(2022-07-09). Tug of war on global financial markets. wsws.org It is a sign of the perversity of the capitalist economy, dominated by financial octopuses, that the prospect of recession, spelling more economic hardship for billions of workers all over the world, is regarded as "good news" by the stock markets.
(2022-07-09). Dutch Farmer Protests Inspire More Actions Amid Food Shortages. popularresistance.org Dutch farmers are blocking roads, airports and food distribution centers in an effort to shut their country down. These actions are in response to climate laws designed to lower nitrogen levels that will result in putting farms out of business and underscore why addressing the climate crisis requires a just transition for displaced workers. Farmers want the government to know that without farmers, there won't be food. The protests are now spreading to more countries. They are occurring as inflation hit double digits in June, especially for food and fuel, and food shortages are expected this fall.
(2022-07-09). New Conservative-Green state coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, declares war on the working class. wsws.org The formation of the new coalition in Germany's most populous state underlines two basic tendencies in German politics—first, the interchangeability of all of the main political parties, and second, the central role being played by the Greens in enforcing right-wing policies in the face of growing opposition from workers and youth.
(2022-07-09). Wednesday 7/6: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Rise of the Excluded. indybay.org Zoom (Register at http: //bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…
(2022-07-09). Detroit Stellantis (Chrysler) workers back Will Lehman's campaign for UAW presidency. wsws.org Two young Stellantis workers in Detroit expressed their support for Lehman's campaign: "Hopefully, people will listen, and I will do everything I can to spread the word."
(2022-07-09). International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers sells out Canadian National Railway signal and communications strike. wsws.org In recent months, binding arbitration has become the weapon of choice wielded by a ruling class determined to make workers pay for the economic crisis and spiralling cost of living.
(2022-07-09). Thursday 7/7: South Bay Indigenous Solidarity: July 2022 General Meeting. indybay.org Via Zoom. Register at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkc-Grpz8rGd3N0Yqg100aM3eceJlvt7k1…
(2022-07-09). [Articles] Thrombectomy alone versus intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy in patients with stroke: an open-label, blinded-outcome, randomised non-inferiority trial. thelancet.com Thrombectomy alone was not shown to be non-inferior to intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy and resulted in decreased reperfusion rates. These results do not support omitting intravenous alteplase before thrombectomy in eligible patients.
(2022-07-09). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org Thousands of ready-mix concrete truckers walkout in South Korea while Taiwanese postal delivery workers take action over pay and Australian nurses and midwives protest unsafe staffing and low pay.
(2022-07-09). Boris Johnson se va, pero la pesadilla de derecha sigue. globalizacion.ca Johnson fue derribado por los ministros tories que condenan su falta de integridad. Pero la obsesión con su conducta personal oculta un desastroso historial político que los laboristas de Starmer tampoco cuestionan. | La caída de Boris Johnson es la culminación…
(2022-07-09). Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated. wsws.org Abe leaves behind a legacy of remilitarization, right-wing historical revisionism, and attacks on the working class.
(2022-07-09). "They Only Understand Power" 2022 SF "Bloody Thursday" ILWU Local 10 Trent Willis Speaks. indybay.org At the ILWU Local 10 "Bloody Thursday" commemoration past ILWU Local 10 president talked about the conditions facing ILWU members including covid and the contract fight with the shipping companies. This took place on July 5, 2022…
(2022-07-09). California Juneteenth Holiday Bill – AB 1655 – Our Unique Journey From Slavery to Freedom. indybay.org Since 2003, California has recognized Juneteenth through Assembly Bill 1749 (Longville) and signed into law by Governor Gray Davis. However, today 20 years later, it is our goal that Juneteenth through Assembly Bill 1655 (Jones-Sawyer) becomes an official California State Holiday.
(2022-07-09). Biden y sus huestes de jarana por Madrid mientras se atisba una crisis de deuda privada. globalizacion.ca Bajo una inflación que no es de demanda, es muy poco probable que una subida de 1 ó 2 puntos porcentuales tenga un impacto importante en el gasto sensible a los tipos de intereses. | Las consecuencias de la guerra de…
(2022-07-09). [World Report] 6 million female health workers are unpaid or underpaid. thelancet.com Experts say that the exploitation of women's labour has negative effects on health systems. Udani Samarasekera reports.
(2022-07-09). Australian rail union winds back industrial action in response to government attack. wsws.org The Rail Tram and Bus Union's "good faith" gestures were made under conditions where the NSW government has launched a series of increasingly hostile attacks against workers.
(2022-07-09). IKCO's export of automotive parts tripled in Q1. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Iran Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) managed to increase export of iautomotive parts in first three months of the current year in 1401 (from March 21 to June 22) about three times more than that of the same period of last year.
(2022-07-08). Ruins of Azov Steel Factory Display Nazi Insignia and Signs of NATO Support. libya360.wordpress.com Sonja Van den Ende Among the ruins of the Azov Steel factory. [Photo courtesy of Sonja van den Ende] The Azov Steel factory was an important propaganda tool of the Western media since the Azov Battalion occupied the factory in March this year. In the official narrative, there were "good fellows" inside the factory, defending…
(2022-07-08). Glory to the Heroes: Sidor Kovpak and the War for Ukraine's Memory. libya360.wordpress.com Evan Reif The Ukrainian identity, complex as it is, was shaped by the many groups that inhabited the territories wedged between forces in Moscow and Warsaw. This rich culture that birthed literary geniuses like Taras Schevchenko, Ivan Kotliarevsky, and Nikolai Gogol, has become coopted by those who glorify a narrow, "Galician" view of what it…
(2022-07-08). Russian Missile Strike Wiped Out Two Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Launchers In Odessa. southfront.org 
160719-N-ZZ999-112.PACIFIC OCEAN (July 19, 2016) USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, launches the first over-the-horizon missile engagement using a Harpoon Block 1C missile. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Bryce Hadley/Released) | A Russian missile strike on Odessa oblast wiped out two Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers which were recently supplied by the UK to the Ukrainian mili…
(2022-07-08). G7, NATO and BRICS summits confirm a global divide. workers.org 
Three very different international meetings were held during the week of June 23-30. The three "summits" confirm a growing global divide. It is worth examining these meetings; who attended, and especially what they projected. Two focused on confrontation and military escalation — in sharp contrast to the first — BRICS . . . |
(2022-07-08). How Cuba is eradicating child mortality and banishing the diseases of the poor. mronline.org 
The drastic reduction in infant mortality rates is yet another testimony to the Cuban Revolution's attention to the health of the country's population.
(2022-07-08). After Johnson's resignation: Mobilize the working class against capitalism and war. wsws.org Johnson is such a divisive and discredited figure that he could not be entrusted with the next stage of the ruling class offensive against the working class or with prosecuting NATO's war against Russia.
(2022-07-08). Russia Warns Lithuania It Could Take 'Harsh' Measures Over Kaliningrad Ban. news.antiwar.com On Friday, Moscow warned Lithuania and the EU "If the situation does not stabilize in the coming days, then Russia will take harsh measures against Lithuania and the European Union," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. "The issue has taken too long to resolve." | Kaliningrad is a Russian enclave sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic Sea. L…
(2022-07-08). EU would grant Georgia "guaranteed" candidacy if it went to war with Russia: ruling party. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaJuly 6, 2022 GD Chair Sees Connection Between Joining War, EU Candidacy Ruling Georgian Dream party chairperson Irakli Kobakhidze has claimed that if Georgia was to go to war against Russia before December, the country would be "guaranteed" European Union candidate status. "You would probably agree that receiving such candidate status is certainly not …
(2022-07-08). China, EU urged to uphold their comprehensive strategic partnership. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday that China and the European Union (EU) are two major forces in the multi-polar world, and they should uphold the basic orientation of their comprehensive strategic partnership.
(2022-07-08). Corporate Billionaires Are Wrecking The Supply Chain. popularresistance.org Before these past two years, if you were polling passersby on the street, you would have been hard pressed to find anyone ready to admit that they were seriously concerned about the supply chain. You'd be hard pressed, for that matter, to find many who could describe what the supply chain actually is (present company included). That is certainly not the case today. From shortages—and correspondingly high costs—of groceries and consumer goods like baby formula and sunflower oil to medical devices, "supply chain issues" have become a pronounced source of anxiety and frustration for consumers, workers, b…
(2022-07-08). German government's energy policy means billions in aid for corporations, unbearable costs for consumers. wsws.org The German parliament wants to pass a package of laws this week giving energy companies billions in aid from the state treasury, but this will mean financial ruin and cold homes for working class families.
(2022-07-08). Turkey: 20 Kurdish 'Terrorists' Killed in Northern Syria. news.antiwar.com Turkey is never not in the middle of a military operation in northern Syria, targeting Kurdish groups that they have a problem with. The latest reports are that a new round of fighting is coming around Manbij. | Thursday, though, Turkish officials reported that they had carried out a The incident happened as Turkey sent convoys into the area, and started hammering YPG forces near the border with airstrikes.This was N…
(2022-07-08). Before its Final Defeat, the U.S. Empire Will Try to Take the Rest of the World Down With it. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea If U.S. imperialism gets its way, during our generation it will commit a gargantuan series of atrocities that take many millions of lives. It could carry out nuclear attacks against one or more of the countries challenging it, repeating its great crimes against the people of Japan with the bombings of Hiroshima and…
(2022-07-08). France to Nationalize 100% of Electricity, What about Guatemala? libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná The socio-political movement CODECA, for more than a decade, has been proposing the renationalization of electricity for the electrical sovereignty of Guatemala. But, for raising this public policy, in the last three years, 24 defenders of the right to electricity belonging to this movement have been assassinated. The Prime Minister of France, Élisabeth…
(2022-07-08). PFLP message for international commemorations of th anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani's assassination. samidoun.net Suhair Khader, a member of the Central Committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, based in the Gaza Strip, has a message to all people around the world, including Palestinians and Arabs in exile and diaspora and internationalists, today commemorating the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian revolutionary leader …
(2022-07-08). Al Falasteniyeh Media Network announces upcoming launch on th anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani's assassination. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the launch of Al Falasteniyeh Media Network. Committed to return and liberation for Palestine and to highlighting people in struggle, Al Falasteniyeh can be an important step in bringing the voices of the Palestinian prisoners' movement "from the river to the sea to the world," as the slogan of …
(2022-07-08). Alex Saab Hails Venezuela on Its Independence. orinocotribune.com By Alex Saab  ; Jul 5, 2022 | Dear President Nicolas Maduro and beloved people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I would like to send you my greetings on the occasion of our Independence Day. | Our country is moving steadily towards economic growth, stability and national reconciliation despite the sanctions and the inhumane blockade imposed by the United States. | Of course, we would make much faster progress if, in a show of patriotic sorrow, the small section of the opposition that supports these sanctions would also join us, especially on this important date, in our demand for an immediate end to th…
(2022-07-08). Reproductive justice and the U.S. carceral system. workers.org 
The Supreme Court ruling against reproductive rights guaranteed for 50 years in the SCOTUS Roe v. Wade decision has had dramatic and devastating consequences for anyone who can get pregnant but is trapped in the U.S. carceral system. Number of incarcerated women accelerating Ban the shackling of incarcerated pregnant people! . . . |
(2022-07-08). Schools and Labor Against Privatization — fight to keep Oakland schools open. workers.org 
Oakland, California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on mural of Parker School. The Schools and Labor Against Privatization (SLAP) coalition held a barbecue on June 26 at Parker School, which the school board has ordered to be closed and eliminated. But the East Oakland elementary school is still operating this . . . |
(2022-07-08). Mundo Obrero Editorial — El derecho a la autodefensa. workers.org 
Todavía estábamos conmovidos por la masacre racista en Buffalo, Nueva York, la matanza de niños en Uvalde, Texas. Luego llegó la noticia de un intento de emboscada el 11 de junio por parte de supremacistas blancos en una celebración pública del Orgullo en el Parque en Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Protest . . . |
(2022-07-08). Haiti: Masses take to the streets June 26. workers.org 
At the call of Lavalas, a political party led by former President Jean Bertrand Aristide — who was deposed by U.S.-backed coups twice — thousands of Haitians took to the streets of Port-au-Prince June 26. Tens of thousands of Haitians came out June 26 in Port-au-Prince. According to interviews in . . . |
(2022-07-08). 'The future is in the people, and the people can't wait'. workers.org 
These edited remarks were made at the July 3 Free Mumia rally in Philadelphia. I owe my start in political organizing to Workers World Party and to the movement to free Mumia Abu-Jamal. To Pam Africa and Mike Africa Jr., to Asantewaa Nkrumah Ture and to YahNé Ndgo, to Joe . . . |
(2022-07-08). Phoenix reproductive justice movement grows despite police attacks. liberationnews.org 
On July 1, over a thousand people joined a coalition of socialist organizations in Phoenix, Arizona to demand Biden and the Democrats take action on the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
(2022-07-08). The perennial seeds of Zapata. mronline.org 
Under the banner of Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata, their movement has maintained territorial control for over twenty-eight years without official recognition by the Mexican government beyond the failed San Andrés Accord.
(2022-07-08). San Diego: Machinists at California's first ever unionized dealership are on strike. liberationnews.org 
Machinists at Mercedes Benz of San Diego are striking against unfair labor practices and management's refusal to negotiate fairly for their new contract.
(2022-07-08). Communism, the Manifesto, and Hate. mronline.org 
We have no reason to succumb to the complex comfort of despair, a lugubriousness by which failure is foreordained. But to stress the repeated failures of the Left is a necessary corrective to its history of boosterism and bullshit, and to stress how appalling these days are, even if we can also find in them hope.
(2022-07-08). The Political Power of Love. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal  ; Jul 4, 2022 | The contemporary world is characterized by high levels of individualization i.e. the withdrawal of people from any substantive engagement in inter-subjectively meaningful collective activity. Such decomposition of the social body has cut off people from one another, and made them lonely, fragile, sad, and stressed out. They are in need of a recomposed social body. In his
(2022-07-08). US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of fresh US sanctions on Iranian entities, the mounting crisis of global hunger, Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, and a taxi drivers' strike in Italy…
(2022-07-08). Workers at publisher HarperCollins authorize a strike. wsws.org The vote result was 99.5 percent in favor of a strike, which shows a strong desire to fight against declining real wages at a time of high inflation.
(2022-07-08). US Chamber of Commerce calls on Biden to head off national railroad strike. wsws.org The fact that the nation's pre-eminent business organization is calling upon the government to intervene to prevent a strike is wholly expected. But in fact, the Chamber of Commerice is trailing after the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the other eleven unions in the United Rail Unions bargaining coalition, which has been pushing for the appointment of a PEB since late May.
(2022-07-08). Strike called at General Dynamics Mission Systems plant in Marion, Virginia after workers vote down tentative agreement. wsws.org A tentative agreement between the UAW and the giant aerospace and defense corporation was rejected by the membership last Friday.
(2022-07-08). Ventra Evart workers: Vote YES to authorize a strike! Demand a deadline for a walkout and prepare a real fight for higher wages! wsws.org "The time has come to draw a line in the sand and say: We will not settle until we have enough money to live, enough time with our families and a decent, safe workplace."
(2022-07-08). "The Man Who Broke Capitalism" (book review). cpusa.org 
David Gelles, The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America — and How to Undo His Legacy, Simon & Schuster, 2022. The Man Who Broke Capitalism is the intriguing title of a new book by New York Times business columnist David Gelles. It offers …
(2022-07-08). UK Living Standards Audit 2022: Stagnant wages have left millions "brutally exposed" wsws.org The Resolution Foundation audit provides valuable empirical evidence showing the declining position of the working class on the UK's income ladder.
(2022-07-08). Contract talks continue after ILWU's West Coast pact expires. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES —With encouragement from Biden administration Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union ;the independent union which represents almost 23,000 West Coast dockworkers ;and West Court port executives are continuing, even after ILWU's current contract expired June 30. In a joint statement, ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association, the coalition of …
(2022-07-08). As new COVID surge begins in Australia, Labor government declares public health restrictions a thing of the past. wsws.org In statements identical to those of the previous conservative government, Labor Health Minister Mark Butler said it was necessary to "move beyond" public health measures and for individuals to "take responsibility."
(2022-07-08). War Scars the Earth. To Heal, We Must Cultivate Hope, Not Harm. commondreams.org The persistence of militarism is promoted by so-called "realists"—and they are leading us to collective suicide.
(2022-07-08). Northern Iraq Operation Claims Lives Of Five More Turkish Service Memebers. southfront.org 
FILE PHOTO: Turkish soldiers seen at the border town of Akcakale © Reuters / Murad Sezer | The Turkish military has lost five more service members in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, where it has been conducting a large-scale operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). | The operation, codenamed Claw-Lock, was launched on April 17 to neutralize PKK cells in the areas of Metina, Zap and Avashin Basyan. | On July 7, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that three service members were killed and fi…
(2022-07-08). Mayo Clinic joins coalition to end drug shortages. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has joined the End Drugs Shortages Alliance, a coalition that seeks to prevent drug shortages in the U.S. "Drug shortages continue to impact patient care and care delivery. Mayo Clinic is joining this collaborative effort to help ensure patients have access to essential medications and treatments when they need them," says Eric Tichy, Pharm.D., division chair of Pharmacy Supply Solutions at Mayo Clinic. Tichy is serving as chair of the…
(2022-07-08). DHL strike in Rhode Island for livable wages and affordable health care meets with violence on picket line. wsws.org Delivery services such as DHL, FedEx and UPS are notorious for their abysmal pay and working conditions. Drivers at DHL in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, often work 12-hour days and are paid only $18 an hour on average. The astronomical cost of health care is out of reach for most workers.
(2022-07-08). Experts urge U.S. to remove import tariffs. ecns.cn The United States should roll back all the additional tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as possible. Such a rollback will benefit consumers and enterprises and safeguard global trade and industrial chains.
(2022-07-08). Australia: Labor's "capacity mechanism" to reward profit-hungry energy companies. wsws.org Under the proposed scheme, power generating companies will be paid for merely agreeing to have the means to generate electricity on standby.
(2022-07-08). Ontario government inspectors made scores of visits to National Steel Car plant where three workers died in past 22 months. wsws.org Successive governments have gutted workplace regulations and presided over a broken occupational health and safety system that allows companies like National Steel Car to turn workplaces into death traps.
(2022-07-08). French railworkers strike for pay raises as inflation surges across Europe. wsws.org The strike comes amid a growing movement of workers across Europe, including of British railworkers, and poses the task of unifying these struggles in opposition to austerity, war and the capitalist system.
(2022-07-08). Union shuts down strike against impending closure of Ford India assembly plant. wsws.org A militant, more than month-long strike by workers at Ford's Tamil Nadu assembly plant was arbitrarily shut down by the union last Saturday after it signed an agreement with management that completely abandoned the workers' demand for job security.
(2022-07-08). Sunday 7/10: Voting Blue Won't Do–Build a Movement for Reproductive Justice. indybay.org Please register for zoom event: tinyurl.com/FSP-July10…
(2022-07-08). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes by airport and airline workers continue across Europe, with cabin crew, ground crew, pilots, security guards and mechanics in dispute over job losses, workloads and pay; UK Post Office staff to strike again over pay as Royal Mail managers announce dates for action over job cuts; unions call off Danish construction workers' wildcat strike for pay equality with Polish migrant workers claiming unspecified wage "improvement"; Jordanian port workers strike over safety after gas leak kills 13…
(2022-07-08). New Report Details Ways to Counter Anti-China Scapegoating in US. commondreams.org "While it's easy for people ripped off by bad worker policies at home to map their economic anxieties onto those they deem foreign, racist scapegoating will only divide us further."
(2022-07-08). Johnson remains UK prime minister as Tories lurch to right and Labour offers a "stable" alternative. wsws.org The entire gamut of potential candidates is in favour of cutting taxes and government spending, combined with support for greater military spending to take on both Russia and China.
(2022-07-08). UK Bill Threatens Journalists With Life In Prison. popularresistance.org The British Parliament is debating a national security bill which could undermine the basis of national security reporting and ultimately throw journalists in jail for life. | A person convicted under the new offense of "obtaining or disclosing protected information," defined in Section 1 of National Security Bill 2022, faces a fine, life imprisonment, or both, if convicted following a jury trial. | A review of the parliamentary debate on the bill makes clear that work by press outlets such as WikiLeaks is at the heart of Tory and Labour MPs' thinking as they push to make the bill law.
(2022-07-08). UFCW announces second tentative agreement for Kroger in Indianapolis. wsws.org It is clear even from the UFCW's self-serving "highlights" handed out to workers in stores Wednesday that this is not a "new" contract from the one which workers rejected weeks ago.
(2022-07-08). The July 9 protest in Sri Lanka: A socialist program for workers and youth. wsws.org In opposition to the perspective of the Galle Face protest leaders, who call for the formation of an alternative bourgeois government, the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) advocates for a revolutionary socialist program for the working class.
(2022-07-08). Britain needs a new government, not just a change of leader, union and opposition leaders warn. peoplesworld.org 
The country needs a new government, not just a change of leader, government critics said yesterday following Boris Johnson's resignation after his attempts to cling to power failed. Mr. Johnson revealed that he would be stepping down as Tory leader after he admitted he had failed to persuade his Cabinet colleagues that he could fight …
(2022-07-07). Life in a Time of Conflict in the Russia-Ukraine Frontier City of Belgorod. libya360.wordpress.com Employees of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry are seen near the damaged residential buildings in the border town of Belgorod, Russia. © Sputnik / Taisia Liskovets Mark Bratchikov-Pogrebisskiy reports from –∞ region where an accident of geography has again placed it centre stage. Belgorod is one of seven Russian regions that border Ukraine. In 2014,…
(2022-07-07). North Africa Becomes an Arena for NATO's Confrontation with Russia and China. libya360.wordpress.com Abdelhamid Jmahri North Africa is now part of the area of strategic interests of NATO, as it is an arena of confrontation with Russia, writes the pan-Arab media Al Araby Al Jadeed. And Spain will play a significant role in this confrontation. NATO's new strategic concept has placed North Africa in the area of strategic…