100,000 soldiers along the Western Front of World War I participated in the 1914 Christmas Truce. They left their trenches and ventured into no man’s land to embrace their enemies—resistance from men on the front lines to the savages of war. This is episode 82 of Stories of Resistance.
Posted inRattling the Bars
Prison during the holidays isn’t what you think
From suicide spikes to solidarity, Mansa Musa explains what the holidays are really like inside U.S. prisons—and how people survive.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
Residents in this small town ‘left for dead’ after industrial disaster
“It’s not fair. We’re people, our lives matter. My daughter’s life matters. And that’s what everybody is telling me: ‘You guys are just the cost of doing business. We can kill a whole community and who cares?’”
Posted inWorking People
The longest-running strike in the US is over—and the workers won
After over 3 years on strike, members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh have returned to work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. While the legal battle is still unresolved, this is a major victory for the labor movement.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
An industrial disaster wrecked my home. Now I’m living out of a hotel.
“We still don’t have any help. We know that people are still sick. We’ve known people are sick. There’s still people in town wanting to get out.”
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Extrajudicial killings from Barack Obama to Donald Trump
If Obama could kill a 16-year-old American boy without accountability, why wouldn’t Trump believe he has the same power to snuff out the lives of civilians with no due process?
Posted inStories of Resistance
Holding the US accountable for the 1989 invasion of Panama
On Dec. 20, 1989, the United States invaded Panama with 26,000 troops. They destroyed 20,000 homes. They killed hundreds of innocent people. Panamanian citizens will not forget and they still demand justice. This is episode 81 of Stories of Resistance.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
How Vox’s new Silicon Valley-funded ‘Abundance’ vertical aligns with Silicon Valley’s political priorities
John Arnold and other AI boosters have plenty of reasons to “streamline” energy capacity—some less noble than others.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
A billion-dollar company poisoned my home and destroyed my town
“I thought, ‘I’m in a small town, nothing’s going to bother me’… But the night that I was sitting on my couch, that’s when my normal, small-town life changed in an instant.”
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Why the GOP healthcare plans won’t fill the prescription
If the point of a healthcare system is to provide people with the healthcare they need, the Republican proposals are nonstarters.
