WSWS (2023-05-19). Italy hit by worst floods in a century. wsws.org The catastrophe is the latest in a spree of natural disasters in Italy now being made a regular fact of life by capitalism-driven climate change.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-20). Intersectionality is Anti-Marxist: It Treats All Liberation Struggles as Separate from Class Struggles. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea There's a distinction between the way intersectionality views the unique types of liberation struggles that the different societal groups wage, and the way that Marxism views them. Intersectionality views them as coming from innately different places, from origins that can be fully separated from each other. The key word is "fully," because there…

Editor (2023-05-20). Discussing ecology and entropy. mronline.org Workers' Liberty organises a monthly Marxist ecology reading group. This month they discussed a chapter on "Entropy and ecological economics" from 'Marxism and Ecological Economics' by Paul Burkett.

Workers World Party (2023-05-19). Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, °presente! ‚àí a WW statement. workers.org The edited statement first appeared May 18, 2017, on workers.org. We celebrate on May 19 the birthdays of two world-bending revolutionaries: Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X. Born in 1890 in central Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh was the Marxist-Leninist communist who forged and led a people's movement and army that . . . |

thecommunists (2023-05-20). The real trade union barons. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from the Class Consciousness Project, with thanks. ***** The British media, almost in totality, would have us believe that, when there are periods of class struggle the likes of which we are currently seeing in this country, poor downtrodden workers are being led by the nose and deprived of their wages …

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-05-20). Communist parties discuss ideas at meeting in Geneva. plenglish.com Geneva, Switzerland, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of the communist parties of Nicaragua, Cuba, Türkiye, Uruguay, Italy, Portugal, Sri Lanka and South Korea participated today in this city in a meeting to discuss political work in those countries.

scorinoco (2023-05-19). President Maduro Meets With Communist Party of China Delegation. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has held a meeting with a visiting delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with the aim of strengthening relations of cooperation and friendship. | The meeting was held at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Wednesday, May 17. | The CPC delegation was led by the vice minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, Lin Mingxiang. | The Venezuelan president stated that Venezuel…

thecommunists (2023-05-19). Platform rally in Gwangju: Nato war drive threatens Korea, Taiwan, east Asia. thecommunists.org The following joint statement was read out by Comrade Joti Brar on behalf of the World Anti-imperialist Platform at its mass rally in the revolutionary city of Gwangju, south Korea on Saturday 13 May. ***** Despite the fact that Nato is clearly losing its proxy war in Ukraine, this impending defeat has not stopped the …

The Lever (2023-05-19). üéß THE AUDIT: About Those Evil Communists… levernews.com

WSWS (2023-05-20). Union calls off New York resident physicians' strike at last minute. wsws.org The Committee of Interns and Residents announced a tentative agreement that will maintain poverty wages for its members at Jamaica and Flushing hospitals, who work as many as 80 hours per week.

WSWS (2023-05-19). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org India: Tamil Nadu contract nurses protest; West Bengal public school teachers oppose poverty-level wages; Sri Lankan Inland Revenue Department workers strike over pay cut; Australia: Cleanaway waste collection workers New South Wales strike; NSW paramedics and patient transfer officers impose work bans.

Betsey Piette (2023-05-18). U.S. plagued by lack of affordable housing. workers.org UC Townhomes residents and supporters march for affordable housing, April 2022. This talk was presented at the May 11 webinar: "U.S. Women need what Cuban Women have: Socialism" sponsored by Workers World Party's Women and Gender Oppressed Caucus. I want to dedicate my remarks on housing tonight to Jordan Neely, . . . |

WSWS (2023-05-19). Howard commencement speech: Biden appeals to identity politics and covers up the White House's promotion of war and reaction. wsws.org The speech, full of vague phrases, again demonstrated the Democratic Party's reliance on the promotion of racial politics to block a socialist movement of the working class and youth in opposition to capitalism and war.

Maddi Johnson (2023-05-18). How capitalism drives climate catastrophe. workers.org Portland, Oregon Since I moved to Oregon, all I've been hearing is: "This weather isn't normal. It's too hot in the summers, too cold in the winters." You hear the same story all across the globe. Every year, everywhere, new weather records are broken. Anecdotes aside, the data is indisputable. . . . |

midwesternmarx (2023-05-18). 60 years after death, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn still scares the right By: C.J. Atkins. midwesternmarx.com Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 'The Rebel Girl,' addresses strikers in Paterson, N.J. in 1913. Although she's been dead for almost six decades, it looks like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is still getting under the skin of right-wingers. Just two weeks after it was installed, a historical marker commemorating her birth in Concord, N.H., has been demolished on the order of Republican state officials.The green and white cast iron plaque—the kind you see on the side of highways or in public p …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-18). April 29, 2023 – Cornel West: The Limits of Neo-Pragmatism and the Quest for a Democratic Philosophy By: Anthony Monteiro & Saturday Free School. midwesternmarx.com We are publishing a transcript of Dr. Anthony Monteiro's opening remarks from the Saturday Free School's April 29, 2023 session Continuing Hegel's Science of Logic. The Free School meets every Saturday at 10: 30 AM, and is streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. Good morning to everybody. We are going to go back to Hegel, but it's always useful to contextualize the reading of a text like this, and to keep the text itself and our reading of it gro …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-18). Inflation is a Menace—to Whom? By: D.B. midwesternmarx.com Talk of economic issues in the media often gives the distinct impression that what is being discussed is obvious—or at least beyond control—though it rarely is. It is always conveyed by talk, but the suggestion is that there is really nothing to discuss, think about, let alone contest or even object to. Consider, as the case in point now, the state of the economy and the continuous talk of inflation which has persisted since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic. The virtual …

Fight Back (2023-05-19). For Ho Chi Minh's birthday, read his account of how he became a communist. fightbacknews.org To mark the birthday of the outstanding Vietnamese communist Ho Chi Minh, Fight Back News Service is circulating has 1960 article "The Path Which Led Me To Leninism." | The Path Which Led Me To Leninism | After World War I, I made my living in Paris, now as a retoucher at a photographers, now as painter of "Chinese antiquities" (made in France!). I would distribute leaflets denouncing the crimes committed by the French colonialists in Viet Nam. | At that time, I supported the October Revolution only instinctively, not yet grasping all its historic importance. I loved and admired Lenin because he was a great patri…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-18). Communists in Luxembourg stress housing, social rights in manifesto for upcoming local elections. peoplesdispatch.org Elections are set to take place for the governing councils of 100 communes which are of the status of municipalities on June 11. The Communist Party of Luxembourg has said it will strive to ensure that municipalities actually belong to the inhabitants…

thecommunists (2023-05-18). Venezuela: Blockade and plunder. thecommunists.org This report by human rights organisation Sures, detailing the brutal sanctions regime being imposed against the Venezuelan people by the USA and its allies, is reproduced in sightly edited form with thanks. Download the original booklet as a pdf here. ***** What are unilateral coercive measures? The term 'unilateral coercive measures' (UCM) generally refers to …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-19). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-18). Desperation at the US Border. libya360.wordpress.com Natalia Marques Migrants are interviewed as they wait in the La Plaza bus terminal in Brownsville, Texas (Photo: The Party for Socialism and Liberation) Thousands of migrants, driven by economic warfare waged by the US, find themselves in conditions of despair at the southern US border There is a humanitarian crisis at the southern border…

Editor (2023-05-17). Ian Angus — "The War Against the Commons: Dispossession and Resistance in the Making of Capitalism" mronline.org In his latest book, Ian Angus answers a question that apologists for the capitalist system would like to pretend does not exist.

John Pilger (2023-05-17). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China. therealnews.com This article was produced by Speak up. Now. | In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They called on "the hundreds of poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, short story writers and journalists" to discuss the "rapid crumbling of capitalism" and the beckoning…

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-05-17). CovertAction Bulletin: The Debt Ceiling is Political Theater. covertactionmagazine.com The "debt ceiling" crisis playing out between President Biden and Congressional Republicans is manufactured by capitalism to justify spending cuts to critical social programs while continuing to bail out big businesses and fund the Pentagon's endless war drive…

midwesternmarx (2023-05-18). 60 years after death, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn still scares the right By: C.J. Atkins. midwesternmarx.com Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 'The Rebel Girl,' addresses strikers in Paterson, N.J. in 1913. Although she's been dead for almost six decades, it looks like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is still getting under the skin of right-wingers. Just two weeks after it was installed, a historical marker commemorating her birth in Concord, N.H., has been demolished on the order of Republican state officials.The green and white cast iron plaque—the kind you see on the side of highways or in public p …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-18). April 29, 2023 – Cornel West: The Limits of Neo-Pragmatism and the Quest for a Democratic Philosophy By: Anthony Monteiro & Saturday Free School. midwesternmarx.com We are publishing a transcript of Dr. Anthony Monteiro's opening remarks from the Saturday Free School's April 29, 2023 session Continuing Hegel's Science of Logic. The Free School meets every Saturday at 10: 30 AM, and is streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. Good morning to everybody. We are going to go back to Hegel, but it's always useful to contextualize the reading of a text like this, and to keep the text itself and our reading of it gro …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-18). Inflation is a Menace—to Whom? By: D.B. midwesternmarx.com Talk of economic issues in the media often gives the distinct impression that what is being discussed is obvious—or at least beyond control—though it rarely is. It is always conveyed by talk, but the suggestion is that there is really nothing to discuss, think about, let alone contest or even object to. Consider, as the case in point now, the state of the economy and the continuous talk of inflation which has persisted since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic. The virtual …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-18). Communists in Luxembourg stress housing, social rights in manifesto for upcoming local elections. peoplesdispatch.org Elections are set to take place for the governing councils of 100 communes which are of the status of municipalities on June 11. The Communist Party of Luxembourg has said it will strive to ensure that municipalities actually belong to the inhabitants…

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). Xi calls on Shaanxi to write new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, listened to a report on the work of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee and the provincial government on May 17.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-05-18). Cuban Communist Party stands out in visits to provinces. plenglish.com Havana, May 18 (Prensan Latina) The Secretary of Organization of Cuban Communist Party (PCC), Roberto Morales highlighted the outstanding role played in visits to provinces to check up their development strategies in 2023, the Presidency on Thursday informed.

Staff (2023-05-17). PSUV and Communist Party of China Ratify Cooperation Agreements. orinocotribune.com Venezuela and China continue to deepen political alliances. This time, Caracas served as the venue for an official meeting between the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC), organizations sharing deep anti-imperialist principles. | Vice President of the PSUV Diosdado Cabello received the CPC delegation, led by the deputy minister for the international department of the Central Committee of the CPC, Li Mingxiang. | High-level members of the PSUV leadership also participated in the meeting: Vice President of Organization Pedro Infante; Vice President of Training Tania Día…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-05-17). Kenya's 'anti-people' Finance Bill met with widespread opposition as cost of living soars. peoplesdispatch.org Amid rising debt payments the Kenyan government has proposed new tax and levy regimes in the Finance Bill 2023. Unions and left forces, especially the Communist Party of Kenya, have argued that the measures will further burden workers while they are already struggling under an economic crisis…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-18). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-18). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-16). A Fraternal Hand: The American Tradition of Socialist Democracy and Chinese Socialism. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos L. Garrido There is a glaring paradox at the core of the American project. On the one hand, it proclaims its national self-determination with the values of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, right to revolution, and to a government of, by, and for the people. On the other hand, the rights to life, liberty,…

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). Ideological work in the new era of socialism in China By: Gabriel Martinez. midwesternmarx.com We are pleased to publish this important and well-researched article by Gabriel Martinez on ideological work and struggle in China since the beginning of 'reform and opening up' at the end of the 1970s. Gabriel is a postgraduate student from Brazil, currently finishing his studies in Marxist Philosophy at Beijing Normal University. He has lived in China for the last five years.He notes that the important changes in the country's economic sphere have been accompanied by a …

Frank Cappello (2023-05-16). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: You've Got Mail (w/ Robin Johnson). levernews.com

Matt Hancock, Low Impact. (2023-05-16). Why Is The Co-Operative Movement So Successful In Emilia Romagna? popularresistance.org In a region of 5 million people, there are 4000 co-operative businesses, that employ 250,000 people — just under a quarter of the entire workforce. The co-op movement in ER goes back to the mid 19th century, with roots in the workers' mutual aid societies, and many of the early ones are still strong today. It wasn't a reaction to capitalism. The co-op movement developed alongside capitalism. | There's an entrepreneurial spirit, but also a propensity to do things together — creating associations, unions, co-ops, credit unions etc. There's joint purchasing and lobbying, collective bargaining etc. There'

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). The IMF and its Ideological Orphans By: àÅlvaro García Linera. midwesternmarx.com There was a time when the International Monetary Fund's "recommendations" on how to reorganize an economy were read, defended and executed as if they were a divine mandate. Those were the 90s of the last century, when every study of the course of the world economy or agreement reached with this or that country, not only emanated an enlightened historical optimism with what was being proposed, but was also accompanied by a blind endorsement that went from ministers o …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). "Israel is built on the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages" By: Peoples Dispatch. midwesternmarx.com The International People's Assembly (IPA) organized an online event to mark 75 years of the Nakba and the Palestinians' continued resistance against the Zionist colonial apartheid occupation of Israel ​Around 800,000 people are believed to have been displaced during the Nakba in 1948. Today's Israel is built over the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages which were destroyed by Zionist militias during Israel's formation in 1948, said professor and …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). Why I'm pro-Russia & pro-Rage Against the War Machine: anti-imperialists can't win with idealism By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com When somebody rejects all of the practical paths towards fighting imperialism and class exploitation, on the basis that they feel we should be taking a purer path, then you had better make sure this other path is viable. If it's not viable, and they're saying this simply to complain rather than to offer a serious alternative, then you shouldn't even entertain them. Because what's the point of validating somebody who has nothing constructive to say? Unless an option …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). 'We don't want to be slaves': Meet the People's Liberation Army of Burma By: Michael Christopher. midwesternmarx.com A young soldier of the People's Liberation Army shows off his rifle skills in the Burmese jungle. | Photo via PLA "Why can't they wait for the new government to sort out? 'All in good time,' and 'they must wait for their turn,' they say. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, when your children go hungry, how long are you willing and prepared to wait?"— Popular Struggle, Communist Party of Burma, June 20, 2016.K …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). How Union Members Honor Workers Memorial Day. By: Tom Conway. midwesternmarx.com ​He was known to be aggressive and argumentative, the kind of patron who made others at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh branch uneasy.​But one day last year, the man walked into the building in a much darker mood, harassed a librarian, and threatened to kill her.Fortunately, library workers had joined the United Steelworkers (USW) in 2019 and built safeguards into their first contract to address dangers exactly like this.The librarian received a temporary transfer …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). Why Julian Assange Is at the Vanguard for World Press Freedom. By: Prabir Purkayastha. midwesternmarx.com We celebrate World Press Freedom Day in May as a reminder that the role of news organizations is to speak truth to power. Not for manufacturing consent—to use Chomsky's famous words—for the government and the ruling classes.​It's an occasion to remember three people who exemplify the need to speak the truth: Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame and Julian Assange of WikiLeaks; and also of Chelsea Manning, without whom we would not have …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). The Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Massive Deception Against the Public. By: Richard D. Wolff. midwesternmarx.com ​Future historians will likely look back at the debt ceiling rituals being reenacted these days with a frustrated shaking of their heads. That otherwise reasonable people would be so readily deceived raises the question that will provoke those historians: How could this happen?​The U.S. Congress has imposed successive ceilings on the national debt, each one higher than the last. Ceilings were intended to limit the amount of federal borrowing. But the same U.S. Congress so mana …

People's Dispatch. (2023-05-17). Italy: Trade Unions Continue Mobilizations Against Labor Policies. popularresistance.org Mainstream trade unions in Italy, including the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL), the Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions (CISL), and the Italian Labor Union (UIL), organized a major demonstration in Milan on Saturday, May 13. The unions denounced the economic policies of the right-wing government led by Giorgia Meloni, including proposed cuts to public services and social welfare programs, along with lack of investment in job creation. Cadres from various political groups including the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) also participated and expressed solidarity with workers.

Andy Kroll (2023-05-16). China and the Axis of the Sanctioned. tomdispatch.com A photo Beijing released on March 6th of Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a seismic shock in Washington. There was the Secretary-General of the Chinese Communist Party standing between Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's National Security Council, and Saudi National Security Adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban. They were awkwardly shaking hands on an agreement to reestablish mutual diplomatic ties. That picture should have brought to mind a 1993 photo of President Bill Clinton hosting Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chief Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn as they agreed to the Oslo Acco…

thecommunists (2023-05-16). Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Soviet Union defeating fascism. thecommunists.org In this discussion on the Soviet victory over fascism in WW2, Harpal Brar begins by dismissing the most common (and patently absurd) myths surrounding the beginning of the war: in particular, the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact — sometimes (outrageously) called the 'Hitler-Stalin pact' — which has so tainted the bourgeois narative of modern history. See also our …

Thierry Meyssan (2023-05-16). Imran Khan and the independence of Pakistan. thealtworld.com Pakistan has never been independent. It has always remained a toy in the hands of the United Kingdom and the United States. During the Western war against the Afghan communist regime, it became a rear base for Bin Laden's mujahideen and Arab fighters. However, for the past decade, a cricket champion like no other has been trying to liberate it, make peace with India and create social services: Imran Khan. | The Pakistani population is rising up against its army and its political personnel. Everywhere, demonstrations are forming in support of the former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, who has just been released but is…

Thierry Meyssan (2023-05-16). Imran Khan et l'indépendance du Pakistan. thealtworld.com Le Pakistan n'a jamais été indépendant. Il est toujours resté un jouet dans les mains du Royaume-Uni et des États-Unis. Durant la guerre occidentale contre le régime communiste afghan, il est devenu une base arrière des moujahidines et des combattants arabes de Ben Laden. Cependant, depuis une décennie, un champion de cricket pas comme les autres tente de le libérer, de faire la paix avec l'Inde et de créer des services sociaux : Imran Khan. | La population pakistanaise se lève contre son armée et contre son personnel politique. Partout, des manifestations se forment pour soutenir l'ancien Premier ministre, Imran…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-17). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

jamanetwork (2023-05-16). Association of a Housing Mobility Program With Childhood Asthma Symptoms and Exacerbations. jamanetwork.com This matched cohort study examines whether participation from 2016 to 2020 in the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership housing mobility program, a program that provided housing vouchers and assistance moving to low-poverty neighborhoods, was associated with reduced asthma morbidity among children aged 5 to 17 years.

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-15). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…

Frank Cappello (2023-05-16). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: You've Got Mail (w/ Robin Johnson). levernews.com

_____ (2023-05-15). (Português) O Colapso Atual da Ética. transcend.org 12 maio 2023 – Percebo dois fatores principais, entre outros, que atingem o coraàßà£o da ética: a globalizaàßà£o do capitalismo depredador e a mercantilizaàßà£o da sociedade.

_____ (2023-05-15). The Current Collapse of Ethics. transcend.org 13 May 2023 – I perceive two main factors, among others, that strike at the heart of ethics: the globalization of predatory capitalism and the commodification of society.

Rainer Shea (2023-05-15). Why I'm Pro-Russia & Pro-Rage Against the War Machine: Anti-Imperialists Can't Win With Idealism. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 12, 2023 | When somebody rejects all of the practical paths towards fighting imperialism and class exploitation, on the basis that they feel we should be taking a purer path, then you had better make sure this other path is viable. If it's not viable, and they're saying this simply to complain rather than to offer a serious alternative, then you shouldn't even entertain them. Because what's the point of validating somebody who has nothing constructive to say? Unless an option is practicable, it's not worth bringing up. | So is the case for the ways that Marxists who hold on to ultra-left…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-15). Cuba celebrates International Family Day with inclusive code. plenglish.com Havana, May 15 (Prensa Latina The Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party (PCC), Roberto Morales, said on Monday that Cuba is celebrating the International Family Day with a very inclusive legal standard, which typifies and recognizes them from the viewpoint of multiplicity.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-05-16). Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes To School. popularresistance.org Newark, NJ – We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico. The single mother, rarely at home because she works long hours to keep her three children fed and pay the rent. The poverty. The crime. The instability. Later, the stepfather who drinks, uses drugs and beats his stepchildren. The child acting up. Dropping out of school. Joining a gang. The robberies. The one that went wrong and left a man dead. Prison. | The students I teach in prison have variations of the same story. They are funneled into the maw of the prison-industrial-complex, the large…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-16). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-15). As UN 'Reviews' Presence in Afghanistan, Afghans Face More Hunger and Poverty. towardfreedom.org The number of people below the poverty line in Afghanistan has increased from 19 million in 2020 to 34 million today, reports Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service.

Editor (2023-05-15). Nicaragua: What we learned about agroecology. mronline.org "Why did we choose to study in Nicaragua? Hunger, poverty, and illiteracy are major issues plaguing much of the world, and climate change is one of the greatest threats to humans on the planet. Nicaragua is setting an example for sustainable development that addresses all these issues."

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-15). As UN 'Reviews' Presence in Afghanistan, Afghans Face More Hunger and Poverty. towardfreedom.org The number of people below the poverty line in Afghanistan has increased from 19 million in 2020 to 34 million today, reports Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service.

Editor (2023-05-15). Nicaragua: What we learned about agroecology. mronline.org "Why did we choose to study in Nicaragua? Hunger, poverty, and illiteracy are major issues plaguing much of the world, and climate change is one of the greatest threats to humans on the planet. Nicaragua is setting an example for sustainable development that addresses all these issues."

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-15). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…

_____ (2023-05-15). The Current Collapse of Ethics. transcend.org 13 May 2023 – I perceive two main factors, among others, that strike at the heart of ethics: the globalization of predatory capitalism and the commodification of society.

_____ (2023-05-15). (Português) O Colapso Atual da Ética. transcend.org 12 maio 2023 – Percebo dois fatores principais, entre outros, que atingem o coraàßà£o da ética: a globalizaàßà£o do capitalismo depredador e a mercantilizaàßà£o da sociedade.

Rainer Shea (2023-05-15). Why I'm Pro-Russia & Pro-Rage Against the War Machine: Anti-Imperialists Can't Win With Idealism. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 12, 2023 | When somebody rejects all of the practical paths towards fighting imperialism and class exploitation, on the basis that they feel we should be taking a purer path, then you had better make sure this other path is viable. If it's not viable, and they're saying this simply to complain rather than to offer a serious alternative, then you shouldn't even entertain them. Because what's the point of validating somebody who has nothing constructive to say? Unless an option is practicable, it's not worth bringing up. | So is the case for the ways that Marxists who hold on to ultra-left…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-15). Cuba celebrates International Family Day with inclusive code. plenglish.com Havana, May 15 (Prensa Latina The Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party (PCC), Roberto Morales, said on Monday that Cuba is celebrating the International Family Day with a very inclusive legal standard, which typifies and recognizes them from the viewpoint of multiplicity.

thecommunists (2023-05-15). Free Palestine; end zionism! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. ***** Today we mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba (Disaster), when the Palestinian people were ethnically cleansed from their own homeland by zionist gangs in 1948. Hundreds of Palestinian villages were systematically wiped out and their inhabitants either murdered or expelled from their land to live as penniless …

Editor (2023-05-15). Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes to School. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Newark, N.J. — We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico. The single mother, rarely at home because she works long hours to keep her three children fed and pay the rent. The poverty. The crime. …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-15). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-14). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-13). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…

Mickey Z. (2023-05-13). Why Can't I Question Capitalism without Being Called a "Socialist"? dissidentvoice.org "The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital." (Michael Parenti) For as long as I've been writing, giving public talks, and all that, I have offered informed critiques of capitalism. For as long as I've been offering informed critiques of capitalism, I get replies like this: "I suppose you …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-13). Beware those who try to discredit Leninism from a "decolonial" angle By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com Capitalism will co-opt anything, so long as it can be used to make profits or to aid its narrative campaigns. It doesn't care about how "left" or "radical" an idea is, all it cares about is its potential utility within the class war. That's where the phenomenon I'm going to talk about comes from: a project by the narrative managers of bourgeois class power to create a controlled opposition. To cultivate a leftism, or even a "communism,&rdquo …

WSWS (2023-05-13). Jordan Neely's murder on the New York City subway and the terminal crisis of capitalism. wsws.org Daniel Penny was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter ten days after he killed the 30-year-old homeless man with a chokehold.

Mickey Z. (2023-05-13). Why Can't I Question Capitalism without Being Called a "Socialist"? dissidentvoice.org "The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital." (Michael Parenti) For as long as I've been writing, giving public talks, and all that, I have offered informed critiques of capitalism. For as long as I've been offering informed critiques of capitalism, I get replies like this: "I suppose you …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-13). April 15,2023 – Philosophy and the Struggle for a New Human Future By: Saturday Free School. midwesternmarx.com We are publishing a transcript of Dr. Anthony Monteiro's opening remarks from the Saturday Free School's April 15, 2023 session on Hegel's Science of Logic and Artificial Intelligence. The Free School meets every Saturday at 10: 30 AM, and is streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. Artwork by Serafina Harris ​I just wanted to say a few things about why Hegel, why we're reading Hegel and how we want to read Hegel and the context for our rea …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-13). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China By: John Pilger. midwesternmarx.com Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies The Congress of American Writers that was held in New York City took a firm stand against fascism and war. Photo: Daily Worker / People's World Archives Speak up. Now.In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They cal …

youtube (2023-05-13). David Harvey on capital, theory, and becoming a Marxist. youtube.com For fifty years David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world's foremost Marx scholars.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-13). Communist-backed student movement emerges as leading force in in Greek university elections. peoplesdispatch.org Panspoudastiki KS, which is backed by the Communist Youth of Greece, won 19,632 votes, securing over 35.04% of the total votes polled for the student unions of 266 universities across Greece on May 10…

Olujimi Alade (2023-05-13). When will they come for your job? workers.org First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because . . . |

Fight Back (2023-05-13). Philippines: U.S. builds secret military facilities in Ilocos Norte. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article from the journal of the Communist party of the Philippines, Ang Bayan ("The People"). | American soldiers, together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), are rushing to build its military bases in Barangay Bobon, Burgos, Ilocos Norte. This location is not among those announced by the Marcos government where the US will build facilities under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). | The U.S. claimed 30 hectares of land to position 40 howitzer cannons. There are buildings that American soldiers themselves admit are used for monitorin…

greenleft.org.au (2023-05-13). Austria: What's behind the historic Communist surge in Salzburg? greenleft.org.au The Communist Party of Austria (KPàñ) stunned many with its historic vote in the generally conservative Austrian state of Salzburg.

thecommunists (2023-05-13). Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from Platform News, with thanks. ***** The Gwangju people's uprising was a popular uprising of the people of Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, south Korea, in May 1980, to oppose the fascistic dictatorship and to achieve democratic freedoms and rights. This armed uprising founded a people's commune that lasted for ten days, from 18 …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-13). Communist-backed student movement emerges as leading force in in Greek university elections. peoplesdispatch.org Panspoudastiki KS, which is backed by the Communist Youth of Greece, won 19,632 votes, securing over 35.04% of the total votes polled for the student unions of 266 universities across Greece on May 10…

Fight Back (2023-05-13). Philippines: U.S. builds secret military facilities in Ilocos Norte. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article from the journal of the Communist party of the Philippines, Ang Bayan ("The People"). | American soldiers, together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), are rushing to build its military bases in Barangay Bobon, Burgos, Ilocos Norte. This location is not among those announced by the Marcos government where the US will build facilities under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). | The U.S. claimed 30 hectares of land to position 40 howitzer cannons. There are buildings that American soldiers themselves admit are used for monitorin…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-14). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-13). Nicaragua: What We Learned About Agroecology. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Kohn As part of a seminar course at the University of Maryland, students travel to Nicaragua to see firsthand how the country has confronted the challenges of hunger and poverty and achieved food self-sufficiency. At the University of Maryland's College of Agriculture, we have developed a seminar course titled "Sustainable Agriculture and Environment in Nicaragua" offered…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-13). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-13). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…

WSWS (2023-05-13). Jordan Neely's murder on the New York City subway and the terminal crisis of capitalism. wsws.org Daniel Penny was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter ten days after he killed the 30-year-old homeless man with a chokehold.

midwesternmarx (2023-05-13). Beware those who try to discredit Leninism from a "decolonial" angle By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com Capitalism will co-opt anything, so long as it can be used to make profits or to aid its narrative campaigns. It doesn't care about how "left" or "radical" an idea is, all it cares about is its potential utility within the class war. That's where the phenomenon I'm going to talk about comes from: a project by the narrative managers of bourgeois class power to create a controlled opposition. To cultivate a leftism, or even a "communism,&rdquo …

Mickey Z. (2023-05-13). Why Can't I Question Capitalism without Being Called a "Socialist"? dissidentvoice.org "The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital." (Michael Parenti) For as long as I've been writing, giving public talks, and all that, I have offered informed critiques of capitalism. For as long as I've been offering informed critiques of capitalism, I get replies like this: "I suppose you …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-13). April 15,2023 – Philosophy and the Struggle for a New Human Future By: Saturday Free School. midwesternmarx.com We are publishing a transcript of Dr. Anthony Monteiro's opening remarks from the Saturday Free School's April 15, 2023 session on Hegel's Science of Logic and Artificial Intelligence. The Free School meets every Saturday at 10: 30 AM, and is streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. Artwork by Serafina Harris ​I just wanted to say a few things about why Hegel, why we're reading Hegel and how we want to read Hegel and the context for our rea …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-13). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China By: John Pilger. midwesternmarx.com Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies The Congress of American Writers that was held in New York City took a firm stand against fascism and war. Photo: Daily Worker / People's World Archives Speak up. Now.In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They cal …

youtube (2023-05-13). David Harvey on capital, theory, and becoming a Marxist. youtube.com For fifty years David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world's foremost Marx scholars.

Federico Fuentes (2023-05-13). Michael Lebowitz, presente! (1937—2023). mronline.org Marxist economist Michael A Lebowitz passed away at home on April 19.

Olujimi Alade (2023-05-13). When will they come for your job? workers.org First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because . . . |

thecommunists (2023-05-13). Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from Platform News, with thanks. ***** The Gwangju people's uprising was a popular uprising of the people of Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, south Korea, in May 1980, to oppose the fascistic dictatorship and to achieve democratic freedoms and rights. This armed uprising founded a people's commune that lasted for ten days, from 18 …

greenleft.org.au (2023-05-13). Austria: What's behind the historic Communist surge in Salzburg? greenleft.org.au The Communist Party of Austria (KPàñ) stunned many with its historic vote in the generally conservative Austrian state of Salzburg.

Staff (2023-05-13). Communist-backed student movement emerges as leading force in in Greek university elections. peoplesdispatch.org For a second consecutive year, the communist-backed students' group Panspoudastiki KS emerged as the leading force in the elections held for student unions of 266 universities across Greece on May 10. Panspoudastiki KS secured 19,632 votes, securing over 35.04% of the total votes polled. The Democratic Renewal Vanguard-New Democratic Student Movement (DAP-NDFK) backed by the …

Michael Christopher (2023-05-12). 'We don't want to be slaves': Meet the People's Liberation Army of Burma. peoplesworld.org "Why can't they wait for the new government to sort out? 'All in good time,' and 'they must wait for their turn,' they say. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, when your children go hungry, how long are you willing and prepared to wait?"— Popular Struggle, Communist Party of Burma, …

thecommunists (2023-05-12). The French working class fights on. thecommunists.org Trash has piled up high on many of the streets of Paris, barricades still burn in the night across France, as French workers carry on the fight to overthrow their government's attack on their pensions. French president Emmanuel Macron's government pushed a bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-12). In Turkish elections, will unprecedented legitimacy crisis bring down Recep Tayyip Erdogan? peoplesdispatch.org Anƒ±l àჱnar of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey talks about the elections that will be held on May 14, the project of President Erdogan's AKP, and the failures of opposition over the years which have enabled his fundamentalist agenda…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-13). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Michael Christopher (2023-05-12). 'We don't want to be slaves': Meet the People's Liberation Army of Burma. peoplesworld.org "Why can't they wait for the new government to sort out? 'All in good time,' and 'they must wait for their turn,' they say. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, when your children go hungry, how long are you willing and prepared to wait?"— Popular Struggle, Communist Party of Burma, …

thecommunists (2023-05-12). The French working class fights on. thecommunists.org Trash has piled up high on many of the streets of Paris, barricades still burn in the night across France, as French workers carry on the fight to overthrow their government's attack on their pensions. French president Emmanuel Macron's government pushed a bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-12). In Turkish elections, will unprecedented legitimacy crisis bring down Recep Tayyip Erdogan? peoplesdispatch.org Anƒ±l àჱnar of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey talks about the elections that will be held on May 14, the project of President Erdogan's AKP, and the failures of opposition over the years which have enabled his fundamentalist agenda…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-13). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-12). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…

Federico Fuentes (2023-05-12). Michael Lebowitz, presente! (1937—2023). greenleft.org.au Marxist economist Michael A Lebowitz passed away at home on April 19. With his death, the international left has lost one of its most insightful and original thinkers, writes Federico Fuentes.

Austin Cole, Hood Communist. (2023-05-12). Witnessing AfroCubans And Social Change. popularresistance.org I left Cuba with more clarity — of the real situation on the ground, of the wants and needs of some Black Cubans and their communities, of the dire economic situation caused by the blockade, AND of the idiocy of most political discussions in the US. I left there with a renewed and advanced appreciation for the revolutionary process that the Cuban people have undertaken and for their resilience in the face of monstrous odds. I came home with an understanding that politics must be in command of all that we do to advance and develop our communities. | A politics of values, with a clear empirical understanding…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-12). In Turkish elections, will unprecedented legitimacy crisis bring down Recep Tayyip Erdogan? peoplesdispatch.org Anƒ±l àჱnar of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey talks about the elections that will be held on May 14, the project of President Erdogan's AKP, and the failures of opposition over the years which have enabled his fundamentalist agenda…

Michael Christopher (2023-05-12). 'We don't want to be slaves': Meet the People's Liberation Army of Burma. peoplesworld.org "Why can't they wait for the new government to sort out? 'All in good time,' and 'they must wait for their turn,' they say. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, when your children go hungry, how long are you willing and prepared to wait?"— Popular Struggle, Communist Party of Burma, …

thecommunists (2023-05-12). The French working class fights on. thecommunists.org Trash has piled up high on many of the streets of Paris, barricades still burn in the night across France, as French workers carry on the fight to overthrow their government's attack on their pensions. French president Emmanuel Macron's government pushed a bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without …

cameron orr (2023-05-11). SACP greets NY comrades on May Day. cpusa.org The following greeting was sent by Blade Nzimande, National Chair of the South African Communist Party, to the May Day event organized by the CPUSA and its YCL in NYC on May 1st, 2023. On this May Day, the South African Communist Party (SACP) wishes to salute the pioneering struggles by militant workers in …

Roger McKenzie (2023-05-11). Democratic future of Chile at risk, Communists warn. peoplesworld.org Chilean Communists have warned that their country's democracy is in danger after the right, including the extremist Republican Party, won 33 of the 50 seats on the body that will draft a new constitution. Communist Party of Chile candidates received 8 per cent of the vote in the Sunday's elections, winning two seats on the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-12). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-11). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…

Federico Fuentes (2023-05-12). Michael Lebowitz, presente! (1937—2023). greenleft.org.au Marxist economist Michael A Lebowitz passed away at home on April 19. With his death, the international left has lost one of its most insightful and original thinkers, writes Federico Fuentes.

midwesternmarx (2023-05-11). Countries worldwide are dropping the US dollar: De-dollarization in China, Russia, Brazil, ASEAN By: Ben Norton. midwesternmarx.com The global de-dollarization campaign is gaining momentum, as countries around the world seek alternatives to the hegemony of the US dollar. China, Russia, Brazil, India, ASEAN nations, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE are now using local currencies in trade.(Se puede leer esta nota en español aquí.)The global de-dollarization campaign is gaining momentum, as countries around the world seek alternatives to the hegemony of the US dollar.China and Russia are trading in their own currencies.B …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-11). Why 340,000 UPS workers are preparing to strike in the US By: Natalia Marques. midwesternmarx.com United Parcel Service workers and the company are in negotiations over a new contract. The workers, who are vital to the country's economy, often don't have time to return home for a full night of sleep or are forced to rest in shelters because their pay is too low to afford a room In Canarsie, Brooklyn, UPS Teamsters from Local 804 rallied in front of a UPS Customer Center on April 21 United Parcel Service (UPS) workers are gearing up for a potential strike as they hold con …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-11). Zelensky regime's fate is sealed By: M. K. BHADRAKUMAR. midwesternmarx.com Moscow Kremlin ​The West's cryptic or mocking remarks doubting the Kremlin statement on the failed Ukrainian attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin do not detract from the fact that Moscow has no reason on earth to fabricate such a grave allegation that has prompted the scaling down of its Victory Day celebrations on May 9, which is a triumphal moment in all of Russian history, especially now when it is fighting off the recrudescence of Nazi ideology on Eur …

Roger McKenzie (2023-05-11). Democratic future of Chile at risk, Communists warn. peoplesworld.org Chilean Communists have warned that their country's democracy is in danger after the right, including the extremist Republican Party, won 33 of the 50 seats on the body that will draft a new constitution. Communist Party of Chile candidates received 8 per cent of the vote in the Sunday's elections, winning two seats on the …

cameron orr (2023-05-11). SACP greets NY comrades on May Day. cpusa.org The following greeting was sent by Blade Nzimande, National Chair of the South African Communist Party, to the May Day event organized by the CPUSA and its YCL in NYC on May 1st, 2023. On this May Day, the South African Communist Party (SACP) wishes to salute the pioneering struggles by militant workers in …

ecns.cn (2023-05-11). Top adviser urges cross-Strait exchanges. ecns.cn Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at the annual work conference on Taiwan affairs held by the Chinese mainland on Tuesday and Wednesday in Beijing.

thecommunists (2023-05-11). The human cost of bauxite-alumina mining in Jamaica. thecommunists.org Depicted on Jamaica's $500 note is one of the country's greatest national heroes, an imposing, mystical figure known simply as Nanny, one of the leaders of Jamaica's legendary Maroons. The Maroons were a resistance movement composed mainly of escaped slaves, who rose up against British colonial oppression in a series of wars between the mid-17th …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-11). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

teleSUR (2023-05-11). Turkish Candidates Vying for Support of Middle-Class Voters. telesurenglish.net Days ahead of the crucial May 14 general elections in Türkiye, contenders have made pledges to fight poverty in a country where middle-class workers have taken a big hit amid economic decline. | RELATED: | Seeking re-election for a third term, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 69, has focused his campaign on economic promises. In a massive rally on Sunday, he attracted a sea of supporters in Istanbul, the country's largest city. | "We'll bring inflation down to single digits and save ou…

Amitabha Roychowdhury (2023-05-10). Multilateral banks debunk Indian government's claims on growth rate. peoplesdispatch.org The so-called theory of trickle-down effect projected by the government (high prosperity of the rich flows down to enhance the economic welfare of the poor) has been debunked by the data on the growing gap between the rich and the poor in the country, rising poverty, unemployment, and the perpetually rising prices…