Around the world
U.S. bombs a wedding in Iran
On Sept. 1, 2026, a U.S. missile hit a house in Kuhestak, a small coastal town in Iran’s Hormozgan province, where a family was holding a wedding. Iranian state media reports that at least five […]
Author: Gary Wilson
In the U.S.
They pay poverty wages, cut food aid and pile up fortunes
At Walmart, half the workers make less than $30,520 a year. At Dollar General, half make less than $18,876. A new Government Accountability Office study examined 11 states representing about one-fifth of the U.S. population […]
Around the world
Seneca Nation rejects Trump’s colonial claim on Lake Ontario
“The President cannot assert ownership over our culture or erase it.” Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca said that on Aug. 28, the day after Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake […]
In the U.S.
Minnesota 15 hearing exposes political police operation against labor
A federal judge in Minneapolis heard arguments Aug. 27 on whether prosecutors must turn over more records from the government’s surveillance of the Minnesota 15, labor unions and community organizations opposing ICE. The 15 defendants, […]
Environment
Capitalist climate crisis drives deadly Himalayan glacier collapse
At about 9 a.m. on Aug. 26, a mass of ice and rock broke loose from the north face of Langtang Lirung, about 17,000 feet above sea level on the Nepal-China border. Hydrologists described the […]
Around the world
Mladić death revives NATO’s Yugoslavia war propaganda
On Aug. 27, the New York Times announced the death of Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladić with a headline calling him the murderous “Butcher of Bosnia.” It told readers that Mladić had been convicted in […]
In the U.S.
The salad monopoly behind the parasite
By Aug. 21, the Cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce sold by Taylor Farms had sickened 10,930 people in 17 states, hospitalized 454 and killed two. The illnesses began June 14 and continued through […]
Capitalist crisis
Iran war, $40 trillion debt and the deepening capitalist crisis
The U.S. war on Iran is hitting workers in the wallet — and pushing the capitalist economy toward a wider crisis. Workers feel it first. Food prices are jumping. The war has driven transportation costs […]
Around the world
Iran strikes on Bahrain disrupted USS Lincoln supply line
Iranian missile and drone strikes heavily damaged the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain that supplied the USS Abraham Lincoln, and the carrier’s crew ran short of food and basic supplies as a result. The Trump […]
Around the world
Washington can’t make the world enforce its economic blockade of Iran
The U.S. Treasury has told the world to choose sides in Washington’s war on Iran. In an Aug. 20 CNBC interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised “the greatest coordinated economic isolation in the history of […]