Labor – Occupied Tucson Citizen

A Lady With A Smile

February 15, 2016 by Uri Avnery

Uri Avnery at a Hadash rally against the 2006 Lebanon War

IT IS not easy to be an Arab in Israel. It is not easy to be a woman in Arab society. It is not easy to be an Arab in Israeli politics. And even less easy to be an Arab woman in the Knesset. Haneen Zuabi is all these together. Perhaps because of this she …

State of the Working Woman

September 13, 2014March 12, 2013 by Jessica Desvarieux

Foreground: large white text reads, "women's advocate", above in smaller white text is the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada logotype. Background is the female gender symbol in sky blue cut out from a magenta circle behind it, with a darker blue background.

THE REAL NEWS Unionized women workers do better than those unorganized. All working women need access to universal daycare.

Occupying in Solidarity

September 14, 2014June 16, 2012 by Ken Lee

Text borders image at the top, "Activate Actuality" and at the bottom "Occupy Everything": Rendered in modern style, female protester with pink hair is holding hands with, to her left, a policeman, and to her right, a soldier. A slew of political causes are referenced with posters in the background and pieces of cardboard on the ground.

OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN They descended on downtown parks last fall and winter, drawing hundreds of protest participants. Thousands more poured love and material support into the Occupy encampments. Drawn mostly from local organizations, Occupy Tucson organizers have been tirelessly funneling their efforts back into the groups from where they came. Occupy Tucson was not the …

Wisconsin’s recall election: an ominous crucible of US politics

September 14, 2014June 9, 2012 by Arun Gupta

Wisconsin Protester holding sign, "I voted for Walker and I'm sorry!"

OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN The right threw resources into Scott Walker’s anti-union fight, while the Democratic party stood by. That’s a recipe for defeat Forget the old saw, “All politics is local.” There is a kettle’s worth of tea leaves to read in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s triumph over Democratic challenger Tom Barrett. The acrimonious 5 …