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Wall Street record highs rest on AI bets, paper wealth and war

June 9, 2026 Gary Wilson

Wall Street hit a new peak at the start of June. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on June 2, after all three major indexes set records together the day before. Wall […]

Tehran holds Washington responsible as Israel escalates war

June 8, 2026 Gary Wilson

Iran’s Foreign Ministry placed direct responsibility on Washington for Israel’s renewed strikes on Iran, after reports emerged June 8 that President Donald Trump had personally called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and told him not […]

Trump’s war on labor: The biggest union-busting drive in U.S. history

June 8, 2026 Gary Wilson

The bosses came after the unions the moment Trump took office, and they have not let up since. In a little over a year, the Trump administration has paralyzed the National Labor Relations Board, stripped […]

Tech bosses cut nearly 150,000 workers as profits pour into AI machinery

June 5, 2026 Gary Wilson

Big Tech is not cutting workers because it is losing money. It is cutting workers while booking record profits — and using the savings to build the AI machinery it will own. Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet […]

In China, AI is no excuse to fire workers

June 5, 2026 Gary Wilson

The day before International Workers’ Day, a court in China sent a clear message to employers: artificial intelligence is not a license to throw workers away. On April 30, the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court in […]

Hegseth orders Pacific allies to arm for China war

June 3, 2026 Gary Wilson

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth went to Singapore on May 30 with an order for Washington’s allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific: spend more on war or face consequences. Hegseth used China as the […]

Iran to U.S.: End the wars on Gaza and Lebanon first

June 2, 2026 Gary Wilson

Israel has kept bombing Gaza and Lebanon. Washington has kept supplying the bombs. On June 1, Iran said: no more indirect talks until the killing stops. Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi put it plainly: the […]

Europe’s NATO powers march east toward Russia

June 1, 2026 Gary Wilson

British troops are dug in along Russia’s border in Estonia. A new German armored brigade has opened in Lithuania, next to Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave. French warplanes are set to rehearse nuclear strikes alongside Poland’s. Britain, […]

Bolivia: U.S.-backed government clears road to martial law against general strike

May 30, 2026 Gary Wilson

Bolivia’s Congress has cleared the road for martial law. On May 24, the Senate voted to remove legal limits on emergency rule. The Chamber of Deputies followed two days later. President Rodrigo Paz signed the […]

The contractor making parts for F-35s bombing Gaza nearly incinerated 50,000 California residents. The war machine moves on.

May 28, 2026 Gary Wilson

For nearly a week, 50,000 residents of Garden Grove, California — a working-class immigrant city in Orange County — were driven from their homes by a chemical emergency at an aerospace plant manufacturing components for […]