(2024-07-12). Parts of South Sudan 'on brink of famine', charity warns. newarab.com 
Since it gained independence in 2011, the world's newest nation has remained South Sudan is e…
(2024-07-12). Will we be homeless for the rest of our lives? electronicintifada.net There is a sense of resignation among many people in Gaza.
(2024-07-12). US considers fresh legal bid questioning ICC jurisdiction over Israel. middleeasteye.net 
US considers fresh legal bid questioning ICC jurisdiction over Israel | Exclusive: Secretary of State Antony Blinken directly lobbied UK foreign minister against dropping the ICC challenge | | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) speaks with US president Joe Biden during the working ses…
(2024-07-12). China releases case of using campus loans to force student to steal national secrets. ecns.cn MSS released on Friday a case involving a foreign spy intelligence agency using campus loans to pressure and threaten a student borrower through high-interest loans, violent debt collection, and intimidation in order to steal national secrets from China.
(2024-07-12). South Africa: The 6th Commonwealth Conference. icrc.org Building a culture of IHL compliance in Commonwealth Nations and commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions…
(2024-07-12). Monday 7/15: End Mayor Keeley's Campaign Against the Homeless. indybay.org Ginza parking lot next to the mayor's mansion | 525 Water St at Market St, Santa Cruz…
(2024-07-12). Retired Saudi teacher sentenced to death over posts should be released, UN says. middleeasteye.net 
Retired Saudi teacher sentenced to death over posts should be released, UN says | UN working group says arbitrary detention of Mohammed al-Ghamdi and others in kingdom may constitute crimes against humanity | | A Saudi court sentenced Mohammed al-Ghamdi to death last year over his social media…
(2024-07-12). IRS reclaims over $1 billion from wealthy tax evaders in under a year. nationofchange.org New IRS funding from the Inflation Reduction Act targets wealthy tax dodgers, reclaiming over $1 billion in unpaid taxes.
(2024-07-12). Woody Sez — Woody Guthrie's columns in People's World. peoplesworld.org 
This article is part of the People's World 100th Anniversary Series. Woody Guthrie (July 14, 1912 — October 3, 1967) was a singer, songwriter, and one of the most significant figures in American folk music. Born in Oklahoma, he was a troubadour of the working class, farmers, and the poor. For his birthday, we have brought …
(2024-07-12). Private Companies in California Reap More than $100m to Sweep Homeless Camps. projectcensored.org Cities across California such as San Jose and Los Angeles have paid private contractors millions of dollars to sweep homeless encampments, Brian Barth reported in an article copublished in April 2024 by The Guardian and Type Investigations. Local governments have increasingly sought the services of private contractors to deal with…
(2024-07-12). Macron officials hold secret talks with neo-fascists amid French government crisis. wsws.org The secret meetings expose the bankruptcy of the New Popular Front's call to fight neo-fascism through electoral deals with Macron's right-wing Ensemble coalition.
(2024-07-12). Australia: Rental pain sharpest in working-class suburbs. wsws.org Almost three-quarters of Australian suburbs are in "extreme rental pain" as rent soars and wages stagnate.
(2024-07-12). Biden's "domestic NATO": The trade union bureaucracy backs escalating global war. wsws.org Biden's comparison raises the obvious question: Against whom is this "domestic NATO" at war? Above all, it is the American working class, which is fed up with poverty and inequality and despises the whole capitalist political setup.
(2024-07-12). Rebecca Lossin: The Multiple Gaze. newleftreview.org Resisting the erasure of working-class life in the American rust belt, the critical photography of LaToya Ruby Frazier combines intimate portraiture with representations of capital's flight. Rebecca Lossin reflects on MoMA's recent retrospective of her work—and on the cultural politics of documentary image-making in an age saturated with the visual.
(2024-07-12). Incentives for municipalities owing water bills. sanews.gov.za Incentives for municipalities owing water bills | In a bid to address the water debt owed by municipalities, the Department of Water and Sanitation, including water boards, have strengthened and standardised debt collection processes and put in place incentives for municipalities to pay their water board bills. | Presenting the Water and Sanitation Budget Vote on Friday, Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina said the municipal debts to the water boards increased to R21.3 billion by May 2024, posing a major risk to the financial sustainability of the whole water sector. | Majodina said this debt has forced…
(2024-07-12). Bahrain: Joint letter on Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace as he exceeds three years on hunger strike. fidh.org
(2024-07-12). Why is Greece introducing a six-day working week? aljazeera.com Greece is adopting a controversial new policy that bucks the trend worldwide of moving towards fewer working days.