Another Latino dies in a strange home invasion incident, this time by the Police... On May 5 at around 9:30 a.m., several teams of Pima County, Ariz., police officers from at least four different police agencies armed with SWAT gear and an armored personnel carrier raided at least four homes as part of what at the time was described as an investigation into alleged marijuana trafficking. One of those homes belonged to 26-year-old Jose Guerena and his wife, Vanessa Guerena. The couple's 4-year-old son was also in the house at the time. Their 6-year-old son was at school... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/25/jose-guerena-arizona-_n_867020.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 24, 2011 Greenpeace activists climb deadly smokestack at Fisk coal plant in Chicago Activists call on Edison International to “Quit Coal” and shut down Fisk and Crawford CHICAGO— Before dawn, a team of eight Greenpeace activists climbed the 450 foot smokestack at the Fisk power plant in Chicago. From the stack, they demanded that the operators shut down the dirty, dangerous Fisk and Crawford coal plants. The Fisk and Crawford plants – operated by Edison International subsidiary Midwest Generation are among the oldest in the United States. More people live in range of these plants than any other coal plant in America; nearly one in four Chicagoans live in a three mile radius of one or both plants. Coal fired power plants kill between 13,000 and 34,000 people a year--as many as one person every 15 minutes. That staggering figure includes the 42 Chicagoans who die as a result of pollution from Fisk and Crawford, including residents in the severely...

For link to PDF with hot link for ordering see the bottom of this message... Spring Fundraising Offer Donate $50 or more, Get 4 essential DVDs Support Labor Beat, and also add these essential labor DVDs to your library. Read below how you can get them... 1. Workers’ Republic Independently produced by filmmaker (and Labor Beat producer) Andrew Friend, Workers’ Republic tells the story of factory workers in Chicago who stood up to their boss and his financial backers to demand severance when their factory was closing. Winner of the John Michaels Human Rights Film Award (Big Muddy Film Festival 2010), this special fund raising offer represents the rare last stock of Friend’s non-profit version produced with music by indie artist Moby. 60 min. 2. Raid on A Nation After September 2010 FBI raids on Chicago anti-war activists, solidarity networks spring up. Scenes, speeches from first-of-its-kind 9/27 big protest in front of Chicago FBI headquarters. Also, mass anti-war protest at 2008 RNC, w...

What a May Day it was here in Chicago! Only 2006 was more memorable. It was a week packed with great events. For audio from some of those events, tune in to next week's episode of Labor Express Radio - Monday, 10 AM on 88.7 FM WLUW. For more info see… www.laborexpress.org Here is a collection of pictures from May Day 2011... First, the April 30th Haymarket re-enactment at DesPlaines & Randolph... https://photos.app.goo.gl/HCiGfhRKGNAiM2zQ6 Second, the May 1st re-dedication of the Haymarket monument at Waldheim Cemetery... https://photos.app.goo.gl/HCiGfhRKGNAiM2zQ6 Third, the May 1st Marcha for Immigrant and Worker Rights from Union Park to Pilsen... https://photos.app.goo.gl/HCiGfhRKGNAiM2zQ6