(2022-02-08). UK rail cleaners strike against poverty pay. wsws.org During the pandemic, rail cleaners have braved hazardous conditions to protect the public from infection. But outsourced cleaners have been paid a pittance and were even denied sick pay.
(2022-02-07). 'Look up', Australia: How capitalism and climate change are turning our food bowl to dust. mronline.org 
Quentin Beresford's book Wounded Country: The Murray-Darling Basin—a contested history, published in September 2021, is a warning. State officials, politicians and agribusinesses risk turning Australia's premier food bowl—the Murray-Darling Basin, which covers 14 percent of the Australian mainland—into desert.
(2022-02-07). Communists urge for peaceful resolution of Ukraine-Russia conflict; slam US-led war mongering. peoplesdispatch.org The US and NATO continue to flare up tensions in the region, despite the repeated calls for restraint by the Russian and Ukrainian political leadership…
(2022-02-07). Young Communists defend the 'right to roam' in Scottish countryside. peoplesdispatch.org Large estate owners in the Scottish countryside have been trying to deny the right to roam for hillwalkers and the local people. A court battle is currently underway against one large landowner who denies right of way through his estate.
(2022-02-07). Portugal's Socialist Party wins legislative election as Left Bloc collapses. wsws.org The Left Bloc and the Portuguese Communist Party are deeply discredited after years of openly supporting the right-wing policies of the Socialist Party (PS) government.
(2022-02-07). Why Airbnb Banned Me (And My Hubby, Too!). strategic-culture.org 
By Michelle MALKIN | So here is the grim reality of life in Woke America 2022. In November, I spoke at a peaceful conference held by an organization that is deemed a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League. The title of my talk was