(2022-04-12). Sweden: Only 11 individual working days lost to strikes and lockouts in 2021. wsws.org A report published by Sweden's Trade union-affiliated Mediation Institute demonstrates the pro-corporate role of these organisations in promoting the interests of big business during the pandemic.
(2022-04-12). Blue Hill Avenue, Boston tenants demand safe and dignified housing from Nuestra Comunidad. liberationnews.org 
The tenants demanded working locks in the building's main entrances, consistent heat and hot water, and to rid the building of its rodent infestation.
(2022-04-12). More Russians interested in learning Chinese. ecns.cn Some 11 percent working-age Russians say they are interested in learning Chinese, representing a rise from 5 percent a year ago, according to a survey released on Monday.
(2022-04-12). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Truckers in Honduras began a strike April 7, blocking various highways around the country while teachers in Peru joined forces with other workers to demand an increase in minimum wages.
(2022-04-12). China's illegal timber business is stripping Suriname's forests. aninews.in Paramaribo [Suriname], May 22 (ANI): China's hunger for timber is stripping Suriname's forests.
(2022-04-11). Grassroots Unionism: Lessons From The Victory At Amazon. popularresistance.org Amazon workers in Staten Island defeated one of the wealthiest and most anti-union corporations in the world. Their victory is a repudiation of the failed strategy of the labor bureaucracy and shows the power of real rank and file organizing.
(2022-04-11). Activists Tell Eversource: Cancel The Springfield-Longmeadow Gas Pipeline. popularresistance.org Massachusetts – Under the threat of the proposed Eversource pipeline and stormy skies, 200 residents from Springfield, Longmeadow and across the Commonwealth demanded that Eversource cancel the Proposed Springfield-Longmeadow gas pipeline. | The Springfield Climate Justice Coalition and the Longmeadow Pipeline Awareness Group along with 57 co-sponsoring organizations, many from Springfield, came together on Saturday afternoon, April 9th to say "No!" to Eversource's proposed Springfield-Longmeadow natural gas pipeline. Cut short by flashes of lightning and the cry of thunder, the rally ended for safety reasons, re…
(2022-04-11). Child Care And Elder Care Investments Are A Tool For Reducing Inflation. popularresistance.org Policymakers should look for any tool that can help restrain inflationary pressures without causing significant collateral damage. One such tool could be investments in child care and elder care. By subsidizing families' use of child care and elder care and providing direct investments to providers, such investments could boost future labor supply by allowing working-age parents and children who want to look for paid employment to do so while remaining confident their family members are receiving care. Further, these investments can help dampen inflationary pressures—that rising wages could in theory contri…
(2022-04-11). Fossil Fuel Industry Subsidized at Rate of $11 Million Per Minute. projectcensored.org A September 2021 working paper by the International Monetary Fund found that globally the fossil fuel industry receives subsidies of $11 million per minute, as reported on by The Guardian…
(2022-04-11). If It Feels Like You're Being Manipulated, It's Because You Are. thealtworld.com 
Listen to a reading of this article: | ‚ùñ | If you've got a gut feeling that your rulers are working to control your perception of the war in Ukraine, it is safe to trust that feeling. | If you feel like there's been a concerted effort from the most powerful government and media institutions in the western world to manipulate your understanding of what's going on with this war, it's because If you can't recall ever seeing such intense mass media spi…
(2022-04-11). Sri Lankan Central Bank governor: Prepare for more austerity. wsws.org The IMF agenda is the means for forcing working people to bear new burdens to ensure repayments to the international banks, finance houses and foreign creditors.
(2022-04-11). Crisis election begins in Australia as major parties suppress discussion of key issues facing working class. wsws.org Both of the major parties are running diversionary campaigns aimed at suppressing discussion of their bipartisan program of war and austerity.
(2022-04-11). Macron, neo-fascist Le Pen advance to runoff in French presidential election. wsws.org Whichever candidate emerges victorious, the new president will oversee a reactionary government that will come into violent conflict with the working class.
(2022-04-11). Biden Administration Budgets Record $27.6 Billion for Militarization of Outer-Space. transcend.org 10 Apr 2022 – As homeless rates skyrocket and public education flounders, the Biden administration has proposed a record $27.6 billion budget for the militarization of outer space in 2023—a 25% increase from the 2022 budget. New cold war provides continued backdrop for misallocation of public resources into weaponry right out of science fiction films.
(2022-04-11). Black News Channel Reportedly Won't Pay Final Checks To Employees. moguldom.com On March 25, Black News Channel, which was founded by former GOP Congressman Rep. J.C. Watts, informed its 230 employees in a memo that the news network was ceasing live production and would file for bankruptcy. Now comes word that the employees won't get paid their final checks. The company said it will not be …
(2022-04-11). Over 29mn people in east Africa facing food insecurity. en.mehrnews.com As many as 29 million people in the member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), located in East Africa, are facing high levels of food insecurity, IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu said.