2023-05-15: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). Upgrading trade to deepen global recovery. ecns.cn China's foreign trade is resilient in a challenging, uncertain environment as the players concerned continue to innovate and be nimble for steady growth, riding policy support for new growth points, observers said.

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). Consumption boom continues on Mother's Day weekend. ecns.cn The domestic travel market embraced another peak during the weekend, as many consumers took short trips to celebrate Mother's Day, which fell on Sunday, carrying forward the May Day holiday consumption momentum.

WSWS (2023-05-15). Tensions over China at G7 finance meeting amid deepening banking crisis. wsws.org Behind a show of unity on the Ukraine war, there were signs of developing tensions as financial problems, centred in the US, continue to grow and the world economy slows significantly amid differences over the issue of China.

Jodie Evans (2023-05-15). First Person Singular: We'll Stop When Wars Do. progressive.org As the perpetual war machine churns on, CODEPINK won't stop fighting for an 'economy of peace.'

Frank Cappello (2023-05-15). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: How Private Equity Plunders The Economy. levernews.com On this week's bonus episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers: We're sharing two separate interviews that cover everything you need to know about the evils of the private equity industry.In the first interview, David interviews federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou about his new book

Research Unit For Political Economy (2023-05-14). The Economics and Politics of the World Social Forum (WSF). globalresearch.ca


calebcrowder (2023-05-14). The Human Cost of McCarthy's Debt Ceiling Demands Would Be Catastrophic. ips-dc.org Whatever word for it you use, McCarthy and his caucus are holding American families, the full faith and credit of the United States and the global economy hostage to his demands to slash the programs t…

_____ (2023-05-15). A Certain Form of Thieving: The US Banksters Strike Again. transcend.org 10 May 2023 – It looks like 2008 all over again. Economic and financial mismanagement feature in scorching, consuming brilliance. The culpable, bungling banksters, have returned with their customary, venal incompetence. In the customary script, they habitually seek the role of the public purse to socialise their losses. Along the way, they will avoid richly deserved prison sentences, lie low, and return to repeat their sins.

_____ (2023-05-15). Talking about Growth Miracle and Emerging Quadripolar Economic Construct. transcend.org Policymakers in developing economies should rethink and prepare for recalibration of policy compatibility in the emerging geopolitical quadripolar economic construct. This may be the beginning of a new World Economic Order.

Staff (2023-05-15). øCómo fortalecer las alianzas entre los actores económicos en sus relaciones mercantiles? cubadebate.cu Es apreciable que, algunos de los conflictos que se conocen en los tribunales, parten del atrincheramiento en posiciones respecto a lo que es objeto de la controversia comercial o que se personaliza el conflicto entre los representantes de los actores económicos, sin que ello responda a los intereses colectivos o mutuos de los involucrados.

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). Resumption of high-level economic talks sends encouraging signs on thaw of China-Australia relations. ecns.cn Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell's visit to Beijing witnessed multiple encouraging signs in the stabilized recovery of China-Australia cooperation, including the resumption of a landmark high-level economic meeting and the minister's tour of Beijing's iconic Forbidden City.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-15). Nucleus RadioPharma to open manufacturing facility in Rochester, Minnesota. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Facility aims to manufacture next generation of radiopharmaceuticals ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nucleus RadioPharma, a radiopharmaceutical company founded by Eclipse and Mayo Clinic, announced today it has received approval from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for its economic incentive request to support a facility in Rochester. The facility will be based in the Two Discovery Square building within Destination Medical Center's Discovery Square District. Nucleus was established to address the acute manufacturing…




Global Times (2023-05-15). An Absurd Scene at G7: The Bandit Leader Ran for Police Chief. dissidentvoice.org Illustration: Liu Rui/GT The Group of Seven (G7) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting that ended on Saturday did not name China in the joint statement, nor did it mention the so-called economic coercion that has been hyped for a long time. Nonetheless, it is hard to say the G7 is returning to rationality …

Staff (2023-05-15). Turkey Presidential Election Heads to Runoff as Erdoƒüan Faces Toughest Challenge of 2-Decade Rule. democracynow.org Turkey's closely watched presidential election is headed to a May 28 runoff, as both incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan and his main rival fell short of the 50% needed to win outright in Sunday's vote. Erdoƒüan is facing his toughest challenge since coming to power 20 years ago, as opposition candidate Kemal Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu leads a broad coalition in a bid to unseat him amid criticism for his administration's economic policies, weakening Turkey's democracy and poor response to the deadly February earthquakes. Kƒ&plusm…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-15). Cuba favors actions in light of global economic crisis. plenglish.com Havana, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuba advocated the implementation of agreed upon actions to respond to the current global crisis at the Finance Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Monday.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-15). CELAC finance ministers discuss global economic crisis. plenglish.com Santiago, Chile, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Finance Ministers from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) are analyzing the possibility of designing a common agenda in response to the global economic crisis.

_____ (2023-05-15). Big Gambles Heading Into Gusting Headwinds. strategic-culture.org There is no assurance at all that the tech prospect will materialise. It may, but it may not. And that is a huge gamble. | The economic forces — those post war strong tailwinds — that have shaped the last 35 years, and which accelerated gilded journeys through the western 'plentiful era', are no longer blowing in a favourable direction. They were already slowing, but now are reversing. | The winds now have shifted 180 ∞ in direction — they are gusting headwinds. This is a structural shift within a long cycle. There are no quick 'silver bullet' solutions. The 'Cabaret' good-time years are g…

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). G7 members should ask the US to stop bludgeoning and‚ÄÇcurbing other countries in the name of national security: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn No one is more qualified than the U.S. to‚ÄÇbe called out for‚ÄÇeconomic coercion, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded.

Global Times (2023-05-15). An Absurd Scene at G7: The Bandit Leader Ran for Police Chief. dissidentvoice.org Illustration: Liu Rui/GT The Group of Seven (G7) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting that ended on Saturday did not name China in the joint statement, nor did it mention the so-called economic coercion that has been hyped for a long time. Nonetheless, it is hard to say the G7 is returning to rationality …

Staff (2023-05-15). Turkey Presidential Election Heads to Runoff as Erdoƒüan Faces Toughest Challenge of 2-Decade Rule. democracynow.org Turkey's closely watched presidential election is headed to a May 28 runoff, as both incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan and his main rival fell short of the 50% needed to win outright in Sunday's vote. Erdoƒüan is facing his toughest challenge since coming to power 20 years ago, as opposition candidate Kemal Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu leads a broad coalition in a bid to unseat him amid criticism for his administration's economic policies, weakening Turkey's democracy and poor response to the deadly February earthquakes. Kƒ&plusm…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-15). Cuba favors actions in light of global economic crisis. plenglish.com Havana, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuba advocated the implementation of agreed upon actions to respond to the current global crisis at the Finance Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Monday.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-15). CELAC finance ministers discuss global economic crisis. plenglish.com Santiago, Chile, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Finance Ministers from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) are analyzing the possibility of designing a common agenda in response to the global economic crisis.

_____ (2023-05-15). Big Gambles Heading Into Gusting Headwinds. strategic-culture.org There is no assurance at all that the tech prospect will materialise. It may, but it may not. And that is a huge gamble. | The economic forces — those post war strong tailwinds — that have shaped the last 35 years, and which accelerated gilded journeys through the western 'plentiful era', are no longer blowing in a favourable direction. They were already slowing, but now are reversing. | The winds now have shifted 180 ∞ in direction — they are gusting headwinds. This is a structural shift within a long cycle. There are no quick 'silver bullet' solutions. The 'Cabaret' good-time years are g…

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). G7 members should ask the US to stop bludgeoning and‚ÄÇcurbing other countries in the name of national security: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn No one is more qualified than the U.S. to‚ÄÇbe called out for‚ÄÇeconomic coercion, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-15). US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Prof. Michael Hudson's new book, "The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization's Oligarchic Turning Point" is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and geoeconomic order is dying and the new one is being born at breakneck speed. Prof. Hudson's main thesis…

Staff (2023-05-15). Inflation Slows Down in Venezuela, BCV Reports. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( Delays publishing macroeconomic indicators have been common in recent years, notably after the tightening of US attacks against Venezuela in a failed attempt to oust President Nicolas Maduro; the last BCV inflation update before this newest publication was back in October 2022. | According to data published this Fri…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-14). 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.

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-15). Federal Reserve's Bostic Suggests No Interest Rate Cuts, Even If Recession Hits America. moguldom.com Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said Monday he does not expect any interest-rate cuts this year and well into 2024, even if there's a recession. If anything, rates will go up because inflation is probably stickier than financial markets are betting. The Fed raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point in …

Editor (2023-05-15). Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes to School. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Newark, N.J. — We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico. The single mother, rarely at home because she works long hours to keep her three children fed and pay the rent. The poverty. The crime. …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-15). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Anonymous (2023-05-15). Everything we know about the Van Nuys/North Hollywood Los Angeles Valley College scandal. indybay.org Alot has been published in the past two weeks about low-income students being defrauded at Los Angeles Community College District campus L.A. Valley College in Van Nuys/North Hollywood. More is expected to be published. Here is what we know so far.

Lynda Carson (2023-05-15). The myth of affordable housing is demolished by "minimum income requirements" indybay.org 2008 Protest In Front Of The California Hotel By Tenants Facing Illegal Evictions By The John Stewart Company & the dissolved Oakland Community Housing, Inc. Photo by Lydia Gans.

Mark Curtis (2023-05-15). David Lammy: Washington's Man in Labour. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-05-15). New Zealand Labour government boosts military spending. wsws.org The Labour government is presiding over a major military build-up as it deepens its involvement in the war in Ukraine while preparing to join the US and Australia in a war against China.

Vijay Prashad (2023-05-14). In the Factories There Is Wealth, but There Is No Life: The 18th Newsletter. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — May 4, 2023 | Dear friends, | Greetings from the desk of In late 2022, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) released a fascinating

Bryan Sacks, Michael Reagan, Labor Notes. (2023-05-15). Rutgers Strike Wins Big But More Is Needed To Change Higher Education. popularresistance.org After a five-day strike in April, members of the Rutgers faculty, graduate student, librarian, and clinician unions voted 93 percent to accept a new contract which included dramatic gains. | The strike was the first in Rutgers' 253-year history, and remarkable in that all instructional workers walked out, including full-time faculty, grad workers, and adjuncts. Rutgers is the oldest large public university in New Jersey with 67,000 students. | The agreement includes big salary gains: 30 percent for the lowest-paid adjuncts in the first year, and 43 percent across the life of the contract, plus 33 percent raises f…

Labor Video Project (2023-05-15). OEA Claremont Middle School Strike Picket to Stop Building Trades Workers from Crossing Lines. indybay.org Dozens of OEA striking teachers and community supporters picketed to shut down a construction project at the Claremont Middle School. Most unions walked but the UBC Carpenters worked behind the picket lines…

Labor Video Project (2023-05-15). Striking Writers Guild Member Boots Riley Shout Out To Striking OEA Teachers. indybay.org Oakland film maker and musician Boots Riley gave a shout out to striking OEA teachers supporting their struggle.

Labor Video Project (2023-05-15). On 75th Anniversary of Nakba Speak Out In SF While SF Mayor In Israel Supporting Zionists. indybay.org On the 75th anniversary of Nabka, a rally was held in San Francisco. Speakers talked about SF mayor London Breed's visit to Israel to support the apartheid Zionist regime and the continued police murders of Black youth in the City by her police.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-15). Save lives this Take Back Day; safely dispose of unused medications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Dispose of unneeded medications safely during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22. Mayo Clinic, in collaboration with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Olmsted Medical Center, Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will host a community drop-off event to collect unused or expired medications. "The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office and Violent Crimes Enforcement Team (VCET) are proud to team up with Mayo Clinic and other…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-05-15). Thursday 5/18: Rally To Stop The San Francisco Laguna Honda Discharges Defend Laguna Honda Hospital. indybay.org 375 Laguna Honda Blvd across from Forrest Hill Muni Station | San Francisco…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-05-15). Friday 5/19: SF Speak Out At SF Chinese Consulate- Hands Off Namibian Labor Lawyer Beukes & Miners. indybay.org San Francisco Chinese Consulate | Laguna and Geary St. | San Francisco…

WSWS (2023-05-15). Australian Labor government's belated aged care pay rise will not resolve dire conditions for workers or residents. wsws.org The 15 percent pay increase will only bring wages up to around $28 per hour. This does not even begin to make up for years of real wage cuts or keep pace with the cost of living.

WSWS (2023-05-15). Australian university unions cover up cuts in Labor's budget. wsws.org Both the CPSU and the NTEU are hiding the reality that the Labor government is deepening the funding cuts to Australia's public universities.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-05-15). Bolivia busca investigar y sancionar casos de pederastia. telesurtv.net La propuesta fue elaborada por el Gobierno ante los hechos aberrantes cometidos por el jesuita español Alfonso Pedrajas.

Fight Back (2023-05-14). Minnesota students, workers, and faculty rally against bloated university administration. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Roughly 70 University of Minnesota students, faculty, staff and community members rallied together on May 11 outside McNamara Alumni Center, where the governing Board of Regents met to discuss finance and operations amidst brutal budget cuts and job-cutting measures. | The "Board of Regents: Chop from the Top! Rally" was organized by the Students, Staff and Faculty United coalition, including AFSCME 3800 clerical workers, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the UMN Graduate Labor Union – UE (GLU-UE), and the UMN chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). | "We are…

Eleanor J. Bader (2023-05-14). Exploitative Child Labor Is Hurting Kids' Ability to Stay in School. truthout.org When Guatemalan immigrant Jose Velasquez was 13, he began spending his summers working alongside his mother in North Carolina's tobacco fields. "I worked 10 to 12 hours a day, five days a week in the Goldsboro area," he told Truthout. "I had to get up at 4: 30 am. A rusty van would come by, cram 20 or so people in, and take us to wherever we were needed. We were never told the destination in… |

Julia Conley (2023-05-15). Sanders, Jayapal lan town hall on healthcare as human right to promote Medicare for All bill. nationofchange.org "There are millions of people who would like to go to a doctor but cannot afford to do so," said Sanders. "This is an outrage. In America, your health and your longevity should not be dependent on your wealth."

teleSUR (2023-05-15). Israeli Cities on Strike Over Controversial Property Tax Law. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, The Federation of Local Authorities in Israel declared their intention to initiate a general strike on Monday regarding a controversial property tax law advanced by the government. | Related: | The proposed law mandates wealthy local authorities to redistribute the earnings derived from commercial real estate business to financially disadvantaged urban areas as an incentive for increased residential development. | Fu…

infobrics (2023-05-15). Saudi Arabia Could Aid BRICS' De-Dollarization Initiative: Here's How. infobrics.org De-dollarization is currently a prominent topic of discussion across the globe. Many nations have stepped forward to reduce their reliance on the dollar and implement an alternative financial system…

ecsorinoco (2023-05-15). Ukraine's Arable Land Plunder. orinocotribune.com By Colin Todhunter — May 10, 2023 | It's a lose-lose situation for Ukrainians. While they are dying to defend their land, financial institutions are insidiously supporting the consolidation of farmland by oligarchs and Western financial interests. | So says Frédéric Mousseau, Policy Director of the Oakland Institute, an independent think tank. | Depending on which sources to believe, between 100,000 and 300,000 Ukrainian soldiers (possibly more) have died during the conflict with Russia. That figure, of course, does not include civilian casualties. | The mainstream narrative in the West is that Russia grabb…

WSWS (2023-05-15). DeSantis, "MAGA" Republicans and WSJ editorial board lionize vigilante killer Daniel Penny. wsws.org Daniel Penny, a former Marine, is just the latest right-wing killer to be venerated by the financial oligarchs and their puppets in the Republican Party.

WSWS (2023-05-15). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, "MAGA" Republicans and the Wall Street Journal editorial board lionize vigilante killer Daniel Penny. wsws.org Penny, a former Marine, is just the latest right-wing killer to be venerated by the financial oligarchs and their puppets in the Republican Party.

teleSUR (2023-05-15). Czech Workers Go on Strike Against Spending Cuts. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (CMKOS) declared a strike in rejection of severe budget cuts announced by right-wing Prime Minister Petr Fiala's administration. | RELATED: | "This is a very serious situation for us. We are convinced that every imaginable limit has been exceeded," said Josef Stredula, the spokesperson of CKMOS, the largest trade union centre. | On May 11, the Fiala administration announced…

David Sirota (2023-05-14). Biden's Austerity Rhetoric Returns From The Memory Hole. levernews.com When President Joe Biden this week gave credence to Republicans' argument that America needs government spending cuts, he channeled the real-but-forgotten Joe Biden — the one that was memory-holed during the 2020 presidential campaign.During a speech in New York on Wednesday, Biden laudably slammed GOP leaders for demanding draconian spending cuts in exchange for passage of routine legislation to prevent the government from defaulting on its outstanding debts. But then he also declared that such austerity must be a long-term priority."We should be cutting spending and lowering the deficit," said Biden, l…

Editor (2023-05-14). Big Oil's Outrageous Spending in California. scheerpost.com By Dan Bacher / CounterPunch Sacramento, CA — If you thought the $18 million that Big Oil spent on lobbying California officials in 2022 was outrageous, the gusher of money the oil and gas industry is spending in their campaign to control the regulatory apparatus is even worse this year. Big Oil spent $9.4 million attempting to influence the California …

F. William Engdahl (2023-05-14). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.

_____ (2023-05-15). War for Profit: A Very Short History. transcend.org 8 May 2023 – As they did over a century ago ahead of WW I, the Merchants of Death thrive behind a veil of duplicity and slick media campaigns. Wherever they go, suffering and death, war crimes and atrocities, profits, and stock buybacks follow.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-15). The Great Meatless Diet Con (Part 2). expose-news.com We've normalised wholesale animal suffering in exchange for vacuum-packed protein slices and corporate profits. Vegans say: "Please, just stop this insanity! It's the crime of the century!" And they're right. But the …

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). Supervision tightened on cosmetic medicine. ecns.cn Eleven central departments including the State Administration for Market Regulation, the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Public Security recently released a guideline to strengthen supervision of the medical cosmetology industry to regulate the industry's development and protect consumers' rights.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-15). People with severe obesity and a genetic pathway variant have increased risk of hypertension, Mayo Clinic research finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Obesity and its associated cardiometabolic issues are a major health concern in the U.S. and internationally. According to a study published in 2017, 12% of the world's adult population was affected by obesity in 2016, double the percentage from 30 years earlier. With obesity comes an increasing risk of cardiovascular disease, including stroke, congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction. Fortunately, obesity is a multifactorial disease that results from an energy balance dysregulation…

Editor (2023-05-15). SCOTUS Case May Slash Regulation of Everything From Workers' Rights to Clean Air. scheerpost.com

Peter Koenig (2023-05-14). WHO's Worldwide Power Grab: Beware of the New International Health Regulation and Pandemic Treaty, a Health Tyranny Never Heard of Before in Human History. globalresearch.ca

Rainer Shea (2023-05-15). Why I'm Pro-Russia & Pro-Rage Against the War Machine: Anti-Imperialists Can't Win With Idealism. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 12, 2023 | When somebody rejects all of the practical paths towards fighting imperialism and class exploitation, on the basis that they feel we should be taking a purer path, then you had better make sure this other path is viable. If it's not viable, and they're saying this simply to complain rather than to offer a serious alternative, then you shouldn't even entertain them. Because what's the point of validating somebody who has nothing constructive to say? Unless an option is practicable, it's not worth bringing up. | So is the case for the ways that Marxists who hold on to ultra-left…

_____ (2023-05-15). The Current Collapse of Ethics. transcend.org 13 May 2023 – I perceive two main factors, among others, that strike at the heart of ethics: the globalization of predatory capitalism and the commodification of society.

_____ (2023-05-15). (Português) O Colapso Atual da Ética. transcend.org 12 maio 2023 – Percebo dois fatores principais, entre outros, que atingem o coraàßà£o da ética: a globalizaàßà£o do capitalismo depredador e a mercantilizaàßà£o da sociedade.

_____ (2023-05-15). Senate Report: Nearly 700 Former High-Ranking Pentagon and Other Government Officials Now Work at the Top 20 Defense Contractors. transcend.org 12 May 2023 – Ideally, Warren's report would precipitate a much larger congressional investigation of the military-industrial complex modeled after the 1934 Nye Committee hearings.

WSWS (2023-05-15). Erdoƒüan, Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu advance to run-off in Turkish presidential election. wsws.org The outcome reveals the bankruptcy of the bourgeois opposition, which the pseudo-left supported as an "alternative" to Erdoƒüan's right-wing government.

John Wojcik (2023-05-15). Southern governors' use of immigrants as pawns creates emergency in Chicago. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—Bags of clothing, rolled up and unrolled thin mattresses, pillows just purchased at a Family Dollar store, and blankets were all over the floors with children, women, and men crowded together under and on top of those blankets. The lucky ones had their heads on an available pillow. In the next room, people were eating …

Ben Norton (2023-05-14). US corporations in the wings for post-war Ukraine. indybay.org The IMF granted large loans to the invaded country and enforces the so-called neoliberal "Washington Consensus"[1]. In a major privatization campaign, the Ukrainian government is selling off state assets. U.S. corporations such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and Halliburton participate in negotiations to take over the oil and gas industry of the Eastern European country.

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-15). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…

teleSUR (2023-05-15). Venezuela to Encourage Scientific Training Among Young People. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Science and Technology Minister Gabriela Jimenez announced that Venezuela will encourage the study of careers related to chemistry and petrochemistry through its Scientific Route program. | RELATED: | As part of these educational efforts, young students from the National Institute for Socialist Training and Education (INCES) toured the National Center for Chemical Technology (CNTQ) facilities located in Caracas Cit…

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-15). First Public Comments After African People's Socialist Party Members Indicted. popularresistance.org

Ontario Health Coalition (2023-05-15). Ontario Tories Pass Bill to Privatize Hospitals. socialistproject.ca

teleSUR (2023-05-14). Greek PM Rules Out Cooperation With Socialists After Elections. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ruled out the prospect of cooperation with the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK-KINAL) to form a coalition government after the upcoming general elections. | RELATED: | "I don't believe that at this moment there is margin for any cooperation with PASOK after the May 21 elections, even if the numbers could lead to a government that would receive the confidence vote fro…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-15). Cuba celebrates International Family Day with inclusive code. plenglish.com Havana, May 15 (Prensa Latina The Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party (PCC), Roberto Morales, said on Monday that Cuba is celebrating the International Family Day with a very inclusive legal standard, which typifies and recognizes them from the viewpoint of multiplicity.

thecommunists (2023-05-15). Free Palestine; end zionism! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. ***** Today we mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba (Disaster), when the Palestinian people were ethnically cleansed from their own homeland by zionist gangs in 1948. Hundreds of Palestinian villages were systematically wiped out and their inhabitants either murdered or expelled from their land to live as penniless …

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