2023-05-27: News Headlines

Florence CGTN (2023-05-26). Fight for gender equity in the workplace. america.cgtn.com One of the world's largest investment banks, Goldman Sachs, recently agreed to a $215 million payout to settle a class action lawsuit brought against the bank by a group of women. They accused Goldman Sachs of paying male employees more than their female counterparts.

SAM (2023-05-26). The First Trillionaire: No Cause for Celebration. inequality.org

SAM (2023-05-26). The First Trillionaire Is A Lot Closer Than We Think. progressivehub.net BOB LORD | INEQUALITY.ORG

Staff (2023-05-26). Debate en torno al racismo se reaviva en España por el caso de Vinícius. cubadebate.cu Muchas personas migrantes residentes en España que han sido objeto de racismo lamentan que se hable sobre esta problemática únicamente cuando la víctima es una personalidad famosa como el futbolista brasileño Vinícius Júnior del Real Madrid.

teleSUR (2023-05-26). NYC Prohibits Discrimination Based on Weight or Height. telesurenglish.net On Friday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed into law a bill that prohibits discriminating against anyone based on their height or weight in employment, housing, or public places. | RELATED: | "No one should be discriminated against because of their height and weight. We all deserve equal access to employment, housing, and public spaces, regardless of our appearance," Adams said after signing a law promoted by Dominican-…

Masoud Mozafari (2023-05-27). Correspondence] Science in Iran: a victim of political turmoil. thelancet.com Iran boasts a rich and illustrious history of scientific accomplishments that have made substantial contributions to various fields. Nevertheless, in the past few decades, the nation has encountered notable obstacles that have hindered progress in numerous areas, particularly in higher education. One of the earliest challenges occurred during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, with negative effects on higher education, including the closure of universities, purge of professors and students, Islamisation of the curriculum, gender segregation policies, and the brain drain of intellectuals leaving the country.

The Lancet (2023-05-27). Editorial] Childhood as a commodity: ending child labour. thelancet.com Children continue to be exposed to physical harm and denied education while toiling for long hours in the world's wealthiest nations. Children as young as 12 and 13 years have been engaged in labour involving midnight shifts, dangerous machinery, and punishing physical demands across industries supplying some of the USA's largest corporations according to a harrowing New York Times investigation. Most had migrated, unaccompanied, from central America. Uncertain of their immigration status and some indebted to traffickers, many considered dangerous labour safer than deportation.

Asian American Legal Defense, Education Fund. (2023-05-26). Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional, Discriminatory Law. popularresistance.org Tallahassee, Florida — A group of Chinese citizens who live, work, study, and raise families in Florida, as well as a real estate brokerage firm in Florida that primarily serves clients of Chinese descent, are filing a lawsuit to combat Florida's discriminatory property law, SB 264. Signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the legislation unfairly restricts most Chinese citizens — and most citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea — from purchasing homes in the state. Unless the courts act, the law will take effect on July 1, 2023. | The plaintiffs are represented by the American Civ…

Staff (2023-05-26). "Education Leads to Liberation": Nikole Hannah-Jones on The 1619 Project & Teaching Black History. democracynow.org As attacks on the teaching of Black history escalate in Florida and other states, we hear from The New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on "The 1619 Project." She spoke on May 19 at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, which is housed in the former Audubon Ballroom in New York where Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, and talked about the impact Malcolm X's writing had on her life, as well as the importance of teaching the full history of the United States. "What we commonly call history is actually memory, and…

Staff (2023-05-26). Spike Lee on "Malcolm X" & How Hollywood Almost Prevented Landmark Film from Being Made. democracynow.org May 19 marked what would have been the 98th birthday of Malcolm X. The director Spike Lee gave the keynote address at an event marking the day at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, which is housed in the former Audubon Ballroom in New York where Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. Lee discussed the challenges of making his acclaimed 1992 biopic of Malcolm starring Denzel Washington, and how he overcame funding shortfalls and studio indifference to get the film made. "We knew that we had to keep going," Lee said.

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-27). Saturday 6/3: Attack on Trans People: A Page in the Fascist Playbook. indybay.org Starry Plaugh Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also online…

Bennan Center for Justice (2023-05-27). Tuesday 6/13: How the Supreme Court is Dividing America. indybay.org Online event – FREE…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-26). Russian Lancet Loitering Munitions Hit Eight More Ukrainian Howitzers (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has targeted eight more howitzers of Kiev forces in the special military operation zone using Lancet loitering munitions. | Videos that surfaced online between May 15 and 25 showed the pinpoint strikes that damaged or destroyed three Soviet-made 2S1 Gvozdika self-propell…

Bryant Arroyo, Joe Piette (2023-05-26). Health care is a right — for those behind bars too! workers.org "This is how they treat us!" exclaimed Bryant Arroyo, incarcerated at State Correctional Institute Coal Township in Pennsylvania, He was expressing frustration with his three-year attempt to get effective treatment for severe psoriasis in his ankles. Arroyo during an online call Feb. 3, 2021. Credit: Joe Piette On April 7, . . . |

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). GBA promising prospect for overseas Chinese. ecns.cn Many investment and business opportunities have been created as Guangdong province goes all out to promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). China, Ethiopia to enhance bilateral ties. ecns.cn China expressed its support to the peace process in Ethiopia on Thursday, saying it stands ready to enhance bilateral cooperation to facilitate postwar reconstruction and development in the Horn of Africa country.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-05-26). Realizan segunda sesión extraordinaria del Parlamento cubano. telesurtv.net Los diputados cubanos aprobaron la Ley de Comunicación Social, resultado de un riguroso proceso de construcción colectiva.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-05-26). Congreso de Brasil instala comisión para investigar actos golpistas. telesurtv.net La CPMI está integrada por 16 senadores y 16 diputados con sus respectivos suplentes.

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-05-26). 60 years of Cuban international medical solidarity. peoplesdispatch.org The last week of May marks the 60th anniversary of the first Cuban medical brigade. Despite the blockade and smear attempts, Cuban nurses and doctors continue to stride towards Health for All…

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). Security plans unveiled for Paris 2024 opening ceremony on Seine. ecns.cn The Paris 2024 Olympic Games organizing committee this week outlined details of its plans for protecting next summer's opening ceremony from terrorism, drone attacks, and other potential risks.

Black Rose Anarchist Federation + AK Press (2023-05-27). Tuesday 7/18: Book Launch: Anarchist Popular Power – Dissident Labor & Armed Struggle in Uruguay '56-76. indybay.org Tamarack Collective Bar + Restaurant | 1501 Harrison St. | Oakland, CA | 94612…

Labor Video Project (2023-05-27). SF Chronicle PMWG Workers Demand Justice & Living Wages In Protest. indybay.org Dozens of San Francisco Chronicle workers rallied at 12 noon on May 23 2023 to demand better wages and benefits. Many of the younger workers are forced to leave because of their income and the housing crisis.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-27). Mayo neuroscientists discover unknown brain area involved in movement. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's long been accepted that the part of the brain called the primary motor cortex controls body movements. Certain groups of cells direct specific movements — for example, of the feet, hands or tongue. The cells of the primary motor cortex are organized as a type of topographical map of corresponding body parts in the central sulcus, a fold in the brain's outermost layer called the cerebral cortex. Mayo Clinic scientists and their international collaborators…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-05-27). Transportistas italianos realizan huelga por derechos laborales. telesurtv.net La manifestación afecta los servicios ferroviarios, marítimos y de taxis.

Harm Venhuizen (2023-05-26). U.S. capitalism needs more cheap workers; Republicans respond by weakening child labor laws. peoplesworld.org MADISON, Wis. (AP)—Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, for more hours on school nights, and in expanded roles, including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14. The efforts to significantly roll back labor rules are largely led by Republican lawmakers to address worker shortages …

Suzanne James (2023-05-26). Independent MP Judy Hannan speaks out on gambling reform, koalas and housing. greenleft.org.au Suzanne James spoke to newly-elected female Independent MP Judy Hannan about the opportunities for a progressive cross-bench with a minority NSW Labor government.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-26). Docentes y sanitarios españoles reclamarán mejores condiciones laborales. telesurtv.net Se estima que cerca de 78.000 trabajadores de ambos sectores se unirán a una huelga por mejores salarios y mayor inversión.

Harm Venhuizen (2023-05-26). U.S. capitalism needs more cheap labor; Republicans respond by weakening child labor laws. peoplesworld.org MADISON, Wis. (AP)—Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, for more hours on school nights, and in expanded roles, including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14. The efforts to significantly roll back labor rules are largely led by Republican lawmakers to address worker shortages …

Brittani Banks (2023-05-26). A New Generation of Organizers Are Building Union Power in the South. independentmediainstitute.org Editor's Note: The following is the transcript of a special live episode of the Working People podcast. It was produced in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team on March 21 in Atlanta, Georgia. In this panel discussion, Max speaks with local organizers about the specific challenges workers in the South face in …

Cara Brumfield (2023-05-26). Work Requirements Won't Solve Labor Shortages. progressive.org For decades, Republican lawmakers have sought to deny benefits to people experiencing poverty unless they can prove they are either working or actively looking for work. Now those efforts have been ramped into overdrive.

CounterSpin (2023-05-26). Eric Thurm on the Hollywood Writers' Strike. fair.org CounterSpin230526.mp3 GQ ( This week on CounterSpin: Going on strike is something that people with no personal experience are comfortable depicting as frivolous and selfish. That extends to many corporate news reporters, who appear unable to present a labor action as other than, first and foremost, an unwonted interruption of a natural order. However else they explain the issues at stake, or humanistically portray individual strikers, the overarching narrative is that workers are pressing their luck, and that owners who make the…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-26). Cuba signs collaboration agreement with Catalonia. plenglish.com Barcelona, May 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuba renewed the Collaboration Agreement with the General Council of Chambers of Catalonia, at the conclusion of a business visit to Spain that was described as "fruitful".

Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Alisa Lombard, Suzy Basile (2023-05-27). Perspectives] Confronting medical colonialism and obstetric violence in Canada. thelancet.com On Sept 28, 2020, just moments before her death, 37-year-old Joyce Echaquan sent a message to her family via Facebook Live, expressing her distress about treatment administered by hospital staff at an emergency department in Joliette, QC, Canada. She had been admitted there a few days earlier with severe abdominal pain. Echaquan was entitled to respectful, dignified care. Instead, capturing health-care workers treating her disdainfully with slurs and taunts based on degrading stereotypes of Indigenous women, Echaquan's live-stream video made headlines worldwide, exposing the racist and sexist violence Indigenous…

WSWS (2023-05-27). Ultium Cell workers in Lordstown, Ohio support Clarios strikers: "Everyone needs to stand together" wsws.org The UAW is keeping autoworkers at the Ulitium Cell factory in Lordstown Ohio in the dark about the Clarios strikers near Toledo.

WSWS (2023-05-27). What our strike is about: An open letter from the Clarios Workers Rank-and-File Committee. wsws.org This letter was issued by a group of Clarios workers in Ohio who have formed the Clarios Workers Rank-and-File Committee. The strike by 525 workers is nearing the end of its third week after workers rejected a second UAW-backed contract.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Video: Stellantis workers at Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan support striking workers at Clarios. wsws.org This week, the World Socialist Web Site spoke to autoworkers at Warren Truck outside of Detroit about the ongoing strike of 525 Clarios workers in Ohio.

Joelle Fishman (2023-05-26). 1,700 Connecticut caregivers facing poverty go on strike at six group homes. peoplesworld.org HARTFORD, Conn.—Over 1,700 union group home and day program workers providing care for individuals with disabilities in six Medicaid-funded agencies across the state walked off their jobs on Wednesday, May 24, in an indefinite strike to end poverty. They are members of SEIU District 1199NE. After picketing in the morning, the caregivers moved to the …

Staff (2023-05-26). Memorial Day Massacre: Chicago Cops Killed 10 During 1937 Steel Strike, Then the Media Covered It Up. democracynow.org We look at the largely forgotten 1937 Memorial Day Massacre, when police in Chicago shot at and gassed a peaceful gathering of striking steelworkers and their supporters, killing 10 people, most of them shot in the back. It was a time like today, when unions were growing stronger. The workers were on strike against Republic Steel, and the police attacked them with weapons supplied by the company. The tragic story is told in a new PBS documentary. "The mass media, right up to The New York Times, was supporting the police story that they had no choice but to open fire on this mob," says Greg Mitchell, w…

Tom Conway (2023-05-26). How workers in the South are defying history. nationofchange.org The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Striking television and film writers rally in New York City. wsws.org Writers spoke with the WSWS and discussed the wider context of the strike and the need to unite all workers in a common struggle against the increasingly difficult situation they face.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Argentine pseudo-left coalition FIT-U joins section of Peronist government in a "united front" wsws.org The May 18 "Federal March" in Buenos Aires joined the misnamed Left and Workers Front-Unity (FIT-U) with organizations that directly belong to the Fernandez government.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Clarios workers in Germany declare support for striking workers in Ohio: "They should get what they demand" wsws.org WSWS reporters spoke with workers at the Clarios factory in Hanover, Germany, who expressed their support for the courageous strike being carried out by their American colleagues in Toledo, Ohio.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Postal workers speak ahead of Sunday's rank-and-file Zoom meeting: "The union is in Royal Mail's pocket" wsws.org "Forced revisions have made start times later… while the so-called union rep stands by and lets it happen."

WSWS (2023-05-26). Royal Mail: A hedge fund that delivers parcels. wsws.org Any acceptance of the CWU's claims that Royal Mail workers and the company share a "mutual interest" is a road to defeat.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org India: Haryana municipal workers protest; Philippines milk factory locks out workers; UGL workers in Queensland, Australia protest again; New Zealand teacher unions call off strikes.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Clarios workers defiant as support grows for solidarity action by all autoworkers to win crucial strike. wsws.org The courageous stand by the auto battery workers has struck a powerful chord among GM, Ford and Stellantis workers who see the nearly three-week strike as the opening shot in their contract battle.

A Guest Author (2023-05-26). América Latina en Resistencia: EE.UU. mantiene la "presión máxima" workers.org Por Jessica Dos Santos y Ricardo Vaz Publicado en investigaction.net, el 14 de mayo de 2023. El pasado 25 de abril, el presidente de Colombia Gustavo Petro logró reunir a delegaciones de 20 países para la llamada "Conferencia Internacional sobre el proceso político en Venezuela" realizada en Bogotá. Marcaron presencia . . . |

Editor (2023-05-26). Then and now, Stonewall means FIGHT BACK! workers.org June 28 will mark the 54th anniversary of the historic Stonewall Rebellion, sparked that day by a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood. This iconic photo, depicting the 1971 New York City march commemorating the Stonewall Rebellion's second anniversary, . . . |

Judy Greenspan (2023-05-26). San Francisco/Protests demand justice for trans organizer Banko Brown. workers.org San Francisco Despite the fact that recently released video footage clearly shows a Walgreens security guard tackling, beating up and then killing unarmed Black trans activist Banko Brown April 27, on busy Market Street in San Francisco, no charges will be filed. In fact, the San Francisco District Attorney's office . . . |

Katherine Hearst (2023-05-26). Greece: Aid workers decry 'abductions, violence' against refugees in Lesbos. middleeasteye.net Greece: Aid workers decry 'abductions, violence' against refugees in Lesbos | Doctors Without Borders reports violence, alleged pushbacks to sea of refugees on Lesbos amid rapidly deteriorating conditions | Fri, 05/26/2023 – 14: 22 | Refugees and migrant women and children rest on a Greek Coast Guard ship (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP) | Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling on the Greek a…

Maddi Johnson (2023-05-26). Nakba in Portland Solidarity with Palestine. workers.org Portland, Oregon U.S. imperialism was in the crosshairs of the Nakba event in Portland on May 21. Speeches and signs alike identified U.S. weapons and money as the critical factor that allows Israel to perpetrate genocide and apartheid on the Palestinian people. Credit: Sarah Kowaleski Speakers, including those from organizers . . . |

Mary Owen (2023-05-26). Elmhurst Hospital resident doctors declare victory in historic three-day strike. workers.org Elmhurst, Queens, New York Following a historic three-day strike, over 160 unionized resident doctors at Elmhurst Hospital, located in a largely immigrant community in Queens, New York, declared victory May 24. Their fight was for pay parity with their nonunionized Manhattan counterparts. In 2020, Elmhurst Hospital was the epicenter of . . . |

Mirinda Crissman (2023-05-26). Overrepresented in prisons: LGBTQ2S+ people. workers.org This article was originally published in Workers World on May 28, 2021 At every stage in the criminal injustice system, LGBTQ2S+ people are overrepresented, including within the juvenile justice system. Graphic: Tyrone Boucher According to the Prison Policy Initiative, this is true from arrest to sentencing to incarceration to probation . . . |

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-27). Sesiona en La Habana tercer Consejo Conjunto Cuba-Unión Europea. telesurtv.net El encuentro tiene lugar cuando se cumplen 35 años de relaciones diplomáticas entre la nación caribeña y el bloque comunitario de 27 países.

International League of People's Struggle. (2023-05-26). #JunkG7: Statement On The G7 Hiroshima Summit. popularresistance.org We congratulate all the members of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) and the International Peoples Front, for the Peoples' Summit to Counter G7 in Kyoto, Japan and accompanying solidarity Global Days of Action held in several countries May 18-20, 2023. | Leaders of the G7 countries — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the European Union, met in Hiroshima this past weekend. | The G7 sought to make the Hiroshima Summit a platform for the US drive against its rivals China and Russia. Moscow dismissed it as a "propaganda show" while Be…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-26). Black unionists map state by state plan to oust right wingers. peoplesworld.org NEW ORLEANS—Facing a crucial election in 2024, delegates to the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists convention are laying plans here for fighting the right, state by state, concurrent with preparing for the national campaign for the presidency next year. "We will not back down" in "the fight against white privilege," CBTU President Terry Melvin said …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-26). CBTU President Melvin endorses Biden-Harris re-election bid. peoplesworld.org NEW ORLEANS—Coalition of Black Trade Unionists President Terry Melvin endorsed Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for re-election at the coalition's gathering here yesterday. Most of his reason covers how Biden got to the presidency thanks to Black voters and what he's accomplished despite constant Republican obstructionism. The rest is who—and what—Donald …

Staff (2023-05-26). Sesiona en La Habana Consejo Conjunto Cuba-Unión Europea. cubadebate.cu En un ambiente constructivo, en interés de fortalecer las relaciones bilaterales, sesiona hoy en esta capital el tercer Consejo Conjunto Unión Europea (UE) -Cuba.

Staff (2023-05-26). European Union Advances Latin American Crusade in Attempt to Neutralize China. orinocotribune.com The European Union (EU) intends to launch a diplomatic offensive on Latin America, in a crusade with the objective of "reconquering" the South American land before advancing on China, which, little by little, has gained power of geopolitical influence in the region. | According to a report made this Thursday, May 25, by Spain's

WSWS (2023-05-26). Australian unions hail announcement of new Qantas boss. wsws.org As chief financial officer, Vanessa Hudson presided over a $1 billion cost-cutting plan during the pandemic, which included the destruction of "at least 6,000" jobs.

Peter Koenig (2023-05-26). Asian Clearing Union — Towards Dedollarization and Independent Currency. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-05-26). Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación al servicio de 430 MW para horario pico nocturno de este viernes. cubadebate.cu Se estima para la hora pico una disponibilidad de 2340 MW y una demanda máxima de 2700 MW, para un déficit de 360 MW, por lo que se estima una afectación al servicio de 430 MW en este horario.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-05-26). Grupo terrorista ataca base de la Unión Africana en Somalia. telesurtv.net La agresión fue registrada en la base donde operan las fuerzas ugandesas de mantenimiento de la paz en Bulo Marer.

Herman Michiel (2023-05-26). European Parliament to Join the Militarisation Path. socialistproject.ca The European Union is "in urgent war mode,"

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-26). Kazakhstan will limit its integration to the economic field. plenglish.com Astana, May 26 (Prensa Latina) Kazakhstan is committed to limiting the integration processes in the Eurasian space to the economic sphere, without establishing unions with other states, said the spokesman for the Presidency of Kazakhstan, Ruslan Zheldibay.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-26). Russia denounces Western intentions regarding grain agreement. plenglish.com "The agreement was presented with the objective of reducing threats to food security and help countries in need in Asia, Africa and Latin America. However, it turned out to be a screen to facilitate exports to Western powers," the diplomat said during the 11th International Meeting of Senior Security Representatives. | According to the deputy minister, since August 1st, 2022, a total of more than 30.3 million tons of grain have been exported from the ports of Odessa, Yuzhni and Chernomorsk. "Most of the production, some 80 percent, went to high-income and above-average countries, including the European Union, wi…

Stephan Schulmeister (2023-05-27). Inflation in the Age of Finance Capitalism. indybay.org The shift of profit-striving from the real- to the financial-economy lowered economic growth Unemployment and atypical jobs soared. The welfare state was weakened. At the same time, financial wealth grew exorbitantly (the DAX increased 14-fold since 1988). The development of financial derivatives made possible profiting from short-term changes in stocks, currencies and bonds.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Australia: Telstra targets poor with price hike while slashing jobs and wages. wsws.org While increasing its lowest-cost mobile phone plans by 20 percent, Telstra is slashing hundreds of jobs and imposing real wage cuts.

Brittani Banks (2023-05-26). The Move Toward a Four-Day Workweek Obscures Low Pay. independentmediainstitute.org Dolly Parton's signature song "9 to 5," and the 1980s sitcom of the same name reflect a quintessentially American hustle culture of working 40 hours a week in thankless jobs. Even though many people work even more than that—earning the U.S. the title of "the Most Overworked Developed Nation in the World"—our expectations of the …

WSWS (2023-05-27). Jacobin backs Kiliàßdaroƒülu's reactionary campaign in Turkish elections. wsws.org Pseudo-left groups support Kiliàßdaroƒülu for his bitter hostility to the developing movement in the working class and his support for the NATO war on Russia.

Celeste Liddle (2023-05-26). Voices beyond 'Yes' and 'No'. greenleft.org.au Arrernte woman Celeste Liddle who has been engaged in Indigenous and social justice movements for a long time, says she is undecided on her vote. Below she sets out her thoughts.

PACBI (2023-05-26). Activists Put Focus on PUMA's Complicity in Israeli Apartheid at 75th Anniversary Shareholders Meeting. bdsmovement.net

People's Health Dispatch. (2023-05-26). People's Health Tribunal Finds Shell And Total Energy Guilty. popularresistance.org A panel of environmental and human rights activists acted as judges in a People's Health Tribunal organized by African communities impacted by the operations of extractive corporations Shell and Total Energy. Supported by organizations like Medact, We the People, the People's Health Movement, #STOPEACOP, and others, they found the corporations guilty of harming the health of people across Africa. Nnimmo Bassey, Jacqueline Patterson, Kanahaus Manuel, and Dimah Mahmoud condemned Shell and Total's activities, stating that they were "extremely harmful to the livelihoods, health, right to shelter, quality of life, rig…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-27). Science Saturday: Orthobiologics can be nature's healing agents. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic physician-scientists are working on regenerative biotherapeutics such as orthobiologics and other regenerative bioinjectables to bring advanced procedures to more patients. Orthobiologics are biological agents that stimulate healing when standard therapies don't work. Examples are platelet-rich plasma — platelets spun from a patient's blood that promote cell repair — and bone marrow aspirate concentrate that contains stem cells and many other cells that have shown potential for tissue regeneration. "Orthobiologics are like nature's drug…

WSWS (2023-05-27). Transatlantic: The plight of artists and intellectuals fleeing the Nazis in 1940. wsws.org One of the most remarkable collections of political and cultural figures ever assembled, reduced by the defeats of the working class to a wretched condition, is gathered in Marseille.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Erdoƒüan runs phony "anti-imperialist" populist campaign in Turkish elections. wsws.org Erdoƒüan can posture as an anti-imperialist and a friend of working people and refugees thanks to the political bankruptcy of his rival, Kemal Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-27). Participants of G20 meeting in India debate on combating corruption. plenglish.com New Delhi, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The second meeting of the G20 Working Group, held in Rishikesh, ended with agreements on enhancing the effectiveness of the authorities responsible for preventing and combating corruption.

Paul Haeder (2023-05-26). Second-Hand, Third-Hand, Vicarious Trauma. dissidentvoice.org I've been helping my friend from another country navigate the legal system, green card in hand, and a husband who attempted to suffocate her to death. The people in both camps — defense and prosecution — are interestingly together bedfellows, working the "system" hard, juggling which judge is this or that (pro- or con-), and …

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