Vijay Prashad (2023-07-06). The Rice Bowl of the Chinese People Is Held Firmly in Their Hands. dissidentvoice.org Fan Wennan (China), ‰∏≠ÂõΩ 2098: §™Èò≥ÁÖßÂ∏∏Âçá˵∑ ('China 2098: The Sun Rises Just the Same'), 2019—2022. At the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), member states decided to replace the Millennium Development Goals (established in 2000) with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The first SDG was to 'end poverty in …

WSWS (2023-07-06). Thames Water brought to near collapse by private looting. wsws.org Privatisation brought a Wild West-style rampage at the hands of bank consortiums, private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds committed to extracting every last penny from customers and workers and building up debts while splashing out on dividends.

Jake Johnson (2023-07-06). World's Richest Added Average of $14M Per Day to Their Wealth Over Past 6 Months. truthout.org The 500 richest people on the planet collectively added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of 2023 due in large part to a record-breaking rally in the U.S. stock market. According to a Bloomberg analysis of its Billionaires Index, the world's richest people added an average of $14 million per day to their wealth over the past six months, "the best half-year for billionaires since the… |

Staff (2023-07-06). Rep. Ro Khanna on Term-Limiting SCOTUS Justices, Sole "No" Vote on Pentagon Budget & Modi's State Visit. democracynow.org We speak with Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna of California about several topics. He has reintroduced a bill in the House to limit Supreme Court justices to 18-year terms, which he says would help rebalance the high court, now dominated by a 6-3 conservative majority, and is especially needed after several controversial Supreme Court rulings striking down President Biden's student debt relief plan, giving businesses the right to discriminate against LGBTQ people on religious grounds, rolling back environmental protections and more. "Most Americans have seen that the Supreme Court is just wildly ou…

Jake Johnson (2023-07-06). New Campaign Aims to Unseat House Republicans Who Have Sabotaged Debt Relief. truthout.org A new campaign launched Thursday aims to channel widespread anger over the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against student debt cancellation into an effort to unseat House Republicans who have opposed and attempted to sabotage debt relief every step of the way. Launched by the nonprofit Protect Borrowers Action, the campaign will focus its attention on more than a dozen Republican-held seats in… |

WSWS (2023-07-06). National Steel Car strikers should forge solidarity with striking BC dockers and Wabtec workers! For a North America-wide working-class counter-offensive! wsws.org The issues facing workers elsewhere | in industry and transport—inflation, underpaid tiers, benefit issues, poor | working conditions, and pensions— are the same as ours at NSC. We all ought to be fighting for this together as a class, regardless of artificial borders.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-06). 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…

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-07-06). UPS-Teamsters could strike Aug 1: What you need to know. therealnews.com The largest private sector labor contract in the US is set to expire at midnight on July 31; as negotiations continue to play out, we will soon see whether or not the nearly 350,000 Teamsters working for United Parcel Services (UPS) will hit the picket line and wage one of the largest strikes in US history. As Sean Orr, a UPS package-car driver and elected shop steward for Teamsters Local 705 in Chicago, and Elliot Lewis, a UPS package-car driver and alternate shop steward for Teamsters Local 804 in New York City, recently wrote in Jacobin, "This contract fight is about two visions of work in the twenty-fir…

Andy Kroll (2023-07-06). Caution: Children at Work. tomdispatch.com An aged Native-American chieftain was visiting New York City for the first time in 1906. He was curious about the city and the city was curious about him. A magazine reporter asked the chief what most surprised him in his travels around town. "Little children working," the visitor replied. Child labor might have shocked that outsider, but it was all too commonplace then across urban, industrial America (and on farms where it had been customary for centuries). In more recent times, however, it's become a far rarer sight. Law and custom, most of us assume, drove it to near extinction. And our reaction to seeing it…

Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-06). What To The Exploited Working Class And Poor In A Capitalist Dictatorship Is The Fourth Of July? popularresistance.org Here's a little Fourth of July Critical Race and Labor History for you: On July 2, 1777 , Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery when it ratified its first constitution and became a sovereign country, a status it maintained until its admittance to the union in 1791 as the 14th state in the United States. However, Harvey Amani Whitfield , author of The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810, writes that slavery in Vermont was gradually phased out over a period of multiple decades. Additionally, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) staff write in "Vermont 1777: Ea…

Mahmoud Nasser (2023-07-05). Gaza's unsung heroes: The working class. electronicintifada.net In pictures: Laborers confront a crisis of living space.

Anonymous103 (2023-07-06). The Fossil Fuel Proliferation Threat. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Climate change negotiations and debates are characterised by some curious features. For one, there are interminable stretches of discussion that never seem to feature the agents of cause. Chatter about horrendous fires, toxic smoke, and environmental degradation often skirts around the culprit of anthropogenic change, so ably aided by fossil fuels. | With the fossil fuel industries of so many countries buried in the treaty back cover and the…

Staff (2023-07-06). Judge Smacks Down Big Pharma In Cancer Lawsuits & NY School Performed Illegal Surgeries On Children. trofire.com A court has ruled that Johnson and Johnson can NOT hide behind bankruptcy to avoid lawsuits. Plus, a special needs school in New York is being sued for running, what one former employee calls, a complete scam operation costing taxpayers millions. Mike Papantonio & Farron Cousins discuss more. Transcript: *This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, …

WSWS (2023-07-05). Spain's July 23 snap election and the bankruptcy of Podemos and Sumar. wsws.org PSOE and Sumar are now waging a political campaign that hands the political initiative to the Popular Party and Vox…

Sarah Anderson (2023-07-06). The Richest 10% Are Starting to Feel the Pinch, but Will That Change How They Think About Inequality? inequality.org Media attention is often focused on the power the very richest 1% have in politics and society. But, the mindset and motivations of a much larger group just beneath them is often overlooked. The top 10% of income earners — managers and professionals in the media, business, politics, and academia — wield significant influence in …

teleSUR (2023-07-06). UN: 43 Mln USD To Mitigate Drought Impact in Somalia. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, United Nations (UN) humanitarians said that 43 million U.S. dollars have been allocated to aid Somalia in fighting the effects of drought, mainly food insecurity. | Related: | The UN has said that the allocations support the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Somalia. | According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) put 25 million…

Staff (2023-07-06). Headlines for July 6, 2023. democracynow.org IAEA Sees No Evidence of Explosives Planted at Russian-Held Nuclear Plant in Ukraine, Belarus President Says Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin Is in Russia, Biden Welcomes Swedish PM to White House, Pressing NATO Membership for Sweden, U.S. Judge Restricts Biden Administration's Ability to Stem Misinformation on Social Media, Meta Launches Twitter Competitor "Threads"; Canada Blocks Facebook and Instagram Ads, Biden Nominates Elliott Abrams, Death Squad Backer Convicted of Lying to Congress, to Gov't Commission, Hunger and Malnutrition Surge in Ethiopia's War-Torn Tigray After U.S. and…

James Anderson (2023-07-06). California ICE detainees' hunger strike is part of a long fight for freedom. therealnews.com

Ann Garrison (2023-07-06). Human suffering worsens in DRC, the heart of Africa. mronline.org A million more Congolese people have been displaced to satisfy the resource hunger of the industrialized world.

scorinoco (2023-07-05). Gaddafi's Son Jailed in Lebanon Without Trial Hospitalized Due to Hunger Strike. orinocotribune.com Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the murdered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been hospitalized in critical condition due to his hunger strike at the prison of the Lebanese internal security forces, Al-Hadath TV reported citing informed sources. | Last month, Gaddafi's son Hannibal went on a hunger strike to protest his incarceration without trial in Lebanon since 2015, his lawyer said. | Al-Hadath TV reported on Sunday, July 2, that Hannibal Gaddafi suffered a sharp dro…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-04). Police Brutality, Racism and Poverty Underlines Youth Rebellion in France. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe North African Youth Nahel M Killed by Police Macron government has deployed 45,000 security personnel in attempt to quell the outrage sweeping the country in the aftermath of the police killing of Nahel M A 17-year-old youth of Moroccan and Algerian descent named Nahel M was gunned down by the French police on…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-04). Venezuela congratulates US people on Independence Day. plenglish.com Venezuela and the United States have been linked by struggles and aspirations for a life with guarantees of happiness and dignity, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed in a statement. | The release stated that the Venezuelan people will always express solidarity with the US people in fighting for social justice, overcoming poverty and discrimination, and for "relations of respect with the rest of the world that leave any imperialist pretensions behind. | The Bolivarian Government stated that, with political will, the United States could resume the path of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and diplomacy…

Editor (2023-07-04). 55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People's Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices. scheerpost.com 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.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-04). India leads Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit. plenglish.com Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed their participation in the event, according to recent information. Dignitaries from Iran, Belarus and Mongolia will participate as observers, and Turkmenistan will attend as a guest, as usual. | Leaders of the organization and of the United Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Independent States of the Commonwealth, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Union and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia will also participate. | At the initia…

Jayati Ghosh (2023-07-04). Debtors of the world, unite! mronline.org Jayati Ghosh speaks about the growing debt crisis in the global south, the IMF's never-ending affinity for austerity and the need to confront the power of financial capital.

Jim Spellman (2023-07-04). Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student loan deferral plan. america.cgtn.com Last week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Biden administration plan to wipe away some student loan debt, dashing the hopes of millions of borrowers bogged down with thousands of dollars of debt.

WSWS (2023-07-04). Students and workers outraged at Supreme Court ruling blocking Biden's partial student debt forgiveness plan. wsws.org The court's decision was facilitated by the Democrats' refusal to make any serious attempt to pass a student loan forgiveness program in Congress, despite having a majority in the House and Senate for two years.

J Christopher Hamilton (2023-07-04). Opinion: As Hip-Hop Turns 50, It's Time For The Culture To Break Its Bondage To The Streets. moguldom.com As hip-hop celebrates its 50th birthday this year, the forefathers, icons, dons and divas of the culture are owed a debt of gratitude for enriching so many facets of our lives. The music has heightened our political and socioeconomic awareness, its swagger redefined our sense of fashion, and the melodic rhymes of hip-hop artists created …

ecns.cn (2023-07-04). New Taiwan affairs spokesperson makes debut. ecns.cn The State Council Taiwan Affairs Office has a new spokesperson in Chen Binhua, a former reporter with lengthy experience working in Taiwan. The new appointee responded to a media question for the first time in this role on Tuesday.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-04). Mossad spy ring busted in Turkey, 11 arrested. peoplesdispatch.org Following months of surveillance, the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) discovered a "ghost cell" made up of 56 special operatives working for the Israeli Mossad. The operation, divided into nine different smaller networks, was reportedly working to gather intelligence against Hezbollah, Syria, and others…

WSWS (2023-07-04). Strike by 1,400 National Steel Car workers in Canada continues as strikers report health benefit cut-off. wsws.org The strike by 1,400 National Steel Car workers in Hamilton, Ontario, enters its sixth day Tuesday. The workers, who manufacture rail cars for some of the largest class I railroads, are fighting for wage increases above inflation, the abolition of multi-tier pay and pensions, and an end to dangerous working conditions in the plant.

WSWS (2023-07-04). CWU instructs reps to enforce Royal Mail's brutal revisions: the IR Framework in action. wsws.org Having extracted a pledge to restore "joint working", the CWU is moving to enforce the company's brutal dictates against postal workers. This is the meaning of a slew of directives issued by the union's leadership to local branches and reps over the past week.

WSWS (2023-07-04). "They are trying to take everything away from the working class": Wabtec seeks to restore production with scabs at Erie, Pennsylvania plant. wsws.org As workers enter the 12th day of their strike against Wabtec, workers have confirmed that the company began hiring scabs two weeks before the strike.

WSWS (2023-07-04). Corporate Canada demands anti-strike law to criminalize west coast dock strike, as bosses break off talks. wsws.org While the shipping bosses are escalating their concessions demands and corporate Canada is clamouring for the Trudeau government to criminalize the workers' job action, the ILWU is working to isolate the militant BC dock strike…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-04). 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…

International Brotherhood of Teamsters. (2023-07-04). Teamsters Picket Fourth California Warehouse In Expanding Amazon Strike. popularresistance.org San Bernardino, California – Striking Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers from Palmdale, Calif., extended their picket line to an Amazon warehouse in San Bernardino, Calif. (ONT5) today, to demand the e-commerce giant stop its unfair labor practices. The growing strike will continue until Amazon reinstates the unlawfully terminated employees, recognizes the Teamsters, respects the contract negotiated by the workers, and bargains with the Teamsters Union to address low pay and dangerous working conditions. | "I work for one of the richest companies in the world, but the pay is so low that I have to work two ot…

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-07-04). California conducts major survey on the root causes of homelessness. america.cgtn.com After administering nearly 3,200 questionnaires to participants and 365 in-depth interviews with adults experiencing homelessness in eight regions of the state, the study has found a devastating truth, and that is, as Californians age, they are being priced out of housing.

teleSUR (2023-07-04). SCO Summit: Russia and China Reject Economic Protectionism. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China rejected the new forms of economic protectionism and the degradation of global peace and security. | RELATED: | During the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Putin denounced the "hybrid war" being waged by the United States and its allies against the Russian people, which exacerbates geopolitical contradictions and degrades globa…

Peter Koenig (2023-07-04). "Climate Crime" No End. Famines, Population Reduction, Lockdowns, Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-03). Pope Francis sent message to the 43rd FAO Conference. plenglish.com Vatican City, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis on Monday sent a message to the participants in the 43rd Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), where he regrets the poverty and malnutrition existing in the world.

Editor (2023-07-03). Report Shows How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative on Ukraine. scheerpost.com By Bryce Greene / Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Wealthy donors have long funded think tanks with official-sounding names that produce research that reflects the interests of those funders (Extra!, 7/13). The weapons industry is a major contributor to these idea factories; a recent report from the Quincy Institute (6/1/23) demonstrates just how much influence …

Brittani Banks (2023-07-03). Supreme Court Preserves College Preferences for Wealthy Whites. independentmediainstitute.org The United States Supreme Court's recent ruling striking down race as a factor in college and university admissions was in response to a case brought by a conservative organization claiming that Asian Americans are harmed by preferences for people of other nonwhite races. The case, which focused on Harvard University and the University of North …

Bryce Greene, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-07-03). How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative On Ukraine. popularresistance.org Wealthy donors have long funded think tanks with official-sounding names that produce research that reflects the interests of those funders (Extra!, 7/13). The weapons industry is a major contributor to these idea factories; a recent report from the Quincy Institute (6/1/23) demonstrates just how much influence war profiteers have on the national discourse. | The Quincy Institute—whose own start-up funding came mainly from George Soros and Charles Koch—looked at 11 months of Ukraine War coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, from March 1, 2022, through January 31, 202…

Editor (2023-07-03). Let's get out from under the carbon military boot print. mronline.org The USA and its allies pose themselves as "Global Leaders". They could and should be, as they are the countries with the greatest concentrations of wealth, power and technical know how, communications and education, but they are falling horribly short; because they see leadership as the same thing as dominance—and subordinate everything else to that.

Staff (2023-07-03). Biden accused of 'stabbing student debtors in the back' with response to SCOTUS ruling. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on June 30, 2023. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. Proponents of student debt cancellation reacted angrily Friday to what the leading activist group Debt Collective called President Joe Biden's "horseshit" response to the U.S. Supreme Court's invalidation of his proposal to forgive $400 …

Karen Caligiuri (2023-07-03). Blood Money: Student Debt Then And Now. realprogressives.org While today's college lending system may not begin with death… in the United States, the high cost of a college education can have deadly consequences.

Ashley Curtin (2023-07-03). Supreme Court strikes down President Biden's plan to erase billions in student debt. nationofchange.org In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court claimed that the Biden administration's plan lacked authority and overstepped the powers of the Education Department and instead needed to go through Congress.

Editor (2023-07-03). Supreme Court strikes down Biden's partial student loan forgiveness plan, 43 million borrowers denied debt relief. mronline.org The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday with a stroke of the pen blocked a measure that would have provided limited relief for 43 million Americans suffering under a crushing debt burden of $1.7 trillion in outstanding federal student loans.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters. (2023-07-04). Teamsters Picket Fourth California Warehouse In Expanding Amazon Strike. popularresistance.org San Bernardino, California – Striking Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers from Palmdale, Calif., extended their picket line to an Amazon warehouse in San Bernardino, Calif. (ONT5) today, to demand the e-commerce giant stop its unfair labor practices. The growing strike will continue until Amazon reinstates the unlawfully terminated employees, recognizes the Teamsters, respects the contract negotiated by the workers, and bargains with the Teamsters Union to address low pay and dangerous working conditions. | "I work for one of the richest companies in the world, but the pay is so low that I have to work two ot…

Staff (2023-07-03). Bolivia's President Pays a Working Visit to Cuba. orinocotribune.com Bolivian President Luis Arce arrived in Cuba on Saturday to pay a working visit at the invitation of his counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel. | 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 A…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-03). Tens of thousands gather at Mexico's Zócalo square to celebrate fifth anniversary of AMLO's presidential victory. peoplesdispatch.org Since assuming office, President President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known as AMLO, has taken significant steps in strengthening Mexico's sovereignty and challenging the hegemony of the United States. His administration has also made enormous strides in uplifting poor and working people in Mexico…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-03). Ask Who Benefits: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | It is the Republican Party's job to expand the US military, rob and oppress the working class, serve US plutocrats, facilitate ecocidal capitalism, and foment division among the electorate. It is the Democratic Party's job to do these same things while blaming it on Republicans. | ‚ùñ | One of the weirdest things to happen last year was the entire western political/media class deciding to start pretending Ukrainian Nazis aren't Nazis based on literally nothing whatsoever, just because it's convenient, and a substantial portion of…

_____ (2023-07-03). "The Doomsday Machine": Confessions of Daniel Ellsberg, Former Nuclear War Planner. transcend.org 1 Jul 2023 – As we remember Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who died in June, we look at how he was also a lifelong anti-nuclear activist, stemming from his time working as a nuclear planner for the U.S. government.

Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. (2023-07-03). How The Cost Of Living Crisis Is Hurting Child Health In The United Kingdom. popularresistance.org New evidence continues to pour in, showing how the cost of living crisis in the United Kingdom is devastating child health. A recent survey conducted among school nurses from the School and Public Health Nurses Association (SAPHNA) and members of the British Dental Association (BDA) revealed that 65% of the respondents noticed a deterioration in children's health and wellbeing, which can be attributed to the worsening of living standards over the past year. | Out of the 313 health workers surveyed, 180 (57%) reported working with children experiencing lower energy levels than usual, while 167 (53%) observed slowe…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-03). 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…

Staff (2023-07-03). RIP Daniel Ellsberg: "Most Dangerous Man in America" on Leaking Pentagon Papers, Exposing Gov't Lies. democracynow.org In a special broadcast, we remember the life and legacy of Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who died in June 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 El…

William Manson (2023-07-03). Hamlet: Masterpiece or Melodramatic Muddle? dissidentvoice.org The icy wind was working up to a squall when King Hamlet (Sr.), contentedly stretching after enjoying a sumptuous luncheon repast, sauntered outside to his garden — his favorite spot to lie down for a siesta. Of course, such outdoor naps, even when bundled-up, were not always advisable on his remote, rocky Danish jutland of …

WSWS (2023-07-03). The Nation promotes Teamsters, UAW bureaucracy, says contract campaigns key to "reset working-class vote" for Democrats. wsws.org O'Brien and Fain have the closest relations to the Biden administration and the Democratic Party, which are determined to block strikes by these powerful sections of the working class.

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-03). 'Pop-Up Care Villages' Bring Joy To Community-Led Homelessness Services. popularresistance.org

Editor (2023-07-03). Charter Schools fail and close every week. mronline.org Free-market Accountability Equals Failed Bankrupt Project…

Aunindyo Chakravarty (2023-07-03). The trajectory of inequality in India. peoplesdispatch.org In 1982, India's government under Indira Gandhi approached the IMF for a loan. The conditionalities that were part of the loan set the stage for decades of 'reform' which would lead to a massive rise in inequality…

Sarah Anderson (2023-07-03). The Big Money Behind the Fight to Ban Responsible Investing. inequality.org In a recent Gallup poll, the vast majority of Americans surveyed said they were not even "somewhat familiar" with the term "ESG." But on Capitol Hill, Republicans have developed a fixation on the issue, holding not one but two intensely partisan hearings on the topic. "Republicans Are Losing Their Minds Over ESG" read one headline. …

_____ (2023-07-03). Human Suffering Worsens in DRC, the Heart of Africa. transcend.org 28 Jun 2023 – A million more Congolese people have been displaced to satisfy the resource hunger of the industrialized world.

Peoples Dispatch (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…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-02). López Obrador festeja junto a pueblo mexicano triunfo electoral e inicio de la 4T. telesurtv.net Asegura que el pacto entre el pueblo y su Gobierno funcionó. Añadió que se ha dado atención a todos, aunque se privilegió a los pobres y necesitados.

_____ (2023-07-02). America has Just Destroyed a Great Empire. strategic-culture.org By Michael HUDSON | Herodotus (History, Book 1.53) tells the story of Croesus, king of Lydia c. 585-546 BC in what is now Western Turkey and the Ionian shore of the Mediterranean. Croesus conquered Ephesus, Miletus and neighboring Greek-speaking realms, obtaining tribute and booty that made him one of the richest rulers of his time. But these victories and wealth led to arrogance and hubris. Croesus turned his eyes eastward, ambitious to conquer Persia, ruled by Cyrus the Great. | Having endowed the region's cosmopolitan Temple of Delphi with substantial silver and gold, Croesus asked its Oracle whether he would…

mforinoco (2023-07-01). Puerto Rican Organizations Give Deposition Before UN Decolonization Committee. orinocotribune.com By Berta Joubert-Ceci — Jun 26, 2023 | This past week, the UN Decolonization Committee held a hearing on what has been called the Puerto Rico case, on Puerto Rico's inalienable right to self-determination and independence. | Since the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 1514 (XV) in 1960 for the eradication of colonies, recognizing independence as a fundamental human right and in accordance with the UN Charter, 41 hearings have already been held on our case. | Recall that the US disguised the colonial state of Puerto Rico by naming it a Commonwealth in 1952 so as not to have to report to the United Nations…

People's Dispatch. (2023-07-02). US Supreme Court Strikes Down Student Debt Relief. popularresistance.org On June 30, the US Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's student debt relief program, which had been held up in the courts for several months due to right-wing legal challenges. The six ultra-conservative justices which make up the majority of the court ruled against the program, while the three centrist justices voted to uphold it. The Court ruled that Biden had overstepped his authority when he announced a sweeping student debt relief program on August 24, 2022. The program would have zeroed out the debts of 20 million people. | Biden issued an executive action in August to forgive the debts of studen…

Brett Wilkins (2023-07-01). Student Debt Activists Say Biden's Response to SCOTUS Is "Designed to Fail" truthout.org Proponents of student debt cancellation reacted angrily Friday to what one leading activist group called President Joe Biden's "horseshit" response to the U.S. Supreme Court's invalidation of his proposal to forgive $400 billion worth of educational loan debt for tens of millions of borrowers. In a Friday afternoon White House address, Biden vowed he was "not going to stop fighting to deliver… |

WSWS (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.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-02). AZUIMPORT focuses on next sugar harvest. plenglish.com Sources from the company told reporters that the goal is to get the resources as soon as possible amid a complex situation due to the restrictions imposed by the United States on Cuba. | AZUIMPORT currently focuses on hiring and timely arrivals using telecommuting and teleworking to guarantee the products needed for the harvest; and strengthens its commercial management to get better contract prices, they noted. | Implementing the VERSAT ERP software for commercial activities and further improving the logistic management of imports are also the main actions to guarantee the timely arrival of available goods and…

Monica Moorehead, Workers World. (2023-07-02). SCOTUS's Latest Attack On Affirmative Action. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court of the United States confirmed once again what an utterly reactionary, rightwing institution it is by striking down the right to use affirmative action in college admissions. The 6-3 ruling, issued June 29, stems from two cases — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina — which claim that whites and Asians are victims of "reverse discrimination." | What this vote means is that "race-conscious admissions policies," can no longer be used to assure that working class students of color, especially if they are Blac…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-02). 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…

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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

BADIL (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.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (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…

Juan M. Garcia (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.

Kris Kepler, Next City. (2023-07-01). 'Pop-Up Care Villages' Bring Joy To Community-Led Homelessness Services. popularresistance.org A celebration with guests, volunteers and partners sharing conversation, hugs, love and laughter isn't what most people associate with programs for unhoused people. But joyous gatherings may be the secret to creating trusted relationships that restore dignity, rekindle optimism and fuel a sense of opportunity for community members experiencing homelessness. | Local government agencies years ago recognized the need to bring services for unhoused people together in a central location. One solution in use across the country is periodic Homeless Connect events, like the Los Angeles County series organized by council…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-02). WHO warns DRC health system is on the verge of collapse. plenglish.com Geneva, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that health situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is today on the verge of collapse due to disease, displacement of people, floods and food insecurity.

Peoples Dispatch (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…

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.

Margaret Kimberley (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.

WSWS (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.

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.

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.

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… |

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.

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

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… |

BADIL (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.

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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (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…

Juan M. Garcia (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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (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…

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 …

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

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… |

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…

Editor (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.

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…

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 …

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…