(2022-04-07). India is Building Up its Naval Capacities. journal-neo.org 
India is a big country with significant resources and a huge population. It has the third largest economy in Asia and the seventh largest in the world. But its geographical location also presents it with certain problems. Specifically, the Indian peninsula is largely cut off from the rest of the Eurasian landmass. In the west …
(2022-04-07). General strike in Greece against destruction of living standards worsened by Ukraine war. wsws.org Greek workers from every sector of the economy mounted a 24-hour general strike yesterday.
(2022-04-07). Washington watches as China and Latin America deepen their ties. peoplesdispatch.org Foreign policy experts in the US have alerted to the growing economic relationship between Latin America and China, a trend only expected to increase in the coming period…
(2022-04-07). Bank of International Settlements chief says new era of inflation has begun. wsws.org The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development reported that consumer prices in the world's 30 richest countries rose by 7.7 percent in February, compared with just 1.7 percent a year ago.
(2022-04-07). Ford Saarlouis: Instead of a bidding war and blackmail—fight to defend all jobs at all plants! wsws.org To the profits-above-all-else programme of the bosses, we counterpose the programme of international workers' solidarity.
(2022-04-07). Tuesday 4/19: Revolution, She Wrote — Online Reading/Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…
(2022-04-06). Women's Delegation Urges US and Europe to Unfreeze Afghan Funds Amid Crisis. truthout.org Women in Afghanistan are protesting a number of gender-based restrictions from the Taliban, including an order in March to shut down public high schools for girls. In response, U.S. officials canceled talks with Taliban leaders in Doha, continuing to freeze billions in Afghan assets while Afghanistan spirals into economic catastrophe. We speak with Masuda Sultan and Medea Benjamin, two co-founders of Unfreeze Afghanistan, a coalition advocating for the release of funding for Afghan civilians. They recently visited Afghanistan as part of a U.S. women's delegation and say the U.S. has a responsibility to alleviate…
(2022-04-06). Economists And Bond Investors: There Is Increasing Risk A Recession Is Coming To America. moguldom.com Fears of a recession are increasing despite the U.S. economy experiencing a boom. Economics and bond investors alike are warning a recession is on its way for America. The factors that lead them to believe so include rapid inflation, soaring oil prices along with global instability, The New York Times reported. The job market is up, with …
(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). Sri Lanka: President Revokes Emergency Declared 5 Days Ago Amidst Protests Over Economic Crisis. orinocotribune.com President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, revoked on Tuesday, April 5, the state of emergency he had declared five days ago amidst a spate of protests, including outside his house, over the worst economic crisis on the island nation. | In gazette notification no 2274/10 issued late Tuesday night, the president announced that he has withdrawn the emergency rule ordinance which gave security forces sweeping powers to curb any disturbance in the country. | On April 1, Rajapaksa had issued a special gazette notification declaring a nationwide public emergency in effect immediately. In the notification, the Presiden…
(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). Biden's 2023 Budget Could Have Made Child Care Free. Instead, It Boosts Police. truthout.org Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't speaking rhetorically when he urged the U.S. to "undergo a radical revolution of values." In fact, he spoke quite plainly when he declared that "a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." Fifty-five years later, our nation's triple evils that King so famously promulgated — racism, poverty and militarism — manifest in President Joe Biden's most significant value statement: his budget. | Widely considered a wish list, a spending package is a reflection of a president's po…
(2022-04-06). Laboring Beyond Black Representation. popularresistance.org Because most of what passes as Black thought nowadays has been criminally captured by white capital (philanthropic foundations, corporate advertising, government funding, academia, business roundtables etc.) it was inevitable that the recent union victory against Amazon would fail to trend in the same spellbounding way as recent stories have in the Blacksphere. As a consequence, a feeble smack from one rich negro onto another and a token "First Black " woman judge appointed to a supreme court that regularly rules against (Black) labor is naturally lifted above the story of the first union to form against the insi…
(2022-04-06). Watchdog Finds DeJoy Invests In COVID Company, Potentially Breaking Law. popularresistance.org Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may have broken federal conflict of interest laws by holding investments in a company with federal government contracts for COVID rapid test kits, according to a government watchdog's analysis of the embattled Trump appointee's financial disclosures. | The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) found in a report released last week that DeJoy owns roughly between $50,000 and $250,000 of stock in Abbott Laboratories, which produces the popular BinaxNow COVID testing kits. Earlier this year, federal officials awarded Abbott a $306 million contract for test kits as part of the governmen…
(2022-04-06). DC Protest Calls On Biden To Cancel Student Debt. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. – Hundreds of people converged in Washington, D.C. on Monday for a national day of action to demand that the Biden administration cancel all outstanding federal student loan debt via executive order. | "All it takes is a signature," said the Debt Collective, a debtors' union that organized the "Pick Up the Pen, Joe" demonstration, which was supported by a coalition that includes dozens of progressive advocacy groups and labor unions. Following speeches and performances in front of the Eisenhower Memorial, the crowd marched outside the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). | Monday's rally and march…
(2022-04-06). Being a Bit Serious About Oil Prices. cepr.net We have a world oil market…many Republican politicians are running around saying that if we just produced more oil here, we wouldn't have to worry about high gas prices. The numbers indicate otherwise.
(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). Peruvian President Castillo backed into a corner amid fuel-hike protests. peoplesdispatch.org Peru's President Pedro Castillo on Tuesday April 5 suspended the decree he signed hours earlier that imposed a curfew in the capital Lima and the district of Callao. The measure was taken after a meeting with the Congress' Board of Directors. | "I must inform you that as of now we are going to cancel the curfew, it is up to the Peruvian people to calm down," Castillo said. | Faced with a truckers' protest over skyrocketing fuel prices, Castillo had decreed a curfew after more than a week's strike, with episodes of road blockages, looting and destruction of private property. | Part of the population, however, did…
(2022-04-06). Sanders, Bush Unveil Bill to Use the Defense Production Act to Fund Clean Energy. truthout.org As President Joe Biden doubles down on fossil fuels amid high gas prices, Democratic and progressive lawmakers have introduced a bill to instead make investments in renewable energy to lower utility prices and boost energy independence in the U.S. | The Energy Security and Independence Act,
(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). 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). What Would It Take for Military Spending in America to Go Down? scheerpost.com 
[ By William Astore / 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 les…
(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). 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). 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). "Weapons are not tools for peace": feminists against wars and NATO. peoplesdispatch.org War and militarism perpetuate the system of exploitation and oppression in which we live, destroying communities, unbalancing economies and ways of life, suppressing sovereignty and freedom. For decades, the feminist movement has been denouncing the impacts of war on women's lives and its connection to patriarchy, capitalism, and racism. Feminists are aware of NATO's imperialist nature and its desire to control peoples and territories around the world. Feminists say "no" to the war on Ukraine and also to wars, sanctions and occupations in Palestine, Yemen, Western Sahara and other territories. | On the processes…
(2022-04-06). Iran devises strategy for industrialized nuclear program. en.mehrnews.com 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). U.S. biggest spoiler of Ukraine situation, European security. mronline.org 
After the latest round of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey on Tuesday, both sides said the negotiations released positive signals. Ukraine proposed adopting neutral status in exchange for security guarantees from the international community. Russia said the country would sharply cut military activity around Kiev and Chernihiv.
(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.