(2022-04-05). RCEP, bilateral FTAs to boost Cambodia's economy: World Bank. ecns.cn The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade pact and bilateral free trade agreements (FTA) will be a booster for Cambodia's economic growth in the coming years, according to the World Bank's economic update report released on Tuesday.
(2022-04-05). Partnership tipped to welcome more members in next few years. ecns.cn Signs are already emerging that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, could expand beyond the one-third of the world it already covers.
(2022-04-05). A Poor People's Pandemic Report links poverty, race, coronavirus deaths. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Poverty is inextricably linked with the almost one million U.S. deaths, so far, from the coronavirus pandemic, a new and detailed report says. And the county-by-county statistics also reveal a disproportionate impact on people of color, it adds. A Poor People's Pandemic Report: Mapping The Intersection Of Poverty, Race And Covid-19—the formal name for the …
(2022-04-05). Three-alarm house fire kills twin brothers in Trenton, New Jersey. wsws.org The fire is only the latest tragedy in a former industrial city beset by poverty, violence and neglect.
(2022-04-05). New Zealand student with Long COVID denounces abandonment of public health measures. wsws.org A 22-year-old Wellington student spoke to the WSWS about her experience with Long COVID and her deep concern at the Labour government's decision to lift public health restrictions while infections and deaths are surging.
(2022-04-05). Boxeadores cubanos se insertarán en circuitos profesionales sin abandonar el sueño olímpico (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Ariel Saínz, vicepresidente del Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación aseguró que el boxeo ha sido el deporte cubano que más títulos ha obtenido a nivel internacional. "En Juegos Olímpicos alcanzaron 41 oros y 77 en campeonatos mundiales, lo que ilustra cómo nuestros púgiles han prestigiado al movimiento deportivo". Reconoció la labor de padres fundadores de la escuela cubana de boxeo, como Eduardo Santiago, Alcides Sagarra y Sarbelio Fuentes.
(2022-04-05). Labor-Greens bury Assange's plight ahead of Australian federal election. wsws.org A particularly pernicious role is played by Greens MPs who have criticised Assange's persecution, but are working with Labor to ensure it is buried in the forthcoming election.
(2022-04-05). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Heavy cargo truckers in Peru blocked highways over surging fuel prices while a threatened walkout by 1,300 workers at the Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah was averted after union rammed through a last-minute deal.
(2022-04-05). US Stops Russian Bond Payments. anti-empire.com 
Source: The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at American banks, in a move meant to ratchet up pressure on Moscow and eat into its holdings of U.S. dollars. | Under sanctions put in place after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, foreign currency reserves held by the Russian central bank at U.S. financial institutions were frozen. | But the Treasury Department had been allowing the Russian government to use those funds to m…
(2022-04-05). U.S., Britain to Seek Russia's Suspension From UN Rights Council. themoscowtimes.com Suspending Russia from the council would require a vote in favor by two-thirds of the UN General Assembly.
(2022-04-05). Inicia XXIII Feria Internacional Agroindustrial Alimentaria. cubadebate.cu En la apertura Rodolfo Gonzalo Rodríguez Espósito, viceministro primero del Ministerio de Agricultura, destacó como principales objetivos del evento promover la cartera de oportunidades de inversión extranjera en el sector, la exportación de bienes y servicios y elevar la cultura ganadera del país.
(2022-04-05). Facebook overturns deletion of SGP anti-war video after widespread protest. wsws.org After thousands of people protested on social media for a week against Facebook's deletion of an anti-war video by the Socialist Equality Party (SGP), the tech company restored the video on Sunday.
(2022-04-05). Tuesday 4/19: Revolution, She Wrote — Online Reading/Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…
(2022-04-05). Is Russia an imperialist state? A letter from a Russian socialist to David North. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received this letter from a Russian socialist, commenting on a letter written by David North, posted on the WSWS on April 2.
(2022-04-05). Russophobia a cover for anti-communism in Germany. peoplesworld.org 
BERLIN—Almost every day, I have the job of taking scores of tourists to some of the most important historical landmarks in the German capital city of Berlin. For many, this is their first glimpse of a city that was the focal point for so many of the 20th century's most important struggles. At the famed …
(2022-04-04). Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Is This Barbarism or Civilization? transcend.org The West's actions against Russia since the war in Ukraine could signal an emerging new order that shuns the U.S. for weaponizing the dollar and Western control over the global financial system.
(2022-04-04). Grain Shortages Produce Unrest — Ukraine War Is Wake-Up Call for Global South. thealtworld.com As the war continues in Ukraine, food prices are going up worldwide — because the world is interdependent on others for food and energy. Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine took place this week in Turkey. Is there hope for peace? What's coming next? | Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute, discusses where the conflict is headed, the potential coming food crisis and Russia's economic relations with India.
(2022-04-04). Oliver Stone Documents the Past to Illuminate the Present. transcend.org 29 Mar 2022 – While Kennedy was the last U.S. president to genuinely seek peace at the cost of his life, his successors have all been lackeys in love with war and in full awareness that the promotion of war and the military industrial complex were at the top of their job description. They have gladly served the god of war and ravaged countries around the world with the glee of sadists and madmen.
(2022-04-04). Cyclic Representation of Coherence as Knots and Otherwise. transcend.org 4 Apr 2022 – Cyclic themes include the circular economy, environmental cycles, recycling, business cycles, domestic cycles of violence, and the cycles of conflict. Exploration of the cyclic representations of coherence considering their significance separately, or however they may be combined with others.
(2022-04-04). Gen Z's love of Guochao bodes well for Chinese economy. ecns.cn Wang Junwen thought he could easily snap up a fuzzy Winter Olympics mascot toy at a recent online pre-sale, but all the products were sold out in seconds.
(2022-04-04). Protests intensify in Sri Lanka as economy goes off the rails. peoplesdispatch.org 
Protests continued in Sri Lanka on Monday, including in front of the residence of the prime minister. The entire cabinet quit on Sunday amid the agitations and a massive economic crisis…
(2022-04-04). Amazon Workers' Historic Win and Corporate America's Ongoing Greed. commondreams.org If it can't fight off unions directly, it will do so indirectly by blaming inflation on wage increases, and then cheer on the Fed as it slows the economy just enough to eliminate American workers' new bargaining clout.
(2022-04-04). China to pilot digital yuan in more cities. ecns.cn China's central bank announced Saturday that its digital yuan pilot program will be expanded to more domestic cities following its successful operation over the past years.
(2022-04-04). Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey sign Trans-Caspian Corridor deal, Russia circumvented. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The MessengerApril 1, 2022 Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Kazakhstan have signed a declaration on the Trans-Caspian East-West Middle Corridor, which aims at strengthening the transit potential of the signatory states According to the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, the declaration underscores the significance of strengthening cooperation and integrating the Trans-Caspian East-West Corridor …
(2022-04-04). The Cost of War: 23 Million Afghans Suffer Acute Hunger, 95% Don't Eat Enough Food. transcend.org 24 Mar 2022 – Following 20 long years (2001-2021) of brutal war on Afghanistan by the US-led military coalition, 23 million Afghans now face severe and acute hunger, economic bankruptcy, healthcare system collapse, unbearable family indebtedness, and devastating humanitarian crisis.
(2022-04-04). When Boomers Come Together. progressive.org Our new organization, Third Act, is mobilizing the generation with the most political | and economic influence to fight for a working climate and a working democracy.
(2022-04-04). Government numbers show depression virtually over, for now. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The coronavirus-caused economic Depression is apparently over, at least for workers, for now, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show. But the public mood is different, and that's a problem for the Biden administration. And with Republicans in Congress hamstringing further funds to battle the modern-day plague—despite the threat of yet another variant—that could quickly change, …
(2022-04-04). Canadian imperialism using US-NATO war drive against Russia to expand military operations in the Arctic. wsws.org The Western powers' success in goading Putin to launch a reactionary war in Ukraine has intensified economic and geopolitical rivalries around the globe, including in the far north. The major powers view the Arctic, with its vast natural resources and trade routes opening up due to climate change, as a key battleground.
(2022-04-04). Radio Free Asia Slanders Russia and China. journal-neo.org 
The depths to which American propagandists descend have been noted by observers for a very long time. We have witnessed and experienced it our entire lives and the lives of those before us. Enabled by their dominant economic and military power since the Second World War, their propaganda has been an important element of their …
(2022-04-04). While You Were Distracted by Will Smith, the International Elite Met at the World Government Summit. transcend.org 1 Apr 2022 – While much of the world spent the last days obsessing over the celebrity spectacle of actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock 'live,' the international elites were meeting in Dubai for the 2022 World Government Summit. Guests included Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum and Kristalina Georgieva of the International Monetary Fund.
(2022-04-04). Fortieth anniversary of Malvinas/Falklands war exploited to protect Johnson and sanction NATO aggression against Russia. wsws.org Now an attempt to play the same political trick is being made under conditions in which the working class stands on the edge of an economic abyss and the world faces the prospect of a military confrontation between nuclear powers. The price for any let-up in the class struggle would be far higher.
(2022-04-04). Sanctions and the World Economic Order: a conversation with Prabhat Patnaik. mronline.org 
A distinguished Marxist economist reflects on the impact of imperialist blockade mechanisms.
(2022-04-04). Economic Reality Confronts Europe With Some Hard Choices. journal-neo.org 
After a brief period of depression, the Russian rouble has recovered back to the position held in December 2021 and is currently trading at around 84 roubles to the US dollar. It was not a recovery foreseen by the Americans who have made a determined effort to attack the rouble and by that means mount …
(2022-04-04). The MADness of the Resurgent U.S. Cold War on Russia. transcend.org 28 Mar 2022 – The war in Ukraine has placed U.S. and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight: How they expanded NATO right up to Russia's borders, backed a coup and now a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions, and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms race. The goal is to pressure, weaken and eliminate Russia, or a Russia-China partnership, as a strategic competitor to U.S. imperial power.
(2022-04-04). How Mortgage Rates Are Impacting Buyers And Mortgage Refinancing: 6 Things To Know. moguldom.com By the fall of 2008, homeowners were defaulting on subprime mortgages en masse, causing havoc in financial markets leading to the collapse of the stock market and a global recession. Saddled with mortgages they couldn't afford, more than 6 million U.S. households lost their homes to foreclosure in the carnage. Economists and financial analysts, in hindsight, were accused …
(2022-04-04). Save the Planet, Behead the Military Budget. transcend.org 30 Mar 2022 – Why, why, why, as our ecosystem collapses, as millions flee the horrors of war and poverty, as the pandemic continues, as WWIII and a nuclear Armageddon rears its evil head, does ever-expanding, global militarism remain our primary national purpose? This question stabs me as President Whoever announces his proposed military budget, as Congress increases it, as the media shrugs.
(2022-04-04). UK: British ruling elite imposes "historic shock to real incomes" of the working class. wsws.org Taking every increase into account, households face a staggering and unaffordable increase of £2,620 in their bills and other costs.
(2022-04-04). Poorest US Counties Suffered Twice the COVID Deaths of the Richest. truthout.org A first-of-its-kind examination of the coronavirus pandemic's impact on low-income communities "The neglect of poor and low-wealth people in this country during a pandemic is immoral, shocking, and unjust, especially in light of the trillions of dollars that profit-driven entities received," said Rev. Dr. William Barber II, co-chair of the na…
(2022-04-04). Let Us Now Praise Courageous Men And Women. popularresistance.org Let us honor those workers who stood up to Amazon, especially Chris Smalls, described by Amazon's chief counsel as "not smart, or articulate," who led a walkout at the Amazon warehouse at Staten Island JFK8 at the beginning of the pandemic two years ago to protest unsafe working conditions. He was immediately fired. Amazon's high-priced lawyers, however, were in for a surprise. Smalls unionized the first Amazon warehouse in the country. He, along with his co-founder Derrick Palmer, built their union worker by worker with little outside support and no affiliation with a national labor group, raising $120,000 on Go…
(2022-04-04). Labor Organizer Chris Smalls Wins His Battle Against Amazon: 'One Of The Greatest Labor Victories In A Generation'. moguldom.com The Amazon Labor Union scored a momentous victory Friday, giving organized labor its first entry into the e-commerce giant's U.S. operations thanks to the New York warehouse and the efforts of former employee Chris Smalls. Employees at Amazon's JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York, voted on April 2 to join an upstart labor …
(2022-04-04). U.S.-funded labs around Russia work to create bio-weapons: Kremlin. ecns.cn Moscow has information that an array of biological laboratories have been founded around Russia, which are engaged in developing bio-weapons, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday.
(2022-04-04). Amazon union slams any attempt to 'delay our hard-won right to bargain collectively'. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in In the wake of its historic victory in the election to unionize Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, the Amazon Labor Union demanded over the weekend that the company begin collective bargaining negotiations in early May and immediately halt any changes to employment policies in the meantime.
(2022-04-04). On eve of contract expiration, thousands of Los Angeles County workers march to demand improved wages, working conditions. wsws.org Last Thursday, with their labor contract expiring at midnight, over 2,000 Los Angeles County workers gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest the county's new proposed contract that further attacked their wages, working conditions and jobs.
(2022-04-04). 'This Seems Totally Illegal': Amazon May Ban Union Terms in Messaging App. commondreams.org "In case you've forgotten, union-busting is still disgusting," said the House Labor Caucus.
(2022-04-04). Conozca las novedades de la última actualización de toDus. cubadebate.cu toDus, la aplicación de mensajería instantánea y colaborativa de Cuba desarrollada por la Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas, cuenta desde hoy con una nueva versión (1.4.37). Algunos de los cambios que trae son: ajustes de privacidad, mejoras en los servicios de notificación, mejoras en la gestión de geolocalización y soporte para Markdown y Latex.
(2022-04-04). Dutch DockersTake Solidarity Action For UK P&O RMT Seafarers With Niek Stam of FNV-NL. indybay.org Dutch dockworkers took solidarity action against the ferry line P&O to support the 800 fired seafarers. Niek Stam of FNV-NL, who is the president of the Dockworkers union reported on their action.
(2022-04-04). The report on Ontario's natural resources the government didn't want you to read. thenarwhal.ca Even as it details how human activity is hurting wetlands and waterways, it focuses on the wealth generated by natural resources.
(2022-04-04). 'A Poor People's Pandemic': Poorest US Counties Suffered Twice the Covid Deaths of Richest. commondreams.org "The neglect of poor and low-wealth people in this country during a pandemic is immoral, shocking, and unjust," said Rev. Dr. William Barber II in response to the new report.
(2022-04-04). Americans Should Budget an Extra $5,200 This Year to Cover Rising Prices. anti-empire.com 
Source: Inflation will cost the average US household an extra $5,200, Bloomberg economists said. | About $2,200 of that inflation tax will come from pricier food and energy, they added. | The red-hot inflation expected to last throughout the year will leave the average US household spending $5,200 more compared to the year prior, Bloomberg economists Andrew Husby and Anna Wong said in a Tuesday article. That boils down to an extra $433 per month on the same goods a…
(2022-04-04). Pain at the Pumps Originates in the Paycheck. commondreams.org Rather than address gas prices as an isolated problem, policymakers should act on wages.