(2023-06-08). Huawei has never harmed the security of any European country: Chinese FM. ecns.cn Huawei has never harmed the security of any European country. Should the EU decide to ban Huawei, it would breach the principles of market economy, free trade and fair competition.
(2023-06-08). In China, German Lawmaker Calls For End To Sanctions. popularresistance.org More than ever, in times of growing geopolitical tensions and confrontational policy approaches, with intolerance and "friend-or- foe" thinking threatening to erode the primacy of diplomacy, international exchange, mutual understanding, and peaceful cooperation are of outstanding global importance. | Through your academic innovation and your university's global outlook — as reflected for example in numerous educational cooperation programmes and extensive academic exchange — you are making an important contribution, which cannot be overstated. | In talking about Sino-German relations in 2023 against t…
(2023-06-07). Australian Labor treasurer manoeuvres as RBA lifts interest rates again. wsws.org In line with policies of major central banks around the world, the RBA is lifting rates to slow the economy, or even induce a recession, to crush the growing wages struggles of the working class under the banner of the need to "fight inflation."
(2023-06-07). CIA Was Aware Of Ukrainian Plan To Attack Nord Stream Pipelines — Washington Post. southfront.org 
Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | The United States had information on a detailed Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines three months before it was bombed, the Washington Post reported on June 6, citing the leaked information published on Discord. The newspaper reported that the CIA learned via a European spy agency last June that a six-person Ukrainian special operations forces team intended to…
(2023-06-07). BRICS New Development Bank de-dollarizing, adding Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe as members. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
The BRICS bloc's New Development Bank, an alternative to the US-dominated World Bank, is de-dollarizing its loans, promoting local currencies, and adding new members: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, and Zimbabwe.
(2023-06-07). Failure of the US Monetary System and the Solution. scheerpost.com 
By Richard C. Cook / Original to ScheerPost The debt-ceiling crisis that recently played out in Washington between budget-cutting Republicans and the further explosion of debt under the Biden administration highlights again the failure of the US monetary system to provide effective liquidity for the world's largest economy. After a brief period of balanced federal …
(2023-06-07). The world economy is changing—the people know, but their leaders don't. peoplesdispatch.org China has been able to mobilize many other nations to resist and oppose United States and G7 policies in various global forums. The source of China's remarkable economic growth—and the key to BRICS countries' now successful challenge to the G7's global economic dominance—has been its hybrid economic model…
(2023-06-07). Report: Over 1 mln U.S. jobs supported by China trade. ecns.cn China is the only country outside of the Americas whose purchases of goods and services from the United States support more than 1 million jobs in the world's largest economy, which is part of the reason policymakers should value the "stabilizing and beneficial" role of trade for both countries.
(2023-06-07). Southern Xinjiang works out new plan to set up an economic belt around Tarim. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has proposed the establishment of an economic development belt surrounding Tarim to boost the development of southern Xinjiang region, which would represent a major breakthrough for the region's development.
(2023-06-07). The world economy is changing—the people know, but their leaders don't. peoplesdispatch.org China has been able to mobilize many other nations to resist and oppose United States and G7 policies in various global forums. The source of China's remarkable economic growth—and the key to BRICS countries' now successful challenge to the G7's global economic dominance—has been its hybrid economic model…
(2023-06-07). Report: Over 1 mln U.S. jobs supported by China trade. ecns.cn China is the only country outside of the Americas whose purchases of goods and services from the United States support more than 1 million jobs in the world's largest economy, which is part of the reason policymakers should value the "stabilizing and beneficial" role of trade for both countries.
(2023-06-07). Southern Xinjiang works out new plan to set up an economic belt around Tarim. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has proposed the establishment of an economic development belt surrounding Tarim to boost the development of southern Xinjiang region, which would represent a major breakthrough for the region's development.
(2023-06-07). China's foreign trade posts stable growth of 4.7% in first five months. ecns.cn China's foreign trade grew 4.7 percent year-on-year in the first five months of the year, extending good momentum for steady and consolidated growth, official data showed on Wednesday.
(2023-06-07). World Bank revises up China's growth to 5.6%. ecns.cn The World Bank has predicted China's economy will grow at 5.6 percent this year, up by 1.3 percentage points from its January forecast, but has revised down projections for most economies, as it sees global growth on a precarious footing amid high interest rates.
(2023-06-07). BRICS Bloc; Adding Members, Planning New Currency To Challenge US Dollar. popularresistance.org The BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is expanding, as its members grow in economic and political influence. | Together, the five BRICS members represent more than 40% of the global population, and their share of the world economy (when measured in purchasing power parity) is larger than that of the G7. | The foreign ministers of the BRICS states met in South Africa on June 1 and 2. There, they discussed a series of issues, including plans to create a new global reserve currency to challenge the dominance of the US dollar. | Also present at the meeting in South Africa was a group of top…
(2023-06-07). BRICS New Development Bank de-dollarizing, adding Argentina, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe as members. geopoliticaleconomy.com The BRICS bloc's New Development Bank, an alternative to the US-dominated World Bank, is de-dollarizing its loans, promoting local currencies, and adding new members: Argentina, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Zimbabwe.
(2023-06-07). China leads the world in integrating 5G into economy: experts. ecns.cn 5G applications have emerged in nearly 60 percent of the nation's economic categories, with wide coverage of 5G networks and application of 5G solutions in major industries, media reports said.
(2023-06-07). World Bank lifts China's growth forecast to 5.6%. ecns.cn China's growth rate is projected to reach as high as 5.6 percent in 2023, an increase from the earlier forecast of 5.1 percent.
(2023-06-07). Ethiopia and China's Yingke Law Firm assess cooperation. plenglish.com During a visit to the headquarters of the Chinese law firm, Derbew highlighted the abundance of resources and workforce that allowed the implementation of internal economic reforms to improve the development of the African country, quoted by Fana Broadcasting Corporate. | He stated that those favorable conditions served Chinese companies to choose Ethiopia as their investment destination. He urged Yingke to cooperate with the Ethiopian Embassy to benefit both countries. | Xi Yu, who came accompanied by Yingke Africa Executive Director Cao Xinglong, stated that his firm ranked first in the 2022 Global 200, rankin…
(2023-06-07). Brasilia Summit: Lula and Maduro Reboot Regional Integration. orinocotribune.com By Francisco Dominguez — Jun 4, 2023 | In a blow to US hegemony, the revival of Unasur at a summit of 13 Latin American leaders demonstrates the region's shift back to the left and the rehabilitation of Venezuela. | Brazil's President Lula invited all 13 presidents from South America to a summit on May 30 aimed at developing a collective and "common vision and relaunching decisive actions for sustainable development, peace and the well-being of our peoples." | Lula presented 10 proposals to bring about the region's rapprochement — a consensual approach to economic, social and cultural issues. | Peru's…
(2023-06-07). Is Algeria Ready to Join BRICS?>. infobrics.org Despite its economic shortcomings, Algeria's geographic position, fast-growing population, and warm relations with all BRICS countries, makes its bid a strong one…
(2023-06-07). Pre-pandemic Event 201 Coronavirus Simulation Was Devised at Infamous World Economic Forum Confab in Davos. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-07). Iranian President to Travel to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba. telesurenglish.net Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will travel next week to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba to strengthen relations with these Latin American countries. | RELATED: | Accompanied by a high-ranking delegation, Raisi will leave Tehran on Sunday. His trip aims to promote economic, political and scientific cooperation. He is also expected to meet with local businessmen and activists. | This will be Raisí's first trip to Latin America since he took office in August 20…
(2023-06-07). China Voices Concern Over Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, voiced concern over the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam. | RELATED: | "We express our grave concern over the destruction of the dam at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. We are deeply concerned about the resulting humanitarian, economic, and ecological consequences," he said. | "We call on all parties to the conflict t…
(2023-06-08). Celebrating Imperial's international graduates. imperial.ac.uk From a 3D collaboration tool to a seaweed-based alternative to plastic, we meet some of Imperial's graduate startup founders.
(2023-06-08). ILWU Local 52 Gabriel Prawl On Firings In Seattle, Growing Anger & West Coast Work Action. indybay.org ILWU longshore workers are facing direct union busting by the PMA and shipping bosses. In Seattle a walkout took place after longshore workers worked to health and safety rules. Seattle Local 52 past president Gabriel Prawl talks about the conditions that are developing on the docks and why anger is growing among ILWU members.
(2023-06-08). At Apple Headquarters Workers Want Labor Power! WGAW Rallies With South Bay Labor. indybay.org Striking Writers Guild Of America West workers and other unionists rallied at the world headquarters of Apple to demand that Apple meet their demands.
(2023-06-08). From lift off to splash down: An update on Mayo Clinic stem cells in space. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's been six years since Mayo Clinic physician Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., watched stem cells from his regenerative medicine laboratory blast into space as part of a research effort to see if zero gravity would help the cells multiply faster. Approximately 15 million people worldwide experience a stroke annually, according to the World Health Organization. Currently, stroke remains a top cause of death and disability in the world. Finding new therapies for stroke is important…
(2023-06-08). Rusia ratifica interés en ampliar colaboración con Cuba. telesurtv.net Moscú participa en proyectos en el sector petrolífero y metalúrgico. Comercio bilateral crece nueve veces en lo que va de 2023.
(2023-06-08). SEP/IYSSE public meeting in Colombo: Oppose the Sri Lankan government's privatisation of state enterprises! Build workers' action committees to fight for jobs and wages! wsws.org The SEP/IYSSE public meeting will elaborate on the program and perspective of international socialism that the working class needs to fight the government's austerity measures.
(2023-06-08). Australian Labor government backs real wage cut for 2.5 million workers. wsws.org This is the second successive cut to the real wages of low-paid workers delivered under the Albanese Labor government, which reiterated its opposition to an "across-the-board" pay rise in line with inflation.
(2023-06-08). As port disruptions continue, big business lobby groups call on Biden to step in with railroad-style intervention. wsws.org Amidst continuing slowdowns on West Coast ports, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su was "engaged" in talks with the port operators and the dockworkers union.
(2023-06-08). Supreme Court Weakened Legal Protections For Striking. popularresistance.org In a shameful decision last week, eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court weakened the right to strike. Only Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stood up for the workers. In her 27-page dissent in Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Jackson wrote, "The right to strike is fundamental to American labor law." Indeed, it is the threat of a strike that gives workers leverage during contract negotiations with an employer. Jackson continued: | Workers are not indentured servants, bound to continue laboring until any planned work stoppage would be as painless as possible for their masters. They a…
(2023-06-08). UN: Aid to Be Delivered in Sudan Cease-Fire or Not. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the United Nations reported that no matter the presence or absence of a ceasefire in Sudan, the organization and its collaborative entities will persistently provide humanitarian assistance. | Related: | "But, we need to see an end to the violence and the looting of humanitarian facilities," said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, adding that "ev…
(2023-06-07). NAACP, Latinx, labor, and LGBTQ rights groups warn against visiting Florida. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—You've heard of State Department "travel advisories" for people planning to visit various foreign countries? "Don't go there. It's dangerous," is either implicit or explicit. Well, things are so bad for people of color and gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender people that three top civil rights groups have issued travel advisories…for Florida. In so many words, what they're saying …
(2023-06-07). Exporting Occupation: Israeli Business is Booming in Morocco-Occupied Western Sahara. mintpressnews.com 
"Before the normalization happened, the Israelis would collaborate with the Moroccans, but also wouldn't feel comfortable going beyond this covert intelligence or military or ad hoc cooperation, but with normalization, this has now reached a whole new level that is unprecedented." — Riccardo Fabiani, International Crisis Group…
(2023-06-07). Labor must join the fight to Stop Cop City. therealnews.com 
The 2020 protests that took place in the immediate wake of Minneapolis police murdering George Floyd were a historic call for America to reckon with its racist, oppressive system of state-sanctioned police violence. Three years later, rather than a reckoning, that same system, along with the political and business elites propping it up, are giving us "Cop City" (ie, the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, the Atlanta Police Foundation's 85-acre, $90-million police militarization and training complex where law enforcement from around the US and beyond will, among other things, train for urban warfare scen…
(2023-06-07). Gathering For Indigenous Water Justice And Global Collaboration. popularresistance.org On August 15-17, MKW Co-conveners and partners will convene the Mni Ki Wakan (Water is Sacred) Summit, themed, "Indigenous Water Justice, Global Collaboration, & Dismantling Water Colonialism," occurring in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States (mnikiwakan.org). The MKW Summit will bring together Indigenous Peoples, youth, and Indigenous-led environmental water organizations. The MKW Summit is a pillar of the Indigenous Water Decade that was first announced in 2016 at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Since then, the MKW team has engaged in local/transnational partnerships,…
(2023-06-07). "We will not give in to blackmail": Colombians defend government and progressive reforms. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands took to the streets across Colombia in support of the labor, pension, and healthcare reforms proposed by the Gustavo Petro government. The mobilization called for by the country's major trade union confederations, including CUT and CTC, also comes in response to the destabilization campaign against the government being waged by right-wing politicians and mainstream media. | Juan Carlos Quintero, a member of the Peasant Association of Catatumbo and the National Coordination of Marcha Patriótica, told Peoples Dispatch that, "The demonstrations have been massive, in support of the current government of Gus…
(2023-06-07). Colombia Marches In Support Of President Petro's Reforms. telesurenglish.net Colombian President Gustavo Petro closed Wednesday in Bogotá a massive popular demonstration in support of his government's proposed social reforms. | RELATED: | The marches called by the labor centrals and the union of educators were replicated in the streets of major Colombian cities such as Medellín, Cali, and Barranquilla. | Petro together with Vice President Francia Márquez joined the mobilizations in Bogotá.
(2023-06-07). Colombians to March in Support of President Petro's Reforms. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, social organizations will march in the main Colombian cities to express their support for President Gustavo Petro and his health, labor, and pension reforms. | RELATED: | The day before, the leftist leader invited citizens to march not only in support of his policies but also in rejection of impunity for war crimes. | The mobilization day was announced on May 31 by the Unitary Central of Workers of C…
(2023-06-07). NAACP, Latinx, labor and LGBTQ rights groups warn against visiting Florida. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—You've heard of State Department "travel advisories" for people planning to visit various foreign countries? "Don't go there. It's dangerous," is either implicit or explicit. Well, things are so bad for people of color and gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender people that three top civil rights groups have issued travel advisories…for Florida. In so many words, what they're saying …
(2023-06-08). China slowdown drives Saudi oil production cut. wsws.org The latest OPEC+ meeting was held just two months after the cartel announced production cuts in order to sustain prices which have proved largely ineffective in halting the slide.
(2023-06-08). China's financial risks remain 'controllable'. ecns.cn Efforts will be made to prudentially address the existing risks and firmly prevent any additional risks, said Li.
(2023-06-08). Recent A-share dip overdone, profits beckon. ecns.cn The recent downward trend in the A-share market points to opportunities for investors given the relatively lower valuation of listed companies — a consensus reached by both domestic and international financial experts.
(2023-06-08). Loss of reality and bellicism. indybay.org Ukraine is "worn out" here, which is supposed to fight a proxy war "until the last Ukrainian" and is equipped for this with weapons, ammunition, financial means, etc., in the desperate hope to finally force Russia to surrender or at least to gain a negotiating position in which the West can impose all possible maximum demands on the enemy. None of this is even remotely realistic.
(2023-06-08). British media protected pro-war serial sex pest Nick Cohen for decades. thegrayzone.com Pro-war pundit Nick Cohen's sexual abuse accusations were well-known in British media for years. Yet his friends at the Guardian, Financial Times and Private Eye kept them under wraps while Cohen's lawyers threatened potential accusers. The New York Times has published a devastating investigation revealing that for 20 years, the former Guardian/Observer writer Nick Cohen sexually harassed and abused female journalists with the full knowledge of his employers, coworkers, and British media more widely. What's more, his employers willingly engaged …
(2023-06-07). Succession: A significant artistic and cultural development. wsws.org The show, presented in four seasons over the course of 2018 to 2023, depicts the power struggles and moral decay bound up with the fate of a corporate-financial dynasty that wields enormous influence over politics, culture and society.
(2023-06-07). Anti-Trans Politicians Are Following the Nazi Playbook. otherwords.org The 1920s were both good and bad times for the Jews of Germany. | They'd been granted the same legal rights as other Germans and were established in respected professions. They were mostly treated as worthy of dignity. But that changed as antisemites scapegoated Jews for all of Germany's woes — from the loss of World War I to the hyperinflation that had ruined so many lives. | Nazis not only stereotyped Jews as rich, cunning, and devious, but also likened them to revolting vermin — including lice, rats, snakes, and cockroaches. They were depicted as creepy, smelly, disease-ridden, sub-human. | Attacki…
(2023-06-08). Hospitality Sector in New Zealand Has Most Filled Jobs. telesurenglish.net The latest release of data by the New Zealand statistics department, Stats NZ, reports that the country's accommodation and food services industry experienced a significant increase of 8. 9 percent in filled job numbers over the course of the year that ended in March 2023. | Related: | Stats NZ has reported that the increase represents a total of 12,196 jobs added to the industry. | According to Stats NZ, the increase in employment opportunities…
(2023-06-07). United States government's anti-China semiconductor strategy thrown into disarray by congressional budget cutting. wsws.org Education and research funding authorized by the CHIPS Act in question as US Congress enacts sweeping cuts to domestic spending.
(2023-06-07). Deserving Each Other: The PGA Tour-LIV Golf Merger. dissidentvoice.org Described as acrimonious, divisive and disruptive to golf, the LIV Golf Tournament, launched with the aid of former world number one Greg Norman and an enormous well of capital fronted by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), will now unite with the enemy. The announcement that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf would be merging …
(2023-06-07). Cori Bush: "Anti-Woke" Is Barely Disguised Code for "Anti-Black" truthout.org On Tuesday, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Missouri) lifted the veil on Republicans' war on "woke," saying aloud what the GOP won't admit: that their use of the word as a pejorative is just a thin disguise for their contempt toward Black people. In a House Oversight Committee hearing about environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment — a longtime milquetoast corporate initiative that's become… |
(2023-06-07). California: Wildfires are making us uninsurable. Quebec: Hold my beer. actionaidusa.org 
As luck would have it, I was in New York City today with many of my colleagues, and our allies from TIAA Divest!, Ek≈ç and others. We were protesting TIAA's continued harmful investments in fossil fuels and farmland outside the Bloomberg Invest conference where multiple TIAA executives were speechifying. We were lucky; it was relatively…
(2023-06-07). Rejecting popular opposition, Atlanta City Council approves millions in public funding for "Cop City" police training complex. wsws.org After some 16 hours of public comment, the Democratic Party-dominated Atlanta city council voted 11-4 in favor of allocating over $30 million in public funds to the private non-profit Atlanta Police Foundation.
(2023-06-07). Arizona Town Chose Profit Over Support For Grieving Family. popularresistance.org
(2023-06-07). Atlanta City Council Approves USD 31 Million For Controversial 'Cop City'. popularresistance.org Atlanta's 15-member City Council approved USD 31 million in funding to help build "Cop City," the "urban warfare" training facility proposed to be built in the forest in the southern city. The 11-4 vote took place after 15 hours of public comments were heard regarding the project, with the vast majority expressing overwhelming concern over the project and and rejecting it. | Throughout the session, over 1,000 people gathered inside and outside Atlanta City Hall to protest the controversial project. | The Atlanta Police Foundation (APF), ostensibly a nonprofit but which provides support for the Atlanta Police Depa…
(2023-06-08). Pacifica's CRD Longshore Workers Shut Down Ports;Protests over Florida Anti-immigrant Bill. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy On Longshore Workers Shut Down Ports; Protests over Florida Anti-immigrant Bill; South Africa Stands Up to the ICC…
(2023-06-07). Train horror in India: Another crime of decaying capitalism. mronline.org 
The deadliest train crash in India in more than a quarter of a century has killed nearly 300 passengers and injured more than 1,000. It is a tragedy that has horrified the world and exposed the criminal neglect of basic infrastructure by the ultra-right regime of Hindu chauvinist Narendra Modi and the capitalist governments that preceded it.
(2023-06-08). Commercial operation of C919 boosts domestic aviation development: experts. ecns.cn The commercial operation of the C919, China's self-developed large passenger aircraft, has driven the development of the country's civil airliner industrial chain, said experts.
(2023-06-07). Australian university union seeks sellout deal in industrial tribunal after Newcastle strike. wsws.org NTEU officials told workers at the strike rally that the union would enter "intensive bargaining" in the Fair Work Commission and "you may not get everything that you want."
(2023-06-07). Apple debuts game changer AR headset. ecns.cn Apple Inc's augmented reality headset will help accelerate the development of the AR industrial chain in China, and push the product not only for entertainment but also as a productive tool for work, experts said.
(2023-06-08). Far-right Bolivian leader Luís Fernando Camacho gets three months of preventive detention. peoplesdispatch.org Camacho, who has been in preventive detention since December 2022 under various cases, now stands accused of the crimes of breach of duty for alleged irregularities in the purchase of a fire truck…
(2023-06-07). Cornel West on Running for President, Ending Ukraine War & Taking on "Corporate Duopoly" of Dems & GOP. democracynow.org 
Cornel West, the iconic academic and social critic, has declared his candidacy for president of the United States in the 2024 election. He is running with the People's Party, a progressive alternative to the two major parties that grew out of Bernie Sanders's 2016 campaign. With 2024 shaping up to be a rematch between "neofascist" Donald Trump and "milquetoast neoliberal" Joe Biden, West says voters need a real alternative focused on tackling inequality, racism, war and corporate greed. "There's an indifference to the plight of the vulnerable," West tells Demo…
(2023-06-07). Council in charge of Chile's new Constitution will assume functions. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean Constitutional Council will assume its functions to draft a new Constitution to replace the one imposed by Pinochet's dictatorship in 1980, which established the foundations of the current neoliberal model.
(2023-06-07). Revolution And Counterrevolution: Remembering Tiananmen 34 Years Later. popularresistance.org The story we are typically told in the West is that young student activists had gathered in Tiananmen Square, uniting around the liberal demands of democracy and freedom, bravely defying the repressive Chinese government. After weeks of these ongoing protests, the Communist Party of China had had enough and cracked down on the peaceful protesters. As the story goes, in the early morning hours of June 4, 1989, People's Liberation Army tanks rolled into the square. They were said to be indiscriminately shooting and mowing down innocent, unarmed protesters, killing thousands. | To put it simply, this particular unde…
(2023-06-07). Model motion: No cooperation with the imperialist drive to war. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* notes Britain's continued involvement in the war in Ukraine and its drive towards war in China and Korea, and calls for …