(2022-07-22). EU imposes more sanctions on Russia. ecns.cn The European Union on Thursday imposed more sanctions on Russia over its conflict with Ukraine, including a ban on gold imports and the tightening of export controls on high-technology goods.
(2022-07-22). Reject war drive on China: For a foreign policy based on justice, human rights and climate action. greenleft.org.au The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's new Strategic Concept, which Australia has signed up to, risks provoking another major war in the Asia-Pacific and should be opposed, says Socialist Alliance.
(2022-07-22). Inside Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution: 43 years resisting imperialism. multipolarista.com Benjamin Norton reports from inside Nicaragua on the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. This mini-documentary explores the Sandinista Front's emphasis on social programs, popular participation, anti-imperialism, and internationalism.
(2022-07-22). Israeli Airstrikes Kill Three Syrian Soldiers Near Damascus. news.antiwar.com Overnight Thursday into Friday say Israel carry out a flurry of airstrikes against Syria, hitting areas around the capital of Damascus, Details are still coming in on what happened. Syrian state media reported that the missiles were fired over the Golan Heights, and that most of them were intercepted by air defenses. | Syrian media also reported damage caused, in and around the strike, but did not clarify what was hit. Israel, as usual, did not of…
(2022-07-22). International Students in Ontario Are Fighting Wage Theft—And Winning. scheerpost.com 
By Caitlyn Clark / Labor Notes In Brampton, Ontario, a small team of young organizers has begun taking on the businesses that exploit them, one case at a time. The Naujawan Support Network, a collective of international students and migrant workers from Punjab, India, has won back more than $200,000 Canadian ($154,000 U.S.) in stolen …
(2022-07-22). Trader Joe's workers launch union drive in Minneapolis. liberationnews.org 
On June 28, Trader Joe's #725 workers in Minneapolis delivered their letter of intent to unionize, making this the second Trader Joe's location in the country to initiate this process.
(2022-07-22). Abbas-Macron meeting: talk of "peace" to normalize colonialism. samidoun.net 
On Wednesday, 20 July 2022 in Paris, a meeting took place between French president Emmanuel Macron and Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. This is Abbas' first visit to France since 2018 and takes place a few weeks following the visit of Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid with the French president, which produced multiple …
(2022-07-22). Connecting Dots: Privatization of Community Colleges & Public Services With Non-profits. indybay.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization SLAP had a day long educational conference on the privatization of education, the Port of Oakland and public services with non-profits. | This was part 2 of the meeting.
(2022-07-22). Lisa Health launches Midday, an app leveraging AI to personalize the menopause journey, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org OAKLAND, Calif. and ROCHESTER, Minn. — Today, Lisa Health, a digital health company creating advanced technology solutions for menopause and healthy aging, launched Midday: an app that leverages AI, sensor technology, and digital therapeutics to support women on their menopause journey. Midday is a personalized digital health solution that illuminates what is happening physically and emotionally during menopause and provides the right intervention at the right time to promote healthy aging. As part of a…
(2022-07-22). WorkWeek California Class Struggle & The Life of Elaine Black Yoneda & The SF Mime Troupe. indybay.org WorkWeek covers California Class Struggle & The Life of Elaine Black Yoneda and The SF Mime Troupe's "Back to the Way Things Were" With Michael Sullivan…
(2022-07-22). Entregan título de Doctor Honoris Causa del ISA a Alberto Cremata, director de La Colmenita. cubadebate.cu Carlos Alberto (Tin) Cremata Malberti, destacado pedagogo y director general de la Compañía de teatro infantil La Colmenita, recibió hoy el título de Doctor Honoris Causa del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). José Ernesto Nováez, rector del centro de altos estudios, hizo entrega del reconocimiento a la labor y legado del homenajeado.
(2022-07-22). UAW denies WSWS press credentials to cover Detroit convention. wsws.org The action reveals the closed-in character of the UAW bureaucracy, which fears the growing militancy of rank-and-file workers and any exposure and criticism of its collusion with the corporations.
(2022-07-22). Saturday 7/30: Nicaragua: The Revolution Betrayed. indybay.org On Zoom. Please register in advance: tiny url.com/FSJuly30…
(2022-07-22). Organic food giant, Amy's Kitchen, becomes the ultimate union buster. peoplesworld.org 
SAN JOSE, Calif. (PAI)—In what can be considered the ultimate in union-busting, Amy's Kitchen sent plant-closing letters to all 300-plus workers at its San Jose, Calif., plant on July 18, a month after Unite HERE filed labor law-breaking complaints against the organic frozen foods company for firing two pro-union workers campaigning to organize there. The …
(2022-07-22). Entregan título de Doctor Honoris Causa del ISA a Carlos Alberto Cremata, director de La Colmenita. cubadebate.cu Carlos Alberto (Tin) Cremata Malberti, destacado pedagogo y director general de la Compañía de teatro infantil La Colmenita, recibió hoy el título de Doctor Honoris Causa del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). José Ernesto Nováez, rector del centro de altos estudios, hizo entrega del reconocimiento a la labor y legado del homenajeado.
(2022-07-22). Detroit, Michigan gears up to resume water shutoffs, potentially impacting tens of thousands of workers. wsws.org More than 60,000 city households have delinquent water bills—an estimated 27 percent of Detroit's 220,000 residential customers.
(2022-07-22). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.
(2022-07-22). US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon. indybay.org Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts.
(2022-07-22). Twitter locks Socialist Equality Party (Australia) account over video defending Dr David Berger, Julian Assange and free speech. wsws.org WSWS readers should demand that Twitter immediately overturn its censorship of the SEP account as a serious attack on democratic rights.
(2022-07-22). Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights in Union Square. indybay.org Photos: Cornelia Grimes / Pro Bono Photo | Part of Ongoing protest for Abortion Rights in the Bay Area…
(2022-07-22). Wednesday 7/20: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Regaining Labor's Mojo. indybay.org Zoom (Register: bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…
(2022-07-22). Kroger workers in Columbus, Ohio, to vote on sell-out UFCW contract next week. wsws.org The contract proposal is woefully inadequate to the needs of workers, similar to the contract forced through by the UFCW in Indianapolis earlier this month.
(2022-07-22). Capitalism's 'Practicality' While We Bake to Death. commondreams.org During one of the hottest summers ever, we're weirdly blasé.
(2022-07-22). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.
(2022-07-22). HarperCollins workers in New York City stage one-day strike for liveable wages. wsws.org One hundred workers and supporters picketed on a sweltering summer day to demand better pay and improved family benefits.
(2022-07-22). Australia: Western Sydney nurses protest unsafe conditions for patients as union steps up isolation. wsws.org Patients are waiting hours for urgent care, even sleeping in corridors, due to an acute shortage of staffed beds and an overwhelming influx of COVID-19 patients.
(2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Hit Two Christian Towns Occupied By Al-Qaeda In Syria's Greater Idlib (Video). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On July 22, a series of airstrikes which were reportedly carried out by warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the towns of Jdayde and Yacubiyeh in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | Jdayde and Yacubiyeh, which are located in the western countryside of Idlib, are currently occupied by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Gre…
(2022-07-22). Estados de Asia Central profundizan asociación estratégica. telesurtv.net El presidente de Kazajistán aseguró que es prioridad para Asia Central "tender puentes entre los polos en competencia".
(2022-07-22). New Zealand workers hit by surging living costs. wsws.org As annual inflation hits 7.3 percent, New Zealand's Labour Party-led government, backed by the corporatist trade unions, is telling workers that they must accept a real wage cut.
(2022-07-22). Extinction of Chinese paddlefish and wild Yangtze sturgeon announced by IUCN. ecns.cn The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) announced the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish and the wild Yangtze sturgeon on Thursday in its updated Red List of threatened species.
(2022-07-22). AFL-CIO Pres Liz Schuler Helps The Union Busters. indybay.org AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler is helping a union busting conference by the bosses by attending and helping to give it credibility. Her collaboration with the bosses is another example of the collaboration with the union busters.
(2022-07-22). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.
(2022-07-22). Creating Destruction and Chaos Is Easy—Building a System That Is Just Is Hard. commondreams.org The fight now is to stop this country from becoming a white, Christian, dictatorship, rather than what millions of us aspire to: a multi-racial, just democracy.
(2022-07-22). 'A Bloodbath Foretold': Outrage After Rio Police Kill 18 in Latest Favela Massacre. commondreams.org One socialist state legislator said it is "unacceptable" that Gov. Cláudio Castro continues operations that "do not solve the problem of violence and result in terror and deaths."
(2022-07-21). Mercosur Summit Spurns Zelensky's US-Sponsored Address. orinocotribune.com At a press conference, Paraguayan Deputy Foreign Minister Raúl Cano reported that the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) will not host a virtual talk with the president of Ukraine, Vlodymyr Zelensky, due to lack of consensus among its members. | The Ukrainian president had expressed his interest in sending a message to the member countries of the South American economic union, but this request was rejected. The decision must have the approval of the assembly of the regional bloc of South American countries. | "Mercosur takes its decisions by consensus, and there was no consensus to be able to have that talk," said…
(2022-07-21). Patrick Lawrence: Smoke and Mirrors. scheerpost.com 
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost | Under Every Bed | It has been quite a week for the regime in Kiev. On Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suspended the head of his domestic intelligence service, Ivan Bakanov, and the Justice Ministry's chief prosecutor, Iryna Venediktova. The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's legislature, ratified these suspensions Monday. These two officials are now fired. They both failed, it seems, to root out what the regime is calling treasonous collaborations with Russians. | This is an important development, a push-to-shove moment warranting a careful read. Oh, stop, y…
(2022-07-21). Patrick Lawrence: Zelensky Purge Ignored by Western Media. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost | Under Every Bed: | It has been quite a week for the regime in Kiev. On Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suspended the head of his domestic intelligence service, Ivan Bakanov, and the Justice Ministry's chief prosecutor, Iryna Venediktova. The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's legislature, ratified these suspensions Monday. These two officials are now fired. They both failed, it seems, to root out what the regime is calling treasonous collaborations with Russians. | This is an important development, a push-to-shove moment warranting a careful read. Oh…
(2022-07-21). Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with RT, Sputnik and Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, Moscow, July 20, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Question: You just returned from a trip and are about to leave again soon. This "international isolation" is so tight that you are almost never home. Here's a question from our subscribers. At different levels, from the deputies to public officials, our talks with Ukraine are on and off. We say it's impossible to hold talks…
(2022-07-21). In Video: Russian Heavy Rocket Launchers Destroy Another Ukrainian M777 Howitzer. southfront.org 
165th Artillery Brigade's 9K57 Uragan MLRS at Tryokhrechye training ground, 25 March 2020. Source: the Russian Ministry of Defense (function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12283683@egNews) | The Russian military continues to hunt down M777 155 mm towed howitzers which were recently supplied to Ukraine by its Western allies. | On July 21, RT released a video showing a strike with Soviet-made BM-27 Uragan heavy multiple rocket launcher systems (MRLS) on a Ukrainian M…
(2022-07-21). The Advances of the Cuban Revolution. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad and Manolo De Los Santos  ; Jul 17, 2022 | PALPITE, Cuba, is just a few miles away from Playa Girón, along the Bay of Pigs, where the United States attempted to overthrow the Cuban Revolution in 1961. Down a modest street in a small building with a Cuban flag and a large picture of Fidel Castro near the front door, Dr Dayamis Gómez La Rosa sees patients from 8 am to 5 pm. In fact, that is an inaccurate sentence. Dr Dayamis, like most primary care doctors in Cuba, lives above the clinic that she runs. "I became a doctor," she told us as we sat in the clinic's waiting room, "because I wanted to…
(2022-07-21). 'Cop-Free AFSCME' Still Fighting To Boot Cops From Their Union. popularresistance.org Last week, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the nation's largest union of public sector workers, kicked off its 45th annual convention in Philadelphia. By most accounts, it was a largely tame affair, padded with presentations on the union's history and peppered with appearances from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. The bulk of the agenda was focused on the business of discussing and voting upon a series of resolutions on a variety of issues, and that's where things got spicy. | The convention br…
(2022-07-21). EU lifts sanctions on Syria's airline. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) — The European Union said Wednesday it has lifted sanctions against Syria's private airline Cham Wings after the company was blacklisted last year for its role in the migration to Europe.
(2022-07-21). Iraq Demands Turkey Withdraw Military After Resort Strike. news.antiwar.com Turkey's attack on a Kurdish resort in northern Iraq is leading to a quick Turkey fired artillery at the resort, killing nine civilians and wounding 22 others. There was no indication of any military target in the area that might've been intended to hit. | This marks the first time of the current Turkish campaign that Iraq has demanded…
(2022-07-21). Thousands celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution. fightbacknews.org Managua, Nicaragua – Thousands of FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) youth and militants filled the Plaza de la Revolución in Managua, Nicaragua to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Popular Revolution, which triumphed on July 19, 1979. Thousands more filled the Managua city center, chanting, dancing and waving the flags of Nicaragua and the FSLN. | With revolutionary dance and songs, the crowd enthusiastically chanted militant slogans in Spanish like "Esta patria no se rinde, se defiende," meaning, "This nation does not surrender, it defends the nation." | The event included many beaut…
(2022-07-21). Gramsci In The Midst Of Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement. popularresistance.org Despite the persistent hegemony of capitalism and its ruling neoliberal ideology, various forms of resistance, social struggle, and proposals for an emancipated future continue to emerge. This is taking place in the face of economic, political, social, and environmental crises as well as a continuing lack of vision of how to overcome the health crisis. Our intellectuals must put their hearts and souls precisely into this orientation toward the future, one based on the possibility of change and hope for human emancipation, as we argued in Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research dossier no. 13, The New Intell…
(2022-07-21). Trucker Protests Bring Work At Port Of Oakland To A Halt. popularresistance.org For the third consecutive day, hundreds of independent truckers protested Wednesday at the Port of Oakland. The truckers' main demand is the repeal of provisions in California State Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which would eliminate much of the independent trucking industry on the docks. Hundreds of truckers blocked the entrances to the docks with their trucks, bringing operations to a standstill. | Similar actions have taken place throughout the state, and are being loosely organized through informal social networks and social media. The protests in Oakland have grown significantly since Monday, when roughly 100 truck…
(2022-07-21). Medical Debt Is a Rip-Off. scheerpost.com 
Rastrojo (D‚Ä¢ES), CC BY-SA 4.0 By Jim Hightower / Many big business CEOs turn out to be grifters who rip off consumers, workers, and others. But the corporate con artists I consider most vile are those who profiteer from people's health care needs. | We've had such infamous, high-profile scammers as Medicare fraudster (and now Florida S…
(2022-07-21). Workers at St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee march on the boss, demand payment of overdue raises. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On the afternoon of July 18, 18 workers at St. Francis Hospital represented by the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Healthcare Professionals (WFNHP) Local 5000 followed the top hospital administrator to his office to demand that the technical and service staff receive their long-awaited contractual raise. | Three months after ratification, there has still been no sight of a wage increase for the technical and service staff at Saint Francis. Nursing staff received their raise within the time agreed upon, yet there has been an unacceptable hold up for all other bargaining members at the hos…
(2022-07-21). Residentes resisten desarrolladores millonarios. workers.org 
Por Joe Piette Filadelfia Darlene Foreman, una mujer negra de 60 años y una de las representantes de los inquilinos de UC Townhomes, dijo a la prensa reunida el 11 de julio: "Esta es una lucha por los Townhomes, pero no sólo por los Townhomes". Es por la gente "de . . . |
(2022-07-21). The Turnaway Study — when reproductive freedom is denied. workers.org 
There has already been catastrophic fallout since SCOTUS handed down the Dobbs decision overturning Roe, ending federal guarantee of right of access to abortion and allowing states to completely ban abortion. It hasn't taken long to hear stories of forced pregnancy, vital medical care withheld and criminalization of reproductive rights. . . . |
(2022-07-21). San Diego: 600 hotel workers go on strike and win tentative agreement within hours. liberationnews.org 
One day of militant picketing forced Hilton to concede to the workers and the company reached a tentative agreement with the union.
(2022-07-21). Ghana's Unions And Left Reject Bailout Talks With The IMF. popularresistance.org The government of Ghana has initiated talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a potential bailout program. A delegation of the IMF concluded a week-long visit to Accra on July 13 and met with officials including Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The proposal has been severely criticized by the Ghanaian left, especially the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG), and trade unions. | In a statement released after the visit, IMF Mission Chief Carlo Sdralevich stated, "The IMF team held initial discussions on a comprehensive reform package to restore macroeconomic stabil…
(2022-07-21). Celebrating Revolution In Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Holidays in the United States celebrate awful events such as the settler colonists declaring independence from Britain so that they might take indigenous lands and protect slavery. There is also Thanksgiving, the commemoration of genocide turned into a day when Americans should think grateful thoughts before spending more than they can afford in order to celebrate Christmas. Christmas is ostensibly a religious holiday but is rarely treated as such. Labor Day was created to prevent acknowledgement of May 1, May Day, which commemorates just one example of U.S. state repression which took place in Chicago in 1886.
(2022-07-21). Nicaragua celebrates 43 years of revolution: a clash between reality and media misrepresentation. mronline.org 
July 19th is a day of celebration in Nicaragua: the anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. But the international media will have it penciled in their diaries for another reason: it's yet another opportunity to pour scorn on Nicaragua's Sandinista government.
(2022-07-21). Philippines: U.S. puts revolutionaries on list of "foreign terrorist organizations" fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | Condemn U.S. intervention over re-inclusion of CPP and NPA in US-FTO | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the U.S. government for political and military intervention in the country's national affairs over the recent re-inclusion of the CPP and the New People's Army (NPA) in the list of so-called "foreign terrorist organizations" maintained by the U.S. State Department. | The re-inclusion of the CPP and NPA, as well as other Moro and domestic Islamic groups, was made in a July 6 r…
(2022-07-21). Be moderate…we only want THE EARTH! mronline.org 
We have to recognize that there is a pathway forward for humanity, but that the capitalist world system, and today's governments that are largely subservient to corporations and the wealthy, are blocking that pathway, simply because it requires revolutionary-scale socioecological change.
(2022-07-21). La Tortuga Island to Become Caribbean Tourism Center. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's vice minister for productive economy, Héctor Silva, announced that 10 upscale resort hotels will be built on La Tortuga Island using renewable and wind energy. The project was evaluated for 10 months by the Office of the Presidency of Venezuela and the ministries for science and technology, tourism, ecosocialism, and transportation. | "This project was developed taking into account the environment, respecting the rules and regulations through the framework of the ministry of ecosocialism," Silva said. The project will be carried out "on the edge of the island … respecting the fauna and flora o…
(2022-07-21). Turkey Escalates Strikes On Northern Iraq. southfront.org 
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(2022-07-21). Artists Respond To Climate Crisis With World Weather Network. popularresistance.org A library at the top of one of London's oldest skyscrapers; the rainforest, mountains and coastline of Peru; a Canadian island in the Labrador Current. | All of these are weather stations, but they won't necessarily be reporting temperature changes or barometric pressure. Instead, they are among the 28 international locations from which writers and artists will work to make sense of the climate crisis as part of a first-of-its kind collaboration called the World Weather Network. | "We want to see what happens when artists and writers start to use their imagination and lateral kind of abilities to think through so…
(2022-07-21). Exclusive: Inside Labor's Assange Game Plan. orinocotribune.com 
By Kellie Tranter  ; Jul 16, 2022 | New revelations on the Labor Government's secret planning to act on the Assange case without offending the Americans | "Quiet diplomacy", a "soft approach", a "loud approach" and "avoiding megaphone diplomacy" have all been
(2022-07-21). Inside Australian Labor's Assange Game Plan. orinocotribune.com By Kellie Tranter  ; Jul 16, 2022 | New revelations on the Australian Labor government's secret planning to act on the Assange case without offending the Americans. | "Quiet diplomacy", a "soft approach", a "loud approach" and "avoiding megaphone diplomacy" have all been
(2022-07-21). Number of people collecting unemployment benefits jumps by 51,000. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Thursday, July 21, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the number of people collecting unemployment insurance benefits, increased by 51,000 for the week ending July 16. This brought the total number to 1,384,000, the highest since November 2021. New claims for unemployment insurance increased to 251,000, also the highest since November. The increase was only 7000 over the week before, but most economists had expected the number of new claims to fall. | The uptick in new claims reflects a rising trend in layoffs, while the rise in continuing claims shows that hiring has slowed, both showin…
(2022-07-21). Congressman Jim Clyburn Wants Compensation For Black World War II Veterans Who Were Left Out Of G.I. Benefits. moguldom.com House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn is fighting for compensation for the living spouses and descendants of Black World War II veterans that were denied use of the G.I. Bill due to racism and discrimination. The longtime South Carolina lawmaker collaborated with Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton to introduce the Sgt. Isaac Woodard Jr. and Sgt. Joseph …
(2022-07-21). New Yorkers join the protests against Luma Energy. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – A few dozen New Yorkers gathered in front of 1251 Avenue of the Americas on July 20 to protest Luma Energy and its lawyers, DLA Piper. | The action was called by New York Boricua Resistance in solidarity with the people of Puerto Rico who were holding protests across the island. | Luma Energy was a private company that was put in place as a response to the failing infrastructure after Hurricane Maria. However, since 2017, Luma has left more Puerto Ricans without access to water and electricity while also raising prices up $700 from one month to the next. Currently, there are a reported 22,000 house…
(2022-07-21). White man's media: legacy media in the U.S. and UK frames and conditions our thinking and actions. mronline.org 
Most political colonies have come to an end. But a colonial mind set continues in the media. That colonial media mind set in turn promotes a 'colonisation of the mind'.
(2022-07-21). Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe There has been a deteriorating situation within various African states related to the impact of drought and the consequent lack of food for hundreds of millions of people. These events on the continent cannot be analyzed separately from the broader international economic and security crises which have impacted the ability of the existing…
(2022-07-21). Building Power with Food Sovereignty. libya360.wordpress.com jesse chase Food sovereignty activists protest outside a secret elite corporate seed conference convened by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Organised by Global Justice Now. Let's talk about food sovereignty, Africa, the economic impoverishment of the diaspora and Indigenous people at large. How does…
(2022-07-21). 'Value-Based Care' Is A Pretext For Privatization. popularresistance.org Later this month, right before Medicare's 57th birthday on July 30, corporate health care and the government players who facilitate their lucrative businesses, will gather for a summit on value-based care. They will speak of driving health equity, of reaching underserved communities, of coordination of care, and accountable care. They will insist that physicians share in risk just like insurance companies. They will advocate the transformation of health care to value-based care, supposedly founded on payment for quality rather than quantity, value instead of volume, and outcomes not fee-for-service. They will ass…
(2022-07-21). Did VP Kamala Harris Compare Abortion Restrictions To Chattel Slavery? Black America Responds. moguldom.com In a recent speech, Vice President Kamala Harris compared chattel slavery to the June 24 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to place restrictions on abortion. Speaking at the 113th NAACP national convention on July 20, Harris said, "We must recognize there are those who are fighting to drag us backward. Extremist so-called leaders who are attempting …
(2022-07-21). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Unions sell out pilots' strike at Scandinavian airline SAS, agreeing to a 25 percent pay cut and extending working week to up to 60 hours; UK rail dispute continues as 115,000 Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly to strike; Lebanese Information Ministry workers join strikers in public sector, telecoms workers and University staff as cost of living rises out of control; pay strike by 12,400 tax and customs duty collection workers disrupts South African economy…
(2022-07-21). Shielding UK mother of seven given 'final warning' by schools over COVID-19 absences, also facing homelessness. wsws.org Laura Baines is the mother of seven children between the ages of eight and 25. Her 15-year-old son Louie suffers from cri-du-chat syndrome, a rare disease resulting from a chromosomal condition where a piece of chromosome 5 is missing. She spoke to the Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic about her family's experiences during the pandemic.
(2022-07-21). En La Sierpe se cumple con Fidel. cubadebate.cu La construcción civil de la Planta Procesadora Integral de Polvo de Moringa, enclavada en el municipio espirituano de La Sierpe, debe concluir a finales de julio, informó a Cubadebate Yamilé Gómez Mesa, directora de la Unidad Empresarial de Base Comercializadora de Productos Agropecuarios, perteneciente a la Empresa Agroindustrial de Granos (EAIG) Sur del Jíbaro.
(2022-07-21). Republicans and Supreme Court revive segregation-era 'states' rights' ideology. peoplesworld.org 
The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—and with it, half a century of constitutional precedent. At least 26 states are now moving to criminalize abortions, often without exceptions for rape, incest, or life-threatening pregnancies. In Louisiana, people seeking abortions could even face execution, which doesn't strike me as particularly pro-life. A few states are already rushing to attack contraception too, with …
(2022-07-21). 22-year-old worker killed at Tyson Foods plant. wsws.org The company is claiming that Casen Garcia died as the result of a medical condition unrelated to his work at the plant, but co-workers, witnesses, and family members say the company is working to cover up its role in the young father's death.
(2022-07-21). House defeats Republican attempt to cut construction workers' wages. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—By a bipartisan 165-264 vote, the Democratic-run U.S. House defeated the latest Republican perennial try to cut construction workers' wages by repealing the Davis-Bacon Act. All 223 voting Democrats opposed the Republican move and supported workers, as did 41 Republicans who defected from the party line. The other 165 Republicans voted to kill Davis-Bacon. …
(2022-07-21). Laboratorio Farmacéutico Oriente diversifica la producción de antibióticos. cubadebate.cu En respuesta al déficit de medicamentos en el país, el Laboratorio Farmacéutico Oriente (LBF) diversifica la producción de ciprofloxacino, metronidazol y ringer lactato en bolsas de suero. El director general de la institución aseguró contar con personal capacitado y maquinarias necesarias para proveer a hospitales locales y del resto de la isla si lo precisaran.
(2022-07-21). Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación máxima de 680 MW en el horario diurno. cubadebate.cu Se estima una afectación máxima de 680 MW en el horario diurno. Para el horario pico, se pronostica la entrada de la unidad 4 de la CTE Cienfuegos con 110 MW, la utilización de 150 MW en motores diésel. Con este pronóstico, se estima para el horario pico una disponibilidad de 2 502 MW y una demanda máxima de 3 020 MW, para un déficit de 518 MW.
(2022-07-21). Inflation? More like CEO 'greedflation' according to AFL-CIO Paywatch report. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Corporate CEOs' "greedflation" in pay and perks, especially bonuses and stock options, highlights the latest AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch study, says federation Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond. And—no great surprise—the new CEO of Amazon, Andy Jassy, leads the way, at least in the ratio of his compensation to workers' pay. Jassy, successor to Amazon founder and still controlling …
(2022-07-21). Estados de Asia Central profundizan su asociación estratégica. telesurtv.net El presidente de Kazajistán aseguró que es prioridad para Asia Central "tender puentes entre los polos en competencia".
(2022-07-21). HarperCollins Workers Go On Strike. scheerpost.com 
Photo by Luigi Morris | By Emily Janakiram / Yesterday, workers at the "Big Four" publisher HarperCollins went on a one-day strike, protesting the company's refusal to agree to a fair contract. The workers, who have organized with United Auto Workers Local 2110, are demanding liveable wages, better family leave benefits, and stronger commitme…
(2022-07-21). Wildcat strike at TPI Turkey against low pay raise defies company, union. wsws.org Amid mass protests and strikes against the rising cost of living and unbearable living conditions around the world, workers at TPI Composites in Turkey launched a wildcat strike against low wage increases and poor working conditions.
(2022-07-21). Turkish Drone Strikes On Northeastern Syria Kill Two SDF Fighters, Wound Several Others. southfront.org 
Turkey has resumed drone strikes on areas held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria's northern region. | Late on July 20, a Turkish combat drone targeted a vehicle near the SDF's military academy in the outskirts of the town of Kobane in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo. Later, the SDF acknowledged that the strike claimed the lives of two of its fighters. | On the afternoon of July 21, a second Turkish drone strike targeted a vehicle of the SDF near a training camp…
(2022-07-21). U.S. is No.1 country on human trafficking: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China urges the US to eliminate human trafficking, forced labor and other human rights violations that widely exist in the US if it does care about human rights, and make sure that the US itself is bound by the "highest standards" instead of smearing and denigrating other countries.
(2022-07-21). Shielding UK mother of seven given "final warning" by schools over COVID-19 absences, also facing homelessness. wsws.org Laura Baines is the mother of seven children between the ages of eight and 25. Her 15-year-old son Louie suffers from cri-du-chat syndrome, a rare disease resulting from a chromosomal condition where a piece of chromosome 5 is missing. She spoke to the Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic about her family's experiences during the pandemic.
(2022-07-21). Right-wing ruling party wins Japanese upper house election. wsws.org The LDP ability to retain control in the National Diet is an indication of the deep distrust the working class has for the Democrats and their allies.
(2022-07-21). Biden touts his climate change actions, but enviro groups say: 'Not enough'. peoplesworld.org 
SOMERSET, Mass.—Democratic President Joe Biden touted his administration's moves towards combating climate change. But the items he disclosed at a speech in a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset, Mass.—whose workers will manufacture special undersea cables for offshore wind farms—produced a reaction from green groups of "not enough." Many want a climate national emergency declaration, …
(2022-07-21). Tenemos que seguir echando la pelea, convencidos de que vamos a vencer. cubadebate.cu Sostienen nuevo encuentro con gobernadoras y gobernadores, el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, y el miembro del Buró Político y Primer Ministro, Manuel Marrero Cruz. El premier cubano destacó la labor de las compañeras y compañeros al frente de los gobiernos de los territorios.
(2022-07-21). Thousands of Quebec workers join strikes and protests against big business assault on wages, working conditions. wsws.org Irrespective of their nationality, the language they speak or the colour of their skin, workers everywhere face the same fundamental problems: the intensifying COVID-19 pandemic, rampant inflation, deteriorating working conditions, glaring social inequality, and the commitment of vast resources to war.
(2022-07-21). Groundswell of support to free Brittney Griner. workers.org 
The struggle to bring Brittney Griner home intensifies. The star center for the Women's National Basketball Association's Phoenix Mercury has been incarcerated in a Russian prison since her arrest at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 for drug possession, after vape pen cartridges of hashish oil were discovered in her . . . |
(2022-07-21). Australia's COVID hospitalisations at record levels as Labor government rejects safety measures. wsws.org With hospitalisations and deaths at their worst levels yet, all of Australia's governments are rejecting minimal measures to stop the spread, including mask mandates.
(2022-07-21). Subcontractors at South Korean shipbuilder on strike after years of wage cuts. wsws.org The ongoing industrial action by subcontract workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering on Geoje Island is being isolated by the trade unions.
(2022-07-21). On eve of union convention, court-appointed monitor exposes further criminality by UAW bureaucrats. wsws.org The independent monitor's report detailed blatant violations of the consent decree signed the UAW, raising question of whether President Ray Curry and other top executives should be eligible to run for reelection at next week's convention in Detroit.
(2022-07-21). Trucker protests bring work at Port of Oakland to a halt, as dockworkers refuse to cross picket line. wsws.org But the support for the truckers strike has not only revealed anger and discontent with the ILWU, it also threatens to upend the Biden administration's attempts to bureaucratically strangle the class struggle on the docks.
(2022-07-21). For a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses in Sri Lanka! wsws.org The working class must establish its own centre of political power in opposition to the anti-democratic conspiracies of the political establishment and the capitalist state. That is the significance of the SEP's call for the Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural masses.
(2022-07-21). Israeli Mossad Caught, Interrogated Senior IRGC Official In Iran — Report. southfront.org 
The official insignia of the Israeli Mossad. | The Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, had caught and interrogated a senior official of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iranian territory, the According to the Sa…
(2022-07-21). Former GM worker: "UAW retirees have a chance to vote this year, and they should vote for Will Lehman" wsws.org Lyle Roussey, who retired in 2009 after working 25 years at four Michigan GM plants, explained why he was supporting Will Lehman and why United Auto Workers members, including 581,000 retired workers, should vote for the Mack Trucks worker running for UAW president.
(2022-07-21). Adopta Unión Europea séptimo paquete de sanciones contra Rusia. cubadebate.cu Según el documento publicado en el sitio web de la Unión Europea, el organismo adoptó este jueves el séptimo paquete de sanciones contra Rusia. Las medidas prevén la prohibición de comprar, importar, transferir de forma directa o indirecta el oro de origen ruso, incluido el que previamente haya sido exportado a la UE o cualquier tercer país.
(2022-07-21). Will Lehman's letter to UAW members: "I am running for president to transfer power to the rank-and-file" wsws.org The WSWS is publishing the text of a letter sent to tens of thousands of UAW members from Will Lehman, a 34-year old Mack Trucks worker running for UAW president.
(2022-07-20). In Middle East visit, oil access trumps human rights. workers.org 
No Palestinians living under Israeli occupation benefitted one iota from President Joe Biden's brief Middle East visit. Biden had the executive power to reverse the damage done when former President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel's control over the disputed capital. Biden chose to not do . . . |
(2022-07-20). 'Cleveland: no contract, no coffee!'. workers.org 
WW Photo: Martha Grevatt Starbucks workers, union and community supporters demonstrated outside the University Circle Starbucks store in Cleveland July 15. In addition to showing solidarity with the workers trying to unionize that store, demonstrators were protesting the firing of a member of the union organizing committee by Starbucks the . . . |
(2022-07-20). Young workers show the way forward as economic crisis deepens. workers.org 
A global economic crisis is emerging, and for readers of Workers World, this comes as little to no surprise. As Marxists and dialectical materialists, we are cautious about making predictions. It is no secret that corporations are bragging about record profits at the same time working people are struggling to . . . |
(2022-07-20). Women charge abuse at Georgia's Stewart Detention Center. workers.org 
Activists march to shut down Stewart Detention Center, Lumpkin, Georgia, November 2014. Atlanta July 17 — Once again, a privately-operated immigrant detention center in Georgia is the focus of abuse charges by several women detainees. A male nurse employed by CoreCivic at the Stewart Detention Center (SDC) in Lumpkin, Georgia, . . . |