Magaly Licolli, co-founder of Venceremos shared her experiences as a workers organizer for poultry workers in the northwest section of Arkansas. Magaly’s work at a non-profit community planning organization revealed the systemic problems facing migrant workers at the various poultry packing plants; mostly owned by Tyson. Some of the problems were disabled workers with no […]
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A recent abortion law in Texas bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and allows anyone to sue abortion providers. This law flies in the face of women’s democratic rights that were won since the Supreme Court ruling of Roe v Wade, it also makes the law unconstitutional, yet the Supreme Court has declined to
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As working class feminists, we are obligated to fight against white supremacy and colonialism. That means standing in solidarity with indigenous peoples. Among many challenges opposed on tribal nations is the ongoing fight for clean water. In Northern Minnesota, the oil giant Enbridge Energy is attempting to construct Line 3 pipeline to extract oil from
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Dear Friends at the Pakistan Department of Peace, It was an honor to participate in your Zoom meetings and get to know the work and accomplishments of the Pakistan Department of Peace. Pakistan has a great role to play in the world on the issue of peace, being a nuclear power and occupying a strategic
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Throughout history, women have faced egregious discrimination and unfair treatment in comparison to their male counterparts in the workforce. Without a doubt, sexism and capitalism coexist as a force women in the United States had to fight and pave their way through. Yet, there is still much more progress to be made. Many battles won
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Recently a heat wave has occurred in America, marking temperatures of over 100 degrees (F). The effects of this heat has caused severe cases of heat stress and stroke, with several people dying from it. Yet nothing meaningful is being done to address the situation that we are not only facing right now, but one
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All over the country there are people fighting for workers rights in the workplace. One of those people is Magaly Licolli. She did just that by starting a movements called Venceremos in her workplace at Tyson Chicken in Arkansas. She is heading this group with workers support and has maintained the movements momentum excellently. They
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In my early 20s I worked as a receptionist in a private medical office. The main doctor was also the owner and my boss. The staff were all women, including my boss. She was in her late 30s and seemed to have it all. Her career, her house, her car, her kids, and her husband.
Over the recent course of history the role of the LGBTQ+ movement has played a major role among the working class, especially that of women. Yet despite LGBTQ+ getting more and more representation, many in the LGBTQ+ movement, among the most talked about being trans women, are lacking access to healthcare (in turn unable to
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Here is where Sisterhood is truly born, and here is where we build our numbers until they are at a tsunami level, because only then will our voice be heard again. How did we lose our voice? History tells us we were once equal partners, equal leaders, and respected for our knowledge. How did that
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