Op-Ed | Immigration Immigrant-Led Organizing Points the Way to a Better World for All Workers Let’s follow the lead of immigrant workers organizing for a world without borders — this May Day and beyond. By David Bennion & Adrianna Torres-García , Truthout May 1, 2024 Truthout Read Story
Excerpt | Economy & Labor May Day Is About Confronting the Capitalist System That Governs Our Lives Let’s celebrate by coming together to imagine how workers’ collective power can transform the world. By Richard Gilman-Opalsky , AKPress May 1, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Education & Youth Students Sue After CUNY Folds to Backlash Against Muslim Commencement Speakers CUNY's law school canceled student commencement speeches after Muslim women used the platform to criticize Israel. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout April 30, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Vermont Farmworkers Go to Amsterdam to Fight for “Milk With Dignity” Stonewalled by a US supermarket chain, farmworkers took the struggle to its parent company in Amsterdam. By Ashley Smith , Truthout April 30, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy University Hall After Columbia Refuses to Divest Protesters renamed the building “Hind’s Hall” after Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 30, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Offers Alarming Details on How He’d Govern If Elected President Again When asked if his loyalists would enact violence if he loses, Trump said “it depends.” By Chris Walker , Truthout April 30, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing 300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia and CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments Columbia University’s president asked for continued police presence to ensure encampments aren’t reestablished. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! May 1, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health EPA Changes Course on Widely Used Pesticide With Proposed Ban The agency cited evidence that acephate harms workers who apply the chemical and others through contaminated water. By Sharon Lerner , ProPublica May 1, 2024 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Pro-Israel Mob Attacks Students in Violent Assault on Encampment at UCLA Campus security stood aside as the mob unleashed bricks, fireworks and pepper spray, organizers said. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams May 1, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Our Unions Can Turn the Tide for the Campus Palestine Revolt Rank and filers can organize unions to join the encampments, strike for Palestine and turn words into action. By Jason Koslowski , LeftVoice May 1, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing 300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia and CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments Columbia University’s president asked for continued police presence to ensure encampments aren’t reestablished. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! May 1, 2024 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Pro-Israel Mob Attacks Students in Violent Assault on Encampment at UCLA Campus security stood aside as the mob unleashed bricks, fireworks and pepper spray, organizers said. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams May 1, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Our Unions Can Turn the Tide for the Campus Palestine Revolt Rank and filers can organize unions to join the encampments, strike for Palestine and turn words into action. By Jason Koslowski , LeftVoice May 1, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Top UN Human Rights Official Raises Alarm Over Repression of Student Protests Over 1,200 protesters have been arrested across dozens of campuses just over the past two weeks. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 30, 2024 Truthout