(2023-08-28). 60 Years After March On Washington, Black Economic Inequality Persists. popularresistance.org Black Americans have endured the unendurable for too long. Sixty years after the famed March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, African Americans are on a path where it will take 500 more years to reach economic equality. | A new report, Still A Dream, coauthored by Institute for Policy Studies and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, examines the economic indicators since 1963. Our country has taken significant steps towards racial equity since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s.
(2023-08-28). 60 Years After the March on Washington, Black Economic Inequality Persists. counterpunch.org Black Americans have endured the unendurable for too long. Sixty years after the famed March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, African Americans are on a path where it will take 500 more years to reach economic equality. A new report,
(2023-08-28). Alienation under capitalism and the conspiracy pipeline. mronline.org 
When class analysis is absent from discussions about systemic problems, issues like income inequality, access to resources, and power imbalances are often oversimplified or ignored.
(2023-08-28). Gary Younge on Jacksonville Shooting & Why America's Gun Problem "Makes Its Racism More Lethal" democracynow.org 
On Saturday, a white supremacist gunman killed three Black people at a store in Jacksonville, Florida, in a racially motivated attack. Authorities say the 21-year-old white gunman initially tried to enter the historically Black college Edward Waters University, but he was turned away by a security guard before driving to a nearby Dollar General and opening fire with a legally purchased attack-style rifle. America's gun problem "makes its racism more lethal," says Gary Younge, author of Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter. "There's been a significan…
(2023-08-28). Presidente de EE.UU. condena tiroteo en Jacksonville, Florida. telesurtv.net Asegura que "no hay sitio para el supremacismo blanco en EE.UU". Vicepresidenta Kamala Harris renueva pedido al Congreso de prohibir venta de armas de asalto.
(2023-08-29). "Hurricane of Racism": Racial Terror in Jacksonville, from Recent Shooting to 1960 Ax Handle Saturday. democracynow.org 
As the Jacksonville community mourns the loss of three people killed Saturday in a racist shooting, more details are emerging about the white supremacist who went to a Dollar General store looking to target Black people before killing himself. Authorities say he left behind a suicide note and other writings outlining his racist ideology. The 21-year-old gunman had legally bought the two weapons he used in the shooting, including an AR-15-style rifle marked with swastikas. The shooting occurred as thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin…
(2023-08-28). Sixty Years Later, We Can Make King's Dream a Reality. ips-dc.org Sixty years ago, Dr. That 1963 rally on the National Mall was the culmination of two decades of marches focused on ending employment discrimination and demanding greater job opportunities for African Americans. The organizing manual for the March on Washington made it plain: "We march to redress old grievances and to help resolve an American crisis. That crisis is born of the twin evils of racism and economic deprivation." | In what wo…
(2023-08-28). Chilean teachers ratify call to strike. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Leaders of the Chilean Teachers Association will be received by the Minister of Education, Nicolás Cataldo, but they maintain the call for an indefinite strike in demand for socioeconomic improvements.
(2023-08-28). China hosts China-Africa Peace and Security Forum. plenglish.com According to the Chinese Ministry of Defense, military departments, leaders from nearly 50 African countries, African Union representatives, and military attachés from embassies in China are attending the event. | Under the theme "Implementing the Global Security Initiative, Strengthening China-Africa Solidarity and Cooperation," participants will seek to "play a positive role in building a community of shared future in the new era," the Ministry stressed. | The first edition of the forum took place in China in June and July 2018, while the second edition was held online in 2022. Military relations between China…
(2023-08-28). 'Escape from the British Museum' series gains online attention. ecns.cn The trailer of video series Escape from the British Museum released Sunday has drawn online attention.
(2023-08-28). Ukraine providing an important testing ground for space-based weapons. mronline.org 
Weapons Straight Out of a Science Fiction Novel Have Not Been Able to Turn the Tide on the Battlefield…
(2023-08-28). The double objective of Democratic ecosocialism. mronline.org 
The title of this week's episode is taken from an article to be published in September's Monthly Review. The author, Jason Hickel, talks to Steve about the topic in his third visit to the podcast.
(2023-08-28). War in Africa and the Americas: Accelerating the end of White world supremacy. mronline.org 
he U.S. recently deployed troops to Peru to shore-up the coup in that country, followed by the deployment of troops to Ecuador and the bizarre AFRICOM plan to insert Kenya and Rwanda forces all the way from Africa to Haiti to support the illegitimate Ariel Henry puppet government in that nation. White supremacy in Black face.
(2023-08-28). Review: Richard Wolin — "Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology" mronline.org 
The philosophical community knows by now that philosopher Martin Heidegger was fiercely antisemitic and personally drew connections between his philosophy and his support for Nazi ideology.
(2023-08-29). Did Airbnb Destroy The American Dream Of Owning A Home? 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Airbnb, the online home-sharing marketplace credited with revolutionizing travel and creating a new income stream for homeowners, is reaching saturation and partly to blame for the housing crisis, according to some market watchers. "The AirBnB phenomenon is a perfect example of how an interesting idea gets completely over-leveraged by people who see nothing but dollar …
(2023-08-28). United Steelworkers asks New Jersey governor to intervene in nurses' strike. wsws.org The union's appeal to Governor Phil Murphy, a multimillionaire former financier, is a fresh warning to the 1,700 nurses that their weeks-long strike is in danger of being betrayed.
(2023-08-28). How a first union contract provides workers a seat at the table. nationofchange.org Right now, companies regularly obstruct organizing and bargaining because it's so easy for them to get away with it.
(2023-08-28). Trade unions and communists condemn French state's persecution of energy workers' leader Sébastien Menesplier By: Peoples Dispatch. midwesternmarx.com 
Sébastien Menesplier, the leader of the National Federation of Mines and Energy, was summoned by the police for his role in organizing a strike against the unpopular pension reforms. Unions and the French left have termed it an unprecedented escalation of attacks on labor organizing French trade union leader Sébastien Menesplier Workers' organizations and progressive movements in France denounced the state's attempt to persecute Sébastien Menesplier, nat …
(2023-08-28). Can Boycotts Help Workers Win? popularresistance.org The recent uptick in labor organizing has prompted not only a rise in strikes, but also the return of an old labor weapon: the boycott. | While boycott campaigns generally have a mixed record at best, this tactic was used successfully in the recent unionization and first contract victories at Burgerville in Oregon as well as Spot Coffee in upstate New York — a campaign that set the stage for the subsequent Starbucks upsurge. Raising the slogan, "No Contract, No Field Trips," unionizing workers at Medieval Times in New Jersey and California are now linking up with K-12 teachers to boycott the company until i…
(2023-08-28). KPFA Journalist Frank Sterling, , Elections, Pacifica & The Fight Against The Racist Anti. indybay.org KPFA journalist Frank Sterling and KPFA LSB candidate Steve Zeltzer speak out about the refusal of the KPFA Local Station Board group "The Protectors" to support a resolution calling for the dropping of Antioch police charges against journalist Frank Sterling. The KPFA Local station board and the past manager have refused to also call for the freedom of journalist s Mumia Abu-jamal and Julian Assange. KPFA also put on programmer Ian Masters who has said he is for keeping Mumia in jail and the supporters of Mumia are dupes.
(2023-08-28). Monday 9/4: SF Labor Day Speak Out! Stop Disney Dystopia AI Wrecking SF & World For The Billionaires. indybay.org Cruise Headquarters | 530 10th St/ Bryant St. | San Francisco…
(2023-08-28). Non-Profits, Privatization & Union Busting, The Judgement: AI Robojudge. indybay.org WorkWeek covers Non-Profits, Privatization & Union Busting, The Play, The Judgement: AI Robojudge, Labor & The Militarization of Australia & Lessons Of UC UAW Strike…
(2023-08-28). Waterloo residents slam Labor's housing plan. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-28). Video: CFMEU demands Labor ban engineered stone, introduce super profits tax for housing. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-28). Presidente Díaz-Canel sostiene reunión con cubanos residentes en Namibia. telesurtv.net Díaz-Canel convocó a los colaboradores cubanos "a mantener el prestigio alcanzado y seguir aportando al avance social de este pueblo hermano" de Namibia.
(2023-08-28). Australia: University of Melbourne workers launch week-long stoppages. wsws.org The stoppages are another indication of the willingness of university workers to fight back against the offensive on their jobs and conditions, and pro-corporate restructuring, which is intensifying under the Albanese Labor government.
(2023-08-28). The March on Washington was a labor struggle too. therealnews.com 
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom has been rightfully memorialized as an iconic moment in American history, particularly as the venue for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. Yet a deeper look at the March on Washington can offer a richer understanding of what made the Civil Rights Movement possible, and what organizers today can emulate in the ongoing struggle for racial and economic justice. Beyond the leading lights of the day such as Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, and A. Phillip Randolph, was a multiracial, working class movement that drew together unions and churches, student org…
(2023-08-28). Jobs, justice, preserving democracy key themes of the March on Washington. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—For Tonya Jackson, a Maximus call center worker from the Deep South, the point of the Martin Luther King, Jr., "continuation" march in D.C. is a decent job that pays enough to raise her family—and the right to unionize to get it. "We're here to represent thousands of Maximus workers" who toil at its call …
(2023-08-28). When AI assists workers, it is displacing them. nationofchange.org The discussion of AI continues to be almost otherworldly.
(2023-08-28). Don't Blame Retail Workers for Poor Service, Blame the CEOs. counterpunch.org Ever get mad at a delivery driver for bringing your pizza late? I used to. Now I assume it's late because an overpaid boss is probably making two employees do the job of 10. What changed? I worked for two years at a company with the kind of chronic understaffing that plagues many of America's largest retailers and fast food corporations.
(2023-08-28). Friday 9/1: Rally Against Imperialism! Hands off Niger! Hands off Arakaki and Ruiz! indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building. 90 7th Street, San Francisco CA…
(2023-08-28). After Beloved Coffee Shop Abruptly Closed, Workers Reopen As Co-Op. popularresistance.org Jake Urtes and Jonah Gallagher were getting ready to play a show in Brooklyn when they found out they had lost their jobs. The pair had taken the week off work for a short tour with their band, Shift Meal. To everyone's surprise, their boss and owner of Common Ground Bakery Cafe, a long-established and beloved coffee shop in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood, had abruptly shut down the shop. | On the Common Ground internal Slack channel, workers read owner Michael Krupp's brief message to all staff informing them that they wouldn't need to come to work the next day, Monday, July 3.
(2023-08-28). GM Rank—and-File Committees respond to malign neglect by UAW bureaucracy and GM management in response to life threatening storm in Michigan. wsws.org General Motors and the United Auto Workers kept lines running at Flint Assembly in the midst of a tornado warning last Thursday, jeopardizing the lives of workers.
(2023-08-28). "They were giving people the goods": UPS workers speak out against national contract as Teamsters announce ratification of Chicago local deal. wsws.org Only days after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters declared that a national agreement at UPS had been ratified in a vote clouded by suspicion, the union announced the passage of another deal affecting UPS workers in Chicago and the Midwest.
(2023-08-28). Autoworkers speak on massive strike vote as UAW keeps workers in the dark about company concession demands. wsws.org The massive strike votes in the US and Canada give a sense of the explosive anger that has built up in the working class throughout the world.
(2023-08-28). We Need Stronger Safety Standards for Extreme Heat. progressive.org For decades, U.S. workers, unions, workers' centers and allies have found innovative ways to challenge corporate power. The reality of rising temperatures is a new test.
(2023-08-28). The Changing Climate Of Class Struggle. popularresistance.org Two very different developments in the last year, each affecting the lives of workers in the United States, bring home the degree to which the impacts of climate change are redefining the nature of the class struggle. The implications that flow from this development are well worth considering. | Last August, an article in the New York Times took up the question of how intensifying heat waves were leading to deteriorating working conditions and increased health and safety risks for UPS drivers and other workers. It pointed out that since 2015 hundreds of UPS and US Postal Service, FedEx, and other delivery company…
(2023-08-28). "Big Three" Auto workers vote to strike by 97%. peoplesdispatch.org Over 144,000 workers are set to strike on September 14 if negotiations with their employers, the car manufacturers General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford, fail. The union has already employed the tactic of practice pickets at auto plants in Detroit, Michigan and Louisville, Kentucky…
(2023-08-28). Ministro de Comercio chino se reúne con su homóloga estadounidense. telesurtv.net Gina Raimondo dijo que discutió las restricciones que China ha impuesto a las exportaciones de galio y germanio en conversaciones "amplias y francas" con su homólogo chino.
(2023-08-28). Ministro argentino Massa se reúne con el presidente de Brasil. telesurtv.net Massa estará acompañado durante su estadía por el secretario de Industria, José Ignacio de Mendiguren, y el embajador argentino en Brasil, Daniel Scioli…
(2023-08-28). Canciller libia suspendida tras reunión con su homólogo israelí. telesurtv.net El Partido Justicia y Construcción, de Libia, denunció la reunión de la ministra Dabaiba Najla al-Mangoush con su homólogo de Israel, Eli Cohen.
(2023-08-28). Malaysia: Books are not a crime! Solidarity with Toko Buku Rakyat in Malaysia. greenleft.org.au 
The International Union of Left Publishers condemned the raid on a left book store in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur by the Ministry of Home Affairs, reports Peoples Dispatch.
(2023-08-28). Long distance truck drivers take renewed strike action in Germany. wsws.org The unions are avoiding doing what is necessary: publicising the strike and mobilising support among the workforces of those companies affected by the strike, together with the working class as a whole.
(2023-08-28). Detroit Federation of Teachers claims ratification of concessionary contract, sparking anger and disbelief. wsws.org With the school year beginning today, the Detroit Federation of Teachers announced the passage of a sellout contract that had the support of, at most, a quarter of the union membership.
(2023-08-28). Cuban President Arrives in Namibia, Last Stop in Africa. orinocotribune.com The Cuban president met this Sunday with his Namibian counterpart, Hage Geingob, during his official visit to Namibia, the last stop of his African tour. | Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel landed yesterday August 27 in Windhoek, the Namibian capital, after previously visiting Mozambique, Angola, and attending the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, held from August 22 to 24. | Díaz-Canel expressed his gratitude to the Namibian government for consistently promoting in the African Union the adoption of resolutions against the blockade against Cuba, and for making its voice heard from the podium of the UN General Assembl…
(2023-08-28). The Weekly Round-Up: Bibby Stockholm, Children's Rights, and Illegal Evictions. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The Fire Brigades Union has sent a pre-action protocol letter to the Home Secretary threatening judicial review of her alleged failure to address "serious fire and operational safety concerns" aboard the Bibby Stockholm. The FBU claims that the Home Office has failed to arrange fire drills for asylum seekers or adequate risk …
(2023-08-28). Judge Allows Gender-Affirming Care Ban to Go Into Effect in Missouri. truthout.org On Friday, a St. Louis judge denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal, seeking to block Missouri's ban on gender-affirming care. As of Monday, transgender youth in the state will no longer have access to gender-affirming care and transgender people who are incarcerated or on Medicaid will be forced to medically detransition. |
(2023-08-28). Will WVU's Draconian Cuts Become a Blueprint for Austerity Across Higher Ed? truthout.org Hundreds of West Virginia University (WVU) students staged a class walkout outside the school's student union in Morgantown, West Virginia, on August 21 to protest an administration proposal to cut 32 academic programs and 169 faculty positions. The students, wearing red T-shirts and bandanas as a nod to the West Virginia coal miners who famously went on strike a century ago, chanted "Stop! The! |
(2023-08-28). CIA Blocked Father of Newly Elected Guatemalan President From Coming Into Power in the Early 1960s. covertactionmagazine.com Will They Try to Make Life Difficult for His Son? On August 20, Bernardo Arévalo was elected president of Guatemala, defeating conservative Sandra Torres. An anti-graft crusader, Arévalo has promised to root out corruption and create a large public jobs program by improving services like water sanitation. Political analyst Edgar Ortiz Romero called Arévalo "the …
(2023-08-28). The UN Charter must be the heart and soul of any new peace architecture. indybay.org The Ukrainian war will also end one day, and we will have to strive again for a new peace order to "save future generations from the scourge of war." A peaceful and fair world for the soon to be 10 billion inhabitants of the earth, 9 billion from the 'Global South', must be built on the principles of the UN Charter. The UN Charter must therefore be at the center of every peace movement.
(2023-08-28). Tropical Storm Idalia slow and erratic over northwestern Caribbean. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) reported today in its warning number five that Tropical Storm Idalia continues with a slow and erratic movement over the northwest of the Caribbean Sea.
(2023-08-28). Ecuadorian presidential candidates redesign campaign strategy. plenglish.com Luisa González, from the Citizen Revolution (RC) movement, and Daniel Noboa, from the National Democratic Action (ADN) coalition, will have that time trying to win 4.2 million votes. | González won 33.62 percent of the votes in the first round of the elections on August 20th, and now she is focusing on social networks, posting videos with the intention of capturing the attention of the young electorate. | The RC candidate changed her appearance, looks sporty, and no longer alludes to the past in her speech, instead,she is stating that there is little left to transform fear and violence into protection and well-b…
(2023-08-28). Chesa Boudin On Decarceration In Our Lifetimes. popularresistance.org San Francisco joined the short list of cities with reform-oriented prosecutors in 2019 with the election of Chesa Boudin, a rising star in the progressive prosecutor movement. The child of two parents incarcerated for their involvement with the leftist group Weather Underground, Boudin campaigned on ending cash bail, decarceration, and police accountability. The city saw many real results as he followed through on several of these promises his first year in the role. Boudin forbade his staff from requesting money bail under any circumstances, San Francisco's jail population dropped by 25%, and law enforcement off…
(2023-08-28). Europe's climate movement is fractured and stuck — here is a way forward. wagingnonviolence.org
(2023-08-28). Taghreed al-Akhras calls for international solidarity to liberate Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net 
Taghreed al-Akhras, the wife of Maher al-Akhras, Palestinian leader who has been on hunger strike for the past six days after being seized from his home by occupation forces on 23 August, appealed for action and solidarity from people's movements and the Palestinian people in exile and diaspora to support the prisoners. In a message …
(2023-08-28). Environmental leaders from 185 countries launch biodiversity protection fund. nationofchange.org "As we confront the critical challenge of halting and reversing biodiversity loss around the world, working together has never been more important."
(2023-08-28). Orlando, FL: Progressive organizations discuss working together against common enemy. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On Saturday, August 19, a panel of progressive organizations organized by Las Semillas was held at the Orange County Public Library. The purpose of this panel was for progressive organizations to network, present the work they are doing in their communities, and have a discussion about pressing political issues. All of these activities contribute to the goal of building a united front against the DeSantis administration and the deterioration of material conditions, especially for the working class of Central Florida. "Florida's on fire in more ways than one, so we're glad to be in concert with anyon…
(2023-08-28). Orlando, FL: Progressive organizations discuss working together against common enemy. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On Saturday, August 19, a panel of progressive organizations organized by Las Semillas was held at the Orange County Public Library. The purpose of this panel was for progressive organizations to network, present the work they are doing in their communities, and have a discussion about pressing political issues. All of these activities contribute to the goal of building a united front against the DeSantis administration and the deterioration of material conditions, especially for the working class of Central Florida. "Florida's on fire in more ways than one, so we're glad to be in concert with anyon…