Landlords: Deprivers, not Providers, of Housing
Cde. Rabbit explores how parasitic landlords in New York City took advantage of rent stabilization to profit at the people’s expense.
North America
Profits Over Paradise: Maui’s Not So Wild Fires
Wildfires have not always been endemic to this former wetland environment. This is the terraforming of colonizers.
There Is No Reform on Rikers Island
There are no rich people on Rikers Island. It is a factory of misery; it is capitalism’s real face.
Tourism: Exploitation by Another Name
Cde. Rabbit examines how Taos County, New Mexico’s Tourist industry is profitable due to the exploitation of local residents.
Brooke Jenkins is an Enemy of the People
DA Jenkins presides over a city with one of the worst records for use of force on Black people.
Kansas Police Kill Newspaper Owner to Protect Local Restaurateur
“They showed up like the Gestapo.” So says Eric Meyer, son of Joan Meyer, co-owner of the Marion County Record.
Reject the Treasonous UPS Agreement!
Under this contract, UPS would reduce the wages of the Teamsters, relative to their wage-power in 2018. Vote NO on the tentative agreement.
Cornel West, the Democrats, and the United Front Against Fascism
P. D. Goselin was pretty certain it would be a mistake to spend energy on presidential campaigns next year — until Dr. West championed a united front.
In-N-Out Burger Violates Workers’ Health and Safety Rights with Face Mask Ban
The true purpose of the ban is transparently to enforce labor discipline and to appease reactionary consumers.
Hollywood Studios Escalate Class Warfare
A ferocious battle is unfolding between the workers’ Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the bosses’ Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).