Home » Human needs before profits » Haitian migrants protest removal of TPS The U.S. government first granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians living in the United States after a 2010 earthquake in Haiti that led to the deaths of over 300,000 Haitians and the homelessness of a million. TPS allows Haitians or other…
Home » Racism and Self-Determination » Justice for Robert Jones! The following is a statement issued by the Philadelphia Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression regarding the police murder of Robert Jones on Oct. 3, 2024. On July 4, the District Attorney’s Office of Philadelphia, led by “progressive” Larry Krasner, refused to charge [Philadelphia police]…
With long and seemingly endless conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa, the United States Armed Forces is constantly struggling to meet recruitment targets for its wars. One group that is greatly underrepresented in our armed forces is Muslim Americans; fewer than 10,000 troops list their faith as Islam, accounting for just 0.3 percent of…
The economy has crashed. A nationwide pandemic that has (officially) claimed some 84,000 Americans has also resulted in an estimated 36 million filing for unemployment insurance and millions frequenting food banks for the first time. Yet business is booming for one unlikely industry; weapons manufacturers are busier than ever and are even advertising for tens…
Some 2.7 billion dollars per day. That’s how much the U.S. government will spend next year to prop up the military and the more than 800 bases it maintains in over 70 countries. All in the name of national security. And despite that staggering figure, a majority of Americans feel that the wars in Iraq…
Grayzone — The superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel is a perfect case study for how the United States military uses Hollywood to spread propaganda. The US military is at the center of the plot of Captain Marvel. The film’s protagonist, Carol Danvers, is a former US Air Force pilot who becomes a superhero after absorbing the…
WASHINGTON — The mainstream media has made a noisy effort over the years to humanize America’s war machine. But now, outlets like MSNBC are doubling down on efforts in 2019, celebrating the feminization of America’s institutions of destruction and foreign sabotage. You may think you’ve seen it all: from the “humanitarian intervention” canard whitewashing bloody…
It’s darkness at the break of (tropical) high noon. Jean Baudrillard once defined Brazil as “the chlorophyll of our planet”. And yet a land vastly associated worldwide with the soft power of creative joie de vivre has elected a fascist for president. Brazil is a land torn apart. Former paratrooper Jair Bolsonaro was elected with 55.63 percent…
How do you motivate men and women to fight and die for a cause many of them don’t believe in, and whose purpose they can’t articulate? That’s what Phil Klay, author and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, asks in an essay published this month in The Atlantic. Unfortunately, he points out in a recent New York Times op-ed, “Serious discussion of foreign…
TOKYO — Massive protests took place across Japan on Thursday to mark 71st Constitution Memorial Day as tens of thousands of people rallied against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s continued attempts to scrap the pacifist aspects of the 1947 U.S.-penned Constitution. The protests drew up to 60,000 participants in Tokyo alone, where Japanese people of all…
In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting in the United States, the internet and broadcast news alike are inundated with commentary about why this keeps happening in America. Some blame guns, others blame mental health, and still others confidently blame false flag events and crisis actors. But one commonality among numerous mass killings in the…
MALMSTROM AFB, MONTANA — An Air Force Sergeant is under investigation for twice posting racist messages to the Facebook group of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM). It’s the second time in less than a week that a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force has come under fire for making derogatory remarks…
Home » Human needs before profits » Haitian migrants protest removal of TPS The U.S. government first granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians living in the United States after a 2010 earthquake in Haiti that led to the deaths of over 300,000 Haitians and the homelessness of a million. TPS allows Haitians or other…
Home » Racism and Self-Determination » Justice for Robert Jones! The following is a statement issued by the Philadelphia Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression regarding the police murder of Robert Jones on Oct. 3, 2024. On July 4, the District Attorney’s Office of Philadelphia, led by “progressive” Larry Krasner, refused to charge [Philadelphia police]…
The following is a statement by Teamsters Local 25, published on July 9, 2025. Teamsters Local 25: Republic Services continues to lie about negotiations. Picket lines extended to West Coast cities Boston Teamsters Local 25 President Thomas G. Mari said Republic Services wants impacted towns to believe it is negotiating daily with striking collection workers…
Sandra Bland If Sandra Bland were alive today, she would be 38 years old. This July 13 will mark the 10th anniversary of her lynching in a Waller County, Texas, jail following her arrest on July 10 for an alleged minor traffic violation. The white state trooper who arrested her was only charged with perjury.…
