(2023-04-05). Australia urged to observe market economy rules after it plans to ban TikTok from government devices. ecns.cn China has made solemn démarches to Australia after the Australian government said it would remove TikTok on all federal government devices, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday.
(2023-04-05). The Shift from Pink to Green in Latin America: Can the United States Become a Green Good Neighbor? juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — Gustavo Petro doesn't just want to transform his own country; he wants to change the world. The new leader of Colombia, who took office last August, is targeting what he calls his nation's "economy of death." That means pivoting away from oil, natural gas, coal, and narcotics toward more sustainable economic …
(2023-04-05). The US blockade of Cuba is a violation of democracy. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US State Department admitted its blockade aims "to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government." Washington's goal is to destroy Cuba's socialist democracy and force it to return to a capitalist dictatorship.
(2023-04-04). The Shift from Pink to Green in Latin America. tomdispatch.com Gustavo Petro doesn't just want to transform his own country; he wants to change the world. The new leader of Colombia, who took office last August, is targeting what he calls his nation's "economy of death." That means pivoting away from oil, natural gas, coal, and narcotics toward more sustainable economic activities. Given that oil and coal make up half his country's exports — and Colombia is the world's leading cocaine producer — that's not going to be easy. Still, if Colombia were to undertake such a pivot, it would prove to other countries similarly addicted to such powerful substances — i…
(2023-04-05). Australia urged to observe market economy rules after it plans to ban TikTok from government devices. ecns.cn China has made solemn démarches to Australia after the Australian government said it would remove TikTok on all federal government devices, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday.
(2023-04-05). The Shift from Pink to Green in Latin America: Can the United States Become a Green Good Neighbor? juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — Gustavo Petro doesn't just want to transform his own country; he wants to change the world. The new leader of Colombia, who took office last August, is targeting what he calls his nation's "economy of death." That means pivoting away from oil, natural gas, coal, and narcotics toward more sustainable economic …
(2023-04-05). The US blockade of Cuba is a violation of democracy. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US State Department admitted its blockade aims "to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government." Washington's goal is to destroy Cuba's socialist democracy and force it to return to a capitalist dictatorship.
(2023-04-04). The Shift from Pink to Green in Latin America. tomdispatch.com Gustavo Petro doesn't just want to transform his own country; he wants to change the world. The new leader of Colombia, who took office last August, is targeting what he calls his nation's "economy of death." That means pivoting away from oil, natural gas, coal, and narcotics toward more sustainable economic activities. Given that oil and coal make up half his country's exports — and Colombia is the world's leading cocaine producer — that's not going to be easy. Still, if Colombia were to undertake such a pivot, it would prove to other countries similarly addicted to such powerful substances — i…
(2023-04-04). Revised labor rules sought as gig work rises. ecns.cn Data from a recent survey showed that a growing number of people in China are working in the gig economy, a fact that experts said underscores the dire need to overhaul labor rules to better protect these people from long, grueling work hours, inadequate social security coverage and other issues.
(2023-04-04). The Coming Doom Loop: Near Insolvency of US banks. The Economy is Falling into a "Debt Trap" globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-04). Urgent: A Bold, Just, and Effective Program to Address the Developing Country Debt Crisis. fpif.org The developing country debt problem is indeed a crisis of massive proportions. But it can also be an opportunity to remake the global economy.
(2023-04-05). Senile Economics: Bubble Ontology and the Pull of Gravity. indybay.org The entire banking system is closing in on folding, which is why it so desperately needs new inflationary liquidity to keep afloat. The Great Reset is our owners' authoritarian attempt to respond to this systemic threat by taking control of the collateral (our lives) and remain in the driving seat. All the rest is perception management.
(2023-04-04). SOEs make infrastructure milestones. ecns.cn China's infrastructure construction continues to progress at a fast pace amid the nation's overall economic recovery, with State-owned enterprises playing critical roles in several massive and urgent undertakings nationwide.
(2023-04-04). China's rapid recovery brightens regional, global economic outlook: ADB. ecns.cn China's rapid recovery has brightened the regional and global economic outlook, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Tuesday.
(2023-04-04). VTB Assists Chinese Companies in Expanding Their Reach into New Markets. infobrics.org The trade and economic partnership between Russia and China present a promising outlook with significant growth potential…
(2023-04-04). Stellantis cutting hundreds of jobs at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant. wsws.org The company is stepping up its campaign of economic terrorism before this summer's contract talks, provoking widespread anger among workers.
(2023-04-04). More Prominent Countries Abandoning the US Dollar and Ignore U.S. Plea To Boost Oil Production. sonar21.com 
I had a relaxed, focused discussion today with Craig Simpson, who does a podcast from Arizona, on the political and economic fallout in the West from its feckless attempt to…
(2023-04-05). The Capital of the Multipolar World: A Moscow Diary. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Mar 30, 2023 | In Moscow you feel no crisis. No effects of sanctions. No unemployment. No homeless people in the streets. Minimal inflation. | How sharp was good ol' Lenin, prime modernist, when he mused, "there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen". This global nomad now addressing you has enjoyed the privilege of spending four astonishing weeks in Moscow at the heart of an historical crossroads — culminating with the Putin-Xi geopolitical game-changing summit at the Kremlin. | To quote Xi, "changes that haven't been seen in 100 years" do have a…
(2023-04-04). As Tax Day Approaches: Is the Federal Budget Moral or Immoral? juancole.com 
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) — April, the month tax filings are due, prompts us to ponder what our income taxes pay for. Are they used to provide all citizens sufficient resources and public goods for human security and well-being — the core of our national security? How much of our taxes pay …
(2023-04-04). Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction for Low- and High-Income Patients. jamanetwork.com This serial cross-sectional cohort study compares whether treatment patterns and outcomes for patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction differ for low- vs high-income individuals across 6 countries.
(2023-04-05). Britain: Corbyn's ban 'a disgraceful attack on democracy'. greenleft.org.au In a move that has been condemmed as deceitful and undemocratic, the British Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC) voted on March 29 to bar former leader Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate in the 2024 general election, reports Alex Salmon.
(2023-04-05). April 9 meeting to honor Mary Pinotti-Kaessinger. workers.org 
A virtual meeting will be held to honor Mary Pinotti-Kaessinger, Revolutionary, Disability Justice and Rights Fighter, Labor Organizer — Rest in power! The Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party (DJRC) is hosting its monthly 2nd Sunday Dialogue, April 9 at 7: 00 p.m. EDT, to honor Mary and . . . |
(2023-04-05). $41 million federal grant to help Mayo Clinic, collaborators advance multiethnic Alzheimer's research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Alzheimer's disease affects people of all ethnic groups. Armed with $41 million in new federal funding, Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from 13 other institutions around the country are pursuing three multiethnic projects to identify targets for treatment. Alzheimer's disease robs victims of their memories and families of quality time with their loved ones. Deaths from Alzheimer's more than doubled from 2000 to 2019, and the number of people living with the…
(2023-04-05). Australian parliamentary report urges boost to war powers. wsws.org This report is another warning that the Labor government is preparing to join an aggressive US-led war against China, and regardless of even pretences of adhering to international law.
(2023-04-05). Australian Labor government's claim it cannot free Assange is a lie. wsws.org Australian governments, including the current Labor administration, have repeatedly exercised their legal and diplomatic powers to secure the release of citizens facing persecution abroad.
(2023-04-05). Video: Sydney construction workers march through city. greenleft.org.au Construction workers demanding protection of workers from silicosis and calling on Labor governments to keep their promises to remove anti-union laws took to Sydney streets in their thousands, reports Peter Boyle.
(2023-04-04). Duke University's Ploy To Ban Graduate Student Unions. popularresistance.org At colleges and universities across the country, a heated battle is playing out right now over workers' right to organize and have a say over how the institutions they keep afloat with their labor are run. From graduate student-worker unionization efforts and strikes at Temple University, the University of California, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern University, Northeastern University, the University of Chicago, and Indiana University, to faculty strikes (and near-strikes) at the University of Illinois at Chicago, The New School, Howard University, etc., to workers across the higher ed sector str…
(2023-04-04). Report: Iowa GOP's Child Labor Bill Was Spearheaded by Restaurant Lobbyists. truthout.org Lobbyists and the restaurant industry are the driving force behind a proposed child labor bill that Republicans are pushing through the Iowa legislature, a new investigation has revealed, as the GOP wages an extremist push to loosen child labor regulations across the country. According to an investigation by More Perfect Union, the extremely powerful restaurant industry group the National… |
(2023-04-04). Newly elected French CGT union leader rushes to prop up Macron. wsws.org The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) held its 53rd congress last week as the working class mounted a direct political struggle against President Emmanuel Macron.
(2023-04-04). Rifts erupt in Australian ruling class over Voice referendum wording. wsws.org Conflicts over the wording of the constitutional amendment proposed by the Labor government and sections of the indigenous elite have the potential to produce a political crisis.
(2023-04-04). 'Break up Big Ag,' says Sanders after egg giant posts 718% profit increase. nationofchange.org Sanders joined Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Katie Porter, and others in questioning Cal-Maine Foods' claim that an avian flu outbreak is to blame for soaring egg prices.
(2023-04-05). Sibos 2024 financial services forum to be held in Beijing. ecns.cn Beijing will play host city to the Swift International Banker's Operation Seminar (Sibos) financial services forum in 2024, according to a joint announcement from Beijing authorities and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).
(2023-04-04). Do Patient Satisfaction Instruments Harm Patients and Physicians?—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In his Letter about our recent Viewpoint, Dr Lee shares our concerns over the linkage of financial incentives for individual physicians to patient satisfaction measures such as the use of the Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider and Systems survey (CG-CAHPS) in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Merit-Based Incentive Payment System.
(2023-04-04). American Recurring Banking and Financial Crises: The Historical and Regulatory Context. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). Inflation, Ukraine and China. indybay.org What impresses me is China's diplomatic engagement. And I say that also in terms of their role in restoring diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Our diplomacy, American diplomacy, seems to me reactive, unimaginative, and ineffective. | Chinese diplomacy, on the other hand, seems to me to be more imaginative and potentially more effective. (Andrew Bacevich)…
(2023-04-04). NYU drops bogus charges against graduate student worker. electronicintifada.net Naye Idriss, who was charged with vandalism and bigotry for writing on binned Israeli mail bag, is rehired with back pay.
(2023-04-05). China to deepen new cooperation pattern with Indonesia: Wang Yi. ecns.cn Wang Yi (R), director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, shakes hands with Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia's Coordinator for Cooperation with China and Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment in Beijing, China, April 4, 2023.
(2023-04-05). Tuesday 4/25: 11th Annual Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference – Media Event and Luncheon. indybay.org International Peace Rose Garden | California State Capitol…
(2023-04-04). The U.S. is trying to persuade China to commit suicide. mronline.org 
The U.S. knows from its experience in defeating Germany, Japan, and the "Asian Tigers," that a decisive way to slow a competitor's growth rate is to get it to reduce its level of investment, which is what it is now trying to do to China.
(2023-04-04). Norfolk Southern's huge profits go 80 percent to top honchos' checks. peoplesworld.org 
CLEVELAND—Unions, safety specialists, and—now—the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have contended that corporate greed drove Norfolk Southern Railway to cut corners on safety inspections and prevention, thus leading to the disastrous Feb. 3 wreck there. But buried deep in the March 31 federal Justice Department filing, for both itself and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, …
(2023-04-04). The Black American Intelligence Report On The Rising 'No Labels' Political Organization. moguldom.com The No Labels political organization continues to grow and is wielding its power. The bi-partisan group has also gotten the backing of Black American notables. But is this a good move? Established in 2010, No Labels is a political organization supporting centrist, bi-partisan policies and politics. It is a registered non-profit and does not disclose …
(2023-04-04). 'Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict'—book bridges divide between Marxists and Christians. peoplesworld.org 
Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict provides an important refocusing and reprioritizing of earlier Scriptural studies as seen through the lens of historical materialist analysis. Although containing little original research, authors James Crossley and Robert J. Myles have painstakingly examined many of the mainstream interpretations of the life, teachings, and execution of Jesus. They have …
(2023-04-04). In New York, the Wrong Workers Get the Biggest Pay Bumps. inequality.org Wall Street bonuses averaged $176,700 last year — down from 2021 but still 1,165 percent higher than in 1985. If the federal minimum wage had grown at the same rate, it would be worth $42.37, according to Institute for Policy Studies analysis. An alliance of essential workers, tenants, and union members are rallying to …
(2023-04-04). What's the problem with pensions? mronline.org 
The recent massive demonstrations against the Macron administration in France forcing through so-called pension reforms reveals the determined attempts of pro-capitalist governments in all the major economies to cut real wages when we are old and can no longer work.
(2023-04-05). A social and medical examination of Long COVID as a "mass disabling event": Part 2. wsws.org This review will document what is known about the science and impacts of Long COVID, the lessons that should have been drawn from previous post-viral illnesses and the refusal of world capitalism to address this massive and ongoing social catastrophe.
(2023-04-04). To Protect Trans Youth, We Must Organize Ourselves. popularresistance.org To the organizers of yesterday's march, and to trans youth everywhere: thank you for fighting. No one should have to fight for their very existence, but your example reminds us that there is a joyous, expansive range of human experience that capitalism tries to erase and forget. Your example shows us that there is beauty to be found everywhere and in every moment of the struggle for a better world. We find in your combative example the spirit of the world we will build—free of every oppression. | We also thank our trans and queer elders. It's an incredible thing to have lived in a world so pitted against yo…
(2023-04-04). A social and medical examination of Long COVID as a "mass disabling event": Part 1. wsws.org This review will document what is known about the science and impacts of Long COVID, the lessons that should have been drawn from previous post-viral illnesses, and the refusal of world capitalism to address this massive and ongoing social catastrophe.
(2023-04-05). Science Saturday: Understanding the speed of brain communication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It often was thought that the speed of information transmitted among regions of the brain stabilized during early adolescence. A new study in Nature Neuroscience by Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from the Netherlands found transmission speeds continue to increase into early adulthood. Because problems such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorders can emerge in late adolescence and early adulthood, a better understanding of brain development may help clinicians offer therapies to treat these disorders. "A fundamental understanding…
(2023-04-04). A Microchip Brain: Company Releases Brain Implant To Treat Depression. moguldom.com A penny-sized microchip embedded under your scalp and powered wirelessly by an external device could deliver tiny electrical pulses to the region of your brain affected by severe depression and replace conventional antidepressants, according to Los Angeles-based startup Inner Cosmos. Inner Cosmos is one of a growing number of tech companies making brain implants, but …
(2023-04-04). Military Situation In Donbass On April 4, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Mariinka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Ugledar; | Russian forces took full control of AZOM industrial complex in Bakhmut; | Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 D-20 howitzer and 2 armored vehicles were destroyed by Russian artillery on Krasniy-Liman front, according to the Russian MOD; | Up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles and 4 armoured vehicles wer…
(2023-04-04). War Mongering, CIA-Connected Think-Tank Calls For World War III. covertactionmagazine.com Fellows at the Atlantic Council advocate bombing and confronting Russia, while eschewing any opportunities for peace. The Atlantic Council is an American think tank, founded in 1961, which lies at the heart of what 27-year CIA veteran Ray McGovern and whistleblower termed the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think Tank Complex (MICIMATTC). Its close ties to the CIA were evident when its former …
(2023-04-04). $17,000 raised in FRSO Spring Fundraising Drive. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — In less than a week, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization's (FRSO) Spring Fundraising Drive has netted more than $17,000. FRSO aims to raise over $130,000 to hire more full-time organizers to work in our national office, grow our fund to purchase a building, and publish more revolutionary literature. | Anti-war activist Sarah Martin states, "Now is the time to dig deep and contribute to FRSO so we can continue to grow and expand our work as we build towards a new world. The future is bright!" | Local FRSO groups will be going out to members and supporters to make the Spring Fundraisin…
(2023-04-05). Xi stresses Party theoretic study drive to enhance cohesion and pool strengths. ecns.cn A meeting on the education campaign about the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era was held on Monday in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the meeting and made an important speech.
(2023-04-04). Postal workers at UK's Royal Mail vote to establish rank-and-file committee. wsws.org Postal workers spoke with World Socialist Web Site writers and representatives of post rank-and-file committees in Germany and Australia.
(2023-04-04). The Counter-Summit for Democracy. libya360.wordpress.com On 2 April 2023, Friends of Socialist China and the International Manifesto Group co-hosted a powerful and successful Counter-Summit for Democracy, a response to the US-sponsored so-called Summit for Democracy held a few days earlier. The participants at this counter-summit exposed the hegemonic reality behind the US's talk of a 'rules-based world order'; explored alternative models…
(2023-04-04). Far-right censure motion: theatre of the grotesque staged in Spanish Congress. greenleft.org.au The Spanish far-right's latest attempt to censure prime minister Pedro Sanchez' government — with the help of a former leader of the Communist Party of Spain — has backfired, writes Dick Nichols.