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Gravatai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Jul 14th, 2015: Children are rescued from the flood in a backhoe

In Brazil, the climate crisis is already turning working people into climate refugees

by Maximillian Alvarez June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

Chris Smalls, a leader of the Amazon Labor Union, leads a march of Starbucks and Amazon workers and their allies to the homes of their CEOs to protest union busting on Labor Day, September 5, 2022, in New York City, New York. Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Amazon workers affiliate with the Teamsters, next up electing top officers

by Luis Feliz Leon June 18, 2024June 20, 2024

Residents of South Baltimore, local activists, and supporters from around the city march through the streets of Curtis Bay, South Baltimore, on June 10, chanting and holding signs saying "NO MORE COAL IN CURTIS BAY." Photo by Maximillian Alvarez.

‘CSX has got to go!’ Industrially polluted South Baltimore residents want rail giant out of their community

by Maximillian Alvarez June 15, 2024June 15, 2024

US President Joe Biden receives an operational briefing from officials on the continuing response and recovery efforts at the site of a train derailment which spilled hazardous chemicals a year ago in East Palestine, Ohio on February 16, 2024. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

Ohio and Pennsylvania residents affected by the East Palestine train derailment say their ‘basic needs’ are still not being met

by Kiley Bense, Inside Climate News June 10, 2024June 10, 2024

Activists, New York City politicians, and union members hold a press conference on the steps of City Hall to voice their opposition to a tax break deal given to Amazon, on December 12, 2018 in New York City. Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Teamsters and Amazon labor union announce affiliation, member vote still ahead

by Luis Feliz Leon June 7, 2024June 7, 2024

A worker at an e-waste recycling factory in Idhna, West Bank, shows a piece of electronic waste. Screenshot taken from video by Ahmad Al-Bazz

Workers of the World

Israel is exploiting Palestinians in dangerous ‘e-waste’ factories

by Ross Domoney, Nadia Péridot, Ahmad Al-Bazz and Sarah Abu Alrob June 5, 2024June 6, 2024

Treaty 8 chiefs held a press conference following a meeting expressing solidarity with the Woodland Cree in Peace River on May 20. Photo by Brandi Morin

Politics and Movements: International

‘An uprising in the making’: ‘Alberta’ chiefs say oil company’s forceful approach is an attack on treaty rights

by Brandi Morin May 31, 2024May 31, 2024

Politics and Movements: US

‘Fund education, not genocide!’: Student debtors and activists storm DC to demand full debt cancellation

by Jaisal Noor May 24, 2024May 24, 2024

A manager wearing a T-shirt supporting the new CEO waited in the plant cafeteria for results from the vote count. The company's winning move was to fire its U.S. CEO and replace him with a vice president who promised to care about the “team members.” Photo: Luis Feliz Leon

Politics and Movements: US

Alabama Mercedes workers lose first union election, vow to fight on

by Luis Feliz Leon May 21, 2024May 20, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters walk from Columbia University down to Hunter College as protests at area universities and colleges continue on May 6, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt / Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Unions support student protestors against campus administrators and police

by Caitlyn Clark May 17, 2024May 17, 2024