(2023-05-09). 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…
(2023-05-09). Argentina's rising poverty. america.cgtn.com 
Poverty in Argentina is increasing, with an inflation rate over 100% hitting low-income sectors the hardest.
(2023-05-09). No Politics But Class Politics: Class, Identity, Inequality. socialistproject.ca 
In his recent book, Poverty, by America, Matthew Desmond writes, "Poverty might consume your life, but it's rarely embraced as an identity. It's more socially acceptable today to disclose a mental illness than to tell someone you're broke."
(2023-05-09). Labor Organizers Launch a New Model for the Fight Against Private Equity. truthout.org On May Day, a small group of labor advocates and workers weaved through midtown Manhattan, stopping at the shiny corporate headquarters of several firms with names like KKR, Sycamore Partners, Apollo Global Management, BC Partners and Roark Capital Group. Most people don't recognize these names, or if they do, know very little about them. But these are some of the wealthiest and most influential… |
(2023-05-09). Charles III Coronation Ignored Imperialism, Colonialism, Genocide, Trauma, Deadly Colonial Legacy & Palestine. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Gideon Polya Perhaps billions around the world saw at least part of the coronation of King Charles III and marvelled at the pomp, the pageantry and the glorious choral music. The colourful military uniforms and the final parade of thousands of British and Commonwealth military forces testified to past imperial glory. However the lavish…
(2023-05-09). Charles "The Great Reset" King and Global Britain using the Commonwealth, Five Eyes and City of London to exert influence. expose-news.com This week, Charles was crowned King of the United Kingdom and the other 14 Commonwealth realms. But that is not all. He has also become head of the British Commonwealth, head of …
(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…
(2023-05-09). What happens if U.S. Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling? america.cgtn.com 
Top U.S. Republican and Democrat lawmakers are meeting President Joe Biden at the White House as they try to hash out a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
(2023-05-09). Senator Whitehouse: 275 of 315 Pages of GOP Debt Limit Bill Are Big Oil Favors. truthout.org As congressional Republicans unite around their plan to hold the economy hostage in order to advance their extremist debt limit package, some Democrats are pointing out that the vast majority of the bill is dedicated to favors for the fossil fuel industry. Last week, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the Limit, Save, Grow Act, dubbed the "Default on America" bill by Democrats. |
(2023-05-09). The Heat: U.S. Gun Violence. america.cgtn.com 
Another mass shooting in the United States leaves several people dead at a shopping mall. U.S. President Biden is urging Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines but will anything change? And, the political showdown over the U.S. debt ceiling, why Republican Senators say …
(2023-05-08). Life or Debt? How the IMF Keeps Africa Down. thealtworld.com Instead of helping promote development, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) traps countries in cycles of debt and instability. | Grieve Chelwa, Director of Research, Institute on Race, Power & Political Economy at The New School, explains how countries of the Global South are forced to go to the IMF for aid over and over again.
(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 …
(2023-05-09). England's local elections confirm Labour's disconnect from working class. wsws.org Labour's election strategy is to disenfranchise as many people as possible, then beat the Tories among a narrow middle-class constituency on right-wing policy issues carefully curated by both parties.
(2023-05-09). AMLO accuses US of meddling in Mexico. wsws.org AMLO's nationalist rhetoric serves to cover his government's subordination to US imperialism on all fundamental questions and is aimed above all against the working class.
(2023-05-09). Progressives move into Chicago mayor's office and city council next week. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO — "Happy May Day 2023, Chicago! May we always stand in solidarity with workers everywhere to ensure fair wages, safe working conditions, and the right to organize. "Never forget: the power of the people is what built this city and makes Chicago strong." So tweeted Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, a labor leader, Chicago Teachers …
(2023-05-09). Big Oil pumps $9.4 million into lobbying California officials in 2023's first quarter. indybay.org WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions.
(2023-05-09). Behind the faàßade of humanitarian aid and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. thealtworld.com The humanitarian paradigm for Palestinians is not working, the UN should be informed. On the assumption that the Institution holds a shard of respect towards human rights. For several years, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has been warning of a funding deficit that affects its provision of services. Recently, the World Food Programme (WFP)
(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.
(2023-05-09). England's local elections confirm Labour's disconnect from working class. wsws.org Labour's election strategy is to disenfranchise as many people as possible, then beat the Tories among a narrow middle-class constituency on right-wing policy issues carefully curated by both parties.
(2023-05-09). AMLO accuses US of meddling in Mexico. wsws.org AMLO's nationalist rhetoric serves to cover his government's subordination to US imperialism on all fundamental questions and is aimed above all against the working class.
(2023-05-09). Progressives move into Chicago mayor's office and city council next week. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO — "Happy May Day 2023, Chicago! May we always stand in solidarity with workers everywhere to ensure fair wages, safe working conditions, and the right to organize. "Never forget: the power of the people is what built this city and makes Chicago strong." So tweeted Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, a labor leader, Chicago Teachers …
(2023-05-09). Big Oil pumps $9.4 million into lobbying California officials in 2023's first quarter. indybay.org WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions.
(2023-05-09). Behind the faàßade of humanitarian aid and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. thealtworld.com The humanitarian paradigm for Palestinians is not working, the UN should be informed. On the assumption that the Institution holds a shard of respect towards human rights. For several years, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has been warning of a funding deficit that affects its provision of services. Recently, the World Food Programme (WFP)
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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…
(2023-05-08). Media Inflation Hysteria Massively Damaged The Working Class. progressivehub.net ANDREW PEREZ, MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM-COOK, AND DAVID SIROTA | THE LEVER…
(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 …
(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…
(2023-05-09). Bernie Sanders Unveils Push For $17-An-Hour Federal Minimum Wage, Citing State Increases. progressivehub.net ARIANA FIGUEROA | FLORIDA PHOENIX…
(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.
(2023-05-08). Why did Jordan Neely's murderer go free? No to white vigilantism! iacenter.org May 7, 2023 Jordan Neely The International Action Center condemns the heinous murder of 30-year-old Jordan Neely on May 1 in a New York City subway. What happened to Neely was nothing more than a public lynching, reminiscent of the police killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minn. Neely's death was recorded even as he was being held in a chokehold for at least seven minutes and thereby asphyxiated, while two of his killer's accomplices held him down. Neely, a well-known Black houseless subway entertainer, was killed by a 24-year-old white Marine veteran, Daniel Penny. The New York Police Depa…
(2023-05-09). Bankruptcy filing for Diocese of Oakland over clergy child sexual abuse lawsuits. indybay.org Diocese of Oakland – Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Documents Filed On May 8, 2023:…
(2023-05-08). Vice Media Considering Bankruptcy Filing: Digital Media Bear Market Has Turned Into Crash. moguldom.com Vice Media, which targets millennials and promotes coverage of "under-reported stories," is in talks to be bought out of bankruptcy in a deal with Hungarian-American businessman-philanthropist George Soros and lender Fortress Investment. The proposed reorganization to Fortress and Soros Fund Management, founded by 92-year-old Soros, would wipe out other investors, according to people familiar with …
(2023-05-08). Global actions honour the life and struggle of Khader Adnan, demand justice and accountability. samidoun.net 
One week after Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan's life was taken behind bars after 86 days of hunger strike, after he was deliberately denied transfer to a civilian hospital, blocked from release on bail and returned to the infamous Ramle prison clinic only one day before, actions and events around the world to honour the martyred …
(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 …
(2023-05-09). Zelensky's Rage At Europe's Temporary Grain Restrictions From Ukraine Is Counterproductive. thealtworld.com What's unacceptable isn't Europe's temporary restrictions on Ukrainian grain, but Zelensky's ungrateful rage and zero-sum demands of regional farmers, not to mention that his country's agricultural products should be exported to hungry Global South states per the "grain deal" and not the comfortably fed EU. | The best actors have a knack for improvisation, something that Zelensky completely lacks as proven by his counterproductive rant against Europe's temporary grain restrictions from Ukraine. France's
(2023-05-09). Justice for Jordan Neely: Friend Remembers Dancer as "Gentleman" as Calls Grow for Killer's Arrest. democracynow.org 
Eleven people were arrested at a protest in New York on Monday demanding justice for Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old unhoused Black man who was choked to death on a subway car last week by another passenger. Neely was well known as a dancer and Michael Jackson impersonator. He was crying out that he was hungry, when he was fatally attacked on the train by a 24-year-old former marine named Daniel Penny, who was questioned by police but released without charges. The city medical examiner has ruled Neely's death a homicide. The subway killing comes as New York is facing a growing population of unhoused people who…