As Election Day 2020 approaches, multiple crises are wreaking havoc across the country. The pandemic that has taken more than a million lives across the globe has triggered an economic crisis that will deepen, not resolve, in the months ahead. The consequences of global warming are manifesting more and more acutely. Political polarization continues to… Read more »
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Open Letter on the November 3, 2020 General Election – Seattle/King County
As Election Day 2020 approaches, multiple crises are wreaking havoc across the country. The pandemic that has taken more than a million lives across the globe has triggered an economic crisis that will deepen, not resolve, in the months ahead. The consequences of global warming are manifesting more and more acutely. Political polarization continues to… Read more »
Exposing the greedy bastards who prey on poor people
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the sharp inequities in the U.S. into sharp relief. But they have always been there, and this book explains the role of business and government collusion.
México en crisis: La solidaridad internacional de la clase trabajadora es vital
Un creciente número de casos de COVID-19, un presidente que rechaza las pruebas, que no toma en serio la pandemia, que no está dispuesto a usar cubrebocas en público. Suena como la “gran América” de Trump, ¿verdad? En realidad, ¡es México! El gobierno del presunto presidente de izquierda, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), ha adoptado… Read more »
Social Security: not broken, but they’re working on it
Whose survival depends on this 85-year-old benefit? Why should it be expanded? And how? The answers are not complicated.
In defense of the US Postal Service
Why federal bailouts for airlines and cruise lines, but not for the postal service? Perhaps the strongly unionized, multiracial nature of its workforce figures into the answer.
Are the powers-that-be ready to dump Trump?
Examples abound that show the ruling class losing faith in Trump. But will their currently wavering confidence ultimately mean much in November?
Trump’s latest high crime — stimulus looting
The multi-trillion-dollar stimulus bailout “for family businesses” was actually an equal opportunity feeding frenzy among D.C. insiders from both parties.
Sacrificing the vulnerable: Politicians’ draconian response to New York City economic crisis
As city politicians impose austerity budgets and cut social service jobs that hit the poorest hardest, militant essential workers from fields to hospitals and schools are saying, “Tax the rich.”
We refuse to disarm: Reject Morrison’s call to put down our weapons
The Morrison government is determined to bring militant unions to heel — carrot or stick, either weapon will do.
