(2022-02-19). Over 1000 people already support #Palestine2022 campaign in France. samidoun.net 
In just a few weeks after its launch, the #Palestine2022 campaign, highlighting Palestine in the French presidential elections, has already received the support of more than 1000 people for its demands and its objectives. The campaign aims to denounce the collaboration of French governments with Israeli apartheid and introduce the subject of the Palestinian cause …
(2022-02-19). Strikes, protests engulf Haitian capital as workers demand higher wages, better conditions. wsws.org The strikes are an indication of growing working class opposition to the regime headed by Prime Minister Henry and backed by US corporations.
(2022-02-19). Organize a counteroffensive against Hi Viz and the anti-strike injunction! Join the BNSF Workers Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org "Our committee will strive to organize and unite workers across every terminal in the BNSF system, from Alabama to California, so that workers ourselves can develop a common strategy and plan joint actions."
(2022-02-19). US workers express solidarity with striking nurses in New South Wales, Australia. wsws.org Amelia, a nurse in Kentucky, said, "I am touched by the shared safety and human rights concerns amongst my fellow nurses. Bravo to the nurses who embody compassion in action and are refusing to enable a sick system!"
(2022-02-19). UK teacher Kathleen Munro speaks of "devastating" effects of Long COVID. wsws.org In her testimony to the Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kathleen bears witness to the devastating effects of Long COVID on her own health and livelihood, and that of her 13-year-old niece, Ellie, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on her first day at school last September.
(2022-02-19). Minneapolis, St. Paul teachers vote to authorize strike. wsws.org Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, have voted to authorize a strike, part of growing opposition among teachers and workers in the US to inequality and deadly pandemic conditions.
(2022-02-19). South Korean logistics workers strike against brutal conditions. wsws.org Package delivery workers are struggling not only against the companies, but are confronted with the complicity of the trade unions in enforcing the demands of big business.
(2022-02-19). Turkish ship-breaking workers stop working amid a wildcat strike wave. wsws.org The non-union workers have elected their own representatives and stated that they will continue striking until their demands are met.
(2022-02-19). Indigenous Zapotecs Denounce Dispossession in Jalapa del Marqués, Oaxaca. itsgoingdown.org Communique from the Indigenous Zapotec community assembly of Jalapa del Marqués, Oaxaca, denouncing ongoing attempts of dispossession being carried out by local power holders aligned with the state. To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation To the National Indigenous Congress-Indigenous Governing Council To the Isthmus People To the Indigenous Peoples, Organizations, and Collectives of the…
(2022-02-19). Tapping Fortress Australia: Priti Patel's Border Force Review. dissidentvoice.org When in opposition, Alexander Downer, destined to become Australia's longest serving foreign minister in the conservative government of John Howard, was easy to savage. The Australian Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating was particularly keen to skewer an establishment individual prone to donning fishnet stockings and affecting a plummy disposition. Never, he suggested, had there been …
(2022-02-19). Crisis-wracked Australian government ramps up war drumbeating. wsws.org This fortnight's dysfunctional parliamentary session saw Prime Minister Scott Morrison virtually accuse Labor Party leaders of being treasonous agents of China.
(2022-02-19). Colombia Wants Only 'Wealthy and Educated' Venezuelan Migrants. orinocotribune.com The Vice President of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, has complained about the "less wealthy and unskilled" Venezuelans who stay in Colombia as migrants. That group of vulnerable Venezuelans is at the center of the smear campaign and hybrid war against Venezuela, led by the US with its regional allied governments. | The Colombian vice president made the classist comment against migrants who are in a vulnerable economic situation or who do not have a considerably "high" academic level, during the regular session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of States Americans (OAS) this week. | "Colombia has not be…
(2022-02-18). U.S. Labor Against War opposes U.S. moves towards Ukraine combat. peoplesworld.org 
(2022-02-18). Venezuela Expresses Total Support for Russia on Ukraine Tensions. orinocotribune.com "Russia has the full support of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in the fight it is putting up to dispel the threats from NATO and the Western world," said the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, this Wednesday, February 16, during his meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Yuri Borisov. | During the meeting of the High-Level Intergovernmental Commission (CIAN), where strategic agreements were signed between both nations at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, the Venezuelan head of state stated his position, expressing his belief that Russia will continue to be a peaceful nation. | "
(2022-02-18). Not Another U.S. War! Demo TOMORROW @3PM: Grand Central Terminal, NYC. iacenter.org DANGER! Not Another U.S. War! SATURDAY, February 19, 2022, at 3 PM Inside GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, At the Clock, Park Avenue & East 42nd Street, NYC Stop the war with Russia Every U.S. war in our life time is based on lies, provocations and false flag operations. We need healthcare and education, not endless US wars. Stop the NATO expansion! Stop sending U.S. weapons to Ukraine, Poland, Romania and throughout the European Union. Fight Racism! Not Russia With participation from: Antiwar, social justice, anti-racist, environmental, human rights and veterans groups. An Emergency Action with activists from groups incl…
(2022-02-18). Headlines for February 18, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Claims Russia Is Plotting a "False Flag" Operation as Pretext for Ukraine Invasion, COVID-19 Cases Hit Record Highs in Asian Countries as Omicron Variant Surges, Donald Trump, Trump Jr. and Ivanka Ordered to Testify in New York Civil Fraud Probe, Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill to Ban Abortions After 15 Weeks, More Than a Quarter of World's Women Worldwide Have Experienced Domestic Violence, Haitian Sweatshop Workers Strike to Demand $15 a Day, Death Toll in Brazil Landslides Rises to 117, with 100+ Still Missing, Canadian Police Investigating Sabotage of Coastal GasLink Pipeline Worksite,…
(2022-02-18). Second Ukrainian tests positive for banned drug at Olympics. rt.com 
The bobsledder's Winter Olympics sample contained a steroid, doping chiefs announced in the wake of a Ukrainian skier testing positive for three banned substances | Strongwoman-turned-bobsledder Lidiia Hunko has become the second Ukrainian to fail a drugs test at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games this week, the International Testing Agency (ITA) has announced. | The 28-year-old, who is a former world champion deadlifter, was tested by the ITA during an in-competition anti-doping control check on Monday, when she finished 20th in the women's monobob. | A World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited (WADA) laboratory in B…
(2022-02-18). Ukraine crisis: who fabricates a war, and how? iacenter.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein The author is a Venezuelan international relations expert, who was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an advisor for international politics for TELESUR. Translation: United World International, edited by John Catalinotto. Feb. 2 — It is almost natural that countries (especially the powers that have more capability of doing so) would like to resolve their internal problems by unleashing conflicts abroad. For that, they invent attacks on their national security,…
(2022-02-18). Video: SGP chairman condemns NATO's war preparations against Russia. wsws.org In this video Christoph Vandreier, the chairman of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP—Socialist Equality Party), condemns NATO's preparations for war against Russia and explains the need for an international anti-war movement.
(2022-02-18). What red book will you read this year on Red Books Day (21 February)?: The Seventh Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
Out of his world of struggle and his world of books emerged Pansare's commitment to culture and to intellectual liberation. Along with his comrades, he set up the Shramik Pratishthan (Workers' Trust), which not only published books but also held seminars and lectures. One of the most popular programmes organised by the Trust was the annual literary festival in honour of the Marathi writer Annabhau Sathe.
(2022-02-18). Behind the Headlines: Trudeau Cracks Down on Trucker Convoy. libya360.wordpress.com Join Behind The Headlines correspondent Dan Cohen and independent journalist Kelli Kieley for a discussion on the Freedom Trucker Convoy protesting vaccinate mandates in Ottawa as Canadian authorities move to break up the protest. We'll be joined by trucker O'Jay Laidley, who is currently in the protest. Join @BTHeadline correspondent @dancohen3000 and independent journalist Kelli…
(2022-02-18). Was the Hacking of Ottawa Trucker Convoy Donors a US-Canadian Intelligence Operation? libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Aubrey Cottle, the hacker claiming credit for stealing convoy donor info, has boasted of work with the FBI and Canadian law enforcement. The data was published by DDoSecrets, an anti-Wikileaks non-profit which has targeted states in the crosshairs of US intelligence. On February 13th, the names and personal details of almost 100,000 individuals…
(2022-02-18). Mine Workers, allies make the case against 'vulture capital' on Capitol Hill. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Providing evidence of huge pay cuts, lost pensions, high health care charges, finance-driven collusion and monopolies, and outright destruction of firms, families, and unions, the Mine Workers and their allies made the case on Capitol Hill against secretive unaccountable "vulture capital" hedge funds. Their poster boy for corporate greed: Three hedge funds, Apollo Global Management; …
(2022-02-18). How We Turned The Tables On Starbucks Union-Busters. popularresistance.org Let me set the stage for you: A single cheese pizza cut into sixteenths, a small group of chairs awkwardly arranged to a circle, and corporate level managers trying to chat baristas up like we were best friends. | Our store had closed at noon that Tuesday, so that the company could hold four consecutive "store meetings," each with a group of around six employees. A few weeks before, five workers had to go into isolation due to Covid and the store had barely modified operating hours—but for these meetings we could shut down for almost the entire day. | These were Starbucks' "listening sessions," or corporate…
(2022-02-18). Labor Solidarity, and Worker Victories, Across Borders. cepr.net NACLA See article on original site Book Review: International Solidarity in Action: The Relationship Between the United Electrical Workers (UE) and Frente Auténtico del Trabajo, by Robin Alexander On February 3, workers at a General Motors plant in Silao, Mexico, secured an important victory for organized labor when a huge majority voted to join the …
(2022-02-18). Rodney Reed ‚àí overturn his conviction and death sentence! workers.org 
Rodney Reed's birthday was Dec. 22. This was the 24th birthday and holiday season he has spent away from his children, his five brothers, his mother and his large loving family — while entombed in solitary confinement on death row in Texas. Rodney Reed in court, 2015. WW PHOTO: Gloria . . . |
(2022-02-18). Starbucks workers remain determined to unionize despite retaliatory firings. liberationnews.org 
The workers at the Poplar-Highland store who were fired have asserted that their termination is blatant retaliation against them for organizing a union.
(2022-02-18). Rally against union busting at Starbucks headquarters. workers.org 
Seattle Rally calling for rehiring of Memphis 7 outside Starbucks' headquarters in Seattle, Feb. 15. Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant called for holding actions across the country on Feb. 15 to protest Starbucks' firing of the Memphis 7. In front of Starbucks' national/world headquarters, 100 unionists, Starbucks workers and solidarity . . . |
(2022-02-18). Workers World message to 'The International' Marxist magazine. workers.org 
Workers World newspaper congratulates Progressive Thinkers for its first year of consistent monthly publication of "The International" (Internationalmagz.com) as an openly "not unbiased" communist magazine and blog. We salute the initiators of this endeavour, Debojit Banerjee, Shuvam Banerjee, Sourav Chakraborty and Gourab Ghosh, for creating a venue for members of . . . |
(2022-02-18). United Steelworkers on strike at Sherwin-Williams. fightbacknews.org Pittsburgh, PA – 55 members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 14919 began an unfair labor practice strike against Sherwin-Williams on Saturday, February 5 at the company's facility in Bedford Heights, Ohio. | Negotiations started on October 26, 2021, and union members had been working without a contract since the previous agreement expired on November 20. Sherwin-Williams refused to enter into an extension agreement. | Terrell Williams, president of United Steelworkers Local 14919 states, "All we are asking for is a fair and just contract that keeps up with inflation and provides economic sustainability and sec…
(2022-02-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Baggage handlers hold three-day wildcat strike in Copenhagen Airport, Denmark over pay and conditions, ruled illegal and condemned by union; thousands of teachers in Belgium walk out over pay, conditions and class sizes; South African Clover food workers' strike over pay and job cuts continues into week twelve, tens of thousands of Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners vote to strike over pay…
(2022-02-18). New Zealand rail workers highlight unsafe conditions as COVID-19 surge continues. wsws.org While the media provides round-the-clock coverage of a small anti-vax protest outside New Zealand's parliament, there is growing anger and opposition to the Labour Party-led government's policy of allowing COVID-19 to spread.
(2022-02-18). City Attorney Threatens Food Not Bombs; Emergency Meeting 5 PM Friday. indybay.org Today, Keith McHenry, local Food Not Bombs worker, forwarded me the following threatening letter from Deputy City Attorney Cassie Bronson. McHenry called my Free Radio-on-the-Net show to discuss the letter and announced an emergency meeting 5 PM tomorrow (5-18) at the Red Church.
(2022-02-18). Unite for Feb. 26 — Workers Power Day! iacenter.org February 17, 2022 Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon and all workers who are organizing and fighting back Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! 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 coast to coast and globally, Amazon workers are organizing to build workers' power at one of the world's largest and most oppressiv…
(2022-02-18). Australia: Svitzer steps up pressure on workers to accept cuts to wages and conditions. wsws.org Determined to drive through a regressive new deal, Australia's largest tugboat operator is threatening to terminate the existing enterprise agreement covering workers.
(2022-02-18). What $203 billion can buy. workers.org 
Oh, the trials and tribulations of centibillionaire Jeff Bezos — what to do with $203 billion? Go into space? Done that. Go into space a second time? Lost the thrill when Elon Musk, who took over your title as 'the world's richest man,' launched his own ship. Jeff Bezos asked . . . |
(2022-02-18). Reject APWU sellout! Oppose Postal Reform Act robbery. wsws.org Postal workers are being asked to ratify a fraudulent tentative agreement imposing further drastic cuts and, to add further insult, freeing management and the APWU to rewrite its terms at their discretion.
(2022-02-18). UK cost of living crisis hits millions as inflation reaches new record. wsws.org Many staples are now unaffordable for millions of people. Workers are not seeing their wages rise to compensate.
(2022-02-18). USW pushes ExxonMobil deal to end Texas lockout: A warning to all oil workers. wsws.org ExxonMobil's latest ultimatum, which the United Steelworkers will bring to a vote on Monday, would set the precedent for the wholesale destruction of the jobs, wages, benefits and working conditions of workers throughout the entire oil industry.
(2022-02-18). Workers Power Day in solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon, all workers organizing! 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…
(2022-02-18). The Revolutionary Power Of The Real Circular Economy. popularresistance.org Most of us are familiar with the social and environmental impacts of life under the Capitalocene ('the age of capital' — the historical era shaped by the endless accumulation of capital): inequality, commodification, imperialism, racism, and much more are already causing intragenerational suffering and ecological collapse. We are bombarded weekly with publications that assess the dire state of the world — and while I don't want to focus on this, a brief reminder is in order. | There is extensive literature portraying the social and ecological degradation of our times (e.g. Intergovernmental Panel on C…
(2022-02-18). 10 Famous Quotes From Black Panther Party Legend Huey Newton. moguldom.com Huey Newton, the co-founder of the revolutionary Black power group the Black Panther Party, would have been 80 years old on Feb. 17. With co-founder Bobby Seale and other activists in Oakland, he led one of the most powerful Black nationalist groups of the 1960s. Newton was born in 1942 and died on Aug. 22, …
(2022-02-18). Friday 2/18: Carl Dix speaks at Rev Bks NY Bringing Back Stop & Frisk and NYPD Street Crimes Units. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-02-18). Tuesday 2/22: Virtual Author Event: The Prophets with Robert Jones, Jr. indybay.org Online event, organized by Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-02-18). What Red Book Will You Read This Year On Red Books Day? popularresistance.org On 16 February 2015, Govind and Uma Pansare went for a morning walk near their home in Kolhapur, in the western state of Maharashtra, India. Two men on a motorcycle stopped them and asked for directions, but the Pansares could not help them. One of the men laughed, pulled out a gun, and shot the two Pansares. Uma Pansare was hit but survived the attack. Her husband, Govind Pansare, died in a hospital shortly thereafter on 20 February at age 82. | Raised in poverty, Govind Pansare was fortunate to go to school, where he encountered Marxist ideas. In 1952, at the age of 19, Pansare joined the Communist Party of Ind…
(2022-02-18). Washington Might be Abandoning Guaidó's Project & Aiming at 2024 Presidential Race. orinocotribune.com In what many analysts already consider to be a turn in the imperialist policy against Venezuela, the United States government and its allies in the European Union have spoken of the need for electoral agreements permitting "crucial conditions for a free and fair electoral process by 2024." | This stand appears to implicitly recognize the terms clearly defined by the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, regarding the date of the upcoming presidential elections. In this sense, the vaunted "proposal" of former deputy Juan Guaidó, and his efforts to bring about an early electoral process, outside of…
(2022-02-18). Apple Store Employees Are Reportedly Unionizing. truthout.org 
Employees at at least eight Apple Stores in the U.S. are in various stages of unionizing efforts, according to new reporting According to anonymous sources, including at least one organizer, two stores are prepared to file a petition for unionization with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and have contacted major unions, while six other stores are in more nascent stages of organizing, The…
(2022-02-18). ICC throws out petition to investigate Evo Morales for crimes against humanity. peoplesdispatch.org Evo Morales described the ICC verdict as a "victory of truth over falsehood." Jeanine àÅñez's coup-installed government had blamed Morales and union and farmer leaders for COVID-19 deaths after the 2020 general strike…
(2022-02-18). EU Chief Calls Patents "Precious" as Hundreds of Millions Lack Vaccine Access. truthout.org 
The head of the European Commission on Friday defended coronavirus-related intellectual property protections as "precious" after South Africa's president reiterated his support for a temporary patent waiver, arguing the step is necessary to ramp up vaccine production on the African continent. | Speaking at the E.U.-African Union summit in Brussels, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen argued that instead of suspending vaccine-related intellectual property protections, world leade…
(2022-02-18). New book explores fear of Black consciousness—and who fears it. peoplesworld.org 
Neurotic behaviors include what Gordon calls "bad faith" denials of reality. Evidence means nothing while persisting in beliefs simply for the sake of winning an argument or holding onto a view of reality that comforts their ego. Egotism is a pathological condition that denies the relationality of events, humans, and identities. It is the drive for purity and the exclusion or elimination of difference, and is reflected in racial theories, Eurocentrism, and insidious individualism. Each of these disorders drives fear of guilt about the collective responsibility of whites for racist anti-Blackness. Guilt is "agg…