Articles
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Photograph by María Jesús (Folil) Pueller Winning a Union at Starbucks in Chile
The president of the Starbucks union in Chile reflects on the impact of student mobilizations on the labor movement, the 2019 social uprising, and the proposed constitution.
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Photograph by María Jesús (Folil) Pueller Port Workers Strike for Democracy
The Chilean Port Workers Union senior strategist Gonzalo Díaz reflects on challenges in the logistics industry and what the constitutional process meant for unions.
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Mery Cortez at the March 8 International Women's Day March 2021. Photograph by María Jesús (Folil) Pueller. “I get the strength from my beloved son”
Mery Cortez’s son was murdered by the Chilean military during the social uprising of 2019. She talks with Kandace Montgomery of Black Visions about her loss, what gives her the strength to fight for justice, and her hopes for Black people across the Americas.
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Photograph by María Jesús (Folil) Pueller The Inspiring Struggle of Fabiola Campillai
The Senator talks about her experience of ocular trauma, what made her decide to run for office, and what her hopes are for the future.
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Artwork by Dasic Fernández. Photograph by María Jesús (Folil) Pueller. The Opportunity to Dream: Dasic Fernández
Dasic Fernández created colorful murals of the capuchas — the face-covered front-line protestors who became heroes during the Chilean social uprising. Rodrigo Starz talks with him about his powerful work.
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Photographs by María Jesús (Folil) Pueller We knew, ever since we were born
Chile is a country of resistance, as well as injustice, home to a dignified people who are willing to fight for what is theirs.
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Photograph by María Jesús (Folil) Pueller Ana Tijoux’s Top 10 Songs of the Uprising
Every uprising needs a soundtrack. Ana Tijoux shares hers.
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Photographs by María Jesús (Folil) Pueller The People of The Land: The Mapuche Struggle Continues
Jaime Huenchullan and Jakeline Curaqueo on what the new constitution would have meant for the Mapuche people.
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Art by Dasic Fernández Revolution, Reform, or Something in Between?
Reflections on Chile’s social uprising and Constitutional Convention
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Spark & Bellow: A Creative Writing Workshop for Organizers
Apply by<b id="docs-internal-guid-869dfe35-7fff-b0f7-cff2-8bdd02551218"> </b>October 30!
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Image courtesy of Worker Power Building Worker Power
Unions are among the few institutions where people learn to practice genuine, robust democracy. Building worker power means strengthening those democratic practices within the labor movement — and then bringing them out into the country.
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President Carter signing the Community Reinvestment Act on Oct. 12, 1977. (Jimmy Carter Library/National Archives and Records Administration). Source: Federal Reserve The Reinvestment Movement vs. the Bankers
David is very nimble, but Goliath is more powerful than ever.
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What I Learned About Organizing From My Sex Worker Grandmother
An adapted excerpt from Someday Mija, You’ll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman
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Koshu Kunii Los Angeles Is Creating a Model for Fighting Mass Incarceration
In the past five years, abolitionists and advocates of criminal justice reform in Los Angeles County have amassed some impressive victories—laying out a vision for reducing incarceration and providing care that could have national significance.
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Vying for Power
An excerpt from Working 9to5
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Getty Images The Schools Our Students Deserve
The UTLA and CTU fights for safer schools during COVID
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Courtesy of SEJ The Bridge Project: Reframing the Prevailing American Narrative for 2052
We are sharing the findings of this report with organizers, movement leaders, storytellers, and cultural influencers in the hope that you will help us imagine a future in which the prevalent story of American identity is untethered from white supremacy.
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Courtesy of the author. SEIU880 homecare and childcare providers demand raises and recognition, fall 1998 Amazon, Starbucks, And What it Means to Act Like A Union
By trusting workers and empowering them to act like a union, ALU and SBU are building power, moving their campaigns along, and creating a path to collective bargaining and better working conditions despite the hostile legal terrain and vicious employer-led anti-union campaigns.
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Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress When Four Students Sat In
Small actions with big plans can sometimes scale quickly
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Florida’s “Fractal” Shaped Alignment Group
In this article, we’ll look more closely at one shape — the fractal — through a case study of several progressive organizations in Florida that formed the StateWide Alignment Group (SWAG)