"Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth" - George Orwell.
"The struggle of the people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting" - Milan Kundera. Erasing, obliterating is an essential element in building the money machine and the illusion of democracy that helps keep the money machine going....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2021 7:35am PDT
Pacifica's Covid, Race & Democracy looks at the worker vaccine mandate, public health and the pandemic, the fight in the unions for Palestinians and the continued frame-up of Julian Assange...
Posted: Mon, Oct 25, 2021 9:44pm PDT
The efforts of scientists require mass support, particularly in a period when reactionary forces shamelessly propagate ignorance, confusion and superstition....
Posted: Wed, Oct 20, 2021 9:31am PDT
October 7, 2021, Washington, DC—In honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) released new research today that ranks states according to the number of safe havens available per capita. Safe havens include humane societies, veterinary offices, foster homes, and shelters that help domestic violence survivors and their pets escape abusive situations....
Posted: Mon, Oct 18, 2021 11:44pm PDT
World leaders met for annual IMF, World Bank and G20 meetings. The IMF lowered economic growth projections for all countries, and downgraded United States growth projections for 2021....
Posted: Mon, Oct 18, 2021 10:14am PDT
Women march throughout the country to keep abortion legal...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2021 11:53am PDT
Amid a devastating COVID surge, and with fewer than 22 million people fully vaccinated in a population of 110 million, the Duterte government is overseeing a social disaster....
Posted: Sat, Oct 9, 2021 10:33am PDT
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urged wealthy countries to donate IMF emergency COVID aid to developing countries. Her remarks opened an event organized by Jubilee USA Network in preparation for October IMF and G20 meetings....
Posted: Mon, Oct 4, 2021 1:32pm PDT
The South Korean KCTU is preparing a national strike with the demand...
Posted: Fri, Oct 1, 2021 11:05pm PDT
The sharp rise in pediatric hospitalizations after the return to in-person learning illustrates the devastating cost the Democrats are asking workers and children to bear as they “learn to live with the virus.”...
Posted: Sat, Sep 11, 2021 4:01am PDT
By insisting on full reopening of schools in the midst of a deadly pandemic, the US president will be responsible for countless deaths of students, teachers and their families....
Posted: Fri, Sep 10, 2021 10:00am PDT
In an article published Wednesday, the Brazil-based journalist Glenn Greenwald calls for a “cost-benefit” calculation in determining whether public health measures should be implemented to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Posted: Sat, Aug 28, 2021 9:42am PDT
Less than two weeks after the full reopening of California public schools, thousands of students and staff have tested positive for COVID-19 and tens of thousands have gone into quarantine....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2021 7:36am PDT
Thanks to the rescue plan, the US economy is expected to grow faster than at any time since 1984. The rest of the world will also benefit. Families with children will receive tax rebates. 70% of Americans are in favor of the plan....
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2021 12:05pm PDT
Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases throughout the United States, hundreds of children have lost their lives to the disease....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2021 10:40pm PDT
A crime of historic proportions is underway which can only be stopped by a coordinated intervention by the working class. Like schools around the country, Los Angeles students have almost no options whatsoever for remote learning while the Delta variant tears through school populations leading to mass infections and deaths....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2021 1:52am PDT
The 165-page report issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James concerning sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo deserves to be treated with contempt....
Posted: Wed, Aug 4, 2021 10:13pm PDT
Some of the highest ranking religious leaders met with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai to express support for waiving vaccine patents. The measure, the religious leaders argue, will increase COVID vaccine access for developing countries....
Posted: Wed, Aug 4, 2021 12:34pm PDT
(July 29, 2021, Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Cori Bush (MO-01) unveiled the Unhoused Bill of Rights, the “first federal resolution to declare unalienable rights for unhoused persons and provide solutions to permanently end the crisis by 2025.”...
Posted: Fri, Jul 30, 2021 4:54pm PDT
For the self-defense of the working class, mass vaccination is an elementary requirement....
Posted: Thu, Jul 29, 2021 8:28am PDT