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Jason Cherkis

'It Felt Like A War Zone': Recent Oakland Police Violence Recalls 2003 Incident

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Scott Olsen, Willow Rosenthal, Occupy Movement Protests, Occupy Oakland, Port-of-Oakland, Occupy Movement, April 7, Ilwu, Iraq War, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Mayor Jean Quan, John Nishinaga, Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, Howard Jordan, Jack Heyman, United States District Court Northern District of California, 2003, San Francisco News

WASHINGTON -- Nearly three weeks ago, the Oakland Police Department made international headlines when it razed Occupy Oakland's encampment under a hai...

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Longshoremen Breathe Life Into the Labor Movement

David Macaray | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Longview-Washington, ILWU Longview, Labor Unions, Labor Union Protests, ILWU Strike, Longview Labor Protests, Ilwu, Iuoe, Business News
David Macaray

No matter what the eventual outcome, brave ILWU members have breathed life into the labor movement. One can only hope that their actions will inspire union members in other industries to assert themselves as well.

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Best Films and More About Work, for Labor Day

Wyatt Closs | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Way Down in the Hole, Stanley Nelson, Wasteland, Made in Dagenham, Locked Out, A Better Life, Gael Garcia Bernal, Paul Giamatti, Ben Affleck, Miranda Richardson, Brazil, Even the Rain, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Hbo, Too Big to Fail, Ilwu, Wyatt Closs, Summit Entertainment, Kevin Costner, Freedom Riders, Colorado Coalfied War, Sally Hawkins, The Company Men, Chris Weitz, William Hurt, Miners, Curtis Hanson, Eric Eason, Freedom Rides, Demian Bichir, Popwork, Entertainment News
Wyatt Closs

This Labor Day week, we take a look at a listing of nominees for best films, tv shows, and other artistic expressions in what are called the "2011 Workers' Voice Awards" from PopWork USA.

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Dockworkers Shut Down West Coast Ports To Protest the War

JB Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ilwu, Oakland Dock Strike, Strike, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Strike, Iraq War Strike, May Day Antiwar Strike, May Day Iraq War, Dockworkers Cindy Sheehan, West Coast Dock Strike, May Day Peace Strike, Cindy Sheehan, May Day Workers, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Home News
JB Powell

The West Coast Dockworkers peace strike had a different edge, reminiscent of the days when the labor movement could and would affect this country's daily business to get its points across.

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The Stones Of Those West Coast Dockworkers

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dockworkers Union Strike, Democrats Iraq, 29 West Coast Ports, May Day Strike, Obama, May Day Port Shut Down, Dockworkers May Day Strike, ILWU, Iraq War, Melinda Henneberger Iraq, Senator Obama, Mayday Workers, Clinton Senator Clinton, Dockworkers, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

Democrats have been ineffectual in ending the war. The striking dockworkers remind us that change demands taking risks and making sacrifices and that you have to be mightily angry or full of conviction to do either.

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