teleSUR (2023-06-05). Torrential Rains Leave 15 Dead and 8 Missing in Haiti. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Civil Protection Department (DPC) reported that fifteen Haitians died and eight people are missing due to the heavy rains that hit the country on Saturday. | RELATED: | These human losses occurred in the departments of the West, the Southeast, and the Northwest, which are regions plagued by extreme poverty, local outlet Rezo Nodwes reported. | According to provisional data, 5 out of 10 departments were severely affected. The…

_____ (2023-06-05). Another Look at the U.S. Financial Transactions Tax That Could Eliminate Need for All Others. transcend.org 2 Jun 2023 – A small financial transactions tax could correct a number of maladies in the US economic system, from the federal debt crisis to the widening wealth divide to the rampant financialization of the economy, while eliminating taxes on income and sales.

Amy Goodman (2023-06-05). Biden Hailed Debt Deal as a Win for the US. But Who Actually Won? truthout.org President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a debt ceiling deal into law that averts a catastrophic default by the United States through January 1, 2025, hailing it as a "big win" for the country. Critics say the agreement protects wealthy corporations and tax dodgers while imposing new cuts on key social programs and expanding work requirements for some recipients of food stamps. |

Staff (2023-06-05). David Sirota: Working Class Will Be "Deeply Harmed" by Biden's "Big Win" on Debt Ceiling. democracynow.org President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a debt ceiling deal into law that averts a catastrophic default by the United States through January 1, 2025, hailing it as a "big win" for the country. Critics say the agreement protects wealthy corporations and tax dodgers while imposing new cuts on key social programs and expanding work requirements for some recipients of food stamps. The legislation has also been called a "dirty deal" by climate activists because it rolls back environmental regulations and fast-tracks the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia,…

ecns.cn (2023-06-06). Local govt debt 'uneven' but tolerable. ecns.cn The Ministry of Finance has sharpened its focus on addressing local government debt risks, reassuring the market that there is ample scope for the country's finance system to counter challenges.

Dana Sanchez (2023-06-05). Americans Now Owe Nearly $1 Trillion Of Credit Card Debt: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com High inflation is forcing Americans to use credit cards at unprecedented rates and pay for groceries and other essentials with plastic, helping push debt to record-breaking levels and boosting profit and revenue for credit card companies. Americans are up to their armpits in $988 billion in credit card debt — the highest amount ever, according …

Igor Derysh (2023-06-05). Steve Bannon Calls for Marjorie Taylor Greene to Face MAGA Primary Challenge. truthout.org Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and other MAGA Republicans are turning on far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for allying herself with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Greene, one of the most outspoken MAGA diehards in Congress, drew heat from the right for voting in favor of McCarthy's debt ceiling deal with President Joe Biden last week and flipping on her support for the… |

Julie Hollar, Jim Naureckas (2023-06-05). For media, giving in to debt limit blackmail was a triumph of bipartisanship. nationofchange.org When Congress passed the debt ceiling deal hammered out by President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, centrist media celebrated.

Luke Savage (2023-06-05). The debt ceiling deal is not a "victory" therealnews.com This story originally appeared in One of the old clichés in Beltway reporting is that there's some inherent good in "getting things done." Centrist politicians have long adored the phrase too, largely because it's so devoid of actual content. To centrist liberals, it has the added bonus of being a handy cudgel with which to bludgeon a Left they insist is too puritanical to muddy itself in the grown-up business of gutting social program…

Igor Derysh (2023-06-05). Steve Bannon Calls for Marjorie Taylor Greene to Face MAGA Primary Challenge. truthout.org Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and other MAGA Republicans are turning on far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for allying herself with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Greene, one of the most outspoken MAGA diehards in Congress, drew heat from the right for voting in favor of McCarthy's debt ceiling deal with President Joe Biden last week and flipping on her support for the… |

Julie Hollar, Jim Naureckas (2023-06-05). For media, giving in to debt limit blackmail was a triumph of bipartisanship. nationofchange.org When Congress passed the debt ceiling deal hammered out by President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, centrist media celebrated.

Luke Savage (2023-06-05). The debt ceiling deal is not a "victory" therealnews.com This story originally appeared in One of the old clichés in Beltway reporting is that there's some inherent good in "getting things done." Centrist politicians have long adored the phrase too, largely because it's so devoid of actual content. To centrist liberals, it has the added bonus of being a handy cudgel with which to bludgeon a Left they insist is too puritanical to muddy itself in the grown-up business of gutting social program…

Renee Parsons (2023-06-05). Did U.S. House Speaker McCarthy's Visit to Israel Doom the Debt Ceiling? globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-06-05). Headlines for June 5, 2023. democracynow.org Authorities Point to Signal Failure in India Train Disaster That Killed 275+ Passengers, Ukrainian Military Says It's Moving Forward Near Bakhmut as Russia Claims to Thwart Offensive, At Least 40 Killed in Darfur as Ceasefire Expires, Deadly Fighting Continues in Sudan, Biden Signs Debt Ceiling Bill, Averting Default But Sacrificing Food Assistance, Climate Goals, Interior Dept. Announces 20-Year Halt on New Oil and Gas Leasing at Chaco Canyon, DuPont and Spinoff Companies Will Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle "Forever Chemicals" Lawsuit, 170+ Nations Agree to Draft Treaty on Plastic Pollution, Saudi…

Will Hodgkinson (2023-06-05). Debt ceiling bill worsens national food crisis. workers.org Boston Amid ongoing austerity, workers and other marginalized communities in the U.S. are suffering from a crisis of chronic food insecurity. When the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expired May 11, tens of millions of people lost access to basic nutrition provided by the expanded Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program . . . |

Staff (2023-06-05). Biden's Debt Deal Proved There Is Only 1 Party. leecamp.com

Lynda Carson (2023-06-05). Democrats are worried about $70 billion handshake during debt ceiling negotiations. indybay.org $70 Billion Handshake, A Gentleman's Agreement, During Debt Ceiling Negotiations Worries Democrats…

Editor (2023-06-05). 'Compromise and consensus' ‚àí but for whom? workers.org President Joe Biden averted a default on the federal debt June 3 when he signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Biden hailed the bipartisan "compromise and consensus" that resulted in the bill being approved by the House and Senate earlier in the week. He even said the Republican negotiators, who wanted . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-06). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic doctor visits of the future could be powered by 'omics' research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To glimpse the future of medicine, step inside Mayo Clinic's cutting-edge Center for Individualized Medicine. There, physicians, researchers, data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers and bioethicists are working side-by-side to investigate massive "omics" data sets. The innovative approach is the result of thousands of patients who are participating in omics-related research studies and clinical trials. The multidisciplinary teams are in pursuit of discovering hidden biological signatures and patterns of diseases, including cancer. Their hope and expectations are…

WSWS (2023-06-06). In Eastern European tour, Macron calls to integrate Ukraine into EU, NATO. wsws.org The French president's provocative statements aim to escalate the war in Ukraine as the ruling class tries to contain rising working class anger across Europe.

WSWS (2023-06-06). Greens offer Labor a rotten "compromise" on Australia's housing crisis. wsws.org The Greens are seeking to politically rescue the Labor government as rents and home mortgage interest rates have continued to soar, threatening millions of working-class households with acute financial stress and evictions.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-05). Russia, Cuba to set up working group for educational cooperation. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban and Russian Education Ministries on Monday signed a document to set up a working group in charge of dealing with bilateral cooperation, according to Prensa Latina.

WSWS (2023-06-05). At UAW town hall, Fain & Co. falsely claim "transparency" while blacking out Clarios strike. wsws.org The tightly scripted, 25-minute event was aimed at projecting an air of "transparency" and militancy on the part of the UAW's new top leadership, while they in fact prepare to carry out the same policies as their predecessors: brutal attacks on jobs, wages and working conditions at the behest of the auto companies.

Project Censored (2023-06-05). The Project Censored Newsletter—May 2023. projectcensored.org May Is Book Writing Month at Project Censored November may be National Novel Writing Month, but as the school year ends and summer beckons, we've been working energetically on the…

WSWS (2023-06-05). Electricity and rent hikes expose Australian government's "cost-of-living" budget. wsws.org Working-class households are being driven into destitution by skyrocketing rents, mortgage payments and power prices, making a mockery of Labor's budget and election promises.

Staff (2023-06-05). Freedom Revolution — Administrative Detainees' Intifada: Prisoners' movement announces 18 June hunger strike. samidoun.net On Monday, 5 June — the anniversary of the Naksa, the 1967 Zionist occupation of the remaining parts of Palestine (the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem), the Syrian Golan Heights and the Sinai of Egypt, the Administrative Prisoners' Committee, announced yesterday by the Higher Emergency Committee of the Palestinian Prisoners' Movement, announced its …

teleSUR (2023-06-05). Torrential Rains Leave 15 Dead and 8 Missing in Haiti. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Civil Protection Department (DPC) reported that fifteen Haitians died and eight people are missing due to the heavy rains that hit the country on Saturday. | RELATED: | These human losses occurred in the departments of the West, the Southeast, and the Northwest, which are regions plagued by extreme poverty, local outlet Rezo Nodwes reported. | According to provisional data, 5 out of 10 departments were severely affected. The…

Jon Queally (2023-06-04). Sanders Denounces Morality of System Where 3 Are Richer Than 165 Million People. truthout.org As President Joe Biden signed into law an agreement Saturday that would shield wealthy tax cheats from stronger IRS enforcement while at the same time enacting cuts to key anti-poverty programs, Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressive allies were busy denouncing the immoral, low-wage economic system in the United States in which just a small handful of mega-billionaires have accumulated more… |

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-06-05). Al menos 15 muertos y 8 desaparecidos en Haití por lluvias. telesurtv.net Ocho de las muertes ocurrieron en el departamento del Oeste, cinco en el del Sudeste y dos en el del Noroeste, el más pobre del país.

Amy Goodman (2023-06-05). Biden Hailed Debt Deal as a Win for the US. But Who Actually Won? truthout.org President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a debt ceiling deal into law that averts a catastrophic default by the United States through January 1, 2025, hailing it as a "big win" for the country. Critics say the agreement protects wealthy corporations and tax dodgers while imposing new cuts on key social programs and expanding work requirements for some recipients of food stamps. |

_____ (2023-06-05). Another Look at the U.S. Financial Transactions Tax That Could Eliminate Need for All Others. transcend.org 2 Jun 2023 – A small financial transactions tax could correct a number of maladies in the US economic system, from the federal debt crisis to the widening wealth divide to the rampant financialization of the economy, while eliminating taxes on income and sales.

Staff (2023-06-05). David Sirota: Working Class Will Be "Deeply Harmed" by Biden's "Big Win" on Debt Ceiling. democracynow.org President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a debt ceiling deal into law that averts a catastrophic default by the United States through January 1, 2025, hailing it as a "big win" for the country. Critics say the agreement protects wealthy corporations and tax dodgers while imposing new cuts on key social programs and expanding work requirements for some recipients of food stamps. The legislation has also been called a "dirty deal" by climate activists because it rolls back environmental regulations and fast-tracks the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia,…

L. Randall Wray (2023-06-04). A Primer on Government Surpluses. realprogressives.org It is difficult to believe that our economy can continue to grow robustly as the government sucks disposable income and wealth from the private sector by running surpluses.

Lynda Carson (2023-06-05). Democrats are worried about $70 billion handshake during debt ceiling negotiations. indybay.org $70 Billion Handshake, A Gentleman's Agreement, During Debt Ceiling Negotiations Worries Democrats…

Igor Derysh (2023-06-05). Steve Bannon Calls for Marjorie Taylor Greene to Face MAGA Primary Challenge. truthout.org Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and other MAGA Republicans are turning on far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for allying herself with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Greene, one of the most outspoken MAGA diehards in Congress, drew heat from the right for voting in favor of McCarthy's debt ceiling deal with President Joe Biden last week and flipping on her support for the… |

Staff (2023-06-05). Biden's Debt Deal Proved There Is Only 1 Party. leecamp.com

Staff (2023-06-05). The debt ceiling deal is not a "victory" therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Jacobin on June 2nd, 2023. It is shared here with permission. One of the old clichés in Beltway reporting is that there's some inherent good in "getting things done." Centrist politicians have long adored the phrase too, largely because it's so devoid of actual content. To centrist liberals, it has …

Julie Hollar, Jim Naureckas (2023-06-05). For media, giving in to debt limit blackmail was a triumph of bipartisanship. nationofchange.org When Congress passed the debt ceiling deal hammered out by President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, centrist media celebrated.

Renee Parsons (2023-06-05). Did U.S. House Speaker McCarthy's Visit to Israel Doom the Debt Ceiling? globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-06-05). 'Compromise and consensus' ‚àí but for whom? workers.org President Joe Biden averted a default on the federal debt June 3 when he signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Biden hailed the bipartisan "compromise and consensus" that resulted in the bill being approved by the House and Senate earlier in the week. He even said the Republican negotiators, who wanted . . . |

Will Hodgkinson (2023-06-05). Debt ceiling bill worsens national food crisis. workers.org Boston Amid ongoing austerity, workers and other marginalized communities in the U.S. are suffering from a crisis of chronic food insecurity. When the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expired May 11, tens of millions of people lost access to basic nutrition provided by the expanded Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program . . . |

Staff (2023-06-05). Headlines for June 5, 2023. democracynow.org Authorities Point to Signal Failure in India Train Disaster That Killed 275+ Passengers, Ukrainian Military Says It's Moving Forward Near Bakhmut as Russia Claims to Thwart Offensive, At Least 40 Killed in Darfur as Ceasefire Expires, Deadly Fighting Continues in Sudan, Biden Signs Debt Ceiling Bill, Averting Default But Sacrificing Food Assistance, Climate Goals, Interior Dept. Announces 20-Year Halt on New Oil and Gas Leasing at Chaco Canyon, DuPont and Spinoff Companies Will Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle "Forever Chemicals" Lawsuit, 170+ Nations Agree to Draft Treaty on Plastic Pollution, Saudi…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-05). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic doctor visits of the future could be powered by 'omics' research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To glimpse the future of medicine, step inside Mayo Clinic's cutting-edge Center for Individualized Medicine. There, physicians, researchers, data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers and bioethicists are working side-by-side to investigate massive "omics" data sets. The innovative approach is the result of thousands of patients who are participating in omics-related research studies and clinical trials. The multidisciplinary teams are in pursuit of discovering hidden biological signatures and patterns of diseases, including cancer. Their hope and expectations are…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-05). Russia, Cuba to set up working group for educational cooperation. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban and Russian Education Ministries on Monday signed a document to set up a working group in charge of dealing with bilateral cooperation, according to Prensa Latina.

Renee Parsons (2023-06-05). Did U.S. House Speaker McCarthy's Visit to Israel Doom the Debt Ceiling? globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-06-05). 'Compromise and consensus' ‚àí but for whom? workers.org President Joe Biden averted a default on the federal debt June 3 when he signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Biden hailed the bipartisan "compromise and consensus" that resulted in the bill being approved by the House and Senate earlier in the week. He even said the Republican negotiators, who wanted . . . |

Will Hodgkinson (2023-06-05). Debt ceiling bill worsens national food crisis. workers.org Boston Amid ongoing austerity, workers and other marginalized communities in the U.S. are suffering from a crisis of chronic food insecurity. When the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expired May 11, tens of millions of people lost access to basic nutrition provided by the expanded Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program . . . |

Staff (2023-06-05). Headlines for June 5, 2023. democracynow.org Authorities Point to Signal Failure in India Train Disaster That Killed 275+ Passengers, Ukrainian Military Says It's Moving Forward Near Bakhmut as Russia Claims to Thwart Offensive, At Least 40 Killed in Darfur as Ceasefire Expires, Deadly Fighting Continues in Sudan, Biden Signs Debt Ceiling Bill, Averting Default But Sacrificing Food Assistance, Climate Goals, Interior Dept. Announces 20-Year Halt on New Oil and Gas Leasing at Chaco Canyon, DuPont and Spinoff Companies Will Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle "Forever Chemicals" Lawsuit, 170+ Nations Agree to Draft Treaty on Plastic Pollution, Saudi…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-05). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic doctor visits of the future could be powered by 'omics' research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To glimpse the future of medicine, step inside Mayo Clinic's cutting-edge Center for Individualized Medicine. There, physicians, researchers, data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers and bioethicists are working side-by-side to investigate massive "omics" data sets. The innovative approach is the result of thousands of patients who are participating in omics-related research studies and clinical trials. The multidisciplinary teams are in pursuit of discovering hidden biological signatures and patterns of diseases, including cancer. Their hope and expectations are…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-05). Russia, Cuba to set up working group for educational cooperation. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban and Russian Education Ministries on Monday signed a document to set up a working group in charge of dealing with bilateral cooperation, according to Prensa Latina.

Project Censored (2023-06-05). The Project Censored Newsletter—May 2023. projectcensored.org May Is Book Writing Month at Project Censored November may be National Novel Writing Month, but as the school year ends and summer beckons, we've been working energetically on the…

WSWS (2023-06-05). At UAW town hall, Fain & Co. falsely claim "transparency" while blacking out Clarios strike. wsws.org The tightly scripted, 25-minute event was aimed at projecting an air of "transparency" and militancy on the part of the UAW's new top leadership, while they in fact prepare to carry out the same policies as their predecessors: brutal attacks on jobs, wages and working conditions at the behest of the auto companies.

WSWS (2023-06-05). Electricity and rent hikes expose Australian government's "cost-of-living" budget. wsws.org Working-class households are being driven into destitution by skyrocketing rents, mortgage payments and power prices, making a mockery of Labor's budget and election promises.

Staff (2023-06-05). Freedom Revolution — Administrative Detainees' Intifada: Prisoners' movement announces 18 June hunger strike. samidoun.net On Monday, 5 June — the anniversary of the Naksa, the 1967 Zionist occupation of the remaining parts of Palestine (the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem), the Syrian Golan Heights and the Sinai of Egypt, the Administrative Prisoners' Committee, announced yesterday by the Higher Emergency Committee of the Palestinian Prisoners' Movement, announced its …

Chris Wright (2023-06-04). What "Security Threat" Does China Pose? covertactionmagazine.com If U.S. leaders were really interested in Americans security, they would upgrade public health and housing rather than upgrading the military and thereby encouraging a dangerous arms race with China. Everyone who abhors war, detests imperialism, and favors cooperation between nations on global warming, poverty reduction, protection of biodiversity, international disarmament, implementation of international law, …

Jon Queally (2023-06-04). Sanders Denounces Morality of System Where 3 Are Richer Than 165 Million People. truthout.org As President Joe Biden signed into law an agreement Saturday that would shield wealthy tax cheats from stronger IRS enforcement while at the same time enacting cuts to key anti-poverty programs, Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressive allies were busy denouncing the immoral, low-wage economic system in the United States in which just a small handful of mega-billionaires have accumulated more… |

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-06-04). Most Uruguayans live worse, warns the Broad Front. plenglish.com This is how it is signed in the document "Towards Uruguay of Hope and Development" an analysis of the situation adopted by the Plenary of the FA that debated the national panorama in the fourth year of the mandate of President Luis Lacalle Pou. | The country model of the government coalition increases inequality, poverty increases, the cost of basic necessities rises, the quality of employment worsens, real wages and retirement and pensions fall, social policies are cut, and Your security policy fails. The State withdraws", affirms the text. | He refers to what he qualifies as the worst water crisis in national h…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-04). Cholera death toll in South Africa rises to 26. plenglish.com The Health Ministry spokesperson Foster Mohale once afresh urged population to take precautionary measures to avoid the spread of the disease. | Most cholera cases in South Africa have been so far reported in the central province of Gauteng, specifically in the Hammanskraal district, north of Pretoria, where people in abject poverty are presently living. | Last week, health authorities in the northern province of Limpopo reported one cholera case, the first one in that district. | Phophi Ramathuba, a member of the Limpopo Health Executive Council, stated the patient was not infected from local sources from contam…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-06-03). Brics llaman a unir esfuerzos para erradicar la pobreza global. telesurtv.net La canciller sudafricana, Naledi Pandor, afirmó que los recursos "ya no responden a las necesidades y demandas del Sur global".

L. Randall Wray (2023-06-04). A Primer on Government Surpluses. realprogressives.org It is difficult to believe that our economy can continue to grow robustly as the government sucks disposable income and wealth from the private sector by running surpluses.

Keerti Gopal (2023-06-03). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Minnesota Is High On Progress. levernews.com Happy June! It's a new month and we have more good news.Minnesota has passed an avalanche of progressive legislation, and Washington is proving that wealth taxes work. Plus, Illinois Democrats pass a budget, New York City gets its first pizza shop worker's union, the National Labor Relations Board sets a precedent against non-compete clauses, and more.Minnesota Progressives Are On A Roll: In terms of passing laws that make a difference, Minnesota's lawmakers have been on a

Lynda Carson (2023-06-04). Democrats are worried about $70 billion handshake during debt ceiling negotiations. indybay.org $70 Billion Handshake, A Gentleman's Agreement, During Debt Ceiling Negotiations Worries Democrats…

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-06-04). Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy: US Boosts Military Budget, Restricts Food Stamps. popularresistance.org The US government reached its debt limit of $31.4 trillion in early 2023. This unleashed a deluge of debate as to whether or not the Treasury was going to default, and how a deeply divided Congress could come to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. | The constant chatter in the mainstream corporate media overlooked the real controversy, however. The reality is that practically no one in Washington truly cares about the US national debt. | In fact, in a bipartisan deal negotiated in late May to raise the debt ceiling, Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin Mc…

ecns.cn (2023-06-04). Comicomment: US debt-ceiling debacle far from over. ecns.cn

DLI (2023-06-04). A bipartisan "debt ceiling" charade! indybay.org

WSWS (2023-06-03). Biden's debt deal: A bipartisan blueprint for war and austerity. wsws.org The rapid and lopsided passage by both houses of Congress of the debt ceiling bill worked out between President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with the Democrats supplying the bulk of the votes, must serve as an object lesson on the unbridgeable class chasm between the entire political establishment and the working class.

Jake Johnson (2023-06-03). Biden Debt Ceiling Deal Clears Way for Climate Killing Mountain Valley Pipeline. truthout.org After thwarting a last-minute bid to strip out language mandating approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the U.S. Senate late Thursday passed legislation that would raise the debt limit and avert a default. But congressional Republicans ensured that preventing an economic catastrophe would come at a significant cost for vulnerable people and communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis… |

Stephen Sefton (2023-06-03). Latin America and the Caribbean: A Destabilized Region Stifled by Political Chaos, Mounting Debt and Aggressive US Interference. globalresearch.ca

Julie R. Peasley (2023-06-03). U.S. Debt: Visualizing the $31.4 Trillion Owed in 2023. globalresearch.ca

Asad Ismi (2023-06-03). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-06-03). The War in Ukraine Marks the End of the American Century. "What's Left is a Steaming Pile of Dollar Denominated Debt" globalresearch.ca

Julie Hollar, Jim Naureckas, Fairness, Accuracy In Reporting. (2023-06-03). For Media, Giving In To Debt Limit Blackmail Was Bipartisanship Triumph. popularresistance.org When Congress passed the debt ceiling deal hammered out by President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, centrist media celebrated. | If we had anything like a responsible White House press corps, we never would have gotten to this point. Treating the Republican gambit—demanding deeply unpopular policy measures in exchange for allowing the government to pay off debts Congress had already authorized—as anything other than economic hostage-taking gave it the legitimacy the party needed to stick with it without fear of massive political blowback (CounterSpin, 5/5/23). | Instead, the press…

Jake Johnson (2023-06-03). Biden Debt Ceiling Deal Clears Way for Climate Killing Mountain Valley Pipeline. truthout.org After thwarting a last-minute bid to strip out language mandating approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the U.S. Senate late Thursday passed legislation that would raise the debt limit and avert a default. But congressional Republicans ensured that preventing an economic catastrophe would come at a significant cost for vulnerable people and communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis… |

Stephen Sefton (2023-06-03). Latin America and the Caribbean: A Destabilized Region Stifled by Political Chaos, Mounting Debt and Aggressive US Interference. globalresearch.ca

Julie R. Peasley (2023-06-03). U.S. Debt: Visualizing the $31.4 Trillion Owed in 2023. globalresearch.ca

Asad Ismi (2023-06-03). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-06-03). The War in Ukraine Marks the End of the American Century. "What's Left is a Steaming Pile of Dollar Denominated Debt" globalresearch.ca

Julie Hollar, Jim Naureckas, Fairness, Accuracy In Reporting. (2023-06-03). For Media, Giving In To Debt Limit Blackmail Was Bipartisanship Triumph. popularresistance.org When Congress passed the debt ceiling deal hammered out by President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, centrist media celebrated. | If we had anything like a responsible White House press corps, we never would have gotten to this point. Treating the Republican gambit—demanding deeply unpopular policy measures in exchange for allowing the government to pay off debts Congress had already authorized—as anything other than economic hostage-taking gave it the legitimacy the party needed to stick with it without fear of massive political blowback (CounterSpin, 5/5/23). | Instead, the press…

Ben Norton (2023-06-03). Debt ceiling hypocrisy: US boosts military budget while restricting food stamps for poor. geopoliticaleconomy.com US politicians from both parties agree: the deficit doesn't matter. In their bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, Biden and Republicans are boosting military spending to $886 billion while making it harder for poor people to receive food stamps and welfare.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-03). Eric Zuesse: How the U.S. Media Lie About the Debt-Limit Bill. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Military spending

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-04). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic doctor visits of the future could be powered by 'omics' research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To glimpse the future of medicine, step inside Mayo Clinic's cutting-edge Center for Individualized Medicine. There, physicians, researchers, data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers and bioethicists are working side-by-side to investigate massive "omics" data sets. The innovative approach is the result of thousands of patients who are participating in omics-related research studies and clinical trials. The multidisciplinary teams are in pursuit of discovering hidden biological signatures and patterns of diseases, including cancer. Their hope and expectations are…

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-04). Iran Says It Will Form Naval Alliance With Gulf Arab States. news.antiwar.com Iran's navy commander said Friday that Tehran was working to form a naval alliance with several Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iraq. "The countries of the region have today realized that only cooperation with each other brings security to the area," Iranian Navy Commander Shahram Irani said. In response to …

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-04). G20 debates in India on prevention, response to health emergencies. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) G20 representatives and experts on Sunday opened talks on prevention and response to health emergencies at the 3rd Health Working Group (HWG) Meeting held at Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

WSWS (2023-06-03). As US film and television writers strike enters second month, union officials organize "joint stab in the back" wsws.org Instead of appealing to other sections of the working class in common struggle against the major studios and their Wall Street owners, the union bureaucracies are releasing empty statements of "solidarity" while appealing to rapacious studios for a "fair" agreement.

Johanna Wald (2023-06-03). As "Tough on Crime" Messaging Loses Appeal, Will Progressives Seize the Opening? truthout.org "We should focus on solutions that are working instead of what helps us look tough…" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) recently tweeted these lines about a violence prevention program originating in her community. Her focus on "what works," along with the surprising victory of Brandon Johnson in April's mayoral race in Chicago, offer political candidates and leaders some important… |

Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes. (2023-06-03). Ford Parts Workers Strike Over Money, Safety, Discipline. popularresistance.org "I wish to be like eggs," said Abdullah Saleem, in his third week of striking Constellium Automotive west of Detroit. "You know how eggs used to be a dollar a dozen and now they're $4," said Saleem, who has 11 years working at the plant. Pointing to the $18.60 that's the usual pay for a Constellium operator, Saleem wants his wage to show the same progress as eggs. | Constellium, a supplier of aluminum parts and crash management systems to Ford, is refusing to budge on wages, according to bargaining committee member Mohamed Alturki. The workers' first contract was rushed through three years ago during Covid and co…

thecommunists (2023-06-03). Model motion: Break the link with Labour. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* condemns the Labour party's century-long history of prioritising the interests of Britain's imperialist ruling class over the interests of working-class people …

Marco De Ambrogi (2023-06-03). Perspectives] Confronting the past. thelancet.com Violence against women continues to be reported globally and it is partly rooted in gender inequality, patriarchy, and misogyny. Women are over six times more likely to experience sexual assault than men and an estimated one in three women in England and Wales experience intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated domestic abuse and nearly 1 ∑7 million cases were recorded in England and Wales in the year ending March, 2022. Intimate partner violence can have impacts on mental health, substance use, and experience of prison.

Colin Todhunter (2023-06-03). Hunger Profiteers, Granny Killers and Skin-Deep Morality. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-06-02). People's Health Tribunal Finds Shell and Total Energy Guilty of Harming African Communities. towardfreedom.org During a People's Health Tribunal, environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored extractive corporations in Africa for exploiting natural resources and for sowing poverty and disease. Peoples Health Dispatch reports.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-06-03). Brics llaman a unir esfuerzos para erradicar la pobreza global. telesurtv.net La canciller sudafricana, Naledi Pandor, afirmó que los recursos "ya no responden a las necesidades y demandas del Sur global".

Keerti Gopal (2023-06-03). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Minnesota Is High On Progress. levernews.com Happy June! It's a new month and we have more good news.Minnesota has passed an avalanche of progressive legislation, and Washington is proving that wealth taxes work. Plus, Illinois Democrats pass a budget, New York City gets its first pizza shop worker's union, the National Labor Relations Board sets a precedent against non-compete clauses, and more.Minnesota Progressives Are On A Roll: In terms of passing laws that make a difference, Minnesota's lawmakers have been on a

Ellen Brown (2023-06-02). Another Look at the Financial Transactions Tax. dissidentvoice.org Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash A small financial transactions tax could correct a number of maladies in our economic system, from the federal debt crisis to the widening wealth divide to the rampant financialization of the economy, while eliminating taxes on income and sales. The debt ceiling crisis has again brought into focus the …

taxfairness (2023-06-02). New analysis shows wealth tax could raise +400B over 10 years. taxfairness.ca Estimates are based on a 1% tax on households with net wealth above 10 million.

WSWS (2023-06-03). Biden's debt deal: A bipartisan blueprint for war and austerity. wsws.org The rapid and lopsided passage by both houses of Congress of the debt ceiling bill worked out between President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with the Democrats supplying the bulk of the votes, must serve as an object lesson on the unbridgeable class chasm between the entire political establishment and the working class.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-03). Eric Zuesse: How the U.S. Media Lie About the Debt-Limit Bill. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Military spending

Lynda Carson (2023-06-03). Democrats are worried about $70 billion handshake during debt ceiling negotiations. indybay.org $70 Billion Handshake, A Gentleman's Agreement, During Debt Ceiling Negotiations Worries Democrats…

DLI (2023-06-03). A bipartisan "debt ceiling" charade! indybay.org

Stephen Sefton (2023-06-03). Latin America and the Caribbean: A Destabilized Region Stifled by Political Chaos, Mounting Debt and Aggressive US Interference. globalresearch.ca

Julie R. Peasley (2023-06-03). U.S. Debt: Visualizing the $31.4 Trillion Owed in 2023. globalresearch.ca

Asad Ismi (2023-06-03). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2023-06-03). The War in Ukraine Marks the End of the American Century. "What's Left is a Steaming Pile of Dollar Denominated Debt" globalresearch.ca

Ben Norton (2023-06-03). Debt ceiling hypocrisy: US boosts military budget while restricting food stamps for poor. geopoliticaleconomy.com US politicians from both parties agree: the deficit doesn't matter. In their bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, Biden and Republicans are boosting military spending to $886 billion while making it harder for poor families to receive food stamps and welfare.

ecns.cn (2023-06-03). Comicomment: US debt-ceiling debacle far from over. ecns.cn

Julia Rock (2023-06-02). Biden Just Gave Up His Power To Help Student Debtors. levernews.com

teleSUR (2023-06-02). US Congress Approves Bill to Raise Debt Limit. telesurenglish.net After months of partisan arm-wrestling, the U.S. Congress approved the bill to raise America's debt ceiling after the Senate's passage late Thursday, the 103rd time since 1945, allowing the government to avert a debt default by borrowing more. | RELATED: | The Senate approved the bill by a 63-36 vote. Previously okayed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 314 to 117, the act suspends the debt ceiling until January 2025. | The debt ceiling i…

Editor (2023-06-02). Debt Ceiling Deal Puts No Limits on Ukraine Aid. scheerpost.com

Mike Whitney (2023-06-03). The War in Ukraine Marks the End of the American Century. "What's Left is a Steaming Pile of Dollar Denominated Debt" globalresearch.ca

Ben Norton (2023-06-03). Debt ceiling hypocrisy: US boosts military budget while restricting food stamps for poor. geopoliticaleconomy.com US politicians from both parties agree: the deficit doesn't matter. In their bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, Biden and Republicans are boosting military spending to $886 billion while making it harder for poor families to receive food stamps and welfare.

ecns.cn (2023-06-03). Comicomment: US debt-ceiling debacle far from over. ecns.cn

Julia Rock (2023-06-02). Biden Just Gave Up His Power To Help Student Debtors. levernews.com

teleSUR (2023-06-02). US Congress Approves Bill to Raise Debt Limit. telesurenglish.net After months of partisan arm-wrestling, the U.S. Congress approved the bill to raise America's debt ceiling after the Senate's passage late Thursday, the 103rd time since 1945, allowing the government to avert a debt default by borrowing more. | RELATED: | The Senate approved the bill by a 63-36 vote. Previously okayed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 314 to 117, the act suspends the debt ceiling until January 2025. | The debt ceiling i…

Editor (2023-06-02). Debt Ceiling Deal Puts No Limits on Ukraine Aid. scheerpost.com

Nazz Aboutabl (2023-06-02). People's Action: Fake Debt Crisis Fueled Same Old Greed-Driven Agenda. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today released the following statement from Executive Director Sulma Arias in response to the debt ceiling deal passed by Congress to end Republican hostage-taking during negotiations: "We are fighting for stronger, healthier communities in which everyone has what they need to thrive, regardless of race, ZIP code, or background. We will not …

WSWS (2023-06-02). Australian state Labor government cuts social services, jobs amid skyrocketing debt. wsws.org The Victorian government's regressive measures represent only a down payment for the sharper austerity cuts demanded by the ruling class.

Natalia Marques (2023-06-02). Attacks on student loan forgiveness threaten millions in the US. peoplesdispatch.org US Senators from the Republican and Democrat parties pushed to quickly approve the bipartisan debt ceiling deal on Thursday night, June 1. Republicans, led by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, successfully negotiated severe cuts on government spending in a way that will hurt workers

Staff (2023-06-02). Rep. Ro Khanna: Avoiding Default Was Necessary, But Debt Deal Was Passed at Expense of "Most Vulnerable" democracynow.org After a contentious battle with the Republican House majority, President Biden and Congress have agreed on a bipartisan deal suspending the debt ceiling until January 1, 2025. Among other concessions to Republicans, the deal caps domestic spending below the current rate of inflation, allows for larger increases to the military budget, implements new work requirements for social programs and fast-tracks the approval and construction of the controversial 300-plus-mile-long fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia. Our guest, California Congressmember Ro Khanna, is among a number of pr…

Staff (2023-06-02). Headlines for June 2, 2023. democracynow.org Senate Approves Debt Deal Limiting Domestic Spending and Rolling Back Climate Protections, Senate Votes to Rescind Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan, Russia Fires More Missiles at Kyiv Amid Fresh Cross-Border Attacks from Ukraine, U.N. Warns Foundering Black Sea Grain Deal Could Exacerbate Food Crisis, Zelensky Presses EU and NATO to Grant Ukraine Membership; China Calls for Peace Talks, Protesters Disrupt Arms Convention as Canadian Defense Minister Touts Cybersecurity Plans, Rights Groups Slam "Sham Trial" for Iranian Journalists Who Helped Expose Death of Mahsa Amini, Workers Protest Florida&#…

Ralph Nader (2023-06-02). Reverse the Accelerating Warfare State Before It's Too Late! dissidentvoice.org The Military Budget, which devours over half of the entire federal government's operational expenditures, has been exempted by Biden and the Congressional Republicans from any reductions in the debt limit deal just reached. Also exempted are hundreds of billions of dollars in yearly diverse corporate subsidies to big business freeloaders. Most of the cuts will …

Jake Johnson (2023-06-02). IRS Cuts in Debt Ceiling Deal Will Cost Over $40 Billion in Lost Revenue. truthout.org A preliminary analysis from the Congressional Budget Office released Thursday estimates that the $21.4 billion in IRS funding cuts that Republicans and the Biden White House agreed to enact as part of their debt ceiling agreement would result in $40.4 billion in lost tax revenue — adding to the federal budget deficit. The CBO provided its estimate to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who said in a… |

Kenny Stancil (2023-06-02). Manchin, Tester and Sinema Join Senate GOP to Repeal Biden Student Debt Relief. truthout.org Economic justice advocates cried foul Thursday after the U.S. Senate passed legislation that aims to block President Joe Biden's pending student debt cancellation plan and reverse already-delivered relief. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Jon Tester (Mont.), along with right-wing Independent Sen. Krysten Sinema (Ariz.), joined Senate Republicans in supporting H.J. Res. 45. |

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-02). Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset". Global Debt and Neoliberal "Shock Treatment" globalresearch.ca

Sasha Abramsky (2023-06-02). Debt Deal's Harsh Cuts Weren't Cruel Enough to Please GOP Presidential Hopefuls. truthout.org As Congress wrestled with whether and how to raise the country's debt ceiling this past week, most of the declared GOP presidential hopefuls urged Republicans in Congress to stand firm against the debt deal. It was an extraordinary moment: The GOP, a party that has always marketed itself as being the "fiscally responsible" political institution, was now wholeheartedly embracing the notion of… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-02). Sanders, 4 Senate Democrats Vote Against Debt Limit Bill With Cuts to SNAP. truthout.org Five members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted against the debt ceiling package negotiated between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and the White House on Thursday, condemning cruel provisions in the bill aimed at harming the nation's most economically vulnerable populations. The bill passed Thursday evening 63 to 36, with Senators John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania), Ed Markey (D… |

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-02). How the U.S. Media Lie About the Debt-Limit Bill. theduran.com

WSWS (2023-06-02). Democrats provide critical votes to pass budget-cutting bill on US debt ceiling. wsws.org More Democrats than Republicans supported the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the deal worked out between the Biden White House and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-03). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic doctor visits of the future could be powered by 'omics' research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To glimpse the future of medicine, step inside Mayo Clinic's cutting-edge Center for Individualized Medicine. There, physicians, researchers, data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers and bioethicists are working side-by-side to investigate massive "omics" data sets. The innovative approach is the result of thousands of patients who are participating in omics-related research studies and clinical trials. The multidisciplinary teams are in pursuit of discovering hidden biological signatures and patterns of diseases, including cancer. Their hope and expectations are…

WSWS (2023-06-03). As US film and television writers strike enters second month, union officials organize "joint stab in the back" wsws.org Instead of appealing to other sections of the working class in common struggle against the major studios and their Wall Street owners, the union bureaucracies are releasing empty statements of "solidarity" while appealing to rapacious studios for a "fair" agreement.

thecommunists (2023-06-03). Model motion: Break the link with Labour. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* condemns the Labour party's century-long history of prioritising the interests of Britain's imperialist ruling class over the interests of working-class people …

teleSUR (2023-06-02). Venezuela Records The Hottest Year In Its History. telesurenglish.net The Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, said this Friday that Venezuela is experiencing the hottest year in its history as a consequence of the effects of climate change. | RELATED: | According to the president, the country "has been registering up to 4 degrees Celsius above average, we are having the hottest year in the history of Venezuela." | In the framework of a working meeting on the progress of the Communal-Military Education and Health Brigades, Maduro said he was "very concerned about the a…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-02). Ecuadorian trade unions and social movements condemn dismissal of workers from government ministry. peoplesdispatch.org Over 35 workers, including Juan Fernando Rodríguez Escobar, President of the Ecuadorian Solidarity Workers Confederation, have been dismissed from the Ministry of Government. The illegal dismissals are believed to be linked to the ongoing collective bargaining process for better wages and working conditions…

auorinoco (2023-06-02). Colombia: President Petro Rallies Support for Labor Reforms. orinocotribune.com The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced that he would join the march called by the trade unions of the South American country on June 7, in support of reform projects that could materialize in Congress. Petro will participate in the "Engaging Bogotá for Social Reforms" conference together with union organizations such as the Central Union of Workers (CUT), the General Confederation of Labor, and others. | "This time, I will not be on the balcony. I will march alongside the working people," the Colombian president announced via social media, "and I hope that those who voted to make a change in Colombia…

People's Dispatch. (2023-06-02). Overworked And Understaffed Dollar General Workers Rally Against Cuts. popularresistance.org On May 31, Dollar General workers rallied and marched towards the annual meeting of company shareholders to demand safe working conditions in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. As workers mobilized, shareholders voted to approve a resolution put forward by a progressive-leaning investment firm to conduct an independent worker safety and well-being audit on the company, despite Dollar General advising shareholders to vote no. The company argues that it already performs its own safety checks and audits, while the investment firm claims that Dollar General is unclear if employee feedback at all informs its safety policies.

Rania Khalek (2023-06-02). How Capitalists are Scheming to Use AI as a Weapon Against Workers. thealtworld.com Sam Altman, the chief executive of the San Francisco start-up OpenAI, testified before members of Congress about regulations for rapidly advancing artificial intelligence technology. | Belinda Li, a PhD student at MIT working on natural language processing and machine learning, explains what AI might mean for workers.

Marco De Ambrogi (2023-06-03). Perspectives] Confronting the past. thelancet.com Violence against women continues to be reported globally and it is partly rooted in gender inequality, patriarchy, and misogyny. Women are over six times more likely to experience sexual assault than men and an estimated one in three women in England and Wales experience intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated domestic abuse and nearly 1 ∑7 million cases were recorded in England and Wales in the year ending March, 2022. Intimate partner violence can have impacts on mental health, substance use, and experience of prison.

Sarah Anderson (2023-06-02). Unlikely Allies Warren and Vance Join Forces to Claw Back Banker Pay. inequality.org It's a rare day in Washington when progressive and conservative lawmakers actually find common ground. But that's what happened when Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) teamed up recently to introduce a bill that would force leaders of failed banks to repay some of their compensation. The Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act would …

SAM (2023-06-02). Could We Actually End the CEO Defense Contractor Gravy Train? inequality.org

Colin Todhunter (2023-06-03). Hunger Profiteers, Granny Killers and Skin-Deep Morality. globalresearch.ca

A Guest Author (2023-06-02). Haiti, hunger and U.S. prison imperialism. workers.org By James Patrick Jordan Note: This article, first published by Black Agenda Report, has been edited for the May 25, 2023, print issue of Workers World. Read in full at tinyurl.com/yck3k98y. Three prisoners in the U.S.-built prison in Petit-Goâve, Haiti, starved to death between Aug. 23 and Sept. 27, 2022. . . . |

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-06-02). People's Health Tribunal Finds Shell and Total Energy Guilty of Harming African Communities. towardfreedom.org During a People's Health Tribunal, environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored extractive corporations in Africa for exploiting natural resources and for sowing poverty and disease. Peoples Health Dispatch reports.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-06-02). Brics llaman a unir esfuerzos para erradicar la pobreza global. telesurtv.net La canciller sudafricana, Naledi Pandor, afirmó que los recursos "ya no responden a las necesidades y demandas del Sur global".

Editor (2023-06-01). Ellen Brown: Another Look at the Financial Transactions Tax. scheerpost.com By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost A small financial transactions tax could correct a number of maladies in our economic system, from the federal debt crisis to the widening wealth divide to the rampant financialization of the economy, while eliminating taxes on income and sales. The debt ceiling crisis has again brought into focus …

teleSUR (2023-06-01). Ukrainian Conflict Has Far-Reaching Negative Impact: Italy's CB. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Italian Central Bank Governor Ignazio Visco said that the Ukrainian conflict has had a sprawling impact on the European economies, pushing the median wealth and consumer confidence lower. | RELATED: | In his annual report, he pointed out that the Ukraine crisis has also had an impact on energy prices, which resulted in an increase in interest rates by the European Central Bank (ECB), all of which…

WSWS (2023-06-02). Australian state Labor government cuts social services, jobs amid skyrocketing debt. wsws.org The Victorian government's regressive measures represent only a down payment for the sharper austerity cuts demanded by the ruling class.

WSWS (2023-06-02). Democrats provide critical votes to pass budget-cutting bill on US debt ceiling. wsws.org More Democrats than Republicans supported the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the deal worked out between the Biden White House and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Staff (2023-06-02). Rep. Ro Khanna: Avoiding Default Was Necessary, But Debt Deal Was Passed at Expense of "Most Vulnerable" democracynow.org After a contentious battle with the Republican House majority, President Biden and Congress have agreed on a bipartisan deal suspending the debt ceiling until January 1, 2025. Among other concessions to Republicans, the deal caps domestic spending below the current rate of inflation, allows for larger increases to the military budget, implements new work requirements for social programs and fast-tracks the approval and construction of the controversial 300-plus-mile-long fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia. Our guest, California Congressmember Ro Khanna, is among a number of pr…

Staff (2023-06-02). Headlines for June 2, 2023. democracynow.org Senate Approves Debt Deal Limiting Domestic Spending and Rolling Back Climate Protections, Senate Votes to Rescind Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan, Russia Fires More Missiles at Kyiv Amid Fresh Cross-Border Attacks from Ukraine, U.N. Warns Foundering Black Sea Grain Deal Could Exacerbate Food Crisis, Zelensky Presses EU and NATO to Grant Ukraine Membership; China Calls for Peace Talks, Protesters Disrupt Arms Convention as Canadian Defense Minister Touts Cybersecurity Plans, Rights Groups Slam "Sham Trial" for Iranian Journalists Who Helped Expose Death of Mahsa Amini, Workers Protest Florida&#…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-02). Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset". Global Debt and Neoliberal "Shock Treatment" globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-06-02). Debt Ceiling Deal Puts No Limits on Ukraine Aid. scheerpost.com

Natalia Marques (2023-06-02). Attacks on student loan forgiveness threaten millions in the US. peoplesdispatch.org US Senators from the Republican and Democrat parties pushed to quickly approve the bipartisan debt ceiling deal on Thursday night, June 1. Republicans, led by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, successfully negotiated severe cuts on government spending in a way that will hurt workers

teleSUR (2023-06-02). US Congress Approves Bill to Raise Debt Limit. telesurenglish.net After months of partisan arm-wrestling, the U.S. Congress approved the bill to raise America's debt ceiling after the Senate's passage late Thursday, the 103rd time since 1945, allowing the government to avert a debt default by borrowing more. | RELATED: | The Senate approved the bill by a 63-36 vote. Previously okayed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 314 to 117, the act suspends the debt ceiling until January 2025. | The debt ceiling i…

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-02). Sanders, 4 Senate Democrats Vote Against Debt Limit Bill With Cuts to SNAP. truthout.org Five members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted against the debt ceiling package negotiated between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and the White House on Thursday, condemning cruel provisions in the bill aimed at harming the nation's most economically vulnerable populations. The bill passed Thursday evening 63 to 36, with Senators John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania), Ed Markey (D… |

Sasha Abramsky (2023-06-02). Debt Deal's Harsh Cuts Weren't Cruel Enough to Please GOP Presidential Hopefuls. truthout.org As Congress wrestled with whether and how to raise the country's debt ceiling this past week, most of the declared GOP presidential hopefuls urged Republicans in Congress to stand firm against the debt deal. It was an extraordinary moment: The GOP, a party that has always marketed itself as being the "fiscally responsible" political institution, was now wholeheartedly embracing the notion of… |

Jake Johnson (2023-06-02). IRS Cuts in Debt Ceiling Deal Will Cost Over $40 Billion in Lost Revenue. truthout.org A preliminary analysis from the Congressional Budget Office released Thursday estimates that the $21.4 billion in IRS funding cuts that Republicans and the Biden White House agreed to enact as part of their debt ceiling agreement would result in $40.4 billion in lost tax revenue — adding to the federal budget deficit. The CBO provided its estimate to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who said in a… |

Kenny Stancil (2023-06-02). Manchin, Tester and Sinema Join Senate GOP to Repeal Biden Student Debt Relief. truthout.org Economic justice advocates cried foul Thursday after the U.S. Senate passed legislation that aims to block President Joe Biden's pending student debt cancellation plan and reverse already-delivered relief. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Jon Tester (Mont.), along with right-wing Independent Sen. Krysten Sinema (Ariz.), joined Senate Republicans in supporting H.J. Res. 45. |

Lynda Carson (2023-06-02). Democrats are worried about $70 billion handshake during debt ceiling negotiations. indybay.org $70 Billion Handshake, A Gentleman's Agreement, During Debt Ceiling Negotiations Worries Democrats…

DLI (2023-06-02). A bipartisan "debt ceiling" charade! indybay.org

Lynda Carson (2023-06-02). Full text of debt ceiling negotiated bill to be voted on Wednesday. indybay.org Full Text Of Debt Ceiling Negotiated House Resolution:…

Nazz Aboutabl (2023-06-02). People's Action: Fake Debt Crisis Fueled Same Old Greed-Driven Agenda. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today released the following statement from Executive Director Sulma Arias in response to the debt ceiling deal passed by Congress to end Republican hostage-taking during negotiations: "We are fighting for stronger, healthier communities in which everyone has what they need to thrive, regardless of race, ZIP code, or background. We will not …

Lynda Carson (2023-06-02). Democrat's failed losing strategy over debt ceiling negotiations to vote on Wednesday. indybay.org Millions Of People Feel Like They Are Little More Than Bargaining Chips During The Debt Ceiling Negotiations Taking Place:…

Staff (2023-06-01). "Turning His Back on Student Debtors": Biden's Debt Deal Ends Freeze on Loan Payments for Millions. democracynow.org Advocates for student debt relief are raising the alarm over a controversial part of the bipartisan deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling that would end the freeze on student loan repayments by the end of August. The moratorium has been in place since 2020. Meanwhile, the fate of the Biden administration's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for borrowers is going to be decided by the Supreme Court, where it is likely to face skepticism from the conservative majority. "This is President Biden turning his back on student debtors," says Braxton Brewington, press secretary of the Debt Colle…

Staff (2023-06-01). Headlines for June 1, 2023. democracynow.org House Approves Debt Ceiling Deal Slammed by Progressives as "Extortion" , 19 Killed, 100+ Injured as Shells Fall on Market Near Sudan's Capital, U.S. to Send Additional $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine, Failed North Korean Rocket Launch Triggers Evacuation Alert in Seoul, Protests Mount over Planned Release of Radioactive Water from Fukushima Plant into Pacific, Tennessee Woman Is Left Infertile After She's Denied Abortion Care, Georgia Police Arrest 3 Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters, Danny Masterson Found Guilty of Raping Women He Met Through Church of Scientology, NASA…

Sean Callebs (2023-06-01). The Heat: U.S. Debt Ceiling. america.cgtn.com Can the United States finally avoid a debt ceiling crisis? After weeks of political stalemate over the U.S. debt ceiling, Washington may be about to approve a compromise deal in Congress. Leaders and members from both the Republican and Democrat parties have gathered on Capitol …

Amy Goodman (2023-06-01). Debt Ceiling Deal Ends Freeze on Student Loan Payments for Millions. truthout.org Advocates for student debt relief are raising the alarm over a controversial part of the bipartisan deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling that would end the freeze on student loan repayments by the end of August. The moratorium has been in place since 2020. Meanwhile, the fate of the Biden administration's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for borrowers is going to be decided by the… |

Jake Johnson (2023-06-01). McCarthy Warns That Social Security and Medicare Are the GOP's Next Target. truthout.org After securing a debt ceiling agreement that caps federal spending and threatens food aid for hundreds of thousands of poor adults, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made clear Wednesday that Republicans are not finished targeting the nation's safety net programs — and signaled a coming effort by the GOP to slash Social Security and Medicare. In a Fox News appearance ahead of the House's passage of the… |

Jake Johnson (2023-06-01). 38 Members of Congressional Progressive Caucus Vote Against Debt Ceiling Bill. truthout.org Nearly 40 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus broke with the majority of their House Democratic colleagues late Wednesday to vote against the debt ceiling agreement negotiated by President Joe Biden and Republican leaders. The legislation, which would lift the debt ceiling until January 2025 and enact painful caps on non-military federal spending, passed the GOP-controlled House by a… |

manager (2023-06-01). Debt Ceiling Has Become a Weapon Against Democracy in the United States. cepr.net The Guardian See article on original site The debt ceiling drama seems to be nearing its end, as the House passed legislation that would lift the debt ceiling in accordance with a deal reached last weekend between President Biden and Republican Kevin McCarthy, the House Speaker. The Republicans have been fighting to force cuts in …

Ellen Brown, Scheer Post. (2023-06-01). Another Look At The Financial Transactions Tax. popularresistance.org The debt ceiling crisis has again brought into focus the perennial gap between what the government spends and what it accumulates in taxes, and the virtual impossibility of closing that gap by increasing taxes or negotiating cuts in the budget. | In a 2023 book titled A Tale of Two Economies: A New Financial Operating System for the American Economy, Wall Street veteran Scott Smith shows that we would need to tax everyone at a rate of 40%, without deductions, to balance the budgets of our federal and local governments — an obvious nonstarter. The problem, he argues, is that we are taxing the wrong things [m…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-06-01). After the threats, the result is a center right budget deal. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—If the budget deal had not been negotiated at the same time as the bill to lift the debt ceiling the budget would have to have been negotiated this fall and would probably have ended up looking much like the one sealed in the House vote last night. Rep. Ocasio Cortez, Democrat of New York, …

Robert Reich (2023-06-01). The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a 'partisan standoff'. nationofchange.org Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?>

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-02). Ecuadorian trade unions and social movements condemn dismissal of workers from government ministry. peoplesdispatch.org Over 35 workers, including Juan Fernando Rodríguez Escobar, President of the Ecuadorian Solidarity Workers Confederation, have been dismissed from the Ministry of Government. The illegal dismissals are believed to be linked to the ongoing collective bargaining process for better wages and working conditions…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-02). Iran Is Planning Deadly Attacks Against U.S. Forces In Syria — Report. southfront.org File image. | Iran is planning to launch deadly attacks against United States forces in Syria while working with Russia to drive Americans out of the country, According to the report, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps elite Quds Force is training operatives to use powerful explosive devices…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-02). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic doctor visits of the future could be powered by 'omics' research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To glimpse the future of medicine, step inside Mayo Clinic's cutting-edge Center for Individualized Medicine. There, physicians, researchers, data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers and bioethicists are working side-by-side to investigate massive "omics" data sets. The innovative approach is the result of thousands of patients who are participating in omics-related research studies and clinical trials. The multidisciplinary teams are in pursuit of discovering hidden biological signatures and patterns of diseases, including cancer. Their hope and expectations are…

auorinoco (2023-06-02). Colombia: President Petro Rallies Support for Labor Reforms. orinocotribune.com The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced that he would join the march called by the trade unions of the South American country on June 7, in support of reform projects that could materialize in Congress. Petro will participate in the "Engaging Bogotá for Social Reforms" conference together with union organizations such as the Central Union of Workers (CUT), the General Confederation of Labor, and others. | "This time, I will not be on the balcony. I will march alongside the working people," the Colombian president announced via social media, "and I hope that those who voted to make a change in Colombia…

WSWS (2023-06-01). Strike wave grows in Portugal despite trade unions' attempt to strangle it. wsws.org Amid the deepest crisis of global capitalism since the 1930s, the PS is trying to impose austerity and the costs of a war economy on the backs of the working class.

infobrics (2023-06-01). Lula Says He's Started Talks With BRICS Bank to Help Argentina. infobrics.org Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he's actively working to help Argentina overcome its financial crisis after meetings with its president, Alberto Fernandez, in Brasilia…

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-01). Fake News Alert: Did President Maduro's Security Attack a Journalist in Brazil? orinocotribune.com A new fake news operation was launched on some social media platforms by local and international far-right outlets regarding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's visit to Brazil, when a journalist working for said outlets falsely spread the idea that President Maduro's security team supposedly attacked a Brazilian journalist. | The event was reported this Tuesday night, May 30, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília—the building housing the Brazilian Foreign Ministry—at the end of the Summit of South American Presidents, called for by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. At the end of the summ…

Staff (2023-06-01). President Maduro: 'We Are Working as Single Entity to Respond to Rainy Season'. orinocotribune.com After his successful visit to Brazil, participating in the Summit of South American Presidents, President Nicolás Maduro met with his general staff upon return to Venezuela, in order to take stock of the arrival of the rainy season in the Caribbean country and devise necessary response measures. | The president met with governors via video-conference this Wednesday, May 30, who shared live reports on the impacts of rainfall across the national territory "state by state, municipality by municipality," the president announced on a televised broadcast. Particularly in recent hours, Venezuela is feeling the arrival o…

WSWS (2023-06-01). Australian inflation rate moves back up as real wages continue to fall. wsws.org Despite data which indicates a growing crisis for ever increasing sections of the population, the Reserve Bank of Australia, in line with its counterparts internationally, is determined to press ahead with the suppression of the living standards of the working class.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-02). Dictatorship's torturers were sentenced in Uruguay. plenglish.com Judge María Elbia Merlo sentenced the defendants for "continuous crimes of deprivation of freedom, aggravated in real repetition with countless crimes of torture." | Seven people denounced in 2021 that they had been deprived of their freedom, sexually abused and tortured in the Infantry Battalion Number Six in San José during the 1973-1985 dictatorship. | According to the judgment, the complainants identified the repressors. | The ruling stated that they were hooded and subjected to cruel and degrading treatment during captivity.

Marco De Ambrogi (2023-06-03). Perspectives] Confronting the past. thelancet.com Violence against women continues to be reported globally and it is partly rooted in gender inequality, patriarchy, and misogyny. Women are over six times more likely to experience sexual assault than men and an estimated one in three women in England and Wales experience intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated domestic abuse and nearly 1 ∑7 million cases were recorded in England and Wales in the year ending March, 2022. Intimate partner violence can have impacts on mental health, substance use, and experience of prison.

Sarah Anderson (2023-06-02). Unlikely Allies Warren and Vance Join Forces to Claw Back Banker Pay. inequality.org It's a rare day in Washington when progressive and conservative lawmakers actually find common ground. But that's what happened when Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) teamed up recently to introduce a bill that would force leaders of failed banks to repay some of their compensation. The Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act would …

SAM (2023-06-02). Could We Actually End the CEO Defense Contractor Gravy Train? inequality.org

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-01). Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Pakistan are among global 'Hunger Hotspots'. peoplesdispatch.org A report by the World Food Program identifies 18 hunger hotspots across 22 countries where acute food insecurity is expected to increase in the period from June to November 2023. 15.3 million people are at risk of high acute food insecurity in Afghanistan…

Walter Smolarek (2023-06-01). Four ways Democrats and Republicans just agreed to attack workers. liberationnews.org This piece of legislation contains provisions that would deepen hunger and weaken a wide range of public services, all while keeping the money flowing into the pockets of fossil fuel executives and weapons manufacturers.

oliviaalperstein (2023-05-31). Criminalization of Race and Poverty Program at the Institute for Policy Studies Responds to the Debt Ceiling Deal. ips-dc.org "It makes it harder for poor and low-income families to access food benefits they deserve, while making it easier for wealthy people to cheat on their taxes."

Trish Brown (2023-05-31). Prayer Helped Me Survive Poverty, But I Needed Government Help Too. otherwords.org You could say the blues have followed me wherever I've gone. | My mom came from a family of 18, picking cotton and peanuts in Georgia. My dad, who played the blues, couldn't read. He learned numbers selling produce. | I was born in Massachusetts, where my mom worked in the factories and raised me alone after my parents separated. She was always telling me, "Keep praying we'll get by." | The prayers helped, but thankfully they were supplemented by government cheese and cash assistance. Our country's social safety net has always been flawed, under-funded, and over-complicated. But it's also essential — and we…

Staff (2023-06-01). López Obrador: "La OEA no ha hecho nada para defender a los pobres del mundo" cubadebate.cu "La Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) no ha hecho nada para defender a los pobres del mundo y no le creo nada", declaró este jueves el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, en su habitual conferencia de prensa matutina, esta vez desde el estado de Tamaulipas, en la frontera con Estados Unidos.

Baher Kamal (2023-05-31). El G-7 debe a los pobres 13 billones de dólares y mientras tanto… globalizacion.ca Los países pobres se enfrentan a 13 billones de dólares que el Grupo de los Siete (G7) adeuda de sus compromisos en asistencia y fondos climáticos, mientras están atenazados por las obligaciones de la deuda con los grandes acreedores. El…

teleSUR (2023-06-01). Ukrainian Conflict Has Far-Reaching Negative Impact: Italy's CB. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Italian Central Bank Governor Ignazio Visco said that the Ukrainian conflict has had a sprawling impact on the European economies, pushing the median wealth and consumer confidence lower. | RELATED: | In his annual report, he pointed out that the Ukraine crisis has also had an impact on energy prices, which resulted in an increase in interest rates by the European Central Bank (ECB), all of which…

Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J. S. Davies, Scheer Post. (2023-06-01). When Will The United States Join The Global Call To End The Ukraine War? popularresistance.org When Japan invited the leaders of Brazil, India and Indonesia to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima, there were glimmers of hope that it might be a forum for these rising economic powers from the Global South to discuss their advocacy for peace in Ukraine with the wealthy Western G7 countries that are militarily allied with Ukraine and have so far remained deaf to pleas for peace. | But it was not to be. Instead, the Global South leaders were forced to sit and listen as their hosts announced their latest plans to tighten sanctions against Russia and further escalate the war by sending U.S.-built F-16 warplanes to…

Editor (2023-06-01). Ellen Brown: Another Look at the Financial Transactions Tax. scheerpost.com By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost A small financial transactions tax could correct a number of maladies in our economic system, from the federal debt crisis to the widening wealth divide to the rampant financialization of the economy, while eliminating taxes on income and sales. The debt ceiling crisis has again brought into focus …

Peter Certo (2023-05-31). In OtherWords: May 31, 2023. otherwords.org This week, leaders in Congress are working to pass a so-called "compromise" between President Biden and House Republicans on the debt ceiling. | Republicans won some new "work requirements" on SNAP and clawed back some money that was supposed to help the IRS crack down on wealthy tax cheats. Democrats won… Republicans not crashing the global economy by defaulting on America's debt. It's not really the kind of thing you want to compromise on, as If the compromise passes, Biden will have fought off the mos…

teleSUR (2023-06-01). US House Passes Bipartisan Debt Ceiling Bill. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday passed a bill that lifts the federal government debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025. Lawmakers voted to pass the bill 314 to 117 after it was introduced to Congress late Sunday. | RELATED: | Entitled The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, the act still needs approval by the U.S. Senate and U.S. President Joe Biden's signature to avoid a historic default on gove…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-06-01). After the threats, the result is a center right budget deal. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—If the budget deal had not been negotiated at the same time as the bill to lift the debt ceiling the budget would have to have been negotiated this fall and would probably have ended up looking much like the one sealed in the House vote last night. Rep. Ocasio Cortez, Democrat of New York, …

Sean Callebs (2023-06-01). The Heat: U.S. Debt Ceiling. america.cgtn.com Can the United States finally avoid a debt ceiling crisis? After weeks of political stalemate over the U.S. debt ceiling, Washington may be about to approve a compromise deal in Congress. Leaders and members from both the Republican and Democrat parties have gathered on Capitol …

Staff (2023-06-01). "Turning His Back on Student Debtors": Biden's Debt Deal Ends Freeze on Loan Payments for Millions. democracynow.org Advocates for student debt relief are raising the alarm over a controversial part of the bipartisan deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling that would end the freeze on student loan repayments by the end of August. The moratorium has been in place since 2020. Meanwhile, the fate of the Biden administration's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for borrowers is going to be decided by the Supreme Court, where it is likely to face skepticism from the conservative majority. "This is President Biden turning his back on student debtors," says Braxton Brewington, press secretary of the Debt Colle…

Staff (2023-06-01). Headlines for June 1, 2023. democracynow.org House Approves Debt Ceiling Deal Slammed by Progressives as "Extortion" , 19 Killed, 100+ Injured as Shells Fall on Market Near Sudan's Capital, U.S. to Send Additional $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine, Failed North Korean Rocket Launch Triggers Evacuation Alert in Seoul, Protests Mount over Planned Release of Radioactive Water from Fukushima Plant into Pacific, Tennessee Woman Is Left Infertile After She's Denied Abortion Care, Georgia Police Arrest 3 Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters, Danny Masterson Found Guilty of Raping Women He Met Through Church of Scientology, NASA…

Lynda Carson (2023-06-01). Democrats are worried about $70 billion handshake during debt ceiling negotiations. indybay.org $70 Billion Handshake, A Gentleman's Agreement, During Debt Ceiling Negotiations Worries Democrats…

DLI (2023-06-01). A bipartisan "debt ceiling" charade! indybay.org

Lynda Carson (2023-06-01). Full text of debt ceiling negotiated bill to be voted on Wednesday. indybay.org Full Text Of Debt Ceiling Negotiated House Resolution:…

Lynda Carson (2023-06-01). Democrat's failed losing strategy over debt ceiling negotiations to vote on Wednesday. indybay.org Millions Of People Feel Like They Are Little More Than Bargaining Chips During The Debt Ceiling Negotiations Taking Place:…

Robert Reich (2023-06-01). The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a 'partisan standoff'. nationofchange.org Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?>

Staff (2023-06-01). Headlines for June 1, 2023. democracynow.org House Approves Debt Ceiling Deal Slammed by Progressives as "Extortion" , 19 Killed, 100+ Injured as Shells Fall on Market Near Sudan's Capital, U.S. to Send Additional $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine, Failed North Korean Rocket Launch Triggers Evacuation Alert in Seoul, Protests Mount over Planned Release of Radioactive Water from Fukushima Plant into Pacific, Tennessee Woman Is Left Infertile After She's Denied Abortion Care, Georgia Police Arrest 3 Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters, Danny Masterson Found Guilty of Raping Women He Met Through Church of Scientology, NASA…

Lynda Carson (2023-06-01). Democrats are worried about $70 billion handshake during debt ceiling negotiations. indybay.org $70 Billion Handshake, A Gentleman's Agreement, During Debt Ceiling Negotiations Worries Democrats…

DLI (2023-06-01). A bipartisan "debt ceiling" charade! indybay.org

Lynda Carson (2023-06-01). Full text of debt ceiling negotiated bill to be voted on Wednesday. indybay.org Full Text Of Debt Ceiling Negotiated House Resolution:…

Lynda Carson (2023-06-01). Democrat's failed losing strategy over debt ceiling negotiations to vote on Wednesday. indybay.org Millions Of People Feel Like They Are Little More Than Bargaining Chips During The Debt Ceiling Negotiations Taking Place:…

Robert Reich (2023-06-01). The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a 'partisan standoff'. nationofchange.org Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?>

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-01). Debt Ceiling Deal Puts No Limits on Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com The debt ceiling agreement reached between the White House and House Republicans places no constraints on spending on the war in Ukraine, a White House official told Bloomberg. The $113 billion that has been authorized to spend on the war in Ukraine so far was passed as supplemental emergency funds, which is exempt from the …

Jack Rasmus, LA Progressive. (2023-06-01). Biden-McCarthy Deal: Neoliberal Fiscal Policy Continues. popularresistance.org Over the weekend, US House of Representatives speaker McCarthy and president Biden announced a tentative agreement on raising the debt ceiling. The deal—almost certain to pass Congress later this week—represents a typical Neoliberal fiscal policy deal. | Ever since neoliberal capitalism policies were introduced under president Carter in the late 1970s, and subsequently expanded dramatically under Reagan, Neoliberal fiscal policy has been characterized by accelerating Pentagon and war spending; simultaneous cutting of business-investor taxes; acceptance of consequent escalating budget deficits—an…

Karen Caligiuri (2023-06-01). The Rotating Hans Grubers of the Debt Ceiling Debate. realprogressives.org As this current installment of the debt ceiling franchise draws to an unsatisfactory close — let us vow to make this our last debt ceiling showdown.

Staff (2023-05-31). A Dirty Debt Deal: Biden Blasted for Backing Fast-Track Approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline. democracynow.org As lawmakers push through the bipartisan deal to raise the debt limit, it is being called a "dirty debt ceiling deal" by opponents because it includes language meant to speed completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The controversial $6.6 billion pipeline would go through Virginia and West Virginia and carry 2 billion cubic feet of fracked gas across more than a thousand streams and wetlands in Appalachia. Over 750 frontline communities and environmental justice organizations oppose its construction, but the project has long had the backing of powerful West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, the biggest…

Staff (2023-05-31). Headlines for May 31, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Limit Deal Heads to House Vote Amid Objections on Both the Left and Right, NYC Climate Protesters Call on Sen. Schumer to Remove Climate Concessions Before Passing Debt Deal, Climate Crisis: Canada Wildfires Grow; Heat Wave Scorches Asia; EU Ups Summer Firefighting Force, Tech Experts Warn Against "Risk of Extinction from AI", Hotline Workers at Nat'l Eating Disorder Association Are Being Replaced by Chatbot, Sudan's Army Suspends Participation in Ceasefire Talks, NATO to Deploy 700 More Troops to Kosovo Amid Mounting Tensions, Over 1 Million Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk of…

Michael Hudson (2023-05-31). Government Debt and Deficits Are Not the Problem. Private Debt Is. realprogressives.org The "fiscally responsible" solution is probably not what you think it is.

Rebecca Burns (2023-05-31). Debt Deal Gives Fossil Fuel Lobby A Legal Shield. levernews.com

The Lever (2023-05-31). üéß LEVER TIME: Sen. Chris Murphy On The Debt Ceiling Deal And Reforming The Supreme Court. levernews.com

infobrics (2023-06-01). Lula Says He's Started Talks With BRICS Bank to Help Argentina. infobrics.org Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he's actively working to help Argentina overcome its financial crisis after meetings with its president, Alberto Fernandez, in Brasilia…

WSWS (2023-06-01). Australian inflation rate moves back up as real wages continue to fall. wsws.org Despite data which indicates a growing crisis for ever increasing sections of the population, the Reserve Bank of Australia, in line with its counterparts internationally, is determined to press ahead with the suppression of the living standards of the working class.

WSWS (2023-06-01). SAG-AFTRA and Directors Guild contracts expire June 30: No plans for joint action with striking writers. wsws.org SAG-AFTRA and DGA members are fighting against a progressive worsening of working and living conditions.

WSWS (2023-06-01). Growing number of elderly homeless in the US. wsws.org Impoverishment of the working class and bipartisan destruction of the social safety net leading to elderly being thrown out on the streets, poorer health outcomes.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-01). Fake News Alert: Did President Maduro's Security Attack a Journalist in Brazil? orinocotribune.com A new fake news operation was launched on some social media platforms by local and international far-right outlets regarding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's visit to Brazil, when a journalist working for said outlets falsely spread the idea that President Maduro's security team supposedly attacked a Brazilian journalist. | The event was reported this Tuesday night, May 30, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília—the building housing the Brazilian Foreign Ministry—at the end of the Summit of South American Presidents, called for by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. At the end of the summ…

Staff (2023-06-01). President Maduro: 'We Are Working as Single Entity to Respond to Rainy Season'. orinocotribune.com After his successful visit to Brazil, participating in the Summit of South American Presidents, President Nicolás Maduro met with his general staff upon return to Venezuela, in order to take stock of the arrival of the rainy season in the Caribbean country and devise necessary response measures. | The president met with governors via video-conference this Wednesday, May 30, who shared live reports on the impacts of rainfall across the national territory "state by state, municipality by municipality," the president announced on a televised broadcast. Particularly in recent hours, Venezuela is feeling the arrival o…

Fight Back (2023-05-31). Minnesota legislative session wraps up with historic progressive gains: Years of grassroots organizing paved the way, creating stark contrast with Republican-controlled states. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – The 2023 Minnesota legislative session ended on May 22, and it's one for the history books. A wide array of progressive measures that working class and oppressed peoples' movements in Minnesota have demanded for years and even decades became law, as the Republicans howled from the sidelines but didn't have the votes to stop it. | The stage was set for this when the Democrats bucked predictions of Republican gains in the November 2022 election, with Democratic Governor Tim Walz handily winning re-election, and the Democrats winning a slim majority in both the state House and Senate. This Democrati…

WSWS (2023-05-31). Attend "The war in Ukraine and how to stop it" on June 4 in Toronto! wsws.org All workers and young people in the GTA looking for a way to oppose war should make plans to attend Sunday's meeting and join the struggle for the construction of an international working class-led anti-war movement.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-05-31). These workers are making Baltimore a union town again. therealnews.com We hosted a Working People live show at The Real News Network studio in Baltimore on May 18. In this panel discussion, co-hosted by Max and Baltimore writer and editor Rebekah Kirkman, we speak with a diverse panel of worker-organizers from around the city about their respective struggles to unionize their workplaces, what being in a union means to them and their coworkers, and what all of us can do to support one another and grow the labor movement in our town. Panelists include: Dever Cunningham, MOM's Workers United (Teamsters); Martin Yepes, Teachers & Researchers United (United Electrical Workers) at J…

Fight Back (2023-05-31). University of Washington students hear Carlos Montes speak on immigrant rights and Chicano power. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA- On May 25, 60 students and community members gathered at the Ethnic and Cultural Center of UW Seattle to listen to the experiences of longtime organizer Carlos Montes. Carlos Montes is a nationally recognized leader in the Chicano, immigrant rights and anti-war movements. He co-founded the Brown Berets, a Chicano youth organization, in the late 1960s and was a key figure in the Chicano Blowouts, a series of high school walkouts protesting racism and inequality. Today, Carlos Montes is an active and well know community leader in East Los Angeles. | Montes opened the event with a story about how he he…

manager (2023-05-31). What the Fight Over Work Requirements is Really About. cepr.net The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) currently provides food vouchers to about 42 million people. This critical program ensures they have enough food for themselves and their families. Research finds that food insecurity leads to worse economic and health outcomes, underscoring the importance of food assistance programs like SNAP. Despite these benefits, SNAP's effectiveness is …

Walter Smolarek (2023-06-01). Four ways Democrats and Republicans just agreed to attack workers. liberationnews.org This piece of legislation contains provisions that would deepen hunger and weaken a wide range of public services, all while keeping the money flowing into the pockets of fossil fuel executives and weapons manufacturers.

Trish Brown (2023-05-31). Prayer Helped Me Survive Poverty, But I Needed Government Help Too. otherwords.org You could say the blues have followed me wherever I've gone. | My mom came from a family of 18, picking cotton and peanuts in Georgia. My dad, who played the blues, couldn't read. He learned numbers selling produce. | I was born in Massachusetts, where my mom worked in the factories and raised me alone after my parents separated. She was always telling me, "Keep praying we'll get by." | The prayers helped, but thankfully they were supplemented by government cheese and cash assistance. Our country's social safety net has always been flawed, under-funded, and over-complicated. But it's also essential — and we…

Jake Johnson (2023-05-30). New Work Requirements for Food Aid Would Deepen Hunger and Poverty, Critics Warn. truthout.org Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could soon be at risk of losing federal food aid and falling deeper into poverty due to a provision of the new debt ceiling agreement that expands work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a change that comes as food banks across the United States are seeing demand surge. The deal that the Biden White House reached with House… |

Baher Kamal (2023-05-31). El G-7 debe a los pobres 13 billones de dólares y mientras tanto… globalizacion.ca Los países pobres se enfrentan a 13 billones de dólares que el Grupo de los Siete (G7) adeuda de sus compromisos en asistencia y fondos climáticos, mientras están atenazados por las obligaciones de la deuda con los grandes acreedores. El…

Staff (2023-05-31). A Dirty Debt Deal: Biden Blasted for Backing Fast-Track Approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline. democracynow.org As lawmakers push through the bipartisan deal to raise the debt limit, it is being called a "dirty debt ceiling deal" by opponents because it includes language meant to speed completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The controversial $6.6 billion pipeline would go through Virginia and West Virginia and carry 2 billion cubic feet of fracked gas across more than a thousand streams and wetlands in Appalachia. Over 750 frontline communities and environmental justice organizations oppose its construction, but the project has long had the backing of powerful West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, the biggest…

Staff (2023-05-31). Headlines for May 31, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Limit Deal Heads to House Vote Amid Objections on Both the Left and Right, NYC Climate Protesters Call on Sen. Schumer to Remove Climate Concessions Before Passing Debt Deal, Climate Crisis: Canada Wildfires Grow; Heat Wave Scorches Asia; EU Ups Summer Firefighting Force, Tech Experts Warn Against "Risk of Extinction from AI", Hotline Workers at Nat'l Eating Disorder Association Are Being Replaced by Chatbot, Sudan's Army Suspends Participation in Ceasefire Talks, NATO to Deploy 700 More Troops to Kosovo Amid Mounting Tensions, Over 1 Million Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk of…

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-31). Bush Files to Strike Expanded Work Requirements for SNAP Out of Debt Limit Bill. truthout.org Ahead of Wednesday's House vote on the debt ceiling deal, progressive lawmakers have introduced a pair of amendments to remove provisions that would hurt the nation's most economically vulnerable populations. On Tuesday, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts) filed an amendment to the legislation that would strike a provision buried in the bill that would restart student loan payments at the end… |

Lynda Carson (2023-05-31). Democrats are worried about $70 billion handshake during debt ceiling negotiations. indybay.org $70 Billion Handshake, A Gentleman's Agreement, During Debt Ceiling Negotiations Worries Democrats…

DLI (2023-05-31). A bipartisan "debt ceiling" charade! indybay.org

Lynda Carson (2023-05-31). Full text of debt ceiling negotiated bill to be voted on Wednesday. indybay.org Full Text Of Debt Ceiling Negotiated House Resolution:…

Lynda Carson (2023-05-31). Democrat's failed losing strategy over debt ceiling negotiations to vote on Wednesday. indybay.org Millions Of People Feel Like They Are Little More Than Bargaining Chips During The Debt Ceiling Negotiations Taking Place:…

WSWS (2023-05-31). Biden-McCarthy austerity debt ceiling bill moves to vote in Congress. wsws.org The Republican Party, led by its fascistic wing, is used to drive the so-called "debate," making the most extreme demands for social cuts and thereby paving the way for the Democrats to agree to somewhat less onerous attacks, while accelerating the process of gutting all of the social gains won by the working class in a century of struggle.

The Lever (2023-05-31). üéß LEVER TIME: Sen. Chris Murphy On The Debt Ceiling Deal And Reforming The Supreme Court. levernews.com

Michael Hudson (2023-05-31). Government Debt and Deficits Are Not the Problem. Private Debt Is. realprogressives.org The "fiscally responsible" solution is probably not what you think it is.

Staff (2023-05-31). Biden & Republicans Unite Against the Poor and the Environment. soundcloud.com On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy have unveiled a "debt ceiling" agreement involving major attacks on workers and the environment. The two are now racing to push through Congress a deal that would see stepped up production of fossil fuels, cuts …

Brett Wilkins, Commondreams. (2023-05-30). Climate Activists Decry Pipeline 'Deal With The Devil'. popularresistance.org As progressives excoriated President Joe Biden's debt ceiling deal with Republican lawmakers over "polluter giveaways" including the Mountain Valley Pipeline, activists rallied outside Sen. Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn home on Tuesday evening with a message for the majority leader: "Stop the dirty pipeline deal, or we shut down your block." | The protesters—led by Climate Defiance and backed by Food & Water Watch, Climate Defenders, Climate Families NYC, New York Communities for Change (NYCC), and others—chanted messages including "Schumer, stop the dirty deal" as they marched in the Park Slope neigh…

Staff (2023-05-30). Debt Deal Raises Military Spending & OKs WV Pipeline While Introducing New Work Rules for Food Stamps. democracynow.org President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are urging lawmakers to support a deal to suspend the debt ceiling until January 1, 2025, in order to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt for the first time in history. The two leaders reached a tentative agreement over the Memorial Day long weekend, but it must still be approved by Congress before a June 5 deadline, when the government is expected to run out of money to pay its bills. Both progressive lawmakers and members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus have expressed some opposition to the deal, which calls for nondefense discretionar…

Staff (2023-05-30). Headlines for May 30, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Ceiling Deal Would Cap Nonmilitary Spending, Add Welfare Work Requirements, Slash IRS Funds, Sudan's Rival Military Factions Extend Shaky Truce, Drone Attacks on Moscow Follow Russian Airstrikes on Kyiv, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wins Reelection in Presidential Runoff, Israeli Settlers Move to Reestablish Illegal Outpost in Occupied West Bank, Libyan Court Sentences 23 Men to Death over ISIS Takeover of Sirte, Ugandan President Signs Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill That Includes Death Penalty, Lula Welcomes Venezuelan President Maduro to Brazil, Blasts U.S. Sanctions, 16 Killed Across U.

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-30). Debt Limit Deal Prohibits Biden From Extending Student Loan Payment Pause Again. truthout.org The debt ceiling deal struck between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) throws student debtors under the bus by forcing student loan payments to restart at the end of this summer with recourse for the presidential administration. The bill mandates that the ongoing student loan payment pause, which has been in place since March 2020, will end on August 30… |

Michael Hudson (2023-05-31). Government Debt and Deficits Are Not the Problem. Private Debt Is. realprogressives.org The "fiscally responsible" solution is probably not what you think it is.

Staff (2023-05-31). Biden & Republicans Unite Against the Poor and the Environment. soundcloud.com On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy have unveiled a "debt ceiling" agreement involving major attacks on workers and the environment. The two are now racing to push through Congress a deal that would see stepped up production of fossil fuels, cuts …

Brett Wilkins, Commondreams. (2023-05-30). Climate Activists Decry Pipeline 'Deal With The Devil'. popularresistance.org As progressives excoriated President Joe Biden's debt ceiling deal with Republican lawmakers over "polluter giveaways" including the Mountain Valley Pipeline, activists rallied outside Sen. Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn home on Tuesday evening with a message for the majority leader: "Stop the dirty pipeline deal, or we shut down your block." | The protesters—led by Climate Defiance and backed by Food & Water Watch, Climate Defenders, Climate Families NYC, New York Communities for Change (NYCC), and others—chanted messages including "Schumer, stop the dirty deal" as they marched in the Park Slope neigh…

Staff (2023-05-30). Debt Deal Raises Military Spending & OKs WV Pipeline While Introducing New Work Rules for Food Stamps. democracynow.org President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are urging lawmakers to support a deal to suspend the debt ceiling until January 1, 2025, in order to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt for the first time in history. The two leaders reached a tentative agreement over the Memorial Day long weekend, but it must still be approved by Congress before a June 5 deadline, when the government is expected to run out of money to pay its bills. Both progressive lawmakers and members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus have expressed some opposition to the deal, which calls for nondefense discretionar…

Staff (2023-05-30). Headlines for May 30, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Ceiling Deal Would Cap Nonmilitary Spending, Add Welfare Work Requirements, Slash IRS Funds, Sudan's Rival Military Factions Extend Shaky Truce, Drone Attacks on Moscow Follow Russian Airstrikes on Kyiv, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wins Reelection in Presidential Runoff, Israeli Settlers Move to Reestablish Illegal Outpost in Occupied West Bank, Libyan Court Sentences 23 Men to Death over ISIS Takeover of Sirte, Ugandan President Signs Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill That Includes Death Penalty, Lula Welcomes Venezuelan President Maduro to Brazil, Blasts U.S. Sanctions, 16 Killed Across U.

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-30). Debt Limit Deal Prohibits Biden From Extending Student Loan Payment Pause Again. truthout.org The debt ceiling deal struck between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) throws student debtors under the bus by forcing student loan payments to restart at the end of this summer with recourse for the presidential administration. The bill mandates that the ongoing student loan payment pause, which has been in place since March 2020, will end on August 30… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-30). Republicans Are Threatening to Oust McCarthy as Speaker Over Debt Ceiling Deal. truthout.org As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) scrambles to win the support of far right members of the Republican caucus for his debt ceiling deal, it is becoming increasingly clear that McCarthy may have to rely on support of Democrats to pass the package. Roughly 20 House Republicans have announced their opposition to the bill since it was released over the weekend… |

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-05-30). Debt deal includes cruel attack on the nation's poorest. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — The deal that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy hammered out to raise the debt ceiling avoids default for two years but inflicts pain and suffering on millions of the most vulnerable Americans. The economy can bear the cuts, according to the front-page article in today's New York Times as if what the …

Muhammed Shabeer, People's Dispatch. (2023-05-31). A Regime Of Private Corporations That Is Normalizing Fascism In Italy. popularresistance.org Italy is one of a few countries in the European Union without a legal minimum wage; 21 out of 27 EU countries have instituted minimum wages. In Italy, minimum wages are only determined in collective labor agreements, but these salaries are often very low — around four to six euros per hour. In addition, Italy is the only country in the continent where since 1990, real wages are not growing — they even diminished by 3% in the last 30 years. Thus, one out of 10 people in Italy are working poor, among the youth, this number increases to one out of six. | Already a year ago, Potere al Popolo started a pol…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-31). Progressive Cypriots reiterate resolve to secure peace and unity in the divided island. peoplesdispatch.org Working class sections and peace groups have called for opening up more crossing points on the Green Line which divides Cyprus. They also resolved to intensify the struggle for the reunification of the country within the framework of a bi-zonal and bi-communal federal solution…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-31). Science Saturday: Orthobiologics can be nature's healing agents. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic physician-scientists are working on regenerative biotherapeutics such as orthobiologics and other regenerative bioinjectables to bring advanced procedures to more patients. Orthobiologics are biological agents that stimulate healing when standard therapies don't work. Examples are platelet-rich plasma — platelets spun from a patient's blood that promote cell repair — and bone marrow aspirate concentrate that contains stem cells and many other cells that have shown potential for tissue regeneration. "Orthobiologics are like nature's drug…

WSWS (2023-05-31). San Diego bus drivers on strike against poor working conditions, unpaid breaks, lack of bathrooms and low wages. wsws.org Workers are regularly forced to work six-day weeks, have 4-5 hours of unpaid time between split shifts, wages far below the cost of living and no access to safe and clean bathrooms.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-05-31). These workers are making Baltimore a union town again. therealnews.com We hosted a Working People live show at The Real News Network studio in Baltimore on May 18. In this panel discussion, co-hosted by Max and Baltimore writer and editor Rebekah Kirkman, we speak with a diverse panel of worker-organizers from around the city about their respective struggles to unionize their workplaces, what being in a union …

Oscar Perry Abello, Next City. (2023-05-30). Can Guaranteed Income Prevent Gentrification? popularresistance.org Louisville activist Cassandra Webb has been working to curb violent crime in her city for years. | Cities United, the national nonprofit with which she works, has taken on the mission of violence reduction in the city from seemingly every angle: working with youth leaders at the ground level, convening a network of urban leaders and stakeholders, advancing place-based initiatives to align public and private resources with Louisville residents' vision for reversing disinvestment in their communities. | But increasingly, Webb says, it's become clear to her that some of these problems can only be solved through mone…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-05-30). Report Back From 3rd Annual May Day On The Harbor. itsgoingdown.org Report back from May Day in the Greys Harbor area in Washington. Originally posted to Sabot Media. Since 1886, May Day has been an important holiday for the global working class. This history is often repressed in this country, being one of a minority that doesn't celebrate International Worker's Day on May first, despite being…

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-30). 74 Percent of Voters Support Raising Federal Minimum Wage to $20 an Hour. truthout.org Amid the longest period in Congressional history without any raising of the federal minimum wage, new polling finds that the vast majority of voters not only support raising the minimum wage, but also nearly tripling it. According to polling by Data for Progress released last week, 74 percent of voters support raising the federal minimum wage to $20 an hour — almost three times the current level… |

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-05-30). Giorgia Meloni government is a regime of private corporations that is normalizing fascism. peoplesdispatch.org Maurizio Coppola from Potere al Popolo (Power to the People) talks about his party's campaign for a 10 Euro minimum wage, the Giorgia Meloni government's attack on workers, and the attempt to normalize authoritarianism and fascism…

Editor (2023-05-30). The Death Penalty for Homelessness. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch You can measure the depth of a civilization by how it treats its poor, very young, elderly and mentally ill. By any such metric, ours here in the Exceptional Empire is barbaric. Take New York City mayor Eric Adams and his pronouncements on the homeless destitute. He made a name …

teleSUR (2023-05-31). UN Allocates 18 Mln USD to Address Food Security in Yemen. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, UN humanitarians reported that 18 million U.S. dollars were allocated to provide assistance to over 17 million people who are experiencing elevated levels of food insecurity in Yemen. | Related: | According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocation aims to provide aid to an estimated 80% of the population. | Official data states that facto…

Jake Johnson (2023-05-30). New Work Requirements for Food Aid Would Deepen Hunger and Poverty, Critics Warn. truthout.org Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could soon be at risk of losing federal food aid and falling deeper into poverty due to a provision of the new debt ceiling agreement that expands work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a change that comes as food banks across the United States are seeing demand surge. The deal that the Biden White House reached with House… |

Sharon Parrott, Center on Budget, Policy Priorities. (2023-05-29). Debt Ceiling Agreement Improved, But Harmful Provisions Remain. popularresistance.org While the debt ceiling agreement announced last night is a significant improvement over the radical House bill, it is not the deal the country deserves. There are a number of troubling elements, including the provision that will put at risk food assistance for very low-income older adults. This policy will increase hunger and poverty among that group, runs contrary to our nation's values, and should be rejected. The nation must pay its bills — but that shouldn't mean enacting legislation that leaves people who already struggle to afford the basics worse off. | We should never have been in this situation. We…

Stephan Schulmeister (2023-05-30). Inflation in the Age of Finance Capitalism. indybay.org The shift of profit-striving from the real- to the financial-economy lowered economic growth Unemployment and atypical jobs soared. The welfare state was weakened. At the same time, financial wealth grew exorbitantly (the DAX increased 14-fold since 1988). The development of financial derivatives made possible profiting from short-term changes in stocks, currencies and bonds.

WSWS (2023-05-30). Australian Rich List shows growing concentration of wealth at the very top. wsws.org The holdings of the 10 wealthiest people in Australia increased by an average of 10 percent, to over $200 billion in total, during the past 12 months.

Graham Peebles (2023-05-29). The crowning fiasco: even the king looked embarrassed. nationofchange.org The discussion around the British monarchy, which is starting to ignite and will grow and deepen, needs to take in the wider issue of wealth and income inequality and the poisonous economic system that fuels it.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-29). Government bid for EU membership deepens crisis in Moldova. peoplesdispatch.org On May 15, the head of the Moldovan parliament, Igor Grosu, announced the initiation of Moldova's withdrawal from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a political and economic cooperation forum founded by…

Staff (2023-05-30). Debt Deal Raises Military Spending & OKs WV Pipeline While Introducing New Work Rules for Food Stamps. democracynow.org President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are urging lawmakers to support a deal to suspend the debt ceiling until January 1, 2025, in order to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt for the first time in history. The two leaders reached a tentative agreement over the Memorial Day long weekend, but it must still be approved by Congress before a June 5 deadline, when the government is expected to run out of money to pay its bills. Both progressive lawmakers and members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus have expressed some opposition to the deal, which calls for nondefense discretionar…

Staff (2023-05-30). Headlines for May 30, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Ceiling Deal Would Cap Nonmilitary Spending, Add Welfare Work Requirements, Slash IRS Funds, Sudan's Rival Military Factions Extend Shaky Truce, Drone Attacks on Moscow Follow Russian Airstrikes on Kyiv, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wins Reelection in Presidential Runoff, Israeli Settlers Move to Reestablish Illegal Outpost in Occupied West Bank, Libyan Court Sentences 23 Men to Death over ISIS Takeover of Sirte, Ugandan President Signs Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill That Includes Death Penalty, Lula Welcomes Venezuelan President Maduro to Brazil, Blasts U.S. Sanctions, 16 Killed Across U.

DLI (2023-05-30). A bipartisan "debt ceiling" charade! indybay.org

Lynda Carson (2023-05-30). Democrat's failed losing strategy over debt ceiling negotiations to vote on Wednesday. indybay.org Millions Of People Feel Like They Are Little More Than Bargaining Chips During The Debt Ceiling Negotiations Taking Place:…

Lynda Carson (2023-05-30). Full text of debt ceiling negotiated bill to be voted on Wednesday. indybay.org Full Text Of Debt Ceiling Negotiated House Resolution:…

Matt Bruenig (2023-05-30). The SNAP Work Requirements. peoplespolicyproject.org A debt limit deal has been

Editor (2023-05-29). Progressives Condemn Biden-GOP Debt Ceiling Deal as 'Cruel and Shortsighted'. scheerpost.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-29). Biden, McCarthy Agree on $886 Billion Military Budget. news.antiwar.com The debt ceiling agreement reached between the White House and House Republicans that was announced Sunday caps military spending at $886 billion for 2024, matching President Biden's requested budget. Republicans negotiating the debt ceiling deal only sought non-military spending cuts. The $886 billion cap for military spending represents about a 3.3% increase from 2023. The …

Julia Conley (2023-05-29). Climate Groups Slam Debt Ceiling Deal as "Surrender" to Big Oil. truthout.org In exchange for an increase of the United States government's arbitrary debt limit, the Biden administration "betrayed the American people," one climate campaigner said Monday, by accepting a deal that requires the approval of all remaining permits for the planet-heating Mountain Valley Pipeline and weakens the government's ability to stop further pollution-causing projects. |

Anonymous Contributor (2023-05-30). Report Back From 3rd Annual May Day On The Harbor. itsgoingdown.org Report back from May Day in the Greys Harbor area in Washington. Originally posted to Sabot Media. Since 1886, May Day has been an important holiday for the global working class. This history is often repressed in this country, being one of a minority that doesn't celebrate International Worker's Day on May first, despite being…

midwesternmarx (2023-05-30). A New Generation of Organizers Are Building Union Power in the South By: Maximillian Alvarez>. midwesternmarx.com Editor's Note: The following is the transcript of a special live episode of the Working People podcast. It was produced in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team on March 21 in Atlanta, Georgia. In this panel discussion, Max speaks with local organizers about the specific challenges workers in the South face in their workplaces and in their efforts to organize—and how they are finding creative ways to overcome those challenges today. Panelists includ …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-30). Science Saturday: Orthobiologics can be nature's healing agents. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic physician-scientists are working on regenerative biotherapeutics such as orthobiologics and other regenerative bioinjectables to bring advanced procedures to more patients. Orthobiologics are biological agents that stimulate healing when standard therapies don't work. Examples are platelet-rich plasma — platelets spun from a patient's blood that promote cell repair — and bone marrow aspirate concentrate that contains stem cells and many other cells that have shown potential for tissue regeneration. "Orthobiologics are like nature's drug…

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-05-29). Exchange rate depreciation and real wages. mronline.org Most people, including even trained economists, fail to appreciate the fact that an exchange rate depreciation, if it is to work in reducing the trade deficit in a capitalist economy, must necessarily hurt the working class by lowering the real wage rate…

Gabriela Calugay-Casuga, Rabble. (2023-05-29). How Some Amazon Shareholders Allied With The Labour Movement. popularresistance.org During Amazon's annual general meeting on May 24, a proposal for an independent audit on working conditions in Amazon warehouses did not pass. This was unsurprising after Amazon's Board of Directors advised their shareholders to vote against the proposal ahead of the meeting. | The Board of Directors recommended against passing the proposal because they claim that the company regularly enhances safety processes and programs, they have shared workforce incident rates, they are transparent about their commitment to improve workplace safety and because there are already "independent directors" who review workplace i…

Editor (2023-05-29). State Department Won't Say If It's Working to Free US Citizen Detained in Ukraine. scheerpost.com

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-29). Cuban President congratulates workers in the tobacco sector. plenglish.com The president stressed on his Twitter account that every May 29 is celebrated the day of tobacco workers in honor of the birth of Lázaro Peña, the captain of the working class in Cuba. | Peña (1911-1974) was born in Havana into a very humble family that barely managed to support his public education for two years, until the death of his father forced him, as a child, to work in various trades to ensure the family's livelihood. | At the end of 1929 he joined the ranks of the clandestine Communist Party, actively participating in the organization of workers to fight against the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado (1925…

ecsorinoco (2023-05-29). Iran Indicates Defense Exports to Venezuela, Other Nations With 'No Restrictions'. orinocotribune.com Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani says Iran "has no restriction" on exporting military equipment to other countries, including Venezuela | The Islamic Republic will help any country that remains committed to international peace, Ashtiani told Iran's Tasnim news agency on Sunday when asked about Iran's military and defense cooperation with Venezuela and the possibility of exporting Iranian equipment to the Latin American country. | "We have no restriction on supplying equipment to [other] countries. We are in contact with all states and keep this contact with might," he said. | "We will def…

Fight Back (2023-05-29). Preload rank-and-file organizing activates in Teamsters Local 455. fightbacknews.org Commerce City, CO – On Friday, May 19, rank-and-file Teamsters working at the UPS hub in Commerce City, a part of the Denver metro area, organized a parking lot meeting early in the morning before the sunrise shift. This event comes just 11 weeks before the expiration of the Teamsters contract with UPS, and it is especially significant as it was the first event at the Commerce City hub, one of the largest UPS buildings in the United States, led exclusively by rank-and-file workers. | Keegan Estrella, a Teamster present at the event states, "I think this is the first event that has been focused primarily on the pr…

Karla Correa (2023-05-29). DeSantis' latest attacks against the LGBT community and why all workers must reject them. liberationnews.org Needed r now is working class unity and organization. We make up the majority, and our collective potential is what the ruling elite fears the most.

Pepe Escobar (2023-05-29). Eurasian Heartland Rises to Challenge the West. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — May 26, 2023 | President Xi Jinping telling President Putin at the end of their summit last March in Moscow that we're now facing "great changes not seen in a century" directly applies to the new spirit reigning across the Asian Heartland. | Cue to the China-Central Asia summit last week in Xian, the former imperial capital, where Xi solidified the expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from Western China in Xinjiang to its western neighbors and then all the way to Iran, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. | Xi in Xian stressed the complementing aspects between BRI and the Shanghai Cooper…

Editor (2023-05-30). The Death Penalty for Homelessness. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch You can measure the depth of a civilization by how it treats its poor, very young, elderly and mentally ill. By any such metric, ours here in the Exceptional Empire is barbaric. Take New York City mayor Eric Adams and his pronouncements on the homeless destitute. He made a name …

Dongsheng Collective (2023-05-29). Is China's housing market in trouble? dongshengnews.org In recent years, China's housing issue has been prominently featured in the Western media. Rapid urban development, skyrocketing prices, the dependency of local governments on land revenues, and the most "shocking", the rumored bankruptcy of the real estate giant Evergrande, 13 years after the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008 shook the world economy, aroused the attention of financial analysts everywhere. However, what is the actual situation of the real estate market in China and what is the government doing?

Eesha Yaqoob, Saad Javed, Shehzad Ali Khan (2023-05-27). Correspondence] Trauma care in the face of climate change in Pakistan. thelancet.com The effect of climate change on society is broad and profound. Studies have shown that low-income countries face the greatest number of deaths due to disasters, with 33% of those deaths occurring in countries with the lowest human development indices.1 Extreme weather events have killed 10‚Äà000 people and caused US$4 billion of damage in Pakistan, which is continuously placed among the top ten most susceptible countries on the Climate Risk Index. The country is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to its high rates of multidimensional poverty.

Stephan Schulmeister (2023-05-28). Inflation in the Age of Finance Capitalism. indybay.org The shift of profit-striving from the real- to the financial-economy lowered economic growth Unemployment and atypical jobs soared. The welfare state was weakened. At the same time, financial wealth grew exorbitantly (the DAX increased 14-fold since 1988). The development of financial derivatives made possible profiting from short-term changes in stocks, currencies and bonds.

The Lancet (2023-05-27). Editorial] Childhood as a commodity: ending child labour. thelancet.com Children continue to be exposed to physical harm and denied education while toiling for long hours in the world's wealthiest nations. Children as young as 12 and 13 years have been engaged in labour involving midnight shifts, dangerous machinery, and punishing physical demands across industries supplying some of the USA's largest corporations according to a harrowing New York Times investigation. Most had migrated, unaccompanied, from central America. Uncertain of their immigration status and some indebted to traffickers, many considered dangerous labour safer than deportation.

Julia Rock (2023-05-28). The Debt Ceiling Standoff Has Been A Performance. levernews.com

Lynda Carson (2023-05-28). Democrat's failed losing strategy over debt ceiling negotiations to vote on Wednesday. indybay.org Millions Of People Feel Like They Are Little More Than Bargaining Chips During The Debt Ceiling Negotiations Taking Place:…

Artemis Douglas (2023-05-27). Countering the Debt Ceiling Madness. realprogressives.org

Editor (2023-05-27). Manufactured crisis over U.S. debt ceiling sets stage for bipartisan assault on Social Security and Medicare. mronline.org All of the social gains made by the working class in the course of more than a century of struggle must be wiped out to pay for the drive by the American ruling class to remove, by force of arms, Russia and China as obstacles to US hegemony, even if it means triggering a nuclear war.

Margaret Kimberley (2023-05-27). Biden's debt ceiling betrayal is a Democratic Party tradition. mronline.org Joe Biden is continuing the ignoble tradition of colluding with republicans while pretending to fight them. The latest debt limit drama is another betrayal of the people.

Mike Whitney (2023-05-27). The War in Ukraine Marks the End of the American Century. "What's Left is a Steaming Pile of Dollar Denominated Debt" globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-27). Cristina Fernández de Kirchner calls for renegotiation of the IMF debt and judicial reform in Argentina. peoplesdispatch.org The Argentine vice president also called for coordination between public and private sectors to regulate strategic natural resources, and renewal of the democratic pact established after the last civil-military dictatorship…

Mary Owen, Workers World. (2023-05-28). Elmhurst Hospital Resident Doctors Declare Victory In Three-Day Strike. popularresistance.org Elmhurst, Queens, New York – Following a historic three-day strike, over 160 unionized resident doctors at Elmhurst Hospital, located in a largely immigrant community in Queens, New York, declared victory May 24. Their fight was for pay parity with their nonunionized Manhattan counterparts. In 2020, Elmhurst Hospital was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. | The striking physicians are employed by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai but were assigned to Elmhurst Hospital, a New York City public hospital, and at lower pay than those working at Mount Sinai's affluent Upper East Side loc…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-28). Science Saturday: Orthobiologics can be nature's healing agents. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic physician-scientists are working on regenerative biotherapeutics such as orthobiologics and other regenerative bioinjectables to bring advanced procedures to more patients. Orthobiologics are biological agents that stimulate healing when standard therapies don't work. Examples are platelet-rich plasma — platelets spun from a patient's blood that promote cell repair — and bone marrow aspirate concentrate that contains stem cells and many other cells that have shown potential for tissue regeneration. "Orthobiologics are like nature's drug…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-27). Participants of G20 meeting in India debate on combating corruption. plenglish.com New Delhi, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The second meeting of the G20 Working Group, held in Rishikesh, ended with agreements on enhancing the effectiveness of the authorities responsible for preventing and combating corruption.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Transatlantic: The plight of artists and intellectuals fleeing the Nazis in 1940. wsws.org One of the most remarkable collections of political and cultural figures ever assembled, reduced by the defeats of the working class to a wretched condition, is gathered in Marseille.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Erdoƒüan runs phony "anti-imperialist" populist campaign in Turkish elections. wsws.org Erdoƒüan can posture as an anti-imperialist and a friend of working people and refugees thanks to the political bankruptcy of his rival, Kemal Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Jacobin backs Kiliàßdaroƒülu's reactionary campaign in Turkish elections. wsws.org Pseudo-left groups support Kiliàßdaroƒülu for his bitter hostility to the developing movement in the working class and his support for the NATO war on Russia.

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2023-05-28). Bidding Farewell To The American Century. popularresistance.org Like Cicero in the Roman Republic, there are always a handful of chroniclers who can see and articulate clearly the social, cultural, and political realities of empires in terminal decline. They call out the bankruptcy of an inept and corrupt ruling class, blinded by hubris, as well as a populace that has checked out of civic life and is entranced by bread and circus spectacles. In his trilogy Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, Chambers Johnson does a masterful job of showing how and why we are disintegrating. So does Andrew Bacevich, who, in his newest book of e…

Red Pepper. (2023-05-27). Britain's Broken Food System. popularresistance.org Multimillionaire food-writer Jamie Oliver has some advice for the one in five households, including 9.3 million adults and 4 million children currently experiencing food insecurity in the UK: check out his £1 Wonder website for 'thrifty tips, helpful hacks and delicious recipes that won't blow the budget'. Mind you, the energy costs are not included, access to white goods like a freezer is assumed, and you will need to put aside 2 hours and 40 minutes to cook your spag-bol. Even the BBC are at it with a page on their website dedicated to £1 meals. | Like many other personalised responses to the spiral…

Unicorn Riot (2023-05-27). Palestinian Khader Adnan Dies on Hunger Strike in Israeli Prison. unicornriot.ninja

Eesha Yaqoob, Saad Javed, Shehzad Ali Khan (2023-05-27). Correspondence] Trauma care in the face of climate change in Pakistan. thelancet.com The effect of climate change on society is broad and profound. Studies have shown that low-income countries face the greatest number of deaths due to disasters, with 33% of those deaths occurring in countries with the lowest human development indices.1 Extreme weather events have killed 10‚Äà000 people and caused US$4 billion of damage in Pakistan, which is continuously placed among the top ten most susceptible countries on the Climate Risk Index. The country is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to its high rates of multidimensional poverty.

Joelle Fishman (2023-05-26). 1,700 Connecticut caregivers facing poverty go on strike at six group homes. peoplesworld.org HARTFORD, Conn.—Over 1,700 union group home and day program workers providing care for individuals with disabilities in six Medicaid-funded agencies across the state walked off their jobs on Wednesday, May 24, in an indefinite strike to end poverty. They are members of SEIU District 1199NE. After picketing in the morning, the caregivers moved to the …

Cara Brumfield (2023-05-26). Work Requirements Won't Solve Labor Shortages. progressive.org For decades, Republican lawmakers have sought to deny benefits to people experiencing poverty unless they can prove they are either working or actively looking for work. Now those efforts have been ramped into overdrive.

Stephan Schulmeister (2023-05-27). Inflation in the Age of Finance Capitalism. indybay.org The shift of profit-striving from the real- to the financial-economy lowered economic growth Unemployment and atypical jobs soared. The welfare state was weakened. At the same time, financial wealth grew exorbitantly (the DAX increased 14-fold since 1988). The development of financial derivatives made possible profiting from short-term changes in stocks, currencies and bonds.

The Lancet (2023-05-27). Editorial] Childhood as a commodity: ending child labour. thelancet.com Children continue to be exposed to physical harm and denied education while toiling for long hours in the world's wealthiest nations. Children as young as 12 and 13 years have been engaged in labour involving midnight shifts, dangerous machinery, and punishing physical demands across industries supplying some of the USA's largest corporations according to a harrowing New York Times investigation. Most had migrated, unaccompanied, from central America. Uncertain of their immigration status and some indebted to traffickers, many considered dangerous labour safer than deportation.

teleSUR (2023-05-26). Australia: 1st Portable Hydrogen Generator Developing. telesurenglish.net Researchers from Australia's national research agency have launched a project to develop the first portable green hydrogen generator in the nation. | Related: | On Friday, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) started a project with a funding of 10 million Australian dollars (around 6. 5 million U.S. dollars) that aims to design and construct an easily deployable device able to generate environmen…

Colin Todhunter (2023-05-26). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

infobrics (2023-05-26). US might use credit default to attack competitors. infobrics.org Increasing the debt ceiling won't save US from economic woes.

John Bachtell (2023-05-26). Are lawmakers close to a deal to raise the debt limit? peoplesworld.org White House spokespeople and Republicans neared a deal yesterday that would hike the debt limit for two years while putting a ceiling on federal spending on everything except the military and veterans benefits for the next two-year period. That would prevent Republicans from holding the nation hostage again for the remainder of the Biden administration. …

Kenny Stancil (2023-05-26). Among the GOP's debt ceiling hostages? Social Security payments for oldest Americans. nationofchange.org "The choice facing the executive branch is clear: Act or default; act or increase the suffering of millions; act or go into economic tailspin."

Staff (2023-05-26). Headlines for May 26, 2023. democracynow.org GOP Pushes for Steep Cuts to Domestic Programs, Environmental Protections as Debt Default Looms, U.S. and South Korea Hold Largest-Ever Live-Fire War Games, French Police Attack Climate Activists Protesting TotalEnergies' Annual Investor Meeting, Supreme Court Guts Clean Water Act, Indiana Medical Board Disciplines Doctor Who Provided Abortion to 10-Year-Old Rape Survivor, Oath Keepers Founder Gets 18 Years in Prison for Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection, Minneapolis Remembers George Floyd 3 Years After His Murder Set Off Historic Protests, NYC Activists Demand End to NYPD's Strategic Response Group 3 Years…

Owen Fairclough (2023-05-26). U.S. debt ceiling fight causing financial damage. america.cgtn.com The U.S. has a new deadline to solve the debt ceiling crisis: June 5. The Treasury Department says that's the day the country risks defaulting on its $31.4 trillion public debt if the ceiling isn't raised. But the crisis is already causing damage.

Vince Montes (2023-05-26). Towards a Multipolar World? Does "Global Realignment" Provide an Opportunity for Nations to Exercise Self-Determination? The Case of Puerto Rico. globalresearch.ca Do the emergence of a seemingly multipolar world and the declining power of the US (mainly its constant economic crises, falling rates of profit, recession, excessive debt, etc.) provide an opportunity for Puerto Rico and other nations to achieve self-determination?…

Jake Johnson (2023-05-26). White House and GOP Reportedly Nearing Agreement to Raise Debt Ceiling. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders said late Thursday that cuts to aid programs for vulnerable people should be "off the table" entirely as Republican negotiators and the Biden White House reportedly closed in on a deal that would raise the debt ceiling in exchange for a two-year cap on non-military discretionary spending. Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee… |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-27). Science Saturday: Orthobiologics can be nature's healing agents. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic physician-scientists are working on regenerative biotherapeutics such as orthobiologics and other regenerative bioinjectables to bring advanced procedures to more patients. Orthobiologics are biological agents that stimulate healing when standard therapies don't work. Examples are platelet-rich plasma — platelets spun from a patient's blood that promote cell repair — and bone marrow aspirate concentrate that contains stem cells and many other cells that have shown potential for tissue regeneration. "Orthobiologics are like nature's drug…

WSWS (2023-05-27). Transatlantic: The plight of artists and intellectuals fleeing the Nazis in 1940. wsws.org One of the most remarkable collections of political and cultural figures ever assembled, reduced by the defeats of the working class to a wretched condition, is gathered in Marseille.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Erdoƒüan runs phony "anti-imperialist" populist campaign in Turkish elections. wsws.org Erdoƒüan can posture as an anti-imperialist and a friend of working people and refugees thanks to the political bankruptcy of his rival, Kemal Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Jacobin backs Kiliàßdaroƒülu's reactionary campaign in Turkish elections. wsws.org Pseudo-left groups support Kiliàßdaroƒülu for his bitter hostility to the developing movement in the working class and his support for the NATO war on Russia.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-27). Participants of G20 meeting in India debate on combating corruption. plenglish.com New Delhi, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The second meeting of the G20 Working Group, held in Rishikesh, ended with agreements on enhancing the effectiveness of the authorities responsible for preventing and combating corruption.

Paul Haeder (2023-05-26). Second-Hand, Third-Hand, Vicarious Trauma. dissidentvoice.org I've been helping my friend from another country navigate the legal system, green card in hand, and a husband who attempted to suffocate her to death. The people in both camps — defense and prosecution — are interestingly together bedfellows, working the "system" hard, juggling which judge is this or that (pro- or con-), and …

Brittani Banks (2023-05-26). The Move Toward a Four-Day Workweek Obscures Low Pay. independentmediainstitute.org Dolly Parton's signature song "9 to 5," and the 1980s sitcom of the same name reflect a quintessentially American hustle culture of working 40 hours a week in thankless jobs. Even though many people work even more than that—earning the U.S. the title of "the Most Overworked Developed Nation in the World"—our expectations of the …

Joseph Winters (2023-05-26). Experts Warn of Toxic Chemical Harm in Lead-Up to Plastic Treaty Negotiations. truthout.org Negotiators from around the world will convene in Paris next week to continue working on a legally binding global treaty to address the plastics crisis. In this second of five rounds of talks, there will be much to discuss, including basic agenda items like the rules governing the negotiations. But for many who will be attending, one issue seems to have risen to the top of the priority list: toxic… |

Brittani Banks (2023-05-26). A New Generation of Organizers Are Building Union Power in the South. independentmediainstitute.org Editor's Note: The following is the transcript of a special live episode of the Working People podcast. It was produced in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team on March 21 in Atlanta, Georgia. In this panel discussion, Max speaks with local organizers about the specific challenges workers in the South face in …

IndybayIndybay (2023-05-26). Three Meetings This Month For Concord's Homeless Strategic Plan. indybay.org The city of Concord (California), will be holding three meetings this week-and-a-half, regarding the development of a homeless strategic plan. Service providers and concerned residents are urged to participate.

Chris Hedges (2023-05-26). Bidding farewell to the American century. therealnews.com Like Cicero in the Roman Republic, there are always a handful of chroniclers who can see and articulate clearly the social, cultural, and political realities of empires in terminal decline. They call out the bankruptcy of an inept and corrupt ruling class, blinded by hubris, as well as a populace that has checked out of civic life and is entranced by bread and circus spectacles. In his trilogy Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, Chambers Johnson does a masterful job of showing how and why we are disintegrating. So does Andrew Bacevich, who, in his newest boo…

F. William Engdahl (2023-05-26). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.

SAM (2023-05-26). The First Trillionaire: No Cause for Celebration. inequality.org

SAM (2023-05-26). The First Trillionaire Is A Lot Closer Than We Think. progressivehub.net BOB LORD | INEQUALITY.ORG…