A three and half week hunger strike that involved over 100 Los Angeles teachers and district personnel has come to an end. Despite the attention it brought, participants are planning to shift strategy in their fight against budget cuts and layoffs.
Union members upset with Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter over recent vetoes turned their backs to him in protest at an event commemorating the site of the 1914 Ludlow massacre of striking coal miners.
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Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep skipping.
Reflecting on decades of organizing — from Occupy to Mamdani’s campaign — Yotam Marom’s book “For Louder Days” offers a powerful guide to making hard choices.
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