(2024-01-10). New US Labor Rule May Help Gig Workers Qualify As Employees. latintimes.com A rule issued Tuesday by the US Labor Department making it tougher for companies to classify workers as "independent contractors" could take a toll on the gig economy — and is likely to face challenges.
(2024-01-10). Venezuelan FM thanked Cuba for its unwavering solidarity. plenglish.com "Together we will win!", the top diplomat stated last night on his X account. | The text of the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs responded to the message of his counterpart from the Caribbean island, Bruno Rodríguez, who rejected the U.S. attempts to strip the Venezuelan people and State of the Citgo company. | We reiterate our invariable solidarity with sister Venezuela and "demand the total lifting of the unilateral coercive measures that harm the normal functioning of its economy," Rodriguez said on the social network. | The Bolivarian government yesterday rejected the decision of the Supreme Court of J…
(2024-01-10). China ready to push foreign trade to higher level: minister. ecns.cn China has the capability and confidence to make new progress in promoting the development of trade at a higher level, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said on Tuesday.
(2024-01-10). Hong Kong expected to return to global Top 5 in new IPOs in 2024: report. ecns.cn Hong Kong's IPO market is expected to rebound in 2024, allowing the city to reclaim its position as one of the top five global IPO sites, a report by accounting firm KPMG said.
(2024-01-10). Israel's genocide in Gaza exposes the racism of the international system | Witnessing Palestine. mondoweiss.net 
Francesca Albanese and Susan Abulhawa discuss the role Israel's genocidal war on Gaza plays in the global systems of diplomacy, economics, and culture.
(2024-01-10). Argentina: Building The General Strike Against The Milei Government. popularresistance.org Since taking office last month, Javier Milei, the new far-right president of Argentina, has announced a series of economic proposals and attacks on basic democratic rights that, if implemented, will devastate the working class. In response, labor unions and the Left have called for a general strike on January 24. The Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (PTS), the sister organization of Left Voice in Argentina, is calling for the working class to take the general strike into its own hands to defeat these proposals and the entire neolibertarian regime. | Among the new proposals are changes to more than 300 laws…
(2024-01-10). Creating A Support System For Platform Cooperatives In Thailand. popularresistance.org Since its first proposal in 2014, Platform Cooperativism has evolved into a global movement as an alternative to Platform Capitalism. The concept has been adopted in over 546 known projects across 50 countries. The establishment of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), serving as a knowledge hub for the global community, marked a significant milestone. PCC fosters inspiration, knowledge, outcomes, and impacts—I am a testament to this, considering myself a small yet integral piece of the evidence. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I enrolled in the online course 'Platform Co-op Now!'
(2024-01-10). With The Integration Of Countries, Lies A Solution To Migration. popularresistance.org Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized U.S. legislators for refusing to approve resources for the development of Latin America and, instead, focusing on a communication campaign to blame the Mexican administration for not stopping the migratory flow to the north. | From the National Palace, the President reiterated, that people have reasons to emigrate from their communities, towns and countries, essentially due to economic difficulties. | In his speech, he called for the suspension of the economic and commercial blockade of Cuba and the beginning of a bilateral dialogue, the removal of Cuba fro…
(2024-01-10). China's GDP projected to increase 5.3% in 2024. ecns.cn China's economic growth is projected to reach 5.3 percent in 2024, Xinhua Finance reported on Tuesday citing a report by Chinese Academy of Sciences.
(2024-01-10). Fujian eyes enhanced cross-Strait biz ties. ecns.cn China has unveiled a package of policy steps to support building its coastal Fujian province, located opposite Taiwan, into a pilot zone for advancing cross-Strait economic integration.
(2024-01-10). In 41 States, Richest 1 Percent Pay Lowest Tax Rate of Any Group. truthout.org The richest 1 percent are benefiting greatly from highly regressive state and local tax codes across the U.S., with tax laws strongly favoring concentrating more wealth in the hands of the rich in the vast majority of states, a new report reveals. According to a report on state and local tax codes by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), the vast majority of state tax and local… |
(2024-01-10). China-Europe Railway Express trips up 6% in 2023. ecns.cn The number of China-Europe Railway Express services operated in 2023 reached 17,000, up 6 percent year-on-year. The rise in freight train trips reflects deepening economic and trade cooperation between China and partner countries.
(2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel urges to be informed about economic measures in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel urged the population to keep informed about the government measures recently approved to face the economic problems the country is experiencing.
(2024-01-10). Asian Markets Drop Again As Traders Prepare For CPI, Earnings. latintimes.com Asian markets on Wednesday resumed the losses that have characterised the year so far, following a tepid lead from Wall Street as traders prepare for the release of key inflation data and start of earnings season.
(2024-01-10). An Open Border Could Benefit Us All. popularresistance.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills into law designed to further harden the southern border. SB 3 provides $1.5 billion for additional wall building and to support more state law enforcement targeting of low-income immigrant neighborhoods, like Houston's Colony Ridge. SB 4 gives local police the power to engage in immigration enforcement, including arresting people for not having the right citizenship papers and deporting people into Mexico, regardless of their country of origin. | The bills, which Abbott signed into law on December 18, represent a dangerous and almost certainly unconstitutional expa…
(2024-01-10). Wealth over fairness: Shocking report unveils tax favoritism for the rich in 41 US states. nationofchange.org According to the report, in 41 out of 50 states, the wealthiest 1 percent are subjected to lower tax rates compared to other income groups.
(2024-01-10). Labor and Green Colonialism in the Global South. fpif.org Making a transition away from fossil fuels is going to require a lot of work. But there's a real concern that it will also require a lot fewer workers. | All of the workers in fossil fuel industries, for instance, are acutely aware that their jobs are at risk, if not immediately then at some point in the future. Along with automation, the energy transition also threatens to reduce the ranks of those in sectors dependent on fossil fuel, like plastics, steel, and petrochemicals. And unions are particularly concerned that unionized jobs in these sectors will be replaced with lower-paid non-union positions if they ar…
(2024-01-10). Québec Workers Conduct Largest Strike Ever. labornotes.org
(2024-01-10). Québec Workers Conduct Largest Strike Ever. popularresistance.org One of the largest strikes in North American history happened this winter and the struggle is ongoing. In Québec, 420,000 public sector workers in health care and education, united in a "Common Front" (Front Commun) of four major union federations, spent seven days on strike December 8-14. This followed half-day and three-day work stoppages in November. | In addition to the Common Front, 66,500 workers in one of the teachers unions—la Féderation Autonome d'Enseignement (FAE)—were on strike for more than a month and more than 80,000 workers with a nurses union, la Fédération Interprofessionelle de la S…
(2024-01-10). Sixth Humanist Forum took place in Senegal. pressenza.com 
On 6 January 2024, in Pikine, Senegal, the sixth Humanist Forum was successfully held, attracting the participation of 180 guests distributed in 10 work groups, each focusing on a specific theme. | The forum, promoted by Energie pour le droits de l'Homme Senegal, benefited from the active collaboration of numerous organizations, including the Keur Marietou Humanist Women's Network, Boza Fii, SOS Village des Enfants Senegal (Pikine headquarters), the Humanist Association Ndiadiane, JIG-Jam of Sossop, the Association of Mothers of Students of Pikine, Fonk Senegal, the Sports and Cultural Association (ASC) "Dioubo"
(2024-01-10). January 2024: International news agency Pressenza celebrates financial independence. pressenza.com As of January 1st, 2024, the international news agency Pressenza has launched its annual month-long financial campaign. | As is well known, the organization is an open space for grassroots expression and information, operating with a nonviolent perspective and creating mutual alliances with media and social movements, participating in a wide network of international collaboration. | The aim is to disseminate local proposals for change throughout the world, giving priority to issues of Humanism, Peace, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Disarmament, and Diversity, offering a different perspective to the bleak panorama of…
(2024-01-10). Miguel Barnet: Premio Patrimonio por la Obra de Toda la Vida. cubadebate.cu Más allá de la labor que ha hecho por nuestro Patrimonio desde la Fundación Fernando Ortiz, desde la colección La Fuente Viva, desde la UNESCO, desde el Comité Internacional La Ruta del Esclavo, más allá del respaldo que ha dado al Museo del Castillo San Severino, al Proyecto Timbalaye y a todas las iniciativas destinadas a la salvaguarda del patrimonio material e inmaterial de la nación, hay que decir que toda la obra de Miguel, absolutamente toda, ha estado encaminada a salvar y a promover la memoria histórica y cultural de Cuba.
(2024-01-10). Concern grows over NSW Labor's secret plan for Powerhouse Museum. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-01-10). UC's War on People's Park, The Defense & Destruction of People's Park with Harvey Smith. indybay.org The attack and destruction of People's Park is part of the privatization developers drive by the UC Regents, management and City and State government and Harvey Smith of the People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group speaks about this in the interview…
(2024-01-10). Far-right party denies backing deportation of 'unassimilated' Germans. devdiscourse.com The far-right opposition party Alternative for Germany said on Wednesday it had no plans to pursue deportation of "unassimilated" immigrants with passports if it wins power, after investigative portal Correctiv said that was aired at a meeting. Correctiv said Roland Hartwig, personal assistant to AfD leader Alice Weidel, and Ulrich Siegmund, party leader in Saxony Anhalt state, met neo-Nazi influencers and wealthy businessmen late last year in a hotel near Berlin.
(2024-01-10). Farmers demand stable sugarcane prices. independent.co.ug 
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers under the umbrella of Busoga Sugarcane Growers Cooperative Union are demanding stable sugarcane prices, as a way of averting a possible crisis within the industry. While addressing journalists in Jinja on Tuesday, the farmers observed that price stability will improve the viability of the sugar industry within hosting communities …
(2024-01-10). Travel boom lifts tourism sector shares. ecns.cn Tourism industry stocks have outperformed the broader A-share market, as more tourists flock to winter hot spots like "ice city" Harbin in Heilongjiang province, signaling that the recovery in consumption has had a positive effect on the capital market.
(2024-01-10). BRICS member South Africa takes Zionism to court. thealtworld.com Pretoria's genocide case against Israel is crucial, not just to stop Tel Aviv's carnage in Gaza, but to plant the first flag of mutipolarism in the globe's courtrooms: this is the first case of many that will seek to halt western impunity and restore international law as envisioned in the UN Charter. | Nothing less than the full concept of international law will be on trial this week in The Hague. The whole world is watching. | It took an African nation, not an Arab or Muslim nation, but significantly a BRICS member, to try to break the iron chains deployed by Zionism via fear, financial might, and non-stop threa…
(2024-01-10). US imperial dominance, BRICS sub-imperialism and unequal ecological exchange. cadtm.org Patrick Bond is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg, as well as a political economist, political ecologist and scholar of social mobilisation. He is the author of BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique and Extreme Uneven Development: Financial Volatility, Deep Capitalist Crisis and Super-Exploitation in South Africa and the World. In this interview with Federico Fuentes for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Bond discusses modern-day (…) | – | / |
(2024-01-10). Ukraine under no pressure from allies to stop fighting – Zelenskiy. devdiscourse.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Kyiv was under no pressure from allies to stop fighting Russia as he began a tour of Baltic states intended to shore up support for the war effort. On his trip to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Zelenskiy hopes to stop war fatigue among Ukraine's Western allies, secure more financial and military aid, and discuss Kyiv's bids to join NATO and the European Union.
(2024-01-10). John Muwanga: Millions of COVID-19 vaccines expire at NMS. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 5.6 million COVID-19 vaccines, worth 28.15 billion Shillings have expired at the National Medical Stores (NMS). The expired vaccines are out of a total of 12.59 million vaccines in store, according to the latest audit report for the financial year ended June 30, 2023, presented to Speaker of …
(2024-01-10). Govt to spend Sh23 trillion on debt repayment in 2024/5. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | PWATCH-UG| The Ministry of Finance has revealed that the Government will spend up to UGX 24.9 trillion on servicing Uganda's public debt. This comes months after the Bank of Uganda reported that Uganda's public debt as of August 2023 stood at UGX 88.807 trillion. The August debt figures do not include the …
(2024-01-10). Audit report: Public debt growing at higher rate than GDP. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda's Public debt is growing at a higher rate than the Gross Domestic Product —GDP, according to the latest Auditor General's report for financial year ended 30th June 2023. The audit report was on Tuesday presented to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among by the Auditor General John Muwanga. The …
(2024-01-10). West Australian union sells out public sector nurses and midwives. wsws.org Under the deal, health workers will receive a nominal annual pay increase of just 3 percent, far below the current inflation rate of 5.4 percent.
(2024-01-10). Argentina: More inflation, Milei's gift for the Three Wise Men. pressenza.com Three Kings Day has passed, the day children wait all year to receive a present. But in this year 2024 too many Argentine children were left without presents: in the last 30 days sales in toy shops and related stores fell by 12%. This was double the drop suffered a few days earlier, at Christmas. | Games and toys account for more than 80% of gifts for children under 6 years old. In the chains, where 70% of the toys are imported, the average purchase was 16 dollars… in other words, cheap toys, to meet the Three Wise Men at the time of the elitist libertarian chainsaws. | No longer surprising. 24 hours after the…
(2024-01-10). Over half of Americans have not even started saving for their retirement, as a crisis looms. thecanary.co Amid reports that the average American will need to save $1.9m in order to retire comfortably, the finance and investment experts at
(2024-01-10). Democratic Committee Announces Investment of Tens of Millions to Engage With Latino Voters. latintimes.com The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is set to invest $35 to also increase its appeal with Black, Asian American and Pacific Islander voters…
(2024-01-10). Nansha set to play key role in GBA prosperity. ecns.cn China is betting on a slew of incentives to help build Nansha district in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, into a strategic hub for technological innovation and advanced industries, making it an attractive destination for international talent and investments"…
(2024-01-10). Profit over safety: Boeing supplier ignored safety warnings before jet door blowout, The Lever reports. nationofchange.org Warnings went unheeded, and the employees were told to falsify records, according to a new investigation by The Lever on a federal complaint filed by workers at Spirit.
(2024-01-10). How Kroger's Merger Push Leads Back To Alleged Human Trafficker. levernews.com 
(2024-01-10). Chinese carriers cut losses in 2023, aim for return to profit this year. ecns.cn The Chinese aviation industry's performance improved in 2023, with losses falling amid rising demand, and the sector aims to get back into the black this year.
(2024-01-10). Paul Burkett, rest in power. mronline.org 
In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024.
(2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |
(2024-01-10). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org
(2024-01-10). The Representation of Women and Ethnic Minorities in Politics. globalresearch.ca
(2024-01-10). Study Calls for Halt in New Factory Farms, Citing "Enormous" Human Health Risks. truthout.org A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science argues that there should be a moratorium on building or expanding poultry and pig farms because of the high risk of zoonotic disease. While the study focused specifically on the U.K., the findings concern pig and poultry farming globally. "The disease risks to humans from industrialized intensive animal farming, and especially mixed swine… |
(2024-01-10). Free the Elbit Seven! No cooperation with Israeli war crimes! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. In May 2022, nine members of Palestine Action occupied the Bristol headquarters of the international arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in protest against British complicity with Israeli war crimes. The trial of seven of those activists is now taking place at Bristol crown court, where they are pleading not guilty …
(2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel commemorates Julio Antonio Mella's murder in Mexico. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel commemorated the 95th anniversary of the murder, in Mexico, of student and communist leader Julio Antonio Mella, an act perpetrated by hitmen of dictator Gerardo Machado (1925-1933).
(2024-01-10). Ronnie Kasrils on South Africa parallels and the Palestinian liberation struggle. thecommunists.org The following article, a reply to a scurrilous attack by western security-aligned commentator Greg Mills in South Africa's Daily Maverick, is reproduced from Politics Web, with thanks. The author is a communist and was a founding commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He later served as a …