(2022-01-08). CSTO Operations in Kazakhstan. libya360.wordpress.com Alessandro Lattanzio Nine Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft landed at Almaty airport in the Republic of Kazakhstan, carrying BTR-82A and Tigr-M armored vehicles and soldiers of the 45th Special Airborne Forces Brigade from the CSTO peacekeeping contingent. The units of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, after clarifying the situation, began to carry out their assigned tasks….
(2022-01-08). CSTO in Kazakhstan Annoys US. libya360.wordpress.com M.K. Bhadrakumar Gen. Andrey Serdyukov, commander of Russian Airborne Troops, will lead the CSTO peacekeeping forces in Kazakhstan The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Press Availability at Washington on Friday was largely devoted to Ukraine and the forthcoming strategic stability talks with Russia. But in response to a carefully planted question at the fag-end…
(2022-01-08). From Summits to Boycotts — America's Waning Influence. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic In recent months the US has attempted to flex its geopolitical might on the global stage in regards to China. First, the US attempted to trigger a widespread diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympic games. After announcing no US diplomats would attend the games in Beijing, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada…
(2022-01-08). Women in the Haitian Revolution. orinocotribune.com By Tristan Graham — Jan 6, 2022 | The 1791 slave uprising of Saint-Domingue was the largest and most successful slave revolt in modern history. It transformed one of the wealthiest colonies in the world into a new nation led by the black leaders of the Revolution. Because Saint-Domingue was a French colony, the French Revolution was inextricably linked to the Revolution in Saint-Domingue, however, the two Revolutions functioned in largely separate spheres not least because of the ocean that separated them. The struggle for liberation took on a particularly bloody and brutal shape on the island of Saint-Domin…
(2022-01-08). One Year After Jan 6 Insurrection & Rise Of Fascism With Vermont AFL-CIO Pres Van Deusen. indybay.org Vermont AFL-CIO president David Van Deusen is interviewed one year after the January 6, 2021 attempted coup and insurrection. His federation debated and voted for a resolution for a general strike to protest and stop such an insurrection. He talks about the same issues one year later.
(2022-01-08). More details emerge about the causes of Philadelphia row house fire which killed a dozen people. wsws.org The row house fire that occurred Wednesday morning in an upscale Philadelphia neighborhood reveals the harsh conditions working class residents throughout the city face.
(2022-01-08). The Uprising of Peasants and Workers in Naxalbari. dissidentvoice.org 
The words were red. And the rifles were red too. It was a time to win back everything that belonged to the people. A flame of rebellion raging against tyranny of the exploiting classes in remote Naxalbari in north-eastern India spread to different parts of the vast land of India, and in its neighboring countries. …
(2022-01-08). Think Big to Overcome Losing Big to Corporatism. dissidentvoice.org The progressive citizen groups, that in the sixties and seventies, drove through Congress the key environmental, worker, and consumer legislation, since unmatched, must feel nostalgic. Those were the years when legislation throwing cruel companies on the defensive was signed by arch-corporatist, President Richard Nixon, because he read the political tea leaves. These bills included the …
(2022-01-08). Republic Services mobilizes scab labor against striking workers. wsws.org Striking sanitation workers in San Diego County voted to reject a management offer, defying the company's threat to bring in strikebreakers.
(2022-01-08). Ironworkers end strike at Erie Strayer, win dental plan. themilitant.com PITTSBURGH — After 75 days on strike, the 40 members of Ironworkers Regional Shop Local 851 at Erie Strayer Company approved a new contract Dec. 19. It includes a dental plan for the first time and higher wage raises than the company initially offered. The Erie plant produces concrete-making machinery used on large construction sites. | The contract includes wage increases of 56 cents per hour for the first year and 40 cents for each of the following four years. The unionists had rejected the company's initial five-year contract offer of 5 cents to 15 cents an hour. Other issues were left unresolved, includ…
(2022-01-08). Steelworkers union conspires with auto parts maker Dana to keep workers on the line despite mass infection. wsws.org As of Friday morning, at least 140 workers at the plant were out sick, and a worker whose wife tested positive was allegedly instructed by management to report to work.
(2022-01-08). U.S. Supreme Court hears challenges to Biden's COVID vaccine mandates. america.cgtn.com 
The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments on whether two key White House vaccine mandates can proceed. What justices decide will impact millions of employees and healthcare workers.
(2022-01-08). Letter from a supplemental autoworker on 12-hour shifts at Warren Truck Assembly Plant. wsws.org A worker describes intolerable conditions at the plant, including long hours and lack of COVID safety measures.
(2022-01-08). Workers Struggles: Asia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Tamil Nadu sanitation workers protest outsourcing of jobs; Kerala government doctors protest pay anomalies; New Zealand casino workers strike on New Year's Eve…
(2022-01-08). NY Teamsters strike at United Metro Energy enters ninth month. themilitant.com NEW YORK — Fourteen workers, members of Teamsters Local 553 in Brooklyn, have been on strike against United Metro Energy Corp. since last April. | They are fighting to win wages and conditions that match what workers at other fuel-terminal operators in the city are paid. Right now they receive only up to half the standard hourly wages. They are also fighting for better medical insurance and a night shift differential. | The strikers joined the union in February 2019, but owner John Catsimatidis, a billionaire and well-known city political figure, dragged out negotiations for more than two years. | "There wa…
(2022-01-08). An open letter to workers in Australia: Join the global fight to end the pandemic and save lives in 2022! wsws.org The homicidal policies of the ruling classes everywhere are finding stark expression in Australia, where governments have completely abandoned previous mitigation measures and are presiding over an unparalleled increase in COVID-19 infections.
(2022-01-08). An open letter to all South Asian workers: The pandemic must be ended and lives saved in 2022! wsws.org In terms of its cost in human lives, the pandemic ranks among the greatest tragedies in the history of South Asia and in particular India.
(2022-01-08). California hospital engineers end strike. themilitant.com OAKLAND, Calif. — After 90 days on the picket line, with Kaiser management still refusing to budge on its insulting concession demands, the 700 stationary engineers on strike at 24 Northern California hospitals ended their strike Dec. 18. Officials of the IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 told Kaiser the engineers would return to work unconditionally while negotiations continue. | "It's bittersweet," stationary engineer Richard Souza told Militant worker-correspondent Eric Simpson. "We didn't win, but we stayed together and kept the union to fight another day. Even if you are close to retiring, you have to…
(2022-01-08). Pallet distribution workers in Manchester strike for 5% pay rise. themilitant.com MANCHESTER, England — "Our claim is for a 5% rise in our wages, the company is offering 2%," Malcolm Bostock, a Unite union representative, told the Militant on the picket line at the CHEP U.K. plant in Trafford Park. CHEP is owned by Australian company Brambles, one of the major distributors of pallets worldwide. | Bostock and some five dozen of his co-workers have been on strike since Dec. 17, after four one-day strikes. "We've worked all the way through the COVID pandemic, we'll keep going until we get what we deserve," he said. | Strikers maintain a 24-hour picket line from Monday to Friday. "People sup…
(2022-01-08). Colorado grocery workers prepare for three-week strike against King Soopers supermarket chain. wsws.org At 5: 00 a.m. on January 12, 8,400 supermarket workers will strike at 78 stores in Eastern Colorado.
(2022-01-08). Colorado: King Soopers workers to strike on January 12. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On January 3, King Soopers workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 (UFCW) in Denver and Colorado Springs approved an Unfair Labor Practices strike by a 97% margin. On January 7, the union announced that workers would walk off the job and onto the picket line starting next Wednesday, January 12. | The announcement follows weeks of bargaining between the union and King Soopers, in which the company "tried to prevent the workers from standing together with each other in the stores, refused to produce information critical to these negotiations, and failed to bargain in good…
(2022-01-08). Sanitation workers strike for safety, pay in California. themilitant.com CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Some 250 sanitation workers in the San Diego area continue to walk picket lines here since going on strike Dec. 17 against Republic Services. Members of Teamsters Local 542, many in rain gear for the winter storms that poured down, maintain pickets at four locations in their fight for safer trucks and working conditions and for higher wages. | "After Republic took over, conditions began deteriorating," Cesar Silva, 38, a driver with 16 years on the job, told the Militant. "There were a lot of write-ups, trucks in bad condition, safety concerns. They demand we have PPE [personal protect…
(2022-01-08). Australia's systemic migrant labour exploitation exposed. greenleft.org.au Much has been said about the rampant exploitation of migrant workers in Australia but the Migrant Workers Centre has data showing it is even worse. Hyeseon Jeong reports.
(2022-01-08). This Is America #156: Students & Workers Stage Walkouts as Omicron Surges; FBI Surveilled Portland Protests; One Year Since J6. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, January 7th, 2021. On today's episode, we first bring you an audio report from a New Year's Eve noise demo in so-called Tucson, Arizona, where in the past year, at least 10 people have died in the local jail. People rallied outside of the facility, playing music, making noise, shooting…
(2022-01-08). 'I really like the Militant's coverage of today's strikes'. themilitant.com 
The six-week drive to win more than 300 current Militant readers to Among recent subscribers are strikers met on union picket lines, family farmers and taxicab drivers fighting crushing debt; opponents of the U.S. rulers' economic war against Cuba's socialist revolution; and hundreds of working people who subscribed after Soc…
(2022-01-08). US expulsion of region least revenge for martyr Soleimani. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) — The expulsion of the US and global arrogance from the region is the least revenge for the assassination of General Soleimani, said a top military aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
(2022-01-08). Last night of mourning ceremony of Hazrat Fatemeh (PBUH). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) — The last night of mourning ceremony of martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (PBUH) was held at Hosseiniyah of Imam Khomeini (RA) on Friday in the presence of Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
(2022-01-08). Leader to deliver live speech on 1978 Qom anti-Shah protests. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) — The Leader of the Islamic Revolution is to deliver a live speech tomorrow on the occasion of the 1978 Qom demonstrations against the West-backed dynasty of Pahlavi.
(2022-01-08). 'Culture enables man to be more complete, revolutionary'. themilitant.com
(2022-01-08). Chris Hedges and Mark Rudd Discuss Self Destructive Forces on the Left. scheerpost.com 
The Weather Underground, a clandestine revolutionary organization that carried out a wave of bombings in the 1970s, was seen by Hedges' father and other clergy members who were involved in Vietnam anti-war protests as one of the most self-destructive forces on the left. These members of the clergy, many of whom, including Hedges' father, were World War II veterans, had often became ministers because of their experiences in the war. They understood the poison of violence. One of the most prominent leaders of Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam (CALCAV), to which Hedges' father belonged, was the Catholi…
(2022-01-08). Educators and parents denounce UK education unions over unsafe schools. wsws.org The National Education Union has worked to keep schools open throughout the pandemic. It now makes the lying claim that it organised the mobilisation of teachers and shutdown of schools last January, at the height of the pandemic.
(2022-01-08). Moscow, Beijing, Washington frame opponents as 'foreign agents'. themilitant.com As they deepen their assaults on working people and political rights, the regimes in Moscow and Beijing are trying to silence political opponents by smearing them as "foreign agents." Washington condemns these two rivals for repression, but has used the very same smears to target and frame up working-class organizations at home. | On Dec. 28, Russia's Supreme Court ordered the closing of Memorial International, a long-standing rights organization that has chronicled decades of Stalinist political repression in the Soviet Union. Its archives hold tens of thousands of documents, books and artwork by prisoners spann…
(2022-01-08). Lockout of Chicago teachers continues as child hospitalizations climb. wsws.org Teachers remain defiant in their effort to prevent the pandemic from worsening, while the Chicago Teachers Union is continuing its negotiations with district officials to reopen for in-person learning as soon as an agreement can be reached.
(2022-01-08). "Covid Ethnic Cleansing": The Vaccinated vs. the Unvaccinated: Those Who Refuse the Vaccine and the "Official" Covid-19 Narrative are Categorized as "Psychopaths" globalresearch.ca Note: | First published on August 26, 2020. Author's Note | This …
(2022-01-08). Squid Game and the survival drama genre. wsws.org While Squid Game presents a unique twist on the effort to represent capitalism as a fight to the death, it is only the most recent example of an international genre that began in the US in the 1970s.
(2022-01-08). Capitalism's perpetual pandemic. wsws.org The US government and media are demanding that COVID-19 become the "new normal," legitimizing mass death in perpetuity.
(2022-01-08). 'Free speech' platform accused of censoring critics. rt.com 
A popular 'free speech' social network has faced repeated allegations of censorship, with many users expressing concern over its links to a Chinese billionaire | Gettr, a conservative free speech Twitter alternative led by a former adviser to ex-US President Donald Trump, has been accused of censoring users who criticize the platform and one of its backers. | The site — which has managed to draw users as big as podcast host Joe Rogan with its free speech claims — sparked accusations of hypocrisy after it banned several users, including controversial right-wing political commentator Nick Fuentes. | Fu…
(2022-01-08). Omicron brings fresh woes to recovering hotel industry. america.cgtn.com 
Hotels in New York say the surge in cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant led to mass cancellations over the holiday season. Some hotels are also struggling to recruit staff in the face of a national labor shortage. But industry leaders say the situation is still …
(2022-01-08). Instituto de Geofísica y Astronomía anuncia inauguración de Observatorio cubano-ruso. cubadebate.cu Gracias al convenio de colaboración con el Instituto de Astronomía Aplicada (IPA) y el Instituto de Astronomía (INASAN), ambos de la Academia de Ciencias de Rusia, el Instituto de Geofísica y Astronomía de Cuba alberga en una pequeña construcción coronada por una cúpula blanca automatizada el nuevo Observatorio cubano-ruso, cuya inauguración tendrá lugar el próximo 14 de enero, en saludo al día de la Ciencia Cubana.
(2022-01-08). #Palestine2022 campaign aims to bring Palestine into the French presidential campaign. samidoun.net 
In the 2022 French presidential election campaign, Palestine is largely absent from the mainstream discussion, despite the fact that it should be a central issue in addressing France's foreign policy. French governments have always actively supported Israel, a colonial and racist state. France plays a key role in the oppression of the Palestinian people, including […] | The article
(2022-01-08). Saturday 1/8: Deepening the Struggle Against Colonialism w/ BIBC. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-08). Russia and Egypt Strive to Ensure Food Security in Africa. journal-neo.org 
Despite modern agro-industrial technologies, the trend towards food shortages continues. This, in particular, is evidenced by the information published by the UN that up to 820 million people are starving in the world, which is about 10% of the world population. There are more malnourished and hungry people around the world today than ever before, despite the …
(2022-01-08). Western Shoshone: 'After 900 Nuclear Tests On Our Land, US Wants to Ethnically Cleanse Us'. libya360.wordpress.com Chris Sweeney 'The most nuclear bombed nation on the planet' is the unwanted accolade claimed by the Shoshone Native American tribe. This has had devastating effects for the community, and RT spoke with one campaigner fighting for justice. "They are occupying our country, they are stealing our opportunities and we are expected to die because…
(2022-01-08). Libya: The United States Obstructs Elections, Fearing the Victory of Dr. Saif al-Islam Qaddafi. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: Not only is the US manipulating events to place their own operatives in power, they are also laying the foundation for a protracted civil war and the balkanization of Libya to better serve imperial interests, which extend past Libya's borders, to threaten all of Africa. — A.V. The United States is following Britain's…
(2022-01-08). LPNM: The Greatest Danger Libyans Face after Foreign Intervention is Armed Militias. libya360.wordpress.com Spokesman for the Libyan People's National Movement, Nasser Saeed The spokesperson for the Libyan People's National Movement, Nasser Saeed, confirmed that the dangerous enemy to the Libyans and to the state of security and stability in Libya after foreign intervention are the armed militias (criminal — regional — ideological). Saeed said, in a post on…
(2022-01-08). Guatemala: Why Do Members of the Same Indigenous Peoples Kill Each Other? libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Territory in conflict between Santa Catarina and Nahualá occupied by PNC. Internet The territorial conflict between Nahualá and Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán is an iceberg in a country with criminal internal borders that dissect the peoples, turning them into territorial enemies among themselves, families belonging to the same native peoples. In recent months, the…
(2022-01-08). [Correspondence] Racialised people in clinical guideline panels. thelancet.com Clinical practice guidelines can include recommendations with important implications for health equity; therefore, guideline panels should comprise individuals positioned to make relevant recommendations, including those that reflect the diversity of the priority population.1 Women are under-represented in guideline panels, and, although the inclusion of racialised people in guideline panels has received less attention, racialised clinicians are discriminated against in training and hiring.2—4 We determined the extent to which guideline panels included racialised people and women.