Alabama

Prisoners sue Alabama, charging ‘modern day slavery’

By Zoe Johnson A group of current and former inmates sued the state of Alabama on Dec. 12, 2023, challenging…

March 13, 2024

Remembering the martyrs of the 1963 Birmingham bombing

The 60th anniversary of the infamous Birmingham, Alabama, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church occurred on Sept. 15. On…

September 21, 2023

Noticias en blanco sobre la huelga de prisiones en Pensilvania 

Filadelfia 8 de enero, 2023 – Los trabajadores encarcelados cautivos en las prisiones de Pensilvania convocaron una huelga laboral en…

January 13, 2023

On strike: Alabama coal miners ratchet up pressure

Union coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, on strike since April 1, 2021, are stepping up plans for resistance. The job…

November 22, 2022

Alabama prisoners wage massive strike

Oct. 2 — Launched with the cry, “We will no longer contribute to our own oppression,” thousands of incarcerated workers…

October 4, 2022

‘Mothers of Gynecology’ monument exposes horrors of slavery 

A righteous tidal wave of anger followed people seeing the nine-minutes-plus videotaped police lynching of George Floyd in Minneapolis late…

July 22, 2022

Workers mobilize against Amazon – across borders

Despite ferocious union-busting attacks, Amazon workers continue to organize and move forward — with recent noteworthy progress from the U.S.…

July 11, 2022

Organizing drive at Amazon in Alabama has ‘more momentum’

Centreville, Alabama Workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, cast final votes March 25 in a second historic attempt…

March 28, 2022

Fighting for voting rights and workers’ rights

In an act of blatant racism, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling Feb. 7 that halted a lower…

February 23, 2022

Alabama coal miners rally: “No contract, No coal!”

Brookwood, Ala. Aug. 4 — While travelling on the winding, two-lane road leading into Brookwood, one gets a sense of…

August 6, 2021