(2022-04-06). Eurasianism, Eurasian Economic Union and Multipolarity: Assessments of Foreign Experts. thealtworld.com Leonid Savin, Konstantin Kurylev, Sergey Bazavluk | Eurasianism, in its various interpretations, from ideology to the implementation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) programs, is regarded as one of the strategies of creating a multipolar world order. This article analyzes the views and assessments of foreign authors regarding the relationship between Eurasianism and the EAEU amid the changing international context. | The authors present both critical and positive opinions on Eurasianism, Eurasian integration and its political and economic interlinkages with other countries and associations (China, Vietnam, t…
(2022-04-06). Why Should Progressives Embrace a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights? Because They Already Do. commondreams.org Progressives need to make clear to the American people that they have a cohesive economic program for the country—one that the American People want.
(2022-04-06). Home buyers to take major hit as Australian central bank moves to lift interest rates. wsws.org A cash rate of 1.75 percent at the end of year, now being priced in by financial markets, would lift repayments on an $800,000 mortgage by almost $1,400 a month.
(2022-04-06). Spanish trucker on suspending the strike: "Fuel prices will keep rising as the war goes on" wsws.org Truckers have said that the suspension of the nationwide truckers strike is only temporary, so they can recover financially before striking in the summer.
(2022-04-06). Spanish truckers "temporarily suspend" 3-week strike against high fuel prices. wsws.org Spain's truck drivers agreed Saturday to "temporarily suspend" a 20-day strike over crippling fuel prices amid the NATO war drive targeting Russia and its energy exports.
(2022-04-06). Peruvian government deploys army, locks down Lima, then rescinds order as cost-of-living protests swell. wsws.org The growing protests in Peru are the latest expression of a global wave of social protest over spiraling prices exacerbated by the war between the US/NATO and Russia in Ukraine…
(2022-04-06). What the UAW 2021 financial report shows: Assets rise, membership falls. wsws.org Despite a 6 percent drop in membership in 2021, the UAW saw its total assets increase, as it hoarded its strike fund by isolating or blocking a series of walkouts and other struggles.
(2022-04-06). Canada commits to purchase F-35 fighter jets, vows massive defence spending hike in April 7 budget. wsws.org The minority Liberal government is assured of parliamentary support for its plans to rapidly expand the Canadian military's war-making capabilities, thanks to the "confidence-and-supply" agreement it recently struck with the trade union-sponsored NDP.
(2022-04-06). US Justice Department expanding probe of taxes, business dealings of Hunter Biden. wsws.org After previously dismissing claims that Hunter Biden traded on the family name for profit, Democratic-aligned newspapers, such the Washington Post and New York Times , recently published reports confirming details of the allegations.
(2022-04-06). How the Supreme Court Could Make Your Life More Dangerous. commondreams.org If Republican appointees on the Supreme Court succeed in gutting regulatory agencies, we all lose. This agenda is anti-worker, anti-consumer, and anti-environment. The only thing it's good for is corporate profits.
(2022-04-06). Profiting off of the pandemic, CEO pay increased to record levels in 2021 while workers' wages fell. wsws.org Data filed by top US corporations to the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that CEOs dramatically increased their compensation in the second year of the pandemic.
(2022-04-06). Iran devises strategy for industrialized nuclear program. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) — In the latest sign of Iran's determination to advance its nuclear program, the Ebrahim Raeisi administration announced that it will soon unveil a comprehensive document for boosting the country's nuclear development.
(2022-04-06). SNB 61: Gallos se escapan y Leones siguen imbatibles. cubadebate.cu Muy productiva fue la jornada de este martes para los Gallos de Sancti Spíritus, al combinar una victoria con las derrotas de sus más cercanos perseguidores, para aumentar su ventaja en la primera posición del torneo. La calurosa tarde fue beneficiosa también para aumentar la temperatura de los maderos en varios estadios, y para que los Industriales de la capital extendieran a golpe de jonrones su racha ganadora a ocho partidos.
(2022-04-06). Sri Lankan plantation workers strike and demonstrate for overthrow of Rajapakse government. wsws.org The stoppage was called by the Glenugie Estate Workers Action Committee, which was formed with the support of the Socialist Equality Party.
(2022-04-06). Tuesday 4/19: Revolution, She Wrote — Online Reading/Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…
(2022-04-05). Solomon Islands and China's Security Pact: Why is the West Complaining? thealtworld.com The Solomon Islands is in the process of working out a security pact with China which would allow Chinese police and soldiers to help maintain order in the country upon request. The West has decried this deal as a sign of growing Chinese influence, but fail to point out the context within which this pact is necessary for both the Solomon Islands and China. | It has been the US, Australia, and Taiwan who have undermined the peace, stability, and security of the Solomon Islands for years, forcing Honiara to find a more reliable security partner. China is already a reliable and important economic partner, thus Honia…
(2022-04-05). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. iacenter.org By Vijay Prashad April 5, 2022 During this war on Ukraine, No Cold War launched a new publication called Briefings, which will be factual texts on matters of global concern. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research shared this first briefing: Billions of people around the world will suffer from this hunger crisis. The war in Ukraine, along with sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries against Russia, have caused global food, fertilizer and fuel prices to skyrocket and endanger the world food supply. This conflict is exacerbating the existing crisis of global hunger and imperils the living…
(2022-04-05). Inflation: Reframing the Narrative. socialistproject.ca 
Fighting inflation is on the public agenda today in a way not seen since the 1970s. The orthodox response — having central banks raise interest rates to slow the economy, and ultimately, prices — is already in play. Yet current price increases aren't the result of the traditional phantoms haunting central banks of overheated economies and the excessive power of unions. What we're facing today is an inflation of a particular kind — the knock-on effects of a unique non-economic shock. | Covid forced states to do something never done before in consciously placing major parts of the economy on ho…
(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). What Would It Take for Military Spending in America to Go Down? tomdispatch.com I have a question for you: What would it take in today's world for America's military spending to go down? Here's one admittedly farfetched scenario: Vladimir Putin loses his grip on power and Russia retrenches militarily while reaching out to normalize relations with the West. At the same time, China prudently decides to spend less on its military, pursuing economic power while abandoning any pretense to a militarized superpower status. Assuming such an unlikely scenario, with a "new cold war" nipped in the bud and the U.S. as the world's unchallenged global hegemon, Pentagon spending would surely shrink, right?
(2022-04-05). Tunisian president assumes dictatorial powers amid deepening social unrest. wsws.org This year has seen numerous demonstrations protesting social and economic conditions, with the total number of demonstrations in the eight months since SaàØed's July coup topping those that proceeded it.
(2022-04-05). Sri Lanka Is The Latest Victim Of The US' "South Asian Spring" oneworld.press The Hybrid War modus operandi being employed by America is to prompt an economic crisis to cover up the preplanned regime change campaign that it's launching against non-aligned governments across the Global South as punishment for their independent foreign policies.
(2022-04-05). Why the EU is Confronting China. journal-neo.org 
The EU is clearly on a diplomatic war path vis-à -vis China. In the most recent (April 1, 2022) virtual EU-China summit, the Europeans clearly told Beijing that the latter's support for Russia in its ongoing military operation in Ukraine will have a serious cost i.e., a rupture in the EU-China economic ties. China, on the …
(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). The Fight for Labor Rights in Mexico. progressive.org Activists are beginning to undo the damage done by NAFTA.
(2022-04-05). Workers Used Amazon's Captive Audience Meetings Against Amazon. popularresistance.org Amazon workers in Staten Island, N.Y., astonished the world last week when they voted to form the first-ever U.S. union at the e‚Äëcommerce behemoth, which is known for ferociously opposing its workers' efforts to organize. The Amazon Labor Union (ALU), which won the effort at the JFK8 fulfillment center, had been targeted by such anti-union efforts, and its co-founder, Chris Smalls, had been called "not smart or articulate" by Amazon officials. (Smalls co-founded the union after he was fired for organizing for safer conditions during the pandemic.) | Workers and organizers across the country are…
(2022-04-05). Higher Ed Labor Unites For Equity For All: Faculty, Staff And Students. popularresistance.org Students swell the picket lines of dining service workers. Staff fight for cancellation of exorbitant graduate student workers' fees. Undergraduate student workers learn about the precarity and low pay behind the title "adjunct" and demand their university administrations do better. Tenured faculty insist that part-time instructors receive benefits. Across higher education, workers are realizing that they depend on each other to get work done, from faculty, academic staff, graduate and undergraduate student workers, to janitors and clerical and technical workers—and the landscape of organizing is changing.
(2022-04-05). Labor King Chris Smalls Takes On AOC After Legendary Amazon Victory: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com The Amazon Labor Union movement spearheaded by fired New York City Amazon worker Chris Smalls had a legendary victory on April 2 when employees at the Staten Island warehouse voted to join the upstart labor union. The move marked the union's first entry into the e-commerce giant's U.S. operations. But it was a victory void …
(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). Amazon Workers In Staten Island Clinch A Historic Victory. popularresistance.org It's the magical stuff of Disney movies. But yesterday, the improbable became the most probable when the scrappy band of workers who make up the Amazon Labor Union took the lead in a union election at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, putting within reach a historic labor win at the corporate behemoth. | Before the vote count most reporters had dismissed the independent union's chances, treating the organizing as a curiosity at best. "I think we have been overlooked," said ALU Treasurer Madeline Wesley Thursday night. "And I think that that ends tomorrow when we are victorious." | The ALU clinched a decisiv…
(2022-04-05). Millionaires for Humanity Calls Forbes List 'A Slap in the Face of Society'. commondreams.org "The Forbes rich list shows us that we are living in a tale of two pandemics where billionaire wealth is still booming, while most of humanity is going bust," said one campaigner.
(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). The Coming Global Financial Revolution. popularresistance.org The first challenge by a major power to what became known as the petrodollar has come in 2022. In the month after the Ukraine conflict began, the U.S. and its European allies imposed heavy financial sanctions on Russia in response to the illegal military invasion. The Western measures included freezing nearly half of the Russian central bank's 640 billion U.S. dollars in financial reserves, expelling several of Russia's largest banks from the SWIFT global payment system, imposing export controls aimed at limiting Russia's access to advanced technologies, closing down their airspace and ports to Russian planes and…
(2022-04-05). Georgia Governor Candidate Stacey Abrams Is Now Worth $3M From Book And Speaking Fees. moguldom.com Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is now a millionaire three times over. The voting rights activist and Spelman College graduate, who launched her second campaign for governor of the peach state in 2021, has reportedly overcome financial hurdles which plagued her when she ran in 2018 against current Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Abrams is now …
(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). Japan to match Germany's NATO military spending level, develop first external strike ability since WWII. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 5, 2022 Japan defense chief looks to boost defense capabilities "drastically" A meeting of foreign ministers of NATO member and allied states will take place on Wednesday and Thursday. The ministerial will gather officials of Australia, Finland, Georgia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Sweden and Ukraine. Japan's defense minister said Monday his ministry will …
(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). Solana Is Turning Into High Flyer Crypto Again, Spikes To $130+: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Ethereum competitor Solana (SOL) has led price gains in a rally of top cryptocurrencies as investors' risk appetite rises for altcoins amidst capital rotation from the recent revival in Bitcoin, analysts said. The rally in SOL and other altcoins bulked the overall cryptocurrency market trend while most coins fell, dragged lower by profit-taking on Bitcoin's …
(2022-04-05). New Analysis Details 'Master Class in War Profiteering' by US Oil Giants. commondreams.org "Oil and gas companies are feeding off humanitarian disaster and consumer suffering in order to reward Wall Street," said Lukas Ross at Friends of the Earth.
(2022-04-05). Appalachia Knows There's a Climate Crisis. Does President Biden? commondreams.org The fracked gas industry is taking advantage of a brutal war to put profit over people. We cannot allow that to happen.
(2022-04-05). 120+ Groups Urge Pelosi and Schumer to Embrace Windfall Tax on Big Oil. commondreams.org "The oil and gas industry will reach near all-time records for stock buybacks in 2022," the advocates wrote in a letter to the congressional leaders. "It is time for the profiteering to stop."
(2022-04-05). Andreas Malm & the Zetkin Collective — 'White Skin, Black Fuel'. mronline.org 
As regular readers of this blog will be aware I think that Andreas Malm, even where I disagree with key points of his argument, is one of the most stimulating Marxist authors on environmental politics.
(2022-04-05). Will the Wasteful Pentagon Budget Ever Shrink? commondreams.org A thought experiment on the military-industrial complex.
(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). Investigative Journalist: Black Lives Matter Purchased $6M House As More Questions Raised. moguldom.com Former Black Lives Matter leader Patrisse Cullors repeatedly denied accusations that BLM donations were used to purchase real estate but New York Magazine investigative journalist Sean Campbell has reported that BLM did indeed buy a $6 million house in California. Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah founded the Black activist group in July 2013. In …
(2022-04-05). Atlanta's housing movement demands rent control: Repeal the state ban! liberationnews.org 
The rally marks a new stage for the movement for housing justice in Atlanta.