No Disaster Profiteering — Force Big Business to Rebuild Los Angeles A historic windstorm ignited several wildfires in Los Angeles last week, encompassing over 40,000 acres — nearly triple the size of Manhattan. At least 25 have died, and thousands lost their homes to unprecedented fires, even in a region that has grown accustomed to […]
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End For-Profit Healthcare Early in the morning of December 4, in downtown Manhattan, a masked gunman fatally shot 50-year-old Brian Thompson. Thompson was the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, America’s largest private health insurance company, and his killer was waiting for him as he left his hotel for a shareholders’ meeting. Five days later on December 9, […]
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This autumn’s devastating torrential rains in Spain, hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea and typhoons in Southeast Asia are a warning of the apocalyptic future that looms unless the world can quickly halt global warming. The devastation is a direct consequence of 2023 and 2024 being the hottest years on record, with global temperatures peaking at […]
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UN climate summit an expected failure The main purpose of COP29, the twenty-ninth UN climate summit — this time held in the oil dictatorship of Azerbaijan — is said to have been to devise a plan for how rich countries can support poor countries’ financing of climate adaptation and transition. COP29 was instead a manifestation […]
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Grace Bodie and Abram Mardan On December 8, Taylor Swift’s 21-month world tour, Eras, ends in Vancouver. It included 149 shows and was the highest-grossing tour of all time, raising over US$1 billion. There is no doubt that Swift has talent and stamina, and has an exceptional support team to make it all happen – musicians, […]
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November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is 35 years since the École Polytechnique massacre in Montréal on December 6, 1989, when fourteen women engineering students were murdered, and another ten women and four men were injured. Violence against women continues to be scourge of society. December 6, […]
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A wave of youth-led protests has been sweeping Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, ushering in a new era of political struggle. We’re seeing a new generation organize protests, many for the first time in their lives, and draw in people of all ages alongside them. Young people also led demonstrations earlier this year and last in […]
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Cities are the world remade by society. So why are they so inhospitable? The high cost of living, air and noise pollution, the many barriers to accessibility, the scarcity of communal gathering places and green space, the high rate of traffic accidents, washrooms and drinking water for customers only, narrow or no sidewalks — all […]
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Keep Mobilizing For A Strong Contract! After three days on strike, the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced it was offering 45,000 International Longshoremen of America (ILA) dockworkers 62% raises over six years after their historic strike that shut down 36 ports along the East coast. Though shy of the union’s demand of 80% raises, […]
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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has kicked off a strike which will see a massive disruption of the shipping industry and freight across the country. The union, with 47,000 members, saw its contracts expire for the East Coast and the Gulf Coast today, signaling the start of the strike. Major ports are shut down, at […]
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