Economic News and Views

2022-07-28: News Headlines

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.

Anarchist Black Cross Federation (2022-07-28). Dan Baker Statement in Support of Pushing Down the Walls. itsgoingdown.org Anarchist and antifascist prisoner Dan Baker addresses an upcoming event in support of political prisoners. For more info on Dan Baker and how to support him, go here. The United $tates of AmeriKKKa is a white supremacist terrorist organization. Their government strives for a monopoly on violence to defend their profits, acquired through the prison…

Global Research News (2022-07-28). Selected Articles: From Bill Gates to "The Great Refusal": Farmers on the Frontline. globalresearch.ca By Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most humans were engaged in agriculture. Our relationship with nature was immediate. Within just a few generations, …

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…

____ (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). 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.

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…

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 …

_____ (2022-07-28). Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Save Us From Inflation. popularresistance.org 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 suppress demand (borrowing and spending) by raising interest rates. Summers, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary who presided over the…

_____ (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…

____ (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.

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.

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-28). 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.

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.

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.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-28). Starbucks workers score unionization victories in more than 200 stores. peoplesworld.org CLEVELAND &#1 ; 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 …

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 …

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-28). 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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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".

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.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-28). 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.

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…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). 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…

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.

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.

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.

____ (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.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2022-07-28). Will American Medical Science Follow the American Economy on the Road to Destruction? globalresearch.ca

Labor Video Project (2022-07-28). 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.

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.

____ (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.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-28). 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…

____ (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.

____ (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.

____ (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.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-28). "Cover Them Up" Past UESF President Susan Soloman On GWH Victor Arnautoff Murals. indybay.org Former UESF president Susan Soloman who is now a AFT CFT delegate to the San Francisco Labor Council is publicly supporting using hundreds of thousands of public education funds to cover up the George Washington High Victor Arnautoff murals.

____ (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…

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…

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). 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.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). 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…

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.

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 …

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2022-07-27: News Headlines

Staff (2022-07-27). Iran to Grow Food on a Million Hectares in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has agreed to provide Iran with one million hectares of agricultural land for food growing projects, Iranian officials confirm. | On July 26, Iran's deputy interior minister for economic affairs, Mohsen Kushki Tabar, praised on the agricultural agreement signed between the two countries, which is part of the 20-year cooperation plan signed during the visit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to Tehran, Iran's capital city, in June. | The Iranian official has stated that this agreement, which was inked amid the crisis of food reserves in the world, "shows that the strong and great Iran has reached a l…

Arjae Red (2022-07-27). Spanish Labor Minister meets with young union organizers mobilizing at Starbucks and Apple. workers.org New York City Union organizers from Starbucks Workers United and the Communications Workers, along with representatives of DSA, met with Spain's Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz Pérez, who also serves as the country's Second Deputy Prime Minister, in New York City on July 21. Starbucks organizers Angel . . . |

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-27). 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.

Michael T. Klare (2022-07-27). The Enduring Tyranny of Oil: War, Inflation, and Soaring World Temperatures. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about "peak oil" — the moment of maximum global oil output after which, with world reserves dwindling, its use would begin an irreversible decline. Then along came hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the very …

WSWS (2022-07-27). Sri Lanka: Fishing workers speak out against the destruction of their livelihoods. wsws.org Hundreds of thousands of people involved in the fishing industry in Sri Lanka, including fishermen using small boats and workers on larger trawlers, face financial disaster as they have no fuel to go to sea.

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-27). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-27). 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…

WSWS (2022-07-27). Detroit Chrysler workers demand UAW delegates nominate Will Lehman. wsws.org During a shift change at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit workers spoke with the socialist candidate for president of the United Auto Workers and denounced efforts by the UAW bureaucracy to block his nomination at the constitutional convention today…

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 . . . |

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-27). 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…

Labor Video Project (2022-07-27). 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.

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-27). Offshore wind creates opportunities but Manchin stops climate plans – we need more leases. indybay.org As offshore wind creates economic opportunities from coast to coast Sen. Manchin stops climate plans. Elected Officials to Protect America want accelerated and more leases made available.

Colin Todhunter (2022-07-27). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-07-27). Collapse of an Economic System: "The COVID-19 Crisis is not the Result of a Single Virus" globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-07-27). Manufacturing still attracting foreign interest. ecns.cn China's sprawling manufacturing sector remains a magnet for foreign investment as more foreign capital finds its way into key fields such as advanced manufacturing, high-tech and energy conservation.

WSWS (2022-07-27). Australia: SEP member calls for unified struggle by university staff against Labor's pro-market agenda. wsws.org Hambides called for a mass meeting of all university workers to oppose the federal Labor government's pro-business agenda.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-27). FMI proyecta mejora de crecimiento económico para Latinoamérica. telesurtv.net El organismo atribuye este ligero incremento a la recuperación de las economías de Brasil, México, Colombia y Chile fundamentalmente.

____ (2022-07-27). China's industrial profits up 1 pct in H1. ecns.cn Profits of China's major industrial firms rose 1 percent year on year in the first half of 2022, official data showed on Wednesday.

Repost (2022-07-27). AFL-CIO Pres Liz Schuler Helps The Union Busters. indybay.org AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler is helping a union busting conference by the bosses by attending and helping to give it credibility. Her collaboration with the bosses is another example of the collaboration with the union busters.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-27). 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…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-26). White House Says Upcoming Biden-Xi Call Expected to Cover Taiwan, Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The White House said on Tuesday that the upcoming phone call between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping "Everything from the tensions over Taiwan, to the war in Ukraine, as well as how we better manage competition between our two nations, certainly in the economic sphere," White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. | The call is expected to be held later this week and it will be the fifth time the two leade…

_____ (2022-07-26). Fox Seeks Allies Across The Political Spectrum To Shill For Bolsonaro. popularresistance.org It is no secret that, since the 2016 legislative coup against President Dilma Rousseff and 2018 arbitrary imprisonment of front-running presidential candidate Lula da Silva, multinational corporations have made billions of dollars from environmental deregulation, dismantlement of labor rights and privatization of Brazil's natural resources. It's also now known that corporate media outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post normalized the breakdown of Brazil's rule of law and rise of fascism by ignoring crimes committed by high-profile Judge Sergio Moro that were widely publicized in Brazilian media. | So…

_____ (2022-07-26). The Dawn Of The Apocalypse. popularresistance.org The past week has seen record-breaking heat waves across Europe. Wildfires have ripped through Spain, Portugal and France. London's fire brigade experienced its busiest day since World War II. The U.K. saw its hottest day on record of 104.54 Fahrenheit. In China, more than a dozen cities issued the "highest possible heat warning" this weekend with over 900 million people in China enduring a scorching heat wave along with severe flooding and landslides across large swathes of southern China. Dozens of people have died. Millions of Chinese have been displaced. Economic losses run into the billions of yuan. Droughts…

Peter Koenig (2022-07-26). Engineered Inflation in the Eurozone and Worldwide: Are We in the Midst of WW-III: Execution of the Great Reset? globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …

WSWS (2022-07-26). US Fed meets amid fears of global recession and financial turbulence. wsws.org While there are some indications that commodity price increases which sparked the inflationary spiral are falling, there are warnings that the inflationary surge is spreading throughout the economy.

Michael T. Klare (2022-07-26). The Enduring Tyranny of Oil: War, Inflation, Geopolitical Rivalry, and Soaring World Temperatures. commondreams.org Overcoming such a global phalanx of oil-industry defenders will require far more political muscle than the environmental camp has yet been able to muster.

Editor (2022-07-26). U.S. Treasury: just because the GDP is negative, does not mean recession. mronline.org U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is claiming that just because the U.S. GDP report is negative, it does not mean the world's largest economy is in recession, a claim that has no economic foundations whatsoever.

Dana Sanchez (2022-07-26). CEO Of National Association Of Homebuilders: 'We're Heading Into A Housing Recession'. moguldom.com The recent booming housing market that has enriched millions of home sellers since the start of the covid-19 pandemic is showing signs of collapsing in 2022, according to real estate-related data. Rapid real estate price gains helped fuel spending and economic growth. As city dwellers headed for the suburbs in the wake of covid-19 lockdowns, …

Editor2 (2022-07-26). Yemen: A Conflict With No Negotiable Solution? orinocotribune.com By Emad Almarshahi &#1 ; Jul 21, 2022 | The recent development of events in the field of the war in Yemen clearly demonstrates that this conflict has multiple political and economic facets that make a peaceful resolution extremely difficult. We must understand that the current civil war in Yemen has very deep historical roots, going back to the division of the country into two clearly defined regions: the North and the South, separated since the 19th century. Its reunification in 1993 was always fragile, and it was sustained until 2014 in a precarious way , given the lack of national integration between the two r…

_____ (2022-07-26). US Railroad Workers Inch Closer To A Possible National Strike. popularresistance.org After waiting over two years to secure a new union contract, and still reeling from the impacts of Wall Street-ordered cost-cutting measures, 115,000 beleaguered workers who operate the nation's freight railroads are inching closer towards a possible strike, which could come as soon as September. | In an effort to drive down operating expenses and reward their wealthy shareholders, in recent years railroad companies have implemented "precision scheduled railroading," or PSR‚Äâ—‚Äâa version of just-in-time, lean production that centers on reducing the workforce and closing f…

WSWS (2022-07-26). American Federation of Teachers convention: In service of American capitalism's COVID-19 coverup, strike suppression, and war plans. wsws.org The American Federation of Teachers biennial convention towed the Democratic Party line in regard to covering up the pandemic, supporting war against Russia, and suppressing the working class through the trade union apparatus.

Marcy Winograd, Medea Benjamin (2022-07-26). UN Nuclear Review: A Prime Time to Stop the New Arms Race. commondreams.org The real solution to the threat of nuclear war is in plain sight, but still the powerful weapons makers and war profiteers refuse to yield.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-07-26). Need Seasoned Startup And Deal Advice? Here Is A Black Lawyer Team That Has You Covered. moguldom.com Representation matters. Literally. It's why a Black lawyer team is helping community members start businesses the right way. Helen Ogbara Reeves and Randall Clark are attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer, which is self-described as "the pre preeminent international law firm with an exclusive focus on the innovation economy." Reeves and Clark both work in the firm's …

Ann Brown (2022-07-26). French Montana: Profiteering Record Labels Are Exploiting Murder Rap And Drill Economy With Life Insurance Policies. moguldom.com Hip-hop artist French Montana recently slammed record labels for profiting off of the violence related to their murder rap and drill artists by taking out life insurance policies on the artists. Generally, since music artists are considered independent contractors and not employees, companies do not take out life insurance policies on them. But according to Montana …

_____ (2022-07-26). Ecological Economics: An Introduction. popularresistance.org Does it make economic sense to cut down a rainforest? What influence should trade have on social policy? How much is the future worth? Is all value equivalent? These are all questions common to ecological economics, a cross-disciplinary science that is attempting to reclaim the field of economics from flawed models and unscientific assumptions. An important act within itself, but one made integral as mainstream economics is driving the planet's sixth mass extinction (Wagler). | Economics is often defined as 'the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy infinite desires', but this seemingly impossible aim itself…

Editor2 (2022-07-26). Cuba: There Is Potential to Attract More Foreign Capital. orinocotribune.com Since the entry into force of Law No. 118 on Foreign Investment in 2014, 245 businesses with foreign capital have been approved, while in the first half of this year nine small businesses have been incorporated, all focused on mining and food production | The updating of the policy for the attraction of foreign investment in Cuba and its flexibilization in favor of more benefits, and the actions being carried out to encourage and improve this mechanism, were also discussed in the Permanent Commission on Economic Affairs. | Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (Mincex), referred…

Mairead Skehan Gillis (2022-07-26). Boston Starbucks Workers United strikes against unfair labor practices. workers.org Boston Striking members of Boston Starbucks Workers United made U.S. labor history this week, shutting down their store at 874 Commonwealth Ave. at Boston University for seven days, in protest of what SBWU calls a pattern of management's new union-busting, racist and transphobic Unfair Labor Practices. July 19 protest. WW . . . |

_____ (2022-07-26). Terminated Chipotle Workers Accuse Company Of Union Busting. popularresistance.org Augusta, Maine – Workers who had hoped to form the first union at a Chipotle Mexican Grill believe the company closed their restaurant and terminated their jobs this week, because they were poised to form the first union among the chain's 3,000 establishments. | Chipotle closed its Augusta restaurant on Tuesday after two-thirds of its employees had pledged to form an independent union, Chipotle United, and just two-and-a-half hours before workers were scheduled to meet with the National Labor Relations Board about their union election. | "They knew they would lose," Brandi McNease, who worked the Augusta restaura…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-26). India: Resist Neoliberal Offensive of New Labor Codes. libya360.wordpress.com Narender Thakur, C Saratchand Indian workers during a two-day general strike in March 2022. One of the key demands of the strike was the scrapping of the four labor codes. Photo: Centre of Indian Trade Unions Four labor codes are set to be operationalized by the government soon. These laws will benefit big corporates at the…

Deborah Rodriguez (2022-07-26). From San Juan to NYC: protests against increased energy costs in Puerto Rico. workers.org On July 20 an alliance of Puerto Rican and multinational anti-imperialist organizations led by New York Boricua Resistance (NYBR) gathered in front of DLA Piper in New York City. DLA Piper is one of the law firms that represents LUMA and is connected to the increase in energy prices in . . . |

Fight Back (2022-07-26). FSU students fight for farmworker rights. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On, July 20, the student government of Florida State University passed Resolution 45, "A Resolution to bring attention to the Fair Food Program," in what comes as a major victory in the national Boycott Wendy's campaign. The university's Student/Farmworker Alliance had been pushing for this resolution since it formed as a chapter in 2020. Their reasoning is simple – Wendy's is profiting off of farmworker exploitation. | Over a decade has passed since Florida's agricultural fields were considered a "ground zero" for modern slavery. Now, Florida tomato farms in the Fair Food Program are leading ex…

Editor (2022-07-26). The Chris Hedges Report: Breaking the Cycle of American Violence. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / American society is the most violent of any nation in the industrialized world. Nothing we do, from administrating the world's largest prison system to militarizing our police, seems to help. Dr. James Gilligan argues that childhood abuse, and the shame it engenders, is the engine that fuels America's deadliest epidemic. This abuse and shame, he argues, fosters a dangerous numbness that breeds a deep self-loathing and inchoate rage. It is only by understanding the c…

____ (2022-07-26). Parl. to mull over agreement to set up FTZ between Iran, EAEU. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Lawmakers at the Parliament agreed to discuss the bill of protocol of converting interim agreement for the establishment of Free Trade Zone between Iran and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

WSWS (2022-07-26). Canadian education workers support Will Lehman's campaign for United Auto Workers president. wsws.org The most recent meeting of the Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee voted to support a resolution backing the campaign of rank-and-file auto worker and socialist Will Lehman for UAW president.

Dan Wright (2022-07-26). Austin Catholic hospital nurses seek to unionize, face intense union busting. peoplesworld.org AUSTIN, Tex. — People across the country are no strangers to the workplace stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially as major employers and large corporations have sought to maintain their profits and consequently placed the burden upon employees. Perhaps no segment of society has felt the impact as greatly as healthcare workers. Nurses especially have …

Jamanetwork (2022-07-26). Implications of New Recommendation on Counseling to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity. jamanetwork.com Lifestyle behaviors, including diet and physical activity, are leading determinants of health in the US and around the world. These behaviors are heavily influenced by sociocultural circumstances, such as levels of education and income, community environment, and prejudice and structural racism. Thus, government, community, and other systems-level approaches are paramount for addressing the disease conditions and health disparities caused by poor lifestyle.

WSWS (2022-07-26). Unifor corruption scandal deepens in run-up to convention of Canada's largest industrial union. wsws.org A sordid faction fight between rival Unifor bureaucrats vying to succeed disgraced former president Jerry Dias is bringing to light more details about the corrupt practices that are rife at the top of Canada's largest private-sector union.

WSWS (2022-07-26). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman campaigns on first day of convention. wsws.org The Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate for president of the UAW needs the nomination of at least one delegate to appear on the ballot for president.

WSWS (2022-07-26). "My entire store plans on voting no"—Significant opposition from Ohio Kroger workers to UFCW-backed contract. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received many comments from Kroger grocery workers in Columbus, Ohio, denouncing a three-year contract brought by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1059. Voting on the deal, which contains substandard wage increases and a divisive multi-tier wage structure, takes place Tuesday and Wednesday. The WSWS publishes a selection of these comments below.

Global Research News (2022-07-26). Selected Articles: The Elite Coup to Kill or Enslave Us: Why Can't Governments, Legal Actions and Protests Stop Them? globalresearch.ca By In 2020, under cover of the 'virus'/'vaccine' narrative, the Global Elite launched its long-planned coup…

Labor Video Projectt (2022-07-26). US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon. indybay.org Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts.

____ (2022-07-26). Consumption upgrade crucially important to economic recovery. ecns.cn Consumption upgrades are of vital importance to China's economic recovery this year and the country's high-quality development in the long run, providing golden business opportunities for global companies to thrive in its market.

WSWS (2022-07-26). Child labor used in Hyundai-owned metal stamping plant in Alabama. wsws.org The case of a missing teen from Enterprise, Alabama in February cast light on the use of child labor at SMART LLC., where children as young as twelve risk amputation and crushing to make parts for Hyundai's most popular models.

WSWS (2022-07-26). Fair Work Commission rubber stamps Australian Education Union wage cutting sell-out agreement. wsws.org The imposition of the agreement, worked out by the AEU and the state Labor government in Victoria, will see a substantial deterioration in educators' living standards.

WSWS (2022-07-26). Australia: Opposition grows among Queensland teachers to union deal with state Labor government. wsws.org The proposed three-year agreement puts off any possible answer to the staffing, workloads and funding crisis in schools until a promised departmental review report due at the end of 2024—more than two years away!

Staff (2022-07-26). Tashkent International Conference on Afghanistan kicks off. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Tashkent International Conference with the theme of "Afghanistan; Security and Economic Development" has begun.

Owen Fairclough (2022-07-26). 'Gloomy and more uncertain' GDP forecast. america.cgtn.com The global economic climate became even bleaker this Tuesday after another dramatic revision in growth forecasts. The International Monetary Fund released another set of further downgraded predictions just months after a similar pessimistic assessment. And the numbers were released during a critical week for …

Jamanetwork (2022-07-26). Expanded Access to Monkeypox Testing. jamanetwork.com To increase the accessibility of monkeypox testing, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began shipping monkeypox tests in late June to 5 commercial laboratory companies: Aegis Science, Labcorp, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Quest Diagnostics, and Sonic Healthcare.

Antonio A. Camacho Camacho (2022-07-25). Puerto Rico: between colonialism, racism and slavery on July 25. multipolarista.com July 25 is the date of the US invasion of Puerto Rico, and also the day of the creation of the "commonwealth." Racism keeps it in a state of colonial impotence, based on court cases from the era of slavery.

____ (2022-07-25). Economic Theory and Community Development: Why Putting Community First Is Essential to Our Survival. transcend.org This book is not the boring, unreadable stuff I'd come to expect of economics. As Howard Richard's crowning masterpiece, it addresses hopes for a better world, the rights of everybody to dignity and a decent livelihood, and the need we all have to do things that matter to others, to contribute what we can.

____ (2022-07-25). Some Explanations Re: The Saker. smoothiex12.blogspot.com I need to offer some elaborations on the issue which many who also post on my discussion boards do not understand. A few people like to constantly negatively react to Andrei Raevsky's writing. This is those people's right, and I completely am fine with constructive (I underscore it–not some propaganda BS spewing) criticism of my writing as well, as with correcting my mistakes, which I make sometimes. We all do. As any people we have our biases and even delusions. I, certainly, have mine, but so does The Saker. E.g. I and him we will never settle on the account of Solzhenitsyn who for majority of Russians is a tr…

____ (2022-07-25). Anti-Abortion Activism and the Sources of Polarization. transcend.org Abundance equally shared can make the tribal conflicts that plague us now seem obsolete. It's time to find a better way to organize our social and economic affairs.

____ (2022-07-25). Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa. transcend.org 19 Jul 2022 – The world is facing a combination of imperialist interventions, climate change and the burgeoning economic crisis of world capitalism.

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2022-07-26: News Headlines

Shawgi Tell (2022-07-26). Florida: Poor Charter School Performance Persists. dissidentvoice.org Charter school promoters and operators have long believed that scores on unsound high-stakes standardized tests produced by large for-profit corporations are useful and meaningful measures of teaching and learning. They rarely say anything critical about these tests that have been rejected for years by millions of teachers, parents, students, and education advocates across the country. …

Allen Forrest (2022-07-26). Is There a Vaccine for Poverty? dissidentvoice.org

WSWS (2022-07-25). New Sri Lankan president appoints his predecessor's cabinet. wsws.org In response to the country's unprecedented economic and political crisis, the "new" government will impose the austerity measures demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and brutally suppress any opposition.

Natalia Marques (2022-07-25). Record profits equal stolen wages: HarperCollins on strike. liberationnews.org Workers at HarperCollins, a "big five" publisher with $515 million in profits in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021, are demanding fair wages, more diversity, family leave benefits, union security, and better accountability for the company.

Dana Sanchez (2022-07-25). After Missing Inflation, Is The Biden White House Changing The Definition Of Recession For Politics? moguldom.com The economy may be slowing but the U.S. government is working hard to convince you that this is not a recession, triggering discussions over what defines the "R" word and accusations that the government is trying to redefine the term for the sake of politics. Consumer spending is up, Americans' finances are solid for the …

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-25). 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.

Karen Conner (2022-07-25). PREVIEW: What to Look for In the Second Quarter 2022 GDP Report. cepr.net It is very possible that we will see negative growth again in the second quarter. This does not mean we are in a recession.

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-25). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-25). 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…

Alan Macleod (2022-07-25). National Security Search Engine: Google's Ranks are Filled with CIA Agents. mintpressnews.com Studying employment websites and databases, MintPress has found that Google in recent years, hired dozens of professionals from the CIA. Alan Macleod reveals the details of the murky relationship.

Editor (2022-07-25). Economics for the Anthropocene. mronline.org Ubiquitous, and worsening, environmental instability means we will have to throw out the anthropocentrism of economics.

Editor (2022-07-25). Registering the 'Labour Upsurge' in North America. mronline.org After a long four-year hiatus, the Labor Notes Conference is back, and bigger than ever with a record-breaking 4,000 registering.

Fight Back (2022-07-25). Red Theory: Against Sakai on settler colonialism and the national question in the U.S. fightbacknews.org As we have seen in our previous article, capitalism's origins are largely based upon "primitive accumulation" – the theft of land and resources during the colonial period. This theft helped to jumpstart the original accumulation of capital. In the U.S. this began with settler colonialism, whereby colonizers from Europe settled in the Americas, bringing with them terrible violence and oppression of indigenous and other oppressed peoples. | The

Fight Back (2022-07-25). Resolution in Support of the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination, Liberation, and Return. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following resolution adopted at the 9th Congress of Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | As anti-imperialists and proletarian internationalists, Freedom Road Socialist Organization supports the heroic national liberation struggle of the people of Palestine to liberate every inch of their land, to secure their rights to self-determination and Return, and to end Zionist Israel's colonization and occupation of all Arab territories. We especially support the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and its revolutionary struggle for a free, democratic, and…

Staff (2022-07-25). Cuba reporta 103 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y ningún fallecido. cubadebate.cu Cuba confirmó al cierre de este domingo 103 casos positivos a la COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 64 altas médicas, informó en su reporte habitual el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap). En la jornada de ayer se procesaron 2 646 muestras en los laboratorios de biología molecular del país.

WSWS (2022-07-25). Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency "weaponised" against health workers in the COVID pandemic. wsws.org The sanctioning of Dr David Berger shows that AHPRA is being used to suppress democratic rights and prevent exposure of COVID misinformation.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-25). 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…

WSWS (2022-07-25). Australian ruling class demands governments "stand firm" against safety measures as COVID-19 toll explodes. wsws.org The more catastrophic the pandemic—as a direct result of the profit-driven "live with the virus" campaign—the more the capitalist class demands the ending of public health precautions.

WSWS (2022-07-25). UK rail and BT telecoms workers to strike this week. wsws.org The RMT's strategy of limited industrial action to force a negotiated settlement by Network Rail and the train operating companies has not produced a single concession.

Robert Kurz (2022-07-25). Hysterical Populism and the Appetite of the Leviathan. indybay.org The relationship between economy and social order has been turned upside down: economy is no longer a function of an overarching culture, but conversely, "human society has sunk to being an accessory of the economic system" (Karl Polanyi). Robert Kurz, the founder of Exit and Krisis journals, on scapegoating, moral panics and conspiracy theory culture.

Repost (2022-07-25). AFL-CIO Pres Liz Schuler Helps The Union Busters. indybay.org AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler is helping a union busting conference by the bosses by attending and helping to give it credibility. Her collaboration with the bosses is another example of the collaboration with the union busters.

Labor Video Projectt (2022-07-25). US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon. indybay.org Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts.

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-25). Offshore wind creates opportunities but Manchin stops climate plans – we need more leases. indybay.org As offshore wind creates economic opportunities from coast to coast Sen. Manchin stops climate plans. Elected Officials to Protect America want accelerated and more leases made available.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-25). 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 (2022-07-25). A socialist campaign in the UAW presidential elections. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has endorsed William Lehman for UAW president, which marks a new point of departure for the development of a rank-and-file rebellion of workers and the fight for a socialist and internationalist program.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-25). TV commercials' creators plan to join Theatrical and Stage Employees. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—Some 4, 0-6,000 creators of TV commercials, now in an independent association, plan to join the Theatrical and Stage Employees, IATSE announced. The exact number is vague because they're part of the "gig economy," IATSE said. But they want to join the larger union in order to improve working conditions. The creators are members of …

WSWS (2022-07-25). How Left Voice and the DSA assist the union bureaucrats in selling out the Michigan Medicine nurses' contract fight. wsws.org These organizations seek to buttress the union bureaucrats who block strike action and promote the illusion that nurses can rely on the Democratic Party to put an end to intolerable working conditions.

F. Douglas Stephenson (2022-07-25). Why we Should Celebrate Medicare's 57th Birthday by Enacting Medicare for All. juancole.com Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — On July 30. 1965, Congress enacted Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide health insurance to people age 65 and older, regardless of income or medical history. President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Medicare Act into law and created two new programs, Medicare for …

____ (2022-07-25). China planning more digital advances. ecns.cn China will leverage digital technologies to further upgrade industrial production, people's lifestyles and governance as part of its broader push to seize new opportunities and respond to new challenges in the next wave of digitalization.

____ (2022-07-25). Cross-Strait exchange event held to promote tourism. ecns.cn A cross-Strait cultural and travel exchange event kicked off on the mainland and in Taiwan on Monday, introducing tourist attractions in Qinghai Province to people in Taiwan.

Ian Birchall (2022-07-24). A breakthrough for the French left? canadiandimension.com La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the inaugural convention for NUPES. Photo by Hugo Rota. | In a world heading toward more wars, economic crisis, climate catastrophe and the resurgence of the far-right, any success for the left is good news. So the results of the second round of elections for the French National Assembly will have been welcomed not only in France but far beyond its frontiers. | The setback for the newly-elected president Macron is well-deserved. His first five years in power have led to growing inequality, with the poorest sections of society suffering the most; his taxation…

_____ (2022-07-24). Africans Decry Europe's Energy Hypocrisy. popularresistance.org Europe, one of the largest consumers of Russian gas, is scrambling to find African alternatives as Russia threatens to permanently turn off the taps. | Russia's gas supply to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was halted for routine maintenance last week, and there are concerns that Russia may not restart it. Moscow has already cut natural gas supplies to Poland, Finland, and Bulgaria, which refused Russia's demand to pay in rubles. The Bavarian Industry Association forecasts that Germany could lose almost 13 percent of its economic performance in the latter half of this year if Russian gas stops flowing. | F…

_____ (2022-07-24). Amazon Joins The Medicare Privatization Spree. popularresistance.org Amazon, the $1.25 trillion company founded and led by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, has announced that it is acquiring One Medical, a private equity-backed primary care provider that generates over half of its revenue from Medicare. | While Amazon's profits from its core consumer retail business are dwindling, in part because of heightened competition from brick-and-mortar retailers that were shut down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the corporation's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, continues to enjoy robust profits thanks in part to generous government contracts. Now Amazon could be…

Celeste Romero (2022-07-24). Albuquerque 'Women's Socialism Conference' calls for a new mass movement for women's liberation. liberationnews.org On July 16, the Women's Socialism Conference brought out more than 1 people for a day of education and discussion on the issues facing working-class women and LGBTQ people.

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2022-07-25: News Headlines

____ (2022-07-25). Sowing Hunger, Reaping Profits — A Food Crisis by Design. transcend.org 14 Jul 2022 – Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, headlines have been dominated by the global food supply shortages and rising food prices. Detailed in this new report is how, in fact, we have already been facing a food and malnutrition crisis long before the current conflict.

Antonio Camacho Negrón (2022-07-25). Puerto Rico: between colonialism, racism and slavery on July 25. multipolarista.com July 25 is the date of the US invasion of Puerto Rico, and also the day of the creation of the "commonwealth." Racism keeps it in a state of colonial impotence, based on court cases from the era of slavery.

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-07-25). The War of Corporate Wealth Against Humanity and the "Covid-19 Scare" globalresearch.ca

Hilary Goodfriend (2022-07-25). A new phase of struggle in Honduras. zcomm.org Honduras's new leftist president has prioritized dismantling the decade-long right-wing dictatorship's anti-labor, pro-capital agenda…

TeleSUR- lvm- JL (2022-07-25). Bomberos griegos continúan labores contra incendios forestales. telesurtv.net Se habían evacuado el sábado a más de 4 personas de dos hoteles y 92 viviendas, específicamente en el complejo Vatera.

Isaac Nellist (2022-07-25). Picket calls on minister to defend and extend public housing. greenleft.org.au Housing activists in Sydney held a picket on July 21 calling for a massive investment in public housing. Hands off Glebe (HoG) are holding pickets on the last Thursday of every month. | Emily Bullock from HoG said the government's privatisation of public assets was leading to shortages in vital services such as housing and transport. She also highlighted the number of vacant properties in Australia, about 10%.

Global Research News (2022-07-25). Selected Articles: The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca By The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. This …

Peter Koenig (2022-07-25). World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab: "We have the Means to Impose the State of the World." globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-24). US & EU Hindering Russo-Turkey Efforts to Solve Food Crisis, Mediate Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova On July 22, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine signed documents aimed at resolving the problems of supplying food and fertilizers to world markets and ensuring safe maritime corridors for Ukrainian grain. The Joint Coordination Center will make sure that Kiev does use the grain shipments to import weaponry. "The signing of the grain agreement…

Oxfam Canada (2022-07-24). Pandemic Creates New Billionaire Every 30 Hours — Now a Million People Could Fall Into Extreme Poverty at Same Rate in 2022. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …

____ (2022-07-24). (W.E. Talk) Is the world heading for a recession. ecns.cn What's going on here in global economy? Are we in the middle of a global recession? In the latest W.E. Talk, Bala Ramasamy, Professor of Economics, Associate Dean, Director of GEMBA Programme at CEIBS and Fernando Gomez, Corporate CFO of Premo were invited to talk with Wei Xi, Director of Department of Economy of China News Service.

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-24). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

Ekaterina Blinova (2022-07-24). How Russo-Turkish-Iranian Talks May Help Fix Regional Problems, Set Stage for Global Transformation. orinocotribune.com By Ekaterina Blinova &#1 ; Jul 20, 2022 | Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Tehran on July 19 to take part in the trilateral Astana meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts. The leaders are due to discuss strategic economic and political cooperation, including tackling the food crisis and further de-dollarization. | "The [Putin visit to Iran] is quite important in every sense in the geopolitical, geo-economic, and other aspects," explained Dr. Kerim Has, a political analyst of Russian and Eurasian affairs. "It is the first foreign visit of President Putin out of post-Soviet territory after February…

Editor (2022-07-24). What Does the Future Between the US and China Look Like? scheerpost.com As China ascends economically and politically, its struggle with the US has grown fiercer. Huang Renwei points out the inherent weakness of the US power structure and argues that, starting in 2020 and potentially lasting for the next 30 years, China and the US have entered a strategic stalemate phase that will ebb and flow.

_____ (2022-07-24). Panama: Government And Protesters Resume Dialogue With Little Progress. popularresistance.org Dialogue between government and protesters in Panama continued for the second day on July 22, discussing the cost of the basic food basket, one of the main causes of the protests that have rocked the country over the past three weeks. | The protest leaders proposed a reduction of 30% of prices of the items of the basic food basket, while the government proposed a 15% cut, as well as including 17 more products in the price control scheme. This would take the list to a total of 35 products. | There was also a discussion for creating a committee on price control to follow up on the issue. Government representatives…

_____ (2022-07-24). The Chris Hedges Report: Breaking The Cycle Of American Violence. popularresistance.org American society is the most violent of any nation in the industrialized world. Nothing we do, from administrating the world's largest prison system to militarizing our police, seems to help. Dr. James Gilligan argues that childhood abuse, and the shame it engenders, is the engine that fuels America's deadliest epidemic. This abuse and shame, he argues, fosters a dangerous numbness that breeds a deep self-loathing and inchoate rage. It is only by understanding the causes of our national epidemic, and addressing those causes, that we will have any hope of stemming the nihilistic violence that grips American societ…

Labor Video Projectt (2022-07-24). US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon. indybay.org Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts.

Peter Koenig (2022-07-24). "Climate Change", Food Shortages: Coordinated Destruction of Humanity by the World Economic Forum and Its "Elite Cult" globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …

Labor Video Project (2022-07-24). 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.

Robert Kurz (2022-07-24). Hysterical Populism and the Appetite of the Leviathan. indybay.org The relationship between economy and social order has been turned upside down: economy is no longer a function of an overarching culture, but conversely, "human society has sunk to being an accessory of the economic system" (Karl Polanyi). Robert Kurz, the founder of Exit and Krisis journals, on scapegoating, moral panics and conspiracy theory culture.

Staff (2022-07-24). Iran knowledge-based companies export $836m worth of products. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari has said that the export of knowledge-based products reached $836m in the first three months of this year in the Iranian calendar (March 21-June 21).

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-24). Offshore wind creates opportunities but Manchin stops climate plans – we need more leases. indybay.org As offshore wind creates economic opportunities from coast to coast Sen. Manchin stops climate plans. Elected Officials to Protect America want accelerated and more leases made available.

Staff (2022-07-24). Rusia busca estrechar lazos con àÅfrica con visita de su canciller Serguei Lavrov. cubadebate.cu Con su visita a Egipto, el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Rusia, Serguéi Lavrov, inicia de su gira oficial por àÅfrica, en la que el diplomático ruso tiene previsto abordar cuestiones de actualidad, sobre todo relacionadas con el comercio y la cooperación industrial entre Moscú y los Estados africanos.

____ (2022-07-24). Medical reform in China eases financial burdens for patients. ecns.cn China's medical reform in the past ten years has significantly eased the financial burdens for patients, according to the National Health Commission.

Adam Ramsay (2022-07-24). The World Burns and the Richest Profit. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way. commondreams.org As the effects of the climate crisis are seen in global heatwaves and droughts, oil firms are booming.

Repost (2022-07-24). AFL-CIO Pres Liz Schuler Helps The Union Busters. indybay.org AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler is helping a union busting conference by the bosses by attending and helping to give it credibility. Her collaboration with the bosses is another example of the collaboration with the union busters.

Staff (2022-07-24). Flood leaves heavy damages in Afghanistan's Panjshir. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — Local sources in Afghanistan's Panjshir reported that a flood has caused heavy financial damage to the area.

____ (2022-07-24). Time for UN to decide on removing Yemen's blockade. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) — Iran's Foreign Minister's Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs said it is time for UN to make pragmatic decision on lifting economic blockade imposed on Yemeni people and strengthen ceasefire in Yemen.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-24). China lanza primer módulo de laboratorio de su estación espacial. telesurtv.net Wentian funcionará como una copia de seguridad del módulo central y como una poderosa plataforma de experimentos científicos.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-24). 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…

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2022-07-24: News Headlines

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2022-07-24). Sergey Lavrov's Working Visit to Africa. moderndiplomacy.eu On the eve of his four-nation African tour from July 24 to 28, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, shared reflections on the prospects for Russia-African relations within the context of the current geopolitical and economic changes. He makes official working visits to Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo. Before taking off from Moscow, …

WSWS (2022-07-23). The pandemic in Russia and the bankruptcy of national-chauvinist politics. wsws.org The pandemic continues to exact a terrible toll in Russia. Since the invasion of Ukraine, efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 have been abandoned. This essay has been submitted to the WSWS by the Young Guard of Bolshevik Leninists, an organization of Trotskyist youth in Russia.

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-23). Iran & Russia pledge to cut US dollar from global trade, strengthen China alliance. multipolarista.com Russian President Putin visited Iran, signed a $40 billion energy cooperation agreement, and pledged to strengthen their economic and military alliance with China. Moscow and Tehran also called to drop the US dollar and use local currencies for trade.

WSWS (2022-07-23). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Indian public sector insurance workers hold national strike; Andhra Pradesh rural health workers demand minimum wage; Sri Lankan teachers and health workers protest fuel shortages; Australia: Sydney commuter rail workers to strike again…

WSWS (2022-07-23). New Zealand foreign minister sounds alarm about Sri Lankan "lessons" wsws.org Drawing "lessons" from the escalating Sri Lanka economic and political crisis, New Zealand and Australia are preparing interventions in the Pacific to suppress popular discontent.

WSWS (2022-07-23). SEP condemns state attack on Galle Face protesters in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The military/police violence is a warning of what is to come if the parties of the capitalist class are left in power. It adds to the urgency of workers and rural toilers taking up the political initiative outlined by the SEP in its July 20 statement entitled "For Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses!".

WSWS (2022-07-23). Peasants form action committee in southern Sri Lanka to fight government attacks. wsws.org The inaugural meeting issued a call for the formation of a wide network of action committees to organise united action to overcome the serious economic problems confronting peasants.

Manas Ranjan Pradhan (2022-07-23). [Comment] Contraceptive mix and informed choice. thelancet.com Contraceptive use is associated with economic development, improved maternal and child health, education, and the empowerment of women and their family planning needs.1 These gains can also reduce poverty and slow population growth.2—3 Access to contraception supports the quest for gender equity4 and human rights,5 and represents a strategy to reduce health system and household costs.6 Measuring progress toward satisfying the need for family planning entails assessing the general contraceptive prevalence and unmet demand and the range and types of contraceptive procedures employed.

_____ (2022-07-23). The Radical Roots Of Community Supported Agriculture. popularresistance.org The success of community-supported farming has coincided with rising demand for organic food since the late 1970s. But the model's popularization has meant that, sometimes, CSAs can be misrepresented as 'just another way' for consumers to purchase fresh, seasonal food. Important elements embedded into the CSA model, such as that of shared risk among members, make the arrangement more than merely transactional. In fact, the origins of the CSA movement in America have radical roots, drawn from the prominent environmental movement and a subculture dissatisfied with the prevailing economic system. | A 1985 paper newl…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-23). Rise of BRICS: The Economic Giant That Is Taking on the West. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud &#1 ; Jul 19, 2022 | The G7

Scorinoco (2022-07-23). China-India Ties: Need to Focus on Commonalities. orinocotribune.com By C. Saratchand — Jul 20, 2022 | The trajectory of bilateral relations between China and India has traversed through a number of phases both before and since India's independence in 1947 and the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. These relations have also spanned a number of domains, of which the economic aspect is possibly second to none. | Economic relations between China and India involve elements such as trade, investment and finance. Trade flows involve substantial two-way movement of commodities. Some key Chinese exports to India at present involve the following product categories: m…

_____ (2022-07-23). Inside Airport Workers' Fight For Dignity And Livable Wages. popularresistance.org Airport workers have been on the front lines of the pandemic and the labor struggle in recent years. In Florida, for instance, workers in Tampa, Orlando, Miami and beyond have staged multiple actions over the past year to demand a living wage. Many airport workers in Florida earn as little as $7 an hour, tips included. Now, a new bill, the Good Jobs for Airports Act, could establish national wage and benefits standards for airport workers. To learn more about airport workers' ongoing fight for dignity and higher wages, freelance journalist and new TRNN contributor McKenna Schueler talks with Scottie Walker, a cab…

Amanda Yee (2022-07-23). NYC labor unions demand reinstatement of fired Starbucks organizer. liberationnews.org While SWU is demanding Locke's reinstatement with backpay and compensation for harassment and illegal termination, its members and other organizers at the rally also expressed the need for solidarity among all workers to confront the common enemy of the capitalist class.

Sal Netherton (2022-07-23). Brookline, Mass. Starbucks workers on first indefinite strike to fight retaliation and discrimination. liberationnews.org Workers at the 874 Commonwealth Avenue location in Brookline, Massachusetts began an indefinite strike on July 18 — the first of its kind for the union.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-23). Puerto Ricans demand cancellation of contract with Canadian-American energy company LUMA. mronline.org Protesters have condemned that power outages have increased, while prices have gone up since LUMA began operating Puerto Rico's electricity transmission and distribution system in June 2020.

Fight Back (2022-07-23). FRSO condemns State Department designation of Communist Party of the Philippines as 'terrorist'. fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns in the strongest possible terms the U.S. State Department decision to keep the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army on its list of designated "Foreign Terrorist Organizations." This is an example of confounding facts with fiction, and it is an attempt to criminalize international solidarity. | The real terrorists in the Philippines are to be found in the U.S.-backed regime of President Marcos. Jails in the Philippines are filled with political prisoners. Trade union federations, like the May First Workers Movement, face constant government repre…

Schools & Labor Against Privatization (2022-07-23). Connecting Dots: Privatization of Community Colleges & Public Services With Non-profits. indybay.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization SLAP had a day long educational conference on the privatization of education, the Port of Oakland and public services with non-profits. | This was part 2 of the meeting.

Staff (2022-07-23). US actions against Havana failed: Cuban President. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The Cuban president stated that the US has failed in its new efforts aimed at subverting the economic and social order of Cuba, and Washington will not achieve its goals through economic measures against independent countries.

WSWS (2022-07-23). Oregon Nurses Association forces through sellout contract at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. wsws.org The sellout contract pre-empts a unified struggle of all Providence nurses for safe staffing, decent wages and affordable health care. Nurses had no time to review the contents of the agreement.

Liberation Staff (2022-07-23). Hotel workers in British Columbia win historic fight for jobs. liberationnews.org On May 11, workers at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, in Vancouver British Columbia, represented by Unite Here Local 40, prevailed against their employer in ending a 391-day lockout and securing a new collective bargaining agreement. This protracted labor dispute began during the coronavirus pandemic, when 97 unionized workers were terminated with no rights to recall or reinstatement. When the workers insisted that those who were fired be brought back during the course of contract negotiations, the hotel responded on April 15, 2021 by locking out all employees, resulting in the longest lockout in BC history. | De…

WSWS (2022-07-23). China's youth unemployment rate climbs to record high. wsws.org Dissatisfaction about the economy and jobs is sparking discussions on social media and more broadly at breakneck speed.

Steve Pleich (2022-07-23). Building a New Tech Based Economy. indybay.org The Future is Technology Based…

WSWS (2022-07-23). Growing opposition to Twitter censorship of Socialist Equality Party (Australia). wsws.org More than 48 hours since it effectively disabled the SEP's account, the social media corporation has provided no credible explanation or responded to demands for the measure to be reversed.

Staff (2022-07-23). Taliban to buy 350,000 tons oil from Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Finance Ministery of the Taliban announced on Saturday that it has signed a contract to purchase 350,000 tons of oil from Iran.

Staff (2022-07-23). El Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social informa sobre los días feriados. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social informó que los días 25, 26 y 27 de julio, recesan las actividades laborales, excepto las que se relacionan con la zafra azucarera y otros trabajos agrícolas urgentes, industrias de procesos de producción continua y labores inaplazables de carga y descarga, entre otras actividades.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-23). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.

Anand Naidoo (2022-07-23). The Heat: Global Food Insecurity. america.cgtn.com A combination of factors is driving millions around the world into food insecurity conditions. And, the crisis is causing hunger and death. Part of the surge is caused by economic woes made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic that countries are still dealing with. Add …

Staff (2022-07-23). Iran seeking to contribute security, progress in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Iran's special envoy for Afghanistan says Tehran seeks to expand relations with Afghanistan rulers in order to contribute to the security, stability, and economic improvement of Afghanistan.

Annie Haakenstad, Olivia Angelino, Caleb M S Irvine, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Kelly Bienhoff, Corinne Bintz, Kate Causey, M Ashworth Dirac, Nancy Fullman, Emmanuela Gakidou, Thomas Glucksman, Simon I Hay, Nathaniel J Henry, Ira Martopullo, Ali H Mokdad, John Everett Mumford, Stephen S Lim, Christopher J L Murray, Rafael Lozano (2022-07-23). [Articles] Measuring contraceptive method mix, prevalence, and demand satisfied by age and marital status in 204 countries and territories, 1970—2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. thelancet.com The dominance of one contraceptive method in some locations raises the question of whether family planning policies should aim to expand method mix or invest in making existing methods more accessible. Lower rates of demand satisfied among women aged 15—24 years are also concerning because unintended pregnancies before age 25 years can forestall or eliminate education and employment opportunities that lead to social and economic empowerment. Policy makers should strive to tailor family planning programmes to the preferences of the groups with the most need, while maintaining the programmes used by existing…

Matt Sedlar (2022-07-22). Black People (And Everyone Else) Should Avoid Crypto. cepr.net Get-rich-quick schemes are always a scam. Ultimately, it is better for people to invest in the slow and hard work of un-rigging the economy and enacting policies that make society more equitable.

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2022-07-23: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-23). Rise of BRICS: The Economic Giant That Is Taking on the West. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud &#1 ; Jul 19, 2022 | The G7

Robert Kurz (2022-07-23). Hysterical Populism and the Appetite of the Leviathan. indybay.org The relationship between economy and social order has been turned upside down: economy is no longer a function of an overarching culture, but conversely, "human society has sunk to being an accessory of the economic system" (Karl Polanyi). Robert Kurz, the founder of Exit and Krisis journals, on scapegoating, moral panics and conspiracy theory culture.

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-23). Offshore wind creates opportunities but Manchin stops climate plans – we need more leases. indybay.org As offshore wind creates economic opportunities from coast to coast Sen. Manchin stops climate plans. Elected Officials to Protect America want accelerated and more leases made available.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-23). 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…

Repost (2022-07-23). AFL-CIO Pres Liz Schuler Helps The Union Busters. indybay.org AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler is helping a union busting conference by the bosses by attending and helping to give it credibility. Her collaboration with the bosses is another example of the collaboration with the union busters.

____ (2022-07-23). Medical reform in China eases financial burdens for patients. ecns.cn China's medical reform in the past ten years has significantly eased the financial burdens for patients, according to the National Health Commission.

Labor Video Projectt (2022-07-23). US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon. indybay.org Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts.

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-23). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

Steve Pleich (2022-07-23). Building a New Tech Based Economy. indybay.org The Future is Technology Based…

____ (2022-07-23). (W.E. Talk) Is the world heading for a recession. ecns.cn What's going on here in global economy? Are we in the middle of a global recession? In the latest W.E. Talk, Bala Ramasamy, Professor of Economics, Associate Dean, Director of GEMBA Programme at CEIBS and Fernando Gomez, Corporate CFO of Premo were invited to talk with Wei Xi, Director of Department of Economy of China News Service.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Western Delusion of "Isolating" Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh For months, the West has been projecting a geopolitics of "isolating" Russia, both economically via sanctions and diplomatically via creating anti-Russia counter alliances around the world. But how is this geopolitics of "isolation" working? Five months into the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the fallout of this war — in particular the…

Diana Kruzman (2022-07-22). Without Congress, what can Biden do to combat the climate crisis? peoplesworld.org The White House is scrambling to reassure Democratic voters that President Joe Biden can still take action on climate change after another blow to proposed climate legislation from Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. On Sunday, White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein told CNN that Biden would pursue his climate agenda "with or without Congress," using executive …

Editor (2022-07-22). $2 Trillion for War Versus $100 Billion to Save the Planet. mronline.org The West seems more fixated on spending social wealth on the military rather than addressing the climate catastrophe.

_____ (2022-07-22). Protest Movement Rejects Appointment Of Sri Lankan President. popularresistance.org Sri Lanka, an island-nation of 22 million people, has been the center of political and economic turmoil since the United National Party government defaulted on $51 billion in foreign debt during May. | For months the country has experienced severe shortages of fuel, food and other commodities amid an inflationary spiral. | Motorists have lined up for blocks to get fuel and cooking oil. A failed agricultural fertilizer policy has been cited as the cause behind the decline in agricultural production. | The shortages of fuel have hampered the production and marketing of agricultural products such as tea which is exp…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Russia and Africa: A Future-Bound Partnership. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov On the eve of my visits to several African countries, I would like to share my reflections on the prospects for Russia-Africa relations in the current geopolitical context with esteemed readers. Today, African states play an increasingly important role in the global politics and economy, take an active part in solving key modern-day…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). South Africa's Energy Crisis Escalates. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Kamanzi Photo via World Bank Photo Collection Behind rolling power cuts in South Africa loom deep-seated socioeconomic issues worsened by the rich countries of the world On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom's Emalahleni office…

Jason Hickel (2022-07-22). Existing climate mitigation scenarios perpetuate colonial inequalities. mronline.org The core countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the rest of Europe (collectively referred to here as the Global North) use on average about 130 gigajoules of energy per capita each year, nearly ten times more than what low-income countries use (13 ∑4 GJ/capita).

Editor (2022-07-22). Les Miserables, Living and Dying on American Streets. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Statistics lie. Some lie more than others. The ones regarding unemployment lie brazenly and have done so for years, erasing the very existence of the long-term unemployed by simply deleting them from the regular tally. Statistics about homelessness lie. But they have an excuse: the homeless are hard to keep …

_____ (2022-07-22). Growing Housing Supply Shortage Has Created A Housing Affordability Crisis. popularresistance.org Rising housing costs have made housing largely inaccessible and unaffordable to most Americans, but have acutely impacted communities of color and low- to moderate-income families over the past several decades. The median asking rent in the United States rose above $2,000 for the first time in June 2022. Given that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets the standard of affordability at 30% of household income, $2,000 per month would only be "affordable" for households earning at least $80,000 per year—well above the median U.S. household income ($67,521). | A growing housing supply…

Ben Carroll (2022-07-22). Why is everything getting so expensive? workers.org According to the U.S. Department of Labor, rising energy and food costs pushed the annual inflation rate in the U.S. to 8.6% in May, the highest rate in 40 years. The following analysis of the causes of inflation is a slightly edited version of an article published by Workers World, . . . |

Editor (2022-07-22). International Students in Ontario Are Fighting Wage Theft—And Winning. scheerpost.com By Caitlyn Clark / Labor Notes In Brampton, Ontario, a small team of young organizers has begun taking on the businesses that exploit them, one case at a time. The Naujawan Support Network, a collective of international students and migrant workers from Punjab, India, has won back more than $200,000 Canadian ($154,000 U.S.) in stolen …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). U.S. Imperialism's Supremacist Ideology Can Be Defeated by Liberation Struggle Solidarity. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The pitch that the U.S. empire makes is one of a shared conquest. Or, to put it more bluntly, a shared project to steal from other civilizations. The American imperialists have stolen an entire continent from the Natives, stolen over ten trillion dollars worth of wealth created through the labor of African slaves, and distributed…

Editor (2022-07-22). Why we need to (re)nationalize Air Canada. mronline.org It's because of decades of public investment that the company, and our national airports system, exist in the first place.

_____ (2022-07-22). International Students In Ontario Are Fighting Wage Theft. popularresistance.org In Brampton, Ontario, a small team of young organizers has begun taking on the businesses that exploit them, one case at a time. | The Naujawan Support Network, a collective of international students and migrant workers from Punjab, India, has won back more than $200,000 Canadian ($154,000 U.S.) in stolen wages in just over a year. | "We started a year ago because we observed that there was an increase in suicides among international students," said Simran Dhunna, one of the founding members of NSN. "Every week we would see GoFundMes raising funds to cover the costs of sending the corpse of a young worker back ho…

Michael Roberts (2022-07-22). Is China headed for a crash? mronline.org So, is this the moment of collapse in the Chinese model of development and the end of all that talk about 'moving towards socialism' etc? Many Western experts think so.

WSWS (2022-07-22). New Zealand workers hit by surging living costs. wsws.org As annual inflation hits 7.3 percent, New Zealand's Labour Party-led government, backed by the corporatist trade unions, is telling workers that they must accept a real wage cut.

Staff (2022-07-22). Entregan título de Doctor Honoris Causa del ISA a Carlos Alberto Cremata, director de La Colmenita. cubadebate.cu Carlos Alberto (Tin) Cremata Malberti, destacado pedagogo y director general de la Compañía de teatro infantil La Colmenita, recibió hoy el título de Doctor Honoris Causa del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). José Ernesto Nováez, rector del centro de altos estudios, hizo entrega del reconocimiento a la labor y legado del homenajeado.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-22). Parlamentarios examinan desempeño económico de Cuba. telesurtv.net Ministro de Economía ratifica la meta de crecer 4 por ciento al cierre de 2022 y recuperar paulatinamente niveles de actividades similares a 2019.

Staff (2022-07-22). Ministerio de Economía y Planificación aprueba nuevos actores económicos (+ PDF). cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Economía y Planificación (MEP) aprobó este viernes 89 nuevas solicitudes de micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas privadas (mipymes). Con esta decisión, suman 4 376 los actores económicos aprobados desde que inició el proceso en septiembre de 2021. En total, se estima que estos actores económicos generen 74 306 nuevos puestos de trabajo.

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-22). 'A Bloodbath Foretold': Outrage After Rio Police Kill 18 in Latest Favela Massacre. commondreams.org One socialist state legislator said it is "unacceptable" that Gov. Cláudio Castro continues operations that "do not solve the problem of violence and result in terror and deaths."

WSWS (2022-07-22). HarperCollins workers in New York City stage one-day strike for liveable wages. wsws.org One hundred workers and supporters picketed on a sweltering summer day to demand better pay and improved family benefits.

Press Associates (2022-07-22). Organic food giant, Amy's Kitchen, becomes the ultimate union buster. peoplesworld.org SAN JOSE, Calif. (PAI)—In what can be considered the ultimate in union-busting, Amy's Kitchen sent plant-closing letters to all 300-plus workers at its San Jose, Calif., plant on July 18, a month after Unite HERE filed labor law-breaking complaints against the organic frozen foods company for firing two pro-union workers campaigning to organize there. The …

WSWS (2022-07-22). Twitter locks Socialist Equality Party (Australia) account over video defending Dr David Berger, Julian Assange and free speech. wsws.org WSWS readers should demand that Twitter immediately overturn its censorship of the SEP account as a serious attack on democratic rights.

WSWS (2022-07-22). Poverty in Germany: Food banks count 2 million people seeking help. wsws.org Social inequality in Germany continues to rise at an alarming rate, expressed in the record numbers of people lining up at the food banks for donations.

____ (2022-07-22). RMB retains 5th spot as currency for global payments. ecns.cn The Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, has retained its position as the fifth most active currency for global payments by value in June 2022, with a share of 2.17 percent, said the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-22). Tornado deja al menos 26 heridos al este de China. telesurtv.net El tornado afectó a más de 12 comunidades y dejó un saldo de 272 damnificados, así como 3.797 viviendas arrasadas.

Staff (2022-07-22). Entregan título de Doctor Honoris Causa del ISA a Alberto Cremata, director de La Colmenita. cubadebate.cu Carlos Alberto (Tin) Cremata Malberti, destacado pedagogo y director general de la Compañía de teatro infantil La Colmenita, recibió hoy el título de Doctor Honoris Causa del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). José Ernesto Nováez, rector del centro de altos estudios, hizo entrega del reconocimiento a la labor y legado del homenajeado.

_____ (2022-07-22). HarperCollins Workers Go On Strike. popularresistance.org Yesterday, workers at the "Big Four" publisher HarperCollins went on a one-day strike, protesting the company's refusal to agree to a fair contract. The workers, who have organized with United Auto Workers Local 2110, are demanding livable wages, better family leave benefits, and stronger commitments to racial equity. Even though management threatened to dock the pay of striking workers, and even though temperatures approached 100 degrees, the energy of the moving picket outside the company's headquarters at 195 Broadway was vibrant, militant, and joyful. Of the 250 or so unionized workers —across the compa…

____ (2022-07-22). 3 years on, STAR Market savors trendsetter record. ecns.cn The tech-heavy STAR Market on the Shanghai bourse, which celebrates its three-year anniversary on Friday, has grown into a testing ground for systematic breakthroughs in the capital market and a key driver to serve the country's development in the real economy.

Tony Norman (2022-07-22). Capitalism's 'Practicality' While We Bake to Death. commondreams.org During one of the hottest summers ever, we're weirdly blasé.

WSWS (2022-07-22). US unemployment claims and job cuts mount as interest rate hikes begin to hit economy. wsws.org US initial claims for unemployment insurance rose for the third week in a row, while Ford announced 8,000 salaried job cuts as the impact of recent interest rate increases starts to be felt.

_____ (2022-07-21). Ghana's Unions And Left Reject Bailout Talks With The IMF. popularresistance.org The government of Ghana has initiated talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a potential bailout program. A delegation of the IMF concluded a week-long visit to Accra on July 13 and met with officials including Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The proposal has been severely criticized by the Ghanaian left, especially the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG), and trade unions. | In a statement released after the visit, IMF Mission Chief Carlo Sdralevich stated, "The IMF team held initial discussions on a comprehensive reform package to restore macroeconomic stabil…

_____ (2022-07-21). Gramsci In The Midst Of Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement. popularresistance.org Despite the persistent hegemony of capitalism and its ruling neoliberal ideology, various forms of resistance, social struggle, and proposals for an emancipated future continue to emerge. This is taking place in the face of economic, political, social, and environmental crises as well as a continuing lack of vision of how to overcome the health crisis. Our intellectuals must put their hearts and souls precisely into this orientation toward the future, one based on the possibility of change and hope for human emancipation, as we argued in Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research dossier no. 13, The New Intell…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe There has been a deteriorating situation within various African states related to the impact of drought and the consequent lack of food for hundreds of millions of people. These events on the continent cannot be analyzed separately from the broader international economic and security crises which have impacted the ability of the existing…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). Building Power with Food Sovereignty. libya360.wordpress.com jesse chase Food sovereignty activists protest outside a secret elite corporate seed conference convened by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Organised by Global Justice Now. Let's talk about food sovereignty, Africa, the economic impoverishment of the diaspora and Indigenous people at large. How does…

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Socialist Alliance (2022-07-22). Reject war drive on China: For a foreign policy based on justice, human rights and climate action. greenleft.org.au The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's new Strategic Concept, which Australia has signed up to, risks provoking another major war in the Asia-Pacific and should be opposed, says Socialist Alliance.

Global Research News (2022-07-22). Selected Articles: "Climate Change", Food Shortages: Coordinated Destruction of Humanity by the World Economic Forum and Its "Elite Cult" globalresearch.ca By The heat plus the fires is not only d…

Robert Kurz (2022-07-22). Hysterical Populism and the Appetite of the Leviathan. indybay.org The relationship between economy and social order has been turned upside down: economy is no longer a function of an overarching culture, but conversely, "human society has sunk to being an accessory of the economic system" (Karl Polanyi). Robert Kurz, the founder of Exit and Krisis journals, on scapegoating, moral panics and conspiracy theory culture.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-22). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.

Freedom Socialist party (2022-07-22). Saturday 7/30: Nicaragua: The Revolution Betrayed. indybay.org On Zoom. Please register in advance: tiny url.com/FSJuly30…

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-22). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area (2022-07-22). Wednesday 7/20: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Regaining Labor's Mojo. indybay.org Zoom (Register: bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-22). 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…

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-22). Offshore wind creates opportunities but Manchin stops climate plans – we need more leases. indybay.org As offshore wind creates economic opportunities from coast to coast Sen. Manchin stops climate plans. Elected Officials to Protect America want accelerated and more leases made available.

Schools & Labor Against Privatization (2022-07-22). Connecting Dots: Privatization of Community Colleges & Public Services With Non-profits. indybay.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization SLAP had a day long educational conference on the privatization of education, the Port of Oakland and public services with non-profits. | This was part 2 of the meeting.

Labor Video Projectt (2022-07-22). US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon. indybay.org Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts.

Repost (2022-07-22). AFL-CIO Pres Liz Schuler Helps The Union Busters. indybay.org AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler is helping a union busting conference by the bosses by attending and helping to give it credibility. Her collaboration with the bosses is another example of the collaboration with the union busters.

Steve Pleich (2022-07-22). Building a New Tech Based Economy. indybay.org The Future is Technology Based…

_____ (2022-07-21). Western Delusion of "Isolating" Russia. journal-neo.org For months, the West has been projecting a geopolitics of "isolating" Russia, both economically via sanctions and diplomatically via creating anti-Russia counter alliances around the world. But how is this geopolitics of "isolation" working? Five months into the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the fallout of this war — in particular the fallout of Western …

Victoria Torres (2022-07-21). Mercosur Summit Spurns Zelensky's US-Sponsored Address. orinocotribune.com At a press conference, Paraguayan Deputy Foreign Minister Raúl Cano reported that the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) will not host a virtual talk with the president of Ukraine, Vlodymyr Zelensky, due to lack of consensus among its members. | The Ukrainian president had expressed his interest in sending a message to the member countries of the South American economic union, but this request was rejected. The decision must have the approval of the assembly of the regional bloc of South American countries. | "Mercosur takes its decisions by consensus, and there was no consensus to be able to have that talk," said…

Editor (2022-07-21). Patrick Lawrence: Smoke and Mirrors. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost | Under Every Bed | It has been quite a week for the regime in Kiev. On Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suspended the head of his domestic intelligence service, Ivan Bakanov, and the Justice Ministry's chief prosecutor, Iryna Venediktova. The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's legislature, ratified these suspensions Monday. These two officials are now fired. They both failed, it seems, to root out what the regime is calling treasonous collaborations with Russians. | This is an important development, a push-to-shove moment warranting a careful read. Oh, stop, y…

_____ (2022-07-21). 'Cop-Free AFSCME' Still Fighting To Boot Cops From Their Union. popularresistance.org Last week, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the nation's largest union of public sector workers, kicked off its 45th annual convention in Philadelphia. By most accounts, it was a largely tame affair, padded with presentations on the union's history and peppered with appearances from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. The bulk of the agenda was focused on the business of discussing and voting upon a series of resolutions on a variety of issues, and that's where things got spicy. | The convention br…

Staff (2022-07-21). La Tortuga Island to Become Caribbean Tourism Center. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's vice minister for productive economy, Héctor Silva, announced that 10 upscale resort hotels will be built on La Tortuga Island using renewable and wind energy. The project was evaluated for 10 months by the Office of the Presidency of Venezuela and the ministries for science and technology, tourism, ecosocialism, and transportation. | "This project was developed taking into account the environment, respecting the rules and regulations through the framework of the ministry of ecosocialism," Silva said. The project will be carried out "on the edge of the island … respecting the fauna and flora o…

Editor (2022-07-21). The Tories fiddle while the planet burns, but protest is growing — weekly briefing. mronline.org Lindsey German on unfolding economic and environmental crises, and how we should respond.

Staff (2022-07-21). Venezuela Enacts Special Economic Zones Law. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, July 20, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, enacted the Organic Law of Special Economic Zones (LOZEE), a legal tool approved by the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) to promote productive development in defined areas providing special incentives for economic development. | "The Organic Law of the Special Economic Zones has undergone an intense debate within the National Assembly with proposals, modifications, additions for final approval, and which has been the subject of a large national consultation," he said from the International Center for Productive Investment (CIIP), located in Car…

Fight Back (2022-07-21). Number of people collecting unemployment benefits jumps by 51,000. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Thursday, July 21, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the number of people collecting unemployment insurance benefits, increased by 51,000 for the week ending July 16. This brought the total number to 1,384,000, the highest since November 2021. New claims for unemployment insurance increased to 251,000, also the highest since November. The increase was only 7000 over the week before, but most economists had expected the number of new claims to fall. | The uptick in new claims reflects a rising trend in layoffs, while the rise in continuing claims shows that hiring has slowed, both showin…

_____ (2022-07-21). Artists Respond To Climate Crisis With World Weather Network. popularresistance.org A library at the top of one of London's oldest skyscrapers; the rainforest, mountains and coastline of Peru; a Canadian island in the Labrador Current. | All of these are weather stations, but they won't necessarily be reporting temperature changes or barometric pressure. Instead, they are among the 28 international locations from which writers and artists will work to make sense of the climate crisis as part of a first-of-its kind collaboration called the World Weather Network. | "We want to see what happens when artists and writers start to use their imagination and lateral kind of abilities to think through so…

_____ (2022-07-21). Celebrating Revolution In Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Holidays in the United States celebrate awful events such as the settler colonists declaring independence from Britain so that they might take indigenous lands and protect slavery. There is also Thanksgiving, the commemoration of genocide turned into a day when Americans should think grateful thoughts before spending more than they can afford in order to celebrate Christmas. Christmas is ostensibly a religious holiday but is rarely treated as such. Labor Day was created to prevent acknowledgement of May 1, May Day, which commemorates just one example of U.S. state repression which took place in Chicago in 1886.

Editor2 (2022-07-21). Exclusive: Inside Labor's Assange Game Plan. orinocotribune.com By Kellie Tranter &#1 ; Jul 16, 2022 | New revelations on the Labor Government's secret planning to act on the Assange case without offending the Americans | "Quiet diplomacy", a "soft approach", a "loud approach" and "avoiding megaphone diplomacy" have all been

Editor2 (2022-07-21). Inside Australian Labor's Assange Game Plan. orinocotribune.com By Kellie Tranter &#1 ; Jul 16, 2022 | New revelations on the Australian Labor government's secret planning to act on the Assange case without offending the Americans. | "Quiet diplomacy", a "soft approach", a "loud approach" and "avoiding megaphone diplomacy" have all been

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-07-21). Congressman Jim Clyburn Wants Compensation For Black World War II Veterans Who Were Left Out Of G.I. Benefits. moguldom.com House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn is fighting for compensation for the living spouses and descendants of Black World War II veterans that were denied use of the G.I. Bill due to racism and discrimination. The longtime South Carolina lawmaker collaborated with Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton to introduce the Sgt. Isaac Woodard Jr. and Sgt. Joseph …

John Bellamy Foster (2022-07-21). Be moderate…we only want THE EARTH! mronline.org We have to recognize that there is a pathway forward for humanity, but that the capitalist world system, and today's governments that are largely subservient to corporations and the wealthy, are blocking that pathway, simply because it requires revolutionary-scale socioecological change.

Fight Back (2022-07-21). New Yorkers join the protests against Luma Energy. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – A few dozen New Yorkers gathered in front of 1251 Avenue of the Americas on July 20 to protest Luma Energy and its lawyers, DLA Piper. | The action was called by New York Boricua Resistance in solidarity with the people of Puerto Rico who were holding protests across the island. | Luma Energy was a private company that was put in place as a response to the failing infrastructure after Hurricane Maria. However, since 2017, Luma has left more Puerto Ricans without access to water and electricity while also raising prices up $700 from one month to the next. Currently, there are a reported 22,000 house…

Editor (2022-07-21). Medical Debt Is a Rip-Off. scheerpost.com Rastrojo (D‚Ä¢ES), CC BY-SA 4.0 By Jim Hightower / Many big business CEOs turn out to be grifters who rip off consumers, workers, and others. But the corporate con artists I consider most vile are those who profiteer from people's health care needs. | We've had such infamous, high-profile scammers as Medicare fraudster (and now Florida S…

Ann Brown (2022-07-21). Apple Is Getting Into Subprime Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Game: 5 Things For Black America to Know. moguldom.com Some 43 percent of Americans have used a buy now, pay later (BNPL) service this year, according to Lending Tree. That's an increase from 31 percent in 2021. Now Apple is looking to capitalize on the market's growth. BNPL is a retail payment option that allows consumers to split a purchase into smaller installments; most …

Fight Back (2022-07-21). Philippines: U.S. puts revolutionaries on list of "foreign terrorist organizations" fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | Condemn U.S. intervention over re-inclusion of CPP and NPA in US-FTO | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the U.S. government for political and military intervention in the country's national affairs over the recent re-inclusion of the CPP and the New People's Army (NPA) in the list of so-called "foreign terrorist organizations" maintained by the U.S. State Department. | The re-inclusion of the CPP and NPA, as well as other Moro and domestic Islamic groups, was made in a July 6 r…

Staff (2022-07-21). Tenemos que seguir echando la pelea, convencidos de que vamos a vencer. cubadebate.cu Sostienen nuevo encuentro con gobernadoras y gobernadores, el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, y el miembro del Buró Político y Primer Ministro, Manuel Marrero Cruz. El premier cubano destacó la labor de las compañeras y compañeros al frente de los gobiernos de los territorios.

WSWS (2022-07-21). Thousands of Quebec workers join strikes and protests against big business assault on wages, working conditions. wsws.org Irrespective of their nationality, the language they speak or the colour of their skin, workers everywhere face the same fundamental problems: the intensifying COVID-19 pandemic, rampant inflation, deteriorating working conditions, glaring social inequality, and the commitment of vast resources to war.

____ (2022-07-21). China's small, medium-sized banks operating stably: regulator. ecns.cn The overall operations of China's small and medium-sized banks are stable and their risks are generally controllable, an official said Thursday.

WSWS (2022-07-21). For a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses in Sri Lanka! wsws.org The working class must establish its own centre of political power in opposition to the anti-democratic conspiracies of the political establishment and the capitalist state. That is the significance of the SEP's call for the Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural masses.

Mark Weisbrot (2022-07-21). The Treasury Department Could Prevent Widespread Global Starvation With No Cost to US Taxpayers. commondreams.org As hunger threatens millions, the Biden administration should give its OK for the IMF to distribute financial backing to the world's poorest countries.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-21). Inflation? More like CEO 'greedflation' according to AFL-CIO Paywatch report. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Corporate CEOs' "greedflation" in pay and perks, especially bonuses and stock options, highlights the latest AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch study, says federation Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond. And—no great surprise—the new CEO of Amazon, Andy Jassy, leads the way, at least in the ratio of his compensation to workers' pay. Jassy, successor to Amazon founder and still controlling …

Staff (2022-07-21). En La Sierpe se cumple con Fidel. cubadebate.cu La construcción civil de la Planta Procesadora Integral de Polvo de Moringa, enclavada en el municipio espirituano de La Sierpe, debe concluir a finales de julio, informó a Cubadebate Yamilé Gómez Mesa, directora de la Unidad Empresarial de Base Comercializadora de Productos Agropecuarios, perteneciente a la Empresa Agroindustrial de Granos (EAIG) Sur del Jíbaro.

____ (2022-07-21). Premier rules out large-scale stimulus. ecns.cn Premier Li Keqiang has ruled out the option of resorting to large-scale stimulus or excessive liquidity in pursuing an overly high target for economic growth this year, saying that China's macroeconomic policy will be targeted, forceful and appropriate.

WSWS (2022-07-21). On eve of union convention, court-appointed monitor exposes further criminality by UAW bureaucrats. wsws.org The independent monitor's report detailed blatant violations of the consent decree signed the UAW, raising question of whether President Ray Curry and other top executives should be eligible to run for reelection at next week's convention in Detroit.

Staff (2022-07-21). Laboratorio Farmacéutico Oriente diversifica la producción de antibióticos. cubadebate.cu En respuesta al déficit de medicamentos en el país, el Laboratorio Farmacéutico Oriente (LBF) diversifica la producción de ciprofloxacino, metronidazol y ringer lactato en bolsas de suero. El director general de la institución aseguró contar con personal capacitado y maquinarias necesarias para proveer a hospitales locales y del resto de la isla si lo precisaran.

WSWS (2022-07-21). US Homeland Security purchased "staggering" volumes of location data to illegally track citizens and immigrants. wsws.org Documents from 2020 published by the ACLU on Monday show that the US Department of Homeland Security, during both the Trump and Biden administrations, has been purchasing large volumes of personal location data, in violation of the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures.

____ (2022-07-21). Beijing's sub-center to complete three main landmarks in 2022. ecns.cn Three landmarks including a theater, a library, and a museum in Beijing's sub-center are to be completed by the end of 2022, said the Beijing Investment Group on Tuesday.

Nitza Soledad Perez (2022-07-21). Renters in Miami struggle with surging housing prices. america.cgtn.com Americans continue to be on edge about inflation. They are paying more for gas, goods, utilities, and housing.

WSWS (2022-07-21). Subcontractors at South Korean shipbuilder on strike after years of wage cuts. wsws.org The ongoing industrial action by subcontract workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering on Geoje Island is being isolated by the trade unions.

WSWS (2022-07-21). Australia's COVID hospitalisations at record levels as Labor government rejects safety measures. wsws.org With hospitalisations and deaths at their worst levels yet, all of Australia's governments are rejecting minimal measures to stop the spread, including mask mandates.

____ (2022-07-21). U.S. is No.1 country on human trafficking: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China urges the US to eliminate human trafficking, forced labor and other human rights violations that widely exist in the US if it does care about human rights, and make sure that the US itself is bound by the "highest standards" instead of smearing and denigrating other countries.

PAI (2022-07-21). House defeats Republican attempt to cut construction workers' wages. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—By a bipartisan 165-264 vote, the Democratic-run U.S. House defeated the latest Republican perennial try to cut construction workers' wages by repealing the Davis-Bacon Act. All 223 voting Democrats opposed the Republican move and supported workers, as did 41 Republicans who defected from the party line. The other 165 Republicans voted to kill Davis-Bacon. …

____ (2022-07-21). Bank of Japan keeps ultra-loose policy, downgrades economic growth foreacst. ecns.cn The Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided on Thursday to maintain its ultra-easy monetary policy despite rising inflation and the yen's recent weakness, while downgrading the Asian country's economic growth forecast.

WSWS (2022-07-21). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Unions sell out pilots' strike at Scandinavian airline SAS, agreeing to a 25 percent pay cut and extending working week to up to 60 hours; UK rail dispute continues as 115,000 Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly to strike; Lebanese Information Ministry workers join strikers in public sector, telecoms workers and University staff as cost of living rises out of control; pay strike by 12,400 tax and customs duty collection workers disrupts South African economy…

Mike Walter (2022-07-21). The Heat: Sri Lanka's new president & COVID-19. america.cgtn.com The Sri Lankan parliament votes for a new president to tackle the country's economic crisis. And, as countries lift restrictions and face COVID fatigue, the World Health Organization warns the pandemic is far from over.

Editor (2022-07-21). HarperCollins Workers Go On Strike. scheerpost.com Photo by Luigi Morris | By Emily Janakiram / Yesterday, workers at the "Big Four" publisher HarperCollins went on a one-day strike, protesting the company's refusal to agree to a fair contract. The workers, who have organized with United Auto Workers Local 2110, are demanding liveable wages, better family leave benefits, and stronger commitme…

TeleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-07-21). Promulgan Ley de Zonas Económicas Especiales en Venezuela. telesurtv.net Esta ley representa un "impulso nuevo y especial al proceso de desarrollo de la nueva economía venezolana", señaló el presidente de Venezuela.

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-21). US Regulators Urged to Block Amazon's 'Terrifying' Purchase of One Medical. commondreams.org One antitrust campaigner said the government should swiftly "establish a basic set of rules to protect every corner of America's health industry from the power of the manipulation platforms."

_____ (2022-07-20). China, CELAC To Deepen Cooperation On Poverty Reduction. popularresistance.org China and Latin American and Caribbean countries have agreed on deeper cooperation in poverty reduction, with joint efforts in areas such as post-pandemic economic recovery, infrastructure construction and digital technology, officials and experts said at the second Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)-China Forum on Poverty Reduction and Development, held virtually on Wednesday. | At the forum, officials and experts from CELAC also praised China's efforts to eradicate absolute poverty, especially through rural-urban integration and digital technology support, which are seen as valuable for La…

Otis Grotewohl (2022-07-20). Young workers show the way forward as economic crisis deepens. workers.org A global economic crisis is emerging, and for readers of Workers World, this comes as little to no surprise. As Marxists and dialectical materialists, we are cautious about making predictions. It is no secret that corporations are bragging about record profits at the same time working people are struggling to . . . |

Derrick Crowe (2022-07-20). People's Action: We are in a climate emergency, and Biden must act. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement from Lead Climate Justice Organizer Ben Ishibashi after President Biden failed to declare a national climate emergency today: "We welcome Biden's executive actions to boost wind energy production and help low-income families keep cool, but this week's apocalyptic heat waves make it clear that these steps are overdue …

_____ (2022-07-20). New Resource: The Tenant Power Toolkit. popularresistance.org The Tenant Power Toolkit is a collaborative effort between the The Debt Collective, The LA Tenants Union, The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality & Democracy, ACCE Action, anti-eviction lawyers and legal service providers including Gary Blasi, one of California's best known housing justice lawyers. We designed this toolkit to keep people in their homes, fight evictions, fight rent debt, and build the collective power of tenants. Together, we have the power not only to fight back against the system, but to change it. | Within the Tenant Power Toolkit project there is a core supp…

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-20). Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority to West, Not to China. towardfreedom.org Sri Lanka owes 81 percent of its external debt to U.S. and European financial institutions and to Western allies, Japan and India. China owns just 10 percent. But Washington blames imaginary "Chinese debt traps" for the nation's crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program, reports Benjamin Norton.

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Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-21). The 2020-22 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.

Drago Bosnic (2022-07-20). Geopolitics, Global Economy and Multipolarity: BRICS+ Provides Alternatives "Which Nullify Sanctions" globalresearch.ca

Bobbie Anne Flower Cox (2022-07-20). Video: Illegal "Isolation and Quarantine Camp" Regulation In New York State. Reiner Fuellmich Interviews Attorney Bobbie Anne Flower Cox. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …

Richard Norton-Taylor (2022-07-20). History: 'A Possible Coup' Against the Labour Government? globalresearch.ca

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WSWS (2022-07-20). Sri Lanka's parliament to elect president Wednesday with vast authoritarian powers in fraudulent anti-democratic exercise. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) has denounced Wednesday's vote as "a fraud and a conspiracy against the working class, youth and rural poor."

WSWS (2022-07-20). National Education Association's annual convention ignores plight of US teachers fighting COVID and austerity. wsws.org This year's gathering further exposed the chasm between the NEA officials and rank-and-file educators who are battling COVID-19, stagnant wages and further cuts to school funding.

TeleSUR -ysm-JL (2022-07-20). Francia y Emiratos àÅrabes Unidos acuerdan colaboración energética. telesurtv.net Ambos gobiernos se proponen impulsar proyectos comunes en el área de la industrialización y la inversión en diversos sectores energéticos.

WSWS (2022-07-20). Chinese officials raise "military" response to planned visit by US House speaker. wsws.org In yet another move by the United States to end the one-China policy that has governed its relations with China for decades, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel to Taiwan next month, the Financial Times reported.

WSWS (2022-07-20). Australian Treasurer delivers "confronting" news on cutting real wages and social spending. wsws.org Jim Chalmers' remarks represent an intensification of the Labor government's offensive, backed by the trade unions, to force working-class households to bear the burden of an escalating cost of living and COVID-19 crisis.

WSWS (2022-07-20). Deaths mount, wildfires spread as heat wave shatters records across Europe. wsws.org Madrid street cleaner José Antonio González's tragic death highlights European governments' inaction and indifference to the plight of workers laboring in the heat.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-19). Europe Facing Major Economic Crisis from Sanctions Campaign Against Russia. news.antiwar.com The US-led sanctions campaign against Russia has done nothing to stop the war in Ukraine or hurt Vladimir Putin, but the toll continues to mount on Western economies and there are The euro has reached a 20-year low against the dollar, inflation is at a record-high 8.6%, and economists are predicting a recession if the EU is cut off from Russian gas. Russia has already stopped supplying some EU members for their refusal to pay in rubles…

The Socialist Program (2022-07-19). Biden's Colossal Failure in the Middle East: How the U.S. Position Is Weakening in Global Politics. liberationnews.org Biden just landed from a multi-day tour in the Middle East where he spectacularly failed at his goals, including bringing more Arab countries into an alliance with Israel and bringing the price of oil down.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-19). Science Saturday: Leveraging technology to transform Anatomic Pathology. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In January, as part of Mayo Clinic's Digital Pathology Program, the Division of Anatomic Pathology in Mayo's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in Rochester, Minnesota, transitioned a significant portion of its clinical practice, including both surgical and biopsy cases, into digital workflows. The transition means all surgical — or frozen section — biopsy slides will be scanned into digital images prior to a pathologist's review. Historically, patient tissue has been evaluated by generating glass slides, applying stains, and evaluating…

Reynard Loki (2022-07-19). 8 Billion Humans? Population Is a Difficult Conversation, but We Need to Start Getting Real. independentmediainstitute.org It's time to rethink our broken and unfair family planning systems. By Carter Dillard, Independent Media Institute 10 min read July 11 was World Population Day, an observance established by the United Nations aiming to highlight population issues, particularly how the human population relates to the environment. The UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs …

Fight Back (2022-07-19). A Marxist view of the Asian American National Questions. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – Over the last two years, hundreds of thousands of Asian Americans and their supporters have taken to the streets to protest the wave of violence against Asian Americans. From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a Burmese family was assaulted in Texas; to the Atlanta Spa killing in April 2021, where six of the eight people killed were Asian American women, this wave of violence against Asian Americans inspired protests across the country, even including middle-school students. | These protests were the largest ever to draw together Asian Americans of different nationalities. This was in pa…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-19). Morocco's Democratic Way blocked from holding national conference, supporters attacked by police. peoplesdispatch.org Morocco's Ministry of Interior has been delaying granting permission for the conference of the marxist Democratic Way (Al-Nahj Al-Democratic) party for several months now…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-07-19). PSL Editorial — Deadly heat wave sweeping Europe highlights criminal inaction on climate crisis. liberationnews.org The unfolding disaster in Europe has rightfully drawn global attention to the woefully inadequate action taken by the governments of the wealthy capitalist countries to address the climate change crisis.

Staff (2022-07-19). Diosdado Cabello: Washington Sends Mercenaries to Attack Venezuela's Pipelines. orinocotribune.com On Monday, July 18, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, denounced the US government for sending mercenaries to Venezuela "to attack oil facilities." | During a press conference given by the ruling party, Cabello spoke about the attack perpetrated this Sunday on a pipeline in eastern Venezuela. | "The attacks against the electrical system and against the oil system come from the United States through mercenaries," said Cabello. "All attacks on the electrical system are transversal. In the end, they affect the water as well, but they look for places to do da…

Project Censored (2022-07-19). The Case Against NewsGuard. projectcensored.org NewsGuard browser extension. The extension, branded as the "Internet Trust Tool," distracts education and interests of organized labor. At best, NewsGuard is a questionable tool for and faculty. Continue reading this article

Isabella (2022-07-19). Gilded Giving 2022: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy. inequality.org

Nafeez Ahmed (2022-07-19). Global banks privately prepare for 'dangerous levels' of imminent civil unrest in Western homelands. canadiandimension.com Photo by Roscoe Myrick/ Global banks and investment firms are bracing themselves for an "unprecedented" upsurge in civil unrest in the US, UK and Europe as energy and food price spikes are set to drive costs of living to astronomical levels, Byline Times can exclusively reveal. | The information comes from the head of a 'financial institutions group'—which provides expertise and advisory services to other banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions—at one of the largest investment firms in the US.

Yanis Iqbal (2022-07-19). Six Theses on Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal &#1 ; Jul 16, 2022 | 1.- During the Middle Ages and early modern period, the West occupied a marginal position in the world-system. In the Middle East, China, Japan and India, productive forces were equally or more developed. The emergence of capitalism in Europe was driven by intensifying class antagonisms between the feudal ruling classes and peasants and artisans, which resulted in the victory of the latter. Similar conflicts in China, Japan, India and the Middle East could not create a bourgeois rupture due to the entrenched power of landed elites and state bureaucracies, which discouraged merc…

WSWS (2022-07-19). Workers speak on Johnson government crisis and the SEP's call for a general election. wsws.org Christopher from Belfast said, "Most people I know think Labour aren't much better so what's the point of voting for them." He added, "I would tell them to support the Socialist Equality Party."

Jamanetwork (2022-07-19). Remote Patient Monitoring During COVID-19—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In our recent Viewpoint, we suggested that health systems should consider implementing continuous pulse oximetry as part of a harm reduction strategy. In his letter, Dr Kenik equates the absence of evidence with evidence of no effect. The retrospective study that we referenced was limited to patients receiving sedatives or analgesics. This does not imply that other patients would not benefit; other patients were not studied. The health system in that study expanded continuous monitoring to all patients, demonstrating significant benefit, with 0 deaths occurring from drug-induced respiratory depression in…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-19). Mayo Clinic Laboratories launches monkeypox test to increase access, availability. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Laboratories can now test for monkeypox, a rare viral infection, using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) orthopoxvirus test kit. This announcement comes shortly after the Department of Health and Human Services' news release naming Mayo Clinic Laboratories as a crucial resource to address monkeypox testing access in communities throughout the country. "Our teams have worked collaboratively with the CDC to validate this test to provide patients with accurate…

WSWS (2022-07-19). Europe's "apocalypse of heat" highlights capitalism's climate crisis. wsws.org Thousands are dying, vast swaths of land are burning, and harvests are being destroyed as global warming makes heat waves and droughts ever more frequent and severe.

____ (2022-07-18). Central SOEs seen coasting on fine H1. ecns.cn Having registered stable growth in both revenue and profit in the first half of the year, China's central State-owned enterprises are expected to do an encore in the second half, experts and business leaders said on Monday.

____ (2022-07-18). Graduates encouraged to look at jobs at grassroots. ecns.cn According to figures by the National Bureau of Statistics released on Friday, the surveyed unemployment rate of young people aged 16 to 24 was 19.3 percent in June. By comparison, the same figure for June 2019, before the pandemic hit, was 11.9 percent.

____ (2022-07-18). Premier Li to attend WEF Special Virtual Dialogue with Global Business Leaders. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend the World Economic Forum Special Virtual Dialogue with Global Business Leaders, deliver remarks and hold dialogue and exchanges with participating global business leaders on July 19, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced Monday.

____ (2022-07-18). Better measures urged to spur growth. ecns.cn China's macroeconomic policies should strengthen both countercyclical and cross-cyclical adjustments to promote steady recovery of growth this year, according to economists.

____ (2022-07-19). Urumqi a key hub on Belt and Road. ecns.cn The fast growth of the Urumqi International Land Port Area in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will further enrich the Belt and Road Initiative and fuel the region's opening-up, business executives and government officials said.

WSWS (2022-07-19). CFPE members interviewed over Australian Education Union's wage-cutting industrial agreement. wsws.org EducationHQ and 3CR Radio recently spoke with members of the Committee for Public Education, Sue Phillips and Patrick O'Connor, who spoke about the AEU's sell-out deal and its disastrous implications for teachers.

____ (2022-07-18). Xiaomi assessing reasons for 3.2m euro fine in Italy. ecns.cn Xiaomi Corp said it was assessing the reasons behind a 3.2 million euro fine ($3.2 million) by an Italian regulator, as it has always adhered to legal and compliance operations, abiding by local relevant laws and regulations.

Staff (2022-07-19). Cuadrando la Caja: Evasión fiscal, causas y consecuencias (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El 17 de julio conversamos sobre la evasión fiscal en Cuba. | øCuáles son las principales causas de la evasión fiscal en nuestro país? øA quiénes afecta? øQué acciones podemos realizar desde el socialismo para evitar este delito?

____ (2022-07-18). Number of legal disputes rises. ecns.cn The number of civil disputes related to bride prices surged from dozens in 2009 to tens of thousands at the peak in 2016, before leveling off in the thousands, according to China Judgments Online…

Steve Pleich (2022-07-19). Building a New Tech Based Economy. indybay.org The Future is Technology Based…

Labor Video Project (2022-07-19). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.

Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area (2022-07-19). Wednesday 7/20: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Regaining Labor's Mojo. indybay.org Zoom (Register: bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…

Schools & Labor Against Privatization (2022-07-19). Connecting Dots: Privatization of Community Colleges & Public Services With Non-profits. indybay.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization SLAP had a day long educational conference on the privatization of education, the Port of Oakland and public services with non-profits. | This was part 2 of the meeting.

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-19). Congress urged to boost appropriations for Biden's Defense Production Act orders. indybay.org In June Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to manufacture panels, insulation and heat pumps. Biden's plan encourages high labor standards tied to increased manufacturing. It also calls for boosting community-based clean energy and distributed generation. But more funding than $100 million needs to be invested to make the difference we need to become energy independent from fossil fuels.

____ (2022-07-19). Giant sand paintings in the Yellow River bed. ecns.cn As the water level in Xiaolangdi reservoir area of the Yellow River in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province dropped, the riverbed was exposed after the water and sediment regulation of Xiaolangdi Water Control Project completed.

LaborFest (2022-07-19). Monday 7/25: Dockers Rebellion and Betrayal, The Lessons For Today of the Liverpool Dockers Strike. indybay.org LaborFest On Line Event with link on laborfest.net…

WSWS (2022-07-19). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Argentina's Health Professionals Association held a 72-hour strike starting July 12 over pay and working conditions while tow truck drivers and motorists staged a protest in Santiago over high fuel prices.

____ (2022-07-18). The West Is Experiencing a Contraction of Its Power, Not Necessarily Its Decline. transcend.org 15 Jul 2022 – With the same ease with which they foresee being able to reduce Russia (one of the largest nuclear power in the world) to a vassal state or bring it to ruin, they foresee neutralizing China (which is on its way to becoming the first world economy) and soon provoking a war in Taiwan, (like the one in Ukraine) to achieve that purpose. On the other hand, the history of empires shows that contraction goes hand in hand with decline, and that decline is irreversible and entails much human suffering.

_____ (2022-07-18). Political 'Lame Ducks' are Fleeing the European Union. journal-neo.org The West, in its intention to hurt Russia with sanctions, has shot itself in the foot, many media outlets have been writing for a while now. The result is high inflation, energy and food shortages, recession, and many political and social problems that Europeans don't know how to deal with. The IMF itself admits that …

____ (2022-07-18). US$2 Trillion for War versus US$100 Billion to Save the Planet. transcend.org 11 Jul 2022 – The West is more fixated on spending social wealth on the military than addressing the climate catastrophe.

_____ (2022-07-18). Does The World Economic Forum Measure Up To Nicaragua? popularresistance.org In that uncertain context, when a report like this year's World Economic Forum Report on the Global Gender Gap appears, people living in the majority world naturally look twice at its underlying principles, moral vision and assumptions. This is especially so in countries like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela or other countries around the world similarly under attack from the same Western corporate and political elites who control the World Economic Forum itself. An important feature of the WEF report is its dependence on the data and presupppositions of diverse Western institutions and organizations. But despite thi…

_____ (2022-07-18). America Is Breaking The Bargain It Made For Labor Peace. popularresistance.org The American labor movement finds itself in a "good news, bad news" situation‚Äâ—‚Äâwhich is better than the standard "bad news, bad news" situation, but just as perilous. This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that in the past nine months, petitions that workers have filed to unionize with the agency have risen by 56% over the previous year. This is a clear and tangible sign of what public opinion polls have already told us: In the aftermath of the pandemic, with a union-friendly president in the White House, workers are more enthusiastic to form un…

Princess Harmony (2022-07-18). Safe consumption sites: End the war on people who use drugs! workers.org New York City 2020. In the shadow of the COVID-19 epidemic are two others: the opioid and overdose epidemics. Since the start of epidemics, there have been thousands of deaths from overdoses, even when the people who OD don't even know they've consumed opioids. What is the difference between the . . . |

____ (2022-07-18). The Uber Files: Inside a Global Lobbying Machine. transcend.org 10 Jul 2022 – The Uber Files investigation reveals how the ride-hailing juggernaut would "embrace the chaos" as it stormed into new markets around the world, driven by assertive tactics, a phalanx of lobbyists and helped by powerful friends.

____ (2022-07-18). The Nitrogen Problem in Agriculture. transcend.org 7 Jul 2022 – Reduce the use of chemical fertilisers, make the chemical industry pay for pollution instead of criminalising farmers who were trapped by the chemical treadmill through industrial agriculture.

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____ (2022-07-19). Xiaomi assessing reasons for 3.2m euro fine in Italy. ecns.cn Xiaomi Corp said it was assessing the reasons behind a 3.2 million euro fine ($3.2 million) by an Italian regulator, as it has always adhered to legal and compliance operations, abiding by local relevant laws and regulations.

____ (2022-07-19). Better measures urged to spur growth. ecns.cn China's macroeconomic policies should strengthen both countercyclical and cross-cyclical adjustments to promote steady recovery of growth this year, according to economists.

LaborFest (2022-07-19). Monday 7/25: Dockers Rebellion and Betrayal, The Lessons For Today of the Liverpool Dockers Strike. indybay.org LaborFest On Line Event with link on laborfest.net…

Steve Pleich (2022-07-19). Building a New Tech Based Economy. indybay.org The Future is Technology Based…

Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area (2022-07-19). Wednesday 7/20: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Regaining Labor's Mojo. indybay.org Zoom (Register: bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…

Dean Baker (2022-07-18). Structuring the Economy to Give Money to the Rich Is Inflationary. cepr.net Today's inflation should show us very directly how attacking the policies that redistribute so much income upward would help the working class.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-18). The Rise of BRICS: The Economic Giant that is Taking on the West. mintpressnews.com The global fight ahead is perhaps the most consequential since World War II. While NATO will continue to fight for relevance, Russia, China, and others will invest in various economic, political and even military infrastructures, in the hope of creating a permanent and sustainable counterbalance to Western dominance.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-07-18). US Presbyterians call for end to Israeli apartheid. electronicintifada.net Church recognizes worsening oppression of Palestinians.

_____ (2022-07-18). Resistance Grows As NATO Goes Global To Protect Profits Over People. popularresistance.org The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently met in Madrid, Spain where they launched their new strategy to go global, extending what Chris Hedges calls "the most dangerous military alliance on the planet" into Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Clearing the FOG speaks with Joe Lombardo and Pippa Bartolotti of the United National Antiwar Coalition, who were in Madrid for the anti-NATO protests and counter summit, about NATO's plans and the growing global resistance to it. Pippa explains that NATO is openly siding with the fossil fuel corporations to defend their interests even as the clima…

William Hartung (2022-07-18). The House Military Spending Bill Is a Massive Giveaway to the Weapons Industry. commondreams.org Lawmakers added $37 billion beyond what the Pentagon asked for, most of it going to defense contractors.

Staff (2022-07-18). Anthony Blair: Estamos llegando al final del dominio político y económico de Occidente. cubadebate.cu El expremier de Gran Bretaña, el laborista Tony Blair, advirtió que el mundo está "llegando al final del dominio político y económico de Occidente", que se encuentra en camino hacia la multipolaridad y que que China "ya es la segunda superpotencia del mundo".

Ann Brown (2022-07-18). The State Of Black Banks In 2022: Can They Fight Off An Economic Downturn Or Crisis? moguldom.com Black banks have been struggling to stay afloat for the last few decades. There are just 42 left in the country, according to Investopedia. Between 1888 and 1934, there were 134 Black-owned banks. Since the so-called racial reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in May 2020, some of the country's largest banks committed to …

Editor (2022-07-18). Purchasing power of workers' wages take biggest tumble in 40 years. mronline.org Over the last year, real average weekly earnings fell 3.9% as inflation outpaced pay raises and average weekly hours fell by almost an hour.

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-07-18). Scandinavia and imperialism. mronline.org There are many misconceptions about Scandinavian capitalism. A very common one is the belief that since the Scandinavian countries developed vigorous capitalist economies, without ever having acquired any colonies of their own, they constitute a clear refutation of the claim that capitalist development necessarily requires imperialism.

Fight Back (2022-07-18). Collective statement: Biden in occupied Palestine and the 'Jerusalem Declaration'. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement on Biden in Palestine and the Jerusalem Declaration, signed by 80 organizations, including Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). | The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, to liberate their land from the river to the sea. This strategic partnership of violence, warmongering, repression…

Shreya Tewari (2022-07-18). New Records Detail DHS Purchase and Use of Vast Quantities of Cell Phone Location Data. aclu.org Today, the ACLU published thousands of pages of

Liberation Staff (2022-07-18). Left Unity slate wins big in California primary elections. liberationnews.org Hundreds of thousands vote for Left Unity slate, socialist candidates in California. The final results of California's June 7 primary election show Left Unity Slate and socialist candidates receiving hundreds of thousands of votes.

Hadas Thier (2022-07-18). The Federal Reserve Thinks the Answer to Inflation Is Imposing Class War. commondreams.org The conventional medicine for fighting inflation is to make workers pay. And that is what the Federal Reserve, with Joe Biden's approval, is planning to do.

WSWS (2022-07-18). Surging prices push US workers to the brink. wsws.org The rise of inflation is being used as deliberate policy by the ruling class to further impoverish workers, who are being made to pay the cost of the criminal and incompetent response by capitalist governments to the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-07-18). Documents show Australian Labor government does not oppose Assange's extradition to the US. wsws.org The Labor government documents accept Assange's extradition to the US and his prosecution in a kangaroo court, as a fait accompli.

Reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-07-18). Ecuador: Revista àëawpa. indybay.org Ecuador: Revista àëawpa | Espacio de reflexión plurinacional, intercultural y socialista…

____ (2022-07-18). Beijing issues coupons to boost catering consumption. ecns.cn Beijing began issuing coupons worth a total of 100 million yuan (14.82 million U.S. dollars) on Monday to spur catering consumption, according to the municipal commerce bureau.

WSWS (2022-07-18). Australia: Union tells Queensland teachers to vote for government deal without seeing it. wsws.org The "offer" means keeping wages well below the soaring cost of living, and putting off any possible answer to the acute staffing, workloads and funding crisis until a promised review report in 2024.

Michael Arney (2022-07-18). Working Families Party in N.Y. Assembly races: By the numbers. peoplesworld.org This is the second part of an analysis of the June 28 New York State primaries. Read part 1 here. NEW YORK—The greatest two victories for the Working Families Party in the June 28 primaries were in Assembly Districts 92 and 103 in which progressive challengers defeated incumbents. In the Hudson Valley, the Democratic Socialists …

Anita Snow, Eugene Garcia (2022-07-18). Long lines return at U.S. food banks as inflation hits high. peoplesworld.org PHOENIX (AP) — Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed their families. With gas prices soaring along with grocery costs, many people are seeking charitable food for the first time, and more are arriving on foot. Inflation in the U.S. is …

SLAP (2022-07-18). Stop Privatization Of Education, Port & Public Services: SLAP Educational Conf Intros Pt 1. indybay.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization SLAP had an educational conference on July 9, 2022 and these were the first two presentations…

_____ (2022-07-17). 'Jerusalem Declaration': Imperialism, Zionism And Settler Colonialism. popularresistance.org Below are key points identified by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in responding to the Biden-Lapid Declaration ("The U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration") issued on Thursday, 14 July 2022. While the declaration largely holds nothing new, it once again reveals the joint commitment to imperialism and Zionism that is responsible for the past 75 years of colonization in Palestine. | Imperialism here means more arms, more support and more money for Israel. It means Phantom jets, atomic bomb secrets, and the building of an economy capable of facing the permanent blockade and state of w…

Dean Baker (2022-07-17). The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Falling Gas Price Edition. cepr.net While it may turn out to be the case that the sanctions are more effective in the future than they have been to date, the futures markets apparently do not expect this outcome.

Dean Baker (2022-07-17). The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Multiple Job Holders Edition. cepr.net From the data, it looks like people are more likely to work two full-time jobs when they can get two full-time jobs, when the economy is strong. In effect, the Washington Post highlighted a sign of economic strength as evidence of a bad economy.

Fight Back (2022-07-17). Red Theory: The historic emergence of capitalism. fightbacknews.org Despite what bourgeois economists, the priests of property and profit, would have us believe, capitalism isn't the eternal way of things. It had a beginning, and it will have an end. As we begin our discussion of political economy, let's draw upon historical materialism to examine how capitalism arose. | Capitalism didn't arise out of nowhere, and it wasn't born from the minds of Adam Smith or David Ricardo. It emerged historically and materially from the womb of feudalism, and like any mode of production is limited and conditioned by what came before it. There are several phases in its history, from agrarian to…

_____ (2022-07-17). Two Weeks Of National Strike In Panama. popularresistance.org The protests began on July 1 after the government showed no interest in addressing the issue or meeting with activists for negotiations to solve the crisis. | The last two weeks were marked by massive mobilizations against the high cost of living and an escalating economic crisis in Panama. Movements with the People United for Life Alliance have presented a list of 32 demands to the government to address the crisis but the government has refused to take serious action. The protests have seen broad participation from people across Panamanian society such as workers, fisherfolk, Indigenous communities, students, ed…

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