White House bans TikTok and WeChat: A major intensification of internet censorship
The move is an assault on freedom of expression and an effort to consolidate control of the internet by a handful of massive corporations working in partnership with the American government.
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Casualties of “herd immunity”: Three new teacher deaths in one week as US schools reopen
The deaths are a direct result of the criminal actions by Democratic and Republican governors, as well as the Trump administration.
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Colorado police conduct militarized arrests of Party for Socialism and Liberation members
The manner of the arrests and the overwhelming charges against the six protesters are a clear act of intimidation against all those determined to put an end to police violence and racism.
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Biden in Minnesota: A phony “pro-worker” spin on a right-wing campaign
On the basis of economic nationalism, Biden is doubling down on his ludicrous self-promotion as a “working stiff” from “hard-scrabble” Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Wall Street demands still more Fed money
The US Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates at virtually zero, for as far as the eye can see, has been deemed insufficient.
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Campuses across Michigan see dramatic spike in cases
The decision to open campuses is part of the drive by governments everywhere in line with so-called "herd immunity" policies.
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SUNY-Oswego forced into temporary shutdown of in-person instruction after spike in COVID-19 cases
The campus in upstate New York is the second state university to be forced into a temporary shutdown this month due to the spread of COVID-19 cases.
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Johnson government opposes national lockdown despite exponential rise in UK coronavirus cases
It is just 77 days since the Johnson government recklessly reopened the economy on July 1, in the middle of a pandemic. By next Tuesday at least 13 million people will be in lockdown.
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US, Colombia stage war games as Pompeo threatens Venezuela
Pompeo’s Latin American tour is aimed both at escalating aggression against Venezuela and countering China’s influence in the region.
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Political crisis in the Philippines intensifies
With the support of the Stalinists, sections of the military and business elite are coalescing around Vice-President Leni Robredo, as a possible replacement for President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Wildfires threaten drinking water and further desertification of US West Coast
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 21 major fires are still burning in California, 12 in Oregon and 8 in Washington state.
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Ford Kansas City Assembly workers launch Rank-and-File Safety Committee to save lives
Neither the UAW nor Ford has addressed any of the safety issues inside the Kansas City Assembly plant since production restarted in May.
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Teacher in Vancouver, Washington speaks out on school reopenings amid wildfires
Despite weeks of unhealthy wildfire-fueled air quality, the Evergreen School District is preparing to reopen elementary schools for partial in-person learning.
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Union shuts down nurses strike at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago
The Illinois Nurses Association ended the strike without a new contract and isolating 4,000 staffers on the picket line.
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New York yellow cab drivers block bridges to demand debt relief
Battered by crippling debt and collapsing demand for taxis, drivers staged a protest Thursday calling for relief from their enormous debt burden.
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Germany: Right-wing extremist network in police pays homage to Hitler and the Nazis
A photo montage shared online by police officers shows a grinning SS soldier pressing a button marked “Gas.” In the background, refugees are screaming in fear in a gas chamber.
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Neo-Nazis in German police issue new threats
The extreme-right continues its work because it is being protected by senior authorities in the state apparatus.
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Union suppresses criticism of job cuts at German steel producer ThyssenKrupp
Major corporations, banks and hedge funds are using the pandemic to launch attacks on wages and jobs worked out long before the crisis.
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Dominion grocery workers in Newfoundland in fourth week of strike for higher pay
The 1,400 low-paid workers remain on strike against the Newfoundland subsidiary of Loblaws, Canada’s largest supermarket chain.
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Russia’s opposition parties fail to win broad support in regional elections
Kremlin-backed candidates held onto governorships and control of local parliamentary bodies in the 83 regions of the country where voting occurred.
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Peace negotiations stall as ceasefire begins to fall apart in Ukraine
Ukraine’s far-right continues to oppose any negotiated settlement that could lead to the end of the six-year long civil war that has needlessly killed over 13,000.
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Australian jobs figures show acceleration of “gig economy”
Governments and employers are exploiting the mass unemployment triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic to bludgeon workers onto reduced wages and conditions.
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