(2022-04-12). The Russian Revolution of 2022 — 'Capitalism in One Country'. mronline.org 
Now that the U.S. and the NATO allies have taken from the Russian oligarchs their cash in foreign banks, their mansions, their boats and planes, and blocked the export of all private and corporate Russian capital abroad, Russia is freer to decide how to organize the capital investment of the economy.
(2022-04-12). Iran value of trade with neighbors hits 43% growth last year. en.mehrnews.com Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance (MEAF) said that Iran's trade value with neighboring states in the past year in 1400 (ended March 20, 2022) hit a 43 percent growth.
(2022-04-12). Lab gears up for large-scale COVID-19 testing in Shanghai. ecns.cn The laboratory, consisting of seven air-inflated chambers, is expected to process 100,000 single-tube test samples per day.
(2022-04-12). Aerial view of Hainan Free Trade Port. ecns.cn The transport upgrade will help boost the building of Hainan into an international tourism and consumption center.
(2022-04-12). China financial regulator orders support for freight logistics. ecns.cn China's banking and insurance regulator has called on financial institutions to take targeted and effective measures to help the freight logistics sector tide over difficulties.
(2022-04-12). Imperial medical technology spinout raises $11 million. imperial.ac.uk An imperial spinout company behind a digital therapy and rehabilitation platform has secured $11 million of investment funding.
(2022-04-12). Downtown Oakland Tenants Demand Habitable Housing From 'Nonprofit' Landlord. indybay.org Organized Tenants Escalate Demands For Habitable Housing in Publicly-Subsidized Downtown Oakland Apartments…
(2022-04-12). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Truckers in Honduras began a strike April 7, blocking various highways around the country while teachers in Peru joined forces with other workers to demand an increase in minimum wages.
(2022-04-12). Race versus class at Howard University: $20 million for Hannah-Jones' racialist journalism center. wsws.org While student and faculty demands for improved housing conditions and higher wages have been ignored, the promotion of racialist politics has been showered with money.
(2022-04-12). Europe Is Plunging Into The Middle Ages. oneworld.press Since there are almost no significant natural resources in Europe, in terms of volumes, it will fall much lower than the XIX century, namely in the Middle Ages, when there were practically no industries on an industrial scale. Europe will not escape other related problems: the eternal wars of European countries among themselves.
(2022-04-12). Ciclos Minerva: El desafío de andar sobre ruedas. cubadebate.cu La Empresa Industrial àÅngel Villareal Bravo, de Villa Clara, es un ícono dentro de la producción de bicicletas en Cuba. àönica de su tipo en el país, la también conocida como Ciclos Minerva diversifica ofertas y recobra espacios perdidos. øCómo lo hace en medio de limitaciones económicas? øQué estrategias sigue para abaratar costos? øCuál es la proyección para ampliar la presencia de algunos de sus productos en el mercado en moneda nacional?
(2022-04-12). What's Behind Serbia's Purchase Of Chinese Anti-Air Systems?>. oneworld.press Russian-Serbian ties aren't bad, but they aren't what they used to be and likely won't ever return to their halcyon days. Given this reality, there's no credible reason to suspect that Serbia's purchase of anti-air systems from China is part of some Russian conspiracy to destabilize Europe by provoking another war in the Balkans like the US-led Western Mainstream Media is implying.
(2022-04-12). In warmongering speech, Biden lines up trade unions for US-NATO proxy war against Russia. wsws.org "If I got to go to war, I'm going with you guys," Biden said to the applause of the union bureaucrats at the Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference on April 6.
(2022-04-12). $75,000 by May Day — Join us for a virtual celebration. peoplesworld.org 
SAVE THE DATE! MARK YOUR CALENDARS! SET YOUR ALARMS! Sunday, May 1st @ 5pm (PST), 7pm (CST), 8pm (EST) REGISTER HERE Support People's World, Support Worker's Voices Since 1924, People's World has been a voice for progressive change and socialism in the United States. By May Day, People's World must raise $75,000 …
(2022-04-12). Xi tells Party cadres to make every possible effort to ensure people's happy lives. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday called on Party cadres to make "every possible effort" to ensure that people can live happy lives.
(2022-04-12). Xi stresses boosting national park development in Hainan. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed the importance of boosting national park development in Hainan Province.
(2022-04-12). Xi inspects Wuzhishan in Hainan. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday inspected the city of Wuzhishan in Hainan Province.
(2022-04-11). Ukraine's Economy to Shrink by 45% in 2022: World Bank. telesurenglish.net Ukraine's economy is expected to shrink by 45.1 percent this year, and Russia's economy is projected to contract by 11.2 percent, according to the latest the World Bank's Economic Update on Europe and Central Asia. | RELATED: | The Russia-Ukraine conflict and sanctions on Russia are hitting economies around the globe, with emerging markets and developing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region expected to bear the brunt. | The economy…
(2022-04-11). Europe Is Sleepwalking into another World War. transcend.org 4 Apr 2022 – How can we trust countries that created SWIFT—a financial transfer system aimed at protecting economic transactions against political interference—only to end up removing from that system a country on political grounds? Countries that arrogate to themselves the power to confiscate the financial and gold reserves of sovereign nations like Afghanistan, Venezuela, and now Russia? Countries that trumpet freedom of expression as a sacrosanct universal value, but resort to censorship the moment they are exposed by it?>
(2022-04-11). Telecom Corporations Invest Again in Venezuela (+5G). orinocotribune.com Beyond the ominous voices that insist on campaigns to announce a permanent economic catastrophe in the midst of the blockade against Venezuela, both the state and private corporations are advancing in the implementation of new technological platforms, as is the case of mobile phone and 5G networks. | In that sense, it recently came to light that at least two private corporations dedicated to providing telecommunication services have already presented specific plans with regards to the matter. One of them is Digitel, which has a history of more than 20 years in Venezuela. | The other big telecom corporation operat…
(2022-04-11). The 'All or Nothing' Wars. thealtworld.com The radical stance the West is taking against Russia is risking bringing down the whole economic system with which it has imposed its dominion over the planet. | These 'wars' are becoming viewed in the West as existential — ie. 'all or nothing' events — and their scope is widening. Why wars in plural? Well, the Ukraine military clash is coming to its climax; the war over Russia's radical shifts in the global monetary order is sending western states into a speechless whirl; Europe stands at the brink of economic abyss; and the Russia-China 'war' to re-engineer the global 'rules' is coming to a head too…
(2022-04-11). The US war over Ukraine is a phase in the West's hybrid war on Russia. multipolarista.com 
The NATO war over Ukraine is a phase in the hybrid war that the West is waging on Russia and any country that chooses an economic path other than subordination to the US empire.
(2022-04-11). Economic Shock Therapy for Neoliberals. commondreams.org Neoliberalism has failed yet another test and must finally be replaced by a new economic vision based on new values.
(2022-04-11). Putin's Aggression Shows Why Defeating Autocracy Is Key to Combating Climate Crisis. commondreams.org Climate activists have arguably been a little too focused on politics as a source of change, and paid not quite enough attention to the other power center in our civilization: money. Efforts to punish Russia economically for its attack on Ukraine may hold valuable lessons.
(2022-04-11). Official urges to establish Iran-Qatar joint publicity cmte. en.mehrnews.com Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free and Special Economic Zones said that a joint publicity committee should be set up between Iran and Qatar.
(2022-04-11). Venezuela Seeks Investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) as to Whether U.S. Sanctions Constitute Crimes Against Humanity. covertactionmagazine.com Adopted as part of regime-change operation, sanctions have killed at least 40,000 Venezuelans. Economic coercive measures, commonly known as economic …
(2022-04-11). China to build unified national market to deepen reform. ecns.cn China on Sunday issued a guideline on building a unified national market to break local protection and facilitate smooth economic circulation.
(2022-04-11). 'A Disgrace': UK Labour Party Slammed for Seeking Injunction Against Climate Activists. commondreams.org "Absolutely incredible," said British columnist Owen Jones. "Labour is now positioning itself as more authoritarian and right-wing on civil liberties than the Tories."
(2022-04-11). PREVIEW: What to Look for in the March Consumer Price Index. cepr.net (The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, April 12 at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) | With the core and overall CPI rising at unusually rapid rates, analysts will be looking at the March data for evidence that inflation is either accelerating or slowing. | The inflation dove's view is that we had one-time increases in many areas due to supply chain problems associated with reopening after the pandemic shutdown. These problems are being resolved, albeit slowly, which should mean that many of the price jumps seen over the last year will be largely revers…
(2022-04-11). Grassroots Unionism: Lessons From The Victory At Amazon. popularresistance.org Amazon workers in Staten Island defeated one of the wealthiest and most anti-union corporations in the world. Their victory is a repudiation of the failed strategy of the labor bureaucracy and shows the power of real rank and file organizing.
(2022-04-11). Child Care And Elder Care Investments Are A Tool For Reducing Inflation. popularresistance.org Policymakers should look for any tool that can help restrain inflationary pressures without causing significant collateral damage. One such tool could be investments in child care and elder care. By subsidizing families' use of child care and elder care and providing direct investments to providers, such investments could boost future labor supply by allowing working-age parents and children who want to look for paid employment to do so while remaining confident their family members are receiving care. Further, these investments can help dampen inflationary pressures—that rising wages could in theory contri…
(2022-04-11). Applicability of "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" to the Present Context of International Belligerence. transcend.org 9 Apr 2022 – The Roman General Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus's seminal work, "Epitoma Rei Militaris," is the only surviving military tome which elaborates his hypothesis of deterrence through strength and remains the basic foundation of modern military defence policy, eleven centuries later, for achieving peace.
(2022-04-11). Labor Officials Find Starbucks Illegally Fired Seven Union Organizers in Memphis. truthout.org Labor board prosecutors have determined that Starbucks illegally fired seven union organizers who According
(2022-04-11). Imperial and NTU Singapore explore new collaborations after LKCMedicine success. imperial.ac.uk Imperial and NTU are exploring new opportunities for collaboration in education and research as they enter the next phase of their partnership.
(2022-04-11). How U.S. spread biological 'poison', ethnic division and ideological antagonism around the world. ecns.cn Since conflict broke out between Russia and Ukraine, biological laboratories in Ukraine that are funded by the U.S. caught global attention.
(2022-04-11). Budget cuts to deepen in Australian universities. wsws.org The opposition Labor Party voted for the federal budget, which targets higher education for further steep cuts, on top of the elimination of up to 90,000 jobs in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-04-11). Activists Tell Eversource: Cancel The Springfield-Longmeadow Gas Pipeline. popularresistance.org Massachusetts – Under the threat of the proposed Eversource pipeline and stormy skies, 200 residents from Springfield, Longmeadow and across the Commonwealth demanded that Eversource cancel the Proposed Springfield-Longmeadow gas pipeline. | The Springfield Climate Justice Coalition and the Longmeadow Pipeline Awareness Group along with 57 co-sponsoring organizations, many from Springfield, came together on Saturday afternoon, April 9th to say "No!" to Eversource's proposed Springfield-Longmeadow natural gas pipeline. Cut short by flashes of lightning and the cry of thunder, the rally ended for safety reasons, re…
(2022-04-11). NATO Sanctions and the Coming Global Diesel Fuel Disaster. journal-neo.org 
Amid the ongoing global inflation crisis, NATO heads of state and mainstream media repeat a mantra that high energy prices are a direct result of Putin's actions in Ukraine since end of February. The reality is that it is the western sanctions that are responsible. Those sanctions including cutting SWIFT interbank access for key Russian …
(2022-04-11). The Coming Global Financial Revolution: Russia Is Following the American Playbook. transcend.org 5 Apr 2022 – No country has successfully challenged the U.S. dollar's global hegemony—until now. How did this happen and what will it mean? it could well mean the end of the petrodollar as sole global reserve currency, and the end of the devastating petroleum wars it has funded to maintain its dominance.
(2022-04-11). Vigor Marine shipyard workers in Portland and Seattle vote again to authorize strike. wsws.org The commercial shipbuilding and repair company has offered its 900 workers raises that would amount to cuts in real pay given record inflation rates.
(2022-04-11). Biden Takes Aim at Wasteful Spending on Charter Schools. progressive.org For years, charter schools have gotten away with wasting billions in federal funding, but a wave of new proposals would end the grift.
(2022-04-11). Why has Saudi Arabia invested billions in Jared Kushner's private equity firm? thealtworld.com Why has Saudi Arabia invested billions in Jared Kushner's private equity firm? | The New York Times report that the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) headed by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin-Salman has invested $2bn in a private equity firm set up six months ago by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner can be viewed in three ways. | First: Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler and future king is banking on Trump making a comeback to the White House by winning the 2024 presidential election. | Second: The crown prince's relationship with Joe Biden's Democratic administration is going through a period of tension marked by mu…
(2022-04-11). 'He's Cashing In': Kushner Firm Gets $2 Billion From Saudi Fund Run by Crown Prince. commondreams.org Watchdogs noted that the investment came after Kushner "used his position in the White House to advance Saudi interests"—and shield the regime from accountability for the Khashoggi murder.
(2022-04-11). Activists Released After Blockade Of Manchin Coal Operation. popularresistance.org Grant Town, WV, Monday April 11— Sixteen activists who were arrested on Saturday for blockading the coal-fired Grant Town Power Plant that burns coal waste to profit US Senator Joe Manchin were released from jail overnight. On Sunday, activists returned to the plant for a Palm Sunday service to continue their call for Manchin to stop blocking passage of the federal Build Back Better bill. | On Saturday, hundreds of West Virginia residents and climate change activists protested outside of the plant for several hours on Saturday to bring light to the fact that not only has Manchin been stalling efforts to add…
(2022-04-11). Red theory: Contradiction, the kernel of dialectics. fightbacknews.org Friedrich Engels lists three laws of dialectics, but, as we shall see, the most important is the law of contradiction, which he calls the law of the interpenetration of opposites. Before we discuss the other two (the transformation of quantity into quality, and the negation of the negation), let's look closely at contradiction. | Many of the great theorists of Marxism-Leninism wrote about dialects in general and contradiction in particular. Mao Zedong extrapolated from the writings of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, along with the direct experience of the Chinese revolution, a systematic theory of materialist di…
(2022-04-11). Magic mushroom compound increases brain connectivity in people with depression. imperial.ac.uk Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, helps to "open up" depressed people's brains, even weeks after use, a study has found.
(2022-04-11). Black News Channel Reportedly Won't Pay Final Checks To Employees. moguldom.com On March 25, Black News Channel, which was founded by former GOP Congressman Rep. J.C. Watts, informed its 230 employees in a memo that the news network was ceasing live production and would file for bankruptcy. Now comes word that the employees won't get paid their final checks. The company said it will not be …
(2022-04-11). India Purchases Russian Oil at Discount Despite US Pressure. telesurenglish.net India has bought at least 13 million oil barrels from Russia since Feb. 24, compared with nearly 16 million barrels in all of 2021, given the huge discounts offered by Moscow since the Ukraine crisis. | RELATED: | India is the world's third largest consumer of oil and imports over 80 percent of it from other countries. Last year, the majority of India's oil supplies came from the Middle East, the United States, and Nigeria.
(2022-04-11). Workers' Rights and Chile's Constitutional Convention. socialistproject.ca 
On March 13, 2022, two days after Gabriel Boric was
(2022-04-11). Venezuela's Great Housing Mission Achieves Major Milestone. popularresistance.org On April 7, the socialist government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro celebrated the delivery of a record 4 million homes to its citizens as part of a social housing program called the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela (GMVV). During a joint radio and television broadcast, President Maduro emphasized that the handing over of the 4 million homes was a "historic" event and a "world record." "Nothing and no one is going to stop us," he added.