WSWS (2023-05-20). Union calls off New York resident physicians' strike at last minute. wsws.org The Committee of Interns and Residents announced a tentative agreement that will maintain poverty wages for its members at Jamaica and Flushing hospitals, who work as many as 80 hours per week.

WSWS (2023-05-19). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org India: Tamil Nadu contract nurses protest; West Bengal public school teachers oppose poverty-level wages; Sri Lankan Inland Revenue Department workers strike over pay cut; Australia: Cleanaway waste collection workers New South Wales strike; NSW paramedics and patient transfer officers impose work bans.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-20). G7: Indian Diplomacy in Overstretch. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar G7 Summit leaders at "working lunch" session, Japan, 19 May, 2023 The Foreign Secretary's special briefing on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Asia-Pacific tour (May 19-24) dovetailed skilfully into three summit meetings, and brings to mind an institution of the Middle Ages known as the "wandering minstrels". Wealthy people used to employ minstrels to entertain…

Editor (2023-05-20). Patrick Lawrence: The Origin of the Specious. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost "Why is our collective mood so sour? We are awash with material wealth, and technology provides us with unprecedented powers. But this veneer of well-being masks a deeper crisis. … Our institutions are crumbling, leaving us vulnerable and aimless. … How have we come to this condition?" These …

Richard Horton (2023-05-20). Comment] Offline: The case for global health. thelancet.com Global health has become fashionably unfashionable. The case against global health is strong. Global health is the invention of a largely white and wealthy elite residing in high-income, English-language speaking countries. The discipline claims to be concerned about the health of people living in low-income and middle-income settings. But the resources—human, infrastructural, and financial—underpinning global health are mostly concentrated in those countries already replete with power and money.

Pepe Escobar (2023-05-20). Pepe Escobar: US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — May 15, 2023 | Prof. Michael Hudson's new book, The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization's Oligarchic Turning Point" is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and geoeconomic order is dying and the new one is being born at breakneck speed. | Prof. Hudson's main thesis is absolutely devastating: he sets out to prove that economic/financial practices in Ancient Greece and Rome — the pillars of Western Civilization — set the stage for what is happening today right in front of our eyes: an empire redu…

Anonymous834 (2023-05-20). Fears Of Abandonment: Australia, Biden And Cancelling The Quad Visit. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | Much needless fuss has been generated by President Joe Biden's cancellation of his visit to Australia for the Quad meeting, a now regular gathering of leaders from the US, Japan, India and Australia. He had other things on his mind: dealing with fractious debt ceiling negotiations taking place back in the United States. | Students of US history would, or should have appreciated, the two phenomena that speckle the fiscal landsc…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-05-20). Debt lawsuits would eliminate health insurance for Americans. plenglish.com Washington, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Approximately 1.5 million people in the United States will lose health insurance coverage if the Republican Party's demands on the federal debt negotiations are put into practice, an authorized source estimated.

WSWS (2023-05-20). Biden signals readiness to impose social cuts, work requirements in debt limit deal with Republicans. wsws.org The "crisis talks" are part of a heavily stage-managed, bipartisan operation, including a manufactured default deadline, to enable "progressive" Democrats to cover for Biden and vote for massive cuts while concealing the corporate interests and imperialist war aims that are being served.

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-05-19). Progressives angry over Biden consideration of Republican debt proposals. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Congressional progressive Democrats are increasingly angry about Democratic President Joe Biden's apparent willingness to give in to Republican budget cuts in safety net programs as part of a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling. But they're also proposing alternatives to avoid that catastrophe for millions of low-income and working people who would be clobbered …

mforinoco (2023-05-21). US Proxies Win Thai Elections — US-Chinese Tensions Set to Grow. orinocotribune.com By Brian Berletic — May 17, 2023 | In a development that will surely impact growing US-Chinese tensions, US-backed opposition parties have won Thailand's May 14, 2023, general elections. | A US-backed client regime taking power in Thailand will impact China's Belt and Road Initiative, threaten bilateral trade and tourism, and perhaps even undermine regional security. This is particularly so should Thailand now begin working more closely with Washington over matters in the South China Sea, over Taiwan, or a number of other points of contention the US seeks to use to unify the region against Beijing, but that…

Seymour Hersh, Scheer Post. (2023-05-21). The Ukraine Refugee Question. popularresistance.org Last Saturday the Washington Post published an exposé of classified American intelligence documents showing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, working behind the back of the Biden White House, pushed hard earlier this year for an expanded series of missile attacks inside Russia. The documents were part of a large cache of classified materials posted online by an Air Force enlisted man now in custody. A senior official of the Biden administration, asked by…

Amir Khafagy, Documented NY. (2023-05-20). Doctors Win Benefits At Two Queens Hospitals After Near Strike. popularresistance.org During the first wave of Covid-19, Queens hospitals were on the frontlines of the pandemic. Although they were celebrated as essential workers, some first-year physician residents were only making between $15 and $17 an hour while they routinely worked 80-hour weeks. | Nearly three years later, about 300 resident physicians and fellows at Jamaica and Flushing Hospitals have won a new contract after threatening to walk off the job if their demands for better wages and improved working conditions were not met.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-20). The silent liver disease experts warn is on the rise among Hispanics and children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Two months after his liver transplant, Juan Silva with his wife, Gisela Juan and Gisela Silva have a lot to smile about these days. One reason why, they are back to enjoying home-cooked together. "Oh man, I can eat more now," says Juan. "Before I didn't want to eat anything because it would mess up my stomach and stuff because something wasn't working right." That led Juan to his doctor's office where a series of…

Naomi Chinyere Chikezie, Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa, Ebere Angela Okoli, Ifebuche Maureen Onah, Oluwaseun Omolade Adekoya, Greatman Adiela Owhor, Adeniyi Ayinde Abdulwahab (2023-05-20). Correspondence] Addressing the issue of a depleting health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa. thelancet.com Health-care workers have a crucial role in improving health outcomes, and their migration has harmed the quality of health services in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has 25% of global diseases,1 and only 3% of health workers globally, highlighting a severe shortage of skilled professionals to tackle high rates of mortality. The main reasons for migration are poor working conditions, low remuneration, and a scarcity of career development opportunities. Insecurity and high crime rates also contribute to migration in countries such as South Africa.

WSWS (2023-05-20). San Diego educators and staff rally after a year of working without a contract. wsws.org Educators expressed a strong desire to fight against deteriorating conditions, including spiraling class sizes, high turnover, poorly maintained infrastructure and inadequate COVID-19 safety measures.

WSWS (2023-05-19). Clarios workers in Germany support Toledo strike and report dangerous working conditions. wsws.org The WSWS spoke with Clarios workers at the company's European headquarters in Hanover, Germany about the strike in Ohio and its significance.

WSWS (2023-05-19). Escalating homelessness crisis in Los Angeles as deaths reach new records. wsws.org Los Angeles County Public Health Department issued a report documenting 2,201 homeless deaths in 2021.

A Guest Author (2023-05-19). Financial crisis drives toward war. workers.org By Manuel Raposo Published May 14, 2023, in jornalmudardevida.net. Translation: John Catalinotto. Since the beginning of March, when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, government officials have repeatedly declared that the North American and European financial system is safe. The facts, however, show at a minimum that the threats of bankruptcy persist, . . . |

_____ (2023-05-19). Ukraine: An Eastern-European Cesspit of Criminality & Governmental Corruption. strategic-culture.org Ukraine is a source, transit and destination point for human trafficking, which is extremely pervasive in the country. It is reportedly one of the largest countries of origin for people subject to forced labour in Europe. This issue has grown due to economic hardship and political turmoil. Male victims, particularly from the Roma community, are targeted by traffickers who exploit them for forced begging or as drug 'mules'. Meanwhile, women are subject to sexual exploitation, primarily in foreign countries.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-19). One-third of school students in Sri Lanka go without an adequate breakfast. peoplesdispatch.org Sri Lanka has been grappling with an acute economic crisis since last year. This has aggravated the problem of food insecurity in the country…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-19). 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…

Pablo Jofré Leal (2023-05-19). Londres: Municiones con uranio empobrecido para Ucrania. globalizacion.ca Estados Unidos y sus aliados, principalmente aquellos agrupados en la organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte -OTAN- y que tiene al gobierno de Washington y el británico como sus referentes, no dejan de nutrir a Ucrania con más y más…

Richard Horton (2023-05-20). Comment] Offline: The case for global health. thelancet.com Global health has become fashionably unfashionable. The case against global health is strong. Global health is the invention of a largely white and wealthy elite residing in high-income, English-language speaking countries. The discipline claims to be concerned about the health of people living in low-income and middle-income settings. But the resources—human, infrastructural, and financial—underpinning global health are mostly concentrated in those countries already replete with power and money.

Sarah Anderson (2023-05-18). Report Reveals Top CEOs Dodge Taxes on Nearly $9 Billion in Retirement Funds. truthout.org Adouble standard in our tax code for government retirement subsidies gives preferential treatment to those who need it least — wealthy corporate executives. Ordinary employees with access to 401(k) plans face strict limits on the amounts they can set aside, tax-free, for their golden years. Most senior executives of large corporations, on the other hand, have unlimited tax-deferred compensation… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-18). GOP Tax Cut Plan Would Add $3.5T to Deficit, Congressional Budget Office Finds. truthout.org As Republicans threaten to tank the entire U.S. economy in order to force through massive cuts to federal programs and climate initiatives, supposedly to reduce the national debt, a new report finds that one of the GOP's parallel efforts to make permanent a deluge of massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy would undo all of the "savings" from their debt limit package and pile trillions… |

Staff (2023-05-19). Headlines for May 19, 2023. democracynow.org Biden Won't Apologize for 1945 Nuclear Attacks on Japan as G7 Leaders Gather in Hiroshima, Russia and Ukraine Agree to Extend Black Sea Grain Deal, Pentagon Says Accounting Error Will Allow U.S. to Send $3 Billion in Additional Arms to Ukraine, Family of Syrian Killed in U.S. Drone Strike Says He Had No Ties to al-Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad Joins Arab League Summit for First Time Since Start of Syrian Civil War, Israeli Flag Day Marchers Chant "Death to Arabs" and Attack Palestinians and Journalists, Democrats Mull 14th Amendment Workaround as Republicans Stonewall on Debt Limit, New Details Reveal…

Tomasz Konicz (2023-05-19). Can state-capitalist China inherit the USA as hegemon? indybay.org China's growth is thus also running on credit, and the People's Republic is similarly highly indebted as the descending Western centers of the world system.10 The Chinese deficit economy is generating even far greater speculative excesses than was the case in the U.S. or Western Europe, as the distortions on the absurdly inflated Chinese real estate market in 2021 made evident.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-18). French rail workers mobilize to save rail freight operator Fret SNCF. peoplesdispatch.org Earlier this year, the European Commission opened an investigation into support measures including capital injection and debt cancellation taken to help Fret SNCF. These steps allegedly do not comply with European state aid rules. Workers feat that is if the rail company is penalized, its operations will be affected and jobs will be lost…

WSWS (2023-05-18). Railroaders face cuts in unemployment and sickness benefits due to debt ceiling, end of federal COVID emergency. wsws.org The federally administered benefits had been exempted budget sequestration until President Biden ended the pandemic national emergency declaration last month.

Naomi Chinyere Chikezie, Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa, Ebere Angela Okoli, Ifebuche Maureen Onah, Oluwaseun Omolade Adekoya, Greatman Adiela Owhor, Adeniyi Ayinde Abdulwahab (2023-05-20). Correspondence] Addressing the issue of a depleting health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa. thelancet.com Health-care workers have a crucial role in improving health outcomes, and their migration has harmed the quality of health services in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has 25% of global diseases,1 and only 3% of health workers globally, highlighting a severe shortage of skilled professionals to tackle high rates of mortality. The main reasons for migration are poor working conditions, low remuneration, and a scarcity of career development opportunities. Insecurity and high crime rates also contribute to migration in countries such as South Africa.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-19). Sleep, food, exercise, stress: Why working on one of these can improve the others. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON — Sleeping enough, eating well, exercising and coping with stress are all components of good health, but focusing on all four at once while managing a hectic schedule may seem impossible. Safia Debar, M.B.B.S., an expert in tailored medical exams at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, explains how giving a little extra attention to any one of these areas can improve the others. "By pulling any of these levers, you can have a big…

WSWS (2023-05-19). Howard commencement speech: Biden appeals to identity politics and covers up the White House's promotion of war and reaction. wsws.org The speech, full of vague phrases, again demonstrated the Democratic Party's reliance on the promotion of racial politics to block a socialist movement of the working class and youth in opposition to capitalism and war.

WSWS (2023-05-19). Hollywood's race and gender quotas, identity politics and the writers' strike. wsws.org Identity politics operates consciously to divide the working class, pitting blacks against whites, women against men and so on, and generally to inject as much confusion and ideological poison into the atmosphere as possible.

Andy Kroll (2023-05-18). Goodbye to the American Century. tomdispatch.com Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the "G-2" — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United States and China aimed at managing global problems for their mutual benefit. Such a collaborative twosome was seen as potentially even more powerful than the G-7 group of leading Western economies. As former Undersecretary of the Treasury C. Fred Bergsten, who originally imagined such a partnership, wrote in 2008, "The basic idea would be to develop a G-2 between the United States and China to steer the global governance process." That notion would become the basis for the Obama admin…

Fight Back (2023-05-18). LGBTQ delegation witnesses how "Love is the law" in Cuba. fightbacknews.org Havana, Cuba – It's hard to imagine when you live under state governments banning gender-affirming healthcare, but 100 miles off of Florida's shore is an island striking unrelenting blows against bigotry. | From May 7 to 14, I joined a US delegation of LGBTQ activists who traveled to Cuba. The group took part in the country's annual "working days against homophobia and transphobia." This year's working days were special because they followed the passage of Cuba's groundbreaking Families Code. | On May 3, a few days ahead of the full delegation's arrival, a part of the group attended the International Trans Iden…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-05-18). Fighting white elephants: The Tasmanian AFL stadium protest. greenleft.org.au Forget the working stadia already in place and that Tasmania already plays AFL. No stadium, no team, the AFL said. Tasmanians disagree, as Binoy Kampmark reports.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-05-18). Russia and Cuba complete work on 10 investment projects. plenglish.com Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Cuba are working on 10 investment projects and seek to deepen mutually advantageous cooperation in the scientific-technical sphere, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas said today.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-18). China Is Governed in the Interests of Working People, the US in the Interests of Capital (Interview). orinocotribune.com In this interview with The very concept of shared future and cooperation has a profound impact. It's not threatening to other countries, and it has the win-win idea, meaning if your e…

WSWS (2023-05-19). Hollywood's race and gender quotas, identity politics and the writers' strike. wsws.org Identity politics operates consciously to divide the working class, pitting blacks against whites, women against men and so on, and generally to inject as much confusion and ideological poison into the atmosphere as possible.

Andy Kroll (2023-05-18). Goodbye to the American Century. tomdispatch.com Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the "G-2" — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United States and China aimed at managing global problems for their mutual benefit. Such a collaborative twosome was seen as potentially even more powerful than the G-7 group of leading Western economies. As former Undersecretary of the Treasury C. Fred Bergsten, who originally imagined such a partnership, wrote in 2008, "The basic idea would be to develop a G-2 between the United States and China to steer the global governance process." That notion would become the basis for the Obama admin…

Fight Back (2023-05-18). LGBTQ delegation witnesses how "Love is the law" in Cuba. fightbacknews.org Havana, Cuba – It's hard to imagine when you live under state governments banning gender-affirming healthcare, but 100 miles off of Florida's shore is an island striking unrelenting blows against bigotry. | From May 7 to 14, I joined a US delegation of LGBTQ activists who traveled to Cuba. The group took part in the country's annual "working days against homophobia and transphobia." This year's working days were special because they followed the passage of Cuba's groundbreaking Families Code. | On May 3, a few days ahead of the full delegation's arrival, a part of the group attended the International Trans Iden…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-05-18). Fighting white elephants: The Tasmanian AFL stadium protest. greenleft.org.au Forget the working stadia already in place and that Tasmania already plays AFL. No stadium, no team, the AFL said. Tasmanians disagree, as Binoy Kampmark reports.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-05-18). Russia and Cuba complete work on 10 investment projects. plenglish.com Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Cuba are working on 10 investment projects and seek to deepen mutually advantageous cooperation in the scientific-technical sphere, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas said today.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-18). China Is Governed in the Interests of Working People, the US in the Interests of Capital (Interview). orinocotribune.com In this interview with The very concept of shared future and cooperation has a profound impact. It's not threatening to other countries, and it has the win-win idea, meaning if your e…

Staff (2023-05-18). From Waterboarding to Rape, Abu Zubaydah Depicts Torture at Black Sites & Gitmo in Graphic Sketches. democracynow.org The Center for Policy and Research has just published a new report titled "American Torturers: FBI and CIA Abuses at Dark Sites and Guantánamo," which compiles a series of 40 drawings by Guantánamo Bay prisoner Abu Zubaydah that chronicle the horrific torture he endured since 2002 in CIA dark sites and at Guantánamo Bay, where he has been detained without charge since 2006. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued a new call for the United States to release him immediately. We speak with one of his attorneys, Mark Denbeaux, and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who exposed the…

WSWS (2023-05-18). Sri Lankan ruling party demonises last year's mass uprising. wsws.org The Wickremesinghe government's denigration of last year's mass movement that forced out President Gotabhaya Rajapakse is in preparation for state repression against the working class and rural masses.

WSWS (2023-05-19). Washington D.C. homelessness up by nearly one-fifth in one year. wsws.org The ending of protections relating to the COVID-19 public health emergency, such as eviction moratoriums and emergency housing assistance, has greatly increased homelessness in the region of the American capital…

CounterSpin (2023-05-19). Cody Bloomfield on Anti-Activist Terrorism Charges. fair.org CounterSpin230519.mp3 Time ( This week on CounterSpin: Do you care about environmental degradation? Then you care about But be aware: Your concern about Cop City, and its myriad i…

A Guest Author (2023-05-19). Financial crisis drives toward war. workers.org By Manuel Raposo Published May 14, 2023, in jornalmudardevida.net. Translation: John Catalinotto. Since the beginning of March, when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, government officials have repeatedly declared that the North American and European financial system is safe. The facts, however, show at a minimum that the threats of bankruptcy persist, . . . |

A Guest Author (2023-05-19). Financial crisis drives toward wa. workers.org By Manuel Raposo Published May 14, 2023, in jornalmudardevida.net. Translation: John Catalinotto. Since the beginning of March, when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, government officials have repeatedly declared that the North American and European financial system is safe. The facts, however, show at a minimum that the threats of bankruptcy persist, . . . |

isabella (2023-05-18). A Tale of Two Retirements: CEOs Versus the Rest of Us. inequality.org

SAM (2023-05-18). The Two Decades That Created Our World's First Mass Middle Class. inequality.org

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-19). One-third of school students in Sri Lanka go without an adequate breakfast. peoplesdispatch.org Sri Lanka has been grappling with an acute economic crisis since last year. This has aggravated the problem of food insecurity in the country…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-18). Ukraine: How Western Nations Pushed for Privatization of Agriculture and the Devastating Consequences. libya360.wordpress.com Peter Korotaev A farmer on his farmland in Western Ukraine. Image credit: CGTN. Part I: Ukraine's Privatized Agriculture: A Hungry Guarantor of Global Food Security Former Canadian ambassador to Ukraine Roman Waschuk said Ukraine is a country where the IMF does 'economic experiments'. Ukraine is a laboratory for testing radical neo-liberal policies, irrespective of the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-18). 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…

Ryan Black (2023-05-17). 'We Are Not Taxing The Very Wealthy Enough': Runaway Inequality About To Get Worse. progressivehub.net JAKE JOHNSON | COMMON DREAMS…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-18). French rail workers mobilize to save rail freight operator Fret SNCF. peoplesdispatch.org Earlier this year, the European Commission opened an investigation into support measures including capital injection and debt cancellation taken to help Fret SNCF. These steps allegedly do not comply with European state aid rules. Workers feat that is if the rail company is penalized, its operations will be affected and jobs will be lost…

WSWS (2023-05-18). Railroaders face cuts in unemployment and sickness benefits due to debt ceiling, end of federal COVID emergency. wsws.org The federally administered benefits had been exempted budget sequestration until President Biden ended the pandemic national emergency declaration last month.

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-05-17). CovertAction Bulletin: The Debt Ceiling is Political Theater. covertactionmagazine.com The "debt ceiling" crisis playing out between President Biden and Congressional Republicans is manufactured by capitalism to justify spending cuts to critical social programs while continuing to bail out big businesses and fund the Pentagon's endless war drive…

Staff (2023-05-17). "The Budget Farce": Robert Kuttner on Why Biden Admin Can't Give In to GOP Demands to Gut Safety Net. democracynow.org With the United States just two weeks away from a possible default on its debt for the first time ever, President Joe Biden has cut short a trip to Asia to continue negotiations with congressional leaders in Washington over lifting the federal government's debt ceiling. Republicans are seeking major budget cuts, as well as new work requirements for recipients of Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, but prominent Democrats are pushing the White House to stand firm. For more, we speak with The American Prospect's Robert Kuttner, who says the debt ceiling…

Staff (2023-05-17). Headlines for May 17, 2023. democracynow.org North Carolina Bans Abortion After 12 Weeks as GOP Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto, Nebraska Lawmakers Advance Bill to Ban Abortion & Ban Gender-Affirming Medical Care, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Florida Hold Elections, Talks over Debt Ceiling Remain Stalled as GOP Pushes Sweeping Cuts, Biden to Head to Hiroshima for G7 Summit But Cuts Rest of Asia Trip Short, Chinese Special Envoy Arrives in Ukraine to Push for War to End, Costs of War Project: Post-9/11 Wars Have Resulted in 4.5 Million Deaths, Ecuador: Guillermo Lasso Dissolves National Assembly to Block Impeachment Push, Biden Administration Grants K…

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-05-17). Business As Usual: Shutdown or Not, the Police State Will Continue to Flourish. dissidentvoice.org There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. —Ludwig von Mises Once again, the police state is up to its old tricks, stoking tensions over whether or not the government is forced to shut down, even partially, due to a default on the national debt. Yet …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-17). Escaping Debt Slavery: Ethiopia, Africa, and the IMF. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison In 1987, at the Organization for African Unity, Thomas Sankara said, "Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa." Ethiopia might actually be better off if the US keeps the IMF from signing off on its latest loan request. The US is holding up Ethiopia's request for a $2 billion loan from the International…

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-17). America Is On Pace To Default On Debt Obligations As Soon As June 1. moguldom.com The U.S. could run out of money to fulfill its debt obligations as soon as June 1 if Congress does not raise or suspend the debt limit, and waiting until the last minute could hurt Americans, the Treasury Department warned Congress. President Joe Biden spent months refusing to negotiate with Republican lawmakers, citing a bipartisan …

Tanupriya Singh (2023-05-17). Kenya's 'anti-people' Finance Bill met with widespread opposition as cost of living soars. peoplesdispatch.org Amid rising debt payments the Kenyan government has proposed new tax and levy regimes in the Finance Bill 2023. Unions and left forces, especially the Communist Party of Kenya, have argued that the measures will further burden workers while they are already struggling under an economic crisis…

Mike Ervin (2023-05-17). Smart Ass Cripple: The Medicaid Work Requirement Horrors in the Debt Ceiling Deal. progressive.org Republicans want to resurrect a Trump-era Medicaid measure that cut coverage for thousands of people.

John Bachtell (2023-05-17). Republicans use sham 'debt crisis' to force cuts, set Biden up for blame. peoplesworld.org The Republican House Majority has manufactured a "debt crisis" to force President Joe Biden and the Democratic Senate Majority to agree to draconian cuts to the federal budget. Negotiations to raise the federal debt ceiling remained at an impasse following May 16 talks between Biden and Congressional leaders. The federal government could default on June …

WSWS (2023-05-17). White House debt limit talks: A manufactured, bipartisan conspiracy to make workers pay for war. wsws.org The Biden administration and both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are united in their determination to use the manufactured debt ceiling crisis to implement brutal attacks on social programs.

Staff (2023-05-18). From Waterboarding to Rape, Abu Zubaydah Depicts Torture at Black Sites & Gitmo in Graphic Sketches. democracynow.org The Center for Policy and Research has just published a new report titled "American Torturers: FBI and CIA Abuses at Dark Sites and Guantánamo," which compiles a series of 40 drawings by Guantánamo Bay prisoner Abu Zubaydah that chronicle the horrific torture he endured since 2002 in CIA dark sites and at Guantánamo Bay, where he has been detained without charge since 2006. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued a new call for the United States to release him immediately. We speak with one of his attorneys, Mark Denbeaux, and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who exposed the…

Andy Kroll (2023-05-18). Goodbye to the American Century. tomdispatch.com Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the "G-2" — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United States and China aimed at managing global problems for their mutual benefit. Such a collaborative twosome was seen as potentially even more powerful than the G-7 group of leading Western economies. As former Undersecretary of the Treasury C. Fred Bergsten, who originally imagined such a partnership, wrote in 2008, "The basic idea would be to develop a G-2 between the United States and China to steer the global governance process." That notion would become the basis for the Obama admin…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-18). China Is Governed in the Interests of Working People, the US in the Interests of Capital (Interview). orinocotribune.com In this interview with The very concept of shared future and cooperation has a profound impact. It's not threatening to other countries, and it has the win-win idea, meaning if your e…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-05-18). Russia and Cuba complete work on 10 investment projects. plenglish.com Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Cuba are working on 10 investment projects and seek to deepen mutually advantageous cooperation in the scientific-technical sphere, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas said today.

John Bachtell (2023-05-17). Republicans use sham 'debt crisis' to force cuts, set Biden up for blame. peoplesworld.org The Republican House Majority has manufactured a "debt crisis" to force President Joe Biden and the Democratic Senate Majority to agree to draconian cuts to the federal budget. Negotiations to raise the federal debt ceiling remained at an impasse following May 16 talks between Biden and Congressional leaders. The federal government could default on June …

WSWS (2023-05-17). White House debt limit talks: A manufactured, bipartisan conspiracy to make workers pay for war. wsws.org The Biden administration and both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are united in their determination to use the manufactured debt ceiling crisis to implement brutal attacks on social programs.

Staff (2023-05-18). From Waterboarding to Rape, Abu Zubaydah Depicts Torture at Black Sites & Gitmo in Graphic Sketches. democracynow.org The Center for Policy and Research has just published a new report titled "American Torturers: FBI and CIA Abuses at Dark Sites and Guantánamo," which compiles a series of 40 drawings by Guantánamo Bay prisoner Abu Zubaydah that chronicle the horrific torture he endured since 2002 in CIA dark sites and at Guantánamo Bay, where he has been detained without charge since 2006. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued a new call for the United States to release him immediately. We speak with one of his attorneys, Mark Denbeaux, and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who exposed the…

Andy Kroll (2023-05-18). Goodbye to the American Century. tomdispatch.com Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the "G-2" — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United States and China aimed at managing global problems for their mutual benefit. Such a collaborative twosome was seen as potentially even more powerful than the G-7 group of leading Western economies. As former Undersecretary of the Treasury C. Fred Bergsten, who originally imagined such a partnership, wrote in 2008, "The basic idea would be to develop a G-2 between the United States and China to steer the global governance process." That notion would become the basis for the Obama admin…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-18). China Is Governed in the Interests of Working People, the US in the Interests of Capital (Interview). orinocotribune.com In this interview with The very concept of shared future and cooperation has a profound impact. It's not threatening to other countries, and it has the win-win idea, meaning if your e…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-05-18). Russia and Cuba complete work on 10 investment projects. plenglish.com Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Cuba are working on 10 investment projects and seek to deepen mutually advantageous cooperation in the scientific-technical sphere, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas said today.

WSWS (2023-05-18). Sri Lankan ruling party demonises last year's mass uprising. wsws.org The Wickremesinghe government's denigration of last year's mass movement that forced out President Gotabhaya Rajapakse is in preparation for state repression against the working class and rural masses.

WSWS (2023-05-18). TWU keeps New York City transit workers on the job as contract expires. wsws.org While the union and transit agency attempt to drag out negotiations, anger over intolerable working conditions continues to build.

SAM (2023-05-18). The Two Decades That Created Our World's First Mass Middle Class. inequality.org

isabella (2023-05-18). A Tale of Two Retirements: CEOs Versus the Rest of Us. inequality.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-18). Ukraine: How Western Nations Pushed for Privatization of Agriculture and the Devastating Consequences. libya360.wordpress.com Peter Korotaev A farmer on his farmland in Western Ukraine. Image credit: CGTN. Part I: Ukraine's Privatized Agriculture: A Hungry Guarantor of Global Food Security Former Canadian ambassador to Ukraine Roman Waschuk said Ukraine is a country where the IMF does 'economic experiments'. Ukraine is a laboratory for testing radical neo-liberal policies, irrespective of the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-17). 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…

jamanetwork (2023-05-16). Association of a Housing Mobility Program With Childhood Asthma Symptoms and Exacerbations. jamanetwork.com This matched cohort study examines whether participation from 2016 to 2020 in the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership housing mobility program, a program that provided housing vouchers and assistance moving to low-poverty neighborhoods, was associated with reduced asthma morbidity among children aged 5 to 17 years.

jamanetwork (2023-05-16). The US Health Equity Crisis—An Economic Case for a Moral Imperative? jamanetwork.com The US faces a health equity crisis. Income inequality has steadily increased over several decades, as have disparities in health outcomes between the richest and poorest US residents. Because income and wealth are strongly linked to education, the gap in life expectancy between adults with a college degree compared with those without one has also sharply widened. Black adults, who, on average, have less wealth and lower levels of education due to systemic inequities and structurally racist policies, experience the highest premature death rates in the country. There is growing concern that these pervasive and ala…

Kim Petersen (2023-05-16). Exceptionism in US Empire. dissidentvoice.org [S]uffice it to state that the US Guardian Elite are very much of and for the overworld of private wealth. Since the end of World War II, the US Guardian Elite have functioned most decisively as executors of dark power. — Aaron Good, American Exception, p 107 Aaron Good, who received his PhD in political …

teleSUR (2023-05-16). Biden Cancels Trips Due To Debt Impasse. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden canceled the second leg of his trip to Papua New Guinea and Australia for the G7 summit to continue debt ceiling negotiations. | Related: | Biden will travel to Japan tomorrow to attend the summit, but will return to Washington earlier than planned in view of the impossibility of reaching an agreement with the Republicans to increase the debt limit, reached at the beginning of the year and which threatens to plunge the cou…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-16). Biden Cancels Plans to Visit Papua New Guinea, Australia Over Debt Ceiling. news.antiwar.com President Biden has canceled planned visits to Papua New Guinea and Australia to focus on the debt ceiling debate that's ongoing in Washington, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Biden was planning to visit the two nations after the Group of Seven summit that will be held in Hiroshima, Japan, from May 19-21, which he …

Staff (2023-05-16). Headlines for May 16, 2023. democracynow.org 200,000 Fled Sudan in First Month of Fighting Between Rival Military Factions, Flooding in Somalia Kills at Least 22, Affects Nearly a Half-Million People, Heat Waves Bake China and West Coast of North America, House Republicans Reject Closing Tax Loopholes as June 1 Deadline on Debt Ceiling Looms, SCOTUS to Review South Carolina Congressional Maps Struck Down over Racist Gerrymandering, Trump-Era Special Prosecutor Faults FBI over Probe of Russian Interference in 2016 Campaign, Ex-Associate Sues Rudy Giuliani, Alleging Rape, Abuse and Harassment, 18-Year-Old with Assault Rifle Kills 3, Injures 6 in New Mexico, V…

Jubilee USA Network (2023-05-16). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Crises. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…

WSWS (2023-05-16). Inflation drives US household debt to record $17 trillion. wsws.org Rapidly rising prices for basic necessities have devastated household budgets, forcing working people to borrow on their credit cards or take equity out of refinancing their homes to pay their bills.

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). The Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Massive Deception Against the Public. By: Richard D. Wolff. midwesternmarx.com ​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 one higher than the last. Ceilings were intended to limit the amount of federal borrowing. But the same U.S. Congress so mana …

WSWS (2023-05-17). Sri Lankan government launches a massive security operation in Colombo. wsws.org Last weekend's security operation is to ready the police, military and other sections of the state apparatus to deal with the inevitable eruption of working-class struggles against the government and its IMF austerity policies.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-16). Hollywood writers are joining the fight for stable jobs. peoplesdispatch.org The TV & entertainment writers' strike is only one example of organized labor attempting to lift the working class out of the trenches of the so-called gig economy…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-16). Trade unions in Italy continue mobilizations against government's labor policies, support to Ukraine war. peoplesdispatch.org Working class sections have demanded an increase in wages and pensions at par with inflation, including raising the minimum wages to 10 euros (10.87 US$) per hour, and additional investment in public health, education, transport, and infrastructure…

Staff (2023-05-16). A Neo-Nazi Working in Congress: Aide to Rep. Gosar Pledged Loyalty to White Supremacist Nick Fuentes. democracynow.org We look at a newly confirmed direct connection between a white supremacist leader and a staffer for one of Trump's staunchest supporters in Congress. The digital director for right-wing Arizona Congressmember Paul Gosar has been revealed as a prominent follower of neo-Nazi online influencer Nick Fuentes. Gosar himself is linked to organizers of the January 6 insurrection and was censured for posting an animated video on social media where he murdered Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacked President Biden. We speak with Talking Points Memo reporter Hunter Walker about his exclusive report, whic…

manager (2023-05-16). The Subminimum Wage Plus Tips: A Bad Bargain for Workers. cepr.net This article, published in the May 2023 issue of the New Labor Forum discusses the systemic flaws in the United States' two-tiered minimum wage system, focusing on the long-overlooked federal subminimum wage for tipped workers. While many think of the federal minimum wage as $7.23/hour, the subminimum wage for tipped workers is, in fact, $2.13/hour …

Cameron Orr (2023-05-16). Right to Counsel: Jersey City tenants fight for free lawyers in eviction struggles. peoplesworld.org JERSEY CITY, N.J.—Two years ago, a report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition showed that a full-time worker in the U.S. needs to earn at least $25.82 per hour to rent a two-bedroom apartment, and $21.25 per hour for a one-bedroom apartment. The federal minimum wage, however, has been frozen at $7.25 since 2009. …

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-16). MAGA-Oriented Americans Raise $2.49 Million For New York Subway Killer Dan Penny. moguldom.com An online legal defense fund started by attorneys has raised almost $ 2.5 million for an ex-Marine known as the New York "subway killer" who is charged in the May 1 killing of Jordan Neely, a homeless man with mental health issues. Donations have risen to $2.497 million with pledges from thousands of people to …

Editor (2023-05-17). Class forces behind Jordan Neely's murder ‚àí an editorial. workers.org Due to the mass struggle, white ex-Marine Daniel Penny, whose 15-minutes-long chokehold led to the death of Jordan Neely — a 30-year-old African American houseless and mentally ill man — was charged with second-degree manslaughter. If convicted — and that is a very big IF — he could face anywhere . . . |

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-16). Vice Media Officially Files for Bankruptcy After $5 Billion Valuation: Who's Next? moguldom.com Vice media, which was once valued at $5.7 billion and produced "gonzo journalism from exotic locales" with a stated a commitment to cover "under-reported stories," filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. The filing came weeks after the company announced layoffs thought to impact more than 100 employees in the company's 1,500-person workforce, the Wall Street …

Editor (2023-05-16). Hollywood Writers Have a Word for It: Inequality. scheerpost.com

Cinnamon Janzer, Next City. (2023-05-16). This Food Bank Is Bringing A HelloFresh Approach To Its Pantry. popularresistance.org The Fritz Food Pantry in Madison prides itself on providing a wide variety of foods and ingredients to accommodate as many diets, allergies and food preferences as possible. Their approach speaks not just to the continuing hunger crisis exacerbated by the pandemic; food pantries like The Fritz have also been shown to have an important influence on the dietary health of their customers. | But just because a variety of healthy foods and ingredients are offered doesn't mean that every visitor has the ability to put recipes together at home. So Abby Warfel, a volunteer turned part-time pantry assistant, had an idea:…

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). 'We don't want to be slaves': Meet the People's Liberation Army of Burma By: Michael Christopher. midwesternmarx.com A young soldier of the People's Liberation Army shows off his rifle skills in the Burmese jungle. | Photo via PLA "Why can't they wait for the new government to sort out? 'All in good time,' and 'they must wait for their turn,' they say. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, when your children go hungry, how long are you willing and prepared to wait?"— Popular Struggle, Communist Party of Burma, June 20, 2016.K …

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-05-16). Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes To School. popularresistance.org Newark, NJ – We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico. The single mother, rarely at home because she works long hours to keep her three children fed and pay the rent. The poverty. The crime. The instability. Later, the stepfather who drinks, uses drugs and beats his stepchildren. The child acting up. Dropping out of school. Joining a gang. The robberies. The one that went wrong and left a man dead. Prison. | The students I teach in prison have variations of the same story. They are funneled into the maw of the prison-industrial-complex, the large…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-16). 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…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-15). As UN 'Reviews' Presence in Afghanistan, Afghans Face More Hunger and Poverty. towardfreedom.org The number of people below the poverty line in Afghanistan has increased from 19 million in 2020 to 34 million today, reports Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service.

Editor (2023-05-15). Nicaragua: What we learned about agroecology. mronline.org "Why did we choose to study in Nicaragua? Hunger, poverty, and illiteracy are major issues plaguing much of the world, and climate change is one of the greatest threats to humans on the planet. Nicaragua is setting an example for sustainable development that addresses all these issues."

Alberto Palmarrosa Inciarte (2023-05-15). Migración — acerca del Título 42. globalizacion.ca De pronto usted no se sienta aludido con el Título 42, pero si es pobre y latinoamericano, y lo ignora, prepárese, que usted es su objeto. Las argucias de la derecha mundial son siempre colocar sobre toda la malignidad de…

Jake Johnson (2023-05-15). "Greatest Wealth Transfer in History" Is Poised to Further Entrench Inequality. truthout.org The United States' astronomical levels of economic inequality are poised to become further entrenched in the coming years as what The New York Times described Sunday as "the greatest wealth transfer in history" gets underway, with the richest members of the Baby Boomer generation set to pass trillions of dollars in assets on to their descendants — often paying little or nothing in taxes. |

Julia Conley (2023-05-15). Sanders, Jayapal lan town hall on healthcare as human right to promote Medicare for All bill. nationofchange.org "There are millions of people who would like to go to a doctor but cannot afford to do so," said Sanders. "This is an outrage. In America, your health and your longevity should not be dependent on your wealth."

Jubilee USA Network (2023-05-16). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Crises. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…

WSWS (2023-05-16). Inflation drives US household debt to record $17 trillion. wsws.org Rapidly rising prices for basic necessities have devastated household budgets, forcing working people to borrow on their credit cards or take equity out of refinancing their homes to pay their bills.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-15). US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Prof. Michael Hudson's new book, "The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization's Oligarchic Turning Point" is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and geoeconomic order is dying and the new one is being born at breakneck speed. Prof. Hudson's main thesis…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-15). Why the US is Arming Morocco and Working to Combat Russian Influence in Algeria. libya360.wordpress.com Robert Inlakesh The United States government is deeply entrenched in fuelling an arms race between Morocco and Algeria, 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. Algeria has announced that its ties with Morocco have reached "the…

WSWS (2023-05-15). The Clarios strike and the global counteroffensive of the working class. wsws.org The issuance of an injunction against Clarios workers shows that the ruling class views the walkout as a struggle with far-reaching national and international implications.

WSWS (2023-05-16). Inflation drives US household debt to record $17 trillion. wsws.org Rapidly rising prices for basic necessities have devastated household budgets, forcing working people to borrow on their credit cards or take equity out of refinancing their homes to pay their bills.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-15). US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Prof. Michael Hudson's new book, "The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization's Oligarchic Turning Point" is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and geoeconomic order is dying and the new one is being born at breakneck speed. Prof. Hudson's main thesis…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-15). Why the US is Arming Morocco and Working to Combat Russian Influence in Algeria. libya360.wordpress.com Robert Inlakesh The United States government is deeply entrenched in fuelling an arms race between Morocco and Algeria, 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. Algeria has announced that its ties with Morocco have reached "the…

WSWS (2023-05-15). The Clarios strike and the global counteroffensive of the working class. wsws.org The issuance of an injunction against Clarios workers shows that the ruling class views the walkout as a struggle with far-reaching national and international implications.

Jireh Deng, In These Times. (2023-05-15). The WGA Strike Is More Than An Issue Of Pay. popularresistance.org When Caroline Renard moved to Los Angeles 10 years ago, she had zero connections to Hollywood. But she was determined all the same to break into the industry and did all sorts of side gigs — from working at Veggie Grill to driving for DoorDash and Lyft to babysitting — all to pay the bills while she worked on her craft. | And that hard work eventually paid off. She moved up from production assistant on set to an executive assistant at Disney before becoming a writer's and showrunner's assistant until she became a staff writer on a show. But throughout that decade breaking into Hollywood, she oftentime…

Michel Moushabeck (2023-05-15). The Nakba Didn't End in 1948. It Continues to Impact Palestinians Daily. truthout.org Seventy-five years ago today, the Jewish state of Israel was established and the Palestinian state of despair and homelessness began. Palestinians refer to this day as "al-Nakba," the catastrophe that resulted in the ethnic cleansing of nearly 750,000 natives and the destruction of more than 500 Palestinian villages and towns. May 15, 1948, is a date forever etched in the collective memory of… |

WSWS (2023-05-15). Erdoƒüan, Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu advance to run-off in Turkish presidential election. wsws.org The outcome reveals the bankruptcy of the bourgeois opposition, which the pseudo-left supported as an "alternative" to Erdoƒüan's right-wing government.

_____ (2023-05-15). U.N. Security Council Focus on World Hunger. transcend.org The Food and Agriculture Organization's report highlights that some 250 million persons are living under acute food insecurity, with the DRC leading with some 27 million due to armed violence and the breakdown of governmental structures.

Mansa Musa (2023-05-15). Khader Adnan's martyrdom and Israel's abuse of Palestinian prisoners. therealnews.com The death of Khader Adnan in Israeli detention during a hunger strike on May 2 of this year sparked mourning worldwide and a general strike in occupied Palestine. The 45-year-old Adnan was on his 87th day of hunger strike while serving a sentence for his 12th arrest by the Israeli state at the time of his death. A baker by trade and a father to nine children, Adnan was the first Palestinian to die of hunger strike in an Israeli prison since 1992. As a spokesperson for Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Adnan first captured the world's attention when he launched a hunger strike from behind bars in 2011, sparking a g…

Editor (2023-05-15). Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes to School. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Newark, N.J. — We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico. The single mother, rarely at home because she works long hours to keep her three children fed and pay the rent. The poverty. The crime. …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-15). 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…

Alberto Palmarrosa Inciarte (2023-05-15). Migración — acerca del Título 42. globalizacion.ca De pronto usted no se sienta aludido con el Título 42, pero si es pobre y latinoamericano, y lo ignora, prepárese, que usted es su objeto. Las argucias de la derecha mundial son siempre colocar sobre toda la malignidad de…

Julia Conley (2023-05-15). Sanders, Jayapal lan town hall on healthcare as human right to promote Medicare for All bill. nationofchange.org "There are millions of people who would like to go to a doctor but cannot afford to do so," said Sanders. "This is an outrage. In America, your health and your longevity should not be dependent on your wealth."

teleSUR (2023-05-15). Israeli Cities on Strike Over Controversial Property Tax Law. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, The Federation of Local Authorities in Israel declared their intention to initiate a general strike on Monday regarding a controversial property tax law advanced by the government. | Related: | The proposed law mandates wealthy local authorities to redistribute the earnings derived from commercial real estate business to financially disadvantaged urban areas as an incentive for increased residential development. | Fu…

Vijay Prashad (2023-05-14). In the Factories There Is Wealth, but There Is No Life: The 18th Newsletter. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — May 4, 2023 | Dear friends, | Greetings from the desk of In late 2022, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) released a fascinating

Jubilee USA Network (2023-05-15). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Crises. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-15). US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Prof. Michael Hudson's new book, "The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization's Oligarchic Turning Point" is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and geoeconomic order is dying and the new one is being born at breakneck speed. Prof. Hudson's main thesis…

Jim Spellman (2023-05-14). U.S. debt ceiling negotiations show little progress. america.cgtn.com See the potential impact on Americans if the U.S. debt ceiling is not raised.

David Sirota (2023-05-14). Biden's Austerity Rhetoric Returns From The Memory Hole. levernews.com When President Joe Biden this week gave credence to Republicans' argument that America needs government spending cuts, he channeled the real-but-forgotten Joe Biden — the one that was memory-holed during the 2020 presidential campaign.During a speech in New York on Wednesday, Biden laudably slammed GOP leaders for demanding draconian spending cuts in exchange for passage of routine legislation to prevent the government from defaulting on its outstanding debts. But then he also declared that such austerity must be a long-term priority."We should be cutting spending and lowering the deficit," said Biden, l…

calebcrowder (2023-05-14). The Human Cost of McCarthy's Debt Ceiling Demands Would Be Catastrophic. ips-dc.org Whatever word for it you use, McCarthy and his caucus are holding American families, the full faith and credit of the United States and the global economy hostage to his demands to slash the programs t…

Jireh Deng, In These Times. (2023-05-15). The WGA Strike Is More Than An Issue Of Pay. popularresistance.org When Caroline Renard moved to Los Angeles 10 years ago, she had zero connections to Hollywood. But she was determined all the same to break into the industry and did all sorts of side gigs — from working at Veggie Grill to driving for DoorDash and Lyft to babysitting — all to pay the bills while she worked on her craft. | And that hard work eventually paid off. She moved up from production assistant on set to an executive assistant at Disney before becoming a writer's and showrunner's assistant until she became a staff writer on a show. But throughout that decade breaking into Hollywood, she oftentime…

Veronica Avila, Mariah Montgomery, Scheer Post. (2023-05-15). Gig Work Is Getting Dangerous. popularresistance.org In recent months, stories of rideshare drivers and delivery workers carjacked, robbed, or even killed on the job have made headlines around the country. Now, growing research shows that there is an all-out crisis in app-based work. | This May, Gig Workers Rising, PowerSwitch Action, and ACRE released new research that suggests the safety crisis among app workers — especially app workers of color — is escalating. They found that in 2022, at least 31 app workers — three-quarters of them people of color — were murdered while working. | That's more app workers murdered than we have been able t…

WSWS (2023-05-15). The Clarios strike and the global counteroffensive of the working class. wsws.org The issuance of an injunction against Clarios workers shows that the ruling class views the walkout as a struggle with far-reaching national and international implications.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-05-14). The impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. property market. america.cgtn.com While COVID-19 is no longer considered a public health emergency in the U.S., its aftermath continues to affect commercial real estate, as many continue to adopt remote working.

Editor (2023-05-14). 'We're a community': These Groups are Working to Bail Out Incarcerated Women in Time for Mother's Day. scheerpost.com The National Bail Out effort is a collective of local and national Black-led organizations that plan Mama's Day Bail Out events around the country.

Eleanor J. Bader (2023-05-14). Exploitative Child Labor Is Hurting Kids' Ability to Stay in School. truthout.org When Guatemalan immigrant Jose Velasquez was 13, he began spending his summers working alongside his mother in North Carolina's tobacco fields. "I worked 10 to 12 hours a day, five days a week in the Goldsboro area," he told Truthout. "I had to get up at 4: 30 am. A rusty van would come by, cram 20 or so people in, and take us to wherever we were needed. We were never told the destination in… |

JANET (2023-05-14). Stop U.S. harassment of anti-imperialist activists! iacenter.org By Arjae Red May 10, 2023 The 150-person May Day 2023 delegation to Cuba With the workers' movement on the rise in the U.S. and around the world, May Day activities for 2023 were in full swing over the last few days. Also in evidence were attempts by the U.S. government to repress those individuals who believe in expressing international solidarity with the working class and oppressed nations worldwide. One notable event was the 2023 May Day youth delegation to Cuba, in which an estimated 150 young activists from a variety of anti-imperialist organizations took part in a multiday brigade to the island country, to…

Veronica Avila, Mariah Montgomery, Scheer Post. (2023-05-15). Gig Work Is Getting Dangerous. popularresistance.org In recent months, stories of rideshare drivers and delivery workers carjacked, robbed, or even killed on the job have made headlines around the country. Now, growing research shows that there is an all-out crisis in app-based work. | This May, Gig Workers Rising, PowerSwitch Action, and ACRE released new research that suggests the safety crisis among app workers — especially app workers of color — is escalating. They found that in 2022, at least 31 app workers — three-quarters of them people of color — were murdered while working. | That's more app workers murdered than we have been able t…

WSWS (2023-05-15). The Clarios strike and the global counteroffensive of the working class. wsws.org The issuance of an injunction against Clarios workers shows that the ruling class views the walkout as a struggle with far-reaching national and international implications.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-05-14). The impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. property market. america.cgtn.com While COVID-19 is no longer considered a public health emergency in the U.S., its aftermath continues to affect commercial real estate, as many continue to adopt remote working.

Editor (2023-05-14). 'We're a community': These Groups are Working to Bail Out Incarcerated Women in Time for Mother's Day. scheerpost.com The National Bail Out effort is a collective of local and national Black-led organizations that plan Mama's Day Bail Out events around the country.

Eleanor J. Bader (2023-05-14). Exploitative Child Labor Is Hurting Kids' Ability to Stay in School. truthout.org When Guatemalan immigrant Jose Velasquez was 13, he began spending his summers working alongside his mother in North Carolina's tobacco fields. "I worked 10 to 12 hours a day, five days a week in the Goldsboro area," he told Truthout. "I had to get up at 4: 30 am. A rusty van would come by, cram 20 or so people in, and take us to wherever we were needed. We were never told the destination in… |

JANET (2023-05-14). Stop U.S. harassment of anti-imperialist activists! iacenter.org By Arjae Red May 10, 2023 The 150-person May Day 2023 delegation to Cuba With the workers' movement on the rise in the U.S. and around the world, May Day activities for 2023 were in full swing over the last few days. Also in evidence were attempts by the U.S. government to repress those individuals who believe in expressing international solidarity with the working class and oppressed nations worldwide. One notable event was the 2023 May Day youth delegation to Cuba, in which an estimated 150 young activists from a variety of anti-imperialist organizations took part in a multiday brigade to the island country, to…

José David Delgado (2023-05-14). Venezuela's NGO Oversight Law to Ensure Transparency. orinocotribune.com The role of NGOs in Venezuela has been discussed and questioned in the last few months, as the Venezuelan National Assembly continues work on an NGO oversight bill. According to Deputy Diosdado Cabello, a member of the Permanent Commission of Integral Social Development, "62 NGOs operate in the country, and none of them have a social purpose, but a political one, which is contrary to the laws of the nation." | Similarly, a few weeks ago, Deputy Julio Chávez stated that some NGOs both inside and outside the country have been identified as working "to generate destabilization." He named as an example the NGO Sipas…

Sue Bull (2023-05-14). 'MUA: Here to stay!' remembered at May Day dinner. greenleft.org.au One of the most significant battles in recent working class history was remembered at the annual May Day dinner to support Green Left at Geelong Trades Hall. Sue Bull reports.

WSWS (2023-05-14). A Hell Called Ohio: The working class and American fiction. wsws.org A Hell Called Ohio centers on the life of its narrator, Warrell Swanson, a worker in a metal factory on the Maumee River in Defiance, in northwest Ohio.

WSWS (2023-05-15). Erdoƒüan, Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu advance to run-off in Turkish presidential election. wsws.org The outcome reveals the bankruptcy of the bourgeois opposition, which the pseudo-left supported as an "alternative" to Erdoƒüan's right-wing government.

_____ (2023-05-15). U.N. Security Council Focus on World Hunger. transcend.org The Food and Agriculture Organization's report highlights that some 250 million persons are living under acute food insecurity, with the DRC leading with some 27 million due to armed violence and the breakdown of governmental structures.

Mansa Musa (2023-05-15). Khader Adnan's martyrdom and Israel's abuse of Palestinian prisoners. therealnews.com The death of Khader Adnan in Israeli detention during a hunger strike on May 2 of this year sparked mourning worldwide and a general strike in occupied Palestine. The 45-year-old Adnan was on his 87th day of hunger strike while serving a sentence for his 12th arrest by the Israeli state at the time of his death. A baker by trade and a father to nine children, Adnan was the first Palestinian to die of hunger strike in an Israeli prison since 1992. As a spokesperson for Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Adnan first captured the world's attention when he launched a hunger strike from behind bars in 2011, sparking a g…

JANET (2023-05-14). Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike: latest target of Israeli assassinations. iacenter.org May 12, 2023 Published by Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 1, 2023. Sheikh Khader Adnan Sheikh Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner, hunger striker and resistance leader, was martyred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 2, after 86 days of hunger strike demanding his freedom. Adnan, 45, was married to Randa Musa and is the father of nine children. A leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, he became one of the most prominent symbols of the Palestinian prisoners' movement and ongoing resistance, after winning his liberation from administrative detention four times through hu…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-14). 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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-13). Nicaragua: What We Learned About Agroecology. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Kohn As part of a seminar course at the University of Maryland, students travel to Nicaragua to see firsthand how the country has confronted the challenges of hunger and poverty and achieved food self-sufficiency. At the University of Maryland's College of Agriculture, we have developed a seminar course titled "Sustainable Agriculture and Environment in Nicaragua" offered…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-13). 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…

Jorge Alemán (2023-05-13). Límites de la Inteligencia artificial. globalizacion.ca Es muy fácil responder por cuáles serán los límites de la IA: el Capital seguirá extrayendo plusvalía y seguirá reproduciéndose, las naciones armadas seguirán arruinando a sus colonias, se seguirá masacrando a los pobres y matando a las mujeres, jamás…

Jorge Alemán (2023-05-13). Límites de la Inteligencia artificial. globalizacion.ca Es muy fácil responder por cuáles serán los límites de la IA: el Capital seguirá extrayendo plusvalía y seguirá reproduciéndose, las naciones armadas seguirán arruinando a sus colonias, se seguirá masacrando a los pobres y matando a las mujeres, jamás…

Derek Seidman, Truthout. (2023-05-14). Labor Organizers Launch New Model For The Fight Against Private Equity. popularresistance.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 firms on Wall Street, behemoths within the ultra-powerful but opaque financial sector known as private equity — the arm of Wall Street that oversees trillions in assets and specializes in buying out, restructuring…

David Sirota (2023-05-14). Biden's Austerity Rhetoric Returns From The Memory Hole. levernews.com When President Joe Biden this week gave credence to Republicans' argument that America needs government spending cuts, he channeled the real-but-forgotten Joe Biden — the one that was memory-holed during the 2020 presidential campaign.During a speech in New York on Wednesday, Biden laudably slammed GOP leaders for demanding draconian spending cuts in exchange for passage of routine legislation to prevent the government from defaulting on its outstanding debts. But then he also declared that such austerity must be a long-term priority."We should be cutting spending and lowering the deficit," said Biden, l…

ecns.cn (2023-05-14). Comicomment: U.S.' crazy fiscal cliff maneuvers. ecns.cn The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that a U.S. debt default prompted by failure to raise the country's debt ceiling would have "very serious repercussions" for the U.S. economy as well as the global economy.

Jubilee USA Network (2023-05-14). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Crises. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…

Jake Bittle (2023-05-13). A Series of Climate Catastrophes Have Exacerbated the Debt Ceiling Crisis. truthout.org As President Joe Biden tangles with Republican lawmakers over whether to raise the nation's debt ceiling, a key question looms over the negotiations: When, exactly, will the U.S. government run out of money? No one knows the answer, but one factor is making it harder to pin down: climate change. A barrage of climate-fueled disasters has slowed down the pace of federal tax collection… |

Jubilee USA Network (2023-05-13). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Crises. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…

Sue Bull (2023-05-14). 'MUA: Here to stay!' remembered at May Day dinner. greenleft.org.au One of the most significant battles in recent working class history was remembered at the annual May Day dinner to support Green Left at Geelong Trades Hall. Sue Bull reports.

ecns.cn (2023-05-14). Daily life of vet nurse in Guangxi. ecns.cn The 28-year-old vet nurse helps pet doctors treat pets, manage their diet and monitor their physical conditions at the clinic. After working for 2 years, he has become the head nurse of the clinic.

Sue Bull (2023-05-14). 'MUA: here to stay' campaign remembered at May Day Green Left dinner. greenleft.org.au One of the most significant battles in recent working class history was remembered at the annual May Day dinner to support Green Left at Geelong Trades Hall. Sue Bull reports.

Udani Samarasekera (2023-05-13). Perspectives] Jaime Miranda: nurturing future public health researchers. thelancet.com Jaime Miranda had just finished his first day as Professor and Head of School at the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, when we spoke in late April, 2023. He had spent part of the day on the ground floor of the school to "get to know people" and tell them he is "going to be working with them and for them for the next 5 years at least". Miranda, who has a warm and unpretentious style, combines this new role with his positions as Professor in the School of Medicine at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, Professor of Global Health at the London School of…

Lucrecia Franco (2023-05-13). Brazil partners with China to tackle epidemics and pandemics. america.cgtn.com New Sino-Brazilian research centers in Rio de Janeiro and Beijing are expected to become fully operational by early 2025, with Brazilian and Chinese researchers working together in both cities. Find out more.

Global Times, Friends of Socialist China. (2023-05-13). China Is Governed In The Interests Of Working People. popularresistance.org In this interview with Global Times, Sara Flounders — a contributing editor to Workers World and a member of our advisory group — shares her analysis of the escalating New Cold War and the US's global hegemonic project. Comparing the West's approach of war, sanctions, coercion and destabilisation with China's vision of a human community with a shared future, Sara observes: | "The very concept of shared future and cooperation has a profound impact. It's not threatening to other countries, and it has the win-win idea, meaning if your economy is growing and our economy is growing, that's better for both…

WSWS (2023-05-13). Jordan Neely's murder on the New York City subway and the terminal crisis of capitalism. wsws.org Daniel Penny was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter ten days after he killed the 30-year-old homeless man with a chokehold.

Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Katherine Kirkby, Nicole Bergen, Anne Schlotheuber, Daniel A Antiporta (2023-05-13). Correspondence] WHO releases Health Inequality Data Repository. thelancet.com On April 20, 2023, WHO released the largest global collection of publicly available inequality data with the launch of the Health Inequality Data Repository.1 As members of the technical team developing the resource, we highlight its potential contribution to advancing health equity by creating opportunities for health inequality monitoring, including tracking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Katherine Kirkby, Nicole Bergen, Anne Schlotheuber, Daniel A Antiporta (2023-05-13). Correspondence] WHO releases Health Inequality Data Repository. thelancet.com On April 20, 2023, WHO released the largest global collection of publicly available inequality data with the launch of the Health Inequality Data Repository.1 As members of the technical team developing the resource, we highlight its potential contribution to advancing health equity by creating opportunities for health inequality monitoring, including tracking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

A Guest Author (2023-05-13). Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike: latest target of Israeli assassinations. workers.org Published by Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 1, 2023. Sheikh Khader Adnan Sheikh Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner, hunger striker and resistance leader, was martyred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 2, after 86 days of hunger strike demanding his freedom. Adnan, 45, was married to Randa . . . |

Visualizing Palestine (2023-05-13). On Khader Adnan's Hunger Strike. dissidentvoice.org The story of the ongoing Nakba is the story of Khader Adnan, who spent eight years of his life in Israeli prison without charge or trial and died last week on hunger strike in solitary confinement.

Visualizing Palestine (2023-05-13). On Khader Adnan's Hunger Strike. dissidentvoice.org The story of the ongoing Nakba is the story of Khader Adnan, who spent eight years of his life in Israeli prison without charge or trial and died last week on hunger strike in solitary confinement.

A Guest Author (2023-05-13). Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike: latest target of Israeli assassinations. workers.org Published by Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 1, 2023. Sheikh Khader Adnan Sheikh Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner, hunger striker and resistance leader, was martyred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 2, after 86 days of hunger strike demanding his freedom. Adnan, 45, was married to Randa . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-13). 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…

Jorge Alemán (2023-05-13). Límites de la Inteligencia artificial. globalizacion.ca Es muy fácil responder por cuáles serán los límites de la IA: el Capital seguirá extrayendo plusvalía y seguirá reproduciéndose, las naciones armadas seguirán arruinando a sus colonias, se seguirá masacrando a los pobres y matando a las mujeres, jamás…

WSWS (2023-05-12). An invitation to Sunday's Zoom meeting from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK). wsws.org Ward's talk of "mutual interest" obliterates the fundamental division between workers who produce the company's wealth and major shareholders who exploit our labour for profit.

ecns.cn (2023-05-13). Comicomment: U.S.' crazy fiscal cliff maneuvers. ecns.cn The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that a U.S. debt default prompted by failure to raise the country's debt ceiling would have "very serious repercussions" for the U.S. economy as well as the global economy.

Jake Bittle (2023-05-13). A Series of Climate Catastrophes Have Exacerbated the Debt Ceiling Crisis. truthout.org As President Joe Biden tangles with Republican lawmakers over whether to raise the nation's debt ceiling, a key question looms over the negotiations: When, exactly, will the U.S. government run out of money? No one knows the answer, but one factor is making it harder to pin down: climate change. A barrage of climate-fueled disasters has slowed down the pace of federal tax collection… |

Jubilee USA Network (2023-05-13). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Crises. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-13). Government Employees Union Sues Over 'Unconstitutional' Debt Limit Law. popularresistance.org

ecns.cn (2023-05-13). G7 meeting clouded by debt crisis. ecns.cn A standoff in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling overshadowed a meeting of Group of Seven finance leaders starting on Thursday, heightening U.S. recession fears as central banks seek a soft landing for the global economy.

Jubilee USA Network (2023-05-13). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Cr. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…

Jake Johnson (2023-05-12). Progressives Worry Biden Remarks May Signal Concession to GOP Spending Cuts. truthout.org After meeting with congressional leaders earlier this week as the U.S. barrels toward a catastrophic debt default, President Joe Biden said that "we should be cutting spending," a remark that fueled concerns among progressives that the White House is preparing to cede to at least some Republican demands in exchange for a deal to lift the debt ceiling. President Joe Biden has said repeatedly that… |

The Lever (2023-05-12). LEVER LIVE: Should We Worry About The Debt Ceiling? levernews.com

Ann Brown (2023-05-12). Fact Check: Bobby Brown Was Kidnapped Over Debt, Whitney Houston Paid $400,000 Ransom To Save His Life. moguldom.com Pop diva Whitney Houston and R&B superstar Bobby Brown were married from 1992 to 2007. While their relationship was reportedly full of turbulence and drug abuse by both parties, until they divorced, they appeared to be a ride-or-die couple. And, according to one rumor, Houston bailed Brown out when he was kidnapped by drug dealers …

Udani Samarasekera (2023-05-13). Perspectives] Jaime Miranda: nurturing future public health researchers. thelancet.com Jaime Miranda had just finished his first day as Professor and Head of School at the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, when we spoke in late April, 2023. He had spent part of the day on the ground floor of the school to "get to know people" and tell them he is "going to be working with them and for them for the next 5 years at least". Miranda, who has a warm and unpretentious style, combines this new role with his positions as Professor in the School of Medicine at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, Professor of Global Health at the London School of…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-13). U.S. Navy To Increase Presence In Strait Of Hormuz To Challenge Iran. southfront.org Ensign Gordon Kitchener looks out from the bridge of the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), May 9, 2023 in the Arabian Gulf. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elliot Schaudt) | The United States 5th Fleet is working with regional allies and partners to increase the rotation of ships and aircraft patrolling in and around the Strait of Hormuz in response to the recent seizure of two oil tankers by Iran, the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) announced on Ma…

ecns.cn (2023-05-13). Daily life of vet nurse in Guangxi. ecns.cn The 28-year-old vet nurse helps pet doctors treat pets, manage their diet and monitor their physical conditions at the clinic. After working for 2 years, he has become the head nurse of the clinic.

WSWS (2023-05-12). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org India: 30,000 West Bengal state government workers fight for higher allowances and permanency; Sri Lankan consumer investigation officers strike for safe working conditions; Australia: Tomago Aluminium maintenance workers on strike for higher pay.

thecommunists (2023-05-12). The French working class fights on. thecommunists.org Trash has piled up high on many of the streets of Paris, barricades still burn in the night across France, as French workers carry on the fight to overthrow their government's attack on their pensions. French president Emmanuel Macron's government pushed a bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without …

monitormag (2023-05-12). This is a class struggle, not a housing crisis. monitormag.ca What if there is no housing crisis, but a housing market working exactly as designed?>

Udani Samarasekera (2023-05-13). Perspectives] Jaime Miranda: nurturing future public health researchers. thelancet.com Jaime Miranda had just finished his first day as Professor and Head of School at the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, when we spoke in late April, 2023. He had spent part of the day on the ground floor of the school to "get to know people" and tell them he is "going to be working with them and for them for the next 5 years at least". Miranda, who has a warm and unpretentious style, combines this new role with his positions as Professor in the School of Medicine at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, Professor of Global Health at the London School of…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-13). U.S. Navy To Increase Presence In Strait Of Hormuz To Challenge Iran. southfront.org Ensign Gordon Kitchener looks out from the bridge of the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), May 9, 2023 in the Arabian Gulf. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elliot Schaudt) | The United States 5th Fleet is working with regional allies and partners to increase the rotation of ships and aircraft patrolling in and around the Strait of Hormuz in response to the recent seizure of two oil tankers by Iran, the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) announced on Ma…

ecns.cn (2023-05-13). Daily life of vet nurse in Guangxi. ecns.cn The 28-year-old vet nurse helps pet doctors treat pets, manage their diet and monitor their physical conditions at the clinic. After working for 2 years, he has become the head nurse of the clinic.

WSWS (2023-05-12). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org India: 30,000 West Bengal state government workers fight for higher allowances and permanency; Sri Lankan consumer investigation officers strike for safe working conditions; Australia: Tomago Aluminium maintenance workers on strike for higher pay.

thecommunists (2023-05-12). The French working class fights on. thecommunists.org Trash has piled up high on many of the streets of Paris, barricades still burn in the night across France, as French workers carry on the fight to overthrow their government's attack on their pensions. French president Emmanuel Macron's government pushed a bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without …

monitormag (2023-05-12). This is a class struggle, not a housing crisis. monitormag.ca What if there is no housing crisis, but a housing market working exactly as designed?>

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-05-12). Nurses in Portugal strike for adequate staffing on International Nurses' Day. peoplesdispatch.org Two nurses' trade unions in Portugal launched a one-day strike on International Nurses' Day to fight for better staffing and working conditions. More protests are expected in the coming months with private sector nurses also likely to join in…

April Lanuza (2023-05-12). Balancing motherhood and work. america.cgtn.com Working mothers comprise a significant part of the labor force, accounting for about one-third (32%) of all working women.

WSWS (2023-05-13). Jordan Neely's murder on the New York City subway and the terminal crisis of capitalism. wsws.org Daniel Penny was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter ten days after he killed the 30-year-old homeless man with a chokehold.

Amanda Yee (2023-05-12). Capitalist housing crisis an accomplice in the murder of Jordan Neely. liberationnews.org The solution to the crisis of homelessness is simple: provide housing…

Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Katherine Kirkby, Nicole Bergen, Anne Schlotheuber, Daniel A Antiporta (2023-05-13). Correspondence] WHO releases Health Inequality Data Repository. thelancet.com On April 20, 2023, WHO released the largest global collection of publicly available inequality data with the launch of the Health Inequality Data Repository.1 As members of the technical team developing the resource, we highlight its potential contribution to advancing health equity by creating opportunities for health inequality monitoring, including tracking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

SAM (2023-05-12). Why We Should Abolish the Super Rich. inequality.org

rebekah (2023-05-12). In DeSantis' 'Free' State of Florida, Union Freedom Is Under Attack. inequality.org In what Governor Ron DeSantis likes to call his "freedom state" of Florida, the freedom to belong to an effective union is under a ferocious attack. DeSantis, with the school year winding down, has just appeared at a Miami charter school to sign a new slate of bills that aim to undermine quality public services. …

A Guest Author (2023-05-13). Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike: latest target of Israeli assassinations. workers.org Published by Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 1, 2023. Sheikh Khader Adnan Sheikh Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner, hunger striker and resistance leader, was martyred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 2, after 86 days of hunger strike demanding his freedom. Adnan, 45, was married to Randa . . . |

Visualizing Palestine (2023-05-13). On Khader Adnan's Hunger Strike. dissidentvoice.org The story of the ongoing Nakba is the story of Khader Adnan, who spent eight years of his life in Israeli prison without charge or trial and died last week on hunger strike in solitary confinement.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-12). Letter Carriers prep for national 'Stamp Out Hunger' food drive. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —The Letter Carriers are preparing for your generosity, expressed through their annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, scheduled for May 13. That day, on postal routes and at post offices, they'll collect boxes and bags of non-perishable food from generous customers to be sorted and redistributed at local pantries, shelters, charities and similar sources …

Michael Christopher (2023-05-12). 'We don't want to be slaves': Meet the People's Liberation Army of Burma. peoplesworld.org "Why can't they wait for the new government to sort out? 'All in good time,' and 'they must wait for their turn,' they say. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, when your children go hungry, how long are you willing and prepared to wait?"— Popular Struggle, Communist Party of Burma, …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-12). 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…

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-05-12). Pobreza en Perú alcanza a más de 9 millones de personas. telesurtv.net Según el instituto, la cantidad de personas pobres en Perú para el 2022 era de 9.184.000, un aumento de 628.000 individuos en comparación con el año previo.

WSWS (2023-05-12). An invitation to Sunday's Zoom meeting from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK). wsws.org Ward's talk of "mutual interest" obliterates the fundamental division between workers who produce the company's wealth and major shareholders who exploit our labour for profit.

WSWS (2023-05-12). Australia: The Labor budget and the stage three tax cuts. wsws.org The cost of the two biggest items affecting the government's financial position—the massive expansion of military spending under AUKUS and the tax cuts for the better-off and wealthy—were not included in the budget's forward estimates.

Editor (2023-05-11). Big Food Raking in Huge Profits From Price Hikes as US Hunger Persists: Analysis. scheerpost.com "It's shameful that Americans are left food insecure and have to skip meals while corporations and their wealthy shareholders enjoy the spoils of supersized profits under unjustified price hikes."

ecns.cn (2023-05-12). G7 meeting clouded by debt crisis. ecns.cn A standoff in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling overshadowed a meeting of Group of Seven finance leaders starting on Thursday, heightening U.S. recession fears as central banks seek a soft landing for the global economy.

John Canham-Clyne, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-05-12). Why Exposing Evils Of Medical Debt Doesn't Fix The Problem. popularresistance.org Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont proposed on February 2 to purchase and forgive roughly $2 billion in medical debt owed by state residents. Along with similar proposals in other jurisdictions, the plan offers desperately needed relief from stress and fear to thousands of people who are struggling to pay their current outstanding medical bills. Unfortunately, these programs will do nothing to prevent millions more Americans from falling into the country's healthcare financial meat grinder. | Meanwhile, three major credit reporting agencies have decided to expunge paid-off medical debts and outstanding debt less than $5…

Richard D. Wolff, Popular Resistance. (2023-05-12). The Debt Ceiling Debate Is A Massive Deception Against The Public. popularresistance.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 one higher than the last. Ceilings were intended to limit the amount of federal borrowing. But the same U.S. Congress so managed its taxing and spending that it created ever more excesses of spending over tax revenues (deficits). Those excesses required borrowing…

Jubilee USA Network (2023-05-12). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Cr. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…

Jake Johnson (2023-05-12). Progressives Worry Biden Remarks May Signal Concession to GOP Spending Cuts. truthout.org After meeting with congressional leaders earlier this week as the U.S. barrels toward a catastrophic debt default, President Joe Biden said that "we should be cutting spending," a remark that fueled concerns among progressives that the White House is preparing to cede to at least some Republican demands in exchange for a deal to lift the debt ceiling. President Joe Biden has said repeatedly that… |

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-11). The Heat: U.S. Debt Ceiling Battle. america.cgtn.com The United States tries to avoid defaulting on its debt. Can it avoid an economic crisis? The U.S. is now just weeks away from what the treasury secretary warns could be an "economic catastrophe" if it fails to agree on a deal to raise its …

Editor (2023-05-11). Ralph Nader: The Sadistic GOP's Debt Limit Ploy vs. the People. scheerpost.com

Josh Bivens, Samantha Sanders (2023-05-11). Congressional Republicans' debt limit scam risks economic disaster. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Recent reports indicate that the debt limit "X-date" could come as early as June 1. On this X-date, the U.S. Treasury will no longer have enough cash in its accounts at the Federal Reserve to meet all the legal spending obligations legislated by Congress. These obligations include paying holders of U.S. Treasury debt, Social Security checks, …

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (2023-05-11). The Constitution, Congress and Government Debt. globalresearch.ca

Ralph Nader (2023-05-11). The Sadistic GOP's Debt Limit Ploy vs. the People. dissidentvoice.org Raising the federal debt limit over the years has secured unconditional routine Congressional passage and was endorsed by presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. After all, it allows the U.S. Treasury to pay past and existing bills, not expand future spending. Routine, that is, until the recent arrival of the mad-dog Republicans with their monetized …

Udani Samarasekera (2023-05-13). Perspectives] Jaime Miranda: nurturing future public health researchers. thelancet.com Jaime Miranda had just finished his first day as Professor and Head of School at the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, when we spoke in late April, 2023. He had spent part of the day on the ground floor of the school to "get to know people" and tell them he is "going to be working with them and for them for the next 5 years at least". Miranda, who has a warm and unpretentious style, combines this new role with his positions as Professor in the School of Medicine at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, Professor of Global Health at the London School of…

WSWS (2023-05-12). New York City housing situation grows increasingly desperate for the working class. wsws.org New York state and city's Democrat-controlled political establishment are systematically cutting off all relief to workers in the midst of the greatest housing crisis in decades.

WSWS (2023-05-12). Shawn Fain's first weeks in office: Rebranding the UAW bureaucracy and promoting illusions in the Democratic Party. wsws.org The Biden administration, the courts, the Democratic Party and its DSA faction are working to promote Fain as having "reformed" the UAW. Fain's "rebranding" campaign is a critical part of this initiative, and it will fall flat.

Josh Bivens, Samantha Sanders (2023-05-11). Congressional Republicans' debt limit scam risks economic disaster. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Recent reports indicate that the debt limit "X-date" could come as early as June 1. On this X-date, the U.S. Treasury will no longer have enough cash in its accounts at the Federal Reserve to meet all the legal spending obligations legislated by Congress. These obligations include paying holders of U.S. Treasury debt, Social Security checks, …

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (2023-05-11). The Constitution, Congress and Government Debt. globalresearch.ca

Ralph Nader (2023-05-11). The Sadistic GOP's Debt Limit Ploy vs. the People. dissidentvoice.org Raising the federal debt limit over the years has secured unconditional routine Congressional passage and was endorsed by presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. After all, it allows the U.S. Treasury to pay past and existing bills, not expand future spending. Routine, that is, until the recent arrival of the mad-dog Republicans with their monetized …

Udani Samarasekera (2023-05-13). Perspectives] Jaime Miranda: nurturing future public health researchers. thelancet.com Jaime Miranda had just finished his first day as Professor and Head of School at the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, when we spoke in late April, 2023. He had spent part of the day on the ground floor of the school to "get to know people" and tell them he is "going to be working with them and for them for the next 5 years at least". Miranda, who has a warm and unpretentious style, combines this new role with his positions as Professor in the School of Medicine at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, Professor of Global Health at the London School of…

WSWS (2023-05-12). New York City housing situation grows increasingly desperate for the working class. wsws.org New York state and city's Democrat-controlled political establishment are systematically cutting off all relief to workers in the midst of the greatest housing crisis in decades.

WSWS (2023-05-12). Shawn Fain's first weeks in office: Rebranding the UAW bureaucracy and promoting illusions in the Democratic Party. wsws.org The Biden administration, the courts, the Democratic Party and its DSA faction are working to promote Fain as having "reformed" the UAW. Fain's "rebranding" campaign is a critical part of this initiative, and it will fall flat.

ecns.cn (2023-05-12). Thousands of children working illegally in U.S. companies. ecns.cn The U.S. Labor Department released shocking photos taken at a slaughterhouse plant in Nebraska. The photos show the conditions that more than 100 children faced while working illegally for a company called Packers Sanitation Services Incorporated.

ecns.cn (2023-05-12). Daily life of vet nurse in Guangxi. ecns.cn The 28-year-old vet nurse helps pet doctors treat pets, manage their diet and monitor their physical conditions at the clinic. After working for 2 years, he has become the head nurse of the clinic.

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-05-12). Nurses in Portugal strike for adequate staffing on International Nurses' Day. peoplesdispatch.org Two nurses' trade unions in Portugal launched a one-day strike on International Nurses' Day to fight for better staffing and working conditions. More protests are expected in the coming months with private sector nurses also likely to join in…

monitormag (2023-05-12). This is a class struggle, not a housing crisis. monitormag.ca What if there is no housing crisis, but a housing market working exactly as designed?>

thecommunists (2023-05-12). The French working class fights on. thecommunists.org Trash has piled up high on many of the streets of Paris, barricades still burn in the night across France, as French workers carry on the fight to overthrow their government's attack on their pensions. French president Emmanuel Macron's government pushed a bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without …

Committee of Interns, Residents, Portside. (2023-05-11). Penn Medicine Doctors In Philadelphia Vote Overwhelmingly To Unionize. popularresistance.org Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – After a months-long organizing campaign, the resident and fellow physicians at the University of Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted to unionize with the Committee of Interns and Residents. With 88% of participants voting in favor, the frontline Penn Medicine doctors are the first statewide to gain union representation. | Working at one of the region's largest healthcare providers, Penn's frontline physicians look forward to advocating for the conditions they need to provide top-quality care without compromising their mental, physical, or financial wellbeing. Despite working at one of t…

Lynda Carson (2023-05-12). 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:…

Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Katherine Kirkby, Nicole Bergen, Anne Schlotheuber, Daniel A Antiporta (2023-05-13). Correspondence] WHO releases Health Inequality Data Repository. thelancet.com On April 20, 2023, WHO released the largest global collection of publicly available inequality data with the launch of the Health Inequality Data Repository.1 As members of the technical team developing the resource, we highlight its potential contribution to advancing health equity by creating opportunities for health inequality monitoring, including tracking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

SAM (2023-05-11). To Protect Our Children, Let's Tax Our Rich. inequality.org

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-12). Letter Carriers prep for national 'Stamp Out Hunger' food drive. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —The Letter Carriers are preparing for your generosity, expressed through their annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, scheduled for May 13. That day, on postal routes and at post offices, they'll collect boxes and bags of non-perishable food from generous customers to be sorted and redistributed at local pantries, shelters, charities and similar sources …

_____ (2023-05-11). Palestine Is Boiling and Will Not Cool Down. strategic-culture.org The Israeli aggression against Palestinians has reached the point where they are not permitted to hear the call to prayer, Steven Sahiounie writes. | Khader Adnan, 45, of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, died while on a hunger strike in an Israeli prison. | He started the hunger strike on February 5, when he was arrested and sentenced in an Israeli military court and placed into "administrative detention", which means detention without charges in abhorrent prison conditions. | It was the Israeli common practice of administrative detention that prompted the hunger strike. | Held without charges or trial, this mark…

Michael Christopher (2023-05-12). 'We don't want to be slaves': Meet the People's Liberation Army of Burma. peoplesworld.org "Why can't they wait for the new government to sort out? 'All in good time,' and 'they must wait for their turn,' they say. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, when your children go hungry, how long are you willing and prepared to wait?"— Popular Struggle, Communist Party of Burma, …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-11). 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…

teleSUR (2023-05-11). Turkish Candidates Vying for Support of Middle-Class Voters. telesurenglish.net Days ahead of the crucial May 14 general elections in Türkiye, contenders have made pledges to fight poverty in a country where middle-class workers have taken a big hit amid economic decline. | RELATED: | Seeking re-election for a third term, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 69, has focused his campaign on economic promises. In a massive rally on Sunday, he attracted a sea of supporters in Istanbul, the country's largest city. | "We'll bring inflation down to single digits and save ou…

Amitabha Roychowdhury (2023-05-10). Multilateral banks debunk Indian government's claims on growth rate. peoplesdispatch.org The so-called theory of trickle-down effect projected by the government (high prosperity of the rich flows down to enhance the economic welfare of the poor) has been debunked by the data on the growing gap between the rich and the poor in the country, rising poverty, unemployment, and the perpetually rising prices…

Daniel Campione (2023-05-10). La política argentina y los barcos sin rumbo. globalizacion.ca Nuestra sociedad sufre una crisis profunda, prolongada y por ahora sin horizontes a la vista. Referirse a elecciones y candidatos en estas circunstancias hasta produce cierto escozor. La coalición gobernante y la opositora se hunden juntos en la pobreza intelectual…

Josh Bivens, Samantha Sanders (2023-05-11). Congressional Republicans' debt limit scam risks economic disaster. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Recent reports indicate that the debt limit "X-date" could come as early as June 1. On this X-date, the U.S. Treasury will no longer have enough cash in its accounts at the Federal Reserve to meet all the legal spending obligations legislated by Congress. These obligations include paying holders of U.S. Treasury debt, Social Security checks, …

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-11). The Heat: U.S. Debt Ceiling Battle. america.cgtn.com The United States tries to avoid defaulting on its debt. Can it avoid an economic crisis? The U.S. is now just weeks away from what the treasury secretary warns could be an "economic catastrophe" if it fails to agree on a deal to raise its …

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (2023-05-11). The Constitution, Congress and Government Debt. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-05-11). Student debt to soar in Australia as indexation reaches ten-year-high. wsws.org Amid declining wages, widespread casual employment and a housing crisis, graduates are being hit with a hike in student debt repayments.

WSWS (2023-05-11). IMF-dictated debt restructuring will deepen economic instability in Sri Lanka. wsws.org Sri Lanka's corporate banks have reaped exorbitant profits while consecutive Colombo governments have placed the full burden of the economic crisis on workers and the rural masses.

Ralph Nader (2023-05-11). The Sadistic GOP's Debt Limit Ploy vs. the People. dissidentvoice.org Raising the federal debt limit over the years has secured unconditional routine Congressional passage and was endorsed by presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. After all, it allows the U.S. Treasury to pay past and existing bills, not expand future spending. Routine, that is, until the recent arrival of the mad-dog Republicans with their monetized …

Editor (2023-05-11). Ralph Nader: The Sadistic GOP's Debt Limit Ploy vs. the People. scheerpost.com

Dan Bacher (2023-05-11). 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.

WSWS (2023-05-11). The latest New York state budget — an attack on the working class. wsws.org Among other regressive elements in the new budget is an increase in the number of charter schools permitted across the state and a derisory increase in the state's minimum wage, which will leave workers even worse off than they already are.

WSWS (2023-05-11). Mass protests erupt across Pakistan after military seizes opposition leader Imran Khan. wsws.org After a mass movement of workers and rural masses chased Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse from power last year, the Pakistani ruling class fears these protests could trigger a mass working class upsurge.

WSWS (2023-05-11). French unions aim to strangle fight against Macron by delaying protests until June 6. wsws.org The decision of the all-trade union alliance to strangle the protests against Macron's pension cuts and relaunch talks with Macron is a naked betrayal of the working class.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-05-11). Cuba to strengthen bilateral relations, cooperation with South Africa. plenglish.com MINREX posted on Twitter that both nations will continue working for mutual benefit of the peoples. | The Cuba-South Africa brotherly relations date back to the 1960s in the heat of the anti-apartheid struggles, and on May 11, 1994, diplomatic relations were formally established. | Both countries are currently rolling out bilateral cooperation agreements in different areas such as health, education, public works, human settlements, infrastructure, science, information technology, among others.

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-05-10). As elections approach, Turkey hopes for change. peoplesdispatch.org Turkey will be holding elections for its national parliament and presidency on May 14. Early polls indicate that long-term ruling President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) are, for the first time in the past two decades, facing a tough challenge in both the elections. This is a critical election for the country. | Dr. ≈ûebnem Korur, president of the Turkish Medical Association, spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the mood on the ground. Looking at the health sector and the working conditions of health workers, she talks about the outcome the country's health wor…

Lynda Carson (2023-05-11). 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:…

WSWS (2023-05-11). The latest New York state budget — an attack on the working class. wsws.org Among other regressive elements in the new budget is an increase in the number of charter schools permitted across the state and a derisory increase in the state's minimum wage, which will leave workers even worse off than they already are.

WSWS (2023-05-11). Mass protests erupt across Pakistan after military seizes opposition leader Imran Khan. wsws.org After a mass movement of workers and rural masses chased Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse from power last year, the Pakistani ruling class fears these protests could trigger a mass working class upsurge.

WSWS (2023-05-11). French unions aim to strangle fight against Macron by delaying protests until June 6. wsws.org The decision of the all-trade union alliance to strangle the protests against Macron's pension cuts and relaunch talks with Macron is a naked betrayal of the working class.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-05-11). Cuba to strengthen bilateral relations, cooperation with South Africa. plenglish.com MINREX posted on Twitter that both nations will continue working for mutual benefit of the peoples. | The Cuba-South Africa brotherly relations date back to the 1960s in the heat of the anti-apartheid struggles, and on May 11, 1994, diplomatic relations were formally established. | Both countries are currently rolling out bilateral cooperation agreements in different areas such as health, education, public works, human settlements, infrastructure, science, information technology, among others.

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-05-10). As elections approach, Turkey hopes for change. peoplesdispatch.org Turkey will be holding elections for its national parliament and presidency on May 14. Early polls indicate that long-term ruling President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) are, for the first time in the past two decades, facing a tough challenge in both the elections. This is a critical election for the country. | Dr. ≈ûebnem Korur, president of the Turkish Medical Association, spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the mood on the ground. Looking at the health sector and the working conditions of health workers, she talks about the outcome the country's health wor…

Lynda Carson (2023-05-11). 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:…

SAM (2023-05-11). To Protect Our Children, Let's Tax Our Rich. inequality.org

_____ (2023-05-11). Palestine Is Boiling and Will Not Cool Down. strategic-culture.org The Israeli aggression against Palestinians has reached the point where they are not permitted to hear the call to prayer, Steven Sahiounie writes. | Khader Adnan, 45, of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, died while on a hunger strike in an Israeli prison. | He started the hunger strike on February 5, when he was arrested and sentenced in an Israeli military court and placed into "administrative detention", which means detention without charges in abhorrent prison conditions. | It was the Israeli common practice of administrative detention that prompted the hunger strike. | Held without charges or trial, this mark…