2023-01-17: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-01-18). Jilin Province Begins Economic, Trade Activity in Russian Far East. infobrics.org An economic and trade delegation from Northeast China's Jilin province set off from Hunchun Land Port to carry out a five-day economic and trade exchange activity in the Russian Far East…

infobrics (2023-01-18). Lula Da Silva's New Term Begins: Will Brazil Shine Again on Global Stage?>. infobrics.org Lula was the first Brazilian president from a working-class origin who helped lift millions of ordinary citizens out of the scourge of poverty…

_____ (2023-01-17). The relaunched US-India Trade Policy Forum. journal-neo.org During an official visit to the US from January 9-11 by an Indian delegation, headed by Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal, a scheduled meeting of the US-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF) was held in Washington DC. It is also sometimes referred to as "Strategic Dialogue" since, within the framework of this …

_____ (2023-01-17). Martin Luther King Day Special Encore Program: Restructuring The Edifice That Produces Poverty. popularresistance.org In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Clearing the FOG brought back an interview from ten years ago with Cheri Honkala of the Poor People's Economic and Human Rights Campaign and Robert Pollin of the Political Economy Research Institute. The program is centered on Dr. King's speech before the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in August 1967, "Where Do We Go From Here?" The guests, along with co-host Kevin Zeese discuss the current economic challenges and efforts to bring transformation at the local and national levels. That conversation is relevant today as we continue to face multiple c…

_____ (2023-01-17). U.S. Spy Chief Gives His Support to Libya PM As Part of a DEAL OVER LOCKERBIE? strategic-culture.org The greatest cover up since JKF — The Lockerbie bombing — might be coming apart at the seams, Martin Jay writes. | America seems to be getting skittish about its dirty work in Libya and how the greatest cover up since JKF — The Lockerbie bombing — might be coming apart at the seams. | Like Afghanistan, Libya, a country rich in oil wealth and underpopulated, is heading towards being branded another major NATO f***-up as analysts worry that delayed elections, the hilarious farce of now having two rival prime ministers in office and an economy in freefall, could all point to rival factions re…

Danny Haiphong (2023-01-17). The US is already preparing for its next war: on China. geopoliticaleconomy.com While the US and NATO wage a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, military strategists and pundits in Washington have set their sights on China.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China leads the world with 4.2 million valid registered patents in 2022. ecns.cn China had registered 4.212 million valid patents as of the end of 2022, making it the first country to pass the threshold of 3 million. The number manifests that the nation has been ramping up efforts to become a global innovational power.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's industrial output up 3.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 3.6 percent year on year in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's fixed-asset investment up 5.1 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment went up 5.1 percent in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's GDP hits 121.0207 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's gross domestic product (GDP) hit 121.0207 yuan (about 17.95 trillion U.S. dollars) as it posted a 3-percent year-on-year expansion in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's GDP up 3% in 2022. ecns.cn China's GDP growth reached 3 percent year-on-year in 2022, indicating that the Chinese economy has made new headway despite multiple headwinds, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's resident nominal disposable income up 5 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's per capita disposable income stood at 36,883 yuan (about 5,487 U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 5 percent year on year in nominal terms, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-17). California, 4th largest economy on earth, poised to engage with the Pan African Diaspora. indybay.org The Great State of California is poised to align bipartisan support with the new U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa, which outlines foreign policy objectives to bolster relations with African nations, listening to diverse local voices, and widen the circle of engagement to advance strategic objectives for the benefit of both Africans and Americans.

Staff (2023-01-17). Claves del Presupuesto del Estado cubano para el 2023: Equidad, Justicia Social y estabilización macroeconómica (+ Video). cubadebate.cu øCómo está conformado el Presupuesto del Estado en el 2023? øCuáles son las fuentes de ingreso? øCómo reducir el déficit fiscal? øQué pasos se dan para aumentar el papel del municipio en su correcta elaboración y ejecución? Para dar respuesta a estas y otras preguntas, comparecieron en la Mesa Redonda la ministra de Finanzas y Precios y otros directivos de ese ministerio.

Staff (2023-01-17). Headlines for January 17, 2023. democracynow.org Ukraine Blames Russia After Strike on Dnipro Apartment Building Kills at Least 44, U.S. Expands Training for Ukrainian Soldiers at Military Base in Germany, German Defense Minister Resigns as Allies Press for More Arms to Ukraine, Former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada Assassinated in Her Kabul Home, More Than Women Abducted by Insurgents in Burkina Faso, Death Toll from Unrelenting California Storms Rises to 20, Meteorologists Forecast Global Heating Will Accelerate in 2024, German Police Use Tear Gas to Clear Climate Activists from Site of Coal Mine, Activists Blockade Private Jet Airport Used by World Economic For…

WSWS (2023-01-17). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Last week public workers and educators marched through downtown Caracas demanding economic improvements while non tenure track faculty at Fordham University returned a 90 percent strike authorization vote.

CA Poor People's Campaign (2023-01-17). Monday 1/16: Close the Wealth Gap CA! MLK Day Reading of PPC Third Reconstruction Agenda to End Poverty. indybay.org Online event…

WSWS (2023-01-17). Oxfam: Social inequality and poverty soaring in Australia. wsws.org The widening social gulf has been intensified by corporate profiteering on the most basic human necessities—food and energy.

WSWS (2023-01-17). New Zealand's COVID wave continues as XBB.1.5 variant found. wsws.org The health ministry is downplaying the highly-infectious new XBB.1.5 variant, while the Labour government continues to defend the homicidal policy of mass infection.

WSWS (2023-01-17). Britain's trade unions promote future Labour government as answer to Tory anti-strike laws as they head towards statute books. wsws.org The law will enforce minimum service levels in the rail, health, education and other sectors—requiring a set number of workers to work on a strike day or face being sacked.

Fight Back (2023-01-17). In-depth look at the Virginia transit worker strike. fightbacknews.org Alexandria, VA – Transit workers employed by the French multinational rail and transit company Keolis took strike action on January 1, in Loudoun County, Virginia. The ATU Local 689 members had no choice but to take this drastic action in view of company stonewalling at the negotiations table, and in view of the shameful labor relations practices of Keolis. Like many union fights, there are many details and episodes that go unrecorded and unreported (although

Labor Video Project (2023-01-17). SF Rally in Solidarity with the Workers & People of Peru: US Out of Peru. indybay.org

LaborFest (2023-01-17). Saturday 2/11: Get Your Ticket To Mars! 2nd Launch To Artists, Musicians,Poets & 1937 GM Flint Occupation. indybay.org Twitter Headquarters | 1355 Market St. | San Francisco…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-17). Science Saturday: MayoComplete next-generation sequencing — Transforming comprehensive cancer care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For patients facing a cancer journey, navigating diagnosis and treatment can be extremely daunting. Fear of the unknown is compounded by a confusing ocean of emerging information on discoveries and technological advancements. While each wave of progress brings about new types of treatment, including targeted and immune therapies linked to improved outcomes, the cancer's nuances must be understood for these pioneering treatments to work. Laboratory testing offers crucial information to help patients traverse the shifting…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-17). Mayo Clinic Laboratories and Helix collaborate to provide comprehensive suite of laboratory services to biopharma customers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic Laboratories, a leading reference laboratory, and Helix, the nation's leading population genomics and viral surveillance company, today announced a new strategic collaboration that will provide biopharma customers access to a comprehensive joint laboratory offering for research and development initiatives across the drug development lifecycle. The offering will include a full spectrum of testing capabilities that leverages both Helix's suite of next generation sequencing capabilities and Mayo Clinic Laboratories' portfolio of more than 3,800…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-17). Celebrating international relationships, past, present and future. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It was 100 years ago that Dr. Charles Mayo visited France and met with famed physicist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. That meeting helped to set the stage for her research collaboration with Mayo and the relationship between Mayo and France that continues today. Celebrating those past, present and future relationships was the reason for a news conference held at Mayo Clinic on Friday, Jan. 6. Ambassador of France to…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-17). Nepal suspende labores de rescate de avión siniestrado. telesurtv.net Los rescatistas luchaban contra el clima nublado y la poca visibilidad mientras buscaban pasajeros en un desfiladero de 300 metros de profundidad.

WSWS (2023-01-17). Australian Labor Party saves right-wing NSW premier after admission he wore Nazi uniform. wsws.org In an age of manufactured scandals, including of the #MeToo variety, political careers have been ended for far less.

Juan Cole (2023-01-17). Billionaires Gobbled up 2/3s of New Wealth at $2.7 bn/ day, as 800 million go to bed Hungry: Oxfam. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; Oxfam , the British charity, has released a new report finding that the global problem of wealth inequality is growing ever more threatening. Of all the new wealth the entire human race has produced in the past two years, the richest 1% gobbled up 66% of it. The less-rich 99% …

WSWS (2023-01-17). Oxfam report documents "explosion of inequality" during pandemic. wsws.org Despite a slight reduction in overall wealth, billionaires and major corporations became "dramatically richer" in 2022 and were the main driver of global inflation.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-17). Imperial wins Financial Times teaching award for sustainability programme. imperial.ac.uk The Business School's Sustainability Leadership Executive Education programme has won an FT Responsible Business Education award for teaching cases.

Fight Back (2023-01-17). Tampa: Community speaks out against racist cop survey. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In late December, the Tampa Police Benevolent Association (PBA) sent out a survey to city council candidates for the upcoming municipal election asking both "Have you ever participated in a protest, whether physical, virtual, digital or online or advocated against, publicly or privately, police brutality?" and "Have you ever been a member of, donated to or supported Black Lives Matters whether financially, verbally, online or through social media?" | Community members spoke out at a recent city council meeting. Laura Rodríguez, an organizer with the Tampa Bay Community Action Committee, said, "This su…

Staff (2023-01-17). From Infiltrating Wikipedia to Paying Trump Millions in Golf Deals, Saudis Whitewash Rights Record. democracynow.org The Justice Department and Congress are facing new calls to investigate Donald Trump's financial ties to Saudi Arabia. The latest controversy centers on a new golf tournament owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund, which is chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. LIV has paid millions to golf resorts owned by Donald Trump, who has publicly supported the new league which is attempting to compete with the PGA. Meanwhile, an exposé has revealed that the Saudi government infiltrated Wikipedia to control information on the kingdom. Government administrators were recruited to ed…

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-17). Bitcoin Price Goes Parabolic, Up 28% Already This Year: Here's What Analysts Are Forecasting. moguldom.com The price of Bitcoin has increased 28 percent so far this year, thanks in part to investor optimism about signs of a slowdown in the inflation rate and hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will ease off interest rate hikes. Bitcoin rose above $21,000 on Saturday for the first time in two months, up 28 …

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-17). Live Fire and Electronic Warfare at Fallon: Paiute Myron Dewey Died Trying to Prevent It. indybay.org Paitue Journalist Myron Dewey spent his final hours trying to prevent it. Now, President Biden and Congress have authorized the expansion of the Fallon bombing range. Biden signed the Defense spending bill two days before Christmas. Bombing, live ground fire, and controversial electronic warfare will be expanded on Paiute Shoshone homelands.

WIlliam Astore (2023-01-17). Imperial dominance disguised as democratic deterrence. nationofchange.org The Pentagon's national defense strategy drives record military spending.

admin_ips (2023-01-17). REPORT: New Mexico at a Crossroads: Just Transition or False Solutions? ips-dc.org | New Mexico at a Crossroads: False Solutions or Just Transition?: | Ennedith Lopez | Basav Sen | Taneya Garcia | Emily Li | Alyssa Garza: | Introduction: : | As the fight to transition off fossil fuels and into clean, renewable energy gains momentum, communities and their advocates face several challenges. | These include a fossil fuel industry still lobbying to hold back renewables, promote dirty energy, or else peddling false, "greenwashed" solutions that allow it to continue profiting from pollution. They include the challenge of cleaning up the harmful health and environmental le…

Staff (2023-01-17). Rep. Ro Khanna on CA Flooding, Big Oil's Climate Denial, Debt Ceiling, Assange & Possible Senate Bid. democracynow.org The death toll from two weeks of flooding in California has reached at least 20. As climate scientists are predicting more extreme weather linked to climate change over the next two years, outrage is growing over how fossil fuel companies were fully aware of the link between fossil fuel emissions and global warming but spent decades obscuring the science in order to make maximum profits. We speak with Democratic California Congressmember Ro Khanna, who recently concluded a congressional investigation into the allegations and says the oil industry needs to be held accountable for the damage it has wrought. Khanna…

WSWS (2023-01-17). National Education Union members vote for strike action in England and Wales. wsws.org The vote expresses a determination to by educators to overturn the decades-long suppression of wages and decimation of the education sector.

Aditi Ramaswami (2023-01-17). LEFT WONDERING: Will Eating Bugs Save The World — Or Doom It? levernews.com Welcome back to Left Wondering, our advice column for paid supporting subscribers on how to live your values during late capitalism. This is a place to raise your big existential questions, petty beefs, lifestyle questions, and everything in between. The incomparable Kate Aronoff has stepped back from the project to focus on her climate reporting, and we wish her the best. Now I will be taking a stab at it, since I'm a deeply curious Lever writer and editor with a penchant for hunting down answers to seemingly unanswerable questions.So send your questions LeftWondering@levernews.com and I'll do my damnedest to…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-01-17). Saturday 2/11: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Cannibal Capitalism. indybay.org We meet via Zoom. Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Staff (2023-01-17). PSUV Rejects Actions of 'Politicians in Cassocks' at Divina Pastora Procession. orinocotribune.com On Monday, January 16, during the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV) customary weekly press conference, PSUV Vice President Diosdado Cabello "We must express rejection of this opportunist attitude of taking advantage of a people who go out walking with their faith, for the petty intentions of those who manage the political party of the Episcopal Conference,…

_____ (2023-01-16). Multipolarity And The Decline Of US Hegemony. popularresistance.org [Unlike] all those people talking about globalization and U.S. hegemony, Michael could see, and I also could see, the fractures underlying the system. My own approach has been characterized by such skepticism about enduring Western dominance, U.S. hegemony, dollar dominance, etc. | And after thinking and writing about small bits of it for a couple of decades I eventually came up with this book, Geopolitical Economy, from which Ben [Norton] has also taken the title of Geopolitical Economy Report, with which of course we are collaborating. | In Geopolitical Economy, I question the dominant cosmopolitan understandin…

_____ (2023-01-16). New Zealand's New Sectoral Bargaining Law Holds Lessons For US. popularresistance.org In one of the more important advances in collective bargaining around the world, New Zealand recently passed an innovative sectoral bargaining policy, called Fair Pay Agreements. Labor supporters in Britain and Australia want to replicate elements of the policy in their countries, while for American audiences the most important lesson may be how New Zealand's experiences highlight that sectoral bargaining — in conjunction with worksite bargaining — is necessary to improve working conditions in today's economy and thus should be part of policy efforts to strengthen unions. | Sectoral bargaining, someti…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). How Western Sanctions Blow Back, Hurting Europe, Deepening Asian Integration. transcend.org 11 Jan 2023 – Western sanctions led Russia to greatly increase trade with Asia, while devastating Europe's economy. The US tech war against China is damaging its own industry.

Ben Norton (2023-01-16). End of Juan Guaidó: US-appointed Venezuelan coup leader ousted by ex allies. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US claimed unelected coup leader Juan Guaidó was "interim president" of Venezuela from January 2019 to December 2022, when his former allies in the right-wing opposition removed him from the position. Washington however still refuses to recognize elected President Nicolás Maduro.

Benjamin Norton (2023-01-16). Nicaragua is #1 Country Where Citizens Feel at Peace, Gallup Poll Shows. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton | A poll by mainstream firm Gallup found that Nicaragua is the number one bycountry in the world where citizens feel at peace. Nine of the top 14 countries are in Latin America. But the US constantly attacks the Sandinista government and imposes sanctions on it. | A poll found that Nicaragua is the top country in the world where citizens feel at peace. | The United States and Western media outlets have long demonized Nicaragua's Sandinista government and its President Daniel Ortega, sponsoring violent coup attempts against him and imposing illegal unilateral sanctions aimed at hurting the Central Am…

Benjamin Norton (2023-01-16). Nicaragua is world's #1 country where citizens feel at peace, Gallup poll shows. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton | A poll by mainstream firm Gallup found that Nicaragua is the No. 1 country in the world where citizens feel at peace. Nine of the top 14 countries are in Latin America. But the US constantly attacks the Sandinista government and imposes sanctions on it. | A poll found that Nicaragua is the top country in the world where citizens feel at peace. | The United States and Western media outlets have long demonized Nicaragua's Sandinista government and its President Daniel Ortega, sponsoring violent coup attempts against him and imposing illegal unilateral sanctions aimed at hurting the Central American…

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-01-16). The impending world recession. mronline.org The IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has now openly admitted that the year 2023 will witness the slowing down of the world economy to a point where as much as one-third of it will see an actual contraction in gross domestic product.

_____ (2023-01-16). House Republican Rules Package Designed To Enable Skewed Priorities. popularresistance.org The House Republican majority recently adopted a rules package to guide that chamber's legislative action that would put up steep barriers to investments in critical national needs while paving the way for ever more tax cuts, inevitably tilted toward the wealthy and profitable corporations. That isn't an agenda that will expand opportunity or support broadly shared economic growth. | Proponents describe the rules as "restoring fiscal sanity," but they just reflect an ideology that ignores reams of evidence showing that the tax cuts of recent decades haven't meaningfully boosted economic growth. The large tax cuts…

_____ (2023-01-16). The Forgotten Socialist History Of Martin Luther King Jr. popularresistance.org In 1952 a 23-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a love letter to Coretta Scott. Along with coos of affection and apologies for his hasty handwriting, he described his feelings not just toward his future wife, but also toward America's economic system. "I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic," he admitted to his then-girlfriend, concluding that "capitalism has outlived its usefulness." | King composed these words as a grad student on the tail end of his first year at the Boston University School of Theology. And far from representing just the utopianism of youth, the views expressed…

_____ (2023-01-16). What Next For The Anti-War Movement, With Brian Becker. popularresistance.org Brian Becker's commitment to social and economic justice began at a young age, shaped by his religious upbringing and his desire for fairness and equality for all people. Throughout his career, he has been a vocal critic of U.S. imperialism and the capitalist system, which he sees as inherently exploitative and oppressive. His advocacy for socialism stems from his belief that a socialist system would be more just and equitable for all people. | Becker has also been an active voice in the anti-war movement, opposing U.S. led interventions in foreign countries and advocating for peaceful negotiation as a solution t…

americanthinker (2023-01-16). What Is Capitalism? Even Conservatives Can't Explain It. americanthinker.com Capitalism is not simply free markets. It is a designed, self-accelerating economic system that reduces prices and poverty.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Grandson of Charles de Gaulle, an Old CIA Nemesis, Condemns West's Policy in Ukraine. transcend.org 11 Jan 2023 – Pierre de Gaulle, grandson of former French President Charles de Gaulle, has said the U.S. and NATO triggered the Ukraine conflict and are making Europeans suffer by fueling and waging a pre-planned economic war against Russia.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-16). US to Boost Aid to Micronesia in Exchange for More Military Access. news.antiwar.com The US and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) are nearing a deal that would give more economic aid to the Pacific nation in exchange for more US military access to the islands, FSM President David Panuelo said on Friday. The deal will be an extension of an agreement the US has with several Pacific …

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). Xinjiang to accelerate development in next 5 years. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to achieve rapid economic growth in the next five years, according to the regional government's work report.

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). Economists predict China to see certain economic rebound in 2023. ecns.cn As of Sunday, 28 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across China have held the "Two sessions", with the average 2023 GDP growth target in the 28 provinces in 2023 forecast at 6 percent.

infobrics (2023-01-16). BRICS' Future in a Changing World Order. infobrics.org In the face of the dynamic economic and financial shifts of the 2010s; the worldwide pandemic, and economic, social, and political disruptions caused by it; and most of all, the power rivalry amongst nations—including between some of the BRICS members, is there still room left for alignment of interests within the BRICS?>

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-16). These Latin American Leaders Will Be at Davos. libya360.wordpress.com The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting opens on Monday at its Switzerland headquarters. The week-long event, dominated by European and NATO leaders alongside the financial elite and representatives of transnational capital, will feature some Latin America-themed sessions and leaders. Not all Latin American heads of state are welcomed in Davos, namely the main leaders of…

Maria J. Stephan (2023-01-16). Martin Luther King's multiple lanes to multiracial democracy. nationofchange.org King understood that no single approach would be sufficient to combat the interconnected evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism.

news.un (2023-01-16). Economic slowdown may force workers into 'lower quality' jobs. news.un.org Finding a decent and well-paid job is likely to be harder this year, thanks to the continuing global economic downturn, the UN labour agency said on Monday.

Staff (2023-01-16). MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words. democracynow.org Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People's Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his "Beyond Vietnam" speech, which he delivered at New York City's Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his las…

Dean Baker (2023-01-16). Why Debate Markets vs. Government When We Let the Right Rig the Market? cepr.net I was happy to see this segment of Ezra Klein's show (hosted by Rogé Karma) which featured an interview with Columbia University Law Professor Katharina Pistor. Pistor is the author of The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality. I've not yet read the book, but got the gist from the interview. …

news.un (2023-01-16). Poorest learners benefit the least from public education: UNICEF. news.un.org Governments are not investing enough in those children who need education the most, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Tuesday, calling for equitable financing to combat "learning poverty".

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-16). Credit Card Interest Rates Are Averaging 19.42%, The Highest On Record: 4 Tips To Lower Your APR. moguldom.com Swiping your credit card is more expensive than ever before and lower-income households have been especially impacted by inflation, using credit for necessities such as groceries, gas, and rent. The Federal Reserve has signaled its commitment to keep raising interest rates in an effort to fight inflation, and average credit card APRs — now at …

SAM (2023-01-16). Oxfam Wants To More than Double the Tax Rate on Our Richest. inequality.org

Editor (2023-01-16). How the Supreme Court could severely limit workers' right to strike. mronline.org A case the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday could make unions and workers liable for any damages their company incurred during a strike, dealing a blow to organized labor.

Jessica Corbett (2023-01-16). Labor, rights groups praise Biden policy boosting migrant worker protections. nationofchange.org "This is a huge victory for undocumented workers and the labor movement," said one organizer.

Staff (2023-01-16). Acerca del proyecto de Ley de la Comunicación Social en Cuba. cubadebate.cu Se ha presentado recientemente a los Consejos de Ministros, de Estado y a los Diputados el proyecto de Ley de Comunicación Social, y se abre otra vez el debate. Digo otra vez, pues durante la elaboración del mismo el grupo redactor ha recorrido el país, se ha reunido con periodistas, comunicadores, sociólogos, juristas…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-01-16). El 71 por ciento de los peruanos desaprueba gestión de Dina Boluarte, según estudio. telesurtv.net El 88 por ciento rechazó la labor del Congreso, para un incremento de ocho puntos porcentuales con respecto a una encuesta realizada el mes anterior.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-01-16). El 71 por ciento de los peruanos desaprueba gestión de Dina Boluarte. telesurtv.net El 88 por ciento rechazó la labor del Congreso, para un incremento de ocho puntos porcentuales con respecto a una encuesta realizada el mes anterior.

WSWS (2023-01-16). Australian PM visits Papua New Guinea to deepen anti-China campaign. wsws.org The Labor government is trying to bully PNG into accepting a security agreement that would place the impoverished Pacific nation on the frontline of military operations directed against China.

oliviaalperstein (2023-01-16). MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Authors of Report on "Billionaire Enabler States" Available for Comment on The New Yorker Exposé on Allegations of Getty Family Trusts' Tax Dodging. ips-dc.org "Nevada has helped make it possible for super-wealthy families like the Gettys to dodge taxes owed to other states like California."

WSWS (2023-01-16). Faculty at University of Illinois at Chicago to strike over pay and support for student mental health. wsws.org After years of nearly flat wage increases and erosion of their earnings by inflation, the faculty is determined to fight for higher pay and for mental health supports for students who have suffered greatly due to the pandemic.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-01-16). US Dept of Education rebuffs Israel lobby demands. electronicintifada.net Top civil rights office avoids weaponizing anti-Jewish bigotry — at least for now.

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). Beijing sets 2023 GDP growth at over 4.5%: official. ecns.cn Beijing will set its GDP growth target at over 4.5 percent for 2023, said the city's acting mayor Yin Yong as he delivered a government report at the annual session of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress on Sunday.

David Moore (2023-01-16). Lockheed-Funded House Appropriations Chair Vows to Protect Defense Spending. truthout.org

repost (2023-01-16). Democrat Barbara Lee Wants Millions of Gov Funds For Billionaire Fisher's A's Stadium. indybay.org Democratic Party politician Congresswomen Barbara Lee is supporting spending $182 million of US DOT funds for GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher's stadium project. While thousands are homeless in Oakland, she wants to spend millions on Fisher's privately owned stadium project.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-16). Forest carbon credits: report shows new ways to manage risks and returns. imperial.ac.uk Investors wanting to finance forest carbon credit projects should look to diversified investment portfolios in the tropics, says a new report.

_____ (2023-01-16). New Report Charges Major Corporations As Complicit In Israel's Water Apartheid. strategic-culture.org By Jessica BUXBAUM | In December, the Palestinian human rights organization, Al-Haq, released a According to Al-Haq, businesses are instrumental in helping Israel restrict water access to Palestinians and destroy Palestinian water infrastructure. Additionally, foreign companies profit from Israel's system of water discrimination. | Al-Haq's paper named both Israeli and in…

Paige Bennett (2023-01-16). Proposed PFAS 'forever chemicals' regulations fail in U.S. Congress. nationofchange.org Although progress on limiting has stalled in the U.S. Congress, states are introducing and passing their own regulations and bans on forever chemicals.

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-01-16). China Miéville: Marx's Communist Manifesto Has Much to Teach Us in 2023. truthout.org "The Communist Manifesto" is one of the most widely read political documents in the history of the world. It influenced millions of people against capitalist oppression and toward a more just and humane social order. It is also a brilliant display of literary and poetic expression by its author, the German revolutionary philosopher Karl Marx, which few, if any, political commentators since have… |

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Immanuel Wallerstein on the Global Left and Right. transcend.org Crisis, indeed. The way out is a new discourse, less material, more spiritual; something to live for, not only from. Right now Wallerstein sees capitalism in crisis with no remedy–of which I am not so sure–and the US hegemony also in a crisis with no remedy–a view I share–, as the fall of an empire for which local elites used to kill and rule; now having to do most killings itself.

Editor (2023-01-16). Capitalism's court jester: Slavoj Žižek. mronline.org One of the most prominent intellectuals in the contemporary world was named to the list of the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012. He shares this distinction with the likes of Dick Cheney, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Mossad director Meir Dagan.

Staff (2023-01-16). Cuba mejorará su parque automotor con vehículos eléctricos chinos. cubadebate.cu La compañía china Tianjin Dongxing Grupo Industrial y Comercial, en asociación con la empresa cubana Minerva, impulsan el proyecto conjunto Vehículos Eléctricos del Caribe, VEDCA, una entidad que ha ganado el mercado de la isla. Desde marzo de 2019 a la fecha, se han producido 2 500 motos, 1 500 triciclos y 1 000 autos infantiles, vehículos todos movidos con baterías eléctricas y que reportaron ventas por unos seis millones de dólares.

infobrics (2023-01-16). BRICS Undermine Dollar Hegemony with Gold Purchases. infobrics.org Central banks have been accumulating the precious metal at a record rate…

Horacio Rovelli (2023-01-16). Argentina &#1 ; àöltimo año de gobierno con toda la agenda pendiente y la tijera del ajuste en mano. globalizacion.ca El gobierno de Alberto Fernández ingresa a su cuarto año de gestión sin haber investigado la deuda generada en el gobierno de la coalición neoliberal Cambiemos por más de 100.000 millones de dólares, que se fugó en su mayor parte…

Fight Back (2023-01-16). New Yorkers say no to NATO. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Around 300 people braved the first snow of the season on Saturday, January 14 to gather in Times Square outside of the U.S. Army recruiting office and say no to NATO and U.S. militarism. The rally was called by the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition and United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) as part of a weekend of action in honor of the legacy of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. | The event featured a series of powerful speakers who demanded money for healthcare, education, housing and the environment instead of U.S. imperialism. | John Parker of the Socialist Unity Party spoke t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-16). Omali Yeshitela: "The FBI Wants to Put Me on Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom" libya360.wordpress.com Omali Yeshitela Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party 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…

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