The United Kingdom’s Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain’s next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of “extreme neoliberal policies,” says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution. Monbiot also warns Truss will undermine the country’s model public health system and labor rights for organizing workers.
New U.K. PM Liz Truss Has “Extreme Neoliberal” Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record
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A US Freight Rail Crisis Threatens More Supply Chain Chaos
Federal regulators and the White House have been scrambling to prevent poor service and a possible strike from jamming up a vital but often overlooked network.
A US Freight Rail Crisis Threatens More Supply Chain Chaos
Media Darling Volodymyr Zelensky Kidnaps Student Dissidents, Bans Opposition Parties, Shuts Down Independent Media, Commits Egregious War Crimes and Imposes Regressive Labor Laws
More Ukrainian Soldiers Continue to Defect as Eastern Ukrainians See Better Future with Russian Federation
Media Darling Volodymyr Zelensky Kidnaps Student Dissidents, Bans Opposition Parties, Shuts Down Independent Media, Commits Egregious War Crimes and Imposes Regressive Labor Laws
US prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new report finds
Forty-year anniversary of Vincent Chin killing marked amid surge of anti-Asian violence
June 19 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Chinese-American draftsman Vincent Chin, who was beaten to death in Detroit by Chrysler plant superintendent Ronald Ebens and his unemployed stepson Michael Nitz. The murder took place amid a wave of anti-Japanese hysteria fanned by the United Auto Workers and Democratic Party politicians.
Forty-year anniversary of Vincent Chin killing marked amid surge of anti-Asian violence
Horrific death at Caterpillar Mapleton foundry evokes outpouring of shock and anger among workers
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Workers have responded with an outpouring of sympathy, horror and growing indignation to the horrific workplace death last week of Steven Dierkes at Caterpillar’s Mapleton foundry in central Illinois. On June 2, Steven, 39, was working near a crucible with molten metal when he fell in, instantly killing him, the Peoria County coroner reported.
Horrific death at Caterpillar Mapleton foundry evokes outpouring of shock and anger among workers
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Caterpillar worker falls into molten iron crucible and dies at Mapleton, Illinois foundry
There is a Real “Great Replacement” – But Not the One the Right Talks About
by Guy Lancaster
Dr. Guy Lancaster is the editor of the online Encyclopedia of Arkansas, a project of the Central Arkansas Library System, and the author or editor of multiple books on racial violence, most recently American Atrocity: The Types of Violence in Lynching.
There is a Real “Great Replacement” – But Not the One the Right Talks About
Facebook Faces New Lawsuit Alleging Human Trafficking and Union-Busting in Kenya
Daniel Motaung, a former outsourced Facebook content moderator, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Nairobi accusing Meta and outsourcing firm Sama of multiple violations of the Kenyan constitution. The lawsuit follows a TIME story published in February titled “Inside Facebook’s African Sweatshop,” in which Motaung and other current and former employees at Sama first gave their accounts of widespread trauma, pay as low as $1.50 per hour, and alleged union busting.
Facebook Faces New Lawsuit Alleging Human Trafficking and Union-Busting in Kenya
America’s New Class War
Organized workers, often defying their timid union leadership, are on the march across the United States.
America’s New Class War
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