(2023-05-17). Criminals welcome as US recruits foreign proxies to wage 'irregular war' on adversaries. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US military trains and arms foreign fighters as "proxies" to wage "irregular warfare" against adversaries, and the Pentagon does not vet them to see if they have committed atrocities, according to documents obtained by the New York Times.
(2023-05-17). Economy maintains growth momentum. ecns.cn China's economy maintained strong growth momentum in April, with gauges of consumption and services gathering pace, improving the outlook for steady growth of the world's second-largest economy this year.
(2023-05-16). Hollywood writers are joining the fight for stable jobs. peoplesdispatch.org The TV & entertainment writers' strike is only one example of organized labor attempting to lift the working class out of the trenches of the so-called gig economy…
(2023-05-16). In the Middle East, U.S. Holds China at Risk. fpif.org As the dominant power in the Middle East, the United States maintains a great deal of leverage over China, which is dependent on the region for its energy needs. | In the event of a conflict between China and the United States, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) could direct U.S. military forces to block energy shipments to China, thereby preventing the country from accessing resources to fuel its economy and military forces. | "God forbid there's ever a conflict with China, but we could end up holding a lot of their economy at risk in the CENTCOM region," General Erik Kurilla, the commander of U.S. Central Command,…
(2023-05-16). Immiserated, humiliated, yet resilient: how Syrians survive America's economic siege. thegrayzone.com Syrian-American journalist Hekmat Aboukhater traveled across Homs, Lattakia, Tartous, and Aleppo this April, reporting for The Grayzone on the devastating impact of Western economic sanctions on average Syrians. Throughout 2023, a series of anti-Syrian refugee bills, a failing economy, and anti-Syrian rhetoric have deepened the plight of the two million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. Hate crimes against Syrians suspected of living in the country illegally have skyrocketed, while at least 130 refugees have been deported. Weekly Israeli strikes have …
(2023-05-16). Ukraine's neoliberalism on steroids, Europe's economic suicide. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Mick Dunford analyze the conflict in Ukraine, discussing the aggressive neoliberal reforms being imposed by the Ukrainian government and Europe's suicidal policies.
(2023-05-16). The West's Economic War On Russia Has Failed. popularresistance.org The US with its EU vassals in tow has carried out a two-pronged attack on Russia. The first is Joe Biden's cruel proxy war on Russia, with its cynical use of Ukrainians as cannon fodder. The second prong is the sanctions war designed to destroy Russia's economy. | The economic war is a failure. Russia has won. This verdict comes not from a Russia-friendly source but from two well-known British publications. One is the UK's oldest political magazine, The Spectator. The other is The Daily Telegraph, a British broadsheet that supports the Ukraine war and has always endorsed Conservative candidates. Boris Johnson was…
(2023-05-16). Deflation not present in China's economy. ecns.cn On a monthly basis, the prices were down slightly by 0.1 percent, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics released on Tuesday.The market demand has a limited leverage on driving up prices in short term, said NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui.
(2023-05-16). China's economic recovery accelerates in April. ecns.cn China's economic recovery gained pace in April, newly released official data showed on Tuesday, as domestic consumption has kept surging in the first four months of the year, while industrial production and fixed asset investment are both rising.
(2023-05-16). The IMF and its Ideological Orphans By: àÅlvaro García Linera. midwesternmarx.com There was a time when the International Monetary Fund's "recommendations" on how to reorganize an economy were read, defended and executed as if they were a divine mandate. Those were the 90s of the last century, when every study of the course of the world economy or agreement reached with this or that country, not only emanated an enlightened historical optimism with what was being proposed, but was also accompanied by a blind endorsement that went from ministers o …
(2023-05-17). Rusia retomará la senda del crecimiento económico en 2024, según informe de la ONU. cubadebate.cu La economía de Rusia retomará la senda de crecimiento bajo a mediano plazo el próximo año, según indica un informe económico de la ONU. El Fondo Monetario Internacional pronosticó también que el crecimiento económico ruso superaría al de Alemania y el Reino Unido tanto en 2023 como 2024.
(2023-05-17). Nucleus RadioPharma to open manufacturing facility in Rochester, Minnesota. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Facility aims to manufacture next generation of radiopharmaceuticals ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nucleus RadioPharma, a radiopharmaceutical company founded by Eclipse and Mayo Clinic, announced today it has received approval from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for its economic incentive request to support a facility in Rochester. The facility will be based in the Two Discovery Square building within Destination Medical Center's Discovery Square District. Nucleus was established to address the acute manufacturing…
(2023-05-17). Italy: Trade Unions Continue Mobilizations Against Labor Policies. popularresistance.org Mainstream trade unions in Italy, including the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL), the Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions (CISL), and the Italian Labor Union (UIL), organized a major demonstration in Milan on Saturday, May 13. The unions denounced the economic policies of the right-wing government led by Giorgia Meloni, including proposed cuts to public services and social welfare programs, along with lack of investment in job creation. Cadres from various political groups including the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) also participated and expressed solidarity with workers.
(2023-05-16). India-Russia Economic Relations: The New Dimensions. infobrics.org In the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war, India has been purchasing oil from Russia at a discounted price. The US has not opposed this decision publicly but earlier this year, some US officials had alluded to the possibility of imposing sanctions on India for purchase of Russian oil, though the US later on clarified that Washington was not "looking to sanction India"
(2023-05-16). The Economic Burden of Racial, Ethnic, and Educational Health Inequities in the US. jamanetwork.com This study estimates the economic burden of health inequities for racial and ethnic minority populations.
(2023-05-16). The US Health Equity Crisis—An Economic Case for a Moral Imperative? jamanetwork.com The US faces a health equity crisis. Income inequality has steadily increased over several decades, as have disparities in health outcomes between the richest and poorest US residents. Because income and wealth are strongly linked to education, the gap in life expectancy between adults with a college degree compared with those without one has also sharply widened. Black adults, who, on average, have less wealth and lower levels of education due to systemic inequities and structurally racist policies, experience the highest premature death rates in the country. There is growing concern that these pervasive and ala…
(2023-05-16). G7 members should ask the US to stop bludgeoning and‚ÄÇcurbing other countries in the name of national security: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn No one is more qualified than the U.S. to‚ÄÇbe called out for‚ÄÇeconomic coercion, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded.
(2023-05-16). G7 urged to safeguard economic security. ecns.cn China called on the Group of Seven on Monday to urge Washington to correct its aggressive adjustment of monetary policies and avoid shifting domestic risks to the whole world, in order to safeguard economic security.
(2023-05-16). IYSSE holds successful anti-war meetings in Munich, Bochum and Frankfurt. wsws.org Under the title "The war in Ukraine and how to stop it," the IYSSE shed light on the historical, economic and political causes of the war and an international socialist strategy to end it.
(2023-05-16). The game-changing promise of an OTC birth control pill. nationofchange.org The U.S. appears likely to legalize over-the-counter contraception—a critical step in increasing women's bodily autonomy and economic independence.
(2023-05-16). Argentina anuncia medidas para combatir inflación. telesurtv.net El anuncio de las medidas fue por parte del Ministerio de Economía en conjunto con el Banco Central.
(2023-05-16). Ideological work in the new era of socialism in China By: Gabriel Martinez. midwesternmarx.com 
We are pleased to publish this important and well-researched article by Gabriel Martinez on ideological work and struggle in China since the beginning of 'reform and opening up' at the end of the 1970s. Gabriel is a postgraduate student from Brazil, currently finishing his studies in Marxist Philosophy at Beijing Normal University. He has lived in China for the last five years.He notes that the important changes in the country's economic sphere have been accompanied by a …
(2023-05-17). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…
(2023-05-16). Association of a Housing Mobility Program With Childhood Asthma Symptoms and Exacerbations. jamanetwork.com This matched cohort study examines whether participation from 2016 to 2020 in the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership housing mobility program, a program that provided housing vouchers and assistance moving to low-poverty neighborhoods, was associated with reduced asthma morbidity among children aged 5 to 17 years.
(2023-05-17). Everything we know about the Van Nuys/North Hollywood Los Angeles Valley College scandal. indybay.org Alot has been published in the past two weeks about low-income students being defrauded at Los Angeles Community College District campus L.A. Valley College in Van Nuys/North Hollywood. More is expected to be published. Here is what we know so far.
(2023-05-17). Picketing writers in New York City: "The people who run these companies are getting richer and richer, and they're asking us to work for as little as they can possibly pay us" wsws.org The average television and film writer has seen his or her income shrink over the past decade, as the companies have used every trick in the book to cut staffing and costs—the only area in which they genuinely demonstrate "creativity."
(2023-05-16). Brazil: How Small Family Farms Are Adapting to Climate Change. libya360.wordpress.com Zoe Sullivan (Image by Camila Cordeiro) Alexandre Pires is at the forefront of expanding opportunities for low-income rural populations and family farms in Brazil. Just a few days before the first round of Brazil's most recent elections, Alexandre Pires was dancing with fellow progressives. Hundreds of people, many wearing red shirts, a nod to Brazil's Workers' Party, had…
(2023-05-16). Global Variations in Heart Failure Etiology, Management, and Outcomes. jamanetwork.com This study uses data from the Global Congestive Heart Failure Registry, sorted by country and by country income level, to evaluate trends in heart failure etiologies, management, and outcomes.
(2023-05-16). Right to Counsel: Jersey City tenants fight for free lawyers in eviction struggles. peoplesworld.org 
JERSEY CITY, N.J.—Two years ago, a report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition showed that a full-time worker in the U.S. needs to earn at least $25.82 per hour to rent a two-bedroom apartment, and $21.25 per hour for a one-bedroom apartment. The federal minimum wage, however, has been frozen at $7.25 since 2009. …
(2023-05-16). Cleaner environment promises village a better life. ecns.cn An improved rural environment has made a water village in East China's Zhejiang province attractive and promises to deliver higher incomes to locals.
(2023-05-16). The myth of affordable housing is demolished by "minimum income requirements" indybay.org 2008 Protest In Front Of The California Hotel By Tenants Facing Illegal Evictions By The John Stewart Company & the dissolved Oakland Community Housing, Inc. Photo by Lydia Gans.
(2023-05-17). Letter backs researcher's proposal on Xinjiang. ecns.cn Eleven Chinese research institutions said in a joint open letter on Tuesday that they are willing to collaborate with researchers focusing on Xinjiang around the world to promote academic research on Xinjiang-related issues.
(2023-05-17). On 75th Anniversary of Nakba Speak Out In SF While SF Mayor In Israel Supporting Zionists. indybay.org On the 75th anniversary of Nabka, a rally was held in San Francisco. Speakers talked about SF mayor London Breed's visit to Israel to support the apartheid Zionist regime and the continued police murders of Black youth in the City by her police.
(2023-05-17). Save lives this Take Back Day; safely dispose of unused medications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Dispose of unneeded medications safely during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22. Mayo Clinic, in collaboration with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Olmsted Medical Center, Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will host a community drop-off event to collect unused or expired medications. "The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office and Violent Crimes Enforcement Team (VCET) are proud to team up with Mayo Clinic and other…
(2023-05-17). Encuesta: casi el 60% de británicos no apoya al primer ministro. telesurtv.net Por su parte el jefe del partido laborista, Keir Stammer, tiene el apoyo del 35 por ciento de los encuestados.
(2023-05-17). Owner of sushi restaurant in Philadelphia stole $1 million from over 200 workers. wsws.org Four years after the Department of Labor settled the case in court, workers still have not recovered their lost wages.
(2023-05-16). The Rollback of Child Labor Protections Is Well Underway. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-16). Trade unions in Italy continue mobilizations against government's labor policies, support to Ukraine war. peoplesdispatch.org Working class sections have demanded an increase in wages and pensions at par with inflation, including raising the minimum wages to 10 euros (10.87 US$) per hour, and additional investment in public health, education, transport, and infrastructure…
(2023-05-16). Paramilitary Chief: Venezuelan Opposition Conspired with Colombian Paramilitaries to Assassinate Chávez. venezuelanalysis.com Mancuso's claim bolsters evidence of collaboration between Venezuela's hardline opposition and paramilitary groups on both sides of the border.
(2023-05-16). Labor Party of Turkey (EMEP) election statement: United people's struggle will overthrow the one-man regime. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the Labor Party of Turkey (EMEP) statement on the presidential and parliamentary elections held on May 14. | Despite the ruling party's use of state facilities and resources to implement all kinds of restrictions, provocations, censorship and threats against its opponents, the result of the presidential and parliamentary elections was a decline in the mass support of the one-man regime and the AKP's loss of power in parliament. | The AKP did not refrain from terrorizing the environment by recalling at every opportunity the methods of violence used between the 7 Jun…
(2023-05-16). Brazil Expects Space Cooperation With Russia in BRICS Framework to Mature. infobrics.org Brazil anticipates its collaboration with Russia on space matters within the framework of BRICS to mature, Brazilian Space Agency Coordinator for Satellites and Applications Rodrigo Leonardi told Sputnik…
(2023-05-16). The Subminimum Wage Plus Tips: A Bad Bargain for Workers. cepr.net 
This article, published in the May 2023 issue of the New Labor Forum discusses the systemic flaws in the United States' two-tiered minimum wage system, focusing on the long-overlooked federal subminimum wage for tipped workers. While many think of the federal minimum wage as $7.23/hour, the subminimum wage for tipped workers is, in fact, $2.13/hour …
(2023-05-16). International Workers Day roundtable highlights organizing and solidarity. peoplesworld.org 
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—As images of recent workers' gains, struggles, and actions projected onto the screen and the sounds of labor music ranged outside of the New Haven Peoples Center on to the street, everyone who entered felt an inviting atmosphere of labor solidarity for the People's World May Day rally: "International Workers Day 2023 — …
(2023-05-16). Steelworkers win vote at Blue Bird bus plant in Georgia. peoplesworld.org 
FORT VALLEY, Ga.—In a big win for the Steelworkers and a big break in the normally union-hostile South, workers at the Blue Bird school bus company plant in rural Fort Valley, Ga., voted for the union on May 12, 697-435. The bargaining unit would cover 1,350 workers, the National Labor Relations Board reports. Total employment …
(2023-05-16). Striking Writers Guild Member Boots Riley Shout Out To Striking OEA Teachers. indybay.org Oakland film maker and musician Boots Riley gave a shout out to striking OEA teachers supporting their struggle.
(2023-05-16). Empresa minera cierra operaciones en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net La Corporación Minera Dominicana (Cormidom), sucursal de la australiana Perilya, anunció la suspensión de operaciones en la mina Cerro Maimón, al centro del país, en medio de un paro laboral.
(2023-05-16). Bolivia busca investigar y sancionar casos de pederastia. telesurtv.net La propuesta fue elaborada por el Gobierno ante los hechos aberrantes cometidos por el jesuita español Alfonso Pedrajas.
(2023-05-16). Thursday 5/18: Rally To Stop The San Francisco Laguna Honda Discharges Defend Laguna Honda Hospital. indybay.org 375 Laguna Honda Blvd across from Forrest Hill Muni Station | San Francisco…
(2023-05-16). Friday 5/19: SF Speak Out At SF Chinese Consulate- Hands Off Namibian Labor Lawyer Beukes & Miners. indybay.org San Francisco Chinese Consulate | Laguna and Geary St. | San Francisco…
(2023-05-16). Guinea Ecuatorial declara fin de brote del virus de Marburgo. telesurtv.net Del 13 de febrero al 1 de mayo la nación africana registró 17 casos confirmados en laboratorio y 23 probables.
(2023-05-16). Exceptionism in US Empire. dissidentvoice.org 
[S]uffice it to state that the US Guardian Elite are very much of and for the overworld of private wealth. Since the end of World War II, the US Guardian Elite have functioned most decisively as executors of dark power. — Aaron Good, American Exception, p 107 Aaron Good, who received his PhD in political …
(2023-05-17). Zimbabwe Import Duty Suspension on Basic Goods to Last 6 Months. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Zimbabwean authorities officially announced the suspension of import duties on essential goods intended to mitigate the prevalent price escalations will last for six months. | Related: | "Import duty on the 14 basic commodities will remain suspended for six months in order to ensure their availability at competitive prices," Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Publicity and Broadcasting Services, said during a post-cabinet media b…
(2023-05-16). Inflation drives US household debt to record $17 trillion. wsws.org Rapidly rising prices for basic necessities have devastated household budgets, forcing working people to borrow on their credit cards or take equity out of refinancing their homes to pay their bills.
(2023-05-17). Stink spins delicious profits as durian imports rise. ecns.cn In terms of durian consumption globally, China lags only Indonesia and Malaysia now as domestic production of tropical fruits is limited, necessitating imports.
(2023-05-17). Ice tea turning into hot niche as thirst season arrives. ecns.cn Summer is here, and people are meeting up to drink more ice tea — served with ice and dry ice — in the afternoons, setting off a consumption trend that has gone viral on social media platforms.
(2023-05-16). Argentina Hikes Benchmark Interest Rate to 97 Pct. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Argentine central bank again raised the benchmark interest rate, this time by 600 basis points, pushing the rate from 91 percent to 97 percent annually. | RELATED: | The decision aims to promote "positive real returns on investments in local currency" and "prevent financial volatility from acting as a driver of inflation expectations," the Bank said. | In April, monthly inflation rose 8.4 percent compared to M…
(2023-05-16). Argentina's Central Bank: Interest Rate to 97 Pct. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Argentine central bank raised the benchmark interest rate by an additional 600 basis points, thereby escalating the annual rate from 91 percent to 97 percent. | Related: | According to the bank, the objective of this decision is to promote "positive real returns on investments in local currency" and "prevent financial volatility from acting as a driver of inflation expectations." | As per the bank's investigati…
(2023-05-16). Sowing Seeds of Plunder: A Lose-Lose Situation in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Colin Todhunter War and Theft: The Takeover of Ukraine's Agricultural Land: Oligarchs and financial interests are expanding control over Ukraine's agricultural land with help and financing from Western financial institutions. It's a lose-lose situation for Ukrainians. While they are dying to defend their land, financial institutions are insidiously supporting the consolidation of farmland by oligarchs…
(2023-05-16). "A war-like situation": Britain's NHS workers strike continues. therealnews.com 
In England on May Day tens of thousands of nurses went on strike and walked out from their work at the NHS. In London alone there were over a dozen picket lines as anger, despair and the struggle for a better wage were shouted out on the streets. The government offered the nurses a 5% pay increase which some union members accepted. However, with the inflation continuing to rise in the UK this offer was turned down by many union members too. | Nurses, who are highly skilled workers are burnt out and some are leaving the job for better wages. The striking nurses say the situation has gotten so bad within the…
(2023-05-16). Yemen Gov't Reinstates +52,000 Dismissed Southern Employees. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) declared that it will restore the employment of more than 52,000 civil, security, and military personnel who were previously terminated from their positions in the southern provinces of the country nearly 30 years ago. | Related: | According to a report by the state-affiliated Saba news agency, Rashad Al-Alimi, chief of the PLC, has signed the reinstatement, promotions, settlements, and wage increm…
(2023-05-16). "Collective agreements serve to enforce real wage reductions" wsws.org The meeting focused on the war in Ukraine since the European governments are diverting funds from social spending to war.
(2023-05-16). The U.S. still spends more on its military than over 144 nations combined. nationofchange.org World military spending reached a new record high of $2.4 trillion in 2022, with the United States spending the most by far.
(2023-05-16). Military Situation In Iraq On May 16, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 12, a Turkish serviceman was killed during the Operation Claw Lock in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish MOD; | On May 13, Turkish aircraft struck PKK positions in the Amedi area; | On May 15, Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani held separate meetings with the US and Germany business representatives, reaffirming his cabinet's commitment to creating more investment opportunities in the country; | On May 15, Iraqi warplanes struck ISIS hideouts near Kir…
(2023-05-16). Big Bad Canada Pushes to Protect Profits from Mexico. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-16). Report Shows Interest In Life Insurance Is At An All-Time High: Here's Why. moguldom.com A record number of consumers, some 39 percent, said they intend to purchase life insurance coverage within the next year, found the 2023 Insurance Barometer Study. Interest is at an all-time high. The Insurance Barometer Study is conducted annually by Life Happens, a nonprofit organization that provides education about the insurance industry, and industry-funded research …
(2023-05-16). Profiteers of Holmesburg Prison's Medical Experiments Have Yet to Redress Harm. truthout.org A crowd of students, professors, and community members gathered in a packed room at St. Joseph's University on April 26 to hear about "Philadelphia's lasting shame" from the people who are still living under the pain of it. That shame — the horrific medical experiments conducted by dermatologist Dr. Albert Kligman in Pennsylvania's Holmesburg Prison for more than 20 years beginning in the 1950s… |
(2023-05-16). Rank-and-file meeting adopts fighting programme for Royal Mail workers. wsws.org "To defeat this line-up requires more than a No vote", Robson insisted. A genuine rank-and-file insurgency must challenge the profit dictates of Royal Mail shareholders.
(2023-05-17). People with severe obesity and a genetic pathway variant have increased risk of hypertension, Mayo Clinic research finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Obesity and its associated cardiometabolic issues are a major health concern in the U.S. and internationally. According to a study published in 2017, 12% of the world's adult population was affected by obesity in 2016, double the percentage from 30 years earlier. With obesity comes an increasing risk of cardiovascular disease, including stroke, congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction. Fortunately, obesity is a multifactorial disease that results from an energy balance dysregulation…
(2023-05-16). Biden's Carbon Capture Regulation Is Just What the Fossil Fuel Industry Wants. truthout.org On May 11, President Joe Biden's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, primarily by requiring plants to capture emissions from their smokestacks. Limiting greenhouse emissions from power generation is a good thing. Unfortunately, relying on "capturing emissions" to do it is a singularly bad idea. Biden's plan is a reference… |
(2023-05-16). "Israel is built on the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages" By: Peoples Dispatch. midwesternmarx.com 
The International People's Assembly (IPA) organized an online event to mark 75 years of the Nakba and the Palestinians' continued resistance against the Zionist colonial apartheid occupation of Israel Around 800,000 people are believed to have been displaced during the Nakba in 1948. Today's Israel is built over the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages which were destroyed by Zionist militias during Israel's formation in 1948, said professor and …
(2023-05-16). Why I'm pro-Russia & pro-Rage Against the War Machine: anti-imperialists can't win with idealism By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com 
When somebody rejects all of the practical paths towards fighting imperialism and class exploitation, on the basis that they feel we should be taking a purer path, then you had better make sure this other path is viable. If it's not viable, and they're saying this simply to complain rather than to offer a serious alternative, then you shouldn't even entertain them. Because what's the point of validating somebody who has nothing constructive to say? Unless an option …
(2023-05-16). 'We don't want to be slaves': Meet the People's Liberation Army of Burma By: Michael Christopher. midwesternmarx.com 
A young soldier of the People's Liberation Army shows off his rifle skills in the Burmese jungle. | Photo via PLA "Why can't they wait for the new government to sort out? 'All in good time,' and 'they must wait for their turn,' they say. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, when your children go hungry, how long are you willing and prepared to wait?"— Popular Struggle, Communist Party of Burma, June 20, 2016.K …
(2023-05-16). How Union Members Honor Workers Memorial Day. By: Tom Conway. midwesternmarx.com 
He was known to be aggressive and argumentative, the kind of patron who made others at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh branch uneasy.But one day last year, the man walked into the building in a much darker mood, harassed a librarian, and threatened to kill her.Fortunately, library workers had joined the United Steelworkers (USW) in 2019 and built safeguards into their first contract to address dangers exactly like this.The librarian received a temporary transfer …
(2023-05-16). Why Julian Assange Is at the Vanguard for World Press Freedom. By: Prabir Purkayastha. midwesternmarx.com 
We celebrate World Press Freedom Day in May as a reminder that the role of news organizations is to speak truth to power. Not for manufacturing consent—to use Chomsky's famous words—for the government and the ruling classes.It's an occasion to remember three people who exemplify the need to speak the truth: Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame and Julian Assange of WikiLeaks; and also of Chelsea Manning, without whom we would not have …
(2023-05-16). The Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Massive Deception Against the Public. By: Richard D. Wolff. midwesternmarx.com 
Future historians will likely look back at the debt ceiling rituals being reenacted these days with a frustrated shaking of their heads. That otherwise reasonable people would be so readily deceived raises the question that will provoke those historians: How could this happen?The U.S. Congress has imposed successive ceilings on the national debt, each one higher than the last. Ceilings were intended to limit the amount of federal borrowing. But the same U.S. Congress so mana …
(2023-05-16). Striking television and film writers speak to the WSWS: "We're only asking for what's fair" wsws.org Striking writers expressed their determination to win decent wages and conditions in a profession increasingly turning into "gig" work.
(2023-05-16). SDS Denver wins a major victory in the fight for police demilitarization. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – After a nearly two year campaign, the Denver chapter of Students for a Democratic Society won a significant milestone in their campaign to demilitarize the campus police. After four months of work plagued with delays and obfuscation by campus administrators, SDS fought to successfully get a resolution passed that takes the power from the Auraria Campus Police from being able to obtain military weapons from the 1033 program – a federal program designed to transfer surplus military equipment from the U.S. Department of Defense to local law enforcement. | The resolution states that the Auraria Campus P…
(2023-05-16). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: You've Got Mail (w/ Robin Johnson). levernews.com
(2023-05-16). Why Is The Co-Operative Movement So Successful In Emilia Romagna? popularresistance.org In a region of 5 million people, there are 4000 co-operative businesses, that employ 250,000 people — just under a quarter of the entire workforce. The co-op movement in ER goes back to the mid 19th century, with roots in the workers' mutual aid societies, and many of the early ones are still strong today. It wasn't a reaction to capitalism. The co-op movement developed alongside capitalism. | There's an entrepreneurial spirit, but also a propensity to do things together — creating associations, unions, co-ops, credit unions etc. There's joint purchasing and lobbying, collective bargaining etc. There'
(2023-05-16). Why China Can't Pull the World Out of a New Great Depression. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-16). The global crime novel: Worldwide corruption and chiseling. peoplesworld.org 
In a 1931 Warner Brothers film Blonde Crazy, in the pre-code period when expression was raunchier and more truthful before the era of middle-class censorship, as the Depression reaches its peak, conniving bellhop James Cagney is trying to convince new hotel hire Joan Blondell to go on the road with him and work a hustle …
(2023-05-17). Tianjin unveils plans for industrial park to boost higher-level innovation. ecns.cn Tianjin is expected to gather pace amid its push for higher-level innovation, supported by the launch of the Tiankai Higher Education Innovation Park, an incubation hub and high-tech industrial park, in the North China municipality.
(2023-05-16). 'Regenerative Agriculture' Is All The Rage. popularresistance.org Decades of industrial agriculture have caused environmental and social damage across the globe. Soils have deteriorated and plant and animal species are disappearing. Landscapes are degraded and small-scale farmers are struggling. It's little wonder we're looking for more sustainable and just ways of growing food and fibre. | Regenerative agriculture is one alternative creating a lot of buzz, especially in rich, industrially developed countries. | The term "regenerative agriculture" was coined in the 1970s. It's generally understood to mean farming that improves, rather than degrades, landscape and ecological pro…
(2023-05-16). The Censorship-Industrial Complex: Top 50 Organizations To Know. popularresistance.org On January 17, 1960, outgoing President and former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower gave one of the most consequential speeches in American history. Eisenhower for eight years had been a popular president, whose appeal drew upon a reputation as a person of great personal fortitude, who'd guided the United States to victory in an existential fight for survival in World War II. Nonetheless, as he prepared to vacate the Oval Office for handsome young John F. Kennedy, he warned the country it was now at the mercy of a power eve he could not overcome. | Until World War II, America had no permanent arms ma…
(2023-05-16). Union tries to limit action after overwhelming strike vote at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org Despite a 97 percent vote for industrial action, the NTEU has proposed only minimal action and kept amorphous its "outstanding issues" in negotiations with management.
(2023-05-16). Vice Media Officially Files for Bankruptcy After $5 Billion Valuation: Who's Next? moguldom.com Vice media, which was once valued at $5.7 billion and produced "gonzo journalism from exotic locales" with a stated a commitment to cover "under-reported stories," filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. The filing came weeks after the company announced layoffs thought to impact more than 100 employees in the company's 1,500-person workforce, the Wall Street …
(2023-05-16). Cabello Reminds Opposition that CNE Is Venezuela's Electoral Institution. orinocotribune.com The vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, confirmed that the National Electoral Council (CNE) is the organization responsible for elections in Venezuela. | During a press conference, Cabello spoke about statements by opposition leaders who say they do not want the CNE to participate in the primary elections of the opposition. | "With the CNE, it will be known how many participated," said Cabello. "They will be exposed. T…
(2023-05-16). A Fraternal Hand: The American Tradition of Socialist Democracy and Chinese Socialism. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos L. Garrido There is a glaring paradox at the core of the American project. On the one hand, it proclaims its national self-determination with the values of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, right to revolution, and to a government of, by, and for the people. On the other hand, the rights to life, liberty,…
(2023-05-16). Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, backed by DSA, takes office, pledging to "work together" with political establishment. wsws.org Under conditions of an escalating social crisis, the longtime Democratic Party official, backed by the union apparatus and the Democratic Socialists of America, is being brought forward in an effort to contain and suppress the class struggle in the country's third-largest city.
(2023-05-16). China and the Axis of the Sanctioned. tomdispatch.com A photo Beijing released on March 6th of Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a seismic shock in Washington. There was the Secretary-General of the Chinese Communist Party standing between Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's National Security Council, and Saudi National Security Adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban. They were awkwardly shaking hands on an agreement to reestablish mutual diplomatic ties. That picture should have brought to mind a 1993 photo of President Bill Clinton hosting Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chief Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn as they agreed to the Oslo Acco…
(2023-05-16). Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Soviet Union defeating fascism. thecommunists.org In this discussion on the Soviet victory over fascism in WW2, Harpal Brar begins by dismissing the most common (and patently absurd) myths surrounding the beginning of the war: in particular, the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact — sometimes (outrageously) called the 'Hitler-Stalin pact' — which has so tainted the bourgeois narative of modern history. See also our …
(2023-05-16). Imran Khan and the independence of Pakistan. thealtworld.com 
Pakistan has never been independent. It has always remained a toy in the hands of the United Kingdom and the United States. During the Western war against the Afghan communist regime, it became a rear base for Bin Laden's mujahideen and Arab fighters. However, for the past decade, a cricket champion like no other has been trying to liberate it, make peace with India and create social services: Imran Khan. | The Pakistani population is rising up against its army and its political personnel. Everywhere, demonstrations are forming in support of the former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, who has just been released but is…
(2023-05-16). Imran Khan et l'indépendance du Pakistan. thealtworld.com 
Le Pakistan n'a jamais été indépendant. Il est toujours resté un jouet dans les mains du Royaume-Uni et des États-Unis. Durant la guerre occidentale contre le régime communiste afghan, il est devenu une base arrière des moujahidines et des combattants arabes de Ben Laden. Cependant, depuis une décennie, un champion de cricket pas comme les autres tente de le libérer, de faire la paix avec l'Inde et de créer des services sociaux : Imran Khan. | La population pakistanaise se lève contre son armée et contre son personnel politique. Partout, des manifestations se forment pour soutenir l'ancien Premier ministre, Imran…