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Alabama’s Warrior Met Coal and Wall Street Greed

Braxton Wright Facing South
This month marks one year since 1,100 members of the United Mine Workers of America went on strike at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama following the failure of the union and company to agree on a labor contract. The strike continues today.

Integrity Always Pays

Yarri Kamara Africa is a Country
On justice, impunity and ridicule: the historic outcome of the 2022 trial in Burkina Faso against Thomas Sankara’s killers.

National Lawyers Guild Statement of Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against Dakota Access Pipeline

National Lawyers Guild International Committee National Lawyers Guild
The proposed pipeline route crosses ancestral lands of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Missouri River. The Missouri River is a major source of water for the Tribe. The ancestral lands and water are sacred to the Tribe and its people, and they possess a responsibility to Mother Earth and to future generations to protect these ancestral lands and water.

Black Activists Owe No Apology for Solidarity with Palestinians

Darializa Avila Chevalier and Khury Petersen-Smith Electronic Intifada
While the Vision for Black Lives inspired activists in the US and around the world, the statement was immediately met with a slew of criticism from Zionist organizations and publications.

Teamsters Endorse Clinton

Tim Devaney The Hill
The 1.4 million International Brotherhood of Teamsters has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. This was a blow to Donald Trump who had campaigned for their endorsement.