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Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-25). UK's emergency alert system failed; we should make sure alerts are turned off for future trials. expose-news.com The UK government's emergency alert was intended to reach people's phones at 3 pm on Sunday. However, some said they received it a minute earlier, others half an hour late, and many …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-25). Leaked New Zealand Health Data: Had the Government told the truth about vaccine harms; lives would have been saved. expose-news.com Leaked Government data from the Wellington Region in New Zealand shows the number of heart attacks resulting in hospitalisation has increased by 83%. Hospitalisation for myocarditis is up by one third, a …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-25). The Covid Jabs Have Created Millions of Zombies. expose-news.com I believe that the vaccine pushers knew that the inadequately tested and unnecessary covid jab was going to kill huge swathes of populations around the world. I now believe that the deaths …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-25). Data from a UK hospital shows 75% of people recorded as "covid deaths" during March to June 2020 did not die from covid. expose-news.com Data from a sizeable NHS Trust suggests that in the "first wave" of the covid pandemic, there were three asymptomatic "covid deaths" for every one symptomatic covid death. The question is: how …

The Exposé (2023-04-25). Dystopian Consequences of the Social Credit Score System, Digital ID, & Cashless Society that Schwab's WEF are lobbying to put in place as part of the plan for The Great Reset. expose-news.com As critical thinkers, it is essential to remain vigilant and question the growing influence of a select few people and giant corporations in our society. This article aims to shed light on …

Andy Lee Roth (2023-04-25). The Lifeblood of Democracy. dissidentvoice.org Two cornerstones of democracy—freedom of expression and freedom of information—are under concerted attack, in the United States and around the world. In the US, for example, reactionary elected officials seek to ban books in schools, often in the name of protecting children; and government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, seek to curb online …

Bill Scheuerman, Sid Plotkin (2023-04-25). Aggression, Guns, and Marcuse. dissidentvoice.org Better not knock on the wrong door or drive into the wrong driveway, you may get shot. Kids are afraid to go to school for fear of getting killed, as the body count from mass shootings climbs every day. Hate crimes are increasing, and just driving to work is potentially dangerous. Think of tailgaters honking …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-25). Blood, Golf, and Saudi Arabia. dissidentvoice.org The recently concluded LIV Tournament in Adelaide was a matter of bread, circuses and golf. It was something of a triumph for the chief sponsor: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and, more notably, the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Critics, and criticism about the regime and the blood spattered House of Saud, were generally forgotten. …

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Cross-border passenger train on track to boost trade, relations with Laos. ecns.cn What can a high-quality railway bring to a less-developed region? China has answered that question with decades of efforts to build railways across the country, and those efforts have borne fruit.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). ChatGPT craze drives domestic innovation. ecns.cn China's natural language processing (NLP) development is expected to see rapid development as Microsoft-backed ChatGPT has taken the tech world by storm. But additional joint efforts are needed for more homegrown breakthroughs.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Premier calls for advancing ties with Cuba. ecns.cn Premier Li Qiang called on Monday for strengthened strategic coordination and pragmatic cooperation between China and Cuba to make joint efforts to build a China-Cuba community with a shared future.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Foreign Ministry: China respects sovereign status of all countries. ecns.cn China has always respected the sovereign status of all former Soviet republics and this position has not changed, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday, after recent remarks on the issue by Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Xi meets new envoys, urges joint efforts. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping reiterated on Monday China's commitment to peaceful development, saying that the nation will create more opportunities for the world with its own development and work with other countries to jointly deal with global challenges.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). EU-China relations should not be tied to the Ukraine crisis: Chinese envoy to EU. ecns.cn The EU should not view the China-EU relations through the "prism" of the Ukraine crisis and should not sacrifice the China-EU relations and the interests of China as the cost to develop its relations with the U.S.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Sufficient travel urged to break 'vicious cycle'. ecns.cn Scholars from the United States and China expressed hope during a seminar for robust travel between the two countries to resume, and said both sides should remove obstacles to the process.

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-04-25). The War on Free Speech Is Really a War on the Right to Criticize the Government. dissidentvoice.org Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can …

Robert Hunziker (2023-04-25). Monster Heat Hits 1/3rd of World Population. dissidentvoice.org It has started, and it's fierce… Monster Heat! "It's a 'monster heat spell like none before," according to climatologist and weather historian Maximiliano Herrera, describing Asia's heatwave as the worst in history. (Source: "Extreme Heat Scorches Asia, Affecting at Least a Third of the World's Population," The Verge, April 19, 2023) Global warming is hitting …

Staff (2023-04-25). What Does Biden's Executive Order on Environmental Justice Mean for Frontline Communities? democracynow.org As President Biden officially announces his reelection bid for 2024, we look at his recent executive order establishing a new Office of Environmental Justice within the White House and requiring all federal agencies to weigh the environmental impact of policies on marginalized communities. Environmental groups welcomed the announcement but cautioned that Biden remains a major supporter of fossil fuels, including the controversial Willow project in Alaska, and that he has approved drilling projects on federal land faster than Trump did during his first two years in office. For more, we speak with Jade Begay, direc…

Staff (2023-04-25). Headlines for April 25, 2023. democracynow.org 72-Hour Ceasefire Appears Shaky as It Takes Effect in Sudan, Ukraine's Military Advances to East Bank of Dnieper River, China Disavows Senior Diplomat's Comment Questioning Sovereignty of Ex-Soviet States, U.S. Was World's Top Military Spender and Arms Exporter Again in 2022, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announce 2024 Reelection Bid, Fox News Abruptly Fires Far-Right Host Tucker Carlson, CNN Fires Don Lemon Amid Claims of Sexism, Atlanta DA to Announce Indictments This Summer over Trump-Related Election Fraud, Jury Selection Begins in Civil Trial Accusing Trump of Rape and Defamation, Clarence Th…

Staff (2023-04-25). Jeffrey Sachs on China's "Historic" Push for Multipolar World to End U.S. Domination. democracynow.org China is taking an increasingly assertive role in world affairs, helping to broker a restoration of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, offering a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine, and strengthening its relationships with European and Latin American powers. Last week, China continued its diplomatic outreach by offering to hold talks between Israel and Palestine. "China doesn't want the United States to be the preeminent power. It wants to live alongside the United States," says economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of…

Staff (2023-04-25). Why Did Fox Fire Tucker Carlson? Far-Right Host Helped Fox Mainstream Hate, Conspiracies to Millions. democracynow.org In a surprise announcement, Fox News said Monday it was cutting ties with its top-rated host Tucker Carlson, effective immediately. Although a precise reason wasn't given, the move came just days after the cable network settled a $787.5 million defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems over lies propagated by the cable network about the 2020 presidential election. Since taking over the primetime slot in 2016, Carlson has also spread far-right talking points about immigrants, Black people and the LGBTQ community. For more, we speak with Madeline Peltz of Media Matters for America, where she has help…

Staff (2023-04-25). Talk World Radio: Nuclear Nincompoopery Needs Nullification Now. davidswanson.org

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-24). Shocking Truths about Your Money. expose-news.com Since the beginning of the "pandemic" three quarters of the world's increase in wealth has gone to the 1%. The coming Great Depression was deliberately engineered in February 2020. It will lead …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-24). Vaccine injuries become the dominant theme of German reporting on the mRNA injections. expose-news.com Last month, German Health Minister and renowned virus pest Karl Lauterbach gave a remarkable interview in which he denounced "exorbitant" pharmaceutical profits, deplored "dismaying" vaccine injuries, and called for the manufacturers to set …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-24). UK government uses Delphi method to manipulate outcome of public consultations. expose-news.com Until 7 June 2023, the Bank of England is inviting responses to a proposal for a retail central bank digital currency ("CBDC") — a so-called "digital pound." The survey is rigged. The …

Ali Abunimah (2023-04-24). Palestinian killed in Israeli attack on refugee camp. electronicintifada.net Alleged car ramming in Jerusalem leaves five injured.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-04-24). Frankfurt court reverses ban on Roger Waters concert. electronicintifada.net Rock icon had challenged city council's cancellation of 28 May gig.

Kit Klarenberg (2023-04-24). Britain declares war on a slogan. electronicintifada.net Suella Braverman mulls ban on chanting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."

Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-24). Barry Humphries: Misunderstood Anarchist of Culture. dissidentvoice.org He was always a step ahead, his mind geared not only for the next move, but the next sequence. He also smelt it, anticipated the audience reaction, shaped the prejudice in context for consumption. He created an antipodean version of dada art. He confused, baffled and enraged audiences with his polymathic, panoramic reach. The genius …

cameron orr (2023-04-24). Building unity in the fight for reproductive justice. cpusa.org The following updated report was given to the National Board of the Communist Party USA on April 19th, 2023. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe last June, it said it was done with abortion cases and was leaving it to the gerrymandered state legislatures to decide on abortion law. States controlled by extreme-right GOP …

Chris Wright (2023-04-24). The Left and the Ukraine War. dissidentvoice.org To be a leftist in the United States is a dispiriting experience, but in the last year one of the more dispiriting things has been to see the attitude of many leftists themselves on a subject of crucial importance: the war in Ukraine. The consensus of the Washington establishment remains that the U.S. must support …

Farooque Chowdhury (2023-04-24). Labor Market and Mainstream Economics. dissidentvoice.org Market and labor in market are crucial questions both to capital and labor. The questions have been discussed and answered by economists, from the mainstream, and also from the camp of labor. "Markets", writes Michael D. Yates in his Work Work Work: Labor, Alienation, and Class Struggle (Monthly Review Press, 2022), "act as a veil, …

Gerald E. Scorse (2023-04-24). The 75-year Thievery of Joint Tax Returns. dissidentvoice.org Another tax season has ended, and more than 50 million returns arrived at the Internal Revenue Service marked "Married filing jointly". Few of the filers had any idea that joint returns—created in 1948 and modified in 1969—may be the oldest tax inequity in America. They've been picking various pockets for 75 years, and there's little …

Global Times (2023-04-24). Borrell and His Likes Should Avoid Leading Europe into a Ditch. dissidentvoice.org The European Parliament just spent a whole week discussing China, and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will convene foreign ministers from across EU on April 24 local time to discuss the same topic. In anticipation of this meeting, Borrell published a column on April 22 urging …

John Rachel (2023-04-24). Interview with Garland Nixon. dissidentvoice.org Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Garland Nixon for his current thoughts. We focus here on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the tensions and its capacity to reduce …

Staff (2023-04-24). Norwegian Refugee Council: Violence, Climate & Poverty Are Fueling Migration from Central America. democracynow.org We continue our conversation with Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, who has just returned from Honduras. He calls on the international community to do more to help in Central America, where one in three people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, and gangs, drug trafficking and violence are forcing many to flee north. North Americans, says Egeland, must "honor the legitimate asylum applications for protection of people" from their "own neighborhood."…

Staff (2023-04-24). Headlines for April 24, 2023. democracynow.org Diplomats Lead Sudan Exodus as Sudanese Reel from Intense Fighting, Food and Power Shortages, SCOTUS Keeps Abortion Pill Mifepristone on Market While Challenge to Ban Proceeds, Peru's Ex-President Alejandro Toledo Detained, Facing Corruption Charges Following U.S. Extradition, Kenya Exhumes Bodies of 47 Cult Members Who Starved Themselves to Death, Burkina Faso Attack Near Malian Border Kills 60 People, Thousands of Asylum Seekers Make Their Way Up Mexico to Protest Migrant Abuse, Mississippi GOP Expands State Control Over Police and Courts in Majority-Black Jackson, Rasheed Williams AKA "Koka Da Doll…

Staff (2023-04-24). What's Next in Legal Fight over Mifepristone? Supreme Court Protects Access to Abortion Pill for Now. democracynow.org The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday halted a ban and other restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone, keeping the nation's most popular abortion method available for now as an appeal of the nationwide ban on the pill plays out. The ban was issued earlier this month by the Trump-appointed Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who ruled the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year-old approval of the drug was invalid. The case is likely to end up before the Supreme Court again after making its way through a lower appeals court. We speak with Mary Ziegler, law professor at the University of California, Da…

Staff (2023-04-24). Sudan Will Be "Nightmare Beyond Belief" If Conflict Grows, Warns Humanitarian Leader Jan Egeland. democracynow.org As fighting continues in Sudan between the military and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, we speak with Norwegian Refugee Council head Jan Egeland, who says humanitarian work in the country has been paralyzed as a result of the power struggle. "There is hardly any humanitarian work in large parts of Sudan," says Egeland, who adds that the conflict has already devolved into a war that "will be impossible to stop if it lasts for much longer."…

Staff (2023-04-24). Sudan: Death Toll Tops 420 as Fear Grows That Fighting Between Rival Generals Could Lead to Proxy War. democracynow.org The United States and other countries moved to evacuate diplomats and citizens from Sudan over the weekend amid fighting between rival military factions that's killed at least 420 people and injured over 3,700 more, in a crisis that began on April 15 when the Sudanese military and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces began exchanging fire in the capital Khartoum, further dashing hopes of a return of civilian rule in the country. CNN reports the powerful Russian mercenary group Wagner has backed the RSF by providing the paramilitaries with surface-to-air missiles. Wagner founder Yevgeny P…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-23). Russia follows WHO's lead and ramps up fear of the Arcturus variant. expose-news.com The Russian government is dialling up the "Virus Fear" in perfect synchronisation with the World Health Organisation's ("WHO's") decision to "upgrade" Arcturus to a "variant of interest." Fellow BRICS member India is …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-23). Pfizer's mRNA vaccine dreams may not materialise, Wall Street analyst says. expose-news.com In response to a Freedom of Information request, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration ("TGA") provided pre-approval documents relating to the TGA's evaluation of Pfizer's Comirnaty covid injection. Within the documents was a …

The Exposé (2023-04-23). Pfizer killed your Friends & Family for Profit — 92% of COVID Deaths were among the Triple+ Vaccinated in 2022 according to UK Gov. expose-news.com The UK government has released official figures that show a shocking truth: the fully vaccinated population accounted for 92% of Covid-19 deaths throughout the entirety of 2022, and 9 in every 10 …

The Exposé (2023-04-23). Secret CDC Report confirms over 1.1m Americans have 'Died Suddenly' since the COVID Vaccine Roll-Out; & further Government reports confirm the Vaccines are to blame. expose-news.com The Covid-19 injections were meant to reduce the sudden surge of deaths the USA recorded in 2020 due to the alleged Covid-19 pandemic. But unfortunately, the official figures prove that the opposite …

Dongsheng Collective (2023-04-23). Tianxia: All Under Heaven. dongshengnews.org Tianxia is a complex, contested, and constantly-evolving concept. It embodies a range of meanings, from geography (demarcating a governed territory), to morality (defining political legitimacy), to subjectivity (representing the aspirations of the people), to politics (providing a vision for a world system), and much more.

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2023-04-23). Learning to Speak One-Percent. dissidentvoice.org Review of Succession (contains spoilers) In ancient Rome, at one point, they wanted to make all the slaves wear something so they could identify them. Like a cloak or whatever. But then they decided not to do it. And do you know why? Hmm? Because they realized if all the slaves dressed the same, they …

Chris Wright (2023-04-23). The Second Cold War Is More Dangerous than the First. dissidentvoice.org Twenty years ago, Noam Chomsky published a bestselling book called Hegemony or Survival. Since then, the stark choice he posed has only become more urgent. Depending on how humanity responds to the challenges of ecological destruction and imperialistic war, in the coming decade that terrifying question "Hegemony or survival?" may well be answered. Modern history …

Robert Hunziker (2023-04-23). El Nino Threatens Unparalleled Heatwaves. dissidentvoice.org Can the world handle a climate that exceeds the far-reaching excesses of 2022 when the entire world turned upside down with unprecedented flooding, fires, and drought? NOAA and climate researchers in Germany and China believe an El Niño, starting in 2023-24, is the works. El Niños equate to more heat throughout the planet. Buckle-up! El …

Staff (2023-04-23). Having Enemies Is a Choice. davidswanson.org

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Staff (2023-04-25). Lowkey points out the US arms companies profiting from the war in Ukraine. youtube.com "We've seen a 37% increase in the value of Lockheed Martin shares. We've seen a 41% increase, in the value of Northrop Grumman shares…so it seems there are winners in this war." Lowkey points out the US arms companies profiting from the war in Ukraine. Footage from @lowkey0nline speech at the @STWuk event in London …

Staff (2023-04-25). Big Tech Companies Are Becoming More Powerful Than Nation-States. commondreams.org A few years ago, I was having dinner with a friend who worked at Google. As we were discussing the ins and outs of the tech world, he casually remarked: "Google is going to take over the world you know." Driving home and reflecting on that remark I thought: "How curious." But now, as I …

Staff (2023-04-25). 'To Stand Up for Democracy,' Biden Makes 2024 Reelection Bid Official. commondreams.org President Joe Biden made his reelection campaign official Tuesday morning as he evoked the threat to foundational and hard-won rights and freedoms posed by the increasingly fascist Republican Party. "Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. To stand up for their fundamental freedoms," Biden declared in an early …

Staff (2023-04-25). 9/11 Hijackers Were CIA Recruits: New Docs Reveal. leecamp.com

Staff (2023-04-25). Egypt adds 82 individuals, including several journalists, to new terror 'watchlist'. peoplesdispatch.org On Saturday, April 22, the Egyptian government designated 82 individuals including activists, politicians, and journalists on its new terrorism 'watchlist'. According to reports, all those included are currently living in exile, having left the country after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi came to power through a military coup in 2013 by ousting the President Mohammad Morsi …

Staff (2023-04-25). British health workers to intensify protests against meager pay hikes offered by government. peoplesdispatch.org Health workers in the UK are taking a stand against the policies of the Conservative (Tory) government which has refused to heed their demands for pay restoration and essential resources for National Health Service (NHS) staff. Nurses, support staff, ambulance drivers, and other workers of NHS England have strongly opposed the latest, below-inflation pay offer …

Staff (2023-04-25). Rape allegation against Trump heads to civil trial. thecanary.co Content warning: This article contains discussion of rape and sexual assault. Jury selection is scheduled to start on 25 April in a civil trial pitting Donald Trump against E. Jean Carroll. Carroll, formerly a prominent American columnist, has accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s. The 79-year-old says Trump sexually assaulted her in a …

Staff (2023-04-25). As UN 'reviews' its presence in Afghanistan, its people continue to suffer from growing hunger and poverty. peoplesdispatch.org As Afghanistan's economy continues to spiral, as many as 34 million Afghans are in need of humanitarian assistance, says a new UN report. The 'Afghanistan Socio-Economic Outlook 2023' report released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Tuesday, April 18, highlights the impact of cuts in international aid to Afghanistan since the Taliban took …

Staff (2023-04-25). Scott Ritter: Syria Comes in From the Cold. scheerpost.com Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 15. (Vladimir Gerdo, TASS) By Scott Ritter / Consortium News While the world continues to come to grips with the reality — and consequences — of the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Araba and Iran, another diplomatic coup is unfolding in the Middle East. …

Staff (2023-04-25). What the UK's Arrest of a French Publisher Means for Public Intellectuals the World Over. scheerpost.com Police Motorbike Barrier by Garry Knight via Flickr By Natasha Hakimi Zapata / The Nation LONDON—En route to the London Book Fair, the United Kingdom's long-running annual book-publishing trade fair, a French publisher had an unusual run-in with British border officials last week. On April 17, Ernest Moret—who works as the foreign rights manager for …

Staff (2023-04-25). Stalin Is Dead,Tuckums Is Gone, The Masses Rejoice. commondreams.org In good news for America, "sentient white supremacist bow tie," "angry barking walrus," and "worst human being known to mankind" Tucker Carlson has been unceremoniously dumped by his overlords at Faux News, evidently not for being a racist POS whose toxic $787.5 million lies threatened democracy but for bad-mouthing said overlords. America's response: "Don't let …

Ryan Black (2023-04-25). Joe Manchin's Tax Hike On The Working Class. progressivehub.net DAVID SIROTA | THE LEVER…

SAM (2023-04-25). GOP Energy Bills Are Geared Towards Personal Enrichment. progressivehub.net DAVID MOORE | SLUDGE…

SAM (2023-04-25). Tucker Carlson Will Find Another Home For His Hate. progressivehub.net ARI PAUL | FAIR…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-04-25). Direct Action Succeeds In Weakening Support For Israeli Apartheid. popularresistance.org In 1917, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, a statement of support for a Jewish State in Palestine. The United Kingdom has been a key ally of the Israeli Apartheid State since its inception. Palestinian rights activists in the UK, recognizing this reality, decided that direct action against entities that support apartheid would be the most effective strategy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Richard, a co-founder of Palestine Action, about the successes they have had over the past three years in their campaign targeting Elbit, an Israeli weapons maker, from forcing factories to close to creating a…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-25). Austrian communists enter Salzburg State Assembly for the first time since 1949. peoplesdispatch.org The alliance led by KPàñ performed particularly well in the city of Salzburg, securing 21.8% of the votes and emerging as the second largest force. The regional election saw the incumbent Christian Democrat-Green-Liberal coalition lose its majority…

slorinoco (2023-04-25). Former Deputy Guaidó in Colombia After Illegally Crossing Border. orinocotribune.com Caracas, April 24, 2023 ( Representatives of 20 countries, including the United States, are scheduled to meet this Tuesday in Bogotá to gene…

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Cross-border passenger train on track to boost trade, relations with Laos. ecns.cn What can a high-quality railway bring to a less-developed region? China has answered that question with decades of efforts to build railways across the country, and those efforts have borne fruit.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). ChatGPT craze drives domestic innovation. ecns.cn China's natural language processing (NLP) development is expected to see rapid development as Microsoft-backed ChatGPT has taken the tech world by storm. But additional joint efforts are needed for more homegrown breakthroughs.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Premier calls for advancing ties with Cuba. ecns.cn Premier Li Qiang called on Monday for strengthened strategic coordination and pragmatic cooperation between China and Cuba to make joint efforts to build a China-Cuba community with a shared future.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Foreign Ministry: China respects sovereign status of all countries. ecns.cn China has always respected the sovereign status of all former Soviet republics and this position has not changed, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday, after recent remarks on the issue by Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Xi meets new envoys, urges joint efforts. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping reiterated on Monday China's commitment to peaceful development, saying that the nation will create more opportunities for the world with its own development and work with other countries to jointly deal with global challenges.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). EU-China relations should not be tied to the Ukraine crisis: Chinese envoy to EU. ecns.cn The EU should not view the China-EU relations through the "prism" of the Ukraine crisis and should not sacrifice the China-EU relations and the interests of China as the cost to develop its relations with the U.S.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Sufficient travel urged to break 'vicious cycle'. ecns.cn Scholars from the United States and China expressed hope during a seminar for robust travel between the two countries to resume, and said both sides should remove obstacles to the process.

Staff (2023-04-24). The Case of Marvin Haynes — Part Four: The Trials of Marvin Haynes. unicornriot.ninja Hennepin County District Court, Minneapolis, Minnesota. September 2, 2005. The trial of Marvin Haynes began 12 days ago, just 15 Ω months after the murder of Randy Sherer at Jerry's Flower Shop on the Northside of Minneapolis. Haynes, now 17, sits at the defense table and he watches as the jury files in and takes …

SAM (2023-04-24). Lockheed Martin Doesn't Care About Climate Change. progressivehub.net DANAKA KATOVICH AND DAVID GIBSON | JACOBIN…

SAM (2023-04-24). Do Billionaires Really Care About "Woke" Politics? progressivehub.net THOM HARTMANN | THE HARTMANN REPORT…

Ryan Black (2023-04-24). The Perpetual War Alarm Sounds In Australia. progressivehub.net BRIAN MARTIN | TRANSCEND MEDIA SERVICE…

Ryan Black (2023-04-24). A New Bill In Oregon Could Target Environmental Protesters As Terrorists. progressivehub.net NAVEENA SADASIVAM | GRIST…

Griffin Dix (2023-04-24). U.S. Gun Companies Must Be Held Accountable for Violence in Mexico. progressive.org A new lawsuit argues that U.S. gun companies' unlawful conduct has substantially reduced the life expectancy of Mexican citizens.

Elijah de Castro (2023-04-24). Dispatch from Artsakh: 'A Continuous Effort to Ethnically Cleanse Armenians'. progressive.org The brutal Azerbaijani blockade of the historically Armenian region has gone largely unacknowledged by U.S. media, even as the Biden Administration enables it.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-04-24). The United States Of Paralysis. popularresistance.org Political paralysis is snuffing out what is left of our anemic democracy. | It is the paralysis of doing nothing while the ruling oligarchs, who have increased their wealth by nearly a third since the pandemic began and by close to 90 percent over the past decade, orchestrate virtual tax boycotts as millions of Americans go into bankruptcy to pay medical bills, mortgages, credit card debt, student debt, car loans and soaring utility bills demanded by a system that has privatized nearly every aspect of our lives. | It is the paralysis of doing nothing about raising the minimum wage, despite the ravages of inflatio…

Roger D. Harris, CounterPunch. (2023-04-24). Whither Multipolarity In A Changing World Order. popularresistance.org The Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci presciently observed: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." | This period that we live in is arguably shaped by three elements: two moribund (the implosion of the USSR and the centrality of US imperialism) and one vital (the promise of multipolarity). The camp associated with the US is consolidating at the same time that a countervailing multipolar tendency is emerging. Major changes are reshaping the world order, I contend, but the outcome is not ye…

José Ernesto Novaes, Resumen English. (2023-04-24). Marxism And Anticolonialism: A Conversation With Vijay Prashad. popularresistance.org Vijay Prashad (Calcutta, 1967) is above all a militant. His intellectual work is an attempt to understand and respond to some of the great challenges of our time. Of Indian origin, this Marxist historian has deployed an intense vital activity that has taken him to many countries, always in defense of the cause of humanity. | He currently serves as executive director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a task he alternates with his work as a teacher and researcher at several universities, as well as with a prolific body of work in which we can highlight texts such as The Darker Nations, The Poore…

Lowkey, Mintpress News. (2023-04-24). Lowkey: The Ukraine Kill List And Weaponizing Anti-Semitism. popularresistance.org In this latest thought-provoking episode of The Watchdog, esteemed academic and public intellectual David Miller returns, this time delving into the covert tactics used by the powerful Israel Lobby to silence advocates for Palestinian rights. Drawing upon firsthand experience, Miller exposes the systematic campaign to force him out of Bristol University and the weaponization of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism to stifle dissent. He reveals how academics who have dared to speak out against the Israeli government's policies towards Palestine face severe repercussions, including threats of termination and profes…

Scott Ritter, Consortium News. (2023-04-24). Syria Comes In From The Cold. popularresistance.org While the world continues to come to grips with the reality — and consequences — of the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Araba and Iran, another diplomatic coup is unfolding in the Middle East. | This one is orchestrated by the Russians. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan flew to Damascus last week, where he met Syrian President Bashar Assad. This visit followed that of Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad earlier this month to Riyadh. | The two countries severed diplomatic relations in 2012 at the beginning of a Syrian civil conflict that saw Saudi Arabia throwing its money…

Michael Sainato, Portside. (2023-04-24). Hotel Workers Face Unwelcome Guests: Union Busters Hired By Bosses. popularresistance.org In the heart of California's wine country, the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa offers guests access to on-site geothermal mineral pools, an exclusive golf club and farm-to-table dining. | "Like the Native Americans who revered the site as a sacred healing ground, you'll live in harmony with nature through vast open spaces, beautifully landscaped grounds, majestic redwood trees and inspiring sunsets," boasts the resort's website. | That purported serenity on stolen Native American land has not extended to the workers at the luxury resort where union avoidance consultants hired by and staying at the hotel fo…

David S. Rotenstein, Next City. (2023-04-24). Our Missing Middle Housing Didn't Just Go Missing. popularresistance.org In early February, the city commission in Decatur, Georgia voted to amend the city's zoning law to allow the construction of "duplex, triplex, and quadruplex residential units" in "single-family residential zoning districts" — what many housing advocates call missing middle housing. | The legislation followed on the heels of 20 years of special studies, litigation and resident agitation over the city's declining affordable housing stock, gentrification and displacement. By early 2023, it was too late to preserve the Atlanta suburb's affordable housing stock. As for Decatur's diversity, the tipping point for…

C. J. Polychroniou, Truthout. (2023-04-24). What Would It Take To Defeat Big Oil? popularresistance.org At a time when the world is close to irreversible climate breakdown, fossil fuel energy is growing, with oil being the biggest contributor to primary energy supply. Globally, approximately 33 percent of our energy comes from oil, followed by coal, gas and hydroelectric power. Indeed, oil companies are bringing in staggering profits, and oil production may even continue to increase through 2050. Why is it so hard to quit oil, and what would it take to defeat Big Oil? Progressive economist Gregor Semieniuk tackles exasperating questions like those in this exclusive interview for Truthout.

BDS Coalition Canada. (2023-04-24). Environmental Racism And Corporate Colonialism Revealed At Canadian Bank. popularresistance.org Thanks to Canadian BDS Coalition member, Human Rights for All, for their solidarity at the Royal Bank of Canada's Annual General Meeting (RBC AGM) on April 5, 2023, in Saskatoon. | With vehicular access blocked and two snipers on the roof, at least 150 environmental and Indigenous rights activists rallied in front of the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon where RBC was holding their AGM. | They were there to protest against RBC's putting 99% of their energy investments in fossil fuels. Since the Paris climate agreement was signed, RBC has provided over $270 billion to fossil fuel companies, with last year repre…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-24). A decade after Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, garment workers' safety still not a priority. peoplesdispatch.org Clothing brands operating in the country have still not joined the Accord on Health and Safety, which could prevent accidents like the one that occurred at Rana Plaza in April 2013 which led to over 1,100 deaths…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-24). US and NATO allies accounted for over half of global military expenditure in 2022: SIPRI report. peoplesdispatch.org According to this year's SIPRI defense expenditure report, Europe has recorded the highest defense expenditure in more than 30 years, surpassing its previous highest record from 1989…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-24). Chile's President Gabriel Boric announces plan to nationalize lithium industry. peoplesdispatch.org Chile's President Gabriel Boric has proposed the creation of a state-owned company which will eventually take over the lithium mining sector from private industry giants. The Latin American country has one of the world's largest lithium reserves and is the second largest producer of the metal globally, after Australia…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-24). Over 420 people have been killed in fighting in Sudan. Foreign countries accelerate evacuations. peoplesdispatch.org According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3,700 people have been injured since fighting broke out on April 15. The humanitarian crisis, including mass displacement, has continued to worsen as multiple ceasefires have failed to hold…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-04-24). Socialist Movement of Ghana calls for urgent public health response to new malaria threat. peoplesdispatch.org The invasive, malaria-transmitting Anopheles stephensi mosquito has been detected in Ghana for the first time. The species can survive in high temperatures and urban areas, posing new challenges for disease response and control…

Ben Norton (2023-04-24). Peru's Coup-Plotting Congress Has 6% Approval, 91% Disapproval (But Full US Backing). orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Apr 16, 2023 | A polling firm found that Peru's coup-plotting, right-wing-controlled congress has 6% approval and 91% disapproval. Unelected leader Dina Boluarte has 15% approval and 78% disapproval. But they have the full support of the US, Canada, and foreign mining corporations. | A study by a leading polling firm in Peru found that the country's coup-plotting congress has an approval rating of just 6%, with a staggering 91% disapproval. | The South American nation's unelected president, Dina Boluarte, has the approval of just 15% of Peruvians, with 78% disapproval. | In December 2022, Per…

Andrew Korybko (2023-04-24). Why Did the Premier of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Show Up in Venezuela To Meet Lavrov? orinocotribune.com By Andrew Korybko — Apr 20, 2023 | Just like with Brazil, Russia's officially de-ideologized relations with Latin America mean that it won't let political differences on one issue (no matter how sensitive) impede the mutually beneficial comprehensive expansion of bilateral ties with St. Vincent & the Grenadines. That country's worldview is aligned with Russia's multipolar one and just as pragmatic with respect to the de-ideologization of bilateral ties otherwise Prime Minister Gonsalves wouldn't have traveled to Venezuela to meet with Lavrov this week. | Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's latest trip to Latin…

Staff (2023-04-24). US Dollar Hegemony in 2022 Eroded at '10 Times the Pace Seen in the Past 2 Decades'. orinocotribune.com Last week, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen acknowledged that US sanctions against Russia and other countries are endangering the hegemony of the dollar as those sanctioned try to find alternatives. | Even French President Emmanuel Macron commented that Europe should reduce its reliance on the "extraterritoriality of the US dollar." | Yellen's fear is well-founded, since the status of the US dollar as a reserve currency eroded in 2022 at a rate "10 times the average annual pace of erosion in the USD's market share in the prior years," according to Eurizon SLJ Asset Management, explaining that the fall is…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-24). US Army Faces Recruitment Crisis in Wake of Military Failures Abroad. orinocotribune.com Officials say the army faces a 'perception' problem due in part to their failed occupation of several nations in West Asia | US Army Secretary "6…

Staff (2023-04-24). Marxism and Colonialism: An Interview with Vijay Prashad. orinocotribune.com Vijay Prashad is above all a militant. His intellectual work is an attempt to understand and respond to some of the great challenges of our time. Of Indian origin, this Marxist historian has displayed an intense vital activity that has taken him to numerous countries, always in defense of the cause of humanity.He currently works as executive director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a task that alternates with his work as a teacher and researcher at various universities, as well as with a prolific work in which we can highlight texts such as The Darker Nations, The Poorer Nations and the most…

Ana Perdigón (2023-04-24). Venezuela's Far-Right Unitary Platform Supports Petro's International Conference on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This past Saturday night, a meeting was held between President of Colombia Gustavo Petro and representatives of the far-right Venezuelan opposition belonging to the so-called Unitary Platform. | The meeting was held at the Presidential Treasury and was attended by the Colombian president and his foreign minister, àÅlvaro Leyva. | On behalf of the Venezuelan opposition, the head of the Unitary Platform negotiation team, Gerardo Blyde was present, together with Claudia Nikken and Alejandro Mora. In addition, Tomas Guanipa, Stalin González, Luis Emilio Rondón, Luis Aquiles Moreno and Roberto Enríquez were also…

Ryan Black (2023-04-23). Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself On Fire Outside The Supreme Court. I Tried To Understand Why. progressivehub.net MICHAEL KODAS | INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS…

Newsclick (2023-04-23). Apple Store, Blinkit strike, Infosys stock collapse: India's economy in crisis? peoplesdispatch.org Three seemingly unconnected things happened in the past few days — Apple opened its first store in India, Blinkit riders went on a strike in Delhi NCR and the Infosys stock crashed after it warned of slow growth this fiscal. All of these events tell us a story of how the Indian the Indian economy is slowly unraveling.

scorinoco (2023-04-23). Indictment of African People's Socialist Party is a Racist Assault on the Black Liberation Movement (Statement). orinocotribune.com

scorinoco (2023-04-23). Venezuela Attorney General: Corruption Detainee's Suicide Confirmed by Autopsy. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's attorney general Tarek William Saab has provided details on the death of Jesús Azuaje, who died in the custody of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) on April 19. Azuaje had been arrested the day before for his involvement in the Cartones de Venezuela corruption case. | On Friday, April 21, Attorney General Saab reported that an autopsy performed by the Forensic Unit of the Attorney General's Office revealed that Azuaje had committed suicide by mechanical asphyxia by ligature strangulation, caused by hanging. Azuaje hanged himself with bed sheets in the prison cell where he was being held. | 1…

Staff (2023-04-23). US to Send High-Level Delegation to International Conference on Venezuela in Colombia. orinocotribune.com

mforinoco (2023-04-23). Echoes of Taif: Syria and Saudi Arabia Reconcile. orinocotribune.com By The Cradle — April 16, 2023 | Syria-Saudi relations leap forward with joint statements, bilateral meetings, and, for the first time in 12 years, a shared vision for resolving the crisis in Syria. | During his visit to Moscow in mid-March, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

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Staff (2023-04-25). Lowkey points out the US arms companies profiting from the war in Ukraine. youtube.com "We've seen a 37% increase in the value of Lockheed Martin shares. We've seen a 41% increase, in the value of Northrop Grumman shares…so it seems there are winners in this war." Lowkey points out the US arms companies profiting from the war in Ukraine. Footage from @lowkey0nline speech at the @STWuk event in London …

Staff (2023-04-25). Big Tech Companies Are Becoming More Powerful Than Nation-States. commondreams.org A few years ago, I was having dinner with a friend who worked at Google. As we were discussing the ins and outs of the tech world, he casually remarked: "Google is going to take over the world you know." Driving home and reflecting on that remark I thought: "How curious." But now, as I …

Staff (2023-04-25). 'To Stand Up for Democracy,' Biden Makes 2024 Reelection Bid Official. commondreams.org President Joe Biden made his reelection campaign official Tuesday morning as he evoked the threat to foundational and hard-won rights and freedoms posed by the increasingly fascist Republican Party. "Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. To stand up for their fundamental freedoms," Biden declared in an early …

Staff (2023-04-25). 9/11 Hijackers Were CIA Recruits: New Docs Reveal. leecamp.com

Staff (2023-04-25). Egypt adds 82 individuals, including several journalists, to new terror 'watchlist'. peoplesdispatch.org On Saturday, April 22, the Egyptian government designated 82 individuals including activists, politicians, and journalists on its new terrorism 'watchlist'. According to reports, all those included are currently living in exile, having left the country after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi came to power through a military coup in 2013 by ousting the President Mohammad Morsi …

Staff (2023-04-25). British health workers to intensify protests against meager pay hikes offered by government. peoplesdispatch.org Health workers in the UK are taking a stand against the policies of the Conservative (Tory) government which has refused to heed their demands for pay restoration and essential resources for National Health Service (NHS) staff. Nurses, support staff, ambulance drivers, and other workers of NHS England have strongly opposed the latest, below-inflation pay offer …

Staff (2023-04-25). Rape allegation against Trump heads to civil trial. thecanary.co Content warning: This article contains discussion of rape and sexual assault. Jury selection is scheduled to start on 25 April in a civil trial pitting Donald Trump against E. Jean Carroll. Carroll, formerly a prominent American columnist, has accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s. The 79-year-old says Trump sexually assaulted her in a …

Staff (2023-04-25). As UN 'reviews' its presence in Afghanistan, its people continue to suffer from growing hunger and poverty. peoplesdispatch.org As Afghanistan's economy continues to spiral, as many as 34 million Afghans are in need of humanitarian assistance, says a new UN report. The 'Afghanistan Socio-Economic Outlook 2023' report released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Tuesday, April 18, highlights the impact of cuts in international aid to Afghanistan since the Taliban took …

Staff (2023-04-25). Scott Ritter: Syria Comes in From the Cold. scheerpost.com Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 15. (Vladimir Gerdo, TASS) By Scott Ritter / Consortium News While the world continues to come to grips with the reality — and consequences — of the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Araba and Iran, another diplomatic coup is unfolding in the Middle East. …

Staff (2023-04-25). What the UK's Arrest of a French Publisher Means for Public Intellectuals the World Over. scheerpost.com Police Motorbike Barrier by Garry Knight via Flickr By Natasha Hakimi Zapata / The Nation LONDON—En route to the London Book Fair, the United Kingdom's long-running annual book-publishing trade fair, a French publisher had an unusual run-in with British border officials last week. On April 17, Ernest Moret—who works as the foreign rights manager for …

Staff (2023-04-25). Stalin Is Dead,Tuckums Is Gone, The Masses Rejoice. commondreams.org In good news for America, "sentient white supremacist bow tie," "angry barking walrus," and "worst human being known to mankind" Tucker Carlson has been unceremoniously dumped by his overlords at Faux News, evidently not for being a racist POS whose toxic $787.5 million lies threatened democracy but for bad-mouthing said overlords. America's response: "Don't let …

Ryan Black (2023-04-25). Joe Manchin's Tax Hike On The Working Class. progressivehub.net DAVID SIROTA | THE LEVER…

SAM (2023-04-25). GOP Energy Bills Are Geared Towards Personal Enrichment. progressivehub.net DAVID MOORE | SLUDGE…

SAM (2023-04-25). Tucker Carlson Will Find Another Home For His Hate. progressivehub.net ARI PAUL | FAIR…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-04-25). Direct Action Succeeds In Weakening Support For Israeli Apartheid. popularresistance.org In 1917, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, a statement of support for a Jewish State in Palestine. The United Kingdom has been a key ally of the Israeli Apartheid State since its inception. Palestinian rights activists in the UK, recognizing this reality, decided that direct action against entities that support apartheid would be the most effective strategy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Richard, a co-founder of Palestine Action, about the successes they have had over the past three years in their campaign targeting Elbit, an Israeli weapons maker, from forcing factories to close to creating a…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-25). Austrian communists enter Salzburg State Assembly for the first time since 1949. peoplesdispatch.org The alliance led by KPàñ performed particularly well in the city of Salzburg, securing 21.8% of the votes and emerging as the second largest force. The regional election saw the incumbent Christian Democrat-Green-Liberal coalition lose its majority…

slorinoco (2023-04-25). Former Deputy Guaidó in Colombia After Illegally Crossing Border. orinocotribune.com Caracas, April 24, 2023 ( Representatives of 20 countries, including the United States, are scheduled to meet this Tuesday in Bogotá to gene…

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Cross-border passenger train on track to boost trade, relations with Laos. ecns.cn What can a high-quality railway bring to a less-developed region? China has answered that question with decades of efforts to build railways across the country, and those efforts have borne fruit.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). ChatGPT craze drives domestic innovation. ecns.cn China's natural language processing (NLP) development is expected to see rapid development as Microsoft-backed ChatGPT has taken the tech world by storm. But additional joint efforts are needed for more homegrown breakthroughs.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Premier calls for advancing ties with Cuba. ecns.cn Premier Li Qiang called on Monday for strengthened strategic coordination and pragmatic cooperation between China and Cuba to make joint efforts to build a China-Cuba community with a shared future.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Foreign Ministry: China respects sovereign status of all countries. ecns.cn China has always respected the sovereign status of all former Soviet republics and this position has not changed, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday, after recent remarks on the issue by Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Xi meets new envoys, urges joint efforts. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping reiterated on Monday China's commitment to peaceful development, saying that the nation will create more opportunities for the world with its own development and work with other countries to jointly deal with global challenges.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). EU-China relations should not be tied to the Ukraine crisis: Chinese envoy to EU. ecns.cn The EU should not view the China-EU relations through the "prism" of the Ukraine crisis and should not sacrifice the China-EU relations and the interests of China as the cost to develop its relations with the U.S.

ecns.cn (2023-04-24). Sufficient travel urged to break 'vicious cycle'. ecns.cn Scholars from the United States and China expressed hope during a seminar for robust travel between the two countries to resume, and said both sides should remove obstacles to the process.

Staff (2023-04-24). The Case of Marvin Haynes — Part Four: The Trials of Marvin Haynes. unicornriot.ninja Hennepin County District Court, Minneapolis, Minnesota. September 2, 2005. The trial of Marvin Haynes began 12 days ago, just 15 Ω months after the murder of Randy Sherer at Jerry's Flower Shop on the Northside of Minneapolis. Haynes, now 17, sits at the defense table and he watches as the jury files in and takes …

SAM (2023-04-24). Lockheed Martin Doesn't Care About Climate Change. progressivehub.net DANAKA KATOVICH AND DAVID GIBSON | JACOBIN…

SAM (2023-04-24). Do Billionaires Really Care About "Woke" Politics? progressivehub.net THOM HARTMANN | THE HARTMANN REPORT…

Ryan Black (2023-04-24). The Perpetual War Alarm Sounds In Australia. progressivehub.net BRIAN MARTIN | TRANSCEND MEDIA SERVICE…

Ryan Black (2023-04-24). A New Bill In Oregon Could Target Environmental Protesters As Terrorists. progressivehub.net NAVEENA SADASIVAM | GRIST…

Griffin Dix (2023-04-24). U.S. Gun Companies Must Be Held Accountable for Violence in Mexico. progressive.org A new lawsuit argues that U.S. gun companies' unlawful conduct has substantially reduced the life expectancy of Mexican citizens.

Elijah de Castro (2023-04-24). Dispatch from Artsakh: 'A Continuous Effort to Ethnically Cleanse Armenians'. progressive.org The brutal Azerbaijani blockade of the historically Armenian region has gone largely unacknowledged by U.S. media, even as the Biden Administration enables it.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-04-24). The United States Of Paralysis. popularresistance.org Political paralysis is snuffing out what is left of our anemic democracy. | It is the paralysis of doing nothing while the ruling oligarchs, who have increased their wealth by nearly a third since the pandemic began and by close to 90 percent over the past decade, orchestrate virtual tax boycotts as millions of Americans go into bankruptcy to pay medical bills, mortgages, credit card debt, student debt, car loans and soaring utility bills demanded by a system that has privatized nearly every aspect of our lives. | It is the paralysis of doing nothing about raising the minimum wage, despite the ravages of inflatio…

Roger D. Harris, CounterPunch. (2023-04-24). Whither Multipolarity In A Changing World Order. popularresistance.org The Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci presciently observed: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." | This period that we live in is arguably shaped by three elements: two moribund (the implosion of the USSR and the centrality of US imperialism) and one vital (the promise of multipolarity). The camp associated with the US is consolidating at the same time that a countervailing multipolar tendency is emerging. Major changes are reshaping the world order, I contend, but the outcome is not ye…

José Ernesto Novaes, Resumen English. (2023-04-24). Marxism And Anticolonialism: A Conversation With Vijay Prashad. popularresistance.org Vijay Prashad (Calcutta, 1967) is above all a militant. His intellectual work is an attempt to understand and respond to some of the great challenges of our time. Of Indian origin, this Marxist historian has deployed an intense vital activity that has taken him to many countries, always in defense of the cause of humanity. | He currently serves as executive director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a task he alternates with his work as a teacher and researcher at several universities, as well as with a prolific body of work in which we can highlight texts such as The Darker Nations, The Poore…

Lowkey, Mintpress News. (2023-04-24). Lowkey: The Ukraine Kill List And Weaponizing Anti-Semitism. popularresistance.org In this latest thought-provoking episode of The Watchdog, esteemed academic and public intellectual David Miller returns, this time delving into the covert tactics used by the powerful Israel Lobby to silence advocates for Palestinian rights. Drawing upon firsthand experience, Miller exposes the systematic campaign to force him out of Bristol University and the weaponization of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism to stifle dissent. He reveals how academics who have dared to speak out against the Israeli government's policies towards Palestine face severe repercussions, including threats of termination and profes…

Scott Ritter, Consortium News. (2023-04-24). Syria Comes In From The Cold. popularresistance.org While the world continues to come to grips with the reality — and consequences — of the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Araba and Iran, another diplomatic coup is unfolding in the Middle East. | This one is orchestrated by the Russians. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan flew to Damascus last week, where he met Syrian President Bashar Assad. This visit followed that of Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad earlier this month to Riyadh. | The two countries severed diplomatic relations in 2012 at the beginning of a Syrian civil conflict that saw Saudi Arabia throwing its money…

Michael Sainato, Portside. (2023-04-24). Hotel Workers Face Unwelcome Guests: Union Busters Hired By Bosses. popularresistance.org In the heart of California's wine country, the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa offers guests access to on-site geothermal mineral pools, an exclusive golf club and farm-to-table dining. | "Like the Native Americans who revered the site as a sacred healing ground, you'll live in harmony with nature through vast open spaces, beautifully landscaped grounds, majestic redwood trees and inspiring sunsets," boasts the resort's website. | That purported serenity on stolen Native American land has not extended to the workers at the luxury resort where union avoidance consultants hired by and staying at the hotel fo…

David S. Rotenstein, Next City. (2023-04-24). Our Missing Middle Housing Didn't Just Go Missing. popularresistance.org In early February, the city commission in Decatur, Georgia voted to amend the city's zoning law to allow the construction of "duplex, triplex, and quadruplex residential units" in "single-family residential zoning districts" — what many housing advocates call missing middle housing. | The legislation followed on the heels of 20 years of special studies, litigation and resident agitation over the city's declining affordable housing stock, gentrification and displacement. By early 2023, it was too late to preserve the Atlanta suburb's affordable housing stock. As for Decatur's diversity, the tipping point for…

C. J. Polychroniou, Truthout. (2023-04-24). What Would It Take To Defeat Big Oil? popularresistance.org At a time when the world is close to irreversible climate breakdown, fossil fuel energy is growing, with oil being the biggest contributor to primary energy supply. Globally, approximately 33 percent of our energy comes from oil, followed by coal, gas and hydroelectric power. Indeed, oil companies are bringing in staggering profits, and oil production may even continue to increase through 2050. Why is it so hard to quit oil, and what would it take to defeat Big Oil? Progressive economist Gregor Semieniuk tackles exasperating questions like those in this exclusive interview for Truthout.

BDS Coalition Canada. (2023-04-24). Environmental Racism And Corporate Colonialism Revealed At Canadian Bank. popularresistance.org Thanks to Canadian BDS Coalition member, Human Rights for All, for their solidarity at the Royal Bank of Canada's Annual General Meeting (RBC AGM) on April 5, 2023, in Saskatoon. | With vehicular access blocked and two snipers on the roof, at least 150 environmental and Indigenous rights activists rallied in front of the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon where RBC was holding their AGM. | They were there to protest against RBC's putting 99% of their energy investments in fossil fuels. Since the Paris climate agreement was signed, RBC has provided over $270 billion to fossil fuel companies, with last year repre…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-24). A decade after Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, garment workers' safety still not a priority. peoplesdispatch.org Clothing brands operating in the country have still not joined the Accord on Health and Safety, which could prevent accidents like the one that occurred at Rana Plaza in April 2013 which led to over 1,100 deaths…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-24). US and NATO allies accounted for over half of global military expenditure in 2022: SIPRI report. peoplesdispatch.org According to this year's SIPRI defense expenditure report, Europe has recorded the highest defense expenditure in more than 30 years, surpassing its previous highest record from 1989…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-24). Chile's President Gabriel Boric announces plan to nationalize lithium industry. peoplesdispatch.org Chile's President Gabriel Boric has proposed the creation of a state-owned company which will eventually take over the lithium mining sector from private industry giants. The Latin American country has one of the world's largest lithium reserves and is the second largest producer of the metal globally, after Australia…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-24). Over 420 people have been killed in fighting in Sudan. Foreign countries accelerate evacuations. peoplesdispatch.org According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3,700 people have been injured since fighting broke out on April 15. The humanitarian crisis, including mass displacement, has continued to worsen as multiple ceasefires have failed to hold…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-04-24). Socialist Movement of Ghana calls for urgent public health response to new malaria threat. peoplesdispatch.org The invasive, malaria-transmitting Anopheles stephensi mosquito has been detected in Ghana for the first time. The species can survive in high temperatures and urban areas, posing new challenges for disease response and control…

Ben Norton (2023-04-24). Peru's Coup-Plotting Congress Has 6% Approval, 91% Disapproval (But Full US Backing). orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Apr 16, 2023 | A polling firm found that Peru's coup-plotting, right-wing-controlled congress has 6% approval and 91% disapproval. Unelected leader Dina Boluarte has 15% approval and 78% disapproval. But they have the full support of the US, Canada, and foreign mining corporations. | A study by a leading polling firm in Peru found that the country's coup-plotting congress has an approval rating of just 6%, with a staggering 91% disapproval. | The South American nation's unelected president, Dina Boluarte, has the approval of just 15% of Peruvians, with 78% disapproval. | In December 2022, Per…

Andrew Korybko (2023-04-24). Why Did the Premier of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Show Up in Venezuela To Meet Lavrov? orinocotribune.com By Andrew Korybko — Apr 20, 2023 | Just like with Brazil, Russia's officially de-ideologized relations with Latin America mean that it won't let political differences on one issue (no matter how sensitive) impede the mutually beneficial comprehensive expansion of bilateral ties with St. Vincent & the Grenadines. That country's worldview is aligned with Russia's multipolar one and just as pragmatic with respect to the de-ideologization of bilateral ties otherwise Prime Minister Gonsalves wouldn't have traveled to Venezuela to meet with Lavrov this week. | Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's latest trip to Latin…

Staff (2023-04-24). US Dollar Hegemony in 2022 Eroded at '10 Times the Pace Seen in the Past 2 Decades'. orinocotribune.com Last week, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen acknowledged that US sanctions against Russia and other countries are endangering the hegemony of the dollar as those sanctioned try to find alternatives. | Even French President Emmanuel Macron commented that Europe should reduce its reliance on the "extraterritoriality of the US dollar." | Yellen's fear is well-founded, since the status of the US dollar as a reserve currency eroded in 2022 at a rate "10 times the average annual pace of erosion in the USD's market share in the prior years," according to Eurizon SLJ Asset Management, explaining that the fall is…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-24). US Army Faces Recruitment Crisis in Wake of Military Failures Abroad. orinocotribune.com Officials say the army faces a 'perception' problem due in part to their failed occupation of several nations in West Asia | US Army Secretary "6…

Staff (2023-04-24). Marxism and Colonialism: An Interview with Vijay Prashad. orinocotribune.com Vijay Prashad is above all a militant. His intellectual work is an attempt to understand and respond to some of the great challenges of our time. Of Indian origin, this Marxist historian has displayed an intense vital activity that has taken him to numerous countries, always in defense of the cause of humanity.He currently works as executive director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a task that alternates with his work as a teacher and researcher at various universities, as well as with a prolific work in which we can highlight texts such as The Darker Nations, The Poorer Nations and the most…

Ana Perdigón (2023-04-24). Venezuela's Far-Right Unitary Platform Supports Petro's International Conference on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This past Saturday night, a meeting was held between President of Colombia Gustavo Petro and representatives of the far-right Venezuelan opposition belonging to the so-called Unitary Platform. | The meeting was held at the Presidential Treasury and was attended by the Colombian president and his foreign minister, àÅlvaro Leyva. | On behalf of the Venezuelan opposition, the head of the Unitary Platform negotiation team, Gerardo Blyde was present, together with Claudia Nikken and Alejandro Mora. In addition, Tomas Guanipa, Stalin González, Luis Emilio Rondón, Luis Aquiles Moreno and Roberto Enríquez were also…

Ryan Black (2023-04-23). Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself On Fire Outside The Supreme Court. I Tried To Understand Why. progressivehub.net MICHAEL KODAS | INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS…

Newsclick (2023-04-23). Apple Store, Blinkit strike, Infosys stock collapse: India's economy in crisis? peoplesdispatch.org Three seemingly unconnected things happened in the past few days — Apple opened its first store in India, Blinkit riders went on a strike in Delhi NCR and the Infosys stock crashed after it warned of slow growth this fiscal. All of these events tell us a story of how the Indian the Indian economy is slowly unraveling.

scorinoco (2023-04-23). Indictment of African People's Socialist Party is a Racist Assault on the Black Liberation Movement (Statement). orinocotribune.com

scorinoco (2023-04-23). Venezuela Attorney General: Corruption Detainee's Suicide Confirmed by Autopsy. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's attorney general Tarek William Saab has provided details on the death of Jesús Azuaje, who died in the custody of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) on April 19. Azuaje had been arrested the day before for his involvement in the Cartones de Venezuela corruption case. | On Friday, April 21, Attorney General Saab reported that an autopsy performed by the Forensic Unit of the Attorney General's Office revealed that Azuaje had committed suicide by mechanical asphyxia by ligature strangulation, caused by hanging. Azuaje hanged himself with bed sheets in the prison cell where he was being held. | 1…

Staff (2023-04-23). US to Send High-Level Delegation to International Conference on Venezuela in Colombia. orinocotribune.com

mforinoco (2023-04-23). Echoes of Taif: Syria and Saudi Arabia Reconcile. orinocotribune.com By The Cradle — April 16, 2023 | Syria-Saudi relations leap forward with joint statements, bilateral meetings, and, for the first time in 12 years, a shared vision for resolving the crisis in Syria. | During his visit to Moscow in mid-March, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad