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Part-time jobs, no benefits: The real state of the working class

March 9, 2024 Gary Wilson
 In his March 6 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden declared, “We have the best economy in the world.” He said millions of new jobs had been created in the last three […]
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In the U.S.

Twin manias: AI frenzy and war boom inflate stock market

March 9, 2024 Gary Wilson
 Twin manias have gripped the stock market. The stock market has soared to record highs.  On March 1, CNBC reported that “the stock market wrapped up its fourth straight winning month … The tech-heavy […]
Rentistoodamnhigh
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Military spending fuels the fire: Cost of living rising with basic services at luxury prices

March 7, 2024 Gary Wilson
 You can believe the increase in your expenses. Inflation continues to ravage every day.  Workers are feeling the pinch of inflation more than ever, with core services experiencing their worst monthly jump in 22 […]
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Bombs over babies: What about the children?

March 7, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
News reports show that funds for early childhood education and welfare are drying up at every level of the U.S. government. The cutback is raising issues about the continued maintenance of child care centers. Many […]
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‘Let them eat flakes’: Highest food costs in 30 years

March 2, 2024 Gary Wilson
 Grocery bills are taking a bigger bite out of workers’ paychecks than they have in decades. According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the percentage of pay taken for food purchases last […]
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When it rains it pours: San Diego flood victims ask, ‘Who’s to blame?’

March 1, 2024 Gloria Verdieu
 San Diego — The community room at the Robinson YMCA on Feb. 26 was filled with local grassroots organizations and individuals who came together to develop effective strategies to deliver resources to help those […]
ExploringthePoliceState
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Read ‘Exploring the Police State’

March 1, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
Delency Parham, a resident of Oakland, California, with a family history deeply rooted in the community going back to the Great Migration, has written a powerful document titled “Exploring the Police State: A Briefing on […]
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Anti-war activist Merle Ratner mourned in Vietnam

February 10, 2024 Son Nguyen, Hanoi Times
Le Hoai Trung, secretary of the Party’s Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations, has expressed the Vietnamese Communist Party’s condolences to the family of U.S. anti-war activist Merle Ratner following her […]
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The magnificent homegoing of Viola Plummer, ‘Matriarch of the Movement’

February 1, 2024 Nayaba Arinde
NEW YORK — The “People’s Republic of Brooklyn,” sent New York-based international activist Viola Plummer home as if she were a head of state, with a grand four-hour funeral this with hundreds of family members, […]
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Activist Viola Plummer dies at age 86

January 16, 2024 Amsterdam News
Activist and Chairperson of the December 12th Movement Viola Plummer has died. Her passing was announced on Monday. She was 86. “This evening it is with a heavy heart that we announce the Black Liberation […]