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Attica At 45: The National Prison Strike & Why It Matters To You

September 8, 2016 By Eleanor Goldfield Leave a Comment

One of the largest prison strikes in U.S. history is poised to begin tomorrow, on the 45th anniversary of the Attica Prison riot.

In the latest episode of Act Out! host Eleanor Goldfield explains why the upcoming strike — and the historic riot at Attica — matters to you.

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, National News Tagged With: history, prison, prison strike, slavery, strike

Refinery Turns Off Warning Equipment to Deflect USW Strike Safety Concerns

March 24, 2015 By Remington Alessi Leave a Comment

More than a month has passed since employees across the nation walked out of refineries, citing concerns about industry wide disregard for employee safety.

“If something goes wrong at the plant, the guy who saved the company a few bucks on safety equipment still goes home in a nice Cadillac, and I go home in a box,” said Joshua Lege, a striking worker, when discussing the disconnect between executives and rank and file employees.

Ordinarily, discussing corporate disregard for safety is heavily discouraged by company policy, but the strike has given employees unusual amounts of media attention. As a result, employees have been able to shed light on what really happens behind the gates of oil refineries, and that reality is quite frightening.

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle, National News Tagged With: Houston, safety, strike, Texas, United Steelworkers

Fracked Earth News: Boston’s Hot Ocean Blizzard

February 17, 2015 By Kate Lanier Leave a Comment

Every week, Kate Lanier assembles the most important global energy and climate news, including:

New England: Off the coast of New England, sea surface temperatures “are flashing red, showing an extreme warm anomaly.” That’s a direct, immediate link to the recent record snowfall in Boston. Expect more.

California: Stunning state-wide fracking waste water test results: “concentrations of the human carcinogen benzene … [at] levels thousands of times greater than state and federal agencies consider safe.” ‘Significant’ benzene levels were in 98% of the water samples. Not only that, but CA “inadvertently” allowed frackers to inject their “flowback water into protected aquifers containing drinking water.” LA Times says “halt new operations.”

Peru: Oil contamination by Argentina’s Pluspetrol in the Peruvian Amazon so upset indigenous people that they “stormed a military base being used by Pluspetrol as a storage area.” Pluspetrol is packing up and leaving Peru—and the government “is investigating the illegal use of firearms by police during the demonstrations.”

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