Thursday, October 3, 2024

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Black Friday: Retailers are forcing our heads into the sand to...

There is now a growing acceptance that sustainability is not simply a matter of consumers’ individual accountability and choice.

Progressive coalition stages worldwide Black Friday protests to ‘make Amazon pay’

Ahead of Friday's global day of action against the e-commerce giant, the campaign issued a list of common demands, all of which seek to "Make Amazon Pay."

French activists and lawmakers fight to ban Black Friday

French politicians and activists say prohibiting Black Friday would help prevent waste and overconsumption.

Black Friday Amerika: ‘Shop till we all drop’!!

Old Ben Franklin said it best: “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Hear that all you Wal-Mart shoppers?

‘We are not robots’: Amazon workers across Europe walk out on...

Amazon CEO "Jeff Bezos is the richest bloke on the planet; he can afford to sort this out," says a U.K. union leader.

Hundreds march in Chicago on Black Friday to protest police brutality...

This Black Friday, NationofChange joined hundreds of people in disrupting business as usual in Chicago to protest police brutality and bring you this special report.

Stop Shopping, Start Living

REI is doing its part to preserve the spirit of Thanksgiving. Let's follow their lead - stop shopping and start living.

Let’s Break Away from Black-Friday Syndrome

Black Friday has been labeled the kickoff to a “Holy Month of Frenzied Commercialization.” Instead of shopping on the Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving weekend, connect with people, nature, the spirits and yourself.

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Will Harris lose the election over Gaza?

A deeper dive into the polls does indeed show that Harris's inability to take a stand against Israeli violence can indeed lead to a Trump victory.

California passes first US clothing recycling law: A bold step toward sustainability in fashion

The aim is to combat the growing environmental crisis posed by the fast fashion industry and textile waste, which has increasingly burdened the state’s landfills and ecosystem.

Healthcare professionals demand US cease military aid to Israel, citing atrocities in Gaza

Ninety-nine American doctors and nurses recount the horrors they witnessed in Gaza, urging the Biden administration to stop arms sales and enforce a ceasefire.

U.S.-backed Israeli military kills American citizen in Lebanon amid growing evacuation concerns

The death of Dearborn resident Kamel Ahmad Jawad, an American citizen, in an Israeli airstrike highlights the U.S. administration’s failure to evacuate citizens from Lebanon and underscores the escalating humanitarian toll of U.S.-supported Israeli military actions.

‘Escalation dominance’. . . and the prospect of more than 1,000 Holocausts

Daniel Ellsberg was shown a document calculating that a U.S. nuclear attack on communist countries would result in 600 million dead. As he put it later: “A hundred Holocausts.”