AI: Automating Inequality

AI: Automating Inequality

Adoption of Artificial Intelligence will vastly deepen gender and racial inequalities. It is going to take a movement including organized labor to stop this.
technology
Artificial Intelligence, Inequality, labor, people of color, technology, theory, women & feminism
Texas midwife Maria Rojas, arrested for providing “illegal” abortions, wins a round due to lack of evidence of wrong-doing

Texas midwife Maria Rojas, arrested for providing “illegal” abortions, wins a round due to lack of evidence of wrong-doing

A glimmer of hope in an update from the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice.
Reproductive Rights
civil liberties & police, political repression, Reproductive Rights, U.S.
The fight for fair elections ain’t over

The fight for fair elections ain’t over

While mail-in voting may be safe for the midterms, Trump will undoubtedly switch tactics to tamper with the results.
Editorial
Editorial, elections, U.S. Supreme Court
International Trade Union and Social Movement Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine

International Trade Union and Social Movement Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine

A call for endorsers and volunteers to help Ukraine get through the difficult winter ahead
Take Action!
Take Action!, Ukraine
A Friend of the FS is a friend indeed

A Friend of the FS is a friend indeed

An invitation to join the crew that keeps the Freedom Socialist publishing.
Intelligence Report
Intelligence Report, Journalism, Media, Newspaper
Georgiana Lilly distributing Members United CPSU Rank and File News outside the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne. Photo by Judy McVey.

Members United launches bold platform for upcoming union election

MU has formulated a detailed, member-focused platform for the union’s future.
Unions
australia, Public Sector/government employees, Unions, workers
Waging a ‘War within a War’: the story of Black soldiers in Vietnam

Waging a ‘War within a War’: the story of Black soldiers in Vietnam

Author Wil Haygood uses historical records and personal accounts to tell the stories of Black soldiers at home and abroad.
Book Review
anti-war, Book Review, Civil liberties, Inequality, International, people of color
Student loan debt: in for a penny, in for a pounding

Student loan debt: in for a penny, in for a pounding

Recent changes to repayment plans are hurling student loan borrowers back into the ring to fight for their lives.
soapbox
economy, education, Opinion, soapbox
The Taliban: From Suppressing Protests to Their Official Prohibition – Women's Resistance Continues

The Taliban: From Suppressing Protests to Their Official Prohibition – Women’s Resistance Continues

From the Spontaneous Movement of Afghan Women, a statement decrying -- and standing up to -- a new level of repression against dissent.
Civil liberties
Afghanistan, Civil liberties, Civil rights, political repression, women & feminism