2023-04-20: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-20). Chris Matlhako: Remarkable South African Internationalist. libya360.wordpress.com Comrade Chris Matlhako, the Secretary for International Affairs of the South African Communist Party and Central Committee member, passed away this morning, April 20, 2023, at the age of 58. He was a diligent friend to the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean and partner in the building of socialism internationally. Deepest condolences were expressed by…

Sharon Rose, Danny Shaw (2023-04-20). Gary Hicks—Mentor, revolutionary, and poet— °Presente! peoplesworld.org On Dec. 2, 2022, the international working-class movement lost an organizing and literary giant, Gary Graham Hicks. Comrades and friends gathered at the Marxist Library in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, March 25, for a memorial to remember the diverse contributions of a beloved poet, theorist, and internationalist. We write this tribute so that future generations …

ecns.cn (2023-04-20). Xi congratulates Diaz-Canel on re-election as Cuban president. ecns.cn General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent a message of congratulations to the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on his re-election as Cuban president.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-20). Cuban parliament re-elects President Miguel Díaz-Canel for second term. peoplesdispatch.org Díaz-Canel thanked former president and the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raúl Castro, for his support and trust, and the Cuban people for their courage and loyalty…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-20). Czech government's plan to raise retirement age faces intense protests. peoplesdispatch.org The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) as well as trade unions have launched petitions to reject the conservative government's plan to increase the retirement age in the Czech Republic to 68 years…

C.D. Carlson (2023-04-19). Connecticut Communists issue emergency housing program. peoplesworld.org HARTFORD, Conn.—Tired of the same old system, a rising movement is organizing around the cornerstone principle that all people have the right to housing. In Connecticut, the movement is organizing for secure and stable housing as a means of creating a fairer, more stable, and more reliable democracy that puts the interests of working people …




Reproductive Justice for All (2023-04-20). Alliance Defending Freedom is a Hate Group. indybay.org While the Supreme Court maintains full access to the abortion pill mifepristone until at least tomorrow, the anti-abortion group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said the Supreme Court should keep restrictions on mifepristone in place as the legal battle over the pill plays out. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the ADF as a hate group.

Jake Johnson (2023-04-19). Poverty Is the 4th Leading Cause of Death in the US, Research Shows. truthout.org Research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that poverty was linked to at least 183,000 deaths in the United States in 2019 among people aged 15 or older, making inadequate income the nation's fourth-leading mortality driver that year behind heart disease, cancer, and smoking. "Poverty kills as much as dementia, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer's… |

channelnewsasia (2023-04-19). UN says 34 million Afghans in poverty under Taliban rule. channelnewsasia.com

Reproductive Justice for All (2023-04-20). Alliance Defending Freedom is a Hate Group. indybay.org While the Supreme Court maintains full access to the abortion pill mifepristone until at least tomorrow, the anti-abortion group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said the Supreme Court should keep restrictions on mifepristone in place as the legal battle over the pill plays out. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the ADF as a hate group.

Jake Johnson (2023-04-19). Poverty Is the 4th Leading Cause of Death in the US, Research Shows. truthout.org Research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that poverty was linked to at least 183,000 deaths in the United States in 2019 among people aged 15 or older, making inadequate income the nation's fourth-leading mortality driver that year behind heart disease, cancer, and smoking. "Poverty kills as much as dementia, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer's… |

channelnewsasia (2023-04-19). UN says 34 million Afghans in poverty under Taliban rule. channelnewsasia.com

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