(2022-04-13). A working class program to fight inflation. wsws.org The sharp rise in the cost of food, fuel, housing and other basic necessities is exacting an enormous toll on workers in the United States and around the world, threatening millions with destitution.
(2022-04-13). A socialist program of action for the working class to oppose war and fight COVID-19 and austerity. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is standing candidates in the Australian federal election to provide workers with the political weapons and organisational means to fight for their social and democratic rights.
(2022-04-13). Sri Lankan prime minister delivers menacing speech against working class. wsws.org Mahinda Rajapakse's invocation of history is a crude warning that the government is prepared to unleash a brutal reign of terror against the continuing mass anti-government protests.
(2022-04-13). Let Us Now Praise Amazon Unionists. orinocotribune.com 
By Chris Hedges — Apr 6, 2022 | The only way to halt the global assault on the human rights of workers is to unionize. | Let us honor those workers who stood up to Amazon, especially Chris Smalls, described by Amazon's chief counsel as "not smart, or articulate," who led a walkout at the Amazon warehouse at Staten Island JFK8 in New York at the beginning of the pandemic two years ago to protest unsafe working conditions. He was immediately fired. | Amazon's high-priced lawyers, however, were in for a surprise. Smalls unionized the first Amazon warehouse in the country. He, along with his co-founder Derrick…
(2022-04-13). Thursday: Protest at Starbucks CEO's Luxury Penthouse. iacenter.org NYC Protest at Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's Luxury Penthouse Rehire the Memphis 7, Laila Dalton, Angel Krempa, Sharon Gilman & all fired Starbucks organizers Stop Union Busting at Starbucks & Amazon! Stop Firing Unionizing Workers! Thursday, April 14, 6: 00 PM 155 West 11th Street, btwn 6th and 7th The Manhattan luxury penthouse of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz—who claimed last week that the rich are being "assaulted" by the "threat of unionization" while he fires union organizers left and right—will be the site of a protest this week at 6: 00 p.m. Thursday, at 155 West 11th Street. "Starbucks CEO Schu…
(2022-04-13). If Wage Growth Is Driving Inflation, Why Is Workers' Share of Income Falling? cepr.net 
It is very hard to make the wage-price spiral inflation story from the 1970s fit the current situation for a simple reason: the wage share of income has fallen sharply since the pandemic.
(2022-04-13). Why did Mélenchon retire after nearly reaching the French presidential runoff? wsws.org Mélenchon's frantic throwing away of working-class support points to the significance of the Parti de l'égalité socialiste's call to build support for a boycott among workers.
(2022-04-13). Howard University Hospital health care workers hold day-long strike against wage cuts, unsafe staffing. wsws.org The hospital staff have been working without a contract since November, and hospital management is seeking to unilaterally impose its "final offer" on staff members.
(2022-04-13). Southern California and Texas grocery workers outraged over being denied time to study full contract details before voting. wsws.org Repeating the same playbook, the UFCW is working to ram through concessions contracts across the country.
(2022-04-13). Wednesday 4/27: How to Publish Your Book. indybay.org Zoom only. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpdOmsrD4sEtCL5at5WaXaE7UmepCJiAHB…
(2022-04-13). WAR CRIMINALS OF THE WORLD FIGHT—SPILLING THE PEOPLE'S BLOOD. indybay.org workers and civilians always lose in wars of the rich…
(2022-04-13). "Culture Shock": Harlem's Socialist City Council member Kristin Richardson Jordan reflects on her first three months in office. mronline.org 
Outsider-turned-insider looks for more allies as she fights budget cuts and a turn toward more intense policing.
(2022-04-13). Bulgarian coalition government could fall over proposed arms sales to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NoviniteApril 13, 2022 Bulgaria's Socialists Party will leave the Ruling Coalition if Bulgaria sends Military aid to Ukraine "If the position of not giving military aid to Ukraine is revised, we are ready to revise our participation in the government," said in a statement from parliament Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Kristian …
(2022-04-13). US Ousts Imran Khan but His Revolutionary Narrative Endures. orinocotribune.com By MK Bhadrakumar — Apr 5, 2022 | Washington has reactivated old cronies in Islamabad to unseat PM Imran Khan, but the latter has sown seeds of immense dissatisfaction with the old guard and their US backers within the Pakistani public. And Khan's domestic and foreign allies will not sit by idly either. | Last Wednesday, during a meeting with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the Tunxi city of eastern China's Anhui province, China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the thoughtful remark that there was a need to "to guard against the negative spillover effects of the Ukraine…
(2022-04-13). Long marches, long revolutions. mronline.org 
As Red Pepper launches its new 'Keywords' series inspired by the work of Raymond Williams, Daniel Frost explores the associations of Williams' own keyword, the 'long revolution'
(2022-04-13). Israel Lobby's Attempt to Cancel Revolutionary Antiwar, Pro-Palestine Rapper Lowkey. mintpressnews.com MintCast host Mnar Adley speaks to Lowkey about the extraordinary outpouring of global support he has received, why his activism and relentless campaigning for a free Palestine made him a target, and the growing success of the BDS movement worldwide.
(2022-04-13). Third night of the Revolution Art Week. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — In the ceremony on the third night of the Revolution Art Week, researchers and narrators of the Islamic Revolution and the sacred defense were honored.
(2022-04-13). Iran's diplomacy on right track: Leader. en.mehrnews.com Stating that the nuclear issue is now being highly considered in diplomacy, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the country's diplomacy is on the right track.
(2022-04-13). Who Is Labor Champion Derrick Palmer? The Man Who Worked With Chris Smalls To Shock Amazon And America. moguldom.com On April 1, employees at an Amazon factory in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize. The movement to unionize was spearheaded by two friends, Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer. Smalls tends to be the labor activist who shows up in the media after being infamously fired by Amazon in 2020 over what the company said was …
(2022-04-13). West's next target: Central Asia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nezavisimaya GazetaApril 13, 2022 Europeans plotting to destabilize Central Asia The European Union's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson has held consultations in Tajikistan. Afghan issues were also discussed during United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi's recent visit to Dushanbe. Experts believe that the Europeans are analyzing the situation in Central Asia before …
(2022-04-13). Police launch criminal investigation into kickback scandal involving Unifor ex-president Jerry Dias. wsws.org There is no doubt that the Dias kickback scandal barely scratches the surface of the abundant corruption and backroom wheeling and dealing that pervades the upper echelons of the trade union bureaucracy. These corrupt relations are rooted in the unions' objective social position as corporatist partners of big business and the capitalist state.
(2022-04-13). Buffalo police officers who assaulted 75-year-old during 2020 George Floyd protest reinstated. wsws.org An arbitrator picked by the city of Buffalo and the police union cleared the two police officers who violently attacked Martin Gugino in June 2020, pushing him to the ground, cracking his skull and causing brain damage.
(2022-04-13). El Malecón habanero en el tiempo. cubadebate.cu Parte de la imagen y el alma de la ciudad, largo portal marítimo donde, hasta bajo el sol más inclemente, pero con más frecuencia en atardeceres irrepetibles y noches de fresca brisa, se han hecho incontables declaraciones de amor o confesiones, inolvidables reuniones entre amigos, fotos profesionales y las selfis más originales.
(2022-04-13). Slower growth, inflation, inequality concerning EU. en.mehrnews.com Referring to the Ukraine war and counterproductive effects of sanctions against Russia, Pastori Gianluca says slower growth, higher inflation, and increase in inequality among EU states are sources of concern for the Union.
(2022-04-13). Tuesday 4/12: Beyond the Ballot: Everyday Strategies for Collective Liberation. indybay.org Online discussion…
(2022-04-13). Venezuelan Opposition Parties Request Technical Assistance from CNE for Primaries. orinocotribune.com Some Venezuelan opposition parties requested technical support from the National Electoral Council (CNE) to hold primaries and elect their internal representatives ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, they revealed during a press conference held on April 7. | COPEI, Alianza del Lápiz, Neighborhood Force (Fuerza Vecinal), Centrados, and Movement for Socialism (MAS) asked the CNE to provide technical support to carry out an open national consultation in which each party could elect candidates for the presidential elections. The documents of the opposition political parties were received by the rectors of the C…
(2022-04-13). Washington Post calls for censoring Chinese media, praises purge of Russian outlets. multipolarista.com The Washington Post – owned by billionaire oligarch Jeff Bezos, who has CIA and Pentagon contracts – has called for censoring Chinese news outlets on social media, while praising Silicon Valley for purging Russian publications.
(2022-04-13). Stalinist PCF wiped out after lackluster French presidential campaign. wsws.org Fabien Roussel, the French Communist Party's first presidential candidate since 2007, campaigned based on policies of austerity and support for NATO against Russia.
(2022-04-13). Israel kills lawyer and laborer as military ramps up aggression. electronicintifada.net Tense weekend ahead with extremist settlers eyeing al-Aqsa.
(2022-04-13). Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social informa sobre tratamiento laboral y salarial por Viernes Santo. cubadebate.cu Mediante la Resolución 9/2022, publicada en la Gaceta Oficial No. 27 (extraordinaria), el Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social dispone que este 15 de abril se aplica lo establecido para el Viernes Santo, día de receso laboral con pago del salario. Los empleadores de entidades y actividades que recesan sus labores abonan a los trabajadores el salario básico.
(2022-04-13). Academia de Ciencias de Cuba otorga premio nacional a Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí. cubadebate.cu La Academia de Ciencias de Cuba otorgó al Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí el premio nacional al resultado de la investigación científica por su aporte en el enfrentamiento a la covid-19. El IPK tuvo una efectiva labor en el diagnóstico y tratamiento, la capacitación y la preparación de labotatorios en el país y el desarrollo de protocolos de atención.
(2022-04-13). The Worst Person in the World: A young woman in Oslo finds herself. wsws.org The filmmakers, one regrets to point out, unreservedly accept the life-conditions and ideological assumptions of the local petty bourgeoisie as the entire contents of their artistic and psychological universe.
(2022-04-13). Venezuela's Army Captures Foreign Drug-Trafficking Aircraft. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has reported the retention of a foreign aircraft, allegedly belonging to drug traffickers, in the western state of Zulia. | Through a message published on his Twitter account, General Domingo Hernández, head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), announced on Tuesday, April 12, that FANB personnel in Zulia state shot down and captured a foreign aircraft linked to drug trafficking. | "Comprehensive aerospace defense exploration system detected a plane entering Venezuelan airspace without authorization and withou…
(2022-04-13). Presidente cubano recuerda victoria popular sobre el golpe de Estado en Venezuela, a 20 años de los sucesos. cubadebate.cu Cuba celebra junto al pueblo venezolano el memorable y heroico suceso popular que devolvió al Comandante Chávez a la Presidencia, escribió este miércoles en su cuenta en Twitter el presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, cuando se cumplen 20 años de la victoria contra el golpe de Estado que pretendió detener la obra de la Revolución Bolivariana.
(2022-04-13). Fraternal encuentro de Díaz-Canel con vicepresidenta venezolana Delcy Rodríguez (+ Video y Tuit). cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, recibió este martes en el Palacio de la Revolución a la vicepresidenta ejecutiva de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, quien realiza una visita de trabajo a Cuba como parte del chequeo de los acuerdos intergubernamentales entre ambas naciones.
(2022-04-13). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with Rossiya Television Network, Moscow, April 11, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com I would like to ask you about "strange" statements by European diplomats on the course of 's military operation in Ukraine. EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said it must be won on the battlefield. This doesn't really jibe with the EU's status as a primarily political and economic organisation. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed regret over his…
(2022-04-13). The Fog of War and the Global Paradigm Shift. libya360.wordpress.com Fabio Reis Vianna Perhaps the maxim of the Brazilian thinker José Luís Fiori that "expansionism and war are two essential parts of the machine that generates power and wealth in the interstate system" has never been so pertinent and seems to be confirmed at the exact historical moment we are currently witnessing. The extraordinary events…
(2022-04-13). Ramsey Clark: Why he is missed. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto April 12, 2022 One year ago on April 9, Ramsey Clark — an internationalist and human rights fighter — died at the age of 93. No one up to now has taken his place. It was a special, unique one: He had been an attorney and member of the U.S. ruling establishment who, nevertheless, dedicated the second half of his life to speaking up for the oppressed of the earth. This meant defending the peoples of Panama, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria — among others — from invasions by the army of U.S. imperialism and its allies. It meant defending the political prisone…
(2022-04-12). Scottish National Party joins anti-Russia war chorus and embraces NATO. wsws.org The promotion of nationalism and separatism in Ukraine and elsewhere, including the UK, has proved itself to be a means of dividing the working class to the benefit of imperialism, paving the road to war.
(2022-04-12). Amazon Workers At 100 More Facilities Want To Unionize. progressivehub.net MAX ZAHN | YAHOO…
(2022-04-12). Autoworkers furious over Stellantis plan to lay off hundreds in Detroit. wsws.org Following the announcement of hundreds of job cuts at Belvidere Assembly in Illinois, Stellantis is preparing to carry out more layoffs at Detroit-area auto plants.
(2022-04-12). Activision Blizzard workers walk out over vaccine mandate rollback. wsws.org Following a strike action last year and Activision Blizzard King's acquisition by Microsoft, ABK workers virtually walked out again to protest the video gaming company's cancellation of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees.
(2022-04-12). Unifor bullies 900 Ontario grocery warehouse workers into accepting sellout contract. wsws.org The union engineered an end to the seven-day strike at the very point where it was beginning to hurt Metro's operations.
(2022-04-12). No to Macron and Le Pen! For an active boycott of the 2022 French elections! wsws.org The PES proposes to workers and youth not to vote in the elections and to advocate a conscious political rejection of the poisoned choice between Macron and Le Pen.
(2022-04-12). Union helps university managements reopen Australian campuses as COVID-19 resurges. wsws.org Growing numbers of university workers are disgusted with the union's role, and the inadequate mitigation measures it has requested from the employers.
(2022-04-12). Los Angeles County workers at crossroads as union pushes concessions contract. wsws.org With the expiration of their contract last Thursday, more than 55,000 Los Angeles County workers are voting on a new concessions agreement as cost of living skyrockets, driving more workers into struggle.
(2022-04-12). Nation-wide strike of Sri Lankan public employees demands president's resignation. wsws.org A worker said that all the trade unions and capitalist parties are talking about the problem but do not provide a solution.
(2022-04-12). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Truckers in Honduras began a strike April 7, blocking various highways around the country while teachers in Peru joined forces with other workers to demand an increase in minimum wages.
(2022-04-12). $75,000 by May Day — Join us for a virtual celebration. peoplesworld.org 
SAVE THE DATE! MARK YOUR CALENDARS! SET YOUR ALARMS! Sunday, May 1st @ 5pm (PST), 7pm (CST), 8pm (EST) REGISTER HERE Support People's World, Support Worker's Voices Since 1924, People's World has been a voice for progressive change and socialism in the United States. By May Day, People's World must raise $75,000 …
(2022-04-12). Protests Return To Howard University: Hospital Staff Go On Strike Over Pay, Working Conditions. moguldom.com Howard University faced another strike yesterday, just months after students took over the school's Blackburn Center last October and November for 33 days to protest unsuitable living conditions. This time staff at its namesake hospital protested staffing conditions and wages. More than 300 nurses, pharmacists, dietitians and social workers began striking on Monday, April 11, …