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Suicides rates among US construction and mine workers at alarming levels ( www.wsws.org )

An analysis published last December by the CDC, based on data collected in 2021, reported that the suicide rates in these industries are nearly double the average of all occupations and the highest of 20 industry groups examined....

Americans have depleted their excess savings and are now depleting their credit lines as well. The percentage with delinquent credit card debt is approaching the peak at the end of the dotcom bubble. ( www.telegraph.co.uk )

Seattle students establish Popular University for Gaza ( www.workers.org )

The camp was started by the student coalition United Front for Palestinian Liberation, composed of Palestinians and other anti-imperialist protest groups. The students regularly engage with chants, speeches, political education talks, dancing and music, as well as organizing the logistics of food donations and other supplies....

Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used US munition, analysis reveals ( www.theguardian.com )

The United States Tortured 8,000 People at Abu Ghraib; 70% to 90% of Them Were Innocent. 20 Years On, Still No Accountability for US Government Abuses. ( www.hrw.org )

http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/us/doc/icrc-prisoner-report-feb-2004.pdf

Meet the pro-Zionist group that is trying to erase Palestinian history from public schools ( youchu.be )

But the greatest distortion of the ICS is that it denies the existence of Palestinian identity entirely. In its eighty‐slide curriculum, teaching the history of Arab–[settler] conflict using primary sources, there’s not one explanation or even reference to what Palestine is or what being Palestinian means in the modern...

Majority of Middle-Class Americans Say They Struggle Financially ( www.bloomberg.com )

While blaming inflation for rising prices, the biggest food and restaurant companies in US are raking in billions and showering shareholders with payouts. ( www.levernews.com )

1 in 3 Asian Americans reported being the subject of hate this past year, a new survey finds. ( www.axios.com )

Nakba commemorated in Seattle ( www.workers.org )

On May 11, in downtown Seattle, 2,000 demonstrators marched and rallied to remember Nakba Day, chanting: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine is almost Free!”...

Employees are being offered the ‘party drug’ through company health schemes as psychedelic-assisted therapy grows in popularity. Just some good old capitalist innovation in action. ( www.ft.com )

https://archive.ph/wYcfe

SCOTUS punishes protesters for protesting ( www.workers.org )

As consciousness in the U.S. continuously develops into more awareness of our impact on the world and the purpose of the capitalist system meant to keep our mouths shut and too poverty-stricken to fight, we’re also confronted with the fact that we are also a violent nation spitefully marching towards a [neo]fascist state....

US executive pay rises at fastest rate in 14 years ( www.ft.com )

https://archive.ph/gR0nO

IMF warns US on ballooning fiscal burden ( www.ft.com )

https://archive.ph/MW7kF

Effort to 'Rip and Replace' Huawei, ZTE Tech in US Backfires Due to Funding Woes ( www.pcmag.com )

United Auto Workers wins overwhelmingly at Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee ( www.workers.org )

Before the VW results were known, members of the capitalist media expressed skepticism that a union could win in the U.S. South. Governors of five Southern states warned that unionization could cost workers their jobs and/or discourage new investments that would bring jobs to the region, threatening “the values we live by.”...

Google workers: ‘No tech for apartheid’ ( www.workers.org )

Some 200 supporters gathered outside Google’s New York office to show solidarity with the workers inside. Chants of “Google, Google, you can’t hide, your tech’s for apartheid!” and “Not another push, not another line, no more code for genocide!” rang out as the crowd grew. Workers from Amazon, Meta and current and...

No matter the president, the US can longer pretend that it acts as some sort of a moral "beacon". It's now clear for all to see that it's just another Great Power in pursuit of selfish interests. ( www.bloomberg.com )

https://archive.ph/NrsAV

Much of US braces for extreme weather, from southern heat wave to possible snow in the Rockies ( abcnews.go.com )

Protesters tell Biden: ‘We are your red line’ ( www.workers.org )

Calling for an end to the war in Gaza, the demonstrators loudly told Biden: “We are your red line!”...

Thousands of activists took to the streets under the slogan “Flood Brooklyn for Palestine” ( www.workers.org )

The New York Police Department continued with its ongoing brutality, particularly focused on Palestinian women who were thrown to the ground, punched and had their hijabs pulled off. Once again, the cops brutalized and arrested WOL chair Nerdeen Kiswani....

Solidarity with Palestine at Kent State shooting commemoration ( www.workers.org )

Tacked to the stage was a huge banner with the slogan “Long live the spirit of Kent and Jackson State!” — the slogan chanted in 1977 during the movement to try to stop KSU from building a gym on the site of the shootings. Earlier in the day, “Move the gym” had been chalked on the gym wall....

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