(2023-06-26). Saturday 7/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.
(2023-06-26). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-26). The Boldest Step to Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Generations. scheerpost.com 
(2023-06-26). Africans Rise Up Against IMF-Imposed Neocolonial Debt. towardfreedom.org As anger over incoming tax hikes boils over in Kenya, African Stream takes a deep dive into the role the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played in ramming austerity down Africans' throats. It boils down to neocolonial debt slavery, a system designed to oppress Africans, while oiling the wheels of otherwise faltering Western economies. African Stream's Kenneth Kaigua breaks down this complex issue.
(2023-06-26). Hospital Doctors In England Plan To Go On Strike In July. popularresistance.org On 23 June, hospital doctors in England announced the longest strike in the 75-year history of the NHS. As ever, it's part of the ongoing row over pay and working conditions. | The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that Junior doctors — those below consultant level — will stage a walkout. They'll start on 7: 00 on July 13, and continue until the same time on July 18. | The stoppage follows a 72-hour strike earlier this same month. It was in opposition to the government's refusal to budge on its offer of just a 5% pay increase.
(2023-06-26). UFT Contract Would Expand Virtual Learning And School Privatization. popularresistance.org As if responding to Betsy Devos' admonition that "K-12 education for too long has been very static and very stuck," Department of Education Chancellor David Banks declared last week that the City's new Tentative Contract Agreement with the UFT fulfilled Mayor Adams' challenge to "reimagine education" and that "the days of simply working … in the four walls of the classroom are over." To this end, New York City will become "the first major public-school system to develop, implement and expand high-quality virtual learning programs for instruction and related services" by creating a centralized virtual learning p…
(2023-06-26). 'If You Challenge The FBI, They Will Crush You,' Says Whistleblower. popularresistance.org Being an FBI agent was Stephen Friend's dream job. For eight and a half years working there, the Notre Dame graduate and Iraq War veteran investigated around 200 violent crimes, including human and sex-trafficking cases, and served five years as part of an FBI SWAT team. | Friend did his job so well that he won an FBI performance award. | Then one day this past fall, his top-secret security clearance was revoked by his superiors at the Jacksonville, Florida, field office, and he lost his job. | The reason was that he had expressed concern about a) the inflation of statistics regarding Domestic Violent Extremism (…
(2023-06-25). Prigozhin's Wagner PMC Rebellion against Vladimir Putin. How it All Started. globalresearch.ca In an important "as a concerted effort between Wagner, the Ukrainian intelligence service, and their Western sponsors … | Prigozhin is working on behalf of foreign intelligence Services carrying out their …
(2023-06-26). Why Are So Many Cities' Homeless Policies Punitive? popularresistance.org There is a strong body of evidence on what works when it comes to resolving homelessness — housing — and what does not work — punitive policies like criminalization and homeless sweeps that move people around while discarding their belongings. So why do so many American cities seem vexed when it comes to this issue, constantly framing people who are unhoused as threats to public safety while simultaneously promising a compassionate approach? | A big reason for this is that complaint-driven policies of homelessness prevail in many cities despite being antithetical to resolving homelessness.
(2023-06-25). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.
(2023-06-26). The Modern Form Of Colonialism: Climate Change. popularresistance.org I am from a disappearing nation. | My country, Bangladesh, is one of several at risk of becoming submerged partially or completely by rising sea levels caused by climate change in the coming decades. 75 percent of the country lies below sea level. | Bangladesh, a tropical country on top of a low-lying delta, is no stranger to flooding, especially during monsoon season. But the extent to which this flooding has taken place in recent years is unprecedented. Flooding in Sylhet and other northeastern districts of Bangladesh between May and June of 2022 displaced an estimated 15 million people — approximately 9…
(2023-06-25). The Power of Sports: Tackling Gender Stereotypes in Hong Kong. scheerpost.com 
The most recent report of the World Economic Forum paints a rather dim picture of gender inequality worldwide. According to current research, it will take 132 years to close the global gender gap. Alicia Lui from the initiative Women in Sports Empowered Hong Kong (WISE) works with youth to approach this problem in Hong Kong and agreed to share a few valuable insights with Pressenza contributor, Chris Hoellriegl.