Welcome to our site!

MF/PL is an organization that redefines the concept of "Internet Service Provider" in a collective, progressive and collaborative way. The members of May First/People Link are like a coop: we pay dues, buy equipment and then we all use that equipment as we need to for websites, email, email lists, and just about everything else we do on the Internet. Learn more about us by clicking about, learn about the resources we share by clicking Membership and join by clicking Join Us.

And right below are a few of our members.

Brecht Forum

brecht_forum_1.jpg
The BRECHT FORUM is a place for people who are working for social justice, equality and a new culture that puts human needs first.

Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health

masscoshnew.jpg
MassCOSH has a particular history and political commitment that has placed them in this organizing role.

SSEU Local 371

sseu_371_1.jpg
A historic NYC union that is still providing strong leadership in the fight for workers rights!

Blogs

Glenn Beck Needs to Devote More Time to His Strange Obsessions

FAIR - 6 hours 20 min ago
I don't know why it should surprise me that Glenn Beck doesn't know what he's talking about, but you'd think that if you had a furious grudge against someone who died 40 years before you were born, you would spend at least a little time finding out what exactly was wrong with that historical figure.
Categories: Members Blogs

Action Alert: PBS Replacing Moyers, Now. . .With Jon Meacham?

FAIR - 6 hours 34 min ago
FAIR has a new Action Alert reacting to reports that PBS's replacement for the retiring Bill Moyers and the canceled Now series will be headed by Newsweek editor Jon "Center-Right Nation" Meacham.
Categories: Members Blogs

Will College Become a Luxury for the Few?

Portside - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:55
Will College Become a Luxury for the Few?By Katynka MartínezMarch 9, 2010, CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/08/martinez.immigrants.education/?hpt=SbinSan Francisco, California - Before the protests of tuitionhikes last week, a colleague posted the following: "Needsuggestions for protest songs. We have a DJ but need to giveher a play list." The requests started coming in: Joan Baez,the Dixie Chicks, The Clash. [...]
Categories: Members Blogs

The Tea Party's Retreaded "Ideas"

Portside - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:55
The Tea Party's Retreaded "Ideas"This item is cross-posted from Progressive Fix.Posted by Ed Kilgore onMarch 5, 2010 02:09 PMhttp://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2010/03/the_tea_partys_retreaded_ideas.phpFor all the talk about the Tea Party Movement and its demandsthat America's political system be turned upside down, it'salways been a bit hard to get a fix on what, exactly, theseconservative activists want Washington to do. [...]
Categories: Members Blogs

Review: Climbing Jacob's Ladder

Portside - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:54
Review: Climbing Jacob's LadderBy Van GosseMarch 2010, Published by portsideClimbin' Jacob's Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writingsof Jack O'Dell by Jack O'Dell (author) & Nikhil Singh(editor). University of California Press. January 2010. ISBN:978-0520945067, ISBN-10: 0520259580, ISBN-13: 978-0520259584.Available in print or ebook.For activists across many movements and two generations, JackO’Dell has been a wise counsel, an example of politicaltenacity, and a living, fighting (sometimes quietly
Categories: Members Blogs

Chile's Social Earthquake

Portside - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:54
Chile's Social EarthquakeBy Roger BurbachPosted to portside March 8. 2010, Global Alternativeshttp://globalalternatives.org/node/112Chile is experiencing a social earthquake in the aftermath ofthe 8.8 magnitude quake that struck the country on February27. 'The fault lines of the Chilean Economic Miracle havebeen exposed,' says Elias Padilla, an anthropology professorat the Academic University of Christian Humanism in Santiago.'The free market, neo-liberal economic model that Chile has
Categories: Members Blogs

Can Democrats get immigration reform right?

Portside - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:53
Can Democrats get immigration reform right?As with healthcare reform, long-term progressive principlesare at odds with short-term electoral needsBY Michael LindMarch 09, 2010http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2010/03/08/immigration_reform.htmlPresident Obama has signaled support for putting immigrationreform back on the agenda of Congress between now and themidterm elections in November. Whether Democrats on CapitolHill want to take on such a contentious issue in theaftermath of the healthcare debate remains to be seen. What
Categories: Members Blogs

[Mlist] 03/09/10-Over 200 Immigrant Rights, Social Justice organizations call on Obama to Suspend enforcement during Census

The Mlist - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:19
Over 200 organizations appeal to President Obama and the Department of Homeland Security to Suspend Immigration Enforcement Activities for Census 2010
Categories: Members Blogs

NYT Debate: Bill of Rights, Sometimes or Never?

FAIR - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 17:21
The New York Times has a piece today (3/9/10) with the headline "Experts Urge Keeping Two Options for Terror Trials"--meaning both regular trials under the criminal justice system as well as newly established military tribunals. But who are these "experts," exactly?
Categories: Members Blogs

Dennis Kucinich, Right-Wing Democrat?

FAIR - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 16:51
If you're a politics buff, you probably remember the way National Journal's ratings were used in the 2004 and 2008 elections to establish that the Democratic candidate was the "most liberal voting record in the Senate"--first John Kerry (Extra! Update, 6/04), then Barack Obama (CounterSpin, 3/28/08).
Categories: Members Blogs

Newsweek Wants Accountability for Teachers, Not Editors

FAIR - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:56
Newsweek devotes several pieces this week to public schools. But the lead piece, "Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers," by Evan Thomas and Pat Wingert, lays out the magazine's skewed vision: Teacher unions protect the worst performers, while charter schools offer an easy solution.
Categories: Members Blogs

Washington Post and Afghan War Critics

FAIR - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:41
Sometimes the words journalists choose are revealing. Take the lead of a story in the Washington Post today (3/9/10) about congressional debate on the Afghanistan War: Liberals in the House, who have spent much of the past year complaining that other congressional Democrats and the White House are insufficiently progressive, will get a chance this week to vent about one of their biggest concerns: the war in Afghanistan.
Categories: Members Blogs

Resolution on Haiti & AFL-CIO on Jobs

Portside - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:25
Two Labor Initiatives: Haiti and Jobs1. Resolution on aid to Haiti from SFLC2. Launching Our Jobs Campaign - AFL-CIO===1.Deliver Earthquake Aid to Haiti and Respect theSovereignty of the Haitian People![Note: The following resolution was adopted by theExecutive Committee of the San Francisco Labor Councilon March 1, 2010. The original resolution was submittedby Dave Welsh of the Letter Carriers union to the Feb.22 delegates' meeting of the Labor Council, where itwas referred to the Executive Committee. At the
Categories: Members Blogs

A Step Backward for Women's Health Care?

Portside - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:24
A Step Backward for Women's Health Care?Monday 08 March 2010by: Maya Schenwar, Executive Director, t r u t h o u t| Op-Edhttp://www.truthout.org/a-step-backward-womens-health-care57485photo (Image: Jared Rodriguez / t r u t h o u t;Adapted: jrbrubaker, Thomas Hawk)Monday evening, after a rousing speech in Philadelphiapushing for health reform passage, President Obama willcelebrate International Women's Day with a White Housereception honoring women around the world for theirachievements. [...]
Categories: Members Blogs

How Working Women Are Reshaping America's Families

Portside - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:23
How Working Women Are Reshaping America's Families andEconomy and What It Means for PolicymakersBy Heather Boushey, Ann O'LearyCenter for American Progress March 8, 2010http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/03/our_working_nation.htmlWhen we look back over the 20th century and try tounderstand what's happened to American workers andtheir families, the movement of women out of the homeand into paid employment stands out as one of the mostimportant transformations. Women are now half of all
Categories: Members Blogs

Toyota workers raised safety concerns in 2006

Portside - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:23
Toyota workers raised safety concerns with bosses in2006 memoThe notice told of worries about employees and vehiclesover the automaker's push to trim costs and boostproduction.By John M. GlionnaLos Angeles Times - March 8, 2010http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-toyota-canaries8-2010mar08,0,5602804.storyReporting from Toyota City, Japan - All six Toyotaveterans around the table agreed: The memo they wereabout to send to senior management could damage theircareers. [...]
Categories: Members Blogs

Exit Strategies for Afghanistan and Iraq

Portside - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:22
Exit Strategies for Afghanistan and IraqBy Tom HaydenThe NationMarch 8, 2010http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/tom_haydenIt's been a long winter for the peace movement. Waitingfor Obama has proved fruitless. The Great Recession hasstrengthened Wall Street and diverted attention fromthe wars. The debate over health care still won't goaway and has demoralized progressive advocates. Given achance to exit from Afghanistan when the Karzaielection proved to be stolen, President Obama escalated
Categories: Members Blogs