Protest - Revolt

14/04/22
Author: 
Damien Gayle
Extinction Rebellion protesters play drums outside Lloyd’s of London as they blocked the entrances to its headquarters. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Apr. 12, 2022

Extinction Rebellion close Lloyd’s of London as activist groups continue their direct action

Anti-fossil fuel activists have vowed to continue blockading oil terminals until they are jailed, as they approached 1,000 arrests for their actions so far.

08/04/22
Author: 
Gloria Oladipo
Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, helped co-ordinate the triumphant unionization effort at Amazon’s Staten Island, New York, warehouse. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

Apr. 6, 2022

Staff at more than 50 locations have contacted the organizers as a second warehouse is set to vote on a union later this month

Staff at more than 50 Amazon warehouses have contacted the organizers of last week’s historic vote establishing Amazon’s first-ever union, expressing interest in setting up unions of their own.

08/04/22
Author: 
Sarah Lazare, In These Times
Amazon workers celebrate following the April 1, 2022, vote for the unionization of the Amazon Staten Island warehouse in New York. Andrea Renault / AFP Via Getty Images.

Editor: Great details here on this historic win.

Apr. 5, 2022

05/04/22
Author: 
People's Dispatch.
200 million workers on a general strike at the end of March. Short video with comprehensive demands put forward by the strikers

200 million workers on a general strike at the end of March. Short video with comprehensive demands put forward by the strikers. - Gene McGuckin

April 1, 2022

04/04/22
Author: 
Joseph Lee, Grist.
Report Reveals How The Dakota Access Pipeline Is Breaking The Law - Popular Resistance

Apr. 1, 2022

Authors Say The Study Could Be Pivotal In Stopping DAPL.

The federal government and the Dakota Access Pipeline’s parent company, Energy Transfer, misled the public, used substandard science, utilized poor technology, and broke the law by not cooperating with impacted Indigenous Nations. That’s according to a new report that also criticizes the Army Corp of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency for not completing a realistic analysis of the environmental damage the pipeline could cause.

02/04/22
Author: 
Jeffrey Dastin, Danielle Kaye and Julia Love
Amazon Labour Union (ALU) organiser Christian Smalls reacts as ALU members celebrate official victory after hearing results regarding the vote to unionize, outside the NLRB offices in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., April 1, 2022

April 1, 2022 (Reuters) - A vote by Amazon (AMZN.O) workers to organize their warehouse in New York surprised and inspired long-time labor backers, for whom a new reality is settling in: It can be done, though it won't be easy.

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