Trumpist Election Denier Could Beat Democrat in Nevada Race If Turnout Is Low
While the midterm elections will not be held for more than four months, they will be held for one year. GOP’s front-runner candidate for the United States Senate race in Nevada has been telling radio show hosts that he’s ready to sue should the results not go his way. Adam Laxalt — an erstwhile naval […]
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Democrats Are Recklessly Promoting Far Right GOP Candidates in Midterm Ploy
In several midterm primary races across the United States, political organizations affiliated with the Democratic Party — including Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s House Majority PAC — are spending big to boost far-right Republican candidates in the hopes of securing more favorable general election matchups for Democrats. What could go wrong! According to progressive critics, the strategy […]
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70 Percent of Voters Want to Ban Congress From Trading Stocks
New polling shows that the overwhelming majority of likely voters believe that Congressmen should be prohibited from trading stocks, even though legislation to implement such a ban is stalled in Congress. About 70 percent of likely voters say that they support efforts to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, while 68 percent believe […]
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Mexican GM Workers Win an 8.5 Percent Wage Hike in First Union Contract
This article was published for the first time at Labor Notes. An independent union at General Motors in Silao, Mexico, has ratified its first contract, with an 8.5 percent wage hike and benefit improvements — outstripping Recent wage increases at other Mexican auto factories. Workers voted last year by over 3 to 1 for the […]
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Trump’s Election Lies Unleashed Racist Death Threats Against Poll Workers
In some of the most dramatic testimony from the fourth hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, Shaye Moss, a Black election worker in Georgia, and her mother Ruby Freeman described how their lives were forever changed in December of 2020 when Trump’s top campaign lawyer […]
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Extraditing Assange Would Be a “Legalized” Rendition to US Torture
As the British government gets closer to extradition WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, the pantomime of “justice” cloaking his persecution in the regalia of the “rule of law” continues to unfold: a torture rendition by another name, inching forward as the world watches in real time. On June 17, the U.K.’s Home […]
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Reform of the Human Rights Act – The government’s lack of humanity
Last week, the government lost an appeal before a court. Ministers began to talk about getting rid of this court, rather than ordinary people who are expected just to pay their fine/do what they have been told. I wish it was the first time. In 2019, I was a part of two cases against government. […]
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PMQs: Starmer tells Johnson to get on with his job
Prime minister’s questions focused on this week’s rail strikes, which prime minister Boris Johnson blamed Labour and 25 of its MPs for by joining at the picket line. Labour leader Keir Starmer asked the PM, “can’t he hear the country screaming at him? Get on with your job” after telling the House of Commons that […]
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Watergate Prosecutor Says Trump Has “Zero Defense” in Georgia Inquiry
A former Watergate prosecutor says that former President Donald Trump has “zero defense” when it comes to an ongoing criminal inquiry in Georgia regarding the 2020 presidential contest. Nick Akerman, who was part of the Watergate prosecution group. as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, told MSNBC’s “The Katie […]
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Families urgently need a tax cut to tackle rising living costs
The country is facing a severe cost of living crisis that has engulfed many families. The government’s response to this emergency has demonstrated a lack of any clear strategic vision. Boris Johnson has given households an eye-watering tax bill and offered a halfhearted rebate that is dwarfed in rising prices. Even after the Chancellor’s support […]
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