____ (2022-05-24). Oxfam report: As millions face starvation food giants' profits soar. wsws.org Billionaires in the food and agribusiness sector have seen their collective wealth increase by $382 billion or 45 percent over the past two years.

____ (2022-05-24). US/NATO-provoked war in Ukraine creates food crisis in Africa. wsws.org The United Nations has warned that the war risks tipping 1.7 billion people, one-fifth of the world's population, into poverty, destitution and hunger—a horrifying scenario the imperialist powers are utilising to step up their warmongering in the Black Sea.

Matt Sedlar (2022-05-24). Spotlight on Working-Class Asian American and Pacific Islander Women in the Workforce. cepr.net Every May the US commemorates and recognizes the role of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in modern society. But this year, the pandemic-fueled surge in anti-Asian violence creates a critical moment to rethink issues like occupational segregation and employment discrimination. | Asians and Pacific Islanders are one of the fastest-growing ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Yet, the role that low-income, less-educated AAPI women play in the US workforce receives relatively little attention. This article puts a spotlight on this vulnerable group and their workplace status as the economy recov…

____ (2022-05-24). Australia's still-minority Labor government rushes to commit to war and austerity. wsws.org Labor's interim ministry is moving with extraordinary haste to implement the anti-working-class agenda demanded of it by Washington and the corporate elite.

____ (2022-05-24). Sri Lanka defaults on foreign debts, prepares to implement IMF austerity. wsws.org Significantly, not a single trade union has publicly opposed the planned IMF austerity program and its far reaching attacks on the living conditions of workers and the poor.