(2023-11-11). Thursday 11/16: Punk Rock, Social Change and Anti-Racism: Conversation and Double Book Release. indybay.org Institute of the Arts and Sciences: 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz…
(2023-11-11). First UNESCO Category 1 Institute outside Europe set up in Shanghai. ecns.cn The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization（UNESCO）established a Category 1 Institute of STEM education in Shanghai, marking the first Category 1 Institute of UNESCO in China, and the first outside Europe,according to the Ministry of Education.
(2023-11-11). Editorial] Gambling: a harmful commodity. thelancet.com Gambling is often seen as a bit of harmless fun: a light-hearted flutter on a sporting event or a quick try with a scratch card. But gambling harms physical and mental health and can do wider damage to societies. One study suggests that past-year problem gambling affects 0 ∑1—5 ∑8% of adults globally. When measured in quality-adjusted life-years, the burden of harm from gambling in some countries is similar to that of depression and alcohol, mostly resulting from financial loss, damage to relationships and health, mental distress, and adverse effects on work and education, disproportionately affecti…
(2023-11-11). Tuesday 11/14: Palestine & the Global Solidarity Movement. indybay.org Online | www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yiILN6-cyo…
(2023-11-11). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treatment for a parastomal hernia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend had a stoma created after years of managing Crohn's disease. She recently had surgery to repair a hernia. What is a stoma, and are these types of hernias common? What is the typical treatment? ANSWER: Occasionally, the surgical treatment of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and other gastrointestinal, gynecologic, or urologic conditions, both cancerous or benign, may require reconstruction or removal of the bladder, colon, or rectum. Surgeons may use other…
(2023-11-11). Letter To The Children Of Gaza. popularresistance.org There are very brave Palestinian journalists. Thirty-nine of them have been killed since this bombing began. They are heroes. So are the doctors and nurses in your hospitals. So are the U.N. workers. Eighty-nine of whom have died. So are the ambulance drivers and the medics. So are the rescue parties that lift up the slabs of concrete with their hands. So are the mothers and fathers who shield you from the bombs. | But we are not there. Not this time. We cannot get in. We are locked out. | Reporters from all over the world are going to the border crossing at Rafah. We are going because we cannot watch this slaugh…
(2023-11-11). Australian Labor government hosts massive naval conference to plot war against China. wsws.org The warmongering event aimed to further the US-led military offensive against China. Peaceful protesters were arrested and subjected to extraordinary penalties.
(2023-11-11). South Australian public school staff strike again for better wages and conditions. wsws.org The right-wing, pro-business state Labor government is determined to heed the financial markets' demands for austerity spending cuts.
(2023-11-11). Sunday 11/12: EVENT CANCELED: SAG AFTRA Benefit For Striking Members-Music & Solidarity. indybay.org IBT 70 Hall | 7750 Paredes Lane | Oakland…
(2023-11-11). Researchers discover new molecular drug targets for progressive neurological disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org There is no cure for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a brain disorder marked by walking and balance difficulties. Its symptoms also mimic Parkinson's disease and dementia. The condition leads to rapid, progressive decline and death. In a new paper published in Nature Communications, Mayo researchers and collaborators outline new therapeutic targets that may lead to potential future treatments for PSP, as well as Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. People with PSP usually are diagnosed in their late 60s and 70s….
(2023-11-11). ICRC calls on Israel to respect hospitals and patients in Gaza. plenglish.com Ramallah, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling for the respect and protection of medical facilities, patients and healthcare workers in Gaza.
(2023-11-11). Perspectives] Listening to the experiences of pandemic physicians. thelancet.com It's fair to say that the first floor of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a safe space; it is light and airy, with high ceilings and stained-glass details in the windows. The RCP's new exhibition, Fortitude: Healthcare Workers' Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic, arranged down a long wall, does not try to dominate. At first sight, it is a disparate and eclectic collection; glass cases with snapshots in candid moments, scraps of writing and small mementos, headphones promising voiced accounts, notwithstanding the short film and professional photographs of health-care workers that are prominently displaye…
(2023-11-11). WGA for Peace: Opposition mounts among film and television workers to unions' support for Israeli genocide in Gaza. wsws.org The events in Israel have cracked open a divide between the union bureaucracies, aligned with the warmongering Biden administration, and rank-and-file writers, actors and directors opposed to the Israeli onslaught.
(2023-11-11). Canada's ruling elite witch-hunting opponents of the imperialist-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. wsws.org The firing of workers, blacklisting of students and other attempts at intimidation are part of a drive by all the imperialist powers to suppress global opposition to Israel's genocidal assault.
(2023-11-11). Thousands of workers and youth participate in global protests against Gaza genocide. wsws.org As capitalist governments seek to outlaw public displays of opposition to Israeli's genocide of the Palestinian people, thousands of people around the world continued to protest at weapons companies, universities, and in major cities.
(2023-11-11). Mexico City/ Not in Our Name denounces Israeli actions in Gaza. workers.org 
By Not in Our Name Mexico City Workers World's position on Gaza, Palestine and Oct. 7 is in clear solidarity with the Palestinian resistance: The only terrorists are the Israeli state, the Zionist settlers and their imperialist supporters. We reproduce this statement signed by Jewish people from around the world, . . . |
(2023-11-11). Mexico CityNot in Our Name denounces Israeli actions in Gaza. workers.org By Not in Our Name Mexico City Workers World's position on Gaza, Palestine and Oct. 7 is in clear solidarity with the Palestinian resistance: The only terrorists are the Israeli state, the Zionist settlers and their imperialist supporters. We reproduce this statement signed by Jewish people from around the world, . . . |
(2023-11-11). U.N. vote against U.S. blockade of Cuba: 187-2. workers.org 
New York City In an overwhelming show of international solidarity, the world demanded an immediate end to the criminal U.S. economic and financial blockade of Cuba. Following two days of solidarity speeches by representatives of 50 countries, mostly from the Global South, and then by a vote of 187-2, with . . . |
(2023-11-11). War against the fleas. workers.org 
Mumia Abu-Jamal Perhaps Israel's most respected statesman, former diplomat Abba Eban, once said, "Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its right to exist." That was then, in 1981. Now is a new age, a new era. A time of Israel's swing to the far right wing. It is once . . . |
(2023-11-11). Portland's first teachers strike. workers.org 
Portland, Oregon For the first time ever, Portland's 4,300 teachers are on strike and closed down schools beginning on Nov. 1. They are demanding smaller class size — meaning more individualized attention to students — cost-of-living adjustments, and safe, healthy classroom and building conditions for over 40,000 students and educators. . . . |
(2023-11-11). The racist censure of Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit. workers.org 
Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan is the only Palestinian member of Congress. She is also one of only 26 House representatives to be censured since the first session of the U.S. Congress in 1789. Congress has three types of punishment for its members: reprimand, censure and expulsion. Reprimands are issued . . . |
(2023-11-11). WW commentary: The racist censure of Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit. workers.org Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan is the only Palestinian member of Congress. She is also one of only 26 House representatives to be censured since the first session of the U.S. Congress in 1789. Congress has three types of punishment for its members: reprimand, censure and expulsion. Reprimands are issued . . . |
(2023-11-11). European trade unions intensify actions of solidarity with Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org Port workers' unions in Italy, Greece, and Turkey have announced their decision to boycott the loading and unloading of arms destined for Israel's criminal war in Gaza.
(2023-11-11). Cuba: UPEC calls to stop Israeli massacre against Palestine. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) The Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) on Saturday strongly condemned Israel ¥s massacre against the Palestinian people, and also urged the worldwide journalists to contribute to stop this slaughter.
(2023-11-11). As Blinken's visit exposes Ankara's complicity, Italian, Greek, Turkish unions call for industrial action to halt Israeli genocide. wsws.org US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Turkey on Monday amid Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and preparations for war against Iran.
(2023-11-11). Massa Ahead of Milei in Argentina's Presidential Runoff – Poll. telesurenglish.net A national survey by the the Latin American Strategic Center for Geopolitics (CELAG) published in Argentina placed Sergio Massa ahead of the far-right candidate, Javier Milei in the runoff. | RELATED: | The poll indicates that the leftist candidate of Union for the Fatherland (UxP) will obtain 46.7 percent of the votes, while Milei, of Freedom Advances (LLA), will obtain 45.3 percent, with a 1.4 percent difference. | CELAG als…
(2023-11-11). New Jersey postal facility set to close as part of nationwide restructuring of the US Postal Service. wsws.org The situation at Kearny is part of the misnamed "Delivering for America" program, a vast restructuring effort which will close thousands of local post offices and shed tens of thousands of jobs.
(2023-11-11). Amal Movement mourns its fighter Ali Jameel Al-Hajj Dawood who embraced martyrdom in an Israeli attack on South Lebanon. english.almanar.com.lb 
(2023-11-11). Islamic Jihad Movement: The Arab-Islamic Summit's closing statement conveys to the nation a message that these regimes are incapable of protecting their people or defending their sanctities. english.almanar.com.lb 
(2023-11-11). Pacific groups call on Leaders to reconsider diplomatic relations with Japan. indybay.org Wednesday 8th November, 2023 | The Pacific Collective on Nuclear Issues, composed of civil society groups, non-governmental organisations and movements in the Pacific, denounces once again the dumping of radioactive | wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear powerplant into the Pacific Ocean as the only solution available. The Collective also condemns the Government of Japan and the facility operator, Tokyo Electric | Power Company (TEPCO), for insisting on this flawed and dangerous course of action. | On the 24th August, 2023, the Fumio Kishida Government commenced dumping into Pacific | waters part of the…
(2023-11-11). Israel wages war against Gaza's remaining hospitals. peoplesdispatch.org The Al-Shifa hospital ran out of fuel due to the ongoing siege by Israeli forces. Occupation snipers and drones have been positioned all around the hospital complex, opening fire at any sign of movement.
(2023-11-11). Palestine: Time for BRICS to take the initiative. uwidata.com The resistance of the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation, beyond being a national liberation movement, in the current context has evolved into a significant component and forefront of humanity's defiance against the unipolar, Western-centric world. In accordance with this reality, Western countries have lined up in support of Israel, their outpost in the East. …
(2023-11-11). On the current state and problems of the communist movement. thecommunists.org The following article was written as a presentation for the Anti-imperialist Congress hosted by the Kommunistische Organisation (KO) in Berlin, 6-8 October 2023. A shortened version was presented to the seminar. ***** Looking at the communist movement today, we can see many problems — far from being a united and coordinated whole, it is characterised …
(2023-11-11). Angola to expand cooperation with UN peace operations. plenglish.com United Nations, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) Angola and the United Nations Department of Peace Operations will expand cooperation, an aspect addressed by Foreign Minister Tete Antonio, during his working stay in this headquarters, the Foreign Ministry reported Saturday.