Over the weekend, protestors marched outside all 277 Tesla showrooms. The effort was the first time for many protestors to show up on the picket line.
The protests received widespread media coverage from local press while the national media largely ignored the protests. Payday has organized some of this local
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This week, it was announced that Robert McChesney, a leading critic of corporate media culture, died at the age of 72.
In high school during the early 2000s, my grandparents, Jewish World War Two volunteers, and communists got me a subscription to the Nation. I began to read what Robert
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PITTSBURGH, PA. - For decades, Western PA political operative Mike Mikus, who runs the Chartiers Group, has worked for unions including the Steelworkers, the Firefighters, and the local Allegheny-Fayette AFL-CIO.
As a result of heavy labor backing, he successfully led election efforts for conservative Democrats in Western PA, including former
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PITTSBURGH, PA - As I entered Temple Sinai, an unusual sight immediately jolted me - a jukebox adorned in blue and white with the flag of Israel. Instead of album covers in the jukebox, there were blue and white signs reading “Reform Jews 4 Israel,” with a note that they
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Folks,
Greetings from the Burgh, where we are gearing up to cover the TeslaTakedown this week.
Map: Tesla Takedown Protests at 277 Tesla Dealerships on March 29th
This week, activists intend to protest on Saturday at all 277 Tesla dealerships around the country. (A map of all protests can be
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