(2022-02-11). "The working class has the most power it's ever had": US oil refinery workers speak out on contract battle. wsws.org In letters to the WSWS, oil refinery and petrochemical workers expressed their determination to fight the highly profitable energy companies and denounced the United Steelworkers for keeping them on the job and imposing an information blackout.
(2022-02-11). Union election rematch: Bessemer workers continue to fight Amazon's anti-labor campaign. liberationnews.org 
Voting is now underway at Amazon's fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama after the NLRB ordered a second union election on the grounds that the company grossly violated workers' rights in the first vote…
(2022-02-11). As inflation surges, unions impose cuts in real wages. wsws.org US inflation rose at a 7.5 percent annual rate in January as unions worked in tandem with employers and the Biden administration to reduce the real wages of workers.
(2022-02-11). Hospital merger creates Michigan's largest chain and biggest employer. wsws.org The creation of a $12 billion company will be followed by intensified attacks on the jobs and working conditions of health care workers.
(2022-02-11). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org French healthcare workers continue stoppages against low pay, workload and staff shortages; Greek dockers strike in port of Piraeus over collective agreement, face riot police; striking South African Clover food workers' indefinite strike continues into week 12 despite violent attacks on pickets, hospitalising three…
(2022-02-11). Widespread opposition from workers to USW sellout at Newport News naval shipyard. wsws.org Shipyard workers are demanding strike action and denouncing the United Steelworkers union for accepting a contract with raises way below the rate of inflation and sharp increases in out-of-pocket medical expenses.
(2022-02-11). US oil refinery workers speak out on contract battle. wsws.org In letters to the WSWS, oil refinery and petrochemical workers expressed their determination to fight the highly profitable energy companies and denounced the United Steelworkers for keeping them on the job and imposing an information blackout.
(2022-02-11). Australia to treat COVID like the flu amid mass school infections, record deaths. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has learned that this week, at least 6,888 students and 600 staff in Victorian schools have tested positive for COVID-19. Last week, 4,514 students and 800 staff tested positive.
(2022-02-11). Wednesday 2/16: Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement— We REFUSE to Let the Supreme Court Decimate Abort. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-02-11). Iran pursues balanced, neighbor-focused foreign policy. en.mehrnews.com Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi said Iran still abides by the Islamic Revolution ideals, adding that his administration is still following "Neither West Nor East" foreign policy as designed by the revolution.
(2022-02-11). Russian anti-doping chiefs probing Valieva's team. rt.com 
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced that figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva's entourage will be probed as part of the Winter Olympics star's doping case. | The 15-year-old is a 'protected person' under World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules about minors, meaning her team must be automatically investigated as part of a requirement for countries to "vigorously pursue" doping violations. | The favorite for the women's single skate competition is awaiting the conclusion of a hearing involving the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Skating Union (ISU) and Russian Olympic Comm…
(2022-02-11). Australia's Macquarie University deepens job cuts, aided by the union. wsws.org Since the pandemic began, up to 90,000 jobs have been destroyed at Australian universities, while the unions have blocked calls for strikes and opposed any unified national action.
(2022-02-11). New York rallies for Amir Locke and Isaiah Williams. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 80 people rallied in Union Square in New York City on February 8 in honor of Amir Locke and Isaiah Williams, two young Black men murdered by police. Locke was murdered by Minneapolis PD under a no-knock warrant, and Williams by Metro Police near Las Vegas while police executed a warrant for a murder he did not commit. | Speeches addressed the injustice of cops murdering Black people and it being rooted in racist inequality. They emphasized how no-knock warrants are disproportionately used as an excuse to murder Black people. The rally was followed by a march.
(2022-02-11). Ottawa, the Far-Right, and the State: Inside the Convoy Protests and the Unfolding Three Way Fight. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with two anarchists involved in the Punch Up Collective, a group which is currently mobilizing in Ottawa, the capitol city of so-called Canada, in the midst of an ongoing far-Right protest occupation made up of several hundred vehicles in the downtown area. This week…
(2022-02-11). Tunisian govt says judicial body to be reformed, not dissolved. peoplesdispatch.org The government took back the decision to terminate the Supreme Judicial Council following a two-day strike by judges across Tunisia and widespread international condemnation against the controversial move…
(2022-02-11). 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.
(2022-02-11). Anti-doping officials explain mystery Valieva test delay. rt.com 
Officials at RUSADA have issued a statement after figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance | Information about the positive doping test result for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was delayed because of issues caused by Covid-19 at a Stockholm laboratory, according to an explanation provided to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). | It was announced on Friday that Valieva had tested positive for a banned heart medicine which was detected in a sample taken on December 25 at the Russian national championships in St. Petersburg. | The statement from the International Testing Age…
(2022-02-11). Australia: COVID-19 swamps Northern Territory schools and Aboriginal communities. wsws.org Aboriginal medical organisations have condemned the Territory's Labor government for allowing the coronavirus to spread out of control.
(2022-02-11). Jeremy Corbyn covers for Labour's filthy role in Ireland. wsws.org Corbyn expounded on a number of themes while never once mentioning the role of the Labour Party, in which he has spent almost his entire political career and which he led for nearly five years.
(2022-02-11). Saturday 2/26: Noted Indigenous and Prisoner Rights Advocate Lenny Foster. indybay.org Zoom Webinar Registration: us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_dXFlyEK4TwuAJvywNY1Pqg…
(2022-02-11). IG Metall's idea of solidarity: Wage and social cuts for all. wsws.org Since IG Metall works council representatives agreed to the "bidding war" between Ford plants in Germany and Spain, they have offered wage cuts, longer working hours, shorter breaks, unpaid overtime and further social cuts.
(2022-02-11). Tuesday 3/8: On Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice. indybay.org
(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). Capitol Hill Staffers Are Organizing Unions. popularresistance.org Inspired by an anonymous Instagram account and disgusted by bad pay and worse bosses, congressional staffers have begun the uncertain journey toward unionizing. | Organizers of the nascent Congressional Workers Union described their long-running efforts and future plans to organize one of the nation's most idiosyncratic workplaces to CQ Roll Call on Monday. Just what their struggles will produce remains to be seen — much will depend on how members of Congress, their fellow staffers and an obscure legislative branch office respond. | The CWU announced its campaign to unionize lawmaker offices and committees…
(2022-02-10). Starbucks Fired Union Leaders In Memphis. popularresistance.org Starbucks fired seven union supporters at a store in Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday in what the union has portrayed as a retaliatory purge of the organizing committee. The terminations mark the most significant escalation in the battle between the world's largest coffee chain and the fast-growing Starbucks Workers United campaign. | The firings made national news, but the reality is that employers fire union activists all the time — whether it's justified or not. Labor law in the United States gives companies little to lose by ousting organizers. But due to the high profile of the Starbucks campaign, as wel…
(2022-02-10). Teachers In Puerto Rico Strike For Wages, Benefits. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, February 9, teachers across Puerto Rico called for a national strike to protest the government and the Fiscal Control Board's (FCB) cutting of wages and pensions. Other public sector workers, namely firefighters and police, have also joined them. Teachers are demanding a decent salary, an end to pension cuts, and the resignation of Puerto Rican governor Pedro Pierluisi. Teachers have been protesting since February 4. That same day, the FCB imposed by the US Congress that has been in charge of Puerto Rico since 2016, was boasting because it supposedly already put the end of the bankruptcy process on…
(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). 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). VIDEO: Australian health staff call for workers to attend SEP meeting in support of NSW nurses strike! wsws.org "Health care workers, not just in New South Wales and Victoria, but all around the world, face the same pressures."
(2022-02-10). Workers Power Day, February 26. iacenter.org ‚áí Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon, and all workers who are organizing and fighting back ‚áí Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! ‚áí Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Organize an action in your area in solidarity with this growing movement! Starbucks workers are leading an electrifying drive to organize the major coffee chain, often with several stores announcing they're joining this growing movement every day. From co…
(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). Police repress workers' protest for living wages in Port au Prince and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at protests by textile workers in Port au Prince, Wet'suwet'en activists' report to the UN on rights violations by Canada, and more…
(2022-02-10). Big union win for Mexico's GM workers. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt February 9, 2022 General Motors workers in Silao, Mexico, have made history. Brazilian unionists outside GM plant in Silao, Mexico, where workers were voting for the first independent union, Feb. 3. They have voted in the first independent union in any Mexican GM plant, defeating the bogus company union by a wide margin. For decades, company unions allied with the former ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), have colluded with auto companies to keep wages low and maximize exploitation. The highest-paid Mexican GM workers make in a 12-hour day little more than a U.S. autowork…
(2022-02-10). Portuguese elections — 'Socialist' party wins but defeat for Left. mronline.org 
Dave Kellaway looks at the Portuguese general election result.
(2022-02-10). Morning Commute: 2-10-2022 . anchor.fm In this episode I talk about the rise of reactionary, racist, xenophobic, and repressive forces within the United States of Amerika, How to talk about the need for revolution, And how to build one. Also talk about my own ego in the need to bring down this notion that just because we read books or just because we are organized means that we know better than everyone and we have to speak to everyone as if they are lesser than us. Self critique moment once again, I hope everyone enjoys the episode, and I hope to be able to put out more content soon!
(2022-02-10). "We want to be able to share a better world with Cuba": Carolina Vega on creating revolutionary art. peoplesdispatch.org 
Peoples Dispatch spoke to Carolina Vega, a Cuban-American artist based in Los Angeles on her participation in the Vital Lines/Líneas Vitales exhibit…
(2022-02-10). What The Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About Today's Ukraine Crisis. popularresistance.org During the 1962 Cuban crisis, the situation was remarkably similar to that in today's Eastern Europe, although the great power roles were reversed. | In 1962, the Soviet Union had encroached on the U.S. government's self-defined sphere of influence by installing medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba, a nation only 90 miles from U.S. shores. The Cuban government had requested the missiles as a deterrent to a U.S. invasion, an invasion that seemed quite possible given the long history of U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs, as well as the 1961 U.S.-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion. | The Soviet government was amenable…
(2022-02-10). Poland: U.S. warplanes sent to reinforce NATO air patrols. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandFebruary 10, 2022 U.S. Aircraft heading to Poland to enhance NATO collective defence American fighter aircraft will arrive at ≈Åask Air Base, Poland, February 10, to enhance NATO's collective defence posture and support the NATO Air Policing mission. U.S. F-15C and F-15D Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, U.K. will …
(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 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). One soldier killed and five others injured in twin airstrikes by Israel inside Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has carried out hundreds of unprovoked air strikes inside Syria since the war in the country began in 2011. For most of these attacks, Israel has illegally used Lebanese airspace in complete disregard of international laws and the UN charter…
(2022-02-10). Satellite Images Show Damage At Syrian Research Center, Air Defense Base After Israeli Strikes. southfront.org 
FILE PHOTO An Israeli F-16 fighter jet © Amir Cohen / Reuters | New satellite images revealed that the The images show damage at a complex of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) that's located in the suburb of Jamraya, some five kilometers to the…
(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). More Than 30 ISIS Terrorists Killed Or Wounded In Russian Airstrikes On Central Syria. southfront.org 
Su-25 aircrafts in Syria. FILE IMAGE: Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry Press and Information Office/TASS | On February 10, at least nine terrorists of ISIS were killed when warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) targeted hideouts of the terrorist group in Syria's central region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). | The London-based monitoring group said that the hideouts were located in the outskirts of the town of Ithriyah in the eastern Hama countryside and near the town of al…
(2022-02-10). Military Situation In Yemen On February 10, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 68 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On February 9, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 10 airstrikes on the Sanaa province; | On February 9, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 2 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On February 9, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 2 airstrikes on the Wadi district; | On February 9, warplanes o…
(2022-02-10). French administrative court refuses to order expulsion of Georges Abdallah: Continue the struggle for freedom! samidoun.net 
We republish the following statement of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra in response to the ruling of a French administrative court, which rejected a legal request to order the expulsion of Georges Abdallah from France to Lebanon. Abdallah, a Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine, has been imprisoned in France for over 37 years. The struggle …
(2022-02-10). Worse to come from worst US inflation in 40 years. asiatimes.com 
US stocks took a nasty turn downward after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a higher-than-expected 7.5% jump in consumer prices over the last 12 months, the worst inflation in forty years. The month's gain of 0.6% for the Consumer Price Index also translates into an annual rate of 7.5%. Most worrying about the inflation …
(2022-02-10). Guardian: British Labour leader damns Stop the War coalition for being enemies of NATO, Kremlin agents. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Thirty years ago this well-financed newspaper should have changed its named to The Wardian. Or La Guerrienne. The transition in the United Kingdom to New Labour, in the U.S. to New Democrats, in Germany to Die Neue Mitte (the New Middle) and moves in a similar direction in much of the rest of Europe and …
(2022-02-10). Canadian Trucker: Why We Are Not Going Anywhere. libya360.wordpress.com On January 15, the Canadian government announced a vaccine mandate for long-haul truckers. Over the days that followed, a convoy of unvaccinated and vaccinated truckers drove in solidarity across the country to protest against the measures. The convoy gathered in Ottawa on January 29 with a rally at Parliament Hill and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau…