(2024-05-23). Iran's President Raisi Joined BRICS, Pushed For Multipolar World. popularresistance.org Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19, left behind a legacy of working to build a more multipolar world. | Under Raisi, Iran joined BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Global South-led institutions that he noted could challenge US unilateralism and hegemony. | The late Iranian leader advocated a "Look East" strategy, strengthening relations with China, Russia, and other countries in Asia. | Raisi represented a more nationalist wing of the political class in Tehran, which sees the futility of trying to win Western approval, and instead recognizes that Iran's politica…
(2024-05-23). Western Arms Supplies To Ukraine Prevent Peaceful Solutions. popularresistance.org As a journalist, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, and a member of the Black Alliance for Peace and of the United National Antiwar Coalition, and as a citizen of the United States, the nation which has taken a lead role in continuing this crisis, I am very eager to speak to this issue. As of now, the U.S. government has allocated nearly $175 billion for the Ukrainian war effort and to support the workings of Ukraine's civilian government. | For the last two years we have seen a terrible war which would end if this country and others would stop providing arms and instead seek peace. There were opportunities…
(2024-05-23). Democracy Now! 2024-05-23 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for May 23, 2024; Irish Lawmaker: Recognizing Palestine as a State Is Rooted in Our History of Colonization & Famine; Dr. Adam Hamawy Describes Desperate Conditions at Gaza Hospitals Amid Attacks & Lack of Supplies; "Power": Yance Ford on His New Documentary & Why "Violence Is Part and Parcel" of U.S. Policing | Headlines for May 23, 2024; Irish Lawmaker: Recognizing Palestine as a State Is Rooted in Our History of Colonization & Famine; Dr. Adam Hamawy Describes Desperate Conditions at Gaza Hospitals Amid Attacks & Lack of Supplies; "Power": Yance Ford on His New Docum…
(2024-05-23). Irish Lawmaker: Recognizing Palestine as a State Is Rooted in Our History of Colonization & Famine. democracynow.org 
Three European nations have announced plans to recognize the State of Palestine, joining 143 other countries around the world in formal recognition. Leaders in Ireland, Norway and Spain cited a desire to support a political solution to the ongoing conflict in Gaza as the driving force behind the announcements, while Israel responded by recalling its ambassadors from all three countries. Israel's Ambassador to Ireland Dana Erlich called the move a "prize for terrorism." Catherine Connolly, an independent member of the Irish parliament, rejects Erlich's characterization, instead calling reco…
(2024-05-23). How Trump's Corporate Tax Cuts Sparked Inflation. counterpunch.org Next year, when key provisions of President Trump's 2017 tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations expire, we have an opportunity to get our money back. I'm not just talking about all the foregone tax revenue we've lost because the rich have paid so little since 2017 — though we should get that back, too.
(2024-05-23). I Keep the Affordable Care Act Working, But Can't Afford to See a Doctor. counterpunch.org 
I love my job. Every day I get to answer phone calls from some of the tens of millions of Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act and help them get the healthcare benefits they need. Even though I do an essential job, my employer — the federal call center run by Maximus in
(2024-05-23). Housing, Not Handcuffs. counterpunch.org 
On April 22nd, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case that focuses on whether unhoused — the term that has generally replaced "homeless" — people with no indoor shelter options can even pull a blanket around themselves outdoors without being subject to criminal punishment. Before making its way to the
(2024-05-23). Africa: Drought Threatens to Spread Food Insecurity. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the impact of the El Niño-induced drought is threatening millions of people with food insecurity following heavy crop losses in Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. | Related: | Countries such as Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi have declared states of disaster after predicting the loss of 40 to 80 percent of their maize crops, the agency said. | WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain warned of a looming humanitarian catastrophe after describing the im…
(2024-05-23). Australia: Telstra slashes 2,800 jobs in latest profit-driven restructuring. wsws.org Telstra's is the largest job cut announcement by an Australian company so far this year, but takes place in the context of a broader attack on working-class jobs and wages.
(2024-05-23). The working class must organize to defeat injunction threat against the University of California Gaza strike! wsws.org The ruling class wants to set a precedent to ban all political activity in the working class and rip up the core First Amendment right to free speech.
(2024-05-23). How do you find a bride? The new struggle in crisis-hit rural India. aljazeera.com As climate change, low earnings and high debts batter them, young male farmers can't find women willing to marry them.
(2024-05-23). Ivorian cocoa farmers 'barely survive' while chocolate company profits soar. aljazeera.com Farmers in Ivory Coast, the source of 45% of the world's cocoa beans, battle climate change and market inequality.
(2024-05-23). NUP Claims Journalists Pushing Assault Narrative Are Politically Motivated. plusnews.ug 
In a statement released on Thursday, the National Unity Platform (NUP) concluded, after thorough investigations, that journalists accusing their security team of assault are backed by political actors working against the party. On Saturday, May 18, journalists including Namusaazi Zainab and Margaret Kayondo alleged they were intentionally beaten by bodyguards of NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi …
(2024-05-23). Informe refleja 55 por ciento de pobreza en Argentina. telesurtv.net La remuneración mínima disminuyó en términos reales del 27,9% entre noviembre de 2023 y mayo de 2024, según estimaciones de la Central de Trabajadores Argentinos (CTA).
(2024-05-23). James Wolfensohn switches on the charm (1995-2005). 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 (…) | – | / |
(2024-05-23). 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 (…) | – | / |
(2024-05-23). A World of Inequality. cadtm.org
(2024-05-23). 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.
(2024-05-23). 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.