(2022-04-30). U.S. aims to push China into war over Taiwan — a guest commentary. workers.org 
By Jorge Cadima Article first published in Avante, the weekly newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, April 21. Translation: John Catalinotto. It is evident that the U.S./European Union wants to prolong the war in Ukraine as long as possible. But warmongering is also evident at the other end of the . . . |
(2022-04-30). Putin, Zelensky both invited to G20: Indonesian president. ecns.cn The G20, he said, plays a catalyst role in the recovery of the world economy, adding that he had telephone conversations with both leaders of Russia and Ukraine this week.
(2022-04-30). 'Generation Z' lends dramatic drive to Chinese fad economy: report. ecns.cn China's "Generation Z" has strong cultural confidence, and the Chinese culture is popular among them, which drives the Chinese fad economy, according to a report released by JD Research Institute for Consumption and Industrial Development on Thursday.
(2022-04-30). U.S. economy shrinks in Q1 amid Omicron surge, high inflation, raising recession fear. ecns.cn The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the first quarter this year amid the Omicron surge and elevated inflation, raising the fear of a looming recession.
(2022-04-30). U.S. Fed's closely watched inflation measure continues to surge in March. ecns.cn U.S. personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price indexes, the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s preferred inflation measure, continued to surge by 6.6 percent in March over the past year, the Commerce Department reported on Friday.
(2022-04-30). Ggoobi appeals to PR specialists to help Gov't communicate. plusnews.ug 
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and Secretary to the Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi, has called on Public Relations experts to use their skills to help government and organizations communicate effectively to the masses in order to achieve their objectives. He made this call during his keynote speech at the first National …
(2022-04-30). Peace Policy and Every military solution leads to disaster. indybay.org "Our Common Security" (April 21, 1982) called the Palme Report revealed a new way of thinking that helped make German unity and the overcoming of the European divide possible in 1989. Willy Brandt's North-South report "Ensuring Survival" (1980) described the need for a socially just world economic order and the equal inclusion of the global South.
(2022-04-30). Analysts divided on U.S. economic prospect. ecns.cn "The underlying fact is this – Americans are spending, businesses are investing," although companies are not able to invest in inventories as much due in part to lingering supply chain issues, Baumohl said.
(2022-04-30). [World Report] Sri Lankan health system facing lengthy shortages. thelancet.com An economic crisis has prompted a halt on imports, jeopardising supplies of drugs and medical equipment. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2022-04-30). [Perspectives] Karim Manji: architect of progress in Tanzanian newborn health. thelancet.com When Karim Manji trained in child health three decades ago, there were only 11 paediatricians in his native Tanzania. Today there are about 220, evidence of the progress in child health that characterises his career. As Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Manji is as focused on clinical care as he is in overseeing the multicentre international research programmes that are contributing to the transformation of newborn and child health in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).
(2022-04-30). COVID-19 shines a spotlight on laboratory professionals' vital role in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24—30, honors and recognizes the dedication, innovation, and expertise that clinical lab professionals bring to patient care. Over the last two years, clinical laboratory professionals have shown extraordinary dedication in the fight against COVID-19. Their commitment and hard work during this difficult time has made a difference in the lives of people across the globe. "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen the power of teamwork in health care. And…
(2022-04-30). ILWU 10 Backs OEA Strike Against Closure of Oakland Schools & Privatization of Port. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 at a press conference supported the OEA teachers strike against the closures of public schools in Oakland. They were joined by parents of students and also other unions. | SEIU 1021 leaders supported the teachers and also adamantly opposed the privatization of Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland which they said would destroy the working port of Oakland. They were also supported by USW Local 5 president PK White from the striking Chevron Richmond refinery workers.
(2022-04-30). Friday 5/6: Recognizing Invisible Labor in the University: Ways Forward. indybay.org Register Here: ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s-BLvUG0StS7ErSqa07VdQ…
(2022-04-30). WorkWeek 4-28-22 Protest At AFL-CIO On Gov Funding & El Golpe,US Labor, the CIA, & Coup. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the collaboration of the AFL-CIO with the CIA and National Endowment For Democracy NED in the attacks on trade unionists at the Mexico City Ford assembly plant and also against South African BTR workers who were on strike. The AFL-CIO gave millions to Zulu Chief Buthelezi who then organized thugs to attack and murder union strikers and their families.
(2022-04-30). Oakland Sees Day of Action to Stop Privatization. indybay.org Oakland teachers, ILWU labor union and supporters demand stop to Howard Terminal Stadium and end to School closures…
(2022-04-30). Corporate Capture Of OSHA & US Gov Corruption Cover-up With OSHA Lawyer Darrel Whitman. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Darrell Whitman, former Federal OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program lawyer and investigator about the take-over of the agency and US Labor Department by the corporations that they are supposed to regulate and do oversight over.
(2022-04-30). Mayo Clinic invests in laboratory expansion to enhance patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — To support the ongoing investment in patient care, Mayo Clinic is investing in a major laboratory expansion project at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The expansion includes a $49 million investment in the laboratory. Construction for the project has started and will continue through 2025. The expansion project will increase laboratory space at Mayo Clinic's Superior Drive Support Center in Rochester. The new laboratory space will house several clinical laboratories that reside in…
(2022-04-30). Sunday 5/1: May Day March in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Town Clock, Pacific Avenue and Water Street, Downtown Santa Cruz…
(2022-04-30). [Correspondence] Homicides by law enforcement: case definitions matter. thelancet.com Consistent with previous studies, the Article by the GBD 2019 Police Violence US Subnational Collaborators1 finds that the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) data under-report approximately half of all violent deaths of civilians that occur following encounters with law enforcement.2—5 The decision not to assess the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) is unfortunate for two reasons. First, the NVDRS is the most promising surveillance database for tracking homicides by police in the USA; second, the NVDRS is excluded on the basis of the misconception that it does not capture homicides by pol…
(2022-04-30). Biden lacks real courage to curb sky-high inflation rates. ecns.cn U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has recently taken note of the U.S. 40-year record-high inflation rates, and said that lowering a select number of Trump-era tariffs could prove helpful. Nonetheless, Yellen's proposed solution seems short-sighted.
(2022-04-30). U.S. gov't spending package fuels historical inflation: report. ecns.cn Inflation rose to 8.54 percent in March from 7.57 percent in February, having skyrocketed throughout President Joe Biden's first year in office, his signature multi-trillion dollar spending package was blamed as one of the drivers of inflation, Fox Business has reported.
(2022-04-30). Enemy trembles, military spending top priority: Azerbaijan prepares for renewed warfare. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 30, 2022 Supreme Commander-in-Chief: "After the war, the number of Special Forces was doubled" "Now I do not want to say anything about the number. However, I can say that the number of Special Forces was doubled after the Second Karabakh War,"said President of Azerbaijan, Victorious Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev as he addressed …
(2022-04-30). New IMF Trust Shows the Path Toward SDR Rechanneling Through Development Banks. cepr.net 
The IMF's newly established Resilience and Sustainability Trust sets the reserve asset status standard for SDR investments and creates a roadmap for regional development banks to onlend rich countries' SDRs to developing countries in need of financing for sustainable development, and climate financing. The IMF has published the details of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust …
(2022-04-30). Aprueban proyecto de Ley que regulariza criptoactivos en Panamá. telesurtv.net Otra de las estipulaciones definidas en el texto refiere que la propuesta no obliga al uso de bitcoin como medio de pago porque se presenta de forma opcional.
(2022-04-30). Xi stresses healthy development of capital in China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday called for efforts to regulate and guide the healthy development of capital in China in accordance with the law and give play to the positive role of capital as an important factor of production.
(2022-04-29). I cannot live on tomorrow's bread: The Seventeenth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
On April 19, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its annual World Economic Outlook, which forecasted a severe slowdown in global growth along with soaring prices. 'For 2022, inflation is projected at 5.7 percent in advanced economies and 8.7 percent in emerging market and developing economies—1.8 and 2.8 percentage points higher than projected in… January.'
(2022-04-29). While Ignoring Reparations For Black America, Will America End Up Sending $1Trillion To Ukraine? moguldom.com During the 2020 presidential campaign, politicians touted the possibility of reparations. But for a year, the reparations bill HR 40 has been in limbo. Some reparations activists are questioning why the U.S. has yet to set aside federal financial reparations for its own Black citizens while it's sending billions of dollars to Ukraine. On April …
(2022-04-29). US GDP drops 1.4 percent in first quarter amidst Omicron surge and war in Ukraine. wsws.org While Biden attempted to downplay the abysmal numbers, his bravado cannot paper over the myriad contradictions facing US and world capitalism.
(2022-04-29). Borotba: Fighting Fascism is the Duty of Everyone on the Planet. libya360.wordpress.com Borotba Statement by Borotba (Struggle), a revolutionary Marxist organization banned in Ukraine since 2014. Translated for Struggle-La Lucha by Greg Butterfield. May 9 marks the 77th anniversary of the Day of Victory over Nazi Germany. Almost a century separates us from those events. However, right now we see what a colossal impact they continue to…
(2022-04-29). Toward building a "New World" mronline.org 
If you really want changes requiring the dismantling of capitalism—and this does include the changes necessary to the imagined "green economy,"—then you will join in these efforts rather than condemning the project that inspires them.
(2022-04-29). I Cannot Live On Tomorrow's Bread. popularresistance.org On April 19, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its annual World Economic Outlook, which forecasted a severe slowdown in global growth along with soaring prices. 'For 2022, inflation is projected at 5.7 percent in advanced economies and 8.7 percent in emerging market and developing economies — 1.8 and 2.8 percentage points higher than projected in … January', the report noted. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva offered a sobering reflection on the data: 'Inflation is reaching the highest levels seen in decades. Sharply higher prices for food and fertilizers put pressure on households w…
(2022-04-29). One Simple Trick To Protect Workers From Inflation. popularresistance.org Inflation is an economic phenomenon whose nuances remain a mystery even to economists. That hasn't stopped politicians from wielding it as a weapon to villainize anyone they wish, from environmentalists (blamed for rising gas prices) to annoying outsiders (condemned for driving up housing costs). In reality, we know one group will always pay the price for inflation and bear the burden of increasing costs: working people. | Yet the most important practical tool for protecting workers from the ravages of inflation‚Äâ—‚Äâunionization— is almost totally absent from today'
(2022-04-29). Top epidemiologist rebuts claim dynamic 'zero-COVID' approach harms economic growth. ecns.cn A leading Chinese epidemiologist on Friday rebutted the claim that China's dynamic "zero-COVID" policy has impeded the country's economic growth, saying the approach does not run counter to economic development and normal production and life.
(2022-04-29). TONIGHT! Launch Event for the Workers Summit of the Americas — LIVE @ 7PM ET. iacenter.org Register to join the discussion now! Join the launch event via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uL03nTDtTriWuOwef89m6Q REGISTER NOW! THE WORKERS' SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS — TIJUANA June 10-12, 2022 THE WORKERS' SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS is a Worker's Conference which calls for the programmatic unity of the working class and social movements to create a permanent forum for solidarity and the linking of anti-imperialist, anti-colonial and anti-patriarchal struggles in the American continent. During this summit, you will be part of discussions about the economic sanctions of US Imperialism and its…
(2022-04-29). Pdte. argentino reconoce avances en recuperación económica del país. telesurtv.net Sobre los salarios Alberto Fernández indicó que el Gobierno se ha propuesto "que los salarios recompongan lo perdido en los cuatro años anteriores".
(2022-04-29). US interest rate policies leading to major shifts in global currency markets. wsws.org The value of the euro and the yen has fallen sharply in recent weeks because of the expectation that interest rates will not rise as fast as in the US, if at all.
(2022-04-29). "We make poverty wages and we wanted more:" Chicago grad students strike, win major gains. liberationnews.org 
GEO began their second strike in three years on April 18 for a fair contract, citing low pay, excessive fees, and lack of protection from harassment and discrimination as major issues.
(2022-04-29). Josmar Trujillo on Hyper-Policing. fair.org 
(image: Copwatch Media) | This week on CounterSpin: There are reasons that so much news media is consumed with crime. Not just any crime, not wage theft, not lethal pollution—but street crime, random, individual crime. "If it bleeds, it leads" journalism draws eyes to the set, doesn't bother advertisers, is cheap to produce and lets news outlets look as though they're tracking an important event in real time, and pretend as though they're protecting real people…as they forcibly distract from actual humane efforts to respond to the ongoing crises—homelessness, poverty, addiction—that lead to c…
(2022-04-29). Daily Blog urges "treason" investigation into New Zealand Trotskyists. wsws.org The Daily Blog, which supports the Labour Party-led government, demands state repression against the Socialist Equality Group, because of the SEG's opposition to anti-China war propaganda.
(2022-04-29). Starbucks workers: Partners in the labor movement. liberationnews.org 
Starbucks workers, also known as partners, at store #5583 in Covina, California, on the corner of Citrus and Rowland, declared their intent to file for a union election on April 11th. Over 230 of 9,000 U.S. Starbucks locations have filed for union elections within the last year, organizing with Starbucks Workers United.
(2022-04-29). President Maduro Meets with ILO Delegation. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday night, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a meeting at Miraflores Palace with a delegation from the International Labor Organization (ILO) as part of the Social Dialogue Forum being held in Caracas from April 25 until Thursday, April 28. | "Excellent meeting with the delegation of the International Labor Organization that is in our country, within the framework of the Social Dialogue Forum,'" the head of state wrote on his Twitter account. | "Our fight will always be in favor of the Venezuelan working class, of which I am proud to belong," he added. | Excele…
(2022-04-29). Amazon Labor Union and the awakening of the American working class. mronline.org 
The United States is the most powerful capitalist nation in the world. Socialism cannot ultimately achieve victory without the success of the American working class. The struggles we are seeing now are just the beginning of the awakening of this colossus that will change the course of history.
(2022-04-29). Teachers speak out against Australian Education Union-Victorian Labor government agreement. wsws.org "If the unions won't do it for us, fight for solidarity, then we need to do it ourselves. As the CFPE says, form rank-and-file committees and vote 'no' to the Victorian agreement!"
(2022-04-29). At bogus aged care rallies, nurses union promotes Australia Labor Party's big business election campaign. wsws.org The protests were a cynical photo opportunity for Labor politicians, whose party has presided over the privatisation of the sector and the decimation of workers wages and conditions.
(2022-04-29). Marxist anthropology in a world of surplus population. mronline.org 
Anthropologists, who have always been curious about the lives of people outside Europe and outside wage-labor, have good reason to be interested in the concept of the surplus population.
(2022-04-29). Gobierno de El Salvador equipara a trabajadores con pandilleros. telesurtv.net El ministro de Trabajo llamó "colaboradores de pandillas" a los trabajadores que tienen previsto marchar el 1 de mayo.
(2022-04-29). Estiman miles de muertes por accidentes laborales para 2030 en Europa. telesurtv.net Los sindicatos europeos presentaron un informe firmado por autoridades gubernamentales, en el cual solicitan inspecciones y sanciones en materia de seguridad laboral.
(2022-04-29). Are Big Tech Good Times Coming To An End? Amazon Bombs On Earnings, 1st Quarterly Loss Since 2015, Netflix Starts Layoffs. moguldom.com Amazon was already a collosal e-commerce company before the coronavirus outbreak, but the pandemic turned it into the go-to source for almost everyone on lockdown. It's share prices almost doubled from late 2019 to the third quarter of 2020 while more than 200,000 U.S. businesses, including many restaurants and retailers, were forced to shut their doors. …
(2022-04-29). Intl. financial system facing challenges due to unilateralism. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi has said that the international financial and trade system is now, more than ever, facing different challenges due to its unilateralism.
(2022-04-29). Zero-COVID strategy drives Omicron cases down across China. wsws.org Cases across China continue to decline in response to massive efforts employed by the Chinese authorities and population. However, Beijing is implementing citywide mass testing to identify the extent of community spread, and financial interests are concerned health authorities will implement a complete lockdown.