2022-04-29: News Headlines

Otis Grotewohl (2022-04-29). Arrests, kidnappings and 'decommunization' in Ukraine. workers.org The Western corporate media has been working overtime to demonize and disparage Russian President Vladimir Putin following the Feb. 24 Russian intervention in Ukraine. Whenever imperialist powers have their scopes set on overthrowing a sovereign government, they tend to follow a predictable trend, such as crying foul over "human rights," . . . |

WSWS (2022-04-29). As Stanford nurses strike continues, Oakland teachers launch one-day strike against school closures. wsws.org The two job actions demonstrate the potential for a broader offensive of the working class in defense of its standard of living against runaway inflation, mass death due to the pandemic and the danger of nuclear war.

Staff (2022-04-29). President Maduro Meets with ILO Delegation. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday night, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a meeting at Miraflores Palace with a delegation from the International Labor Organization (ILO) as part of the Social Dialogue Forum being held in Caracas from April 25 until Thursday, April 28. | "Excellent meeting with the delegation of the International Labor Organization that is in our country, within the framework of the Social Dialogue Forum,'" the head of state wrote on his Twitter account. | "Our fight will always be in favor of the Venezuelan working class, of which I am proud to belong," he added. | pic.tw…

Labor Video Project (2022-04-29). ILWU 10 Backs OEA Strike Against Closure of Oakland Schools & Privatization of Port. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 at a press conference supported the OEA teachers strike against the closures of public schools in Oakland. They were joined by parents of students and also other unions. | SEIU 1021 leaders supported the teachers and also adamantly opposed the privatization of Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland which they said would destroy the working port of Oakland. They were also supported by USW Local 5 president PK White from the striking Chevron Richmond refinery workers.

WSWS (2022-04-29). Millions join Sri Lankan general strike to demand ouster of Rajapakse government. wsws.org Although limited by the trade unions to just one day, yesterday's massive walkout was a powerful and significant intervention by the working class into Sri Lanka's deepening political and social crisis.

Josh Mayfield (2022-04-29). Springfield, Missouri: Police further criminalize homelessness, incarcerating rather than housing. liberationnews.org Homeless residents of Springfield have said they have experienced increased harassment.

WSWS (2022-04-29). Gradually, Then Suddenly: A whitewashing of the 2013 Detroit bankruptcy. wsws.org The documentary provides the media and political establishment's version of the city of Detroit's supposed "monumental climb out of bankruptcy [in 2013] toward a new era."

Zak Norton (2022-04-29). Georgia: Solidarity rally held for heroic hunger-striking ICE detainees. liberationnews.org The hunger strike sends a powerful message to those in power—that despite everything—in the most difficult circumstances—the people will unite across nationalities and fight injustice.

Our Reporter (2022-04-28). IGG Insists on Lifestyle Audit. plusnews.ug The Inspector General of Government (IGG) Beti Olive Namisango Kamya has announced that she will press ahead with conducting a lifestyle audit on government officials whose wealth does not match their known income. Kamya's declaration comes four months after Presient Yoweri Museveni cautioned her on the strategy, saying she should go slow as it could …

rebekah (2022-04-28). Pressure Mounts on Biden to Take Action on Student Loan Debt. inequality.org

Editor (2022-04-28). Editorial — May Day message: workers and oppressed people of the world, unite! workers.org Corporate advertisers change their slogans regularly. How many of us remember "Look for the golden arches?" We can date ourselves by what we can recall. But it's a different story with the slogans of the working class. "An injury to one is an injury to all" has stood the test . . . |

_____ (2022-04-28). Jump-Starting A Commune: Voices From Monte Sinaí. popularresistance.org Monte Sinaí Commune is a young organization working hard to foster communal production and strengthen non-market social relations. This commune's territory reaches into both Anzoátegui and Miranda states, but has its epicenter in the small town of Santa Bárbara in the Guanape Valley. Various crops, including coffee, cocoa, black beans, diverse tubers, and avocado, all grow in this lush and varied region. Since the coffee trees here are old and low in yield, the commune has built a plant nursery to grow coffee seedlings to replace the old trees. The process of forming the Monte Sinaí Commune began about a year ago…

WSWS (2022-04-28). Inflation intensifies cost of living crisis for workers in Australia. wsws.org Runaway price rises for food, fuel, housing, education and other essentials are tearing through working-class living conditions.

WSWS (2022-04-28). SEP (Australia) election campaigners find widespread opposition to inequality and cost of living crisis in Queensland. wsws.org Asked about what Labor and the Coalition were saying in the election campaign, Andrew, a Brisbane construction worker said with disgust: "I don't listen to them any more. It's all about money."

WSWS (2022-04-28). A socialist program for striking Sri Lankan workers. wsws.org Bring down the Rajapakse government! Abolish executive presidency! No to interim regimes! Oppose hunger and IMF austerity! Build Action Committees to fight for a socialist program to ensure food, fuel and medicine for all!

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