USA

For America’s Wealthiest, the Pandemic is a Time to Profit

31/05/20

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Sonali Kolhatkar

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May 29, 2020

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Labour - Unions

'Grotesque': While 41 Million People Lost Jobs Due to Covid-19, US Billionaires Grew Nearly $500 Billion Richer

31/05/20

Author:

Jake Johnson

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/28/grotesque-while-41-million-people-lost-jobs-due-covid-19-us-billionaires-grew-nearly

May 28, 2020

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COVID-Related Strikes Hit Washington’s Apple Sheds

20/05/20

Author:

David Bacon

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Capital and Main

Strikers at Allan Brothers Fruit. (Photo by Xolotl Edgar Franx)

May14, 2020

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Labour - Unions

Protest - Revolt

USA: All Power to the Businessmen

11/05/20

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Defend Democracy Press

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Defend Democracy Press

08/05/2020

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US jobless totals are about to get WORSE than during the Great Depression. It's time for a RADICAL new approach

08/05/20

Author:

Richard Wolff

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© AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / SPENCER PLATT

6 May 2020

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Labour - Unions

Cuban doctors began to arrive, without asking for anything in return

08/05/20

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Code Pink

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Cuban doctors began to arrive, without asking for anything in return

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Trump is marching meatpacking workers off to their deaths

30/04/20

Author:

Steven Greenhouse

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Donald Trump is in essence marching many meatpacking workers off to slaughter.’ Photograph: Evan Vucci/A

30 Apr 2020

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Labour - Unions

Coronavirus Has Caused More Than 150 Strikes. This Map Is Tracking Them All

30/04/20

Author:

Harry Cheadle

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A PROTEST OUTSIDE OF A WHOLE FOODS IN BOSTON IN APRIL. PHOTO BY PAT GREENHOUSE/THE BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY

Apr 29 2020

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Labour - Unions

'Halt This Madness': US Drove Last Year's Over $1.9 Trillion in Global Military Spending

27/04/20

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Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Military spending by the United States soared to $732 billion in 2019, which accounted for 38% of the global military expenditure. (Photo: Scott Nelson/Getty Images)

April 27, 2020

"The COVID-19 crisis has made clearer than ever the flaws in our system, one that prioritizes military spending and global instability over the well-being of our people."

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How U.S. Public Transit Can Survive Coronavirus

25/04/20

Author:

Alon Levy, Eric Goldwyn

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A sign advising passengers to wear face masks is displayed on a New Jersey Transit bus in Atlantic City. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg

[Canada faces similar challenges.]

Apr. 24, 2020

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