(2022-02-10). Atlanta Homeless Union resists police sweep and win month's stay at hotel. liberationnews.org 
On Feb. 8, Fulton County Sheriffs reportedly threatened to forcibly remove all people from from a homeless encampment in front of Atlanta City Hall at 4 a.m. and arrest anyone who refused to leave.
(2022-02-10). Mobilise the working class to support Sri Lankan national health strike. wsws.org Over 65,000 Sri Lankan health workers, including nurses, paramedic services, public health inspectors, medical laboratory technologists and pharmacists, began an indefinite strike over wages, allowances and working conditions on Monday.
(2022-02-10). What's important for workers in BLS January jobs report. workers.org 
The corporate media shouted loud hosannas to greet the Bureau of Labor Statistics Feb. 4 announcement that the U.S. economy had added 467,000 jobs in January. Upward revisions to previously announced job totals for December and November 2021 increased the media's delight. Overall they concluded that the U.S. economy had . . . |
(2022-02-10). Wife of locomotive engineer describes BNSF's toll on family life. wsws.org "If there was a strike, it would have such a heavy impact on the economy," she said. "People don't want to disrupt the supply chain, but it's not worth their health, sanity and job safety. Every worker I've talked to is willing to strike because of that."
(2022-02-10). Workers in Australia face soaring prices and debt. wsws.org For working-class households, the cost of living is rising far faster than incomes, deepening the decline in average real pay levels over the past decade.
(2022-02-10). San José protests against U.S. war on Russia. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Saturday, February 5, anti-war protesters gathered in front of San José's City Hall to demand an end to imperial saber rattling in eastern Europe. Speakers from CODEPINK, Freedom Road Socialism (FRSO), National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the El Barrio Defense Committee gathered a crowd of 30 onlookers while calling for end to the war drive against Russia. | Mike Paradela of FRSO said "We called the protest because what the U.S. government is doing is not good for working people. NATO does not benefit working people, it began as an al…
(2022-02-10). Strike for Contract at CA College Of The Arts Oakland Campus. indybay.org After a successful first day on the picket lines, CCA staff, with the support of faculty and students, picketed and marched at the Oakland campus. The Campus is being closed as part of a risky real estate deal that jeopardizes the college's future and legacy.
(2022-02-10). Strike At CA College Of The Arts SF Campus: We Want A Contract & Living Wages NOW! indybay.org Staff and adjuncts went on a unfair labor practice at the California College of the Arts. A rally was held on February 8, 2022 on the first day of the strike.
(2022-02-10). Bankers bare their teeth on wages. wsws.org Even though US wage increases are well below inflation, now at around 7 percent, a call by the Bank of America for seven interest rate increases this year reflects growing demands for what amounts to a pre-emptive strike.
(2022-02-10). Saturday 2/26: Noted Indigenous and Prisoner Rights Advocate Lenny Foster. indybay.org Zoom Webinar Registration: us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_dXFlyEK4TwuAJvywNY1Pqg…
(2022-02-10). Movilizaciones en Buenos Aires exigen soberanía de Lago Escondido. telesurtv.net Denuncian ocupación mal habida de tierras por magnate británico Joe Lewis. Consideran que creó un enclave colonialista en la Patagonia.
(2022-02-09). Ford temporarily lays off thousands at North American plants, citing chip shortage. wsws.org Ford laid off thousands of workers temporarily after it reduced or stopped production at eight North American plants starting Monday.
(2022-02-09). Class struggle and freedom beyond colonial borders. mronline.org 
The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief how truly interconnected our world is, how superficial colonial borders are, and thus how the struggle for freedom must link localized organizing to broader global insurgencies.
(2022-02-09). On Contact: The Gig Economy. popularresistance.org After the end of World War II, two generations of workers in the United States were blessed with a period of unprecedented prosperity. Wages for the working class were high. Jobs were stable and came with benefits and health insurance. Unions protected workers from abuse by the business elites. Taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations was as high as 91%. The public school system provided a quality education to the poor and the rich. The nation's infrastructure and technology were cutting edge and unrivaled. But by the 1970s, it all began to go south. Wages stagnated. Income inequality grew, until by 2…
(2022-02-09). President Maduro Condemns Indolence of Some Officials Toward Workers. orinocotribune.com 
With a tenacious call to end the indolence of some state institutions and private entities, President Nicolás Maduro asked for the support of Venezuela's working class through the functions carried out by the Productive Councils of Workers (CPT). | The statements were issued this Monday, February 7, during a meeting with workers of state-owned PDVSA subsidiary Pequiven. At the same time, President Maduro noted that Venezuela currently has sufficient funds to finance small and medium industries, including through the bank's credit portfolio. | "The assets are there, what is not there is a connection with the grass…
(2022-02-09). Oakland, California, school closures and budget cuts are an attack on the entire working class! wsws.org Attempts to present school closures in racial terms obscures their underlying cause and divides a unified struggle of the working class against capitalist budget cuts.
(2022-02-09). Australia: New South Wales nurses vote for statewide strike. wsws.org The union is doing everything to isolate and divide up action which expresses immense anger among not only nurses and other health staff, but broad sections of the working class.
(2022-02-09). Workers Power Day — February 26, 2022. popularresistance.org Starbucks workers are leading an electrifying drive to organize the major coffee chain, with one or often several stores announcing they're joining this growing movement each day. Amazon workers from coast to coast are organizing to build power at one of the world's largest and most powerful corporations. Workers in Staten Island recently filed to hold union elections at 2 warehouses. The majority Black Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama are engaged in their second union campaign, after the results of the first were tossed out based on Amazon's egregious union busting campaign — which they continue in earn…
(2022-02-09). Amazon workers fight for unions in Staten Island, Alabama, and elsewhere. peoplesworld.org 
(2022-02-09). In unusual bipartisan harmony, House OKs postal reform. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—In an unusual bipartisan harmony, the U.S. House approved a massive postal reform bill whose main impact would be to end the heavy weight of a $5 billion yearly prepayment of future retirees' health care costs. The measure is also an implicit rebuke to the GOP-run Congress which imposed that "onerous burden," as postal unions …
(2022-02-09). Stop the U.S. war machine! workers.org 
During the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 6., an ad hoc coalition of U.S. anti-imperialist organizations in the United States held over 70 protests against U.S. and NATO aggressive actions directed at Russia. These ranged from holding signs and banners in well-trafficked areas or on highway overpasses to days . . . |
(2022-02-09). Online Event: Solidarity with Striking UMWA Mine Workers at Warrior Met Coal. peoplesworld.org 
TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 2022 — 8 P.M. EASTERN REGISTER HERE Click here to make a donation that goes directly to UMWA mine workers strike fund. Read People's World coverage of the strike at Warrior Met: > Warrior Met forces 1,100 Mine Workers in Alabama into long strike > Solidarity going strong for striking Alabama …
(2022-02-09). After 295 days of kidnapping by Israeli apartheid, Juani Rishmawi is free. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network welcomes and rejoices at the release of Juani Rishmawi in the face of the unfounded and pernicious judicial persecution imposed by the apartheid regime and Israeli occupation. Juani, a Spanish aid worker naturalized as a Palestinian, contributes to the Palestinian cause from the humanitarian perspective and through political activism in …
(2022-02-09). 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.
(2022-02-09). Interview with late American Trotskyist autoworker Jim Lawrence. wsws.org
(2022-02-09). B&Q, Wincanton workers should reject below inflation pay offer! Mobilise a unified fightback against B&Q and its subcontractors! wsws.org While Unite called the strike, it has enforced the isolation of the dispute by warehouse workers even as conditions exist for a broader fightback within the workplace and across the logistics and distribution network of B&Q.
(2022-02-09). Workers at Largest GM Plant in Mexico Win Historic Independent Union Vote. truthout.org 
In Mexico, thousands of workers at the country's largest General Motors plant have won a historic vote to form an independent union, breaking from a tradition of corrupt unions tied to elites who cut deals with corporations to keep wages and benefits low. We go to Guanajuato, Mexico, to speak with historian Javier Bravo about the victory and the passage of critical labor reforms in 2019, which ensure workers can create new unions independent of the will of their employers, says Bravo. | TRANSCR…
(2022-02-09). Levin Files Legislation to Approve Congress Workers' Union With 130 Cosponsors. truthout.org 
On Wednesday, Rep. Andy Levin (D-Michigan) filed a resolution that would give the green light to congressional workers seeking to form a union. | The
(2022-02-09). Stop the infection of Berlin transport workers! wsws.org Berlin's mayor has announced that "infected people without symptoms should continue to work in exceptional cases."
(2022-02-09). How Lobstermen Formed A Union Co-Op To Claw Back Fair Prices. popularresistance.org When you think of workers hamstrung by the "independent contractor" label, you probably don't think of Maine lobstermen. | But it turns out that lobstermen—a title claimed by women as well as men who catch and sell lobster for a living—have something in common with warehouse temps and Uber drivers. As independent contractors they're denied the collective bargaining rights and various other workplace protections and benefits afforded (to some) by U.S. labor law. | And the strategy they used to confront low wages is one that similarly exploited workers might want to try too: they teamed up with a union…
(2022-02-09). Starbucks Fires Seven Union Organizers in Memphis, Sparking Outrage. truthout.org 
On Tuesday, Starbucks fired seven workers at a store in Memphis, Tennessee, that recently filed for unionization. The terminated workers make up almost the entirety of the store's organizing committee, according to the union. | The company
(2022-02-09). Workers at Largest GM Plant in Mexico Win Historic Vote for New Independent Union After 2019 Reforms. democracynow.org 
In Mexico, thousands of workers at the country's largest General Motors plant have won a historic vote to form an independent union, breaking from a tradition of corrupt unions tied to elites who cut deals with corporations to keep wages and benefits low. We go to Guanajuato, Mexico, to speak with historian Javier Bravo about the victory and the passage of critical labor reforms in 2019, which ensure workers can create new unions independent of the will of their employers, says Bravo.
(2022-02-09). Anatomy Of A Cancellation. popularresistance.org I'll just assume everyone knows who the Democratic Socialists of America are. If not, you can look them up easily enough, but they probably represent the biggest organized political group to the left of the Democratic Party today (or on the left of the Democratic Party, depending). As any sensible democratic socialist organization would do, they are actively supporting the Portland city workers in their contract negotiations with the city, and their plan for an imminent strike. | Then we need to introduce another prominent character in the sordid tale, me. Those of you reading this on my blog probably don't need…
(2022-02-09). DPRK Missile Tests at the End of January 2022: the Moratorium Is Over. journal-neo.org 
January 2022 has been rather busy in terms of missile launches by the DPRK, and following the meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea held on January 20, the month became even more eventful after they had hinted at the possible discontinuation of the unilateral moratorium. On January …
(2022-02-09). Oil refinery workers demand strike action, denounce USW information blackout: "We don't want to work 80 hours a week" wsws.org After more than a week since the expiration of their three-year contract, 30,000 oil refinery and petrochemical workers are being kept on the job by the United Steelworkers union.
(2022-02-09). Opposition growing among BNSF workers one week after management imposes draconian new "Hi-Viz" policy. wsws.org Yesterday, judge Mark Pittman extended the temporary restraining order banning strike action through February 22, a move that was widely expected.
(2022-02-09). Workers attacked and beaten as strike at South African dairy giant Clover enters 12th week. peoplesdispatch.org Two workers abducted by goons "were held hostage and beaten in full view of the management inside the factory premises. Managers neither called the police nor the ambulance," said union leader Mametlwe Sebei.
(2022-02-09). Remembering When China's Chairman Mao Met With WEB Dubois. moguldom.com It may not be well known, but in 1959, civil rights activist, pan-Africanist and Black socialist W. E. B. Du Bois traveled to China to meet with Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung. A communist revolutionary, Chairman Mao was the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He ruled as the chairman of the Chinese …
(2022-02-09). United protest in New Orleans against US, NATO war on Russia. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Anti-war protesters gathered on February 5 in New Orleans at Lafayette Square Park to demand an end to NATO aggression against Russia. Activists carried signs and chanted slogans calling for peace and the disbandment of NATO. | The protest was organized by a coalition including the Communist Party USA, the Democratic Socialists of America, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. | Speakers decried the latest U.S. attempt to escalate the situation in Ukraine, which they said threatens us with a nuclear conflict with Russia. The protest also highlight…
(2022-02-09). Iran's Revolutionary Guard Reveal New Strategic Long-Range Ballistic Missile (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | On February 9, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled a new strategic long-range missile with pinpoint accuracy dubbed "Kheibar-Shekan". | The new missile was showcased for the first time during a ceremony attended by Chief of Staff of Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh and a number of other high-ranking military officials and commanders. | The ceremony, which coincided with celebrations in Iran comm…
(2022-02-09). Modi Government Taking Revenge from Farmers for Victorious Struggle Through Budget, says SKM. orinocotribune.com By Ravi Kaushal — Feb 2, 2022 | The morcha also emphasised that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not mention about doubling of farmers' income even once as it failed to achieve the results in several years. | Coming down heavily on the Union Budget 2022—23, Sanyukta Kisan Morcha on Tuesday said that the Modi Government was punishing the country's farmers for leading the historic struggle against three central farm laws by slashing the allocation of agriculture and allied activities. The morcha emphasised that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not mention about doubling of farme…
(2022-02-09). Biden's task force on unionization: A corporatist agenda for austerity and war. wsws.org The task force proposals are all aimed at the strengthening of a labor police force, comprised of upper-middle class executives, to enforce the dictates of the ruling class.
(2022-02-09). Morning Commute: 2-9-2022. anchor.fm Hope everyone is well! Today we're doing a little news coverage based on sources I've been reading like People's Dispatch, Hoodcommunist.org, By Any Means Necessary, Liberation News, Kawasachun News, TeleSur English, Guerrilla History Podcast, etc. We go over Russia/China Relations, the Olympics, the African Union meeting, Oakland and Chicago schools ongoing issues, movements against Police Brutality and the murder by Minneapolis Police Department (yup, that one!) of Amir Locke who was 22 years old! No justice, no peace!! Go organize!
(2022-02-09). Unions, staff fight Sydney Uni Arts Faculty cuts. greenleft.org.au The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney is being replaced by a new, centralised discipline structure, reports Georgie Dixon.
(2022-02-09). Punch Up Collective: Organizing Against the Occupation of Ottawa. itsgoingdown.org Statement from the Punch Up Collective on the current situation in Ottawa and ways that people are organizing in the face of ongoing far-Right convoy protests. Points of crisis can usefully reveal contradictions and opportunities for organizing. Crisis can also shut us down and make it hard to connect, think, and act. The mobilization of…
(2022-02-09). Green Games, sustainability embedded in preparations of Beijing 2022: BOCOG official. ecns.cn The concept of a green Games and sustainability have been embedded in the entire process and every aspect of the preparations of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, said Li Sen, the director-general of the general planning department of Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG), on a Beijing 2022 daily briefing held Wednesday.
(2022-02-09). 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…
(2022-02-09). Oakland students fight for COVID safety in schools. liberationnews.org 
On Friday, Jan. 21, striking students in the Oakland Unified School District held a public town hall to address the urgent COVID safety needs of school communities. Less than a week later, the Oakland Education Association and the OUSD came to a tentative agreement in support of all of the students' demands.
(2022-02-09). 80 Russian Airstrikes Hit ISIS Hideouts In Central Syria Within 72 Hours: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | Between February 6 and 8, more than 80 Russian airstrikes hit hideouts of ISIS cells in Syria's central region, according to the London-bases Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The latest wave of airstrikes targeted hideouts located in the outskirts of the town of al-Resafa in the southern Raqqa countryside. | The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) intensified their combat operati…
(2022-02-09). Having Learned Nothing From 900,000 Deaths, Governors Lift Mask Mandates. truthout.org 
We've been here before, you and I, right here at the fulcrum between controlling COVID-19 and letting it run wild. Here we are again, swaddled in the dented surety that doing the same thing over and over will bring about a different conclusion, just because we really really want it to… wait, strike that: Just because capitalism really, really wants it to. The rest of that "we" is most of us, baggage stacked down in the dripping darkness of steerage, waiting for the next viral iceberg to smack thi…