WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to stand trial this year. His case is emblematic of how far the US government will go to hide the truth.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
South Korea’s Yoon launches vicious attack on unions, peace groups
The South Korean government has charged labor organizers with violating the National Security Law and acting as spies for North Korea.
Posted inPolice Accountability Report
His wrongful arrest was caught on camera. Now the cops won’t leave him alone.
LASD officers have harassed Daniel Alvarez for the past three years, arresting him eight times on a range of false charges.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
The Supreme Court is about to drag workers’ rights back by centuries
The Supreme Court has already demonstrated that it is out to protect corporations and disempower workers; now, an impending ruling in the Glacier Northwest, Inc. case could obliterate workers’ right to strike in the US.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
A majority of House Republicans’ new committee chairs are election deniers
The GOP chairs will have a huge say in House priorities that could shape the future of US democracy.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Peruvian movements organize caravan to Lima to intensify protests
Indigenous and peasant leaders have called for a ‘March from the Four Corners’ to Lima to intensify ongoing protests against the coup and the de facto government of Dina Boluarte.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Activists call for peace in Ukraine, diplomacy with Russia on MLK Day
Dr. King’s anti-war and anti-nuclear weapons stances were key themes in a livestream discussion on the war in Ukraine hosted by RootsAction.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
QAnon peddler Marjorie Taylor Greene appointed to Homeland Security Committee
Greene has peddled numerous false and unfounded conspiracy theories on her social media over the years.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
What nurses and teachers won by withholding their ‘feminized labor’
It is no surprise that out of the hundreds of strikes that began last year, two historic ones occurred in Minnesota, where feminized workers withheld their labor to demand better working conditions, hold their employers accountable, and stand up against greed for collective good and care.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Republican Arrested for Shootings on Dems’ Homes Months After His Campaign Loss
Solomon Pena, who lost by a three to one margin in a state representative race in November, refused to concede his loss.