(2023-07-01). Activists in Ghana march to the parliament demanding tax-free periods. peoplesdispatch.org Ghanaian activists took to the streets of Accra for the "Don't Tax My Period" parade where they opposed the heavy taxation of menstrual hygiene products. The action aimed to draw attention to the pervasive yet often overlooked issue of period poverty…
(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.
(2023-06-30). OceanGate and how the wealthy kill. mronline.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.
(2023-07-01). Supreme Court strikes down Biden's partial student loan forgiveness plan, 43 million borrowers denied debt relief. wsws.org No faction of the court expressed any concerns about administrative "overreach" only weeks ago when the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unilaterally declared a systemic financial risk and made available hundreds of billions of dollars to guarantee the assets of rich depositors at three failing banks.
(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.
(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.
(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… |
(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.
(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
(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… |
(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… |
(2023-07-01). A Series of Working Papers on Decolonization in Palestine. badil.org The series is prompted by the recent shifting discourse on Palestine, namely the colonization and apartheid frameworks.
(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.
(2023-07-01). Australian Broadcasting Corporation axes 120 jobs, decimating news, arts and other vital services. wsws.org ABC management, working in collaboration with the MEAA and the CPSU, have halved the state-funded broadcaster's workforce in the past three decades.
(2023-07-01). Mobilize the working class against French police murders and state repression! wsws.org Opposing police murders and attacks on democratic rights draws workers into a struggle against the capitalist state, requiring a revolutionary perspective for a struggle for workers' power.
(2023-07-01). Bolivia's president pays a working visit to Cuba. plenglish.com Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, who welcomed Arce in a message on his Twitter account, stated that his visit would continue exchanges on bilateral and international issues. | The two countries are members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) and maintain a dialogue that both parties have described as intense since the restoration of the diplomatic relations, which were "frozen" by the de facto Government of Jeanine Añez (2019-2020). | The two presidents met on the sidelines of the 28th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Santo Dom…
(2023-07-01). Cuban trade union delegation continues visit to Vietnam. plenglish.com Hanoi, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) A delegation of the Cuban Workers' Confederation (CTC), headed by its general secretary, Ulises Guilarte, is touring Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, as part of a working visit to Vietnam.
(2023-07-01). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Strains, sprains and tears of the upper arms. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am trying to get into shape for summer, and one area that has always been challenging has been my upper arms. Recently, though, I began a workout routine, but a friend warned me about the risk of injuries. Do you have any advice to avoid problems? ANSWER: Having well-defined, muscular upper arms often is the goal of anyone seeking a fit and toned appearance. But there's more to these hardworking muscles than good…
(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 …
(2023-06-30). Now They Are Actually Working on a Plan to Block Out the Sun. globalresearch.ca
(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… |
(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…
(2023-06-30). Levy del àÅguila Marchena: 'Communism, Political Power and Personal Freedom in Marx'. mronline.org 
Marx diagnosed the oppression of the working class, the alienation of workers from their labor, as well as the alienation of all human beings living within capitalism from their own authentic selves, and proposed that it was objectively possible that emancipation, true liberation, would come one day.
(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…
(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 …
(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 …
(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…
(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…