Jonathan Leavitt, Author at Toward Freedom

Trabajadores Migrantes en Lecherías Piden Ben y Jerry’s Proveer Leche con Dignidad, Preparan Día Nacional de Acción

Jonathan Leavitt June 23, 2015 Jonathan Leavitt

Traducción: Mary Lou Hardwich Leavitt

En inglés: Migrant Farmworkers Ask Ben & Jerry’s to Provide “Milk With Dignity,” Prepare National Day of Action

Dentro de la cadena de suministro de Ben y Jerry’s negocio de helado, el sueldo del trabajador migrante Victor Diaz estaba a retenido el verano pasado. El vivia en un remolque superpoblado en Ferrisburgh, VT, su techo agujereado cubierto con una carpa, y un charco de estiercol de vacas agujereando en el agua potable de los trabajadores. Entonces Diaz y otros trabajadores agricolas se marcharon en la finca con gente de fe y aliados comunitarios, ganando su sueldo atrasado. read more

Migrant Farmworkers Ask Ben & Jerry’s to Provide “Milk With Dignity,” Prepare National Day of Action

Jonathan Leavitt June 18, 2015 Jonathan Leavitt

On June 20th the Vermont-based Migrant Justice organization will stage actions at ice cream shops in 14 cities nationally, demanding Ben & Jerry's pay a premium to ensure safe housing and livable wages for farmworkers laboring in their supply chain.

Students, Solidarity Strikes and Shutting Down Austerity at the Point of Production: The Social Vision of the 2015 Quebec Student Strike

Jonathan Leavitt April 1, 2015 Jonathan Leavitt

On March 21st, the first day of spring, Quebec students went on strike over the Liberal Couillard government’s austerity policies; those numbers swelled to over 60,000 striking students by Monday the 23rd.

Vermont: One Tiny State’s Movement to Ban Private Prisons

Jonathan Leavitt January 24, 2013 Jonathan Leavitt

Vermont, the most progressive state in America, spent over $14 million last year to lock up Vermonters in for profit prison like Lee Adjustment Center in Kentucky. A dialogue about mass incarceration, budget crises, and privatization is unfolding. A group of Vermonters working out of Church basements and living rooms is attempting to build a movement to push this conversation forward by passing a historic law banning Vermont’s use of for-profit prisons.

Greenwashing War: Burlington, Vermont Mayor Signs Deal With Lockheed Martin

Jonathan Leavitt December 30, 2010 Jonathan Leavitt

Activists in Burlington, Vermont are outraged that Mayor Bob Kiss has inked a deal with Lockheed Martin, the world's largest war profiteer, to fight climate change in the city.

People Power Versus Lobbyists in the Health Care Debate

Jonathan Leavitt July 30, 2009 Jonathan Leavitt

As high profile congressional committees debate Barack Obama's health reform bill in Washington D.C., another parallel health care debate is playing out in the picturesque state of Vermont. The differences in both the tenor and the substance of the two debates couldn't be more profound.