Covid-19

Coronavirus surges in U.S.: Capitalism is the crisis

Coronavirus surges in U.S.: Capitalism is the crisis

July 1 — As a consequence of bosses’ rush to “reopen the economy” for profit amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Herd immunity usually occurs only after staggering numbers of people have died

Herd immunity usually occurs only after staggering numbers of people have died

There have now been over 100,000 lives lost in the U.S. from COVID-19, and nearly half the country is still ...
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: After 100,000

Mumia Abu-Jamal: After 100,000

What happens when the counter strikes 100,000? Nothing.  One hundred thousand American dead; that means, for all intents and purposes, ...
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Xi Jinping: Fighting COVID-19 through solidarity and cooperation

Xi Jinping: Fighting COVID-19 through solidarity and cooperation

Statement by H.E. Xi Jinping President of the People’s Republic of China At Virtual Event of Opening of the 73rd ...
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New York cops practice viral profiling

New York cops practice viral profiling

It is widely reported that New York City police are exploiting social distancing rules, meant to protect people from the ...
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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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Nurses who refused to care for coronavirus patients without N95 masks are suspended, union fights back and wins

Nurses who refused to care for coronavirus patients without N95 masks are suspended, union fights back and wins

Los Angeles — In mid-April, 10 nurses employed at Providence Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., were suspended for ...
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Workers' lives before meatpacker profits

Workers’ lives before meatpacker profits

Donald Trump celebrated Workers' Memorial Day on April 28 by ordering dangerously unsafe meatpacking and poultry plants to remain open ...
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Essential workers protest at Ralph's supermarket in Hollywood

Essential workers protest at Ralph’s supermarket in Hollywood

UFCW Local 770 called a protest at "Rock n Roll Ralph's" supermarket on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, Calif. Nineteen workers ...
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Blaming the victims

Blaming the victims

Have any union members been seen at the recent Tea Party rallies at the state capitols? Working and poor people ...
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