Page Text: The Democrats, who control the governorship and both houses of the legislature, are using a budget surplus to build a new sports stadium while forcing more poor defendants to languish in the Riker’s Island hell hole.
12 April 2022
Oil refinery workers in Southampton, UK mount one day strike at ExxonMobil
On the day of the strike there was virtually no coverage—expressing nervousness over industrial action by workers as price gouging by the oil corporations leads to a further round of hikes in the fuels costs and energy bills that are provoking social anger over the rising cost of living.
12 April 2022
International Monetary Fund agrees minimal loan for Lebanon amid potential social and political meltdown
According to the UN’s World Food Programme, which has previously warned that the war in Ukraine could drive millions in the Middle East into food poverty and lead to global food insecurity, the cost of the basic food basket in Lebanon, the minimum a family needs per month, soared by 351 percent in the past year.
12 April 2022