_____ (2022-07-17). The West's Duplicity in the Food Crisis Caused by the Shortage of Grain. journal-neo.org Governments of many countries have recently been talking more and more about a possible food crisis in the near future, actively involving representatives from the UN and other international organizations, and numerous media platforms in this information campaign. Yet, in addition to drawing everyone's attention to the issue of combating hunger, which is especially threatening …

Maria Paez Victor (2022-07-17). What Does the UBER Scandal Have to Do With Venezuelan Special Economic Zones? orinocotribune.com By María Páez Victor 13 July 2022 | "The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit without letting merchants and creditors make money by exploiting their customers and debtors." | (Michael Hudson)(1) | It is necessary to examine the mega-taxi industry of UBER. Its path is like one of Aesop's Fables that highlights a deep morale. | Except that it is not a fable. | A few days ago, the British newspaper The Guardian,(2) has revealed a huge scandal related to the UBER taxi industry. It is well known that this company is based on not giving employment to drivers but any…

____ (2022-07-17). Chinese FM spokesperson refutes 'debt trap' claim. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted the so-called "Chinese debt trap" claim, saying that it is pure disinformation and a narrative trap created by those who do not hope to see China-Africa cooperation pick up speed.

_____ (2022-07-16). Houston's Fight To Decriminalize Mental Illness And Homelessness. popularresistance.org While Harris County is spending millions of dollars on mental health services and service-providing agencies to reduce the number of mentally ill people entering its county jails, activists on the ground are tackling the problem from another angle—by providing direct support to the county's homeless population. | "We don't have the best safety nets in Texas, and from the mental health standpoint, there really aren't the mental health services available that people need," Catherine Villarreal, director of communications at the Coalition for the Homeless, told TRNN. But Villarreal also stressed that, for peop…

Staff (2022-07-16). Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the "Jerusalem Declaration" Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity. samidoun.net The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, to liberate their land from the river to …

JANET (2022-07-16). Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the "Jerusalem Declaration" — Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity. iacenter.org 16 July 2022 Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 in Bethlehem where boys carried the photograph of Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist murdered by Israeli Defense Force troops while on assignment in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin. Credit: Abbas Momani The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, t…

WSWS (2022-07-16). Jerani Ratnayake, intransigent fighter for Trotskyism, dies aged 72. wsws.org Jerani overcame social barriers to actively participate in politics and fight for the unity of the working class, regardless of race, language and gender.

WSWS (2022-07-16). As Ford confirms closure of its Saarlouis plant: Lessons from years of car production. wsws.org Ford's decision to halt production at its Saarlouis plant in 2025 is part of the biggest international assault on the social gains and rights of the working class since the 1930s.

John Lawrence (2022-07-16). The US Corporate Elite Is Killing Democracy and the Planet. commondreams.org We need a united multicultural, multiracial working-class progressive front now!

Jessamy Bagenal (2022-07-16). [Perspectives] Mariana Mazzucato: leading a new type of economics. thelancet.com Mariana Mazzucato is a firebrand economist. In 2020, she became Chair of the WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All. "The idea was instead of doing the usual of saying invest in health because it's good for the economy, what if you said invest in health for all and backtrack to design an economic system to deliver on that, meaning design a different form of budgeting, a different form of procurement, a different form of intellectual property, a different form of public—private ways of working together on projects", she explains.

WSWS (2022-07-16). 100 million in the US weighed down by medical debt. wsws.org million people are paying medical bills in installments, 10 percent of those who owe have taken loans from friends of family, and 15 percent have put bills, often totaling thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, on credit cards.

Sharmila Devi (2022-07-16). [World Report] Climate change driving east Africa towards famine. thelancet.com Consecutive years of drought caused by climate change and La Niña have led to food insecurity in many parts of east Africa. Sharmila Devi reports.

WSWS (2022-07-16). Jerani Ratnayake, intransigent fighter for Trotskyism, dies aged 73. wsws.org Jerani overcame social barriers to actively participate in politics and fight for the unity of the working class, regardless of race, language and gender.

WSWS (2022-07-16). 100 million in the US weighed down by medical debt. wsws.org million people are paying medical bills in installments, 10 percent of those who owe have taken loans from friends of family, and 15 percent have put bills, often totaling thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, on credit cards.

Sharmila Devi (2022-07-16). [World Report] Climate change driving east Africa towards famine. thelancet.com Consecutive years of drought caused by climate change and La Niña have led to food insecurity in many parts of east Africa. Sharmila Devi reports.

San Francisco Public Library (2022-07-16). Friday 8/5: Suzanne Cope in Conversation with Cleo Silvers, Power Hungry. indybay.org [ONLINE] San Francisco Main Library | 100 Larkin Street | San Francisco, CA 94102…

____ (2022-07-16). Chinese FM spokesperson refutes 'debt trap' claim. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted the so-called "Chinese debt trap" claim, saying that it is pure disinformation and a narrative trap created by those who do not hope to see China-Africa cooperation pick up speed.

WSWS (2022-07-16). Jerani Ratnayake, intransigent fighter for Trotskyism, dies aged 72. wsws.org Jerani overcame social barriers to actively participate in politics and fight for the unity of the working class, regardless of race, language and gender.

WSWS (2022-07-16). As Ford confirms closure of its Saarlouis plant: Lessons from years of car production. wsws.org Ford's decision to halt production at its Saarlouis plant in 2025 is part of the biggest international assault on the social gains and rights of the working class since the 1930s.

Jessamy Bagenal (2022-07-16). [Perspectives] Mariana Mazzucato: leading a new type of economics. thelancet.com Mariana Mazzucato is a firebrand economist. In 2020, she became Chair of the WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All. "The idea was instead of doing the usual of saying invest in health because it's good for the economy, what if you said invest in health for all and backtrack to design an economic system to deliver on that, meaning design a different form of budgeting, a different form of procurement, a different form of intellectual property, a different form of public—private ways of working together on projects", she explains.

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-15). Will our children be literate? Will they look forward to the future with dignity?: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It is difficult to think about education, or anything else, when your children are not able to eat.

Miko Peled (2022-07-15). Who is Biden Working For? On Israel Visit, "Zionist" Biden Whitewashes Israel's Crimes. mintpressnews.com Judging by his performance, Joe Biden is working for AIPAC and not for the American people. He hit every note, shook every hand and repeated his mantras, clearly trying to please his donors back home.

_____ (2022-07-15). Will Our Children Look Forward To The Future With Dignity? popularresistance.org The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It is difficult to think about education, or anything else, when your children are not able to eat. And yet, the sharp attack on education during this past decade forces us to consider the kind of future that young people will inherit. In 2018, before the pandemic, the United Nations calculated that 258 million, or one in six, school age children were out of school. By March 2020, the start of the pandemic, UNESCO estimated that 1.5 billion children and youth were affected by school closures; a staggering 91% of students worldwide had their education disr…

WSWS (2022-07-15). Major crypto lender files for bankruptcy. wsws.org In documents filed yesterday, Celsius Network revealed it had a $1.2 billion shortfall in its balance sheet resulting from what CEO Alex Mashinsky said were poor investment decisions and unanticipated losses.

Carlos Cruz Mosquera (2022-07-15). How Black Colombia Helped Bring the Left to Power. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Cruz Mosquera 2, 2022 | Although mainstream media focuses on a figurehead, Colombia's historical moment today is not just down to Gustavo Petro and his coalition's efforts. Without taking from them what was an inspired campaign to win the electorate over with a principled programme, a decisive factor in the victory was last year's national strike. | The heroic mobilisation of young racialised working-class youth brought the country to a standstill, bringing all of the radicals and progressives together with impassioned clamours for change. The consequences of the demonstrations are visible ev…

Margaret Flowers (2022-07-15). Challenging the AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. orinocotribune.com A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…

Editor (2022-07-15). Michelle Wilde Anderson: Saving Broke and Broken America, One Town at a Time. scheerpost.com [ | Click to subscribe on: America's wealth gap has been cratering since the 2008 Great Recession, although the groundwork for this form of grotesque inequality has been…

Brittani Banks (2022-07-15). The Selfish Politics of Anti-Abortionists. independentmediainstitute.org The Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was predictable even as it was shocking. Right-wing forces have spent years working painstakingly on multiple fronts in plain sight to ensure that the right to an abortion would no longer be guaranteed, and they have won. Two of the three Supreme Court Justices, Brett …

SAM (2022-07-15). Does the Future Belong to People Who Profit Off Our 'Excessive Wealth Disorder'? inequality.org

Arab Digest (2022-07-15). Egypt's Sisi: ringmaster of a near-bankrupt circus. fairobserver.com

_____ (2022-07-15). Debt Traps & Terrorism: The Roots of Sri Lanka's Crisis. journal-neo.org The island nation of Sri Lanka, located south-southeast of India in the Indian Ocean has suffered economic and now political chaos that has grabbed international headlines. The Western media has floated narratives ranging from "debt trap diplomacy" perpetrated by China and its Belt and Road Initiative to food shortages spurred by Russia's "blockade" of the …

____ (2022-07-14). Throat swab robots will ease burden on medics. ecns.cn Testing for COVID-19 normally has kept clinicians clad in medical protective gear working for hours. But sample collecting is stepping closer to full automation with the development of yet another robot.

Deweylaura (2022-07-15). How to avoid the mother of all recessions. cpusa.org The financial markets shook in April as the Federal Reserve announced that the United States Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had shrunk in the past quarter by 1.4%. Economists began to fret about the possibility of recession. Strictly speaking, the contraction (shrinking) of the economy over two quarters signals the beginning of a recession. Concerns …

Anonymous669 (2022-07-15). UAE Distances Itself From US-Led Anti-Iran Alliance, Says It Will Send Envoy To Tehran. southfront.org Abu Dhabi's skyline in December 2014. By Wikimedia user Wadiia. | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is working to send an ambassador to Tehran as it seeks to rebuild bridges with Iran, Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic advisor to the Emirati President, said on July 15. | Gargash added that the idea of a confrontational approach to the issues related to Iran was not something that Abu Dhabi supported."Our conversation is ongoing … we are in the process of sending an ambassador to Tehran. All these areas of…

WSWS (2022-07-15). "Hell on Earth!"—US railroad workers speak out against intolerable working conditions. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received a large volume of comments from railroad workers across the United States in recent days, which we are publishing to bring attention to our world audience the conditions in the industry.

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-15). Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority to West, Not China. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton 2, 2022 | Sri Lanka owes 81% of its external debt to US and European financial institutions and Western allies Japan and India. China owns just 10%. But Washington blames imaginary "Chinese debt traps" for the nation's crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program. | Facing a deep economic crisis and bankruptcy, Sri Lanka was rocked by large protests this July, which led to the resignation of the government. | Numerous Western political leaders and media outlets blamed this uprising on a supposed Chinese "debt trap," echoing a deceptive narrative that has been thor…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-07-14). PSL Editorial — Biden's Middle East trip: Apartheid, war and oil. liberationnews.org Biden is evidently more concerned about the fading fortunes of U.S. empire than addressing the dire problems faced by working people.

It's Going Down (2022-07-14). Cracks in the Racial Order?: A Discussion on Race, Class and the Ongoing Impact of Noel Ignatiev. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of It's Going Down, we speak with former comrades of radical organizer and author Noel Ignatiev, who passed away in 2019 and is most well known for his involvement in the radical journal, Race Traitor. Before his passing, Ignatiev was also involved with Hard Crackers, which chronicles working-class life, struggle and revolt while…

Isabella (2022-07-14). Giving USA 2022: Charity Sector Stable but Increasingly Top-Heavy. inequality.org

Isabella (2022-07-14). New Ipsos Poll Shows Broad Support for Bold Charity Reform. inequality.org

WSWS (2022-07-15). Major crypto lender files for bankruptcy. wsws.org In documents filed yesterday, Celsius Network revealed it had a $1.2 billion shortfall in its balance sheet resulting from what CEO Alex Mashinsky said were poor investment decisions and unanticipated losses.

SAM (2022-07-15). Does the Future Belong to People Who Profit Off Our 'Excessive Wealth Disorder'? inequality.org

Arab Digest (2022-07-15). Egypt's Sisi: ringmaster of a near-bankrupt circus. fairobserver.com

____ (2022-07-14). Throat swab robots will ease burden on medics. ecns.cn Testing for COVID-19 normally has kept clinicians clad in medical protective gear working for hours. But sample collecting is stepping closer to full automation with the development of yet another robot.

____ (2022-07-14). Chinese FM spokesperson refutes 'debt trap' claim. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted the so-called "Chinese debt trap" claim, saying that it is pure disinformation and a narrative trap created by those who do not hope to see China-Africa cooperation pick up speed.

WSWS (2022-07-15). "Hell on Earth!"—US railroad workers speak out against intolerable working conditions. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received a large volume of comments from railroad workers across the United States in recent days, which we are publishing to bring attention to our world audience the conditions in the industry.

Kristina Hille (2022-07-14). A Ukrainian-Led School Emerges in Germany to Teach Refugee Children. truthout.org Julia C. stands in front of her 24 10th-grade pupils at The Ukrainian School — a school in Dresden, Germany, staffed by teachers from Ukraine who are working with the sudden influx of school-aged refugees. The school's curriculum covers nearly all the standard school subjects while also helping Ukrainian students learn German and adjust to their new lives. | The Ukrainian School program was created in April 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent influx of Ukrainian refugees and their children. The director of the newly reopened school is simultaneously the director of Dresden's more…

Uswah Alaydrus (2022-07-14). Indonesia between Russia and Ukraine: What is lacking in peaceful diplomacy. moderndiplomacy.eu Some global problems such as poverty, natural disasters, hunger, clean water, environmental problems, population, epidemics, conflicts and wars have indeed colored human life, but a long span of time will cause new problems and complicate life which then requires humans to find a way. get out of the problem either by thinking and doing something …

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-14). Will Our Children Be Literate? Will They Look Forward to the Future with Dignity? dissidentvoice.org Nú Barreto (Guinea-Bissau), A Esperar ('Waiting'), 2019. The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It is difficult to think about education, or anything else, when your children are not able to eat. And yet, the sharp attack on education during this past decade forces us to consider the kind of future …

Michael Hudson (2022-07-14). The end of Western civilization. mronline.org The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit without letting merchants and creditors make money by exploiting their customers and debtors.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-07-14). PSL Editorial — Biden's Middle East trip: Apartheid, war and oil. liberationnews.org Biden is evidently more concerned about the fading fortunes of U.S. empire than addressing the dire problems faced by working people.

Jake Johnson (2022-07-14). Sanders Warns Congress Is Working 'Behind Closed Doors' on $ Billion in Corporate Welfare. commondreams.org "If you can believe it," said the Vermont senator, "this legislation may also provide a $10 billion bailout to Jeff Bezos, the second-wealthiest person in America."

| Reuters | (2022-07-14). UAE announces $2 billion investment in hi-tech Indian 'food parks' to ease shortages. tribune.com.pk The United Arab Emirates has pledged $2 billion to help develop a series of "food parks" in India to tackle food insecurity in South Asia and the Middle East, the UAE, India, the United States and Israel said on Thursday. | Speaking in Jerusalem at a virtual summit with UAE, Israeli and Indian leaders, US President Joe Biden said the investment could "increase India's food yields in the region three-fold in just five years". | The parks would bring farmers, processors and retailers together using advanced climate technology to minimise waste, conserve water and maximise crop yields. | Read more: India bans whe…

Sharon Zhang (2022-07-14). Sanders Rebukes Senate for Crafting $ Billion "Handout" to Microchip Industry. truthout.org On the Senate floor on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) had harsh words for fellow members of Congress who have been crafting a bill to give major microchip companies $52 billion in corporate welfare while ignoring pressing issues that are faced by the middle and lower classes in the U.S. | "At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, the American people are sick and tired of the unprecedented level of corporate greed that we are seeing right now,"

Jason Ditz (2022-07-14). UN Extends Yemen Mission in Hodeidah by Another Year. news.antiwar.com Just days before its expiration, the UN Security Council voted to extend the mission to Hodeidah is the largest seaport in Yemen, and source of most food aid into the country. Pro-Saudi forces were trying to take the port and the UN made a deal to try to avoid the fight, worrying the port would be damaged, leading to a famine. | The Hodeidah deal hasn't been perfect, but has prevented any major offensives on the port. The UN was empha…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-07-14). Meet the ministerial cabinet of Colombia's first left-wing government. peoplesdispatch.org Colombia's first left-wing government in 203 years since its independence is gearing up to be sworn in on August 7. The government to be headed by Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez of the progressive Historic Pact coalition, has been working steadily to build its cabinet of ministers. To date, eight cabinet members have been appointed, five of them are women. | During his election campaign, Petro announced that he would create the Ministry of Equality and Women. On Twitter, Petro

It's Going Down (2022-07-14). Cracks in the Racial Order?: A Discussion on Race, Class and the Ongoing Impact of Noel Ignatiev. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of It's Going Down, we speak with former comrades of radical organizer and author Noel Ignatiev, who passed away in 2019 and is most well known for his involvement in the radical journal, Race Traitor. Before his passing, Ignatiev was also involved with Hard Crackers, which chronicles working-class life, struggle and revolt while…

Isabella (2022-07-14). Giving USA 2022: Charity Sector Stable but Increasingly Top-Heavy. inequality.org

Isabella (2022-07-14). New Ipsos Poll Shows Broad Support for Bold Charity Reform. inequality.org

David Moscrop (2022-07-14). No Wonder There's an Air Travel Crisis. Airlines Have Been Screwing Workers for Years. zcomm.org To solve this crisis and avoid future issues, airlines and the government should listen to workers and finally give them what they deserve: better pay and working conditions…

Thom Hartmann (2022-07-14). Dear Millennials: I'm Sorry We Didn't Stop Them. zcomm.org Your generation today holds only 4.6% of the nation's wealth and you're most likely struggling to own a home & are deeply in debt. What happened? In a word, Republicans…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-07-14). While Guilty for Sex Trafficking, Ghislaine Maxwell Takes Fall for Alleged Sexual Blackmail Operation Run by Western Intelligence Agencies. covertactionmagazine.com Evidence suggests that Epstein and his paramour Ghislaine Maxwell were working for U.S., British and Israeli intelligence agencies to build …

Staff (2022-07-14). Myth of Chinese Debt Busted: Africa Trapped by Western Lenders. orinocotribune.com African countries owe three times as much to Western banks, asset managers, and oil traders as they do to China, and are charged twice as much interest, according to a study Regarding the recent accusations by the West against the Asian country, regarding the crisis in Sri Lanka, the study reveals that only 12% of the continent's external debt was owed to Chinese l…

Vidhi Bubna (2022-07-14). Bookletpedia by Piyush Poddar- A unique initiative to empower people in villages of India. moderndiplomacy.eu Piyush Poddar has done his Master's from Delhi School of Social Work, and Bachelor's in Commerce from Hans Raj College, University of Delhi. He has experience working as a consultant with the MPSRLM and organizations like Azim Premji Foundation, Society for All Round Development, and Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal, Ajmer. His experience at the grassroots …

Haiti Action Committee (2022-07-14). Thursday 7/28: France, Pay Your Debt To Haiti! indybay.org Offices of the French Consulate and Citibank at 88 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94108…

WSWS (2022-07-14). What next for US railroaders after near-unanimous strike vote? wsws.org For US railroaders, the strike vote is not simply a moral victory. They know there is no other way to reverse decades of deteriorating working conditions. But the unions have no intention of calling a strike, and are demanding intervention by Biden to block it.

Homeless Garden Project (2022-07-14). Saturday 8/6: Day of Dirt and Digging. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm | 100-198 Shaffer Rd Santa Cruz, CA 9 60…

_____ (2022-07-14). Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority To West, Not China. popularresistance.org This July, Sri Lanka's government was forced to resign, after hundreds of thousands of protesters stormed public buildings, setting some on fire, while also occupying the homes of the country's leaders. | The protests were driven by skyrocketing rates of inflation, as well as rampant corruption and widespread shortages of fuel, food, and medicine — a product of the country's inability to pay for imports. | In May, Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt. In June, it tried to negotiate another structural adjustment program with the US-dominated International Monetary Fund (IMF). This would have been Sri Lanka's 17th…

_____ (2022-07-13). Visualizing The Economic Veins That Fuel Our Carceral Reality. popularresistance.org The contemporary US prison system incarcerates people — largely Black, Native, Latinx, disabled, and working-class and poor folks — and hides them from society for years, decades, or lifetimes. This is true across the United States generally and in Massachusetts, specifically. These days, when discussing the case against incarceration and the prison system, there are a few different arguments one tends to hear: (1) the first is that incarceration is immoral and reprehensible in both its conditions and treatment of incarcerated people; (2) a second, appealing to economists and technocratic policymakers…

_____ (2022-07-13). Wars, Inflation, And Strikes: A Summer Of Discontent In Europe? popularresistance.org Are we heading toward a summer of discontent in Europe? Can we foresee a hot autumn on the Continent? It would be hasty to make such statements, but new strike activity is beginning to unfold among sectors of several countries' working class. Inflation reached 8.8 percent as a European average in May (with higher rates in countries like the UK and Spain). After years of inflation below 1.5 percent, this is a significant change that is causing a fall in the population's purchasing power, especially among the working class. Many analysts are already talking about the possibility of stagflation: a combination of rec…

Liberation Staff (2022-07-13). Keene, N.H., protest for abortion rights: 'We can do it again!'. liberationnews.org "The working class showed its power in the early 70s when fighting for Roe, under even more conservative and repressive circumstances than we find ourselves now. If they could do it then, we can do it again!"

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-07-13). Venezuela: Oil Output Stagnates Despite Export Surge, Chevron Continues PDVSA Talks. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuelan oil shipments have increased following recent oil-for-debt licenses granted to Italy's Eni and Spain's Repsol.

David Moscrop (2022-07-14). No Wonder There's an Air Travel Crisis. Airlines Have Been Screwing Workers for Years. zcomm.org To solve this crisis and avoid future issues, airlines and the government should listen to workers and finally give them what they deserve: better pay and working conditions…

WSWS (2022-07-13). President Rajapakse flees Sri Lanka after popular uprising. wsws.org The ignominious departure of the president points to the immense power of the movement that has emerged in the working class, but an interim government will resolve nothing.

Staff (2022-07-13). Hunger to worsen in Haiti as gang violence escalates. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Hunger is set to worsen in Haiti amid worsening gang violence, high costs of food and rising inflation, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.

WSWS (2022-07-13). GM Subsystems workers denounce poverty wages as UAW pushes deal with substandard pay and benefits. wsws.org Workers employed by the General Motors subsidiary GM Subsystems voted on a contract Tuesday after the United Auto Workers kept them on the job 14 months after the expiration of their last contract.

WSWS (2022-07-13). German finance minister attacks the long-term unemployed. wsws.org To finance its war policies, the German government is applying the "debt brake" mercilessly. Special funds to assist the long-term unemployed are to be cut by over €600 million.

WSWS (2022-07-13). Australian governments reject health advice amid COVID-19 surge. wsws.org The newly elected federal Labor government is not merely continuing the homicidal "let it rip" policies, but deepening the attacks on the health and lives of the working class.

Homeless Garden Project (2022-07-13). Saturday 8/6: Day of Dirt and Digging. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm | 100-198 Shaffer Rd Santa Cruz, CA 9 60…

_____ (2022-07-12). A 'Tax The Rich' Climate Protest Shuts Down The East Hampton Airport. popularresistance.org New York – East Hampton Town police arrested six people today (July 11) protesting higher taxes for the wealthy outside the East Hampton airport. The demonstration was organized by advocacy group New York Communities for Change, the latest in a series of Hamptons protests over the past few days. | New York Communities for Change is focused on climate emissions caused by wealthy Hampton residents. Around 25 people gathered outside the airport this morning, holding signs that read "tax the rich" and "make billionaires pay." In addition to linking arms in front of the entrance, one demonstrator stood atop a wooden t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-12). Brazilian Youth: Right Now is Critical. libya360.wordpress.com In Sà£o Paulo, we spoke to Raiara Pieres, a member of the Movement for Popular Sovereignty in Mining (Movimento pela Soberania Popular na Mineraàßà£o — MAM) and of La Via Campesina Brasil. Raiara gives a rundown of some of the most important issues for the working class as Brazil heads into elections in October. Interviewed…

_____ (2022-07-12). The End Of Western Civilization. popularresistance.org The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit without letting merchants and creditors make money by exploiting their customers and debtors. All antiquity recognized that the drive to acquire money is addictive and indeed tends to be exploitative and hence socially injurious. The moral values of most societies opposed selfishness, above all in the form of avarice and wealth addiction, which the Greeks called philarguria— love of money, silver-mania. Individuals and families indulging in conspicuous consumption tended to be ostracized, because it was recognized that w…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-12). Daily Round-Up | Leaked documents expose Uber's inner workings & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of leaked documents that expose Uber's underbelly, Saudi attacks in Yemen, a strike by Lebanese government employees, and the assassination of a Workers' Party member in Brazil…

Rebekah (2022-07-12). NJ Activists are Fed up With Corporations Pocketing Subsidies Without Creating Local Jobs. inequality.org

Elliott Wallace (2022-07-12). NYC removes last working public payphone. america.cgtn.com New York's last working public payphone has been removed and put on display in a museum. It's now part of an exhibition teaching youngsters about the forgotten devices that drove the city's growth before computers.

Staff (2022-07-12). 1 dead, 5 hurt in shooting outside Kansas City. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — A shooting at a Kansas City bar where off-duty police officers were working security has left one person dead and five others wounded, authorities said.

Joel Richards (2022-07-12). U.S. inflation woes put pressure on businesses in Argentina. america.cgtn.com For Argentina, Latin America's third-largest economy, it compounds already-existing debt and inflation problems.

WSWS (2022-07-12). Port of Tacoma dockworker speaks out about working conditions, inequality and union corruption. wsws.org The ILWU has kept workers on the job without even a formal contract extension after their contract expired on July 1.

Jenny Farrell (2022-07-12). On the bicentennial of Shelley's death: Evolution of a working-class poet. peoplesworld.org Two hundred years ago, on July 8, 1822, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned. He was less than a month short of thirty. Revolutionary socialist Friedrich Engels's enthusiasm for Shelley lasted a lifetime. Even before he went to England as a young man, he tried his hand at translations of the English revolutionary romantic, who …

José Coss (2022-07-12). Colombia La política del amor de Martí en Petro. globalizacion.ca Un ex-guerrillero triunfa con la bandera del amor, como el primer Presidente progresista de Colombia, acompañado de una luchadora social afro-descendiente como Vice Presidenta, proveniente de los sectores más pobres del país. | Recuerdo aquel joven idealista, cuando depone las armas…

Colin Todhunter (2022-07-12). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-12). Barely Legal: The Global Uber Enterprise. southfront.org | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | The lobbying of Uber should, along with those of other corporate giants, only surprise those prone to pollyannaish escapism. Its hungry, desperate behaviour takes place in plain sight, and denials merely serve to emphasise the point. It resembles, in some crudely distant way, the operating rationale of the notorious British sex pest Jimmy Savile, who preyed upon his victims with the establishment's complicity. | In terms of the gig economy, there are few more ruthless b…

Umer Beigh (2022-07-12). Taliban's religious fanaticism combines with U.S. sanctions to crush Afghanistan's women and girls. peoplesworld.org As Afghanistan undergoes a deep economic crisis with rising hunger and poverty, women in the country are facing the brunt. Economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the systematic restrictions imposed by the Taliban regime have only increased the suffering of women and girls in Afghanistan. Fawzia Koofi, former deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament, …

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-11). Real debt trap: Sri Lanka owes vast majority to West, not China. multipolarista.com Sri Lanka owes 81% of its external debt to US and European financial institutions and Western allies Japan and India. China owns just 10%. But Washington blames imaginary "Chinese debt traps" for the nation's crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program.

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-11). Trampa de la deuda de EEUU: Sri Lanka le debe la gran mayoría a Occidente, no a China. multipolarista.com Sri Lanka les debe el 81% de su deuda externa a las instituciones financieras estadounidenses y europeas y a los aliados occidentales Japón y la India. China posee solo el 10%. Pero EEUU culpa a las "trampas de la deuda china" imaginarias por la crisis de la nación.

_____ (2022-07-11). UN agencies warn of "looming catastrophe" as global hunger rises. popularresistance.org United Nations agencies reported last week that global hunger and the chronic inability to access food soared in 2021. | A staggering 2.3 billion (30 percent) of the world's population were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021, with nearly 12 percent facing severe food insecurity. Millions across the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, Yemen and Syria already experiencing severe levels of hunger and poverty face the prospect of mass starvation. | This is set to worsen due to the US/NATO provoked war in Ukraine, with executive director of the UN's World Food Program (WPF) David Beasley warning that the food crisis…

_____ (2022-07-11). UN Agencies Warn Of 'Looming Catastrophe' As Global Hunger Rises. popularresistance.org A staggering 2.3 billion (30 percent) of the world's population were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021, with nearly 12 percent facing severe food insecurity. Millions across the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, Yemen and Syria already experiencing severe levels of hunger and poverty face the prospect of mass starvation. | This is set to worsen due to the US/NATO provoked war in Ukraine, with executive director of the UN's World Food Program (WPF) David Beasley warning that the food crisis caused by the war would push countries into famine, causing "global destabilization, starvation and mass migration on an…

_____ (2022-07-11). Schools And Labor Against Privatization. popularresistance.org Oakland, California – The Schools and Labor Against Privatization (SLAP) coalition held a barbecue on June 26 at Parker School, which the school board has ordered to be closed and eliminated. But the East Oakland elementary school is still operating this summer unofficially as a community school for its majority Black and Brown student body. | "The billionaires are not really that interested in educating working-class youth," said Oakland teacher Divya Farias at the barbecue, "just like they don't seem to care about preserving working-class jobs in the port of Oakland.

_____ (2022-07-11). Challenging The AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. popularresistance.org A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…

_____ (2022-07-11). The CIO Was One of the Most Successful Anti-Racism Movements in U.S. History. popularresistance.org In the 1930s, a new type of union, an "industrial" union that welcomed all workers in a single workplace emerged as the cutting edge of working-class struggle. Previously, unions and employers both had a long history of racism and support for white supremacy. Certain jobs were reserved for whites, and Black workers were kept out of factories and union halls. This had catastrophic consequences for the working class. For example, in the 1919 Steel Strike, employers brought in 30,000 Black and immigrant workers to break the strike staged by white workers and their racially exclusive unions. Long prevented from joini…

____ (2022-07-11). Selling Weapons, Selling War. transcend.org War was always madness, always immoral, always the cause of unspeakable suffering, economic waste and widespread destruction, and always a source of poverty, hate, barbarism and endless cycles of revenge and counter-revenge. A Freely Downloadable Book…

____ (2022-07-11). From Cheerleader to Enemy of the State. transcend.org RADICAL PEACE presents the experiences of war resisters, deserters, and peace activists who are working to change our warrior culture.

WSWS (2022-07-12). Port of Tacoma dockworker speaks out about working conditions, inequality and union corruption. wsws.org The ILWU has kept workers on the job without even a formal contract extension after their contract expired on July 1.

José Coss (2022-07-12). Colombia La política del amor de Martí en Petro. globalizacion.ca Un ex-guerrillero triunfa con la bandera del amor, como el primer Presidente progresista de Colombia, acompañado de una luchadora social afro-descendiente como Vice Presidenta, proveniente de los sectores más pobres del país. | Recuerdo aquel joven idealista, cuando depone las armas…

Staff (2022-07-12). 1 dead, 5 hurt in shooting outside Kansas City. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — A shooting at a Kansas City bar where off-duty police officers were working security has left one person dead and five others wounded, authorities said.

_____ (2022-07-11). UN agencies warn of "looming catastrophe" as global hunger rises. popularresistance.org United Nations agencies reported last week that global hunger and the chronic inability to access food soared in 2021. | A staggering 2.3 billion (30 percent) of the world's population were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021, with nearly 12 percent facing severe food insecurity. Millions across the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, Yemen and Syria already experiencing severe levels of hunger and poverty face the prospect of mass starvation. | This is set to worsen due to the US/NATO provoked war in Ukraine, with executive director of the UN's World Food Program (WPF) David Beasley warning that the food crisis…

_____ (2022-07-11). UN Agencies Warn Of 'Looming Catastrophe' As Global Hunger Rises. popularresistance.org A staggering 2.3 billion (30 percent) of the world's population were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021, with nearly 12 percent facing severe food insecurity. Millions across the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, Yemen and Syria already experiencing severe levels of hunger and poverty face the prospect of mass starvation. | This is set to worsen due to the US/NATO provoked war in Ukraine, with executive director of the UN's World Food Program (WPF) David Beasley warning that the food crisis caused by the war would push countries into famine, causing "global destabilization, starvation and mass migration on an…

_____ (2022-07-11). Schools And Labor Against Privatization. popularresistance.org Oakland, California – The Schools and Labor Against Privatization (SLAP) coalition held a barbecue on June 26 at Parker School, which the school board has ordered to be closed and eliminated. But the East Oakland elementary school is still operating this summer unofficially as a community school for its majority Black and Brown student body. | "The billionaires are not really that interested in educating working-class youth," said Oakland teacher Divya Farias at the barbecue, "just like they don't seem to care about preserving working-class jobs in the port of Oakland.

_____ (2022-07-11). Challenging The AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. popularresistance.org A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…

_____ (2022-07-11). The CIO Was One of the Most Successful Anti-Racism Movements in U.S. History. popularresistance.org In the 1930s, a new type of union, an "industrial" union that welcomed all workers in a single workplace emerged as the cutting edge of working-class struggle. Previously, unions and employers both had a long history of racism and support for white supremacy. Certain jobs were reserved for whites, and Black workers were kept out of factories and union halls. This had catastrophic consequences for the working class. For example, in the 1919 Steel Strike, employers brought in 30,000 Black and immigrant workers to break the strike staged by white workers and their racially exclusive unions. Long prevented from joini…

Rebekah (2022-07-11). Combating Corporate 'Pinkwashing' During Pride Month With Mutual Aid. inequality.org

Sajeev Kumar (2022-07-11). Bosses blame workers for inflation, but it's really about war and profits. peoplesworld.org Capitalism is a system that has an innate tendency to get into a cul-de-sac of crisis, and the only way it knows for coming out of a crisis is by further exploitation of the working class. The cost-of-living crisis—caused by inflation, which eats up the earnings of the working class by price increases—and starvation have …

Franc Contreras (2022-07-11). Central American migration crisis. america.cgtn.com In the northern part of Central America, hundreds of thousands of people leave their country each year. Political instability, corruption, poverty and climate change are often cited as the root causes of mass migration. But what are governments doing to solve the problem?>

Johanna Chao Kreilick (2022-07-11). The Intersection of Science and Faith: Finding Unity With the Poor People's Campaign. commondreams.org Working with the broadest range of allies, we must address the existential threats bearing down on us simultaneously, including our changing climate, threats to our democracy, and the threat posed by nuclear weapons.

WSWS (2022-07-11). French COVID-19 deaths pass 1 ,000 as Omicron BA.5 subvariant erupts across Europe. wsws.org The pandemic is set to continue indefinitely, at a devastating cost in lives and health, until the working class mobilizes on a world scale to compel a Zero-COVID policy.

WSWS (2022-07-11). KFC workers walk out at Alabama restaurant after working six weeks without air conditioning. wsws.org The walkout was led by the store's general manager Ta Edwards, who was fired immediately by upper management. The remaining workers were forced to return to work on July 5 after corporate falsely claimed they had repaired the restaurant's AC unit.

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-11). Outrage as Biden Reportedly Considers Lifting Ban on 'Offensive' Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia. commondreams.org "Saudi Arabia and the UAE are fabulously wealthy oil states and do not need any aid," noted one progressive. "U.S. weapons transfers are intended to throw our money to American arms corporations."

____ (2022-07-11). Selling Weapons, Selling War. transcend.org War was always madness, always immoral, always the cause of unspeakable suffering, economic waste and widespread destruction, and always a source of poverty, hate, barbarism and endless cycles of revenge and counter-revenge. A Freely Downloadable Book…

____ (2022-07-11). From Cheerleader to Enemy of the State. transcend.org RADICAL PEACE presents the experiences of war resisters, deserters, and peace activists who are working to change our warrior culture.

_____ (2022-07-10). Billions Of Humans Depend On 50,000 Wild Species For Food, Fuel And Income. popularresistance.org A new report from the The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) — which is often described as the "IPCC for biodiversity" — found that billions of people depend on 50,000 wild species for food, medicine, fuel and income from activities like tourism. | "70% of the world's poor are directly dependent on wild species. One in five people rely on wild plants, algae and fungi for their food and income; 2.4 billion rely on fuel wood for cooking and about 90% of the 120 million people working in capture fisheries are supported by small-scale fishing," assessm…

_____ (2022-07-10). Inflation And Your Next Union Contract. popularresistance.org We can't predict what is to come, but the evidence from the past year hasn't been good for workers. The Consumer Price Index rose by more than 8 percent, its fastest pace in 40 years. Essential expenses like housing, food, and gas have climbed especially fast. | Despite all the talk of labor shortages and a tight job market, wages have not kept pace with the cost of living. Since April 2021, inflation-adjusted hourly earnings have fallen by more than 2 percent. Any stimulus savings that people had accrued have largely dried up by now, and there is currently no plan for federal relief for working people facing the…

_____ (2022-07-11). UN agencies warn of "looming catastrophe" as global hunger rises. popularresistance.org United Nations agencies reported last week that global hunger and the chronic inability to access food soared in 2021. | A staggering 2.3 billion (30 percent) of the world's population were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021, with nearly 12 percent facing severe food insecurity. Millions across the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, Yemen and Syria already experiencing severe levels of hunger and poverty face the prospect of mass starvation. | This is set to worsen due to the US/NATO provoked war in Ukraine, with executive director of the UN's World Food Program (WPF) David Beasley warning that the food crisis…

_____ (2022-07-11). Schools and Labor Against Privatization. popularresistance.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization (SLAP) coalition held a barbecue on June 26 at Parker School, which the school board has ordered to be closed and eliminated. But the East Oakland elementary school is still operating this summer unofficially as a community school for its majority Black and Brown student body. | "The billionaires are not really that interested in educating working-class youth," said Oakland teacher Divya Farias at the barbecue, "just like they don't seem to care about preserving working-class jobs in the port of Oakland. That's why SLAP got organized, to stop their plans to close our pu…

_____ (2022-07-11). The CIO Was One of the Most Successful Anti-Racism Movements in U.S. History. popularresistance.org In the 1930s, a new type of union, an "industrial" union that welcomed all workers in a single workplace emerged as the cutting edge of working-class struggle. Previously, unions and employers both had a long history of racism and support for white supremacy. Certain jobs were reserved for whites, and Black workers were kept out of factories and union halls. This had catastrophic consequences for the working class. For example, in the 1919 Steel Strike, employers brought in 30,000 Black and immigrant workers to break the strike staged by white workers and their racially exclusive unions. Long prevented from joini…

WSWS (2022-07-11). KFC workers walk out at Alabama restaurant after working six weeks without air conditioning. wsws.org The walkout was led by the store's general manager Ta Edwards, who was fired immediately by upper management. The remaining workers were forced to return to work on July 5 after corporate falsely claimed they had repaired the restaurant's AC unit.

WSWS (2022-07-11). French COVID-19 deaths pass 1 ,000 as Omicron BA.5 subvariant erupts across Europe. wsws.org The pandemic is set to continue indefinitely, at a devastating cost in lives and health, until the working class mobilizes on a world scale to compel a Zero-COVID policy.

Johanna Chao Kreilick (2022-07-11). The Intersection of Science and Faith: Finding Unity With the Poor People's Campaign. commondreams.org Working with the broadest range of allies, we must address the existential threats bearing down on us simultaneously, including our changing climate, threats to our democracy, and the threat posed by nuclear weapons.

Sajeev Kumar (2022-07-11). Bosses blame workers for inflation, but it's really about war and profits. peoplesworld.org Capitalism is a system that has an innate tendency to get into a cul-de-sac of crisis, and the only way it knows for coming out of a crisis is by further exploitation of the working class. The cost-of-living crisis—caused by inflation, which eats up the earnings of the working class by price increases—and starvation have …

_____ (2022-07-10). Billions Of Humans Depend On 50,000 Wild Species For Food, Fuel And Income. popularresistance.org A new report from the The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) — which is often described as the "IPCC for biodiversity" — found that billions of people depend on 50,000 wild species for food, medicine, fuel and income from activities like tourism. | "70% of the world's poor are directly dependent on wild species. One in five people rely on wild plants, algae and fungi for their food and income; 2.4 billion rely on fuel wood for cooking and about 90% of the 120 million people working in capture fisheries are supported by small-scale fishing," assessm…

_____ (2022-07-10). Inflation And Your Next Union Contract. popularresistance.org We can't predict what is to come, but the evidence from the past year hasn't been good for workers. The Consumer Price Index rose by more than 8 percent, its fastest pace in 40 years. Essential expenses like housing, food, and gas have climbed especially fast. | Despite all the talk of labor shortages and a tight job market, wages have not kept pace with the cost of living. Since April 2021, inflation-adjusted hourly earnings have fallen by more than 2 percent. Any stimulus savings that people had accrued have largely dried up by now, and there is currently no plan for federal relief for working people facing the…

Fight Back (2022-07-10). Red Theory: The revolutionary significance of Marx's critique of capitalism. fightbacknews.org Thanks to Marxism, we know that ideological superstructure of society arises from and supports the material, economic base of society. What we think is shaped primarily by our practical activity in production, class struggle and scientific experiment. Furthermore, Marx was fundamentally a revolutionary organizer, interested in helping the working class to understand and overthrow its exploitation. This is why Marx devoted the bulk of his theoretical work to an analysis of political economy. | Marx's historical materialism explains how any given mode of production arises historically, based on dialectical and mate…

Bob Lord, Dylan Dusseault (2022-07-10). Please Meet 'The OLIGARCH Act' to Tax Extreme Wealth. commondreams.org It's a straightforward progressive annual tax on extreme wealth and it's so simple that the oligarchs are gonna hate it.

Scorinoco (2022-07-09). How War Crimes Went Unpunished and a Publisher Became the Criminal (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Kamala Emanuel — | The Trial of Julian Assange: A story of persecution (2022, Verso, London) by Nils Melzer (with Oliver Kobold), a highly readable, newly-released book offers a wealth of information on the ongoing persecution and torture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. | The book is as invaluable for those who have supported Assange from the outset, as it is for those sceptical of his fear of extradition to the United States, or influenced by the prolonged character assassination campaign against him. | It begins with a compelling explanation of why the book has come into existence. Au…

_____ (2022-07-09). Starbucks Union Push In Atlanta Part Of National Organizing Trend. popularresistance.org About a dozen customers were spread around the Ansley Mall Starbucks on a recent Friday, quietly working at tables or fiddling on their smartphones. | From behind the counter came the tapping of brewing tools, the crinkling of wrappers, a bean-grinder straining. Two baristas wore shirts with rainbows and the words, "So glad you're here." | The café felt laid-back, friendly, bright, welcoming and diverse. The only sign that this one was any different than 9,000 other Starbucks stores was a button, half-hidden in the folds on one barista's apron.

_____ (2022-07-09). The Language We Use To Talk About Inequality, Power, And Class Matters. popularresistance.org In the US, discourses of inequality seldom are rooted to the nation's long history of violent class conflict. Two examples of that history which come quickly to mind are the 1892 Homestead steel strike in Pittsburgh, which earned a place in labor history as the Homestead Massacre and the 1921 coal strike known as the Battle of Blair Mountain in which workers saw their homes bombed as they faced army troops. These were extreme but not unique moments in the history of labor. Oppressive working conditions and inadequate pay have never been an accident or the result of an oversight — they have been for profit.

Scorinoco (2022-07-09). How War Crimes Went Unpunished and a Publisher Became the Criminal (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Kamala Emanuel — | The Trial of Julian Assange: A story of persecution (2022, Verso, London) by Nils Melzer (with Oliver Kobold), a highly readable, newly-released book offers a wealth of information on the ongoing persecution and torture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. | The book is as invaluable for those who have supported Assange from the outset, as it is for those sceptical of his fear of extradition to the United States, or influenced by the prolonged character assassination campaign against him. | It begins with a compelling explanation of why the book has come into existence. Au…

Shenby G (2022-07-09). Columbus, Ohio, police evict and destroy houseless camp in Heer Park. liberationnews.org "Housing is a human right that should be available to everyone."

WSWS (2022-07-09). Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated. wsws.org Abe leaves behind a legacy of remilitarization, right-wing historical revisionism, and attacks on the working class.

WSWS (2022-07-09). New Conservative-Green state coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, declares war on the working class. wsws.org The formation of the new coalition in Germany's most populous state underlines two basic tendencies in German politics—first, the interchangeability of all of the main political parties, and second, the central role being played by the Greens in enforcing right-wing policies in the face of growing opposition from workers and youth.

Steven Hill (2022-07-09). US Democracy Is Teetering on the Edge of an Abyss. commondreams.org If we don't restore majority rule—and to do so we must vanquish the tyranny of a corporate-backed minority—we will never solve climate change, inequality, balanced gun control, or ensure the sanctity and security of our elections.

WSWS (2022-07-09). The Democratic Party-sanctioned police rampage in Akron, Ohio. wsws.org The savage police murder of Jayland Walker followed by a Democratic-led police-state crackdown in Akron, Ohio has exposed the class role of the police and the bankruptcy of reforming the capitalist state.

Scorinoco (2022-07-09). How War Crimes Went Unpunished and a Publisher Became the Criminal (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Kamala Emanuel — | The Trial of Julian Assange: A story of persecution (2022, Verso, London) by Nils Melzer (with Oliver Kobold), a highly readable, newly-released book offers a wealth of information on the ongoing persecution and torture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. | The book is as invaluable for those who have supported Assange from the outset, as it is for those sceptical of his fear of extradition to the United States, or influenced by the prolonged character assassination campaign against him. | It begins with a compelling explanation of why the book has come into existence. Au…

Shenby G (2022-07-09). Columbus, Ohio, police evict and destroy houseless camp in Heer Park. liberationnews.org "Housing is a human right that should be available to everyone."

WSWS (2022-07-09). New Conservative-Green state coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, declares war on the working class. wsws.org The formation of the new coalition in Germany's most populous state underlines two basic tendencies in German politics—first, the interchangeability of all of the main political parties, and second, the central role being played by the Greens in enforcing right-wing policies in the face of growing opposition from workers and youth.

WSWS (2022-07-09). The Democratic party-sanctioned police rampage in Akron, Ohio. wsws.org The savage police murder of Jayland Walker followed by a Democratic-led police-state crackdown in Akron, Ohio has exposed the class role of the police, and the bankruptcy of reforming the capitalist state.

Steven Hill (2022-07-09). US Democracy Is Teetering on the Edge of an Abyss. commondreams.org If we don't restore majority rule—and to do so we must vanquish the tyranny of a corporate-backed minority—we will never solve climate change, inequality, balanced gun control, or ensure the sanctity and security of our elections.

WSWS (2022-07-09). Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated. wsws.org Abe leaves behind a legacy of remilitarization, right-wing historical revisionism, and attacks on the working class.

Staff (2022-07-08). After Drop in May, Venezuela Oil Exports Rise as Crude Flows to Europe Again. orinocotribune.com The first shipments of Venezuelan crude to Europe helped boost the country's oil exports by 61%, according to PDVSA data. These exchanges had been stopped for two years due to illegal US and European sanctions. | Italy's Eni (ENI.MI) and Spain's Repsol (REP.MC) began taking Venezuelan crude after receiving the green light from the US State Department, a decision that was made to help Europe compensate for the loss of Russian oil, after the blockade of Russia by the US and its junior partners that began with Russia's military operation in Ukraine. | The oil-for-debt swaps, seen by analysts as a sign of Washington'

WSWS (2022-07-08). After Johnson's resignation: Mobilize the working class against capitalism and war. wsws.org Johnson is such a divisive and discredited figure that he could not be entrusted with the next stage of the ruling class offensive against the working class or with prosecuting NATO's war against Russia.

WSWS (2022-07-08). German government's energy policy means billions in aid for corporations, unbearable costs for consumers. wsws.org The German parliament wants to pass a package of laws this week giving energy companies billions in aid from the state treasury, but this will mean financial ruin and cold homes for working class families.

_____ (2022-07-08). Protesting For Jayland Walker. popularresistance.org Jayland Walker was killed by police in Akron, Ohio when he was shot more than 60 times. The nature of his death, and the brutality of his killing, made headlines. But lest anyone forget, the police kill an average of three people every day in this country and one of those victims will be Black. | We do forget while the police snuff out more than 1,000 lives every year . We awake from the slumber of semi-denial when a case comes to public attention that is especially egregious. It can be George Floyd begging for his life or Jayland Walker being executed by a mob. There are times when we can't look away.

Editor (2022-07-08). Black Alliance for Peace condemns massacre of African migrants by U.S.- backed Moroccan armed forces. mronline.org Video images captured the horrific actions of Moroccan security forces armed and trained by the United States through the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and working on behalf of the Spanish government, systematically beating and slaughtering African migrants on June 24, 2022.

Johanna Kichton (2022-07-08). Justice is Global Unveils New Report on How to Counter the Politics of Scapegoating China. peoplesaction.org Report Reveals That Anti-China, Populist Rhetoric Masks Anti-Democratic Forces in the U.S. and Offers Solutions to Combat It Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, DC—Justice is Global today released a new report revealing the increasing popularity of politicians who win over working-class voters by using China as a scapegoat for social and economic problems in …

Johanna Kichton (2022-07-08). People's Action Proudly Endorses People's Slate in MinnesotaÔøº. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today announced its slate of endorsements in Minnesota's county and state races. The endorsements are part of People's Action's movement politics strategy to elect progressive champions who will co-govern with our working-class members. The candidates are running movement politics, people-powered campaigns and will work to advance the …

SAM (2022-07-08). Do You Need Luck To Get Really Rich? inequality.org

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-08). US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of fresh US sanctions on Iranian entities, the mounting crisis of global hunger, Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, and a taxi drivers' strike in Italy…

WSWS (2022-07-08). Australia: Labor's "capacity mechanism" to reward profit-hungry energy companies. wsws.org Under the proposed scheme, power generating companies will be paid for merely agreeing to have the means to generate electricity on standby.

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-07-08). ONU: Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible están en peligro. telesurtv.net El informe de la ONU subraya que "más de cuatro años de progreso contra la pobreza han sido borrados por la Covid-19".

WSWS (2022-07-08). DHL strike in Rhode Island for livable wages and affordable health care meets with violence on picket line. wsws.org Delivery services such as DHL, FedEx and UPS are notorious for their abysmal pay and working conditions. Drivers at DHL in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, often work 12-hour days and are paid only $18 an hour on average. The astronomical cost of health care is out of reach for most workers.

WSWS (2022-07-08). The July 9 protest in Sri Lanka: A socialist program for workers and youth. wsws.org In opposition to the perspective of the Galle Face protest leaders, who call for the formation of an alternative bourgeois government, the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) advocates for a revolutionary socialist program for the working class.

WSWS (2022-07-08). UK Living Standards Audit 2022: Stagnant wages have left millions "brutally exposed" wsws.org The Resolution Foundation audit provides valuable empirical evidence showing the declining position of the working class on the UK's income ladder.

F. William Engdahl (2022-07-08). 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.

Contributing Writers (2022-07-08). Food Prices and Market Speculation: The Return of the Global Hunger Games/By Graham Vanbergen and Global Justice Now. marktaliano.net By Graham Vanbergen and Global Justice Now Global Research, July 08, 2022 True Publica 22 March 2016 Of relevance to the ongoing "Food Crisis", this article was first published on March 23, 2016. Read carefully. Deliberate commodity market manipulations by powerful financial actors trigger increases in the price of food, with devastating social consequences. And we are currently in …

WSWS (2022-07-08). Los Angeles teacher: "I feel like we're living in a Covid coverup" wsws.org Our reporter recently spoke with a teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District who reflected on the pandemic, poor working conditions, and economic hardship.

Graham Vanbergen (2022-07-08). Food Prices and Market Speculation: The Return of the Global Hunger Games. globalresearch.ca Of relevance to the ongoing "Food Crisis", this article was first published on March 23, 2016. | Read carefully. Deliberate commodity market manipulations by powerful financial actors trigger increases in the price of food, with devastating social consequences. | And we are …