May 2008

Did the US Supreme Court just elect John McCain?

May 1, 2008 by Staff

by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman / April 30, 2008 / The Free Press The US Supreme Court has just dealt a serious blow to voters’ rights that could help put John McCain in the White House by eliminating tens of thousands of voters who generally vote Democratic. By 6-3 the Court has upheld an […]

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San Diego May Day Rally & March for Immigrants’ Rights

May 1, 2008 by Staff

Everyone out in solidarity. * Meet in front of City College on Park Blvd at 2:30 pm for rally * Marching down Broadway to Pantoja Park, State St. and G Street * Demonstration at Pantoja Park, 4:00pm. * Continuing march from Pantoja Park to Chicano Park for People’s Assembly, 5:30pm. Why we march: Stop the […]

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Today – May Day: Longshoremen To Strike Entire West Coast As Antiwar Protest

May 1, 2008 by Staff

Click on the image to see a larger version Dockworkers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have decided to stop work for eight hours in all U.S. West Coast ports on May 1, International Workers’ Day, to call for an end to the war.

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Striking Longshore Union Has History of Political Protest

May 1, 2008 by Staff

By Peter Cole- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 29, 2008 On Thursday, May Day, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union will declare an eight-hour strike to protest the war in Iraq. Since the ILWU controls every port along the U.S. Pacific Coast, including Seattle and Tacoma, this strike demonstrates the collective power of workers willing to use […]

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Bay Area Longshore Union Workers to March & Rally Today – May Day

May 1, 2008 by Staff

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Hundreds of Bay Area dockworkers plan to march this morning after their stop-work meeting. The union members will depart from Beach St. at Mason St. in San Francisco and march along the Embarcadero to a rally at Justin Herman Plaza. This is part of the planned antiwar protest scheduled today by the […]

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Iraqi Dock Workers Strike In Solidarity With US West Coast May Day Strike

May 1, 2008 by Staff

BREAKING NEWS: Members of the Port Workers Union of Iraq plan to shutdown the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor Alzubair for one hour on May Day in solidarity with the shutdown of all West Coast ports by members of ILWU in opposition to the occupation of Iraq. [For more info, go here.]

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West Coast Dock-Workers Shut Down 29 Ports

May 1, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

“There is no one here, the streets are dead,” says Oakland, CA trucker OAKLAND, CA. An initial ABC KGO NEWS report by Katie Hammer today states that “Several members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union blocked the entrance to a railroad shipping yard at the Port of Oakland. Hundreds are also expected to protest […]

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