(2022-07-09). (W.E. Talk) What can we learn from the economic battle between Russia and Western countries. ecns.cn While the Russian economy is showing resilience in the face of heavy sanctions in the recent months, the Western countries are suffering from the weaponization of the U.S. dollars started by themselves, which also triggered ripple effects on global trade and financial system.
(2022-07-09). Tug of war on global financial markets. wsws.org It is a sign of the perversity of the capitalist economy, dominated by financial octopuses, that the prospect of recession, spelling more economic hardship for billions of workers all over the world, is regarded as "good news" by the stock markets.
(2022-07-09). Letting Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Would Save US Nearly $290 Billion: CBO. commondreams.org "By empowering Medicare to directly negotiate prices for prescription drugs Congress can end the days of seniors missing lifesaving medications because they cannot afford them," said Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
(2022-07-09). Dutch Farmer Protests Inspire More Actions Amid Food Shortages. popularresistance.org Dutch farmers are blocking roads, airports and food distribution centers in an effort to shut their country down. These actions are in response to climate laws designed to lower nitrogen levels that will result in putting farms out of business and underscore why addressing the climate crisis requires a just transition for displaced workers. Farmers want the government to know that without farmers, there won't be food. The protests are now spreading to more countries. They are occurring as inflation hit double digits in June, especially for food and fuel, and food shortages are expected this fall.
(2022-07-09). How War Crimes Went Unpunished and a Publisher Became the Criminal (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Kamala Emanuel — | The Trial of Julian Assange: A story of persecution (2022, Verso, London) by Nils Melzer (with Oliver Kobold), a highly readable, newly-released book offers a wealth of information on the ongoing persecution and torture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. | The book is as invaluable for those who have supported Assange from the outset, as it is for those sceptical of his fear of extradition to the United States, or influenced by the prolonged character assassination campaign against him. | It begins with a compelling explanation of why the book has come into existence. Au…
(2022-07-09). Australian rail union winds back industrial action in response to government attack. wsws.org The Rail Tram and Bus Union's "good faith" gestures were made under conditions where the NSW government has launched a series of increasingly hostile attacks against workers.
(2022-07-09). [World Report] 6 million female health workers are unpaid or underpaid. thelancet.com Experts say that the exploitation of women's labour has negative effects on health systems. Udani Samarasekera reports.
(2022-07-09). Veterans who are elected officials urge passage of clean energy provisions in Senate bill. indybay.org For energy independence EV incentives are imperative, Biden administration action on light and heavy-duty vehicles and US Senate action on climate say veterans who are elected officials | More investment than the president's DPA authorization is needed in order to set the United States on a path to a -52 percent reduction in carbon pollution by 2030—the goal scientists say is necessary to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. The good news is that there is legislation before the Senate that would meet that goal. The bill, formally the Build Back Better Act, was passed by the House last November and…
(2022-07-09). Mayo Clinic receives first-of-its-kind accreditation for diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, the academic testing arm for Mayo Clinic Laboratories, has been accredited as a diagnostic site by the PCD Foundation. Mayo Clinic is the first and only center of excellence to receive PCD Foundation accreditation for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia, a rare and debilitating lung disease. "This recognition of our laboratory services by the PCD Foundation is a clear reflection of our shared commitment to…
(2022-07-09). Wednesday 7/6: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Rise of the Excluded. indybay.org Zoom (Register at http: //bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…
(2022-07-09). Workers Should Not Be Sacrificed in a Misguided Effort to Tame Inflation. commondreams.org Today's inflation is driven largely by supply-side constraints, which call for supply-side solutions.
(2022-07-09). International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers sells out Canadian National Railway signal and communications strike. wsws.org In recent months, binding arbitration has become the weapon of choice wielded by a ruling class determined to make workers pay for the economic crisis and spiralling cost of living.
(2022-07-09). Sri Lankan Socialist Equality Party rejects appeal to participate in "all-party" talks. wsws.org The Sri Lankan section of the International Committee of the Fourth International has bluntly told the opposition Samara Jana Balavegaya that it will under no circumstances engage in talks with the political parties of the ruling class.
(2022-07-09). CIP Decision Could End Rent Control. indybay.org The City of Alameda already has a Capital improvement Plan (CIP) program but landlord lobbyists worked with Council Member John Knox White (so-called moderate) to get more from renters. The Alameda Renters Coalition opposed this plan last year, but renters responded with letters and speakers in protest. The CIP plan was tabled for a year but now it's back on the agenda for a City Council vote on Tuesday. | The Capital Improvement Plan plan allows add-ons to rent increases. If your landlord wants to make renovations to your building that cost over $7, 0 per building or $7 per unit, 100% of the landlord's expense…
(2022-07-09). IKCO's export of automotive parts tripled in Q1. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Iran Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) managed to increase export of iautomotive parts in first three months of the current year in 1401 (from March 21 to June 22) about three times more than that of the same period of last year.
(2022-07-09). The Democratic Party-sanctioned police rampage in Akron, Ohio. wsws.org The savage police murder of Jayland Walker followed by a Democratic-led police-state crackdown in Akron, Ohio has exposed the class role of the police and the bankruptcy of reforming the capitalist state.
(2022-07-09). 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.
(2022-07-09). 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,…
(2022-07-09). Boris Johnson se va, pero la pesadilla de derecha sigue. globalizacion.ca Johnson fue derribado por los ministros tories que condenan su falta de integridad. Pero la obsesión con su conducta personal oculta un desastroso historial político que los laboristas de Starmer tampoco cuestionan. | La caída de Boris Johnson es la culminación…
(2022-07-09). Archivo CD: Instigar una "primavera cubana" (+ PDF). cubadebate.cu Un documento informativo elaborado por la USAID sobre el programa secreto "Apoyo a la sociedad civil cubana", fechado el 28 de enero de 2009 en San José, Costa Rica, constituye una prueba irrefutable de la naturaleza sediciosa e injerencista de estos proyectos.
(2022-07-09). Shenzhen rolls out regulations for autonomous driving. ecns.cn South China's Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, is blazing a trail for emerging technology trends to allow fully autonomous vehicles to run on certain roads designated by the city's traffic management department.
(2022-07-09). [Articles] Thrombectomy alone versus intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy in patients with stroke: an open-label, blinded-outcome, randomised non-inferiority trial. thelancet.com Thrombectomy alone was not shown to be non-inferior to intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy and resulted in decreased reperfusion rates. These results do not support omitting intravenous alteplase before thrombectomy in eligible patients.
(2022-07-09). Friday 7/15: Reviewing KPFA's Economic Update w/Richard Wolff. indybay.org ZOOM: | zoom.us/j/98494427833?pwd=NERHSWZnR2cybFlWQWswRnRQNG1LQT09…
(2022-07-09). "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…
(2022-07-09). Biden y sus huestes de jarana por Madrid mientras se atisba una crisis de deuda privada. globalizacion.ca Bajo una inflación que no es de demanda, es muy poco probable que una subida de 1 ó 2 puntos porcentuales tenga un impacto importante en el gasto sensible a los tipos de intereses. | Las consecuencias de la guerra de…
(2022-07-09). Iran-Russia monetary-banking MoUs to put into effect soon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Referring to political will of two countries of Iran and Russia for developing economic ties, Governor of Central Bank of Iran said that monetary and banking Memoranda of Understanding will be put into operation soon.
(2022-07-08). Putin warns that Ukraine delaying negotiations under Western influence will hamper chances of peace. peoplesdispatch.org 
Russia also objected to the West's doublespeak on Ukraine, saying that platforms such as G20 were being used to push an anti-Russia agenda instead of trying to find ways to tackle the rising economic hardships the world is facing…
(2022-07-08). The United States wants to prevent a historical fact—Eurasian integration: The Twenty-Seventh Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
Over the course of the past fifteen years, European countries have found themselves with both great opportunities to seize and complex choices to make. Unsustainable reliance on the United States for trade and investment, as well as the curious distraction of Brexit, led to the steady integration of European countries with Russian energy markets and more uptake of Chinese investment opportunities and its manufacturing prowess.
(2022-07-08). CEPR Sanctions Watch, May-June 2022. cepr.net Though now a key part of US policy-making, and a defining feature of the global economic order, sanctions, and their human costs, as well as violations of treaties to which the United States is a signatory, receive relatively little attention in most US media outlets.
(2022-07-08). After Johnson's resignation: Mobilize the working class against capitalism and war. wsws.org Johnson is such a divisive and discredited figure that he could not be entrusted with the next stage of the ruling class offensive against the working class or with prosecuting NATO's war against Russia.
(2022-07-08). Tibet's fixed-asset investment in transport reaches $ .71 billion. ecns.cn
(2022-07-08). German government's energy policy means billions in aid for corporations, unbearable costs for consumers. wsws.org The German parliament wants to pass a package of laws this week giving energy companies billions in aid from the state treasury, but this will mean financial ruin and cold homes for working class families.
(2022-07-08). Alex Saab Hails Venezuela on Its Independence. orinocotribune.com By Alex Saab  ; Jul 5, 2022 | Dear President Nicolas Maduro and beloved people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I would like to send you my greetings on the occasion of our Independence Day. | Our country is moving steadily towards economic growth, stability and national reconciliation despite the sanctions and the inhumane blockade imposed by the United States. | Of course, we would make much faster progress if, in a show of patriotic sorrow, the small section of the opposition that supports these sanctions would also join us, especially on this important date, in our demand for an immediate end to th…
(2022-07-08). Starbucks sows doubt about abortion, gender-affirming healthcare as union-busting tactic. liberationnews.org 
When Starbucks' "values" clash with the need to constantly increase profits, profits are always the priority…
(2022-07-08). Can We Have a Wage-Price Spiral with Slowing Wage Growth? cepr.net 
Many folks want to tell this story about the economy today. However, there is a big problem, the data won't cooperate. Wage growth is not accelerating, it's slowing.
(2022-07-08). Schools and Labor Against Privatization — fight to keep Oakland schools open. workers.org 
Oakland, California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on mural of Parker School. The Schools and Labor Against Privatization (SLAP) coalition held a barbecue on June 26 at Parker School, which the school board has ordered to be closed and eliminated. But the East Oakland elementary school is still operating this . . . |
(2022-07-08). San Diego: Machinists at California's first ever unionized dealership are on strike. liberationnews.org 
Machinists at Mercedes Benz of San Diego are striking against unfair labor practices and management's refusal to negotiate fairly for their new contract.
(2022-07-08). San Diego: Machinists at Southern California's first ever unionized dealership are on strike. liberationnews.org Machinists at Mercedes Benz of San Diego are striking against unfair labor practices and management's refusal to negotiate fairly for their new contract.
(2022-07-08). Phoenix reproductive justice movement grows despite police attacks. liberationnews.org 
On July 1, over a thousand people joined a coalition of socialist organizations in Phoenix, Arizona to demand Biden and the Democrats take action on the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
(2022-07-08). Communism, the Manifesto, and Hate. mronline.org 
We have no reason to succumb to the complex comfort of despair, a lugubriousness by which failure is foreordained. But to stress the repeated failures of the Left is a necessary corrective to its history of boosterism and bullshit, and to stress how appalling these days are, even if we can also find in them hope.
(2022-07-08). Private Sector Employment Passes Pre-Pandemic Level, Wage Growth Moderates. cepr.net Wage growth continues to moderate, alleviating concerns about a wage-price spiral. | The June employment report showed the economy created 372,000 jobs last month, with the private sector adding 381,000. Private sector employment is now 140,000 jobs above its pre-pandemic level. Total employment is still down 524,000, as local government employment is 599,000 below pre-pandemic levels, and state government employment is 57,000 below pre-pandemic levels. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6 percent for the fourth consecutive month. | Wage Growth Moderates Further | Perhaps the best news in this report is fur…
(2022-07-08). Justice is Global Unveils New Report on How to Counter the Politics of Scapegoating China. peoplesaction.org Report Reveals That Anti-China, Populist Rhetoric Masks Anti-Democratic Forces in the U.S. and Offers Solutions to Combat It Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, DC—Justice is Global today released a new report revealing the increasing popularity of politicians who win over working-class voters by using China as a scapegoat for social and economic problems in …
(2022-07-08). DHL strike in Rhode Island for livable wages and affordable health care meets with violence on picket line. wsws.org Delivery services such as DHL, FedEx and UPS are notorious for their abysmal pay and working conditions. Drivers at DHL in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, often work 12-hour days and are paid only $18 an hour on average. The astronomical cost of health care is out of reach for most workers.
(2022-07-08). New Report Details Ways to Counter Anti-China Scapegoating in US. commondreams.org "While it's easy for people ripped off by bad worker policies at home to map their economic anxieties onto those they deem foreign, racist scapegoating will only divide us further."
(2022-07-08). 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…
(2022-07-08). Johnson remains UK prime minister as Tories lurch to right and Labour offers a "stable" alternative. wsws.org The entire gamut of potential candidates is in favour of cutting taxes and government spending, combined with support for greater military spending to take on both Russia and China.
(2022-07-08). French railworkers strike for pay raises as inflation surges across Europe. wsws.org The strike comes amid a growing movement of workers across Europe, including of British railworkers, and poses the task of unifying these struggles in opposition to austerity, war and the capitalist system.
(2022-07-08). Ventra Evart workers: Vote YES to authorize a strike! Demand a deadline for a walkout and prepare a real fight for higher wages! wsws.org "The time has come to draw a line in the sand and say: We will not settle until we have enough money to live, enough time with our families and a decent, safe workplace."
(2022-07-08). UK Living Standards Audit 2022: Stagnant wages have left millions "brutally exposed" wsws.org The Resolution Foundation audit provides valuable empirical evidence showing the declining position of the working class on the UK's income ladder.
(2022-07-08). "The Man Who Broke Capitalism" (book review). cpusa.org 
David Gelles, The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America — and How to Undo His Legacy, Simon & Schuster, 2022. The Man Who Broke Capitalism is the intriguing title of a new book by New York Times business columnist David Gelles. It offers …
(2022-07-08). The Death Of A Capable Revisionist. popularresistance.org Last night some man with a self build gun killed the former prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. | Adhering to family tradition Shinzo Abe has been an Japanese imperialist. As Peter Lee wrote about him back in 2013: | Myth: Shinzo Abe is a leading member of the team of world and Asian democracies standing up to China in the name of universal values like "freedom of navigation" and to help ensure the shared peace and prosperity of Asia. | Reality: Shinzo Abe is a revisionist nationalist using friction with China to pursue Japanese national interests, put Japan on the right side of a zero-sum economic equation oppos…
(2022-07-08). Africa, China, and U.S. imperialism. cpusa.org 
The U.S. government has become obsessed with Africa. Not with fostering its strength, independence, health, or economic development, mind you. Instead, it is worried about why Africans don't like us much. Recent polling in 29 African countries shows that African youth hold more favorable opinions of China than of the U.S. More than eight …
(2022-07-08). The United States Wants To Prevent A Historical Fact. popularresistance.org Over the course of the past fifteen years, European countries have found themselves with both great opportunities to seize and complex choices to make. Unsustainable reliance on the United States for trade and investment, as well as the curious distraction of Brexit, led to the steady integration of European countries with Russian energy markets and more uptake of Chinese investment opportunities and its manufacturing prowess. | Closer linkages between Europe and these two large Asian countries (China and Russia) provoked the US agenda to prevent that integration or delay it.
(2022-07-08). Experts urge U.S. to remove import tariffs. ecns.cn The United States should roll back all the additional tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as possible. Such a rollback will benefit consumers and enterprises and safeguard global trade and industrial chains.
(2022-07-08). Australia: Labor's "capacity mechanism" to reward profit-hungry energy companies. wsws.org Under the proposed scheme, power generating companies will be paid for merely agreeing to have the means to generate electricity on standby.
(2022-07-08). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.
(2022-07-08). Contract talks continue after ILWU's West Coast pact expires. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES —With encouragement from Biden administration Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union ;the independent union which represents almost 23,000 West Coast dockworkers ;and West Court port executives are continuing, even after ILWU's current contract expired June 30. In a joint statement, ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association, the coalition of …
(2022-07-08). The July 9 protest in Sri Lanka: A socialist program for workers and youth. wsws.org In opposition to the perspective of the Galle Face protest leaders, who call for the formation of an alternative bourgeois government, the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) advocates for a revolutionary socialist program for the working class.
(2022-07-08). UK Bill Threatens Journalists With Life In Prison. popularresistance.org The British Parliament is debating a national security bill which could undermine the basis of national security reporting and ultimately throw journalists in jail for life. | A person convicted under the new offense of "obtaining or disclosing protected information," defined in Section 1 of National Security Bill 2022, faces a fine, life imprisonment, or both, if convicted following a jury trial. | A review of the parliamentary debate on the bill makes clear that work by press outlets such as WikiLeaks is at the heart of Tory and Labour MPs' thinking as they push to make the bill law.
(2022-07-08). Ontario government inspectors made scores of visits to National Steel Car plant where three workers died in past 22 months. wsws.org Successive governments have gutted workplace regulations and presided over a broken occupational health and safety system that allows companies like National Steel Car to turn workplaces into death traps.
(2022-07-08). Los Angeles teacher: "I feel like we're living in a Covid coverup" wsws.org Our reporter recently spoke with a teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District who reflected on the pandemic, poor working conditions, and economic hardship.
(2022-07-08). Food Prices and Market Speculation: The Return of the Global Hunger Games/By Graham Vanbergen and Global Justice Now. marktaliano.net 
By Graham Vanbergen and Global Justice Now Global Research, July 08, 2022 True Publica 22 March 2016 Of relevance to the ongoing "Food Crisis", this article was first published on March 23, 2016. Read carefully. Deliberate commodity market manipulations by powerful financial actors trigger increases in the price of food, with devastating social consequences. And we are currently in …
(2022-07-08). As new COVID surge begins in Australia, Labor government declares public health restrictions a thing of the past. wsws.org In statements identical to those of the previous conservative government, Labor Health Minister Mark Butler said it was necessary to "move beyond" public health measures and for individuals to "take responsibility."
(2022-07-08). 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…
(2022-07-08). Food Prices and Market Speculation: The Return of the Global Hunger Games. globalresearch.ca Of relevance to the ongoing "Food Crisis", this article was first published on March 23, 2016. | Read carefully. Deliberate commodity market manipulations by powerful financial actors trigger increases in the price of food, with devastating social consequences. | And we are …
(2022-07-08). Workers at publisher HarperCollins authorize a strike. wsws.org The vote result was 99.5 percent in favor of a strike, which shows a strong desire to fight against declining real wages at a time of high inflation.
(2022-07-07). Kirovsk, a City Under Ukrainian Fire/ By Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net READ MORE: NATO Media and NATO governments Support Nazism Why is the West Silent About Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Movements, Azov Battalion, & Bandera Legacy?/By Ekaterina Blinova Nazi collaborator monuments in Ukraine/ By Lev Golinkin "Lviv is packed full of Nazis, Fascists and Mercenaries"  ; Vanessa Beeley Interviews Steve Sweeney NaziWashing 4 You/ Cindy Sheehan interviews Mark …
(2022-07-07). Fueling the Warfare State. tomdispatch.com This March, when the Biden administration presented a staggering $813 billion proposal for "national defense," it was hard to imagine a budget that could go significantly higher or be more generous to the denizens of the military-industrial complex. After all, that request represented far more than peak spending in the Korean or Vietnam War years, and well over $100 billion more than at the height of the Cold War. It was, in fact, an astonishing figure by any measure — more than two-and-a-half times what China spends; more, in fact, than (and hold your hats for this one!) the national security budgets of th…
(2022-07-07). Assessing the Current State of Anti-Imperialism in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com The Iranian Marxist publication, Iranfardamag, interviews Rainer Shea. What's your take take on Petro's electoral victory and the prospects of his administration joining organizations such ALBA? Would he become a Boric-style president or a Morales-style one? I believe he'll become a Boric-style president for three main reasons. One, he's more likely to have his progressive…
(2022-07-07). A Prologue to the Swazi Revolution, One Year in the Making. libya360.wordpress.com Joseph M. Mullen 1 year ago, in June and July, a massive uprising led by Communists in Swaziland threatened to overthrow the last absolute monarchy in Africa. With the help of its imperialist allies, the Swazi monarchy brutally repressed this uprising, but they have only temporarily delayed the inevitable. One year later, we can reflect…