WSWS (2023-04-21). Biden's "Irish roots" and the attack on migrants. wsws.org To study the Irish immigrant experience is to learn about social and political oppression under capitalism. It is a history that holds up a mirror to the present, into which Biden and the American media would prefer not peer.

cameron orr (2023-04-21). Marxist IQ: Earth Day edition. cpusa.org 1. While anti-Marxists accused Marx of being uninterested in environmental questions, Marx a. saw capitalism as alienating people from nature. b. saw the interaction of labor with the natural environment as the basis of wealth and civilization. c. saw capitalist technology in agriculture turning the forces of production into forces of destruction of the …

Staff (2023-04-21). Gun Capitalism: How Lobbyists & GOP Fight Regulation & Push Gun Ownership Despite Deadly Shootings. democracynow.org We discuss the U.S. gun violence epidemic with historian Andrew McKevitt, who says, "We ought to conceive of our gun problem as a problem of gun capitalism." He covers the history of the proliferation of individual gun ownership since World War II in his forthcoming book, Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture & Control in Cold War America. McKevitt also discusses how the NRA and pro-gun lobby impedes progress on gun control through the implicit threat of "political violence."…

Rainer Shea (2023-04-21). Degrowth, Drug Fetishism, & 'Anti-Colonialism' Are Used as Weapons Against the Revolutionary Cause. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Apr 14, 2023 | Even if a communist can colloquially describe themselves as being on the left, there's a distinction between communism and "the left." This is implied right in the title of Lenin's Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder. Whereas the left, a big tent term for a myriad of incompatible ideologies, aims merely to act as an opposition towards the present order for the sake of it, communists have a coherent vision for how to defeat the system: by advancing history's development to the next stage. The left, because of its lack of commitment to that central Marxist goal, naturally…

Anonymous103 (2023-04-21). How Truman's America Re-Nazified Germany. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by The first (original) Nazi Party was in Germany, but the ideology, imperialistic racist fascism (the lower-case "nazism" ideology, instead of just the original, upper-case "N" Nazi Party that was an example of it) can be in any country. | German racist-fascism or Nazism was organized by Hitler as anti-Jewish, anti-communist, and for a Thousand-Ye…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-21). Successive Governments in Ukraine Have Accommodated Nazis to Counter Soviet Nostalgia. libya360.wordpress.com Saheli Chowdhury Interview with Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich Every Ukrainian government after the collapse of the Soviet Union has accommodated neo-Nazi ideology to wash away nostalgia for the Soviet welfare state from the collective memory of its people, noted Ukrainian Communist organizer Dmitri Kovalevich in an interview with Orinoco Tribune. "Nationalist and neo-Nazi groups were…

WSWS (2023-04-21). Biden's "Irish roots" and the attack on migrants. wsws.org To study the Irish immigrant experience is to learn about social and political oppression under capitalism. It is a history that holds up a mirror to the present, into which Biden and the American media would prefer not peer.

cameron orr (2023-04-21). Marxist IQ: Earth Day edition. cpusa.org 1. While anti-Marxists accused Marx of being uninterested in environmental questions, Marx a. saw capitalism as alienating people from nature. b. saw the interaction of labor with the natural environment as the basis of wealth and civilization. c. saw capitalist technology in agriculture turning the forces of production into forces of destruction of the …

Staff (2023-04-21). Gun Capitalism: How Lobbyists & GOP Fight Regulation & Push Gun Ownership Despite Deadly Shootings. democracynow.org We discuss the U.S. gun violence epidemic with historian Andrew McKevitt, who says, "We ought to conceive of our gun problem as a problem of gun capitalism." He covers the history of the proliferation of individual gun ownership since World War II in his forthcoming book, Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture & Control in Cold War America. McKevitt also discusses how the NRA and pro-gun lobby impedes progress on gun control through the implicit threat of "political violence."…

Rainer Shea (2023-04-21). Degrowth, Drug Fetishism, & 'Anti-Colonialism' Are Used as Weapons Against the Revolutionary Cause. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Apr 14, 2023 | Even if a communist can colloquially describe themselves as being on the left, there's a distinction between communism and "the left." This is implied right in the title of Lenin's Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder. Whereas the left, a big tent term for a myriad of incompatible ideologies, aims merely to act as an opposition towards the present order for the sake of it, communists have a coherent vision for how to defeat the system: by advancing history's development to the next stage. The left, because of its lack of commitment to that central Marxist goal, naturally…

Anonymous103 (2023-04-21). How Truman's America Re-Nazified Germany. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by The first (original) Nazi Party was in Germany, but the ideology, imperialistic racist fascism (the lower-case "nazism" ideology, instead of just the original, upper-case "N" Nazi Party that was an example of it) can be in any country. | German racist-fascism or Nazism was organized by Hitler as anti-Jewish, anti-communist, and for a Thousand-Ye…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-21). Successive Governments in Ukraine Have Accommodated Nazis to Counter Soviet Nostalgia. libya360.wordpress.com Saheli Chowdhury Interview with Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich Every Ukrainian government after the collapse of the Soviet Union has accommodated neo-Nazi ideology to wash away nostalgia for the Soviet welfare state from the collective memory of its people, noted Ukrainian Communist organizer Dmitri Kovalevich in an interview with Orinoco Tribune. "Nationalist and neo-Nazi groups were…

C.J. Atkins (2023-04-21). 'Until Tomorrow, Comrades' completes Manuel Tiago translation project: An interview with the translator. peoplesworld.org Until Tomorrow, Comrades has just been published as the eighth and final entry in the International Publishers project of issuing all of Manuel Tiago's fiction in English. Manuel Tiago was the pen name for longtime Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) leader àÅlvaro Cunhal. People's World interviews the translator, our staff colleague and Cultural Editor Eric A. …

Reproductive Justice for All (2023-04-21). 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.

Daniel Falcone (2023-04-21). Capitalists Prey on Syria and Turkey Following February Earthquakes. truthout.org In early February, Turkey and Syria were both rocked by devastating earthquakes. Since then, the two nations have dealt with a series of destructive aftershocks, serious economic woes, currency challenges, and increasing poverty and unemployment. Underscoring a further relevant human rights dilemma was Turkey's demand for cooperation from Sweden and Finland with respect to control of Kurdish exile… |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-21). 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 ∞ (2023-04-20). 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

Sam Wainwright (2023-04-19). Indian labour lawyer Clifton D Rozario to speak at Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au Clifton D Rozario, a labour lawyer and a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, will address the upcoming Ecosocialism 2023 conference in Naarm/Melbourne. Sam Wainwright reports.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-19). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-04-18). PSL Statement — Sudan: In the face of civil war, the people demand the end of military rule. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation stands with Sudan's mass movement struggling for a more popular democracy.

_____ (2023-04-18). Austerity, War & Dictatorship… the Charade of Western Democracy Is Over. Can We Lose Those Chains? strategic-culture.org Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous "austerity economics" is a euphemism for fascism. And the charade is finally coming to an end. | Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous "austerity economics" is a euphemism for fascism. And the charade is finally coming to an end. | Austerity is not some recent policy under neoliberal capitalism. It was born out of the historic crisis in the Western system following the First World War and during the 1930s when fascism became a way to curtail any democratic challenge to the prevailing capitalist system. | That political instrument of repression is wielded toda…

Jason Hickel, Resilience. (2023-04-18). Universal Public Services: The Power Of Decommodifying Survival. popularresistance.org One of the central insights emerging from research on degrowth and climate mitigation is that universal public services are crucial to a just and effective transition. | Capitalism relies on maintaining an artificial scarcity of essential goods and services (like housing, healthcare, transport, etc), through processes of enclosure and commodification. We know that enclosure enables monopolists to raise prices and maximize their profits (consider the rental market, the US healthcare system, or the British rail system). But it also has another effect. When essential goods are privatized and expensive, people need m…

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-04-18). 'Until Tomorrow, Comrades': Manuel Tiago asks us to examine 'the woman question'. peoplesworld.org Manuel Tiago's classic novel uses the political thriller form to teach us the history of Portugal's anti-fascist struggle. If you enjoy reading books by Graham Greene, John Le Carré, or Dan Brown, you will relish the taut action of Until Tomorrow, Comrades even more because its protagonists are fighting fascism, capitalism, and imperialism. They are …

Sam Wainwright (2023-04-19). Indian labour lawyer Clifton D Rozario to speak at Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au Clifton D Rozario, a labour lawyer and a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, will address the upcoming Ecosocialism 2023 conference in Naarm/Melbourne. Sam Wainwright reports.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-19). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-04-18). PSL Statement — Sudan: In the face of civil war, the people demand the end of military rule. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation stands with Sudan's mass movement struggling for a more popular democracy.

_____ (2023-04-18). Austerity, War & Dictatorship… the Charade of Western Democracy Is Over. Can We Lose Those Chains? strategic-culture.org Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous "austerity economics" is a euphemism for fascism. And the charade is finally coming to an end. | Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous "austerity economics" is a euphemism for fascism. And the charade is finally coming to an end. | Austerity is not some recent policy under neoliberal capitalism. It was born out of the historic crisis in the Western system following the First World War and during the 1930s when fascism became a way to curtail any democratic challenge to the prevailing capitalist system. | That political instrument of repression is wielded toda…

Jason Hickel, Resilience. (2023-04-18). Universal Public Services: The Power Of Decommodifying Survival. popularresistance.org One of the central insights emerging from research on degrowth and climate mitigation is that universal public services are crucial to a just and effective transition. | Capitalism relies on maintaining an artificial scarcity of essential goods and services (like housing, healthcare, transport, etc), through processes of enclosure and commodification. We know that enclosure enables monopolists to raise prices and maximize their profits (consider the rental market, the US healthcare system, or the British rail system). But it also has another effect. When essential goods are privatized and expensive, people need m…

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-04-18). 'Until Tomorrow, Comrades': Manuel Tiago asks us to examine 'the woman question'. peoplesworld.org Manuel Tiago's classic novel uses the political thriller form to teach us the history of Portugal's anti-fascist struggle. If you enjoy reading books by Graham Greene, John Le Carré, or Dan Brown, you will relish the taut action of Until Tomorrow, Comrades even more because its protagonists are fighting fascism, capitalism, and imperialism. They are …

The Lever (2023-04-18). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Josie and the Pussycats (w/ Shannon Amabile). levernews.com On this week's MVC, Rivka and Frank are joined by psychotherapist and cinephile

Editor (2023-04-18). Why the Republi-Fascists Can't Stop Calling the Capitalist Democrats 'Marxists'. scheerpost.com By Paul Street / CounterPunch The Capitalist Democrats… The Democratic Party is a militantly capitalist entity and always has been — and not just in the neoliberal era. The much beloved New Deal Democratic president Franklin Roosevelt, himself a wealthy member of the capitalist establishment, boasted that he had saved the US American profits system by overseeing …

Ann Brown (2023-04-18). 7 Things To Know About Boots Riley Becoming Commercially Successful As A Communist. moguldom.com Boots Riley is a successful Hollywood filmmaker. He's also a communist activist. The 47-year-old Riley, who is also a hip-hop artist, made his feature film directorial debut with the film "Sorry to Bother You" in 2018. It would seem that raking in money in entertainment would be counter to what one thinks of as a …

Saheli Chowdhury (2023-04-18). Successive Governments in Ukraine have accommodated Nazis to counter Soviet nostalgia: Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich (Interview). mronline.org Dmitri Kovalevich described a range of issues to Orinoco Tribune, including the 2014 coup, Ukrainian President Zelensky's rise to fame, war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, the economic collapse of the country, and many others.

Staff (2023-04-18). Georges Abdallah's statement from French prison for Palestinian Prisoners' Day. samidoun.net On 17 April, Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 38 years, made a statement from his prison in Lannemezan to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners' Day. Abdallah has always been a part of the Palestinian prisoners' movement; not only is he imprioned because of his involvement in the Palestinian and …

WSWS (2023-04-19). Daughter of Rage, La Bonga: Terrible poverty in Nicaragua, the devastation of Colombia's civil war. wsws.org At this moment in history, most of the social layer with cameras in their hands and resources at their disposal still have an extremely limited outlook.

ecns.cn (2023-04-18). Choosing between U.S., China to bring less prosperity, more poverty: EU Central Bank chief. ecns.cn The rising political pressure on countries to choose between the United States and China would lead to less economic growth across the world and should be avoided by "all means".

Staff (2023-04-18). "Poverty, by America": Author Matthew Desmond on How U.S. Punishes the Poor & Subsidizes the Wealthy. democracynow.org A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that poverty is the fourth-greatest cause of death in the United States. Roughly 500 people die from poverty in the U.S. every day. Our guest, sociologist Matthew Desmond, is the author of the new book, Poverty, by America, the follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. "There's so much poverty in America, not in spite of our wealth, but because of it," says Desmond in an in-depth interview.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-18). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

Mario Hernández (2023-04-17). Funcionarios norteamericanos visitan Argentina con el ojo puesto en China. globalizacion.ca La región necesita resistir la dominación estadounidense y negociar en bloque con China, para recuperar soberanía y revertir su regresión económica (Claudio Katz en "Integración, soberanía y socialismo en América Latina"). | Dos semanas después del encuentro entre Joe Biden y…

The Lever (2023-04-18). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Josie and the Pussycats (w/ Shannon Amabile). levernews.com On this week's MVC, Rivka and Frank are joined by psychotherapist and cinephile

Lee Camp (2023-04-17). Imagining A World Beyond Capitalism, with David Cobb. mintpressnews.com In this hour-long interview, former Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb discusses radical politics, community organizing, sustainable development, climate change, racial justice, the protests in France, indigenous sovereignty, and building power to confront the ruling class.

Editor (2023-04-18). Why the Republi-Fascists Can't Stop Calling the Capitalist Democrats 'Marxists'. scheerpost.com By Paul Street / CounterPunch The Capitalist Democrats… The Democratic Party is a militantly capitalist entity and always has been — and not just in the neoliberal era. The much beloved New Deal Democratic president Franklin Roosevelt, himself a wealthy member of the capitalist establishment, boasted that he had saved the US American profits system by overseeing …

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-18). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

Mario Hernández (2023-04-17). Funcionarios norteamericanos visitan Argentina con el ojo puesto en China. globalizacion.ca La región necesita resistir la dominación estadounidense y negociar en bloque con China, para recuperar soberanía y revertir su regresión económica (Claudio Katz en "Integración, soberanía y socialismo en América Latina"). | Dos semanas después del encuentro entre Joe Biden y…

The Lever (2023-04-18). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Josie and the Pussycats (w/ Shannon Amabile). levernews.com On this week's MVC, Rivka and Frank are joined by psychotherapist and cinephile

Lee Camp (2023-04-17). Imagining A World Beyond Capitalism, with David Cobb. mintpressnews.com In this hour-long interview, former Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb discusses radical politics, community organizing, sustainable development, climate change, racial justice, the protests in France, indigenous sovereignty, and building power to confront the ruling class.

Editor (2023-04-18). Why the Republi-Fascists Can't Stop Calling the Capitalist Democrats 'Marxists'. scheerpost.com By Paul Street / CounterPunch The Capitalist Democrats… The Democratic Party is a militantly capitalist entity and always has been — and not just in the neoliberal era. The much beloved New Deal Democratic president Franklin Roosevelt, himself a wealthy member of the capitalist establishment, boasted that he had saved the US American profits system by overseeing …

Saheli Chowdhury (2023-04-18). Successive Governments in Ukraine have accommodated Nazis to counter Soviet nostalgia: Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich (Interview). mronline.org Dmitri Kovalevich described a range of issues to Orinoco Tribune, including the 2014 coup, Ukrainian President Zelensky's rise to fame, war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, the economic collapse of the country, and many others.

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-04-17). "Czech government merely relies on EU and does not pursue independent policies" peoplesdispatch.org Interview with Kate≈ôina Koneƒçná, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Czech Republic and leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSƒåM)…

Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. (2023-04-17). Sudan: As Army And Forces Battle, Left Calls For Restoring The Revolution. popularresistance.org Tensions simmering between Sudan's army and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) boiled over into armed clashes on the morning of Saturday, April 15, following disagreements over the integration of the autonomous RSF into the army's command chain. | The issue of integration was a key aspect of a deal that Sudan's ruling junta was to sign with right-wing civilian forces to share power with the latter. The left in Sudan has been critical of the proposed deal, questioning the sincerity of the parties. Speaking to Peoples Dispatch a few hours before the fighting broke out, the Sudanese Communist Party…

Roger McKenzie (2023-04-17). As civilian deaths mount in Sudan military feud, Communists call for immediate ceasefire. peoplesworld.org Sudanese Communists are calling for an "immediate" ceasefire as the civilian casualty count in the bitter struggle for power between Sudan's army and a notorious paramilitary force hit almost 100 dead and around 600 wounded. The fierce fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and other areas has dealt a new blow to hopes for a transition …

Staff (2023-04-18). "Poverty, by America": Author Matthew Desmond on How U.S. Punishes the Poor & Subsidizes the Wealthy. democracynow.org A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that poverty is the fourth-greatest cause of death in the United States. Roughly 500 people die from poverty in the U.S. every day. Our guest, sociologist Matthew Desmond, is the author of the new book, Poverty, by America, the follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. "There's so much poverty in America, not in spite of our wealth, but because of it," says Desmond in an in-depth interview.

ecns.cn (2023-04-18). Choosing between U.S., China to bring less prosperity, more poverty: EU Central Bank chief. ecns.cn The rising political pressure on countries to choose between the United States and China would lead to less economic growth across the world and should be avoided by "all means".

Edward Curtin (2023-04-17). Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: To Heal the Great Divide. dissidentvoice.org It has been fifty-five years since Senator Robert F. Kennedy stepped onto the presidential nominating stage to try to mend the massive breach that had opened in American society. The country was torn asunder by the Vietnam War, racism, poverty, the assassination of President Kennedy and the soon-to-be assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. …

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-17). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

Lee Camp (2023-04-17). Imagining A World Beyond Capitalism, with David Cobb. mintpressnews.com In this hour-long interview, former Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb discusses radical politics, community organizing, sustainable development, climate change, racial justice, the protests in France, indigenous sovereignty, and building power to confront the ruling class.

Ian Angus (2023-04-16). Ecosocialist bookshelf April 2023. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents a selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society.

Ian Angus (2023-04-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2023. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents a selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society.

Roger McKenzie (2023-04-17). As civilian deaths mount in Sudan military feud, Communists call for immediate ceasefire. peoplesworld.org Sudanese Communists are calling for an "immediate" ceasefire as the civilian casualty count in the bitter struggle for power between Sudan's army and a notorious paramilitary force hit almost 100 dead and around 600 wounded. The fierce fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and other areas has dealt a new blow to hopes for a transition …

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). Xi calls for further reform and opening up to drive Chinese modernization in Guangdong. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that Guangdong Province is the pacemaker and experimental zone of China's reform and opening up, and plays an instrumental role in Chinese modernization.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-17). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

Lee Camp (2023-04-17). Imagining A World Beyond Capitalism, with David Cobb. mintpressnews.com In this hour-long interview, former Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb discusses radical politics, community organizing, sustainable development, climate change, racial justice, the protests in France, indigenous sovereignty, and building power to confront the ruling class.

Ian Angus (2023-04-16). Ecosocialist bookshelf April 2023. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents a selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society.

Ian Angus (2023-04-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2023. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents a selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society.

Roger McKenzie (2023-04-17). As civilian deaths mount in Sudan military feud, Communists call for immediate ceasefire. peoplesworld.org Sudanese Communists are calling for an "immediate" ceasefire as the civilian casualty count in the bitter struggle for power between Sudan's army and a notorious paramilitary force hit almost 100 dead and around 600 wounded. The fierce fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and other areas has dealt a new blow to hopes for a transition …

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). Xi calls for further reform and opening up to drive Chinese modernization in Guangdong. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that Guangdong Province is the pacemaker and experimental zone of China's reform and opening up, and plays an instrumental role in Chinese modernization.

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). Senior Chinese diplomat meets German FM. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Beijing on Saturday.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-16). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the IYSSE. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the Socialist Equality Party. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

Ian Angus (2023-04-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2023. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents a selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-15). OPEC+ and capitalism's fight against inflation. mronline.org Except in war-time, capitalism invariably seeks to control inflation by creating a recession; and this is so even when the inflation has been caused by an autonomous increase in capitalists' profit-margins which are downward inflexible and hence would not be reduced by a recession.

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). Xi calls for further reform and opening up to drive Chinese modernization in Guangdong. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that Guangdong Province is the pacemaker and experimental zone of China's reform and opening up, and plays an instrumental role in Chinese modernization.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-16). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the IYSSE. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the Socialist Equality Party. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

Ian Angus (2023-04-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2023. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents a selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-15). OPEC+ and capitalism's fight against inflation. mronline.org Except in war-time, capitalism invariably seeks to control inflation by creating a recession; and this is so even when the inflation has been caused by an autonomous increase in capitalists' profit-margins which are downward inflexible and hence would not be reduced by a recession.

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). Xi calls for further reform and opening up to drive Chinese modernization in Guangdong. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that Guangdong Province is the pacemaker and experimental zone of China's reform and opening up, and plays an instrumental role in Chinese modernization.

ecns.cn (2023-04-16). Senior Chinese diplomat meets German FM. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Beijing on Saturday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-15). The "Left": Revolutionary vs "Infantile Disorder" libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Degrowth, Drug Fetishism, & "Anti-Colonialism" Are Used as Weapons Against the Revolutionary Cause Even if a communist can colloquially describe themselves as being on the left, there's a distinction between communism and "the left." This is implied right in the title of Lenin's Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder. Whereas the left, a big tent…

thecommunists (2023-04-15). Natural disaster in Syria and Turkey: a tale of two earthquakes. thecommunists.org The following article was written by RT reporter and CPGB-ML member Steve Sweeney. ***** The earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria was a natural disaster, but the resulting deaths and devastation were far worse than they needed to have been. It is estimated that the earthquake in Turkey inflicted around $104bn in damage, with …

Center For Economic, Policy Research. (2023-04-15). IMF Is Forcing Some Of Hardest-Hit Countries To Pay Unnecessary Fees. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — The International Monetary Fund is requiring that some of its most heavily indebted borrowers pay billions in unnecessary and counterproductive fees, new research from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows. The new issue brief, "The Growing Burden of IMF Surcharges: An Updated Estimate," by Francisco Amsler and Michael Galant, finds that the IMF will charge over $2 billion per year in surcharges through 2025, even as IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warns that "poverty and hunger could further increase," and as the Fund notes that some 15 percent of countries ar…

Teddy Ostrow, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-04-15). UPS Workers Might Revitalize Labor. popularresistance.org Over 340,000 workers at United Parcel Service (UPS) could launch the largest strike against a single company in US history this August, when their collective bargaining agreement expires. | The clock is ticking as the top package courier in the world, which has seen two straight years of record-breaking profits, considers whether it will hold much of the country's logistics infrastructure hostage by refusing workers' demands: raising the poverty pay of part-time warehouse workers, re-establishing "equal pay for equal work" among delivery drivers, and introducing extreme heat—related and other safety protect…

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the IYSSE. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the Socialist Equality Party. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-15). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-15). OPEC+ and capitalism's fight against inflation. mronline.org Except in war-time, capitalism invariably seeks to control inflation by creating a recession; and this is so even when the inflation has been caused by an autonomous increase in capitalists' profit-margins which are downward inflexible and hence would not be reduced by a recession.

ecns.cn (2023-04-15). Xi calls for further reform and opening up to drive Chinese modernization in Guangdong. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that Guangdong Province is the pacemaker and experimental zone of China's reform and opening up, and plays an instrumental role in Chinese modernization.

ecns.cn (2023-04-15). Senior Chinese diplomat meets German FM. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Beijing on Saturday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-15). The "Left": Revolutionary vs "Infantile Disorder" libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Degrowth, Drug Fetishism, & "Anti-Colonialism" Are Used as Weapons Against the Revolutionary Cause Even if a communist can colloquially describe themselves as being on the left, there's a distinction between communism and "the left." This is implied right in the title of Lenin's Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder. Whereas the left, a big tent…

ecns.cn (2023-04-14). Senior Chinese diplomat meets Brazilian presidential advisor. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday met with Celso Amorim, advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Teddy Ostrow, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-04-15). UPS Workers Might Revitalize Labor. popularresistance.org Over 340,000 workers at United Parcel Service (UPS) could launch the largest strike against a single company in US history this August, when their collective bargaining agreement expires. | The clock is ticking as the top package courier in the world, which has seen two straight years of record-breaking profits, considers whether it will hold much of the country's logistics infrastructure hostage by refusing workers' demands: raising the poverty pay of part-time warehouse workers, re-establishing "equal pay for equal work" among delivery drivers, and introducing extreme heat—related and other safety protect…

Center For Economic, Policy Research. (2023-04-15). IMF Is Forcing Some Of Hardest-Hit Countries To Pay Unnecessary Fees. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — The International Monetary Fund is requiring that some of its most heavily indebted borrowers pay billions in unnecessary and counterproductive fees, new research from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows. The new issue brief, "The Growing Burden of IMF Surcharges: An Updated Estimate," by Francisco Amsler and Michael Galant, finds that the IMF will charge over $2 billion per year in surcharges through 2025, even as IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warns that "poverty and hunger could further increase," and as the Fund notes that some 15 percent of countries ar…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-15). The "Left": Revolutionary vs "Infantile Disorder" libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Degrowth, Drug Fetishism, & "Anti-Colonialism" Are Used as Weapons Against the Revolutionary Cause Even if a communist can colloquially describe themselves as being on the left, there's a distinction between communism and "the left." This is implied right in the title of Lenin's Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder. Whereas the left, a big tent…

ecns.cn (2023-04-14). Senior Chinese diplomat meets Brazilian presidential advisor. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday met with Celso Amorim, advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Teddy Ostrow, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-04-15). UPS Workers Might Revitalize Labor. popularresistance.org Over 340,000 workers at United Parcel Service (UPS) could launch the largest strike against a single company in US history this August, when their collective bargaining agreement expires. | The clock is ticking as the top package courier in the world, which has seen two straight years of record-breaking profits, considers whether it will hold much of the country's logistics infrastructure hostage by refusing workers' demands: raising the poverty pay of part-time warehouse workers, re-establishing "equal pay for equal work" among delivery drivers, and introducing extreme heat—related and other safety protect…

Center For Economic, Policy Research. (2023-04-15). IMF Is Forcing Some Of Hardest-Hit Countries To Pay Unnecessary Fees. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — The International Monetary Fund is requiring that some of its most heavily indebted borrowers pay billions in unnecessary and counterproductive fees, new research from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows. The new issue brief, "The Growing Burden of IMF Surcharges: An Updated Estimate," by Francisco Amsler and Michael Galant, finds that the IMF will charge over $2 billion per year in surcharges through 2025, even as IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warns that "poverty and hunger could further increase," and as the Fund notes that some 15 percent of countries ar…

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-14). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

_____ (2023-04-13). Ten Men, $1 Trillion, and the Personalization of American Capitalism. strategic-culture.org By David SCHULTZ | Capitalism has always been about the accumulation and the concentration of wealth. Marx and Engels first described that phenomena in their 1848

Deja Gaston (2023-04-13). U.S. pregnancy-related deaths skyrocket, capitalism is to blame. liberationnews.org While the spike in maternal mortality is being attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic simply exacerbated an already existing crisis.

ecns.cn (2023-04-14). Senior Chinese diplomat meets Brazilian presidential advisor. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday met with Celso Amorim, advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

ecns.cn (2023-04-14). Xi calls for further reform and opening up to drive Chinese modernization in Guangdong. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that Guangdong Province is the pacemaker and experimental zone of China's reform and opening up, and plays an instrumental role in Chinese modernization.

ecns.cn (2023-04-13). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Wednesday inspected the city of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-14). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

_____ (2023-04-13). Ten Men, $1 Trillion, and the Personalization of American Capitalism. strategic-culture.org By David SCHULTZ | Capitalism has always been about the accumulation and the concentration of wealth. Marx and Engels first described that phenomena in their 1848

Deja Gaston (2023-04-13). U.S. pregnancy-related deaths skyrocket, capitalism is to blame. liberationnews.org While the spike in maternal mortality is being attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic simply exacerbated an already existing crisis.

ecns.cn (2023-04-14). Senior Chinese diplomat meets Brazilian presidential advisor. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday met with Celso Amorim, advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

ecns.cn (2023-04-14). Xi calls for further reform and opening up to drive Chinese modernization in Guangdong. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that Guangdong Province is the pacemaker and experimental zone of China's reform and opening up, and plays an instrumental role in Chinese modernization.

ecns.cn (2023-04-13). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Wednesday inspected the city of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

ecns.cn (2023-04-13). Chinese modernization has clear goals, plans, strategies: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Wednesday that Chinese modernization is based on the country's realities and conditions, and has clear goals, plans and strategies.

Shimbun Akahata (2023-04-13). LGBTQ gains: Japanese Communist Party introduces marriage equality bill in parliament. peoplesworld.org TOKYO—The Japanese Communist Party on March 29 submitted to the House of Councillors a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. JCP Dietmembers Nihi Sohei, Kurabayashi Akiko, and Ito Gaku handed the proposed bill to the House secretary general. The bill, if enacted, will codify both heterosexual and same-sex marriages and will accordingly change …

The Socialist Program (2023-04-13). VIDEO — Hidden History: When Communism and Feminism Came Together in China, 1949. liberationnews.org Women leaders from all over the Global South came together in China in 1949 to strategize about building an anti-imperialist, anti-colonial women's movement at The Revolutionary Feminist Conference.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-04-13). Minor leaguers win pact that shuts out poverty for 5,500 players. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Starvation wages have struck out and poverty, at long last, has been shut out for baseball's 5,500 minor league players, under their first-ever collective bargaining agreement, ratified at the end of March and taking effect immediately. No wonder the players knocked ratification out of the park, passing it with 99% of the vote. For more …

Fight Back (2023-04-12). Great progress: FRSO fund drive nets $25,000 so far. fightbacknews.org In the two weeks since the announcement of Freedom Road Socialist Organization's $130,000 Spring Fundraising Drive, more than $25,000 has come in. More contributions are coming in every day. | FRSO Political Secretary Mick Kelly states, "We are off to a great start. FRSO is experiencing a period of unprecedented growth. We need to expand our capacity. This means we will be expanding our national office and bringing on more full-time staff. We will have more publications. And we will continue to send out organizers to build new districts of FRSO." | Kelly continued, "The decline of monopoly capitalism is accelerat…

Newsclick (2023-04-12). AI will fail… but not why you think | With Aunindyo Chakravarty. peoplesdispatch.org Artificial intelligence tools have been in the news in recent times due to a vast variety of creative tasks they seem capable of. Yet, AI is bound to fail and the reason is one word – Capitalism. Economic analyst and journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty explains the logic…

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-04-12). CovertAction Bulletin: Racist Attacks on Democracy in Tennessee. covertactionmagazine.com The expulsion of two Black elected Representatives from Tennessee's state government continues a long, racist tradition of the removal of Black people in political power in the United States. From the founding of the country through the Reconstruction era and to the modern day, white supremacy and capitalism have used every weapon at their disposal to disenfranchise Black voters and legislators…

SouthFront5 (2023-04-12). Karl Marx Was No Leftist: The Most Important Attribute To Being A Scientist Is To Have A Constantly Open Mind About Everything. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse A scientist is reshaping his/her view every day and sometimes changes her mind as a result. For…

ecns.cn (2023-04-13). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Wednesday inspected the city of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

ecns.cn (2023-04-13). Chinese modernization has clear goals, plans, strategies: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Wednesday that Chinese modernization is based on the country's realities and conditions, and has clear goals, plans and strategies.

Shimbun Akahata (2023-04-13). LGBTQ gains: Japanese Communist Party introduces marriage equality bill in parliament. peoplesworld.org TOKYO—The Japanese Communist Party on March 29 submitted to the House of Councillors a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. JCP Dietmembers Nihi Sohei, Kurabayashi Akiko, and Ito Gaku handed the proposed bill to the House secretary general. The bill, if enacted, will codify both heterosexual and same-sex marriages and will accordingly change …

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Distinctive rural industries have broad prospects: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said distinctive rural industries have broad prospects.

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Maoming. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday inspected the city of Maoming, south China's Guangdong Province.

Shimbun Akahata (2023-04-13). LGBTQ gains: Japanese Communist Party introduces marriage equality bill in parliament. peoplesworld.org TOKYO—The Japanese Communist Party on March 29 submitted to the House of Councillors a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. JCP Dietmembers Nihi Sohei, Kurabayashi Akiko, and Ito Gaku handed the proposed bill to the House secretary general. The bill, if enacted, will codify both heterosexual and same-sex marriages and will accordingly change …

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Distinctive rural industries have broad prospects: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said distinctive rural industries have broad prospects.

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Maoming. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday inspected the city of Maoming, south China's Guangdong Province.

Liberation Staff (2023-04-11). Solidarity with the Socialist Party of Zambia: Drop the charges against Dr. Fred M'membe! liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation strongly condemns the brutal attack on April 8 against a public meeting organized by the Socialist Party of Zambia, and the subsequent arrest of party president Dr. Fred M'membe on false charges.

Fight Back (2023-04-12). Great progress: FRSO fund drive nets $25,000 so far. fightbacknews.org In the two weeks since the announcement of Freedom Road Socialist Organization's $130,000 Spring Fundraising Drive, more than $25,000 has come in. More contributions are coming in every day. | FRSO Political Secretary Mick Kelly states, "We are off to a great start. FRSO is experiencing a period of unprecedented growth. We need to expand our capacity. This means we will be expanding our national office and bringing on more full-time staff. We will have more publications. And we will continue to send out organizers to build new districts of FRSO." | Kelly continued, "The decline of monopoly capitalism is accelerat…

Ian Angus (2023-04-11). The Fishing Revolution and the Origins of Capitalism. globalresearch.ca

The Lever (2023-04-11). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Chinatown (w/ Julia Rock). levernews.com

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Distinctive rural industries have broad prospects: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said distinctive rural industries have broad prospects.

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Maoming. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday inspected the city of Maoming, south China's Guangdong Province.

cameron orr (2023-04-11). No more billions for Netanyahu's crimes. cpusa.org The Communist Party USA unequivocally condemns the continuing violence committed by the Israeli police, occupation and paramilitary forces against the Palestinian people and the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. According to the Geneva Conventions, the targeting of civilians and the targeting of religious sites are both war crimes. The horrifying videos showing Israeli forces …

ecns.cn (2023-04-11). Xi inspects south China's Guangdong Province. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday inspected south China's Guangdong Province.

cameron orr (2023-04-11). No more billions for Netanyahu's crimes. cpusa.org The Communist Party USA unequivocally condemns the continuing violence committed by the Israeli police, occupation and paramilitary forces against the Palestinian people and the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. According to the Geneva Conventions, the targeting of civilians and the targeting of religious sites are both war crimes. The horrifying videos showing Israeli forces …

ecns.cn (2023-04-11). Xi inspects south China's Guangdong Province. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday inspected south China's Guangdong Province.