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 …
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 …
Report From a Childcare Worker: I had to turn them down to keep my family safe, a difficult decision …
On May 1, Tim Bray, Amazon’s Vice President for Web Services, resigned from his position at the company. …
BART is operating as if it is business as usual, endangering the lives of workers and riders. …
Senator Mitch McConnell announced a week ago that Congress wouldn’t provide any money to support state government employee pension funds. …
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. …
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. …
How is it that being poorer means I pay more for health coverage instead of less? …
Sanders was right to say we need a movement, but channeling it into the Democratic Party is a dead end. …
News reports confirm that Jeff Bezos, already far and away the world’s richest man, increased his wealth by $25 BILLION in only six weeks! How did he do this? …
this article is reprinted from Labor Notes As we head into the fifth month of …
3.7 million. That’s how many gallons of milk are being dumped each day by U.S. dairy farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. …
The main reason it’s so hard to access social programs is that governments intentionally want to pay out as little as possible …
From a Biotech Student: This pandemic begs the question; what kind of world are we graduating into? …
At a press conference in March, President Trump said that “nobody knew” there’d be a pandemic of this proportion. He’s lying. …
From a Contract Worker: This crisis is demonstrating the precariousness of my situation. …
From a Bay Area Biotech Worker: The measures that businesses take need to be more than just a facade. …
As Covid-19 has spread to the pacific, so has resistance from its residents. …
With the Covid-19 crisis, almost ten million people have filed for unemployment in the course of two weeks …
The Trump administration’s criminal failure to act and to coordinate a response to the coronavirus …
The government has rushed in to the rescue – of banks and corporations …
Written notes from the meeting, attended by CEO Jeff Bezos, detail Amazon’s strategy to fight union organizing, as well as efforts to obtain COVID-19 tests and protective masks for workers. …
You would think that to fight the coronavirus, the government would pull together the best minds among relevant researchers and health care providers, decide what needs to get done, get industry to make the necessary supplies …
Amazon workers in New York at the Staten Island warehouse went on strike on Monday the 30th, demanding that Amazon shut down their shipping center to get it cleaned for Covid-19. …
Employees in New York facility say they have to ‘force company’s hand’ to act and accuse company of poor communication …
European countries are paying to preserve jobs during the coronavirus crisis. Sadly for American workers, the United States is charting its own path. …
On Monday, President Trump suggested that he’d lift the current shutdown on March 31. This is against the advice of top health officials …
On the evening of March 23, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, did an interview on Fox News and declared …
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve announced it will provide unlimited credit–and assume the bad debts, not just of banks, but for what it called ‘Main St.’ But by ‘Main St.’ it doesn’t mean consumers or households …
As the outbreak has hit America and the country has started to shut down, workers in many industries wonder: what now? …
Sanders promises his victory could solve many problems working people face. But this is a fantasy. …
One positive takeaway from the world’s response to the coronavirus epidemic is that it’s entirely possible to successfully combat two other existential and intertwined global crises: climate change and air pollution. …
How are the billionaires multiplying and making profits world-wide, and on whose backs? What’s behind this so-called “recovery”? What can we expect in the near future – is the economy rushing toward a deeper crisis? …
Peter Phillips’ latest book Giants: The Global Power Elite takes a look at the top 300 most powerful players in world capitalism, who are currently in control of the global economy. …
link to video of presentation Inside the 1% Transnational Ruling Class Sunday, November 11, 7PM(Doors …
A Speak Out Now Forum May, 2018 For decades the San Francisco Bay Area was …
There are certain years that are pivotal in history, when cataclysmic changes in consciousness take place and this paradigm shift spreads contagiously. …
Revolutionary University October 2017 A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: Raj Patel, …
Conditions in Puerto Rico continue to deteriorate after the island was leveled when Hurricane Maria …
People are fed up with the politicians who are running this country. Recent polls show …
Revolutionary University October 2016 Richard Wolff, Marxist professor of economics, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University …
Revolutionary University, March 2016 Robert Brenner, economist and Professor of History at UCLA and an …
Last December, Ethan Couch, a white 16-year old killed four people while driving drunk. He …
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