On Sept. 1, New York City was besieged by Hurricane Ida. Flash floods from torrential rains led to serious infrastructural damages, stranding numerous cars on roads and highways and flooding subway tunnels. With flood waters rising, many people were trapped in basements or in submerged areas. Around 9 p.m. that . . .
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There is no doubt that the climate catastrophe threatens the future of life on the planet. A massive mobilization of the working class will be needed to combat this threat. But, as Hurricane Ida and the associated flooding revealed, this is not just a threat to future generations — climate . . .
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La rama de la Costa del Golfo Central de Workers World Party Partido Mundo Obrero emitió la siguiente declaración el 29 de agosto. Mientras el huracán Ida se abalanza sobre Luisiana y asalta toda la Costa Central del Golfo, debemos recordar que cuando ocurren desastres, el capitalismo no responde con . . .
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Worker leader and whistleblower Chris Smalls and a dozen Amazon workers led a Labor Day weekend workers assembly Sept. 4, demanding union recognition at Amazon’s Staten Island JFK8 facility and passage of the federal union rights PRO Act. They gathered in Union Square across from Amazon-owned Whole Foods in Manhattan. . . .
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Workers World/Mundo Obrero condena en los términos más enérgicos la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos, de 5 a 4, del 2 de septiembre, que se negó a restringir una ley de Texas que prohíbe los procedimientos de aborto a partir de las seis semanas de embarazo. La . . .
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