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‘Nurses Against Genocide’ protest the American Nurses Association’s silence ( www.workers.org )

One of the organizers who participated in the action said: “We coordinated online from different states. All of us are full-time, working nurses who participate in activism regularly, including staging actions like this one. Not everyone could make it in person, but there were nurses from across the country who helped outline...

Over one hundred activists gathered at Harvard Square to shut down Elbit Systems ( www.workers.org )

At the rally an organizer called for further direct action in the U.S. imperial core: “We are here, because we absolutely have to be, because this genocide is being carried out with our dollars, in our name, by entities, by companies that we do not have to let keep operating, that we can close down.”...

US Supreme Court Says Trump Immune From Prosecution for Official Acts ( sputnikglobe.com )

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Supreme Court said on Monday that former US President Donald Trump can claim immunity from prosecution on election subversion charges as it relates to official acts as president, although he could still face prosecution for unofficial acts....

Oregon’s striking nurses: ‘Patients over profits’ ( www.workers.org )

Providence, one of Oregon’s largest corporations, owns one-quarter of Oregon’s health care market. The yearly income of Providence CEOs has risen to $10 million. The nurses are being offered a 7% raise the first year and only 3% in subsequent years, less than the annual rate of inflation....

US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators in boost for business ( apnews.com )

The Supreme Court has upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the United States federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests....

Protest exposes Biden’s deceit: Jersey City is the ‘Red Line’ ( www.workers.org )

Jersey City protesters stretched a red banner across the width of the pedestrian plaza for their Red Line. They made posters with enlarged photographs of victims and the rubble of homes and hospitals left by [neocolonialism’s] bombs in Gaza. These same bombs were paid for by U.S. tax dollars....

Victory at Columbia Univ. — Now, drop all charges! ( www.workers.org )

Fourteen of the 15 remaining defendants, proudly wearing their Palestinian keffiyehs defiantly in court, turned down the ACD deal and issued a joint statement stating the reason for their decision: “We stand here today united by our action and the Palestinian cause. The state has attempted, once again, to divide us —...

California activists plant smuggled Palestinian watermelon seeds ( www.workers.org )

“The way our traditional agriculture practices developed is that they really did co-evolve with their different micro-climate. So we have a collection of seeds … that our ancestors, our great grandmothers, selected varieties [of] that were kind to the micro-climate,” Sansour said in an interview with Sasha Rabin....

Feds vs. UAW — Workers’ control, not government control! ( www.workers.org )

Workers might jump to the conclusion that this investigation, prompted by allegations that Fain is retaliating against other members of the International Executive Board (IEB), is being conducted with UAW members’ best interests in mind. On the surface that might appear to be the case, after the federal investigation led to...

Judge blocks Iowa law allowing police to charge people facing deportation ( www.theguardian.com )

We previously reported on the heinous Iowa immigration law inspired by Texas' SB 4. Thankfully, this week federal Judge Stephen Locher blocked the Iowa law, apparently convinced by arguments that the law is confusing, unnecessarily harsh, and also an attempted power-grab designed to grant some of the federal government's powers...

ICE takes away phone access for detainees, prompting hunger strikes ( www.detentionwatchnetwork.org )

Detention Watch Network and The Legal Aid Society are reporting that ICE facilities are taking away one of the few concessions to the fact that people in immigration detention are, in fact, people: free phone access. This access has been one of the most important lifelines people in ICE facilities have to emotional support and...

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