(2023-07-13). Germany Creates Equity in Western Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com M.K. Bhadrakumar German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of NATO summit, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 12, 2023. Germany is playing the long game. It is creating equity in western Ukraine where it is not Russia but Poland that is its contender as it is entirely conceivable that the ongoing…
(2023-07-13). A Good Year's Pay for a Good Day's Work? scheerpost.com By Sam Pizzigati / Inequality.org Can you imagine a president of the United States proposing a federal budget that quadruples the paychecks that go to top federal officials? Of course not. No president would dare risk wandering down that road. America's taxpayers, our top pols understand, have a distinct aversion to seeing anyone get rich …
(2023-07-12). Cultivating the Next Crop of America's Farmers. inequality.org I consider my days in the sun as a young, organic farmer to be the most rewarding work I've done. The days were long, hot, and unforgiving, but I felt free. Farmers have my utmost respect and I believe them to be the backbone of America. But for young people like me, becoming a full-time …
(2023-07-12). U.S. Government Launches Investigation Into Cedars-Sinai Hospital Over Black Mothers. moguldom.com Health inequality among Black women is a matter of life and death. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is now facing a federal civil rights investigation over the treatment of Black mothers. "Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," …
(2023-07-12). Moving Beyond the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Rulings. aclu.org At the end of its term, the Supreme Court upended established equal protection law with its decision in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC, effectively eliminating the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The court's decision disregards prior precedent, as well as the societal realities of race discrimination and inequality. | Many schools, as well as the courts, recognize that diversity exposes students to new ideas and ways of thinking, prepares them to live and work with one another in a diverse society, and increases understanding and respect across differences. Those findings have not changed, al…
(2023-07-12). France's Racism Still on Display as It Denies Its Colonial Past — and Present. truthout.org Nahel M., a 17-year-old poor French citizen of Algerian and Moroccan origin, died of a single bullet fired by a French police officer at almost point-blank range on June 27. When I heard the news about the murder of young Nahel in the ghetto-ized suburb of Nanterre, shot at close range because he initially refused to stop his vehicle, my mind went back to the mainly Algerian-populated and… |
(2023-07-12). A Brutal Colonial Legacy Is Tinder for the Fires That Are Sweeping Across France. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Jul 6, 2023 | Racism against people of Arab and African descent in France has become almost banal, something that takes place and no longer raises an eyebrow. The killing of Nael was absolutely explicable — the result of a general social toxicity towards minorities and one that is given expression through the police | On Saturday, July 1, 2023, a large crowd
(2023-07-12). Taking on the national anthem, Jill Scott sings truth about U.S. racism. workers.org "Oh, say, can you see, by the blood in the streets, that this place doesn't smile on you, colored child. Whose blood built this place with sweat and their hands. But you'll die in this place and your memory erased. Oh say, does this truth hold any weight? This is . . . |
(2023-07-13). NSW legal groups call for new religious discrimination amendments to be rejected. greenleft.org.au
(2023-07-13). Washington urged to pay dues after rejoining UNESCO. ecns.cn The United States on Tuesday formally rejoined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after an almost six-year absence and a decadelong dispute with the agency.
(2023-07-13). Randall Kennedy vs John McWhorter: Highlights From Debate On Affirmative Action Ruling. moguldom.com On June 19, the U.S. Supreme Court ended affirmative action, ceasing race-conscious admission programs at colleges and universities nationwide. In the late 1960s, college admissions departments began considering race as a factor when admitting new students. The SCOTUS's landmark ruling determined that race should not be a factor in achieving educational diversity. The controversial decision …
(2023-07-12). North-West University Hosts Public Lecture and Round Table Discussion on BRICS Opportunities. infobrics.org The North-West University's (NWU's) Afrocentric Governance of Public Affairs (AGoPA) research focus area recently hosted its inaugural public lecture titled "Mainstreaming South Africa and Africa — the G20 Agenda: Implications for research in higher education" as well as a roundtable discussion titled "BRICS Expansion: Challenges and Prospects"
(2023-07-12). United Federation of Teachers ratifies sellout contract for 120,000 New York City educators. wsws.org On Monday, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), announced that its tentative agreement covering roughly 115,000 full-time and 5,000 part-time education employees in the New York City public school system (DOE) had been ratified.
(2023-07-12). The Heat: World Population Day. america.cgtn.com Fertility, education, the climate crisis, just some of the issues countries are grappling with on this July 11, 2023, The United Nations' World Population Day. World Population Day was first observed in 1987 by the United Nations when the world's population hit five billion. It's …
(2023-07-12). Debt crisis spells development disaster for billions, says UN chief. plenglish.com United Nations, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) Half of humanity lives in countries that are forced to spend more on servicing their debt than on health and education, which is nothing less than a development disaster, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday.
(2023-07-12). Brazil Abolishes Bolsonaro's Civic-Military Schools. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, President Lula da Silva put an end to a program implemented by former president Jair Bolsonaro that promoted the creation of "civic-military schools." | RELATED: | Previously, the Education Ministry analyzed the efficiency of this national program, which was promoted by the far-right leader arguing that schools should "impose the notion of hierarchy" among students as "it is done in the barracks." | Be…
(2023-07-12). Morocco and Angola Sign Cooperation Agreements. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the official news agency MAP reported that, in Morocco's capital Rabat, Morocco and Angola signed agreements to increase bilateral cooperation in various fields. | Related: | According to official statements, the agreements, which cover diplomacy, education, scientific research, tourism, justice, mining and hydrocarbons, were signed by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Angolan counterpart Tete Antonio on the sidelines of the…
(2023-07-13). The UK Online Safety Bill poses grave threats to free speech, House of Lords told. expose-news.com "A wide range of policy analysts, civil rights groups, academics, lawyers, free speech campaigners and industry representatives have [suggested] ways of mitigating some of the grave threats to free speech in this …
(2023-07-13). Cuba rejects presence of U.S. nuclear submarine in Guantanamo Bay. mronline.org The Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically rejects the entry into Guantanamo Bay, on July 5, 2023, of a nuclear-powered submarine that remained until July 8 at the U.S. military base located there, which constitutes a provocative escalation by the United States, whose political or strategic motives are unknown.
(2023-07-13). Oklahoma official instructs teachers to say Tulsa Massacre not racial. mronline.org An Oklahoma state official is facing impeachment calls following his statement that urged teachers to cover the 1921 massacre but not "say that the skin color determined it".
(2023-07-13). The war in Ukraine is the war for the dollar. mronline.org Oleg Nesterenko: "Moscow has really threatened the status of the American dollar on the international stage, and therefore the whole American economy behind it."
(2023-07-13). British intelligence in the dock for CIA torture. mronline.org Recent developments raise the prospect that British intelligence agents could finally face justice for their little-known role in the CIA's global torture program.
(2023-07-13). The fires that burn in France are about its colonial legacy. mronline.org France never really came to terms with its colonial heritage or its colonial mindset.
(2023-07-13). Sunday 8/6: Climate Emotions and Activism: A Psychologist's Perspective on the Climate Emergency. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-07-13). Monday 7/17: Banking on a Safe World: Divesting from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(2023-07-13). Blast Wipes Out Ammunition Depot Of Turkistan Militants In Syria Greater Idlib (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 12, a large blast wiped out an ammunition depot of the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | Photos that surfaced online showed fire and thick smoke rising from the scene of the blast at the city of Jisr al-Shughur in the western Idlib countryside. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group, said that three militants of the TIP were wounded in the blast.
(2023-07-12). The psychological war waged by the Five Eyes against the very civilians they claim to defend. expose-news.com In November 2020, GCHQ was ordered "to wage cyber war on anti-vaccine propaganda" and "to take out anti-vaxxers online and on social media." GCHQ is Britain's main eavesdropping agency and has a …
(2023-07-12). Scientists choose site to mark the start of the Anthropocene. mronline.org Tiny Crawford Lake, near Toronto, holds a detailed record of radical global change.
(2023-07-12). Sober Up Liberals: The U.S. Constitution Sucks. mronline.org Review of Robert Ovetz, We the Elites: Why the U.S. Constitution Serves the Few (London: Pluto Press, 2022). People in the United States generally have confidence in the country's political system, believing that it has the capacity to solve meaningful problems. Conservatives and liberals alike sincerely respect what they consider the nation's sacrosanct Constitution, established …
(2023-07-12). Without the 2014 coup, Ukraine would be living in peace. mronline.org Oleg Nesterenko: "When we talk about the reasons that led the Russians to intervene militarily in Ukraine, root causes and triggers are often confused, especially in the Western press. The triggers are mistaken for the causes. As for the causes, we don't even talk about them, or we just talk nonsense. It's important to distinguish one from the other."
(2023-07-12). Underestimate Russia at your own risk: A comparison of Hubris by Germany during WWII and today's collective West. mronline.org In honor of the NATO summit July 11 and 12, this is a comparison of how the Nazi leadership in World War Two and today's collective West similarly underestimated Russia and overestimated their capabilities.
(2023-07-12). Freedom Road Socialist Organization to hold online forum with rank-and-file UPS Teamsters. fightbacknews.org On Sunday, July 16 at 3 p.m. Pacific time (4 p.m. Mountain / 5 p.m. Central / 6 p.m. Eastern), Freedom Road Socialist Organization will be hosting an online event entitled "UPS Teamsters on the Frontlines" featuring rank-and-file Teamsters, some of whom are FRSO members, speaking on the latest in their current struggle for a contract with UPS. | "This Sunday we'll be hearing from the front lines of the class war," said Richard Blake, of Teamsters Local 512, "From real fighters who are leading the struggle on the shop floor." | IBT President Sean O'Brien has made it clear that if no tentative agreement i…
(2023-07-12). In Video: Russian Airstrikes Hit Militants Stronghold Near U.S. Garrison In Syria's Al-Tanf. southfront.org File image. | Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have reportedly carried out a series of airstrikes against a militant stronghold located near the United States-led coalition garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf. | Video footage showing the airstrikes surfaced online on July 10. However, it is still unclear when exactly the airstrikes took place. | The militants who were based at the targeted stronghold were reportedly a part of sabotage groups which were t…
(2023-07-12). Black liberation organizers across the U.S. reflect on the passing of Dr. Mutulu Shakur. mronline.org Shakur was a prisoner-of-war of a decades-long Black liberation struggle for 37 years. He was only released when he was months away from death.
(2023-07-12). Caged, stripped, beaten: Latest 'Save the Children' report on Palestine makes chilling read. mronline.org According to a just-released report by the international rights organization, Save the Children, four out of five Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system are beaten and 69 per cent are strip-searched.
(2023-07-13). Stop Cop City goes to the people in petition push, opens federal lawsuit. workers.org Atlanta Hundreds of volunteers, operating in three shifts daily, can be found all across Atlanta collecting signatures of residents to push for a ballot referendum in November on the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, better known as "Cop City." They can be found at farmers markets, grocery . . . |
(2023-07-13). Temporary bridge underway after controversial private bridge removal in NE China. ecns.cn The removal of a privately built bridge in northeast China's Jilin Province has inconvenienced local villagers, prompting the government to initiate a temporary bridge construction project.
(2023-07-13). OSHA Has the Highest Murder Rate. thealtworld.com For 30 years, perhaps longer, I have been reading articles that noise is a great stressor and that stress is a great killer. A day or so ago I read the latest report that stress produced by noise is a leading killer. | Air bases cause a huge amount of noise, but OSHA construction regulations are the worst producers of noise stress. Some decades ago an inattentive construction site worker or inattentive equipment operator resulted in a death. OSHA went into action. Henceforth every piece of construction equipment that has a reverse gear must have a penetrating beep-beep system. Today the regulation has expanded to…
(2023-07-13). Uruguay: Construction Work to Mitigate Drought, CAF Bank. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean signed an agreement with the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) to finance in order to finance, with US$ 250,000, a series of construction of works to mitigate the impact of drought and water crisis in Uruguay. | Related: | According to official statements, the bank will finance 19 collective solutions that will include the con…
(2023-07-12). Headlines for July 12, 2023. democracynow.org NATO Promises Ukraine Eventual Membership, But No Timeline Offered, U.N. Condemns Russian Veto to Extend Aid Delivery Route in Syria, Taliban Evicts Hundreds of Displaced Families from Kabul Camp, Killing 2 Children, Iowa GOP Passes 6-Week Abortion Ban That's Set to Go into Effect This Week, Vermont Floodwaters Recede, But Officials Warn More Destructive Rain Could Be on Its Way, Court Halts Section of Construction on Mountain Valley Pipeline, EU Approves Nature Restoration Law in Win for Environment, Greek Coast Guard May Have Caused Disastrous June Shipwreck, Which Likely Killed Over 500 Migrants, "…
(2023-07-12). China advances 15-minute neighborhood construction. ecns.cn China will fully advance the construction of 15-minute neighborhoods, where residents could complete their daily activities within 15 minutes of walk, in the next three years as part of the country's efforts to restore and expand consumption.
(2023-07-12). Federal Court Stops Construction Of Mountain Valley Pipeline. popularresistance.org
(2023-07-13). Newly Organized Nurses in Texas and Kansas Strike for a First Contract. labornotes.org
(2023-07-12). Nurses In Texas And Kansas Strike For First Contract. popularresistance.org Through wet weather in Wichita, Kansas, and scorching heat in Austin, Texas, hundreds of nurses walked picket lines June 27 in a one-day strike for safe staffing and patient safety. Nearly 2,000 nurses represented by National Nurses United (NNU) walked out. | They're trying to get the company to bargain in good faith after winning union elections in the last year at the three struck locations: Ascension's two campuses in Wichita and Austin's huge Ascension Seton Medical Center, where 900 nurses work. | "Our patients are being shortchanged by management, because they are short staffing our units," said Monica Gonz…
(2023-07-12). Nurses Rising Up To Demand Action to Fix Health Worker Crisis. socialistproject.ca
(2023-07-13). UPS Teamsters hold practice picket on South Side of Chicago. fightbacknews.org Chicago IL – 70 workers and community members marched outside of UPS's Morgan Street Hub on the South Side of Chicago, July 11. This was one of many practice pickets that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 705, is organizing at UPS centers across the Chicago area. This comes as negotiations between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Parcel Service (UPS) remain at a standstill, primarily over pay for part-time workers. | "We are here to build our leverage and our unity to force UPS back to the table," said union steward Anthony Taylor. He continued, "There are no part-tim…
(2023-07-13). Australia: Queensland Labor government expanding brutal imprisonment of children. wsws.org So harsh are the new bail laws, that youth are accepting charges in order to avoid more time behind bars while court proceedings are underway.
(2023-07-13). Australian Labor government pushes social media censorship. wsws.org The draft legislation creates the framework for the mass deletion of social media postings deemed by government authorities to do "harm" to "public order," state institutions and corporate interests.
(2023-07-13). Taiwan Labor Party against U.S. institute expansion. ecns.cn Taiwan's pro-reunification Labor Party on Thursday condemned the island's Democratic Progressive Party authorities for allowing a proposed expansion of the American Institute in Taiwan's office compound in Taipei.
(2023-07-13). West Nile virus: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Female Culex mosquito, courtesy: CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed reports of West Nile virus in 10 states. The bite of an infected mosquito most commonly spreads the virus. "West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne illness in the U.S.," says Dr. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. It's a flavivirus —a specific type of RNA virus that can infect humans, birds and horses. "West Nile virus is…
(2023-07-13). WASHINGTON IS BEGGING FOR A PREEMPTIVE NUCLEAR ATTACK FROM RUSSIA. thealtworld.com The Washington Dumbshits are encouraging Russia to wipe out the US in a desperate act of self-preservation. | Russian lawmakers have completed an investigation into Washington's military-related biological activities at laboratories across Ukraine on the basis of findings made public by Russia's Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops over the past year. | Washington is working on a "universal" genetically engineered bioweapon designed to cause severe damage to enemies comparable to that of a "nuclear winter," a Russian parliamentary commission investigating US biolabs in Ukraine has concluded. | "The U…
(2023-07-12). WEF collaborators want to threaten us to ensure compliance with their climate change goals. expose-news.com World Economic Forum ("WEF") collaborators discussed using central bank digital currencies ("CDBCs") to control what people purchase. Not to be outdone in dictating to the world, "climate change" cultists discussed whether to …
(2023-07-12). Health Workers In South Korea Prepare For Nationwide Strike. popularresistance.org The Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union (KHMU) has announced a nationwide strike starting Thursday, July 13, unless the government responds to their demands. The trade union has been concerned about staff shortages and low wages for years and is now prepared to escalate action as President Yoon Seok-yeol's administration continues to ignore the issues faced by health workers. | In a recent press release, the KHMU emphasized that the strike aims to defend the lives and health of the people, in collaboration with citizens. Trade union officials also stated that during the strike, they would address the existin…
(2023-07-12). Australia: Victorian Labor government shuts down COVID-19 respiratory clinics. wsws.org The Victorian Health Department last month announced that six respiratory clinics dealing with COVID-19 infections will shut due to the cessation of state government funding.
(2023-07-12). Bidenomics? Black Workers Now Account For 90 Percent Of Unemployment Rise. moguldom.com The unemployment rate for Black workers fell to record lows earlier this year but it's on the rise again, with Black workers accounting for 90 percent of the spike in U.S. joblessness since April, while white unemployment fell in June. The unemployment rate for whites fell in June to 3.1 percent, the Labor Department reported …
(2023-07-12). End the cruelty: Labor must support asylum seekers. greenleft.org.au The death of a refugee at Villawood Detention Centre is the latest indictment of the bipartsian cruelty towards refugees in Australia. Pip Hinman reports.
(2023-07-12). In Heat and Smoke, Workers Fight Negligent Bosses. labornotes.org
(2023-07-12). Unionized Psychiatrists Say Maryland Provider Violated Labor Law. popularresistance.org
(2023-07-12). Bussin' baristas take Starbucks union campaign on the road. peoplesworld.org ST. PAUL, Minn.—Set to embark on a nationwide tour to pressure Starbucks into bargaining in good faith with their union, members of Starbucks Workers United rallied in St. Paul, Minn., with labor activists, community supporters, and Rep. Betty McCollum, DFL-Minn., who encouraged the baristas to keep up their fight for a union contract. "I know …
(2023-07-13). Wabtec presses demands for deep concessions as strike enters third week. wsws.org Wabtec workers, on strike since June 22, remain defiant, but they face a battle against the company and the UE bureaucracy.
(2023-07-13). Unable to suppress opposition, Los Angeles hotel union calls "second strike wave" of limited walkouts. wsws.org Los Angeles and Southern California area hotel workers began renewed strike action against area hotel chains.
(2023-07-13). Friday 7/14: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…
(2023-07-13). Chengdu offers free drinking water to outdoor workers. ecns.cn "Besides us, many people in Chengdu are participating in this program. Citizens donate mineral water every day so that outdoor workers couldn't be thirsty," said the person in charge of the program. "ÄÄ…
(2023-07-13). 'The East Is Still Red' a necessary read. workers.org With his recently published book, "The East Is Still Red," Carlos Martinez has clarified the role of the Chinese revolution in improving the lives of a fifth of humanity. The book is a contribution to the discussion among Marxists regarding the class character of the People's Republic of China. As . . . |
(2023-07-13). Jenin 2002 and now: Israel can't crush Palestinian resistance. workers.org Palestinian women rally on 47th anniversary of Land Day in occupied Palestine, March 30, 2023. The writer traveled to the occupied West Bank during the Second Intifada representing the International Action Center. She gained access to Jenin in April 2002 when Israeli Defense Forces were barricading the destroyed refugee camp. . . . |
(2023-07-13). Stop the War's capitulation hides truth about Ukraine, stops workers organising. thecommunists.org RT reporter and CPGB-ML member Steve Sweeney is currently reporting live from the Donbass. ***** Small numbers of antiwar activists took part in a national day of action organised by Britain's Stop the War coalition on 8 July which, while calling for 'peace' in Ukraine, rallied around a demand that would in reality lead to …
(2023-07-12). Dockworkers To Refuse Canadian-Bound Cargo In Solidarity With Strike. popularresistance.org Dockworkers on the U.S. West Coast will refuse to unload cargo destined for Canada in a display of solidarity with striking port workers in British Columbia. | The move was announced by ILWU International president Willie Adams on Monday, stating "The ILWU will not be unloading Canadian bound cargo in solidarity with our Brothers and Sisters in ILWU Canada." | ILWU Canada and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) have been unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement covering some 7,400 longshore workers and foremen at Canada's West Coast ports since the previous agreements expired…
(2023-07-12). California Amazon Strikers, Allies Blockade Massachusetts Warehouse. popularresistance.org Norwood, Massachusetts – With military-like tactics and discipline, over 300 Teamsters and their supporters converged in the predawn darkness on a sprawling Amazon warehouse (DCB4) and truck barn in the Boston suburb of Norwood on July 8. At exactly 4 a.m., contingents of workers moved out of the shadows of wooded side streets and, with bullhorns blaring, blocked off multiple gates with moving pickets. | Picketing was led by two striking Amazon delivery drivers — Cecilia Porter and Brandi Diaz — who had flown in from Palmdale, California.
(2023-07-12). UAW organizes publicity stunts as "negotiations" with automakers start. wsws.org The talks are not negotiations between two antagonistic parties but a conspiracy to force workers to bear the full cost of the conversion to electric vehicle production.
(2023-07-12). Canada's union-backed Liberal government intervenes to break BC dockworkers' strike. wsws.org Striking dockworkers, their class brothers and sisters at US West Coast ports and workers across Canada must mobilize to defeat this brazen attack on workers' right to strike. Rank-and-file committees should be set up at each port to fight for the broadening of the strike in opposition to all efforts by the government and its union allies to shut it down.
(2023-07-12). Build the UPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org In this the founding statement of the Committee, which was founded in a meeting held last weekend, rank-and-file UPS workers call for workers to "to organize ourselves—not to 'support' the bargaining committee and to cheerlead for them, but to enforce our democratic will, and position ourselves to countermand the inevitable sellout."
(2023-07-12). Southern California hotel workers rally and strike for higher wages. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – 14,000 hotel workers in Southern California went on strike at 19 hotels in Long Beach, Santa Monica, downtown Los Angeles and North Hollywood on July 2. The strike was planned to last three days covering the July 4 holiday. Union members say if their demands are not met, more strikes will happen. | Last week, in the face of a strike, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites agreed to a contract, and the workers won their demands. Now the workers at other hotels are looking to replicate their success. The workers are organized with UNITE HERE Local 11, and their contract expired at midnight on Fr…
(2023-07-12). Teamsters at UPS Sunnyvale California practice strike picketing. fightbacknews.org Sunnyvale, CA — On July 6, members of the Teamsters union at the UPS Hub in Sunnyvale, in the San Francisco Bay area, held a picket in the lead-up to their contract expiring and a potential nationwide strike. | The picket included both UPS drivers and part-time workers who work inside the hub. The union members picketed from 7: 30 a.m. to 9: 30 a.m. at the intersection of Elko Drive and Hammerwood Avenue. The time of the pickets was set to allow both drivers and the part-timers to participate, before and after their shifts. | As the picketing began, and drivers were there with Teamsters Local 853 representati…
(2023-07-12). Denver practice pickets draw 300 people. fightbacknews.org Commerce City, CO — After the contract negotiation fallout between UPS and the Teamsters a week before, 300 workers marched outside the UPS Commerce City Hub just outside Denver, Colorado, July 9. Teamsters Local 455 is holding practice pickets which have been exploding across the country as the Teamsters keep up their fight for a strong UPS contract August 1. | Teamsters union members marched across the street from the building they work, roaring chants such as "Who are we? Teamsters!" and "No justice, no peace!" as they circled the sidewalk. | Union members were in high spirits and had a lot to say about…
(2023-07-12). Hollywood actors are on the cusp of a strike. peoplesdispatch.org With less than 12 hours left before their contract expires, SAG-AFTRA workers appear poised to strike unless an agreement is reached before the end of the day…
(2023-07-12). Canada: Striking dock workers need working-class solidarity against ruling-class collusion. greenleft.org.au More than 10 days into the mass strike by Canadian dockworkers in British Columbia, dockworkers on the West Coast of the United States declared their refusal to handle containers rerouted from the struck Port of Vancouver, reports Jeff Shantz.
(2023-07-12). Are nuclear weapons next after cluster bombs? workers.org So desperate is President Joe Biden to expand the U.S./NATO war against Russia being carried out in Ukraine, that on July 7 he announced plans to send in $800 million worth of cluster bombs. Over 120 countries, including many U.S. allies, have signed agreements to prohibit the production or use . . . |
(2023-07-13). Ford Saarlouis, Germany: Down tools until we know what's planned! Stop the sellout! Prepare combative measures! wsws.org IG Metall is deliberately organising divide-and-rule tactics to keep us quiet and leave us at the mercy of the new investor. This is central to the union bureaucracy's strategy to suppress any industrial action.
(2023-07-13). Die Insel (The Island): A harrowing account of the European Union's murderous refugee policy. wsws.org Thanks to her lively depictions and her factual, yet sensitive descriptions, the author brings to life the "hell of Moria".
(2023-07-13). Jacksonville rallies for Tampa 5, against SCOTUS affirmative action ruling. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL — As part of a coordinated effort across the country, the activist community in Jacksonville stood in solidarity with the Tampa 5. On July 11, 65 people gathered in front of the Duval County Courthouse to demand legal charges be dropped against the four members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and a union worker who were arrested in early March. Laura Rodriguez, Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro, Jeanie Kida and Chrisley Carpio are facing felony charges. | The Tampa 5 are activists who exercised their right to protest the racist, sexist, homophobic and transphobic Florida House Bill 999…
(2023-07-12). China slams NATO's 'eastward expansion' into Asia-Pacific: Chinese Mission to EU. ecns.cn China firmly opposes NATO's "eastward expansion" into the Asia-Pacific region, a spokesperson for the Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) said on Tuesday.
(2023-07-13). Cuban youth with a lot to say in Brussels forum. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuban youth has much to say and contribute here at the European Union (EU)-Latin America and the Caribbean civil society forum, despite the limitations imposed, said today the island's delegate Grettel Gomez.
(2023-07-13). Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council opens in Kenya. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) The 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) Commission begins today in Nairobi, Kenya, to prepare for the fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of that political organization.
(2023-07-12). German President backs delivery of cluster bombs to Ukraine. wsws.org In the Second World War, Germany's ruling class committed the greatest crimes in history with the Holocaust and the war of extermination against the Soviet Union. Now, once again, it will stop at nothing to pursue its imperialist goals.
(2023-07-12). MEP slams EP resolution against Cuba. plenglish.com Despite the infamous insulting resolution, the peoples of the world are with you (Cuba), he said in a message of fraternal greetings to Cuba. | According to the Left Group member, the European Parliament (EP) has become a loudspeaker for the most reactionary and extreme right-wingers. | Regarding the adopted document, Pineda asserted that it contaminates and stains what should be the house of Europe's sovereignty. | The text used the human rights issue to attack Cuba, with the clear intention of affecting the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement signed by the European Union (EU) and Cuba in 2016. | Pineda…
(2023-07-12). The EU Must Get its House in Order Before Meddling in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Oliver Vargas — Jul 10, 2023 | Even as rioters are trashing French cities, Brussels is more concerned with lecturing foreign countries. | Whether it's fires raging through the streets of France, or runaway inflation across the continent, one would think that the multiple internal crises engulfing the European Union would be more than enough to occupy the time of bureaucrats in Brussels. One would be wrong. | It seems that Western Europe's neocolonial aspirations abroad do not rest even as bricks fly through windows back home. This week, the EU released a formal condemnation of Venezuela's Comptroller Gen…
(2023-07-12). Jenin, Toulouse is with you! samidoun.net At the call of the Association France-Palestine Solidarité, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, Solidarité Palestine Toulouse and the Comité 31 du Mouvement de la Paix, around 50 people gathered at the exit of the Jean Jaurès metro station in Toulouse, France, on Tuesday, 11 July. Participants in the demonstration included delegations from the CGT labour union, the Union Syndicale Solidaires, political parties …
(2023-07-12). Solidarity with Soha Bechara: Lebanese resistance struggler detained and deported from Greece. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces the Greek government and European Union's denial of entry to Souha Bechara, the Lebanese resistance struggler, former political prisoner and Communist activist. As she traveled from Beirut through Athens to Switzerland, she was stopped in the Athens airport by Greek officials, detained for multiple hours and deported to Lebanon, …
(2023-07-12). ACLU Intervenes in Kansas AG's Attempt to Block Gender Changes on Licenses. truthout.org The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kansas, representing five transgender Kansans who want to get or keep a driver's license that matches their gender identity, filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit between Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) and the Kansas Department of Revenue. "Mr. Kobach's actions demonstrate a flagrant attempt to do an end-run around our state constitution… |
(2023-07-12). "Email from the Future": "Agenda 2063, The Africa We Want" globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-12). ALBA-TCP Urges Celac-EU Summit Respect Biregional Partnership. telesurenglish.net The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) called Wednesday for a Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac)-European Union (EU) that promotes respect, inclusion, and bi-regional partnership. | RELATED: | "The ALBA-TCP Member States consider it fundamental that the Summit promote a transparent, respectful, participatory, and plural…
(2023-07-13). The European Left Should Hear What the Global South Has to Say About War. libya360.wordpress.com SaàØd Bouamama In the West, the last major mobilization against war dates back to 2003, when the United States decided to invade Iraq. Since then, military interventions have multiplied with the complacency and even the support of many leftist movements. The most recent example is Ukraine, where many "progressives" are rallying to NATO to send…
(2023-07-12). Our 9 year old Website is COLLAPSING!! bdsmovement.net
(2023-07-12). "Mobilise the world against apartheid Israel." youtube.com "Mobilise the world against apartheid Israel." First Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC) Nomvula Mokonyane advocates for the development of an international movement that would implement an effective framework that would establish a boycott against Israel. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…
(2023-07-13). Jacksonville Teamsters hold practice picket. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL — 40 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) rallied near the Jacksonville United Parcel Service Hub on the morning of July 12. Officials from IBT Local 512 called for members to hold a "practice picket" like others held around the country. These practice pickets are part of the overall Teamster campaign to win a good national contract at UPS. Teamsters around the country are prepared to go on strike come August 1 if their demands for higher wages and better working conditions in the new contract are not met by the company. | Teamsters marched near the UPS Hub chanting,…
(2023-07-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Work with your hands? Watch out for carpal tunnel syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm a homebuilder and have begun experiencing numbness and tingling in my hands. Sometimes I drop things because I can't get a good grip. A friend suggested I might have carpal tunnel syndrome. But doesn't that mostly affect people who use computers all day? Can you explain more about the condition? ANSWER: Working with your hands day after day can take a toll on them, causing pain, numbness and weakness. Carpal tunnel syndrome is…
(2023-07-13). China to enter critical period for flood control. ecns.cn China's anti-flood authority initiated an emergency response for flood control in four provinces on Tuesday and sent two working groups to two provinces to help combat flooding and waterlogging.
(2023-07-12). Canadians may be polite, but Canada's working class fights back, too. therealnews.com