(2022-06-14). The economic and geostrategic significance of the Black Sea region and the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. wsws.org Gaining direct access to the resources of the former Soviet Union, which had been closed off to imperialism for seven decades following the 1917 October Revolution, has been a major goal of the imperialist powers for decades.
(2022-06-14). Interview with Venezuelan trade union leader Jacobo Torres de Leon. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviewed Venezuelan trade union leader Jacobo Torres de Leon, the international coordinator for the Bolivarian Socialist Council of Workers at the Workers' Summit of the Americas which took place June 10-12 in Tijuana, Mexico. | Fight Back!: Why are you here at the Workers Summit of the Americas? | Jacobo Torres de Leon: We are here as a general response to the exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua from the USA's Summit of the Americas, on the part of the U.S. administration. They don't have the right to exclude any country. We question this and how they treat the countries of the Americas. Th…
(2022-06-14). Seven Stars Bakery Workers In Providence Announce Union Drive. popularresistance.org Workers at three Seven Stars Bakery locations in Providence, Rhode Island publicly announced their intent to unionize with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328 on June 10 after they issued a letter to ownership seeking voluntary recognition. | Workers began organizing six months ago when one of the longest serving employees was turned down for a raise, despite years of stellar performance. In response, a group of workers across several locations began talking about how they could improve conditions together.
(2022-06-14). My Pandemic in Three Acts. tomdispatch.com On New Years' Eve 2019, Americans celebrated the advent of the roaring '20s with fireworks and champagne, amid ominous news alerts from China. Surely that virus would stay on the other side of the planet. I cringe at how entitled we felt then. Covid-19 has now wiped out more than a million of us (by far the worst record on Earth when it comes to wealthy countries). Up to a third of all survivors suffer the sometimes disabling effects of long Covid, with implications for society that will outlast the pandemic — if it ever ends. I'd like to believe we've learned a lesson about our species-wide vulnerability,…
(2022-06-14). French Left-led NUPES coalition surges in French assembly polls. peoplesdispatch.org In the first round of French National Assembly elections on Sunday, June 12, the New Ecologic and Social Peoples Union (NUPES), led by leftist leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, achieved a major breakthrough. NUPES secured 25.7% of votes, giving a genuine challenge to the neoliberal Ensemble coalition, led by the French president Emmanuel Macron, which won 25.8% of votes. | Four candidates from NUPES have already won in the first round, with the Macronists securing one seat. Around 417 candidates front the Ensemble and 380 candidates from NUPES will contest run-offs. The far-right National Rally (RN) led by Marine Le Pen…
(2022-06-14). Seven Stars Bakery workers in Providence announce union drive: 'We're doing this out of love for each other'. liberationnews.org 
Workers at three Seven Stars Bakery locations in Providence, Rhode Island publicly announced their intent to unionize with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328 on June 10 after they issued a letter to ownership seeking voluntary recognition.
(2022-06-14). Slip slidin' away—the disappearing practice of overtime pay. mronline.org 
Slip slidin' away—that is what tends to happen to pro-worker reforms in our economic system. Things are structured so that without constant vigilance and struggle on our part, gains are gradually undone. A case in point: overtime pay.
(2022-06-14). Daily Round-up| Ecuadorian movements on indefinite national strike and more stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode we take a look at the strike by Ecuadorian people's movements, the resignation of the Sadrists in Iraq and the violence in Sudar's Darfur…
(2022-06-14). South Korean truckers continue indefinite strike against soaring fuel prices. wsws.org Drivers not only face opposition from the government and the companies, but from the pro-corporate trade unions that posture as working class organizations.
(2022-06-14). Australian unions promote NSW government's cynical wage cap manoeuvre. wsws.org With the blunt instruments of intimidation and provocation having failed to end a series of pubic sector disputes, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is enlisting the services of the unions to try to shut down the developing struggles.
(2022-06-14). London rail workers speak out ahead of national strike. popularresistance.org Rail workers across London spoke to campaign teams from the World Socialist Web Site ahead of the largest national rail strike since 1989. | 50,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will strike on June 21, 23 and 25, against wage, job and pension cuts. The government is planning an historic attack on the industry under its "Great British Railways" scheme. RMT and Unite members on the London Underground and train drivers represented by the ASLEF union are also due to walk out. | Reporters found a widening demand for united strike action to confront this threat in transport and throughout the…
(2022-06-14). Wednesday 6/15: Labor History: A key to unlocking workers' power today. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/FSFD-Labor…
(2022-06-14). Australian university union again blocks criticism at a strike rally. wsws.org When Gabriela Zabala, a Western Sydney University College staff member, sought to speak, she was denied the microphone.
(2022-06-14). Iran Labour Minister resigns, Raeisi accepts. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Hojjatollah Abdolmaleki in a message announced his resignation on Tuesday.
(2022-06-14). Eight ISIL leaders killed in Iraq airstrike. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Iraqi sources on Tuesday announced that eight ISIL leaders were killed in airstrikes launched by the Iraqi Air Force on their hideouts in the country.
(2022-06-14). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Teachers in Uruguay are holding a one-day national strike Wednesday while Argentine teachers in Chubat province strike and thousands of Atlantic City, New Jersey casino workers take a strike vote.
(2022-06-14). China industrial output sees annual growth of 6.3 pct in 2012-2021. ecns.cn China's industrial output logged an average annual growth of 6.3 percent in the 2012-2021 period as the country's manufacturing sector gained strength, an official said Tuesday.
(2022-06-14). Unión Eléctrica prevé afectaciones en el servicio este martes por déficit de generación. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima para el horario pico de este martes una disponibilidad de 2 321 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 860 MW, para un déficit de 539 MW, por lo que pronostica afectaciones en el servicio durante todo el día y la noche. Ante esta previsión, se implementan todas las medidas de restricción del consumo en el sector estatal.
(2022-06-14). WCCUSD Union Busting Attack On Adult School Teachers United Leadership. indybay.org The WCCUSD school district terminated the president and vice president of the Adult School Teachers United in a union busting attack. The president Ken Ryan and vice president Kristen Pursley discuss their termination, the reason behind it and the attack on adult education and ESL by not only the District by the Democrats in the legislature and governor.
(2022-06-14). The trade unions in Germany act as wages police. wsws.org Although the cost of living is skyrocketing, the head of the IG Metall union has pledged to demand a wage increase of no more than 7 percent for the 4 million workers in the metal industry, spread over two years. That would be the biggest real wage cut since the 1930s.
(2022-06-14). Ruta crítica de la vigencia: El socialismo y el hombre en Cuba 57 años después. cubadebate.cu Un tema recurrente en los debates historiográficos y de pensamiento tiene que ver con la vigencia de las ideas, personalidades y procesos revolucionarios; con las relaciones entre experiencias precedentes y la contemporaneidad. Es precisamente por el veleidoso asunto de la "vigencia" que comienzo esta aproximación a El socialismo y el hombre en Cuba.
(2022-06-14). Iran, Turkmenistan ink MoU to strengthen bilateral coop. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — A joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between Iran's Caretaker Minister of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare and Turkmen Minister of Labor and Social Protection in Tehran on Tuesday to bolster cooperation.
(2022-06-14). Support pours in for scapegoated North Carolina nurse Michelle Heughins. wsws.org With increasing viciousness, nurses and health care workers are being victimized while the major hospital systems pursue lean staffing models to increase their bottom line and cut costs.
(2022-06-14). Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Patients, Executive Director Highlighted in American Association for Cancer Research Cancer Disparities Progress Report. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The American Association for Cancer Research today released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022. The publication aims to raise awareness of the enormous toll that cancer exacts on racial and ethnic minorities and other diverse and medically underserved populations in the United States while highlighting areas of recent progress in reducing cancer health disparities. The report also provides specific recommendations for achieving health equity, a fundamental human right for all people regardless…
(2022-06-14). Australian High Court overturns citizenship-stripping law but backs government power to do so. wsws.org While striking down one of the laws imposed by the previous Liberal-National government with the Labor Party's support, the court left the way open for an ongoing attack on the fundamental right to citizenship.
(2022-06-14). China's deep space exploration laboratory starts operation. ecns.cn China's deep space exploration laboratory has started operation, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said Tuesday.
(2022-06-14). 2022 California Juneteenth – National Freedom Day. indybay.org In the coming years over 100 California cities with @100,000+ residents will begin to discover our unique California Juneteenth Legacy, helping manifest equity and greater inclusion throughout the 5th largest economy in the world. Today, "Mining for Freedom" or the authentic "Golden Legacy" of our California USCT who fought, bleed and died for freedom is a fierce debate impacting future generation.
(2022-06-14). Lawyer for families of rail workers killed in 2019 Canadian Pacific derailment: "The railway companies are a law unto themselves" wsws.org The WSWS spoke recently with Regina, Saskatchewan-based lawyer Tavengwa Runyowa, whose legal team is representing the families of Dylan Paradis and Andrew Dockrell.
(2022-06-13). EU chief vows fast reply to Kyiv on membership. ecns.cn European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the commission will provide a clear response this week to Ukraine over its quest to join the European Union.
(2022-06-13). Interview with Black Lives Matter organizer at Workers' Summit of the Americas. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviews Josh Higginbotham, Organizer and Director of Research and Development for Black Lives Matter-Oklahoma City, at the Workers' Summit of the Americas which took place June 10-12 in Tijuana, Mexico. | Fight Back!: Why are you here? | Josh Higginbotham: I am here to stand in solidarity with the nations that were excluded from the summit of the Americas, that are specifically targeted by USA sanctions, bureaucratic terrorism. We are the BLM presence from Oklahoma. | Fight Back!: Why should BLM stand in solidarity with these countries? | Higginbotham: It is very easily recognizable that U.S. forei…
(2022-06-13). Children Killed And Wounded In Bloody Attacks By Ukrainian Forces On Donetsk (Videos). southfront.org 
All the central district of Donetsk were shelled by Ukrainian forces | On June 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) subjected the city of Donetsk to one of the most intense shelling in recent times. The shelling on residential areas began in the early morning and it continues. | One of the bloody attacks of the AFU hit the Maysky market in the city of Donetsk. Ukrainian units intentionally targeted the area of mass gathering of civilians. The Ukrainian strike hit the local market on a weekend. | Three people were kil…
(2022-06-13). Battle For Severodonetsk: Ukrainian Forces Doomed To Defeat In Industrial Area (Videos). southfront.org 
As of June 13, the fierce battle for the city of Severodonetsk continues. The recent days were marked by several incidents which confirmed the deplorable situation for the Armed Forces Of Ukraine in the city. | The AFU confirmed the loss of control over the center of Severodonetsk | Advisor to the Minister Yuri Sak in an interview with Deutsche Welle said that the situation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Severodonetsk is very difficult, but events are developing more intensively. The Minis…
(2022-06-13). Next 100 Days of Ukraine War. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Ukrainian casualties in the conflict are running at a rate of somewhere between 600 and 1,000 a day, according to Guardian. The New York-based Council on Foreign Relations held a videoconference on May 31 titled Russia's War in Ukraine: How does it end? The president of the think tank Richard Haas chaired the panel…
(2022-06-13). Bangladeshi prime minister threatens protesting garment workers. wsws.org Recent demonstrations by garment workers are an indication of major struggles to come as the global crisis produced by the COVID pandemic and the US-led war in Ukraine against Russia impacts on Bangladesh.
(2022-06-13). African Union Leaders Meet with Russian Government amid Escalating Food Crisis. transcend.org 3 Jun 2022 – The Russian special military operations in neighboring Ukraine have brought to the surface a number of persistent economic problems which have plagued the world since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that emerged during the early months of 2020.
(2022-06-13). Ukraine and the Risk of Geopolitical Conflict — A Reawakening to Nuclear Dangers? transcend.org 11 Jun 2022 – The risk of nuclear escalation has been subject of debate in the US. These debates reveal those who dismiss Russian references to nuclear capabilities as mere saber rattling to those who worry that if Putin finds his back to the wall in Ukraine, he may resort to tactical nuclear strikes.
(2022-06-13). ALBA Secretary: Summit of the Americas is 'Failure,' US 'Empire is Losing Its Power' (Interview). orinocotribune.com The secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA), Sacha Llorenti, discusses Latin America and the Caribbean's rebellion against the US government's exclusionary Summit of the Americas, and growing efforts at regional integration against imperialism. | Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton interviewed the secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA), Sacha Llorenti, about Latin America's rebellion against the US government's Summit of the Americas. | Presidents of eight countries in the region
(2022-06-13). Elections in Colombia: Between Hope and Concern. libya360.wordpress.com Pablo Ruiz On Sunday 19 June, all eyes will once again be on Colombia and the results of the second round of the presidential elections: will it be more of the same in Colombia — one of the most dangerous countries for human rights defenders — or will there be a change, depending on whether…
(2022-06-13). Arise, Africa! Roar China! Interview with Gao Yunxiang. libya360.wordpress.com Liu Zifeng 'Arise Africa, Roar China' is an important book exploring aspects of the historic linkages between progressive African Americans and the Chinese revolution. Published by the University of North Carolina Press in December 2021, the author, Dr. Gao Yunxiang was born and grew up in the People's Republic of China and is now Professor…
(2022-06-13). "Summit of Exclusion" Backfires on Biden. libya360.wordpress.com Jill Clark-Gollub, Alina Duarte, John Perry "We would definitely have wanted a different Summit of the Americas. The silence of those absent challenges us. So that this does not happen again, I would like to state for the future that the fact of being the host country of the Summit does not grant the capacity…
(2022-06-13). Bolivian Court Sentences Jeanine àÅñez To 10 Years In Prison. popularresistance.org The First Anti-Corruption Sentencing Court of La Paz sentenced former de-facto Bolivian President Jeanine àÅñez to 10 years in prison in the 'Coup d'état II' case on Friday, June 10. In the case, àÅñez stood accused of crimes of acting against the constitution and illegally assuming the presidency of the country in November 2019, following a right-wing civic-military coup that overthrew democratically elected socialist President Evo Morales. The court found her guilty of "breach of duties" and "resolutions contrary to the Constitution and the Law" in her capacity as the former second Vice President of…
(2022-06-13). Trucker Strike Disrupts Key Industries, Threatens Automaking. popularresistance.org Hyundai Motor is struggling to move finished cars so it can make more cars, while more than half of the country's ready-mix concrete factories have suspended operations due to a halt in the shipment of cement. | Unionized truck drivers have been on a strike since Tuesday demanding higher wages and an extension of support measures, which expire at the end of this year. They blocked gates at distribution centers and refused to transport cargo. Cargo Truckers Solidarity, a union, is leading of strike, and more than 7,000 people are participating, according to local media reports. | About one-third of all unionized t…
(2022-06-13). Unions Making A Green New Deal From Below. popularresistance.org Somerville, MA is an inner suburb of Boston and the most densely populated city in New England with 81,000 residents. It was long an industrial center inhabited by repeated waves of immigrants, but it has increasingly become a bedroom community for Boston and Cambridge. | Somerville is currently being transformed by the extension of the Boston Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) subway system's Green Line throughout the city, bringing transit access to 80% of Somerville residents. Over five million square feet of new development is in the works. | Somerville's long-term mayor supported development but not union…
(2022-06-13). Ecuadorian Indigenous Organizations Start Strike Against Lasso. popularresistance.org From the early hours of Monday, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) began a national strike against the government of Guillermo Lasso by blocking highways in provinces such as Pastaza, Napo, and Guayas. | CONAIE President Leonidas Iza said that the social mobilization, which will continue for an indefinite period of time, emerges as a result of the reluctance of the Lasso administration to continue the dialogue process, the last meeting of which took place on November 10, 2021. | Since then, Indigenous communities and farmers have been requested the reduction of fuel prices, the rene…
(2022-06-13). Diaz-Canel, Maduro And Evo Send Messages To People's Summit. popularresistance.org Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba, Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, and Evo Morales, Former President of Bolivia send messages of solidarity to the people of the United States and the organizers of People's Summit, an alternative to exclusionary Biden's Summit of Americas.
(2022-06-13). Venezuelan workers march in support of govt. and reject exclusion from Summit of the Americas. peoplesdispatch.org The workers thanked the socialist government for the economic protection policies for workers, and reiterated their support for President Maduro in the face of US attacks…
(2022-06-13). Red Theory: The contradiction between town and country. fightbacknews.org Much is made of what is often referred to as the urban/rural divide. There is a fundamental disconnect, we are told, between the people from the cities and the rural population. Marx and Engels called this contradiction the division between town and country. Marxism-Leninism can help us understand this contradiction, how it arose historically, and how it can be overcome. | When we think of this contradiction, a lot of things come to mind. We may think of the distinction between more conservative "red states" and more liberal "blue states." We think of disparities in terms of education and infrastructure. We may t…
(2022-06-13). Marcello Musto's Anthology of Karl Marx's Writings on Alienation (Book Review). orinocotribune.com 
By Carlos L. Garrido | Marcello Musto's anthology of Karl Marx's Writings on Alienation
(2022-06-13). Philly celebrates Disability Pride. workers.org 
Disability advocates, the Philadelphia Freedom Band, and family, friends and allies joined together June 11 for the 10th annual Disability Pride PA parade to demand an inclusive society. MC Imani Barbarin, aka Crutches and Spice, with music by LACHI, 4 Wheel City, Gooch and the Motion and Danie Ocean, entertained . . . |
(2022-06-13). La clase obrera y la crisis capitalista mundial. workers.org 
Los siguientes extractos son de los comentarios de Larry Holmes, Primer Secretario del Partido del Mundo Obrero, en una reunión de la sucursal de Nueva York el 19 de mayo. La mayoría de los economistas burgueses predicen ahora una recesión, que es una fuerte caída de la economía. Una recesión . . . |
(2022-06-13). 'The biggest rail strike in modern history': RMT raises the flag — News from the Frontline. mronline.org 
Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles.
(2022-06-13). FRSO Summer Fund Drive: Help us keep up our party-building momentum! fightbacknews.org Donate now by the following methods: | At Checks can be made out to "Lucy Parsons Institute" and mailed to 2942 Oakland Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407 | Freedom Road Socialist Organization is serious about building for revolution in this country, and we need your help to continue building. We have some serious momentum. Our membership has gro…
(2022-06-13). Prices for workers rise by more than 9%. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Friday, June 10, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that prices for workers' families, the so-called Consumer Price Index-Wage or CPI-W rose by 9.3% as compared to prices a year ago. This rate of inflation is near a 40-year high, only exceeded by the 9.4% increase in March. The last time that prices rose so quickly was in November of 1981. | The headline number that the corporate media reported was a smaller 8.6%. This was the number for the CPI-Urban or CPI-U that includes households with managers and professionals as well as wage workers. The CPI-W inflation is higher than the CPI-U becau…
(2022-06-13). Masafer Yatta evictions enabled by British-born judge. electronicintifada.net The court ruling clearing the way for the forced displacement of the indigenous population puts on full display Israel's cynical, colonial character.
(2022-06-13). A class strategy to defeat TfL's cuts to London bus routes! wsws.org TfL's cuts must be met by a combined industrial and political offensive uniting bus, London Underground and rail workers to defeat the plans of the Johnson government and Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.
(2022-06-13). Today's Poor People's Campaign carries on MLK's fight for economic justice. peoplesworld.org 
Co-chaired by Rev. William J. Barber II and Liz Theoharis, the Poor People's Campaign began in May 2018 with 40 days of coordinated action at statehouses across the U.S. to confront systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, and the war economy. Now mobilizing for a massive June 18th "Mass Poor People's and Low Wage Workers' …
(2022-06-13). Australian Labor government stonewalls demands to free Assange. wsws.org Labor's position is identical to that of the previous conservative government—it refuses to defend Assange because it is fully committed to militarism and the suppression of anti-war opposition.
(2022-06-13). The pandemic, the global crisis of capitalism, the resurgence of class struggles and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)—Part 3. wsws.org The SEP is based on the strategy of permanent revolution that animated the 1917 October Revolution. Only through the revolutionary mobilization of the working class, leading the rural and urban toilers, can the democratic and social aspirations of the oppressed masses be realized as part of the world socialist revolution.
(2022-06-13). Cuadrando la Caja: øEmpresas con utilidades excesivas? cubadebate.cu La primera emisión del programa, dedicada a las utilidades excesivas en el sistema empresarial, contó con la presencia del Dr.C. Agustín Lage, el economista y Héroe de la República, Ramón Labañino, y la Ing. y empresaria Ariadne Placencia. El programa es una coproducción del Sistema Informativo de la TV cubana, la Pupila Insomne y Cubadebate, y es conducido por Marxlenin Pérez Valdés, Doctora en Ciencias Filosóficas y Profesora Titular de la Universidad de La Habana.
(2022-06-13). 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,…
(2022-06-13). AFL-CIO President Shuler's goal: "More than one million new" unionists. peoplesworld.org 
PHILADELPHIA—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, formally elected to her first full term in office, has set a goal to "grow our movement by more than one million working people" in a decade. If it succeeds—and she admits it won't be easy—that would mark a substantial increase in organized labor's density, especially in the private sector, where …
(2022-06-13). Two years after a deadly COVID-19 outbreak and not one lesson learned. workers.org 
By Steve Brooks This article previously ran as an op-ed piece in the Sacramento Bee. For six and a half hours, the Greyhound-size prison bus bounced precariously along a highway from Chino north toward San Quentin. Incarcerated men in orange jumpsuits were tightly packed inside, with metal restraints uncomfortably wrapped . . . |
(2022-06-13). Setting the Precedent for a Peace Industrial Policy. commondreams.org There is a massive amount of resources, funding, and infrastructure that we can invest in peace, sustainability, and human needs—it is just a matter of shifting our priorities.
(2022-06-13). The St. Michael's strike in New Jersey and the criminal record of Prime Healthcare. wsws.org The company and its founder have a record of buying distressed hospitals, aggressively pursuing patients for payment and paying out large settlements over alleged Medicare fraud.
(2022-06-13). Inflation to fuel long, hot summer of workers struggles in the US. wsws.org While inflation has become the focal point of workers' anger, it is among a whole series of social grievances building up in the working class.
(2022-06-13). Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (14 Jun 1928 — 9 Oct 1967). transcend.org Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, theoretician and tactician of guerrilla warfare, prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution (1956—59), and guerrilla leader in South America, Guevara was a medical doctor specialized in leprosy. Traveling around South America, he observed conditions that spurred his revolt against poverty and capitalist exploitation, adopting Marxist ideology, theory and practices. He is revered by many as a martyred cultural hero, having become an iconic cult figure as a symbol of anti-imperialist struggles everywhere.
(2022-06-13). Educators speak against Australian Education Union agreement betrayal. wsws.org Important statements of opposition and hostility towards the Australian Education Union (AEU) have been registered teachers and school workers who have joined the almost 800-member Facebook group established by the Committee For Public Education.
(2022-06-13). VIDEO: Massive Iranian-made oil tanker "Aframax 2" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — "Aframax 2" Oceangoing Tanker was constructed at Iran Marine Industrial Company (SADRA) in Bushehr in south of the country for a period of two years and left the port of Bushehr last Wednesday for the Persian Gulf.
(2022-06-13). Facing an international outcry, India's Hindu supremacist government cynically distances itself from top BJP officials' anti-Muslim incitement. wsws.org Modi and his BJP have ratcheted up their communalist offensive as the social crisis has deepened and opposition among India's workers and rural toilers to mass joblessness and soaring prices, the government's ruinous response to the pandemic, and its "pro-investor" policies has swelled.
(2022-06-13). Students, teachers and workers rally against gun violence in cities across the US. wsws.org The International Youth and Students for Social Equality spoke to students and workers on the social and political roots of mass violence in the US.
(2022-06-13). PRIDE in Cuba: 'Bringing revolution's humanity to all aspects of life'. workers.org 
The following is one installment of Feinberg's "Lavender & Red" series on the intersection of LGBTQ+ and socialist history; this installment appeared Aug. 18, 2007, in Workers World newspaper. The 120-part series was published between 2004 and 2008 and can be downloaded free at workers.org/books. Some of the language that . . . |
(2022-06-13). Hearing for Dr. Issam Hijjawi Bassalat continued: Solidarity against anti-Palestinian repression! samidoun.net 
On Friday, 10 June, Palestinian-Scottish doctor Issam Hijjawi Bassalat appeared before the Supreme Court of Scotland in a case seeking to reclaim his medical license after it was suspended by the medical board due to his political arrest in 2020. Dr. Bassalat was released on bail in December 2021 after spending 16 months — and …
(2022-06-13). The Food Shortage Solution in Your Own Backyard. transcend.org 9 Jun 2022 – A confluence of crises—lockdowns and business closures, mandates and worker shortages, supply chain disruptions and inflation, sanctions and war—have compounded to trigger food shortages; and we have been warned that they may last longer than the food stored in our pantries. What to do?
(2022-06-13). Mélenchon vote rises in first round of French legislative elections. wsws.org The results of the first round reflect the deep and growing unpopularity of newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron and the rapid growth of the class struggle in Europe.
(2022-06-13). Presidente Castillo asegura que cooperará con la Fiscalía. telesurtv.net El fiscal peruano reprogramo para el 17 de junio el interrogatorio al presidente Pedro Castillo.
(2022-06-13). Maduro visits Imam Khomeini mausoleum. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his accompanying delegation visited Imam Khomeini mausoleum in the south of Tehran on Monday to pay tribute to the Founder of the Islamic Revolution.
(2022-06-13). Pdte. de Venezuela sostiene encuentro con ministro de Petróleo de Irán. telesurtv.net En el marco de su visita a Irán, el presidente Nicolás Maduro dialogó sobre la colaboración energética con el ministro de Petróleo de esa nación, Javad Owji.
(2022-06-13). Fire reported in big warehouse in northern Israel. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — In continuation of suspicious fires and explosions in occupied Palestinian territories, an Israeli engineering equipment warehouse caught fire in an industrial zone on Monday.
(2022-06-12). Evgueny Karas, SBU Agent and Leader of the Neo-Nazi Group S 14. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent Brayard Among the colorful fauna of Ukrainian neo-Nazism, and as a continuation of my work on the firm establishment of this ideology in Ukraine, here is an investigation into the S 14 group. For despite attempts to hide the truth about the deep and wide contamination of the Ukrainian people with neo-Nazism, the Western…
(2022-06-12). The Empire Strikes Back: Imperialism's Global War on Multipolarity. libya360.wordpress.com This webinar on Saturday 11 June (11am US Eastern, 8am US Pacific, 4pm Britain, 11pm China) addresses the latest developments in international politics, particularly around NATO, AUKUS, the war in Ukraine, and the increasing militarization of the US-led New Cold War. Topics include: * NATO, AUKUS and the military infrastructure of the New Cold War…
(2022-06-12). Interview with William Camacaro on the Workers' Summit of the Americas. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviewed William Camacaro, one of the coordinators of the important Workers' Summit of the Americas which takes place on June 10-12 in Tijuana, Mexico. | Fight Back!: How was this Workers' Summit of Las Americas started? | William Camacaro: I was in Venezuela last year with comrades and we said, "We have a possibility to organize a conference in Mexico." We used to organize an event in Tijuana in solidarity with Cuba against the blockade. That has not happened for six or seven years. Now is more important than ever because Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela are under U.S. sanctions. So, we need to make…