(2023-07-06). The Richest 10% Are Starting to Feel the Pinch, but Will That Change How They Think About Inequality? inequality.org Media attention is often focused on the power the very richest 1% have in politics and society. But, the mindset and motivations of a much larger group just beneath them is often overlooked. The top 10% of income earners — managers and professionals in the media, business, politics, and academia — wield significant influence in …
(2023-07-06). A brutal colonial legacy is tinder for the fires that are sweeping across France. peoplesdispatch.org Racism against people of Arab and African descent in France has become almost banal, something that takes place and no longer raises an eyebrow. The killing of Nael was absolutely explicable — the result of a general social toxicity towards minorities and one that is given expression through the police…
(2023-07-06). Southern racism is trying to kill Rodney Reed. workers.org 
Houston When Rodney Reed was sent to death row 25 years ago, his crime was being a Black man in a racist Texas county who was guilty of having a consensual romantic relationship with a white woman. This crime has historically caused Black men to be lynched, or if they . . . |
(2023-07-05). Headlines for July 5, 2023. democracynow.org Israel Kills at Least 13 Palestinians in Worst West Bank Raid in 2 Decades, Unrest Grows in France Following Police Killing of Arab Teen as Country Reckons with Its Racism, Ukraine Mourns Killing of Writer Victoria Amelina in Russian Attack as War Rages On, Veteran Russian Journalist Elena Milashina Brutally Attacked While Reporting in Chechnya, SCOTUS Blocks Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan as Administration Pivots to "New Path", SCOTUS Sides with Christian Web Designer Who Wants to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Clients, At Least 15 Gun Deaths Mar July 4th Festivities in Mass Shootings Across U.S.
(2023-07-05). "Bad for Religion": Gay Baptist Minister with Interfaith Alliance on SCOTUS Ruling on LGBTQ Rights. democracynow.org 
The Supreme Court has ruled 6 to 3 along ideological lines in favor of a Christian Colorado web designer who refused to create websites for same-sex couples even though the state bans such discrimination. "We're entering into a terrible moment where a Pandora's box has been opened," says president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, who warns "permission has been granted to use religion as a way to discriminate against your fellow people." Raushenbush discusses the use of Christianity to advance discrimination, the importance of the Respect for Marriage Ac…
(2023-07-06). Dossier no. 66: The world needs a new socialist development theory. mronline.org 
Across the world, evidence of human misery is increasingly easy to find. The data collected and reported by international agencies is stunning. Billions of people around the planet lack access to adequate education, healthcare, food, and shelter, as well as information and culture.
(2023-07-06). Tuesday 7/11: Banking on a Safe World: Divest from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels w/ Indigenous Leaders. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(2023-07-06). Human suffering worsens in DRC, the heart of Africa. mronline.org 
A million more Congolese people have been displaced to satisfy the resource hunger of the industrialized world.
(2023-07-06). Police continue purge of online rumormongering. ecns.cn Police across the country have investigated some 1,600 cases involving the spread of rumors online and removed around 420,000 posts since April, according to the Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday.
(2023-07-06). No justice, no peace in France. mronline.org 
"Tout le monde deteste la police!"—Everyone hates the police—was chanted at demonstrations and riots across France last week.
(2023-07-06). Planet Earth is 'quite sick': 7 of 8 boundaries for safe and just world already breached, study says. mronline.org 
"Nothing less than a just global transformation… is required to ensure human well-being," researchers wrote.
(2023-07-06). 'The gravity of the situation cannot be overstated': an eyewitness account from the Israeli assault on Jenin. mronline.org 
As the occupation relentlessly tightens its grip on the Jenin refugee camp, the message is crystal clear—punish the stronghold of popular resistance. But they will not succeed and will only breed a new generation to carry the torch.
(2023-07-06). Ukraine destroyed the Kakhovka dam: a forensic assessment. mronline.org 
In multiple ways, the dam's destruction echoes the 2022 destruction of the Russian-owned Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
(2023-07-06). World's richest added $852 billion to their fortunes in first half of 2023. mronline.org 
Each member of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index made an average of over $14 million per day over the last six months—even as 47 percent of the world's population barely survived on $6.25 a day.
(2023-07-06). US Court Victory Against Online Censorship. popularresistance.org A judge in Louisiana has barred the F.B.I. and other government agencies from asking social media companies to suppress free speech, reports Joe Lauria. | A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction against a number of government agencies preventing them from talking to social media firms for "the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech." | Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruled that the agencies couldn't identify specific…
(2023-07-06). A Patriot's Fourth of July: Berlin Bulletin No. 213. mronline.org 
Despite all doubts, despite fearful weaponry, at home or abroad, can we still call ourselves patriotic? In fact, is that a good thing to be?>
(2023-07-06). Saturday 7/15: LaborFest Panel – Palestine: Journalists, Educators & The US Labor Movement. indybay.org Please register for an event in advance. | Find the details in your confirmation email. (e.g. zoom link) | laborfest.net/event/50th-anniversary-of-chile-coup-labor-solidarity-afl-cio/…
(2023-07-06). Governor and legislators reach deal on budget package with Delta Tunnel language removed. indybay.org Many political insiders believe that Governor Newsom attempted to ram through his last minute legislative language to expedite the construction of the Delta Tunnel and other water and infrastructure projects in order to serve the wishes of his agribusiness, building industry, real estate and other Big Money donors.
(2023-07-06). Mountain Valley Pipeline Work Site Disrupted in Montgomery County, VA. itsgoingdown.org 
Report from Appalachians Against Pipelines about recent action against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. This morning, people in Montgomery County, Virginia, entered a work site and disrupted construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline. More than 2 dozen people walked onto the active site and stopped work, as well as stopping equipment from being delivered to the…
(2023-07-06). (W.E. Talk) Prokopios Pavlopoulos：Why is the dialogue between China and the West so important？. ecns.cn Former Greek president and professor of law at the University of Athens, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, discussed the significance of China-Greece cultural exchange and mutual learning, as well as its power in promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
(2023-07-06). Cocal highlights the importance of professional specialization. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) The essential role of professional specialization in the development of events was a topic highlighted today at the 39th Congress of the Federation of Latin American Congress Organizing Entities (Cocal) held in the Cuban resort of Varadero.
(2023-07-06). Saturday 7/15: Panel: 50th Anniversary of US Supported Coup In Chile & The Struggles & Lessons Today. indybay.org Eric Quezada Center for Culture & Politics | 518 Valencia St | San Francisco…
(2023-07-06). On Julian Assange's Birthday: SF Rally To Free Him & Mumia Abu-jamal. indybay.org On Julian Assange's birthday on July 2, 2023 a solidarity rally was held at the Harry Bridges Plaza in San Francisco to demand his freedom.
(2023-07-06). Mayo Clinic researchers pioneer AI method to predict how cells are organized in disease microenvironments. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cells in the human body, the building blocks of life, are arranged in a precise way. That's necessary because pathways and spaces provide a means for cells to communicate, collaborate and function within the specific tissue or organ. Changes in cell arrangement can lead to uncontrolled cell growth, cell death and diseases, including cancer. Scientists at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an artificial intelligence method, called Spatially Informed Artificial…
(2023-07-06). UPS-Teamsters could strike Aug 1: What you need to know. therealnews.com 
The largest private sector labor contract in the US is set to expire at midnight on July 31; as negotiations continue to play out, we will soon see whether or not the nearly 350,000 Teamsters working for United Parcel Services (UPS) will hit the picket line and wage one of the largest strikes in US history. As Sean Orr, a UPS package-car driver and elected shop steward for Teamsters Local 705 in Chicago, and Elliot Lewis, a UPS package-car driver and alternate shop steward for Teamsters Local 804 in New York City, recently wrote in Jacobin, "This contract fight is about two visions of work in the twenty-fir…
(2023-07-06). Caution: Children at Work. tomdispatch.com An aged Native-American chieftain was visiting New York City for the first time in 1906. He was curious about the city and the city was curious about him. A magazine reporter asked the chief what most surprised him in his travels around town. "Little children working," the visitor replied. Child labor might have shocked that outsider, but it was all too commonplace then across urban, industrial America (and on farms where it had been customary for centuries). In more recent times, however, it's become a far rarer sight. Law and custom, most of us assume, drove it to near extinction. And our reaction to seeing it…
(2023-07-06). What To The Exploited Working Class And Poor In A Capitalist Dictatorship Is The Fourth Of July? popularresistance.org Here's a little Fourth of July Critical Race and Labor History for you: On July 2, 1777 , Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery when it ratified its first constitution and became a sovereign country, a status it maintained until its admittance to the union in 1791 as the 14th state in the United States. However, Harvey Amani Whitfield , author of The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810, writes that slavery in Vermont was gradually phased out over a period of multiple decades. Additionally, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) staff write in "Vermont 1777: Ea…
(2023-07-06). Australia's second-largest state Victoria blocking people from reporting COVID infections. wsws.org In a two-page statement, buried on an official website, the state Labor government has decreed that up to 70 percent of COVID cases will no longer be counted.
(2023-07-06). Will Lehman and attorney discuss lawsuit against Biden admin demanding re-run of UAW election. wsws.org In this video, Will Lehman and his attorney discuss the lawsuit Lehman filed Monday against the Biden administration's Department of Labor over the fraudulent UAW election.
(2023-07-06). GM, Stellantis workers support Will Lehman lawsuit. wsws.org Autoworker Rank-and-File Network members support Will Lehman's lawsuit against the Labor Department sanction of the rigged UAW election.
(2023-07-06). Friday 7/7: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…
(2023-07-06). U.S. military trains in Hawai'i to target China. workers.org 
Military installations on O'ahu, Hawai'i Near the town of Wahiawā on the occupied Hawaiian island of O'ahu, the U.S. army is gearing up for war with China at the Lightning Academy, the 25th Infantry Division's training camp near Schofield Barracks. Here, the Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC) takes place over . . . |
(2023-07-06). Philly is a trans city 'Moms for fascism not welcome here'. workers.org 
Activist Sam Rise leads chants against Moms for Liberty, Philadelphia, June 29, 2023. Philadelphia In multiple demonstrations and solidarity actions throughout Moms for Liberty's four-day convention in Philadelphia, thousands turned out to tell the hate group: "Philly is a trans city; Philly is a Black city, and you're not welcome . . . |
(2023-07-06). Behind high court's assault on civil rights. workers.org 
Protest outside Supreme Court building, June 30, 2023. "Equal justice under law." These words are inscribed above the main entrance to the Supreme Court Building. They are a deception and a lie! Three rulings on June 29 and 30 should have shattered any lingering illusion that the Supreme Court of . . . |
(2023-07-06). Postal workers fight for an activist union. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-06). After Marathon Sessions, UPS Negotiations Collapse. popularresistance.org Around 4 a.m., UPS walked away from the bargaining table after presenting an unacceptable offer to the Teamsters that did not address members' needs. The UPS Teamsters National Negotiating Committee unanimously rejected the package. | Following marathon negotiations, UPS refused to give the Teamsters a last, best, and final offer, telling the union the company had nothing more to give. | "This multibillion-dollar corporation has plenty to give American workers — they just don't want to," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien. "UPS had a choice to make, and they have clearly chosen to go down the…
(2023-07-06). U.S. Is The Only Country Where Workers Can't Do This One Thing. leecamp.com
(2023-07-06). National Steel Car strikers should forge solidarity with striking BC dockers and Wabtec workers! For a North America-wide working-class counter-offensive! wsws.org
(2023-07-06). South Korean trade union confederation launches phony two-week strike. wsws.org The KCTU is attempting to dispel workers' anger over declining social and economic conditions while directing them back behind the opposition Democratic Party.
(2023-07-06). Talks "collapse" at UPS, as management digs in its heels over demands for massive concessions. wsws.org While the Teamster bureaucrats will continue their efforts to try and block a strike, their failure to do so by now suggests they are beginning to lose control of the situation. Their attempts to keep workers in line through PR maneuvering collides with the objective and irreconcilable class interests of workers and management.
(2023-07-06). Talks "collapse" at UPS, as management digs in its heels over demands for sweeping concessions. wsws.org While the Teamster bureaucrats will continue their efforts to try and block a strike, their failure to do so by now suggests they are beginning to lose control of the situation. Their attempts to keep workers in line through PR maneuvering collides with the objective and irreconcilable class interests of workers and management.
(2023-07-06). Fearing expanded strike action, Unite Here shuts down Southern California hotel workers strike. wsws.org Eighteen hotels resumed work Wednesday morning while a 19th, the Fairmont Miramar, briefly locked out the striking workers.
(2023-07-06). "I think they should man up and strike," SAG-AFTRA actors call for joint struggle with striking writers. wsws.org In interviews with the WSWS, striking film and television workers reflected on the current state of the writers strike and denounced the extension imposed by SAG-AFTRA last week.
(2023-07-06). Things Just Keep Getting Worse in China, Now They Are Running Out of Jobs. cepr.net Remember all those stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, and elsewhere telling us about the looming disaster facing China because of its declining population. The problem was that the declining population meant a smaller workforce, which would be a drag on the economy. It turns out that things in China …
(2023-07-06). June Jobs Preview: What to Expect in the June Jobs Report. cepr.net June Jobs Preview: What to Expect in the June Jobs Report The job market has been looking much more normal in recent months, although it is still arguably creating jobs at a faster rate than can be sustained over any substantial period. Wage growth has slowed markedly from its pace at the start of 2022. …
(2023-07-06). Correísmo Continues to Lead in Ecuador's Polls. orinocotribune.com Ecuador's presidential candidate for the Citizen Revolution (RC) movement, Luisa González, continues to lead the polls as of this Tuesday, July 4, ahead of the early elections scheduled for August 20. | According to the polling firm Negocios y Estrategias, led by public opinion researcher Iván Sierra, the initial indications are positive for the RC candidate, with 41% of the voting intention in her favor. | The study was carried out between June 22 and 26 across the eight provinces in the state with the largest populations—on the coast, the highlands, and the east of the Andean country—equivalent to 7…
(2023-07-06). 7 July, NYC: Long Live Jenin! Long Live Walid! Rally. samidoun.net 
Samidoun NY/NJ will be joining the Palestinian Youth Movement and many other organizations this Friday, July 7th at 4: 30pm at the UN Headquarters, Ralph Bunche Park, to demand the immediate release of Walid Daqqah! The Zionist entity is killing Walid Daqqah in an act of deliberate medical negligence. Walid has been imprisoned for over 37 …
(2023-07-06). Democracy in check: The crisis of MAS in Bolivia and Evo's alliance with the accomplices of the coup. uwidata.com By Ana Laura Dagorret* The Movement Towards Socialism in Bolivia (MAS) is going through its final crisis. The rupture has left two well defined sides: On one side, the current president Luis Arce leads the "renovation" of the party. The other side's leader is the former president and founder of MAS, Evo Morales, who is …
(2023-07-06). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Strains, sprains and tears of the upper arms. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am trying to get into shape for summer, and one area that has always been challenging has been my upper arms. Recently, though, I began a workout routine, but a friend warned me about the risk of injuries. Do you have any advice to avoid problems? ANSWER: Having well-defined, muscular upper arms often is the goal of anyone seeking a fit and toned appearance. But there's more to these hardworking muscles than good…
