Federico Fuentes (2024-11-06). Prioritising anti-U.S. imperialism, Maduro's Venezuela and the complexities of critical solidarity: An interview with Steve Ellner. mronline.org Steve Ellner: "The basic contradiction of capitalism is at the point of production, the contradiction between the interests of the working class and those of capitalists."

ecns.cn (2024-11-06). Xi stresses preservation, research on ancient bamboo slips. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed sound protection and in-depth research on ancient bamboo and wooden slips.

Pressenza New York (2024-11-06). Global poverty alleviation initiatives needed. pressenza.com The correct information about how terrible the picture of poverty in the world is revealed in a statistic. The situation in India is the most critical in the world. According to the latest poverty index, 1100 million people in the world are living in extreme poverty. Half of it is mainly from 5 countries. Among which India is the first. | By Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan | A recent United Nations assessment found that over one billion people live in extreme poverty, with almost half of them in conflict-affected nations. | According to an index released Thursday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), countries at war hav…

Gabisile (2024-11-06). Mashatile chairs inaugural meeting of newly appointed Human Resource Development Council. sanews.gov.za Mashatile chairs inaugural meeting of newly appointed Human Resource Development Council | Deputy President Paul Mashatile has stressed the importance of reigniting efforts to drive human resource development initiatives, so as to urgently tackle the three critical challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality. | The Deputy President was speaking as the Chairperson of the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC), where he led the inaugural meeting of the newly appointed council on Tuesday. | The newly appointed HRDC members include representatives from government, organised labour, organised business, as we…

The Independent (2024-11-06). Children challenge government on poor social services, talent identification. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Children have asked the government to prioritize better social services and the promotion of talent as a solution to poverty. Speaking during the launch of the National Coalition to End Child Poverty, young people voiced their concerns about the current state of education, healthcare, and opportunities for talent development. …

Editor (2024-11-05). When Lights Go Out in Cuba, Media Blame Communism—Not US Sanctions. scheerpost.com

thecommunists (2024-11-05). Project Ukraine unravelling as Zelensky touts risible 'victory plan'. thecommunists.org Whilst all hell is breaking out across the middle east, hogging most of the headlines, Nato's proxy war against Russia is coming to an ever stickier end. Project Ukraine, instigated primarily by the USA and Britain, had as its aim regime change in Moscow, to be followed by the weakening and balkanisation of the whole …

ecns.cn (2024-11-05). Xi inspects central China's Hubei Province. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected the cities of Xiaogan and Xianning, central China's Hubei Province, from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning.

Binoy Kampmark (2024-10-30). Cattle Dog Gusto: How Bluey Conquered the United States. counterpunch.org For decades, the cultural phenomenon known as Americanisation has taken place with diffusing ease. Momentum was gained with the retreat of communism from Europe's eastern states with the end of the Cold War and the eventual termination of the Soviet Union in 1991. Global brands of Americana from fizzy drinks to Dallas became pervasive cultural presences. Not even children's programming

ecns.cn (2024-10-30). Xi calls for continuously developing socialist culture with Chinese characteristics for new era. ecns.cn On the afternoon of Oct 28, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held its 17th group study session. The topic was on developing a strong culture in China.

scorinoco (2024-10-30). Argentinian Analyst Atilio Borón: Role of BRICS Is Now More Important Than Ever (Interview). orinocotribune.com The leaders of the Global South and East are raising their voices for a common purpose: a multilateral, equitable and fairer world, in which the most vulnerable nations and the developing countries can unite and join forces to achieve a change. At the recently concluded 16th BRICS Summit that took place in the Russian city of Kazan, for three days leaders of emerging economies and special guests discussed the most pressing issues that the world is facing today, including sustainable development, eradication of poverty, adaptation to climate change, unilateral sanctions as a political weapon, and the war in the Mi…

Jack Khoury (2024-10-30). Israel's anti-UNRWA laws spark fresh fears among Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza. haaretz.com In the West Bank, concerns grow that the legislation could undermine the UN agency's ability to pay salaries, worsening already high poverty and unemployment rates. In Gaza, where the agency is the sole distributor of humanitarian aid, the law's impact could be even more severe…

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-26). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-10-26). The World Bank mired in contradictions about poverty. cadtm.org

Michael Roberts (2024-10-26). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

presstv.ir (2024-10-26). Poverty rife in EU amid record military spending. presstv.ir The EU spends a record amount of money on deadly weapons for Ukraine, despite growing poverty and homelessness affecting more than one in five within the bloc.

WSWS (2024-10-24). Sri Lankan delegation tells IMF and World Bank it will continue austerity onslaught. wsws.org The new JVP/NPP government has fully committed to the brutal IMF agenda initiated by the former Wickremesinghe regime to make working people pay for the crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism.

Eric Toussaint (2024-10-24). The World Bank mired in contradictions about poverty. cadtm.org

Michael Roberts (2024-10-24). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

Sonali Kolhatkar (2024-10-23). Why are young working-class men more 'conservative'? nationofchange.org It's not just about women's increasing power and independence—it's about capitalism failing us all.

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-23). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

Ana Luisa Brown (2024-10-23). Cuban and Chinese Communists hold meeting in Havana. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) Organization Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Roberto Morales, and head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Li Shulei, inaugurated here today the 6th Theoretical Seminar on both political groups.

Eric Toussaint (2024-10-23). The World Bank mired in contradictions about poverty. cadtm.org

Michael Roberts (2024-10-23). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

Lakeisha McVey (2024-10-23). Cash is King: Why Cash is the Best Tool to End Poverty. otherwords.org My mom's the hardest working person I know. She had a stable job and benefits, but that didn't save us from homelessness. | For years, we bounced between shelters, churches, motel rooms, and apartments. Benefits programs helped us make ends meet, as they do for tens of millions of Americans. But I can't help imagining how different my childhood would've been if my mom simply had access to more cash. | Most benefits programs provide one kind of aid and require you to jump through hoops to get it. For example, the Housing Choice Voucher Program (or "Section 8") pays landlords to house low-income tenants who can't o…

____ (2024-10-23). UNDP and UNESCWA Warn of Soaring Poverty in Palestine Amid Conflict. devdiscourse.com A new assessment launched today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) forecasts a staggering increase in poverty in the State of Palestine, predicting that 74.3% of the population will live in poverty by 2024, impacting approximately 4.1 million individuals, including 2.61 million newly impoverished people.

thecommunists (2024-10-21). The Bolivarian Revolution: 25 years fighting imperialism. thecommunists.org Twenty-five years have passed since Hugo Chávez initiated Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution in February 1999. Twenty-five years of PSUV (United Socialist party) governments working to improve the economic, social and cultural conditions of the masses. Twenty-five years of participatory democracy; of empowering people to transform society on the road to socialism. Twenty-five years during which the …

Natalia Marques (2024-10-21). "A third party option takes away consent from the ruling class" – Claudia De la Cruz. indybay.org Why are the most progressive Democrats so committed to war and genocide? Because ultimately, regardless of whether they are Democrats or Republicans, their commitment is to US capitalism and their commitment is to the US empire. That's the project that Democrats, Republicans, the ruling class of this country and the colonial state of Israel defend. | They are going to be perfectly okay signing off on bills to continue a genocide, because ultimately, it's [about] the protection of capital, US empire, and colonialism, not the people. They could care less about the people.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2024-10-21). Why Are Young Working-Class Men More 'Conservative'? counterpunch.org It has been a safe assumption for generations that young people tend to be more liberal than their elders. However, in today's United States, some of the conventional wisdom around age and ideology is being upended. Young women are moving farther to the left than expected while their male peers are disturbingly tending toward conservatism, even in comparison to older men. The reasons behind this cleaving, broadly speaking, stem from the twilight of patriarchy and the failure of capitalism.

WSWS (2024-10-21). IMF runs into deepening debt crisis and contradictions of global capitalism. wsws.org In a curtain raiser address in advance of the IMF-World Bank meeting this week the IMF chief drew attention to rising levels of government debt.

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-21). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

WorkWeek (2024-10-21). WorkWeek On UCSF Health Workers For Palestine, SFSU Palestine Action, UAL Mechanics & AFA. indybay.org WorkWeek On UCSF Health Workers For Palestine, SFSU Palestine Action , UAL Mechanics & Flight Attendants, Lessons Of Bhopal, Extraction Industries & Capitalism With Kakoli Matri…

ecns.cn (2024-10-21). Xi urges strategic missile troops to enhance capabilities. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, learns about the history of a brigade, on Oct.17, 2024. Xi inspected a brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2024-10-20). Xi urges strategic missile troops to enhance capabilities. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, learns about the history of a brigade, on Oct.17, 2024. Xi inspected a brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force on Thursday.

WSWS (2024-10-21). US postal workers outraged after poverty contract announced for city letter carriers. wsws.org The deal contains pathetic 1.3 percent annual wage increases, in addition to substandard cost of living adjustments, continued hyper-exploitation and surveillance, and the continuation of a vast restructuring program aimed at privatizing USPS.

Michael Roberts (2024-10-21). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-20). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. (2024-10-20). Samidoun's Coordinator Speaks Out On US And Canada's Targeting Of Them. popularresistance.org On October 15 the United States Treasury Department announced a joint action with the Canadian government, targeting the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. The U.S. slapped sanctions on the organization and Canada listed the group as a terrorist entity. | The Treasury Department press release refers to Samidoun as a "sham charity" and accuses it of raising funds for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a secular Marxist-Leninist Palestinian political party, which has been designated as a terrorist organization by the State Department. | "Samidoun is particularly targeted becaus…

Michael Roberts (2024-10-20). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

The Independent (2024-10-19). Is Capitalism really the cause of global inequality? independent.co.ug Western observers have treated inequality as a domestic issue but this framing often overlooks the plight of hundreds of millions of impoverished people around the world COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate and launching its author into …

JANET (2024-10-19). Sri Lankans elect Marxist president. iacenter.org By Zoe Johnson October 18, 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayke, Sri-Lanka's president. On September 22, Marxist candidate Aruna Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People's Power (NPP) alliance won the Sri Lankan presidential election. Traditional parties such as the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) dominate the Sri Lankan Parliament, currently holding 145 of the 225 seats. The JVP only has three seats in Parliament. Dissanayake's victory is significant, as he is the first Marxist to be elected president in Sri Lanka's history. He has strong support from young voters in particular. H…

JANET (2024-10-19). European Union set back in Western Sahara. iacenter.org By Carlos Lopes Pereira October 18, 2024 Polisario Front has led the struggle for sovereignty in Western Sahara. The author writes about Africa for Avante, newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, where this article was published on Oct. 10, 2024. Translation: John Catalinotto. African media reported that the United Nations special envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, met a few days ago with the authorities of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The diplomat's trip to the Sahrawi refugee camps is part of the U.N.'s efforts to relaunch the peace process in Western Sahara, blocked by the occup…

Prabhat Patnaik (2024-10-19). How not to measure poverty. mronline.org Several international organisations are now engaged in the business of measuring what they call "poverty".

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-10-15). El municipio, actor clave para el desarrollo en el ámbito local. radiohc.cu La Habana, 15 oct (RHC) La importancia de la reunión de rendición de cuenta del delegado a sus electores, como espacio ideal para seguir construyendo nuestro socialismo desde el barrio, fue ratificada por el miembro del Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido y presidente del Parlamento, Esteban Lazo Hernández.

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-15). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

Jason Hickel (2024-10-15). Jason Hickel explains why a liberated Palestine threatens global capitalism. indybay.org 'A liberated Palestine means a liberated Middle East. A liberated Middle East means capitalism really faces a crisis[…] & they're unleashing the full violence of their extraordinary power to ensure it doesn't.' | Video: 6m 14s at www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dBy4-6pn1M…

Michael Roberts (2024-10-15). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

WSWS (2024-10-14). Sri Lankan SEP to hold first public election meeting in Colombo. wsws.org The SEP's election intervention aims to build an independent political movement of the working class based on international socialism against world war, austerity and dictatorship.

WSWS (2024-10-14). Sri Lankan SEP to hold first public election meeting in Colombo. wsws.org The SEP's election intervention aims to build an independent political movement of the working class based on international socialism against world war, austerity and dictatorship.

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-14). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

thecommunists (2024-10-14). Joti Brar: Whose side are the British communists on? thecommunists.org Watch this interview in Russian on YouTube. ***** In this interview for a Russian Marxist YouTube channel, Comrade Joti Brar explains our party's viewpoint on why we do not consider China or Russia to be imperialist powers and what we see as the main goal of the foreign policy of both countries. She and her …

Agence France-Presse (2024-10-14). UN urges Middle East ceasefires to avert 'major regional war' with 'global implications'. scmp.com An unprecedented 123 million people are already displaced by conflicts, persecution, poverty and climate change, says refugee agency chief.

Michael Roberts (2024-10-14). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org