(2022-08-30). Romania: U.S. B-52s placed under NATO command for first time, practice offensive strikes. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandAugust 29, 2022 B-52s brought under NATO command for the first time during mission over Romania U.S. B-52s came under NATO command and control for the first time ever during a Bomber Task Force training mission over Romania working out offensive and defensive manoeuvres with Allied fighters. The Allied aircraft from Canada, Romania …
(2022-08-30). Energy Sanctions on Russia Have Been a Boon for China and India. infobrics.org When the UK and the U.S. banned Russian oil imports, and the European Union approved sanctions that made it a lot harder to trade in Russian oil, media reports highlighted the argument that Russian could not possibly replace Europe with Asia as its biggest oil client…
(2022-08-30). George H. W. Bush carrier strike group, anti-missile warships enter Mediterranean. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U. S. European CommandAugust 25, 2022 George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea as part of a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) area of operations, Aug. 25, 2022. The strike …
(2022-08-30). "The Rank-and-File needs to be brought back!": As West Coast dockworkers approach two months without a contract, casual worker calls for unity. wsws.org The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has kept workers on the job without a deal, in maneuvers coordinated with the Pacific Maritime Association and the Biden Administration.
(2022-08-30). The Stakes in Brazil's Election Couldn't Be Higher. orinocotribune.com By Francisco Dominguez  ; Aug 25, 2022 | Ahead of October's election, with leftist Lula leading the polls, fears are rising of a Bolsonaro coup — meaning it's the entirety of Brazil's democracy at stake. | 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 Rous…
(2022-08-30). Biden is Trying to Bring Down Xi Jinping and Organize a "Color Revolution" in China. journal-neo.org 
This autumn will be a momentous time for China  ; in the XX National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party the delegates will confirm China's strategy and development priorities, and elect the country's leader for the next five years. It is likely that Xi Jinping, the current head of the Party, will be reelected for …
(2022-08-30). Residents Refuse To Be Forced From Homes Won Through Past Struggle. popularresistance.org Forty years ago, residents of Philadelphia won a subsidized housing community in the area known as Black Bottom after fighting the discrimination and displacement being used to clear the way for University City. Now the city is allowing that community, 72 residences called University City Townhomes (UCT), to be sold for gentrification. Clearing the FOG spoke with Rasheda Alexander, a resident of UCT, and Sterling Johnson of Philadelphia Housing Action about their efforts to protect UCT and stop the wave of evictions and displacement that primarily target low income black and brown people. Their organizing and act…
(2022-08-30). Candidate for UAW President Will Lehman: "For a united struggle of US, Mexican and Canadian workers!" wsws.org Our struggle against the corrupt, gangster-ridden unions or charros on either side of the border depends on organizing internationally and mustering our combined forces through the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and File Committees (IWA-RFC).
(2022-08-30). Why is the MNA-UMPNC saying Michigan Medicine nurses will receive no strike pay? wsws.org The MNA-UMPNC has posted a series of FAQs on its website in advance of the work stoppage authorization vote this week, one of which says that nurses will not receive any strike pay if they vote to walk out at Michigan Medicine to fight for their rights.
(2022-08-30). Sunday 8/28: LEPAIO: Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO International Operations. indybay.org ZOOM LINK | GOOD FOR SUNDAY, August 28, 2022 | Join Zoom Meeting | us02web.zoom.us/j/81133350622?pwd=dUUyUWppbWt6djVTaElISUhocXpSUT09 | Meeting ID: 811 3335 0622 | Passcode: ICSS2717rs | One tap mobile | +16694449171,,81133350622#,,,,*5892135124# US | +16699006833,,81133350622#,,,,*5892135124# US (San Jose) | Dial by your location | +1 669 444 9171 US | +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) | +1 719 359 4580 US | +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) | +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) | +1 646 931 3860 US | +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) | +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) | +1 309 205 3325 US | +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)…
(2022-08-30). Outrage among Columbus teachers as union pushes through concessions contract. wsws.org After having called off the strike by 4, 0 public school teachers, nurses, librarians, councilors and other educators early Thursday morning, the union pushed through a contract Sunday which meets none of the teachers' basic demands.
(2022-08-30). 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.
(2022-08-30). Task forces to speed up stimulus package. ecns.cn A worker cuts a steel part at the construction site of the T3B terminal project of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Southwest China's Chongqing, July 11, 2022.
(2022-08-30). New Zealand Labour government to expand exploitative migrant labour schemes. wsws.org While tight restrictions remain on permanent residency for immigrants, the Labour government is expanding exploitative and low-paid temporary work schemes.
(2022-08-30). Senior Chinese official stresses accelerating media integration. ecns.cn Huang Kunming, a senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official, on Tuesday urged swifter action to deepen media integration and muster great strength to work together and achieve progress.
(2022-08-30). New revolutionary epoch opens doors for building the ICFI in Brazil. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Tomas Castanheira, a leading member of the the Socialist Equality Group in Brazil, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-30). The fight against Canadian imperialism and for socialist internationalism. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Keith Jones, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-30). Unions announce first tentative agreements with US railroads, as bureaucracy employs divide-and-conquer strategy. wsws.org The announcement of tentative agreements which workers did not want and did not ask for is fresh proof of the need for railroaders to organize themselves independently, and in opposition to, the corrupt union bureaucracy.
(2022-08-30). 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."
(2022-08-30). De vallados, puentes levantados y el giro de la historia. cubadebate.cu El atropello al Estado de Derecho perpetrado por la "Justicia" Federal en la causa Vialidad en contra de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y algunos de sus colaboradores, en donde lo que brilló por su ausencia fueron los hechos, las evidencias y las pruebas concretas, procuró ser disimulado montando un festival de logomaquia en donde lo importante eran la vacía verborragia y la espectacularidad de los gestos del fiscal Diego Luciani.
(2022-08-30). Minint: Ante solicitud de auxilio, se realizan labores de búsqueda de involucrados en salida ilegal del país. cubadebate.cu Mediante una llamada realizada al 107 (número de emergencia marítima), se supo de la solicitud de auxilio de un número indeterminado de personas, involucradas en una salida ilegal por vía marítima, este 28 de agosto, por la localidad de Isabela de Sagua, Villa Clara. Fuerzas cubanas realizan labores de búsqueda en la zona.
(2022-08-30). Gobierno chileno ratifica convenio laboral contra la violencia. telesurtv.net De aprobarse en el Congreso esta ley tendría obligatoriedad en todos los sectores públicos y privados y abarcaría la economía formal e informal.
(2022-08-30). New Orleans protest demands hurricane relief for all immigrants, defends DACA. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Dozens of protesters rallied at the statue of Benito Juarez on August 27 to demand hurricane relief funds for all immigrants, regardless of legal status. The rally also came in response to national call to action by the Legalization for All Network to defend DACA against legal attacks and to commemorate the Chicano Moratorium. | The rally was planned to coincide with the anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Ida, which both made landfall in Louisiana on August 29. Although it was largely the labor of immigrant workers that rebuilt New Orleans after both disasters, many immigrants face…
(2022-08-30). Saturday 9/24: Article deadline for Slingshot issue #136. indybay.org Long Haul infoshop – 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705 – 510 540 0751 – 2 blocks from Ashby BART – corner of Shattuck and Woolsey across from La Pena…
(2022-08-29). US pushing war on China: Malaysia's ex PM explains imperialism's roots in capitalism. multipolarista.com Malaysia's ex Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned the US is provoking war with China over Taiwan. He also explained how imperialism is rooted in capitalism.
(2022-08-29). 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."
(2022-08-29). 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.
(2022-08-29). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…
(2022-08-29). West's Neoliberal 'Age Of Abundance' Is Over. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…
(2022-08-29). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued US Dominance. libya360.wordpress.com Colin Todhunter In March 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a "hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system" in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine. Guterres said food, fuel and fertiliser prices were skyrocketing with supply chains being disrupted and added this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for…
(2022-08-29). Baltic governments use war in Ukraine to accelerate removal of Soviet World War II monuments. wsws.org The reactionary campaign is designed to sow ethnic divisions and erase from historical memory the defeat of fascism and the massive victory it signified for both the Soviet and international working class.
(2022-08-29). Germany Seeks to Ban National Vetoes in EU. telesurenglish.net Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, called on members of the European Union to drop the right to veto in favor of majority voting in several key areas, explaining that this would contribute to the bloc's future expansion. | RELATED: | The German official emphasized that changing the voting practices might facilitate the bloc's growth, describing how the current schemas could annulate the accession of a candidate cou…
(2022-08-29). Why Israel fiercely opposes nuclear deal with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — Mossad chief David Barnea issued a warning shot against the 2015 Iran nuclear deal while the European Union, together with Iran and the US, were engaged in a flurry of diplomatic efforts to get the nuclear deal revived.
(2022-08-29). We Need Public Utilities and We Need Them Now. commondreams.org The European Union's power sector is a good example of what market fundamentalism has done to electricity networks the world over. With the end of cheap natural gas, retail consumers and businesses are paying the price for their governments' embrace of a shoddy theory.
(2022-08-29). Vera Sharav: When a Holocaust Survivor Confirms the Parallels, We Need to Listen. transcend.org 22 Aug 2022 – This is the New Eugenics. It is embraced by the most powerful global billionaire technocrats who gather at Davos: Big Tech, Big Pharma, the financial oligarchs, academics, government leaders & the military industrial complex. These megalomaniacs have paved the road to another Holocaust. This time, the threat of genocide is Global in scale.
(2022-08-29). To Write Off its Debt, the US Stages Wars Everywhere. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov The global economic crisis that has engulfed countries due to Washington's openly voluntarist and Russophobic policies has not only thrown the United States itself into chaos, but has also destroyed the world's multipolar model, changed the status of many states, and led to an increase in contradictions between states and coalitions. It is…
(2022-08-29). Koggala free trade zone workers in Sri Lanka establish action committee. wsws.org Esquel and Aura garment workers denounce job-cutting union betrayals in the free trade zone and the necessity to form action committees independent of trade unions and the capitalist parties.
(2022-08-29). Louisiana case shows: the human toll of abortion bans. workers.org 
Nancy Davis has been confronted by a terrible dilemma. She and her fiancé, Shedrick Cole, who have three children, wanted to have another child. They were very happy about her pregnancy. But instead of looking forward to having a healthy baby, the couple was shocked to get the devastating news . . . |
(2022-08-29). Iraq Heads Towards Chaos As Sadr Supporters Revolt. thelastamericanvagabond.com Popular Shia cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, declared on Monday that he had withdrawn from political life completely, closing down most of his party's offices. Soon after Sadr supporters stormed Iraqi government buildings and fears have grown of a large-scale violent conflict erupting. The Joint Operations Command of the Iraqi security forces announced a 15: 30 curfew in
(2022-08-29). US-China Tensions Over Taiwan Update (Aug 29, 2022) — US Warships in Taiwan Strait. libya360.wordpress.com Update on US-China Tensions Over Taiwan for August 29, 2022 After a series of provocative meetings between US officials and Taiwan's administration in violation of US bilateral agreements with Beijing over the One China policy, the US has now transited warships through the Taiwan Strait. Throughout this series of provocations China has steadily expanded military…
(2022-08-29). 2022 War Abolisher Awards to Go to Italian Dock Workers, New Zealand Filmmaker, U.S. Environmental Group, and British MP Jeremy Corbyn. davidswanson.org By World BEYOND War, August 29, 2022 World BEYOND War's Second Annual War Abolisher Awards will recognize the work of an environmental organization that has prevented military operations in state parks in Washington State, a filmmaker from New Zealand who has documented the power of unarmed peacemaking, Italian dock workers who have blocked the shipment …
(2022-08-29). Herstory: Unmanageable revolutionaries, women and the Irish national struggle. peoplesworld.org 
Margaret Ward's groundbreaking 1983 book on revolutionary women in Ireland, Unmanageable Revolutionaries: Women and Irish Nationalism, 1880-1980, was republished in an updated, revised, and richly illustrated new edition by Arlen House in late 2021. It is a superb introduction to some of the great women in Irish history since Anna Parnell and an excellent detailed …
(2022-08-29). Central bankers back Fed's war on the working class. wsws.org It is significant that in his very short speech to the Jackson Hole conclave, Fed chair Jerome Powell made two references to former chair Paul Volcker whose high interest rate regime in the 1980s resulted in economic devastation for millions of workers.
(2022-08-29). Freeze or Starve? Sanctioning Russia Leaves Germans a Choice this Winter. libya360.wordpress.com C.J. ATKINS Freeze or starve: With energy costs driving up the price of everything, Germans will face a choice this winter. Here, a pedestrian walks through the freezing winter fog in Berlin. | Maurizio Gambarini / dpa via AP The biggest beneficiary in the whole affair, Pohl argues, has been U.S. imperialism. Its energy companies…
(2022-08-29). Boston Liberation Center celebrates a year of organizing, education and struggle! liberationnews.org 
Over 100 people gathered at the Boston Liberation Center on Aug. 21 to celebrate the organizing center's first anniversary. The Boston Liberation Center is a working class community center located at 194 Blue Hill Avenue in the heart of Roxbury, a historically Black neighborhood and one of the oldest neighborhoods in Boston.
(2022-08-29). Brazil: Bolsonaro's Aggressions Cloud First Presidential Debate. telesurenglish.net On Sunday night, six Brazilian presidential candidates participated in a television debate that lasted over 2 hours. Citizen attention, however, was focused on the candidates with the best chance of winning the October elections: the Workers' Party leader Lula da Silva and far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who is seeking a second term in office. | RELATED: | "The debate once again served Bolsonaro to lie about P…
(2022-08-29). Climate Change Causes Torrential Flooding In Pakistan. popularresistance.org Devastating floods are occurring across Pakistan due to monsoon rains. Since June, more than 1,000 people have been killed by floods, with thousands more being displaced and having to go without food. Capitalism makes these disasters the new normal, with workers, particularly those of the Global South, bearing the brunt. | Just this weekend, tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes in Northern Pakistan due to floods. There are many more that still need to be rescued. More than 33 million people have been affected over the past few weeks, millions of homes have been destroyed, and infrastructure su…
(2022-08-29). Strikes Across The UK As Regulator Lifts Energy Price Cap By 80%. popularresistance.org A new wave of strikes are underway across the UK. From postal workers to barristers, organised labour is turning out on picket lines against the backdrop of looming energy cost hikes. Workers across the UK are fighting back by withdrawing labour, sharing their experiences and, on one occasion, surfing around ports at high speed! | The strikes come as Don't Pay, which is campaigning to encourage people to refuse to pay extortionate energy bills, reported an 80% hike had been nodded through by regulator Ofgem. Don't Pay's East London branch also announced a protest at Canary Wharf for Saturday 27 August. Postal wor…
(2022-08-29). Sept 8: National organizing call — Demand Amazon, Starbucks recognize unions now! iacenter.org Demand Amazon and Starbucks recognize unions now! Attend the virtual solidarity mobilization meeting for coordinated mass actions across the country Thursday, September 8 7pm et | 6pm ct | 5pm mt | 4pm pt Register for the call We have proposed these dates for coordinated mass actions across the country: Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day (or around that date, depending on the city): Organize a presence at Labor Day marches or organize your own action; the Amazon Labor Union is holding an action with Starbucks Workers United in New York City, Sept. 5. Thursday, Sept. 29: Put on a pro-u…
(2022-08-29). The Pandemic Rise in Self-Employment: Who Is Working for Themselves Now? cepr.net Key Findings: | The increase in self-employment was disproportionately among women and especially non-white women. | The rise in self-employment is much larger among workers with young children (under age 6) in the household than those without young children. | Although reasons for choosing self-employment vary, the ongoing childcare crisis has made it difficult for working-class mothers with young children to seek or maintain conventional payroll jobs. Part of the rise in self-employment is likely due to some of these mothers shifting from payroll jobs to self-employment in order to meet work-family res…
(2022-08-29). Kent educators' strike opens school year. workers.org 
Seattle Over 1,700 educators went on strike in working-class Kent, Washington, near Seattle, to open the school year. On Aug. 22, 1,600 school workers voted by 94% to walk out, according to Kent Education Association Vice-President Layla Jones. Picket lines of the KEA went up Aug. 25, and by the . . . |
(2022-08-29). Yvonne Swan Wanrow set precedent for self-defense cases. workers.org 
Record numbers of women and gender-oppressed people are being locked up. Writing for the Guardian, Marianne Kaba estimated that between 71% and 95% of incarcerated women have experienced physical violence from an intimate partner. As children and adults they experienced multiple forms of physical and sexual violence. This has been . . . |
(2022-08-29). PSUV Celebrates Election of Community Delegates. orinocotribune.com 
"More than 45,000 communities in popular assemblies have elected their respective delegates and I express all my support. We are all winners," said President Maduro. | On Saturday, August 27, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, congratulated the country on the election of the new community delegates of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). | "More than 45,000 communities in popular assemblies have elected their leaders. I e…
(2022-08-29). PSUV: 79% of Elected Street Delegates Are Women (+Irregularities). orinocotribune.com During this weekend's election day for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV) grassroots representatives, 55% of street delegates' mandates were renewed. | "Congratulations to those compañeras and compañeros who have already taken office," said PSUV vice president Diosdado Cabello during a press conference. "At this time, 45,125 communities have been registered. One process is teaching the others. We have been learning. The creativity of our people has been extraordinary." | This week the elections of the heads of the Hugo Chávez Battle Units (UBCh) will be held, noted Cabello. For this process, the vot…
(2022-08-29). One Year Later, the US Must Evacuate the Kabul Drone Strike Survivors. aclu.org 
One year ago, my phone rang in California at what I knew was 2: 00 a.m. in Afghanistan. It was the country director of Nutrition & Education International, the non-profit food aid organization I founded 18 years ago and lead as president. "Dr. Kwon, Zemari is no longer with us," he told me. "Zemari has died with his children due to a drone strike." In my immediate shock, this news hardly made any sense at all. | Zemari was one of the first six people NEI ever hired. He grew up poor, like many Afghans, and started with us in 2006 as a handyman. He never attended school for formal training, but was extraordinaril…
(2022-08-29). Khalil Awawdeh's message to the world: "Our cause is just, regardless of the high price paid" samidoun.net 
Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, on his 180th day of hunger strike, issued a video message to the people of the world, where he speaks slowly and laboriously, with his emaciated body visible, highlighting the justice of the Palestinian cause: "Oh, free people of the world, this suffering body, of which nothing remains but skin and …
(2022-08-29). Red Theory: Capitalist accumulation and overproduction. fightbacknews.org It is a fact of historical materialism that the development of the productive forces reduces the amount of labor required by production. As technology and techniques improve, the amount of work required to meet human needs is reduced. This should be a fact that liberates humanity from toil, freeing us to pursue our interests, hobbies, goals of self-development, and so on. | But that's not what has happened, and there is a material reason why that hasn't happened. In fact, under capitalism, it cannot happen. The capitalist relations of production – the relations of class, division of labor and ownership – stand i…
(2022-08-29). Venezuela's Maduro Expresses Solidarity with Argentina's Cristina Fernández Against 'Abominable' Lawfare. venezuelanalysis.com "It is no coincidence that this new right-wing offensive against you is unleashed precisely when renewed projects of unity Our America have begun to take shape," said Maduro.
(2022-08-29). Macron Insulted Africans' Intelligence. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew The shameless ethno-nationalist supremacy associated with his hateful remark will result in Africans doubling down on their anti-imperialist and Pan-Africanism activism since no self-respecting person would ever capitulate in the face of such blatantly racist pressure and thus voluntarily submit themselves to being dominated by their abuser. French President Macron claimed during his latest trip to…
(2022-08-29). The United Farm Workers march to the California state capitol. peoplesworld.org 
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The United Farm Workers Union (UFW) and their supporters assembled at Southside Community Park two miles from the California State Capital. Thousands of supporters came to support the UFW unionization protection bill. They chanted and marched to the State Capitol to show support for Assembly Bill 2183. AB 2183 would amend the …
(2022-08-29). 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.
(2022-08-29). Exchange with a railroad worker and Will Lehman, socialist candidate for UAW president: How to build rank-and-file committees. wsws.org Lehman is running on a platform of abolishing the UAW apparatus and to build workers' power through rank-and-file committees.
(2022-08-29). Five construction workers injured in explosion in Auckland, New Zealand. wsws.org While the precise cause of the disaster is not known, New Zealand's construction industry is increasingly dangerous, with 12 workplace deaths recorded last year.
(2022-08-29). Kaiser mental health workers in Northern California share their experiences as strike enters third week. wsws.org As the strike at Kaiser reaches its third week, workers explain that they are on strike for better staffing and shorter wait times for patients.
(2022-08-29). American University staff union calls off five day strike against poverty-level pay and management abuses. wsws.org The AU workers' strike brought them into a conflict against not just the campus, but against powerful sections of the Democratic Party and corporate apparatus.
(2022-08-29). UFCW's message to Columbus Kroger workers following rejection of second sellout deal: "Continue to work" wsws.org Columbus workers handily defeated the sellout contract by an over 70 percent margin, which was reached after just one day of negotiations and included barely any changes to the first contract, which workers rejected in July.
(2022-08-29). Union strangles dockworkers' strike movement in Germany. wsws.org On closer inspection, the wage settlement turns out to be a sham. Nothing has been decided yet, and dockers should make it clear that they will not accept this sell-out.
(2022-08-29). Monkeypox reported at General Motors' Wentzville plant, suspected at Flint Assembly. wsws.org The UAW has remained silent on the spread of monkeypox in the plants, in line with its efforts to cover up the disastrous toll COVID-19 has had on workers.
(2022-08-29). Minnesota nurse kicked in abdomen in 31st week of pregnancy. peoplesworld.org 
MINNEAPOLIS ;Union nurses from the Minnesota Nurses Association and 15 hospitals from the Twin Cities and Duluth held an informational picket line in front of Hennepin Healthcare on Monday after they overwhelmingly voted on August 15 to authorize a strike. Nurses are demanding that hospital CEOs put Patients Before Profits and implement safe levels of staffing, solutions …
(2022-08-29). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman concludes historic tour of US auto plants with online meeting. wsws.org More than 1 workers and supporters of Lehman's campaign attended an online meeting Saturday to discuss the development of a rank-and-file movement against the UAW apparatus.
(2022-08-29). 'Sign the Bill!': United Farm Workers Press Newsom on California Union Measure. commondreams.org "We will let Gov. Newsom know our desire and courage to stand up for what is right for farmworkers and the labor movement," said labor and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta.
(2022-08-29). NASA moon rocket on track for launch despite lightning strikes. ecns.cn The rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad.
(2022-08-29). 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.
(2022-08-29). London United bus drivers take second round of two-day strike action. wsws.org At Shepherds Bush a driver discussed with David O'Sullivan the issue of a rank-and-file committee, "I would like to know how this would work. We got 1.5 percent from the union last year and our strike was left completely isolated…We need something different."
(2022-08-29). Ford-Spain signals plant closure, more attacks on auto workers in Valencia. wsws.org Last week, Ford Spain announced it was refusing millions of euros in corporate bailout from the Spanish government, citing a "revised outlook for Europe".
(2022-08-29). Major League Baseball Players Launch Drive to Unionize 'Outdated, Exploitative' Minors. commondreams.org "Minor leaguers represent our game's future and deserve wages and working conditions that befit elite athletes who entertain millions of baseball fans nationwide."
(2022-08-29). Acertijos de dos colaboradores y un ejercicio de pensamiento creativo de actualidad. cubadebate.cu Este acertijo que cierra agosto será a seis manos y tres: Marga, RARJ y yo. Marga, siempre fiel a nuestra columna, no nos olvida y aún lleva un tiempito por la Ciudad Luz. RARJ no quiere dejar pasar el homenaje al reciente aniversario de la FMC. Y yo voy con un exprimidor de neuronas para lidiar con los apagones. °Manos y mente a la obra!
(2022-08-29). Más de 29.000 venezolanos se acogen a Plan Vuelta a la Patria. telesurtv.net "Celebramos el éxito de este programa que brinda el abrazo protector del Gobierno Bolivariano a nuestros connacionales en el mundo", expresó el canciller.
(2022-08-29). Hallan explosivo en Colombia previo a reunión de Gustavo Petro. telesurtv.net El mandatario reiteró en Ituango el llamado a los grupos armados a pactar un cese al fuego multilateral y acogerse a su propuesta de paz total.
(2022-08-29). In Bolivia, a massive rally says 'The coup plotters shall not pass'. workers.org 
Andrés Figueroa Cornejo wrote this article from Bolivia (under a Creative Commons license) about a massive popular preemptive action aimed at stopping a U.S.-backed military coup before it got rolling. The article was published in rebelion.org on Aug. 27. Translation: John Catalinotto. La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 25: Mass rally counters . . . |
(2022-08-28). How China and its anti-neoliberal globalization challenges US-led imperialism and its Monroe Doctrine. multipolarista.com The hegemony of US imperialism led to a global consolidation of capitalism. But the rise of China and its model of productive, anti-neoliberal globalization offers an opportunity for Latin America, and the world, to challenge neocolonialism.
(2022-08-28). The Ethiopian Embassy in the US Decisively Responded to the New York Times' Disinformation. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko What's so devious about their latest report is that it masquerades as objective but deliberately twists some key facts while purposely omitting others in order to artificially manufacture a false perception of the conflict that entirely blames the central government for everything. Casual news consumers might therefore easily be misled into falling for…
(2022-08-28). Faced with U.S. 'Decapitation Drill', DPRK Korea Missile Launch is Self-Defense. libya360.wordpress.com Sara Flounders Tens of thousands of South Koreans demonstrate Aug. 13, during the first round of military drills Aug. 8-14. This "military drill" was described as preparation for a larger 11-day U.S.-South Korean military operation Aug. 22 to Sept. 1. Credit: Xinhua The western corporate media described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's launch of…
(2022-08-28). Every Meddling Tactic the U.S. Empire Has Used in Ukraine Has a Historical Precedent. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The perception of the events in Ukraine that U.S. imperialism seeks to propagate is one of "see no evil, hear no evil" when it comes to the role Washington has played. The demonization of Russia is so extreme that Kiev supporters often can't even admit the conflict is a proxy war, for fear…
(2022-08-28). Russian Allegations of Rampant Nazism in Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Gilbert Doctorow A couple of weeks before Vladimir Putin announced his 'special military operation' in Ukraine, he met in the Kremlin with Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz. At their joint press conference following the meeting, Putin mentioned in passing that Ukraine is controlled today by neo-Nazis. This remark was famously ridiculed by Scholz as "laughable," thereby…
(2022-08-28). The Twin City Co-op Wars: An Interview With Erik Esse. popularresistance.org In this episode of All Things Co-op, Cinar and Kevin talk with Erik Esse, the producer of the new documentary The Co-op Wars. The Co-op Wars traces the history of the food cooperative movement in the mid to late 1970s in Minnesota's Twin Cities. The rapid development of the food co-op network in the area prompted a split between anarchist "hippies" and Bolsheviks who styled themselves as the "Cooperative Organization" and set about taking over the People's Warehouse by force. The film provides powerful lessons for cooperative organizations and activists today. As Erik and the ATC guys dissect the film and its imp…
(2022-08-28). Philippines: Free Adora Faye de Vera, poet, patriot and warrior for women's liberation. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 27 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | We join the clamor of women's groups, artists, poets, rights defenders and other democratic organizations for the immediate release of Adora Faye de Vera. Adora Faye was arrested by police last Wednesday afternoon in her place of residence in Quezon City, and later brought to Calinog town, Iloilo, where she is being made to face false criminal charges. She joins at least 800 other political prisoners in the Philippines who continue to suffer unjust incarceration. | Adora Faye is an artist, a poe…
(2022-08-28). Oakland, CA: Tenants Demand Repairs, Declare Rent Strike. popularresistance.org Oakland, California – Tenants of 180-unit Oakland apartment building Merritt on 3rd are collectively refusing rent Sept. 1 until the landlord meets demands related to chronic habitability issues. | The Merritt on 3rd Tenant Council and Tenant and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) present speakers and banners at a rally at the 1130 3rd Ave. building on Tues., Aug 30, 6pm. | The Merritt on 3rd Tenant Council formed in June, 2022 to address building deterioration, mismanagement, and high rent imposed by landlord Kennedy Wilson and FPI Management. | Habitability issues resulting from the landlord's neglect include a rat i…
(2022-08-28). Activists land in Cuba with emergency medicine delivery. answercoalition.org On Friday, August 26, activists with the Hatuey Project and ANSWER Coalition successfully delivered a shipment of medicines and equipment to help in the treatment of the people who suffered serious burns in the massive Supertanker oil fire in Matanzas, Cuba. Four tanks carrying millions of gallons of fuel were consumed by flames after a lightning strike, starting August 5. Hundreds of people were burned. Tragically, 14 firefighters died fighting the fire. | | As soon as the giant fire became news, ANSWER and the Hatuey Project issued an emergency appeal for donations, together with other solidarity organizat…
(2022-08-28). 'A fearless leader': South African shack-dwellers' leader, Lindokuhle Mnguni, assassinated in Durban. liberationnews.org 
28-year-old Lindokuhle Mnguni, the twice imprisoned chairperson of the eKhenana commune of South African shack dwellers' movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), was gunned down at his home…
(2022-08-28). Protests Threaten Biden Administration's Plans for a New Golden Era in U.S.-South Korean Relations. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov Protests in Seoul against THAAD missiles. [Source: defensenews.com] Protesters in Seoul demand withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea During his trip to the Indo-Pacific in May, U.S. President Joe Biden made his first stop in South Korea where he hoped to inaugurate a new golden era of U.S.-South Korean relations. South Korea's…