WSWS (2023-01-11). US House passes rules package dictated by Republican far right. wsws.org The basic thrust of the rules changes is to slash federal spending on social programs, block tax increases on the wealthy, and make it easier to block federal government funding and any increase in the debt limit.

WSWS (2023-01-11). Union imposes sell-out contract on Renault-Nissan India workers through sham vote. wsws.org Working in close concert with management, the union effectively ambushed the workers, forcing them to immediately vote on a contract they had not seen.

ecns.cn (2023-01-11). U.S. Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over homeless crisis. ecns.cn Los Angeles County in the United States approved a motion on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over the region's homeless crisis.

Editor (2023-01-10). Netflix's 'Descendant' shows capitalism continues to oppress African descendants. mronline.org In the spring of 1860, wealthy businessman Timothy Meaher made a bet that he could illegally kidnap and ship Africans from Africa to Mobile, Alabama, without being detected by federal officials.

manager (2023-01-10). Stock Market Index Funds Can Beat Crypto: On Cryptocurrency Investing and Building Black Wealth. cepr.net From a public relations perspective, 2022 was an awful year for the cryptocurrency industry. The value of Bitcoin and other popular currencies lost more than half their value. Several major bankruptcies, scams, and frauds associated with the industry surfaced with the FTX-Sam-Bankman-Fried scandal only being the most sensational. While 2022 was bad for the crypto …

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-10). Republicans Vote to Revoke IRS Funding, Which Would Raise Deficit by $114B. truthout.org After a week-long scuffle over the House speakership, House Republicans held their first vote with their new majority on a bill to slash over $70 billion for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — funding that was pegged to allow the agency to go after wealthy tax cheats. Republicans have specifically targeted the IRS funding that Democrats passed in last year's Inflation Reduction Act… |

_____ (2023-01-10). How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela's Economic Collapse. popularresistance.org During the past decade, Venezuela lived through the largest economic contraction documented in the history of the Western Hemisphere. The implosion took place at the same time as the U.S. government barred oil purchases, froze government bank accounts, prohibited the country from issuing new debt, and seized tankers bound for Venezuela. One would think it should be self-evident that any account of Venezuela's economic contraction would place economic sanctions in a central role. | However, sanctions play a surprisingly limited role in most mainstream accounts of the Venezuelan crisis. A recent Council on Foreign…

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-10). Former Rep. Ron Paul: The Mother Of Economic Crises Will Hit America, Expect Social Unrest, Violence. moguldom.com In a weekly column, Libertarian and former Texas congressman Ron Paul echoed the words of economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini, who has warned that the massive debt held by individuals, businesses, and the government will soon lead to the "mother of all economic crises." A former member of President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, …

It's Going Down (2023-01-10). Defending Encampments and Fighting Evictions in Minneapolis: An Interview. itsgoingdown.org Over the past several years, various groups have mobilized in defense of encampments in so-called Minneapolis, working to provide mutual aid, standing in solidarity with the houseless, and fighting against evictions. Wanting to know more about this organizing, especially in the wake of a recent campaign in solidarity with the Quarry encampment, we caught up…

Labor Video Project (2023-01-10). Fascist Coup & Lessons For Brazilian Working Class With Fabio Bosco of Conlutas Union Fed. indybay.org Fabio Bosco and transit worker from Sao Paulo and with the independent Conlutas trade union federation reports on the results of the attempted coup in Brazil and what this means for the working class.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing stress in the new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a working mom of two teenagers. I have a career that requires long hours, and I struggle with juggling work and home responsibilities. I don't get to the gym as often as I'd like. I'm having more episodes of headache and struggling with sleep. I also realized I am coping with stress by eating more than normal. With the new year, I'd like to find ways to improve my health and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

WSWS (2023-01-10). Sri Lankan president demands more austerity. wsws.org Wickremesinghe's message underscores his determination to impose the burden of the deepening economic crisis gripping Sri Lanka onto the working class and the poor.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Mobilize the working class behind the New York nurses strike! wsws.org To wage a successful struggle, the New York City nurses must overcome the isolation and division that the New York State Nurses Association has imposed upon them.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Mandatory overtime is increasingly the norm for Canadian workers. wsws.org The eight-hour working day and forty-hour workweek are increasingly becoming a relic of the past in Canada and internationally. These fundamental advances, which workers fought and died for over the course of a century and a half, are now effectively a dead letter.

WSWS (2023-01-10). The fascist storming of Brasilia: A warning to the working class. wsws.org The organizers of the fascist assault in Brasilia are deeply entrenched in the state and especially in the military.

_____ (2023-01-10). 7,000 New York Nurses Go On Strike. popularresistance.org New York City, New York – Over 7,000 nurses across two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning after contract negotiations broke down over the hospitals' refusal to meet nurses' staffing demands. | Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai in Manhattan walked out at 6 am, saying they are forced to work long hours with huge workloads that leave them burnt out, which could potentially put patients in danger. | The workers "have been put in the unfortunate position of having no other choice than to strike," said Mario Cilento, president of the New York AFL-CIO, of which…

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-10). Dems blast House GOP for bill adding $114 billion to deficit by enabling tax cheatsÔøº. nationofchange.org "Once again," said Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, Republicans are "putting politics over poor and working people."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Human Trafficking in Ukraine: Illegal Organ Harvest. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong Col. Vitaly Kiselev of Lugansk Police speaks to media about black-market organ harvesting in Bakhmut. Photo: Voice of Sevastopol "Every Day We Were Working Like Frankenstein's Slaves" Few things in our world are so horrifying as human trafficking. It's a worldwide scourge, and according to some reports, Ukraine is one of the worst…

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-01-10). Organizing workers from Amazon to Minor League Baseball. therealnews.com Last month Working People hit a new milestone: We recorded our first live episode in front of an audience! Organized by the Action Builder / Action Network team and hosted by Busboys & Poets in Washington, DC, we got to speak with Michelle Valentin Nieves of the Amazon Labor Union and Harry Marino of the Major League Baseball Players Association about the incredible worker organizing victories for Amazon workers and minor league baseball players, and about lessons we have learned from an intense year of grassroots struggle that we will be carrying into 2023. | Michelle Valentin Nieves is the Executive Secre…

WSWS (2023-01-10). Britain prepares to send battle tanks to Ukraine as war against Russia escalates. wsws.org Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said, "We will continue to speak with the Ukrainians about what they need for the next phase of their self-defence and we will continue working with our international partners about ensuring that we provide that. Tanks might well be part of that."

Andy Kroll (2023-01-10). An American New Deal for An Entire Continent? tomdispatch.com A few recent headlines reveal the painfully inhumane, dangerously volatile state of U.S. relations with its own home region, the continent of North America. A record-breaking 2.76 million border crossings from Mexico filled homeless shelters to the bursting point in cities nationwide in 2022. This year, the possible cessation of Covid restrictions could allow tens of thousands more migrants, now huddling in the cold of northern Mexico, to surge across the border, as some are already able to do. Most of those refugees are Central Americans, fleeing cities ravaged by gang warfare and farms devastated by climate cha…

WSWS (2023-01-10). FTX bankruptcy fallout continues unchecked in crypto market. wsws.org The significance of the crypto debacle, marked by ongoing bankruptcies, lies in the fact that it is the most egregious expression of processes in the broader financial system.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Promoting Hunger and Impoverishment in Somalia. libya360.wordpress.com Mark Duffield and Nicholas Stockton Mark Duffield and Nicholas Stockton write how the ecologically sustainable, communally managed subsistence pastoralism in Somalia has been displaced by militarised extractive ranching. Challenging mainstream accounts of the "drought" Duffield and Stockton argue the current crisis is the result of decades of bad development and relief interventions that have promoted…

_____ (2023-01-10). How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela's Economic Collapse. popularresistance.org During the past decade, Venezuela lived through the largest economic contraction documented in the history of the Western Hemisphere. The implosion took place at the same time as the U.S. government barred oil purchases, froze government bank accounts, prohibited the country from issuing new debt, and seized tankers bound for Venezuela. One would think it should be self-evident that any account of Venezuela's economic contraction would place economic sanctions in a central role. | However, sanctions play a surprisingly limited role in most mainstream accounts of the Venezuelan crisis. A recent Council on Foreign…

Labor Video Project (2023-01-10). Fascist Coup & Lessons For Brazilian Working Class With Fabio Bosco of Conlutas Union Fed. indybay.org Fabio Bosco and transit worker from Sao Paulo and with the independent Conlutas trade union federation reports on the results of the attempted coup in Brazil and what this means for the working class.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing stress in the new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a working mom of two teenagers. I have a career that requires long hours, and I struggle with juggling work and home responsibilities. I don't get to the gym as often as I'd like. I'm having more episodes of headache and struggling with sleep. I also realized I am coping with stress by eating more than normal. With the new year, I'd like to find ways to improve my health and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

WSWS (2023-01-10). Sri Lankan president demands more austerity. wsws.org Wickremesinghe's message underscores his determination to impose the burden of the deepening economic crisis gripping Sri Lanka onto the working class and the poor.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Mobilize the working class behind the New York nurses strike! wsws.org To wage a successful struggle, the New York City nurses must overcome the isolation and division that the New York State Nurses Association has imposed upon them.

WSWS (2023-01-10). Mandatory overtime is increasingly the norm for Canadian workers. wsws.org The eight-hour working day and forty-hour workweek are increasingly becoming a relic of the past in Canada and internationally. These fundamental advances, which workers fought and died for over the course of a century and a half, are now effectively a dead letter.

It's Going Down (2023-01-10). Defending Encampments and Fighting Evictions in Minneapolis: An Interview. itsgoingdown.org Over the past several years, various groups have mobilized in defense of encampments in so-called Minneapolis, working to provide mutual aid, standing in solidarity with the houseless, and fighting against evictions. Wanting to know more about this organizing, especially in the wake of a recent campaign in solidarity with the Quarry encampment, we caught up…

WSWS (2023-01-10). The fascist storming of Brasilia: A warning to the working class. wsws.org The organizers of the fascist assault in Brasilia are deeply entrenched in the state and especially in the military.

WSWS (2023-01-10). FTX bankruptcy fallout continues unchecked in crypto market. wsws.org The significance of the crypto debacle, marked by ongoing bankruptcies, lies in the fact that it is the most egregious expression of processes in the broader financial system.

Editor (2023-01-09). Inside Southwest's horrific holidays. mronline.org Blame the wealthy, not the weather.

Ahmed D Dardir (2023-01-09). Jean-Luc Godard's Revolution: Marxism, Palestine and the Working Classes. globalresearch.ca

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). 7,000 New York nurses go on strike, decrying 'unimaginable' working conditions. therealnews.com

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-09). 7,000 New York Nurses Go on Strike, Decrying "Unimaginable" Working Conditions. truthout.org Over 7,000 nurses across two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning after contract negotiations broke down over the hospitals' refusal to meet nurses' staffing demands. Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai in Manhattan walked out at 6 am, saying they are forced to work long hours with huge workloads that leave them burnt out… |

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-09). Brazil's Lula: "Join Us in a Great Collective Effort against Inequality" transcend.org 6 Jan 2023 – In a landmark inauguration speech, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lays out his agenda for a more just Brazil and a new internationalism.

Sarah Anderson (2023-01-09). For Lula, Fighting Against Fascism and For Economic Justice is Nothing New. inequality.org

Inequality (2023-01-09). America's Racial Wealth Divide. juancole.com ( Inequality.org ) By the middle of the 21st century, the United States will be a "majority minority" nation. If we hope to ensure a strong middle class, historically the backbone of the national economy, then improving the financial health of households of color will become even more urgent than it is today. Closing the …

Ahmed D Dardir (2023-01-09). Jean-Luc Godard's Revolution: Marxism, Palestine and the Working Classes. globalresearch.ca

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-09). Brazil's Lula: "Join Us in a Great Collective Effort against Inequality" transcend.org 6 Jan 2023 – In a landmark inauguration speech, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lays out his agenda for a more just Brazil and a new internationalism.

Sarah Anderson (2023-01-09). For Lula, Fighting Against Fascism and For Economic Justice is Nothing New. inequality.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing stress in the new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a working mom of two teenagers. I have a career that requires long hours, and I struggle with juggling work and home responsibilities. I don't get to the gym as often as I'd like. I'm having more episodes of headache and struggling with sleep. I also realized I am coping with stress by eating more than normal. With the new year, I'd like to find ways to improve my health and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

_____ (2023-01-08). Could Julian Assange Be Released In Two Months? popularresistance.org As the new year began, ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons stated during a broadcast segment that he expected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be released "within the next two months or so." | "I know [Australia Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese. He's working strongly behind the scenes," Lyons added. "He has said as much, but enough is enough." | Lyons is sympathetic to Assange's plight, making him one of the few correspondents in the world working for establishment news media who is willing to endorse calls to end the United States case against him. | But the key question is whether Lyons knows about some…

_____ (2023-01-08). Under Musk, Twitter Continues To Promote US Propaganda Networks. popularresistance.org Elon Musk's controlled release of the documents known as the "Twitter Files" has given us some insight into the inner workings of the social media platform. The batch of docs released on December 20 is arguably the most explosive, detailing Twitter's deliberate shielding of US propaganda operations. After getting limited access to Twitter's internal systems, Lee Fang of the Intercept (12/20/22) detailed how Twitter staff "whitelisted" accounts run by US Central Command (CENTCOM), the unit of the US military that oversees the Middle East, as part of covert propaganda campaigns. In other words, Twitter protected ac…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-08). Tentative court ruling spares People's Park for the moment. indybay.org Food Not Bombs, Feeding The Hungry In People's Park:…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing stress in the new year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a working mom of two teenagers. I have a career that requires long hours, and I struggle with juggling work and home responsibilities. I don't get to the gym as often as I'd like. I'm having more episodes of headache and struggling with sleep. I also realized I am coping with stress by eating more than normal. With the new year, I'd like to find ways to improve my health and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-08). Tentative court ruling spares People's Park for the moment. indybay.org Food Not Bombs, Feeding The Hungry In People's Park:…

_____ (2023-01-07). British nurses are struggling to save NHS from privatization. popularresistance.org Anthony Johnson of Nurses United UK explains the reasons for the historic strike by nurses in December. He notes that the strike is not just about the cost of living crisis and pay hikes but also about saving the NHS from privatization. He explains how over the decades, successive governments have shrunk the health service, leading to poor working conditions and staff vacancies. He also talks about the impact of the wrecking of the NHS on the British people and health professionals in other parts of the world.

_____ (2023-01-07). NYSNA 2019-2021: From Contract Sellout to Covid Hell. popularresistance.org Over 10,000 nurses could strike in NYC starting next week. Key among their demands is the fight around safe staffing ratios, which determines the maximum number of patients per on-shift nurse. Nurses are fighting for better working conditions in a setting where staffing has only gotten worse since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the start of the pandemic, thousands of nurses and healthcare workers left the workforce, often from being exhausted, burnt out, and/or traumatized. Many more have also become very ill and/or died from Covid-19, after putting their lives on the line to care for patients. Sur…

WSWS (2023-01-07). 2,800 Akron teachers set to strike Monday. wsws.org Teachers and educators will strike the Akron Public Schools on Monday after working without a contract since last June.

WSWS (2023-01-07). Mobilize the working class against the jobs massacre in Amazon and other industries! wsws.org The mass layoffs announced by Amazon and the jobs bloodbath of the ruling class must be opposed through the development of rank-and-file committees and a political struggle against the capitalist system.

Kelley Lee (2023-01-07). [Perspectives] Advancing the commercial determinants of health agenda. thelancet.com The landmark 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, by the social reformer Edwin Chadwick, was a damning indictment of how large-scale socioeconomic change during the 19th century contributed to the increased spread of epidemic and chronic diseases. Poor health among the working masses was not simply a consequence of behavioural choices or moral failings but was associated with pathogenic conditions created by the Industrial Revolution.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-01-07). EPA Conceals Text Messages From Allegedly Corrupt Official Who Whistleblowers Exposed. thedissenter.org The following post is available to paid subscribers. Thanks for supporting The Dissenter Newsletter's whistleblower coverage.After Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) whistleblowers named senior EPA official Tala Henry as one of the officials involved in tampering with the agency's assessments of toxic chemicals, Henry became the target of an inspector general investigation. She then resigned from the EPA in December after working for the agency for twenty-six years. | Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) requested copies of Henry's text messages under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

WSWS (2023-01-07). Mobilize the working class against the jobs massacre at Amazon and other industries! wsws.org The mass layoffs announced by Amazon and the jobs bloodbath of the ruling class must be opposed through the development of rank-and-file committees and a political struggle against the capitalist system.

WSWS (2023-01-07). Mass protests resume across Peru against the coup regime and social inequality. wsws.org Beyond the initial demands for the resignation of the Dina Boluarte administration, the shutdown of Congress, and general elections, protesters are increasingly advancing social demands over the high cost of living and staggering social inequality.

Kelley Lee (2023-01-07). [Perspectives] Advancing the commercial determinants of health agenda. thelancet.com The landmark 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, by the social reformer Edwin Chadwick, was a damning indictment of how large-scale socioeconomic change during the 19th century contributed to the increased spread of epidemic and chronic diseases. Poor health among the working masses was not simply a consequence of behavioural choices or moral failings but was associated with pathogenic conditions created by the Industrial Revolution.

WSWS (2023-01-07). 2,800 Akron teachers set to strike Monday. wsws.org Teachers and educators will strike the Akron Public Schools on Monday after working without a contract since last June.

WSWS (2023-01-07). Mobilize the working class against the jobs massacre in Amazon and other industries! wsws.org The mass layoffs announced by Amazon and the jobs bloodbath of the ruling class must be opposed through the development of rank-and-file committees and a political struggle against the capitalist system.

WSWS (2023-01-07). Mass protests resume across Peru against the coup regime and social inequality. wsws.org Beyond the initial demands for the resignation of the Dina Boluarte administration, the shutdown of Congress, and general elections, protesters are increasingly advancing social demands over the high cost of living and staggering social inequality.

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-06). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.

_____ (2023-01-06). A History Of The First Revolution In The Americas. popularresistance.org On January 1, 1804, Haiti became an independent republic, following the revolution which had begun 13 years earlier as a rebellion of enslaved people against slavery and French colonialism. | Previously known as Saint-Domingue, it was the most profitable colony in the world, generating greater revenue than all of the continental North American colonies combined. This immense wealth was generated by the sweat and blood of enslaved Africans who were being worked to death in their tens of thousands on coffee and sugar plantations. | Shortly after the French revolution, which supposedly espoused the ideals of "libert…

_____ (2023-01-06). This NYC construction union is reaching out to undocumented and non-union workers. The bosses don't like it. popularresistance.org Many workplaces are marked by a real tension between different types of workers: undocumented vs. citizens, union vs. non-union, and more. New York City's Construction and General Building Laborers' Union Local 79 has been working to overcome these divides by intentionally reaching out to undocumented and non-union workers in the construction trades. And the bosses are taking notice. Recorded in the spring of 2022 from the Local 79 headquarters in Manhattan, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez conducts a Spanish-language interview with Alex Martinez, Walter Martinez, and José Rosas, who were all fired from t…

ecns.cn (2023-01-06). China's civil aviation industry poised to reach 75% of pre-pandemic level: CAAC. ecns.cn China aims to revive its civil aviation industry to 75 percent of the pre-pandemic level this year, with the total volume of flight transport turnover reaching 97.6 billion ton-kilometers, the air passenger transport volume 460 million trips, and airport cargo and mail throughput 6.17 million tons, working to achieve profit and loss balance, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on Friday.

John Catalinotto (2023-01-06). 2022: Year of the working class in the USA. workers.org This article was published Jan. 1, 2023, on the sites of La Pluma and Tlaxcala. The working class in the United States burst into action in 2022. Warehouse workers at Amazon, baristas at Starbucks, prisoners, coal miners, nurses, teachers, graduate students and more organized and resisted capital. Many went on . . . |

news.un (2023-01-06). Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all — ILO report. news.un.org Flexible working hours can advance economies and businesses while helping employees and families achieve a better work-life balance, according to a new report launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Friday.

WSWS (2023-01-06). US Fed says no letup in financial tightening. wsws.org Once again, the Federal Open Market Committee, the key policy-making body, underscored that for all the talk in public about the need to bring down inflation, the discussion behind closed doors is about blocking a wages upsurge in the working class.

WSWS (2023-01-06). Sixty-thousand Detroit households threatened with water shutoff. wsws.org In the face of 7 percent inflation, and with the immune-evasive new XBB.1.5 variant now spreading throughout the country, the resumption of water shutoffs will be a social and health disaster for Detroit's working class.

WSWS (2023-01-06). Sri Lankan Health Workers' Action Committee initiates fight against "paying wards" in government hospitals. wsws.org The HWAC is calling on health employees to fight for the mobilisation of workers to defeat the government's paying ward plan, which is aimed at wiping out Sri Lanka's public health system, a fundamental gain won by the working class.

_____ (2023-01-06). This Construction Union Is Reaching Out To Undocumented And Non-union Workers. popularresistance.org New York City, New York – Many workplaces are marked by a real tension between different types of workers: undocumented vs. citizens, union vs. non-union, and more. New York City's Construction and General Building Laborers' Union Local 79 has been working to overcome these divides by intentionally reaching out to undocumented and non-union workers in the construction trades. And the bosses are taking notice. Recorded in the spring of 2022 from the Local 79 headquarters in Manhattan, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez conducts a Spanish-language interview with Alex Martinez, Walter Martinez, and José Rosas,…

Walter Smolarek (2023-01-06). For the working class, Congress has always been "broken" liberationnews.org While this may be a source of embarrassment for the ruling class, the absence of a functioning Congress is no great tragedy.

teleSUR (2023-01-06). French Family Doctors to Continue Strike. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, French family doctors took to the streets of Paris to demand that the authorities improve their working conditions and double the value of health care fees in urban areas. | RELATED: | "In order to avoid 'health care deserts' in the countryside, the goverment have ended up saturating the consultations in cities," physician Alexia Guidez explained, recalling that family doctors based in large towns cannot…

Barbara G. Ellis (2023-01-06). Remodeled Shipping Containers, Boxcars Could Be Solutions for Expanding Homeless Shelters. dissidentvoice.org Whatever Arizona's new governor Katie Hobbs does with over 3,000 steel, 40'x8'x8.6,' four-ton shipping containers — still arriving to wall off Mexico for 10 miles of the San Rafael Valley — is yet to be revealed. Her predecessor, Republican Doug Ducey, in the last months of his regime was ramrodding containers into place on a …

WSWS (2023-01-06). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Ground crew at Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport strike; India: 3, 0 Tamil Nadu secondary teachers hold hunger protest; Hundreds of South Australian bus drivers to strike for better wages and safety…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-06). Tentative court ruling spares People's Park for the moment. indybay.org Food Not Bombs, Feeding The Hungry In People's Park:…

Kelley Lee (2023-01-07). [Perspectives] Advancing the commercial determinants of health agenda. thelancet.com The landmark 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, by the social reformer Edwin Chadwick, was a damning indictment of how large-scale socioeconomic change during the 19th century contributed to the increased spread of epidemic and chronic diseases. Poor health among the working masses was not simply a consequence of behavioural choices or moral failings but was associated with pathogenic conditions created by the Industrial Revolution.

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-06). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.

_____ (2023-01-06). This NYC construction union is reaching out to undocumented and non-union workers. The bosses don't like it. popularresistance.org Many workplaces are marked by a real tension between different types of workers: undocumented vs. citizens, union vs. non-union, and more. New York City's Construction and General Building Laborers' Union Local 79 has been working to overcome these divides by intentionally reaching out to undocumented and non-union workers in the construction trades. And the bosses are taking notice. Recorded in the spring of 2022 from the Local 79 headquarters in Manhattan, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez conducts a Spanish-language interview with Alex Martinez, Walter Martinez, and José Rosas, who were all fired from t…

ecns.cn (2023-01-06). China's civil aviation industry poised to reach 75% of pre-pandemic level: CAAC. ecns.cn China aims to revive its civil aviation industry to 75 percent of the pre-pandemic level this year, with the total volume of flight transport turnover reaching 97.6 billion ton-kilometers, the air passenger transport volume 460 million trips, and airport cargo and mail throughput 6.17 million tons, working to achieve profit and loss balance, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on Friday.

John Catalinotto (2023-01-06). 2022: Year of the working class in the USA. workers.org This article was published Jan. 1, 2023, on the sites of La Pluma and Tlaxcala. The working class in the United States burst into action in 2022. Warehouse workers at Amazon, baristas at Starbucks, prisoners, coal miners, nurses, teachers, graduate students and more organized and resisted capital. Many went on . . . |

news.un (2023-01-06). Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all — ILO report. news.un.org Flexible working hours can advance economies and businesses while helping employees and families achieve a better work-life balance, according to a new report launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Friday.

WSWS (2023-01-06). US Fed says no letup in financial tightening. wsws.org Once again, the Federal Open Market Committee, the key policy-making body, underscored that for all the talk in public about the need to bring down inflation, the discussion behind closed doors is about blocking a wages upsurge in the working class.

WSWS (2023-01-06). Sixty-thousand Detroit households threatened with water shutoff. wsws.org In the face of 7 percent inflation, and with the immune-evasive new XBB.1.5 variant now spreading throughout the country, the resumption of water shutoffs will be a social and health disaster for Detroit's working class.

WSWS (2023-01-06). Sri Lankan Health Workers' Action Committee initiates fight against "paying wards" in government hospitals. wsws.org The HWAC is calling on health employees to fight for the mobilisation of workers to defeat the government's paying ward plan, which is aimed at wiping out Sri Lanka's public health system, a fundamental gain won by the working class.

Lynda Carson (2023-01-06). Tentative court ruling spares People's Park for the moment. indybay.org Food Not Bombs, Feeding The Hungry In People's Park:…

news.un (2023-01-05). Pakistan floods: 9 million more risk being pushed into poverty, warns UNDP. news.un.org An additional nine million people risk being pushed into poverty on top of the 33 million affected by last summer's devastating floods in Pakistan, the UN development agency, UNDP said on Thursday, ahead of next week's International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva.

Staff (2023-01-05). Tu pañuelo verde para cuando vuelvas, Tina. cubadebate.cu Pero para encontrar la tumba de Tina hay que seguir caminando, y entras a territorio pobre, con descuido visible, triste… Allí está ella: unas flores mustias sobre su lápida develan que la vienen a visitar, que no está olvidada, que no está sola.

WSWS (2023-01-05). The White Lotus Seasons 1 and 2: Satirizing the wealthy and privileged. wsws.org Season two revisits many of the same concerns as the first season, tackling how money affects relationships of all types.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-05). "African Labor in the World Community": CLR James' Political Economy. libya360.wordpress.com Matthew Quest On CLR James' 122nd Anniversary, Matthew Quest celebrates his intervention in global freedom movements by placing his radical political economy in conversation with the African world and the African continent. He argues that CLR James offers a different and better understanding of capital, the state, and the role of the working class than…

news.un (2023-01-05). UN working to reduce tensions following Israel minister's holy site visit. news.un.org The United Nations remains ready to support efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East exacerbated this week by the visit of Israel's new National Security Minister to a disputed holy site in Jerusalem, the Security Council heard during an emergency session on Thursday.

WSWS (2023-01-05). Hundreds attend funeral of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Sarath Kumara. wsws.org Sarath joined the Revolutionary Communist League, forerunner of the SEP, in 1991 and remained a courageous and dedicated working-class fighter for Trotskyism until his death aged 57.

WSWS (2023-01-05). Trades Union Congress general secretary writes "Dear Prime Minister" letter calling for talks to end UK strike wave. wsws.org Nowak's appeal is for the Tories to reinstate the role of the union bureaucracy in suppressing the working class through a tripartite arrangement with employers and the government.

WSWS (2023-01-05). Australian report shows growing homelessness. wsws.org The crisis is being driven by interest rate rises, record house prices, soaring rents and stagnant or declining wages.

manager (2023-01-05). CEPR Sanctions Watch, January 2022. cepr.net In this Sanctions Watch, covering December 2022: Seized Afghan assets languish in US-backed trust fund while Afghans prepare for a grueling winter; US lawmakers meet with the president of Cuba and denounce the US embargo; UN experts denounce environmental degradation and loss of life as a result of sanctions against Iran; US, Japan, South Korea …

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-05). Customers Removed $8B+ From Crypto Bank Silvergate, Stock Is Down 85% In 3 Months. moguldom.com Silvergate, a California bank that deals mostly in cryptocurrency transactions, saw its stock fall 48 percent on Thursday, Jan. 5 after the Wall Street Journal reported that the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange in November 2022 caused a run on the bank. When the FTX crypto exchange declared bankruptcy, Silvergate was forced to sell …

WSWS (2023-01-05). The White Lotus Seasons 1 and 2: Satirizing the wealthy and privileged. wsws.org Season two revisits many of the same concerns as the first season, tackling how money affects relationships of all types.

WSWS (2023-01-05). Hundreds attend funeral of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Sarath Kumara. wsws.org Sarath joined the Revolutionary Communist League, forerunner of the SEP, in 1991 and remained a courageous and dedicated working-class fighter for Trotskyism until his death aged 57.

WSWS (2023-01-05). Australian report shows growing homelessness. wsws.org The crisis is being driven by interest rate rises, record house prices, soaring rents and stagnant or declining wages.

manager (2023-01-05). CEPR Sanctions Watch, January 2022. cepr.net In this Sanctions Watch, covering December 2022: Seized Afghan assets languish in US-backed trust fund while Afghans prepare for a grueling winter; US lawmakers meet with the president of Cuba and denounce the US embargo; UN experts denounce environmental degradation and loss of life as a result of sanctions against Iran; US, Japan, South Korea …

Lynda Carson (2023-01-05). Tentative court ruling spares People's Park for the moment. indybay.org Food Not Bombs, Feeding The Hungry In People's Park:…

ecns.cn (2023-01-04). Free antipyretics for sanitation workers and poor families in Hebei. ecns.cn A volunteer service booth distributes free medicines to sanitation workers and families in extreme poverty in Changli County, Qinhuangdao City, north China's Hebei Province on Tuesday.

Minnesota Reformer (2023-01-04). Child poverty rates highest in states that haven't raised minimum wage. juancole.com By Casey Quinlan | ( Minnesota Reformer ) Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 an hour standard, 16 have more than 12% of their children living in poverty, according to a States Newsroom analysis of wage and poverty data. Anti-poverty advocates say that's …

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-04). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.

Editor (2023-01-04). The Great Inflation Debate: Supply Shocks and Wealth Effects in a Multipolar World Economy. scheerpost.com

_____ (2023-01-04). British-Run Spy Tech Powers Ukraine Proxy War, Putting Civilians At Risk. popularresistance.org On December 6th, The Grayzone revealed how British military and intelligence agencies were deploying technology created by shadowy private intelligence firm Anomaly 6 to illegally spy on citizens across the globe. | The company's technology effectively transforms every individual on Earth into a potential target for surveillance and/or asset recruitment by monitoring the movements of their smartphone. Anomaly 6 embeds tracking software in popular applications, then slices through layers of theoretically anonymous data to uncover a wealth of sensitive information about a device's owner. | Anomaly 6's services are…

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-04). Wealthy Mother In Potential Barbados Plantation Case Warned Actor Son Not To Use Last Name Due To Potential For Reparations Claims. moguldom.com British actor Benedict Cumberbatch of "Doctor Strange" fame was warned by his mother not to use his real name professionally because he may one day be subject to reparations claims for his ancestors' slaveholding history in Barbados. According to a report by The Daily Telegraph, Cumberbatch's mother, actress Wanda Ventham, "encouraged him not to use his real name …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-04). Ransacking the World Economy Until 'You'll Own Nothing.'. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Building on millennia of learning how to structure and manage an economy to accumulate and consolidate control and wealth in particular hands,…

Werner Neuer, Ivan Illich & Eugen Drewermann (2023-01-04). Astonishment. The Beginning and End of Theology. indybay.org Debt relief is absolutely essential. Making persons morally liable who are materially in debt is a mistake. Condemning the helpless and broken is completely wrong. They urgently need help. Forgiveness of material debts and moral offenses is one and the same for Jesus. Human existence is crucial.

Editor (2023-01-04). Could Julian Assange Be Released in Two Months? scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter As the new year began, ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons stated during a broadcast segment that he expected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be released "within the next two months or so." "I know [Australia Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese. He's working strongly behind the scenes," Lyons added. "He …

Jonathan Kissam (2023-01-04). Remembering Ralph Fasanella, UE organizer and painter of working-class life and struggle. peoplesworld.org Ralph Fasanella, the former UE organizer who became recognized as one of America's greatest painters of working-class life and struggle, passed away 25 years ago, on Dec. 16, 1997. His paintings—which he intended to be viewed in union halls, not private homes—depict a working class that is diverse, politically engaged yet exuberant in their leisure, …

Chris Stewart (2023-01-04). Marx, the 'Metabolic Rift' and Capitalism's Assault on Nature. socialistproject.ca In recent years millions of young and working-class people have engaged in protests against the climate and ecological crisis as devastating wildfires, heat waves, droughts, hurricanes and floods have increased in regularity and intensity around the world. "System change, not climate change!" has become the main slogan, reflecting a sense that we need a fundamental transformation of society to avoid catastrophe. | It is no surprise that this has emerged alongside a renewed interest in the ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and their critique of capitalism. They argued that capitalism was based on exploit…

TRNN (2023-01-04). Brazil's informal workers were key to Bolsonaro's defeat. therealnews.com Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was inaugurated as Brazil's president on New Year's Day. Half of all Brazilian workers are employed in the informal sector, working without protections or a contract. This segment of the working class was key to Bolsonaro's defeat and Lula's victory. Yet as the Lula government moves to forge alliances with the nation's leading capitalists, questions remain as to whether informal workers can simply count on their new president to address their needs. | Production: Che Brandes-Tuka | Videography: Lucas Mattara | Post-Production: Leo Erhardt |
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Lynda Carson (2023-01-04). Homeless deaths of the dispossessed and unhoused in 2022 are heartbreaking. indybay.org Makeshift Tombstones Honoring Homeless Persons Who Died In 2022:…

Newsclick (2023-01-04). India's job famine | with Aunindyo Chakravarty. peoplesdispatch.org 86% of new jobseekers in the past five years couldn't get a job. 45% of young jobseekers, between 20-24 years of age are unemployed. Nearly 25% of India's graduates, who are actively looking for work, are jobless. That is how India's economic policies have failed its people.

Sam Pizzigati (2023-01-04). Southwest's Meltdown: Stock Buybacks, High Exec Pay, and Neglected Software Upgrades. juancole.com () Inequality.org) For America's rich and powerful, the new year is beginning in a most inauspicious fashion. Millions of Americans are once again fuming at the greed and grasping of our deepest pockets. That fuming — from would-be passengers of Southwest Airlines and their families — filled airports throughout this past holiday week. For …

ecns.cn (2023-01-04). Free antipyretics for sanitation workers and poor families in Hebei. ecns.cn A volunteer service booth distributes free medicines to sanitation workers and families in extreme poverty in Changli County, Qinhuangdao City, north China's Hebei Province on Tuesday.

Minnesota Reformer (2023-01-04). Child poverty rates highest in states that haven't raised minimum wage. juancole.com By Casey Quinlan | ( Minnesota Reformer ) Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 an hour standard, 16 have more than 12% of their children living in poverty, according to a States Newsroom analysis of wage and poverty data. Anti-poverty advocates say that's …

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-04). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.

Editor (2023-01-04). The Great Inflation Debate: Supply Shocks and Wealth Effects in a Multipolar World Economy. scheerpost.com

Werner Neuer, Ivan Illich & Eugen Drewermann (2023-01-04). Astonishment. The Beginning and End of Theology. indybay.org Debt relief is absolutely essential. Making persons morally liable who are materially in debt is a mistake. Condemning the helpless and broken is completely wrong. They urgently need help. Forgiveness of material debts and moral offenses is one and the same for Jesus. Human existence is crucial.

Editor (2023-01-04). Could Julian Assange Be Released in Two Months? scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter As the new year began, ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons stated during a broadcast segment that he expected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be released "within the next two months or so." "I know [Australia Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese. He's working strongly behind the scenes," Lyons added. "He …

Lynda Carson (2023-01-04). Homeless deaths of the dispossessed and unhoused in 2022 are heartbreaking. indybay.org Makeshift Tombstones Honoring Homeless Persons Who Died In 2022:…

Sam Pizzigati (2023-01-04). Southwest's Meltdown: Stock Buybacks, High Exec Pay, and Neglected Software Upgrades. juancole.com () Inequality.org) For America's rich and powerful, the new year is beginning in a most inauspicious fashion. Millions of Americans are once again fuming at the greed and grasping of our deepest pockets. That fuming — from would-be passengers of Southwest Airlines and their families — filled airports throughout this past holiday week. For …

Editor (2023-01-03). Brazil's President Lula is Back—and Bolsonaro Fled to Florida. scheerpost.com Lula da Silva returned as Brazil's president, calling for fighting poverty and hunger, re-industrializing, strengthening the BRICS, and deepening Latin American integration. Far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro fled to Florida, fearing legal consequences for his corruption.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-01-03). Saturday 1/14: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Less Is More. indybay.org Online: Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-01-03). Could Julian Assange Be Released In Two Months?>. thedissenter.org This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become a As the new year began, ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons stated during a broadcast segment that he expected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be released "within the next two months or so." | "I know [Australia Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese. He's working strongly behind the scenes," Lyons added. "He has said as much, but enou…

_____ (2023-01-03). 2022: India's Workers And Peasants Fight Back — And Fight On. popularresistance.org In India, the year that has just passed started with hope but ended with anger and discontent. Hope, because it was thought that with the pandemic finally dwindling, the economy would revive and so would jobs and incomes. The mainstream media talked of a V-shaped recovery, the government again started talking of a $5 trillion economy (whatever that means). Although there was no reason to do so, working people, desperate after two years of extreme hardship, hoped against hope. The victory of the farmers' movement in forcing the government to back down on the three agricultural laws also boosted the morale —…

Dean Baker (2023-01-03). More Mind Reading at the NYT: Tells Readers U.K. Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak's Real Concern Is the Working Class. cepr.net You have to wonder if job applicants at the New York Times are tested on their mind-reading ability.

Isabela Escalona (2023-01-03). Minnesota Home care workers lobby Dems for improvements. peoplesworld.org Editor's note: The following article is reprinted from Workday Magazine in Minnesota. Gail Larson lives in Bloomington, Minnesota with her fiancé, with whom she has been partners for 20 years. For years, they did not marry due to a federal law that prohibits most married people from working as Medicaid-funded personal care assistants (PCAs) for …

jamanetwork (2023-01-03). Present Status of "Insulin" jamanetwork.com About one year ago it was announced that Banting and Best, working in the University of Toronto, had succeeded in isolating from the pancreas a substance capable of causing a marked reduction in the percentage of blood sugar and in the excretion of sugar in the urine of diabetic dogs. Since that time marked progress has been made in the clinical study of the preparation, but, unfortunately, uncontrolled newspaper announcements have given misleadingly exaggerated ideas of its possibilities. It is, therefore, well to have from Dr. J. J. R. Macleod, in whose department the work was conducted, an official statement c…

WSWS (2023-01-03). 2023: The global capitalist crisis and the growing offensive of the international working class. wsws.org In 2022 the accumulating pressure of these intersecting elements of the world capitalist crisis attained the equivalent of critical mass: that is, they have reached the point where the dynamic of crisis has passed beyond the ability of governments to control the movement toward a social cataclysm.

Lynda Carson (2023-01-03). Judge Donna Ryu condemns City of San Francisco's attacks on the homeless encampments. indybay.org Protest Against Attacks On San Francisco Homeless Encampments:…

WSWS (2023-01-03). Homeless deaths surged across the US in 2022 due to extreme weather, economic hardship. wsws.org According to the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, 0,000 to 600,000 people in the US experience homelessness on any given night; approximately one-third of them sleep on the streets.

_____ (2023-01-03). Brazil's President Lula Is Back — And Bolsonaro Fled To Florida. popularresistance.org Lula da Silva has returned as president of Brazil, the world's sixth-most populous country. This will cause a major geopolitical shift. | Meanwhile, far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro fled to Florida, fearing legal consequences for his corruption. | Multipolarista spoke with Brazil-based journalist Brian Mier about what Lula's third government means for Latin America and the world. | In his speech before the congress at his January 1 inauguration, Lula he stressed that everyone has the "right to a dignified life, without hunger, with access to employment, health, education." He said his "life mission" is to g…

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-03). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-01-03). Saturday 1/14: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Less Is More. indybay.org Online: Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

Werner Neuer, Ivan Illich & Eugen Drewermann (2023-01-03). Astonishment. The Beginning and End of Theology. indybay.org Debt relief is absolutely essential. Making persons morally liable who are materially in debt is a mistake. Condemning the helpless and broken is completely wrong. They urgently need help. Forgiveness of material debts and moral offenses is one and the same for Jesus. Human existence is crucial.

WSWS (2023-01-03). 2023: The global capitalist crisis and the growing offensive of the international working class. wsws.org In 2022 the accumulating pressure of these intersecting elements of the world capitalist crisis attained the equivalent of critical mass: that is, they have reached the point where the dynamic of crisis has passed beyond the ability of governments to control the movement toward a social cataclysm.

Lynda Carson (2023-01-03). Judge Donna Ryu condemns City of San Francisco's attacks on the homeless encampments. indybay.org Protest Against Attacks On San Francisco Homeless Encampments:…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-03). Homeless deaths of the dispossessed and unhoused in 2022 are heartbreaking. indybay.org Makeshift Tombstones Honoring Homeless Persons Who Died In 2022:…

WSWS (2023-01-03). Homeless deaths surged across the US in 2022 due to extreme weather, economic hardship. wsws.org According to the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, 0,000 to 600,000 people in the US experience homelessness on any given night; approximately one-third of them sleep on the streets.

Victor Castellanos (2023-01-02). Venezuela Present at Lula's Inauguration in Brazil. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president, while harshly criticising former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro and promising a change of course to rescue a nation plagued with hunger, poverty and racism, all of which were exacerbated during Bolsonaro's rule. | The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, arrived in Brasilia on Sunday afternoon as the official representative of the Venezuelan State. | "On behalf of the President of the republic Nicolás Maduro, we arrived in the city of Brasilia to accompany our Brazilian brothers and sisters in the…

_____ (2023-01-02). Eradication Of Poverty And Hunger Key Priorities For Lula Government. popularresistance.org On Sunday January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party of Brazil (PT) gave his first speech to the Brazilian people as president at the National Congress. In the speech, he presented a brief diagnosis of the situation and conditions of the country that he will govern over for the next four years. | "It's appalling," said Lula, about the conditions in which he receives the country from his predecessor, former president Jair Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party, who abandoned the country and went to the US just before the inauguration. "They have emptied out the resources for health. They have dismantled th…

Global Research News (2023-01-02). Selected Articles: New Year in London: Mass Poverty Is Deeply Rooted. Ongoing Praise for NATO Militarization Ukraine. globalresearch.ca By The traditional London New Year fireworks display last night was dedicated to a dead queen and neo-Nazis on …

Kurt Nimmo (2023-01-02). New Year in London: Mass Poverty is Deeply Rooted. Ongoing Praise for NATO Militarization Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Ben Norton (2023-01-02). Brazil's President Lula is back and Bolsonaro fled to Florida. multipolarista.com Lula da Silva returned as Brazil's president, calling for fighting poverty and hunger, re-industrializing, strengthening the BRICS, and deepening Latin American integration. Far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro fled to Florida, fearing legal consequences for his corruption.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-02). Ransacking the World Economy until 'You'll Own Nothing' (Part 2): The Coup de Grâce>The Great Reset. transcend.org Dec 2022 – Building on millennia of learning how to structure and manage an economy to accumulate and consolidate control and wealth in particular hands (Part 1), the Global Elite launched its final coup in January 2020 under cover of the fake Covid-19 'pandemic'.

WSWS (2023-01-02). New York University emergency department prioritizes the wealthy for treatment. wsws.org This discriminatory practice, which has been corroborated by dozens of NYU health care workers and electronic records, underscores the fact that the provision of medical care is determined by social inequality and the profit motive.

_____ (2023-01-02). Thousands Of NYC Nurses Are Preparing To Strike. popularresistance.org New York City, New York – Over 10,000 unionized private sector nurses in New York City could strike over the next two weeks. Nurses so far have overwhelmingly voted to strike (almost 99% as of December 22) with voting still open for some. NYSNA submitted an Official Strike Notice to eight hospitals, stating: | "Today, Friday, December 30, we delivered a 10-day strike notice to management. Our strike begins January 9 at 6: 00 a.m., if management does not choose to use the next 10 days to make serious and reasonable proposals that achieve a settlement." | Similar strike notices — which are required by law as p…

Editor (2023-01-02). Western Governments Keep Assigning Themselves the Authority to Regulate Online Speech. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / Substack Depending on what political echo chamber you've been viewing it from, the ongoing release of information about the inner workings of pre-Musk Twitter known as "the Twitter Files" might look like the bombshell news story of the century, or it might look like a complete nothingburger whose importance is being …

Kim Petersen (2023-01-02). Perhaps the Most Important, Yet Most Marginalized, Story of 2022. dissidentvoice.org Can you imagine walking downtown in Seattle, Vancouver, New York, Toronto, or any other burg in Canada or the United States and not seeing any panhandlers? This homelessness, begging, and dumpster diving is not confined to major urban centers. Last week, I was in Yellowknife, the capital of Denedeh (Home of the People; colonially designated …

_____ (2023-01-02). Inequality In Annual Earnings Worsens In 2021. popularresistance.org Rising wage inequality and slow and uneven growth in real (inflation-adjusted) hourly wages for the vast majority of workers have been defining features of the U.S. labor market for most of the last 40 or so years. In only about 10 years since 1979 did most workers see any consistent positive wage growth: in the tight labor market of the late 1990s and in the five years leading up to the pre-pandemic labor market peak in 2019 (Gould 2020). Some low-wage workers have experienced disproportionate wage gains in the current business cycle—gains that even beat out high inflation (Gould and Kandra 2022). | Howeve…

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-01-02). We Can't Combat Inequality Without First Valuing Care Work. truthout.org Patriarchy and capitalism are class-based systems that serve to compound inequalities of all sorts, including gender inequality. A feminist political economy not only addresses gender inequalities, but also seeks to rectify inequalities in the division of labor. Of course, there are different branches of feminism, but a strong case can be made that a socialist feminist perspective of political… |

Caroline Preston (2023-01-02). College Textbooks Cover the Climate Crisis Less Than They Did Before 2010. truthout.org This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Evidence is mounting fast of the devastating consequences of climate change on the planet, but college textbooks aren't keeping up. A recent study found that most college biology textbooks published in the 2010s contained less content on climate change than… |

Victor Castellanos (2023-01-02). Venezuela Present at Lula's Inauguration in Brazil. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president, while harshly criticising former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro and promising a change of course to rescue a nation plagued with hunger, poverty and racism, all of which were exacerbated during Bolsonaro's rule. | The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, arrived in Brasilia on Sunday afternoon as the official representative of the Venezuelan State. | "On behalf of the President of the republic Nicolás Maduro, we arrived in the city of Brasilia to accompany our Brazilian brothers and sisters in the…

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-02). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.

Werner Neuer, Ivan Illich & Eugen Drewermann (2023-01-02). Astonishment. The Beginning and End of Theology. indybay.org Debt relief is absolutely essential. Making persons morally liable who are materially in debt is a mistake. Condemning the helpless and broken is completely wrong. They urgently need help. Forgiveness of material debts and moral offenses is one and the same for Jesus. Human existence is crucial.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-01-02). Saturday 1/14: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Less Is More. indybay.org Online: Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

Lynda Carson (2023-01-02). Homeless deaths of the dispossessed and unhoused in 2022 are heartbreaking. indybay.org Makeshift Tombstones Honoring Homeless Persons Who Died In 2022:…

Lynda Carson (2023-01-02). Judge Donna Ryu condemns City of San Francisco's attacks on the homeless encampments. indybay.org Protest Against Attacks On San Francisco Homeless Encampments:…

Igor Carvalho (2023-01-01). Eradication of poverty and hunger key priorities for Lula government. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party of Brazil (PT) gave his first speech to the Brazilian people as president at the National Congress. In the speech, he presented a brief diagnosis of the situation and conditions of the country that he will govern over for the next four years. | "It's appalling," said Lula, about the conditions in which he receives the country from his predecessor, former president Jair Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party, who abandoned the country and went to the US just before the inauguration. "They have emptied out the resources for health. They have dismantled th…

_____ (2023-01-01). A Black-Led Bike Share Company Is Charting A New Course. popularresistance.org Youngstown, Ohio – From protecting the planet to serving the public of entire cities with accessible and affordable transportation options, the missions of bike share services across the country and around the world are often broad. They're intended to serve large swaths of a population, yet people of color, low-income folks, and others from marginalized communities are often left out as services bend toward wealthier and whiter neighborhoods and urban centers. | Most bike shares also rely on corporate sponsorships for their existence. When this critical financial support evaporates at the whims of said corporati…

_____ (2023-01-01). 2022 Saw Historic Strikes In The United Kingdom. popularresistance.org Even as 2022 is drawing to a close, the strike wave that swept the UK this year, with hundreds of thousands of workers in the public and private sector downing tools to fight for better conditions, is showing no signs of slowing down. | On Saturday, December 31, over 1,000 members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT) who are working on contract as cleaners in the railways are set to walkout in the first national strike of its kind. Workers at private companies including Atalian Servest, Churchill, and Mitie are fighting for a £15 ($18.04) per hour wage, company sick pay, good…

Angelika Albaladejo (2023-01-01). Colorado Law Could Force Boulder to Sell Oil and Gas to a Private Company. truthout.org Extraction Oil and Gas, a Denver-based energy company, sent Boulder County an offer this summer. It's one that local officials don't want, but can't refuse. The company, a subsidiary of one of Colorado's largest oil and gas producers, Civitas Resources Inc., gave the county three options: Sell access to its oil and gas, partner up as a working interest owner or get thrown into a legal process… |

Maya Schenwar (2023-01-01). Let 2023 Be the Year of Dismantling Incarceration. truthout.org Over the past year, organizers across the country have been working nonstop to free people from jails and prisons — and yet, of course, millions remain behind bars. Faced with this reality, it can be easy to slip into discouragement at the outset of a new year. But long-time abolitionist organizer and author Mariame Kaba reminds us that "hope is a discipline" — one we must practice even when the… |

_____ (2023-01-01). Building Solidarity And Strength On The Streets Of Pittsburgh And Chicago. popularresistance.org From 'hood to 'hood and city to city, we stand the most to gain in uniting, as an oppressed community capable of liberating ourselves from our collective social conditions! Over half a million people are experiencing homelessness here in the US, 580,466, as of January 2020. However, more than 16 million housing units in the United States are vacant. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the same social contradiction exists, where over 800 people are documented as homeless. | According to the Pittsburgh Quarterly, however: | The city of Pittsburgh has nearly 24,000 vacant properties, including 7,500 vacant houses and build…

County "Health Service" Workers & HPHP (2023-01-01). Santa Cruz Homeless Death List for 2023: Follow-Up. indybay.org Two public ceremonies were held December 21st where the names of the unhoused dead for the year (some of them) were read. My response was the attached flyer, reprinted in the Serf City Times, suggesting some obvious but likely to be ignored remedies to ward off the 2023 deaths list. Also attached is the Homeless Persons Health Project/County report.