Laid-off tech workers advised to sell plasma, personal belongings to survive ( www.sfgate.com )
Nina McCollum has been laid off so many times that the 55-year-old is basically an unofficial expert. That’s how she describes herself, at least....
The Biden régime is finally offering some migrants a pathway to citizenship ( apnews.com )
After months spent alienating his base, Biden has announced new legal protections for certain undocumented people who have been living in the United States, offering a path to citizenship for those who have been living here for a decade or more and are married to American citizens. The White House claims the new policy would...
Citibank hit for funding extermination ( www.workers.org )
The protest was organized by the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation-Awda NY/NJ. Throughout the week, the group urged people to close their accounts at Citibank and cancel their Citi credit cards....
The Cybertruck: A Perfect Symbol of American Political Rot ( www.truthdig.com )
NEA Educators for Palestine call on union to un-endorse Biden ( www.workers.org )
Members of Educators for Palestine had already introduced their NBIs for consideration and a vote by NEA members. They seek to educate union members on the crisis for Palestinians under [neocolonial] occupation. This includes having the NEA “use its digital communication tools to educate about the history of the Nakba.”...
Oregon’s striking nurses: ‘Patients over profits’ ( www.workers.org )
Providence, one of Oregon’s largest corporations, owns one-quarter of Oregon’s health care market. The yearly income of Providence CEOs has risen to $10 million. The nurses are being offered a 7% raise the first year and only 3% in subsequent years, less than the annual rate of inflation....
California activists plant smuggled Palestinian watermelon seeds ( www.workers.org )
“The way our traditional agriculture practices developed is that they really did co-evolve with their different micro-climate. So we have a collection of seeds … that our ancestors, our great grandmothers, selected varieties [of] that were kind to the micro-climate,” Sansour said in an interview with Sasha Rabin....
ICE takes away phone access for detainees, prompting hunger strikes ( www.detentionwatchnetwork.org )
Detention Watch Network and The Legal Aid Society are reporting that ICE facilities are taking away one of the few concessions to the fact that people in immigration detention are, in fact, people: free phone access. This access has been one of the most important lifelines people in ICE facilities have to emotional support and...
Investments in ‘Israel’ Bonds fuel war crimes ( www.workers.org )
Increasingly, [Zionism] has had to rely on foreign bond sales to finance its growing budget deficit resulting from the military spending. According to the Financial Times, Israel Bonds, the official underwriter for [Herzlianism’s] debt, has sold over $3 billion of bonds since Oct. 8, when [a neocolony] launched its genocide in...
US workers in debt to buy groceries - 'I had to downgrade my life' ( www.bbc.com )
The ACLU is suing over the Biden régime’s self-proclaimed ability to shut down the border ( web.archive.org )
A coalition led by the ACLU has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Biden's executive order blocking asylum when there are "too many" asylum seekers at the border. The lead attorney for the ACLU, Lee Gelernt, points out that this policy is nearly identical to Trump-era border policies. Gelernt also notes that the new policy is...
The US Still Continues its Quest to Hide Torture ( www.fairobserver.com )
More troops are quitting the military over Gaza ( youchu.be )
The excess savings Americans stored away during the pandemic ran dry months ago, and the US economy is feeling the effects. ( www.bloomberg.com )
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Workers in US South are organizing to demand relief from the extreme heat ( peoplesdispatch.org )
When principled Texans care for migrants, state politicians attack ( archive.is )
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Supreme Court Backs Biden's Social Media Censorship ( news.antiwar.com )
The UAW Strike May Have Finally Set Us Up for a General Strike ( www.teenvogue.com )
Oh No, Now The US Has To Stop Imprisoning Ex-Presidents For Their Crimes! ( caitlinjohnstone.com.au )
Who’s Really in Charge ( www.kenklippenstein.com )
Bronx Pride March: ‘There is no pride in genocide’ ( www.workers.org )
As anti-imperialist Bronxites, we reject the bourgeois co-optation of queer revolt, the Zionist attempt to pinkwash the genocide in Gaza and the consistent pushing out of Bronxites by capitalist real estate developers....
US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators in boost for business ( apnews.com )
The Supreme Court has upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the United States federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests....
Workers from Limited Energy, Waffle House, Harper Magazine, and UPenn win in the class struggle ( www.workers.org )
The Limited Energy electricians unit install and repair systems such as fire alarms, building security systems and phone and fiber optic lines. They are striking for paid holidays (they don’t have any!), better pay and increased safety measures. The workers have received a lot of picket line support from other unions. Labor...
FAA investigating Southwest flight that came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean ( www.cnn.com )
Community outrage over Utica police killing of teenager ( www.workers.org )
Mway and a friend were profiled, stopped and frisked by Utica police. A terrified Mway fled the encounter. He feared for his life, as many people of color do when they are stopped by police....