Newsitem List
4 of 39
US Senate poised to pass National Juneteenth Holiday Bill S.4019
Since that final summer military campaign in Texas beginning June 18, 1865, people of Pan African Ancestry throughout the Diaspora have always celebrated Juneteenth in a big way....
Posted: Sun, Jul 5, 2020 8:19pm PDT
WorkWeek On Police Unions, Police Terror, The AFL-CIO And Labor
WorkWeek looks at the role of the police, police terror, labor and the AFL-CIO. The police have been expelled from the MLK Jr. Labor Council in Seattle after a debate and participants discuss the issue. Also WorkWeek looks at termination of Chicago ATU 241 bus driver and Executive Board member Erek Slater....
Posted: Fri, Jun 26, 2020 11:44am PDT
Abolition is the Floor Not the Ceiling
It is important to remember that institutional violence flows not merely from the bullets of the police but in fact moves through all elements of the social fabric....
Posted: Sun, Jun 14, 2020 2:15pm PDT
Publicly traded corporate looters are ripping off the Small Business Administration
Mayor London Breed and some trigger happy cops are blowing a lot of hot air at the petty thefts taking place during the George Floyd protests, as they look the other way as the publicly traded corporate looters are ripping off over $200 million from the Small Business Administration, that hurts the small businesses that can not get the loans that were meant to go to them through the Cares Act, and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)!...
Posted: Sat, May 30, 2020 11:56pm PDT
Controversies About Covid-19, Biotech Safety & US China Rivalry with Sam Husseini
ournalist Sam Husseini with The Institute of Public Accuracy discusses the growing controversies about where Covid-19 came from, what it is and the issue of bio-tech safety and biological warfare....
Posted: Tue, Apr 28, 2020 11:21pm PDT
The Coronavirus is a Disaster for Sex Workers – We Need Resources!
Thousands of families in the US rely on the income from sex work to survive and have been thrown into a crisis by the coronavirus....
Posted: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 6:17am PDT
UAW Michigan Workers On Elections, Coronavirus, GM Strike, Democracy & Internationalism
Pacifica and WorkWeek reporter Steve Zeltzer interviews UAW 909 Detroit retiree Frank Hammer and UAW 598 Flint Truck Assembly worker Sean Crawford about primary elections in Michigan as well as the struggles for auto workers. They also discuss the lack of protection from the coronavirus epidemic expanding into US auto plants. They also discuss the corruption crisis in the UAW, green technology and international solidarity efforts by auto workers....
Posted: Mon, Mar 9, 2020 10:08pm PDT
China uses forced labor in factories making American products
Forced labor in factories that make products for American companies, including some of the companies listed further below such as GAP Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, Apple which is headquartered in nearby Cupertino, Cisco Systems which is headquartered in San Jose, or Google which is headquartered in Mountain View!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 5, 2020 9:43pm PST
Freedom Rider: Negroes for Bloomberg
Chicago’s Bobby Rush and San Francisco’s London Breed have sold themselves to super-plutocrat Michael Bloomberg, the worst stop-and-frisker in history....
Posted: Sun, Feb 16, 2020 9:50am PST
Coordinated Stalking by Multiple Persons
Advocacy for Humankind is an organization that seeks to eradicate crimes of coordinated stalking through public awareness, education and advocacy for victims....
Posted: Mon, Jan 13, 2020 10:14pm PST
US Privatization Of Ukraine, Puerto Rico, PG&E & The Jeresko/Montosantos Conne
Labor researcher and educator Ricardo Ortiz discusses the crisis of global capitalism and it's reflection in the privatization of Ukraine. He also connects the corruption with Puerto Rico and PG&E....
Posted: Tue, Jan 7, 2020 10:46pm PST
Criminal War Monger Pelosi & Demos Appropriate Millions For War On Venezuela
Criminal war monger Demo leader Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats joined Trump in supporting tens of millions of dollars to overthrow the Venezuelan government....
Posted: Tue, Dec 24, 2019 11:00pm PST
Kwanzaa our "California Grown" Global Celebration, "Matunda ya Kwanza"
Imani (Faith) reminds us of the indispensable foundation of confident, righteous and rewarding belief, calling on us “to believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our leaders, our teachers and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.” In remembrance of Khalid Al Mansour...
Posted: Tue, Dec 24, 2019 10:26am PST
2020 California Urban Homestead Act
Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. first began California Urban Agriculture at his Yerba Buena Garden, today a robust California public policy is needed for our 333 billion dollar, 1.5 million job "California Working Landscape" and Nationwide....
Posted: Wed, Dec 18, 2019 10:32am PST
A3 Newsletter: Albert Woodfox in SF, Zulu Whitmore update and more
Following a keynote speech at the Making and Unmaking Mass Incarceration Conference in Oxford, Mississippi this Wednesday, Albert Woodfox will travel to San Francisco to be a special guest at the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Conference on Saturday, December 7. Next month, Albert will return with Robert King for the de Young Museum "Soul of the Nation" exhibit's free event on January 11....
Posted: Tue, Dec 3, 2019 4:34pm PST
HUD rejects Governor Newsom’s request to assist the homeless with additional funding
According to the National Low-Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), “HUD Secretary Ben Carson rejected California Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for increased federal investment in housing options for people experiencing homelessness, in a letter published on September 18....
Posted: Mon, Sep 23, 2019 11:18pm PDT
NNU Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly & UAW GM Strike Scab Threat
KPFA WorkWeek radio hears about the Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly in San Francisco on September 13, 14 and 15th. We then talk with GM auto workers about the national strike and the threat of scabs at some plants....
Posted: Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:03pm PDT
Outing the Board Members of the NRA
It seems that NOW is the time to take this a step further and expose some of the Board Members of the notorious NRA, a domestic terrorist organization!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 13, 2019 10:45pm PDT
California Has Its Faults
Two big recent earthquakes shook up all things nuclear in the state, and beyond too...
Posted: Mon, Jul 22, 2019 3:52pm PDT
The SF Mime Troupe, SF Chronicle & The Treasure Island Cover-up
WorkWeek radio on KPFA looks at the recent SF Mime Troupe play which was panned by the SF Chronicle reviewer. WorkWeek then hears from the SF Chron editor Audrey Cooper who talks about the powerful figures who are threatening their. reporters because of their stories on Hunters Point and Treasure Island. WorkWeek then hears from Treasure Island residents and Tetra Tech whistleblowers and former Cal-OSHA medical director Dr. Larry Rose about the failure to inspect sites and defend whistlebl...
Posted: Fri, Jul 12, 2019 5:47pm PDT