____ (2022-05-11). Stock market falls point to mounting problems in financial system. wsws.org The rise in central bank interest rates in the face of rampant inflation is the main reason for the sharp falls but the downward movement is being compounded by signs of a slowing world economy.

Pepe Escobar (2022-05-11). Terror from Balochistan: A Menacing Tool to Disrupt Sino-Pakistani Economics. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — May 5, 2022 | A Baloch suicide bombing targeting Chinese workers in Karachi comes a mere month after the US-backed ousting of PM Imran Khan. Pakistan is a critical BRI hub in Beijing's vast Eurasian connectivity project, and it looks like CPEC is the ultimate target of this disruption. | This is the concise story of how a suicide bombing may carry the potential to subvert the whole, ongoing, complex process of Eurasia integration. | Recently, the Balochistan Liberation Movement (BLA) had released an ISIS-influenced video threatening "Chinese officials and installations" in Pakistan's vast p…

____ (2022-05-11). The sellout of the UIC graduate student strike: The political lessons. wsws.org Last month, the Graduate Educators Organization, under pressure from the AFT, shutdown and sold out the strike of over 1, 0 graduate students fighting against poverty wages at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

____ (2022-05-11). Australian election features "wage growth" sham. wsws.org The Labor Party is working with the trade unions to keep a lid on the eruption of strikes by holding out false hopes of wages relief under a Labor government.

____ (2022-05-11). Record gas prices cut further into US workers' real wages. wsws.org Rising costs are putting mounting pressure on American workers. Everything from food, to gas, to medicine has become more expensive in recent months.

____ (2022-05-11). Detroit Diesel workers repudiate UAW sellout, vote by 79 percent to reject pro company deal. wsws.org The vote is a powerful statement of unity and part of a growing rebellion against the UAW aimed at overturning decades of concessions and winning substantial raises in the face of record inflation.

____ (2022-05-11). UAW delivers full contract to Volvo Trucks workers one year after sabotaging their strike. wsws.org Volvo workers now live under a UAW-imposed contract whose "pay raises" are being devoured by runaway inflation.

____ (2022-05-11). Suspend the sentence of Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught! No jail time, fines or penalties! wsws.org Nurses and health care workers around the US and the world have rallied to the defense of RaDonda because they know the real causes of tragic medical errors are chronic understaffing, inhuman workloads, and the subordination of medical care to corporate profit.

____ (2022-05-10). Foreign lenders continue to strangle Ukraine. wsws.org While a tight grip is being kept on economic aid to Ukraine, NATO countries are tripping over themselves on a nearly daily basis to announce the dispatch of ever-more lethal weaponry to the country.

Editor2 (2022-05-10). The Left and its Deplorable Role in Ukraine's War. orinocotribune.com By Juanlu González — empty In 1964, Marcuse warned about the loss of revolutionary capacity in the West due to the triumph of repressive measures implemented by advanced industrial societies to silence any kind of intellectual dissent through the media, advertising, propaganda, and the most unbridled consumerism. At that time, it heralded the birth of the

____ (2022-05-10). German government imposes war costs on working class. wsws.org If the German government has its way, the working class will pay for the cost of its participation in the Ukraine war and the biggest rearmament programme since Hitler with mass poverty and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.

_____ (2022-05-10). Hundreds Of Day Cares Are Closed Today As Educators Go On Strike. popularresistance.org Hundreds of child care providers in 27 states and Washington, D.C., went on strike Monday to remind policymakers how essential they are, not only to families but to the nation's economy. | Early childhood professionals — and the parents they serve — said they're fed up with the lack of progress on policy promises such as better wages and expanded subsidies. | "I've never met a family who has said child care is affordable," said Allyx Schiavone, a member of the Ideal Learning Roundtable, a national group of developmental early childhood education experts. Schiavone helped organize a Connecticut-specifi…

____ (2022-05-10). China unveils five-year plan for bioeconomy. ecns.cn China's top economic regulator on Tuesday unveiled a new plan to spur the bioeconomy during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), in a bid to promote high-quality development of the sector.

____ (2022-05-10). China's VAT credit refunds exceed 800 bln yuan in April. ecns.cn China's value-added tax (VAT) credit refunds reached 801.5 billion yuan (about 119 billion U.S. dollars) in April, official data showed Tuesday.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-05-10). 2022 World Trade Month – Expanding California African Global Trade. indybay.org Since 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities.

Matt Sedlar (2022-05-10). The Data Show Our Economy Continues to Grow Quite Nicely. cepr.net The latest GDP report shows that the main components of final demand, consumption, investment and government expenditures are still growing at a healthy pace.

Benjamin Norton (2022-05-10). In Cuba, Mexico's AMLO calls for end to blockade, urges Latin American unity amid 'US economic decline'. multipolarista.com Mexican President López Obrador took a historic trip to Cuba, where he called for an end to the US blockade and criticized right-wing "coup-plotters." He said Latin America should form a union, amid "the economic decline of the United States."

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-10). Iran's Sari hosts 264th meeting of ECO member states' envoys. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — The 264th meeting of Council of Permanent Representatives of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)'s member states was held in northern Iranian city of Sari, Mazandaran province on Tuesday evening.

Staff (2022-05-10). Army evacuates former Sri Lankan PM from besieged residence. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Heavily armed troops have evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan Prime Minister from his official residence in Colombo after thousands of protesters breached the main gate in the worst violence in weeks of protests over economic crisis.

Dana Sanchez (2022-05-10). Luna: TerraUSD (UST) Crypto Stablecoin Peg Collapses, Bitcoin Sold From Reserves To Defend. moguldom.com TerraUSD (UST), one of the largest of the stablecoins — so-called because of its reliance on a stable asset such as a U.S. dollar — lost its dollar peg for the second time in three days Monday, falling to as low as $0.65 amid a broad selloff in crypto and global equity markets. The Luna …

____ (2022-05-10). China, Germany set to prosper from collaboration, mutual trust. ecns.cn Officials and business leaders in Germany pin great hopes on the collaboration and mutual trust between China and Germany, which they believe are key to the growth and prosperity of the two countries.

Fight Back (2022-05-10). Milwaukee: Defend Roe v. Wade protest mobilizes 1000-plus. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On May 7, the Milwaukee International Women's Day Coalition hosted an action to support reproductive rights and defend Roe v. Wade from the attack by the Supreme Court. | Over 1000 people turned out for the rally and march. The action started at Planned Parenthood and ended at the Milwaukee Federal Court building where Ron Johnson's office is located. Johnson is an anti-choice U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. | Decorah Gordon, a member of the executive board of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council and the A. Philip Randolph Institute, spoke at the start of the rally. "Our human rights are no longer…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-05-10). Women take on union busters by stepping up union organizing. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Women across America, learning firsthand about the extent to which bosses try to destroy unions, are taking the lead in confronting and battling back against the union busters. At one notorious workplace, the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, they battled union busters who tried all kinds of tactics to defeat the union organizing drive, including …

Staff (2022-05-10). Las 3 del día: Historias del Saratoga y las noticias del 9 de mayo(+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Tras la explosión en el hotel Saratoga de La Habana, el 6 de mayo, muchos han sido los testimonios recogidos por los reporteros de Cubadebate, quienes han dado seguimiento casi minuto a minuto a las labores de búsqueda y rescate en el lugar del siniestro. Desde Las 3 del día le contamos algunas de esas historias.

Staff (2022-05-10). Operación de rescate y salvamento en el hotel Saratoga: àöltimas noticias (IV). cubadebate.cu Cubadebate continúa reportando desde el lugar de los hechos y desde los centros de salud donde son atendidas las víctimas, con el concurso de las redes sociales, colaboradores y medios hermanos. Este martes no han cesado las labores de excavación y búsqueda en el hotel Saratoga y los edificios contiguos. La cifra de fallecidos ya asciende a 42.

Staff (2022-05-10). Transformación digital, proceso estratégico y urgente para Cuba. cubadebate.cu Las ideas preliminares para la elaboración de la Política para la transformación digital en Cuba y la Agenda Digital Cubana 2030 fueron objetos de análisis por parte de los integrantes del Consejo Nacional de Innovación (CNI), en su reunión correspondiente a mayo. La sesión estuvo encabezada por el presidente cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

____ (2022-05-10). Australia: Labor and the Coalition in lockstep as COVID-19 infection toll passes six million. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in this election advancing a program of action for the working class to protect lives and end the pandemic.

Kevin Mwanza (2022-05-10). Solana Crypto Breaks, Ethereum Trips Over Sky High Gas Fees: 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com A proof-of-stake chain flood caused by high traffic demand from non-fungible tokens (NFTs) knocked Solana validators out of consensus, grinding block production to a halt and pushing Ethereum gas prices to unprecedented levels. The Solana blockchain crashed on April 30 and May 1 and had to be restarted, while the cost of block space skyrocketed …

Ed Rampell (2022-05-10). 'Pacific Cinewaves': South Seas cinema at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — Since 1898, when a Thomas Edison camera crew on location in Honolulu shot the first footage ever filmed in the Pacific Islands, the South Seas Cinema movie genre has been dominated by Haole (Caucasians) male filmmakers lensing productions primarily for the consumption of Haole audiences in order to make money. These motion …

Contributing Writers (2022-05-10). Grand Jury Day Five/ Financial Destruction/ By Prof. Dr. Christian Kreib. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

Lindsay Owens (2022-05-10). No es solo inflación, es aumento de precios. peoplesworld.org Si últimamente se ha visto afectado por precios más altos en todo, desde comestibles hasta alquiler de automóviles y precios de la gasolina, probablemente se esté preguntando qué demonios hay detrás de estos costos vertiginosos. Las corporaciones se apresuran a culpar de esta nueva realidad a la pandemia o la guerra en Ucrania, pero otro …

Owen Fairclough (2022-05-10). U.S. President Biden pledges to fight inflation. america.cgtn.com U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged to make life cheaper for the most vulnerable families as new data showed that the price of fuel — one of the costliest outgoings — is hitting new highs.

____ (2022-05-10). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Carpenters in Ontario have joined with other construction workers in an expanding strike wave in response to burgeoning inflation that is eroding wages.

____ (2022-05-10). Support Arriva South bus drivers! For a London-wide strike to break Unite's de facto pay freeze! wsws.org By Unite's own admission, it has presided over four years of below-inflation pay deals. It now wants to impose another one.

____ (2022-05-10). Gov't trying to help students find jobs. ecns.cn Faced with employment pressures brought by a record number of college graduates and the epidemic situation, governments and schools are mulling over a series of moves to help students find jobs.

Anonymous103 (2022-05-10). Bongbong Politics: Rehabilitating the Marcos Family. southfront.org Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark on May 9 | Children should not pay for the sins of their parents. But in some cases, a healthy suspicion of the offspring is needed, notably when it comes to profiting off ill-gotten gains. It is certainly needed in the case of Filipino politician and presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, who stands to win on May 9. | Bongbong's father was the notorious strongman Ferdinand Marcos, his mother, the avaricious, shoe-cra…

____ (2022-05-10). "We've all suffered the same way": Striking Cedars-Sinai Medical Center workers speak out. wsws.org The striking healthcare service workers are fighting for safe working conditions, improved staffing and better wages.

____ (2022-05-10). Detroit Diesel workers: Vote NO on UAW sellout contract! Form a rank-and-file committee to take control of the struggle! wsws.org The UAW wants to force through a slave charter which will cut benefits and real wages, but what will actually happen depends on what the workers do.

Editor (2022-05-10). Energy reforms blocked in Mexico, sharpening ideological lines for 2024 elections. mronline.org These were no minor initiatives; they jeopardized the agendas put forth by the neoliberal administrations of the past.

Fight Back (2022-05-10). Dallas marches against anti-abortion draft Supreme Court decision. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, May 7, around 200 people gathered at Civic Garden park in downtown Dallas to protest the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, thus allowing over half of U.S. states to ban abortion completely. Chants present at the rally included "When abortion is under attack, what do we do? Stand up fight back!" and "Healthcare is a human right!" | Jo Hargis of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, criticized the Supreme Court's decision and the Democratic Party's inaction despite campaign promises, stating, "We have Democrats such as Obama and Biden claiming in their cam…

____ (2022-05-10). May Day 2022: The class struggle in the Asia-Pacific. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Tom Peters to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Peters is a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, which is fighting to build a section of the ICFI.

____ (2022-05-10). May Day 2022: The revolutionary role of the American working class. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Joseph Kishore to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Kishore is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States.

____ (2022-05-10). Indian workers and students speak out on NATO-Russia war. wsws.org Supporters of the ICFI in India spoke to workers and youth about the need to build an anti-war movement of the working class based on socialist internationalism amid the proxy war waged by the US and its NATO allies against Russia.

____ (2022-05-10). Strong support for SEP's socialist program in Australian rural city of Shepparton. wsws.org "There's no way I'm voting for another capitalist government in my life" — Cherrill…

____ (2022-05-10). Hope of Party, country rests on youth: Xi. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said the hope of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the country rests on the youth.

____ (2022-05-10). Xi urges firm beliefs, fighting spirit in youth league members. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on members of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) in the new era to build up firm beliefs, and boost their courage and skills to carry out struggles, among others.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-10). Progressives Across Europe Mark the 77th Anniversary of Victory Over Nazi Germany. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Victory Day — Europe. Communists in Moscow on Victory Day. (Photo: via kprf.ru) The Victory Day celebrations were held even as anti-communist and anti-Russian sections across Europe have been trying to undermine the role of the Soviet Union in defeating the Nazi Germany during World War II On May 8 and 9, progressive…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-10). Progressives across Europe mark 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. peoplesdispatch.org The Victory Day celebrations were held even as anti-communist and anti-Russian sections across Europe have been trying to undermine the role of the Soviet Union in defeating the Nazi Germany during World War II…

____ (2022-05-10). Foreign lenders continue to strangle Ukraine. wsws.org While a tight grip is being kept on economic aid to Ukraine, NATO countries are tripping over themselves on a nearly daily basis to announce the dispatch of ever-more lethal weaponry to the country.

____ (2022-05-10). German government imposes war costs on working class. wsws.org If the German government has its way, the working class will pay for the cost of its participation in the Ukraine war and the biggest rearmament programme since Hitler with mass poverty and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Editor2 (2022-05-10). The Left and its Deplorable Role in Ukraine's War. orinocotribune.com By Juanlu González — May 4, 2022 | In 1964, Marcuse warned about the loss of revolutionary capacity in the West due to the triumph of repressive measures implemented by advanced industrial societies to silence any kind of intellectual dissent through the media, advertising, propaganda, and the most unbridled consumerism. At that time, it heralded the birth of the

Staff (2022-05-10). Army evacuates former Sri Lankan PM from besieged residence. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Heavily armed troops have evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan Prime Minister from his official residence in Colombo after thousands of protesters breached the main gate in the worst violence in weeks of protests over economic crisis.

____ (2022-05-10). Australia: Labor and the Coalition in lockstep as COVID-19 infection toll passes six million. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in this election advancing a program of action for the working class to protect lives and end the pandemic.

Fight Back (2022-05-10). Milwaukee: Defend Roe v. Wade protest mobilizes 1000-plus. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On May 7, the Milwaukee International Women's Day Coalition hosted an action to support reproductive rights and defend Roe v. Wade from the attack by the Supreme Court. | Over 1000 people turned out for the rally and march. The action started at Planned Parenthood and ended at the Milwaukee Federal Court building where Ron Johnson's office is located. Johnson is an anti-choice U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. | Decorah Gordon, a member of the executive board of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council and the A. Philip Randolph Institute, spoke at the start of the rally. "Our human rights are no longer…

Staff (2022-05-10). Las 3 del día: Historias del Saratoga y las noticias del 9 de mayo(+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Tras la explosión en el hotel Saratoga de La Habana, el 6 de mayo, muchos han sido los testimonios recogidos por los reporteros de Cubadebate, quienes han dado seguimiento casi minuto a minuto a las labores de búsqueda y rescate en el lugar del siniestro. Desde Las 3 del día le contamos algunas de esas historias.

Contributing Writers (2022-05-10). Grand Jury Day Five/ Financial Destruction/ By Prof. Dr. Christian Kreib. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

____ (2022-05-10). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Carpenters in Ontario have joined with other construction workers in an expanding strike wave in response to burgeoning inflation that is eroding wages.

____ (2022-05-10). Detroit Diesel workers: Vote NO on UAW sellout contract! Form a rank-and-file committee to take control of the struggle! wsws.org The UAW wants to force through a slave charter which will cut benefits and real wages, but what will actually happen depends on what the workers do.

____ (2022-05-10). "We've all suffered the same way": Striking Cedars-Sinai Medical Center workers speak out. wsws.org The striking healthcare service workers are fighting for safe working conditions, improved staffing and better wages.

____ (2022-05-10). Strong support for SEP's socialist program in Australian rural city of Shepparton. wsws.org "There's no way I'm voting for another capitalist government in my life" — Cherrill…

____ (2022-05-10). Indian workers and students speak out on NATO-Russia war. wsws.org Supporters of the ICFI in India spoke to workers and youth about the need to build an anti-war movement of the working class based on socialist internationalism amid the proxy war waged by the US and its NATO allies against Russia.

Fight Back (2022-05-10). Dallas marches against anti-abortion draft Supreme Court decision. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, May 7, around 200 people gathered at Civic Garden park in downtown Dallas to protest the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, thus allowing over half of U.S. states to ban abortion completely. Chants present at the rally included "When abortion is under attack, what do we do? Stand up fight back!" and "Healthcare is a human right!" | Jo Hargis of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, criticized the Supreme Court's decision and the Democratic Party's inaction despite campaign promises, stating, "We have Democrats such as Obama and Biden claiming in their cam…

____ (2022-05-09). West continues to ramp up sanctions on Russia, increase strain on global economy. ecns.cn The United States and its Western allies on Sunday announced new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, a move that aims to further cripple Moscow's economy but poses severe challenges for global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

_____ (2022-05-09). What Is Happening In The Global Currency Market? popularresistance.org Ukraine has been an issue in the news but behind the scenes what has really been of interest to a lot of people is what is happening in the global currency market. The ruble fell very dramatically. It has now come up and has reached almost parity with the dollar, or where it was before the Ukraine war started. But more than that, the fact $300 billion of Russian reserves were seized, essentially frozen, the Russian Central Bank is under sanctions, what does it mean for countries which maintain a currency surplus in other currencies, whether it is dollars, euros or whatever denomination, what happens to them? Does…

____ (2022-05-09). Workers in London oppose NATO proxy war in Ukraine: "The mass media prepare us for war with propaganda and lies" wsws.org Socialist Equality Party members campaigned in north London this weekend, winning support for a mass international anti-war movement rooted in the working class and based on a socialist strategy.

Fight Back (2022-05-09). What is historical materialism? fightbacknews.org Now that we have talked about the Marxist theory of knowledge and examined the meaning and function of dialectical materialism, let's look at how that is applied to studying the historical development of society. Marx called this "the materialist conception of history," or historical materialism. It is historical materialism that demonstrates the link between dialectical materialism and political economy. Here we have dialectical materialism applied to history. | Before we get into all of the details of historical materialism, let's take an introductory look at some of the key concepts. This way we can understan…

____ (2022-05-09). First TCM herb train from Vietnam arrives in China. ecns.cn A train loaded with herbs from Dong Dang in northern Vietnam arrived in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Sunday, marking further cooperation in the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

____ (2022-05-09). China to make better use of structural monetary policy tools. ecns.cn China's central bank on Monday said full play should be given to the guiding roles of structural monetary policy tools.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-05-09). 2022 World Trade Month – Expanding California African Global Trade. indybay.org Since 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-05-09). Persian Gulf region plays decisive role in regional economy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — Referring to the strategic position of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, Major General Safavi said that the adoption of the ocean-based strategy plays a decisive role in the economic prospect of the region.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-09). The black hole that is military spending. peoplesdispatch.org Amid a pandemic and dire economic crises across the world, military spending has continued relentlessly. The US has been the biggest spender by a huge margin. We look at some of the key findings from the recent SIPRI report.

James K. Galbraith (2022-05-09). The dollar system in a multi-polar world. mronline.org The multipolar financial world is here. The United States can survive it—but only with major political and economic changes at home. It's time to start thinking about what those need to be.

JANET (2022-05-09). DESPITE REPEATED FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH BINDING DECISIONS OF THE ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE, CAPE VERDE HAS BEEN DEEMED FIT TO HOST THE COURT'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE. iacenter.org By a human rights lawyer, Dan Kovalik, in regards to the forthcoming ECOWAS Conference being held in Cape Verde 9-12 May The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) can best be described as "a West African version of the EU. "Unlike the European Union, however, the level of integration remains limited, mired in regional and bilateral disagreements, but progress is being made. ECOWAS is headquartered in the Nigerian capital of Abuja and Nigeria is by far the largest financial contributor to grouping. One notable, perhaps even surprising, area in which there has been significant progress towards integrat…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-09). Iran-Armenia Economic Commission to hold meeting in Yerevan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — Deputy Foreign Ministry for Economic Diplomacy Affairs said that 17th Iran-Armenia Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission meeting will be held in Armenian capital of Yerevan on May 10-11.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-05-09). Political, economic aspects of pres. Assad visit to Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The official Syrian news agency- SANA- has published an analysis of Bashar al-Assad's Sunday visit to Tehran, stressing the two countries are inseparable.

Jim Spellman (2022-05-09). Chinese owned business succeeds through sustainability, plastic recycling in US. america.cgtn.com Sunfiber has helped reverse some of the economic hardship here. Two production lines run 24 hours a day. They employ about 200 U.S. staff and about 20 Chinese employees.

____ (2022-05-09). May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.

Joel Richards (2022-05-09). Buenos Aires: music from below. america.cgtn.com This record label in Buenos Aires is exploring the sounds of the 'Barrio' and connecting its emerging artists to a wider public and, also, brands.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-05-09). Jobless rate steady at 3.6%; Firms claimed to create 406K jobs. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —The U.S. jobless rate remained at 3.6% in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as private sector firms claimed to add 406,000 new jobs that month. That put private firms almost at their job levels before the coronavirus-caused depression two years ago. Governments added 22,000 jobs in April, 77% of them in local …

_____ (2022-05-09). High-Deductible Health Plans Make Income Inequality Worse. popularresistance.org Anyone holding a high-deductible health plan understands the dynamic: When it costs more for people to access health care, they're going to think twice before using it. It's a system designed to hold down costs by discouraging service. | But there's something even more insidious about such plans. For lower income California families already living paycheck to paycheck, a single medical need can sink them deeper into financial peril. This type of health care keeps poor people poor. | That is precisely what worries Malissa Sanchez, whose employer in Los Angeles essentially forced a high deductible health plan (HDHP…

Editor (2022-05-09). State of working America 2021: Measuring wages in the pandemic labor market. mronline.org

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-09). Iran aims to increase exports to Lebanon: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The Director-General of Iranian Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare for International Affairs said that his ministry is ready to expand and promote trade with Lebanon.

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-05-09). Mexico's migrant massacre. america.cgtn.com An elaborate scheme of bad actors with networks stretching over the territories of multiple countries, including El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, controls the illegal passage of people to the U.S., preying on their desperate circumstances.

____ (2022-05-09). Australian Labor leader Anthony Albanese pitches to big business at Chamber of Commerce. wsws.org Albanese pledged that a Labor government would revive the "reform agenda" of sweeping pro-business restructuring implemented in the 1980s and 90s.

____ (2022-05-09). Australia: Victorian state Labor government budget tries to conceal austerity agenda. wsws.org The budget was a political fraud, seeking to cover up the Labor Party's preparations for austerity measures.

____ (2022-05-09). SEP Australia online meeting: "Vote 1 Socialist Equality Party" wsws.org In the party's final public meeting before the federal election, SEP candidates and party leaders will outline the socialist and revolutionary alternative to the right-wing, pro-business and militarist policies of Labor, the Liberal-Nationals and all the parliamentary parties.

____ (2022-05-09). The EU Is Destroying Its Own Energy Security with the Planned Russian Oil Embargo. transcend.org 7 May 2022 – With no clear alternatives and surging energy prices, sanctions look set to hurt the bloc more than they will harm Russia.

Staff (2022-05-09). Venezuela's Inflation Rate Rises to 4.4% in April. orinocotribune.com Caracas, May 8, 2022 ( In addition, this marks the third month with an inflation rate of less…

____ (2022-05-09). Anger at Detroit Diesel as UAW attempts to rush a vote on six-year sellout agreement. wsws.org The UAW is trying to rush through a ratification vote on a tentative contract containing wage increase far below the rate of inflation, higher medical costs and maintenance of the tier system.

____ (2022-05-09). Oppose the draconian State of Emergency! No to presidential dictatorship! Abolish the executive presidency! wsws.org The declaration of a state of emergency is in preparation to crush the working class and the month-long struggle of working people for the president's resignation and an end to the social misery created by skyrocketing inflation and chronic shortages of essentials.

____ (2022-05-09). California nurse dies by suicide, and nurses respond: "We went from health care heroes to sacrificial lambs" wsws.org Nurses describe dangerous short staffing, lack of access to mental health services and a culture of abuse where all aspects of care are determined according to profit.

Dana Sanchez (2022-05-09). Popular Technical Analyst: Quick Bitcoin Breakdown To $30,000 Is Imminent. moguldom.com Bitcoin crashed to its record low for 2022 on Monday, May 9 with CNBC chart master Carter Braxton Worth predicting "a quick price decline to $30,000+/- level is imminent" while analysts almost unanimously agreed that the best advice for Bitcoin's short-term outlook is "be careful." A 32-year Wall Street veteran, Braxton Worth is considered one …

_____ (2022-05-09). Inside Operation Gladio: How NATO Supported Nazis And Terrorists. popularresistance.org Today, I have on Asa Winstanley to talk about a series that he's been publishing at his Substack about Operation Gladio, that is the NATO 'stay behind' networks in Europe, and that is how in the first Cold War, NATO supported a bunch of former Nazis and fascists to wage a war against the Soviet Union but really it was also a war internally against socialism. And today, we're going to talk about what Operation Gladio is. This is not that well known even though there's so many documents that have been released proving definitively that after World War II, NATO, the CIA and European intelligence agencies created a s…

____ (2022-05-09). May Day 2022: Young people must turn to the working class and the fight for socialism! wsws.org This is the report delivered by Gregor Link to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Link is a leading member in Germany of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, the youth movement of the International Committee of the Fourth International and its affiliated Socialist Equality Parties.

____ (2022-05-09). May Day 2022: Australian ruling class promotes anti-China campaign. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Cheryl Crisp to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Crisp is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Australia.

Staff (2022-05-09). Por qué la biotecnología no debe ser excepción. cubadebate.cu En los días cercanos al éxito de las vacunas cubanas en el control de la COVID-19, y al reconocimiento que recibimos todos los trabajadores de BioCubaFarma al ser escogidos para abrir el desfile del Primero de mayo, se discutió mucho, y en muchos escenarios, sobre el rol de la ciencia en el proyecto social socialista cubano, y en especial en la economía.

____ (2022-05-09). "Workers urgently need to develop their consciousness because the mass media prepare us for war with propaganda and lies." wsws.org Socialist Equality Party members campaigned in north London this weekend, winning support for a mass international anti-war movement rooted in the working class and based on a socialist strategy.

____ (2022-05-09). West continues to ramp up sanctions on Russia, increase strain on global economy. ecns.cn The United States and its Western allies on Sunday announced new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, a move that aims to further cripple Moscow's economy but poses severe challenges for global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-05-09). 2022 World Trade Month – Expanding California African Global Trade. indybay.org Since 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities.

____ (2022-05-09). China to make better use of structural monetary policy tools. ecns.cn China's central bank on Monday said full play should be given to the guiding roles of structural monetary policy tools.

____ (2022-05-09). First TCM herb train from Vietnam arrives in China. ecns.cn A train loaded with herbs from Dong Dang in northern Vietnam arrived in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Sunday, marking further cooperation in the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-05-09). Persian Gulf region plays decisive role in regional economy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — Referring to the strategic position of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, Major General Safavi said that the adoption of the ocean-based strategy plays a decisive role in the economic prospect of the region.

____ (2022-05-09). May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-09). The black hole that is military spending. peoplesdispatch.org Amid a pandemic and dire economic crises across the world, military spending has continued relentlessly. The US has been the biggest spender by a huge margin. We look at some of the key findings from the recent SIPRI report.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-05-09). Jobless rate steady at 3.6%; Firms claimed to create 406K jobs. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —The U.S. jobless rate remained at 3.6% in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as private sector firms claimed to add 406,000 new jobs that month. That put private firms almost at their job levels before the coronavirus-caused depression two years ago. Governments added 22,000 jobs in April, 77% of them in local …

____ (2022-05-09). Australian Labor leader Anthony Albanese pitches to big business at Chamber of Commerce. wsws.org Albanese pledged that a Labor government would revive the "reform agenda" of sweeping pro-business restructuring implemented in the 1980s and 90s.

____ (2022-05-09). Australia: Victorian state Labor government budget tries to conceal austerity agenda. wsws.org The budget was a political fraud, seeking to cover up the Labor Party's preparations for austerity measures.

____ (2022-05-09). SEP Australia online meeting: "Vote 1 Socialist Equality Party" wsws.org In the party's final public meeting before the federal election, SEP candidates and party leaders will outline the socialist and revolutionary alternative to the right-wing, pro-business and militarist policies of Labor, the Liberal-Nationals and all the parliamentary parties.

____ (2022-05-09). The EU Is Destroying Its Own Energy Security with the Planned Russian Oil Embargo. transcend.org 7 May 2022 – With no clear alternatives and surging energy prices, sanctions look set to hurt the bloc more than they will harm Russia.

____ (2022-05-09). Anger at Detroit Diesel as UAW attempts to rush a vote on six-year sellout agreement. wsws.org The UAW is trying to rush through a ratification vote on a tentative contract containing wage increase far below the rate of inflation, higher medical costs and maintenance of the tier system.

____ (2022-05-09). Oppose the draconian State of Emergency! No to presidential dictatorship! Abolish the executive presidency! wsws.org The declaration of a state of emergency is in preparation to crush the working class and the month-long struggle of working people for the president's resignation and an end to the social misery created by skyrocketing inflation and chronic shortages of essentials.

____ (2022-05-09). California nurse dies by suicide, and nurses respond: "We went from health care heroes to sacrificial lambs" wsws.org Nurses describe dangerous short staffing, lack of access to mental health services and a culture of abuse where all aspects of care are determined according to profit.

____ (2022-05-09). "Workers urgently need to develop their consciousness because the mass media prepare us for war with propaganda and lies." wsws.org Socialist Equality Party members campaigned in north London this weekend, winning support for a mass international anti-war movement rooted in the working class and based on a socialist strategy.

_____ (2022-05-08). The Poor People's Campaign And The Moral Dilemma Of Liberalism. popularresistance.org Rev. William Barber, an indisputable champion of the poor and a consistent voice demanding an end to poverty, may have made a serious moral and ethical error that effectively placed him outside of the "Kingian" framework that informed Dr. King's work especially during the last year of his life. | In an attempt to make a point about the flawed priorities of the duopoly, Dr. Barber wrote in an email to the "movement family" on Saturday, April 30, 2022 that, "despite the political gridlock on Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats have acted swiftly to approve historic military aid to Ukraine. In the face of such a…

_____ (2022-05-08). Venezuela And Iran Deepen Cooperation To Overcome US Sanctions. popularresistance.org Caracas, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro held a meeting with Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji in Caracas to strengthen energy cooperation as the two oil producing countries ramp up efforts to offset US sanctions. | On Monday, Maduro hosted Owji and other Iranian officials in Miraflores Palace where they held a "productive meeting" to "deepen the ties of brotherhood and cooperation [between the nations] in energy matters." | In a Twitter post, the Venezuelan mandatary expressed his gratitude for Iran's ongoing support in the Caribbean country's struggle to recover the economy under US sanction…

amarynth (2022-05-08). Growing up Yellow Vest: Seeing French elites, not French people, conquered by neoliberalism. thesaker.is By Ramin Mazaheri for the Saker Blog World War II saw massive political gains by the lower classes and average person, but only via their own mass-murder. Many socio-economic demands…

Benjamin Norton (2022-05-08). Argentina will attend BRICS summits, at China's invitation, in step toward 'formal entry'. multipolarista.com China invited Argentina to attend the 2022 summits of the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Argentina's ambassador says it's a step toward "formal entry" to the grouping, an alternative to the US-dominated financial system.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-05-08). 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.

____ (2022-05-08). China's dynamic zero-COVID policy essential to safeguard people's lives, says Cambodian scholar. ecns.cn China's dynamic zero-COVID approach is crucial to protect people's lives and to minimize the pandemic's impact on socioeconomic development, a Cambodian scholar has said.

____ (2022-05-08). Health Care workers strike at Los Angeles' Cedar Sinai Medical Center. wsws.org The strike, which is being trivialized by the union as an "Unfair Labor Practice strike," raises issues of political power and socialism.

Fight Back (2022-05-08). Young unionists in Milwaukee study book Class Struggle Unionism. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Young labor activists in Wisconsin are reading the new book Class Struggle Unionism by veteran labor activist Joe Burns. Two dozen members of the Young Workers Committee (YWC) of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council have been meeting every month to study chapters of the book, which presents the case for a class-struggle based approach to unionism, where democratic, member-led unions vie for more than just better wages and working conditions but for greater control over their workplaces. | In the book, Burns argues that the "business unionism" ideology of class-collaboration with employers and the serv…

Staff (2022-05-08). Iran, Poland sign document on cultural cooperation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) — Iran and Poland signed a document on cultural, sports, scientific, youth and media collaborations.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-05-08). "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.

____ (2022-05-08). We are witnessing a world conflict, you can also call it the third world war: Serbian president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92May 7, 2022 Vuƒçiƒá: "After Putin's statement, our situation has changed for the worse" "In the past decade, we have faced many crises, a catastrophic financial crisis, we have also faced the worst floods, the migrant crisis and a million people have passed through the country, we have faced coronavirus pandemic, and in our time …

Anna Massoglia (2022-05-08). First Quarter of 2022 Sees Record $1 Billion Spent on Lobbying. truthout.org This year is on track for record lobbying spending after lobbyists collectively clocked the biggest first quarter haul in history — with more than $1 billion disclosed during the first quarter of 2022 alone. | At this point in 2021, 10,503 lobbyists had brought in less than $929 million across all industries. | The federal budget was the most lobbied issue from January through March, with 3,394 clients paying for lobbying on the issue. Health issues were also heavily lobbied, with 2,068 clients. | Lobbying related to health continues to dominate spending as recovery from the coronavirus pandemic continues.

_____ (2022-05-08). The Border-Industrial Complex In The Biden Era. popularresistance.org 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 fire trucks racing to a blaze, the Border Patrol mobilization around me was growing so large I could only imagine an emergency situation developing. | I started climbing to get a better look and soon found myself alone on a golden hill dotted with alligat…

____ (2022-05-08). May Day 2022: Turkey's role in the US-NATO war drive against Russia amidst growing class struggle. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Ate≈üàßi is a leader of the Sosyalist Isitlik Grubu, the Socialist Equality Group in Turkey.

Liberation Staff (2022-05-08). Solidarity with Cuba: Heroic rescue efforts amid Hotel Saratoga tragedy. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation extends our heartfelt condolences to the Cuban people for the lives lost in the tragedy of the Hotel Saratoga explosion in Havana.

_____ (2022-05-08). A Socialist Perspective On The Abortion Rights Struggle. popularresistance.org On the night of May 3, a US Supreme Court draft decision regarding the landmark Roe v. Wade decision was leaked to the press. As per the draft, penned by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court is set to overturn the historic decision, eliminating the right to abortion for millions of women. In response, thousands have taken to the streets of US cities, demanding that the right to abortion be protected. Activists and the millions of women in the streets hope that this outpour can sway the final Supreme Court decision. | Karina Garcia is an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation and a w…

Editor2 (2022-05-08). 71 Years of RFE/RL: How the CIA-Founded American State Run Media Outlet Survived the Soviet Collapse to Fight Cold War 2.0. orinocotribune.com Originally established as an anti-Bolshevik endeavor, RFE/RL has thrived as US-Russia relations have nose-dived | The first of May marks the 51st anniversary of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (hereinafter "RFE/RL", although this didn't become the official name until 1976) — radio stations which broadcast into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, respectively. As detailed in an internal CIA document from 1951 titled "Radio Aims and Objectives," RFE/RL was to be operated by refugees or exiles from the various Socialist Bloc countries to broadcast information intended to encourage "hatred against the regime(s…

Fight Back (2022-05-08). Denver SDS fights for Roe, marches to senator's office. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On May 5, Students for a Democratic Society led a march of several dozen students and community members from Auraria Campus to the office of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet to deliver a list of demands to encode legal access to safe abortions for all. | Denver SDS was joined by The Brazen Project and the local chapter of Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | In response to a draft opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito released to Politico on May 2 that points to the dissolution of the federally protected right to abortion in the United States, Denver SDS led a march on the tri-instituti…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-05-08). Saturday 5/7: World Workers Rising. indybay.org

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-05-08). Is China a Communist or a Capitalist Country? globalresearch.ca Scroll down to download Michel Chossudovsky's book on China in

____ (2022-05-08). China's dynamic zero-COVID policy essential to safeguard people's lives, says Cambodian scholar. ecns.cn China's dynamic zero-COVID approach is crucial to protect people's lives and to minimize the pandemic's impact on socioeconomic development, a Cambodian scholar has said.

amarynth (2022-05-08). Growing up Yellow Vest: Seeing French elites, not French people, conquered by neoliberalism. thesaker.is By Ramin Mazaheri for the Saker Blog World War II saw massive political gains by the lower classes and average person, but only via their own mass-murder. Many socio-economic demands…

Fight Back (2022-05-08). Young unionists in Milwaukee study book Class Struggle Unionism. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Young labor activists in Wisconsin are reading the new book Class Struggle Unionism by veteran labor activist Joe Burns. Two dozen members of the Young Workers Committee (YWC) of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council have been meeting every month to study chapters of the book, which presents the case for a class-struggle based approach to unionism, where democratic, member-led unions vie for more than just better wages and working conditions but for greater control over their workplaces. | In the book, Burns argues that the "business unionism" ideology of class-collaboration with employers and the serv…

____ (2022-05-08). We are witnessing a world conflict, you can also call it the third world war: Serbian president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92May 7, 2022 Vuƒçiƒá: "After Putin's statement, our situation has changed for the worse" "In the past decade, we have faced many crises, a catastrophic financial crisis, we have also faced the worst floods, the migrant crisis and a million people have passed through the country, we have faced coronavirus pandemic, and in our time …

Fight Back (2022-05-08). Denver SDS fights for Roe, marches to senator's office. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On May 5, Students for a Democratic Society led a march of several dozen students and community members from Auraria Campus to the office of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet to deliver a list of demands to encode legal access to safe abortions for all. | Denver SDS was joined by The Brazen Project and the local chapter of Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | In response to a draft opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito released to Politico on May 2 that points to the dissolution of the federally protected right to abortion in the United States, Denver SDS led a march on the tri-instituti…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-05-08). Saturday 5/7: World Workers Rising. indybay.org

Editor2 (2022-05-08). 71 Years of RFE/RL: How the CIA-Founded American State Run Media Outlet Survived the Soviet Collapse to Fight Cold War 2.0. orinocotribune.com Originally established as an anti-Bolshevik endeavor, RFE/RL has thrived as US-Russia relations have nose-dived | The first of May marks the 51st anniversary of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (hereinafter "RFE/RL", although this didn't become the official name until 1976) — radio stations which broadcast into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, respectively. As detailed in an internal CIA document from 1951 titled "Radio Aims and Objectives," RFE/RL was to be operated by refugees or exiles from the various Socialist Bloc countries to broadcast information intended to encourage "hatred against the regime(s…

_____ (2022-05-07). Chris Hedges Report: The Unrelentingly Radical Life Of Paul Robeson. popularresistance.org Heroic dissidents are demonized, marginalized, physically and psychologically destroyed, or assassinated by the American ruling class. 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," a…

Editor2 (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). 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). The Food Crisis Didn't Begin With The War In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Even before the war in Ukraine, farmers across the U.S. were getting ready for higher prices on seed, fertilizer and crop chemicals. All winter, major farm media was warning farmers to book supplies early as prices would be high and supplies would be short. | The war has only amped up the concern among farmers and input suppliers. Like the oil companies that cited the sanctions on Russian oil to justify steep price increases (even though Russian oil continues to flow almost without interruption), corporate agribusiness has used the war as a justification to ramp up fertilizer, seed and chemical prices even furthe…

Anonymous103 (2022-05-07). U.S. Regime Thinks It Should Be 'Calling the Shots' in Ukraine's War. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse This is a commentary upon N.Y. Times columnist Thomas Friedman's statement on May 6th that Ukraine's Government is and ought…

____ (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). Drones for Ukraine war win Turkey 120 F-16s deal: report. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Hurriyet Daily NewsMay 7, 2022 Key lawmakers signal allowing Turkey's purchase of F-16s: US media If Turkey "plays its cards right," it can convince the U.S. Congress to allow a roughly $6 billion purchase of 40 Block 70 F-16 fighter jets and approximately 80 modernization kits from Lockheed Martin to upgrade its existing fleet, the …

____ (2022-05-07). Tbilisi: Japan, Georgia denounce Russia, discuss trans-Eurasian connections. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMay 6, 2022 Japan's Vice FM Visits Tbilisi Vice Foreign Minister of Japan, Tar≈ç Honda on May 3-4 visited Georgia, where he met the Economy Minister, Vice Prime Minister Levan Davitashvili, Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili, and deputy FM Aleksandre Khvtisiashvili. The senior diplomat and the Georgian Economy Minister during their meeting on May 4 …

Owen Fairclough (2022-05-07). U.S. President Joe Biden visits Ohio touting jobs growth. america.cgtn.com U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday touted strong jobs numbers as evidence of a sound U.S. economy despite increased fears that surging inflation will culminate in a recession. Employers added 428,000 jobs in April, marking 12 straight months of gains over 400,000. But there's …

____ (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.

Rami S Kantar, Joseph R Habib, Hasan Nassereldine, Jamal J Hoballah, Ali H Mokdad (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.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-07). Iran Promises to Provide Fuel to Nicaragua. libya360.wordpress.com Iran is committing to supply fuel to Nicaragua and says its vision for the bilateral relationship is not solely economic. Iran's high-level delegation, headed by Minister of Petroleum Javab Owji, is in Nicaragua to strengthen cooperation in the areas of agriculture, livestock, technology, medicine, energy, petroleum, and parliamentary and foreign relations exchange. The delegation held…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-05-07). Iran ready to use local currencies in trade with Indonesia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari said Iran is ready to use local currencies in trade with Indonesia.

JANET (2022-05-07). SCOTUS rules to exclude Puerto Ricans from SSI. iacenter.org By Richie Merino May 6, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that denies disability benefits to U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico. In an 8-1 ruling April 21, the court agreed with the Biden administration's argument that the federal government has the right to exclude residents of Puerto Rico from Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a monthly cash payment for low-income elderly, blind or disabled people. The law that established SSI, passed in 1972, granted eligibility only to residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia and excluded Puerto Rico. The Supreme Court's decision reversed…

____ (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.

Todd C Lee, Andrew M Morris, Ilan S Schwartz, Emily G McDonald (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.

Editor (2022-05-07). Amazon Gets Huge Contract Despite Biden's Union Pledge. scheerpost.com President Joe Biden meets with Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls on May 5th. The White House. | By Matthew Cunningham-Cook and David Sirota / The Biden administration has re-awarded a massive $10 billion federal contract to Amazon, even as the president is facing mounting pressure to fulfill his promise to halt such contracts to companies that refuse to remain neutral in union elections. The contract decision came as Amazon responded to its workers' first successful union drive by busting the organiz…

_____ (2022-05-07). Buffalo Starbucks Workers Strike Against Unfair Labor Practices. popularresistance.org Buffalo, New York – On Thursday, workers at a downtown Starbucks in Buffalo, New York went on strike after the company announced it was planning to withhold proposed wage increases and benefits from employees at newly unionized stores. | The one-day strike, which shut down the entire store, was a direct response to the announcement by CEO Howard Schultz that proposed raises and benefit increases at corporate-owned Starbucks cafes would not apply to locations that had already unionized or which are planning to unionize. Schultz, who founded the company and now has a net worth of almost $4 billion, claimed that his…

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-05-07). Partido Laborista vence en elecciones locales en Reino Unido. telesurtv.net Recientemente, se destapó un escándalo relacionado con el primer ministro, lo que puede haber influido en los resultados.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-05-07). Pdte. cubano garantiza atención a afectados por explosión. telesurtv.net El presidente resaltó la calidad de la atención a los lesionados en los centros hospitalarios, y aplaudió la labor del personal de salud y los rescatistas.

Our Reporter (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 …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-05-07). Iran, Russia to bolster cooperation in oil, gas fields. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran and Russian Federation will strengthen their cooperation in the fields of oil as well as financial cooperation.

____ (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.

Editor (2022-05-07). Killed by capitalism: U.S. government shrugs shoulders as COVID death toll hits 1 million. mronline.org The United States has just marked a horrific milestone as the official COVID-19 death count passes one million.

JANET (2022-05-07). Sudan: The Three No's of Popular Resistance. iacenter.org By Carlos Lopes Pereira May 6, 2022 Article published in Avante, weekly newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, May 5. Translation: John Catalinotto Sudanese protest military coup, Khartoum, Oct. 25, 2021. Following the upsurge of violence in the Western Darfur region, where "ethnic conflicts" have been registered, the situation in Sudan is getting worse. The political forces that oppose the military junta in power charge that such confrontations show the "failure" of the coup government to "fulfill its duties toward its citizens." At the same time, moves are underway to "resolve" the Sudanese political cris…

Editor2 (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.

Rami S Kantar, Joseph R Habib, Hasan Nassereldine, Jamal J Hoballah, Ali H Mokdad (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.

Todd C Lee, Andrew M Morris, Ilan S Schwartz, Emily G McDonald (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.

Our Reporter (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.

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-05-07). Saturday 5/7: World Workers Rising. indybay.org

Editor (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…

the Research Unit for Political Economy (2022-05-06). Fall-out of the Ukraine conflict on India's economy. mronline.org The Problem Is Actually At Home…

Editor2 (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.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

amarynth (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…

Hayley Brown (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…

Karen Conner (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

Editor2 (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.

Joe Piette (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 . . . |

Candice Bernd (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.

Fight Back (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…

Jacob Buckner (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 …

Mark Gruenberg (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 …

Liberation staff-Olympic Peninsula (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.

Staff (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…

Staff (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.

Sophia (2022-05-06). Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers. inequality.org

Sarah Anderson (2022-05-06). Black Land Theft and the Racial Wealth Divide. inequality.org

Fight Back (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…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (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.

Sam Marcy (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 . . . |

Staff (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…

Dana Sanchez (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 …

deweylaura (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.

Editor2 (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.

amarynth (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.

Mark Gruenberg (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 …

Liberation staff-Olympic Peninsula (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.

Fight Back (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…

Staff (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.

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-05-06). Saturday 5/7: World Workers Rising. indybay.org

Tyler Walicek (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.

Dave DeCamp (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…

Dave DeCamp (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.

Staff (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.

Fight Back (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…

Matt Taibi (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.

Joel Wendland-Liu (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 …

Sharon Zhang (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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Fight Back (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.

Staff (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).

Isheka N. Harrison (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.

Jan D. Weir (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 …

Editor2 (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.

Natalia Marques (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…

Editor (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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Editor (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 . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (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.

Carson Robb (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 …

Dan Connolly (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.

Editor2 (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…

Editor2 (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…

____ (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.

Staff (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).

____ (2022-05-04). 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.

Editor2 (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…

Editor (2022-05-04). The Economic Consequences of the War. scheerpost.com Economic crisis that will seriously affect Russia in 2022 due to the conflict with Ukraine. Bankruptcy and crisis concept. By By Rajan Menon / In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that would prove controversial indeed. In it, he warned that the dracon…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-04). The Left and its Deplorable Role in Ukraine's War. libya360.wordpress.com Juanlu González In 1964, Marcuse warned about the loss of revolutionary capacity in the West due to the triumph of repressive measures implemented by advanced industrial societies to silence any kind of intellectual dissent through the media, advertising, propaganda, and the most unbridled consumerism. At that time, it heralded the birth of the One-Dimensional Man,…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-05-04). "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.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-05-04). 2022 Forecast for Venezuela's Economy. orinocotribune.com The growth in the Venezuelan economy is confirmed by studies that are constantly carried out by various multilateral organizations. Positive forecasts coincide when experts analyze Venezuela's performance for the year 2022 . | As can be seen in various publications in the media and on social networks, everything points to the continued growth of the productive economic apparatus in the months to come. While the figures differ in some cases, they agree on the conclusion that economic indicators are positive, following the nation's exit from hyperinflation. | GDP growth estimates vary from 1.5%—according to t…

Dana Sanchez (2022-05-04). Fed, Biden And Treasury Secretary Yellen Got Inflation All Wrong: 5 Things To Know How They Missed It. moguldom.com Early in Joe Biden's presidency, the commander in chief pointed to lower unemployment as a sign of a rebounding economy amid the pandemic, even as leading polls were sounding the alarm that inflation would be a problem for him. With inflation running at a 40-year high, Biden tried blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-04). Turkey is aiming to repatriate over one million Syrian refugees, claims Erdogan. peoplesdispatch.org Nearly four million Syrian refugees in Turkey are facing increased xenophobia with most of the opposition blaming them for the current economic problems and demanding their repatriation…

Monica Grover (2022-05-04). For Second-Generation Immigrants, the American Dream Can Be a Nightmare. otherwords.org May is Asian American Heritage Month. It's a good time to celebrate the many successes and contributions of our diverse immigrant communities. But for the second generation, the reality is often more complicated. | My parents came to this country from India nearly 60 years ago. Like countless other immigrants, they came seeking freedom, economic opportunity, and the American Dream for themselves and their children. | The American Dream means a lot of different things. But for older Americans, it looks something like having financial security, the ability to retire at 65, and an advanced health care plan. | For my…

Chris Walker (2022-05-04). Biden Blasts Supreme Court Over "Roe" Draft Opinion Dismantling Abortion Rights. truthout.org While discussing economic issues in prepared remarks with reporters at the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden delved into other subject matters, including the Supreme Court's draft opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that was leaked earlier this week. | That draft opinion, written by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, stated that

____ (2022-05-04). Australian central bank interest rate rise targets wages, as it hits home buyers. wsws.org In the midst of the federal election, the Coalition government and Labor opposition, while pointing fingers at each other over the interest rate rise, are both committed to imposing the burden of global economic crisis on working people.

Jim Hightower (2022-05-04). What's Behind Inflation? Greedy Corporate Executives. otherwords.org Today, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky "Inflation Blame Game." | Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming their poor corporations with factory shutdowns, supply chain delays, wage hikes, and other increased costs. But inside their board rooms, executives are high fiving each other and pocketing bonuses. | What's going on? | The trick is that these giants are in non-competitive markets operating as monopolies, so they can set prices, mug you and me, and scamper away with record profits. In 2019 for example, before the pandemic, corporate behemoths hauled in roughly a trillion dollars in pr…

Karen Conner (2022-05-04). Preview: Unemployment Likely to Hit 50 Year Low. cepr.net We will likely see a further dip in the unemployment rate. A 0.2 percentage point drop would give us the lowest rate in more than 50 years.

Sharon Zhang (2022-05-04). $50K Student Loan Cancellation Overwhelmingly Benefits Poorest Borrowers. truthout.org As President Joe Biden crafts a plan for canceling student loans, new data finds that student loan cancellation would overwhelmingly benefit Black borrowers and low-income debtors, with the benefits multiplying with higher levels of debt canceled. | If Biden uses his executive power to cancel up to $10,000 of student debt for student loan borrowers, it would reduce the share of people in the bottom 20 percent of wealth from 15 percent to 10 percent. Among those in the second-lowest 20 percent wealth group, the number would be reduced from 20 to 15 percent, the data shows. The proportion of people in the top 10 pe…

Fight Back (2022-05-04). West Michigan unions and immigrants rally for May 1, International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – West Michigan labor unions, politicians and socialist groups rallied and marched for International Workers Day on May 1 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. More than 70 union members and Asian-American, Chicano/Mexicano, and Black community activists and politicians gathered. The local unions also expressed solidarity for immigrant rights and justice for Patrick Lyoya, the young African man executed by Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. | "Solidarity and the need to organize and win power for workers has to be the focus of unions in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. Work is being redefi…

_____ (2022-05-04). Grinnell College Becomes First Fully Unionized Undergraduate School In U.S. popularresistance.org On April 26, student workers at Iowa's Grinnell College elected to create the first wall-to-wall undergraduate student union in the country, expanding their Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW) to include all hourly student workers. | On March 4, UGSDW and Grinnell College signed "a first-of-its-kind neutrality and election agreement," which, members of the union explained in Labor Notes, "legally binds the College to respect the results of an election." On the night of the 26th — delayed from April 21, the original ballot-count date, after a toxic gas leak at the local National Labor Relations…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). COVID-19 shines a spotlight on laboratory professionals' vital role in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24—30, honors and recognizes the dedication, innovation, and expertise that clinical lab professionals bring to patient care. Over the last two years, clinical laboratory professionals have shown extraordinary dedication in the fight against COVID-19. Their commitment and hard work during this difficult time has made a difference in the lives of people across the globe. "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen the power of teamwork in health care. And…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). Mayo Clinic invests in laboratory expansion to enhance patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — To support the ongoing investment in patient care, Mayo Clinic is investing in a major laboratory expansion project at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The expansion includes a $49 million investment in the laboratory. Construction for the project has started and will continue through 2025. The expansion project will increase laboratory space at Mayo Clinic's Superior Drive Support Center in Rochester. The new laboratory space will house several clinical laboratories that reside in…

____ (2022-05-04). Amazon Labor Union rejected in vote at second warehouse, following its embrace of AFL-CIO and Democratic Party. wsws.org The attempt to use the ALU as cover for the bureaucracy and the Democrats appears to have backfired spectacularly. Instead, the exact opposite happened: the ALU managed to discredit itself within a few short weeks by its association with these layers.

Staff (2022-05-04). øNecesidad o alternativa?: Los desafíos del pluriempleo en Cuba. cubadebate.cu En Cuba, a diferencia de otros países, "no hay una tendencia al pluriempleo", aun cuando desde 2009 se legalizó como alternativa laboral. Según la ministra de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, esto se debe a la gratuidad en los servicios de salud y educación. También inciden, como señalaron comentarios en Cubadebate, la burocracia, las rigideces y el desconocimiento de lo normado.

Staff (2022-05-04). Noam Chomsky sobre Julian Assange: Cometió un pecado capital al develar crímenes de los Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu En una reciente entrevista, realizada por su fiel colaborador, C. J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky, una de las más destacadas personalidades académicas vivas, comparte su opinión sobre el caso de Julian Assange y lo que revela sobre los principios democráticos estadounidenses su ya casi segura extradición a los Estados Unidos, por haber cometido el "delito" de divulgar información pública sobre las guerras de Afganistán e Irak. Cubadebate reproduce este fragmento…

Staff (2022-05-04). La cultura francesa en Cuba durante todo mayo. cubadebate.cu La cultura francesa en todo su esplendor llegará nuevamente a Cuba del 3 al 26 de mayo, como parte de una festividad que cuenta con un prestigio consolidado en una isla donde la cultura brilla en cada espacio. En el Mes de la Cultura Francesa artistas de ese país europeo visitarán la mayor de las Antillas y colaborarán con creadores del patio.

Anand Naidoo (2022-05-04). The Heat: COVID-19 & U.S. Wealth Disparity. america.cgtn.com Nearly one million deaths in the U.S. as two new COVID-19 sub-variants emerge.

Sarah Haberlack (2022-05-04). Community challenges Green Line subway extension that threatens Somerville residents with displacement. liberationnews.org Working class residents around the new station are already facing displacement as their apartments are bought out by developers who hope to raise rents and attract wealthier tenants.

____ (2022-05-04). The Met Gala and the hubris of wealth. wsws.org On the first Monday in May each year a spectacle of excess is staged in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City — the Met Gala. The red carpet rolls out for the billionaires and their hangers-on, the politicians and parasites, and the celebrities competing in what is known as the Oscars of fashion.

____ (2022-05-04). CNH Industrial beats first quarter earnings estimates while threatening to break US strike. wsws.org While touting the company's strong financial results Tuesday's earnings call, CNH's CEO adopted a harsh and arrogant tone towards the strike launched by workers Monday.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-05-04). S. Korea inflation hits 13-yr high. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — South Korea's consumer inflation quickened far more than forecast and hit a more than 13-year high in April, boosting expectations in the bond market for more central bank interest rate rises this year.

Matt Sedlar (2022-05-04). Most Price Increases from Inflation Have Gone to Corporate Profits. cepr.net In These Times | When the history of the 2020s is written, the current inflation panic could very well rival the "but her emails" canard surrounding Hillary Clinton in 2016: The impacts on U.S. politics have been profound, and decidedly negative from any progressive standpoint. | I have to admit that I previously understated the persistence of the price increases that started showing up last fall. As Yogi Berra is credited with saying, "Predict…

Owen Fairclough (2022-05-04). U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.5%. america.cgtn.com The U.S. central bank accelerated its attempts to tame soaring inflation on Wednesday with an aggressive interest rate hike.

Ann Brown (2022-05-04). Private Equity Investors Bet $100M On Kevin Hart Media Company: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Actor, comedian and entertainment mogul Kevin Hart has launched a new Hollywood production company called Hartbeat with the help of a $100 million investment from private equity firm Abry Partners. Abry invests in media, communication, and information ventures. With Hart's latest business move investment, Abry now holds a minority stake of 15 percent stake in …

Morning Star (2022-05-04). German unions begin rolling strikes against money for arms. peoplesworld.org GERMAN social services and education workers began rolling strikes on Monday ahead of a new round of pay negotiations on May 16, warning the government not to spend money on arms that should go to raise wages and address climate change. Hundreds of striking social workers paraded through the streets in what the Ver.di general …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-04). ALBA Movements vow to strengthen work against capitalism and imperialism. peoplesdispatch.org 260 delegates from 23 countries participated in the 3rd Continental Assembly of the ALBA Movements in Buenos Aires and addressed the platforms 6 key principles of work and unity.

Fight Back (2022-05-04). New Orleans marchers call for worker and immigrant rights on May Day. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Community members gathered with activist and immigrant rights organizations at the Benito Juarez monument in New Orleans on May 1, to celebrate International Workers Day. | Speakers from Union Migrante, an immigrant workers' organization, recounted their experiences of discrimination and unequal access to essential public services. They called for solidarity in the spirit of May Day to win full equality for immigrants in the city, regardless of immigration status. | The demonstrators marched to City Hall, taking the street and chanting slogans in Spanish and English, including "Oye! Es…

Staff (2022-05-04). Interior Minister of Venezuela: Civic-Military Union Defeated Operation Gideon. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, May 3, the two year anniversary of Operation Negro Primero, which defeated the coup and assassination attempt Operation Gideon, was commemorated in La Guaira state, Venezuela. A ceremony was held in La Guaira, attended by the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, as well as local civil and military authorities and members of the PSUV National Directorate. | During the ceremony, Cabello said, "This Revolution will live as long as we remain united in our struggles. Unity is the greatest guarantee of victories." | La estrategia Bolivariana al mando del…

teleSUR, JGN (2022-05-04). Venezuela recuerda triunfo sobre fallido intento de invasión. telesurtv.net El primer vicepresidente del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, afirmó que la revolución bolivariana "tendrá larga vida, si nos mantenemos unidos".

____ (2022-05-04). Sri Lankan SEP discusses socialist program with Colombo protesters on May Day. wsws.org "Although I do not have much political knowledge, I feel that we will face the same problems with any government that will come to power through the parliamentary system," a carpenter explained.

deweylaura (2022-05-04). The CPUSA celebrates its radical history on May Day. cpusa.org On International Workers Day members of the Communist Party and Young Communist League in New York City came out to support workers in the continued struggle against capitalist exploitation. This May Day action, which was the largest in a decade, proved that workers understand that it is our class that generates and holds power. …

Editor (2022-05-04). The Economic Consequences of the War. scheerpost.com Economic crisis that will seriously affect Russia in 2022 due to the conflict with Ukraine. Bankruptcy and crisis concept. By By Rajan Menon / In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that would prove controversial indeed. In it, he warned that the dracon…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-05-04). 2022 Forecast for Venezuela's Economy. orinocotribune.com The growth in the Venezuelan economy is confirmed by studies that are constantly carried out by various multilateral organizations. Positive forecasts coincide when experts analyze Venezuela's performance for the year 2022 . | As can be seen in various publications in the media and on social networks, everything points to the continued growth of the productive economic apparatus in the months to come. While the figures differ in some cases, they agree on the conclusion that economic indicators are positive, following the nation's exit from hyperinflation. | GDP growth estimates vary from 1.5%—according to t…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-04). Turkey is aiming to repatriate over one million Syrian refugees, claims Erdogan. peoplesdispatch.org Nearly four million Syrian refugees in Turkey are facing increased xenophobia with most of the opposition blaming them for the current economic problems and demanding their repatriation…

WSWS (2022-05-04). Australian central bank interest rate rise targets wages, as it hits home buyers. wsws.org In the midst of the federal election, the Coalition government and Labor opposition, while pointing fingers at each other over the interest rate rise, are both committed to imposing the burden of global economic crisis on working people.

Jim Hightower (2022-05-04). What's Behind Inflation? Greedy Corporate Executives. otherwords.org Today, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky "Inflation Blame Game." | Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming their poor corporations with factory shutdowns, supply chain delays, wage hikes, and other increased costs. But inside their board rooms, executives are high fiving each other and pocketing bonuses. | What's going on? | The trick is that these giants are in non-competitive markets operating as monopolies, so they can set prices, mug you and me, and scamper away with record profits. In 2019 for example, before the pandemic, corporate behemoths hauled in roughly a trillion dollars in pr…

_____ (2022-05-04). Grinnell College Becomes First Fully Unionized Undergraduate School In U.S. popularresistance.org On April 26, student workers at Iowa's Grinnell College elected to create the first wall-to-wall undergraduate student union in the country, expanding their Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW) to include all hourly student workers. | On March 4, UGSDW and Grinnell College signed "a first-of-its-kind neutrality and election agreement," which, members of the union explained in Labor Notes, "legally binds the College to respect the results of an election." On the night of the 26th — delayed from April 21, the original ballot-count date, after a toxic gas leak at the local National Labor Relations…

Fight Back (2022-05-04). West Michigan unions and immigrants rally for May 1, International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – West Michigan labor unions, politicians and socialist groups rallied and marched for International Workers Day on May 1 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. More than 70 union members and Asian-American, Chicano/Mexicano, and Black community activists and politicians gathered. The local unions also expressed solidarity for immigrant rights and justice for Patrick Lyoya, the young African man executed by Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. | "Solidarity and the need to organize and win power for workers has to be the focus of unions in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. Work is being redefi…

WSWS (2022-05-04). Amazon Labor Union rejected in vote at second warehouse, following its embrace of AFL-CIO and Democratic Party. wsws.org The attempt to use the ALU as cover for the bureaucracy and the Democrats appears to have backfired spectacularly. Instead, the exact opposite happened: the ALU managed to discredit itself within a few short weeks by its association with these layers.

Staff (2022-05-04). Noam Chomsky sobre Julian Assange: Cometió un pecado capital al develar crímenes de los Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu En una reciente entrevista, realizada por su fiel colaborador, C. J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky, una de las más destacadas personalidades académicas vivas, comparte su opinión sobre el caso de Julian Assange y lo que revela sobre los principios democráticos estadounidenses su ya casi segura extradición a los Estados Unidos, por haber cometido el "delito" de divulgar información pública sobre las guerras de Afganistán e Irak. Cubadebate reproduce este fragmento…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). Mayo Clinic invests in laboratory expansion to enhance patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — To support the ongoing investment in patient care, Mayo Clinic is investing in a major laboratory expansion project at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The expansion includes a $49 million investment in the laboratory. Construction for the project has started and will continue through 2025. The expansion project will increase laboratory space at Mayo Clinic's Superior Drive Support Center in Rochester. The new laboratory space will house several clinical laboratories that reside in…

Staff (2022-05-04). øNecesidad o alternativa?: Los desafíos del pluriempleo en Cuba. cubadebate.cu En Cuba, a diferencia de otros países, "no hay una tendencia al pluriempleo", aun cuando desde 2009 se legalizó como alternativa laboral. Según la ministra de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, esto se debe a la gratuidad en los servicios de salud y educación. También inciden, como señalaron comentarios en Cubadebate, la burocracia, las rigideces y el desconocimiento de lo normado.

Staff (2022-05-04). La cultura francesa en Cuba durante todo mayo. cubadebate.cu La cultura francesa en todo su esplendor llegará nuevamente a Cuba del 3 al 26 de mayo, como parte de una festividad que cuenta con un prestigio consolidado en una isla donde la cultura brilla en cada espacio. En el Mes de la Cultura Francesa artistas de ese país europeo visitarán la mayor de las Antillas y colaborarán con creadores del patio.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-04). COVID-19 shines a spotlight on laboratory professionals' vital role in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24—30, honors and recognizes the dedication, innovation, and expertise that clinical lab professionals bring to patient care. Over the last two years, clinical laboratory professionals have shown extraordinary dedication in the fight against COVID-19. Their commitment and hard work during this difficult time has made a difference in the lives of people across the globe. "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen the power of teamwork in health care. And…

Sarah Haberlack (2022-05-04). Community challenges Green Line subway extension that threatens Somerville residents with displacement. liberationnews.org Working class residents around the new station are already facing displacement as their apartments are bought out by developers who hope to raise rents and attract wealthier tenants.

WSWS (2022-05-04). The Met Gala and the hubris of wealth. wsws.org On the first Monday in May each year a spectacle of excess is staged in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City — the Met Gala. The red carpet rolls out for the billionaires and their hangers-on, the politicians and parasites, and the celebrities competing in what is known as the Oscars of fashion.

WSWS (2022-05-04). CNH Industrial beats first quarter earnings estimates while threatening to break US strike. wsws.org While touting the company's strong financial results Tuesday's earnings call, CNH's CEO adopted a harsh and arrogant tone towards the strike launched by workers Monday.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-05-04). "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.

Matt Sedlar (2022-05-04). Most Price Increases from Inflation Have Gone to Corporate Profits. cepr.net In These Times | When the history of the 2020s is written, the current inflation panic could very well rival the "but her emails" canard surrounding Hillary Clinton in 2016: The impacts on U.S. politics have been profound, and decidedly negative from any progressive standpoint. | I have to admit that I previously understated the persistence of the price increases that started showing up last fall. As Yogi Berra is credited with saying, "Predict…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-05-04). S. Korea inflation hits 13-yr high. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — South Korea's consumer inflation quickened far more than forecast and hit a more than 13-year high in April, boosting expectations in the bond market for more central bank interest rate rises this year.

Ann Brown (2022-05-04). Private Equity Investors Bet $100M On Kevin Hart Media Company: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Actor, comedian and entertainment mogul Kevin Hart has launched a new Hollywood production company called Hartbeat with the help of a $100 million investment from private equity firm Abry Partners. Abry invests in media, communication, and information ventures. With Hart's latest business move investment, Abry now holds a minority stake of 15 percent stake in …

Morning Star (2022-05-04). German unions begin rolling strikes against money for arms. peoplesworld.org GERMAN social services and education workers began rolling strikes on Monday ahead of a new round of pay negotiations on May 16, warning the government not to spend money on arms that should go to raise wages and address climate change. Hundreds of striking social workers paraded through the streets in what the Ver.di general …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-04). ALBA Movements vow to strengthen work against capitalism and imperialism. peoplesdispatch.org 260 delegates from 23 countries participated in the 3rd Continental Assembly of the ALBA Movements in Buenos Aires and addressed the platforms 6 key principles of work and unity.

Fight Back (2022-05-04). New Orleans marchers call for worker and immigrant rights on May Day. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Community members gathered with activist and immigrant rights organizations at the Benito Juarez monument in New Orleans on May 1, to celebrate International Workers Day. | Speakers from Union Migrante, an immigrant workers' organization, recounted their experiences of discrimination and unequal access to essential public services. They called for solidarity in the spirit of May Day to win full equality for immigrants in the city, regardless of immigration status. | The demonstrators marched to City Hall, taking the street and chanting slogans in Spanish and English, including "Oye! Es…

Staff (2022-05-04). Interior Minister of Venezuela: Civic-Military Union Defeated Operation Gideon. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, May 3, the two year anniversary of Operation Negro Primero, which defeated the coup and assassination attempt Operation Gideon, was commemorated in La Guaira state, Venezuela. A ceremony was held in La Guaira, attended by the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, as well as local civil and military authorities and members of the PSUV National Directorate. | During the ceremony, Cabello said, "This Revolution will live as long as we remain united in our struggles. Unity is the greatest guarantee of victories." | La estrategia Bolivariana al mando del…

WSWS (2022-05-04). Sri Lankan SEP discusses socialist program with Colombo protesters on May Day. wsws.org "Although I do not have much political knowledge, I feel that we will face the same problems with any government that will come to power through the parliamentary system," a carpenter explained.

Amy Goodman (2022-05-03). Russian and US Escalations Raise Risk of Direct Military Clash in Ukraine. truthout.org As President Biden seeks $33 billion more for Ukraine, we look at the dangers of U.S. military escalation with Medea Benjamin of CodePink and George Beebe of the Quincy Institute. He is the former head of Russia analysis at the CIA and a former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney. The massive spending in Ukraine that outweighs public funding to combat the coronavirus pandemic shows that "there are very few things that the Biden administration thinks are more important right now than defeating Russia, and I don't think that accords, actually, with the priorities of the American people," says Beebe. "To support t…

ecns.cn (2022-05-03). Putin, Zelensky both invited to G20: Indonesian president. ecns.cn The G20, he said, plays a catalyst role in the recovery of the world economy, adding that he had telephone conversations with both leaders of Russia and Ukraine this week.

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-05-03). Colorado nonprofit sends water filters to Ukraine. america.cgtn.com It's a daily necessity and it can also be a weapon of war. Water is playing a key role in the current conflict in Ukraine. According to the UN agency UNICEF, more than six million Ukrainians now have limited or no access to safe drinking …

ecns.cn (2022-05-03). Chinese firm puts 1st phase of Mero oilfield into production in Brazil. ecns.cn Mero oilfield Phase-I joint development project has been put into production in Brazil by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Limited, the listed unit of China's largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas.

Editor (2022-05-03). Labor organizing in the U.S. in 2022: the anti-worker, anti-union corporate agenda. mronline.org Late capitalism has exposed the drastic inequalities inherent to our neoliberal economy.

ecns.cn (2022-05-03). China's Liaoning sees growth in int'l freight train services. ecns.cn Northeast China's Liaoning Province launched its 100th China-Europe freight train, which departed from its capital of Shenyang on Sunday, according to local transport authorities.

ecns.cn (2022-05-03). Analysts divided on U.S. economic prospect. ecns.cn "The underlying fact is this – Americans are spending, businesses are investing," although companies are not able to invest in inventories as much due in part to lingering supply chain issues, Baumohl said.

WSWS (2022-05-03). "Truce" imposed on Polish air traffic controllers' struggle. wsws.org Polish air traffic controllers are fighting back against the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic being dumped on them—their salaries cut by up to 70 percent, workloads increased, and safety rules undermined.

India Walton (2022-05-03). "Debt shaming" has dampened democracy. nationofchange.org As crucial steps to reduce income inequality, we need to reject "debt shaming" and insist on cancelation of student debt.

Leticia Martinez (2022-05-03). Rehabilitation for Prisoners Only. indybay.org Trying to find low-income drug programs in Northern California is nearly impossible unless you go to prison first.

_____ (2022-05-03). Amazon Workers Fall Short On Second Staten Island Union Vote. popularresistance.org Amazon workers at a Staten Island distribution center who sought to join a union fell short of the needed votes — failing to repeat the history-making win of colleagues at a facility across the street, in a setback for labor organizing efforts against the e-commerce behemoth. | The National Labor Relations Board on Monday tallied 380 votes in favor of joining the upstart Amazon Labor Union at the LDJ5 facility, versus 618 who voted against. | The vote came amid what employees and their attorneys described as intensified efforts by Amazon management to discourage "yes" votes after last month's victory at the…

_____ (2022-05-03). Will Amazon Workers' Win Infect Walmart Next? popularresistance.org The improbable April 1 victory of Amazon workers in Staten Island, who fought for over two years to establish the very first union at the retail behemoth, is inspiring other Amazon employees around the country and highlighting a new path forward for the labor movement. It may also reignite labor organizing at Walmart, where workers seeking to form unions have been thwarted for decades. | More than two years after Amazon employee Christian Smalls led a small walkout at JFK8, the company's sprawling distribution center on Staten Island, to protest its lack of COVID-19 health safety guidelines — soon after whi…

Staff (2022-05-03). May Day March in Caracas—Venezuela Issues $2,200 Bonus to Retirees (Photos). orinocotribune.com This Sunday, May 1, the day on which Workers' Day is celebrated in most of the world, a large march took place in the streets of several cities across Venezuela. The one in Caracas was received by President Nicolás Maduro. When the march arrived at Miraflores Palace, the seat of the presidency, the head of state issued a series of pronouncements for the labor sector, including the announcement of a special single payment for retirees, the creation of a tourism system for workers and a digital bank. | In his speech, President Maduro acknowledged that in recent years retirees have been adversely affected by the eco…

_____ (2022-05-03). Workers Are Tired Of Being Exploited And They're Fighting Back. popularresistance.org This past weekend, workers around the world celebrated May Day, also called Labor Day and International Workers Day. May Day marks the accomplishments and contributions of workers and reminds them of their rights. Clearing the FOG spoke with Stephanie Basile and Brittany Carloni of News Guild, part of the Communications Workers of America, about the many victories they have had in organizing media outlets over the past five years. They use a model that can be replicated everywhere of training member organizers and connecting them with other shops across the country to build a powerful labor movement that is democ…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-05-03). Amazon workers: Loss in second warehouse won't stop us. peoplesworld.org STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.—Losing the union recognition vote at the second, smaller Amazon warehouse which the independent Amazon Labor Union targeted won't stop their organizing drive, its leaders say. Indeed, they add, they're planning for representing the 8,300 workers in the monster retailer's JFK8 warehouse, where they won convincingly weeks before—and they will be hosting a …

Sharon Zhang (2022-05-03). Biden May Invite Starbucks and Amazon Union Organizers to the White House. truthout.org The Biden administration may soon invite Starbucks and Amazon union organizers to the White House, potentially heeding Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vermont) call to do so last week. | As White House insiders This would be a major show of support from the administration for ongoing labor movements that have b…

Labor Viideo Project (2022-05-03). On May1 It's Time For A General Strike &Fighting Labor Movement! ILWU10 Former Pres Willis. indybay.org Trent Williis, fomer president of ILWU Local 10 spoke at the May 1st labor rally in San Franciscco.

ecns.cn (2022-05-03). Beijing ups restrictions to contain latest COVID-19 flare-ups. ecns.cn The Chinese capital city of Beijing intensified restrictive measures against COVID-19 on Saturday to best reduce cross-infection as high mobility is expected during the five-day Labor Day holiday starting from Saturday.

WSWS (2022-05-03). China holds "emergency" conference over sanctions threat. wsws.org Government and financial officials in Beijing are on alert, fearing that the unprecedented financial sanctions imposed on Russia could be used against China.

Kevin Mwanza (2022-05-03). Deutsche Bank: A Major Recession Is Coming To America. moguldom.com The U.S. is headed for a major recession as the Federal Reserve continues to pursue its hawkish stance on stubbornly high inflation, according to Deutsche Bank economists. In a recent report, the bank said the Fed's interest rate hike could take longer than previously expected to tame inflationary pressure that has bedeviled the U.S. and …

WSWS (2022-05-03). UK: Unite enforces below-inflation pay deal at Chep, ending 21-week strike. wsws.org As is always the case in the murky world of the union bureaucracy, the full ramifications of the deal will only come clear in the next weeks.

WSWS (2022-05-03). Chevron strike in seventh week as oil industry announces first quarter profit bonanza. wsws.org The oil companies' soaring profits are a slap in the face to the tens of thousands of oil workers across the country demanding better pay and staffing.

WSWS (2022-05-03). Sri Lanka: Opposition JVP seeks to divert mass struggle into dead-end of parliamentary politics. wsws.org The JVP is promoting a fantasy—that an election and a new bourgeois government will be able to wave away the immense crisis of global and Sri Lankan capitalism and thus solve all the social ills facing working people.

Slomski A. (2022-05-03). Antidepressant Combinations Compared With Monotherapy. jamanetwork.com In a recent meta-analysis, combination antidepressant therapy was associated with superior outcomes to monotherapy for treatment of acute depression.

WSWS (2022-05-03). Post Office workers mount one-day UK-wide pay strike. wsws.org Industrial action was centred on the 114 Crown Offices (those directly operated by…

Reynard Loki (2022-05-03). Can We Abandon Pollutive Fossil Fuels and Avoid an Energy Crisis? independentmediainstitute.org When it comes to maintaining energy flows, there is a closing window to avert both climate catastrophe and economic peril. By Richard Heinberg, Independent Media Institute 10 min read Similar to the two navigational hazards mythologized as sea monsters in ancient Greece—Scylla and Charybdis—which gave rise to sayings such as, "between the devil and the …

____ (2022-05-02). Putin, Zelensky both invited to G20: Indonesian president. ecns.cn The G20, he said, plays a catalyst role in the recovery of the world economy, adding that he had telephone conversations with both leaders of Russia and Ukraine this week.

Evan Reif (2022-05-02). Nazis and The Beast: The Arrest of Gonzalo Lira. covertactionmagazine.com Are American journalists collaborating with Nazi terrorists to silence dissent? There is another war going on in Ukraine. A war …

____ (2022-05-02). U.S. gov't spending package fuels historical inflation: report. ecns.cn Inflation rose to 8.54 percent in March from 7.57 percent in February, having skyrocketed throughout President Joe Biden's first year in office, his signature multi-trillion dollar spending package was blamed as one of the drivers of inflation, Fox Business has reported.

____ (2022-05-02). Ukrainian defense ministry condemns Georgian government. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMay 1, 2022 Ukraine Says Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan Aid Russia Evade Sanctions Ukrainian Defense Intelligence has accused Georgia, as well as Armenia and Azerbaijan of negotiating with Moscow over the reexport of Russian products to international markets. "The supply is planned to be made in the form of Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani products and …

_____ (2022-05-02). The Different Ways That US And Chinese Governments Use Their Power. popularresistance.org Russia's war on Ukraine both reflects and deepens a global split that should remind us of Karl Marx's famous remark: "No social order ever disappears before all the productive forces, for which there is room in it, have been developed; and new higher relations of production never appear before the material conditions of their existence have matured in the womb of the old society." The United Kingdom already lost its particular social order—its empire—while the United States is now losing its. | Despite differences, both of these social orders shared a mostly private form of capitalist relations of pro…

_____ (2022-05-02). Ukraine: The American Tyranny Of Power. popularresistance.org The history of the US intelligence operations goes back to World War II. Stephen Bandera was released from prison by OSS officers in 1944. Bandera was a Nazi operative whose militia slaughtered Poles, Jews and communist workers on the eastern front. The OSS/CIA recruited Bandera so he could fight the advancing Soviet Union. In all the years since then, the CIA has never had an annual audit of its trillion dollar budget, and of course nothing has changed. | Just over ten years ago the CIA initiated its National Endowment for Democracy (NED) "Orange Revolution" to once more cravenly attempt to thwart the Russians,…

_____ (2022-05-02). Dangers And Conflict Resolution Efforts In Moldova. popularresistance.org Transnistria is de facto independent with many state-like attibutes and calls itself officially the Moldovian Republic of Dniestr. However, no other state, including the Russian Federation has recognized it as an independent state. There are, however, some 1500 Russian military permanently present in Transnistria. Transnistria had some 706, 000 inhabitants in 1991 at the time of the breakup of the Soviet Union. Today, there are some 450,000 – probably less. Many, especially young people, have left to study or work abroad. Many in Transnistria have Russian passports in order to travel. The Transnistrian economy is…

____ (2022-05-02). Australian Labor Party's election launch pitches for corporate backing on restructuring and war. wsws.org Labor leader Albanese declared that Labor governments were the only ones that "reshape the economy," while accusing the Coalition government of committing a "foreign policy failure" by allowing Solomon Islands to sign a security treaty with China.

____ (2022-05-02). U.S. Fed's closely watched inflation measure continues to surge in March. ecns.cn U.S. personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price indexes, the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s preferred inflation measure, continued to surge by 6.6 percent in March over the past year, the Commerce Department reported on Friday.

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2022-05-02). It's past time for a $15 federal minimum wage. mronline.org President Biden's 2022 State of the Union Address included a call for a $15 federal minimum wage. According to an Economic Policy Institute study, a phased increase to a $15 federal minimum wage by 2025 would raise the earnings of 32 million workers—21% of the workforce, no small thing.

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-05-02). Reflections on the Sri Lankan economic crisis. mronline.org The American establishment and the new cold-warriors of that country put the blame on the Sri Lankan government's developing close economic relations with China (and we shall no doubt hear much more of it in the coming days); others blame the sheer "irresponsibility" of the government which is accused of "sleeping" when Sri Lanka's external debt was building up.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-05-02). 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.

____ (2022-05-02). East Timor's presidential election won by Jose Ramos-Horta. wsws.org Ramos-Horta becomes head of state amid an escalating economic crisis wracking the impoverished country, and sharpening geo-strategic tensions in the region fuelled by US imperialism's preparations for war against China.

____ (2022-05-02). Analysts divided on U.S. economic prospect. ecns.cn "The underlying fact is this – Americans are spending, businesses are investing," although companies are not able to invest in inventories as much due in part to lingering supply chain issues, Baumohl said.

_____ (2022-05-02). 'You've Got To Shut It Down': Lessons From Wisconsin's 2011 Worker Uprising. popularresistance.org Wisconsin – With the passage of Act 10 in 2011, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, Republican Gov. Scott Walker declared war on the labor movement in general and on public sector workers specifically. Act 10 was a hammer blow that essentially stripped collective bargaining rights from public sector workers, made it much more difficult for workers to organize, and forced unions to take massive concessions on healthcare, retirement benefits, and much more. Soon after, in 2015, Walker signed legislation that turned Wisconsin into a "right to work" state, issuing another blow to unions in a state once he…

Paulo Cabral (2022-05-02). Bolsonaro & rival Lula hold dual rallies ahead of Brazil election. america.cgtn.com Competing rallies were held across Brazil on this Labor Day, fueled by passion on both ends of the political spectrum.

____ (2022-05-02). A revealing interview with Australian Labor leader Albanese. wsws.org The interview underscored that Labor is not advancing a program to meet the needs of working people but is presenting itself as the best option for imposing the ruling class's agenda of austerity and war.

teleSUR, jcvm, NG, SH (2022-05-02). Cinco libros para conocer al maestro brasileño Paulo Freire. telesurtv.net El pedagogo brasileño fue uno de los principales exponentes de la pedagogía crítica y dio a su labor magisterial un profundo sentido social.

teleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-05-02). Presidente chileno condena hechos violentos en marcha laboral. telesurtv.net El presidente Gabriel Boric indicó que harán uso de todos los recursos para dar con los responsables de los disparos.

____ (2022-05-02). Beijing ups restrictions to contain latest COVID-19 flare-ups. ecns.cn The Chinese capital city of Beijing intensified restrictive measures against COVID-19 on Saturday to best reduce cross-infection as high mobility is expected during the five-day Labor Day holiday starting from Saturday.

____ (2022-05-02). Sellout contract at Vigor Marine shipyards passes amid widespread opposition from workers. wsws.org The Metal Trades Council of the AFL-CIO announced the passage of the third proposed contract for 900 shipyard workers at Vigor Marine, against massive opposition among workers, who recognize the "pay raise" as an effective pay cut in the face of skyrocketing inflation.

Editor (2022-05-02). Marxist Ecology in the light of Contemporary Ecological Thought: reflections on the Ontological questions in dark, deep and Marxist ecology. mronline.org There has been an extensive debate within Marxism concerning the question of nature and its concomitant questions about the interaction of nature and culture or nature and society.

Franc Contreras (2022-05-02). Air pollution smothers industrial cities across Mexico. america.cgtn.com The health agency says fossil fuels are a major cause. The problem is playing out in a devastating way in Mexico.

____ (2022-05-02). UAW extends CNH contract "hour by hour," provoking growing discontent among workers. wsws.org Shortly after the midnight expiration of the previous six-year contract for approximately 1,000 CNH Industrial workers in Wisconsin and Iowa, the UAW announced that it would be extending the prior agreement.

Staff (2022-05-02). Chavismo Commemorates 3 Years since Failed Coup Led by Guaidó and López (Photos). orinocotribune.com This Saturday, April 30, three years after the People's Victory Day against the failed coup, which took place on the same day in 2019, was commemorated. From the Altamira bridge, Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), pointed out that, "today we can shout to the world that traitors will never return to Venezuela again." | During his speech, from the same place where the extreme right, led by former deputy Juan Guaidó and fugitive Leopoldo López, tried to carry out a coup against President Nicolás Maduro Moros, Cabello warned that "if today the Venezuelan oppositi…

____ (2022-05-02). "Enough is enough!" Statements of sympathy pour in from nurses in response to suicide of a California nurse. wsws.org The World Socialist WebSite has received an outpouring of messages from nurses which paint a picture of the impossible conditions nurses and healthcare workers face on a daily basis.

____ (2022-05-02). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting discusses socialist program needed to advance mass anti-government struggle. wsws.org Speakers explained the SEP's international socialist perspective and how it was the only way to address the desperate situation facing masses of people demanding resignation of the Rajapakse government.

Kaden Thaxton (2022-05-02). Texas Eco-Socialism Conference presents real, present solutions to fight climate change. liberationnews.org The overarching theme of the conference stressed, from beginning to end, that while the situation is dire, there are implementable solutions that will reverse the course of climate destruction and heal the planet.

____ (2022-05-02). Xi stresses healthy development of capital in China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday called for efforts to regulate and guide the healthy development of capital in China in accordance with the law and give play to the positive role of capital as an important factor of production.

Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival (2022-05-02). Sunday 5/1: May Day March in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Town Clock, Pacific Avenue and Water Street, Downtown Santa Cruz…

____ (2022-05-02). Putin, Zelensky both invited to G20: Indonesian president. ecns.cn The G20, he said, plays a catalyst role in the recovery of the world economy, adding that he had telephone conversations with both leaders of Russia and Ukraine this week.

Evan Reif (2022-05-02). Nazis and The Beast: The Arrest of Gonzalo Lira. covertactionmagazine.com Are American journalists collaborating with Nazi terrorists to silence dissent? There is another war going on in Ukraine. A war …

____ (2022-05-02). U.S. Fed's closely watched inflation measure continues to surge in March. ecns.cn U.S. personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price indexes, the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s preferred inflation measure, continued to surge by 6.6 percent in March over the past year, the Commerce Department reported on Friday.

____ (2022-05-02). Australian Labor Party's election launch pitches for corporate backing on restructuring and war. wsws.org Labor leader Albanese declared that Labor governments were the only ones that "reshape the economy," while accusing the Coalition government of committing a "foreign policy failure" by allowing Solomon Islands to sign a security treaty with China.

____ (2022-05-02). Analysts divided on U.S. economic prospect. ecns.cn "The underlying fact is this – Americans are spending, businesses are investing," although companies are not able to invest in inventories as much due in part to lingering supply chain issues, Baumohl said.

____ (2022-05-02). East Timor's presidential election won by Jose Ramos-Horta. wsws.org Ramos-Horta becomes head of state amid an escalating economic crisis wracking the impoverished country, and sharpening geo-strategic tensions in the region fuelled by US imperialism's preparations for war against China.

Labor Video Project (2022-05-02). Shut It Down! OEA Strikes & ILWU Shuts Docks In Fight Against Privatization. indybay.org Oakland Education Association members went on strike against the closures of 11 schools in the Black and Brown community. Schools and Labor Against Privatization SLAP initiated a rally at Oscar Grant Plaza next to Oakland City Hall. Following the rally and a march Action Committee Against Privatization organized picketing of the port to protest the privatization of the port and schools.

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-05-02). Oakland Sees Day of Action to Stop Privatization. indybay.org Oakland teachers, ILWU labor union and supporters demand stop to Howard Terminal Stadium and end to School closures…

UC Santa Cruz Center for Racial Justice (2022-05-02). Friday 5/6: Recognizing Invisible Labor in the University: Ways Forward. indybay.org Register Here: ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s-BLvUG0StS7ErSqa07VdQ…

WorkWeek (2022-05-02). WorkWeek 4-28-22 Protest At AFL-CIO On Gov Funding & El Golpe,US Labor, the CIA, & Coup. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the collaboration of the AFL-CIO with the CIA and National Endowment For Democracy NED in the attacks on trade unionists at the Mexico City Ford assembly plant and also against South African BTR workers who were on strike. The AFL-CIO gave millions to Zulu Chief Buthelezi who then organized thugs to attack and murder union strikers and their families.

Labor Video Project (2022-05-02). Corporate Capture Of OSHA & US Gov Corruption Cover-up With OSHA Lawyer Darrel Whitman. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Darrell Whitman, former Federal OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program lawyer and investigator about the take-over of the agency and US Labor Department by the corporations that they are supposed to regulate and do oversight over.

____ (2022-05-02). Beijing ups restrictions to contain latest COVID-19 flare-ups. ecns.cn The Chinese capital city of Beijing intensified restrictive measures against COVID-19 on Saturday to best reduce cross-infection as high mobility is expected during the five-day Labor Day holiday starting from Saturday.

____ (2022-05-02). A revealing interview with Australian Labor leader Albanese. wsws.org The interview underscored that Labor is not advancing a program to meet the needs of working people but is presenting itself as the best option for imposing the ruling class's agenda of austerity and war.

____ (2022-05-02). U.S. gov't spending package fuels historical inflation: report. ecns.cn Inflation rose to 8.54 percent in March from 7.57 percent in February, having skyrocketed throughout President Joe Biden's first year in office, his signature multi-trillion dollar spending package was blamed as one of the drivers of inflation, Fox Business has reported.

____ (2022-05-02). Sellout contract at Vigor Marine shipyards passes amid widespread opposition from workers. wsws.org The Metal Trades Council of the AFL-CIO announced the passage of the third proposed contract for 900 shipyard workers at Vigor Marine, against massive opposition among workers, who recognize the "pay raise" as an effective pay cut in the face of skyrocketing inflation.

Lynda Carson (2022-05-02). Non-profit affordable housing developers and property managers operating illegally. indybay.org Property Managers Operating Illegally:…

____ (2022-05-02). UAW extends CNH contract "hour by hour," provoking growing discontent among workers. wsws.org Shortly after the midnight expiration of the previous six-year contract for approximately 1,000 CNH Industrial workers in Wisconsin and Iowa, the UAW announced that it would be extending the prior agreement.

____ (2022-05-02). "Enough is enough!" Statements of sympathy pour in from nurses in response to suicide of a California nurse. wsws.org The World Socialist WebSite has received an outpouring of messages from nurses which paint a picture of the impossible conditions nurses and healthcare workers face on a daily basis.

____ (2022-05-02). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting discusses socialist program needed to advance mass anti-government struggle. wsws.org Speakers explained the SEP's international socialist perspective and how it was the only way to address the desperate situation facing masses of people demanding resignation of the Rajapakse government.

Staff (2022-05-02). Chavismo Commemorates 3 Years since Failed Coup Led by Guaidó and López (Photos). orinocotribune.com This Saturday, April 30, three years after the People's Victory Day against the failed coup, which took place on the same day in 2019, was commemorated. From the Altamira bridge, Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), pointed out that, "today we can shout to the world that traitors will never return to Venezuela again." | During his speech, from the same place where the extreme right, led by former deputy Juan Guaidó and fugitive Leopoldo López, tried to carry out a coup against President Nicolás Maduro Moros, Cabello warned that "if today the Venezuelan oppositi…

____ (2022-05-02). Xi stresses healthy development of capital in China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday called for efforts to regulate and guide the healthy development of capital in China in accordance with the law and give play to the positive role of capital as an important factor of production.

Peter Brandt, Erich Vad (2022-05-01). Peace Policy and Every military solution leads to disaster. indybay.org "Our Common Security" (April 21, 1982) called the Palme Report revealed a new way of thinking that helped make German unity and the overcoming of the European divide possible in 1989. Willy Brandt's North-South report "Ensuring Survival" (1980) described the need for a socially just world economic order and the equal inclusion of the global South.

_____ (2022-05-01). May Day—Workers In India Feel Increasing Need For Unity. popularresistance.org This year May Day is being observed at a time of increasing need for wider unity by workers in the wake of adverse government policies leading to increasing burden of unemployment and inflation at the same time. Policies relating to demonetization, poorly conceived tax reform in the form of GST, privatization, excessively stringent and poorly planned lock-downs have led to massive job losses and reduced income across vast areas of economic activity, while policies which favor big business interests contribute at least partly to rise of price of several essential commodities. | At a time of adverse external factor…

_____ (2022-05-01). May Day: Worker's Struggle Celebration Is Well-Deserved. popularresistance.org Working people across the globe are gearing up celebrate International Worker's Day this May 1. Workers have been participating in monumental struggles since the previous year's May Day, making this year's celebration well-deserved. Peoples Dispatch looks back on some of the most important labor struggles of this past year: | In Colombia, the National Strike Committee (CNP), which brought together diverse groups of social movements, organizations and trade unions, presented ten bills in Congress, which included measures to alleviate the worsening socio-economic conditions, protection and security for social leade…

Editor (2022-05-01). Ralph Nader: The Dems Are Totally Useless Against the Trumpian GOP Onslaught. scheerpost.com Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), who is in charge of the Senate November campaigns, wants to tax 100 million low-income Americans and sunset Social Security and Medicare. [ By Ralph Nader | There is something about entrenched bureaucracies that transcend nations and cultures. When bureaucracies are confronted with unanticipated or new challenges, they freeze — like a deer facing headlights. | Sears, Roebuck and Company saw Walmart coming out of Arkansas for years and spreading all over the country, but the Sears bosses could…

_____ (2022-05-01). 55,000 SEIU Members May Strike In Los Angeles. popularresistance.org A majority vote of yes for the strike would mean that our union's bargaining committee can call a strike if the LA County Board of Supervisors refuses to meet union demands in the continuing negotiations. The strike is our most powerful weapon. It's a refusal to work until our demands are met, insisting that we have the right to protect ourselves, feed our families, be respected, and improve our working conditions to provide a better service to the community. It's absurd that many of us are working for low-income homeless folks, and we qualify for those same services because our pay is so low. | During the surge…

_____ (2022-05-01). The Jackson-Kush Plan And The Struggle For Land. popularresistance.org While the land relationships that dominate this society have implications for every relation in society, the recent crisis of gentrification and forced removal in low income Black communities, along with the volatile boom-bust real estate cycles, has made the struggle for adequate housing the most pronounced battleground in an increasingly intense war over the vision for the future of how we relate, prioritize and manage access to land. | The current regime of land relationships renders housing and community development fatally flawed in at least two respects: first, houses serve dual social functions in this soc…

Staff (2022-05-01). Open session of Iranian Parliament. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) — Chaired by Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Iranian parliament held an open session on Sunday with the participation of the Iranian Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare Hojjat Abdolmaleki.

Maxximilian Seijo (2022-05-01). Place-Based Narrative Labor with Sonia Ivancic. mronline.org Money on the Left speaks with Dr. Sonia Ivancic about the importance of regionally sensitive and affirmative storytelling in provisioning processes. Assistant Professor in organizational communication at University of South Florida, Dr. Ivancic is a community-engaged researcher, whose work on "place-based narrative labor" offers essential new tools for displacing prevailing scarcity logics and rhetorics of austerity with more capacious ways of thinking, arguing, and narrating.

teleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-05-01). Detienen a responsables del derrumbe de un edificio en China. telesurtv.net Aunque se mantienen las labores de rescate, las autoridades chinas no conservan muchas esperanzas de encontrar sobrevivientes.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-01). COVID-19 shines a spotlight on laboratory professionals' vital role in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24—30, honors and recognizes the dedication, innovation, and expertise that clinical lab professionals bring to patient care. Over the last two years, clinical laboratory professionals have shown extraordinary dedication in the fight against COVID-19. Their commitment and hard work during this difficult time has made a difference in the lives of people across the globe. "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen the power of teamwork in health care. And…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-05-01). Mayo Clinic invests in laboratory expansion to enhance patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — To support the ongoing investment in patient care, Mayo Clinic is investing in a major laboratory expansion project at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The expansion includes a $49 million investment in the laboratory. Construction for the project has started and will continue through 2025. The expansion project will increase laboratory space at Mayo Clinic's Superior Drive Support Center in Rochester. The new laboratory space will house several clinical laboratories that reside in…

Liberation Staff (2022-05-01). May Day: From workers' resistance to workers' revolution. liberationnews.org Over the past year, workers across the United States have demonstrated a deep determination to fight back on the job, amounting to a major surge in the labor movement that is having profound effects on society.

Labor Video Project (2022-05-01). ILWU 10 Backs OEA Strike Against Closure of Oakland Schools & Privatization of Port. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 at a press conference supported the OEA teachers strike against the closures of public schools in Oakland. They were joined by parents of students and also other unions. | SEIU 1021 leaders supported the teachers and also adamantly opposed the privatization of Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland which they said would destroy the working port of Oakland. They were also supported by USW Local 5 president PK White from the striking Chevron Richmond refinery workers.

____ (2022-05-01). UK: University and College Union shelves national strikes for a year. wsws.org With RPI inflation at 9 percent and the employers' association offering only a 2.75 percent pay rise for most HE workers, the "new strategy" of the UCU is to tell its members to stand down and suffer.

Ana Perdigón (2022-05-01). Oil Above All: Paraguay Joins New 'Friends of Venezuela' Club Despite Multi-Million Dollar Debt and Refusal to Recognize Maduro. orinocotribune.com The President of the Senate of Paraguay, àìscar Salomón, informed the press that next Tuesday, May 3, a delegation of Venezuelan National Assembly deputies will discuss with their Paraguayan colleagues the possibility of resuming the purchase of Venezuelan fuel by Paraguay. | The meeting will take place between a team of Paraguayan senators and four Venezuelan deputies who are currently in Paraguay, discussing the reinstatement of Venezuela in the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur). | "Paraguay today needs cheaper fuel and Venezuela can give us that possibility to buy," said Senator Salomón. | He added that th…

____ (2022-05-01). Socialist Equality Party campaigns at Sri Lanka solidarity rally in London. wsws.org Around 3,000 people protested, carrying homemade placards. SEP members distributed hundreds of copies of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) statement "