(2022-06-07). Israeli Jets Strike Suburb South of Syria's Capital off Damascus. news.antiwar.com The latest round of Israeli attacks on Syria saw fighter jets firing a flurry of missiles at Damascus. The Its not clear what sites were targeted, though Israeli press claimed Kiswah has some Iranian militia sites therein. The strikes did some physical damage, but there is no word yet of casualties. | This is not unusual for Israeli attacks in Syria, as the Syrians have substantial air defenses…
(2022-06-07). 'Either you Join NATO or We will Make the Canaries Independent'. orinocotribune.com 
By Kahlil Wall-Johnson  ; Jun 6, 2022 | A recent interview with former Spanish politician José Manuel Otero has revealed further details regarding his country's entry into NATO and attests to the double-dealing politics of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). | Prior to Spain's absorption into NATO, Otero was minister of the presidency and then minister of education. According to a recent
(2022-06-07). Hadley, Mass. workers file for first Trader Joe's union. liberationnews.org 
Trader Joe's #512 in Hadley, Massachusetts announced publicly on May 14 their intention to unionize. If successful, the Hadley store would be the first unionized Trader Joe's location in the country.
(2022-06-07). Mayo Clinic, NAACP to welcome inaugural RISE for Youth cohort on June 6. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and NAACP Rochester Branch will welcome 40 promising high school and college students to RISE for Youth, on Monday, June 6. This program, which is in its inaugural year, is designed to help Black and underrepresented students find pathways to success in education and employment. RISE stands for Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen and Empower, and is an approach developed by Anjali Bhagra, M.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic's Office of Equity,…
(2022-06-07). Tuesday 6/14: From a Queer Lens: LGBTQIA+ Social Workers Experiences in the Profession. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-06-07). China's research vessel returns home after deep-sea expedition in South China Sea. ecns.cn China's scientific research ship Exploration 2 returned to port on Monday, after completing a sea test of a deep-sea in-situ laboratory in the South China Sea.
(2022-06-07). Guangdong marine economy powering region. ecns.cn At an offshore wind power industrial park in Shanwei, a coastal city in Guangdong province, windmill rotors spin above the seawater, helping continuously transform wind energy into electricity.
(2022-06-07). Science Saturday: In neurodegenerative diseases, Mayo Clinic research finds shared gene patterns, widespread damage. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Damage to brain cells in two separate neurodegenerative diseases — Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy — is not limited to specific parts of the brain and these diseases share a pattern of gene alterations within the brain, according to researchers at Mayo Clinic, the University of Florida and other collaborating organizations. The researchers say this finding suggests the neurodegenerative diseases may have the same underlying disease links. The finding, which is published in The Journal…
(2022-06-07). India tests fire 4,000km nuclear capable Agni-4 missile. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) — India on Monday successfully test fired a nuclear-capable Agni-IV ballistic missile, which can strike targets 4,000 km away, from Odisha's APJ Abdul Kalam Island.
(2022-06-06). A Second Left-Wing Progressive Wave is Emerging in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Manolo De Los Santos, Gisela Cernadas The 9th Summit of the Americas, scheduled to take place in Los Angeles in June, remains uncertain. Since the Biden administration has not invited the leaders of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela on the grounds of "democracy issues", the leaders of Cuba, Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina, and other countries have expressed the possibility…
(2022-06-06). Russian Ops in Ukraine: Donbas Cauldron(s) Closing, US-NATO Options Running Out. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for June 6, 2022: — Russian forces continue encirclement and elimination of Ukrainian forces in the Severodonetsk —Lysychansk cauldron; — During encirclements in Syria, similar "offensives" were attempted as acts of desperation; — Claims of Ukrainian "counter-offensives" are a distraction from the overall, imminent strategic defeat these forces…
(2022-06-06). Canada and the Banderites/ By Thierry Meyssan. marktaliano.net 
Original Link Here: Canada and the Banderites, by Thierry Meyssan (voltairenet.org) In previous articles, Thierry Meyssan has shown how the Banderites, collaborators of the worst Nazi exactions in Ukraine and Poland, came to power in Kiev, in the young independent Ukraine. He shows here that, for eighty years, Banderite immigrants have been embedded in the …
(2022-06-06). 'Beacon of Democracy': Kiev Regime's Practice of Kidnapping People Spirals Out of Control. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Ever since the Obama administration orchestrated the 2014 Euromaidan color revolution (US/NATO's weapon of choice when hijacking entire nations), the mainstream media have been feeding the political West's populace the narrative of Ukraine being the "freedom and democracy lighthouse in the dictatorial post-Soviet darkness". However, after the start of Russia's special military operation more than three months ago, this…
(2022-06-06). Billionaire George Soros: Civilization May Not Survive The War In Ukraine. moguldom.com Hungarian-American billionaire and philanthropist George Soros said he believes civilization might not survive the war in Ukraine if it degenerates into a third world war. His advice to avoid this is a quick and decisive defeat of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Soros warned that open societies are under siege, autocratic regimes are rising and the …
(2022-06-06). Ukraine Volunteer Fighter, US Citizen Craig Lang, Was Armed by Colombia to Overthrow Venezuela's Government. libya360.wordpress.com Alex Rubinstein An FBI affidavit against an American fighting in Ukraine, Craig Lang, states he was previously armed by Colombian police to attack the Venezuelan government. Another American fighting in Ukraine, white nationalist Paul Gray, was also involved in a plot to topple Venezuela's government, according to a former associate of coup leader Juan Guaidó….
(2022-06-06). Australian Rich List reveals accelerating wealth. wsws.org Australia's richest added $75 billion to their fortunes last year, while workers face soaring living costs and lower real wages.
(2022-06-06). On Anthony Blinken's Speech at George Washington University. journal-neo.org 
The end of May saw a number of striking developments in Washington's foreign policy in relation to China, the USA's main geopolitical foe. Several of these developments took place during President Joe Biden's trip to South Korea and Japan. Particularly worthy of note were the US President's long-anticipated announcement about the launch of the Indo-Pacific …
(2022-06-06). ALBA and Nicaragua: Defending Solidarity in a Divided World. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton Controversy has dogged this June's United States government organized Summit of the Americas. Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela had already given up on the OAS, seriously damaging the credibility of the Organization of American States as a trustworthy hemispheric forum for the countries North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. However many countries decide…
(2022-06-06). How Swedish authorities worked to export "herd immunity" to other countries. wsws.org This submission to the Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic documents the attempts made by the Swedish government to export its "herd immunity" strategy of mass infection to countries throughout the world.
(2022-06-06). Canadian restaurant worker speaks to the Global Workers Inquest. wsws.org Robin, a restaurant worker from Vancouver, recently spoke to the Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic about dangerous working conditions in the hospitality sector and his experience with being twice infected by COVID-19.
(2022-06-06). Expand the Newark, New Jersey, health care workers' strike! wsws.org The workers at Saint Michael's Medical Center cannot win their demands without appealing to other workers in a fight against not only Prime Healthcare, but also the entire profit-based health system.
(2022-06-06). Expand the Newark, New Jersey health care workers' strike! wsws.org The workers at Saint Michael's Medical Center cannot win their demands without appealing to other workers in a fight against not only Prime Healthcare, but also the entire profit-based health system.
(2022-06-06). President Maduro: US Killed any Chance of Success at Summit of the Americas. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that Washington has forfeited any chance of a successful Summit of the Americas by excluding three countries from the region. "The US government itself was in charge of killing the possibility of success of this summit," said President Maduro in an interview with Atilio Borón, host of the Argentine radio program Dialogo Internacional, on National University of Avellaneda Radio and Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association Radio. | Maduro thanked those countries of the Americas, numbering over 25, that expressed solidarity with Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, by condemning, in s…
(2022-06-06). U.S. women's national soccer team wins equal pay contract following lawsuit victory. liberationnews.org 
On May 18, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced that it ratified a collective bargaining agreement which pays the U.S. men's and women's national teams equally.
(2022-06-06). Firms claim to create 333K new jobs in May as jobless rate stays at 3.6 percent. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Private-sector businesses claimed to create a net of 333,000 new jobs in May as the jobless rate that month stayed at 3.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Governments created another 57,000, with 51,700 of them in state and local schools. Job gains occurred in every sector except for retail trade (-60,700 jobs). But …
(2022-06-06). Right-wing attackers target People's Forum in NYC. cpusa.org 
On Friday night, June 3, the People's Forum, a community political and cultural space in New York City, was occupied and attacked by right-wing vigilantes. This is not the first time that the Forum, a long-time center for anti-capitalist education and organizing, has been the target of right-wing attacks. This time they were aided …
(2022-06-06). Strippers on strike in North Hollywood after mounting safety threats. peoplesworld.org 
The picket line on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood has been loud, energetic, flamboyant, and…costumed. The strippers from Star Gardens have organized for their protection and become a cause célèbre for other organizers and unions across the country. The exotic dancers, now formally employed by Star Gardens, have hosted theme nights—like the recent Sexpionage and …
(2022-06-06). Many killed in inferno at Bangladesh container depot. peoplesworld.org 
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported Sunday, as efforts to extinguish the blaze continued into a second night. Bangladesh has a history of industrial disasters, …
(2022-06-06). The Sanctioned Ones: How Iran-Russia are Setting New Rules. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar  ; | While China, keen to ward off US sanctions as long as possible, is lagging, its RIC partners Iran and Russia are doing the legwork to break the west's global financial grip. | The first Sergei Glazyev, Russia's Minister in Charge of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU), is coordinating the drive to design an alternative m…
(2022-06-06). David North in Prinkipo: A tribute to Leon Trotsky. wsws.org While in Turkey for discussions with the comrades of the Socialist Equality Group (Turkey), David North visited Trotsky's final residence during his exile (1929-33) on the island of Prinkipo, and paid tribute to the life of the great theorist of world socialist revolution.
(2022-06-06). NYPD and Far-Right Forces Collude in Physical Assault on a Socialist and Anti-Racist Space. orinocotribune.com The People's Forum in New York City attacked by the far-right, enabled by the police | Since our founding in 2018, our space, The People's Forum (TPF) has been the target of multiple attacks by the far-right on both social media and in our location. We have managed to defend our space which operates on values and principles of social justice and people power. Most recently a coalition of anti-vaxxers, Cuban and Venezuelan anti-communists, and other far-right reactionaries have increased their attacks on TPF. Today, over a dozen officers of the New York Police Department (NYPD) entered TPF, uninvited, and acted as…
(2022-06-06). Workers of Fiat plant in Serbia protest layoffs. peoplesdispatch.org Workers of Fiat automotive company in Kragujevac, Serbia, organized a protest on Thursday, June 2, against layoffs announced by the management. The protest forced the management to suspend work at the factory for the first shift on Thursday. All the workers of the plant joined the protest which was called by a coordination of trade unions in response to the management's decision to lay off around 1,541 workers after giving them a severance pay while the rest would be relocated to Fiat plants in other parts of Europe. Currently, the government interlocutors are holding talks with the Fiat management. The unions ha…
(2022-06-06). Kroger workers in central Indiana vote down UFCW sellout agreement. wsws.org Workers at Kroger stores in central Indiana voted down a company-friendly tentative agreement negotiated by the UFCW which included poverty wage "increases" that fall far below the rate of inflation.
(2022-06-06). Los Angeles resident physicians vote overwhelmingly to strike. wsws.org More than 1,300 resident physicians are preparing strike action in Los Angeles amid a growing movement of health care workers to demand safe staffing and living wages and to oppose for-profit medicine.
(2022-06-06). Health care workers in Cologne: "We are fighting for all of society" wsws.org The union is deliberately isolating the nursing strike: it has made a firm commitment to the state government not to expand the strikes.
(2022-06-06). Caterpillar worker falls into molten iron crucible and dies at the Mapleton, Illinois foundry. wsws.org A 39-year-old Caterpillar worker fell into a molten iron crucible of over 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit and died immediately last Thursday at the company's Mapleton, Illinois foundry, the second worker death at the facility in six months.
(2022-06-06). South African airline Comair suspends all operations amid uncertainty about workers' wages. peoplesdispatch.org NUMSA, which represents 700 of the airline's employees, picketed the Comair premises on June 3 after the management refused to confirm till when operations will remain suspended and whether the workers will be paid in this period…
(2022-06-06). Dozens dead and hundreds injured after fire and explosion at Bangladesh container depot. wsws.org The industrial disaster is not an isolated incident but another predictable example of how big business, with government authorities turning a blind eye, violates rudimentary safety standards, sacrificing workers' lives to maximise profits.
(2022-06-06). The return of "Concerted Action" in Germany. wsws.org During the budget debate in the Bundestag last Wednesday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the convening of a "Concerted Action," inviting employers and trade unions to work closely with the government.
(2022-06-06). Why did the Michigan Medicine nurses union turn its "Contract Campaign Ally Meeting" into a private event? wsws.org The union covering nearly 6,000 nurses announced at the last minute that a public meeting to build support for the contract fight against Michigan Medicine would be a private event.
(2022-06-06). ScotRail train drivers reject pay cut negotiated by Aslef trade union. wsws.org Rail unions throughout Britain are clamping down on any joint offensive against the crisis ridden Conservative government.
(2022-06-06). UK: 24-hour London tube strike as rail unions sabotage genuine fightback. wsws.org Cuts to staffing and pensions are part of a scorched-earth policy against London's transport system by Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Conservative government. Khan has drawn up plans for £400 million worth of cuts across Transport for London this year alone.
(2022-06-06). Ghostface Killah Opens Up Killah Koffee Shop and Direct To Consumer (DTC) Brand. moguldom.com Ghostface Killah, member of the iconic hip-hop collective the Wu-Tang Clan, is taking his artisanal coffee brand from being an online, direct to consumer (DTC) business to a brick-and-mortar coffee shop locating in New York City's Staten Island. NYC Mayor Eric Adams turned up for the ribbon cutting on May 9. Ghostface Killah, born Dennis …
(2022-06-06). Australia's Labor government opposes inflation wage rises, despite soaring living costs. wsws.org "This submission does not suggest that across-the-board, wages should automatically increase in line with inflation," the Albanese government stated.
(2022-06-06). How to care for your children and yourself during tragedies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The collective trauma of the nation continues after a recent string of mass shootings. Having strong emotional responses to these events, even if you do not personally know the victims, is normal, says Dr. Daniel Hilliker, a child psychologist at Mayo Clinic. "Trauma by proxy is a real thing," says Dr. Hilliker. "It's got some of the same types of effects as trauma that you experience more directly. When we learn about these awful events,…
(2022-06-06). When a New Left Activist Departed Campus for the Factory Floor. zcomm.org Review of Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War by Jon Melrod…
(2022-06-06). The mobilization for Yemen is a powerful model for today's peace movement. zcomm.org By emphasizing support and solidarity, groups led primarily by Yemeni-American women are building momentum to end the world's "forgotten war."
(2022-06-06). Seattle City Council Passes US's First Minimum Wage Guarantee for Gig Workers. zcomm.org "There is really strong overall consensus among workers and the public at large that people should be taking home the minimum wage after expenses from their work"
(2022-06-06). Charity workers' assistance helps ease departures. ecns.cn Over the past two weeks, a number of employees of the Shanghai Charity Foundation's branch in Changning district have been voluntarily helping passengers at the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in a bid to help facilitate departures from the city.
(2022-06-06). Emptying the Navy's Red Hill Jet Fuel Tanks in Honolulu Should Take 27 Days—Not Two Years. commondreams.org With trucks working this schedule (with 3 union drivers working 8-hour shifts) of moving 3,7 ,000 gallons per day, it would take 27 days to drain the 100 million gallons from Red Hill tanks.