(2022-02-08). Not By Diet Alone: Overweight People May Become Thinner by Sleeping Extra Hour. sputniknews.com The researchers touted their study as game-changing because it was carried out in a real-world setting rather than a laboratory. The overweight participants, who habitually slept in their own beds fewer than 6.5 hours a night, managed to add an extra 1.2 hours of sleep after they underwent counselling to improve their sleeping habits.
(2022-02-08). Turkish health workers strike as COVID-19 pandemic, living costs surge. wsws.org As COVID-19 cases explode and real annual inflation exceeds 110 percent in Turkey, many layers of the working class are increasingly taking strike action.
(2022-02-08). The far-right occupation of Ottawa: January 6 goes global. wsws.org Absent the political intervention of the working class, all possible outcomes to the current standoff in Ottawa will only produce a further lurch to the right, imperiling the most fundamental democratic and social rights of the working class.
(2022-02-08). The far-right occupation of Ottawa: January 6 conspiracy hits Canada. wsws.org Absent the political intervention of the working class, all possible outcomes to the current standoff in Ottawa will only produce a further lurch to the right, imperiling the most fundamental democratic and social rights of the working class.
(2022-02-08). Canada: The Left is nowhere on COVID. And that's a big problem. mronline.org 
They have failed to step into the current political climate and counter far-right protests, and get workers the income, housing and other social support they need.
(2022-02-08). Construction union leaders hail Biden's pro-union executive order. peoplesworld.org 
(2022-02-08). From Embers: A Transportation Worker Speaks on the "Freedom Convoy" itsgoingdown.org From Embers speaks with a transportation worker in so-called Ottawa about their view on the ongoing far-Right convoy protests against vaccine mandates. We spoke with a transportation worker about the so-called Freedom Convoy currently occupying capital cities and border crossings across Canada. Links: Naujawan Support Network Canadian Anti-Hate Network Punch Up Collective (Ottawa) Ottawa Trip…
(2022-02-08). ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions Workers Demand Justice At Oakland Education Rally. indybay.org ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions workers spoke out for justice on the job at the Oakland City hall rally against education cuts.
(2022-02-08). BNSF railroad unions pen letter begging Biden administration to intervene against punitive new attendance policy. wsws.org The letter is an attempt to divert attention from the unions' own treachery and promote illusions in the same capitalist state, which is robbing BNSF workers of their right to strike and to free speech.
(2022-02-08). Sri Lankan justice minister calls for strike ban in key sectors. wsws.org Workers in Sri Lanka must take a sharp warning from the Rajapakse regime's moves to further outlawing strikes in the state sector and other strategic industries.
(2022-02-08). BNSF railroad unions beg Biden administration to intervene against punitive new attendance policy. wsws.org The letter is an attempt to divert attention from the unions' own treachery and promote illusions in the same capitalist state, which is robbing BNSF workers of their right to strike and to free speech.
(2022-02-08). Maritime Union of Australia tries to sell out Patrick Terminals workers. wsws.org The proposed union-management deal would deliver the company exactly what it demands—a workforce at its beck and call, whose personal lives must be subordinated to the vagaries of international supply chains.
(2022-02-08). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Thousands of Puerto Rican teachers held protests to support demand for increases in pay, while Tijuana, Mexico parents are demanding the state government redress nonpayment of teachers' wage…
(2022-02-08). Columbia student workers ratify contract with cuts in real wages: The political lessons. wsws.org Throughout their struggle, Columbia University student workers confronted two hostile forces: the university administration, run by millionaires with close ties to the Democratic Party, and the United Auto Workers.
(2022-02-08). Maritime Union of Australia deal to sell out Patrick Terminals workers. wsws.org The proposed union-management deal would deliver the company exactly what it demands—a workforce at its beck and call, whose personal lives must be subordinated to the vagaries of international supply chains.
(2022-02-08). Hunger-Striking Teachers Say Oakland Plan to Close Schools Will Hurt Black & Brown Communities. democracynow.org 
We go to Oakland, where a group of teachers are on a hunger strike to protest a plan to close and merge over a dozen schools due to under-enrollment. This comes ahead of a critical school board vote Tuesday that will decide whether to proceed with the plan. Activists argue the move threatens to divert resources to charter schools and displace hundreds of Black and Brown children from their neighborhood schools. The hunger strike across multiple different schools has empowered many to speak up against longtime systemic racism, says Moses Omolade, one of the striking workers and a community schools manager at Westl…
(2022-02-08). BONUS: "The Long March: an Untold Story" by Harrison E. Salisbury- Review and Thoughts. anchor.fm In this episode I go over a book titled the long march: an untold story, by Harrison E Salisbury. I talk about things like hero worship, the great men of history theory, understanding historical materialism, and some other things about Mao, Stalin, and the Chinese revolution as well as socialist revolutions across the world.
(2022-02-08). Ahjamu Umi's "A Guide for Organizing Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence" libya360.wordpress.com Roberto Sirvent In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week's featured author is Ahjamu Umi. Umi is an organizer for the All African People's Revolutionary Party. He has engaged in many elements of revolutionary political work, including mobilizing protection for communities against violent white supremacist groups. He has…
(2022-02-08). Enemies and Friends: Resolving Contradictions. libya360.wordpress.com Ready for Revolution Hood Communist Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt of Safiya Bukhari's The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison & Fighting For Those Left Behind. This section is titled "Enemies and Friends: Resolving Contradictions" and it was written sometime in the late 1980s…
(2022-02-08). Why on Earth Does George Soros Want Xi Jinping to Go? journal-neo.org 
Mister "Open Society," George Soros, the symbol of globalist regime change Color Revolutions since the 1980s, has just signaled that he and his globalist circles have targeted China's President Xi Jinping for what looks a lot like regime change. On the surface, Soros' latest sharp critique of Xi and his management of China's economy seems …
(2022-02-08). Sunday 2/13: Green Sunday: How We Really Create a Political Revolution. indybay.org Online, on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/89559844652 | Meeting ID: 895 5984 4652 | Dial by your location | +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) | +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) | .
(2022-02-08). Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Whither China? mronline.org 
A bimonthly podcast hosted by Professor David Harvey that looks at capitalism through a Marxist lens.
(2022-02-08). Wave of Coups Disrupts Africa as U.S.-Trained Soldiers Play Key Role in Overthrowing Governments. democracynow.org 
The African Union is condemning a wave of coups in Africa, where military forces have seized power over the past 18 months in Mali, Chad, Guinea, Sudan and, most recently, in January, Burkina Faso. Several were led by U.S.-trained officers as part of a growing U.S. military presence in the region under the guise of counterterrorism, which is a new imperial influence that supplements the history of French colonialism, says Brittany Meché, assistant professor at Williams College. Some coups have been met with celebration in the streets, signaling armed revolt has become the last resort for people dissatisfied with…
(2022-02-08). Organizing Africans Against the Capitalist System. libya360.wordpress.com Ahjamu Umi Hood Communist Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt of Hood Communist Editor, Ahjamu Umi's, most recent work A Guide for Organizing Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence. He was also interviewed about it in Black Agenda Report. If you would like to read it in full, consider purchasing it. All proceeds go toward helping him…
(2022-02-08). Talk World Radio: Braxton Brewington: End Debt. davidswanson.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about debt, including student debt. Our guest Braxton Brewington is a spokesperson and organizer for The Debt Collective. See debtcollective.org The Debt Collective …
(2022-02-08). Sunday 2/13: A discussion with Dr. Detroit and Friends. indybay.org Long Haul infoshop 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley — 510-540-0751 – 2 blocks from Ashby BART – Shattuck and Woolsey across from La Pena…
(2022-02-08). NATO holds drills with three carrier strike groups, seven interceptor warships in Eastern Mediterranean. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Near the entrance to the Black Sea. Charles de Gaulle is the only nuclear aircraft in the world aside from the U.S.'s eleven. The USS Bainbridge, USS Gonzalez, USS Gravely and USS Ross are Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers designed to fire Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missiles of the sort stationed in their so-called Aegis …
(2022-02-08). UK rail cleaners strike against poverty pay. wsws.org During the pandemic, rail cleaners have braved hazardous conditions to protect the public from infection. But outsourced cleaners have been paid a pittance and were even denied sick pay.
(2022-02-08). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — February 8, 2022. southfront.org 
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…
(2022-02-08). New Gates Foundation a US Regime Change Front. libya360.wordpress.com ALEXANDER RUBINSTEIN Zimbabwean telecom billionaire Strive Masiyiwa (right) with Melinda French Gates Listed as a US asset while spearheading Zimbabwean regime change plans, billionaire Strive Masiyiwa joins a cast of technocratic zealots on Gates' new board of trustees. In a shake-up of an institution named for one of the world's wealthiest and most influential oligarchs,…
(2022-02-08). Argentina joins China's Belt and Road Initiative. peoplesdispatch.org On February 6, the governments of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative, a global trade infrastructure project promoted by the People's Republic of China. | The memorandum, which promotes the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, was signed during President Fernández's official three-day visit to China. President Fernández visited China, at President Jinping's invitation, to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Februa…
(2022-02-08). Valora Díaz-Canel necesidad de revitalizar programas sociales impulsados por Fidel (+ Video). cubadebate.cu En consonancia con una labor humanista que entraña continuidad, tuvo lugar en la tarde de este lunes, desde el Palacio de la Revolución y encabezada por el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, una reunión que versó sobre los programas sociales que el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz impulsara con particular empeño a inicios del siglo XXI.
(2022-02-08). New Zealand government to re-open borders amid escalating Omicron outbreak. wsws.org The dangerous border re-openings are the next stage in the New Zealand Labour-led government's pro-business strategy to end public health restrictions and let COVID run.
(2022-02-08). Challenging Colonialism s01e03: Weapons of Mass Destruction (p.II). indybay.org Part II: A History of Resistance | Part two of a four-part episode outlines dams as a colonial project, and centers Indigenous science in the historical and ongoing indigenous resistance to eco-genocide.
(2022-02-08). How US Meddling Split Sudan, Creating an Oil Republic Drowning in Poverty and Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com TJ COLES South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and then-US VPJoe Biden in Nairobi, Kenya June 9, 2010 Following decades of US soft power aid interventions to exploit South Sudan's energy reserves and counter China's influence, the republic is trapped in humanitarian crisis. Like most countries, the Republic of South Sudan is a complex nation of…
(2022-02-08). Nicaragua: 'El Salvador Continues Hostile Activities in Our Maritime Spaces'. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Nicaragua's Government of Reconciliation and National Unity has released a second statement on the dispatch, on behalf of the government of El Salvador, of Salvadoran Artillery Military Vessels to Nicaragua's maritime spaces in the Pacific Ocean. The Salvadoran Military Vessels have made incursions less than 30 miles off Nicaragua's coasts, in maritime spaces…
(2022-02-08). Canada: The Great Reset "Anarchists" who Hate Freedom Uprisings. libya360.wordpress.com Winter Oak What can we make of a bunch of so-called "anarchists" whose response to a major popular uprising taking place on their doorstep is to angrily oppose it? Anarchism has always been about people power, about the idea that we need to come together to overthrow tyranny and state-corporate power to create a world…
(2022-02-07). After Amazon Tragedy, Workers Come Together To Demand Safe Working Conditions. popularresistance.org The fight for justice and accountability continues for six Amazon employees who were killed when a warehouse roof collapsed during a tornado in December. | Federal officials are investigating possible health and safety violations at the facility in Edwardsville, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis. Illinois lawmakers are considering raising statewide standards for warehouse construction to prevent future tragedies. And family members of one of the employees, Austin McEwen, recently filed a wrongful death suit against the giant retailer.
(2022-02-07). After Amazon Tragedy, Workers Demand Safe Working Conditions. popularresistance.org The fight for justice and accountability continues for six Amazon employees who were killed when a warehouse roof collapsed during a tornado in December. | Federal officials are investigating possible health and safety violations at the facility in Edwardsville, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis. Illinois lawmakers are considering raising statewide standards for warehouse construction to prevent future tragedies. And family members of one of the employees, Austin McEwen, recently filed a wrongful death suit against the giant retailer. | "My daughter was not expendable," said Jeffrey Hebb at a January rally in front…
(2022-02-07). No-knock terror, again — Abolish the police! workers.org 
No one knocked on Amir Locke's apartment door before Minneapolis police entered, using a key, at 6: 48 a.m. Feb. 2. They murdered the 22-year-old Black man, nine seconds later. Protesters demand justice for Amir Locke in Minneapolis, Feb. 5. Locke, who police killed while carrying out a search warrant, was . . . |
(2022-02-07). Exxon Mobil workers bravely endure nine months of lockout. liberationnews.org 
Workers are suffering because of the company's lockout, but remain determined to stand up for their rights and their union…
(2022-02-07). Does the capitalist class support democracy? peoplesworld.org 
Does the capitalist class support democracy? Or are they more comfortable cashing in thanks to tyrants? Two observations prompted this line of thought. One, familiar to every worker, is that the honchos of the world—and not just in the U.S.—routinely repress their employees. They need government approval or, at worst, indifference, to get away with …
(2022-02-07). U.S.-EU hide their role in Afghan hunger crisis. workers.org 
On Jan. 24, U.S. and European Union representatives met with representatives of the Taliban in Oslo to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. The meeting's purpose, according to the U.S. State Department, was the "urgency in addressing the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan" and the need to "help alleviate the suffering of . . . |
(2022-02-07). US oil refinery workers face two-front war against energy companies and USW. wsws.org Although workers voted overwhelmingly last summer to sanction a walkout, the United Steelworkers bureaucracy has unilaterally agreed to "rolling" 24-hour contract extensions, allowing the oil companies to recruit replacements to keep operations going in the event of a strike.
(2022-02-07). Rights group urge Qatar and FIFA to ensure fair trial for former World Cup employee. peoplesdispatch.org Abdullah Ibhais, was convicted on bribery and other related charges soon after he spoke up against the Qatari authorities' repression of a migrant workers strike…
(2022-02-07). Progressive sections in Belgium slam government plan to increase military spending. peoplesdispatch.org On Saturday, February 5, peace groups and anti-imperialist sections in Belgium organized a demonstration in capital Brussels to protest the government's plans to increase its defense budget amid the simmering Russia-Ukraine conflict. The demonstration was attended by members of left parties and progressive organizations such as Intal Globalize Solidarity, Vrede vzw, Cnapd Asbl, the Workers Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA), the Comac youth movement, among others. They urged Russia and Ukraine to engage in dialogue to peacefully resolve the conflict. | The coalition government in Belgium has agreed to allocate EUR 10.2…
(2022-02-07). Sri Lankan health workers launch strike over pay disparities. peoplesdispatch.org Sri Lankan health workers launched an indefinite strike on Monday, February 7 protesting the government's failure to address salary anomalies and other issues. This follows a one-day strike on January 26 and other actions in the preceding months. | Health workers in Sri Lanka have been participating in intensive industrial action over the past three months. Their major demands include the rectification of salary anomalies, higher allowances for transport and on-call duties from 3,000 Rupees (USD 15) to 10,000 Rupees (USD 49.25), and increase in overtime rates, according to media reports. | The protests that began…
(2022-02-07). Morning Commute: 2-7-2022 #FREELEONARDPELTIER. anchor.fm In this episode I go over a few things that are on my mind like the continuous encirclement and harassment of Russia and China, as well as how we can learn from the ongoing peoples movements in socialist revolution of the past and the present in order to inform and help organize for our future. Let's get Organizing y'all!
(2022-02-07). Portugal's Socialist Party wins legislative election as Left Bloc collapses. wsws.org The Left Bloc and the Portuguese Communist Party are deeply discredited after years of openly supporting the right-wing policies of the Socialist Party (PS) government.
(2022-02-07). Diosdado Cabello to British Diplomat Having Fun in Venezuela: 'Return the Gold you have Stolen'. orinocotribune.com The vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, responded to the UK's Deputy Head of Mission to Caracas, Duncan Hill, asking him to return the gold that his country has stolen from Venezuela. Cabello made the statement in response to a tweet that Hill had posted on his Twitter account, in which he is seen enjoying the Naiguatá Peak near Caracas after enjoying a day of hiking. | "Return the gold you have stolen," wrote Cabello. "Venceremos!" | Devuelvan El Oro que se robaron. Nosotros Venceremos!! — Diosda…