(2023-07-04). 55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People's Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices. scheerpost.com 
New fact sheets by the Poor People's Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies reveal disturbing data on systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism in every U.S. state.
(2023-07-04). MPs debate on the advancement of women in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban parliamentarians on Tuesday debated on the status of the National Program for the Advancement of Women in the First Parliamentary Workshop for Gender Equality held here, with the participation of UN authorities.
(2023-07-04). Police Brutality, Racism and Poverty Underlines Youth Rebellion in France. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe North African Youth Nahel M Killed by Police Macron government has deployed 45,000 security personnel in attempt to quell the outrage sweeping the country in the aftermath of the police killing of Nahel M A 17-year-old youth of Moroccan and Algerian descent named Nahel M was gunned down by the French police on…
(2023-07-04). SCOTUS's latest attack on affirmative action. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead June 30, 2023 The Supreme Court of the United States confirmed once again what an utterly reactionary, rightwing institution it is by striking down the right to use affirmative action in college admissions. The 6-3 ruling, issued June 29, stems from two cases — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina — which claim that whites and Asians are victims of "reverse discrimination." Oct. 31, 2022, protest in front of the Supreme Court. What this vote means is that "race-conscious admissions policies," can no long…
(2023-07-05). Campaign launched in Afghanistan to reopen women's schools. plenglish.com Kabul, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Afghan Girls Education is a campaign launched today by university professors, women's rights activists and religious clerics with the objective of reopening schools and universities for women in the country.
(2023-07-04). Post-American Society and the War on Human Sentience. "The Weaponization of Education" globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-04). Green Murder: We have a crisis but it's not a climate crisis. expose-news.com "We have a problem with a crisis. It's not a crisis of climate. It's a crisis of common sense. It's a crisis of government policy. It's a crisis of education … Green …
(2023-07-05). Thursday 7/6: #Climate Emergency: The People Have Solutions Teach-in w/ 350.org. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-07-05). Countries should not link the South China Sea issue with normal cultural exchanges: Chinese FM. ecns.cn Vietnam has reportedly banned the Barbie movie due to the appearance of a world map that allegedly shows a"nine-dash line" in the South China Sea, according to online news site Deadline.
(2023-07-05). IFRC Online Learning Platform. indybay.org Register with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) online learning platform to take free classes in first aid, disaster preparedness, and related topics…
(2023-07-04). Debtors of the world, unite! mronline.org 
Jayati Ghosh speaks about the growing debt crisis in the global south, the IMF's never-ending affinity for austerity and the need to confront the power of financial capital.
(2023-07-04). European Council on Foreign Relation: Europe becoming vassal of U.S. mronline.org 
A report issued by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) has warned that the European Union is being vassalized by the United States.
(2023-07-05). Saturday 7/15: LaborFest Panel – Palestine: Journalists, Educators & The US Labor Movement. indybay.org Please register for an event in advance. | Find the details in your confirmation email. (e.g. zoom link) | laborfest.net/event/50th-anniversary-of-chile-coup-labor-solidarity-afl-cio/…
(2023-07-05). Governor and legislators reach deal on budget package with Delta Tunnel language removed. indybay.org Many political insiders believe that Governor Newsom attempted to ram through his last minute legislative language to expedite the construction of the Delta Tunnel and other water and infrastructure projects in order to serve the wishes of his agribusiness, building industry, real estate and other Big Money donors.
(2023-07-04). Nurses Say Illinois Hospital Plagued With Unsafe Staffing. popularresistance.org Tania is a mother of four and a new registered nurse in the intensive care unit at Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois, also known as St. Joe's. On May 30, at a bargaining meeting with management to negotiate for the union's next contract, she gave testimony about how her employer allegedly treated her for bringing up safety issues. | "I was two weeks off orientation and I was given four acute care patients. I texted our manager… and said 'this is a recipe for disaster. I can't handle this,'" she said in her testimony, which was emailed to Workday Magazine by her union, Illinois Nurses Assoc…
(2023-07-04). Debtors of the world, unite! mronline.org Jayati Ghosh speaks about the growing debt crisis in the global south, the IMF's never-ending affinity for austerity and the need to confront the power of financial capital.
(2023-07-04). European Council on Foreign Relation: Europe becoming vassal of U.S. mronline.org A report issued by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) has warned that the European Union is being vassalized by the United States.
(2023-07-05). Saturday 7/15: LaborFest Panel – Palestine: Journalists, Educators & The US Labor Movement. indybay.org Please register for an event in advance. | Find the details in your confirmation email. (e.g. zoom link) | laborfest.net/event/50th-anniversary-of-chile-coup-labor-solidarity-afl-cio/…
(2023-07-05). Governor and legislators reach deal on budget package with Delta Tunnel language removed. indybay.org Many political insiders believe that Governor Newsom attempted to ram through his last minute legislative language to expedite the construction of the Delta Tunnel and other water and infrastructure projects in order to serve the wishes of his agribusiness, building industry, real estate and other Big Money donors.
(2023-07-04). Nurses Say Illinois Hospital Plagued With Unsafe Staffing. popularresistance.org Tania is a mother of four and a new registered nurse in the intensive care unit at Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois, also known as St. Joe's. On May 30, at a bargaining meeting with management to negotiate for the union's next contract, she gave testimony about how her employer allegedly treated her for bringing up safety issues. | "I was two weeks off orientation and I was given four acute care patients. I texted our manager… and said 'this is a recipe for disaster. I can't handle this,'" she said in her testimony, which was emailed to Workday Magazine by her union, Illinois Nurses Assoc…
(2023-07-04). "We are drowning": Nurses say Illinois hospital plagued with unsafe staffing. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Tania is a mother of four and a new registered nurse in the intensive care unit at Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois, also known as St. Joe's. On May 30, at a bargaining meeting with management to negotiate for the union's next contract, she gave testimony about how her employer allegedly treated her for bringing up safety issues. | "I was two weeks…
(2023-07-04). 'We are drowning': Nurses say Illinois hospital plagued with unsafe staffing. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Tania is a mother of four and a new registered nurse in the intensive care unit at Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois, also known as St. Joe's. On May 30, at a bargaining meeting with management to negotiate for the union's next contract, she gave testimony about how her employer allegedly treated her for bringing up safety issues. | "I was two weeks…
(2023-07-04). What can we do to overcome the difficulties in organizing, and among people?>. podcasters.spotify.com What sort of tactics, strategies, organizations, movements, or things can we be doing, learning, trying, and moving with to overcome the issues in organizing and the difficulties we have in connecting w folks on the ground and building power? This is an open ended invitation to anyone to come on the show and discuss this w me – would love to hear you're thoughts! Reach out to indefenseofliberation@gmail.com !
(2023-07-04). Hope and Resistance: Voices of a People's History of the United States in the 21st Century. democracynow.org 
In a special broadcast, we look at voices of a people's history inspired by the late great historian Howard Zinn's groundbreaking book, A People's History of the United States, which helped reshape how history is taught in classrooms. Twenty years ago, Zinn and Anthony Arnove began organizing public readings of historical texts referenced in A People's History of the United States. The two would go on to publish a book collecting theses texts under the title Voices of a People's History of the United States. While Zinn died in 2010, his work continues to inspire millions across the c…
(2023-07-05). Saturday 7/15: Panel: 50th Anniversary of US Supported Coup In Chile & The Struggles & Lessons Today. indybay.org Eric Quezada Center for Culture & Politics | 518 Valencia St | San Francisco…
(2023-07-05). On Julian Assange's Birthday: SF Rally To Free Him & Mumia Abu-jamal. indybay.org On Julian Assange's birthday on July 2, 2023 a solidarity rally was held at the Harry Bridges Plaza in San Francisco to demand his freedom.
(2023-07-05). Mayo Clinic researchers pioneer AI method to predict how cells are organized in disease microenvironments. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cells in the human body, the building blocks of life, are arranged in a precise way. That's necessary because pathways and spaces provide a means for cells to communicate, collaborate and function within the specific tissue or organ. Changes in cell arrangement can lead to uncontrolled cell growth, cell death and diseases, including cancer. Scientists at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an artificial intelligence method, called Spatially Informed Artificial…
(2023-07-05). Australian health workers call for strikes as union leadership scrambles to negotiate with NSW Labor government. wsws.org Despite the carefully stage-managed atmosphere created by the HSU bureaucracy, the two-day conference featured occasional expressions of the nascent anger below the surface.
(2023-07-05). Australian Labor government unveils big budget surplus but rejects cost-of-living relief. wsws.org For all the fanfare, the surplus is actually a result of Labor's program to enforce the biggest cut to working-class living conditions since World War II, by slashing social spending and real wage levels.
(2023-07-05). Articles] Repeated antibiotic exposure and risk of hospitalisation and death following COVID-19 infection (OpenSAFELY): a matched case—control study. thelancet.com Our observational study has provided evidence that antibiotic exposure frequency and diversity may be associated with COVID-19 severity, potentially suggesting adverse effects of repeated intermittent antibiotic use. Future work could work to elucidate causal links and potential mechanisms. Antibiotic stewardship should put more emphasis on long-term antibiotic exposure and its adverse outcome to increase the awareness of appropriate antibiotics use.
(2023-07-04). NLRB Accuses Starbucks of "Purge" of Organizer-Workers in Pittsburgh. truthout.org In what union members called a "huge victory for workers," an administrative judge with the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that coffee giant Starbucks violated federal labor law by terminating organized workers in several Pittsburgh locations, accusing the company of orchestrating a "purge" of employees leading the unionization effort. The ruling by Judge Robert A. Ringler found that the… |
(2023-07-04). Australian Pharmaceuticals Industry warehouse workers' strike enters second week. wsws.org The United Workers Union's privileged position within the warehousing industry is based on its long record of collaboration with employers and government, suppressing wages, enforcing productivity measures, and ensuring there is no resistance to mass layoffs as the automation-driven restructuring drive continues.
(2023-07-05). The Third Intifada: A new chapter in Palestinian struggle for liberation. workers.org 
By Ali Abou Jbara, The Cradle This article was posted on The Cradle website June 29. Resistance activities intensify across the West Bank, indicating another potential uprising with similar causes as the previous two intifadas. The evolving armed resistance suggests a heightened level of sophistication and adaptability among the resistance . . . |
(2023-07-05). France: Racist police incites massive youth rebellion. workers.org 
During a traffic stop by two motorcycle cops in the Paris suburb of Nanterre June 27, one of the cops shot and killed a young driver, Nahel M., born in France of North African descent. The cops' story tried to justify the killing using the pretext that Nahel was using . . . |
(2023-07-05). Postal workers fight for an activist union. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-05). Profiteering from drug addiction: a crime. workers.org In the United States, almost every aspect of the medical field is controlled by capitalist interests. This is true for its sub-industries as well, including the drug rehabilitation industry. It is composed of drug rehabilitation centers, methadone and buprenorphine clinics, and recovery homes. This complex net of providers and housing . . . |
(2023-07-05). University College London security guards protest against 'fire and rehire' at university open day. thecanary.co 
UCL security staff held protests over University College London's (UCL) plans to fire and rehire staff at the university's open days on Friday 30 June and Saturday 1 July. What's more, the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has said that the plans are "racist", as: the majority BAME outsourced workers are denied the …
(2023-07-05). Sri Lankan government to slash billions from workers' pension funds. wsws.org According to Verite Research, even based on the prevailing average interest rate, conservatively calculated as 13 percent, the pension fund will lose staggering 12 trillion rupees ($US39 billion) by 2038.
(2023-07-05). New Zealand Post to sack 750 workers. wsws.org The mass sackings at NZ Post are part of a wave of job cuts under the Labour-led government, and replicate vast restructuring operations hitting postal workers internationally.
(2023-07-05). Thousands of Los Angeles hotel workers strike. wsws.org Up to 15,000 hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 11, have struck 65 hotels in the Los Angeles metro area…
(2023-07-05). North American workers must mobilize to defend the Canadian dockworkers strike! wsws.org The strike shows that any strategy which defines workers' interests in the framework of the national state and isolates workers in one country from other countries is hopelessly obsolete.
(2023-07-05). North American workers must mobilize to defend the Canadian dockworkers' strike! wsws.org The strike shows that any strategy which defines workers' interests in the framework of the national state and isolates workers in one country from other countries is hopelessly obsolete.
(2023-07-05). NSW hospital workers strike over wages. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-04). About the June Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK). journal-neo.org 
(2023-07-04). Iran joins forces with Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to blow back U.S. sanctions. workers.org 
This lightly edited article is reprinted from Resumen Latinoamericano English edition which was posted on June 19, 2023. Iran President Ebrahim Raisi The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded, this Friday (June 16) in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions suffered . . . |
(2023-07-04). Struggle continues to Stop Cop City. workers.org 
Atlanta Neither intense police surveillance and repression nor record-breaking heat prevented the Week of Action to Stop Cop City from holding a series of events daily from Saturday, June 24 to Saturday, July 1. Stop Cop City petitioners, July 1, 2023. PHOTO: Tim Franzen There were multiple protests and demonstrations, . . . |
(2023-07-04). Tras el barco de la muerte. workers.org 
øQué está pasando?, se pregunta el migrante afgano, øqué hace la patrullera griega? En medio de su pregunta, algunos de los otros 180 migrantes que se encontraban en la cubierta del Adrianna se mueven para mirar, el Adrianna da la vuelta y él es arrojado al mar. Protesta en Atenas . . . |
(2023-07-04). Americas Now: Today in Technology. america.cgtn.com 
Over the last few years, the city of Toronto has become a global center when it comes to tech and innovation. It is the third largest technological hub in North America, with 24,000 companies that employ nearly 300,000 workers.
(2023-07-04). Challenges for mass workers' movement in France's battle over pensions. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto June 5, 2023 The minister strode up to the microphone, puffed up by his made-to-order suit and $200 haircut. He'll convince the people tonight that they should work two years longer for everyone's good, for the good of France. They'll eat it up. From the back of the crowd he hears a noise. "Clang clang clang." What's that, he asks himself. "Clang clang, clang clang." The noise spreads through the crowd. 'Cassarolade' banner honors those banging pots and pans, Nantes, France, May 1, 2023. It's those damn pots, he thinks. I'm being casseroled. The minister's face gets red. He turns toward his ai…
(2023-07-04). Rank-And-File UPS Workers Prepare To Strike And Refuse To Back Down. popularresistance.org
(2023-07-04). CWU instructs reps to enforce Royal Mail's brutal revisions: the IR Framework in action. wsws.org Having extracted a pledge to restore "joint working", the CWU is moving to enforce the company's brutal dictates against postal workers. This is the meaning of a slew of directives issued by the union's leadership to local branches and reps over the past week.
(2023-07-04). Reject the Transport Workers Union sellout contract! Build rank-and-file committees to unite transit and other workers in New York City. wsws.org More than 38,000 subway, bus and other transit workers are currently voting on the sellout contract Transport Workers Union Local 100 officials have reached with the Metropolitan Transit Authority and state and local Democratic Party officials.
(2023-07-04). "They are trying to take everything away from the working class": Wabtec seeks to restore production with scabs at Erie, Pennsylvania plant. wsws.org As workers enter the 12th day of their strike against Wabtec, workers have confirmed that the company began hiring scabs two weeks before the strike.
(2023-07-05). EU condemns increase in violence in Sudan, and calls for a ceasefire. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, on Wednesday condemned the upsurge of violence in Sudan, where clashes between the Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been rekindled.
(2023-07-05). Embracing Defeat: The European Union in the Wake of the Ukrainian War. strategic-culture.org Even if Europe must perish, we should at least spare ourselves from being further tormented by Bloodlands' blood suckers, Declan Hayes writes. | This article extrapolates from a number of key factors to assess Europe's future when peace in our time eventually returns to
(2023-07-05). EU, Japan to boost technology cooperation. ecns.cn The European Union and Japan will increase cooperation around key technologies, including artificial intelligence and computer chip production, the 27-member bloc's commissioner for the internal market has said.
(2023-07-05). Peruvians Call For 10-Day Struggle Against The Boluarte Government. popularresistance.org On July 1 and 2, various social organizations and trade unions from the 25 regions of Peru held the First National Meeting of Regions and Organized People in the capital Lima to unite forces against the de facto government led by Dina Boluarte. During the two-day meeting, the Indigenous, peasant, social and union leaders agreed to organize 10 days of continuous social protests to demand Boluarte's immediate resignation, closure of right-wing dominated Congress, new general elections, a Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution, freedom of those arrested during protests and justice for those killed by the A…
(2023-07-05). Cuba realiza primera reunión de ministros de medio ambiente del G-77. telesurtv.net Este constituye el cuarto encuentro de alto nivel que se realiza desde que Cuba asumió la presidencia pro tempore del organismo de concertación política internacional.
(2023-07-05). Presidente chileno participará en Cumbre Celac – Unión Europea. telesurtv.net El presidente Gabriel Boric señaló que la Cumbre Celac – Unión Europea es importante para atraer inversiones a Chile y fortalecer los valores comunes con Europa.
(2023-07-04). Covid Related News: Independent scientists, researchers and media are a force to be reckoned with. expose-news.com The United Nations ("UN"), World Health Organisation ("WHO") and the European Union ("EU") do not have the right to dictate to humanity. If they are not stopped, they will complete their eugenics …
(2023-07-04). Unions, Native people fight mining "reforms" and police repression in Argentina. therealnews.com 
(2023-07-04). China Cancels Rescheduled Visit of Top EU Diplomat. telesurenglish.net China has canceled the visit of European Union chief diplomat Josep Borrell, scheduled for next week, a spokesman for the bloc announced Tuesday. | RELATED: | "Unfortunately, our Chinese counterparts have informed us that the dates scheduled for next week are no longer possible, and we must now look for alternatives," EU foreign affairs spokeswoman Nabila Massrali told the media. | According to the official, no reasons hav…
(2023-07-04). MERCOSUR Summit: Lula Calls for a Forceful Response to the EU. telesurenglish.net On July 4, 2023, the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) began its biannual meeting in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. | RELATED: | The high-level event is attended by the presidents Lula da Silva (Brazil), Alberto Fernandez (Argentina), Mario Abdo (Paraguay), and Luis Lacalle (Uruguay). | They will analyze the negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between MERCOSUR and the European Union (EU), given that the European nat…
(2023-07-05). 'Conviction' of NDFP peace consultants Frank Fernandez and Cleofe Lagtapon exposes US-Marcos regime's indifference to cause of peace. fightbacknews.org Fight back News Service is circulating the following statement of Juliet de Lima, the Interim Chairperson, Negotiating Panel, of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. | The recent 'conviction' of peace consultants Frank Fernandez and his wife Cleofe Lagtapon based on trumped-up charges concocted by the Manila government further exposes the US-Marcos regime's indifference to the cause of peace. Planting of weapons and explosives on arrested persons is a well-known modus operandi of the AFP and PNP. This practice allows them to file non-bailable charges to hold forces of the revolutionary movement in pr…
(2023-07-04). Why Israel Is Afraid of Hezbollah. orinocotribune.com 
By As'ad AbuKhalil — Jun 30, 2023 | The emergence of a disciplined resistance movement in Lebanon not only brought military defeat to Israel and the rise of Hezbollah, it heralded a new era of Arab assertiveness. | Israel is in trouble. Its military-strategic doctrine — predicated on the use of massive force to subjugate the Arab population — has resulted in successive massacres intended to instill fear in the hearts of all Arabs. In his book The Revolt, former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin admitted this brutal practice was official Zionist policy. | But times have changed, and Israel doe…
(2023-07-04). "What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech. democracynow.org 
We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" He was addressing the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. James Earl Jones reads the historic address during a performance of Voices of a People's History of the United States, which was co-edited by Howard Zinn. The late great historian introduces the address.
(2023-07-05). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Strains, sprains and tears of the upper arms. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am trying to get into shape for summer, and one area that has always been challenging has been my upper arms. Recently, though, I began a workout routine, but a friend warned me about the risk of injuries. Do you have any advice to avoid problems? ANSWER: Having well-defined, muscular upper arms often is the goal of anyone seeking a fit and toned appearance. But there's more to these hardworking muscles than good…
(2023-07-04). New Taiwan affairs spokesperson makes debut. ecns.cn The State Council Taiwan Affairs Office has a new spokesperson in Chen Binhua, a former reporter with lengthy experience working in Taiwan. The new appointee responded to a media question for the first time in this role on Tuesday.
(2023-07-04). Protests Ignite Across France Demanding Justice For Nahel. popularresistance.org Last Tuesday, French police murdered 17-year-old Nahel M. in broad daylight in Nanterre, a town on the western outskirts of Paris. The teenager, of Algerian and Moroccan descent, was shot point blank at the steering wheel while driving through a traffic check. Huge protests have erupted throughout France against this racist police violence, demanding a thorough investigation and justice for Nahel. | Demonstrations in cities such as Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Nice, and Strasbourg — and particularly in the working-class neighborhoods — have been explosive. Protesters as young as 13 have set fire to cars an…
(2023-07-04). Mossad spy ring busted in Turkey, 11 arrested. peoplesdispatch.org Following months of surveillance, the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) discovered a "ghost cell" made up of 56 special operatives working for the Israeli Mossad. The operation, divided into nine different smaller networks, was reportedly working to gather intelligence against Hezbollah, Syria, and others…