The Russian have been coming, off and on, for seven-plus decades. While these conjured imaginings may be laughable, the consequences of a culture of Cold War fear are far from funny. The U.S. Capitol at night from the Library of Congress, 2021. (Diane Krauthamer, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News The Russians are coming — or coming back, better put. As the November elections draw near, let us brace for
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Consortium News:ㅤTop US Labor Lawyer Calls Out Corporate Legal Tactics
NRLB Chief Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo fired back at corporate challenges against the labor board, saying they are designed to distract from the same companies’ law-breaking. Amazon warehouse workers outside the National Labor Relations Board in New York, petitioning for authorization to hold a union vote, Oct. 25, 2021. (Joe Piette, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0) By Julia Conley Common Dreams Amid an ongoing nationwide surge in union organizing across numerous industries in the U.S., powerful
Consortium News:ㅤPATRICK LAWRENCE: Europe’s Identity Crisis
As European leaders continue to import a version of U.S. militarism, rearmament will cost the Continent its postwar social contract. Wax figures and a mural of the Statue of Liberty in the Main Street, U.S.A., exhibit in Disneyland Paris. (Joe Shlabotnik, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) By Patrick Lawrence in Zurich Special to Consortium News It is many years now since the French, bless them, revolted as Disneyland Paris arose near the previously uninvaded village of