Nationwide Protests Rage against Colombia’s Economic Policies

James Jordan, Constanza Vieira and Helda Martínez Alliance for Global Justice
Demands include popular participation in the peace process, an end to Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that threaten the livelihoods of family farmers and workers, and government fulfillment of unkept promises for infrastructure development and Peasant Reserve Zones in rural areas.

John L. Lewis With Atlanta Fast Food Strikers

On Aug 29, fast food workers in Atlanta and 49 other cities around the country went on strike. Rep John Lewis joined Atlanta Jobs with Justice to fight for a living wage and a union for fast food workers. 

Friday Nite Videos -- August 30, 2013

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Wealth Inequality in America. Strike: Fast Food Workers Speak Out. The Onion Warns Miley Cyrus May Be Depleted. Walmart Workers Announce Labor Day Deadline. John L. Lewis With Atlanta Fast Food Strikers. Kevin Spacey: Give Viewers Control.

Wealth Inequality in America

The distribution of wealth in America is way more unequal than we think it is or than we think it should be. These are the real numbers, and they're hard to believe.

Strike: Fast Food Workers Speak Out

These are the names, the faces, the lives and the demands of fast food workers, who are striking for the right to organize and a decent wage.

The Onion Warns Miley Cyrus May Be Depleted

In 2008, experts warned that Miley Cyrus had just five years before she became a withered, dessicated husk. Unless she is conserved, humanity may be reduced to barbarism.

Walmart Workers Announce Labor Day Deadline

The growing group of OurWalmart workers across the country are demanding justice and a decent wage. They have given the giant retailer a Labor Day deadline to meet their demands or face intensified and widespread actions.