Capitalist crisis

U.S. unemployment hits depression levels. Don't blame China

U.S. unemployment hits depression levels. Don’t blame China

The New York Times headline declared: “U.S. unemployment worst since the Great Depression.” (New York Times, May 9, 2020, print ...
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Bosses bet on profits over workers’ lives

Bosses bet on profits over workers’ lives

Fruit processing workers are on strike at 13 plants in Washington state’s Yakima Valley. “Hoppers” — sanitation workers who do ...
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Don't starve, fight!

Don’t starve, fight!

Ninety years ago, on March 6, 1930, over a million people demonstrated across the United States for unemployment relief. The ...
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FOOD IS A RIGHT! Unite to fight attack on SNAP benefits

FOOD IS A RIGHT! Unite to fight attack on SNAP benefits

Struggle-La Lucha newspaper and the Socialist Unity Party/Partido de Socialismo Unido condemn the Trump administration’s announced changes to the SNAP ...
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It's still ‘last hired, first fired.’ The truth about the jobless rate

It’s still ‘last hired, first fired.’ The truth about the jobless rate

Trump supporters and the capitalist media are celebrating April's employment report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They claim this ...
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