Daily Archives: May 3, 2022

2022-05-03: News Headlines

Olivia Rosane (2022-05-03). 'No Mow May' movement seeks to provide food for hungry bees. nationofchange.org "I think there's an opportunity here to do what's right for the environment."

teleSUR, jaa, JCM (2022-05-02). Pdte. de Bolivia llama a la unidad a los trabajadores del mundo. telesurtv.net Desde el inicio de su Gobierno, el presidente Arce ha luchado por los derechos de los trabajadores intentando reducir índices de pobreza y desempleo.

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-05-02). Reflections on the Sri Lankan economic crisis. mronline.org The American establishment and the new cold-warriors of that country put the blame on the Sri Lankan government's developing close economic relations with China (and we shall no doubt hear much more of it in the coming days); others blame the sheer "irresponsibility" of the government which is accused of "sleeping" when Sri Lanka's external debt was building up.

____ (2022-05-02). NATO prepares to repress mass protests at June 2022 war summit in Madrid. wsws.org Besides plotting NATO wars against nuclear-armed Russia and China, the NATO summit in Madrid will be a show of force targeting domestic opposition to war in the working class.

____ (2022-05-02). A revealing interview with Australian Labor leader Albanese. wsws.org The interview underscored that Labor is not advancing a program to meet the needs of working people but is presenting itself as the best option for imposing the ruling class's agenda of austerity and war.

____ (2022-05-02). Stricter measures in Beijing over holiday. ecns.cn Medics take swab samples from residents for nucleic acid testing at Balizhuang subdistrict in Chaoyang district, Beijing, April 29, 2022."The city has completed two rounds of nucleic acid testing for everyone living or working in 11 districts this week, in addition to Chaoyang district, which began testing earlier."

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2022-05-02). It's past time for a $15 federal minimum wage. mronline.org President Biden's 2022 State of the Union Address included a call for a $15 federal minimum wage. According to an Economic Policy Institute study, a phased increase to a $15 federal minimum wage by 2025 would raise the earnings of 32 million workers—21% of the workforce, no small thing.

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