(2018-09-11). Tens of thousands march for climate, jobs and justice. peoplesworld.org Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice march, with sweeping demands for racial and economic justice and transitioning to all-renewable energy in ways that benefit workers and communities, came just days before the city hosts the Global Climate Action Summit, bringing together public officials, corporate executives and other decision-makers from around the world on Sept. 12-14. | Marilyn Bechtel/PW | The broad spectrum of organizations bringing those demands included environmentalists, environmental justice advocates, indigenous organizations, anti-war and anti-nuclear weapons activists, labor unions, religious congregations, vegans, youth and women's organizations, single-payer health care advocates and more. | Indigenous activists from throughout the U.S. and beyond led the march. | Some contingents gathered earlier, for an opening speak-out. One, organized by the San Francisco Labor Council, brought together more than 700 unionists from over 50 Bay Area labor organizations. | The San Francisco unionists…
(2018-09-11). Amazon Delivers Low-Paying Jobs and Dirty Air to California's Poorest. truthout.org 
Amazon, long known for its low pay and bad labor practices at the company's fulfillment centers, is starting to feel some heat. One of the largest trade unions in the United Kingdom, GMB, is staging ongoing protests, the SEIU has launched a " Warehouse Workers Stand Up" campaign in New Jersey and Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced the Stop BEZOS Act. The legislation would recapture the hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars provided by the US Treasury for health coverage, food stamps and other government payments to Amazon workers. | But Amazon is also wreaking havoc on the environment, and its delivery vehicles are generating untold amounts of greenhouse gases, ozone and particulate matter. California environmental advocates are taking on this challenge to protect the air quality in communities living with these warehouses in their backyards. | The…
(2018-09-11). Here Are 5 Reasons Republicans Will Survive the 2018 Midterms — Despite Trump's No Good, Very Bad Poll Numbers. alternet.org 
GOP voters consistently cast their ballots, and they're still in the trenches for Donald Trump | With the 2018 midterms only eight weeks away, the last thing President Donald Trump and other Republicans want to see are bad poll numbers—and in recent days, there have been plenty of them. Republicans were hoping that an ABC News/Washington Post poll released just before Labo. . .
(2018-09-11). Medical Tourist Arrivals In Iran Doubles. iranian.com Medical tourist arrivals in the country has nearly doubled in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year, corresponding to spring 2018, from a year earlier, said an official with the Ministry of Health. Saeid Hashemzadeh who presides over the ministry's medical tourism department told ISNA in an interview published on Sunday, "Based […]
(2018-09-11). National Grid's lockout of Massachusetts gas workers in third month. wsws.org Locked-out workers have suffered through the summer with no pay, health insurance that is either nonexistent, inadequate or exorbitantly expensive, and isolation from workers, which has been enforced by the unions.
(2018-09-10). Israeli Navy Injures 49 Palestinians In Gaza. imemc.org Israeli navy ships fired, on Monday evening, dozens of live ammunition and gas bombs at Palestinians, and fishing boats, in the al-Waha Beach area, northwest of the Gaza Strip, wounding 49 Palestinians, including one journalist. The Palestinians Health Ministry said the navy attacked dozens of Palestinians, holding a nonviolent activity […]…
(2018-09-10). Striking Chicago hotel workers speak out on fight for wages, health care. wsws.org The WSWS spoke to striking hotel workers on the picket lines in downtown Chicago Saturday.
(2018-09-10). Chicago hotel workers' strike enters fourth day. wsws.org Thousands of hotel workers have struck at 25 locations in and around downtown Chicago since Friday, fighting for better health care and wages.
(2018-09-08). UAW silent after Fiat Chrysler worker injured at Kokomo casting plant. wsws.org The injury of a worker this week at the Fiat Chrysler Kokomo Casting Plant underscores the seriousness of workers' concerns over health and safety conditions.
(2018-08-30). Venezuela Denounces Regional Anti-Migrant 'Xenophobia' as Brazil Militarises Border. venezuelanalysis.com The Maduro administration contrasted the recent attacks against Venezuelan migrants to its own open door policy which has seen foreigners benefit from free health, housing, education, and food programs.