(2023-03-10). Insights | China's modernization is a good model for developing countries. ecns.cn China's modernization is a very good model for developing countries, and it has lifted nearly 100 million people out of poverty, taken active measures to promote employment. China emphasizes low-carbon and green development, which has brought a win-win situation for the region and the world.
(2023-03-09). Insights | China helps developing countries in poverty reduction. ecns.cn China has put forward the idea of poverty reduction as a first and primary objective for many developing countries. The arrival of China's FDI has been important in many global south countries, and China providing opportunities in areas such as telecoms and infrastructure building has made a material difference.
(2023-03-09). Australian "youth barometer" survey highlights growing poverty, precariousness. wsws.org Bank accounts are so tight that over half of the young people surveyed went without eating for a whole day at some point during the past twelve months.
(2023-03-10). Dubai Superlatives: The Power of Excessive Wealth. dissidentvoice.org 
Questions From a Worker Who Reads (Bertolt Brecht 1935) Who built Thebes of the 7 gates? In the books you will read the names of kings. Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock? And Babylon, many times demolished, Who raised it up so many times? In what houses of gold glittering Lima did …
(2023-03-09). Ron DeSantis, Interstate Autocratization, and Building Resistance. itsgoingdown.org 
Support Vishal Singh HERE Florida's far-Right Republican governor Ron DeSantis spoke in Southern California over the weekend— kicking off a pre-election book tour and anti-leftism roadshow. DeSantis is undoubtedly preparing to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. In order to take on the juggernaut of Trumpism, he will need to court wealthy conservative donors…
(2023-03-09). Deepening debt and currency crises hit poorer countries. wsws.org Factories are halting production, power supplies are being cut, crops are threatened and medical supplies drying up because of widespread dollar shortages in less developed economies.
(2023-03-10). Insights | China's modernization is a good model for developing countries. ecns.cn China's modernization is a very good model for developing countries, and it has lifted nearly 100 million people out of poverty, taken active measures to promote employment. China emphasizes low-carbon and green development, which has brought a win-win situation for the region and the world.
(2023-03-09). Insights | China helps developing countries in poverty reduction. ecns.cn China has put forward the idea of poverty reduction as a first and primary objective for many developing countries. The arrival of China's FDI has been important in many global south countries, and China providing opportunities in areas such as telecoms and infrastructure building has made a material difference.
(2023-03-09). Australian "youth barometer" survey highlights growing poverty, precariousness. wsws.org Bank accounts are so tight that over half of the young people surveyed went without eating for a whole day at some point during the past twelve months.
(2023-03-10). Dubai Superlatives: The Power of Excessive Wealth. dissidentvoice.org Questions From a Worker Who Reads (Bertolt Brecht 1935) Who built Thebes of the 7 gates? In the books you will read the names of kings. Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock? And Babylon, many times demolished, Who raised it up so many times? In what houses of gold glittering Lima did …
(2023-03-09). Ron DeSantis, Interstate Autocratization, and Building Resistance. itsgoingdown.org Support Vishal Singh HERE Florida's far-Right Republican governor Ron DeSantis spoke in Southern California over the weekend— kicking off a pre-election book tour and anti-leftism roadshow. DeSantis is undoubtedly preparing to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. In order to take on the juggernaut of Trumpism, he will need to court wealthy conservative donors…
(2023-03-09). Deepening debt and currency crises hit poorer countries. wsws.org Factories are halting production, power supplies are being cut, crops are threatened and medical supplies drying up because of widespread dollar shortages in less developed economies.
(2023-03-10). Pro-accountability police district councilors celebrate election victories on International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) held its annual International Working Women's Day celebration on Sunday, March 5. The program honored the women's liberation movement, as well as the women leading working-class struggles and fights for national liberation in the U.S., Palestine and the Philippines, among other places. | The event also celebrated the over 30 newly elected police district councilors, the majority of whom are women, and who ran on a platform of holding the police accountable. | The wide scope of topics covered in the program demonstrated the words of the FRSO Women&…
(2023-03-10). Hearing Brings Attention To US Agency's Effort To Compel Twitter To Identify Journalists Working On 'Twitter Files'. thedissenter.org 
A hearing convened by a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee brought further attention to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) effort to compel Twitter to identify "all journalists and other members of the media" who have had access to any files from Twitter. | Matt Taibbi, the most prominent journalist who has spent several months combing through hundreds of thousands of files, said he found the FTC's request to be "scary.""I think it's none of the government's business which journalists a private company talks to and why," Taibbi declared. "I think every journa…
(2023-03-10). Women's Rights At The Heart Of The Fight Over Pensions In France. popularresistance.org For the first time in the history of France, trade unions have called for a two-day general strike that will extend to March 8, International Working Women's Day. The general mobilization will begin on Tuesday, March 7, and it is expected to cause widespread protests all over the country. This is the first time since May 1968 that trade unions have issued a joint call for a general strike that will last for more than 24 hours. | While actions for March 8 have grown in strength over the past years, this year's mobilizations are expected to be particularly powerful. For the first time, it is social movements as a w…
(2023-03-10). "This is a fight for working class people globally": Caterpillar workers rank-and-file committee holds powerful meeting against sellout agreement. wsws.org On Wednesday, the Caterpillar Workers Rank-and-File Committee and the World Socialist Web Site co-hosted a well-attended and powerful meeting calling on Caterpillar workers to vote "no" on the UAW-Caterpillar sellout agreement and to prepare for a strike.
(2023-03-09). There's Something about MAGA. americanthinker.com The price of handing over representative government to two parties secretly working in concert is the exclusion of almost all other Americans from ever serving or being heard.
(2023-03-09). Grand Rapids holds International Women's Day street rally. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI — 15 people rallied Wednesday evening, March 8, for International Women's Day at the corner of Division Street and Fulton Street in Grand Rapids to celebrate the Prop 3 victory in Michigan and speak on the ongoing struggle for women's rights. | Cherie Stoll, a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, emceed the rally and opened with a speech on the revolutionary tradition of International Women's Day. Stoll then introduced Emily Butt, a ten-year member of the Teamsters, who argued for the necessity of militancy in the union movement. Butt said working class women face numerous ob…
(2023-03-09). Want to unionize your workplace? These worker-organizers have some advice. therealnews.com 
We hosted another Working People live show on Feb. 22 in New York City, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team and
(2023-03-10). Kshama Sawant's new 'Workers Strike Back' coalition will fight for $25 minimum wage and more. therealnews.com 
After a decade on Seattle City Council, socialist Kshama Sawant is declining to seek reelection and will instead launch a new national coalition called
(2023-03-09). Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Raise Minimum Teacher Pay to $60,000. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill on Thursday that takes a crack at ending a crisis that has long plagued the U.S. education system: extremely low teacher pay. Sanders, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has proposed setting a nationwide minimum wage for teachers at $60,000 a year. This would raise the salaries of 43 percent of public school… |
(2023-03-10). We Demand Santa Cruz City and County Officials Open 24 Hour Emergency Shelters Now! indybay.org Protect the Homeless from the Ravages of the Atmospheric River…
(2023-03-09). Three Women Discover the Americas' Best Kept Secret—Nicaragua! indybay.org Eyewitness account-inspiring trip Jan.2023. 50% of government is female. Met w/ Minister of Women, Sandinista legislators, peasant revolutionaries, agro-ecologists at women cooperatives, health pro's. Model of resilience, caring economy/society, alternative to capitalist corporatocracy. Preschool thru post doc free. Free health care. No hunger or homeless. Si se puede!
(2023-03-09). Pacific Island of Vanuatu devastated by twin cyclones. wsws.org The two cyclones which hit within days of each other have affected 80 percent of the population and left thousands homeless.
(2023-03-10). Class struggle at Caterpillar: Lessons from the past. wsws.org The sellout deal that the UAW is attempting to impose at Caterpillar is the latest in an unbroken chain of betrayals by the UAW based on its bankrupt nationalist and pro-company orientation.
(2023-03-09). Is there a famine in North Korea in 2023? journal-neo.org 
(2023-03-10). Colombia-Total Peace And The Fight To Free All Political Prisoners. popularresistance.org In April 2021, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Colombia to demand change. They rejected decades of state violence and deepening inequality. Over the course of three months, the largest protest in Colombian history spread to over 800 municipalities throughout the country. The months-long protests played a huge role in creating the conditions for the election of Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez. | Changes are afoot in Colombia, and the inauguration of President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Francia Marquez on August 7, 2022 marks an important shift away from decades of political repression.