(2023-06-09). Poland And Baltic Countries Could Send Troops To Ukraine — Former NATO Chief. southfront.org 
Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | Former NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen told The Guardian on June 7 that a group of countries in the Atlantic Alliance could take individual action and send troops to Ukraine in case member states fail to provide security assurances to Kiev at the NATO summit in Lithuania's capital Vilnius in July. | Rasmussen said: "If Nato cannot agree on a clear path forward for Ukraine, there…
(2023-06-09). BRICS New Development Bank De-Dollarizing. popularresistance.org The BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is expanding, and building a new economic architecture to challenge the dominance of the US dollar. | One of the most important institutions created by the BRICS is the New Development Bank (NDB). This is a Global South-oriented alternative to the World Bank, which is located in and essentially controlled by the United States. | In March 2023, the NDB inaugurated its new chief: Dilma Rousseff, the former president of Brazil, from the South American nation's leftist Workers' Party. | Rousseff has stressed that the NDB's goals are financing "infrastru…
(2023-06-09). China's CPI up 0.2% in May. ecns.cn China's consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, rose 0.2 percent in May on a yearly basis, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday.
(2023-06-09). Dragon Boat Festival holidays to unleash new round of spending momentum. ecns.cn The coming three-day Dragon Boat Festival holidays are expected to spark another year-on-year surge in domestic travel and tourism, adding to the spending passion that was kindled by the May Day holidays last month.
(2023-06-09). Syria estimates wheat production to exceed one million tons. plenglish.com During his visit to several state-owned grain purchasing facilities and centers in the central province of Hama, the chief executive said that grain trading operations are being facilitated by government institutions. | All capacities should be employed to achieve an excellent grain production season, which would support the national economy, he said. The Syrian government approved a package of measures aimed at boosting wheat planting and production and supporting wheat farmers, considered the main food for the population. | Before the war in 2011, Syria produced sufficient quantities for self-consumption and e…
(2023-06-09). State banks cut yuan deposit rates to spur investment, consumption. ecns.cn Major Chinese state banks officially lowered their yuan deposit rates on Thursday for a second time since last September. The move is expected to ease pressure on profit margins and inject liquidity into the bricks-and-mortar economy, experts said.
(2023-06-09). Forex performance seen staying relatively stable. ecns.cn China's foreign exchange market is expected to maintain a relatively stable performance as the economy remains on an uptrend while the U.S. dollar's strength may not be sustainable.
(2023-06-08). Global Capitalism: Anti-Democratic Politics and Existential Crisis. dissidentvoice.org Though it is not often examined in these terms, the popular disaffection of Americans with government in general and the rise of anti-democratic politics around the world are seemingly predictable reactions to the contemporary global crises in the international capitalist economy. Persistent poverty, pandemics, military conflict, economic displacement, climate catastrophes, migration, widespread corruption and social …
(2023-06-08). Can BRICS Save Argentina from Disaster?>. infobrics.org South America's second-largest economy could become an important part of the multipolar world while solving its own crisis…
(2023-06-08). Why China's Socialist Economy Is More Efficient Than Capitalism. orinocotribune.com 
By John Ross — Jun 06, 2023 | The difficulty the U.S. faces in its current attempts to damage China's economy was analysed in detail in the
(2023-06-08). Black America Mourns The Loss Of Howard University And AFL-CIO Economist William Spriggs. moguldom.com William Spriggs, an outspoken critic of systemic racism in the U.S. economy who spent his career advocating for how to change it, died on June 6. He was 68. A Howard University professor and former chairman of its Economics Department, Spriggs was the chief economist of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial …
(2023-06-09). Salvadorans Ask for the Release of Santa Marta Activists. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Association for Social Economic Development (ADES) filed a legal appeal in favor of the Santa Marta's community environmental leaders who remain detained and accused of murdering a woman in 1989. | RELATED: | Before the Sensuntepeque Court, their defense attorney Denis Muñoz requested alternative measures to preventive detention, arguing that they are in delicate health conditions. Three months ago, however…
(2023-06-09). Food, Energy Prices Drag Eurozone Economies Into Mild Recession. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), released data showing that the 20-nation eurozone was in mild recession at the start of this year. | RELATED: | Economic growth in the eurozone countries declined by 0.1 percent in each of the last two quarters, indicating a technical recession. Economic growth was hurt by high food and energy prices, disrupted trade networks, and instability — all l…
(2023-06-09). Seattle Homegrown workers picket amidst contract fight. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On Saturday, June 3 Homegrown workers and community supporters held a picket in front of the Queen Anne location of Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches, amidst their fight for a first contract with UNITE HERE Local 8. | The picket came days after Homegrown workers saw the company's first response to the economic demands during contract bargaining earlier that week on Tuesday, May 30. | "Homegrown, Homegrown you can't hide, we can see your greedy side!" called workers from the picket lines. Cafe workers gave their thoughts on the $1.75 proposed raise offered by the company. | "I think it's disrespectfu…
(2023-06-09). For Argentina's Small Farmers, the Land Is Predictable but the Markets Are Not. dissidentvoice.org 
Thirty years ago, in my economics textbook in India, the section on international trade referred to Argentina. It would be better, according to the textbook, for Argentina to concentrate on the production and export of beef, while Germany should direct its resources towards the production of electronics. This example was used to illustrate Adam Smith's …
(2023-06-09). For Argentina's Small Farmers, Land Is Predictable But Markets Are Not. popularresistance.org Thirty years ago, in my economics textbook in India, the section on international trade referred to Argentina. It would be better, according to the textbook, for Argentina to concentrate on the production and export of beef, while Germany should direct its resources towards the production of electronics. This example was used to illustrate Adam Smith's 'absolute advantage' principle — countries should focus on what they do 'best', rather than diversify their economies. It seemed churlish to me, that developing countries such as Argentina should only produce raw materials, while wealthy countries such as Ger…
(2023-06-09). The BRICS Reshape the Global Geopolitical Map. infobrics.org Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa have become the new geopolitical, economic and diplomatic platform for developing countries…
(2023-06-09). Russia considers that Latin America has growing interest in the EEU. plenglish.com Sochi, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are showing more and more interest in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the Prime Minister of Russia, Mikhail Mishustin said at a plenary session of the III Eurasian Congress.
(2023-06-09). Food, Energy Prices Drag Eurozone Economies Into Mild Recession. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), released data showing that the 20-nation eurozone was in mild recession at the start of this year. | RELATED: | Economic growth in the eurozone countries declined by 0.1 percent in each of the last two quarters, indicating a technical recession. Economic growth was hurt by high food and energy prices, disrupted trade networks, and instability — all l…
(2023-06-09). Seattle Homegrown workers picket amidst contract fight. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On Saturday, June 3 Homegrown workers and community supporters held a picket in front of the Queen Anne location of Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches, amidst their fight for a first contract with UNITE HERE Local 8. | The picket came days after Homegrown workers saw the company's first response to the economic demands during contract bargaining earlier that week on Tuesday, May 30. | "Homegrown, Homegrown you can't hide, we can see your greedy side!" called workers from the picket lines. Cafe workers gave their thoughts on the $1.75 proposed raise offered by the company. | "I think it's disrespectfu…
(2023-06-09). For Argentina's Small Farmers, the Land Is Predictable but the Markets Are Not. dissidentvoice.org Thirty years ago, in my economics textbook in India, the section on international trade referred to Argentina. It would be better, according to the textbook, for Argentina to concentrate on the production and export of beef, while Germany should direct its resources towards the production of electronics. This example was used to illustrate Adam Smith's …
(2023-06-09). For Argentina's Small Farmers, Land Is Predictable But Markets Are Not. popularresistance.org Thirty years ago, in my economics textbook in India, the section on international trade referred to Argentina. It would be better, according to the textbook, for Argentina to concentrate on the production and export of beef, while Germany should direct its resources towards the production of electronics. This example was used to illustrate Adam Smith's 'absolute advantage' principle — countries should focus on what they do 'best', rather than diversify their economies. It seemed churlish to me, that developing countries such as Argentina should only produce raw materials, while wealthy countries such as Ger…
(2023-06-09). The BRICS Reshape the Global Geopolitical Map. infobrics.org Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa have become the new geopolitical, economic and diplomatic platform for developing countries…
(2023-06-09). Russia considers that Latin America has growing interest in the EEU. plenglish.com Sochi, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are showing more and more interest in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the Prime Minister of Russia, Mikhail Mishustin said at a plenary session of the III Eurasian Congress.
(2023-06-09). Global organizations raise expectations on China's economic growth. ecns.cn The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development rose the economic growth expectation on China again in a report released on June 7 local time to 5.4 percent this year and 5.1 percent next year.
(2023-06-09). Cuba propone a Unión Euroasiática concretar encadenamientos productivos. telesurtv.net Marrero expresó la voluntad de impulsar los proyectos conjuntos en materia de salud, turismo e industria, entre otros.
(2023-06-08). The Heat: Consequences of U.S. Post-9/11 Wars. america.cgtn.com 
A new study says America's post 9/11 wars have led to millions of deaths, and continuing health, economic and environmental challenges. Following the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, the United States launched what it called the "Global War on Terrorism." In the …
(2023-06-08). In China, German Lawmaker Calls for End to Sanctions, an 'Instrument of War' (That Backfires for Europe). scheerpost.com 
"Sanctions are an instrument of modern warfare", says leftist member of the German Bundestag Sevim Dağdelen, warning in a speech in China that economic war is backfiring and hurting European workers, fueling unemployment and de-industrialization.
(2023-06-08). President of Iran to Visit Latin America on Sunday. orinocotribune.com Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi will tour the region to cement bilateral ties with Latin American countries. | In line with international interactions and in order to continue with the policy of strengthening relations with friendly countries and raising the level of economic, political, and scientific cooperation between them, the Iranian president will begin an international tour in Latin America on June 11. Accompanied by a high-level delegation, President Raisi will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba in the coming days. | During President Raisi's visit to the Latin American region, in order to improve…
(2023-06-08). Iowa Governor Signs Dangerous Rollback Of Child Labor Laws. popularresistance.org In a March 14 report, we documented how states across the country are attempting to weaken child labor protections, just as violations of these standards are on the rise. The trend reflects a coordinated multi-industry push to expand employer access to low-wage labor and weaken state child labor laws in ways that contradict federal protections. And the recent uptick in state legislative activity is linked to longer-term industry-backed goals to rewrite federal child labor laws and other worker protections for the whole country. | Last Friday, this concerted attack on child labor safeguards further expanded. Iowa…
(2023-06-08). William E. Spriggs: The Loss of a Giant. cepr.net CEPR was deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Bill Spriggs on June 6. His impact on the economics profession and economic policy will continue to be felt for many years to come. Bill dedicated his life to the passionate pursuit of racial and economic justice. Bill graduated from University of Wisconsin's economics program …
(2023-06-09). For Argentina's small farmers, the land is predictable but the markets are not: The Twenty-Third Newsletter (2023). mronline.org 
In 2021, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) noted that Argentina remains 'a major exporter of agricultural products', which, at that time, accounted for nearly two-thirds of the country's exports (as of April 2023, agricultural goods accounted for 56.4% of the country's exports).
(2023-06-09). Busting the 'paid what you're worth' myth. nationofchange.org It is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people while millions of Americans struggle to get by.
(2023-06-09). Far Right "Proud Boys" Group Has Continued to Grow Despite January 6 Charges. truthout.org The events of January 6, 2020, have been closely watched for their long-term impact on the far right. Members of two groups in particular, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, were hit with felonies for their participation in the breach of the U.S. Capitol. Now, two years later, the Oath Keepers have largely collapsed, while the Proud Boys have grown. These are the findings of the Southern Poverty Law… |
(2023-06-09). Connecticut caregivers strike attracts national support to end poverty wages. peoplesworld.org 
HARTFORD, CT — Striking group home and day program caregivers marked week two of their strike against poverty with a rally at Emanuel Lutheran Church, followed by a march to the State Capitol, as Nobel prize winning economist Paul Stiglitz issued a statement of support indicating that the strike is gaining national attention. The members …
(2023-06-10). Perspectives] Upending the model of AI adoption. thelancet.com In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of deep learning artificial intelligence (AI), predicted radiologists' extinction within 5 years. 7 years later, radiologists have yet to be replaced, and radiology AI—use of AI for image interpretation—is not widely implemented in many high-income countries. Yet adoption has been rapid for certain use cases in some low-income and middle-income settings.
(2023-06-09). Mexican President Praises Strength of Peso Against Dollar. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) hailed the current strength of the Mexican peso against the dollar and declining inflation, saying it was partly due to policies to contain prices. | RELATED: | "We will continue to be careful that inflation does not increase. When there is inflation, income is greatly affected. Salaries can be increased, but if there is a rise in inflation, you lose…
(2023-06-09). The Other Americans: Investment Alone Isn't Enough to Tackle the Causes of Migration. progressive.org It has been nearly two years since Vice President Kamala Harris announced that she would be leading efforts to address the root causes of migration. But, income from family members abroad far outweighs Biden Administration investments.
(2023-06-09). Labour's new bankroller is Israel lobbyist, South African apartheid profiteer. electronicintifada.net Gary Lubner says he'll donate $6 million to party.
(2023-06-09). The Surprising Pervasiveness of Pro-War Propaganda. fpif.org Editor's note: The war in Ukraine has divided progressives like few other foreign policy issues in recent years. As a platform for progressive internationalism, FPIF has featured a range of viewpoints on the subject. In that spirit, we present this response from CODEPINK — a group that includes longtime collaborators with FPIF and our parent institution, the Institute for Policy Studies — to a recent critique by FPIF director John Feffer entitled " In the Foreign P…
(2023-06-09). As New York Skies Darken, Delivery Workers Help Each Other. popularresistance.org Wildfire smoke muddled the New York City skyline on Tuesday. Many people experienced the eerie threat mainly by scrolling through social media. But others experienced it in their bodies. | "My eyes were burning," said UPS package driver Matt Leichenger, who was making deliveries in Brooklyn. "My throat was scratchy. By lunchtime, I was feeling dizzy and nauseous." | Eventually, he got himself a surgical mask, he said, pausing momentarily to cough while we spoke on the phone. "It got a little bit better, but I was still blowing snot." | News stories showed a veil of smoke stretching from Wisconsin to Alabama[mdash…
(2023-06-09). West Coast Container Ports Hit As Labor Talks Take Ominous Turn. popularresistance.org Will West Coast port labor negotiations devolve into a major, extended disruption to U.S. supply chains, akin to the labor fallout in 2014-2015? If there was a way to place a "prop" bet on this, how have the odds changed since the last port labor contract expired on July 1, 2022? | The longer the talks drag on, the higher the chance of a worst-case scenario. Talks on the new contract began in May 2022. The one-year anniversary has now come and gone. | There have been glimmers of hope along the way, at times nudging the betting line toward a less dramatic climax. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (IL…
(2023-06-09). New York Legislature Extends Session, Vote on Debt Relief Bill Pending. indybay.org Religion, Development and Labor Coalition Pushes Passage of New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Protection Act…
(2023-06-09). Taiwan authorities obstruct peaceful mainland student visit. ecns.cn Taiwan's pro-reunification Labor Party has strongly condemned Taiwan authorities for obstructing an island-based foundation from inviting Chinese mainland university students for an exchange program in Taiwan.
(2023-06-09). 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.
(2023-06-09). AI Ground Zero In SF As Tech, Auto Bosses & Politicians Destroy Taxi/Uber Worker Jobs. indybay.org Governor Newsom and Mayor London Breed and her MTA and police are allowing remote taxis unregulated entry into San Franciscoo streets destroying the jobs for all taxi workers and UBER/LYFT drivers. The AI technology is still in development and these remote vehicles violate the California Vehicular code but Newsom and London Breed and her police refuse to enforce the law against these tech and auto companies that control these remote vehicles.
(2023-06-09). Aumentan a 29 las muertes por cólera en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Gobierno sudafricano ha elaborado un plan para modernizar y ampliar las instalaciones hidráulicas de la zona afectada.
(2023-06-09). Australia Post and Labor plan to end daily letter delivery as part of major restructure. wsws.org Australia Post plans to reduce letter delivery to once or twice a week, as part of a longstanding plan to slash costs and transform the mail carrier into a lucrative parcel delivery business.
(2023-06-08). The unions and workers supporting Cop City protestors. therealnews.com 
Vincent Quiles, a 28-year-old father and union organizer in Philadelphia, is part of a fledgling labor effort to support the months-long protests against construction of the notorious Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, popularly known as "Cop City." | For Quiles, this also means speaking out against his former employer: Home Depot. | When he was fired from a Home Depot store in northeastern Philadelphia in February, Quiles was already struggling to support his toddler son on his salary, which he says never felt like enough, given the meager benefits. He says he was forced to lean on his "very strong suppor…
(2023-06-08). Top 5 completely absurd lies about Russia since SMO started. infobrics.org Choosing the top 5 of the most ludicrous claims, among stories such as the "Ghost of Kiev" and "the last stand of the Snake Island defenders", or pickle jar air defenses and the "Goat of Kiev", has been quite a laborious task.
(2023-06-08). Fights for Climate, Labor and Indigenous Rights Converge at Auto Supply Chains. truthout.org A global boom in the production of electric vehicles (EVs) propelled by battery power instead of internal combustion engines is imminent. Worldwide, around 14 percent of all new cars sold in 2022 were electric, up from less than 5 percent in 2020. In the U.S., electric car sales increased from 0.2 percent in 2011 to 4.6 percent in 2021, and then jumped to 8 percent in 2022. |
(2023-06-08). Teamsters Kick Off Strike Authorization Vote for Nearly 350,000 UPS Workers. truthout.org With the largest private sector labor contract in the United States set to expire on July 31 at midnight, the eyes of the American labor movement are on United Parcel Service (UPS) and the nearly 350,000 Teamsters who work there. The Teamsters announced a UPS strike authorization vote starting this week, with results to be announced June 16. Union leaders are strongly urging a yes vote. |
(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). Gathering for Indigenous Water Justice & Global Collaboration to be held on August 15-17. lastrealindians.com
(2023-06-08). Preview: What to Look for in the May CPI. cepr.net Preview: What to Look for in the May CPI (The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, June 12 at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) Inflation has been trending downward for the last year. If this trend continues, the Fed can declare victory and focus on …
(2023-06-08). WHO, Global Fund announce commitment for increased cooperation. plenglish.com Geneva, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) on Thursday signed a new and revised Strategic Framework for Collaboration to build stronger and more resilient health systems and maximize collaboration and impact in support of country, regional and global responses to major communicable diseases.
(2023-06-08). UPS Teamsters Start Strike Authorization Vote. popularresistance.org With the largest private sector labor contract in the United States set to expire on July 31 at midnight, the eyes of the American labor movement are on United Parcel Service (UPS) and the nearly 350,000 Teamsters who work there. | The Teamsters announced a UPS strike authorization vote starting this week, with results to be announced June 16. Union leaders are strongly urging a yes vote. "This is how we win," said Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien. | Our contract fight matters for the entire working class. We want workers everywhere—and especially at Amazon and FedEx—to see that organizing a u…
(2023-06-08). Can We Move Beyond Philanthrocapitalism? popularresistance.org While the many philanthropies of the world address social injustice, gender discrimination, and countless other issues, there is one topic that is off-limits to most of them: changing the capitalist system itself, the source of many problems that philanthropy aspires to solve. | This conundrum is the focus of a new book, Post Capitalist Philanthropy, by Alnoor Ladha and Lynn Murphy, which is a bold inquiry into what they call "philanthrocapitalism." As Ladha puts it, "A few people have amassed so much wealth that they're now determining the agenda for a civil society. Ostensibly, we're told that this is for socia…
(2023-06-08). Rising housing prices add to homeless crisis in Miami. america.cgtn.com 
Miami continues to see a rise in homelessness, many of them newcomers chasing an American Dream. Find out why.
(2023-06-09). Progressives in Belgium protest lenient verdict to fraternity members accused of ragging student to death. peoplesdispatch.org Sanda Dia, a Belgo-Mauritanian student, died during a violent hazing (ragging) incident in 2018 which involved forced alcohol consumption, torture, and harassment. Those convicted of the murder have been asked to do community service and pay fines…
(2023-06-09). Chinese ministry vows targeted policy support in nationwide campaign to boost auto sales. ecns.cn The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on Thursday that it will organize promotional activities across the country to boost auto sales in the second half of the year, vowing, among others, targeted policy measures to support auto consumption.
(2023-06-09). Diamonds for the Antichrist. dissidentvoice.org 
This is the exposé I wrote for The Guardian that killed off "Reverend" Pat Robertson's billion-dollar financial scams parading under the banner of The Christian Coalition. Note: The juiciest parts I got from Robertson himself, recorded on a miniature reel-to-reel tape recorder hidden inside a fake cigarette lighter. No-one asked why I had a cigarette lighter—but no …
(2023-06-09). Disturbing Details Of New Pentagon 'Perception Management Office'. popularresistance.org Ken Klippenstein, an investigative journalist at The Intercept, has exposed how the Pentagon very quietly launched a new internal division, dubbed the "Influence and Perception Management Office" (IPMO), in March. | Its existence is not strictly secret, although there has been no official announcement of its launch, let alone an explanation from Department of Defense (DoD) officials as to its raison d'être or modus operandi. Its budget likewise remains a mystery but purportedly runs into the "multimillions." | Pentagon financial documents from 2022 offer a laconic and largely impenetrable description of IPMO.
(2023-06-09). 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.
(2023-06-09). Headlines for June 9, 2023. democracynow.org Donald Trump Indicted on Federal Criminal Charges over Mishandling of Classified Documents, Smoke from Canadian Wildfires Spreads South and West Across United States, Supreme Court Orders Alabama to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Maps, SCOTUS Upholds Ability of Medicaid Recipients to Sue States That Violate Their Rights, SCOTUS Justices Thomas and Alito Get Extensions on Financial Disclosure Filings, U.S. Halts Food Aid to Ethiopia, Accuses Military of Diverting Deliveries Away from Civilians, Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Journalist During Demolition of Home in Ramallah, Aid Groups Say New EU Mea…
(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 …
(2023-06-08). US, Taiwan, Japan to Share Real-Time Drone Surveillance Data. news.antiwar.com The US, Japan, and Taiwan are preparing to share real-time data from naval surveillance drones in a move sure to anger China, Financial Times reported on Thursday. General Atomics is due to deliver four MQ-9B Guardian drones to Taiwan in early 2025, the maritime version of the MQ-9 Reaper drone, which the US has used …
(2023-06-08). End of Student Loan Freeze Will Be a "Massive Disaster," Warns Consumer Advocate. truthout.org The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned Wednesday that millions of federal student loan borrowers in the U.S. could struggle to make payments once forbearance ends in late August — a timeline codified by the debt ceiling measure that President Joe Biden signed into law over the weekend. The consumer agency, also known as the CFPB, has been tracking the finances of student loan borrowers… |
(2023-06-08). US faith groups pledge to take action against Israeli apartheid. electronicintifada.net Apartheid-Free Communities initiative born in direct response to Palestinian civil society request.
(2023-06-09). For GOP, Debt Ceiling Deal Was Never About Debt — It Was About Conserving Power. truthout.org Many mainstream accounts of the recent debt ceiling deal make it sound like the negotiations represented a give and take between spending and saving — with President Biden and Democrats aligned with spending, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Republicans aligned with saving. The real interests of the Republican Party in these negotiations, however were not actually about spending… |
(2023-06-09). Profit from misery: How landlords use a 'fire loophole' against tenants. liberationnews.org 
Landlord mismanagement and its devastating consequences…
(2023-06-10). Editorial] Protecting the health of sex workers in the EU. thelancet.com The decriminalisation of sex work has long been a contentious issue, nowhere more so than in the EU, where member states are ideologically divided on sex work policies. The EU is currently debating a proposal on sex work that will be voted on at the end of June, before a Parliamentary-level vote expected by September. The draft document encourages member states to adopt a form of regulation in which clients but not sex workers are criminalised, with the promise of lessening the demand for sex work and reducing harms to women—an approach aligned with the so-called Nordic Model.
(2023-06-09). Marxist IQ: Imperialism past and present. cpusa.org 
As the Biden administration continues the blockade against Cuba, a Cold War revival against China, and a nearly $900 billion military budget, understanding V.I. Lenin's theory of imperialism, enunciated in Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism has rarely been more important. The following questions derive from that work. 1. Modern imperialism is the foreign …
(2023-06-08). Podcast: Resisting Modi's India. greenleft.org.au Green Left speaks to Clifton D'Rozario, a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation about the rise of the Narendra Modi government in India.
(2023-06-08). Venezuela: Oil Sector Workers Protest for Health Insurance, Higher Wages. venezuelanalysis.com A trade union representative told Venezuelanalysis that the industry workers and retirees find themselves in a "very precarious reality."
(2023-06-09). 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…
(2023-06-08). Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: Art Exhibit Calls Viewers to Confront Fascism. truthout.org Neoliberal capitalism comes under scathing and thought-provoking artistic critique by renowned Spanish artist Isaac Cordal in his politically engaged new exhibition, "Smoke Signals," which includes miniature sculptures, photography and diverse installations. Cordal uses his miniature statuettes to refigure space, fragment time, point to larger social issues and stand as imperfect constructions of… |
(2023-06-08). Homelessness surges in New York City. america.cgtn.com 
Homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In December 2022, there were close to 70,000 homeless people. Among them, about 20,000 children.
(2023-06-09). China to hold world's first supply chain-themed national expo. ecns.cn China will hold the first China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing from November 28 to December 2 with the aim of providing an international platform for advancing orderly and efficient industrial synergy across countries.
(2023-06-08). Why Nigeria Must Join BRICS. infobrics.org About five years ago, the Federal Government of Nigeria and China entered into a currency exchange agreement. The transaction, which was valued at Renminbi (RMB) 16 billion or N720 billion was aimed at providing adequate local currency liquidity to Nigerian and Chinese industrialists and other businesses, thereby, reducing difficulties encountered in the search for the United States Dollar…
(2023-06-08). DeSmog Launches Industrial Aquaculture Project. popularresistance.org At first glance, fish might seem like a climate-friendly alternative to meat for a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle. At least the seafood farming (or 'aquaculture') industry would have you see it that way. | Right now the market for farmed fish like salmon is booming. In fact it's the fastest-growing food sector in the world. This is thanks in no small part to excellent marketing that brands this fish as the 'chicken of the sea': low-carbon, easy to cook and sustainable. | But there's a hitch with this 'sustainable protein' spin. Like other intensive farming sectors, aquaculture has bee…
(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…
(2023-06-09). FBI Attacks The Black Liberation Movement…Again. popularresistance.org On July 29, 2022 the U.S. government initiated a watershed assault on the African Revolution headquartered in the U.S. with an attack on the home of the Chairman of the Black is Back Coalition, Omali Yeshitela, who is also the Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party and leader of the international Uhuru Movement. | This attack went beyond the harassment the anti-imperialist and black liberation movement have come to expect from the U.S. government when its class peace and domestic colonial domination are challenged. The July 29 attack on the African People's Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement are akin to…
(2023-06-09). UPS workers: Form rank-and-file committees independent of the Teamster bureaucracy to defeat the upcoming sellout, fight for a national strike! wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site urges workers to vote to authorize a strike by the widest possible margin. But in and of it itself, this resolves nothing. Workers must begin organizing themselves now to take the conduct of the fight out of the hands of the apparatus.
(2023-06-09). DOJ vs. African People's Socialist Party: Omali Yeshitela Blasts Charges of Being Russian Agent. democracynow.org 
We look at a federal indictment of four U.S. citizens for alleged election interference that has received little press attention despite its major implications for free speech and activism in the country. In April, the Biden administration charged four members of a pan-Africanist group with conspiring with the Russian government to sow discord in U.S. elections. Omali Yeshitela, chair of the African People's Socialist Party, faces charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, along with Penny Hess, Jesse Nevel and Augustus Romain Jr. Three Russians were also named in an indictment unsealed by the Just…
(2023-06-08). International Left Condemns 'Soft Coup' in Colombia. orinocotribune.com 
Nobel peace prize awardee Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzón, British socialist MP Jeremy Corbyn, former French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and three former presidents expressed their support for Gustavo Petro. | Left-wing intellectuals, politicians, and union leaders from 35 countries condemned the soft coup unrolling against Colombian President Gustavo Petro. | This Wednesday, June 7, signatories revealed a letter that had been signed by more than 370 personalities from countries across the world—from Canada to Argentina and from Belgium to Senegal. | According to the sig…
(2023-06-08). Winning Public Renewables. socialistproject.ca 
TUED interviewed two Coalition organizers, Michaelangelo Pomarico and Patrick Robbins. View the 40-minute interview Lala Peñaranda (LP): Thank you, Michaelangelo and Patrick, for joining Trade Unions for Energy Democracy in this up close and personal interview on your incredible victory of the BPRA, the Build Public Renewables Act, in New York State. Let's start with an introduction. How did you get involved in this work? | Michaelangelo Pomarico (MP): I'm the Engagement Coordinator for the mid-Hudson…
(2023-06-09). Who blew up the Kakhovka dam? thecommunists.org The collapse of Kakhovka dam (on the Dnieper river in the Kherson region that was recently reincorporated into Russia) and consequent release of a flood tide of water, swamping the area and causing great loss of life and widespread infrastructural damage, is the latest incident to be blamed on Russia by Washington and Kiev, as …
(2023-06-09). Party delegation from Havana pays tribute to Marti in Hanoi. plenglish.com Hanoi, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) in Havana, and his accompanying delegation paid tribute to Cuban National Hero José Martí in this capital on Friday.
(2023-06-08). Georges Abdallah files new appeal for release as campaign for his freedom escalates. samidoun.net 
Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist and struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France since 1984, has filed a new request for his release before the sentencing judge in Paris. Eligible for release since 1999, he has already made eight requests for parole, some of which have been accepted judicially before being blocked by politcal decisions …
(2023-06-08). Joti Brar: We are heartened and inspired by French workers' fighting spirit. thecommunists.org The following interview was given by our vice-chair Joti Brar to communists in France (PRCF). You can read the French version on the Communist Initiative website. It has also been translated into Spanish and reproduced on the New Revolution website. ***** What is the situation in Britain from the perspective of the social movement? What …