(2022-05-11). The sellout of the UIC graduate student strike: The political lessons. wsws.org Last month, the Graduate Educators Organization, under pressure from the AFT, shutdown and sold out the strike of over 1, 0 graduate students fighting against poverty wages at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
(2022-05-11). Japan allies with West in expanding global conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com South China Morning PostMay 9, 2022 EU and Japan to forge united front against China and Russia at summit The European Union and Japan are working together to cut their dependence on China and check Beijing's influence in the Indo-Pacific, amid anger over China's "no limits" partnership with Russia. At a summit in Tokyo on …
(2022-05-11). Germany's conservative CDU wins state election in Schleswig-Holstein. wsws.org In order to suppress growing popular resistance to war and social cuts, Germany's political parties are closing ranks and working ever more closely together.
(2022-05-11). Australian election features "wage growth" sham. wsws.org The Labor Party is working with the trade unions to keep a lid on the eruption of strikes by holding out false hopes of wages relief under a Labor government.
(2022-05-10). German government imposes war costs on working class. wsws.org If the German government has its way, the working class will pay for the cost of its participation in the Ukraine war and the biggest rearmament programme since Hitler with mass poverty and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.
(2022-05-10). Child Care Workers and Parents Unite to Demand Livable Wages and Affordable Care. truthout.org 
Shineal Hunter is proud to be a child care provider in Philadelphia, where parents depend on her daycare center to help their children grow and learn while they are busy at work. Hunter is also proud that her daughters want to follow in her footsteps and care for children — but she does not want them send them into an "industry of poverty" where workers do not receive a livable wage. | "Why should I not be paid the same rate as someone in the school district?" Hunter said in a statement on Monday. "I want to uplift as many Black and brown women and children that I can, but I'm constantly struggling with kee…
(2022-05-10). Israeli occupation forces have killed 50 Palestinians so far this year. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has also used collective punishment against Palestinians by repeatedly closing the crossings connecting Israel with the occupied territories, preventing thousands of Palestinians from traveling and working there…
(2022-05-10). May Day 2022: The revolutionary role of the American working class. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Joseph Kishore to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Kishore is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States.
(2022-05-10). "We've all suffered the same way": Striking Cedars-Sinai Medical Center workers speak out. wsws.org The striking healthcare service workers are fighting for safe working conditions, improved staffing and better wages.
(2022-05-10). Indian workers and students speak out on NATO-Russia war. wsws.org Supporters of the ICFI in India spoke to workers and youth about the need to build an anti-war movement of the working class based on socialist internationalism amid the proxy war waged by the US and its NATO allies against Russia.
(2022-05-10). UK: Queen's Speech lays out brutal class war agenda and evisceration of democratic rights. wsws.org The government's response to its mounting political crisis was to throw "red meat" to satisfy the Tory Party's right-wing constituency and the capitalist class demanding an escalation in the offensive against the working class.
(2022-05-10). Australia: Labor and the Coalition in lockstep as COVID-19 infection toll passes six million. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in this election advancing a program of action for the working class to protect lives and end the pandemic.
(2022-05-10). Mental Health and Substance Use Among Homeless Adolescents in the US. jamanetwork.com This study uses data from the state-level Youth Risk Behavioral Survey to evaluate mental health and substance use outcomes among homeless and nonhomeless adolescents in 2019.
(2022-05-10). 25 Issues Of Increasing And Serious Concern In India. popularresistance.org There is increasing worry that in some areas of critical importance the situation in India has been deteriorating steadily during the last eight years or so. As India is home to about 18 per cent of people in the world, this is clearly a matter of urgent concern. Hence a review of these disturbing trends is urgently needed with a view to suggesting suitable remedial actions for checking this deterioration. | Inequalities have been increasing recently to record levels. According to the World Inequality Report, after years of significant reduction of inequalities in…
(2022-05-10). Hundreds Of Day Cares Are Closed Today As Educators Go On Strike. popularresistance.org Hundreds of child care providers in 27 states and Washington, D.C., went on strike Monday to remind policymakers how essential they are, not only to families but to the nation's economy. | Early childhood professionals — and the parents they serve — said they're fed up with the lack of progress on policy promises such as better wages and expanded subsidies. | "I've never met a family who has said child care is affordable," said Allyx Schiavone, a member of the Ideal Learning Roundtable, a national group of developmental early childhood education experts. Schiavone helped organize a Connecticut-specifi…