2023-02-12: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-12). Black History Month: Dr. Alyx Porter on shaping the future generation of physicians. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Alyx Porter Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is profiling several Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity through their work. Meet Mayo Clinic's Dr. Alyx Porter,…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-11). Mayor of Barcelona Suspends All Institutional Ties With Israel. orinocotribune.com Barcelona Mayor suspends institutional relations with apartheid Israel, including twinning agreement with Tel Aviv, "until the Israeli authorities put an end to the system of violations of Palestinian human rights and fully comply with the obligations imposed on them by international law and the various United Nations resolutions." | The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest Palestinian coalition leading the BDS movement for freedom, justice and equality, salutes the Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and the grassroots groups who helped end institutional links with apartheid Israel. Barcelona has bec…

WSWS (2023-02-11). In White House meeting, Brazil's Lula and Biden promote fraudulent "democratic alliance" wsws.org Lula's promotion of Biden as a defender of democracy, equality and the environment attest to the complete bankruptcy of Brazil's Workers Party.

WSWS (2023-02-11). Ulrich Rippert: "The strength of our party is the historical tradition it represents." wsws.org The following speech was given by Ulrich Rippert, the honorary chairman of the Socialist Equality Party and candidate in the Berlin state elections, at the SGP's rally against the war in Ukraine on February 4 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.

WSWS (2023-02-11). Sosyalist E≈üitlik Grubu's Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi calls for a vote for the SGP: "An international movement against the war must be built in the working class and youth!" wsws.org We publish here an appeal by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi to vote for the Socialist Equality Party (SGP) in the Berlin elections on February 12. Ate≈üàßi is a leading member of the Sosyalist E≈üitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group) in Turkey.

WSWS (2023-02-11). Sosyalist Isitlik Grubu's Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi calls for a vote for the SGP: "An international movement against the war must be built in the working class and youth!" wsws.org We publish here an appeal by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi to vote for the Socialist Equality Party (SGP) in the Berlin elections on February 12. Ate≈üàßi is a leading member of the Sosyalist Isitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group) in Turkey.

Mike Tucker (2023-02-11). Thousands across Australia march for Aboriginal rights. themilitant.com SYDNEY — Tens of thousands demonstrated across Australia in support of Aboriginal rights and against racism Jan. 26. The rallies are held each year as a counter-observance to "Australia Day" — a national holiday of events organized by the country's rulers to celebrate the founding of the first British settlement at Sydney in 1788. From here, British colonial rule took over the continent by forcibly displacing the indigenous peoples, out of which emerged today's capitalist nation-state. | This year's protests were marked by debate over moves by the federal government to hold a referendum later this yea…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-12). Consumer Health: Cancer education at Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Saturday, Feb. 4, is World Cancer Day, which is a global initiative to raise awareness, improve education and promote action to create a cancer-free world. This is a good time to learn more about cancer education at Mayo Clinic. Patients with cancer who come to Mayo Clinic benefit from the knowledge of Mayo Clinic's specialists and the integrated approach to treating each patient. Mayo Clinic's approach to medical care means that…

WorkWeek (2023-02-12). WorkWeek UK Workers Strike, Rally To Defend Laguna Honda Hospital & 1937 Flint Meeting. indybay.org WorkWeek hears from UK education workers and others marching and striking throughout the country. We also hear speakers who attended a rally against the discharges of patients and residents of San Francisco Laguna Honda hospital which is run by the City. Twelve have already died and San Francisco City officials responsible for the deaths are blaming the the state & | federal government.

americanthinker (2023-02-11). How's Colorado doing after having re-elected a Democrat governor? americanthinker.com If the education front is any indicator…not great.

Chelsea Carl (2023-02-11). As a Teacher Who Dreams of Liberatory Education, This Is What Gives Me Hope. truthout.org "Guns, pick up your guns, pick up your guns, and put the pigs on the run, pick up your guns," sang a group of Black youths, their voices ringing clearly through the pixelated footage of my pirated copy of The Black Power Mixtape. The youth in the documentary clip were students at an Oakland Black Panther Party School, where the only use for a gun was in community self-defense. From the video… |

Editor (2023-02-11). SchoolStudents in Alabama walk out after told to limit Black history programme. mronline.org Students said they were ordered to leave out major historical moments, including slavery and civil rights movement, from the programme scheduled for February 22 at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa.

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-02-11). Samidoun Network announces the educational campaign: Over 30 Years &#1 ; Pre-Oslo Prisoners. samidoun.net

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-12). Mayo Clinic Q and A: 6 UTI myths and facts. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As a woman in my mid-60s, I have been diagnosed with a urinary tract infection for the first time ever. I was surprised to find out that I don't need antibiotics because I don't have any symptoms. There's a lot of conflicting information online about UTIs, like whether every infection needs to be treated and if sex causes an infection. Can you help me distinguish between UTI myth and fact? ANSWER: Urinary tract infections,…

Speak Out Socialists (2023-02-12). Saturday 3/11: Good Housing is a Right! (Online Townall). indybay.org Zoom (Online) | Zoom info: | us02web.zoom.us/j/82158800683?pwd=N2J6UjgxNWhNak1WRWdUdm9CUit4QT09 | Meeting ID: 821 5880 0683 | Passcode: 340756…

Women's March, Working Families Power (2023-02-12). Tuesday 2/7: #AbortionRights: Text Party for WI Supreme Court Election – NO to Far Right Justices. indybay.org Online event…

Anonymous669 (2023-02-11). In Video: Russian LMUR Missile Hits Ukrainian Surveillance Systems. southfront.org The LMUR missile. © Dmitry Litovkin/TASS | On February 11, a video documenting a recent Russian pinpoint strike on surveillance systems of Kiev forces in the city of Ugledar in the Donetsk region surfaced online. | The surveillance systems, which were installed on top the chimney of Ugledar's boiler, were targeted by a Russian attack helicopter with an advanced Lightweight Multifunction Missile (LMUR), which is also known as the Izdeliye 305. The missile scored a direct hit. | The LMUR was es…

Editor (2023-02-11). Guatemala blocks leftist Indigenous leader from presidential race, in 'electoral coup'. mronline.org Guatemala's notoriously corrupt right-wing government banned Indigenous leader Thelma Cabrera and her leftist Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples (MLP) party from running in the presidential election. International observers warn this is an "electoral coup".

Editor (2023-02-11). Will depopulation sink China? mronline.org In the following article, Adnan Akfirat, Chairman of the Turkish-Chinese Business and Development Friendship Association, and a member of our advisory group, analyses the recent demographic changes in China, which see the population not only age but start to fall, with India on course to become the world's most populous nation this year, if it has not already done so.

Editor (2023-02-11). Zelensky admits he never intended to implement Minsk agreements. mronline.org Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admits that he never thought about implementing the pivotal Minsk agreements reached with the Donbass.

Edwin Fruit (2023-02-11). Protests denounce firing, slander attack against art teacher by Hamline officials. themilitant.com MINNEAPOLIS — Former Hamline University art teacher Erika López Prater sued the St. Paul college for defamation Jan. 17, after authorities slandered her as "Islamophobic" and hounded her from her job. The college's assault was met with protest from writers association PEN America and some 400 faculty members across the country who demanded the college renew her contract. | During an Oct. 6 online class on Islamic art, López Prater showed students a copy of the 1307 painting "The Prophet Muhammad Receiving Revelation from the Angel Gabriel," by an artist from Tabriz, Iran. It is considered a masterpiece. She…

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-02-11). "Crony capitalism" as an economic strategy. mronline.org Gautam Adani's calling Hindenburg's allegations of fraud against him an attack on the Indian nation is a matter of particular significance.

Rob McKenzie (2023-02-12). CIA Spied on Mexican Revolutionary Workers Party, Interfered in Union Elections and Collaborated With Anti-Union Thugs Who Broke Up Strike at Ford Cuautitlán Assembly Plant Thirty-Three Years Ago. covertactionmagazine.com Growing strength of independent Mexican labor movement today draws on legacy of striking Ford workers. In the pre-dawn darkness outside Mexico City, in the dim light created by streetlamps, a group of about 300 thugs and tough guys prepare to enter the Ford Cuautitlán Assembly Plant. They are men willing to commit acts of violence …

ecns.cn (2023-02-12). Beijing to boost museum, park construction in 2023. ecns.cn A batch of museums and parks will be built or opened in Beijing this year, the Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau said Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-02-12). Clean energy projects worth over 6 bln yuan launched in China's Liaoning. ecns.cn A total of 10 clean energy projects, with an investment of over 6 billion yuan (about 883.9 million U.S. dollars), have recently started construction in northeast China's Liaoning Province, the provincial commission of development and reform said Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-02-12). Nation's LNG tanker construction steams ahead. ecns.cn The need for China-made liquefied natural gas tankers will remain high and generate profound changes within the global market landscape, driven by burgeoning demand for LNG in many countries such as India, Japan, France and Brazil.

Benjamin Wehrmann (2023-02-11). German Chancellor Scholz promises Construction of "four to five wind turbines per day" to reach 2030 Target. juancole.com ( Clean Energy Wire ) &#1 ; In a bid to achieve the high renewable power expansion targets for the end of the decade, German chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to make the buildout a priority and hold talks with the 16 states every month to assess and improve expansion speed. The envisaged pace until 2030 would …

ecns.cn (2023-02-11). Exploring 'the museum of world bridges' in SW China. ecns.cn Due to the large number of bridges, their types and complex technologies used in the construction of the bridges, the province is known as "the museum of world bridges".

_____ (2023-02-11). Great Britain: The Current Strikes Represent A Moment Of Awakening. popularresistance.org The first week of February was marked by the most significant strikes in Britain in recent decades. Teachers, nurses, ambulance drivers, firefighters, public employees, university professors, railway workers, postal workers, and many other sectors are leading an expansive wave of strikes that began several months ago and will continue throughout February and March. February 1 is particularly remarkable for the number of workers who came out into the streets: half a million workers went on strike across England, Wales, and Scotland. Teachers and railway workers met together in massive demonstrations. The "specter"

Rachel Clarke (2023-02-11). [Perspectives] Love in the face of death. thelancet.com According to literary legend, Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a short story using only six words. The resulting miniature masterpiece read: "For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn." Medicine, I believe, has its own combination of words unparalleled for fusing sorrow with brevity. They describe a particular medical specialty: paediatric palliative care. For the death of a child is inescapably freighted with a wrongness that feels monumental, that violates the way the world should be. For this reason—and many more besides—the health-care assistants, physiotherapists, doctors, nurses, play specia…

_____ (2023-02-11). Fordham University's Resident Assistants Unionize. popularresistance.org New York City, New York – Last Wednesday, resident assistants (RAs) at the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University announced the formation of their union with OPEIU Local 153. The announcement came just two days after Fordham Faculty United (SEIU Local 200 United), the contingent faculty union on campus, ratified their second contract. The establishment of the Fordham RA union is the latest instance of a new but rapidly growing trend in undergraduate worker organizing on college campuses. OPEIU Local 153 also represents RAs at Barnard College and most office workers at Fordham. | Over three-quarters of the bargain…

_____ (2023-02-11). To Change The World, Our Unions Must Change. popularresistance.org Unionism has seen a resurgence in popularity the past few years. The problem is, it's very difficult to get our members organizing in their communities when they hate the way our leadership (I use that word loosely) is operating. | Our unions shouldn't be, and I'd argue weren't meant to be, transactional—yet by and large that is what they have grown to be. By transactional I mean: I pay dues, you provide a service, and my duty ends with my dues. | Instead, our unions should be conduits for radically changing society and the economy as we know it. Even as conservative as my own union, the Machinists, is, the…

Subodh Varma (2023-02-12). As real wages fall, Indian government remains blind to plight of rural labor. peoplesdispatch.org According to the calculations done by the government's own economists, real wages — that is, wages adjusted to inflation — of rural laborers are either stagnating or showing a marginal fall over the past over two years…

Labor Video Project (2023-02-12). Elon We Won't Back Down Unveiling At Tesla-Send Musk On Autopilot To Mars. indybay.org

Mark Gruenberg (2023-02-12). Biden Labor Dept. lanza campaña para licencia familiar y médica pagada. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Destacando historias de personas que se han beneficiado de 30 años de la Ley de Licencia Familiar y Médica, el Departamento de Trabajo de la administración Biden y sus aliados, incluidos los sindicatos de la nación, lanzaron una nueva campaña para convertir la ley en licencia familiar y médica pagada, con énfasis en la palabra …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-12). Science Saturday: Cross-laboratory collaboration accelerates gold-standard SRA testing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org At Mayo Clinic Laboratories, where teamwork powers innovation, a cross-laboratory collaboration has enabled implementation of a cutting-edge, gold standard test for a life-threatening condition known as HIT, or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. The test, a serotonin release assay (SRA), uses the expertise and technologies of the Special Coagulation Laboratory (SCL) and Clinical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (CMSL) to guide physicians on making an accurate diagnosis of HIT, which is an important first step in choosing the best blood…

Staff (2023-02-12). Concluye agenda del presidente cubano en Campeche con reunión de delegaciones oficiales (+ Comunicado). cubadebate.cu Como estaba anunciado, las conversaciones entre ambas delegaciones fueron de carácter privado y en ella participaron todos los integrantes para discutir un amplio abanico de temas de interés bilateral en los que, según los anuncios, los más importantes son los referidos a la colaboración en salud.

Staff (2023-02-12). Médicos cubanos en tierra hermana (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu El presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, acompañado por el mandatario mexicano, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, sostuvo este sábado un encuentro con una representación de colaboradores cubanos de la salud que se encuentran en este país y personal del Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social.

americanthinker (2023-02-11). A Biden Labor Dept. rule change could force your retirement nest egg to be invested in Solyndra-like green and woke companies. americanthinker.com Biden is opening the door on gutting your pension fund to invest in progressive causes that don't put making money for you as their priority.

Editor (2023-02-11). How to Rescue Our Democratic Society: Constitutionally Render Corporations Unequal to Humans. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / RalphNader.org No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in the World as the Giant Global Corporations — not governments, not armies, not religions and certainly not trade unions. These fictional corporate entities have largely achieved transcendent imperial status, as they amass coordinated control over capital, labor, technology and governments because …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-11). US Plans Plunder of Africa for "Green" Revolution. libya360.wordpress.com Journalist Jeremy Loffredo joins The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal to discuss deals hashed out at the recent US-Africa Summit to open African nations up to heavy mining by US corporations seeking minerals necessary for electric vehicle and smartphone batteries. Loffredo discusses the prevalence of slave labor conditions in these mines, and the demand by US corporations…

LaborFest (2023-02-11). Friday 2/10: Put Musk On Autopilot To Mars! indybay.org At: Tesla Factory – 45500 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538…

Matshidiso Moeti, Lindiwe Makubalo, Abdou Salam Gueye, Thierno Balde, Humphrey Karamagi, Gordon Awandare, S M Thumbi, Feifei Zhang, Francisca Mutapi, Mark Woolhouse (2023-02-11). [Correspondence] Conflicting COVID-19 excess mortality estimates. thelancet.com A study1 by the COVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators estimates more than 18 million COVID-19 deaths globally by the end of 2021—three times those reported. The COVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators claim that under-ascertainment is especially severe in sub-Saharan Africa, with actual deaths 14 times higher than the 150‚Äà000 reported—more than 2 million excess deaths across the region in 2020—21.

Ralph Nader (2023-02-11). Rescue Our Democratic Society: Constitutionally Render Corporations Unequal to Humans. dissidentvoice.org No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in the World as the Giant Global Corporations — not governments, not armies, not religions and certainly not trade unions. These fictional corporate entities have largely achieved transcendent imperial status, as they amass coordinated control over capital, labor, technology and governments because they have secured the rights …

Simon I Hay, Christopher J L Murray, COVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators (2023-02-11). [Correspondence] Conflicting COVID-19 excess mortality estimates — Authors' reply. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic has caused almost 8 million reported deaths worldwide since late 2019.1 Although this is a staggering loss of human lives, 8 million is a vast under-estimation of the true toll of the pandemic. In addition to under-reporting and misclassification of COVID-19 deaths, the pandemic has also resulted in loss of lives due to stressed health-care systems. Excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a measurement of net changes in all-cause mortality during the pandemic compared with levels before the pandemic, is widely considered the best measurement of the overall effect of the pandemic and i…

Staff (2023-02-11). Inteligencia artificial en Cuba: Y no es ciencia ficción (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu El Proyecto de Creación del Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones en Inteligencia Artificial en la Universidad de Estudios Internacionales de Hebei lo dirige a nivel de país la Universidad de Camagàºey, aunque participan en él otros centros de altos estudios. Surgió en el año 2019, fruto de la colaboración bilateral entre Cuba y China. El instituto posee varios laboratorios de investigación sobre inteligencia artificial y un centro de datos.

Staff (2023-02-11). Colaboradores cubanos del contingente Henry Reeve viajarán a Turquía para apoyar las labores de salvamento. cubadebate.cu La solidaridad de Cuba llegará de nuevo a otras latitudes. Esta noche, 32 colaboradores de la brigada Henry Reeve, fueron abanderados por el ministro de Salud Pública, José àÅngel Portal Miranda, con la noble misión de viajar mañana hacia Turquía, donde ocurrió un devastador terremoto el pasado lunes.

Cassie King press release (2023-02-12). Cal Students Hold Valentine's Day-Themed Protest Against University Sourcing from Factory Farms. indybay.org Cal Dining continues to buy from Tyson Foods, a company students say is abusing workers, animals, and the planet. Protestors hold heart-shaped signs outside of Golden Bear Cafe while calling on UC Berkeley to "break up with" worker abuse, pollution, and animal cruelty.

Larry Johnson (2023-02-12). Did the U.S. Economy Really Produce a Half Million new Jobs When So Many Major Companies are laying Off Workers? sonar21.com I heard from my niece the other day. She was an PayPal employee and got her walking papers within days of the Biden Administration trumpeting the "creation" of 517,000 jobs….

Nayvin Gordon, M.D. (2023-02-12). Police Terror — Racist Arrow Tip Launched Against All Workers. indybay.org Police and propaganda, corporate mass media control of the public mind…

_____ (2023-02-11). UK Postal Workers Strike Against Handling Of Cost Of Living Crisis. popularresistance.org Massive mobilizations and strikes have been witnessed in the UK over the last couple of months against the Tory government for failing to tackle the ongoing cost of living crisis. Postal workers, railway workers, public service workers, barristers, dockers, garbage collectors, Amazon workers etc. have walked out and gone on strike to demand better pay and better working conditions. TRNN delves into…

A Guest Author (2023-02-11). Dockworker unions gather in Durban, South Africa. workers.org By Lyse Comins The following article first appeared in South Africa's Freight News, Jan. 25, 2023. (tinyurl.com/y3mz77c6) Lyse Comins is a freelance journalist in Durban, South Africa. Dockworker union representatives descended on Durban, South Africa's busiest port, on the last weekend in January to mark the 50th anniversary of the . . . |

americanthinker (2023-02-11). Did the FBI collect the fingerprints of unvaccinated NYC teachers? americanthinker.com In a suit filed by New York City workers fired for refusing vaccinations, there's evidence that this is exactly what happened.

Fight Back (2023-02-11). Tallahassee Memorial Hospital responds to cyber attack by attacking workers. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – Due to a recent cyber-attack, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital is forcing its employees to use their PTO, take unpaid leave, or to come to job site where bosses will tell them what they will work on. Considering Tallahassee Memorial Hospital is a multi-million dollar organization, this is a major problem for the nonunion, low-wage workers. | According to an article in WCTV, an anonymous employee of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital said that their team was told not to log in on February 3 and haven't been allowed to log in since. This situation was especially difficult for those without any PTO l…

Janet Post (2023-02-11). Sanitation workers strike for raise, health care cost cap. themilitant.com CAMDEN, N.J. —"Until you say 'no,' the companies are just going to keep taking back more," striker Bob Klein told the Militant on an enthusiastic Feb. 4 picket line here by Teamsters Local 115. One hundred thirty sanitation workers — drivers, helpers and maintenance workers — voted unanimously Jan. 29 to strike Waste Management of New Jersey at its Camden yard. The walkout began after their contract expired Jan. 31. | Waste Management, the largest trash-collection and recycling company in the U.S., bought the yard over 20 years ago. The union has been negotiating since last October, but the comp…

Janice Lynn (2023-02-11). 'Reforms' can't get rid of police brutality, it's key to capitalist rule. themilitant.com ATLANTA — Since the Jan. 7 beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis cops that led to his death three days later, workers have been discussing the root cause of police violence and the road to prevent further cop brutality and killings. As part of this, Atlanta members of the Socialist Workers Party spoke with workers door to door in Riverdale, Ellenwood and here Feb. 4-5. | Janice Lynn and Marklyn Wilson talked with Latoya Walker in Riverdale Feb. 4. She is African American and works as an esthetician. "I think the police need better training," Walker said. | "The Socialist Workers Party explains that the police…

Mary Martin (2023-02-11). Ohio derailment disaster shows rail workers' struggle for safety is crucial. themilitant.com MINNEAPOLIS — Two events took place Feb. 3 that highlight the importance and potential of rail workers' continuing fight for safety and a decent living, including schedules that allow for a life off the job for family, union building and more. | First, a 1 -car Norfolk Southern train almost 2 miles long and weighing 18,000 tons derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, dumping cars on the ground. Five were tank cars containing dangerous vinyl chloride, which vaporizes into phosgene when burned, the same gas that killed over 75,000 soldiers in the first imperialist World War. | Second was a protest by some rail…

Monica Moorehead (2023-02-11). Class oppression is primary; national oppression is not secondary! workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Comrades and friends, Sam Marcy made the following quote at the end of his 1984 article "Black nationalism and white chauvinism: Marxism . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-11). Daily Round-up | 20 protesters injured in police repression in Peru & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories of continued repression of protests in Peru and atrocities by Israeli occupation, South Africa's escalating power crisis, and German workers staging protests against declining wages…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-11). German workers across sectors protest fall in real wages. peoplesdispatch.org On Thursday, February 9, public service workers from sectors, including health care, day-care, city administration, public transport, water distribution, universities, and municipal waste management, went on a warning strike protesting low wages and poor working conditions. The protest took place in the States of Berlin, North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), and Hesse, among others, | Over 3, 0 people, including professionals from the state-owned Vivantes Hospitals, Charite-Berlin University of Medicine, Berlin Waste Management (BSR), and other public sector enterprises demonstrated at Oranienplatz in Berlin on Thursday…

Princess Harmony (2023-02-11). School district targets queer youth. workers.org Queer youth need support and love, but this was denied by Pennsylvania's Central Bucks School District when it passed Policy 321, banning Pride flags and other symbols of solidarity of and with LGBTQ+ youth. Students and teachers protest Central Bucks "neutrality" policy, Jan. 20, 2023. Officially, this policy is to . . . |

Sara Flounders (2023-02-11). Lessons today from Sam Marcy's 'Bolsheviks and War'. workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Last night a U.S. fighter jet shot down with an air-to-air missile a little Chinese weather balloon bobbing on the jet stream, . . . |

WSWS (2023-02-11). Build the Caterpillar Workers Rank-and-File Committee! Unite with autoworkers in a counteroffensive to win what workers need! wsws.org The recently formed Caterpillar Workers Rank-and-File Committee issued a statement calling for a common struggle with autoworkers for higher wages and better working conditions.

WSWS (2023-02-11). Saturday Night Live production workers authorize strike. wsws.org The freelance editors responsible for creating the show's pre-recorded segments have have never been on strike.

WSWS (2023-02-11). UAW announces pro-company tentative agreement with publisher HarperCollins. wsws.org Under the cover of federal mediation, the union has taken a significant step toward betraying 2 publishing workers and ending their months-long strike.

WSWS (2023-02-11). Sixty percent cut in benefits floated for Teamsters' New England pension fund. wsws.org The proposal to slash benefits exposes the real agenda in the upcoming contract talks at UPS. The company and the union bureaucrats are preparing to force through significant concessions down workers' throats.

WSWS (2023-02-11). Berlin Transit Workers Action Committee: Against war and social devastation! Vote for the SGP! wsws.org The rank-and-file Berlin Transit Workers Action Committee supports the election platform of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP) in the Berlin state election.

WSWS (2023-02-11). Video: "Workers in the US need to know about the major strikes happening across Europe" wsws.org In a video statement, Will Lehman, a Mack Trucks worker and candidate for UAW president, explained the significance of the growing strike wave in Europe for workers in the US.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-12). World Cancer Day wish from a Mayo Clinic oncologist. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cancer affects people worldwide, regardless of age, gender or socioeconomic status. That's why Mayo Clinic joins the Union for International Cancer Control and other global organizations on World Cancer Day, Feb. 4, to close the gap and reduce inequities in cancer care. Many marginalized groups and disadvantaged populations worldwide often have limited access to preventive measures, early detection and treatment, which leads to higher mortality rates. And they are often not represented in research and clinical trials. "My hope…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-02-12). Presidente de Brasil sostiene reunión con homólogo de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Biden mencionó que su Gobierno trabajará junto al país suramericano en el rechazo a la violencia política y a los ataques a las instituciones públicas.

Editor (2023-02-11). Biden Calls Out Abortion by Name and Skewers 'Extreme' Bans in State of the Union Address. scheerpost.com The president promised to veto a national abortion ban if Congress passed one in his first State of the Union address since the Supreme Court's June ruling that left the legality of abortion up to the states.

Mike Ludwig (2023-02-11). Biden Pledged to Take On "Junk Fees." He Should Start With Jails and Prisons. truthout.org In what was probably the first reference to "junk fees" during a State of the Union address, President Joe Biden said Tuesday that his administration is cracking down on "those hidden surcharges too many companies use to make you pay more" and urged Congress to pass legislation expanding on the effort. "The idea that cable, internet and cell phone companies can charge you $200 or more if you… |

teleSUR, JDO (2023-02-11). Presidentes de Brasil y EE.UU. se reunirán en Washington. telesurtv.net El encuentro abrirá una nueva etapa en las relaciones bilaterales. Lula también se reunirá con el senador Bernie Sanders.

unitedEditor (2023-02-11). Borrell's nonsense: Clear expression of European rotting. uwidata.com Last Tuesday, February 7, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov felt compelled to respond to the statement made by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union (EU) Josep Borrell, about two countries that the Russian Foreign Minister had visited during his tour of Africa. In his opening speech at …

americanthinker (2023-02-11). New geological study proves that the green energy movement is impossible to achieve. americanthinker.com I have horrible news for the devotees; the green energy fantasy collides with the laws of thermodynamics…

Staff (2023-02-11). Students show support for Palestine at climate occupation protest at Erasmus University Rotterdam. samidoun.net On February 7th and 8th, 2023, Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was rocked by on occupation of the primary university hall building by a large coalition of progressive students. The OCCUPY EUR movement demands that the university cut all ties with the fossil fuel industry, make the campus more accessible and tackle student debt. …

WSWS (2023-02-11). The mass strike movement, war and the revolutionary crisis in Europe. wsws.org What is emerging across Europe is an objectively revolutionary situation. The alternatives are as starkly posed as they were at the outbreak of World War I, over a century ago. Either the capitalist class plunges Europe and the world into a global war between nuclear-armed states, or the working class takes power out of the hands of the warmongering ruling elites.

WSWS (2023-02-11). The international significance of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei election campaign in Berlin. wsws.org Against the war madness and social devastation, a powerful movement of the working class is developing all over the world. The SGP election campaign has given it a voice and a socialist perspective.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-12). Mayo Clinic Q and A: 5 questions about MRI. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I suffered an injury while working out and my primary care physician ordered an X-ray. However, after reviewing the results, my doctor recommended that I have an MRI. I am a very anxious person. Can you explain more about what this type of testing entails and what I can expect? ANSWER: Understandably, any health care concern can lead to feelings of anxiety and nervousness. Depending upon the situation, your care team may begin with…

_____ (2023-02-11). Sy Hersh And The Way We Live Now. popularresistance.org It is a clear indicator of the disappearance of freedom from our so-called Western democracies that Sy Hersh, arguably the greatest living journalist, cannot get this monumental revelation on the front of The Washington Post or The New York Times, but has to self-publish on the net. | Hersh tells the story of the U.S. destruction of the Nordstream pipelines in forensic detail, giving dates, times, method and military units involved. He also outlines the importance of the Norwegian armed forces working alongside the U.S. Navy in the operation. | One point Sy does not much stress, but it is worth saying more about,…

Anonymous669 (2023-02-11). SDF Says Its Special Forces Neutralized ISIS Cell In Syria's Deir Ezzor (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: sdf-press.com | On February 11, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that its special forces, known as the YAT, neutralized a cell of ISIS in the eastern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor in a joint operation with the United States-led coalition. | In a statement, the Kurdish-led group said that the cell, which was based in al-Suwar district, was working to "support and supply other cells of the terrorist group with weapo…

Editor (2023-02-11). California Immigrant Detention Center Operator Faces Fines, Lawsuit Over Working Conditions. scheerpost.com

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-11). Interval training for heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — When it comes to exercise, what's best for your heart: slow and steady, or fast and furious? How about a combination of both? Interval training — alternating short bouts of higher-intensity effort with longer bouts of less-intense activity — has big benefits for your heart. "Interval training makes your heart alternate between working hard and recovering," says Melinda Hahm, a clinical exercise physiologist in Cardiology at Mayo Clinic Health System in…

Roy Landersen (2023-02-11). Defend Ukraine independence! Defeat Moscow's invasion! themilitant.com Russian President Vladimir Putin is amassing forces in preparation for a deadly spring offensive in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military, backed by volunteers, is preparing to repulse Moscow's attacks and launch a counter-offensive. | Putin claims his war in Ukraine aims at defeating "Nazism," like Stalin's was against fascist Germany in World War II. | His accusation stands reality on its head. The government in Ukraine is similar to other liberal capitalist regimes around the world. In Germany the fascists were funded and promoted by the capitalist class to crush a rising working-class m…

WSWS (2023-02-11). Ottawa and Quebec intensify their efforts to block refugees from filing asylum claims. wsws.org Threatened by growing working-class opposition, the ruling class in Quebec and across Canada is whipping up chauvinism to scapegoat immigrants for the social crisis caused by capitalism and to split the working class along ethno-linguistic and religious lines.

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