Vijay Prashad (2022-06-10). Land in South Africa shall be shared among those who work it: The Twenty-Third Newsletter (2022). mronline.org In March 2022, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres warned of a 'hurricane of hunger' due to the war in Ukraine. Forty-five developing countries, most of them on the African continent, he said, 'import at least a third of their wheat from Ukraine or Russia, with 18 of those import[ing] at least 50 percent'.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-10). Land in South Africa Shall Be Shared Among Those Who Work It. libya360.wordpress.com Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In March 2022, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres warned of a 'hurricane of hunger' due to the war in Ukraine. Forty-five developing countries, most of them on the African continent, he said, 'import at least a third of their wheat from Ukraine or Russia, with 18 of those import[ing] at least…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-10). Zelensky's Delay in Opening Sea Corridor Threatens the World with Hunger. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Antonopoulos Hundreds of Ukrainian mines floating in the Black Sea threaten to halt tens of millions of tons of grain from being exported. Ukrainian officials claim it would take six months to clear the mines, something which directly contradicts the long-held claim that Russia's naval blockade is preventing the export of wheat. Markiyan Dmytrasevych, an adviser…

Silke Otsch, Boris Ginner (2022-06-12). Tax evasion and avoidance and Democracy at a tipping point. indybay.org The biggest losses from tax evasion and avoidance are caused by multinational corporations, followed by wealthy individuals. Sums in the triple-digit billions of up to one trillion. Euros are evaded annually in the EU. Of the global private wealth of around 160 trillion. US dollars, between 21-32 trillion US dollars are undeclared via tax havens…

_____ (2022-06-11). Housing Rights Militants At The People's Summit. popularresistance.org The ninth Summit of the Americas is taking place in Los Angeles from June 6 to 10, organized by the US-influenced Organization of American States. | The White House, in announcing the US as the host of the Summit back in January, stated: "Working with the city of Los Angeles, Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti, and Governor of California Gavin Newsom, the United States looks forward to convening leaders and stakeholders across the hemisphere to advance our shared commitment to economic prosperity, security, human rights, and dignity." | The People's Summit is being organized concurrently in Los Angeles as a worki…

Andrew Harmer (2022-06-11). Sustainably financing the World Health Organization. peoplesdispatch.org Sustainable financing of the WHO was one of the most anticipated topics of the 75th World Health Assembly. Although progress has been made through efforts of a designated working group, worries remain that the planned increase will not be enough to meet actual needs…

Jim McMahan (2022-06-11). Museum workers hop on the union train. workers.org Seattle About 65 internal security guards in the wealthy Seattle Art Museum (SAM) just became the SAM VSO Union! VSO stands for Visitor Service Officers. The year-long organizing drive was victorious with 34-to-4 votes in the National Labor Relations Board election. The election covered workers at both the downtown Seattle . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-11). The housing struggle is a national and international struggle: Kenia Alcocer. peoplesdispatch.org Kenia Alcocer talks about important struggles she took up as an activist, the formation of the Los Angeles Tenants Union and how the struggle for housing rights is related to other working class struggles.

WSWS (2022-06-11). Sri Lankan president imposes essential public services order, banning power and health workers strikes. wsws.org The EPSA gazette is a warning that the Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe government will unleash all manner of repressive measures against the working class.

Poor People's Campaign (2022-06-11). Friday 6/17: National Memorial Service for Lives Lost to COVID, Gun Violence, War and Poverty w/ PPC. indybay.org Online via livestream: www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream/ | In-person at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C…

Editor (2022-06-10). Priti Patel's Sweeping New Threat To Free Expression. scheerpost.com Priti Patel leaves St Paul's Cathedral with other ministers after the Platinum Jubilee service on Friday. (Photo: Andrew Parsons / No 10) | By Richard Norton-Taylor / Journalists who receive some funding from foreign governments are at risk of committing offences under a bill that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The risk also applies to individuals working for civil society organisations such as human rights groups. | It would be an offence to disclose leaked information that would p…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-06-10). Black Homeownership is At 45%: 5 Things To Know About Homeownership as a Factor in Wealth Gap. moguldom.com Black homeownership in America continues to lag behind that of other groups, thus increasing the racial wealth gap. HEre are 5 things to know about homeownership as a factor in the wealth gap. 1. Black homeownership is at 44.7 percent Recent statistics released by the National Association of Realtors show Black homeownership rates sit at …