(2022-08-16). Russian-Backed Officials Say Ukraine Launched Strikes on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. news.antiwar.com A Moscow-installed official in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian Oblast of Zaporizhzhia on Monday accused Ukraine of shelling the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and areas around the plant, The official said that Ukraine launched 25 strikes using US-provided M777 howitzers that and that some hit the ZNPP and Energodar, the city where the facility is located. The claim hasn't been confirmed, but the ZNPP has been the site of frequent shelling over the past few weeks. | Ukraine has accused Russia of shelling the ZNPP,…
(2022-08-16). Russia is a Reliable Partner for Mali in All the Important Areas. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov The recent successful tour of African countries by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visiting Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda and Congo, as well as the conclusion of important strategic agreements by Russia with several African countries, have had a strong resonance in the international community. Among Western leaders, these developments have caused great concern and…
(2022-08-16). Political crisis mounts over Trump secret papers. wsws.org With the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, the focus of the political crisis within the state has shifted from Trump's January 6 attempt to overthrow the election and establish a presidential dictatorship to his disruption of the global interests of the US national security state.
(2022-08-16). Trump, state secrets and the crisis of the American state. wsws.org With the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, the focus of the political crisis within the state has shifted from Trump's January 6 attempt to overthrow the election and establish a presidential dictatorship to his disruption of the global interests of the US national security state.
(2022-08-16). Colombia's First Leftist President Will Bring Historic Change, if the US Lets Him. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Kovalik  ; Aug 7, 2022 | Colombia is the latest Latin American country to turn from the right, and possibly stand up to Washington, with the inauguration of Gustavo Petro | It's a historic day in Colombia, as the country inaugurates former guerrilla Gustavo Petro as its first leftist president, and Francia Marquez as its first vice president of African descent. This was unthinkable not long ago, and before this unlikely team now lie the combined challenges of standing up to US domination and fixing decades of social injustice. | The last time it appeared Colombia would have a leftist president was in…
(2022-08-16). Political West Escalates Arms Deliveries To Kiev Regime. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageThe damage Western weapons cause cannot be underestimated, for as long as the Neo-Nazi junta has even a somewhat functioning military, NATO will continue supplying it. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | The political West is increasing "lethal aid" deliveries to the Kiev regime, while NATO Military-Industrial Complexes are using the conflict to heavily promote their products and make astronomical profits. Recently, the Pentagon announced that th…
(2022-08-16). Finland and Sweden: Loss of Autonomy in Exchange for Illusory Protection. libya360.wordpress.com Military Review The Russian special operation in Ukraine, provoked by the actions of the West, has frightened some countries so much that they are ready to sacrifice their sovereignty in exchange for a false sense of security. Sweden and Finland, longtime "pacifists" in the turbulent sea of world politics, under pressure from the United States,…
(2022-08-16). Russian Patience With the War in Ukraine Is Not Endless as the West May Soon Learn. libya360.wordpress.com James ONeill In March of this year Russian troops captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. It has been in Russian possession ever since, although the Ukrainian forces have made desperate attempts to recapture it. These attempts have included bombing and shelling of the site. To describe this and incredibly stupid is an understatement. The plant is…
(2022-08-16). China's Agenda: A Multipolar World Order with Shared Security and Prosperity. libya360.wordpress.com THE 'MAGNIFICENT' SEVEN RIDE AGAIN: (left to right) Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, Fumio Kishida, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, Mario Draghi, Justin Trudeau, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz listen to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau on June 27 2022 This insightful article by CGTN reporter Zhou Jiaxin, first…
(2022-08-16). Iran responds to EU nuclear text, seeks US flexibility. tribune.com.pk 
Iran responded to the European Union's "final" draft text to save a 2015 nuclear deal on Monday, an EU official said, as the Iranian foreign minister called on the United States to show flexibility to resolve three remaining issues. | After 16 months of fitful, indirect U.S.-Iranian talks, with the EU shuttling between the parties, a senior EU official said on Aug. 8 it had laid down a "final" offer and expected a response within a "very, very few weeks." | While Washington has said it is ready to quickly seal a deal to restore the 2015 accord on the basis of the EU proposals, Iranian negotiators said Tehran's…
(2022-08-16). EU views Iran response to proposed text "constructive" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — The European Union views Iran's response to a proposed blueprint for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal as 'constructive'.
(2022-08-16). EU studying Iran's response to proposed text on Vienna talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — The European Union confirms that it has received Iran's response to a modified text proposed by the EU in Vienna talks, saying the bloc is studying the reply with parties to the deal and the US.
(2022-08-16). Sri Lanka faces looming food crisis with stunted rice crop. tribune.com.pk 
Nallathambi Mahendran walked through his four acres of emerald green paddy fields in northern Sri Lanka's Kilinochchi district, indicating the height the plants should have reached by now. They were several feet short. | The standing paddy crop across most of this major rice growing belt is stunted for the second successive season because of the lack of fertiliser, according to farmers, a union leader and local government officials. | In 10,900 hectares of land under cultivation in Kilinochchi, the average yield is likely to hit 2.3 metric tonnes per hectare, according to government estimates seen by Reuters.
(2022-08-16). Government, union officials invoke nationalism in response to growing supply chain crisis. wsws.org Pointing to already massive cargo pile-ups on the West Coast docks and the mass exodus of rail workers in the last six years, labor bureaucrats warned that the inability of the rail companies to maintain acceptable service levels threatened the ability of the US government to wage war.
(2022-08-16). Vietnam's war remnants museum. greenleft.org.au Aaron Monopoli visits the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and discovers the story of the Vietnam War — as told by a people resisting colonialism and imperialist invasion.
(2022-08-16). Challenging Colonialism s01e05: Nichelle Garcia on Run4Salmon. indybay.org Nichelle Garcia (Winnemem Wintu) talks about the Run 4 Salmon, the 2022 run, its goals and its history. She also discussed inter-tribal solidarity in water and salmon protection, as well as the curriculum and mini-lessons she's contributed to and taught in schools to raise awareness of what's at stake.
(2022-08-16). West purposefully destroys European security system. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — The collective West is purposefully destroying the European security system, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his address to participants and guests of the Moscow Conference on International Security.
(2022-08-16). President Maduro Removes National Budget Office (ONAPRE) Director Due to Workers' Discontent. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro removed Marco Polo Cosenza as director of the National Budget Office (ONAPRE) and appointed Jennifer Quintero de Barrios in his place, according to the The Gazette also named Christiam Moisés Hernández Verdecanna as acting national treasurer | The National Budget Office is the governing body of the National Public Budget System, providing technical assistance in the different stages of the budget process to the bodies and…
(2022-08-16). Columbia, SC: Pizza workers on strike against racism & poverty wages. liberationnews.org 
In the middle of a dinner rush, striking workers packed the lobby of the store, waving signs with their demands and chanting "MOD Pizza, you're no good! Treat your workers like you should!"
(2022-08-16). Did the Syrian Revolution Have Popular Support? globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-16). Eco-Socialism, Democratic Communism: Common Sense. dissidentvoice.org Are present ecological stresses so strong that if not relieved they will sufficiently degrade the ecosystem to make the earth uninhabitable by humans? Obviously no serious discussion of the environmental crisis can get very far without confronting this question. — Barry Commoner in The Closing Circle, 1971 More than fifty years after Commoner wrote those …
(2022-08-16). Sudanese Communist Party Forms a New Alliance Committed to Ending Military Rule. orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe  ; Aug 10, 2022 | After withdrawing from the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the SCP has continued to call for democratic civilian rule | Since December of 2018, the Republic of Sudan has undergone general strikes, mass demonstrations, the forced removal of longtime former President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and the failed formations of several interim administrations. | Hundreds of people have lost their lives due to the repression carried out by the military and its supporters against protests which have been led by the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) and its Popular Resistance Commit…
(2022-08-16). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — August 16, 2022. southfront.org 
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air w…
(2022-08-16). Firefighters Who Helped With Cuba's Matanzas Fire Return to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
This Monday, the 43 firefighters and technicians from Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA, sent to help put out the fire in Matanzas, Cuba caused by a lightning strike on August 5, returned safely to the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maequetía, in the state of La Guaira. | àöLTIMO MINUTO | | Acaba de aterrizar el vuelo de Conviasa que trae de regreso a los bomberos y profesionales de 43 hombres y m…
(2022-08-16). Webinar Next Thursday 25th: Lessons From the 2022 National Strike in Ecuador. orinocotribune.com Lessons From The 2022 National Strike In Ecuador will be a public webinar in English and Spanish on the Indigenous-led protests in Ecuador this past June. | The webinar will be Thursday, August 25 at 8: 00 PM (EST) | For 18 days in June, the people of Ecuador, led by the Indigenous and poorest, fought austerity to a halt. Tens of thousands barricaded highways, paralyzed the capital and much of the nation. Eight people were killed and hundreds injured by police. Led by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), poor and working people won major economic and political concessions, and other d…
(2022-08-16). 10 Black Millionaires Who Got Busted By The IRS For Failure To Pay Taxes. moguldom.com Benjamin Franklin once said that "nothing is certain except death and taxes." In 2019, American taxpayers paid $1.6 trillion in individual income taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. And according to Emory University tax law professor Dorothy Brown, author of the book "The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans — and How We Can …
(2022-08-16). The Australian Government Is Straining Credibility in Insisting the Assange Case Is Not a Political Prosecution. orinocotribune.com 
By Kellie Tranter  ; Aug 8, 2022 | The difficulty for the Australian Labor government in deciding how to respond to the Assange case is that once a prosecution is characterised as a political prosecution then, by its nature, there can be no expectation of due process. | The US-UK Extradition Treaty forbids extradition in the case of 'political offences'. Former Australian High Commissioner to the UK George Brandis — who was commissioner for almost the entirety of Assange's Belmarsh imprisonment since 2019 — doesn't agree that Assange is a political prisoner. | The Department of Foreign Affairs and…
(2022-08-16). Sierra Leone: President Threatens Further Crackdown on Protesters after Security Forces Kill 21. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Even as his own government's data shows record rise in consumer prices, President Julius Maad Bio described the protests against the soaring cost of living crisis as an insurrection and vowed to "crack down hard" An uneasy calm looms over Sierra Leone's capital Freetown and several other parts of the country after the curfew…
(2022-08-16). Saturday 9/10: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Beyond Money – A Postcapitalist Strategy. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
(2022-08-16). Cubans to vote on law recognizing families, regardless of sex or gender identity. peoplesworld.org 
If approved by Cuban voters next month, the country's new Family Code will stand as a social revolution, enshrining the right of all people to form a family regardless of sex or gender identity and recognizing a variety of family forms. On July 22, the National Assembly of Cuba passed the bill, a legal document …
(2022-08-16). Iran, Mauritius explore energy cooperation avenues. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — The ways of cooperation between Iran and Mauritius in the energy sector were discussed during the meeting between the Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and the Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations, Employment of the latter.
(2022-08-16). Sunday 8/21: Open House at Revolution Books. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-08-16). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org BC government workers began a series of limited strikes over contract issues while Argentine teachers held a two-day strike last week in defense of jailed union leader.
(2022-08-16). City of Los Angeles raises private health care workers' minimum wage to $25 an hour. wsws.org The new measure excludes the vast majority of health care workers who work in the public sector, including facilities run by Los Angeles County and the University of California.
(2022-08-16). Can Transformative Change Come to America? commondreams.org Perhaps sooner than most think, major legislative action regulating greenhouse gas emissions will finally be possible. But that moment will not arrive without deep struggle, organizing, and collective persistence.
(2022-08-16). Texas young workers summit shows the movement's new militancy. peoplesworld.org 
The labor movement in the United States is experiencing a resurgence thanks to the progressive organizing efforts of young militant workers. In the last seven months, we have witnessed the unionization of some of the world's largest and most profitable companies. Besides Amazon and Starbucks, we've seen unionization efforts from workers at Trader Joe's, Chipotle, …
(2022-08-16). First day of Kaiser mental health strike receives broad support. wsws.org Mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente began an indefinite strike Monday in opposition to chronic understaffing and desperate patient need.
(2022-08-16). Oregon: The toughest heat protection law in the US. indybay.org Heat waves are becoming more frequent and longer | Farm workers, people on construction sites, and even firefighters have been largely dependent on the goodwill of their employers during a heat wave. How long Oregon's heat protection law will remain in effect is an open question. A group has filed a lawsuit against it.
(2022-08-16). Iran's women's volleyball win silver in Solidarity Games. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — Iran's women's volleyball team claimed the silver medal of the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games on Monday.
(2022-08-16). Sunday 8/28: Cuba Film Festival Fundraiser. indybay.org 2969 Mission Street, San Francisco…
(2022-08-16). Bolivia y ONU fortalecen colaboración para el desarrollo. telesurtv.net El organismo internacional destacó que la visita del titular del PNUD para Latinoamérica es un hito relevante en la agenda que respalda el organismo en el país.
(2022-08-16). No More Kaiser Suicides! NUHW Members Strike Kaiser Health System. indybay.org Two thousand Kaiser NUHW healthcare workers went on an indefinite strike on August 15, 2022 for proper staffing and compensation to keep healthcare professionals on the jobs. As a result of a lack of proper staffing, Members and patients at Kaisers have committed suicide. Clinicians…
(2022-08-16). Amazon Employees Hold First-Ever Work Stoppage in Air Freight Division. commondreams.org "If Amazon can afford to pay its CEO $214 million last year it can afford to give their workers a $5-an-hour raise and a safe workplace," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
(2022-08-16). Corea del Sur ofrece ayuda al Norte a cambio de la desnuclearización. telesurtv.net Este martes es el Día de la Liberación Nacional, que conmemora el 77º aniversario de la independencia de Corea del dominio colonial de Japón, de 1910-45.
(2022-08-16). Mobilize the working class in defence of public education and to stop the pandemic! Build the Ontario Education Workers Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org Our committee aims to unite all education workers on a program of political class struggle against years of funding cuts enforced by Liberal and Conservative governments alike, wage cuts, and the abandonment of any effort to stop the spread of the deadly pandemic.
(2022-08-16). Australia: Worker seriously injured in four-storey fall in south Sydney. wsws.org Coming just eight days after the tragic death of stonemason Alistair Bidmead at Fort Street High School, the accident again raises the dangerous conditions confronted by workers every day.
(2022-08-16). Israel rejects Palestine hunger striker's appeal for release. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — An Israeli military court rejected an appeal for release by a Palestinian prisoner whose health is deteriorating as he continues a 165-day hunger strike to protest being held without charge or trial.
(2022-08-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2022. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus introduces seven new books for people who know that the point is to change the world.
(2022-08-15). Kiev Tacitly Admitted to Waging Nuclear Terrorism Against Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko The only possible explanation for this shocking stance is that the West has become so desperate to stop Russia's slow but steady advance throughout the latest phase of the Ukrainian Conflict that its ideologically driven elite are literally willing to sacrifice their own people's lives and that of future generations in a last-ditch…
(2022-08-15). China's Growing Military Might. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic What many in the West at first dismissed as a tantrum thrown by Beijing over the unauthorized visit of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan appears instead to be a carefully thought-out strategy designed to incrementally reassert Chinese sovereignty over the island territory. Beijing's ability to do this is underwritten…
(2022-08-15). How Russia thwarted US imperial plans in Ukraine and beyond. multipolarista.com After 1991, with the overthrow of the Soviet Union, Western countries were convinced that Russia was defeated. But in Ukraine and beyond, Moscow is winning – and the US and Europe are in marked decline.
(2022-08-15). La farsa de la democracia en Puerto Rico bajo el colonialismo de EEUU. multipolarista.com La democracia no existe en Puerto Rico bajo el colonialismo estadounidense. El pueblo no tiene poder de decisión y no puede alcanzar la independencia a través de procesos eleccionarios amañados.
(2022-08-15). Hunt For Prigozhin: Ukrainian Forces Destroyed Headquarters Of Wagner Group In Popasnaya (Photos, Video). southfront.org 
The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the town of Popasnaya which came under control of the Donetsk People's Republic. The target of the attack were the headquarters of the Wagner PMC. | The strike was carried out on the night of August 13-14. Around noon on August 14, Ukrainian media reported the attack on the Wagner Group in Popasnaya with US-made HIMARS MLRS. In several hours, the strike was confirmed by the footage from the spot. The use of HIMARS MLRS is yet to be confirmed. | The tar…
(2022-08-15). Ukraine: Why Inspectors Can't Reach the Zaporozhye Nuclear Plant. libya360.wordpress.com The UN doesn't want IAEA monitors to confirm Kiev was shelling the power plant, says local administration Members of the UN are blocking a visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP) so they can avoid confirming Kiev shelled the Russian-controlled facility, local official Vladimir Rogov told RT…
(2022-08-15). Iran to present final opinion to EU coordinator tonight. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — Stating that Iran will present its final opinion in written format to the European Union coordinator tonight, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that if the US shows flexibility, an agreement will be reached in the coming days.
(2022-08-15). Drone Hits US Base in Syria; No Casualties or Damage. news.antiwar.com According to a military statement, the US base at al-Tanf, in Syria along the Iraq and Jordan border, was targeted by a series of drones today. US troops have been occupying al-Tanf for years, chiefly with an eye toward supporting a series of rebel groups that have been in and out of Jordan and are trying to control the border area. | There was no claim of credit for the attack, while US statements said the strike put civilians and risk and un…
(2022-08-15). Inflation Reduction Act: white supremacy and Black farmers. workers.org 
Black farmers, fighting white supremacists in the South since Reconstruction to try to keep possession of their land, were dealt another blow in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Wording in that legislation, designed to give loan assistance to Black farmers, was rewritten by Democrats to remove discrimination on the . . . |
(2022-08-15). The U.S. Pivot to Asia: Cold War Lessons from Vietnam for Today. libya360.wordpress.com Cynthia Chung In part one of this series, I discussed how a massive U.S. arms stockpile in Okinawa, Japan that was originally intended to be used for the planned American invasion of Japan was cancelled once the two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. L. Fletcher Prouty, who served as Chief of Special Operations…
(2022-08-15). S.Korea expresses regret over Japanese PM's offering to war-linked shrine. ecns.cn South Korea on Monday expressed regret over Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sending a ritual offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, seen as a symbol of the militaristic and colonial past of Japan.
(2022-08-15). Urgent appeal for unity and mass action: Demand Amazon and Starbucks recognize unions now! workers.org 
Support Amazon Workers Network The Support Amazon Workers Network issued the following call for mass solidarity actions Aug. 10. By Aug. 14 close to 200 organizations and individuals from many states and other countries have signed in support. Pro-union Starbucks workers, Lansing, Michigan. Credit: Workers United Warning: The worker organizing . . . |
(2022-08-15). Expert Alert: What a formula change may mean for Black patients in need of a kidney transplant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Experts are hoping a new requirement that all U.S. transplant centers use a race-neutral formula to determine eligibility for a kidney transplant will improve African American access to lifesaving transplants. "This is an essential step toward reducing racial inequity in access to kidney transplantation," says Naim Issa, M.D., a Mayo Clinic nephrologist. "The inclusion of race in the calculation of kidney function has been linked to disparities in care for African Americans,…
(2022-08-15). China's Union Pay Expands Russian Operations. infobrics.org Two more of Russia's largest banks, MKB and DOM.FR, have stated they are preparing to issue Union Pay cards — MKB and DOM.RF, with the facilities expected to be open from early 2023, while others are also considering the move…
(2022-08-15). Teachers and community organize to fight retaliation and violence by the Oakland School District. workers.org 
Oakland, California The new school year in the Oakland Unified School District began on a seriously sour and disturbing note: a physical attack on people protesting a school closure and the retaliatory firings of teachers. A student-led demonstration in spring of 2022 opposing Oakland school closures. WW Photo: Judy Greenspan . . . |
(2022-08-15). 'We Move This City!' Striking D.C. transit workers fight corporate giant and win. liberationnews.org 
Transit workers from the Washington DC-metropolitan area reached a tentative agreement with management after a nine-day strike.
(2022-08-15). Academic workers picket at UC San Diego against unjust firing of pregnant worker. liberationnews.org 
Dr. Li Jiang, a post-doctoral researcher in the Pathology Department, is facing non-renewal of her position (essentially a firing), after she raised concerns that her supervisor had pressured her into falsifying data.
(2022-08-15). Guatemala: Consensus of Unity for Plurinationality. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Reading of the Declaration of the Consensus of Unity for Plurinationality There is no doubt that the political left (political parties) and the socio-cultural left (most of the NGOs created by the revolutionary vanguards) are in a historic dilemma: either they commit themselves to the articulation of the Consensus for Plurinational Unity, or…
(2022-08-15). VIDEO: We need your help to build the movement for socialism. liberationnews.org 
From the launch of national initiatives, to putting organizers and speakers on the road, to supporting and coordinating local organizing, to producing PSL publications and other media, and to deepening the Party's international solidarity work — the National Fund Drive is essential.
(2022-08-15). Atilio Borón Presents a Practical Solution to EMTRASUR Boeing 747 Case. orinocotribune.com The Argentinian author Atilio Borón issued a proposal on Friday, August 13, to oppose the claims of the Argentinian government, led by President Alberto Fernández. Fernandez claimed that Argentina, being tied by its country's "judicial dictatorship," could not do anything to rectify the Venezuelan EMTRASUR Boeing 747-300 situation. | Borón, however, wrote on his Twitter account that "in just over a minute," he could provide an "effective—albeit temporary—solution that helps Venezuela and somewhat preserves our dignity." He also attached a video of his proposal. | In the video, he recommended that duri…
(2022-08-15). Fighting the Sleep of Reason: Reporting, Class, Independence. libya360.wordpress.com *Tortilla Con Sal An increasingly large number of people now agree that information of all kinds in the countries of North America, Europe and their Pacific allies is deployed overwhelmingly to serve the interests of Western corporate oligarchs and the politicians who front for them. Outlets including news media and NGOs, academic and scientific journals…
(2022-08-15). AFGE hails bill extending VA health benefits to toxic-harmed vets. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —The Government Employees (AFGE), who represent most of the workers at the Veterans Affairs Department, are hailing the new law that extends VA health benefits to veterans exposed to toxic substances while they served in the military. But it took a Capitol Hill all-night vigil by injured vets to get Congress's OK. President Joe …
(2022-08-15). Gobierno de Argentina anuncia envío de ayuda humanitaria a Cuba. telesurtv.net Tras el incendio en la zona industrial de Matanzas, Argentina donará insumos sanitarios para la atención a lesionados por el siniestro.
(2022-08-15). The Truth About Busing Migrants from the Border to DC: A Story of Welcoming. commondreams.org The narrative cycling around conservative media outlets is that Governors Abbott and Ducey have "stuck it to the Dems" by "bringing the border crisis" to their front doors. In reality, mutual aid and solidarity groups have safely welcomed thousands of asylum seekers with dignity.
(2022-08-15). Thousands of Kaiser Mental health workers begin powerful open-ended strike. wsws.org As Kaiser workers begin their powerful strike for their patients and the greater needs of society, their widespread anger must be given political expression with a socialist perspective.
(2022-08-15). Primer ministro cubano arriba a Bahamas para reunión de jefes de Gobierno de Caricom. cubadebate.cu El primer ministro de Cuba, Manuel Marrero Cruz, arribó en la tarde de este lunes a la Mancomunidad de las Bahamas, donde participará en la primera Reunión Regional de Jefes de Gobierno de la Comunidad del Caribe (Caricom), que se celebra con vistas a la Conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático (COP27), en noviembre próximo.
(2022-08-15). Vote NO on the UFCW's sellout contract in Fort Wayne, Indiana! Demand an end to the union information blackout! wsws.org Kroger workers should reject this contract and any contract voted on under circumstances of an information blackout on principle. Workers should demand full copies of the contract and a week to review it before even considering accepting any deal.
(2022-08-15). Australian university union's "historic win" now a "grand compromise" wsws.org The NTEU branch president at Western Sydney University, David Burchell, joined hands with the university's vice chancellor last week to hail the deal as a precedent-setting sacrifice of wages in return for alleged job opportunities for casual academics.
(2022-08-15). Nowhere Land: The Magical Thinking of Santa Cruz Officials. indybay.org "The staff at the Armory treated me so badly I climbed on the van with my walker and bags and moved to the bushes near the Benchlands," explained a recently widowed woman in her 70s at the Union of the Homeless meeting this week. She was one of more than twenty Benchland residents who came to discuss the closing of camp.
(2022-08-15). Why is the Michigan Medicine nurses' union abridging freedom of speech? wsws.org In a Facebook post, the president of the MNA-UMPNC has blatantly used scare tactics to tell nurses what they can and cannot discuss about Michigan Medicine while they are working without a contract.
(2022-08-15). Worst-ever drought devastates Europe amid capitalism's climate crisis. wsws.org This once-in-every- 0-year drought shows that internationally coordinated action is urgently needed to halt climate change and protect critical food and energy supplies.
(2022-08-15). Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación de 850 MW durante de este lunes. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica prevé una afectación de 850 MW durante el horario diurno. Para el horario pico, la UNE estima una disponibilidad de 2 105 MW y una demanda máxima de 3 050 MW, para un déficit de 945 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 1 015 MW durante el pico.
(2022-08-15). Pesticide Exposure Killed my Husband—Farm Workers Need Better Protections. commondreams.org Each year as many as 20,000 farm workers are poisoned and an estimated 11,000 fatalities occur worldwide.
(2022-08-15). Science Saturday: Addressing the challenges of chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) — a type of immunotherapy that reprograms a patient's T cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells — has revolutionized the treatment of blood cancers. While the technique has successfully sent patients with advanced disease into remission, it is far from perfect. CAR-T cell therapy has three main problems that Mayo is seeking to address to bring the full potential of this promising treatment to patients, says Saad Kenderian,…
(2022-08-15). Australian Greens endorse Labor government's bogus greenhouse emissions targets. wsws.org The Labor government's climate policies have been endorsed by leading corporate lobby groups. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese boasted of being backed by "an alphabet soup" of business organisations.
(2022-08-15). Iran weightlifter Rasoul Motamedi wins gold medal in ISG. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — Rasoul Motamedi from Iran gained a gold medal in the Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkey on Monday.
(2022-08-15). Death of GM Lake Orion contract worker in apparent personal dispute highlights deplorable conditions. wsws.org Few facts have been made public around the circumstances of the death of 49-year-old Gregory Lanier Robertson during an altercation with another maintenance worker.
(2022-08-15). Sleeping at the Wheel: The Uber Files, the Media, and the Coup against Labor Rights. transcend.org 9 Aug 2022 – Uber's entire model has been about breaking—if not smashing—labor law (and worker power) through systematic misclassification.
(2022-08-15). Amigo, Enemigo y Cortés, llevado por los números, y un final diferente para una fábula. cubadebate.cu Vamos con una colaboración a dos mentes entre el amigo RARJ y un servidor; en que la matemática exacta y la matemática creativa que casi siempre es recreativa están en acción. Y complementaremos con un ejercicio de creatividad sin números. Recuerden que: "Es preferible una solución insignificante salida de cabeza propia; que una genial copiada en Internet o de otro".
(2022-08-15). The Workers' Movement and Salman Rushdie (1989). wsws.org This is an editorial published by the Bulletin, the newspaper of the Workers League (predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US) on February 24, 1989.
(2022-08-15). 13 al-Shabaab terrorists killed in airstrike in Somalia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) — Somali officials and state media said on Sunday that 13 al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in an airstrike in central Somalia.
(2022-08-15). Nurses denounce Verdi sellout of university hospital strike in Germany's largest state. wsws.org The burning issues and vital demands of nurses and hospital workers—higher wages and more staff—are not addressed in any way.
(2022-08-15). 15,000 Minnesota nurses to vote on strike authorization Monday. wsws.org On Monday, 15,000 nurses will be voting to authorize strike action at hospitals and health systems in the Twin Cities and Duluth, Minnesota.
(2022-08-15). Matanzas fires solidarity firefighters with honors. en.cubadebate.cu Yurisbel Estrada Carrasco, Chief of the Cárdenas Firefighters Command, thanked the work of colleagues from the rest of the country and also those from other sister nations, the Cuban Red Cross, rescuers, combatants, volunteers, and those who sent humanitarian aid. The fire spread and caused the explosion at the supertanker base, in the industrial zone of this city; it was extinguished on the last 12 thanks to the work of specialized forces and media from Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela.They recognize Mexicans and Venezuelans who fought the fire in Matanzas…
(2022-08-15). Cops lie about death of Brianna Grier. workers.org 
Atlanta Marvin and Mary Grier loved their 28-year-old daughter, Brianna, who delighted in dancing and having fun with her three-year-old twin daughters. But on July 15, they were worried that she was not taking her medications for her schizophrenia diagnosis and was talking about harming herself or her children. They . . . |
(2022-08-14). Solving The Plastic Crisis Through Community Empowerment. popularresistance.org Of the 8.3 metric tons of plastic produced in this world to date, 6.3 billion tons of that is trash, and less than 10% of it is recycled, which has created a global crisis, not just with the environment, but our health. | Microplastics — tiny pieces of plastic debris, which result from the disposal and breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste — are now ever-present pollutants now found to be in most places in the world, from marine life to the top of Mt. Everest, and now our bloodstreams. | Plastic pollution also disproportionately affects marginalized communities and communities living nea…
(2022-08-14). US-China Climate Talks In Tatters. popularresistance.org Less than 100 days before the world's leaders meet in Egypt to tackle the climate crisis, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's incendiary trip to Taiwan leaves climate cooperation between the U.S. and China in tatters. | It was only last year, in 2021, that U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua issued a joint statement to strengthen the Paris Agreement by adopting "long-term strategies aimed at net zero GHG emissions" to keep the world's temperature below 2 degrees Celsius, with the goal to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. | Such collaboration is urgently needed if the world is…
(2022-08-14). Red Theory: Constant and variable capital. fightbacknews.org To understand Marx's critique of capitalism, it is essential to understand capital dialectically. We see again and again in Capital itself that Marx breaks things down into their contradictory aspects. We've already seen this with value, which considers both use-value and exchange-value. Now, as we look at capital itself, we will see Marx's dialectical method of analysis at work again, as Marx shows how capital is divided into constant and variable capital. | Let's dig a little deeper into the value of a commodity. Remember that the value of a commodity is determined by the socially necessary labor time that is r…
(2022-08-14). The Stealth Plan For Medicare For All. popularresistance.org Some advocates of a publicly funded universal health care system have predicted that its creation is inevitable because of the "death spiral" of insurance costs. This term refers to the fact that as costs of insurance rise, fewer people can afford it, leading to a new round of rising premiums and out-of-pocket costs. If this cycle were allowed to continue indefinitely, it would be only a matter of time before the medical insurance industry priced its product out of existence. | In a rational world, this simple fact would lead Congress to do what every other industrialized nation has done; create a publicly funded…
(2022-08-14). Spanish solidarity associations send new donations to Cuba. en.cubadebate.cu The Communist Party of Asturias, in coordination with the Cien x Cien Cubanos Association and the Valle del Nalón Hospital, also in Asturias, sent a donation with more than 340 kg of first-aid material, medicines and health products. It is expected the cargo to arrive in Cuba in coming few hours, based on coordination with IBERIA Airline. The Cuban citizen, Bárbara Marín, Cien x Cien Cubanos Association Chair, will hand over the cargo in Cuba on behalf of all people who contributed to this shipment.