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Istanbul Dora Hotel Workers have been fired and are asking for international labor support....

Capitalist growth has become the problem, promotes famines and strangles full employment. Can the world be rescued? Mass unemployment has never lasted as long as today; global problems increase. Jean Jacques Rousseau said: "Distribution means no one is so rich he can buy others and no one is so poor he must sell himself." A change of consciou9sness is necessary so the population strives energetically for distribution justice. The young generation is socialized today under conditions where m...

Show Me 15 and Solidarity Ignite Rally. Fast food workers, students, community leaders and clergy Mardi Gras march for $15 and a Union - Saturday February 7 at Congo Square....

In truth, the introduction of the eight-hour day, the free Saturday and the fifth vacation week (in Austria) did not cause economic crises. Reduced working hours means more distribution justice for the general public and more quality of life for workers. The efficiency of employees increases and the danger of accident declines through reduced working hours. Whoever works less lives healthier and has more time for the family, for (personal) development and for voluntary activity....

Mike Griffin writes about what is behind the racism, repression and crisis....

Oceana released a new report on Jauary 13 that finds offshore wind would produce twice the number of jobs and twice the amount of energy as offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. The report, titled Offshore Energy by the Numbers, An Economic Analysis of Offshore Drilling and Wind Energy in the Atlantic (see PDF), challenges recent claims by the oil and gas industry that opening the East Coast to offshore drilling will lead the United States to energy independence, generate millions of dolla...

The Korean Union Of Media Workers has issued a statement protesting the intimidation of journalists in South Korea by the Park government and to stop the imprisonment of investigative journalists Choo Jinwoo and Kim Oujoon...

The Korean Park government is seeking to jail two journalists who exposed a murder case involving two relatives of the corrupt Park administration over a family run foundation. In light of the attack on the North Korean government it is significant but not surprising that the corporate controlled US press is completely silent about this travesty of justice and the role of the criminal government of South Korea....

The liberal economists of the 19th century claimed no crises could occur in capitalism since every supply creates its demand. On the other hand, Marx and Engels recognized early on the causes for crises in capitalism. The contradictions of the accumulation process lead to crises. Capitalists want to minimize wages as much as possible... The present crisis is a system crisis, possibly the most severe in the last 500 years. While economic crises have a cyclical character, crises of nature have ...

As we head deeper into the 21st century, it's becoming painfully obvious that there are fewer and fewer jobs available. As noted by Marshall Brain, founder of How Stuff Works and author of Manna, there are more working-age people in the U.S. receiving some form of welfare than there are working-age people who do not....