Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
He has seen his birth and death many times, he says, and pays random visits to all the events in between.
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Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
He has seen his birth and death many times, he says, and pays random visits to all the events in between.
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The Anti-Palestinian Lobby Is Also a Corporate Lobby ( jacobin.com )
T | he pro-Israel spending splurge aimed at unseating the socialist and progressive insurgents who have won office over the past decade is, of course, first and foremost about punishing dissent on US support for Israeli apartheid. But on another level, it’s also a campaign to unseat those lawmakers whose economic vision...
Biden Campaign Memo Claims Florida Is “Winnable” Though Polls Say Otherwise ( truthout.org )
Despite some tough odds pitted against them, the campaign team for President Joe Biden believes they can “flip” Florida to his win column in the 2024 presidential election, due to a number of issues they think will resonate with voters in that state, particularly abortion rights....
‘You won’t find work’: China human resources executive admits to illegally sacking worker, dares him to start labour dispute ( www.scmp.com )
A video showing a human resources executive firing an employee while brazenly admitting she is breaking the law, and threatening to scupper the man’s future job prospects, has attracted more than a billion views online....
In Italy’s Main Shipyard, Anti-Islam Policy Divides Workers ( jacobin.com )
In Monfalcone, in northeastern Italy, the far-right mayor has banned public Muslim prayer. Home to Europe’s largest shipyard, the town is a crucible of Italy’s rising migrant workforce — and the racist backlash against it....
ITF calls for workers' rights for migrant fishers ( www.itfglobal.org )
In a bid to tackle the exploitation of migrant fishing workers in UK waters, a two-year pilot programme has been launched that, if successful, will see migrant fishers working in UK waters be subject to the rights and protections of UK employment laws....
Workers at Jollibee Are Taking on a Multinational Fast-Food Giant ( jacobin.com )
Fired after asking for a raise, minimum-wage workers at a Jollibee in Jersey City fought for back pay and reinstatement. After a nearly yearlong campaign against the fast-food chain, the workers won....
How contractors using a fake Philly address endangered workers and dodged accountability ( www.inquirer.com )
The companies were fined hundreds of thousands of dollars and sued repeatedly over shoddy construction and work that destroyed neighbors’ homes. Then, many of them simply disappeared....
Richard Boyd Barrett: Meet the Irish politician and activist fighting for Palestinians ( www.newarab.com )
In late 1987, an 18-year-old Richard Boyd Barrett arrived from Ireland in the southern part of historic Palestine to work as a labourer....
6.5% of Quebec's population is on strike ( www.cbc.ca )
'Hinduphobia': How the Language of Social Justice Works to Serve Hindu Nationalism in the US Diaspora ( www.theindiaforum.in )
Accusations of Hinduphobia that are made in the US have become an easy way to silence criticism of Hindu nationalism. Challenging this agenda requires both active condemnation of the Hindu right as well as active compassion and support for diaspora Hindus who experience discrimination....
Proposed hydrogen pipeline could diminish Navajo Nation’s water supply ( ictnews.org )
Jessica Keetso remembers running through puddles with her cousins during the monsoon seasons of her childhood in the Black Mesa (Dził Yijiin) region on the Navajo Nation in Northeastern Arizona. Their muddied legs would ache after a day’s worth of adventures, but they’d return each day until the puddles dried up to enjoy...
Here Are All the Democrats Who Voted for the “Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism” Bill ( newrepublic.com )
The resolution makes a dangerous conflation—and quite a few Democrats gave their wholehearted support....
Fast Fashion is Antithetical to Workers’ Rights | NewsClick ( www.newsclick.in )
Don’t believe the fashion industry’s stated commitment to support a living wage for Bangladesh’s garment workers...
A Poultry Plant in Ohio Is Under Federal Investigation for Hiring 24 Children ( truthout.org )
“For too long this industry has been given carte blanche to disregard laws,” an advocate told Truthout....
Republicans Are Using Anti-China Rhetoric to Undercut Striking UAW Workers’ Demands ( inthesetimes.com )
Rather than actually supporting auto workers in their strike against billionaire CEOs at the Big Three, GOP officials are instead using the labor action to rail against electric vehicles and stoke conflict with China....
‘Where There Are Scabs, There Is Violence’—That’s Why Scabs Are Illegal in Two Canadian Provinces ( labornotes.org )
Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has vigorously condemned violence on the picket lines in Michigan, Massachusetts, and California—laying the blame on management for using replacement workers, or as we usually call them in the labor movement, scabs....
‘We Can't Defend Ourselves’: Amazon Isn’t Doing Enough About Its Dog Bite Problem, Drivers Say ( www.vice.com )
Drivers who spoke to Motherboard described not being allowed to carry defensive spray and inadequate training....
Marvel VFX Workers Unanimously Vote to Unionize In Industry First ( www.vice.com )
Visual effects workers at the studio voted 32-0 to unionize, marking a historic milestone in their field....
Why are the US and Israel sending more guns to "Holocaust denier" Abbas? ( electronicintifada.net )
In the last week, there has been a storm of criticism instigated by Israel and its lobby against Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, over remarks he made falsely exonerating the anti-Semitism of the European Christian regimes that murdered millions of European Jews during the Holocaust....
TikTok Blocked 'WGA' Searches Amid Writer's Strike Because It Thought It Was a Conspiracy ( www.vice.com )
The social media app, which has been an instrumental tool during the strike, is blocking searches for “WGA.”...
Rightwing Russians Want to Push Cuba Toward a Neoliberal Economy ( www.counterpunch.org )
At the beginning of this year, Russia signed an agreement with the Cuban government promising to significantly increase its participation in the Cuban economy. This comes more than 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the period of the great influence and close association that Moscow had with Havana....
Durham Public Works Employees “Illegally” Strike for 1st Time ( paydayreport.com )
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – In late June, I attended a meeting of public works employees in Durham, who were planning the first strike of public works employees in the rapidly gentrifying city, where many city workers can’t afford to live....
Grindr ‘Unlawfully’ Purged Staff at LGBTQ Dating App, Union Says ( www.vice.com )
The union alleges severance agreements offered to former staff broke the law and the company illegally silenced workers....
India’s Modi gov’t replaces country’s name with Bharat in G20 dinner invite ( www.aljazeera.com )
The government replaces India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s summit, causing an uproar....
Modi’s lesson from Israel: Demolish Muslim homes, erase their history ( www.aljazeera.com )
The Hindu far-right’s actions in Nuh, in India’s Haryana, echo Israel’s policies of trying to delete histories and legacies of the Palestinian people....
As Republicans Thirst for War With Mexico, Democrats Push for Vote on It | Ghostarchive | The Intercept ( ghostarchive.org )
AS INVADING MEXICO becomes a mainstream Republican Party position, a group of Democratic lawmakers introduced a measure on Thursday that would bar a U.S. president from unilaterally taking military action against the country....
Wildfire risk heightened by climate crisis - but let's not forget colonialism's role in these deadly disasters ( www.thecanary.co )
As devastating wildfires rage around the globe, a new study has shown that the climate crisis has sharply boosted the risk of the fast-spreading blazes. Worse still, further climate warming could cause the number of deadly infernos to skyrocket....
The Politics over California’s Anti-Caste Bill ( www.theindiaforum.in )
Anxiety amongst upper-caste diaspora that their narrative about a benign Indian culture would be undone lies at the heart of the opposition to California’s bill to ban caste discrimination....
Truck purchases are driving up the average cost of car payments. Some buyers pay over $1,000 a month ( www.nbcnews.com )
More than 1 in 4 car shoppers in Texas and Wyoming have committed to paying more than $1,000 a month, and experts say it is due to the high volume of large truck purchases in those states, according to a report by auto site Edmunds....
Iraq is considering the death penalty for LGBTQ+ people - and you can thank the British for that ( www.thecanary.co )
edited: to put entire article in body of post, instead of just beginning & end....