(2023-06-24). Alex Saab, Three Years As A Kidnapped Diplomat. popularresistance.org June 12, 2023 was the third anniversary of the illegal kidnapping and imprisonment by the US of Alex Saab. | Because the brutality and cruelty of the US blockade was wreaking havoc on the economy and millions of the most vulnerable in Venezuela were being deliberately denied their human rights to the most basic necessities of daily life, President Nicolas Maduro tasked Saab with traveling around the world procuring food, medicines and fuel for his country. | Breaking every treaty, protocol, law and norm of international diplomacy, the US plotted to have Saab arrested while in transit to Iran to fulfill his diplom…
(2023-06-23). US woos India's far-right PM Modi to help wage new cold war on China. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
The US government is trying to divide the BRICS bloc and recruit India for its new cold war on China. Biden doesn't care that far-right Prime Minister Modi is closely linked to fascistic Hindu-supremacist groups that violently oppress minorities.
(2023-06-23). Are we living through a De-dollarization? peoplesdispatch.org Until recently, the global economy accepted the US dollar as the world's reserve currency and the currency of international transactions. But as the world becomes increasingly multipolar, how stable is the dollar's hegemony?
(2023-06-23). Are We Living Through a De-Dollarization? By: Justin Podur. midwesternmarx.com 
De-dollarization is apparently here, "like it or not," as a May 2023 video by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a peace-oriented think tank based in Washington, D.C., states. Quincy is not alone in discussing de-dollarization: political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson outlined its mechanics across four shows between February and April 2023 in their fortnightly YouTube program, "Geopolitical Economy Hour." Economist Richard Wolff prov …
(2023-06-23). The World Economy Is Changing—the People Know, but Their Leaders Don't By: Richard D. Wolff. midwesternmarx.com 
The year 2020 marked parity between the total GDP of the G7 (the U.S. plus allies) and the total GDP of the BRICS group (China plus allies). Since then, the BRICS economies grew faster than the G7 economies. Now a third of total world output comes from the BRICS countries while the G7 accounts for below 30 percent. Beyond the obvious symbolism, this difference entails real political, cultural, and economic consequences. Bringing Ukraine's Zelenskyy to Hiroshima to address the G7 rec …
(2023-06-23). President Joe Biden to deliver speech on domestic economy in Chicago. plenglish.com Washington, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden will travel to Chicago coming Wednesday to deliver a speech on the country's economy, the White House announced Friday.
(2023-06-23). China raises concerns regarding the impact of Ukraine. youtube.com 
"We call on all parties to reduce the negative impact of the crisis, keep global industrial and supply chains stable, and urge relevant countries to immediately lift unilateral sanctions." China raises concerns regarding the impact of Ukraine on the world economy at the United Nations. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…
(2023-06-23). Argentina Elections: Sergio Massa Ruling Party's Sole Candidate. telesurenglish.net Economy Minister Sergio Massa will be the sole candidate for president for the ruling party in Argentina's elections to be held in October. | RELATED: | "Our candidate for president will be Sergio Massa and he will be accompanied by Agustín Rossi as vice-presidential candidate. We recognize comrades Wado de Pedro and Daniel Scioli, who bet on the unity of Peronism, putting the collective before the individual," said the ruling coalition…
(2023-06-24). British Prime Minister Renews Pledge of Loyalty to U.S. Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Jun 16, 2023 | LONDON—Last Wednesday marked the second annual U.K.-U.S. Friendship Day. Although this momentous occasion was met with near-universal indifference on both sides of the Atlantic, Rishi Sunak took the opportunity to celebrate by making his first official visit to the U.S. as Prime Minister. | The discussions didn't reap the variety of fruit Sunak had been hoping for; the Tories' long-promised free trade deal remains in deep freeze. Indeed, very little of substance was announced beyond the "Atlantic Declaration for a Twenty-First Century U.S.-U.K. Economic Partnership."
(2023-06-24). Colombia declarará en emergencia socio-económica a La Guajira. telesurtv.net El presidente Gustavo Petro anunció que visitará la región del Caribe colombiano para atender las principales necesidades de los pobladores de la zona.
(2023-06-23). BRICS: Impediments and Potential Areas of Cooperation. infobrics.org There are potential areas of cooperation that the BRICS countries can explore to promote economic growth and development. By working together to reduce trade barriers, invest in infrastructure, and promote innovation, the member-countries can build a stronger, more integrated economic bloc that can compete with the developed countries of the world…
(2023-06-23). EDITORIAL PRESS RELEASE "NEW EASTERN OUTLOOK" journal-neo.org 
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(2023-06-23). Two Shipwrecks Reveal the State of the World. fpif.org The sinking of two vessels—the Andrianna, filled with hundreds of desperate migrants, and the Titan, with a handful of multi-millionaires—provides a vivid picture of the world today. All drowning deaths in the ocean are tragic, and one has to sympathize with the families who have lost loved ones. Yet these events also dramatically demonstrate global economic inequality and injustice. | Those who died on the Titan have names. Stockton Rush, chief executive and founder of OceanGate, was the pilot of the Titan. Hamis Harding was a British businessman, chairman of Action Aviation based in Dubai, and an ex…
(2023-06-23). Iran Joins Forces With Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua To Blow Back US Sanctions. orinocotribune.com 
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell — Jun 19, 2023 | The president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded this Friday in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions and imperialist policy suffered by the four countries, and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples. The tour succeeded in uniting forces between these countries, which are under heavy unilateral sanctions at a time of economic hardship. | Raisi was received with honors in Caracas by President Nicolás Maduro. This was the starting point of the leader…
(2023-06-23). Russia Eyes Presence in India's Financial Markets. infobrics.org The Russian Federation sees the present conditions as an opportunity for Moscow and New Delhi to have "extended presence" in each other's financial markets, Russian ambassador to India Denis Alipov said in an interview…
(2023-06-24). Expansion of Human Rights vs Rights of Humanity. podcasters.spotify.com More on the discussion of importance of focusing on the needs of human beings not vague ideals of "Human Rights" in a world full of oppression, violence and poverty…
(2023-06-24). Insights | China's poverty reduction experience instructive for Latin America: Honduran official. ecns.cn One of the main things that Latin America could learn from China is the strategy used for poverty elimination, said Marcela Arias, minister at the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN and Other International Organizations based in Geneva, on Thursday in an interview with China News Network.
(2023-06-24). Paris summit stressed urgency of reforming financing architeture. plenglish.com Paris, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) A well-known and denounced reality reverberated here at the summit for a New Global Financing Pact: the urgency of reforming the world financing architecture in the face of challenges such as poverty and climate change.
(2023-06-23). Two Hundred Thousand Poverty Linked Deaths in a Year in the USA Call for Urgent Remedial Actions. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-24). Labor breaks election promise with new income management card. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-24). World Report] Global inequities in access to medical morphine continue. thelancet.com A new WHO report has shown how most of the world's morphine goes to high-income countries, compromising the provision of pain relief. Talha Burki reports.
(2023-06-24). New Zealand sinks into recession. wsws.org With international financial institutions paying close attention, the country's Labour-led government is carrying out a far-reaching assault on jobs and living standards.
(2023-06-24). Environment coalition protests NT Labor's plans for more gas. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-24). 'We Must Strike': A Message From A Rank-And-File UPS Worker Activist. popularresistance.org It has become almost cliche to say that nobody wants a strike, as if it were somehow uncouth to stand up for one's humanity without a qualifier. But wanting a strike is truly not the question. The question, rather, is do we NEED a strike? And the answer is an unequivocal YES! | We NEED a strike to unite our members at UPS, and our Teamsters Union as a whole. We NEED a strike to create a generation of militant Unionists, whose education will be the picket line, and whose graduation will be the launch of a new Labor movement. We NEED a strike to create the bonds that hold Labor together, that unite workers; those t…
(2023-06-24). Ian Masters CIA Operative Protested At KPFA In Berkeley. indybay.org
(2023-06-24). Friday 6/23: Hands Off Korean Independent Journalist Jan Jin-young-Drop The Charges NOW! indybay.org San Francisco Korean Consulate | 3500 Clay St. | San Francisco…
(2023-06-24). Chinese-American Worker And Activist Arrested For Advocating For Peace. popularresistance.org Labor leaders and organizers are banding together to demand justice for Chinese-American unionized worker and activist Li Tang "Henry" Liang. Liang was indicted and then arrested in early May in Boston in retaliation for exercising his free speech rights. "The federal government has targeted Liang for advocating peaceful relations between the US and China," say labor activists in the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance of the AFL-CIO, the largest trade union in the US. | As a hotel worker, Liang was an active member in his union, UNITE HERE Local 26. He is also an activist in the Chinese-American community, ral…
(2023-06-24). Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota announce new pathway program for training nurse-midwives. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing are collaborating to create a new academic pathway for nurse-midwives that will expand the nurse-midwifery workforce in the Upper Midwest. The collaboration creates a pathway for students admitted to the University of Minnesota School of Nursing's Doctor of Nursing Practice program to complete the approximately 1,000 hours of required clinical training at Mayo Clinic hospitals in Minnesota and…
(2023-06-24). Bill protecting workers against union-busting advances in US Congress. peoplesdispatch.org The legislation, celebrated by labor leaders, organizers, and workers, would protect the right to organize a union. Practices such as captive audience meetings that are meant to dissuade workers from forming unions will be banned under this proposed law…
(2023-06-23). MORE THAN REFORM: BUILDING THE LABOR REVIVAL By: Bradley Crowder. midwesternmarx.com 
I will never forget the thick summer heat that filled the sanctuary of my rural Southern Baptist church when revival week came around. Once a year, we would host a traveling firebrand of a preacher to come and reignite the spark of our faith. The press of the bodies together in long wooden pews was in stark contrast to the normally cool, even austere atmosphere that usually occupied the space between the four walls we all held as holy. The world, even then, could often feel hopeless and c …
(2023-06-23). The Visit That Could Reignite Talks Between Washington and Caracas. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 22, 2023 | This week, various Venezuelan news outlets have The plane was reportedly carrying Roger Carstens, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US State Department and current…
(2023-06-23). Joe Biden to sign executive order to expand birth control access. plenglish.com The order is part of the administration's efforts to promote reproductive health care and comes one day ahead of the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. | It will also be the administration's only policy response to mark the anniversary, according to The Hill. | The order directs the secretaries of the Treasury and Labor Departments, as well as Health and Human Services (HHS), to consider new steps related to birth control, such as ensuring private health insurance covers all contraceptives either approved, cleared or granted by the Food and Drug Administration. | In all 50…
(2023-06-23). "The Palestine Laboratory": Antony Loewenstein on How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation. democracynow.org 
We speak with journalist and author Antony Loewenstein about his new book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World. Loewenstein explains that Israel's military-industrial complex has used the Occupied Palestinian Territories for decades as a testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology that it then exports around the world for profit. "You find in over 130 countries across the globe in the last decades, Israel has sold … a range of tools of occupation and repression that have initially been tested in Palestine on Palestinians," Loew…
(2023-06-23). Sindicatos se movilizan por mejoras laborales en Uruguay. telesurtv.net Por la implementación de iniciativas de mayor seguridad, los constructores uruguayos se concentraron ante las oficinas del Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (MTSS).
(2023-06-24). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-23). Chicago Billionaire Believes He Can Reduce Murder Rate With Jobs. moguldom.com Billionaire Chicago real estate investor James Crown promises to reduce the murder rate in Chicago and make it "the safest city in America" by creating jobs in poor neighborhoods, funding violence intervention programs and strengthening law enforcement agencies. One of the wealthiest businessmen in Chicago, Crown heads up the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club …
(2023-06-23). Well, Now It Could Be Stated Openly… smoothiex12.blogspot.com that Prigozhin is not only a criminal, but, highly likely, the asset of Ukie-NATO axis. A lot of things point out to that, including "rumors" (in reality, reliable information) of Prigozhin and some Wagner people providing information on positions of Russian Army to VSU. Per Wagner: I am on record–they are good storm group but as a serious force they are nothing without Russian Armed Forces. The media BS about them, as well as grossly exaggerated stories about Bakhmut have been designed primarily for the consumption of fanboys who masturbate on tactical minutiae. Me and my friends discussed it for months in…
(2023-06-24). Car Plants Are Making Medical Equipment – And Things Should Stay That Way. indybay.org The time has come for progressive nationalization and socialization. This includes the financial sector, because only if we gain control over the financing of socially necessary areas of production will it be possible to ensure that we as a society can plan our future and the future of our finite planet democratically and thus avert the impending climate catastrophe.
(2023-06-23). France in Africa: Troops withdrawn, financial controls remain. workers.org 
Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop called June 16 for the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which numbers just over 15,000 personnel. "Unfortunately, MINUSMA seems to have become part of the problem by fueling intercommunal tensions," Diop told the 15-member U.N. Security Council. "This situation is . . . |
(2023-06-23). Myth-busting NATO's military superiority By: Shabbir Rizvi. midwesternmarx.com 
The long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive has arrived. The Zelensky administration has spent months securing financial and military support for what could be Ukraine's last chance to take back lost territory. In this war drive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have obtained German Leopard tanks, American Bradleys, Polish Krabs, and various armored personnel carriers and artillery systems. NATO's finest conventional weapons of war are now being employed daily by Ukrainian troops.H …
(2023-06-23). Cuban President describes European tour as gainful. plenglish.com Meetings with local authorities, presidents, leaders of multilateral organizations, businessmen, representatives of solidarity and Cuban residents marked a tour whose objectives the Cuban leader considered fulfilled for his country. | Díaz-Canel closed his tour with a meeting at the Cuban embassy in Paris, where he shared with diplomats the results of each stage of his tour. | Regarding his attendance to the France-organized summit, Díaz-Canel noted that he spoke on behalf of the G-77 + China, of which Cuba holds the pro tempore presidency, in order to call for a new global financial order to overcome current unj…
(2023-06-23). WB and IMF No Longer Respond to the World's Interests: Lula. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva advocated for strong global governance and stated that the Bretton Woods institutions "no longer function." | RELATED: | "The Bretton Woods institutions no longer function and no longer meet the aspirations and interests of society. We have to be very clear about this," he said during the closing of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, driven by French President Emmanuel Macro…
(2023-06-24). Take Action: Send a letter, tell the Canada Pension Plan to divest $10 billion investments in Israeli war crimes! samidoun.net 
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Balancing potential benefits and ethical considerations of gene editing. thelancet.com Although the potential benefits of gene editing are enormous,1 considering that it also presents serious ethical, scientific, and social challenges that must be addressed is important.2 A recent Editorial3 highlights heritable genome editing risks and urges regulatory clarity to prevent unintended generational changes.4 Reproductive embryo DNA alteration is banned in many countries, but ambiguous regulations pose accountability challenges.3…
(2023-06-23). Marx, the Anthropocene, and the Metabolic Rift. mronline.org 
A Polen Ekoloji seminar featuring John Bellamy Foster on the theoretical and historical background of Marx, the Anthropocene, and the metabolic rift.
(2023-06-23). Why Are Archaeologists Unable to Find Evidence for a Ruling Class of the Indus Civilization? By: Adam S. Green. midwesternmarx.com 
Little more than a century ago, British and Indian archaeologists began excavating the remains of what they soon realized was a previously unknown civilization in the Indus Valley. Straddling parts of Pakistan and India and reaching into Afghanistan, the culture these explorers unearthed had existed at the same time as those of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and covered a much larger area. It was also astonishingly advanced: sophisticated and complex, boasting large, carefully laid …
(2023-06-23). The idea of degrowth communism was Marx's last breakthrough—and perhaps most important. mronline.org 
Even if Japanese Marxist Kohei Saito had not written
(2023-06-24). Thursday 6/22: Pride, Prejudice & Corporate P.R: Corporate Capitalism and Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Treatments for major depression. thelancet.com Here we raise several concerns regarding the Review by Steven Marwaha and colleagues.1 First, the concept of treatment-resistant depression does not have reliable criteria for research and is conceptually empty. The key question remains whether the disorder is resistant to treatment, or whether treatments are less effective. For example, an individual participant level of analysis of clinical trial data revealed small average differences between antidepressants and placebo.2…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Latent bipolar disorder. thelancet.com Anita Thapar and colleagues' Seminar1 raised a word of caution about suicidality and latent bipolar disorder.1,2 Of note, we recently showed that 4 years before the onset of the illness, various features can be predictive of manifest bipolar disorder, and suicidality is the main one (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0 ∑82, 95% CI 0 ∑75—0 ∑88).3 It is known that major depression is usually the first manifestation of bipolar disorder (appendix). When bipolar disorder is the underlying disorder, antidepressants might trigger full-fledged bipolar disorder and worsen the course…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Treatments for major depression — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Alain Braillon and colleagues outline several judgements about novel treatments for depression and argue that treatment-resistant depression does not have reliable research criteria. Although we are aware of the debate concerning multiple treatment-resistant depression1 definitions, their specificity, and precision, we used the widely accepted definition of not responding to at least two treatments that is consistent with approximately 50% of definitions that are used in the literature.2 We believe this was a pragmatic and reasonable choice, as the alternative is to not investigate therapy for people who have not…
(2023-06-24). U.S. Military Shackled to China because of Rare Earth Minerals And Prigozhin Has a Psychotic Break. sonar21.com 
I want to touch on three issues. First, the dependence of the U.S. military industrial complex on rare earth minerals supplied by China and what that portends for war in…
(2023-06-24). The Fourth Industrial Revolution: "AI Will Enable Some People to Control the World" globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-23). Gobierno boliviano anuncia convenios para aumentar producción de litio. telesurtv.net El Modelo Soberano de Industrialización de Litio en el país, fue aceptado por CATL, el gigante asiático de baterías.
(2023-06-23). Presidente de Brasil: países industrializados deben pagar la deuda que tienen con el planeta. telesurtv.net El mandatario indicó que quienes han contaminado el planeta desde el inicio de la revolución industrial, tienen una deuda histórica.
(2023-06-24). China extends NEV purchase tax breaks. ecns.cn China will extend purchase tax breaks on new energy vehicles to the end of 2027, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance.
(2023-06-24). Uruguayan exporters concerned about competitiveness and drop in sales. plenglish.com "Exports in May fell for the ninth consecutive month and this time the drop was 31.2 percent," Teresa Aishemberg, executive secretary of the Uruguayan Exporters Union, told local media. | This drop is mainly explained by lower sales to China, which completed a year of declines in the purchase of meat, seeds, timber and fish, Aishemberg noted. | She described as a constraint the Government's exchange rate policy with respect to the dollar, which continues to fall here while in other countries the US currency recorded increases in May and in the accumulated balance. | "The exchange difference that was generated la…
(2023-06-24). How the USA practices so-called 'coercive diplomacy'. thecommunists.org We sum up below the evidence presented in a report by our comrades in the Communist Party of China, to which a few of comments of our own have been added. ***** Diplomacy is the art, science and means by which nations, groups or individuals conduct their affairs, in ways to safeguard their interests and …
(2023-06-24). CPC official says China, UK have common responsibility. ecns.cn Despite having different views on a number of issues, China and the United Kingdom share a common responsibility to shun group politics and bloc confrontations, and China welcomes genuine discussion based on equality and respect to expand mutual understanding, a senior official of the Communist Party of China said.
(2023-06-24). Communists meeting in New York have a plan to defeat the MAGA fascists. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK — The National Committee of the Communist Party, USA, that organization's top leadership, launched a meeting this morning here in New York with a declaration that the nationwide party organization is putting its full force behind a movement it expects will inflict a strategic defeat upon the MAGA right and its leader, "the …
(2023-06-23). Seek the truth to save humanity: why context matters. thecommunists.org The press office of the international department of the Communist Party of China's central committee sent an email last week containing some links to videos that highlight different facets of Chinese history and culture. An exercise in public relations (PR), and no wonder considering the rap the Chinese are getting from western media. A cynic …
(2023-06-23). "Holodomor": A Fact-Based Analysis. libya360.wordpress.com Anton, via Hampton Think Tank In this piece, I will examine the situation in the Soviet Union, particularly in Ukraine, 1932—1933, of what is commonly referred to as "Holodomor". "Holodomor" refers to the claim of an "intentional man-made famine-genocide in Ukraine caused by Communist collectivization of the Soviet Union" or often times more specifically, of…
(2023-06-23). Cuban leader assesses Prensa Latina's challenges and projections. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The member of the Political Bureau and organization secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, on Friday assessed Prensa Latina's challenges and projections.
(2023-06-23). French communists reaffirm support to Cuba against U.S. blockade. plenglish.com Paris, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The deputy and leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) André Chassaigne on Friday supported the Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel ¥s visit to France and also reaffirmed their strong support to Cuba in opposition to the unjust and hostile U.S. blockade.
(2023-06-23). U.S. imperialism behind assassinations of Philippine revolutionaries. workers.org 
Workers World Party recently sent a message of sympathy and solidarity to the Communist Party of the Philippines concerning the party's 10 members who were murdered by the bourgeois Philippine state. Ka Laan (Benito Tiamzon), Ka Bagong-Tao (Wilma Austria-Tiamzon) and eight of their comrades were assassinated Aug. 21, 2022. While . . . |