WSWS (2023-02-20). Sri Lankan Socialist Equality Party to hold election meetings at Kolonnawa and Masakeliya. wsws.org The SEP is fielding candidates for three local government bodies—the Kolonnawa Urban Council in Colombo, the Maskeliya Pradeshiya Sabha in Nuwara Eliya and the Karainagar Pradeshiya in Jaffna.

WSWS (2023-02-20). Why are 42 percent of US high school students experiencing persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness? wsws.org While the CDC offers no explanation for the mental health crisis gripping US high school students in the second year of the pandemic, it can be found in the life experiences of young people in a society already wracked by poverty, social inequality, police violence and war.

Fight Back (2023-02-20). Minneapolis: Stop the demolition! Stop polluting native communities! fightbacknews.org Minneapolis MN – On February 19, around 100 protesters and community members gathered at the Roof Depot site in the East Phillips neighborhood to protest the impending demolition of the building. The Climate Justice Committee organized the protest as part of the week of action for the Defend the Atlanta Forest, connecting the struggles against environmental racism and police terror in Atlanta to the local struggle against the pollution of oppressed nationality and working-class communities like East Phillips. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar also joined the protest, demanding justice for Manuel "To…

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-02-19). Protestan en Múnich contra la Conferencia de Seguridad. telesurtv.net La Alianza para la Acción contra MSC reacciona contra " el militarismo, el nacionalismo, el antisemitismo y el racismo"

ecns.cn (2023-02-20). 10 primary students test positive for COVID-19 in Hangzhou. ecns.cn Ten primary students from Xihu District in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, leading to a four-day school suspension of the class they are in, said the district's education authorities on Monday.

WSWS (2023-02-20). Sri Lankan Socialist Equality Party to hold election meetings at Kolonnawa and Masakeliya. wsws.org The SEP is fielding candidates for three local government bodies—the Kolonnawa Urban Council in Colombo, the Maskeliya Pradeshiya Sabha in Nuwara Eliya and the Karainagar Pradeshiya in Jaffna.

WSWS (2023-02-20). Why are 42 percent of US high school students experiencing persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness? wsws.org While the CDC offers no explanation for the mental health crisis gripping US high school students in the second year of the pandemic, it can be found in the life experiences of young people in a society already wracked by poverty, social inequality, police violence and war.

Fight Back (2023-02-20). Minneapolis: Stop the demolition! Stop polluting native communities! fightbacknews.org Minneapolis MN – On February 19, around 100 protesters and community members gathered at the Roof Depot site in the East Phillips neighborhood to protest the impending demolition of the building. The Climate Justice Committee organized the protest as part of the week of action for the Defend the Atlanta Forest, connecting the struggles against environmental racism and police terror in Atlanta to the local struggle against the pollution of oppressed nationality and working-class communities like East Phillips. The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar also joined the protest, demanding justice for Manuel "To…

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-02-19). Protestan en Múnich contra la Conferencia de Seguridad. telesurtv.net La Alianza para la Acción contra MSC reacciona contra " el militarismo, el nacionalismo, el antisemitismo y el racismo"

ecns.cn (2023-02-20). 10 primary students test positive for COVID-19 in Hangzhou. ecns.cn Ten primary students from Xihu District in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, leading to a four-day school suspension of the class they are in, said the district's education authorities on Monday.

WSWS (2023-02-20). Oakland public schools face drastic cuts in the face of massive budget deficit. wsws.org With the district seeking to close a $79 million deficit, the right to a public education is under threat.

ecns.cn (2023-02-20). Daily common-sense content brings fame to 28-year-old vlogger. ecns.cn Vlogger Zhang Mengzhen, 28, from Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, has become popular online for her videos depicting daily common sense.

ecns.cn (2023-02-20). Chinese online mapping platform Amap makes over 300b positioning calls/day using BeiDou satellites. ecns.cn Chinese online mapping platform Amap revealed on Saturday that its daily usage of the domestically developed BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) to make positioning calls had exceeded 300 billion times as of January, and it vowed to expand the application of BDS in the transportation sector.

Anonymous669 (2023-02-19). U.S. Avenger Air Defense Systems Destined To Ukraine Spotted In Poland (Videos). southfront.org The Army Avenger's turret rotates as the vehicle drives down an Eglin Air Force Base range road April 20. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.) | AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defense systems donated by the United States to Ukraine have already arrived in Poland, according to videos that surfaced online on February 19. | The U.S. first promised to arm Kiev forces with Avenger systems last year. In November, four systems were included as part of a $400 million military aid package. Eight were included in…

Cecosesola, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-02-19). Building, Here and Now, The World We Yearn For. popularresistance.org Cecosesola was established in Barquisimeto, capital of the State of Lara, in the central western region of Venezuela, as a cooperative integration organization on December 17, 1967. It is a meeting place where more than 50 community organizations are active, integrated in a network of production of goods and services that brings together more than 23,000 members from the popular sectors. Through this network, we develop a wide variety of activities such as: agricultural production, small-scale agro-industrial production, funeral services, transportation, health services, financial services, mutual aid funds, dist…

Labor Video Project (2023-02-20). ILWU Local 10 Stops Work & Rallies For Mumia With Tyre Nichols Family In San Francisco. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 held a stop work action and held a march and rally to demand the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The family of Tyre Nichols also attended and spoke out.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-02-20). Türkiye suspende labores de rescate en la mayoría de las zonas afectadas por los terremotos. twitter.com Los esfuerzos de búsqueda y rescate se han completado en la zona del terremoto, excepto en las provincias sureñas de Kahramanmaras y Hatay.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-02-20). Free Mumia & Stop Racist Police Murders! For General Strikes To Stop Racist Terror & Murders. indybay.org The UFCLP calls for mass worker/labor actions including general strikes to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and racist police terror and murder. We also protest the San Francisco Labor Council bureaucrats who opposed supporting the ILWU Local 10 initiated march and rally. These bureaucrats like the national AFL-CIO leadership continue to support the Democrats and Republicans who support more funding for the police along with their militarization. The AFL-CIO, SEIU, IBT, CWA and other unions continue to allow police in their ranks.

WSWS (2023-02-20). Why educators should support the SEP in Australia's NSW state election. wsws.org After decades of underfunding by Liberal-National Coalition and Labor-led governments alike, the conditions in schools have reached a crisis point.

Labor Video Project (2023-02-19). Angela Davis Speaks For The Freedom of Mumia & ILWU Local 10 Stop Work Action To Free Him. indybay.org Angela Davis spoke out for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal and also for ILWU Local 10 which is having a stop work meeting on 2/16/23 with a rally from their union hall to Harry Bridges Plaza to support the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal…

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-02-19). Argentina confirma segundo caso de gripe aviar. telesurtv.net La cartera sanitaria confirmó la enfermedad en análisis efectuados por el Laboratorio Nacional del Senasa.

Doro-Chiba International Solidarity Committee (2023-02-20). International Solidarity Action In Tokyo To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Blocked By Police. indybay.org Hoshino Defense Committee, Osaka Defense Committee and Doro-Chiba the railway workers union went to the US embassy to deliver a statement of soldiarity for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. US embassy officials called on the Japanese police to block the statement from being delivered and mobilized the Tokyo police.

WSWS (2023-02-20). Spanish Amazon workers launch indefinite strike against closure of Martorelles facility. wsws.org The 30,000 square meters plant at Martorelles, opened in October 2017, is set to close on April 22.

WSWS (2023-02-20). Health care workers' protests and strikes mount across Spain. wsws.org Last week, as many as 1 million people joined a rally in support of doctors and in defence of public health in Madird.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-19). Fidel Castro's Legacy Lives on as Cuba Keeps Sending 'Doctors, not Bombs' All Across the World. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Kovalik Cuba's leader Fidel Castro speaks on International Workers Day in Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba. © AP Photo/Javier Galeano In the immediate aftermath of the recent devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, Cuba dispatched medical teams to the affected areas to provide care to victims. Their departure was marked by a farewell ceremony, which featured…

Liberation Staff (2023-02-19). Tacoma Art Museum workers win free parking as they fight for union recognition. liberationnews.org Since starting to organize, the museum board has already granted a major concession to make parking free for workers at the museum.

People's Dispatch. (2023-02-19). Anti-War Groups Protest Against Munich Security Conference. popularresistance.org Munich, Germany – On February 18, Saturday, anti-imperialist, leftist groups protested in Munich, Germany against the ongoing 59th annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) which began on Friday February 17. Left-wing groups including the German Communist Party (DKP), Socialist German Workers Youth (SDAJ), and others marched in the city and slammed MSC as the conference of warmongers. The mobilization saw the participation of tens of thousands of people who condemned the conference and called for peace. Anti-fascist groups also denounced the far-right groups who also organized protests in Munich on Saturday.

WSWS (2023-02-19). RMT union postpones further strikes for a month and divides action by 40,000 rail workers against UK Tory government. wsws.org The four days of action covers rail workers at the train operating companies, while those at Network Rail will only participate on March 16.

Editor (2023-02-20). The Rail Unions Warned Us. Greed Is Dangerous. scheerpost.com

Fight Back (2023-02-20). Against Trotskyism: Socialism in one country. fightbacknews.org One of the main pillars of Trotskyism is the denial of the possibility of building socialism in a single country. This is an outgrowth of Trotsky's permanent revolution theory, which argued that the revolution in Russia depended on the immediate success of revolution in western Europe to avoid defeat. Nevertheless, the Soviet Union did indeed build socialism in one country, so we should look at the disagreements between Marxism-Leninism and Trotskyism on this point and try to understand where they come from. | Trotsky's permanent revolution theory was, from the beginning, opposed to the idea that socialism could…

Leon Kunstenaar (2023-02-20). International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) March and Rally to Free Mumia. indybay.org Hundreds of ILWU members and supporters demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal as part of ongoing campaign…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-20). Senior Israeli diplomat expelled from African Union's annual summit. peoplesdispatch.org Israel's deputy director for Africa Sharon Bar Li was asked to leave the inaugural meeting of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa. South Africa later said that Israel's status as observer had not yet been finalized and hence, the expulsion was justified…

WSWS (2023-02-20). Union executive orders end to strike by Newfoundland's Memorial University faculty although contract yet to be finalized. wsws.org In a February 16 announcement, the Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty Association said that its executive committee had voted to approve a new contract, then went on to explain that union officials were still working to finalize its terms with the university.

WSWS (2023-02-20). Temple University administration, corporate press and union bureaucrats falsely claim sellout agreement means "end" of grad student strike. wsws.org Striking Temple graduate students denounce the false narrative announced by Temple University, the Democratic Party-aligned press and union bureaucrats that the three-week strike is over without a ratified tentative agreement.

Fight Back (2023-02-19). Black Is Back Coalition holds webinar on FBI Repression. fightbacknews.org New York City, NY – On Saturday, February 18, the Black Is Back Coalition hosted an all-day webinar, focusing on the FBI's history of attacking Black and African people as well as radical social justice organizers. Speakers included noted figures including Ward Churchill, Ajamu Baraka and Omali Yeshitela. The conference was also endorsed by groups including Union del Barrio, Friends of the Congo, the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, and the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement. | The speeches mostly provided historical context about the role the FBI has played in trying to destroy people's movemen…

Juan Cole (2023-02-19). Israeli Delegate Expelled from African Union Summit, in what may be First Global South Reaction to new Extremist Netanyahu Government. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday at the opening of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Israeli delegate was asked to leave. Sharon Bar-Li, the deputy director of the African desk at the Israeli foreign ministry, was escorted out of the opening session by security guards, according to the Al Jazeera …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-19). Daily Round-up | Tesla vehicle recall and 'retaliatory' firings & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of Tesla being forced to withdraw vehicles and cracking down on unionizing, anti-fascist actions in Germany, and the latest European Union bid to prevent Russian athletes from competing in international events…

Uhuru Solidarity Movement (2023-02-20). Saturday 3/11: White People: Say NO to the FBI War on Black Liberation! indybay.org 4101 W. Florissant Ave St. Louis, MO 63115…

Orinico Tribune. (2023-02-19). SOS — Alliance For Global Justice Has Been Attacked! popularresistance.org Alliance for Global Justice and our fiscally-sponsored projects are under attack by right-wing media. They're doing their best to intimidate and silence us in order to neutralize our effectiveness in growing and supporting movements for liberation and justice worldwide. They have convinced the company that handles our credit card donations to block AfGJ and our projects from use of this critical fundraising tool. | This isn't the first time they've come at us. In the 1980s, the Young Republicans claimed that the Nicaragua Network, our founding organization, was taking college students to Nicaragua to train in gue…

Staff (2023-02-20). Latin America Is Working to End the Monroe Doctrine. davidswanson.org

Anonymous669 (2023-02-19). Saudi FM Says Arab States Need New Syria Approach. southfront.org Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud via Twitter. | Consensus is building in the Arab world that isolating Syria is not working and that dialogue with Damascus is needed "at some point," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said at the Munich Security Conference on February 18. "You will see not just among the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] but in the Arab world there is a consensus growing that the status quo is not workable," the minister said, signaling a s…

Waging Nonviolence (2023-02-19). Northwest Climate Activists, including Native Americans, Target new Oil Pipeline to stop Fossil Fuels. juancole.com Climate groups and Indigenous nations are working to add the GTN Xpress pipeline expansion to a long list of defeated fossil fuel transportation projects in the Northwest. By Nick Engelfried | — Climate protesters gathered at the State Capitol in Portland, Oregon in 2019 to protest the later canceled Jordan Cove LNG export terminal. (Facebook/Rogue …

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-02-19). Protestan en Múnich contra la Conferencia de Seguridad. telesurtv.net La Alianza para la Acción contra MSC reacciona contra " el militarismo, el nacionalismo, el antisemitismo y el racismo"

Dante Strobino (2023-02-18). Fighting racism to build a mighty movement. workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Sam Marcy said that "the solution of the national question may determine the destiny of the working class in the struggle against . . . |

Editor (2023-02-18). Formerly Incarcerated People Seek Discrimination Protection as "Protected Class" scheerpost.com

Ella Fassler, Truthout. (2023-02-18). Formerly Incarcerated People Seek 'Protected Class' Status. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – Bridgette Simpson said she was a bright-eyed and bushy tailed 23-year-old college graduate when she suddenly found herself living a nightmare. A judge had just ruled on her traffic ticket in New Jersey, when she was suddenly surrounded by a sea of cops. Her ex-fiancé had used her car for robberies in Georgia, and she was being arrested and extradited for accessory to armed robbery. "I thought my life was going to be one way and it did not turn out that way," Simpson told Truthout. "My district attorney, Paul Howard, knew I didn't commit the crimes. He didn't care. They were very adamant about g…

Fight Back (2023-02-18). 55 Years after Florida's 35,000-teacher walkout, education is still under attack. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – February 19 is the 55th anniversary of 35,000 Florida teachers submitting their resignations in the United States' first statewide teachers strike. Teachers and administrators took a stand against the Florida legislature worsening schools. This historic action is relevant today with renewed attacks on teachers unions by the DeSantis administration. | The strike | By 1968, Florida had experienced a large population rise with little to no increases in state-level funding. Schools were in poor condition, textbooks were out of date, there were staffing shortages, class sizes were too large, and teachers h…

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-02-18). Second Week of the Educational Campaign: Over 30 years — pre-Oslo Prisoners. samidoun.net "Deans of prisoners" is a term used by the Palestinian people for those who have been imprisoned by the Zionist occupation for more than 20 years continuously. Over the years, many Palestinian prisoners were liberated through prisoner exchange deals or other forms of political concession, such as those released in 1995 after the Oslo Accords; …

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-02-19). Protestan en Múnich contra la Conferencia de Seguridad. telesurtv.net La Alianza para la Acción contra MSC reacciona contra " el militarismo, el nacionalismo, el antisemitismo y el racismo"

Dante Strobino (2023-02-18). Fighting racism to build a mighty movement. workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Sam Marcy said that "the solution of the national question may determine the destiny of the working class in the struggle against . . . |

Editor (2023-02-18). Formerly Incarcerated People Seek Discrimination Protection as "Protected Class" scheerpost.com

Ella Fassler, Truthout. (2023-02-18). Formerly Incarcerated People Seek 'Protected Class' Status. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – Bridgette Simpson said she was a bright-eyed and bushy tailed 23-year-old college graduate when she suddenly found herself living a nightmare. A judge had just ruled on her traffic ticket in New Jersey, when she was suddenly surrounded by a sea of cops. Her ex-fiancé had used her car for robberies in Georgia, and she was being arrested and extradited for accessory to armed robbery. "I thought my life was going to be one way and it did not turn out that way," Simpson told Truthout. "My district attorney, Paul Howard, knew I didn't commit the crimes. He didn't care. They were very adamant about g…

Fight Back (2023-02-18). 55 Years after Florida's 35,000-teacher walkout, education is still under attack. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – February 19 is the 55th anniversary of 35,000 Florida teachers submitting their resignations in the United States' first statewide teachers strike. Teachers and administrators took a stand against the Florida legislature worsening schools. This historic action is relevant today with renewed attacks on teachers unions by the DeSantis administration. | The strike | By 1968, Florida had experienced a large population rise with little to no increases in state-level funding. Schools were in poor condition, textbooks were out of date, there were staffing shortages, class sizes were too large, and teachers h…

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-02-18). Second Week of the Educational Campaign: Over 30 years — pre-Oslo Prisoners. samidoun.net "Deans of prisoners" is a term used by the Palestinian people for those who have been imprisoned by the Zionist occupation for more than 20 years continuously. Over the years, many Palestinian prisoners were liberated through prisoner exchange deals or other forms of political concession, such as those released in 1995 after the Oslo Accords; …

Editor (2023-02-18). Black Agenda Report Book Forum: An Interview with Garrett Felber. mronline.org To commemorate 100 years since the birth of former political prisoner Martin Sostre, the Black Agenda Report Book Forum interviews Garrett Felber, A Visiting Fellow at Yale University who is currently writing a book about Sostre. The book is called, We Are All Political Prisoners (under contract with the University of North Carolina Press).

Editor (2023-02-18). Nord Stream terror attack: The plot thickens. mronline.org Seymour Hersh's bombshell report on how the United States government blew up the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September continues to generate rippling geopolitical waves all across the spectrum.

Editor (2023-02-18). Researchers warn of climate 'doom loop' as impacts forestall Green Energy transition. mronline.org "It's too late to avoid the climate storm altogether," said a study co-author. "Our ability to steer out of the storm is frustrated by having to manage the impacts of the storm on the ship."

Jim Naureckas (2023-02-18). ACTION ALERT: NYT Book Review in denial on Japanese persecution in World War II. mronline.org The Times should issue an immediate correction and apology.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-02-18). Norway's atonement for Nord Stream sabotage. mronline.org Famous American journalist Seymour Hersh exposes the sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines by the US and Norway in Sept 2022…

Staff (2023-02-18). Lowkey and Chris Williamson Discuss The No2Nato Campaign. youtube.com Lowkey speaks to former MP and Shadow Minister Chris Williamson about the new campaign to pull Britain out of the NATO military alliance. Lowkey is on tour in January across England. You can get tickets here linktr.ee/lowkeyonline Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews MintPress News: www.mintpressnews.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/MintPressNews Instagram: www.instagram.com/mintpress/ Telegram Broadcasting: t.me/mintpress_news Telegram Community: t.me/+3on1lYimf3Y2YWUx …

Staff (2023-02-18). Candidatos a diputados constatan transformaciones en comunidades. cubadebate.cu Arnaldo Rodríguez Romero y Mayelín Luis Pérez, candidatos a diputados a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular por el municipio de Morón, constatan por estos días las transformaciones en barrios y comunidades de ese territorio de Ciego de àÅvila, durante los recorridos previstos para intercambiar con el pueblo antes de las elecciones nacionales de marzo.

Cecosesola, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-02-19). Building, Here and Now, The World We Yearn For. popularresistance.org Cecosesola was established in Barquisimeto, capital of the State of Lara, in the central western region of Venezuela, as a cooperative integration organization on December 17, 1967. It is a meeting place where more than 50 community organizations are active, integrated in a network of production of goods and services that brings together more than 23,000 members from the popular sectors. Through this network, we develop a wide variety of activities such as: agricultural production, small-scale agro-industrial production, funeral services, transportation, health services, financial services, mutual aid funds, dist…

Peter Olney, Rand Wilson, Labor Notes. (2023-02-18). Labor Power And Strategy Helps Organizers Think About Chokepoints. popularresistance.org John Womack is well-known in the United States as one of the foremost historians of the Mexican revolution, as the author of the seminal Zapata and the Mexican Revolution. However, his writings on strategic sectors and strategic workers have not received the same attention. In the current organizing upsurge, Womack's thoughts on these subjects, which he shares in the new book, Labor Power and Strategy, have a lot to offer a new generation of union activists seeking to run smart, strategic, and effective campaigns. | And fortunately, in our just-in-time, next-day delivery, consumer economy, there is no shortage of…

Labor Video Project (2023-02-19). Angela Davis Speaks For The Freedom of Mumia & ILWU Local 10 Stop Work Action To Free Him. indybay.org Angela Davis spoke out for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal and also for ILWU Local 10 which is having a stop work meeting on 2/16/23 with a rally from their union hall to Harry Bridges Plaza to support the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal…

Labor Video Project (2023-02-19). ILWU Local 10 Stops Work & Rallies For Mumia With Tyre Nichols Family In San Francisco. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 held a stop work action and held a march and rally to demand the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The family of Tyre Nichols also attended and spoke out.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-02-19). Argentina confirma segundo caso de gripe aviar. telesurtv.net La cartera sanitaria confirmó la enfermedad en análisis efectuados por el Laboratorio Nacional del Senasa.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-02-19). Free Mumia & Stop Racist Police Murders! For General Strikes To Stop Racist Terror & Murders. indybay.org The UFCLP calls for mass worker/labor actions including general strikes to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and racist police terror and murder. We also protest the San Francisco Labor Council bureaucrats who opposed supporting the ILWU Local 10 initiated march and rally. These bureaucrats like the national AFL-CIO leadership continue to support the Democrats and Republicans who support more funding for the police along with their militarization. The AFL-CIO, SEIU, IBT, CWA and other unions continue to allow police in their ranks.

Ashley Jackson (2023-02-18). [Correspondence] A systematic analysis points in the wrong direction for cervical cancer elimination. thelancet.com In August, 2022, the GBD 2019 Cancer Risk Factors Collaborators published a systematic analysis that identified unsafe sex as the second leading risk factor for cancer in women globally.1 This finding was driven by data on cervical cancer, which is linked to persistent infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) that are transmitted through sexual contact. The authors concluded that reducing exposure to unsafe sex and other modifiable risk factors would reduce the global burden of cancer.

Christopher J L Murray, GBD 2019 Cancer Risk Factors Collaborators (2023-02-18). [Correspondence] A systematic analysis points in the wrong direction for cervical cancer elimination — Author's reply. thelancet.com In their Correspondence, Ashley Jackson raises concern about the inclusion of unsafe sex as a behavioural, potentially modifiable risk factor for cervical cancer in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 Study1 and the potential negative implications this framing could have on misdirecting policy makers towards ineffective strategies to reduce cervical cancer burden. We appreciate this feedback and the opportunity to clarify our intentions in the published analysis.1…

Ann Brown (2023-02-18). Black Americans Are Responding To Labor Market Weakness By Shifting Up. moguldom.com Looking back at the labor market, the year 2022 saw only one month when more than 1.0 percent of the private labor force was laid off, according to the Harvard Business Review. But early 2023 has been marked by mass layoffs after mass layoffs. But layoffs aren't the only indication of a tight labor market. At …

Editor (2023-02-18). 'Egregious': DOL Finds US Meatpacking Plants Illegally Employed 100+ Children. scheerpost.com The federal probe revealed that Packers Sanitation Services had children as young as 13 "working with hazardous chemicals and cleaning meat processing equipment including back saws, brisket saws, and head splitters."

Labor Video Project (2023-02-18). Cal-OSHA, Amazon & The Corporate Capture Of California Agencies with Whistleblower David. indybay.org David Gass, a health and safety advocate and whistleblower at Amazon in the Central Valley talks about the fight to protect health and safety of the workers at Amazon and how Cal-OSHA under Governor Brown and Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker conspired to cover-up serious health and safety problems at Bezo's Amazon warehouse. | Present governor Gavin Newsom also allowed the corrupt Christine Baker to join the California Fraud Assessment Commission representing employers. The Democratic Party controlled legislature refused to call for her removal and also refused to hold any hearings abou…

Martha Grevatt (2023-02-18). Heroes honored on Flint Sit-down anniversary. workers.org February 11 was the 86th anniversary of one of the most significant events in U.S. labor history: the victory of the Flint Sit-down Strike. On that day in 1937, after a 44-day occupation of key plants, General Motors did what it said it would never do: The company recognized the . . . |

Ricardo Vaz (2023-02-18). Venezuelan Opposition Schedules Presidential Primary Vote. venezuelanalysis.com Early tensions have flared up over a proposal to collaborate with the country's electoral authorities.

Staff (2023-02-18). Desde Turquía: Diario de salud y amor de un médico colaborador cubano. cubadebate.cu Historias de amor y de salud contada por un galeno que día a día lucha por arrebatarle a la muerte, el alma de un pueblo que cree haber echado su suerte.

Doro-Chiba International Solidarity Committee (2023-02-19). International Solidarity Action In Tokyo To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Blocked By Police. indybay.org Hoshino Defense Committee, Osaka Defense Committee and Doro-Chiba the railway workers union went to the US embassy to deliver a statement of soldiarity for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. US embassy officials called on the Japanese police to block the statement from being delivered and mobilized the Tokyo police.

Liberation Staff (2023-02-19). Tacoma Art Museum workers win free parking as they fight for union recognition. liberationnews.org Since starting to organize, the museum board has already granted a major concession to make parking free for workers at the museum.

Kaya Genc (2023-02-18). [World Report] Turkish health workers speak out on earthquake. thelancet.com Doctors have told The Lancet of the health impacts of, and inadequate preparation for, the earthquake which has killed more than 33‚Äà000 people. Kaya Genc reports from Istanbul.

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-02-18). After the earthquake, Syria faces new health concerns. peoplesdispatch.org The earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6 added to the stress shouldered by health workers and services in Syria, already weakened by sanctions and conflict…

Arjae Red (2023-02-18). Tesla workers mobilize for a union, company responds with mass firing. workers.org Buffalo, New York Tesla workers in the Lackawanna plant near Buffalo launched a campaign for a union on Feb. 14. They seek to be represented by Workers United — the same union that successfully organized the first recognized Starbucks union in the U.S., also in Buffalo. Starbucks Workers United is . . . |

Elena Gormley (2023-02-18). Federal Grant Is Pushing Social Work Students Into Systems That Police Families. truthout.org Social workers have long navigated a complex relation to systems of policing, including collusion with systems that surveil patients' behavior and medication usage, agencies that report immigrants' and refugee's sensitive data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, police "co-responder" crisis response teams and work in the "family policing" or child welfare system. In recent years… |

global.ilmanifesto.it (2023-02-18). 500,000 British workers strike for wages that keep up with inflation. global.ilmanifesto.it Closed schools, trains not running, university classrooms half-deserted, public offices silent.

Irvin Jim, People's Dispatch. (2023-02-18). The Time Has Come That Mumia Abu-Jamal Must Be Set Free. popularresistance.org We want to sincerely be upfront that whilst we are believers of separation of powers in any democratic dispensation, the sustained injustice that has consistently visited Mumia Abu-Jamal who has been kept in jail in what we believe and regard as unjustifiable reasons, compelled us as the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa for years now, to be part of the international justice campaign in support of freedom of political prisoners in the world who have been victims of various political systems at whose center stands injustice. We firmly believe that the time has come that justice must prevail and Mumia…

It's Going Down. (2023-02-18). Organizations Provide Mutual Aid To Residents Of East Palestine, Ohio. popularresistance.org Organizations and affinity groups across Ohio are uniting to offer support and mutual aid to those most affected by last week's train derailment and subsequent release of toxic chemicals. We are accepting donations of both funds and supplies for communities in and around East Palestine, Ohio. | This disaster is a policy decision. The Biden administration and Congress refused to support rail workers in their demands to improve safety in December 2022 and January 2023. Ohio Governor DeWine mandated the conditions to allow the toxic burn off in lieu of alternative remediations. The purpose for escalating the release…

Jimi Alade (2023-02-18). 'American dream' under capitalism is a mirage. workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. As capitalism reaches its breaking point, more and more people are realizing that the so-called American dream they've been sold their whole . . . |

Julia Conley (2023-02-18). Federal Order Bars Starbucks From Firing Workers for Union Activity. truthout.org A federal judge issued a nationwide order late Friday barring Starbucks from firing union organizers — a ruling that affirmed a long-established law which workers say the coffee chain has violated hundreds of times since unionizing efforts were first launched in Buffalo, New York in 2021. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled in Michigan that former shift supervisor Hannah Whitbeck must be… |

Marie Kelly (2023-02-18). Interview with family and supporters of Kamau Sadiki. workers.org In 1999, the FBI threatened Kamau Sadiki with life in prison, if he did not assist in their attempt to recapture Assata Shakur. Shakur was a U.S. political exile living in Cuba and the mother of Kakuya Shakur, one of Kamau's daughters. When Kamau refused to betray his principles and . . . |

Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network. (2023-02-18). Striking Workers Need Our Help To Keep Fighting In 2023. popularresistance.org In this special worker solidarity livestream from February 15, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez spoke with workers involved in the ongoing unionization struggles and strikes at Warrior Met Coal, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Medieval Times, Temple University, and Hastings Schools food service, including Haeden Wright, president of UMWA Auxiliary Locals 2368 and 2245; Bob Batz Jr., interim editor at Pittsburgh Union Progress; Erin Zapcic, union steward for Medieval Times Performers United Buena Park; Austin Martin with the Temple University Graduate Students' Association (TUGSA); and Laurie Potthoff, a cook…

Nigel Bouvart (2023-02-18). Struggle continues as workers win union at Remedy House café. workers.org Buffalo, New York Workers at the Remedy House café in Buffalo won voluntary recognition of their newly formed union Feb. 8 after two days of picketing. They had gone on strike after owners Andrew Trautman and Justin Smith fired their lead organizer, Meghan Sullivan, while she was delivering a letter . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-18). Anti-war groups stage protest against Munich Security Conference. peoplesdispatch.org On February 18, Saturday, anti-imperialist, leftist groups protested in Munich, Germany against the ongoing 59th annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) which began on Friday February 17. Left-wing groups including the German Communist Party (DKP), Socialist German Workers Youth (SDAJ), and others marched in the city and slammed MSC as the conference of warmongers. The mobilization saw the participation of tens of thousands of people who condemned the conference and called for peace. Anti-fascist groups also denounced the far-right groups who also organized protests in Munich on Saturday. | The Munich Security Co…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-18). Daily Round-up | China calls for end to Iran sanctions, restoring nuclear deal & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of talks between Iran and China, the global campaign to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, a new agreement between Venezuela and Colombia, and a warning strike by airport workers in Germany…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-02-18). Stopping cholera in Malawi: firefighting measures are not enough. peoplesdispatch.org As Malawi continues to face a rampant cholera outbreak, local activists call for long-term investment in the health system and more health workers to complement short-term solutions…

Ted Kelly, Workers World. (2023-02-18). How US Sanctions Block Aid To Earthquake Victims In Syria. popularresistance.org The terrible earthquake that hit a wide area of southeastern Türkiye and neighboring Syria has reportedly killed at least 36,000 people as of Feb. 13, with estimates that this total will reach 50,000. This winter the survivors who lost their housing face freezing and wet conditions, without any alternative shelter, without any electricity, without any heating and with inadequate access to food. | While the devastation has taken place in both countries, and Türkiye faces enormous difficulties delivering aid, it does not face the economic warfare that the U.S. and its NATO allies have directed at Syria fo…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Malaysian workers face intensifying economic and social crisis. wsws.org At the beginning of 2022, food inflation in Malaysia was under 4 percent but rose sharply over the year to reach 7 percent in November, with some food items increasing as much as 40 percent.

WSWS (2023-02-18). Ground staff take part in 24-hour strike at seven German airports. wsws.org In Frankfurt/Main, Munich, Dortmund, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen, air traffic was paralysed on Friday. At the same time, strikes continued by workers in municipal public services in Leipzig and Frankfurt.

WSWS (2023-02-18). Australian union halts Gold-Tweed Coast bus strikes to try to impose sellout deal with Kinetic. wsws.org The TWU's no-strike pledge is an attempt to demobilise and shut down the discontent among bus workers.

WSWS (2023-02-18). 1,000 Legal Aid workers in New York City hold walkout in contract struggle. wsws.org Facing staggering workloads and grossly inferior pay, Legal Aid workers in New York City voted overwhelmingly in favor of strike action.

WSWS (2023-02-18). Amazon workers protest plans to close Shakopee sorting facility in Minnesota. wsws.org There is anger and opposition among Amazon workers over the impending closure of the Shakopee MSP5 warehouse, expressed in a February 12 protest.

WSWS (2023-02-18). The East Palestine rail disaster and the case for workers' power. wsws.org More disasters and more cover-ups are inevitable as long as social decision-making is left in the hands of a tiny capitalist oligarchy.

Juan Cole (2023-02-19). Israeli Delegate Expelled from African Union Summit, in what may be First Global South Reaction to new Extremist Netanyahu Government. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday at the opening of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Israeli delegate was asked to leave. Sharon Bar-Li, the deputy director of the African desk at the Israeli foreign ministry, was escorted out of the opening session by security guards, according to the Al Jazeera …

Leon Kunstenaar (2023-02-19). International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) March and Rally to Free Mumia. indybay.org Hundreds of ILWU members and supporters demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal as part of ongoing campaign…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-19). Daily Round-up | Tesla vehicle recall and 'retaliatory' firings & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of Tesla being forced to withdraw vehicles and cracking down on unionizing, anti-fascist actions in Germany, and the latest European Union bid to prevent Russian athletes from competing in international events…

Fight Back (2023-02-18). The WFTU demands the immediate withdrawal of sanctions against Syria. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions. | On Monday morning 6th of February, a massive earthquake reaching 7.8 degrees on the Richter scale struck the region of southern Turkey — north Syria, followed by tens of aftershocks and a second major earthquake reaching 7.5 degrees. | At the time the shocked humanity is still counting the victims in both Turkey and Syria, as the death toll reached 15 thousand, tens of thousands are injured, and hundreds of thousands are homeless seeking shelter in severe weather conditions. WFTU can't stay silent abo…

WSWS (2023-02-18). An exhibition in Berlin: German artist George Grosz in the Soviet Union in 1922. wsws.org In the course of his stay in Moscow and Petrograd, Grosz took part in celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the October Revolution and also attended sessions of the Fourth Congress of the Comintern.

Orinico Tribune. (2023-02-19). SOS — Alliance For Global Justice Has Been Attacked! popularresistance.org Alliance for Global Justice and our fiscally-sponsored projects are under attack by right-wing media. They're doing their best to intimidate and silence us in order to neutralize our effectiveness in growing and supporting movements for liberation and justice worldwide. They have convinced the company that handles our credit card donations to block AfGJ and our projects from use of this critical fundraising tool. | This isn't the first time they've come at us. In the 1980s, the Young Republicans claimed that the Nicaragua Network, our founding organization, was taking college students to Nicaragua to train in gue…

Uhuru Solidarity Movement (2023-02-19). Saturday 3/11: White People: Say NO to the FBI War on Black Liberation! indybay.org 4101 W. Florissant Ave St. Louis, MO 63115…

Waging Nonviolence (2023-02-19). Northwest Climate Activists, including Native Americans, Target new Oil Pipeline to stop Fossil Fuels. juancole.com Climate groups and Indigenous nations are working to add the GTN Xpress pipeline expansion to a long list of defeated fossil fuel transportation projects in the Northwest. By Nick Engelfried | — Climate protesters gathered at the State Capitol in Portland, Oregon in 2019 to protest the later canceled Jordan Cove LNG export terminal. (Facebook/Rogue …

Anonymous669 (2023-02-18). Four U.S. Troops Wounded, ISIS Leader Killed In Northeastern Syria Helicopter Raid. southfront.org AIR FORCE HELICOPTER CREW RESCUES FEMALE HIKER — The 943rd Rescue Group had to use night vision goggles to rescue a severely injured hiker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald/Released) | Four United States servicemembers and a working dog were wounded during a helicopter raid in Syria's northeastern region, the U.S. Central Command announced on February 17. | In an initial statement, the command said that the raid, which was carried out on February 16 in cooperation with…

Juan Cole (2023-02-18). Do we Have Until 2050 to become Carbon Neutral? What if 27 Climate Feedback Loops are Working together to Shorten our Deadline? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Feedback loops are central notions in science. There are two kinds, negative and positive. Negative feedback loops, despite their name, are actually good if you are looking for stability. So for instance say you are too hot, so you sweat. The sweat evaporates, cooling you off. In fact, it could …

WSWS (2023-02-18). Australia: Socialist Alliance NSW election campaign has nothing to do with socialism. wsws.org The pseudo-left party is burying the major issues facing working people, including war and the disastrous "let it rip" COVID policies.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-17). Russia and the Struggle Against Neo-Colonialism: The End of the Western Dictate. libya360.wordpress.com On February 16, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled "Russia and the Struggle Against Neo-Colonialism: The End of the Western Dictate?" The problem of global equality and the right to development is one of the key issues in modern world politics and economics. The gap between North and South, between the collective West…

rebekah (2023-02-17). The Rail Unions Warned Us. Greed is Dangerous. inequality.org

Sarah Anderson (2023-02-17). In a Harebrained Response to Labor Shortages, Some Lawmakers Want More Child Labor. inequality.org

Dante Strobino (2023-02-18). Fighting racism to build a mighty movement. workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Sam Marcy said that "the solution of the national question may determine the destiny of the working class in the struggle against . . . |

cameron orr (2023-02-17). Marxist IQ: Black history is U.S. history. cpusa.org We are celebrating Black History Month at a time when forces of racism and fascism, led by a few Republican governors, are attempting to erase Black history from the history of the United States. Legislation banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools, along with campaigns to remove books dealing with racism from …

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-02-18). Second Week of the Educational Campaign: Over 30 years — pre-Oslo Prisoners. samidoun.net "Deans of prisoners" is a term used by the Palestinian people for those who have been imprisoned by the Zionist occupation for more than 20 years continuously. Over the years, many Palestinian prisoners were liberated through prisoner exchange deals or other forms of political concession, such as those released in 1995 after the Oslo Accords; …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-17). Russia and the Struggle Against Neo-Colonialism: The End of the Western Dictate. libya360.wordpress.com On February 16, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled "Russia and the Struggle Against Neo-Colonialism: The End of the Western Dictate?" The problem of global equality and the right to development is one of the key issues in modern world politics and economics. The gap between North and South, between the collective West…

rebekah (2023-02-17). The Rail Unions Warned Us. Greed is Dangerous. inequality.org

Sarah Anderson (2023-02-17). In a Harebrained Response to Labor Shortages, Some Lawmakers Want More Child Labor. inequality.org

Dante Strobino (2023-02-18). Fighting racism to build a mighty movement. workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Sam Marcy said that "the solution of the national question may determine the destiny of the working class in the struggle against . . . |

cameron orr (2023-02-17). Marxist IQ: Black history is U.S. history. cpusa.org We are celebrating Black History Month at a time when forces of racism and fascism, led by a few Republican governors, are attempting to erase Black history from the history of the United States. Legislation banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools, along with campaigns to remove books dealing with racism from …

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-02-18). Second Week of the Educational Campaign: Over 30 years — pre-Oslo Prisoners. samidoun.net "Deans of prisoners" is a term used by the Palestinian people for those who have been imprisoned by the Zionist occupation for more than 20 years continuously. Over the years, many Palestinian prisoners were liberated through prisoner exchange deals or other forms of political concession, such as those released in 1995 after the Oslo Accords; …

Kenny Stancil (2023-02-17). 'Race to the bottom': GOP has introduced 72 educational gag orders so far in 2023. nationofchange.org "They have outdone one another in a race to the bottom, finding new, more extreme, and more conspiratorial ways to impose censorious government dictates on teaching and learning."

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-17). Daily Round-up | Rights groups sue Peru's president for protesters' killings & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of the rights groups in Peru suing the de facto government, a disaster involving migrants in Libya, Israel passing an amendment to a citizenship law, and teachers protesting education reforms in Greece…

americanthinker (2023-02-17). ChatGPT and automated propaganda. americanthinker.com We can be thankful to chatbots for making the problem abundantly clear: that politics today is driven by mindless online mobs.

Anonymous103 (2023-02-17). Losses Of Wagner PMC Amid Military Logistics Issues — Appeals, Video. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Several videos of Wagner fighters addressing the Russian military and political leadership were recently shared online. | In one of the videos, artillerymen of the Wagner PMC appealed to the Russian Ministry of Defense: "We are members of the artillery unit of the Wagner PMC. Every day we carry out complex combat missions and cover our assault groups. | At the moment, we are completely cut off from the supply of ammunition. Right now, there is an acute shortage of ammunition for howitzers, 152 mm D-1…

Anonymous669 (2023-02-17). Footage From Poland Reveals Exact Version Of Bradley IFVs U.S. Sent To Ukraine. southfront.org M2A2 Bradley IFV assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, conduct a river crossing mission with Polish troops at Buchierz Range, Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, June 10, 2020. (U.S. Army Photo, by Sgt. Andres Chandler) | On February 16, video footage surfaced online showing a train in Poland carrying dozens of American-made M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) which are destined for Ukraine. | Some 60 Bradley IFVs were deliver…

Editor (2023-02-17). Gerardo Hernández on the resilience and continuity of the Cuban revolution. mronline.org Cuba today is facing one of its toughest tests. It has been under a U.S. financial and trade embargo for over six decades, and in the past year has suffered catastrophic environmental disasters with Hurricane Ian and the fire at the Matanzas fuel facility. In spite of this, the Cuban people continue to resist and defend their revolution.

Editor (2023-02-17). Inside Latin America's new currency plan, with Ecuador's presidential candidate Andrés Arauz. mronline.org Ecuadorian economist and former presidential candidate Andrés Arauz explains Latin America's attempt to create a new currency and regional financial architecture, to challenge the "hegemonic, neo-colonial" U.S. dollar-dominated system..

Editor (2023-02-17). Uproar as Starmer bans Corbyn from standing as Labour candidate at next election. mronline.org Campaigners slam the move: 'Labour does not belong to one man but to its members'.

Margaret Kimberley (2023-02-17). Did the U.S. blow up Nord Stream if there is no media to report it? mronline.org A respected investigative journalist explains how the U.S. sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines. But corporate media working in service to the state ignore the story and endanger the world.

Mickey Z. (2023-02-17). Freedom of Speech Victory in New York State! dissidentvoice.org Last summer, New York's dictator… I mean, governor, Kathy Hochul, signed multiple new laws ostensibly in response to a mass shooting in Buffalo, NY. One of the bills related to "online hate" and required social media companies to report "hateful" content. In December 2022, Rumble (the free speech video-sharing platform) sued New York — citing …

Tanupriya Singh (2023-02-17). Team Jorge: The Israeli contractors behind disinformation and election interference. peoplesdispatch.org A consortium of news outlets has exposed a group based in Israel claiming to have manipulated 33 elections worldwide and manufactured online disinformation campaigns at the behest of intelligence agencies, political campaigns, and private corporations…

Vijay Prashad (2023-02-17). Rescue collective life by reading a Red Book: The Seventh Newsletter (2023). mronline.org 'The world is rapidly being globalised', Castro told the Cuban youth, and this globalisation was 'an unsustainable and intolerable world economic order' founded on the cannibalisation of nature and the brutalisation of social life.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-02-17). Sindicatos franceses mantienen rechazo a reforma de pensiones. telesurtv.net Exigen que el Gobierno retire la iniciativa legislativa y presionan políticamente a los diputados para que no la aprueben.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-17). Irvin Jim: "The Time Has Come, Justice Must Prevail, Mumia Abu-Jamal Must Be Set Free" libya360.wordpress.com Irvin Jim (From February 16 to March 16, trade unions and people's movements across the world are organizing a campaign to demand the release of US political prisoner, militant and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been in prison for over 41 years. The global action comes at a time when his defense is mounting a…

Ann Brown (2023-02-18). Black Americans Are Responding To Labor Market Weakness By Shifting Up. moguldom.com Looking back at the labor market, the year 2022 saw only one month when more than 1.0 percent of the private labor force was laid off, according to the Harvard Business Review. But early 2023 has been marked by mass layoffs after mass layoffs. But layoffs aren't the only indication of a tight labor market. At …

Ashley Jackson (2023-02-18). [Correspondence] A systematic analysis points in the wrong direction for cervical cancer elimination. thelancet.com In August, 2022, the GBD 2019 Cancer Risk Factors Collaborators published a systematic analysis that identified unsafe sex as the second leading risk factor for cancer in women globally.1 This finding was driven by data on cervical cancer, which is linked to persistent infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) that are transmitted through sexual contact. The authors concluded that reducing exposure to unsafe sex and other modifiable risk factors would reduce the global burden of cancer.

Christopher J L Murray, GBD 2019 Cancer Risk Factors Collaborators (2023-02-18). [Correspondence] A systematic analysis points in the wrong direction for cervical cancer elimination — Author's reply. thelancet.com In their Correspondence, Ashley Jackson raises concern about the inclusion of unsafe sex as a behavioural, potentially modifiable risk factor for cervical cancer in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 Study1 and the potential negative implications this framing could have on misdirecting policy makers towards ineffective strategies to reduce cervical cancer burden. We appreciate this feedback and the opportunity to clarify our intentions in the published analysis.1…

Labor Video Project (2023-02-18). Cal-OSHA, Amazon & The Corporate Capture Of California Agencies with Whistleblower David. indybay.org David Gass, a health and safety advocate and whistleblower at Amazon in the Central Valley talks about the fight to protect health and safety of the workers at Amazon and how Cal-OSHA under Governor Brown and Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker conspired to cover-up serious health and safety problems at Bezo's Amazon warehouse. | Present governor Gavin Newsom also allowed the corrupt Christine Baker to join the California Fraud Assessment Commission representing employers. The Democratic Party controlled legislature refused to call for her removal and also refused to hold any hearings abou…

Labor Video Project (2023-02-18). Angela Davis Speaks For The Freedom of Mumia & ILWU Local 10 Stop Work Action To Free Him. indybay.org Angela Davis spoke out for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal and also for ILWU Local 10 which is having a stop work meeting on 2/16/23 with a rally from their union hall to Harry Bridges Plaza to support the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal…

Labor Video Project (2023-02-18). ILWU Local 10 Stops Work & Rallies For Mumia With Tyre Nichols Family In San Francisco. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 held a stop work action and held a march and rally to demand the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The family of Tyre Nichols also attended and spoke out.

Martha Grevatt (2023-02-18). Heroes honored on Flint Sit-down anniversary. workers.org February 11 was the 86th anniversary of one of the most significant events in U.S. labor history: the victory of the Flint Sit-down Strike. On that day in 1937, after a 44-day occupation of key plants, General Motors did what it said it would never do: The company recognized the . . . |

Staff (2023-02-18). Desde Turquía: Diario de salud y amor de un médico colaborador cubano. cubadebate.cu Historias de amor y de salud contada por un galeno que día a día lucha por arrebatarle a la muerte, el alma de un pueblo que cree haber echado su suerte.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-02-18). Free Mumia & Stop Racist Police Murders! For General Strikes To Stop Racist Terror & Murders. indybay.org The UFCLP calls for mass worker/labor actions including general strikes to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and racist police terror and murder. We also protest the San Francisco Labor Council bureaucrats who opposed supporting the ILWU Local 10 initiated march and rally. These bureaucrats like the national AFL-CIO leadership continue to support the Democrats and Republicans who support more funding for the police along with their militarization. The AFL-CIO, SEIU, IBT, CWA and other unions continue to allow police in their ranks.

Labor Video Project (2023-02-17). Put The Bird DOWN Elon At Twitter! Launch Musk On Autopilot To Mars NOW! indybay.org Artists, poets and labor activists rallied in front of Twitter to demand that Elon Musk be sent to Mars on autopilot. They also spoke out against the illegal layoffs at Twitter and the violations of health and safety along with racist working conditions at Tesla which is called the plantation by Tesla workers.

WSWS (2023-02-17). Hyundai in talks with US Labor Department over child labor in Alabama. wsws.org The talks come seven months after an explosive article in Reuters revealed that a Hyundai-owned metal stamping plant had hired children as young as 12.

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-02-18). After the earthquake, Syria faces new health concerns. peoplesdispatch.org The earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6 added to the stress shouldered by health workers and services in Syria, already weakened by sanctions and conflict…

Arjae Red (2023-02-18). Tesla workers mobilize for a union, company responds with mass firing. workers.org Buffalo, New York Tesla workers in the Lackawanna plant near Buffalo launched a campaign for a union on Feb. 14. They seek to be represented by Workers United — the same union that successfully organized the first recognized Starbucks union in the U.S., also in Buffalo. Starbucks Workers United is . . . |

Doro-Chiba International Solidarity Committee (2023-02-18). International Solidarity Action In Tokyo To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Blocked By Police. indybay.org Hoshino Defense Committee, Osaka Defense Committee and Doro-Chiba the railway workers union went to the US embassy to deliver a statement of soldiarity for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. US embassy officials called on the Japanese police to block the statement from being delivered and mobilized the Tokyo police.

Jimi Alade (2023-02-18). 'American dream' under capitalism is a mirage. workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. As capitalism reaches its breaking point, more and more people are realizing that the so-called American dream they've been sold their whole . . . |

Kaya Genc (2023-02-18). [World Report] Turkish health workers speak out on earthquake. thelancet.com Doctors have told The Lancet of the health impacts of, and inadequate preparation for, the earthquake which has killed more than 33‚Äà000 people. Kaya Genc reports from Istanbul.

Marie Kelly (2023-02-18). Interview with family and supporters of Kamau Sadiki. workers.org In 1999, the FBI threatened Kamau Sadiki with life in prison, if he did not assist in their attempt to recapture Assata Shakur. Shakur was a U.S. political exile living in Cuba and the mother of Kakuya Shakur, one of Kamau's daughters. When Kamau refused to betray his principles and . . . |

Nigel Bouvart (2023-02-18). Struggle continues as workers win union at Remedy House café. workers.org Buffalo, New York Workers at the Remedy House café in Buffalo won voluntary recognition of their newly formed union Feb. 8 after two days of picketing. They had gone on strike after owners Andrew Trautman and Justin Smith fired their lead organizer, Meghan Sullivan, while she was delivering a letter . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-18). Daily Round-up | China calls for end to Iran sanctions, restoring nuclear deal & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of talks between Iran and China, the global campaign to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, a new agreement between Venezuela and Colombia, and a warning strike by airport workers in Germany…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-02-18). Stopping cholera in Malawi: firefighting measures are not enough. peoplesdispatch.org As Malawi continues to face a rampant cholera outbreak, local activists call for long-term investment in the health system and more health workers to complement short-term solutions…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Malaysian workers face intensifying economic and social crisis. wsws.org At the beginning of 2022, food inflation in Malaysia was under 4 percent but rose sharply over the year to reach 7 percent in November, with some food items increasing as much as 40 percent.

WSWS (2023-02-18). Ground staff take part in 24-hour strike at seven German airports. wsws.org In Frankfurt/Main, Munich, Dortmund, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen, air traffic was paralysed on Friday. At the same time, strikes continued by workers in municipal public services in Leipzig and Frankfurt.

WSWS (2023-02-18). Australian union halts Gold-Tweed Coast bus strikes to try to impose sellout deal with Kinetic. wsws.org The TWU's no-strike pledge is an attempt to demobilise and shut down the discontent among bus workers.

WSWS (2023-02-18). 1,000 Legal Aid workers in New York City hold walkout in contract struggle. wsws.org Facing staggering workloads and grossly inferior pay, Legal Aid workers in New York City voted overwhelmingly in favor of strike action.

WSWS (2023-02-18). Amazon workers protest plans to close Shakopee sorting facility in Minnesota. wsws.org There is anger and opposition among Amazon workers over the impending closure of the Shakopee MSP5 warehouse, expressed in a February 12 protest.

WSWS (2023-02-18). The East Palestine rail disaster and the case for workers' power. wsws.org More disasters and more cover-ups are inevitable as long as social decision-making is left in the hands of a tiny capitalist oligarchy.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-02-17). East Palestine, Ohio: A hell of Wall Street's making. therealnews.com It's been nearly two weeks since the catastrophic derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in northeast Ohio thrust the residents of East Palestine and the surrounding area into a non-stop waking nightmare. It will take weeks, months, if not years to appraise the damage of this train derailment on the population, on the rail workers and first responders, and on the environment. While corporate spokespeople and many in the media try to paint this tragedy as some freak accident, we know better… We know better because we have been listening to railroad workers. In this urgent mini-cast, we discuss the nightmar…

María Artigas, Sato Díaz (2023-02-17). Striking Spanish doctors suspect a plot to privatize healthcare. therealnews.com Every Wednesday since Nov. 2022, over 1,000 healthcare workers in Madrid have staged walkouts in protest of working conditions which they say undermine their ability to provide proper care and threaten patient health. The striking physicians are demanding at least 10 minutes to see each patient in general medicine, and at least 15 minutes for pediatric patients. Deteriorating conditions are certainly linked to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but doctors also suspect that the state may be intentionally undermining the public healthcare system in order to introduce privatized healthcare. This video is part of…

Arjae Red (2023-02-17). Protests demand U.S. military out of the Philippines. workers.org U.S. Secretary of Defense, and former Raytheon board member, Lloyd Austin visited the Philippines, where he met with President Ferdinant Marcos Jr. on Feb. 1 to announce the expansion of the U.S. military presence there, from five to nine bases. The expansion and establishment of these bases are allowed under . . . |

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-02-17). Georgia struggle grows to stop Cop City! workers.org Atlanta Feb. 12, 2023 — For weeks following the killing of Forest Defender Manuel "Tortuguita" Esteban Paez Terán on Jan. 18 by Georgia State Troopers, during a massive police raid at the site of the proposed "Cop City" urban-warfare training facility, police officials have claimed there was no video of . . . |

Irvin Jim (2023-02-17). We firmly believe that the time has come that justice must prevail and Mumia Abu-Jamal must be set free: Irvin Jim writes to US judge. peoplesdispatch.org On behalf of hundreds of thousands of Metalworkers in South Africa, who know both the bitter taste of injustice and the undying hope for freedom, we call on you Judge Lucretia Clemons to do the right thing and free comrade Mumia Abu-Jamal, writes NUMSA General Secretary Irvin Jim…

JANET (2023-02-17). Workers in France ponder how to defeat pension cutbacks. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel February 16, 2023 Public opinion polls show a massive rejection of the government's plan to "reform" France's pension system. President Emmanuel Macron means to increase the age workers may retire from 62 to 64 and increase the qualification for a full pension from 42 years to 43 years worked. His plan would make it harder for workers who hold a harsh, difficult job to qualify for needed special treatment and make it much harder for women to qualify for a full pension. Macron's government claims the French pension system is in financial distress and that expenses must be cut. A team of French economi…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-17). Not an inch back: French workers fight back against Macron's neo-liberal pension reform. peoplesdispatch.org On February 17, France's controversial pension reform bill will likely undergo crucial debates and voting in the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament…

Princess Harmony (2023-02-17). Opioid epidemic: Biden's crackdown targets oppressed. workers.org When President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union address in front of Congress Feb. 7, among the many topics he covered, were the opioid and overdose epidemics. He specifically mentioned the proliferation of fentanyl analogues and — with someone heckling him saying it was his fault — his . . . |

Ryan Black (2023-02-17). Buffalo Tesla Workers Announced A Union Drive. The Next Day They Were Fired. progressivehub.net JEFF SCHUHRKE | IN THESE TIMES…

Ted Kelly (2023-02-17). Think of the power you have as a worker! workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Greetings, comrades, and thank you so much for sticking with us during this program today. My name is Teddie Kelly. I am . . . |

WSWS (2023-02-17). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: 1 million West Bengal government workers strike; Nepal: Public transport workers protest police bullying; Australia: Cleanaway truck drivers strike for higher pay in Sydney; New Zealand secondary school teachers to strike over pay…

WSWS (2023-02-17). Reserve Bank of Australia governor Lowe, political theatre and interest rate hikes. wsws.org The central concern of all sections of the political and media establishment is that workers should not draw broad political conclusions from the life-wrenching experiences they are undergoing.

WSWS (2023-02-17). Railroad workers confirm "nasty" toxic train "broke down" two days prior to crash in East Palestine, Ohio. wsws.org New details confirm that the February 3 crash could have been prevented had workers' warnings been heeded regarding profit-driven policies, such as Precision Scheduled Railroading.

WSWS (2023-02-17). Workers speak out against UAW complicity as Stellantis prepares to shutter Belvidere Assembly. wsws.org Around 1,200 remaining workers at the Stellantis Belvidere Assembly Plant face the Februrary 28 closure of their plant, leaving them with gut wrenching choices.

WSWS (2023-02-17). Australia: Two workers killed at Queensland zinc mine. wsws.org The tragic death of two young workers, Dylan Langridge and Trevor Davis, highlights the ongoing refusal of mining corporations, governments and unions to implement basic safety measures.

Leon Kunstenaar (2023-02-18). International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) March and Rally to Free Mumia. indybay.org Hundreds of ILWU members and supporters demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal as part of ongoing campaign…

WSWS (2023-02-18). An exhibition in Berlin: German artist George Grosz in the Soviet Union in 1922. wsws.org In the course of his stay in Moscow and Petrograd, Grosz took part in celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the October Revolution and also attended sessions of the Fourth Congress of the Comintern.

Covid, Race & Democracy (2023-02-17). Earthquake Response Turkey; Husseini on Pandemic Origins & US Biowarfare; ILWU10 For Mumia. indybay.org Pacifica's CRD: Earthquake Response in Turkey; Sam Husseini on Pandemic Origins and US Biowarfare; Union Fights for Freedom for Mumia; Death Penalty Abolitionists in Texas Speak Out…

WSWS (2023-02-17). Temple University students rally in support of striking grad students as union promotes Democrats. wsws.org Hundreds turned out to oppose Temple University's aggressive attempts to intimidate students and force striking grad students to accept poverty wages.

WSWS (2023-02-17). Ford slashes another 3,800 jobs across Europe, including 2,300 in Germany. wsws.org Behind the backs of the workforce, the general works council and management at Ford have agreed to cut 3,800 jobs across Europe over the next three years.

americanthinker (2023-02-17). Constant Government Lies Spark Resistance Movements. americanthinker.com The government has noticed that the people have noticed that its ranks are filled with self-serving propagandists and liars.

Jacob Andrewartha (2023-02-17). Blak Sovereign Movement given a boost by Senator Lidia Thorpe. greenleft.org.au Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara Senator Lidia Thorpe should be congratulated for putting a Treaty with First Nations people on the political agenda. Progressives need to support that campaign, argue Jacob Andrewartha and Sue Bolton.

KATIE (2023-02-17). Israeli repression tech is a threat to the world, not just Palestinians. bdsmovement.net

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-17). Taking Down A Fascist: Interview. orinocotribune.com Over two years ago, Lidia Patty Mullisaca of the indigenous Kallawaya nation, in rural La Paz, formally accused the leaders of Bolivia's 2019 coup for terrorism. This lawsuit led to the recent arrest of far-right leader Fernando Camacho. No one coached her. Her decisions hold a mirror to the thinking of Bolivia's masses. Patty was among the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) parliamentarians who fought to preserve their majority through the coup year, when the right declared fraud on spurious evidence, then violently ousted MAS President Evo Morales. According to the Constitution, she was permitted to file the crimi…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-17). The Final Deathblow to Imperialism Will Only Come Under the Leadership of the Organized Colonized Masses. orinocotribune.com By The Black Alliance for Peace — Feb 13, 2023 | The Final Deathblow to Imperialism Will Only Come Under The Leadership of The Organized Colonized Masses | The colonized within the U.S. settler state see more clearly than the privileged the holistic nature of the system as well as the interdependencies between our domestic repression and U.S. wars abroad. Some forces that claim to be anti-war have an unsophisticated understanding of peace. |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-17). Ali Wazir is free but his struggle continues. peoplesdispatch.org After 26 months of incarceration, Ali Wazir, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, was finally released after getting bail. Wazir has been charged in a number of cases since December 2020 where he made a speech criticizing the Pakistani Army and establishment…

WSWS (2023-02-17). UK: Far-right violence amid Knowsley anti-migrant protest. wsws.org Events in Knowsley are a warning of what will come if the ceaseless flow of toxic anti-migrant agitation and Islamophobia from the Conservative government and the Labour Party is not countered by the development of a socialist movement in the working class.

WSWS (2023-02-18). Australia: Socialist Alliance NSW election campaign has nothing to do with socialism. wsws.org The pseudo-left party is burying the major issues facing working people, including war and the disastrous "let it rip" COVID policies.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: 5 questions about MRI. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I suffered an injury while working out and my primary care physician ordered an X-ray. However, after reviewing the results, my doctor recommended that I have an MRI. I am a very anxious person. Can you explain more about what this type of testing entails and what I can expect? ANSWER: Understandably, any health care concern can lead to feelings of anxiety and nervousness. Depending upon the situation, your care team may begin with…

WSWS (2023-02-17). Oppose the Sri Lankan government's anti-democratic attack on local elections. wsws.org The government's ongoing attempts to postpone the elections is a part of its broader attacks on the social and democratic rights of working people who are beginning to rise up against its brutal austerity measures.