Teresa Gutierrez

The really big one: Natural disasters or capitalism?

In its July 20 issue, the New Yorker magazine published an article headlined “The Really Big One.” It dealt with…

August 10, 2015

War on migrants continues unabated

While the courts quibble with the Obama administration on his November executive action, hundreds of thousands of workers continue to…

August 5, 2015

New York march demands justice for Sandra Bland, Kindra Chapman

On July 22, the New York City Chapter of the Peoples Power Assemblies held a spirited rally and march in…

July 29, 2015

As conditions for migrants worsen, solidarity is key

Immigrants and their advocates have waited for years for Washington to create a humane pro-worker policy that would provide some…

July 15, 2015

Billionaire racist rhetoric trumped

Billionaire mogul Donald Trump announced his bid for the 2016 U.S. presidential elections on June 15. Normally it would not…

July 4, 2015

Trans immigrant Jennicet Gutiérrez challenges Obama

How should the progressive or the immigrant rights movement respond to the Democratic Party’s policies and actions on immigration? Jennicet…

July 1, 2015

U.S. terrorism comes from the right

The capitalist media would have the people of this country believe that the main terrorist threat in the United States…

June 28, 2015

Another Black youth lost to racism

Another mother has lost her child to the racist, brutal prison system. Kalief Browder, an African American who was only…

June 21, 2015

Who’s the April Fool? World stands with Venezuela while U.S. State Dept. pouts

U.S. activists were thrilled when an invitation to observe a meeting at the United Nations allowed them to witness a…

April 7, 2015

Mexico, immigration and Obama’s Executive Order

President Barack Obama issued a long-awaited Executive Order on immigration policy on Nov. 20. That same day hundreds of thousands…

November 22, 2014