(2023-08-19). Perspectives] Kelley Lee: putting the governance of global health under scrutiny. thelancet.com Kelley Lee, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, spent her early childhood in Vancouver's Chinatown area, where she learned how social disadvantage can profoundly shape life chances. The area, now known as the Downtown Eastside, was already a place of struggle against addiction and poverty in the 1960s. For the Asian community, it was also a place born from institutionalised anti-Chinese policies and racial segregation. Lee's grandfather paid the notorious head tax in 1911 to enter Canada, while her Canadian-born parents were denied citiz…
(2023-08-18). "They Cloned Tyrone": On national oppression. fightbacknews.org Warning: Major spoilers for They Cloned Tyrone | They Cloned Tyrone is a peculiar little science fiction movie set in the Glen, a fictional poor Black community existing in the South. It follows the life of the protagonist Fontaine, a drug dealer without any particular flair or personality. | The Glen is rife with poverty, inequality and unfairness. For an individual not well versed in political theory, these problems might seem interpersonal or individualistic. For a Marxist-Leninist, this could only be described as one thing: national oppression. | Now you may ask: is the movie operating from a Marxist-Leninist…
(2023-08-18). Drought-affected small farmers in Sri Lanka denounce government indifference. wsws.org While drought is a natural phenomenon, the decades of poverty afflicting Sri Lankan rural toilers and the now-worsening food shortages across the island are the result of capitalism and big-business government policies.
(2023-08-18). Drought affected small farmers in Sri Lanka denounce government indifference. wsws.org While drought is a natural phenomenon, the decades of poverty afflicting Sri Lankan rural toilers and the now-worsening food shortages across the island are the result of capitalism and big-business government policies.
(2023-08-17). Hosting Company Used by Extremists Received $3 Million in Bitcoin After 2021 Hack. splcenter.org An unidentified source sent Epik, a web services company that caters to a far-right customer base, nearly $3 million worth of bitcoin one day after hackers announced that they had broken into the company's servers, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Data Lab found.
(2023-08-18). Over 3.5 million lose 'dollar millionaire' status in 2022. ecns.cn More than 3.5 million people lost their "dollar millionaire" status last year during the first fall in global wealth since the 2008 financial crisis.
(2023-08-18). We are moving toward a Global Empire and enslavement of humanity in a Digital Gulag. expose-news.com Using the fake covid pandemic narrative as cover, the privileged, power-mad parasites who pilfer the world's wealth have sharply accelerated their longstanding plan to create a single global empire that is completely …
(2023-08-17). Paramount Drops BET Sale Plans Due To Its Own Debt Load: 'Science vs Spook' Podcast Highlighted Risk Of No Deal. moguldom.com Paramount Global has decided, after five months of bids and discussions, not to sell its majority interest in BET (Black Entertainment Television) Media Group because a sale "wouldn't result in any meaningful deleveraging of its balance sheet," people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. In other words, the bids came in lower …
(2023-08-17). Deepening problems for the Chinese financial system. wsws.org The pickup in the Chinese property market at the start of the year, following the lifting of COVID public health measures, has been short-lived with a major property developer missing an interest payment on a debt.
(2023-08-17). Resilience Amidst Controversy: Unveiling the Struggles of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Unearthing Adult Supremacy. projectcensored.org The Mountain Valley Pipeline, a zombie fracked gas project that found new life in the dark corners of the debt ceiling relief bill continues to struggle through the rough terrain…
(2023-08-18). Luna-25 automatic station corrects its orbit. plenglish.com According to the source on its official website, the propulsion system of the automatic station performed an orbital correction that lasted 40 seconds, with the aim of providing the best conditions for the subsequent landing on the Moon. | Roscosmos pointed out that the orbit correction proceeded normally. | "All on-board systems of the Luna-25 are working perfectly, and communications with the apparatus is stable," the space agency added.
(2023-08-18). Australian advocate for scientifically-based COVID-safety measures dies. wsws.org McLaws won popular support between 2020 and early 2022 when she and other leading medical scientists, amid mounting working-class anger, compelled Australian governments to adopt limited COVID-19 mitigation measures.
(2023-08-18). 'Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class' in review. peoplesworld.org 
Last summer, the American Historical Association's former president, James H. Sweet, issued an apology. Expressing regret for "the way I have alienated some of my Black colleagues and friends," Sweet walked back a claim he had earlier made that characterized as "anachronistic" and essentially clout-seeking those historians who mixed the personal with the historical. Good …
(2023-08-18). UAW members reject concessionary contract demands. workers.org 
Contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and Ford, General Motors and Stellantis (which includes Chrysler) began in July. Instead of engaging in the traditional handshake across the table with company executives — a photo op implying the parties were working together to achieve a "competitive agreement" — UAW President . . . |
(2023-08-17). Orlando stands up against DeSantis' targeted suspension of State Attorney Worrell. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On August 10, an emergency rally was held in Orlando to address Governor Ron DeSantis' recent dismissal of State Attorney Monique Worrell. | The attacks came as an affirmation by the DeSantis camp that they are an enemy of oppressed nationalities, the working class, women and LGBTQ people. | At the rally, the charges against the Tampa 5 were discussed by Anna Eskamani as a part of DeSantis's attacks on education and African Americans. Progressive forces attending the rally understand the need to develop a strong united front against DeSantis and his clique of reactionaries. When democratic rights ar…
(2023-08-18). San Diego bans homeless encampments, erects caged parking lot "solution" wsws.org A recent ban on homeless encampments by the San Diego City Council and backed by Democrat Mayor Todd Gloria will only worsen the social crisis in the city.
(2023-08-17). Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe advances right-wing racialism in speech on Voice. wsws.org Thorpe, like the proponents of the Voice, is peddling racialism to divide workers and suppress the fundamental class issues of war and social inequality.
(2023-08-18). World Hunger and the War in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org It is not clear if the West will give Russia any relief on its ability to export its own agricultural products. | By Vijay PRASHAD | Join us on , , and . | On Monday, June 17, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia's…
(2023-08-18). Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against increased violence by Israeli prison authorities. peoplesdispatch.org Nine Palestinian administrative detainees are on a separate indefinite hunger strike to demand their release and better treatment of fellow prisoners…
(2023-08-17). "We are still on the front lines:" Palestinian prisoners launch collective response after occupation forces attack detainees. samidoun.net 
Palestinian prisoners are engaged in a sharp confrontation with the Israeli occupation regime, after repressive forces invaded the Naqab desert prison on Thursday, 17 August and attacked the prisoners. Approximately 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in all prisons announced that they would start a hunger strike at 7 pm Palestine time to confront the aggression of the …