don't say 'living wage'

amazon workers unite as the company bans words like 'restroom' and 'compensation'

media

Ken Klippenstein on the staggering surveillance and censorship of Amazon workers. Below is a list of words banned on the company’s internal chat app, now in development.

labor

Krystal Ball’s salient labor-news Instagram and Twitter updates re: Christian Smalls, Amazon workers, Starbucks & more

arts

David Sirota on making a climate-change film

The culture industry has an enormous amount of power over how we think about things. Not just on how we think, but on what things we think we should focus on. They don’t just sell products; they create demand for specific kinds of products and content.

The response to our movie shows there’s a huge, in-depth demand for cultural products that struggle with these issues, rather than simply distract us.