Five years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico has been devastated by Hurricane Fiona, leaving millions without power or potable water once again.
The drive to end all mitigation measures and normalize mass infection and death in perpetuity is being pursued by both Democratic and Republican politicians alike.
Workers voted by 86 percent on January 20 to go on strike which, barring a tentative contract settlement under ongoing negotiations with a mediator, would be their first since 2001.
As infections rise throughout Seattle and Washington state, students and teachers have initiated sickouts at two high schools in defiance of the local, state and federal governments’ policy of mass infection and death.
Students have issued an open letter calling for the closure of their school in order to stop the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant and for a temporary shift to online learning.
The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters was put under trusteeship shortly after ending a three-week strike by Washington state construction workers, who rejected four consecutive sellout agreements.
The Northwest Carpenters Union ordered 2,000 striking Washington state carpenters back to job sites as NWCU officials try for the fifth time to push through a deal favorable to the construction firms.
About 200 Nabisco workers have gone on strike in Portland, Oregon, along with Nabisco workers in Richmond, Virginia, and Aurora, Colorado, as negotiations between the company and the union have stalled for months.
Last week, all 50 members of the “Rapid Response Team” of the Portland Police Bureau resigned in protest after a grand jury charged a team member for assault during the mass protests against police brutality last year.
Last Thursday, the Washington state supreme court allowed the right-wing recall petition against Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant to move forward.
Mayor Ted Wheeler is using small downtown protests on New Year’s Eve as a pretext to further build up the powers of the police and to suppress growing social opposition.
Elections in Puerto Rico saw a sharp decline in votes for the two main ruling parties, reflecting growing popular distrust and contempt toward the entire political establishment.
The standoff lasted around 12 hours in Bend, Oregon, until dozens of federal agents were deployed to disperse the protesters using pepper spray.
Portland is being used by the Trump administration as a test case for the deployment of heavily armed federal agents to suppress popular protests against police brutality.
A lack of consistent running water will make it more difficult for frequent handwashing to limit the spread of the coronavirus which has already infected thousands on the island.
Insisting that the police can be drastically reformed within the framework of capitalism, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant conceals the fundamental character of the police as an arm of the capitalist state.
Ellis, a father of two, could be heard on dispatcher radio calling out “I can’t breathe” after being brutally detained and handcuffed by the police.
It took 15 days for the territory to register 100 confirmed cases, but it only took three days to register 100 more, indicating that the virus has already begun to spread rapidly through the population.
As the pandemic rips across the United States, COVID-19 cases are beginning to be reported among the homeless population in Seattle.
More than a month after an ongoing earthquake swarm began, the Trump administration is threatening to veto a bill that would allocate $4.7 billion in emergency aid to the island.
