(2023-01-31). Moscow Seeks Cooperation in Metro Projects, Waste Management, Smart Cities Development with India. infobrics.org Alexey Bondaruk, deputy head of Department of external economic and international relations, Government of Moscow, said that firms in the Russian capital city can provide consultancy in these areas…
(2023-01-30). Shanghai launches action plan to stabilize growth, boost development. ecns.cn The municipal government of Shanghai on Sunday launched an action plan to expand demand, stabilize growth and promote development.
(2023-01-31). Moscow Seeks Cooperation in Metro Projects, Waste Management, Smart Cities Development with India. infobrics.org Alexey Bondaruk, deputy head of Department of external economic and international relations, Government of Moscow, said that firms in the Russian capital city can provide consultancy in these areas…
(2023-01-30). Shanghai launches action plan to stabilize growth, boost development. ecns.cn The municipal government of Shanghai on Sunday launched an action plan to expand demand, stabilize growth and promote development.
(2023-01-30). Top NATO spokesman calls for "wartime economy" wsws.org NATO's top military spokesman called Saturday for NATO members to transition to a "wartime economy" in order to "increase the production in the defense industry."
(2023-01-30). Launch Of The International People's Tribunal On US Imperialism. popularresistance.org After two years of dedication, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. This project is a first-ever international effort to build systems of accountability—rooted in global cross-movement solidarity—both within and outside of the law, to challenge the violence of imperialism through sanctions. With an impressive group of internationally renowned jurists from across the world, we interrogate sanctions not from the perspective of those who enforce them, but from the perspective of t…
(2023-01-30). Planetary Impalement by Stakeholder Capitalism? transcend.org "Stake" as a Strategic Metaphor Promoted by the World Economic Forum…
(2023-01-30). The World Economic Forum and the World Health Organization Are Elevating Themselves above the World's Governments. transcend.org 15 Jan 2023 – "In the last three years, the common people's exclusion from what is still sold as a democratic process has reached a pinnacle." — Peter Koenig, former senior economist for the World Bank and the World Health Organization…
(2023-01-30). Mainland pledges to continue facilitating import of Taiwan food. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland remains committed to the promotion of economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Strait and will continue to facilitate the import of Taiwan food products, a mainland spokesperson said Sunday.
(2023-01-30). Philips despide a 6 000 empleados por la situación económica que atraviesa la empresa. cubadebate.cu La multinacional holandesa Philips, dedicada a la producción de aparatos electrónicos para uso doméstico y médico anunció que despedirá a 6 000 trabajadores en todo el mundo, que se suma a la supresión de 4 000 empleos decidida en octubre pasado. La mitad de los recortes de empleos se realizarán este año, dijo la compañía, y agregó que la otra mitad se realizará para 2025.
(2023-01-30). Wednesday 2/1: Learn about Free Tax Prep Help, Flood & Disaster Tax Rules, Low-Income Credits & more. indybay.org Online via Zoom (FREE) | Workshop is for both individuals and businesses…
(2023-01-30). German share prices soar, while incomes and jobs plummet. wsws.org The social gulf is widening. Since the beginning of the year, stock prices have been rising while thousands of jobs are being cut and real wages are falling.
(2023-01-30). Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer makes a pro-business appeal for bipartisan unity in her 2023 State of the State address. wsws.org Whitmer announced the "Make it in Michigan" program, which will expand on bipartisan efforts to attract jobs to the state by making it a cheap-labor platform able to compete in a race to the bottom for workers by offering low wages and high rates of exploitation.
(2023-01-30). Woburn, Massachusetts teachers vote overwhelmingly for strike action as state threatens retaliation with anti-strike law. wsws.org The teachers voted overwhelmingly for strike action, set to begin January 30. The Commonwealth Employment Relations Board has issued a ruling mandating that the teachers union cease strike-related activities and resume negotiations or face fines.
(2023-01-30). China's Spring Festival sets off consumption boom. ecns.cn The film market also witnessed a "good start". As of Jan. 27, China's movie box office revenue reached nearly 6.76 billion yuan (about $998.5 million).
(2023-01-30). Hainan reports growing offshore duty-free sales during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn During the week-long Spring Festival holiday, which ended on Friday, duty-free shopping boomed in South China's island province of Hainan as its tourism gradually rebounded, unleashing new consumption vitality.
(2023-01-30). Poland reaches record NATO military spending level, invites more NATO forces. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyJanuary 30, 2023 Poland's defence spending record high in Nato says PM Poland's plan to spend as much as 4 percent of its GDP on defence this year may be the most ambitious among all Nato member states, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said.The prime minister and the defence minister, Mariusz …
(2023-01-30). Mother and daughter stop logging in Yarratt Forest. greenleft.org.au Two women have taken action to stop logging in Yarratt Forest, north of Taree, by suspending themselves from trees with ropes. Kerry Smith reports.
(2023-01-30). Four brothers target Iran: "Perhaps the button has already been pushed" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyJanuary 30, 2023 Nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to the world: All options should be activated urgently to curb [it] …Iran started to host terrorist organizations, concealed wanted terrorists with the red bulletin…. In a short period, Iran became the state spending the most in the world for the spread and maintenance of …
(2023-01-30). US Caterpillar-UAW workers authorize strike by more than 98 percent. wsws.org After decades of corporate attacks on living standards, and round after round of concessions contracts imposed by the UAW bureaucracy, CAT workers are determined to secure major improvements to wages, benefits and working conditions, not just for themselves but for the next generation.
(2023-01-30). Sunday 2/5: Confronting capitalism's crises with bold, revolutionary leadership. indybay.org New Valencia hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco (@ Ellis Street)…
(2023-01-30). Turkey is Developing 21st Century Weapons. journal-neo.org 
Turkey remains a key element in the overall geopolitical architecture of the Middle East and the Mediterranean. On the occasion of the upcoming celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, the country is demonstrating to the world the very significant capabilities of its national armed forces and its military-industrial complex …
(2023-01-30). Rosa Luxemburgo y el ecosocialismo… indybay.org Rosa Luxemburgo y el ecosocialismo: | un amor correspondido…
(2023-01-30). PSOE, Podemos send Spanish tanks to Ukraine for war with Russia. wsws.org Last week, Spain's Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government announced that Madrid plans to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
(2023-01-29). Latin America refuses to send Ukraine weapons, despite Western pressure. geopoliticaleconomy.com Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia have refused to send weapons to Ukraine, despite pressure by the US and EU. Latin American left-wing leaders have urged peace with Russia and called for neutrality in the West's new cold war.
(2023-01-29). China to boost economic rebound, stabilize foreign trade, investment. ecns.cn China will continue to focus on its economic and social development and facilitate the steady recovery and growth of its economy at the beginning of this year, according to a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday.
(2023-01-29). China speeds up post-holiday production with renewed vigor. ecns.cn In Shanghai, more than 30 operators worked with a giant shield tunneling machine of 14.5 meters in diameter to form a solid lining structure at a tunnel construction site.
(2023-01-29). They Say: China has kept the world economy going. ecns.cn
(2023-01-29). Our Country has been Torn Apart, We Must Rebuild: A "Democratic Economy", For the People, By the People. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-29). Pakistan Moves Towards Another IMF Bailout. popularresistance.org Almost all of Pakistan awoke to darkness on the morning of Monday, January 23, as the country experienced its second major power outage in four months. Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan announced that "unusual voltage and frequency fluctuation" had caused a widespread breakdown in the national grid. | The outage was caused by a disruption in the power generation units, which the government was shutting down at night when the demand for electricity was relatively lower, as an "economic measure" amid a looming energy shortage. | The fallout from the outage was dramatic—affecting not only water supply syste…
(2023-01-29). Gwadar to act as business hub of Pakistan: traders. ecns.cn Traders from Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province have said the coastal city of Gwadar will act as a business hub of Pakistan under the project of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, an official statement said.
(2023-01-29). Organ transplant patients face shortage of medicine in Venezuela. america.cgtn.com Venezuela's economic crisis is affecting organ transplant patients. They face shortages of post-transplant medications. Activists say nearly 2,000 transplant patients are at risk of losing organs, but the impact of the drug shortage has a much larger reach.
(2023-01-29). Cuadrando la Caja: øCuáles son los fundamentos económicos que refrenda la Constitución de la República? cubadebate.cu El pasado 22 de enero, Cuadrando la Caja dialogó sobre los fundamentos económicos que recoge la Constitución Cubana. øQué marco establece para el desempeño y las transformaciones de la economía? øCuál, y por qué es el papel que se le otorga al estado? øQué implica que los actores económicos tengan similares condiciones? øPor qué es la empresa estatal socialista el sujeto principal de nuestra economía? Cubadebate les ofrece la transcripción de este programa.
(2023-01-29). Income of Chinese people exiting poverty increases by 14.3% in 2022. ecns.cn In 2022, the per capita net income of people who have been lifted out of poverty reached 14,342 yuan (about $2,114.56), an increase of 14.3 percent year on year, which was higher than the 6.3 percent growth rate disposable income of rural residents across the country, according to National Rural Revitalization Administration"ÄÇ…
(2023-01-29). Per capita disposable income in Shanghai, Beijing exceeds $10,000 in 2022. ecns.cn Over 20 provinces and municipalities in China have released per capita disposable income data for 2022, with figures in Shanghai and Beijing exceeding 70,000 yuan (about $10,300), far ahead of other provinces and municipalities.
(2023-01-29). Science Saturday: Engineering tissue to strengthen underdeveloped hearts. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Could cells taken from a small patch of skin become heart muscle and repair a rare congenital heart defect? It's a scientific question that Timothy Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., and collaborators hope to answer for those born with an underdeveloped left heart chamber — a rare, complex condition known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Discovering the first cell-based therapy to rebuild heart tissue for HLHS has been a decade-long research passion for Dr. Nelson, who is the director…
(2023-01-29). These Tenants Fought For Ownership Of Their Homes, And Won. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, California – When a wealthy donor left four L.A. apartment buildings to his alma mater upon his death, it left the 130 tenants of those buildings wondering if they were going to be evicted or have their rents hiked. | But on Jan. 10, tenants of the buildings in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood secured a major win when Boston University agreed to sell all four apartments to the Liberty Community Land Trust, which plans to keep the units permanently affordable. | "Boston University accepted our offer because of the collective pressure we put them under as a collective, as a community," tenants wrote on t…
(2023-01-29). Ronald Reagan words on taxes are very relevant today. americanthinker.com Since California wants to tax people who don't live in California with a wealth tax, and since Biden and other Democrats don't think they should negotiate on the debt ceiling, the public should see these quotes from Ronald Reagan on taxes…
(2023-01-29). Bitcoin ATM Companies Are Preying on the Poor. truthout.org There's a laundromat in a working-class immigrant community on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. that is much more than a place to wash and dry clothes. The store offers alternative financial services — bill payment processing, money orders and check-cashing services — charging for many transactions that most banks perform for customers at no extra cost. Millions of people in the United States… |
(2023-01-29). Capitalists are causing inflation, not workers! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. With the cost of living soaring, public services falling apart and anger growing, our rulers are blaming, in equal measure, the workers (for daring to defend their wages) and Vladimir Putin (for daring to resist Nato). Tory chair Nadhim Zahawi recently blamed both, declaring that nurses have chosen the …
(2023-01-29). Abellio strike at a crossroads: Defeat Unite's sabotage of London bus pay fight! wsws.org A below-inflation pay deal was recommended by Unite last Wednesday after talks with Abellio.
(2023-01-29). Thomas Friedman shows that liberal Jews have no Reason left to defend Israel. juancole.com 
By Nasim Ahmed ( Middle east Monitor )  ; I watched the recent discussion between Thomas Friedman and Peter Beinart with great interest. Friedman, a New York Times columnist and arguably the journalist who has most shaped the US debate over Israel-Palestine in recent decades, was invited onto Beinart's podcast to talk about Zionism, the …
(2023-01-29). Xi signs order to promulgate regulations on honors for servicemen. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to promulgate the regulations on awards and honors for service personnel.
(2023-01-29). U.S. Air Force & "One More Country" Were Behind Attack On Iranian Military Infrastructure — Report. southfront.org 
The United States Air Force and "one more country" were behind the recent drone attack on a military industrial complex…
(2023-01-29). Perú: Incertidumbre tras el rechazo del Parlamento a adelantar las elecciones. cubadebate.cu La incertidumbre política y social tiende hoy a incrementarse en Perú, tras rechazar el Parlamento un nuevo adelanto de elecciones con fines de distensión, cuando grandes protestas sociales cumplen hoy 24 días. La pasada medianoche se concretó el revés del proyecto del partido neoliberal Fuerza Popular.
(2023-01-29). Fascism, Populism or Ultra-Right? libya360.wordpress.com Claudio Katz Part I of the Series: Attacks and Failures of the Right in Latin America Anti-Bolsonaro Protest, Brazil The new right is very different from classical fascism, which erupted in the first half of the last century in the face of the threat of socialist revolution, in a scenario of inter-imperialist wars. That danger of…
(2023-01-29). Saturday 2/4: Haiti: Past, Present, and Future. indybay.org Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705…
(2023-01-29). DSA crisis intensifies as Democratic Party establishment discusses giving Ocasio-Cortez House leadership position. wsws.org The political essence of the developing crisis within the Democratic Socialists of America is coming into sharper focus as a crisis within the Democratic Party and political establishment as a whole.
(2023-01-29). A 2018 internal speech in which Xi Jinping highlights the revolutionary character of the Communist Party of China was published. dongshengnews.org 
This is a standard CPC practice: speeches given only for cadres or officials in closed settings are shared publicly months or even years later depending on the situation…
(2023-01-29). Chinese mainland Taiwan affairs official meets former KMT chairperson. ecns.cn Song Tao, head of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, met on Saturday with Hung Hsiu-chu, former chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province.