(2024-02-11). Israel struggling to fund war, resorts to selling bonds. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — The aggression on the Gaza Strip seems to be tightening the strain on the Israeli economy, causing the government to sell bonds in close to all-time-high numbers, as reported by Bloomberg, who's according to anonymous financial officials add that the Israeli government will rely significantly on Shekel debt markets as it expands its issuances.Pressure on Israel's budget increased heavily after Moody's Investors Service dropped Israel's credit rating from A1 to A2 as well as lowering its outlook to 'Negative', citing potential escalations with Lebanon's Hezbollah on Israel's northern parts as the…
(2024-02-11). Xi delivers speech at Spring Festival reception, extending festive greetings to all Chinese. ecns.cn In his speech, Xi noted that over the past year, we implemented the new development philosophy on all fronts, adhered to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, decisively downgraded the level of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control, and promoted the recovery and development of the economy.
(2024-02-11). China-Laos Railway builds on momentum in new year as cargo and passenger numbers grow. ecns.cn China-Laos Railway has facilitated 27.87 million passenger journeys and 32.56 million tons of cargo since it entered operation on December 3, 2021, China Media Group reported on Thursday, reflecting the strong momentum in China-Laos business trade and personnel exchanges.
(2024-02-11). Essential polling shows support for a democratic economy, proportional representation. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-02-11). IMF chief says Gaza war 'devastating' Palestinian economy. newarab.com 
The Gaza war has devastated the economies of both the "The Palestinian economy's dire outlook is worsening as the conflict persists," managing director Kristalina Georgieva told the World Governments Summit in Dubai. | "Only a durable peace and p…
(2024-02-11). How To Go From Neoliberalism To A Productive, Sustainable Economy. popularresistance.org In our last show, which we entitled "The Debt Explosion: How Neoliberalism Fuels Debt Crises", we promised that our next show would be about what the solution is, what is the solution to the myriad problems that we were describing. And that is indeed what we are going to discuss today. | The solution, we feel, in the United States and in all countries that have gone down the road of neoliberalism and financialization involves a root and branch reform of the financial system. And this would be the foundation for the urgent economic transformation. It will be the single largest component of the economic transformat…
(2024-02-10). Venezuela Presents Anti-Blockade Policies To Burkina Faso Delegation. popularresistance.org This Wednesday, Venezuelan vice minister for anti-blockade policy, William Castillo, made a presentation to the visiting delegation from Burkina Faso. Castillo's presentation covered the impact on Venezuela's economy of the illegal coercive measures—euphemistically referred to as "sanctions"—imposed by the US and its vassals and spoke about how Venezuela has overcome them. | In a statement, Castillo wrote that both parties agreed that "the sanctions are part of an illegal and criminal foreign policy and of a model of neocolonialism that uses attacks on the economy as a spearhead for the geopolitical c…
(2024-02-10). Putin debunks Tucker Carlson's warmongering anti-China propaganda, mocks his CIA ties. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Russia's President Vladimir Putin condemned the "boogeyman" anti-China propaganda that Trump ally Tucker Carlson spewed in his interview in Moscow, while mocking the ex Fox News host for applying to join the CIA.
(2024-02-10). China grew more than any other developed economy in 2023 | January 2024. dongshengnews.org 
China strengthens its role as an international peace broker by intervening in multiple international conflicts; China supports Palestine's full UN membership; PetroChina now controls Iraq's largest oil field; Taiwan's separatist ruling party won elections…
(2024-02-10). Essential polling shows support for a democratic economy, proportional representation. greenleft.org.au
(2024-02-10). Putin debunks Tucker Carlson's warmongering anti-China propaganda, mocks his CIA ties. geopoliticaleconomy.substack.com 
Subscribe now The US TV host Tucker Carlson set off a political scandal by traveling to Moscow this February to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. This provoked a debate in the media, which — as is so often the case in partisan US politics — completely missed the forest for the trees. Liberal war hawks …
(2024-02-11). Myanmar: Interview with a Radical Activist. indybay.org Interview with a radical activist in Myanmar who is a long-time advocate for political and economic justice…
(2024-02-10). Economic Crisis Looms in Northern Settlements Amid War Risk with Hezbollah: Businesses Struggle as Tensions Rise. english.almanar.com.lb 
Israeli media reports reveal that businesses in Kiryat Shmona, Shlomi, and other northern areas have taken a hit, with expenditures dropping significantly. The ongoing confrontation and escalation between Hezbollah and the Israeli occupation forces, has led to closures of thousands of businesses since October 7, 2023, causing widespread economic hardship. Amid the crisis, food …
(2024-02-10). Unilateral Coercive Measures: The Devastating Impact of Economic Sanctions on Countries and People. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina Dr. Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur talks about the devastating impact of economic sanctions on countries and people. Dr. Alena Douhan is a professor of International Law, the Director of the Peace Research Center at the Belarusian State University, and an Associated member of the Institute for International Law of Peace and…
(2024-02-10). Correspondence] Health implications of GSK's departure from Nigeria. thelancet.com GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced plans to cease operations in Nigeria in the face of worsening economic conditions and declining revenues.1 GSK's departure as a crucial pharmaceutical provider in Nigeria holds substantial implications for the country's health-care sector, including disruptions in disease management, treatment access, and immunisation efforts, and potentially puts patients at risk due to supply chain disruptions for medicines and vaccines.2 The absence of GSK-manufactured medications such as Amoxil (amoxicillin), Cervarix (a human papillomavirus vaccine), and Bexsero (a meningitis vaccine) could le…
(2024-02-10). SEC's Approval of Bitcoin Markets May Set the Stage for Financial Disaster. truthout.org Over the past several decades, there have been rapid and fundamental changes in the finance and banking sectors. The banking reforms of the New Deal, which endured up until about 1980 and provided a relative degree of banking and financial stability, were reversed by the neoliberal counterrevolution with an eye toward increasing profits and shredding social responsibility. A new book by world… |
(2024-02-11). World Cancer Day: Making a commitment to close the cancer care gap. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) recognizes World Cancer Day annually on February 4. The UICC's 2024 theme for World Cancer Day is "Close the Care Gap." The care gap is the gap between people who can obtain healthcare related to the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer and those who cannot. The factors that create this gap include income, education and geographical location barriers. Discrimination based on ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age,…
(2024-02-11). Australians for War Powers Reform says Labor must not support US strikes across the Middle East. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-02-11). Labor's council demerger bill a 'sleight of hand'. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-02-11). Palestine solidarity supporters call on Labor to boost funding to UNRWA. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-02-11). At Marin Medical Society Gala In SF "Pelosi, You Can't Hide We Charge You With Genocide" indybay.org At the Marin Medical Society 2024 gala on February 9, opponents of the US supported Israeli genocide protested at the Academy of Science in Golden Gate park where the gala was being held.
(2024-02-10). DR Congo: Gavi, l'Alliance du Vaccin, l'OMS, l'UNICEF et leurs partenaires concluent une retraite de deux jours à Kinshasa axée sur l'évaluation de l'assistance technique en matière de la vaccination en RDC. reliefweb.int Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sources: GAVI Alliance, UN Children's Fund, World Health Organization | Kinshasa, 07 février 2024 — Mise à jour, publiée le 10 février 2024 | Gavi, l'Alliance du Vaccin, en collaboration avec ses partenaires, notamment l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'Enfance (UNICEF) et d'autres, a conclu une retraite de deux jours (06-07 février) à Kinshasa, sous le leadership du Ministère de la Santé Publique, Hygiène et Prévention. La retraite visait à évaluer la mise en ≈ìuvre et l'efficacité de l'assistance techniqu…
(2024-02-10). Australians for War Powers Reform says Labor must not support US strikes across the Middle East. greenleft.org.au
(2024-02-10). Labor's council demerger bill a 'sleight of hand'. greenleft.org.au
(2024-02-10). Palestine solidarity supporters call on Labor to boost funding to UNRWA. greenleft.org.au
(2024-02-10). Embajadora de Cuba en Italia destaca colaboración médica en Calabria (+Foto). radiohc.cu Roma, 10 feb (RHC) "La experiencia de nuestros médicos en Calabria es una página más en el glorioso libro de la colaboración internacionalista", destacó este sábado la embajadora de Cuba en Italia, Mirta Granda, en declaraciones al diario Il Quotidiano del Sud.
(2024-02-10). Correspondence] Vaccination and the defence of democracy — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Roger L Albin's Correspondence shows some of the many ways to conceptualise the potential mechanisms underlying the evolution and expansion of anti-vaccine activism in the USA. Two of Albin's points prompted us to elaborate here on ideas we discussed in our Viewpoint.1…
(2024-02-10). Australia: NSW Labor government ends free parking in further attack on health workers. wsws.org The health unions' "campaign" against paid parking is a fraud, designed to allow workers to let off steam, while preventing any real challenge to the latest attack on take-home pay.
(2024-02-10). Saturday 2/10: LA Labor for Palestine. indybay.org LA City Hall | 200 N Spring St. | Los Angeles, CA…
(2024-02-10). Consumption-As-Politics: Taylor Swift Isn't the Defining Political Issue of Our Times. truthdig.com
(2024-02-11). SUNFED versus World Bank. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-02-11). Why the Marshall Plan ? cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-02-10). SUNFED versus World Bank. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-02-10). Why the Marshall Plan ? cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-02-11). LAVC Grant Director Falsified Resumes/Employment Histories. indybay.org New documents being released show that the scandal at Los Angeles Valley College involved Grant Director Dan Watanabe asking student-workers and others to falsify their resumes and credentials to receive employment from the Grant he managed. Erika Endrijonas knew about it, Annie G. Reed helped cover it up. LACCD Board of Trustees did nothing.
(2024-02-10). LAVC Grant Director Falsified Resumes/Employment Histories. indybay.org New documents being released show that the scandal at Los Angeles Valley College involved Grant Director Dan Watanabe asking student-workers and others to falsify their resumes and credentials to receive employment from the Grant he managed. Erika Endrijonas knew about it, Annie G. Reed helped cover it up. LACCD Board of Trustees did nothing.
(2024-02-10). Campus Divestment Activists Eye Fossil Fuel Profits On Stolen Land. popularresistance.org Samantha Gonsalves-Wetherell, a senior at the University of Arizona, has spent years urging university officials to take climate change seriously. As a leader of UArizona Divest, she and her classmates have been pushing the university toward three goals: to divest from fossil fuels by 2029; commit to no further investments in fossil fuels; and to implement socially responsible investing goals. | "It's hard to both combat the climate crisis and also fund it," said Gonsalves-Wetherell. She has met with university officials to ask them what stocks the university has invested in and how much revenue oil and gas inves…
(2024-02-10). Campus Divestment Activists Eye Fossil Fuel Profits on Stolen Land. scheerpost.com 
(2024-02-10). What The US Can Learn From The Cuban Health Care System. popularresistance.org David Ramirez Alvarez is Second Secretary in the Cuban Embassy, representing Cuba's cultural and political forces sectors. He will be presenting an historical and current analysis of the Cuban health care system, how it differs from our profit-driven system, how Cuba provides comprehensive primary and quaternary health services in the face of a decades' long illegal and brutal U.S. blockade and still has better outcomes than ours. Ramirez Alvarez will also address how the training of health care providers and scientists in Cuba is intimately connected to the socialist culture derived from the Cuban Revolution. Is…
(2024-02-11). Various peanut butter brands recalled. sanews.gov.za Various peanut butter brands recalled | The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has urged consumers in possession of various peanut butter brands manufactured by House of Natural Butters to return them to the point of purchase. | Acting Commissioner Thezi Mabuza said the manufacturer informed the Commission that the products from Pick n Pay's No Name brand, Eden All Natural brand, Wazoogles Superfoods and Dischem's Lifestyle brand were found to have higher than legally acceptable levels of Aflatoxin, as set out under R1145 Regulation Governing Tolerance of Fungus-Produced Toxins in Foodstuffs. | The recalled produ…
(2024-02-11). WHO's Pandemic Treaty negotiations are failing; they are blaming it on vaccine patents. expose-news.com Maybe 5% of the negotiations regarding the World Health Organisation's Pandemic Treaty and amendments to the International Health Regulations ("IHR") are about a trade agreement. The other 95% are about global control …
(2024-02-11). Lying Across the Globe with Nancy Pelosi. By: Riley Miller. midwesternmarx.com 
It's been Democrats' favorite refrain for years now. Don't like something? Call it Russian. For years, Democrats labeled Donald Trump a Russian agent. Despite multiple investigations yielding no evidence to support this lofty claim, they cling to it. Or what about when Hillary Clinton accused Tulsi Gabbard of being groomed by Russia for a spoiler presidential run? Clinton's theory was little more than a petty attack against someone who called her &ldquo …
(2024-02-10). As it supports Gaza genocide, UK government wages war on democratic rights. wsws.org Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's comments denouncing protests are worthy of a police state. They signal a further assault on democratic rights in the UK in defence of Israel's war of annihilation against the Palestinians.
(2024-02-11). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org
(2024-02-10). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org
(2024-02-10). Six-Year-Old Gaza Girl Found Dead, Family Says, Blaming Israel #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Peninsula) | AFP Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: A six-year-old Palestinian girl who went missing after the family's car came under fire in Gaza was found dead Saturday, the …
(2024-02-10). Swiss-EU Parliamentary Exchange Group Meets In Bern #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – Swissinfo) A majority of participants at the exchange were however in favour of opening negotiations as soon as possible, the Swiss parliamentary services announced on Friday evening.It is …
(2024-02-10). Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Exceeds 28,000: Ministry #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – Nam News Network) | GAZA, Feb 11 (NNN-XINHUA) The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, has exceeded 28,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said …
(2024-02-11). Youth & Memories of Hope in the Age of Disposability: The Personal & the Political. indybay.org Youth and Memories of Hope in the Age of Disposability: Connecting the Personal and the Political. There is a war raging in neoliberal societies, especially in the United States, especially against working-class youth, Black and Brown youth, and impoverished youth.
(2024-02-10). Political Analyst David Villamar on Violence in Ecuador: After 7 Years of Neoliberalism the Disastrous Consequences are Obvious (Interview). orinocotribune.com 
(2024-02-10). Youth & Memories of Hope in the Age of Disposability: The Personal & the Political. indybay.org Youth and Memories of Hope in the Age of Disposability: Connecting the Personal and the Political. There is a war raging in neoliberal societies, especially in the United States, especially against working-class youth, Black and Brown youth, and impoverished youth.
(2024-02-11). Sunday 2/25: Building on the Leadership Legacy of Black Panther Women. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco | Located 7 blocks from Civic Center BART and on or near the #19, 31, 47, 48 & 49 Muni bus lines…
(2024-02-11). US Peace Activists Call For Dialogue And Understanding With China. popularresistance.org At a time when China-United States relations are increasingly defined by narratives of rivalry, a recent visit by US peace activists to China offered a refreshing counterpoint. | Seeking to build bridges of understanding between the two nations, a delegation from the US Peace Council visited China last month at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament. | They shared their firsthand experience in China at a recent webinar to demonstrate that cooperation, not competition, is the path to a peaceful future. | "What we witnessed was a modernizing China focused on promoting peaceful…
(2024-02-11). Washington Promotes Opposition Candidate Setting the Stage for Delegitimizing the Venezuelan Presidential Election. pressenza.com Despite continuous US-led hybrid warfare to overthrow the socialist project, this month marks the
(2024-02-11). DSA Santa Cruz Electoral Working Group Recommends Yes on Measure M, Housing for People. indybay.org The Electoral Action Working Group of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Santa Cruz recommends a yes vote on Measure M, the Housing for People initiative, which is on the ballot in the March 5 primary election in the City of Santa Cruz. If passed, Measure M will increase the ratio of inclusionary/affordable housing to 25% in new large projects of 30+ units, and will require a majority vote of the people before the city's General Plan can be amended to raise current building height limits or floor area ratios.
(2024-02-10). Washington Promotes Opposition Candidate Setting the Stage for Delegitimizing the Venezuelan Presidential Election. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris Image: HFAC Roundtable: "The Fight for Freedom in Venezuela: A Conversation with María Corina Machado" Despite continuous US-led hybrid warfare to overthrow the socialist project, this month marks the 25th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution. The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro has successfully forced the US to de facto engage with…
(2024-02-10). Spain: Riot police are used to crush farmers' protests. expose-news.com Farmer protests have been taking place since Tuesday throughout Spain. Yesterday they announced that would they take their protest to the Socialist Party headquarters in Madrid today. The government has announced that …
(2024-02-10). The resignation of Maria Svart and the political crisis in the Democratic Socialists of America. wsws.org Svart's decision to step down from the top post in the DSA, one she has held for over 12 years, is one of many indications of a major political crisis in the organization, which functions as a faction of the Democratic Party.
(2024-02-10). DSA Santa Cruz Electoral Working Group Recommends Yes on Measure M, Housing for People. indybay.org The Electoral Action Working Group of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Santa Cruz recommends a yes vote on Measure M, the Housing for People initiative, which is on the ballot in the March 5 primary election in the City of Santa Cruz. If passed, Measure M will increase the ratio of inclusionary/affordable housing to 25% in new large projects of 30+ units, and will require a majority vote of the people before the city's General Plan can be amended to raise current building height limits or floor area ratios.
(2024-02-11). Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese, urging efforts to write new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at a Spring Festival reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2024.
Post-pandemic — children are back at school, cruise ships are sailing again and airplanes are full — but offices in the United States are struggling. More office space is currently sitting empty in the U.S. than at any point since economic research firm Moody's Analytics began tracking vacancies in 1979. It's led some businesses to think creatively about how this empty real estate could be repurposed. CGTN's Kate Fisher reports.
The dehumanization of Muslims and Arabs combined with outright misinformation about October 7 is the engine powering the genocide in Gaza.
Country: World | Sources: Norwegian Red Cross, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre | Please refer to the attached file. | This paper delves into the evolving landscape of climate finance for social protection. It gives an overview of current social protection spending, financing and coverage gaps across the world, and explores how climate finance can strengthen social protection systems, build resilience and improve socio-economic outcomes. The brief then zooms into adaptation funds (climate funds focused on enhancing the adaptive capacities of communities) to understand what kinds of social protection-re…
Country: World | Source: US Agency for International Development | Please refer to the attached file. | L'USAID en action pour la nutrition a élaboré ce guide par étapes pour les partenaires de mise en oeuvre de la RFSA comme référence pendant la conception et la mise en oeuvre du projet (par exemple, proposition, affiner et mettre en oeuvre, évaluation à mi-parcours). Ce guide vise à aider les partenaires de mise en oeuvre à réfléchir de manière critique à la question de savoir si et comment les volontaires des groupes d'entraide (ou des groupes de pairs non rémunérés similaires) peuvent être maintenus apr…
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In its January 26 decision in South Africa v. Israel, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that "the State of Israel shall take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance to address the adverse conditions of life faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip." The 
Several new plants will be built due to the investments…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Players in the health sector have called for greater regulation of assistive technologies in the country. There are fears that some of the devices being donated in the country are wrongly prescribed or do not meet the standards. Assistive technologies can benefit a wide range of people, including those with …
Green Left journalist Isaac Nellist goes through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.
‚ô´ This Magnificent Russian Music Is Astonishing Imperialism, Lenin, and US Wars Abroad: The Problem is Capitalism, by Rob Urie The Vladimir Putin Interview (Video, X) Joe Rogan & Aaron Rodgers: "Stand Courageously For What You Believe In," by John Leake The US Keeps Bombing People While Saying It Doesn't Want To Fight, by Caitlin Johnstone Israel's genocide in Gaza: Let Them Eat Dirt, by Chris Hedges Israeli Government's Lies About Gaza Shouldn't Be a Surprise, by Yves Smith Rockets Falling on Us — Gaza's Newton Lights Up Tents and Hearts in Rafah Greenwald: Congress, in Chaos, Can't Eve…
In Remaking Society, Murray Bookchin writes, "All ecological problems have their roots in social problems." If we apply his theory of social ecology to our modern world, we can appreciate that the ongoing climate crisis is a function of the concentration of capital among a small minority of individuals who plunder natural resources and exploit 
Earth has endured 12 consecutive months of temperatures 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial era for the first time on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, in what scientists called a "warning to humanity". | Storms, drought and fire have lashed the planet as climate change- supercharged by the naturally-occurring The extremes have continued into 2024, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) service…
London, England | THE INDEPENDENT | Research from market research company Euromonitor International has forecast the GDP of Sub-Saharan Africa to double by the year 2040 from the 2022 figure of US$ 2 trillion to over USD 4.5 trillion. Euromonitor's report, Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rising Economic Frontier, looked at the economies of Uganda and 45 …
The Ethiopian government considers coffee production as one of the valuable engines of economic growth…
Countries: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic | Source: Center for Global Development | Please refer to the attached file. | Abstract | While labor market impacts of refugees in low- and middle-income countries are commonly studied, | public services like education could also be affected by mass arrivals. This paper examines the | impact of Syrian refugees on the educational outcomes of Jordanians. Combining detailed household | surveys with school-level records on the density of Syrians, we study both the quantity and quality of | education using a difference-in-differences design across refugee prevalence and s…
Country: Uganda | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | Key Messages | In bimodal areas, second season harvesting, drying, and storing activities are wrapping up in January. Above-average second season staple food production has increased household and market food stocks and access to income from crop sales, supporting Minimal (IPC Phase 1) outcomes. In January, atypically dry conditions characterized by cumulative average to below-average off-season precipitation have negatively impacted vegetation and pasture conditions in the central, western, and northern reg…
The protest movement that has exploded onto the streets and inside the Labour Party in response to British complicity with Israel's crimes is not a distraction from class politics—it's the way forward, writes Kevin Ovenden.
Black women lead a strike against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Factory in Winston Salem, N.C. 1943 The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of Sam Marcy's "High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of the changing character of the working class," first published in 1986. Note that a few selected words . . . | 
Enslaved family, 1850 The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of Sam Marcy's "High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of the changing character of the working class," first published in 1986. Marcy is the late chairperson of Workers World Party. The book is available as a free download at . . . | 
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is calling on the leaders in Karamoja to collaborate with Moroto Regional Referral Hospital for solutions to address health challenges. Moroto hospital came into the spotlight after the death of two mothers within a space of one week who underwent cesarean births at the facility. The …
Marine heat waves (MHWs) are prolonged periods of ocean warming that can significantly affect coral reefs, fish, kelp forests and other marine life. A new study led by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has found that MHWs are changing the communities of microorganisms that make up the foundation of the oceanic food chain, affecting entire coastal ecosystems. "While the drivers of individual MHWs can …
Joined by other U.S. officials, Laura Richardson, commander of the U.S. Army's Southern Command, was in Ecuador from January 22 to 25. She was conferring with President Daniel Noboa—recently elected and very wealthy—and other government leaders about U.S. military assistance. Richardson mentioned to reporters an "investment portfolio…worth $93.4 million, including not only military equipment…[but also] …
‚ô´ Two Steps From Hell — Heart of Courage — Geminna Tucker Madness is Good for America, by Scott Ritter Martin Jay: "Carlson Interview With Putin Could Topple Western Elites, End Ukraine War", by Karl Sanchez Tucker Carlson Interviews Vladimir Putin, by Bill Astore Prep for the Interview: Words from the Past, by Karl Sanchez The Newer World Order, by Aurelien The Empire Depends On Our Unwillingness To Look At Its Crimes, by Caitlin Johnstone America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, by Gilbert Doctorow Financial Big Brother is Watching You: A brief note on an overlooked nightmare,…
This is the first event of the unification year in the financial sector…
As Israel's assault on Gaza has displaced the majority of Palestinians in Gaza, more than half are sheltering in facilities run by UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Despite being the largest humanitarian agency in Gaza, UNRWA says it may run out of funds by the end of the month, after at least 18 states or institutions, including many of the agency's biggest funders, announced they were suspending their donations in January. The cuts came after the Israeli government accused several UNRWA employees of participating in the Hamas attack on October 7. Israel made the allegations in a docum…
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here. In 2021, when China banned bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, crypto miners flocked to the United States in search of cheap electricity and looser regulations. In a few short years, the U.S.'s share of global crypto mining operations grew from 3.5 percent …
HANOI—After the dissolution of the USSR, the reactionary intellectual Francis Fukuyama declared "the end of history." He claimed that capitalism had triumphed in the Cold War and that all pursuits of socialism or any other alternatives to the "free market" path were dead. Of course, anyone that looks around them today can clearly see that …
One of the most trenchant recent critiques of late capitalism is Killing It, a droll television comedy show about killing Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades. Craig Foster is a solid believer in the American Dream. He aspires to become an entrepreneur. If he could only get a chance, Craig knows he would certainly become …
On Tuesday, February 6, Chilean news outlets reported that former president Sebastián Piñera died in a helicopter crash in Lake Ranco in the Los Ríos region in southern Chile. He was 74 years old. The ex-president was a controversial figure in Chilean politics having led the most severe police crackdown on protests and social movement since the military dictatorship ruled over the country. However, less is widely known about Piñera's own links to the politics and political figures of the Pinochet era Chile. | From Harvard to the World Bank: | Piñera began building his public profile in the 1970s, in the e…
The "We reaffirm the commitment we made forty years [founded January 1984] ago: we will fight until the evils of the latifundio (large land hold…
The Frontline Socialist Party actively contributed to the 2022 popular uprising in Sri Lanka. Green Left's Janaka Biyanwila interviewed Pubudu Jayagoda, who is the FSP's educational secretary and central committee member about the party's organising work.
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has expressed fear over the rising borrowing by the government from the local banking industry, saying it could team up with other factors to affect the growth of the economy. As of the end of June 2023, the government owes local lenders 33 trillion …
According to the president, GDP growth in his first year in office exceeds the Central Bank's forecasts…
As January 2024 draws to a close, so does the Cairo International The fair was inaugurated in 1969 and is one of the oldest large-scale book fairs in the world, second only to Frankfurt, Germany. This year marks its 55th edition, with 1,200 publishing houses from at least 70 countries participating. | While the internal economic situation has impacted the number of attendees, publishers claim that the turnout…
The ongoing crisis in Pakistan cannot be resolved simply by swapping one political party for another. Whether it is the arrest and conviction of Imran Khan or economic issues, Pakistan has a long road to recovery.
Joel Ssenyonyi is disappointed that some UPE schools have not yet received the Capitation Grant. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, (LoP), Joel Ssenyonyi, has called on the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to increase the capitation grant for government-aided primary schools, saying the current Shs20,000 per pupil …
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda maintained its fourth position with a score of 63 out of 28 countries surveyed in the Africa Financial Markets Index 2023. The Absa Group survey, released in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, Tuesday, said that Ugandan government bonds were added to the FTSE Frontier Emerging Markets Government Bond Index, …
Lenni Brenner's edited volume, 51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration With the Nazis is important reading today in the context of the United States-backed Israeli genocidal war in Gaza, writes Barry Sheppard.
Itochu Corp's aviation unit will end its strategic cooperation with Itochu plans to end the collaboration after the 
Tegucigalpa, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Honduras and Cuba held the 4th Round Talks on migration issues and agreed upon the significance of reaching bilateral collaboration mechanisms in this area and in the consular field.
ALBAWABA – Oil prices rose on Wednesday amid expectations that US oil production will remain largely stable until 2025, easing concerns of an oversupply.Brent crude futures increased by 38 cents or 0.5% to $78.97 per barrel as of 0013 GMT, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed by 41 cents or 0.6% to $73.72. Both grades saw slight gains on Monday as well.The US Energy Information Administration stated in its short-term energy outlook yesterday that domestic US production would not surpass the record set in December 2023, which exceeded 13.3 million barrels per day, until February 2025.(Shutterstock)Fur…
The United States and more than a dozen other countries quickly moved to suspend funding to UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, a vital lifeline for millions of people in Gaza, shortly after Israel accused a handful of the agency's staff of taking part in the Hamas attack on October 7. But the U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 obtained the intelligence dossier on UNRWA that Israel shared with allied countries, and found "no evidence to support its explosive new claim." The Financial Times and Sky News also reviewed the materials and came to the same conclusion. Israel's claims about…
ALBAWABA – Elon Musk is yet again under fire for allegedly suspending accounts on his social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) over covering the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza. X users took to the platform in anger and voiced their concern over "mass suspending" such accounts and claimed that free speech is not a thing anymore on Musk's former bird app. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the ongoing Israeli aggression in the Stip has resulted in the killing of more than 27,000 Palestinians of whom are children who became orphans amid the passing of their parents. Additionally, more than 6…
ALBAWABA — Baykar, the Turkish defense, has announced plans to open a plant in Kyiv, Ukraine to start manufacturing their infamous Bayraktar battle drones, employing over 500 workers to produce either TB2 or TB3 drones, according to CEO Haluk Bayraktar's interview with Reuters.During the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Baykar spoke to Reuters about the upcoming factory, saying it is currently under construction and expected to start production in about a year with an output of 120 units per year, with investments into the project reaching $95 million.Baykar's Ukrainian factory has been in the we…
Green Left's Federico Fuentes sat down with Mariana Riscali, a leader of the Socialist Left Movement (MES) tendency inside Brazil's radical left Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL).
Reports reveal that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) used known criminals to spy on and destabilize the left-wing governments in Venezuela, Mexico, and Bolivia.
Arun Kudnani traces its roots to the campaigns of 1930s' cultural thinkers such as anthropologist Ruth Benedict and gay rights activist Magnus Hirschfield, who were theorising the rise of Nazism in Germany and urged the U.S. political elite to educate the working class, believing that without this, economic hardship would make racism more likely.
The State Department accused the Venezuelan government of actions that are "inconsistent" with the Barbados agreement, negotiated last October. This accord arranged a prisoner exchange with the US and the issuance of licenses allowing Venezuela to sell some of its own oil and gold. The agreement promised temporary and partial sanctions relief for Venezuela, although major coercive economic provisions were still left in place. 
Country: Ethiopia | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | Key Messages | Households in northern Ethiopia increasingly face extreme hardships accessing food and income which are driving ongoing Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes. Households have limited food stocks resulting from the failure of the 2023 meher harvest, and income-earning activities have yet to recover from recent conflict. Additionally, in Afar, where livestock is a key food and income source, livestock herd sizes are low and livestock body conditions are poor due to drought.
Americans have had to weather much in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic first began, including price inflation of basic necessities. Grocery bills, especially, are a drain on household finances. But, as recent reports show, inflation is easing across many industries, and yet food prices overall have remained stubbornly high. Not only is that an indication of 
The year-on-year 
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Calling people animals is a way to dehumanize them, and probably helps convince individuals that the other people around them approve of treating the animals badly. In ways that aren't entirely clear, this way of speaking is certainly wrought up with violence and even …
The inestimable Thomas L. Friedman uncharacteristically makes a dangerous confession. Once again, he writes, there is an awareness "that the U.S. will never have the global legitimacy, the NATO allies and the Arab and Muslim allies it needs to take on Iran in a more aggressive manner unless we stop letting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold our policy hostage…" | Did NYT really allow these words to slip onto its op-ed pages? 
The short blog post, published on February 2, addressed the ongoing Friedman, a NYT columnist who has regularly upset Middle East natives and experts for de…
A new Senate spending bill supported by the Biden administration would rush $14 billion in military aid to Israel while blocking funding to UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.
By Ari Paul / Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Because of Charles Littlejohn, we know that former President Donald Trump and a whole bunch of other rich people pay next to nothing in taxes, while the rest of us frantically file tax returns and see our wages sucked away to fund the military, aid …
The law will come into force from the first of March this year…
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein A message from Rodríguez Gelfenstein, a political analyst and former Venezuelan diplomat and official, to the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine on Jan. 21 in New York City. Amid the horror exposed by Israel's colonial-imperialist aggression against the Palestinian people, we commemorate the . . . | 
By Georges Gastaud Gastaud is a retired teacher, union militant and for nearly two decades the general secretary of the Pole for the Rebirth of Communism in France, the PRCF. His message to the Lenin Centennial, held in New York City on Jan. 21, follows: In 2024, we commemorate the . . . | 
TOKYO—The Japanese Communist Party made history recently by electing its first woman party leader. Tomoko Tamura was appointed as the new Chair of the JCP Executive Committee by delegates to the party's 29th Congress in January. She succeeds longtime JCP leader Kazuo Shii, who will now chair the Central Committee. In traditionally male-dominated Japanese society, …
Country: Ukraine | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | Ukrainian economy continues to recover, but inflation is projected to rise. | Key Messages. | According to the Ukrainian Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Agrarian Council, Ukraine has enough surplus grain and oilseeds to export another 
The move will boost economic and cultural ties between the countries…
KIEV, Ukraine—Even as U.S. President Joe Biden declares Ukraine is a frontline democracy amidst its war with Russian invaders, Ukrainian unions would sharply differ with him. Because if an independent non-government-controlled labor movement is a characteristic of a democracy, then Ukraine—whose current labor laws mimic weak U.S. labor law in many ways—is headed in the …
Israel's former spy chief said the country would need at least five years to recover from the Yossi Cohen, Mossad's former director, didn't elaborate further but said that Israel would have to pay a heavy price to bring back captives still held in Gaza. | Speaking to the Israeli public broadcaster Kan, Cohen said any 
When is the acquisitive nature of open frontier capitalism too much? When Elon Musk is told that US$56 billion as a pay package is unfair. This, at least, was the finding by Delaware Court of Chancery by Judge Kathaleen McCormick regarding the spellbinding 2018 compensation package for the planet's wealthiest human being. McCormick and Musk already have 
Country: Mali | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year. | Millet, rice, and sorghum constitute the basic staple foods for the major…
Country: Niger | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year. | Millet, maize, cowpea, and imported rice are the most important food com…
Country: Nigeria | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year. | Sorghum, maize, millet, cowpea, gari (fermented cassava starch), and r…
Country: Senegal | Source: Famine Early Warning System Network | Please refer to the attached file. | The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year. | Rice, millet, sorghum, and maize are the primary staple foods in Seneg…
Electronics prices continue to fall, reducing inflation in several countries…
Jessica Buxbaum investigates how "Facts for Peace," founded by Pro-Israel real-estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht, is trying to turn public opinion back in Israel's favor by spending exorbitant amounts of money targeting American social media users.
Trade experts recognize progress made but express dissatisfaction with existing trade and investment policies Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | In the late 1990s, the Ugandan government came up with the idea of establishing specialized zones dedicated to industries, commonly known as industrial and business parks, where local and foreign investors would be provided with the opportunity …
ALBAWABA — A court in London has opened its doors for a case brought upon by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a non-profit organization founded by Jack Dorsey, Twitter founder, and several key figures in the Crypto industry like Coinbase and Microstrategy, against an Australian computer scientist named Craig Wright, who alleges to be the highly debated Bitcoin Inventor, dubbed "Satoshi Nakamoto" in the Bitcoin Whitepaper manifesto released with the currency in 2008, in hopes to confirm or deny these claims.The UK High Court received this case from COPA in response to several suits filed by Craig Wrig…
Written by Marxist philosopher George Novack (1905-1992) and published in 1975 by Pathfinder Press, "Pragmatism versus Marxism: An appraisal of John Dewey's Philosophy" sought to explain the origins, emergence, class basis, and norms of pragmatism, which has been the predominant mode of thought in U.S. intellectual and political life.
It is naive to assume that the ruling class and its institutions are not attempting to sow dissension in the ranks of the movements challenging capitalism and imperialism today.
Here it is, February 2024 and it's as if the US' two major parties had already held their nominating conventions. Biden vs. Trump. Two corpses of the US political system as the vaunted democracy's choices. Reactionary neoliberalism or reactionary fascism. The key word in both phrases is reactionary. At this point in history, I don't 
Dear PM Trudeau and Minister Hussen, | I am still reeling over your decision to cut aid to UNRWA. What a disgrace! And, this, at a time when the people of Gaza (and elsewhere in the Middle East) are in desperate need of help. Allegations levelled at UNWRA, which emanate (through torture) from the Israeli military, are highly suspicious. They come on the heels of the ICJ's preliminary ruling and can only be construed as a vicious riposte against the UN, and as an 
ALBAWABA — Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman, Jay Y. Lee was acquitted of accounting fraud and stock manipulation charges as a Seoul court found him not guilty, citing lack of proof, after he was arrested in 2017 in accusation of manipulating a merger of Samsung C&T Corp, Samsung's construction and engineering arm, and Cheil Industries Inc. back in 2015, with Jay Y. Lee denying any wrongdoings.After Elliot Associates, an American hedge fund with 7.1 percent ownership of Samsung C&T had opposed the 2015 merger in court, Jay Y. Lee was later accused of bribing former president Park Geun-Hye and her confi…
We tell you about what happened in economics, politics, culture, science and education in the countries of the association…
Country: Yemen | Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Please refer to the attached files. | KEY HIGHLIGHTS | ‚Ä¢ The unofficial exchange rate (buying) of Yemeni Riyals (YER) against US dollars (USD) remained stable in December 2023 under both IRG and SBA areas compared to the previous month's rate. | ‚Ä¢ The December 2023 monthly cost of the MFB remained unchanged in IRG areas but went down slightly by 4 percent in SBA markets compared to November. | ‚Ä¢ Despite the availability of imported food and fuel in domestic markets, and de…
Country: Sudan | Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization | Please refer to the attached file. | Introduction | Health Resources and Services Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS)1 is an approach that aims to improve overall access to health care by contributing to the elaboration of a commonly agreed-upon picture of health service needs, gaps, and priorities and by providing essential information to support decision-making and coordination of health sector actors in emergencies. It is a collaborative approach that involves a large range of stakeholders and that has been specifically designed to…
Endorsing Joe Biden's re-election is in direct violation of the UAW's December 1 call for ceasefire in Gaza and UAW President Shawn Fain's claims to uphold justice in and beyond the workplace.
China has recorded significant growth in revenue and profits for major companies in the cultural sector in 2023…
