Crowd Booed Gov. Greg Abbott When He Arrived at Uvalde Memorial Site
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was met with boos Sunday as he arrived at a memorial site for victims of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, which sparked a nationwide wave of grief and anger over lawmakers’ persistent — and industry-funded — inaction on gun violence. “We need change, governor!” yelled one member of a crowd […]
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Starbucks Workers Have Now Unionized 100 Stores
The number of Starbucks locations in unionized status is increasing. The latest additions were made after votes for pro-unionization in Seattle and Birmingham, Alabama. The coffee giant’s CEO “Howard Schultz and Starbucks are getting creamed in union vote after union vote,” labor journalist Steven Greenhouse tweeted Saturday. By the union’s count, there are now 100 […]
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We Need “Gun Control” at the Pentagon
Following the horrific massacres in Uvalde/Buffalo, new outcries for gun controls have emerged. “Evil came to that elementary school classroom in Texas, to that grocery store in New York, to far too many places where innocents have died,” President Biden declared over the weekend during a university commencement address. As he has said, a badly […]
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The Trump Charlottesville Lie Just Won’t Die
In Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, protesters gathered peacefully to oppose and support the removal of a Confederate memorial in the public square. One protester was killed when a white supremacist intentionally drove into it, injuring five more. Then-President Donald Trump, during a press conference about the tragedy, said: “I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different […]
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Indigenous Organizers in Alaska Lead the Way Toward Livable Climate Future
The United States has a split between politicians and the public on climate change. Grassroots environmental activism is spreading on the local state, regional and national levels, while Congress generally continues with a “business-as-usual” approach, rejecting the foremost way to avoid the worst consequences of global warming: the Green New Deal. Although the Green New […]
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Sir Jeremy Wright calls on the PM to resign
Sir Jeremy Wright, former Attorney General under Theresa May has become the latest Conservative MP calling for the resignation of the prime minister. Sir Jeremy had been making criticisms about the future prime minister and today he posted a very long statement on his website. This is the longest criticism of Johnson that a Conservative […]
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Dorries demands investigation following ‘unacceptable’ scenes at Champions League final
The UK government supports Liverpool Football Club’s calls for an investigation into fan trouble that occurred ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final in Paris. Saturday’s final was delayed by 35 minutes as French police used tear gas against fans attempting to enter the stadium. The police closed the stadium gates and prevented legitimate and illegitimate […]
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Raab’s Bill of Rights would not work in practice
Stuart McMillan 30 May 2022 In the early years, Abu Hamza al-Masri’s deportation from the United Kingdom to America became a national conversation. Despite numerous requests to extradite the radical preacher who called out for global jihad, this case spent years traveling up the courts and finally reaching the European Court of Human Rights. Although […]
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Starbucks Workers United Wins in US’s Most Anti-Union City
The Starbucks Staff United union marketing campaign continues to provide astounding election wins week after week. As of this writing, more than 260 stores have petitioned for National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) elections: The union has gained greater than 70 NLRB elections, most by overwhelming margins, and has misplaced solely 9 elections. The union has […]
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Want to Win a Union at Work? Here’s What the Amazon Labor Union Can Teach Us.
It’s a cinematic David and Goliath story, slightly different versions of which have now been told by The New York Times, Time, NPR and dozens of others: “Two best friends” led a walkout at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, and one of them was fired. They formed an independent union to collect thousands of […]
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