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German court tramples on freedom of conscience to protect military advertising
23+ min ago (192+ words) A Munich Labour Court has rated the "business freedom" of local transit operator MVG higher than the freedom of conscience of a driver who refused to drive a tram covered in advertising for Germany's armed forces. His case came before…...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (1682+ words) Thousands of Flipkart warehouse workers at Gurgaon, Haryana walked out on June 14 over wage cuts and unsafe working conditions. Workers said their monthly pay has dropped from around 18, 000 rupees ($US190) to 12, 00014, 000 rupees, with some workers reporting earnings as little as 50 rupees…...
Preventive arrests targeting anti-war activists ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (333+ words) The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdo'an is preparing for the summit by stepping up repression against NATO and anti-war opposition groups at home. The aim of the police operations'which began weeks before the summit and reached their peak in…...
Burnham wins Makerfield by-election, clearing path for Labour leadership challenge
4+ hour, 52+ min ago (612+ words) Andy Burnham's clear-cut victory in Thursday's parliamentary by-election in Makerfield, Wigan, has paved the way for the former Greater Manchester mayor to launch a bid to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader. Under Labour's rules, only sitting MPs can mount…...
SOAS student faces week-long trial at the Old Bailey: Drop the terrorism charges against Sarah Cotte!
6+ hour, 2+ min ago (1015+ words) Sarah Cottee, a 22-year-old SOAS University of London student, will appear at the Old Bailey on Monday, when lawyers will challenge the terrorism charges brought against their client more than two years ago. Cotte's "crime" was speaking on campus to…...
We cannot be contained'the rebellion is real: Autoworkers welcome nomination of Will Lehman for UAW president
20+ hour, 11+ min ago (590+ words) Autoworkers continue to respond with enthusiasm to the nomination of Mack Trucks worker and socialist Will Lehman to run for United Auto Workers president. Lehman was nominated Wednesday by two delegates to the UAW Constitutional Convention in Detroit, which concluded…...
Steven Soderbergh's The Christophers: A Portrait of the Artist as a Not Very Important Person
19+ hour, 47+ min ago (931+ words) Prolific American filmmaker Steven Soderbergh's latest effort is The Christophers (written by Ed Solomon), about an aging artist, his conflicted assistant and his predatory children, with Ian Mc Kellen, Michaela Coel, Jessica Gunning and James Corden. Julian Sklar (Mc Kellen)…...
New book questions official finding that fascist Brenton Tarrant acted alone in Christchurch massacre
21+ hour, 3+ min ago (1632+ words) A recently published book by University of Auckland researchers Chris Wilson and Michal Dziwulski sheds new light on the March 15, 2019 terrorist attack carried out by fascist shooter Brenton Tarrant in Christchurch, New Zealand. Motivated by racist hatred of non-white immigrants…...
Dockworker killed in 50-foot fall at Port of Los Angeles
23+ hour, 9+ min ago (313+ words) On the afternoon of June 7, experienced hatch foreman Marc Salgado fell roughly 50 feet from an elevated catwalk aboard the container vessel C/V Ever Legion, moored at APM Terminals Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles. The International Longshore and…...
Democratic condemnation of Trump's Iran deal exposes bipartisan conspiracy for war
20+ hour, 26+ min ago (700+ words) There are moments that expose the fundamental character of the political system in the United States, that notwithstanding the daily infighting between the Democrats and Republicans, when it comes to the basic interests of American imperialism, the two parties of…...