From JacobinA report on food-service workers’ experiences during the pandemic, released today, reveals how coronavirus has multiplied the problems servers face on the job. The report, conducted by One Fair Wage, a nonprofit that advocates for the end of the subminimum … [Read more...] about Restaurant Work Is Always Brutal. Under the Pandemic, It’s Hell.
Social Justice/社会正義
“This Is a Revolution, Sir”
From JacobinGeneral strikes in the era of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi have an oddly repetitive quality to them. First, the major national-level trade unions — save for the one aligned with Modi’s far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — call for a one- or two-day … [Read more...] about “This Is a Revolution, Sir”
Going "Back to Normal" Is Too Dangerous to Even Contemplate
From CommonDreamsPublished on Tuesday, December 01, 2020 by RobertReich.orgGoing "Back to Normal" Is Too Dangerous to Even Contemplate If the underlying trends don’t change, after Biden we could have Trumps as far as the eye can see. And health and environmental crises that make the coronavirus another step toward Armageddon.byRobert Reich 0 … [Read more...] about Going "Back to Normal" Is Too Dangerous to Even Contemplate
Gwich’in Steering Committee Responds to Bank of America Commitment Not to Fund Arctic Refuge Drilling
From CommonDreamsSkip to main content Close #GIVINGTUESDAY Dear Common Dreams Readers:Everyday, Common Dreams works tirelessly to shed light on the woes of this world while doing everything in our power to raise the voices of those struggling for a better, brighter, more sustainable, and more peaceful … [Read more...] about Gwich’in Steering Committee Responds to Bank of America Commitment Not to Fund Arctic Refuge Drilling
The History of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire
From CommonDreamsWe're now living in an age of opacity, as Rudy Giuliani pointed out in a courtroom recently. Here was the exchange: "'In the plaintiffs' counties, they were denied the opportunity to have an unobstructed observation and ensure opacity,' Giuliani said. 'I'm not quite sure I know what opacity means. It probably means you can see, right?' "'It means … [Read more...] about The History of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire