Starbucks Workers Fight The Boss, and Win.
The nationwide unionization drive at Starbucks stores is going strong despite a myriad anti-union efforts from the corporation. Veronica Gonzalez, employed at a Los Angeles Starbucks that recently unionized, explains how they won despite Starbucks retaliation and how people can support the ongoing effort to unionize Starbucks nationwide.
Education in the US: Underfunded & Under Attack
As students return to school this fall, school districts around the US are facing serious shortages of educators. Nathalie Hrizi, public schools teacher librarian and Vice President of Substitutes with United Educators of San Francisco, explains the roots of the shortage and the urgent demands that teachers, parents, and communities have to fix this crisis.
Education in the US: Underfunded & Under Attack
As students return to school this fall, school districts around the US are facing serious shortages of educators. Nathalie Hrizi, public schools teacher librarian and Vice President of Substitutes with United Educators of San Francisco, explains the roots of the shortage and the urgent demands that teachers, parents, and communities have to fix this crisis.
What Colombia’s New Left-Wing Government Has Done in Just 3 Weeks
In just 2 weeks, Colombian President Petro and VP Márquez have taken huge steps to “end the genocide of human rights defenders & social leaders,” address inequality and racism & re-establish relationships with Cuba and Venezuela. Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva Durán recently went to Cuba to restart peace negotiations with the National Liberation Army […]
Iran Nuclear Deal: Europe Desperate, U.S. Obstinate & Iran Needs to Know U.S. Won’t Break Deal (Again)
The Iran nuclear deal is at the final stages of re-negotiation. Will something come together soon or will it collapse? BT News Editor-in-Chief discusses the dynamics between U.S. imperialism, Iranian sovereignty, and Europe’s desperate energy needs.
Starving Afghans Forced to Sell Organs as U.S. Freezes $9 Billion Reserves with former Colonel Ann Wright
A year after the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country is facing horrendous conditions and $9 billion of their reserves are still frozen by Western banks. Peace activist, retired U.S. Army colonel and State Dept. official Ann Wright addresses the situation. She was part of the team that opened the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan in the […]
Federal Reserve Was Set Up to Protect Wall Street Not ‘The Economy’: How It Works
The following is a lightly edited transcription from The Punch Out with Eugene Puryear, a daily news podcast that comes out Monday through Friday, 5pm ET. Subscribe here. The Federal Reserve: we’ve all heard about it, most of us know it has a lot of power, but beyond that what do most people really know? […]
Palestinians Have Tried Surrender & Collaboration. Only Resistance Is Left with Ali Abunimah
Israel killed at least 49 Palestinians in its three-day assault on the Gaza Strip last week and 17 of them were children. Israel Defense Forces also raided the West Bank city of Nablus and killed three, including the commander of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Ali Abunimah, Director of ElectronicIntifada.net & author of “The Battle for Justice […]