2023-05-08: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-08). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

scorinoco (2023-05-07). The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions. orinocotribune.com By Francisco R. Rodríguez — May 4, 2023 | This paper provides a comprehensive survey and assessment of the literature on the effects of economic sanctions on living standards in target countries. We identify 32 studies that apply quantitative econometric and calibration methods to cross-country and national data in order to assess the impact of economic sanctions on indicators of human and economic development and human rights. Of these, 30 studies find that sanctions have negative effects on outcomes ranging from per capita income to poverty, inequality, mortality, and human rights. We also provide in-depth…

José A. Amesty R. (2023-05-08). °Ya basta de monarquías! globalizacion.ca Quedamos estupefactos, indignados, alarmados y sin creer, cuando por televisión, era transmitida a nivel mundial, la coronación del rey Carlos III en Londres. Recordemos que, este increíble acto oficial británico obedece a la llamada Commonwealth, que es la organización, fundada…

rebekah (2023-05-08). The Ultra-Wealthy Have a Private Jet Problem. inequality.org The past two years have been a bonanza for private aviation. The drastic increase in demand has led to flight delays, increased costs, and pilot shortages. But the slow deterioration of working conditions for aerospace labor has not stopped the jet-owning oligarchy from flying more than ever. Their increased share of air traffic has a …

Brittani Banks (2023-05-08). The Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Massive Deception Against the Public. independentmediainstitute.org Future historians will likely look back at the debt ceiling rituals being reenacted these days with a frustrated shaking of their heads. That otherwise reasonable people would be so readily deceived raises the question that will provoke those historians: How could this happen? The U.S. Congress has imposed successive ceilings on the national debt, each …

Robert Reich (2023-05-08). How to stop Republicans from tanking the economy over the debt ceilingÔøº. nationofchange.org If Republicans are going to play this game, Mr. President, you need to play hard ball.


teleSUR (2023-05-08). Lula Calls for Funding Environmental Preservation. telesurenglish.net During a conference on Saturday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva advocated for industrialized nations to provide compensation to less industrialized countries for their endeavors to protect and conserve the environment. | Related: | "Rich nations need to understand that they have a debt to pay for emitting carbon dioxide, that's why they should pay this debt by advancing (financial) resources, so we ca…

Tomasz Konicz (2023-05-08). Why China won't replace the U.S. as hegemon. Chaos instead of Hegemony. indybay.org China's growth is also running on credit; the People's Republic is similarly indebted to the descending Western centers of the world system. This trend toward de-dollarization can only be properly understood against the backdrop of the imperial descent of the United States in the context of the global crisis process.

cameron orr (2023-05-08). In the most undemocratic US city, the CP fights for democracy. cpusa.org The people of Washington, D.C. need a functioning and lively Communist Party; there is no question about that. The recent attacks on democracy, in particular D.C.'s home rule, show the necessity of a working-class-led people's movement to not only defend democracy but to create the conditions in order to be on the offensive and …

WSWS (2023-05-08). UK government report lays bare educators' unsustainable working conditions. wsws.org More than half (56 percent) of the educators surveyed thought their workload was unacceptable and that they did not have sufficient control over it.

WSWS (2023-05-08). Sri Lankan trade union leaders call for "broader unity" to pressure the Wickremesinghe regime. wsws.org While the unions calling the May Day rally represented more than 100,000 workers only 1,500 attended, another indication of the deepening distrust of the union apparatus among broad layers of the working class.

WSWS (2023-05-08). The struggle against war and the perspective for the working class in the Turkish elections. wsws.org This is the report delivered by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi, a leading member of the Sosyalist E≈üitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group) in Turkey, to the 2023 International May Day Online Rally.


WSWS (2023-05-08). The fight against British imperialism and world war must be based on the working class. wsws.org This speech was delivered by Tom Scripps, the assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), at the 2023 International May Day Online Rally.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-08). Why the US Is Arming Morocco and Working to Combat Russian Influence in Algeria. mintpressnews.com As the "New Cold War" opens another front in Northern Africa, the feud threatens a devastating conflict. The war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis.

Marilyn Bechtel, Daniel Figueroa (2023-05-08). Oakland teachers: "Educators' working conditions are students' learning conditions" peoplesworld.org OAKLAND, Calif. — After seven months of working without a contract, and negotiations the union says have been marked by management's constant canceling of bargaining sessions, making non-serious offers and sending negotiators without decision-making authority, the Oakland Education Association announced that early in the morning on May 4, teachers and related professionals across many disciplines …

Mauro Ramos (2023-05-08). Media organizations from Global South discuss solidarity and standing up to sanctions. peoplesdispatch.org At an event in Shanghai, representatives of media organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America highlighted the need for learning from and working with each other and building infrastructure to resist western hegemony…

Nick MacWilliam (2023-05-08). On May Day, Colombians mobilize to defend the Petro government. therealnews.com The popular forces of Colombia have been at odds with the forces of their state for decades. Yet this year on May Day, crowds of people mobilized not in opposition to their government but in support of its labor reforms and efforts to produce a lasting peace. Swept into power last year in the aftermath of a popular uprising, President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Francia Márquez have prioritized an agenda to reform the country and build power for working people and oppressed groups such as Afro-Colombians and Indigenous peoples. While conservative elements continue to obstruct this agenda from within th…

SAM (2023-05-08). Media Inflation Hysteria Massively Damaged The Working Class. progressivehub.net ANDREW PEREZ, MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM-COOK, AND DAVID SIROTA | THE LEVER…

WSWS (2023-05-08). The fight against British imperialism and world war must be based on the working class. wsws.org This speech was delivered by Tom Scripps, the assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), at the 2023 International May Day Online Rally.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-08). Why the US Is Arming Morocco and Working to Combat Russian Influence in Algeria. mintpressnews.com As the "New Cold War" opens another front in Northern Africa, the feud threatens a devastating conflict. The war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis.

Marilyn Bechtel, Daniel Figueroa (2023-05-08). Oakland teachers: "Educators' working conditions are students' learning conditions" peoplesworld.org OAKLAND, Calif. — After seven months of working without a contract, and negotiations the union says have been marked by management's constant canceling of bargaining sessions, making non-serious offers and sending negotiators without decision-making authority, the Oakland Education Association announced that early in the morning on May 4, teachers and related professionals across many disciplines …

Mauro Ramos (2023-05-08). Media organizations from Global South discuss solidarity and standing up to sanctions. peoplesdispatch.org At an event in Shanghai, representatives of media organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America highlighted the need for learning from and working with each other and building infrastructure to resist western hegemony…

Nick MacWilliam (2023-05-08). On May Day, Colombians mobilize to defend the Petro government. therealnews.com The popular forces of Colombia have been at odds with the forces of their state for decades. Yet this year on May Day, crowds of people mobilized not in opposition to their government but in support of its labor reforms and efforts to produce a lasting peace. Swept into power last year in the aftermath of a popular uprising, President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Francia Márquez have prioritized an agenda to reform the country and build power for working people and oppressed groups such as Afro-Colombians and Indigenous peoples. While conservative elements continue to obstruct this agenda from within th…

SAM (2023-05-08). Media Inflation Hysteria Massively Damaged The Working Class. progressivehub.net ANDREW PEREZ, MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM-COOK, AND DAVID SIROTA | THE LEVER…

WSWS (2023-05-08). Eight migrants dead, at least 10 injured, following deadly vehicle crash in Brownsville, Texas. wsws.org It is unknown at this time if the driver, who is allegedly not cooperating with police, intentionally targeted the immigrants waiting at the bus stop outside the only migrant and homeless shelter in the South Texas border town.

WSWS (2023-05-08). 8 migrants dead, at least 10 injured, following deadly vehicle crash in Brownsville, Texas. wsws.org It is unknown at this time if the driver, who is allegedly not cooperating with police, intentionally targeted the immigrants waiting at the bus stop outside the only migrant and homeless shelter in the South Texas border town.

WSWS (2023-05-07). Stark increase in UK homeless deaths in 2022, more than 4,000 dead since 2019. wsws.org The real number of deaths is likely to be higher as several local authorities did not respond to freedom of Information requests.

WSWS (2023-05-07). Stark increase in UK homeless deaths in 2022, 4,000 dead since 2019. wsws.org The real number of deaths is likely to be higher as several local authorities did not respond to freedom of Information requests.

WSWS (2023-05-07). Stark increase in UK homeless deaths UK in 2022, 4,000 dead since 2019. wsws.org The real number of deaths is likely to be higher as several local authorities did not respond to freedom of Information (FOI) requests, including Ealing, Hackney Lewisham, Hillingdon, Blackpool, Fife and Birmingham.

JP Sottile (2023-05-07). Denial Doesn't Change Our Climate Reality: Earth Is Becoming a Sacrifice Zone. truthout.org The people of Madagascar are suffering. Battered by two cyclones last year, they've been fighting through a perfect storm of pandemic-related food supply disruptions and climate-stoked damage to local agriculture. That confluence was made worse by a two-year-long drought in the south, which laid the groundwork for a terrible famine. And that was all before Cyclone Freddy came calling this year… |

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-05-08). Food insecurity affects more than one million Dominicans. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, May 8 (Prensa Latina) A report by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAC) places the Dominican Republic in the fifth position on the list of countries with the highest nutritional insecurity in the region, with more than one million people.

Staff (2023-05-08). Former Palestinian prisoner Etaf Alayan launches hunger strike to demand the release of Khader Adnan's body and the detained martyrs' bodies. samidoun.net Former Palestinian prisoner and long-term hunger striker Etaf Alayan launched a hunger strike on Sunday, 7 May, outside the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Al-Bireh, occupied Palestine, to demand the release of the body of Khader Adnan and his fellow detained martyrs in the occupation's morgues. "I will not stop …

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