Daily Archives: April 4, 2023

2023-04-04: News Headlines

Movement for Socialism (2023-04-03). Banking crisis in Switzerland: Socialise the financial sector! greenleft.org.au The recent takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, with the Swiss state stepping in to cover losses, highlights the need for a broad social movement to demand the socialisation of the financial sector, says Switzerland's Movement for Socialism (BFS/MPS).

WSWS (2023-04-04). A social and medical examination of Long COVID as a "mass disabling event": Part 1. wsws.org This review will document what is known about the science and impacts of Long COVID, the lessons that should have been drawn from previous post-viral illnesses, and the refusal of world capitalism to address this massive and ongoing social catastrophe.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-03). Dollar Sign as Questionable Map of Capitalism? transcend.org Exploring the Malleability of a Fundamental Symbol for Society…

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-03). A common misconception about capitalism. mronline.org THERE is a commonly-held view that while capitalism in its early stages brings about unemployment and hence an accentuation of poverty, this initial damage is subsequently reversed as it keeps growing…

The Lever (2023-04-03). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Clerks (w/ Branson Reese). levernews.com

Julio C. Gambina (2023-04-03). La crisis bancaria y la respuesta del Estado capitalista. globalizacion.ca La crisis bancaria evidencia la preocupación del poder político en los principales países del capitalismo mundial. | I — La crisis bancaria | El fenómeno de la crisis bancaria se hizo visible con las recientes caídas de algunos bancos regionales estadounidenses, caso…

Fight Back (2023-04-03). Against Trotskyism: Trotskyism and the national question. fightbacknews.org By now it should come as no surprise that Trotskyism, with its ultra-left emphasis on "pure proletarian revolution" originating in Trotsky's theory of "permanent revolution," that Trotskyism's errors extend to the national question. | But, before we can get into Trotsky's view on the subject, what is the national question? When Marxists talk about the "national question" we're talking about the analysis of the problems posed to the revolutionary movement by the materialist process by which nations form and develop, and the role that plays in revolutionary change. Practically, we're talking about how the proletar…

Dick Nichols (2023-04-04). Far-right censure motion: theatre of the grotesque staged in Spanish Congress. greenleft.org.au The Spanish far-right's latest attempt to censure prime minister Pedro Sanchez' government — with the help of a former leader of the Communist Party of Spain — has backfired, writes Dick Nichols.

A Guest Author (2023-04-03). Communiqué: The French working class buries its gravediggers. workers.org Communiqué of the Coordination of Communist Nuclei (CNC) in the Spanish State (Spain) published March 28, 2023. Workers World publishes this communiqué because it could also apply as a message for the working class in the United States. Translation: John Catalinotto. Workers on France's high-speed TGV trains demonstrate near the . . . |

Combined Sources (2023-04-03). French Communist leader refuses to meet Macron's PM until pension scheme withdrawn. peoplesworld.org The leader of the French Communists, Fabien Roussel, has refused to meet with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne until her boss, President Emmanuel Macron, backs down on his plan to raise the retirement age of French workers. Roussell, who is General Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF), called for members of parliament to march on …

Brittani Banks (2023-04-03). Global News Dispatches: 3 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: War Criminals & Military Aggressors Who Occupy Seats in the Security Council Ending the World's Cycles of Conflict, Disaster and Extreme Poverty U.S. Policies Are Slowing World Economy [NEWS ITEM TEXT] War Criminals & Military Aggressors Who Occupy Seats in the Security Council [1,583 words] Come April 1, a post-Ukraine …

ecns.cn (2023-04-03). Insights | Malaysia researcher: China's poverty eradication efforts are experiences to be learned. ecns.cn Ei Sun OH, principal advisor of Malaysia's Pacific Research Center, noted that China's poverty eradication efforts over the last few years have become very successful, and are lessons to be learned. In addition, he thinks China is indispensable in regional and global economic revitalization.

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