Month: September 2024

Oppose Trump’s Big Lie About Haitian Immigrants

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In the September 10 nationally-televised presidential debate Donald Trump declared, “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating, they’re eating, the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in this country.” This reprehensible, wild, and utterly false claim was directed primarily at Haitian workers who have moved to Springfield in the recent past. It’s an example of the “Big Lie” technique: amplifying a falsehood over and over with the intention of persuading large numbers of people that the lie is the truth.

New York Amazon Delivery Drivers Join the Teamsters in Surge of Momentum

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This article describes an accomplishment by hundreds of Amazon drivers at a delivery station in Queens, New York. A majority of these workers recently signed union authorization cards seeking representation by the Teamsters. They also marched on their employer’s offices on September 16 demanding the logistics giant recognize their union and negotiate a contract.

Venezuela’s Elections: Fraud Foretold?

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“Fraud Foretold?”, an essay in the political journal New Left Review, and other articles have presented convincing evidence that the official results of Venezuela’s recent election, announcing the victory of Nicolás Maduro, are likely fraudulent. This article summarizes this evidence and outlines the political developments in Venezuela over the last three decades that are the root cause of Venezuela’s current political crisis.

Angry Workers Begin Strike at Boeing

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SEATTLE, September 12, 2024 — Members of International Association of Machinists (IAM) District 751, representing over 33,000 workers, voted by a stunning margin today to reject a new contract proposed by the Boeing Company and endorsed by the union’s top officials. “About 94.6% voted to reject the contract and 96% voted to strike, more than the two-thirds majority required by union rules to authorize a walkout,” reported The Seattle Times. The strike began at 12:01 am on September 13

Amazon Labor Union: ‘We’re Done Waiting’

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The following letter from the Amazon Labor Union – International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1 was sent on September 4, 2024, to workers at JFK8, Amazon’s giant warehouse in Staten Island, New York. It is aimed at reaching out to all JFK8 workers and drawing them into a discussion on determining a course of action to overcome Amazon’s obstructionism and force the company to negotiate a contract.