(2023-08-07). Golden Harvest Parade and Festival – World Dashiki Week showcases Pan African Culture. indybay.org California Pioneers of Pan African Ancestry (1840-1875) are overcoming the challenge towards broader acceptance for future equity and inclusion. As part of our Golden Harvest Parade and Festival we share our common and unique historical journey here in the Great State of California, toward a "Greener Tomorrow for Youth"
(2023-08-07). Have Our Corporate Chiefs Become Expendable? inequality.org
(2023-08-07). NATO Imposes the Yoke. The SCO Brings Freedom and Equality. libya360.wordpress.com Adnan Akfirat Türkiye should immediately leave NATO and join the SCO and BRICS to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity and ensure the development of its national economy! The motto "America must not leave us, otherwise Russia will come" was used by far-right organizations in Türkiye in the 1970s that were governed by the US Gladio….
(2023-08-07). Can we measure inequality without tallying the wealth of our wealthy?Ôøº. nationofchange.org Hundreds of prestigious economists don't think so. The World Bank, unfortunately, does.
(2023-08-07). Pregnant Woman's False Arrest in Detroit Shows "Racism Gets Embedded" in Facial Recognition Technology. democracynow.org 
A shocking story of wrongful arrest in Detroit has renewed scrutiny of how facial recognition software is being deployed by police departments, despite major flaws in the technology. Porcha Woodruff was arrested in February when police showed up at her house accusing her of robbery and carjacking. Woodruff, who was eight months pregnant at the time, insisted she had nothing to do with the crime, but police detained her for 11 hours, during which time she had contractions. She was eventually released on a $100,000 bond before prosecutors dropped the case a month later, admitting that her arrest was based in part o…
(2023-08-07). Pacific peace activist fights US militarism for love, peace, decolonisation & anti-racism. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-07). Jail Trump for Racism and War Crimes! wibailoutpeople.org
(2023-08-07). Russian soprano Anna Netrebko sues Metropolitan Opera for discrimination and defamation. wsws.org Netrebko, following a favorable arbitration decision, is pursuing her claims that the Met has unfairly attacked her and jeopardized her career.
(2023-08-07). #SayHerName: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Black Women Killed by Police & DeSantis's New Pro-Slavery Curriculum. democracynow.org 
We speak with acclaimed scholar and activist Kimberlé Crenshaw about her new book #SayHerName, which honors the stories of 177 Black women and girls killed by police between 1975 and 2022 whose deaths received little media coverage or other attention. "We can't give these women back to their families, but we can make sure that they are not lost to history," Crenshaw tells Democracy Now! She also discusses the ongoing right-wing "attack on Black knowledge," such as Florida's new education curriculum that claims slavery had "personal benefit" for enslaved people, as w…
(2023-08-07). Georgetown Study: Researchers Show Being Born Rich is Better Than Being Smart. moguldom.com This might seem like a no-brainer to some, but a new study found that being born rich is better than being born smart. A recent study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) found that being born wealthy is a stronger predictor of adult success in the U.S. than academic excellence. The …
(2023-08-07). Traditional Indigenous Education Creates Stable Productive Members. popularresistance.org
(2023-08-07). Ministry targets grads' sugarcoated job data. ecns.cn The Ministry of Education vowed to crack down on some universities' act of "sugarcoating" or falsifying dissatisfying graduates' employment figures, it said, adding that it has dispatched teams to inspect the work.
(2023-08-07). Tips for preventing 'summer slide'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Waterslides and playground slides are part of summer's fun. But there's one slide to avoid when the weather gets warm: the "summer slide." That's the loss over the long summer break of new skills gained during the school year. Summer slide isn't new, but it has worsened because of education setbacks brought on by the disruption of schooling during the pandemic. On average, students lose two months of reading skills and nearly three months of…
(2023-08-07). Call for Global Day of Action supporting worldwide transition to clean energy. indybay.org Join people across the world in making climate movement history on 3-4 November, by taking part in this special day of action. Everything you need to know to organise an event, join an action in your area, or add your voice online to demand our leaders power up renewables and power down fossil fuels.
(2023-08-07). Unveiling the 'Wikipedia Game:' CIA & FBI Use Web Encyclopedia for Information Warfare. orinocotribune.com Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia, has stated that US authorities and intelligence services, such as the CIA and FBI, employ the renowned online encyclopedia as a tool in their efforts of "information warfare." | Renowned US investigative journalist and host of the System Update podcast Glenn Greenwald delved into the issue of truth in the media in a recent conversation with Sanger and asked the Wikipedia co-founder about his opinion of the current trajectory of the global web encyclopedia. | "Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopedia dedicated to truth, but the premise is that there is no longer any tr…
(2023-08-07). Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombing: U.S. domination of post-war world. mronline.org 
July 1939, Leo Szilard, the Hungarian physicist and a refugee in U.S., had sought the help of Einstein to persuade the U.S. administration headed by President Roosevelt, to construct an atomic bomb as a counter to an identical programme that, it was then suspected, Nazi Germany had embarked upon.
(2023-08-07). Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings were needless, said World War II's top U.S. military leaders. mronline.org 
Mythology about these mass civilian slaughters warps thinking about U.S. militarism.
(2023-08-07). Renewing political Marxism. mronline.org 
REVIEW OF ISABELLE GARO'S "COMMUNISM AND STRATEGY"
(2023-08-07). Tips for preventing 'summer slide'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Waterslides and playground slides are part of summer's fun. But there's one slide to avoid when the weather gets warm: the "summer slide." That's the loss over the long summer break of new skills gained during the school year. Summer slide isn't new, but it has worsened because of education setbacks brought on by the disruption of schooling during the pandemic. On average, students lose two months of reading skills and nearly three months of…
(2023-08-07). Call for Global Day of Action supporting worldwide transition to clean energy. indybay.org Join people across the world in making climate movement history on 3-4 November, by taking part in this special day of action. Everything you need to know to organise an event, join an action in your area, or add your voice online to demand our leaders power up renewables and power down fossil fuels.
(2023-08-07). Unveiling the 'Wikipedia Game:' CIA & FBI Use Web Encyclopedia for Information Warfare. orinocotribune.com Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia, has stated that US authorities and intelligence services, such as the CIA and FBI, employ the renowned online encyclopedia as a tool in their efforts of "information warfare." | Renowned US investigative journalist and host of the System Update podcast Glenn Greenwald delved into the issue of truth in the media in a recent conversation with Sanger and asked the Wikipedia co-founder about his opinion of the current trajectory of the global web encyclopedia. | "Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopedia dedicated to truth, but the premise is that there is no longer any tr…
(2023-08-07). Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombing: U.S. domination of post-war world. mronline.org July 1939, Leo Szilard, the Hungarian physicist and a refugee in U.S., had sought the help of Einstein to persuade the U.S. administration headed by President Roosevelt, to construct an atomic bomb as a counter to an identical programme that, it was then suspected, Nazi Germany had embarked upon.
(2023-08-07). Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings were needless, said World War II's top U.S. military leaders. mronline.org Mythology about these mass civilian slaughters warps thinking about U.S. militarism.
(2023-08-07). Renewing political Marxism. mronline.org REVIEW OF ISABELLE GARO'S "COMMUNISM AND STRATEGY"
(2023-08-07). The landlords' anti-rent-control argument is pure BS. mronline.org 
Setting limits on how much landlords can increase rents, as Councilmember Kshama Sawant's legislation would do the moment the unjust state rent control ban is lifted, is a commonsense response to this sick profiteering.
(2023-08-06). Dark Secrets Exposed: CIA is behind Deagel's Shocking 2025 Depopulation Forecast & Official Excess Death Figures in the Millions prove it's on Target & not just an Estimation. expose-news.com In a world where reality often seems stranger than fiction, the machinations behind global events can be an enigma wrapped in mystery. One such intrigue revolves around Deagel.com, an obscure online entity …
(2023-08-06). A Victory Over Social Media Censorship. strategic-culture.org 
In a season of good news for the First Amendment following some important Supreme Court decisions, here's more to be happy about: a federal judge in Louisiana issued an injunction stopping Biden administration officials from contacting social media companies to block content in what could be a landmark order targeting government censorship and suppression of online postings.
(2023-08-06). In Video: Russian Airstrikes Wipe Out HTS Headquarters In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
File image. | On August 6, video footage showing recent Russian airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib surfaced online. | The airstrikes, which took place on
(2023-08-07). Construction begins on the world's longest-span railway-highway dual-use bridge in Zhoushan. ecns.cn The underwater construction of the main tower of the Xihoumen railway-highway dual-use bridge, a key project of the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway, has recently started.
(2023-08-07). BFA press center: China's first zero-carbon demonstration zone. ecns.cn Boasting China's first zero-carbon demonstration zone, itcovers 1.8 square kilometers. It will see integrated application of deep emission reduction technologies in various fields such as energy, construction, transportation and waste disposal with 19 renovation projects.
(2023-08-07). Mexico: Gunmen Group Kidnapped 7 Police Officers in Zacatecas. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, at least seven Mexican police officers were kidnapped when a group of armed men broke into the police headquarters in the municipality of Villa Hidalgo, in the state of Zacatecas. | Related: | Through a communiqué, the State Round Table for the Construction of Peace informed that the whereabouts of the police officers are still unknown. | The text indicated that elements of the Mexican Army, National Guard and the Immediate Reaction Fo…
(2023-08-06). USW Local 4-200 begins ULP strike at Robert Wood Johnson New Brunswick. fightbacknews.org Edison, NJ – Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 4-200 began an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, August 4, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick. | The more than 1700 nurses work throughout the hospital, in many cases providing care for some of the most complex cases in the state. | Their most recent contract expired on June 30, after several months of bargaining. The parties then extended it through July 21. | Workers provided the hospital's management with notice of their intent to strike on July 24. | "Our members remain deeply committed to our patients," said Local 4-200 Pre…
(2023-08-07). Wednesday 8/9: Learn About Campus Organizing for Abortion Access -Teach-in for Students. indybay.org Virtual teach-in / workshop…
(2023-08-07). SEIU Wisconsin and other Unions Organizing to Protest the RNC Presidential Candidates Debate August 23, 2023 in Milwaukee (Sign Up Information). wibailoutpeople.org 
Mobilize sign-up link for GOP Date is: Union members meet at: 1037 W McKinley Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 3-7 P.M. | [NOTE: The RNC presidential candidates debate is at the Fiserv Forum, 901 N 4th Street in Milwaukee from 8-10 P.M. Central Time] | On August 23, 2023, we're bringing together
(2023-08-07). Dying by degrees: Labor's uni review too little too late. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-07). Labor's casual worker reforms need to go further. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-07). Open letter to Labor: Increase the allowance to refugees stranded in Indonesia. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-07). Victorian Labor may delay bail reforms. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-07). Namibia Captured By Chinese Capital & Union Busting Drive With George Martin &Hewat Beukes. indybay.org China is the largest exporter of capital in the world and in Namibia Chinese public and private companies have taken over all the uranium and marble mines. According to unionists they are also on a union busting drive to destroy the unions and bring in contract labor.
(2023-08-07). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.
(2023-08-07). Thursday 8/31: Reclaiming the Militant Legacy of Labor Day. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81040660090…
(2023-08-07). Which class should control Artificial Intelligence: the workers or the bosses? indybay.org Working people should control and run AI for the benefit of workers and the public. In order to do that they need the unions to break from the Democrats and build a mass democratic workers party that will stop this capitalist madness for profits and destruction of workers jobs.
(2023-08-07). We Rise Fighting! Labor Podcast Episode 50: Sinead O'Connor, Teamsters, Defending the Tampa 5, RNC protests, Starbucks Workers, Amazon Workers Strike in Britain and More! wibailoutpeople.org
(2023-08-07). Wage Gains at UPS Have Amazon Workers Demanding More. labornotes.org
(2023-08-07). The Deafening Silence About the Vax. thealtworld.com Here is a small collection of reports from the last day or two documenting the extreme danger of the Covid "vaccine." Independent medical scientists, which means medical scientists not on Big Pharma's payroll, grant list, or subject to control or influence by Big Pharma-associated colleagues, administrators, employers, have proven conclusively that the Covid "vaccine" is far more dangerous than the Covid virus engineered by Tony Fauci's NIH grants to the University of North Carolina and the Wuhan Laboratory in China. | There are various explanations available about who released the Covid virus and where. As best…
(2023-08-07). Climate conference slams Labor for supporting fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-06). Lula Signs Decree Authorizing Brazil's Purchase of Electricity From Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed a decree reopening the country's ability to purchase electricity from Venezuela, a collaborative opportunity that had been suspended during the government of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. | The Brazilian minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, emphasized the decree's significance, stating that it will facilitate the "execution of contracts aimed at importing clean and renewable energy from Venezuela to Brazil from the Guri hydroelectric plant, which will once again play an important role in guaranteeing cheap and sustainable ene…
(2023-08-06). Which Way Forward, Socialist? jacobin.com Democratic Socialist of America members deciding the future of the country's largest socialist organization this weekend.
(2023-08-07). Obama, Trump, Biden — share blame for Abbott's border horrors. workers.org 
Reports in recent weeks from a whistleblowing Texas Department of Public Safety trooper have laid bare the state-sponsored, inhumane, anti-migrant policies confronting families seeking asylum at the Texas/Mexico border. Migrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico are confronted by large razor-wired buoys used as a border barrier along the . . . |
(2023-08-07). Class struggle and country music: Which side are you on? workers.org 
Over the last several weeks, two country music videos containing completely different political messages have been a big topic of conversation. One video is a vulgar display of flag-waving jingoism and white supremacy, generically titled "Try That in a Small Town" and sung by right-wing "pop" country singer Jason Aldean. . . . |
(2023-08-07). A declaration from West Africa Peoples Organization on Niger. workers.org 
The slightly edited statement was released on Aug. 2, 2023. The West Africa Peoples Organisation (WAPO) released a declaration condemning the ultimatums announced by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and West African Economic and Monetary Union (Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine, UEMOA) on the situation in . . . |
(2023-08-07). Wisconsin: Leinenkugel and New Dairy Select Milk workers strike to win back concessions surrendered by Teamsters. wsws.org Workers at Chippewa Falls-based Leinenkugel's Brewery and New Dairy Select Milk in De Pere are continuing strikes that began last month.
(2023-08-07). Vote "No" on the NSC/USW tentative agreement! Mobilize working class support across North America for our strike! wsws.org The United Steelworkers bureaucracy, working hand in hand with National Steel Car management, is trying to pull a fast one on us by presenting a new tentative agreement and forcing us to vote on it within 72 hours.
(2023-08-07). David Walsh discusses US writers-actors strike on Punch Up Podcast. wsws.org David Walsh and the hosts, Leila Charles Leigh and Pat The Berner, discussed the ongoing film writers' and actors' strike and the way forward for workers.
(2023-08-07). The cutbacks at Volkswagen and the international struggle of auto workers. wsws.org To defend jobs at VW, the control of the IG Metall union and its works council representatives, which as part of the corporate management exercise a veritable dictatorship over the workers, must be broken.
(2023-08-07). The General Strike: A U.S. Tradition. wibailoutpeople.org 
General Strike, led by dock workers, in San Francisco, July 1934…
(2023-08-07). Starbucks Workers United 2023 Summer Bus Tour! wibailoutpeople.org 
(2023-08-07). August 7, 2023: National Day of Action — Adopt-A-Store to Support Workers at Starbucks! wibailoutpeople.org 
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(2023-08-07). Rail workers rewarded for aid to trapped passengers. ecns.cn Thirty railway workers have been rewarded after they helped trapped passengers who were on a train stranded by floodwaters in Beijing's outskirts for nearly four days.
(2023-08-07). DeSantis in NH calls for slitting the throats of federal workers. peoplesworld.org 
RYE, N.H. —Right-wing extremist Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., apparently went off the deep end in a weekend presidential campaign swing in New Hampshire, especially against federal workers. The Floridian's proposal—mass murder of the feds—really upset Everett Kelley, the president of the Government Employees (AFGE), whose union represents them. New Hampshire Public Radio reported DeSantis, already …
(2023-08-07). Memphis Bakery Workers seek public support for 2-month strike. peoplesworld.org 
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Bakery Workers Local 399G members in Memphis, Tenn., forced to strike at the start of June for respect and against their profitable employer's demand for no overtime pay and health care benefit cuts, are going public with their struggle with the firm, International Flavors and Fragrances. The 200 workers, who make soy protein products …
(2023-08-06). Manufacturing Jobs and Trade: A Tale of Two Graphs. cepr.net 
The first decade of this century was pretty awful for manufacturing workers. In December of 1999 we had 17.3 million manufacturing jobs. This number had fallen to 11.5 million by December of 2009. This amounted to a loss of 5.8 million jobs, or one-third of all the manufacturing jobs that had existed at the start …
(2023-08-06). No U.S./French-backed invasion of Niger! workers.org 
"When Africa becomes economically free and politically united, the monopolists will come face to face with their own working class in their own countries, and a new struggle will arise within which the liquidation and collapse of imperialism will be complete." — Kwame Nkrumah, Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of imperialism . . . |
(2023-08-06). Rail Unions Win Where Lawmakers Fall Short. levernews.com In the six months since the East Palestine disaster brought railroads into national focus, we've been covering the aftermath — the health implications for residents, the empty rhetoric from politicians, and the seemingly never-ending saga of the Railway Safety Act of 2023. As craven bipartisanship and corporate pandering have predictably stalled efforts to ensure a safer industry through legislation, two new major victories — on paid sick leave for rail workers and a better monitoring policy for dangerous train equipment— illustrates how collective action, not partisan dealmaking, can make our…
(2023-08-07). Russia-Africa Summit Held Amid Worsening Global Security Situation. transcend.org 2 Aug 2023 – African Union member-states put forward their peace plan for ending the conflict in Ukraine and received a positive response from Moscow.
(2023-08-07). Coup in Niger: Old Europe on Trial. orinocotribune.com By Geraldina Colotti—Aug 4, 2023 | Gold, silicon, oil—with reserves estimated at 2 billion barrels, and above all uranium are essential for both French nuclear power stations and atomic bombs. They are strategic raw materials for imperialism, which needs to consolidate its dominion at the expense of the southern countries. This is the key to understanding the fibrillation provoked in the United States and especially in the European Union, by the coup d'état in Niger. | On July 28, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, head of the Presidential Guard, was proclaimed the new leader of Niger and assumed the pres…
(2023-08-07). Union pushes through "in principle" sellout deal at Australia's Macquarie University. wsws.org The union opposed a procedural motion by a member of the Macquarie University Rank-and-File Committee to delay any vote until the union released the agreement's full details and allowed at least seven days for members to examine and discuss the document.
(2023-08-07). Sri Lankan union agrees to government censorship of health employees. wsws.org This censorship is an outright betrayal of the democratic right to freedom of expression, underscoring the role of the trade union as the industrial police for government and corporations.
(2023-08-07). DSA, Teamsters for a Democratic Union promote UPS sellout contract. wsws.org The DSA and the pseudo-left as a whole are an essential part of a state intervention against the working class, which is carried out primarily through the medium of the union bureaucracy, but also includes more direct methods such as injunctions, which the DSA also supports.
(2023-08-07). Atomic bombing of Japan was not necessary to end WWII. US gov't documents admit it. geopoliticaleconomy.com US government documents admit the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington's Cold War on the Soviet Union.
(2023-08-07). Rusia responde a reunión sobre Ucrania en Arabia Saudita. telesurtv.net El cónclave, con nivel de asesores de seguridad nacional, sin la participación de Rusia, prevé fijar una fecha para una reunión de jefes de Estado antes de finalizar 2023.
(2023-08-07). Niger is just the latest in a string of anti-colonial coups in Africa. peoplesworld.org 
At 3 a.m. on July 26 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani, closed the country's borders and declared a curfew. The coup d'etat was immediately condemned by the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union, and the European Union. Both France and the …
(2023-08-06). UK government fast-tracks plans to force refugees and asylum seekers onto barges and into tents. wsws.org Concerns expressed by Fire Brigades Union Andy Dark that "firefighters believe the Bibby Stockholm [barge] to be a potential death trap," were brushed away by the government as "politically motivated."
(2023-08-06). Free gaming giveaway leads to riot, arrests and injuries in NYC. america.cgtn.com 
A chaotic scene unfolded at New York City's Union Square on Friday as thousands of people gathered to claim free giveaways. Find out more.
(2023-08-06). 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
(2023-08-07). Spurring development, innovation, jobs, livelihood the Chinese way. ecns.cn With mid-July data showing China's second-quarter GDP grew slower than expected, policymakers now face the daunting task of consolidating the economic recovery trend and stabilizing employment.
(2023-08-07). Guidance to boost development. ecns.cn China's latest guidance to promote development of the private sector will give full play to the dynamic role of the country's internet and tech firms in making innovations and creating new jobs.
(2023-08-06). The July Jobs Report: The Good News Keeps Coming. cepr.net It would be hard to imagine a much better jobs report than what we got Friday. The economy generated 187,000 jobs for the month, somewhat fewer than the consensus. The jobs numbers for the prior two months were also revised down by 90,000. At the same time, the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent, …
(2023-08-06). Ethiopian manufacturing SMEs generated more than 122,000 jobs. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector generated more than 122,000 jobs during the concluded fiscal year (2015, according to Ethiopian calendar), an official source revealed today.
(2023-08-07). Freedom vs. Compelled Birth: Dorothy Roberts on Abortion Fights in Texas, Ohio & Across the U.S. democracynow.org 
We look at the fight for reproductive rights in the United States with Dorothy Roberts, director of the University of Pennsylvania Program on Race, Science and Society, who has long warned against the criminalization of pregnancy and has been hailed as a pioneer in the reproductive justice movement. A judge in Texas ruled Friday the state's abortion ban was too restrictive in cases of dangerous pregnancy complications, allowing doctors to perform abortions in such instances without risk of criminal prosecution, but the state's Attorney General's Office filed an immediate appeal and effectively b…
(2023-08-07). Trump incites violence against prosecutors, political enemies, in social media posts and Republican Party fundraisers. wsws.org Trump's violent language underscores the ongoing political crisis and the continuing transformation of the Republican Party into a fascist movement committed to destroying any vestiges of democracy in America.
(2023-08-07). Scientist helped start the disarmament movement in Canada. cbc.ca Joseph Rotblat left nuclear weapons project, later began Nobel Prize-winning disarmament work in Pugwash, NS.
(2023-08-07). The climate movement has a recruiting and retention problem — here's how we fix it. wagingnonviolence.org
(2023-08-07). Masar Badil summer youth camp concludes in Germany with continued dedication to struggle. samidoun.net 
Dozens of active members of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network throughout Europe participated in the summer camp of the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, in Germany between 23 and 28 July 2023. Participants in the camp, including members and supporters of the Masar, came from France, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Austria, …
(2023-08-07). Black women are under attack: Here's how to protect our sisters in the movement. therealnews.com 
This op-ed is authored by three Black women who—for safety reasons—cannot reveal our names. We have chosen to tell our stories by releasing an anonymous report: We All Deserve Peace, which details our experiences and recommendations as frontline leaders living under threat (trigger/content warning: the linked report includes detailed accounts of doxxing, stalking and threats made against the authors and other Black women in movement spaces). View the report We are mamas, daughters, sisters, and aunties. We are teachers, s…
(2023-08-06). The Climate Movement Has A Recruiting And Retention Problem. popularresistance.org Last year, climate movement colleagues and I engaged in a project to map the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the Australian climate movement. We learned many things, but one of the biggest themes we heard over and again from groups was the challenges they face in recruiting and retaining staff and volunteers with the skills, experience and capacities needed for climate justice work. In fact, this was the top organizational challenge named by groups after financial stability, which is saying something for a heavily under-resourced sector. | So what's behind this challenge with finding and k…
(2023-08-07). Climate breakdown threatens food security and health in Iraq. peoplesdispatch.org As another heat wave hit West Asia at the beginning of August, temperatures in Baghdad reached 51 degrees Celsius. "For a person like me, with access to air conditioning, this was unbearable. Imagine how it was for those with compromised health or compromised economic status," says Muntather Hassan, a dentist working at the Iraqi Al-Amal Association, reflecting on the health effects of climate change in Iraq. | Hassan authored a
(2023-08-07). The working-class legacy of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. peoplesworld.org 
After attending an Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives workshop, Charlie Christ joined ALBA as an intern to work with Chris Brooks on the biographical database. "The Lincolns were incredibly diverse, representing the full spectrum of the American and international community. Yet as I dove deeper into their lives, one trend in particular struck me—their indelible impact …
(2023-08-07). 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…
(2023-08-07). Consumer Health: Questions about breastfeeding. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Breastfeeding Week will be observed Aug. 1—7. This year's campaign focuses on enabling breastfeeding for working parents. The American Academy of Pediatrics has affirmed its recommendation and advocacy for breastfeeding, stating, "Research has shown that breastfeeding is linked to decreased rates of lower respiratory tract infections, severe diarrhea, ear infections and obesity. Breastfeeding is associated with lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome, as well as other protective effects." Specifically, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation is…