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Rafa Espinosa’s Lessons from Organizing Workers in UNITE HERE Local 2: Listen to the Workers and Never Forget Them!

Rafa Espinosa’s Lessons from Organizing Workers in UNITE HERE Local 2: Listen to the Workers and Never Forget Them! by Larry Hendel. Posted March 14, 2023. Rafael Espinoza, is a former League of Revolutionary Struggle (LRS) member, who spent decades fighting for immigrant and worker justice. The bulk of his work was in UNITE-HERE Local …

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Culture is My Home: Interview with Leon Sun, Artist and Photographer

Culture is My Home: Interview with Leon Sun, Artist and Photographer By Eddie Wong. Posted December 21, 2022. Intro:  Leon Sun’s exhibit “Back to the Culture: A Silkscreen Print Exhibit” concludes on Dec. 31, 2022 at the National Japanese American Historical Society, 1684 Post St , San Francisco.  Sun, a longtime activist and community-based artist, …

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A Look Back at the 2018 Union Drive at Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Los Angeles

Workers at the largest Asian American non-profit win improvements to recruit, and retain staff and services for the community. By David Monkawa based on an interview with organizer Billy Yates, AFSCME DC 3. Reposted from Progressive Asian Network of Action (PANA) newsletter. In late 2018, The community workers of Asian Americans Advancing Justice in LA, …

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Comrade Sisters Celebrates the Women in the Black Panther Party

Comrade Sisters Celebrates the Women in the Black Panther Party by Mike Murase and video by Alan Kondo. Posted Oct. 21, 2022. Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party, a book by Ericka Huggins and Stephen Shames, was launched at Reparations Club in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles on October 17, 2022. The panel …

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The Danger of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November

The Danger of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November By Bill Gallegos. Posted Oct. 18, 2022 We wish to thank Bill Gallegos for allowing us to post this article, which first appeared in the Nation magazine on Oct. 17, 2022. Generally, Latinos are rendered invisible in US mainstream (and a lot of the Left) media.   The …

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