WSWS (2022-06-28). Sri Lankan corporations reap large profits as workers and rural toilers face poverty and starvation. wsws.org The Lanka Hospitals Corporation, one of the largest of the more than 140 private hospitals in Sri Lanka, recorded a 2.8 billion-rupee turn over in the first quarter of this year, a 27 percent increase on the same period last year.

Staff (2022-06-28). Ecuador: Fuel Price Reduction Insufficient, Says CONAIE. orinocotribune.com Monday, June 27, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) rejected President Guillermo Lasso's recent announcement that, in response to the 15-day national strike, the country would reduce the cost of various fuels by 10 cents per gallon. | CONAIE branded the measure as "insufficient and insensitive, since it does not sympathize with the situation of poverty faced by millions of families." CONAIE stated that it would confer with its supporters to formulate a clear position in the coming days. | The organization that has led the protests warned that, despite persecution, criminalization, a…

Fight Back (2022-06-27). Red Theory: Marxism against pragmatism. fightbacknews.org Marxist-Leninists are practical people. This has been true since Marx wrote his famous Eleventh Thesis on Feuerbach: "The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Many Marxists might even consider themselves "pragmatists." But Marxism and pragmatism, though there may be some superficial similarities, are, in fact, fundamentally opposed. So, let's look more closely at this. What is pragmatism? | To be a pragmatist means a lot more than just being a practically-oriented person concerned with organizing. Pragmatism is a philosophy, born in the 19th century…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-27). Philippines ruling class debates anti-communist 'red tagging,' raising repression fears. peoplesworld.org Just days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., "red tagging" has re-emerged as a national debate in the Philippines. In what is being seen as a possible shift in attitudes within the ruling dispensation, Menardo Guevarra, Justice Secretary in the outgoing Rodrigo Duterte administration, called the practice of red tagging dangerous. …

Special to People's World (2022-06-27). Communist Party condemns Roe reversal: 'All out to defend abortion rights'. peoplesworld.org The following statement was released by the Communist Party USA on June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is a horrific setback for women their partners, their families, and society overall. As expected, the Court overturned Roe v. Wade, making abortion rights susceptible to the whims of extreme-right state legislators. A …

____ (2022-06-27). Danilo Dolci (28 Jun 1924 — 30 Dec 1997). transcend.org Alone he stood, faced by hostility of the church, the government, the landowners, and the mafia. Surely, only with a flame of faith in his heart he could face hatred, corruption, brutality, indifference, poverty, dereliction and despair. But he did face them and achieved his victories. He lived on the same level of those he was trying to help, working at grassroots level.

____ (2022-06-27). Who Is to Blame for Inflation? The Power Brokers of Capitalism. transcend.org 22 Jun 2022 – Inflation as a Political Power Play Gone Wrong – A half-century long strategy, led by corporations, Wall Street, governments, and central banks, is coming undone. As a result, the West's authorities now face an impossible choice: push conglomerates and states into cascading bankruptcies or allow inflation to go unchecked.