In nature, monocultures are not so resilient to predators or other ravages that exploit their inherent vulnerabilities. Farmers have known this characteristic of monocultures forever. (Agribusiness doesn’t care as much, given its short-term profit outlook.) Democratic voters are at risk from the increasing political monocultures that are weakening resistance to the GOP and Big Business […]
Shameful behavior fits long history of AFL-CIO support for the Histadrut, an arm of the Israeli state. Much of the […]
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Labor activists from across the country, members of a number of unions, publicly announced the creation of LEPAIO, the Labor […]
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The AFL-CIO recently hosted a fundraiser by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) which aimed to support labor organizations in […]
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Mexico’s reenergized labor movement should be leery of AFL-CIO cooptation and CIA infiltration following long historical pattern In early February, […]
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A campaign against supposed forced labor in Xinjiang has forced Uyghur workers out of their jobs while extracting a handsome payout from a US apparel company to Uyghur exile groups lobbying against China. A self-described “worker rights organization” in Washington, DC called the Worker Rights Consortium has helped direct a “Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region” that has successfully pressured US apparel companies to leave the Xinjiang region of China. Claiming to represent “over 100 civil society […]
President Joe Biden likes to say, “I’m a union guy.” Unfortunately, as Vice President from 2009 to 2017, his boss, Barack Obama wouldn’t let him be a “union guy.” Even with large Democratic majorities in Congress and control of the White House, worker needs went unmet. Setting records for raising Wall Street campaign cash, Obama […]
The AFL-CIO that supposedly represents workers, and the US Chamber of commerce that supposedly represents entrepreneurs, joined forces to pressure Trump and Republican politicians to accept defeat. Laura Ingraham suggested the alliance was used to sweep pro-immigration Biden into office to open our borders for cheap migrant labor.
The Secret Bipartisan Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election | Time Time magazine’s Molly Ball has written an article describing how bipartisan members of the US government, unions, media and oligarch capitalists colluded to corrupt the US election outcome. They admit that Trump was “in a way” right that the election was stolen. However, they […]
What? by Chip ProserIt's been about 2 weeks since several officers from the Minneapolis police department brutally and virtually routinely murdered George Floyd and then lied about it, not knowing they would be exposed by a cell phone tape. Those officers are responsible for a "Defund the Police" movement and more.
