Dirty business at McDonald’s, an attack on women’s rights, Salvation Army’s underpaid workers

McDonald’s workers have filed a lawsuit against their employer and taken strike actions over low pay and mistreatment during the pandemic. Lee Camp looks into the fast-food behemoth’s exploitative business practices. From low wages, to their wage-theft schemes, to using prison labor to make employee uniforms, to the factory farming that grows their meat … Read More >Dirty business at McDonald’s, an attack on women’s rights, Salvation Army’s underpaid workers

European Commission concerned as Denmark passes new law to deport asylum seekers to non-EU states for processing

The European Commission has said it has “fundamental concerns” about a new Danish law, passed on Thursday, which will allow the state to deport asylum seekers to non-EU countries for processing. … Read More >European Commission concerned as Denmark passes new law to deport asylum seekers to non-EU states for processing

Interview with Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Bernice King

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Bernice King, the daughter of legendary civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. She discusses why she believes her father was assassinated for speaking about economic justice and linking poverty to the immiseration of the working classes, the attempts to create a divide in the black liberation movement by pitting MLK against Malcolm X … Read More >Interview with Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Bernice King

China criticizes US for being ‘world’s number one secret stealer’ after reports of NSA spying on allied leaders

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued a stern rebuke of US intelligence practices after Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel demanded answers about reports that Washington used Danish intelligence to monitor its allied leaders. … Read More >China criticizes US for being ‘world’s number one secret stealer’ after reports of NSA spying on allied leaders