California

Solidarity with Mexico’s students

On Nov. 20, people demonstrated all over Mexico and the world in solidarity with Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, and against President Enrique…

November 29, 2014

Walmart workers ‘sit down to live better’

Walmart workers carried out their first ever sit-down strikes at two different stores in Los Angeles on Nov. 13. After…

November 19, 2014

Memorial march for Ernest Duenez Jr.

Manteca, Calif. — Ernest Duenez Jr. was killed by police officer John Moody in this city on June 8, 2011.…

June 14, 2014

California teachers’ union votes to boycott Staples

The following announcement was posted on Ruralinfo.net on April 29. Sacramento, Calif. – The Executive Council of the California Federation…

May 3, 2014

Families, community demand California attorney general prosecute killer cops

By Bryan G. Pfeifer and Terri Kay Oakland, Calif. -- As part of the escalating campaign to demand that California…

February 19, 2014

California statewide mobilization hits killer cops

Sacramento, Calif. — This Oct. 22, the National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a…

October 30, 2013

Two workers die as BART management operates trains during strike in California

Oct. 19 — With the strike by the Bay Area Rapid Transit workers in only the second day, two BART…

October 20, 2013

Family demands justice in police killing of Ernest Duenez, Jr.

This reporter is interviewing a few of the many families of victims of police killings in California as they are…

September 26, 2013

Support for California prison hunger strike

At a short rally before the march to Oakland’s city jail, Janetta Johnson, representing the Trans GenderVariant Intersex Justice Project,…

September 4, 2013

Protest supports California prisoners’ demands

Corcoran Prison, Calif. -- It was a day so hot you could easily fry an egg on the sidewalk, a…

July 16, 2013