‘We Are Fighting Back’: Global Black Friday Strikes and Protests Seek to #MakeAmazonPay
Workers around the world held Make Amazon Pay protests to obtain fair wages, end Amazon’s tax avoidance, and lower its impact on the planet
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Probable Vaccine-Escaping Covid Variant Sequenced in Gauteng, South Africa and Spreading Rapidly; Press Underplaying Downside Risk
A very nasty new variant is spreading rapidly and looks to evade monoclonal antibodies and current vaccines. Assume the brace position.
Read more...Gerrymandering Is a Climate Problem
How the upcoming round of gerrymandering is likely to impact climate change remediation campaigns.
Read more...Why Don’t We See Headlines Touting the Pentagon’s Hefty Price Tag?
ions on how the press is a reliable Pentagon cheerleader.
Read more...Go Private for the Treatment You Need, NHS Tells Patients
NHS patients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals.
Read more...Climate Injustice at Glasgow Cop-Out
How the largely optical, pro-business gestures at addressing climate change were an affront to developing countries.
Read more...Michael Hudson on Truth Jihad Radio Discussing Super Imperialism, Rentierism, and the American Political Duopoly
Michael Hudson gives a wide-ranging talk, including American policy in the post-war era, how economics ignores debt, and class warfare.
Read more...The Costs of War (to You)
An overview not merely of the egregious spending on America’s wars, but also on how it is fraud-friendly, apparently by design.
Read more...Biden’s OSHA Workplace Vaccine Mandate, Now Stalled in Court, Rejects the Layered “Swiss Cheese” Model for Covid Protection
Biden wants OSHA to do what it can’t (vax), and doesn’t want OSHA to do what it should (ventilation).
Read more...Why the UK (and US) Left Is Wrong To Be So Dismissive of Non-Violent Struggle
Some voices on the left advocate violent tactics. Is this recommendation well informed or desperate?
Read more...Austria Imposes Full Covid Lockdown and Plans Mandatory Vaccination Early Next Year
Austria is the first country to go full lockdown after the introduction of the Covid vaccines…and at a higher vaccination rate than the US.
Read more...Experts on Inflation: Prognosis, Political Fallout and Who’s Really to Blame
Some non-mainstream experts discuss inflation: what is driving it, how long it might persist, and what if anything the officialdom can do.
Read more...Apple Reverses Course on Right to Repair iPhones: More Concessions to Follow?
Apple announces a Self Service Repair program for iPhones 12 and 13, with broader company right to repair concessions expected to follow.
Read more...More Proof of Biden’s Weak Position: Tasks FTC to Investigate Oil & Gas Companies in Gambit to Rein in High Prices
Why Biden trying to use the FTC as an attack dog against oil and gas companies is a sign of desperation.
Read more...COP26: Climate Pledges Don’t Match Up With Policies—or Consumer Behavior
The ink is barely dry on COP26 pledges, and it’s not hard to see that they are largely for show.
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