(2024-08-23). Algerian fuel tanker on mercy mission to power-short Lebanon. newarab.com 
An Algerian oil tanker set sail Thursday for power-hungry Clashes in Lebanon's south since last October has only added to the troubles of a country which is politically largely rudderless, whose economy collapsed five years ago and where Prime Mini…
(2024-08-23). Paul Craig Roberts: Defeat for Israel? What the Media Isn't Telling You! — NATO's Devastating Gamble. thealtworld.com Paul Craig Roberts (PCR) has had careers in scholarship and academia, journalism, public service, and business. He is chairman of The Institute for Political Economy. | President Reagan appointed Dr. Roberts Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and he was confirmed in office by the U.S. Senate. From 1975 to 1978, Dr. Roberts served on the congressional staff where he drafted the Kemp-Roth bill and played a leading role in developing bipartisan support for a supply-side economic policy. After leaving the Treasury, he served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Departmen…
(2024-08-23). Gaza war extends toll on Israel's economy. aljazeera.com Combat operations are straining Israel's economy, leading to shrinking of the GDP and downgrading of sovereign rating.
(2024-08-23). Nepal lifts TikTok ban after blocking app over 'social harmony' concerns. aljazeera.com Move comes weeks after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was sworn into office following collapse of previous government.
(2024-08-23). Transgender woman's ban from female-only app discriminatory, court rules. aljazeera.com Australian judge orders trans woman be paid $6,700 in compensation over exclusion from Giggle for Girls networking app.
(2024-08-23). Canada intervenes to end freight rail shutdown triggered by labour dispute. aljazeera.com Ottawa orders railroads to enter arbitration with labour union to avert prolonged disruption to services.
(2024-08-23). China and Belarus new trade agreement to establish mutual openness. ecns.cn China and Belarus signed a trade agreement in services and investment on Thursday to further enhance their business ties, said China's Ministry of Commerce.
(2024-08-22). China and Belarus new trade agreement to establish mutual openness. ecns.cn China and Belarus signed a trade agreement in services and investment on Thursday to further enhance their business ties, said China's Ministry of Commerce.
(2024-08-23). Unlock Chinese Cities: Ancient city ignites night economy. ecns.cn In Central China's Henan Province lies an ancient city Luoyang, hailed as the Divine Capital. It's one of the Eight Great Ancient Capitals, a cradle of Chinese civilization. The centuries-old Luoyang historical and cultural block is a must-visit spot for tourists who come to this central Chinese city.
(2024-08-23). Per capita residential construction area in urban areas exceeds 40 square meters. ecns.cn Per capita residential construction area in China's urban areas exceeded 40 square meters by the end of 2023: housing and urban-rural development authorities.
(2024-08-22). Unlock Chinese Cities: Ancient city ignites night economy. ecns.cn In Central China's Henan Province lies an ancient city Luoyang, hailed as the Divine Capital. It's one of the Eight Great Ancient Capitals, a cradle of Chinese civilization. The centuries-old Luoyang historical and cultural block is a must-visit spot for tourists who come to this central Chinese city.
(2024-08-22). Per capita residential construction area in urban areas exceeds 40 square meters. ecns.cn Per capita residential construction area in China's urban areas exceeded 40 square meters by the end of 2023: housing and urban-rural development authorities.
(2024-08-23). Gold price reaches record high. wsws.org Another clear sign of the growing instability in the US and global economy and financial system.
(2024-08-23). Fresh Headache For Israel, Electricity Crisis Set To Worsen Amid Global Anger Over Gaza War | Watch. hindustantimes.com Just days after Colombia halted coal exports to Israel, similar demands erupted in South Africa. Anti-Israel protesters on August 22 gathered outside offices of Glencore coal in Johannesburg. Protesters demanded that the company end its economic relations with Israel. The protest occurred days after Colombia suspended coal exports to Israel on August 19. Watch for more.
(2024-08-23). Economic War with China is a Losing Proposition. counterpunch.org 
(2024-08-23). Crisis Beyond the Bubble. indybay.org The speculative air is slowly leaking out of the global valorization machine — but hardly anyone seems to have noticed. At the beginning of 2024, the World Bank warned of a "lost decade," the worst economic performance in more than 30 years. Without a "major course correction," the 2020s will go down as a "decade of missed opportunities,"
(2024-08-23). Afghans continue to bear the cost of two decades of US occupation. peoplesdispatch.org Three years since the defeat and withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, the people of the country face extreme economic difficulties and deteriorating human rights…
(2024-08-23). Russian and Armenian leaders discuss Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. plenglish.com According to the communication, both leaders referred to the steps taken to guide relations between Yerevan and Baku, including the recent dialogue between Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during the former's official visit to the South Caucasian nation. | The Russian head of state confirmed Moscow's willingness to continue providing assistance to Yerevan and Baku to "develop a peace agreement, promote the process of delimitation and demarcation of the border, as well as unblock transport and logistics connections." | Putin and Pashinyan also discussed bilateral trade and economic cooperation and note…
(2024-08-23). Medios de Prensa en Cuba explican nuevas medidas económicas. radiohc.cu La Habana, 23 ago (RHC) El medio de Prensa digital, Cubadebate relata hoy con detalle las nuevas medidas económicas aplicadas en el país, con la finalidad de abrir el camino hacia soluciones a los problemas de esta nación.
(2024-08-23). Australian "Closing the Gap" report reveals worsening conditions for Aboriginal youth and workers. wsws.org Regardless of token official apologies for injustices and the Labor government's posturing of concern during its failed indigenous Voice referendum campaign, economic and social conditions are deteriorating.
(2024-08-23). Los municipios podrán aprobar nuevos actores económicos. cubadebate.cu El proceso de descentralización de la facultad de aprobación de nuevos actores y otras autorizaciones a los municipios es coherente con la autonomía municipal que se prevé en la Constitución del año 2019. Se ha previsto un proceso de 180 días en el que se irán incorporando paulatinamente los municipios que ya tengan las condiciones técnicas y el personal preparado para ello.
(2024-08-23). Increased mortgage rates push 320,000 UK adults into poverty. wsws.org The Institute for Fiscal Studies has highlighted the damage being caused by an exploding mortgage timebomb, with those renewing their home loans, or having to take out new loans in the past two years experiencing a sharp fall in their disposable income.
(2024-08-23). Thousand of Chicago Protesters at DNC Oppose Harris Biden US Supported Israeli Genocide. indybay.org Thousands of people rallied in Chicago to protest the continuing genocide supported by the Democratic Party and the Harris Biden administration.
(2024-08-23). Monday 9/2: On 2024 Labor Day: Bust The Union Busters & Racists At Fremont Elon Musk's Tesla Plant! indybay.org Tesla Fremont Assembly Plant | Industrial Drive & Fremont Blvd | Fremont, CA…
(2024-08-23). La mujer cubana es protagonista de su destino. radiohc.cu La Habana, 23 ago (RHC) El General de Ejército Raúl Castro Ruz, líder de la Revolución Cubana, envió un mensaje de felicitación ´a todas las federadas cubanas por la labor heroica que han desarrollado en estos 64 años, por lo que han hecho y continúan haciendo ª, informó en la red social X la Secretaria General de la Federación de Mujeres Cubanas.
(2024-08-23). FMC, incansable labor a favor de las mujeres cubanas. radiohc.cu Hoy, 23 de agosto, llega a un nuevo aniversario una organización que desde su creación, un año después del triunfo revolucionario de enero de 1959, promovió un cambio radical en la vida de todas las cubanas.
(2024-08-23). Agradecen en Vietnam valiosa y generosa ayuda de Cuba. radiohc.cu Hanoi, 23 ago (RHC) La valiosa y generosa ayuda brindada por Cuba tanto en la batalla por la liberación y unificación nacional, como en la actual labor de construcción y protección de la Patria, fue agradecida hoy en un acto realizado hoy en esa norteña provincia, a propósito del 71 aniversario del asalto al cuartel Moncada…
(2024-08-23). teleSUR anuncia el concurso "Sur Influyente" telesurtv.net El concurso invita a jóvenes, mayores de edad, creadores de contenidos a elaborar piezas audiovisuales de máximo 60 segundos en formato vertical (9: 16).
(2024-08-23). Egypt govt hikes electricity prices by 40% to cut subsidy bill. newarab.com 
The A source at the electricity ministry told Mada Masr on Thursday that the increases will be made public soon on the Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency's official website. | The planned electricity price increases have been delayed several times in recent years ov…
(2024-08-23). Under the radar, Ireland is helping illegal Israeli settlements do business. aljazeera.com If it is to maintain its pro-Palestinian rights reputation, Ireland must end its financial ties to settlements.
(2024-08-23). US unveils sweeping sanctions against Russia's defense sector. newarab.com 
The US imposed sweeping sanctions Friday on hundreds of firms in Russia and across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, accusing them of providing products and services that enable Russia's war effort and aiding its ability to evade sanctions. | Among those sanctioned by the Treasury Department were 60 Russian-based technology and defense companies, including three Russian financial tech companies. | Also sanctioned were firms in Turkey, France and Hong Kong that act as suppliers to Russia-based Promtekh, a wholesale distributor of transportation equipment, and an ammunition procurement network connected to Itali…
(2024-08-23). Kenya Protests: A Wake-Up Call to a Failing International Financial Architecture. fpif.org Protests ignited by recent
(2024-08-23). Interest Rate Cuts Now Could Help Workers. But That's Not Who the Fed Serves. truthout.org The Federal Reserve hasn't changed interest rates since July of last year, after 11 hikes between March 2022 and July 2023 in the hope that higher borrowing costs would slow down consumer and business demand so inflation rates would drop. It kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged in its latest meeting ending July 31, 2024, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the first rate cut in… |
(2024-08-23). Argentina's Milei to veto pension reform to push through austerity measures. aljazeera.com The Senate defied the president by approving a pension increase to match the country's triple-digit inflation rate.
(2024-08-23). China and the new US nuclear strategy. pressenza.com The Anglo-Jewish axis would outline for the next five years a plan that would involve the recovery of the role of the US as a world gendarme through an extraordinary increase in US military interventions abroad to recover the Unipolarity in global geopolitical framework; following the Wolfowitz Doctrine, which outlined "a policy of unilateralism" and "preventive military action to suppress possible threats from other nations and prevent dictatorships from being elevated to the status of a superpower". | Biden and the "Nuclear Employment Guide" | According to the New York Times, President Joe Biden approved a high…
(2024-08-23). Saudi Arabia: 34 Egyptians among dozens facing execution for drug offences. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi Arabia: 34 Egyptians among dozens facing execution for drug offences | At least 50 people face the death penalty for drug offences in Tabuk prison, with many tortured while on death row, says a rights group | | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives at the Future Investment Initiativ…
(2024-08-23). Brazil's pulp and paper sector announces investments. tvbrics.com 
Investment plan promises to create around 36,000 jobs during the works and another 7,000 permanent vacancies…
(2024-08-23). Bangladesh's right-wing interim government moves to consolidate its power, end popular ferment. wsws.org The government's first orders of business are ensuring that capitalist "law and order" is re-established, Bangladesh's garment industry resumes pumping out profits for global investors, and the IMF austerity measures Hasina agreed to in January 2023 in exchange for a $4.7 billion emergency loan are implemented.
(2024-08-23). Saudi Arabia introduces new regulations for groundwater conservation. tvbrics.com 
The use of groundwater from wells will now be strictly controlled…
(2024-08-23). Wellington rail workers reject proposed attacks on wages and conditions: Form a rank-and-file committee to fight back! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand is holding an online meeting for Wellington rail workers this Sunday, August 25, to discuss the need for a rank-and-file committee, independent of the RMTU bureaucracy that is working with Transdev and Hyundai Rotem to impose another sellout deal.
(2024-08-23). Democracy Now! 2024-08-23 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for August 23, 2024; "Historic Moment": Barbara Ransby on the Symbolism & Shortcomings of Kamala Harris's Nomination; Watch: Palestinian American Lawmaker Gives Speech the DNC Wouldn't Allow on Stage; Thousands March Against U.S. Arming of Israel as Harris Accepts Presidential Nomination; How Shirley Chisholm & Fannie Lou Hamer Paved the Way for Kamala Harris; "Two Faces of American Capitalism": Juan González on What the RNC & DNC Reveal About U.S. Politics; "A Generational Fight": Political Organizers on Kamala Harris, Defeating Authoritarianism & More; &…
(2024-08-23). Peasants and Politics in Neoliberal India: The 2020-21 Peasant Movement. cadtm.org
(2024-08-23). The Future of BRICS Countries in a Multipolar World: Humanitarian and Long-Term Dimensions. infobrics.org It is important that efforts be made in a more tangible and practical way to bolster our common humanity should we seek a shared destiny. Drawing upon the uneven distribution of knowledge competences, it could prove useful for the BRICS+ to utilise their capacities and capabilities in science and technology to provide information and technical solutions on a more socialised basis, Rasigan Maharajh writes…
(2024-08-23). Consciousness raising: personal and social — The struggle for change. workers.org 
The process of raising social consciousness about the need for revolutionary socialism parallels the process of raising personal consciousness in psychotherapy. People are brought up by people. Their original primary caretaker(s) are responsible for their existing, surviving and thriving even from before the moment of birth, usually until pre-adolescence, when . . . |
(2024-08-23). Xi urges advancing socialism with Chinese characteristics on 120th birth anniversary of Deng Xiaoping. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping lauded the "outstanding contributions" of late leader Deng Xiaoping and urged advancing socialism with Chinese characteristics initiated by Deng, as the country marked Deng's 120th birth anniversary on Thursday.
(2024-08-23). Cuban Women's Federation celebrates its 64th anniversary. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) Intending to make a decisive contribution to safeguarding the Revolution, defending socialism, and promoting sustainable prosperity for the nation, the Cuban Women's Federation (FMC) is celebrating its 64th anniversary on Friday.
(2024-08-23). Left-wing organisations in Sri Lanka support "Free Bogdan Syrotiuk" campaign. wsws.org The United Socialist Party, the Socialist People's Forum and the Frontline Socialist Party's "Youth for Change" have issued statements demanding the immediate release of Bogdan Syrotiuk.
(2024-08-23). Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the DNC: The pro-imperialist politics of the DSA. wsws.org The role of the Democratic Socialists of America and DSA-backed candidates in defending the pro-capitalist and imperialist policies of the Democratic Party has emerged as a significant element of the Democratic National Convention.
(2024-08-23). Las pequeñas empresas estatales y el socialismo. cubadebate.cu Hace unos días salió publicado en la Gaceta Oficial (N 78-2024) el Decreto-Ley 88 "Sobre las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas". Es un tema del que se discute mucho en Cuba. øHablamos sobre cualquier empresa pequeña, o hablamos de las que son de tecnología avanzada, o hablamos de las que son (o pueden ser) exportadoras, o hablamos de las que son de propiedad estatal, privada o mixta?
(2024-08-23). CPC leadership reviews measures on western region's development. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Friday to review policies and measures to open up a new vista in the large-scale development of the western region.
(2024-08-22). CPC leadership reviews measures on western region's development. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Friday to review policies and measures to open up a new vista in the large-scale development of the western region.
Our economy and society are heavily dependent on unpaid care work, disproportionately performed by women.
CHICAGO—"Workers in their unions are the biggest exercise in democracy," declared Julie Su, acting Secretary of Labor in the Biden administration, during the second Labor Council session at the DNC on Wednesday. The opposing ticket in the presidential race, Trump-Vance of the Republican Party, have claimed that their platform represents the working families in the …
Watch BreakThrough News for special LIVE coverage of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, in collaboration with @freespeechtv and Act TV. Hosts Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek will be joined by a panel of special guests bringing analysis and perspectives you won't see in the corporate media. BT's Kei Pritsker will report from outside the DNC …
Labor's new laws appointing an administrator with absolute dictatorial powers to run every branch of the Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union is the most serious attack on a union in living memory, argues Sam Wainwright.
Defenders of ruling elites have seldom been satisfied with the argument that the rich deserve their wealth because of their grudging willingness to provide jobs for everyone else. Very commonly, the tendency is to celebrate the rich and powerful as being different kinds of people from the rest of us—suggesting that they built their gigantic companies up from scratch by their own almost miraculously superior knowledge, relentless drive, and willingness to make tough calls. 
Big oil and gas company Chevron is deeply entwined with the Israeli state.
Few Americans today know about the events that occurred 75 years ago in the small Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, New York. That's where a riot broke out at a folk concert that marked a significant turning point in the political landscape of…
Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at a campaign event in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. August 14, 2024. — Reuters
Harris will call for a federal law banning corporations from setting excessive prices…
NEW YORK—When it comes to treatment of its unionized staffers, the Audubon Society is in trouble with the National Labor Relations Board. It has also forced the 260 unionized Audubon staffers, members of the "Bird Union" unit of Communications Workers Local 1180, to take to the streets, and not just to aid bird watchers. They'll …
WASHINGTON—Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is set to announce her plan to ban corporate price-gouging at the grocery store. Her boss Joe Biden's Federal Trade Commission is already working on it too. The agency's new Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing is tackling the issue. For several months on the campaign trail, Vice President …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | FINCA Uganda, a microfinance pioneer in Uganda has unveiled Janet Mudoola as its brand ambassador in a bid to further spread its financial and non-financial services to its clients. Mudoola was among the first customers served in the eastern district of Iganga by FINCA Uganda in 1992. She has signed …
American media company says the ratio of electricity bills is higher than the house rent…
The company plans to invest Shs 500 million in 25 projects countrywide Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda, through the MTN Foundation has launched the second phase of the MTN Changemakers Initiative, a transformative program designed to drive positive social change across Uganda. This new phase will see an investment ofShs 500 million, dedicated …
Bryant Arroyo (WW Photo: Joe Piette) Bryant Arroyo is a jailhouse lawyer, environmental activist and outspoken advocate for aging and elderly prisoners. He was a rank-and-file union worker before his unjust incarceration in 1994 and he repeatedly exposes the corporate interests which profit off the prison-industrial complex. Arroyo successfully organized . . . | 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Advertising Association (UAA) in partnership with Loeries and the Uganda Marketers Society (UMS) has officially unveiled the 3rd edition of the Silverback Awards 2024 to be held on November 23, 2024, in Kampala. Under the theme "Innovative Sustainable Marketing: Harnessing Ethics, Impact, and Profitability in the Digital Age" the …
CPI(ML) Liberation — The unification of Jharkhand's two leading Left forces, CPI(ML) Liberation and Marxist Coordination Committee, was announced on 10 August.
NAGASAKI, Japan—Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said at a press conference in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 that the city's decision not to invite Israel to its annual peace ceremony "should not be criticized." Koike said this when asked by reporters about the exclusion of Israeli government representatives from the peace event held to …
We speak with Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli about her new book, The Everything War, which examines how Amazon came to dominate the U.S. economy through its "scorched-earth" tactics. "I found just a ton of business practices driven by this toxic culture at Amazon, where the company lied, spied, cheated its way to the top," she says. Mattioli also discusses the threat of antitrust lawsuits to Amazon and other Big Tech firms, political pressure on Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and more.
Looking at economic and other transformations during the Industrial Revolution and beyond, he showed that there is nothing inevitable and 'natural' about free markets, the ideological belief that they can solve most economic problems being utopian and dangerous. | JM Keynes, an important economic thinker of the last century, saw those in authority as distilling thoughts "from some academic scribbler of a few years back." Indeed, his ideas underpin much economic policy today. | However, unlike Keynes who was an apologist for some form of capitalism, the less-remembered Polanyi's "scribbling" shows that market f…
"If you want to keep militaries out of civilian politics, you have to offer people some other way," scholar argues. British rule had profound effects on Nigeria starting in the late 1800s and largely included economic, political, social, and cultural forms of imperialism. Many of the devastating impacts are still visible in the country today and are especially 
Government, business partnership begins to flourish | The government and business partnership to resolve South Africa's challenges is beginning to bear fruit, although much more needs to be done. | This is according to a statement released by the Presidency and Business for South Africa. | The partnership between the two parties was established last year in a bid to work together to resolve the question of inclusive and economic growth. | The collaboration has targeted three areas for particular interest, including energy, transport and logistics, and crime and corruption. | PHOTOS | President Ramaphosa meets wit…
As Britain watched on with bated breath during this historic 
In the wake of his huge defeat on June 30, 2024, when 80 percent of voters rejected French "centrist" President Emmanuel Macron, he said he understood the French people's anger. In the UK, Conservative loser Rishi Sunak said the same about the British people's anger, as Labor leader Starmer now says as the anger explodes. 
The United Auto Workers has filed federal labor charges against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing them of illegally attempting to threaten and intimidate workers who go on strike. The UAW's complaint comes in response to comments made by Trump during a discussion with Musk Monday on the social media platform X, which Musk owns. The Wall Street Journal reports that Musk is funding a new super PAC to help Trump in swing states and return him to the White House. There have been reports Musk was planning to spend $45 million a month to help elect Trump, b…
DETROIT—The United Auto Workers are suing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and billionaire mogul Elon Musk for flagrantly breaking labor law after Trump praised Musk for illegally firing strikers. The move by the union is significant because the UAW is saying that what is often referred to as "labor law" is not, as corporations would …
MINNEAPOLIS—By a 56.2%-42.9% margin, progressive "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) incumbent lawmaker from Minneapolis, beat her chief challenger, former city commissioner Don Samuels, in the August 13 DFL primary there. The win virtually guarantees her re-election in the very progressive city-centered congressional district this fall. Omar's win was the most-notable development in …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has rejected the Alcohol Control Bill, 2023 that sought to regulate the purchase, sell and consumption of alcohol. The private members Bill that was introduced for the first time by Tororo District Woman Representative, Sarah Opendi in November 2023 also aimed to regulate the time and premises where alcohol …
Five industrial associations are currently under the ministry's control…
Por James Foster El Promedio Industrial Dow Jones experimentó una importante caída tras el último informe de empleo, publicado el 2 de agosto, que reveló una modesta adición de 114.000 puestos de trabajo y un aumento de la tasa de desempleo hasta el 4,3%. Las noticias sobre la economía estadounidense . . . | 
KAMPALA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has today handed over a donation worth UGX100 million to the Uganda Red Cross Society to boost immediate disaster relief to households affected by the Lusanja Kiteezi landfill slide. The funds will go towards strengthening the disaster response by funding the purchase of essential relief supplies …
Historical research on communist parties and their multiple international relationships has flourished in the past two decades. One remarkable contribution to this field is the book Transnational Communism Across the Americas. This collection of multiply-authored chapters digs into the communist parties of various Latin American countries, such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Mexico, and …
The World Anti-Doping Agency says the US has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to cheat by using prohibited drugs, while it hypocritically criticizes Russia and China.
Often overlooked, Israel's intentional system of economically fragmenting and dispossessing Palestinians is an essential part of its plan to ethnically cleanse the land and deny Palestinian liberation.
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube addresses delegates of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. —REUTERSFormer YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki's husband Denis Troper posted a heartfelt note after his wife's death on his Facebook handle on Saturday. "Her impact on…
Baba Aye — Tens of thousands of people have trooped out on the streets across Nigeria in nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests against hardship and hunger, since 1 August.
Minnesota: Thousands hear the SWP campaign program: | MINNEAPOLIS — "No offense, but how are you guys going to change things?" Steven Lutchen, a truck driver, asked Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, at a Hmong Farmers Market in St. Paul Aug. 4. "They won't give you any publicity." | "We're counting on what's beginning to change among working people," Richter replied, pointing to recent labor struggles, from flight attendants fighting for a new contract to the autoworkers strike last fall. | "We need to build a party of labor, to organize to fight in the interests…
Dear reader, | Over the past year and a half, the Dongsheng team has been collaborating with Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research to publish the international edition of Wenhua Zongheng (ÊñáÂåñÁ∫µÊ®™), a leading journal of contemporary political and cultural thought in China. Founded in 2008, the journal publishes issues every two months, featuring articles by a wide array of intellectuals across the country and building a platform for discussion of different ideological positions and values in China's intellectual community. The…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the UPDF Special Forces to assist in the rescue at Kiteezi landfill that collapsed and killed unknown numbers of people. He also directed the State House Comptroller to financially assist the families of those who died with Sh.5million per person and Sh.1 million per …
Iranian press review: Execution of 2022 anti-establishment protester sparks outrage | Meanwhile, expert says Iran faces challenges in retaliating against Israel, Tehran says the New York Times acts as a propaganda tool for Israel, and industries experience financial setbacks due to power shortages | 
Egyptian authorities are considering a new project to improve land management practices…
The U.S. power grid is overburdened and under-resourced — and the Biden administration just announced a major investment aimed at helping solve those problems. | The Department of Energy has offered $2.2 billion to eight projects across 18 states that could expand and strengthen the grid. The projects range from deploying grid-enhancing technologies that boost the capacity of existing power lines to building brand-new high-voltage transmission cables that will enable wind farms in the Great Plains and off the coast of New England to plug into the grid. | Tuesday's announcement represents another signific…
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of veteran table tennis players is calling for increased investment in the sport from both the government and private sector. They emphasize the need for greater focus on developing table tennis across the country, highlighting its potential for job creation and talent development. At this year's third edition …
The environmental check-ups were completed in the first six months of 2024…
DELIVERY drivers in the gig economy are fearing for their lives because of the wave of far-right riots that continue across the country.
As the French economist Thomas Piketty most recently exposed, capitalism, across time and space, has always tended to produce ever-greater economic inequality. Oxfam, a global charity, reported that 2022's 10 richest men together had six times more wealth than the poorest 3.1 billion people on earth. The lack of democracy inside workplaces or enterprises is both a cause and an effect of capitalism's unequal distribution of income and wealth. 
In war, there are no winners— and in a war between the US and China, the entire world would lose. That's not just considering the mass loss of life that would occur, but also the reverberating effects of war that would sink millions into economic devastation, destroy the environment, and lead to widespread displacement and 
The legacy left by the Conservatives after 14 years in government is not just economic stagnation, and the destruction of public services, it is social division, far right extremism and anger. Violence, racism and hate are the common language of far-right groups/individuals the world over, all of which has been writ large on the streets 
Egypt's Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, spoke about possible areas of cooperation and the impact of the Egyptian-Chinese partnership on the national space programme…
Weak jobs numbers and recent speculation about a U.S. recession contributed to warnings that this year's stock rally may have gone too far. From New York to London and Tokyo, equities were hit hard. Wall Street's "fear gauge" dropped from 65 on Monday to about 28 on Wednesday, indicating that investor's fears were easing. What's behind the instability in global financial markets? | Joining the discussion: | John Gong is a Professor at the University of International Business and Economics. | 
So income from your three jobs won't cover your rent increase. There are no beds at the shelter and public housing has a waiting list decades long. You buy a tent and sleeping bag and move into a town park. This would have worked until June 28, when the Supreme Court essentially ruled that municipalities 
In a harmonious collaboration at preserving oral history, Sami Hermez provides the space for Sireen Sawalha to tell the story of her family in The title itself reflects the fact that there is no dividing Palestine from the people and their narratives. | "What I remember most from what my mother told me, is how people were walking in the opposite direction screaming at us to turn around," Sireen reflects at th…
Nick Lubecki has been an urban farmer in Pittsburgh for the last 15 years. The heat has noticeably intensified over that time, with back-to-back summers of sweltering temperatures affecting when he harvests produce at Braddock Farm, a small urban plot nestled next to an operating steel mill that grows vegetables like lettuce, collards, and tomatoes. His current strategy for beating the brutal heat: a wide brim hat and plenty of water. Lately, farming consistently throughout the day has been "significantly more exhausting," he said. "It's really hard to keep going." | Summers are getting hotter everywhere, and…
The New York Times has always favored Israel in its editorial writings, but no Times' columnist compares to Bret Stephens, whose writings are chauvinistic and bellicose., Stephens, a former editor of the Jerusalem Post and a supporter of all Israeli policies, left the Wall Street Journal to join the Times in 2017 because he believed Israel was not getting a fair hearing in the mainstream media. In doing so, he joined other Jewish columnists at the Times (Thomas Friedman, David Brooks, Paul Krugman, and Roger Cohen). However, these men brought some objectivity to America's Israel problem. Stephens has no limits in…
'Raped by female soldiers': Palestinian in leaked Sde Teiman photo speaks out | The man in the famous photo, Ibrahim Salem, spent eight months in Israeli detention, where rape, electrocution and beatings were routine | | After spending eight months in Israeli detention, I…
This election season, an anti-immigration nonprofit with ties to hate groups is pushing conservative lawmakers to expand a controversial worker surveillance tool that critics say is discriminatory and harms businesses and workers.At a recent American Legislative Exchange Council gathering of conservative lawmakers and corporate lobbyists, the nonprofit NumbersUSA hosted a workshop promoting E-Verify, a government website used to screen workers' immigration status. Mandating that employers use E-Verify would allow "state legislatures to take control of [the immigration] situation," said Andrew Good, NumbersUSA's…
Someone, I forget who, said "we're all Marxists now," and, while that might have been truer during the antifascist 1930s than at any other time in history, it is not true now. Marxism probably has as many if not more fierce foes today around the world, and from Hungary to Brazil, as it had during the height 
Journalist and political analyst Caleb Maupin put out a video "Scott Ritter's home raided by the FBI." Maupin affirmed his solidarity with Ritter, a staunch opponent of US militaristic support for Ukraine and Israel. Ritter's anti-imperialist stand is nothing new. He first came to wider attention with his opposition to US plans to attack Iraq …
In the United States, most people are educated to understand that democracy means multi-party elections and that any country that does not have multi-party elections is repressive and undemocratic. However, democracy simply means "rule of the people" and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with multi-party elections. For example, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is …
In the United States, most people are educated to understand that democracy means multi-party elections and that any country that does not have multi-party elections is repressive and undemocratic. However, democracy simply means "rule of the people" and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with multi-party elections. | For example, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a single party state that is also democratic. While this concept might seem confusing to many educated in "the West", it is quite true. On March 4th, delegates from the Communist Party USA's Hello Comrade Program met with Truong Thi Ngoc Anh,…
Max Elbaum — The mood among opponents of MAGA has shifted dramatically. But the electoral map hasn't changed, and the Gaza genocide continues. What does this mean for progressives and the socialist Left?
In "This decision [to arrest Sedrine] was based on an investigation initiated by the investigating judge of the economic and financial judicial hub, following a complaint from a member of the Truth and Dignity Commission," said Mohamed Zitouna, spokesperson for the Tunis First Instance Court, to local radio Mosaique FM. | The Truth and Dignity Commission (TDC, or IV…
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost "It was not the highly visible acts of Congress but the seemingly mundane and often nontransparent actions of regulatory agencies that empowered the great transformation of the U.S. commercial banks from traditionally conservative deposit-taking and lending businesses into providers of wholesale financial risk management and intermediation services." — …
Nguy·ªÖn Phú Tr·ªçng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party and Chairman of the National Assembly, died July 19, 2024, at the age of 80. Tr·ªçng was widely respected for his ideological contributions as well as his long leadership . . . | 
Spaniards across the country are protesting against the uncontrolled influx of tourists that has caused a collapse in quality of life, a jump in housing prices and a rise in the cost of basic necessities.
Bourgeois economists, ever ready to proclaim the impending demise of the socialist economic model in the People's Republic of China (PRC), find every opportunity to throw shade on China's economic system.
Jess Spear — We need to place an understanding of the ecological crisis at the centre of what we are doing. We are not just ecosocialists when we are campaigning about the environment and socialists the rest of the time.
It was an hour before the motorcade was set to arrive in downtown Nashville, and the lady in the "Trump Save America" T-shirt was explaining why she hates Kamala Harris. "I'm not meaning to say I'm a prejudiced person," she began. Of the many ways to end such a sentence, none were promising. I assumed she would call the vice president a "DEI hire," as right-wing pundits had done all week. But she veered in a different direction. | Harris, the woman went on, believes in pushing homosexuality, transgenderism, and "people acting like cats and dogs." At her grandniece's public school in Kentucky, students identify…
Governor's Family-Centered Services Initiative Supports Local Departments That Serve Hundreds of Thousands of Low-Income Families Across New York Initiative First Announced as Part of Governor's 2024 State of the State Governor Kathy Hochul on August 2nd, announced $17.2 million in awards through the Family-Centered Services initiative to strengthen social services that help vulnerable families achieve financial stability. This funding will help local social services departments throughout New York to hire more staff as they continue serving hundreds of thousands of low-income families statewide. "We're strengthe…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has joined the international chorus urging for the reform of international financial architecture. The Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, Patrick Ocailap says reforming the international financial architecture is imperative to give developing countries like Uganda a fair chance to turn its immense potential into opportunities to overcome future challenges. …
WASHINGTON—The United Auto Workers said its members will join a "mass mobilization" protesting against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming address to Congress. Netanyahu left for the U.S. on Monday and is scheduled to speak to Congress Wednesday, amid continuing global anger over Israel's genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. A recent report from …
How the UK's approach to Israel has changed under Labour | Foreign Secretary David Lammy has significantly shifted Labour's approach to arms sales and international law since he entered government | | Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the restoration of UK funding to Unrwa last week (A…
More than half of the mainly In its latest study on migration, the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) found that "over half" of migrants in Tunisia lived "in the street, public parks, encampments, and outdoor areas". | Tunisia is a key departure point for <...
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press Leading media outlets like The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker have about as much concern for intellectual consistency as TikTok videos. In very serious and somber tones they will warn the rest of us about a major problem and then in the next issue, …
Cambridge University to review investments in response to pro-Gaza protests | University says demonstrations and appeals by the student union and in colleges prompted it to consider whether policy 'in line with our institutional values' | | The encampment on Cambridge's iconic King's Parade…
What are the results of the parliamentary elections in France on 7 July 2024?: | In the second round of France's 
Civil unmanned aviation becomes a new sector of the Russian economy…
Young, tech-savvy individuals are at forefront of local and international projects COMMENT | RONNY KAHUMA | The graphic design industry in Uganda is experiencing a vibrant transformation, evolving from a niche profession into a vital component of the nation's creative economy. A growing appreciation for visual aesthetics and the increasing demand for high-quality design in …
Flounders, a coordinator of the SanctionsKill Campaign, will moderate the July 23 webinar described at the end of this article. The upcoming elections in Venezuela, scheduled for July 28, are in the crosshairs of another attempted U.S.-orchestrated regime change operation. U.S. politicians have already intentionally created years of economic hardship . . . | 
Former President of the US Barack Obama and President Joe Biden at the 25th anniversary of the White House initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics at the White House on October 15, 2015, in Washington DC —Reuters 
In his opus 'The Wealth of Nations' published in 1776 Adam Smith drew a distinction between the progressive state, the stationary state and the declining state.
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students from the West Nile region have tasked the Electoral Commission to provide clear mechanisms for the regulation of security agencies during the electoral process. The students raised the concerns to the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon who was in Arua for a civic engagement exercise …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The world's demand for electricity is rising at its fastest rate in years, driven by robust economic growth, intense heatwaves, and increasing uptake of technologies that run on electricity such as Electric vehicles and heat pumps. Despite the enduring impacts of the global energy crisis, growth in electricity demand …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has thrown his weight behind medium and small financial sector players demanding a one stop regulation centre, saying that multiple centres lead to confusion in which gullible Ugandans may be abused and exploited. The President whose message was delivered by the Minister of the Presidency minister …