Nouriel Roubini (2023-04-04). The Coming Doom Loop: Near Insolvency of US banks. The Economy is Falling into a "Debt Trap" globalresearch.ca

Walden Bello (2023-04-04). Urgent: A Bold, Just, and Effective Program to Address the Developing Country Debt Crisis. fpif.org The developing country debt problem is indeed a crisis of massive proportions. But it can also be an opportunity to remake the global economy.

WSWS (2023-04-05). Jacobin, DSA promote fraud of "reformed" UAW administration after bargaining convention. wsws.org The DSA is working to provide a counterfeit "left" cover for the nationalist, pro-capitalist perspective which the UAW bureaucracy bases itself on.

Nouriel Roubini (2023-04-04). The Coming Doom Loop: Near Insolvency of US banks. The Economy is Falling into a "Debt Trap" globalresearch.ca

Walden Bello (2023-04-04). Urgent: A Bold, Just, and Effective Program to Address the Developing Country Debt Crisis. fpif.org The developing country debt problem is indeed a crisis of massive proportions. But it can also be an opportunity to remake the global economy.

WSWS (2023-04-05). Jacobin, DSA promote fraud of "reformed" UAW administration after bargaining convention. wsws.org The DSA is working to provide a counterfeit "left" cover for the nationalist, pro-capitalist perspective which the UAW bureaucracy bases itself on.

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). 'Map of happiness' utilized in Shanghai. ecns.cn While Shanghai is often considered one of the most livable cities in China, local authorities have been working to drive further improvements using the concept of the 15-minute community life circle.

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). Revised labor rules sought as gig work rises. ecns.cn Data from a recent survey showed that a growing number of people in China are working in the gig economy, a fact that experts said underscores the dire need to overhaul labor rules to better protect these people from long, grueling work hours, inadequate social security coverage and other issues.

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). Pakistan to work with other SCO countries to achieve common goals: official. ecns.cn Pakistan is looking forward to working with all countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to achieve common goals, said an adviser to the Pakistani prime minister.

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). China developing parachute system to recover reusable rocket parts. ecns.cn Chinese engineers are working on a parachute system for recovering rocket boosters and fairings during launches.

Fight Back (2023-04-04). Commentary: Why Brandon is better for the people. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On April 4, Chicago faces its most crucial mayoral election since Harold Washington ran in 1983. Brandon Johnson, Cook County commissioner, union organizer, and former public school teacher, won enough votes in the February 28 primary to move into the runoff election against Paul Vallas, an administrator with a record of privatizing school systems in Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Bridgeport. Unions, community organizations and other progressive groups have formed a coalition behind Brandon Johnson to ensure better working, living and organizing conditions for the next four years. | The mass…

Fight Back (2023-04-04). Pinellas County teachers' union rallies against right-wing attacks on public education. fightbacknews.org St. Petersburg, FL – The Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association and Pinellas Educational Support Professionals Association rallied dozens of their members, members of the community, and other supportive groups on Saturday, April 1, in response to a slew of right-wing attacks on public education in the state. | The teachers and support staff aimed the message at legislators. They demanded relief from staffing shortages, raised awareness of the impact of these attacks on their working conditions and students' learning conditions, and pushed back against the attempt to gut their union. | The rally began at the Sai…

WSWS (2023-04-04). Newly elected French CGT union leader rushes to prop up Macron. wsws.org The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) held its 53rd congress last week as the working class mounted a direct political struggle against President Emmanuel Macron.

Dave DeCamp (2023-04-04). Moscow Hosts Meeting Aimed at Syria-Turkey Normalization. news.antiwar.com The deputy foreign ministers of Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Russia wrapped up two days of talks in Moscow on Tuesday that were aimed at working toward a normalization deal between Ankara and Damascus. There's no sign a breakthrough was made, but a follow-up meeting at the foreign minister level is expected to happen soon. A …

isabella (2023-04-04). In New York, the Wrong Workers Get the Biggest Pay Bumps. inequality.org Wall Street bonuses averaged $176,700 last year — down from 2021 but still 1,165 percent higher than in 1985. If the federal minimum wage had grown at the same rate, it would be worth $42.37, according to Institute for Policy Studies analysis. An alliance of essential workers, tenants, and union members are rallying to …

Pepe Escobar (2023-04-05). The Capital of the Multipolar World: A Moscow Diary. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Mar 30, 2023 | In Moscow you feel no crisis. No effects of sanctions. No unemployment. No homeless people in the streets. Minimal inflation. | How sharp was good ol' Lenin, prime modernist, when he mused, "there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen". This global nomad now addressing you has enjoyed the privilege of spending four astonishing weeks in Moscow at the heart of an historical crossroads — culminating with the Putin-Xi geopolitical game-changing summit at the Kremlin. | To quote Xi, "changes that haven't been seen in 100 years" do have a…

Homeless Garden Project (2023-04-04). Saturday 4/15: Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Plant Sale. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm | 100-198 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

Editor (2023-04-04). The indictment of Donald Trump: A politically bankrupt diversion. mronline.org Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is reportedly planning on leveraging this charge, which is a misdemeanor that has exceeded the statute of limitations, into a felony by arguing that the business records were falsified to cover up an illegal donation to Trump's campaign, namely the money from Cohen to pay off Daniels.

WSWS (2023-04-05). The pathetic farce of Mélenchon's aborted "march on the Elysée Palace" wsws.org The pseudo-left's latest phony act of "opposition" to Macron ended in a few Stalinist legislators hand-delivering a letter to Macron begging him to withdraw his attack on pensions.

Shane Quinn (2023-04-04). The Rise of Inequality and Cronyism in Western Nations. globalresearch.ca

Uniting for Peace (2023-04-04). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…

SAM (2023-04-04). Introducing the Republican 'Billionaires Pay Zero Tax' Act. inequality.org

Calla Walsh (2023-04-05). The US blockade of Cuba is a violation of democracy. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US State Department admitted its blockade aims "to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government." Washington's goal is to destroy Cuba's socialist democracy and force it to return to a capitalist dictatorship.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-04). UN Human Rights Council condemns impact of unilateral sanctions. peoplesdispatch.org The resolution presented by Azerbaijan on behalf of Non-Aligned countries noted the impact of sanctions on key rights related to life, health, and freedom from hunger. It was predictably rejected by the US and its allies…

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-03). A common misconception about capitalism. mronline.org THERE is a commonly-held view that while capitalism in its early stages brings about unemployment and hence an accentuation of poverty, this initial damage is subsequently reversed as it keeps growing…

Brittani Banks (2023-04-03). Global News Dispatches: 3 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: War Criminals & Military Aggressors Who Occupy Seats in the Security Council Ending the World's Cycles of Conflict, Disaster and Extreme Poverty U.S. Policies Are Slowing World Economy [NEWS ITEM TEXT] War Criminals & Military Aggressors Who Occupy Seats in the Security Council [1,583 words] Come April 1, a post-Ukraine …

ecns.cn (2023-04-03). Insights | Malaysia researcher: China's poverty eradication efforts are experiences to be learned. ecns.cn Ei Sun OH, principal advisor of Malaysia's Pacific Research Center, noted that China's poverty eradication efforts over the last few years have become very successful, and are lessons to be learned. In addition, he thinks China is indispensable in regional and global economic revitalization.

WSWS (2023-04-03). Netflix airs docudrama on the rise and fall of Bernie Madoff: Part two. wsws.org That major financial players ignored the flashing warning lights and continued to invest with Madoff points to the social psychology of a ruling class so manic in its pursuit of ever-greater personal wealth that it has become blinded by its own greed. More, however, is involved in this sociopathic outlook than subjective personality traits.

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). 'Map of happiness' utilized in Shanghai. ecns.cn While Shanghai is often considered one of the most livable cities in China, local authorities have been working to drive further improvements using the concept of the 15-minute community life circle.

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). Revised labor rules sought as gig work rises. ecns.cn Data from a recent survey showed that a growing number of people in China are working in the gig economy, a fact that experts said underscores the dire need to overhaul labor rules to better protect these people from long, grueling work hours, inadequate social security coverage and other issues.

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). Pakistan to work with other SCO countries to achieve common goals: official. ecns.cn Pakistan is looking forward to working with all countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to achieve common goals, said an adviser to the Pakistani prime minister.

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). China developing parachute system to recover reusable rocket parts. ecns.cn Chinese engineers are working on a parachute system for recovering rocket boosters and fairings during launches.

WSWS (2023-04-04). Newly elected French CGT union leader rushes to prop up Macron. wsws.org The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) held its 53rd congress last week as the working class mounted a direct political struggle against President Emmanuel Macron.

Fight Back (2023-04-04). Commentary: Why Brandon is better for the people. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On April 4, Chicago faces its most crucial mayoral election since Harold Washington ran in 1983. Brandon Johnson, Cook County commissioner, union organizer, and former public school teacher, won enough votes in the February 28 primary to move into the runoff election against Paul Vallas, an administrator with a record of privatizing school systems in Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Bridgeport. Unions, community organizations and other progressive groups have formed a coalition behind Brandon Johnson to ensure better working, living and organizing conditions for the next four years. | The mass…

Anonymous103 (2023-04-03). Simultaneous US Aggression In Black Sea And Mediterranean As Multipolarity Accelerates. southfront.org The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails through the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael B. Zingaro/Released)In the meantime, the world is working towards creating conditions for peaceful coexistence and cooperation of the globe's numerous civilizations. Organizations such as BRICS and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) are rapidly expanding by admitting new members. | Written by

A Guest Author (2023-04-03). Communiqué: The French working class buries its gravediggers. workers.org Communiqué of the Coordination of Communist Nuclei (CNC) in the Spanish State (Spain) published March 28, 2023. Workers World publishes this communiqué because it could also apply as a message for the working class in the United States. Translation: John Catalinotto. Workers on France's high-speed TGV trains demonstrate near the . . . |

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-03). The EU's Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech. transcend.org 27 Mar 2023 – This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through "trade" agreements, which are binding and permanent.

Gabriel Torres & Ki-Jana Carter (2023-04-03). Undergraduate unions sweeping the U.S. liberationnews.org Across the country, undergraduate student workers are unionizing and taking action to demand better pay and working conditions. On March 15, residential advisors (RAs) at the University of Pennsylvania announced supermajority support for their new union, becoming the 18th undergraduate union effort in the U.S. Young workers at Boston University, Dartmouth, RPI, Wesleyan, Harvard, Tufts, Fordham, and many other campuses have rallied for recognition, won landslide elections, and successfully negotiated first contracts. What explains this uptick in undergraduate labor organizing?>

People's World (2023-04-03). Reserve your ad now for the People's World May Day E-Book Edition. peoplesworld.org May Day was born in Chicago in the fight for the eight-hour day but celebrated as International Workers Day, a day of solidarity in the global fight for justice, democratic rights, and equality. Call it the U.S. working class's gift to the world. U.S. workers have a lot to celebrate this year, including the heroic …

Simon Hooper (2023-04-03). UK Sanctions Enforcer Targets Aid Charities Working in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-04-03). Nine dead, 44 still missing in mine collapse in China. wsws.org The disaster tragically exposes the brutal working conditions faced by miners in China in the reckless drive for profits ahead of lives and safety.

WSWS (2023-04-03). German government coalition parties hold marathon meeting to prepare for class confrontation. wsws.org It is clear that the marathon coalition meeting did not just discuss details of climate policy and infrastructure development. The government is preparing for a massive confrontation with the working class.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-03). Russia Outlines the Programme of Work of the Security Council for April. libya360.wordpress.com Press Conference by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia dedicated to the beginning of the Russian Presidency of UNSC in April 2023 Vassily Nebenzia: It is a pleasure to see you all on the first working day of the Russian Presidency in the UN Security Council. Allow me to briefly update you on what we are planning…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-03). Anti-Imperialist Push from the Brazilian Grassroots. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Overshadowed by the media frenzy surrounding Lula's new term in office, Brazil's social movements are vowing to remain mobilized to push for policies favorable to the working majority. They're also engaged in the fight against imperialism with hopes of steering foreign policy towards solidarity, amid pressure by North America and Europe to join…

Homeless Garden Project (2023-04-04). Saturday 4/15: Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Plant Sale. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm | 100-198 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

Keith McHenry (2023-04-03). April Fools Day March to End Homelessness. indybay.org One of the agenda items at the weekly Food Not Bombs meeting was that morning's Lookout story "In the Public Interest: A new law-and-order approach to homelessness in Santa Cruz?"

WSWS (2023-04-03). At least 32 people dead, hundreds injured after dozens of tornadoes, thunderstorms tear through US. wsws.org Thousands of people were unaware of the looming disaster and are now either homeless or without power following the storms.

Uniting for Peace (2023-04-04). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-03). A common misconception about capitalism. mronline.org THERE is a commonly-held view that while capitalism in its early stages brings about unemployment and hence an accentuation of poverty, this initial damage is subsequently reversed as it keeps growing…

ecns.cn (2023-04-03). Insights | Malaysia researcher: China's poverty eradication efforts are experiences to be learned. ecns.cn Ei Sun OH, principal advisor of Malaysia's Pacific Research Center, noted that China's poverty eradication efforts over the last few years have become very successful, and are lessons to be learned. In addition, he thinks China is indispensable in regional and global economic revitalization.

WSWS (2023-04-03). Netflix airs docudrama on the rise and fall of Bernie Madoff: Part two. wsws.org That major financial players ignored the flashing warning lights and continued to invest with Madoff points to the social psychology of a ruling class so manic in its pursuit of ever-greater personal wealth that it has become blinded by its own greed. More, however, is involved in this sociopathic outlook than subjective personality traits.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-03). The EU's Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech. transcend.org 27 Mar 2023 – This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through "trade" agreements, which are binding and permanent.

infobrics (2023-04-03). Simultaneous US aggression in Black Sea and Mediterranean as multipolarity accelerates. infobrics.org In the meantime, the world is working towards creating conditions for peaceful coexistence and cooperation of the globe's numerous civilizations. Organizations such as BRICS and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) are rapidly expanding by admitting new members.

Simon Hooper (2023-04-03). UK Sanctions Enforcer Targets Aid Charities Working in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-03). A common misconception about capitalism. mronline.org THERE is a commonly-held view that while capitalism in its early stages brings about unemployment and hence an accentuation of poverty, this initial damage is subsequently reversed as it keeps growing…

ecns.cn (2023-04-03). Insights | Malaysia researcher: China's poverty eradication efforts are experiences to be learned. ecns.cn Ei Sun OH, principal advisor of Malaysia's Pacific Research Center, noted that China's poverty eradication efforts over the last few years have become very successful, and are lessons to be learned. In addition, he thinks China is indispensable in regional and global economic revitalization.

WSWS (2023-04-03). Netflix airs docudrama on the rise and fall of Bernie Madoff: Part two. wsws.org That major financial players ignored the flashing warning lights and continued to invest with Madoff points to the social psychology of a ruling class so manic in its pursuit of ever-greater personal wealth that it has become blinded by its own greed. More, however, is involved in this sociopathic outlook than subjective personality traits.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-03). The EU's Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech. transcend.org 27 Mar 2023 – This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through "trade" agreements, which are binding and permanent.

infobrics (2023-04-03). Simultaneous US aggression in Black Sea and Mediterranean as multipolarity accelerates. infobrics.org In the meantime, the world is working towards creating conditions for peaceful coexistence and cooperation of the globe's numerous civilizations. Organizations such as BRICS and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) are rapidly expanding by admitting new members.

Simon Hooper (2023-04-03). UK Sanctions Enforcer Targets Aid Charities Working in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-04-03). Nine dead, 44 still missing in mine collapse in China. wsws.org The disaster tragically exposes the brutal working conditions faced by miners in China in the reckless drive for profits ahead of lives and safety.

WSWS (2023-04-03). German government coalition parties hold marathon meeting to prepare for class confrontation. wsws.org It is clear that the marathon coalition meeting did not just discuss details of climate policy and infrastructure development. The government is preparing for a massive confrontation with the working class.

Gabriel Torres & Ki-Jana Carter (2023-04-03). Undergraduate unions sweeping the U.S. liberationnews.org Across the country, undergraduate student workers are unionizing and taking action to demand better pay and working conditions. On March 15, residential advisors (RAs) at the University of Pennsylvania announced supermajority support for their new union, becoming the 18th undergraduate union effort in the U.S. Young workers at Boston University, Dartmouth, RPI, Wesleyan, Harvard, Tufts, Fordham, and many other campuses have rallied for recognition, won landslide elections, and successfully negotiated first contracts. What explains this uptick in undergraduate labor organizing?>

Fight Back (2023-04-02). Denver demands justice for family of Elias Armstrong. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On Thursday March 23, over a dozen activists and members of the community gathered in the morning outside of the district attorney's office to demand justice for Elias Armstrong and his family. | On February 5, a white vigilante tracked Elias' stolen car from the affluent Central Park neighborhood on the eastern edge of the city to a small, working-class community on the opposite side of town. Security footage shows that 12-year-old Elias Armstrong was standing in plain view next to the vehicle when the vigilante located it. With full knowledge that his actions put children at risk, the man drew his…

scorinoco (2023-04-02). Colombia Government Urges ELN to Prove Commitment to Peace Following Violence in Catatumbo. orinocotribune.com The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has urged the guerrilla organization National Liberation Army (ELN) to prove its commitment to establishing peace in the country after an ELN group attacked a military contingent in the Colombian Catatumbo that took the lives of nine soldiers and injured nine more. President Petro made the call on Friday, March 31 after meeting with the government delegation assigned to working on the peace dialogue. He also expressed his concern that the country has begun to lose trust in the peace process after the violent incident in Catatumbo. | "Peace is not going to be achieved with…

Homeless Garden Project (2023-04-03). Saturday 4/15: Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Plant Sale. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm | 100-198 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

Keith McHenry (2023-04-03). April Fools Day March to End Homelessness. indybay.org One of the agenda items at the weekly Food Not Bombs meeting was that morning's Lookout story "In the Public Interest: A new law-and-order approach to homelessness in Santa Cruz?"

WSWS (2023-04-03). At least 32 people dead, hundreds injured after dozens of tornadoes, thunderstorms tear through US. wsws.org Thousands of people were unaware of the looming disaster and are now either homeless or without power following the storms.

Uniting for Peace (2023-04-03). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…

ecns.cn (2023-04-01). Comicomment: U.S. summit makes a mockery of democracy. ecns.cn The United States, with its tattered version of "American-style democracy," hosted the second so-called "Summit for Democracy" this week. However, the country is plagued by chronic issues such as money in politics, racial discrimination, gun and police violence, and wealth polarization. Human rights legislation and justice have suffered an extreme regression, further undermining the basic rights and freedoms of the American people.

Kelly Hayes (2023-04-01). April 4 Runoff May Determine Whether Chicago Remains Playground for the Wealthy. truthout.org Tensions are high in Chicago, where early voting is underway in a hotly contested mayoral runoff. Incumbent Lori Lightfoot was roundly rejected by voters in the first round of voting on February 28, leaving Brandon Johnson, a progressive school teacher and Chicago Teachers Union organizer, to square off with neoliberal favorite Paul Vallas, who was CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) from 1995 to… |

Molly Rosenzweig, Left Voice. (2023-04-01). Biden's Proposed Budget Is Nothing But Empty Promises. popularresistance.org On March 9, Joe Biden announced his budget plan for fiscal year 2024. Not much of it is likely to pass, since there's a slim majority by Republicans in the House, and much of it is in preparation for the 2024 election. He proposed many social programs and tax increases on the wealthy, many things which he didn't even fight for when Democrats controlled both the House and Senate. Biden likely made these proposals because he knows they won't pass, but he can still say he's at least trying. He touts the paltry things he was able to pass and continues to promote his rose-colored outlook and some elements of economic…

The Lancet (2023-04-01). [Editorial] Nigeria: health as a political prerequisite. thelancet.com 1 year ago, we published The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation, which carefully laid out how investing in health would enable Nigeria to fulfil its immense potential and power—in the region, the continent, and on the world stage. The report was led by Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (UCL, London) and written by Nigerians, for Nigerians. The Commission called for health to be placed at the centre of a new social contract, to energise engagement in society, to generate wealth, and ultimately to help inspire a new generation of Nigerians, as the country becomes one of the m…

Asad Ismi (2023-04-01). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-04-02). Denver demands justice for family of Elias Armstrong. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On Thursday March 23, over a dozen activists and members of the community gathered in the morning outside of the district attorney's office to demand justice for Elias Armstrong and his family. | On February 5, a white vigilante tracked Elias' stolen car from the affluent Central Park neighborhood on the eastern edge of the city to a small, working-class community on the opposite side of town. Security footage shows that 12-year-old Elias Armstrong was standing in plain view next to the vehicle when the vigilante located it. With full knowledge that his actions put children at risk, the man drew his…

ecns.cn (2023-04-01). Comicomment: U.S. summit makes a mockery of democracy. ecns.cn The United States, with its tattered version of "American-style democracy," hosted the second so-called "Summit for Democracy" this week. However, the country is plagued by chronic issues such as money in politics, racial discrimination, gun and police violence, and wealth polarization. Human rights legislation and justice have suffered an extreme regression, further undermining the basic rights and freedoms of the American people.

Kelly Hayes (2023-04-01). April 4 Runoff May Determine Whether Chicago Remains Playground for the Wealthy. truthout.org Tensions are high in Chicago, where early voting is underway in a hotly contested mayoral runoff. Incumbent Lori Lightfoot was roundly rejected by voters in the first round of voting on February 28, leaving Brandon Johnson, a progressive school teacher and Chicago Teachers Union organizer, to square off with neoliberal favorite Paul Vallas, who was CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) from 1995 to… |

Molly Rosenzweig, Left Voice. (2023-04-01). Biden's Proposed Budget Is Nothing But Empty Promises. popularresistance.org On March 9, Joe Biden announced his budget plan for fiscal year 2024. Not much of it is likely to pass, since there's a slim majority by Republicans in the House, and much of it is in preparation for the 2024 election. He proposed many social programs and tax increases on the wealthy, many things which he didn't even fight for when Democrats controlled both the House and Senate. Biden likely made these proposals because he knows they won't pass, but he can still say he's at least trying. He touts the paltry things he was able to pass and continues to promote his rose-colored outlook and some elements of economic…

The Lancet (2023-04-01). [Editorial] Nigeria: health as a political prerequisite. thelancet.com 1 year ago, we published The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation, which carefully laid out how investing in health would enable Nigeria to fulfil its immense potential and power—in the region, the continent, and on the world stage. The report was led by Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (UCL, London) and written by Nigerians, for Nigerians. The Commission called for health to be placed at the centre of a new social contract, to energise engagement in society, to generate wealth, and ultimately to help inspire a new generation of Nigerians, as the country becomes one of the m…

Asad Ismi (2023-04-01). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-04-02). Denver demands justice for family of Elias Armstrong. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On Thursday March 23, over a dozen activists and members of the community gathered in the morning outside of the district attorney's office to demand justice for Elias Armstrong and his family. | On February 5, a white vigilante tracked Elias' stolen car from the affluent Central Park neighborhood on the eastern edge of the city to a small, working-class community on the opposite side of town. Security footage shows that 12-year-old Elias Armstrong was standing in plain view next to the vehicle when the vigilante located it. With full knowledge that his actions put children at risk, the man drew his…

Aarathi Prasad (2023-04-01). [Perspectives] Annabel Sowemimo: countering inequities in health care. thelancet.com Annabel Sowemimo is a community sexual and reproductive health (CSRH) registrar in Leicester, UK, working at the Haymarket Health clinic and Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital. She was born in London to a father who came to England from Nigeria as a medical graduate hoping to become a surgeon, and a mother Sowemimo describes as "an advocate for people", who was a special educational needs teacher and had been raised in 1960s' London in a family of working-class Nigerian migrants.

Kazuo Komamura (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Japanese medical workers' sacrifice for universal health coverage. thelancet.com As a Japanese clinician working under universal health coverage in Japan, I feel great discomfort with regard to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Comment.1…

scorinoco (2023-04-01). Wall Street Journal Reporter Arrested in Russia on Suspicion of Espionage. orinocotribune.com A Wall Street Journal correspondent working in Russia, Evan Gershkovich, was arrested in the city of Ekaterinburg in the Urals by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia on suspicion of espionage. The Russian security agency announced the news of the arrest through a statement issued on Thursday, March 30. | The FSB explained that Gershkovich, who previously worked for the Moscow Times and AFP in Moscow, has been accused of trying to "collect classified information" about a military industry factory, in violation of Russian laws on state secrets. | The FSB alleged that the WSJ reporter, a US citizen who has…

Homeless Garden Project (2023-04-02). Saturday 4/15: Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Plant Sale. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm | 100-198 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

Keith McHenry (2023-04-02). April Fools Day March to End Homelessness. indybay.org One of the agenda items at the weekly Food Not Bombs meeting was that morning's Lookout story "In the Public Interest: A new law-and-order approach to homelessness in Santa Cruz?"

F. William Engdahl (2023-04-01). 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.

WSWS (2023-04-01). The indictment of Donald Trump: A politically bankrupt diversion. wsws.org There are no issues of democratic import in the indictment. Rather, the Democratic Party has chosen to focus on the flimsiest and most inconsequential matter possible: a sex scandal.

Uniting for Peace (2023-04-02). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…

G. Dunkel (2023-04-01). Hunger in Haiti made in the U.S. workers.org The United States under enslaver president Thomas Jefferson imposed a blockade of Haiti in 1806, which lasted until 1862. This was the first of a multitude of sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Haiti, which have hindered, distorted and delayed its economic development. Haiti's historic lack of economic independence and . . . |

Dana Sanchez (2023-03-31). Pulitzer Scholar: No Progress On Poverty In America In 50 Years And It's Because We Profit From It. moguldom.com Poverty could end in America but it won't as long as people profit from it, according to sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond, a leading authority on why the poor stay poor. In the past 50 years, Americans invented the internet, raised life expectancy by a decade, and reduced deaths from heart disease by …

ecns.cn (2023-04-01). Comicomment: U.S. summit makes a mockery of democracy. ecns.cn The United States, with its tattered version of "American-style democracy," hosted the second so-called "Summit for Democracy" this week. However, the country is plagued by chronic issues such as money in politics, racial discrimination, gun and police violence, and wealth polarization. Human rights legislation and justice have suffered an extreme regression, further undermining the basic rights and freedoms of the American people.

The Lancet (2023-04-01). [Editorial] Nigeria: health as a political prerequisite. thelancet.com 1 year ago, we published The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation, which carefully laid out how investing in health would enable Nigeria to fulfil its immense potential and power—in the region, the continent, and on the world stage. The report was led by Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (UCL, London) and written by Nigerians, for Nigerians. The Commission called for health to be placed at the centre of a new social contract, to energise engagement in society, to generate wealth, and ultimately to help inspire a new generation of Nigerians, as the country becomes one of the m…

Joseph Bullington, In These Times. (2023-03-31). In Montana, An Avalanche Of Wealth Is Displacing Workers. popularresistance.org Archie Martinez goes to bed with stained hands and wakes up at 4: 30 a.m. to meet the person he pays to pick him up at the Bozeman homeless shelter. They drive to the shop of a painting company in Belgrade, eight miles away, where Martinez climbs into one of the company vans for the hour-long drive up the mountain to the resort town of Big Sky. | As Martinez watches hayfields swim by in the dawn, a billboard blossoms out of the half-light beyond the van windows: "Dreaming of Your Own Equestrian Property?" Another advertises "Montana Life Real Estate." The mountain sides al…

Staff (2023-03-31). President Maduro: Half of PDVSA-Crypto Corruption Detainees Confessing, New Detainees in CVG & PDVSA. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, demanded that the investigatory bodies of the state were to find all resources and assets held by the mafias and groups involved in the recently unveiled corruption network, in order for it to be reinvested into the state and in attention to the Venezuelan population. "They have to guarantee it," he said, "that all the wealth stolen from the people will be found and reinvested." | Maduro called for the resources to be redistributed so that "we can put them into social programs for our people." The announcement was made this Wednesday, March 29, during the opening of the…

WSWS (2023-03-31). Australian Rich List: Skyrocketing wealth for billionaires amid social misery. wsws.org The ultra-wealthy continue to amass billions as workers face a social catastrophe.

WSWS (2023-03-31). Netflix airs docudrama on the rise and fall of Bernie Madoff: Part one. wsws.org That major financial players ignored the flashing warning lights and continued to invest with Madoff points to the social psychology of a ruling class so manic in its pursuit of ever-greater personal wealth that it has become blinded by its own greed. More, however, is involved in this sociopathic outlook than subjective personality traits.

ecns.cn (2023-03-31). Hong Kong's offshore renminbi debt market's new issuance surges in 2022. ecns.cn The offshore renminbi debt market in Hong Kong continued to expand in 2022, with total new issuance increasing by 24 percent year on year to 688 billion yuan, data released by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have showed.

splcenter (2023-03-31). Trashing Their Rights: Alabama town uses 'debtors' prison' for people who fall behind on garbage bills. splcenter.org

Aarathi Prasad (2023-04-01). [Perspectives] Annabel Sowemimo: countering inequities in health care. thelancet.com Annabel Sowemimo is a community sexual and reproductive health (CSRH) registrar in Leicester, UK, working at the Haymarket Health clinic and Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital. She was born in London to a father who came to England from Nigeria as a medical graduate hoping to become a surgeon, and a mother Sowemimo describes as "an advocate for people", who was a special educational needs teacher and had been raised in 1960s' London in a family of working-class Nigerian migrants.

Kazuo Komamura (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Japanese medical workers' sacrifice for universal health coverage. thelancet.com As a Japanese clinician working under universal health coverage in Japan, I feel great discomfort with regard to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Comment.1…

scorinoco (2023-04-01). Wall Street Journal Reporter Arrested in Russia on Suspicion of Espionage. orinocotribune.com A Wall Street Journal correspondent working in Russia, Evan Gershkovich, was arrested in the city of Ekaterinburg in the Urals by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia on suspicion of espionage. The Russian security agency announced the news of the arrest through a statement issued on Thursday, March 30. | The FSB explained that Gershkovich, who previously worked for the Moscow Times and AFP in Moscow, has been accused of trying to "collect classified information" about a military industry factory, in violation of Russian laws on state secrets. | The FSB alleged that the WSJ reporter, a US citizen who has…

_____ (2023-03-31). How Africa is facilitating Multipolar World. journal-neo.org The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine (as also Ukraine's NATO allies) has brought some very interesting changes to the international political economy. Whereas this conflict has led Europe — working under immense pressure from the US — to stop its purchase of oil and gas from Russia, it has also allowed Russia to divert […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Editor (2023-03-31). The European Union's Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech. scheerpost.com By Deborah James / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Executive Summary This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through "trade" agreements, which are binding and permanent. Digitalization is the defining economic transformation of our time. …

WSWS (2023-03-31). IYSSE holds first meeting in Canada on the war in Ukraine and how to stop it. wsws.org The IYSSE meeting—part of a series being organized around the world to develop a global working class-led movement against war—went ahead despite the University of Waterloo's attempt to censor it and Ukrainian-Canadian nationalists' attempt to disrupt it.

Homeless Garden Project (2023-04-01). Saturday 4/15: Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Plant Sale. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm | 100-198 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

Keith McHenry (2023-04-01). April Fools Day March to End Homelessness. indybay.org One of the agenda items at the weekly Food Not Bombs meeting was that morning's Lookout story "In the Public Interest: A new law-and-order approach to homelessness in Santa Cruz?"

Parva Dubey (2023-03-31). India Makes Way for G20 Summit By Displacing Homeless People. towardfreedom.org Activists and the affected said current demolitions are part of preparations for the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit that the capital city of New Delhi is preparing to host in September. Past G20 summits had been met with protests from both anti-globalization movements and groups opposing the displacement of society's poorest to make way for a summit venue. Parva Dubey reports from Delhi.

WSWS (2023-04-01). The indictment of Donald Trump: A politically bankrupt diversion. wsws.org There are no issues of democratic import in the indictment. Rather, the Democratic Party has chosen to focus on the flimsiest and most inconsequential matter possible: a sex scandal.

manager (2023-03-31). CEPR Sanctions Watch March 2023. cepr.net In this edition of Sanctions Watch, covering March 2023: the World Food Programme fears famine is looming in Afghanistan; senators introduce a bill to end trade embargo on Cuba; Yellen admits sanctions on Iran cause economic suffering and don't work; North Korea faces worst hunger crisis in years, due in part to sanctions; US looks …

Uniting for Peace (2023-04-01). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…

Lee Camp (2023-03-31). How The Rich Are Prepping For End Times, And Why. mintpressnews.com The ruling class knows what's coming: social instability caused by a combination of the climate crisis, banks failing, the soul-killing inequality of late-stage capitalism, and the impending dilution of the petrodollar.

G. Dunkel (2023-04-01). Hunger in Haiti made in the U.S. workers.org The United States under enslaver president Thomas Jefferson imposed a blockade of Haiti in 1806, which lasted until 1862. This was the first of a multitude of sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Haiti, which have hindered, distorted and delayed its economic development. Haiti's historic lack of economic independence and . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-30). Tentative agreement would leave tens of thousands of Disney World workers in poverty. wsws.org The starting wage would increase under the new deal from $15 to $20 by 2025.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Los Angeles area high school students express support for education workers continuing struggle against sellout tentative agreement. wsws.org Students said they supported teachers getting regular hours and more than "poverty" wages.

The Lancet (2023-04-01). [Editorial] Nigeria: health as a political prerequisite. thelancet.com 1 year ago, we published The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation, which carefully laid out how investing in health would enable Nigeria to fulfil its immense potential and power—in the region, the continent, and on the world stage. The report was led by Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (UCL, London) and written by Nigerians, for Nigerians. The Commission called for health to be placed at the centre of a new social contract, to energise engagement in society, to generate wealth, and ultimately to help inspire a new generation of Nigerians, as the country becomes one of the m…

Staff (2023-03-31). President Maduro: Half of PDVSA-Crypto Corruption Detainees Confessing, New Detainees in CVG & PDVSA. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, demanded that the investigatory bodies of the state were to find all resources and assets held by the mafias and groups involved in the recently unveiled corruption network, in order for it to be reinvested into the state and in attention to the Venezuelan population. "They have to guarantee it," he said, "that all the wealth stolen from the people will be found and reinvested." | Maduro called for the resources to be redistributed so that "we can put them into social programs for our people." The announcement was made this Wednesday, March 29, during the opening of the…

WSWS (2023-03-31). Australian Rich List: Skyrocketing wealth for billionaires amid social misery. wsws.org The ultra-wealthy continue to amass billions as workers face a social catastrophe.

ecns.cn (2023-03-31). Comicomment: U.S. summit makes a mockery of democracy. ecns.cn The United States, with its tattered version of "American-style democracy," hosted the second so-called "Summit for Democracy" this week. However, the country is plagued by chronic issues such as money in politics, racial discrimination, gun and police violence, and wealth polarization. Human rights legislation and justice have suffered an extreme regression, further undermining the basic rights and freedoms of the American people.

WSWS (2023-03-30). University of Michigan graduate student workers strike for living wage. wsws.org The plea by the university, that there is no money, for the kind of raise the graduate students are demanding is a lie. The University of Michigan is one of the wealthiest universities in the US.

ecns.cn (2023-03-31). Hong Kong's offshore renminbi debt market's new issuance surges in 2022. ecns.cn The offshore renminbi debt market in Hong Kong continued to expand in 2022, with total new issuance increasing by 24 percent year on year to 688 billion yuan, data released by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have showed.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-03-30). Saturday 4/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Aarathi Prasad (2023-04-01). [Perspectives] Annabel Sowemimo: countering inequities in health care. thelancet.com Annabel Sowemimo is a community sexual and reproductive health (CSRH) registrar in Leicester, UK, working at the Haymarket Health clinic and Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital. She was born in London to a father who came to England from Nigeria as a medical graduate hoping to become a surgeon, and a mother Sowemimo describes as "an advocate for people", who was a special educational needs teacher and had been raised in 1960s' London in a family of working-class Nigerian migrants.

Kazuo Komamura (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Japanese medical workers' sacrifice for universal health coverage. thelancet.com As a Japanese clinician working under universal health coverage in Japan, I feel great discomfort with regard to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Comment.1…

_____ (2023-03-31). How Africa is facilitating Multipolar World. journal-neo.org The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine (as also Ukraine's NATO allies) has brought some very interesting changes to the international political economy. Whereas this conflict has led Europe — working under immense pressure from the US — to stop its purchase of oil and gas from Russia, it has also allowed Russia to divert […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

WSWS (2023-03-31). IYSSE holds first meeting in Canada on the war in Ukraine and how to stop it. wsws.org The IYSSE meeting—part of a series being organized around the world to develop a global working class-led movement against war—went ahead despite the University of Waterloo's attempt to censor it and Ukrainian-Canadian nationalists' attempt to disrupt it.

Editor (2023-03-31). The European Union's Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech. scheerpost.com By Deborah James / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Executive Summary This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through "trade" agreements, which are binding and permanent. Digitalization is the defining economic transformation of our time. …

Staff (2023-03-30). Ex-Starbucks Worker Jaysin Saxton Describes Being Fired After He Helped Organize Union. democracynow.org We speak with Jaysin Saxton, one of the witnesses who testified at the Senate hearing Wednesday on Starbucks' union-busting record. Saxton was a former Starbucks shift manager, fired after leading the union drive at a store in Augusta, Georgia. He tells Democracy Now! he and fellow workers were motivated to organize their store to address the "insane" working conditions, including understaffing and inconsistent schedules. "There's no stability in how much you're earning and how many hours you're getting, so you can't afford to pay your bills, and you have to choose…

Amy Goodman (2023-03-30). Former Starbucks Worker Describes Being Fired After He Helped Organize Union. truthout.org We speak with Jaysin Saxton, one of the witnesses who testified at the Senate hearing Wednesday on Starbucks' union-busting record. Saxton was a former Starbucks shift manager, fired after leading the union drive at a store in Augusta, Georgia. He tells Democracy Now! he and fellow workers were motivated to organize their store to address the "insane" working conditions… |

Ann Brown (2023-03-30). The Black American Intelligence Report on Reparations-Focused Liberation Ventures: Who Are They And Where Is The $6 Million Going? moguldom.com There are multiple groups jumping into the reparations movement. One of the latest is a Black-led organization called Liberation Ventures. It's working to be a support resource for various reparations groups. The philanthropic group has raised $6 million so far to give away through grants to those involved in the reparations movement. But who is …

ecns.cn (2023-03-30). Chinese premier urges working together to promote solid, sustained people-to-people exchanges. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday called for working together to promote solid and sustained people-to-people exchanges and inject more certainty into the convergence of different civilizations.

Muhammed Shabeer, People's Dispatch. (2023-03-30). Pension Reform Or Revolution! popularresistance.org Major trade unions in France estimate that two million people hit the streets across France on Tuesday, March 28, denouncing the controversial pension reforms pushed by Emmanuel Macron's government. The reforms were forcibly passed in the National Assembly on March 16 using Article 49.3 to bypass the parliamentary vote. The move has further weakened the legitimacy of the reforms, already detested by the majority of the French working class. While the government, headed by President Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, narrowly survived a no-confidence vote on March 20, the approval rating of the president h…

WSWS (2023-03-30). New Zealand high school teachers hold second one-day strike. wsws.org The unions are seeking to divide teachers and block the development of a mass working class movement against the Labour Party government's austerity agenda.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Australia: Labor win in NSW election will not end wage cuts or dire conditions for public sector workers. wsws.org Labor's victory will mean continuing massive cuts to real wages, with tiny nominal increases that the government and the union bureaucracy hope will subdue mounting anger in the working class.

ecns.cn (2023-03-30). AI may reduce human working hours to one day per week: expert. ecns.cn Artificial Intelligence (AI) may reduce human working hours to one day per week, said Justin Yifu Lin, dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University, on Wednesday at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023.

Homeless Garden Project (2023-03-31). Saturday 4/15: Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Plant Sale. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm | 100-198 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

Keith McHenry (2023-03-31). April Fools Day March to End Homelessness. indybay.org One of the agenda items at the weekly Food Not Bombs meeting was that morning's Lookout story "In the Public Interest: A new law-and-order approach to homelessness in Santa Cruz?"

_____ (2023-03-30). The Capital of the Multipolar World: A Moscow Diary. strategic-culture.org In Moscow you feel no crisis. No effects of sanctions. No unemployment. No homeless people in the streets. Minimal inflation. | How sharp was good ol' Lenin, prime modernist, when he mused, "there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen". This global nomad now addressing you has enjoyed the privilege of spending four astonishing weeks in Moscow at the heart of an historical crossroads — culminating with the Putin-Xi geopolitical game-changing summit at the Kremlin. | To quote Xi, "changes that haven't been seen in 100 years" do have a knack of affecting us all in more way…

Uniting for Peace (2023-03-31). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…

rebekah (2023-03-30). Unionized Starbucks Workers Roast Billionaire Howard Schultz. inequality.org Unionized Starbucks Workers Take on Billionaire Howard Schultz A long-awaited Senate hearing drew laughter from observers as the outgoing Starbucks CEO claimed he's no union-buster, despite dozens of complaints from the nation's top labor board. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, under threat of subpoena, has finally appeared before the United States Senate to answer for …

rebekah (2023-03-30). Pushing Back Against Platform Giants: Labor Power and Solidarity at Amazon. inequality.org In recent weeks and months, Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job in protest and staged strikes across the globe. These actions are unfolding at a time in which Amazon has announced yet another round of layoffs — now amounting to 27,000 workers across different roles in this year alone. These two developments have come …

_____ (2023-03-30). The Capital of the Multipolar World: A Moscow Diary. strategic-culture.org In Moscow you feel no crisis. No effects of sanctions. No unemployment. No homeless people in the streets. Minimal inflation. | How sharp was good ol' Lenin, prime modernist, when he mused, "there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen". This global nomad now addressing you has enjoyed the privilege of spending four astonishing weeks in Moscow at the heart of an historical crossroads — culminating with the Putin-Xi geopolitical game-changing summit at the Kremlin. | To quote Xi, "changes that haven't been seen in 100 years" do have a knack of affecting us all in more way…

Uniting for Peace (2023-03-31). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…

rebekah (2023-03-30). Unionized Starbucks Workers Roast Billionaire Howard Schultz. inequality.org Unionized Starbucks Workers Take on Billionaire Howard Schultz A long-awaited Senate hearing drew laughter from observers as the outgoing Starbucks CEO claimed he's no union-buster, despite dozens of complaints from the nation's top labor board. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, under threat of subpoena, has finally appeared before the United States Senate to answer for …

rebekah (2023-03-30). Pushing Back Against Platform Giants: Labor Power and Solidarity at Amazon. inequality.org In recent weeks and months, Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job in protest and staged strikes across the globe. These actions are unfolding at a time in which Amazon has announced yet another round of layoffs — now amounting to 27,000 workers across different roles in this year alone. These two developments have come …

Sarah Anderson (2023-03-30). Wall Street Bonuses Decline But Still Dwarf Worker Pay Increases Since 2008 Crash. inequality.org After a historic 22 percent spike in 2021, the average annual bonus for New York City-based securities industry employees fell 26 percent in 2022, according to just-released New York State Comptroller data. But the rate of increase in average Wall Street bonuses since the 2008 crash is still far higher than wage increases for ordinary …

Eleanor J. Bader (2023-03-30). Food Banks Fear "New and Growing Crisis" of Hunger as COVID-Era Benefits End. truthout.org For three years, Sarah Wilson, a disabled 60-year-old living in rural Maryland, received $281 a month from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps. Coupled with a $1,700 monthly Social Security disability check, the former social worker made do. "My finances were manageable," she told Truthout. "Then they notified me during the second week of February… |

WSWS (2023-03-30). Tentative agreement would leave tens of thousands of Disney World workers in poverty. wsws.org The starting wage would increase under the new deal from $15 to $20 by 2025.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Los Angeles area high school students express support for education workers continuing struggle against sellout tentative agreement. wsws.org Students said they supported teachers getting regular hours and more than "poverty" wages.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-03-29). Detroit Remains Mired in Poverty as City Council Approves $800 Million Tax Giveaway to the Rich. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-03-30). University of Michigan graduate student workers strike for living wage. wsws.org The plea by the university, that there is no money, for the kind of raise the graduate students are demanding is a lie. The University of Michigan is one of the wealthiest universities in the US.

Jake Johnson (2023-03-29). Credit Suisse Helped Ultra Rich Americans Hide Over $700 Million From IRS. truthout.org The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday published the results of a two-year investigation showing that the scandal-plagued Swiss bank Credit Suisse has been complicit in a "massive, ongoing conspiracy" to help wealthy U.S. citizens dodge taxes. Spearheaded by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the chair of the Senate panel, the probe found that Credit Suisse violated the terms of a 2014 plea agreement with… |

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-03-30). Saturday 4/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

ecns.cn (2023-03-29). Chinese FM denounces 'debt trap' accusation. ecns.cn A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Tuesday hit back at criticism that loans related to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are a "debt trap", saying that China does not accept this.

G. Dunkel, Workers World. (2023-03-30). Despite Government Attacks: Workers, Students In France Stay Strong. popularresistance.org Since President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élizabeth Borne rammed through the "reform" of France's pension system March 16 — an attack which will require workers to work longer to obtain a full pension — the class struggle has grown more intense. | Millions of workers struck on March 23 to protest this new law, which extends their retirement age to 64 from 62. The law must still be reviewed by the Constitutional Council, which can reject or modify it. | The new pension law provides fewer protections for workers who have arduous jobs and/or dangerous working conditions.

ecns.cn (2023-03-30). Chinese premier urges working together to promote solid, sustained people-to-people exchanges. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday called for working together to promote solid and sustained people-to-people exchanges and inject more certainty into the convergence of different civilizations.

WSWS (2023-03-30). New Zealand high school teachers hold second one-day strike. wsws.org The unions are seeking to divide teachers and block the development of a mass working class movement against the Labour Party government's austerity agenda.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Australia: Labor win in NSW election will not end wage cuts or dire conditions for public sector workers. wsws.org Labor's victory will mean continuing massive cuts to real wages, with tiny nominal increases that the government and the union bureaucracy hope will subdue mounting anger in the working class.

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-03-29). Pension reform or Revolution! Crisis for the French Fifth Republic? peoplesdispatch.org The controversial pension reforms, which will increase the retirement age in the country from 62 to 64, are detested by the French working class and have led to widespread protests…

WSWS (2023-03-30). New Zealand high school teachers hold second one-day strike. wsws.org The unions are seeking to divide teachers and block the development of a mass working class movement against the Labour Party government's austerity agenda.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Australia: Labor win in NSW election will not end wage cuts or dire conditions for public sector workers. wsws.org Labor's victory will mean continuing massive cuts to real wages, with tiny nominal increases that the government and the union bureaucracy hope will subdue mounting anger in the working class.

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-03-29). Pension reform or Revolution! Crisis for the French Fifth Republic? peoplesdispatch.org The controversial pension reforms, which will increase the retirement age in the country from 62 to 64, are detested by the French working class and have led to widespread protests…

Larry Holmes (2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? — a WW commentary. workers.org The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |

Larry Holmes (2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? workers.org The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-29). Parti de l'égalité socialiste intervenes in Paris student meeting to call to bring down Macron. wsws.org The PES proposed to the Paris inter-university coordinating committee to adopt a resolution calling to bring down Macron and build a movement in the working class for a general strike.

WSWS (2023-03-29). As millions march against Macron, French unions call for "mediation" wsws.org There is nothing to negotiate with Macron, the president of the rich who must be brought down by the escalating mass movement in the working class and the youth.

WSWS (2023-03-29). The three lies of the Brandon Johnson campaign for Chicago mayor. wsws.org The Cook County commissioner, Brandon Johnson, is seeking to use his affiliation with the Chicago Teachers Union to suggest that he will defend the working class. Actually, his role as a CTU official means the direct opposite.

WSWS (2023-03-29). NSW election: Australian workers and youth speak about COVID, war and social crisis. wsws.org One worker said: "I think it's a good idea to have an international movement for the working class against war and for democratic rights, for workers to unite, it makes sense."

WSWS (2023-03-29). The social and political issues raised in the strike by graduate employees at the University of Michigan. wsws.org Students and young people need to take a hard look at the society in which we live. The orientation must not be to the Democratic Party or any faction of the ruling class but to the international working class.

Staff (2023-03-29). "Bootstrapped": Alissa Quart on Liberating Ourselves from the Myth of the American Dream. democracynow.org We speak with journalist Alissa Quart, executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, about her new book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, which examines myths about individualism and self-reliance that underpin the U.S. economy and the inequality it fosters. She says a focus on succeeding through hard work obscures the degree to which many rich and powerful people have benefited from social support, resulting in a cycle of "shame and blame" for those who fall short.

WSWS (2023-03-29). UK life expectancy growth lags behind all other G7 states besides US. wsws.org Life expectancy in the UK has grown at a slower rate than comparable countries over the past seven decades. The researchers conclude that this is due to widening social inequality.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-03-29). Detroit Remains Mired in Poverty as City Council Approves $800 Million Tax Giveaway to the Rich. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-03-28). Rusia mantiene plan sobre armas nucleares en Belarús. telesurtv.net La razón de tal medida fue la declaración del Reino Unido sobre el suministro de munición de uranio empobrecido a Ucrania.

ecns.cn (2023-03-29). Chinese FM denounces 'debt trap' accusation. ecns.cn A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Tuesday hit back at criticism that loans related to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are a "debt trap", saying that China does not accept this.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-03-29). Saturday 4/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Staff (2023-03-28). Randall Robinson (1941-2023) on Haiti's Unbroken Agony, from U.S. Coups to Haiti's "Debt" to France. democracynow.org We continue to remember the lawyer and human rights activist Randall Robinson, the founder of the racial justice group TransAfrica, who died last week at age 81. Robinson was a leader in the U.S. movement against South African apartheid and was a prominent critic of U.S. policy in Haiti, including the U.S.-backed coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. Democracy Now! spoke to Robinson in 2007 about that episode and how foreign powers have interfered in Haiti throughout the country's history, beginning with the slave revolt against France that established Haiti as the first free republic in th…

Larry Holmes (2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? — a WW commentary. workers.org The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-29). Parti de l'égalité socialiste intervenes in Paris student meeting to call to bring down Macron. wsws.org The PES proposed to the Paris inter-university coordinating committee to adopt a resolution calling to bring down Macron and build a movement in the working class for a general strike.

WSWS (2023-03-29). As millions march against Macron, French unions call for "mediation" wsws.org There is nothing to negotiate with Macron, the president of the rich who must be brought down by the escalating mass movement in the working class and the youth.

Staff (2023-03-28). Randall Robinson (1941-2023) on Haiti's Unbroken Agony, from U.S. Coups to Haiti's "Debt" to France. democracynow.org We continue to remember the lawyer and human rights activist Randall Robinson, the founder of the racial justice group TransAfrica, who died last week at age 81. Robinson was a leader in the U.S. movement against South African apartheid and was a prominent critic of U.S. policy in Haiti, including the U.S.-backed coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. Democracy Now! spoke to Robinson in 2007 about that episode and how foreign powers have interfered in Haiti throughout the country's history, beginning with the slave revolt against France that established Haiti as the first free republic in th…

Larry Holmes (2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? — a WW commentary. workers.org The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-29). Parti de l'égalité socialiste intervenes in Paris student meeting to call to bring down Macron. wsws.org The PES proposed to the Paris inter-university coordinating committee to adopt a resolution calling to bring down Macron and build a movement in the working class for a general strike.

WSWS (2023-03-29). As millions march against Macron, French unions call for "mediation" wsws.org There is nothing to negotiate with Macron, the president of the rich who must be brought down by the escalating mass movement in the working class and the youth.

WSWS (2023-03-29). The three lies of the Brandon Johnson campaign for Chicago mayor. wsws.org The Cook County commissioner, Brandon Johnson, is seeking to use his affiliation with the Chicago Teachers Union to suggest that he will defend the working class. Actually, his role as a CTU official means the direct opposite.

WSWS (2023-03-29). NSW election: Australian workers and youth speak about COVID, war and social crisis. wsws.org One worker said: "I think it's a good idea to have an international movement for the working class against war and for democratic rights, for workers to unite, it makes sense."

WSWS (2023-03-29). The social and political issues raised in the strike by graduate employees at the University of Michigan. wsws.org Students and young people need to take a hard look at the society in which we live. The orientation must not be to the Democratic Party or any faction of the ruling class but to the international working class.

Ann Brown (2023-03-28). 'Kept' Gay Partner Of Billionaire Peter Thiel Dies Suddenly, Was Working on Story With Democrats About Thiel. moguldom.com Social media influencer Jeff Thomas, a 35-year-old actor and model, was found dead on March 8 in Miami. Thomas' death is being investigated as a possible suicide. His family insisted there must be foul play. Why all the media attention? Thomas was the "kept" gay partner of PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel, a high-profile GOP donor. …

Anonymous103 (2023-03-28). US And Taiwan Plan To Equip Kiev Regime Forces With 'Swarms-Of-Swarms' Drones. southfront.org Illustrative ImageTaipei is working with the US on developing and manufacturing advanced UAVs, including on the ostensible ability of these drones to autonomously coordinate their attacks and act as a swarm, or more precisely, "swarms-of-swarms", as the program's name clearly indicates. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | There's very little doubt that warfare has changed dramatically in recent decades, with the tactical gap between leading militaries and those of local powers…

Editor (2023-03-28). Major 1-day strike in Germany leaves all public transportation closed. mronline.org The ver.di trade union is demanding a 10.5% pay raise as a result of inflation, and requesting higher remuneration for overtime and night shifts, alongside improvements to working conditions.

Editor (2023-03-28). Long live the working class of France: Vive la classe ouvrière de la France! workers.org The working class of France is in the streets, with millions of people striking and demonstrating. The proverbial straw — more like a whole big bundle of straw — was French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron, who imposed this attack on . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-28). Autoworkers resolve to establish network of rank-and-file committees at powerful IWA-RFC meeting in Detroit Sunday. wsws.org Worker delegates at the meeting described harrowing conditions at their workplaces, recounted the deadly and ongoing impact of COVID-19, denounced the indifference and complicity of the pro-corporate UAW bureaucracy, and spoke passionately in support of the construction of a worldwide movement of the working class.

WSWS (2023-03-28). Defend Sri Lankan teachers' right to strike! wsws.org The president accuses teachers and principals of taking students hostage, but in reality, the working masses have been made hostages to the IMF with the Wickremesinghe government acting as its policeman.

manager (2023-03-28). Punitive Work Tests in SNAP and Medicaid Would Harm Workers with Unstable Jobs. cepr.net Even near full employment, today's economy does not provide stable, decently compensated jobs for much of the diverse working class. This is one reason why the basic floor of security provided by Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is crucial. These in-kind benefits help ensure that all working-class people, including ones in poorly …

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-03-28). The media amplifies bigotry but ignores working class organizing. That's by design. therealnews.com

Staff (2023-03-29). "Bootstrapped": Alissa Quart on Liberating Ourselves from the Myth of the American Dream. democracynow.org We speak with journalist Alissa Quart, executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, about her new book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, which examines myths about individualism and self-reliance that underpin the U.S. economy and the inequality it fosters. She says a focus on succeeding through hard work obscures the degree to which many rich and powerful people have benefited from social support, resulting in a cycle of "shame and blame" for those who fall short.

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Racial discrimination, inequality getting worse in U.S.: report. ecns.cn Racial discrimination and inequality are worsening in the United States, said a report released by China's State Council Information Office on Tuesday.

Anonymous103 (2023-03-28). Bellies of the Rich Swell Further on the Back of Hunger. southfront.org

Noah Palm (2023-03-27). Peoria library workers don't want to live in poverty. peoplesworld.org PEORIA, Ill. — "We have a city that says its library system has to be predicated on working-class people living in poverty." said Anthony Walraven, Vice President of AFSCME Local 3464 in a crowd of union workers and community supporters on March 21. "There's hope…When working people get together in solidarity with each other there …

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-03-28). Rusia mantiene plan sobre armas nucleares en Belarús. telesurtv.net La razón de tal medida fue la declaración del Reino Unido sobre el suministro de munición de uranio empobrecido a Ucrania.

Staff (2023-03-27). Banco Mundial alerta sobre desaceleración y riesgo de década perdida en la economía global. cubadebate.cu El crecimiento potencial promedio de la economía global caerá al 2.2% anual hasta 2030, el desempeño más bajo en los últimos tres decenios. La desaceleración tendría profundas repercusiones en la capacidad de las naciones para hacer frente al cambio climático y reducir la pobreza, advirtió el Banco Mundial en un informe publicado este lunes.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-03-28). Saturday 4/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-27). Report: Trump, Bush Tax Cuts Have Largely Driven National Debt Issues Since 2001. truthout.org Republicans' major tax cuts for corporations and the rich are overwhelmingly the drivers of current issues over the national debt, which the GOP is using as an excuse to force through cuts to welfare and government spending that are not contributing nearly as much to the debt, a new report reveals. Over the past two decades, increases in the U.S.'s debt ratio, or the proportion of the national… |

Editor (2023-03-28). Major 1-day strike in Germany leaves all public transportation closed. mronline.org The ver.di trade union is demanding a 10.5% pay raise as a result of inflation, and requesting higher remuneration for overtime and night shifts, alongside improvements to working conditions.

Editor (2023-03-28). Long live the working class of France: Vive la classe ouvrière de la France! workers.org The working class of France is in the streets, with millions of people striking and demonstrating. The proverbial straw — more like a whole big bundle of straw — was French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron, who imposed this attack on . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-28). Autoworkers resolve to establish network of rank-and-file committees at powerful IWA-RFC meeting in Detroit Sunday. wsws.org Worker delegates at the meeting described harrowing conditions at their workplaces, recounted the deadly and ongoing impact of COVID-19, denounced the indifference and complicity of the pro-corporate UAW bureaucracy, and spoke passionately in support of the construction of a worldwide movement of the working class.

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-27). Report: Trump, Bush Tax Cuts Have Largely Driven National Debt Issues Since 2001. truthout.org Republicans' major tax cuts for corporations and the rich are overwhelmingly the drivers of current issues over the national debt, which the GOP is using as an excuse to force through cuts to welfare and government spending that are not contributing nearly as much to the debt, a new report reveals. Over the past two decades, increases in the U.S.'s debt ratio, or the proportion of the national… |

Editor (2023-03-28). Major 1-day strike in Germany leaves all public transportation closed. mronline.org The ver.di trade union is demanding a 10.5% pay raise as a result of inflation, and requesting higher remuneration for overtime and night shifts, alongside improvements to working conditions.

Editor (2023-03-28). Long live the working class of France: Vive la classe ouvrière de la France! workers.org The working class of France is in the streets, with millions of people striking and demonstrating. The proverbial straw — more like a whole big bundle of straw — was French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron, who imposed this attack on . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-28). Autoworkers resolve to establish network of rank-and-file committees at powerful IWA-RFC meeting in Detroit Sunday. wsws.org Worker delegates at the meeting described harrowing conditions at their workplaces, recounted the deadly and ongoing impact of COVID-19, denounced the indifference and complicity of the pro-corporate UAW bureaucracy, and spoke passionately in support of the construction of a worldwide movement of the working class.

WSWS (2023-03-28). Defend Sri Lankan teachers' right to strike! wsws.org The president accuses teachers and principals of taking students hostage, but in reality, the working masses have been made hostages to the IMF with the Wickremesinghe government acting as its policeman.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-27). Rural employee guarantee scheme workers continue sit-in in India amid government apathy, police repression. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of people working under the Indian government's rural employment guarantee scheme are carrying out a 100-day protest in Delhi over unpaid wages, an exclusionary digital payments and attendance system, and budget cuts…

Sam Gindin, The Bullet. (2023-03-27). Beyond Fatalism: Renewing Working-Class Politics. popularresistance.org "We need to ask ourselves," Leo Panitch and Donald Swartz stated in the third edition of From Consent to Coercion, "whether free pertains to those who do business or whether it pertains also to the majority of Canadians who do not do business." Their book, now a classic, focused on a critical expression of the tension between liberal democratic principles and capitalist realities: the substantive right of workers to strike. Canadian workers were officially granted the basic democratic right to form unions, but the substance of that right — the withdrawal by workers of their labour power — was regularl…

Tara Behroozian, Daniel Goldshtein, Julie Ryan Wolf, Corina van den Hurk, Samuel Finkelstein, Henry Lam, Partha Patel, Lauren Kanee, Shing Fung Lee, Adrian Wai Chan, Henry Chun Yip Wong, Saverio Caini, Simran Mahal, Samantha Kennedy, Edward Chow, Pierluigi Bonomo, Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Oncodermatology Study Group Radiation Dermatitis Guidelines Working Group (2023-03-27). [Review] MASCC clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of acute radiation dermatitis: part 1) systematic review. thelancet.com Acute radiation dermatitis (ARD) commonly develops in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and is often characterized by erythema, desquamation, and pain. A systematic review was conducted to summarize the current evidence on interventions for the prevention and management of ARD. Databases were searched from 1946 to September 2020 to identify all original studies that evaluated an intervention for the prevention or management of ARD, with an updated search conducted in January 2023. A total of 235 original studies were included in this review, including 149 randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

WSWS (2023-03-27). 67 families homeless after massive landslide at Poonagala Estate in Sri Lanka. wsws.org Sri Lankan plantation companies, working with the government and the estate unions, have ignored countless landslide warnings and calls for the relocation of estate workers to safe areas.

WSWS (2023-03-27). US workers speak out in support of last week's Los Angeles schools strike, urge rejection of tentative agreement. wsws.org Workers need "social disobedience on a massive scale, like a general strike," one Michigan teacher said. "The important thing is unifying all the different groups of working people and not isolating them like the union bureaucrats tend to do."

WSWS (2023-03-27). Australian workers and young people speak out against war and austerity in NSW election. wsws.org Voters in the working-class southwest Sydney electorate of Bankstown told Socialist Equality Party campaigners the state election would do nothing to resolve the escalating social crisis or stop the threat of war.

Julia Rock (2023-03-27). "Everyone Wants A Raise When The Minimum Wage Goes Up" levernews.com

Space City Anarchist Organization (2023-03-27). Report Back from Sweep Defense in Houston, TX. itsgoingdown.org Report back from resistance to sweeps in so-called Houston, Texas from Space City Anarchist Organization. On Thursday, March 9, a coalition of around 20 Houston anarchists and abolitionists mobilized to oppose a sweep by the City of Houston, Houston Police Department, Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDOT and Coalition for the Homeless. This sweep was part of a…

Staff (2023-03-27). Over $100 Billion Withdrawn From US Banks in a Week Amid Bankruptcies and Closures. orinocotribune.com US authorities continue to affirm that the banking system remains "sound and resilient" despite decreases in deposits, the bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the closure of Signature Bank, and the crisis in the First Republic Bank, not to mention the crises in European banking conglomerates Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. | Recent data published by the US Federal Reserve reports that between March 8 and 15, during the period surrounding the bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the closure of Signature Bank, US banking customers withdrew $98.4 billion. | The data shows that the largest withdrawals, t…

WSWS (2023-03-27). Communist Party of Turkey, Left Party support for Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu in presidential election exposes bankruptcy of pseudo-left. wsws.org These parties' support for the Nation Alliance candidate, who is as anti-worker and pro-imperialist as Erdogan, vindicates the Socialist Equality Group's analysis of these pseudo-left forces.

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Racial discrimination, inequality getting worse in U.S.: report. ecns.cn Racial discrimination and inequality are worsening in the United States, said a report released by China's State Council Information Office on Tuesday.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-27). The 'Pernicious Evil' of Racism, Discrimination, Hatred, Inequality. transcend.org 17 Mar 2023 – Three-quarters of a century ago, the world adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasising that all human beings are born equal in dignity and rights. The 2023 theme of its 75th anniversary focuses on the urgency of combating racism and racial discrimination.

WSWS (2023-03-26). Strike wave erupts in Portugal against inflation and soaring poverty. wsws.org The strikes in Portugal take place against the backdrop of a wave of strikes against austerity and inflation by millions of workers across Europe, including the objectively revolutionary confrontation between the working class and the Macron government.

Staff (2023-03-27). Banco Mundial alerta sobre desaceleración y riesgo de década perdida en la economía global. cubadebate.cu El crecimiento potencial promedio de la economía global caerá al 2.2% anual hasta 2030, el desempeño más bajo en los últimos tres decenios. La desaceleración tendría profundas repercusiones en la capacidad de las naciones para hacer frente al cambio climático y reducir la pobreza, advirtió el Banco Mundial en un informe publicado este lunes.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-03-27). Saturday 4/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Sam Gindin, The Bullet. (2023-03-27). Beyond Fatalism: Renewing Working-Class Politics. popularresistance.org "We need to ask ourselves," Leo Panitch and Donald Swartz stated in the third edition of From Consent to Coercion, "whether free pertains to those who do business or whether it pertains also to the majority of Canadians who do not do business." Their book, now a classic, focused on a critical expression of the tension between liberal democratic principles and capitalist realities: the substantive right of workers to strike. Canadian workers were officially granted the basic democratic right to form unions, but the substance of that right — the withdrawal by workers of their labour power — was regularl…

WSWS (2023-03-27). 67 families homeless after massive landslide at Poonagala Estate in Sri Lanka. wsws.org Sri Lankan plantation companies, working with the government and the estate unions, have ignored countless landslide warnings and calls for the relocation of estate workers to safe areas.

WSWS (2023-03-27). US workers speak out in support of last week's Los Angeles schools strike, urge rejection of tentative agreement. wsws.org Workers need "social disobedience on a massive scale, like a general strike," one Michigan teacher said. "The important thing is unifying all the different groups of working people and not isolating them like the union bureaucrats tend to do."

WSWS (2023-03-27). Australian workers and young people speak out against war and austerity in NSW election. wsws.org Voters in the working-class southwest Sydney electorate of Bankstown told Socialist Equality Party campaigners the state election would do nothing to resolve the escalating social crisis or stop the threat of war.

_____ (2023-03-26). Daniel Ellsberg Calling on Us to Stop Nuclear War. strategic-culture.org The legendary Daniel Ellsberg has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In a March 1 email to friends, Dan wrote, "I'm sorry to report to you that my doctors have given me three to six months to live … it might be more, or less." He will turn 92 on April 7. Dan displayed uncommon courage in 1971 when he publicized the 7,000-page top-secret Pentagon Papers while working at the Rand Corporation. As a consultant to the Department of Defense, Dan drafted Defense Secretary Robert McNamara's plans for nuclear war.

Duaa Eldeib (2023-03-26). Federal Study Calls US Stillbirth Rate "Unacceptably High" and Recommends Action. truthout.org Federal officials have released a bleak assessment of the country's progress in understanding and preventing stillbirths, calling the rate "unacceptably high" and issuing a series of recommendations to reduce it through research and prevention. The National Institutes of Health report, titled "Working to Address the Tragedy of Stillbirth," mirrored findings of an investigation by ProPublica last… |

WSWS (2023-03-26). Sinn Féin backs NATO's war against Russia ahead of Biden's planned visit to Ireland. wsws.org By supporting the geopolitical aims of Biden's administration and its proxy imperialist war against Russia, Sinn Féin is offering itself as a safe pair of hands in both parts of Ireland against the working class.

WSWS (2023-03-26). What filmmaker Ken Loach makes of The Spirit of '45. wsws.org Loach's conception of the working class is closely bound up with the nationalist straitjacket imposed for so many decades by the Labour and trade union bureaucracy.

Julia Rock (2023-03-27). "Everyone Wants A Raise When The Minimum Wage Goes Up" levernews.com

WSWS (2023-03-27). Australian workers and young people speak out against war and austerity in NSW election. wsws.org Voters in the working-class southwest Sydney electorate of Bankstown told Socialist Equality Party campaigners the state election would do nothing to resolve the escalating social crisis or stop the threat of war.

_____ (2023-03-26). Daniel Ellsberg Calling on Us to Stop Nuclear War. strategic-culture.org The legendary Daniel Ellsberg has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In a March 1 email to friends, Dan wrote, "I'm sorry to report to you that my doctors have given me three to six months to live … it might be more, or less." He will turn 92 on April 7. Dan displayed uncommon courage in 1971 when he publicized the 7,000-page top-secret Pentagon Papers while working at the Rand Corporation. As a consultant to the Department of Defense, Dan drafted Defense Secretary Robert McNamara's plans for nuclear war.

Duaa Eldeib (2023-03-26). Federal Study Calls US Stillbirth Rate "Unacceptably High" and Recommends Action. truthout.org Federal officials have released a bleak assessment of the country's progress in understanding and preventing stillbirths, calling the rate "unacceptably high" and issuing a series of recommendations to reduce it through research and prevention. The National Institutes of Health report, titled "Working to Address the Tragedy of Stillbirth," mirrored findings of an investigation by ProPublica last… |

WSWS (2023-03-26). Sinn Féin backs NATO's war against Russia ahead of Biden's planned visit to Ireland. wsws.org By supporting the geopolitical aims of Biden's administration and its proxy imperialist war against Russia, Sinn Féin is offering itself as a safe pair of hands in both parts of Ireland against the working class.

WSWS (2023-03-26). What filmmaker Ken Loach makes of The Spirit of '45. wsws.org Loach's conception of the working class is closely bound up with the nationalist straitjacket imposed for so many decades by the Labour and trade union bureaucracy.

Julia Rock (2023-03-27). "Everyone Wants A Raise When The Minimum Wage Goes Up" levernews.com

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-03-26). Bankrupt Banks, Food Crisis, Mandatory Vaccine and Our Grim Future. "This Time, the Virus has Infected Money Itself" globalresearch.ca

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-27). The 'Pernicious Evil' of Racism, Discrimination, Hatred, Inequality. transcend.org 17 Mar 2023 – Three-quarters of a century ago, the world adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasising that all human beings are born equal in dignity and rights. The 2023 theme of its 75th anniversary focuses on the urgency of combating racism and racial discrimination.