Daily Archives: May 25, 2023

2023-05-25: News Headlines

Staff (2023-05-25). Venezuela at Eurasian Economic Union Summit: 'The World Needs New International Financial System'. orinocotribune.com During a speech at the Second Summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, urged participants to reflect on the need to create a new international financial infrastructure, and further highlighted the importance of creating an economic model that serves humanity, and does not solely serve hegemonic forces. | The Venezuelan vice president made a call at the summit, held this Wednesday, May 24, for nations of the region and beyond to resume their leading role in the world economy. She further elaborated, explaining that 23 years ago the world's main trading partner…

Stephan Schulmeister (2023-05-25). Inflation in the Age of Finance Capitalism. indybay.org The shift of profit-striving from the real- to the financial-economy lowered economic growth Unemployment and atypical jobs soared. The welfare state was weakened. At the same time, financial wealth grew exorbitantly (the DAX increased 14-fold since 1988). The development of financial derivatives made possible profiting from short-term changes in stocks, currencies and bonds.

Anonymous834 (2023-05-25). US Military Aid To Ukraine Could Be Suspended Due To Debt Ceiling — Media. southfront.org Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. The Hill reported that US military funding to Ukraine could be suspended…

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). China has 2.73 mln 5G base stations; user base world's largest. ecns.cn The number of China's 5G base stations and users are both growing rapidly as the push for digital construction progresses, laying a solid foundation for China's digital economy and high-quality development, experts said.

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). U.S. urged to reciprocate new envoy's push for better relations. ecns.cn As Xie Feng arrived in the United States to assume his new post as China's 12th ambassador to the world's largest economy, observers said Washington should offer not just due hospitality, but also more sincerity for repairing the strained bilateral ties.


Anonymous834 (2023-05-24). Zelensky Humiliatingly Withdraws From Meeting With Lula In Japan. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky responded with irony to a journalist's question about why he did not meet with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during their respective visits as guests to the G7 Summit in Japan. However, given that Zelensky responded defensively, it is clear he, and not Lula, is disappointed in the meeting not occurring. | On May 19, the Ukrainian president's team…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2023-05-24). Worker empowerment stalls in Venezuela as left unity fractures. peoplesworld.org Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president from 1999 until 2013, inspired and led a "Bolivarian Revolution" that sought independence from U.S. domination, regional integration, and so-called "socialism of the 21st century." The obstacles that lay before these goals have been many: capitalism in control of the national economy, unrelenting right-wing political opposition, U.S. intervention—and longstanding political divisions …

Editor (2023-05-25). The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions: Event Summary. scheerpost.com By Francisco R. Rodríguez and Mark Weisbrot / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) On May 19, 2023, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) brought together leading experts in the study of economic sanctions to help to answer a critical, but often-ignored, question: What are the human consequences of US economic sanctions? …

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023-05-25). The US empire and the complicity of intellectuals. indybay.org Interventions have always been dictated by the geopolitical and economic interests of the country. In fact, the United States is no exception to this rule. On the contrary, every empire acts in this way (see, for example, the invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Adolf Hitler). History also shows that imperial interests have often led to the suppression of aspirations for self-determination.

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Chinese, U.S. commerce chiefs to meet. ecns.cn Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on China-U.S. economic and trade relations and issues of common concern.




newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-25). 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…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-05-25). Presidente de Bolivia: cooperación es esencial para afrontar desafíos económicos globales. telesurtv.net El mandatario aseveró que el diálogo y la cooperación son trascendentales para enfrentar los desafíos económicos y sociales.

A Guest Author (2023-05-25). ALU's Chris Smalls: 'Worker solidarity doesn't stop at the border'. workers.org Amazon Labor Union President Christian Smalls greets Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana on May 1, 2023. By Chris Smalls On May Day, I joined a delegation of organizers on a trip to Cuba to show solidarity with the Cuban people and call out the injustice that is an economic . . . |

Aram Aharonian (2023-05-24). Elecciones en una Argentina en crisis económica y social, deshojando la margarita. globalizacion.ca El neoliberal Mauricio Macri y la progresista Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, principales protagonistas de estos últimos 20 años de gobierno, anunciaron que no serán candidatos presidenciales. En la famosa "grieta", que los separaba, encontraron la forma de echarse mutuamente las…

Prof. Maurice Okoli (2023-05-24). Ghana's Economic Policies Within the Geopolitical Context and the Corona Crisis. globalresearch.ca




Brittani Banks (2023-05-24). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? Despite Poor Record, Greece's Ruling New Democracy Emerges as Single Largest Party in Elections Economic Sanctions Hurt the Poor, Sick, and Vulnerable, Shows Report Political Crisis in Ecuador Continues Following Dissolution of Parliament Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? [262 words] …

_____ (2023-05-24). The PRC-Japan rivalry extends to Europe. journal-neo.org Together with India, China and Japan form today the strategic triangle on which the political and economic situation in Asia will increasingly depend. The latter however is the continent where the focus of the current stage of the "Great Game" is shifting more and more definitely. Leaving the territory of another continent, which for centuries, […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). In Video: Unmanned Boats Targeted Russian Ship In Black Sea. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On the morning of May 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to attack Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship was ensuring the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the economic zone of Turkey. | Three unmanned boats targeted the ship at about 5.30 am local time. The incident took place 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus. | As a result of response fire, the attack failed. All Ukrainian boats were destroyed by fire from the st…

Misión Verdad (2023-05-24). The Architecture of Open Society Foundation's Interference and Looting (+Francia Marquez). orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — May 24, 2023 | In an unprecedented event in Colombian politics, the vice president of Colombia, Francia Márquez, publicly thanked the Open Society Foundations of speculator and financial hit man George Soros for financing her recent tour to Africa, an occurence that invites us to reflect on the mechanisms that his foundation uses to achieve his political and economic goals. | It is well known that Soros owns a vast conglomerate of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and foundations around the world, but Francia Márquez's message is a reminder that this is not the only tool he uses to achi…

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). China, Singapore bourses further bridges rapidly growing ETF markets. ecns.cn The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) have recently deepened their relationship significantly by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to launch an SSE-SGX exchange-traded fund (ETF) link.

Brittani Banks (2023-05-24). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? Despite Poor Record, Greece's Ruling New Democracy Emerges as Single Largest Party in Elections Economic Sanctions Hurt the Poor, Sick, and Vulnerable, Shows Report Political Crisis in Ecuador Continues Following Dissolution of Parliament Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? [262 words] …

_____ (2023-05-24). The PRC-Japan rivalry extends to Europe. journal-neo.org Together with India, China and Japan form today the strategic triangle on which the political and economic situation in Asia will increasingly depend. The latter however is the continent where the focus of the current stage of the "Great Game" is shifting more and more definitely. Leaving the territory of another continent, which for centuries, […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). In Video: Unmanned Boats Targeted Russian Ship In Black Sea. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On the morning of May 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to attack Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship was ensuring the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the economic zone of Turkey. | Three unmanned boats targeted the ship at about 5.30 am local time. The incident took place 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus. | As a result of response fire, the attack failed. All Ukrainian boats were destroyed by fire from the st…

Misión Verdad (2023-05-24). The Architecture of Open Society Foundation's Interference and Looting (+Francia Marquez). orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — May 24, 2023 | In an unprecedented event in Colombian politics, the vice president of Colombia, Francia Márquez, publicly thanked the Open Society Foundations of speculator and financial hit man George Soros for financing her recent tour to Africa, an occurence that invites us to reflect on the mechanisms that his foundation uses to achieve his political and economic goals. | It is well known that Soros owns a vast conglomerate of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and foundations around the world, but Francia Márquez's message is a reminder that this is not the only tool he uses to achi…

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). China, Singapore bourses further bridges rapidly growing ETF markets. ecns.cn The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) have recently deepened their relationship significantly by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to launch an SSE-SGX exchange-traded fund (ETF) link.

infobrics (2023-05-24). NDB Begins 'New Journey' After Selling First Bond since Russia-Ukraine Conflict. infobrics.org Bank starts road to redemption with capital markets return…

MEE staff (2023-05-24). US, EU lawmakers demand UAE remove oil executive as Cop28 head. middleeasteye.net US, EU lawmakers demand UAE remove oil executive as Cop28 head | Sultan al-Jaber's lead of Cop28 reflects an emboldened Gulf region basking in its return to influence over energy markets and climate talks | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 19: 42 | Sultan al-Jaber speaks during UAE Climate Tech conference in Abu Dhabi Energy centre, on 10 May 2023 (AFP) | More than 100 members of the US Congress and the European Parliamen…

WSWS (2023-05-25). Union abruptly ends strike of New York City resident physicians. wsws.org The Committee of Interns and Residents has sent its members back to work at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens without allowing them to vote on the tentative agreement, which will do nothing to improve their poverty wages.

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-05-24). People's Health Tribunal finds Shell and Total Energy guilty of harming African communities. peoplesdispatch.org Environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored the actions of extractive corporations in Africa, who exploit natural resources and sow poverty and disease, during a People's Health Tribunal…

Labor Video Project (2023-05-25). SF Chronicle PMWG Workers Demand Justice & Living Wages In Protest. indybay.org Dozens of San Francisco Chronicle workers rallied at 12 noon on May 23 2023 to demand better wages and benefits. Many of the younger workers are forced to leave because of their income and the housing crisis.

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. (2023-05-24). Fossil Fuel Companies Owe $5.4 Trillion In Reparations, Study Says. popularresistance.org The biggest fossil fuel companies in the world owe at least $209 billion in yearly climate reparations to communities that suffered the brunt of the calamities caused by the climate crisis, a new study has concluded. | While substantial, the researchers consider theirs to be a conservative cost estimate, as it did not put a price tag on the loss of lives or income, additional wellbeing considerations or extinction of species and other types of biodiversity depletion not reflected in gross domestic product calculations, reported The Guardian. | The study said the 21 biggest polluters have collectively caused $5.4…

Alex Bainbridge (2023-05-25). Sydney rallies against AUKUS, after Quad meeting rescheduled. greenleft.org.au Labor Party members joined leftists and peace activists to speak out against militarism, AUKUS and the Quad at a protest organised by Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Black Rose Anarchist Federation + AK Press (2023-05-25). Tuesday 7/18: Book Launch: Anarchist Popular Power – Dissident Labor & Armed Struggle in Uruguay '56-76. indybay.org Tamarack Collective Bar + Restaurant | 1501 Harrison St. | Oakland, CA | 94612…

Labor Video Project (2023-05-25). 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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-25). Science Saturday: Collaborative study discovers new disease behind patient's recurring blood clots. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In 2018, a male patient in his 60s began experiencing chest pains, which turned out to be caused by multiple blood clots in his lungs. As he visited several institutions in and around his home state of Michigan, doctors conducted the typical testing panels to look for a condition called thrombophilia that causes blood clots to form too easily. But tests did not confirm the known thrombophilic conditions. "So people were not able to give…

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-05-25). Celebran 60 años de colaboración médica internacional de Cuba. telesurtv.net La viceministra de Salud habló sobre la "hermosa Operación Milagro, que devolvió la visión y con ella la vida útil a personas de 35 países de América y África".

WSWS (2023-05-25). Australian Labor's budget cuts real spending on schools, maintains lucrative subsidies for private system. wsws.org While continuing to starve public schools of desperately-needed funding, the Albanese government is maintaining the lucrative flow of public monies into the private schools.

Gustavo Veiga (2023-05-24). Brasil, la Amazonia y cómo se expande Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca Para octubre próximo unos 300 militares estadounidenses ingresarían otra vez a la estratégica Amazonia. Mientras Bolsonaro pactó maniobras conjuntas de ambos ejércitos hasta 2028, Lula fluctúa entre la confrontación geopolítica y las relaciones de colaboración. | Brasil ha sido siempre el…

Alex Bainbridge (2023-05-24). Stage 3 tax cuts: New figures on Labor's hand-out to billionaires. greenleft.org.au New analysis by the

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-24). Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in China. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Eritrea can chart an exciting new development path through mutually respectful collaboration with China. Any doubt that a new multipolar world has emerged in the Horn of Africa should have dissipated last week with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki's trip to China. President Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for Afwerki and his delegation and…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-24). NLRB sues colleges, says athletes are workers. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—The big business of college sports is back in federal court again. And this time it's over the right of the athletes to organize. That's because the National Labor Relations Board's top enforcement official, General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Pac-12 conference, and several colleges to court in federal …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-24). With all the debt limit talk, few eye Pentagon cuts. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In all the talk about cutting spending in return for raising the U.S. debt limit, there seems to be a sacred cow: The Pentagon. A survey of websites of groups normally expected to advocate for cutting military spending—including US Labor Against War and Racism, the United Electrical Workers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union—discloses …

Simon Elliott (2023-05-24). Minnesota workers win labor reforms, ban on captive audience meetings. liberationnews.org Workers in Minnesota are about to see the fruits of years of work organizing and building power across the state. A sweeping package of labor reforms has passed both the Minnesota House and Senate and was signed by Governor Tim Walz on May 24.

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-24). Labor's Uptick Isn't Just Hype. popularresistance.org

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Chinese Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang meets with Minister of State of UK's FCDO Anne-Marie Trevelyan. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang on Monday met with Anne-Marie Trevelyan, minister of state of UK's Foreign, Commonwealth &Development Office. The two sides exchanged views on China-UK relations and relevant regional and international issues.

Hendrik Sybrandy (2023-05-24). "From conflict to consensus": The historic deal to save the Colorado River. america.cgtn.com "From conflict to consensus" — That's how one official describes negotiations among three U.S. states over water consumption from the Colorado River. On Monday, California, Arizona and Nevada agreed to cut their reliance on the drought-ravaged river, heading off potential disaster at least in the …

Alastair Crooke (2023-05-25). Financial 'Shock and Awe' on Russia Pronounced 'Dead' by Two Establishment Journals. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Beijing's Xicheng cracks down on financial crime. ecns.cn A total of 1,441 people have been charged with financial crimes by prosecutors in Beijing's Xicheng district over the past decade, demonstrating the regional judiciary's determination and efforts to protect financial security.

teleSUR (2023-05-25). Yemen Faces Financial Hurdles Due to Houthi Attacks. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said that Yemen is facing financing difficulties following a drop in public revenues caused by Houthi attacks on oil export ports. | RELATED: | The Houthi attacks have caused an estimated US$1 billion in losses, preventing the government from meeting its responsibilities, including improving public services and paying wages across the war-torn country. | To address the challeng…

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-24). The Inflation Reality And The Attack On Wages. popularresistance.org

Peter Certo (2023-05-24). In OtherWords: May 24, 2023. otherwords.org This week, President Biden and House Republicans remain deadlocked in their negotiations about debt. Except, not really. | As I write, They're also calling for more spending on the next biggest driver of…

Editor (2023-05-24). Chris Hedges on Weapons to Ukraine, Military Buildup to China and Pentagon Spending. scheerpost.com By Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod / MintPress News The war in Ukraine is well into its second year, and the United States is insistent on pumping billions more into the quagmire that has already seen thousands of lives lost and millions displaced. The U.S. has already approved more than $113 billion in aid to …

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2023-05-24). U.S. foreign policy: A bipartisan embrace of militarism. mronline.org In December 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act, approving "national defense" spending of $858 billion for fiscal year 2023…

Staff (2023-05-24). Jeffrey Sachs: Bipartisan Support of War, from Iraq to Ukraine, Is Helping Fuel U.S. Debt Crisis. democracynow.org The United States faces a default on its debt in early June if a deal on the debt ceiling is not reached between the Biden administration and Republicans in Congress before then. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pushing for sweeping budget cuts and new work requirements for recipients of government programs, including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP. Notably, however, neither Republicans nor Democrats are proposing cuts to one of the biggest drivers of the nation's debt: the massive U.S. military budget. "We've got to get this military-industrial lobby under control, but it's h…

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Listed companies win more projects in May on robust investment pipeline. ecns.cn Supported by the expanding effective investment in the country, many listed companies along the infrastructure industrial chain recently announced the winning of major project tenders.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-05-24). NGO's urge Colombia to sink investor protection treaties. colombiareports.com Multinational NGO's are visiting Colombia to urge the country's leaders to abandon controversial treaties that seek to protect foreign investment. Over the past decades, Colombia's previous governments signed multiple investor…

Mohammad Ayesh (2023-05-24). Arabic press review: Egyptian prisoners launch collective hunger strike. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Egyptian prisoners launch collective hunger strike | Meanwhile, Qatar is set to boost investments in Egypt while Saudi Arabia tops regional box office revenues | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 13: 53 | A media tour of the Correctional and Rehabilitation Center in Badr City, 70 kilometres northeast of Cairo, on 16 January 2022 (AFP)
| Egypt: Hunger strike begins over jail condi…

teleSUR (2023-05-24). World Trade Summit In China, A "Unique" Opportunity – Arce. telesurenglish.net The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce Catacora, participated this Wednesday in the II World Trade and Investment Promotion Summit of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. | RELATED: | Arce participated in the summit held in Beijing with a virtual intervention and spoke of China's role on the world stage and bilateral cooperation on issues of industrialization of zinc and lithium, among others. | He stressed that the s…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-24). Bolivia's president highlights deepening ties with China. plenglish.com La Paz, 24 May (Prensa Latina) President Luis Arce said at the 2nd World Trade and Investment Summit on Wednesday that relations between Bolivia and China have been continuously deepening for 38 years through cooperation and cultural exchange.

WSWS (2023-05-25). Workers Party imposes austerity in Brazil. wsws.org Lula has seen a 13 percent drop in his approval rating as his government deepens austerity policies designed to guarantee profits and foreign debt payments.

Staff (2023-05-24). President Maduro Accuses Washington of Stealing $4 Billion in CITGO Profits. orinocotribune.com

splcenter (2023-05-24). Experts: VDARE's Real Estate Deals May Cost Group Nonprofit Status. splcenter.org White nationalist hate group VDARE could lose its nonprofit status over real estate agreements surrounding a historic castle the group purchased in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, according to two nonprofit lawyers to whom Hatewatch described property records and court filings. Most of the documents came from a lawsuit VDARE brought against New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James' office, wherein the AG alleges VDARE "violated New York law."

WSWS (2023-05-24). Amazon workers hold strike votes at UK Midlands warehouses, GMB union seeks recognition. wsws.org Strikes at Amazon warehouses show the determination of this critical group of workers to improve their conditions. But this requires a programme based on internationalism, class struggle, and the primacy of workers' needs over Amazon's profits.

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-05-24). Expanded Intro: Capitalism, Commodity Production and Imperialism. podcasters.spotify.com In this episode, we expand on two previous episodes, one on capitalist exploitation, and the other on imperialism. In this episode, we talk about commodity production under capitalism, and especially, the shift from production for the use and needs of society to the production, for the sake of exchange and profit from exchange solely for the owning class. We also talk about imperialism, what its characteristics are, and what we need to do to avoid simplistic analysis, both of its history and current existence.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-24). 'One Health' will give WHO's Dictator General power to initiate climate lockdowns. expose-news.com The proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations ("IHRs") and the Pandemic Treaty both incorporate the "One Health" approach. One Health has little definition or structure and is sold using vague strings …

WSWS (2023-05-24). Introduction to new pamphlet from Mehring Books: Marxism vs. Critical Race Theory. wsws.org The pamphlet, which presents a criticism of critical race theory and identity politics from the left, is now available from Mehring Books.

Marxist-Leninist (2023-05-24). Let Us Celebrate the People's Patriots and End the Ignominy of Monarchical-Patriotic Legends. dissidentvoice.org An assembly of some 6,000 Quebec patriots, the Assembly of the Six Counties, was held October 23-24, 1837 despite public assemblies being banned by the British colonial government. The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) is calling for Victoria Day to be renamed Patriots' Day. The aim is to engage people in discussion on the peoples' …

Steve Gillis (2023-05-25). WWP solution to debt crisis: Defund the Pentagon! workers.org Credit: Tony Murphy It's television news teaser material that on June 1, the U.S. government will run out of money to pay its debts — everything from wages for its vast global armies and civilian government workers, to Social Security checks and interest payments on Treasury bonds. According to President . . . |

CRD (2023-05-25). G7 Protest Against US-led War; Banko Brown's Murder; Turkey's Critical Elections By CRD. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race and Democracy on G7 Protest Against US-led War; Banko Brown's Murder & Turkey's Critical Elections By CRD…

_____ (2023-05-24). Kissinger's Fairy Tales for Idiots. strategic-culture.org Kissinger's idea of bringing peace by having Ukraine join NATO is as crazy as the thought of putting out a fire with kerosene. | In October 2019, the online edition of Progressnews.ge published the article "The Dissolution of the Soviet Union was the Biggest Crime of the United States — Henry Kissinger is Disappointed with Capitalism", which quotes an alleged statement by Henry Kissinger, the 56th U.S. Secretary of State and 7th U.S. National Security Advisor, from which it could be concluded that the experienced politician, diplomat, political theorist, and geopolitical advisor, in the later years of his l…

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-05-24). An introduction to Imperialism. podcasters.spotify.com In this episode, similarly to other reason, short introductory episodes, we go over the topic of imperialism in nine minutes. Of course, this doesn't come close to covering every aspect or the historical development of the phenomenon known as Capitalism imperialism, however, it does bring us into a bit better have an understanding that the majority of us have from our high school education or from the phony and hypocritical western media sources…

Staff (2023-05-25). The Censorship Industrial Complex Has Been Revealed. leecamp.com

WSWS (2023-05-25). Australia's Gold-Tweed Coast bus workers fight to prevent another union betrayal at Kinetic. wsws.org Kinetic workers are again taking industrial action over pay and conditions, concerned that the Transport Workers Union is about to strike another rotten deal with the global bus conglomerate.

Brittani Banks (2023-05-24). Capturing Carbon With Machines Is a Failure—So Why Are We Subsidizing It? independentmediainstitute.org Human activity—mostly the burning of fossil fuels—has raised Earth's atmospheric carbon content by 50 percent, from 280 parts per million (ppm) to 420 ppm. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, we've released approximately 950 billion metric tons of carbon into the air. Every year, humans emit more than 40 billion metric tons of carbon …

Tribuna Popular (2023-05-24). Venezuela: Gobierno intenta crear un falso PCV subordinado a su política neoliberal. peoplesworld.org Caracas, 22-05-2023 (Redacción TP).- El Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro propició el pasado domingo 21 de mayo un evento fraudulento para "construir un falso positivo" con el objetivo de "desconocer los procesos legítimos de toma de decisiones en el seno del Partido Comunista de Venezuela e intentar, a través de medidas administrativas o judiciales, colocarlo al …

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-25). Saturday 6/3: Attack on Trans People: A Page in the Fascist Playbook. indybay.org Starry Plaugh Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also online…

Judith Deutsch (2023-05-24). Scapegoating Dr. Hassan Diab in France and Canada: The Varieties of Moral Experience. socialistproject.ca The fate of Dr. Hassan Diab is being determined by an absence of morality as in scapegoating, and by an absolutist moral stance that law is engraved in stone and that the State's duty is limited to examining compliance with the law.

scorinoco (2023-05-24). FBI Indicts US Black Activists on Speech Crimes, International Day of Action Set for May 27 (+Uhuru). orinocotribune.com On May 27, 2023, people around the world will gather publicly to demand "Drop the charges against the Uhuru 3!" | In early May, African People's Socialist Party (APSP) Chairman Omali Yeshitela, 81, was shackled in handcuffs and leg irons after reporting to the Middle District Federal Court in Tampa for his arraignment in a courtroom packed with supporters. | Chairman Yeshitela faces federal charges after a lifetime of organizing dedicated to "the liberation for Africa and African people everywhere." | Penny Hess, 77, and Jesse Nevel, 33, two white persons working under the leadership of the APSP also face charges…

Ricardo Vaz (2023-05-24). Venezuelan Communists say government established fake communist party to 'hijack' their supporters. peoplesworld.org CARACAS—The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) has pointed the finger at the leadership of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) for an alleged attempt to "hijack" the organization. "The PSUV leadership wants to take away the PCV's legal status, to neutralize its role in the country's social struggles," Communist Party General Secretary àìscar …

Staff (2023-05-24). Kissinger at 100: New War Crimes Revealed in Secret Cambodia Bombing That Set Stage for Forever Wars. democracynow.org A bombshell new investigation from The Intercept reveals that former U.S. national security adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was responsible for even more civilian deaths during the U.S. war in Cambodia than was previously known. The revelations add to a violent résumé that ranges from Latin America to Southeast Asia, where Kissinger presided over brutal U.S. military interventions to put down communist revolt and to develop U.S. influence around the world. While survivors and family members of these deadly campaigns continue to grieve, Kissinger celebrates his 100th birthday this week. "This…

thecommunists (2023-05-24). Zelensky piling up his millions as Nato tries regime change via assassination. thecommunists.org The failed bid to assassinate Russian president Vladimir Putin in May, whether directly ordered by the west-backed junta in Ukraine or the work of freelancing fascists, signalled a new level of provocation and threat against Russia. The drone attack on the Kremlin, taken together with the supply by Britain and others of long-range weapons capable …

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