USA

23/02/24
Author: 
Steve Early
Insurgent labour

Feb. 17, 2024

Changing the leadership, structure, or functioning of any U.S. labor organization is no easy task. Activists and experts have long argued about whether dysfunctional unions are best reformed from the top-down, bottom up, or some mix of the two approaches.

20/02/24
Author: 
Mindy Isser, In These Times
The Brooklyn Basin development. Jane Tyska/Digital First Media via Getty Images

Feb. 18, 2024

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18/02/24
Author: 
Chris Hedges, Scheer Post.
Journalism is dying.  Will democracy go with it?

Feb. 17, 2024

A Third Of All US Newspapers Have Permanently Closed, The Industry Is Hemorrhaging Reporters.

And private equity and Big Tech are to blame.

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf7_lxkCjfg

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13/02/24
Author: 
Primary Author: Mitchell Beer
LNG Terminal - Robin Lucas/Geograph

Feb. 12, 2024

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) carries up to 2.7 times the global warming impact of burning coal, according to a draft science paper released on the heels of U.S. President Joe Biden’s landmark decision to apply a climate test to a massive, new LNG export terminal in Louisiana.

12/02/24
Author: 
Christophe Peschoux, Consortium News
Volker Türk, at left, U.N. high commissioner for human rights, on Sept. 11, 2023, for the opening of the 54th session of the Human Rights Council; Václav Bálek, president of the Human Rights Council, on right. UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré.

Feb. 10, 2024

In An Open Letter, Christophe Peschoux, Recently Retired From The U.N. Human Rights Office, Calls On His Former Boss To Help The WikiLeaks Publisher.

Assange’s legal appeal will be heard in London later this month.

Mr. High Commissioner,

On 20-21 February, a High Court in London will decide Julian Assange’s fate: freedom or death. Two judges will decide whether the WikiLeaks founder will still be able to lodge an ultimate appeal, or will end his days in an American jail.

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