(2023-05-13). Correspondence] WHO releases Health Inequality Data Repository. thelancet.com On April 20, 2023, WHO released the largest global collection of publicly available inequality data with the launch of the Health Inequality Data Repository.1 As members of the technical team developing the resource, we highlight its potential contribution to advancing health equity by creating opportunities for health inequality monitoring, including tracking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
(2023-05-12). Political prisoners? The U.S. emperor has no clothes. workers.org 
By Julia Wright Julia Wright A delegation from the UN Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (UN EMLER) visited the United States between April 24 and May 5, 2023, to review the status quo of law enforcement and police brutality in advance of the third . . . |
(2023-05-12). Why We Should Abolish the Super Rich. inequality.org
(2023-05-12). In DeSantis' 'Free' State of Florida, Union Freedom Is Under Attack. inequality.org In what Governor Ron DeSantis likes to call his "freedom state" of Florida, the freedom to belong to an effective union is under a ferocious attack. DeSantis, with the school year winding down, has just appeared at a Miami charter school to sign a new slate of bills that aim to undermine quality public services. …
(2023-05-13). Charter Schools Are Not State Actors. dissidentvoice.org Eleven months ago a critical education case came before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in North Carolina (Peltier v. Charter Day Sch., Inc., 37 F.4th 104, 116, 4th Cir. 2022). A main issue in the case pertains to the dress code at "Charter Day School" in Leland, North Carolina, specifically, whether the privately-operated …
(2023-05-13). School lunch benefits over a million children in Honduras. plenglish.com During the launching of this initiative, the day before, in the department of Lempira, the head of state added that the program covers 272 of the 298 municipalities of this Central American nation. | She explained that the children receive their food ration distributed by the World Food Program, with the support of district and school directors, as well as the Ministry of Education and parents' association. | In his speech, Castro reported that there are more than one million children in the country without schools or teachers; and some 2,500 kilometers of roads are without financing. | In addition, she referred…
(2023-05-12). Florida Officials Reject 35 Percent of Social Studies Textbooks Submitted. truthout.org Officials in the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) have rejected dozens of social studies and history textbooks that were submitted for consideration for use by school districts, claiming that the books violate recently-implemented state standards. Sixty-six of the 101 textbooks that were submitted to the department were approved, while 35 titles were rejected outright. Of the 66 titles that… |
(2023-05-12). GOP Megadonor Partnered With Hate Group "to Defund Trans Pediatrics" in Texas. truthout.org A recently released trove of documents from the American College of Pediatricians (ACPEDs) reveals how a Republican donor used veiled threats implying legal action against a Dallas-area children's hospital as part of a massive pressure campaign to force the hospital to turn away transgender patients. In November 2021, the GENder Education and Care, Interdisciplinary Support (GENECIS) program at… |
(2023-05-13). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Meyer N, Harvey AG, Lockley SW, Dijk D-J. Circadian rhythms and disorders of the timing of sleep. Lancet 2022; 400: 1061—78— In this Series paper, in the second paragraph of the Contribution of the circadian system to sleep timing section, lines 12—15 should have read "For an individual sleeping between 2300 h and 0600 h, the circadian sleep-promoting signal is strongest at approximately 0400 h to 0600 h". This correction has been made to the online version as of May 11, 2023.
(2023-05-13). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…
(2023-05-13). What's behind the attack against Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement? mronline.org 
The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST), Brazil's largest social organization and a major force for land reform, is under attack from the country's conservative forces in the parliament and the mass media.
(2023-05-13). May 8 and the rehabilitation of Nazism in Germany. mronline.org 
On 8 and 9 May, Berlin traditionally hosts numerous commemorative events to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe.
(2023-05-13). Big bad Canada pushes to protect profits from Mexico. mronline.org 
The Trudeau government is pressing Mexico to maintain its loosely regulated, pro-capitalist mining policies.
(2023-05-13). Public opinion and imperialism. mronline.org 
A New York Times News Service report reproduced in The Telegraph of Kolkata (May 7), discusses the findings of a global public opinion survey carried out by the Bennett Institute of Public Policy of Cambridge University. These show that the Ukraine conflict had shifted public sentiment "in developed democracies in East Asia and Europe as well as the United States of America, uniting their citizens against both Russia and China and shifting mass opinion in a more pro-American direction".
(2023-05-13). Michael Lebowitz, presente! (1937—2023). mronline.org 
Marxist economist Michael A Lebowitz passed away at home on April 19.
(2023-05-13). The work that Tricontinental does: The Nineteenth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org 
Over the past few years, we have become increasingly alarmed by the serious tensions that have been imposed on the world.
(2023-05-12). Royal Mail delivery workers explain why they are attending Sunday's online meeting. wsws.org "You are meant to work to live, not live to work which is what the job is becoming. It is crippling us."
(2023-05-12). The rollback of child labor protections is well underway. mronline.org 
The hunt for profits is driving ever more despicable labor laws and practices.
(2023-05-13). Big bad Canada pushes to protect profits from Mexico. mronline.org The Trudeau government is pressing Mexico to maintain its loosely regulated, pro-capitalist mining policies.
(2023-05-13). Public opinion and imperialism. mronline.org A New York Times News Service report reproduced in The Telegraph of Kolkata (May 7), discusses the findings of a global public opinion survey carried out by the Bennett Institute of Public Policy of Cambridge University. These show that the Ukraine conflict had shifted public sentiment "in developed democracies in East Asia and Europe as well as the United States of America, uniting their citizens against both Russia and China and shifting mass opinion in a more pro-American direction".
(2023-05-13). Michael Lebowitz, presente! (1937—2023). mronline.org Marxist economist Michael A Lebowitz passed away at home on April 19.
(2023-05-13). The work that Tricontinental does: The Nineteenth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org Over the past few years, we have become increasingly alarmed by the serious tensions that have been imposed on the world.
(2023-05-12). Royal Mail delivery workers explain why they are attending Sunday's online meeting. wsws.org "You are meant to work to live, not live to work which is what the job is becoming. It is crippling us."
(2023-05-12). The rollback of child labor protections is well underway. mronline.org The hunt for profits is driving ever more despicable labor laws and practices.
(2023-05-12). The great denial: Why they don't want us to talk about class. mronline.org 
In the first of three extracts from his new book, Radical Chains, Chris Nineham asks why the establishment is so desperate to suppress the very idea of class.
(2023-05-12). "Israel is built on the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages" mronline.org 
The International People's Assembly (IPA) organized an online event to mark 75 years of the Nakba and the Palestinians' continued resistance against the Zionist colonial apartheid occupation of Israel…
(2023-05-12). Viewpoint: We are all salts. mronline.org 
Today's revival of union "salting" could not be more welcome or more urgently needed.
(2023-05-13). LIVE: Prayer Action at Paiute's Peehee Mu'huh /Thacker Pass Lithium Mine. indybay.org For the second time in a month, Paiute elders are blocking the construction of a lithium mine on the Paiute Massacre Site with prayer in northern Nevada. Elders are calling for people to "Come help us in a good way, stand up and be strong." "We are where an important ceremony is happening today. We are in peaceful prayer," a Paiute elder said as the teepee went up this morning at 6 a.m., at Peehee Mu'juh, Thacker Pass. The teepee is symbolic to the Paiute people and Lakota people. "We are connected through the very sacred ceremony, the Ghost Dance."
(2023-05-13). OEA Claremont Middle School Strike Picket to Stop Building Trades Workers from Crossing Lines. indybay.org Dozens of OEA striking teachers and community supporters picketed to shut down a construction project at the Claremont Middle School. Most unions walked but the UBC Carpenters worked behind the picket lines…
(2023-05-12). UK Economy Grows 0.1 Pct in Q1 2023. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) informed that the United Kingdom's economy grew by 0.1 percent in the first quarter (Q1) of this year. | RELATED: | The construction sector grew by 0.7 percent, the production sector by 0.1 percent, and manufacturing by 0.5 percent. Despite the expansion, the country's quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) is still 0.5 percent below its pre-COVID-19 level (fourth quarter of 2019). | The UK remains the only…
(2023-05-13). Editorial] The future of nursing: lessons from a pandemic. thelancet.com In early 2020, as part of a worldwide campaign to raise the profile of nursing, WHO, the International Council of Nurses (ICN), and Nursing Now published the first State of the World's Nursing report, setting out a global strategy for nursing. At the time, we highlighted how the report could inform policy dialogues and promote recognition of the potential of nursing to enable universal health coverage, and emphasised how crucial the subsequent years would be to show the impact of nursing. The COVID-19 pandemic has proven just how important these messages were.
(2023-05-13). In Numbers: China has over 5 mln registered nurses. ecns.cn
(2023-05-12). Nurses in Portugal strike for adequate staffing on International Nurses' Day. peoplesdispatch.org Two nurses' trade unions in Portugal launched a one-day strike on International Nurses' Day to fight for better staffing and working conditions. More protests are expected in the coming months with private sector nurses also likely to join in…
(2023-05-12). The Evolving Movement For Agricultural Worker Rights. popularresistance.org Labor organizing has experienced a resurgence of late for many service workers, but not so for agricultural workers. Through the collective impact efforts of many individuals, from many walks of life, California's Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 was passed, the first of its kind in the US to protect farmworker rights. Adopted at the height of the United Farm Workers movement led by César Chávez, it served as a vehicle to galvanize their Union, empowering tens of thousands of workers who realized the potentiality of organizing for the first time. Unfortunately, the promise of that law was never realized a…
(2023-05-12). Alleged Killer Of Young Dolph Gets $90,000 Bond: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Hernandez Govan, who was accused of organizing the murder of popular Memphis hip-hop artist Young Dolph has posted bond and was released from jail. Authorities accuse the 43-year-old Govan of being the one who ordered Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith to shoot and kill Young Dolph at Makeda's Homemade Cookies on Nov. 17, 2021. Young …
(2023-05-13). Australian Labor budget outlines record military spending. wsws.org Labor is presiding over the largest military build-up since World War II. While this week's budget allocated record defence spending, far more is to come.
(2023-05-13). Seattle unionists defend the right to strike. workers.org 
Seattle On May 5, 150 young unionists rallied at the federal courthouse in Seattle supporting labor's right to strike. Credit: Jim McMahan The anti-labor U.S. Supreme Court will soon take up the case of Glacier Northwest vs. Teamsters Local 174, filed in retaliation for a Teamsters strike in 2017. Glacier, . . . |
(2023-05-13). Senior officials of China, U.S. hold candid, in-depth talks in Vienna. ecns.cn Director Wang fully elaborated on China's serious position on the Taiwan question. The two sides also exchanged views on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, Ukraine and other international and regional issues of mutual interest, Wang added.
(2023-05-13). Striking Writers Guild Member Boots Riley Shout Out To Striking OEA Teachers. indybay.org Oakland film maker and musician Boots Riley gave a shout out to striking OEA teachers supporting their struggle.
(2023-05-13). Save lives this Take Back Day; safely dispose of unused medications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Dispose of unneeded medications safely during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22. Mayo Clinic, in collaboration with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Olmsted Medical Center, Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will host a community drop-off event to collect unused or expired medications. "The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office and Violent Crimes Enforcement Team (VCET) are proud to team up with Mayo Clinic and other…
(2023-05-13). Thursday 5/18: Rally To Stop The San Francisco Laguna Honda Discharges Defend Laguna Honda Hospital. indybay.org 375 Laguna Honda Blvd across from Forrest Hill Muni Station | San Francisco…
(2023-05-13). Friday 5/19: SF Speak Out At SF Chinese Consulate- Hands Off Namibian Labor Lawyer Beukes & Miners. indybay.org San Francisco Chinese Consulate | Laguna and Geary St. | San Francisco…
(2023-05-13). Las 3 del día: øPor qué se celebra el 12 de mayo el día de la enfermería? y el resumen semanal (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Desde 1965 el Día Internacional de la Enfermería se celebra cada 12 de mayo alrededor del mundo con el firme objetivo de rendir un homenaje a todos los enfermeros y enfermeras, que a nivel mundial realizan esta loable labor para toda la humanidad.Sobre este tema y otros de su interés estaremos hablando en nuestro podcast Las 3 del Día. Escuche los siguientes minutos de información.
(2023-05-13). Thursday 5/18: May 18th Rally To Stop The San Francisco Laguna Honda Discharges Defend Laguna Honda Hosp. indybay.org 375 Laguna Honda Blvd across from Forrest Hill Muni Station | San Francisco…
(2023-05-12). Japanese Ambassador visits Imperial to deepen research collaborations. imperial.ac.uk The Japanese Ambassador to the UK, Hajime Hayashi, visited Imperial to see some of the growing research ties the university has with Japan.
(2023-05-12). SCOTUS Case May Slash Regulation of Everything From Workers' Rights to Clean Air. truthout.org In an ominous but unsurprising development, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that may well imperil our health, safety, labor, clean air and water, food and environmental protections. On May 1, the court decided to reconsider its 40-year-old precedent in the current case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. This right-wing court, which demonstrated its disregard for legal precedent… |
(2023-05-12). Workers confront bosses at Starbucks headquarters, NLRB backs them. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—Starbucks workers seeking to unionize the giant coffee chain have had a busy and hectic time, centered around a May Day march on its Manhattan headquarters to demand the firm sit down and bargain contracts with workers at unionized stores, as a group. So did a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge in …
(2023-05-12). Balancing motherhood and work. america.cgtn.com 
Working mothers comprise a significant part of the labor force, accounting for about one-third (32%) of all working women.
(2023-05-13). Turkey heads to critical elections in shadow of NATO-Russia war. wsws.org Opposition candidate Kemal Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu's campaign against Russia underlines how workers' social aspirations and opposition to war find no expression in the official election campaign.
(2023-05-13). Injunction against striking Clarios workers in Toledo, Ohio provokes widespread anger. wsws.org Judge Michael Goulding, a Democrat, issued the pro-company injunction, and the United Auto Workers agreed to limit pickets to five people per entrance.
(2023-05-13). Alliance Interiors workers speak out following workplace death: "This should have never happened!" wsws.org Workers at the Alliance plant reported that a similar incident almost happened prior to Pablo's death.
(2023-05-13). Coup prospects overshadow Thailand elections. wsws.org Declining economic conditions and attacks on democratic rights are driving mass anger among Thai workers and young people.
(2023-05-13). Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike: latest target of Israeli assassinations. workers.org 
Published by Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 1, 2023. Sheikh Khader Adnan Sheikh Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner, hunger striker and resistance leader, was martyred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 2, after 86 days of hunger strike demanding his freedom. Adnan, 45, was married to Randa . . . |
(2023-05-13). When will they come for your job? workers.org 
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because . . . |
(2023-05-13). Urban workers saw salaries rise in 2022. ecns.cn The employed in urban areas saw their annual salaries increase in 2022, and those in positions requiring higher technical skills and knowledge earned the top salaries, according to the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.
(2023-05-13). Monday 5/15: Hearing: Stop SF Mayor Breed From Union Busting & Attacking The Civil Service Merit System. indybay.org SF City Hall Rm 400 | San Francisco…
(2023-05-13). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: New York's Green New Deal. levernews.com After a long hiatus and much demand, we have some good news about good news — our weekly round-up, You Love To See It, is back! This reader-favorite series, exclusively for paid subscribers, is a round-up of progress, victories, and action steps in the fight for a thriving democracy. I'm Keerti Gopal, formerly a Fulbright/National Geographic Fellow in Taiwan and The Lever's new editorial fellow, and I'll be bringing a much-needed dose of optimism to your inbox each week.This week: New York State takes a lead on fossil-fuel phase outs, train and plane riders get some federal backup, workers stand up to Am…
(2023-05-13). Shenzhen strives to attract young talent. ecns.cn Shenzhen, Guangdong province, will aim to maintain its talent demographic and optimize its population structure as the city pushes forward with innovation to attract young, high-quality workers.
(2023-05-12). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org India: 30,000 West Bengal state government workers fight for higher allowances and permanency; Sri Lankan consumer investigation officers strike for safe working conditions; Australia: Tomago Aluminium maintenance workers on strike for higher pay.
(2023-05-12). New York City housing situation grows increasingly desperate. wsws.org New York state and city's Democrat-controlled political establishment are systematically cutting off all relief to workers in the midst of the greatest housing crisis in decades.
(2023-05-12). Postal worker replies to Communication Workers Union spin doctors Dave Ward and Andy Furey. wsws.org No amount of spin can cover up that this agreement is rotten to the core.
(2023-05-12). An invitation to Sunday's Zoom meeting from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK). wsws.org Ward's talk of "mutual interest" obliterates the fundamental division between workers who produce the company's wealth and major shareholders who exploit our labour for profit.
(2023-05-12). Young workers drive union effort at Salt Lake City Public Library. workers.org 
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Public Library employees gathered outside the main branch in the downtown area on April 24 and announced their intent to form a union. Marmalade branch of the Salt Lake City Library system. WW PHOTO: J.M. Straughn The struggle to move to this phase has . . . |
(2023-05-12). United Nations panel investigates U.S. political prisoners. workers.org 
By Efia Nwangaza This article, published in Black Agenda Report via Popular Resistance, reports on a United Nations panel of experts in the U.S. that is investigating the condition of political prisoners held in the United States. Black Agenda Report Greenville, South Carolina — An April 26th U.N. Delegation session, . . . |
(2023-05-12). 8th annual event honors Joe Torres, victim of killer cops. workers.org 
Houston When Houston cops arrested and brutally beat Vietnam war veteran Joe Campos Torres on Cinco de Mayo (May 5), 1977, the jailers refused to book him. They told the cops to take him to the hospital. Instead, police officers took him back to the banks of Buffalo Bayou and . . . |
(2023-05-12). Oakland educators' strike enters second week. peoplesworld.org 
OAKLAND, Calif. — As their strike reached the one-week mark on the afternoon of May 10, hundreds of Oakland teachers, counselors, social workers, substitutes and other educators gathered with parents, students and community members outside the hall where a meeting of the Oakland Unified School Board had been scheduled to take place. Although the School …
(2023-05-12). German Railway Workers on Nationwide Strike. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Railway and Transport Union (EVG) called for a national strike from the evening of Sunday 14 till midday Tuesday 16. | RELATED: | Rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) has already canceled all long-distance trains, but regional and freight traffic will also be affected. | The two previous warning strikes had only lasted for half a day. After the latest round of negotiations ended without an agreement in late April, the EVG u…
(2023-05-12). The French working class fights on. thecommunists.org Trash has piled up high on many of the streets of Paris, barricades still burn in the night across France, as French workers carry on the fight to overthrow their government's attack on their pensions. French president Emmanuel Macron's government pushed a bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without …
(2023-05-12). To Deepen Democracy, Give Workers More Say. progressivehub.net DESMOND SERRETTE | CONVERGENCE…
(2023-05-12). Joà£o Paulo Rodrigues: "The Parliamentary Investigation Against MST is an Opportunity to Dispute Ideas" libya360.wordpress.com José Eduardo Bernardes The national leader of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST), Joà£o Paulo Rodrigues. Photo: Guilherme Santos/Sul21 The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on the MST (Landless Workers' Movement), articulated by Bolsonaro supporters and the ruralist group in the Chamber of Deputies, installed last week, has not yet held its first session. Under the control of…
(2023-05-12). Brazil: Why is the MST So Frightening? libya360.wordpress.com Frei Beto Foto: Leonardo Milano The MST (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra/Landless Workers Movement), which I saw born and to which I remain linked, is the most popular, combative and democratic popular movement in Brazil. Today, it gathers around 500 thousand settled families and 100 thousand families in camps. It fights for a fundamental…
(2023-05-13). Australia: At Port Kembla protest, unions and pseudo-left set a nationalist trap for anti-war sentiment. wsws.org Attendees looking for a perspective through which they can advance a fight against war will have been sorely disappointed by the official line advanced by speakers at the rally.
(2023-05-13). Sandu Lost Battle With Moldovans On Victory Day (Video). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Armed with ardent Russophobia, the servants of the West are trying to fight against any influence of Moscow in the territories of the former Soviet Union. | Zelensky crossed out the memory of the people of his country and canceled Victory Day in Ukraine. Replacing it with Europe Day for the sake of his Western patrons. | Moldova also risks following the path of Ukraine, but pro-Western President Maia Sandu did not dare to take such drastic measures. When asked what is celebrated in…
(2023-05-13). Government Employees Union Sues Over 'Unconstitutional' Debt Limit Law. popularresistance.org
(2023-05-13). Communist-backed student movement emerges as leading force in in Greek university elections. peoplesdispatch.org For a second consecutive year, the communist-backed students' group Panspoudastiki KS emerged as the leading force in the elections held for student unions of 266 universities across Greece on May 10. Panspoudastiki KS secured 19,632 votes, securing over 35.04% of the total votes polled. The Democratic Renewal Vanguard-New Democratic Student Movement (DAP-NDFK) backed by the …
(2023-05-13). Police Unions Are Spitting In The Face Of Solidarity. popularresistance.org This week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into a law a bill aimed at making it much harder for public employee unions to exist and function. Watching a Republican governor with his eye on the White House aim a crude legislative club at public unions is a familiar sight. Rather than dwelling on why DeSantis is an oily bum, let us use this opportunity to discuss another, unseen villain in this sickening process: police unions. | The Florida bill‚Äâ—‚Äâwhich bans automatic deduction of union dues from paychecks and decertifies unions when their membership drops below 60% of…
(2023-05-13). China urges EU to value trust, cooperation. ecns.cn China urged the European Union to value the overall state of mutual trust and cooperation between them, said the Ministry of Commerce.
(2023-05-13). Unión Eléctrica informa que no se pronostican afectaciones en el pico nocturno. cubadebate.cu Se estima para la hora pico una disponibilidad de 2682 MW y una demanda máxima de 2600 MW, para una reserva de 82 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas no se pronostica afectación al servicio en este horario.
(2023-05-13). Concluirá en Guatemala foro de Asociación de Estados del Caribe. telesurtv.net Con el encuentro de jefes de Estado y Gobierno, culminarán cinco días de reuniones y encuentros para promover de cooperación e inversión a favor del Gran Caribe.
(2023-05-13). Presidente Maduro recibe al primer ministro de Burkina Faso. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado venezolano destacó que la reunión fue propicia para avanzar en la cooperación, solidaridad y crecimiento de ambas naciones.
(2023-05-12). Nonfiction television writer speaks about the WGA strike: "We need to come together and take back the power of filmmaking" wsws.org The WSWS recently spoke to a nonfiction writer, who belongs to a section of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) that the union has not called out on strike.
(2023-05-12). Human Rights Groups Sue to Block Biden's "Unlawful" Asylum Ban. truthout.org The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and immigrant advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to the Biden administration's new asylum ban, which went into effect after Title 42 — a pandemic-era emergency policy that was widely condemned by immigrant advocates — expired on Thursday. Biden's asylum ban combines unlawful Trump-era "third country transit ban" policies — which Biden had… |
(2023-05-13). Prison Can't Prevent Domestic Abuse. Transformative Accountability Programs Can. truthout.org One of the central tenets of the movement to end intimate partner violence is accountability: the idea that people who use violence should be held responsible for their actions. For many in the movement, accountability has been linked to intervention by the criminal legal system. Some anti-violence advocates have argued that those who used violence could best — or only — be held accountable… |
(2023-05-13). Indigenous Resistance in Mexico, Border Militarization, and the End of Title 42. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we look at the Mexican state's targeting of Indigenous resistance movements and communities, specifically the cases of political prisoners Fidencio Aldama and Miguel Peralta, and how this relates to the militarization of borders across so-called North America. As a recent article on It's Going Down wrote: …
(2023-05-12). Harriet Tubman and the battle for America's symbols. therealnews.com 
The debate over America's symbols and monuments has sharpened with the growing mass movement for racial justice in the past decade. The lionization of slave-owners and genocidaires has been pointed out by many as in contradiction to the ideals of democracy and racial justice so often touted as national core values. In the midst of this debate, the decision by the US Treasury to place Harriet Tubman alongside Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill starting in 2030 has incited controversy. Howard University professor of political science Clarence Lusane joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the Harriet Tubman doll…
(2023-05-12). At Least 7 People Killed by Police Gunfire in Guinea Protests. telesurenglish.net During demonstrations in Conakry, the capital city of Guinea, seven people were killed and 32 wounded; now, an anti-government movement, following the report from its leaders, has announced its intentions to launch further protests in Guinea. | Related: | On Friday, law enforcement personnel cracked down on protestors who threw rocks and the burned tires. | This demonstration constituted the most recent in a series…
(2023-05-12). Israel Kills Senior Islamic Jihad Militant In Gaza. telesurenglish.net The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported Friday that the Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Gaza City killed a senior member of the armed wing of the Al-Quds Brigades of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement. | RELATED: | According to the Ministry, two Palestinian men (PIJ militants Eyad Al-Hasani and Mohamed Abdel Aal) were killed, and five civilians were wounded in the attacks on the Al-Nasser neighborhood. | Al-Jazeera news agency rep…
(2023-05-12). Newton Minow and the Public Interest. scheerpost.com 
By Mark Lloyd / Original to ScheerPost Newton N. Minow, President John F. Kennedy's first appointed Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), died May 6, 2023. If one "herald" of the public interest movement in communication policy could be named, it would be Minow. Minow was a young lawyer who joined Robert Kennedy in …
(2023-05-12). US-backed Military once again Targets Deposed Pakistani PM Imran Khan. dissidentvoice.org 
Imran Khan poses the greatest threat to Pakistan's military monopoly on political power. The arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI) caused thousands of Pakistanis to take to the streets and protest. However, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered on May 11 his release, …
(2023-05-12). The Work That Tricontinental Does. dissidentvoice.org 
I am grateful to you for reading this newsletter, which has been coming to you since March 2018 and which now — thanks to the efforts of our movements — reaches over a million people. Our first newsletter posed a problem that remains at the heart of our institute's work: The Left has before us …
(2023-05-12). #Nakba75: Ben-Gurion to Ben-Gvir: Ongoing Nakba, Ongoing Resistance. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-05-13). Perspectives] Jaime Miranda: nurturing future public health researchers. thelancet.com Jaime Miranda had just finished his first day as Professor and Head of School at the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, when we spoke in late April, 2023. He had spent part of the day on the ground floor of the school to "get to know people" and tell them he is "going to be working with them and for them for the next 5 years at least". Miranda, who has a warm and unpretentious style, combines this new role with his positions as Professor in the School of Medicine at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, Professor of Global Health at the London School of…
(2023-05-13). U.S. Navy To Increase Presence In Strait Of Hormuz To Challenge Iran. southfront.org 
Ensign Gordon Kitchener looks out from the bridge of the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), May 9, 2023 in the Arabian Gulf. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elliot Schaudt) | The United States 5th Fleet is working with regional allies and partners to increase the rotation of ships and aircraft patrolling in and around the Strait of Hormuz in response to the recent seizure of two oil tankers by Iran, the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) announced on Ma…
(2023-05-13). Daily life of vet nurse in Guangxi. ecns.cn The 28-year-old vet nurse helps pet doctors treat pets, manage their diet and monitor their physical conditions at the clinic. After working for 2 years, he has become the head nurse of the clinic.
(2023-05-12). This is a class struggle, not a housing crisis. monitormag.ca What if there is no housing crisis, but a housing market working exactly as designed?>