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One thing that Barack Obama does well is associate his partisan organizing with community organizing, closely knitting the narratives of great social movements like civil rights, the Underground Railroad and labor movements to the narrative of the Democratic Party. That's smart, since the story of Harriet Tubman is far more compelling than that of a bunch of fat cats smoking cigars in the back rooms of the halls of power.

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Congress passed the bailout legislation with little or no stipulation on how the money could be used, apparently assuming that the criminal enterprise centered on Wall Street would somehow just "do the right thing."

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Presented with one-year leases for unseen apartments east of the Anacostia river, often in the poorest, most drug-ridden parts of DC, shelter residents where told that if they rejected the housing, they would be denied a place at the shelter.

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Sachs, to his credit, broadly condemns these practices, writing that "the surveillance undertaken here is inconsistent with an overarching value in our democratic society‚ the free and unfettered debate of important public questions."

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When 43 pages of documents detailing extensive surveillance and infiltration by the Maryland State Police of nonviolent activists were released this July, many people were left wondering: just how extensive was this police operation? Unfortunately, we're still waiting to have many of the most important questions answered.

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According to SMEAC director Nathan Soy, the fight is far from over, and residents will be setting up a picket at the EBDI offices on a regular basis until construction begins and the funding of “House for a House” is properly handled.

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An open letter from war resisters called for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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On this day, Veterans Day, we would like to express to the American public why we, veterans of the Global War on Terror, have chosen to refuse orders to reactivate into military service. We are direct witnesses to the horrors of this war, having experienced its atrocities at their source, and we have decided that we can no longer carry out these illegal and immoral policies.

“In the hotel industry these are the jobs that are going to set a standard. We need to keep those jobs intact and that’s what these workers are fighting for, not just at the Sheraton but hotel workers all across Baltimore."

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On Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 4:00 pm there will be a march and food drive for Baltimore Hotel Workers at War Memorial Plaza, located at Holiday and Lexington Streets in front of City Hall.

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On October 27, 2006, Brad Will stood on Juarez Avenue in the municipality of Santa Lucia del Camino, Oaxaca, Mexico. He was filming a violent clash between armed, civilian-clad municipal police and officials and members of the Oaxaca Peoples’ Popular Assembly, or APPO.

On Saturday, September 27th, 2008, about 300 people packed into a tent amidst torrential downpours to hear Democracy Now's Amy Goodman speak about her new book, Standing Up to the Madness, a collaboration with journalist David Goodman.

Standing Up to the Madness brings together inspiring stories of grassroots activism across the country, tracing the contours of resistance and hope in everyday life that are all too often ignored by the sensationalized version of American politics presented by the mass media.

As the seminal political hip hop group Public Enemy chants “Bring the Noise,” that is exactly what the African American Democratic Club of Baltimore City, the Baltimore City Chapter of the NAACP, and other allies had to do in regards to ensuring ex-felons will not have their voting rights disenfranchised in Charm City.