RSS Parrot

Stories of Resistance: Monsignor Óscar Romero, El Salvador’s Bishop of the Poor

https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resistance-monsignor-oscar-romero-el-salvadors-bishop-of-the-poor

Published: March 21, 2025 19:33

Assassinated by El Salvador’s military dictatorship 45 years ago in 1980, Óscar Romero remains an icon of the country’s working class.

As March Madness returns, it’s time to look at the skeletons in the NCAA’s closet

https://therealnews.com/as-march-madness-returns-its-time-to-look-at-ncaa

Published: March 21, 2025 17:32

In this special episode, Edge of Sports returns to the question of sports gambling, and the NCAA’s past stances on women’s basketball.

Teachers say ‘see you in court’ as Trump tries to abolish Department of Education

https://therealnews.com/teachers-say-see-you-in-court-as-trump-tries-to-abolish-department-of-education

Published: March 20, 2025 20:24

"We won't be silent as anti-public education politicians try to steal opportunities from our students, our families, and our communities to pay for tax cuts for billionaires," said the head of the nation's largest labor union.

Baltimore activists target Chuck Schumer’s book tour as Israel resumes bombing Gaza

https://therealnews.com/baltimore-activists-target-chuck-schumers-book-tour

Published: March 19, 2025 19:10

Schumer has cancelled the tour for his new book, 'Antisemitism in America,' as the movement for Palestine surges following Israel's slaughter of over 400 people in Gaza in a single night.

As Trump looks to privatize USPS, its workers fight for a contract

https://therealnews.com/as-trump-looks-to-privatize-usps-its-workers-fight-for-a-contract

Published: March 19, 2025 17:18

The National Association of Letter Carriers has been embroiled in a contract fight with the USPS for years. Who should we trust with our mail—the workers who deliver it, or the billionaires who want to gut the postal service?

My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner.

https://therealnews.com/my-name-is-mahmoud-khalil-and-i-am-a-political-prisoner

Published: March 19, 2025 03:51

A letter dictated over the phone by Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian political prisoner currently being held in a Louisiana ICE detention center.

Israel resumes its war on Gaza, killing over 400 people in one night

https://therealnews.com/israel-resumes-its-war-on-gaza-killing-over-400-people-in-one-night

Published: March 18, 2025 15:54

After two weeks of systematic Israeli violations of the tenuous ceasefire agreement, Israel has officially resumed its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Despite Israel's killing of over 400 people, Hamas remains committed to completing the ceasefire.

The internet that could have been was ruined by billionaires

https://therealnews.com/the-internet-that-could-have-been-was-ruined-by-billionaires

Published: March 17, 2025 20:35

The dawn of the internet promised a more democratic and connected world. Tech philosopher Cory Doctorow returns us to this vision in his new novel, “Picks and Shovels.”

Stories of Resistance: The Saint Patrick’s Battalion

https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resistance-the-saint-patricks-battalion

Published: March 17, 2025 16:22

On St. Patrick’s Day, Mexicans celebrate in honor of the Irish battalion that defended their country against the invading United States Army in the 1840s.

New Rumblings in Aztlán: Has Trump’s mass deportation sparked a Chicano Power resurgence?

https://therealnews.com/new-rumblings-in-aztlan-has-trumps-mass-deportation-sparked-a-chicano-power-resurgence

Published: March 14, 2025 23:07

A network of organizations across Southern California is building people power against ICE—and many of these groups draw on a rich history of Chicano activism.

Bill McKibben on the billionaire conspiracy to kill green energy

https://therealnews.com/bill-mckibben-on-the-billionaire-conspiracy-to-kill-green-energy

Published: March 14, 2025 16:24

Renewable energy has been a popular demand for decades. And for just as long, billionaires have manipulated media to crush the conversation.

Can Syria’s revolution bloom after Assad?

https://therealnews.com/can-syrias-revolution-bloom-after-assad

Published: March 14, 2025 16:17

More than a decade of civil war and foreign intervention has left Syria with immense challenges. What does solidarity with the Syrian people look like now?

Show us the ropes: How Touchstone Climbing Gym workers unionized five locations

https://therealnews.com/show-us-the-ropes-how-touchstone-climbing-gym-workers-unionized-five-locations

Published: March 12, 2025 20:39

Workers scaled new heights by unionizing Touchstone Climbing wall-to-wall in 5 of its Los Angeles locations. Now they want to keep a grip on their contract fight.

Only 14 House members sign letter calling for activist Mahmoud Khalil’s release

https://therealnews.com/only-14-house-members-sign-letter-calling-for-activist-mahmoud-khalils-release

Published: March 12, 2025 18:32

Lawmakers denounced the administration’s “assault on free speech” with Khalil’s detention.

Blue Bottle Coffee Workers fight Nestle for a first contract—with international support

https://therealnews.com/blue-bottle-coffee-workers-fight-nestle-for-a-first-contract-with-international-support

Published: March 12, 2025 15:50

Blue Bottle Coffee workers in Massachusetts scored a major victory when they unionized the Nestle-owned coffee chain in 2024. Now they’re fighting for their first contract, and building international solidarity with unions along the supply chain in the…

Celebrating Indigenous roots in Chile’s Arica Carnival

https://therealnews.com/celebrating-indigenous-roots-in-chiles-arica-carnival

Published: March 10, 2025 17:49

The largest carnival celebration in Chile reflects a long history of Indigenous resistance to colonization—a struggle that continues to this day.

Prison profiteering exploits whole communities, not just the incarcerated

https://therealnews.com/prison-profiteering-exploits-whole-communities-not-just-the-incarcerated

Published: March 10, 2025 16:48

From fees for making phone calls to the physical takeover of communities, the prison system cannibalizes everyone it touches.

Cop watchers have turned video into a tool to hold police accountable—and they want your help

https://therealnews.com/cop-watchers-have-turned-video-into-a-tool

Published: March 10, 2025 16:38

Police violence is only on the rise, and in many cases, cop watchers are at the front lines of defending working people and communities.

20 weeks in, Kaiser’s mental healthcare workers’ strike prompts Gov. Newsom to intervene

https://therealnews.com/20-weeks-in-kaisers-mental-healthcare-workers-strike-prompts-gov-newsom-to-intervene

Published: March 5, 2025 22:42

With contract negotiations in deadlock, Kaiser workers have been on strike for five months—and they won’t relent until their demands for patient care and workers’ pensions are met.

‘We will be here forever’: Treaty 8 First Nations stand up to Big Oil

https://therealnews.com/we-will-be-here-forever-treaty-8-first-nations-stand-up-to-big-oil

Published: March 3, 2025 21:40

Joined by local industry owners, the Woodland Cree First Nation take on Obsidian Energy to defend their treaty rights to local resources.

Stories of Resistance: Standing for trans rights in Uruguay

https://therealnews.com/in-uruguay-a-pathbreaking-trans-activist-is-now-a-government-minister

Published: March 3, 2025 21:37

A transgender person’s life expectancy in Uruguay is just 35 years—and yet this country was the first in Latin America to pass a trans rights law in 2018, thanks to fighters like Collette Spinetti Nuñez.

Abby Martin: Israel’s assault on the West Bank and Trump’s crackdown on Palestine solidarity

https://therealnews.com/abby-martin-israels-assault-on-the-west-bank-and-trumps-crackdown-on-palestine-solidarity

Published: February 28, 2025 18:16

Trump pledged to “finish the job” in Palestine. Now, Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the West Bank is intensifying, and the global solidarity movement faces a growing crackdown. Where does the movement for Palestine go from here?

Jeff Bezos makes the implicit explicit in memo to Washington Post staff

https://therealnews.com/jeff-bezos-makes-the-implicit-explicit-in-memo-to-washington-post-staff

Published: February 27, 2025 18:18

In the latest example of billionaire media moguls doing my job for me, Bezos has informed WaPo staff that their opinion page will defend “free markets.”

‘They stole my humanity’: Abu Ghraib survivors are still fighting for justice

https://therealnews.com/abu-ghraib-survivors-are-still-fighting-for-justice

Published: February 27, 2025 17:29

More than 20 years since the revelations of US torture at Abu Ghraib, three victims were awarded victory in a federal lawsuit against the military contractor complicit in their torture. Yet for most, justice remains elusive.

‘It’s not Elon versus government, it’s Elon versus everyone’: A dire warning from fired federal workers

https://therealnews.com/a-dire-warning-from-fired-federal-workers

Published: February 26, 2025 19:03

“This is about a billionaire and his rich buddies seizing power and getting rid of anything they cannot profit off of, no matter the collateral damage, because it does not personally affect him.”

Many ignored Ukrainians’ fight against Russia’s invasion, but the fallout from it will affect all of us

https://therealnews.com/many-ignored-ukrainians-fight-against-russias-invasion

Published: February 25, 2025 00:39

Solidarity with working people in Ukraine and their fight against Russia’s invasion never meant support for the Zelensky government, the US government, NATO, or the designs of rival imperial powers, but lack of international solidarity has left Ukrainians…

The old world order couldn’t stop wars in Ukraine and Gaza; the new world order will accelerate more wars like them

https://therealnews.com/the-old-world-order-couldnt-stop-wars-in-ukraine-and-gaza

Published: February 24, 2025 21:54

Even the fiction of the US-enforced “rules-based international order” has collapsed, and a new, terrifying world disorder—one that more closely resembles the geopolitical periods preceding World Wars I and II—is emerging. What does global working-class…

Prison slavery makes millions for states like Maryland. What will it take to achieve change?

https://therealnews.com/prison-slavery-makes-millions-for-states-like-maryland-what-will-it-take-to-achieve-change

Published: February 24, 2025 19:51

From license plates to furniture and clothing, states use forced prison labor to make a range of products that government institutions are then required to purchase by law.

Stories of Resistance: Venezuela’s communal pharmacy challenges US sanctions

https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resistance-venezuelas-communal-pharmacy-challenges-us-sanctions

Published: February 24, 2025 18:47

In 2019 Venezuela, US sanctions are wreaking havoc. Health supplies are hard to find. In particular, medicine.

California introduces new bill to pay incarcerated firefighters the same wage as non-incarcerated firefighters

https://therealnews.com/california-introduces-new-bill-to-pay-incarcerated-firefighters-the-same-wage-as-non-incarcerated-firefighters

Published: February 21, 2025 21:01

30% of California’s firefighters are incarcerated, and many make as little as $6 a day.

CNN made FOIA request about DOGE—only to learn FOIA staff was fired

https://therealnews.com/cnn-made-foia-request-about-doge-only-to-learn-foia-staff-was-fired

Published: February 21, 2025 15:37

"Definitely never seen this type of response to a FOIA request," quipped one journalist.

It’s time for a united front to take on billionaire rule

https://therealnews.com/its-time-for-a-united-front-to-take-on-billionaire-rule

Published: February 20, 2025 21:44

The super rich are in command, as Donald Trump and Elon Musk run a rampage on the working class. To stop them, the labor movement needs to lead.

‘I had to move away from everything that I ever had’: Chemically exposed residents of East Palestine, OH, and Conyers, GA, have been left behind

https://therealnews.com/i-had-to-move-away-from-everything-that-i-ever-had-chemically-exposed-residents-of-east-palestine-oh-and-conyers-ga-have-been-left-behind

Published: February 20, 2025 15:55

“I don't think it's safe. If I go into my house, I get sick… our animals get sick… These are serious issues. We're seeing serious things go on and, from where we were in the beginning to now, it's just progressing.”

To save democracy, look outside America

https://therealnews.com/to-save-democracy-look-outside-america

Published: February 18, 2025 21:22

Another world is possible, and impressive strides in democratic progress are being made right now—but not in the USA.