(2023-06-04). Most Uruguayans live worse, warns the Broad Front. plenglish.com This is how it is signed in the document "Towards Uruguay of Hope and Development" an analysis of the situation adopted by the Plenary of the FA that debated the national panorama in the fourth year of the mandate of President Luis Lacalle Pou. | The country model of the government coalition increases inequality, poverty increases, the cost of basic necessities rises, the quality of employment worsens, real wages and retirement and pensions fall, social policies are cut, and Your security policy fails. The State withdraws", affirms the text. | He refers to what he qualifies as the worst water crisis in national h…
(2023-06-05). 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."
(2023-06-05). Peace Disruption (Part 2): Palestine's Killing Fields—The End Must Go On. transcend.org Endless, 75 years of apartheid Israel's discrimination, tyranny, oppression, massacres of women and children, targeted ethnic cleansing and displacement of indigenous Palestinians, marked by the total silence of world religious leaders.
(2023-06-05). Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei to share education resources. ecns.cn At a recent symposium on promoting the coordinated development of basic education in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Ministry of Education called for accelerating the sharing of primary and secondary education resources between the three locations.
(2023-06-05). Wednesday 6/14: Gun Violence Prevention and the 2024 Election Teach-in. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2023-06-04). US Foreign Policy: A bipartisan embrace of militarism. mronline.org Democrats and Republicans never argue about — financing the military.
(2023-06-04). Efforts sought to curb minors' online addiction. ecns.cn "If accounts are easily obtained from the internet, our country's measures against addiction to online games among children, such as regulations, will be meaningless," the paper quoted the mother as saying.It also ordered game providers to adopt real-name registration of users and take more action to prevent children under 18 from becoming obsessed with online games.
(2023-06-04). 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…
(2023-06-05). Summit stresses peace, stability. ecns.cn Collaboration and dialogue are needed to maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and major powers need to act responsibly, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore was told this weekend.
(2023-06-05). ILWU Local 52 Gabriel Prawl On Firings In Seattle, Growing Anger & West Coast Work Action. indybay.org ILWU longshore workers are facing direct union busting by the PMA and shipping bosses. In Seattle a walkout took place after longshore workers worked to health and safety rules. Seattle Local 52 past president Gabriel Prawl talks about the conditions that are developing on the docks and why anger is growing among ILWU members.
(2023-06-05). 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…
(2023-06-05). From lift off to splash down: An update on Mayo Clinic stem cells in space. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's been six years since Mayo Clinic physician Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., watched stem cells from his regenerative medicine laboratory blast into space as part of a research effort to see if zero gravity would help the cells multiply faster. Approximately 15 million people worldwide experience a stroke annually, according to the World Health Organization. Currently, stroke remains a top cause of death and disability in the world. Finding new therapies for stroke is important…
(2023-06-05). Electricity and rent hikes expose Australian government's "cost-of-living" budget. wsws.org Working-class households are being driven into destitution by skyrocketing rents, mortgage payments and power prices, making a mockery of Labor's budget and election promises.
(2023-06-04). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.
(2023-06-04). Acuerdan redactar primer borrador contra contaminación de plásticos. telesurtv.net Los delegados del Comité Intergubernamental de Negociación sobre Plásticos aseguran que elaborarán un borrador inicial antes de su próxima reunión en Kenia en noviembre.
(2023-06-04). Colisión de trenes en Odisha, India, deja al menos 261 muertos. telesurtv.net La funcionaria indicó que recibió instrucciones del ministro principal Naveen Patnaik, de acudir a la zona del percance para supervisar las labores de rescate.
(2023-06-04). Italy: Air transport sector workers to strike nationwide. plenglish.com The strike has been called by air transport sector workers affiliated to the Italian Labor Confederation (CGIL), Italian Labor Union (UIL), Italian Confederation of Workers' Unions (CISL) and General Labor Union (UGL). | In the call for Sunday ¥s strike, it is stated that major reasons for the strike include the fact that the situation "has become unacceptable" and "it is critical to reach a contract renewal as soon as possible". | Protesters called for "the purchasing power to the salary and dignity be restored to the thousands of Italian airport workers who face absolutely inadequate conditions". | "We hope…
(2023-06-05). 19 killed at mountain collapse in SW China's Sichuan. ecns.cn 19 people were killed and five others slightly injured after a mountain collapsed at a state-owned forest farm in Leshan, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and other workers at the mine were evacuated to safety.
(2023-06-05). Russian autoworkers protest low wages. wsws.org Seven workers were arrested when they and dozens of others laid down their tools at the lunch hour and refused to restart the line until that night.
(2023-06-05). Why New York transit workers must reject the negotiated contract and build independent rank-and-file committees. wsws.org The deal would effectively transform the Transport Workers Union into a division of management to drive up worker productivity.
(2023-06-05). Major slowdowns on West Coast ports after dockworkers learn about insulting pay increase. wsws.org Furious over the meager across-the-board $1.56 pay increase, dockworkers along the West Coast were absent from work last Friday, leading to the closure of several terminals.
(2023-06-05). Video: Clarios strikers and Toledo Jeep workers call for UAW ban on scab batteries. wsws.org Workers on strike at the Clarios auto battery plant in Holland, Ohio are calling for solidarity action from GM, Ford and Stellantis workers who are facing their own contract battle in September.
(2023-06-04). 40 Tibetan kids play soccer with peers in Beijing. ecns.cn Kids from a welfare center in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, play soccer with thirty kids Beijing Guoan football team at new Workers' Stadium in Beijing.
(2023-06-05). CPSU members reject federal public service pay offer. greenleft.org.au An overwhelming majority of Community and Public Sector Union members gave the thumbs down to the Australian Public Service Commission pay offer on June 1. Jim McIlroy reports.
(2023-06-05). Court Sentences Cambodian Union Leaders to Prison Amid Wave of Repression. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-06-05). OPEP+ extiende recortes de su bombeo hasta finales de 2024. telesurtv.net Arabia Saudita anunció este domingo un recorte de su producción de petróleo de un millón de barriles por día con el objetivo de impulsar los precios del crudo.
(2023-06-05). Australian university union blocks call by CFPE members for broader struggle. wsws.org This was a blatant act of political censorship, showing that the NTEU bureaucrats are intent on stifling the democratic rights of members as they rush to push through sell-out enterprise bargaining deals at one university after the other.
(2023-06-04). French government deploys police to face protest against reform. plenglish.com Paris, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced yesterday that 11,000 policemen and gendarmes will be deployed on Tuesday in a new national mobilization of the unions against the already promulgated retirement reform.
(2023-06-04). New Zealand Government releases proposal to set up Ministry of Truth. expose-news.com The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs has released a consultation document containing proposed changes to censorship procedures. Read a sobering commentary by the Free Speech Union HERE. The proposals include the appointment …
(2023-06-04). Model motion: Defy the anti-trade union laws. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* notes that, since the defeat of the heroic 1984/5 miners' strike, several rounds of anti-trade union legislation have been enacted in …
(2023-06-04). The reorganization of the Russian armies. thealtworld.com In the midst of the Ukrainian conflict, the Russian Federation has decided to complete the reorganization of its armies. It's a mammoth task that has been accomplished since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the complete anarchy that followed. However, despite the very serious problems that arose last year, first with the dispatch to the front of young men with no military training, then with delays in the supply of certain units, a professionalization of the system is already clearly visible. The announced reform aims not only to homogenize the Armed Forces upwards, but also to radically transform command…
(2023-06-05). At UAW town hall, Fain & Co. falsely claim "transparency" while blacking out Clarios strike. wsws.org The tightly scripted, 25-minute event was aimed at projecting an air of "transparency" and militancy on the part of the UAW's new top leadership, while they in fact prepare to carry out the same policies as their predecessors: brutal attacks on jobs, wages and working conditions at the behest of the auto companies.
(2023-06-05). Revolutionary Trans Politics and the Three Way Fight: An Interview with Rowan. itsgoingdown.org Rowan speaks with Three Way Fight about creating a revolutionary analysis of growing gender fascist attacks on trans-people and the need to develop a broad resistance movement. 3WF: Trans and other gender-nonconforming people have become a major target of right-wing political attacks in recent years, and they continue to be major targets of systemic oppression…
(2023-06-05). Voting for Peace? A Democratic Dilemma. transcend.org I recently discussed Biden's and U.S. Democratic Party's foreign policies with a friend in the peace movement. He agreed that to call these policies "imperialist" was, if anything, an understatement: "In the American two-party system, there is no lesser evil to vote for or support." No lesser evil?>
(2023-06-05). When Will US Join Global Call to End Ukraine War? transcend.org 30 May 2023 – Peace initiatives to end the war in Ukraine being pursued around the world, and the grassroots movement that supports them, as the US is determined to prolong it at great cost in Ukrainian lives and risk of nuclear war.
(2023-06-04). Israel's upheaval is Palestine's opportunity. electronicintifada.net BDS movement report only serious analysis of current situation.
(2023-06-04). Environmental Advocates Push the EPA to Take a Stand on Reproductive Justice. truthout.org Waning abortion access has dominated conversations around reproductive justice, but a lesser known principle of the movement to maintain bodily and reproductive autonomy is being threatened by a changing climate and a slew of environmental contaminants. One of the main tenets of reproductive justice is the ability to raise a child in a safe and healthy environment, according to SisterSong… |
(2023-06-04). Palestinian prisoners' movement demands freedom for Walid Daqqah, escalates struggle to end administrative detention. samidoun.net 
In a new statement released by the Higher Emergency Committee of the Palestinian Prisoners' Movement, the unified leadership body representing the Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails, the prisoners' movement declared an escalation of struggle to confront the policy of administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. As administrative detention orders are indefinitely renewable, Palestinians routinely …
(2023-06-05). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic doctor visits of the future could be powered by 'omics' research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To glimpse the future of medicine, step inside Mayo Clinic's cutting-edge Center for Individualized Medicine. There, physicians, researchers, data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers and bioethicists are working side-by-side to investigate massive "omics" data sets. The innovative approach is the result of thousands of patients who are participating in omics-related research studies and clinical trials. The multidisciplinary teams are in pursuit of discovering hidden biological signatures and patterns of diseases, including cancer. Their hope and expectations are…
(2023-06-04). Iran Says It Will Form Naval Alliance With Gulf Arab States. news.antiwar.com Iran's navy commander said Friday that Tehran was working to form a naval alliance with several Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iraq. "The countries of the region have today realized that only cooperation with each other brings security to the area," Iranian Navy Commander Shahram Irani said. In response to …
(2023-06-04). G20 debates in India on prevention, response to health emergencies. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) G20 representatives and experts on Sunday opened talks on prevention and response to health emergencies at the 3rd Health Working Group (HWG) Meeting held at Hyderabad, Telangana, India.