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US union membership declining in ‘right-to-work’ states, report reveals
The right-to-work states, concentrated in the south and central US, have a union density of 5.1%, compared with 14.2% for states with collective bargaining rights, concentrated on the coasts and in the north. Workers in right-to-work states earn about 7% less in wages, accounting for local differences in the cost of living.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/08/us-union-membership-report

Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
The majority did not explain its reasoning, as is typical on the court’s emergency docket. But Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the lower-court judge had gone too far in restricting how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can carry out brief stops for questioning. “The prospect of such after-the-fact judicial second-guessing and contempt proceedings will inevitably chill lawful immigration enforcement efforts,” he wrote in a concurrence.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-immigration-stops-los-angeles-trump-57cc1f85ceafda0f11052b326c8b7173

DHS launches immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Boston
The agency said in a post on X that the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement's "Operation Midway Blitz" is in honor of Katie Abraham, a 20-year-old woman it says was killed in January in a drunk-driving hit-and-run accident involving a man who is an undocumented immigrant in Illinois.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5534338/ice-chicago-boston-immigration-raids

Mamdani says he will keep New York City pension fund out of Israel Bonds
Lander, who took office in 2022, decided not to purchase new Israel Bonds when $30m of the bonds matured in early 2023, citing a city policy of avoiding foreign sovereign debt and a desire not to give Israel preferential treatment over other countries in the pension portfolio. After Lander’s revelation in July, his decision sparked controversy and backlash, with accusations that he had capitulated to the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Lander maintains his decision was not political.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mamdani-says-keep-new-york-city-pension-fund-out-of-israel-bonds

'The Act of Killing' exposes bloody history of the Indonesian regime
As revolutionary events rock Indonesia, we wish to bring to the attention of our readers a masterpiece of documentary filmmaking, the 2012 film The Act of Killing. This documentary is truly a unique and harrowing watch. It is also invaluable as an insight into the nature of the regime that the youth of Indonesia are rising against today. In 2011, director Joshua Oppenheimer travelled to Indonesia and managed to convince perpetrators of the 1965 massacre of 3 million communists and their supporters, not only to brag about their crimes, but to reproduce those crimes before a film crew in the most surreal manner. In 1998, Indonesia experienced a revolution that overthrew the dictator Suharto who oversaw those crimes. But the revolution didn’t go all the way. That is why the butchers of 1965 who Oppenheimer interviews and works with can laugh and joke about their crimes. They enjoy complete impunity, and continue to be celebrated as national heroes, because the New Order regime is still essentially in power, the butchers are still in place. In 1998, the regime merely gave itself a superficial lick of ‘democratic’ paint in the so-called process of Reformasi. All that is brought to the fore in this marvellous documentary, in which we see the ‘democratic’ Indonesian state in all its glory: intertwined with gangsterism, with corruption, and basing itself on a thick atmosphere of fear and oppression. The documentary can be viewed on Youtube, and we re-publish a full review from 2013 below.
https://marxist.com/review-the-act-of-killing.htm
[vod] :https://archive.org/details/2012-the-act-of-killing

The 100-Word Ceasefire “Proposal” Trump Sent Hamas
A five-point summary outlining U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for a Gaza ceasefire was delivered to Hamas by mediators over the weekend. Trump has characterized the ultimatum as the final offer to the Palestinian resistance movement before Israel accelerates its campaign to enact the total destruction of the Gaza Strip. The brief, approximately 100-word document, presented in Arabic and obtained by Drop Site, is titled, “The Main Proposal.” The full text and English translation is at the bottom of this article. The outline, which contains sparse details, states that, within 48 hours of accepting the ultimatum, Hamas and other resistance groups would release all Israeli captives, living and deceased. In return, Israel would free an unspecified number of “Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life and detainees from Gaza” within 48 hours. “A ceasefire will go into effect upon implementation, for a period of 60 days or until negotiations are concluded. President Trump will guarantee that the parties negotiate in good faith until an agreement is reached,” according to the outline. During this two-month period of negotiation, the outline proposes the “disarmament” of Gaza and “the formation of a new government,” saying that the withdrawal of Israeli forces would be addressed only after a new governing authority is installed or negotiations are completed. It also mentions “amnesty” for Hamas members. The document—which is, at times confusingly phrased—refers to negotiating “the definition of Hamas,” but does not explain what that means. The U.S. proposal states that there would be “Open flow of aid into Gaza upon implementation of the agreement,” but does not address the quantity of aid, who would distribute it, or what types of goods would be allowed in. It is not clear who drafted the document that Hamas says was delivered to the movement by the mediators. It does not contain any seals, stamps, or signatures, and it is not dated. “This is what we received from the Americans. It looks like it was written by the Israelis,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site. “The intention isn't [only] to achieve a full military victory or surrender of the movement, but also a de-legitimization of the Palestinian resistance, to deal with it like the Nazis, and the Israelis enjoy [the appearance of] moral superiority.”
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/exclusive-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-trump-hamas-israel

Fears grow for future of employment rights Bill after reshuffle
FOR many unions the Employment Rights Bill has been the saving grace of a Labour government whose policies on public services, welfare or climate change and a just transition give them little to cheer about. But disquiet about the Bill’s future is obvious at the TUC Congress in Brighton this week. TUC general secretary Paul Nowak, making a spirited defence of the Bill as a means to tackle insecure work at the opening press conference, fielded questions on its failure to address the need for sectoral collective bargaining and exemptions the Unite union says make the ban on fire and rehire a “paper tiger” employers will easily get around. And it wasn’t long before the Cabinet reshuffle prompted by the resignation of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner came up: not only was Rayner seen as one of the Bill’s champions in government, but unions quickly realised the reshuffle has been used to demote or move every single minister who has worked on it. Jonathan Reynolds, who had headed up the business department, has been redeployed; employment rights minister Justin Madders has been sacked. Peter Kyle, the new business secretary, does not inspire much confidence: performers’ union Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming recalled at the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group fringe meeting that as science and technology minister until last week Kyle “was very keen to get into bed with AI companies who are demanding that our members’ work is scrapped, that exceptions [to data protection rules] allow the data mining of our members’ work to train and create AI models.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fears-grow-future-employment-rights-bill-after-reshuffle

>>2466741
medicore deal
>no promises about how much or how long aid will last
>no promises of investment
>no mentions of how iseal will agree to the deal
>no reasons given as to how holding new elections or disarmement will benifit hamas beyond a ceasefire when their arms are eassentially the only reason theyre still in power
>final offer
my ass theyll do another deal sooner or later