(2022-07-29). Italian government arrests militant unionists. workers.org 
Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under orders from the local prosecutor's office. Two are members of USB (Unione Sindacale di Base), and four belong to SI Cobas, two militant unions that represent workers in the logistics . . . |
(2022-07-29). Turkey Threatens North Syria Intervention, Drone Strike Kills Four. news.antiwar.com Four Kurdish force members in northern Syria were War is always on the horizon in any Kurdish territory near Turkey. With the Turkish forces already engaged in an operation in Iraq, Turkish officials say that a new military campaign in Syria could begin " The Syrian force…
(2022-07-29). Australia's Labor treasurer declares working people must swallow "tough medicine" amid inflation crisis. wsws.org Chalmers reiterated Labor's commitment to an austerity agenda aimed at forcing the working class to pay for the deepening economic crisis, but the financial press has complained that he did not outline concrete measures to carry this out.
(2022-07-29). Sri Lankan regime extends its arrests of leading anti-government protesters. wsws.org While the repression is targeting protest activists, government moves are in preparation for a far broader crackdown on the working class.
(2022-07-29). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…
(2022-07-29). Choice means choice ‚àí a WW commentary. workers.org 
By Olujimi Alade The SCOTUS overturning of Roe v. Wade has inspired a wave of reaction. The fervor in support of reproductive autonomy is unlike any I've witnessed before, and it is a powerful sign that people in the U.S. are waking up to the fact that democracy in the . . . |
(2022-07-29). Puerto Ricans Demand Cancellation of Contract With Canadian-American Energy Company LUMA. orinocotribune.com By Peoples Dispatch  ; Jul 23, 2022 | On Wednesday July 20, thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets of the capital San Juan, demanding that Governor Pedro Rafael Pierluisi cancel the contract with private electricity distribution company LUMA over chronic power outages and frequent rate hikes. | Workers from across diverse sectors, members of various social organizations, and legislators of left-wing opposition Puerto Rican Independence Party marched from the Capitol, the legislative assembly, to the La Fortaleza, the governor's office, demanding that the government terminate the contract signed between…
(2022-07-29). U.S. political prisoner Mutulu Shakur has six months to live. Will courts finally grant compassionate release? mronline.org 
Renowned revolutionary leader and health worker Mutulu Shakur has spent over three decades in prison. As his cancer worsens, activists are demanding his release.
(2022-07-29). Hugo Chávez, Leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Was Born 68 Years Ago. orinocotribune.com 
It is said that on a rainy night, in Sabaneta de Barinas, the boy who would become one of the greatest political leaders of Venezuela, and of the Latin American and Caribbean region, was born. This was Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, the great leader of the Bolivarian Revolution. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, peasant boy, baseball-playing teenager, young soldier, insurgent man, firm and loving leader, and leading light of peoples and revolutions. | The great revolutionary leader ventured into the military world in an attempt to reach the US major leagues of baseball, but the call of his homeland, and outrage at a…
(2022-07-29). Video featuring disabled-yet-determined-uncle strikes a chord with millions. ecns.cn
(2022-07-29). Presidente venezolano califica de exitosa reunión sobre normalización de relaciones con Colombia. telesurtv.net "Fue una reunión virtuosa y de unión en el espíritu de Bolívar", declaró el presidente venezolano.
(2022-07-29). Fuerzas Armadas desmontan 129 laboratorios de droga en México. telesurtv.net Los laboratorios fueron desmontados entre el 21 de mayo y el 25 de julio a través de operativos de las Fuerzas Armadas.
(2022-07-29). 7 Prisoners from Brazil and modern slave labor. wsws.org Tens of millions remain trapped by capitalism in this primitive and brutal condition, and some of them in major urban areas.
(2022-07-29). Kroger workers in Columbus, Ohio, overwhelmingly reject pro-company contract. wsws.org While the contract went down in flames by a 71 percent margin, the UFCW is refusing to call a strike, instead extending the previous contract while it hashes out a second deal with Kroger management.
(2022-07-29). Privatization of The Port, Community Colleges & K-12 Education: SLAP Education Conference. indybay.org The privatization of the Port of Oakland, the attack on the OEA, union busting in West Contra Costa School District, privatization of the Community college system, FCMAT and the destruction of public education was the focus of this Schools and Labor Against Privatization educational conference.
(2022-07-29). Ministro de Salud: Si no le ganamos la pelea al mosquito, no vamos a contener la transmisión de dengue. cubadebate.cu Para la prevención y control del dengue, tenemos que seguir llamando a la participación comunitaria y de los centros de trabajo, porque esta es una batalla que es de todos y en la que es imprescindible la autorresponsabilidad individual, familiar y de las administraciones y los colectivos laborales para impedir la proliferación del mosquito Aedes aegypti.
(2022-07-29). SA New Frame's demise shines a light on China-aligned unions, parties and disinformation. indybay.org The closure of South Africa journal New Frame has exposed a web of connections between US multi-millionaire Roy Singham, NUMSA and the Chinese government as well as other publications supporting China.
(2022-07-29). Desde la Casa del Alba, música para Chávez (+Video). cubadebate.cu La Casa del Alba Cultural de La Habana abrió sus puertas este jueves para rendir homenaje al Comandante Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, uno de los grandes hijos de América y un hombre imprescindible para la humanidad. Este 28 de julio se conmemoraron 68 años del natalicio del líder bolivariano con la unión entre la música cubana y venezolana.
(2022-07-29). CPC leadership analyzes economic work, reviews disciplinary inspection report. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Thursday to analyze the current economic situation, plan economic work for the second half of the year, and review a comprehensive report on the ninth round of disciplinary inspection missions of the 19th CPC Central Committee.
(2022-07-29). Belarús y Cuba firman convenio para la investigación y desarrollo de nuevos productos farmacéuticos. cubadebate.cu En Belarús se firma de Memorando de Entendimiento para la investigación y desarrollo de nuevos productos farmacéuticos entre Biocubafarma, la empresa de administración del Parque Industrial Gran Piedra, la Academia de Superación Médica de Belarús, el holding Belpharmprom y el Centro Científico -Practico Lotios, en saludo a el Día de la Rebeldía de Nacional de Cuba.
(2022-07-29). On last day of convention, UAW delegates rescind strike pay increase. wsws.org The final day of the UAW Constitutional Convention saw a bureaucratic rampage, as the leadership under President Ray Curry moved to quash opposition motions, install hand picked candidates and rescind the previously voted increase in weekly strike pay from $400 to $ 0 after many delegates had left.
(2022-07-29). Workers & Delegates Speak Out At 2022 CA Labor Federation Convention. indybay.org Workers and delegates spoke out at the 2022 biennial convention of the California AFL-CIO…
(2022-07-28). Russian Ops in Ukraine (July 28, 2022): Ukraine's "Kherson Offensive," Battle in the Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russia operations in Ukraine for July 28, 2022 — US continues sending weapons to Ukraine but in diminished numbers; — Pentagon overstates impact of HIMARS, omits Russian gains in Donbass; — Washington DC-based think tank admits Russia is still making gains; — Best case scenario for Ukraine's "Kherson Offensive" falls far short of…
(2022-07-28). Western Ukrainian cities hit by Russian strikes, reports say. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — While media have reported that Ukraine's counter-offensive in Kherson is gathering momentum, according to the UK Ministry of Defence, there are reports that Russia has attacked cities in the center and west on Thursday.
(2022-07-28). West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization, deregulation, slashing worker protections. multipolarista.com 
Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors."
(2022-07-28). Western Media Fail in Desperate Attempts to Ridicule Russia's Use of Combat Lasers. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Last week, Russia revealed it has been using combat lasers in military operations in Ukraine. Primary targets of these weapons are believed to be quadrocopter commercial drones the Ukrainian military has increasingly started relying on, as its much-touted "Bayraktar" TB-2 and other similar large drones have failed miserably, being picked off by Russia's second-to-none air…
(2022-07-28). No Russian Roulette: The Hunger Emergency and the Global Corporate System. orinocotribune.com 
By Sajai Jose  ; Jul 22, 2022 | As government efforts to contain it fails even in rich nations, the world's hunger and livelihoods crisis is rapidly escalating into an emergency. Western leaders and media have been blaming Russia and the war in Ukraine for this unfolding catastrophe, but the facts say otherwise. | A month ago, the Food and Work Network, a coalition of academics, community activists, and trade unions in the United Kingdom issued an
(2022-07-28). EU court confirms broadcasting ban on Russia. ecns.cn The European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected on Wednesday a request by Russian state news network RT (Russia Today) France to lift a broadcasting ban it is subjected to under the sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on Russia in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
(2022-07-28). Russia's New Satellite-Blinding Lasers to Disrupt NATO Surveillance. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Space has been a war-fighting domain for over half a century now. Although largely non-kinetic, space warfare is slowly transitioning to a more traditional one, with competitors now fielding capabilities to directly target hostile space-based systems. Russia, one of the world leaders in this field, is building a new ground-based laser weapon for…
(2022-07-28). British Official Says Nuclear War Threat Higher Than During the Cold War. news.antiwar.com British National Security Advisor Stephen Lovegrove "The Cold War's two monolithic blocks of the USSR (Soviet Union) and NATO — though not without alarming bumps — were able to reach a shared understanding of doctrine that is today absent," Lovegrove said. | He said
(2022-07-28). House Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill Meant to Counter China. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 includes $52.7 billion to subsidize the domestic production of semiconductor chips and $24 billion for tax incentives and other…
(2022-07-28). Argentina Supports Venezuela's Readmission to Mercosur. orinocotribune.com Argentina supports the complete readmission of Venezuela into Mercosur (the Common Market of the South), said Oscar Laborde, Argentina's ambassador to Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 26. | "This is the time for regional unity, in this multipolar world. America has to be a pole, a pole of autonomy, of standing up to the powerful," Laborde said in a statement reported by state-owned Venezuelan News Agency (AVN). | "Venezuela has to reint…
(2022-07-28). Lufthansa Workers Strike Over Wages. popularresistance.org The ver.di union, one of the unions representing workers at the German airline Lufthansa, has called for a new strike on Wednesday, July 27, to demand a 9.5-percent wage increase to address inflation. The strike affects ground workers in maintenance and towing. | "The situation at airports is degenerating and employees are increasingly under pressure and overworked due to severe understaffing, high inflation, and no raise for three years," Christine Behl, a ver.di leader, told AFP. This flows from a shortfall of 7,000 employees in Germany's aviation sector, the result of precarious jobs marked by low wages, along…
(2022-07-28). Trade Unionists Take A Stand For Jobs, Pay, Pensions And Conditions. popularresistance.org The rail network was brought to a standstill today as thousands of RMT and TSSA members walked out over jobs, pay, pensions and other conditions. | RMT is in dispute with Network Rail and 14 train operators while TSSA is striking at Avanti West Coast. | Speaking from the Euston picket line, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the union had received an "inadequate" pay offer from Network Rail last week. | He said: "It's a pay offer over three years which is nowhere near the rate of inflation. | "And the conditions that they wish to impose on that are not acceptable to the members." | TSSA general secretary Manue…
(2022-07-28). Fed lifts interest rate in the face of growing signs of economic slowdown. wsws.org During his press conference, Fed chair Jerome Powell made clear the key determinant of the central bank's decision was the drive to clamp down on workers' wage demands in response to inflation now running at more than 9 percent.
(2022-07-28). Australian inflation figures point to intensifying cost-of-living crisis for working-class households. wsws.org The Labor government, while feigning concern for "households," seized on the figures to reject demands for wage rises to cope with the soaring prices, saying such expectations were unrealistic.
(2022-07-28). Sri Lankan government endorses and extends President Wickremesinghe's state of emergency. wsws.org Ranil Wickremesinghe has been installed as president to impose the austerity demands of the International Monetary Fund in return for emergency funding and to suppress the widespread opposition of workers and rural toilers.
(2022-07-28). Comrade Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (August 27, 1941 — July 27, 2022). wsws.org It is with profound sorrow that the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) announces the death of Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) and its forerunner, the Revolutionary Communist League.
(2022-07-28). South Africa's Energy Crisis Escalates. popularresistance.org On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom's Emalahleni office in the heart of South Africa's coal belt. Workers at Eskom, the nation's state-owned electricity utility, have been embattled in four rounds of wage negotiations with the executives since April 2022. South Africa is rich in energy but is in the midst of cascading energy shortages. Fankomo's union is at the heart of this crisis: the workers bring the coal out of the ground but live with barely enough of its energy. | On June 28, Eskom announc…
(2022-07-28). Towards freedom: Palestinian prisoner Raed Rayan suspends hunger strike after 113 days of struggle with agreement for his release. samidoun.net 
After 113 days of struggle and sacrifice to win his freedom, Palestinian prisoner Raed Rayan — jailed without charge or trial under Israeli "administrative detention" — has suspended his hunger strike with an agreement for his release. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Rayan and his fellow prisoners on their unceasing dedication to put their …
(2022-07-28). The UN is No Longer Fit for its Purpose. Should it Be Abolished or Reformed? libya360.wordpress.com Timofei Bordachev The global body was created by the winners of humanity's most destructive war, but that was 80 years ago. The United Nations is a product of Western intellectual common sense, which after the Second World War created relatively fair conditions in order to maintain its centrality in international politics. The fact that Western…
(2022-07-28). Starbucks workers score unionization victories in more than 200 stores. peoplesworld.org 
CLEVELAND  ; Despite rampant company labor law-breaking, and an adamant vow by firm CEO Howard Schultz to never accept unions, workers at more than 200 Starbucks stores from coast to coast have voted to go union, Workers United and other sources report. But in a measure of the lengths the firm will go to stop …
(2022-07-28). Indiana organizers meet to strategize Medicare for All fight. peoplesworld.org 
INDIANAPOLIS—Health care in the U.S. is often unavailable, or if it is available, then it's unaffordable. A coalition that includes the Indiana District of the Communist Party USA met on July 23 at Monument Circle in Indianapolis to demand passage of Medicare for All as a step toward addressing that problem. Over 75 people attended …
(2022-07-28). Ground workers paralyze Lufthansa flights in Germany. wsws.org The strike shows the enormous power workers have when they decide to fight. But the Verdi union, which called the one-day warning strike, has no intention of using that power.
(2022-07-28). Paris demonstrators denounce "Israel Apartheid Tech" team in Tour de France despite repression. samidoun.net 
On Sunday 24 July, the final stage of world-famous cycling race, the Tour de France 2022 took place near Paris. Once again, the Tour de France was marked by the participation of a team in the colors of apartheid, with the sole aim of whitewashing the colonialist, racist and murderous policy of the Zionist state. …
(2022-07-28). Studying society for the working class: Marx's first preface to "Capital" mronline.org 
In the preface to the first edition of volume one of Capital, dated July 25, 1867, Marx introduces the book's "ultimate aim": "to lay bare the economic law of motion of modern society". Looking back 155 years later, it's clear the book not only accomplished that aim but continues to do so today.
(2022-07-28). 30 July, NYC: Ghassan Lives! Palestine Lives! A community event honoring Ghassan Kanafani. samidoun.net 
Saturday, 30 July 4 pm Shore Road Park Brooklyn, NY (Between 99th and Third Ave) RSVP here: bit.ly/KanafaniNYC Samidoun NY/NJ will be joining PYM New York City for a community event in commemoration of the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, revolutionary writer and political icon of the Palestinian resistance. Please join us for …
(2022-07-28). Prisoner Simón Trinidad Is a Victim of Deadly US  ; Colombia Alliance. orinocotribune.com By W.T. Whitney JR.  ; Jul 18, 2022 | Simón Trinidad's 72nd birthday is July 30. Don't think about sending him a card. U.S. prison authorities have blocked his mail since 2004. He is lodged in a maximum-security federal prison in Colorado. Extradited from Colombia, he remained in solitary confinement until 2018. | As a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Trinidad was in charge of political education and propaganda. He was captured in Ecuador in 2003, with CIA assistance. He had been conferring there with a United Nations official about the release of FARC-held prisoners. | Transferred…
(2022-07-28). From Commodity Fetishism to Teleological Positing: Lukács's Concept of Labor and Its Relevance. mronline.org 
The concept of labor constituted a pivotal problematic in Georg Lukács's theoretical development throughout his Marxist years.
(2022-07-28). Canada's Development Finance Institution and land grabbing in Africa. mronline.org 
This interview is part of a series with the Blended Finance Project a group of unions, non-governmental organizations and academics who are concerned about the Canadian government's embrace of what is called "blended finance."
(2022-07-28). Massive rally in Piacenza against the persecution of trade unionists. mronline.org 
The trade unionists were placed under house arrest and searched on July 19th, based on a 350-page indictment of the Piacenza Public Prosecutor's Office against USB and Si Cobas unions.
(2022-07-28). The Nasty Voices in Our Heads. tomdispatch.com I have a brother with chronic schizophrenia. He had his first severe catatonic episode when he was 16 years old and I was 10. Later, he suffered from auditory hallucinations and heard voices saying nasty things to him. I remember my father reassuring him that the voices weren't real and asking him whether he could ignore them. Sadly, it's not that simple. That conversation between my father and brother has been on my mind, as I've been experiencing America's increasingly divided, almost schizoid, version of social discourse. It's as if this country were suffering from some set of collective auditory hallucination…
(2022-07-28). Struggle for Justice Continues in Panama. orinocotribune.com Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands. | As Panamanians enter week three of national strike against the cost of living crisis, the government has responded with heavy repression. On July 19, the anti-riot units brutally repressed the protesters, who have been blocking the Inter-American highway over the past three weeks. However, within hours, the protesters returned to block the road. | Ronaldo Ortíz of the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO) spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the on…
(2022-07-28). Qatar's Foreign Minister Visits Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a meeting on Wednesday, July 27, with Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. | The meeting was held at Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, where the two discussed diplomatic relations between their respective nations. The visit takes place in the context of strengthening diplomatic relations between the two countries, that anticipate the forging of strategic alliances in sectors of mutual interest, based on agreements established in a collaborative agenda. | In his recent international tour, the Venezuelan presi…
(2022-07-28). Solidarity with Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh: Leading Palestinian prisoner transferred to interrogation. samidoun.net 
Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh, imprisoned Palestinian leader, was suddenly transferred to interrogation at the Petah Tikvah interrogation center of the occupation one week ago, on Thursday, 21 July. On Thursday, 28 July, Palestinian lawyer Ghaid Qassem reported that she had finally visited Abu Ghoulmeh, who was now being held in Megiddo prison, after repeated prohibitions of …
(2022-07-28). Venezuela: President Maduro Calls on Army to be on Alert due to Threats from Bogota, Cabello Points at CIA Asset Simonovis. orinocotribune.com Caracas, July 27, 2022 ( During the ceremony of transfer of command of the Bolivarian Navy and the Bolivarian Military Aviation, President Maduro gave instructions to the various national security bodies in this regard. He called on the police intelligence, counterintelligence, and the security system to be alert to ensure…
(2022-07-28). Protests Swell as Heat Wave and Wildfires Rage Across Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Muhammed Shabeer Fire-ravaged countryside in Kefalonia, Greece. (Photo: via 902.gr) While the climate crisis wreaks havoc in the form of heatwaves, forest fires, floods and other extreme events, neoliberal governments continue to put profits before the people and climate. Widespread wildfires and scorching heat waves have put the lives and livelihoods of many people across…
(2022-07-28). Palestina denuncia plan israelí para incomunicar Jerusalén Este. telesurtv.net El ministro palestino pidió a la comunidad internacional adoptar una posición política para evitar los ataques del colonialismo israelí.
(2022-07-28). Racism causes Asian Americans 'collective trauma,' says expert. ecns.cn Asian Americans continue experiencing racist hate despite their efforts to fight against racism over the past two years, which has been "devastating and traumatizing," said a California-based researcher on Wednesday.
(2022-07-28). US-led Coalition And Its Proxies Held Another Live-Fire Exercise In Syria's Al-Tanf (Video). southfront.org 
SOUTHWEST ASIA — U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response-Central Command, engage targets during a live-fire demonstration near At-Tanf Garrison, Syria, Sept, 7, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carlos Lopez) | The US-led coalition and its proxy, the Revolutionary Commando Army (MaT), have held another joint live-fire exercise at their garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf. | On July 28, the MaT…
(2022-07-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Pilots and cabin crew at Ryanair across Europe continue pay strikes, as ground handling staff stage 24-hour pay walkout at Lufthansa, Germany; UK train drivers at two more rail operators in overwhelming vote to join national strike, unions prevent united mobilisation; UK bus drivers' pay stoppage continues at Arriva North West, more Arriva depots ballot but unions oppose a unified fight; Lebanese National News Agency declares indefinite strike as wages collapse and poverty reaches 74 percent of population…
(2022-07-28). Xi stresses upholding socialism with Chinese characteristics to build modern socialist country. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has stressed holding high the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and striving to write a brand new chapter in building a modern socialist country in all respects.
(2022-07-28). Propelled to Victory by Dem Leaders, Cuellar Says $7.25 Too Much for Millions of Workers. commondreams.org "If corporate interests were actually serious about workplace flexibility, you'd see them supporting the rights of their employees to have a say in what goes on in the workplace."
(2022-07-28). Marxist IQ: A people's culture. cpusa.org 
Capitalism sees cultural production (literature, theater, painting, films) as both commodities to be produced for profit and expressions of ruling-class ideology. But artists influenced by both Marxism and the struggles of the working class have produced work to advance working-class consciousness. This Marxist IQ is dedicated to those artists and their work. 1. World-famous …
(2022-07-28). Unión Eléctrica pronostica afectaciones en el servicio. cubadebate.cu Se estima para el horario pico una disponibilidad de 2 502 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 950 MW, para un déficit de 448 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 518 MW al pico. Asimismo, se implementan todas las medidas de restricción del consumo en el sector estatal.
(2022-07-28). Workers speak from UK rail strike picket lines: "You get walked over, and you can only take so much" wsws.org Members of the Socialist Equality Party visited rail workers' pickets across the UK on Wednesday, with strikers voicing their determination to oppose the government's attacks on their jobs and livelihoods.
(2022-07-28). Ascienden a 42 los fallecidos por ingerir metanol en la India. telesurtv.net El ministro de Interior, Harsh Sanghavi, afirmó que el metanol industrial fue suministrado por un traficante local.
(2022-07-28). Thousands of Unhoused to be Swept with No Adequate Shelter in Sacramento. indybay.org My name is Crystal Sanchez, and I am the Western Regional Director for the National Union of the Homeless and the President of the Sacramento Homeless Union. Today, I write to you in total dismay and frustration. As many of you know, the 2022 point in time count was recently released with an astonishing 9,300 unhoused people counted and a whopping 20,000 people on any given night living on the streets of Sacramento. We know the pit count number is inadequate and low due to low volunteers and not everybody being counted. We have had an astonishing 67% increase in homelessness, with now more people on our streets t…
(2022-07-28). St. Louis Boeing defense workers vote down contract, prepare to strike. wsws.org A strike at the plants, which build the F-15 and F-18 military aircraft as well as drones and other aerospace weapons used by the military, would have a major impact not only on Boeing but on the American military-industrial complex as a whole.
(2022-07-28). ILWU announces agreement with West Coast port operators on health care but refuses to release details. wsws.org The fact that the ILWU is not releasing details of the agreement is not a negotiating ploy, a feature of a conspiracy between the pro-corporate union bureaucracy and the Pacific Maritime Association, brokered by the Biden administration.
(2022-07-28). Chinese leadership analyzes economic situation, reviews disciplinary inspection report. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to analyze current economic situation and arrange economic work for the second half of this year.
(2022-07-28). Zero-carbon industrial park in Ordos promotes green transformation. ecns.cn A zero-carbon industrial park in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, is working hard to promote green energy. The industrial park was put into operation in April.
(2022-07-28). Noam Chomsky: We Can Free Ourselves from State Capitalism. commondreams.org Even without fundamental changes in prevailing state capitalism, the kind of New Deal-style regulation that was dismantled by the neoliberal assault can be reinstated, and strengthened.
(2022-07-28). Mayo Clinic, Mercy collaborate to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable patients to receive personalized, predictive and proactive medicine ROCHESTER, Minn., and ST. LOUIS — A 10-year collaboration agreement between Mayo Clinic and Mercy — a first-of-its-kind alliance between two large health care systems — will use the most current data science and years of deidentified patient outcomes to find diseases earlier and start patients on paths to better health more quickly. "This unique collaboration will eliminate the barriers to innovation…
(2022-07-28). Fabricantes de rifles en EEUU obtuvieron más de mil millones de dólares en una década. cubadebate.cu "La industria de armas de fuego obtiene ganancias sobre la sangre de estadounidenses inocentes", acusó la diputada demócrata Carolyn Maloney en la presentación del informe elaborado por el Comité de Supervisión y Reforma Gubernamental de la cámara baja, el cual preside. Agregó que las prácticas de negocio de esta industria es "preocupante".
(2022-07-28). Twitter ends censorship of Socialist Equality Party (Australia) after widespread opposition. wsws.org The reversal of the lock on the SEP's account followed widespread anger and opposition to the measure from workers and young people in Australia and internationally.
(2022-07-28). UK: Strike by 40,000 BT workers builds growing opposition to Tory-imposed austerity. wsws.org BT workers would be joined by 115,000 postal workers had the Communication Workers Union not pushed any possible strike action at Royal Mail back until late August, after receiving a 97.6 vote for action last Tuesday.
(2022-07-28). With Referendum Off Until 2024, California Lawmakers Must Act on $18 Minimum Wage. commondreams.org California's low-wage workers need a minimum wage hike. The Legislature should make it happen.
(2022-07-28). 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…
(2022-07-28). 'This Victory Is Historic': Massachusetts Trader Joe's Becomes First to Unionize. commondreams.org "Our worker-led union ensures that we are protected and properly compensated—on our terms," explained a crew member at the Hadley store.
(2022-07-28). Vaccine Equity Activists Denounce Pfizer's 'Obscene' Pandemic Windfall. commondreams.org "Companies like Pfizer will always put high profit before lives," said one campaigner after the pharma giant announced record second-quarter revenue.
(2022-07-28). WSWS readers, workers and students denounce "disciplining" of Dr Berger and SEP Twitter lock. wsws.org "We have a right to know that we are being denied an effective public health response to the pandemic" — Mitch Kelly, a National Disability Insurance Agency contractor…
(2022-07-27). Fire and ice, yet politicians still sleep. workers.org 
No imagining is needed to picture what global warming/climate change might look and feel like. Millions of people in the Northern Hemisphere are currently living it. This is an extraordinary summer. Wildfires and record temperatures in Europe, grass fires in London and widespread and deadly wildfires in Portugal, Spain, France, . . . |
(2022-07-27). Three new wins for Cleveland Starbucks workers, third is 200th countrywide. workers.org 
Cleveland There are now over 200 unionized Starbucks stores in the U.S. Number 200 was the University Circle store in Cleveland, where Starbucks Workers United won a union representation election when ballots were counted July 22. Dozens of union supporters had demonstrated outside the store July 15 (shown in photo) . . . |
(2022-07-27). Long Live the Cuban Revolution! workers.org 
Thousands of Cubans celebrated the 69th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada garrison and honored those who gave their lives in this opening battle of the Cuban Revolution. President Miguel Díaz-Canel in his address to those assembled here in Cienfuegos, including U.S. Cuba solidarity organizations, spoke of the great . . . |
(2022-07-27). Driving 100 miles to give birth. workers.org 
2015 march from rural Belhaven, North Carolina, to the state Capitol in Raleigh. By Ellen Cohen Women seeking abortions are not the only ones who often have to travel long distances to obtain care. Labor and Delivery (L&D) units all across the U.S., particularly in rural areas, have been shutting . . . |