Occupy Wall Street’s Act II by Stephen LendmanGrassroots activism takes time to grow. Broad-based participation is vital. Issues must be clearly defined. Leadership is needed. Major obstacles must be overcome.Avoiding being co-opted, diverted, divided, and/or subverted are key. so is staying the course because major struggles aren’t won short-term. Achieving social justice is the mother of...

I think most of us know what the above phrase stands for. .. It is an emergency code word used internationally as a distress signal in case of a life threatening emergency. It is derived from the French word m’aider meaning help me. As an airline employee and someone who has grown up seeing action movies, I am well conversant...

ASSOCIATED PRESS may 1, 2012 9:38AM Updated: may 1, 2012 9:45AM Activists say a may Day rally in Chicago includes the Occupy movement along with it usual focus on immigrant rights. Organizer Orlando Sepulveda says the anti-Wall Street groups’ presence enriches the march. they plan to gather in a park around noon and then march downtown. Sepulveda has marched in...

In celebration of may Day, Jan Fowler of Redlands sent a may Day story from her book “Hot Chocolate for Seniors.” The book is a compilation of more than 100 “heartwarnming, humorous, inspiring stories written by seniors, for seniors, and about seniors.” Fowler is an award-winning columnist on senior topics has...

May Day, also known as the “International Working Class Holiday” or “International Workers’ Day,” carries a significant history which encompasses the struggles of the international labor movement. in numerous countries, it is recognized as a national holiday. Massive demonstrations are held around the world on may 1 to recognize the solidarity of labor struggles internationally and to mark the current struggle for causes such as better wages,...