(2023-02-04). China's foldable phone sales jump 144.4 pct in 2022. ecns.cn Sales of foldable phones in the Chinese market surged 144.4 percent in 2022 over the previous year, standing out from overall phone sales, an industry report showed.
(2023-02-04). Maduro Welcomes De-dollarization of the Latin American Economy with Unit Currency 'Sur'. orinocotribune.com During his speech at the inauguration of the Science Technological Park of Venezuela, modeled after Iranian frameworks, in Miranda this past Tuesday, President Maduro vocalized his support of a Latin American and Caribbean common currency, stressing that "Latin America and the Caribbean have to have an economic integration bloc and monetary system." | For Maduro, a unitary currency and an integrated economic system would prove that Latin American countries can "show themselves united to the world" in the same way that the member states of the European Union remain united after the consolidation of their economy a…
(2023-02-04). Political polarization in Brazil grows as economic crisis persists. themilitant.com The failed attempt on Jan. 8 by thousands of right-wing forces to provoke the intervention of Brazil's armed forces against recently elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has set the stage for heightened social and political polarization as the country's economy continues in a prolonged crisis. | After da Silva won the race in a close runoff election last October, supporters of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro camped outside military barracks, set up roadblocks and descended on government buildings in the country's capital, Brasilia, calling for da Silva's removal. | The military and cops swept up the occu…
(2023-02-04). Claims Of Mass Workers Shortages And Layoffs; Read Between The Lines. popularresistance.org In the midst of the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, in trying to justify the acceleration in global inflation — even before the war in Ukraine — the mainstream media was flooded with news about the so-called 'Great Resignation', blaming an apparent shortage of workers for widespread bottlenecks in the production of goods. | Today, the same media is talking about large-scale redundancies and layoffs by corporations. The explanations offered for this apparent trend could lead one to draw conclusions that barely scratch the surface in terms of understanding the true root causes of these iss…
(2023-02-04). U.S. long-arm jurisdiction harms int'l order, rule of law: report. ecns.cn The United States has a longstanding practice of exerting frequent long-arm jurisdiction over other countries, which severely harms the international political and economic order and the rule of law, according to a report published on Friday.
(2023-02-04). China's foldable phone sales jump 144.4 pct in 2022. ecns.cn Sales of foldable phones in the Chinese market surged 144.4 percent in 2022 over the previous year, standing out from overall phone sales, an industry report showed.
(2023-02-04). Maduro Welcomes De-dollarization of the Latin American Economy with Unit Currency 'Sur'. orinocotribune.com During his speech at the inauguration of the Science Technological Park of Venezuela, modeled after Iranian frameworks, in Miranda this past Tuesday, President Maduro vocalized his support of a Latin American and Caribbean common currency, stressing that "Latin America and the Caribbean have to have an economic integration bloc and monetary system." | For Maduro, a unitary currency and an integrated economic system would prove that Latin American countries can "show themselves united to the world" in the same way that the member states of the European Union remain united after the consolidation of their economy a…
(2023-02-04). Political polarization in Brazil grows as economic crisis persists. themilitant.com The failed attempt on Jan. 8 by thousands of right-wing forces to provoke the intervention of Brazil's armed forces against recently elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has set the stage for heightened social and political polarization as the country's economy continues in a prolonged crisis. | After da Silva won the race in a close runoff election last October, supporters of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro camped outside military barracks, set up roadblocks and descended on government buildings in the country's capital, Brasilia, calling for da Silva's removal. | The military and cops swept up the occu…
(2023-02-04). Claims Of Mass Workers Shortages And Layoffs; Read Between The Lines. popularresistance.org In the midst of the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, in trying to justify the acceleration in global inflation — even before the war in Ukraine — the mainstream media was flooded with news about the so-called 'Great Resignation', blaming an apparent shortage of workers for widespread bottlenecks in the production of goods. | Today, the same media is talking about large-scale redundancies and layoffs by corporations. The explanations offered for this apparent trend could lead one to draw conclusions that barely scratch the surface in terms of understanding the true root causes of these iss…
(2023-02-04). U.S. long-arm jurisdiction harms int'l order, rule of law: report. ecns.cn The United States has a longstanding practice of exerting frequent long-arm jurisdiction over other countries, which severely harms the international political and economic order and the rule of law, according to a report published on Friday.
(2023-02-04). UN Human Rights Chief: End Venezuela Sanctions. popularresistance.org The United Nations human rights chief has called for sanctions on Venezuela to be lifted, stating that they "exacerbated the economic crisis and hindered human rights" and created "hurdles" for "the country's recovery and development". | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tàºrk visited Venezuela in January. There, he met with government officials, right-wing opposition leaders, civil society groups, and religious institutions. | "I heard from across the spectrum of people I spoke to, including humanitarian actors and UN agencies, about the impact of sectorial sanctions on the most vulnerable segmen…
(2023-02-04). Massive Inequality Is a "Concerted Elite Class Project," Says Heather Gautney. truthout.org In 1956, the famed sociologist C. Wright Mills published The Power Elite, a blistering critique of concentrated political, economic and military power in the United States. The book influenced many protest movements of the 1960s and has inspired radical scholars and activists ever since. Now, in 2023, Heather Gautney is continuing Mills's project of analyzing and mapping out elite power in the U.S. |
(2023-02-04). Maduro: Venezuela and Colombia Moving Toward Productive Commercial Integration. orinocotribune.com On Friday, February 3, at the Miraflores Palace, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro signed an agreement with the Republic of Colombia for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments in order to strengthen economic development between both nations. | Representing Colombia was the Colombian Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, Darío Germán Umaña Mendoza, who described the agreement as a "historic milestone." | "It is a historic milestone, and what we are doing is an example for all of Latin America. It is a symbol of integration, of service, of creating this collaboration for development," said…
(2023-02-04). Political crises of US capitalist rulers' two parties deepen heading to 2024. themilitant.com Disarray and sharp conflicts between and within the Democratic and Republican parties continue over the reorganization of committees in the House, the scandal over classified documents held by Joseph Biden, Donald Trump and Mike Pence, and debates over the U.S. government's debts exceeding the limit set by Congress. | Driving these clashes is the inability of either party to steer a self-confident course for the defense of the ruling capitalist families, much less to pretend they have any way to reverse the deteriorating conditions today's economic crisis is forcing on working people. | President Biden's approval…
(2023-02-04). Cuba vs Vulture Fund: The Island Fights Neoliberalism in London Trial. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia  ; Jan 31, 2023 | In the 2000s, a vulture fund succeeded in driving Argentina out of the international markets, preventing it from accessing them for 12 years. The case transcended as Argentina versus Elliott Management Corporation, a group of investors that won a lawsuit against Buenos Aires in 2002 and, in 2012, even seized the Libertad frigate, the flagship of the Argentinian Navy. | The creator of the vulture fund, US American Paul Singer, refused to restructure the Latin American nation's debt and got the Argentinian State to pay him US$1.3 billion for bonds that he bought for US$40 mi…
(2023-02-04). Will U.S. 'Interests' Become Sacrificed on Altar of New Indo-Pacific Strategy? strategic-culture.org The Anglo-American foreign policy hawks imagine that the world is yearning to be liberated from Beijing's nefarious agenda to end poverty | As the trans-Atlantic world is pulled into the vortex of a McCarthyite nightmare with a renewed wave of anti-Russian and now anti-China hysterics, a wave of new "Asia Pacific" doctrines have emerged across captured states… I mean "member" states throughout NATO. | Starting with the February 2022
(2023-02-04). [Editorial] Global cancer: overcoming the narrative of despondency. thelancet.com It is easy to become despondent about global cancer. Feb 4 marks World Cancer Day, and renewed calls to "close the cancer care gap". But the worldwide inequities in cancer care and control are deeply rooted. The facts are stark. Childhood cancer survival rates, for example, are more than 80% in high-income countries versus 20% in low-income countries. These disparities arise from huge differences across cancer prevention and care—in exposure to risk factors, in availability of public health programmes, and in access to diagnostics and treatments—compounded by growing cancer incidence.
(2023-02-04). Union Pacific Spent More On Stock Buybacks Than Workers. popularresistance.org Union Pacific, one of the largest rail corporations in the United States, said Tuesday that it brought in record revenue and profits last year as it successfully fought off workers' push for paid sick leave. | The company reported $7 billion in net income for 2022 as a whole and said it spent a whopping $6.3 billion repurchasing its own shares—significantly more than the $4.6 billion it spent on employee pay and benefits last year. | "Instead of buying back their own stock, UP should be investing in their employees by offering paid sick leave, reasonable schedules, and a better quality of life for railroade…
(2023-02-04). Rents, mortgages soar, tighten squeeze on workers' families. themilitant.com With housing costs rising faster than workers' wages, those renting apartments or homes are paying on the average 30% of their income for rent, an all-time high. Mortgage rates have doubled in the past year. Underneath these figures is the bosses' callous disregard toward the degrading living conditions confronting millions of workers. | On top of high rents and mortgages, inflation is eating away at the funds working-class families have available for food, transportation and health care. Increasing numbers of workers are working overtime or taking on another job to make ends meet. Those unable to afford a place…
(2023-02-05). British 'Mega Strike': Half a Million Workers Bring UK to a Halt and Protest Government. scheerpost.com 
On Wednesday, over half a million workers in the UK took part in a "mega strike," the largest labor protest in the country in over a decade.
(2023-02-05). Stop The Discharges NOW! Labor & Community Rally At SF Laguna Honda Hospital. indybay.org
(2023-02-04). AntiStrike Bill Step Toward Forced Labor In Britain? popularresistance.org The U.K. now has government ministers who revel in their contempt for human rights, including anti-slavery protections. | The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has repeatedly and groundlessly asserted that migrants are trying to "game the system" by claiming to have been trafficked. She is doing her best to reframe slavery as an immigration matter and NGOs fear that the government's protection responsibilities will be neglected in favour of establishing a hard-faced and xenophobic deportation policy. | This affront to national and international law has attracted criticism from the United States, the United Nation…
(2023-02-04). ILWU10 To Shutdown Bay Area Ports On 2/16/23 To Free CWA-NABET Journalist & Prisoner Mumia. indybay.org Bay Area ILWU Local 10 has voted to close all Bay Area ports to demand the freedom of CWA NABET journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-jamal on February 16, 2023. They are also urging similar actions in the US and around the world.
(2023-02-04). Las 3 del día: Resumen semanal (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Saludos a todos los seguidores de "Las 3 del día". Este viernes 3 de febrero de 2023 hacemos un resumen de lo más importante ocurrido en la semana en nuestro país y en el contexto internacional. "Las 3 del día" es el podcast de Cubadebate que tiene de todo un poco en materia informativa. En la voz de nuestros editores, periodistas y colaboradores escucha un podcast resumen con las principales noticias de la jornada. °Conéctese ya!
(2023-02-04). Presidente cubano evalúa labores restaurativas tras huracán Ian. cubadebate.cu Atender que todo lo que estemos recuperando quede mejor que antes del ciclón Ian; hablar con las familias afectadas, una a una; seguir la evolución, en el terreno, a cada tarea que se acomete. Tales estilos deben ser las máximas con que se emprenda la recuperación en cada territorio afectado tras el paso, en septiembre último, del huracán.
(2023-02-04). Abre sus puertas el hotel Gran Muthu Habana. cubadebate.cu Gestionado por la hotelera MGM Muthu Hotels en colaboración con el grupo cubano de turismo Gaviota, el hotel Gran Muthu Habana fue abierto para operaciones comerciales este jueves en el reparto Miramar, municipio habanero de Playa. De 27 pisos, cuenta con 494 habitaciones y ofrece facilidades para el turismo de negocios y eventos.
(2023-02-04). City Of Atlanta And DeKalb County Announce 'Agreement'. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced Tuesday that the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County have reached an agreement regarding permitting issues that had previously slowed their plans to build an elaborate 85-acre police training facility in the middle of a forest in unincorporated DeKalb County, southeast of Atlanta. The training center, nicknamed "Cop City," has sparked massive opposition; violent police repression of the movement against the project recently led to SWAT officers shooting and killing a protester. | Dickens' announcement varied little from the Atlanta Police Foundation and the C…
(2023-02-04). Fear And Loathing Among The Union Busters. popularresistance.org "Comrades," said Chappell Phillips, as he grabbed the microphone, "please do not leave the conference. It's all better from here." | Phillips, an executive at the buffet restaurant chain Golden Corral, stood at a podium in the front of a hotel ballroom in Atlanta, before some one hundred restaurant executives and managers and union avoidance lawyers mingling and sipping weak coffee. | Minutes earlier, the government's top labor watchdog had been standing at the same podium delivering the keynote speech here at the October 2022 summit of the Restaurant Law Center, the legal arm of the National Restaurant Associati…
(2023-02-04). Mary Lou Montauk, 78 years a builder, supporter of the SWP. themilitant.com OAKLAND, Calif. — More than people gathered here Jan. 21 to celebrate the life and political contributions of Mary Lou Montauk, a member and supporter of the Socialist Workers Party for 78 years. She died Jan. 5. | "Mary Lou stayed the course," SWP leader Betsey Stone told the gathering. "She was a cadre of the Socialist Workers Party, ready to do whatever was needed to strengthen the revolutionary party and the working class." | Born in 1930 in Minnesota, Montauk grew up during a time of labor battles and approaching war. Her father, Farrell Dobbs, was the central organizer of the Teamsters' 11-state ove…
(2023-02-04). Musician Steve Van Zandt propagandizes for imperialist war. wsws.org Van Zandt's reactionary, bloodthirsty comments would have no significance whatsoever—they would simply be more pro-war propaganda from the wealthy upper middle class in America—were it not for his celebrity and his musical history.
(2023-02-04). Shifting Baseline Disorders: Only the One Percent is Bad. dissidentvoice.org 
But for now, let me repeat: the world's richest 85 individuals do not have the same amount of accumulated wealth as the world's poorest percent. They have vastly more. The multitude on the lower rungs—even taken as a totality—have next to nothing. — Michael Parenti Funny stuff seeing the MoveOn outfit go after ONLY …
(2023-02-04). How Chicago Teachers Stopped a Toxic Polluter From Poisoning Their Students. truthout.org For two years, teachers and staff in my workplace, George Washington High School, helped lead a community campaign to stop a hazardous industrial metal shredder, General Iron, from moving a few blocks from our school. Repeating a historic pattern, city officials facilitated General Iron's planned move from the wealthy and white Lincoln Park neighborhood where it had operated for decades to the… |
(2023-02-04). Workers across China protest wave of layoffs, unpaid wages. themilitant.com Local governments across China are increasingly trying to crack down on protests by workers fighting spreading layoffs and growing unpaid wages. They have "threatened to punish workers who take 'extremist measures,' such as protests blocking traffic or outside government offices to get the money they are owed," reported the Financial Times Jan. 24. | Workers' actions increased in the days leading up to Lunar New Year celebrations, when millions of workers who have migrated from rural areas to work jobs in the cities travel home to visit families and friends. The government in Beijing had largely barred such visit…
(2023-02-04). Surging inflation in Japan leads to growth of inequality. wsws.org Between rising energy bills, expensive groceries, and stagnant wages, the latest round of record-breaking inflation further pushes Japanese workers to the brink.
(2023-02-04). Biden outright lies about inflation, blaming Trump. americanthinker.com We are well into totalitarian territory now, with the regime propounding and the state-affiliated media reinforcing blatant lies.
(2023-02-04). Indian budget intensifies austerity for working people, hikes military spending. wsws.org The Modi government's 2023-24 budget combines brutal austerity measures for India's workers and toilers, with a 13 percent hike in military spending and massive sops to big business, the rich and superrich.
(2023-02-04). Canada's governments exploit health care crisis of their own making to press for privatization. wsws.org Four decades of capitalist austerity and the profits-before-lives response to the COVID-19 pandemic have left Medicare on life support.
(2023-02-04). Salute to LSN Murthy of the CPI (Maoist). workers.org 
Workers World Party sends its condolences to the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and all other Indian Marxists over the death of Comrade LSN Murthy on Dec. 21, 2022. He served as a powerful force in the revolutionary struggle in India for over 50 years as a writer and translator . . . |
(2023-02-04). Half a million strike in the UK over wages. peoplesdispatch.org In what has been deemed the biggest industrial action in a decade, over 0,000 workers organized a general strike in the UK on February 1 in defense of the right to strike as well as over pay and working conditions. Organizations such as The Trades Union Congress (TUC), University and College Union(UCU), Unison, Unite the Union, National Education Union (NEU), Fire Brigades Union (FBU), Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) and more took part in the mobilizations.
(2023-02-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Postpartum depression is more than baby blues. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Postpartum depression is real. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 1 out of every 10 new moms suffer from it. It's much more than what's called the "baby blues" because it lasts longer and tends to be more severe. Symptoms include mood swings, anxiety, sadness, crying irritability and feeling overwhelmed. Prompt treatment is important, and Mayo Clinic experts say it works. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/WhmJuesp9ck Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 57) is…
(2023-02-04). Madhav Kumar Nepal on threat of extreme right in Nepal. peoplesdispatch.org Madhav Kumar talks about the ongoing political instability in the country, the threat posed by the rising influence of the far right, and the path ahead for the left to defend Nepal's socialist and secular values enshrined in the constitution.
(2023-02-04). The specter of socialism haunts US Congress. wsws.org Last week the US Congress spent three days denouncing socialism and pledging to reverse all the social gains made by the working class on a global scale in the century since the Russian Revolution of 1917.
(2023-02-04). On his 125th birthday, read Harry Haywood on Black power and the fight for socialism. fightbacknews.org One of the most important communists in U.S. history, Harry Haywood, was born 125 years ago today, on February 4, 1898. | Haywood was a member of the Communist Party (CPUSA), serving on the Central Committee from 1927 to 1938 and on the Politburo from 1931 until 1938. After the CPUSA's turn towards revisionism Haywood helped to found the New Communist Movement. | He is best known as the main theorist of the African American National Question. Specifically, Haywood developed the theory that African Americans make up an oppressed nation in the Black Belt region of the South where they have the right to self-determi…
(2023-02-04). Help get out book by Socialist Workers Party leaders, widen reach of 'Militant'. themilitant.com 
(2023-02-04). 109 Democrats Join GOP's Ridiculous 'Horrors Of Socialism' Vote. scheerpost.com Emma Vigeland and Sam Seder look at the recent House vote to denounce socialism and what that means for the future of socialist policies like M4A, with 109 Democrats joining the Right on the vote.
(2023-02-04). Senior Chinese official calls for timely communication between China, U.S. to avoid misjudgment. ecns.cn China and the United States need to stay focused, communicate in a timely manner, avoid misjudgment and manage differences in the face of unexpected situations, Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said on Friday night.
(2023-02-04). EVENT: Drive to war in the Americas: Disband Nato; Yankees go home! thecommunists.org Download meeting leaflet as a pdf. On Saturday 4 March, the CPGB-ML will be organising an event in London to coincide with actions taking place worldwide, coordinated by the World Anti-Imperialist Platform. These events, taking place in cities across the globe, form a part of the Platform's next international programme, which is focused this time …