(2023-02-05). 2023 Rosa Parks Day – Transit Equity Week. indybay.org After her arrest, Rosa Parks lost her job as a seamstress and without support from the Civil Rights Movement Leaders moved north to Detroit where her brother Sylvester McCauley an US Army Veteran lived with his large family. Auntie Rosie and Raymond Parks regained human dignity and hope. From 1965-1988 she worked as an administrative aide to U.S. Representative John Conyers.
(2023-02-04). 'Equity' or Fighting Crime: You Can Pick Just One. americanthinker.com According to leftist mayors, we must reject the concept that everyone ought to be treated equally under the law.
(2023-02-04). Black History Month: Dr. Alyx Porter on shaping the future generation of physicians. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Alyx Porter Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is profiling several Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity through their work. Meet Mayo Clinic's Dr. Alyx Porter,…
(2023-02-05). Ralph Nader: The Progenitor of Inequalities — Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings. scheerpost.com 
By Ralph Nader The word "inequality" is everywhere in the media. It usually refers either to race, gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between human beings. Absent from the public debate is the biggest perpetrator of "inequality" against human beings — the corporate entity itself. Ever since 1886 when a U.S. Supreme Court reporter, …
(2023-02-04). [Perspectives] A space to grow. thelancet.com A woman's right to choose what happens to her body is an issue that often makes headlines. In 2022, the US Supreme Court made the controversial decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 law which made access to safe abortion a constitutional right. Concerns were also raised by human rights groups in July, 2022, when the UK Government took out references to protect sexual and reproductive health and rights in a multinational statement about gender equality. In her debut novel, Diary of a Void, Japanese writer Emi Yagi tackles the issue of bodily autonomy from an unusual angle—that of a single woman choosing…
(2023-02-05). 2023 Rosa Parks Day – Transit Equity Week. indybay.org After her arrest, Rosa Parks lost her job as a seamstress and without support from the Civil Rights Movement Leaders moved north to Detroit where her brother Sylvester McCauley an US Army Veteran lived with his large family. Auntie Rosie and Raymond Parks regained human dignity and hope. From 1965-1988 she worked as an administrative aide to U.S. Representative John Conyers.
(2023-02-04). 'Equity' or Fighting Crime: You Can Pick Just One. americanthinker.com According to leftist mayors, we must reject the concept that everyone ought to be treated equally under the law.
(2023-02-04). Black History Month: Dr. Alyx Porter on shaping the future generation of physicians. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Alyx Porter Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is profiling several Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity through their work. Meet Mayo Clinic's Dr. Alyx Porter,…
(2023-02-05). Ralph Nader: The Progenitor of Inequalities — Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader The word "inequality" is everywhere in the media. It usually refers either to race, gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between human beings. Absent from the public debate is the biggest perpetrator of "inequality" against human beings — the corporate entity itself. Ever since 1886 when a U.S. Supreme Court reporter, …
(2023-02-04). [Perspectives] A space to grow. thelancet.com A woman's right to choose what happens to her body is an issue that often makes headlines. In 2022, the US Supreme Court made the controversial decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 law which made access to safe abortion a constitutional right. Concerns were also raised by human rights groups in July, 2022, when the UK Government took out references to protect sexual and reproductive health and rights in a multinational statement about gender equality. In her debut novel, Diary of a Void, Japanese writer Emi Yagi tackles the issue of bodily autonomy from an unusual angle—that of a single woman choosing…
(2023-02-04). Surging inflation in Japan leads to growth of inequality. wsws.org Between rising energy bills, expensive groceries, and stagnant wages, the latest round of record-breaking inflation further pushes Japanese workers to the brink.
(2023-02-04). The Progenitor of Inequalities: Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings. dissidentvoice.org The word "inequality" is everywhere in the media. It usually refers either to race, gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between human beings. Absent from the public debate is the biggest perpetrator of "inequality" against human beings — the corporate entity itself. Ever since 1886 when a U.S. Supreme Court reporter, in a headnote …
(2023-02-04). Massive Inequality Is a "Concerted Elite Class Project," Says Heather Gautney. truthout.org In 1956, the famed sociologist C. Wright Mills published The Power Elite, a blistering critique of concentrated political, economic and military power in the United States. The book influenced many protest movements of the 1960s and has inspired radical scholars and activists ever since. Now, in 2023, Heather Gautney is continuing Mills's project of analyzing and mapping out elite power in the U.S. |
(2023-02-04). Video: "Something is Wrong, Why All Those Lies". Commemorating the Ottawa Freedom Convoy. Justin Trudeau Accused Them of "Violence" and "Racism". globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-04). Sickening Similarities In Police Assaults Evidence Resilience Of Racism. thiscantbehappening.net Editor's note: Exclusive new information about Mumia Abu-Jamal in the sidebar below. This article incorporates that information. Raw racism deeply embedded in law enforcement connects the fatal January 7, 2023 police beating of a Black man in Memphis, Tennessee with a vicious December 9, 1981 police assault on a Black man in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That … |
(2023-02-04). [Correspondence] Health-literacy education drives empowerment and agency. thelancet.com The Editorial1 on health literacy presents needful perspectives. However, two further aspects related to health literacy should be emphasised: the importance of sustained support for epistemic empowerment and the role of children's and adolescents' own agency in effecting change in their surroundings and in the systems they interact with.2…
(2023-02-04). Half a million strike in the UK over wages. peoplesdispatch.org In what has been deemed the biggest industrial action in a decade, over 0,000 workers organized a general strike in the UK on February 1 in defense of the right to strike as well as over pay and working conditions. Organizations such as The Trades Union Congress (TUC), University and College Union(UCU), Unison, Unite the Union, National Education Union (NEU), Fire Brigades Union (FBU), Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) and more took part in the mobilizations.
(2023-02-04). Land Development Lawyer And SF Supervisor Mandelman Wants To Shutdown Remote Dial In. indybay.org Corrupt land development lawyer and SF Supervisor Raphael Mandelman wants to shut down remote public comment at the rules committee meetings at the SF Board of Supervisors. He has supported privatization of Balboa reservoir and supports the sale off of all public services and privatization of education.
(2023-02-04). "Operation Nightingale": Fraudulent nursing diploma scandal exposes US health care and education crises. wsws.org Twenty-five defendants are awaiting a trial and face up to 20 years in prison. The allegations reflect a deepening crisis in the health care and education systems, which the defendants sought to exploit.
(2023-02-04). Consumer Health: Cancer education at Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Saturday, Feb. 4, is World Cancer Day, which is a global initiative to raise awareness, improve education and promote action to create a cancer-free world. This is a good time to learn more about cancer education at Mayo Clinic. Patients with cancer who come to Mayo Clinic benefit from the knowledge of Mayo Clinic's specialists and the integrated approach to treating each patient. Mayo Clinic's approach to medical care means that…
(2023-02-04). The Professional Managerial Class Strikes Back! scheerpost.com 
By Nolan Higdon / Project Censored The increasing shift to remote work in higher education has threatened the power and influence of the professional managerial class (PMC). In response, the PMC are throwing everything at the wall from baseless claims about work productivity to coercive policies to cement their power over faculty. Coined by John and …
(2023-02-04). Students and Parents Are Fighting to Save NYC's Imperiled School Libraries. truthout.org On January 12, a group of 60 kindergarten and first grade students and their chaperones assembled on the steps of New York City's Department of Education (DOE) to demand a school librarian for their building, P.S. 261. They were led by parent and children's book author Jenny Fox, dressed as fictional villain Carmen Sandiego with a sign asking "Where In New York Are All the School Librarians? |
(2023-02-05). Tuesday 2/21: Fighting for Survival, Fighting on Arrival: The Buffalo Soldiers. indybay.org [ONLINE] San Francisco Main Library | 100 Larkin Street | San Francisco, CA 94102…
(2023-02-04). Mayo Clinic Q and A: 6 UTI myths and facts. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As a woman in my mid-60s, I have been diagnosed with a urinary tract infection for the first time ever. I was surprised to find out that I don't need antibiotics because I don't have any symptoms. There's a lot of conflicting information online about UTIs, like whether every infection needs to be treated and if sex causes an infection. Can you help me distinguish between UTI myth and fact? ANSWER: Urinary tract infections,…
(2023-02-04). Contextualizing the shooting in Neve Yaakov. mronline.org 
Media and political leaders have misrepresented Khairy Alqam's attack in the Israeli settlement of Neve Yaakov that killed seven Israeli settlers by ignoring the context in which it took place.
(2023-02-04). Neo-compradors: the leftist foot soldiers of Imperialism. mronline.org 
A review of James Petras "NGOs: in the service of imperialism"
(2023-02-04). Venezuela urgently needs a feminist emergency plan. mronline.org 
VA writer Andreína Chávez takes stock of Venezuela's alarming reality of gender violence and the lack of a comprehensive response from the state.
(2023-02-04). Asambleas municipales del Poder Popular nominarán este domingo a los candidatos a diputados. cubadebate.cu Las asambleas municipales del Poder Popular realizarán este domingo 5 de febrero las sesiones extraordinarias para la nominación de los candidatos a diputados a la Asamblea Nacional, tras el proceso de consulta individual a sus delegados. Para integrar la lista electoral, cada propuesta para candidato a diputado deberá obtener más del 50% de los votos.
(2023-02-04). The Strike Is Our Most Powerful Weapon, Use It Against The Police! popularresistance.org So many of us have been marching against the police, challenging them in the streets and organizing massive demonstrations. In 2020, cop cars were set ablaze. A police station burned with an approval rating higher than the U.S. Congress! The consciousness of millions of people was deeply changed in the U.S. and around the world. | As the movement waned, our class enemies attacked us. As self-appointed leaders became millionaires, they led the movement to the Democratic Party, a party of police itself, as a backlash against the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement mounted. Both Democrats and Republicans whipped up fe…
(2023-02-04). Columbus Starbucks files to unionize, aiming to become 4th unionized in the city. liberationnews.org 
The 1085 West 5th Avenue Starbucks location has become the 4th store in Columbus to file for unionization in the nationwide Starbucks Workers United organizing campaign.
(2023-02-05). Stop The Discharges NOW! Labor & Community Rally At SF Laguna Honda Hospital. indybay.org
(2023-02-05). British 'Mega Strike': Half a Million Workers Bring UK to a Halt and Protest Government. scheerpost.com 
On Wednesday, over half a million workers in the UK took part in a "mega strike," the largest labor protest in the country in over a decade.
(2023-02-04). AntiStrike Bill Step Toward Forced Labor In Britain? popularresistance.org The U.K. now has government ministers who revel in their contempt for human rights, including anti-slavery protections. | The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has repeatedly and groundlessly asserted that migrants are trying to "game the system" by claiming to have been trafficked. She is doing her best to reframe slavery as an immigration matter and NGOs fear that the government's protection responsibilities will be neglected in favour of establishing a hard-faced and xenophobic deportation policy. | This affront to national and international law has attracted criticism from the United States, the United Nation…
(2023-02-04). ILWU10 To Shutdown Bay Area Ports On 2/16/23 To Free CWA-NABET Journalist & Prisoner Mumia. indybay.org Bay Area ILWU Local 10 has voted to close all Bay Area ports to demand the freedom of CWA NABET journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-jamal on February 16, 2023. They are also urging similar actions in the US and around the world.
(2023-02-04). Las 3 del día: Resumen semanal (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Saludos a todos los seguidores de "Las 3 del día". Este viernes 3 de febrero de 2023 hacemos un resumen de lo más importante ocurrido en la semana en nuestro país y en el contexto internacional. "Las 3 del día" es el podcast de Cubadebate que tiene de todo un poco en materia informativa. En la voz de nuestros editores, periodistas y colaboradores escucha un podcast resumen con las principales noticias de la jornada. °Conéctese ya!
(2023-02-04). Presidente cubano evalúa labores restaurativas tras huracán Ian. cubadebate.cu Atender que todo lo que estemos recuperando quede mejor que antes del ciclón Ian; hablar con las familias afectadas, una a una; seguir la evolución, en el terreno, a cada tarea que se acomete. Tales estilos deben ser las máximas con que se emprenda la recuperación en cada territorio afectado tras el paso, en septiembre último, del huracán.
(2023-02-04). Abre sus puertas el hotel Gran Muthu Habana. cubadebate.cu Gestionado por la hotelera MGM Muthu Hotels en colaboración con el grupo cubano de turismo Gaviota, el hotel Gran Muthu Habana fue abierto para operaciones comerciales este jueves en el reparto Miramar, municipio habanero de Playa. De 27 pisos, cuenta con 494 habitaciones y ofrece facilidades para el turismo de negocios y eventos.
(2023-02-04). City Of Atlanta And DeKalb County Announce 'Agreement'. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced Tuesday that the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County have reached an agreement regarding permitting issues that had previously slowed their plans to build an elaborate 85-acre police training facility in the middle of a forest in unincorporated DeKalb County, southeast of Atlanta. The training center, nicknamed "Cop City," has sparked massive opposition; violent police repression of the movement against the project recently led to SWAT officers shooting and killing a protester. | Dickens' announcement varied little from the Atlanta Police Foundation and the C…
(2023-02-04). Fear And Loathing Among The Union Busters. popularresistance.org "Comrades," said Chappell Phillips, as he grabbed the microphone, "please do not leave the conference. It's all better from here." | Phillips, an executive at the buffet restaurant chain Golden Corral, stood at a podium in the front of a hotel ballroom in Atlanta, before some one hundred restaurant executives and managers and union avoidance lawyers mingling and sipping weak coffee. | Minutes earlier, the government's top labor watchdog had been standing at the same podium delivering the keynote speech here at the October 2022 summit of the Restaurant Law Center, the legal arm of the National Restaurant Associati…
(2023-02-04). Mary Lou Montauk, 78 years a builder, supporter of the SWP. themilitant.com OAKLAND, Calif. — More than people gathered here Jan. 21 to celebrate the life and political contributions of Mary Lou Montauk, a member and supporter of the Socialist Workers Party for 78 years. She died Jan. 5. | "Mary Lou stayed the course," SWP leader Betsey Stone told the gathering. "She was a cadre of the Socialist Workers Party, ready to do whatever was needed to strengthen the revolutionary party and the working class." | Born in 1930 in Minnesota, Montauk grew up during a time of labor battles and approaching war. Her father, Farrell Dobbs, was the central organizer of the Teamsters' 11-state ove…
(2023-02-04). Maduro: Venezuela and Colombia Moving Toward Productive Commercial Integration. orinocotribune.com On Friday, February 3, at the Miraflores Palace, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro signed an agreement with the Republic of Colombia for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments in order to strengthen economic development between both nations. | Representing Colombia was the Colombian Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, Darío Germán Umaña Mendoza, who described the agreement as a "historic milestone." | "It is a historic milestone, and what we are doing is an example for all of Latin America. It is a symbol of integration, of service, of creating this collaboration for development," said…
(2023-02-04). Claims Of Mass Workers Shortages And Layoffs; Read Between The Lines. popularresistance.org In the midst of the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, in trying to justify the acceleration in global inflation — even before the war in Ukraine — the mainstream media was flooded with news about the so-called 'Great Resignation', blaming an apparent shortage of workers for widespread bottlenecks in the production of goods. | Today, the same media is talking about large-scale redundancies and layoffs by corporations. The explanations offered for this apparent trend could lead one to draw conclusions that barely scratch the surface in terms of understanding the true root causes of these iss…
(2023-02-04). Largest First-Contract Wins in 25 Years at Two New Mexico Universities. popularresistance.org Following ratification of first contracts by members of UE Local 1466-United Graduate Workers at the University of New Mexico and UE Local 1498-Graduate Workers United at New Mexico State University, thousands of graduate workers in the state are now covered by collective bargaining agreements. Both locals joined UE in historic "card check" drives at the beginning of the pandemic and have overwhelmingly ratified first contracts in mid-December, earning 7.12 percent and 6.8 percent raises, respectively, for their members. Covering more than 2,500 workers, these are the largest first contracts settled by UE in the…
(2023-02-04). Salute to LSN Murthy of the CPI (Maoist). workers.org 
Workers World Party sends its condolences to the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and all other Indian Marxists over the death of Comrade LSN Murthy on Dec. 21, 2022. He served as a powerful force in the revolutionary struggle in India for over 50 years as a writer and translator . . . |
(2023-02-04). The lessons of the rail struggle of 2022. wsws.org As far as management is concerned, the "contract" is only binding on us workers. They feel emboldened because they know they have not only Congress on their side, but the union apparatus.
(2023-02-04). Indian budget intensifies austerity for working people, hikes military spending. wsws.org The Modi government's 2023-24 budget combines brutal austerity measures for India's workers and toilers, with a 13 percent hike in military spending and massive sops to big business, the rich and superrich.
(2023-02-04). Bolivia and China Agreement for CBC Consortium to Mine Lithium. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ Bolivia and China agreement for CBC consortium to mine lithium ‚Ä¢ 892 million trips for the Chinese new year ‚Ä¢ Extension of rights for migrant workers ‚Ä¢ The challenges of football in China…
(2023-02-04). Union Pacific Spent More On Stock Buybacks Than Workers. popularresistance.org Union Pacific, one of the largest rail corporations in the United States, said Tuesday that it brought in record revenue and profits last year as it successfully fought off workers' push for paid sick leave. | The company reported $7 billion in net income for 2022 as a whole and said it spent a whopping $6.3 billion repurchasing its own shares—significantly more than the $4.6 billion it spent on employee pay and benefits last year. | "Instead of buying back their own stock, UP should be investing in their employees by offering paid sick leave, reasonable schedules, and a better quality of life for railroade…
(2023-02-04). Help get out book by Socialist Workers Party leaders, widen reach of 'Militant'. themilitant.com 
(2023-02-04). Rents, mortgages soar, tighten squeeze on workers' families. themilitant.com With housing costs rising faster than workers' wages, those renting apartments or homes are paying on the average 30% of their income for rent, an all-time high. Mortgage rates have doubled in the past year. Underneath these figures is the bosses' callous disregard toward the degrading living conditions confronting millions of workers. | On top of high rents and mortgages, inflation is eating away at the funds working-class families have available for food, transportation and health care. Increasing numbers of workers are working overtime or taking on another job to make ends meet. Those unable to afford a place…
(2023-02-04). Case strikers defended their union, pushed back some of bosses' attacks. themilitant.com After more than eight months on strike, United Auto Workers members voted to approve a four-year contract with Case New Holland. They pulled down picket lines at plants in Iowa and Wisconsin and returned to work Jan. 30. | Corey Gray, a member of United Auto Workers Local 180 in Wisconsin, told the Militant by phone, "We are happy the strike is over," even though he wasn't happy with some provisions of the new contract. The fact that workers returned to work with their union unbroken was key to Gray. "The company wants more control over us," he said. "That's why we need unions." | The final proposal was approved…
(2023-02-04). Workers across China protest wave of layoffs, unpaid wages. themilitant.com Local governments across China are increasingly trying to crack down on protests by workers fighting spreading layoffs and growing unpaid wages. They have "threatened to punish workers who take 'extremist measures,' such as protests blocking traffic or outside government offices to get the money they are owed," reported the Financial Times Jan. 24. | Workers' actions increased in the days leading up to Lunar New Year celebrations, when millions of workers who have migrated from rural areas to work jobs in the cities travel home to visit families and friends. The government in Beijing had largely barred such visit…
(2023-02-05). LEVER WEEKLY: Launching A New Conversation On Union Busting. levernews.com This is Lever Weekly, a recap of our work from the past week. If you only read one email from us all week, this should be it.Below you will find a breakdown of our reporting, podcasts, videos, and live events — a feature now open to all subscribers. Following that, we are providing paid subscribers with an original column, written by a member of The Lever, connecting the dots on our coverage to deliver important takeaways.In this week's column, exclusively for paid subscribers, David Sirota shares how this week, an important story we worked on for months demonstrates how "The Lever is clearly helping shi…
(2023-02-04). Maduro Welcomes De-dollarization of the Latin American Economy with Unit Currency 'Sur'. orinocotribune.com During his speech at the inauguration of the Science Technological Park of Venezuela, modeled after Iranian frameworks, in Miranda this past Tuesday, President Maduro vocalized his support of a Latin American and Caribbean common currency, stressing that "Latin America and the Caribbean have to have an economic integration bloc and monetary system." | For Maduro, a unitary currency and an integrated economic system would prove that Latin American countries can "show themselves united to the world" in the same way that the member states of the European Union remain united after the consolidation of their economy a…
(2023-02-04). Presidente venezolano sostiene reunión con el canciller iraní. telesurtv.net Venezuela e Irán han suscrito acuerdos en diversos sectores como el energético, científico, petrolero, de defensa, cultural, económico, entre otros.
(2023-02-04). European Union urges intensification of Ukraine war. wsws.org The entire European Union leadership traveled to Kiev on Thursday, where it met with the Ukrainian government for two days.
(2023-02-04). Juez de Corte Suprema brasileña confirma que senador le contó sobre reunión conspirativa con Bolsonaro. cubadebate.cu El ministro del Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil, Alexandre de Moraes, confirmó que el senador Marcos do Val le contó sobre una reunión de conspiración electoral a la que habría asistido con el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro y el exdiputado Daniel Silveira en 2022. Do Val dijo a periodistas el jueves que Bolsonaro "se sentó en silencio" mientras Silveira exponía el complot.
(2023-02-04). The Heat: EU-Ukraine Summit. america.cgtn.com 
European leaders show unwavering support for Ukraine after meeting its president in Kyiv. Leaders from the European Union were in Kyiv Friday for an important EU-Ukraine Summit. Top officials met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who has sought to expedite the process of Ukraine becoming …
(2023-02-04). U.S., NATO allies to supply Ukraine with rockets, missile systems. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostFebruary 4, 2023 Western Allies Pledge Precision Rockets, Missile Systems to Kyiv Western allies pledged precision rockets and missile systems to Ukraine on Friday…. The European Union agreed to introduce price caps on Russian petroleum products…. *** The United States on Friday announced a new $2.2-billion package of arms and munitions, which the Pentagon …
(2023-02-04). University of Washington students hold screening of the film Walkout. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On February 2, the Progressive Student Union (PSU) and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) hosted a joint screening of the film Walkout. | Leading up to this event, MEChA and PSU spent weeks flyering and tabling together in order to spread the word. Forty people attended the film screening, held at the University of Washington's Ethnic Cultural Center. | The film Walkout depicts the East Los Angeles blowouts of 1968 from the perspective of high school student Paula Crisostomo. Throughout the film, students organized against school bans on speaking Spanish, locking of restrooms, janitori…
(2023-02-04). Truth About Tanks: How NATO Lied Its Way to Disaster in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org Tank warfare has evolved. The large force-on-force armored battles that were the hallmark of much of WWII, the Arab-Israeli conflicts, which served as the foundation of operational doctrine for both NATO and the Soviet Union (and which was implemented in full by the United States during Operation Desert Storm in 1991), has run its course.
(2023-02-04). Ukraine fighters battle Putin's push in Donetsk. themilitant.com Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, he is intensifying efforts to bomb its people into submission. His regime, whose origins lie in the KGB political police apparatus of the former Soviet Union, aims to reimpose the former czarist empire by annihilating the country's independence. As assaults on civilians and urban areas expand, working people in Ukraine continue to throw themselves into the fight to defend their country's sovereignty. | Following months of airstrikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, Moscow Jan. 26 targeted the largest cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv,…
(2023-02-04). Venezuela Commemorates the Civic-military Rebellion. telesurenglish.net In the activity – in which officials from several states of the country are participating – is present the mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez. | Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that this event, in which a group of young officers insurrected against the government of then President Carlos Andrés Pérez, marked the political dynamics of the country, opening the way to the civil-military union. Feb. 04, 2023.
(2023-02-04). January's 'too good to be true' jobs report was based on 'adjustments'. americanthinker.com Stripped of all the technical jargon is this stark reality: On an unadjusted basis, payrolls actually fell by 2.5 million last month.
(2023-02-04). January's 'too good to be true' jobs report was based on 'adjustments'. americanthinker.com Stripped of all the technical jargon is this stark reality: on an unadjusted basis, payrolls actually fell by 2.5 million last month.
(2023-02-05). Shattering the Myth of Rosa Parks Reveals the Civil Rights Movement's True History. scheerpost.com By Marc Steiner / The Real News Sanitized histories of the Civil Rights Movement have erased the long history of activism and struggle that defined the life of Rosa Parks long before she defied Jim Crow codes on a Montgomery bus. Yet Rosa Parks's dedication to the Black freedom struggle preceded the Montgomery Bus Boycott …
(2023-02-05). Chavistas March to Celebrate Anniversary of 1992 Civic-Military Rebellion (+Photos). orinocotribune.com 
February 4 marked the 31st anniversary of the unsuccessful 1992 civic-military rebellion led by Hugo Chávez. On the same day in 1992, Chávez spoke on Venezuelan national television, taking responsibility for the rebellion and famously saying "por ahora" (for now) to indicate that the rebels' objectives had not been accomplished "for now." The resulting popular movement led to Chávez's election as President in 1999. | During his speech for the commemoration of February 4, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stressed that there are three fundamental values that this feat co…
(2023-02-04). Commemorating January 29, 2022: Democracy, Authoritarianism and Canada's Truckers Movement. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-04). AUDIO: David Swanson on Leaving WWII Behind with Donbass Devushka. davidswanson.org By Donbass Devushka, February 4, 2023 Donbass Devushka and JM sit down with David Swanson, author, activist, journalist and radio host, to talk about U.S. misconceptions of WWII, manufacturing consent, the war in Ukraine, and the peace movement. Check out David's book "Leaving WWII Behind" here: davidswanson.org/lwwiib…
(2023-02-04). On his 125th birthday, read Harry Haywood on Black power and the fight for socialism. fightbacknews.org One of the most important communists in U.S. history, Harry Haywood, was born 125 years ago today, on February 4, 1898. | Haywood was a member of the Communist Party (CPUSA), serving on the Central Committee from 1927 to 1938 and on the Politburo from 1931 until 1938. After the CPUSA's turn towards revisionism Haywood helped to found the New Communist Movement. | He is best known as the main theorist of the African American National Question. Specifically, Haywood developed the theory that African Americans make up an oppressed nation in the Black Belt region of the South where they have the right to self-determi…
(2023-02-04). Filipinos Protest Marcos Jr's Decision To Further Open Up To US Military. popularresistance.org The Philippines has agreed to give the US military further access to more local bases across the country. The move was announced by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday, February 2, along with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is on a visit to the country. | As per the agreement reached by the two countries, the US will gain access to four new bases under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). This military access will be facilitated by the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) and will be on top of the already existing EDCA facilities that the US has access to. | The EDCA, put in place…
(2023-02-04). Filipino Movements Protest Decision to Further Open Up to US Military. scheerpost.com 
(2023-02-04). The specter of socialism haunts US Congress. wsws.org Last week the US Congress spent three days denouncing socialism and pledging to reverse all the social gains made by the working class on a global scale in the century since the Russian Revolution of 1917.
(2023-02-04). Interval training for heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — When it comes to exercise, what's best for your heart: slow and steady, or fast and furious? How about a combination of both? Interval training — alternating short bouts of higher-intensity effort with longer bouts of less-intense activity — has big benefits for your heart. "Interval training makes your heart alternate between working hard and recovering," says Melinda Hahm, a clinical exercise physiologist in Cardiology at Mayo Clinic Health System in…
(2023-02-04). Political crises of US capitalist rulers' two parties deepen heading to 2024. themilitant.com Disarray and sharp conflicts between and within the Democratic and Republican parties continue over the reorganization of committees in the House, the scandal over classified documents held by Joseph Biden, Donald Trump and Mike Pence, and debates over the U.S. government's debts exceeding the limit set by Congress. | Driving these clashes is the inability of either party to steer a self-confident course for the defense of the ruling capitalist families, much less to pretend they have any way to reverse the deteriorating conditions today's economic crisis is forcing on working people. | President Biden's approval…
(2023-02-04). The Tory Anti-Strike Laws Are About Disciplining the Working Class. progressive.international The UK government is currently pushing through a new wave of legislation to weaken the impact of strike action.