Labor and human rights lawyer and author Dan Kovalik speaks to Pacifica’s Thomas O’Rourke about elections, lawsuits, and future revolutionary prospects for Colombia, Venezuela, and Cuba in part one of an exclusive interview for Capitalism, Race, and Democracy.
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Last week, the National Nurses Union held rallies and protests across the country against Palantir, a surveillance technology company. Nurses say Palantir is profiting from mass ICE arrests and the terrorization of immigrants, as well as from the U.S.-Israeli war and genocide in West Asia. They also accuse the company of targeting hospital workers and patients. Nurses and their leaders spoke out at a rally in Palo Alto, California, where Palantir was formerly headquartered.
Nurses Have Had Enough Of Palantir! NNU CNA Nurses In Palo Alto Demand That Palantir Be Terminated
“Purge Palantir” NNU-CNA Demands Stop Destroying Healthcare, Funding ICE & Supporting Wars&Genocide
NNU Organizing National Day Of Action Against Fascist Palantir In Healthcare, ICE & Gaza US Wars
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Richard Hooker Jr., Secretary Treasurer of Philadelphia Teamsters Local 623, led a slate called Fearless in a failed campaign to unseat International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien at the union’s Las Vegas convention in June. Hooker spoke at the recent Teamsters National Black Caucus convention in New Orleans about the attack on Black representation, redistricting, resegregation, and slavery.
Philadelphia IBT 623 Sec. Treas. Richard Hooker Jr. On UPS, IBT & IBT 2026 Election
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