ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A union head says she’s disgusted after police allegedly threatened to arrest Dominion workers on a picket line outside the Weston Foods bakery Tuesday night near St. John’s.

Unifor local 597 president Carolyn Wrice said about 40 workers were blocking trucks outside the bakery when roughly 20 Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officers arrived.

"The State Department reportedly cleared the sale of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates Thursday. Lockheed stock rose."

Hate begets hate.

We all know that antisemitism is a horrible blight on our society. I can’t even begin to imagine what it is like to be a victim of such vitriol and hatred. And antisemitism has been on the rise over the past months and years. Given the simultaneous rise of ultra-nationalism, fascism and far-right groups around the world, that’s no surprise. We see more white supremacy these days, whether its attacks on the Jewish community or, as we’re seeing right now across Turtle Island, attacks against Indigenous people and their sovereignty. The increase of hatred is worrying and we need to fight it.

"More than 1,000 trees owned by Palestinian farmers have been burned or damaged in the Israeli-occupied territory since the harvest began three weeks ago, according to a United Nations report. The Oct 23 report by humanitarian affairs office UNOCHA has also logged 19 disruptions “by people believed or known to be Israeli settlers,” with 23 Palestinian farmers injured.'

The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario is deeply concerned about the Premier of Ontario’s intention to recognize Canada Christian College as a degree granting institution. Students are especially concerned that the Premier has hidden this action within Bill 213, a bill that has nothing to do with Post Secondary Education.

Once on the margin of the margins, calls for the nationalization of U.S. fossil fuel interests arebgrowing. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the basic argument was this: nationalization could expedite the phasing out fossil fuels in order to reach climate targets while ensuring a “just transition” for workers in coal, oil, and gas. Nationalization would also remove the toxic political influence of “Big Oil” and other large fossil fuel corporations. The legal architecture for nationalization exists—principally via “eminent domain”—and should be used.