Stories by Gabriel Thompson

Gabriel Thompson is a Brooklyn-based journalist and author of There's No José Here. More information about Calling All Radicals can be found at www.callingallradicals.org. subscribe to Gabriel Thompson's feed

Forced to Work on a Broken Ankle? Workers Defy Abusive Supervisors for Big Union Win

Posted on: Jul 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A firsthand look at the backbreaking conditions that led Pilgrim's Pride employees to fight back--and win.

The McDonalds of the Temp Industry

Posted on: Jul 22, 2012, Source: Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Temps quickly learn to neither expect, nor ask for, raises, health care, or job security of any sort, which leaves workers largely powerless.

2 Big Lies About Immigration Disproved in One Alabama Town

Posted on: Aug 25, 2011, Source: Colorlines.com

Alabama's governor prides himself on the country's harshest anti-immigrant law, but his state is flourishing in part because of immigrants' hard work.

Would You "Shoot an Iraqi" in Cyberspace?

Posted on: Dec 1, 2008, Source: The Brooklyn Rail

For a month Wafaa Bilal lived in a cell with a paintball gun pointed at him, controlled by an internet audience who could shoot at him 24 hours a day.

Surviving a Weekend with America's Premiere Pro-White Activist Group

Posted on: Jul 3, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Meet the Council of Conservative Citizens -- a group that offers a biblical defense of slavery and laments the <i>surivival</i> of African babies.

Police Shoot Unarmed 18-Year-Old Black Man in Brooklyn Twenty Times

Posted on: Nov 15, 2007, Source: ColorLines

Gabriel Thompson: Unfortunately this is just one example of a disturbing national trend.

New York City On $45 A Day (And That's If You're Lucky)

Posted on: Dec 11, 2006, Source: AlterNet

How one labor company made millions by exploiting its temporary employees a dollar at a time.

The Welfare Nanny Diaries

Posted on: Sep 28, 2006, Source: Colorlines.com

Low-income women and child-care workers are the missing component in the whole debate about working vs. stay-at-home mothers.

The Anti-Bush Anarchist

Posted on: May 1, 2006, Source: In These Times

Ultimate Fighter Jeff Monson is good and pissed off. And his 'Assassinate Bush' T-shirts are just the beginning.