(2022-07-30). U.S. carrier strike group, anti-missile warships, NATO naval group integrate activities. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Maritime CommandJuly 29, 2022 NATO Ships train with U.S. Navy Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 2 and the U.S. Navy's Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) augmented by Italian Navy frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) conducted joint maritime and air defence exercises on July 24 while operating …
(2022-07-30). Time to Acknowledge Hateful Leader of "anti-hate" Group. dissidentvoice.org What do you call an "antiracist" group led by an open ethnic/religious supremacist? Last year Israeli human rights group B'tselem published "A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid." The landmark report provides mainstream Jewish Israeli endorsement of what's long been clear to Palestinians and the internationalist …
(2022-07-30). Seattle/Workers fight back against Starbucks' attacks. workers.org 
Seattle Strike at Seattle Starbucks Roastery, July 17. Starbucks, headquartered in Seattle, is trying with a vengeance to halt the unionization of some of its prime stores. Workers are countering Starbucks' union-busting attacks with strikes and solidarity. Starbucks, with billionaire prime stockholder and CEO Howard Schultz at the helm, recently . . . |
(2022-07-30). One-day strike in Philadelphia. workers.org 
Philadelphia Starbucks workers strike Philadelphia Center City store, July 22. "Scabby the Rat" courtesy of Teamsters union supporters. Workers at a Philadelphia Center City Starbucks store held a one-day strike July 22 to protest union-busting tactics by management. The strike began before 6: 00 am and lasted into the evening rush . . . |
(2022-07-30). Abortion access under attack in West Virginia. workers.org 
Charleston, West Virginia As a result of the recent SCOTUS overthrow of Roe v. Wade, the bigoted coal baron governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, used a special legislative session — originally called to establish income tax cuts — as an opportunity to carry out a vicious assault on abortion . . . |
(2022-07-30). What would be different about a socialist economy? mronline.org 
The New York Stock Exchange is perhaps the premier institutional expression of the capitalist economy.
(2022-07-30). The Ongoing Infowar Against Cuba: From the Moncada Assault to the Embargo. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Jul 26, 2022 | Cuba has a harsh and long history from the days of the Spanish colonisation, the killings of indigenous people, slavery, etc. that finally took a major turn for socialist gains in the mid-20th century. | Cubans fought two wars to become independent from Spain in the 19th century. Those wars were the crucible where heroes were forged. José Martí was one such hero, killed in battle in 1895, that still symbolises today the courageous revolutionary spirit of Cubans. | When Cubans had practically achieved their goal to defeat Spanish domination with much human sacrifice at the…
(2022-07-30). F-35 Stealth Fleet Grounded By USAF Over Faulty Ejection-Seat Worries. zerohedge.com 
F-35 Stealth Fleet Grounded By USAF Over Faulty Ejection-Seat Worries | The US Air Force grounded its fleet of fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets due to new concerns over ejection seat safety just days after the Navy grounded planes for the same reason. | Air Combat Command (ACC) spokeswoman Alexi Worley confirmed to
(2022-07-30). "Pure Lies": China Contradicts White House On Key Aspect Of Biden-Xi Call. zerohedge.com "Pure Lies": China Contradicts White House On Key Aspect Of Biden-Xi Call | China blasted the White House in a Friday foreign ministry press conference, charging the US administration with lying after a Biden spokesperson said the president raised the issue of Uyghur Muslim genocide and forced labor camps with Xi in their over two-hour Thursday phone call. | The controversy started when White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters soon after the call that Biden "raised genocide and forced labor practices by the [People's Republic of China]," explaining that is something the president "always does…
(2022-07-30). Following nomination for UAW president, Will Lehman appeals for support: "We can't fight for what we need without organizing ourselves" wsws.org On Friday, Lehman issued a statement directed to all workers in the UAW, calling for support for his campaign.
(2022-07-30). Hundreds of SEIU1021 SF Tenderloin Housing Clinic Workers Strike For Living Wages. indybay.org Hundreds of SEIU 1021 San Francisco non-profit workers at he Tenderloin Housing Clinic went on strike for living wages. They do public work but are paid wages that keep them in poverty.
(2022-07-30). 'An attack on solidarity'. mronline.org 
Trade unions furious with Sir Keir for sacking shadow transport secretary as McDonnell backs growing calls for a general strike.
(2022-07-30). Park renamed Salman Farsi to show Iran-Pakistan solidarity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — The Sindh government in Pakistan renamed a park in Karachi after Iranian companion of Holy Prophet Muhammed Salman Farsi to show the solidarity between the two neighboring countries.
(2022-07-30). EU halved purchases of Russian gas since Ukraine operation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said members of the European Union had halved purchases of Russian natural gas since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine.
(2022-07-30). 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…
(2022-07-30). Una visión de la izquierda canadiense sobre el Moncada del 26 de julio en Cuba. globalizacion.ca En 1953, cuando prácticamente todas las fuerzas progresistas y revolucionarias de Cuba no ofrecían ninguna solución viable para oponerse a la dictadura de Batista respaldada por Estados Unidos, Fidel Castro y sus camaradas sí elaboraron un camino. | Fue una ruta…
(2022-07-30). Envía Raúl Castro felicitación al Sistema de la Defensa Civil en su aniversario 60. cubadebate.cu El líder de la Revolución Cubana, General de Ejército Raúl Castro Ruz envió una carta de felicitación a los integrantes del Estado Mayor Nacional de la Defensa Civil en ocasión del 60 aniversario de la fundación de este Sistema. Ponderó la labor del país en el enfrentamiento a la COVID-19, y en especial al pueblo, principal protagonista de esta fortaleza de la Revolución.
(2022-07-30). [Articles] Baricitinib in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial and updated meta-analysis. thelancet.com In patients hospitalised with COVID-19, baricitinib significantly reduced the risk of death but the size of benefit was somewhat smaller than that suggested by previous trials. The total randomised evidence to date suggests that JAK inhibitors (chiefly baricitinib) reduce mortality in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 by about one-fifth.
(2022-07-30). Voices From Uvalde, Mooney Cult Murder Connection To JPN Abe's Murder & Rev Poets Brigade. indybay.org WorkWeek covers Voices From Uvalde , The Mooney Cult Murder Connection To Japan PM Abe & Poetry From The Revolutionary Poets Brigade…
(2022-07-30). 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…
(2022-07-30). Azerbaijan Supplied Ukraine With Dozens Of Precision-Guided Bombs In Secret. southfront.org 
The QFAB-2 LG laser-guided bomb. Source: the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan Republic. | Azerbaijan had secretly supplied Ukraine with dozens of precision-guided bombs, documents leaked by the Iraqi Sabereen News Telegram channel on July 27 revealed. | According to the shipping documents, the bombs were sent by the CIHAZ Industrial Association, which is owned by the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, to Ukrspecexport, a Ukrainian state-owned arms trading company. | Ukrainian airline Meridian, that h…
(2022-07-30). 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…
(2022-07-30). GOP Introduces Bill That Makes It Easier to Fire Workers at Federal Agencies. truthout.org U.S. Rep. Chip Roy's introduction Friday of a bill to make federal bureaucratic personnel at-will employees further stoked fears that marginalized workers will suffer discriminatory firings under a future Republican administration or even GOP-controlled Congress. | The
(2022-07-30). [Perspectives] Lower taxes or greater health equity. thelancet.com "We have to lower taxes." A former UK Government minister and prominent member of the Conservative Party recently said this nine times in 3 minutes. He said it with passion, as if it were a fresh diagnosis of the problem. It was probably his solution to any problem, but this time we were on a radio news programme to discuss inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. It is not a uniquely British obsession. The sour joke in the USA is that Republicans were put on earth to lower taxes. Perhaps equally predictably, my concern was not a priori with the level of taxation, but with what action was necessary to prevent a s…
(2022-07-30). Leader issues message on recent flash floods in Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has ordered the Iranian officials to repair damages caused by the recent floods quickly and offered condolences to the families of victims.
(2022-07-30). 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.
(2022-07-30). [Comment] Baricitinib in COVID-19: a coming-of-age from artificial intelligence to reducing mortality. thelancet.com Immunomodulatory therapies targeting excessive host immune responses,1 vaccination, and immunity from natural infection have changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the rapid emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants has stymied progress towards ending the pandemic. An unmet need remains for accessible therapies that reduce mortality. In The Lancet, the RECOVERY Collaborative Group assessed the use of baricitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, for the treatment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19, in the randomised, controlled, open-label platform trial (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy [RECOVE…
(2022-07-30). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.
(2022-07-30). Julian Assange defense files appeals, granted extension. workers.org 
By Tareq Haddad This excerpted article, which originally appeared July 16 in Popular Resistance, can be read in full at tinyurl.com/kfzvkh2c. London — Following a June 17 decision from British Secretary of State Priti Patel approving the order to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S., lawyers for the imprisoned WikiLeaks . . . |
(2022-07-30). VIDEO: Flood hits industrial complexes in Rafsanjan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Flood in Rafsanjan County of Kerman has inflicted heavy damage to industrial and mining complexes in this area.
(2022-07-29). Israel carries out killings, revenge demolitions in Nablus. electronicintifada.net Israel collectively punishes the family members only of accused Palestinians, never Jews.
(2022-07-29). China Defies US Sanctions with Computer Chip Breakthrough. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic The Western media lamented China's most recent breakthrough in computer chip manufacturing, achieving standards in production that were thought impossible because of sanctions imposed by the United States specifically designed to stifle Chinese advances. A report from early July by CNBC would discuss these sanctions. In their article, "US mulls fresh bid to restrict…
(2022-07-29). An Interview With John Pilger On Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the US, where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Pilger explains, Patel's order will be the subject of a further appeal, but the British judiciary that will adjudicate has facilitated Assange's persecution every step of the way. This underscores the urgency of a political fight to free Assange, based on the powerful struggles of the working class that are emerging all around the world. | Pilger began his media career in the l…
(2022-07-29). Chicago Mandated Contracts For Domestic Workers. popularresistance.org Chicago, Illinois – As of Jan. 1, 2022, a new ordinance took effect in Chicago aimed at bringing much-needed accountability to an industry that has been, by and large, treated as part of the informal economy: domestic work. Domestic work covers a range of jobs, from nannies and home-caregivers to home cleaners, but domestic workers themselves—the majority of whom are people of color and the vast majority of whom are women—are not protected by most labor laws and are frequently subjected to rampant wage theft and harassment. The Chicago ordinance requires employers to provide workers, regardless of the…
(2022-07-29). Every Boss Has A Weak Spot — Find And Use It. popularresistance.org Steel production in the late 1800s used to require one crucial step: a 20-minute process called the "blow" that removed impurities, strengthening the metal. It was not unheard of for union members to go to the supervisor at the start of the blow and demand that some important grievance be resolved. | According to old-timers, it was amazing what the company could accomplish in those 20 minutes. These workers had found their employer's vulnerability— and they used it to make the workplace safer and more humane. | Think about where your employer is vulnerable. For some companies it might be their logo or their…
(2022-07-29). Is Private Equity's Employee Ownership Plan The Real Deal? popularresistance.org In April, 19 private equity firms committed to providing equity shares to employees at some portfolio firms, as part of the new nonprofit Ownership Works initiative, which has a goal of creating $20 billion in wealth for low- and moderate-income workers over the next decade. Seems like good news. But we urge impact investors to be skeptical. | The industry that has done the most damage to job quality and worker security over the last two decades claims to be reversing course. And there will be workers who see a nice hit of cash. But ownership? Not really. What these PE firms are doing falls far short of what auth…
(2022-07-29). West Prepares To Plunder Post-War Ukraine. popularresistance.org While the United States and Europe flood Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars of weapons, using it as an anti-Russian proxy and pouring fuel on the fire of a brutal war that is devastating the country, they are also making plans to essentially plunder its post-war economy. | Representatives of Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland this July to plan a series of harsh neoliberal 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." | Ukraine has been destabilized by violen…
(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). Massachusetts Trader Joe's Becomes First to Unionize in Huge Workers' Victory. scheerpost.com 
[ By Brett Wilkins | Workers at a Massachusetts Trader Joe's on Thursday voted to become the first of the supermarket chain's more than 0 locations to unionize, a historic development that comes amid a nationwide labor organizing wave. | "Our crew needs to be represented by an entity that is solely dedicated to our best interests." | Employees at the Trader Joe's in Hadley, a suburb of Sprin…
(2022-07-29). Machinists in Missouri and Illinois set to strike August 1. fightbacknews.org St. Louis, MO – Around 2500 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) who work for Boeing in Illinois and Missouri voted down a contract offer from management on July 24. They have set a date to begin a strike on August 1. | The workers build F-15 and F-18 aircraft as well as other military equipment like drones and missiles. A strike at the Boeing plants is expected to significantly effect Boeing and also supply chains to the U.S. military. | The union is demanding pay increases to keep up with rapidly rising costs, and to keep retirement plans in effect, as well as to g…
(2022-07-29). Berkeley REI workers fight for fair union election. liberationnews.org "Look at all the other stores trying to organize, at Starbucks and Amazon. We want to inspire other workers to organize and fight for real change."
(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). Oil companies announce record profits, workers pay the price. liberationnews.org 
These record breaking profits for oil companies come at a time when workers in the U.S. are getting squeezed harder each day by inflation, especially taking a hit at the gas pump and on heating and electric bills.
(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). 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). Child Labor is Alive and Well in the United States. libya360.wordpress.com Natalia Marques A Hyundai subsidiary used up to fifty underage migrant workers at an auto plant known for hazardous conditions, according to former and current employees On July 22, Reuters revealed that a subsidiary of auto giant Hyundai, SMART, had been employing migrant children in Luverne, Alabama. Reuters learned of the underage labor exploitation through local police, the family of…
(2022-07-29). Rebuilding collective intelligence. mronline.org 
Human capital theory cannot solve our economic woes. David Ridley says we need a socialist alternative.
(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). Filipinos Call Out Marcos-Duterte Government in War-Torn Philippines. towardfreedom.org Hours before Filipino President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., gave his first State of the Nation address on July 24, Filipino people throughout the world protested. They held their own "People's State of the Union Address," or PSONA. Claudia Jones Editorial Intern Cygaelle Bergado reports from New York City.
(2022-07-29). Dangerous Crossroads: US Carrier Strike Group Returns to South China Sea Amid Taiwan Tensions. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-29). Kiev Assassinated Dozens Of Its Own Azov Heroes (18+). southfront.org 
In the early morning of July 29, Kiev's forces shelled a detention center for Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the village of Elenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The blow was struck precisely at the barracks in which the captured soldiers of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov regiment were held. | The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed the attack. According to the Russia's Defense Ministry and local authorities, Ukrainian troops used US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to strike th…
(2022-07-29). °Viva La Solidaridad! Latin America's Left Leads The Way. popularresistance.org Hundreds joined international guests, solidarity campaigners and elected representatives for °Viva la solidaridad! Latin America's Left Leads the Way: a session organised by Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America as part of this year's Arise Festival. Chairing the event, Arise's Sam Browse went through examples of electoral successes and resilience in the face of aggression by the region's left, and emphasised the importance of international co-operation amongst progressive forces: "those winning gains in the fight for a better future are an inspiration to us all". | Secretary of the Presidency in Hondur…
(2022-07-29). Xi Jinping and Biden Conversation and the Law of Chips and Science. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara López This Thursday, July 28, Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, held a telephone conversation for more than two hours, in one of the most tense moments between China and the United States due to the security situation around the Taiwan Strait, the alleged plan of the Speaker of the U.S. House of…
(2022-07-29). If Telling the Truth Puts Me on Ukraine's 'Russian Propagandist' Blacklist, I'll Wear that Proudly. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter When it comes to fact-based analysis, I'll take so-called 'Russian propaganda' over 'Ukrainian truth' every day. In 1997 I flew into Kiev, on-mission with the United Nations Special Commission to seek the assistance of the Ukrainian government in investigating the activities of a Ukrainian citizen suspected of illegally selling ballistic missile components and…
(2022-07-29). Why is Europe Silent on Ukraine's Attempts to Create a New Chernobyl? libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov Ukraine, on the eve of a decision by residents liberated from Kiev's Nazi regime to hold a referendum on Zaporozhye Region becoming part of Russia, has turned to nuclear terrorism, trying to destroy nuclear power plants, intimidate civilians and force residents to leave the region. To this end, Kiev's regime attacked the Zaporozhskaya NPP with…
(2022-07-29). What the U.S. Government and The New York Times Have Quietly Agreed Not to Tell You About Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com "I wonder how it came to pass that most of the billionaires in Ukraine are Jews?"—Dmytro Yarosh, former People's Deputy …
(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). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Chhattisgarh state government workers strike for higher allowances; Haryana auto workers occupy to demand wage settlement; Australian nurses walkout over staffing and low pay; New Zealand timber workers strike over pay.
(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). Video featuring disabled-yet-determined-uncle strikes a chord with millions. ecns.cn
(2022-07-29). Junior Doctors In The UK Protest Government Disregard. popularresistance.org On Monday, July 25, junior doctors in London organized a protest march in the city demanding a pay rise. Under the banner of the Doctors Vote campaign, they took out a march from the Department of Health and Social Care Office to Downing Street. The doctors warned of more actions, including strikes, unless their long pending demand for pay restoration is met. Doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA), Doctors' Association UK, and trade unionists and activists from Unite the union, Unison, Socialist Party, and others also took part in the protest march in solidarity with the junior doctors. | Working clas…
(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). 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). BT workers speak from the picket lines in first UK-wide strike in 35 years. wsws.org The day before the strike action BT reported quarterly after-tax profits to June of £422 million (up from £388 million) on top of the £1.3 billion from last year.
(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). 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). 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). Martha's Vineyard: "Playground of the rich" wracked by poverty and social crisis. wsws.org Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of southern Massachusetts, is a popular playground for the rich and famous, but the island is home to extreme poverty and hardship for the workers who live there.
(2022-07-29). Turkish Soldier Dies Of Injures He Sustained In Clash With PKK In Northern Iraq. southfront.org 
On July 28, a Turkish service member died from injuries he sustained in a clash with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq's northern region, where the Turkish military has been conducting Operation Claw-Lock. | The Turkish Ministry identified the service member as Staff Sergeant Batuhan Simsek. In a statement, the ministry said that Simsek was seriously wounded when PKK fighters in the Operation Claw-Lock zone opened harassing fire on Turkish soldiers. The service member, who…
(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). 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). 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). Protest wave continues to engulf Iran. peoplesworld.org 
Very often, Iran makes international headlines vis-à -vis the debate over the Iran nuclear deal, the agreement reneged on by Donald Trump in 2018, a form of which U.S. President Joe Biden is seeking to resurrect. The situation facing ordinary workers inside the country rarely breaks into the headlines of the international media. Yet the level …
(2022-07-29). Labor Board uses Atlanta case vs. independent contractor dodge. peoplesworld.org 
ATLANTA—The National Labor Relations Board is using a court case in Atlanta, pitting Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 798 against the Atlanta Opera's bosses, to battle, and try to narrow, employers' "independent contractor" dodge—misclassification which robs millions of workers of pay, benefits, jobless aid, workers comp and the right to unionize. And though the Biden …
(2022-07-29). German union Verdi ends strike at university hospital in North Rhine-Westphalia. wsws.org The negotiated collective agreement does not provide any real improvements for the nursing staff in Germany's most populous state, but serves to cement the intolerable working conditions in the clinics.
(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). In Video: Iraqi Airstrikes Kill Eight ISIS Terrorists Who Were Hiding In Nineveh Cave. southfront.org 
On July 28, F-16 fighter jets of the Iraqi Air Forces (IQAF) carried out two airstrikes on a cave in the Adaiyah Mountains in the northern province of Nineveh where a cell of ISIS had been hiding. | The Security Media Cell said in a statement that the hideout was targeted based on information provided by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service and the Directorate of Military Intelligence. | Following the airstrikes, a force from the Iraqi military's 15th Division backed by a number of security units…
(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). Following Trump's Lead, GOP Pushes Bill to Make Federal Workers Fireable 'At Will'. commondreams.org "Efforts to try to change the civil service aren't just Trump," warned one public policy expert, "and if Republicans take control of Congress following the midterms, this may very well go from idea to specific action."
(2022-07-29). Children as young as 12 working in Hyundai-owned plant in Alabama. peoplesworld.org 
LUVERNE, Alabama—Children as young as 12 have been discovered working at a Hyundai-owned metal stamping plant in Alabama, and other workers at the factory estimate that as many as underage people may have been employed at the facility. That according to a horrific exposé detailing the exploitation of child labor at a Hyundai subsidiary …
(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). New Turkish Drone Strike On Northeastern Syria Leaves Four SDF Security Personnel Dead. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | On July 28, four personnel of the Asayish, the internal security service of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), were killed when a Turkish combat drone targeted their vehicle in the northern countryside of Syria's Raqqa. | The vehicle was targeted as it was passing near Tell al-Samn refugee camp to the south of the town of Ain Issa, the capital of the SDF's Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. | Three of the Asayish personne…
(2022-07-29). Presidente Maduro 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.
(2022-07-28). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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