(2023-02-07). 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.
(2023-02-07). 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,…
(2023-02-06). Philanthropist Robert F. Smith, The Chopra Foundation Launch Mental Wellness Initiative For Black Youth. newsone.com 
Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty | From projects designed to foster equity within the STEM education space to initiatives centered on financial literacy, businessman and philanthropist
(2023-02-07). The Socialist Equality Party candidates for the March 25 NSW election. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is standing three candidates in the March 25 New South Wales state elections: Max Boddy in the Legislative Assembly in the Bankstown electorate and Oscar Grenfell and Mike Head in the Legislative Council.
(2023-02-07). Support the Socialist Equality Party in the NSW election! No to War! Lives before profits! Billions for healthcare and education! wsws.org The SEP is running in the NSW election to help build a revolutionary party of the working class, directed against capitalism, which offers nothing but social misery and an expanding series of existential crises that threaten the very future of humanity.
(2023-02-07). A World Fragmented by Inequality. fpif.org A few weeks ago, the world's power brokers — politicians, CEOs, millionaires, billionaires — met in Davos, the mountainous Swiss resort town, for the 2023 Th…
(2023-02-07). 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.
(2023-02-07). 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,…
(2023-02-06). Philanthropist Robert F. Smith, The Chopra Foundation Launch Mental Wellness Initiative For Black Youth. newsone.com Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty | From projects designed to foster equity within the STEM education space to initiatives centered on financial literacy, businessman and philanthropist
(2023-02-07). The Socialist Equality Party candidates for the March 25 NSW election. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is standing three candidates in the March 25 New South Wales state elections: Max Boddy in the Legislative Assembly in the Bankstown electorate and Oscar Grenfell and Mike Head in the Legislative Council.
(2023-02-07). Support the Socialist Equality Party in the NSW election! No to War! Lives before profits! Billions for healthcare and education! wsws.org The SEP is running in the NSW election to help build a revolutionary party of the working class, directed against capitalism, which offers nothing but social misery and an expanding series of existential crises that threaten the very future of humanity.
(2023-02-07). A World Fragmented by Inequality. fpif.org A few weeks ago, the world's power brokers — politicians, CEOs, millionaires, billionaires — met in Davos, the mountainous Swiss resort town, for the 2023 Th…
(2023-02-06). We're Putting the Death Penalty on Trial in Kansas. aclu.org 
I have lived in flyover states my whole life. People tend to overlook the transformational change and creative organizing that happens in the Midwest. But I have known our capacity to show up for justice and equality for years. | I went to law school in Kansas, and I stayed here because of the powerful community I found: organizers and activists who are "Midwest nice," working tirelessly to make Kansas a more welcoming place for people like me — Black people, LGBTQIA people, and people with disabilities. It was in Kansas that I was able to reclaim my power and become an advocate for racial justice. Today…
(2023-02-06). The Real Causes of the Growing Inequality. thealtworld.com This TED talk by a rich man calling for a new economics misrepresents the causes and cure for the extraordinary increase in the inequality of American income and wealth in the past 23 years | The real causes are the offshoring of US manufacturing jobs, mass immigration of poor people due to open borders, imposition of the doctrine that corporations only have responsibility to share holders, economic concentration and non-enforcement of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, years of money printing bailout of the financial system that drove bond and stock prices up, and the financializati…
(2023-02-06). Socialist Equality Party (US) condemns violent attacks on Chicago DSA Alderman Daniel La Spata. wsws.org The escalation of political violence in American life is not simply a vestige of an earlier period, but a symptom of the crisis and breakdown of bourgeois democracy amid escalating class tensions and expanding war efforts.
(2023-02-06). Socialist Equality Party condemns violent attacks on Chicago DSA Alderman Daniel La Spata. wsws.org The escalation of political violence in American life is not simply a vestige of an earlier period, but a symptom of the crisis and breakdown of bourgeois democracy amid escalating class tensions and expanding war efforts.
(2023-02-06). Hundreds attend Socialist Equality Party rally in Berlin against Ukraine war and German militarism. wsws.org The strong response to the rally shows that the SGP is giving a voice and a socialist perspective to widespread opposition to war and austerity. The SGP is the only party to oppose the ruling class' war in Ukraine and the danger of a third world war fought with nuclear weapons.
(2023-02-06). Lowkey and Sukhdev Reel Talk Justice for Ricky Reel. mintpressnews.com Sukdhev, the mother of Ricky Reel, addresses police racism, sexism, and surveillance in the UK after the botched investigation into the suspected 1997 murder of her son by racist attackers.
(2023-02-06). Disney may have slowed on sexualizing kids, but it's doubled down on racism. americanthinker.com In its programming for children and adults, Disney uses its entertainment heft to shill for Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project.
(2023-02-07). 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…
(2023-02-07). Build rank-and-file committees to fight for high quality education and an end to the pandemic! wsws.org 2023 will be characterized by mass opposition of teachers and school workers to intolerable working conditions and mass infection. Teachers and school workers must learn from the experiences of the past three years, having been betrayed by the trade union bureaucracies in the interest of the capitalist state, and form independent rank-and-file committees to carry forward their fight!
(2023-02-06). Strikes, private nuisance, protest Bill: The Weekly Round up. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill has been voted through the House of Commons amidst historic industrial action across the UK. Workers in health, education, transport and the civil service came out on strike in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions, and members of the Fire Brigades Union have voted overwhelmingly in favour of walking out. The synchronisation …
(2023-02-07). Monday 2/6: Black History Month: "Now, about those 40 acres" & The Liberty Bell. indybay.org online video conference: meet.google.com/kch-cutp-vsh…
(2023-02-07). 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,…
(2023-02-07). 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…
(2023-02-07). Peace deal between Ethiopian government and TPLF holds despite delays in implementation; U.S. escalates attempts to scapegoat Eritrea. mronline.org 
Attempts by U.S. and other Western countries to sow discord between Ethiopia and Eritrea "will not be successful because the majority of the Ethiopian people are grateful for the Eritrean army's help in defeating the TPLF," former Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan told Peoples Dispatch.
(2023-02-07). The U.S. continues escalating in Ukraine. mronline.org 
The U.S. got more than it bargained for after instigating the Ukrainian conflict. The Biden foreign policy team grows more desperate and their plans become more dangerous as they reckon with the unintended consequences of their actions.
(2023-02-06). Insider And Founder Of Teachable Shares Tax Optimization Secrets For Startup Founders. moguldom.com Ten percent of tech startups are successful and their founders are invariably asked to share advice for those still striving and dreaming to make it big. Ankur Nagpal, the founder of an online learning platform he reportedly sold for $2 million, plans to take his own advice with his second startup. Teachable allows people to …
(2023-02-06). Diplomatic cables prove top U.S. Officials knew they were crossing Russia's red lines on NATO expansion. mronline.org 
U.S. officials were told that pushing for Ukrainian membership in NATO would not only increase the chance of Russian meddling in the country but also risked destabilising the divided nation.
(2023-02-06). U.S. sends long-range missiles to Ukraine. mronline.org 
The White House announced Friday that it would send long-range missiles capable of striking nearly 100 miles into Russian territory to Ukraine, in one of the most significant escalations of U.S. involvement in the war with Russia to date.
(2023-02-06). Blinken concedes war is lost-offers Kremlin Ukrainian demilitarization; Crimea, Donbas, Zaporozhye; and restriction of new tanks to Western Ukraine if there is no Russian offensive. mronline.org 
David Ignatius (lead image, left) has been a career-long mouthpiece for the U.S. State Department. He has just been called in by the current Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) to convey an urgent new message to President Vladimir Putin, the Security Council, and the General Staff in Moscow.
(2023-02-06). Adani's fraudulent empire exposed. mronline.org 
The Hindenburg Research, a short selling firm, brought out a 129-page report on the Adani group marshaling evidence of all the funding operations and offshore activities of the 578 subsidiaries and shell companies linked to the seven listed companies of the Adani group. The report states that this is the "biggest con in corporate history".
(2023-02-06). $340 Million Anti-Labor Consulting Industry Is Behind Contemporary Union-Busting. truthout.org The remarkable spikes in union activity over the last few years have given many on the left cause for hope: could we be on the precipice of a resurgent, newly galvanized U.S. labor movement? In the first three quarters of 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) documented a 53 percent increase in organizing petitions — including startling wins by new, independent unions at Starbucks… |
(2023-02-07). After Earthquake Devastates Syria, US Shows No Interest in Lifting Sanctions. news.antiwar.com After a devastating earthquake hit Syria and Turkey, killing thousands of people, the US State Department showed no interest in lifting crippling economic sanctions on Syria that are specifically designed to prevent the country's reconstruction. As of Monday night, the earthquake has killed at least 2,921 people in Turkey and 1,444 in northwest Syria, including …
(2023-02-07). History of Slavery: Reversing Reconstruction, the Rise of Tenant Agriculture and the Great Migration. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-06). Health Care Workers Stage Largest NHS Strike in UK's History. truthout.org Condemning the United Kingdom's Conservative-controlled government for putting "patients at risk" by refusing to pay nurses fairly and forcing healthcare providers out of the profession, tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers joined forces on Monday to stage the largest work stoppage in the history of the venerated National Health Service. The workers, who along with teachers and other… |
(2023-02-06). English Nurses & Ambulance Staff Protest To Demand Pay Rises. telesurenglish.net On Monday, over 20,000 English nurses and ambulance service staff took to the streets to demand a pay rise that reflects inflation rate, which is currently over 10 percent. | RELATED: | "The government needs to listen and discuss pay rather than just saying the National Health Service (NHS) does not have money. We cannot survive with what we are being paid," said nurse Ethna Vaughan, who was protesting outside St. Thomas' Ho…
(2023-02-06). UK nurse and ambulance workers stage biggest strike in 75-year history of NHS. wsws.org This week's strikes were originally to include nurses and ambulance workers in Wales. But their action was called off Friday, with the unions agreeing to ballot on a well-below inflation pay deal proposed by the Labour Party-run devolved government.
(2023-02-06). Laborers' union shuts down strike by 600 Portland city workers ahead of ratification vote. wsws.org Despite the determination of workers to fight, the union leadership called off the strike and rushed a vote on a tentative agreement that concedes to nearly every demand of the city.
(2023-02-07). Big Oil spent over $34.2 million lobbying California officials in the 2021-22 session. indybay.org WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) creating alliances with labor unions; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists.
(2023-02-07). Stop The Discharges NOW! Labor & Community Rally At SF Laguna Honda Hospital. indybay.org
(2023-02-07). Friday 2/10: Put Musk On Autopilot To Mars! indybay.org At: Tesla Factory – 45 0 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538…
(2023-02-07). Mayo Clinic to lead new radiotracer trial for detecting pancreatic cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — In an academic-industrial collaboration, Mayo Clinic is assessing in a clinical trial a new radiotracer in pancreatic cancer imaging. As part of the investigation, the new agent, 68Ga-Fibroblast-Activation-Protein-Inhibitors (FAPI)-46 (68Ga-FAPI-46), will be compared with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), which is the current standard-of-care radiotracer, in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of pancreatic cancer. "The research will focus on pancreatic cancer and evaluate whether this radiotracer does what it's supposed to do, and whether it…
(2023-02-07). Australian Labor government prioritises indigenous "Voice" in bid to divert mounting class tensions. wsws.org The same government that claims to be addressing the historic injustices done to indigenous people is seeking to make the working class as a whole pay for the crisis of global capitalism.
(2023-02-07). Nestlé's Blatant Misconduct Shows Us the Darkness of Capitalism. covertactionmagazine.com From inventing the need for mass-scale baby formula leading to the deaths of infants, to redirecting much needed water from impoverished areas to bottle and sell back to the same communities, to exploiting child labor and slavery, Nestlé will stoop to any moral low to make a buck. [This article inaugurates Ms. Gjovik's new column …
(2023-02-07). As voter dissatisfaction with the major parties rise, is NSW heading for a kaleidoscope election? greenleft.org.au NSW Labor is a clear favourite to win the March 25 election. But Suzanne James reviews the field and asks is Labor's lead really as big as it looks?
(2023-02-06). New CAR T-cell therapy offers new hope to ovarian cancer patients. healtheuropa.com 
CAR T-cell therapy has shown to be effective in mice with ovarian cancer, offering new hope to patients who require effective treatment. CAR T-cell therapy is a new type of immunotherapy that involves extracting a patient's immune cells (known as T cells) from the blood and injecting them in a laboratory with a new gene …
(2023-02-06). Surprise! Economy adds 517K jobs in January. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (PAI)—Surprising Wall Street's stock casino, the U.S. economy claimed to add 517,000 jobs in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Even governments reported adding 74,000 workers, including 52,000 in state and local schools. BLS said 35,000 of them were University of California system unionized workers who ratified new contracts, after—though BLS didn't say …
(2023-02-06). Notas que me vienen a la mente. cubadebate.cu Las intenciones no son nuevas. Recuerdo allá por la década de los años 80 del pasado siglo y en años posteriores, que entre los periodistas cubanos y la organización que nos agrupa —la UPEC— tomó forma de debate en asambleas, plenos y en colectivos de la prensa, una especie de ´convocatoria ª a que se elaborara una Ley de Prensa. Mucho se discutió entonces, pero no se llegó a concretar una legislación, y se han mantenido, en algunos casos hasta nuestros días, las insatisfacciones en relación con las fuentes de información, que se atribuían el derecho al sí o al no, a la hora de ´dar l…
(2023-02-06). Labor Militancy Is Alive And Well In Some U.S. Unions. progressivehub.net EDMUND KORD | DEMOCRATIC LEFT…
(2023-02-06). Employers Are Charged With Breaking Federal Labor Law in 4 in 10 Union Elections. truthout.org Employers are being charged with breaking the law in a huge portion of union elections, a new analysis shows, as union membership hits a record low across the U.S. According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), employers were charged with breaking the law in 39 percent of union elections filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) between 2019 and 2022. These charges cover a variety of… |
(2023-02-07). Portland Brigadistas report on Cuba Venceremos trip. workers.org 
Portland, Oregon Workers World Party members Lyn Neeley and Danny O'Brien did a report-back Jan. 30 at Portland State University on their recent trip to Cuba as part of the 51st contingent of the Venceremos Brigade. Lyn Neeley and Danny O'Brien. PHOTO: Dana Their slides showed the Cuban arts and . . . |
(2023-02-07). Assata Shakur and Mumia Abu-Jamal honor Sam Marcy. workers.org 
Both of these statements appeared in the March 14, 1998, tribute book for Sam Marcy, on the occasion of his death on Feb. 1, 1998. Assata Shakur on Sam Marcy: Assata Shakur It is not often when we are lucky enough to find a person who is willing to devote . . . |
(2023-02-07). Frank Velgara: Puerto Rican Independista honored. workers.org 
Community and political organizations and activists gathered to celebrate the life of Puerto Rican Independista and international activist Frank Velgara at Holyrood Church in the Bronx, New York, on Feb 4. Velgara died on Aug. 24, 2022, at the age of 72. Pictured speaking is Benjamin Ramos, a host of . . . |
(2023-02-07). How should workers respond to the right-wing furor over Trudeau's appointment of a Canadian Special Representative to combat Islamophobia? wsws.org There is no "progressive" side in the ruling-class faction fight over Elghawaby's appointment. Neither the proponents of Quebec's chauvinist Bill 21 nor the advocates of multiculturalism and identity politics have anything to offer the working class except war, austerity and reaction.
(2023-02-07). Berlin public sector "warning strikes": The trade unions and state executive want to push through a wage reduction. wsws.org The wage cuts can only be stopped if workers take real industrial action and unite with their brothers and sisters in France, Britain and across Europe.
(2023-02-06). Against Trotskyism: The theory of permanent revolution. fightbacknews.org When Lenin gave his brief and scathing overview of Trotsky's career in his 1914 article "Disruption of Unity Under Cover of Outcries for Unity," so that "the younger generation of workers should know exactly whom they are dealing with," he made a point of referring to Trotsky's "absurdly Left 'permanent revolution' theory." What is the role of this "permanent revolution" theory within Trotskyism, and why is it "absurdly Left," as Lenin says? | Karl Marx himself said in his 18 address to the Communist League, | While the democratic petty bourgeois want to bring the revolution to an end as quickly as possible, ach…
(2023-02-06). Prison Workers Deserve The Labour Movement's Support. readpassage.com An interview with Jordan House and Asaf Rashid, the authors of a new book exploring the fight for labour rights within Canadian prisons.
(2023-02-06). Greek workers resist soaring energy prices from EU-imposed privatization and Ukraine War. therealnews.com 
Thousands of Greek workers have mobilized against runaway energy and fuel prices in recent weeks. Although spiking fuel and energy prices are now a global phenomenon tied to inflation driven by corporate profiteering and blowback from failed sanctions against Russia, the crisis has been particularly acute for Greece due to EU-imposed privatization of its energy sector. TRNN reports from the ground as workers fight to increase stagnating wages in light of the cost of living crisis. This video is part of a special Workers of the World series on the cost of living crisis in Europe. | Producer: Christos Avramid…
(2023-02-06). Union shuts down strike after Woburn, Massachusetts teachers defy injunction. wsws.org Over 0 teachers and other workers have conducted a week-long strike in the face of an offensive by the Democratic Party-dominated state, the Woburn School Committee, Mayor Scott Galvin and the courts.
(2023-02-06). Withdraw frame-up cases against Sri Lankan estate workers! Unconditional reinstatement of all suspended workers! wsws.org The witch hunt against estate workers is a part of the escalating attack on the democratic and social rights of the working class as a whole.
(2023-02-06). Australian Gold Coast and Tweed Coast bus workers to strike against company ballot "offer" wsws.org The stand being taken by the Kinetic workers—their third strike in six weeks—is of national and international significance, and should be actively supported by workers everywhere.
(2023-02-06). New Zealand: Court action over Pike River mine disaster. wsws.org The fathers of two of the 29 workers killed in the 2010 Pike River mine disaster are campaigning for the release of documents and correspondence relating to a 2013 decision to drop charges against Pike River CEO Peter Whittall.
(2023-02-06). Sudan's military junta to normalise relations with Israel amid massive crackdown on Palestinians. wsws.org The deal deepens the treacherous role of the Arab bourgeoisie, which has now formally buried its own "two state" solution and confirms that the nationalist agenda championed by all sections of the Palestinian bourgeoisie provides no way forward for the workers and oppressed masses…
(2023-02-06). Strike wave continues to build across Britain. greenleft.org.au About half a million workers took strike action across Britain on February 1, writes Terry Conway, in the biggest wave of strikes for over a decade.
(2023-02-07). Nuclear War. "90 Seconds to Midnight": The Pentagon's 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-07). U.S. Act of War against the European Union: President Biden Ordered the Terror Attack against Nord Stream. High Treason against the People of Europe. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-06). DACA Recipients Have Delivered for Democrats. Time to Deliver a Pathway to Citizenship for Us (OPINION). latinorebels.com In spite of President Biden's promise to protect immigrant communities, his administration and Congress have failed to deliver on promises of permanent status for millions of undocumented immigrants. His State of the Union address on Tuesday gives him an opportunity to chart a new path.
(2023-02-06). Social Security and Medicare advocates urge support for petition to Biden. peoplesworld.org 
Social Security Works, a national group dedicated to protecting Social Security, is urging that everyone sign an emergency petition to President Biden before he gives his scheduled State of the Union message to Congress and the nation on Tuesday. "On Tuesday, President Biden will address a joint session of Congress, giving his constitutionally-required State of …
(2023-02-06). Cori Bush Invites Father of Ferguson's Michael Brown to State of the Union. truthout.org Rep. Cori Bush (D-Missouri) is inviting Michael Brown Sr., the father of Michael Brown, whose murder at the hands of a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked mass protests in 2014, to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address this week. As first reported by Politico, Bush is bringing Brown Sr. as her guest to the address, which is scheduled for Tuesday night. "The police killing of… |
(2023-02-06). EU and G7 West Implement Price Caps on Russian Oil Products. telesurenglish.net The implementation of further price caps for seaborne Russian petroleum products, adopted Saturday by the European Union (EU) and the Group of Seven, began Sunday, despite Russia's vow to take measures to protect its interests. | RELATED: | The price cap for "premium-to-crude" petroleum products, such as diesel, kerosene and gasoline, is set at 100 U.S. dollars per barrel, while the cap for "discount-to-crude" petr…
(2023-02-07). Lack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP. news.un.org A lack of job opportunities is the leading factor driving people to join fast-growing violent extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report released by the UN Development Programme on Tuesday.
(2023-02-06). U.S. reports strong job growth. america.cgtn.com U.S. employers beat even the most optimistic forecasts to add more than half a million jobs in January. Employment numbers released on Friday suggest the economy continues to weather the inflation crisis and big layoffs in the tech sector. And the numbers also justify …
(2023-02-06). Stronger than expected US jobs report for January evokes concerns on Wall Street. wsws.org The better than expected jobs report sparked a fall on Wall Street because it means the Federal Reserve will continue its program of rate increases.
(2023-02-07). Abahlali baseMjondolo and the fight of the organized poor against a hostile justice system. peoplesdispatch.org Months after being imprisoned on a murder charge, three leaders of the eKhenana Commune of Abahlali baseMjondolo have been finally granted bail. Their arrests are part of a lengthy history of violent persecution of the shack dwellers' movement…
(2023-02-06). IYSSE (Australia) statement: Join the fight against imperialist war and for world socialism. wsws.org Imperialism's spiral toward a catastrophic nuclear war must be stopped. But to build an anti-war movement, youth and students must understand the root of war.
(2023-02-06). Ecuador: Correistas Declare Victory in Local Elections. libya360.wordpress.com Preliminary results from Sunday's local elections in Ecuador indicate a victory for the Citizens' Revolution (Revolución Ciudadana) movement in key regions of the country. Voters also elected members of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS) and participated in a constitutional referendum which is now being projected as a likely loss for President Guillermo Lasso….
(2023-02-06). An Update On City Of Evanston's $20 Million Reparations Plan: Few Have Seen Any Cash. moguldom.com When Evanston, Ill., decided to establish its own cash reparations program for Black Americans in 2021, some in the reparations movement were optimistic. Would other cities follow Evanston's suit? Could this spark a major push for federal reparations? Well, veteran reparations activist Williams Darity panned the effort, saying local reparations programs were not the answer. …
(2023-02-06). Guatemala blocks leftist Indigenous leader from presidential race, in 'electoral coup'. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Guatemala's notoriously corrupt right-wing government banned Indigenous leader Thelma Cabrera and her leftist Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples (MLP) party from running in the presidential election. International observers warn this is an "electoral coup".
(2023-02-06). Demonstration in Berlin Condemns Latest Massacres and Supports Prisoners Movement. samidoun.net 
In support of the prisoners' movement and the resistance in Palestine, Samidoun Network and the Alternative Palestinian Revolutionary Path Movement organized a demonstration in Berlin on Saturday 04.02.2023 along the "Sonnenallee", or as it's locally known "the Arabs Street". The demonstration took place after occupation forces had stormed several sections in different prisons, and transferred …
(2023-02-06). France: Movement to defend pensions building up steam. greenleft.org.au In Paris and in 267 other towns around France, there were angry protests against President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to raise the standard retirement age from 62 to 64, reports John Mullen.
(2023-02-06). Fact Check: Almost 3 Million Immigrants Cross American Border Illegally Each Year. moguldom.com In 2022, immigrants crossed over the American borders illegally at a record number, reaching nearly 3 million. According to Customs and Border Protection data, in the fiscal year 2022, undocumented immigrants crossing into the country topped 2.76 million, breaking the previous record. The spike was caused by increased numbers of Venezuelans, Cubans, and Nicaraguans trying to …
(2023-02-07). 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…
(2023-02-07). 000 people protest Danish government's planned scrapping of public holiday to pay for military spending increase. wsws.org Sunday's protest, the largest in Denmark for over a decade, is part of an upsurge of working-class opposition across Europe to the ruling elite's determination to make them bear the cost of militarism and war through social spending cuts and attacks on wages and worker rights.
(2023-02-07). Biden Can Show Up for Working Families—Again. progressive.org The American Rescue Plan's child tax credit cut child poverty by half; Biden should bring it back.
(2023-02-06). Peace Negators: A Litany of Abduction, Torture, Deprogramming, Rendition and Murder by First World Governmental Security Agencies. transcend.org The extra judicial excesses of the US government's security apparatus and how the workings of the organization impacts upon the lives of ordinary people globally.
(2023-02-06). Morning rush hour returns in Beijing. ecns.cn The traffic during morning rush hour in Beijing has returned to a normal level on Monday, the first working day after the Lantern Festival.
(2023-02-06). "We don't want this war!": Participants at Berlin rally organised by SGP speak out. wsws.org Participants at the rally of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei on February 4 spoke out against the US-NATO war against Russia and its connection to the social crisis and the attack on the working class.
(2023-02-06). Novelist Russell Banks (1940-2023): "Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is." wsws.org The American writer Russell Banks, who wrote about the lives of working-class people and historical figures such as John Brown, died on January 3 at the age of 82.
(2023-02-06). The plight of a collapsed elephant in India shows why tourists should refuse to ride. thecanary.co 
An Asian elephant named Moti has been lying collapsed on the ground since at least 22 January. The 35-year-old elephant is essentially unable to stand up after years working in India as a tourist begging elephant. Our medical team is on site and providing pain medication, fluids and nutritious food for Moti, a 35 year …