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Starlink’s Entry in India: National Sovereignty at Stake

 In a surprising turn of events, India’s two largest telecom companies, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, have finally partnered with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide satellite-based internet services to Indian consumers via Starlink’s technology. This development is particularly striking given that just a year ago, these very telecom giants viewed Starlink as a formidable competitor and strongly opposed its entry into the Indian market.

Immigrant Workers in the United States: Ruling Class Rhetoric versus Reality

The US President Donald Trump, who 'reigned' the empire previously from 2017-2021 and was sworn in for a 2nd term on January 20, 2025, is going to new lengths to verbally abuse undocumented immigrants. During the election campaign he used racist and xenophobic rhetoric including one outrageous and baseless remark about Haitian immigrants eating dogs in a small town. Let us look at the ground reality from the workers perspective.

Whither Labor? Updates on U.S. Strikes and Looming Elections

UAW's Stand Up Strike- Uplifts the Labor Movement

The labor movement in the U.S. got a tremendous shot in the arm in September 2023 after the United Auto Workers (UAW) went on a historic strike against Ford, Stellantis and General Motors called the Big 3. Nearly 150,000 workers went on a 6 week strike resulting in significant gains including removal of the divisive tiered system for wages among permanent employees, resumption of cost of living expenses that was eliminated in 2009 and impressive wage increases for both permanent and temporary employees.

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