Follow the money behind Hong Kong protests
The demonstrations in Hong Kong, now an open confrontation with the People’s Republic of China, have a global impact. What are the forces behind this movement? What [ . . .]
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Shortly after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, shares of CoreCivic Inc. and GEO Group (CXW and GEO on the stock exchange) shot up 21 and 43 percent, respectively. [ . . .] -
Having failed to instigate a right-wing coup d’etat to overthrow the progressive, independent government of Venezuela, the U.S. government is lashing out against the [ . . .] -
Attorney General William Barr is moving the United States backward. He is taking hard-fought civil rights gains to the dumpster. Just like President Donald Trump, he has [ . . .] -
House passes Raise the Wage Act, but struggle is in the streets The House of Representatives passed the Raise the Wage Act on July 18, which would gradually increase the [ . . .] -
Based on a talk titled “White supremacy over the White House: Why racism breeds resistance” by Richard Kossally at a Workers World Party Aug. 1 forum in New York City. [ . . .] -
Aug. 2 — “Are you aware that Fred Meyer pays $3.53 more per hour to male workers than to female workers?” A United Steelworkers’ member posed this question to a [ . . .] -
The demonstrations in Hong Kong, now an open confrontation with the People’s Republic of China, have a global impact. What are the forces behind this movement? What [ . . .] -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest worksite immigration raid in U.S. history on Aug. 7 in Mississippi. Only four days after a racist, anti-Latinx [ . . .] -
The governments of the U.S. and Guatemala on July 26 signed a “Safe Third Country” agreement, forcing migrants applying for asylum in the U.S. to do so from Guatemala. [ . . .] -
The following excerpt from “Expanding Empire — The global war drive of big business and the forces that will stop it” was written in 1969 during the Vietnam War. [ . . .]
