By PAUL LAVERACK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
When labor unions, elected officials, and civil society groups assembled in Wilmington for the 32nd Annual Los Angeles Labor Day Parade and Rally, on September 5, 2011, one of the prominent groups was a large contingent from “Dream Summer,” a ten-week summer internship for undocumented student activists sponsored by the UCLA Labor Center.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
At a hotelworkers protest outside the Hyatt Andaz in West Hollywood, California, on July 21, 2011, a musician and activist outlines the concept and goals of the Clean Car Wash Campaign in Los Angeles, a drive to win workplace dignity for “carwasheros,” the often-exploited immigrant laborers who shine the metal and polish the glass in Southern California’s world-famous car culture.
By Michelle Ramnarine
EL NUEVO SOL
Many Korean women leave their families and jobs in Korea under the guise of an affluent, prosperous Korean American husband who offers and promises them a better life with him as his wife in America. However; not long after arriving, they soon realize they were deceived and fear for their life.
