2023-08-01: News Headlines

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-08-02). Germany, Second Arms Supplier to Ukraine. Unspoken Agenda? The History of Germany's Eastern Territories Ceded to Poland. globalresearch.ca

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-08-01). "The Funk Queen" an autobiography by Dawn Silva open up First Friday 2023 Black August. indybay.org "The Funk Queen" autobiography by Dawn Silva opens an new conversation towards equity and inclusion in a good way, on the one, funky.

jamanetwork (2023-08-01). Over-the-Counter Oral Contraception to Reduce Access Inequity. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint argues that making a progestin-only contraceptive pill available for sale as an over-the-counter product will help reduce logistic barriers to safe and effective birth control.

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-08-01). Noam Chomsky on Why This is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History. indybay.org We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining global hegemony when international collaboration is urgently needed to address the planet's numerous challenges.

SAM (2023-08-01). Can We Measure Inequality Without Tallying the Wealth of Our Wealthy? inequality.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-01). China is the Leading Force for World Peace. libya360.wordpress.com The Forum on Global Human Rights Governance, themed Equality, Cooperation and Development: The 30th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Global Human Rights Governance, was held in Beijing in mid-June 2023. Jointly hosted by the Information Office of China's State Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the China International Development Cooperation…


Caleb Crowder (2023-07-31). Why Not Tax Private Jets Out of Existence? ips-dc.org Is it possible to deter Kim Kardashian The luxury private jet industry not only exploits our planet's precious resources but makes the rest of us subsidize the extravagant lifestyles of the ultra-rich. Jet excess is a dangerous symptom of extreme wealth inequality. As wealth gets more concentrated in the hands of the global billionaire class, there has been a surge in consumer deman…

Prof. Maurice Okoli (2023-07-31). "Multipolarity and Equality", Russia-Africa Collaboration and the St Petersburg Summit: Time to Act on Multidimensional Economic Initiatives. globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Djilang community mobilises against racism. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Pacific peace activist fights US militarism for love, peace, decolonisation & anti-racism. greenleft.org.au

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-08-01). First as tragedy, then as a farce: AfD recalibrates the slogan 'Germany first'. peoplesdispatch.org The far-right party's 'Germany first' campaign in many ways resembles the Nazi campaign for German supremacy propagated during the Hitler era, marked with militarism and racism…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-31). Guatemala in Electoral Context 2023. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Arévalo and Torres, candidates for the second round of elections On August 20, Guatemala will vote for more neoliberalism, more racism, and continued dispossession of indigenous territories. Last June 25, the general elections were held to elect president and vice-president, 160 deputies to the Congress of the Republic, 20 supranational deputies to the…


WSWS (2023-07-31). Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" promotes racism and vigilante violence against protesters. wsws.org The song and music video recorded and performed by Jason Aldean, "Try That in a Small Town," are part of the effort by a faction of the ruling establishment to openly promote racism and far-right politics in the US aimed at sowing divisions within the working class.

WSWS (2023-08-01). UK education unions end strikes with below-inflation pay deal. wsws.org Of the 6.5 percent deal, news site Schools Week commented, "Schools will be expected to fund 3.5 per cent from their own budgets, with the remaining 3 per cent coming from cuts to the Department for Education's own budget."

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-01). Cuba and China enhance ooperation in higher education. plenglish.com Beijing, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) The rector of the University of Havana, Miriam Nicado García, confirmed the signing of new cooperation agreements with Chinese counterparts during her visit to China.

John Perry (2023-07-31). Nicaraguan Government Officials Are Being Hit With Sanctions Based on False Accusations. orinocotribune.com By John Perry and Erik Mar — Jul 28, 2023 | A Popular Mayor Who Worked to Improve Matagalpa's Public Housing, Health, Transportation, Educational and Recreational Infrastructure Has Been Sanctioned for Human Rights Violations When There is No Compelling Evidence. | Nicaragua Is Among 40 Countries Targeted Under Cruel Sanctions Regime | On December 9, 2022, the government of the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on Sadrach Zelodón Rocha and Yohaira Hernández Chirino, the well-known Sandinista mayor and vice mayor of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, accusing both of "promoting and supporting grievous violations of human r…

Jonathan Chavez, Todd Emmenegger & Julia Finestone (2023-07-31). UC graduate workers fight back against illegal retaliation. liberationnews.org In the largest strike in the history of US higher education, 48,000 UAW-represented academic workers at the University of California went on strike for 40 days in late 2022. They won historic and industry-setting contracts, including major wage increases of up to 80%, new protections against abusive supervisors, and expanded paid family leave and childcare subsidies. Now seven months after the strike, the workers are facing retaliation and intransigence from University administration.

_____ (2023-07-31). The U.K. Government Is Very Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide. transcend.org 26 Jul 2023 – The U.K. Parliament is pushing the Online Safety Bill, which will undermine the privacy of people around the world; now at the final stage. It gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, destroying end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted.

WSWS (2023-07-31). Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" promotes racism and vigilante violence against protesters. wsws.org The song and music video recorded and performed by Jason Aldean, "Try That in a Small Town," are part of the effort by a faction of the ruling establishment to openly promote racism and far-right politics in the US aimed at sowing divisions within the working class.

WSWS (2023-08-01). UK education unions end strikes with below-inflation pay deal. wsws.org Of the 6.5 percent deal, news site Schools Week commented, "Schools will be expected to fund 3.5 per cent from their own budgets, with the remaining 3 per cent coming from cuts to the Department for Education's own budget."

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-01). Cuba and China enhance ooperation in higher education. plenglish.com Beijing, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) The rector of the University of Havana, Miriam Nicado García, confirmed the signing of new cooperation agreements with Chinese counterparts during her visit to China.

John Perry (2023-07-31). Nicaraguan Government Officials Are Being Hit With Sanctions Based on False Accusations. orinocotribune.com By John Perry and Erik Mar — Jul 28, 2023 | A Popular Mayor Who Worked to Improve Matagalpa's Public Housing, Health, Transportation, Educational and Recreational Infrastructure Has Been Sanctioned for Human Rights Violations When There is No Compelling Evidence. | Nicaragua Is Among 40 Countries Targeted Under Cruel Sanctions Regime | On December 9, 2022, the government of the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on Sadrach Zelodón Rocha and Yohaira Hernández Chirino, the well-known Sandinista mayor and vice mayor of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, accusing both of "promoting and supporting grievous violations of human r…

Jonathan Chavez, Todd Emmenegger & Julia Finestone (2023-07-31). UC graduate workers fight back against illegal retaliation. liberationnews.org In the largest strike in the history of US higher education, 48,000 UAW-represented academic workers at the University of California went on strike for 40 days in late 2022. They won historic and industry-setting contracts, including major wage increases of up to 80%, new protections against abusive supervisors, and expanded paid family leave and childcare subsidies. Now seven months after the strike, the workers are facing retaliation and intransigence from University administration.

_____ (2023-07-31). The U.K. Government Is Very Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide. transcend.org 26 Jul 2023 – The U.K. Parliament is pushing the Online Safety Bill, which will undermine the privacy of people around the world; now at the final stage. It gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, destroying end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted.

ecns.cn (2023-08-01). Key platforms have cleared over 86,000 records of false info to protect online business environment: Chinese cyberspace regulator. ecns.cn The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has urged key website platforms in China to clear over 86,000 records of false and misleading information in an effort to create a favorable online business environment.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-08-01). Five critical lessons from UPS's union workers. nationofchange.org The UPS Teamsters' negotiations with the world's largest delivery company offer the American labor movement lessons in organizing.

ecns.cn (2023-08-01). Construction of three schools and one hospital project enters new stage. ecns.cn On completion, the schools and hospital will be supported by Beijing's No 4 Middle School, Shijia Hutong Primary School, Beihai Kindergarten and Xuanwu Hospital.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-01). China's Army celebrates its 96th anniversary. plenglish.com Defense Minister Li Shangfu congratulated the personnel of the Armed Forces, members of the military police, the reserve force, the militia, veterans, and others. | According to the minister, the military should strengthen the construction of the Communist Party of China, intensify the training of troops and improve combat readiness in the new era. | Li reiterated the willingness to perfect military governance, consolidate strategic capabilities and "unswervingly" advance the cause of national reunification. He also urged meeting the PLA's centenary goals by 2027 and reaching world-class standards. | Chinese Pre…

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-08-01). India: 16 workers killed as crane collapses at construction site. plenglish.com New Delhi, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) At least 16 workers were killed, and three were injured in India on Tuesday, when a crane collapsed at the construction site on the Samruddhi highway in Shahapur, Maharasthra.

teleSUR (2023-08-01). Thousands Remain Displaced After Türkiye's Earthquakes. t.co Nearly six months after deadly earthquakes devastated southern Türkiye, thousands of survivors are still displaced, while President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised a rapid reconstruction. | RELATED: | "We are living in containers, and it's certainly not like living in a proper home," said Recep Sayilgan, a 41-year-old survivor from Kahramanmaras, the worst-hit province and the epicenter of the massive earthquakes in February. | The powerful tremors have claimed more than 50,000 lives and rendered…

teleSUR (2023-08-01). India: Crane Collapses at Road Construction Site, 17 Killed. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, at least 17 workers were killed, and three others injured, after a crane collapsed at a road construction site in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. | Related: | "Today an unfortunate incident happened at Shahpur Tehsil of Thane District on under construction Samruddhi Expressway in which one Crane fell on a Slab of a Bridge in which two teams of NDRF are working on the site," India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) sai…

Ollantay Itzamná (2023-07-31). Guatemala en contexto electoral 2023. globalizacion.ca El pasado 25 de junio se realizaron las elecciones generales para elegir president@ y vicepresident@, 160 diputados al Congreso de la República, 20 diputados supranacionales al Parlamento Centroamericano y 340 gobiernos municipales. | Estuvieron convocados 9.3 millones de guatemaltecos habilitados para…

Darrell Jackson, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-08-01). How Prisoner-Led Organizing Saved My Life. popularresistance.org To survive in prison, inmates usually accept a "convict code" that demands toughness and makes us wary of others. | To thrive in prison, I learned to embrace organizing for social change and discovered the rewards in thinking of others first. Contributing to a collective has helped me find deeper purpose in my life, even while serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. | Like most transformations in our lives, this didn't happen overnight. | My introduction to organizing was the Black Prisoners Caucus, or BPC, at Clallam Bay Corrections Center in Washington state.

Wendy Snyder (2023-08-01). Thursday 8/3: Organizing Meeting for Oakland Days for Reparations. indybay.org Register on zoom: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctcuuvrTspHdU8l3wqRlcXgRMxRepLELz1#/registration

Wendy Snyder (2023-08-01). Thursday 8/17: Organizing Meeting for the Days of Reparations. indybay.org Register on zoom: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctcuuvrTspHdU8l3wqRlcXgRMxRepLELz1#/registration

Wendy Snyder (2023-08-01). Thursday 8/24: Organizing Meeting for Days of Reparations. indybay.org Register for the zoom meeting: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctcuuvrTspHdU8l3wqRlcXgRMxRepLELz1#/registration

Wendy Snyder (2023-08-01). Thursday 8/31: Organizing Meeting for Days of Reparations to African People. indybay.org Register on Zoom:…

Black Rose Anarchist Federation (2023-07-31). Seize the Hospitals!…But How?: Report Back from the Health Autonomy Conference. itsgoingdown.org Critical report back and analysis from members of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation on the recent Health Autonomy Conference that took place in Durham, North Carolina in May of 2023. In May of 2023 several Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN) Militants organizing in the healthcare sector attended the Health Autonomy Convergence (HAC) in Durham,…

_____ (2023-07-31). Israel and Ukraine: Zionists and Nazis Collide. transcend.org 24 Jul 2023 – The extraordinary history of Zionist and Nazi collaboration.

Eduardo Camín (2023-08-01). La inseguridad laboral, la repetición del capitalismo o la retórica del eterno retorno. globalizacion.ca La reunión de Ministros de Trabajo y Empleo del G20, de la que India fue anfitriona y que tuvo lugar en Indore los días 20 y 21 de julio, se centró en tres temas principales: abordar las carencias mundiales de…

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Climate conference slams Labor for supporting fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Labor's casual worker reforms need to go further. greenleft.org.au

Labor Video Project (2023-08-01). Stop Burning Us Out & Destroying Our Healthcare! Kaiser SEIU UHW Workers Speak at SF Kaiser. indybay.org San Francisco Kaiser hospital workers protested the dangerous health and safety conditions at the hospital, lack of enforcement of health and safety regulations and blatant union busting by management. Eighty eight thousand workers are negotiating for a new contract.

Labor Video Project (2023-08-01). Starbucks STOP Union Busting! Starbucks Workers National Bus Tour Hits SF. indybay.org Starbucks workers an a bus tour arrived in San Francisco and talked about their conditions and the flagrant union busting by Starbucks.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-08-01). México apoya negociaciones para paz entre Rusia y Ucrania. telesurtv.net El mandatario mexicano afirmó que de existir voluntad para el acercamiento en favor de una solución pacífica, su Gobierno colaborará en esa tarea.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-08-01). Médicos dominicanos mantienen paro laboral de 12 horas. telesurtv.net El presidente del Colegio Médico Dominicano (CMD), Senén Caba, detalló que la gran mayoría de los médicos han acatado el paro.

teleSUR (2023-08-01). teleSUR and TTT Limited Channel Sign Cooperation Agreement. telesurenglish.net teleSUR, the Latina American communication multi-platform, and TTT limited, the main public television station in Trinidad and Tobago, are pleased to announce a cooperation agreement that will allow the exchange of programs and the transmission of audiovisual material between both platforms. | Related: | This agreement is signed with the objective of strengthening the bonds of friendship and collaboration that wi…

Zane McNeill (2023-08-01). Biden Admin Issues New Protections for Outdoor Workers Amid Deadly Heat Wave. truthout.org The Biden Administration has announced new protections to keep outdoor workers safe from extreme heat, and instructed the Department of Labor to issue a heat hazard alert and increase enforcement of heat-safety violations. "Millions of Americans are currently experiencing the effects of extreme heat, which is growing in intensity, frequency, and duration due to the climate crisis… |

Tanupriya Singh (2023-07-31). Second Russia-Africa Summit ends with commitments towards cooperation across key sectors. peoplesdispatch.org Hosted in St.Petersburg, the two-day summit was attended by delegations from 49 African states. The meeting has produced a 74-point joint declaration for collaboration on matters including security, trade, and the environment…

WSWS (2023-07-31). Automotive News panel: Big Three relying on UAW apparatus to deliver for Wall Street in contract talks. wsws.org In a conversation with labor relations "expert" Art Wheaton, Automotive News writers want to know if Shawn Fain can deliver on demands of auto companies.

ecsorinoco (2023-07-31). An Open Letter to President Lula of Brazil. orinocotribune.com By Fred Morris — Jul 20, 2023 | His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil: | On March 17, 2003, I was in your Cabinet as a representative of the National Council of Churches of the United States, asking for your help with the presidents of the non-aligned nations to seek to avoid the war of the United States against Iraq. You received me with a warm embrace, because you remembered my case as a Methodist missionary, collaborator of Dom Hélder Câmara in Recife, kidnapped by the Fourth Army and tortured by the same for 17 days before being expelled from Brazil in 1974. | Unfortunately, Pres…

Martha Grevatt (2023-08-02). UPS contract: Strike threat delivers major gains. workers.org The 340,000 Teamsters union members at United Parcel Service have spent the past year preparing to strike when their contract expires Aug.1, but they probably won't need to employ the strike weapon this go-around. Teamsters 'practice' picket line and rally at the main gate of the Hog Island UPS facility . . . |

WSWS (2023-08-02). Australian movie workers back US strike and speak out on poor conditions. wsws.org In video interviews with the WSWS, young actors speak about the crucial nature of the US strike for the future of the conditions of movie and arts workers in Australia and internationally, and explain how bad these conditions are already.

WSWS (2023-08-02). Japanese department store workers vote to strike. wsws.org The 4,000 Japanese workers join a growing international strike movement in a country where the unions have long suppressed the class struggle.

WSWS (2023-08-02). Over 3,500 Metro grocery workers strike in Toronto area. wsws.org This past Friday, even as Unifor president Lana Payne was still promoting the contract proposal as "the best deal in decades," Metro workers voted to soundly reject the recommendation of the union. Picket lines went up shortly thereafter.

A Guest Author (2023-08-01). History will absolve me — the July 26, 1953, attack on Moncada Barracks, Cuba. workers.org By Katrien Demuynck and Marc Vandepitte Sometimes reality surpasses fiction. In a way, this is the case with the Cuban Revolution. Seventy years ago, a few dozen young rebels stormed a barracks. Even though the attack failed completely, it was the beginning of a revolutionary process with far-reaching consequences not . . . |

Will Hodgkinson (2023-08-01). In-N-Out Burger threatens workers' health. workers.org The fast-food chain In-N-Out Burger will start banning workers from wearing masks, further endangering their health amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In-N-Out workers prefer to keep their masks on. July 2023. WW PHOTO: John Taggart In a corporate memo leaked on July 14, company bosses ordered employees not to mask, . . . |

WSWS (2023-08-01). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Thousands in Peru attempted to surround the national legislature in Lima, while Manitoba officials have brough in scab replacements to man liquor distribution centers in the province.

WSWS (2023-08-01). "Vote this trash pile down": UPS workers speak out against new tentative agreement. wsws.org "I am a very upset millennial, who just wants to buy a house and start a family," one worker told the WSWS. "I have stood by my union proudly as they talked such big game, only to read how poor of a contract they are now celebrating with teary eyes."

Fight Back (2023-08-01). Chicago: Strike for staffing. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 200 workers at Loretto Hospital on Chicago's West Side walked out of work at 7 a.m. Monday, July 31. | Represented by the Service Employees International Union – Health Care Illinois Indiana (SEIU-HCII), the strikers include patient transporters, certified nursing assistants, respiratory and radiology technicians, and housekeepers. | Workers charged Loretto management of paying some titles $2 per hour less than workers at other West Side safety- net hospitals. They also denounced the hospital because the wages are so low that they have to work extra shifts to make ends meet. Workers pointed out the…

Liberation Staff (2023-08-01). How we beat the company: Lessons from the UPS Teamsters' fight. liberationnews.org A credible strike threat is imperative for workers to collectively win their demands. That is what the Teamsters showed to UPS, and how we won historic gains in our contract.

NorCal Fight for 15, Lucha por 15 (2023-08-01). Wednesday 8/2: #UnionsForAll: Fast Food Workers Action Rallies in San Jose. indybay.org 10: 30AM – Rally at Carl's Jr – 1346 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose | 12PM – Rally at SJ City Hall – 200 E Santa Clara Street, Downtown San Jose | 1PM – Rally at KFC – 522 E Santa Clara Street, San Jose…

Raging Grannies (2023-08-01). Monday 8/7: Adopt-A-Store at Palo Alto Starbucks for Solidarity with Workers. indybay.org Starbucks (on the patio) | 2000 El Camino Real (x-street Stanford Ave.) | Palo Alto, CA…

Revolutionary Workers United (2023-08-01). Friday 8/4: Banner for Peace & Justice. indybay.org On the pedestrian bridge over Geary at Webster near Japantown…

teleSUR (2023-08-01). Typhoon Doksuri Leaves at Least 11 Dead in China. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Chinese authorities said that heavy rains over the city of Beijing have left at least 11 dead and 27 missing. | Related: | Among those killed by heavy rainfall due to the passage of Typhoon Doksuri through the capital of China are two emergency services workers who died while performing rescue work. | According to Chinese authorities, four members of a rescue team who fell into the water in a rural area are among the missing. | &…

Janisse Miles (2023-07-31). Transgender fear and the belittlement of women's sports. workers.org In the latest efforts to eliminate the LGBTQ2S+ community, trans people have become the shiny new scapegoat, now that lesbian, gay and bisexual people are somewhat accepted by the mainstream at the moment. Non-binary people are disregarded or denied and often gaslit about their liminal experiences with the gender spectrum; trans . . . |

A Guest Author (2023-07-31). 'La historia me absolverá' ‚àí El asalto del cuartel Moncada en Cuba en 1953. workers.org Por Katrien Demuynck y Marc Vandepitte Traducido del neerlandés para Rebelión por Sven Magnus. Revisado por Beatriz Morales Bastos. A veces la realidad supera a la ficción. Hasta cierto punto este es el caso de la revolución cubana. Hace 70 años varias docenas de jóvenes rebeldes asaltaron un cuartel. Aunque . . . |

Marsha Goldberg (2023-07-31). No tech for Israeli apartheid! workers.org New York City Tech workers from Amazon and Google rallied outside the annual Amazon Web Services Summit at the Javits Center in New York City on July 26. Workers chanted loud and clear: "Free free Palestine, no tech for Israel's crimes!" The rally was part of their continuing two-year "No . . . |

WSWS (2023-07-31). Hundreds of heat deaths across US Southwest and Mexico: A capitalist crime. wsws.org Amid sweltering heat, homeless people die outside, retirees from power cut-offs and neglect, and workers are hospitalized from heat-related illnesses.

WSWS (2023-07-31). The Yellow Corp. bankruptcy: A brutal attack on the working class. wsws.org The fifth largest trucking firm in the United States shut its operations last Friday and laid off 30,000 drivers, yard workers and office staff across the US.

WSWS (2023-07-31). Australian union forces through wage-slashing deal for tens of thousands of public sector health workers. wsws.org Almost half of the membership voted to continue industrial action for a pay rise, but the Health Services Union is using the result to ram through real wage cuts.

WSWS (2023-07-31). Communication Workers Union welcomes Martin Seidenberg as Group CEO after betrayal of Royal Mail dispute. wsws.org Ward and Furey greeted Seidenberg's appointment as head of International Distribution Services with the words: "We are absolutely committed to working with the new CEO and improving industrial relations".

Industrial Workers of the World (2023-07-31). IWW Workers at Voodoo Doughnuts March on Boss in Portland; Issue Demands. itsgoingdown.org Report from Doughnut Workers United, a part of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), in so-called Portland, Oregon. On July 29th, workers at Voodoo Doughnut Old Town gathered to march on the boss together to address issues that we are all fed up with dealing with. Unfortunately, both managers left the premises before the…

Natalia Marques (2023-07-31). The largest industrial union in the US enters auto industry negotiations with a pledge to take on CEOs. peoplesdispatch.org Union contracts for 144,000 auto workers expire in September, after which they could potentially strike for gains rolled back during deindustrialization…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-31). Three workers die in an accident at plant run by one of India's leading cement manufacturers. peoplesdispatch.org The accident due to an oxygen cylinder blast occurred at a cement plant in Himri village run by one of India's leading cement manufacturing companies, UltraTech Cement, on July 18…

WSWS (2023-07-31). Sri Lankan free trade zone workers protest against new labour laws. wsws.org While workers want to fight to defend their rights, trade union leaders are calling for the establishment of corporatist bodies that will impose the demands of companies and the government.

WSWS (2023-07-31). West Coast Canadian dockers on collision course with union-backed federal Liberal government after rejecting tentative agreement. wsws.org The urgent task British Columbia dockworkers now confront is to break out of the straitjacket imposed upon them by the ILWU leadership.

WSWS (2023-07-31). UPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee holds public meeting on sellout contract. wsws.org The wide turnout, with more than 300 registered, was a sign of growing opposition to the contract, which contains substandard wage increases and freezes to pension contributions for workers throughout much of the US.

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2023-07-31). 'Era of global boiling' has arrived, UN chief says. nationofchange.org "The consequences are clear and they are tragic: children swept away by monsoon rains; families running from the flames; workers collapsing in scorching heat."

Tom Conway (2023-07-31). Why the GOP is trying to take credit for union workers' infrastructure victoryÔøº. nationofchange.org As Republicans try to take credit for the infrastructure program, it's important for union members to continue pointing out the truth.

WSWS (2023-08-02). Australia: Virgin Australia drops intractable bargaining case after union agrees to real wage cut. wsws.org The company discontinued its application after the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association lent its support to a real-wage cutting proposed enterprise agreement.

WSWS (2023-08-01). Youth in Germany and former Soviet Union oppose political censorship of IYSSE at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "If one considers the programmatic principles of the IYSSE against the backdrop of Australia's spearheading role in the US-led war preparations against China, one can only determine that your refusal to reaffiliate a long-standing and popular anti-war student organization is politically motivated."

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-01). The Hiroshima Nagasaki "Dress Rehearsal": Oppenheimer and the U.S. War Department's Secret September 15, 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-01). ATMIS military commanders conclude meeting on troop withdrawal. plenglish.com Mogadishu, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) Top military commanders of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have concluded a four-day meeting to evaluate the first phase of ATMIS troop withdrawal from Somalia, which was successfully implemented in June.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-08-01). Sri Lankan healthcare unions announce strike. plenglish.com Colombo, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lanka's healthcare unions on Tuesday announced a symbolic strike for next Thursday to demand solutions to the difficulties that affect the quality of services in the country.

teleSUR (2023-08-01). Russian Exports Increased After the End of the Grain Agreement. telesurenglish.net Yelena Tiurina, head of the analytical department of the Russian Grain Union, reported that Russian grain exports increased by 60 percent in July compared to the same month in 2022. | RELATED: | Grain exports amounted to 5.68 million tons. Of that volume, 4.54 million tons corresponded to wheat, which represents an increase of 50 percent. | The main buyers of Russian grains were Saudi Arabia (578,000 tons), Turkey (518,000 tons), Egypt (467,000 tons), and Israel (345…

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-01). eBay TCGPlayer Union Slams Company's Anti-Union Activity. popularresistance.org

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-08-01). The US Brings In Black Misleaders To Support Military Intervention In Haiti. popularresistance.org At a recent meeting, CARICOM members, under pressure from the United States, changed their position to support western military intervention in Haiti. Black leaders from the US, Rwanda and Kenya were brought in to justify the move. Clearing the FOG speaks with Erica Caines of the Black Alliance for Peace's Haiti/Americas team to discuss the long history of outside intervention in Haiti, current resistance in support of people's-centered self-determination and what people in the United States can do to center Haiti in our work. Caines reminds us that Haiti was the spark that lit de-colonization movements throughou…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-01). Alliance for Global Justice Joins Nicaraguans and Solidarity Movements in Celebration of the 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution (Report-Back). orinocotribune.com By Natalia Burdy≈Ñska-Schuurman — Jul 30, 2023 | Last week, Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) was among the thousands of Nicaraguan citizens, youth and international delegates present at the 44th Anniversary celebration of the Sandinista Popular Revolution in Managua, Nicaragua. I was honored and ecstatic to be part of this shared space to rejoice in the sustained peace, prosperity and gains for the Nicaraguan people with fellow internationalists committed to uplifting Nicaragua's example of resilience and self-determination to the world. | For decades, Nicaragua has been the target of countles…

Rohini Hensman (2023-08-01). Ukraine and the Contested Meaning of Nonalignment. fpif.org Almost everyone seems to agree that the war in Ukraine has pulled into focus the notion of non-alignment among states of the Global South. | Observers have drawn parallels with the emergence of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) that formed in the wake of the 1955

teleSUR (2023-08-01). Expectations Low for Breakthrough in Palestinian Reconciliation. telesurenglish.net Although a reconciliation meeting between heads of Palestinian factions just concluded in Egypt, expectations are low that a tangible and real breakthrough would be achieved to end the years-long intra-Palestinian division. | RELATED: | Analysts agreed that "there is a wide gap" in the political positions of the Palestinian factions, mainly between the two rivals, the Fatah Movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-31). The Growth of Social Tension and the Change of Protest Movements in France. libya360.wordpress.com Natalia Rutkevich In…

teleSUR (2023-07-31). Clashes in Palestinian Refugee Camp: 11 Killed, 40 Injured. telesurenglish.net The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported Monday that armed clashes between members of the Palestinian Fatah movement and Islamist militiamen in southern Lebanon have left 11 dead and 40 injured. | RELATED: | Armed clashes erupted Saturday in the Ain al Hilweh camp in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. Among the dead were Brigadier General Abou Ashraf al Armoushi of th…

WSWS (2023-08-01). The Yellow bankruptcy and the US ruling class's war on two fronts. wsws.org While the US government proclaims it will fund the war in Ukraine for "as long as it takes," no resources are supposedly available to prevent tens thousands of working class families from being thrown into destitution in the largest trucking bankruptcy in US history.

jamanetwork (2023-08-01). Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations at US Acute Care Hospitals—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Inspired by our team's experiences working with children and adolescents in inpatient settings, we used the Kids' Inpatient Database to chronicle how hospitalizations for mental health diagnoses changed from 2009 to 2019 among youths aged 3 to 17 years. While the objective of our work was to highlight trends in hospitalizations at the national level, our findings also raised the following questions: why have the numbers of hospitalizations for mental health diagnoses increased and what needs to be done?

Larry Johnson (2023-08-01). Judge Napolitano and I Talk Intelligence and Gonzalo Lira Speaks. sonar21.com I want to get this up without a lot of commentary. The most important news is that Gonzalo Lira was released on bail on July 6 and is now working…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-01). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

Miko Peled, MintPress News. (2023-07-31). Africa: Untapped Ally For The Palestinian Cause. popularresistance.org Africa could potentially be the much-needed ally for the Palestinian cause, and Israel is well aware of this fact. However, the issue lies in the lack of active pursuit of such an alliance. Transforming Africa, a natural candidate for an alliance, into a committed working ally to advance the cause of a free Palestine from the River to the Sea could be a transformative game changer. Unfortunately, the Palestinian cause remains orphaned, with no one actively advocating for its interests. | Israel recognizes the potential of forging an alliance between Africa and Palestine. Working in tandem with the United States g…

Staff (2023-07-31). What Did Columbia Know? Survivors of Convicted Sex Abuser OB-GYN Robert Hadden Demand Full Accountability. democracynow.org Former New York gynecologist Robert Hadden has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting patients over more than two decades while working as an OB-GYN at the Columbia University Medical Center starting in the late 1980s. Hadden's federal conviction relates to four survivors, and he has been accused of abusing at least 245 women under the guise of medical examinations. Lawyers representing survivors say Columbia had a long history of ignoring Hadden's behavior in order to protect its reputation instead of acting in the victims' interests, and Columbia University and Ne…

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