(2023-05-31). University of Washington research scientists and postdoctorates rally ahead of strike. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On Thursday, May 25, members of UAW Local 4121 rallied in front of Drumheller Fountain as research scientists and postdoctorates prepare to go on strike at the University of Washington. At the rally, a strike date of June 7 was announced, and over 100 members of the union demonstrated their willingness to fight for a strong contract. | Two major demands of the bargaining team right now are around equity and pay-equity including childcare. Research scientist Tricia Wu said, "UW says they don't have any money for childcare. Do we believe this?" The university's administration has tried to violate stat…
(2023-06-01). Positive outcomes of the Arab Summit in Jeddah. journal-neo.org 
The new world order, based on equality of all its participants and initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, is increasingly making its way in international relations. The results of the Arab summit, which just ended in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, are a vivid example of this. This year's Summit came amid signs that the oil-rich kingdom […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-05-31). University of Washington students hear Carlos Montes speak on immigrant rights and Chicano power. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA- On May 25, 60 students and community members gathered at the Ethnic and Cultural Center of UW Seattle to listen to the experiences of longtime organizer Carlos Montes. Carlos Montes is a nationally recognized leader in the Chicano, immigrant rights and anti-war movements. He co-founded the Brown Berets, a Chicano youth organization, in the late 1960s and was a key figure in the Chicano Blowouts, a series of high school walkouts protesting racism and inequality. Today, Carlos Montes is an active and well know community leader in East Los Angeles. | Montes opened the event with a story about how he he…
(2023-06-01). Blowing the whistle on Henry Kissinger / Benjamin B. Ferencz and the Nuremberg legacy. indybay.org On the birthday of the lawless (and never indicted) former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, I believe it is important to underscore the fact that the impunity enjoyed by senior Pentagon officials who knowingly promote far-right former foreign terrorists in Department of Defense international programs (and regularly engaged in the racism, sexism, homophobia and coup mongering overseas [Honduras], as well as common corruption), is a peculiar brand of "American Exceptionalism."
(2023-06-01). Estado dominicano niega acusaciones de racismo contra Haití. telesurtv.net Panelistas del Foro Permanente sobre los Afrodescendientes de la ONU tildaron al Estado dominicano de abusivo contra los haitianos.
(2023-06-01). UNESCO Awards Venezuelan Theoretical Physics AnamarIa Font. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced that Venezuelan scientist Anamaria Font will receive a distinction for her contributions to theoretical particle physics. | RELATED: | Font is one of the five winners of the "L'Oreal-UNESCO International Awards for Women and Science", which honor the work of researchers around the world. They were chosen by an indepe…
(2023-06-01). Chicago's New Mayor Could Signal a Pro-Public Education Shift. progressive.org Brandon Johnson is bringing his public school teacher bonafides to the job of overseeing the nation's fourth-largest school district.
(2023-05-31). With union backing, Sanders reintroduces Medicare For All. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —With strong union backing, led—as usual—by National Nurses United, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., reintroduced his Medicare For All legislation. Sanders has 14 Senate co-sponsors and 110 in the House, but the measure may not get much farther than Sanders' own Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. That's though academic studies estimate it would save …
(2023-05-31). Beware of Economic Textbooks. dissidentvoice.org 
Protests by British university economic students against neo-classical economics highlight the notion that economic education is dominated by theories that defy practical applications and applications that cannot predict, prevent, and ameliorate periodic crises. Students learn economics from unverified and outdated theories, many contradicting one another, which leads to a confused understanding of the discipline and …
(2023-05-31). US budget deal will accelerate savage cuts to public education. wsws.org Given the impact of inflation, the cap on spending to 2023 levels will mean a cut in billions of real dollars to already cash-strapped school districts.
(2023-06-01). Cubamodela y la apuesta por el comercio electrónico. cubadebate.cu La popularidad de esta tienda online no está basada en los algoritmos de Internet, sino en las ofertas para sus clientes, la correlación con los precios y la disposición de un colectivo de jóvenes emprendedores deseoso de salir adelante con el país.
(2023-06-01). Thursday 6/8: Policing in Our Neighborhood and Citywide. indybay.org This will be a hybrid meeting. | ‚Ä¢ Join us in person at Flywheel Coffee Roasters, 672 Stanyan Street (between Haight and Page) or join us online. | Please note that seating is limited. | ‚Ä¢ To join the meeting online, copy this link: | zoom.us/j/97001985280?pwd=Nkx2UVFPSTRVWGVXUVZEbFRkb0xwQT09 | ‚Ä¢ Or, with the Zoom app: | Meeting ID: 970 0198 5280 | Passcode: 333544 | ‚Ä¢ Zoom also provides telephone numbers. These are not toll-free…
(2023-05-31). Agroecology for Life: Pueblo a Pueblo Builds Food Sovereignty (Part III). mronline.org 
A grassroots organization is building a new model for the production and distribution of food based on mutuality.
(2023-05-31). Colorado River water deal: a bandaid or real progress? mronline.org 
The recent Colorado River water deal reached between the three lower basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada is being celebrated by the corporate media as "historic," although final approval by the Department of Interior is still pending.
(2023-05-31). A farcical U.S. election cycle begins—again. mronline.org 
A recent NBC News poll found that 70 percent of U.S. voters don't want Joe Biden to recontest the presidency next year. Sixty percent feel likewise about Donald Trump.
(2023-05-31). Most propaganda looks nothing like this. mronline.org 
The most common articles of propaganda—and by far the most consequential—are not the glaring, memorable instances that live in infamy among the critically minded.
(2023-05-31). Weaponising anti-semitism, bringing down Corbyn. mronline.org 
Britain's mainstream media, its Army and the Israel lobby all combined to ensure Jeremy Corbyn did not become prime minister, a new book argues.
(2023-05-31). These workers are making Baltimore a union town again. therealnews.com 
We hosted a Working People live show at The Real News Network studio in Baltimore on May 18. In this panel discussion, co-hosted by Max and Baltimore writer and editor Rebekah Kirkman, we speak with a diverse panel of worker-organizers from around the city about their respective struggles to unionize their workplaces, what being in a union means to them and their coworkers, and what all of us can do to support one another and grow the labor movement in our town. Panelists include: Dever Cunningham, MOM's Workers United (Teamsters); Martin Yepes, Teachers & Researchers United (United Electrical Workers) at J…
(2023-05-31). Agroecology for Life: Pueblo a Pueblo Builds Food Sovereignty (Part III). mronline.org A grassroots organization is building a new model for the production and distribution of food based on mutuality.
(2023-05-31). Colorado River water deal: a bandaid or real progress? mronline.org The recent Colorado River water deal reached between the three lower basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada is being celebrated by the corporate media as "historic," although final approval by the Department of Interior is still pending.
(2023-05-31). A farcical U.S. election cycle begins—again. mronline.org A recent NBC News poll found that 70 percent of U.S. voters don't want Joe Biden to recontest the presidency next year. Sixty percent feel likewise about Donald Trump.
(2023-05-31). Most propaganda looks nothing like this. mronline.org The most common articles of propaganda—and by far the most consequential—are not the glaring, memorable instances that live in infamy among the critically minded.
(2023-05-31). Weaponising anti-semitism, bringing down Corbyn. mronline.org Britain's mainstream media, its Army and the Israel lobby all combined to ensure Jeremy Corbyn did not become prime minister, a new book argues.
(2023-05-31). These workers are making Baltimore a union town again. therealnews.com We hosted a Working People live show at The Real News Network studio in Baltimore on May 18. In this panel discussion, co-hosted by Max and Baltimore writer and editor Rebekah Kirkman, we speak with a diverse panel of worker-organizers from around the city about their respective struggles to unionize their workplaces, what being in a union means to them and their coworkers, and what all of us can do to support one another and grow the labor movement in our town. Panelists include: Dever Cunningham, MOM's Workers United (Teamsters); Martin Yepes, Teachers & Researchers United (United Electrical Workers) at J…
(2023-06-01). Boric Embraces Trump's Attacks on Venezuela: Evo Morales. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Bolivia's former President Evo Morales rejected statements made against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by Chilean President Gabriel Boric. | RELATED: | During the summit of South American presidents held in Brasilia on Tuesday, Boric said that the Venezuelan human rights situation is not a "narrative construction" but a "serious reality", which he has personally appreciated "in the eyes and in the pain o…
(2023-05-31). A Dirty Debt Deal: Biden Blasted for Backing Fast-Track Approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline. democracynow.org 
As lawmakers push through the bipartisan deal to raise the debt limit, it is being called a "dirty debt ceiling deal" by opponents because it includes language meant to speed completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The controversial $6.6 billion pipeline would go through Virginia and West Virginia and carry 2 billion cubic feet of fracked gas across more than a thousand streams and wetlands in Appalachia. Over 750 frontline communities and environmental justice organizations oppose its construction, but the project has long had the backing of powerful West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, the biggest…
(2023-05-31). Attend "The war in Ukraine and how to stop it" on June 4 in Toronto! wsws.org All workers and young people in the GTA looking for a way to oppose war should make plans to attend Sunday's meeting and join the struggle for the construction of an international working class-led anti-war movement.
(2023-06-01). Black unionists say community support vital to organizing success. peoplesworld.org 
NEW ORLEANS —With the nature of work changing, organizing is changing, too, panels of organizers told the recent Conference of Black Trade Unionists. That change includes organizing not just companies, but communities behind them, and moving out beyond unions' traditional strongholds in central cities into the suburbs, they added in the late-May sessions. "With community …
(2023-05-31). Minnesota legislative session wraps up with historic progressive gains: Years of grassroots organizing paved the way, creating stark contrast with Republican-controlled states. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – The 2023 Minnesota legislative session ended on May 22, and it's one for the history books. A wide array of progressive measures that working class and oppressed peoples' movements in Minnesota have demanded for years and even decades became law, as the Republicans howled from the sidelines but didn't have the votes to stop it. | The stage was set for this when the Democrats bucked predictions of Republican gains in the November 2022 election, with Democratic Governor Tim Walz handily winning re-election, and the Democrats winning a slim majority in both the state House and Senate. This Democrati…
(2023-06-01). Peruvian Workers Protest Against REPSOL Labor Abuses. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, La Pampilla Refinery Workers Union (SUTRELAPA) held a sit-in to denounce the breach of labor agreements by the transnational oil company REPSOL. | RELATED: | "So far, the company has not satisfied various demands to avoid arbitrary changes," the Peruvian workers said, explaining that they are requesting an annual shift schedule that allows establishing positions, vacations, medical breaks, and replacements for each…
(2023-06-01). BRICS Foreign Affairs Ministers Meet in South Africa. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the foreign affairs ministers of the BRICS countries are meeting in the South African city of Cape Town to promote paths towards a new multilateralism. | RELATED: | This meeting provides an opportunity to reflect on regional and global developments, South African Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor said without elaborating on the agenda. The participants, however, are expected to discuss issues rel…
(2023-06-01). Los Angeles Mass labor action builds WGA strike momentum. workers.org 
"Solidarity Is Power" lead banner of the LA County Labor Federation "Unions Strike Back" march, May 26, 2023. Thousands of workers from many unions shut down major intersections outside Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena during Friday rush hour on May 26, in a display of labor power and solidarity with striking . . . |
(2023-06-01). Colombia charges mining executives over terrorist financing. colombiareports.com The Colombia director of US mining corporation Drummond has been charged for allegedly funding a paramilitary group that assassinated two labor union leaders in 2001. Drummond Colombia boss Jose Miguel…
(2023-06-01). Stand Up Fight Back!LA Strike Wave As Writers Guild Rally & Other Unions Prepare To Strike. indybay.org Thousands of Los Angeles members of the striking Writers Guild of America West and other unions and LA City SEIU had a strike vote and may join the writers on strike.
(2023-06-01). USPS rural letter carriers suffering devastating cuts under new contract. wsws.org As part of the drive to privatize the US Postal Service, and in collaboration with the union, a convoluted formula has been imposed which dramatically cuts the pay of rural letter carriers.
(2023-06-01). Trabajadores peruanos de Repsol protestan ante abusos laborales. telesurtv.net "Son varios puntos del pliego de reclamos que hasta el momento esta empresa no cumple con ejecutar", indicó el gremio.
(2023-05-31). Anti-communist backlash removes Elizabeth Gurley Flynn historical marker in Concord, NH. liberationnews.org 
New Hampshire lawmakers removed a historical marker honoring the communist, feminist and labor organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn just two weeks after its installation in Concord.
(2023-05-31). After exposing Starbucks boss as union-busting liar, worker gets his job back. peoplesworld.org 
NEW ORLEANS—Jaysin Saxton, the Starbucks worker who exposed for the U.S. Senate and the world to see that company CEO Howard Schultz lied about not busting unions, will get his job back. Saxton told the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists convention in New Orleans that the National Labor Relations Board ruled for him, deciding Starbucks …
(2023-05-31). Protest calls on Labor to fight climate change, not prepare for war. greenleft.org.au Stop AUKUS WA and Walyalup Climate Action protested the Labor government's enormous AUKUS military spending. Alex Salmon and Leonie Lundie report.
(2023-05-31). Ukrainian Police Tortured Kherson Residents for 'Ties with Russia'. orinocotribune.com The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has reportedly set up torture chambers in two police stations in Kherson — Dnieper and Komsomolsk — to deal with people who, according to the SBU, collaborated with the Russian authorities, a representative of law enforcement agencies, citing a source in the Ukrainian National Police, told Sputnik. | "The Dnieper Police Department is mainly staffed by Ukrainians. The unit is headed by Grigory Nikolaevich Nevkryty, the head of the Strategic Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kherson, with Alexander Priveda as his deputy. Senior officers…
(2023-05-31). Belgian City Of Verviers Cuts Ties With Israel's 'Apartheid Regime'. popularresistance.org The Belgian city of Verviers has become the latest city in Europe to cut its ties with the Israeli "apartheid regime" to "strengthen its support for the Palestinian people," the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. | In its meeting, Verviers Municipal Council discussed a motion introduced by members of the Socialist Party (PS), the Labor Party (PTB), and the Ecologist Confederation (ECOLO) that says that the City of Verviers wants to strengthen its support for the Palestinian people by cutting its ties with the Israeli apartheid regime. | The draft proposal said that the municipal council of Verviers u…
(2023-06-01). Four ways Democrats and Republicans just agreed to attack workers. liberationnews.org 
This piece of legislation contains provisions that would deepen hunger and weaken a wide range of public services, all while keeping the money flowing into the pockets of fossil fuel executives and weapons manufacturers.
(2023-06-01). SeattleWalkout at Amazon set for May 31. workers.org 
Near Amazon's Seattle headquarters are the Spheres where workers plan to rally during their May 31 walkout. Seattle Amazon's recent layoffs, return to office mandates and a lack of action in dealing with its massive carbon emissions are what's leading workers at Amazon's Seattle headquarters to plan a walkout from . . . |
(2023-06-01). Royal Mail workers speak out: "My life is turned upside down. Will I survive?" wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is publishing a further round-up of comments received from UK postal workers condemning the Communication Workers Union sell-out deal with Royal Mail.
(2023-06-01). Australian health union's "Big Wednesday," a farce aimed at blocking a real struggle by workers. wsws.org This was not a strike, but a stunt designed to create the illusion that the union will lead a fight for decent wages and conditions.
(2023-06-01). "They are trying to strong-arm us": Clarios workers call for support as company steps up strikebreaking campaign. wsws.org Striking workers in Ohio are battling the giant auto battery manufacturer and the sabotage of the United Auto Workers bureaucracy.
(2023-06-01). Dana workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania form rank-and-file committee. wsws.org Dana Corporation auto parts workers announce the formation of a rank-and-file committee in Pennsylvania to link their struggles with other workers at the company and throughout the globe.
(2023-06-01). Tamil Nadu state government rescinds its Factories Amendment Act—a political fraud. wsws.org While the Stalinists have rushed to hail the DMK-led government's reversal, workers should anticipate that it will revive a version of its anti-worker Factories Act at the first available opportunity, most probably following next year's general election.
(2023-06-01). For women workers at UPS, fighting the bosses means fighting the patriarchy. therealnews.com 
(2023-05-31). WGA strikers, students tell Warner CEO: 'Pay your writers'. workers.org 
Writers Guild-East (WGAE) strikers and their supporters from Boston-area unions, recently organized Boston University graduate and residence-life workers, and graduates in red caps and gowns — more than 1,000 people — converged on BU's commencement May 21. The target of their anger: the union-busting commencement speaker, David Zaslav, CEO of . . . |
(2023-05-31). Corporate media whitewashes book-banning hate group 'Moms for Liberty'. workers.org 
A recent Washington Post analysis of book challenges in the U.S. gave the book-banning draconian hate group Moms for Liberty (M4L) the white-glove treatment. Demonstrators outside Moms for Liberty summit in Tampa, Florida in 2022. On May 23,…
(2023-05-31). No Austrian soldiers to Ukraine, not even under the pretext of removing mines! workers.org 
The organization Self-determination for Austria called for a vigil on June 1 at 5 p.m. local time at the Ballhausplatz in Vienna, issuing this statement. Translation: John Catalinotto. Call for a vigil June 1, 2023, to defend Austrian neutrality. Alexander Van der Bellen is the Austrian president. President Alexander Van . . . |
(2023-05-31). Headlines for May 31, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Limit Deal Heads to House Vote Amid Objections on Both the Left and Right, NYC Climate Protesters Call on Sen. Schumer to Remove Climate Concessions Before Passing Debt Deal, Climate Crisis: Canada Wildfires Grow; Heat Wave Scorches Asia; EU Ups Summer Firefighting Force, Tech Experts Warn Against "Risk of Extinction from AI", Hotline Workers at Nat'l Eating Disorder Association Are Being Replaced by Chatbot, Sudan's Army Suspends Participation in Ceasefire Talks, NATO to Deploy 700 More Troops to Kosovo Amid Mounting Tensions, Over 1 Million Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk of…
(2023-05-31). Proletarian Political Revolution: Myth and Reality. libya360.wordpress.com Workers League An essential element of the lexicon of Orthodox Trotskyism is the concept of the proletarian political revolution. From 1933, Russian revolutionary leader LD Trotsky (co-leader with VI Lenin of the October Revolution of 1917) and his supporters called for a proletarian political revolution in the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), after conservative…
(2023-05-31). Southern Workers Are Defying History. otherwords.org
(2023-06-01). No Vote in opposition to the proposed Voice to parliament and inclusion of First Nations. indybay.org Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, last surviving member of the founding four of the Aboriginal Embassy and Head of State of the Euahlayi Peoples Republic issues a GRASSROOOTS CALLOUT for people to gather outside British High Commission in Canberra on Wednesday 31 May 2023…
(2023-06-01). New Zealand primary teachers' union cancels strike, pushes new sellout offer. wsws.org The unions are presenting teachers with one below-inflation agreement after another in an effort to wear down their resistance and force them to accept a wage-cutting deal.
(2023-06-01). How illegal Great Depression-era Pennsylvania coal miners fought cops, banks, and bosses to unionize. therealnews.com 
(2023-06-01). Biden administration continues Trump's anti-Cuba policies, but solidarity movement is pushing back. peoplesworld.org 
On Tuesday, May 23rd, the State Department reported that Cuba—along with Iran, Syria, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Venezuela—are not "not cooperating fully" in the United States supposed fight against terrorism. The Biden administration officially designates Cuba as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" (SSOT), as well as Iran, Syria, and the DPRK. Literally 0% of Americans view Cuba as a serious …
(2023-06-01). Bowing to BDS pressure: G4S to divest completely from apartheid Israel. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-05-31). Boycott of Finnish National Gallery ends in success. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-05-31). The right to live without Arabs. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-05-31). Verviers (Belgium) cuts ties with apartheid Israel. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-05-29). Now is the time to stop spyware profiteering. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-05-31). The Dark and Surreptitious Agenda Driving The "Transgender Movement" thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/31/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2023-05-31). A Surprising Win for Animal Rights — and Democracy. otherwords.org It's an odd marketing strategy for an industry to assail its own consumers. | Yet, that's what the monopolistic meatpacking industry — led by such huge conglomerates as Tyson, Smithfield, JBS, and Hormel, which control nearly 70 percent of America's pork market — is doing. | "Just shut up and eat your bacon," the industry shrieks. | The target of their corporate tantrum is the growing grassroots movement of consumers, animal rights advocates, farmers, chefs, retailers, and others who are dismayed and disgusted by Big Pork's profiteering on animal cruelty. | "None of your business!" shout the executive…
(2023-06-01). Lula Says He's Started Talks With BRICS Bank to Help Argentina. infobrics.org Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he's actively working to help Argentina overcome its financial crisis after meetings with its president, Alberto Fernandez, in Brasilia…
(2023-06-01). Australian inflation rate moves back up as real wages continue to fall. wsws.org Despite data which indicates a growing crisis for ever increasing sections of the population, the Reserve Bank of Australia, in line with its counterparts internationally, is determined to press ahead with the suppression of the living standards of the working class.
(2023-06-01). SAG-AFTRA and Directors Guild contracts expire June 30: No plans for joint action with striking writers. wsws.org SAG-AFTRA and DGA members are fighting against a progressive worsening of working and living conditions.
(2023-06-01). Growing number of elderly homeless in the US. wsws.org Impoverishment of the working class and bipartisan destruction of the social safety net leading to elderly being thrown out on the streets, poorer health outcomes.
(2023-06-01). Fake News Alert: Did President Maduro's Security Attack a Journalist in Brazil? orinocotribune.com 
A new fake news operation was launched on some social media platforms by local and international far-right outlets regarding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's visit to Brazil, when a journalist working for said outlets falsely spread the idea that President Maduro's security team supposedly attacked a Brazilian journalist. | The event was reported this Tuesday night, May 30, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília—the building housing the Brazilian Foreign Ministry—at the end of the Summit of South American Presidents, called for by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. At the end of the summ…
(2023-06-01). President Maduro: 'We Are Working as Single Entity to Respond to Rainy Season'. orinocotribune.com After his successful visit to Brazil, participating in the Summit of South American Presidents, President Nicolás Maduro met with his general staff upon return to Venezuela, in order to take stock of the arrival of the rainy season in the Caribbean country and devise necessary response measures. | The president met with governors via video-conference this Wednesday, May 30, who shared live reports on the impacts of rainfall across the national territory "state by state, municipality by municipality," the president announced on a televised broadcast. Particularly in recent hours, Venezuela is feeling the arrival o…
(2023-05-31). In OtherWords: May 31, 2023. otherwords.org This week, leaders in Congress are working to pass a so-called "compromise" between President Biden and House Republicans on the debt ceiling. | Republicans won some new "work requirements" on SNAP and clawed back some money that was supposed to help the IRS crack down on wealthy tax cheats. Democrats won… Republicans not crashing the global economy by defaulting on America's debt. It's not really the kind of thing you want to compromise on, as If the compromise passes, Biden will have fought off the mos…