(2024-05-21). Empire Stumbling Toward Irrelevance. counterpunch.org 
To a working family "camping" on the street or a homeless single mother, this is what political collapse feels like. The UK is #1 in homelessness, the USA "leads" the developed world in percentage of its population living on the street. Meanwhile, endless billions are borrowed and sent abroad to senselessly genocide millions. These sure signs of Imperialist decline can't be ignored forever.
(2024-05-21). Are Republicans the Party of the Working Class? scheerpost.com 
(2024-05-21). On the picket line. workers.org 
UPenn graduate students unionize Graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania voted overwhelmingly this month to unionize as Graduate Employees Together UPenn — United Auto Workers. They join other graduate students from major universities, including Harvard and New York University, who have unionized to improve working conditions and benefits for . . . |
(2024-05-21). Tuesday 7/30: "Autocracies Inc": Book Talk on Urgent Call to Protect World's Democracies w/ A. Applebaum. indybay.org Online event…
(2024-05-21). Saturday 6/22: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: The Persuaders. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.
(2024-05-21). 345 killed as destruction continues to tear through Darfur. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Since the war started a year ago, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been engaged in brutal fighting, resulting in the killing of at least 345 and over 2,600 injuries, according to the North Darfur Ministry of Health.Ibrahim Abdullah Khater, the director general of the Ministry of Health, verified the figures to the Sudan Tribune and expressed his grave concern over the bombardment of El Fasher Women's and Maternity Hospital on Sunday, which resulted in significant damage and nine casualties."Healthcare is a fundamental human right. we are working tirelessly to ensure that medica…
(2024-05-21). US Affordable Rental Housing Policy Either Doesn't Make Any Sense or Is Working as Intended. counterpunch.org Affordable rental housing policy fails to provide sufficient affordable rental housing decade after decade, yet policymakers continue to do largely the same things. A researcher at the Joint Center for Housing Studies recently observed that in 1960, about 45 percent of renters in the bottom income quintile spent more than 50 percent of their income
(2024-05-21). Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial focuses on his wife's New Jersey home. whyy.org A New Jersey businessman rescued the home of Sen. Attorney John Moldovan told a Manhattan federal court jury that he was working for the businessman, Wael Hana, in July 2019 when he was asked to pay over $20,000 toward the Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home's mortgage. | Moldovan said Hana provided the money that he delivered to a bank to negate the need for a mortgage foreclo…
(2024-05-21). Ugandan athlete Nakaayi motivated ahead of Paris Olympics. independent.co.ug 
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan athlete Halimah Nakaayi says she does feel under pressure and is instead highly motivated ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. "Qualifying for the Olympics is already a big bonus, but I am also not under pressure at all ahead of the Games. I'm working hard and working with …
(2024-05-21). Labor's budget: 'An unearned veneer of humanity'. greenleft.org.au 
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Labor's third budget will 'ease cost-of-living pressures', but it does not include any raise to JobSeeker or other payments. Isaac Nellist reports.
(2024-05-21). The World Bank and the IMF: the creditors' bailiffs. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-05-21). A World of Inequality. cadtm.org
(2024-05-21). The Mexican debt crisis and the World Bank. cadtm.org
(2024-05-21). Independent UN experts urge Houthis to free Baha'i followers. newarab.com 
Human rights experts working for the The five are among 17 Baha'i followers detained last May when the Houthis raided a Baha'i gathering in the capital of Sanaa. The expe…
(2024-05-21). ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israeli, Hamas leaders. newarab.com 
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that the "Any attempt to draw parallels between these atrocious terrorists and a democratically elected government of Israel – working to fulfill its duty to defend and protect its citizens entirely in adherence to the principles of international law — is…
(2024-05-21). Clashes in Paris as firefighters unions protest working conditions. presstv.ir Police clashed with protesters in Paris as French firefighters' unions protested over working conditions.