(2022-05-07). Sycophants and Slaves: US Empire is Impervious to any Advice That Might Save it. orinocotribune.com The US Empire pulls out all the stops to forestall its own demise: neo-Nazis, proxy wars, its fearsome agitprop — still, it can't escape the writing on the wall, according to an American political analyst and writer. | Daniel Patrick Welch made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Thursday while commenting on a report which said two months after the warning that Beijing appeared poised to help Russia in its fight against Ukraine. | The Reuters report quoted US officials saying they have not detected overt Chinese military and economic support, a welcome development in the tense US-China relations…
(2022-05-07). Expansion into Asia-Pacific: NATO military bloc is poison, not antidote. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMay 7, 2022 Japan shouldn't be a promoter for NATO's Asia-Pacific expansion The Ukraine crisis and the geopolitical tragedy it has triggered are not enough to kill the hunger of the US and some Western countries to reap political profits from the situation. Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his British counterpart Boris …
(2022-05-07). Turkish doctors mount nationwide strike as prices explode. wsws.org Amid unprecedented inflation and falls in living standards due to the pandemic and the Ukraine war, Turkish doctors have organized a two-day nationwide strike.
(2022-05-07). US transportation officials express alarm about deteriorating rail service. wsws.org Members of the United States Surface Transportation Board and representatives of big business warned that the economy is in jeopardy because of delays and inefficiencies on the freight railroads.
(2022-05-07). Official urges China's fund industry to seize opportunities. ecns.cn The deputy chief of China's securities watchdog said the country's capital market and fund industry are still in an important period of strategic opportunity despite challenges faced by the broader economy.
(2022-05-07). Following yesterday's general strike, Sri Lankan president imposes state of emergency. wsws.org President Rajapakse has clearly been shaken by the entry of the working class into the mass protest movement against his government, fuelled by intolerable social and economic conditions.
(2022-05-07). [Correspondence] An urgent plea for surgical care in Lebanon. thelancet.com Economic collapse, civil unrest, and an accelerating brain drain are mounting crises provoked by long-standing corruption in Lebanon. Aggravated by COVID-19 and a devastating port explosion, Lebanon, once one of the prominent health-care hubs in the Middle East and north African region, can hardly remain afloat.1 With worsening shortages of medical supplies, mass physician migration, and absent governmental support, Lebanon's health sector is reaching a new rock bottom each day.
(2022-05-07). Socialist Equality Party (Australia) challenges Labor at Sydney candidates forum. wsws.org Questions by an SEP candidate and supporters exposed the pro-capitalist unity between Labor's Tanya Plibersek, the Greens and the pseudo-left Socialist Alliance.
(2022-05-07). [Correspondence] Allocated but not treated: the silent 16%. thelancet.com The RECOVERY Collaborative Group has provided timely, robust evidence for managing hospitalised patients with COVID-19, including their randomised controlled trial supporting the use of tocilizumab.1 However, results from other smaller randomised controlled trials of tocilizumab (and sarilumab), particularly those with a placebo control group, did not show a mortality benefit of interleukin-6 inhibition versus control. In seeking to understand the totality of the data, results of any meta-analysis will be heavily weighted by RECOVERY trials, the largest population studied.
(2022-05-07). Woman remanded over theft of Ug.Sh.1 bn. plusnews.ug 
The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Brender Nakalanzi, the Managing Director for Goshen Hope Enterprises to Luzira prison on charges of causing the government a financial loss of more than one billion shillings. Nakalanzi was on Friday afternoon arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro where she denied the charges against …
(2022-05-07). Socialist Equality Party (Australia) election candidate speaks with striking bus drivers in Melbourne. wsws.org While drivers within Melbourne's privatised bus transport system have voted overwhelmingly to strike over wages and conditions, the Transport Workers Union has opposed unified action across the network.
(2022-05-07). Saturday 5/7: World Workers Rising. indybay.org
(2022-05-06). The Chris Hedges Report: Gerald Horne on the Unrelenting Radical Life of Paul Robeson. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Before the persecution of Julian Assange, before the FBI assassination of Fred Hampton and Malcolm X, before the murder of Martin Luther King, there was the relentless campaign to silence the activist, actor, and singer Paul Robeson. Robeson, the most internationally known and revered Black American of his day, was a socialist and a militant who stood with the crucified of the earth. | Historian Gerald Horne is author of the biography "Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary," and is the Moores Profess…
(2022-05-06). Fall-out of the Ukraine conflict on India's economy. mronline.org 
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(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). 'U.S.-NATO Proxy War in Ukraine is an Extension of the War Against Us'. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Verdieu Gloria Verdieu speaks at inauguration of VII International Seminar for Peace and Abolition of Foreign Military Bases in Guantanamo, Cuba. Photo: Siempre con Cuba Presentation on behalf of the Socialist Unity Party and Women In Struggle at VII International Seminar for Peace and the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases in Guantanamo, Cuba, May…
(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). Labor Force Participation Continues Toward Pre-Pandemic Levels. truthout.org 
The economy added 428,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate remained flat at 3.6 percent. The unemployment rates for white workers (3.2 percent), Blacks (5.9 percent), Asians (3.1 percent), and Hispanics (4.1 percent) were all virtually unchanged from the previous month. | Labor Force Participation Gains Slowed, Still Approaching Pre-Pandemic Levels: | The overall labor force participation rate (LFPR) declined 0.2 percentage points to 62.2 percent, returning to the January 2022 level. This marks the first time since May 2021 that the LFPR has experienced a month-over-month decline. For prime age…
(2022-05-06). Solid Month of Job Growth in April. cepr.net Labor force participation rate returns to January 2022 level. | The economy added 428,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate remained flat at 3.6 percent. The unemployment rates for white workers (3.2 percent), Blacks (5.9 percent), Asians (3.1 percent), and Hispanics (4.1 percent) were all virtually unchanged from the previous month. | Labor Force Participation Gains Slowed, Still Approaching Pre-Pandemic Levels | The overall labor force participation rate (LFPR) declined 0.2 percentage points to 62.2 percent, returning to the January 2022 level. This marks the first time since May 2021 that the LFPR has…
(2022-05-06). Sanctions only make world economy worse: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn
(2022-05-06). West Asia's Economic Savior is Called 'Multipolarity'. orinocotribune.com 
By Matthew Ehret — May 2, 2022 | The transition from a western economic order toward a multipolar one is ushering in unprecedented economic and security advancements for West Asia. | A race is now underway that will determine the shape of things to come for many generations. | While it is easy to get lost in the swarm of chaotic facts, sound bites, narrative spin, and other noise, it is vital to keep sight of the larger historical forces shaping our present crisis-ridden age. | Two weeks ago, in an important
(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). Australia: Students and youth speak out over war, COVID and rising poverty. wsws.org "I'm anti-war because I came from a country of war, Vietnam, which was invaded even before the Americans." — Thao, a Western Sydney University student.
(2022-05-06). Sharp price rises in essentials and shortages drastically hitting Sri Lankan workers and the poor. wsws.org Workers from a range of industries spoke to WSWS reporters about the poverty they now face and voiced their anger against President Rajapakse and his big business government.
(2022-05-06). Philadelphia: Displacing low-income families for profit. workers.org 
Philadelphia Faced with evictions on July 8, residents of Philadelphia's University City Townhomes and their supporters converged on the offices of Daniel Killinger, president of National Real Estate Development in a surprise visit April 22. The company has expressed interest in purchasing the property the homes exist on from the . . . |
(2022-05-06). Texas Abortion Funds Work to Reduce Looming Harms of Post-"Roe" Criminalization. truthout.org Abortion support networks in Texas, including nonprofit organizations that provide abortion funding to low-income and marginalized people in the state, already know what it might be like to live in a post-Roe v. Wade reality. | Even before the state legislature passed its harsh six-week abortion ban in the form of Senate Bill 8, Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 temporarily banning any abortion not necessary to save the life of the pregnant person as a "medically unnecessary" procedure. The order remained in place for about a month as it was jockeyed in the cour…
(2022-05-06). Labour's party of NATO and austerity tanks in UK local elections. wsws.org Whatever spin is put on it, the results are an indictment of the Labour Party who made the minimum gains possible under the circumstances.
(2022-05-06). Appleton, WI: 2nd annual May Day rally. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI — Local groups rallied in Houdini Plaza in the early afternoon on May 1 to celebrate International Workers' Day. | Appleton Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Wise Women Healing Institute, United Action Oshkosh (UAO), and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) gathered with chants and speeches explaining the origin of May Day and the importance of organized labor as well as the various other movements of the working class. | "May Day is a day of celebration for workers around the world because it remembers the significance of the production-halting strike and the political power t…
(2022-05-06). May Day in New York, with labor and the left up front. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—On International Workers Day, hundreds of people and dozens of unions and radical organizations hit the streets of Manhattan to support workers in the fight against capitalist exploitation. This year's May Day action was the largest in New York in a decade. Members of many organizations marched, carrying red flags and signs in solidarity …
(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). Argentina Proposes Ambassador to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Argentina has proposed the name of the current Vice President of Parlasur, àìscar Laborde, to Congress as an ideal candidate for the position. | The government of Argentina has proposed the name of àìscar Laborde, who is currently serving as the vice president of Parlasur, to assume the position of Argentina's ambassador to Venezuela. | This was stated on Thursday, May 5, by Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Santiago Cafiero, before the Foreign Relations Commission of the Argentine Senate. Cafiero defended President Alberto Fernández's decision to rebuild diplomatic…
(2022-05-06). Presidente mexicano aboga por unidad de América sin exclusiones. cubadebate.cu El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, llamó en Guatemala a impulsar la unidad de Nuestra América. "Necesitamos la unidad, necesitamos el respeto a las soberanías de todos los países, que se respete la soberanía de Guatemala, que se respete la soberanía de México", argumentó, al fijar como tarea inmediata "impulsar la paz, el bienestar y la colaboración fraterna".
(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). Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers. inequality.org
(2022-05-06). Black Land Theft and the Racial Wealth Divide. inequality.org
(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). "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.
(2022-05-06). Strike by Toronto Union Station signal operators sabotaged by IBEW union. wsws.org The IBEW ordered the strikers to return to work, without any say, after agreeing that an arbitrator will dictate the workers' terms of employment.
(2022-05-06). Two New Zealand port workers killed in one week. wsws.org Ongoing deaths and injuries among port workers are the result of decades of restructuring and profiteering, exacerbated by the recent global supply chain crisis.
(2022-05-06). Important lessons 30 years later/A Marxist Defense of the LA Rebellion. workers.org 
The following excerpts derive from a pamphlet written by Sam Marcy, the late Chairperson of Workers World Party. The 1992 rebellion in Los Angeles was touched off by the racist verdict in the Rodney King beating case, but it elicited sympathy and participation from other oppressed communities. Sixty-three people, the . . . |
(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). Scientists: Why We Glued Ourselves To A Government Department. popularresistance.org One recent Wednesday, while most scientists around the world were carrying out their research, we stepped away from our day jobs to engage in a more direct form of communication. | Along with more than 20 others from Scientists for Extinction Rebellion and assisted in our efforts by Doctors for Extinction Rebellion, we pasted scientific papers to the UK government's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). A group of us glued ourselves to the building, and nine scientists were arrested. | This kind of action may seem extreme for a scientist, but these are no ordinary times. As most members o…
(2022-05-06). Popular Analyst Explains Probability Of Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Blowing Up Over Bitcoin Gamble. moguldom.com If the price of Bitcoin sinks to less than $21,000, Michael Saylor's software company MicroStrategy could face the "margin call from hell" and be forced to start selling its stockpile of the world's No. 1 cryptocurrency. With his risky gambling, Saylor has been accused of turning his software company into a hedge fund. SEC filings show …
(2022-05-06). The cryptocurrency gamble. cpusa.org 
The crypto craze is a mania currently. Bitcoins are cryptographically unique and complex computations that cannot be copied and were designed for removing bank intermediaries from verifying and recording (making a ledger for) internet transactions. They are used for very few transactions so far. So the craze is all speculation — a "claim" or …
(2022-05-06). May Day 2022: UK signs up for front line in war against Russia. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Chris Marsden to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Marsden is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in the UK.
(2022-05-06). May Day 2022: Lessons of the French election between Macron and Le Pen. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Alex Lantier to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Lantier is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in France.
(2022-05-06). "At the end of the day, it's them and us": UK workers and youth speak on the cost-of-living crisis. wsws.org Reporters from the World Socialist Web Site spoke with workers and students in Manchester and Bristol about the effect crippling price rises and government austerity are having on their lives.