(2022-08-19). Presidential Emergency Board ruling on railroads: The Biden administration declares war on the working class. wsws.org The ruling is an object lesson the class character of the state, the Democratic Party and behind them, the pro-corporate trade unions.
(2022-08-19). The Taliban Envisions Russia Playing A Big Role In The Group's Geo-Economic Balancing Act. oneworld.press It won't openly say as much, but the Taliban is arguably working to preemptively avert its potentially disproportionate dependence on China and Pakistan out of concern that such a relationship could erode its sovereignty.
(2022-08-19). Opportunity instead of crises and End this madness! indybay.org Almost no one asks what an economic policy looks like that no longer subordinates everything to economic growth: How to reduce the debt mountain to a reasonable level without GDP growth? How can pensions be secured without GDP growth and how can sufficient gainful employment be guaranteed?>
(2022-08-19). Saturday 9/10: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Beyond Money – A Postcapitalist Strategy. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
(2022-08-19). China sets up working group to promote talks on joining DEPA. ecns.cn China on Thursday set up a working group to advance talks on joining the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) after approval from the DEPA Joint Committee, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Friday.
(2022-08-18). Good Samaritan Nonprofit Has Purchased $6B In Medical Debt, Says It Cost $1 To Wipe Out Each $100. moguldom.com A debt collector-turned-philanthropist has bought $6.7 billion worth of medical debt on secondary markets — where hospitals sell debt for pennies on the dollar. But instead of profiting by collecting on that debt, the nonprofit has relieved 3.6 million people of the weight of their hospital bills. A 2020 University of Minneapolis study examined medical …
(2022-08-18). Nicaragua: Tomabu Community Builds Agroecology And Food Sovereignty. popularresistance.org This past week, I visited the community of Tomabu in the department of Estelí. It is a small campo community with an incredibly curvy and uneven dirt road that leads to the top. Upon arrival, we were warmly greeted by Dolores and Bernardino in their home, where they shared with us that Dolores was born in the community and they have been campesinos/campesinas their entire lives, currently working with 4 manzanas of land, and that the community's main crops are corn and beans | Dolores and Bernardino have one of the ATC's projects behind their home — cama profundas, as they are called in Spanish — a de…
(2022-08-18). Fighting forward: how to keep antibiotics working with CRP point-of-care testing. healtheuropa.com 
Abbott explores how antibiotic use can be reduced in primary care settings and reviews the role of CRP point-of-care testing, its use in different countries and how it can be implemented in the workflow of a practice. The introduction of antibiotics into clinical practice was one of the most important interventions for the control of …
(2022-08-18). New anti-cancer drug in development. healtheuropa.com 
Researchers in the US have been working on a new anti-cancer drug. The drug will be absorbed through the gut's lymphatic system, allowing new ways to treat cancer. A new anti-cancer drug is under development at the University of Michigan. Researchers believe a new method of absorption, through the lymphatic system rather than blood cells, will allow …
(2022-08-18). Nine Colombians Workers Are Trapped in a Mine Due to Collapse. telesurenglish.net On Wenesday, Cundinamarca Governor Nicolas Garcia informed that a landslide trapped nine workers in a coal mine in the municipality of Lenguazaque, in the Cundinamarca department. | RELATED: | "The nine miners trapped are in good condition, they receive air and have been given serum," Garcia said, adding that firefighters, the National Mining Agency and Civil Defense are working to get the workers out "as soon as possible.
(2022-08-18). Colombia: Francia Márquez Announces Creation Of Ministry Of Equality. popularresistance.org Colombia – The Vice President of Colombia, Francia Márquez, symbolically took office in her homeland, in the department of Cauca, where she announced that this week the creation of the Ministry of Equality, which she herself will lead, will be filed in Congress. | The formation of this new portfolio will be made to "take on the greatest challenge that Colombia has: inequality", in the words of the vice-president. | In this sense, "the agreement was to create a Ministry of Equality, and this project will be submitted to the Congress this week" and they hope it will be approved urgently". | In the municipality of S…
(2022-08-18). Democrats: Use Labor Day as an Action Day to Highlight Workers Rights. commondreams.org The Democrats have not been taking advantage of the one national holiday dedicated to working people.
(2022-08-18). Rolls-Royce locks out 530 Montreal airplane engine plant workers for 5 months. wsws.org The British-based multinational is slashing thousands of jobs at its facilities across five continents and attacking employees' wages and working conditions to further boost its profits.
(2022-08-18). AMLO transfers National Guard to military in a threat against Mexican working class. wsws.org López Obrador is consolidating a garrison state and establishing an authoritarian precedent of ruling by decree as part of the preparations of Mexico's ruling elite for dictatorship.
(2022-08-18). Tax breaks for workers from SARs in Nansha. ecns.cn Hong Kong and Macao residents working in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, are eligible for partial exemption from personal income tax which exceeds that in the two special administrative regions.
(2022-08-18). Young steelworker seriously injured by steel coil at Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor Mill. wsws.org The recent serious injury of a Cleveland-Cliffs steelworker in Indiana exposes the extremely dangerous conditions for steelworkers in the US and the bankruptcy of the USW's claim that "the union's priority must always be making sure that workers come home safely at the end of their shifts."
(2022-08-18). Oakland's unhoused targeted for eviction, but where will they go? peoplesworld.org 
OAKLAND—Seven years ago, people began setting up what became Oakland's largest and oldest encampment under a freeway maze by a train yard, as the city's housing crisis grew increasingly serious. Some folks drove RVs and trailers into the huge space next to an old railroad trestle, used decades ago to move boxcars between the port …
(2022-08-18). A Trump-Nominated Judge Blocked a Wage Hike From the CA Ballot, But the Fight Isn't Over. commondreams.org We're taking a new approach: working with our elected partners in the California state legislature to get the job done.
(2022-08-18). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman: Mobilize the entire working class against the Biden administration's assault on rail workers! wsws.org This statement was issued by UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman in response to the Biden administration's recommendations for a settlement in the rail industry.
(2022-08-17). The Huge Pay Gaps at Low-Wage Federal Contractors. inequality.org