(2023-06-17). Correspondence] Non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan: a silent tsunami. thelancet.com Afghanistan is experiencing an untypical humanitarian crisis resulting from a chronic 40-year conflict and political upheavals. This crisis has led to a rapid economic collapse, inflation, drastic rises in poverty, hunger, and risk of malnutrition.1 Afghanistan is suffering from the double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Outbreaks of many communicable diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea, measles, dengue fever, pertussis, and Crimean—Congo haemorrhagic fever in addition to COVID-19 have worsened the situation.
(2023-06-18). Capital in the 2020s (with Thomas Piketty). indybay.org Inequality is not an accident. It's not like the weather. It actually is being driven by the way capitalism is functioning. You know what we need? We need state intervention, we need government action, and we need that to be very, very, very big. That is when he proposes a policy that seems like it's common sense now, but at the time, the idea of a wealth tax of 2 percent sounds radical.
(2023-06-18). Gov't of Waukegan, Illinois tries to hide extensive history of abuse by cops. liberationnews.org 
The city government of Waukegan, Illinois, tried to bury an internal report revealing misconduct and evasion of discipline in the Waukegan Police Department. Waukegan is a city 30 miles north of Chicago with a multinational, working class population of just under 90,000.
(2023-06-18). As Shippers Call for Biden to Intervene in Longshore Negotiations All Out on Juneteenth. indybay.org West Coast rank and file ILWU members and retirees are supporting a strike on Juneteenth June 19 until longshore workers get a contract. They have been working without a contract since last July.
(2023-06-18). Working Films and National Labor Leaders Announce Short Film Fund to Support Worker-Led Organizing. indybay.org Working Films, in collaboration with Amazon Labor Union, North Carolina AFL-CIO, Starbucks Workers United, Union of Southern Service Workers, and United Farm Workers, are issuing a call for short films to amplify workers seeking to have their voices heard.
(2023-06-17). New Details From Leonard Leo's Trust Fund Expose the Inner Workings of the Right. truthout.org Newly obtained documents show that the billion-dollar trust fund given to Leonard Leo — the right-wing attorney and longtime leader the Federalist Society who orchestrated Donald Trump's Supreme Court picks — has dumped at least $411 million into fueling right-wing infrastructure in the U.S. since mid-2020. The latest IRS filing of the new nonprofit, Marble Freedom Trust — obtained by Accountable. |
(2023-06-17). Venezuela: Authorities Working on Comprehensive Response Plan to Meet Yukpa Indigenous People's Demands. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, June 5, 2023 ( In a statement on Thursday, June 15, the Ministry reported that Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos has met with leaders of Yukpa and other indigenous communities living…
(2023-06-17). Egypt mourns deaths in shipwreck off coast of Greece. plenglish.com Cairo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian government is currently working with Greek authorities to determine total toll of nationals dead during a boat shipwreck, with hundreds of illegal immigrants, off the coast of Greece.
(2023-06-18). Homelessness: Structural Violence in a Rich Country. indybay.org The causes can be found in present social structures, prevailing property relations and mounting socio-economic crisis phenomena. Nowhere does the capitalist economic system fail so blatantly as in the supply of living space since apartments in Germany are treated like sausages, wall tapestries and throwaway handkerchiefs.
(2023-06-18). Tuesday 6/20: Seniors Are the Fastest-Growing Homeless Group. They Badly Need Services. indybay.org us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwdTzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09; Meeting ID: 864 6575 2525; Passcode: 465295…
(2023-06-17). Will Biden's Industrial Policy Create a Lot More Moderna Billionaires? cepr.net People routinely tout Biden's efforts to bring back manufacturing jobs as a way to rebuild the middle class and reduce inequality. Whatever the motives, there is not much reason to believe that it will have this effect. When the United States opened up its market to freer trade in manufactured goods, through trade deals like …
(2023-06-17). The Illegal Detention of Hannibal Gaddafi in Lebanon. orinocotribune.com Hannibal Gaddafi, one of the surviving sons of the Libyan leader killed as a result of the NATO war in 2011, began a hunger strike days ago in the Lebanese prison where he has been held since 2015, without trial or charges. His medical condition is precarious, his lawyer Paul Romanos Hannibal, who has never been involved in politics, h…
(2023-06-17). Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strike scheduled for Sunday while dialogues continue to achieve their demands. samidoun.net The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement in occupation jails issued a statement on Saturday, 17 June, announcing that the mass open hunger strike of Palestinians jailed without charge or trial scheduled to begin on Sunday was suspended pending further dialogue with the occupation prison administration to achieve their demands. There are currently …
(2023-06-17). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Climate Justice Hits The Courts. levernews.com Good things are happening! Montana youth have brought a first-of-its-kind climate justice case to trial, and a similar effort in Oregon is soon to follow. Plus, the Senate is taking steps to address the insurance industry's profit-hungry approach to climate disaster, and SCOTUS sides with Native American families. Not only that, but a new cleaner residential heating technology is gaining popularity, voters are standing up for struggling renters, and more.All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It below, a weekly feature reviewing good news, progress, and action steps that's one of the…