(2022-03-06). Las criptomonedas, haciendo de Puerto Rico un paraíso perdido. peoplesworld.org 
En su libro La Batalla por el paraíso, Puerto Rico y el Capitalismo del Desastre (2018) Naomi Klein, una reconocida periodista, dice "entre los escombros del huracán María, los puertorriqueños y los puertopians ultra ricos están enfrascados en una lucha irreconciliable por cómo rehacer la Isla". Hoy en el 2022 esas palabras resuenan más que …
(2022-03-06). Gas Prices: Why EU and UK Sanctions Game Will See No Winners. sputniknews.com Eight and half million households may end up in fuel poverty, being forced to pay over £3,000 (about $4,000) a year to heat their homes amid the European energy crisis, which has been further exacerbated by sweeping anti-Russian sanctions. However, it's only the beginning, economic observers have warned.
(2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com 
Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…
(2022-03-05). Our New Cloud-Based Ruling Class. zcomm.org Capital is everywhere, yet capitalism is on the wane…
(2022-03-05). The unknown paths of the late Marx. mronline.org 
An interview with Marcello Musto about the last decade of Marx's life.
(2022-03-05). How Greensboro Massacre Survivor Taught The Next Generation To Fight. popularresistance.org On November 3, 1979, Marty Nathan, Mike Nathan, and other members and supporters of the Communist Workers' Party were stationed along the route of a "Death to the Klan" march in Greensboro, North Carolina. This multiracial working-class movement's success organizing textile and hospital workers had attracted the attention of the Ku Klux Klan; "not surprisingly," Marty explained, "the Klan began to rise in 1979 … [in places] where hard-hitting union organizing and strikes were occurring." Not only were workers and organizers faced with resistance and threats from employers — they were also confronted with…
(2022-03-05). Join 'Militant' drive! Fight Moscow's war on Ukraine! themilitant.com 
In response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the Militant has launched a timely and needed international drive to expand the reach of the paper, win 1,600 new subscribers, sell 1,600 books by Socialist Workers Party and other revolutionary leaders presenting a communist program and marking the lessons from past working-class struggles, and to raise $165,000 for a Militant Fighting Fund for the paper. The campaign is already off and running and goes through May 17. We're asking our readers to join in! | In response to the first major war on the European continent in decades, with consequences for the toilers world…
(2022-03-05). Daniel H. Rosen's Argument Revisited on Post-Covid China. moderndiplomacy.eu According to Daniel H. Rosen's article "Xi Is Running Out of Time: China's Economy Heads for a Hard Landing," China's economy is on the verge of a "hard landing" and the Chinese Communist Party is in danger of losing its power. Some people are worried that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has missed an opportunity …
(2022-03-05). Xi takes part in deliberation of Inner Mongolia delegation at annual legislative session. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on Saturday afternoon took part in a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress, China's top legislature.
(2022-03-05). Skyrocketing Energy Bills Could Plunge 8.5 Million UK Households Into Fuel Poverty. sputniknews.com Last week, European energy prices jumped almost 70% shortly after the EU's announcement of new tough anti-Russian sanctions over the beginning of Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.
(2022-03-05). [Perspectives] Sally Grantham-McGregor: pioneer in early childhood development. thelancet.com "I can still be horrified by the poverty in the world and how it affects children's development", says Sally Grantham-McGregor, Emeritus Professor of International Child Health at University College London (UCL), UK, and the doyenne of early childhood development (ECD). In pioneering work in Jamaica, she developed a low-cost early childhood intervention and showed that it can have long-term benefits for children. Now called Reach Up, it has been implemented in 16 countries, with several, including China and Peru, rolling it out as a national programme.