Jacobin:
"On Wednesday, President Joe Biden made headlines pledging to support Amazon workers trying to unionize the nation’s largest retailer, declaring 'Amazon, here we come' and boasting that 'I created the White House task force on worker organization and empowerment to make sure that the choice to join a union belongs to workers alone.'
But as campaign cash from Amazon-linked donors and anti-union law firms has flooded into the coffers of Biden and his Democratic Party, the president has so far refused to use his executive authority to actually implement any of that task force’s major recommendations — even though its proposals were far weaker than his 2020 campaign pledges and likely wouldn’t have helped Amazon workers’ union drive.
What might have helped are executive actions Biden continues to avoid. For instance, he has refused to reinstate a Barack Obama–era rule requiring companies like Amazon to disclose all of their spending to crush union drives. Biden has also declined to use his executive authority to halt federal contracts to Amazon amid its union-busting campaign. In fact, Amazon was awarded a $10 billion contract last summer, months after the president promised on the campaign trail to 'ensure federal contracts only go to employers who sign neutrality agreements committing not to run anti-union campaigns.' ”
https://mailchi.mp/jacobinmag.com/immigration-551942?e=487355f8cb
-->Never a publication that questions the progressive motives of mainstream Democrats, the NYT didn't cover this story. In this way, the NYT supports the illusion of a functioning two party system.
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Common Dreams:
"World-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky highlighted the hypocrisy of U.S. government leaders denouncing and demanding accountability for war crimes allegedly committed by Russian forces waging war on Ukraine during an interview published Thursday. ...
'We're a rogue state, the leading rogue state by a huge dimension—nobody's even close,' Chomsky said of the United States. 'And yet we can call for war crimes trials of others, without batting an eyelash.'
'It's interesting to look at the reaction to all of this in the more civilized part of the world, the Global South,' he continued. 'They look at it; they condemn the invasion, say it's a horrible crime. But the basic response is: What's new? What's the fuss about? We've been subjected to this from you from as far back as it goes. Biden calls Putin a war criminal; yeah, takes one to know one. It's the basic reaction."
-->Our world renowned intellectual, Noam Chomsky, never gets reported on by our subservient media. Especially during times of war, Chomsky is uniformly blacked out. But what a price we as Americans pay for not hearing or reading the truth!
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Common Dreams:
"A coalition of progressive leaders from across the globe demanded Monday that the Biden administration immediately drop all charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently jailed in a high-security London prison as he fights U.S. extradition attempts.
In a letter to Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), more than 30 progressive advocates, intellectuals, and former heads of state argued that dropping the Espionage Act charges against Assange would 'send a strong message to the world: that freedom of expression, freedom of thought, and freedom of the press constitute an instrument that can controvert the interests of any government, including that of the United States of America.'
'The cases where there are reports of serious violations of freedom of expression would also be impacted by the dropping of the 18 charges against Assange,' the letter reads. 'It would affirm the defense of this fundamental human right and would undoubtedly represent a clear and robust sign that everyone can express their opinion without fear of retaliation; that all the press outlets can give news to all the citizens of the world, with the certainty that the pluralism of thought is guaranteed.' "
-->Julian Assange is another truth teller who is banned by our mainstream media. He offered the world proof of US war crimes in the Middle East. No journalist or writer who exposes the US empire will ever be set free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hdEsGiT2Ls
