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Thousands of California Educators to Lose Jobs
Each year on March 15th, educators across the state of California learn if they have …
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Forced Displacement of Oakland’s Unhoused
The unhoused of Oakland are counted every two years to help determine federal funding. As …
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Oakland: 4 Mayors Within a Year, Who Will Pay the Price?
After the recall of mayor Sheng Thao, Oakland will have 4 mayors within a year. How did this happen? …
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Bankrupt or Not, Working People in Oakland will Bear the Brunt
On November 15, Oaklandside, a local Oakland news outlet, published an article on the city …
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Speak Out Now National Newsletter: September 22, 2024
Download .pdf leafletDownload .pdf leaflet (Baltimore) We Must Oppose This War on the Middle East …
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AHS’s Neglect Costs Patients Their Appetites
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …
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Lead in the Water of Our Oakland Schools
Lead has been found in Oakland schools’ water, and the response by school district officials has been inadequate. …
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Clockin’ In Blues
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …
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Trapped Indoors
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …
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East Oakland Residents Left In The Dark And Cold
On January 5, an electrical fire broke out in the basement of an 18-unit apartment …
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Oakland School Communities Hold Teach-In for Palestine
In response to the state of Israel’s horrific, genocidal brutality against the Palestinian people, hundreds …
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BART– the Land Baron: Displaced Coliseum Connections Tenants
The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …
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Oakland Teachers’ Strike — A Balance Sheet
On May 4 teachers in Oakland, California, went on a seven-day strike that ended with …
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Rockridge Trader Joes and the Difficulty of a Contract
Workers at the Rockridge Trader Joe’s in Oakland, California, voted on April 20 in favor …
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The Black Panther Party: A Brief History and Lessons for Today
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded in the fall of 1966 in Oakland, California, …
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Tenants and Workers: Similar Issues
This article is from the Speak Out Now newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). …
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Oakland Schools Saved From Closure…For Now…
On Wednesday, January 11th, the School Board for the Oakland Unified School District voted to keep the five schools open that were originally under plans to be shut down at the end of this school year. …
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Oakland: The Fight Against School Closures Grows
The struggle to keep the school doors open may not be easy, but it is winnable. But it will take an even larger, more organized and continued mobilization by Oakland parents, students, teachers and staff to win this fight. …
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Update from an Oakland teacher: “Our safety depends on us”
It is now almost the middle of October, and we’ve been back at school since …
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Oakland: Joy and Terror on the First Day Back at School
The school I work at and love was experiencing hardship long before the pandemic. We almost never had soap or paper towels in classrooms or bathrooms. And now things are worse. …
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Rent Forgiveness & the Unforgivable Concept of Rent
Rent is a new concept in human history and one of our modern era’s biggest crimes. Let’s end rent! …
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An Ode to Capitalism
Poetry from an Oakland Kaiser Worker …