(2022-01-21). We Are Human, but in the Dark We Wish for Light. dissidentvoice.org 
Carelle Homsy (Egypt), Liberté Egypte, 2009. For over a decade, Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been in and out of Egypt's prisons, never free of the harassment of the military state apparatus. In 2011, during the high point of the revolution, Alaa emerged as an important voice of his generation and since then has been a …
(2022-01-21). The global struggle to close schools and stop the pandemic. wsws.org The fight against school reopenings is once again the spearhead of the global class struggle as masses of youth and educators are unwilling to accept further infections, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.
(2022-01-21). Turkish doctors strike as government policies spread Omicron variant. wsws.org Determination to struggle is growing among health and other workers as the Omicron variant spreads uncontrollably in Turkey and internationally.
(2022-01-21). Stellantis refusing to distribute supply of N-95 masks to workers at Sterling Stamping Plant. wsws.org Throughout the auto industry, even flimsy surgical masks, inadequate to prevent transmission, are no longer being provided while workers report they are not allowed to bring higher quality N-95 masks from home.
(2022-01-21). San Diego sanitation workers' strike ends with sellout contract. wsws.org After a month on strike, sanitation workers returned to their jobs as a result of pressure from city officials and the Teamsters union.
(2022-01-21). At least one in 10 workers out with COVID at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island. wsws.org A leaked internal document has revealed that a large portion of the workforce at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island in New York City were out due to COVID-19 last week.
(2022-01-21). Australian state and federal governments confirm school reopening plan amid record COVID infections. wsws.org The prime minister yesterday continued to bluntly emphasise that the overriding reason that schools had to be forced open was to ensure that workers remained in their work places.
(2022-01-21). Kroger workers denounce court injunction against King Soopers strikers. wsws.org A district court in Denver ruled in favor of the company, restricting picketers to just 10 people on company property.
(2022-01-21). As Omicron rages through US workplaces, 8.8 million workers were off sick in early January. wsws.org The number out on sick leave represents 6 percent of the total workforce and does not include another 3.2 million workers staying home due to fear of contracting or spreading COVID-19.
(2022-01-21). New Mexico governor calls in National Guard to substitute teach as educators and child care workers fall ill from COVID. wsws.org With outbreaks of the Omicron variant resulting in staff shortages at schools, the Democratic governor is mobilizing military forces to act as replacements to keep schools running and parents working to produce profits during the pandemic.
(2022-01-21). Massachusetts hospitals "gasping for air" wsws.org The hospital system in Massachusetts is collapsing as thousands of workers fall to COVID-19 and new COVID-19 hospitalizations push facilities beyond capacity…
(2022-01-21). Australia: Shepparton resident supports Global Workers' Inquest and speaks on "living with the virus" in regional community. wsws.org "I fully support the Global Workers' Inquest and it is my hope that it will shine a light on the most selfish and uncaring of our 'leaders' for their direct action or intentional inaction, so they may be judged for profiteering from the people's pain."
(2022-01-21). Al-Haq Condemns Attack by the Israeli Occupying Forces on Birzeit University Students. orinocotribune.com On Monday afternoon, on 10 January 2022, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) raided Birzeit University campus, north of Ramallah, arresting five students in front of the eastern university entrance.Approximately 14 members of the IOF, some with regular uniforms and others from special forces, some of whom were masked, attacked student representatives as they attended a meeting of student unions (political fractions) in Birzeit University. Local sources say that the IOF drove a white windowless van, usually used for moving goods, with a Palestinian registration plate to access the grounds of the university campus,…
(2022-01-21). Evidence directly implicates British state in Northern Ireland murders. peoplesworld.org 
In a report released Jan. 13, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland Marie Anderson said there was evidence of "collusive behavior" by some British officers in the murder of 19 people and the attempted murder of two others over a four-year period by unionist terror groups. "Operation Greenwich," led by Ms. Anderson, dealt with the activities …
(2022-01-21). On 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' prompted by film director Joel Coen's latest iteration. peoplesworld.org 
Of all Shakespeare's tragedies, Macbeth is perhaps the most strikingly modern. When one considers what Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, written between 1600 and 1606, have in common as an overarching theme, it is this: they all center on the crucial conflict of early capitalism between the Renaissance humanist ideal on the one hand …
(2022-01-21). Peruvian miners strike over COVID surge. wsws.org The miners' action challenges not only the homicidal policies of mine owner Anglo-American, but those of the Castillo government itself.
(2022-01-21). Mia Mottley Sworn In for 2nd Term As Barbados Prime Minister. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley was sworn in for a second term, following her recent triumph in the Caribbean nation's first election since becoming a republic in November 2021. | RELATED: | "We thank the people of Barbados for the clear support they gave us in the election," said Mottley, leader of the ruling Barbados Labor Party (BLP), which won all 30 seats in Parliament. | During her swearing-in…
(2022-01-21). New Zealand PM declares "We won't stop Omicron" wsws.org Jacinda Ardern stated that New Zealand will not go into lockdown in the event of an Omicron outbreak, making clear that her Labour-Greens government has adopted the murderous policy of letting the virus rip.
(2022-01-21). US blockade frustrates Cuba's vaccine internationalism. greenleft.org.au ING Group, the Dutch multinational banking institution, has bowed to pressure from the United States and is blocking donations to support Cuba's vaccine solidarity, reports Ian Ellis-Jones.
(2022-01-21). Lee Camp: Pentagon Fails Audit AGAIN! scheerpost.com 
The Pentagon has a long history of budgetary waste and fraud. They've failed every financial audit they've ever had by mind-blowingly large margins. Fortunately for the war hawks the corporate media has helped the Pentagon cover up their actions. Lee Camp hates to repeat himself but this story requires it because the Pentagon keeps on pouring trillions into military violence so he shines his spotlight back onto the military industrial complex to open this episode. | Lee CampLee Camp is the host of the hit comedy news show "
(2022-01-20). Ralph Nader: Biden's First Year Proves He Is Still a "Corporate Socialist" Beholden to Big Business. democracynow.org 
As President Biden marks one year in office, we speak with former four-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader and The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, who say Biden has failed so far to sell his agenda to the American people and bring about the transformative policy he campaigned on — from quelling the pandemic to passing his landmark Build Back Better legislation. The two also critique the U.S. mainstream press for asking "war-inciting questions," with Nader saying "the self-censorship of the press is overwhelming."
(2022-01-20). Police charged for Fanta Bility murder. workers.org 
Delaware County Three Sharon Hill police in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, were charged with manslaughter Jan. 18 for killing 8-year-old Fanta Bility in August 2021. Following a grand jury investigation, officers Devon G. Smith, Sean Patrick Dolan and Brian James Devaney were also charged with involuntary manslaughter and 10 . . . |
(2022-01-20). 22 January, Canberra: Free Ahmad Saadat! Join an action in solidarity with the struggles of all Palestinian Prisoners! samidoun.net 
Saturday, 22 January 2 pm Garema Place, Civic Canberra, Australia Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/2021889451321806 Palestinian prisoners are consistently engaged in a difficult struggle inside Israeli jails against arbitrary laws and unrestrained brutality. Prisoners are regularly forced to go beyond the accepted limits of human endurance to assert their dignity and the most basic of rights, often with …
(2022-01-20). Éirígí Activists mark Week of Action to Free Ahmed Sa'adat in Ireland. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network received the following report from Éirígí in Ireland about their involvement in the campaign to free Ahmad Sa'adat this week. Solidarity from Ireland to Palestine! Sunday, 16 January, saw Éirígí activists in Limerick join an international week of solidarity actions in support of Ahmad Sa'adat and thousands of other Palestinian …
(2022-01-20). Roadkill-Eating, Dung-Smoking Iranian Who Hasn't Bathed in 67 Years Reportedly in 'Good Health'. sputniknews.com In Medieval Europe, bathing was considered vain among Christian peasants, who would wash themselves only once a year, in June. However, there are some bizarre modern examples of people who are willing to get even dirtier.
(2022-01-20). Russia and Belarus To Respond to NATO's Actions at the Borders. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that the buildup of Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine troops along the Union State's borders(Russia and Belarus) has forced the nations to respond. | Maria Zakharova noted that Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine military actions, brought as consequence Russia and Belarus to responded appropriately. Jan. 20, 2022.
(2022-01-20). The Disintegrating Faàßade of US Democracy. popularresistance.org The US media is the most sophisticated propaganda apparatus that history has ever known, with the incredible ability to make a broad base of unexamined premises and consents widely accepted. Democracy is reduced to the process of electing representatives despite wide knowledge of the fact that the rich control the outcomes and those outcomes are invariably antithetical to the interest of working-class people, especially working class Brown and Black people.
(2022-01-20). The "Great Resignation" is Hype. Workers Need More Benefits, Not Less. cepr.net The political fortunes of the Democratic Party look dim, but the current economy is not too damn bad. How to explain this seemingly contradictory economic news?
(2022-01-20). Solidarity wins in Columbia strike victory. mronline.org 
Columbia's student workers delivered an invaluable lesson—one day longer, one day stronger—that you don't have to have to go to graduate school to understand.
(2022-01-20). UK: Bus workers at First Manchester strike against pay restraint. wsws.org First Manchester bus workers should draw the lessons from the long list of disputes sabotaged by Unite.
(2022-01-20). Education neoliberalism disguised as social policy. indybay.org The share of the workforce with a college, university or technical college education is rising. The ever-increasing demands on skilled workers and the needs of the labor market are also driving up the cost of education. It is right and necessary to ask questions about financing and affordability.
(2022-01-20). Outsourced hospital guards campaign for pay equality at London hospital. peoplesdispatch.org Outsourced security guards at the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London have been demanding rights, pay and other benefits on par with the in-house National Health Service (NHS) workers…
(2022-01-20). 12 Years After Citizens United, the Supreme Court's Right-Wing Revolution Continues. commondreams.org New government statistics show union membership declined by 241,000 workers last year.
(2022-01-20). What's at stake in the looming contract fight of 30,000 US oil refinery workers. wsws.org Thirty thousand oil workers, employed by 14 different companies, face a looming struggle against both the energy giants and the collusion of the United Steelworkers union when their contract expires February 1.
(2022-01-20). CHEP UK workers continue indefinite strike action. wsws.org The union is offering to sell its members short to a company which Unite official Ian McCluskey acknowledges, "increased its pre-tax profits by 173 per cent per worker" over the last two years.
(2022-01-20). Omicron Supply-Chain Disruptions Are Hitting Low-Income Communities the Hardest. truthout.org 
Over the past few weeks, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has swept the U.S., supply chain woes have worsened. | Three things seem to be happening: the first is that so many workers are now out sick that delivery systems to grocery stores and retailers are starting to break down; in other words, the produce has been harvested, but in many instances it's stuck in warehouses, or on ships, or in food silos because of a shortage of people to speedily deliver goods around this huge cou…
(2022-01-20). Clover & The Class War In South Africa With GIWUSA President Mametlwe Sebei. indybay.org Five thousand workers at the Clover Dairy company in South Africa are fighting an Israeli billionaire family the Wertheim's who have taken over the company and have cut wages and threatened thousands of layoffs. South African unions are calling for an international day of solidarity at all Israeli consulates and embassies, South African embassies and consulates and all franchises of Coca-Cola…
(2022-01-20). Toronto caretaker speaks out against school reopenings: "Schools are not safe for in-person learning as long as COVID is not eliminated" wsws.org "By organizing rank-and-file committees," writes the Toronto school caretaker, "education workers will be in a powerful position to force school closures as part of a broader Zero COVID strategy."
(2022-01-20). Venezuelan Parliament Approves Supreme Court Reform. orinocotribune.com 
Congressman Diosdado Cabello described the unanimous approval of the Reform of the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), this Tuesday, January 18, as a great step forward towards the necessary Judicial Revolution in Venezuela, "after extensive consultation and consensus with all sectors." | This was stated by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) parliamentarian after the ordinary session of the Legislative Power, in which they addressed the review of the proposal raised by the president of the TSJ himself, Magistrate Maikel Moreno. | Cabello noted that "the Reform of the TSJ Law allows us t…
(2022-01-20). The Long Roots of Venezuela's Communal Tradition. libya360.wordpress.com Chris Gilbert Socialist communes may be new in Venezuela — officially, they began no earlier than 2009 — but, like much that is new, they also rely on old traditions and hence involve a "blast from the past." On a certain level, it is hardly surprising that overcoming the radical atomization of capitalist society could…
(2022-01-20). Socialists pledge to hold Newcastle Council to account. greenleft.org.au Communities will keep up the pressure on the Labor majority elected to the Newcastle Council, reports Kerry Smith.
(2022-01-20). Tuesday 1/25: The Art of Winfred Rembert: Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-01-20). The Old Black Magic Just Ain't What It Used to Be. strategic-culture.org It is 2022 and regime change formulas don't work, color revolutionary magic which worked for decades doesn't work and even expanding old-school military hardware around the troublesome Eurasian nations of the multipolar alliance no longer works. | The old magic doesn't work the way it used to for the ghouls in Washington, London and Brussels. | It used to be so easy to wave that old wand and watch a troublesome president have his brains blown out on live TV or suffer a violent coup. | There were a thousand and one ways to eliminate a pesky nationalist politician which had been honed over the Cold War years, and…
(2022-01-20). Historian Jack Rakove on American history writing and the falsifications of the 1619 Project and its defenders. wsws.org Professor Jack Rakove is a leading scholar of the American Revolution and the framing of the Constitution.
(2022-01-20). Saturday 1/22: Break all the Chains, Unleash the Fury of Women as a Mighty Force for Revolution! indybay.org Powell and Market Streets, San Francisco…
(2022-01-20). "Behind the Extractivist Criticism of Progressive Governments Lies the Shadow of Conservative Restoration" libya360.wordpress.com Alvaro García Linera In the face of the naive leftism that thinks that a society can escape world domination by itself, Lenin and Marx remind us that capitalism is planetary, and that the only way to overcome it is also planetary. Therefore the struggles and efforts for the socialization of production in a single country…
(2022-01-20). Newsrooms Are Unionizing Pretty Much 'Nonstop'. popularresistance.org Mike Kelly has worked at The Record for 46 years, and until Gannett acquired the New Jersey newspaper in 2016, he saw little need for a union. | But that changed once Gannett arrived. Kelly, a columnist for The Record, says Gannett chopped the newsroom's staff from 190 in 2016 to 100 today and fired many of his fellow journalists in demeaning, callous ways. | "Our nationally known baseball writer was fired just eight hours after the last out of the World Series," Kelly says. "One of our best investigative reporters — a Pulitzer finalist who was one of the first to expose Trump's questionable deals in the Ne…
(2022-01-20). Thursday January 27 Webinar with María Páez Victor: Venezuela's Recent Progress and Political Advances. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela's Recent Progress and Political Advances | With María Páez Victor | Thursday January 27, 4: 00 pm PST / 7: 00 pm EST: | The webinar will be recorded and sent it out to all registrants following the event. We'll also be live streaming on Facebook. FB event page can be found Despite the US-Canada-European Union economic blockade and robbery of its overseas resources, Venezuela has made notable progress in economic recovery…
(2022-01-20). School Privatization Groups Are Exploiting COVID Closure Debates. popularresistance.org Schools around the country have once again been forced to make tough decisions about returning to remote learning due to the explosion of new COVID-19 infections resulting from the highly contagious omicron variant. Despite a recent poll showing that 56% of parents support the suspension of in-person learning to slow the spread of the disease, a counter-narrative has emerged, pushed hard by the mainstream media, that pits teachers (and particularly teachers' unions) against parents. Earlier this week, in fact, in New York Magazine, liberal pundit Jonathan Chait defended Nate Silver's widely criticized argument th…
(2022-01-20). Pdte. de Francia exhorta a Unión Europea a reconocer el aborto. telesurtv.net Andorra, es uno de Estados europeos que aún mantienen la prohibición total del aborto.