Renewed federal support for drilling in the US, combined with languid global oil demand and increased drilling by OPEC countries, has pushed oil prices to their lowest level since the pandemic.
Jakarta is burning. So are Makassar, Bandung, Surabaya, Mataram, and other cities throughout Indonesia. Discontent that started as outrage over the lavish perks of lawmakers evolved swiftly into a searing indictment of police brutality, elite privilege, economic precarity, wealth disparities, and democratic erosion. The horrific death of a young man named Affan Kurniawan at the […]
Last month’s Air Canada flight attendants’ strike brought the country’s largest airline to a halt with picket lines set up at airports across the country. After the federal government attempted to send the attendants, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees’ (CUPE) Air Canada Component, back to their jobs, the workers refused, becoming the first […]
We’re in a critical moment for the labor movement to build resistance against authoritarianism. For the medium term, three foundations can guide our work: building as broad a front as possible against authoritarianism; organizing a leading sector within that front that advances a proactive vision for multiracial democracy while explicitly opposing neoliberalism; and engaging millions […]
It has not been a very good year for the American coal industry, as both exports and price per ton continue to trend downward, but it’s been even worse for the coal miners themselves. Last week, the Trump administration approved yet another delay in the implementation of a Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rule […]