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Thousands of Autoworkers Protest in Brussels Amid Likely Audi Layoffs
Thousands of autoworkers protested in Brussels on Monday following recent news that Audi, a subsidiary of the German automaker Volkswagen, would phase out production at its plant there, which is expected to mean layoffs for its roughly 3,000 employees by the end of 2025. The phase-out announcement led to a labor dispute that's shuttered the plant for the last two weeks, with some employees forming an encampment protest outside. The plant is expected to resume operations on Tuesday even though the core issues underlying the labor dispute, which some unions have characterized as a lockout by management, haven't been resolved....
As Europe Reels From Flood Damage, Calls Grow for Big Oil to Pay for Climate Destruction
The international climate group Greenpeace on Friday called on European leaders to "reciprocate" the courage shown by first responders in several countries over the weekend by forcing fossil fuel giants to pay for climate damages.Calling out leaders including Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, and Romania Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, Greenpeace campaigner Ian Duff said Central and Eastern European countries should end their "support for fossil fuels and [make] climate polluters pay for this disaster," as emergency workers rescued people from catastrophic flooding.The death toll on Monday rose to at least 16, with many more people...
US Working Class 'Overwhelmingly to the Left' of the Rich on Economic Policy: Survey
Polling results released Monday show that working-class voters in the United States are broadly more supportive of major progressive agenda items than those in the middle and upper classes, offering Democratic political candidates what one union leader called a "clear roadmap to winning back voters we've lost to a GOP that's growing more extreme by the day." The survey of over 5,000 registered U.S. voters was conducted last August by HIT Strategies and Working Families Power (WFP), a sibling organization of the Working Families Party. The poll found that a majority of working-class voters either somewhat or totally support a national jobs...
Gaza Officials Publish List of Those Killed in Israeli Assault. The First 14 Pages Are Babies
Gaza's Ministry of Health on Sunday released a document containing the names and ages of Palestinians killed by Israel's assault since the Hamas-led October 7 attack, an incomplete list that nonetheless runs 649 pages—the first 14 of which are filled with the names of babies.The list, published to the health ministry's Telegram account, is limited to those for whom Gaza officials had information—over 34,000 people—and the count stops on August 31. The current death toll, according to the ministry, is close to 42,000, but experts believe that figure is likely a gross undercount.The new document is a testament to the...
After Historic Union Vote, Chattanooga VW Workers Rally for 'Record Contract'
Following their historic vote to join the United Auto Workers in April, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee held a rally on Sunday as they prepare to head into their first round of negotiations with the company next week.With their vote, the Chattanooga workers became the first Southern automakers not affiliated with one of the Big Three auto companies to win a union."Just a few months ago, you voted 3-1 to join the UAW," the union's president Shawn Fain told the assembled workers, adding, "You had faith, and you moved mountains, you overcame opposition, and you won your...
Trump 'Safe' After Shots Fired Near to Him on Golf Course
This is a developing story... Please check back for possible updates...Update (6:18 pm):The FBI said on Sunday that it was "investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination” of former U.S. President Donald Trump after members of the Secret Service fired shots at an individual who appeared to place the muzzle of a rifle over the perimeter of where Trump was playing golf in West Palm Beach, Florida.Trump wrote in a fundraising email that he was "SAFE AND WELL" following the incident.Several public figures issued statements condemning political violence. Minnesota Gov. and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz wrote on...
Deadly Flooding in Europe Shows 'Dramatic Consequences' of Climate Change
Extreme flooding has claimed the lives of at least seven people in Central and Eastern Europe and forced thousands to flee their homes over the weekend. Storm Boris—a low pressure system—has been lashing the area since Thursday, with major cities seeing a month's worth of rain and some areas seeing their heaviest rainfall in 100 years between Saturday and Sunday. "We are again facing the effects of climate change, which are increasingly present on the European continent, with dramatic consequences," Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said, as The Guardian reported. — (@) ...
'Shame Must Change Sides': Thousands March in France Against Sexual Violence
Thousands of people took to the streets in 30 French cities and Brussels on Saturday to protest rape and sexist violence and to support Gisèle Pélicot, a woman in her early 70s whose husband of 50 years is on trial for drugging her periodically and inviting dozens of men into their home to rape her while she was unconscious. Pélicot has become a symbol of the fight against sexual violence in France when she decided to make the trial of her husband and 50 other men public to ensure that "no woman suffers this." "We are all Gisèle," protesters chanted in Paris,...
'Hitlerian': Trump Vows to Deport Haitians Legally in Ohio to Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his attack on the Haitian immigrant community of Springfield, Ohio on Friday when he promised to begin his mass deportation plan there if elected president. "We will do large deportations from Springfield, Ohio, large deportations," Trump told reporters at his golf course near Los Angeles, California. "We're going to get these people out. We're bringing them back to Venezuela." Trump's remarks come despite the fact that most of the immigrants in Springfield are from Haiti and are in the country legally. Trump had previously pledged to deport the 15 to 20 million people who he...
'We Are All Culpable': Matt Nelson Self-Immolates to Protest Israel's Gaza Onslaught
For the third time since Israel launched a war on Gaza for which it is currently on trial for genocide at the World Court, a person in the United States has set themself on fire to protest Israel's killing of more than 41,000 Palestinians and U.S. complicity in the slaughter. In an incident all but completely ignored by the U.S. corporate media, a man identified as Matt Nelson set himself alight near the Israeli Consulate in Boston at around 8:15 pm local time on Wednesday, September 11. "My name is Matt Nelson and I'm about to engage in an extreme act...
'All Power to the People': Nebraskans to Vote on Dueling Abortion Ballot Measures
A ruling by the Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday sets the stage for two separate abortion rights initiatives being on the state ballot this November.The court ruled that two competing questions focused on abortion care can appear on voters' ballots: one that would enshrine the state's current 12-week ban and another that would affirm Nebraskans have the right to obtain abortion care until "fetal viability," around 24 weeks. Campaigns for each of the ballot initiatives gathered more than 200,000 signatures in favor of the questions remaining on the ballot. The Supreme Court decided that a constitutional amendment proposed by the...
Workers Get Boot as Boar's Head Plant Behind Listeria Deaths Shuts Down
About 500 workers lost their current jobs when Boar's Head on Friday announced the closure of the Virginia meatpacking plant behind a deadly listeria outbreak.A chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, which represents the workers, said in a statement that the closure was "especially unfortunate" given that the workforce was not to blame for the outbreak, which killed at least nine people nationwide. The UFCW announced that it had reached a deal with the company to allow the workers to transfer to another Boar's Head facility or receive a severance package "above and beyond" what's required...
Sanders Urges DOJ Probe Into Israeli Killing of American Activist Ayşenur Eygi
Days after Secretary of State Antony Blinken signaled that there would be no U.S. inquiry into Israel's killing of Turkish American activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday called on the Department of Justice to open an investigation of the young campaigner's death. Eygi, a 26-year-old activist with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and recent graduate from the University of Washington, was shot in the head, allegedly by an IDF sniper, during a September 6 demonstration in Beita against Israel's illegal apartheid settlements. Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces killed Eygi with "a...
Leak at First CO2 Injection Site in US Exposes Dangerous Folly of Carbon Capture
Environmental groups said Friday that a newly reported leak at the first CO2 injection site in the United States highlights the threat—and false promise—of carbon capture and storage efforts, which climate advocates have long criticized as a ploy by the fossil fuel industry to preserve its extractive business model.E&E News reported Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has "issued a violation notice to the operator of the country's first carbon dioxide injection wells for permanent storage, alleging that the company hasn't complied with its federal permit."The facility operator is Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), an agribusiness giant that has received...
'Blood Libel': Critics Say Trump-Vance Racist Attacks Stoking Chaos in Springfield, Ohio
For the second consecutive day on Friday, schools in Springfield, Ohio were forced to close after receiving bomb threats as the city remained at the center of a political firestorm after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, his running mate Sen. JD Vance, and other prominent Republicans have spread unproven rumors and racist smears about Haitian migrants in the city. A spokesperson for the school district said Perrin Woods Elementary School, Snowhill Elementary School, and Cliff Park High School were among the public buildings that were forced to evacuate, and Roosevelt Middle School administrators closed the school for the day based...
'Death Should Not Be the Only Relief': Seniors Lead Their First Action Against Student Debt
Carrying mock tombstones reading, "Death is not a relief plan" and "Stop burying us in debt," a group of older debtors held the first-ever senior-led mass action for student debt relief outside the White House on Thursday. Borrowers over 50 are the fastest-growing demographic of student debtors, and some of them are calling on the Biden-Harris administration to take advantage of federal regulations that empower the Department of Education to cancel debt based on age."The only comprehensive student debt relief plan that the federal government offers right now is death," Debt Collective creative media strategist Maddie Clifford said in front...
Analysis Shows Trump Loyalists Have 'Infiltrated' Election Boards in Key States
More than 100 election officials across eight swing states in the U.S. presidential race have engaged in partisan election denial in recent years, raising fears they could try to turn the November result in favor of Republican nominee Donald Trump, according to a report released Friday. The 88-page report, produced by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), details the election denial history of 102 county and state election officials in Arizona, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. The authors found that election deniers have majority control of 15 county election boards in those states and...
UN Chief Says US Must Do More to 'Force Israel to Stop' Gaza Onslaught
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres this week urged the United States to pressure Israel into stopping its assault on Gaza, which over the course of 343 days has left more than 146,000 Palestinians dead, maimed, or missing, even as he acknowledged the low likelihood of the Biden administration heeding his call. In a yet-to-be-published interview with Al Jazeera, Guterres said that "we have urged Washington to take a stronger stance against Israel to end the war," and that "the U.S. needs to apply pressure to force Israel to stop." "I have no power to stop the war," the U.N. chief admitted,...
'We're Fighting for the Future': Boeing Machinists on Strike
"We're fighting for every family," said the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the union that represents about 33,000 workers at commercial plane manufacturer Boeing, on Friday, after its members voted to reject a tentative contract offered by the company and go on strike. "We're fighting for the future of Boeing."The work stoppage began just after midnight on Friday after 95% of workers represented by IAM District 751 voted to reject the proposed contract and 96% authorized the strike. The support of just two-thirds of the members was needed to initiate the walkout. On Sunday, IAM District 751 President...
'We Will Not Arrest Him': UN Ambassador Says US Would Flout ICC Warrant Against Netanyahu
The Biden administration's envoy to the United Nations said Thursday that the U.S. would not abide by an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I think you know the answer to the question about whether we will arrest [Prime Minister] Netanyahu," Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in response to Sarah Leah Whitson of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). "He was here in the United States a few weeks ago and he was not arrested." When Whitson pointed out that ICC judges have not yet approved prosecutor Karim Khan's application for an arrest warrant against Netanyahu, Thomas-Greenfield said:...
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