(2022-05-06). The Aggressors Accuse Russia of 'Blackmail' for Defending its Currency, Energy Wealth, and Even Its Existential Security. orinocotribune.com By Strategic Culture Foundation — Apr 29, 2022 | Our enemy is the Western system of U.S.-led imperialism, its capitalist elite, and their political flunkies like Joe Biden and Ursula von der Leyen. | The United States and its NATO and European Union allies have imposed unprecedented economic sanctions on Russia that amount to economic warfare. This warfare has been going on, discernibly, since the CIA-backed coup in Ukraine in 2014 on the back of allegations of Russian wrongdoing, for example, the alleged annexation of Crimea. It's the logic of a poacher posing as the gamekeeper. | For eight years, the U.S.
(2022-05-06). U.S. should stay simple in Ukraine crisis: NYT columnist Thomas Friedman. ecns.cn (ECNS) — New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on Tuesday published an opinion work "A Message to the Biden Team on Ukraine: Talk Less", criticizing the Biden Administration of talking too much about its goal on the Ukraine crisis.
(2022-05-06). Russian Sanctions on Europe: Gonzalo Lira II. thesaker.is Gonzalo Lira : commentary on the decree that Vladimir Putin signed as follows: Executive Order on retaliatory special economic measures in connection with unfriendly actions of certain foreign states and…
(2022-05-06). Sanctions only make world economy worse: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn
(2022-05-06). Ambassador: Sound trade ties benefit China, U.S. ecns.cn Sound and healthy trade and economic relations between the United States and China are in the fundamental interests of both nations, said Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Qin Gang, who also urged the U.S. government to cancel tariffs and stop politicizing trade and business.
(2022-05-06). Amazon Labor Union tells White House and Senate: Pass the PRO Act. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (PAI)—Organizing, union wins, and corporate greed were the top topics of both workers and labor leaders in a whirlwind round of a White House meeting and a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill. And Amazon, both how to beat it and what to do about it, was a top topic of the sessions on May …
(2022-05-06). Sequim, Washington, socialist May Day celebration brings together the community. liberationnews.org 
The event honored the community's food workers: aquaculture laborers, ranch workers, dairy farm workers, foragers, fishmongers, dishwashers, chefs, cooks, bartenders, servers and all those who are involved in food production, access and security.
(2022-05-06). Xinjiang sees more short-distance tours during long holiday. ecns.cn More residents turned to short-distance and urban tours in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region during the six-day Labor Day and Eid al-Fitr holiday.
(2022-05-06). Chinese primary, secondary schools to pay more attention to labor education. ecns.cn The new curriculum standards for compulsory labor education (2022 edition) issued by the Ministry of Education of China will be officially implemented in primary and secondary schools from the fall semester of 2022.
(2022-05-06). Chicago: FRSO celebrates International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 40 people gathered in the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) to celebrate International Workers Day with Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Speakers included Maria Moreno, financial secretary of the CTU; Bassem Kawar, political director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Frank Chapman of CAARPR, and Roni Thrailkill, the mother of Chaz Thrailkill, a prisoner in Menard Prison who is suffering abuse at the hands of the guards in addition to having been wrongfully convicted. | Dod McColgan of Freedom Road Socialist Organization deli…
(2022-05-06). øLa globalización ha terminado? cubadebate.cu Para la teoría marxista, la globalización es realmente la palabra corriente para nombrar la expansión del imperialismo. En el siglo XXI, el control del imperialismo permanece y si las economías imperialistas comienzan a luchar por la rentabilidad como lo están haciendo ahora, entonces comienzan a luchar y no a cooperar, sentando las bases para el conflicto y la división.
(2022-05-06). Saturday 5/7: World Workers Rising. indybay.org
(2022-05-05). Antiwar Groups Protest Defense Industry Profiteering in Ukraine. truthout.org The war of aggression that Russia has perpetrated in Ukraine has rightly generated widespread condemnation, both among Russia's Western critics and the world at large. On the war's obvious heinousness, almost all of the U.S. political spectrum is in agreement. However, opinions as to the appropriate Western response proceed from vastly different premises. | The predominant
(2022-05-05). Australian SEP candidates discuss key political issues on Brisbane community radio. wsws.org This radio interview with the Socialist Equality Party's two candidates for the Senate on Queensland covers a range of crucial issues, including the Ukraine war, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, the conditions of young workers and the anti-democratic deregistration of the SEP.
(2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…
(2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…
(2022-05-05). Access to Caspian: Japanese companies invited to conquered Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyMay 5, 2022 Azerbaijani minister, Japanese vice minister for foreign affairs talk over economic co-op Issues of development of economic ties between Azerbaijan and Japan were discussed, Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov wrote on Twitter, Trend reports citing to publication. The minister said that during the meeting with Taro Honda, parliamentary Vice-Minister …
(2022-05-05). Hope stirs for lifting of U.S. tariffs on China. ecns.cn With inflation at four-decade highs in the United States, the prospects of a lifting of tariffs on Chinese goods have brightened.
(2022-05-05). Iran to hold 2nd exclusive exhibition in Bishkek in late June. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Affairs announced the holding of the second exclusive exhibition of Iran and Kyrgyzstan in late June in Bishkek.
(2022-05-04). Putin steps up actions against unfriendly states. ecns.cn Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday that bans economic relations with sanctioned individuals from "unfriendly countries" on a soon-to-be-published list.
(2022-05-04). Tax, fee cuts put enterprises in stronger position. ecns.cn China's continued tax and fee cuts and the recent move of refunding value-added tax credits to businesses are helping market players withstand economic headwinds and are critical in supporting growth this year, an official said.
(2022-05-05). Midwives, Mija, àéntregalde, Bitterbrush: Documenting dictatorship, immigration, poverty … wsws.org Midwives documents the intense relationship between a Buddhist midwife and her Muslin apprentice in Myanmar.
(2022-05-05). Tallahassee: Demanding a Peoples Budget. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On April 30, Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) hosted a panel discussing Tallahassee's current city budget and the need for a People's Budget. The panel was put on at The Bark, a local vegan restaurant in the All Saints neighborhood, and was co-sponsored by the Tallahassee chapters of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | "It's super important that we let the city know that we're not just going to be silent in the face of rising rent and inflation and unemployment. In general, it's really important for people to know that they can m…
(2022-05-05). North Bellport, NY community demands closure of toxic landfill, reparations. liberationnews.org 
Like almost 80 percent of other landfills and garbage incinerators in the United States, the Brookhaven Landfill was placed near a low-income community of color. And that community has dealt with the environmental consequences of the landfill ever since.
(2022-05-05). Beijing sees over 3 mln trips during May Day holiday. ecns.cn Beijing saw a total of 3.061 million tourist trips during the five-day May Day holiday, with a tourism income of 1.58 billion yuan (about $239 million), according to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday.
(2022-05-05). UK: Starmer threatens to expel Corbyn and any Labour MPs not backing NATO's war on Russia. wsws.org The conditions have emerged for overcoming the damage Corbyn did to the political development of the working class.
(2022-05-05). The Ontario Federation of Labour's fraudulent May Day "day of action" wsws.org The unions' "Day of action" was a cynical maneuver aimed at giving a "militant" gloss to its campaign to elected a "progressive"—that is an NDP or Liberal-led pro-war, pro-austerity—government in Ontario.
(2022-05-05). 'The Future We Need': A new book by Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta. peoplesworld.org 
A wave of union organizing drives across the U.S. includes Amazon warehouse workers, coffee baristas, university graduate students and faculty, grocery store workers, nurses, restaurant workers, and food processing workers. Labor militancy has seen a strike wave through the closing months of 2021 and continuing into 2022. The need to understand the labor movement's role …
(2022-05-05). "That's a Fact": Amazon Union's Smalls Lambasts Anti-Union Senators in Hearing. truthout.org Amazon Labor Union (ALU) President Christian Smalls sharply rebuked U.S. senators for protecting Amazon from criticisms After Sanders delivered his opening speech, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) went on a tirade about how he thinks the i…
(2022-05-05). Mexico Calls for Latin American Lithium Alliance. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has expressed his intentionto form an alliance with Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile, in order to promote mutual collaboration on lithium. "There has been communication with the president of Bolivia (Luis Arce), he, in turn, has a relationship, like us, with the president of Argentina (Alberto Fernández), who…
(2022-05-05). Minneapolis marches on May Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – More than 300 demonstrators gathered on May 1 to march in Minneapolis for International Workers Day. The marchers gathered at noon near the Minneapolis Adult Education Center on Lake Street, in honor of the historic educators' strike that took place this March. | Labor rights activists David Richard Gilbert Pederson, Kai Shelley, Sophie Brean, and Greta Callahan, and immigrant rights activists Delfina Rojas and Pablo Tapia kicked off the march with speeches that highlighted the recent local labor struggles and immigrant rights struggles. | Marchers were joined by community members driving homem…
(2022-05-05). China sees new consumption trend in May Day holiday. ecns.cn Camping at neighboring areas became a top choice for many residents in China during the past Labor Day holiday from April 30 to May 4 as some parts of the country have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-05-05). Proyecto de Ley del Sistema de Recursos Naturales y del Medio Ambiente: Nuevas realidades y enfoque sistémico. cubadebate.cu Uno de los proyectos de leyes que abordará el Parlamento en su quinta sesión extraordinaria de la novena legislatura es el del Sistema de los Recursos Naturales y del Medio Ambiente. El texto legal, fruto de un proceso de análisis y estudio, consultas, conciliaciones y elaboración que comenzó años atrás, derogaría la vigente Ley 81, Del Medio Ambiente (1997).
(2022-05-05). Video: Descendant Of Slaves Who Helped Build Harvard University Reacts To Reparative Justice Announcement. moguldom.com A descendant of slaves owned by Harvard University's early benefactors is sharing how she feels about the school's recent pledge of $100 million to help atone for its ties to slavery. Roberta Wolff, 79, is a descendant of Darby Vassall, whose parents Tony and Cuba were an enslaved couple owned by the wealthy Vassall family …
(2022-05-05). European Union calls for embargo on Russian oil. wsws.org This planned embargo, driving a surge in oil prices and slashing jobs and buying power, shows that NATO's war on Russia is also a war on the working class at home.
(2022-05-05). CEO pay explodes again: Stronger unions are the only real solution. peoplesworld.org 
It's that time of year again. Public companies have sent out their financial statements ahead of their spring annual general meetings. Reporters are reading them, gasping at the continued enormity of CEO pay—as they have been doing for 40 years—then reporting them in tones of outrage. Equilar reported that CEO pay in 2021 increased 20% from …
(2022-05-05). How Bolivia Beat Inflation (Interview). orinocotribune.com We spoke to economist Many of our neighbors like Brazil and Chile are seeing some of the highest inflati…
(2022-05-05). Strikes break out among transit workers in the Washington, DC region. wsws.org The strike of hundreds of Washington, D.C.-area bus drivers and Sysco food delivery workers occurs against a wave of class struggle internationally against rising costs of living and inflation amid the pandemic and war.
(2022-05-05). US Federal Reserve raises rates, outlines class war policy against workers. wsws.org The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point as part of the fight against what Chairman Jerome Powell called "wage inflation."
(2022-05-04). U.S. Fed raises interest rates by half point, ramping up inflation fight. ecns.cn The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point, marking the sharpest rate hike since 2000, as it takes more aggressive steps to rein in the highest inflation in four decades.
(2022-05-05). NYC building workers win tentative agreement in victory over landlord greed. liberationnews.org 
Rents in New York rose 33 percent in a single year, but landlords were determined to make workers pay out of pocket for healthcare even though they stand to make record profits…
(2022-05-05). Without Trump, the Border Is Still a Profitable Battlefield. scheerpost.com 
[ By First, it was the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) vehicles speeding along on the road in front of our campsite. Then it was the Border Patrol's all-terrain vehicles moving swiftly on a ridge above us. I was about 10 miles north of the border with Mexico, near Peña Blanca Lake in southern Arizona, camping with my six-year-old son and some other families. Like fi…
(2022-05-05). Three Steps to Black Liberation. libya360.wordpress.com Matthew Thompson If history should be any teacher, it has taught us this: the state has no interest in serving the needs of the masses of Black people in this country, who are poor and working class. Billions of dollars for a war abroad (from which weapons manufacturers and their shareholders profit handsomely) yet we…
(2022-05-05). Is the 'recovery' stalling? workers.org 
Few tears were shed when hated Amazon announced April 28 that it lost $3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2022. This was the first loss it reported since 2015 and compares to a whopping $8.1 billion in profits in the first quarter 2021. The news did provoke a response . . . |
(2022-05-05). The saga of Highgate Cemetery where Karl Marx is buried. peoplesdispatch.org Harsev Bains, Secretary, Association of Indian Communists of Britain and Ireland, talks about the history of the burial site of Karl Marx. Marx chose to be buried in a private plot at the Highgate Cemetery in London along with family members. Due to the popularity of this site and high number of visitors, Marx's remains were later moved to a public site in the same cemetery where they continue to stay today. Bains talks about the significance of this site among Marxists, the attacks it has faced, and the efforts involved in the upkeep of the site.
(2022-05-05). William Z. Foster's 1922 trial showed it's the working class that defends democracy. peoplesworld.org 
The summer of 1922 was gearing up to be dangerous for the U.S. ruling class. Over half a million coal miners were striking for an honest living, nearly 400,000 hardworking railroad shopmen walked off the job, and 200,000 of America's suppressed textile slaves picketed in opposition to capitalist cuts in their meager wages. To better …
(2022-05-05). Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, site of first industrial strike in U.S. history. liberationnews.org 
In response to cut wages, the women textile workers of the mill marched out on strike in May of 1824, and refused to return until wages were restored.
(2022-05-05). Striking New South Wales teachers speak out over low wages and worsening conditions. wsws.org "Teachers in Victoria are fighting over the same issues—pay, workload—so we should be uniting with them." — Matt, a Sydney primary school teacher.
(2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist. orinocotribune.com 
During the Third Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the Third Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies that ALBA movements have been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capi…
(2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: "ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist" orinocotribune.com During the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies of ALBA movements has been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capitalism…