(2022-07-28). No Russian Roulette: The Hunger Emergency and the Global Corporate System. orinocotribune.com 
By Sajai Jose  ; Jul 22, 2022 | As government efforts to contain it fails even in rich nations, the world's hunger and livelihoods crisis is rapidly escalating into an emergency. Western leaders and media have been blaming Russia and the war in Ukraine for this unfolding catastrophe, but the facts say otherwise. | A month ago, the Food and Work Network, a coalition of academics, community activists, and trade unions in the United Kingdom issued an
(2022-07-28). EU court confirms broadcasting ban on Russia. ecns.cn The European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected on Wednesday a request by Russian state news network RT (Russia Today) France to lift a broadcasting ban it is subjected to under the sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on Russia in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
(2022-07-28). Fed lifts interest rate in the face of growing signs of economic slowdown. wsws.org During his press conference, Fed chair Jerome Powell made clear the key determinant of the central bank's decision was the drive to clamp down on workers' wage demands in response to inflation now running at more than 9 percent.
(2022-07-28). Australian inflation figures point to intensifying cost-of-living crisis for working-class households. wsws.org The Labor government, while feigning concern for "households," seized on the figures to reject demands for wage rises to cope with the soaring prices, saying such expectations were unrealistic.
(2022-07-28). Sri Lankan government endorses and extends President Wickremesinghe's state of emergency. wsws.org Ranil Wickremesinghe has been installed as president to impose the austerity demands of the International Monetary Fund in return for emergency funding and to suppress the widespread opposition of workers and rural toilers.
(2022-07-28). Comrade Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (August 27, 1941 — July 27, 2022). wsws.org It is with profound sorrow that the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) announces the death of Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) and its forerunner, the Revolutionary Communist League.
(2022-07-28). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…
(2022-07-28). 30 July, NYC: Ghassan Lives! Palestine Lives! A community event honoring Ghassan Kanafani. samidoun.net 
Saturday, 30 July 4 pm Shore Road Park Brooklyn, NY (Between 99th and Third Ave) RSVP here: bit.ly/KanafaniNYC Samidoun NY/NJ will be joining PYM New York City for a community event in commemoration of the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, revolutionary writer and political icon of the Palestinian resistance. Please join us for …
(2022-07-28). Struggle for Justice Continues in Panama. orinocotribune.com Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands. | As Panamanians enter week three of national strike against the cost of living crisis, the government has responded with heavy repression. On July 19, the anti-riot units brutally repressed the protesters, who have been blocking the Inter-American highway over the past three weeks. However, within hours, the protesters returned to block the road. | Ronaldo Ortíz of the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO) spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the on…
(2022-07-28). Xi stresses upholding socialism with Chinese characteristics to build modern socialist country. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has stressed holding high the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and striving to write a brand new chapter in building a modern socialist country in all respects.
(2022-07-28). SA New Frame's demise shines a light on China-aligned unions, parties and disinformation. indybay.org The closure of South Africa journal New Frame has exposed a web of connections between US multi-millionaire Roy Singham, NUMSA and the Chinese government as well as other publications supporting China.
(2022-07-28). Zero-carbon industrial park in Ordos promotes green transformation. ecns.cn A zero-carbon industrial park in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, is working hard to promote green energy. The industrial park was put into operation in April.
(2022-07-28). Privatization of The Port, Community Colleges & K-12 Education: SLAP Education Conference. indybay.org The privatization of the Port of Oakland, the attack on the OEA, union busting in West Contra Costa School District, privatization of the Community college system, FCMAT and the destruction of public education was the focus of this Schools and Labor Against Privatization educational conference.
(2022-07-28). Thousands of Unhoused to be Swept with No Adequate Shelter in Sacramento. indybay.org My name is Crystal Sanchez, and I am the Western Regional Director for the National Union of the Homeless and the President of the Sacramento Homeless Union. Today, I write to you in total dismay and frustration. As many of you know, the 2022 point in time count was recently released with an astonishing 9,300 unhoused people counted and a whopping 20,000 people on any given night living on the streets of Sacramento. We know the pit count number is inadequate and low due to low volunteers and not everybody being counted. We have had an astonishing 67% increase in homelessness, with now more people on our streets t…
(2022-07-28). WSWS readers, workers and students denounce "disciplining" of Dr Berger and SEP Twitter lock. wsws.org "We have a right to know that we are being denied an effective public health response to the pandemic" — Mitch Kelly, a National Disability Insurance Agency contractor…
(2022-07-28). 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…
(2022-07-28). ILWU announces agreement with West Coast port operators on health care but refuses to release details. wsws.org The fact that the ILWU is not releasing details of the agreement is not a negotiating ploy, a feature of a conspiracy between the pro-corporate union bureaucracy and the Pacific Maritime Association, brokered by the Biden administration.
(2022-07-28). Workers & Delegates Speak Out At 2022 CA Labor Federation Convention. indybay.org Workers and delegates spoke out at the 2022 biennial convention of the California AFL-CIO…
(2022-07-28). St. Louis Boeing defense workers vote down contract, prepare to strike. wsws.org A strike at the plants, which build the F-15 and F-18 military aircraft as well as drones and other aerospace weapons used by the military, would have a major impact not only on Boeing but on the American military-industrial complex as a whole.
(2022-07-28). Twitter ends censorship of Socialist Equality Party (Australia) after widespread opposition. wsws.org The reversal of the lock on the SEP's account followed widespread anger and opposition to the measure from workers and young people in Australia and internationally.
(2022-07-27). European Union demands rationing of natural gas to wage war. wsws.org The aim is to enable Europe to continue the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine for months and years, until Russia's military defeat.
(2022-07-27). The Semiconductor Bill and the Moderna Billionaires. cepr.net It's pretty funny that we continually debate the causes of inequality when we routinely pass bills that redistribute income upward. The To be clear, the bill does some good things. It has funding both to subsidize manufacturing capacity for semiconductors in the United States and also for further research in developing better chips in the future. Both of these are positive developments even…
(2022-07-27). CovertAction Bulletin — Surveillance Nation: From Amazon to the NSA. covertactionmagazine.com Amazon wants to be your retailer, educator, grocery store, security system, bank and now your healthcare provider: A few days ago, reports came out that the tech giant is looking to buy One Medical for $4 billion, its latest foray into the healthcare business. At the same time, Amazon provides law enforcement with easy access to massive amounts of data and the tools to parse it. Of course it's not just Amazon: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and every big tech company obey the basic law of capitalism: grow or perish. They all rely on one shared resource: our data. And they all cozy up to the U.S. government…
(2022-07-27). Ukraine: Will U.S. sabotage grain deal? workers.org 
July 24 — A deal brokered by Turkey for the export of grain from both Ukraine and Russia presents a political problem for U.S. imperialism and its war aims. Washington's response: ship more weapons. The landmark deal to move hundreds of tons of grain, if it moves forward, undermines U.S./NATO . . . |
(2022-07-27). Spanish Labor Minister meets with young union organizers mobilizing at Starbucks and Apple. workers.org 
New York City Union organizers from Starbucks Workers United and the Communications Workers, along with representatives of DSA, met with Spain's Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz Pérez, who also serves as the country's Second Deputy Prime Minister, in New York City on July 21. Starbucks organizers Angel . . . |
(2022-07-27). Biden's COVID-19 challenge — a WW editorial. workers.org 
The Joe Biden administration has the following plan for dealing with COVID-19: Accept as normal 420 extra deaths each day, that is, 150,000 a year; Assume that most of the deaths and much of the severe symptoms will stay concentrated in the older, poorer and more oppressed sectors of the . . . |
(2022-07-27). Bridge Closes in Russian-Held Kherson After Ukraine HIMARS Strike. news.antiwar.com Moscow-installed authorities in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday closed a key bridge after Ukraine's forces struck the area using US-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), The Antonivskyi bridge is the only bridge that crosses the Dnieper River in the city and was closed to civilians after the strike. Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Kherson administration, said that while the bridge has been closed, i…
(2022-07-27). The Western Narrative on Russia's Isolation Has Failed. libya360.wordpress.com Ahmed Adel Western media and leaders have encouraged the idea of an "isolated" Russia since the country launched its military operation against Ukraine on February 24. However, now more than five months since the start of the war, segments of the West are now finally acknowledging the narrative of an "isolated" Russia as a distorted…
(2022-07-27). Serbian Leader Aleksandr Vuƒçiƒá Pushes for European Union Accession Despite Opposition Among Majority of Serbs. covertactionmagazine.com Serbia is one of the key battleground countries in the New Cold War that is being cajoled into the Western …
(2022-07-27). 'New Philadelphia' leaves workers behind  ; A socialist response to the 76ers stadium proposal. liberationnews.org 
"New Philadelphia" is a billionaire's for-profit vision of what Philadelphia could be, and the 76 Place proposal is a perfect symbol of this.
(2022-07-27). Senate Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill Meant to Counter China. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Wednesday The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 passed
(2022-07-27). 2, 0 Machinists at Boeing St. Louis Plant on verge of forced strike. peoplesworld.org 
ST. LOUIS —Some 2, 0 Machinists at three St. Louis-area military aircraft production plants prepared for a forced strike starting August 1, after rejecting the company's "modified best and final offer" that they called completely inadequate. "We cannot accept a contract that is not fair and equitable, as this company continues to make billions of dollars each …
(2022-07-27). It's Time to Crack Down on Excessive CEO Pay. otherwords.org Working families are getting hammered by inflation while corporate leaders and politicians are calling for belt-tightening. But there's one group of Americans that's actually profited from increasing prices. | Big company CEOs have enjoyed soaring pay, even as their employees have been struggling to keep their families safe and their bills paid. | Look at Target, for example. Last year, the median Target worker salary did not even keep pace with inflation, rising by less than 4 percent to just Did the gia…
(2022-07-27). Sri Lanka: Fishing workers speak out against the destruction of their livelihoods. wsws.org Hundreds of thousands of people involved in the fishing industry in Sri Lanka, including fishermen using small boats and workers on larger trawlers, face financial disaster as they have no fuel to go to sea.
(2022-07-27). Fire and ice, yet politicians still sleep. workers.org 
No imagining is needed to picture what global warming/climate change might look and feel like. Millions of people in the Northern Hemisphere are currently living it. This is an extraordinary summer. Wildfires and record temperatures in Europe, grass fires in London and widespread and deadly wildfires in Portugal, Spain, France, . . . |
(2022-07-27). Take action to free Colombian revolutionary, political prisoner, Simón Trinidad. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Committee to Free Simón Trinidad. | Simón Trinidad, a Colombian revolutionary and political prisoner of the U.S. empire, will have his 72nd birthday in solitary confinement in a federal supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. Simón Trinidad, born Ricardo Palmera, is languishing in prison after a bogus extradition to the United States in 2004, convicted on trumped-up charges, and sentenced to 60 years. He has been requested by the Special Peace Jurisdiction Court (JEP) in Colombia to help rebuild his country toward a peace with justice…
(2022-07-27). Cuba Facing Hybrid Warfare. orinocotribune.com By àÅngel Guerra Cabrera — Jul 21, 2022 | Cuba must learn to live, advance and develop under the rigors of the fourth generation warfare, or hybrid warfare, which the United States systematically imposes on it. That is the approach that emerges from observing the tireless efforts of the government, the Communist Party and the Cuban institutional system in all spheres of economic, political, social and cultural activities. To give a couple of examples of great importance, the island, in addition to struggling to recover and transform its economy, is engaged in two tremendous political and legislative c…
(2022-07-27). "The Hundred Year War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017" mronline.org 
In Palestine, those attempts at ethnic cleansing, a necessity for the Zionists in regard to their demographic fears of majority Arab/Palestinian population, came up against…
(2022-07-27). 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.
(2022-07-27). Detroit Chrysler workers demand UAW delegates nominate Will Lehman. wsws.org During a shift change at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit workers spoke with the socialist candidate for president of the United Auto Workers and denounced efforts by the UAW bureaucracy to block his nomination at the constitutional convention today…
(2022-07-27). Washington is the Problem, Not the Solution: Why Mahmoud Abbas is Seeking New 'Powerful' Sponsors. mintpressnews.com Even if, supposedly, China, Russia or India would agree to be the new sponsors of the 'peace process', there is no reason for Tel Aviv to engage in future negotiations, when it is able to achieve its colonial objectives with full American support.
(2022-07-27). Labour right guilty of "weaponizing" anti-Semitism, inquiry finds. electronicintifada.net But long-delayed Forde report claims "both sides" to blame.
(2022-07-27). Boston Starbucks Workers Go On Strike Against Union-Busting. popularresistance.org Unionized Starbucks workers at the 874 Commonwealth Avenue location in Boston, Massachusetts are on strike indefinitely, demanding guaranteed hours, adequate staffing, and the removal of a store manager who has created a "chaotic and hostile work environment," including making racist and homophobic comments against staff and customers. | The store, which is located on the main thoroughfare of Boston University's campus and services many of its students and staff, has been shut down since July 18; workers and their supporters have been picketing each day outside the store even as an intense heat wave strikes much…
(2022-07-27). Young Workers Are Bridging The Climate And Labor Movements. popularresistance.org New momentum is buzzing through the North American labor movement, driven by the same age group which, across party affiliations and the urban-rural divide, has expressed majority-to-outsize support for advancing a climate policy overhaul with economic justice at its core. | After ticking up slightly in 2020, the overall union membership rate in the United States fell back to where it's been hovering the past few years, in 2021. But in spite of the stagnancy of other age groups, union membership among workers between 25 and 34 years old was on the rise, climbing from 8.8 percent in 2019 to a still-modest 9.4 perc…
(2022-07-27). Why workers' wages will always be too low. mronline.org 
Do you ever feel undervalued at work—like you contribute much more than your pay packet suggests?>
(2022-07-27). Three new wins for Cleveland Starbucks workers, third is 200th countrywide. workers.org 
Cleveland There are now over 200 unionized Starbucks stores in the U.S. Number 200 was the University Circle store in Cleveland, where Starbucks Workers United won a union representation election when ballots were counted July 22. Dozens of union supporters had demonstrated outside the store July 15 (shown in photo) . . . |
(2022-07-27). Long Live the Cuban Revolution! workers.org 
Thousands of Cubans celebrated the 69th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada garrison and honored those who gave their lives in this opening battle of the Cuban Revolution. President Miguel Díaz-Canel in his address to those assembled here in Cienfuegos, including U.S. Cuba solidarity organizations, spoke of the great . . . |
(2022-07-27). Why Union Membership Is Good For Workers With Disabilities. cepr.net This week marks the end of Disability Pride Month and the
(2022-07-27). Pressure On Biden To Remove Cuba From Terror List. popularresistance.org As the Cuban government celebrates the July 26 Day of the National Rebellion — a public holiday commemorating the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks that is considered the precursor to the 1959 revolution — U.S. groups are calling on the Biden administration to end cruel sanctions that are creating such hardship for the Cuban people. In particular, they are pushing President Joe Biden to take Cuba off the list of state sponsors of terrorism. | Being on this list subjects Cuba to a series of devastating international financial restrictions. It is illegal for U.S. banks to process transactions to Cuba,…
(2022-07-27). Panamanian Trade Unions Reach Agreement With Government. popularresistance.org After three weeks of national strike and nationwide demonstrations and roadblocks in protest against the cost of living crisis in Panama, the right-wing government of President Laurentino Cortizo was forced to engage in negotiations with the organizations behind the protests in Penonomé on July 21. | On July 24, the fourth day of negotiations, representatives from various popular movements and social organizations, which have been mobilizing across the country since July 1, reached the first agreement with the government. The leaders of the People United for Life Alliance from the capital Panama City, the Nationa…
(2022-07-27). Intersecting Movements For Housing Justice And Prison Abolition. popularresistance.org Right to the City Alliance (RTTC) is a national alliance made up of over 90 member organizations on local, state, and regional levels organizing around housing and land. Our work includes renters' rights, building alternatives such as community land trusts, and policy work like the opportunity for tenants to purchase buildings before small landlords sell them to bigger corporate landlords. RTTC connects members doing aligned work across the country to share strategies, best practices, and ways of scaling up strategies to expand impact beyond local contexts. Member organizations work on a range of social change is…
(2022-07-27). Tennessee restricts abortion rights, Nashville activists fight back. liberationnews.org Like several Southern states, Tennessee has enacted restrictive abortion laws since Roe vs Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called the Supreme Court's decision the "beginning of a hopeful chapter for our country." Meanwhile, activists in Nashville are organizing to protect local abortion services.
(2022-07-27). Reviving Student Action And Strike Solidarity. popularresistance.org The decade since the abolition of the university fee cap in 2012 has felt painfully long for staff and students. Universities are no longer fertile ground for public knowledge but an exercise in marketized competition, commodification and over-inflated managerialism. Accordingly, students are increasingly framed as consumers entrapped in swelling debt, while overworked academics are forced to dedicate more time to admin than to teaching or research. | It's not that the university sector is strapped for cash. With more than 2,500 managerial staff on six-figure salaries and the average vice chancellor raking in &po…
(2022-07-27). Puerto Rico: Between Colonialism, Racism And Slavery On July 25. popularresistance.org Despite the harsh reality that Puerto Rico is neither free, nor associated, nor a state, July 25 marks the day of the creation of the constitution of the "Free Associated State," or commonwealth, of Puerto Rico. | I write this article with the purpose of revealing some details about the Anglo-Saxon-supremacist jurisprudence that gave rise to and govern this colonial territorial status. | Before we travel back in time, let me point out that Section 2 of Article 3 of the United States constitution contains the Territorial Clause, which gives Congress the authority to fully regulate and dispose of US territories. Un…
(2022-07-27). The PAIGC's political education for liberation in Guinea-Bissau, 1963—74. mronline.org 
The liberation struggle against colonialism, if it is to be a total liberation struggle, is not only for the political conquest of territory ('flag independence'); it is a struggle to liberate the people from the tentacles of colonialism.
(2022-07-27). Venezuela: Maduro Alerts Army of New 'Terrorist Threats' from Colombia. venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan mandatary urged the National Bolivarian Armed Forces to defend the country's peace and transition to economic recovery.
(2022-07-27). Will the Libyan Military Triumph Over the Obstacles of Politicians? libya360.wordpress.com Habib Lassoued The unification of the military is what politicians fear, as the patriotism of the military does not fit with the corruption of the ruling elite, but the trump card in the hands of the army is that it enjoys popular support, external respect and an honorable historical legacy. When the chief of staff…
(2022-07-27). Driving 100 miles to give birth. workers.org 
2015 march from rural Belhaven, North Carolina, to the state Capitol in Raleigh. By Ellen Cohen Women seeking abortions are not the only ones who often have to travel long distances to obtain care. Labor and Delivery (L&D) units all across the U.S., particularly in rural areas, have been shutting . . . |
(2022-07-27). Cuban island pays tribute to revolution that began 69 years ago. america.cgtn.com Cubans celebrated the National Rebellion Day on Tuesday with a massive rally for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out more.
(2022-07-27). How prison labor works in Arizona. workers.org 
The following article was excerpted from an Arizona Republic and KJZZ News July 22 investigative exposé revealing "what happens when a state exploits some of its poorest people for their labor." Full story at tinyurl.com/2p8ffmnn. Incarcerated women prisoners doing telemarketing. (Photo Credit: Merry Eccles/USA Today Network) After 15 months of . . . |
(2022-07-27). Will Lehman is nominated to run for UAW president. wsws.org Will Lehman, a Mack Trucks worker and a socialist, has been nominated to run for president of the United Auto Workers union in the election being held in October and November.
(2022-07-27). UK: Arriva North West bus workers in second week of strike. wsws.org The strike began on July 20, after GMB and Unite union members voted by 96 percent on a 72 percent turnout.
(2022-07-27). United Kingdom: New Rail Strike Disrupts Train Services. popularresistance.org Over 40,000 railway workers across Britain are taking a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, bringing another day of widespread delays and cancellations. | The action by workers from Network Rail, 14 train companies, and members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), has left only one out of five trains running on average and stopped train service altogether in some parts of the country. The strike is part of the ongoing dispute between unions and companies over pay, job security and working conditions. | People across the United Kingdom are struggling against rising living costs and seeing their salaries eaten…
(2022-07-27). The struggling Communist Party of Swaziland needs international solidarity. peoplesworld.org 
Life expectancy in Swaziland, in southern Africa, is the world's seventh lowest; its HIV/AIDS prevalence is the world's highest, at 26%. Unemployment is 41%, and wages for 80% of workers are less than $2 per day. Swaziland is an autocracy headed by a king, and it's social and economic indicators show that the people are …
(2022-07-27). Australia: SEP member calls for unified struggle by university staff against Labor's pro-market agenda. wsws.org Hambides called for a mass meeting of all university workers to oppose the federal Labor government's pro-business agenda.
(2022-07-27). In Georgia, resistance is growing to abortion ban. workers.org 
Atlanta The response to the Supreme Court decision June 24 to end the legal right to access abortions, denying bodily autonomy of women and other people who can become pregnant, was immediate in Georgia. Mass demonstrations, rallies, marches and a sustained 24-hour-a-day vigil on the Capitol steps drew large numbers . . . |
(2022-07-27). Recent CDs: A Vietnam opera and Afro-American composer William Grant Still. peoplesworld.org 
An all-Still disk In his lifetime William Grant Still (1895-1978) was referred to as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers." In a future United Socialist States of America, Still's works would all be recorded, performed live and broadcast frequently, his five symphonies and at least some of his nine operas a part of the standard repertoire. …
(2022-07-27). Ventra Evart workers: Vote NO on the second sellout agreement! Throw out the UAW bargaining committee! Prepare for immediate strike action! wsws.org The Ventra Workers Rank-and-File Committee urges you to vote down the second sellout contract brought by the United Auto Workers at the Evart, Michigan plant by the widest possible margin. Send this contract straight into the garbage where it belongs!
(2022-07-27). Auto Workers to battle Detroit's Big Three on two tier wages. peoplesworld.org DETROIT  ; One of two big decisions delegates made at the opening session July 25 of the UAW convention in Detroit was to enshrine in its constitution opposition to two-tier wage systems. The membership voted into that document orders to the union's board that it adamantly oppose, in the next round of wage and benefit …
(2022-07-27). China's industrial profits up 1 pct in H1. ecns.cn Profits of China's major industrial firms rose 1 percent year on year in the first half of 2022, official data showed on Wednesday.
(2022-07-27). Company collapses continue in Australia's "construction industry bloodbath" wsws.org Building firms are crashing, throwing countless workers out of work and owing millions of dollars to home buyers, contractors, suppliers and workers.
(2022-07-27). RMT threatens general strike against Tory anti-strike charter amid escalating rail dispute. wsws.org It is up to workers to organise their own struggle, independent of the unions, to prepare a general strike, while pushing for an immediate general election to halt the Tory-Labour conspiracy.
(2022-07-27). Germany: Ford Saarlouis works council wants to use summer break for orderly wind-down of the plant. wsws.org Ever since the announcement of the plant closure, the works council and the IG Metall union have done everything in their power to prevent a serious struggle to defend all jobs.
(2022-07-27). Striking UK rail workers: "They are taking away workers' voices. It's going to a dictatorship" wsws.org There was wide-ranging discussion on picket lines on the strategy needed to defeat the government's assault on rail workers, as well as Labour's role in denouncing the strikes.
(2022-07-27). Myths and Reality as US Oligarchs Devour Economy. commondreams.org Our economic model is failing a significant number of the middle class and the working class. And how we calculate the status of our economy matters.
(2022-07-27). 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.
(2022-07-27). Australian and New Zealand workers defend Dr David Berger and oppose censorship of SEP Twitter. wsws.org "We must not have a situation in this country where respected scientists, clinicians and practitioners are gagged for expressing data-backed opinions that differ from prevailing political opinions."
(2022-07-27). Unión Eléctrica pronostica afectación de 93 MW en el horario pico de este miércoles. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica informa que para el horario pico de este miércoles se estima una disponibilidad de 2 577 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 600 MW, con un déficit de 23 MW, por lo que si se mantienen las previsiones, se pronostica una afectación de 93 MW. Durante el horario diurno, la UNE estima una afectación máxima de 200 MW.
(2022-07-27). China's Xinjiang sustains stable industrial growth in H1. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw the added value of the secondary industry increase by 5 percent year on year in the first half year, with coal, oil and natural gas, and non-metallic mineral products industries as the main driving force.
(2022-07-27). UK rail strike: Transport Secretary sets out anti-strike charter as Labour sacks his counterpart for picket line visit. wsws.org It is up to workers to organise their own struggle, independent of the unions, to prepare a general strike, while pushing for an immediate general election to halt the Tory-Labour conspiracy.
(2022-07-26). Biden's Colossal Failure in the Middle East: How the U.S. Position Is Weakening in Global Politics. liberationnews.org Biden just landed from a multi-day tour in the Middle East where he spectacularly failed at his goals, including bringing more Arab countries into an alliance with Israel and bringing the price of oil down.
(2022-07-26). 'Historic contract': SPLC and Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035, TNG-CWA reach collective bargaining agreement. splcenter.org
(2022-07-26). Austin Catholic hospital nurses seek to unionize, face intense union busting. peoplesworld.org 
AUSTIN, Tex. — People across the country are no strangers to the workplace stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially as major employers and large corporations have sought to maintain their profits and consequently placed the burden upon employees. Perhaps no segment of society has felt the impact as greatly as healthcare workers. Nurses especially have …
(2022-07-26). Expanded Access to Monkeypox Testing. jamanetwork.com To increase the accessibility of monkeypox testing, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began shipping monkeypox tests in late June to 5 commercial laboratory companies: Aegis Science, Labcorp, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Quest Diagnostics, and Sonic Healthcare.