Johnnie Lewis

Johnnie Lewis

1968 and 2025: What prospect for resistance inside U.S. military?1968 and 2025: What prospect for resistance inside U.S. military?

1968 and 2025: What prospect for resistance inside U.S. military?

A recent article in the British Guardian newspaper recounted the experiences of veterans of the U.S. military and their thoughts…

January 24, 2025
DPRK women’s soccer team outshines U.S. teamDPRK women’s soccer team outshines U.S. team

DPRK women’s soccer team outshines U.S. team

Bulletin: On Sept. 22, the DPRK women’s team beat Japan 1-0 to win the tournament for a third time. They…

September 24, 2024
Middle school students in Grants Pass, Oregon, protest anti-transgender school staffMiddle school students in Grants Pass, Oregon, protest anti-transgender school staff

Middle school students in Grants Pass, Oregon, protest anti-transgender school staff

Portland, Ore. In Grants Pass, Ore., a North Middle School assistant principal and a seventh-grade teacher started a petition calling…

April 23, 2021
Oregon unions update organizingOregon unions update organizing

Oregon unions update organizing

Portland, Ore. March 17 marked the one-year anniversary of the historic sit-in of 27 fired Crush Bar Workers Collective members…

April 2, 2021
COVID and prisons: No walls, no borders in the workers’ struggleCOVID and prisons: No walls, no borders in the workers’ struggle

COVID and prisons: No walls, no borders in the workers’ struggle

Texas “It’s a nonviolent protest going on right now because the officers [in an unnamed Texas prison], in the middle…

December 22, 2020
Incarcerated rise up against COVID deaths, raging infectionsIncarcerated rise up against COVID deaths, raging infections

Incarcerated rise up against COVID deaths, raging infections

On Dec. 9 an incarcerated person at Stafford Creek “men’s” prison, near Aberdeen, Wash., died of COVID-19. The same week,…

December 17, 2020
<span class="streamer">‘Red House on Mississippi Ave.’</span><br />Portland activists block eviction<span class="streamer">‘Red House on Mississippi Ave.’</span><br />Portland activists block eviction

<span class="streamer">‘Red House on Mississippi Ave.’</span><br />Portland activists block eviction

Dec. 14 — The Kinney family — owners of the now internationally famous “Red House on Mississippi” — is the…

December 15, 2020
COVID-19 in Oregon: Prison laundry workers at greatest riskCOVID-19 in Oregon: Prison laundry workers at greatest risk

COVID-19 in Oregon: Prison laundry workers at greatest risk

Portland, Ore. In November, three Oregon prisons — Two Rivers, Salem, and Snake River — reported the state’s highest rate…

November 30, 2020
“We did not sign up to be raped”: Women veterans fight back against military sexual trauma“We did not sign up to be raped”: Women veterans fight back against military sexual trauma

“We did not sign up to be raped”: Women veterans fight back against military sexual trauma

The writer is a U.S. Army veteran and was an organizer of the American Servicemen’s Union, 1968-69. This month two…

November 27, 2020
Montana issues COVID death sentence to prisonersMontana issues COVID death sentence to prisoners

Montana issues COVID death sentence to prisoners

Montana State Prison reported Nov. 6 that Robert Gonzalez, 70, died Oct. 24 of COVID and that “underlying health conditions…

November 23, 2020