During the first Gulf War, the US targeted Iraqi water treatment facilities and power plants, then imposed a 13-year embargo that prevented Iraq from importing water purification chemicals. The result? 500,000 dead kids. https://t.co/eU2JBfF6OU
NEW: The workers who make Rice Krispies & Froot Loops are on strike at all Kellogg's U.S. cereal plants. They work 16-hour forced overtime shifts and 7-day work weeks, sometimes up to 120 days straight.
Now, amid record profits, Kellogg's wants to cut their pay & benefits.
A common occurrence in the Trump era was liberals asking themselves what they would do in Hitler’s Germany. It turns out we already failed that test. We accepted their lies about 9/11 and then sat silent as our national security state carried out another Holocaust abroad
FYI: The number of Afghan civilians killed in air strikes carried out by the US and its allies rose 330% since 2017 a study in December 2020 found by Brown.
In 2019 alone, around 700 civilians were killed.
Source: https://t.co/7RwUDsImdM
The US Military admits it killed 10 civilians, including up to seven children, in the Kabul drone strike on August 29. General McKenzie admits they targeted the wrong vehicle and called the strike a mistake.
NEW: In response to exploitation by Uber & Lyft, drivers in NYC are forming a worker-owned rideshare cooperative called @TheDriversCoop.
The new app offers cheaper rides and returns all profits to the drivers.
It could defeat Uber & Lyft with New Yorkers’ support.