(2022-04-28). The U.S. bubble of pretend. mronline.org 
The lack of objective, principled coverage of the war in Ukraine is a degenerate state of affairs. The one thing worse is the extent to which it's perfectly fine with most Americans.
(2022-04-28). Adopted boy thriving after liver transplant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Serena and Jon Krejchi from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, knew they were in for a medical journey when they decided to adopt a toddler named Ary from India. At only 1 Ω years old, Ary Krejchi had liver disease among a host of other serious medical conditions that required immediate care. After a harrowing journey back to the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the couple took their little boy straight to Mayo Clinic, where, thanks to his…
(2022-04-28). [Articles] Neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes after invasive Group B Streptococcus in early infancy: A multi-country matched cohort study in South Africa, Mozambique, India, Kenya, and Argentina. thelancet.com Our findings suggest that iGBS disease is on average associated with a higher risk of moderate/severe NDI, however substantial variation in risk was observed between sites and data are consistent with a wide range of values. Our study underlines the importance of long-term follow-up for at-risk neonates and more feasible, standardised assessments to facilitate diagnosis in research and clinical practice.
(2022-04-28). Police murder in Rambukkana exposes Sri Lanka's Tamil National Alliance. wsws.org On April 19, amid mass anti-government protests, Sri Lankan police forces opened fire on a crowd of protesters at Rambukkana demanding affordable food and fuel.
(2022-04-28). Cops terrorize child, protect a bag of Doritos — a WW commentary. workers.org 
Syracuse, New York By now you've probably seen the video, if you can bear to watch yet another horrifying, racist police assault on a person of color. Three massive white cops are terrorizing and shoving around — an eight-year-old Black child. Breakfast is handed out at Dr. Weeks Elementary School, . . . |
(2022-04-28). France's presidential elections — xenophobe loses, banker wins. workers.org 
Emmanuel Macron, the candidate for Forward the Republic (La République En Marche ), won the second round of France's presidential election with 58.54% of the vote. His opponent Marine Le Pen, the candidate for the National Rally (Rassemblement National [RN]), got 41.46% of the vote. When President Emmanuel Macron spoke . . . |
(2022-04-28). Atlanta Apple store workers move to unionize. workers.org 
Atlanta April 27 — Shock waves were no doubt felt at tech giant Apple headquarters when workers at the Cumberland Mall Apple retail store in Atlanta made national news with the announcement that they had filed for an National Labor Relations Board election — the first Apple store to do . . . |
(2022-04-28). Consumer Health: First vaccine to prevent malaria. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Malaria Day will be observed Monday, April 25, which makes this a good time to learn more about this potentially fatal disease and the first vaccine to prevent it. Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites. The malaria parasites enter the bloodstream and travel to the liver. When the parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect red blood cells. Because the…
(2022-04-28). Vice President Jessica Alupo to attend Mwai Kibaki's state funeral tomorrow. plusnews.ug 
The Vice President of Uganda Jessica Alupo will tomorrow be in Nairobi Kenya to attendthe late President Mwai Kibaki's State funeral which will be held at the Nyayo national stadium. Alupo who will represent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is among the heads of state and government who will grace the event that starts at 8am …
(2022-04-28). Half of all Americans infected with COVID-19, three-quarters of children. wsws.org The Biden administration has scrapped even the pretense of curbing the COVID-19 pandemic, admitting that preventing infections is "not even a policy goal."
(2022-04-28). Camp Bondsteel: U.S. army leads multinational drills. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. ArmyApril 27, 2022 US Army battalion leads multinational force during peace support operations in Kosovo CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo — The NATO mission in Kosovo involves bringing together military units from dozens of countries to work toward a common goal. These countries do not operate independently but rather as a single entity under a common …
(2022-04-28). Biden looking to delay end to Title 42 mass expulsions of migrants at US-Mexico border. wsws.org The use of Title 42 as a "border security" measure is a flagrant violation of international and domestic law. It effectively overturns the right to asylum along with all other legal rights of migrants.
(2022-04-28). Australian workers explain why they are attending the International May Day Online Rally. wsws.org "I urge all workers to attend. It is the only way forward, against the virus and against war."
(2022-04-28). Kim Jong Un: To Cope with Possible Future World Crisis We Will Advance a Faster Armed Forces Build Up & Especially Nuclear Forces. orinocotribune.com This April 25, 2022, a grand military parade to be remembered in Korea's history was held at Kim Il Sung Square in the capital city of Pyongyang, the 90th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army (KPRA), the first revolutionary armed forces of Juche type. | The military parade began with a magnificent demonstration of skills by paratroopers who landed on the square, fluttering a large national flag. The State Merited Chorus in charge of playing music for the parade entered the square. | On April 25, 1932, Juche 21 was the day when the dawn of national liberation was brought to the Korean peo…
(2022-04-28). Venezuela Asks International Labor Organization to Study Effects of Sanctions on Workers. orinocotribune.com The government of Venezuela held a meeting with representatives of the International Labor Organization (ILO), as part of the Social Dialogue Forum that is being hosted in Caracas during April 25-28. | Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez urged the ILO representatives to start an investigation regarding the economic hardships endured by countries on which unilateral coercive measures have been imposed by the US with the association of its Western allies. | Rodríguez stated that the investigation should ask: "What happens to sanctioned workers in those countries? How does the blockade affect employers a…
(2022-04-28). Interview with Starbucks union organizer in New Orleans. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On Tuesday, April 19, baristas at the Starbucks café on Maple Street filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election. Workers complain about chronic understaffing, few hours and low wages. Poor scheduling was especially hard on the employees during Mardi Gras, when the New Orleans tourism industry is at its peak. Fight Back! interviewed Billie, a shift supervisor and organizer of the union drive. Billie's last name is not being used due to concerns about company retaliation. | Fight Back!: What are the issues that made y'all want to start unionizing? | Billie: I ha…
(2022-04-28). Legal Actions Challenge Huge Logging Project in Los Padres National Forest. indybay.org Three Lawsuits Filed Against Forest Service for Failing to Protect Environment, Cultural Resources on Pine Mountain, Reyes Peak…
(2022-04-28). COVID-19 shines a spotlight on laboratory professionals' vital role in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24—30, honors and recognizes the dedication, innovation, and expertise that clinical lab professionals bring to patient care. Over the last two years, clinical laboratory professionals have shown extraordinary dedication in the fight against COVID-19. Their commitment and hard work during this difficult time has made a difference in the lives of people across the globe. "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen the power of teamwork in health care. And…
(2022-04-28). Saturday 5/7: Santa Cruz: National Day of Action for Peace. indybay.org Town Clock, Pacific Avenue and Water Street, Santa Cruz…
(2022-04-28). Aerial view of Zhangjiang National Wetland Park in Jiangxi. ecns.cn People exercise on the newly-built trail at Zhangjiang National Wetland Park, Ganzhou, east China's Jiangxi Province. Colored trail winding along the lakeshore looks like a red ribbon at the park.
(2022-04-28). Colombia commemorates national strike, mass killings of social leaders. colombiareports.com 
Social organizations have called for a protests throughout Colombia to commemorate anti-government protests that kicked off exactly a year ago on Thursday. In Bogota, social organizations have additionally organized a…
(2022-04-28). SpaceX's Crew Dragon docks with space station. ecns.cn U.S. private space company SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule which carries four astronauts autonomously docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday.
(2022-04-28). A socialist program for striking Sri Lankan workers. wsws.org Bring down the Rajapakse government! Abolish executive presidency! No to interim regimes! Oppose hunger and IMF austerity! Build Action Committees to fight for a socialist program to ensure food, fuel and medicine for all!
(2022-04-27). With high-tech weapons to Ukraine, U.S. escalates war. workers.org 
April 25 — Twice in the last week, the Biden administration promised to deliver $800 million in heavy and technologically advanced weapons to Ukraine, for a total of $1.6 billion, added to nearly $3 billion earlier. The U.S. has coordinated deliveries from Canada, Britain and other NATO powers. These deliveries . . . |
(2022-04-27). Austin: 43-nation defense/military council meeting on Ukraine to be monthly event. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 27, 2022 Ukraine needs heavy arms, Polish defence minister tells conference Poland's defence minister said that Ukraine needed heavy weapons as he attended an international conference on Tuesday to discuss military support for the country invaded by Mariusz B≈Çaszczak was among top military officials from more than 40 nations who convened at Ramstein …
(2022-04-27). Synthetic Left Joins Corporate Right in Getting Ukraine War Wrong — Historical Analysis. orinocotribune.com 
By Max Parry — Apr 24, 2022 | Since the Russian military operation to de-Nazify and de-militarize Ukraine began in late February, there is a common misperception that the Western left is " Indeed, it is true there has been infighting within organizations such as the US-based Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) between its "International Committee"—whose official
(2022-04-27). U.S. media are lying about Russian atrocities in Mariupol, says embedded reporter at Ground Zero. mronline.org 
[This article is written by a reporter embedded in Ukraine with the Russian army. We believe that if people want to understand the war in Ukraine, they need to read widely about it, from different perspectives, including the Russian one, to try and discern the truth about what is going on for themselves.—Editors]…
(2022-04-27). Azerbaijan exploits Ukraine crisis to complete ethnic cleansing of Karabakh: official. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com PanAmenianApril 26, 2022 Yerevan: Baku using Ukraine crisis to complete ethnic cleansing in Karabakh Azerbijan has taken advantage of the total preoccupation of the international community with the crisis in Ukraine to complete its ethnic cleansing campaign against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), lawmaker from the ruling Civil Contract party Eduard Aghajanyan told a PACE …
(2022-04-27). The Little-Known International Charter At The Center of Ukraine War and China's Future Defense. libya360.wordpress.com Jacqueline Luqman The U.S. talks about "rule based order" because international law is not on its side. The 1999 OSCE Charter explains why the Biden administration would rather make up a new phrase out of whole cloth than live up to agreements it signed. In 1999, the United States and the 56 other participating states of…
(2022-04-27). Iran makes gains as Israel, Turkey test Moscow's limits on Ukraine. mronline.org 
Under pressure to side with the west on Ukraine, Israel and Turkey risk falling out with Russia—which will benefit Iran in the long-term.
(2022-04-27). Police arrests two over death of Indian in Kikuube guest house. plusnews.ug 
Two suspects are in custody at Kikuube central police station in connection to the death of Mike Sultan,40, an Indian national and resident of Hoima city. The suspects whose particulars have been concealed by police for fear of jeopardizing investigations were arrested on Tuesday afternoon following the death of Sultan in Kasonga guest house in Kyangwali …
(2022-04-27). Electrocution kills, injures 26 in India temple procession. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — At least 11 people were electrocuted and 15 others injured during a religious procession held by a temple in Tamil Nadu in southern India.
(2022-04-27). Rather than sell their own blood, Indiana students go on strike. peoplesworld.org 
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana — "It is common for student workers to get second jobs and sell plasma to stay afloat," John Ferrand from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition told People's World. Ferrand said that salaries at Indiana University can be as much as $20,000 below a living wage," as a calculator developed by the Massachusetts Institute …
(2022-04-27). Imperial celebrates science and innovation partnerships with India. imperial.ac.uk Scientists, policymakers and industry leaders celebrated the growing links between Imperial College London and India at a special event.
(2022-04-27). In Seattle, rolling the Starbucks union on. workers.org 
Starbucks workers from across the Seattle area and the U.S. marched and rallied April 23 against union busting. Starbucks billionaire CEO Howard Schultz's "break the union" campaign has led to many firings, followed by strikes and more organizing. Hundreds march in Seattle in support of workers unionizing at Starbucks and . . . |
(2022-04-27). Another life, another loss — a Mumia Abu-Jamal commentary. workers.org 
April 19 — They came to America to escape from interethnic wars in the DRC, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in central Africa. Like many refugees of war, they thought that America was the land of peace. The Lyoya family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and began living their lives . . . |
(2022-04-27). How America's Truckers Got Hijacked. otherwords.org "Keep On Truckin'" was an iconic underground cartoon created in 1968 by comic master Robert Crumb. | Featuring various big-footed men strutting jauntily through life, the expression became widely popular as an expression of young people's collective optimism. "You're movin' on down the line," Crumb later explained. "It's proletarian. It's populist." | But today the phrase has become ironic. Like too many other workers, America's truck drivers themselves are no longer moving on down the line of fairness, justice, and opportunity. | What had been a skilled, middle-class, union job in the 1960s is now largely a skil…
(2022-04-27). If Anti-Trans Lawmakers Got Their Way, I Might Not Be Alive Today. otherwords.org Over half of young trans people have contemplated suicide. Now up to a third of us could lose the care that's been proven to prevent it.
(2022-04-27). Reform vs Revolution in Russia 1917. mronline.org 
In October 1917, revolutionary Russian workers, supported by millions of peasants and soldiers, succeeded in overthrowing capitalist rule and replacing it with their own democratic structures of power.
(2022-04-27). Azadi Stadium before Hazfi Cup final. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — Aluminum Arak and Nasaji Mazandaran's fans went to Azadi Stadium in the west of the Iranian capital to watch the two teams compete in the Iranian Hazfi Cup final match on Wednesday.
(2022-04-27). In OtherWords: April 27, 2022. otherwords.org Editors, before you read: This week, we offer another first-person perspective on the anti-LGBTQ laws that are sweeping the statehouses in many red states. |
(2022-04-27). Progressives Can't Depend on the Congressional Progressive Caucus. scheerpost.com 
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Sometimes one decision speaks volumes. And so it was when the Congressional Progressive Caucus — with 98 members in the House — recently chose to have its PAC endorse a corporate "moderate" against the strong progressive candidate Nina Turner. In the process, the Progressive Caucus underscored its loyalty to …
(2022-04-27). How the corporate interests and political elites watered down the world's most important climate report. mronline.org 
The IPCC scientist in Working Group III in charge of proposing a concrete mitigation plan, that is, to reduce emissions and seek viable solutions (technological, economic, and social) to the biggest crisis ever faced by humankind. The science has never been clearer: we must drastically reduce emissions to have a chance of maintaining the climate stability that allows us to live on this planet.
(2022-04-27). Disability rights and human rights — they affect ALL of us. mronline.org 
Language matters, and in the case of people with disabilities, it matters a lot. Ableism, exclusion, and misconceptions are held up by a foundation of words that are still abundant in U.S. society.
(2022-04-27). Pixels and mortar: the politics of video game worldbuilding. mronline.org 
With the worlds of architecture and video games becoming increasingly intertwined, Gerry Hart examines how video games communicate through their design.
(2022-04-27). Fred Hampton Jr. Completes Goal, Makes Boyhood Home A Local Landmark. moguldom.com The family of legendary revolutionary Fred Hampton has finally realized a longstanding goal. The childhood home of the late iconic Illinois chairman of the Black Panther Party has officially been declared a historic landmark. Hampton's childhood home is a two-story apartment building located at 804 S. 17 Avenue in Maywood, Illinois that was built in …
(2022-04-27). Caregiving Is Work. Parents Deserve Welfare Free From Unpaid Work Requirements. truthout.org 
In 1986, moms on welfare in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, joined together and named themselves Welfare Warriors. Their goal was to fight for respect and improved benefits for families on welfare. The group planned to win changes in welfare to make it similar to the only U.S. guaranteed income for single mothers, Social Security Survivor's Benefits. And they planned to educate the U.S. to understand that welfare is simply a form of child support to which all children are legally entitled — including children of single parents, children whose caregivers are unemployed, and more. | To win respect and pay for caregiver…
(2022-04-27). US And Pacific Allies Panic Over Solomon Islands-China Security Deal. popularresistance.org The United States and its Pacific allies have sounded alarm bells over a security cooperation deal signed between Solomon Islands and China, with threats directed at China. On Sunday, April 24, the Chinese embassy in Solomon Islands hit back at the comments made by the US delegation that visited the Pacific nation last week, calling it a "blatant threat." | The Chinese embassy's spokesperson stated that the comments "again exposed the hegemony mindset and bullying behavior," reported Global Times. | The spokesperson also added that "any attempt to stir up trouble, tension and opposition in Pacific island countrie…
(2022-04-27). Tampa's Housing Crisis And The Fight For Rent Control. popularresistance.org Tampa, Florida – The Tampa community has struggled for an end to the housing crisis since the eviction moratoriums ended last year. With this year's midterm elections approaching, Tampa activists demand a rent control ordinance to stop the rise in rent prices. Enough public support can push the Tampa city council to address the housing emergency. | Tampa is among the cities facing the worst of the national housing crisis. Tampa ranks ninth worst in the world for decrease in housing affordability. Renters in the city spend 42% of their income on housing, a 6% increase from 2017 during a time of rising inflation an…
(2022-04-27). Venezuela's National Assembly Appoints New Supreme Court Justices. orinocotribune.com 
30 new justices, the General Inspector of Courts, and the director of the School of the Judiciary were sworn in. | This Tuesday, April 26, 42 magistrates were appointed to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) by the National Assembly (AN). After evaluating candidates from civil society, the new judges were approved by a qualified majority in the plenary session held on Tuesday. | PSUV Deputy Giuseppe Alessandrello, president of the judicial nominations committee, was in charge of announcing the candidates for approval by the AN. | "This is a transcendental act in the political life of this country, and in all its i…