(2023-06-12). Stop the Campaign of Smears and Censorship Targeting Anti-War Meetings on Canadian University Campuses! strategic-culture.org By James CLAYTON | Are you a student at a Canadian university? Help defeat the attempts to censor anti-war actions on university campuses by contacting the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) and joining its struggle to build an international anti-war movement led by the working class. Email iyssecanada@gmail.com and
(2023-06-13). China to select pilot cities to integrate industry and education. ecns.cn China will select a second batch of around 30 national pilot cities for the integration of industry and education sectors in the second half of this year as the country aims to foster more skilled craftsmen.
(2023-06-12). He thought he'd been accepted to a Canadian university—until officials tried to deport him. therealnews.com 
As the days and hours melted away, it was looking like all hope was lost: Tuesday, June 13, was going to be Lovepreet Singh's last day in Canada before being deported. | "[My family] sacrificed their whole life savings to sponsor my education here… and I'm facing deportation," Now, thanks to a formidable protest mounted by international students and former students facing similar circumstances, Singh will be allo…
(2023-06-13). Friday 6/16: Understanding the Escalating Repression of the #StopCopCity Movement. indybay.org Online via Zoom | Register at www.nlg.org/civicrm/event/register/?id=60 | Live captioning provided…
(2023-06-13). Saturday 6/24: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.
(2023-06-13). Faina Savenkova: Too much pain. mronline.org 
Faina: "I have said many times that the war for me began on June 2, 2014, with the bombing of the Lugansk Regional State Administration by Ukrainian aircraft. And now comes another anniversary, already the ninth."
(2023-06-13). Modern supply-side economics and the New Washington Consensus. mronline.org 
Last month, the U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, outlined the international economic policy of the U.S. administration. This was a pivotal speech, because Sullivan explained what is called the New Washington Consensus on U.S. foreign policy.
(2023-06-13). Chávez, UNASUR and the end of unipolarity: A conversation with Judith Valencia. mronline.org 
The Venezuelan researcher offers her reflections on Chávez's geopolitics and the reactivation of the Union of South American Nations.
(2023-06-13). Labour's new bankroller is Israel lobbyist, South African apartheid profiteer. mronline.org 
The UK Labour Party's latest corporate mega-donor is a pro-Israel businessperson whose firm profiteered from South African apartheid.
(2023-06-13). Mother's love for test-taking son touches hearts online. ecns.cn The heartwarming moment was recorded on video and has gone viral, receiving many comments.
(2023-06-12). Why there should be a treaty against the use of weaponized drones. mronline.org 
Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible.
(2023-06-12). Is Washington seeking to fabricate a casus belli against Cuba? mronline.org 
According to the U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which had the "honor" of putting the lie into circulation, there is an agreement between Cuba and China, in military matters, for the installation of an alleged espionage base.
(2023-06-12). The 'Fourth Turning' that will define our Century. mronline.org 
European economies are reeling from inflation and the spectre of de-industrialisation-fuelled by self-imposed foreswearing of all imports of cheap Russian energy.
(2023-06-12). Background and elements of the war in Ukraine. mronline.org 
"This crisis shows us the weakness of our society"
(2023-06-12). From net zero to glyphosate: Agritech's greenwashed corporate power grab. mronline.org 
Big agribusiness and 'philanthropic' foundations position themselves as the saviours of humanity due to their much-promoted plans to 'feed the world' with 'precision' farming', 'data-driven' agriculture and 'sustainable' production.
(2023-06-12). Why there should be a treaty against the use of weaponized drones. mronline.org Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible.
(2023-06-12). Is Washington seeking to fabricate a casus belli against Cuba? mronline.org According to the U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which had the "honor" of putting the lie into circulation, there is an agreement between Cuba and China, in military matters, for the installation of an alleged espionage base.
(2023-06-12). The 'Fourth Turning' that will define our Century. mronline.org European economies are reeling from inflation and the spectre of de-industrialisation-fuelled by self-imposed foreswearing of all imports of cheap Russian energy.
(2023-06-12). Background and elements of the war in Ukraine. mronline.org "This crisis shows us the weakness of our society"
(2023-06-12). From net zero to glyphosate: Agritech's greenwashed corporate power grab. mronline.org Big agribusiness and 'philanthropic' foundations position themselves as the saviours of humanity due to their much-promoted plans to 'feed the world' with 'precision' farming', 'data-driven' agriculture and 'sustainable' production.
(2023-06-12). Australian health union's online meetings present no way forward for workers. wsws.org Wednesday's meetings made even more clear the bureaucracy's real aim—to ensure that workers' opposition to Labor's deepening assault on their pay and conditions remains isolated and constrained within the framework of sporadic, isolated stoppages and minor work bans.
(2023-06-12). California Set Minimum Staffing Levels For Overworked Nurses. popularresistance.org
(2023-06-12). Teamsters claim another breakthrough with Amazon in Southern California. peoplesworld.org 
RIVERSIDE, Calif. —The Teamsters' organizing drive among Amazon drivers and other workers is speeding up in Southern California, with a second success there in the last two months and the third overall since February. Those wins are important not just for the Teamsters, who have launched an all-out campaign to organize Amazon's half-million-plus workers, but …
(2023-06-13). New York Legislature Extends Session, Vote on Debt Relief Bill Pending. indybay.org Religion, Development and Labor Coalition Pushes Passage of New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Protection Act…
(2023-06-13). AI Ground Zero In SF As Tech, Auto Bosses & Politicians Destroy Taxi/Uber Worker Jobs. indybay.org Governor Newsom and Mayor London Breed and her MTA and police are allowing remote taxis unregulated entry into San Franciscoo streets destroying the jobs for all taxi workers and UBER/LYFT drivers. The AI technology is still in development and these remote vehicles violate the California Vehicular code but Newsom and London Breed and her police refuse to enforce the law against these tech and auto companies that control these remote vehicles.
(2023-06-13). Chris Hedges: Requiem For Our Species. popularresistance.org Princeton, N.J. — As I write this, the sun is a hazy reddish orange orb. The sky is an inky yellowish gray. The air has an acrid stench and leaves a faint metallic taste in my mouth. After 20 minutes outside, my head starts to ache, my nose burns, my eyes itch and my breathing becomes more labored. Streets are deserted. The ubiquitous lawn service companies with their machine mowers and whining gas-powered leaf blowers have disappeared, along with pedestrians, cyclists and joggers. Those who walk their dog go out briefly and then scamper back inside. N95 masks, as in the early days of the pandemic, are sold…
(2023-06-13). Ministry issues rebuke to U.S. measure targeting Xinjiang enterprises. ecns.cn China firmly opposes the United States incorporating two Chinese enterprises and their subsidiaries into the entity list of the so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" on the unfounded grounds of human rights violations.
(2023-06-13). Inter' Labor Organization Calls for Action to End Child Labor. telesurenglish.net On World Day Against Child Labor, the International Labor Organization (ILO) has called for action to stop children labor. | Related: | On Monday, as part of the session of the International Labor Conference, the ILO held a high-level panel themed "social justice for all, end child labor. The discussion focuses on the link between social justice and the elimination of child labor. | Panelists representing worker…
(2023-06-13). "The president forced our comrade to die"—South Korea's workers confront Yoon Seok Yeol's labor crackdown. therealnews.com 
(2023-06-12). ICC Prosecutor Opens 'Technical Assistance Office' in Venezuela Amid Human Rights Probe. venezuelanalysis.com President Maduro expressed hope that collaboration with the ICC would help correct the record about human rights in Venezuela.
(2023-06-12). European Employment Ministers agree on digital platforms. plenglish.com Luxembourg, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) Employment ministers of the European Union (EU) today agreed on a labor directive on digital platforms that aims to improve their workers' condition, an issue still to be debated before the European Parliament.
(2023-06-12). Unions step up push for 'same job, same pay' rule. greenleft.org.au Unions want Labor to change the law to stop bosses from misusing labour hire clauses to reduce pay rates, and have launched a campaign to get it done. Jim McIlroy reports.
(2023-06-12). U.S. sees rise in child labor violations. america.cgtn.com 
See how the troubling rise in child labor violations in the U.S. may only continue.
(2023-06-12). Forbidden Stories: The Bruno and Dom Amazon Project. transcend.org 1 Jun 2023 – "This story must be told." A collaborative investigation coordinated by Forbidden Stories, which involves over 50 journalists from 16 media organisations to continue the work of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips. We pursued their work because our future depends on it.
(2023-06-13). As Shippers Call for Biden to Intervene in Longshore Negotiations All Out on Juneteenth. indybay.org West Coast rank and file ILWU members and retirees are supporting a strike on Juneteenth June 19 until longshore workers get a contract. They have been working without a contract since last July.
(2023-06-13). ILWU local president at Port of San Diego threatens to blacklist dockworkers who talk to reporters. wsws.org International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 29 President Ray Leyba threatened to deny employment to any dockworker who spoke with WSWS reporters.
(2023-06-13). Oppose attempt to disrupt defence for witch-hunted Sri Lankan plantation workers. wsws.org The estate management fears that the defence campaign for the witch-hunted workers will inspire estate workers to fight for their social and democratic rights against the attacks of the government and companies.
(2023-06-13). DTE Energy hikes electricity rates on Detroit-area workers, while stockholders cash in. wsws.org In the midst of skyrocketing inflation, DTE Energy is raising rates on consumers, asking hard-pressed workers to curtail activities between 3-7 PM.
(2023-06-13). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Road maintenance workers, steel workers and resident doctors joined the battle against raging inflation in Argentina, while the union for locomotive builders at Wabtec in the US blocked a strike and will submit management's "final offer" for a vote.
(2023-06-13). More rural postal workers in the US speak out about thousands in lost wages due to new compensation formula. wsws.org "How do you tell your children you won't see them again, and when you do, you have no money to do anything with them?" said one worker, who lost $10,000 a year in pay. "I mean, how is this acceptable?"
(2023-06-13). UAW 4121 strikers confront University of Washington board of regents. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On June 8, at the University of Washington-Seattle, over 100 people confronted the UW board of regents and University President Ana Marie Cauce in the morning prior to their meeting regarding their targeting of international workers. Organized by the UAW 4121, the workers lined the entrances of Suzzallo Library, and the UW administration was forced to deal with the consequences of their union-busting actions. | On June 7, at the beginning of the strike, the university distributed a message to multiple departments containing a distortion of facts concerning international scholars and the strike, alon…
(2023-06-12). Food Delivery Workers Secure Landmark Minimum Pay Rate. popularresistance.org App-based food delivery workers in New York City will earn $17.96 an hour before tips beginning July 12, an amount that takes into account their costs of operating, Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday afternoon. | With the rate, New York will become the first major U.S. city to establish and implement pay requirements for delivery workers toiling in the gig economy. | The hourly rate will increase to $19.96 before tips by April 1, 2025, the mayor said. The standard is a significant increase from the estimated $11 hourly workers currently earn after tips.
(2023-06-12). The FTC's Proposed Noncompete Ban Still Lets Companies Trap Workers in Bad Jobs. truthout.org Jessica Van Briggle was excited to begin her career as a nurse when she applied to work at Centinela Hospital in southern California. Centinela sent her to a staffing agency to complete the hiring process, and the agency's representative told Van Briggle she had to work for the staffing agency (not the hospital) for two years or pay $15,000 if she left early. This amount was agreed to by the… |
(2023-06-12). Erie, Pennsylvania now the center of test case for the right to strike. peoplesworld.org 
ERIE, Pa.—Bargaining over a new contract between Wabtec, the owner of the former GE locomotive plant in Erie, Pennsylvania and United Electrical Workers Local 506, which represents the 1,400 workers there, has become a test case for the right to strike. And that's important for workers, union and non-union, nationally. A strike is a worker's …
(2023-06-12). Oppose CWU's surrender to Royal Mail! Reinstate all victimised reps and postal workers! wsws.org At Royal Mail's Craigavon delivery office in Northern Ireland, the CWU postal executive has blocked a unanimous strike vote against revisions and the suspension of two reps. CWU national officials are functioning openly as strike-breakers.
(2023-06-12). New York transit workers speak out as TWU pushes sellout deal. wsws.org As hazardous air quality conditions threaten transit workers health, the Transport Workers Union and transit agency are pushing cuts to real wages and reduced time off.
(2023-06-12). Clarios workers call for joint action to defeat strikebreaking by auto battery company: "All UAW members should be on strike" wsws.org Workers on the picket lines in Ohio and those working at a Missouri plant told the World Socialist Web Site that Clarios was deliberately mislabeling batteries to conceal that they were being manufactured by strikebreakers.
(2023-06-12). UPS workers in New York City and Louisville speak out during snap Teamsters strike vote. wsws.org Workers are determined to win back decades of pro-company concessions, dramatic improvements to their working conditions, wages and hours and an end to management harassment. But the Teamsters apparatus under General President Sean O'Brien, a career official being falsely recast as a rank-and-file militant, is preparing a pro-company sellout behind closed doors.
(2023-06-12). Headlines for June 12, 2023. democracynow.org Ukraine Says It Liberated 4 Villages as Counteroffensive Gets Underway, Law Enforcement Braces for Unrest Ahead of Trump Court Hearing as Supporters Issue Violent Threats, Deadly Battles Resume in Sudan After Ceasefire Ends; South Sudan Violence Kills 20 Displaced People, New Haven Reaches $45 Million Settlement with Randy Cox, Who Was Paralyzed in Police Van, I-95 Highway in Philadelphia Could Be Closed for Months After Tanker Truck Fire Leads to Collapse, New York City Establishes First-of-Its-Kind Minimum Wage for App Delivery Workers, Four Indigenous Children Found Alive 40 Days After Plane Crash, Colombia Si…
(2023-06-12). CWU blocks Royal Mail strike in Craigavon Northern Ireland: Reinstate all victimised reps and workers! wsws.org At Royal Mail's Craigavon delivery office in Northern Ireland, the CWU postal executive has blocked a unanimous strike vote against revisions and the suspension of two reps. CWU national officials are functioning openly as strike-breakers.
(2023-06-12). WW Commentary: The class behind climate change must be confronted. workers.org 
Buffalo, New York I returned on June 1 from a delegation to the People's Republic of China, landing in JFK airport in New York City after nearly a month out of the country. On the train home to Buffalo, we were delayed by about two hours due to brush fires. . . . |
(2023-06-12). New strategy launched to fight Cop City. workers.org 
Atlanta Within a day of the massive community turnout at the June 5 Atlanta City Council meeting — where, despite 16 1/2 hours of public comment opposing the over $67 million of taxpayer money to build the militarized police training center in the Weelaunee Forest, the Council approved the expenditure . . . |
(2023-06-12). Workers World commentary: growing condemnation of Israel. workers.org 
There used to be a time when to publicly raise the name Palestine and the Palestinians' right to their homeland was considered almost taboo. It was all but forbidden in imperialist centers like the United States. But after the various heroic Intifadas (mass uprisings) that the Palestinians began in the . . . |
(2023-06-13). Moroccan agents assault former Sahrawi political prisoner Mahfouda Lefkir, besiege her house in occupied territory. peoplesdispatch.org A trade unionist and prominent human rights defender, Mahfouda has been unrelentingly participating in the struggle for Western Sahara's liberation from Moroccan occupation despite torture, imprisonment, and threats of rape…
(2023-06-13). Presidenta de la Comisión Europa inicia visita a Brasil. telesurtv.net España, el país europeo con mayores lazos históricos con América Latina, asumirá la presidencia rotatoria de la UE en julio.
(2023-06-13). UE quiere intensificar cooperación en materia migratoria con Túnez. telesurtv.net El presidente de Túnez, Kais Said, recibió a los líderes de Italia, los Países Bajos y la Comisión Europea.
(2023-06-12). 10 years after the assassination of Clément Méric: a successful week of tribute and struggle. samidoun.net 
Between Thursday, 1 June and Tuesday, 6 June, events and activities were organized throughout France to mark the 10th anniversary of the assassination of trade unionist and anti-fascist Clément Méric by neo-Nazis. Organized by different organisations, several events took place in àéle-de-France, beginning with the launch of the book "Clément Méric, une vie, desbates" at the …
(2023-06-12). Solidarity with Georges Abdallah and Walid Daqqah at Toulouse mobilization against French pension reforms. samidoun.net 
During a new broad labour union demonstration against the French pension reform in Toulouse which brought together nearly 50,000 people, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra was present alongside all the people mobilized, reaffirming that defending the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea is inseparable from the global struggle for social justice! Underlining this …
(2023-06-12). African Union Advances Peace Plan for Sudan after the Failure of U.S.-Saudi Mediation. transcend.org 6 Jun 2023 – Fighting Reportedly Has Intensified after the Armed Forces Withdrew from Talks in Jeddah…
(2023-06-13). Free the Santa Marta 5, environmentalist political prisoners in El Salvador. fightbacknews.org Santa Marta, Cabañas, El Salvador – On January 11, 2023, five environmental activists and community leaders from Santa Marta, Cabañas, El Salvador were arrested on bogus charges in a clear case of political persecution. They are still detained five months later and the movement to free them is growing around the world. | The men arrested – Antonio Pacheco, Saúl Rivas, Pedro Antonio Rivas, Alejandro Laínez and Miguel Gámez – are prominent leaders of the grassroots movement that won the world's first ban on metallic mining. The organization they're part of, the Association for Social Economic Development (ADES…
(2023-06-13). 2 Top Mexican Officials Resign in Order To Run For 2024 Election. telesurenglish.net Two high-level Mexican politicians have said they will resign from their current positions in order to seek the nomination of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party in the 2024 presidential election. | Related: | On Monday, according to official statements, Mexico City Mayo Claudia Sheinbaum and Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard declared that they will resign their current position because they are seeki…
(2023-06-12). 'Stop Cop City' Domestic Terror Charges Echo Past Repression Of Activism. popularresistance.org The movement to Stop Cop City in Atlanta has brought environmental defenders and police abolitionists together to fight a mega-project that would demolish the historic Weelaunee Forest to create a massive urban warfare training facility. For standing up for people and the planet, more than 40 Cop City activists have been struck with domestic terrorism charges. Will Potter, author of Green Is the New Red, joins The Chris Hedges Report to place the repression of Cop City activists in a longer history of labeling environmental activists as 'domestic terrorists.' | Will Potter is an investigative journalist whose wor…
(2023-06-12). Citizen Revolution Movement Elects González/Arauz Ticket for Ecuador's Presidential Elections. orinocotribune.com 
(2023-06-12). Citizen Revolution Movement Elects Luisa González and Andrés Arauz as Presidential Candidates of Ecuador. orinocotribune.com
(2023-06-12). On June 24, take to the streets in protest as we reach one year without Roe! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following joint call to action from the Reproductive Justice Action – Milwaukee and the Minnesota Abortion Action Committee. | Since the summer of 2022, the fight for reproductive rights has been front and center in the people's movements, as the Supreme Court has demonstrated that long held protections and fundamental human rights can be stripped from the masses quickly and without remorse. The overturning of Roe vs. Wade on June 24, 2022 effectively revoked federal protections for a person's right to an abortion, meaning that states with conservative majorities across…
(2023-06-12). Movement That Built Puerto Rico's First Community-Owned Microgrid. popularresistance.org
(2023-06-13). Wholesome Home Depot Woman Sparks 'OnlyFans Culture' Debate, Shaq DM. moguldom.com A Home Depot worker who is also a social media influencer recently made a post dressed in her Home Depot uniform, saying that she enjoyed working at her retail job and would never start an OnlyFans.
(2023-06-12). Netherlands Says Ukrainian Pilot Training on F-16s Could Start This Summer. news.antiwar.com The Netherlands' defense minister told Reuters on Monday that training for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets could begin as soon as this summer. Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said starting the training this summer is the "ambition" and that the coalition of countries working to arm Ukraine with F-16s will see if it's a …
(2023-06-12). Strikes and mass protests led by teachers erupt across Argentina. wsws.org New legislation outlawing strikes and mass protests by teachers, healthcare employees and other sections of the working class signals a return to dictatorial methods of rule.
(2023-06-12). Dr. Thomas Binder: The entire modified RNA platform must be banned immediately. expose-news.com Thomas Binder, a Swiss medical doctor, warned in a video he tweeted yesterday that the pharmaceutical industry is currently working on transferring all vaccinations onto using the mRNA platform. "Even having a …