Daily Archives: April 16, 2023

2023-04-16: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). China 'highly concerned' about Japan's chip policy, urges Tokyo to follow WTO rules. ecns.cn China is "highly concerned" about Japan's plan to put export controls on some 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). IMF: China's rebound can help a slumping global economy. ecns.cn The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told a news conference at the IMF and World Bank spring meetings that China this year would contribute about one-third of global growth on Thursday local time.

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). (W.E. Talk) Shi Shiwei: How can China-Germany cooperation in economy and trade be mutually beneficial? ecns.cn At a time of changing political and economic situationsworldwide, what signal and meaning does the visit of Scholz convey? Which constructive attitude should both sides adopt to promote cooperation in the economy and trade and bring more benefits to people in the two countries? Shi Shiwei, visiting professor at the Free University of Berlin and researcher at the China-EU Economic Cooperation Research Center,recently gave an exclusive interview to the column W.E. Talk of China News Service to offer his opinions on this issue.

channelnewsasia (2023-04-16). At China's largest trade fair, exporters worry about global economy. channelnewsasia.com

Editor (2023-04-16). Palestinian Trade Unions' Anti-Apartheid Call. socialistproject.ca The global trade union movement, which has played a key and inspiring role in its commitment to workers' rights and human rights more generally, has stood in principled solidarity with the oppressed across the world, adopting concrete, ground-breaking, labour-led sanctions against oppressive regimes. | Israel's systematic destruction of the Palestinian economy, discriminatory and racist laws, and restrictions on freedom of movement and association have a significant impact on the rights and working conditions of Palestinian workers. | Inspired by the massive workers' solidarity with the struggle that ended apa…

Ben Norton (2023-04-15). Brazil's Lula travels to China and calls to end US dollar dominance. geopoliticaleconomy.com Brazil's President Lula da Silva took a historic trip to China, where he signed many cooperation agreements and pledged to challenge the dominance of the US dollar.




Ben Norton (2023-04-15). BRICS Bank de-dollarizing, promises 30% of loans in local currencies, new chief Dilma Rousseff says. geopoliticaleconomy.com The new chief of the BRICS bloc's New Development Bank, Brazil's leftist ex-President Dilma Rousseff, revealed they are gradually moving away from the US dollar, promising at least 30% of loans in local currencies of members.

ecns.cn (2023-04-15). PBOC: China to post GDP growth of around 5%. ecns.cn China is expected to achieve a GDP growth of around 5 percent this year as the Chinese economy is recovering with low inflation and "positive changes" in the real estate market, said Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China.

Mickey Z. (2023-04-15). Jabs Caused 300,000 Excess Deaths and $147 Billion in Damage to Economy in 2022. dissidentvoice.org In the U.S., COVID-19 vaccines injured 6.6 million people, disabled 1.36 million people, caused more than 300,000 excess deaths, and cost the economy an estimated $147 billion in damage — in 2022 alone — according to a new analysis by Humanity Projects, a wing of Portugal-based research firm Phinance Technologies. Read the full article here. …

Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-04-15). Russia Leaves Neoliberal West To Join World Majority. popularresistance.org Michael and I thought that what we'd do today is talk about my impressions, and also weave them into a broader discussion about how the world order is changing towards multipolarity. So many things have happened. | President Xi went to Russia, and President Macron went to China, and so many things are going on. So we'll weave all of that into a broader discussion about my impressions from Russia. | So what Michael and I thought we'd do is focus on two particular points that we thought were interesting that I picked up when I was in Russia is that during the whirlwind of conferences that I was at, at which some ve…

FP Staff (2023-04-15). 'An important milestone in a budding space economy': Kenya launches its first-ever operational satellite. firstpost.com

FP Staff (2023-04-15). Israel's economy minister Nir Barkat to visit India on Sunday. firstpost.com

Ben Norton (2023-04-15). BRICS Bank de-dollarizing, promises 30% of loans in local currencies, new chief Dilma Rousseff says. geopoliticaleconomy.com The new chief of the BRICS bloc's New Development Bank, Brazil's leftist ex-President Dilma Rousseff, revealed they are gradually moving away from the US dollar, promising at least 30% of loans in local currencies of members.

ecns.cn (2023-04-15). PBOC: China to post GDP growth of around 5%. ecns.cn China is expected to achieve a GDP growth of around 5 percent this year as the Chinese economy is recovering with low inflation and "positive changes" in the real estate market, said Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China.

Mickey Z. (2023-04-15). Jabs Caused 300,000 Excess Deaths and $147 Billion in Damage to Economy in 2022. dissidentvoice.org In the U.S., COVID-19 vaccines injured 6.6 million people, disabled 1.36 million people, caused more than 300,000 excess deaths, and cost the economy an estimated $147 billion in damage — in 2022 alone — according to a new analysis by Humanity Projects, a wing of Portugal-based research firm Phinance Technologies. Read the full article here. …

Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-04-15). Russia Leaves Neoliberal West To Join World Majority. popularresistance.org Michael and I thought that what we'd do today is talk about my impressions, and also weave them into a broader discussion about how the world order is changing towards multipolarity. So many things have happened. | President Xi went to Russia, and President Macron went to China, and so many things are going on. So we'll weave all of that into a broader discussion about my impressions from Russia. | So what Michael and I thought we'd do is focus on two particular points that we thought were interesting that I picked up when I was in Russia is that during the whirlwind of conferences that I was at, at which some ve…

FP Staff (2023-04-15). 'An important milestone in a budding space economy': Kenya launches its first-ever operational satellite. firstpost.com

FP Staff (2023-04-15). Israel's economy minister Nir Barkat to visit India on Sunday. firstpost.com

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). Properly addressing debt issue matters to global economic recovery: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn Properly addressing debt issue matters to global economic recovery and financial stability, Chinese Foreign Minister spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a news briefing on Friday.

WSWS (2023-04-16). Kenya's civil servants threaten strike over wage delay as economic crisis deepens. wsws.org Last Friday, health workers of eight unions declared a strike in 12 of Kenya's 47 counties starting this Wednesday. They would join doctors and nurses in Nandi County already on strike over three months' salary arrears.

FP Staff (2023-04-16). China poised to announce economic comeback as zero-Covid era fades. firstpost.com

William Denselow (2023-04-15). Many Americans struggle to eat as COVID-19 programs end. america.cgtn.com Many Americans will be affected as the Biden administration is ending a number of aid programs designed to offset the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. See more.

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-15). NATO stalwart Turkey has emerged as global military power after war in Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com And those in Armenia, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Ukraine. ==== AzertagApril 15, 2023 Everyone in the world sees Turkey's military strength and great successes in the military field — Executive Director Azerbaijan-Turkey relations are developing successfully in all directions. Both states effectively use their economic and energy capabilities, as well as their geopolitical position, to …

Center For Economic, Policy Research. (2023-04-15). IMF Is Forcing Some Of Hardest-Hit Countries To Pay Unnecessary Fees. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — The International Monetary Fund is requiring that some of its most heavily indebted borrowers pay billions in unnecessary and counterproductive fees, new research from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows. The new issue brief, "The Growing Burden of IMF Surcharges: An Updated Estimate," by Francisco Amsler and Michael Galant, finds that the IMF will charge over $2 billion per year in surcharges through 2025, even as IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warns that "poverty and hunger could further increase," and as the Fund notes that some 15 percent of countries ar…

ecns.cn (2023-04-15). Brazilian Ex-Minister on Brazil-China Cooperation: A New Era of Collaboration and Growth. ecns.cn President Lula's recent visit to China has marked a significant milestone in the ever-evolving Brazil-China relationship. This historic event has opened new avenues for collaboration and mutual growth in various sectors, including economic development, technology innovation, information and communication technology, space exploration, culture, tourism, sports, agriculture and food security, health, urban construction, and so on. The results of this memorable trip has provide incredible results that it is worth examining and have the potential to be a game changer in China-Brazil relations.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-04-15). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Teddy Ostrow, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-04-15). UPS Workers Might Revitalize Labor. popularresistance.org Over 340,000 workers at United Parcel Service (UPS) could launch the largest strike against a single company in US history this August, when their collective bargaining agreement expires. | The clock is ticking as the top package courier in the world, which has seen two straight years of record-breaking profits, considers whether it will hold much of the country's logistics infrastructure hostage by refusing workers' demands: raising the poverty pay of part-time warehouse workers, re-establishing "equal pay for equal work" among delivery drivers, and introducing extreme heat—related and other safety protect…

Brett Wilkins (2023-04-15). Oxfam Report: US Billionaires Almost a Third Richer Since COVID Hit. truthout.org As the deadline for Americans to file federal income tax returns fast approaches, Oxfam America on Friday renewed calls for taxing the ultrarich while publishing an analysis showing America's growing number of billionaires saw their wealth increase by nearly one-third since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and by nearly 90% over the past decade. "Wealth inequality in the U.S. is more extreme and… |

Richard Horton (2023-04-15). [Comment] Offline: How to fail well in global health. thelancet.com I am an expert in how to destroy global health initiatives. It is a peculiar fact that I have been an intimate witness to the demise of three promising organisations that sought to advance health in low-income settings—the Global Forum for Health Research, the Health Metrics Network, and the independent Expert Review Group on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health (iERG). All three died from multiple causes. With such a dismal record, it was no surprise when the incoming Director of one global health organisation made clear, not entirely jokingly, that he would never consider me fo…

Jim McIlroy (2023-04-16). Bus cancellations spark new calls to end privatisation. greenleft.org.au In opposition, NSW Labor campaigned against bus privatisation. But, the new minister now says "the options available are limited". Jim McIlroy reports.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-04-16). Presidente chileno promulga jornada laboral de 40 horas. telesurtv.net El mandatario chileno confesó que la comunidad política a la que pertenece intentó durante mucho tiempo llevar adelante esta iniciativa.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-04-16). Wednesday 5/3: On World Press Freedom Day: A Day Of Action To Free Assange/ Mumia & Against Censorship. indybay.org KQED Television | 2601 Mariposa St. | San Francisco…

Mary Jirmanus Saba (2023-04-16). University of California Workers Center Disability Justice in Union Organizing. truthout.org As President Joe Biden moves to end the public health emergency with insufficient public objection, it may appear that U.S. residents also are no longer concerned about the pandemic, nor about the lives of 4 in 10 people who are high-risk for adverse impacts, disablement or death from COVID. Our labor organizing experience at the University of California (UC) indicates otherwise: People will take… |

WSWS (2023-04-16). AFT and U-M partner to increase profits at Michigan Medicine and suppress workers' opposition. wsws.org Behind the university's endorsement of the formation of an AFT-affiliated union of diagnostic technicians at Michigan Medicine stands the collaboration of the official labor organizations with the corporate and financial interests that are profiting from increasingly intolerable conditions for health care workers and working class patients.

ecns.cn (2023-04-15). U.S. biolabs endanger communities, violate international law, experts say. ecns.cn U.S. activities related to biological laboratories in Ukraine and other countries have posed biological threats to local communities and violated international regulations on biological weapons, an international law expert said.

Rand Wilson, Peter Olney, Stansbury Forum. (2023-04-15). Can Labor Seize Its 'Movement Moment'? popularresistance.org One measure of the labor movement's relative power is the percentage of the workforce covered by union contracts. From a post-war high in 1955 of 35% in the private sector represented by unions, the percentage has steadily plunged—now to a low of only 6% . That low private sector number is buoyed to just over 10% by the higher percentage of unionized public sector workers. | These dismal membership numbers hide the promise this moment holds for union organizing. Public support, resources, and organizing momentum point to some of the brightest possibilities for the US union movement in decades.

Tom Anderson, Labor Notes. (2023-04-15). Famous Bilingual Program Is Failing And Teachers May Strike. popularresistance.org Twenty years ago, the small school district of Woodburn piloted Oregon's first K-12 district-wide dual-language program. It became a model for schools nationwide. | Yet while the district continues to proudly present itself as bilingual, in reality this program—along with the rest of the system—is failing. | Last week the Woodburn Education Association voted to authorize a potential strike, as teachers fight for better pay and caps on class sizes. So did the neighboring Silver Falls Education Association. | "We see the most issues with the dual-language program," said Misha Pfliger, a WEA rep and high…

Staff (2023-04-15). "El principito" de la Universidad, una casita dentro de otra. cubadebate.cu La casita infantil de la Universidad de Camagàºey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz. "El principito" abrió sus puertas en el contexto de la celebración por el aniversario 62 de la creación de los círculos infantiles en Cuba. Esta casita constituye una forma de protección laboral e implementación del Programa de Adelanto de las Mujeres, y beneficiará y a 28 familias de la Casa de Altos Estudios.

Staff (2023-04-15). Entrega Díaz-Canel diplomas a cuadros y trabajadores del Partido. cubadebate.cu Unos 60 cuadros y trabajadores con varios lustros de labor ininterrumpida en dependencias del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) recibieron un homenaje, en ceremonia encabezada por Miguel Díaz-Canel, Primer Secretario del Comité Central del PCC y Presidente de la República.

trtworld (2023-04-16). Over 24,000 Norwegian workers to strike after talks fail. trtworld.com The unions are demanding an increase in real wages this year after two years of consumer prices rising faster than nominal wages, citing healthy profits in Norwegian industries. | Over 24,000 Norwegian workers to strike after talks fail…

FP Staff (2023-04-15). Property prices in China see an uptick, highest in 21 months. firstpost.com

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-16). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

_____ (2023-04-15). The U.S. Political and Financial Frankenstein Is Well and Truly Out. strategic-culture.org

Arianna Magon, Rosario Caruso (2023-04-15). [Correspondence] Addressing a potential crisis in the Italian National Health System. thelancet.com A recent Editorial1 pointed out that the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is facing its most crucial moment since its inception due to a combination of chronic and acute problems, including underinvestment, understaffing, burnout among staff, and increasing demand for services. The inclination to believe that the current NHS model is unsustainable and needs radical change is misguided when drawing on a stronger private health sector is considered the only solution. The current crisis in the NHS includes wrangling over a financial settlement for staff, addressing pension reforms, improving working condition…

Dean Henderson (2023-04-15). History: The Federal Reserve Cartel: Freemasons and The House of Rothschild. globalresearch.ca Outstanding historical analysis of relevance to an understanding of the so-called "Deep State" and today's global financial establishment. | First published on June 8, 2011 | *** | In 1789 Alexander Hamilton became the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Hamilton was …

Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. (2023-04-15). Response To Twitter Labeling NPR 'State-Affiliated Media' Exposes True Purpose Of Labels. popularresistance.org I hate agreeing with anything Elon Musk does, but recently Twitter labeled National Public Radio (NPR) as "state-affiliated media" on the social media site, a move some worried could undermine public confidence in the news organization. The Associated Press reported that it was unclear why Twitter made the move. But Twitter's owner, Elon Musk, quoted a definition of state-affiliated media in the company's guidelines as "outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution." "Seems accur…

Mauro Ramos, People's Dispatch. (2023-04-15). Lula Criticizes The Hegemony Of The Dollar During Visit To China. popularresistance.org The president of the New Development Bank (NDB), Dilma Rousseff, received the president of the Republic of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for the inauguration ceremony at the head of the bank. This was the first activity on the official agenda of the president during his state visit to China. | Lula and Rousseff held a closed-door meeting with directors of the financial institution before starting the ceremony. First to speak, Rousseff, who was one of the founders of the BRICS bank, talked about the need to expand the institution's capacity. | "It is fundamental to expand the bank's reach and impact. On the one…

The Lancet (2023-04-15). [Editorial] Punishing the tortured: criminalisation of suicide. thelancet.com Providing care and treatment for people with suicidal ideas, rather than subjecting them to a criminal process, seems intuitively humane and appropriate. And yet, in more than 20 countries, suicide and attempted suicide remain an offence punishable by imprisonment and fines for those who survive, and financial penalties for the families of those who do not. The continuation of laws against suicide and attempted suicide is partly based on two contentious beliefs that need to be interrogated.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-15). OPEC+ and capitalism's fight against inflation. mronline.org Except in war-time, capitalism invariably seeks to control inflation by creating a recession; and this is so even when the inflation has been caused by an autonomous increase in capitalists' profit-margins which are downward inflexible and hence would not be reduced by a recession.

WSWS (2023-04-15). March inflation report shows corporate America's continuing wage-cutting campaign. wsws.org Housing, food, and energy price increases continue to outstrip meager wage increases as a recession looms.

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). China's State Council discusses improvement on employment support policies. ecns.cn China's State Council has discussed ways to improve the policies and measures to help stabilize employment, according to a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Qiang on Friday.

WSWS (2023-04-16). Unions betray 9,000 Rutgers academic workers by suspending strike without a tentative agreement. wsws.org Rank-and-file workers at Rutgers must organize immediately to prepare a struggle against the sellout of the strike, break through the isolation imposed by the union leadership, and reach out to other workers across state and national lines.

Taylor Giorno (2023-04-15). Megadonor Harlan Crow Ramped Up Political Spending After Meeting Clarence Thomas. truthout.org Billionaire megadonors Harlan and Kathy Crow have steadily increased their political spending since they met their "very dear friends," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative political activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, in 1996. The Crows have treated the Thomases to private jet rides and luxury travel for more than two decades, most of which did not appear on Thomas'… |

Harrison Raskin (2023-04-16). Billionaire Space Flight Isn't About Colonization. It's Stoking a New Cold War. truthout.org The world has thoroughly entered the second space race, and the military applications of emerging spaceflight technologies may be central to global conflicts in the near future. Exiting a lull in recent decades in global space investment, China has recently completed the world's second operational space station — prompting an alarmist US response. National Aeronautics and Space Administration… |

The Exposé (2023-04-16). Pfizer is killing Children for Profit: Europe suffers unprecedented loss of lives among its Children with 760% increase in Excess Deaths since EMA's Emergency Approval of COVID Vaccine for Kids. expose-news.com It was the summer of 2021 when the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15. The decision was met with unjustified …

Joseph Dov Bruch, Sarah S Richardson (2023-04-15). [Perspectives] Women's health, Inc. thelancet.com Across the globe, health care is increasingly in the hands of corporate entities. Women's health is a vivid example of this trend. Private equity firms, start-ups, and other private-sector companies are streaming into women's health, appealing to its historical aims of equity, empowerment, and social justice, while also expecting big profits. As this industry expands, tensions between profitability, innovation, quality, and equity are already surfacing within the USA, signalling what other nations may soon encounter.

Lily Meyersohn, In These Times. (2023-04-15). Insurance Companies Are Destroying New York's Home Care Industry. popularresistance.org On Saturday, April 1, New York state lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul failed to agree on a state budget. The governor proposed an extension until April 10, which was quickly passed by lawmakers to avoid a government shutdown‚Äâ—‚Äâand then passed another extension, which expires Monday. These delays are reportedly because of disagreements over Hochul's bail reform and controversial plans to create new housing. | But another group is also watching the budget closely: home care workers, users and advocates, who pushed for and won a minimum wage increase for home care workers i…

Ian Angus (2023-04-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2023. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents a selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society.

Staff (2023-04-16). Canciller francés llama al diálogo para solucionar la crisis ucraniana. cubadebate.cu En una entrevista exclusiva concedida a NHK en vísperas de la reunión de los cancilleres del G7, que se celebra en Japón este domingo, la canciller francesa resaltó el papel internacional, incluido este foro de los países más industrializados, en la búsqueda de una solución al conflicto.

Staff (2023-04-16). Alemania desconectó sus tres últimos reactores en actividad: Dice adiós a la energía nuclear. cubadebate.cu Alemania desconectó sus tres últimos reactores en actividad, y dijo adiós a la energía nuclear a 62 años de la entrada en funcionamiento en el país de su primera electronuclear. Mientras tanto, otros países industrializados y no pocos de los llamados en vías de desarrollo anunciaron inversiones para comenzar a utilizar ese tipo de energía.

Anand Naidoo (2023-04-15). The Heat: China-Brazil Ties. america.cgtn.com Pomp and ceremony in Beijing as China and Brazil agree to strengthen bilateral ties. Brazilian President Lula da Silva says he wants to work with Beijing to "balance world geopolitics" and help reinvigorate the South American nation's ailing industrial sector. The Brazilian leader has spent …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-15). Military-Industrial Complex makes moves to take control of Australian defence forces. expose-news.com Alarming defence reforms proposed by Australia's federal government could see defence contractors embedded with the Australian Defence Force and national security agencies. Australians must recognise the danger posed by allowing global arms …

Stansfield Smith (2023-04-16). In Chicago the Left Embraces Democrats and Celebrates Brandon Johnson's Victory. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith — Apr 14, 2023 | Brandon Johnson, a progressive black community activist, union organizer, and former teacher, won the Chicago mayoral election against Paul Vallas, the corporate Democrat opponent. Johnson's victory expressed popular rejection of neoliberal privatization and respect for progressive unions, in particular the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). Johnson was outspent two to one, but not out-organized, winning 52-48%. The election displayed once again the power and organizing skills of the CTU, and showed that people, when they are involved, can upend election predictions. | His cam…

Asad Ismi (2023-04-15). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2023-04-15). Changing Society: Nature, Life, and Resistance in Culture Today. dissidentvoice.org None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, (Elective Affinities, Die Wahlverwandtschaften, 1809) What kind of culture do we want? What kind of culture do we need? Our culture reflects our fundamental ideologies and these ideologies are rooted in patriarchal religion and neoliberal politics in …

Stansfield Smith (2023-04-15). In Chicago the Left Embraces the Democrats and Celebrates Brandon Johnson's Victory. dissidentvoice.org Brandon Johnson, a progressive black community activist, union organizer, and former teacher, won the Chicago mayoral election against Paul Vallas, the corporate Democrat opponent. Johnson's victory expressed popular rejection of neoliberal privatization and respect for progressive unions, in particular the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). Johnson was outspent two to one, but not out-organized, winning 52-48%. …

Frances Madeson (2023-04-15). Organizers Are Resisting a 2-Tiered Legal System in Majority-Black Jackson, MS. truthout.org July 1, 2023 will fall on a Saturday. In Jackson, Mississippi, it's likely to be a very hot day, or a rainy day, or both. It's also the day when House Bill 1020 will take effect, and that the whole of the City of Jackson will be no more — at least with respect to the administration of its criminal legal system. Instead, the city will be partitioned into unequal halves: a Capitol Complex… |

teleSUR, sar, SB (2023-04-16). Cuatro frases de Fidel en la proclamación del carácter socialista. telesurtv.net La isla caribeña conmemora este 16 de abril los 62 años de la proclamación del carácter socialista de la Revolución Cubana, liderada por Fidel Castro.

WSWS (2023-04-15). French pseudo-left POID calls for bourgeois government of national unity. wsws.org The Parti de l'égalité socialiste is irreconcilably hostile to all attempts to cobble together a new capitalist government to replace Macron.

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the IYSSE. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the Socialist Equality Party. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). Xi calls for further reform and opening up to drive Chinese modernization in Guangdong. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that Guangdong Province is the pacemaker and experimental zone of China's reform and opening up, and plays an instrumental role in Chinese modernization.

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). Senior Chinese diplomat meets German FM. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Beijing on Saturday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-15). The "Left": Revolutionary vs "Infantile Disorder" libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Degrowth, Drug Fetishism, & "Anti-Colonialism" Are Used as Weapons Against the Revolutionary Cause Even if a communist can colloquially describe themselves as being on the left, there's a distinction between communism and "the left." This is implied right in the title of Lenin's Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder. Whereas the left, a big tent…

thecommunists (2023-04-15). Natural disaster in Syria and Turkey: a tale of two earthquakes. thecommunists.org The following article was written by RT reporter and CPGB-ML member Steve Sweeney. ***** The earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria was a natural disaster, but the resulting deaths and devastation were far worse than they needed to have been. It is estimated that the earthquake in Turkey inflicted around $104bn in damage, with …

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