Over 2,000 members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 employed by Cook County—which includes the city of Chicago and over 100 of … Cook County Employees are on strikeRead more
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At least 52 young workers perish in Bangladesh factory fire
In yet another shocking inferno, at least 52 mostly teenage workers died in a sweatshop factory, when a blaze engulfed a multi-storey food and beverage … At least 52 young workers perish in Bangladesh factory fireRead more
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Cold War was a marketing campaign for subsidization of the aerospace industry
Hitler Wouldn’t Risk Doomsday, But The United States Did Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (2/8) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LpRdP7Ge64&rel=0&feature=relmfu]
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99% of People in Poor Countries Are Unvaccinated
As of June 21, 2021, 10.04% of the global population had been fully vaccinated, nearly all of them in rich countries. Only 0.9% of people … 99% of People in Poor Countries Are UnvaccinatedRead more
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Young Americans are dying at rates not seen since 1953
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that approximately 19 percent more Americans died in 2020 than in 2019. … Young Americans are dying at rates not seen since 1953Read more
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Neoliberalism Has Depended on Huge Levels of Government Support for Its Entire Existence
The most basic tenet undergirding neoliberal economics is that free market capitalism—or at least some close approximation to it—is the only effective framework for delivering … Neoliberalism Has Depended on Huge Levels of Government Support for Its Entire ExistenceRead more
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Exxon’s lobbyists exposing the truth
[tweet 1410300881761882112] unearthed.greenpeace.org [this explains our democracies too. “but still i believe my boss!”]
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World’s largest asset management firm and Fed’s Wall Street bailout
The close collaboration between the US Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the multi-billion dollar asset management firm Blackrock in devising the March 2020 rescue operation … World’s largest asset management firm and Fed’s Wall Street bailoutRead more
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Why So Much Wealth at the Top Threatens the US Economy
Policymakers and the media are paying too much attention to how quickly the U.S. economy will emerge from the pandemic-induced recession, and not nearly enough … Why So Much Wealth at the Top Threatens the US EconomyRead more
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American companies are still profiting from slavery
Juneteenth marks the date in 1865 where an estimated 250,000 enslaved people in Texas were freed, marking the official end of slavery in the Confederacy … American companies are still profiting from slaveryRead more