(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…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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…
(2023-06-28). Is Ukraine Being Pushed Towards Long-term Indebtedness and Subservience? globalresearch.ca
(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… |
(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. |
(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.
(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.
(2023-06-28). The Damage to Ukraine is Devastating: "What are the working-class people of Ukraine dying for?" MEP Mick Wallace. globalresearch.ca
(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…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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 …
(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.
(2023-06-28). Getting Past Stars and Swipes Forever. inequality.org
(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…
(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 …