(2023-04-15). [Perspectives] Women's health, Inc. thelancet.com Across the globe, health care is increasingly in the hands of corporate entities. Women's health is a vivid example of this trend. Private equity firms, start-ups, and other private-sector companies are streaming into women's health, appealing to its historical aims of equity, empowerment, and social justice, while also expecting big profits. As this industry expands, tensions between profitability, innovation, quality, and equity are already surfacing within the USA, signalling what other nations may soon encounter.
(2023-04-14). Artificial intelligence creates opportunities to close health care, workplace equity gaps. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and platform models are increasingly driving everyone's day-to-day experiences, including how people receive health care. However, those experiences are not always the same for everyone. April is Minority Health Awareness Month, a national observance to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect people from racial and ethnic minority groups. At Mayo Clinic, experts are looking at the ways AI and digital tools can and are shaping the future…
(2023-04-13). Healthcare Activists Demand: Restore Covid-19 Protections Now! popularresistance.org Boston, Massachusetts – The Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity (Mass. CHE) held an online press conference on April 5 to demand the state keep protections against COVID-19 in place to safeguard health care workers, people with disabilities and the general population during the continuing pandemic. | The conference was a response to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy's decision to comply with the Biden administration's decision to terminate the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11. | Ending the PHE, which was initially declared by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in January 20…
(2023-04-13). Protesters facing felony charges reject plea deal. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On Wednesday, April 12, the Tampa 5 held a press conference to announce their rejection of a plea deal offered by the state attorney's office. The Tampa 5 were arrested on the campus of the University of South Florida during a protest on March 6 against Governor DeSantis' agenda to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities. | The five protesters are facing criminal charges, including a felony charge of battery on a law enforcement officer. This week, as charges are being officially filed, the state attorney's office offered the Tampa 5 a plea deal that would drop all t…
(2023-04-14). LGBTQ and Immigrant Rights Groups Issue Travel Advisories for Florida. truthout.org LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida issued an unprecedented travel advisory on April 12, warning LGBTQ people of the risks that traveling or relocating to Florida could pose to their health, safety and freedom. "The advisory comes after passage of laws that are hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, restrict access to reproductive health care, repeal gun safety laws and allow untrained… |
(2023-04-14). To Fight Inequality, Tax the Patriarchy and Invest in Care. inequality.org To Fight Inequality, Tax the Patriarchy and Invest in Care If billionaires pay a fairer share of taxes, there would be more than enough revenue to invest in child care, paid leave, and home care. While millions of households across the United States are scrambling to file — or extend — their taxes by the …
(2023-04-15). [Perspectives] Women's health, Inc. thelancet.com Across the globe, health care is increasingly in the hands of corporate entities. Women's health is a vivid example of this trend. Private equity firms, start-ups, and other private-sector companies are streaming into women's health, appealing to its historical aims of equity, empowerment, and social justice, while also expecting big profits. As this industry expands, tensions between profitability, innovation, quality, and equity are already surfacing within the USA, signalling what other nations may soon encounter.
(2023-04-14). Artificial intelligence creates opportunities to close health care, workplace equity gaps. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and platform models are increasingly driving everyone's day-to-day experiences, including how people receive health care. However, those experiences are not always the same for everyone. April is Minority Health Awareness Month, a national observance to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect people from racial and ethnic minority groups. At Mayo Clinic, experts are looking at the ways AI and digital tools can and are shaping the future…
(2023-04-13). Healthcare Activists Demand: Restore Covid-19 Protections Now! popularresistance.org Boston, Massachusetts – The Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity (Mass. CHE) held an online press conference on April 5 to demand the state keep protections against COVID-19 in place to safeguard health care workers, people with disabilities and the general population during the continuing pandemic. | The conference was a response to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy's decision to comply with the Biden administration's decision to terminate the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11. | Ending the PHE, which was initially declared by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in January 20…
(2023-04-13). Protesters facing felony charges reject plea deal. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On Wednesday, April 12, the Tampa 5 held a press conference to announce their rejection of a plea deal offered by the state attorney's office. The Tampa 5 were arrested on the campus of the University of South Florida during a protest on March 6 against Governor DeSantis' agenda to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities. | The five protesters are facing criminal charges, including a felony charge of battery on a law enforcement officer. This week, as charges are being officially filed, the state attorney's office offered the Tampa 5 a plea deal that would drop all t…
(2023-04-14). LGBTQ and Immigrant Rights Groups Issue Travel Advisories for Florida. truthout.org LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida issued an unprecedented travel advisory on April 12, warning LGBTQ people of the risks that traveling or relocating to Florida could pose to their health, safety and freedom. "The advisory comes after passage of laws that are hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, restrict access to reproductive health care, repeal gun safety laws and allow untrained… |
(2023-04-14). To Fight Inequality, Tax the Patriarchy and Invest in Care. inequality.org To Fight Inequality, Tax the Patriarchy and Invest in Care If billionaires pay a fairer share of taxes, there would be more than enough revenue to invest in child care, paid leave, and home care. While millions of households across the United States are scrambling to file — or extend — their taxes by the …
(2023-04-13). LGBTQ gains: Japanese Communist Party introduces marriage equality bill in parliament. peoplesworld.org 
TOKYO—The Japanese Communist Party on March 29 submitted to the House of Councillors a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. JCP Dietmembers Nihi Sohei, Kurabayashi Akiko, and Ito Gaku handed the proposed bill to the House secretary general. The bill, if enacted, will codify both heterosexual and same-sex marriages and will accordingly change …
(2023-04-13). Sri Lankan police attack rally to mark start of last year's popular uprising. wsws.org Notwithstanding the Socialist Equality Party's principled opposition to the pro-capitalist policies of protest organisers, we strongly condemn the violent government-ordered assault.
(2023-04-13). Baseball's Owners Have Ball Games Shorter — and Maybe Fan Lives, Too. inequality.org
(2023-04-13). Donor-Advised Funds Now Take in a Fifth of Individual Charitable Giving. inequality.org
(2023-04-14). Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry workers file cards to unionize. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO —Another month and another leading Chicago cultural institution—the Museum of Science and Industry—saw workers file to unionize with the State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31. Their April 12 announcement accompanied a letter with 54 signatures. AFSCME wants to cover 140 guest operations, guest experiences and education workers. If workers at the museum, …
(2023-04-14). The Legalization for All Network's border delegation learns from students. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — On April 5, the final day of the Legalization for All Network's border delegation, activists spent the morning listening to testimonies from seven immigrant students from the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. The students — all Guatemalan youth who've lived in the United States for less than a year — explained the conditions in Central America that pushed them to leave home, their experiences while detained by ICE, and the struggles of having to work to support their families. | The encuentro was hosted by SALEF, the Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund, an orga…
(2023-04-13). The UC Strike Showed There's Power In A Union. popularresistance.org On Dec. 23, 2022, members of the Academic Student Employees (UAW 2865) and Student Researchers United, both organized under the United Auto Workers, voted 11,386 to 7,097 (ASE) and 10,057 to 4,640 (SRU) to ratify tentative agreements reached with the University of California. The ratification vote ended the largest higher education academic worker strike in US history, where 48,000 workers walked off the job for six weeks. | I work within the Academic Student Employee (ASE) unit, instructing twice weekly sections of 30 undergraduates each. My teaching assistant contract is 20 hours of paid work per week, but as a…
(2023-04-13). Tibisay Lucena, Former CNE President & Minister for University Education, Dies Aged 63. orinocotribune.com Tibisay Lucena, the former president of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) and current minister of university education, died this Wednesday, April 12, as reported by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez via social "Tibisay Lucena changed our landscape," Rodríguez wrote. "Distinguished daughter of Venezuela, former president of the electoral power and minister of university education. She was a true militant in life, and she fought her last battle without respite. Our condolences to her family an…
(2023-04-13). Expand and unite the university strikes in New Jersey, Michigan and Illinois! wsws.org The IYSSE calls for the broadening of the wave of academic workers' struggles to encompass the entire student body and staff, and for a turnout to workers in every industry, to fight for fully funded public education and all the social needs of the international working class.
(2023-04-13). The way forward for striking academic workers in New Jersey, Michigan and Illinois. wsws.org The IYSSE calls for the broadening of the wave of academic workers' struggles to encompass the entire student body and staff, and for a turnout to workers in every industry, to fight for fully funded public education and all the social needs of the international working class.
(2023-04-13). Australian tertiary education union continues to isolate Sydney University strikes. wsws.org The protracted series of stoppages expresses the determination of staff members to fight deeper cuts to jobs and conditions after years of mounting attacks, but they are being isolated by the NTEU.
(2023-04-13). Russia and India: Developing Soft Power. infobrics.org Russia has been utilizing soft power in India since the 1950s to develop a robust relationship with the South Asian country. Over the years, Russia has built a significant cultural, educational, and economic relationship with India, which has helped in maintaining a stable strategic partnership between the two countries…
(2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: Support Palestinian Political Prisoners. samidoun.net 
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(2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience. samidoun.net 
On Palestinian Prisoner's Day Act For Palestine Foundation and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network invite you to participate in a panel discussion titled : The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience Time: April 16, 2023 | 02: 00 PM (Jerusalem Time) Speakers: ▶ Imad Barghouthi: A Palestinian astrophysicist and ex-prisoner. ▶ Thomas Hofland: …
(2023-04-14). the CIA knows Ukrainian officials are skimming U.S. aid. mronline.org 
Hersh says the CIA estimates at least $400 million was embezzled last year in funds earmarked for diesel payments.
(2023-04-14). History has its course and timing. mronline.org 
Western sanctions imposed on Iran, Russia, Syria, and in fact any country that refuses to be driven by Western will, have motivated many countries in the world to search seriously for ways and means to liberate their destinies from Western hegemony.
(2023-04-14). Tossing rice at the marriage of the oligarchs with the State. mronline.org 
Everyone who has ever heard rice go snap, crackle, and pop! knows that eating the grain is good for your energy.
(2023-04-13). Leaked Document Says US Doesn't Expect Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks in 2023. news.antiwar.com A Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assessment that has been leaked online says that the US expects the war in Ukraine to go into 2024 without any peace talks between the warring sides, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. "Negotiations to end the conflict are unlikely during 2023 in all considered scenarios," the DIA analysis reads. The …
(2023-04-13). The urgent need to repudiate debt. mronline.org 
It is now time to react concerning the issue of debt cancellations and repudiations.
(2023-04-13). U.S. court's abortion pill ruling: Another milestone in the assault on democratic rights. mronline.org 
The ruling issued Friday by federal District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, overturning approval of the abortion pill mifepristone by the Food and Drug Administration, is the most flagrant attack on the democratic right to abortion since the Supreme Court's decision last summer to overturn Roe v. Wade.
(2023-04-13). A review of "White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa" by Susan Williams. mronline.org 
Africa has long been looked at by outsiders as a continent that is hopelessly mired in corruption and incapable of social and economic development.
(2023-04-13). Palestinian resistance fuels instability within Israeli settler state. workers.org 
The current unrelenting Palestinian resistance to Zionist occupation, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River, has resulted in an increase of political and social instability within and throughout the Israeli settler state. Fans hold huge 'Free Palestine!' flag during the game between Tunisia and Australia on Nov. 26. The . . . |
(2023-04-13). Twenty-One-Year-Old Air National Guardsman Arrested as Suspected Leaker. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, the FBI arrested a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard as the suspected leaker of the classified documents from the Pentagon and other US government agencies that have surfaced online. Jack Teixeira was first named before the arrest as the potential leaker by The New York Times. The paper conducted an …
(2023-04-13). Socialist Party of Zambia attacked by members of ruling party, Dr. Fred M'membe arrested. mronline.org 
According to the Socialist Party, their party members were attacked at a campaign meeting ahead of a by-election in the Serenje district and SP President Dr. Fred M'membe was later arrested.
(2023-04-13). South Africa's Overall Trade with Its BRICS Partners Has Increased Since 2017. infobrics.org Professor Anil Sooklal, Ambassador-at-Large for Asia and BRICS during an online engagement with business during the BRICS economic indaba, said the purpose of the gathering was to solicit the support of, and galvanise, South African business behind the BRICS Programme of Work…
(2023-04-13). Women's work is not valued properly. mronline.org 
In an interview with The Hindu, Ghosh talks about gender blindness of official policies, inequalities in society, the state of women empowerment and why women face multiple disadvantages in India.
(2023-04-13). Dossier No. 63: Life or debt: The stranglehold of neocolonialism and Africa's search for alternatives. mronline.org 
Before the pandemic was announced by the World Health Organisation in March 2020, the poorer nations of the world already struggled with seriously high—and unpayable—levels of debt.
(2023-04-14). Police increase repression against Cop City protesters, autopsy raises questions about Tortuguita's death. peoplesworld.org 
ATLANTA—Water is brought in through "water buffalos," giant plastic tubs, and food is distributed by local organizations for those protesting the construction of a police training facility in the South River Forest of Atlanta. While the land is officially known as South River Forest, community members have given it a new name: Weelaunee Forest, the …
(2023-04-14). Oppose massive fines against Western Australian nurses! wsws.org The WA Industrial Relations Commission and the Labor government are sending a clear message to nurses, midwives and the entire working class: No opposition to the slashing of real wages, working conditions and social services will be tolerated.
(2023-04-13). WA nurses and midwives still face huge fines, deregistration. greenleft.org.au The WA Industrial Relations Commission is still considering fining the Australian Nursing Federation WA $350,000 for taking strike action last November as part of its enterprise bargaining campaign. Chris Jenkins reports.
(2023-04-13). Why is Britain's Socialist Workers Party downplaying the no-confidence petition against the RCN nurses' union leadership? wsws.org SWP members on Unison's national executive are playing a central role in blocking a rank-and-file insurgency against the health unions' pay deal with the Tory government.
(2023-04-13). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org One-day national rail strike in Italy over work conditions deteriorating since the pandemic; ongoing protests in Iran by oil workers, nurses, Haft Tappeh sugar cane workers and retirees over pay and social conditions; auto workers at Tenneco South Africa Inc. strike over 50 percent pay cuts and 100 redundancies…
(2023-04-14). U.S. biolabs endanger communities, violate international law, experts say. ecns.cn U.S. activities related to biological laboratories in Ukraine and other countries have posed biological threats to local communities and violated international regulations on biological weapons, an international law expert said.
(2023-04-14). Australian state government internal report details spread of COVID infections in schools. wsws.org The previously suppressed documents show that the Victorian Labor government knowingly presided over the mass infection of children, with a potentially-deadly illness.
(2023-04-13). How Israel's Protests actually Assist Israeli State Propaganda. juancole.com 
by Yoav Litvin ( Counterpunch) — Benjamin Netanyahu, in collaboration with Kahanist Itamar Ben-Gvir and a cohort of other fascists, has been executing a judicial coup which guts so-called Israeli democratic institutions and threatens liberal reforms. Many Israelis are infuriated. They've always viewed Israel as either part of Europe or the United States' 51st state. …
(2023-04-13). AmCham head bullish on Sino-U.S. opportunities. ecns.cn There will be abundant opportunities for collaboration between U.S. and Chinese companies in the coming years, especially in the areas of healthcare, manufacturing and information and communication technology.
(2023-04-13). Good Friday at Livermore Lab: A call for a nuclear weapon-free future. peoplesworld.org 
LIVERMORE, Calif.—On this Good Friday, as nuclear disarmament, peace, and justice advocates gathered in person and virtually at the gates of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for their annual Interfaith Service of Worship and Witness, the theme—taken from Dr. Martin Luther King's 1967 book of the same name—was, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or …
(2023-04-13). Rusia halla 240 agentes patógenos en laboratorios de Ucrania. telesurtv.net Ministerio de Defensa trabaja en el análisis de cuatro laboratorios de EE.UU. y la OTAN. La mayoría de los patógenos hallados en ellos se vinculan al ántrax y el cólera.
(2023-04-13). Rinden homenaje a ministra Tibisay Lucena en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado destacó la labor y el legado que dejó Lucena, calificándola como un ejemplo para todos los venezolanos.
(2023-04-13). Australia: Right-wing figures vent racialist opposition to indigenous Voice plan. wsws.org The line-up at the Tamworth meeting brought together elements from the Labor Party to the Nationals and Senator Pauline Hanson's One Nation, which has a long record of inflammatory slurs against indigenous people.
(2023-04-13). Minneapolis Letter Carriers Showed We're Ready To Fight. popularresistance.org Letter carriers got a glimpse of what a fighting strategy to win a strong contract could look like when 150 workers and supporters rallied in downtown Minneapolis April 2 under the banner "Staffing, Safety, and Service—Letter Carriers Need a Raise!" Members highlighted the root causes of the staffing crisis: mandatory overtime, pay that hasn't kept up with inflation or with industry competitors like UPS, a toxic working environment at many stations created by bullying tactics from management, and overall poor working conditions that have led to huge attrition rates of new hires.
(2023-04-14). Historic Rutgers Strike Goes Into Day 5: Workers Demand Better Pay, Job Security. truthout.org Faculty at the state-run Rutgers University in New Jersey have entered their fifth day of a historic strike — the first faculty strike in the school's 257-year history. Organizers of three unions, representing more than 9,000 professors, lecturers and graduate assistants, are demanding increased pay and better job security, especially for poorly paid graduate workers and adjunct faculty. |
(2023-04-14). Angela Davis backs struggle to 'Stop Cop City'. workers.org 
Atlanta April 9 — The multiyear struggle against Cop City, the huge militarized police training facility projected to be built in the southeast side of the city in the South River Forest, aka the Weelaunee Forest, one of the largest urban forests in the U.S., took some unexpected turns in . . . |
(2023-04-14). Young workers cast off big-city shackles. ecns.cn An increasing number of young people in large Chinese cities are choosing to become so-called digital nomads in the hope of striking a better work-life balance by operating remotely.
(2023-04-14). April 11: 30th anniversary of Lucasville prison uprising. workers.org 
April 11, 2023, marks the 30th anniversary of the heroic uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. The uprising began as Muslim inmates protested against being forced to take a tuberculosis test that violated their religious beliefs against alcohol. It quickly turned into a full-scale rebellion that . . . |
(2023-04-14). Friday 4/14: After winning our election to join IBU-ILWU, Alcatraz workers are fighting for a contract. indybay.org Pier 33, San Francisco…
(2023-04-14). Frame-up case against Alton Estate workers in Sri Lanka enters third year. wsws.org The frame-up of Alton Estate workers is a vicious attack on the democratic rights of all Sri Lankan workers and must be defeated.
(2023-04-14). Chemical workers strike in Hopewell, Virginia. wsws.org Over 340 workers walked off the job at AdvanSix in Hopewell, VA demanding higher wages.
(2023-04-14). Workers at Tyson poultry plant in Arkansas strike against plant's closure. wsws.org Another poultry plant in Glen Allen, Virginia, has also been slated for closure as part of the company's restructuring operations, in response to a record drop in profits over the past six months.
(2023-04-14). Multi-state university strike wave in the US continues. wsws.org One of the critical challenges in the US academic strikes is that the militant mood and courage of the striking academic workers runs counter to the maneuvers of their union bureaucracies and the Democratic Party, which are seeking to limit and isolate each strike.
(2023-04-14). "Hungarian society is in a social crisis" peoplesdispatch.org Vajnai Attila, president of the Hungarian Workers' Party 2006 – European Left, talks about the social crisis in Hungary and the policies of the right-wing Viktor Orbán government…
(2023-04-14). Rutgers on Strike: Meet One of Thousands of Profs & Grad Workers Demanding Better Pay, Job Security. democracynow.org 
Faculty at the state-run Rutgers University in New Jersey have entered their fifth day of a historic strike — the first faculty strike in the school's 257-year history. Organizers of three unions, representing more than 9,000 professors, lecturers and graduate assistants, are demanding increased pay and better job security, especially for poorly paid graduate workers and adjunct faculty. We get an update from Donna Murch, an associate professor of history at Rutgers University and New Brunswick chapter president of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, one of the academic workers' unions on strike.
(2023-04-13). Brasil y China acuerdan intercambios sin dólar. workers.org 
China y Brasil realizan el acuerdo el 1 de abril, 2023. Entrevista de Lorena Guillen, de ABYA YALA TV, Bolivia, a Julio Gambina, presidente de la Fundación de Investigaciones Sociales y Políticas, Argentina, sobre los acuerdos entre China y Brasil para el intercambio en monedas locales, sin depender del dólar. . . . |
(2023-04-13). Workers vote to unionize at LGBTQ nightclub in Chicago's gentrifying Boystown neighborhood. liberationnews.org 
Demands of the union drive included higher wages, increased health benefits, paid sick time, consistency in scheduling and a say in how the workplace is run.
(2023-04-13). Taliban extends ban on Afghan women working to include UN's mission in the country. nationofchange.org The extended ban comes after the Taliban, who regained power in 2021, placed a ban on most NGO workers in December 2022.
(2023-04-13). Man dies in Georgia detention center — protest planned. workers.org 
Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man and incarcerated migrant, died April 4 at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia. He had been detained at the Stewart Detention Center, some 40 miles away in Lumpkin, Georgia. The hospital declared that the cause of death was complications from a stroke. Stewart has a . . . |
(2023-04-13). Union Hotel Workers In NYC Suburbs Score Biggest Pay Raise In 100 Years. popularresistance.org A New York hotel union has reached a deal with hotel owners and operators that will boost the wages of hospitality workers by $7.50 an hour, the largest increase in the union's 100-year history. | The agreement covers 7,000 members of the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council who work at 87 suburban hotels spanning from Princeton, N.J., to New York's Albany region and Long Island. The five-year pact has already been ratified by the employers and is expected to be ratified by workers this month, according to union President Rich Maroko. | The new contract doesn't include New York City hotels, where union members are als…
(2023-04-13). Indiana fire disaster is the result of the impunity of capitalist industry to pollute and kill. wsws.org The killing and poisoning of workers and their families is seen as necessary by the capitalists in the pursuit of profit, and any resulting fines are factored in as the cost of doing business.
(2023-04-13). The Indiana fire disaster: Another case of US industry polluting and killing with virtual impunity. wsws.org The killing and poisoning of workers and their families is seen as necessary by the capitalists in the pursuit of profit, and any resulting fines are factored in as the cost of doing business.
(2023-04-13). Teamsters union shuts down expanding strike at Sysco in advance of UPS contract talks. wsws.org After a two-week strike by Sysco workers in Indianapolis and Louisville sparked sympathy walkouts in Los Angeles, California, and Bloomington, Indiana, the Teamsters union bureaucracy moved in to impose sellout agreements and shut down the strikes in advance of the start of UPS contract negotiations that begin on April 17.
(2023-04-13). Almost 100 workers infected by rare fungal disease at paper mill in Escanaba, Michigan. wsws.org The spread of the disease in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is likely the largest blastomycosis outbreak in United States history.
(2023-04-13). Scientists, health care workers, and advocates speak against Biden's ending COVID emergency. wsws.org Scientists, health care professionals and advocates speak against Joe Biden's declaration on the COVID national emergency.
(2023-04-13). Scientists, healthcare workers, and advocates speak against Biden's ending COVID emergency. wsws.org Scientists, healthcare professionals, and advocates speak against Joe Biden's declaration on the COVID national emergency.
(2023-04-13). Planned Parenthood workers rally to demand reinstatement of fired bargaining committee member. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Union members at Planned Parenthood rallied on Tuesday evening, April 11, along with community supporters. The central demands of the action were that Planned Parenthood immediately reinstate a member of the bargaining committee who they fired recently, and to stop engaging in union-busting activity. | Around 450 workers at Planned Parenthood North Central States Region (PPNCS), across Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota formed a union and joined SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa last year and have since been fighting for their first contract. Recently Planned Parenthood ma…
(2023-04-13). Baltimore Marriott Hotel Workers Say Managers Pocket Half Their Tips. popularresistance.org Baltimore, Maryland – Despite the cold weather, dozens of workers and their supporters picketed outside the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore in February, as they had been doing—and have continued to do—for months. The workers are demanding better wages and working conditions, which they say they are owed on principle—but also because of the heavy public subsidies their employer receives. | Andre Eldridge Jr., who has worked at the Marriott Waterfront since 2017, said that many of his colleagues live paycheck to paycheck and have to take on second jobs to make ends meet. "That's just crazy,…
(2023-04-13). For workers in the Philippines, repression and US trade policy go hand-in-hand. therealnews.com 
For call center workers in the Philippines, attempts to unionize the workplace don't just entail confrontations with local management—but overseas US-based multinationals and the US federal government's foreign policy agenda as well. Since 2022, the Biden administration has promoted a new economic initiative known as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). Touted as a vehicle for "writing the new rules of the 21st century economy," the IPEF links 14 nations across the Pacific Rim into an emergent bloc that has been compared to the defunct Trans-Pacific Partnership. Like the TPP befo…
(2023-04-13). 'We're Calling Bullsh*t': Why Museum Workers Keep Unionizing. popularresistance.org In late March, workers at Philadelphia's Please Touch Museum (PTM), one of the top ten ranked children's museums in the country, voted to join the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 47 (AFSCME DC 47) Local 397. The landslide win (85% of workers voted to unionize) follows other recent union victories in Philadelphia— including at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA)— as well as at other museums and cultural institutions around the country. The win at the PTM marked the thi…
(2023-04-13). Junior doctors in England intensify protests demanding pay restoration. peoplesdispatch.org Junior doctors in England, like other workers of the National Health Service (NHS), are struggling due to low wages, overwork, and soaring inflation. They are demanding a salary hike to compensate for the 26% cut, since 2008, in take-home wages for the highly qualified workforce…
(2023-04-14). In Chicago the Left Embraces the Democrats and Celebrates Brandon Johnson's Victory. libya360.wordpress.com Stansfield Smith Brandon Johnson, a progressive black community activist, union organizer, and former teacher, won the Chicago mayoral election against Paul Vallas, the corporate Democrat opponent. Johnson's victory expressed popular rejection of neoliberal privatization and respect for progressive unions, in particular the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). Johnson was outspent two to one, but not out-organized,…
(2023-04-14). Video: The Merger of the E.U. and NATO: An Economic Dagger Aimed at the Heart of Russia? globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-14). Division Remains Deep in Northern Ireland as Biden Marks 25th Anniversary of Good Friday Agreement. democracynow.org 
President Biden was in Ireland this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the U.S.-brokered peace deal that ended three decades of fighting in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles. Biden's visit comes less than two months after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced he had reached a deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, and a year after the British Parliament introduced a bill to provide amnesty to former British soldiers and individuals involved in the Northern Ireland conflict. Human rights experts have accused the bill of undermin…
(2023-04-13). Snow leopard pictured on Qilian Mountains. ecns.cn Snow leopards are under China's highest national-level protection and are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Known as the "king of snow mountains," they are usually found at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 meters.
(2023-04-13). Black unionists link expulsion of lawmakers to billionaire racists. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists linked the white right Republican majority's expulsion of two Black Tennessee state legislators to white nationalism and its billionaire backers. The two state reps have since been reinstated. CBTU's strong statement came just after the AFL-CIO also condemned the expulsion of State Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin …
(2023-04-14). Stellantis expands layoffs to Warren Truck as contract battle approaches. wsws.org The layoffs at the suburban Detroit plant come two weeks after the announcement that 408 jobs were being cut at the nearby Sterling Heights Assembly Plant.
(2023-04-14). Over 1.5 million people march in 12th protest against Macron's pension cuts in France. wsws.org The working class has to bring down Macron by a general strike, which requires building a movement of the rank-and-file independent of the bureaucracy.
(2023-04-13). Millions Live With Long COVID as Biden Declares End to National Emergency. truthout.org President Biden has declared an end to the COVID-19 national emergency, but people living with long COVIDsay the pandemic is far from over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found nearly one in five people infected with COVID-19 go on to experience symptoms of long COVID. We speak to science writer Ryan Prior about the movement to expand research and resources for those with long… |
(2023-04-13). Stop Cop City Movement Embraces National Strategy as Permit Appeal Is Denied. truthout.org The DeKalb County Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday unanimously denied three plaintiffs' legal appeal of the land disturbance permit for the Atlanta Police Foundation's 85-acre, $90 million police militarization and training complex dubbed "Cop City" by a coalition of racial justice, abolitionist, Indigenous and environmental activists. If built, the compound would be one of the largest police… |
(2023-04-13). Investing in apartheid Israel: Ideology or economic interest? bdsmovement.net 
(2023-04-13). "Not Giving Up": Expelled Black Tennessee Lawmakers Are Reinstated as Movement for Gun Control Grows. democracynow.org 
As the world watched, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to reappoint Justin Pearson to the Tennessee House of Representatives, less than a week after the Republican-led House voted to expel him and fellow state Representative Justin Jones from the body for joining peaceful protests against gun violence after the school massacre in Nashville. Pearson and Jones were the two youngest Black lawmakers in the Tennessee House. The Nashville Metropolitan Council unanimously voted Monday to restore Jones to office, and he was sworn in Tuesday. Pearson is being sworn back in today. We fea…
(2023-04-13). The Long Haul: Millions with COVID Face Chronic Illness as Biden Declares End to National Emergency. democracynow.org 
President Biden has declared an end to the COVID-19 national emergency, but people living with long COVID say the pandemic is far from over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found nearly one in five people infected with COVID-19 go on to experience symptoms of long COVID. We speak to science writer Ryan Prior about the movement to expand research and resources for those with long COVID, and his own experience living with the chronic illness. Prior is the author of The Long Haul and writes the "Patient Revolution" for Psychology Today.
(2023-04-13). VIDEO — Hidden History: When Communism and Feminism Came Together in China, 1949. liberationnews.org 
Women leaders from all over the Global South came together in China in 1949 to strategize about building an anti-imperialist, anti-colonial women's movement at The Revolutionary Feminist Conference.
(2023-04-13). Tyranny on the Waters: The UAE-Israeli Occupation of Yemen's Socotra Island. orinocotribune.com 
Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over two weeks old. However, an exception is being made in this case as the article remains as important today as it was at the time of its publication. | By Karim Shami — Mar 24, 2023 | The transformation of Yemen's strategically-located Socotra Island into an Emirati-Israeli military intelligence hub has raised concerns for the Ansarallah movement and its allies, significantly increasing the geopolitical stakes of the Yemen war. | Located off the southern coast of Yemen in the Arabian Sea, the Socotra archipelago has become a foca…
(2023-04-14). Cuban Journalist: U.S.-Cuba Talks on Migration Come as Ongoing Embargo Creates Economic Refugees. democracynow.org 
We look at U.S. policy toward Cuba as U.S. and Cuban officials met Wednesday to discuss migration from the island. This January, the U.S. Embassy in Havana began processing immigrant visas for the first time in more than five years in an attempt to control the extent of undocumented migration from the island. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to face pressure to lift the embargo that has severely limited trade and more with Cuba for decades. We speak with Liz Oliva Fernández, award-winning Cuban journalist with the independent Cuba-based media organization Belly of the Beast who is in the U.S. to report on the econom…
(2023-04-15). [Correspondence] Addressing a potential crisis in the Italian National Health System. thelancet.com A recent Editorial1 pointed out that the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is facing its most crucial moment since its inception due to a combination of chronic and acute problems, including underinvestment, understaffing, burnout among staff, and increasing demand for services. The inclination to believe that the current NHS model is unsustainable and needs radical change is misguided when drawing on a stronger private health sector is considered the only solution. The current crisis in the NHS includes wrangling over a financial settlement for staff, addressing pension reforms, improving working condition…
(2023-04-14). A new heart and a renewed zest for life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Whether it was working around the home or out hiking the trails, Steven Fietek says he has always been active. But when Steven turned 52, he started to notice shortness of breath. "Slowly but surely, I got to the point where the fatigue and the shortness of breath was troublesome." Steven says he was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. "Which I keep telling people, it's a big, big word for weak heart muscle." A few years…
(2023-04-14). Dumping the Dollar: Will a New BRICS Currency Replace the US Currency for Trade?>. infobrics.org The BRICS collective, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is working on a common currency in an attempt to ditch the US dollar and push back against America's dominance. The move comes as Moscow and Beijing call for de-dollarisation in the face of Western sanctions…
(2023-04-13). Authorities in the dark over key area of financial system, IMF report shows. wsws.org Authorities supposedly in charge of the financial system have no real idea of its workings or any coherent plan for its regulation.
(2023-04-13). TikTok: Chinese "Trojan Horse" Is Run by State Department Officials. mintpressnews.com 
A MintPress News investigation has found that dozens of former officials from the State Department, CIA and FBI are working in key positions at TikTok and affecting the content that over one billion users see.
(2023-04-13). Canada's Legacy Press Smears Assange To Deny the Public's Right To Know. orinocotribune.com By Peter Biesterfeld — Apr 6, 2023 |
(2023-04-13). Taliban bans women from working with the UN in Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org The latest restrictions are being viewed as an extension of the Taliban's December 2022 directive banning women from working in NGOs. The UN said it is being forced to make an appalling choice between staying and delivering in support of the Afghan people and standing by the norms and principles we are duty-bound to uphold…