The war metaphor in the Corona crisis (tags)
Instead of a positive elimination of conditions, a social regression could also occur: intensified competition in the fight for market share, "exclusive solidarity" (Klaus Dörre) in the fight for jobs and welfare benefits. Will governments master the crisis?
Fast Food And Restaurant Chains Need Better Performance In Recycling (tags)
Fast food and restaurant chains need to pass their recyling exams
Mitch McConnell Has Left A Trail Of Suffering For Humans And Animals (tags)
McConnell has orchestrated war votes, helped corporations move offshore, institutionalized animal suffering
Chicken Disease And Boycott Cause KFC Sales To Drop (tags)
Avian flu, salmonella, outlets not passing health inspections, declining sales are some reasons that KFC owner Yum Foods has seen a drop in profits of 70%.
Pomona anti-checkpoint action (tags)
Students and community members take direct action to negate the racist anti-immigrant police checkpoints in Pomona.
False Confessions happen all the time (tags)
Of the 180 inmates in the United States exonerated by DNA testing in the last two decades, 44 had falsely confessed.
Nader -- Bush's Divorce from Reality (tags)
author: Ralph Nader CounterPunch March 25 / 26, 2006 Impeachment or Resignation: Pick Your Poison
*Protest* Ruthless YESSI Clothing Illegally Fires Worker (tags)
YESSI clothing, a business in the L.A. Fashion District, fired a worker for calling in sick last Saturday. We will meet to protest the business at 11:30AM on Sunday MARCH 19th at the corner of 12th and Santee at the Taco Bell/Pizza Hut there.
small WORLD interview with Michael Stanat, “Doogie Howser” of International Marketing (tags)
Interview with Michael Stanat, author of China’s Generation Y: Understanding the Future Leaders of the World’s Next Superpower.
Are you really reading both sides of the story?
Fast for Farmworker Justice May 20th -- Taco Bell boycott (tags)
“We fast today so that we may taste justice for farmworkers tomorrow!” Farmworkers call for National Day of Fasting Next Thursday, May 20th! Join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in their protest against Taco Bell's parent company, Yum! Brands, during its annual shareholders meeting Thursday, May 20th
Day 1 of the 3 day long trek from East LA to Taco Bell headquarters in Irvine.
Cancun Confrontation: Thousands Protest the WTO and Capitalist Globalization (tags)
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Protest outside Taco Bell Headquarters This Jan 15. BOYCOTT TACO BELL (tags)
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Background Info on the CIW struggle: Farmworkers vs Taco Bell. (tags)
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a farmworker organization based in Immokalee, Florida, has asked to meet with Taco Bell representatives to discuss the working and living conditions of the farmworkers who pick Taco Bell's tomatoes. So far, Taco Bell has refused to talk.
Pictsweet Rally in Ventura (tags)
Hundreds attended a rally Sept 1 supporting the efforts of farm workers employed by the Pictsweet company as they attempt to negotiate a union contract.