(2021-06-30). Mobilizing worker power: AMAZON UNION NOW! workers.org 
The fight to unionize the second-biggest U.S. employer took a big step forward at the Teamsters' (IBT) union convention last week. On June 24, the 1,600+ delegates, representing more than 500 locals, voted overwhelmingly in favor of a Special Resolution: "Building Worker Power at Amazon." Harlem, New York, March 20. . . . |
(2021-06-30). 500+ Groups Rally On Capitol Hill Demanding End To 'Outrageous' Fossil Fuel Subsidies. popularresistance.org As high temperatures persisted in both the Northeast and Pacific Northwest—which experts and activists have connected to the climate emergency—campaigners with hundreds of progressive and green groups joined Reps. Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for the rally in Washington, D.C.
(2021-06-30). Fresno demands rent cancellation: Housing is a human right! liberationnews.org 
Community members and activists gathered at Fresno City Hall for a Cancel the Rents rally demanding rent cancellation for tenants and small businesses as well as cancellation of mortgages for home buyers and small landlords hard hit by the pandemic and economic crisis.
(2021-06-30). Coming Out Against Imperialism. popularresistance.org In the 1970s, pioneering gay activists in the US and Britain saw the fight against homophobia as part of a much broader struggle — one which linked Pride to the cause of liberating the world's oppressed peoples.
(2021-06-30). Australia talks but will politicians listen? greenleft.org.au The ABC's While the questions can be, and were, framed to elicit specific responses, the survey results are interesting in so far as they provide a snap shot of opinion on some important (and some less so) topics. For social change activists it's food for thought.
(2021-06-29). Headlines for June 29, 2021. democracynow.org Pacific Northwest's Stifling Heat Breaks All-Time Records for Second Straight Day, Moscow Storms Break Russia's Record-Setting June Heat Wave, Dozens of Youth Climate Activists Arrested at White House Demanding Action on Climate Crisis, "An Overt Political Blockade": Minnesota Police Barricade Line 3 Pipeline Protest Camp, Ethiopia Declares Ceasefire After Separatists Claim Tigray's Capital City , Iranian-Backed Militia Strikes Back After Biden Orders Bombings in Iraq and Syria, Federal Judge Throws Out Antitrust Lawsuits Seeking to Break Up Facebook , Trump Reportedly Asked to Send Coronavirus-Infected Americans…
(2021-06-29). Dozens Of Trucks With Military Supplies Arrived At U.S. Base In Syria's Hasakah. southfront.org 
A March 5 photo shows a convoy of U.S. forces armoured vehicles driving near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij. Footage was posted Friday by Syrian activists online showed U.S. armoured vehicles driving on a rural road a few hundred meters from the Turkish border. (DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP/GETTY IMAGES) | On June 28, the United States has dispatched two convoys of trucks carrying military and logistics supplies to Syria's province of Hasakah. The reinforcement was sent followin…
(2021-06-29). Rep. Jamaal Bowman: We Need Climate & Racial Justice Addressed in Broader Infrastructure Package. democracynow.org 
As western states battle record-breaking heat waves, climate activists are calling on the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to pass an infrastructure bill that includes major investments in green energy, including a fully funded Civilian Climate Corps. President Biden says he reached a bipartisan deal with senators on a slimmed-down infrastructure spending bill, but Democrats hope to pass a second, larger infrastructure package with a budget reconciliation process that would not require any Republican votes. The bipartisan deal is "completely unacceptable" on its own, says New York Democratic Congr…
(2021-06-29). Photos: US Secret Service Agents Arrest Several Climate Change Activists Amid White House Blockade. sputniknews.com Last month, the San Francisco, California, homes of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) became sites of protest as over 100 young activists of the Sunrise Movement ended a 266-mile 'Generation on Fire.' The youth-led movement has now taken its demands to Capitol Hill.
(2021-06-29). Sunday 6/27: #Demilitarize: Los Angeles to Palestine (Divest from Weapons Manufacturing). indybay.org Boeing | 1916 E Imperial Hwy, El Segundo, CA | (On the corner of PCH & Imperial Hwy)…
(2021-06-29). Biden's Position on Line 3 Undoes his Climate Commitments. progressive.org Climate activists and Indigenous leaders continue the fight against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, which is a violation of Indigenous treaties, human rights, and the planet.
(2021-06-29). 500+ Groups Rally on Capitol Hill Demanding End to 'Outrageous' Fossil Fuel Subsidies. commondreams.org Climate activists and Indigenous leaders continue the fight against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, which is a violation of Indigenous treaties, human rights, and the planet.
(2021-06-29). 500+ Groups Rally on Capitol Hill Demanding End to 'Outrageous' Fossil Fuel Subsidies. commondreams.org Climate activists and Indigenous leaders continue the fight against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, which is a violation of Indigenous treaties, human rights, and the planet.