(2023-05-22). China's Commerce Minister reassures U.S. firms ahead of talks. ecns.cn China will continue to welcome U.S. companies to develop in China and achieve win-win results based on mutual respect and benefit, Wang Wentao, China's commerce minister, said at a symposium with representatives from several U.S. companies on Monday.
(2023-05-22). US Attempting To Punish Belarus For Supporting Russia. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageTsikhanouskaya spreads fake news on Lukashenko's health. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The US and its allies are attempting to transfer weapons and explosives to Belarus for being a sincere partner of Russia and in a vain effort to destabilise the situation in the country. Such provocations force Belarus to take new active measures of strategic deterrence. These include the construction of defensive fortifications near its border with Ukraine, suc…
(2023-05-22). Damage from US debt default could cascade across global economy. plenglish.com Washington, May 22 (Prensa Latina) A US debt default, a threat that hovers over the country nowadays given disagreements among congressmen, could bring about a gigantic economic damage, according to experts.
(2023-05-22). La Via Campesina Warns Of Democratic Frailty In Ecuador. popularresistance.org The peasant, indigenous, landless, women and workers' organizations that are part of the international movement La Via Campesina around the world warn with great concern about the current context in Ecuador, marked by a serious political crisis, accompanied by a deep economic and social crisis, with high levels of violence by criminal groups, the State and the sectors of power that continue looting the people. | On Wednesday, May 17, the president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso signed executive decree 741, which establishes the dissolution of the National Assembly. This in the midst of the political trial opened aga…
(2023-05-22). How Will The Bitcoin Market React To The Next Economic Recession? southfront.org 
(2023-05-22). Calls Grow for Fossil Fuel Industry to Pay Climate Reparations Amid New Report. truthout.org More than 90% of the people killed in extreme weather events during the last half-century lived in the Global South, a new World Meteorological Organization report has found. The figure came from an update Monday to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate, and Water-related Hazards to cover the years 1970 to 2021. The U.N. |
(2023-05-22). China's consumption to continue to rise in performance. ecns.cn China's consumption will perform better in the second and third quarters and will have stronger economic growth, according to industry experts.
(2023-05-22). The EU Is Over-Invested in the Ukrainian War-Project. strategic-culture.org Ukraine is not a stand-alone foreign policy issue, but rather the pivot around which Europe's economic prospects will rotate. | Ukraine is not a stand-alone foreign policy issue, but rather the pivot around which Europe's economic prospects will rotate. | The European Union, by any standards, is over-invested in the Ukrainian war-project — and in its romance with Zelensky too. Just earlier this year, the western (and EU) narrative was that the coming post-Winter offensive by Ukraine would 'break' Russia and render a 'coup de grace' to the war. MSM headlines spun a regular tale of Russia on its last legs. No…
(2023-05-22). Ecuador's CNE Seeks To Unify Elections & Yasuní Referendum Date. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) approved on Monday to recommend unifying the date of the early presidential and legislative elections and the referendum on oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park. | RELATED: | "To guarantee political participation and optimize technical and economic resources, as Plenary of the CNE we approved the report that recommends requesting the Constitutional Court [CC] to unify the vo…
(2023-05-22). The False Promise and Bitter Fruit of Neoliberalism. transcend.org Neoliberalism is a political economic philosophy that consists of two claims, one economic and the other political. The economic claim is free market laissez-faire economies are the best way to organize economic activity as they generate efficient outcomes that maximize well-being. The political claim is free market economic arrangements promote individual liberty. This paper argues both claims are problematic.
(2023-05-22). US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse. transcend.org 15 May 2023 – To paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and geoeconomic order is dying and the new one is being born at breakneck speed. It's no wonder "socialism with Chinese characteristics" spooks the Hegemon creditor oligarchy to the point they are even risking a Hot War.
(2023-05-21). Economic sanctions make populations in targeted countries poorer, sicker and vulnerable. peoplesdispatch.org According to a study published by CEPR, rich and developed countries in the West have increased the use of illegal unilateral punitive measures despite being aware of their ill effects on people…
(2023-05-22). Workers at NYC fresh food market go union on card-check. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—New York City residents who patronize the city's leading outdoor fresh produce markets, run at various locations by the non-profit GrowNYC, now will have a new reason to increase their purchases: The staff is going union. The card-check recognition for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union will cover GrowNYC's 200-250 workers, spread across …
(2023-05-22). International students in Australia confronting cost-of-living crisis and housing shortage. wsws.org Between the cost of university education, inflation, and lack of support, many international students are at acute risk of poverty, ill-health, and homelessness.
(2023-05-21). British delegate in Korea: We share the same struggle against poverty and war. thecommunists.org The following greeting was delivered by Comrade Joti Brar to the congress of the People's Democracy Party (PDP) of south Korea on Sunday 14 May 2023. ***** Comrades, I bring fraternal greetings from the Communists of Britain. We are most enthused to see the vital role being played by your party all over south Korea, …
(2023-05-22). Jobless rate rising in Australia, while tax cuts grow for wealthy. wsws.org Amid growing unemployment, deliberately driven by interest rate hikes, a report shows that the Labor government's income tax cuts will hand the lion's share of $313 billion to the rich over the next decade.
(2023-05-22). Cash Assistance, Not Child Labor, Can Fix the Labor Shortage. progressive.org Addressing the labor shortage with a basic income has the kinds of side effects politicians always claim they want: More work, more education, less debt, less stress, and better health.
(2023-05-22). Los Angeles Valley College perpetuated wage theft against students on Julie Su's watch. indybay.org Wage theft is a crime. In 2013, Secretary of Labor Julie Su formed a criminal investigation agency to stamp it out in California and put the bad guys in handcuffs. That didn't stop the Grant Director at Los Angeles Valley College, serving the Van Nuys, North Hollywood and East San Fernando Valley, from perpetuating it against low-income students.
(2023-05-22). Workers at NYC fresh food market go union on card-check. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—New York City residents who patronize the city's leading outdoor fresh produce markets, run at various locations by the non-profit GrowNYC, now will have a new reason to increase their purchases: The staff is going union. The card-check recognition for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union will cover GrowNYC's 200-250 workers, spread across …
(2023-05-22). International students in Australia confronting cost-of-living crisis and housing shortage. wsws.org Between the cost of university education, inflation, and lack of support, many international students are at acute risk of poverty, ill-health, and homelessness.
(2023-05-21). British delegate in Korea: We share the same struggle against poverty and war. thecommunists.org The following greeting was delivered by Comrade Joti Brar to the congress of the People's Democracy Party (PDP) of south Korea on Sunday 14 May 2023. ***** Comrades, I bring fraternal greetings from the Communists of Britain. We are most enthused to see the vital role being played by your party all over south Korea, …
(2023-05-22). Jobless rate rising in Australia, while tax cuts grow for wealthy. wsws.org Amid growing unemployment, deliberately driven by interest rate hikes, a report shows that the Labor government's income tax cuts will hand the lion's share of $313 billion to the rich over the next decade.
(2023-05-22). Cash Assistance, Not Child Labor, Can Fix the Labor Shortage. progressive.org Addressing the labor shortage with a basic income has the kinds of side effects politicians always claim they want: More work, more education, less debt, less stress, and better health.
(2023-05-22). Los Angeles Valley College perpetuated wage theft against students on Julie Su's watch. indybay.org Wage theft is a crime. In 2013, Secretary of Labor Julie Su formed a criminal investigation agency to stamp it out in California and put the bad guys in handcuffs. That didn't stop the Grant Director at Los Angeles Valley College, serving the Van Nuys, North Hollywood and East San Fernando Valley, from perpetuating it against low-income students.
(2023-05-22). Two Los Angeles Film Professors Bilked Taxpayers Over $3.5 Million Dollars. indybay.org Faculty infighting and an attitude of entitlement in a Community College Film School, deprived low-income students in the Van Nuys/North Hollywood area of technical training and financial aid, while two full-time film professors bilked California taxpayers over $3.5 million dollars in salaries.
(2023-05-22). Young Leaders From The US Pledge To Fight Blockade Of Cuba. popularresistance.org From April 24 to May 3, over 150 young organizers from the United States traveled to Cuba as part of a brigade organized by the International Peoples' Assembly (IPA) to learn about the Cuban process and stand in solidarity with the island nation against the criminal US blockade. The organizers returned to the US with an even greater commitment to continue building their struggles at home and to fight for the end of the blockade of Cuba. | Peoples Dispatch spoke to Phil Agnew of Black Men Build, D'Atra "Dee Dee" Jackson of Black Youth Project 100, Kawena ªulaokalƒÅ Kapahua of Academic Labor United,…
(2023-05-22). Labor's Uptick Isn't Just Hype. popularresistance.org Is the current labor uptick just more hype than reality? Numerous articles have recently made this case, pointing to the continued decline in union density in 2022. This skepticism also appears to be the prevailing view among most national union leaders. Though rarely stated publicly, labor's continued routinism suggests that few people up top see our moment as particularly novel or urgent. | But contrary to these skeptics, there is compelling data indicating that things really are changing — and, therefore, that unions should immediately make a major turn to new organizing.
(2023-05-22). Chris Hedges: Why the Conspiracy Theory About Trump and Russia Won't Go Away. scheerpost.com 
The latest investigation into the charges that Donald Trump's campaign worked in concert with the Russian government exposes a cynical collaboration between Trump opponents and the FBI.
(2023-05-22). Protest Over CA AG Rob Bonta's Refusal To Prosecute O'Neil's Killer. indybay.org There was a protest at the San Francisco Hall of Justice and courts against the decision by California Attorney General Rob Bonta not to protest the killer of Keito O'Neil.
(2023-05-22). The Formation & History of Brazilian Fed Conlutas with Sao Paulo Worker Fabio Bosco. indybay.org Brazilian transit worker Fabio Bosco talks about the history and formation of the independent trade union federation Conlutas.
(2023-05-22). The War On Public Education, Tech & The Writers Guild West With Education Lawyer Kathleen. indybay.org Education lawyer and whistleblower Kathleen Carroll talks about the role of billionaire owner Reed Hastings in privatization education through charters and the introduction of testing, software and co-locations in schools throughout California and the country. She also talks about the collaboration of the AFT and NEA in pushing testing and charters in California through Proposition 39.
(2023-05-22). Thursday 6/1: Jail Former SF Fed Member & Silicon Valley CEO Gregory Becker! Bankers Out Of Fed Reserve. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Reserve | 101 Market St. | San Franciso…
(2023-05-22). Give the Defense Innovation Unit a Slice of Ukraine Funds. transcend.org 16 May 2023 – Calls to make Ukraine a laboratory and a testing ground for U.S. weapons and platforms are the right ones. Ukraine presents a tremendous opportunity for the Pentagon, industry, and our allies to learn how our weapons fare under real-world, high-intensity combat. But Ukraine should also be an accelerator, speeding up technologies with military applications.
(2023-05-21). 25-27 May, Geneva: Exhibition of Palestinian resistance posters by Marc Rudin. samidoun.net 
As part of the action days for the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, Secours Rouge Geneva, in collaboration with Samidoun, is organizing an exhibition of posters by Marc Rudin. The Swiss revolutionary artist and internationalist who died last April was part of the Palestinian liberation struggle for years. His political posters were published by Palestinian …
(2023-05-22). The GOP Would Rather Hold Hungry Families Hostage Than Tax the Wealthy. truthout.org On Friday afternoon, with negotiations on legislation to raise the debt ceiling reportedly stalled, 66 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) sent a letter to the president urging him to invoke the 14th Amendment, one clause of which mandates the federal government to pay its bills, as an end-run around GOP obstructionism. Meanwhile, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Elizabeth… |
(2023-05-22). The Federal Reserve's Anti-inflation Policy Makes No Sense. thealtworld.com Dear readers and fellow economists, the Federal Reserve is treating a rise in prices from supply shocks and disruptions from the Covid lockdowns and sanctions against Russia, Iran, and other countries as if it were a monetary inflation. It is true that too much money is chasing too few goods and services, but the cause is supply shortages and not excess consumer demand. | This fact is obvious, but it is not acknowledged. We know that the lockdowns and sanctions stopped production, caused transportation problems, caused energy shortages, caused business failures, and disrupted supply chains. | We know that excess…
(2023-05-22). Defy the anti-trade union laws! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. ***** The failure of wages to keep pace with galloping inflation, alongside insane hikes in rents, food prices and energy bills since 2008, and reaching unprecedented heights in recent months, have been driving desperate workers across the country onto picket lines for more than a year now. For a …
(2023-05-22). 31 May, Ottawa: Stop CANSEC — Shut Elbit Down! samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins ILPS Canada and many other organizations to say: Canada, stop profiting off the arms trade! In 2022 the Canadian military spending reached over $36 billion which is set to increase by $8 billion over the next 5 years. Canada's involvement in the war industry and arms trades culminates every …
(2023-05-22). Sinema Illegally Used $180K in Campaign Funds on Lavish Trips, Complaint Alleges. truthout.org Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona) has been hit with a complaint alleging that she illegally used a huge cache of campaign funds over the course of three years to fund lavish trips across the U.S. and to Europe. The complaint, filed by PAC Change for Arizona 2024 on Thursday, says that Sinema "committed serious violations" of federal campaign finance laws by spending over $180,000… |
(2023-05-22). GOP pushes for even larger Pentagon budget amid 'unconscionable' profiteering. nationofchange.org "Free advice for the speaker of the House: if you want to cut spending so bad, start and end with the Pentagon budget," said one watchdog group.
(2023-05-22). Biden proposes $1 trillion in social spending cuts after announcing $375 million more for war in Ukraine. wsws.org In the barrage of propaganda over the supposed necessity to slash social programs to avert the nation's first-ever default on its debt obligations, nothing is said about the role of military spending in driving up the debt.
(2023-05-22). Former Top Pentagon Official Reveals Brazen Defense Contractor Price Gouging. truthout.org As the annual U.S. defense budget creeps closer to $1 trillion, an explosive interview with a former top Pentagon official has exposed private defense contractors' brazen plot to price gouge the government on weapons and equipment — and reap billions upon billions of dollars of profits from taxpayers' pockets in the process. On Sunday, 60 Minutes aired an interview with Shay Assad… |
(2023-05-23). Kshama Sawant Takes Successful Worker-Led Struggle Nationwide. popularresistance.org Roughly ten years ago, Kshama Sawant won a seat on the Seattle City Council as an open socialist. Sawant eschewed politics as usual and led by example, taking only the average worker's salary from her paycheck and putting the remainder into worker-led movements. She used her office as a platform for people's struggles and won many victories from a higher minimum wage, to the Amazon tax to housing rights and more. She also survived a recall election. Clearing the FOG speaks with Sawant about her plans to leave city council when her term ends next year, what she has learned as a councilwoman and the new Workers Str…
(2023-05-22). German rail workers union negotiates wage cuts after cancelling strike action. wsws.org The EVG union is preparing to enforce a wage cut based on the rail management's offer, greased merely by a fractional concession on a minimum wage.
(2023-05-22). Rally at Connecticut State Capitol Demands 'Equity Can't Wait'. peoplesworld.org 
HARTFORD, CONN — After months of testifying at public hearings and sharing personal stories with legislators showing the emergency need to fund living wages and human needs post pandemic, nearly 2,000 rallied at the State Capitol under the banner "Equity Can't Wait." As the rally called on lawmakers to pass a moral budget, inside the …
(2023-05-22). Turkish elections: Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu's xenophobic campaign exposes the pseudo-left. wsws.org The continued support of the HDP and the pseudo-left parties for Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu as an "alternative" to Erdoƒüan, despite his campaign's pro-imperialist and xenophobic character, exposes their own political bankruptcy.
(2023-05-22). Real-World Applications of Bitcoin in Advertising and Marketing. southfront.org 
(2023-05-22). In Numbers: Over $1.5 billion of intent purchase deals inked at 3rd China-CEEC expo. ecns.cn
(2023-05-22). Panama: Former President Martinelli to Be Prosecuted on Tuesday. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Judge Baloisa Marquinez is expected to set up the "New Business" hearing, in which former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) and 20 others will be tried for the purchase of a media publisher with public funds. | RELATED: | The trial hearing should have been installed on April 17. On that occasion, however, the defense managed to postpone the hearing in a case whose trial was called in December 2022.
(2023-05-21). Communal Socialism in Venezuela w/ Chris Gilbert. socialistproject.ca
(2023-05-22). Welcoming ceasefire, Sudanese left calls for involvement of civil society and regional institutions. peoplesdispatch.org The Sudanese Communist Party has welcomed the ceasefire between the army and the Rapid Support Forces but has warned against monopolization of the peace process by US and Saudi Arabia. It has called for the involvement of Sudanese civil society and African Union peacekeepers…
(2023-05-22). Right-wing New Democracy party falls just short of majority in Greek polls, surge in seats for communists. peoplesdispatch.org While pro-government sections and media are celebrating the performance of the ND, analysts have noted its loss of majority in the house and the surge in popularity for working class forces that are in the opposition…