Videos from May Day 2020 Online Celebration
Part 1: Presentation Part 2: 2019 Uprisings Around the World and the COVID-19 Crisis Part …
Part 1: Presentation Part 2: 2019 Uprisings Around the World and the COVID-19 Crisis Part …
COVID-19: Global Pandemic & Climate Disruption With Mike Davis …
Politicians are rushing to reopen the economy and they don’t care how many coffins they fill. …
Although Covid-19 sparked the current economic crisis, it is not the root cause. In late March and early April, experts projected a recession similar to the 2008 “great recession” was coming. …
Agribusinesses are destroying massive amounts of food while people across the United States are standing in lines at food banks …
In late April, President Trump ordered that meatpacking plants reopen after they were shut down because of COVID-19. He is more concerned about the companies’ profits than workers’ lives. …
As New Jersey – like other states – sees billions in tax dollars disappear during the COVID-19 pandemic, we already hear talk of massive budget shortfalls! What does this mean? You guessed it …
On Wednesday, after saying that he was planning to dismantle the White House coronavirus task force, Trump reversed course and said that he would keep …
The deep racism of this society has shown itself again. Ahmaud Arbery, a young African American man in Georgia, was hunted down by two men …
A recent study finds that global warming will impact humanity even more intensely, and sooner than previously thought. According to the research, for every 1ºC increase in global temperature, one billion people will be displaced or forced to endure insufferable heat. …
According to a new paper by the University of California, Berkeley, high carbon-emitting industries have much lower import taxes than cleaner industries. …
Report From a Childcare Worker: I had to turn them down to keep my family safe, a difficult decision …
Most working-class families in the United States didn’t have access to professional childcare before COVID-19 hit, and they don’t now. …
Starting May 6, New York City’s subway system is shuttered every night between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. for cleaning and disinfecting during the pandemic. …
World leaders held a virtual meeting on Monday, May 4, to raise funds for COVID-19 vaccine research. Notably absent were any representatives from the U.S. or Russia. …
On May 1, Tim Bray, Amazon’s Vice President for Web Services, resigned from his position at the company. …
Dr. Fauci, the head of Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force, has been forced to contradict and make up for these stupid statements. …
With cases just beginning to surge in many states, testing still lagging, and no contact tracing, the U.S. disaster is only just beginning. …
BART is operating as if it is business as usual, endangering the lives of workers and riders. …
Although comfort and economic security are great things, they shouldn’t cost time to live …
On May 1, International Workers’ Day, some workers at Amazon, Instacart, Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, and Shipt took action …
Featured image credit: Faeez Safedien
The federal government just gave the fossil fuel industry at least $50 million dollars of taxpayer money, which probably won’t have to be paid back. …
Senator Mitch McConnell announced a week ago that Congress wouldn’t provide any money to support state government employee pension funds. …
Across the United States, as of last week there were over 50,000 cases of COVID-19 and at least 10,000 deaths in nursing homes and other senior living facilities. …
Huge, often violent, protests have rocked Lebanese cities in recent days. While the COVID-19 crisis may be a contributing factor, they are in fact a continuation of …
Count to ten. Guess what? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made $30,182 while you were counting. …
On the Brink of Starvation: Covid-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel • Sat. May 9 at 2pm (PDT) 5pm (EDT)
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The same day it was announced that over 30 million people applied for unemployment benefits in the past six weeks, Wall Street announced it had its best month since 1987. …
Report From Someone Trying to Roll Out Accurate Testing and Reporting at a Huge Public University …
The struggles of the international working class continue, and we draw our inspiration from them. …
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