(2022-02-25). Major League Baseball spring training delayed as lockout continues. wsws.org The owners, who have vastly increased their revenue share as a result of the last collective bargaining agreement (CBA), intend to maintain their beneficial wealth distribution by offering small, incremental changes in a new CBA.
(2022-02-25). Perpetual Tyranny: Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom. dissidentvoice.org Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes… known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few…. No nation could preserve its freedom …
(2022-02-25). Australian Education Union promotes misinformation over Victorian teachers' agreement. wsws.org The union is concerned not only to prevent an informed examination of its sell-out agreement but also to block a discussion in which educators connect the question of their working conditions with the ongoing COVID crisis, against the AEU's insistence that these are entirely separate issues.
(2022-02-25). The Keep Africa Poor and Dependent Project. dissidentvoice.org Exploited and abused for generations by white colonial powers and manipulative economic structures, there is a growing feeling of solidarity within parts of the African continent, as exemplified by the #NoMore movement. Covid vaccine inequality and environmental injustice, together with recent events in Ethiopia, have galvanized people. Ideas of African unity and rage against former …
(2022-02-25). North Carolina prison inmates initiate hunger strike against inhumane treatment and grossly inadequate pandemic response. wsws.org The strike came to light nearly two weeks ago after family members of one of the inmates contacted the non-profit law firm, North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services.
(2022-02-24). Wage Cap Allows Millionaires to Stop Contributing to Social Security on February 24, 2022. cepr.net Social Security, the program that provides retirement, disability, and survivor benefits to almost one-in-five people in the US, stops getting support from America's wealthiest today. Thursday the 24th is the first day of 2022 that millionaires make no contribution to the program. Most people are not aware that Social Security contributions are capped at the …
(2022-02-24). Puerto Rican union workers strike against austerity, point to U.S. responsibility. peoplesworld.org In Puerto Rico on Feb. 18, thousands of publicly-employed union workers, retired workers, and university students took part in a national strike and march that spread throughout the island. The largest contingent filled streets in San Juan. Demonstrators made noise and marched behind a long banner saying, "People before Debt — Salary Justice — Dignified …
(2022-02-24). Former Education Secretary visits White City Campus. imperial.ac.uk Justine Greening visited Imperial's White City Campus to learn about how the College is working with the local community.
(2022-02-24). Studs Terkel's 'Working' 50 Years On. mronline.org First published in January 1972, Working is a baggy collection of over seven-hundred and sixty pages, most devoted to the reflections of ordinary Americans about their economic lives. From the Terkel archive, it's clear that his interest in work was long standing and went well beyond the USA.
(2022-02-24). Judge upholds strike injunction at BNSF: US capitalism disciplines the working class while preparing for war. wsws.org Faced with a resurgence of the class struggle, the capitalist ruling class is reviving all the anti-democratic methods that it used to crush workers' resistance in previous generations.
(2022-02-24). Strikers at the University of Manchester speak on working conditions. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to striking lecturers on picket lines on Tuesday, just before brutal pension cuts were forced through by employers at a meeting of the Universities Superannuation Scheme's Joint Negotiating Committee.
(2022-02-24). Dutch communists commemorate 81st anniversary of 1941 February Strike. peoplesdispatch.org Under the call of the Communist Party of Netherlands (CPN), the Dutch working class organized a heroic strike on February 25 and 26, 1941 against the persecution of Jews in the country under Nazi Germany occupation…
(2022-02-24). Reaction To Haitian Strike Exposes Liberal Lie On 'Feminist Foreign Policy'. popularresistance.org A government truly committed to a "feminist foreign policy" would support Haitians striking to boost their 70-cents-per-hour wage. But thus far Canadian officials have responded to the workers' action by paying a celebratory visit to a sweatshop and ignoring protests repressed by Canadian-funded police. | At the start of last week thousands of Haitian apparel workers launched a strike for a higher minimum wage. Thousand have taken to the streets in Port-au-Prince calling for a tripling of their 500 gourdes daily salary (CDN $6.20). The largely female workforce stitches shirts and other apparel for brands like Gap…
(2022-02-24). Eyewitness Reports Indicate Ukrainian Army Fired First Shots in War with Russia. covertactionmagazine.com Western Media did not report that the population in Eastern Ukraine had been begging Vladimir Putin to send Russian troops …
(2022-02-24). Building Back Unions With Executive Power. inequality.org
(2022-02-24). A Sea of Trouble: Seabed Mining and International Arbitration in Mexico. inequality.org
(2022-02-24). The Newspaper Industry Is Fighting Democracy — Blame Private Equity. progressivehub.net SAM PIZZIGATI | INEQUALITY.ORG…
(2022-02-24). What Can Biden Say About the Economic State of Our Union? inequality.org
(2022-02-24). We Cannot Separate the Movements for Black Electoral Power and Economic Power. inequality.org
(2022-02-24). Salutes of freedom to Hisham Abu Hawash and Miqdad Qawasmeh. samidoun.net Salutes of freedom and welcome to Hisham Abu Hawash and Miqdad Qawasmeh, both released from Israeli occupation prisons today. Hisham Abu Hawash's 141-day hunger strike to win his freedom from administrative detention without charge or trial captivated the world. Miqdad Qawasmeh, a Palestinian university student, stood up for his fellow imprisoned students with his 114-day …