Flight Attendants Protest Poor Wages and Working Conditions
Tens of thousands of flight attendants rallied and picketed Tuesday at 30 major airports across the globe to demand that the airline industry provide higher wages and better working conditions. The demonstrations showed that many rank-and-file flight attendants were united and militant. Three unions jointly organized the “Worldwide Flight Attendant Day of Action.” These were […]
Tipping Point for Atlantic Current System?
Although there is still debate over how close we are to a slowdown or even a shutdown of a critical Atlantic Ocean current system that for millennia has regulated water, air and land temperatures around the Atlantic Ocean, a new study suggests that a tipping point may be much closer than previously thought. The study […]
Erik Prince and the Ruling Class’s Imperialist Dreams
Erik Prince is a true member of the capitalist ruling class. He and his sister – former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos – were born into and connected by marriage to the fortunes of the Prince parts and machine manufacturing business and the Amway direct sales business. They are among a handful of the […]