ecns.cn (2023-08-03). China's Finance Ministry announces tax reductions for key groups to boost employment. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Finance and three other departments on Wednesday announced tax reduction for key groups including college graduates and people who just walk out of poverty, in a bid to support entrepreneurship and employment.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-08-03). The poverty of UN poverty estimates. mronline.org ON April 3 this year, the minister of state for planning, Rao Inderjeet Singh, said in the Rajya Sabha that the government had no data after 2011-12 for estimating poverty, and therefore had no idea how many people had been lifted out of poverty since then.

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-08-04). Burkina Faso's New President Condemns Imperialism. popularresistance.org The new president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, has vowed to fight imperialism and neocolonialism, invoking his country's past revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara and quoting Che Guevara. | The West African nation has also formed close diplomatic ties with the revolutionary governments in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran, as well as with NATO's arch-rival Russia. | In January 2022, a group of nationalist military officers in Burkina Faso toppled the president, Roch Kaboré, a wealthy banker who had fostered close ties with the country's former colonizer, France, where he was educated.

Uriel Araujo (2023-08-04). Fitch Ratings Downgrades U.S.: "Erosion of Governance, Fiscal Mismanagement" Attributable to Debt and War Spending. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-08-04). Fitch ratings downgraded US, projects recession – debt and war spending being key reasons. infobrics.org American fiscal decline and its huge war-fueled debt is part of a larger societal and civilizational crisis.

Roger Stoll (2023-08-04). The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martinez (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Roger Stoll — Aug 1, 2023 | Introduction | Western media never stop warning us of China: it menaces Taiwan, threatens its neighbors and shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and sticks military bases on Cuba. China, we are told, spies on us by the most devious means, through TikTok, Huawei 5G, and weather balloons. And China, say our media, ensnares Africa with debt traps. Meanwhile, the US government and its media-echo decry China's abuses of its own people. China, the US says, has committed "cultural" and literal genocide against Uyghur muslims in Xinjiang. As for the Covid-19 pandemic, the West with w…

Dana Sanchez (2023-08-03). Fitch Rating Agency Downgrades America's Credit Rating: 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com A divided United States does not inspire confidence in the country's ability to pay its debt, according to Fitch Ratings, which downgraded the U.S. credit rating due to fiscal concerns, an erosion of governance, and political polarization reflected in part by the Jan. 6 insurrection. Fitch announced it had downgraded the U.S. long-term foreign-currency issuer …

Jake Johnson (2023-08-03). GOP's 'fiscal vandalism and political sabotage' prompts second-ever US credit downgrade. nationofchange.org "The debt ceiling was a bad idea when it was first put in place, and it has become the worst idea as the Republicans have figured out how to weaponize it."

Stan Karp, Rethinking Schools. (2023-08-03). 50 Years Older And Deeper In Debt. popularresistance.org This year marks the 50th anniversary of San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, the landmark 5-4 Supreme Court decision that held that education is not a fundamental right protected by the U.S. Constitution. The decision dashed hopes that the historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling that ended legal segregation in 1954 would be followed by a sustained federal commitment to making education equality a reality. | Demetrio Rodriguez was a sheet metal worker and a member of the Edgewood Concerned Parent Association when he became the lead plaintiff in the case. He thought his three children were bein…

WSWS (2023-08-03). US credit downgrade: Another sign of a deepening crisis. wsws.org In its decision, Fitch Ratings Agency said there had been a "steady deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years, including on fiscal and debt matters."

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-04). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-04). Consumer Health: Questions about breastfeeding. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World Breastfeeding Week will be observed Aug. 1—7. This year's campaign focuses on enabling breastfeeding for working parents. The American Academy of Pediatrics has affirmed its recommendation and advocacy for breastfeeding, stating, "Research has shown that breastfeeding is linked to decreased rates of lower respiratory tract infections, severe diarrhea, ear infections and obesity. Breastfeeding is associated with lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome, as well as other protective effects." Specifically, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation is…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2023-08-03). Venezuela: Gov't Presents Plan to Clean Up Oil-Contaminated Maracaibo Lake. venezuelanalysis.com A team of experts is working alongside the community to decontaminate Maracaibo Lake from waste, microalgae and oil leaking from corroded pipelines.

ecns.cn (2023-08-03). Rescue operations continue after Beijing's heaviest rainfall in 140 years. ecns.cn Rescue teams were spotted working around the clock to assist and relocate trapped individuals by floodwaters on Wednesday in Fangshan District of Beijing. "ÄÄ…

Editor (2023-08-03). Artificial Intelligence and the class struggle. mronline.org Since the earliest days of the industrial revolution, workers have fought company owners over their use of automated machinery to step up the pace of exploitation.

Nonviolence Radio Team, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-08-03). Cutting The Ties Between Higher Education And The Military. popularresistance.org This episode of Nonviolence Radio welcomes @hellaJinsella from the UK peace organization, DeMilitarise Education, or dED. Jinsella has been actively working to raise awareness about the ties between higher education and the military. As these relationships have not generally been made public, military funding, and the accompanying environmental degradation the arms industry entails, has been able to thrive within universities without sustained challenge. DeMilitarise Education seeks to bring these connections to light. To this end, it has set up a database which tracks schools' ties with the military and arms com…

teleSUR (2023-08-04). Multilateral Peace System Is Needed to Tackle Hunger: Ghelani. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Reena Ghelani, the United Nations Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator, called for a reinvigorated multilateral system for peace in order to address the root causes of hunger. | RELATED: | A quarter billion people suffered from acute food insecurity last year, the highest number recorded in recent years. Of these people, some 376,000 were facing famine-like conditions in seven countries. Anothe…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-03). Conflicts, climate crisis aggravate food insecurity — UN. plenglish.com United Nations, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Conflicts are key factors in hunger and food insecurity aggravated by climate and economic crises, the UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator Reena Ghelani said. She said that while the threat of famine — people starving slowly to death — must be a red line, amid the multiple challenges the world is facing today, the number of people suffering from acute food insecurity reached a quarter billion in 2022 — the highest recorded in recent years.

Andreína Chávez Alava (2023-08-03). Venezuela: Gov't Presents Plan to Clean Up Oil-Contaminated Maracaibo Lake. venezuelanalysis.com A team of experts is working alongside the community to decontaminate Maracaibo Lake from waste, microalgae and oil leaking from corroded pipelines.

ecns.cn (2023-08-03). Rescue operations continue after Beijing's heaviest rainfall in 140 years. ecns.cn Rescue teams were spotted working around the clock to assist and relocate trapped individuals by floodwaters on Wednesday in Fangshan District of Beijing. "ÄÄ…

Editor (2023-08-03). Artificial Intelligence and the class struggle. mronline.org Since the earliest days of the industrial revolution, workers have fought company owners over their use of automated machinery to step up the pace of exploitation.

Nonviolence Radio Team, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-08-03). Cutting The Ties Between Higher Education And The Military. popularresistance.org This episode of Nonviolence Radio welcomes @hellaJinsella from the UK peace organization, DeMilitarise Education, or dED. Jinsella has been actively working to raise awareness about the ties between higher education and the military. As these relationships have not generally been made public, military funding, and the accompanying environmental degradation the arms industry entails, has been able to thrive within universities without sustained challenge. DeMilitarise Education seeks to bring these connections to light. To this end, it has set up a database which tracks schools' ties with the military and arms com…

teleSUR (2023-08-04). Multilateral Peace System Is Needed to Tackle Hunger: Ghelani. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Reena Ghelani, the United Nations Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator, called for a reinvigorated multilateral system for peace in order to address the root causes of hunger. | RELATED: | A quarter billion people suffered from acute food insecurity last year, the highest number recorded in recent years. Of these people, some 376,000 were facing famine-like conditions in seven countries. Anothe…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-03). Conflicts, climate crisis aggravate food insecurity — UN. plenglish.com United Nations, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Conflicts are key factors in hunger and food insecurity aggravated by climate and economic crises, the UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator Reena Ghelani said. She said that while the threat of famine — people starving slowly to death — must be a red line, amid the multiple challenges the world is facing today, the number of people suffering from acute food insecurity reached a quarter billion in 2022 — the highest recorded in recent years.

isabella (2023-08-04). A Perfect Example of Donor-Advised Fund Slipperiness in Silicon Valley. inequality.org

isabella (2023-08-03). Here We Go Again, Again With the Commercial Donor-Advised Fund Industry. inequality.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-03). The Conflict in Ukraine and the Political Battle Over Feeding a Hungry World. libya360.wordpress.com Dmitri Kovalevich July marked the one-and-a-half year anniversary of the start of the Russian Special Military Operation (SMO) in Ukraine. The key developments during the past month were Russia's withdrawal from the agreement reached one year ago by each of Russia and Ukraine with Turkey and the UN for exports of grain from Ukraine, and…

SAM (2023-08-01). Can We Measure Inequality Without Tallying the Wealth of Our Wealthy? inequality.org

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-31). Why Not Tax Private Jets Out of Existence? ips-dc.org Is it possible to deter Kim Kardashian The luxury private jet industry not only exploits our planet's precious resources but makes the rest of us subsidize the extravagant lifestyles of the ultra-rich. Jet excess is a dangerous symptom of extreme wealth inequality. As wealth gets more concentrated in the hands of the global billionaire class, there has been a surge in consumer deman…

Ann Brown (2023-07-31). Veteran Wealth Manager Tunde Ogunlana Talks Generational Wealth-Building Through Life Insurance. moguldom.com Meet Tunde Ogunlana. Ogunlana is a veteran wealth manager and financial advisor who also co-hosts a podcast that does deep dives on socially relevant issues. He and his longtime friend James Keys III, founder The Keys Law Firm, PLLC, co-host the podcast "Call It Like I See It." "We had a group text of four …

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Behavioural 'experts' quietly shaped Robodebt's most devilish details. greenleft.org.au

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-31). Let Them Eat Bugs: Challenging the WEF's Corporate-Driven Food Reset. libya360.wordpress.com Colin Todhunter The prevailing globalised agrifood model is built on unjust trade policies, the leveraging of sovereign debt, population displacement and land dispossession. It fuels commodity monocropping and food insecurity as well as soil and environmental degradation. It is responsible for increasing rates of illness, nutrient-deficient diets, a narrowing of the range of food crops,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-01). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-01). Politics of the Commons: The Open-Ended History of Communes. libya360.wordpress.com Reinaldo Iturriza López I The history of the Communes is the history of the organization of the working class. But not the working class in an abstract sense, but that of the really existing one in a specific historical moment. Both the available documentary record and the testimony of organizers allow us to conclude that Hugo Chávez,…

WSWS (2023-08-01). The Yellow bankruptcy and the US ruling class's war on two fronts. wsws.org While the US government proclaims it will fund the war in Ukraine for "as long as it takes," no resources are supposedly available to prevent tens thousands of working class families from being thrown into destitution in the largest trucking bankruptcy in US history.

jamanetwork (2023-08-01). Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations at US Acute Care Hospitals—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Inspired by our team's experiences working with children and adolescents in inpatient settings, we used the Kids' Inpatient Database to chronicle how hospitalizations for mental health diagnoses changed from 2009 to 2019 among youths aged 3 to 17 years. While the objective of our work was to highlight trends in hospitalizations at the national level, our findings also raised the following questions: why have the numbers of hospitalizations for mental health diagnoses increased and what needs to be done?

teleSUR (2023-08-01). India: Crane Collapses at Road Construction Site, 17 Killed. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, at least 17 workers were killed, and three others injured, after a crane collapsed at a road construction site in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. | Related: | "Today an unfortunate incident happened at Shahpur Tehsil of Thane District on under construction Samruddhi Expressway in which one Crane fell on a Slab of a Bridge in which two teams of NDRF are working on the site," India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) sai…

Larry Johnson (2023-08-01). Judge Napolitano and I Talk Intelligence and Gonzalo Lira Speaks. sonar21.com I want to get this up without a lot of commentary. The most important news is that Gonzalo Lira was released on bail on July 6 and is now working…

WSWS (2023-07-31). The Yellow Corp. bankruptcy: A brutal attack on the working class. wsws.org The fifth largest trucking firm in the United States shut its operations last Friday and laid off 30,000 drivers, yard workers and office staff across the US.

WSWS (2023-07-31). Communication Workers Union welcomes Martin Seidenberg as Group CEO after betrayal of Royal Mail dispute. wsws.org Ward and Furey greeted Seidenberg's appointment as head of International Distribution Services with the words: "We are absolutely committed to working with the new CEO and improving industrial relations".

WSWS (2023-07-31). Hundreds of heat deaths across US Southwest and Mexico: A capitalist crime. wsws.org Amid sweltering heat, homeless people die outside, retirees from power cut-offs and neglect, and workers are hospitalized from heat-related illnesses.

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-08-01). Noam Chomsky on Why This is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History. indybay.org We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining global hegemony when international collaboration is urgently needed to address the planet's numerous challenges.

F. William Engdahl (2023-08-01). Moscow Accused of Inciting "Hunger Games": The World Will Not Face Wheat Crisis in the Wake of the "Ukraine Deal" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-08-01). What Are the Real Reasons for the Global South Food Crisis? scheerpost.com Different variations of rice from Kerala, India. Photo from Flickr by Manfred Sommer, June 20, 2020. By Anuradha Chenoy / The Nation The global food crises, exacerbated by the Black Sea grain initiative's end, disproportionately impacts the Global South. But will the resumption of these grain shipments bring closure to the extreme hunger rampant in many …

WSWS (2023-07-31). Communication Workers Union welcomes Martin Seidenberg as Group CEO after betrayal of Royal Mail dispute. wsws.org Ward and Furey greeted Seidenberg's appointment as head of International Distribution Services with the words: "We are absolutely committed to working with the new CEO and improving industrial relations".

WSWS (2023-07-31). Hundreds of heat deaths across US Southwest and Mexico: A capitalist crime. wsws.org Amid sweltering heat, homeless people die outside, retirees from power cut-offs and neglect, and workers are hospitalized from heat-related illnesses.

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-08-01). Noam Chomsky on Why This is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History. indybay.org We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining global hegemony when international collaboration is urgently needed to address the planet's numerous challenges.

F. William Engdahl (2023-08-01). Moscow Accused of Inciting "Hunger Games": The World Will Not Face Wheat Crisis in the Wake of the "Ukraine Deal" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-08-01). What Are the Real Reasons for the Global South Food Crisis? scheerpost.com Different variations of rice from Kerala, India. Photo from Flickr by Manfred Sommer, June 20, 2020. By Anuradha Chenoy / The Nation The global food crises, exacerbated by the Black Sea grain initiative's end, disproportionately impacts the Global South. But will the resumption of these grain shipments bring closure to the extreme hunger rampant in many …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-26). On second anniversary of 'Presidential coup,' Tunisians resolve to continue resistance. peoplesdispatch.org President Kais Saied, despite enjoying absolute power for the last two years, has done little to improve the economic and social situation as the people struggle with high inflation, poverty, unemployment, and acute shortages of basic food items. Meanwhile, he has concentrated power and repressed opposition…

Fight Back (2023-07-26). Protesters decry Louisiana Education Superintendent meeting with far-right extremist group. fightbacknews.org Baton Rouge, LA – On July 24, protesters from across Louisiana gathered outside Jones Creek Library in East Baton Rouge Parish. They chanted and waved signs, voicing their opposition to Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley's meeting with Moms for Liberty, a far-right national organization identified as an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. | The demonstrators marched around the library and received supportive honking from passing highway traffic. They chanted "Ban hate, not books!" and "Defend trans youth!" | Moms for Liberty was founded in Florida and was initially focused on suppo…

Shailly Gupta Barnes (2023-07-26). A Bittersweet Milestone for the Anti-Poverty Movement. otherwords.org This summer marked a milestone anniversary in the history of American anti-poverty programs: two years ago, the first monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit went out to millions of households. | The expansion had deep roots in the welfare rights movement, including the powerful organizing of poor mothers and caregivers who insisted for decades that poor and low-income people didn't need to prove their worthiness to receive government assistance. | When the credit went into effect, nearly all families with children in this country started receiving monthly tax credits of up to $300 per child — wit…

isabella (2023-07-27). Boston's Wealthy Real Estate Players Avoid Paying their Fair Share. inequality.org

isabella (2023-07-26). OLIGARCH Act Seeks to Combat Extreme Wealth Inequality. inequality.org

infobrics (2023-07-26). Is a Brics Currency a Viable Option?>. infobrics.org Adriaan Pask, chief investment officer at PSG Wealth, explains some of the requirements for a reserve currency and why it's unlikely the US dollar could be dethroned any time soon…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Ndileka Mandela: "Africa Needs Better Leaders" libya360.wordpress.com On the eve of the Russia-Africa Summit, Ndileka Mandela sat down with RT's Moussa Ibrahim to explain why the continent needs leaders of her grandfather's stature now more than ever. Asked why a continent so rich in minerals, resources, and young workers could still find its wealth stripped by foreign interests, Mandela gave a harsh response. "Africa…

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-26). Progressives Unveil Bill to Tax Billionaire Wealth Up to 8 Percent. truthout.org A group of progressive lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill that would levy up to an 8 percent tax on the wealth of the richest Americans, with a goal of combating extreme and growing wealth inequality in the U.S. The bill, dubbed the Oppose Limitless Inequality Growth and Reverse Community Harms (OLIGARCH) Act, would levy a wealth tax on individuals who have at least 1,000… |

Jeff Ernsthausen (2023-07-26). Ultrawealthy Reap Tax Breaks From Private Foundations With Little Public Benefit. truthout.org Once a week, a little past noon on Wednesdays, a line of cars forms outside the wrought-iron gates of the Carolands mansion, 20 miles south of downtown San Francisco. From the entrance, you can see the southeast facade of the 98-room Beaux Arts chateau, which was built a century ago by an heiress to the Pullman railroad-car fortune. Not visible from that vantage point is the stately reflecting… |

Dana Sanchez (2023-07-27). Federal Reserve Pushes Interest Rates Even Higher To 5.5%, Making Debt More Expensive. moguldom.com The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday by a quarter of a percentage point to the highest level in more than 22 years in an effort to slow inflation. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee determines monetary policy and dictates how expensive many forms of consumer debt will be including mortgages, credit cards, auto …

Staff (2023-07-26). Venezuela's Parliament: Europe's Alleged Investment in Latin America Should be Viewed With Caution. orinocotribune.com Following the European Union's announcement that it had approved an alleged investment of ‚Ǩ45 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean, members of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) expressed their reservations as to the real objective pursued by the European bloc since, among other hypotheses, it was suggested that this would lead to the indebtedness of Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) countries with fewer resources and "tie them up" in the classic style of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | Another theory suggests that the investment will increase the degree of…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Chilean Teachers Association Calls for 24-Hour Strike. telesurenglish.net The national board of the Chilean Teachers' Association called for a 24-hour national strike today to demand improvements in education and other demands. | Related: | In this capital, the teachers will concentrate in Plaza de la Dignidad and will march along the emblematic avenue of La Alameda. | The union demands reparations for the historical debt of the State with teachers, when during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet…

LaborFest.net (2023-07-27). Friday 7/28: Photos: 1973 Durban Working Class Uprising against apartheid & 1984 ILWU Boycott Of SA Cargo. indybay.org ILWU Local 10, Henry Scmidt Room, 400 North Point St., SF…

Luis Chirino (2023-07-27). Boosting tourism between China and Cuba. america.cgtn.com With travel back on an upswing, following a few tough years brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world are vying to attract new visitors. Cuba is among them, and is working with Chinese travel professionals to help promote Chinese tourist visits.

Walden Bello (2023-07-27). A Mini-Revolution in Tokyo. fpif.org Satoko Kishimoto returned to her native Japan in April 2022. She was 47, and for 22 of those years she had been in Europe, most of them spent working for the progressive think-tank Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She had no firm plans for the future—maybe doing some writing, maybe engaging in care work. In any case, when she landed, she had absolutely no inkling that in two months' time, she would be mayor of Suginami, the seventh largest of Tokyo's 23 central wards, with a population of over 588,300. | "I did not know Suginami at all," she told me as I interviewed her at her office a few weeks ago. "A…

WSWS (2023-07-27). US Fed lifts interest rates to two-decade high. wsws.org The Fed is trying to tread a fine line as it lifts rates to try to combat the wages struggles of the working class by slowing the economy without lifting them at such a pace as would cause major problems for financial markets.

Press Associates (2023-07-27). 26,000 American Airlines flight attendants begin strike authorization vote. peoplesworld.org DALLAS-FORT WORTH (PAI)—After little management movement in bargaining, even with a federal mediator involved, and no raises since January 2019, the 26,000 flight attendants at American Airlines will begin a month-long strike authorization vote on July 28. Key issues are pay and working conditions. With no raises in four years, news reports indicate the flight …

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-27). MSPAS to focus on more Covid-19 vaccines for domestic campaign. plenglish.com Guatemala City, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala is presently working so hard on purchasing more Covid-19 vaccine doses in order to continue implementing domestic campaign immunization campaign ahead of rising coronavirus cases reported recently and imminent expiration of last Pfizer batches.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-07-26). Actors fighting for residuals in Hollywood strike. america.cgtn.com Hollywood is locked in its biggest standoff in decades, as film and television actors joined writers on the picket lines. In addition to better pay and working conditions, artists are demanding certain guarantees when it comes to residuals, a form of royalties paid to them …

Luis Feliz Leon, The American Prospect. (2023-07-26). Inside The Teamsters' Historic Contract At UPS. popularresistance.org Some 340,000 UPS Teamsters will see significant gains to pay and working conditions if they ratify a five-year tentative agreement announced by the negotiating committee on Tuesday. Rank-and-file workers were poised to proceed with what would have been the largest strike at a single private-sector employer in decades, and the resolve from workers over the past several weeks was key to getting UPS to agree to a tentative deal that meets their demands. | Negotiations, which broke down on July 5, resumed July 25, after UPS said that it would be "prepared to increase our industry-leading pay and benefits."

WSWS (2023-07-26). Macron reshuffles government to prepare new round of attacks on working class. wsws.org Macron told his new cabinet to prepare for "decisive reforms" in the autumn, paving the way for new clashes between the working class and the capitalist state.

Guest Contributor (2023-07-26). Covid, the Cabinet and a tussle over disclosure: R (Cabinet Office) v The Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. ukhumanrightsblog.com Introduction In a decision that may come as little surprise to those working in the fields of inquiries and public law, the Divisional Court consisting of Dingemans LJ and Garnham J dismissed the Cabinet Office's application for judicial review of a notice issued by Baroness Hallett, the Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry ("the Inquiry") …

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Venezuela and Palestine Strengthen Bilateral Relations. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Venezuelan authorities received the head of the Palestinian National Council, Rawhi Fattouh, with the aim of strengthening bilateral, diplomatic and commercial relations between both nations. | RELATED: | Media reported that Fattouh held working meetings with Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, and National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez. | "It is a pleasure to receive the president of the Palestinian National Council, Rawhi Fattouh, on his official visit to our country…

WSWS (2023-07-26). Australia: Telstra cuts another 500 jobs as restructure continues. wsws.org The Communications Workers Union, which covers only some of the affected workers, but has substantial membership in other parts of Telstra, is working to ensure there is no organised opposition to the latest round of job cuts.

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-26). Sanders, Nearly 180 Democrats Unveil Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $17. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill on Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in 14 years and end the longest period that the wage hadn't been increased since the minimum wage was established decades ago. The bill would raise the current federal minimum wage by nearly $10 an hour, increasing it from the current level of $7.25 to $17 an hour over the next five… |

WSWS (2023-07-26). Interview with Germany's Left Party chair: a declaration of political bankruptcy. wsws.org The entire interview clearly established that the Left Party is prepared to enter the government at any time and help implement its policies of war and social devestation.

WSWS (2023-07-27). Netanyahu's judicial coup and the dead end of Zionism. wsws.org Netanyahu's government of ultra-nationalists and religious Zionists seek the total annexation of the Occupied West Bank, ethnic cleansing throughout Israel and to impose authoritarian rule over a society characterized by acute social inequality, stepped up militarism and cultural reaction.

Sarah Anderson (2023-07-26). How to Raise $1.8 Billion for Green Transit. inequality.org Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass) recently introduced legislation to increase the excise tax on private jet fuel. Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY-07) introduced complimentary legislation in the House. The Markey-Velazquez proposal would raise the existing excise tax from 22 cents to a $1.95 per gallon. This would effectively levy a $200 tax on every ton of carbon …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-25). Sanctions Are an Act of War. orinocotribune.com By Phyllis Bennis — Jul 20, 2023 | Economic sanctions which claim to target authoritarian governments and wealthy profiteers of global conflicts only hurt innocent civilian populations. | Economic sanctions have a long and brutal history, almost as long as the history of war itself. | What they don't have— especially in recent memory— is a history of accomplishing their ostensible goal of changing governments' behavior. | Over the past 30-plus years, roughly beginning with the 1990‚Äâ—‚Äâ1991 Gulf crisis and U.S.-led war against Iraq, Washington's impositio…

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-24). Study: Affirmative Action for the Richest 1 Percent Is Common at Elite Colleges. truthout.org Just weeks after the Supreme Court ruled to end race-based affirmative action in college admissions, a new study suggests that "affirmative action" for the rich is very much alive when wealthy Americans seek acceptance to the most elite colleges in the U.S. According to a study released Monday by Opportunity Insights, a Harvard University-based research group, students from families within the… |

Michael Hudson (2023-07-24). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-24). Wind turbines are an eyesore, a hazard and an environmental disaster. expose-news.com Wind turbines, once touted by the few wealthy and less populated countries as a clean solution for electricity, are now becoming an eyesore, a hazard, and a significant environmental threat. Will Wind …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-24). How They Are Destroying Millions of Lives. expose-news.com Interest rates were kept absurdly low for years in order to trap businesses and homeowners into acquiring huge debts. As interest rates race up towards normal the cost of servicing loans and …

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-24). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

_____ (2023-07-24). Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt. transcend.org 12 Jul 2023 – Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial order.

Adam Johnson, The Real News Network. (2023-07-24). Chasing Clicks Through Ad Money, Media Does PR For Amazon. popularresistance.org Every year, America's corporate media celebrates the coming of that most sacred and deal-laden of holidays, so-called Amazon "Prime Day." The media fanfare around Prime Day is such a staple that it has become a perennial strategic rallying point for Amazon workers trying to draw attention to Amazon's low wages, unsafe working conditions, and aggressive anti-union corporate culture. These are year-round problems that ramp up to 11 during the taxing and brutal period before, during, and after Prime Day, when workers are pressured into long hours, exposed to high temperatures, and given impossible performance metric…

WSWS (2023-07-24). Spain in election limbo after right-wing Popular Party and far-right Vox fail to secure majority to govern. wsws.org Calls for "Unity against fascism" will be used as a weapon against the working class, to try and blackmail workers into uniting behind a renewed Socialist Party-Sumar government to try and stifle a movement to the left that has seen an eruption of struggles against their pro-war and austerity policies.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Stop the censorship of socialist students at Macquarie University! wsws.org The IYSSE is being targeted because it "is the only organization that advances a genuine anti-war perspective based on the unification of the international working class against the capitalist nation-state system."

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-07-24). CIA Has Been Working to Overthrow the People's Republic of China (PRC) Since Its Inception in 1949. covertactionmagazine.com New book details saga of two CIA officers, Jack Downey and Richard Fecteau, who were imprisoned for 19 years in China following a botched covert operation in the "Asian Bay of Pigs." Six years ago, The New York Times reported that the Chinese government systematically dismantled CIA spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

Staff (2023-07-24). Cop City and the escalating war on environmental defenders. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in In These Times on July 13, 2023. It is shared here with permission. The fight in Atlanta over Cop City, a massive police training facility, has turned into ground zero for overlapping crises facing our country: the climate emergency, vast political and economic inequality, ever-militarizing police forces and systemic racism. If we …

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-24). Study: Affirmative Action for the Richest 1 Percent Is Common at Elite Colleges. truthout.org Just weeks after the Supreme Court ruled to end race-based affirmative action in college admissions, a new study suggests that "affirmative action" for the rich is very much alive when wealthy Americans seek acceptance to the most elite colleges in the U.S. According to a study released Monday by Opportunity Insights, a Harvard University-based research group, students from families within the… |

Michael Hudson (2023-07-24). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-24). Wind turbines are an eyesore, a hazard and an environmental disaster. expose-news.com Wind turbines, once touted by the few wealthy and less populated countries as a clean solution for electricity, are now becoming an eyesore, a hazard, and a significant environmental threat. Will Wind …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-24). How They Are Destroying Millions of Lives. expose-news.com Interest rates were kept absurdly low for years in order to trap businesses and homeowners into acquiring huge debts. As interest rates race up towards normal the cost of servicing loans and …

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-24). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

_____ (2023-07-24). Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt. transcend.org 12 Jul 2023 – Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial order.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Spain in election limbo after right-wing Popular Party and far-right Vox fail to secure majority to govern. wsws.org Calls for "Unity against fascism" will be used as a weapon against the working class, to try and blackmail workers into uniting behind a renewed Socialist Party-Sumar government to try and stifle a movement to the left that has seen an eruption of struggles against their pro-war and austerity policies.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Stop the censorship of socialist students at Macquarie University! wsws.org The IYSSE is being targeted because it "is the only organization that advances a genuine anti-war perspective based on the unification of the international working class against the capitalist nation-state system."

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-07-24). CIA Has Been Working to Overthrow the People's Republic of China (PRC) Since Its Inception in 1949. covertactionmagazine.com New book details saga of two CIA officers, Jack Downey and Richard Fecteau, who were imprisoned for 19 years in China following a botched covert operation in the "Asian Bay of Pigs." Six years ago, The New York Times reported that the Chinese government systematically dismantled CIA spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Price By: Sonali Kolhatkar. midwesternmarx.com Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry. Hollywood has come to a standstill this summer as actors join their writer colleagues on the picket line. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced that it would be on strike starting July 14, 2023, over negotiations breaking down with t …

Fight Back (2023-07-23). The Milwaukee Area Labor Council stands in solidarity with Teamsters fighting for a fair contract at UPS. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following resolution passed by the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO executive board in July 2023. | The collective bargaining agreement representing 340,000 Teamsters at UPS across the country, including Wisconsin Teamsters Local 344, expires at midnight, August 1, 2023. | If UPS Teamsters go on strike, it will be the largest strike against a single business in U.S. history, and the largest strike since the last UPS Teamsters strike in 1997. This is a struggle that will impact every working person in the country. | UPS makes over $13 billion in profits every year on…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

Michael Hudson (2023-07-23). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-23). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Price By: Sonali Kolhatkar. midwesternmarx.com Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry. Hollywood has come to a standstill this summer as actors join their writer colleagues on the picket line. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced that it would be on strike starting July 14, 2023, over negotiations breaking down with t …

Staff (2023-07-23). Peru: Social Movements Demand Resignation of De Facto President. orinocotribune.com The National Unitary Coordination Platform of Struggle (CNUL), composed of several Peruvian social movements, called for a new march on Saturday to demand the resignation of de facto President Dina Boluarte. | The platform of social movements announced that Saturday, July 22, will be a day of peaceful struggle, with marches in working class neighborhoods of the northern, southern and eastern parts of Lima, and in other regions of the country. | On Wednesday, July 19, marchers from all over the country took over the capital and 59 other provinces, and the CNUL plans to continue the same during July 24-29. | La Coo…

Zach Patnoe (2023-07-22). Wisconsin Teen Killed in Sawmill Amid National Push to Expand Child Labor. liberationnews.org Amid the ongoing push to expand child labor across the nation, 16-year-old Michael Schuls was tragically killed while working at a sawmill in northern Wisconsin. Florence Hardwoods had illegally employed the teen despite Wisconsin state law prohibiting minors from all occupations in logging and sawmills.

WSWS (2023-07-22). 16-year-old immigrant killed while working in Mississippi poultry plant. wsws.org Duván Robert Tomás Pérez, an immigrant from Guatemala, was killed on the evening of July 14, when his body became trapped on a conveyor belt he was cleaning inside the Mar-Jac plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Protests resume against US-backed Boluarte regime in Peru. wsws.org The July 19 protests were the largest nationwide since March, but still dominated by indigenous peasant groups and students as the official "left" refuses to mobilize the working class.

Anonymous834 (2023-07-22). Biden's Tech-War Goes Nuclear. southfront.org Written by Mike Whitney; The article was originally published on "Lots of people don't know what happened yesterday. To put it simply, Biden has forced all Americans working in China to pick between quitting their jobs and losing American citizenship. Every American executive and engineer working in China's semiconductor manufacturing…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-22). Putin, Lukashenko to meet in Moscow. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, who will pay a working visit to Moscow, will meet on July 23, the Kremlin informed.

F. William Engdahl (2023-07-22). 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 (2023-07-22). Francis Fukuyama parades Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion at Stanford University. wsws.org In proudly sharing a platform with Ukrainian neo-Nazis who are fighting a war on behalf of US imperialism, Fukuyama, the erstwhile prophet of the triumph of "liberal democracy", has become the embodiment of the bankruptcy of his own theory.

WSWS (2023-07-22). ONLINE MEETING: The battle at Yellow freight: Logistics and postal workers must rally in support! wsws.org With the company on the verge of bankruptcy and refusing to pay pensions and healthcare, a strike at the company could begin as soon as Monday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

_____ (2023-07-22). A wave of fake news about famine in today's North Korea. journal-neo.org In the second half of June 2023, a wave of claims hit the world media that North Korea was allegedly experiencing a famine comparable to the Arduous March of the 1990s. A BBC article supposedly based on covert interviews with anonymous sources straight from North Korea (DPRK) and a documentary film based on the same […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

TheCOVIDBlog (2023-07-22). The Phoney Nitrogen Crisis: The Netherlands Is Ground Zero for Global Famine Agenda. Precipitating "30,000 Farmers Out of Business" globalresearch.ca

Mike Ludwig (2023-07-21). 60 Years After the March on Washington, 1 in 3 Black Children Live in Poverty. truthout.org Conservatives today would have you believe the civil rights movement of the 1960s was so successful that systemic racism is a problem of the past. Every February, white Republicans observe Black History Month by twisting famous lines from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech to serve their own agendas. The Constitution is "colorblind," they claim, and if this flies in the face of… |

Zara Jemuel (2023-07-21). Militant Black Unionism Offers Best Resistance to Growing White Nationalism. truthout.org The United States economy keeps Black labor at the bottom because when bosses conceded on slavery, they settled on poverty wages. While white nationalism's most visible soldiers are terror organizations and politicians, the quest for racial purity is made possible by Sears, General Motors, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Chase Bank, and other so-called job creators. Corporate benefactors fund extremist… |

Sara Flounders (2023-07-21). As Yellen dictates terms to China What we defend, what Wall Street wants to destroy. workers.org What is the material basis of the growing hostility on every level of the U.S. ruling class toward China? No great struggle is based on the personalities or aspirations of individuals. At the root is a very concrete, material basis that drives the conflict. Otherwise, meetings, discussions and diplomacy would . . . |

Michael Hudson (2023-07-22). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-22). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-22). Putin, Lukashenko to meet in Moscow. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, who will pay a working visit to Moscow, will meet on July 23, the Kremlin informed.

WSWS (2023-07-22). 16-year-old immigrant killed while working in Mississippi poultry plant. wsws.org Duván Robert Tomás Pérez, an immigrant from Guatemala, was killed on the evening of July 14, when his body became trapped on a conveyor belt he was cleaning inside the Mar-Jac plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Protests resume against US-backed Boluarte regime in Peru. wsws.org The July 19 protests were the largest nationwide since March, but still dominated by indigenous peasant groups and students as the official "left" refuses to mobilize the working class.

Anonymous834 (2023-07-22). Biden's Tech-War Goes Nuclear. southfront.org Written by Mike Whitney; The article was originally published on "Lots of people don't know what happened yesterday. To put it simply, Biden has forced all Americans working in China to pick between quitting their jobs and losing American citizenship. Every American executive and engineer working in China's semiconductor manufacturing…

Press Associates (2023-07-21). Union-backed coalition throws weight behind effort to revive Freedom to Vote Act. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—Four big unions—the Teachers (AFT), the Communications Workers, the Service Employees, and AFSCME—plus Pride at Work and the Working Families Party, were among 260 groups who renewed their support for a wide-ranging pro-voting rights bill in D.C. this week. The Freedom to Vote Act, pushed by congressional Democratic leaders, was expected to come up …

WSWS (2023-07-22). ONLINE MEETING: The battle at Yellow freight: Logistics and postal workers must rally in support! wsws.org With the company on the verge of bankruptcy and refusing to pay pensions and healthcare, a strike at the company could begin as soon as Monday.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Francis Fukuyama parades Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion at Stanford University. wsws.org In proudly sharing a platform with Ukrainian neo-Nazis who are fighting a war on behalf of US imperialism, Fukuyama, the erstwhile prophet of the triumph of "liberal democracy", has become the embodiment of the bankruptcy of his own theory.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

WSWS (2023-07-22). ONLINE MEETING: The battle at Yellow freight: Logistics and postal workers must rally in support! wsws.org With the company on the verge of bankruptcy and refusing to pay pensions and healthcare, a strike at the company could begin as soon as Monday.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Francis Fukuyama parades Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion at Stanford University. wsws.org In proudly sharing a platform with Ukrainian neo-Nazis who are fighting a war on behalf of US imperialism, Fukuyama, the erstwhile prophet of the triumph of "liberal democracy", has become the embodiment of the bankruptcy of his own theory.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

Sara Flounders (2023-07-21). As Yellen dictates terms to China What we defend, what Wall Street wants to destroy. workers.org What is the material basis of the growing hostility on every level of the U.S. ruling class toward China? No great struggle is based on the personalities or aspirations of individuals. At the root is a very concrete, material basis that drives the conflict. Otherwise, meetings, discussions and diplomacy would . . . |

Mike Ludwig (2023-07-21). 60 Years After the March on Washington, 1 in 3 Black Children Live in Poverty. truthout.org Conservatives today would have you believe the civil rights movement of the 1960s was so successful that systemic racism is a problem of the past. Every February, white Republicans observe Black History Month by twisting famous lines from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech to serve their own agendas. The Constitution is "colorblind," they claim, and if this flies in the face of… |

Zara Jemuel (2023-07-21). Militant Black Unionism Offers Best Resistance to Growing White Nationalism. truthout.org The United States economy keeps Black labor at the bottom because when bosses conceded on slavery, they settled on poverty wages. While white nationalism's most visible soldiers are terror organizations and politicians, the quest for racial purity is made possible by Sears, General Motors, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Chase Bank, and other so-called job creators. Corporate benefactors fund extremist… |

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-21). Not even remittances can save El Salvador from poverty. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) At least two of ten Salvadoran families who receive remittances from the United States and other countries are in a state of poverty, El Salvador's Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPM) reported.

Editor (2023-07-20). The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty. scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In June, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 'From 2015 to 2019', the network wrote, 'the world made some progress on the SDGs, although this was already …

Damian Balassone (2023-07-20). Poem: Spiritual Land/Spiritless Man. greenleft.org.au Damian Balassone, on the poverty of spirit.

Eleanor J. Bader, The Indypendent. (2023-07-20). When The Welfare Rights Movement Was Force For Uplifting The Poor. popularresistance.org When Dartmouth history professor Annelise Orleck was still working on her first book, Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965, she learned about the work of an intrepid group of low-income, southern-born women in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thirteen years of research and interviews followed. The result, Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty, tells the amazing story of fed-up and reviled welfare recipients who organized on their own behalf, winning a raft of financial, medical and educational improvements for themselves, their chi…

Michael Hudson (2023-07-21). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

Annelise Whitley (2023-07-20). Migration and the Shadow of War. tomdispatch.com Seeking news coverage about the Adriana, the boat crowded with some 700 people migrating to Europe to seek a better life that sank in mid-June off the coast of Greece, I googled "migrant ship" and got 483,000 search results in one second. Most of the people aboard the Adriana had drowned in the Mediterranean, among them about 100 children. I did a similar search for the Titan submersible which disappeared the same week in the North Atlantic. That kludged-together pseudo-submarine was taking four wealthy men and the 19-year-old son of one of them to view the ruins of the famed passenger ship, the Titanic. They all…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-21). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-21). Argentine president denounces effects of debt with IMF. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) The debt contracted by former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) represents an impressive weight for the Argentine economy, President Alberto Fernández said today.

Editor (2023-07-20). 175+ Groups Urge Biden to Immediately Enact New Student Debt Cancellation Plan. scheerpost.com "Restarting the fundamentally broken student loan system without first delivering on the relief promised to borrowers remains a grave mistake, and will only exacerbate already dire economic situations for millions."

Tyler Walicek (2023-07-20). New SNAP Policy Will Force People Over 50 to Work to Retain Food Benefits. truthout.org In the course of the recent resolution to the long-brewing debt ceiling crisis, it was congressional bickering that drew the most attention. Although it was largely drowned out by senatorial diatribes, the final June 2 debt ceiling measure included a substantive change: a modification to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), widely known as food stamps. The new SNAP policy… |

Press Associates (2023-07-21). Union-backed coalition throws weight behind effort to revive Freedom to Vote Act. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—Four big unions—the Teachers (AFT), the Communications Workers, the Service Employees, and AFSCME—plus Pride at Work and the Working Families Party, were among 260 groups who renewed their support for a wide-ranging pro-voting rights bill in D.C. this week. The Freedom to Vote Act, pushed by congressional Democratic leaders, was expected to come up …

WSWS (2023-07-21). Trudeau denounces Canadian dockers' "unacceptable" opposition to government-dictated contract, vows ports "can't be disrupted" wsws.org Although the government intervened in the dispute early on and the employers have been baying for state action against the dockers from day-one, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union opposes any strategy to mobilize the working class to oppose a government-dictated settlement, whether imposed by a back-to-work law or some other means.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-21). Cuba's province of Matanzas increases digital self-service stations. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) With the purpose of optimizing and facilitating processes of procedures to the population, the Scientific and Technological Park of Matanzas (PCTM) is working to increase digital self-service stations.

People's World (2023-07-20). Teamsters v. UPS: A People's World Town Hall. peoplesworld.org JOIN US! JULY 23rd @ 8 p.m. Eastern Time: TEAMSTERS TACKLE U.P.S. IN A STRUGGLE FOR ALL WORKING FAMILIES People's World is excited to announce an online Town Hall focusing specifically on the Teamsters and the potential for a strike against UPS. More than 90 percent of the 340,000 UPS passed a strike vote and …

teleSUR (2023-07-20). Extreme Wave of Heat Hit Puerto Rico. telesurenglish.net According to a report issued by EFE, specialists from the National Meteorological Center report an unusual increase in temperatures in recent years on the Caribbean island. | Related: | Guillermo Bengochea, a worker at a Puerto Rican weather station, assured that in his 10 years of working at the station, the sensation of heat has been increasing, especially in the last two years. | "Mornings at this time of year used to be much cooler…

WSWS (2023-07-20). Lutte Ouvrière covers up police repression of French riot protests. wsws.org The pseudo-left group Lutte Ouvrière has reacted to the recent riots sparked by the killing of a 17-year-old youth by police by denouncing working-class youth.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-21). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

Editor (2023-07-20). From Affirmative Action To Reparations: Bridging Racial Economic Inequality. scheerpost.com

isabella (2023-07-20). The 5 Percent Foundation Payout Requirement May Be a Floor, but the Ceiling Is Awfully Low. inequality.org

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-07-20). Food Insecurity in Africa and the Politics of NATO Expansion. A Global Food Crisis is Looming. globalresearch.ca

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-21). UN agencies warn that hunger may increase in El Salvador. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Warnings from United Nations agencies that hunger may increase in El Salvador are highlighted today in local media such as La Prensa Grafica.

Editor (2023-07-20). The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty. scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In June, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 'From 2015 to 2019', the network wrote, 'the world made some progress on the SDGs, although this was already …

Damian Balassone (2023-07-20). Poem: Spiritual Land/Spiritless Man. greenleft.org.au Damian Balassone, on the poverty of spirit.

isabella (2023-07-19). What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty. inequality.org

Thalia Charles (2023-07-19). Guaranteed Income Programs Are Uplifting Oppressed Communities Across the US. truthout.org The expanded child tax credit, signed into law by President Joe Biden more than two years ago, provided families with children with monthly installments of $250 or $300, reduced rates of child poverty, and served as a lifeline for low-income families. The tax credit expired after the 2022 tax year, and efforts to revive it were unsuccessful. In its absence, local and state organizers and advocates… |

Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-19). Deserved Cancellations: Victoria Rejects the Commonwealth Games. dissidentvoice.org Hosting sporting events has always been a government's formula to distract their seducible subjects. It's the secular version of smells and bells, the warbling of the church choir turned into flesh and performance. If such occasions are of sufficient scale, they might even be political promotions, body beautiful types paraded and performing before clapping and …

Sarah Anderson (2023-07-19). Tax the Fat Cat Private Jet Class, Invest in Green Transit. inequality.org Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) has just introduced legislation to significantly boost excise taxes on private jet fuel. Representative Nydia Velasquez (D-NY) has introduced complimentary legislation in the House. The colorfully named "FATCAT Act" (standing for Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax) would hike fuel taxes on private jets from the current 22 cents …

Farrah Hassen (2023-07-19). Housing Is a Human Right — We Need to Recognize It. otherwords.org In the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. | The pandemic revealed the full extent of the U.S. housing crisis. Where were the roughly At the same time, the pandemic proved that federal intervention could ease the crisis. Eviction moratoria and unemployment relief helped keep more people housed, fed, and secure. But these initiatives ended too quickly. | Lifting federal…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-19). Australia, Deserved Cancellations: Victoria Rejects the Commonwealth Games. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-07-20). 175+ Groups Urge Biden to Immediately Enact New Student Debt Cancellation Plan. scheerpost.com "Restarting the fundamentally broken student loan system without first delivering on the relief promised to borrowers remains a grave mistake, and will only exacerbate already dire economic situations for millions."

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). China eases limit for foreign debt. ecns.cn China increased the macro-prudential adjustment parameter for cross-border financing of corporates and financial institutions to 1.5 from 1.25 on Thursday, a move that experts said will help boost confidence in the renminbi.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-20). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

WSWS (2023-07-20). 22,000 Yellow workers posed to strike after company fails to pay benefit contributions. wsws.org On the verge of bankruptcy, Yellow is deep in debt and is unable to pay for workers' benefits as Wall Street demands deeper cuts.

WSWS (2023-07-20). 22,000 Yellow freight workers poised to strike after company fails to pay benefit contributions. wsws.org On the verge of bankruptcy, Yellow is deep in debt and is unable to pay for workers' benefits as Wall Street demands deeper cuts.

WSWS (2023-07-20). 22,000 Yellow workers poised to strike after company fails to pay benefit contributions. wsws.org On the verge of bankruptcy, Yellow is deep in debt and is unable to pay for workers' benefits as Wall Street demands deeper cuts.

ecns.cn (2023-07-20). China raises foreign debt limit. ecns.cn China increased the macro-prudential adjustment parameter for cross-border financing of corporates and financial institutions to 1.5 from 1.25 on Thursday, a move that experts said will help boost confidence in the renminbi.

Staff (2023-07-19). Venezuela's VP Blasts Paraguay's President for Serving US Interests & Not Honoring Debts. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, called on the president of Paraguay, Mario Abdo, to honor the debt that Paraguay has with Venezuela before continuing in an "empty monologue," after new fresh intervention in Venezuelan internal affairs during the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and European Union (EU) summit held in Brussels, Belgium. | Abdo supported the European Union's resolution to condemn the disqualification of Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado from the presidential elections. Machado was disqualified from holding public office for…

Ashley Curtin (2023-07-19). Biden to cancel $39 billion in student loans post SCOTUS decision. nationofchange.org More than 800,000 borrowers with debts outstanding for more than 20 years could have their student loans discharged.

teleSUR (2023-07-19). Saint Kitts and Nevis: Reform of Traffic Law. telesurenglish.net July brought an unusual increase in traffic accidents on the Caribbean island, causing several deaths. The Secretary of Traffic reported that from January to June of this year, 708 cases were reported in San Cristóbal with four fatalities, while Nieves reported 199 cases but no deaths. | Related: | The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Gart Wilkin, declared to the press that they are currently working on a reform of the Traffic…

Ann Brown (2023-07-19). Gathering The Facts and Factors on ATL's Gathering Spot: What Went So Wrong After Acquisition by Greenwood Bank? moguldom.com It seemed like a match made in heaven. A thriving Black-owned business and a blossoming Black-owned financial institution. In 2022, fintech firm Greenwood acquired the popular private membership club and co-working hub The Gathering Spot. The deal was to help The Gathering Spot, which was started in Atlanta and branched off into DC and Los …

Anju Anna John, Stefano Balbi, Common Dreams. (2023-07-19). We Need A Rights-Based Approach To Climate Displacement. popularresistance.org In 2015, the United Nations Member States agreed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, that are rooted in three universal values including a human rights-based approach, ensuring that no one is left behind, and working to eliminate gender inequalities. At the center of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 SDGs is the principle of leave no one behind, or LNOB. | Although not legally enforceable, LNOB symbolizes a global commitment to reach out to the most marginalized and vulnerable, as we work towards a development that does not adversely affect our planet. It requires that we look for s…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-19). Venezuelan FM holds successful talks with opposition. plenglish.com In a phone conversation with Venezolana de Television news channel, Yvan Gil made a balance of such meeting and of the 3rd Summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC). | Gil pointed out that the first issue cleared up was the pernicious effect of sanctions imposed on Venezuela, assuring that he saw how "unanimously" the European Union (EU) and the Latin American and Caribbean countries requested to progress in eliminating sanctions. | The foreign minister added they would start working on the construction of a political dialogue among Venezuelans, who are the o…

WSWS (2023-07-19). Film and television strikers in Los Angeles call for mass action: "I think we need a general strike in this country" wsws.org Bolstered by the support of their fellow film, television, music and entertainment workers, striking actors and writers called for an expansion of the struggle in the face of reports that federal mediators with the Biden administration have been working "in the shadows" with the studios for weeks to shut down their powerful strike.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Former Amazon worker Christina Brown campaigns among UPS workers to seek justice for her sister Poushawn Brown. wsws.org Christina Brown, a former Amazon worker, visited a UPS hub with a team of World Socialist Web Site reporters to share the story of how her sister, Poushawn Brown, fell ill and died while working as a COVID-19 tester at a nearby Amazon facility.

Emile Schepers (2023-07-19). Virginia Primary: Neither a disaster nor a triumph for the working class. peoplesworld.org On June 20, Virginia held primary elections for state, county, and local offices. As usual in this state's primaries, turnout was low—in single figures in some counties. For several years, many parts of the Southern states have been a "culture wars" target for the Republican ultra-right which has elected its people to…

The Exposé (2023-07-19). Global Alarm: Governments now believe there's a link between COVID-19 Vaccines, Antibody-Dependent Enhancement & Immune System Degradation. expose-news.com Since late 2021, official Government reports have indicated the Covid-19 vaccine severely damages the immune system with the potential to cause some new form of Covid-19 vaccine-induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among people …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

Editor (2023-07-20). From Affirmative Action To Reparations: Bridging Racial Economic Inequality. scheerpost.com

jeffgang (2023-07-19). Tell Congress: Tax Private Jets. inequality.org

SAM (2023-07-19). The Most Ludicrous Argument Ever Against Taxing the Rich? inequality.org

jeffgang (2023-07-19). Tell Your Senators: Tax Private Jets. inequality.org

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-07-20). Food Insecurity in Africa and the Politics of NATO Expansion. A Global Food Crisis is Looming. globalresearch.ca

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-19). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday, June 17, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia's President Vladimir Putin,

Damian Balassone (2023-07-20). Poem: Spiritual Land/Spiritless Man. greenleft.org.au Damian Balassone, on the poverty of spirit.

isabella (2023-07-19). What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty. inequality.org

Thalia Charles (2023-07-19). Guaranteed Income Programs Are Uplifting Oppressed Communities Across the US. truthout.org The expanded child tax credit, signed into law by President Joe Biden more than two years ago, provided families with children with monthly installments of $250 or $300, reduced rates of child poverty, and served as a lifeline for low-income families. The tax credit expired after the 2022 tax year, and efforts to revive it were unsuccessful. In its absence, local and state organizers and advocates… |

Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-19). Deserved Cancellations: Victoria Rejects the Commonwealth Games. dissidentvoice.org Hosting sporting events has always been a government's formula to distract their seducible subjects. It's the secular version of smells and bells, the warbling of the church choir turned into flesh and performance. If such occasions are of sufficient scale, they might even be political promotions, body beautiful types paraded and performing before clapping and …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-07-19). Australia, Deserved Cancellations: Victoria Rejects the Commonwealth Games. globalresearch.ca

Sarah Anderson (2023-07-19). Tax the Fat Cat Private Jet Class, Invest in Green Transit. inequality.org Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) has just introduced legislation to significantly boost excise taxes on private jet fuel. Representative Nydia Velasquez (D-NY) has introduced complimentary legislation in the House. The colorfully named "FATCAT Act" (standing for Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax) would hike fuel taxes on private jets from the current 22 cents …

Farrah Hassen (2023-07-19). Housing Is a Human Right — We Need to Recognize It. otherwords.org In the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. | The pandemic revealed the full extent of the U.S. housing crisis. Where were the roughly At the same time, the pandemic proved that federal intervention could ease the crisis. Eviction moratoria and unemployment relief helped keep more people housed, fed, and secure. But these initiatives ended too quickly. | Lifting federal…

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-18). 7 in 10 Americans Support Passage of Pro-Union PRO Act, Poll Finds. truthout.org With labor activity making headlines across the U.S. and wealth inequality at all-time highs, new polling finds overwhelming support among the public for a slate of pro-worker bills advanced by Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vermont) Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee last month. According to polling by Data for Progress released Tuesday, all three bills passed by the committee last… |

Staff (2023-07-19). Venezuela's VP Blasts Paraguay's President for Serving US Interests & Not Honoring Debts. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, called on the president of Paraguay, Mario Abdo, to honor the debt that Paraguay has with Venezuela before continuing in an "empty monologue," after new fresh intervention in Venezuelan internal affairs during the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and European Union (EU) summit held in Brussels, Belgium. | Abdo supported the European Union's resolution to condemn the disqualification of Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado from the presidential elections. Machado was disqualified from holding public office for…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-07-19). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Ashley Curtin (2023-07-19). Biden to cancel $39 billion in student loans post SCOTUS decision. nationofchange.org More than 800,000 borrowers with debts outstanding for more than 20 years could have their student loans discharged.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-07-19). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Debt is grinding down developing countries but there is no plan for relief. peoplesdispatch.org Two reports which came out last week point out that a large number of developing countries are spending more on repayment of debt than on the development of social sectors such as health and education…

WSWS (2023-07-19). Film and television strikers in Los Angeles call for mass action: "I think we need a general strike in this country" wsws.org Bolstered by the support of their fellow film, television, music and entertainment workers, striking actors and writers called for an expansion of the struggle in the face of reports that federal mediators with the Biden administration have been working "in the shadows" with the studios for weeks to shut down their powerful strike.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Former Amazon worker Christina Brown campaigns among UPS workers to seek justice for her sister Poushawn Brown. wsws.org Christina Brown, a former Amazon worker, visited a UPS hub with a team of World Socialist Web Site reporters to share the story of how her sister, Poushawn Brown, fell ill and died while working as a COVID-19 tester at a nearby Amazon facility.

WSWS (2023-07-19). USPS rural letter carrier whose wages were cut by $20,000 speaks out on slashed pay, harsh working conditions. wsws.org The USPS' new compensation system has cut pay by tens of thousands of dollars while requiring rural letter carriers to work even longer hours.

Anju Anna John, Stefano Balbi, Common Dreams. (2023-07-19). We Need A Rights-Based Approach To Climate Displacement. popularresistance.org In 2015, the United Nations Member States agreed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, that are rooted in three universal values including a human rights-based approach, ensuring that no one is left behind, and working to eliminate gender inequalities. At the center of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 SDGs is the principle of leave no one behind, or LNOB. | Although not legally enforceable, LNOB symbolizes a global commitment to reach out to the most marginalized and vulnerable, as we work towards a development that does not adversely affect our planet. It requires that we look for s…

Ann Brown (2023-07-19). Gathering The Facts and Factors on ATL's Gathering Spot: What Went So Wrong After Acquisition by Greenwood Bank? moguldom.com It seemed like a match made in heaven. A thriving Black-owned business and a blossoming Black-owned financial institution. In 2022, fintech firm Greenwood acquired the popular private membership club and co-working hub The Gathering Spot. The deal was to help The Gathering Spot, which was started in Atlanta and branched off into DC and Los …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-18). Debt is grinding down developing countries but there is no plan for relief. peoplesdispatch.org Two reports which came out last week point out that a large number of developing countries are spending more on repayment of debt than on the development of social sectors such as health and education…

WSWS (2023-07-19). Film and television strikers in Los Angeles call for mass action: "I think we need a general strike in this country" wsws.org Bolstered by the support of their fellow film, television, music and entertainment workers, striking actors and writers called for an expansion of the struggle in the face of reports that federal mediators with the Biden administration have been working "in the shadows" with the studios for weeks to shut down their powerful strike.

WSWS (2023-07-19). Former Amazon worker Christina Brown campaigns among UPS workers to seek justice for her sister Poushawn Brown. wsws.org Christina Brown, a former Amazon worker, visited a UPS hub with a team of World Socialist Web Site reporters to share the story of how her sister, Poushawn Brown, fell ill and died while working as a COVID-19 tester at a nearby Amazon facility.

WSWS (2023-07-19). USPS rural letter carrier whose wages were cut by $20,000 speaks out on slashed pay, harsh working conditions. wsws.org The USPS' new compensation system has cut pay by tens of thousands of dollars while requiring rural letter carriers to work even longer hours.

Anju Anna John, Stefano Balbi, Common Dreams. (2023-07-19). We Need A Rights-Based Approach To Climate Displacement. popularresistance.org In 2015, the United Nations Member States agreed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, that are rooted in three universal values including a human rights-based approach, ensuring that no one is left behind, and working to eliminate gender inequalities. At the center of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 SDGs is the principle of leave no one behind, or LNOB. | Although not legally enforceable, LNOB symbolizes a global commitment to reach out to the most marginalized and vulnerable, as we work towards a development that does not adversely affect our planet. It requires that we look for s…

Ann Brown (2023-07-19). Gathering The Facts and Factors on ATL's Gathering Spot: What Went So Wrong After Acquisition by Greenwood Bank? moguldom.com It seemed like a match made in heaven. A thriving Black-owned business and a blossoming Black-owned financial institution. In 2022, fintech firm Greenwood acquired the popular private membership club and co-working hub The Gathering Spot. The deal was to help The Gathering Spot, which was started in Atlanta and branched off into DC and Los …

Emile Schepers (2023-07-19). Virginia Primary: Neither a disaster nor a triumph for the working class. peoplesworld.org On June 20, Virginia held primary elections for state, county, and local offices. As usual in this state's primaries, turnout was low—in single figures in some counties. For several years, many parts of the Southern states have been a "culture wars" target for the Republican ultra-right which has elected its people to…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-19). Venezuelan FM holds successful talks with opposition. plenglish.com In a phone conversation with Venezolana de Television news channel, Yvan Gil made a balance of such meeting and of the 3rd Summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC). | Gil pointed out that the first issue cleared up was the pernicious effect of sanctions imposed on Venezuela, assuring that he saw how "unanimously" the European Union (EU) and the Latin American and Caribbean countries requested to progress in eliminating sanctions. | The foreign minister added they would start working on the construction of a political dialogue among Venezuelans, who are the o…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-19). We are spokespersons of the people's concerns, Cuban legislator says. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) All of us, the deputies who are here today are the people, we are spokespersons for the concerns of the people, legislator Sandra Santamaría said during the debates of the permanent working commissions of the Cuban Parliament.

Staff (2023-07-18). Historian John Womack: Unions Need to Exploit "Choke Points" in Economy to Grow Working-Class Power. democracynow.org As Hollywood actors enter their fifth day on the picket lines and some 340,000 Teamsters working at UPS prepare to carry out one of the largest single-employer strikes in U.S. history, we speak with historian and labor organizer John Womack Jr. about his new book, Labor Power and Strategy, focused on how to seize and build labor power and solidarity. Labor actions around the world are gaining headlines this week. In Italy, over 1,000 flights were disrupted as airport and airline workers went on a two-day strike for higher wages and better benefits. Members of the Union of Southern Service Workers at a South Carol…

thecommunists (2023-07-18). An NHS nurse speaks out on pay, privatisation and demoralisation. thecommunists.org The following article was written by a long-serving NHS nurse and party member. ***** A myth was perpetrated in the late 19th century that continues to this day. A new political party, the Labour party, had been born to represent the interests and needs of the urban working class — but, looking back, when has …

Cody Bloomfield (2023-07-18). Activists Are Working to Give the People of Atlanta a Chance to Vote on Cop City. truthout.org When it comes to Atlanta's planned $90 million police training center, widely dubbed "Cop City," the project's nonprofit backer, the Atlanta Police Foundation, has long run a reality deficit, trading on political power to support factually improbable claims while keeping the public in the dark. In 2021, Atlanta City Council approved a lease of public Intrenchment Creek Park land… |

The Exposé (2023-07-19). Global Alarm: Governments now believe there's a link between COVID-19 Vaccines, Antibody-Dependent Enhancement & Immune System Degradation. expose-news.com Since late 2021, official Government reports have indicated the Covid-19 vaccine severely damages the immune system with the potential to cause some new form of Covid-19 vaccine-induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among people …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…

jeffgang (2023-07-19). Tell Your Senators: Tax Private Jets. inequality.org

SAM (2023-07-19). The Most Ludicrous Argument Ever Against Taxing the Rich? inequality.org

teleSUR (2023-07-18). Puerto Rico: 47% Of Funds for Education Are Not Used. telesurenglish.net The Government of Puerto Rico must return by September 30 the 37% of the Emergency Support Fund for Elementary and Secondary Schools (ESSER) that was not used due to the pandemic. | Related: | The fact was revealed through a letter sent by the Federal Department of Education: | "The department is concerned about the lack of substantial progress by Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Education Department (PRDE) in complying with Section II of the specific condi…

teleSUR (2023-07-18). UN: Food Program for Haiti Reduced by 25%. telesurenglish.net The number of Haitians facing emergency-level food insecurity is the second-highest in the world. They also represent one of the highest levels of chronic food insecurity, with 22 percent of children chronically malnourished. | The UN WFP says it will not be able to provide assistance to 100,000 people in urgent need in Haiti. Jul. 18, 2023.

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-19). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday, June 17, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia's President Vladimir Putin,

Staff (2023-07-18). Headlines for July 18, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Warns Russia's Suspension of Black Sea Grain Deal Puts Millions at Risk of Hunger, Russia Attacks Ukraine's Odesa One Day After Ending Black Sea Grain Export Deal, Major Typhoon Strikes Southern China Amid Record Heat Wave, Smoke Blankets Eastern U.S. as Phoenix Suffers Record Number of Consecutive 110 ∞+ Days, John Kerry Says "Under No Circumstances" Will U.S. Commit to Climate Reparations, U.N. Begins Effort to Drain Oil from Stricken Supertanker Off Yemeni Coast, Judge Puts Iowa's Six-Week Abortion Ban on Hold, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Says Federal Government Should Take…