(2022-08-27). Blinken Returns Empty Handed From Africa Tour. orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe — Aug 24, 2022 | United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited three African Union (AU) member-states during early August in an attempt to enhance the presence of Washington in the continent. | This tour came amid an escalation of tensions between Washington the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. | Blinken first visited the Republic of South Africa where he had a joint meeting with Naledi Pandor, his diplomatic counterpart. Pandor reiterated the views of the African National Congress (ANC) government which has refused to denounce Moscow over its special milit…
(2022-08-27). Biden Receives Bipartisan Criticism for Bombing Syria. news.antiwar.com After three days of airstrikes against Shia groups allied with the Syrian government, some members of Congress are taking aim at the White House. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy called for rethinking American troop presence in the Middle East. Republicans capitalized on the fighting to call for an end of nuclear talks with Iran. On Tuesday, …
(2022-08-27). Pledging "pain," Federal Reserve declares war on the working class. wsws.org Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech outlined a policy of class war on workers aimed at sustaining record profits, with US corporate profit margins recently hitting a 72-year high.
(2022-08-27). Comicomment: When will U.S. bullying hegemony end. ecns.cn The U.S. military launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in eastern Syria. The United States is not only stealing oil from Syria, but further destroying the oil-rich region.
(2022-08-27). Turkey renews attacks on Raqqa countryside in Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Syrian sources reported Friday that Turkish forces launched airstrikes on northern areas of Raqqa city in Syria.
(2022-08-27). Africans Take UK to Court Over Abuses Committed During Colonial Era. orinocotribune.com Kenyan activists are suing the United Kingdom for its grave abuses during the country's colonial era after London refused to take any accountability for its crimes. | Several Kenyan activists are suing the United Kingdom over abuses committed during the British empire's colonial era, raising a case against the country in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday. | The plaintiffs, Africans forced off their land in the Kenyan Rift Valley, are saying London violated the European Convention of Human Rights through the abuses it committed in Africa during its colonial rule of the continent. | The UK is a s…
(2022-08-27). German workers pay the cost of war as gas and electricity prices skyrocket. wsws.org A price rise tsunami is racing toward working-class households, which means ruin for many. Experts predict that the official inflation rate at the end of the year will be 10 percent, several times higher than the wage settlements agreed by the trade unions.
(2022-08-27). Recently-released videos show federal agents assaulting immigrant workers in 2018 raid at Tennessee slaughterhouse. wsws.org Agents carried out their rampage despite not having warrants, deportation orders or any proof of wrongdoing.
(2022-08-27). Contra Costa County Educators move towards a potential strike over pay and class sizes. wsws.org Potential strike of 90 teachers, who educate students with mental and physical disabilities, after working in unsafe conditions for months.
(2022-08-27). Warning strike at Frankfurt University Hospital in Germany. wsws.org A two-day warning strike left the Frankfurt University Hospital paralyzed until Friday evening. More than 4,000 non-medical employees are taking part, protesting against staff shortages and catastrophic working conditions.
(2022-08-27). Leader condoles demise of Ayatollah Nasseri. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed condolences over the passing of Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Nasseri.
(2022-08-27). CA Tribes and Delta E.J. groups ask State Water Board to reconsider Delta Plan. indybay.org "The State Water Board has made a public commitment to addressing the State sponsored racial inequity baked into the water rights system," said Rica Garcia, an attorney with the Environmental Law Clinic at Stanford Law School. "It now needs to act in alignment with that commitment by addressing the issues raised in the Petition."
(2022-08-27). Kent School District teachers strike for pay rise, smaller class sizes. wsws.org Teachers at Kent Public Schools have launched a strike with overwhelming public support to struggle against inadequate wages, unmanageable class sizes, worsening school and living conditions, and the mass spread of COVID-19.
(2022-08-27). South Africa SAFTA/COSATU General Strike For Workers & Communities. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the South African general strike called by SAFTU and COSATU on August 24,. 2022. Memetlwe Sebei, president of the General Industrial Union of South Africa | GIWUSA which is with SAFTU and Ayesha Rajah who is the chairperson of the Sotasonke Civic Organization are interviewed about the conditions that led to the strike, the organizing for the strike and the future.
(2022-08-27). Xi: Teamwork of China, Africa media crucial. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for media outlets in China and African countries to become facilitators of people-to-people exchanges and guardians of equity and justice to jointly advocate global development.
(2022-08-27). The necessary breach and Rackets and Rockets. indybay.org The climate movement should not be afraid of being accused of radicalism. Given the civilization-threatening dimensions of the climate crisis, it is a matter of sheer collective will to survive to solve this monstrous problem. It is obvious that global capitalism, in its boundless compulsion to grow, is incapable of reducing resource consumption and emissions.
(2022-08-27). Rent Strike: Merritt on 3rd Tenants Demand Repairs, Refuse Rent. indybay.org Merritt on 3rd Tenant Council rent strike rally Tues., Aug 30, 6pm at 1130 3rd Avenue, Oakland.
(2022-08-27). US rail unions in damage control mode as railroaders press for strike action after pro-company federal intervention. wsws.org Now that the PEB's report has been released, however, the unions are desperate to find someway to overcome the opposition from railroaders and ram through a deal along the lines of the board's recommendations.
(2022-08-27). Challenging Colonialism s01 Bonus: Take Action to Protect Juristac. indybay.org Amah Mutsun Tribal Band member Carolyn Rodriguez and Green Foothills Policy and Advocacy Director Alice Kaufman speak about the urgent need to protect Juristac–and how you can contribute.
(2022-08-27). Wednesday 8/24: Pelosi's Taiwan Visit: U.S. Dangerous Saber-Rattling vs. Rival China. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-08-27). New Zealand firefighters hold second one-hour strike. wsws.org While firefighters are determined to fight and have significant public support, the unions are isolating the dispute, and preventing a broader struggle against the Labour government's austerity measures.
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(2022-08-27). RISE for Youth program celebrates successful first year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org RISE for Youth, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Mayo Clinic and the Rochester branch of the NAACP, recently wrapped up its inaugural year of programming. The program, which received funding through Mayo Clinic's $100 million commitment against racism, drew rave reviews from scholars, community partners and Mayo Clinic staff. For as long as she can remember, Aisha Qassim has wanted to become a surgeon. But with no doctors in her family, she wasn't sure of the…
(2022-08-27). Iran says U.S. presence in Syria 'illegal, condemned'. ecns.cn The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned on Friday the U.S. military presence in Syria as an "occupation" and the fresh U.S. airstrikes there as an "illegal aggression against defenders of Syria's independence and territorial integrity."
(2022-08-27). Air strike on playground kills 7 in Ethiopia's Tigray region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — An air raid killed at least seven people, including three children, in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
(2022-08-27). Unión Económica Euroasiática profundiza su integración. telesurtv.net Países de este bloque revelan que el 75 por ciento de sus flujos comerciales se pagan con monedas nacionales.
(2022-08-27). Británicos pagarán 80 por ciento más en energía. telesurtv.net La creciente inflación en Gran Bretaña ha provocado huelgas de diversos sectores laborales en demanda por aumentos salariales.
(2022-08-27). Cuando el amor traspasa las rejas. cubadebate.cu Un caballo, osos, casitas, camiones y conejos sobresalen encima de una pequeña mesa. Se trata de juguetes artesanales que, a la usanza de un gran tesoro pirata, fueron confeccionados por reclusos del sistema penitenciario de la provincia. Se trata de vincular a las instituciones de la provincia en el trabajo educativo dentro de las prisiones, generando así ofertas laborales para los reclusos.
(2022-08-26). Britain's next prime minister Liz Truss says she is ready for global nuclear annihilation. wsws.org Liz Truss, foreign secretary and most likely the next Conservative prime minister of the UK, has declared that she would launch a nuclear strike on Russia, even though the result would be "global annihilation.
(2022-08-26). Quality of Relations, Level of Trust Important for China-Russia Ties in the Next Decade. infobrics.org Why could China achieve its first centenary goal? What will a great modern socialist country look like? Alexey Maslov, Director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University, shared his opinions on these issues with Global Times…
(2022-08-26). Former Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, pardoned by Trump for war crimes, provided "training" to police in Tallahassee, Florida. wsws.org Terrified by growing socialist consciousness and militancy in the working class, police departments are actively seeking paramilitary training from murderous war criminals.
(2022-08-26). Twitterstorm Friday, 26 August: #FreeKhalil #FreeThemAll  ; Our Social Media Toolkit. samidoun.net 
#FreeKhalil #FreeThemAll Twitterstorm Friday, 26 August 2022 10 am Pacific  ; 1 pm Eastern  ; 7 pm central Europe  ; 8 pm Palestine Link to sample tweets: bit.ly/freekhaliltweet Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh has continued his hunger strike for the 176th day. Since his detention was "suspended" on Friday, 19 August, he has been held in …
(2022-08-26). From Nurseries to Nazis: Ukraine's Terrorist Radicalization of Children. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong Part I "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." — Proverbs 22: 6, New King James Version Ukrainian toddler taught to "cut Russians." The year is 2015. The little Ukrainian girl is wearing a Hello Kitty t-shirt that says…
(2022-08-26). 'Peacemaker' of Death: This Ukrainian Website Threatens Hundreds of Thousands with Extrajudicial Killings. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya Mirotvorets, which compiles lists of 'enemies of Ukraine', has been operating with impunity for eight years For the last eight years, a group of publicly unknown activists in Ukraine have been compiling lists of 'enemies of the people' with impunity. Hundreds of thousands have been declared criminals without trial. Among them are not…
(2022-08-26). Eurasian Economic Union Deepens Its Integration. telesurenglish.net The heads of government of the countries that make up the Eurasian Economic Union, meeting in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, agreed on Friday to create the Eurasian Reinsurance Company to support trade ties and continue reducing the dependence of these nations on the West. | RELATED: | According to media reports, the decision taken by the Prime Ministers of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan will provide insurance support for foreign…
(2022-08-26). Deliberate Misrepresentation: Western Media Bias Makes Israeli War on Palestinians Possible. mintpressnews.com 
On August 16, the Israeli military finally admitted that it was behind the strikes that killed the 5 young Palestinian boys of Jabaliya. Whether the NYT reported on that or not matters little. The damage has been done, and that was Israel's plan from the start.
(2022-08-26). Faced with U.S. 'Decapitation Drill'/DPRK Korea missile launch is self-defense. workers.org 
The western corporate media described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's launch of two missiles Aug. 17 as threatening, aggressive and paranoid. What most media failed to report was the prior U.S. military exercises with Japan and South Korea off Hawai'i, in preparation for extensive war exercises off Korea, that . . . |
(2022-08-26). Inflation Reduction Act increases Appalachian climate crisis. workers.org 
Charleston, West Virginia Women, including Crystal Cavalier-Keck and Desiree Shelley, led the May 2021 Water Walk against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Credit: Crystal Cavalier-Keck After an Aug. 7 Senate passage, the "Inflation Reduction Act" (IRA) passed the U.S. House of Representatives Aug. 12, and President Joe Biden signed it into . . . |
(2022-08-26). Angered by inflation, British workers strike. workers.org 
Ever since then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher "solved" Britain's economic problems by hammering down workers while ignoring their needs in the 1980s, the British rulers have preferred the tactic of confronting and crushing the workers. This summer, workers have begun to hit back with a wave of strikes. Thousands, organized by . . . |
(2022-08-26). Inflation Sparks Strikes in Europe, Disrupting Supply Chains. telesurenglish.net Persistently high inflation across Europe has sparked waves of strikes this summer and the industrial actions could put extra pressure on the supply chain that extreme weather has already disrupted. | RELATED: | "There is some concern about strikes at key transport infrastructure impacting global supply chains," said Sarah Schiffling, senior lecturer in supply chain management at Liverpool John Moores University. | Over 1,900 members of Unit…
(2022-08-26). Union representing 55,000 Ontario, Canada education support workers delays strike vote, as Ford government unveils wage-cutting plan. wsws.org The government's proposed four-year deal is a declaration of war on the working class. The below-inflation pay offer sets the stage for an intensification of the assault on public education and an escalation of attacks on the living standards of all workers.
(2022-08-26). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org Bangladesh: 1 ,000 tea garden workers remain on strike; India: Police attack protesting power workers in Telangana; Sri Lankan government printing workers demand wage rise; Australia: Northern Territory public teachers strike; New Zealand packaging manufacture workers strike for higher pay…
(2022-08-26). Congress Considers A National Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights. popularresistance.org $71,610.03: the back wages, interest, and civil penalties paid to a live-in domestic worker by their negligent employer in Seattle. In July, King5 News reported, the city's Office of Labor Standards orchestrated the employer's settlement — redress for their failure to pay minimum wage, provide overtime pay, and track payment. | "I would encourage other domestic workers to come forward and not to be afraid if they believe that the contracts and the form of payment are not being fulfilled according to the work that is done," the anonymous domestic worker shared in the wake of her repayment. | In 2018, exactly…
(2022-08-26). South African trade unions organise "stay away" as warning to ANC. wsws.org COSATU and Saftu are desperately seeking to restore the credibility of the trade unions, guaranteeing the political ties necessary for the capitalists to maintain their exploitation over the working class, and to warn the African National Congress it is sitting on a social volcano.
(2022-08-26). Royal Mail Postal Workers Go on Strike in London. telesurenglish.net On Friday, workers at the former state-owned Royal Mail postal company went on strike in London to demand better wages. | RELATED: | Members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) began protesting from early morning next to one of the capital's post offices, expressing their outrage by beating drums, waving flags, and displaying banners. | They want an appropriate wage increase and oppose the company-imposed…
(2022-08-26). 2,000 Frontier Communications Workers Just Won A Strike. popularresistance.org For the past week, roughly 2,000 telecom workers at Frontier Communications in Southern California have been out on a unfair labor practice strike over a grievance stemming from the company's continued reliance on subcontracting at the expense of union employees' job security. The Frontier workers, affiliated with the Communication Workers of America District 9, walked out last Friday across eight locals representing technicians, call center employees, dispatchers, clerks, mechanics, and construction workers. | On Wednesday night, Aug. 23, Thomas Ham, a fiber-optic technician with Local 9588, announced on Twitter…
(2022-08-26). Indian Workers Defend Their Steel With Their Lives. popularresistance.org The virus of deindustrialisation that beset North America and Europe in the 1970s created a field of scholarly literature on post-work and post-industrial society. These writings led to the curious assumption that the digital economy would be the primary motor of capital accumulation; there was marginal interest in the fact that even the digital economy needed infrastructure, including satellites and undersea cables as well as plants to generate electricity and gadgets to link to the digital highways. This digital economy is grounded in a range of metals and minerals — from copper to lithium. Old steel, tem…
(2022-08-26). Nine For-Profit Nursing Homes Pull A Simultaneous Strike. popularresistance.org One thousand workers at nine for-profit nursing homes in Western New York held one-day strikes July 12 and 13. It's the first time that 1199SEIU (United Healthcare Workers East) has held a coordinated strike across different nursing home employers in the region. | The nursing homes had a common contract expiration date, April 30, and the workers have common demands. They want a $15 starting wage for food service workers, laundry workers, and housekeepers. | "It was about calling on these for-profit owners to meet the wage standards that we have set with the not-for-profit nursing homes in the area," said Grace Bo…
(2022-08-26). The Stakes In Brazil's Election Couldn't Be Higher. popularresistance.org After four years of a right-wing Bolsonaro government, Brazilians will vote for a new president on 2 October 2022. Former president Lula—currently high in the polls—is confronting an increasingly delirious incumbent, who appears to have threatened violent unconstitutional action should he lose. | Bolsonaro's victory came two years after the impeachment of Workers' Party president Dilma Rousseff in 2016, the first woman to be president. The Workers' Party (aka Partido dos Trabalhadores, or PT) had held office since 2003. | The period 2010-2016 was dominated by the 'credit crunch' crisis that sent the w…
(2022-08-26). UPS Is Firing Union Activists In The Middle Of Contract Negotiations. popularresistance.org During the first week of August, UPS Teamsters organized rallies across the country with thousands of workers to kick off their 2023 contract campaign. From now to July of next year when the current contract is set to expire, UPS workers will be fighting for their demands and preparing to strike if they are not met. Among those demands are: air-conditioned trucks, no more excessive overtime, an end to the two-tier system of "22.4s," higher part-time pay, more full-time jobs, an end to harassment, and an end to outsourcing. If UPS Teamsters don't reach a suitable agreement with the company, over 340,000 workers co…
(2022-08-26). 2,000 Kaiser mental health workers strike for better patient care. liberationnews.org 
Over 2,000 unionized therapists, social workers, and mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente Northern California are on strike until the nation's largest non-profit healthcare institution improves access to mental healthcare for their patients.
(2022-08-26). Venezuelan Embrasur Aircraft Crew Meets With Relatives. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, 27 relatives of the 14 Venezuelan crew members of the plane held in Argentina left the Maiquetía International Airport for Buenos Aires to reunite with their loved ones. | RELATED: | Previously, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro activated a "special mission" so that the crew members of Emtrasur are reunited with their families. | "Our humanist and socialist government is in solidarity with those who n…
(2022-08-26). Government of Venezuela Launches Mission to Reunite EMTRASUR Crew Members with Families. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, August 25, Venezuela's national government launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR Boeing 747 crew members, who have been illegally detained in Argentina since June 6, with their relatives. | "On instructions from President Nicolás Maduro, we launched a special mission to reunite the EMTRASUR crew members with their families. Our humanist and socialist government is in solidarity with those in need. The fight for the release of the crew continues," the Minister for Transportation and president of the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services SA (Conviasa), Ramón C…
(2022-08-26). Former Home Malcolm X Shared With Brother Wilfred Being Excavated, Turned Into Museum. moguldom.com A group of archeologists began digging at one of the former homes of iconic revolutionary Malcolm X last month in preparation for turning it into a museum. Located at 4336 Williams St. in Inkster, Michigan, which is about 30 minutes from Detroit, the home was finally recognized by the National Register of Historic Places in …
(2022-08-26). Why People Say There's A 'Nonprofit Industrial Complex'. popularresistance.org Lots of nonprofits do important work‚Äâ—‚Äâlike, say, In These Times, which is a reader-supported 501(c)(3). But the "nonprofit-industrial complex" refers to the larger ecosystem of elite foundations and corporate influence-peddling. | Incite, a network of radical anti-state violence activists, convened a conference to detail this relationship in 2004, titled, "The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex." Incite had been grant-funded by the Ford Foundation— funding Incite lost because of its support for Palestine. | As outlined at the…
(2022-08-26). Venezuela Makes Revolutionary Advances in Stem Cell Treatments. orinocotribune.com 
At a press conference on Wednesday, August 24, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, highlighted the progress that Venezuela has made in the development of stem cell treatments. | During a day dedicated to innovation and research for healthy living and sovereignty, Maduro guaranteed the Venezuelan government's support for the stem cell the…
(2022-08-26). A Marxist view of the search at Mar-a-Lago. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto August 23, 2022 Aug. 21 — The most recent conflict among U.S. ruling institutions displays the depth of the crises wracking U.S. imperialism. As U.S. worldwide dominance declines and the government at home fails to stem growing inequality or resolve health and climate disasters, internal conflicts are sharpening. U.S. ruling-class organizations are battling for control of the U.S. capitalist regime —which decides how and for whom $3 trillion is spent each year. What's unusual is that politicians and pundits have taken public positions contrasting with their past positions. How the…
(2022-08-26). Inmates declare hunger strike in Rhode Island's maximum security prison. liberationnews.org 
Inmates at Rhode Island's maximum security prison began a hunger strike August 21, sparked by the recent heat wave sending prisoners to the hospital.
(2022-08-26). Want More Teachers? Start Valuing Education. inequality.org
(2022-08-26). US Carries Out Airstrikes In Syria's Deir ez Zor Province. popularresistance.org The US armed forces carried out air raids in Syria's Deir ez Zor province on Tuesday, August 23, allegedly targeting forces allied with Iran and the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad, as per a statement issued by the US Central Command. The exact location of the airstrikes and number of casualties, if any, are yet not confirmed. | The statement claimed that "precision strikes" inside Syria were carried to "defend and protect U.S. forces from attacks like the ones on August 15." It said that the strike targeted "Iran backed groups" and were carried out under the direction of US President Joe Biden. | On August…
(2022-08-26). 29 August, NYC: Emergency rally to free Khalil Awawdeh and all Palestinian Prisoners. samidoun.net 
Monday, 29 August | 5 pm | Washington Square Park, NYC | Meet under the Arch | Info: Come show your support for Khalil Awawdeh, on hunger strike for over 177 days, and all Palestinian prisoners!
(2022-08-26). Thousands of Minnesota nurses ready to strike for safe staffing and respect. liberationnews.org 
As the CEOs dug in their heels throughout the five months of negotiations, MNA members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a potential strike of 15,000 nurses.
(2022-08-26). Britain's TUC launches farcical campaign for £15 an hour minimum wage by 2030. wsws.org The Trades Union Congress' announcement reveals an organisation hostile to the working class, and indifferent to the social distress gripping millions.
(2022-08-26). The social and political crisis in the UK and the tasks of the working class. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Chris Marsden, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-26). Colombian President's Security Delegation Attacked. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The government of President Gustavo Petro is willing to negotiate peace agreements with all paramilitary groups to achieve total peace in Colombia. (Photo: Colombian Presidency/Twitter) President Gustavo Petro stated that the violence must end in the country and reiterated his government's commitment to achieve total peace On Wednesday, August 24, a security delegation…
(2022-08-26). "It is 140 to 1 degrees in the back of those trucks": UPS workers speak out about intense heat and other abuses at the logistics giant. wsws.org UPS workers spoke to World Socialist Web Site reporters about the abuses and lies of the logistics corporation and the role of the Teamsters in abetting these conditions.
(2022-08-26). Australia: Where to for the New South Wales rail dispute? wsws.org After months of limited stoppages and halting industrial action on the railways, the Rail, Tram and Bus Union is preparing to strike a deal with the government and wrap up the dispute.
(2022-08-26). Columbus Kroger workers: Vote NO on the UFCW's "new" contract! Build support in the working class for a counter-offensive for better wages and working conditions! wsws.org The "new" contract is no different than the one which workers rejected in July. Little wonder it only took the UFCW a day to "negotiate" it with Kroger management.
(2022-08-26). Pandemic resulted in more worker militancy among other workplace changes. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The coronavirus pandemic, which isn't over yet, has wreaked massive changes on the world of work. At the height of the coronavirus-caused closures in June 2020, 31.3% of U.S. workers teleworked from home, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, through its American Community Survey, reported. That totaled 44.64 million workers, including 41% of working women in …
(2022-08-26). On Labor Day, hail workers in motion!/Support Workers World! workers.org 
Workers World/Mundo Obrero newspaper cheers on the Amazon and Starbucks workers who are leading struggles to unionize their workplaces. These mainly young people of many nationalities and genders are in the forefront of the class struggle in the U.S. Their bold actions have sparked an upsurge of worker-led union drives . . . |
(2022-08-26). Ted Cruz Worries Working Class Might 'Get Off the Bong' and Vote After Student Debt Relief. commondreams.org "Republicans revealing what they REALLY think about the working class," said one progressive commentator.
(2022-08-26). 'Historic Victory': Chipotle Workers in Michigan Vote to Form Fastfood Chain's First Union. commondreams.org "What this vote shows is that workers are going to keep taking the fight to big corporations like Chipotle and demand the working conditions we deserve," said an 18-year-old organizer at the chain eatery's Lansing location.
(2022-08-26). Tibet aids COVID-hit population. ecns.cn A total of 7,270 people in difficulties including 2,452 stranded travelers and migrant workers have been provided with basic living materials valuing 1.818 million yuan (about $265 thousand) since the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Tibet Autonomous Region, said an official at a press conference on Wednesday.
(2022-08-26). Boston teachers must reject the tentative agreement reached by the teachers union. wsws.org The tentative agreement presented by the BTU to Boston teachers denies the existence and danger of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic for teachers, students and their families and provides a paltry wage increase.
(2022-08-26). UK postal workers speak as national strike begin. wsws.org "They are trying to kill the job. If you come into Royal Mail now looking for a secure job and secure pension, if they get away with this, you're coming out with nothing."
(2022-08-26). UK: Royal Mail and Post Office workers begin first of a series of strikes, BT to follow. wsws.org There were large turn outs on picket lines at delivery offices, mail centres and Parcelforce depots across the UK.
(2022-08-26). Expand the Kaiser mental health workers strike! Demand strike pay! Fight for staffing and patients! wsws.org The mental health workers have demonstrated immense courage standing up to a health care giant like Kaiser. But their struggle is being actively isolated and starved by the NUHW.
(2022-08-26). Government subsidizing replacement of permanent workers with temps. peoplesworld.org 
DeMond Bush was living in his friend's basement in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2017 when he heard about a job that could help him get beyond his past. Since getting out of prison two years earlier, the 43-year-old had cycled through day labor and temp work but hadn't been able to find anything steady. He'd spent …
(2022-08-26). "The union doesn't exist in the plant": Powerful support for Will Lehman at Ford Kentucky Truck Plant. wsws.org Ford workers at the Louisville plant were anxious to discuss Lehman's fight to empower workers on the shop floor and sweep away the pro-company UAW apparatus…
(2022-08-26). Clínicas de metadona: acabar con el estigma y el control social. workers.org 
En la década de 1930, la empresa alemana I.G. Farben buscaba una solución a la escasez de opio y a la incapacidad de la compañía para crear nuevos analgésicos. La empresa encontró la solución en un producto químico llamado entonces Dolophine. Ahora llamado metadona (Methadose, Diskets), circuló una leyenda urbana . . . |
(2022-08-26). Especialistas de Cuba y EEUU conversan sobre labores de saneamiento y rehabilitación ambiental en Matanzas. cubadebate.cu Especialistas de Cuba y Estados Unidos intercambiaron experiencias sobre las labores de saneamiento y rehabilitación ambiental relacionadas con el siniestro ocurrido en la occidental ciudad de Matanzas, informó hoy la cancillería. Las partes abordaron las posibles vías de cooperación para la rehabilitación de las áreas más afectadas.
(2022-08-26). Una llamada de emergencia a la acción: Amazon, Starbucks, °reconoced a los sindicatos ya! workers.org 
Red de apoyo a los trabajadores de Amazon El Sindicato de Trabajadores de Amazon (ALU) celebra la victoria electoral frente a las oficinas de la NLRB, en la ciudad de Nueva York, el 1 de abril. La Red de Apoyo a las y los Trabajadores de Amazon emitió el . . . |
(2022-08-26). Friday, Or… Are Fart Jokes Funny? smoothiex12.blogspot.com Unless one is a prude (a euphemism for being a hypocrite), toilet jokes, in general, are funny. I am not going to elaborate on the psychological or cultural reasons for those jokes being funny, but low brow humor does have a massive following and whatever one says, I remember us watching the Naked Gun first time in 1980s and people were suffering from severe stomach pains during the episode of Frank Drebin (God Bless your soul, Leslie Nielsen) going to bathroom during the press-conference of LA authorities in preparation to Queen's visit. So, let's cut the crap here and admit–fart jokes are funny and universal i…
(2022-08-26). Andrea Bowers, revolutionary feminist artist retrospective at Hammer Museum until September 4. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES — This exhibition offers the first in-depth look at the multifaceted career of Los Angeles-based artist Andrea Bowers (American, b. 1965). Studying at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) in the early 1990s and part of a generation of artists who established Los Angeles as an international center of contemporary art practice, Bowers …
(2022-08-25). Journalists Who Challenge NATO Narratives Are Now 'Information Terrorists'. libya360.wordpress.com Vanessa Beeley Nazis congregate on Google Plus 2019. A US state department sponsored round table on 'countering disinformation' was recently held at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. "Information terrorists should know that they will have to answer to the law as war criminals" Andrii Shapovalov According to the press release — "NGOs, mass media…
(2022-08-25). Ukraine's Growing Dependency on Terrorism. libya360.wordpress.com An up-tick of sabotage and terrorism from Ukraine comes as Kiev's forces fail to make any gains on the battlefield. International relations and security expert Mark Sleboda breaks down the context the recent assassination of Darya Dugina took place within, what it means for both Ukraine and Russia now and in the near future, and…
(2022-08-25). US Becomes a Party to the Conflict in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Valery Kulikov The fact that the escalation of the Ukraine conflict is happening not only at the direct instigation of the United States and other NATO allies but also with direct encouragement from Washington, is now openly expressed by many politicians and observers. As Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russia-1 TV on…
(2022-08-25). Are North Korean Military Construction Workers Getting Sent to the DLNR? journal-neo.org 
The establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and the Donbass republics has brought some implications, including negotiations on the restoration of areas destroyed by the Kyiv regime with the participation of North Korean construction workers. On June 17, the head of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation A. Chekunkov stated in …
(2022-08-25). The TPLF's Latest Terrorist Offensive Intended to Punish Ethiopia. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko The West and Egypt want their TPLF proxies to punish Ethiopia for its rising global role as recognized by the BRICS countries and especially Russia, Prime Minister Abiy decisively avoiding war with Sudan earlier this summer, and Addis' third filling of GERD. The TPLF unsurprisingly launched another terrorist offensive in northern Ethiopia after…
(2022-08-25). SBU HQ in Mariupol: Torture and Executions. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent BrayardA few days ago we went with Father Theophane to two SBU buildings in Mariupol, where he himself was tortured and witnessed the execution of a man. The first building was the central SBU headquarters in the city, the second the headquarters for the whole of the former Donetsk oblast. We were expecting a…
(2022-08-25). Iran Receives US Response To EU Proposal To Revive Nuclear Deal. popularresistance.org Iran said on Wednesday that it had received the US response to an EU proposal aimed at reviving the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Tehran has begun a "careful review" of the US response. | "This evening Iran received the US response through the European Union. The careful review of the response has started in Tehran," Kanaani said. "Iran will share its view with the EU, as the coordinator of the nuclear talks, upon completion of Tehran's review." | The State Department confirmed that the US has responded to the proposal, which came after Iran gave its resp…
(2022-08-25). Report: British Envoy Praises Israeli Bombing Campaign in Syria. news.antiwar.com According to a report from Axios, the UK's special envoy for Syria, Jonathan Hargreaves, praised Israel's bombing campaign in Syria during a visit to Jerusalem at the end of June. In recent years, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes in Syria. The Israelis say that the bombing campaign is to prevent Iran from becoming further …
(2022-08-25). The US Legacy In Afghanistan. popularresistance.org The mid-point of August is an important moment in history for Afghanistan and the world. It marks the anniversary of the Taliban's ouster of large portions of the U.S. military from Afghanistan, putting a formal end to a two-decade occupation. U.S. forces left Afghanistan just as murderously as they came in. Joe Biden's administration oversaw numerous war crimes during its haphazard "withdrawal" on August 15th 2021. This included a drone strike that killed ten civilians and at least seven children. | The cost of the twenty-year total siege of Afghanistan is well documented. According to Brown University's Cost of…
(2022-08-25). Nehanda Abiodun and the Legacy of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe African American revolutionary exemplified the movement to end national oppression and the criminalization of a people Black August Series No. 4 Since the early 1980s, the prison population in the United States has grown exponentially with African Americans, Latin Americans and other working class people making up the majority of those incarcerated in…
(2022-08-25). First Columbus Teachers Strike In Almost 50 Years. popularresistance.org At 7 o'clock Monday morning, teachers and education workers of the Columbus Education Association union in Ohio went on strike, marking the first time teachers have gone on strike in the city since 1975. Columbus City Schools is the largest school district in the state of Ohio and the school year was originally scheduled to begin today. | The 4,500-member union — representing teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors, psychologists and other education professionals — met for more than three hours to vote on Sunday. Over 94 percent of members voted to reject the Columbus City school board's latest "fina…
(2022-08-25). Haitians Mobilize Against Insecurity And High Cost Of Living. popularresistance.org On Monday, August 22, thousands of Haitians took to the streets across the country to protest against rampant insecurity, chronic gang violence and a rising cost of living. The protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry, arguing that under his management, the economic and social crisis deepened in the Caribbean country. | In the capital of Port-au-Prince, members of several civil society organizations, popular movements, trade unions, and opposition parties held a massive rally, condemning fuel shortages and soaring prices of essential commodities and basic services. Pr…
(2022-08-25). Reality Is Not What It Seems And That Might Just Save the Climate. popularresistance.org Anti-science rhetoric and special interests have pushed us to the edge of climate chaos. But just as quantum physics disrupted our view of matter and energy, quantum social change disrupts our beliefs about what's possible, how fast, and by whom. | As the world gasped in wonder at the first images of our infant universe from the James Webb Space Telescope last month, we were reminded that human beings are still capable of acts that elevate us all and advance our collective potential. | "[When] my grandchildren … look up at a star, point to it and say 'there's life!' — that's going to be a moment more prof…
(2022-08-25). FBI Harasses Cuban Solidarity Activists For Delivering Medical Aid. popularresistance.org The president of the Cuba Solidarity Committee (CSC) of Puerto Rico, Milagros Rivera, denounces the intimidation operation unleashed by federal agents through calls and visits to several activists of the Committee and members of the Juan Rius Rivera Brigade. | Claiming that they were investigating the Cuba Solidarity Committee, they tried to find out details about the Committee's spokesperson and the recent trip to Cuba by the Brigade under the category "various types of support for the Cuban people". On its tour of the country, the brigade delivered sanitary donations to fight against COVID-19 in hospitals and e…
(2022-08-25). Brazil: Is Lula Under Threat? libya360.wordpress.com Julian Cola "It's also in your hands to prevent the return of corruption and robbery to take hold of the country…It's you who can prevent the release of a prisoner [Lula] convicted of corruption" —Geraldo Alckmin speaking during his 2018 presidential campaign. Four years on, the former governor of Sà£o Paulo is now Lula's vice-presidential…