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What does my generation have to look forward to?

May 21, 2021 Steve Downey

by Steve Downey Remarks delivered at the People & Planet, not Profits Tax Day rally in Boston, MA on May 17th 2021. What does my generation have to look forward to in the future? A future of rationed health care where we and our loved […]

Erik Edstrom speaks about cutting the military budget at a Tax Day event on May 17th in Boston.

The Patriotic Case for Cutting Our Bloated Military Budget

May 21, 2021 Erik Edstrom

by Erik Edstrom Remarks delivered at the People & Planet, not Profits Tax Day in Boston, MA on May 17th 2021. My name is Erik Edstrom. I am 35 years old. I am a veteran of the Afghan War. And like the rest of my […]

Protesters gather at the Tip O'Neil Federal Building on Tax Day 2021 to demand that their tax dollars go towards the people and the planet and not the profits of the wealthy and corporations. (Photo by Minetaka Shimada/ Akahata)

Tax Day Standout: People and Planet, not Profits

May 20, 2021 Alec Neilly

On May 17th, activists took to the streets to demand that our tax dollars go towards the people and the planet, and not towards the profits of the wealthy and corporations. 17 speakers spoke at the event; you can watch the video here. Some of […]

Mother’s Day Proclamation

May 9, 2021 Merri Ansara

The “Appeal to womanhood throughout the world” (later known as “Mother’s Day Proclamation”) by Julia Ward Howe was an appeal for women to unite for peace in the world. by Julia Ward Howe, 1870 Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that […]

Mass. Poor People’s Campaign Supports Striking Nurses

April 15, 2021 Jackie Dee King

by Jackie King Members of the Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign traveled from around the state last Saturday to support the nurses striking for safer staffing levels and better patient care at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester. We repeatedly circled the hospital in a car caravan, […]

Prelude to Tax Day

April 5, 2021 Patricia Hynes

by Pat Hynes Previously published in Common Dreams On Tax Day, there’s more than one elephant in the room, and they’re all in mansions. Elephants occupy the bulging mansions of 657 American billionaires, 43 of them new this past pandemic year. Their combined wealth soared […]

Rally in support of Amazon workers, Boston, March 20, 2021. Photos by Mary Leno

The Amazon Women of Bessemer, Alabama

March 25, 2021 Hayat Imam

For International Women’s Day, just a few weeks ago, I wrote “All Women are Wonder Women”. Little did I know that within weeks I would be writing the story of the “Amazon Women”! In a few days time, we may have a singular opportunity of […]