Judy Greenspan

Berkeley activists demand, ‘Take post office off auction block’

Berkeley, Calif. — Nearly 200 people rocked a U.S. Postal Service official hearing here on Feb. 26 to demand that Berkeley’s…

March 8, 2013

Berkeley, Calif., gears up to save post office

Berkeley, Calif. — A special meeting of the Berkeley City Council’s Post Office Committee drew more than 100 people on…

February 19, 2013

Protest at women’s prison: ‘Overcrowding equals death’

Chowchilla, Calif. — Over 400 anti-prison activists marched and rallied on country roads in front of two Chowchilla prisons on Jan.…

January 31, 2013

Rally protests murders of Black & Brown youth

Alan Blueford would have turned 19 on Dec. 20, but instead he was killed by Oakland, Calif., police last May…

January 3, 2013

Anti-war activists report on Pakistan trip, attack drones

A standing-room-only crowd came out to the Berkeley Fellowship Hall on Dec. 2 to hear eyewitness reports of a visit…

December 5, 2012

‘Save the Berkeley post office!’

Berkeley, Calif. — When the major banks and financial institutions in this country were facing economic failure, they were quickly given…

November 25, 2012

Oakland, Calif., marches against police killings

Oakland, Calif. — “We just commemorated the six-month anniversary of my son’s death. I am here today to speak for…

November 15, 2012

Picket, boycott demand justice for Mi Pueblo workers

Oakland, Calif.  — Chants of “Mi Pueblo is a racist business!” and “Boycott Mi Pueblo!” echoed loudly on High Street,…

October 26, 2012

‘Redd’ Welsh releases ‘Stand with the People’

The spirit of Woody Guthrie, the working-class troubadour who popularized the struggles of poor and working people in ballad and…

September 27, 2012

Forum examines rank & file longshore struggle

San Francisco — The solidarity of the Occupy movement with the struggle of workers was highlighted on July 29 in…

August 10, 2012