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Calls Grow For Justice For Ricardo Gonzalez: Representatives Barragán and Garcia Join Senators In Demand For Immediate Investigation

Two Harbor Area representatives and California’s two US senators have formally joined the call for ICE/DHS accountability in the brutal…

1 week ago

The Labor and History of Snow Peas

Specialty crops now require a greater labor force than ever. David Bacon, Oct. 7 https://davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2026/10/photos-from-edge-45-labor-history-of.html  Not long ago I pulled…

2 weeks ago

Gov. Newsom Signs Sen. Lena Gonzalez’s Bill to Restrict the Use of Military-Style Weapons in Protests and Immigration Enforcement

  SACRAMENTO – On Sept. 29, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senator Lena Gonzalez’s (D-Long Beach) Senate Bill (SB) 937, marking…

1 month ago

A New System of Labor Threatens Farmworker Power

Farmworkers began harvesting watermelons as soon as there was enough light to see, in a field near Arvin, California, in…

1 month ago

House Issues Major Environmental Setback For California While Judge Sides with LA Limiting Warrantless ICE Searches

Hahn Condemns House Vote to Block California's Ship Pollution Rules SAN PEDRO —  Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is…

1 month ago

Union Busters Use ICE to Intimidate Wine-Industry Workers

https://truthout.org/articles/union-busters-are-using-ice-to-intimidate-california-wine-industry-workers/  In late July, Raul Calvo, a well-known California union-buster, called workers at the Rodney Strong Vineyards into a meeting.…

2 months ago

Palantir, ICE and the Rise of a New Labor Resistance

  It is not hyperbole to say: “We are living in evil times.” This current moment resembles the early stages…

2 months ago

Detention Facility Transparency Act Passes Legislature, Heads to Governor’s Desk

  SACRAMENTO — Sen. Lena Gonzalez’s (D-Long Beach) Senate Bill (SB) 423, the Detention Facility Transparency Act, Aug. 31 passed…

2 months ago

Bill to Limit the Use of Military-Style Weapons in Protests and Immigration Enforcement Heads to Governor’s Desk

  SACRAMENTO – On Aug. 26, Senator Lena Gonzalez’s (D-Long Beach) Senate Bill (SB) 937 passed the Legislature and now…

2 months ago

Sen. Gonzalez Bill Restricting Military-Style Weapons Advances to Assembly Vote

  SACRAMENTO — Sen. Lena Gonzalez’s (D-Long Beach) legislation Senate Bill (SB) 937 passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee today, clearing…

2 months ago