(2023-01-03). RCEP takes effect for Indonesia, new trade regulations in place in the country. ecns.cn RCEP agreement took effect for Indonesia on Monday, with the country putting new regulations in place for its trade with other members of the world's largest free trade deal in terms of population and the size of economy and trade.
(2023-01-03). Digitalization gaining ground in China on wider application. ecns.cn Chinese enterprises' expenditures on digital businesses will witness speedy growth in 2023, as cutting-edge digital technologies, such as 5G, artificial intelligence and cloud computing, have been increasingly applied into a wide range of fields and integrated with the real economy.
(2023-01-03). Storm clouds massing over global economy and financial system. wsws.org A slowing global economy will cause problems for financial markets already experiencing instability, as the reversal of ultra-easy monetary policies by the world's central banks make itself felt.
(2023-01-03). Homeless deaths surged across the US in 2022 due to extreme weather, economic hardship. wsws.org According to the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, 0,000 to 600,000 people in the US experience homelessness on any given night; approximately one-third of them sleep on the streets.
(2023-01-03). We Have Had Enough!They Have Crossed The Line! NNU-CNA Sutter Alta Bates Nurses Strike. indybay.org On January 1, over 100 striking NNU-CNA nurses and community supporters rallied at Sutter's Alta Bates hospital…
(2023-01-03). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.
(2023-01-03). Consumption surges during New Year holiday. ecns.cn China's consumption market saw a rapid recovery during the New Year holiday, showing consumers have high enthusiasm for consumption, the Securities Daily reported.
(2023-01-03). Saturday 1/7: Election 2022: What Does It Mean for the Socialist Left? indybay.org
(2023-01-02). Ransacking the World Economy until 'You'll Own Nothing' (Part 1): 5,000 Years Setting the Stage. transcend.org Dec 2022 – According to the World Economic Forum, by 2030 'You'll Own Nothing. And You'll Be Happy.' If this prediction is to come true many things must happen. Let me identify why the WEF believes it will happen and then investigate these claims.
(2023-01-02). Ransacking the World Economy until 'You'll Own Nothing' (Part 2): The Coup de Grâce ;>The Great Reset. transcend.org Dec 2022 – Building on millennia of learning how to structure and manage an economy to accumulate and consolidate control and wealth in particular hands (Part 1), the Global Elite launched its final coup in January 2020 under cover of the fake Covid-19 'pandemic'.
(2023-01-02). We Can't Combat Inequality Without First Valuing Care Work. truthout.org Patriarchy and capitalism are class-based systems that serve to compound inequalities of all sorts, including gender inequality. A feminist political economy not only addresses gender inequalities, but also seeks to rectify inequalities in the division of labor. Of course, there are different branches of feminism, but a strong case can be made that a socialist feminist perspective of political… |
(2023-01-02). Time for Some Linguistic Housekeeping, America. strategic-culture.org By Peter Van BUREN | With the year 2022 soon behind us, it is time for some linguistic housecleaning, America. | I'd like everyone to please stop using the term side hustle. Call it a part time job or a small business. Either way, it rarely works out despite the incessant flow of trash from the media about how it is some sort of new thing. Historic data on small businesses shows a remarkable record: no matter how long you look back or what the economic climate is, around
(2023-01-02). Nurses' strikes rock Britain's National Health Service. workers.org 
Workers across Britain have been engaged in wave after wave of strikes. Since summer, workers in multiple industries have hit back against massive economic and social service attacks. Nurses on a picket line outside Queen Elizabeth hospital, Birmingham, on Dec. 20. Credit: Jacob King/PA. Photo web source: Guardian Consumer inflation . . . |
(2023-01-02). Venezuela's Maduro Says He's Ready to Work Toward Normalization With the US. news.antiwar.com Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Sunday that Venezuela is "ready" to work toward normalization with the US, which would involve the Biden administration lifting crippling economic sanctions on the South American country. "Venezuela is ready, totally ready, to take steps towards a process of normalization of diplomatic, consular and political relations with the current administration …
(2023-01-02). Over 10 billion yuan of goods benefit from RCEP in Guangzhou. ecns.cn Guangzhou Customs in south China's Guangdong Province issued over 14,000 certificates of origin for goods worth a total of 4.75 billion yuan ($682 million) under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement during the first 11 months of 2022.
(2023-01-02). Rising passenger flow, logistics mirror accelerated economic recovery in China. ecns.cn China is getting back to its pre-epidemic hustle and bustle as the country's newly adjusted COVID-19 response policy promotes both work and production resumption, driving a surge in passenger and traffic flow.
(2023-01-02). U.S. economic outlook for 2023. america.cgtn.com For most Americans, 2022 was a rough year financially for their household, as the S&P 0 dipped to its lowest numbers since the 2008 financial crisis. The S&P finished 2022 with a loss of 19.4%, which is the financial index's third recorded yearly loss in …
(2023-01-02). Venezuela reporta una constante mejoría de la actividad económica. telesurtv.net La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal) pronosticó que Venezuela crecerá en un 5.0 por ciento durante 2023, el más alto de la región.
(2023-01-02). Venezuela Present at Lula's Inauguration in Brazil. orinocotribune.com 
This Sunday, January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president, while harshly criticising former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro and promising a change of course to rescue a nation plagued with hunger, poverty and racism, all of which were exacerbated during Bolsonaro's rule. | The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, arrived in Brasilia on Sunday afternoon as the official representative of the Venezuelan State. | "On behalf of the President of the republic Nicolás Maduro, we arrived in the city of Brasilia to accompany our Brazilian brothers and sisters in the…
(2023-01-02). Eradication Of Poverty And Hunger Key Priorities For Lula Government. popularresistance.org On Sunday January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party of Brazil (PT) gave his first speech to the Brazilian people as president at the National Congress. In the speech, he presented a brief diagnosis of the situation and conditions of the country that he will govern over for the next four years. | "It's appalling," said Lula, about the conditions in which he receives the country from his predecessor, former president Jair Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party, who abandoned the country and went to the US just before the inauguration. "They have emptied out the resources for health. They have dismantled th…
(2023-01-02). Selected Articles: New Year in London: Mass Poverty Is Deeply Rooted. Ongoing Praise for NATO Militarization Ukraine. globalresearch.ca 
By The traditional London New Year fireworks display last night was dedicated to a dead queen and neo-Nazis on …
(2023-01-02). New Year in London: Mass Poverty is Deeply Rooted. Ongoing Praise for NATO Militarization Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-02). Inequality In Annual Earnings Worsens In 2021. popularresistance.org Rising wage inequality and slow and uneven growth in real (inflation-adjusted) hourly wages for the vast majority of workers have been defining features of the U.S. labor market for most of the last 40 or so years. In only about 10 years since 1979 did most workers see any consistent positive wage growth: in the tight labor market of the late 1990s and in the five years leading up to the pre-pandemic labor market peak in 2019 (Gould 2020). Some low-wage workers have experienced disproportionate wage gains in the current business cycle—gains that even beat out high inflation (Gould and Kandra 2022). | Howeve…
(2023-01-02). Off to Space with You, Elon Musk! indybay.org Union and labor activists facetiously called for Elon Musk to leave earth for the red planet with a protest at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco on December 19th.
(2023-01-02). How About Living Wages? Three Hundred UFCW5 Members Strike SF Macy's Union Square Store. indybay.org Three hundred members of UFCW 5 went on strike against Macy's at the Union Square store in San Francisco. They are fighting for living wages.
(2023-01-02). New York University emergency department prioritizes the wealthy for treatment. wsws.org This discriminatory practice, which has been corroborated by dozens of NYU health care workers and electronic records, underscores the fact that the provision of medical care is determined by social inequality and the profit motive.
(2023-01-02). UK firefighters voting for first national strike since 2003. wsws.org Firefighters and fire service control staff across the UK, members of the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) are currently voting on whether to take strike action in pursuit of a pay claim. Firefighters and control staff are being offered a sub inflation pay cut offer of five percent. The last national firefighters strikes was in 2003.
(2023-01-02). Healthy for the Holidays: Mayo Clinic Health System provides tips for combatting stress this season. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MANKATO, Minn. ‚Äï During the holiday season, it is easy to get caught up in the stress and chaos that can accompany this time of the year. Already demanding lives become even more hectic as last-minute shopping, cooking and spending combine to add even more anxiety. For many people, the result can be overwhelming. "What if there was a way you could plan ahead to counter the stress? Start with identifying the issue," says Lisa Hardesty,…
(2023-01-02). As usual, defense bill gives millions of dollars to Israel, but no one tells Americans. indybay.org Israeli media report that the 2023 defense spending bill just signed into law contains over $ 0 million for Israel (just the tip of the iceberg of billions of dollars for Israel)… AIPAC commended Congress…
(2023-01-02). US Senate Passes Massive $858 Billion for Pentagon's Wars. transcend.org 15 Dec 2022 – The record breaking spending bill now heads to President Biden's desk.
(2023-01-02). BlackRock Logo to Be Added to Ukrainian Flag. transcend.org 29 Dec 2022 – Kyiv has announced the addition of a fifth corporate logo to the Ukrainian flag—BlackRock, world's largest investment management firm–which will be playing a crucial role in the reconstruction of the nation. BlackRock will join Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and McDonald's upon the blue and yellow flag.
(2023-01-02). 2022 marks another fruitful year of Cambodia-China cooperation. ecns.cn The year of 2022 marked another fruitful year of pragmatic cooperation between Cambodia and China as the two countries have enjoyed bigger trade and investment volumes, officials and academics said.
(2023-01-02). Covid Vaccines Profits: A Reality Check. transcend.org December 2022 – Cutting through the COVID Vaccine Hysteria…
(2023-01-02). College Textbooks Cover the Climate Crisis Less Than They Did Before 2010. truthout.org This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Evidence is mounting fast of the devastating consequences of climate change on the planet, but college textbooks aren't keeping up. A recent study found that most college biology textbooks published in the 2010s contained less content on climate change than… |
(2023-01-02). Fidel, la Revolución Cubana y el antiimperialismo. cubadebate.cu Sería imprudente, a más de improductivo políticamente, aventurar una fecha en la cual se produjo el nacimiento del antiimperialismo en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Las rebeliones en contra del dominio colonial español y portugués -y en parte también inglés y francés en el mundo caribeño- alentaron desde el terreno de la práctica la reflexión en torno al precursor o, como creo que diría Marx, "la forma antediluviana" del imperialismo: el colonialismo.
(2023-01-02). The 64th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution: An Unprecedented Chapter in World History. globalresearch.ca January 2019: Cubans are commemorating the 60th anniversary of their independence. On this day in 1959, the Cuban Revolution was successfully conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement[i] and became an enduring symbol of resistance to neo-colonialism, capitalism, and hegemony.
(2023-01-02). Militarism of the United States. transcend.org The U.S. Government Aims at Global Hegemony through Military Force – The military-industrial complex, against which President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned, has bipartisan support in the United States Congress and Senate. The amount of money involved is enormous.
(2023-01-02). "Demonization" and Paranoid Projections. dissidentvoice.org If you are dehumanized, I am dehumanized. — Archbishop Desmond Tutu How to explain, psychologically, such a bizarre group-fantasy as QAnon—which is believed in by countless millions of Americans? We are witnessing a massive regression to a pre-logical, paranoid delusional system about a secret cabal of evil, devil-worshipping, pedophilic, cannibalistic Democrats. (The scathing irony is …
(2023-01-02). The FBI Wants To Put Me On Trial For Fighting For Black Freedom. popularresistance.org There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), founder of the Uhuru ("Freedom") Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government of the United States. | Using the bogus and slanderous charge that we are "Russian agents," the U.S. government and its "Department of Justice" will attempt to put us on trial and imprison us for fighting for the liberation of African people in the U.S. and around the world. | But they will fail. We will win. | I am 81 years old. My political work for the last…