(2022-09-03). President Maduro Reiterates Commitment to Fight Against Racial Discrimination. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reiterated the commitment of the Bolivarian government in the fight against racial discrimination. . | The president made this comment on the occasion of the International Day for People of African Descent, celebrated on August 31. He stated that the Venezuelan state will continue its fight against all sorts of inequality that Afro-descendant communities face. |
(2022-09-03). Mayo Clinic Minute: How staring at screens can affect your vision. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More people working from home these days often means more hours looking at computer screens and mobile devices. And eye experts at Mayo Clinic say that could create some temporary vision problems. Reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/sO6ClDDtyyA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 12) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If you stare at a computer…
(2022-09-03). Friday 9/2: Benchlands Meeting. indybay.org Join us at 3: 00 pm near the Water Street end of the Benchlands, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz | Protest against the Benchlands sweep after the meeting in front of the County Building at 4: 30 pm…
(2022-09-03). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.
(2022-09-03). Pennsylvania nursing home workers launch strike against poverty pay, low staffing. wsws.org Nurses and health care workers are striking against terrible overwork conditions, with a single nursing assistant (CNA) sometimes caring for as many as 30 long-term patients at a time.
(2022-09-02). 6 Million Afghans Facing Famine as US Refuses to Return $7 Billion in Seized Funds. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-02). US Working Class Must Stand Up to This Nation's Oligarchs. commondreams.org In the year 2022, three multibillionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society—160 million Americans. This is unsustainable.
(2022-09-02). Surging prices in Europe: The ruling class makes workers pay for the capitalist crisis. wsws.org Europe's working class is facing the greatest assault on its standard of living in a century, when postwar inflation and the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash destroyed the livelihoods of large segments of the working and middle classes.
(2022-09-02). Is The US Legal System At War With Its People? popularresistance.org The very laws and government agencies created to protect the people in the United States are increasingly being weaponized against those who are often marginalized in society: people of color, the poor, and the working class. In just the last few months, there have been many incidents of this kind of violent abuse of power. | On July 28, the state of Alabama performed a "botched" execution on Joe Nathan James Jr., who journalists believe may have suffered medical malpractice akin to "torture" for hours before his death. On August 12, around midnight, a police officer threatened to kill a Black pregnant woman duri…
(2022-09-02). New Pew Research: 77% Of Black Americans Support Reparations, 44% Don't See Racial Equality Ever Happening. moguldom.com More American may have been discussing or have been aware of the striking race inequity in the u.S, but according to a new report from Pew Research, most Black Americans don't think this new awareness was making any difference. In fact, two-thirds of Black Americans say that recent increased focus on race and racial inequality …
(2022-09-02). Australia: Escalating government threats against rail workers a warning for the working class. wsws.org The RTBU has now launched its own legal case, asking the pro-business FWC to impose a "good faith bargaining order" on the government.
(2022-09-02). Climate, conflicts raise stakes in hungry world. ecns.cn Millions of people struggling for food every day are seeing their hopes dimmed by soaring grain prices and tight supplies amid the impact of climate change and Western sanctions on Russia.
(2022-09-02). Biden's Student Loan Scam. popularresistance.org The Biden administration announcement of so-called student loan debt relief does little to alleviate the problem it claims to solve. Forgiving $20,000 for Pell grant holders and $10,000 for all who earn less than $125,000 is questionable for a variety of reasons. It is a midterm election bait and switch that pleases gullible democrats, helps only a minority of borrowers, and is nothing like what candidate Biden proposed during the 2020 campaign. | Americans owe $1.7 trillion in student loan debt. This crisis did not occur by happenstance. Universities did not escape the neoliberal onslaught and are fund raising m…
(2022-09-02). Argentine President Condemns Attack on Cristina Fernandez. telesurenglish.net Argentine President Alberto Fernandez condemned the attack against Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner that occurred on Thursday night and declared Friday a non-working day for society to peacefully express its rejection of political violence. | RELATED: | During a national network broadcast on television a few minutes after the events, Fernandez maintained that the attack against the former president is the "most…
(2022-09-02). Our Super Rich Are Fretting About Their Great-Great-Grandkids. inequality.org
(2022-09-02). Hungry Haitians have had enough. workers.org 
August 22 is the day the Haitian revolution began in 1791. The date commemorates the fact that an enslaved people, a majority of whom were born in Africa, organized an army that defeated the highly praised, veteran French military, on the battlefields of Vertières and elsewhere — giving the oppressed . . . |
(2022-09-02). 'Honor Her Memory… by Fighting Like Hell': Barbara Ehrenreich Dies at 81. commondreams.org "We've lost a gifted writer and a relentless fighter for the working class," said one admirer of the journalist, author, and labor rights champion.
(2022-09-02). A Marxist IQ for Labor Day. cpusa.org 
This Labor Day comes in the midst of multiple crises facing working people in the U.S. This Marxist IQ looks at the history of Labor Day and its meaning. 1. The labor movement considers Peter McGuire, a late 19th-century trade unionist, to be the most important leader of the movement to establish Labor Day …
(2022-09-02). Labor Day weekend: Unions launch biggest election push in history. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON The AFL-CIO today kicked off a massive voter mobilization to elect pro-worker candidates in November, aiming to empower working people to make the difference in scores of close races around the country. The 2022 mobilization kicks into high gear at a time when labor unions enjoy their highest approval rating in more than five decades, according to …
(2022-09-02). Philadelphia Museum of Art workers authorize a strike. wsws.org The workers at the Philadelphia art museum are part of a growing wave of anger and militancy among cultural workers generally, which is in turn a part of the emerging movement of the working class in the US and internationally.
(2022-09-02). 7 movies to celebrate Labor Day weekend. peoplesworld.org 
Held on the first Monday of September, Labor Day is not just an excuse for a (much needed) three-day weekend. Instead, the holiday sprung forth from the struggles and victories of the labor movement in the United States. It's a way to celebrate how far the working class has come, and the present day battles …
(2022-09-02). Lula destaca solidaridad de Venezuela en lucha contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net El expresidente de Brasil criticó nuevamente la pobre gestión del Gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro en el enfrentamiento a la pandemia.
(2022-09-01). Sanctions on Russia Threaten Fertilizer Production and Could Lead to Famine. covertactionmagazine.com The media are concealing an outrageous scandal in the context of the Russia sanctions—while distracting with a sideshow by spreading silly lies about Switzerland. Does Der Spiegel, an opinion leader in much of Europe, deserve the disqualification "lying press"? Far be it from me to call mainstream journalists liars across the board, because first of …