Between June 22-26, tens of thousands of people will once again gather in Detroit for the second US Social Forum under the banner, "Another World is Possible, Another US is necessary." The forum comes on the heels of the Greater DC People's Assembly which took place this past weekend.

The workers compensation program for D.C. government employees has been fraught with problems for decades, often driving middle-class injured workers into poverty. But in recent years, injured government workers have made some significant gains, due largely to the work of the Injured Workers Advocates and the DC Employment Justice Center. Now those gains are at risk as the Disability Compensation Program, which serves more than 2000 workers a year, is on the DC Councils budget chopping block.

Last month David Krakow, a former history teacher at the Cesar Chavez charter school, reached a settlement with his former employer, which fired him last year shortly after he began organizing with his co-workers. Krakow chose to donate the bulk of his settlement - $10,000 - to DC Jobs with Justice. "I gave to JWJ because they helped me do a lot of the thinking work while we were organizing last year," Krakow, a local activist and Jews United For Justice Jeremiah Fellow said. " Building a system where working people have a say in our jobs and in our communities isn't a one-off project.