(2022-07-12). US Announces Additional $1.7 Billion Aid for Ukraine's Government. news.antiwar.com The US on Tuesday announced it was sending $1.7 billion in new aid to fund the Ukrainian government that is meant to pay Ukrainian healthcare workers and support other "essential services." The funds are coming from the US Treasury Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and are being pulled from the $40 …
(2022-07-12). Nicaragua y China impulsan acciones de implementación de TLC. telesurtv.net El acuerdo de Cosecha Temprana impulsará la exportación de productos nicaragüenses como carne de res y bovina, textiles, ron y otros, al mercado chino con preferencias arancelarias.
(2022-07-11). Challenging The AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. popularresistance.org A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…