1934: Unity Between Strikers and the Unemployed Wins a Union
In 1934, the auto parts manufacturing center of Toledo, Ohio was in the grip of the Great Depression, which began with the 1929 stock market crash. One in three workers in this city of 275,000 were unemployed and on relief. The rest of the Toledo working class experienced short work weeks and wage cuts imposed […]
When the Government Declares War on the Unemployed
This is the April 1, 2024 editorial of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French. Under the pretext of a government deficit, following the growth of subsidies to employers and the swelling of the military budget, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has just declared war on the unemployed. On the program: reduction […]
Bird Flu a Product of Industrial Food Production
Since the beginning of 2022, more than 82 million chickens have been culled (killed) in the United States to avoid the further spread of the H5N1 bird flu. The virus is called a bird flu because that is the category of life in which it originates, but it has recently shown the ability to mutate […]