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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Thousands attend conference to build solidarity with Palestine ( www.workers.org )
The conference ended with a call to “Surround the White House” June 8 to protest “Genocide Joe” Biden’s pro-[Zionist] stance and provision of weapons, and to build a campaign against the shipping company Maersk, which ships weapons to [neocolonists]....
Philadelphian health workers say: ‘Bombing hospitals is a war crime!’ ( www.workers.org )
Speakers at the park explained that the purpose of the rally was to honor health care worker martyrs, describe the untenable conditions of the hospitals in Gaza, and show how major health care networks in Philadelphia are complicit in the carnage by their silence and even more explicitly by their research funding and initiatives...
TikTok takes Washington to court over unconstitutional ban ( www.workers.org )
ByteDance argues that the ban is unconstitutional and unjustly targets a Chinese company. The Congressional supporters of the bill are attempting to reframe it as a mere call for a sale of TikTok, not a ban. Their feeble arguments are meant to divert attention from the fact that the TikTok ban, a deliberate political and...
Boston high school students join hundreds to speak out against Biden during campaign fundraiser ( youtu.be )
Biden's tariffs on China expose US hypocrisy on 'free trade' & tech subsidies ( www.youtube.com )
China Anti-Espionage Laws Threaten Pharma Supply Chains and Multinational Manufacture in China ( www.nakedcapitalism.com )
Top 0.1% Saw Their Share of US Wealth Increase Even as Rest of 10% Didn't ( www.bloomberg.com )
https://archive.ph/MFFPq
Fears about stagflation are mounting in the US. It’s every central banker’s worst nightmare ( www.cnn.com )
Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths ( web.archive.org )
A Washington Post report centered in Maverick County, Texas (the location of Eagle Pass) shows the inhumanity of the situation around the disposal of the bodies of migrants who die in their attempt to cross the southern border. We learn about a Syrian war refugee, a mother who gave birth on the bank of the river only to have her...
Supreme Court Backs Biden's Social Media Censorship ( news.antiwar.com )
US has the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations. Norway has zero ( www.cnn.com )
MINREX Accuses U.S. Of Protecting Anti-cuban Terrorists ( www.telesurenglish.net )
"These terrorist acts are the direct result of the policy and aggressive speech of the United States government against Cuba, of the permanent instigation of violence and hatred"....
US Navy can't hide its flagging fleet ( asiatimes.com )
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 )
Failing Washington Post attempts to get Grayzone editor jailed with error-filled smear piece ( thegrayzone.com )
At Wayne State encampment, spirits are high ( www.workers.org )
Looking at the encampment, it appears as if it’s been there for weeks. Students explained that the encampment was able to be established so quickly, because many of the students had experience supporting the University of Michigan encampment, which lasted for about three weeks and was finally cleared out on May 22....
Poultry company responsible for teen's 2023 death found to have 'oppressive child labor' at separate plant: DOL ( abcnews.go.com )
Reproductive rights activists resist Florida’s abortion ban ( www.workers.org )
Across the state, reproductive rights activists have been mobilizing, marching, rallying and petitioning since the ban was first proposed. The “Rally to Stop the Six-Week Abortion Ban” drew 2,000 people to Lake Eola Park in Orlando on April 13 to kick off the “Yes on 4” campaign geared to getting passage of Amendment 4...
