Cancel Culture

Friends,  I can't resist telling you something else I've learned about Amazon -- one of America's most profitable and fastest-growing corporations, headed by the richest man in the world, and also one of the most irresponsible toward its workers.  Work-related injury data just released from the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration shows that Amazon warehouse jobs are particularly dangerous. Last year, Amazon had nearly double the rate of serious injury incidents as non-Amazon warehouses.  In addition, largely because Amazon failed to provide it workers adequate protective equipment, the corporation admits that nearly 20,000 Amazon employees were tested or presumed positive for the coronavirus. Workers who have spoken out about these unsafe workplace conditions have been fired. I don't have to remind you that Amazon’s wages are lousy. Amazon boasts of paying its workers at least $15 an hour. That’s about $30,000 a year -- hardly en...

Friends,  I can't resist telling you something else I've learned about Amazon -- one of America's most profitable and fastest-growing corporations, headed by the richest man in the world, and also one of the most irresponsible toward its workers.  Work-related injury data just released from the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration shows that Amazon warehouse jobs are particularly dangerous. Last year, Amazon had nearly double the rate of serious injury incidents as non-Amazon warehouses.  In addition, largely because Amazon failed to provide it workers adequate protective equipment, the corporation admits that nearly 20,000 Amazon employees were tested or presumed positive for the coronavirus. Workers who have spoken out about these unsafe workplace conditions have been fired. I don't have to remind you that Amazon’s wages are lousy. Amazon boasts of paying its workers at least $15 an hour. That’s about $30,000 a year -- hardly en...

Is China planning a double-barreled Big Bang for the American Empire? The CPC leadership is normally cautious and strongly attached to stability as well as win-win outcomes. But such an approach towards the US and its vassals has only drawn ever more vicious and underhanded attacks in the past few years. Two fronts seem to be opening up, pointing to drama down the road. The first is that China may be behind an unfolding spike in the price of steel and rare earths (plus other strategic commodities). The country is the world’s dominant producer of both steel (55%) and rare earths (80%) -- as well as the biggest consumer of many other commodities. As the post below explains, Beijing is no longer willing to supply the Western economies with relatively inexpensive steel and rare earths, largely because of the Empire’s relentless hostility. The likely result is inflation, even high inflation, in the COVID-damaged Western economies, now propped up largely by the endless printing o...

“Debt is neo-colonialism, in which colonizers have transformed themselves into “technical assistants.” We should rather say “technical assassins.” They present us with financing, with financial backers. As if someone’s backing could create development. We have been advised to go to these lenders. We have been offered nice financial arrangements. We have been indebted for 50, 60 years and even longer. That means we have been forced to compromise our people for over 50 years.” - Thomas Sankara, ‘A United Front Against Debt’

Britain has never been weaker since its Empire began going downhill more than a century ago. Brexit has left it shaken and uncertain about the future. And London’s domestic, mini-empire may be about to unravel, imperiled by secessionist forces in Scotland, Northern Ireland and perhaps even Wales. Yet Whitehall has seldom sounded more belligerent and warlike on the international scene. Ferociously shit-talking both Russia and China have been its three upfront faces: PM BoJo, foreign affairs boss Raab and defense honcho Wallace. They have dispatched a carrier task force to the “Far East” to intimidate China. And not a day seems to pass without some ominous warning directed at Russia (story below). They appear to have morphed into US-style neocons. What on earth can London’s Three Stooges be up to? Surely they understand that to speak loudly and carry a small stick is not an effective way to achieve anything … or do they? [Thomas Polin] Article: Russia is ‘number 1 adversa...

Will this also help countries sanctioned by US?  Snce the establishment of SWIFT after WWII, the Banksters have been gouging all countries and people through SWIFT。They rob countries doing trade like credit cards rob us with their high transaction costs to merchants who simply past the cost onto us.  The US Empire’s control of SWIFT also means it can steal money from countries like Venezuela with a few taps on the keyboard and recognizing a puppet like Guido as the president. China’s Central Bank Digital Currency CBDC will offer a very, very low cost alternative.  In the same way that Chinese merchants don’t have to pay credit card companies for purchases when transactions are done through Alipay, international trade done through China’s digital yuan will also be next to nothing.  This will be the basis of international trade along BRI.  There is an entirely new logistics infrastructure behind the CBDC and 5G plays a big part.  The US has never ...

Listen To This Article     Nearly 200,000 protesters attended a pro-Palestine demonstration in Central London on Saturday afternoon, another clear sign that support for Palestinian rights is becoming increasingly mainstream and the imperialists are losing control of the Israel narrative. The real consequence of this is that people will begin losing trust in the government and media institutions which support Israel, because without trust the empire can't propagandize people, and without the ability to propagandize us our rulers cannot rule.  There's no risk for Israel of losing US backing due to the US government suddenly evolving a conscience or listening to its constituents, that won't happen, but losing control of the narrative poses a major problem for the empire. Someone's image is going to have to change, and those changes could end up benefiting Palestinians. We're already seeing this narrative management campaign come into play as mainstr...