2023-01-25: News Headlines

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-25). Saturday 2/4: 23rd Annual, Rosa Parks Day in California – Transit Equity Day. indybay.org West Step – Traffic Circle – California State Capitol | Sacramento, California…

Peter Boyle (2023-01-25). Billionaires: We don't need them but they need us! greenleft.org.au Oxfam's annual report on global inequality is a damning indictment of the chronically inequitable capitalist system, argues Peter Boyle.

Creativity Explored (2023-01-25). Thursday 1/26: RELOVE at Creativity Explored. indybay.org Creativity Explored and Online | 3245 Sixteenth Street | San Francisco, CA 94103…

Speak Out Now (2023-01-25). Saturday 2/4: Workers in Britain Fight Back! (Online Townhall). indybay.org Online townhall, see website for details…

_____ (2023-01-24). A New Worker Movement From The Shell Of The Old. popularresistance.org In this third decade of the twenty-first century, the U.S. and global working class confront conditions unique both in their potential for advancing justice and in their ability to deepen already gaping economic and racial inequality and planetary peril. Especially since 2020, workers have engaged in protest and organizing in ways that inspire great hope. Workers are angry, organizing, striking, and challenging their bosses and the systemic racism they face. From Red for Ed and teacher strikes, to the strikes at John Deere and Kellogg, and the organizing at Amazon and Starbucks, there are growing examples of work…

WSWS (2023-01-24). Workers, students denounce inequality at youth protest against French pension cuts. wsws.org "It's very visible that Macron is more on the side of the bosses and not the population. You can see it every day. He wants to force us to work all the time, to create more and more precarious people."

Chauncey K. Robinson (2023-01-24). "Anti-woke" Gov. DeSantis defends AP African-American course ban, draws pushback across the country. peoplesworld.org The self-proclaimed "anti-woke" Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has made headlines this past week for his state's rejection of an Advanced Placement (AP) Studies course centered on African American Studies. Florida will not allow schools in the state to offer a new AP course on African American history, claiming it "significantly lacks educational value" and violates …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-01-24). Republicans give extreme anti-labor N.C. Rep. Foxx power over workers. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., gives the appearance of being somebody's kindly grandmother, gray hair, wire-rimmed glasses and all. But when she talks about workers and unions, the new—and former—chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, now again titled "Education and the Workforce," is anything but. She is the most viciously anti-worker lawmaker who …

Paul Haeder (2023-01-24). Mental Health Outcomes Tied to "Other Outcomes" dissidentvoice.org You didn't need to hear it from me that the USA is subjected to some of the most insane and inhumane policies tied to the criminal injustice system; tied to mass public K12 education; and corporate overlording; or anti-union activities; also to taxation; or finance; and health care; tied to infrastructure care; or tied to …

WSWS (2023-01-24). Ontario teacher unions seek to soften up members for major concessions as opposition grows among rank and file. wsws.org While CUPE's sellout materially weakened the education workers in their struggle, conditions remain highly favourable for the development of a mass working class movement against capitalist austerity and an end to real-terms wage cuts.

WSWS (2023-01-24). Australian Labor government spends $4 billion on weapons in three weeks. wsws.org While there is no money for public healthcare and education, both in an unprecedented crisis, the war machine is being provided with a blank cheque.

Editor (2023-01-24). Actions and rallies in solidarity with fight against 'Cop City' grows over weekend. mronline.org Sunday marked the fourth straight day of vigils, protests, and rallies in solidarity with the struggle in Atlanta, following the police murder of Tortuguita, with more scheduled throughout the coming week.

Staff (2023-01-24). øCuáles son los documentos que se debatirán en la Cumbre de la CELAC? cubadebate.cu La viceministra de Relaciones Exteriores, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, comentó al Equipo de Comunicación de la Presidencia de la República que, si bien hubo una antesala de este momento, que incluyó debates online de los coordinadores, este lunes ocurrió el encuentro presencial para culminar la negociación sobre los comunicados especiales que se deben adoptar durante la VII Cumbre de la CELAC.

Editor (2023-01-24). Stepping out of the pandemic, Chinese style. mronline.org On January 6, 2023, China's National Health Commission (NHC) and National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued China's 10th edition of its diagnosis and treatment protocol for novel coronavirus infection.

K.J. Noh (2023-01-24). The republic of prosecution: South Korea's national security state unleashes attacks on labor and peace activists. mronline.org Progressive South Korean citizens have been watching with impending dread the deepening threats of political repression since the former prosecutor Yoon Suk Yeol assumed the South Korean presidency. On Wednesday, January 18, the Yoon administration took off its gloves.

Editor (2023-01-24). Antiwar marchers honor MLK, say 'NO' to NATO proxy war in Ukraine. mronline.org On Jan. 14, a large crowd gathered in Times Square in New York City to honor the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and demand an end to the brutal U.S.-NATO proxy war being waged in Ukraine.

Editor (2023-01-24). 'Climate Justice in So-Called Canada'. mronline.org Indigenous rights and sovereignty must be at the centre of our collective efforts to rescue a habitable planet.

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-24). Why Smart Travelers Fly Spirit To Higher-Priced Cities And Routes. moguldom.com Among those people who love to hate Spirit Airlines, one of the biggest complaints is that you have to pay for literally everything — check bags, carry-on bags, choose seats, have a boarding pass printed by an airport agent, snacks, drinks and even water. But a quick online search of "people who love Spirit Airlines" …

Staff (2023-01-24). Lawsuit Could Break Up Google Over Anticompetitive Practices in Digital Ads Market. commondreams.org The U.S. Department of Justice and several states filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that it illegally monopolized the market for online ads through years of self-dealing, anticompetitive acquisitions, and forcing businesses to use the products and services that it offers. The lawsuit could lead to a breakup of Google's advertising business. Matt Kent, competition …

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