(2023-05-07). The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions. orinocotribune.com By Francisco R. Rodríguez — May 4, 2023 | This paper provides a comprehensive survey and assessment of the literature on the effects of economic sanctions on living standards in target countries. We identify 32 studies that apply quantitative econometric and calibration methods to cross-country and national data in order to assess the impact of economic sanctions on indicators of human and economic development and human rights. Of these, 30 studies find that sanctions have negative effects on outcomes ranging from per capita income to poverty, inequality, mortality, and human rights. We also provide in-depth…
(2023-05-07). George Floyd's Murder Reminds Us; Israel's Knee Sits On The Neck Of Black America. popularresistance.org Nearly three years have passed since, on 25 May 2020, four Minneapolis police officers were involved in killing George Floyd. Then, the iconic shots of Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd sparked a rejuvenated mass movement against structural racism in the police, specifically about using the "knee-on-neck" technique. The iconic photo meant that Chauvin became…
(2023-05-06). The state of Chinese Americans survey. america.cgtn.com 
Nearly three out of four Chinese Americans say they've experienced racial discrimination in the past 12 months, according to new research. Results from a nationwide survey of thousands of people, conducted by Columbia University and the non-partisan group 'Committee of 100,' show how almost …
(2023-05-07). "Let's Go Teachers Let's Go!" OEA Teachers Strike, March & Rally for Public Education. indybay.org Thousands of Oakland teachers went on strike on May 4, 2023. They marched and rallied at Oscar Grant Plaza next to Oakland City Hall and spoke out.
(2023-05-06). Housing-Education-Health Care: Universal Rights! dissidentvoice.org 
Think "out-of-this-universe" rights (Universal Rights, my ass), hint hint, chuckle chuckle. Universal Rights Given to Us By Whom? In USA? This is a joke beyond jokes. I was at a Chamber (local) meeting with 50 folk. Yesterday. Yeah, jolly jolly, out to a community college room, with pastries from the local bakery, and people there …
(2023-05-06). People In The US Were Once Promised Affordable Education For All. popularresistance.org The 1960s were a decade of intellectual and political ferment on college campuses. Anti-war, feminist, and racial justice movements all found a foothold in higher education, with student activists often playing a pivotal role in social movements that extended far beyond the university. A crucial condition for the student radicalism of the time was the affordability of public higher education and the recent dissolution of barriers that prevented students of minoritized backgrounds from attending college. Today, these conditions have all but disappeared. Collectively, college graduates owe some $1.6 trillion in stu…
(2023-05-06). Cuba advocates comprehensive care for transgender people. plenglish.com Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex) has among its main challenges to achieve comprehensive care for transgender children and adolescents, something that would contribute to their mental and emotional well-being.
(2023-05-06). President Diaz-Canel highlights importance of education for Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday highlighted the importance of education for the continuity of the Revolution, while speaking at the closing session of the National Seminar for the Organization of the 2023-2024 School Year.
(2023-05-07). Monday 5/22: A Conversation with Shepard Fairey, Frank Abe and Andrew Aydin. indybay.org Free online Zoom event. Registration required: ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HrsvrWSMTtmi2WX2wMC7hQ…
(2023-05-07). Testosterone Access Could Be Limited as COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends. truthout.org COVID's closure of clinics and doctors' offices opened new doors online, and some trans and nonbinary patients were able to receive gender-affirming care for the first time thanks to new telehealth providers and online clinics. The looming end of the official COVID Public Health Emergency means some of those doors could be closing. "Many people in this country live in care deserts… |
(2023-05-07). Kiev Forces Received German Launchers Armed With American Laser-Guided Rockets (Video). southfront.org 
File image. | Kiev forces have begun using Land-LGR4 Fletcher launchers armed with APKWS precision-guided munitions against the Russian military. | On May 7, video footage surfaced online showing recent strikes with the combined system against several Russian positions and surveillance equipment within the special military operation zone in Ukraine. | The Land-LGR4 light launcher, which can be armed with four 70 mm rockets, was designed by Germany's Arnold Defense to be mounted on light wheeled vehicles…
(2023-05-07). Tuesday 5/9: Realizing American Democracy: Climate Justice & Voting Rights. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2023-05-06). Cuba advocates comprehensive care for transgender people. plenglish.com Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex) has among its main challenges to achieve comprehensive care for transgender children and adolescents, something that would contribute to their mental and emotional well-being.
(2023-05-06). President Diaz-Canel highlights importance of education for Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday highlighted the importance of education for the continuity of the Revolution, while speaking at the closing session of the National Seminar for the Organization of the 2023-2024 School Year.
(2023-05-07). Monday 5/22: A Conversation with Shepard Fairey, Frank Abe and Andrew Aydin. indybay.org Free online Zoom event. Registration required: ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HrsvrWSMTtmi2WX2wMC7hQ…
(2023-05-07). Testosterone Access Could Be Limited as COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends. truthout.org COVID's closure of clinics and doctors' offices opened new doors online, and some trans and nonbinary patients were able to receive gender-affirming care for the first time thanks to new telehealth providers and online clinics. The looming end of the official COVID Public Health Emergency means some of those doors could be closing. "Many people in this country live in care deserts… |
(2023-05-07). Kiev Forces Received German Launchers Armed With American Laser-Guided Rockets (Video). southfront.org File image. | Kiev forces have begun using Land-LGR4 Fletcher launchers armed with APKWS precision-guided munitions against the Russian military. | On May 7, video footage surfaced online showing recent strikes with the combined system against several Russian positions and surveillance equipment within the special military operation zone in Ukraine. | The Land-LGR4 light launcher, which can be armed with four 70 mm rockets, was designed by Germany's Arnold Defense to be mounted on light wheeled vehicles…
(2023-05-07). Tuesday 5/9: Realizing American Democracy: Climate Justice & Voting Rights. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2023-05-06). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Chamberlain JM, Kapur J, Shinnar S, et al. Efficacy of levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, and valproate for established status epilepticus by age group (ESETT): a double-blind, responsive-adaptive, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2020; 395: 1217—24—For this Article, Angela Lumba-Brown's name has been corrected in the list of Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network investigators and in the appendix. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 4, 2023.
(2023-05-06). U.S. troops in Somalia rise to 900, House votes not to withdraw. mronline.org 
The presence of U.S. troops in Somalia helps the Islamist insurgency Al Shabaab recruit, exacerbating the very violence they claim to be fighting. But the House has voted down a resolution to withdraw.
(2023-05-06). In the factories there is wealth, but there is no life: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org 
In late 2022, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) released a fascinating report entitled Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World, in large part encouraged by a slew of initiatives across India to extend the workday.
(2023-05-06). "Class Struggle Unionism" — book review. mronline.org 
Joe Burns' "Class Struggle Unionism" advocates militant, worker self-organising from a U.S. context, but its lessons are useful here too, finds Kevin Crane.
(2023-05-06). Debunking the myth of the 'mom-and-pop' landlord. mronline.org 
The characterization of landlords as struggling families is central to the prevailing depoliticized view of housing.
(2023-05-06). A kingly proposal: Letter from Julian Assange to King Charles III. mronline.org 
On the coronation of my liege, I thought it only fitting to extend a heartfelt invitation to you to commemorate this momentous occasion by visiting your very own kingdom within a kingdom: His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh.
(2023-05-06). Lancet Loitering Munitions Take Out Three Ukrainian Short-Range Air Defense Systems (Videos). southfront.org 
ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has hit three short-range air defense systems of Kiev forces in the special military operation zone with Lancet loitering munitions. | Video footage that surfaced online on May 6 showed the pinpoint strikes, which targeted Soviet-made 9K33 Osa and 9K35 Strela-10 systems as well as an American-made AN/TWQ-1 Avenger system, which was destroyed in Ukraine for the first time. | Ukraine inherited more than 120 9K33 Osa and more t…
(2023-05-06). Catastrophe: The Global Cost of the Ukraine War. scheerpost.com 
The war has been a disaster for Ukraine, but also a calamity for the world. This brief article provides a concise overview of the war's profound global effects, beginning with the combatants' cost in lives and treasure. Beyond this it assesses the war's impact on global trade and economy; energy and food price inflation and their effects on poverty, hunger, and mortality; the redirection of humanitarian and official development assistance; the total sum of aid to the Ukrainian war effort, and the estimated cost of postwar reconstruction and recovery. Also examined is the war's effect on global defense spending. T…
(2023-05-07). Indigenous Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo Group Defends Peruvian Amazon From Destruction. truthout.org The Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo people of the Peruvian Amazon are organizing themselves to protect their ancestral forests and waters from illegal fishing, logging, and coca growing amidst conservation and development efforts from both the government and international nonprofits that they say are ineffective at best and actively harmful to Indigenous ways of life at worst. More than 300 members of the… |
(2023-05-06). At UFCW, A Reform Movement Rises. popularresistance.org Las Vegas‚Äâ—‚ÄâIt was 7: 30 on a Monday morning on the Las Vegas Strip, early enough to stand outside without sunscreen. A group of people‚Äâ—‚Äâfirst a trickle, then dozens‚Äâ—‚Äâwearing matching blue T-shirts that read "Organizing & Bargaining & The Right to Strike & A Voice in Our Union," flooded the patio of the Mirage Resort & Casino pool, overwhelming the early morning smokers who had sought refuge there. This group was smiling, energized, far too w…
(2023-05-07). Save lives this Take Back Day; safely dispose of unused medications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Dispose of unneeded medications safely during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22. Mayo Clinic, in collaboration with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Olmsted Medical Center, Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will host a community drop-off event to collect unused or expired medications. "The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office and Violent Crimes Enforcement Team (VCET) are proud to team up with Mayo Clinic and other…
(2023-05-07). Science Saturday: COVID-19 — the pandemic that's forever changed laboratory testing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Like many people throughout the world, Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., remembers exactly where he was and what he was doing when COVID-19 was classified as a pandemic. "Those first few months of the pandemic will be forever ingrained in my memory," he says. For Dr. Binnicker, director of Mayo Clinic's Clinical Virology Laboratory, two important dates stand out above the rest. "One was Feb. 17, 2020, when Dr. (William) Morice and I were talking about whether the department should…
(2023-05-07). KQED Security Used To Coerce Speak-out on World Press Freedom Day For Assange & Mumia. indybay.org On World Press Freedom Day a rally speak-out was held in front of KQED TV and radio. The station bosses mobilized security to try to coerce and threaten the action.
(2023-05-07). Knights On Strike In California. popularresistance.org Shocking video of Medieval Times strikers in Buena Park, California, run down by a car and then physically assaulted while picketing in a crosswalk had hundreds of thousands of views on social media in April. | "We began to get run over by cars," said Jake Bowman, a Medieval Times knight-turned-union organizer. "People would get out of their cars and throw picketers to the ground. Some people cared more about getting into their two-hour, completely optional entertainment venue than workers' lives. Sometimes you may have to yell louder to convince people to care." | The assaults brought into public view the challe…
(2023-05-07). Unions, communities tell Labor: 'Port Kembla is no place for a nuclear base'. greenleft.org.au The South Coast Labour Council organised the first big union protest against Labor's AUKUS nuclear submarines in Port Kembla. Jim McIlroy reports.
(2023-05-06). Australian prime minister feigns concern for Assange but defends "national security" secrecy. wsws.org The entire thrust of Albanese's remarks was that Assange's fate was out of the Labor government's hands, thus leaving him to the mercy of the British and US administrations.
(2023-05-06). Norfolk Southern conducted toxic chemical burn in East Palestine, Ohio without consulting federal authorities. wsws.org Also this past week, test results from two independent laboratories confirmed the presence of carcinogens in the surrounding soil, water and air.
(2023-05-06). Cuba reports 31 new Covid-19 cases, 106 are active patients. plenglish.com According to the MINSAP report, 491 PCR tests were made nationwide at molecular biology laboratories to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. | To date, 14,350,675 samples have been tested for the disease, 1,113,431 of which have been positive cases since the pandemic broke out in Cuba in March 2020. | The MINSAP report stated that 205 patients are in hospitals, including 99 suspected and 106 confirmed active cases; 105 citizens are clinically stable, and one is seriously ill and is being treated at an intensive care unit. | The number of recovered patients rose to 1,104,736, while the death toll rem…
(2023-05-06). Albanese 'Frustrated' With US Over Assange. popularresistance.org Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he has unequivocally stated his position to the United States that a diplomatic resolution of the case of Julian Assange must be made. | In his clearest statement yet about the fate of the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, Albanese told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview in London that he has told the U.S. Justice Department that Assange's case must come to an end. | "I continue to say in private what I said publicly as Labor leader and what I've said as Prime Minister, that enough is enough," Albanese told the ABC. "This needs to be brought to a…
(2023-05-07). Zoom meeting next Sunday May 14: A fighting programme for Royal Mail workers. wsws.org Royal Mail and the CWU have announced their strategy and plansit is time for postal workers to do the same.
(2023-05-07). Zoom meeting next Sunday May 17: A fighting programme for Royal Mail workers. wsws.org Royal Mail and the CWU have announced their strategy and plansit is time for postal workers to do the same.
(2023-05-07). There Is a Safety Crisis in App-Based Work, and Workers Know How To Fix It. truthout.org In recent months, stories of rideshare drivers and delivery workers carjacked, robbed, or even killed on the job have made headlines around the country. Now, growing research shows that there is an all-out, racialized safety crisis in app-based work. On May 1 — May Day — Gig Workers Rising, PowerSwitch Action, and ACRE released new research that suggests the safety crisis among app workers… |
(2023-05-07). Venezuela's Minimum Comprehensive Income Announcements: A Thorough Reading. orinocotribune.com 
By Misión Verdad — May 4, 2023 | The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced and signed the decree to increase the comprehensive minimum income for active and retired workers in the public administration, and for pensioners. | He referred to the adjustment of the warfare bonus in an amount in bolívars equivalent to $30 per month, at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), and the food bonus equivalent to $40, thus totaling $70 per month. | According to the president, these amounts would be indexed to the fluctuation of the BCV exchange rate. | However, the president did not specif…
(2023-05-07). Ecuador May Day Marches Call to Oust the President. indybay.org Video of May Day marchers entering Calderon Park in Cuenca. Ecuador. | Video credit: Harvey Goldberg | Cuenca, Ecuador | May 1, 2023 | "Lasso out!" was a chant that rang out as tens of thousands of workers hit the streets in cities across Ecuador.
(2023-05-06). Australian university workers join limited union "week of action" wsws.org Workers and students from five Melbourne universities joined a stopwork rally to fight for pay rises, job security and against the exploitation of casuals.
(2023-05-06). Teamsters seek to isolate Philadelphia Coca Cola workers as strike approaches one month. wsws.org The strike by 400 Coca-Cola workers faces a concerted effort to isolate the struggle by corporate management, the Democratic Party and Teamsters bureaucrats.
(2023-05-06). Michigan hospital workers picket for improved wages and benefits at Trinity Health Grand Haven. wsws.org Employees at Trinity Health Grand Haven picketed on April 28 to demand that the $20 billion health care corporation that has acquired the hospital negotiate a new contract with improved wages and benefits.
(2023-05-06). The newest Ecuadorian union took to the streets on May Day. peoplesdispatch.org In Quito, Ecuador, under the banner of "Change, Honesty, and Work", a group of workers, on April 24, formed a new trade union center. "We, the workers of Ecuador, present a new trade union organization, heir to our country's class-conscious and revolutionary trade unionism, which we have called: Ecuadorian Solidarity Workers Confederation (CTSE)," announced the workers in a "Our thinking and political position is aligned with our proletarian heart, as pillars of the constitution of the CTSE," they explained, adding the CTSE is a "new type…
(2023-05-06). Amid Rampant Union Busting, Workers Tell Starbucks It's Time to Negotiate. truthout.org At Starbucks regional headquarters in Manhattan on May 1, staff were setting up an office pizza party when they heard a chant coming from the hallway of their fifteenth floor glass-enclosed office. "Who are we? We are partners! Who are we? We are workers!" chanted a dozen Starbucks workers as they filled the reception area, many wearing shirts saying "Partners? Prove It. WE are Starbucks."… |
(2023-05-06). Returning Cuba Solidarity Activists Harassed by US Customs and Border Patrol. orinocotribune.com This year marked the largest delegation of people from the US in decades to be in Cuba for May Day International Day of Workers events. Over 350 people from the United States participated, with youth the largest contingent. Many were visiting revolutionary Cuba for the first time. | On May 3, as delegates returned home, some were harassed and detained by US Customs and Border Patrol in multiple cities. One reported that several of them traveling with the International Peoples Assembly (IPA) and the LA Hands off Cuba Committee were forced into secondary questioning about their political motives. At least two peopl…
(2023-05-06). Cubans celebrate International Workers' Day. america.cgtn.com 
Cubans marked International Workers' Day on May 5th after being postponed on Monday due to unstable weather. The Cuban Workers' Confederation previously called for municipal rallies instead of the traditional marches due to a shortage of fuel to move thousands of participants. In Havana, …
(2023-05-06). Diaz-Canel highlights Cuba's commitment to the world proletariat. plenglish.com Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Saturday that Cuba does not forget the causes of the world proletariat, in reference to the celebration of International Workers' Day throughout the country on Friday.
(2023-05-06). Cubans recall tragic explosion at Saratoga Hotel in Havana. plenglish.com Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) Cubans on Saturday recall the sad explosion at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana, as a result of which several people were killed and injured, caused huge material damage, and kept citizens in suspense for six days of intense rescue efforts. On May 6, 2022, a powerful gas explosion rocked this tourist facility in Havana's historic heart, killing 47 persons and injuring 99, mainly hotel workers and passersby.
(2023-05-06). Cuba Solidarity Activists Harassed By US Customs And Border Patrol. popularresistance.org This year marked the largest delegation of people from the US in decades to be in Cuba for the events around the International Day of Workers. Over 350 people from the states participated and it was easy to see how youth made up the largest percentage, many of whom were visiting revolutionary Cuba for the first time. | Yesterday delegates began to return home and some were met and detained by US Customs and Border Patrol in multiple cities. One reported that several of them traveling with the International Peoples Assembly (IPA) and the LA Hands of Cuba Committee were yanked into secondary questioning pertaining…
(2023-05-07). Reunión regional de sindicatos aboga por atención a jóvenes y mujeres. telesurtv.net En el encuentro tuvieron presencia representantes de países como México, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panamá, República Dominicana, Cuba y Nicaragua.
(2023-05-07). Corea del Sur y Japón acuerdan solucionar problemas en Fukushima. telesurtv.net El primer ministro Fumio Kishida llegó a Seúl el domingo para conversar con el presidente surcoreano Yoon Suk-yeol, convirtiéndose en el primer líder japonés en visitar el país en más de cinco años.
(2023-05-07). La Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación de 214 MW en el horario pico nocturno de este domingo. cubadebate.cu Durante el horario diurno se estima que no ocurran afectaciones al servicio por déficit de capacidad de generación, aunque existe riesgo de afectación al operar el SEN con baja reserva. Para la hora pico, se prevé una disponibilidad de 2604 MW y una demanda máxima de 2750 MW, para un déficit de 144 MW, por lo que se pronostica una afectación de 214 MW.
(2023-05-07). Principales sindicatos franceses aceptan reunión con el Gobierno. telesurtv.net Los cinco principales sindicatos del país fueron invitados a una reunión con la primera ministra Elisabeth Borne.
(2023-05-07). Chile: Labour Movement Calls for Nationalizing Lithium Company. socialistproject.ca 
On April 20, Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced the launch of a National Lithium Strategy and the creation of a National Lithium Company. Under the new Strategy, the Chilean State's role would undergo significant transformation — from a State which grants lavish, profitable contracts to oligopolistic private mining companies to a State which controls the entire production cycle, including exploration, exploitation, and value addition. The National Lithium Company will be a 100% state-owned company. It will develop lithium with private companies under public-private partnerships (PPPs), with the St…
(2023-05-06). Momentum builds on second day of Oakland teachers' strike. wsws.org Despite the union's attempts to restrict demands to procedural bargaining questions, teachers and educators are demanding a real fight.
(2023-05-06). Georgia: EU "expands Europe" into Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMay 6, 2023 European leaders decided to expand Europe — one of potential candidate countries is Georgia — EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Saturday said "European leaders have decided to expand Europe" and emphasised that Georgia was "one of the potential" candidate countries. During the celebration event of Europe …
(2023-05-06). Netherlands' Land Grab: What is driving the Dutch nation to attack itself and destroy the bedrock of its society? expose-news.com Despite an outcry by Dutch farmers, the European Commission ("EC") has approved two Dutch plans to buy out livestock farmers. The plans to reduce nitrogen emissions in European Union ("EU") designated areas …
(2023-05-06). Stronger than expected US jobs report increases pressure for further interest rate hikes. wsws.org Despite the 3.4 percent official unemployment rate, social distress is growing and impelling a continuing upsurge of class struggle.
(2023-05-07). Forest Defenders Appear For Preliminary Hearings. popularresistance.org DeKalb County, Georgia – Two defendants arrested in March during a music festival against 'Cop City' were again denied bond Wednesday in DeKalb County Magistrate Court, while a third was granted $25,000 bond with conditions. The defendants, all of whom are facing domestic terrorism charges for their alleged participation in the movement against the sprawling police training complex, have been detained since their arrests two months ago. | Luke Harper and Victor Puertas were denied bond, while Fredrique Robert-Paul was granted a $25,000 bond with conditions including relinquishing her passport, remaining in Georgi…
(2023-05-07). Resisting Cannibal Capitalism. popularresistance.org It is increasingly common to hear of crises — economic, environmental and/or racial — in which the vast majority of the global population are confined to substandard living conditions while a global elite accrues wealth at a horrifying pace. There is a widespread sense that something has to give, that the world cannot continue on its current path. Of course, this is often the cry emanating from movements on the streets and detailed in the pages of Intergovernmental Panels on Climate Change (IPCC) reports but these often fall on the deaf ears of those in power. So what exactly has to change and how do…
(2023-05-07). Guatemala: Political Blockade Against Opponents, Seeds of Atypical Electoral Fraud (Part 1). orinocotribune.com 
By Paola Albani — May 4, 2023 | Two presidential candidates, a vice presidential candidate, an aspiring congressional candidate, and a former mayoral candidate of Guatemala City describe how the malicious use of the institutional framework left them out of both the 2023 general elections in Guatemala and the legal battle strategy to assert their right to elect and be elected. | Presidential candidate Thelma Cabrera and her running mate Jordán Rodas of the Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples (MLP); presidential candidate Roberto Arzú of Podemos; aspiring congress member for Vos, Aldo Dávila; and Juan F…
(2023-05-07). US Police State Attack on the African People's Socialist Party (Uhuru Movement). orinocotribune.com
(2023-05-07). Argentina to coordinate MERCOSUR social summit. plenglish.com The event will take place as part of the country's exercise of the pro tempore presidency of this mechanism and will be held on digital platforms. | According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero will inaugurate the meeting, which aims to enrich the political and community agenda and recognize the importance of participation in social organizations and movements. The latest meeting was held in 2016. | This time, Argentina would focus on a broad, plural, and inclusive talk about leading issues on the regional agenda. | The event will also advocate strengthenin…
(2023-05-06). "Automated Apartheid": How Israel Uses Facial Recognition to Track Palestinians & Control Movement. scheerpost.com 
A new report by Amnesty International documents how the Israeli government is using an experimental facial recognition system to track Palestinians and control their movements. The findings are part of "Automated Apartheid," which reveals an ever-growing surveillance network of cameras in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and in East Jerusalem — two places …
(2023-05-06). European Cities Breathe New Life Into BDS Movement. popularresistance.org A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and Oslo, Norway, in April sent a strong message to Israel: The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) is alive and well. | In Barcelona, the city's Mayor canceled a twinning agreement with the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The decision was not an impulsive one, although Ada Colau is well-known for her principled positions on many issues. It was, however, an outcome of a fully democratic process initiated by a proposal submitted by left-wing parties at the city council.
(2023-05-06). The Kremlin Did Not Kill Itself: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com 
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Your rulers do not care what race you are. They do not care if you are gay, transgendered or nonbinary. They do not care how many bullets you are allowed to have in your gun. They do not care whether you are allowed to have an abortion or not. They do not care if you are racist, sexist, ableist, ageist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic or fatphobic. They do not care about diverse representation in politics or media, and they do not care about any lack thereof. All they care about is that we all keep thinking, speaking, working, consuming and voti…
(2023-05-06). The Condition of the Indian Working Class. thetricontinental.org Indian farmers and peasants held a year-long protest during the pandemic against three bills put forward by the central government.