The Morrison government is determined to bring militant unions to heel — carrot or stick, either weapon will do.
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US sanctions block aid and wreak havoc
U.S. economic measures against countries like Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba constitute warfare on civilians.
Bailouts rob the public to give to the rich
“The bipartisan idea of ‘the economy’ is Wall Street. But that’s not the real-life economy of poor and working folks who need rent money, food, healthcare, education, and safe workplaces.”
Informe de Argentina: la cuarentena, la pobreza y la represión provocan protestas y huelgas
María Álvarez es una trabajadora sanitaria de primera línea en Buenos Aires y fundadora del Partido Socialismo y Libertad, un afiliado del Comité la Reagrupación Internacional Revolucionaria (CRIR). El 20 de marzo el presidente Alberto Fernández decretó la cuarentena para evitar el colapso sanitario por la propagación del coronavirus. Transitaba entonces su tercer mes de… Read more »
Report from Argentina: quarantine, poverty and repression provoke protest
How the government is using the pandemic to collapse the public healthcare system, fire workers, rescue big business, and repress growing protest.
Empower workers, not profiteers
The government’s chaotic response to Covid-19 proves that working people, not millionaires, must run the economy.
Worker’s-eye View: Solidarity with those on the margins needed now more than ever
What it takes now to work as a therapist with undocumented families.
Worker’s-eye View: Working with low-income tenants in NYC during the coronavirus crisis
With many New Yorkers already squeezed for housing, the effects of the pandemic make solutions all the more urgent.
Women’s free labor
A stunning downloadable infographic. Every day, women provide 12.5 billion hours of free work, an annual monetary value of $10.8 trillion.
Parasite: a funny, outrageous take on class war
Set in South Korea, the fearless and funny Parasite brilliantly exposes the unbridgeable gap between rich and poor.
