(2022-04-05). Three-alarm house fire kills twin brothers in Trenton, New Jersey. wsws.org The fire is only the latest tragedy in a former industrial city beset by poverty, violence and neglect.
(2022-04-05). A Poor People's Pandemic Report links poverty, race, coronavirus deaths. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Poverty is inextricably linked with the almost one million U.S. deaths, so far, from the coronavirus pandemic, a new and detailed report says. And the county-by-county statistics also reveal a disproportionate impact on people of color, it adds. A Poor People's Pandemic Report: Mapping The Intersection Of Poverty, Race And Covid-19—the formal name for the …
(2022-04-05). D.C. hit by mass student debt protest before payments resume in May. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Monday, April 4 at noon, student debtors and allies from across the United States came to the Department of Education to demand that the Biden administration cancel all federally-held student loan debt. The rally and march was held by the Debt Collective, which is a union for debtors. "Just like workers need to …
(2022-04-05). Saturday 4/16: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: "The Dawn of Everything" by David Graeber et al. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
(2022-04-05). US Stops Russian Bond Payments. anti-empire.com 
Source: The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at American banks, in a move meant to ratchet up pressure on Moscow and eat into its holdings of U.S. dollars. | Under sanctions put in place after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, foreign currency reserves held by the Russian central bank at U.S. financial institutions were frozen. | But the Treasury Department had been allowing the Russian government to use those funds to m…
(2022-04-05). Labor-Greens bury Assange's plight ahead of Australian federal election. wsws.org A particularly pernicious role is played by Greens MPs who have criticised Assange's persecution, but are working with Labor to ensure it is buried in the forthcoming election.
(2022-04-05). English language instructor who lived through China's Zero COVID program speaks to the Global Workers Inquest. wsws.org "We were united in a common sense driven determination to keep ourselves and others safe in the face of a sudden, novel, and terrifying virus outbreak. Among friends, colleagues, and neighbors, the sense that we were working collectively for the safety of the whole community was universal," she said.
(2022-04-05). Australian state premier offers pittance to flood victims. wsws.org Perrottet made a desperate bid to head off white-hot anger in working-class communities over the refusal of governments to protect and aid devastated residents.
(2022-04-05). IPCC report calls for further reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ecns.cn The IPCC publishes comprehensive scientific assessment reports on climate change and its impacts every six to seven years, which integrates reports submitted separately by its three working groups.
(2022-04-04). Save the Planet, Behead the Military Budget. transcend.org 30 Mar 2022 – Why, why, why, as our ecosystem collapses, as millions flee the horrors of war and poverty, as the pandemic continues, as WWIII and a nuclear Armageddon rears its evil head, does ever-expanding, global militarism remain our primary national purpose? This question stabs me as President Whoever announces his proposed military budget, as Congress increases it, as the media shrugs.
(2022-04-04). The report on Ontario's natural resources the government didn't want you to read. thenarwhal.ca Even as it details how human activity is hurting wetlands and waterways, it focuses on the wealth generated by natural resources.
(2022-04-04). 'A Poor People's Pandemic': Poorest US Counties Suffered Twice the Covid Deaths of Richest. commondreams.org "The neglect of poor and low-wealth people in this country during a pandemic is immoral, shocking, and unjust," said Rev. Dr. William Barber II in response to the new report.
(2022-04-04). Poorest US Counties Suffered Twice the COVID Deaths of the Richest. truthout.org A first-of-its-kind examination of the coronavirus pandemic's impact on low-income communities "The neglect of poor and low-wealth people in this country during a pandemic is immoral, shocking, and unjust, especially in light of the trillions of dollars that profit-driven entities received," said Rev. Dr. William Barber II, co-chair of the na…
(2022-04-04). The Cost of War: 23 Million Afghans Suffer Acute Hunger, 95% Don't Eat Enough Food. transcend.org 24 Mar 2022 – Following 20 long years (2001-2021) of brutal war on Afghanistan by the US-led military coalition, 23 million Afghans now face severe and acute hunger, economic bankruptcy, healthcare system collapse, unbearable family indebtedness, and devastating humanitarian crisis.
(2022-04-04). 'Pick Up the Pen, Joe': DC Protest Calls on Biden to Cancel Student Debt. commondreams.org "If Biden restarts payments on May Day we know that nearly eight million people will be pushed into default," said one Debt Collective organizer. "We don't need to pause this crisis, we need to end it."
(2022-04-04). Let Us Now Praise Courageous Men And Women. popularresistance.org Let us honor those workers who stood up to Amazon, especially Chris Smalls, described by Amazon's chief counsel as "not smart, or articulate," who led a walkout at the Amazon warehouse at Staten Island JFK8 at the beginning of the pandemic two years ago to protest unsafe working conditions. He was immediately fired. Amazon's high-priced lawyers, however, were in for a surprise. Smalls unionized the first Amazon warehouse in the country. He, along with his co-founder Derrick Palmer, built their union worker by worker with little outside support and no affiliation with a national labor group, raising $120,000 on Go…
(2022-04-04). When Boomers Come Together. progressive.org Our new organization, Third Act, is mobilizing the generation with the most political | and economic influence to fight for a working climate and a working democracy.
(2022-04-04). Israeli Army Attacks Palestinian Farmers In Central Gaza. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers attacked with live ammunition Monday morning, Palestinian farmers working on their lands near the perimeter fence east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers stationed across the fence fired many live rounds and high-velocity gas bombs at the farmers while working on their lands. They added that …
(2022-04-04). Hedges: Let Us Now Praise Amazon Unionists. scheerpost.com 
Hammer-Head by By Let us honor those workers who stood up to Amazon, especially Chris Smalls, described by Amazon's chief counsel as "not smart, or articulate," who led a walkout at the Amazon warehouse at Staten Island JFK8 at the beginning of the pandemic two years ago to protest unsafe working conditions. He was immediately fired. Amazon's high-priced lawyers, however, were in for a surprise. Smalls unionized the first Amazon warehouse in the country. He, along…
(2022-04-04). "Look to the health care system for being at fault"—Health care workers continue to voice support for victimized nurse, RaDonda Vaught. wsws.org The WSWS is organizing the working class to defend RaDonda Vaught and all health care workers against victimization for the crisis of the for-profit health care system.
(2022-04-04). Fortieth anniversary of Malvinas/Falklands war exploited to protect Johnson and sanction NATO aggression against Russia. wsws.org Now an attempt to play the same political trick is being made under conditions in which the working class stands on the edge of an economic abyss and the world faces the prospect of a military confrontation between nuclear powers. The price for any let-up in the class struggle would be far higher.
(2022-04-04). Massive social protests erupt in Sri Lanka: A critical development in the global class struggle. wsws.org Immense social anger over the soaring price of food and petrol, hours-long electricity power cuts, an acute shortage of medical supplies and the ever more intolerable conditions of life for working people has erupted in mass protests across Sri Lanka.
(2022-04-04). 5,000 California nurses to take strike vote at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children's Hospitals. wsws.org Nurses at Stanford are confronting an increasingly untenable working environment more than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with a skyrocketing cost of living in the Bay Area, already among the highest in the US.
(2022-04-04). On eve of contract expiration, thousands of Los Angeles County workers march to demand improved wages, working conditions. wsws.org Last Thursday, with their labor contract expiring at midnight, over 2,000 Los Angeles County workers gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest the county's new proposed contract that further attacked their wages, working conditions and jobs.
(2022-04-04). UK: British ruling elite imposes "historic shock to real incomes" of the working class. wsws.org Taking every increase into account, households face a staggering and unaffordable increase of £2,620 in their bills and other costs.
(2022-04-04). IPCC Report Release Delayed as Rich Nations Sought to Weaken Fossil Fuel Phaseout. commondreams.org "I hope Working Group III has the courage to actually call for the elimination of fossil fuels production and use within a Paris agreement compliant timeline," said one scientist.
(2022-04-04). Russia and Ukraine: The World's Breadbaskets and Food Insecurity in North Africa and the Middle East. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara Until the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the world had not realized that these two nations were objectively the world's breadbaskets. Ukraine alone accounts for 12% and 16% of world wheat and corn exports, respectively; moreover, before the exacerbation of the conflict, Kiev alone accounted for half of the world's…
(2022-04-04). Administrative Detainee Al-Awawda Continues Strike For 33rd Day. imemc.org 
Palestinian political prisoner, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges, continues the hunger strike he started 33 days ago, despite his deteriorating condition. The detainee, Khalil Awawda, 40, from Ethna town west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, is demanding to be released, especially since he isn't facing charges and …
(2022-04-04). Briefing: World hunger and the war in Ukraine. mronline.org 
The New Cold War is rapidly heating up, with severe consequences for people around the world. Our new series, Briefings, provides the key facts on these matters of global concern.
(2022-04-04). Decolonizing The Healthcare System. popularresistance.org Mainstream healthcare is historically a twisted, uneven, financially debilitating, and constrictive path forcing incomplete ideals that do not always consider the person as a whole or the health of that individual in their totality. Specialties compartmentalize the body, concentrating on stabilizing a part without the care to follow through to care for the complete person's needs. To often forgotten, emotional, and spiritual healing is often completely disregarded and not seen as necessary for a truly holistic recovery. The fact is today's westernized approach of and on "holistic" healthcare is the colonizing of…