JANET (2022-05-29). Outlook of an Italian Communist: Why a 'Second Cold War' scenario projects a false framework. iacenter.org By Alessio Arena May 27, 2022 Fronte Popolare, Italy Arena's article was published March 14 as part of his organization's discussion on the current world situation, as seen from the point of view of the working class in Italy, an EU member that in most cases follows policies in line with Washington's. The International Action Center is attempting to make some of the discussion in the world communist movement available to U.S. readers. Translation: John Catalinotto Workers in the Pisa-Livorno area stopped air shipments of weapons to Ukraine earlier in the spring. This demonstration was in Pisa. That the Cold War h…

JANET (2022-05-29). From Portuguese Communist Party: Brief notes on the grave world crisis. iacenter.org By Jorge Cadima May 27, 2022 First published in O Militante, magazine of the Portuguese Communist Party. The author is a regular contributor to PCP publications. This analysis is a contribution to the discussion of the current period, underlined by the crisis in Ukraine. Translation: John Catalinotto. The world is in a deep convulsion. Three decades after the victory of the counterrevolutions in Eastern Europe, humanity faces the danger of a catastrophe. Sign reads, 'Yes to peace, No to war,' Lisbon, Portugal. Credit: Avante The offensive to impose U.S. planetary hegemony, with the unpunished attacks and assaults…

_____ (2022-05-29). Capitalism and Baby Formula. popularresistance.org There is an historic shortage of baby formula. There are parts of the country where food for infants simply can't be found at any price. This headline is the most honest about the situation. "America is running out of baby formula because 3 companies control the market and babies aren't that profitable ." There are only three baby formula manufacturers and one of them, Abbott, had to shut down its plant after a whistleblower revealed their product was contaminated. Two infant deaths may be related to the contamination, which went undiscovered despite Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority. | The Biden…

JANET (2022-05-29). Early gay liberation/ Anti-racist solidarity. iacenter.org By Leslie Feinberg May 27, 2022 Part 76 of Feinberg's Lavender & Red series on the intersection of LGBTQ2S+ and socialist history appeared Oct. 7, 2006, in Workers World newspaper, which published the 120-installment series between 2004-2008. One particularly militant action by a multinational group of gay men took place during the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention in the fall of 1970, convened by the Black Panther Party. It included a demonstration of anti-racist unity. Leslie Feinberg at Syracuse, New York, Pride, June 15, 2013. Photo: Minnie Bruce Pratt During the convention, a group of four gay…

_____ (2022-05-29). UN Warns of 'Total Societal Collapse' Due to Breaching of Planetary Boundaries. popularresistance.org When the United Nations published its 2022 'Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction' (GAR2022) in May, the world's attention was on its grim verdict that the world was experiencing an accelerating trend of natural disasters and economic crises. But not a single media outlet picked up the biggest issue: the increasing probability of civilizational collapse. | Buried in the report, which was endorsed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, is the finding that escalating synergies between disasters, economic vulnerabilities and ecosystem failures are escalating the risk of a "global collapse" scenario.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-29). Cameroon and Russia Start Working More Closely Together. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov Despite the distances that separate the two regions, Russia and Africa have been bound together by close political, economic and cultural ties for many decades. In the West, African nations tend to be associated with poverty and a lack of development, and receive little media coverage, but in reality many countries on the…

_____ (2022-05-29). Labor Notes Conference 2022: It's Gonna Be Big. popularresistance.org This year's Labor Notes Conference (June 17-19, Chicago) will be one for the record books. About 4,000 people are coming—more than ever before—after a long wait. | There's plenty to celebrate this year, starting with phenomenal new organizing wins at Starbucks and Amazon. Dozens of shop floor organizers from both companies will be there, including plenary speakers Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls ("We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space, because while he was up there we were organizing a union") and Michelle Eisen of Starbucks Workers United. | Conference-goers will hear firsthand fro…

_____ (2022-05-29). Hundreds of bottling workers at Gatorade factory triumph in union election. popularresistance.org 240 workers at a Refresco bottling plant in Wharton, New Jersey won their election for union recognition May 21. After two years of intense struggle and against all of the dirty tricks the boss could muster, these workers have made it clear that they won't back down until they get what's right. | Workers at the Wharton plant began organizing in February 2020. They had faced years of abusive supervisors, poor safety conditions, low wages, and an unforgiving attendance and scheduling system. Anthony Sanchez, an employee at the plant for 15 years, said he started organizing with his co-workers to stop the "despotic…

____ (2022-05-29). Intl. Conf. between Iran-BSEC to be held in Tehran tomorrow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) — An International Conference between Iran and Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) entitled "Prospects of Cooperation" will be held in Tehran on Monday.