teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-06-30). Argentina apuesta por el yuán para gestionar deuda con FMI. telesurtv.net Datos del Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC) apuntan a que la economía del país sudamericano enfrenta una inflación mayor al 110 por ciento y un índice de pobreza del 40 por ciento.

teleSUR, SH, JGN (2023-06-30). Petrocaribe: 18 años de integración y cooperación regional. telesurtv.net Desde su creación, Petrocaribe ha contribuido en proyectos sociales ayudando significativamente a la reducción de la pobreza.

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-06-30). OceanGate And How The Wealthy Kill. popularresistance.org The saga of the OceanGate Titan submersible was the sort of story that rivets millions of people. Not only was it revealed that passengers paid $250,000 to see the wreck of the Titanic, but the vessel was poorly built, and its creator ignored warnings about its defects and continued to use it. | When the incompetence and arrogance of its creator was revealed, the jokes began in earnest, as the internet is the perfect place to make light of serious issues. The readiness to make fun of the feckless and arrogant is understandable. In fact, there is a positive side in the willingness to engage in schadenfreude over t…

Liberation Staff (2023-06-30). PSL Editorial — Supreme Court buries 43 million people in debt. liberationnews.org The Supreme Court proved yet again its vicious anti-worker character by ruling against the student debt relief program and ordering tens of millions of borrowers to pay hundreds of billions of dollars that would otherwise have been forgiven.

Amy Goodman (2023-06-30). SCOTUS Case to End Student Loan Forgiveness Relies on "Unwilling Participant" truthout.org The Supreme Court has struck down President Biden's plan to forgive 40 million student borrowers up to $20,000 in student loan debt. We speak to David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect, about how one of the key complainant states, Missouri, hinged its opposition on the argument that its state agency, the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, or MOHELA, will be harmed by the debt… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-30). Ocasio-Cortez: Student Debt Decision Shows SCOTUS Rulings Are "Up for Sale" truthout.org After the far right Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan on Friday, activists almost immediately gathered behind two rallying calls: one, that Biden can and must still cancel student debt, and two, that the Supreme Court is illegitimate. The conservative justices' decision, which rested on a fringe far right legal theory, yanks $430 billion in relief away from… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-30). Supreme Court Kills Student Debt Relief, 1 Day After Slashing Affirmative Action. truthout.org The Supreme Court ruled on Friday to strike down President Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan, yanking away a chance at respite for tens of millions of borrowers across the country based on what advocates and experts have said are faulty, policy-driven viewpoints adopted by the far right Court. Justices ruled 6 to 3 on Biden v. Nebraska, a case brought by Republican state lawmakers… |

Editor (2023-06-30). The Supreme Court Blocked Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan. Repayments Will Resume This Fall. scheerpost.com The Biden defeat is a blow to 40 million borrowers — especially women, who hold two-thirds of all student loan debt in the country.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-30). US Supreme Court strikes down student debt relief—another blow to education for all. peoplesdispatch.org On June 30, the US Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's

Staff (2023-06-30). Supreme Court Case to End Biden's Student Loan Cancellation Plan Relies on "Unwilling Participant" democracynow.org The Supreme Court has struck down President Biden's plan to provide relief to 40 million student borrowers of up to $20,000 in student loan debt. We speak to David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect, about how one of the key complainant states, Missouri, hinged its opposition on the argument that its state agency, the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, or MOHELA, will be harmed by the debt relief plan. However, Dayen reports, MOHELA is a "complete unwilling participant" in the case.

Staff (2023-06-30). U.S. Debt Trap Sinks Another Country. leecamp.com

Isabel Foster, John Amuasi, Jeremy Geelen, Shoji Miyagawa, Detlef Bà∂cking, Hans Hagen, Louise Sigfrid, Alice Norton, GloPID-R Clinical Trial Networks, Funders Working Group (2023-07-01). Correspondence] How funders can support improved clinical trial practice for outbreaks. thelancet.com The World Health Assembly's resolution 75 ∑8 on strengthening clinical trials is a call to action to improve the quality and coordination of trials globally.1 Large-scale, sufficiently powered trials are important in the context of outbreak response, when opportunities to gather evidence for clinical management are scarce. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system witnessed success in the rapid initiation of adaptive trials that generated life-saving results, but also a proliferation of competing, underpowered trials that were concentrated in high-income settings.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-30). Trade Between Colombia and Venezuela Soars by 76%: Venezuelan Exports More than Double. orinocotribune.com According to the Venezuelan-Colombian Chamber of Economic Integration (CAVECOL), trade between Colombia and Venezuela saw a significant boost, with a 76% increase compared to last year. Moreover, Venezuelan exports to Colombia more than doubled during the same period. | CAVECOL president Luis Alberto Russián stated in a recent interview that trade between Colombia and Venezuela increased from $106 million in 2022 to $187 million in 2023 — an increase of 76%. | "Trade grew by 76%, and in the same period, exports grew 150%, but we have to keep working," Russián stated. He added that the increase is mainly due…

midwesternmarx (2023-06-30). BOOK REVIEW: WORKING CLASS GIANT, THE LIFE OF WILLIAM Z. FOSTER By: Bob Bonner. midwesternmarx.com Imagine if you will, that we lived in a country in which TV and movie scripts were produced for merit and not edited and censored to ensure compliance with capitalist ideology.​Imagine that in this fictitious USA, it were possible to make movies celebrating heroic leaders of the struggles for working people, Black people, and immigrants.Imagine that those films could be financed, promoted, and viewed as widely as the mindless tripe we are currently subjected to that encompasses all …

Dennis Broe (2023-06-30). Apocalyptic TV and global warming: Don't worry, be glum. peoplesworld.org This is a two-part article on how corporate media in all its forms downplays climate destruction. Teaser: Twin apocalypses A short while ago the soot from the Canadian wildfires was so thick along the East Coast that in New York and Washington school sessions were canceled, and messengers, compelled to keep working, resurrected N95 masks …

Alexandra Boutri (2023-06-30). Greek Left Leaders Betrayed the Working Class. Conservatives Won a Landslide. truthout.org Greece's conservative party New Democracy won another landslide victory in the country's second election in just five weeks, trouncing Syriza, the so-called radical leftist party, by an even wider margin than in the first election. New Democracy finished by almost 23 points ahead of Syriza, a result that allows the conservatives to control 158 seats in the country's 300-seat parliament. Moreover… |

Michael Snyder (2023-06-30). Now They Are Actually Working on a Plan to Block Out the Sun. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-06-30). Calls Grow for a New Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of NYC Anti-Corruption Crusader. scheerpost.com By Theodore Hamm / The Indypendent A 911 caller reports that a man had been walking with a pedometer in his hand when he collapsed. A veteran NYPD precinct detective provides that account to an NYPD investigator working with the medical examiner's office. The investigator thus advises the ME's office that the precinct views the …

infobrics (2023-06-30). BRICS Nations Shifting Global Economics and Political Order. infobrics.org BRICS comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa which represent five major world economies in the Global South. Right from valuing local currencies more to working towards dethroning the U.S. dollar, these nations are together trying to shift the power from the Global North to the Global South…

teleSUR (2023-06-30). Ramaphosa Speaks at the Southern African Customs Union Summit. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa made a speech at the 8th Southern African Customs Union (SACU) summit in the Kingdom of Eswatini. | RELATED: | The President's working visit to the SACU Heads of State and Government Summit took place at the invitation of SACU's Chairman King Mswati III. | The South African leader noted that the SACU Strategic Plan, adopted in June 2022, is the founding document that…

teleSUR (2023-06-30). US Delivery Truck Drivers' Nationwide Strike Imminent: The Hill. telesurenglish.net The Teamsters working for shipping giant UPS said a strike is "imminent" after walking away from the bargaining table, reported The Hill. | RELATED: | The UPS Teamsters said that it gave UPS a one-week notice on Tuesday to "act responsibly and exchange a stronger economic proposal" to more than 340,000 employees of the shipping company. The Teamsters demanded that UPS deliver its "last, best and final offer" to the…

Staff (2023-06-28). Poverty 4th Leading Cause of Death in U.S. as Calls Grow for Third Reconstruction: Bishop Barber. democracynow.org Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, says it's "grotesque and immoral" that poverty is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, higher than homicide and respiratory illness, citing recent findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Why do we hear so much about crime rates and opioids and gun violence in America, but poverty kills more people than all of those things?" asks Barber. He joins us to talk about the intensifying efforts of the Poor People's Campaign to end poverty and empower poor and low-wage…

WSWS (2023-06-28). UK slips down child height ranking as a result of austerity. wsws.org Austerity has devastated health generally. Height reflects diet and medical care but is also a good indicator of general living conditions such as stress, poverty and sleep quality.

teleSUR, SH, JGN (2023-06-29). Petrocaribe: 18 años de integración y cooperación regional. telesurtv.net Desde su creación, Petrocaribe ha contribuido en proyectos sociales ayudando significativamente a la reducción de la pobreza.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-06-28). Unions must embrace migrant workers for the future of the labor movement. therealnews.com Most wealthy nations in the west have turned to migrant workers to keep a variety of industries afloat. But while the cheap labor of immigrants is welcomed, the migrants themselves are not. Canada is no exception. From the agricultural industry to the service sector, migrants can be found working under dangerous conditions for less than the minimum wage. And in many cases, unions simply aren't doing their part to organize this vital section of the workforce. Elizabeth Ha joins The Real News to discuss the plight of migrant workers in Canada and why the labor movement must embrace them for its own survival.

WSWS (2023-06-28). In Nazi diatribe, Trump calls for mass deportations of socialists and communists. wsws.org Trump speaks not just for himself. A substantial section of the ruling class is convinced that it confronts a massive social movement of workers that poses the greatest danger to its wealth and privileges.

ecns.cn (2023-06-29). 'Debt traps' false criticism of lending. ecns.cn China's international lending and the Belt and Road Initiative have contributed to the world's growth instead of creating "debt traps" for other countries.

Staff (2023-06-28). SCOTUS Rejects Radical GOP Vote-Rigging "Theory," Could Still End Affirmative Action & Debt Relief. democracynow.org The Supreme Court's term is ending this week with rulings on several blockbuster cases. On Tuesday, voting rights advocates welcomed a decision in a major election law case that preserved checks and balances in elections. In a 6-3 decision, the justices dismissed the so-called independent state legislature theory that state lawmakers have nearly unlimited power to make rules for federal elections. This ruling will "empower state courts around the country to block gerrymanders, to police the legislatures and to keep legislators from trying to entrench themselves or advance their party with these egregi…

Bharat Dogra (2023-06-28). Is Ukraine Being Pushed Towards Long-term Indebtedness and Subservience? globalresearch.ca

Jake Johnson (2023-06-28). Progressives Prepare to Mobilize If Supreme Court Blocks Student Debt Relief. truthout.org A White House spokesperson on Tuesday would not say whether the Biden administration has an alternative plan to cancel student debt as borrowers and campaigners across the U.S. braced for — and prepared to mobilize in response to — a Supreme Court ruling on the Education Department's pending relief program. Asked during a briefing if the White House has any contingency plans in place for a… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-28). Just 29 Percent of Student Debtors Are Confident in Ability to Restart Payments. truthout.org Ending the student loan payment freeze may push millions of people into economic precarity, as almost 7 in 10 student debtors either won't be able to make student debt payments or will have to cut back spending in other areas when payments resume this year, a new survey found. The survey results were included in Morgan Stanley's latest consumer pulse survey of roughly 2,000 people, per Insider. |

WSWS (2023-06-28). IMF deputy chief outlines "uncomfortable truths" about inflation and financial instability. wsws.org Central bankers could be faced with a stark choice between lifting interest rates in the so-called fight against inflation and risking a financial crash in heavily indebted countries.

ecns.cn (2023-06-29). Chinese ambassador warns Japan of working with U.S. on chip export curbs. ecns.cn China's ambassador to Japan warned Tokyo on Friday that it may lose the Chinese market and the future of its semiconductor industry if it cooperates with the United States on chip export curbs.

Colin Todhunter (2023-06-28). The Damage to Ukraine is Devastating: "What are the working-class people of Ukraine dying for?" MEP Mick Wallace. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-28). People's movements set to converge in Johannesburg for dialogues on socialism in Dilemmas of Humanity Conference. peoplesdispatch.org The III International Dilemmas of Humanity Conference, organized by the International Peoples' Assembly, is scheduled to be held in October this year, to "confront the crises of humanity" and highlight the solutions that movements, governments, and working people are building together to overcome the system…

WSWS (2023-06-28). Sri Lanka: Plantation unions promote reactionary identity politics at Malaiyaham 200 conference. wsws.org The call for Indian Tamil plantation workers to be recognized as a separate nation is to block a unified struggle of the working class against worsening social conditions, while boosting the power and privileges of the Indian Tamil elites.

WSWS (2023-06-28). New Zealand factors ethnicity in prioritising surgery waiting lists. wsws.org The elevation of ethnic criteria is a reactionary mechanism for rationing health care among working people of every race who depend on the underfunded and over-stressed public system.

Editor (2023-06-28). Lessons in freedom: Agroecology, localization and food sovereignty. mronline.org Farmers from across the Americas are working together to envision a new food system based on food sovereignty and political justice.

WSWS (2023-06-29). The bankrupt politics of Socialist Alternative's Workers Strike Back campaign in New York: "Frighten the Democrats to respond" wsws.org Earlier this month, Socialist Alternative held a public meeting at the Borough of Manhattan Community College for the "New York City launch" of its Workers Strike Back (WSB) campaign.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-29). Climate Related News: Man and nature are being sacrificed on the altar of corporate greed. expose-news.com All manner of things gets blamed on the climate from famine and water shortages to wildfires. And the causes of climate change, they say, range from cocktails and beers to oil. But …

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-28). Inequality is the source of child labor, claims ECLAC. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Child labor is the result of inequality in the region, but it is also a reproducer of this scourge, according to participants at the 3rd Seminar on Social Integration held in Chile.

SAM (2023-06-28). Getting Past Stars and Swipes Forever. inequality.org

Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. (2023-06-29). Human Suffering Worsens In DRC, The Heart Of Africa. popularresistance.org It's easy to think that the human suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) couldn't get worse until it does, and it always does. How much more Black life will have to be sacrificed to fuel the industrial world's hunger for Congolese resource riches, meaning most of all the minerals essential to high-tech manufacturing, including state of the art weaponry? Black Africans fight one another in DRC, but all those of us on our phones, sitting in front of our laptops or in the seats of commercial and military aircraft, and in every other way wired to modern technology should know that this is our war, our hi…

Staff (2023-06-28). Denied their Eid celebration, three Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike for 11th day. samidoun.net Three Palestinian prisoners jailed without charge or trial in Israeli occupation prisons are on hunger strike for the 11th day, demanding their freedom. All three launched their hunger strikes on 18 June; they are held in the Ofer prison and reject their arbitrary administrative detention. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network stands with the Palestinian prisoners …

Staff (2023-06-28). Poverty 4th Leading Cause of Death in U.S. as Calls Grow for Third Reconstruction: Bishop Barber. democracynow.org Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, says it's "grotesque and immoral" that poverty is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, higher than homicide and respiratory illness, citing recent findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Why do we hear so much about crime rates and opioids and gun violence in America, but poverty kills more people than all of those things?" asks Barber. He joins us to talk about the intensifying efforts of the Poor People's Campaign to end poverty and empower poor and low-wage…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-06-28). Saturday 7/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Dongsheng Collective (2023-06-27). How Targeted Poverty Alleviation Has Changed the Structure of Rural Governance in China. dongshengnews.org Unlike the Chinese government's conventional poverty alleviation efforts, the targeted poverty alleviation program has exhibited the distinct characteristics of campaign-style governance. From the central to local governments, massive amounts of human and material resources have been mobilised and a number of exceptional measures have been implemented. Due to the success of targeted poverty alleviation in addressing weaknesses in rural governance and achieving its objectives, the campaign has the potential to effect long-term changes through institutionalisation of its practices and methodologies.

Dongsheng Collective (2023-06-27). The Battle Against Poverty: An Alternative Revolutionary Practice in China's Post-Revolutionary Era. dongshengnews.org The end of an era of radical revolution does not mean that revolution becomes relegated to memory. As globalisation continues to expand, countries governed by revolutionary parties face the challenge of completing unfinished revolutionary missions. Since 2012, the Communist Party of China has elevated poverty alleviation to a central task for the whole party and society, as part of its efforts to revitalise revolutionary practice and symbolism in…

WSWS (2023-06-28). In Nazi diatribe, Trump calls for mass deportations of socialists and communists. wsws.org Trump speaks not just for himself. A substantial section of the ruling class is convinced that it confronts a massive social movement of workers that poses the greatest danger to its wealth and privileges.

Jake Johnson (2023-06-27). Oxfam reveals how rich nations are helping for-profit health industry exploit poor patients. nationofchange.org Development finance institutions run by wealthy countries have fueled "a free-for-all of private greed over public good," the humanitarian group shows in a new report.

teleSUR (2023-06-28). Nicaraguan FM Denis Moncada Says US Must Pay "Historical Debt" telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said that United States (U.S.) has the legal obligation to pay a historical debt to Nicaragua due to an international court ruling over 30 years ago | Related: | On Tuesday, Moncada handed a letter, signed by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, requesting that the UN chief circulate a document about Nicaragua's position on the U.S. obligation to t…

Jake Johnson (2023-06-28). Progressives Prepare to Mobilize If Supreme Court Blocks Student Debt Relief. truthout.org A White House spokesperson on Tuesday would not say whether the Biden administration has an alternative plan to cancel student debt as borrowers and campaigners across the U.S. braced for — and prepared to mobilize in response to — a Supreme Court ruling on the Education Department's pending relief program. Asked during a briefing if the White House has any contingency plans in place for a… |

Staff (2023-06-28). SCOTUS Rejects Radical GOP Vote-Rigging "Theory," Could Still End Affirmative Action & Debt Relief. democracynow.org The Supreme Court's term is ending this week with rulings on several blockbuster cases. On Tuesday, voting rights advocates welcomed a decision in a major election law case that preserved checks and balances in elections. In a 6-3 decision, the justices dismissed the so-called independent state legislature theory that state lawmakers have nearly unlimited power to make rules for federal elections. This ruling will "empower state courts around the country to block gerrymanders, to police the legislatures and to keep legislators from trying to entrench themselves or advance their party with these egregi…

WSWS (2023-06-28). IMF deputy chief outlines "uncomfortable truths" about inflation and financial instability. wsws.org Central bankers could be faced with a stark choice between lifting interest rates in the so-called fight against inflation and risking a financial crash in heavily indebted countries.

Colin Todhunter (2023-06-28). The Damage to Ukraine is Devastating: "What are the working-class people of Ukraine dying for?" MEP Mick Wallace. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-06-28). Sri Lanka: Plantation unions promote reactionary identity politics at Malaiyaham 200 conference. wsws.org The call for Indian Tamil plantation workers to be recognized as a separate nation is to block a unified struggle of the working class against worsening social conditions, while boosting the power and privileges of the Indian Tamil elites.

WSWS (2023-06-28). New Zealand factors ethnicity in prioritising surgery waiting lists. wsws.org The elevation of ethnic criteria is a reactionary mechanism for rationing health care among working people of every race who depend on the underfunded and over-stressed public system.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-27). Hawks in Congress Say Prigozhin Rebellion Should Mean More Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com Yevgeny Prigozhin's brief rebellion against the Russian government has given hawks in Congress more ammunition to argue for additional spending on the Ukraine war, POLITICO reported Tuesday. The argument is that the fractures in Russia are proof Western military support for Ukraine is working, even though the mutiny only lasted about 24 hours. "I would …

Editor (2023-06-27). Declassified files expose British role in NATO's Gladio terror armies. mronline.org Newly declassified British files shed disturbing light on the origins and internal workings of Operation Gladio, a covert NATO plot deploying fascist terror militias across Italy. Have spies in London applied these lessons in Ukraine?>

Colin Todhunter (2023-06-28). The Damage to Ukraine is Devastating: "What are the working-class people of Ukraine dying for?" MEP Mick Wallace. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-06-28). Sri Lanka: Plantation unions promote reactionary identity politics at Malaiyaham 200 conference. wsws.org The call for Indian Tamil plantation workers to be recognized as a separate nation is to block a unified struggle of the working class against worsening social conditions, while boosting the power and privileges of the Indian Tamil elites.

WSWS (2023-06-28). New Zealand factors ethnicity in prioritising surgery waiting lists. wsws.org The elevation of ethnic criteria is a reactionary mechanism for rationing health care among working people of every race who depend on the underfunded and over-stressed public system.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-27). Hawks in Congress Say Prigozhin Rebellion Should Mean More Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com Yevgeny Prigozhin's brief rebellion against the Russian government has given hawks in Congress more ammunition to argue for additional spending on the Ukraine war, POLITICO reported Tuesday. The argument is that the fractures in Russia are proof Western military support for Ukraine is working, even though the mutiny only lasted about 24 hours. "I would …

Editor (2023-06-27). Declassified files expose British role in NATO's Gladio terror armies. mronline.org Newly declassified British files shed disturbing light on the origins and internal workings of Operation Gladio, a covert NATO plot deploying fascist terror militias across Italy. Have spies in London applied these lessons in Ukraine?>

Dongsheng Collective (2023-06-27). Socialism 3.0: The Practice and Prospects of Socialism in China. dongshengnews.org Discussions on socialism and its potential future forms, must place socialism in the context of existing historical processes, in the context of industrialised mass production, and analyse the complex interaction between the ideal of equality and the material realities of production. China's socialist project has passed through two phases, under Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping; today, it must construct a 'Socialism 3.0' that builds upon the previous eras and addresses their shortcomings, by advancing working-class interests and combating inequality.

Gaius Baltar (2023-06-27). A WORKING THEORY ON PRIGO'S COUP. sonar21.com Speculating without all the facts or proper insight is pretty stupid, especially about important issues. Still, people do it all the time. Why do they do it? Well, because it's…

SAM (2023-06-28). Getting Past Stars and Swipes Forever. inequality.org

Dongsheng Collective (2023-06-27). How Targeted Poverty Alleviation Has Changed the Structure of Rural Governance in China. dongshengnews.org Unlike the Chinese government's conventional poverty alleviation efforts, the targeted poverty alleviation program has exhibited the distinct characteristics of campaign-style governance. From the central to local governments, massive amounts of human and material resources have been mobilised and a number of exceptional measures have been implemented. Due to the success of targeted poverty alleviation in addressing weaknesses in rural governance and achieving its objectives, the campaign has the potential to effect long-term changes through institutionalisation of its practices and methodologies.

Dongsheng Collective (2023-06-27). The Battle Against Poverty: An Alternative Revolutionary Practice in China's Post-Revolutionary Era. dongshengnews.org The end of an era of radical revolution does not mean that revolution becomes relegated to memory. As globalisation continues to expand, countries governed by revolutionary parties face the challenge of completing unfinished revolutionary missions. Since 2012, the Communist Party of China has elevated poverty alleviation to a central task for the whole party and society, as part of its efforts to revitalise revolutionary practice and symbolism in…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-06-27). Saturday 7/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Maya Srikrishnan (2023-06-27). Why the way we measure poverty matters. nationofchange.org

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-06-27). Presidente de Colombia comienza despacho en La Guajira. telesurtv.net La Guaira es un territorio predominantemente indígena, que posee el mayor índice de pobreza monetaria en el país latinoamericano.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-27). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au

Jake Johnson (2023-06-27). Oxfam reveals how rich nations are helping for-profit health industry exploit poor patients. nationofchange.org Development finance institutions run by wealthy countries have fueled "a free-for-all of private greed over public good," the humanitarian group shows in a new report.

African Stream (2023-06-26). Africans Rise Up Against IMF-Imposed Neocolonial Debt. towardfreedom.org As anger over incoming tax hikes boils over in Kenya, African Stream takes a deep dive into the role the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played in ramming austerity down Africans' throats. It boils down to neocolonial debt slavery, a system designed to oppress Africans, while oiling the wheels of otherwise faltering Western economies. African Stream's Kenneth Kaigua breaks down this complex issue.

Dongsheng Collective (2023-06-27). Socialism 3.0: The Practice and Prospects of Socialism in China. dongshengnews.org Discussions on socialism and its potential future forms, must place socialism in the context of existing historical processes, in the context of industrialised mass production, and analyse the complex interaction between the ideal of equality and the material realities of production. China's socialist project has passed through two phases, under Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping; today, it must construct a 'Socialism 3.0' that builds upon the previous eras and addresses their shortcomings, by advancing working-class interests and combating inequality.

Editor (2023-06-27). Declassified files expose British role in NATO's Gladio terror armies. mronline.org Newly declassified British files shed disturbing light on the origins and internal workings of Operation Gladio, a covert NATO plot deploying fascist terror militias across Italy. Have spies in London applied these lessons in Ukraine?>

Gaius Baltar (2023-06-27). A WORKING THEORY ON PRIGO'S COUP. sonar21.com Speculating without all the facts or proper insight is pretty stupid, especially about important issues. Still, people do it all the time. Why do they do it? Well, because it's…

Staff (2023-06-27). The Failed Coup in Russia: Preliminary Assessment [Brian Becker Seminar Preview]. soundcloud.com In this patrons-only Q&A seminar, Brian analyzes the attempted coup in Russia by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops from the mercenary Wagner group. Brian discusses who Prigozhin is, why mercenaries are working for Russia, how this happened, how this compares with Trump's efforts to stay in the White House after losing the 2020 election, and …

WSWS (2023-06-27). Reject National Steel Car's provocative "final offer"! Build the NSC Rank-and-File Committee to lead our strike and mobilize broad working class support! wsws.org We urge all workers to deliver a powerful "No" vote at Wednesday's contact vote and to join the NSC Rank-and-File committee to break from the shackles of the Steelworker union bureaucracy and ensure our strike is prosecuted by and for the rank-and-file.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-27). Palestinians imprisoned without charge or trial go on hunger strike. plenglish.com Ramallah, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Three Palestinian inmates imprisoned by Israel continue an indefinite hunger strike that began ten days ago to denounce their imprisonment without charge or trial.

WSWS (2023-06-27). Reject National Steel Car's provocative "final offer"! Build the NSC Rank-and-File Committee to lead our strike and mobilize broad working class support! wsws.org We urge all workers to deliver a powerful "No" vote at Wednesday's contact vote and to join the NSC Rank-and-File committee to break from the shackles of the Steelworker union bureaucracy and ensure our strike is prosecuted by and for the rank-and-file.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-27). Palestinians imprisoned without charge or trial go on hunger strike. plenglish.com Ramallah, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Three Palestinian inmates imprisoned by Israel continue an indefinite hunger strike that began ten days ago to denounce their imprisonment without charge or trial.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-06-26). Saturday 7/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-26). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2023-06-26). The Boldest Step to Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Generations. scheerpost.com

African Stream (2023-06-26). Africans Rise Up Against IMF-Imposed Neocolonial Debt. towardfreedom.org As anger over incoming tax hikes boils over in Kenya, African Stream takes a deep dive into the role the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played in ramming austerity down Africans' throats. It boils down to neocolonial debt slavery, a system designed to oppress Africans, while oiling the wheels of otherwise faltering Western economies. African Stream's Kenneth Kaigua breaks down this complex issue.

ALEX (2023-06-26). Hospital Doctors In England Plan To Go On Strike In July. popularresistance.org On 23 June, hospital doctors in England announced the longest strike in the 75-year history of the NHS. As ever, it's part of the ongoing row over pay and working conditions. | The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that Junior doctors — those below consultant level — will stage a walkout. They'll start on 7: 00 on July 13, and continue until the same time on July 18. | The stoppage follows a 72-hour strike earlier this same month. It was in opposition to the government's refusal to budge on its offer of just a 5% pay increase.

Jai Geller, Jia Lee, Left Voice. (2023-06-26). UFT Contract Would Expand Virtual Learning And School Privatization. popularresistance.org As if responding to Betsy Devos' admonition that "K-12 education for too long has been very static and very stuck," Department of Education Chancellor David Banks declared last week that the City's new Tentative Contract Agreement with the UFT fulfilled Mayor Adams' challenge to "reimagine education" and that "the days of simply working … in the four walls of the classroom are over." To this end, New York City will become "the first major public-school system to develop, implement and expand high-quality virtual learning programs for instruction and related services" by creating a centralized virtual learning p…

Jeremy Kuzmarov, Covert Action Magazine. (2023-06-26). 'If You Challenge The FBI, They Will Crush You,' Says Whistleblower. popularresistance.org Being an FBI agent was Stephen Friend's dream job. For eight and a half years working there, the Notre Dame graduate and Iraq War veteran investigated around 200 violent crimes, including human and sex-trafficking cases, and served five years as part of an FBI SWAT team. | Friend did his job so well that he won an FBI performance award. | Then one day this past fall, his top-secret security clearance was revoked by his superiors at the Jacksonville, Florida, field office, and he lost his job. | The reason was that he had expressed concern about a) the inflation of statistics regarding Domestic Violent Extremism (…

Global Research News (2023-06-25). Prigozhin's Wagner PMC Rebellion against Vladimir Putin. How it All Started. globalresearch.ca In an important "as a concerted effort between Wagner, the Ukrainian intelligence service, and their Western sponsors … | Prigozhin is working on behalf of foreign intelligence Services carrying out their …

Roshan Abraham, Next City. (2023-06-26). Why Are So Many Cities' Homeless Policies Punitive? popularresistance.org There is a strong body of evidence on what works when it comes to resolving homelessness — housing — and what does not work — punitive policies like criminalization and homeless sweeps that move people around while discarding their belongings. So why do so many American cities seem vexed when it comes to this issue, constantly framing people who are unhoused as threats to public safety while simultaneously promising a compassionate approach? | A big reason for this is that complaint-driven policies of homelessness prevail in many cities despite being antithetical to resolving homelessness.

F. William Engdahl (2023-06-25). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.

Tapti Sen, Inequality. (2023-06-26). The Modern Form Of Colonialism: Climate Change. popularresistance.org I am from a disappearing nation. | My country, Bangladesh, is one of several at risk of becoming submerged partially or completely by rising sea levels caused by climate change in the coming decades. 75 percent of the country lies below sea level. | Bangladesh, a tropical country on top of a low-lying delta, is no stranger to flooding, especially during monsoon season. But the extent to which this flooding has taken place in recent years is unprecedented. Flooding in Sylhet and other northeastern districts of Bangladesh between May and June of 2022 displaced an estimated 15 million people — approximately 9…

Editor (2023-06-25). The Power of Sports: Tackling Gender Stereotypes in Hong Kong. scheerpost.com The most recent report of the World Economic Forum paints a rather dim picture of gender inequality worldwide. According to current research, it will take 132 years to close the global gender gap. Alicia Lui from the initiative Women in Sports Empowered Hong Kong (WISE) works with youth to approach this problem in Hong Kong and agreed to share a few valuable insights with Pressenza contributor, Chris Hoellriegl.

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Insights | China's poverty reduction experience instructive for Latin America: Honduran official. ecns.cn One of the main things that Latin America could learn from China is the strategy used for poverty elimination, said Marcela Arias, minister at the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN and Other International Organizations based in Geneva, on Thursday in an interview with China News Network.

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-06-24). Expansion of Human Rights vs Rights of Humanity. podcasters.spotify.com More on the discussion of importance of focusing on the needs of human beings not vague ideals of "Human Rights" in a world full of oppression, violence and poverty…

Martin Hacthoun (2023-06-24). Paris summit stressed urgency of reforming financing architeture. plenglish.com Paris, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) A well-known and denounced reality reverberated here at the summit for a New Global Financing Pact: the urgency of reforming the world financing architecture in the face of challenges such as poverty and climate change.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-25). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-06-24). Cuba works in recovery of areas affected by rains. plenglish.com During last week, after visiting the provinces of Granma and Camagàºey to check the strategies to restore normality in that area (the most damaged by the rainfall), Prime Minister Manuel Marero affirmed that they are working hard for that purpose and that there is a good follow-up of the situation. | He assured that the country will continue to support the recovery process there. | Marrero pointed out that the meetings held with authorities and inhabitants of the region allowed the identification of other problems that hinder local development strategies. | The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy…

WSWS (2023-06-24). Cornel West's campaign for US president: A pragmatic and bankrupt muddle. wsws.org West's moralistic rhetoric, pragmatic maneuvering and a healthy dose of showmanship add up, when all is accounted for, to a vast pragmatic muddle.

Editor (2023-06-25). The Power of Sports: Tackling Gender Stereotypes in Hong Kong. scheerpost.com The most recent report of the World Economic Forum paints a rather dim picture of gender inequality worldwide. According to current research, it will take 132 years to close the global gender gap. Alicia Lui from the initiative Women in Sports Empowered Hong Kong (WISE) works with youth to approach this problem in Hong Kong and agreed to share a few valuable insights with Pressenza contributor, Chris Hoellriegl.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-06-24). As Israeli Settler Terrorism Rises, The Palestinian Authority Nears Collapse. thelastamericanvagabond.com The latest string of settler terrorist acts against Palestinian communities, coupled with the advancements shown by the West Bank resistance forces, is leading towards a dramatic escalation inside of the occupied territory. As the current Palestinian political scene remains divided, with no sign of national elections in sight, the hunger for a unified leadership is

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-06-24). Expansion of Human Rights vs Rights of Humanity. podcasters.spotify.com More on the discussion of importance of focusing on the needs of human beings not vague ideals of "Human Rights" in a world full of oppression, violence and poverty…

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Insights | China's poverty reduction experience instructive for Latin America: Honduran official. ecns.cn One of the main things that Latin America could learn from China is the strategy used for poverty elimination, said Marcela Arias, minister at the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN and Other International Organizations based in Geneva, on Thursday in an interview with China News Network.

Martin Hacthoun (2023-06-24). Paris summit stressed urgency of reforming financing architeture. plenglish.com Paris, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) A well-known and denounced reality reverberated here at the summit for a New Global Financing Pact: the urgency of reforming the world financing architecture in the face of challenges such as poverty and climate change.

Bharat Dogra (2023-06-23). Two Hundred Thousand Poverty Linked Deaths in a Year in the USA Call for Urgent Remedial Actions. globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-24). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au

Dana Sanchez (2023-06-23). Chicago Billionaire Believes He Can Reduce Murder Rate With Jobs. moguldom.com Billionaire Chicago real estate investor James Crown promises to reduce the murder rate in Chicago and make it "the safest city in America" by creating jobs in poor neighborhoods, funding violence intervention programs and strengthening law enforcement agencies. One of the wealthiest businessmen in Chicago, Crown heads up the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club …

Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Anne Pettifor, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-06-24). A New Third World Debt Crisis? The Need For System Change. popularresistance.org Today we are joined by Anne Pettifor to discuss an urgent issue of our time, that of the third world debt crisis. As we record this, this is the topic of the Summit on New Global Financing Pact called by Emmanuel Macron in Paris. | And we couldn't find a more authoritative guest for this show. Anne Pettifor does not really need any introduction, and I'm only going to give one to remind ourselves of the range of her contributions. | She's a prolific writer on issues relating to debt, finance and development, and is also an activist and has intervened in politics to great effect.

infobrics (2023-06-23). BRICS: Impediments and Potential Areas of Cooperation. infobrics.org There are potential areas of cooperation that the BRICS countries can explore to promote economic growth and development. By working together to reduce trade barriers, invest in infrastructure, and promote innovation, the member-countries can build a stronger, more integrated economic bloc that can compete with the developed countries of the world…

Fight Back (2023-06-23). East LA McDonald's workers strike, demand justice for Berta Montes! fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Workers at a local McDonald's went on strike June 9, as part of a weeklong struggle by employees to bring to light the heinous working conditions they have been forced to endure. The strikers called for an end to harassment from management, for union representation, and justice for Berta Montes, a McDonald's employee whose death many coworkers attribute to management's negligence and overall lack of interest in their worker's health and safety. | According to her coworkers, Berta Montes was feeling sick at work one day. When she asked her manager if she could be allowed to go…

WSWS (2023-06-24). Cornel West's campaign for US president: A pragmatic and bankrupt muddle. wsws.org West's moralistic rhetoric, pragmatic maneuvering and a healthy dose of showmanship add up, when all is accounted for, to a vast pragmatic muddle.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-23). "Holodomor": A Fact-Based Analysis. libya360.wordpress.com Anton, via Hampton Think Tank In this piece, I will examine the situation in the Soviet Union, particularly in Ukraine, 1932—1933, of what is commonly referred to as "Holodomor". "Holodomor" refers to the claim of an "intentional man-made famine-genocide in Ukraine caused by Communist collectivization of the Soviet Union" or often times more specifically, of…

Julio Adamor (2023-06-23). Inequality must be "priority" in climate change discussion, says Lula in Paris. peoplesdispatch.org President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made an impromptu speech during the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, on June 23, in Paris. In addition to discussing the key topics for Brazilian diplomacy, such as deforestation, global warming, and the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, he defended the importance of fighting inequality. | "It is not possible that in a meeting with so many presidents of important countries, the word inequality does not appear. Inequality in salary, race, gender, education, health," the president listed, sitting to the right of the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, wh…

Dan La Botz (2023-06-23). Two Shipwrecks Reveal the State of the World. fpif.org The sinking of two vessels—the Andrianna, filled with hundreds of desperate migrants, and the Titan, with a handful of multi-millionaires—provides a vivid picture of the world today. All drowning deaths in the ocean are tragic, and one has to sympathize with the families who have lost loved ones. Yet these events also dramatically demonstrate global economic inequality and injustice. | Those who died on the Titan have names. Stockton Rush, chief executive and founder of OceanGate, was the pilot of the Titan. Hamis Harding was a British businessman, chairman of Action Aviation based in Dubai, and an ex…

Fight Back (2023-06-23). Detainees at Northwest Detention Center launch a hunger strike. fightbacknews.org Tacoma, WA – A small crowd gathered outside of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) at 6 p.m. June 19 in solidarity with the detainees inside protesting inhumane conditions. The NWDC is a privately owned ICE detention center built on the Tacoma tide flats. The rally was called after a group of detainees launched a hunger strike early in the day. | The rally was hosted by La Resistencia, a grassroots organization led by undocumented immigrants that has been protesting the NWDC and supporting detainees since March 2014. | Activists kicked off the rally with a series of chants including, "Chinga la Migra!" and "How…

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). Insights | China's poverty reduction experience instructive for Latin America: Honduran official. ecns.cn One of the main things that Latin America could learn from China is the strategy used for poverty elimination, said Marcela Arias, minister at the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN and Other International Organizations based in Geneva, on Thursday in an interview with China News Network.

Caleb Crowder (2023-06-22). 55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People's Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices. ips-dc.org New fact sheets by the Poor People's Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies reveal disturbing data on systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism in every U.S. state.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-06-22). Poor People's campaigners bring call to end poverty to Congress. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Poor People's Campaign members and their allies descended on Congress advocating an end to poverty in the U.S. But on that issue and others like workers' rights and slashing the military budge, they got a mixed reaction. Several hundred of the campaigners and allies then rallied after a day of lobbying to hear colleagues describe …

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-23). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2023-06-22). The Unlimited Campaign Spending by Corporations and Billionaires Has Destroyed Democracy. scheerpost.com When corporations use their vast wealth to distort or seize control of the political process, they have ceased to operate within the constraints established at their creation. They are in violation of their own corporate charters and should be shuttered or sold off.

Eric Stoner, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-06-23). How Students Jumpstarted A Bold New Campaign For Debt Abolition. popularresistance.org The historic movement victory to forgive student debt won last summer is under relentless attack. At the beginning of June, the Senate passed a bill blocking President Biden's debt cancellation plan, which he subsequently vetoed. However, the plan remains on hold as the Supreme Court considers dubious challenges to it. Another blow came with the signing of the bipartisan debt ceiling deal that will restart student loan payments at the end of August. | In response to these ongoing threats, students are once again taking action — rallying outside the Supreme Court in February and organizing a sit-in at House…

Bharat Dogra (2023-06-22). Do Unjust Systems Want Student Debts to Continue Forever? globalresearch.ca

Eric Stoner (2023-06-22). How students jump started a bold new campaign for debt abolition. nationofchange.org In response to these ongoing threats, students are once again taking action.

Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Ann Pettifor (2023-06-22). A new Third World debt crisis? The need for system change. geopoliticaleconomy.com Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss the growing debt crisis in the Global South and the urgent need for forgiveness and system change.

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-22). Fight for Student Debt Relief Won't End With Supreme Court Ruling, AOC Vows. truthout.org With the Supreme Court expected to hand down its ruling on student debt forgiveness any week now, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) is vowing to continue fighting for relief for borrowers even if the Supreme Court strikes it down. In a press conference with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez said that lawmakers in the caucus, as well as the Congressional Black… |

Dianne Mathiowetz, Workers World. (2023-06-23). Week Of Action Demands Stop Cop City! popularresistance.org Within a day of the massive community turnout at the June 5 Atlanta City Council meeting — where, despite 16 1/2 hours of public comment opposing the over $67 million of taxpayer money to build the militarized police training center in the Weelaunee Forest, the Council approved the expenditure — a new strategy to stop "Cop City" was announced on the steps of City Hall. | Representatives of multiple organizations, including Community Movement Builders, the NAACP Legal Fund, Movement for Black Lives, Working Families Party and Black Voters Matter, described the referendum process to allow the people of…

WSWS (2023-06-23). Sri Lankan government intensifies witch-hunting of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation union leaders and activists. wsws.org The ongoing persecution CPC workers, along with the victimisation of two Insurance General Employees Union officials is part of a wider crackdown on the working class by the Wickremesinghe government.

WSWS (2023-06-23). The economic, political and military logic behind the sellout contract for West Coast dockworkers. wsws.org After nearly a year of working without a contract, dockworkers are being told to stop any slowdown on the ports since an undisclosed agreement has been reached.

Editor (2023-06-22). The Need to Reform American Labor Laws. scheerpost.com By Bernie Sanders / CounterPunch We are living in a moment where corporate America and the 1% have more economic and political power than they have ever had in the history of our country. The time is long overdue for Congress to stand up for the working families of our country, 60% of whom live …

Fight Back (2023-06-22). FRSO fund drive surpasses $70,000. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – The Freedom Road Socialist Organization Fund Drive has now surpassed $70,000 and more money is coming in every day. | FRSO Organizational Secretary Tom Burke states, "The FRSO online fundraiser was a grand success. Now we need a push to achieve our final goal. The money we spend will make us bigger, badder and bolder in advancing the cause of the American working class." | Burke also urged local FRSO groups to follow up on folks who have made pledges. | To contribute to the fundraising drive, go to FRSO.org and hit the donate button. You can also donate by mailing a check made out to "Lucy Parso…

Dianne Mathiowetz, Workers World. (2023-06-23). Week Of Action Demands Stop Cop City! popularresistance.org Within a day of the massive community turnout at the June 5 Atlanta City Council meeting — where, despite 16 1/2 hours of public comment opposing the over $67 million of taxpayer money to build the militarized police training center in the Weelaunee Forest, the Council approved the expenditure — a new strategy to stop "Cop City" was announced on the steps of City Hall. | Representatives of multiple organizations, including Community Movement Builders, the NAACP Legal Fund, Movement for Black Lives, Working Families Party and Black Voters Matter, described the referendum process to allow the people of…

WSWS (2023-06-23). Sri Lankan government intensifies witch-hunting of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation union leaders and activists. wsws.org The ongoing persecution CPC workers, along with the victimisation of two Insurance General Employees Union officials is part of a wider crackdown on the working class by the Wickremesinghe government.

WSWS (2023-06-23). The economic, political and military logic behind the sellout contract for West Coast dockworkers. wsws.org After nearly a year of working without a contract, dockworkers are being told to stop any slowdown on the ports since an undisclosed agreement has been reached.

Editor (2023-06-22). The Need to Reform American Labor Laws. scheerpost.com By Bernie Sanders / CounterPunch We are living in a moment where corporate America and the 1% have more economic and political power than they have ever had in the history of our country. The time is long overdue for Congress to stand up for the working families of our country, 60% of whom live …

Fight Back (2023-06-22). FRSO fund drive surpasses $70,000. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – The Freedom Road Socialist Organization Fund Drive has now surpassed $70,000 and more money is coming in every day. | FRSO Organizational Secretary Tom Burke states, "The FRSO online fundraiser was a grand success. Now we need a push to achieve our final goal. The money we spend will make us bigger, badder and bolder in advancing the cause of the American working class." | Burke also urged local FRSO groups to follow up on folks who have made pledges. | To contribute to the fundraising drive, go to FRSO.org and hit the donate button. You can also donate by mailing a check made out to "Lucy Parso…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-22). "If You Challenge the FBI, they Will Crush You," Says Whistleblower at Congressional Hearing. covertactionmagazine.com Being an FBI agent was Stephen Friend's dream job. For eight and a half years working there, the Notre Dame graduate and Iraq War veteran investigated around 200 violent crimes, including human and sex-trafficking cases, and served five years as part of an FBI SWAT team. Friend did his job so well that he won …

Sam Levin, The Guardian. (2023-06-23). Who's Unhoused In California? popularresistance.org Nearly half of all unhoused adults in California are over the age of 50, with Black residents dramatically overrepresented, according to the largest study of the state's homeless population in decades. | University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) research released on Tuesday also revealed that 90% of the state's homeless population lost their housing in California, with 75% of them now living in the same county where they were last housed. The study further found that nearly nine out of 10 people reported that the cost of housing was the main barrier to leaving homelessness.

WSWS (2023-06-23). Podemos electoral debacle in Spain exposes bankruptcy of Revolutionary Left (IR) group. wsws.org IR's complaint that "the 'progressive' management of capitalism has gone very wrong" amounts to an exposure of this party's decade-long support for the anti-worker Podemos party.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-22). North Korea Slams Blinken's Recent China Visit as 'Begging Trip'. orinocotribune.com North Korea has ridiculed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to China as a "disgraceful begging trip," further slamming it as a failure of policy aimed at exerting pressure on Beijing. | The rare visit was aimed at begging for the relaxation of tensions as the "attempt to press and restrain China may become a boomerang striking a fatal blow to the US economy," said North Korean international affairs analyst Jong Yong in a column published by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday. | "In a word, the US state secretary's recent junket can never be judged otherwise than a disgra…

Fight Back (2023-06-23). Detainees at Northwest Detention Center launch a hunger strike. fightbacknews.org Tacoma, WA – A small crowd gathered outside of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) at 6 p.m. June 19 in solidarity with the detainees inside protesting inhumane conditions. The NWDC is a privately owned ICE detention center built on the Tacoma tide flats. The rally was called after a group of detainees launched a hunger strike early in the day. | The rally was hosted by La Resistencia, a grassroots organization led by undocumented immigrants that has been protesting the NWDC and supporting detainees since March 2014. | Activists kicked off the rally with a series of chants including, "Chinga la Migra!" and "How…

JANET (2023-06-22). Hunger strike threat by Palestinian prisoners forces concessions. iacenter.org By Ted Kelly June 21, 2023 Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, who had been held without charges by Israeli authorities, were poised to launch a mass hunger strike beginning on June 18. But in a statement by The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement, the strike has been postponed. Credit: Samidoun.net Why? Because the organized and coordinated efforts of the incarcerated Palestinian workers have already managed to win some concessions from the Israeli occupation forces. A statement signed by the Administrative Detainees' Committee in Occupation Prisons dated June 17, 2023, reads…

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). Insights | China's poverty reduction experience instructive for Latin America: Honduran official. ecns.cn One of the main things that Latin America could learn from China is the strategy used for poverty elimination, said Marcela Arias, minister at the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN and Other International Organizations based in Geneva, on Thursday in an interview with China News Network.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-22). Video: #Yes, It's a "Killer Vaccine": Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to precipitate the entire World into a spiral of mass unemployment, bankruptcy, extreme poverty and despair.

teleSUR (2023-06-22). Survey Finds Housing Costs Behind California Homeless Crisis. telesurenglish.net To better understand why so many people end up homeless in California, a group of researchers conducted a statewide survey, which found that deep poverty and lack of affordable housing are to blame. | RELATED: | For most of the people living on the streets, they lost their homes simply because the cost of housing had become unsustainable, according to the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness rele…

Editor (2023-06-22). The Unlimited Campaign Spending by Corporations and Billionaires Has Destroyed Democracy. scheerpost.com When corporations use their vast wealth to distort or seize control of the political process, they have ceased to operate within the constraints established at their creation. They are in violation of their own corporate charters and should be shuttered or sold off.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-22). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au

Bharat Dogra (2023-06-22). Do Unjust Systems Want Student Debts to Continue Forever? globalresearch.ca

Eric Stoner (2023-06-22). How students jump started a bold new campaign for debt abolition. nationofchange.org In response to these ongoing threats, students are once again taking action.

Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson (2023-06-22). A new Third World debt crisis? The need for system change. geopoliticaleconomy.com Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss the growing debt crisis in the Global South and the urgent need for forgiveness and system change.

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-22). Fight for Student Debt Relief Won't End With Supreme Court Ruling, AOC Vows. truthout.org With the Supreme Court expected to hand down its ruling on student debt forgiveness any week now, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) is vowing to continue fighting for relief for borrowers even if the Supreme Court strikes it down. In a press conference with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez said that lawmakers in the caucus, as well as the Congressional Black… |

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-22). "If You Challenge the FBI, they Will Crush You," Says Whistleblower at Congressional Hearing. covertactionmagazine.com Being an FBI agent was Stephen Friend's dream job. For eight and a half years working there, the Notre Dame graduate and Iraq War veteran investigated around 200 violent crimes, including human and sex-trafficking cases, and served five years as part of an FBI SWAT team. Friend did his job so well that he won …

Cinnamon Janzer, Next City. (2023-06-22). What Ohio's Co-Op Evangelists Learned From Spain's Union Co-Op Network. popularresistance.org For his 91st birthday three years ago, Bob Moore, the namesake behind the ubiquitous Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods brand, surprised his employees during a celebration of his 91st birthday. He unveiled an Employee Stock Ownership Plan that, as of April that year, turned his roughly 600 employees into co-op owners of a company that generated more than $50 million in annual sales in 2018. | While Bob's Red Mill might be one of the most high-profile examples of an employee-owned business in the U.S., it's far from the only one—especially in Ohio. | For more than a decade, Co-op Cincy has been working to both cre…

Editor (2023-06-22). The Need to Reform American Labor Laws. scheerpost.com By Bernie Sanders / CounterPunch We are living in a moment where corporate America and the 1% have more economic and political power than they have ever had in the history of our country. The time is long overdue for Congress to stand up for the working families of our country, 60% of whom live …

Fight Back (2023-06-22). FRSO fund drive surpasses $70,000. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – The Freedom Road Socialist Organization Fund Drive has now surpassed $70,000 and more money is coming in every day. | FRSO Organizational Secretary Tom Burke states, "The FRSO online fundraiser was a grand success. Now we need a push to achieve our final goal. The money we spend will make us bigger, badder and bolder in advancing the cause of the American working class." | Burke also urged local FRSO groups to follow up on folks who have made pledges. | To contribute to the fundraising drive, go to FRSO.org and hit the donate button. You can also donate by mailing a check made out to "Lucy Parso…

WSWS (2023-06-21). Craigavon postal worker speaks about dire working conditions after CWU blocks local industrial action. wsws.org Over 100 members of the Communication Workers Union sought to wage a fight against imposed revisions and the suspension of their two union reps back in February.

WSWS (2023-06-21). The Clarios strike and its lessons for the working class. wsws.org The Holland, Ohio workers fought a 40-day strike against the world's largest auto battery maker and the treachery of the United Auto Workers bureaucracy.

thecommunists (2023-06-22). Homeless charity workers on strike for decent wages. thecommunists.org As at the time of writing, the workers at homelessness charity St Mungo's are entering their fourth week of strike action, fighting as so many workers across the country are doing to secure a wage rise that might offset the real-terms reduction they have suffered as a result of galloping inflation. Their demand for a …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-22). North Korea Slams Blinken's Recent China Visit as 'Begging Trip'. orinocotribune.com North Korea has ridiculed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to China as a "disgraceful begging trip," further slamming it as a failure of policy aimed at exerting pressure on Beijing. | The rare visit was aimed at begging for the relaxation of tensions as the "attempt to press and restrain China may become a boomerang striking a fatal blow to the US economy," said North Korean international affairs analyst Jong Yong in a column published by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday. | "In a word, the US state secretary's recent junket can never be judged otherwise than a disgra…

rebekah (2023-06-22). The Power of Fiction in Social Change. inequality.org On May 19th, Tope Folarin — an award-winning novelist and executive director of the Institute for Policy Studies — and Chuck Collins — an IPS scholar and co-editor of Inequality.org — held a virtual discussion about Collins' new novel, Altar to An Erupting Sun. The novel looks back at several of the powerful U.S. social …

Ted Kelly (2023-06-22). Hunger strike threat by Palestinian prisoners forces concessions. workers.org Credit: Samidoun.net Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, who had been held without charges by Israeli authorities, were poised to launch a mass hunger strike beginning on June 18. But in a statement by The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement, the strike has been postponed. Why? Because the organized . . . |

Sarah Anderson (2023-06-21). 55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People's Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices. inequality.org Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders launched a Poor People's Campaign in 1968 to tackle what he called the "Triplets of Evil" — systemic racism, poverty, and militarism. Fifty years later, activists revived this multi-racial fusion movement to carry on the fight against these injustices, as well as the growing …

Joelle Fishman (2023-06-20). Connecticut group home workers end strike but continue struggle against poverty. peoplesworld.org HARTFORD, Conn.—While their struggle to end poverty continues, group home and day program members of SEIU 1199NE agreed to new contracts at six agencies, ending a weeks-long strike. The new contracts cover the next two years, starting on July 1, 2023, with an option to reopen negotiations after the first year. Direct care providers will …

teleSUR, SH (2023-06-21). Presidente Lula mantendrá un encuentro con el papa Francisco. telesurtv.net Brasil y el Vaticano convergen en temas de paz y seguridad internacional, derechos humanos, refugiados, combate al hambre y a la pobreza.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-21). CPSU campaigns to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service. greenleft.org.au

Roosevelt Institute (2023-06-21). Capital in the 2020s (with Thomas Piketty). indybay.org Inequality is not an accident. It's not like the weather. It actually is being driven by the way capitalism is functioning. You know what we need? We need state intervention, we need government action, and we need that to be very, very, very big. That is when he proposes a policy that seems like it's common sense now, but at the time, the idea of a wealth tax of 2 percent sounds radical.

Dana Al-Hasan (2023-06-20). Raleigh, NC community members fight to save mosque, resist gentrification at Shaw University. liberationnews.org Raleigh, North Carolina residents have come together to protest the rezoning and development of Shaw University, speaking out at the April and May city council meetings and pushing back against the wealthy investors and realtors who stand to profit if the plan goes forward. | The public pressure campaign has already successfully forced Raleigh City Council to postpone their decision on the rezoning application a few times. Now, they are set to decide on Tuesday, June 20th.

Radhika Desai, Michael Roberts, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-06-21). Did The Debt Ceiling Deal Really Save The US From Bankruptcy? popularresistance.org So as far as the debt ceiling is concerned, there has been a pattern which has become a classic of sorts, with just days to go before the day that the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US would run out of cash to meet its obligations, President Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy reached a bipartisan deal which is going to permit the government to keep borrowing in return for certain cuts in spending, social spending in particular, that the Republicans insisted on. | The catastrophic disaster predicted by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the weeks leading up to the negotiations and the deadlin…

Andy Kroll (2023-06-20). The Ultimate All-American Slush Fund. tomdispatch.com On June 3rd, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that lifted the government's debt ceiling and capped some categories of government spending. The big winner was — surprise, surprise! — the Pentagon. Congress spared military-related programs any cuts while freezing all other categories of discretionary spending at the fiscal year 2023 level (except support for veterans). Indeed, lawmakers set the budget for the Pentagon and for other national security programs like nuclear-related work developing nuclear warheads at the Department of Energy at the level requested in the administration's Fiscal Y…

Julia Gledhill (2023-06-20). If We Don't Rein In Pentagon Spending Now, It Will Keep Increasing in the Future. truthout.org On June 3rd, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that lifted the government's debt ceiling and capped some categories of government spending. The big winner was — surprise, surprise! — the Pentagon. Congress spared military-related programs any cuts while freezing all other categories of discretionary spending at the fiscal year 2023 level (except support for veterans). Indeed… |

Editor (2023-06-20). Haiti: Stop the destruction of a Nation. mronline.org Ever since the Haitian people successfully overthrew slavery and colonialism in 1804, they have been subjected to interventions and policies by the French and U.S. governments—from devastating "debt" collection to brutal military occupation, from coups to neocolonial puppet dictatorships—designed to destroy their existence as sovereign people, as an independent nation.

Janaka Biyanwila (2023-06-20). Ruling elite regroups while Sri Lankans drown in debt and austerity. greenleft.org.au As Sri Lanka approaches the anniversary of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in July last year, following a popular uprising, the social struggle continues, reports Janaka Biyanwila.

WSWS (2023-06-21). The Clarios strike and its lessons for the working class. wsws.org The Holland, Ohio workers fought a 40-day strike against the world's largest auto battery maker and the treachery of the United Auto Workers bureaucracy.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-06-20). Canada's labor movement faces an uphill climb. therealnews.com From May 8-12, the 30th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress took place in Montréal. Reporting for Working People and The Real News Network, Max attended the convention and spoke with a number of rank-and-file workers, organizers, and union officers about the state of the labor movement in Canada. | In Part 2 of our two-part dispatch from the CLC, we talk to: Nora Loreto, writer, editor, organizer, podcaster, co-host of Sandy and Nora Talk Politics with Sandy Hudson, and author of numerous books, including Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic, and T…

WSWS (2023-06-20). Britain's pseudo-left groups mount phoney "rank-and-file" initiatives in defence of trade union bureaucracy. wsws.org The situation demands the creation of a genuine rank-and-file movement in the working class, not of groups seeking to pressurise the existing bureaucratic leaderships, tasked with organising an insurgent movement of union members against the bureaucracy.

WSWS (2023-06-20). Sri Lankan SEP demonstrates in Colombo against privatisation and government repression. wsws.org The protest was part of the SEP's campaign to mobilise the working class against the government's austerity measures on the basis of a socialist program.

Janaka Biyanwila (2023-06-20). Ruling elite regroups while Sri Lankans drown in debt and austerity. greenleft.org.au As Sri Lanka approaches the anniversary of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in July last year, following a popular uprising, the social struggle continues, reports Janaka Biyanwila.

WSWS (2023-06-21). The Clarios strike and its lessons for the working class. wsws.org The Holland, Ohio workers fought a 40-day strike against the world's largest auto battery maker and the treachery of the United Auto Workers bureaucracy.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-06-20). Canada's labor movement faces an uphill climb. therealnews.com From May 8-12, the 30th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress took place in Montréal. Reporting for Working People and The Real News Network, Max attended the convention and spoke with a number of rank-and-file workers, organizers, and union officers about the state of the labor movement in Canada. | In Part 2 of our two-part dispatch from the CLC, we talk to: Nora Loreto, writer, editor, organizer, podcaster, co-host of Sandy and Nora Talk Politics with Sandy Hudson, and author of numerous books, including Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic, and T…

WSWS (2023-06-20). Britain's pseudo-left groups mount phoney "rank-and-file" initiatives in defence of trade union bureaucracy. wsws.org The situation demands the creation of a genuine rank-and-file movement in the working class, not of groups seeking to pressurise the existing bureaucratic leaderships, tasked with organising an insurgent movement of union members against the bureaucracy.

WSWS (2023-06-20). Sri Lankan SEP demonstrates in Colombo against privatisation and government repression. wsws.org The protest was part of the SEP's campaign to mobilise the working class against the government's austerity measures on the basis of a socialist program.

Fight Back (2023-06-20). Event on FRSO program held in Orlando. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On July 3, the Orlando District of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) held a Political Program release discussion at a meeting attended by over 30 people representing other progressive forces in the area. | In an effort to build a unified progressive base in Orlando, FRSO Orlando members Jacob Muldoon, Edmund Anglero and Diego Gonzalez discussed the history of struggle in the United States, FRSO and their goal of building a new communist party, and the united front against monopoly capitalism. | "FRSO believes that only through a strategic alliance of the oppressed nations and working clas…

Staff (2023-06-20). "The Doomsday Machine": Confessions of Daniel Ellsberg, Former Nuclear War Planner. democracynow.org Daniel Ellsberg was best known for leaking the Pentagon Papers, but he was also a lifelong anti-nuclear activist, stemming from his time working as a nuclear planner for the U.S. government. In December 2017, he joined us to discuss his memoir, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. "This was an actual war plan for how we would use the existing weapons," he noted, "many of which I had seen already that time."…

Staff (2023-06-20). RIP Daniel Ellsberg: "Most Dangerous Man in America" on Leaking Pentagon Papers, Exposing Gov't Lies. democracynow.org We remember the life and legacy of Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who died Friday at the age of 92, just months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, then a top military strategist working for the RAND Corporation, risked life in prison by secretly copying and then leaking 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the secret history of the U.S. War in Vietnam. The leak would end up helping to take down President Nixon, accelerate the end of the War in Vietnam and lead to a major victory for press freedom. Henry Kissinger once called Ellsberg "the most da…

Eric A. Gordon (2023-06-20). Socialist Eugene V. Debs celebrated in a graphic biography. peoplesworld.org Bernie Sanders called him "the most effective and popular leader that the American working class has ever had… one of the most important Americans of the 20th century." Yet his face has never appeared on a U.S. postage stamp, an achievement emblematic of having "made it" in the American history books. We speak of the …

teleSUR (2023-06-21). UN: 20 Million USD for Urgent Food Aid Campaign in NE Nigeria. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, said that the UN allocated 20 million U.S. dollars for an urgent food security and nutrition campaign for hunger-hit northeast Nigeria. | Related: | With $9 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund and $11 million from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, "we will support the government-led response efforts across B…