(2021-12-08). How the Build Back Better Bill Would Save Workers' Lives. independentmediainstitute.org When Ron Brady drives through highway construction zones, he makes a point of looking for safety violations that threaten workers' lives. He's seen more and more of them the past few years as employers, emboldened by the weakened state of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), grew increasingly comfortable flouting the rules. Funding …
(2021-12-08). The age of imperialism is not over—but we can end it. mronline.org 
Capitalist accumulation has always depended on cheap labor and resources extracted from the Global South. To end this violence we need a post-capitalist transition—otherwise, as climate breakdown accelerates, the ceaseless search for profit will drive us further into barbarism.
(2021-12-08). Striking Columbia Student Workers Demand Living Wage as School's Endowment Grows to $14 Billion. democracynow.org 
In the largest strike happening right now in the United States, 3,000 student workers at New York City's Columbia University are on their fifth week of strike. Today the student workers are calling on others to help them shut down the university. Striking student worker, Johannah King-Slutzky, accuses Columbia's administration of an "illegal form of retaliation" for threatening to replace the striking student workers who do not return to work by Friday. On Monday, many Columbia faculty members walked out of their classes in a show of solidarity. "Graduate student labor is the invisible labor of the university," s…
(2021-12-08). PSOE-Podemos government, Spanish trade unions agree to savage austerity. wsws.org The pseudo-left Podemos party is imposing attacks on the working class in close collaboration with the European Union.
(2021-12-08). Hondurans reject coup regime — °Xiomara presidente! workers.org 
On January 27, after nearly 13 years under a "narcodictatorship" responsible for thousands of assassinations, kidnappings and imprisonments, the people of Honduras will witness the inauguration of President-elect Xiomara Castro de Zelaya. She was the candidate of the Libre (Freedom and Refoundation) Party and is the spouse of former President . . . |
(2021-12-08). Honduras: La victoria de Xiomara Castro y los grandes desafíos. workers.org 
Por Carlos Aznárez Después de la victoria electoral por el Partido Libre y Xiomara Castro en las elecciones en Honduras en noviembre, el redactor de Resumen Latinoamericano escribió esta entrevista. Xiomara Castro recibió más votos que ningún otro candidato en la historia de Honduras. Quién es Xiomara Castro Nos vamos . . . |
(2021-12-08). The COVID-19 pandemic, the return of the class struggle and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party in Germany. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party, the German section of the International Committee of the Fourth International, held its party congress November 19—22. We publish here the resolution unanimously adopted by the delegates.
(2021-12-08). Why Amazon is terrified of Its U.S. workers unionizing. mronline.org 
Amazon continues to abuse its warehouse workers, both in its day-to-day treatment of them and in its thuggish, law-breaking campaign to prevent unionization in the U.S.
(2021-12-08). Support grows for UK safe schools campaigner Lisa Diaz amid widespread child infections. wsws.org Workers are responding to Lisa's fight in recognition of the crisis underway in schools, as the Delta variant continues to run like wildfire through the young population and the Omicron variant threatens an even worse surge.
(2021-12-08). Frontline healthcare worker 'incandescent' at lockdown-breaking No 10 party. thecanary.co Video has emerged of Boris Johnson's senior aides joking about a Downing Street Christmas party just days after the unlawful gathering. An NHS England staffer has said she's "incandescent" with anger at the revelations. | Footage obtained by ITV News showed the prime minister's then-press secretary Allegra Stratton and adviser Ed Oldfield, along with other aides, joking about a "fictional" party in December 2020. | All fun and games: | In the video, Stratton is seen answering questions at a mock press conference. The video is from 22 December 2020, and Stratton is questioned about a party the previous…
(2021-12-08). Kellogg's strikers overwhelmingly reject sellout contract, company moves to hire permanent replacements. wsws.org The 1,400 workers at four Kellogg's plants across the US have been on strike for more than two months and have voted "overwhelmingly" against a tentative agreement containing major concessions to management over two-tiered wages.
(2021-12-08). Opposition remains high to sellout contract as voting begins for 52,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers. wsws.org Workers are voting through Wednesday night on a contract which contains wage increases below inflation, no solution to understaffing and which commits the union to helping management further cut costs.
(2021-12-08). Starbucks Workers Confident Ahead of Key Union Vote Count Next Week. zcomm.org The workers in upstate New York are confident that come Thursday, they will have the first unionized Starbucks out of almost 9,000 in the United States…
(2021-12-08). Australian prime minister hectors port workers over limited strikes. wsws.org Scott Morrison's statement was not so much directed against the maritime union, as at a growing wave of anger among rank-and-file workers.
(2021-12-08). Fast food delivery drivers in Sheffield, UK strike against Stuart deliveries, Just Eat. wsws.org Just Eat have tried to distance themselves from the pay cut by Stuart, saying they have no control over what it pays its couriers. This Pontius Pilate act is a fraud as both companies are claiming their pound of flesh from super-exploited workers.
(2021-12-08). Russian-Vietnamese Relations and the Joint Fight Against the Pandemic. journal-neo.org 
The history of relations between Russia and Vietnam goes back to Soviet times when the USSR supported the Vietnamese communists in their war for creating their state, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). After that, the Soviet Union became a major partner of the SRV for many years. The common ideology, joint opposition to the …
(2021-12-08). Cornel West on Frantz Fanon, one of the great revolutionary intellectuals of the 20th century. mronline.org 
"Decolonization implies the urgent need to thoroughly challenge the colonial situation."
(2021-12-08). Watch "Marx is Back", Episode 1: Bourgeois and Proletarians. mronline.org 
"Marx is Back" a mini-series about the Communist Manifesto is now on youtube. Subtitles available.
(2021-12-08). Houston Tenants Win Back Stolen Security Deposit. itsgoingdown.org Report from Houston Tenants Union about a successful campaign that resulted in recovering a stolen security deposit. NORTH HOUSTON, TEXAS— North Houston tenants recover stolen security deposit through direct action after it was wrongfully withheld in September. On March 29, with the end of his lease term approaching, tenant Jamie notified management at Better World…
(2021-12-08). Chilean Senate Approves Same-Sex Marriage, Initiative One Step Away from Becoming Law. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, December 7, the Chilean Senate voted in favor of marriage equality. For this to become law, the initiative still needs to complete a final step—approval in the Chamber of Deputies. The law has been expected for years by Chile's LGBTIQ+ community. | Currently, the only legal procedure in force in Chile, that can legally bind same-sex couples is the Civil Union Agreement, which was approved in 2015, and which grants all of the rights stipulated by marriage, except the possibility of adoption and the filiation rights for the children of same-sex couples. This will change if the new initiative becom…
(2021-12-08). "Collective Narcissism" and the "Dark Triad": Those Who Protest against the "Official" Covid-19 Narrative are Categorized as "Psychopaths". Is It A Witch Hunt? globalresearch.ca Note: | First published on August 26, 2020. Author's …
(2021-12-08). After a Year-Long Strike, Indian Farmers Score a Big Win. inequality.org
(2021-12-08). Australia: NSW teachers hold first strike in ten years. wsws.org One teacher said: "I don't know why they have proceeded with the full reopenings. I think it has just been to get people back into work and kids back to schools for child-minding. We can't properly teach."
(2021-12-08). Video: Covid-19: Economic and Social Chaos. globalresearch.ca V the Virus" is said to be responsible for the wave of bankruptcies and unemployment. That's a lie. There is no causal relationship between the (microscopic) SARS-2 virus and economic variables. | It's the powerful financiers and billionaires who are behind …
(2021-12-08). Reconoce la Asamblea General de la ONU al gobierno constitucional de Maduro. globalizacion.ca La Asamblea General de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) reconoció el lunes al gobierno constitucional del presidente Nicolás Maduro como representante legítimo de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, lo que fue calificado por el embajador Samuel Moncada como "una…
(2021-12-08). Seun Kuti: "The Oppressed People of the World Need to Organize Themselves for Political Power" libya360.wordpress.com Seun Kuti talks to Vijay Prashad about the EndSARS movement in Nigeria, the need for broadening the movement and building popular resistance in the country, Seun's father Fela Kuti and his party the Movement of the People (MOP), and more.
(2021-12-08). Uganda: A Nonsensical Campaign to Tarnish China's Image. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad The Entebbe International Airport in 2009. Photo: By PetterLundkvist — Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7028754 Despite strident denials by both Ugandan and Chinese officials, an misinformation campaign is being carried out which alleges that Chinese authorities are going to take control of the Entebbe International Airport due to a loan default On…
(2021-12-08). Libya: The Muslim Brotherhood Escalates Campaign Against Elections. libya360.wordpress.com The Brotherhood in Libya escalates against the elections with a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Commission Tripoli — A group of demonstrators affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya began a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in the capital, Tripoli, to demand…
(2021-12-08). Supreme Council of Libyan Tribes: The Candidacy of Dr. Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi Exposed the Falsehood of February "Democracy" libya360.wordpress.com Sheikh Misbah Abu Sbeiha The head of the Supreme Council of Tribes and Cities of Fezzan, Sheikh Ali Misbah Abu Sbeiha, said that Dr. Saif al-Islam Muammar Qaddafi's candidacy for the presidential elections exposed the falsehood of February democracy and the peaceful transfer of power and its civil state, commenting on the incident of storming…
(2021-12-08). RIP Comrade Ebrahim Ebrahim (July 1, 1937- December 6, 2021). greenleft.org.au Ebrahim Ebrehim was an exemplary comrade in the South African struggle for freedom, who until his death was a committed internationalist, writes Sidney Luckett.
(2021-12-07). The real reason for US aggression against China (opinion). newatlas.report 
December 7, 2021 (Angelo Giuliano — DotDotNews) — In 1945, the world woke up to a new reality, a new world order. The US had escaped World War II unscathed while Europe and Asia were completely destroyed. Throughout the war the US developed a massive industrial base to supply the war effort and its share of …
(2021-12-07). Civil War in Northern Ethiopia Turns in Favor of Federal Government, Reversing Last Month's Advances by TPLF. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed. (Photo: Abiy Ahmed Ali/Twitter) Following their victories in the western and eastern front, the joint forces of the federal government and the Amharan militias have recaptured the strategically important towns of Dessie and Kombolcha The civil war in northern Ethiopia has taken a decisive turn in favor of…
(2021-12-07). US Still Strong Arming "Democracy" Onto Libya. libya360.wordpress.com Netfa Freeman The Western imperialist forces responsible for the overthrow and assassination of Muammar Gaddafi, as well as the destruction of Libya, are now trying to force elections and so-called "democracy" onto the country. If US imperialism could only be said to be one thing, it is audacious. Recently US rulers have been making a fuss…
(2021-12-07). Kellogg's Union Workers Reject New Contract. popularresistance.org Hundreds of striking union workers at four Kellogg's cereal plants in the US have overwhelmingly voted to reject a tentative agreement on a five-year contract negotiated between the union and the company, extending a strike that started in early October. | Roughly 1,400 members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union "have spoken", union president Anthony Shelton said in a statement on 7 December. "The strike continues." | The union is "grateful for the outpouring of fraternal support we received from across the labor movement for our striking members at Kellogg's," he…
(2021-12-07). LA Art and Music Festival Benefiting Mutual Aid Project A Success Despite Threats from Far-Right and Police. itsgoingdown.org Report on successful anarchist art and music festival in the so-called Los Angeles area. To support the Autonomous Anarchist Revolutionary Front's ongoing mutual aid project, go here. In October, the Autonomous Anarchist Revolutionary Front (AARF) reached out to LA Crust Printing (who is known to help mutual aid groups raise funds) for collaboration on an…
(2021-12-07). Eritrea Versus AFRICOM: Defending Sovereignty From Imperialist Aggression. popularresistance.org The U.S. has built military-to-military relations with 53 out of the 54 African countries that include agreements to cede operational command to AFRICOM, the U.S. Africa Command. The broad network of AFRICOM military bases, as well as those from France and other world powers, are examples of how African states are surrendering their sovereignty through neocolonial relationships with Western countries. African self-determination and national sovereignty are impossible as long as the U.S. and its European allies are allowed to use military power to control African land, labor, and resources. As Netfa Freeman pointe…
(2021-12-07). Australian Labor Party leader makes pro-business election pitch. wsws.org With the Liberal-National government disintegrating, Albanese presented Labor and the unions as the force that could best enforce the requirements of the Australian capitalist class.
(2021-12-07). Labor Party enforcing Australian ruling elite's criminal response to Omicron variant. wsws.org Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared: "We will not be pursuing an Omicron zero here… It might already be here."
(2021-12-07). Sit-down strikes revolutionized the labor movement — could it happen again? zcomm.org At the height of American labor, seizing control of the means of production was a strategy — not just a slogan…
(2021-12-07). Korean workers struggle for democracy: Eyewitness report from a PSL delegate to the People's Democracy Party. liberationnews.org 
International solidarity can help force the United States out of Korea. The conditions that South Korean workers face are similar to the conditions that workers suffer around the world and particularly in the United States.
(2021-12-07). Protest demands full access, equal rights on International Day of People with Disabilities. workers.org 
New York City The worldwide struggle by people with disabilities for equal rights led the United Nations to establish the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3, 1992. The IDPD website stresses that this holiday in 2021 should be used to recognize that people with disabilities are amongst . . . |
(2021-12-07). Philadelphia rally defends abortion justice. workers.org 
On Dec. 1 as the U.S. Supreme Court was hearing arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization — the most consequential abortion rights case since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 — women, other gender-oppressed people and allies rallied at Temple University in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Dec. 1. WW . . . |
(2021-12-07). Postal Workers tell Congress to deliver postal reform before year's end. peoplesworld.org 
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(2021-12-07). Striking Kaiser stationary engineers garner solidarity strike from nurses, mental health workers. liberationnews.org 
In breathtaking solidarity, 40,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers, representing SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, joined the picket of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Stationary Engineers Local 39 in a one-day sympathy strike on Thursday, Nov 18. On Friday, Nov 19, more than 20,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in the California Nurses Association and the National Union of Healthcare Workers across the state also joined in a one-day sympathy strike.
(2021-12-07). Venezuela's Oil Production Reaches 930,000 Barrels per Day Peak in December's First Week. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela's state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) achieved a total oil production of 930,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the first week of December. The level approaches PDVSA's forecast of one million bpd by the end of the year, as detailed in an internal PDVSA report. The nation's oil industry, in addition to millions of Venezuelan citizens, have seen their livelihoods damaged by illegal coercive measures (or "sanctions") issued by the United States and Europe in an attempt to oust President Nicolas Maduro. | The level of production was reached due to the efforts of exploration and production workers…
(2021-12-07). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Support staff at 400 public daycares in the province of Quebec, Canada struck last week over management's inadequate pay offer while a strike by Teamster concrete workers is threatening the shutdown of Seattle construction projects.
(2021-12-07). New Campaign Launched For Colonial Slavemaster Scotland to Pay Reparations For Her Crimes, Slavery. moguldom.com Some Caribbean islands want Scotland to pay slavery reparations. And a former Scottish National Party (SNP) adviser has backed calls for the country to pay reparations to the Caribbean islands for the damage inflicted during the years of the slave trade. Scotland profited from the enslaved workers in the Caribbean and took the money back …
(2021-12-07). 14,000 Airbus workers take part in "warning" strikes in Germany. wsws.org Without a common European struggle of Airbus workers, not a single job can be defended.
(2021-12-07). World Federation of Trade Unions/ Solidarity on Day of Persons with Disabilities. workers.org 
This statement was issued Dec. 2 by the World Federation of Trade Unions, representing over 105 million workers internationally. Today more than 1 billion people, or approximately 15% of the world's population, live with some form of disability, while 80% of them live in developing countries. We can all understand . . . |
(2021-12-07). Columbia student workers: Expand the strike and oppose UAW sabotage! wsws.org In order to counter the United Auto Workers' attempts to shut down and sell out their strike, it is imperative that Columbia students draw the correct lessons from the ongoing and past struggles.