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David vs Goliath in Alabama
With the fight to organise a US Amazon warehouse having been lost, GRANVILLE WILLIAMS explains the background to the battle in Bessemer – and the disconnect in how it’s been reported in the media
Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) outside an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
WORKING conditions at Amazon warehouses were in the spotlight long before the company hit the headlines with its hostile reaction to demands for a union in Bessemer, Alabama.
This is one British driver explaining the daily work pressure: “I do what’s called a large van route which means my van is larger than the standard vans.
“Amazon still expect me to be able to turn straight around in the road all the time even down narrow lanes.
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