Thomas Cueni (2023-04-22). Correspondence] Lessons learned from COVID-19 to stop future pandemics. thelancet.com The pharmaceutical industry delivered billions of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines at speed but, as highlighted by Els Torreele and colleagues,1 these vaccines did not reach lower-income countries quickly enough. Science delivered, but the equity challenge did not. To acknowledge this, we supported calls for greater sharing of vaccines.2…

Thomas Cueni (2023-04-22). [Correspondence] Lessons learned from COVID-19 to stop future pandemics. thelancet.com The pharmaceutical industry delivered billions of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines at speed but, as highlighted by Els Torreele and colleagues,1 these vaccines did not reach lower-income countries quickly enough. Science delivered, but the equity challenge did not. To acknowledge this, we supported calls for greater sharing of vaccines.2…

Nicole Lurie, Joshua M Sharfstein (2023-04-22). Comment] State-to-state differences in US COVID-19 outcomes: searching for explanations. thelancet.com In the USA, there has been substantial variation in COVID-19 outcomes across states. In The Lancet, Thomas J Bollyky and colleagues1 explore the reasons for this variation. The authors used correlations and multiple regression to assess the independent contributions of socioeconomic status, income inequality, race, behavioural responses, policy mandates, and support for political candidates to SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, COVID-19 deaths, and educational and employment outcomes. Their analysis showed that wide variations in prepandemic population characteristics between states were strongly associated with COVID-1…

Nicole Lurie, Joshua M Sharfstein (2023-04-22). [Comment] State-to-state differences in US COVID-19 outcomes: searching for explanations. thelancet.com In the USA, there has been substantial variation in COVID-19 outcomes across states. In The Lancet, Thomas J Bollyky and colleagues1 explore the reasons for this variation. The authors used correlations and multiple regression to assess the independent contributions of socioeconomic status, income inequality, race, behavioural responses, policy mandates, and support for political candidates to SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, COVID-19 deaths, and educational and employment outcomes. Their analysis showed that wide variations in prepandemic population characteristics between states were strongly associated with COVID-1…

Ann Brown (2023-04-21). Dr. Sandy Darity Tells Dr. Phil Show Audience: The Reparations Number is $14 Trillion, $350,000 Each. moguldom.com On an episode of the Dr. Phil TV show entitled "Should We Allow Reparations to Black Americans?'" Dr. Phil and his guests debated whether reparations should be given to Black Americans. Longtime reparations advocate Dr. Sandy Darity, a Duke University economics professor, was one of the guests. Darity, who co-authored the book "From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black …

channelnewsasia (2023-04-23). Lukaku's ban overturned in statement against racism. channelnewsasia.com

ecns.cn (2023-04-22). China mandates background checks on school staff. ecns.cn The Ministry of Education has asked schools and universities to conduct mandatory background checks on candidates who work on campuses for sexual crimes before they are hired, China Daily reported Friday.

Brittani Banks (2023-04-21). Exploring Community Care Systems in Boston Inspired by bell hooks. independentmediainstitute.org "[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone," wrote bell hooks in the 1994 book Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. While her work builds on that of Black feminist scholars before her—like Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, …

Darren Saffin (2023-04-21). Workers to pay for AUKUS nuclear subs. greenleft.org.au Labor's commitment to tax cuts for the rich and the $368 billion submarine deal means that even more funding will be cut from already stretched health, aged care, education and welfare services. Darren Saffin reports.

William Paul (2023-04-21). Ontario's new education bill: Crushing what's broken. canadiandimension.com Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce walk the hallway before making an announcement regarding the government's plan for a safe reopening of schools. Photo by Nathan Denette/CP. | Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce must really want to be a magician: making elephants or something outlandish disappear, then reappear behind you. Maybe that explains his tactic of making cuts to education, then announcing the addition of nearly 2,000 more educators all while introducing new legislation that will further centralize education and enable his Tories to make school properties available…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-21). The Imperative of Political Education in a Miseducated Society. libya360.wordpress.com Jasmine Butler Table of Contents Introduction Anti-Intellectualism in Pop Culture Anti-Intellectualism in "Revolutionary" Spaces My Experiences As an Educator Revisiting Pedagogy of the Oppressed Dialogue The Role of the Political Educator Overcoming Pessimism Sources Introduction Education is under attack. Book bans and ahistorical curriculum adjustments have been sweeping the nation yet again, ranging from…

ELEL (2023-04-22). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Komamura K. Japanese medical workers' sacrifice for universal health coverage. Lancet 2023; 401: 1073—In this Correspondence the second sentence of the second paragraph should read "after April 1, 2024, it will be illegal for clinicians to work more than 960 h of overtime per year (and no more than 100 h of overtime per month)". This correction has been made to the online version as of April 20, 2023.

Amerissa Giannouli, Resilience. (2023-04-22). The Case Of Sustainable Clothing. popularresistance.org Since I became familiar with degrowth I have been looking at things more critically. Especially after joining the online master on Degrowth: Ecology, Economics and Policy, I find myself defending the need for transforming a green growth obsessed economy into a degrowth one. | Recently, I started working on a project about sustainable fashion focusing on clothing, good practices and youth entrepreneurship. I was sure that presumably sustainable fast fashion practices from big companies such as Zara and H&M would not be on my list of good practices. Although they might use more eco-friendly materials and advoc…

Women's March (2023-04-22). Wednesday 5/3: #AbortionRights: Organizing Call to Strategize & Fight for Mifepristone Access. indybay.org Online organizing call…

ecns.cn (2023-04-22). China's Shenzhou-15 astronauts talk with youths from SCO. ecns.cn An online video talk between China's Shenzhou-15 astronauts in the Tiangong space station and youths from member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is held in Beijing, April 20, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-04-22). Chinese astronauts interact with youths from SCO countries. ecns.cn The Shenzhou-15 astronauts on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station held an online video chat Thursday with youths in China, India, and other member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Anonymous669 (2023-04-22). Kiev Forces Lost Most Of Their First 'Krab' Howitzers (Video). southfront.org A Polish-made Krab howitzer. | The Russian military has apparently destroyed most of Kiev forces' first Polish-made Krab self-propelled 155 mm howitzers. | On April 22, video footage surfaced online showing a completely destroyed Ukrainian Krab howitzer and its ammunition vehicle. The footage was reportedly taken near the Seversk front, in the outskirts of the village of Zvanivka in the Donetsk region. | This was the eleventh confirmed destruction of a Krab howitzer in Ukraine. At least two others we…

Staff (2023-04-22). 24 April, Online Event: Free Khader Adnan! Urgent Meeting with Randa Musa, Khader Adnan's wife. samidoun.net Join us on Monday, 24 April for an urgent meeting with Randa Musa, the wife of Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for 78 days. Hear directly from her about how her husband's deteriorating health condition is affecting her family and join us in organizing to take action to free Khader Adnan now! RSVP …

ELEL (2023-04-22). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Komamura K. Japanese medical workers' sacrifice for universal health coverage. Lancet 2023; 401: 1073—In this Correspondence the second sentence of the second paragraph should read "after April 1, 2024, it will be illegal for clinicians to work more than 960 h of overtime per year (and no more than 100 h of overtime per month)". This correction has been made to the online version as of April 20, 2023.

Editor (2023-04-22). A critical look at Afrocentrism. mronline.org Garveyism and Afrocentrism, while different, are grounded in their shared nature of being expressions of a call for National conscience.

Editor (2023-04-22). Three massive ways the government wastes your tax dollars. mronline.org Here are three examples of criminal misuse of enormous sums of money that could meet human needs, but instead are spent underwriting terrible violence and bolstering corporate profits.

Ali Abunimah (2023-04-22). Why the Saudis have called off their Israeli wedding. mronline.org After leading Israel's extreme far-right to victory in last November's elections, a buoyant Benjamin Netanyahu hoped to quickly resume Tel Aviv's march towards full normalization with Arab regimes.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-22). The current state of India's economy. mronline.org GOVERNMENT officials never tire of repeating that India is currently the fastest growing major economy in the world.

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-04-21). The U.S. could use some separation of media and State. mronline.org The U.S. State Department's spokesperson Ned Price is being replaced by a man named Matthew Miller.

Editor (2023-04-21). While Biden unleashes climate bomb in Alaska, Cyclone Freddy ravages eastern Africa. mronline.org The U.S. corporate-controlled media are concealing the climate crisis's severity and breadth.

Jason Hickel (2023-04-21). Universal public services: The power of decommodifying survival. mronline.org One of the central insights emerging from research on degrowth and climate mitigation is that universal public services are crucial to a just and effective transition.

Editor (2023-04-21). Lavrov arrives in Havana to promote Russia-Cuba cooperation. mronline.org Currently, Russia is one of Cuba's top ten trading partners, and both governments define their partnership as "strategic."

SAM (2023-04-21). The Labor Movement Is Approaching Critical Mass. progressivehub.net HAMILTON NOLAN | IN THESE TIMES…

Timo Rieg (2023-04-22). Is our system still capable of solving the big problems of the future? indybay.org How high rents for residential and business premises are, how much biodiversity there is in our cultural landscape, whether there are twelve or thirteen grades up to the Abitur, are all determined by the rulers. Energy prices, construction prices, food prices are the results of politics. Desolate inner cities, new construction deserts and ugly industrial areas are made by politicians.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-21). Ecuadorian prosecutors requests preventive detention of former president Lenín Moreno. peoplesdispatch.org Ecuador's State Attorney General's Office, on Wednesday, April 19, requested the preventive detention of former President Lenín Moreno after he failed to appear before the court as mandated in the Sinohydro case. Moreno is accused of receiving alleged bribes for the construction of the country's largest hydroelectric plant. The Attorney General's Office also requested pre-trial arrest of eight other defendants, including Moreno's wife Rocío González and their daughter Irina Moreno González. | On March 6, during a hearing for the formulation of charges, Judge Adrián Rojas ordered all 37 accused to appear biweekly…

teleSUR (2023-04-21). Peru's Ex-President Toledo Surrenders to US Justice. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Peru's former President Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006) surrendered before the California San Jose Court, which will extradite him to his home country for accepting US$34 million bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in exchange for favoring its business while he served as president. | RELATED: | "Toledo's extradition will only take two or three days," Peruvian Prosecutor Silvana Carrion st…

WSWS (2023-04-21). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Thousands of Blinkit delivery workers still on strike; Australia: Cleanaway garbage collection workers in Perth strike; New Zealand nurses hold national protests over deepening health crisis…

The Humanities Institute (2023-04-22). Wednesday 5/3: Labor Hope, Labor Reality: Organizing Unions in 2023, An Evening with E. Tammy Kim. indybay.org Namaste Lounge (College Nine), UC Santa Cruz…

Fight Back (2023-04-21). Wisconsin Teamsters set the bar with solidarity. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Teamsters across the country are beginning to schedule parking lot rallies ahead of the national contract negotiations, but Wisconsin Teamsters Local 344 are taking it one step further. Local 344 has created their own "Pay up" shirts for local members to wear every Friday in solidarity. The idea for these shirts came from a steward and rank-and-file member out of 344's Oshkosh barn, Lori Jensen. | Members of the Local 344 volunteer organizing committee (VOC) have joined with local business agents to help hand out shirts and encourage union members to remain diligent and informed as negotiations pr…

Martha Grevatt (2023-04-21). 30 years later: Free the Lucasville Uprising defendants! workers.org Cleveland April 11 was the 30th anniversary of the 1993 prison rebellion at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. Protesters commemorate 25th anniversary of Lucasville Uprising outside Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Lucasville, Ohio, Oct. 21, 2018. Photo: Central Ohio Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee The heroic uprising began with . . . |

Victoria Law (2023-04-21). These Women Face Death by Incarceration, But They're Organizing for Their Lives. truthout.org When she was 20 years old, Sheená King was sentenced to life without parole. Two years earlier, King's boyfriend had coerced her into fatally shooting another woman, threatening to kill her and her family if she refused. She was convicted of murder, which, in Pennsylvania, mandates life without parole. It's a sentence that King, now age 50, and other advocates call "death by incarceration."… |

Stewart Acuff, Portside. (2023-04-21). How Do We Develop Strategies That Help Workers In Struggle Win? popularresistance.org How do we use organizing for collective power and solidarity, to win steps toward new power over our own lives? Labor Power and Strategy is a compelling take on this question, and the dialogue between organizers and educators is the kind of far reaching discussion we need to advance our workers movement.

It's Going Down. (2023-04-21). Building Autonomous Mutual Aid As The Border Continues To Militarize. popularresistance.org In this episode, we speak with someone involved with El Comedor, an autonomous mutual aid hub and organizing center in so-called Tijuana, Mexico, which was founded by anarchists and asylum seekers in 2018. From a previous report: | El Comedor is currently one of the only places, if not the only place, serving hot meals everyday in Tijuana. Though "the caravan" is out of the news, thousands still pass through Tijuana on their way north hoping to escape violence. | During our discussion, we speak about autonomous, mutual aid, and anarchist projects in Tijuana, Mexico as well as the rapidly militarizing borderlands.

Conor Bond (2023-04-23). Barak Beacon Estate residents speak up against demolition. greenleft.org.au Margaret Kelly, a resident of the Barak Beacon Estate, in Port Melbourne, told Green Left Radio she was angry with the Labor government's decision to abandon its commitment to public housing. Conor Bond reports.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-04-22). Nearshoring boom comes to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. america.cgtn.com A region inside the North American free trade zone, with inexpensive labor and good maritime connections, the Yucatan Peninsula is fast becoming the logistical center for international corporations operating in South Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

WSWS (2023-04-22). Australian Labor government refuses to increase below poverty-level welfare. wsws.org A recent report on youth homelessness found that young welfare recipients in Australia have to live on just $13 per day after paying rent.

WSWS (2023-04-22). Child labor returns to the United States: A society moving in reverse. wsws.org What emerges in the US is a picture of a country moving rapidly in reverse, driven by a deep and intractable economic, political and social crisis.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-22). Save lives this Take Back Day; safely dispose of unused medications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Dispose of unneeded medications safely during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22. Mayo Clinic, in collaboration with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Olmsted Medical Center, Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will host a community drop-off event to collect unused or expired medications. "The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office and Violent Crimes Enforcement Team (VCET) are proud to team up with Mayo Clinic and other…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-22). Science Saturday: COVID-19 — the pandemic that's forever changed laboratory testing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Like many people throughout the world, Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., remembers exactly where he was and what he was doing when COVID-19 was classified as a pandemic. "Those first few months of the pandemic will be forever ingrained in my memory," he says. For Dr. Binnicker, director of Mayo Clinic's Clinical Virology Laboratory, two important dates stand out above the rest. "One was Feb. 17, 2020, when Dr. (William) Morice and I were talking about whether the department should…

ILWU Local 10 (2023-04-22). Monday 5/1: SF May Day 2023 Rally! A Day for Global Labor Solidarity. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 | 400 North Point St. | San Francisco…

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-04-22). Enslavement of African Migrants 'Big Business' in Libya Thanks to EU Funding — UN. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein ∑ Apr 17, 2023 | An investigation by the United Nations has concluded that money provided by the European Union to state entities in Libya has facilitated crimes against humanity ranging from forced labor and sexual slavery to torture. | Through its financial support of the Libyan Coast Guard and the Libyan Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM), the European Union has aided and abetted crimes against humanity, according to a recent UN report. | On March 27, 2023, the United Nations released the findings of a three-year investigation, confirming that "arbitrary detention, m…

Staff (2023-04-22). El viajante de laboratorio. cubadebate.cu Cuando usted esperaba su turno para ver a un médico, en una institución de salud, pública o privada, y veía aparecer en la antesala a un viajante de laboratorio, se le ponían los pelos de punta, pues sabía ya que su tiempo de espera, en el mejor de los casos, se duplicaría.

JANET (2023-04-21). As pension cut becomes French law: Unions fight back. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel April 18, 2023 Following the April 14 rubber-stamp approval by France's Constitutional Council, on April 15 President Emmanuel Macron signed into law the unpopular "reform" bill cutting workers' pensions. Caen, France, April 13. Banner reads "No to working longer" The General Confederation of Labor (CGT), the most militant of the union federations in the "Bloc" of eight union confederations leading the fight against pension changes, immediately called for protest actions at the end of April. The united workers' movement called for a massive response on May Day, a traditional day of mass worker demons…

CounterSpin (2023-04-21). Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone, Donna Murch on Rutgers Labor Action. fair.org CounterSpin230421.mp3 Washington Post ( This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court has briefly punted their decision on restricting access to medication abortion drug mifepristone. The American Medical Association

Staff (2023-04-21). Headlines for April 21, 2023. democracynow.org Sudan's Warring Factions Announce 72-Hour Ceasefire, But Fighting Continues, Accelerating Ice Melt from Greenland and Antarctica Is Driving Sea Levels Higher, Ukraine's Zelensky Asks NATO Leader for Invitation to Join Alliance, Labor Secretary Nominee Julie Su Defends Pro-Union Views in Senate Confirmation Hearing, Ugandan President Asks Parliament to Make Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill Even Harsher, House Republicans Approve Bill Banning Trans Women and Girls from Scholastic Sports Teams, Colin Kaepernick to Fund Autopsy of Lashawn Thompson; Protesters Demand Closure of Fulton Co. Jail, Richard Glossip Fa…

cameron orr (2023-04-21). Marxist IQ: Earth Day edition. cpusa.org 1. While anti-Marxists accused Marx of being uninterested in environmental questions, Marx a. saw capitalism as alienating people from nature. b. saw the interaction of labor with the natural environment as the basis of wealth and civilization. c. saw capitalist technology in agriculture turning the forces of production into forces of destruction of the …

Michael Fox (2023-04-21). Wind energy in Mexico is not as clean as you think. therealnews.com In March 2023, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry met with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Oaxaca, Mexico, to discuss U.S.-Mexico collaboration over renewable energy. It was announced that the United States would commit to invest in at least 10 new wind and solar parks in the region — already one of Latin America's top wind power hot spots. | But there's a problem. These wind farms there have been largely constructed and run by foreign transnational corporations. Residents say that while on the surface these wind turbines are generating clean energy, they have been disrespecting communal land righ…

Fight Back (2023-04-21). Take action to Free Alex Saab! fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – The Committee to Free Alex Saab is calling all anti-war and international solidarity activists, community and immigrant rights organizers, labor unionists and students to join in an international week of action to Free Alex Saab. | Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat who has been illegally kidnapped and imprisoned by the U.S. government for his work securing food, fuel, medicine and other basic necessities in defiance of the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela. Saab has now been detained for more than 1000 days, unable to see doctors or family members, and his health is rapidly declining. The denial of…

WSWS (2023-04-21). Australia: NSW Labor government closes PCR COVID testing sites. wsws.org The first substantive policy of the new Labor government in Australia's largest state is to prevent working people from getting tested to see if they have a potentially deadly illness.

Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. (2023-04-21). The US Has A Child Labor Crisis; Lawmakers Are Trying To Worsen It. popularresistance.org Many assume that child labor in the US is a remnant of the past. In reality, child labor is a hidden crisis. Children of the working class are frequently exploited with devastating consequences, including injury and death. Child labor violations are on the uptick, with migrant children at special risk of being put into dangerous occupations at a young age. At the same time, lawmakers across the country, sponsored by industry giants, are trying to worsen the existing tragedy. | In Iowa, the State Senate just passed one of the most extreme pro-child labor bills in recent times. SF 167, introduced by State Senator J…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-04-21). Biden Labor Department nominee Su fends off Republican attacks. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Fending off Senate Republican attacks, notably over jobless insurance payment fraud when she was California's Labor Commissioner, U.S. Labor Department Under Secretary Julie Su appeared on her way to Senate Labor Committee approval as DOL Secretary. But her fate beyond the scheduled April 26 confirmation vote on the Democratic-controlled committee is uncertain, for factors beyond …

teleSUR (2023-04-21). African Countries Urged to Fight Against Rhino Poaching. telesurenglish.net The International Rhino Foundation Director Nina Fascione urged Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa to deepen regional collaboration in the fight against rhino poaching. | RELATED: | She made the appeal in reaction to the recent shooting of four rhinos with two of them dead as a result of the attack by unknown attackers at Khama Rhino Sanctuary in Botswana. | Thato Raphaka, the permanent secretary in Botswana's…

teleSUR (2023-04-21). UN Chief Calls for Accelerated Climate Action. telesurenglish.net The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, issued a call on Thursday to expedite progress towards mitigating the effects of climate change through collaborative efforts on a global scale. | Related: | "We need global acceleration through cooperation. And that means rising above disagreements, differences and tensions. Geopolitical divisions must not torpedo the world's climate fight for 1.5 degrees," he to…

Latino USA (2023-04-21). Head Down: Part II (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com In the second and last episode of "Head Down," a two-part special from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA, in collaboration with Prism, we shift the focus to look at the systems put in place by the U.S. government and why they're constantly failing workers in the H-2A visa program, even when they speak up.

Editor (2023-04-21). In L.A. Schools, Solidarity Strike Scores Big for Both Unions. scheerpost.com By Amanda Katz / Labor Notes When Los Angeles educators joined school support staff on the picket lines last month, our solidarity strike helped them clinch a contract with a 30 percent raise. Riding that wave, yesterday educators reached a tentative agreement of our own, with a 21 percent raise, smaller classes, and improved staffing. Superintendent Alberto …

Dongsheng News (2023-04-22). Young People Turn to Temples. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. | ‚Ä¢ Young people turn to temples | ‚Ä¢ Demand for AI workers | ‚Ä¢ New variety of rapeseed | ‚Ä¢ China to make bricks from lunar soil…

WSWS (2023-04-22). Workers engage in second nationwide warning strike at Deutsche Bahn. wsws.org The call by the EVG train drivers' union for another warning strike is a response to the high level of combativeness among rail workers. But this cannot hide the fact that it has long been preparing a sellout.

WSWS (2023-04-22). Rutgers workers speak out against the shutdown of their strike. wsws.org The betrayal of the Rutgers strike by the union bureaucracies and the Democratic Party has produced an outpouring of anger and opposition by academic workers, who rightfully see their struggle as having been sold out.

Amir Khafagy, Documented NY. (2023-04-22). Immigrant Workers Lead Strike Against Billionaire Catsimatidis. popularresistance.org André Soleyn, 55, and two dozen of his fellow United Metro Energy Corp. workers never wanted to go on strike in the first place. After the workers voted to join Teamsters Local 553 in December 2018, the company dragged its feet in negotiating a fair contract for three years. Feeling like they were left with no choice, the workers decided to take collective action. | "It was a last resort," Soleyn said. | Tuesday, April 18, marks the two-year anniversary of the strike. Yet, Soleyn and the rest of the striking United Metro workers see no end in sight as they enter the third year of their walkout, which has now beco…

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute For Social Research. (2023-04-22). Death Of Over A Thousand Garment Workers In Bangladesh. popularresistance.org On Wednesday 24 April 2013, 3,000 workers entered Rana Plaza, an eight-story building in the Dhaka suburb of Savar in Bangladesh. They produced garments for the transnational commodity chain that stretches from the cotton fields of South Asia, through Bangladesh's machines and workers, and on to retail houses in the Western world. Garments for famous brands such as Benetton, Bonmarché, Prada, Gucci, Versace, and Zara are stitched here, as are the cheaper clothes that hang on Walmart racks. The previous day, Bangladeshi authorities had asked the owner, Sohel Rana, to evacuate the building due to structural problem…

Freedom Socialist Party, Bob Price (2023-04-22). Sunday 4/30: May Day Celebration 2023 — Workers vs. Billionaires: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street, San Francisco | (7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49)…

Brittani Banks (2023-04-21). How Union Workers Are Fighting to Save Veterans. independentmediainstitute.org Gregory Washington joined the Marines at 18 and fought in the Gulf War, only to return—traumatized, unemployed, adrift—to an America that seemed as unfamiliar and daunting to him as the places he encountered overseas. It took Washington years to find a family-sustaining job, secure his disability benefits, and reacclimate to civilian life. Now, he's a …

Vijay Prashad (2023-04-21). The Death of over a Thousand Garment Workers in Bangladesh. dissidentvoice.org The mother of an 18-year-old missing worker, Rina, waits for her lost daughter in front of a barricade in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 24 July 2013. Credit: Taslima Akhter In memory of Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury (1941—2023) On Wednesday 24 April 2013, 3,000 workers entered Rana Plaza, an eight-story building in the Dhaka suburb of Savar in …

WSWS (2023-04-21). The UK's plummeting wages and the trade unions. wsws.org The massive fall in workers' incomes is the result of the trade union leadership's suppression and betrayal of the strike movement that began last Summer.

WSWS (2023-04-21). Strike by over 100,000 Canadian federal government workers continues for third day. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to strikers on picket lines in Kitchener, Mississauga, and Quebec City, who are fighting for inflation-busting pay increases, job security and remote-work guarantees.

Workers World New York bureau (2023-04-21). International Al-Quds Day: Free Palestine! workers.org By Workers World New York City bureau April 14, 2023, New York City. WW Photo: Marsha Goldberg International Al-Quds Day is an annual pro-Palestinian event held in cities around the world, on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. It expresses support for Palestinian resistance and opposition . . . |

Betsey Piette (2023-04-21). Only a mass, united movement can push back anti-abortion attacks. workers.org On April 21 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief, unsigned ruling allowing the stay on the Texas judge's reactionary to stand while the matter reverts to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — the court that ruled April 12 to limit access to mifepristone drastically by restoring all of . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-21). Blinkit app-delivery workers in India strike against increasing exploitation. peoplesdispatch.org Blinkit, a quick grocery delivery app in India, has slashed the pay of its delivery partners to as little as around USD 0.18 (Rs. 15) per delivery. Delivery partners in different parts of capital city New Delhi and across other Indian cities have gone on strike.

Tanupriya Singh (2023-04-21). Between an ailing public sector and migration curbs, Zimbabwe's health workers left with few options. peoplesdispatch.org Zimbabwe has announced plans to criminalize the foreign recruitment of its health workers. Over 4,000 health workers have left the country since 2021, as the public health system continues to face issues of low pay and lack of infrastructure…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-04-21). Brooklyn center fights for immigrant worker injured for life. peoplesworld.org BROOKLYN, N.Y.—In February 2021, David Davila, a worker for Brooklyn-based Best Super Clean, a firm that sends teams to building demolition sites to clean up debris, was carrying a load down eight floors of a building that was coming down. He wasn't wearing a safety harness, because Best didn't provide one. He didn't have personal …

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-23). "Ensure Ukraine's victory": Borrell says 46,000 Ukrainian troops have been/will be trained in EU states. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagApril 21, 2023 Borrel: More than 16,000 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were trained in the EU More than 16,000 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were trained in the European Union (EU) within the framework of the military aid mission. [T]his was said by the head of the EU …

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-22). EU FMs "deliberate" on Ukraine, Georgia, Iran, China, Sudan, Tunisia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anadolu AgencyApril 21, 2023 EU foreign ministers to discuss Russia-Ukraine war, situation in Tunisia EU foreign ministers will gather on Monday in Luxembourg to discuss the recent developments in Tunisia and Sudan, as well as the global implications of the war in Ukraine. The ministers will start their reunion with an informal breakfast with Council …

WSWS (2023-04-22). Opposition mounts to Los Angeles teachers' tentative agreement as union seeks to silence criticism. wsws.org Following the snap announcement of an agreement earlier in the week, teachers are flooding the union's social media pages with thousands of comments denouncing the sellout.

WSWS (2023-04-22). Biden administration declares Argentine union bureaucracy a "model" as it enforces historic cuts in living standards. wsws.org In an industrialized country that is a leading food producer, children are undernourished and incomes have fallen below Haiti's per capita GDP.

teleSUR, hvh, YSM (2023-04-22). Inauguran los V Juegos Deportivos del ALBA 2023 en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El acto contó con la presencia del presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro.

_____ (2023-04-22). EU's Withdrawal of Tariffs on Ukrainian Grain Backfires as Eastern European Countries Rise in Opposition. strategic-culture.org The European Union and five countries in eastern Europe at are loggerheads over the tariff-free import of grain from Ukraine. The five countries say that the removal of tariffs has affected their internal markets and their farmers. | European Union (EU) authorities and five eastern European countries are in a stand-off over the import of tariff-free grain from Ukraine. The decision to remove the tariffs on grain imports from Ukraine was taken by the EU in June 2022. However, eastern European countries such as Poland, Hungary, and Romania have been increasingly unhappy with the withdrawal of tariffs, citing the…

Suzanne Gordon (2023-04-22). PACT Act Faces Uphill Battle to Address Chemical Poisoning of Veterans. truthout.org When President Joe Biden braved Republican jeers and boos to deliver his State of the Union address in February, one of the few lines that received bipartisan applause recalled Congressional action last year on what he hailed then as the "most significant law our nation has ever passed to help millions of veterans." Called the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act… |

Staff (2023-04-22). Asiste Marrero Cruz a reunión de trabajo del sistema bancario. cubadebate.cu Manuel Marrero Cruz, miembro del Buró Político y primer ministro, asistió a la reunión anual del Banco Central de Cuba e instituciones financieras no bancarias, en la que se analizarán sus logros, deficiencias y proyecciones para el 2023. La máxima dirección del país ha insistido en que es impostergable la transformación del sistema bancario y financiero nacional.

Staff (2023-04-22). Unión Eléctrica informa que son bajos los niveles de reserva por lo que pudiera afectarse el servicio eléctrico. cubadebate.cu Se estima que no se afecte el servicio por déficit de capacidad de generación durante el horario diurno. Para la hora pico se prevé una disponibilidad de 2693 MW y una demanda máxima de 2670 MW, para una reserva de 26 MW, por lo que debido a los bajos niveles de reserva pudieran ocurrir afectaciones al servicio eléctrico.

Brittani Banks (2023-04-21). TV Writers Flex Their Union Power. independentmediainstitute.org Television has been experiencing a boom in the United States, the likes of which has never been seen before. Just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, there were 532 scripted TV shows that were broadcast or streamed the year before—an all-time high. In 2022, there were 599. In fact, according to FX Network Research, since 2012 …

JANET (2023-04-21). Is one Germany better than two? iacenter.org By John Catalinotto April 20, 2023 Was it better for the world's oppressed and exploited to have one German state or two? The question arises as news reports say that the Berlin regime is sending MiG-29 jet fighters to Ukraine, to be used in the U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia. German imperialism is sending Soviet jet fighters to make war on Russia. Of course, the question is distorted as presented. We must first answer the question: Which class is to lead and guide this German state? The jet fighters were part of the war material the Soviet Union left in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), after Soviet troo…

WSWS (2023-04-21). UK: RMT rail union edges closer to final sellout of rail dispute. wsws.org The RMT is now seeking to conclude the betrayal of its 20,000 members at the rail companies, after already imposing a sellout agreement on its 20,000 members working for the Network Rail infrastructure company.

teleSUR (2023-04-21). 2023 ALBA Games Open In Venezuela. telesurenglish.net The inauguration of the V ALBA Sports Games took place on Friday at the Jorge Luis García Carneiro baseball stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela, being attended by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. | RELATED: | "Today, April 21, the fifth Alba 2023 Sports Games begin, the great sports festival of our America, symbol of the union and brotherhood of peoples. Delegations of brotherly countries! Venezuela welcomes you," the President said on Twitter. | The sporting ev…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-21). Successive Governments in Ukraine Have Accommodated Nazis to Counter Soviet Nostalgia. libya360.wordpress.com Saheli Chowdhury Interview with Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich Every Ukrainian government after the collapse of the Soviet Union has accommodated neo-Nazi ideology to wash away nostalgia for the Soviet welfare state from the collective memory of its people, noted Ukrainian Communist organizer Dmitri Kovalevich in an interview with Orinoco Tribune. "Nationalist and neo-Nazi groups were…

Staff (2023-04-22). Vietnam to Ukraine: Lessons for the US Peace Movement—Remembering Kent State and Jackson State! davidswanson.org us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3iZZgo6SQKmufXL1D0tFmg#/registration MAY 4th Webinar Vietnam to Ukraine: Lessons for the US Peace Movement Remembering Kent State and Jackson State! Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report David Swanson, World BEYOND War And Haig Hovaness, GPAX's Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg. Cosponsors: Green Party Peace Action Committee (GPAX) Peoples Network for Planet, Justice & Peace Green Party of Ohio … Vietnam to Ukraine: Lessons for the US Peace Movement&#…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-22). Consumer Health: Parkinson's disease — are you at risk? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the causes and risk factors of Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. People with Parkinson's disease can experience tremors, slowed movement, rigid muscles, loss of automatic movements, speech and writing changes, and impaired posture and balance. An estimated 1 million people in the U.S. and more than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's…

Mike Ludwig (2023-04-22). The Civil Rights Movement Fought for Environmental Justice Long Before Earth Day. truthout.org In the summer of 1969, the Young Lords declared a "garbage offensive" on the streets in New York City, blocking traffic with piles of garbage to demand better sanitation and public health services for Puerto Rican and Black neighborhoods in Harlem. Led by young radicals at the height of the civil rights movement, the Young Lords were determined to win a cleaner environment for their people… |

KATIE (2023-04-21). Moody's downgrades Israel's credit outlook. Time to divest? bdsmovement.net

Chris Hedges (2023-04-21). 'The system is not moving fast enough'. therealnews.com Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an international body of UN scientists, delivered a "final warning" to drastically cut global emissions in order to prevent the heating of the planet past 1.5 degrees Celsius. As the exponentially accelerating effects of the climate crisis have become more apparent in recent years, so too has activism to demand urgent action from governments. In the UK, a movement known as

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-21). Zionism in Crisis: Palestinian Resistance Forges a New Horizon. orinocotribune.com By Palestinian Youth Movement — Apr 16, 2023 | For too long, the global solidarity movement has only understood Palestinians as victims of Israeli violence. The current moment calls us to question the invincibility of the Zionist project and reassess our struggle. | Over the past few weeks, significant events have been unfolding across historic Palestine. January 7, 2023, marked the start of Zionist protests in response to proposed Israeli judicial reforms. In parallel, we have also seen an intensification of the ongoing settler colonial violence perpetrated by the Zionist entity against Palestinians —…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-22). It's not military force but an end to impunity that can bring peace to the Congo. peoplesdispatch.org Kambale Musavuli talks about the political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the discovery of mass graves in North Kivu, in Eastern DRC. He also explains why the solutions proposed by the East African Community do not have much of a chance of working…

trtworld (2023-04-22). Philippines, China commit to working on resolving protracted sea dispute. trtworld.com Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo says Manila's relations with Beijing are more than just their differences over the South China Sea, as he hosts bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang. | Philippines, China commit to working on resolving protracted sea dispute…

channelnewsasia (2023-04-22). Philippines, China commit to working on resolving differences. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-04-22). From a health perspective, what is the ideal retirement age? channelnewsasia.com Average life expectancy has risen by 16 years since the US national retirement age was set at 65. We asked health experts when they think people should stop working now.

Evan Reif (2023-04-21). The Atrocity Mill: How the West Conjures Up Atrocities Overseas to Cover for its Own. covertactionmagazine.com Recently, American doctor and ex-Marine Pete Reed was killed near the city of Bakhmut in Ukraine. Since his death, Reed has been lionized as a selfless hero who lived a life of service. Ukrainian sources are quick to condemn his death as a horrible atrocity and Russian war crime. Reed was a doctor working for …

Fight Back (2023-04-21). San Jose protesters denounce Republican-led attacks on mifepristone. fightbacknews.org San Jose, CA – On April 9, 15 protesters gathered in front of San Jose City Hall to denounce the Republican-led efforts to restrict the distribution and use of mifepristone, an abortion pill. | Speakers from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization spoke about the need for working-class political power to counter the reactionary politics of the capitalist state. They also established connections to attacks on women's and LGBTQ rights to that of attacks on democratic rights. | The organization Students for a Democratic Society declared abortion to be healthcare. They called out the hypocrisy of the U.S. for its fe…

_____ (2023-04-21). Biden DOJ Indicts Four Americans for 'Weaponized' Free Speech. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | The Washington Post Federal authorities charged four Americans on Tuesday with roles in a malign campaign pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda in Florida and Missouri — expanding a previous case that charged a Russian operative with running illegal influence agents within the United States. | The FBI signaled its interest in the alleged activities in a series of raids last summer, at which point authorities charged a Moscow man, Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov, with working for years on behalf of Russian government of…

teleSUR (2023-04-21). British Deputy PM Raab Resigns After Bullying Allegations. telesurenglish.net On Friday, British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigned after an independent report into allegations that he bullied staff members while working at several government departments reached the desk of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. | RELATED: | An inquiry was requested by Raab in November following formal complaints about his bullying behavior when dealing with civil servants. | PM Sunak appointed senior employment lawyer A…

Jake Johnson (2023-04-21). Republican Lawyer to GOP Donors: Restricting Campus Voting Should Be Priority. truthout.org A longtime Republican lawyer who aided former President Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election told GOP donors that the party should be working to roll back voting on college campuses and other initiatives aimed at expanding ballot access, according to audio obtained by progressive journalist Lauren Windsor. "What are these college campus locations?" Cleta Mitchell, a top GOP attorney… |

portside (2023-04-21). Working Ourselves to Death. portside.org Why increasing the retirement age Is bad.

scorinoco (2023-04-21). TV BRICS and Telesur Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement. orinocotribune.com The international network of the BRICS countries, TV BRICS, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Latin American multi-state news outlet teleSUR to continue working on the expansion of the BRICS+ network of media partners in Latin America. | The executive director of TV BRICS Media Network, Janna Tolstikova, announced that "TV BRICS International Network sees the beginning of our cooperation with teleSUR as a strategic move, aiming to promote the Latin American and BRICS international agenda by joining forces and employing each other's capabilities to further strengthen and expand multilateral tie…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-21). An Increasingly Strategic Alliance: Key Points of Lavrov's Visit to Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad "We will move forward in working on issues that unite us," President Maduro told the Russian diplomat. On Tuesday, April 18, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, visited Caracas as part of a tour of Latin America. Coming from Brazil, the diplomat held meetings with Executive Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez Gómez…