(2023-06-25). China's tourism, consumption markets sizzle during Dragon Boat Festival holidays. ecns.cn A total of 106 million domestic tourism trips were made during the holidays, up 32.3 percent year-on-year, equivalent to 112.8 percent of the figure in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2023-06-25). US Woos India's Far-Right PM Modi To Help Wage New Cold War On China. popularresistance.org India's far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a historic trip to the United States this June. | President Joe Biden rolled out the proverbial red carpet for Modi, touting a "new era" to "strengthen our partnership for decades to come", as the US seeks to recruit India for its new cold war on China. | The two leaders released a joint statement implicitly criticizing China and Russia. | Reuters made it clear that "Washington wants Delhi to be a strategic counterweight to China", and that the two leaders signed "deals on defense and commerce aimed at countering China's global influence".
(2023-06-25). UE Locals Strike Wabtec Locomotive Plant, Demand Green Jobs. popularresistance.org Erie, PA – After rejecting the company's last, best and final offer today, the 1400 members of UE Locals 506 and 618 are on strike at Wabtec's locomotive plant in Lawrence Park. | "Building green locomotives is essential to the future of our country, and will benefit the local economy here in Erie," said UE Local 506 President Scott Slawson. "Unfortunately, Wabtec's unwillingness to work with us to resolve problems, either through the grievance process or through contract negotiations, is a major impediment to that bright future." | Slawson also denounced the company's announcement during bargaining that they are…
(2023-06-24). Cuba works in recovery of areas affected by rains. plenglish.com During last week, after visiting the provinces of Granma and Camagàºey to check the strategies to restore normality in that area (the most damaged by the rainfall), Prime Minister Manuel Marero affirmed that they are working hard for that purpose and that there is a good follow-up of the situation. | He assured that the country will continue to support the recovery process there. | Marrero pointed out that the meetings held with authorities and inhabitants of the region allowed the identification of other problems that hinder local development strategies. | The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy…
(2023-06-24). Historical Analysis of the Global Elites: Ransacking the World Economy Until 'You'll Own Nothing'. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-25). 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.
(2023-06-25). The Power of Sports: Tackling Gender Stereotypes in Hong Kong. scheerpost.com 
The most recent report of the World Economic Forum paints a rather dim picture of gender inequality worldwide. According to current research, it will take 132 years to close the global gender gap. Alicia Lui from the initiative Women in Sports Empowered Hong Kong (WISE) works with youth to approach this problem in Hong Kong and agreed to share a few valuable insights with Pressenza contributor, Chris Hoellriegl.
(2023-06-24). British Prime Minister Renews Pledge of Loyalty to US 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). World Economic Forum's "Young Global Leaders" Revealed. globalresearch.ca For several decades, this program has nurtured compliant leaders acting as WEF agents in governments around the world. The consequences are far-reaching and may turn out to be devastating for humanity.
(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). 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). 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). World Economic Forum's "Young Global Leaders" Revealed. globalresearch.ca For several decades, this program has nurtured compliant leaders acting as WEF agents in governments around the world. The consequences are far-reaching and may turn out to be devastating for humanity.
(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). 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). 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). 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.
(2023-06-25). IRS Whistleblowers Allege Misconduct Of Biden Investigation In Testimony. popularresistance.org After pleading guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges this week, Hunter Biden faces new scrutiny after two IRS whistleblowers allege extensive misconduct in the handling of his tax investigation. Biden failed to pay tax on more than $3 million in income. His plea helps him "avoid full prosecution on a separate gun possession charge," according to a CBS report. | Gary Shapley, one of two IRS whistleblowers—the second remains anonymous—testified to the House Ways and Means Committee that the IRS substantiated the need for stricter penalties and Biden was given a sweetheart deal. "I am alleging, with evid…
(2023-06-25). 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.
(2023-06-25). Details Of Agreement With Wagner Which Put End To Rebellion Attempt. southfront.org 
ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | Late on June 24, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian President, revealed details on the agreement which put an end to the rebellion attempt by Evgeny Prigozhin and the part of Wagner units that supported him. | According to Peskov, the criminal case opened by FSB against Prigozhin will be halted and he will leave Russia.The spokesman revealed that Prigozhin "will go to Belarus." He did not elaborate what the public fonder of Wanger will do there. | Wagner's fighters that supported Pr…
(2023-06-25). Ian Masters CIA Operative Protested At KPFA In Berkeley. indybay.org
(2023-06-25). 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…
(2023-06-25). 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…
(2023-06-25). Environment coalition protests NT Labor's plans for more gas. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-25). Moranda Smith, Food And Tobacco Workers Fight To Expand Democracy. popularresistance.org June is Pride Month, which celebrates and commemorates the struggles of LGBTQ+ people for freedom. It is held in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, several days of protests that began on June 28, 1969, and launched the modern movement for LGBTQ+ rights. | This June also marks the 80th anniversary of a remarkable strike at the giant R.J. Reynolds tobacco plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which established Local 22 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers (FTA). One of those strikers, a sharecropper's daughter named Moranda Smith, would be elected to the national union's executive committe…
(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…
(2023-06-24). 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). '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…
(2023-06-25). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-25). 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.
(2023-06-25). Climate change fanatics demand a new financial system. expose-news.com The climate change cult is not only paving the way for the destruction of healthcare and scaring our children to death, but it is also demanding a new international monetary system because …
(2023-06-24). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2023-06-25). World's largest hydro-solar power plant enters first phase. ecns.cn The first phase of the world's largest hydro-solar power plant, also the world's highest power station of its kind, entered full operation in China on Sunday, according to its operator State Development and Investment Corp.
(2023-06-24). Take Action: Send a letter, tell the Canada Pension Plan to divest $10 billion investments in Israeli war crimes! samidoun.net 
(2023-06-25). Replacing the Capitalist Dream of AI-Driven Profits. socialistproject.ca 
Artificial intelligence (AI) and how it's going to change the world is a popular topic of conversation these days. There is concern that it will generate ever-more deceptive Then there's the seemingly…
(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…
(2023-06-24). Borotba: The Unity of Anti-Fascist Forces is the Key to Our Common Victory. libya360.wordpress.com Statement by Borotba (Struggle), revolutionary Marxist organization banned by the Ukrainian government. Stop the armed conflict in the rear! The unity of anti-fascist forces is the key to our common victory June 24 — The whole world is closely following the events unfolding in connection with the actions of Yevgeny Prigozhin and part of the Wagner…
(2023-06-25). 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). The Fourth Industrial Revolution: "AI Will Enable Some People to Control the World" globalresearch.ca
(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). 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). As Media and Military Hawks Push War With China, Cuba Is Caught in the Crossfire. truthout.org In the repertoire of foreign policy combatants in Washington's corridors of power, there is a time-tested ploy: Conservatives in the military or intelligence bureaucracy leak damaging information to force the (usually Democratic) president into a more confrontational approach with a foreign adversary, derailing any effort to reduce tensions. The bureaucrats' allies on Capitol Hill immediately… |
(2023-06-25). PSL Statement: The Failed Coup in Russia. liberationnews.org 
An attempted coup directed against Russia's military forces has ended. The leader of the coup attempt, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has agreed to leave Russia.
(2023-06-25). The Western Left Must Reject Anti-China Propaganda and Join the Progressive Global Trend. orinocotribune.com By Jenny Clegg — Jun 20, 2023 | What follows is the text of a speech given by veteran British peace activist and China specialist Jenny Clegg at the launch event in London for Carlos Martinez's book The East is Still Red: Chinese socialism in the 21st century. | Summarizing the key points of the book, Jenny highlights in particular the escalating New Cold War and anti-China rhetoric in the West. "China is being presented as an existential threat to the Western way of life so as to prepare a climate for war." | Beyond the obvious dangers of preparing a climate for war, Jenny points out that the incessant lies…
(2023-06-25). 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.
(2023-06-25). Michael Palin in the DPRK: a western exceptionalism showcase. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from the Class Consciousness Project, with thanks. ***** This article was prompted by an awful piece of BBC propaganda, entitled Michael Palin in North Korea. If you want to understand western exceptionalism, watch this programme, first with and then without sound, because the only part of this presentation that makes the …
(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 …
(2023-06-24). Sudanese Left Skeptical of US-Saudi led Peace Talks, 'The Resolution has to be Found Here in Sudan'. orinocotribune.com By Pavan Kulkarni — Jun 20, 2023 | The Sudanese Communist Party argues that the ceasefire mainly serves the warring parties who can resupply their forces and resume fighting with greater intensity. | The fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which entered its third month on June 15, resumed in the early hours of Wednesday, June 21, with the end of the 72-hour-long ceasefire. The ceasefire began on June 18. | Speaking to Peoples Dispatch during the lull in the fighting amid the ceasefire, Fathi Elfadl, national spokesperson of the Sudanese Commun…
(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 …