Industrial Workers of the World

Eleanor Walden, mother of five children, grandmother, tenant, civil rights and social justice activist and longtime folk singer, passed away April 7, at the age of 92.

At its meeting Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council discussed a controversial reformation proposal for public comment procedure.

Moe’s Books workers voted to ratify its first union contract on Tuesday, securing wage raises and additional COVID-19 safety measures, in what union steward Owen Hill described as a “good, solid contract.” 

To help aid low-income communities, Common Humanity Collective, or CHC, launched its latest project to produce free DIY air purifiers. 

On Saturday afternoon, about 100 supporters gathered at the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street to celebrate the unionization of Moe's Books.

Leon Litwack, historian emeritus at UC Berkeley, became a cult figure on campus by bringing his leftist intellectual fire to American history.