(2023-06-28). Corporate Profits Were Biggest Driver Of Inflation In Europe. popularresistance.org Corporate profits have been the biggest contributor to inflation in Europe since 2021. | This is according to a study published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | "Rising corporate profits account for almost half the increase in Europe's inflation over the past two years as companies increased prices by more than spiking costs of imported energy", wrote IMF economists this June. | The IMF said "companies may have to accept a smaller profit share if inflation is to remain on track to reach the European Central Bank's 2-percent target in 2025". | IMF economists Niels-Jakob Hansen, Frederik Toscani, and Jin…
(2023-06-28). China submits approval for WTO fishery agreement. ecns.cn China has approved the World Trade Organization's agreement on ending subsidies of harmful fisheries, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.
(2023-06-28). China to explore housing pension system, improve residential quality: minister. ecns.cn China's housing minister has emphasized the need to improve the quality of housing and explore a housing pension system.
(2023-06-28). China's industrial enterprises profit declines by 18.8% in Jan-May. ecns.cn Profit of China's industrial enterprises above a designated scale hit 2.67 trillion yuan ($369.37 billion) from January to May in 2023, declining by 18.8 percent year-on-year.
(2023-06-28). Imperialism, China, and the World Economy. soundcloud.com On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the decline of the U.S. world order and economic domination, as BRICS economies overtake those of the G7. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com, and more about this discussion in …
(2023-06-27). US Woos India's Far-Right PM Modi To Help Wage New Cold War on China. orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton — Jun 24, 2023 | 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. | 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
(2023-06-27). US Anticipated More Bloodshed In Wagner's Mutiny. southfront.org 
Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The US expected the mutiny attempt by the private military company Wagner to be "a great deal more violent and bloody" than it actually was. Unfortunately for Washington, a Bolshevik-like revolution was not repeated to usurp Russia's war effort. At the same time, the head of EU Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, incorrectly espouses that the Russian military will soon crack. | According to US media reports…
(2023-06-27). Late night thoughts from a dialectical transfeminist. mronline.org 
An economy of representation has done folks like Jordan Neely and Banko Brown an incredible disservice. TERFs have seized upon their deaths to justify carceral deputization among non-police actors, triangulating their respective forms of manhood and their overall embodiments with a threat to public safety and to asset protection.
(2023-06-28). Turkey is placed in an "economic vice" by the West. journal-neo.org 
(2023-06-28). Climate collapse threatens slide to fascism and war. mronline.org 
More and more, desperate people seeking refuge in Europe are not just fleeing from economic disaster and war. Many are also refugees from climate collapse.
(2023-06-28). Hondurans Fight Private Cities Run by US Companies Amid Legal Battle. truthout.org In Honduras, communities are fighting back against privatization and foreign exploitation after Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Congress repealed a law that established so-called Economic Development and Employment Zones, where private companies have "functional and administrative autonomy" from the national government. Now a Delaware-based company called Próspera has launched a case to… |
(2023-06-28). Saturday 7/1: Non-binary economics: the walking tour. indybay.org meet in the lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…
(2023-06-28). Downward pressure on yuan seen temporary. ecns.cn The current downward pressure on the Chinese yuan in foreign exchange markets will be short-lived, as the country's on-track economic recovery and more economic stimulus packages in the pipeline will help support the currency's valuation.
(2023-06-28). Russian Senate highlights fraternal relations with Belarus. plenglish.com "We verified that the total pressure in the military, political, economic, informational, and economic spheres that our opponents exert on Russia and Belarus only makes us stronger," the senator said. | The countries have managed to build a unique system of political, economic, trade, and humanitarian relations, which "has no analogs anywhere in the world," Matvienko said in her speech at the 10th Forum of Regions of Russia and Belarus, held in Ufa. | According to the parliamentarian, the results reflect the guarantees the State of the Union offers to support and integrate the citizens of the two nations.
(2023-06-28). 16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income. realprogressives.org Yes, sending a check to people is not as "messy," but let's stop pretending that it's a panacea for the fundamental problem of economic insecurity.
(2023-06-28). Hondurans Fight Private Cities Run by US Companies Amid Legal Battle. truthout.org In Honduras, communities are fighting back against privatization and foreign exploitation after Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Congress repealed a law that established so-called Economic Development and Employment Zones, where private companies have "functional and administrative autonomy" from the national government. Now a Delaware-based company called Próspera has launched a case to… |
(2023-06-28). Saturday 7/1: Non-binary economics: the walking tour. indybay.org meet in the lobby of the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco…
(2023-06-28). Downward pressure on yuan seen temporary. ecns.cn The current downward pressure on the Chinese yuan in foreign exchange markets will be short-lived, as the country's on-track economic recovery and more economic stimulus packages in the pipeline will help support the currency's valuation.
(2023-06-28). Russian Senate highlights fraternal relations with Belarus. plenglish.com "We verified that the total pressure in the military, political, economic, informational, and economic spheres that our opponents exert on Russia and Belarus only makes us stronger," the senator said. | The countries have managed to build a unique system of political, economic, trade, and humanitarian relations, which "has no analogs anywhere in the world," Matvienko said in her speech at the 10th Forum of Regions of Russia and Belarus, held in Ufa. | According to the parliamentarian, the results reflect the guarantees the State of the Union offers to support and integrate the citizens of the two nations.
(2023-06-28). 16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income. realprogressives.org Yes, sending a check to people is not as "messy," but let's stop pretending that it's a panacea for the fundamental problem of economic insecurity.
(2023-06-28). Hondurans Fight Private Cities Run by U.S. Companies as Gov't Sued for Outlawing "Neocolonial Project" democracynow.org 
In Honduras, communities are fighting back against privatization and foreign exploitation after Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Congress repealed a law that established so-called Economic Development and Employment Zones, where private companies have "functional and administrative autonomy" from the national government. Now a Delaware-based company called Próspera has launched a case to challenge the repeal of the law under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement and is seeking almost $11 billion, which amounts to nearly two-thirds of the country's entire…
(2023-06-27). President Maduro Calls on CELAC to Build a Latin American Bloc With 'Its Own Identity'. orinocotribune.com 
This Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called for the construction of a political, economic and social power bloc to unite the region and achieve a long-awaited Latin American identity. | "The construction of a Latin American and Caribbean identity positioned in the spirit of the continent's peoples will be a great opportunity to build a large block of political, social, cultural, economic and integral power in the region that will put us in the rhythm and at the level we need to be able to move forward in this 21st century and the centuries to come," said President Maduro on Monday, June 26, during his…
(2023-06-27). The US Lacks Credibility, But All Is Not Lost. southfront.org 
Written by James M. Dorsey | A recent poll of Arab public opinion suggests US credibility has taken a hit, but all is not lost. | That is if the United States realizes that Middle Easterners judge the US on glaring inconsistencies in its domestic and foreign policies rather than on its cultural, technological, and economic attributes. | The discrepancy between US policies and professed values has always existed. However, it's become more evident and relevant and more of a liabili…
(2023-06-27). Negotiations stall between UPS and Teamsters as bargaining moves to economic issues. fightbacknews.org Washington, DC – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Parcel Service wrapped up bargaining on all non-economic issues on Tuesday, June 20. The following day, economic proposals were shared, marking a new phase in negotiations. | The union and the company have been negotiating a new national contract. The existing five-year agreement will expire on July 31. The Teamsters' new General President Sean O'Brien has promised to deliver the best UPS contract in the union's history. On a UPS Teamsters member update webinar, Sean O'Brien spoke on the progress of the contract negotiations. Tentative agreeme…
(2023-06-27). New York City Council calls for ending U.S. blockade of Cuba. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—The New York City Council has passed a resolution calling for an end to the U.S. political and economic blockade on Cuba. The resolution, passing with a vote of 25 out of 51 members, represents a toward ending the U.S.-led blockade and removing Cuba from the "State Sponsor of Terrorism" list. From D.C. to …
(2023-06-27). In Historic First, Workers Unionize at 2 Major Farmers' Market Nonprofits. truthout.org This year, workers from GrowNYC and FRESHFARM, two sustainable food access nonprofits in New York City and the Washington, D.C. metro area respectively, formed unions. Workers who support and organize farmers markets, compost programs, and other initiatives will begin collectively bargaining for higher wages and job security in the coming months for the first time in the history of the industry. |
(2023-06-28). Poverty 4th Leading Cause of Death in U.S. as Calls Grow for Third Reconstruction: Bishop Barber. democracynow.org 
Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, says it's "grotesque and immoral" that poverty is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, higher than homicide and respiratory illness, citing recent findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Why do we hear so much about crime rates and opioids and gun violence in America, but poverty kills more people than all of those things?" asks Barber. He joins us to talk about the intensifying efforts of the Poor People's Campaign to end poverty and empower poor and low-wage…
(2023-06-28). Saturday 7/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.
(2023-06-27). How Targeted Poverty Alleviation Has Changed the Structure of Rural Governance in China. dongshengnews.org 
Unlike the Chinese government's conventional poverty alleviation efforts, the targeted poverty alleviation program has exhibited the distinct characteristics of campaign-style governance. From the central to local governments, massive amounts of human and material resources have been mobilised and a number of exceptional measures have been implemented. Due to the success of targeted poverty alleviation in addressing weaknesses in rural governance and achieving its objectives, the campaign has the potential to effect long-term changes through institutionalisation of its practices and methodologies.
(2023-06-27). The Battle Against Poverty: An Alternative Revolutionary Practice in China's Post-Revolutionary Era. dongshengnews.org 
The end of an era of radical revolution does not mean that revolution becomes relegated to memory. As globalisation continues to expand, countries governed by revolutionary parties face the challenge of completing unfinished revolutionary missions. Since 2012, the Communist Party of China has elevated poverty alleviation to a central task for the whole party and society, as part of its efforts to revitalise revolutionary practice and symbolism in…
(2023-06-27). Why the way we measure poverty matters. nationofchange.org
(2023-06-28). Labor breaks election promise with new income management card. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-28). Revealing accolades for ex-Australian Labor Party leader Simon Crean. wsws.org Former Liberal-National Coalition prime ministers, as well as Labor Party and trade union leaders, have lionised Crean as a "giant" of the "labour movement" and a "servant" of the nation.
(2023-06-27). Podcast: Artificial Intelligence and capitalism. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Jacob Andrewartha spoke to Aishik Saha, an activist with All India Students Association and a researcher on digital and algorithmic labour, about the development of artificial intelligence under capitalism.
(2023-06-28). Ian Masters CIA Operative Protested At KPFA In Berkeley. indybay.org
(2023-06-28). SF Castro Starbucks Workers Strike On PRIDE Day "No Contract No Coffee" Fight For Justice. indybay.org Over 150 Starbucks stores were struck on PRIDE day around the country. In San Francisco Starbucks workers at the Castro store talked about their issues.
(2023-06-28). 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…
(2023-06-27). Chinese-American worker and activist arrested for advocating for peace between US and China. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in 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 h…
(2023-06-28). In Nazi diatribe, Trump calls for mass deportations of socialists and communists. wsws.org Trump speaks not just for himself. A substantial section of the ruling class is convinced that it confronts a massive social movement of workers that poses the greatest danger to its wealth and privileges.
(2023-06-27). Oxfam reveals how rich nations are helping for-profit health industry exploit poor patients. nationofchange.org Development finance institutions run by wealthy countries have fueled "a free-for-all of private greed over public good," the humanitarian group shows in a new report.
(2023-06-28). Soaring Livestock Prices in Palestine Dim Joy of Eid. telesurenglish.net The Palestinians have felt the pinch of a high cost of living as they celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, after the prices of the livestock soared in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | In a crowded livestock market in the West Bank city of Nablus, most of the visitors balked at the prohibitive prices even though vendors were willing to accept monthly installments.
(2023-06-28). Billionaire Robert Smith Hits Cash Register Button, Sells Software Company For $4.6 Billion To IBM. moguldom.com Billionaire tech investor Robert Smith has sold software maker Apptio to IBM for $4.6 billion, more than doubling his initial $1.9 billion investment from 2019 through his buyout firm, Vista Equity Partners. Apptio is a cloud-based information technology financial planning platform. It sells online services that help companies — including the majority of the Fortune …
(2023-06-28). Saudi Arabia Reportedly in Talks to Join BRICS Bank to Enhance Financial Strength Amid De-dollarization. infobrics.org The New Development Bank (NDB), also known as the "BRICS bank," is in talks with Saudi Arabia on admitting the Middle Eastern nation as its ninth member, which would strengthen the NDB's funding options…
(2023-06-28). 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.
(2023-06-28). IMF deputy chief outlines "uncomfortable truths" about inflation and financial instability. wsws.org Central bankers could be faced with a stark choice between lifting interest rates in the so-called fight against inflation and risking a financial crash in heavily indebted countries.
(2023-06-27). Cuban President Describes Today ¥s Financial Order Unfair, Exclusive. orinocotribune.com Paris, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday urged for an international financial order that helps stop countries of the South plunging into underdevelopment and subjecting them to domination of outdated institutions. | At the Summit, called by France for a New World Financial Pact, the Cuban leader who is attending as G-77+China Chairman described present financial order as unfair, anti-democratic, speculative and exclusive. | Díaz…
(2023-06-27). FEC Complaint: DeSantis Campaigns Received Illegal Donations From Canadian Firm. truthout.org The Canadian financial services company ECN Capital was hit with a Federal Election Commission complaint on Monday for allegedly donating to the state political committees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in violation of U.S. campaign finance laws. The complaint filed by the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is the second in recent weeks involving DeSantis, who CLC says violated federal law by transferring… |
(2023-06-27). Hawks in Congress Say Prigozhin Rebellion Should Mean More Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com Yevgeny Prigozhin's brief rebellion against the Russian government has given hawks in Congress more ammunition to argue for additional spending on the Ukraine war, POLITICO reported Tuesday. The argument is that the fractures in Russia are proof Western military support for Ukraine is working, even though the mutiny only lasted about 24 hours. "I would …
(2023-06-27). An Independent Audit of US Funding for Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Heather Kaiser, Anya Parampil, Max Blumenthal In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington's spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of seemingly wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain. During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist…
(2023-06-27). All Aboard the Gravy Train: An Independent Audit of U.S. Funding for Ukraine. strategic-culture.org 
In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington's spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain | By Heather KAISER, Anya PARAMPIL, Max BLUMENTHAL | During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, touted her organization's push to guarantee transparency for US taxpayer funds sent to Ukraine. | "We are involved in funding efforts…
(2023-06-27). Is USA Defense Spending Closer to 1,400 Billion Dollars? globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-28). Replacing the capitalist dream of AI-driven profits. mronline.org 
The question we should be asking isn't whether AI can replace humans. It should be: why are some humans so intent on replacing the jobs that the rest of us hold, with AI?>
(2023-06-28). UPS Teamsters Union Struggle Is Critical for All Workers. orinocotribune.com 
By Gavrielle Gemma — Jun 24, 2023 | Strengthen the union for this contract and the upcoming battle to save tens of thousands of jobs from automation. | 340,000 workers, members of the Teamsters Union, worked tirelessly during the worst of the COVID pandemic. Despite exhaustion from overwork, disease, and family tragedies, they saved lives by delivering packages to those quarantined. Meanwhile, bosses at UPS lived in luxury as profits soared to $56.3 billion from 2019 to 2023. In 2023 alone, UPS says it will spend $3 billion in stock buybacks and $5.4 billion in dividends. Every penny of that profit is due to…
(2023-06-28). The long prehistory of Russia's war of aggression. indybay.org This analysis is intended to convey that this war was not unprovoked and that decades of U.S. and NATO actions prepared the ground for a military conflict – a war long desired by some megalomaniacs and war profiteers in Washington, London, Brussels, Kiev, and Moscow, and a reality in February 2022.
(2023-06-28). Headlines for June 28, 2023. democracynow.org Supreme Court Rejects GOP's Radical "Independent State Legislature Theory", Canadian Wildfire Smoke Brings Hazy Skies to Europe, "Very Unhealthy" Air Alerts in U.S. Cities, Russian Missile Strikes Restaurant in Ukraine's Kramatorsk, Killing 9 and Wounding Dozens, Belarusian President Says He Convinced Wagner Chief to Call Off Mutiny in Russia, U.S. Sanctions Companies Profiting from Wagner Group Mining Concessions in Africa, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio Wins Reelection, Nurses in Texas and Kansas Hold One-Day Strike to Demand Safe Staffing Levels, DOJ Report Finds Mi…
(2023-06-27). Pandemic Leaders Were Biodefense Puppets and Profiteers. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-27). People's Action Homes Guarantee Campaign Rallies at National Multifamily Housing Council for Tenant Protections. peoplesaction.org People's Action Members from Across the Country Called Out NMHC's Profiteering for Corporate Landlords WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Homes Guarantee campaign today hosted an 1000-person rally at the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) headquarters to expose the group's lobbying against federal tenant protections and rent regulations. NMHC represents some of the most notorious corporate landlords that rake …
(2023-06-27). People's Action Rallies 1000 at America's Health Insurance Plans to Demand Lobby Group Put Care Over Cost. peoplesaction.org People's Action Members from Across the Country Exposed AHIP's Profiteering for Corporate Health Insurers WASHINGTON, D.C. — People's Actions' Care Over Cost campaign today hosted a 1000-person rally at America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) headquarters to demand it and its members put people's health over corporate profit. AHIP's membership includes some of the biggest private health …
(2023-06-28). NSW hospital workers strike over wages. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-27). Mexico's AMLO Government Refuses to Bow to US Sanction Threats, Ups Ante in Fight Over GM Corn. nakedcapitalism.com
(2023-06-28). Industrial net to foster high-quality growth. ecns.cn China is strengthening efforts to develop the industrial internet and build more "lighthouse factories "as part of a broader drive to foster new growth engines and propel high-quality development of its manufacturing sector.
(2023-06-28). Experts say green transition boosting energy ties and affordable power. ecns.cn Further efforts are expected to strengthen global energy cooperation and accelerate the clean and secure transformation of the energy industry while ensuring affordable electricity for both residential and industrial consumers…
(2023-06-27). International Mental Health. jamanetwork.com The World Congress on "Mental Health and World Citizenship" scheduled for August 1948 in London will discuss (1) problems of world citizenship and good group relationship; (2) the individual and society; (3) family problems and psychologic disturbances; (4) planning for mental health organization, training propaganda, and (5) mental health in industry and industrial relations. Committees and discussion groups have been established composed of psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, educators, anthropologists and members of other technical groups in the human sciences. The object of the Congress is to find are…
(2023-06-27). Socialism 3.0: The Practice and Prospects of Socialism in China. dongshengnews.org 
Discussions on socialism and its potential future forms, must place socialism in the context of existing historical processes, in the context of industrialised mass production, and analyse the complex interaction between the ideal of equality and the material realities of production. China's socialist project has passed through two phases, under Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping; today, it must construct a 'Socialism 3.0' that builds upon the previous eras and addresses their shortcomings, by advancing working-class interests and combating inequality.
(2023-06-28). Chinese modernization breaks traditional development mold, provides global opportunity: Martin Jacques. ecns.cn "China's success in modernizing, in its own way, circumstances, and conditions, has had very strong Chinese characteristics. It's not an old colonial or old imperial model, but has got a purchase on reality and prospects for China," said Martin Jacques, a world-leading expert on China, on Wednesday via video at a conference hosted by China News Service. Chinese modernization is an opportunity for the world, he noticed.
(2023-06-28). Reports: US Lifts Flight Ban on Venezuela (+LATAM). orinocotribune.com The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cancelled its flight ban on Venezuela, according to the Air Navigation Services Directorate of the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC), quoted by the outlet La Tabla. To date, neither the FAA or the INAC have issued official statements on the subject. | In May 2019, the US government imposed a unilateral restriction on commercial flights to and from Venezuela connecting with the United States. The ban was issued as part of the US's failed attempt to oust the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro. Ironically, those affected the most by the decision…
(2023-06-28). Socialist Sarah Hathway elected to the City of Greater Geelong Council. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-28). Falleció Hugo Blanco, histórico luchador social y ecosocialista peruano. indybay.org
(2023-06-28). People's movements set to converge in Johannesburg for dialogues on socialism in Dilemmas of Humanity Conference. peoplesdispatch.org People's organizations, leaders, intellectuals and progressive public figures around the world are set to converge in South Africa later this year, to "confront the crises of humanity with concrete alternatives and solutions." The III International Dilemmas of Humanity Conference, organized by the International Peoples' Assembly (IPA), will be held between October 14 and 18, in …
(2023-06-27). At the Stonewall Rebellion, crowd rage ignites. workers.org 
Originally published June 15, 2006, this column was part of Leslie Feinberg's series on the connections between LGBTQ2S and socialist history. The 120-part "Lavender & Red," which appeared in Workers World from 2004 to 2008, is available for free download at workers.org/book/lavender-red. A number of accounts of the confrontation between . . . |
(2023-06-27). Stonewall Uprising 1969, night 3: 'The battle was on!'. workers.org 
Originally published Aug. 14, 2006, this column was part of Leslie Feinberg's series of articles on the connections between LGBTQ2S+ and socialist history. The 120-part series "Lavender & Red," which appeared in Workers World from 2004 to 2008, is available for free download at workers.org/book/lavender-red/. Sunday, June 29, saw a . . . |
(2023-06-28). Philippines: A transwoman in the people's army. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article from the June 21 issue of Ang Bayan ("The People"), the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines. | For more than a year now, Ka Daisy, a transwoman, has served as full-time Red fighter. She joined the New People's Army (NPA) during the pandemic, three years after doing revolutionary work as a member of the Kabataang Makabayan. She recounted how her unit got engaged in an armed encounter on her second day in the unit. | Ka Daisy, also called "Inday" by some comrades, now serves as a squad political guide. As an official, she ensure…
(2023-06-27). CP says all out for strike struggles and coalition to defeat MAGA right. cpusa.org 
The National Committee of the Communist Party USA, that organization's top leadership, met in New York over the weekend 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 fascist Donald Trump" as the ex-president was described by a top party leader Saturday morning. | The striking thing about the gathering of CPUSA leaders and activists at the Henry Winston Unity Hall is the diversity it represents when compared to any other political party in the nation. The hall was filled wi…