Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Our Retirements Gone? Where Did the 21 Trillion Go?/By Justus R. Hope, MD. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: Our Retirements Gone? Where Did the 21 Trillion Go? | Columnists | thedesertreview.com As anyone making a tight family budget knows, there are only two ways to balance it. The first is to increase income. The second is to decrease spending. Unfortunately, Catherine Austin Fitts says our government chose the latter to …
Ron Forthofer (2022-07-29). Lessons from recent US history. dissidentvoice.org For much of the period since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the US was politically, militarily and economically unchallenged. The US was now the world's hegemon and, to remain dominant, it couldn't allow powerful challengers to arise. This goal meant that the US viewed the relationship with nations such as Russia and China as …
| Reuters | (2022-07-29). China to resume visa issuance to Afghans, exempt Afghan imports from tax. tribune.com.pk 
China will resume issuing visas to Afghans from August 1 and allow 98% of Afghan imports to enter tax free, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday. | Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the measures when he met Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed foreign affairs chief in Uzbekistan on Thursday, according to a statement on the ministry website. | Wang also told acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that China supports extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor into Afghanistan, the statement said. | He also reiterated a call for the West to stop imposing sanctions against Afghanistan. | Afghanistan's ec…
David Ridley (2022-07-29). Rebuilding collective intelligence. mronline.org 
Human capital theory cannot solve our economic woes. David Ridley says we need a socialist alternative.
Chris Wright (2022-07-29). Organized Labor and the Crisis of Democracy. dissidentvoice.org 
We live in a time when it's become a boring cliché to say that democracy is under attack. Whether it's an ultra-reactionary Supreme Court, a nationwide Republican assault on voting rights, a MAGA movement that hopes to put an amoral power addict back in the presidency in 2024, a gathering backlash against women's rights and …
Editor (2022-07-29). Massachusetts Trader Joe's Becomes First to Unionize in Huge Workers' Victory. scheerpost.com 
[ By Brett Wilkins | Workers at a Massachusetts Trader Joe's on Thursday voted to become the first of the supermarket chain's more than 0 locations to unionize, a historic development that comes amid a nationwide labor organizing wave. | "Our crew needs to be represented by an entity that is solely dedicated to our best interests." | Employees at the Trader Joe's in Hadley, a suburb of Sprin…
Editor (2022-07-29). The value of the federal minimum wage is at its lowest point in 66 years. mronline.org 
The value of the federal minimum wage has reached its lowest point in 66 years, according to an EPI analysis of recently released Consumer Price Index (CPI) data.
WSWS (2022-07-29). US economy starting to move into recession. wsws.org According to Commerce Department data released yesterday, US gross domestic product contracted at an annualised rate of 0.9 percent in the three months to June, following a 1.6 percent contraction in the first quarter.
Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-29). Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary. indybay.org We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression.
Zackery Corley (2022-07-29). Children as young as 12 working in Hyundai-owned plant in Alabama. peoplesworld.org 
LUVERNE, Alabama—Children as young as 12 have been discovered working at a Hyundai-owned metal stamping plant in Alabama, and other workers at the factory estimate that as many as underage people may have been employed at the facility. That according to a horrific exposé detailing the exploitation of child labor at a Hyundai subsidiary …
WSWS (2022-07-29). Australia's Labor treasurer declares working people must swallow "tough medicine" amid inflation crisis. wsws.org Chalmers reiterated Labor's commitment to an austerity agenda aimed at forcing the working class to pay for the deepening economic crisis, but the financial press has complained that he did not outline concrete measures to carry this out.
WSWS (2022-07-29). Safety concerns persist at National Steel Car's Hamilton, Ontario, plant in aftermath of three tragic deaths. wsws.org Lax safety standards and the rapacious pursuit of profit at all costs have resulted in the plant becoming one of the most unsafe workplaces in Ontario.
Julia Conley (2022-07-29). Advocates Slam $0 for Child Care in Manchin Anti-Inflation Package. commondreams.org "It is a complete shame that the Senate's Inflation Reduction Act does not include inflation-fighting funding for child care."
____ (2022-07-29). U.S. chips bill will disrupt global trade: commerce ministry. ecns.cn The Chips and Science Act passed by the U.S. Congress contains provisions that restrict the normal economic, trade and investment activities of relevant companies in China, which will distort the global semiconductor supply chain and disrupt international trade, China's Ministry of Commerce said Friday.
____ (2022-07-29). CPC leadership analyzes economic work, reviews disciplinary inspection report. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Thursday to analyze the current economic situation, plan economic work for the second half of the year, and review a comprehensive report on the ninth round of disciplinary inspection missions of the 19th CPC Central Committee.
____ (2022-07-29). China's pork prices fall last week. ecns.cn Pork prices in China edged down compared to a week ago, official data showed.
Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-29). Healthcare costs could drop due to Schumer-Manchin compromise. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—A budget deal brokered between Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and key dissident Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia would let Medicare negotiate lower drug prices with Big Pharma, impose a minimum 15% corporate tax on billion-dollar firms, and allot $369 billion for energy security and to battle climate change. As a result, Democratic …
Staff (2022-07-29). Ministro de Salud: Si no le ganamos la pelea al mosquito, no vamos a contener la transmisión de dengue. cubadebate.cu Para la prevención y control del dengue, tenemos que seguir llamando a la participación comunitaria y de los centros de trabajo, porque esta es una batalla que es de todos y en la que es imprescindible la autorresponsabilidad individual, familiar y de las administraciones y los colectivos laborales para impedir la proliferación del mosquito Aedes aegypti.
Labor Video Project (2022-07-29). Workers & Delegates Speak Out At 2022 CA Labor Federation Convention. indybay.org Workers and delegates spoke out at the 2022 biennial convention of the California AFL-CIO…
Jorg Bibow, Peter Frey (2022-07-29). The lure of unreason and The crisis profiteers. indybay.org The essence of transhumanism is pathological. This ideology is carried by psychopaths and narcissists. Such people love only themselves, their infallibility and uniqueness. And this is reflected in their visions and goals, which they approach without any scruples. The others are only mass. Mass is despised by "the unique".
____ (2022-07-29). China-Switzerland Stock Connect officially launched. ecns.cn The China-Switzerland Stock Connect program was officially launched on Thursday, China's top securities regulator has said.
____ (2022-07-29). Ukraine's GDP to drop 33.4 pct in 2022: central bank. ecns.cn Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) will drop by 33.4 percent this year amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Friday.
Ellen Brown (2022-07-29). Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Fix Inflation. commondreams.org Rather than making money harder to get, the U.S. government needs to focus on the other side of the demand vs. supply equation.
Labor Video Project (2022-07-29). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.
Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-29). Mayo Clinic, Mercy collaborate to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable patients to receive personalized, predictive and proactive medicine ROCHESTER, Minn., and ST. LOUIS — A 10-year collaboration agreement between Mayo Clinic and Mercy — a first-of-its-kind alliance between two large health care systems — will use the most current data science and years of deidentified patient outcomes to find diseases earlier and start patients on paths to better health more quickly. "This unique collaboration will eliminate the barriers to innovation…
Mark Weisbrot (2022-07-29). The Fed Will Be to Blame if the Economy Crashes Into a Recession. commondreams.org We don't need a recession—which would be devastating—to solve our inflation problem.
Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Ice cream brain freeze, it's a real thing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? Have you ever enjoyed a sip of an ice-cold milkshake or taken a bite of an ice cream cone only to get an instant blast of pain or headache that lasts a few seconds? You're not alone. Dr. Amaal Starling, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, says the condition is called a "cold-stimulus headache." Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/2NrtjewPTHc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 56) is in…
Staff (2022-07-29). Belarús y Cuba firman convenio para la investigación y desarrollo de nuevos productos farmacéuticos. cubadebate.cu En Belarús se firma de Memorando de Entendimiento para la investigación y desarrollo de nuevos productos farmacéuticos entre Biocubafarma, la empresa de administración del Parque Industrial Gran Piedra, la Academia de Superación Médica de Belarús, el holding Belpharmprom y el Centro Científico -Practico Lotios, en saludo a el Día de la Rebeldía de Nacional de Cuba.
TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-29). Fuerzas Armadas desmontan 129 laboratorios de droga en México. telesurtv.net Los laboratorios fueron desmontados entre el 21 de mayo y el 25 de julio a través de operativos de las Fuerzas Armadas.
WSWS (2022-07-29). 7 Prisoners from Brazil and modern slave labor. wsws.org Tens of millions remain trapped by capitalism in this primitive and brutal condition, and some of them in major urban areas.
Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-29). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…
Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-29). Labor Board uses Atlanta case vs. independent contractor dodge. peoplesworld.org 
ATLANTA—The National Labor Relations Board is using a court case in Atlanta, pitting Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 798 against the Atlanta Opera's bosses, to battle, and try to narrow, employers' "independent contractor" dodge—misclassification which robs millions of workers of pay, benefits, jobless aid, workers comp and the right to unionize. And though the Biden …
Labor Video Project (2022-07-29). Hundreds of SEIU1021 SF Tenderloin Housing Clinic Workers Strike For Living Wages. indybay.org Hundreds of SEIU 1021 San Francisco non-profit workers at he Tenderloin Housing Clinic went on strike for living wages. They do public work but are paid wages that keep them in poverty.
____ (2022-07-29). China's FDI inflow up 17.4 pct in H1. ecns.cn Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 17.4 percent year on year in the first half of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.
Labor Video Project (2022-07-29). Privatization of The Port, Community Colleges & K-12 Education: SLAP Education Conference. indybay.org The privatization of the Port of Oakland, the attack on the OEA, union busting in West Contra Costa School District, privatization of the Community college system, FCMAT and the destruction of public education was the focus of this Schools and Labor Against Privatization educational conference.
WSWS (2022-07-29). BT workers speak from the picket lines in first UK-wide strike in 35 years. wsws.org The day before the strike action BT reported quarterly after-tax profits to June of £422 million (up from £388 million) on top of the £1.3 billion from last year.
David Armiak (2022-07-29). ALEC Focuses on "Woke Capitalism," Bodily Autonomy and More at Annual Meeting. truthout.org Adherents of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have come together this week for their first big meeting of the year to take on "woke capitalism," women's right to abortion, voting rights, China, Big Tech, the administrative state, and more. |
____ (2022-07-29). Policies to speed up recovery. ecns.cn China will continue to adopt a series of incremental policies to further consolidate and accelerate its economic recovery from COVID-19 in the latter part of this year, economists said.
Ellen Brown (2022-07-29). Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Save Us from Inflation. globalresearch.ca
____ (2022-07-29). Chinese premier stresses promoting effective investment, consumption. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for efforts to detail measures to expand demand, promoting effective investment and increasing consumption.
Andrew Korybko (2022-07-28). Prominent U.S. Official Told CNN that They're Afraid Western Unity on Ukraine Is Weakening. "Economic Suicide" for the EU. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …
Jake Kallio, Benjamin Norton (2022-07-28). West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization, deregulation, slashing worker protections. multipolarista.com 
Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors."
Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-07-28). Judge tosses bogus anti-Semitism claims against Pittsburgh university. electronicintifada.net Lawsuit against Point Park University was backed by Lawfare Project.
Dana Sanchez (2022-07-28). After Biden Dismissed Inflation, GDP Contracts 2 Quarters In Row Triggering Technical Recession Definition. moguldom.com Technically, it's official … kind of. After the second straight quarter of a declining economy, the U.S. is technically in a recession — a definition triggered when a country's real gross domestic product (GDP)—the most-watched indicator of economic activity—contracts for two or more consecutive quarters. Most economists agree that this defines a recession. However, the White House …
Editor2 (2022-07-28). Struggle for Justice Continues in Panama. orinocotribune.com Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands. | As Panamanians enter week three of national strike against the cost of living crisis, the government has responded with heavy repression. On July 19, the anti-riot units brutally repressed the protesters, who have been blocking the Inter-American highway over the past three weeks. However, within hours, the protesters returned to block the road. | Ronaldo Ortíz of the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO) spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the on…
Editor (2022-07-28). Studying society for the working class: Marx's first preface to "Capital" mronline.org 
In the preface to the first edition of volume one of Capital, dated July 25, 1867, Marx introduces the book's "ultimate aim": "to lay bare the economic law of motion of modern society". Looking back 155 years later, it's clear the book not only accomplished that aim but continues to do so today.
Russiancouncil.ru (2022-07-28). Round Table "Future of the Settlement of the Situation in Syria in the Context of the Ukrainian Conflict" russiancouncil.ru In the framework of the event, there was a presentation of the RIAC working paper "Political Economic Model for Settling the Situation in Syria in the Context of the Ukrainian Conflict"
Staff (2022-07-28). Argentina Supports Venezuela's Readmission to Mercosur. orinocotribune.com Argentina supports the complete readmission of Venezuela into Mercosur (the Common Market of the South), said Oscar Laborde, Argentina's ambassador to Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 26. | "This is the time for regional unity, in this multipolar world. America has to be a pole, a pole of autonomy, of standing up to the powerful," Laborde said in a statement reported by state-owned Venezuelan News Agency (AVN). | "Venezuela has to reint…
Staff (2022-07-28). Qatar's Foreign Minister Visits Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a meeting on Wednesday, July 27, with Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. | The meeting was held at Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, where the two discussed diplomatic relations between their respective nations. The visit takes place in the context of strengthening diplomatic relations between the two countries, that anticipate the forging of strategic alliances in sectors of mutual interest, based on agreements established in a collaborative agenda. | In his recent international tour, the Venezuelan presi…
Wang Pu (2022-07-28). From Commodity Fetishism to Teleological Positing: Lukács's Concept of Labor and Its Relevance. mronline.org 
The concept of labor constituted a pivotal problematic in Georg Lukács's theoretical development throughout his Marxist years.
_____ (2022-07-28). Lufthansa Workers Strike Over Wages. popularresistance.org The ver.di union, one of the unions representing workers at the German airline Lufthansa, has called for a new strike on Wednesday, July 27, to demand a 9.5-percent wage increase to address inflation. The strike affects ground workers in maintenance and towing. | "The situation at airports is degenerating and employees are increasingly under pressure and overworked due to severe understaffing, high inflation, and no raise for three years," Christine Behl, a ver.di leader, told AFP. This flows from a shortfall of 7,000 employees in Germany's aviation sector, the result of precarious jobs marked by low wages, along…
_____ (2022-07-28). Trade Unionists Take A Stand For Jobs, Pay, Pensions And Conditions. popularresistance.org The rail network was brought to a standstill today as thousands of RMT and TSSA members walked out over jobs, pay, pensions and other conditions. | RMT is in dispute with Network Rail and 14 train operators while TSSA is striking at Avanti West Coast. | Speaking from the Euston picket line, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the union had received an "inadequate" pay offer from Network Rail last week. | He said: "It's a pay offer over three years which is nowhere near the rate of inflation. | "And the conditions that they wish to impose on that are not acceptable to the members." | TSSA general secretary Manue…
Johanna Kichton (2022-07-28). People's Action on Climate Provisions in Inflation Reduction Act: Thank an Organizer. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement by Gary Zuckett, director of People's Action member organization West Virginia Citizen Action Group, after Senator Manchin and Senator Schumer announced the Inflation Reduction Act: "West Virginia organizers and our allies around the country helped win this victory. For years we fought against …
Staff (2022-07-28). GDP Falls at a 0.9 Percent Rate, Driven by Slower Inventory Growth and Falling Housing Construction. cepr.net Recession-fearing households increased spending on hotels and restaurants at a 13.5 percent annual rate in Q2.
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-28). Protests Swell as Heat Wave and Wildfires Rage Across Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Muhammed Shabeer Fire-ravaged countryside in Kefalonia, Greece. (Photo: via 902.gr) While the climate crisis wreaks havoc in the form of heatwaves, forest fires, floods and other extreme events, neoliberal governments continue to put profits before the people and climate. Widespread wildfires and scorching heat waves have put the lives and livelihoods of many people across…
Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). House Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill Meant to Counter China. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 includes $52.7 billion to subsidize the domestic production of semiconductor chips and $24 billion for tax incentives and other…
WSWS (2022-07-28). Fed lifts interest rate in the face of growing signs of economic slowdown. wsws.org During his press conference, Fed chair Jerome Powell made clear the key determinant of the central bank's decision was the drive to clamp down on workers' wage demands in response to inflation now running at more than 9 percent.
Ana Perdigón (2022-07-28). Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Seeks to Secede From British Crown. orinocotribune.com 
On Monday, July 25, the prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, proposed to hold a referendum allowing the population of the Caribbean island to decide whether or not to replace Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. Of the commonwealth nations, comprised of 56 sovereign states that were formerly British colonies, only 15 of them continue to recognize the queen as their head of state. | Gonsalves made the proposal to the Parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and it requires bipartisan support to be approved. Therefore, Gonsalves asked the opposition if they were willing to sup…
____ (2022-07-28). U.S. Fed raises rates by another three-quarter point amid persistent inflation. ecns.cn The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points, the second in a row of that magnitude, as elevated inflation showed no clear sign of easing.
David Goeàümann (2022-07-28). Noam Chomsky: We Can Free Ourselves from State Capitalism. commondreams.org Even without fundamental changes in prevailing state capitalism, the kind of New Deal-style regulation that was dismantled by the neoliberal assault can be reinstated, and strengthened.
Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-28). Video: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Pretext for Launching A Global Economic and Social Crisis. Michel Chossudovsky and Ivaylo Grouev. globalresearch.ca
____ (2022-07-28). Zero-carbon industrial park in Ordos promotes green transformation. ecns.cn A zero-carbon industrial park in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, is working hard to promote green energy. The industrial park was put into operation in April.
____ (2022-07-28). Chinese leadership analyzes economic situation, reviews disciplinary inspection report. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to analyze current economic situation and arrange economic work for the second half of this year.
Tsvetana Paraskova (2022-07-28). Iran's Oil Revenues Soar by 580% as Crude Prices Rally. globalresearch.ca
WSWS (2022-07-28). Twitter ends censorship of Socialist Equality Party (Australia) after widespread opposition. wsws.org The reversal of the lock on the SEP's account followed widespread anger and opposition to the measure from workers and young people in Australia and internationally.
TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-28). Ascienden a 42 los fallecidos por ingerir metanol en la India. telesurtv.net El ministro de Interior, Harsh Sanghavi, afirmó que el metanol industrial fue suministrado por un traficante local.
____ (2022-07-28). Fifth CIIE starts its 100-day countdown in Shanghai. ecns.cn The fifth China International Import Expo began the 100-day countdown to its opening on Wednesday, with the conference expected to demonstrate the confidence of companies in China's economic resilience and the higher level of its economic opening-up.
Aram Aharonian (2022-07-28). La moderada nueva ola progresista y una derecha más intolerante. globalizacion.ca Entre 1999 y 2005 surgieron gobiernos progresistas en Venezuela, Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay, Ecuador y Bolivia, en algunos casos tras ciclos de luchas populares, de calle, que desbarataron la gobernabilidad neoliberal focalizada en privatizaciones de empresas estatales. | Ahora surge una segunda…
WSWS (2022-07-28). Australian inflation figures point to intensifying cost-of-living crisis for working-class households. wsws.org The Labor government, while feigning concern for "households," seized on the figures to reject demands for wage rises to cope with the soaring prices, saying such expectations were unrealistic.
WSWS (2022-07-28). Workers speak from UK rail strike picket lines: "You get walked over, and you can only take so much" wsws.org Members of the Socialist Equality Party visited rail workers' pickets across the UK on Wednesday, with strikers voicing their determination to oppose the government's attacks on their jobs and livelihoods.
____ (2022-07-28). NDRC allocates $355 mln for greener economy. ecns.cn The National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic regulator, recently announced an allocation of 2.4 billion yuan ($355 million) to save energy and reduce carbon emissions as part of the country's effort to transition to a greener economy.
WSWS (2022-07-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Pilots and cabin crew at Ryanair across Europe continue pay strikes, as ground handling staff stage 24-hour pay walkout at Lufthansa, Germany; UK train drivers at two more rail operators in overwhelming vote to join national strike, unions prevent united mobilisation; UK bus drivers' pay stoppage continues at Arriva North West, more Arriva depots ballot but unions oppose a unified fight; Lebanese National News Agency declares indefinite strike as wages collapse and poverty reaches 74 percent of population…
Isaac Lozano (2022-07-28). With Referendum Off Until 2024, California Lawmakers Must Act on $18 Minimum Wage. commondreams.org California's low-wage workers need a minimum wage hike. The Legislature should make it happen.
____ (2022-07-28). Imports, foreign labels popular amid consumption upgrade. ecns.cn The country's consumer goods market is gaining growth momentum fueled by better containment of the COVID-19 pandemic and a series of stimulus measures to spur consumption.
____ (2022-07-28). Luxury sees gateway in Hainan. ecns.cn Buoyed by the free trade port under construction and business-friendly events, Hainan has emerged as a bright spot on the global consumption map, creating a sizable market for luxury goodsÔºçand top brands are keen to exploit the opportunity to further tap into the China market…
Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-28). Starbucks workers score unionization victories in more than 200 stores. peoplesworld.org 
CLEVELAND  ; Despite rampant company labor law-breaking, and an adamant vow by firm CEO Howard Schultz to never accept unions, workers at more than 200 Starbucks stores from coast to coast have voted to go union, Workers United and other sources report. But in a measure of the lengths the firm will go to stop …
Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). Lisa Health launches Midday, an app leveraging AI to personalize the menopause journey, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org OAKLAND, Calif. and ROCHESTER, Minn. — Today, Lisa Health, a digital health company creating advanced technology solutions for menopause and healthy aging, launched Midday: an app that leverages AI, sensor technology, and digital therapeutics to support women on their menopause journey. Midday is a personalized digital health solution that illuminates what is happening physically and emotionally during menopause and provides the right intervention at the right time to promote healthy aging. As part of a…
____ (2022-07-28). Xi stresses upholding socialism with Chinese characteristics to build modern socialist country. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has stressed holding high the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and striving to write a brand new chapter in building a modern socialist country in all respects.
Deweylaura (2022-07-28). Marxist IQ: A people's culture. cpusa.org 
Capitalism sees cultural production (literature, theater, painting, films) as both commodities to be produced for profit and expressions of ruling-class ideology. But artists influenced by both Marxism and the struggles of the working class have produced work to advance working-class consciousness. This Marxist IQ is dedicated to those artists and their work. 1. World-famous …
Brett Wilkins (2022-07-28). Vaccine Equity Activists Denounce Pfizer's 'Obscene' Pandemic Windfall. commondreams.org "Companies like Pfizer will always put high profit before lives," said one campaigner after the pharma giant announced record second-quarter revenue.
WSWS (2022-07-28). Comrade Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (August 27, 1941 — July 27, 2022). wsws.org It is with profound sorrow that the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) announces the death of Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) and its forerunner, the Revolutionary Communist League.
WSWS (2022-07-28). St. Louis Boeing defense workers vote down contract, prepare to strike. wsws.org A strike at the plants, which build the F-15 and F-18 military aircraft as well as drones and other aerospace weapons used by the military, would have a major impact not only on Boeing but on the American military-industrial complex as a whole.
WSWS (2022-07-28). US Senate passes CHIPS and Science Act to bolster US tech against China. wsws.org The Senate passed a $280 billion package of investments in the semiconductor industry and other high-tech research areas as part of the intensifying confrontation with China.
____ (2022-07-28). Report: Rural incomes to double by 2035. ecns.cn The per capita disposable income of people in rural areas is expected to more than double to reach 42,800 yuan ($6,340) in 2035, and further increase to over 100,000 yuan by 2050.
Staff (2022-07-28). Fabricantes de rifles en EEUU obtuvieron más de mil millones de dólares en una década. cubadebate.cu "La industria de armas de fuego obtiene ganancias sobre la sangre de estadounidenses inocentes", acusó la diputada demócrata Carolyn Maloney en la presentación del informe elaborado por el Comité de Supervisión y Reforma Gubernamental de la cámara baja, el cual preside. Agregó que las prácticas de negocio de esta industria es "preocupante".
Special to People's World (2022-07-28). Indiana organizers meet to strategize Medicare for All fight. peoplesworld.org 
INDIANAPOLIS—Health care in the U.S. is often unavailable, or if it is available, then it's unaffordable. A coalition that includes the Indiana District of the Communist Party USA met on July 23 at Monument Circle in Indianapolis to demand passage of Medicare for All as a step toward addressing that problem. Over 75 people attended …
Asa Winstanley (2022-07-27). Labour right guilty of "weaponizing" anti-Semitism, inquiry finds. electronicintifada.net But long-delayed Forde report claims "both sides" to blame.
_____ (2022-07-27). Young Workers Are Bridging The Climate And Labor Movements. popularresistance.org New momentum is buzzing through the North American labor movement, driven by the same age group which, across party affiliations and the urban-rural divide, has expressed majority-to-outsize support for advancing a climate policy overhaul with economic justice at its core. | After ticking up slightly in 2020, the overall union membership rate in the United States fell back to where it's been hovering the past few years, in 2021. But in spite of the stagnancy of other age groups, union membership among workers between 25 and 34 years old was on the rise, climbing from 8.8 percent in 2019 to a still-modest 9.4 perc…
Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-07-27). Venezuela: Maduro Alerts Army of New 'Terrorist Threats' from Colombia. venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan mandatary urged the National Bolivarian Armed Forces to defend the country's peace and transition to economic recovery.
Editor (2022-07-27). ScheerPost Celebrates Norman Lear's 100th Birthday. scheerpost.com 
Photo by Christopher Ho | By ScheerPost Staff / Original to ScheerPost | "Truly brilliant in its honesty as one would expect from the man who transformed television from a myopic center of banality into a medium of accountability. All of the major controversies that confront us today from war and peace on through race relations, gay rights, gender equality, freedom of and from religion, economic inequality, the right and obligation to challenge power and the powerful and the reality that the American idea would always be a work in progress was brought into the American home by this genius," ScheerPost's own Bo…
_____ (2022-07-27). Boston Starbucks Workers Go On Strike Against Union-Busting. popularresistance.org Unionized Starbucks workers at the 874 Commonwealth Avenue location in Boston, Massachusetts are on strike indefinitely, demanding guaranteed hours, adequate staffing, and the removal of a store manager who has created a "chaotic and hostile work environment," including making racist and homophobic comments against staff and customers. | The store, which is located on the main thoroughfare of Boston University's campus and services many of its students and staff, has been shut down since July 18; workers and their supporters have been picketing each day outside the store even as an intense heat wave strikes much…
_____ (2022-07-27). Puerto Rico: Between Colonialism, Racism And Slavery On July 25. popularresistance.org Despite the harsh reality that Puerto Rico is neither free, nor associated, nor a state, July 25 marks the day of the creation of the constitution of the "Free Associated State," or commonwealth, of Puerto Rico. | I write this article with the purpose of revealing some details about the Anglo-Saxon-supremacist jurisprudence that gave rise to and govern this colonial territorial status. | Before we travel back in time, let me point out that Section 2 of Article 3 of the United States constitution contains the Territorial Clause, which gives Congress the authority to fully regulate and dispose of US territories. Un…
Dana Sanchez (2022-07-27). Russia Sees An Opening In African Countries: Blame America And Former Western Colonizers For Rising Prices. moguldom.com Russia, which has been criticized for "exporting starvation and suffering" by blockading Ukrainian grain exports, sent its foreign minister on a public relations tour this week in Africa. Sergei Lavrov is visiting African capitals and pushing the idea that Russia is not the aggressor in Ukraine and didn't cause the food crisis that has hit …
_____ (2022-07-27). Pressure On Biden To Remove Cuba From Terror List. popularresistance.org As the Cuban government celebrates the July 26 Day of the National Rebellion — a public holiday commemorating the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks that is considered the precursor to the 1959 revolution — U.S. groups are calling on the Biden administration to end cruel sanctions that are creating such hardship for the Cuban people. In particular, they are pushing President Joe Biden to take Cuba off the list of state sponsors of terrorism. | Being on this list subjects Cuba to a series of devastating international financial restrictions. It is illegal for U.S. banks to process transactions to Cuba,…
Editor (2022-07-27). Ellen Brown: Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Save Us From Inflation. scheerpost.com 
[ By Ellen Brown | Original to ScheerPost | In prescribing cures for inflation, economists rely on the diagnosis of Nobel laureate Milton Friedman: inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon—too much money chasing too few goods. But that equation has three variables: too much money ("demand") chasing (the "velocity" of spending) too few goods ("supply"). And "orthodox" economists, from Lawrence Summers to the Federal Reserve, seem to be focusing only on the "demand" variable. | The Fed's prescription is to su…
Max Delafosse-Brown (2022-07-27). 'New Philadelphia' leaves workers behind  ; A socialist response to the 76ers stadium proposal. liberationnews.org 
"New Philadelphia" is a billionaire's for-profit vision of what Philadelphia could be, and the 76 Place proposal is a perfect symbol of this.
Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-07-27). CovertAction Bulletin — Surveillance Nation: From Amazon to the NSA. covertactionmagazine.com Amazon wants to be your retailer, educator, grocery store, security system, bank and now your healthcare provider: A few days ago, reports came out that the tech giant is looking to buy One Medical for $4 billion, its latest foray into the healthcare business. At the same time, Amazon provides law enforcement with easy access to massive amounts of data and the tools to parse it. Of course it's not just Amazon: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and every big tech company obey the basic law of capitalism: grow or perish. They all rely on one shared resource: our data. And they all cozy up to the U.S. government…
_____ (2022-07-27). Intersecting Movements For Housing Justice And Prison Abolition. popularresistance.org Right to the City Alliance (RTTC) is a national alliance made up of over 90 member organizations on local, state, and regional levels organizing around housing and land. Our work includes renters' rights, building alternatives such as community land trusts, and policy work like the opportunity for tenants to purchase buildings before small landlords sell them to bigger corporate landlords. RTTC connects members doing aligned work across the country to share strategies, best practices, and ways of scaling up strategies to expand impact beyond local contexts. Member organizations work on a range of social change is…
A Guest Author (2022-07-27). Driving 100 miles to give birth. workers.org 
2015 march from rural Belhaven, North Carolina, to the state Capitol in Raleigh. By Ellen Cohen Women seeking abortions are not the only ones who often have to travel long distances to obtain care. Labor and Delivery (L&D) units all across the U.S., particularly in rural areas, have been shutting . . . |
Sarah Anderson (2022-07-27). It's Time to Crack Down on Excessive CEO Pay. otherwords.org Working families are getting hammered by inflation while corporate leaders and politicians are calling for belt-tightening. But there's one group of Americans that's actually profited from increasing prices. | Big company CEOs have enjoyed soaring pay, even as their employees have been struggling to keep their families safe and their bills paid. | Look at Target, for example. Last year, the median Target worker salary did not even keep pace with inflation, rising by less than 4 percent to just Did the gia…
A Guest Author (2022-07-27). How prison labor works in Arizona. workers.org 
The following article was excerpted from an Arizona Republic and KJZZ News July 22 investigative exposé revealing "what happens when a state exploits some of its poorest people for their labor." Full story at tinyurl.com/2p8ffmnn. Incarcerated women prisoners doing telemarketing. (Photo Credit: Merry Eccles/USA Today Network) After 15 months of . . . |
For months, 70 Black and Brown families have organized resistance to their threatened eviction by the Altman Company in Philadelphia. When supporters and residents set up a protest tent city on July 9, Altman got a judge to order what he called "trespassers" off his "private property." The area labor . . . | 
The geopolitical confrontation between the collective West, led by the United States, and Russia has noticeably intensified and in recent months, after Moscow launched a special operation to denazify Ukraine, has perhaps reached its peak. This confrontation is especially clearly manifested in the political and trade and economic spheres. The United States, having recently made …
This Friday, August 5, the Venezuelan government presented diplomatic letters signed by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed to President Nicolás Maduro, in which the Queen recognizes Maduro as the head of state and government of Venezuela. These letters will be used as evidence by the Venezuelan government to demand access to the 31 tons of gold that remain seized in the Bank of England, reported financial news agency The president of the Cent…
New Hampshire's attorney general, John Formella, has launched a lawsuit against Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid and other pharmacies for failing to track opioid prescriptions and for failing to take action against possibly unnecessary, fraudulent or otherwise excessive opioid prescribing. Pharmacy managements have concealed the failure to track the prescriptions, compounding . . . | 
