Mexican Teachers are fighting back against attacks on their wages, benefits and working conditions going under the rubric of "education reform". Massive strikes and protests have already taken place with the possibility of a general strike today.
Recently Richmond CA a majority "minority" city has been in the news with an innovative plan to take on the banks and fight blight and the banks have declared war on the city. Richmond is also the community that has taken on Chevron, and the soda industry, has passed "Ban the Box" and municipal IDs. This article describes the organizing that was critical to making all of this possible.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across France on Tuesday for a nationwide day of industrial action to protest against controversial planned pension reforms.
Thousands of Germans opposed to government surveillance of Internet users gathered in Berlin during the weekend in the what organizers called the largest anti-spying protest of its kind.
The US Department of Agriculture is hoping to expand a pilot program replacing half the USDA inspectors in meat plants with inspectors employed by the companies themselves, while speeding up production lines.
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