(2023-05-16). Deflation not present in China's economy. ecns.cn On a monthly basis, the prices were down slightly by 0.1 percent, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics released on Tuesday.The market demand has a limited leverage on driving up prices in short term, said NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui.
(2023-05-16). China's economic recovery accelerates in April. ecns.cn China's economic recovery gained pace in April, newly released official data showed on Tuesday, as domestic consumption has kept surging in the first four months of the year, while industrial production and fixed asset investment are both rising.
(2023-05-15). U.S. Calls for Bombing Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry… Nord Stream Sabotage Redux. strategic-culture.org Taiwan is facing the curse of being an ally of Uncle Sam in the same way that Germany and the rest of Europe have. | Taiwan has been obliged to give its American ally an extraordinary warning: don't even think about blowing up our semiconductor industry. | The warning follows growing calls by U.S. politicians and military analysts that Washington should destroy the island's vital technology sector in order to purportedly prevent China from gaining control of lucrative exports and as a way of damaging China's economy. | Congressman Seth Moulton is the latest American voice airing such drastic action. Referring to…
(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
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.'
(2023-05-16). 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.
(2023-05-16). G7 urged to safeguard economic security. ecns.cn China called on the Group of Seven on Monday to urge Washington to correct its aggressive adjustment of monetary policies and avoid shifting domestic risks to the whole world, in order to safeguard economic security.
(2023-05-16). 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…
(2023-05-15). Turkey Presidential Election Heads to Runoff as Erdoğan 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…
(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 …
(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…
(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.
(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…
(2023-05-15). "Greatest Wealth Transfer in History" Is Poised to Further Entrench Inequality. truthout.org The United States' astronomical levels of economic inequality are poised to become further entrenched in the coming years as what The New York Times described Sunday as "the greatest wealth transfer in history" gets underway, with the richest members of the Baby Boomer generation set to pass trillions of dollars in assets on to their descendants — often paying little or nothing in taxes. |
(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 Friday,…
(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). 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…
(2023-05-15). "Greatest Wealth Transfer in History" Is Poised to Further Entrench Inequality. truthout.org The United States' astronomical levels of economic inequality are poised to become further entrenched in the coming years as what The New York Times described Sunday as "the greatest wealth transfer in history" gets underway, with the richest members of the Baby Boomer generation set to pass trillions of dollars in assets on to their descendants — often paying little or nothing in taxes. |
(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 Friday,…
(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). 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.
(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.
(2023-05-15). Declaration of Victory- MES EP.209. thealtworld.com The Iranian presidential plane landed in Damascus last week, carrying President Ibrahim Raeisi, accompanied by a large government delegation, in the first visit of an Iranian president to Syria in 13 years. | The timing of the visit seems to be the most important of all, without diminishing the importance of the agreements signed between the two countries, and the transition of cooperation between them to economically advanced stages, after its security and political contract was completed, during the years of war. | Meanwhile, Martyr Khader Adnan concluded his journey of pain, closing the record of his life full…
(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.
(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 …
(2023-05-16). Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes To School. popularresistance.org Newark, NJ – 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. The instability. Later, the stepfather who drinks, uses drugs and beats his stepchildren. The child acting up. Dropping out of school. Joining a gang. The robberies. The one that went wrong and left a man dead. Prison. | The students I teach in prison have variations of the same story. They are funneled into the maw of the prison-industrial-complex, the large…
(2023-05-16). 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…
(2023-05-15). As UN 'Reviews' Presence in Afghanistan, Afghans Face More Hunger and Poverty. towardfreedom.org The number of people below the poverty line in Afghanistan has increased from 19 million in 2020 to 34 million today, reports Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service.
(2023-05-15). Nicaragua: What we learned about agroecology. mronline.org 
"Why did we choose to study in Nicaragua? Hunger, poverty, and illiteracy are major issues plaguing much of the world, and climate change is one of the greatest threats to humans on the planet. Nicaragua is setting an example for sustainable development that addresses all these issues."
(2023-05-16). 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.
(2023-05-16). Cleaner environment promises village a better life. ecns.cn An improved rural environment has made a water village in East China's Zhejiang province attractive and promises to deliver higher incomes to locals.
(2023-05-16). 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.
(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.
(2023-05-15). David Lammy: Washington's Man in Labour. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-16). 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.
(2023-05-16). 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.
(2023-05-16). 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…
(2023-05-16). Empresa minera cierra operaciones en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net La Corporación Minera Dominicana (Cormidom), sucursal de la australiana Perilya, anunció la suspensión de operaciones en la mina Cerro Maimón, al centro del país, en medio de un paro laboral.
(2023-05-16). 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.
(2023-05-16). 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…
(2023-05-16). 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…
(2023-05-15). SCOTUS Case May Slash Regulation Of Everything. popularresistance.org In an ominous but unsurprising development, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that may well imperil our health, safety, labor, clean air and water, food and environmental protections. On May 1, the court decided to reconsider its 40-year-old precedent in the current case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. | This right-wing court, which demonstrated its disregard for legal precedent when it overruled Roe v. Wade, may now overturn the well-settled "Chevron deference." Doing so would be consistent with the conservative fealty to deregulation in order to protect corporate profits.
(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.
(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.
(2023-05-15). Colombia's revolutionary reforms. america.cgtn.com 
Colombia's government is trying to pass sweeping government reforms and the latest one is a controversial labor reform, which critics say will hurt the job market. CGTN's Michelle Begue has more from Bogota.
(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…
(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…
(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."
(2023-05-16). Inflation drives US household debt to record $17 trillion. wsws.org Rapidly rising prices for basic necessities have devastated household budgets, forcing working people to borrow on their credit cards or take equity out of refinancing their homes to pay their bills.
(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, a progressive independent think tank in California. | 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…
(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.
(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…
(2023-05-16). "Collective agreements serve to enforce real wage reductions" wsws.org The meeting focused on the war in Ukraine since the European governments are diverting funds from social spending to war.
(2023-05-15). Ukraine Aid Funding Expected to Run Out by Mid-Summer. news.antiwar.com The last massive aid package Congress authorized for Ukraine has about $6 billion left, which is expected to be used up by mid-summer, POLITICO reported Monday. So far, the US has authorized about $113 billion in spending on the war in Ukraine, which includes military aid, direct budgetary aid, training, funding for US troop deployments …
(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.
(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 …
(2023-05-16). 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…
(2023-05-15). SCOTUS Case May Slash Regulation of Everything From Workers' Rights to Clean Air. scheerpost.com 
(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.
(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…
(2023-05-16). Striking television and film writers speak to the WSWS: "We're only asking for what's fair" wsws.org Striking writers expressed their determination to win decent wages and conditions in a profession increasingly turning into "gig" work.
(2023-05-16). SDS Denver wins a major victory in the fight for police demilitarization. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – After a nearly two year campaign, the Denver chapter of Students for a Democratic Society won a significant milestone in their campaign to demilitarize the campus police. After four months of work plagued with delays and obfuscation by campus administrators, SDS fought to successfully get a resolution passed that takes the power from the Auraria Campus Police from being able to obtain military weapons from the 1033 program – a federal program designed to transfer surplus military equipment from the U.S. Department of Defense to local law enforcement. | The resolution states that the Auraria Campus P…
(2023-05-16). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: You've Got Mail (w/ Robin Johnson). levernews.com
(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). 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.
(2023-05-16). The Censorship-Industrial Complex: Top 50 Organizations To Know. popularresistance.org On January 17, 1960, outgoing President and former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower gave one of the most consequential speeches in American history. Eisenhower for eight years had been a popular president, whose appeal drew upon a reputation as a person of great personal fortitude, who'd guided the United States to victory in an existential fight for survival in World War II. Nonetheless, as he prepared to vacate the Oval Office for handsome young John F. Kennedy, he warned the country it was now at the mercy of a power eve he could not overcome. | Until World War II, America had no permanent arms ma…
(2023-05-16). Union tries to limit action after overwhelming strike vote at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org Despite a 97 percent vote for industrial action, the NTEU has proposed only minimal action and kept amorphous its "outstanding issues" in negotiations with management.
(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.
(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.
(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 …
(2023-05-16). Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, backed by DSA, takes office, pledging to "work together" with political establishment. wsws.org Under conditions of an escalating social crisis, the longtime Democratic Party official, backed by the union apparatus and the Democratic Socialists of America, is being brought forward in an effort to contain and suppress the class struggle in the country's third-largest city.
(2023-05-15). First Public Comments After African People's Socialist Party Members Indicted. popularresistance.org
(2023-05-15). Ontario Tories Pass Bill to Privatize Hospitals. socialistproject.ca 
(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…
(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.