Charred human beings, mostly women, unrecognizable, burned to death behind locked doors. When alarms sounded, the bosses yelled that nothing was wrong. "Go back to work," they said. Outrage does not begin to encapsulate the reaction to the horrific deaths of garment workers in the Walmart-contracted Tazreen Fashions Ltd. Factory fire. One Struggle mourns the [...]
An Insider Exposes Garment Industry Practices by Designer X With barely a year or so under my belt as a clothing designer, after graduating from one of the most famous Fashion Design universities in the world, I said something like this to my dad: “Dad, I feel guilty. I’ve learned since graduation that the people [...]
“Walmart doesn’t destroy small businesses, capitalism does.” The title quote is from an article by Pablo Babanegra of Miami Autonomy and Solidarity. It sums up problems within local movements fighting the entrance of Walmart into their communities, and focuses on the construction of the Walmart Super Center in Midtown Miami (which has met intense opposition [...]
By Doug Enaa Greene “Let’s not change bosses, let’s change life.” -May 1968 One of the constants of election year 2012, aside from nearly identical parties, is the focus on jobs. Whether it is Obama’s latest stimulus or Romney’s promise to “unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of America,” both candidates claim they want to create jobs. [...]
Following is a conversation between Anu Muhammad (an organizer with the National Committee in Bangladesh, which works against resource extraction and imperialism), two members of One Struggle (Daniel and Stephanie McMillan), plus Irtishad Ahmad and Swapan Majhi. It took place at FIU (Miami), in October 2012. Anu Muhammad: Tell me about your organization. Stephanie McMillan: [...]
One Struggle has an article on the website Salty Eggs. It was written collectively by our investigation team. Watch for future articles, every 2 weeks. It starts like this... Graffiti, in one form or another, has been a form of human expression since the birth of our species. Its modern incarnation developed during the late [...]
by Ricardito Ramos There is a specter haunting the world A specter with its own voice and story to be told breathe is being pumped back into the masses a breathe that might end the domination of ruling classes, that might culminate in the destruction of the destroyers, the tyranny of the “employers”, a final [...]