(2023-07-16). Insights‰∏®Australian sinologist: China has grown more confident, open and stable. ecns.cn During the exclusive interview with China News Network, Australian sinologist Colin Mackerras highly commended the achievements of the CPC in multiple areas from maintaining national stability to building infrastructure, developing the economy, and promoting the status of women. "ÄÄ…
(2023-07-16). Chris Hedges: American Poverty Is A Calamity By Design. popularresistance.org Some 50 million people in the United States live in poverty today—and over 108 million people survive on less than $55,000 a year. Despite having the largest economy on earth, poverty in the US is often grinding and brutal. From millions who live without running water or reliable power, to countless children who experience food insecurity and homelessness. The data on poverty only becomes exacerbated when race is taken into account. In 2019, the median White household had a net worth of $188,200, compared with $24,100 for the median Black household. Matthew Desmond joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss h…
(2023-07-16). 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…
(2023-07-16). National Assembly Deputy Jesús Faría: Venezuela Moving Towards New Tax System. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan National Assembly approved 25 articles out of 30 of the draft Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities, on Friday, July 14. The chairman of the Permanent Commission of Economy, Finance and National Development, PSUV Deputy Jesús Faría, stated that this law "will serve as a support to move towards a new tax system for a post-oil Venezuela." | He explained that the preparation of the new law is "an absolutely urgent requirement for the whole nation; we must do everything in our power to stimulate the recovery of the country's productive apparat…
(2023-07-15). Western media has falsely presented the Donbas' 'Drive For Autonomy' as being instigated by Moscow. mronline.org 
In Reality It Resulted Largely from Kyiv's Destruction of Eastern Ukraine's Economy Under Neo-Liberal Economic Policies Pushed by Washington Since the 1990s.
(2023-07-15). Data vs Reality: What Is Happening With Venezuela's Economy? orinocotribune.com
(2023-07-16). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.
(2023-07-16). Cop City And The Escalating War On Environmental Defenders. popularresistance.org The fight in Atlanta over Cop City, a massive police training facility, has turned into ground zero for overlapping crises facing our country: the climate emergency, vast political and economic inequality, ever-militarizing police forces and systemic racism. | If we want a democracy healthy enough to solve these crises, it's worth paying attention to what is happening in the South River Forest. | On May 31, in a disturbing move shortly before Atlanta's City Council approved more funding for the facility, Georgia law enforcement arrested three members of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which provides activists with l…
(2023-07-16). How To Create A Debt Co-Op To Take Back Your Student Loans. popularresistance.org The day we refinanced our first student loan, four debt cooperative members met for coffee and eggs at a greasy spoon at 8 a.m. to prepare the paperwork. Together, we all went to the bank, got the cashier's check, printed the letter, and put it in the mail, and it was elating. | So elating, in fact, that residents of downtown Seattle looked concerned as four grown adults let out shouts of joy outside a perfectly average post office after doing a seemingly simple task. But the task was anything but simple—and we had done it together. | Like an untold number of ideas throughout human history, the nuts and bol…
(2023-07-16). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.
(2023-07-16). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-15). Cuba hosts second Local Development Fair. america.cgtn.com 
The 2023 Local Development Fair in Havana has attracted over 600 state and private companies and international firms that are offering products and services. It's aimed at encouraging economic improvement for businesses on the island. See more.
(2023-07-15). China hosts "Summer Sessions" of the World Economic Forum. journal-neo.org
(2023-07-15). La planificación económica en tiempos de cambio climático. globalizacion.ca El libro ´La planificación económica en tiempos de cambio climático ª, escrito por Paul Cockshott, Allin Cotrell y Jan Philipp Dapprich [1], desarrolla las implicancias del cambio climático en la actualidad y plantea por qué la planificación socialista es la única…
(2023-07-15). Third World external debt in the light of simple economics. mronline.org 
INDIA and other third world countries can morally justify their being a part of G-20 alongside the imperialist powers, only if they raise common and pressing problems of the third world as a whole at G-20 meetings.
(2023-07-15). China urges EU for multilateralism and free trade. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) China on Saturday called on the European Union (EU) to avoid politicizing economic issues and urged for globalization and the free trade system with an inclusive approach.
(2023-07-15). The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty. dissidentvoice.org 
The Akosombo Dam in the Volta River, inaugurated in 1965 during Kwame Nkrumah's presidency. In June, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 'From 2015 to 2019', the network wrote, 'the world …
(2023-07-15). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued U.S. Dominance. globalresearch.ca The issue is not food shortage but speculation on food commodities and the manipulation of an inherently flawed global food system that serves the interests of corporate agribusiness traders and suppliers of inputs at the expense of people's needs and genuine food security.
(2023-07-15). World Needs A New Development Theory That Does Not Trap The Poor In Poverty. popularresistance.org
(2023-07-15). World Report] New US$1 ∑5 billion fund for primary care. thelancet.com WHO is partnering with development banks to help support efforts to strengthen primary care in low-income and middle-income countries. Udani Samarasekera reports.
(2023-07-15). Correspondence] How to avoid causing polio in the name of its eradication. thelancet.com WHO began immunising children against polio in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 1974, through the Expanded Programme on Immunisation, using a trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (tOPV)—three doses during infancy. In 1984, a dose at birth was added.
(2023-07-15). Biden administration announces new limited student loan forgiveness program for 804,000 borrowers. wsws.org The Biden administration announced it will begin immediately to forgive $39 billion in student loan debt for a group of borrowers who have been paying back their debts for more than two decades and others who qualify for income-driven repayment plans and have been cheated by the government.
(2023-07-16). The Future Is Now: Rethinking Public Ownership. popularresistance.org Something momentous has happened, according to recent opinion polls. After 40 years of reluctantly accepting the Thatcherite mantra that there is no alternative to the market, the British public declared that they had had enough. In August 2022, Survation polling for the campaign group We Own It revealed that 69 per cent were in favour of publicly-owned water, 65 per cent for publicly-owned buses, 67 per cent for rail, 66 per cent for energy, 68 per cent for Royal Mail, and a whopping 78 per cent for the NHS. With public sentiment matching the vigour of an emboldened labour movement, there is a feeling that some…
(2023-07-16). Labor Resolution in Solidarity with the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! is circulating the following "Solidarity with the Tampa 5" resolution voted up by the union delegates to the West Central Florida Labor Council (WCFLC). President Jim Junecko of the WCFLC, AFL-CIO sent the resolution to Florida State's Attorney Susan Lopez asking she direct Prosecutor Justin Diaz to drop the charges. | Resolution in Solidarity with the Tampa 5 | WHEREAS the West Central Florida Labor Council dedicates itself to improving the lives of working families, bringing fairness and dignity to the workplace and securing social equity in the Nation; | WHEREAS we support union workers, students a…
(2023-07-16). Does fear of US intervention explain Labor's support for AUKUS? greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-16). Sign-on in Support: Justice for Li Tang "Henry" Liang! peacepivot.org This statement has been republished from the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance The APALA Massachusetts Chapter and UNITE HERE Local 26 are supporting a local worker who has been wrongfully targeted. Read the statement below and sign-on to show your support. Sign-on LetterJustice for Li Tang "Henry" Liang! Chinese American community activist and hotel worker …
(2023-07-15). Venezuela: Chavista Groups Deliver Writ to Demand Salary Measures. venezuelanalysis.com The legal document relies on the Venezuelan Constitution and labor legislation to argue for wage raises and the conversion of bonuses into salaries.
(2023-07-15). Australian government installs new central bank chief to put fresh face on offensive against workers. wsws.org Michele Bullock's appointment signals a reassurance to the financial and corporate elite of Labor's ongoing commitment to their profiteering interests.
(2023-07-15). 16-year-old worker killed in Wisconsin sawmill amid growing erosion of child labor laws. wsws.org Michael Schuls' tragic death at the young age of 16 in a Wisconsin sawmill is the product of the accelerating assault on child labor protections.
(2023-07-15). Amazon Teamsters' Rolling Pickets Hit Facilities Nationwide. popularresistance.org Brandi Diaz was at a customer's door in Palmdale, California, delivering stuff for Amazon, when the customer asked her, "What's the difference between you and UPS drivers?" | "He said the difference is UPS is union, Amazon is not. He referred to us as 'Jeff's Bozos.' | "I am no longer Bezos' Bozo!" Diaz said over honks and chants from 200 Teamsters from six different locals and some labor allies at a picket line outside an Amazon warehouse in northern New Jersey July 6. | Diaz and her co-workers voted to join Teamsters Local 396 in April. They are Amazon delivery drivers, but they were nominally employed by an Am…
(2023-07-15). 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…
(2023-07-15). The Federal Debt Trap: Issues and Possible Solutions. dissidentvoice.org "Rather than collecting taxes from the wealthy," wrote the New York Times Editorial Board in a July 7 opinion piece, "the government is paying the wealthy to borrow their money." Titled "America Is Living on Borrowed Money," the editorial observes that over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), annual federal budget …
(2023-07-15). Russians embrace Chinese cars after Western brands depart. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) As the exodus of Western automakers narrows options for Russian consumers, Chinese automakers are filling the gap, forcing Russians to overcome their reluctance to embrace Chinese brands and accept higher prices.
(2023-07-16). Flywire offers WeChat payment option for Chinese students. ecns.cn Flywire, a third-party payment platform in the United States, announced a partnership with Tencent Financial Technology, a fintech arm of China's tech giant Tencent, on Thursday.
(2023-07-16). Fear And Loathing On Air Force One. popularresistance.org Joe Biden got what he needed before the NATO summit this week by somehow turning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inside out and getting him to rebuff Vladimir Putin by announcing that he would support NATO membership for Sweden. The public story for Biden's face-saving coup was talk about agreeing to sell American F-16 fighter bombers to Turkey. | I have been told a different, secret story about Erdogan's turnabout: Biden promised that a much-needed $11-13 billion line of credit would be extended to Turkey by the International Monetary Fund. "Biden had to have a victory and Turkey is in acute financial str…
(2023-07-15). Australian construction insolvencies hit record highs. wsws.org In the 2022—23 financial year, 2,170 construction businesses have gone into administration, 69 percent more than in 2021—22.
(2023-07-15). Climate Poison Pills in Congress. dissidentvoice.org Republican lawmakers in the US Congress are unabashedly pro-global warming: "Bring it on! We've got air conditioners in our cars, offices, and homes… no sweat!" Not one Republican in Congress voted for the nation's most inclusive climate bill of all time, the Inflation Reduction Act, not one Republican vote. Meanwhile, here we go again, this …
(2023-07-15). China's CPI to recover from next month, PBOC official says. ecns.cn China's consumer inflation may further decline in July but is likely to gradually recover from August to a level close to 1 percent by the end of the year.
(2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…
(2023-07-15). DeSantis Outspends Trump on Digital Ads Ahead of Debates. truthout.org Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his committees are outspending former President Donald Trump on digital ads by almost two-fold on Meta and Google as the race between the two 2024 presidential contenders tightens, but committees affiliated with current Democratic President Joe Biden dwarf both Republican challengers. Trump has spent $928,544 on Meta and Google — which includes Facebook… |
(2023-07-16). Carbon pricing to affect investments, survey claims. ecns.cn The trading of carbon emission allowances in China is expected to increasingly affect investment decisions as the carbon price rises steadily, according to the 2022 China Carbon Pricing Survey report.
(2023-07-16). New pattern drives regional development. ecns.cn Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co Ltd and its subsidiary Beijing Rail Transit Technology Equipment Group Co Ltd have built a new pattern of "Beijing design Baoding manufacturing", further promoting coordinated industrial development in Beijing and Hebei province.
(2023-07-15). Climate Poison Pills in Congress. dissidentvoice.org Republican lawmakers in the US Congress are unabashedly pro-global warming: "Bring it on! We've got air conditioners in our cars, offices, and homes… no sweat!" Not one Republican in Congress voted for the nation's most inclusive climate bill of all time, the Inflation Reduction Act, not one Republican vote. Meanwhile, here we go again, this …
(2023-07-15). China's CPI to recover from next month, PBOC official says. ecns.cn China's consumer inflation may further decline in July but is likely to gradually recover from August to a level close to 1 percent by the end of the year.
(2023-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…
(2023-07-15). DeSantis Outspends Trump on Digital Ads Ahead of Debates. truthout.org Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his committees are outspending former President Donald Trump on digital ads by almost two-fold on Meta and Google as the race between the two 2024 presidential contenders tightens, but committees affiliated with current Democratic President Joe Biden dwarf both Republican challengers. Trump has spent $928,544 on Meta and Google — which includes Facebook… |
(2023-07-16). Carbon pricing to affect investments, survey claims. ecns.cn The trading of carbon emission allowances in China is expected to increasingly affect investment decisions as the carbon price rises steadily, according to the 2022 China Carbon Pricing Survey report.
(2023-07-16). New pattern drives regional development. ecns.cn Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co Ltd and its subsidiary Beijing Rail Transit Technology Equipment Group Co Ltd have built a new pattern of "Beijing design Baoding manufacturing", further promoting coordinated industrial development in Beijing and Hebei province.
(2023-07-15). China's largest electrochemical energy storage power station put into operation. ecns.cn The total battery installed capacity of this electrochemical energy storage station stood at 800,000 kilowatts, ranking 1st of its kind in China. The total investment of project is 5 billion RMB ($700 million), with a total capacity of 200,000 KW/800,000KWh.
(2023-07-16). Who fuels war and profits from it. indybay.org It is morally indefensible to support the strategy of fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian. Nor is it moral to remain silent when the U.S. pursues strategies and policies that cannot achieve its stated | goals. This senseless pursuit of defeating Russia in the spirit of some kind of 19th century imperial victory is unattainable.
(2023-07-15). Profit-Driven Systems Are Driving Us To Our Doom. orinocotribune.com I just read a disturbing paragraph in "So what doomed the Instant Pot? How could something that was so beloved sputter? Is the arc of kitchen goods long but bends toward obsolescence? Business schools may someday make a case study of one of Instant Pot's vulnerabilities, namely, that it was simply too well made. Once you slapped down your ninety dollars for the Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1, you were set for li…
(2023-07-15). How Big Banks Are Financing — and Profiting From — Climate Destruction. truthout.org In the climate movement's ongoing efforts to cut off the financing of the fossil fuel industry, perhaps no culprit has loomed as large as the big banks. For nearly a decade, organizers have been naming and shaming the banks that prop up the oil, gas and coal industries, identifying them as key drivers of climate chaos. There's a simple reason why banks have been such a big focus: they profit from… |
(2023-07-16). China authority says aspartame safe under nation's standard. ecns.cn China's food safety assessment authority said on Friday it is safe to use aspartame, a common artificial sweetener used in many products, based on China's current standards and regulations.
(2023-07-15). WHO's Worldwide Power Grab: Beware of the New International Health Regulation and Pandemic Treaty, a Health Tyranny Never Heard of Before in Human History. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-15). Engels: How North West England shaped an internationalist. mronline.org 
Katherine Connelly outlines how the events and context of their times shaped the partnership and ideas of Marx and Engels.
(2023-07-16). China's high-speed railway is far more outstanding than U.S.: media reports. ecns.cn CNBC on Wednesday presented two sets of data regarding railway construction in a mini-documentary. "The United States ranks below many industrialized nations when it comes to ridership on its passenger rail," CNBC said, while that of China is far more outstanding, according to its figure.
(2023-07-16). Planta química en Louisiana, EE.UU., reporta varias explosiones. telesurtv.net No se reportaron heridos de inmediato y no se detectó ninguna fuga química en la escena en llamas en el complejo industrial cerca de Plaquemine, a unos 32 kilómetros al suroeste de Baton Rouge.
(2023-07-15). Continúan jornadas de solidaridad con MTS en Brasil. telesurtv.net El Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra ofrece gran variedad de ofertas naturales y agroindustrializadas.
(2023-07-15). Despite widespread disapproval, Milwaukee common council raises sales tax. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – After contested town halls, the Milwaukee Common Council has voted in favor of increasing the city's sales tax by 2%. The vote was 12-3. As mandated by Wisconsin Act 12 (the Shared Revenue Bill), the revenue generated by this 2% sales tax increase can only be used to pay for the city's pension obligations to the fire and police departments. | The entire situation around this 2% sales tax increase was marred by fear-mongering tactics. City officials tried to hide their betrayal of working people in Milwaukee behind threats of city bankruptcy. In the town hall hosted the night before the vote, elec…
(2023-07-15). Biden's Unconstitutional "Bankruptcy Abuse" Act Makes Peons of Student Debtors. truthout.org The Supreme Court recently blocked the Biden administration's plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt. The decision disappointed 43 million borrowers owing $1.6 trillion in student debt. Regardless, the failure of the Biden plan misdirects us from the root problem: It's not that student loan borrowers need debt relief; it's that they merit a debt discharge. Every honest… |
(2023-07-15). Customize Mouse Pads with Logos or Patterns at Eata Gift. indybay.org Eata Gift announced the availability of mouse pad customization for its business and bulk-purchase customers.
(2023-07-15). Guatemala, la desfachatez de un sistema nefasto. globalizacion.ca Las elecciones del pasado 25 de junio en Guatemala ratificaron la imagen de un país institucionalmente en 'jaque mate', prisionero de un sistema político-institucional profundamente corrupto y de un modelo económico neoliberal extractivista depredador, que han obligado a millones de…
(2023-07-16). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Wage. socialistproject.ca 
(2023-07-15). Oppose JVP trade union thuggery against SEP's fight to mobilise Sri Lankan workers against IMF austerity. wsws.org The JVP unions are desperately trying to prevent the working class discussing the Socialist Equality Party's call for independent action committees and its socialist and internationalist program.
(2023-07-16). Xi stresses advancing high-quality development of internet and information technology sector. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has given important instructions on cyber security and information technology application work.
(2023-07-15). Insights | Malaysian student: China has developed by leaps and bounds under the leadership of the CPC. ecns.cn The year 2023 marks the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Malaysian student Toh Wei Yuan is quite impressed with how China has developed and progressed by leaps and bounds over the years under the leadership of the CPC. During an interview with ECNS, she shared her observation.
(2023-07-15). China to avoid bloc confrontation in Asia-Pacific region. plenglish.com The head of the Chinese Communist Party's Foreign Affairs Commission and member of its Political Bureau, Wang Yi, made this appeal during the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which is taking place in Indonesia. | According to the Xinhua news agency, the senior diplomat urged the other members to adhere to openness and inclusiveness, in addition to promoting common security. In this regard, he opposed the so-called Asia-Pacific version of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that incites confrontation in the region. | The Treaty of Friendship and Cooperatio…