(2022-07-07). Opening the boxes of capitalism's skeletons. iacenter.org By Julia Wright July 5, 2022 "This is the hour of the furnaces; we only see the light" — Che Guevara "Blossoming purple, a forgotten artichoke in a dark cupboard" — haiku by Richard Wright, 1960 Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley These are strange days during the floundering of what was said to be our unsinkable "democracy," when each dark event seems to be the butterfly effect of a deja vu going back to slavery or to our Civil Rights Movement. Science fiction would appear to be old hat. We, writers, will have to invent something else. This July 3 marks the 40th year of the incarceration of…
(2022-07-07). Iran Deputy FM meets high-ranking Ugandan officials. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Affairs met and held talks with President, Prime Minister and Foreign Ministry Advisor of Uganda in Kampala for strengthening bilateral ties in all fields.
(2022-07-07). Analysts take U.S. to task on Xinjiang disinformation. ecns.cn The United States has been spreading disinformation about Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, including claiming that forced labor has been used, in an attempt to target and tarnish China's international image, analysts said.
(2022-07-07). Customs tariff of 80% of goods between Iran, EAEU to hit zero. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) — With conclusion of agreement on Iran's joining of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and its approval in parliaments of negotiating countries, customs tariff of 80% of goods between Iran and EAEU member states will reduce to zero.
(2022-07-07). Ruling sorcerers turn impoverished humans into monsters and mushrooms … that is the anime Dorohedoro! wsws.org Dorohedoro is set partially in a post-apocalyptic industrial world, known as the Hole, where humans face the constant threat of being "practiced on" by sorcerers.
(2022-07-07). Patients with severe brachial plexus injuries who undergo amputation report benefits, Mayo study finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Reconstruction surgery may not work for some people with severe brachial plexus injuries, so they choose to undergo amputation. In a retrospective review by Mayo Clinic researchers, these patients reported less mechanical shoulder pain, higher employment rates and more satisfaction after amputation. The paper appears online in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that sends signals from the spinal cord to the shoulder,…
(2022-07-07). Wednesday 7/6: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Rise of the Excluded. indybay.org Zoom (Register at http: //bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…
(2022-07-07). Mayo Clinic joins coalition to end drug shortages. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has joined the End Drugs Shortages Alliance, a coalition that seeks to prevent drug shortages in the U.S. "Drug shortages continue to impact patient care and care delivery. Mayo Clinic is joining this collaborative effort to help ensure patients have access to essential medications and treatments when they need them," says Eric Tichy, Pharm.D., division chair of Pharmacy Supply Solutions at Mayo Clinic. Tichy is serving as chair of the…
(2022-07-07). Sunday 7/10: Voting Blue Won't Do–Build a Movement for Reproductive Justice. indybay.org Please register for zoom event: tinyurl.com/FSP-July10…
(2022-07-07). Arms stretched out to Durban, to RETUSA, to dockers internationally… indybay.org South African dockers from Durban gave solidarity greetings to ILWU Local 10 longshore workers and the community against the privatization and destruction of the Howard Terminal in the Port Of Oakland. In response ILWU Local 10 past president Trent Willis and ILWU Local 10 member Aaron Wright thanked Duban dockers.
(2022-07-07). US extends economic war on Russia to China. wsws.org Increasingly openly the US is treating the military war against Russia and the mounting confrontation with China as part of a far broader conflict to weaken and subjugate potential rivals.
(2022-07-07). "They Only Understand Power" 2022 SF "Bloody Thursday" ILWU Local 10 Trent Willis Speaks. indybay.org At the ILWU Local 10 "Bloody Thursday" commemoration past ILWU Local 10 president talked about the conditions facing ILWU members including covid and the contract fight with the shipping companies. This took place on July 5, 2022…
(2022-07-07). TSJ de Venezuela declara carácter constitucional de Ley de Zonas Económicas Especiales. telesurtv.net La normativa proyecta regular la creación, organización, funcionamiento y administración de áreas para el desarrollo de proyectos económicos y de encadenamiento productivo.
(2022-07-07). 'Living will' regulation to debut in Shenzhen. ecns.cn Patients in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, will be allowed to decide, starting next year, whether they want to undergo certain lifesaving measures at the final stage of their life, according to a newly amended city regulation.
(2022-07-07). Democrats promote right-wing extremist candidates in Republican primaries. wsws.org The tactic is an admission of political bankruptcy, seeking to make their opponents unelectable, rather than offering any policies that would attract popular support.
(2022-07-07). Why Australia's Labor government refuses to defend Julian Assange. wsws.org The Labor government is hostile to Assange, in direct proportion to its support for US-led militarism, including the confrontations with Russia and China that threaten nuclear war.
(2022-07-07). 95 Theses Against the Rule of the Financial Markets. indybay.org The financial markets have made themselves independent of the real economy. As the selling of indulgences led to Martin Luther's 95 Theses in 1517, the dominance of speculative financial markets has led to revenue shortfalls of US cities and states. Tax havens hide between $22 trillion and $33 trillion according to the Tax Justice Network.
(2022-07-06). Spanish Lawmaker: NATO Subordinates Europe To US. popularresistance.org A Spanish lawmaker has condemned the NATO summit that was held in Madrid this June, denouncing the US-led military alliance for advocating for more war and pushing to enrich the weapons industry while Europeans suffer from inflation and an energy crisis. | On the floor of Spain's parliament, leftist Deputy Gerardo Pisarello argued that "the NATO summit was not organized to strengthen the cause of peace," but rather "was organized basically to reinforce the geostrategic priorities of the United States… above all to weaken China."
(2022-07-06). US Funds New Protests in Libya. journal-neo.org 
Against a backdrop of deteriorating living conditions, electricity shortages, rising fuel and bread prices, popular unrest has returned to the streets of Libyan cities since July 1 which, with the inaction of security forces, has degenerated into disorderly acts by angry crowds, accompanied by vandalism, arson and looting. Hundreds of protesters stormed the parliament building …
(2022-07-06). RIAC and VIF discussed the impact of the crisis around Ukraine on Russia — India relations. russiancouncil.ru On July 6, 2022 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a round table "Strategic and economic implications of the Ukraine crisis"
(2022-07-06). NATO Summit Met With Wave Of Creative Protests. popularresistance.org In Madrid, this Monday, a group of around 30 anti-war activists staged a die-in at the Reina Sofia Museum, lying corpse-like in front of Pablo Picasso's painting of the bombing of Guernica, some grasping signs that read: "War is the death of people. War is the death of Art." | The protest was organized by Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future, marking one of a handful of demonstrations, marches and community dialogues organized around this week's NATO summit in Madrid. The summit, taking place in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, is expected to result in an increase in military spending across NATO countrie…
(2022-07-06). Ukrainian Court Upholds Ban of Communist Party. libya360.wordpress.com Muhammed Shabeer Members of WFDY held a protest in Madrid, Spain during the NATO Summit to demand the release of the Kononovich brothers. Photo: WFDY The Communist Party of Ukraine has been targeted by successive governments through decommunization laws, smear campaigns, and repression. The Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal in Lviv, Ukraine ruled on July…
(2022-07-06). Ukrainian court upholds ban on Communist Party. peoplesdispatch.org The Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal in Lviv, Ukraine ruled on July 5 to uphold the ban on the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU) and ordered the state to seize the properties of the party. | The Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal stated that in their decision: "We inform you that the court has complied with the requests of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine: the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine are prohibited; the property, funds and other assets of the party, its regional, municipal, district organizations, primary organizations and other structural entities have been transferred to the owners…
(2022-07-06). German government, employers and unions join in a "Concerted Action"–an alliance against the working class. wsws.org The aim of "Concerted Action" is to make working people pay for the horrendous costs of military rearmament and the consequences of the NATO offensive and the economic war against Russia.
(2022-07-06). German government funds its war spending by increasing health insurance contributions. wsws.org Germany's Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach (SPD), plans to recoup a health insurance deficit of at least €17 billion next year by increasing contributions from ordinary insurers and plundering health insurance reserves.
(2022-07-06). Australian central bank raises interest rates again to drive down wages. wsws.org Having kept rates at near-zero for 18 months—giving the financial elite access to billions of dollars in virtually free money—the bank is sharply increasing rates in order to crash the economy enough to quash wage claims.
(2022-07-06). Money bill to set off annual abortion fight on Hyde Amendment. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Just days after their big win in the U.S. Supreme Court, anti-abortionists and the radical right—who are often one and the same—are gearing up for their annual fight to ban federal Medicaid funding for abortion. Their vehicle: The $242 billion bill funding the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services for the federal …
(2022-07-06). Mali's Resistance Continues and Inspires. libya360.wordpress.com Mikhail Gamandiy-Egorov The lifting of economic sanctions by ECOWAS against Mali should certainly not be seen as the victory of a consensus or as a sign of goodwill from the regional organization towards Bamako. The reality is that the resistance of the country's authorities and people has proven to be effective, and is extending its…
(2022-07-06). Women Are Taking Over The US Labor Movement. popularresistance.org As she considered striking at the grocery store where she had worked for a decade, the dozens of moments that had pushed Ashley Manning to that point flooded back. | She vividly recalled the indignities she endured throughout the pandemic, starting with child care. When schools shut down, no one could watch her 12-year-old daughter. She wouldn't allow her elderly grandmother, Ruby, to do it, fearing she would get sick. And her store, a Ralphs in San Pedro, California, where she is the manager of the floral department, refused to work with her schedule, she said.
(2022-07-06). White Socialist Left: Seeing A Bleak Future For 'Black And White Unite'. popularresistance.org The Red Summer of 1919 put paid to the lie of a monochromatic class struggle as thousands of hysterical white workers took to the streets around the country over the course of the year to lynch, beat, shoot and burn to death more than 250 of their African American coworkers who they feared were replacing them in the workplace. | One-hundred and ten years after O'Hare published her racist polemic, another white woman with ties to the political Left in the U.S., Krystal Ball, appeared on the Marxist economist Richard Wolff's podcast to once again downplay the role that racism plays in the struggle between capital a…
(2022-07-06). In An Attempt to Offset Rising Oil Prices, Biden Administration Makes Nice with Brutal Saudis—But Spurns Socialist Venezuela. covertactionmagazine.com Right-wing lobbies and ideological zealotry continue to prevent initiation of rational policy toward Venezuela On June 2, Saudi-led OPEC and …
(2022-07-06). China Miéville: "If you don't feel despair, you're not opening your eyes" mronline.org 
The fantasy novelist and left activist on why Marx's 'Communist Manifesto' speaks to the crisis-ridden politics of the present.
(2022-07-06). Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements. mronline.org 
Long seen as means to seek advantage on the pretext of providing mutual benefit, free trade agreements may increasingly become economic weapons in the new Cold War, disrupting earlier globalization.
(2022-07-06). Plight of women in Afghanistan worsened due to US sanctions. peoplesdispatch.org 
Economic sanctions by the US and the dress code restrictions imposed by the Taliban regime have only increased the suffering of women and girls in Afghanistan…
(2022-07-06). People's Independence Day: Milwaukee takes to the streets to protest Supreme Court rulings. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – In the calm before the storms hitting Milwaukee on July 4, over 1000 protested around the following six demands: True separation of church and state; repeal of Wisconsin State Statute 940.04; law enforcement shall not enforce abortion bans; the state of Wisconsin shall require law enforcement officials to read off Miranda Rights to those being detained; the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County shall not prosecute abortion cases – dismiss them all; and community control of the police now. | The protest was led by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist an…
(2022-07-06). Russia Sanctions and Asset Grab 2022. thesaker.is Russia Sanctions and ASSET GRAB 2022 The Coming Sanctions-Induced Economic Tsunami? July 6, 2022 by Yves Smith. www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/07/the-coming-sanctions-induced-economic-tsunami.html Today I am risking being too glib, but my excuse is aspiring to meet…
(2022-07-06). OPEC: Crude Oil From Iran & Venezuela Would Ease World Supply Shortages. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, July 5, the secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammad Barkindo, indicated that world oil supply shortages could be alleviated by allowing additional crude to flow from Iran and Venezuela. | At an energy conference held in Nigeria, Barkindo stated that resources could be unlocked and capacity strengthened by allowing Iranian and Venezuelan oil to return to the world market. | Barkindo added that the oil and gas industry has been affected by a lack of investment for many years, amid a trend in some countries to divest from hydrocarbons, a situation that has…
(2022-07-06). Recession storm clouds gathering. wsws.org The chief factor in provoking the downturn is the determination of the US Federal Reserve to keep lifting interest rates to cut demand and even provoke a recession to suppress the growing movement of the working class for wage demands to compensate for escalating prices.
(2022-07-06). Workers and students demand freedom for Assange at Melbourne protest. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is holding an online meeting this Sunday, 3 p.m. (AEST), to discuss how to take forward the fight for the WikiLeaks founder's freedom.
(2022-07-06). Reto visual: Muy pocos consiguen encontrar la mariposa entre las hojas. cubadebate.cu Aunque parezca fácil de descifrar, nada mas lejos de la realidad, ya que tendrá que mirar con mucho cuidado si quiere detectar el insecto oculto puesto que toda la imagen está cubierta de hojas del mismo color que la mariposa, lo que nos dificultará aún más la labor de encontrar al escurridizo insecto.
(2022-07-06). Mayo Clinic, Sheba Medical Center sign agreement to accelerate health technology growth. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn., and TEL AVIV, Israel — Mayo Clinic and Sheba Medical Center have signed an agreement that will make it easier to share health technology and support early stage startup companies. This collaboration will create an environment that enables rapid product development in the U.S. and Israeli markets, allowing technologies to be established and launched to transform health care delivery for all. The initial focus of this collaboration will be on cross referral and…
(2022-07-06). Over 33,000 British Columbia government workers vote for strike action, as contracts for 400,000 public sector workers expire. wsws.org After more than two years of risking their health and safety so the economy could continue churning out profits for the ruling elite during the pandemic, workers face a direct confrontation with the NDP government, which is determined to impose massive real terms wage cuts.
(2022-07-06). Swap Connect between Chinese mainland, Hong Kong to expand financial market access. ecns.cn Regulators on Monday announced the development of Swap Connect, a new mutual market access program between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the interbank interest rate swap markets.
(2022-07-06). The CIA & the Frankfurt school's anti-communism. mronline.org 
Frankfurt School critical theory has been—along with French theory—one of the hottest commodities of the global theory industry. Together, they serve as the common source for so many of the trend-setting forms of theoretical critique that currently dominate the academic market in the capitalist world, from postcolonial and decolonial theory to queer theory, Afro-pessimism and beyond.
(2022-07-06). China's digital economy reaches $6.7 trillion. ecns.cn China's digital economy has jumped from 11 trillion yuan ($1.64 trillion) to over 45 trillion yuan ($6.7 trillion) from 2012 to 2021, ranking second in the world, and the proportion of its digital economy in GDP has increased from 21.6 percent to 39.8 percent, data from the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows.
(2022-07-06). China's Hainan sees trade grow with RCEP members. ecns.cn South China's island province of Hainan saw its trade with members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) grow rapidly in the first five months of this year, local authorities said.
(2022-07-06). How to organize a union: 'The Porter' and Black service industry militancy. peoplesworld.org 
A contemporary wave of union organizing and union militancy in the digital and service industries stands in reaction to crippling inflation, where price hikes are double that of any rise in wages, loss of participation in workplace decisions combined with increased algorithmic control where even bathroom breaks are monitored, and overscheduling and underpayment for increased …
(2022-07-06). Economically Secure People Do Not Care So Much About Being "Replaced" commondreams.org The vast majority of Americans are struggling to maintain a moderate standard of living because a grotesque economic model is failing most people.
(2022-07-06). Pandemic is driving poverty in Germany to new highs. wsws.org The poverty rate in Germany in the pandemic year 2021 reached 16.6 percent of the population, a new record. This means there are 13.8 living in poverty, 600,000 more than before the pandemic began.
(2022-07-06). Li: Strengthen protection of intellectual property rights. ecns.cn Staff promote intellectual property rights at a sock market in the city of Zhuji, East China's Zhejiang province, on April 26, 2021.In this way, greater contributions will be made in boosting entrepreneurship and innovation, promoting the sustained healthy development of the economy and improving people's well-being, he said.
(2022-07-05). FRSO: Resolution Against the U.S./NATO-Provoked War in Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following resolution was that was adopted at Freedom Road Socialist Organization's 9th Congress. | We, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, hold the United States and NATO squarely responsible for the conflict in Ukraine. Since the disintegration of the socialist bloc in Europe, NATO has pursued a policy of expansion and military aggression that has brought instability to the region and beyond. In Ukraine, NATO and its de facto leader, the United States, created the conditions for the war that is now unfolding between the Russian Federation and the Ukrainian state. | Th…
(2022-07-05). The Heat: Effects of Russia sanctions. america.cgtn.com Economic sanctions against Russia appear to be backfiring around the world. Is this a good strategy to end the conflict in Ukraine?
(2022-07-05). Global Times interview: Brian Becker on socialism and the U.S. campaign against China. liberationnews.org 
"Clearly, the US is actually preparing for military confrontation with China."
(2022-07-05). San Antonio mourns 50+ migrant deaths as politicians deflect blame. liberationnews.org 
Migration is a fundamentally human activity, not a criminal act. The criminalization of migrants in the United States is by economic, imperialist, and bipartisan design.
(2022-07-05). Supreme Court rules in favor of big polluters, bolsters dangerous new legal doctrine. liberationnews.org 
Moving forward, we can expect the Supreme Court to use the "major questions doctrine" to strike down any regulations that the judges simply do not like as a matter of public policy.