“The Constitution Lies in Tatters on the Floor”

Lawrence Wilkerson Interviewed by Ralph Nader https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/shooting-wars-and-trade-wars (Excerpts) Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired U.S. Army colonel. Over his 31 years of service, Col. Wilkerson served as Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff from 2002 to 2005, and Special Assistant to Gen. Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993. Wilkerson also served as Deputy Director and Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War [...]

The Only Kill Switch We Need

Inside Labor's AI Data Center Split by Ginny Hogan [Excerpts] https://www.laborpolitics.com/p/the-only-kill-switch-weve-got Several weeks ago, Jason Kelce (football player, podcaster, Taylor Swift’s brother-in-law) starred in an ad asking Americans to pee in jars and send them to their nearest AI data center. The spot – a collaboration between Liquid Death and Kelce’s own Garage Beer – was nominally about water consumption. Mostly, though, it was evidence that hating on data centers has gone [...]

Protect Workers from Extreme Heat

by the AFL-CIO Cities coast to coast are breaking all-time heat records this July, as the extreme heat continues. But while workers continue to face dangerous and potentially deadly working conditions, anti-worker leaders in Congress are quietly attempting to stop any heat safety protection laws from being passed, now or in the future. H.R. 6213, the misnamed Heat Workforce Standards Act, would prohibit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from creating [...]

Giant Georgia data center secretly used 29 million gallons of water; avoids fine

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/georgia-data-center-used-29-million-gallons-of-water by Luke James An AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine builders of massive 6.2 million-square-foot facility over unauthorized water use. County's soft touch is attributed to the data center being 'our largest customer, and we have to be partners.' Fayette County, Georgia, was telling residents to stop watering their [...]

San Gabriel Valley Residents Unite Against Data Centers – Rally May 2

Last month, a proposed massive A-I data center in Monterey Park was scuttled after united community opposition in the San Gabriel Valley, particularly by immigrant residents in some of the unincorporated areas. The Monterey Park City Council approved a ballot measure for submission to voters in June that would ban data centers in the city. But the issue is still a live one in many other area cities. The City of Vernon [...]

May 1 International Workers’ Day General Strike

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror, https://antiracist.org May Day, the celebration of International Working People's Day on May 1, arose out of labor struggles in the United States (as did International Women's Day on March 8). Specifically, the struggle for the Eight-Hour Day and 40-hour work week as sufficient to support a working class family, and the campaign to free the anarchist political prisoners who faced the death penalty [...]

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COP30 Flames Out on Fossil Fuel Phase-out

by the Center for Biological Diversity The COP30 UN climate summit ended in Belém, Brazil with the establishment of a first-ever "just transition" mechanism for workers, Indigenous peoples and frontline communities transitioning to renewable energy economies. But the agreement lacks vital funding commitments from wealthy countries to the Global South for climate adaptation. The final agreement, which came two days after a fire at the summit venue, failed to include a roadmap [...]

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September 2025 Change Links Community Calendar

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US Counterinsurgency Wins in Bolivia:

Intentional Factionalism Within MAS and the Capture of the Lithium Triangle Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Alliance for Peace https://orinocotribune.com [Excerpts] On Sunday August 17, 2025, the first round of presidential elections in the Plurinational State of Bolivia were held. The country is headed to an October 19 run-off between centrist Christian Democratic Party Senator Rodrigo Paz, son of a former president, and former right wing President “Tuto” Quiroga of the Libre Party. [...]

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