COVID-19 and Catastrophe Capitalism (tags)
The scale of the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences on world accumulation are unprecedented, with the global economic costs still increasing. At the end of March, some three billion people on the planet were in lockdown or social-distancing mode.36
72 Links: McDonald's & Unionbusting, Animal Agony, Human Disease, Environmental Devastatio (tags)
McDonald's announced this week its hamburgers will be juicier. Since the 'juice' in animal flesh is blood, is McDonald's saying its sandwiches will be bloodier?
350 McDonalds Shut Down Since January 350 More Scheduled To Close (tags)
Hundreds of millions have moved away from animal flesh. McDonald's is one of many chains feeling the change.
Animal Agony, Union Busting, Deforestation, Human Disease At McDonald's (tags)
Unionbusting, obesity, strokes, heart attacks, cancer, animal agony, deforestation, rainforest destruction, energy waste, crime, litter associated with the Western wrold's biggest restaurant chain
Hands Across California (tags)
Protective parents, children and concerned citizen formed chains in front of California family courthouses to demand returned of trafficked children.
Fast Food And Restaurant Chains Need Better Performance In Recycling (tags)
Fast food and restaurant chains need to pass their recyling exams
Labor Under the Democrats #1 (tags)
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Zhibin Gu: China stock market, outsourcing, banking, finance, politics map (tags)
how to walk out the mud of global financial cisis? How to get better world politics and business map? Is Chinese century arriving sooner? What is really behind all the changes inside Chinese and Indian politics, business, finance and society? Get most provocative economic and political lessons and knowledge from a timely book covering long history and revolution of both Mao's era and current capitalist revolution in relation to world finance, competition, and entrepreneurship.
Seven Major Ways We Lose Force (tags)
Want to manifest the things you desire in life? Learn to gather, maintain, and build your force!
Possible Grocery Strike Looming (tags)
This is a press release from the UFCW. In 2003, the UFCW and these same national chains faced off in the longest grocery strike in history. During this round of negotiations, the corporations announced a mutual aid pact, to act together if one store was picketed. The UFCW has broken off negotiations.
POM to be pulled from shelves in Whole Foods chain (tags)
Remember the people whose homes were raided after protesting POM's animal testing? Well, those raids are being indirectly cited by Whole Foods as reason to get rid of POM by April 1 this year.
chains for cheeny movement (tags)
operation restore democracy usa chains for cheeny movement as of now i wish to accuse the president of the united states george bush as well as the vice president dick cheeny of treason against the usa and it's citizens. I want to confront them in a public forum face to face in whatever constitutinal manner permited to defend these acusations, and as quickly as the constitution permits.
The Fight in California (tags)
Two weeks, the supermarket workers in northern California had a protest, against the efforts of Safeway and other strong chains of cutting again the health insurance in the negotiations of a new union contract in this part of the neighbor of the north.
Beyond the laughter and tears, I the provider of my kingdom, The nurture of my seeds, The incubation of an injustice that man set forth for me. My daughters and sons follow after my pain.
Grocery Settlement at What Cost? (tags)
It appears that the proposed contract settlement will be at a huge cost to future employees. Would that the leadership matched the membership in determination and courage!
Portlanders support California supermarket workers (tags)
Yesterday, a crowd of about 50 rallied at the Safeway at 1100 NE Broadway in Portland to support the 70,000 workers who have been locked out of Southern California supermarkets for insisting on keeping hard-fought health benefits in the face of austerity plans being imposed by the big supermarket chains. See here for previous feature. Supporters marched into the store, up and down the aisles, chanting "Boycott Safeway!" and demanding fairness for workers and affordable health care for all...
Misleaders’ Strategy Undermines Grocery Strike (tags)
"The strategy of relying on token informational pickets in in northern California, rather than extending the strike, is part of a loosing strategy by the UFCW bureaucrats that is defeating the strike. With a defeat in southern California it will be easy to extract concessions here. Victory will only come through real solidarity, with a militant rank and file class struggle leadership in the union that challenges the career bureaucrats for the continued life of the union!" --Steve Argue
As the grocery strike goes into its second month, it's time to go beyond the conservative strategies of the AFL-CIO
"Supermarket Chains victory will set tone for other labor negociations" LA Time (tags)
LA Times article "The chains, supported by many Wall Street analysts, say they're willing to endure the costs of the Southern California dispute to win a cost-saving contract that sets the tone for other labor negotiations coming due elsewhere in the country." Link below
TEAMSTERS REFUSING TO CROSS PICKET LINES @ Ralphs, Vons, Pavilions & Albertsons (tags)
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Break the Chains Conference Housing / Ride Share Boards (tags)
The Break the Chains Conference will be held at the University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) from August 8 - 10. Conference organizers have now created two web boards to facilitate information-sharing around housing and transportation issues.
Boycott Eckerd Pharmacies and CVS Pharmacies (tags)
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Three More Independent Media Websites Dump PayPal (tags)
Stop Fascism!, Break Your Chains, and Rational Anarchism have all dumped their PayPal donation mechanism in Solidarity with the website What Really Happened.
COMMUNIST INDIVIDUALIST ANARCHISM / CIA (tags)
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Breaking the Chains: People of Color and the War on Drugs (tags)
A conference entitled "Breaking the Chains: People of Color and the War on Drugs" will be taking place in LA Sept 26-28th.
Break The Chains Of Injustice - June 16, 2001 (tags)
Break The Chains Of Injustice - A Romper Las Cadenas De La Injusticia
Break The Chains Of Injustice - June 16, 2001 (tags)
6th Annual Conference On Raza Prisoners and Colonialism