernandez is a trans woman who died in ICE custody in late May. This Pride, I fight for her and all LGBT immigrants.

Elections: “To fight in our own name, we need to organize independently of Republicans and Democrats”

Interview with Fred Mitch Linck, candidate for US Senate in Connecticut

The Women on the Front Lines of Unionization at the Stamford Hilton Hotel

The women at the Hilton Hotel speak about their experiences in the fight to unionize the hotel.

Left Voice at The Left Forum 2018

This year Left Forum is taking place from Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3 at The John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City; the theme is bringing together the broad left and rising movements in face of the Trump presidency and the embolding of the right. Featured speakers include Juan Gonzalez, Jane Sanders, Silvia Federici, Cathy Dang, Ajamu Baraka and others.

Hurricane Maria Death Count over 5,000–not 64, New Study Finds

A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine estimates the number of deaths caused directly or indirectly by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico at over five thousand.

Starbucks Makes a “Mockiatto” of Fight against Systemic Racism

In a concerted effort to save its image as community-oriented, inclusive, and “woke,” Starbucks responds to the protests over the baseless arrest of Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson last month by implementing a nationwide “anti-bias” awareness training for all its employees today. The company’s stated goal is to begin a process of addressing the problem of racial discrimination in their stores.

From the Streets of NYC: Palestine Will Be Free!

Solidarity rallies were held in New York City last week as hundreds showed their support for the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation and violence. The rallies were a response to the slaughter of Palestinian protesters at the fence marking the border of Gaza.

Disposable Labor: the plight of an undocumented worker in NYC

There are an estimated half million undocumented immigrants in New York City and 11 million nationally. This a story of a workday under those conditions.