(2023-06-15). Social movements in Scotland come together to build unity in the struggle for health equity. peoplesdispatch.org The recently concluded People's Health Assembly in Scotland brought together 20 organizations working on problems related to health inequities with the aim of furthering unity and fostering change…
(2023-06-14). Access, equity and solidarity: the foundations of Cuba's health system. peoplesdispatch.org In the second part of an interview with Outra Saúde, Ileana Morales from the Cuban Ministry of Public Health talks about the how the country is resisting the US blockade and the secret of the country's renowned medical system…
(2023-06-15). Cooperation on human rights urged. ecns.cn The two-day Forum on Global Human Rights Governance is themed "Equality, Cooperation and Development: The 30th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Global Human Rights Governance."
(2023-06-15). Forum on Global Human Rights Governance held in Beijing. ecns.cn The forum themed Equality, Cooperation and Development: The 30th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Global Human Rights Governance.
(2023-06-14). The Boldest Step To Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Generations. otherwords.org Juneteenth celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States. But over 150 years later, discriminatory public policies have prevented African Americans from closing the racial wealth divide in this country they helped build. | Policy created that divide — and policy can close it. | One state is showing how to move forward in advancing racial economic equality. This year, Connecticut is launching the country's first "Baby Bond" program. | This program will invest $3,200 for every baby born into poverty in the state. The bonds are projected to grow to between $10,000 and $24,000 in value, depending o…
(2023-06-14). John McWhorter's Woke Racism: An argument about how to secure privilege. wsws.org McWhorter's book offers biting criticism of racialism, but it explains neither where this ideology comes from nor how to combat it.
(2023-06-15). China and Brazil: Developing Education. infobrics.org China and Brazil, as two prominent nations, have recognized the value and importance of fostering collaboration in various domains, including culture and education. The strategic partnership between these two emerging global powers has created a fertile ground for cultural exchange, mutual understanding, and educational cooperation. Educational cooperation has also been a cornerstone of the bilateral partnership…
(2023-06-15). He Thought He'd Been Accepted To A Canadian University. popularresistance.org 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," Singh told CBC News last week. "My dream is shattered," he added. | Now, thanks to a formidable protest mounted by international students and former students facing similar circumstances, Singh will be allowed to stay, at least temporarily. Singh, whose father is a farmer in Punjab, India, entered Canada several years ago on a student vis…
(2023-06-15). Texas Book Ban Bills Set a Dangerous Precedent for the Narratives of Young People in Education. projectcensored.org By Cameron Samuels | Special Guest Writer for Project Censored's Dispatches on Media and Politics Amid an unprecedented wave of censorship, many of our state legislators have left no mercy…
(2023-06-14). Brazilian President Lula launches new children's literacy program. peoplesdispatch.org Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Monday, June 12, launched a new children's literacy program called the National Commitment to Literate Children. The initiative will support concrete actions by States, municipalities and the Federal District to promote literacy among all children in the country. For this purpose, the federal government will invest over USD 205 million in 2023 and another USD 410 million in the next three years. | The central objective of the program is to ensure that 100% of Brazilian children receive education at least until the second grade, as set out in the goals of the Natio…
(2023-06-14). Sanders Introduces Bill to Make Community College Free by Taxing Wall Street. truthout.org On Wednesday, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) reintroduced a proposal to make higher education free at public schools for most Americans — and pay for it by taxing Wall Street. The College for All Act of 2023 would massively change the higher education landscape in the U.S., taking a step toward Sanders's… |
(2023-06-14). Colombia begins campaign to curb Amazon deforestation. america.cgtn.com 
Colombia's Amazon forest is fast approaching a point-of-no-return from deforestation by cattle ranchers, illicit mining and logging, and a lack of education. The government is supporting conservation efforts in these historically-neglected regions by educating a new group of front-line first responders. Michelle Begue has more. …
(2023-06-14). More pilot cities to fall under vocational education roadmap. ecns.cn China will select a second batch of around 30 pilot cities to integrate the industrial and educational sectors in the second half of this year as the country aims for greater numbers of skilled craftsmen.
(2023-06-15). 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…
(2023-06-15). 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.
(2023-06-15). How Biden's DHS Is Weaponizing an Anti-Terror Program Against Christians, Conservatives & the GOP. strategic-culture.org 
Instead of focusing on preventing actual violence and terrorism, the TVTP program is now being used to target the entire spectrum of the political right and Christians through "media literacy and online critical thinking initiatives" and other so-called training seminars as part of a coordinated effort to make America into a one-party system.
(2023-06-15). Ukraine Took Heavy Losses, Made No Real Gains In First Ten Days Of Counteroffensive (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | Despite sustaining heavy losses in manpower and equipment, Kiev forces have failed to make any meaningful gains on the ground since launching their so-called spring counteroffensive in the Zaporozhye and south Donetsk directions on June 4. | Videos that surfaced online on June 15 provided more details on the heavy losses Kiev forces sustained during their ill-fated attack on the Zaporozhye on June 8 and 9. | One video shows the destruction of several American-made Bradley infantry figh…
(2023-06-14). Exposed: Disturbing details of the Pentagon "Perception Management Office" mronline.org 
Its existence is not strictly secret, although there has been no official announcement of its launch, let alone an explanation from Department of Defense (DoD) officials as to its raison d'être or modus operandi. Its budget likewise remains a mystery but purportedly runs into the "multimillions."
(2023-06-14). The First Nations at the frontline of Canada's fires. mronline.org As smoke and smog choke the Northeast, Alberta's Indigenous Nations face down apocalyptic wildfires and the provincial government's "let-it-burn" climate policy.
(2023-06-14). Anti-war activists in Germany protest NATO's 'Air Defender 23' military exercise. mronline.org 
Around 10,000 military personnel and 250 aircraft from 25 countries are participating in NATO's 'Air Defender 23' exercise scheduled from June 12-23. Anti-war groups have called it a provocation.
(2023-06-14). Canadian looting of Zambian resources led to debt crisis. mronline.org 
While a geopolitical tussle between Washington and Beijing over Zambia's debt default has received significant international attention, Canada's contribution has been largely ignored.
(2023-06-14). UPS Teamsters are ready to strike. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in With the largest private sector labor contract in the United States set to expire at midnight on July 31, the eyes of the American labor movement are on United Parcel Services (UPS) and the nearly 350,000 Teamsters like us that work there. Talk is c…
(2023-06-14). In Canada, the strike wave is winning workers real gains. therealnews.com 
From May 8-12, the 30th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress took place in Montréal. Reporting for Working People and The Real News Network, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez attended the convention and spoke with a number of rank-and-file workers, organizers, and union officers about the state of the labor movement in Canada. | In Part 1 of our two-part dispatch from the CLC, we talk to: Emily Leedham, the Prairie Reporter for PressProgress and editor of Shift Work, PressProgress' weekly national labour newsletter; Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employee…
(2023-06-14). How workers in Canada are fighting the bosses' 'labor shortage' con. therealnews.com 
Caught between COVID-19 and the cost-of-living crisis, Canada's workers have been pushed to the edge—and it's spurring a revitalization of the labor movement. From
(2023-06-14). Atlanta forks over millions for Cop City construction; opponents demand voter referendum. peoplesworld.org 
ATLANTA—An ongoing political and environmental struggle is brewing in Atlanta known as "Stop Cop City." This catchy alliterative phrase refers to a fight by racial justice, environmental, and social movement activists to stop the construction of a police training facility, which is being spearheaded by the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF). The facility would not just be …
(2023-06-14). China ratifies support to the Palestinian cause. plenglish.com Beijing, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) China on Wednesday ratified supporting the legitimate aspiration of the Palestinian people to form an independent State and restore their rights, by expressing its willingness to provide humanitarian aid for reconstruction works.
(2023-06-14). Australian Labor government faces rising discontent as recession looms. wsws.org Rapidly slowing household spending and a sharp fall in dwelling construction confirm that the downturn is already hitting working people hard, on top of a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
(2023-06-14). How does Travel Nurse Pay Compare to Permanent Staff Nurses? cepr.net
(2023-06-15). Why The Fight To Unionize Starbucks Matters To Us All. popularresistance.org For good reason, the fight to unionize Starbucks has drawn considerable public attention since workers at a Buffalo, New York store voted to unionize in December of 2021. Since that time, workers at more than 300 stores, representing more than 8000 workers, have so voted. The campaign has been met with strong company resistance, resulting in legal rulings that found Starbucks violating federal labor law by (among other things) illegally surveilling workers, firing workers involved in union organizing, and adding workers at specific workplaces to dilute union strength. In an eventful year-and-a-half, the company h…
(2023-06-15). A Public Power Victory In New York State. popularresistance.org On May 2, New York became the first US state to pass a major Green New Deal policy following four years of organizing by the Public Power NY coalition and allies. The Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA), now New York State law, empowers and directs the state's public power provider — the New York Power Authority (NYPA) — to plan, build, and operate renewable energy projects across New York State. Organizers are now focusing on growing the movement for Public Power from coast to coast. | Public Power NY was launched in 2019 by the Ecosocialist Working Group of the NY City's Democratic Socialists of Amer…
(2023-06-14). Relationships and Organizing. podcasters.spotify.com In this episode we talk about the lack of true connection and humanity within organizing, and the need for developing true relations with the most oppressed and organizing towards their political, social, and economic control to be vested in their own hands!
(2023-06-15). Protestors call on Vic Labor to save Barak Beacon housing estate. greenleft.org.au Demolition of the public housing estate began in early June, even while residents live there. Jordan A K and Chloe DS reports.
(2023-06-15). Rusia y Cuba acuerdan agenda de cooperación antibloqueo. telesurtv.net Antes, los jefes de Gobierno de ambos países acordaron que la petrolera rusa Rosneft suministre 1,64 millones de toneladas de petróleo e hidrocarburos anuales a la isla.
(2023-06-14). National Public Radio Promotes Lie in Defense of Child Labor. cepr.net National Public Radio's All Things Considered show had a piece on a bill that would make current national child labor standards apply to children working on farms. Currently, children as young as 12 can legally work in agriculture. The bill under consideration would impose the same rules for child labor on farms as apply to …
(2023-06-14). Labor must be pushed on its inadequate housing plan. greenleft.org.au Throughout Australian history, housing has been an exception among essential services, otherwise provided by the state. Alistair Sisson argues Labor can be pushed to change its appoach.
(2023-06-14). Minnesota Miracle: State legislature passes 'avalanche' of progressive and pro-labor laws. peoplesworld.org 
ST. PAUL, Minn.—"Whoa, holy buckets," declared Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman after the close of a state legislative session that saw the passage of an "avalanche" of progressive bills, including the most sweeping pro-labor legislation in state history. The "transformational and historic" session came on the heels of a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) trifecta victory in …
(2023-06-14). United for Democracy: Labor-progressive coalition launches campaign to change Supreme Court. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Several unions—including both U.S. teachers unions—two AFL-CIO constituency groups, Worker's Circle, and approximately 100 other citizens' and progressive groups have formed a mass coalition to get voters to pressure Congress to change the Supreme Court. United For Democracy kicked off its drive with a $1 million TV, Facebook, and Twitter video ad campaign featuring people, …
(2023-06-14). One in five children is engaged in child labor in Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org Around 90% of Afghans lack enough food to eat, forcing many impoverished families to send their children to work. Many children are also forced to work due to unsafe migration, family separation, detentions, and injuries from unexploded ordinances…
(2023-06-14). Headlines for June 14, 2023. democracynow.org Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 37 Charges Before Telling Supporters "They're Coming After You", Judge Allows E. Jean Carroll to Add Trump CNN Town Hall Remarks to Defamation Lawsuit, Russian Strikes Kill 6 in Ukraine; U.S. to Send More Weapons, Incl. Depleted Uranium Tank Shells, South African Activists Take Aim at Standard Bank in Fight to Stop East African Pipeline, Greta Thunberg Warns Global Climate Decisions at COP28 Could Be "Death Sentence" for Humanity, Olympic Track Star Tori Bowie Was 8 Months Pregnant and in Labor When She Died of Complications, Black Civil Rights Attorney Arr…
(2023-06-15). 'These Bills Will Make Children Less Safe, Not More Safe'. popularresistance.org Louisiana just banned abortion at six weeks, before many people even know they're pregnant, while also saying 16-year-old girls are mature enough to marry. | Arkansas says there's no need for employers to check the age of workers they hire. As one state legislator put it, "There's no reason why anyone should get the government's permission to get a job." | And Wisconsin says 14-year-olds, sure, can serve alcohol. Iowa says they can shift loads in freezers and meat coolers. | Simultaneously and in the same country, we have a raft of legislation saying that young people should not be in charge of what they look at…
(2023-06-15). 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.
(2023-06-15). Friday 6/16: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…
(2023-06-15). Vote NO on the UAW-Clarios sellout contract! Reject corporate slavery and launch a workers' counteroffensive throughout the auto industry! wsws.org It is already clear that the deal is nothing more than a repackaging of the first two sellout agreements brought back by the UAW bureaucracy, which workers courageously voted down by overwhelming margins.
(2023-06-15). Sri Lankan workers back SEP campaign against sweeping privatisation. wsws.org The SEP interventions are revealing growing working-class opposition to the government's IMF-dictated austerity measures and anger over the treacherous role being played by the trade unions.
(2023-06-15). Workers on Clarios picket line speak out against new UAW-backed deal: "Basically, it's the same agreement we voted down" wsws.org
(2023-06-15). Crónica Digital congratulates Prensa Latina on its 64th anniversary. plenglish.com Santiago, Chile, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) The workers of Chilean newspaper Crónica Digital sent a greeting to Prensa Latina Thursday on the 64th anniversary of its foundation in the communication scenario of the region and the world.
(2023-06-15). The white-supremacist Achilles ankle ‚àí A letter to the editors. workers.org 
GRAPHIC: Michelle Sayles The writer is a longtime activist whose father was the acclaimed African American novelist, Richard Wright. I was deported at bayonet point by Black soldiers high on hemp after the coup d'etat in Ghana against Kwame Nkrumah. I was honored to be on the barricades in Paris . . . |
(2023-06-15). Atlanta, Georgia: °Alto a Cop City! workers.org 
A las 5: 30 de la mañana del 6 de junio de 2023, a pesar de los apasionados y razonados comentarios de cientos de personas, el Consejo Municipal de Atlanta votó 11 a 4 a favor de apropiarse de los ahora 67 millones de dólares para construir Cop City. En un . . . |
(2023-06-15). The white-supremacist Achilles ankle. workers.org The writer is a longtime activist whose father was the acclaimed African American novelist, Richard Wright. I was deported at bayonet point by Black soldiers high on hemp after the coup d'etat in Ghana against Kwame Nkrumah. I was honored to be on the barricades in Paris in 1968. I . . . |
(2023-06-15). Researchers, 2,400-strong, strike University of Washington. workers.org 
Seattle Researchers, scientists and engineers (RSEs) and postdoctoral student workers, part of a burgeoning national movement of campus workers, struck the University of Washington June 7. They belong to United Auto Workers Local 4121, with 6,000 members and growing, and they demand decent pay along with other contract improvements. The . . . |
(2023-06-15). Who bombed Nova Kakhovka Dam? Who benefits? workers.org 
Areas of flood damage (in pink) are in Russian-controlled territories. The Nova Kakhovka Dam, a hydroelectric dam located in southern Ukraine, was destroyed on June 7. Evidence suggests the dam was intentionally attacked. Its demolition led to mass flooding and ecological destruction. Many fear the toxins and debris that have . . . |
(2023-06-15). NYC protest says: 'Water and energy are human rights!'. workers.org 
The Puerto Rico Not For Sale campaign held a very successful and militant demonstration June 9 in Manhattan, New York City, to condemn the Puerto Rican Day Parade board for honoring Ivan Baez, the Vice President of Genera Puerto Rico, during their scholarship gala. Genera Puerto Rico (GeneraPR) has been . . . |
(2023-06-14). Retaliation: Amazon fires Alabama union organizer Jennifer Bates. peoplesworld.org 
BESSEMER, Ala. (PAI)—Showing again it hates unions and will do anything—legal or not—to intimidate its employees, Amazon unilaterally fired Jennifer Bates, the lead spokeswoman for workers who campaigned to unionize its giant Bessemer, Ala., warehouse. That's even though Bates has been battling crippling injuries she received on the job at Amazon, and has been out …
(2023-06-14). Stop the ILWU's threats of blacklisting against workers for talking with reporters! wsws.org A local president in the San Diego area has doubled down on threats against workers' jobs the day after an initial outburst was caught on video.
(2023-06-14). The global significance of the North American dockworkers' struggle. wsws.org If rank-and-file dockworkers take action to unite across national boundaries, they can launch a counteroffensive against the operators and galvanize support among workers everywhere.
(2023-06-14). Podemos joins Sumar in a pro-war alliance for Spain's July 23 snap elections. wsws.org Podemos, Sumar and IU all intend to justify plans for continued attacks on workers' living standards and social rights by escalating the US-NATO war on Russia in Ukraine.
(2023-06-14). Postal workers speak out against Communication Workers Union's partnership with Royal Mail over punishing workloads: "The union has well and truly sold its members out" wsws.org There is a deep well of opposition to the Communication Workers Union's efforts to impose its rotten deal to end the national dispute.
(2023-06-14). 7,200 British Columbia dockworkers vote to strike, as US workers disrupt West Coast ports. wsws.org A joint struggle of Canadian and American West Coast longshore workers would quickly cripple economic activity in North America's twin imperialist powers and disrupt the transportation networks that are being used to provision the US/NATO war on Russia.
(2023-06-14). UAW announces another sellout deal in bid to end five-week Clarios strike. wsws.org The United Auto Workers bureaucracy announced it had reached a tentative agreement immediately after resuming negotiations with the auto battery manufacturer on Tuesday.
(2023-06-14). Pseudo-left Québec Solidaire remains silent on workers' revolt in France. wsws.org Québec Solidaire's indifferent and hostile attitude to the revolt of the French working class shows that workers in Quebec will not find in it an ally in their own struggles, but a political enemy who will seek to dupe them with "leftist" phrases while subordinating them to the pro-capitalist union bureaucracy.
(2023-06-14). Philippines: Wyeth workers, supporters fight back against mass lay-off. fightbacknews.org Members of Wyeth Philippines Progressive Workers' Union (WPPWU) and their supporters mounted a series of mass protests and other activities to demand the reinstatement of 140 workers who were illegally dismissed by Wyeth-Nestlé Philippines on May 18, 2023 and five other workers who were fired earlier, reported Ang Bayan, official organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines, on June 7, 2023. | The WPPWU fought back with more than 20 picket protests to defend the company jobs of workers and defend the union's previous gains. | Ang Bayan said that the WPPWU protested on May 30 in front of the Nestlé Cabuyao Fact…
(2023-06-14). What about Trump's real crimes? workers.org 
Former President Donald Trump was indicted June 8 by the U.S. Department of Justice. The 37 counts stem from his removal of classified documents from the White House after leaving office; the documents were discovered at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. These charges, as well as 34 federal felony counts . . . |
(2023-06-14). Wildfires devastate Indigenous lands, air. workers.org 
Across the northern part of North America, wildfires continue to rage, threatening Indigenous lives and nations and poisoning the air for tens of millions of people. Originally clustered in the First Nations occupied by Western Canada, the fires have spread across the country, with blazes reported as far east as . . . |
(2023-06-15). Presidente iraní llega a Cuba para cerrar gira latinoamericana. telesurtv.net Desde la cancillería cubana indicaron que el presidente Ebrahim Raisi, mantendrá reuniones con autoridades locales y realizará otras actividades de interés.
(2023-06-15). Union calls off resident physicians' strike at Mount Sinai Morningside and West. wsws.org The action marks the second time in one month that the Committee of Interns and Residents has called off a strike at the last minute and betrayed its members' struggles for better wages.
(2023-06-15). Human Rights Violations Resulting from IHRA Definition of Antisemitism. elsc.support Violating the Rights to Freedom of Expression and Assembly in the European Union and the UK.
(2023-06-14). Greening Transatlantic Relations. fpif.org From a foreign policy perspective, transatlantic relations appear to have reached new heights. The United States and European Union both support Ukraine's efforts to expel Russian troops from its territory. On the military front, NATO is enjoying boom times thanks to the reemergence of a 'common enemy' and the addition of new members like Finland. The United States has gone to great lengths to provide European countries with energy to substitute for Russian oil and gas imports. | But even as they shake hands and smile at each other across the table, Washington and Brussels are trading kicks underneath. The disput…
(2023-06-14). President Lula Questions European Union's Punitive Proposal in Mercosur Trade Agreement. orinocotribune.com
(2023-06-14). France, Germany and Poland hold Paris summit to escalate NATO war on Russia. wsws.org Polish President Duda spelled out most clearly the implications of European policy, defining the European Union as an alliance dedicated to crushing Russia.
(2023-06-14). EEA Warns of 'New Normal' in Europe Caused by Global Warming. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the European Environment Agency (EEA) warned that global warming is projected to bring a "new normal" to Europe that will lead to more heatwaves, severe flooding, catastrophic wildfires and climate-sensitive diseases during the summer months. | RELATED: | Adaptation measures are therefore urgently required to prevent the loss of life, the EEA, the European Union (EU) agency that provides independent infor…
(2023-06-14). Gov't goes extra mile to match jobs and seekers. ecns.cn The central government has undertaken more effective ways of channeling information about vacancies to job seekers, especially college students, who are facing greater employment pressure as graduation season approaches.
(2023-06-15). Chris Hedges Report: The 'Stop Cop City' Domestic Terror Charges Echo Past Repression of Environmental Activists. scheerpost.com The use of domestic terrorism charges against the environmental and animal liberation movements set important precedents for the repression Atlanta's 'Stop Cop City' movement faces today.
(2023-06-14). Up Next: Reparations Movement Could Move To New York As California Commission Template Considered. moguldom.com The local reparations movement continues to spread across the country. Following the lead of California, New York will create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering effects of slavery on its Black residents. On June 8, the New York state assembly and Senate passed a bill to form a reparations commission to examine the extent to …
(2023-06-14). Did a North Carolina Democratic lawmaker throw the party under the bus for the charter school industry? nationofchange.org Tricia Cotham's defection to the Republican Party has deep roots in the right-wing "school choice" movement.
(2023-06-14). Marianna Spring boasted about investigating the "UK conspiracy movement" and got fact-checked by a "nobody" expose-news.com Alan has been blocked by Marianna Spring, the face of BBC Verify, on Twitter. It seems she struggles with dealing with evidence and data. She obviously can't process facts and figures or …
(2023-06-14). Analysis: Our perspective on the Chicago elections. fightbacknews.org 
Chicago, IL – Our perspective on the elections must be based on a sober, scientific analysis that assesses the relationship of forces in this moment in order to find the pathway forward. We believe that objective social relations in the final analysis is what determines subjective evaluations. In other words, we must take every precaution to make sure that every policy change, every tactical adjustment and firming up of our strategy is soundly rooted in a concrete analysis of concrete conditions. | There has been an emerging high tide of movement in Chicago ever since the George Floyd and Breanna Taylor Rebellion…
(2023-06-14). Frank Chapman to speak at Emergency Conference to defend the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Frank Chapman, a prominent leader of the Black Liberation movement and the executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression will speak at the "Emergency Conference to Defend the Tampa 5: Civil Liberties in the Era of DeSantis" that is set for June 24 in Tampa, Florida. | The Tampa 5 are students and employees of the University of South Florida who were arrested and charged with multiple felonies on March 6 after being attacked by police at a protest demanding USF president take a stand against GOP attacks on the Florida university system. | Chapman states, "These vic…
(2023-06-14). Norman Solomon's 'War Made Invisible' Refutes Collusion with War Makers. progressive.org Norman Solomon's new book, 'War Made Invisible,' presents evidence showing consistent, well-funded efforts to squelch movements opposing the vicious consequences of war. He asks why people often identify more with the bombers than with the bombed.
(2023-06-15). Ukrainian youth speak on war, social catastrophe: "The military is grabbing draft evaders everywhere" wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with several Ukrainian youth about the situation in the country and the moods within the working population amidst the unfolding NATO-backed "counteroffensive."
(2023-06-14). Saudi Crown Prince Is Working Towards a Political Solution for Syria. strategic-culture.org Meanwhile, the U.S. and its allies, who created the war and supported terrorists, refuse to participate in the recovery process for the Syrian people. | Dr. Faisal Mekdad, Syria's Foreign Minister, is in Saudi Arabia for meetings held on June 11 and 12, which marks his third visit to the Kingdom in the last three months. In April, he made his initial visit and accompanied President Assad to Jeddah to attend the Council of the League of Arab States summit on May 19. | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MbS, promoted the aid and recovery of Syria through his position as host of the Arab League Summit…
(2023-06-14). Crown Prince of Saudi MbS Is Working Towards a "Political Solution for Syria" globalresearch.ca