[Organize a Worker Fightback in the Face of the COVID-19 ] [https://portside.org/] PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - APRIL 12, 2020 ORGANIZE A WORKER FIGHTBACK IN THE FACE OF THE COVID-19 [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/organize-worker-fightback-face-covid-19-0] [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/organize-worker-fightback-face-covid-19-0] CARL ROSEN, ANDREW DINKELAKER AND GENE ELK April 10, 2020 _ Working In These Times _ Now is the time for all labor organizations committed to forging a better society for working people to step up and help launch workers into the kinds of fights needed to win that future. * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/organize-worker-fightback-face-covid-19-0&text=Organize%20a%20Worker%20Fightback%20in%20the%20Face%20of%20the%20COVID-19%20] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/organize-worker-fightback-face-covid-19-0] * * [https://portside.org/node/22642/printable/print] SOLEDAD ‘CHOLE’ ALATORRE, PIONEERING LABOR ORGANIZER AND LATINA ACTIVIST, DIES AT 94 [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/soledad-chole-alatorre-pioneering-labor-organizer-and-latina-activist-dies-94] [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/soledad-chole-alatorre-pioneering-labor-organizer-and-latina-activist-dies-94] GUSTAVO ARELLANO March 30, 2020 _ Los Angeles Times _ Alatorre remained active even as she turned 90, participating in amnesty marches and holding citizenship classes. To the end, she insisted that activists forsake their differences as well as glory to work for el pueblo. * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/soledad-chole-alatorre-pioneering-labor-organizer-and-latina-activist-dies-94&text=Soledad%20%E2%80%98Chole%E2%80%99%20Alatorre%2C%20pioneering%20labor%20organizer%20and%20Latina%20activist%2C%20dies%20at%2094] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/soledad-chole-alatorre-pioneering-labor-organizer-and-latina-activist-dies-94] * * [https://portside.org/node/22640/printable/print] AT 90, DOLORES HUERTA IS NOT DONE INSPIRING LABOR ACTIVISTS [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/90-dolores-huerta-not-done-inspiring-labor-activists] [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/90-dolores-huerta-not-done-inspiring-labor-activists] NICOLE FROIO April 10, 2020 _ Zora.Medium _ Huerta’s approach to activism is to take it day by day, victory by victory. Building a movement is the work of a lifetime; it takes time, commitment and hope. * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/90-dolores-huerta-not-done-inspiring-labor-activists&text=At%2090%2C%20Dolores%20Huerta%20Is%20Not%20Done%20Inspiring%20Labor%20Activists] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/90-dolores-huerta-not-done-inspiring-labor-activists] * * [https://portside.org/node/22639/printable/print] ‘NEVER IN MY COUNTRY’: THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND US EXCEPTIONALISM [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/never-my-country-covid-19-pandemic-and-us-exceptionalism] [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/never-my-country-covid-19-pandemic-and-us-exceptionalism] JEANNE MOREFIELD April 7, 2020 _ Responsible Statecraft _ Realizing how fast our healthcare system is overwhelmed should trigger demands for deep sustained cuts in an engorged security budget. But the obscene cost of the world’s military hegemon exists on the edge of most Americans’ self-understanding. * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/never-my-country-covid-19-pandemic-and-us-exceptionalism&text=%E2%80%98Never%20in%20my%20country%E2%80%99%3A%20The%20COVID-19%20Pandemic%20and%20US%20exceptionalism] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/never-my-country-covid-19-pandemic-and-us-exceptionalism] * * [https://portside.org/node/22627/printable/print] AMID THE HOWL OF THE PANDEMIC THE SILENCE OF THE CLIMATE WATCHDOGS [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/amid-howl-pandemic-silence-climate-watchdogs] [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/amid-howl-pandemic-silence-climate-watchdogs] MARK HERTSGAARD April 8, 2020 _ Columbia Journalism Review _ The press focus on COVID-19 has distracted it from its watchdog function on key issues like the climate crisis. US newsrooms must cover the climate crisis, and expand the coronavirus story to include those who are profiteering from the pandemic. * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/amid-howl-pandemic-silence-climate-watchdogs&text=Amid%20the%20Howl%20of%20the%20Pandemic%20the%20Silence%20of%20the%20Climate%20Watchdogs] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/amid-howl-pandemic-silence-climate-watchdogs] * * [https://portside.org/node/22626/printable/print] ORGANIZE A WORKER FIGHTBACK IN THE FACE OF THE COVID-19 [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/organize-worker-fightback-face-covid-19] [https://portside.org/2020-04-11/organize-worker-fightback-face-covid-19] CARL ROSEN, ANDREW DINKELAKER AND GENE ELK April 10, 2020 _ Working In These Times _ Now is the time for all labor organizations committed to forging a better society for working people to step up and help launch workers into the kinds of fights needed to win that future. * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/organize-worker-fightback-face-covid-19&text=Organize%20a%20Worker%20Fightback%20in%20the%20Face%20of%20the%20COVID-19%20] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2020-04-11/organize-worker-fightback-face-covid-19] * * [https://portside.org/node/22641/printable/print] INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT Submit via web [https://portside.org/contact/submit_to_portside] Submit via email Frequently asked questions [https://portside.org/faq] Manage subscription [https://portside.org/subscribe] Visit portside.org [https://portside.org/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/portsideorg] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Portside.PortsideLabor] ######################################################################## https://portside.org/privacy-policy To unsubscribe, click the following link: https://lists.portside.org/cgi-bin/listserv/wa?SUBED1=PORTSIDE-SNAPSHOT
