(2022-06-24). European Union Grants Candidate Status to Ukraine and Moldova. news.antiwar.com European Union leaders on Thursday "The Ukrainian people belong to the European family. Ukraine's future is with the EU," said Josep Borrel, the EU's foreign policy chief. "Today marks the beginning of a long journey that we will walk together." | The decision for Ukraine was viewed by Western media…
(2022-06-24). EU leaders grant Ukraine, Moldova EU candidate status. ecns.cn European Union (EU) leaders have accepted Ukraine and Moldova as candidates for membership of the bloc, European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday.
(2022-06-24). Zelensky welcomes EU decision to grant Ukraine candidate status. ecns.cn Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday welcomed the decision of the European Council to grant Ukraine candidate status for accession to the European Union (EU).
(2022-06-24). 4,000 S. Africa NUMSA Implats Platinum Workers Strike: NUMSA's Phakamile Majola Reports. indybay.org 4.000 South African NUMSA Implats contract platinum workers have gone on strike against slave labor conditions. These workers are paid much less than regular workers at the company for doing the same work. Contract workers are being used by companies to destroy their benefits and working conditions.
(2022-06-24). WorkWeek On Parker Liberation School, Corruption & Port Privatization, Black Workers. indybay.org WorkWeek covers WorkWeek On Parker Liberation School, Corruption & Port Privatization, Black Workers on strike, Union Busting In WCCSD, Frank Hammer On Solidarity Center In Mexico & AFL-CIO Histadrut Link With Carol Lang…
(2022-06-24). Falcons help Minnesota man soar above cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A species that was once endangered in Minnesota is now thriving, thanks in part to Mayo Clinic. Recently, four new peregrine falcon chicks that have been nesting in a box atop one of Mayo Clinic's buildings were brought inside for a quick checkup and to be banded. It's all part of a collaboration between Mayo and the Midwest Peregrine Society. But this time, there was an extra pair of experienced hands to help. For more…
(2022-06-24). Scientists unravel genetic mystery of rare neurodevelopmental disorder, provide definitive diagnoses to 21 families worldwide. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A collaborative team of scientists led by Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has discovered 15 additional genetic mutations in the KCNK9 gene that cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome. Symptoms of the disorder range from speech and motor impairment to behavioral abnormalities, intellectual disability and distinctive facial features. "Until now, only one genetic alteration in the KCNK9gene was known to cause the disorder, called KCNK9 imprinting syndrome. Our study describes 15 new genetic…
(2022-06-24). CENTCOM and Pentagon Approved Israeli Airstrikes in Syria. orinocotribune.com The Wall Street Journal reveals that Israel secretly coordinates with the US on many of the airstrikes it carries out in Syria.and that, since 2017, Israel has carried out more than 400 airstrikes in Syria and other parts of the West Asia region. | It claims that Israeli attacks have been aimed at restricting Iran and its allied forces in Syria. | The vast majority of those Israeli airstrikes have been approved by the US Central Command, CENTCOM and the Pentagon. | The US aim is to ensure that Israel's bombing raids don't interfere with the US led military campaign in Syria. | Many observers believed that the rev…
(2022-06-24). California Juneteenth Paid Holiday for All. indybay.org The long and difficult journey to establish Juneteenth as a National Holiday has strong roots in California. Nearly 2,000 US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the legal ending of chattel slavery that continues today. Alignment with US Law, signed by President Biden for all Federal employees is good. A paid holiday for all Californians may take a bit more time and need your assistance. No need to rush, 20 years ago AB 1749 (Longville) made the difference with strong bipartisan support, if delay is needed to align California with Washington DC, please consider the wisdom. Those "unk…
(2022-06-24). The work critique of millenials and A new universalism of emancipation. indybay.org The 4-Hour League, an alliance founded in 2016 to campaign for the 4-hour day is concerned with pushing back wage labor in order to have more time for a good life, for a gender-just redistribution of care activities and putting an end to the overexploitation of nature. Thus, it aims at breaking with the capitalist logic of efficiency and performance.
(2022-06-24). 2022 California Juneteenth Holiday still an optional notion for some reason. indybay.org 20 years ago California Juneteenth National Freedom Day was established as "optional" and today AB 1655 offers another "optional" path toward celebrations of our unique California Journey From Slavery to Freedom beginning on 1535 in Baja California Sur.
(2022-06-24). BRICS urged to uphold solidarity. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has urged the BRICS countries to support one another on issues concerning their core interests, practice true multilateralism, and work together to safeguard justice, fairness and solidarity and reject hegemony, bullying and division.
(2022-06-23). The real message in Biden's phony gas tax cut: Workers must pay for Ukraine war. wsws.org President Biden's proposals to reduce gas prices at the pump are a series of meaningless appeals to Congress and the oil monopolies aimed at covering up the real causes of inflation and falsely blaming it all on Vladimir Putin.
(2022-06-23). Donbass: Zolotoye and Gorskoye Cauldron and the Almost Complete Encirclement of Lisichansk. libya360.wordpress.com Christelle Néant On 22 June 2022, the LPR (Lugansk People's Republic) announced that the encirclement of Zolotoye and Gorskoye was now complete, while another cauldron is closing in on Lisichansk. Despite the Ukrainian army's continued terror bombardment of Donetsk, Makeyevka, Gorlovka and Yassinovataya in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) — with much less intensity than…
(2022-06-23). Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. libya360.wordpress.com Evgeny Norin Ukrainian propaganda has elevated the Azov Battalion's protracted but ultimately doomed final stand, in Mariupol, to heroic proportions. Adding further pathos to this sentimental story were the desperate calls for help from the commanders of the units entrapped in the bowels of the Azovstal factory and the photogenic young wives of the besieged…
(2022-06-23). Greek Arms Deliveries to Ukraine Undermine Security of Aegean Islands. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Antonopoulos According to the Greek press, Ukraine has received more than 100 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, 60 Stinger missiles and other armaments from Greece. In April, the Greek authorities announced that they would no longer supply arms to Ukraine in order not to weaken their own security in the face of new threats from…
(2022-06-23). The Ideology of the Banderists. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan If Stepan Bandera was an agent of the Gestapo and left only the memory (positive for some) of the massacres and tortures he organized, Dmytro Dontsov was -and still is- the reference thinker of Ukranian nationalists. It is he who invented Ukrainian racialism and imagined the fanaticism of Ukrainian nationalists as a weapon….
(2022-06-23). The West's War in Ukraine is a War against Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh As recent events surrounding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine have shown unambiguously — and quite convincingly — the West's so-called 'war effort' in Ukraine is less about defending Ukraine and more about what some Western pundits call "erasing" Russia as a power capable of wielding influence at the global level. The war,…
(2022-06-23). Ukraine's Regime is a Terrorist Entity Like al-Qaeda and ISIS. libya360.wordpress.com Valery Kulikov The current Kiev regime can hardly be called a "state" even with certain reservations. Just like the notorious terrorist groups banned in Russia and in many countries around the world, such as Al-Qaeda or ISIS — Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The behavior of the Kiev authorities is typically terrorist: terror against…
(2022-06-23). Building Revolutionary Solidarity Across the Americas Against the Failed "Summit of the Americas" liberationnews.org In a true show of intercontinental solidarity, words from Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel joined the speeches of Native activist and Co-Director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Jean Roach, National Director of BYP100 D'atra Jackson, and host of this show, Brian Becker, at the final plenary of the three-day-long People's Summit for Democracy in early June.
(2022-06-23). Britain's rail strike and the struggle against war: Bring down the Johnson government! wsws.org Not only is the rail strike becoming a focus for the determination among millions of workers to end the savage austerity measures of the government. It is now threatening key foreign policy imperatives centred on an escalation of NATO's war against Russia and hostile targeting of China.
(2022-06-23). Medics For The People Has A Radical Plan To Rebuild Health Care. popularresistance.org MPLP was established in 1971 by a group of physicians who were also members of the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA). They did this because they felt the need to translate words to action, to ensure that healthcare is accessible to the people who need it, and this included a way of providing people free health consultations. They started the first health house in Antwerp, and since then, we have managed to establish 10 more health houses, guided by the same ideals from more than 50 years ago. There are many more health workers working with MPLP now, too, and not only physicians: nurses, psychologists, they're…
(2022-06-23). Union Kitchen Workers Declare Victory In Their Efforts To Unionize. popularresistance.org The National Labor Relations Board determined Tuesday that a majority of Union Kitchen workers voted to unionize, according to the freshly-minted labor union's collective bargaining agent, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400. The NLRB reviewed the results of the formal election, which took place three months ago, after CEO and founder Cullen Gilchrist challenged some ballots — including those of two vocally pro-union workers who cast ballots but were fired before their votes had been counted. | NLRB press secretary Kayla Blado confirmed that a majority of valid votes cast had been in favor of…
(2022-06-23). Food Insecurity Increases in the U.S. While it Declines in Nicaragua Whose Socialist Government Has Defied U.S. Regime Change Designs. libya360.wordpress.com Nan McCurdy Workers at Houston food bank. [Source: time.com] Expansion of Public Sector in Nicaragua Has Improved Quality of Life for Everyone In 2018, 48% of U.S.-based churches had their own food-distribution ministry or supported efforts run by other churches or organizations such as food pantries or food banks. These faith-based ministries, unlike government programs, provide…
(2022-06-23). Investors in long-term care profit as aged and disabled residents and workers bear brunt of COVID-19. peoplesdispatch.org 
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care facilities were hit particularly hard as both residents and workers suffered high infection and mortality rates. A number of reports indicate that such an outcome is linked to widespread privatization…
(2022-06-23). Health workers will not stop fighting for a better alternative to WTO COVID-19 response. peoplesdispatch.org 
George Poe Williams from the National Health Workers Union of Liberia comments on the recent outcome of the WTO Ministerial Conference and the disappointment this has caused among health workers…
(2022-06-23). Food Insecurity Increases in the U.S. While it Declines in Nicaragua, Whose Socialist Government Has Defied U.S. Regime Change Designs. covertactionmagazine.com Expansion of Public Sector in Nicaragua Has Improved Quality of Life for Everyone In 2018, 48% of U.S.-based churches had …
(2022-06-23). Biden's Failed Summit: Latin America Resists. liberationnews.org Since the Monroe Doctrine, Latin America has resisted U.S. attempts to dominate the region.
(2022-06-23). VIDEO: Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #295. scheerpost.com 
By Richard Wolff and Lex Fridman / Conversation between Richard Wolff and Lex Fridman exploring questions surrounding Marxism, communism, capitalism, socialism, human nature, economics, governments, corporations and more. | Richard WolffRichard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the
(2022-06-23). The Truth About The Rail Strikes. popularresistance.org There's lot of nonsense flying around in the establishment media about the rail strikes. Curtis Daily explains why the strikes and unions are an essential line of defence against the destructive capitalist system the press and politicians are fighting to uphold.
(2022-06-23). With CEO Pay Skyrocketing, the Unionization Surge is Hardly Surprising. inequality.org
(2022-06-23). Rights Groups Urge Court To Strike Down Unconstitutional Texas Law. popularresistance.org The Center For Constitutional Rights And Palestine Legal Filed An Amicus Brief In The Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals In Support Of A Lawsuit Seeking To Strike Down A Texas Law That Requires Government Contractors To Pledge Not To Engage In Boycott, Divestment And Sanctions (BDS) Campaigns For Palestinian Rights. | After A Court Blocked An Earlier Version Of Texas's Anti-Boycott Law Following Lawsuits From Individuals With State Contracts, Texas Amended The Law To Exclude Companies With 9 Or Fewer Full-Time Employees And Contracts Under $100,000. While The Revised Law Mooted The Previous Lawsuits, Its Underlying F…
(2022-06-23). Another Young Ecuadorian Dies During National Strike. mronline.org 
"It is worrying how military and police violence has escalated against those who exercise their right to protest and resist," said the Alliance of Ecuadorian Human Rights Organizations.
(2022-06-23). America's Second Civil War is Underway. scheerpost.com 
By Blake Fleetwood / Original to ScheerPost | The frightening epidemic of gun violence in the US has become a commonplace reality. Easy access to firearms is an obstacle that national politicians have not been able to overcome with more than lip service. But gun violence is merely one ominous symptom of a growing social collapse that directly threatens our nearly 2 -year old system of democratic capitalism. | We begin with this: There have been 260 mass shootings so far this year, and 2022 is projected to hit an all-time record.
(2022-06-23). Who Is to Blame for Inflation? The Power Brokers of Capitalism. scheerpost.com 
To save not just the bankers but also the labyrinth itself, central bankers stepped in to replace the financiers' pyramids with public money. (Photo: Getty Images/ By Yanis Varoufakis / The blame game over surging prices is on. Was it too much central-bank money being pumped out for too long that caused inflation to take off? Wa…
(2022-06-23). This New Import Law Will Hurt US Consumers. popularresistance.org The Chinese government had launched a large scale program to solve the problem once and for all. It subsidized companies to move production facilities to Xinjiang. For geographic reasons these are now mostly in the northern part of Xinjiang. The government also organized large camps for vocational and language training. After people went through those they were offered jobs in the new factories where they work in exchange for normal wages. | The U.S. anti-China propaganda campaign claims that these Uighur people were forced to take up their new jobs and calls that 'forced labor'. It is not. | Working in some indu…
(2022-06-23). Videos from the 2022 Labor Notes Conference. scheerpost.com 
By Alexandra Bradbury / Labor Notes Wow! What an amazing weekend. Thank you to all 4,000 troublemakers who converged in Chicago June 17-19 and made this year's Labor Notes Conference incredible. The energy you brought, the stories you shared, the connections you made, the ideas and plans you're bringing back home—that's what it's all about. …
(2022-06-23). Reject Repression: Support the Mapping Project. samidoun.net 
We, the undersigned organizations, reaffirm our support for the Mapping Project out of Boston. The project identifies hundreds of policing institutions, universities, weapons manufacturers, and explicitly political Zionist organizations that collaborate with one another to further systems of oppression. We reject any attempts to isolate or ostracize segments of our movement that are doing this …
(2022-06-23). French Imperialism vs. Crypto Colonialism. libya360.wordpress.com Sebs Solomon The Central African Republic (CAR) recently added Bitcoin as a legal currency, tokenized natural resources, and even created a "cryptocurrency economic zone" called Sango—following in the footsteps of El Salvador. The CAR is still using its French currency (CFA franc) just like El Salvador is still using the American dollar. In addition to the crypto economic zones, CAR is also offering e-residency…
(2022-06-23). You Can't 'Green' The Military. popularresistance.org In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense issued its Climate Adaptation Plan, which has been lauded by corporate media as a supposedly serious mobilization against climate change. More recently, the U.S. Army has followed suit with its own Climate Strategy. More and more frequently, Democratic politicians are learning to frame the eternal imperative of an eternally expanding military budget in the language of "greening" the military. Similar language is used by Pentagon higher-ups, and even more frequently by those from the "industry" side of the military-industrial complex. | Make no mistake: the military is one o…
(2022-06-23). The Wide Role Brazil's Military Has Played in the Destruction of the Amazon. libya360.wordpress.com Pedro Marin In the Brazilian Amazon, as deforestation reaches record levels and rivers are increasingly polluted, the illegal gold mining contributing to these problems continues largely unabated. The response of the government has been to increase military action to curb environmental crimes in Brazil. Far from achieving this purpose, however, the military intervention has only led to tragedies in the…
(2022-06-23). '1619 Project' Pulitzer Winner Nikole Hannah-Jones Calls For Reparations For Slavery In U.N. Speech. moguldom.com Renowned scholar and Howard University Professor Nikole Hannah-Jones recently called on all nations that participated in the Transatlantic Slave Trade to pay reparations for the array of harms they caused Black people. "It is time for the nations that engaged in and profited from the transatlantic slave trade to do what is right and what …
(2022-06-23). I Respect Douglas MacGregor, But… smoothiex12.blogspot.com 
here is where I disagree with him dramatically. Not only I disagree with him, but many people in comments also disagree. The assertion that Russia's SPRN (missile attack early warning system) is somehow "nowhere near" the American one is dead wrong. I know where this assertion originated, professor Postol stated this a couple of years ago. And it is a complete malarkey. It is exactly the other way around, not to speak of the fact that the US was lagging in advanced early warning radar systems behind not just Russia, but Soviet Union already in 1970s and 1980s. The proof is in the pudding. American nominally…
(2022-06-23). Teachers union leader: School gun violence fear leads kids to write their wills. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (PAI)—The fear of gun violence in the nation's schools is now so pervasive that students find themselves crafting thank-you notes to loved ones in advance and writing wills, the president of the nation's largest union says. And that horrifying trend will continue, adds National Education Association President Becky Pringle, a Philadelphia science teacher, unless …
(2022-06-23). Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID/By Kennedy Hall. marktaliano.net 
An eight-piece set includes a 20 euro silver coin depicting a young person getting jabbed with a needle. Original Link Here: Vatican Endorses "Killer Vaccine": Commemorative Coins Promoting the 'Need to be Vaccinated' against COVID  ; Global ResearchGlobal Research  ; Centre for Research on Globalization By Kennedy H..]…
(2022-06-23). Workers and Public Services Should Not Be the Victims of Inflation. commondreams.org Precarious working conditions, public service budget cuts, transfer of control to the private sector: none of these are inevitable.
(2022-06-23). Xi urges int'l solidarity to promote growth. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for international solidarity and coordination to maintain world peace and stability and promote global sustainable development.
(2022-06-23). Union shuts down New Jersey hospital walkout before Nevada Prime Healthcare workers strike. wsws.org The contract was rammed through in an entirely anti-democratic procedure and workers must reject the vote as illegitimate.
(2022-06-23). Canadian rail workers express support for British rail strike. wsws.org Rail workers across Canada are closely following the strike by ,000 rail workers in Britain, which is developing into an open political confrontation with the Conservative government and the entire ruling elite.
(2022-06-23). Stalinist PCF discusses French national unity government with Macron. wsws.org The struggle against war and austerity can only be waged by mobilizing workers internationally against nationalist, pseudo-left groups that are rapidly turning to the right.
(2022-06-23). Unión Eléctrica pronostica afectación de 185 megawatts durante el horario pico de este jueves. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima para el horario pico de este jueves una disponibilidad de 2 633 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 750 MW, con un déficit de 117 MW, por lo que se pronostica una afectación de 185 MW. En la generación distribuida no están disponibles 1 086 MW por avería y 388 MW por mantenimiento.
(2022-06-23). HK Palace Museum to tell China's story to world audience. ecns.cn Hong Kong Palace Museum, a milestone cross-boundary cultural collaboration and must-see tourist attraction, is poised to play a greater role in exerting the charm of Chinese culture to the four corners of the globe.
(2022-06-23). Prioriza Cuba desarrollo energético con fuentes renovables. cubadebate.cu Construir un socialismo próspero y sostenible no es posible sin considerar el desarrollo energético, expresó este miércoles el Comandante de la Revolución Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, vice primer ministro de Cuba.
(2022-06-23). Railroad bosses' profit-making tactics lower safety standards, raise dangers. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Working conditions, and labor-management negotiations between the unions representing the nation's freight rail workers and railroad bosses, are getting steadily worse, reports from the bargaining table and congressional testimony show. And that's important because the nation's four big Class I freight railroads move bulk cargoes from oil to cars to coal to corn and are …
(2022-06-23). While CEOs Make Millions and Workers Struggle, Union Surge Is Unsurprising. commondreams.org Pandemic disparities have driven workers at Starbucks and several other low-wage employers to demand a fair reward for their labor.
(2022-06-23). Australia: More than 130,000 New South Wales nurses and teachers to strike next week. wsws.org Health workers across the state will stop work on Tuesday, while public and Catholic school teachers will hold a joint strike on Thursday.
(2022-06-23). Already Expired: Moderna's upcoming Omicron shot is formulated for a variant that no longer exists. globalresearch.ca Moderna's reformulated mRNA COVID injection, the highly touted — and continuously delayed — "Omicron vaccine," was tailored to an Omicron subvariant that no longer exists. | The pharmaceutical company's Omicron-specific shot was formulated for the BA.1 subvariant of Omicron, which hasn't …
(2022-06-23). France's hung parliament, rising class struggles stagger Macron. wsws.org Macron reacted to his devastating defeat in the legislative elections with a perfunctory10-minute address calling on other parties to support his policies of austerity and war.
(2022-06-23). Public school privatization privileges profits over learning. peoplesworld.org 
DETROIT— Ever motivated to influence the consciousness of workers, capitalists have made repeated attacks against public education. In their eyes, schools are little more than fertile ground for "critical race theories" and changing gender identity norms. Public schools are focused on destroying traditional values first and teaching basic math second, so corporate media companies would have …
(2022-06-23). Daily Round-up|Rail workers on nationwide strike in the UK & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories from the British rail workers' strike, the crackdown on protesters in Ecuador and a march in Belgium over the cost of living crisis…
(2022-06-23). Rail workers rally in Glasgow: "We can't let them get away with it" wsws.org In Scotland today, around 100 striking rail workers and Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) members, including from Avanti West Coast, along with trade union delegations and supporters attended a picket outside Glasgow Central Station.
(2022-06-23). Sri Lankan trade unions back IMF austerity policies. wsws.org The Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe government, with active union support, is imposing a new round of harsh attacks on jobs and social conditions.
(2022-06-23). Mayo Clinic expert speaks of significance of Lyme disease uptick. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lyme disease has infected more than 14% of the world's population, according to a new study. "It's significant," says Dr. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. "If you look at the numbers and how it breaks down in regions across the United States, in some areas, that exceeds 50% seropositivity. That means people are walking around with antibodies in their blood that are detectable. That shows they've been exposed to Lyme disease at some…
(2022-06-23). Gen. Mohammad Kazemi appointed new IRGC intelligence chief. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) — The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami has appointed Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi as the new head of the IRGC's intelligence.
(2022-06-23). "The tier system has to go": Pennsylvania Harley-Davidson workers speak out after defeating sellout contract. wsws.org Harley Davidson workers in York, Pennsylvania described the issues in their fight.
(2022-06-23). Australian university union defends silencing socialist and delaying strike action. wsws.org The NTEU is gagging workers, especially socialists, and keeping university workers separate from the strike movement erupting over the soaring cost of living, including among public sector workers, teachers and nurses.
(2022-06-22). The World Trade Organization After the 12th Ministerial Conference. cepr.net Institute for New Economic Thinking | Last week's WTO 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva concluded with pro-corporate, anti-worker, and anti-development outcomes on all major issues of access to medicines, agriculture, digital trade, and the future of the WTO itself. The spin of "unprecedented outcomes" of MC12 is a cynical ploy to paper over major differences to bolster the institution's flailing reputation. | The agreements should herald a war…
(2022-06-22). An Oral History Of The 10-Month St. Vincent Hospital Strike. popularresistance.org Worcester, Massachusetts – The COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding failure at every level of government to prevent its spread dealt a devastating blow to healthcare workers. Nurses, doctors, and other medical workers faced increasingly dangerous conditions, along with employers more concerned with increasing profits than saving the lives of their patients or employees. At St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, nurses fought back against their corporate employer by organizing a strike of over 700 workers that lasted for 10 months. Filmed by TRNN contributor Gino Canella, these interviews with St. Vi…
(2022-06-22). Local Governments Stepping In To Bolster Workers' Rights. popularresistance.org In recent years, cities, counties, and other localities have become innovators and leaders in standing up for working people. Responding to increased inequality, degraded working conditions, and insufficient or inconsistent worker protections at the state and federal level, localities have in many cases joined states as the "laboratories" of experimentation (as Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis described) in relation to workplace matters.1 A number of localities have come to view protecting workers and improving their conditions as part of their core municipal function. | This is a joint project with the Ha…
(2022-06-22). Labor's militant minority. mronline.org 
How a new class of "salts"—radicals who take jobs to help unionization—is boosting the organizing efforts of long-term workers.
(2022-06-22). Farmers' Indebtedness Most Important Cause Of Suicides. popularresistance.org A very recent study on farmer suicides during 2000-2018 in six districts of Punjab has stated that as many as 88% of these were due to debts. | This study by Sukhpal Singh, Manjeet Kaur and HS Kingra of Punjab Agriculture University published in the Economic and Political Weekly has stated about this state, which has seen the most intensive form of the green revolution in India, "Of the total 9,291 farmer suicide cases, more than 77% were those of marginal and small farmers who cultivated up to two hectares of land. It is important to note that the number of these small landholdings is around 34% of the total lan…
(2022-06-22). AFL-CIO: Supporting PRO Act is a litmus test for politicians wanting labor's backing. peoplesworld.org 
PHILADELPHIA (PAI)—It was buried at the bottom of a long resolution detailing the need to rewrite and strengthen U.S. labor laws, making them pro-worker again, but the AFL-CIO has reiterated that candidates' support for the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act shall be a litmus test—though it didn't use those words—for labor's election endorsements. …