(2023-08-05). FSU students meet with university President McCullough on HB 999. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On August 1, five members of the FSU Students for a Democratic Society (FSUSDS) met with FSU President Richard McCullough to discuss the university's stance on and plans for the recently passed HB 999. | HB 999, also known as the "Postsecondary Educational Institutions" bill, was passed in May of this year. The bill blatantly attacks public education in a number of ways, including but not limited to banning instruction related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), subjecting tenured faculty to five year "performance/productivity reviews", restricting funding for groups based around DEI…
(2023-08-06). Pacific peace activist fights US militarism for love, peace, decolonisation & anti-racism. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-06). Tips for preventing 'summer slide'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Waterslides and playground slides are part of summer's fun. But there's one slide to avoid when the weather gets warm: the "summer slide." That's the loss over the long summer break of new skills gained during the school year. Summer slide isn't new, but it has worsened because of education setbacks brought on by the disruption of schooling during the pandemic. On average, students lose two months of reading skills and nearly three months of…
(2023-08-05). 'Cuba will never renounce its socialist system of social justice' — Speech by Cuban Ambassador to U.N. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead August 2, 2023 New York City The following slightly edited talk was given by Ambassador Gerardo Peñalver, the Permanent Representative of Cuba at the United Nations and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a solidarity event held July 29 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks that helped spark the Cuban Revolution, which took power in 1959. Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations, Gerardo Peñalver, July 29, 2023. (WW Photo: Monica Moorehead) The event was held at The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational…
(2023-08-05). 120 Years of Du Bois's Souls of Black Folk: Education and Progress in "Of the Meaning of Progress." By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com 
Aristotle famously starts his Metaphysics with the claim that "all men by nature desire to know."[1] For Dubois, if there are a people in the U.S. who have immaculately embodied this statement, it is black folk. In Black Reconstruction, for instance, Du Bois says that "the eagerness to learn among American Negroes was exceptional in the case of a poor and recently emancipated folk."[2] In The Souls of Black Folk, he highlights "how faithfully, how piteously, …
(2023-08-06). Call for Global Day of Action supporting worldwide transition to clean energy. indybay.org Join people across the world in making climate movement history on 3-4 November, by taking part in this special day of action. Everything you need to know to organise an event, join an action in your area, or add your voice online to demand our leaders power up renewables and power down fossil fuels.
(2023-08-06). A Victory Over Social Media Censorship. strategic-culture.org 
In a season of good news for the First Amendment following some important Supreme Court decisions, here's more to be happy about: a federal judge in Louisiana issued an injunction stopping Biden administration officials from contacting social media companies to block content in what could be a landmark order targeting government censorship and suppression of online postings.
(2023-08-06). Dark Secrets Exposed: CIA is behind Deagel's Shocking 2025 Depopulation Forecast & Official Excess Death Figures in the Millions prove it's on Target & not just an Estimation. expose-news.com In a world where reality often seems stranger than fiction, the machinations behind global events can be an enigma wrapped in mystery. One such intrigue revolves around Deagel.com, an obscure online entity …
(2023-08-06). In Video: Russian Airstrikes Wipe Out HTS Headquarters In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
File image. | On August 6, video footage showing recent Russian airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib surfaced online. | The airstrikes, which took place on
(2023-08-05). Burkina Faso's president Traoré delivers anti-imperialist speech at Russia—Africa summit. mronline.org 
On the second day of the Russia—Africa summit, the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, delivered an anti-imperialist address and employed slogans identified with the Cuban Revolution.
(2023-08-05). The U.S. plot to finalize the theft of Venezuela's oil. mronline.org 
The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the U.S. claims as it's "backyard."
(2023-08-05). In Haiti, Kenya chooses imperialist servitude over Pan-African solidarity. mronline.org 
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) condemns in the strongest possible terms Kenya's proposal to lead what amounts to a foreign armed intervention in Haiti.
(2023-08-05). Anxious about the climate? there's a solution. mronline.org 
Mental health challenges are rising alongside temperatures. Research suggests that taking action can help.
(2023-08-05). The problem with "Universal Basic Income" mronline.org 
MANY economists have been advocating a universal basic income for India, an idea that was mooted even in the official Economic Survey for 2016-17.
(2023-08-05). The Nicaraguan Coup Attempt: How Peace Was Restored. popularresistance.org By July 2018, three months of violence—over 200 deaths on both sides, including 22 police officers, kidnappings, torture and destruction of property—had exhausted the Nicaraguan population, and they were desperate for the government to restore order. The calls for the government to clear the tranques (roadblocks) that had strangled the country became deafening. Daniel Ortega's strategy had worked: had he removed the roadblocks too soon, the resistance might have been much more violent, and it would have left deeply divided communities. He had waited until he had the backing of most of the population.
(2023-08-05). Netizens show support for flood-hit online bookstore. ecns.cn An employee of BooksChina.com, an online bookstore, navigates through knee-deep water inside a warehouse in Zhuozhou on Thursday.Some social media users offered to buy damaged books, while others said they were willing to make donations to help BooksChina.com survive the ordeal.
(2023-08-06). $1.18 bln! Medical research center headed by renowned structural biologist breaks ground in Shenzhen. ecns.cn Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART), with renowned structural biologist Yan Ning as the head, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, marking the beginning of its construction.
(2023-08-06). Chris Hedges: Nurses Fight Godzilla. popularresistance.org New Brunswick, New Jersey – Judy Danella, president of United Steel Workers Local 4-200 — the union that represents Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's more than 1,700 nurses — stands in a church basement before a room full of her union members. Her voice quavers slightly as she delivers grim news. The hospital management, whose top administrators earn salaries in the millions of dollars, has refused to concede to any of the nurse's core demands. Friday at 7: 00 a.m. they will be locked out of the hospital and on strike. | But it is not only the strike that concerns Danella, who is wearing a blue…
(2023-08-05). Nurses in New Brunswick, New Jersey begin strike for safe staffing. wsws.org The nurses' main demands are increased staffing levels and a ratio of one nurse to every five patients, instead of the current one to six.
(2023-08-06). Wednesday 8/9: Learn About Campus Organizing for Abortion Access -Teach-in for Students. indybay.org Virtual teach-in / workshop…
(2023-08-05). A New Idea for New Union Organizing. inthesetimes.com
(2023-08-06). Thursday 8/31: Reclaiming the Militant Legacy of Labor Day. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81040660090…
(2023-08-06). Namibia Captured By Chinese Capital & Union Busting Drive With George Martin &Hewat Beukes. indybay.org China is the largest exporter of capital in the world and in Namibia Chinese public and private companies have taken over all the uranium and marble mines. According to unionists they are also on a union busting drive to destroy the unions and bring in contract labor.
(2023-08-06). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.
(2023-08-06). Open letter to Labor: Increase the allowance to refugees stranded in Indonesia. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-06). Dying by degrees: Labor's uni review too little too late. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-06). Labor's casual worker reforms need to go further. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-06). Climate conference slams Labor for supporting fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-06). Lula Signs Decree Authorizing Brazil's Purchase of Electricity From Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed a decree reopening the country's ability to purchase electricity from Venezuela, a collaborative opportunity that had been suspended during the government of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. | The Brazilian minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, emphasized the decree's significance, stating that it will facilitate the "execution of contracts aimed at importing clean and renewable energy from Venezuela to Brazil from the Guri hydroelectric plant, which will once again play an important role in guaranteeing cheap and sustainable ene…
(2023-08-06). Which Way Forward, Socialist? jacobin.com Democratic Socialist of America members deciding the future of the country's largest socialist organization this weekend.
(2023-08-05). Heat waves' uncounted death toll on workers. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel July 25, 2023 In most of the United States, bosses forcing workers to labor in deadly heat is totally legal. July 4, 2023, was the hottest day in recorded history. This year, June and July have set and broken records in the United States, with more than 100 million people living under heat advisories for weeks. Thousands joined United Farm Workers to pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill making it easier for farmworkers to vote in union elections, in Sacramento, California on Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: Richard Thornton) It's not just in the U.S. where heat is raging. Throughout most of the Northern…
(2023-08-05). Wage Gains At UPS Have Amazon Workers Demanding More. popularresistance.org Amazon warehouse worker Paul Blundell has spent the past year talking to his co-workers about how UPS Teamsters were getting organized to strike. So recently, he had big news to share: "A few days before the strike deadline, UPS caved." | "Everybody's jaw dropped" when they heard that night shift workers at the Philly UPS air hub will get an immediate raise to $24.75, Blundell said. "We top out around $20.90 after three years, so UPS is now starting well above that—with raises for the rest of the contract." | UPS part-timers also have low-deductible health insurance coverage with no premiums, and pensions.
(2023-08-05). Nigeria: National Strike Underway; President Tinubu Meets With Labor. popularresistance.org Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu met union leaders on the first day of a nationwide strike called by unions to protest against a fuel subsidy removal that has led to higher pump price of petrol, the head of the main labour federation has said. | Since being sworn into office on May 29, President Tinubu has embarked on a series of economic reforms, scrapping the popular but expensive subsidy, which cost $10bn last year, and relaxing the foreign exchange regime. | While the reforms have been welcomed by investors, unions say they have led to soaring costs at a time when Nigerians are already grappling with the highe…
(2023-08-05). Continúa vigilia del Tercer Malón de Paz en Argentina. telesurtv.net El bloque movilizativo se ha pronunciado para que el Congreso elabore y sancione la Ley de Propiedad Comunitaria Indígena.
(2023-08-06). Monday 8/7: San Francisco: Solidarity with Starbucks Workers to Unionize. indybay.org Starbucks – outside of store | 1501 Fillmore Street | San Francisco, CA, 94115…
(2023-08-06). Rail Unions Win Where Lawmakers Fall Short. levernews.com In the six months since the East Palestine disaster brought railroads into national focus, we've been covering the aftermath — the health implications for residents, the empty rhetoric from politicians, and the seemingly never-ending saga of the Railway Safety Act of 2023. As craven bipartisanship and corporate pandering have predictably stalled efforts to ensure a safer industry through legislation, two new major victories — on paid sick leave for rail workers and a better monitoring policy for dangerous train equipment— illustrates how collective action, not partisan dealmaking, can make our…
(2023-08-05). No tech for Israeli apartheid! iacenter.org By Marsha Goldberg July 31, 2023 New York City Tech workers from Amazon and Google rallied outside the annual Amazon Web Services Summit at the Javits Center in New York City on July 26. Workers chanted loud and clear: "Free free Palestine, no tech for Israel's crimes!" The rally was part of their continuing two-year "No Tech for Apartheid" campaign. WW Photo: Marsha Goldberg Hand-painted signs throughout the crowd showed working class solidarity with the Palestinian people, targeting Amazon and Google bosses for the billion dollar contracts that enable mass surveillance by the Israeli apartheid state. Some of th…
(2023-08-05). Human Rights Organizations Urge Biden to Release Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com Over 180 social and human rights organizations from around the world have sent an open letter to US President Joe Biden calling for the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, currently detained illegally in a US prison. The signatories include two Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Tunisian League for Human Rights, the Observatory of Human Rights of the Peoples, the National Lawyers Guild of the United States, Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil, and Argentina's Frente Patria Grande. | The letter, dated August 2, 2023, proposes a prisoner exchange involving Saab for US citizens currently deta…
(2023-08-05). Employer Debt Traps Violate Workers' Rights, Federal Regulators Say. truthout.org Bosses that foist debt on new hires, an increasingly common management practice, appear to be violating their workers' right to organize unions. According to a report published on July 20 by federal regulators, employment agreements that require workers to pay for training if they quit before an arbitrary deadline have the same effect as another type of legally dubious contract. The study… |
(2023-08-05). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Farmworkers Unite. levernews.com
(2023-08-05). Striking healthcare workers at Loretto Hospital in Chicago speak on conditions. wsws.org Loretto hospital healthcare workers have concluded five days of strike action.
(2023-08-05). Auto companies threaten jobs, as UAW bureaucracy seeks to head off opposition with demagogic "members' demands" wsws.org The UAW's so-called "members' demands" are a series of measures which are widely supported by rank-and-file workers, but which the UAW bureaucracy has no intention of or strategy for achieving.
(2023-08-05). Wall Street moves to profit from mass layoffs as Yellow prepares to file for bankruptcy. wsws.org Yellow laid off 30,000 workers after failing to satisfy the demands of its creditors.
(2023-08-05). A New Social Contract For America's Workers. popularresistance.org
(2023-08-06). Rusia responde a reunión sobre Ucrania en Arabia Saudita. telesurtv.net El cónclave, con nivel de asesores de seguridad nacional, sin la participación de Rusia, prevé fijar una fecha para una reunión de jefes de Estado antes de finalizar 2023.
(2023-08-06). The Hiroshima Nagasaki "Dress Rehearsal": Oppenheimer and the U.S. War Department's Secret September 15, 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-06). Free gaming giveaway leads to riot, arrests and injuries in NYC. america.cgtn.com 
A chaotic scene unfolded at New York City's Union Square on Friday as thousands of people gathered to claim free giveaways. Find out more.
(2023-08-06). "The Union Is Calling": Starbucks Bus Tour Lands in San Francisco. indybay.org On July 31, rally in front of City Hall in San Francisco.
(2023-08-05). Ocean Surface Temperatures Break Global Record Set in 2016. truthout.org Climate scientists on Friday said the rapidly rising temperature of the planet's oceans is cause for major concern, particularly as policymakers in the top fossil fuel emissions-producing countries show no sign of ending planet-heating oil and gas extraction. The European Union's climate agency, Copernicus Climate Change Service, reported this week that the average daily global ocean surface… |
(2023-08-06). Ethiopian manufacturing SMEs generated more than 122,000 jobs. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector generated more than 122,000 jobs during the concluded fiscal year (2015, according to Ethiopian calendar), an official source revealed today.
(2023-08-05). Employment report for July shows decline in US job creation under impact of rate hikes. wsws.org The monthly federal jobs report showed that hiring slowed in July, with 187,000 jobs added, falling below economists' projections.
(2023-08-06). Why Has Progress In The National Single-Payer Movement Stalled? popularresistance.org With the public support for a national single payer system remaining strong and the need greater than ever, why is the movement stalled? What are the key sources of our power? Who are our allies? What can we do and how do we focus our energies to build the power necessary to end profiteering and make health care free at the point of service? | More than a decade after the misnamed Affordable Care Act, (ACA) we still have tens of millions without any coverage while millions more are saddled with high deductible, narrow network "junk health insurance" plans. The pandemic exposed the USA's bankrupt for-profit privat…
(2023-08-06). The Climate Movement Has a Recruiting and Retention Problem — Here's How We Fix It. scheerpost.com 
(2023-08-05). Why has the Progress in Building a National Single-Payer Movement Stalled? By: Ed Grystar. midwesternmarx.com 
With the public support for a national single payer system remaining strong and the need greater than ever, why is the movement stalled? What are the key sources of our power? Who are our allies? What can we do and how do we focus our energies to build the power necessary to end profiteering and make health care free at the point of service?More than a decade after the misnamed Affordable Care Act, (ACA) we still have tens of millions without any coverage while millions more are sa …
(2023-08-05). Palestine Action Underground Launches On Third Anniversary. popularresistance.org Another year of Palestine Action; three years of sustained and effective direct action against Elbit Systems. Three years of mobilising and enabling the masses to strike back and refuse passivity. Three years of radical action and engaging collective power. Three years of unstoppable momentum, victories and, as a direct result, increased attempts by the state to quash the movement. | This time, last year, our second anniversary report [1] was buzzing over the two Elbit closures, announced in quick succession at the start of 2022. We're still incredibly proud of the victories at Oldham and Kingsway. They have not…
(2023-08-06). No U.S./French-backed invasion of Niger! iacenter.org August 6, 2023 "When Africa becomes economically free and politically united, the monopolists will come face to face with their own working class in their own countries, and a new struggle will arise within which the liquidation and collapse of imperialism will be complete." — Kwame Nkrumah, Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of imperialism Today, Aug. 6, is the deadline issued by the Economic Community Of West African States for the current government of Niger, headed by Abdourahamane Tchiani, to abdicate power or face a possible military intervention by ECOWAS forces. Tchiani came to power through a military…
(2023-08-06). French solidarity association marks anniversary of working with Cuba. plenglish.com Paris, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The French association Cuba Linda celebrates its 25th anniversary "with the pride of accompanying Cuba, its people and its Revolution, and helping (others) know their reality," the president of the association Didier Lalande said.
(2023-08-06). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…
(2023-08-06). Consumer Health: Questions about breastfeeding. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Breastfeeding Week will be observed Aug. 1—7. This year's campaign focuses on enabling breastfeeding for working parents. The American Academy of Pediatrics has affirmed its recommendation and advocacy for breastfeeding, stating, "Research has shown that breastfeeding is linked to decreased rates of lower respiratory tract infections, severe diarrhea, ear infections and obesity. Breastfeeding is associated with lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome, as well as other protective effects." Specifically, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation is…
(2023-08-05). Notes on police violence in the United States. wsws.org Emboldened by Republican and Democratic politicians who have renounced any pretensions of "reform," police throughout the country continue to shoot, assault and torture working class and poor people.