(2023-07-10). China's growth against odds raises world's hopes. ecns.cn Confidence in China's economic growth remains strong among officials, economists and global entrepreneurs, as the world's second-largest economy is well on track for a steady and gradual recovery despite headwinds.
(2023-07-10). Time to address the root cause of weak demand. ecns.cn The data for the first half of the year clearly show that low domestic demand is looming as a prominent challenge to the Chinese economy. Whether the country can effectively boost consumption is crucial to it resolving the series of problems related to the economy, ranging from weak expectation and investment to deflation and structural risks.
(2023-07-10). China's digital economy lead set to drive world growth. ecns.cn Emerging technologies such as the internet of things and the booming digital economy, where China is leading, will create new growth drivers for the world amid a challenging global environment, experts and entrepreneurs have said.
(2023-07-10). Xi urges Jiangsu to take lead in advancing Chinese modernization. ecns.cn It is imperative for the province to fully and accurately implement the new development philosophy on all fronts, continue to be a paradigm in reform and innovation and the advancement of high-quality development, play an exemplary role in serving the country to forge a new development pattern, and take the lead in achieving socialist modernization, and vigorously advance the new practice of Chinese modernization in the province, so as to write a new chapter of a modernized Jiangsu characterized by robust economy, affluent population, pristine environment and a high level of social civility.
(2023-07-10). Book Review: Understanding China By: Morning Star. midwesternmarx.com 
Recognising how important it is for Today's Left to understand China, BEN CHACKO recommends a highly readable and well-researched book of essays CHINA looms large in today's world. Its economy is predicted to exceed the US's in size within the decade; by purchasing power parity, it is already larger.It is racing ahead too in diplomacy and trade: it has now replaced the US as the country with the most diplomatic missions overseas, and is the biggest trading partner of a …
(2023-07-10). JPMorgan Flags Some Signs of Emerging De-dollarisation. infobrics.org Signs of de-dollarisation are unfolding in the global economy, strategists at the biggest U.S. bank JPMorgan said, although the currency should maintain its long-held dominance for the foreseeable future…
(2023-07-09). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…
(2023-07-09). Debunking The Five Major Myths About Wealth Flight. popularresistance.org Recently, multiple news articles, op-eds, and think tank reports have asserted that Massachusetts is suffering an exodus of households, particularly high-income households, fleeing to states with lower taxes. A closely related claim is that outmigrants are taking billions of dollars out of the Massachusetts economy when they leave. These claims about income migration are both overblown and based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the available data. | The scary portrayals of population flight are typically connected to calls for tax cuts that overwhelmingly would benefit the wealthiest households.
(2023-07-10). China's machinery industry achieves rapid growth. ecns.cn The production of China's machinery industry experienced a sustained and stable recovery during the first half of this year, achieving rapid growth in various key economic indicators, according to the China Machinery Industry Federation on Sunday.
(2023-07-10). China-Vietnam Dulong Port border market commences operation. ecns.cn The market at the Dulong Port, located on the China-Vietnam border, has officially opened and is expected to further enhance local economic growth and industrial development, according to local Border Opening Service Center.
(2023-07-10). Sino-U.S. talks lauded, more efforts urged. ecns.cn He said the overstretching of national security does no good for normal economic and trade exchanges, Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.Finance Minister Liu Kun also met with Yellen on Saturday to exchange views on topics such as the global macroeconomic situation and the fiscal policies of the two countries.
(2023-07-10). Mayo Clinic names leaders for Discovery Oasis biotech innovation hub in Phoenix. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In 2021, Mayo Clinic announced plans to develop a biotechnology innovation hub called Discovery Oasis adjacent to Mayo Clinic Hospital in North Phoenix. Two leaders have now been named to champion this organizational priority. Steven Lester, M.D., Mayo Clinic cardiologist and health care futurist, will serve as the medical director for Discovery Oasis. Aric Bopp, an experienced economic development leader, will serve as its executive director. "I am inspired by this opportunity because I believe Discovery…
(2023-07-10). China's further development has priority. indybay.org The focus of Chinese policy remains the economic and social development of the country… Despite the enormous successes in economic and social development, there is still a long way to go before China catches up and can also keep up with the rich industrialized countries in terms of per capita economic output.
(2023-07-10). An interview with economic historian Stephen Wheatcroft on the Soviet famine and historical falsification. wsws.org In this interview, Wheatcroft discusses his findings on the Soviet famine, the attacks on the concept of historical objectivity, and the current climate in academia.
(2023-07-10). China awaits US response to its economic concerns. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) China expects concrete actions from the United States on Monday to respond to its economic concerns, especially the additional tariffs and controls on exports related to high technology.
(2023-07-10). Kenya hosts African Union private sector economic forum. plenglish.com Nairobi, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) The fourteenth African Union High-Level Private Sector Forum, convened by the AU Commission and the East African Community, aims to improve their participation for inclusive growth and sustainable development.
(2023-07-10). Yemen and Cuba promote ties in environmental matters. plenglish.com According to the source, the matter was discussed during a meeting in Havana between the first deputy minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba, Ana Teresita González, and the head of Water and Environment of Yemen, Tawfeeq al-Sharjabi. | Al-Sharjabi ratified the importance of the Cuban experience in the elaboration of an economic and investment vision. He pointed out the necessity of increasing the level of cooperation between the two countries and reactivating the joint committee. He also stressed the importance of strengthening the ties in the sector through the exchange of technical consultati…
(2023-07-09). OECD Secretly Lobbied Against Law Requiring Corporations to Disclose Tax Records. truthout.org The Financial Times confirmed Friday that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development lobbied Australia to weaken a law that would have compelled about 2,500 highly profitable multinational corporations to reveal where they pay taxes, eliciting outrage from tax justice advocates. Citing two unnamed people familiar with the discussions, FT reported that the Paris-based club of wealthy… |
(2023-07-10). China's further development has priority. indybay.org The focus of Chinese policy remains the economic and social development of the country… Despite the enormous successes in economic and social development, there is still a long way to go before China catches up and can also keep up with the rich industrialized countries in terms of per capita economic output.
(2023-07-10). An interview with economic historian Stephen Wheatcroft on the Soviet famine and historical falsification. wsws.org In this interview, Wheatcroft discusses his findings on the Soviet famine, the attacks on the concept of historical objectivity, and the current climate in academia.
(2023-07-10). China awaits US response to its economic concerns. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) China expects concrete actions from the United States on Monday to respond to its economic concerns, especially the additional tariffs and controls on exports related to high technology.
(2023-07-10). Kenya hosts African Union private sector economic forum. plenglish.com Nairobi, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) The fourteenth African Union High-Level Private Sector Forum, convened by the AU Commission and the East African Community, aims to improve their participation for inclusive growth and sustainable development.
(2023-07-10). Yemen and Cuba promote ties in environmental matters. plenglish.com According to the source, the matter was discussed during a meeting in Havana between the first deputy minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba, Ana Teresita González, and the head of Water and Environment of Yemen, Tawfeeq al-Sharjabi. | Al-Sharjabi ratified the importance of the Cuban experience in the elaboration of an economic and investment vision. He pointed out the necessity of increasing the level of cooperation between the two countries and reactivating the joint committee. He also stressed the importance of strengthening the ties in the sector through the exchange of technical consultati…
(2023-07-09). OECD Secretly Lobbied Against Law Requiring Corporations to Disclose Tax Records. truthout.org The Financial Times confirmed Friday that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development lobbied Australia to weaken a law that would have compelled about 2,500 highly profitable multinational corporations to reveal where they pay taxes, eliciting outrage from tax justice advocates. Citing two unnamed people familiar with the discussions, FT reported that the Paris-based club of wealthy… |
(2023-07-09). 100 Teamsters join practice pickets at Elm Grove UPS in Milwaukee. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On July 6, Local 344 Teamsters held practice pickets at the Elm Grove UPS location to gear up for the potential nationwide strike in August. | Just the day before, Teamster leadership announced that, after over 24 hours of negotiating, no agreement had been reached. UPS walked away from the table at 4 a.m. on July 5, continuing to rob membership, especially part-time workers, of a decent economic proposal. There were no further negotiation dates scheduled. | This news was relayed to the members at the practice pickets and the importance of being out on the picket line was heavily stressed.
(2023-07-09). Solidarity Economics — A Path Away From Capitalist Exploitation. popularresistance.org Professor Jessica Gordon-Nembhard explores the potential of cooperatives and solidarity economics as pathways towards economic democracy and justice. Drawing on historical examples from the civil rights movement and the Knights of Labor in the 1880s, Nembhard demonstrates how cooperative economics can counteract the exploitation inherent in capitalist systems. She underlines the importance of communal ownership and shared decision-making as mechanisms for wealth redistribution, arguing that such models can liberate communities from economic exploitation.
(2023-07-09). African organizations work for peaceful solutions. iacenter.org By Carlos Lopes Pereira July 6, 2023 The author, a former member of the Secretariat of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), writes of African events for Avante!, the newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party. Translation: John Catalinotto. A meeting of the leaders of four African organizations was held this week in Luanda, [Angola], with the aim of coordinating peace initiatives regarding the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Participating were heads of state from the East African Community, the Economic Community of Central African States, the Internation…
(2023-07-09). A Jan. 6 "Moms" Group Funded by Big Lie Donors Is Stoking Voter Suppression. truthout.org Julie Jenkins Fancelli, a Florida-based heiress to the Publix super markets fortune, was little known to the public before she was outed as a major sponsor of the dark money groups organizing the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rallies that culminated in the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol. Recent reporting by OpenSecrets uncovered that the George Jenkins Foundation… |
(2023-07-10). July 9, 2023- 50 years since the Panthers formed, Capitalism + Drugs still = Genocide By: Danny Shaw. midwesternmarx.com 
"Trapped in a vicious cycle of ignorance, poverty, disease, sickness and death, and there seems no way out. There seems to be no way of escape. And because there seems to be no hope, no way out, no means of escape, we turn to wine, we turn to whiskey, heroin, morphine, cocaine, opium, poison, nothing but poison." —Malcolm X " This article was originally published on Liberation School on February 11, 2016″ A Revolutionary Understanding of Addiction A&nbs …
(2023-07-10). Young socialist activists in the forefront of mobilizing against Period Poverty in Africa. peoplesdispatch.org Young activists from Ghana and Lesotho talk about the crisis of Period Poverty in their countries and the urgent need for mobilizing on this issue. This follows a march in late June in Ghana calling for the removal of taxes on sanitary pads…
(2023-07-09). Students promote jobs over anti-China hysteria in Big Rapids, Michigan. fightbacknews.org Big Rapids, Michigan – On July 7, student canvassers took to the streets of Big Rapids to support new auto jobs in Michigan and to oppose anti-China hysteria. Students are responding to the need for good paying jobs in Mecosta County, where unemployment is amongst the highest in Michigan. | The Gotion Battery Plant being built near Big Rapids, Michigan will reportedly create 2300 permanent jobs and hundreds of temporary construction jobs. The Chinese-owned firm is investing $2.4 billion into an electric vehicle parts factory. | When the Gotion plant started to move forward with breaking ground in June, the Michig…
(2023-07-10). Slim Thug Issues Hip-Hop Fatwa Against Artists Selling Catalog: 'Stop Selling Out, This is Our Black Gold'. moguldom.com Music artists have been selling off their music catalogs for millions. There are many reasons behind this trend, say experts. Older artists who are no longer bringing in money from touring might opt to use the catalog money as their retirement income. Other artists want millions upfront rather than waiting for future sales, plays, and …
(2023-07-09). CBDCs are a solution for a problem we don't have, and they want to implant it under our skin. expose-news.com Speaking about universal basic income, Professor Richard Werner said: "You will get 2 000 Euros into your account every month. But of course, to run this efficiently [they'll say: ] 'We need to …
(2023-07-10). Labor must act on council demerger promises. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-10). West Nile virus: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Female Culex mosquito, courtesy: CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed reports of West Nile virus in 10 states. The bite of an infected mosquito most commonly spreads the virus. "West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne illness in the U.S.," says Dr. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. It's a flavivirus —a specific type of RNA virus that can infect humans, birds and horses. "West Nile virus is…
(2023-07-10). Why workers demand Julie Su's confirmation as labor secretary. nationofchange.org Americans need Su to watch their backs more than ever, especially as a growing number of workers join unions on the heels of the pandemic and advocates push for a national version of the California law protecting health care workers.
(2023-07-10). Australia: Vote "no" to the Health Services Union's sellout of public sector health workers! Form rank-and-file committees to fight for decent wages and conditions! wsws.org The union-government deal is a deliberate attempt to turn one section of the membership against another, to allow Labor to carry out its austerity agenda.
(2023-07-10). 3 University of California academic workers charged with felony for chalking slogans on building. wsws.org The felony charges are part of a broader effort of the University of California to criminalize dissent to the sellout contract rammed through in collaboration with the UAW last year.
(2023-07-10). United Workers Union promotes Australian Labor government at API warehouse workers' strike event. wsws.org Union officials fawned over leading representatives of the big-business Labor government. At the same time they viciously attacked and slandered socialists calling for the strike to be broadened.
(2023-07-10). Thousands Of Los Angeles Hotel Workers Are On Strike Again. popularresistance.org Several thousand hotel workers in Los Angeles walked off the job Monday morning over wages and staffing levels in the latest escalation of a heated labor dispute in the region. | The strikes are affecting major hotels near Los Angeles International Airport, disrupting businesses and domestic and international travelers during the peak of summer. Wages in high-cost Southern California are a key point of contention between hotels and Unite Here Local 11, the union representing hospitality workers. Workers say they are commuting from hours away because they cannot afford to live where they work. They are seeking an…
(2023-07-09). Stanford Graduate Workers Unionize. popularresistance.org In a landslide vote, 94% of Stanford's graduate worker voters said 'yes' to being represented by the Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU), according to an email announcement on Thursday. The final vote count was 1639 to 108, with a turnout rate of just over half. | National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certification of the results will cement the Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU), affiliated with the United Electrical Workers (UE), as the official representative of eligible graduate students in collective bargaining with the University. | Now that the University's graduate workers have unionized, the SGWU'
(2023-07-09). Connections, Collaboration, and Freedom Fighting. podcasters.spotify.com In this episode, I talk about some of the reflections from an episode of activist news network that aired a couple days ago with comrades Dequi, Kalonji, Haki, Frank and Ryan. They spoke, not only about the recent passing of Dr. Mutulu Shakur and the importance of his, his work, his revolutionary struggles and his comrades/loved ones; about the importance of building real struggles to free all political prisoners like Jo Jo Bowen, Kamau Sadiki, and to support those on the outside and especially on the inside who are still in the land of the living today; to end settler colonialism; and to put our money where our…
(2023-07-10). Investigation Finds Thomas Has Benefited From Ultrawealthy Network for Decades. truthout.org For decades, an elite group of ultrawealthy and influential Americans has boasted the membership of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and both the justice and the wealthy members of that network have benefited, a new investigation reveals. Over the past months, Thomas's financial relationship with conservative billionaire Harlan Crow has made headlines. But, as a new report by The New York… |
(2023-07-10). RFK Jr. Had No Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein, Or With His Sex-Blackmail Operation. southfront.org 
Written by The speculation that RFK Jr. was a participant in Jeffrey Epstein's operation that brought wealthy and famous men to Jeffrey Epstein's offshore compound for them to have sex with under-age girls has been decisively proven to be false. | In fact: though the flight logs of the lists of guests to Epstein's offshore rape-factory aboard Epstein's…
(2023-07-10). Most US House Incumbents Filed Financial Disclosure Extensions Amid Push for Stock Trading Ban. scheerpost.com 
"It's a giant red flag when so many representatives are beating out the S&P 500 despite the most tumultuous market in years, raising questions whether some are taking advantage of their privileged positions," said one ethics advocate.
(2023-07-10). Regulators fine Ant Group 7.12 billion yuan for violations. ecns.cn Financial regulators imposed a 7.12 billion yuan ($984.1 million) fine on Ant Group, an affiliated company of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, on Friday for violations of laws on corporate governance, consumer rights and business activities.
(2023-07-10). Is what we have "crony capitalism"? mronline.org 
Under monopoly capitalism of course this relationship between monopoly capitalists and the state becomes far closer. Rudolf Hilferding in his opus Das Finanzkapital had talked of a "personal union" between banks and industrial capital and the formation on this basis of a "financial oligarchy", and had suggested a similar "personal union" between the "financial oligarchy" and the State.
(2023-07-09). "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.
(2023-07-09). Disabled Mothers Are Fighting Back Against Social Services. popularresistance.org We have come together to make the situation of disabled mothers and our children visible. We are launching a Charter of Rights which will spell out what support we are entitled to, and what councils and the family courts must do to end the discrimination and abuse of power we face at their hands, especially if we're also single, of colour, immigrant, working-class, a victim of domestic violence, a sex worker and/or were in care as children. The universal bond between mother and child must be respected and supported, financially and in every way, not the privatised child removal industry where disabled children/of…
(2023-07-10). Big Companies Earned Over USD 1 Trillion Of Profit In 2022. popularresistance.org A recently published joint study conducted by Oxfam and Action Aid claims that the total windfall profit of the world's 722 top companies crossed USD 1 trillion for the second consecutive year in 2022. The study notes that this figure, which is higher than the GDP of a majority of countries in the world, reflects an "obscene" and "immoral" quest for higher profits by the rich, who have exploited the global crisis of energy and food price inflation and higher interest rates in the last two years caused by multiple factors including the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
(2023-07-09). Too early to rule out a recession in U.S., says Treasury Secretary. plenglish.com Washington, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said that it is still too early to rule out a recession danger in the United States and that inflation is still too high.
(2023-07-10). China unveils private investment fund regulation. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed a State Council decree unveiling a regulation on the supervision and administration of private investment funds. | The regulation, with 62 items in seven chapters, will come into effect on September 1, 2023, the State Council said in a statement.
(2023-07-10). G-20 in India for agreement on trade and investment. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) The Group of 20 (G-20) discussed in Kevadia on Monday the adoption of an agreement on trade and investment in response to proposals of the bloc's presidency.
(2023-07-09). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.
(2023-07-09). Minnesota calls for justice for Jenin, urges divestment from Israel. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On July 7, 80 protesters gathered on the Marshall Avenue/Lake Street Bridge to demand the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) divest taxpayer money from Israeli bonds and companies. | Demonstrators spent time on the bridge chanting and holding signs, before marching to Eastcliff Mansion, where Governor Tim Walz temporarily resides. Speakers with the Anti-War Committee (AWC) and other grassroots groups highlighted Israel's recent attacks on Jenin in their calls for divestment. | Nick Tolliver of the AWC declared, "The violence of Israel's government's occupation was fully on d…
(2023-07-10). Deadly hazards of capitalist profit system. mronline.org 
The beginning of July saw the hottest days on record globally.
(2023-07-10). Soros-Funded 'Color Of Change' Hit With Allegations Over Use of Money, Misconduct. moguldom.com Color of Change, which describes itself as the largest online U.S. racial justice organization, has faced high staff turnover, layoffs, and allegations of misconduct by senior leaders that were downplayed or ignored, some former and current employees say. The nonprofit Color of Change helped the push to end New York City's racially biased "stop-and-frisk" policy, …
(2023-07-09). Housing Can Help Cultivate Connections. popularresistance.org Oakland, California – Shortly after the opening of Tassafaronga Village, a renewed 7.5-acre community in East Oakland, the Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project put down roots in the adjacent park. Founder Kelly Carlisle had been looking for a place to start a community farm and was inspired by the bright new neighborhood. | After returning to East Oakland, where she'd spent some of her youth, as an adult, she was on the lookout for a place to make a local impact and seized on the opportunity presented by the new housing. Her nonprofit farm project — named after the Latin phrase for "actions, not words"
(2023-07-10). Number of China's registered private enterprises exceeds 50 million. ecns.cn The number of registered private enterprises in China exceeded 50 million in early April 2023 and reached about 50.93 million by the end of May, an increase of 3.7 times compared with the end of 2012, or about 10.59 million, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Sunday.
(2023-07-09). Canada Will Start Regulating 'Forever Chemicals'. popularresistance.org Canada recently took its first bold step to regulate the production and use of a large group of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, a family of environmentally persistent and toxic chemical compounds. | These chemicals are found in food packaging, waterproof cosmetics, non-stick pans, stain- and water-resistant fabrics and carpeting, cleaning products, paints and firefighting foams. | The Canadian government released a report detailing the risks of PFAS exposure and potential management options. This report, which advocates for the regulation of the thousands of PFAS as a whole, will di…
(2023-07-10). Why companies say you're 'family' while underpaying you. therealnews.com 
Karl Marx once observed that "equal rights" under the inequality of capitalism simply means the right of capitalists to exploit workers. Anyone who's attempted to unionize their workplace has discovered the truth of this—as employers frequently stoop to unethical and dishonest measures to prevent workers from building collective power. Felix Allen, a Lowe's union organizer based in New Orleans, speaks with The Real News about his experience organizing his workplace for fair pay. | Studio Production: Adam Coley, David Hebden, Cameron Granadino | Post-Production: Cameron Granadino |
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(2023-07-10). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…
(2023-07-10). Addressing allegations of "Chinese spy base" in Cuba.By: Manolo De Los Santos & Kate Gonzales. midwesternmarx.com 
On June 8, the U.S. media added to its long storybook of tales to scare people away from normal relations with Cuba. The Wall Street Journal published an article on that day claiming that China has plans to set up a "spy base" in Cuba, to "eavesdrop" on the United States and "identify potential strike targets." WSJ has already published two more pieces since rapidly ramping up its narrative against the Cuban state and fermenting more paranoia as the new …
(2023-07-10). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-10). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.
(2023-07-10). For a European movement against capitalism and war. wsws.org The only social force that can prevent another world war is the international working class—that is, the vast majority of the world's population, which today is more numerous and more interconnected than ever before.
(2023-07-10). Communism, Capitalism and Feudalism: How Nominalism Makes Us Fools. transcend.org 5 Jul 2023 – Nominalism can be thought of as a "rule of reasoning" governing which pathways our minds use as we move from ignorance to understanding on any topic imaginable. In essence, this school of thought presumes that reality can only be known through the names and definitions given to things and processes in the real world.
(2023-07-10). Former ADF major says military industrial complex 'keeps us chained to the past'. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-10). Nearly half of U.S. drinking water contains PFAS: USGS study. nationofchange.org The results showed that the most PFAS exposure was around highly populated areas and in places near potential PFAS sources, like industrial sites or waste areas.
(2023-07-10). The bankruptcy of DSA politics: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden reelection. wsws.org The supposed "left" and even "socialist" congresswoman declared her support Thursday, amid newspaper reports that Biden was about to approve the delivery of cluster bombs to Ukraine.
(2023-07-09). Iraq To Purchase JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets From Pakistan — Reports. southfront.org 
Pakistan Air Force Chengdu JF-17. By Wikimedia user (Shimin Gu) | Iraq will purchase a number of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan for its air force, The News International and other sources reported on July 9. | The JF-17 was jointly developed by China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. The fighter jet can be used for multiple roles, including interception, ground attack, anti-ship, and aerial reconnaissance. | Citing unnamed sources, The News International…
(2023-07-10). Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee outlines fightback strategy on eve of ballot result on CWU-Royal Mail agreement. wsws.org A postal worker explained, "We must not stop at the end of the vote. This is the beginning of a rank-and-file movement. The fact we exist and are here is enough to unsettle the bureaucrats."
(2023-07-10). Janet Yellen, playing the "good cop" routine in China? indybay.org Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Beijing this week meeting with Chinese officials. But Western corporate media is trying to spin her role as a "good cop" for the NeoLiberal policy of coercing China to follow the USA-made "rules-based" international order.
(2023-07-10). "I'm a supplemental / TPT / Stellantis slave": Message from a Warren Truck temporary part-time worker. wsws.org The text to the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter details the abuse of part-time workers by Stellantis management and the United Auto Workers union.
(2023-07-10). "I'm a supplemental/TPT/Stellantis slave": Message from a Warren Truck temporary part-time worker. wsws.org The text to the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter details the abuse of part-time workers by Stellantis management and the United Auto Workers union.
(2023-07-10). Right-wing judge bars federal agencies from restricting COVID-19 misinformation on social media. wsws.org The ruling shows how the Democrats have enabled the right wing to pose as defenders of free speech, while exposing details of state-sponsored censorship on social media that is aimed primarily against left-wing and socialist views.
(2023-07-10). Rally to demand justice for Derek Diaz! Release the name of the killer cop! fightbacknews.org Fight Back! is circulating the following July 9 statement and call for a solidarity rally by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization in Orlando, Florida. | The Orlando district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns in the strongest sense the unjust murder of Derek Diaz, an unarmed 26-year-old by an unnamed Orlando Police Department (OPD) officer in the early morning hours of July 3, 2023. | During a press conference, OPD stated they were conducting "proactive patrols" in the area of Jefferson Street and North Orange Avenue when they stopped Diaz for what they deem as suspicious activity. OPD justif…
(2023-07-10). Silence of the Lambs: How the Russian Communists Have Responded to the Wagner Mutiny and Prigozhin's Empire. mronline.org 
The calls have begun in Mosco, for keeping intact Yevgeny Prigozhin's conglomerate of military budget contractors. The reason argued is that they have established themselves so strategically in the logistics of the military services that they cannot be purged without doing greater damage than Prigozhin himself has caused. In short, a Russian oligarch who knows too much, with too many mouths to feed, too many pockets to fill, and so too big to fail.
(2023-07-10). Japan to release radioactive wastewater into the Pacific despite regional alarm. thecommunists.org The Japanese government plans to pump more than one million tonnes of radioactive wastewater, trapped on site ever since the Fukushima disaster, straight into the Pacific Ocean. In the teeth of impassioned pleas from south Korean fishermen fearful of losing their livelihoods and warnings from Greenpeace about the wider environmental implications, the IAEA (International Atomic …