(2023-02-23). Black History Month: Dr. Floyd Willis on the importance of inclusive Alzheimer's Disease research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Floyd Willis Black History Month is a month for all people to celebrate and learn about the diverse and important contributions of Black 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 Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity through their work. Meet Dr. Floyd Willis, a family medicine physician and investigator…
(2023-02-23). Dr. Prathibha Varkey recognized as one of Modern Healthcare's 'Top 25 Women Leaders'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Prathibha Varkey, M.B.B.S., president of Mayo Clinic Health System, was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the "Top 25 Women Leaders" for 2023. The profiles of all the honorees are featured in the Feb. 20 issue of Modern Healthcare magazine and online at ModernHealthcare.com/topwomenexecs. This prestigious recognition program acknowledges and honors women executives from all sectors of the health care industry for their leadership in care delivery improvement, health equity, policy…
(2023-02-22). How Unions Safeguard Workers' Sweat Equity. independentmediainstitute.org Mark Glyptis and dozens of other union leaders went into contract negotiations with Cleveland-Cliffs in 2022 determined not only to win wage and benefit enhancements for their coworkers but also to protect thousands of family-sustaining steel mill jobs for years to come. The United Steelworkers (USW) negotiating team ultimately delivered a historic contract requiring the …
(2023-02-22). The NHS workforce is more diverse than ever. healtheuropa.com 
New figures reveal that the NHS workforce is more diverse than ever recorded in history, according to an annual report into race equality across the health service. The NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard is an annual report highlighting the diversity of the NHS workforce. The report shows that Black and minority ethnic (BME) staff make up almost …
(2023-02-22). Panel: Unions are the road to good jobs for Black workers. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —There was one big agreement by a panel of top Labor Department officials, union leaders, and rank-and-file Black workers: Unions are the road to a decent standard of living and good jobs for Black Americans and critical to the struggle to overcome the impact of centuries of ingrained racism in the U.S. Conversely, added …
(2023-02-22). Podcast Ep 73: Fighting the lobby's racism, with Lara Sheehi. electronicintifada.net How a professor is pushing back against Israel lobby smears and holding George Washington University accountable for collusion.
(2023-02-22). Here Are All Of The States That Have Successfully Passed The CROWN Act. newsone.com 
Source: JuiceBros / Getty | Michigan lawmakers are fighting for the CROWN ACT to be implemented across the wolverine state's schools and workplaces. On Feb. 21, Sen. Sarah Anthony of Lansing and several other representatives introduced the CROWN ACT to officials in the Michigan Senate to safeguard residents with natural and coily hair from discrimination, M-Live reported. | Anthony said she was upset by the horror stories she has heard from residents detailing their experiences with hair discrimination. Several women said they were either denied a job or refused an opportunity because they would not chemically st…
(2023-02-23). Boston education workers roll the union on! workers.org 
Boston University resident life workers rally at George Sherman Union for union recognition, Feb. 8, 2023. Boston In metropolitan Boston, where 44 institutions of higher education employ over 42,600 workers, unorganized workers have announced new union campaigns nearly every week since the new year. Over 0 Boston University (BU) resident . . . |
(2023-02-22). KKK without the Robes: DeSantis has gutted Florida Education, Cancelled Black History and Criminalized LGBTQ+ People. juancole.com Informed Comment is introducing guest Feature posts occasionally, as Editor-in-Chief Juan Cole steps back from his unprecedented and grueling routine of writing a blog essay every day for nearly 21 years. Never fear, he will still write features several times a week. But some submissions from IC stalwarts deserve to be featured, and Dan Dinello's …
(2023-02-22). Israel's Pattern of Violating Palestinian Right to Education, As Bedouin Village Khan al-Ahmar Up for Demolition. towardfreedom.org
(2023-02-22). Democrats Introduce Bill to Return $100B From Pentagon Budget to the Public. truthout.org Representatives Barbara Lee (D-California) and Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would slash $100 billion from the Pentagon budget, as annual spending on defense hurtles toward $1 trillion. The People Over Pentagon Act would conduct likely the largest single-year cut to the Pentagon budget and return the money to the public through funding for education, health care… |
(2023-02-22). The power-serving myth that anti-war protests make no difference. mronline.org 
Thousands of people from across the political spectrum gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC to protest U.S. militarism, proxy warfare and nuclear brinkmanship in Ukraine on Sunday.
(2023-02-22). Democracy cannot be saved when it never existed in 'Israel': NYT. mronline.org 
The New York Times publishes a piece explaining that democracy cannot exist in an ethnocracy, thus making "Israel" a non-democracy from inception until today regardless of intra-Israeli differences.
(2023-02-22). On Michael Lebowitz's 'Beyond Capital: Marx's Political Economy Of The Working Class'. mronline.org 
'Beyond Capital' helps us to understand why capitalism continues to persist despite endless crises, by drawing our attention to the messiness of human beings and the multiple circuits that reproduce capitalism as a complex and contradictory totality.
(2023-02-22). Review of "Organising Responses to Climate Change: The Politics of Mitigation, Adaptation and Suffering" mronline.org 
Much has been written about climate change or, to use a more truthful term, global warming. But not much has been written about "Organising Responses to Climate Change," which is the title of Daniel Nyberg, Christopher Wright and Vanessa Bowden's new book.
(2023-02-22). Is This the End of the Internet As We Know It? aclu.org 
Two pending Supreme Court cases interpreting a 1996 law could drastically alter the way we interact online. That law, Under Section 230, platforms generally may not be held liable for the content posted by users. Without this protection, important speech such as commun…
(2023-02-22). Syria just suffered a devastating earthquake but Israeli bombing does not stop. mronline.org 
Israeli attacks on Syria continue even as Syria struggles with the aftermath of the February 6 earthquake, in which over 5,800 were killed.
(2023-02-22). UK Nurses denounce RCN union for suspending strikes to enter talks with government. wsws.org At an online meeting Tuesday evening, called by the Royal College of Nursing, nurses raised their opposition to the sabotage by the union bureaucracy.
(2023-02-22). Forest Defenders Vow Resistance After Court Green-Lights Phase I of "Cop City" truthout.org The Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, issued an order last week denying three plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order to halt clearing and construction work at the forested site of a planned police training facility that activists in Atlanta have dubbed "Cop City." The ruling paves the way for construction activity even as the DeKalb County Zoning Board of Appeals considers… |
(2023-02-22). US To Extradite Peru's Former President Toledo Over Corruption. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department allowed former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006) to be extradited to his home country to face corruption charges. | RELATED: | The Peruvian justice accuses Toldeo of receiving a US$20 million bribe from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in exchange for helping it to obtain the contract of the Interoceanic highway, which currently connects Peru with Br…
(2023-02-23). "There is no health care without us," warn nurses in Slovenia. peoplesdispatch.org Nurses in Slovenia protest against lack of staff and inadequate salaries, as they continue to shoulder most of the workload in the health system…
(2023-02-22). Health Care is Sick — and Profit is the Disease. otherwords.org Your doctor is out and unable to see you now. Not out for lunch or out on vacation — but out of medical practice. | America's perverse health care system, which sublimates care to the profiteering demands of Wall Street speculators who essentially own today's system, has been driving out hordes of nurses, pharmacists, and now doctors too. | These practitioners take their Hippocratic Oath seriously: "First, do no harm." Yet again and again, they see corporate managers of hospital chains, physician clinics, and other practices doing severe harm. Corporations routinely slash staffing levels, eliminate services…
(2023-02-23). Hunger strikes and a lawsuit over solitary confinement in Texas. workers.org A solitary confinement cell in a Texas prison. Houston Texas prisoners have been organizing for over a year to bring attention to an issue that is wounding and sometimes killing them: solitary confinement, which damages incarcerated people both mentally and physically. Solitary confinement incites suicides and self-mutilation. It causes violent . . . |
(2023-02-22). The right wing is organizing in Canada. Can the left learn to stop them? therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Since the start of COVID-19, workers have coupled innovative new organizing models with traditional "ground game" to gain incredible wins at worksites around the world. These have ranged from Amazon to Trader Joe's in the United States, Indigo Chapters Bookstores to Second City (AICE Union) in Canada, and of course the historic farmers strike in India. Each of these campaigns amplified their v…
(2023-02-23). Support the SEP (Australia) in the NSW election to oppose bipartisan slashing of public sector wages! wsws.org The parliamentary parties never miss an opportunity to pay lip service to essential workers, but when it comes to wages and conditions, Labor and the Coalition are adamant—a pay rise in line with inflation is impossible.
(2023-02-22). The World Teetering on the New Polycentric Geopolitics. strategic-culture.org The world is yet to see how dangerous the decade before us will be, what the new global geopolitical architecture will look like and who is to build it. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned in his address to his colleagues on 10 February 2023 in Moscow: "All of us are professionals and we are well aware this is certainly not an exaggeration." Lavrov elaborated on the remark made by Vladimir Putin that this is a historic crossroads for the world and that the most important, the most uncertain decade as well as the most dangerous decade since the Second World War is ahead of us. His opponents tend to…
(2023-02-22). Charlene Mitchell remembers Henry Winston, Communist and Black Liberation leader. peoplesworld.org 
The following article originally appeared in Political Affairs in 2012. It is based on remarks delivered by the late Charlene Mitchell at an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Henry Winston, a leader of the Communist and Black Liberation movements who died in 1986. Charlene Mitchell was a long-time labor and political …
(2023-02-22). ILWU shuts down SF/Oakland docks for Mumia Abu-Jamal. workers.org 
San Francisco Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union shut down the ports of Oakland and San Francisco Feb. 16 to demand that journalist and innocent political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal be exonerated and set free. Clarence Thomas, at the mic, Feb. 16, 2023. (Photo Credit: Labor Media) Local 10 . . . |
(2023-02-22). From the Gulf of Tonkin to the Baltic Sea. libya360.wordpress.com Seymour HershLyndon B. Johnson delivering his televised report on the Gulf of Tonkin incident, August 4, 1964. The secret and incomplete history of US-Norway collaboration in covert operations Why Norway? In my account of the Biden Administration's decision to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines, why did much of the secret planning and training for the operation take…
(2023-02-22). Declaran culpable de narcotráfico y otros cargos criminales a exsecretario de Seguridad Pública mexicano. cubadebate.cu Genaro García Luna fue declarado culpable de todos los cargos criminales en su contra al culminar su juicio en el Tribunal Federal del Distrito del Este de Nueva York. El juicio de cuatro semanas de quien fue la cara pública y el colaborador de Washington entre 2001 y 2012 en la llamada guerra contra las drogas concluyó con García Luna como un criminal convicto.
(2023-02-22). Bernie Sanders Says It's Time for a 4-Day Workweek, With No Pay Cuts. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is calling for the standard work week to be shortened from five to four days. On Twitter on Tuesday, Sanders said that technological advancements allow for less labor from workers, but are currently only used to pad the pockets of corporate executives. "With exploding technology and increased worker productivity, it's time to move toward a four-day work week with no… |
(2023-02-22). Marielle Franco Murder to Be Investigated Again. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Brazil's Justice Minister Flavio Dino ordered the Federal Police to open a new investigation to detect the masterminds of the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco that took place in Rio de Janeiro on March 18, 2018. | RELATED: | The administration of President Lula da Silva will collaborate extensively with subnational authorities in investigations into a political crime that could not be clarifie…
(2023-02-22). Child labor exploited in meat production facilities. liberationnews.org 
The ongoing investigation into Packers Sanitation Service by the Department of Labor has uncovered that a minimum of 100 children were illegally employed in over a dozen meat production facilities across the country.
(2023-02-23). Fifty-one workers missing after coal mine collapse. ecns.cn Fifty-one workers remain missing after an accident where an open-pit coal mine collapsed in Alshaa League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, according to local authorities.
(2023-02-23). At least four dead, five injured after coal mine collapses in Inner Mongolia. ecns.cn Rescue workers found nine people, including four who died, in the rubble of a collapsed coal mine in Alshaa League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, according to local authorities.
(2023-02-23). Abolish the death penalty and national oppression. 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. The national question, as analyzed by Comrade Sam Marcy and Workers World Party, has been so important to us in Texas, as . . . |
(2023-02-23). Double standard for Black NFL quarterbacks. workers.org Lamar Jackson Quarterback Lamar Jackson's row with the NFL franchise Baltimore Ravens has been making the rounds as of late. Recently, the Ravens' public relations most likely leaked a story that the superstar quarterback turned down a $133 million contract. As soon as this news got out to the public, . . . |
(2023-02-23). Over 1,000 people sign letter hitting New York Times' anti-trans bias. workers.org 
A letter, dated Feb. 15 and signed by over 1,000 contributors and subscribers to the New York Times, trans people and allies called on the paper to reject the new wave of bigots attempting to stifle trans lives. "We write to you as a collective of New York Times contributors . . . |
(2023-02-23). UPS workers talk to the WSWS ahead of contract expiration. wsws.org UPS workers in Southern California detailed their working conditions and expressed interest in forming an independent Rank-and-File Committee to take the struggle out of the hands of the Teamsters.
(2023-02-23). Flint, Michigan workers warn East Palestine residents: "You can't trust the government!" wsws.org The WSWS recently spoke to workers from Flint about the comparison of the disastrous derailment in eastern Ohio and the ongoing Flint water crisis which was set into motion nearly nine years ago.
(2023-02-22). Railroad Workers United: Ohio wreck shows need for rail nationalization. peoplesworld.org 
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—The growing uproar over the massive chemical contamination of the air and water from the Norfolk Southern freight train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, shows—once again—the need to nationalize the railroads and run them in the public good, not for profits, Railroad Workers United says. And now they're joined by the United Electrical …
(2023-02-22). Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters demand: 'Release the evidence now!'. workers.org 
There is growing international support for the freedom of U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been imprisoned in Pennsylvania for over 40 years. Mumia was falsely accused of killing a white police officer in December 1981 in Philadelphia. He was convicted of first-degree murder on July 3, 1982, following . . . |
(2023-02-22). After toxic train wreck, residents demand answers. workers.org Weeks after the disaster, more terrifying information is coming out about the toxic train derailment Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. The two-mile-long, 1 -car train, owned by Norfolk Southern, weighed 18,000 tons and was carrying hazardous material when it jackknifed as a result of a broken axle. East Palestine, Ohio, . . . |
(2023-02-22). Rail Workers Warned Us: Greed Is Dangerous. otherwords.org
(2023-02-22). Greeks Protest Against the Visit of US Secretary Blinken. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, a series of protests were held against U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Greece in Athens and other cities. | RELATED: | The youth division of the Communist Party of Greece (KNE) and the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) held a protest outside the United States' embassy in Athens. | Hundreds of protesters chanted that Blinken was a persona non grata, raising banners with slogans against U.S.
(2023-02-22). With no contract after a 2-year strike, United Mine Workers of America sends miners back to work at Warrior Met. wsws.org UMWA President Cecil Roberts has announced that pickets are authorized to return to work at Warrior Met; there is still no contract for the miners who have been picketing for nearly two years.
(2023-02-22). French union bureaucracies pause strikes as social explosion against Macron looms. wsws.org As struggles mount against austerity across Europe and the NATO-Russia war escalates, workers need new organizations of struggle, independent of the union bureaucracies.
(2023-02-23). African Union integration into G20: what are the consequences? journal-neo.org 
Perhaps the most significant step in the recent changes within the G20 was the move to include the African Union as a permanent member of this global association. This step is significant because the G20 is inherently different from the G7, which has become a "club of selected supporters of the United States" thanks to …
(2023-02-23). Conaie anuncia reunión para definir próximas acciones en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Según el comunicado del ente, la reunión se llevará a cabo el próximo viernes 24 de febrero en la Casa de la Cultura, sita en Quito, capital del país.
(2023-02-22). African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Sharecroppers Union to the New Farmers of America. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-22). Tickets available: NYC bus to the March 18 national anti-war protest. answercoalition.org Join the ANSWER Coalition bus from NYC to DC, , | : | National March on Washington: Peace in Ukraine — Stop NATO!, Saturday, March 18, The White House, , | : | BUS 1: Leave 7: 00 a.m. from Union Square, 14th St and Broadway, NY NY; return at 4: 00 p.m., , BUS 2: Leave 7: 00 a.m. from 149th St. and Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY; return at 4: 00 p.m., , | : | Ticket price: $ . Discounted tickets available based on financial need | Coinciding with the 20th anniversary weekend of the criminal U.S…
(2023-02-22). Protests and strikes continue in Peru against Dina Boluarte. peoplesdispatch.org Social organizations and trade unions have pointed out that Boluarte's meetings with political leaders and the Congress' decision to postpone the approval of early elections ratify their intention to remain in power until 2026…
(2023-02-22). Israeli Diplomat Removed from African Union Summit. orinocotribune.com A video posted on social media showed security personnel walking Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li out of the auditorium during the opening ceremony of the summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, February 18. | Ebba Kalondo, the spokesperson for the African Union's chairman, said the diplomat was removed because she was not the duly accredited Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia, the official who was expected. | An AU official later told AFP news agency that the diplomat who was "asked to leave" had not been invited to the meeting, with a non-transferable invitation issued only to Israel's ambassador to the African Union, A…
(2023-02-22). EU, NATO, Ukraine to Ramp Up Arms Production and Procurement. telesurenglish.net Ukraine, the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will jointly launch a mechanism to coordinate arms supplies to Ukraine. | RELATED: | NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg discussed with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell the need to ramp up weapons production and improve arms procurement "to ensure that Ukraine gets the weapons it needs." | "
(2023-02-22). Over 900,000 Asylum Applicants Arrived In Europe In 2022. telesurenglish.net In a report presented on Wednesday, the European Union Agency for Asylum (AUEA) said that it registered over 966,000 asylum applications in EU countries, Switzerland and Norway. | RELATED: | This is the highest number of asylum requests processed in Europe since 2016 when 1.2 million asylum seekers arrived on this continent after the start of the armed conflict in Syria. | The AUEA notes that this increase is mainl…
(2023-02-22). Temple University graduate students overwhelmingly reject sellout contract, continue strike. wsws.org The resounding "no" vote is a direct rebuke of the Temple University administration as well as the union bargaining committee.
(2023-02-23). University teachers help students find jobs through livestreaming. ecns.cn Li Xiaoming, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Economics and Management at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, is introducing students' resumes to enterprises via livestream.
(2023-02-22). A Health Care Cliff is Coming. otherwords.org I'm one of the I went to college, got a degree, and planned on being self-sufficient. But in my early 20s, I was struck by an autoimmune condition that caused painful, chronic flare ups that affected my ability to stand or walk. | I worked some desk jobs, but the health coverage was inadequate. I struggled financially, r…
(2023-02-23). What is frontotemporal degeneration? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An uncommon group of disorders may cause changes in personality, behavior, language, movement Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms before age 60. While there is no cure for this progressive decline, FTD research has made significant strides in the past two decades, says Dr. Bradley Boeve (boh-VAY), a Mayo…
(2023-02-23). Saturday 3/11: White People: Say NO to the FBI War on Black Liberation! indybay.org 4101 W. Florissant Ave St. Louis, MO 63115…
(2023-02-23). Sri Jayawardenepura university students respond enthusiastically to SEP lecture. wsws.org The well-attended lecture discussed the political betrayal of the mass movement that brought down the Rajapakse government and the necessity to build revolutionary leadership in the working class.
(2023-02-22). CovertAction Bulletin: Is Left Right Unity Possible in the Anti-War Movement? covertactionmagazine.com Just before the one-year anniversary of the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine, President Biden made a surprise visit to Kiev over President's Day weekend. According to the AP, the plan was approved just two days before, but discussion began a month prior. Air Force One flew to Germany, then turned its transponders off for a flight to Poland. Only two U.S. journalists accompanied Biden—and they had to surrender their devices to the White House for the trip. The Russian government was notified hours before…
(2023-02-22). Mexican groups call for global protests against corporate water plundering. greenleft.org.au More than 500 people from 18 states around Mexico, representing 125 different movements, organisations and Indigenous communities, gathered on February 18—19 in the Assembly for Water and For Life, reports Tamara Pearson.
(2023-02-22). Guatemalans Protest Ban on Leftist Presidential Candidate. latinorebels.com Thousands of people demonstrated in Guatemala on Tuesday to protest a court's decision not to allow an Indigenous candidate to register for the country's June 25 presidential elections. Thelma Cabrera was to have been the presidential candidate for the leftist Peoples Liberation Movement…
(2023-02-23). China, India vow to find solution for issues concerning western section of border. ecns.cn China and India have vowed to come up with a solution for issues concerning the western section of the China-India border based on a previously agreed consensus, officials from both countries said at the 26th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on Border Affairs held in Beijing on Wednesday.
(2023-02-22). Teamsters collect Unity Pledges ahead of contract negotiations. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On Monday, February 20, thousands of Teamsters gathered outside of UPS facilities across the country to sign cards pledging unity ahead of contract negotiations between the Teamsters and UPS. The Contract Unity Pledge Drive is being rolled out in order to rally UPS employees to demands in the negotiations such as ending the second-tier 22.4 driver classification and higher wages for part-timers. | "It's about sending a message to the company that we're ready for a fight. We won't accept second-tier drivers, excessive overtime and unsafe working conditions. Our ability to strike UPS is b…
(2023-02-22). $749,387 Pentagon Contract Debunks the Lie about "Independent" Fact-Checkers. libya360.wordpress.com Dilyana Gaytandzhieva The Pentagon has funded fact-checkers under a program to mark independent journalists as disinformation. Photo: defense.gov Documents expose the so called ‚Äûindependent" fact-checkers. The so called disinformation fighters are nothing more than well-paid employees working under a $749,387 program funded by the Pentagon. A U.S. company called News Guard, self-proclaimed as independent fact-checkers,…
(2023-02-22). Remembering Evan Seyfried, the Kroger worker management bullied to death. therealnews.com 
Editor's note: Since this episode was recorded, Content warning: This episode contains discussion of the topic of suicide. | We kick off Season Six of Working People with a very special ep…