(2024-06-12). Significant part of Gaza facing 'famine-like conditions', WHO says. aljazeera.com World Health Organization chief Tedros says 8,000 children under age five in Gaza diagnosed with acute malnutrition.
(2024-06-12). UN calls for action by the G7 to confront caused famine. plenglish.com United Nations, June 12 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, today called for more action from the G7 to prevent man-made famine, while conflicts expand.
(2024-06-12). Emirati conglomerate drops plans for Lebanese TV over alleged threats. newarab.com 
A wealthy Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor's Al Habtoor Group cited "severe security challenges", including…
(2024-06-12). African Stream Is Changing Minds Within And Outside Africa. popularresistance.org Africa is rising but the neo-colonial and imperialist forces in the corporate media are working to control the narrative in their favor. To counter this, journalist and political scholar, Ahmed Kaballo, started a new media outlet, AfricanStream.media, that reports in English primarily on social media targeting youth. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kaballo about the shifts occurring on the African continent and how African Stream is already impacting the dialogue within and outside of Africa. Kaballo also discusses Libya, events in the Sahel Region, South Africa and Sudan and how their coverage of Palestine is chang…
(2024-06-12). Come on Joe: Stop John Deere from Shipping Jobs to Mexico. scheerpost.com 
By Les Leopold / Substack The greed of the John Deere company is giving President Biden the perfect opportunity to win back working-class voters. All he needs to do is put up a major fight to stop Deere from shipping U.S. jobs to Mexico. Really, the company should be renamed "Greed R Us." It is …
(2024-06-12). New Biden Rule Would Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reports. truthout.org Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced a new effort to ban medical debt from credit reports, something that would ease a burden that falls most heavily on women and Black people. "Medical debt makes it more difficult for millions of Americans to be approved for a car loan, a home loan or a small business loan, all of which in turn makes it more difficult to just get by… |
(2024-06-12). Trump's Empty Promise to Tipped Workers Won't Provide a Living Wage. truthout.org Advocates for a living wage say Donald Trump's recent pledge to end taxes on tipped income is an empty campaign promise that does little besides expose his naivete about working people and the economy. Economic experts cast doubt on the proposal. However, they say Trump's comments reveal an opening for President Joe Biden and other Democrats who support raising the wage floor and shifting the tax… |
(2024-06-12). Debt-laden student worked with spies. ecns.cn A university student engaged in espionage activities due to debt problems and then attempted to evade punishment by reporting fake leads to the ministry while trying to determine if it was investigating him.
(2024-06-12). Debt-laden student worked with spies. ecns.cn A university student engaged in espionage activities due to debt problems and then attempted to evade punishment by reporting fake leads to the ministry while trying to determine if it was investigating him.
(2024-06-12). Tuesday 6/11: #VotingRights: Behind Bars – Mass Incarceration, Inequality, and The Ballot. indybay.org Virtual event…
(2024-06-12). Sunday 6/16: When Olive Trees Weep, a film showing and fund raiser. indybay.org Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco | 1187 Franklin St. @ Geary…
(2024-06-12). A Fair Tax Agenda for Wall Street. inequality.org 
The following is written testimony prepared for a June 12, 2024 Senate Budget Committee hearing on "Making Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share: Raising Revenue, Strengthening Our Economy." Thank you, Chairman Whitehouse, Ranking Member Grassley, and members of the committee, for the invitation to participate in this important hearing. I am Sarah Anderson, Global Economy …
(2024-06-12). Almost half of all Latina tipped workers live near or under the poverty line. latintimes.com
(2024-06-12). Sanders and Omar lead congressional push for Global Wealth Tax as Biden faces crucial decision. nationofchange.org This initiative, led by Brazil, aims to address the glaring disparities in global wealth distribution and strengthen efforts to achieve tax fairness.
(2024-06-12). Waffle House workers win major raise after months of campaigning. peoplesdispatch.org 
US fast food giant Waffle House announced in May what it dubs the "single largest additional investment in our workforce in the entire 68-year history" of the company, rolling out raises across the country that came into effect this month. | Workers emphasize that this victory was a direct result of struggle from below. Peoples Dispatch spoke to Katie Giede, a Waffle House worker in Covington, Georgia, who has been working for the company for around ten years. Giede is a member of the Union of Southern Service Workers, a newly formed labor union which has been undertaking the project of organizing some of the mos…
(2024-06-12). Age is just a number | Meet 93-year-old woman who joins elite richest group ; know her net worth. ptcnews.tv At an age when many are content to enjoy retirement, meet a 92-year-old woman who has achieved a milestone by becoming the United States' wealthiest self-made woman with a net worth of $700 million. H | Age is just a number | Meet 93-year-old woman who joins elite richest group ; know her net worth…
(2024-06-12). Ethiopia opens performing arts centre named after national composer Ashenafi Kebede. tvbrics.com 
The project aims to popularise the country's cultural wealth…
(2024-06-12). "The UAW is blatantly working against the workers": Workers outraged over latest UAW corruption revelations. wsws.org The latest UAW monitor report marks a dramatic escalation of the growing crisis gripping the UAW bureaucracy, further eroding the pretensions of Fain's administration to be carrying out "reforms," rooting out corruption and winning major improvements for workers.
(2024-06-12). Statements from Japan and Australia demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk. wsws.org "The working class must rally to defend Bogdan Syrotiuk and all those who resist imperialist wars and capitalist oppression"
(2024-06-12). How to write an advice column, medical debt on credit report, Father's Day. whyy.org President Biden proposes dropping medical debt from credit reports. What it could mean for consumers and the economy? Sarah Kliff from the New York Times joins us. |
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(2024-06-12). TUSC is standing FORTY general election candidates in July. thecanary.co Nominations have closed, and it is now confirmed that 40 candidates will stand on behalf of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) on 4 July in the general election. TUSC: rebuilding working class representation at the general election TUSC is a coalition of trade unionists, anti-war protestors, community activists, environmental campaigners, and socialists from […] | By
(2024-06-12). Punjab Labour Department Rescues 99 Child Labourers. devdiscourse.com Ninety-nine children were rescued from various industrial units and workplaces in Ludhiana and Bathinda, where they were working as labourers, an official from the Punjab labour department announced on Wednesday. The department's operations were part of a broader child labour eradication week campaign that ran from June 11 to 21.
(2024-06-12). NASA examining affordable, faster Mars sample return methods. ummid.com American space agency NASA is working on ten studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars' surface back to Earth.
(2024-06-12). Modernism and Postmodernism: What Are They and How Do They Differ? muslimskeptic.com In the past, we have touched upon Postmodernism as a philosophical worldview, including in our articles on Jordan Peterson and Cultural Zionism. However, readers still seem to be hungry and waiting for a more general assessment of this peculiar paradigm, along with an outline of its fundamental tenets. In this article, we aim to do precisely that …
(2024-06-12). Eastern Cape honours women in agriculture. sanews.gov.za Eastern Cape honours women in agriculture | The Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform will this week award top performing women in the agricultural sector, as part of the department's programme to recognise the contribution of women in agriculture. | The department said the objective of the awards is to empower and honour women in agriculture and agro processing. | "The awards are an instrument through which the contribution of women in the fight against poverty, hunger and joblessness is recognised. This will increase participation and visibility of women in the sector," the departmen…
(2024-06-12). Museveni rallies cultural leaders on development, wealth creation. independent.co.ug 
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked cultural leaders to mobilize their subjects on wealth creation programs to boost their household incomes. The call was in a speech read by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja during the 30th coronation anniversary of Omukama Solomon Rukirabasaija Gafabusa Iguru I on Tuesday. The events were held …
(2024-06-12). Uganda: Lack of Free Pre-Primary Education Creates Lifelong Harm. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Children at the private Kitante Primary School in Kampala, where the fees for pre-primary students are UGX 350,000 (US$ 93) per term, or UGX 1,050,000 (US$ 298) per year, representing more than five months' average wages for a Ugandan in paid employment. | © 2022 ISER | The Ugandan government provides free primary education for all children, but parents whose children are enrolled in pre-primary school must pay often prohibitively high fees.The pre-primary years are a critical time for children's development, and children who miss out on pre-primary education may never catch up to…
(2024-06-12). Here's what you need to know about Jay-Z's campaign to help Philly students afford private school. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Rap mogul Jay-Z is taking on a new project outside the world of music. His new mission is to improve education, specifically in lower-wealth areas with underfunded schools in Philadelphia. | However, his altruistic intentions are being challenged by critics. The artist, who famously rapped to fans that he is a "business… man" — not to be confused with a "businessman" — wants to make it so that families have access to private and charter schools, a proposition t…
(2024-06-12). No accountability or public shaming for Robodebt criminals: FLASHBACK 2023. independentaustralia.net 