(2023-01-28). [Comment] Offline: America—a codicil. thelancet.com Yes, the US will remain a dominant force in global health for the foreseeable future. But Shannon K O'Neil, in her provocative book The Globalization Myth, casts doubt on the sustainability of America's influence. First, the positive. The US is wealthy and has vastly skilled human resources to draw on. The country is a global leader in creating and defending a rules-based international order. Industries that depend on technology and discovery science thrive. Logistics are a strength. And the quality of American universities is second to none.
(2023-01-27). China key contributor to Cambodia's development: Cambodian senior official. ecns.cn China is a key contributor to Cambodia's socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, Cambodian Economy and Finance Ministry's Standing Secretary of State Vongsey Vissoth said here on Wednesday.
(2023-01-27). California proposes another wealth tax…on non-Californians! americanthinker.com You can run, but you can't hide.
(2023-01-27). Debt ceiling "clash" will lead to major cuts in social spending. wsws.org Both capitalist parties, Democrats as well as Republicans, seek to impose the cost of their wars, Wall Street bailouts and tax cuts for the wealthy on working people.
(2023-01-27). How the Deep State Destroyers Threaten Your Way of Life. americanthinker.com The Destroyers know they have limited time to do their mischief before they're found out. And so they're working hard.
(2023-01-27). Ice-snow tourism becoming new 'tradition' for Chinese New Year. ecns.cn Having spent the first day of the Spring Festival holiday at home, He Rui rushed to the ski resort early on the second day and was ready to start the Year of the Rabbit on his snowboard. This enthusiast has mastered the S-turn, and is working on his edging.
(2023-01-27). US Labor Department levies paltry $60,000 fine against Amazon for "failing to keep workers safe" wsws.org In a recently published global survey and in interviews with the World Socialist Web Site, Amazon workers described their dangerous and inhuman working conditions.
(2023-01-27). Advocating internment camps for homeless people is increasingly mainstream. This should frighten us. therealnews.com 
(2023-01-27). The housing crisis needs housing action. greenleft.org.au MPs from both major parties have absorbed an investor—style thinking, even towards public housing. Andrew Chuter argues that naàØve economic theories of supply and demand will not fix the homelessness problem.
(2023-01-27). Must Larceny Always Overpower Honesty? inequality.org
(2023-01-27). Australian school year commences amid ongoing mass COVID infection, workload crisis, staffing shortages, and record inequality—Build rank-and-file committees to fight for a fully funded public education system! wsws.org Anger and oppositional sentiment must be organised in 2023! The Committee for Public Education urges educators to form rank-and-file committees in your schools.
(2023-01-26). Honoring Dr. King's legacy: Speak out against racism, poverty and World War III. mronline.org 
A standing-room-only crowd packed St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York, for a "speak out to stop racism, poverty and World War III." The event honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on the weekend of the King Day holiday.
(2023-01-26). Blockchain Game; The Best Fun-Based Incentive Model. southfront.org 
SPONSORED: | Illustrative Image | Blockchain games, also known as Game-Fi, are a global financial system based on investing wealth in the game industry, allowing game creators to raise necessary funding for their product development. Platforms like
(2023-01-26). GOP Tax Plan Slammed by Critics as Glimpse Into Party's Economic Priorities. truthout.org A House GOP proposal to repeal all federal income taxes — including levies on corporations and the rich — and replace them with a whopping 30% national sales tax is drawing increasingly vocal backlash from economists, tax policy experts, and Democratic lawmakers who say the plan is yet another Republican ploy to reward the wealthy at everyone else's expense Unveiled earlier this month by Rep. |
(2023-01-26). GOP Tax Plan Denounced as 'One of the Most Regressive Proposals in a Generation'. commondreams.org 
| A House GOP proposal to repeal all federal income taxes—including levies on corporations and the rich—and replace them with a whopping 30% national sales tax is drawing increasingly vocal backlash from economists, tax policy experts, and Democratic lawmakers who say the plan is yet another Republican ploy to reward the wealthy at everyone else's expense | Unveiled |
(2023-01-26). Ukraine's Zelensky Sends Love Letter To US Corporations. popularresistance.org Ukraine's Western-backed leader Volodymyr Zelensky sent a love letter to US companies, thanking "such giants of the international financial and investment world as BlackRock, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs" for buying up his country's assets. | "Everyone can become a big business by working with Ukraine", he enticed, claiming that the reconstruction of his nation "will be the largest economic project of our time in Europe". | Zelensky likewise praised the Starlink company of billionaire Elon Musk for its technological support, and he called for more Western weapons shipments, including Patriot missiles and Abram tan…
(2023-01-26). District Council candidates prepare to create turning point in the fight against police tyranny. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 200 people filled up the main hall of the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters on January 22 for a political forum in preparation for the local police District Council elections. There were over 50 District Council candidates in attendance, and other participants included alderpersons, union leaders and community organizers. Over 40 people of various ages, genders, and nationalities spoke at the forum, and they were all united behind the need to use the February 28 elections to create a base of power from which the working and oppressed people of Chicago can hold the police accountable. | "These cand…
(2023-01-26). PSL Editorial — Stop U.S. funding for Israel's massacres. liberationnews.org 
It is an outrage that the politicians in Washington choose to prioritize funding this horrific repression over addressing any of the countless dire social problems working people are facing across the country.
(2023-01-26). Unions for workers or unions for bosses? The WFTU vs. the ITUC. peoplesworld.org 
As 2022 drew to a close, working people around the world received end-of-year messages from the two main international trade union federations, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The content of the messages was wildly different from one another, revealing the starkly contrasting approaches to union leadership …
(2023-01-26). Social Security Benefits Are Not a Gift, but a Sacred Contract With Working People. inequality.org
(2023-01-26). Workers at federal subcontractor Maximus protest layoffs at call centers in Louisiana and Mississippi. wsws.org Call center employees working in Louisiana and Mississippi launched a protest this week after a sudden round of mass layoffs left over 100 workers without jobs earlier this month.
(2023-01-26). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org French energy, refinery and dock workers continue strikes and protests against pension reforms; Spanish doctors continue widespread strikes over low staffing levels and pay, with primary care doctors and paediatricians in Madrid on strike for seven weeks; UK university academic staff, teachers, civil servants and train drivers to walk out in day of action over pay, conditions and anti-strike laws; strike by Lebanese teachers continues into week three over pay and working conditions; Makro workers in South Africa to walk out again in year-long dispute over wages and conditions as talks break down…
(2023-01-26). What's behind involuntary commitment? — a WW commentary. workers.org 
Eric Adams, a man who prides himself on bringing some "swagger" back to the New York City mayoral office, has seemingly made good on his promise. Near the end of November, Mayor Adams announced a plan to involuntarily commit homeless people to mental institutions. This is just another step in . . . |
(2023-01-26). Workers in the U.S. and around the world who brought democracy. peoplesworld.org 
Democracy has a dream-like character. It sweeps into the world, carried forward by an immense desire by humans to overcome the barriers of indignity and social suffering. When confronted by hunger or the death of their children, earlier communities might have reflexively blamed nature or divinity, and indeed those explanations remain with us today. But …