(2022-07-12). Dozens injured, killed in Ukraine strike on Kherson (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Dozens of people were injured and some people killed as a result of a Ukrainian airstrike on the city Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region.
(2022-07-12). "Never Surrender": Statement from Political Prisoner Fidencio Aldama. indybay.org My name is Fidencio Aldama Pérez. I am part of the Yaqui tribe. I was taught to respect other people, without forgetting something very important: THE STRUGGLE FOR OUR TERRITORY.
(2022-07-12). The campaign to bring Brittney Griner home. workers.org 
Brittney Griner is a 31-year-old, 6-foot, 9-inch center for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association. As a college player for the Baylor Bears in Waco, Texas, she is a former Associated Press Player of the Year and a two-time Olympic gold medal winner. Griner, who is Black . . . |
(2022-07-12). Workers mobilize against Amazon — across borders. workers.org 
Despite ferocious union-busting attacks, Amazon workers continue to organize and move forward — with recent noteworthy progress from the U.S. South to the Mexican border. On July 7, More Perfect Union broke the news on Twitter that workers at Amazon warehouse SDF1 in Campbellsville, Kentucky, are affiliating with the Amazon . . . |
(2022-07-12). Special Economic Zones: Why Venezuela Relies on Them to Attract Foreign Investment. orinocotribune.com 
The legal instrument was approved with the vote of the deputies of the opposition and the government, but was rejected by the Communist party deputy. | Venezuela seeks to obtain financial assets in various ways. With this objective, the National Assembly recently approved the Organic Law of Special Economic Zones (ZEE), an instrument intends to increase the country's income and encourage "economic independence," according to its promoters. | Beyond the fact that the law was approved in consensus by the government and opposition benches (with the negative vote of the only communist deputy), the law establishes con…
(2022-07-12). Cloud Trip to Museum: National Museum of China. ecns.cn The National Museum of China was formed in 2003 as a result of the merger of the National Museum of Chinese History and the National Museum of Chinese Revolution, both on the east side of Tian'anmen Square in Beijing.
(2022-07-12). Wednesday 7/13: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Session 5: Beyond "Bread & Butter" indybay.org Zoom (Register at http: //bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…
(2022-07-12). Impulsan proyecto cubano-canadiense de energía limpia en Moa. cubadebate.cu FORMER, proyecto colaborativo entre los gobiernos de Cuba y Canadá, apuesta por el fortalecimiento del liderazgo y participación de la mujer en el sector de la energía renovable en la isla caribeña, con el objetivo de contribuir a la mejora de condiciones de vida de comunidades vulnerables y sus hogares, donde las féminas son cabeza de familia.
(2022-07-12). CRRC produces new energy equipment for northeast China. ecns.cn The first batch of products manufactured by the Songyuan New Energy Equipment Industrial Base of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) rolled off the production line in Northeast China's Jilin Province Monday.
(2022-07-12). Mayo Clinic receives first-of-its-kind accreditation for diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, the academic testing arm for Mayo Clinic Laboratories, has been accredited as a diagnostic site by the PCD Foundation. Mayo Clinic is the first and only center of excellence to receive PCD Foundation accreditation for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia, a rare and debilitating lung disease. "This recognition of our laboratory services by the PCD Foundation is a clear reflection of our shared commitment to…
(2022-07-12). Xi urges young people across Taiwan Strait to strive for national rejuvenation. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has urged young people across the Taiwan Strait to jointly strive for the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.
(2022-07-11). War Scars the Earth. To Heal, We Must Cultivate Hope, not Harm. transcend.org 8 022 – The persistence of militarism is promoted by so-called "realists." Nuclear armed opponents push the world closer and closer to annihilation. Sooner or later these weapons are bound to be used. Cooperation is the only way forward. The "realist" option leads to collective suicide.
(2022-07-11). Ten-Year-Old Girl Among Those Killed with Western Weapons in Ukrainian Shelling of Donetsk. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov [Source: donbass-insider.com] Among "unworthy victims" ignored by western media In the first week of July, Ukrainian army bombing of the Donetsk People's Republic—carried out with western supplied weapons—resulted in the death of four children. One of those kids was a 10-year-old girl, Veronica Sergeevna Badina, who was killed by a standard NATO 155 millimeter shell…
(2022-07-11). Sri Lankan uprising forces resignation of president and prime minister. wsws.org The resignations will not resolve the political issues confronting workers, youth and rural toilers, nor end the intolerable living conditions caused by severe shortages and skyrocketing prices of fuel, food, medicines and cooking gas or the hours-long daily power outages.
(2022-07-11). Russian Ops in Ukraine: Ukraine's "Million Man Army" Readies for Battle. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for July 11, 2022 — Russian forces are consolidating control over the cities, towns, villages, and transportation infrastructure they've captured in recent offensives; — Russian forces are also now shaping the battlefield toward the Bakhmut-Siversk defense line, as well as the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk defense line; — The US plans…
(2022-07-11). How the Russian-Speaking Donbass First Attempted to Win Independence from Ukraine in 2004. libya360.wordpress.com Alexander Nepogodin The foundations for the current Ukraine conflict were laid almost two decades ago In late June, after fierce fighting, the last remaining units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces pulled out of Severodonetsk, a large industrial center in the western part of the Lugansk People's Republic. Back in 2004, the city hosted the famous…
(2022-07-11). BREAKING: Ukrainian Forces Attacked Warehouses In Kherson Region. southfront.org 
The Ukrainian military attacked warehouses with saltpeter located in the village of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region which is under control of the Russian military. The strike resulted in large explosions. Victims were reported. | The strike on Novaya Kakhovka was carried out by American HIMARS MLRS missiles. | According to the head of the local military-civil administration, civilian facilities were damaged. The number of victims was not revealed."As a result of the AFU strike on…
(2022-07-11). Perpetual War: Western Arms and Money Delivered to Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Observateur Continental Western countries have provided Kiev with more than $10 billion in military aid since February 24, 2022, when the Russian special military operation in Ukraine began. Which weapons and which countries have provided or promised to provide Kiev? The United States leads in terms of aid to Ukraine: according to the White House,…
(2022-07-11). Ukraine: A Global Hotbed for Mercenaries and Terrorists. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic ISIS members transferred from Syria to Ukraine | The Cradle Western mercenaries are often considered the mainstay of all foreign personnel fighting for the Kiev regime. However, although they're the ones with the most media exposure, the truth is, there are mercenaries from all around the world fighting for the regime. And although…
(2022-07-11). Handling International Crises: From JFK to Biden. transcend.org There are significant parallels between the international crises in Cuba in 1962 and Ukraine today. Both involved: intense confrontations between the USA and the Soviet Union or Russia, and third party countries on the doorstep of a major power. The Cuban Missile Crisis threatened to lead to WW3, just as the Ukraine crisis does today.
(2022-07-11). NATO Declares War on Multipolarity. libya360.wordpress.com Fabrizio Casari NATO: "China threatens our interests. Look how they've placed their country in the middle of our military bases!" (Source) The conclusion of the NATO summit in Madrid at the end of June officially opened a new stage in history in which Western imperial unipolarism declares war on multilateralism without any diplomacy. With the…
(2022-07-11). Schools And Labor Against Privatization. popularresistance.org Oakland, California – 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 summer unofficially as a community school for its majority Black and Brown student body. | "The billionaires are not really that interested in educating working-class youth," said Oakland teacher Divya Farias at the barbecue, "just like they don't seem to care about preserving working-class jobs in the port of Oakland.
(2022-07-11). The CIO Was One of the Most Successful Anti-Racism Movements in U.S. History. popularresistance.org In the 1930s, a new type of union, an "industrial" union that welcomed all workers in a single workplace emerged as the cutting edge of working-class struggle. Previously, unions and employers both had a long history of racism and support for white supremacy. Certain jobs were reserved for whites, and Black workers were kept out of factories and union halls. This had catastrophic consequences for the working class. For example, in the 1919 Steel Strike, employers brought in 30,000 Black and immigrant workers to break the strike staged by white workers and their racially exclusive unions. Long prevented from joini…
(2022-07-11). After Ecuadorians, Panamanians Say No more Pillaging. popularresistance.org The situation in Panama is becoming increasingly tense as more people join in what has become a permanent strike expressed in street protests. During the last few weeks, there have been several strikes in the transportation sector, especially in agricultural transportation, but the government has not offered any solutions to the demands so far. | The lack of response has generated growing discontent, and since last Thursday, teachers have joined the transport workers declaring a permanent strike, paralyzing a large part of the country's economic activity. The strike is being supported now by several strong unions…
(2022-07-11). Challenging The AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. popularresistance.org A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…
(2022-07-11). Thousands of Portuguese workers rally against inflation and stagnant wages. popularresistance.org Thousands of Portuguese workers marched July 7 to condemn inflation and stagnant wages. | People traveled from across the country to gather in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. Many traveled by train from Porto, the biggest city in the northern region of Portugal, where the train departed from Campanh࣠Train Station with around 800 protesters aboard. | The thousands converged on Marqués de Pombal Park in Lisbon then marched to the Portuguese parliament. They demanded a 35-hour work week without salary reduction, a minimum salary of ‚Ǩ850 (around $865), an end to employment insecurity,…
(2022-07-11). Thousands Of Portuguese Workers Rally Against Inflation. popularresistance.org Lisbon, Portugal – Thousands of Portuguese workers marched July 7 to condemn inflation and stagnant wages. | People traveled from across the country to gather in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. Many traveled by train from Porto, the biggest city in the northern region of Portugal, where the train departed from Campanh࣠Train Station with around 800 protesters aboard. | The thousands converged on Marqués de Pombal Park in Lisbon then marched to the Portuguese parliament.
(2022-07-11). Video: Ghassan Kanafani  ; Literature and Revolution with Louis Allday and Omar Zahzah. samidoun.net On Friday, 8 July — the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani — Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized a webinar on Kanafani's literary and revolutionary life. The webinar featured Louis Allday, historian, writer and publisher of the Liberated Texts series, the publisher with Ebb Books of the new edition of On Zionist …
(2022-07-11). Assessing the Current State of Anti-Imperialism in Latin America. orinocotribune.com The Iranian Marxist publication, Iranfardamag, interviews Rainer Shea — , 2022 | What's your take take on Petro's electoral victory and the prospects of his administration joining organizations such ALBA? Would he become a Boric-style president or a Morales-style one? | I believe he'll become a Boric-style president for three main reasons. One, he's more likely to have his progressive alliance lean into the centrist-inclined governments in Chile and Argentina than into the region's consistently anti-imperialist governments. If he joins ALBA I'll be proven wrong, but I'm concerned I'll be proven right.
(2022-07-11). SPEECH: The Black Revolution is Part of World-wide Struggle, Malcolm X, 1964. mronline.org 
Malcolm X reminds us of the deceit of liberals, the power of international thinking, and the coming of Black revolution.
(2022-07-11). China Opens Its First Political Party School in Africa. orinocotribune.com By Kester Kenn Klomegah  ; , 2022 | China has completed its first Political Party School in Tanzania, East Africa. It has taken in its first batch of students from six African countries. All of the political entities taking part have ruled their countries without interruption since independence. According to news agencies, 120 cadres from African ruling parties are attending the workshop at the US$40 million facility in Tanzania funded by the Chinese Communist Party. | The construction of the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School in Kibaha, 40km outside Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, was financed by the si…
(2022-07-11). Outrage as Biden Reportedly Considers Lifting Ban on 'Offensive' Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia. commondreams.org "Saudi Arabia and the UAE are fabulously wealthy oil states and do not need any aid," noted one progressive. "U.S. weapons transfers are intended to throw our money to American arms corporations."
(2022-07-11). "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…
(2022-07-11). Community outrage forces resignation of cop who killed Tamir Rice. workers.org 
Timothy Loehmann, the cop who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland in 2014, was sworn in as Tioga, Pennsylvania's lone police officer July 5. On July 6, protesters demonstrated outside the north Pennsylvania Tioga Borough office. The firestorm of outrage from borough residents and others forced Loehmann's resignation July 7. . . . |
(2022-07-11). French COVID-19 deaths pass 1 ,000 as Omicron BA.5 subvariant erupts across Europe. wsws.org The pandemic is set to continue indefinitely, at a devastating cost in lives and health, until the working class mobilizes on a world scale to compel a Zero-COVID policy.
(2022-07-11). Construction of Hainan FTP progresses steadily. ecns.cn Steady progress has been made in building China's island province of Hainan into a free trade port (FTP), according to a press conference of the Communist Party of China Hainan Provincial Committee on Monday.
(2022-07-11). Data show biz claimed to add net of 381K new jobs. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —Businesses claimed to add a net of 381,000 new jobs in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. But even as firms claimed they can't find workers, the BLS data revealed one reason why: Wage growth has slowed—to pre-pandemic levels. The nation's jobless rate held steady at 3.6% for the third straight month and …
(2022-07-11). Tesla's plant at Gràºnheide, Germany: After a two-week production halt, work set to continue at "hell's pace" wsws.org Tesla has sent almost 5,000 auto workers in Gràºnheide near Berlin on two-weeks enforced leave, to reorganise production and drastically increase the work tempo.
(2022-07-11). Assassination spotlights Japan's global role. workers.org 
Shinzo Abe, the right-wing former Japanese prime minister, was assassinated July 8 during an election campaign rally in the city of Nara, a former imperial capital. Reports from Nara show a man shooting Abe from behind at close range with a homemade weapon, firing two shots. Abe speaking with the . . . |
(2022-07-11). China, Pakistan navies collaborate. ecns.cn A joint maritime exercise of the Chinese and Pakistani militaries began at a Shanghai military port on Sunday, the Chinese navy announced in a statement, noting that the drill will "further strengthen both sides' ability to jointly handle security threats at sea".
(2022-07-11). Cubano Raidel Martínez llega a 18 juegos salvados en liga japonesa de béisbol. cubadebate.cu El cubano Raidel Martínez se anotó este domingo su decimoctavo juego salvado en la Liga Japonesa de Béisbol Profesional 2022, tras permitir dos jits sin carreras en una entrada de relevo. Su labor apoyó la victoria de 2×1 de los Dragones de Chunichi sobre las Carpas de Hiroshima en el Vantelin Dome de Nagoya.
(2022-07-11). Shanghai to build first nucleic acid industrial park. ecns.cn The first nucleic acid industrial park in Shanghai is to start construction in mid-July at the Shanghai Hangzhou Bay Economic and Technological Development Park, with a planned area of three square kilometers, media reports said.
(2022-07-11). Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación al servicio de 298 MW en horario pico. cubadebate.cu Con este pronóstico, se estima para el horario pico una disponibilidad de 2 552 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 780 MW, para un déficit de 228 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 298 MW al pico. Se estima que el servicio quedará restablecido a las 03: 00 horas de la madrugada de este martes.
(2022-07-11). Canadá devolverá turbina reparada a Gazprom pese a sanciones. telesurtv.net La filial de Siemens Energy en Canadá reparó una turbina industrial para el gaseoducto que lleva el energético de Rusia a Alemania, pero se negaba a entregar.
(2022-07-11). Biden administration's continuation of Trump border wall will destroy Friendship Park, a historical site. wsws.org Ever since its creation, Friendship Park has been used as a location for workers and families on opposite sides of the border to see each other and spend time together. Its very creation, however, was bound up with the increased crackdown on migrants and the building of a militarized border.
(2022-07-11). GM Subsystems workers: Reject UAW's pro-company deal. wsws.org Workers employed by the subcontract company will only be shown details of the new contract right before they must vote.
(2022-07-11). Thursday 7/7: South Bay Indigenous Solidarity: July 2022 General Meeting. indybay.org Via Zoom. Register at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkc-Grpz8rGd3N0Yqg100aM3eceJlvt7k1…
(2022-07-11). "Striking is the only option, it seems like": LA casual dockworkers call for united struggle with full-time workers. wsws.org While casuals, in spite of their economic insecurity, said they were prepared to support a strike and unite with their full-time brethren, the ILWU bureaucracy treats them with contempt.
(2022-07-11). Returning to Reno: In the Shadow of Roe's Undoing. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com )  ; Recently, I told my friend Mimi that, only weeks from now, I was returning to Reno to help UNITE-HERE, the hospitality industry union, in the potentially nightmarish 2022 election. "Even though," I added, "I hate electoral politics." She just laughed. "What's so funny?" I asked. "You've been saying that as long …
(2022-07-11). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman calls for support for auto parts workers: "Workers at Ventra Evart are showing us the way forward" wsws.org In a new video statement, Lehman appeals for Big Three autoworkers to mobilize in support of the fight by Ventra Evart auto parts workers.
(2022-07-11). "The rank and file needs to have a say": Chicago Ford workers support Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president. wsws.org Autoworkers at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant spoke out in support of Will Lehman's campaign for the UAW president on a program to put rank-and-file workers in power and to abolish the UAW bureaucracy.
(2022-07-11). Organized Labor and the Crisis of Democracy. commondreams.org There is one glimmer of hope for democracy, and it comes from a source that might initially, to many people, seem rather unrelated: a renascent labor movement.
(2022-07-11). UK health workers' sick pay torn up as COVID-19 infections surge. wsws.org Nurses and other health staff who have worked on the frontline throughout the pandemic have been stripped of even minimal financial protections.
(2022-07-11). Saudi airstrikes in Yemen 'gross violation of ceasefire'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Chief Negotiator of Yemeni National Salvation Government Mohammed Abdul-Salam on Monday announced the continuation of ceasefire by Saudi aggressor coalition in border regions in Yemen.
(2022-07-11). Bosses blame workers for inflation, but it's really about war and profits. peoplesworld.org 
Capitalism is a system that has an innate tendency to get into a cul-de-sac of crisis, and the only way it knows for coming out of a crisis is by further exploitation of the working class. The cost-of-living crisis—caused by inflation, which eats up the earnings of the working class by price increases—and starvation have …
(2022-07-11). South Korean autoworkers at Hyundai Motors vote to strike. wsws.org Hyundai workers must draw the lessons of past struggles, and in particular the previous four years, when the KMWU demonstrated it is not willing to wage any struggle for autoworkers.
(2022-07-11). More workers and scientists support Australian physician and Zero-COVID advocate Dr. David Berger. wsws.org The WSWS has received numerous statements of support from scientists, doctors and workers internationally for Australian physician Dr. David Berger, who faces disciplinary action for opposing the government's pandemic policies.
(2022-07-11). KFC workers walk out at Alabama restaurant after working six weeks without air conditioning. wsws.org The walkout was led by the store's general manager Ta Edwards, who was fired immediately by upper management. The remaining workers were forced to return to work on July 5 after corporate falsely claimed they had repaired the restaurant's AC unit.
(2022-07-11). Iran FM meets Italian businesspersons, industrialists in Rome. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a meeting with a number of Italian industrialists and businesspersons in Italian capital of Rome on Monday.
(2022-07-11). Wednesday 7/6: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Rise of the Excluded. indybay.org Zoom (Register at http: //bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…
(2022-07-10). The U.S.'s Cynical Misuse of Human Rights. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez Global politics seems to be moving in two opposite directions. On the one hand, the US and its closest allies are stepping up their efforts to consolidate and expand US hegemony. On the other hand, the countries of the developing world, the socialist countries and the formerly-colonised countries are increasingly united in their…
(2022-07-10). Guatemala and the Progressive Wave in Abya Yala. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná The political results of "progressivism" were not the fruit of the articulation of traditional political parties, nor the product of electoral campaigns alone. In some countries such as Guatemala, some actors of the traditional left are beginning to assume the electoral political "imperative": Now is the time! It is our turn! enthusiastic about…
(2022-07-10). The Decline of the US and the Rise of the East. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Kovalik We are now witnessing a great realignment and transformation. The so-called "American Century" has given way to a new century in which other countries are asserting themselves and taking the lead in the world. This new world order seemed quite unlikely several decades ago when the USSR collapsed and it appeared, and the…
(2022-07-10). The Work of Factions and the Pandemic's Political Collapse. libya360.wordpress.com Maximilian C. Forte We are now facing a regime that is losing, is aware that it is losing, and wants at all costs to survive even if it means damning everyone else. That is the picture that we get, in bold strokes. In practice, there may be considerable divisions and emergent factionalism within the pandemicist regime….
(2022-07-10). US Must Be Held Accountable for Spreading Coronavirus. libya360.wordpress.com Valery Kulikov According to a report recently published by the World Health Organization, the real number of victims of the COVID-19 pandemic is 15 million — almost three times the number previously claimed by official figures. Meanwhile, WHO indicates that 68% of excess deaths are concentrated mainly in a dozen countries. Thus, according to the report, almost…
(2022-07-10). Inflation And Your Next Union Contract. popularresistance.org We can't predict what is to come, but the evidence from the past year hasn't been good for workers. The Consumer Price Index rose by more than 8 percent, its fastest pace in 40 years. Essential expenses like housing, food, and gas have climbed especially fast. | Despite all the talk of labor shortages and a tight job market, wages have not kept pace with the cost of living. Since April 2021, inflation-adjusted hourly earnings have fallen by more than 2 percent. Any stimulus savings that people had accrued have largely dried up by now, and there is currently no plan for federal relief for working people facing the…