(2023-05-20). Obituary] Zafrullah Chowdhury. thelancet.com Surgeon, public health activist, and champion of health equity. Born on Dec 27, 1941 in what is now Raozan, Bangladesh, he died from chronic kidney disease complications on April 11, 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, aged 81 years.
(2023-05-19). Voices from behind the walls. workers.org Workers World received the poem and letters below from prisoners. 'America, America' An Anatomy of America's Wasteful Prison Industrial Complex America, America Land of the free, A society filled with justice and equality. This is a clear example of hypocrisy, unless they forgot to include me, and millions of others . . . |
(2023-05-18). A Tale of Two Retirements: CEOs Versus the Rest of Us. inequality.org
(2023-05-18). The Two Decades That Created Our World's First Mass Middle Class. inequality.org
(2023-05-19). "By Any Means Necessary": Watch Malcolm X's Speech on Racism & Self-Defense at Audubon Ballroom. democracynow.org Malcolm X was born 98 years ago today, on May 19, 1925, and assassinated at age 39 on February 21, 1965, as he spoke before a packed audience in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. We end today's show remembering his life and legacy with an excerpt of a speech Malcolm X gave at the Audubon Ballroom about half a year earlier called "By Any Means Necessary."…
(2023-05-18). How Can We Resist Book Bans? This Banned Author Has Ideas. truthout.org Book bans are spreading like wildfire through the U.S., with right-wing forces aggressively targeting fiction books that have protagonists of color or LGBTQ characters, as well as nonfiction analyses of racism and other forms of oppression. Just this week, Penguin Random House — the largest publisher in the U.S. — filed a federal lawsuit to block book bans being imposed in Florida public schools… |
(2023-05-18). Jerusalem: Palestinians assaulted as Israeli ministers join divisive 'flag march'. middleeasteye.net Jerusalem: Palestinians assaulted as Israeli ministers join divisive 'flag march' | Far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir joins thousands at the rally associated with violence against Palestinians and 'display of incitement, Jewish dominance and racism' | Thu, 05/18/2023 – 12: 54 | An Israeli man gestures as he gathers with others at Damascus Gate to Jerusalem's Old city during the f…
(2023-05-18). 22 May, Toronto: Annual Walk Against "Israel" — Confronting Zionist Racism. samidoun.net TORONTO: The annual walk of shame is happening again! On Victoria Day, 22 May, zionists will be celebrating 75 years of occupation in North York! Will we remain silent? Absolutely not! On Monday, 22 May, We will show up to disturb their event and make sure they regret celebrating the ethnic cleansing and genocide of …
(2023-05-20). Editorial] The death penalty: a breach of human rights and ethics of care. thelancet.com "The death penalty is, in our common experience, an atavistic relic from the past that should be shed in the 21st century", said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tàºrk in April, 2023, during the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council. The death penalty has existed since the Code of Hammurabi, with its history seeped in politics and discrimination. Physicians have been involved throughout this history. In the eyes of the public, the medicalisation and very involvement of physicians renders execution palatable, eroding any natural sense of abhorrence.
(2023-05-19). Angola Needs Infrastructure to Facilitate Growing Population. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Manuel Homem, the governor of Angola's Luanda Province, has said that his territory needs more education and healthcare infrastructure to meet the growing population's needs and ensure that people have the necessary living conditions. | RELATED: | According to Homem's speech at the Oscar Ribas University, Angola has a high birth rate, and Luanda is among the regions where the rate is rapidly increasing. | Luanda Province…
(2023-05-19). Xiaodu rolls out AI-powered education smartphone, targeting niche market. ecns.cn Xiaodu Technology, the smart speaker unit of Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc, has officially released its education-oriented smartphone equipped with an artificial intelligence-powered large language model that is targeted at students, in a bid to carve out a niche in the world's largest smartphone market.
(2023-05-19). University of Havana to hold International Convention in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, May 19 (Prensa Latina) More than 2,500 delegates from Cuba and 38 other countries will participate in the 1st Saberes-UH 2023 International Convention, sponsored by the University of Havana, the director of Institutional Communication at that educational center, Yanicet Napoles, infoirmed.
(2023-05-18). Asian Americans Have the Lowest Incomes in Mississippi; Highest in New Jersey. cepr.net Asian Americans have the highest median household income of the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States. This is partially the result of an immigration process that has favored Asian immigrants with higher levels of educational attainment. However, it is important to remember that the Asian American population is diverse, and the median …
(2023-05-18). Minnesota lawmakers on verge of banning captive audience meetings. peoplesworld.org ST. PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota lawmakers appear on the verge of banning one of employers' most notorious anti-union tactics, so-called "captive audience meetings." If approved and signed by Gov. Tim Walz, DFL-Minn., an Education Minnesota union member, Minnesota would join Connecticut and Oregon in outlawing the meetings, one of the most intimidating—and successful—devices bosses use to thwart …
(2023-05-20). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Muthiani Y, et al. Small vulnerable newborns—big potential for impact. Lancet 2023; 401: 1692—706—In this Series, Sufia Askari's degree should have been MPH. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 18, 2023, and the printed version is correct.
(2023-05-19). 75 years after its foundation, WHO struggles for sovereignty. mronline.org This year marked the 75th anniversary of the WHO. But as the UN agency approaches its yearly assembly in Geneva, it is still struggling to secure adequate resources for functioning independently of the private sector and pressures from high income countries.
(2023-05-19). Exceptionism in U.S. Empire. mronline.org Aaron Good, who received his PhD in political science at Temple University, has written an exceptional book: American Exception: Empire and the Deep State (Skyhorse, 2022). The title of the first chapter broadly lays out the thesis of the book: "Empire, Hegemony, and the State."
(2023-05-19). Not bluffing: the U.S., China and the threat of war over Taiwan. mronline.org Chris Bambery examines the grim logic of great-power competition.
(2023-05-18). Asian Americans Have the Lowest Incomes in Mississippi; Highest in New Jersey. cepr.net Asian Americans have the highest median household income of the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States. This is partially the result of an immigration process that has favored Asian immigrants with higher levels of educational attainment. However, it is important to remember that the Asian American population is diverse, and the median …
(2023-05-18). Minnesota lawmakers on verge of banning captive audience meetings. peoplesworld.org ST. PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota lawmakers appear on the verge of banning one of employers' most notorious anti-union tactics, so-called "captive audience meetings." If approved and signed by Gov. Tim Walz, DFL-Minn., an Education Minnesota union member, Minnesota would join Connecticut and Oregon in outlawing the meetings, one of the most intimidating—and successful—devices bosses use to thwart …
(2023-05-20). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Muthiani Y, et al. Small vulnerable newborns—big potential for impact. Lancet 2023; 401: 1692—706—In this Series, Sufia Askari's degree should have been MPH. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 18, 2023, and the printed version is correct.
(2023-05-19). 75 years after its foundation, WHO struggles for sovereignty. mronline.org This year marked the 75th anniversary of the WHO. But as the UN agency approaches its yearly assembly in Geneva, it is still struggling to secure adequate resources for functioning independently of the private sector and pressures from high income countries.
(2023-05-19). Exceptionism in U.S. Empire. mronline.org Aaron Good, who received his PhD in political science at Temple University, has written an exceptional book: American Exception: Empire and the Deep State (Skyhorse, 2022). The title of the first chapter broadly lays out the thesis of the book: "Empire, Hegemony, and the State."
(2023-05-19). Not bluffing: the U.S., China and the threat of war over Taiwan. mronline.org Chris Bambery examines the grim logic of great-power competition.
(2023-05-19). The terrifying math of the incoming El Niño. mronline.org We are, right now, living in a dangerously warmed climate.
(2023-05-19). Tech mandated by Online Safety Bill 'could turn phones into surveillance tools'. imperial.ac.uk Tech mandated by the UK Government's Online Safety Bill could be used to turn millions of phones into facial recognition tools.
(2023-05-19). Can the Global South build a new world information and communication order?: The Twentieth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org It is remarkable how the media in a select few countries is able to set the record on matters around the world.
(2023-05-18). 'Cop City' Panel Member Posted Slurs Online, Archived Tweets Indicate. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-05-18). Durham report reveals the real threat to "democracy" — The FBI weaponized by Democrat Party affiliated elites. mronline.org Six years and millions of dollars later, the "Durham report" released on May 15th confirmed once again what a few of us had the nerve to argue before all of the reports and stories that subsequently emerged—that "Russiagate" was the most massive fraud ever perpetrated on the U.S. public by a section of the capitalist rulers and represented a maturing of a form of U.S. neofascism unique to this historical moment.
(2023-05-18). Understanding the highly complex world of Western China analysis. mronline.org Former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby was interviewed on The National Review's Charles CW Cooke Podcast, where he provided some very high-level analysis on the tensions around China, Taiwan, and the United States.
(2023-05-18). Climate breakdown, extinction and 'the most stupid boast'. mronline.org Hyde—or Marina Elizabeth Catherine Dudley-Williams, as she prefers not to be known—was, in fact, making 'the most stupid boast' that could be made by a journalist, to quote George Seldes (1890-1995), the U.S. press critic.
(2023-05-18). Indonesia launches national payment system to replace VISA, MasterCard. mronline.org Dicky Kartikoyono the Head of Strategic Management and Governance Department of the Central Bank, says that Indonesia will launch its very own national payments system to be used in state-owned institutions and enterprises.
(2023-05-18). Western silence needs to be confronted: Ilan Pappe on the Nakba, Gaza and inclusive solidarity. mronline.org Once more the Gaza Strip is bombarded from the air, land, and sea, and, once more, Israeli inhumanity and cruelty are met with Western silence.
(2023-05-18). Ingenuity helps Brazilian residents receive e-commerce. america.cgtn.com Delivering online purchases to Brazil's favelas is difficult due to security and address limitations. Local entrepreneurs are finding creative ways to overcome these obstacles. See more.
(2023-05-18). The Global Multipolarity Conference. unitedworldint.com The institutions Nova Resistência (Brazil), the New International Order Initiative Türkiye), the International Eurasian Movement (Russia), the Thinkers' Forum (China) and the International Russophile Movement organized a 'Global Multipolarity Conference' on April 29th, 2023. Hundreds of personalities from all over world participated in the conference in part personally and in part online. The Foreign Minister …
(2023-05-18). See 867 US Military Bases on New Online Tool. Interactive Map. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-19). Renationalizing Soviet History and Who breaks the International Rules? indybay.org The construction of differentiated historical narratives that overcome one-dimensional perpetrator-victim polarizations in discourse with other affected nations and integrate one's own complicity step by step is an extremely laborious, painful process. It will probably take decades, as the struggle to come to terms with the past in Germany has shown.
(2023-05-18). Russia, Cuba to reach agreements to boost strategic cooperations. plenglish.com Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Cuba have reached several agreements Thursday to boost bilateral strategic cooperation in different areas including phytosanitary control, customs service, construction, sugar production and sports.
(2023-05-18). Budget battle on Capitol Hill: Forecasting the winners and losers. stephensemler.substack.com Subscribe now Share Situation Yesterday, House Republicans advanced a draft of the FY2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (VA), and Related Agencies funding bill (one of the 12 annual appropriations bills). The legislation would provide $152.5 billion for the VA — $15 billion more than Biden requested and $18 billion more than the amount enacted for …
(2023-05-19). Anger at layoffs and budget cuts dominates Detroit School Board meeting. wsws.org Dozens of teachers, parents, paraprofessionals, nurses and others insisted they are not willing to trade the jobs of some for pay raises for others.
(2023-05-19). Union Win At Bus Factory Electrifies Georgia. popularresistance.org After a bruising three-year fight, workers at school bus manufacturer Blue Bird in Fort Valley, Georgia, voted May 12 to join United Steelworkers (USW) Local 697. | "It's been a long time since a manufacturing site with 1,400 people has been organized, let alone organized in the South, let alone organized with predominantly African American workers, and let alone in the auto industry," said Maria Somma, organizing director with the USW. | "It's not a single important win. It's an example of what's possible—workers wanting to organize and us being able to take advantage of a time and a policy that allowed th…
(2023-05-19). Red States Are Now Weakening Child Labor Laws While Defunding Public Schools. progressive.org It's no coincidence that advocates for loosening child labor restrictions also push for expanding charter schools and voucher programs.
(2023-05-19). Green Left News Podcast Ep 8: Labor's dud budget, May Day rallies & Palestinian resistance. greenleft.org.au Episode 8: Green Left journalists Ben Radford and Isaac Nellist take you through the latest news from Australia and around the world.
(2023-05-19). Activists call on Minns to save public housing in Glebe. greenleft.org.au Hands off Glebe organised a snap action calling on the New South Wales Labor government to halt plans to demolish public housing. Jim McIlroy reports…
(2023-05-19). Banko Brown Murder & License To Kill: SF Press Conference At DA Brook Jenkins Office. indybay.org The murder of Banko Brown by a Walgreen security guard in San Francisco and the failure to prosecute by the District Attorney Brook Jenkins backed up by Mayor London Breed has led to fury among people in San Franicsco. Many Democratic Party officials organized a rally at Jenkins office to protest and call for prosecution. There are over 61 billionaires in San Francisco and speakers charged that there is massive ethnic cleansing going on in San Francisco with Blacks being driven out of San Francisco by a Black Mayor, District Attorney and police chief. | There is also a campaign to drive Black workers from their p…
(2023-05-19). Fallece en La Habana intelectual cubano Iroel Sánchez. telesurtv.net El intelectual se destacó por su labor en el Ministerio de Comunicaciones, atendiendo la informatización de la sociedad.
(2023-05-19). Petition-Hands Off Namibian Labor Lawyer Hewat Beukes & the Dismissed Union Miner Leaders. indybay.org An international campaign to end the terrorism against Namibian labor lawyer Hewat Beukes and for the rehiring of 9 union leaders of the Rossing uranium mine owned by the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation and the Namibian government. This union busting drive is also going on at other mines throughout Namibia.
(2023-05-18). Goodbye to the American Century. tomdispatch.com Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the "G-2" — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United States and China aimed at managing global problems for their mutual benefit. Such a collaborative twosome was seen as potentially even more powerful than the G-7 group of leading Western economies. As former Undersecretary of the Treasury C. Fred Bergsten, who originally imagined such a partnership, wrote in 2008, "The basic idea would be to develop a G-2 between the United States and China to steer the global governance process." That notion would become the basis for the Obama admin…
(2023-05-18). Ukraine: How Western Nations Pushed for Privatization of Agriculture and the Devastating Consequences. libya360.wordpress.com Peter Korotaev A farmer on his farmland in Western Ukraine. Image credit: CGTN. Part I: Ukraine's Privatized Agriculture: A Hungry Guarantor of Global Food Security Former Canadian ambassador to Ukraine Roman Waschuk said Ukraine is a country where the IMF does 'economic experiments'. Ukraine is a laboratory for testing radical neo-liberal policies, irrespective of the…
(2023-05-18). Operation Gladio: The CIA's Secret Nazi-Collaborating Terror Armies in Europe & Beyond. thealtworld.com
(2023-05-18). NATO's Strategic Warfare Development Command: AI, new warfighting domain. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Command TransformationMay 17, 2023 NATO and Industry: Allied Command Transformation Provides Frameworks for Collaboration Allied Command Transformation, NATO's Strategic Warfare Development Command, continues military adaptation and transformation of the Alliance's Military Instrument of Power, to contest, maintain, and improve the defensive edge over adversaries and competitors…. Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, General Philippe Lavigne recently …
(2023-05-18). Zimbabwe: Suspected Cholera Cases Surpass 1,000. telesurenglish.net The government of Zimbabwe, in a recent release, has stated that, as of February, the number of suspected of cholera cases in Zimbabwe has resulted in over 1,000, with 288 cases confirmed and 6 fatalities. | Related: | "As of May 16, 2023, a cumulative total of 1,017 suspected cholera cases, six laboratory confirmed deaths, 20 suspected cholera deaths and 288 laboratory confirmed cases were reported," the Ministry of Health an…
(2023-05-18). Se descarrila tren con granos cerca de Simferópol, Crimea. telesurtv.net Como resultado del incidente, no hubo víctimas ni amenaza ambiental y los especialistas necesarios laboran en el lugar.
(2023-05-20). Correspondence] Addressing the issue of a depleting health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa. thelancet.com Health-care workers have a crucial role in improving health outcomes, and their migration has harmed the quality of health services in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has 25% of global diseases,1 and only 3% of health workers globally, highlighting a severe shortage of skilled professionals to tackle high rates of mortality. The main reasons for migration are poor working conditions, low remuneration, and a scarcity of career development opportunities. Insecurity and high crime rates also contribute to migration in countries such as South Africa.
(2023-05-19). Laid off from Silicon Valley? Try public service. progressive.org The last few months have not been good for tech workers. But there are plenty of opportunities for a laid-off tech worker to find a place in public service.
(2023-05-19). AI To Replace 10,000 BT Group Telecom Workers by 2030. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, British multinational telecommunications holding company BT announced its plan to cut up to 55,000 jobs by 2030, about 40 percent of its global workforce. Such layoffs are partly due to BT's adaptation to new technologies including artificial intelligence. | RELATED: | "There is a sort of 10,000 reduction from that sort of automated digitisation – we will be a huge beneficiary of AI. I believe generative AI is a huge leap forw…
(2023-05-19). Solidarity with writers strike growing. workers.org Representing Hollywood drivers and prop warehouse workers, Teamsters Local 399 Secretary-Treasurer Lindsay Dougherty spoke at a strike rally May 3: "If we all want to get what's ours, we are going to have to fight for it tooth and nail. If you throw up a picket line, those f— trucks . . . |
(2023-05-19). Howard students protest Biden: 'When there is no justice, there should be no peace'. workers.org By Howard University Students Howard University students protested when President Joe Biden gave the commencement address May 13, 2023. Below is their written statement. Howard University students protest Biden during May 13, 2023, commencement. Credit: Zachary Petrizzo The Howard University Commencement Ceremony is a joyous occasion, a celebration of achievement . . . |
(2023-05-19). Boston May Day: 'They say cut back, we say fight back!'. workers.org The following talk was presented by Workers World Party representatives Mairead Skehan Gillis and Will Hodgkinson on May 1, 2023, in Boston. Mairead Skehan Gillis: Boston, May 1, 2023. Good evening and happy International Workers Day/Month to all of the workers across the world! We are so glad to be . . . |
(2023-05-19). Nakba commemoration in Cleveland: 'Today South Africa, tomorrow Palestine'. workers.org Cleveland Chief Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of the late South African President Nelson Mandela, was the keynote speaker at a Nakba (Great Catastrophe) commemoration in Cleveland on May 17. He is the tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and a member of South Africa's Parliament, representing the African National . . . |
(2023-05-19). Financial crisis drives toward war. workers.org By Manuel Raposo Published May 14, 2023, in jornalmudardevida.net. Translation: John Catalinotto. Since the beginning of March, when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, government officials have repeatedly declared that the North American and European financial system is safe. The facts, however, show at a minimum that the threats of bankruptcy persist, . . . |
(2023-05-19). 50 years of struggles and victories of the Polisario Front. workers.org By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Translated by John Catalinotto Today, May 10, marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario), the legitimate representative of the Saharawi people in their struggle for self-determination. Likewise this coming May . . . |
(2023-05-19). Financial crisis drives toward wa. workers.org By Manuel Raposo Published May 14, 2023, in jornalmudardevida.net. Translation: John Catalinotto. Since the beginning of March, when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, government officials have repeatedly declared that the North American and European financial system is safe. The facts, however, show at a minimum that the threats of bankruptcy persist, . . . |
(2023-05-19). Unite just travelled 6,000 miles to defend a group of workers sacked by Port of Felixstowe. thecanary.co Unite the Union has taken the fight for the so-called Felixstowe Four to the front door of the company that sacked them. However, it wasn't a short car journey for the trade union reps that staged the protest. Instead, Unite travelled half way across the world to make the case for the sacked workers from …
(2023-05-19). Constellium workers in Michigan strike for safety and a living wage. wsws.org On Wednesday, 160 Constellium workers in suburban Detroit launched a strike to demand improved health and safety conditions and wage increases to compensate for the soaring cost of living.
(2023-05-19). Striking Los Angeles film and television writers tell WSWS: "Our struggle is the struggle of so many other workers in the US and all over the world" wsws.org WSWS reporters spoke Wednesday with striking writers and their supporters on the picket lines in Los Angeles.
(2023-05-18). Report: S&P 500 Executives Have Stashed Nearly $9 Billion in Special Tax-Deferred Compensation Plans Not Available to Ordinary Workers. ips-dc.org At Walmart, Home Depot, and 20 other low-wage employers, executives have accumulated enough funds in these exclusive accounts to generate monthly retirement checks larger than their workers' median annual pay.
(2023-05-18). REPORT: A Tale of Two Retirements 2023. ips-dc.org A Tale of Two Retirements: Why CEOs Get Bigger Retirement Subsidies Than the Rest of Us: | Sarah Anderson | Scott Klinger: | A joint report by the Institute for Policy Studies and Jobs With Justice | Introduction: : | | In the eight years we've been analyzing the retirement divide, we've seen ordinary workers struggle with rising insecurity while corporate executives enjoy ever larger gilded nest eggs. | One largely overlooked factor in this disparity? Our tax code for government retirement subsidies gives…
(2023-05-18). Urban Ore Workers in Berkeley Win IWW Union Election, Get Ready to Negotiate Contract. itsgoingdown.org Report on struggle by retail workers in Berkeley, California to unionize under the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The Urban Ore workers of Berkeley, California won their union election with a two-thirds majority of workers' votes on April 7, 2023. The union received confirmation of their certification from the NLRB as a bargaining unit…
(2023-05-18). French rail workers mobilize to save rail freight operator Fret SNCF. peoplesdispatch.org Earlier this year, the European Commission opened an investigation into support measures including capital injection and debt cancellation taken to help Fret SNCF. These steps allegedly do not comply with European state aid rules. Workers feat that is if the rail company is penalized, its operations will be affected and jobs will be lost…
(2023-05-18). The reaction from those who erect the walls. workers.org Missouri prison authorities censor Workers World We thought readers of Workers World would like to see an example of the frequent censorship notifications we get from prison administrators. Our reaction and how you can take action, below. Dear Workers World: The Missouri Department of Corrections has reviewed material sent . . . |
(2023-05-18). End of COVID-19 emergency: a disaster for workers. workers.org May 4 protest, Boston Boston, Mass. On May 11, the Biden Administration officially let the Federal Public Health Emergency expire. First declared at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the PHE expanded access to Medicaid, food stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and housing programs. And the program . . . |
(2023-05-18). Supporters rally at first court date for Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On May 17, over 40 people rallied outside a courthouse in support of the Tampa 5 during their arraignment. Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society and Tampa Bay Community Action Committee hosted a press conference followed by a protest against the attacks on protesters in Florida. | The Tampa 5 are Chrisley Carpio, Gia Davila, Laura Rodriguez, Jeanie Kida and Lauren Pineiro, students and workers beaten and arrested by University of South Florida police at a March 6 campus protest. | An hour before the 11 a.m. arraignment, the Tampa 5 spoke to the press about the case and the repression they expe…
(2023-05-18). U.S. plagued by lack of affordable housing. workers.org UC Townhomes residents and supporters march for affordable housing, April 2022. This talk was presented at the May 11 webinar: "U.S. Women need what Cuban Women have: Socialism" sponsored by Workers World Party's Women and Gender Oppressed Caucus. I want to dedicate my remarks on housing tonight to Jordan Neely, . . . |
(2023-05-18). How capitalism drives climate catastrophe. workers.org Portland, Oregon Since I moved to Oregon, all I've been hearing is: "This weather isn't normal. It's too hot in the summers, too cold in the winters." You hear the same story all across the globe. Every year, everywhere, new weather records are broken. Anecdotes aside, the data is indisputable. . . . |
(2023-05-18). Communication Workers Union unites with management to enforce revisions at Parcelforce. wsws.org Before any member has cast a single vote on the deal proposed to end the national dispute on the surrender terms offered by the CWU leadership, it is being treated as an accomplished fact.
(2023-05-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National strike in Belgium against "social dumping" by Delhaize and other companies to drive down wages and conditions; continuing strikes and protests across Iran over cost of living, pay and conditions involving pensioners, Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers as strike leaders of offshore gas workers arrested; Nigerian doctors give union mandate for indefinite stoppage over pay, unions call five-day warning strike…
(2023-05-18). Argentine dockworkers strike over co-worker's death. wsws.org Dockers in the Port of Rosario struck after a sixty-year old longshoreman drowned on May 12 in Argentina's Parana River.
(2023-05-18). Who is Teamsters bureaucrat Lindsay Dougherty, head of the union's Motion Picture and Theatrical Trade Division? wsws.org The promotion of Dougherty within the context of the writers' strike is a media operation, aimed at falsely promoting her and other union bureaucrats as militant workers' leaders in order to rein in a rank-and-file challenge from below.
(2023-05-18). A balance sheet of the contract disputes in Germany's public sector, at Deutsche Post and the railways: Build independent action committees! wsws.org This statement was agreed upon Tuesday at a combined meeting of the Public Sector and Postal Workers Action Committees.
(2023-05-20). Perspectives] Feeling ecstatic in Shakespeare. thelancet.com Today, we typically associate the term ecstasy with feelings of intense happiness and delight, an experience of being temporarily outside ourselves in the way that the term etymologically suggests—from the Greek ekstasis. But ecstasy has a more complicated history. In its early form, it was an experience of drunken frenzy, where worshippers of Dionysus (the Greek god of wine, theatre, and ecstasy, later the Roman god Bacchus) would lose themselves in intoxicating worship. At its best, ecstatic experience could facilitate a moment of inspired, prophetic clarity or union with the divine.
(2023-05-19). 9 EU States to Work on Mediterranean Green Energy Hub. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Energy ministers hailing from nine member states of the European Union (EU) reach a consensus to transform the Mediterranean region into a hub of sustainable energy. | Related: | During their meeting in Valletta, Malta's capital city, the ministers representing the MED9 alliance, comprising Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain, signed the Malta Statement, a joint declaration t…
(2023-05-19). Colombian ambassador to Costa Rica thanks Cuba ¥s support for peace. plenglish.com San José, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian ambassador to Costa Rica, Carlos Rodríguez Mejía, thanked Cuba for supporting peace in Colombia during the discussion regarding The Patriotic Union case and the Total Peace policy.
(2023-05-19). G7 Summit to issue another statement on the Pandemic Treaty. expose-news.com According to Japan's Yomiuri newspaper, the Group of 7 ("G7") — Britain, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States — is considering whether to issue a statement …
(2023-05-19). Premier haitiano llama al diálogo y a la unión por el país. telesurtv.net El líder caribeño llamó a reforzar las instituciones estatales para que puedan desempeñar su papel y dar a los ciudadanos la confianza en el futuro.
(2023-05-18). Seattle students protest misogynist professor. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On May 12, the Progressive Student Union held a counterprotest outside of a "free speech" conference at the University of Washington hosted by Huskies for Liberty, a libertarian student group. At this conference, Pedro Domingos, a professor emeritus of the Computer Science department at UW, spoke discussing how he is being silenced by the "woke" mob. | Pedro Domingos has tweeted, "Half of the female STEM faculty in the U.S. were hired over more qualified men," and "Women are more neurotic than men, and as they gain more power society becomes more neurotic as well." Beyond these sexist statements, h…
(2023-05-20). World Report] Palestinians continue to face barriers to health. thelancet.com WHO says that occupation, political divisions, fragmentation, blockade, and obstacles to movement continue to limit access to health services. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2023-05-19). Shutting Down the Israeli Arms Industry, with Huda Amori. mintpressnews.com Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, returns to The Watchdog to reveal how their grassroots movement is forcing arms manufacturers to flee and challenging British complicity in Israeli war crimes.
(2023-05-19). In aftermath of Thai elections, question of government formation remains. peoplesdispatch.org Kheetanat Wannaboworn of Focus on the Global South explains the situation in Thailand in the aftermath of the recent elections. She talks about how the various parties fared and the reasons for uncertainty around government formation. She also analyzes the challenges ahead for the anti-military bloc which emerged as the biggest force, and what people's movements are looking forward to in the coming years.
(2023-05-19). Inspiration and Illumination: People's Health Assemblies towards a more caring world. peoplesdispatch.org A carnival of many colors, many backgrounds, many different political perspectives; sharing experiences, discussing how people's health is shaped, exploring how health care can be transformed: this is the People's Health Assembly (PHA). | The PHA is the top direction-setting forum for the People's Health Movement (PHM). But it is much more than that. Plenary presentations; sub-plenaries for further exploration and discussion; workshops, music, dancing, marching, and breaking bread. | Many participants at previous PHAs have found the experience deeply inspiring: finding comrades you didn't know existed; learning w…
(2023-05-19). Sudan: RSF Leader is Removed From Sovereign Council. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the president of the Sovereign Council, fired Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), from his position as Council vice-president. | RELATED: | The position of Vice President was assumed by Malek Aqar, leader of the rebel group "Northern Sector Popular Movement" and member of the Council of Ministers. | Following the…
(2023-05-19). Join Boycott Carrefour Global Week of Action – May 21-26. bdsmovement.net
(2023-05-19). Join the #NoTechForApartheid #Nakba75 webinar. bdsmovement.net
(2023-05-19). Howard commencement speech: Biden appeals to identity politics and covers up the White House's promotion of war and reaction. wsws.org The speech, full of vague phrases, again demonstrated the Democratic Party's reliance on the promotion of racial politics to block a socialist movement of the working class and youth in opposition to capitalism and war.
(2023-05-18). Digital Privacy Legislation is Civil Rights Legislation. scheerpost.com By Paige Collings and Adam Schwartz / Electronic Frontier Foundation Our personal data and the ways private companies harvest and monetize it plays an increasingly powerful role in modern life. Corporate databases are vast, interconnected, and opaque. The movement and use of our data is difficult to understand, let alone trace. Yet companies use it to …
(2023-05-18). Europe's Hospitals on Strike: Different Countries, Same Labour Struggle. socialistproject.ca Germany Against Hospital Spending Cuts: | In recent years, an increasingly broad and well-networked hospital movement in Germany has dispelled the myth that hospital strikes are impossible. This labour struggle was set in motion by the introduction of a new form of hospital financing. The so-called case-by-case flat rate system (in which hospitals receive fixed amounts for diagnoses rather than, as previously, for hospital stays — Fallpauschalensystem) led to immense pressure to cut costs in public hospitals. Hospital staff felt these cuts first: in 2012, Germany had the worst staffing ratio of t…
(2023-05-18). Palestinian Organizers: We Honor Our Grief by Practicing Hope. truthout.org "Whenever there is grief, there is unity, and in unity, there is strength, and we feel it," says Jalal Abukhater. In this episode of "Movement Memos," host Kelly Hayes talks with Abukhater, a Palestinian writer living in Jerusalem, and Palestinian activists Jeanine Hourani and Lea Kayali, about the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, resistance in the face of Israeli aggression and how hope sustains… |
(2023-05-18). Israel Aimed To Eradicate Islamic Jihad, Bring Resistance Groups to Knees but Failed (Interview). orinocotribune.com The Israeli regime, by its recent onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, aimed to eradicate the Islamic Jihad resistance movement and bring other Palestinian resistance groups to their knees, but failed, according to a Lebanese political analyst. | Faysal Abdel Sater made the comment in an exclusive interview with Press TV Website after the Tel Aviv regime launched a deadly bombing campaign on Gaza on May 9, sparking the firing of over 1,000 rockets by the Islamic Jihad toward the occupied territories. | The two sides agreed after five days of fighting to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that took effect on Saturday…
(2023-05-18). David Project: tenderness and solidarity of Bridges of Love. plenglish.com Washington, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The David project, an American boy who proposed to assist foster homes in Cuba, is presently moving the social networks of the ®Bridges of Love ® movement, coordinated from the United States by Professor Carlos Lazo.
(2023-05-18). Sri Lankan ruling party demonises last year's mass uprising. wsws.org The Wickremesinghe government's denigration of last year's mass movement that forced out President Gotabhaya Rajapakse is in preparation for state repression against the working class and rural masses.
(2023-05-19). Sleep, food, exercise, stress: Why working on one of these can improve the others. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON — Sleeping enough, eating well, exercising and coping with stress are all components of good health, but focusing on all four at once while managing a hectic schedule may seem impossible. Safia Debar, M.B.B.S., an expert in tailored medical exams at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, explains how giving a little extra attention to any one of these areas can improve the others. "By pulling any of these levers, you can have a big…
(2023-05-19). Hollywood's race and gender quotas, identity politics and the writers' strike. wsws.org Identity politics operates consciously to divide the working class, pitting blacks against whites, women against men and so on, and generally to inject as much confusion and ideological poison into the atmosphere as possible.
(2023-05-18). LGBTQ delegation witnesses how "Love is the law" in Cuba. fightbacknews.org Havana, Cuba – It's hard to imagine when you live under state governments banning gender-affirming healthcare, but 100 miles off of Florida's shore is an island striking unrelenting blows against bigotry. | From May 7 to 14, I joined a US delegation of LGBTQ activists who traveled to Cuba. The group took part in the country's annual "working days against homophobia and transphobia." This year's working days were special because they followed the passage of Cuba's groundbreaking Families Code. | On May 3, a few days ahead of the full delegation's arrival, a part of the group attended the International Trans Iden…
(2023-05-18). Fighting white elephants: The Tasmanian AFL stadium protest. greenleft.org.au Forget the working stadia already in place and that Tasmania already plays AFL. No stadium, no team, the AFL said. Tasmanians disagree, as Binoy Kampmark reports.
(2023-05-18). Russia and Cuba complete work on 10 investment projects. plenglish.com Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Cuba are working on 10 investment projects and seek to deepen mutually advantageous cooperation in the scientific-technical sphere, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas said today.
(2023-05-18). China Is Governed in the Interests of Working People, the US in the Interests of Capital (Interview). orinocotribune.com In this interview with The very concept of shared future and cooperation has a profound impact. It's not threatening to other countries, and it has the win-win idea, meaning if your e…
(2023-05-18). From Waterboarding to Rape, Abu Zubaydah Depicts Torture at Black Sites & Gitmo in Graphic Sketches. democracynow.org The Center for Policy and Research has just published a new report titled "American Torturers: FBI and CIA Abuses at Dark Sites and Guantánamo," which compiles a series of 40 drawings by Guantánamo Bay prisoner Abu Zubaydah that chronicle the horrific torture he endured since 2002 in CIA dark sites and at Guantánamo Bay, where he has been detained without charge since 2006. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued a new call for the United States to release him immediately. We speak with one of his attorneys, Mark Denbeaux, and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who exposed the…