(2022-02-01). Poverty in Germany: 2021 report exposes profit-before-lives policy. wsws.org 13.4 million Germans, or 16.1 percent of the population, lived in poverty in the first year of the pandemic, 200,000 more than in 2019.
(2022-02-01). Role of Workers' Productive Councils in Venezuela's Economic Recovery—Interview with Manuel Páez. orinocotribune.com 
On February 19, 2020, President Nicolás Maduro decreed an energy emergency and a state of exception in the country's hydrocarbon industry, which led to the creation of the General Staff of the Workers' Productive Councils (CPTT). Manuel Páez, who belongs to the presidential commission of the CPTT for the hydrocarbon sector, in an interview with àöltimas Noticias, explained that there are "71 colleagues who were assigned (by the president and the working class itself) the task of directing the transformation of the industry… presenting a new management model, which is basically collective management." | Páe…
(2022-02-01). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Longshore workers are battling attacks on jobs, working conditions and pay, with inflation rampaging across South America.
(2022-02-01). Open letter to New Zealand rail workers: Form rank-and-file committees to fight for safe working conditions. wsws.org Commuter rail operator Transdev, assisted by the Rail and Maritime Transport Union, is imposing conditions that will allow Omicron to spread and infect rail workers and passengers.
(2022-02-01). Cold temperatures expose crisis of homelessness and hunger in Missouri. wsws.org A cold snap that hit the state on January 19 exposed the desperate conditions that confront the most vulnerable sections of the population.
(2022-02-01). Boise Community Mobilizes In the Face of Threats of Violence from Far-Right Group. itsgoingdown.org Report back on recent community mobilization against threats of violence from the Idaho Liberty Dogs, a far-Right group in so-called Boise, Idaho. For background information, go here. photo: @RedoubtAFA After a week filled with cops stealing survival items, being stink bombed, and facing multiple threats of violence from local fascists — folks experiencing houselessness and…
(2022-02-01). Yemen: How Many Must die Before the World Intervenes? orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Jan 26, 2022 | A beautiful historic country of poetry and art, of ancient buildings and centuries-old culture, has been devastated, destroyed, and bankrupted by fierce aggression led by imperialist forces. | As the death toll rises and nearly 20 million civilians face starvation… When will the international community intervene to end this suffering? Needless slaughters, bombs, regional politicking, airstrikes, the imposed siege, weapons of mass starvation targeting the infrastructure, including hospitals, prisons, and the fabric of civil society that holds a nation together in Yemen. | As I…
(2022-02-01). OXFAM: Pandemic exposes systemic inequality. greenleft.org.au Since the pandemic began a new billionaire has been created every 26 hours, according to OXFAM. Jessie de Waal reports.
(2022-01-31). Expiration of expanded tax credit throws millions of US children into poverty. wsws.org Amid a surge in the Omicron variant which has sickened millions, the Democrats have allowed expanded child tax credit (CTC) payments to expire with 30 million families not seeing the payments on January 15 after just six months of the program.
(2022-01-31). New Report: Small Business's Big Moment. popularresistance.org Small businesses build local wealth, with benefits for nearly every aspect of the community and region. They offer a path to prosperity for hard-working entrepreneurs. They keep a larger share of their economic output within the community than businesses with outside ownership, putting that output to work to support schools, public safety, roads, parks, affordable housing, and many other vital public needs. And young, small businesses create the bulk of the nation's new jobs. | But one of the biggest challenges facing America's communities is leveling the playing field for small businesses and intentionally movin…
(2022-01-31). New Gates Foundation trustee led plot to overthrow Zimbabwean leader alongside US gov't. thegrayzone.com Listed as a US asset while spearheading Zimbabwean regime change plans, billionaire Strive Masiyiwa joins a cast of technocratic zealots on Gates' new board of trustees. In a shake-up of an institution named for one of the world's wealthiest and most influential oligarchs, Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa was appointed to the Gates Foundation's board of trustees this January. He will be joined on the board by a seemingly diverse cast of corporate elites known for their embrace of technocratic and …
(2022-01-31). Is Erdogan Trying to Revise his Foreign Policy? journal-neo.org 
Turkey has lately shown signs of a clearly growing socio-political crisis in the country. Its economy is going through a difficult, if not disastrous, phase: the lira is plummeting, foreign exchange reserves are shrinking, external debt and unemployment are skyrocketing. Against this background, the approval rate for Recep Tayyip Erdogan as head of state has …
(2022-01-31). How Kroger Is Using DC Spin Doctors To Fight Their Unionized Workers. popularresistance.org In recent weeks, Kroger has faced a rash of negative news reports about its employees' working and living conditions, drawn new scrutiny from lawmakers, and seen thousands of workers go on strike in Colorado — all as the company lobbies on union rights legislation, and bankrolls corporate trade associations trying to kill it. | Now amid the potential for congressional hearings and a federal crackdown, the grocery giant did what so many other corporate behemoths do when they're feeling the heat: pay big bucks to run counter programming claiming it offers "great pay and great benefits" in a Beltway tip sheet…
(2022-01-31). NYC mayor Adams steps up law and order campaign after two police officers killed. wsws.org The city's new Democratic mayor, along with the entire political establishment and bourgeois media, is preparing increased police repression as a response to growing working class resistance to the pandemic and its consequences.
(2022-01-31). Replacing imports to guarantee greater biotechnological sovereignty in the production of medicine. mronline.org 
Interview with president of Cuba's leading pharmaceutical enterprise group, BioCubaFarma, working to strengthen the country's technological sovereignty and contribute to the population's quality of life.
(2022-01-31). Stop the intra-company bidding war at Ford! No concessions—neither in Saarlouis nor in Valencia. wsws.org We are no longer prepared to accept the systematic sellout of our jobs and the constant deterioration of our wages and working conditions without a fight.
(2022-01-31). Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers hold one-day strike in Western Province. wsws.org Repeated struggles in the health sector indicate that the working class will not accept the government's attack, and is determined to defend its living conditions and social rights.
(2022-01-31). UN flags Colombia as 'hunger hotspot'. colombiareports.com 
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that the food security of Colombia's poor could deteriorate in the coming months. The FAO added Colombia to a list of…
(2022-01-31). Driver Video Shows Road Rage Bustin' On Highway: 'Always Assume Americans Have Guns Without Mental Healthcare'. moguldom.com A violent road rage incident on a Florida interstate in which a driver fired nearly a dozen shots toward another car is leaving some on Twitter worried about Americans without adequate mental healthcare. Dashcam footage of the shooter, Eric Popper, 30, was recently released from an incident that took place in June 2021. Around 6: 53 …