Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Pentagon to train Ukrainians in sites outside nation to use U.S. artillery. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2April 19, 2022 Defense Department expects to start training Ukrainian trainers outside of Ukraine on how to use the U.S.-provided Howitzers in the coming days Defense Department expects to start training Ukrainian trainers outside of Ukraine on how to use the U.S.-provided Howitzers in the coming days The first shipments of the latest round of …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-19). Russia Pushes Back Western Sanctions, Revs Up Operation in Eastern Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com M.K. Bhadrakumar Russian special operation in Donbass entered new phase The Russian President Vladimir Putin said defiantly on Monday that the western sanctions have proved to be "ineffective" in meeting their objective. In his words, "They (US and EU) expected these sanctions to rapidly produce a devastating effect on Russia's finances and economy, sow panic in the markets, bring about a collapse…

WSWS (2022-04-19). Workers and youth in Germany speak out against Ukraine war and NATO aggression. wsws.org The hysteria with which the ruling elite are calling for ever new sanctions, weapons deliveries and armaments projects finds little resonance in the working class. This was revealed in the many discussions held by WSWS reporters at workplaces, supermarkets and in working class neighbourhoods recently.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Defense Ministry: Japan to supply military supplies to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 19, 2022 Japan to offer protective masks, clothing, drones to Ukraine Japan will provide Ukraine with protective masks and clothing against chemical weapons, as well as commercial drones, to support the country in its ongoing war with Russia, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The decision was made upon a request from the Ukrainian …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Japan, EU, U.S. pursue common course on Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 19, 2022 U.S., Japan, EU leaders affirm swift support to Ukraine amid war Leaders from the United States, Japan and the European Union agreed Tuesday to continue providing swift support to Ukraine as Russia begins a renewed military offensive in the eastern part of its neighboring country. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told his …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Polish hospitals prepared to treat 10,000 wounded Ukrainian soldiers: PM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 19, 2022 Polish hospitals ready to treat 10,000 wounded Ukrainian soldiers: PM Polish hospitals are prepared to admit up to 10,000 Ukrainian troops injured in combat against invading Russian forces, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said. The Polish prime minister made the declaration in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Tuesday, public broadcaster Polish Radio's …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). State Department: China will "face serious consequences" from U.S., allies over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 19, 2022 China Will Face Serious Consequences If Helps Russia — United States The United States said it was closely monitoring China's level of support for Russia and warned of serious consequences if it provided weapons to the aggressor country or helped circumvent sanctions. This was stated by U.S. Department of State …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). U.S. lawmakers visit Georgia to expand war, Georgian war party visits Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Senator Coons has discussed deploying American troops to Ukraine. Civil GeorgiayingApril 19, 2022 U.S. Congress Delegation to Visit Georgia A delegation of the U.S. Congress will be led by the Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), to Georgia this week. The delegation will include Senators Gary Peters …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Will war party bring about collapse of German government? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Beta News AgencyApril 19, 2022 Scholz falls because of Ukraine? The German opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) is increasingly pressuring Chancellor Olaf Scholz to send heavy weapons to Ukraine. They accuse German Chancellor of being partially responsible for the Ukrainian defense, and they also threatened him with a vote of no confidence in the Bundestag, …

WSWS (2022-04-19). Oxfam report: Poorer countries going from crisis to catastrophe. wsws.org The report says the crises of extreme inequality and inflation, accelerated by the war in Ukraine and COVID-19, are converging to create a catastrophe for the world's poorest people "unprecedented in living memory."

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). MP among Georgians fighting in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 19, 2022 Georgian MP Returns from Ukraine War Georgian MP Alexander Elisashvili, who volunteered to fight against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is returning to Georgia. Earlier today, Elisashvili wrote on Facebook that he is already in Warsaw, en route to the homeland together with his party colleague, Vice-Speaker Levan Ioseliani, who visited …

Staff (2022-04-19). How Putin Can Use 5D to End the War and Merge Russia and Ukraine THIS VERY MOMENT. anti-empire.com 10 days before the war I warned Kiev it was facing a Russian invasion, but also advised it there was a brilliant way it could thwart Putin's plan: An uncomfortable thing to do emotionally, but such is 5D judo. Unilaterally settling the status of Donetsk and Lugansk (in their favor) would have robbed Putin of an excuse to escalate the standoff into the current regime-change war. | As it was, Kiev did not listen to my advice and Moscow used precisely the pretext of Don…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). State Department hails NATO ally Turkey for "holding Russia to account" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anadolu AgencyApril 18, 2022 Turkey playing 'important role' in holding Russia to account: US Turkey is playing an "important role" in ensuring Russia is held to account for its war against Ukraine, the United States said on Monday ahead of a bilateral meeting of top diplomats. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is slated to host …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Western think tanks push permanent NATO presence on Russian border, Asia-Pacific analog. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 17, 2022 NATO needs bases on eastern border to counter Russia: experts Russia's war in Ukraine will lead to NATO radically overhauling its long-term security capabilities in Eastern Europe, defense analysts say. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is likely to establish permanent bases on its eastern flank and significantly boost spending, experts predict. …

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-19). Treasury Secretary to Press Other Countries to Ramp Up Sanctions on Russia. news.antiwar.com Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will press US allies to ramp up the economic pressure on Russia during meetings of World Bank and IMF members this week, The war in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed in response are expected to be major topics of discussion at the meetings, which began Monday. The Treasury official said Yellen "will use this week's meetings to work with allies to continue our united efforts to increase economic pressure on Russia while mitigating spillover e…

John Helmer (2022-04-19). NaàØve questions about Russia's war economy. mronline.org "Tell me, please, Grandpa," the little boy asked the Red Army veteran, "what does a war economy mean and how is it different from now?"

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-19). IMF predicts 3% growth for Iran's economy in 2022. en.mehrnews.com The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that Iran's economic growth rate will be 3% in 2022, while the inflation rate will drop by almost 8%.

Reihana Mohideen (2022-04-19). Philippine elections: 'For a new politics, for a new economy'. greenleft.org.au The May 9 national elections in the Philippines are taking place as the country reels under the blows of multiple system crises — climate, economic and social — compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Reihana Mohideen.

_____ (2022-04-19). Was Imran Khan Trying To Address Plunder Of Poor Countries By Wealthy? popularresistance.org The parliament of Pakistan recently ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan in a no-confidence vote. The reasons for the former cricket star's political downfall are not entirely clear. His economic policies were a mixed bag at best, but he deserves credit for one thing: he'd taken a bold stand against international investment agreements that give transnational corporations excessive power over national governments.

Staff (2022-04-19). Special Guests Leonardo Flores and Jacquie Luqman Discuss US Economic Warfare. projectcensored.org Uruguan poet and political analyst Eduardo Galeano once wrote, "Every time the US 'saves' a country, it converts it into either an insane asylum or a cemetery." And this week on the Project Censored show, we look at the reality behind Uncle Sam's particular brand of saviorism — talking US economic warfare — also known …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-19). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-19). African Leaders Opting for Nonalignment Amidst Tensions in Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Uriel Araujo Amid volatile markets, they (African states] are realizing they cannot afford to take sides by playing along the Western line in this so-called "cold war". Thus, non-alignment can pave the way for de-dollarization and strengthening multipolarity. And it can also help mitigate a global food crisis. In addition to today's fuel and energy…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-19). Anti-government protests gain momentum in Swaziland. peoplesdispatch.org King Mswati III has been ruling over the nation since 1986, four years after the death of his father king Sobhuza. 70% of the population languishes in poverty while the king spends billions of dollars every year on personal luxuries…

Gerald Gogold, Veronika Heimerl (2022-04-19). Social consequences of the Corona crisis in Austria. indybay.org Two million Austrians suffer income losses from the Corona crisis. Good news comes today from New Zealand (half-price transit), Finland (affordable apartments for the homeless) and Great Britain (four-day work with five-day pay). This good news is reported by Scoop.me.

Staff (2022-04-19). Majority of Voters Support Biden's Billionaire Income Tax, Poll Finds. truthout.org New polling finds that most likely voters support President Joe Biden's plan to implement a minimum tax on the richest households in the U.S., including a tax on unrealized gains from assets like stocks. | The polling released on Monday The issue is particularly popular among Democrats, with 72 percent of…

WSWS (2022-04-19). Quebec nurses' union admits much of rank and file view it as "sellouts" and government accomplices. wsws.org FIQ, the state-recognized union bargaining agent for the majority of Quebec's nurses, has complained to the province's labour court that it has become widely discredited after imposing yet another concessions-filled contract.

WSWS (2022-04-19). UK Labour leader Starmer calls on "decent, honourable" Tory MPs to unseat Boris Johnson. wsws.org Tory MPs responded with fervour in backing Johnson. The mood was summed up by Sir Edward Leigh, who declared that the only leader who should be removed was Vladimir Putin.

_____ (2022-04-19). The Amazon Labor Union Victory — Lessons For All Of Labor. popularresistance.org In one of the most remarkable labor organizing victories in decades, the Amazon workers in Staten Island voted to unionize with the independent Amazon Labor Union (ALU). This is the first organizing victory for any union at any of Amazon's 110 warehouses across the USA, the nation's second largest employer with over a million employees. | This was a real bottom-up organizing effort potentially highlighting an effective way forward for the rest of labor — a victory that gives momentum to workers not only in the other Amazon warehouses but in all industries. It demonstrates how and why rank and file workers a…

_____ (2022-04-19). Virginia Caucus Of Rank-And-File Educators Votes To Unionize Richmond Schools. popularresistance.org On Saturday, members of the Virginia Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators (VCORE) voted to unionize schools in Richmond, the state's capital. The vote took place over two days, with 99 percent of educators in favor. The Richmond Educators Association (REA), of which VCORE is a part, will serve as official bargaining representative. This is a major victory for public-sector unions in the South, and it comes amid a wave of unionization across the United States and labor militancy among educators.

Staff (2022-04-19). Amid Dispute Over Wages, Swaziland Police Resumes Persecution Of Teachers' Union Leader. peoplesdispatch.org Amid an ongoing dispute with public sector labor unions over salary review, the Swaziland police has resumed the persecution of Mbongwa Dlamini, president of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), the country's largest union. Earlier this month, Dlamini's residence was sprayed with a hail of bullets by a highly militarized unit of the police …

Labor Video Project (2022-04-19). SF Candidates Matt Haney & David Campos On Redistricting, Treasure Island & Privatization. indybay.org San Francisco Matt Haney and David Campos who are running for Assembly are interviewed about re-districting, privatization and Treasure Island tolls and toxins.

SLAP (2022-04-19). Friday 4/29: 4/29 Stop Privatizing Oakland! Day Of Action By Teachers & ILWU Longshore Workers. indybay.org Oakland teachers will be striking and joining with ILWU longshore workers on April 29 against privatization and closures of Oakland schools and the privatization and destruction of the Port Of Oakland by the Mayor and Democratic Party City Council supported by the leadership of the Alameda Labor Council and Alameda Building Trades. There will be a rally at 2PM at Oscar Grant Plaza and march through Oakland.

_____ (2022-04-19). Now Is The Time For Nonalignment And Peace. popularresistance.org Despite the major gains of many of the new nations that had emerged out of colonialism, the overwhelming force of the older colonial powers prevented the Bandung Spirit from defining human history. Instead, the civilization of war prevailed. This civilization of war is revealed in the massive waste of human wealth in the production of armed forces—sufficient to destroy hundreds of planets—and the use of these armed forces as the first instinct to settle disputes.

WSWS (2022-04-19). "It's just really hard to live": Chicago workers describe impact of surging food and gas prices. wsws.org Food, motor fuel, and home heating gas have all surged by double-digit percentages over the last year in the Chicago metro region.

xinhuanet (2022-04-19). UN roots for enhanced data collection to fix food security crises in Africa. xinhuanet.com The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will avail financial resources and technical expertise to help African countries collect data on agriculture that is key to addressing food security crises in the continent, an official said on Monday.

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-19). DPRK slams U.S. for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against | Pyongyang. news.xinhuanet.com The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed the United States for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against Pyongyang.

Dana Sanchez (2022-04-19). Bubble Trouble? Venture Capital Distributions Are Down 90% In Q1, Industry Holding, Praying For Asset Price Rebound. moguldom.com Interest rates, inflation and geopolitical uncertainty are helping to drive an 82.5 percent slowdown in venture capital exit activity in the first quarter of 2022 after a record-breaking 2021. Venture capital distributions are down 90 percent in Q1 compared to Q4 2021, a stakeholder said. However, investment activity remained strong in Q1 2022 with $70.7 …

WSWS (2022-04-19). Public meeting: Support the Socialist Equality Party in the Australian federal election! wsws.org The SEP is advancing a fighting socialist program of action for the growing sections of the working class entering into struggle against inflation, wage suppression and a deepening social crisis.

WSWS (2022-04-19). Unite blocks joint action by London bus drivers against pay restraint. wsws.org Under the impact of the pandemic and with inflation at a thirty-year high, having risen to 7 percent CPI and 9 percent RPI in March, the anniversary pay awards have become a travesty from the standpoint of pressing the demands of bus drivers.

Graham Matthews (2022-04-19). Wage rises need to become a critical federal election issue. greenleft.org.au Government action and worker solidarity is key to overcoming the scourge of insecure work and ensuring pay rises keep pace with inflation and productivity improvements, argues Graham Matthews.

Lorah Steichen (2022-04-19). Cut Pentagon Spending, Save the Planet. progressive.org This year, the United States will spend twice as much every day on the military than it does on international climate aid all year.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-04-19). U.S. Pesticide Exposure Up to 5 Times Greater for People of Color. indybay.org New Study Shows People of Color in U.S. Are More Likely to Be Harmed by Pesticides Due to Weak Regulations, Lax Enforcement…

WSWS (2022-04-19). The Challenge of May Day 2022: For the International Unity of the Working Class against Capitalism, National Chauvinism and War! wsws.org The celebration of May Day 2022 must be dedicated to the unification of the international working class in a global struggle against imperialist war and its root cause, the capitalist system.

Ian Angus (2022-04-19). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2022. greenleft.org.au Climate & Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six new books for activists.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-19). The Ukrainian Proxy War Exposes the West's Military-Industrial Limitations. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko It's a matter of military fact that the Ukrainian proxy war, which saw more third-party military-technical assistance dispatched in a larger amount and in a shorter time to one of the direct participants than in any previous conflict in history (remembering that the Lend-Lease Act didn't scale up till after some time), has…

Editor2 (2022-04-19). Gaza Socialists Rise in Solidarity with Jenin, Prisoners (Photos). orinocotribune.com The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) held a solidarity event in Gaza on Thursday in commemoration of the forthcoming Palestinian Prisoner's Day and in solidarity with Palestinians in the northern West Bank city and refugee camp of Jenin. | PFLP members and their supporters held placards denouncing the Israeli military, which has killed 12 Palestinians in the West Bank in recent days, calling for wider solidarity with Jenin. | "We are all Jenin," "Resistance in Jenin is humiliating the Israeli occupation", "Jenin is a symbol of our pride", and "Free Palestinian Political Prisoners," some of the…

Staff (2022-04-19). Girón, la victoria (+ Fotos y línea del tiempo). cubadebate.cu El 19 de abril tendrá siempre gran trascendencia en la historia de nuestra nación. Para el pueblo cubano y su naciente Revolución significó defender la soberanía del país, el suelo sagrado de la patria, defender sus intereses, sus ideales y su proceso socialista.

Staff (2022-04-19). Chapeando: La embajada que sólo funciona para echar leña al fuego pregunta qué es eso (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Girón es muchas primeras veces: primera derrota del imperialismo en América. Es la primera batalla popular por el socialismo. Es el bautizo de fuego de los milicianos cubanos. Esa es una espina que tienen clavada en la garganta. Quizás por eso han estado organizando para este 19 de abril una nueva campaña de la guerra mediática.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Estonia: NATO conducts air-infantry exercises near Russia's border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 19, 2022 Belgian F-16s conduct Air-Land training with Allies for NATO's Bold Dragon Exercise Bold Dragon provides key air-land integration training between Belgian F-16s and UK, French and Danish soldiers in the NATO multinational battalion 13-14 Apr, 22. Belgian F-16s have executed Close Air Support (CAS) training missions with NATO's multinational battalion …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Georgia scours the country recruiting soldiers to wear NATO uniforms. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseApril 19, 2022 Admission to military contract service continues The Ministry of Defense of Georgia continues to receive citizens in the contract service. An information campaign on contract military service is underway across the country. Personnel from the National Guard's area traveled by mobile recruiting vehicles to regions, towns and villages of …

WSWS (2022-04-18). European Central Bank paints bleak picture of economy. wsws.org The ECB resisted pressure to follow the lead of the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, as well as other central banks, to lift interest rates in response to the global surge in inflation…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-18). How can Sri Lanka's economy be turned around? peoplesdispatch.org In the second part of this interview, Ahilan Kadirgamar, senior lecturer at the University of Jaffna, explains how strengthening the public distribution system, a wealth tax, and focusing on agriculture, the rural economy and the food system are vital.

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). China's economy posts steady growth in Q1. ecns.cn China's economy got off to a steady start in the first quarter of 2022 despite an increasingly complex international environment and resurgences of COVID-19 cases at home.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-18). Sri Lanka's economic crisis is decades in the making. peoplesdispatch.org Ahilan Kadirgamar, senior lecturer at the University of Jaffna, explains the roots of Sri Lanka's economic crisis. He talks about the decades of policies that have led the country to where it is today, the impact of the pandemic, and the blow farmers suffered with the decision by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government to ban chemical fertilizers.

WSWS (2022-04-18). University of Illinois at Chicago grad student workers strike against poverty wages. wsws.org UIC graduate student workers are opposing the university's efforts to use them as a cheap labor force.

Gerald Gogold, Veronika Heimerl (2022-04-18). Social consequences of the Corona crisis in Austria. indybay.org Two million Austrians suffer income losses from the Corona crisis. Good news comes today from New Zealand (half-price transit), Finland (affordable apartments for the homeless) and Great Britain (four-day work with five-day pay). This good news is reported by Scoop.me.

WSWS (2022-04-18). Australian elections: Behind mudslinging and diversion, Labor and Liberals pledge stepped-up attacks on the working class. wsws.org Alongside the banalities of the official campaign, the major parties are waging a parallel campaign aimed at convincing the ruling elite that they are best placed to enforce sweeping attacks on the working class.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-18). Mayo Clinic, Rochester branch of NAACP seek mentors for RISE for Youth program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org This summer, 40 high school and college students will be the first participants in RISE for Youth, a strategic collaboration between Mayo Clinic and the Rochester branch of the NAACP. The program is designed to help Black and underrepresented students find pathways to success in education and employment. "Not all students have the same opportunities to realize their full potential," says Dr. Anjali Bhagra, medical director of Mayo Clinic's Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion….

UCSC Climate Coalition, UC Green New Deal (2022-04-18). University of California Campuses Rally in Support of UC-wide "UC Green New Deal" indybay.org Students, faculty, and staff who are part of the UC Green New Deal Coalition, along with members of environmental organizations, campus Sustainability Offices, and concerned individuals on all ten UC campuses, conceived of the idea of an "Intercampus Earth Day" to draw inspiration from each other and to share resources and events that promote more climate awareness and climate action. Nine UC campuses are rallying on Earth Day to promote climate action. Several campuses, in addition to their rallies, have more elaborate plans, like UC Merced's Shakespeare in Yosemite and UC Santa Cruz's full day of Climate Teach-…

SLAP (2022-04-18). Friday 4/29: 4/29 Stop Privatizing Oakland! Day Of Action By Teachers & ILWU Longshore Workers. indybay.org Oakland teachers will be striking and joining with ILWU longshore workers on April 29 against privatization and closures of Oakland schools and the privatization and destruction of the Port Of Oakland by the Mayor and Democratic Party City Council supported by the leadership of the Alameda Labor Council and Alameda Building Trades. There will be a rally at 2PM at Oscar Grant Plaza and march through Oakland.

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-18). DPRK slams U.S. for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against | Pyongyang. news.xinhuanet.com The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed the United States for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against Pyongyang.

xinhuanet (2022-04-18). UN roots for enhanced data collection to fix food security crises in Africa. xinhuanet.com The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will avail financial resources and technical expertise to help African countries collect data on agriculture that is key to addressing food security crises in the continent, an official said on Monday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). China mulls tighter oversight of derivatives trading. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers are considering a draft law to tighten oversight of derivatives trading to guard against financial risks.

WSWS (2022-04-18). Strike wave in Northern Ireland against below inflation pay offers. wsws.org Sections of workers involved in or preparing strikes include Translink bus workers, local authority classroom assistants, waste and recycling workers and school bus drivers, fast food delivery workers, university lecturers and construction machinery workers at Caterpillar.

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). China's industrial capacity utilization rate at 75.8 pct in Q1. ecns.cn China's industrial capacity utilization rate came in at 75.8 percent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, down 1.4 percentage points from the previous year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

WSWS (2022-04-18). SEP and IYSSE holds plantation workers' demonstration to fight for socialist policies. wsws.org The protest attracted widespread public interest with some young people deciding to join in and many bystanders offering encouragement.

WSWS (2022-04-18). New York City parent victimized by Child Services denounces government after daughters contract COVID-19 at school. wsws.org A New York City parent spoke to the World Socialist Web Site about conditions in the largest school district in the country during the current COVID-19 surge.

WSWS (2022-04-18). Video: PES calls for active boycott of French presidential elections. wsws.org Alexandre Lantier, national secretary of the Parti de l'égalité socialiste, explains the call for an active boycott of the second round of the French presidential elections.

WSWS (2022-04-18). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold picket and public meeting to fight for socialist perspective in the mass anti-government protests. wsws.org The SEP supports the demand that the president resigns but goes further in advancing a socialist program of action for the working class to defend its social and democratic rights.

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). Revolutionary bases' growth to get a boost. ecns.cn As China set in motion an agenda to narrow social inequalities and regional growth gaps, the nation's top policymakers have given priority to a special type of regions－areas where the Communist Party of China built up its revolutionary cause before founding the New China.

Ana Perdigón (2022-04-17). President of Mexico Questions US Interest in Venezuela and Support for Guaidó. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, April 13, during his daily morning conference, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) commented that the United States has now shoved self-proclaimed "interim president" of Venezuela Juan Guaidó aside, after previously having given him full support. Now, the government of President Joe Biden is changing its stance and seeking the help of the government of Venezuela headed by President Nicolás Maduro. | AMLO remarked that, as a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the US has sought the help of Venezuela in order to solve its domestic oil supply and demand. | Y donde queda el pe…

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). Comicomment: U.S. profiteering from Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday his administration will provide Ukraine with an additional 800 million U.S. dollars' worth of military.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-17). Ukraine has asked G7 for $50 billion to cover budget deficit. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Ukraine has asked G7 nations for $50 billion in financial support and is also considering issuing 0% coupon bonds to help it cover a war-linked budget deficit over the next six months.

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). Chinese economy may grow 5.9 pct this year: Credit Suisse economist. ecns.cn An economist of Credit Suisse Group AG expects China's gross domestic product to grow 5.9 percent, higher than the 5.5 percent target set by the world's second-largest economy, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

_____ (2022-04-17). Egypt Decides to Save Itself from Hunger on its Own. journal-neo.org Video reports on national TV channels and the Internet about half-empty supermarket shelves in the US and Western Europe are causing widespread nervousness about the world's food security prospects. Despite warnings from Moscow, no one in Europe took into account that with the introduction of provocative Russophobic sanctions, designed to cripple the Russian economy, essential …

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). China promotes work resumption in Shanghai to smooth industrial, supply chains. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has dispatched a work team to virus-hit Shanghai to promote the resumption of manufacturing activities and smooth industrial and supply chains.

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). Chinese assets attractive despite Fed rate hike pressure. ecns.cn Chinese assets are still attractive to investors despite pressure from interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, China's top banking regulator said Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). China to cut reserve requirement ratio. ecns.cn China's central bank on Friday said it has decided to cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for financial institutions from April 25 to support the development of the real economy and reduce comprehensive financing costs.

Staff (2022-04-17). Panama: Social Movements Reject Blinken's Visit (Persona Non Grata). orinocotribune.com Social movements in Panama have expressed their repudiation of the upcoming visit of US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. | After the US State Department confirmed Blinken's visit to Panama during April 19 and 20 to attend a regional meeting on migration, the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO) declared the head of the State Department "persona non grata." | Blinken will participate in the Ministerial Conference on Migration and Protection, which is expected to be attended by foreign ministers and defense ministers of a number of Latin American and Caribbean nations to discu…

_____ (2022-04-17). COVID-19: The Poor People's Pandemic. popularresistance.org Soon after the first pandemic wave subsided, COVID-19 turned from the "great equalizer" to a poor people's pandemic in the United States, shows a recent report published by the Poor People's Campaign (PPC). The report brings a detailed analysis of how the pandemic affected poor and low income communities in the US, asking if their experiences are being taken into consideration at all, regardless of whether we are looking at pandemic response or post-pandemic re-building. | The Poor People's Pandemic Report is focused on the data and lived experience of people in the 1,000 poorest counties in the US, shining a lig…

WSWS (2022-04-17). Bank of Canada hikes interest rates, as soaring inflation squeezes workers' incomes. wsws.org Prices are now rising faster than at any time in the past 30 years, with food, energy and housing costs leading the way.

_____ (2022-04-17). Move To Unionize Tour Could Rewrite How Theater Industry Operates. popularresistance.org On April 12, the New York Times broke the story that the theater actors union Actors' Equity Association is, for the first time in over 20 years, attempting to unionize a workplace. Inspired by recent wins at Amazon and Starbucks, actors and stage managers on the non-union national tour of the musical Waitress are moving to unionize after being contacted by Equity, as the union is known in the theater industry. This attempt represents one of the biggest developments in labor organizing within the theater industry in years and has the potential to largely rewrite the way that the theater industry operates. | This…

Lothar Galow-Bergemann (2022-04-17). Labor fetish and anti-semitism. indybay.org "Work makes you free" was written above the gate of the Auschwitz death camp. How did the Nazis come up with that? Isn't work something meaningful, something good? What does it have to do with Auschwitz, of all places? A great deal. Because work and meaningful activity are, contrary to popular belief, two different things.

Brian Dolinar (2022-04-17). Prison Guards in Illinois Used Prison Labor to Raise Money for Golf Tournaments. truthout.org A recent investigation into the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) revealed that prison guards there have been using incarcerated individuals to wash their personal cars, give haircuts and shine shoes at fundraisers to benefit the prison staff — in other words, they have been using the labor of incarcerated people for their own personal gain. | One senior IDOC staff member admitted to state-employed investigators that these fundraisers were "bad optics." | "It's really hard for me to just honestly stomach the idea," he told an investigator, that "employees benefit from offender labor." | This informa…

Labor Video Project (2022-04-17). No Extradition Of Julian Assange! Rally At US Justice Dept Washington DC. indybay.org Supporters of Julian Assange rallied at the US Department of Justice in Washington DC on April 11, 2022 to demand an end to the extradition process of Julian Assange and his immediate freedom.

Muhammed Shabeer (2022-04-17). Lockdown parties, tax dodging and war mongering: Tory blitz on British working class continues. peoplesdispatch.org People in the UK are facing a severe cost of living crisis marked by skyrocketing energy and food prices, along with a crisis of governance marked by cronyism, incompetence and duplicity…

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). Experts see home prices staying on a stable path. ecns.cn Prices of new and pre-owned homes in 70 Chinese cities continued to stabilize in March by and large－and industry experts credited the trend to a series of measures taken in recent months.

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-17). DPRK slams U.S. for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against | Pyongyang. news.xinhuanet.com The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed the United States for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against Pyongyang.

_____ (2022-04-17). Gross Negligence In For-Profit Prison Health Care. popularresistance.org By law, people in prison have a right to get the health care they need. In the late 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court decision Estelle v Gamble set the standard for medical rights of prisoners. But prison authorities are being criminally negligent in not providing adequate health care to incarcerated people. | As the jailed population ages, 40% have chronic health conditions. The cost of providing health care has skyrocketed and local, state and federal governments have contracted with for-profit prison health care companies as a way of tightening their budgets. | Private companies give a per diem rate for basic and…

Staff (2022-04-17). Georges Abdallah joins one-day hunger strike for political prisoners in Turkey. samidoun.net On Saturday, 16 April, Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 37 years despite being eligible for release since 1999, announced a one-day hunger strike in support of Sibel Balaàß and Gà∂khan Yildirim, two political prisoners in Turkish jails. Both have been on an open-ended hunger strike — …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-17). The Parapolitical Hypothesis. libya360.wordpress.com Apparatchik Smashing the whole system, "striking at hidden nests, connections, connivances, and plans," requires actionable knowledge of the mechanisms with which resistance is destroyed. Whereas communist revolution is the product of proletarian class consciousness, conspiracy is the product of bourgeois class consciousness. Understanding the latter makes possible the former. In 1972 Walter Rodney, describing the…

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Editor (2022-04-15). Biden Approves Additional $800 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine, Includes Howitzers for the First Time. scheerpost.com Joe Biden speaks at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor Convention hosted by the AFL-CIO at the Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. (Gage Skidmore / Flickr) | By David DeCamp / On Wednesday, President Biden authorized

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Chinese, Vietnamese FMs vow not to allow Ukraine-type tragedy in region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesApril 15, 2022 Wang Yi speaks with Vietnamese FM, vowing won't let Ukraine-like tragedy happen in the regionBy Wang Qi Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on Thursday on the phone, stressing that China and Vietnam, two socialist countries, are ready to strengthen solidarity …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Indian PM, Vietnamese party chief discuss Ukraine, South China Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Press Trust of IndiaApril 15, 2022 PM Modi, Vietnam's Communist Party General Secy discuss Ukraine, South China Sea situation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke with general secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and exchanged views on regional and global issues, including the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the situation …

Editor (2022-04-15). Biden Approves Additional $800 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine, Includes Howitzers for the First Time. scheerpost.com Joe Biden speaks at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor Convention hosted by the AFL-CIO at the Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. (Gage Skidmore / Flickr) | By David DeCamp / On Wednesday, President Biden authorized

Carlos Martinez (2022-04-15). Latin America's Socialist Project is Inextricably Linked with Global Anti-Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Apr 3, 2022 | Below is the video and text of a speech by Carlos Martinez, co-editor of Friends of Socialist China, introducing the recent event | On behalf of Friends of Socialist…

Editor2 (2022-04-15). The Dollar Devours the Euro. orinocotribune.com By Michael Hudson — Apr 7, 2022 | It is now clear that today's escalation of the New Cold War was planned over a year ago. America's plan to block Nord Stream 2 was really part of its strategy to block Western Europe ("NATO") from seeking prosperity by mutual trade and investment with China and Russia. | As President Biden and U.S. national-security reports announced, China was seen as the major enemy. This despite China's helpful role in enabling corporate America to drive down labor's wage rates by de-industrializing the U.S. economy in favor of Chinese industrialization, China's growth was recognized as p…

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). RCEP adds new impetus to export-oriented economy of China's coastal city. ecns.cn Chen said that RCEP will accelerate the integration of the company's new energy sector into the global value chain and regional production network, adding the company will expand its customer base in Southeast Asia.

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). China to tighten regulation on virtual currency. ecns.cn China will tighten regulation on new areas, including virtual currency, as the latest move to fend off risks in the financial sector, a central bank official said Thursday.

_____ (2022-04-15). We Do Not Want a Divided Planet; We Want a World Without Walls. popularresistance.org The surface of our skin beats with the fear that a new iron curtain will descend, that there is pressure to box in China and Russia, to divide the world into camps. But that is impossible, because — as noted in last week's newsletter — we live in a knot of contradictions and not in a clean cut world of certainties. Even close allies of the US, such as Australia, Germany, Japan, and India, cannot break their economic and political ties with Russia and China. Doing so would plunge them into a recession, bringing the kind of economic chaos that war and sanctions have already brought to Honduras, Pakistan…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-15). Venezuelan Anti-Chavistas Ask Washington to Ease Sanctions. orinocotribune.com Expressing criticism of the pressure exerted by US political sectors against the Biden administration's rapprochement with Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela, a group of anti-Chavistas presented a letter in which they described the failure of illegal US sanctions. | Joshua Goodman of Associated Press shared the letter through his Twitter account, and noted that the signatories advocated the return of oil companies to Venezuelan soil. | "The economic sanctions and the policy of maximum pressure did not achieve their objectives," reads the document. "While the sanctions are not at the root of the humanitarian…

Fight Back (2022-04-15). 2022 election in the Philippines: Repression and resistance. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – I just returned from eight days in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, where the capital, Manila, is located. For many years, the movement for national democracy in the Philippines has asked for international solidarity, including human rights defenders to aid them in their struggle for economic and political rights. The presence of people from other countries can help diminish the violence of the Philippine military and national police against the movement. In addition, as national elections approach on May 9 there has been a rise in human rights abuses, and so the need for international…

WSWS (2022-04-15). Commodity market turbulence heightens financial instability. wsws.org Dealings in global commodity markets for basic items, such as oil and gas, industrial metals, as well as grains and other foodstuffs, have been characterised as "chaotic" as prices spiral and gyrate.

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-04-15). MTN prepares youth to tackle the unemployment Gap. plusnews.ug In a market with too many applicants and not enough jobs, getting experience is a catch-22; you need it to get jobs, you need a job to get it. It is not once that employers in Uganda have voiced their grievance of employing youth armed with theoretical knowledge and no practical experience. It gets worse …

Sharon Zhang (2022-04-15). Majority of Corporations Don't Pay State Income Taxes in at Least 7 States. truthout.org State corporate tax revenues are declining, and state tax loopholes and cuts to corporate tax rates are allowing a majority of corporations in at least seven states to avoid paying any corporate income taxes, a new report finds. | In a

Editor (2022-04-15). Unionization Spreads Across Starbucks Outlets in US Despite Efforts to Intimidate Workers. scheerpost.com Labor organizers and trade unions hold a protest outside a Starbucks outlet in Raleigh, North Carolina, for firing a pro-union worker. (Photo: ThriveNC/Twitter) | By The unionization drive forges ahead in Starbucks outlets in the United States. On Monday, April 11, workers at two outlets in the State of Massachusetts voted unanimously in favor of forming a union. Workers voted 14-0 and 16-0 in outlets in Brookline and Allstone in the Boston area. | T…

WSWS (2022-04-15). Labor's posturing on health in Australia's election is a sham. wsws.org As healthcare advocates have noted, Albanese's promises amount to "tinkering around the edges" amid the deepest crisis of the public health and hospital sector in its history.

Staff (2022-04-15). Cuba reporta 479 nuevos casos positivos a la COVID-19 y ningún fallecido. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este jueves 14 de abril, Cuba reportó 479 casos positivos a la COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 590 altas médicas, informó en su parte diario el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap). En la jornada de ayer se procesaron 9 799 muestras en los laboratorios de biología molecular del país.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-15). Mayo Clinic, Rochester branch of NAACP seek mentors for RISE for Youth program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org This summer, 40 high school and college students will be the first participants in RISE for Youth, a strategic collaboration between Mayo Clinic and the Rochester branch of the NAACP. The program is designed to help Black and underrepresented students find pathways to success in education and employment. "Not all students have the same opportunities to realize their full potential," says Dr. Anjali Bhagra, medical director of Mayo Clinic's Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion….

Labor Video Project (2022-04-15). No Extradition Of Julian Assange! Rally At US Justice Dept Washington DC. indybay.org Supporters of Julian Assange rallied at the US Department of Justice in Washington DC on April 11, 2022 to demand an end to the extradition process of Julian Assange and his immediate freedom.

Staff (2022-04-15). Ministerio de Trabajo: Recesarán actividades laborales el lunes 2 de mayo. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social informó que, al coincidir el 1ro. de mayo con un domingo, el descanso dominical se trasladará para el lunes 2 de mayo. De acuerdo con la nota emitida por el MTTS, a los trabajadores que laboran el domingo 1ro. de mayo corresponde aplicar el pago doble del salario por todas las horas trabajadas.

WSWS (2022-04-15). "Workers aren't getting bailed out like the billionaires": Detroit workers livid over surging gas prices. wsws.org Workers filling their tanks in the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan explained the impact of rising prices on their family budgets.

Staff (2022-04-15). Argentina Reports Highest Inflation in 20 Years. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, April 13, it was reported that Argentina registered its highest inflation in the last 20 years during the month of March, reaching a figure of 6.7% for that single month, while the interannual rate stood at 55.1%. | This information was released by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) via Twitter. Venezuela and Argentina have been the countries in the region most afflicted by inflation in recent years. Especially Venezuela, which was hit hard by a hyperinflation spiral that affected millions of Venezuelans from 2018 until 2021. Last March, the Central Bank of Venezuela reporte…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-04-15). Montreal students threatened with funding cut for backing BDS. electronicintifada.net Under guise of protecting "diversity and inclusion," McGill university administration attempts to crush Palestinian rights policy, student democracy.

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-04-15). Mexicans mobilize in support of president AMLO's electricity reform. peoplesdispatch.org The electricity reform promoted by president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) seeks to nationalize Mexico's energy industry by rolling back the process that opened it up to foreign and private investment in 2013…

Kevin Mwanza (2022-04-15). Fact Check: Magic Johnson Choosing Converse Over Nike Cost Him $5B. moguldom.com Former NBA basketball star Magic Johnson is known among his fans as a successful businessman who has made great investments over the years that have grown his company's holdings to more than $1 billion. But one investment decision that he says he regrets is the one that could have made him $5.2 billion. The 62-year-old …

Mike Ludwig (2022-04-15). Ukraine and Yemen Wars Highlight US's Role as Biggest Arms Dealer in the World. truthout.org Analysts say the defense industry has spent billions of dollars lobbying Congress while quietly making much more in profit by manufacturing weapons that fuel deadly conflicts in Ukraine, Yemen and across the world under federal arms sales agreements that have little effective congressional oversight. | There is a dangerous "feedback loop" between major weapons manufacturers in the United States that make

_____ (2022-04-15). Scientists Glue Hands to UK Business Dept. Demanding End to 'Fossil Fuel Madness'. popularresistance.org Over two dozen scientists on Wednesday glued scientific papers and their own hands to the windows of a U.K. government building in London to demand an end to fossil fuels. | The demonstration was part of a wave of Extinction Rebellion (XR) actions that launched last weekend and are scheduled through Sunday—a protest series that follows a worldwide mobilization of scientists last week, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest concerning report. | With his left hand glued to the U.K. Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), ecologist Aaron Thierry…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2022-04-15). Health workers in South Africa protest as post-pandemic austerity looms. peoplesdispatch.org Workers in health institutions in several provinces of South Africa have organized protests and industrial action as they face threats of job loss and reorganization of services…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). 32 more F-16s: Romania dumps MiGs in favor of NATO interoperable aircraft. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersApril 15, 2022 Romania suspends military MIG-21 flights, to speed up F-16 purchase NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their "considerably high accident rate", and will speed up a planned purchase of second-hand F-16s from Norway, the defence ministry said. *** Romania will …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Chinese, Vietnamese FMs vow not to allow Ukraine-type tragedy in region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesApril 15, 2022 Wang Yi speaks with Vietnamese FM, vowing won't let Ukraine-like tragedy happen in the regionBy Wang Qi Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on Thursday on the phone, stressing that China and Vietnam, two socialist countries, are ready to strengthen solidarity …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Indian PM, Vietnamese party chief discuss Ukraine, South China Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Press Trust of IndiaApril 15, 2022 PM Modi, Vietnam's Communist Party General Secy discuss Ukraine, South China Sea situation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke with general secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and exchanged views on regional and global issues, including the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the situation …

The Socialist Program (2022-04-14). Ukraine War & the New Era in Global Politics: Where Are We Headed? liberationnews.org As the United States moves aggressively to maintain its position of the world's dominant power, the globe is becoming increasingly polarized between supporters of this world order and those who fall outside of it — a process dramatically accelerated by the war in Ukraine.

Zach Farber (2022-04-14). Socialists lead San Diego efforts to oppose NATO escalations of Ukraine war. liberationnews.org PSL San Diego held several local actions and passed out nearly a thousand pamphlets across the county since mid-March.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-14). Addressing Atlantic Council, Treasury Secretary issues veiled threat to China over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Atlantic Council/New AtlanticistApril 13, 2022 Transcript: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the next steps for Russia sanctions and 'friend-shoring' supply chainsSpecial address by US Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen delivers a special address on the future of the global economy and US economic leadership. Russia's horrific conduct has violated …

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Cambodian official thanks China for long-term boost to Sihanoukville's economy. ecns.cn Deputy governor of Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk Province Long Dimanche expressed his gratitude to China for its long-term boosting the provincial infrastructure, its COVID-19 fight, and economic development on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Chinese-built project boosts vocational education in Ghana. ecns.cn A Chinese-built vocational institutions upgrade project in Ghana was completed on Tuesday, injecting a new impetus to the development of vocational education in the West African country.

Editor (2022-04-14). The Role of Capitalism in the War in Ukraine. scheerpost.com Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair | By Richard Wolff / To the motives for war in human history, capitalism added another: profit. That motive drove technological advancement and created a genuine world economy. It also built new capitalist empires such as the Spanish, Dutch, British, French, Belgian, Russian, German, Japanese, and American empires. Each of these countries built its empire by various means including wars against prior systems operating on their own territories, in their colonies, a…

Staff (2022-04-14). Venezuela and Cuba Strengthen Cooperation in Key Sectors: Cuban President Receives Venezuelan Vice President. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, April 12, Venezuela and Cuba strengthened their relations with regards to agricultural, mining, oil and other economic ties, through high-level technical roundtables of the joint commission between both nations. | According to a note from Venezolana de Televisión, the meeting was headed by the Venezuelan vice president of the Bolivarian Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, and the Prime Minister of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas, as well as other authorities. | Later, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, received Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. The Cuban president posted a message on his Twitter account stating that du…

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). New policies in pipeline to ensure stability. ecns.cn China will adopt policy measures to boost consumption as part of efforts to keep economic fundamentals stable to ensure and improve people's livelihoods, according to a decision made at the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-14). Will Europe Replace the Middle East as America's Arena for Future Conflicts? libya360.wordpress.com Elijah J. Magnier Harsh Western sanctions against Russia and its economic and financial institutions have continued since the first day of the Ukraine war (on February 24). The 30 member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) continue to send lethal custom weapons to Ukraine to fight the Russian army. NATO's goal is to…

WSWS (2022-04-14). As it heads to the IMF, Sri Lankan government declares bankruptcy. wsws.org The working class is not responsible for the current economic crisis and the huge debts, including by successive governments, and should not be forced to bear the brunt of the IMF's drastic austerity demands.

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-04-14). ONU designa a Cuba como miembro del Consejo Económico y Social. telesurtv.net Naciones Unidas destaca la influencia de Cuba en el organismo multilateral en favor de los derechos humanos.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-14). Russian Geoeconomics Tzar Sergey Glazyev Introduces the New Global Financial System. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Leading Russian economist Sergey Glazyev says a complete overhaul of the western-dominated global monetary and financial system is under works. And the world's rising powers are buying into it. The world's new monetary system, underpinned by a digital currency, will be backed by a basket of new foreign currencies and natural resources. And it…

Dean Baker (2022-04-14). Fighting Inflation the Fun Way: Starting at the Top. cepr.net If we want to reduce inflationary pressures there are a whole set of policies that would lower the incomes of people at the top of the income ladder. Unfortunately, we are not likely to go this route.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Testing wastewater for COVID-19: The clearest path to understanding community infection. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Tracking the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in wastewater samples is the latest public health tool that cities around the U.S. are using to better understand COVID-19's spread in a community. Mayo Clinic is collaborating with The City of Rochester, Minnesota; Olmsted County Public Health; and University of Minnesota Rochester on the Olmsted County COVID-19 Wastewater Project to do just that. Watch: Testing wastewater for COVID-19: The clearest path to understanding community…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-14). Unionization spreads across Starbucks outlets in U.S. despite efforts to intimidate workers. mronline.org According to Starbucks Workers United, which is organizing workers to form unions, workers from over 200 outlets have already approached the National Labor Relations Board for a union vote.

Staff (2022-04-14). Brazil Investigating Death Threats Against Lula. orinocotribune.com The Civil Police of the Brazilian state of Sà£o Paulo are investigating death threats against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at the request of his lawyer Cristiano Zanin, news agencies reported this Wednesday, April 13. | The threats against Lula appeared on the website of the Workers' Party (PT), and were issued by an individual who identified himself as Luiz Carlos Prestes. | In the messages, the author assures that members of Lula's own political organization who will kill the former labor leader, and that the elimination will take place in Sà£o Paulo (perhaps in the interior) at the e…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-04-14). How a Leftist Aspiring Technocrat Lived April 11, 2002 (Revisited). orinocotribune.com By Jesús Rodríguez Espinoza — Apr 13, 2022 (first Below you will find a piece written 17 years ago that I believe worthy of translation and additional elaboration to make it more digestible for international audiences, and also to place it in the context of issues currently affecting most of humanity. I will place the additional text in italics to differentiate the original content from the updated content. | In the interest—very important—of recording the personal experiences of those of us wh…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-04-14). Legislature overrides Md. GOP Gov. Hogan's veto of labor-backed paid family/medical leave; pro-union bills fall. peoplesworld.org ANNAPOLIS, Md. (PAI)—The heavily Democratic Maryland legislature overrode GOP Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of a proposed state family and medical leave bill, the Time To Care Act, that would have helped an estimated 2.5 million workers care for themselves and their loved ones. Hogan also vetoed four pro-union bills and those vetoes stood. Hogan called …

rebekah (2022-04-14). An Oligarchy Expert Answers Our Questions About Wealth and Empowerment. inequality.org

WSWS (2022-04-14). Leaked IRS data expose manipulation of US tax system by the ultra-wealthy. wsws.org The data provide a glimpse into how the US tax system is structured to benefit the personal wealth of a handful of billionaires and multimillionaires.

Dana Sanchez (2022-04-14). Federal Reserve Official Bullard: It's A 'Fantasy' That America Can Tame Inflation With Modest Rate Hikes. moguldom.com Inflation won't come down without more aggressive Federal Reserve policies and the U.S. is vulnerable to unforeseen shocks that could send prices higher still, a top Fed official has warned. James Bullard, president of the St Louis branch of the Fed, said the central bank needs to be more aggressive rate hikes to curb the …

Dean Baker (2022-04-14). High Gas Prices Are Donald Trump's Fault. cepr.net Trump Hey, by the media's standards of what makes a politician responsible for an event in the world, this is practically airtight. So let's tear those Biden pictures off the gas pumps (right-wingers have been posting pictures of Biden next to…

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Chinese-built project boosts vocational education in Ghana. ecns.cn A Chinese-built vocational institutions upgrade project in Ghana was completed on Tuesday, injecting a new impetus to the development of vocational education in the West African country.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Cambodian official thanks China for long-term boost to Sihanoukville's economy. ecns.cn Deputy governor of Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk Province Long Dimanche expressed his gratitude to China for its long-term boosting the provincial infrastructure, its COVID-19 fight, and economic development on Wednesday.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-14). Addressing Atlantic Council, Treasury Secretary issues veiled threat to China over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Atlantic Council/New AtlanticistApril 13, 2022 Transcript: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the next steps for Russia sanctions and 'friend-shoring' supply chainsSpecial address by US Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen delivers a special address on the future of the global economy and US economic leadership. Russia's horrific conduct has violated …

WSWS (2022-04-14). As it heads to the IMF, Sri Lankan government declares bankruptcy. wsws.org The working class is not responsible for the current economic crisis and the huge debts, including by successive governments, and should not be forced to bear the brunt of the IMF's drastic austerity demands.

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). New policies in pipeline to ensure stability. ecns.cn China will adopt policy measures to boost consumption as part of efforts to keep economic fundamentals stable to ensure and improve people's livelihoods, according to a decision made at the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-04-14). ONU designa a Cuba como miembro del Consejo Económico y Social. telesurtv.net Naciones Unidas destaca la influencia de Cuba en el organismo multilateral en favor de los derechos humanos.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Testing wastewater for COVID-19: The clearest path to understanding community infection. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Tracking the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in wastewater samples is the latest public health tool that cities around the U.S. are using to better understand COVID-19's spread in a community. Mayo Clinic is collaborating with The City of Rochester, Minnesota; Olmsted County Public Health; and University of Minnesota Rochester on the Olmsted County COVID-19 Wastewater Project to do just that. Watch: Testing wastewater for COVID-19: The clearest path to understanding community…

WSWS (2022-04-14). Leaked IRS data expose manipulation of US tax system by the ultra-wealthy. wsws.org The data provide a glimpse into how the US tax system is structured to benefit the personal wealth of a handful of billionaires and multimillionaires.

WSWS (2022-04-14). Push for European Central Bank to tighten monetary policy. wsws.org The ECB's purpose is to impose recessionary conditions aimed at preventing workers from pushing for wage increases to compensate for falling living standards as prices race out of control.

WSWS (2022-04-14). Russian workers crushed by rising prices as GDP falls. wsws.org While decrying Moscow's assault on Ukrainian civilians—a population about whose well-being the US and EU have never had the slightest concern—the West is working to drive ordinary Russians into destitution.

Our Reporter (2022-04-14). Kabaka speaks out on escalating commodity prices. plusnews.ug The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has called upon leaders especially Members of Parliament to find ways of addressing the escalating prices of essential commodities. "The Easter celebrations of this year should awaken leader's hearts especially our Members of Parliament to fulfil their promises to their voters and find solutions to issues faced …

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). Shanghai moves to regulate community group buying as prices jacked up. ecns.cn Shanghai's market regulator said on Wednesday it had taken actions to regulate community group-buying services, on which the bulk of quarantined residents rely in the virus-stricken city, and punished businesses for jacking up prices when people are in dire need of basic supplies.

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). Beijing to bolster green consumption with coupons. ecns.cn Beijing will offer vouchers worth more than 300 million yuan ($47 million) to spur consumption in the energy-saving sector between April and September this year.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). China's FDI inflow up 25.6 pct in Q1. ecns.cn Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 25.6 percent year on year to 379.87 billion yuan in the first quarter (Q1) of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.

WSWS (2022-04-14). CP Rail CEO among Canada's highest paid. wsws.org CP Rail CEO Keith Creel and the company's other top executives are receiving huge sums for overseeing the brutal exploitation of rail workers and massively increasing, thereby, company profits and investor returns.

WSWS (2022-04-14). "Activists" promote Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham in Arriva South London pay dispute. wsws.org The London Bus Rank-and-File Committee is a militant faction of drivers committed to the principle that workers' interests must take priority over corporate profit.

TANC (2022-04-14). Downtown Oakland Tenants Demand Habitable Housing From 'Nonprofit' Landlord. indybay.org Organized Tenants Escalate Demands For Habitable Housing in Publicly-Subsidized Downtown Oakland Apartments…

WSWS (2022-04-14). Spain Morenoite CRT denounce China's "Zero COVID" strategy. wsws.org Throughout the pandemic the Morenoites have aligned themselves with the policy of the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government, putting profits ahead of lives.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Shanghai records highest monthly minimum wage. ecns.cn The monthly minimum wage in China's 13 cities and provinces has crossed the 2,000 yuan ($314) mark, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, with Shanghai leading the list with 2,590 yuan per month.

WSWS (2022-04-14). Australia: Telstra workers should vote "NO" to regressive union-management deal. wsws.org The proposed enterprise agreement will deliver cuts to real wages and split the workforce, paving the way for further attacks.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-14). Turkey to sell combat drones to another NATO nation: Slovakia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 13, 2022 Slovakia holding talks with Turkey for purchase of Bayraktar Slovakia is in talks with Turkey on the purchase of Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles, Slovak Defense Minister Jaro Nad wrote on Twitter, APA reports. "Works on acquiring drones for Slovak military ArmadaSR moving forward. Good talk today with Mr. Bayraktar …

WSWS (2022-04-14). Macron, Le Pen court Mélenchon voters in second round of French election. wsws.org The Parti de l'égalité socialiste calls on workers and young people to reject both Macron and Le Pen and to boycott the second round of the presidential elections.

Zach Farber (2022-04-14). Socialists lead San Diego efforts to oppose NATO escalations of Ukraine war. liberationnews.org PSL San Diego held several local actions and passed out nearly a thousand pamphlets across the county since mid-March.

Editor (2022-04-14). 'After all, my name is Stalin': in a Speech at CPI(M) Congress, a roadmap to counter BJP. mronline.org The DMK's chief's speech at the CPI(M)'s congress has reflected the assonance between communist and Dravidian politics.

Dana Sanchez (2022-04-13). Largest Bank In U.S. JP Morgan Chase Warns About Challenges With Inflation, Increases Reserves For Losses. moguldom.com JPMorgan's first-quarter profits fell 42 percent as the bank stashed away funds to brace for inflation and boost reserves in case of a recession. CEO Jamie Dimon is warning that "powerful forces" threaten the U.S. economy. More disruptions in financial markets are coming, Dimon warned, pointing to interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, …

Matt Sedlar (2022-04-13). Costly Big Business Favors Almost No One Knows About. cepr.net Corporations hold enormous political power on the obscure issues that almost no one follows but nonetheless have an enormous impact on our economy.

Staff (2022-04-13). VIDEO: Biden gets pooped on by bird during inflation speech. en.mehrnews.com US President Biden received an unwelcome surprise when a bird pooped on his suit as he delivered his speech on inflation and the economy.

Staff (2022-04-13). Elegida Cuba para cuatro órganos del Consejo Económico y Social de la ONU. cubadebate.cu El Consejo Económico y Social (Ecosoc) de la Organización de Naciones Unidas ha elegido a Cuba como miembro de cuatro de sus órganos, entre los que resaltan la Junta Ejecutiva del Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia y las comisiones para la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer y de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-13). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with Rossiya Television Network, Moscow, April 11, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com I would like to ask you about "strange" statements by European diplomats on the course of 's military operation in Ukraine. EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said it must be won on the battlefield. This doesn't really jibe with the EU's status as a primarily political and economic organisation. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed regret over his…

Amy Goodman (2022-04-13). Corporate Profiteers Are Driving Inflation. It Hurts Poorer Countries Most. truthout.org The U.S. Labor Department said Tuesday inflation in the United States rose to 8.5% in March — the highest in four decades. Meanwhile, Oxfam is warning over 260 million people around the world could be pushed into extreme poverty by the end of year due to the pandemic and rising energy and food costs. For more on the growing inflation crisis, we speak with economist Jayati Ghosh, who says prices of essentials are soaring much higher than can be explained by oil prices and supply shortages alone, because of what she calls "feverish speculation" in financial markets and corporate profiteering. She also speaks…

_____ (2022-04-13). Poor People's Campaign Marches On Wall Street Against 'Lies Of Neoliberalism'. popularresistance.org Demanding a new political discourse in which the poor are no longer blamed for their poverty in the wealthiest nation in history, hundreds of impoverished and low-income activists on Monday rallied in New York City and marched on Wall Street to take their demands directly to the center of U.S. wealth.

Dean Baker (2022-04-13). If Wage Growth Is Driving Inflation, Why Is Workers' Share of Income Falling? cepr.net It is very hard to make the wage-price spiral inflation story from the 1970s fit the current situation for a simple reason: the wage share of income has fallen sharply since the pandemic.

Sharon Zhang (2022-04-13). Warren & Chu Call Out IRS Auditors for Targeting Households Making $25K or Less. truthout.org In a letter sent to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-California) The letter, addressed to IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, points out that IRS audits of low-income earners doubled in fiscal year 2021 and that the practice of d…

WSWS (2022-04-13). No voice for the working class in Johnson lockdown fines crisis. wsws.org Popular opposition finds no expression in parliament, above all thanks to the Labour Party's embrace of the Tory agenda of "herd immunity", austerity and war.

Ann Brown (2022-04-13). Who Is Labor Champion Derrick Palmer? The Man Who Worked With Chris Smalls To Shock Amazon And America. moguldom.com On April 1, employees at an Amazon factory in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize. The movement to unionize was spearheaded by two friends, Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer. Smalls tends to be the labor activist who shows up in the media after being infamously fired by Amazon in 2020 over what the company said was …

Tamara Nassar (2022-04-13). Israel kills lawyer and laborer as military ramps up aggression. electronicintifada.net Tense weekend ahead with extremist settlers eyeing al-Aqsa.

Staff (2022-04-13). Academia de Ciencias de Cuba otorga premio nacional a Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí. cubadebate.cu La Academia de Ciencias de Cuba otorgó al Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí el premio nacional al resultado de la investigación científica por su aporte en el enfrentamiento a la covid-19. El IPK tuvo una efectiva labor en el diagnóstico y tratamiento, la capacitación y la preparación de labotatorios en el país y el desarrollo de protocolos de atención.

Staff (2022-04-13). Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social informa sobre tratamiento laboral y salarial por Viernes Santo. cubadebate.cu Mediante la Resolución 9/2022, publicada en la Gaceta Oficial No. 27 (extraordinaria), el Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social dispone que este 15 de abril se aplica lo establecido para el Viernes Santo, día de receso laboral con pago del salario. Los empleadores de entidades y actividades que recesan sus labores abonan a los trabajadores el salario básico.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-13). The Fog of War and the Global Paradigm Shift. libya360.wordpress.com Fabio Reis Vianna Perhaps the maxim of the Brazilian thinker José Luís Fiori that "expansionism and war are two essential parts of the machine that generates power and wealth in the interstate system" has never been so pertinent and seems to be confirmed at the exact historical moment we are currently witnessing. The extraordinary events…

Staff (2022-04-13). Slower growth, inflation, inequality concerning EU. en.mehrnews.com Referring to the Ukraine war and counterproductive effects of sanctions against Russia, Pastori Gianluca says slower growth, higher inflation, and increase in inequality among EU states are sources of concern for the Union.

WSWS (2022-04-13). A working class program to fight inflation. wsws.org The sharp rise in the cost of food, fuel, housing and other basic necessities is exacting an enormous toll on workers in the United States and around the world, threatening millions with destitution.

Pavan Kulkarni (2022-04-13). Palestine Action activists deface and blockade London HQ of Elbit Systems. peoplesdispatch.org Palestine Action has led several direct actions against the British plants of Elbit Systems. In 2012, the company had been identified by a UN Special Rapporteur as a profiteer from Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine…

Editor (2022-04-13). The Age of the Fact-Checkers. scheerpost.com Illustration by By Leonard Goodman / Original to ScheerPost | Opinion columnists are familiar with the traditional role of the fact-checker. Prior to publication, an editor checks accuracy of quotes and the sources for factual assertions. Erroneous or unsupported assertions are removed or revised. | But times have changed. Today, an entire fact-checker industry has emerged to check your opinions, making sure you have not strayed beyond acceptable limits for public discourse. These professional fact-checkers are often brought in after pu…

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-04-13). CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: Dark Money Attacking Reproductive Rights. covertactionmagazine.com Today the Bulletin digs into a variety of topics including the recent case of Liselle Herrera, a 26 year old woman charged with murder for performing a "self-induced abortion" made national news, bringing attention again to the human rights crisis happening in Texas around reproductive rights. What people don't know is that this crisis is fueled by dark money, corruption, and deeper right-wing capitalist agendas for deregulation. How much money is changing hands and what does this mean for women's rights and LGBTQ rights?

Ali Abunimah (2022-04-13). Emmanuel Macron wages war on France's Muslims. electronicintifada.net French president's anti-Islam, pro-Israel campaign faces legal, popular pushback.

WSWS (2022-04-13). New York state budget—millions for the rich, lengthy jail time for the poor. wsws.org The Democrats, who control the governorship and both houses of the legislature, are using a budget surplus to build a new sports stadium while forcing more poor defendants to languish in the Riker's Island hell hole.

Staff (2022-04-13). Venezuelan Opposition Parties Request Technical Assistance from CNE for Primaries. orinocotribune.com Some Venezuelan opposition parties requested technical support from the National Electoral Council (CNE) to hold primaries and elect their internal representatives ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, they revealed during a press conference held on April 7. | COPEI, Alianza del Lápiz, Neighborhood Force (Fuerza Vecinal), Centrados, and Movement for Socialism (MAS) asked the CNE to provide technical support to carry out an open national consultation in which each party could elect candidates for the presidential elections. The documents of the opposition political parties were received by the rectors of the C…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). Bulgarian coalition government could fall over proposed arms sales to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NoviniteApril 13, 2022 Bulgaria's Socialists Party will leave the Ruling Coalition if Bulgaria sends Military aid to Ukraine "If the position of not giving military aid to Ukraine is revised, we are ready to revise our participation in the government," said in a statement from parliament Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Kristian …

Editor (2022-04-13). "Culture Shock": Harlem's Socialist City Council member Kristin Richardson Jordan reflects on her first three months in office. mronline.org Outsider-turned-insider looks for more allies as she fights budget cuts and a turn toward more intense policing.

WSWS (2022-04-13). A socialist program of action for the working class to oppose war and fight COVID-19 and austerity. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is standing candidates in the Australian federal election to provide workers with the political weapons and organisational means to fight for their social and democratic rights.

Staff (2022-04-13). VIDEO: Biden gets pooped on by bird during inflation speech. en.mehrnews.com US President Biden received an unwelcome surprise when a bird pooped on his suit as he delivered his speech on inflation and the economy.

WSWS (2022-04-13). A working class program to fight inflation. wsws.org The sharp rise in the cost of food, fuel, housing and other basic necessities is exacting an enormous toll on workers in the United States and around the world, threatening millions with destitution.

Dana Sanchez (2022-04-13). Largest Bank In U.S. JP Morgan Chase Warns About Challenges With Inflation, Increases Reserves For Losses. moguldom.com JPMorgan's first-quarter profits fell 42 percent as the bank stashed away funds to brace for inflation and boost reserves in case of a recession. CEO Jamie Dimon is warning that "powerful forces" threaten the U.S. economy. More disruptions in financial markets are coming, Dimon warned, pointing to interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, …

Matt Sedlar (2022-04-13). Costly Big Business Favors Almost No One Knows About. cepr.net Corporations hold enormous political power on the obscure issues that almost no one follows but nonetheless have an enormous impact on our economy.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-13). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with Rossiya Television Network, Moscow, April 11, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com I would like to ask you about "strange" statements by European diplomats on the course of 's military operation in Ukraine. EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said it must be won on the battlefield. This doesn't really jibe with the EU's status as a primarily political and economic organisation. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed regret over his…

_____ (2022-04-13). Poor People's Campaign Marches On Wall Street Against 'Lies Of Neoliberalism'. popularresistance.org Demanding a new political discourse in which the poor are no longer blamed for their poverty in the wealthiest nation in history, hundreds of impoverished and low-income activists on Monday rallied in New York City and marched on Wall Street to take their demands directly to the center of U.S. wealth.

Dean Baker (2022-04-13). If Wage Growth Is Driving Inflation, Why Is Workers' Share of Income Falling? cepr.net It is very hard to make the wage-price spiral inflation story from the 1970s fit the current situation for a simple reason: the wage share of income has fallen sharply since the pandemic.

Ann Brown (2022-04-13). Who Is Labor Champion Derrick Palmer? The Man Who Worked With Chris Smalls To Shock Amazon And America. moguldom.com On April 1, employees at an Amazon factory in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize. The movement to unionize was spearheaded by two friends, Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer. Smalls tends to be the labor activist who shows up in the media after being infamously fired by Amazon in 2020 over what the company said was …

Tamara Nassar (2022-04-13). Israel kills lawyer and laborer as military ramps up aggression. electronicintifada.net Tense weekend ahead with extremist settlers eyeing al-Aqsa.

Staff (2022-04-13). Academia de Ciencias de Cuba otorga premio nacional a Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí. cubadebate.cu La Academia de Ciencias de Cuba otorgó al Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí el premio nacional al resultado de la investigación científica por su aporte en el enfrentamiento a la covid-19. El IPK tuvo una efectiva labor en el diagnóstico y tratamiento, la capacitación y la preparación de labotatorios en el país y el desarrollo de protocolos de atención.

Staff (2022-04-13). Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social informa sobre tratamiento laboral y salarial por Viernes Santo. cubadebate.cu Mediante la Resolución 9/2022, publicada en la Gaceta Oficial No. 27 (extraordinaria), el Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social dispone que este 15 de abril se aplica lo establecido para el Viernes Santo, día de receso laboral con pago del salario. Los empleadores de entidades y actividades que recesan sus labores abonan a los trabajadores el salario básico.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-13). The Fog of War and the Global Paradigm Shift. libya360.wordpress.com Fabio Reis Vianna Perhaps the maxim of the Brazilian thinker José Luís Fiori that "expansionism and war are two essential parts of the machine that generates power and wealth in the interstate system" has never been so pertinent and seems to be confirmed at the exact historical moment we are currently witnessing. The extraordinary events…

Staff (2022-04-13). Slower growth, inflation, inequality concerning EU. en.mehrnews.com Referring to the Ukraine war and counterproductive effects of sanctions against Russia, Pastori Gianluca says slower growth, higher inflation, and increase in inequality among EU states are sources of concern for the Union.

TANC (2022-04-13). Downtown Oakland Tenants Demand Habitable Housing From 'Nonprofit' Landlord. indybay.org Organized Tenants Escalate Demands For Habitable Housing in Publicly-Subsidized Downtown Oakland Apartments…

Pavan Kulkarni (2022-04-13). Palestine Action activists deface and blockade London HQ of Elbit Systems. peoplesdispatch.org Palestine Action has led several direct actions against the British plants of Elbit Systems. In 2012, the company had been identified by a UN Special Rapporteur as a profiteer from Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine…

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-04-13). CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: Dark Money Attacking Reproductive Rights. covertactionmagazine.com Today the Bulletin digs into a variety of topics including the recent case of Liselle Herrera, a 26 year old woman charged with murder for performing a "self-induced abortion" made national news, bringing attention again to the human rights crisis happening in Texas around reproductive rights. What people don't know is that this crisis is fueled by dark money, corruption, and deeper right-wing capitalist agendas for deregulation. How much money is changing hands and what does this mean for women's rights and LGBTQ rights?

Ali Abunimah (2022-04-13). Emmanuel Macron wages war on France's Muslims. electronicintifada.net French president's anti-Islam, pro-Israel campaign faces legal, popular pushback.

WSWS (2022-04-13). New York state budget—millions for the rich, lengthy jail time for the poor. wsws.org The Democrats, who control the governorship and both houses of the legislature, are using a budget surplus to build a new sports stadium while forcing more poor defendants to languish in the Riker's Island hell hole.

Staff (2022-04-13). Venezuelan Opposition Parties Request Technical Assistance from CNE for Primaries. orinocotribune.com Some Venezuelan opposition parties requested technical support from the National Electoral Council (CNE) to hold primaries and elect their internal representatives ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, they revealed during a press conference held on April 7. | COPEI, Alianza del Lápiz, Neighborhood Force (Fuerza Vecinal), Centrados, and Movement for Socialism (MAS) asked the CNE to provide technical support to carry out an open national consultation in which each party could elect candidates for the presidential elections. The documents of the opposition political parties were received by the rectors of the C…

Editor (2022-04-13). "Culture Shock": Harlem's Socialist City Council member Kristin Richardson Jordan reflects on her first three months in office. mronline.org Outsider-turned-insider looks for more allies as she fights budget cuts and a turn toward more intense policing.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). Bulgarian coalition government could fall over proposed arms sales to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NoviniteApril 13, 2022 Bulgaria's Socialists Party will leave the Ruling Coalition if Bulgaria sends Military aid to Ukraine "If the position of not giving military aid to Ukraine is revised, we are ready to revise our participation in the government," said in a statement from parliament Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Kristian …

WSWS (2022-04-13). Why did Mélenchon retire after nearly reaching the French presidential runoff? wsws.org Mélenchon's frantic throwing away of working-class support points to the significance of the Parti de l'égalité socialiste's call to build support for a boycott among workers.

WSWS (2022-04-13). A socialist program of action for the working class to oppose war and fight COVID-19 and austerity. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is standing candidates in the Australian federal election to provide workers with the political weapons and organisational means to fight for their social and democratic rights.

WSWS (2022-04-13). Stalinist PCF wiped out after lackluster French presidential campaign. wsws.org Fabien Roussel, the French Communist Party's first presidential candidate since 2007, campaigned based on policies of austerity and support for NATO against Russia.

teleSUR (2022-04-12). Ukrainian Conflict Could Slash Global Trade Growth by Half. telesurenglish.net The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has dealt a severe blow to the global economy, reducing forecasted global trade growth for 2022 from the 4.7 percent predicted last October to between 2.4 percent and 3 percent. | RELATED: | The projection, based on a global economic simulation model, was made by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat in a note issued on Monday. According to this model, the crisis could lower global GDP grow…

Editor (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.

Echols MR, Taylor H. (2022-04-12). Heart Failure, Precision Medicine, and Incremental Equity. jamanetwork.com Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome associated with frequently debilitating and lethal outcomes. Continual advancement in understanding the varied etiologies and specific molecular and mechanical processes underlying heart failure have led to lifesaving advances in the management of this disorder; however, the annual morbidity, mortality, and economic costs related to heart failure remain unacceptably high. Improved care options, including the precise targeting of specific physiological derangements that underlie heart failure pathology, offer hope for an improved outlook for patients.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-12). Venezuela Seeks Investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) as to Whether U.S. Sanctions Constitute Crimes Against Humanity. libya360.wordpress.com Ryan Swan Adopted as part of regime-change operation, sanctions have killed at least 40,000 Venezuelans. Economic coercive measures, commonly known as economic sanctions, are a means of coercive pressure through disruption of trade relations and economic isolation. The use of sanctions under international law is governed chiefly by Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter,…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (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.

Dana Sanchez (2022-04-12). U.S. Government, Biden White House Warn Of 'Extraordinarily Elevated' Inflation, 8.5% CPI Reading Highest Since 1981. moguldom.com Surging food, energy, and housing costs sent consumer prices soaring by 8.5 percent in March 2022, a tenth of a percent more than predicted and the highest rate since 1981, according to the Labor Department's consumer price index (CPI) report. The Biden administration preempted the CPI report, released on Tuesday, April 12, with a warning. …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-12). Unionization spreads across Starbucks outlets in US despite efforts to intimidate workers. peoplesdispatch.org According to Starbucks Workers United, which is organizing workers to form unions, workers from over 200 outlets have already approached the National Labor Relations Board for a union vote…

Bousquet C, Coulet A. (2022-04-12). Supporting Diagnosis With Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent Viewpoint proposed to support diagnosis with next-generation artificial intelligence that not only predicts diagnosis but also accompanies physicians on their journey. The wayfinding metaphor poses interesting research questions about the best way to represent the map from an ergonomic point of view, but it also calls into question the volume of interventions of the system and its level of autonomy. A high volume of alerts accompanied clinical decision support systems for prescription and laboratory ordering. The strategy of alerting physicians initially seemed relevant and necessary to hel…

ecns.cn (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.

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-04-12). Sector judicial haitiano entra a huelga por precariedad laboral. telesurtv.net Los secretarios judiciales criticaron la presunta falta de voluntad del gobierno para satisfacer las demandas de los trabajadores…

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-12). Sri Lanka se declara en default al impagar su deuda externa. telesurtv.net Sri Lanka avanzó en contactos con el FMI, para solicitar un préstamo de emergencia, así como ayuda para elaborar un plan de recuperación económica…

Karen Conner (2022-04-12). Gas Prices Add Punch to Inflation Jump in March. cepr.net The overall CPI story is mixed. The March figure is very bad, but we know some prices, most importantly gas, will be reversed in April. Food prices are still driven by higher shipping costs and supply chain disruptions.

ecns.cn (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.

Zoe Alexandra (2022-04-12). A new spring for Irish unity. peoplesdispatch.org The winds of change are sweeping Ireland as Brexit, COVID-19, and financial crises have introduced new zigs and zags into the political debate. Ireland, which is renowned for its revolutionary struggle and spirit, has been subjected to the rule of centrists and conservatives for the entirety of its history as a republic. However, as their policies of fiscal austerity, social conservatism, and corporate tax leniency have led to a dead-end, the Irish people have eagerly turned to progressive parties for a different solution. | The progressive Sinn Féin party has emerged as one of the leading parties in the Oireacht…

ecns.cn (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.

Friedman J, Godvin M, Shover CL, et al. (2022-04-12). Trends in Drug Overdose Deaths Among US Adolescents, January 2010 to June 2021. jamanetwork.com This study assesses trends in drug overdose deaths among US adolescents aged 14 to 18 years from January 2010 to June 2021, by substance type and race and ethnicity, using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER database.

imperial.ac.uk (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.

WSWS (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.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-04-12). Protests Return To Howard University: Hospital Staff Go On Strike Over Pay, Working Conditions. moguldom.com Howard University faced another strike yesterday, just months after students took over the school's Blackburn Center last October and November for 33 days to protest unsuitable living conditions. This time staff at its namesake hospital protested staffing conditions and wages. More than 300 nurses, pharmacists, dietitians and social workers began striking on Monday, April 11, …

WSWS (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.

oneworld.press (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.

teleSUR (2022-04-12). Scientists Find Trends of 'Enhanced Warming' in the Arctic. telesurenglish.net Researchers have reconstructed the Arctic amplification index over the past 1,000 years and found that the index has decreased during the time range, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences. | RELATED: | The Arctic has warmed more than twice the global average since the preindustrial era. The "Arctic amplification" refers to the enhancement of near-surface air temperature change over t…

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-04-12). Bolivia será sede del primer foro latinoamericano sobre litio. telesurtv.net El evento examinará la temática del litio y sus desafíos que representa en el desarrollo de proyectos de explotación e industrialización.

Staff (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?

oneworld.press (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.

WSWS (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.

Editor (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.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (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.

ecns.cn (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.

ecns.cn (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.

ecns.cn (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.

imperial.ac.uk (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.

TANC (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…

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

oneworld.press (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.

Staff (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?

oneworld.press (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.

WSWS (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.

$75,000 by May Day — Join us for a virtual celebration (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 …

ecns.cn (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.

ecns.cn (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.

ecns.cn (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.

teleSUR (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…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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?>

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (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…

Alastair Crooke (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…

Radhika Desai (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.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (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.

Ryan Swan (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 …

ecns.cn (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."

Karen Conner (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…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

Staff (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

imperial.ac.uk (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.

ecns.cn (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.

WSWS (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 …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

WSWS (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.

Jeff Bryant (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.

Abdel Bari Atwan (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…

Fight Back (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…

imperial.ac.uk (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.

Ann Brown (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 …

teleSUR (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.

Taroa Zuñiga Silva (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.

teleSUR (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…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (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…

ecns.cn (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.

WSWS (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.

imperial.ac.uk (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.

ecns.cn (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.

Staff (2022-04-11). 'Half of Karachi' faces power outage as high tension transmission line tripped. aninews.in Karachi [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Several areas of Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan, faced a power outage on Saturday after a high-tension transmission line of 220 kV tripped.

WSWS (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.

Fight Back (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…

teleSUR (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.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Huge rally in Colombo demands Sri Lankan President Rajapakse resign. wsws.org Socialist Equality Party campaigners made a significant intervention at the Colombo demonstration, the largest in the past fortnight, distributing hundreds of copies of the party's socialist program of action.

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). Xi inspects south China's Hainan Province. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday inspected the city of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province.

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). Xi stresses role of 'Chinese seeds' in ensuring food security. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday stressed the crucial role of "Chinese seeds" in ensuring the country's food security.

_____ (2022-04-10). The Dollar Devours The Euro. popularresistance.org As President Biden and U.S. national-security reports announced, China was seen as the major enemy. Despite China's helpful role in enabling corporate America to drive down labor's wage rates by de-industrializing the U.S. economy in favor of Chinese industrialization, China's growth was recognized as posing the Ultimate Terror: prosperity through socialism. Socialist industrialization always has been perceived to be the great enemy of the rentier economy that has taken over most nations in the century since World War I ended, and especially since the 1980s. The result today is a clash of economic systems —…

Staff (2022-04-10). President Maduro: West Lining Up for Big War Against Russia. orinocotribune.com "They are lining up, economically, politically, diplomatically and militarily in the West to go for a big war against Russia," said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday, April 8, at an event in Caracas. "Venezuela denounces this, that they want to go to a war to dismember Russia, break it into pieces, destroy it and end the hope of a multipolar world where we can all live." | During the closing ceremony of the 16th National Congress and 3rd International Congress of History, President Maduro warned that today more than ever there is a Western media dictatorship against the world, "to justify an escalatio…

teleSUR (2022-04-10). Updates: Macron and Le Pen Move to Second Round of Elections. telesurenglish.net As the crises in Europe unfold rapidly, due to the economic repercussions of the war in Ukraine on the one hand, and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic on the other, the 2022 French presidential elections are scheduled for April 10 and 24. Will Macron be re-elected or will the Elysée Palace receive a new president? Below are live updates as they happen. | Official first round results conclude that Macron and Le Pen have qualified to move on to the second round of the 2022 Presidential Elections. Apr. 10, 2022.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Trade between China, Mekong countries nears 400 bln USD in 2021. ecns.cn Trade between China and countries along the Mekong River has continued to surge despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sluggish global economic recovery.

Our Reporter (2022-04-10). Museveni calls for more security cooperation as DRC joins EAC. plusnews.ug President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that to realize meaningful integration of East Africa Community, there is need to prioritize prosperity, markets and security. "If you want prosperity in Africa, the way forward is markets! To be able to negotiate for bigger markets in Africa and in East Africa. If I am a business man …

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Dilemma of the poor and minorities contradicts U.S. claim of anti-Covid success. ecns.cn A Poor People's Pandemic Report jointly produced by the Poor People's Campaign and economists at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network has revealed the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poor and low-income communities across the U.S.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-10). Venezuela's Great Housing Mission achieves major milestone of delivering 4 million homes. peoplesdispatch.org The Great Housing Mission of Venezuela (GMVV), launched by Commander Hugo Chávez in 2011, provides decent homes to low-income families at a low cost or free of charge, depending on their income…

Staff (2022-04-10). Life Expectancy in US Declined in 2021. Many High-Income Nations Saw It Recover. truthout.org Just over a month into The paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, shows that U.S. life expectan…

WSWS (2022-04-10). For the Many—The Vienna Chamber of Labour: The situation facing Austrian workers. wsws.org Through its seemingly neutral approach, the film remains merely at the level of observation.

_____ (2022-04-10). Amazon Workers In France Wage Unprecedented Strike For Wage Increases. popularresistance.org A strike by Amazon workers in France resumed in earnest on Tuesday, April 5, and extended to all Amazon sites across the country. "Management offered us a 3 percent increase, but we want at least 5 percent," Antoine Delorme of the CGT Amazon trade union at Châlons-sur-Saà¥ne told Révolution Permanente. | This is happening in the context of compulsory annual negotiations (NAO) under France's Labor Code. Management's proposal of a wage increase that is less than inflation has provoked an unprecedented strike movement at every Amazon France facility.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-10). Australia convoca a elecciones parlamentarias para el 21 de mayo. telesurtv.net En la elección anterior, en 2019, Morrison y su Gobierno lograron una victoria muy apretada a pesar de que el favorito era el opositor Partido Laborista.

teleSUR, JL (2022-04-10). Inicia Fondo para estabilizar el precio del trigo en Argentina. telesurtv.net "Se asegura que pan, pastas, galletitas, tapas de empanadas y cualquier otro producto elaborado a partir del trigo, se produzca a un costo sensiblemente menor", indicó Feletti.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Diagnostic testing, precision medicine and what it means for patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Precision medicine aims to customize health care by tailoring medications and treatments to each patient. An important step in being able to personalize treatments is diagnostic testing. Mayo Clinic BioPharma Diagnostics collaborates with biopharmaceutical, diagnostic, and other biotech companies to enable precision medicine through advanced diagnostics. Diagnostic testing can help find the right answers for each individual patient. "A laboratory test can either help in making a diagnosis for a disease, or it can help…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Arizona couple donates Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Scottsdale, Ariz. — Thomas R. and Ruth Ann Hornaday of Paradise Valley, Arizona, have donated the Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. The 110,000-square-foot biomedical research facility, which opened on Mayo Clinic's Scottsdale campus in 2005, is valued at $64.4 million. The Collaborative Research Building houses laboratory-based research activity at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Mayo Clinic researchers, physicians and other investigators are leading the scientific discovery of the mechanisms of human disease, as well as…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Xinjiang spokesman says U.S. hearing hypocritical. ecns.cn The holding of a public hearing in the U.S. on the so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" demonstrates the hypocrisy and absurdity of a legal and judicial system using long-arm jurisdiction, a Xinjiang government spokesman said.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Trade-off between death and wealth disproved by China's COVID measures. ecns.cn "Nothing is ending, neither the COVID-19 nor the pandemic," said Debora MacKenzie, a leading science journalist who currently lives in France. She addressed the false narratives about COVID-19 during an interview with GDToday, saying, "Lots of governments in the west use slogans such as 'living with COVID' to make their citizens happy but we need to make sure that people have access to the truth."

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-10). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Atilio Boron (2022-04-10). Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Argentina's Wrong Vote. orinocotribune.com By Atilio Boron — Apr 7, 2022 | This Thursday [April 7] the UN General Assembly approved a resolution suspending Russia's participation in the UN Human Rights Council. The result of the vote disappointed the United States government, the promoter of the initiative, because Washington hoped that the overwhelming majority support for two resolutions voted in March and condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine would be repeated. On that occasion, 141 countries voted in favor of the first one and 140 did so a few days later. | Extreme vagueness | On this occasion, however, Washington's proposal was supported by…

Staff (2022-04-10). Outside Spending Jumps for Local Candidates Who Cast Doubt on 2020 Election. truthout.org Last Tues ≠day's local elec ≠tions in and around Green Bay, Wiscon ≠sin, were the focus of big spend ≠ing by outside groups push ≠ing narrat ≠ives around elec ≠tion denial — claims that the 2020 pres ≠id ≠en ≠tial elec ≠tion was so marred by fraud that it came to the wrong result. Some of the messages being peddled accused local offi ≠cials of miscon ≠duct in the elec ≠tion, while others implied that their preferred candid ≠ate must be elec ≠ted to preserve demo ≠cracy. Of the six candid ≠ates suppor ≠ted by messaging cast ≠ing doubt on the last el…

_____ (2022-04-10). The Weapons Industry Sees The War In Ukraine As A Goldmine. popularresistance.org Since the pandemic began in early 2020, the weapons industry has argued that shutdowns and supply chain disruptions have put the "defense industrial base" in peril, compromising the national security and military "readiness" of the United States. Now, that same industry is using Russia's invasion of Ukraine and NATO's subsequent military buildup to double down on the argument, demanding rapid, public investments in the weapons industry to bolster the capacity of the United States and NATO for "deterrence."

Plus News (2022-04-10). West Nile investors task gov't on poor roads. plusnews.ug Local investors in West Nile are demanding that the government improves the poor state of roads if the sub region is to become a key investment hub. The Investors made the appeal in Nebbi district, during the first West Nile investment summit organized by Uganda Investment Authority. According to them, cost of running business has …

_____ (2022-04-10). An Investment in Child Care Is an Investment in the Workforce. commondreams.org Across the country, parents, educators, and policymakers are looking to federal lawmakers to provide much needed dollars.

_____ (2022-04-10). Move Over Weapons Makers, Facebooks Wants Its War Profits Too. commondreams.org A Big Tech and arms makers coalition is hyping the threat from Russia and China to stave off government regulation, and more.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Who sows seeds of confrontation and reaps profits from turmoil?>. ecns.cn In early spring of 2022, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine fiercely shocked the world order. | During this conflict, which has now lasted for more than a month, millions of Ukrainian refugees flooded into Western Europe. This is the most serious geopolitical crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. It might reshape the EU's policy choices in the following years and even decades — and might even reshape the world order.

Staff (2022-04-10). Neoliberalism Paved the Way for Book Banning to Take Hold in US Schools. truthout.org The growing movement to

Ingar Solty (2022-04-10). The Hard Right and the Political Parties of Capital. socialistproject.ca Moderated by Michael Lardner, Ingar Solty: Market Polarization Means Political Polarization | Bill Fletcher Jr.: Trump and the Danger of Right-wing Populism in the US | Samir Gandesha: Identity Crisis: The Politics of False Concreteness | Recorded 20 March 2022. | ´ …

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). U.S. likely to see COVID-19 surge in fall: expert. ecns.cn There will be an uptick in cases of COVID-19 over the next few weeks in the United States and it is likely there could be a surge in the fall, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Trade between China, Mekong countries nears 400 bln USD in 2021. ecns.cn Trade between China and countries along the Mekong River has continued to surge despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sluggish global economic recovery.

Our Reporter (2022-04-10). Museveni calls for more security cooperation as DRC joins EAC. plusnews.ug President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that to realize meaningful integration of East Africa Community, there is need to prioritize prosperity, markets and security. "If you want prosperity in Africa, the way forward is markets! To be able to negotiate for bigger markets in Africa and in East Africa. If I am a business man …

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Dilemma of the poor and minorities contradicts U.S. claim of anti-Covid success. ecns.cn A Poor People's Pandemic Report jointly produced by the Poor People's Campaign and economists at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network has revealed the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poor and low-income communities across the U.S.

teleSUR, JL (2022-04-10). Inicia Fondo para estabilizar el precio del trigo en Argentina. telesurtv.net "Se asegura que pan, pastas, galletitas, tapas de empanadas y cualquier otro producto elaborado a partir del trigo, se produzca a un costo sensiblemente menor", indicó Feletti.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-10). Australia convoca a elecciones parlamentarias para el 21 de mayo. telesurtv.net En la elección anterior, en 2019, Morrison y su Gobierno lograron una victoria muy apretada a pesar de que el favorito era el opositor Partido Laborista.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Arizona couple donates Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Scottsdale, Ariz. — Thomas R. and Ruth Ann Hornaday of Paradise Valley, Arizona, have donated the Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. The 110,000-square-foot biomedical research facility, which opened on Mayo Clinic's Scottsdale campus in 2005, is valued at $64.4 million. The Collaborative Research Building houses laboratory-based research activity at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Mayo Clinic researchers, physicians and other investigators are leading the scientific discovery of the mechanisms of human disease, as well as…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Xinjiang spokesman says U.S. hearing hypocritical. ecns.cn The holding of a public hearing in the U.S. on the so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" demonstrates the hypocrisy and absurdity of a legal and judicial system using long-arm jurisdiction, a Xinjiang government spokesman said.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Diagnostic testing, precision medicine and what it means for patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Precision medicine aims to customize health care by tailoring medications and treatments to each patient. An important step in being able to personalize treatments is diagnostic testing. Mayo Clinic BioPharma Diagnostics collaborates with biopharmaceutical, diagnostic, and other biotech companies to enable precision medicine through advanced diagnostics. Diagnostic testing can help find the right answers for each individual patient. "A laboratory test can either help in making a diagnosis for a disease, or it can help…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Trade-off between death and wealth disproved by China's COVID measures. ecns.cn "Nothing is ending, neither the COVID-19 nor the pandemic," said Debora MacKenzie, a leading science journalist who currently lives in France. She addressed the false narratives about COVID-19 during an interview with GDToday, saying, "Lots of governments in the west use slogans such as 'living with COVID' to make their citizens happy but we need to make sure that people have access to the truth."

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

Atilio Boron (2022-04-10). Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Argentina's Wrong Vote. orinocotribune.com By Atilio Boron — Apr 7, 2022 | This Thursday [April 7] the UN General Assembly approved a resolution suspending Russia's participation in the UN Human Rights Council. The result of the vote disappointed the United States government, the promoter of the initiative, because Washington hoped that the overwhelming majority support for two resolutions voted in March and condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine would be repeated. On that occasion, 141 countries voted in favor of the first one and 140 did so a few days later. | Extreme vagueness | On this occasion, however, Washington's proposal was supported by…

Plus News (2022-04-10). West Nile investors task gov't on poor roads. plusnews.ug Local investors in West Nile are demanding that the government improves the poor state of roads if the sub region is to become a key investment hub. The Investors made the appeal in Nebbi district, during the first West Nile investment summit organized by Uganda Investment Authority. According to them, cost of running business has …

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Who sows seeds of confrontation and reaps profits from turmoil?>. ecns.cn In early spring of 2022, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine fiercely shocked the world order. | During this conflict, which has now lasted for more than a month, millions of Ukrainian refugees flooded into Western Europe. This is the most serious geopolitical crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. It might reshape the EU's policy choices in the following years and even decades — and might even reshape the world order.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). U.S. likely to see COVID-19 surge in fall: expert. ecns.cn There will be an uptick in cases of COVID-19 over the next few weeks in the United States and it is likely there could be a surge in the fall, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said.

_____ (2022-04-09). Venezuela's Economy Will Grow 20% In 2022, Despite Illegal US Sanctions. popularresistance.org The major Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse has predicted that Venezuela's real GDP growth will be 20% in 2022. | The prominent Western financial institution also forecasted that Venezuela's real GDP will increase by an additional 8% in 2023. | These predictions come despite an illegal US blockade imposed on Venezuela, which has starved the government of revenue, locked it out of the international financial system, and fueled an economic crisis. | The top United Nations expert on sanctions estimated that the Venezuelan government lost 99% of its revenue due to the Western unilateral coercive measures, which ar…

WSWS (2022-04-09). Pakistan's Supreme Court orders no-confidence vote, paving way for change in government. wsws.org The economic crisis, coupled with the government's privatization and austerity policies and its ruinous mishandling of the pandemic, have drastically eroded popular support for Khan and his PTI-led government.

VINS (2022-04-09). Homeless Students Further Marginalized by COVID-19. projectcensored.org According to a joint study conducted by School House Connection and the University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions initiative, approximately 420,000 fewer children and youth experiencing homelessness were identified and enrolled…

Elijah J. Magnier (2022-04-09). The Birth of a 'New World Order' from the Ukrainian Battlefield. orinocotribune.com By Elijah J. Magnier — Apr 4, 2022 | There is a lot of speculation about the birth of a "new world order" from the womb of the battle in Ukraine between America and Russia. The Middle East, Asia and Africa are awaiting the results of this battle, its implications and what will be the outcome to form new alliances once the dust has settled. A new world will inevitably be born after long labours and punctuated by direct wars, countries' occupations, proxy wars and illegal unilateral sanctions which have exhausted the world's population. What will the "New World Order" look like, and will it be better or wor…

Editor (2022-04-09). Amazon win shows power of rank-and-file organising. mronline.org The newly formed Amazon Labor Union (ALU) won by more than 500 votes, with 2654 workers voting in favour of a union and 2131 voting against, according to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) count. About 7000 people are employed at the site, known as the JFK8 Fulfillment Center.

Staff (2022-04-09). Iran to open business center in Armenia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — Hamed Forouzan the Director-General of the Ministry of Labor and Cooperatives for International Affairs of Iran announced that Iran will open a business center in Armenia as a permanent exhibition.

WSWS (2022-04-09). Amazon Labor Union turns to AFL-CIO following successful vote at Staten Island warehouse. wsws.org It has not taken long for the leaders of the Amazon Labor Union, which won a vote at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island last week, to demonstrate their orientation to the AFL-CIO bureaucracy and the Democratic Party.

Editor (2022-04-09). Corporate Media Ignores Senate Hearing on Corporate Greed and Inflation. scheerpost.com Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. | By Ralph Nader / It is exceedingly rare for a major congressional committee to hold hearings on "corporate greed" leading to corporate profiteering and surging prices on consumer goods. On April 5, 2022, Senate Budget Chairman, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) chartered uncensored territory on corporate avarice with a lead witness, former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reic…

Benjamin Norton (2022-04-09). NATO expanding into Asia-Pacific to militarily encircle China as well as Russia. multipolarista.com While it wages a proxy war on Russia in Ukraine, the US-led NATO military alliance plans to encircle China and expand into the Asia-Pacific region, collaborating with Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

Eric A. Gordon (2022-04-09). La Federación Laboral del Condado de Los àÅngeles lanza el 'Proyecto del Pueblo'. peoplesworld.org LOS àÅNGELES—El 31 de marzo, la poderosa Federación Laboral del Condado de Los àÅngeles reunió a mil trabajadores, líderes sindicales y organizadores comunitarios para su Congreso de Trabajadores 2022 en el Hotel Westin Bonaventure en el centro de Los àÅngeles. El principal evento formal del día fue la juramentación de la nueva junta, un juramento …

Staff (2022-04-09). Food Prices Reach Highest Levels in 32 Years. orinocotribune.com FAO's Food Price Index has recorded a jump in March amid the Ukraine crisis and…

Editor (2022-04-09). U.S. prepares new sanctions targeting Ethiopia, Eritrea in latest destabilization push. mronline.org The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has overwhelmingly approved a new measure designed to impose sanctions on Ethiopia. Known as the Ethiopia Peace and Stabilization Act of 2022, the bill authorizes the U.S. government to suspend financial and security assistance to Ethiopia and to sanction individuals the United States decrees to be responsible for the ongoing conflict in the country.

Ricardo Vaz (2022-04-09). Venezuela: Inflation Lowest in Decade as Credit Suisse Forecasts 20 Percent Growth. venezuelanalysis.com The Swiss investment bank expects the country's oil sector to grow significantly in 2022.

WSWS (2022-04-09). Sri Lanka at centre of growing debt and inflation crisis. wsws.org The UN food price index for March reached a record high, increasing by 34 percent from a year ago—described by the UN as a "giant leap."

WSWS (2022-04-09). Howard University Hospital staff plan one-day strike due to staffing ratios, low pay. wsws.org The strike by over 300 nurses and hospital workers comes as a wave of working class struggle has moved to oppose the capitalist elite's efforts to impose the weight of the pandemic and inflation on the population's back.

scorinoco (2022-04-09). Europe is Sleepwalking into Another World War. orinocotribune.com By Boaventura de Sousa Santos — Apr 4, 2022 | More than 100 years after World War I, Europe's leaders are sleepwalking toward a new all-out war. In 1914, the European governments believed that the war would last three weeks; it lasted four years and resulted in more than 20 million deaths. The same nonchalance is visible with the war in Ukraine. The dominant view is that the aggressor should be left broken and humbled. Then, the defeated power was Germany. Some dissenting voices, such as John Maynard Keynes, felt that the humbling of Germany would be a disaster. Their warnings went unheeded. Twenty-one years…

_____ (2022-04-09). Who is Blocking the Supply of Oil Needed by Europe? journal-neo.org The global energy crisis and the US anti-Russian sanctions due to the special operation in Ukraine have led to the fact that Europe is now spending about 10% of GDP on energy resources, according to analysts of Black Rock, one of the world's largest investment companies. The last time the Old World spent this much …

WSWS (2022-04-09). German government and IG Metall celebrate opening of Tesla factory in Gràºnheide. wsws.org The workers who will soon be producing up to 500,000 electric cars a year will have to deal with an owner who will stop at nothing to maximize his company's profits.

VINS (2022-04-09). Major Media Outlets Lobby against Regulation of "Surveillance Advertising" projectcensored.org It is an open secret that the world's most popular social media apps and websites collect users' data in order to tailor advertisements to those users. The worst offenders however…

_____ (2022-04-09). Black Political Distraction. popularresistance.org The Black political class and the democratic party are once again infantilizing Black voters instead of giving them what they need and want. They pass useless legislation and stage political performances because they have lost the trust of the people. Biden's poll numbers continue to drop. He now has a lackluster 40 percent approval rating for the simple reason that he hasn't done what he promised during his 2020 presidential campaign. | Biden said he would provide student loan debt relief, raise the minimum wage, and improve the government response to the covid crisis. His friends in corporate media covered for…

WSWS (2022-04-09). Capitalism normalizes death: From COVID-19 to the threat of nuclear war. wsws.org The utter casualness and recklessness with which the US political establishment is treating the prospect of a war that threatens to escalate into a full-scale nuclear exchange must be seen in the context of the ruling elite's indifference to mass death in the pandemic.

_____ (2022-04-09). Increase In Atmospheric Methane Set Another Record During 2021. popularresistance.org For the second year in a row, NOAA scientists observed a record annual increase in atmospheric levels of methane, a powerful, heat-trapping greenhouse gas that's the second biggest contributor to human-caused global warming after carbon dioxide. | NOAA's preliminary analysis showed the annual increase in atmospheric methane during 2021 was 17 parts per billion (ppb), the largest annual increase recorded since systematic measurements began in 1983. The increase during 2020 was 15.3 ppb. Atmospheric methane levels averaged 1,895.7 ppb during 2021, or around 162% greater than pre-industrial levels. From NOAA's obser…

teleSUR, MER (2022-04-09). Lula nomina a Geraldo Alckmin como compañero de fórmula. telesurtv.net Representantes del Partido de los Trabajadores y del Partido Socialista Brasileño se reunieron en Sao Paulo para hacer el anuncio.

Editor (2022-04-09). Voices from Donbass speak to U.S. anti-war movement. mronline.org On March 27, the Socialist Unity Party and Struggle-La Lucha newspaper hosted a webinar called "Stop the War Lies: Voices from Donbass." This was a unique opportunity for the U.S. anti-war movement to hear directly from people in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), whose voices are silenced by the Western mass media's pro-Ukraine war propaganda.