A 1600 mile walk across the European coast. Spreading awareness about child trafficking by presenting testimonies and petitions, to the House of Lords, in four countries. Sid Hingerty is believed to be the only person on Earth to walk to all four British Parliaments. We created this story and we completed the 1600-mile journey. Now, […]
Job: Author Seeks Transcriber
An aspiring author is searching for someone to transcribe recorded chapters of a book he plans to write. His name is Dr. Peter Speth. Dr. Speth was born in 1936 in Cologne, Germany. At the time, his father was in jail for speaking up against Hitler. The family later immigrated to the United States, where […]
OUT MAGAZINE: PAY THE FREELANCERS !
Feb. 26, 2018 — NEW YORK CITY — The National Writers Union is now representing 25 freelance contributors to Out magazine, who are owed more than $40,000 for work that was contracted, produced and published. This campaign — which is also taking place on social media with the hashtag #OutOwes — is going public today, and we expect […]
NWU and allies urge easier, cheaper copyright registration for online work
The NWU and National Press Photographers Association filed written comments yesterday with the US Copyright Office to create a new procedure to register multiple written works first distributed online. The intent is that the collection of works can be registered for a single fee and with a single application. This proposalwas made in response to a petition initiated by the […]
In D.C., Audiences Can Visit North Korea Without a Passport
North Korea is perhaps the most secretive nation on Earth. In a new one-man show, Next Stop: North Korea, NWU member John Feffer aims to bring you as close to as you can get without a visa and a ticket to Seoul. The show is based on his visits to the country and work he […]
NWU denounces “Controlled Digital Lending”
National Writers Union calls for dialogue with libraries on Internet Archive book scanning Today the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981, AFL-CIO) joins authors and contributors to books from around the world to denounce the scanning and distribution of complete copies of hundreds of thousands of books by the Internet Archive and its library “partners” […]
Piper Fund Seeks Partnership Associate Grant Writer
The Piper Fund is a way for individuals and foundations to finance efforts to defend democratic institutions and historicially disenfranchised communities. The organization is looking for a Partnership Associate Grant Writer to help raise funds in the effort to defend democratic norms and institutions while advancing proactive democracy reform. The need for such work in […]
Boston Chapter’s Book Party
Our annual book party this year, managed to narrowly skirt a snowstorm, celebrating 12 authors, five of whom read from their books – historical novel about Germany’s first recognized female physician, retired MBTA chief’s novel set in Boston’s subway tunnels and the homeless who live in them, a young author’s fantasy of a girl escaping ‘the […]
Member Joe Berry Included in Anthology
This book is the only thing published so far that illuminates the “other side” of the famous split that tore Students of a Democratic Society (SDS) apart in the summer of 1969. Rather than focusing on those who soon became the Weathermen, and were never more than a tiny percentage of the 100,000 who considered […]
Local Business Journal Seeks Reporter to Cover Amazon
Amazon is coming to Arlington County. That means Washington DC suburbs will soon be the home of thousands more highly-paid tech employees. The region will also be home to a company with a history of undermining both peoples’ economic stability and our privacy. Covering Amazon is no longer a long-distance affair. We need someone local […]
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