(2023-03-10). Insights | China's modernization is a good model for developing countries. ecns.cn China's modernization is a very good model for developing countries, and it has lifted nearly 100 million people out of poverty, taken active measures to promote employment. China emphasizes low-carbon and green development, which has brought a win-win situation for the region and the world.
(2023-03-10). Biden's 2024 Budget Calls for Revival of Expanded Child Tax Credit. truthout.org In his 2024 budget request released this week, President Joe Biden has called for the revival of the expanded child tax credit policy that lifted millions of children and adults out of poverty when it was implemented in 2021. According to a fact sheet on the budget request, the president has called for families to receive $3,000 per child six years and above, and $3,600 for each child under the… |
(2023-03-11). Job market renews slowdown in February. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – Cracks in economy began to show up as Silicon Valley Bank, based in Santa Clara, California, just north of San José, was shut down on Friday, March 10. The bank was the 18th largest bank in the United States, and mainly served high-tech startups, venture capitalists and wealthy individuals. | The recent slowdown in Silicon Valley and interest rate hikes by the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, undid the bank. A run on the bank developed, as depositors pulled their money out of the bank. The bank was forced to sell U.S. government bonds at a loss because of higher interest rates and tried to r…
(2023-03-10). Dubai Superlatives: The Power of Excessive Wealth. dissidentvoice.org 
Questions From a Worker Who Reads (Bertolt Brecht 1935) Who built Thebes of the 7 gates? In the books you will read the names of kings. Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock? And Babylon, many times demolished, Who raised it up so many times? In what houses of gold glittering Lima did …
(2023-03-10). Inequality costs Social Security trillions. Here's how we fix it. nationofchange.org If the wealthy simply paid the same tax the rest of us do, we could even expand benefits.
(2023-03-11). Joe Biden's Preposterous Student Loan Bailout. americanthinker.com This is no help for debt-ridden Americans. It is a carefully timed and unconscionable political stunt.
(2023-03-10). Insights | China's modernization is a good model for developing countries. ecns.cn China's modernization is a very good model for developing countries, and it has lifted nearly 100 million people out of poverty, taken active measures to promote employment. China emphasizes low-carbon and green development, which has brought a win-win situation for the region and the world.
(2023-03-10). Biden's 2024 Budget Calls for Revival of Expanded Child Tax Credit. truthout.org In his 2024 budget request released this week, President Joe Biden has called for the revival of the expanded child tax credit policy that lifted millions of children and adults out of poverty when it was implemented in 2021. According to a fact sheet on the budget request, the president has called for families to receive $3,000 per child six years and above, and $3,600 for each child under the… |
(2023-03-11). Job market renews slowdown in February. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – Cracks in economy began to show up as Silicon Valley Bank, based in Santa Clara, California, just north of San José, was shut down on Friday, March 10. The bank was the 18th largest bank in the United States, and mainly served high-tech startups, venture capitalists and wealthy individuals. | The recent slowdown in Silicon Valley and interest rate hikes by the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, undid the bank. A run on the bank developed, as depositors pulled their money out of the bank. The bank was forced to sell U.S. government bonds at a loss because of higher interest rates and tried to r…
(2023-03-10). Dubai Superlatives: The Power of Excessive Wealth. dissidentvoice.org Questions From a Worker Who Reads (Bertolt Brecht 1935) Who built Thebes of the 7 gates? In the books you will read the names of kings. Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock? And Babylon, many times demolished, Who raised it up so many times? In what houses of gold glittering Lima did …
(2023-03-10). Inequality costs Social Security trillions. Here's how we fix it. nationofchange.org If the wealthy simply paid the same tax the rest of us do, we could even expand benefits.
(2023-03-11). Joe Biden's Preposterous Student Loan Bailout. americanthinker.com This is no help for debt-ridden Americans. It is a carefully timed and unconscionable political stunt.
(2023-03-11). The debt and the deficit: Where are we really? americanthinker.com How the current administration can spin poor numbers to somehow sound positive is simply amazing and should be discounted.
(2023-03-11). Travels Through El Perú Profundo. popularresistance.org I embark at 5pm from the center of Lima headed to Juliaca, Puno. The lady working at the bus depot assures me it will only be 21 hours, but the bloqueos (roadblocks) in Puno have made it nearly impossible to travel through the southernmost region. At the end of the day, I can only admire the resistance of Puno that saw its bloodiest day on January 9th, with 18 murdered in the city of Juliaca. Puno also has what is slated to be one of the largest lithium reserves in the world, in the town of Macusani. Puneños will be the first to tell you that's exactly why the Peruvian coup regime has been so violent in that prov…
(2023-03-11). International Working Women's Day in Uruguay is the culmination of decades of mobilization. peoplesdispatch.org Feminist collectives in Uruguay held another day of action on March 8, building on decades of mobilization for women's rights in the country…
(2023-03-10). Good news, bad news on (un)employment. americanthinker.com Good–more people are working but, well, bad–more are also unemployed. Whaaaat?>
(2023-03-10). An army of women is building Venezuela's housing revolution. mronline.org 
In Caracas, an army of self-trained women are working to build their own homes while they transform the reality around them.
(2023-03-10). Pro-accountability police district councilors celebrate election victories on International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) held its annual International Working Women's Day celebration on Sunday, March 5. The program honored the women's liberation movement, as well as the women leading working-class struggles and fights for national liberation in the U.S., Palestine and the Philippines, among other places. | The event also celebrated the over 30 newly elected police district councilors, the majority of whom are women, and who ran on a platform of holding the police accountable. | The wide scope of topics covered in the program demonstrated the words of the FRSO Women&…
(2023-03-10). Hearing Brings Attention To US Agency's Effort To Compel Twitter To Identify Journalists Working On 'Twitter Files'. thedissenter.org 
A hearing convened by a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee brought further attention to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) effort to compel Twitter to identify "all journalists and other members of the media" who have had access to any files from Twitter. | Matt Taibbi, the most prominent journalist who has spent several months combing through hundreds of thousands of files, said he found the FTC's request to be "scary.""I think it's none of the government's business which journalists a private company talks to and why," Taibbi declared. "I think every journa…
(2023-03-10). Women's Rights At The Heart Of The Fight Over Pensions In France. popularresistance.org For the first time in the history of France, trade unions have called for a two-day general strike that will extend to March 8, International Working Women's Day. The general mobilization will begin on Tuesday, March 7, and it is expected to cause widespread protests all over the country. This is the first time since May 1968 that trade unions have issued a joint call for a general strike that will last for more than 24 hours. | While actions for March 8 have grown in strength over the past years, this year's mobilizations are expected to be particularly powerful. For the first time, it is social movements as a w…
(2023-03-10). Wonder what it takes to produce People's World every day? Ask the editors. peoplesworld.org 
Ever wonder what it's like to work in a virtual newsroom? Or how People's World puts out such great content day after day? Or how do we get great stories from the front lines of working-class battles and voter mobilizations? Or what makes People's World so unique and vital among all publications? Now is your …
(2023-03-10). Another Norfolk Southern train came off the tracks just as CEO refused to commit to seven paid sick days. peoplesdispatch.org Workers claim that overworking and lack of paid sick leave is causing worker error malfunctions such as train derailments. The rail CEO has refused to act…
(2023-03-10). Health workers' strikes to continue in the UK, government agrees to negotiations. peoplesdispatch.org Actions to protect the NHS and improve working conditions in healthcare are set to continue over the next days. Meanwhile, the government, which under pressure due to the protests, has come forward with the offer of a one-time payment…
(2023-03-10). "This is a fight for working class people globally": Caterpillar workers rank-and-file committee holds powerful meeting against sellout agreement. wsws.org On Wednesday, the Caterpillar Workers Rank-and-File Committee and the World Socialist Web Site co-hosted a well-attended and powerful meeting calling on Caterpillar workers to vote "no" on the UAW-Caterpillar sellout agreement and to prepare for a strike.
(2023-03-10). Kshama Sawant's new 'Workers Strike Back' coalition will fight for $25 minimum wage and more. therealnews.com 
After a decade on Seattle City Council, socialist Kshama Sawant is declining to seek reelection and will instead launch a new national coalition called
(2023-03-11). That Time a Homeless Woman's Prayer was Answered… dissidentvoice.org 
I've written about B before. She's a homeless woman I knew through my project. But here's a little reminder of her backstory: B lost both her legs in a subway accident. When I met her, she was living in a medical homeless shelter and panhandling daily in a wheelchair. B has four kids who, for …
(2023-03-11). We Demand Santa Cruz City and County Officials Open 24 Hour Emergency Shelters Now! indybay.org Protect the Homeless from the Ravages of the Atmospheric River…
(2023-03-10). Class struggle at Caterpillar: Lessons from the past. wsws.org The sellout deal that the UAW is attempting to impose at Caterpillar is the latest in an unbroken chain of betrayals by the UAW based on its bankrupt nationalist and pro-company orientation.
(2023-03-10). Colombia-Total Peace And The Fight To Free All Political Prisoners. popularresistance.org In April 2021, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Colombia to demand change. They rejected decades of state violence and deepening inequality. Over the course of three months, the largest protest in Colombian history spread to over 800 municipalities throughout the country. The months-long protests played a huge role in creating the conditions for the election of Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez. | Changes are afoot in Colombia, and the inauguration of President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Francia Marquez on August 7, 2022 marks an important shift away from decades of political repression.