Home » Human needs before profits » Workers to Microsoft: Intifada! No Azure for Apartheid activists lead a rally outside Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on August 26, 2025. Photo: No Azure for Apartheid Seattle Microsoft workers breached and occupied the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith on Aug. 26, as part of their struggle…
National parks Workers at both Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks have won union elections recently, voting in the National Federation of Federal Employees, which represents about 110,000 government workers. There are organizing campaigns at 100 other national park sites. Conditions for workers at the parks have been declining for a while, and park employees…
You can always count on the government to take advantage of a crisis, legitimate or manufactured. This coronavirus pandemic is no exception. Not only are the federal and state governments unraveling the constitutional fabric of the nation with lockdown mandates that are sending the economy into a tailspin and wreaking havoc with our liberties, but…
Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours. There is no need for wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth. When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in…
In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. [Y]ou can be filled with bitterness, with hatred, and a desire for revenge. We can move in that direction as a country,…
Home » Human needs before profits » Workers to Microsoft: Intifada! No Azure for Apartheid activists lead a rally outside Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on August 26, 2025. Photo: No Azure for Apartheid Seattle Microsoft workers breached and occupied the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith on Aug. 26, as part of their struggle…
National parks Workers at both Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks have won union elections recently, voting in the National Federation of Federal Employees, which represents about 110,000 government workers. There are organizing campaigns at 100 other national park sites. Conditions for workers at the parks have been declining for a while, and park employees…
Home » Global » Africa » China helps Africa harness the sun Solar driven water pump in the country of Malawi in Africa. According to the International Energy Agency, about 750 million people lived without access to electricity in 2024. Some 80% of them — 600 million people — live in Africa. This deprivation is…
