(2023-02-15). They Say: Chinese economy sustains steady growth. ecns.cn
(2023-02-14). Jihadists are recruited by Washington as Russia prepares for new offensive. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageNATO warns that Ukraine is running out of ammunition. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The US is actively recruiting Islamists for terrorist attacks against Russia according to the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR). Undoubtedly, this is another demonstration of Washington's consistent and persistent strategy of pressuring and provoking Russia."According to credible reports, special attention is being paid to attracting pe…
(2023-02-14). Mexico's AMLO Announces Campaign Against US Blockade Of Cuba. popularresistance.org Mexico's progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that his country will lead an international movement to end the US government's illegal blockade against Cuba. | The Mexican president, known popularly by his initials AMLO, condemned the six-decade US blockade of Cuba as "inhumane". He said the global campaign to overturn it must be more "active", complaining that, while the vast majority of countries on Earth vote against the US embargo every year at the United Nations General Assembly, nothing ever changes.
(2023-02-14). Russian Companies Target the Chinese Market. infobrics.org Currently, Moscow prioritizes the strengthening of relations with Beijing, which is reflected not only in political relations but also in the economy, especially in energy cooperation…
(2023-02-15). US Says There're 'No Discussions' on Reviving Iran Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com The State Department said Monday that the US has not engaged in any discussions on reviving the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, in the latest sign that the crippling economic sanctions on Iran aren't going anywhere. "There has been no discussion of resuscitating the JCPOA. That is not on the agenda. It hasn't …
(2023-02-15). HK to strengthen national security, cross-border ties. ecns.cn Hong Kong will further consolidate its mechanisms to safeguard national security by finishing the local legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law this year, and focus on strengthening its ties with the Chinese mainland and the rest of the world to boost its economic revival.
(2023-02-15). They Say: Chinese economy sustains steady growth. ecns.cn
(2023-02-14). Jihadists are recruited by Washington as Russia prepares for new offensive. southfront.org Illustrative ImageNATO warns that Ukraine is running out of ammunition. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The US is actively recruiting Islamists for terrorist attacks against Russia according to the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR). Undoubtedly, this is another demonstration of Washington's consistent and persistent strategy of pressuring and provoking Russia."According to credible reports, special attention is being paid to attracting pe…
(2023-02-14). Mexico's AMLO Announces Campaign Against US Blockade Of Cuba. popularresistance.org Mexico's progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that his country will lead an international movement to end the US government's illegal blockade against Cuba. | The Mexican president, known popularly by his initials AMLO, condemned the six-decade US blockade of Cuba as "inhumane". He said the global campaign to overturn it must be more "active", complaining that, while the vast majority of countries on Earth vote against the US embargo every year at the United Nations General Assembly, nothing ever changes.
(2023-02-14). Russian Companies Target the Chinese Market. infobrics.org Currently, Moscow prioritizes the strengthening of relations with Beijing, which is reflected not only in political relations but also in the economy, especially in energy cooperation…
(2023-02-15). US Says There're 'No Discussions' on Reviving Iran Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com The State Department said Monday that the US has not engaged in any discussions on reviving the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, in the latest sign that the crippling economic sanctions on Iran aren't going anywhere. "There has been no discussion of resuscitating the JCPOA. That is not on the agenda. It hasn't …
(2023-02-15). HK to strengthen national security, cross-border ties. ecns.cn Hong Kong will further consolidate its mechanisms to safeguard national security by finishing the local legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law this year, and focus on strengthening its ties with the Chinese mainland and the rest of the world to boost its economic revival.
(2023-02-15). Shenzhen's ambitious aim for 6% GDP growth in year ahead. ecns.cn High-quality economic development and consolidating cooperation with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have become key as Shenzhen, Guangdong province, set a gross domestic product growth target of 6 percent this year.
(2023-02-15). Was Charles Austin Beard a Racist Historian? juancole.com 
( Counterpunch ) — Controversy about Charles Austin Beard began in 1913 when he published An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. He turned thirty-nine that year. Until then, his books had appeared to widespread praise within the profession and to the benign neglect of the general reading public. A highly successful …
(2023-02-15). The Earthquake, The Deregulation, Corruption & The Erdogan Government. indybay.org The catastrophic earthquake in Turkey has exposed the massive privatization, deregulation and corruption by the Erdogan government. The WorkWeek show looks at the growing social and economic crisis…
(2023-02-15). Mass shooting at Michigan State University leaves three students dead, five critically wounded. wsws.org The ruling class response to the MSU bloodletting—entirely predictable, hollow and pro-forma—was yet another exercise in evasion and posturing. None of the real issues can be broached because they point irrevocably to the crisis and bankruptcy of the political and economic system.
(2023-02-14). Reasons For An Argentina-Brazil Currency Union. popularresistance.org Even before German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met newly re-elected President Lula da Silva in Brasília last week, the latter had visited neighbouring Argentina, where he floated the idea of creating a common currency union for the two countries. | The international response? Shaking heads. "It's a terrible idea," tweeted Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics. In the German weekly Die Zeit, Thomas Fischermann wrote about a "dream money of the South." So, was the announcement of a common currency for southern Latin America just talk? | A monetary union of all of Latin America would cover 5 percent of global gross d…
(2023-02-14). Imperial to advise UN Economic and Social Council on reducing world inequalities. imperial.ac.uk Imperial has been awarded consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
(2023-02-14). World Cancer Day wish from a Mayo Clinic oncologist. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cancer affects people worldwide, regardless of age, gender or socioeconomic status. That's why Mayo Clinic joins the Union for International Cancer Control and other global organizations on World Cancer Day, Feb. 4, to close the gap and reduce inequities in cancer care. Many marginalized groups and disadvantaged populations worldwide often have limited access to preventive measures, early detection and treatment, which leads to higher mortality rates. And they are often not represented in research and clinical trials. "My hope…
(2023-02-14). Special Drawing Rights: Development Without the Debt Trap? w/ Andres Arauz. thealtworld.com Andrés Arauz, former Ecuadorian presidential candidate, central banker and research fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, joins the show to discuss how Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) could be the solution to the Debt Crisis stalking the Global South. SDRs are a special IMF currency that can be traded for hard currency, providing a much-needed injection of liquidity for countries, without adding to debt burdens.
(2023-02-14). On the origins of the war in Ukraine: A reply to Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times. wsws.org War is an event that arises from the complex interaction of social, economic and geopolitical processes and interests, operating on a global scale. The real cause of a war is rarely answered by determining who fired "the first shot."
(2023-02-14). US Fed at the centre of financial crisis. wsws.org According to analysts at the Better Markets organisation, the Fed's policies over the past 14 years, the pumping of trillions of dollars into the financial system, mean that in many ways it is "fighting problems of its own creation."
(2023-02-15). Florida Disney World workers vote overwhelmingly to reject company's paltry "best offer" wsws.org Some 32,000 workers at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, voted by a 96 percent margin last week to reject an insulting offer of an immediate $1 raise in poverty-level wages.
(2023-02-14). Per capita disposable income of farmers who get rid of poverty reaches $2,217 in 2022. ecns.cn In 2022, the per capita disposable income of farmers in areas that have eliminated poverty in China reached 15,111 yuan (about 2217 U.S. dollars), up 7.5 percent over the previous year, 1.2 percentage points higher than the growth rate of the per capita disposable income of farmers nationwide, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Tuesday.
(2023-02-15). Elon We Won't Back Down Unveiling At Tesla-Send Musk On Autopilot To Mars. indybay.org
(2023-02-15). Put The Bird DOWN Elon At Twitter! Launch Musk On Autopilot To Mars NOW! indybay.org Artists, poets and labor activists rallied in front of Twitter to demand that Elon Musk be sent to Mars on autopilot. They also spoke out against the illegal layoffs at Twitter and the violations of health and safety along with racist working conditions at Tesla which is called the plantation by Tesla workers.
(2023-02-15). Science Saturday: Cross-laboratory collaboration accelerates gold-standard SRA testing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org At Mayo Clinic Laboratories, where teamwork powers innovation, a cross-laboratory collaboration has enabled implementation of a cutting-edge, gold standard test for a life-threatening condition known as HIT, or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. The test, a serotonin release assay (SRA), uses the expertise and technologies of the Special Coagulation Laboratory (SCL) and Clinical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (CMSL) to guide physicians on making an accurate diagnosis of HIT, which is an important first step in choosing the best blood…
(2023-02-15). European Union decides on massive intensification of assault on refugees. wsws.org The special European Council summit agreed to massively tighten up its common asylum and immigration policies, including collaborating closely with authoritarian regimes.
(2023-02-14). Plan Calls for Global Collaboration to Address Child Undernutrition. jamanetwork.com Conflict, climate events, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climbing costs of living have contributed to a severe form of undernutrition among an increasing number of children, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
(2023-02-14). Pablo Neruda murió envenenado, afirma familia del poeta. cubadebate.cu El poeta chileno Pablo Neruda murió "envenenado" 12 días después del golpe militar de Augusto Pinochet, aseguró este lunes un sobrino del premio Nobel, a dos días de que se conozca el informe elaborado por peritos internacionales. "Sabemos ahora que el 'clostridium botulinum' no tendría por qué haber estado en la osamenta de Neruda. øQué quiere decir esto? Que Neruda fue asesinado, hubo intervención en el año 1973 por agentes del Estado".
(2023-02-14). Ford recorta 3 800 puestos de trabajo en Europa. cubadebate.cu Ford anunció este martes 14 de febrero un plan de reestructuración para reducir costos a nivel global, a medida que busca ganar competitividad en el mercado de los vehículos eléctricos. La automotriz prevé una reducción de 3 800 puestos de trabajo en Europa en los próximos tres años, lo que equivale al 11 % de su fuerza laboral en ese continente.
(2023-02-14). Médicos cubanos en Turquía: °Feliz día del amor y la amistad! cubadebate.cu Desde Turquía nos llegan imágenes del quehacer de la brigada médica cubana incorporada a las labores de recuperación. "Juntos Amor" , ellos también celebran hoy, haciendo por la vida del pueblo turco. Son los 32 colaboradores del Contingente Internacional de Médicos Especializados en Situaciones de Desastres y Graves Epidemias Henry Reeve.
(2023-02-14). Continúan labores de búsqueda y rescate tras terremotos en Türkiye y Siria. twitter.com La Agencia de Gestión de Desastres y Emergencias de Türkiye precisó que casi 240.000 personas y 12.322 vehículos están desplegados en las zonas afectadas.
(2023-02-14). Presidente sirio recibe al jefe de Asuntos Humanitarios de ONU. telesurtv.net El subsecretario general de Asuntos Humanitarios, destacó las labores desplegadas por el Gobierno sirio.
(2023-02-14). Presidente de Irán inicia visita oficial a China. telesurtv.net El mandatario persa prevé subscribir varios acuerdos de colaboración y fortalecer los estrechos vínculos económicos en materia de energía, transporte, agricultura, comercio e inversiones.
(2023-02-14). Australian Labor health minister lies about COVID disaster. wsws.org The Labor government defied and suppressed warnings in order to pursue a corporate profit-driven "let it rip" policy, knowing that many people would die.
(2023-02-14). Fifteen years on: The fraud of Australian parliament's "stolen generations" apology. wsws.org This article, published on the World Socialist Web Site five years ago exposed the hypocrisy involved in the parliamentary events, such as yesterday's, hailing the anniversaries of the former Rudd Labor government's "national apology."
(2023-02-14). Sanders-Warren Plan Would Expand Social Security by Taxing the Rich. truthout.org As congressional Republicans threaten to cut Social Security and other key federal programs, progressive Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren led a group of lawmakers Monday in unveiling legislation that would increase Social Security benefits by at least $200 per month and prolong the program's solvency for decades by finally requiring wealthy Americans to pay their fair share. |
(2023-02-15). Secondhand luxuries hit shelves in communities. ecns.cn China's luxury market has been flourishing and is showing on new trends in recent years, especially secondhand luxury trading, supported by relatively lower prices and a large consumer base.
(2023-02-14). As a result of the selfish policies of the West, the Arab world is growing increasingly poorer. journal-neo.org 
Most food products around the world are now significantly more expensive. The Food and Agriculture Organization, which tracks changes in the prices of the most popular food commodities around the world, predicts that the Food Price Index will rise an average of 143.7 points in 2022, up 14.3% from 2021 and the highest since 1990. …
(2023-02-14). Used-Car Prices Are Jumping Again: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Prices for used cars, which are increasingly seen as an inflation barometer for investors, rose again in January after falling in December, potentially subduing hopes that the Federal Reserve is winning its fight against inflation. January saw the largest increase in wholesale auto values since late 2021, according to new data from Cox Automotive. Cox's Manheim …
(2023-02-14). Lawsuit Filed Against Celebrity NFT Hype Machine: Was Bored Ape A Racist Theme? moguldom.com A class action lawsuit, filed in December, alleges that Paris Hilton, talk show host Jimmy Fallon, and other celebrities conspired to artificially inflate the price of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, hyping the non-fungible tokens to unbelievable prices that generated enormous media interest. Yuga Labs — the parent company of Bored Ape, the celebrities and …
(2023-02-14). Colombia arrests prosecution's former financial crimes chief. colombiareports.com Colombia's former top financial crimes prosecutor was arrested for her alleged involvement in the extortion of drug trafficking suspects. The prosecution's former financial crimes chief, Ana Catalina Noguera, was arrested…
(2023-02-14). Delaying the Onset of Nearsightedness. jamanetwork.com Myopia, or nearsightedness, affects approximately 23% of the world's population, and the prevalence is expected to increase to 50% by 2050. In the US, approximately one-third of the population is myopic, and this is expected to increase to almost 60% by 2050. The estimated annual direct cost of myopia in the US in 2002 was $3.8 billlion, which, after accounting for inflation since then but not increasing prevalence, would be roughly $6.6 billion in 2022, making myopia a substantial financial burden to individuals and society. Increasing degrees of myopia put people at greater risk of sight-threatening complicatio…
(2023-02-15). Thousands of University of Washington students rely on campus food pantry to stave off hunger. wsws.org University of Washington students are facing an unprecedented cost of living crisis as inflation soars and resources are diverted to the war drive.
(2023-02-15). Report of higher than expected price rises in January points to continued rate hikes. wsws.org The report of higher than expected inflation in January caused a drop on Wall Street, as investors anticipated that the US Federal Reserve will press on with its program of interest rate increases aimed at triggering a recession to undermine workers' wage demands.
(2023-02-14). Just in time for Valentine's Day: Happy inflationary 2023! americanthinker.com There's only one thing to say when you get a Valentine's Day "gift" like this: Thanks, Brandon!
(2023-02-14). Warren Calls for Ban on Stock Buybacks by Subsidized Semiconductor Companies. truthout.org A group of Democratic and progressive lawmakers is urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to ban corporations that are receiving money from a recent congressional subsidy bill from conducting stock buybacks for at least a decade, as companies are increasingly using stock buybacks to enrich shareholders and executives amid high inflation. In a letter sent to the Commerce CHIPS program office… |
(2023-02-14). Abellio London drivers speak out against Unite betrayal. wsws.org Bus drivers at Abellio London are continuing to speak out against Unite the union's cancellation of their three-month strike. Unite's anti-democratic action, ramming through a below-inflation pay deal via a non-binding consultative ballot, has produced widespread anger.
(2023-02-15). Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex: Tackling Pentagon Waste Means Battling the Big Weapons Makers and Asking More of Congress. juancole.com 
By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung | — ( Tomdispatch.com ) — It's early in the new Congress, but lawmakers are already hotly debating spending and debt levels. As they do so, they risk losing track of an important issue hiding in plain sight: massive Pentagon waste. At least in theory, combating such excess …
(2023-02-14). No more suspending students allowed in California? americanthinker.com The state is already halfway there, with a new proposed bill attempting to finish up the job.
(2023-02-14). Valentine's Day spend hits $26 billion in 2023. america.cgtn.com 
According to the National Retail Federation, this Valentine's spending will add up to nearly $26 billion, about two billion more than last year. See more.
(2023-02-14). Ford Announces $3.5 Billion Next-Generation Battery Plant for its Electric Vehicles in Michigan, "to lead the EV Revolution" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Ford Motor Co.'s CEO, Jim Farley, announced on Monday, "Today @Ford is announcing a $3.5B investment to build the first automaker-backed LFP battery plant in the U.S. bringing 2,500 jobs to Michigan. Good for America and our customers! All part of our $50B+ plan to innovate & lead the EV …
(2023-02-15). MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo physician creates industry runway for students of color. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo physician creates industry runway for students of color February is Black History Month, and Dr. Alyx Porter, a neuro-oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, is committed to increasing diversity in medicine. There are less than five black women practicing neuro oncology in the U.S., and Dr. Porter is one of them. She formed the nonprofit ElevateMeD along with her husband to provide scholarships and support to medical students from backgrounds underrepresented in…
(2023-02-14). The IRS lets pirates function as nonprofits. americanthinker.com It's becoming apparent that the IRS classifies institutions not by how they function but according to their politics.
(2023-02-14). Railroad hunger for profits blasts Ohio community with massive dose of poisons. peoplesworld.org 
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—A catastrophic derailment of 50 train cars on Feb. 3 has led to a mounting humanitarian and ecological disaster that continued to develop in the days since the crash. The immediate result of the wreck was an enormous fireball looming over the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania, necessitating the evacuation of at least …
(2023-02-14). The USA Nord Stream "Act of War" and "Profitable" Attack on Europe. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-15). Biden and His Rogue ATF Better Brace for the Backlash. americanthinker.com Unable to pass gun control legislation, the Biden administration has targeted legitimate gun owners with a slew of cumbersome and illogical regulations.
(2023-02-14). ITTF announces updates to World Ranking Regulations. ecns.cn The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) executive board has approved changes to the ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Regulations, with the Chinese national team still topping four categories, according to the sports body.
(2023-02-14). Valentine's Day: Look To Marxists To Reimagine Love, Romance And Sex. popularresistance.org Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci has been quoted quite a lot in recent years amid our various political catastrophes from Trump to Covid-19 to climate collapse and the political center's seeming inability to resist any of the above. The most famous line from his Prison Notebooks, written between 1929 and 1935 while a political prisoner of the Mussolini regime, is probably: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." This is sometimes more loosely translated as ‚Äã…
(2023-02-14). "Who will replace us when we are gone?": A letter from Baltimore County teachers. therealnews.com 
To Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, | From 2020 to 2022, educators faced the unprecedented circumstances of a pandemic, stagnated wages, and the hardships of virtual learning. Rising to meet these challenges put teachers on a strong footing in our ongoing fight for pay that is commensurate with our work. We have done what was asked of us and more, we have accomplished what seemed impossible and continue to work hard to make up for the learning that was lost during the pandemic—and, surely, that is worth the extra money. | However, the negotiations between the teachers, Baltimore County, and t…
(2023-02-14). Australian unions ram through sell-out deal for NSW rail workers. wsws.org The RTBU-management deal will slash wages in real terms and provides only a temporary promise that jobs will not be slashed on the New Intercity Fleet.
(2023-02-15). El capitalismo de la impunidad. globalizacion.ca El reciente informe de Oxfam, ´La supervivencia de los más ricos ª, distribuido el mismo día que comenzaba el Foro de Davos, revela que el 1% más rico del planeta se apoderó de casi dos tercios de la nueva riqueza creada…
(2023-02-15). Super Bowl LVII: Money, militarism, spectacle … and football. wsws.org The sponsors and organizers of the Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona were at pains to keep anything about the multiple crises of world capitalism from finding its way into the festivities.
(2023-02-14). Capitalism in Black and Blue. mronline.org 
Policing is inextricably linked to racism and to capitalism.
(2023-02-14). 'For the French working class, this pension reform is a gift to capitalism'. peoplesdispatch.org To understand more about the movement against pension reform in France, we spoke to Ramon Vila, the secretary of the trade union SUD Santé-Sociaux.
(2023-02-14). Approaches to Prevention of Firearm Violence—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Nathan's thoughtful letter highlights 2 often overlooked elements in suicide prevention: the profound effects of suicide among affected populations, and the critical role of policy in prevention. In the US in 2020, there were nearly 46‚ÄØ000 suicide deaths, or approximately 1 every 11 minutes. In the same year, an estimated 12.2 million adults in the US seriously considered suicide and 1.2 million made an attempt. For each suicide death, approximately 6 close family or friends are affected; those who have experienced such losses have an elevated risk of depression, posttraumatic stre…
(2023-02-14). 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…
(2023-02-15). Ohio cleaning up toxic train derailment. ecns.cn Photo shows the freight train carrying vinyl chloride, a colorless gas that burns easily and is produced industrially for its commercial uses derailed in the village of East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., Feb. 6, 2023.
(2023-02-15). Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-14). Portland Took Cops Out of Schools in 2020. Now It May Put Them Back. truthout.org While public schools have increasingly taken center stage in the far right's quest to take over school boards and fight the boogeyman of Critical Race Theory, LGBTQ2S+ existence, and "woke" policies and books, they have also been a key site of struggle for prison-industrial complex (PIC) abolition over the presence of police in the form of School Resource Officers (SROs). |
(2023-02-15). Guns Leading Killer of Kids: With MSU Massacre, U.S. Averages More Than One Mass Shooting a Day. democracynow.org 
The Michigan State University community is in mourning after a mass shooting on campus Monday in which a gunman killed three students and severely wounded five more. In response to Monday's killings, both Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and President Joe Biden have called for tighter gun laws to restrict the purchase of weapons. Monday's bloodshed came just a day before the fifth anniversary of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, highlighting the ever-present risk of gun violence in the lives of young people in the United States. "Young people…
(2023-02-14). Approaches to Prevention of Firearm Violence. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The recent Viewpoint entitled "Firearms, Suicide, and Approaches for Prevention" focused on lethal means safety, an essential element of evidence-based suicide prevention programs. This approach limits access by either removing firearms from the home or by improving the security of home storage. However, lethal means safety does not cover a large subgroup of suicidal or potentially suicidal people: those who are inclined to use a firearm for suicide but have not yet purchased a weapon.
(2023-02-15). Bernie Sanders, flanked by union bureaucrats, issues pathetic moral appeal to railroad CEOs in press conference. wsws.org The press conference was an attempt at damage control for the Democratic Party and the trade union apparatus, two months after a bipartisan vote in Congress to impose a contract which railroaders had rejected.
(2023-02-15). Developing farming a national priority. ecns.cn The "No 1 central document "issued by the central authorities sends a strong signal about China's firm intention to invigorate its agricultural sector and vast countryside as the country embarks on a new leg of the journey toward socialist modernization.
(2023-02-14). Against Trotskyism: Revolution in two stages. fightbacknews.org The disagreement between Trotsky's "absurdly Left" (according to Lenin) theory of "Permanent Revolution" and the Leninist theory of revolution in two stages boils down to the question of how to deal with the question of the peasantry. | Trotsky argued for a socialist revolution that would be antagonistic to the tsar, the imperialist bourgeoisie and the broad mass of the peasantry, and that therefore depended on support from socialist revolutions in Western Europe, without which it would be crushed by counter-revolution. | Lenin, on the other hand, advocated a revolution in two stages. The first stage would be a…
(2023-02-14). Transit Coalition Outlines Key Recommendations for Budget 2023. socialistproject.ca 
Important asks for the 2023 federal budget include permanent operational funding for transit systems, public intercity highway bus service, and accessibility and safety improvements. | A broad coalition of unions, environmental organizations, and rider advocates released its annual pre-budget submission with five recommendations for the 2023 federal budget. | The Keep Transit Moving Coalition published five central recommendations that would improve public transit for all Canadians: | Establish permanent federal funding for transit operations. | Create low-carbon rural and intercity public transit through the…
(2023-02-14). Marshall "Eddie" Conway (1946-2023): A life committed to the people and revolutionary change. liberationnews.org 
The Party for Socialism and Liberation sends our condolences to the family and loved ones of Marshall 'Eddie' Conway and salute his life of service, self-sacrifice, and struggle for the people.
(2023-02-14). Democratic Socialists of America members in Congress join Republicans and Democrats in support of anti-China "spy balloon" resolution. wsws.org The DSA's support for the "spy balloon" resolution expresses the anti-socialist and pro-imperialist character of the Democratic Party faction.
(2023-02-14). Democratic Socialists of America members in Congress join Republicans and Democrats in support of anti-Chinese "spy balloon" resolution. wsws.org The DSA's support for the "spy balloon" resolution expresses the anti-socialist and pro-imperialist character of the Democratic Party faction.
(2023-02-14). On the 25th anniversary of the World Socialist Web Site. wsws.org Twenty-five years ago, the International Committee of the Fourth International began posting the World Socialist Web Site. In this video, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North explains the background to the WSWS, reviews its record and contemporary significance and makes an appeal to all readers to donate to the WSWS and expand its readership.
(2023-02-14). Communist Party of Swaziland Continues Campaign to Boycott 'Farcical' Elections Despite Arrests and Torture. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Bongi Mamba (Right) and Mvuselelo Mkhabela (Center) after being released. Photo: Communist Party of Swaziland) In Swaziland, only individuals approved by the local chiefs of King Mswati III can contest elections, and the parliament cannot hold the monarchy accountable. Pro-democracy activists have been calling for a boycott of the elections which are scheduled…
(2023-02-14). Lawfare in Latin America: the case of Argentina's Cristina Kirchner. thecommunists.org Ten days after the murder attempt against Argentinean vice-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), the Clarin newspaper, owned by the country's largest media conglomerate, wrote an article headlined: 'Cristina, entre la bala que no salió y el fallo que si saldrá' (Cristina, between the bullet that did not fire and the court sentence that will …