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Coast-to-coast book tour introducing Cleophas Williams, first Black president of San Francisco dockworkers

August 13, 2023 Gary Wilson

Clarence Thomas, a Black labor union leader and third-generation retired member of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10, published — and wrote an introduction to — a new book called “Cleophas Williams: […]

Biden sends $345 million in weapons to Taiwan: Activists protest U.S.-Australia anti-China war games

August 2, 2023 Gary Wilson

The Biden administration announced a $345 million weapons package for Taiwan on July 28. The package includes a variety of weapons systems, including Reaper drones, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, and TOW anti-tank missiles. […]

Hazard pay approved: Pentagon prepares to expand troops in Ukraine

July 31, 2023 Gary Wilson

The Pentagon has approved hazard pay for U.S. troops serving in Ukraine, paving the way for a possible expanded presence. Military Times reported July 27 on the new hazard pay policy. Troops who qualify will […]

The U.S. ‘Act of War’ against China

July 26, 2023 Gary Wilson

The July 12 New York Times Magazine headlined: “‘An Act of War’: Inside America’s Silicon Blockade Against China.” The report is about the October 2022 “export controls” against China: “Last October, the United States Bureau […]

Deadly hazards of capitalist profit system

July 8, 2023 Gary Wilson

Global heat soars, wildfires spread toxic smoke UPDATED July 7 The beginning of July saw the hottest days on record globally. Daily heat records were set on July 3, 4, 5, and 6. Each day […]

Not a spy balloon, but the propaganda sticks

July 3, 2023 Gary Wilson

On Feb. 4, the U.S. Air Force carried out an elaborate operation to shoot down a Chinese weather balloon. At 2:39 p.m. Eastern time, an F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base […]

Tree plantations and logging industry make wildfires hazardous

July 1, 2023 Gary Wilson

Canada is currently experiencing its worst wildfire season on record. As of June 29, 2023, over 3,000 wildfires in Canada have burned over 19 million acres of land. This is more than ten times the […]

Biden nukes Korea, builds anti-China alliances

May 2, 2023 Gary Wilson

On April 26, in the “Washington Declaration,” the Biden administration announced that the U.S. would be docking nuclear-armed submarines in South Korea for the first time since the 1980s. The U.S. had withdrawn its […]

Tucker Carlson and the U.S. war on China

April 28, 2023 Gary Wilson

Why was Tucker Carlson fired from Fox News? Not for any of his known offensives, even though that’s a very long list. Carlson is the millionaire (net worth $420 million) son of the director […]

The capitalist crisis is just beginning

April 8, 2023 Gary Wilson

Worldwide there is a “cost-of-living” crisis. Inflation is raging. Food prices are out of reach. Access to housing is collapsing, with unsheltered homelessness up more than 30% in U.S. cities. New apartment sizes have […]

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