Chris Walker (2023-04-19). LGBT Allies Are Working Together to Jam Missouri's Anti-Trans "Tip Line" truthout.org Social media users are urging people to protest against an online form created by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, which solicits responses from state residents who claim to have knowledge of questionable practices relating to gender-affirming care for transgender people. The form in question urges Missourians to "submit a complaint or concern about gender transition intervention you have… |

Editor (2023-04-19). Editorial: Pentagon takes a leak. workers.org The top story in the capitalist media is the arrest of a 21-year-old member of the Air National Guard in Massachusetts over the leak of some 100 "classified" state documents. They were purportedly shared to a chat for gamers on the Discord social media platform and later shared by Russians . . . |

Amanda Katz, Labor Notes. (2023-04-20). In Los Angeles Schools, Solidarity Strike Scores Big For Both Unions. popularresistance.org When Los Angeles educators joined school support staff on the picket lines last month, our solidarity strike helped them clinch a contract with a 30 percent raise. | Riding that wave, yesterday educators reached a tentative agreement of our own, with a 21 percent raise, smaller classes, and improved staffing. | Superintendent Alberto Carvalho had scoffed in February when support staff voted by 96 percent to authorize a strike. On Twitter he belittled the threat as empty theatrics. "1, 2, 3…Circus," he wrote, "a predictable performance with a known outcome, desiring of nothing more than an applause, a coin, and…

ecns.cn (2023-04-20). 'Travel squad' becomes a popular trip style among tight schedule and low budget youth. ecns.cn The super-tight schedule of a Beijing trip immediately went viral after being shared online, with people suspecting its authenticity since it is not a supposedly relaxing trip but more like an intense "special forces" training.

Chris Walker (2023-04-19). LGBT Allies Are Working Together to Jam Missouri's Anti-Trans "Tip Line" truthout.org Social media users are urging people to protest against an online form created by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, which solicits responses from state residents who claim to have knowledge of questionable practices relating to gender-affirming care for transgender people. The form in question urges Missourians to "submit a complaint or concern about gender transition intervention you have… |

Editor (2023-04-19). Editorial: Pentagon takes a leak. workers.org The top story in the capitalist media is the arrest of a 21-year-old member of the Air National Guard in Massachusetts over the leak of some 100 "classified" state documents. They were purportedly shared to a chat for gamers on the Discord social media platform and later shared by Russians . . . |

Amanda Katz, Labor Notes. (2023-04-20). In Los Angeles Schools, Solidarity Strike Scores Big For Both Unions. popularresistance.org When Los Angeles educators joined school support staff on the picket lines last month, our solidarity strike helped them clinch a contract with a 30 percent raise. | Riding that wave, yesterday educators reached a tentative agreement of our own, with a 21 percent raise, smaller classes, and improved staffing. | Superintendent Alberto Carvalho had scoffed in February when support staff voted by 96 percent to authorize a strike. On Twitter he belittled the threat as empty theatrics. "1, 2, 3…Circus," he wrote, "a predictable performance with a known outcome, desiring of nothing more than an applause, a coin, and…

ecns.cn (2023-04-20). 'Travel squad' becomes a popular trip style among tight schedule and low budget youth. ecns.cn The super-tight schedule of a Beijing trip immediately went viral after being shared online, with people suspecting its authenticity since it is not a supposedly relaxing trip but more like an intense "special forces" training.

_____ (2023-04-18). Leaked Files: Britain's Secret Propaganda Ops in Yemen. strategic-culture.org Leaked files reveal that British intel used local Yemeni NGOs and social media in a covert campaign to undermine the Sanaa government and influence the war-torn country's peace process. | By Kit KLARENBERG | Yemen's civil war, considered the world's gravest humanitarian crisis, appears to be nearing its end due to a China-brokered detente between Iran and Saudi Arabia, who support opposing sides in the bitter conflict. | Early signs suggest that the rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh may not only end hostilities in Yemen, but across the wider region. | The US, Israel, and Britain have the most to lose from a…

Jamal Rich (2023-04-18). Paul Robeson mural on D.C.'s historic U St. vandalized. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—On the late evening of Sunday, April 16, bypassers caught a young white graffiti artist tagging and defacing the Paul Robeson mural on the historic U St. corridor in northwest D.C. A video was widely shared on social media by the Washingtonian Problems account on Instagram and Twitter originally sharing that it was the Duke …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-18). In Egypt, wife of jailed rights lawyer detained for 13 hours over social media post detailing abuse in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Neamatallah Hisham was abruptly arrested after making social media posts shedding light on the brutal treatment meted out to her husband, Mohammed El-Baqer, in solitary confinement, as well as the maltreatment of other prisoners…

Staff (2023-04-18). Venezuela: Authorities Arrest DEA Operative (+Valle del Cauca Cartel). orinocotribune.com Manuel Antonio Silva Jaramillo, a 68-year-old man allegedly linked to a Colombian drug trafficking cartel from Valle del Cauca, was detained in Lechería, Anzoátegui state, according to law enforcement sources. | Venezuela's Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace Remigio Ceballos confirmed the arrest on his social media. He added, "The Bolivarian National Police Corps (PNB) has dealt a strong blow to drug trafficking." | According to a report from PNB's…

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-18). Poland wants U.S. missile "academy" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyApril 18, 2023 Poland wants HIMARS Academy: official We want a HIMARS Academy to be established in Poland to provide training in the use of this artillery system, defense minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak tweeted Tuesday. He added that European Rocket Artillery Summit conference is being held in Poland's Toru≈Ñ on Tuesday…."The first HIMARS …

Ana Perdigón (2023-04-18). Launch of Con Maduro+ Program Represents A New Weapon in Battle of Ideas. orinocotribune.com This Monday, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, will launch a program named Con Maduro+ to increase his connection with the Venezuelan people. | Through his Twitter account, the president expressed that "the good, the new, and the best is yet to come," and he invited the entire country to connect with him via this new platform. | The new program will be broadcast eve…

_____ (2023-04-18). Leaked Files: Britain's Secret Propaganda Ops in Yemen. strategic-culture.org Leaked files reveal that British intel used local Yemeni NGOs and social media in a covert campaign to undermine the Sanaa government and influence the war-torn country's peace process. | By Kit KLARENBERG | Yemen's civil war, considered the world's gravest humanitarian crisis, appears to be nearing its end due to a China-brokered detente between Iran and Saudi Arabia, who support opposing sides in the bitter conflict. | Early signs suggest that the rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh may not only end hostilities in Yemen, but across the wider region. | The US, Israel, and Britain have the most to lose from a…

Jamal Rich (2023-04-18). Paul Robeson mural on D.C.'s historic U St. vandalized. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—On the late evening of Sunday, April 16, bypassers caught a young white graffiti artist tagging and defacing the Paul Robeson mural on the historic U St. corridor in northwest D.C. A video was widely shared on social media by the Washingtonian Problems account on Instagram and Twitter originally sharing that it was the Duke …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-18). In Egypt, wife of jailed rights lawyer detained for 13 hours over social media post detailing abuse in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Neamatallah Hisham was abruptly arrested after making social media posts shedding light on the brutal treatment meted out to her husband, Mohammed El-Baqer, in solitary confinement, as well as the maltreatment of other prisoners…

Staff (2023-04-18). Venezuela: Authorities Arrest DEA Operative (+Valle del Cauca Cartel). orinocotribune.com Manuel Antonio Silva Jaramillo, a 68-year-old man allegedly linked to a Colombian drug trafficking cartel from Valle del Cauca, was detained in Lechería, Anzoátegui state, according to law enforcement sources. | Venezuela's Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace Remigio Ceballos confirmed the arrest on his social media. He added, "The Bolivarian National Police Corps (PNB) has dealt a strong blow to drug trafficking." | According to a report from PNB's…

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-18). Poland wants U.S. missile "academy" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyApril 18, 2023 Poland wants HIMARS Academy: official We want a HIMARS Academy to be established in Poland to provide training in the use of this artillery system, defense minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak tweeted Tuesday. He added that European Rocket Artillery Summit conference is being held in Poland's Toru≈Ñ on Tuesday…."The first HIMARS …

Ana Perdigón (2023-04-18). Launch of Con Maduro+ Program Represents A New Weapon in Battle of Ideas. orinocotribune.com This Monday, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, will launch a program named Con Maduro+ to increase his connection with the Venezuelan people. | Through his Twitter account, the president expressed that "the good, the new, and the best is yet to come," and he invited the entire country to connect with him via this new platform. | The new program will be broadcast eve…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-18). Peru's Coup Government is Privatizing Lithium Mining. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Dina Boluarte addressed the nation on April 12 to evaluate the actions of her government since December 7. Photo: Twitter The move to privatize one of the country's key strategic resources has been widely rejected by Indigenous community and left movements Peru's Minister of Energy and Mines, àìscar Vera, announced on April 10…

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-18). Azerbaijan, Israel conspire as NATO blasts Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 18, 2023 Azerbaijan and Israel discuss economic cooperation and perspective projects Ministry of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov met with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, [the] Azerbaijani Minister wrote on Twitter…. "During the meeting with the co-chair of the Azerbaijan-Israel Joint Commission, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Eli Cohen, we expressed satisfaction with …

jamanetwork (2023-04-18). World on Path to Eliminate AIDS as a Global Threat by 2030. jamanetwork.com The number of people living with HIV worldwide who received antiretroviral therapy through the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has increased 300-fold since 2004, reaching 20 million individuals from 54 countries in 2022, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

jamanetwork (2023-04-18). Antiretroviral Treatment of HIV/AIDS During Pregnancy. jamanetwork.com This Insights in the Women's Health series describes the availability, timing, and risks of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnant individuals who have HIV infection.