Beijing has changed its tactics to bypass US and European Union restrictions on goods produced by ethnic Uyghurs in the western province of Xinjiang, where tens of thousands of the Muslim Turkic-speaking minority group from Central Asia are widely believed to be held in forced labor camps. The U.S. Congress banned imports from Xinjiang in 2021.
(“Far from Home: Uyghur Workers in Factories Supplying Global Brands,” New York Times, May 29, 2025)
The Trump administration is preparing to deport possibly thousands of undocumented immigrants to the detention center at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Those transferred would reportedly include nationals from Western and Eastern European nations, Turkey and Haiti. According to the Washington Post European allied governments would not be notified of such transfers.
(“Trump to Ramp Up Transfers to Guantanamo, Including Citizens of Allies,” Washington Post, June 10, 2025)
In late May, federal workers and supporters organized a protest at the home office of House Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise in suburban New Orleans. It was a sign of growing opposition to Trump’s attempts to eliminate union collective bargaining rights for 800,000 federal workers. Growing union militancy is now focused on Trump’s plan for more layoffs of federal workers.
(“Trump’s Disastrous Scott Walker Moment,” In These Times, May 28, 2025)
