(2022-07-23). Biden's Presidency Isn't Sinking Because of the Left—It's Because of Right-Wing Democrats. commondreams.org Don't blame progressives for Biden's failures. It's the party's right flank that abandoned the working class.
(2022-07-23). Zionism and the Dark Side of Germany. dissidentvoice.org 
Post World War II Germany has exhibited commendable characteristics — publicly atoning for its Nazi past, working assiduously to create a thriving nation, designing a truly democratic country, integrating its European compatriots into a common market, leading others in opening borders to refugees, and modifying its previous ultra-nationalism to form the European union. Behind these …
(2022-07-23). Turkish Drone Strike Reported in East Syria, Three Killed. news.antiwar.com A Turkish drone strike destroyed a car in a residential area near Qamishili on Friday, The Syria Observatory for Human Rights reported this as the fourth Turkish drone strike in the area in the past two days. The attacks seem to be targeting cars, but it's not 100% clear why. | The area is under at least partial control of the Kurdish YPG, so it's possible their members are being targeted. That would be in keeping with Turkish policies. | This isn't…
(2022-07-23). NYC labor unions demand reinstatement of fired Starbucks organizer. liberationnews.org 
While SWU is demanding Locke's reinstatement with backpay and compensation for harassment and illegal termination, its members and other organizers at the rally also expressed the need for solidarity among all workers to confront the common enemy of the capitalist class.
(2022-07-23). Brookline, Mass. Starbucks workers on first indefinite strike to fight retaliation and discrimination. liberationnews.org 
Workers at the 874 Commonwealth Avenue location in Brookline, Massachusetts began an indefinite strike on July 18 — the first of its kind for the union.
(2022-07-23). FRSO condemns State Department designation of Communist Party of the Philippines as 'terrorist'. fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns in the strongest possible terms the U.S. State Department decision to keep the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army on its list of designated "Foreign Terrorist Organizations." This is an example of confounding facts with fiction, and it is an attempt to criminalize international solidarity. | The real terrorists in the Philippines are to be found in the U.S.-backed regime of President Marcos. Jails in the Philippines are filled with political prisoners. Trade union federations, like the May First Workers Movement, face constant government repre…
(2022-07-23). Global Unions Demand Immediate Release of Syrian Journalist Kidnapped by SDF. orinocotribune.com By Steve Sweeney  ; Jul 19, 2022 | SYRIAN journalist Mohammad al-Saghir must be released by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), global unions said today as he started a hunger strike in protest against his treatment. | The correspondent for the al-Ikhbariyah news channel has been held by the Kurdish-led authorities in Syria's Hasakah province since June 2019 when it is alleged he was abducted. | Fears have been raised over his health with his colleagues concerned over his safety while his family say he has suffered a number of strokes while in jail. | Friends and colleagues have alleged that Mr Saghir has been…
(2022-07-23). Connecting Dots: Privatization of Community Colleges & Public Services With Non-profits. indybay.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization SLAP had a day long educational conference on the privatization of education, the Port of Oakland and public services with non-profits. | This was part 2 of the meeting.
(2022-07-23). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Indian public sector insurance workers hold national strike; Andhra Pradesh rural health workers demand minimum wage; Sri Lankan teachers and health workers protest fuel shortages; Australia: Sydney commuter rail workers to strike again…
(2022-07-23). Australian government prepares pro-business university "Accord" wsws.org The purpose of the "Accord" is to bring the education trade unions into a closer partnership with business chiefs, university managements and government representatives to further restructure universities to satisfy the demands of the corporate elite.
(2022-07-23). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.
(2022-07-23). Greater Idlib Militants Shell Government-Held Towns, Kill Or Wound Seven Civilians (Videos). southfront.org 
On July 22, two civilians were killed and five others were wounded when militants based in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib shelled the government-held towns of al-Suqaylabiyah, al-Baraka, Nobol Elkhatib and Jurin with artillery and multiple rocket launchers. | The three towns are located in the northwestern countryside of Hama. The militants' rocket and artillery strikes targeted several other government-held towns in the northern Lattakia countryside, the southern Idlib countrys…
(2022-07-23). US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon. indybay.org Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts.
(2022-07-23). UAW announces second tentative agreement for parts workers at Ventra Evart. wsws.org Details of the new contract have not been released, but given the conditions in which it was "negotiated," there can be no doubt that the new TA will offer no basic improvements over the last one which workers overwhelming rejected.
(2022-07-23). AFL-CIO Pres Liz Schuler Helps The Union Busters. indybay.org AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler is helping a union busting conference by the bosses by attending and helping to give it credibility. Her collaboration with the bosses is another example of the collaboration with the union busters.
(2022-07-23). VIDEO: Chanting "Hello Commander" song in Bayn al-Haramayn. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The epic song themed with generational support for the Islamic Revolution dubbed "Salam Farmandeh or Hello Commander" was performed in Bayn al-Haramayn, the area between the Imam Hossein Shrine and Hazrat Abbas shrine in Iraq.
(2022-07-23). Peasants form action committee in southern Sri Lanka to fight government attacks. wsws.org The inaugural meeting issued a call for the formation of a wide network of action committees to organise united action to overcome the serious economic problems confronting peasants.
(2022-07-23). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.
(2022-07-23). Letter to UAW delegates from Will Lehman: "The UAW has become a union in name only" wsws.org The WSWS is reposting a letter sent by UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman to delegates attending the Constitutional Convention beginning on Monday, July 25.
(2022-07-23). Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights in Union Square. indybay.org Photos: Cornelia Grimes / Pro Bono Photo | Part of Ongoing protest for Abortion Rights in the Bay Area…
(2022-07-23). SEP condemns state attack on Galle Face protesters in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The military/police violence is a warning of what is to come if the parties of the capitalist class are left in power. It adds to the urgency of workers and rural toilers taking up the political initiative outlined by the SEP in its July 20 statement entitled "For Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses!".
(2022-07-23). La Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación de 412 MW durante el horario pico de este sábado. cubadebate.cu La UNE informa que para el horario pico de este sábado se estima una disponibilidad de 2 508 MW, una demanda máxima de 2 850 MW y un déficit de 342 MW, por lo que se pronostica una afectación de 412 MW. Los especialistas de la UNE estiman una afectación máxima de 500 MW en el horario diurno.
(2022-07-23). Lisa Health launches Midday, an app leveraging AI to personalize the menopause journey, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org OAKLAND, Calif. and ROCHESTER, Minn. — Today, Lisa Health, a digital health company creating advanced technology solutions for menopause and healthy aging, launched Midday: an app that leverages AI, sensor technology, and digital therapeutics to support women on their menopause journey. Midday is a personalized digital health solution that illuminates what is happening physically and emotionally during menopause and provides the right intervention at the right time to promote healthy aging. As part of a…
(2022-07-23). IRGC Commander Visited Syria Before Last Wave Of Israeli Strikes On Damascus  ; Report. southfront.org 
Vice commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Hossain Salami. | Major General Hossein Salami commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) paid a secret visit to Syria before the According to the Saudi-sponsored UAE-based news channel, Salami met with Syrian officials to d…
(2022-07-23). Growing opposition to Twitter censorship of Socialist Equality Party (Australia). wsws.org More than 48 hours since it effectively disabled the SEP's account, the social media corporation has provided no credible explanation or responded to demands for the measure to be reversed.
(2022-07-23). Yet another powerful earthquake strikes south of Iran again. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake at a depth of 10 kilometers shook Bandar Khamir in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan on Saturday afternoon.
(2022-07-23). [Comment] Contraceptive mix and informed choice. thelancet.com Contraceptive use is associated with economic development, improved maternal and child health, education, and the empowerment of women and their family planning needs.1 These gains can also reduce poverty and slow population growth.2—3 Access to contraception supports the quest for gender equity4 and human rights,5 and represents a strategy to reduce health system and household costs.6 Measuring progress toward satisfying the need for family planning entails assessing the general contraceptive prevalence and unmet demand and the range and types of contraceptive procedures employed.
(2022-07-22). Moscow, Kiev and Ankara Reach Grain Agreement in Istanbul. libya360.wordpress.com Observateur Continental Negotiations on the export of Ukrainian grain from the part of the Black Sea controlled by the Ukrainian army took place in Istanbul. Military delegations from Russia, Turkey and Ukraine as well as representatives of the UN came to Istanbul to discuss the food crisis. So what is the substance of the planned…
(2022-07-22). Western Delusion of "Isolating" Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh For months, the West has been projecting a geopolitics of "isolating" Russia, both economically via sanctions and diplomatically via creating anti-Russia counter alliances around the world. But how is this geopolitics of "isolation" working? Five months into the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the fallout of this war — in particular the…
(2022-07-22). EU imposes more sanctions on Russia. ecns.cn The European Union on Thursday imposed more sanctions on Russia over its conflict with Ukraine, including a ban on gold imports and the tightening of export controls on high-technology goods.
(2022-07-22). Inside Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution: 43 years resisting imperialism. multipolarista.com Benjamin Norton reports from inside Nicaragua on the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. This mini-documentary explores the Sandinista Front's emphasis on social programs, popular participation, anti-imperialism, and internationalism.
(2022-07-22). Australia Finally Recognizes That The AUKUS Deal Makes No Sense At All. popularresistance.org In September 2021 Australia, the UK and the U.S. announced AUKUS, a new alliance under which Australia would buy nuclear submarines from either the U.S. or UK and ditch its contract for French diesel driven u-boats. | I spelled out the details and the negative consequence of the deal: | To Protect Itself From U.S. Hostility Australia Decides To Buy U.S. Submarines | This is a huge but short term win for the U.S. with an also-ran booby price for Britain and a strategic loss of sovereignty and budget control for Australia. | It is another U.S. slap into the face of France and the European Union. The deal will piss…
(2022-07-22). 'Lies Against Our Democracy': Lula Rips Bolsonaro's Speech To Diplomats. popularresistance.org Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday accused President Jair Bolsonaro of lying 20 times during a meeting with international diplomats in which the far-right incumbent repeated his baseless attacks on the integrity of the nation's election system. | While offering no credible evidence to support his claim, Bolsonaro told dozens of diplomats from countries including the United States and members of the European Union that the Brazilian electoral system is "completely vulnerable" to fraud in the run-up to this October's presidential election. | According to Folha de Sà£o Paul…
(2022-07-22). Israeli Airstrikes Kill Three Syrian Soldiers Near Damascus. news.antiwar.com Overnight Thursday into Friday say Israel carry out a flurry of airstrikes against Syria, hitting areas around the capital of Damascus, Details are still coming in on what happened. Syrian state media reported that the missiles were fired over the Golan Heights, and that most of them were intercepted by air defenses. | Syrian media also reported damage caused, in and around the strike, but did not clarify what was hit. Israel, as usual, did not of…
(2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Kills Seven in North Syria's Idlib. news.antiwar.com Details are emerging on a new Russian airstrike against rebel-held Idlib in northern Syria. Seven were reported killed, with the All White Helmet claims are taken with a pinch of salt, as they tend to offer statements that designed to carry a very specific pro-war narrative . | In this case, not only did they attack a rebel-held neighborhood, the statement claims Russia attacked an olive farm and that children were among the slain. | The area attacked is one of the last rebel-held areas in Syria, so its not surprising Russia is…
(2022-07-22). Israeli Airstrikes Kill Five Syrian Soldiers Near Damascus. news.antiwar.com Overnight Thursday into Friday, Syrian officials say, Israel carried out a flurry of airstrikes against Syria, hitting areas around the capital of Damascus, Details are still coming in on what happened. Syrian state media reported that the missiles were fired over the Golan Heights, and that most of them were intercepted by air defenses. | Syrian media also reported damage c…
(2022-07-22). Trader Joe's workers launch union drive in Minneapolis. liberationnews.org 
On June 28, Trader Joe's #725 workers in Minneapolis delivered their letter of intent to unionize, making this the second Trader Joe's location in the country to initiate this process.
(2022-07-22). International Students In Ontario Are Fighting Wage Theft. popularresistance.org In Brampton, Ontario, a small team of young organizers has begun taking on the businesses that exploit them, one case at a time. | The Naujawan Support Network, a collective of international students and migrant workers from Punjab, India, has won back more than $200,000 Canadian ($154,000 U.S.) in stolen wages in just over a year. | "We started a year ago because we observed that there was an increase in suicides among international students," said Simran Dhunna, one of the founding members of NSN. "Every week we would see GoFundMes raising funds to cover the costs of sending the corpse of a young worker back ho…
(2022-07-22). Why is everything getting so expensive? workers.org 
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, rising energy and food costs pushed the annual inflation rate in the U.S. to 8.6% in May, the highest rate in 40 years. The following analysis of the causes of inflation is a slightly edited version of an article published by Workers World, . . . |
(2022-07-22). International Students in Ontario Are Fighting Wage Theft—And Winning. scheerpost.com 
By Caitlyn Clark / Labor Notes In Brampton, Ontario, a small team of young organizers has begun taking on the businesses that exploit them, one case at a time. The Naujawan Support Network, a collective of international students and migrant workers from Punjab, India, has won back more than $200,000 Canadian ($154,000 U.S.) in stolen …
(2022-07-22). South Africa's Energy Crisis Escalates. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Kamanzi Photo via World Bank Photo Collection Behind rolling power cuts in South Africa loom deep-seated socioeconomic issues worsened by the rich countries of the world On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom's Emalahleni office…
(2022-07-22). Celebrate the Cuban Revolution with Workers World. workers.org 
Workers World/Mundo Obrero joins with the Cuban people in celebrating the 69th anniversary of an event which changed the course of history for their island nation. On July 26, 1953, Cuban revolutionaries boldly attacked the Moncada garrison in Santiago de Cuba and simultaneously conducted a siege of the army barracks . . . |
(2022-07-22). Republic of Korea and the Death of Shinzo Abe. journal-neo.org 
The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8, 2022 is the first murder of a politician of this rank in the history of post-war Japan. Neither the assassination of Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma, hacked to death by right-wing schoolboy Yamaguchi Otoya in 1960, nor the coup and subsequent suicide of Yukio …
(2022-07-22). Existing climate mitigation scenarios perpetuate colonial inequalities. mronline.org 
The core countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the rest of Europe (collectively referred to here as the Global North) use on average about 130 gigajoules of energy per capita each year, nearly ten times more than what low-income countries use (13 ∑4 GJ/capita).
(2022-07-22). Free Khalil Awawdeh and Raed Rayan: 115 prisoners joining collective strike to release long-term hunger strikers. samidoun.net 
Palestinian prisoners Khalil Awawdeh and Raed Rayan are continuing their long-term hunger strikes, even as Awawdeh's administrative detention was renewed on 20 July after 142 days of hunger strike. Rayan has been on hunger strike for _107 days. Both are demanding their freedom from administrative detention, Israeli imprisonment without charge or trial. Now, over 115 …
(2022-07-22). Is China headed for a crash? mronline.org 
So, is this the moment of collapse in the Chinese model of development and the end of all that talk about 'moving towards socialism' etc? Many Western experts think so.
(2022-07-22). U.S. Imperialism's Supremacist Ideology Can Be Defeated by Liberation Struggle Solidarity. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The pitch that the U.S. empire makes is one of a shared conquest. Or, to put it more bluntly, a shared project to steal from other civilizations. The American imperialists have stolen an entire continent from the Natives, stolen over ten trillion dollars worth of wealth created through the labor of African slaves, and distributed…
(2022-07-22). Abbas-Macron meeting: talk of "peace" to normalize colonialism. samidoun.net 
On Wednesday, 20 July 2022 in Paris, a meeting took place between French president Emmanuel Macron and Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. This is Abbas' first visit to France since 2018 and takes place a few weeks following the visit of Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid with the French president, which produced multiple …
(2022-07-22). Russia and Africa: A Future-Bound Partnership. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov On the eve of my visits to several African countries, I would like to share my reflections on the prospects for Russia-Africa relations in the current geopolitical context with esteemed readers. Today, African states play an increasingly important role in the global politics and economy, take an active part in solving key modern-day…
(2022-07-22). Founders Of ADOS Reparations Movement Sue Harvard University For Defamation, Alleged Russian And Bot Ties. moguldom.com American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) founders Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell are suing Harvard University, claiming the school defamed them in a 2021 paper that suggested that the two reparation advocates worked to suppress Black votes, downplayed the impact of covid-19 on African Americans, and have ties to Russian disinformation and bot campaigns. An Internet …
(2022-07-22). 'Mothers of Gynecology' monument exposes horrors of slavery. workers.org 
A righteous tidal wave of anger followed people seeing the nine-minutes-plus videotaped police lynching of George Floyd in Minneapolis late May 2020. Racist monuments glorifying the slave-owning Confederacy came tumbling down, especially in the Deep South. These acts to take down the statues were part of historic mass protests that . . . |
(2022-07-22). Creating Destruction and Chaos Is Easy—Building a System That Is Just Is Hard. commondreams.org The fight now is to stop this country from becoming a white, Christian, dictatorship, rather than what millions of us aspire to: a multi-racial, just democracy.
(2022-07-22). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.
(2022-07-22). Capitalism's 'Practicality' While We Bake to Death. commondreams.org During one of the hottest summers ever, we're weirdly blasé.
(2022-07-22). Detroit, Michigan gears up to resume water shutoffs, potentially impacting tens of thousands of workers. wsws.org More than 60,000 city households have delinquent water bills—an estimated 27 percent of Detroit's 220,000 residential customers.
(2022-07-22). Twitter locks Socialist Equality Party (Australia) account over video defending Dr David Berger, Julian Assange and free speech. wsws.org WSWS readers should demand that Twitter immediately overturn its censorship of the SEP account as a serious attack on democratic rights.
(2022-07-22). Four weeks after announcement of Ford Saarlouis closure, works council and union demand workers stay calm. wsws.org In the four weeks since the closure of Ford's Saarlouis plant was announced, the works council and IG Metall union have done everything to sabotage a fight to defend jobs. Anyone who opposes this is labelled a splitter.
(2022-07-22). Australia: Western Sydney nurses protest unsafe conditions for patients as union steps up isolation. wsws.org Patients are waiting hours for urgent care, even sleeping in corridors, due to an acute shortage of staffed beds and an overwhelming influx of COVID-19 patients.
(2022-07-22). Estados de Asia Central profundizan asociación estratégica. telesurtv.net El presidente de Kazajistán aseguró que es prioridad para Asia Central "tender puentes entre los polos en competencia".
(2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Hit Two Christian Towns Occupied By Al-Qaeda In Syria's Greater Idlib (Video). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On July 22, a series of airstrikes which were reportedly carried out by warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the towns of Jdayde and Yacubiyeh in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | Jdayde and Yacubiyeh, which are located in the western countryside of Idlib, are currently occupied by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Gre…
(2022-07-22). WorkWeek California Class Struggle & The Life of Elaine Black Yoneda & The SF Mime Troupe. indybay.org WorkWeek covers California Class Struggle & The Life of Elaine Black Yoneda and The SF Mime Troupe's "Back to the Way Things Were" With Michael Sullivan…
(2022-07-22). Extinction of Chinese paddlefish and wild Yangtze sturgeon announced by IUCN. ecns.cn The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) announced the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish and the wild Yangtze sturgeon on Thursday in its updated Red List of threatened species.
(2022-07-22). Kroger workers in Columbus, Ohio, to vote on sell-out UFCW contract next week. wsws.org The contract proposal is woefully inadequate to the needs of workers, similar to the contract forced through by the UFCW in Indianapolis earlier this month.
(2022-07-22). New Zealand workers hit by surging living costs. wsws.org As annual inflation hits 7.3 percent, New Zealand's Labour Party-led government, backed by the corporatist trade unions, is telling workers that they must accept a real wage cut.
(2022-07-22). UK: RMT agreement at Merseyrail paves the way for ending national rail strike. wsws.org After promoting an ASLEF union deal on similar terms, on July 14, the RMT pushed through its own deal with Merseyrail for the same amount, having agreed to downgrade the status of train guards the week before.
(2022-07-22). UAW denies WSWS press credentials to cover Detroit convention. wsws.org The action reveals the closed-in character of the UAW bureaucracy, which fears the growing militancy of rank-and-file workers and any exposure and criticism of its collusion with the corporations.
(2022-07-22). Letters from behind the walls. workers.org 
Re: "Released after 46 years, Bradford Gamble exposes medical abuse," WW Vol. 64 No. 12 (wwp.pub/gamble) I read what your organization published on Bradford Gamble before it ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer. 'Twas a well-written article that speaks volumes to what occurs inside Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections locations, medical-wise. What . . . |
(2022-07-22). 'A Bloodbath Foretold': Outrage After Rio Police Kill 18 in Latest Favela Massacre. commondreams.org One socialist state legislator said it is "unacceptable" that Gov. Cláudio Castro continues operations that "do not solve the problem of violence and result in terror and deaths."
(2022-07-22). HarperCollins Workers Go On Strike. popularresistance.org Yesterday, workers at the "Big Four" publisher HarperCollins went on a one-day strike, protesting the company's refusal to agree to a fair contract. The workers, who have organized with United Auto Workers Local 2110, are demanding livable wages, better family leave benefits, and stronger commitments to racial equity. Even though management threatened to dock the pay of striking workers, and even though temperatures approached 100 degrees, the energy of the moving picket outside the company's headquarters at 195 Broadway was vibrant, militant, and joyful. Of the 250 or so unionized workers —across the compa…
(2022-07-22). HarperCollins workers in New York City stage one-day strike for liveable wages. wsws.org One hundred workers and supporters picketed on a sweltering summer day to demand better pay and improved family benefits.
(2022-07-22). Iran imprisons film directors amid escalating crackdown on dissent and protests. wsws.org The imprisonment of the artists takes place amid a government campaign of intimidation and repression against any opposition to the soaring cost of living that is making it impossible for workers and rural toilers to feed their families.
(2022-07-22). Entregan título de Doctor Honoris Causa del ISA a Alberto Cremata, director de La Colmenita. cubadebate.cu Carlos Alberto (Tin) Cremata Malberti, destacado pedagogo y director general de la Compañía de teatro infantil La Colmenita, recibió hoy el título de Doctor Honoris Causa del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). José Ernesto Nováez, rector del centro de altos estudios, hizo entrega del reconocimiento a la labor y legado del homenajeado.
(2022-07-22). Entregan título de Doctor Honoris Causa del ISA a Carlos Alberto Cremata, director de La Colmenita. cubadebate.cu Carlos Alberto (Tin) Cremata Malberti, destacado pedagogo y director general de la Compañía de teatro infantil La Colmenita, recibió hoy el título de Doctor Honoris Causa del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). José Ernesto Nováez, rector del centro de altos estudios, hizo entrega del reconocimiento a la labor y legado del homenajeado.
(2022-07-22). Organic food giant, Amy's Kitchen, becomes the ultimate union buster. peoplesworld.org 
SAN JOSE, Calif. (PAI)—In what can be considered the ultimate in union-busting, Amy's Kitchen sent plant-closing letters to all 300-plus workers at its San Jose, Calif., plant on July 18, a month after Unite HERE filed labor law-breaking complaints against the organic frozen foods company for firing two pro-union workers campaigning to organize there. The …
(2022-07-21). 'Cop-Free AFSCME' Still Fighting To Boot Cops From Their Union. popularresistance.org Last week, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the nation's largest union of public sector workers, kicked off its 45th annual convention in Philadelphia. By most accounts, it was a largely tame affair, padded with presentations on the union's history and peppered with appearances from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. The bulk of the agenda was focused on the business of discussing and voting upon a series of resolutions on a variety of issues, and that's where things got spicy. | The convention br…
(2022-07-21). San Diego: 600 hotel workers go on strike and win tentative agreement within hours. liberationnews.org 
One day of militant picketing forced Hilton to concede to the workers and the company reached a tentative agreement with the union.
(2022-07-21). Gramsci In The Midst Of Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement. popularresistance.org Despite the persistent hegemony of capitalism and its ruling neoliberal ideology, various forms of resistance, social struggle, and proposals for an emancipated future continue to emerge. This is taking place in the face of economic, political, social, and environmental crises as well as a continuing lack of vision of how to overcome the health crisis. Our intellectuals must put their hearts and souls precisely into this orientation toward the future, one based on the possibility of change and hope for human emancipation, as we argued in Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research dossier no. 13, The New Intell…