Closing Ranks: Organised Labour and Immigration Posted on January 17, 2025 by Yves Smith Yves here. This post documents the role that rising levels of immigration played in labor organizing in the US. As you’ll see below, at a local level, it increased the formation of skilled (“craft”) unions but ...

Chris Hedges: The Ceasefire Charade January 16, 2025 Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every subsequent phase and reignites its military assault. https://consortiumnews.com/wp-content/uploads...

(You might think this piece is about the environment but it is really about capitalism. Most the the dire problems within are directly attributable to the capitalist mode of production.) Actuaries and Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Risk ‘Planetary Insolvency’ as Power Struggles About How to Rebuild ...

North Korea Has Survived 75 Years of Barbaric Imperial Attack Under the Stewardship of the Much Maligned Kim Dynasty By Jeremy Kuzmarov - January 15, 2025 3 https://i0.wp.com/covertactionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/a-person-with-a-fist-in-the-air-description-autom.jpeg?w=697&ssl=1 [Sour...

Louisiana Gov. Landry kidnaps unhoused people ahead of Super Bowl January 17, 2025 Louisiana Workers Council https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/w_720+q_lossy+ret_img+to_webp/www.struggle-la-lucha.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NOLA-Landry-Sweep-Press-Conference.jpg Jan. 15, New Orleans – activists held...

The crisis of the “French” Brigade in Ukraine Posted by @nsanzo ⋅ 01/17/2025 https://slavyangrad.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/155.png?w=880 The 155th Mechanized Brigade is one of the military formations that emerged within the framework of Zelensky's project to create fourteen new brigades, in whi...

The financial own goal of illegal US sanctions against Russia Jan 16, 2025 , 12:50 pm . https://misionverdad.com/sites/default/files/styles/mv_-_712x400/public/rendimiento-bonos-tesoro-unidos-aumentado-1140x800.jpg?itok=0fg49PkE Washington's illegal seizure of Russian reserves was detrimental becau...

https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-40933%20PM.png Trump’s Texas tycoons Originally published: Texas Observer on January 13, 2025 by Justin Miller (more by Texas Observer) | (Posted Jan 16, 2025) Texas may fancy itself the MAGA mega-state, the indispensable beac...

https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SurrenderDeal_BenGivr_PC.png Itamar Ben-Gvir said the ceasefire agreement is a surrender deal. (Design: Palestine Chronicle). ‘Complete surrender’: How gaza defeated Israel and what it means—analysis Originally published: Palestine Chronicle on Januar...

Against Bourgeois Pacifism in the Face of Genocide Posted by Internationalist 360° on January 9, 2025 Juanlu González https://libya360.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/download.jpeg?w=1000&h=667 The supposed moral superiority of pacifism is little more than a “liberal pathology” – as they h...