(2022-06-11). Ukrainian Army Shelling of Donbass: A Day in Hell Without End/ By Christelle Néant. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: Ukrainian Army Shelling of Donbass: A Day in Hell Without End — INTERNATIONALIST 360 ∞ (wordpress.com) For several days, the Ukrainian army has been intensively shelling several towns in Donbass (Donetsk, Gorlovka, Makeyevka, Stakhanov) in the middle of the day, causing numerous victims among civilians. On 4 June 2022, Donetsk was heavily shelled. …
(2022-06-11). Turkey is Changing its Opinion on the Events in Ukraine. journal-neo.org 
The "collective West" and many NATO countries have finally begun to receive objective information on the goals and results of Russia's special military operation to denazify Ukraine. Instead of openly Russophobic coverage of these events by representatives of the current military-political elite of the EU and NATO and, above all, the United States, the true …
(2022-06-11). China, Ukraine, and the Belt and Road Initiative. orinocotribune.com On May 21, Friends of Socialist China joined the Belt and Road Initiative Quarterly (BRIQ) journal, the Russian Cultural House in Ankara, the Turkish Students Union in China, and the Istanbul Kent University as a co-organizer of a conference themed on "The Challenges and Opportunities for BRI Under the Background of the Ukraine Crisis." It was a hybrid event, held both online and physically at Kent University. | Friends of Socialist China co-editors Danny Haiphong and Keith Bennett both presented papers, and those are reproduced here, slightly edited for publication, below. The other speakers were Adnan Akfirat,…
(2022-06-11). Capitalism and baby formula. workers.org 
By Margaret Kimberley The following article was posted on Black Agenda Report on May 29. The baby formula shortage is not a glitch in the system. It actually exemplifies everything that goes wrong when the profit motive rules. Capitalism can't ensure a food supply or anything else that humans need. . . . |
(2022-06-11). Venezuela and Iran sign 20-year cooperation plan, Maduro pledges joint 'anti-imperialist struggle'. multipolarista.com 
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro visited Iran and signed a historic 20-year cooperation agreement involving energy, technology, and trade. He pledged solidarity against Western aggression in a joint "anti-imperialist struggle for a better world."
(2022-06-12). Does Turkey Intend to Replace the CSTO in Central Asia? journal-neo.org 
Today there are two large military blocs in the world  ; NATO and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which, aside from Russia, Belarus, and Armenia, includes Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan as full members. In addition to the members of the CSTO, it includes observer status nations, and Serbia has been such since 2003. On …
(2022-06-12). Interview with William Camacaro on the Workers' Summit of the Americas. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviewed William Camacaro, one of the coordinators of the important Workers' Summit of the Americas which takes place on June 10-12 in Tijuana, Mexico. | Fight Back!: How was this Workers' Summit of Las Americas started? | William Camacaro: I was in Venezuela last year with comrades and we said, "We have a possibility to organize a conference in Mexico." We used to organize an event in Tijuana in solidarity with Cuba against the blockade. That has not happened for six or seven years. Now is more important than ever because Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela are under U.S. sanctions. So, we need to make…
(2022-06-11). WATCH: Bashar al-Assad: Russia Restored Lost International Balance (English subtitles). marktaliano.net Damascus, SANA— President Bashar al-Assad said that Russia is facing a war that cannot be linked to the issue of NATO expansion, but rather it is an ongoing war that did not stop even before communism or before World War I, affirming that Russia's power today constitutes a restoration of international equilibrium. "So, we can …
(2022-06-12). Tax evasion and avoidance and Democracy at a tipping point. indybay.org The biggest losses from tax evasion and avoidance are caused by multinational corporations, followed by wealthy individuals. Sums in the triple-digit billions of up to one trillion. Euros are evaded annually in the EU. Of the global private wealth of around 160 trillion. US dollars, between 21-32 trillion US dollars are undeclared via tax havens…
(2022-06-11). Australia's Aspen Medical: A case study of healthcare privatisation. wsws.org Aspen's more than $1 billion in pandemic contracts followed decades of promotion of the company by Liberal-National Coalition and Labor Party governments alike.
(2022-06-12). Solidarity against anti-Palestinian smear campaign targeting CUNY movement, Nerdeen Kiswani and Within Our Lifetime. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network stands in solidarity with Palestinian activist and law graduate Nerdeen Kiswani, Within Our Lifetime, and the movement for Palestinian liberation at the City University of New York (CUNY). Kiswani was elected by her graduating class as the student commencement speaker at her law school graduation, where she delivered a powerful …
(2022-06-12). President Maduro Sends Message of Solidarity to the People's Summit in Los Angeles. orinocotribune.com 
"Our voice has been there, as we said, the voice of the rebellious peoples of Our America, of Cuba, of Nicaragua, of Venezuela, there in the streets of Los Angeles," said the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, via a video message sent to the People's Summit for Democracy, held in Los Angeles, California. The People's Summit was a counter-event to the 9th Summit of the Americas, from which Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela had been excluded by the United States government. | President Maduro's message was broadcast during the closing ceremony of the People's Summit, on Friday, June 10. | President Maduro criti…
(2022-06-12). AFL-CIO convention must unconditionally support Puerto Rico's unions. iacenter.org June 9, 2022 This article is by a member of the construction trades and a member of the AFL-CIO. The 2022 convention of the AFL-CIO will be held in Philadelphia June 12-15. Every four years the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations meets in a convention to talk about its achievements and what must be accomplished in the near future. You will hear many speakers from the building trades, teachers unions, service workers, etc., in consonance when it comes to who they support politically, trade deals that affect them, infrastructure projects that they think are warranted and so on. What yo…
(2022-06-12). Ministros de Defensa de China y Australia se reúnen en Singapur. telesurtv.net El encuentro entre los ministros de defensa supone el primer acercamiento de alto nivel entre ambos países tras más de dos años de tensiones.
(2022-06-12). Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Patients, Executive Director Highlighted in American Association for Cancer Research Cancer Disparities Progress Report. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The American Association for Cancer Research today released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022. The publication aims to raise awareness of the enormous toll that cancer exacts on racial and ethnic minorities and other diverse and medically underserved populations in the United States while highlighting areas of recent progress in reducing cancer health disparities. The report also provides specific recommendations for achieving health equity, a fundamental human right for all people regardless…
(2022-06-12). Saturday 6/11: Northern California Communist Bulletin Group Public Meeting. indybay.org The Long Haul Bookshop, 3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley…
(2022-06-12). Mayo Clinic, NAACP to welcome inaugural RISE for Youth cohort on June 6. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and NAACP Rochester Branch will welcome 40 promising high school and college students to RISE for Youth, on Monday, June 6. This program, which is in its inaugural year, is designed to help Black and underrepresented students find pathways to success in education and employment. RISE stands for Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen and Empower, and is an approach developed by Anjali Bhagra, M.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic's Office of Equity,…
(2022-06-12). Casualidad y/o causalidad de un video viral. cubadebate.cu Poco después de concluir la Cumbre, el sistema de laboratotrios de guerra psicológica contra Cuba en las redes digitales, operado desde Estados Unidos, convierte en viral un video que culpa al gobierno cubano de los efectos del bloqueo en la vida de los habitantes de la Isla, acudiendo a algo tan sensible como el testimonio de una madre de tres hijos que, de manera muy emotiva, coloca en primer plano esas carencias sin aludir a la política estadounidense que busca provocarlas. y llama a "salir a la calle".
(2022-06-12). Western colonizers imposed anti-gay laws throughout world — Lavender & Red, Part 112. iacenter.org By Leslie Feinberg June 10, 2022 The following is one installment of Feinberg's "Lavender & Red" series on the intersection of LGBTQ2S+ and socialist history, which appeared Sept. 27, 2007, in Workers World newspaper. The 120-part series was published between 2004 and 2008 and can be downloaded for free at workers.org/books. Sodomy laws, imposed on India in 1861 by British colonizers, were still in force at the time of this 2013 protest. Wherever class-divided societies overturned matrilineal-communal groupings, laws began to punish sexualities, gender expressions and bodies that did not fit the new patriarchal f…
(2022-06-12). Unión Eléctrica no descarta afectaciones al servicio por bajos niveles de reserva. cubadebate.cu Con este pronóstico, se estima para el horario pico una disponibilidad de 2537 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 450 MW, para una reserva de 87 MW, por lo que debido a los bajos niveles de reserva pudieran ocurrir afectaciones al servicio en este horario.
(2022-06-12). War On Public Education, Oakland OEA Teachers Speak Out On School Closures, Privatization. indybay.org Two teachers spoke out about Oakland public school closures, privatization, the Parker Elementary School occupation and the role of the OEA/CTA leadership in their struggle.
(2022-06-11). Eviction Defense Successful Despite Aggressive Contractors. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, Minnesota — On June 1, 2022, authorities unsuccessfully cleared an encampment of tents on an unused strip of land off Interstate 35. Eviction defenders thwarted the sweep by asking for documents, helping residents pack and move, and using their bodies and placing objects in the way of authorities. Despite aggression from the contractors hired for the eviction cleanup, no tents were taken. Yet, all residents have since moved. | Arriving around 9 a.m., State Patrol officers and Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) workers arrived to the encampment next to the northbound 28th St. exit fr…
(2022-06-11). Gabriel Boric Lashes Out at Cuba and Venezuela at Summit of the Americas. orinocotribune.com The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, criticized the governments of the Republic of Cuba and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela during his participation in the 9th Summit of the Americas, held during 6-10 June in Los Angeles, California. | Boric thus distanced himself further from his supposed leftist position with which he identified himself during his electoral campaign and his reputation as a student and youth leader on which most of his political career is based. | The television network Univisión released an interview with Boric, in which he stated that when it comes to Venezuelan migration to Chile, "
(2022-06-11). Mapping Project highlights US imperialism, Zionism and complicit institutions from Boston to Palestine. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the incisive work of The Mapping Project, a newly announced initiative that makes clear the links between repressive institutions in the Boston area. As the Mapping Project notes, it is "a project created by activists and organizers in eastern Massachusetts, investigating local links between entities responsible for the colonization of …
(2022-06-11). Mass opposition to Biden's Summit gains momentum. workers.org 
President Joe Biden's Summit of the Americas is being boycotted by most countries in the Western hemisphere, and it is opposed by two large coalitions protesting Biden's refusal to invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to this year's event. ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America), a coalition of . . . |
(2022-06-11). Labor Activists Launch New Organization to Challenge AFL-CIO Foreign Policy. orinocotribune.com 
By Kim Scipes  ; Jun 3, 2022 | Labor activists from across the country, members of a number of unions, publicly announced the creation of LEPAIO, the Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO International Operations, over the weekend of April 8-9. They held a press conference outside AFL-CIO headquarters on 16th Street in Washington, D.C., on April 8th, and followed with a four-hour educational conference at the University of the District of Columbia the following day. | This is the first project to focus on AFL-CIO operations around the globe since efforts to pass the "Build Unity and Trust Among Workers World-…
(2022-06-11). Museum workers hop on the union train. workers.org 
Seattle About 65 internal security guards in the wealthy Seattle Art Museum (SAM) just became the SAM VSO Union! VSO stands for Visitor Service Officers. The year-long organizing drive was victorious with 34-to-4 votes in the National Labor Relations Board election. The election covered workers at both the downtown Seattle . . . |
(2022-06-11). 'Karl Marx's Writings on Alienation' by: Marcello Musto, reviewed by: Carlos L. Garrido. mronline.org 
Marcello Musto's anthology of 'Karl Marx's Writings on Alienation' is both comprehensive and concise, containing within the span of 100 pages the three decades long development of the theory through more than a dozen published works and posthumously published manuscripts.
(2022-06-11). France's New Ecologic and Social People's Union presents a radical vision in parliamentary election. peoplesdispatch.org 
Zoe Alexandra of Peoples Dispatch speaks to Florence Roger, candidate of the New Ecologic and Social People's Union. The coalition of left and progressive parties has made major strides ahead of French parliamentary elections scheduled for June 12…
(2022-06-11). The Indian economy is heading for a stationary state. mronline.org 
ADAM Smith and David Ricardo had been haunted by the idea of capitalism ending up in a "stationary state", by which they meant a stable state of zero growth.
(2022-06-11). The housing struggle is a national and international struggle: Kenia Alcocer. peoplesdispatch.org Kenia Alcocer talks about important struggles she took up as an activist, the formation of the Los Angeles Tenants Union and how the struggle for housing rights is related to other working class struggles.
(2022-06-11). US workers speak out as May inflation hits 8.6 percent, rips household budgets. wsws.org Workers around the US are reacting to spikes in gasoline and food prices that pushed the inflation rate to 8.6 percent in May, the highest level since 1981.
(2022-06-11). Mélenchon surges in polls in run-up to French legislative elections. wsws.org While Mélenchon is benefiting from mounting left-wing popular sentiment, he is setting a trap for the workers, signaling that he will ally with Macron, the "president of the rich."
(2022-06-11). Striking health care workers in Newark, New Jersey, reject austerity proposal from management. wsws.org Prime's offer makes clear that the company is determined to impose austerity on the workers. But workers at Saint Michael's Medical Center are equally determined to not accept this.
(2022-06-11). Australian Treasury chief: Labor government must slash spending and suppress wages. wsws.org To meet the demands of the financial markets, the Albanese government is counting heavily on the trade unions to keep workers' wage demands way below the cost of living.
(2022-06-11). 3,000 Palomar Health nurses and caregivers in San Diego overwhelmingly authorize strike. wsws.org In spite of the overwhelming vote, the unions have not set a strike date and are seeking to drag out this process as long as possible and obscure the fundamental issues.
(2022-06-11). Journalists Confront Antony Blinken and Luis Almagro at Summit of the Americas, Call Out Hypocrisy. orinocotribune.com June 10, 2022 ( The Tuesday, June 7 event at the Arizona State University California Center in Los Angeles, which was about media and democracy, will be remembered for a Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) activist calling Luis Almagro "
(2022-06-11). The significance of January 6 and the conspiracy to establish a dictatorship in the United States. wsws.org The history of the United States now includes the fact that the country's government came close to being overthrown in a political coup d'état organized by the president, with the aim of abolishing the Constitution and establishing a personalist dictatorship.
(2022-06-11). Resistance only way to counter US pressures: Leader. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) — "Iran and Venezuela's successful experience show that the sole way to win against US pressures is resistance," according to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei in a meeting with President Maduro Sat..
(2022-06-11). Philly Pride 2022: Smash racism, transphobia and police brutality! workers.org 
Philadelphia Center City Philadelphia was awash with rainbow flags, as a sea of people turned out to celebrate the city's 50th Pride march on June 5. This year's event, with new organizers PHL Pride Collective and the Philly Dyke March, will go down as one of the most diverse events . . . |
(2022-06-11). At March for Our Lives, A Call for a Nationwide Strike of Schools. commondreams.org "Avoid attending school if your leaders fail to do the job"
(2022-06-11). Desde este domingo, Cuadrando la Caja, nuevo programa televisivo para debatir sobre economía. cubadebate.cu Cuadrando la Caja, nueva propuesta televisiva para debatir, cuestionar y llegar a consensos desde el socialismo cubano sobre temas económicos, saldrá al aire este domingo a las 7: 00 p.m. por el canal Caribe. øQué son las utilidades? øCómo se planifican? øCuáles son las condiciones que han propiciado la obtención de algunas empresas de súper utilidades? øSon el resultado de una mayor eficiencia por parte de la Empresa Estatal Socialista?
(2022-06-11). [Perspectives] Lola Kola: developing mHealth for mental health in west Africa. thelancet.com Lola Kola's passion is global mental health research that harnesses the potential "of psychological interventions for improving outcomes for patients when delivered by trained lay health-care workers" and "the use of technology to support the delivery of such interventions", she says. Based in Ibadan, Nigeria, Kola is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Ibadan's WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Neurosciences and Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Psychology at th…
(2022-06-11). She's EXPOSING the truth in China, and they're furious/ Redacted Conversation with Vanessa Beeley. marktaliano.net READ MORE: "Admission Against Interest": The West Supports Uighurs To Destabilize/Destroy China. Is China a Communist or a Capitalist Country?  ; Global ResearchGlobal Research  ; Centre for Research on Globalization…
(2022-06-11). Nuestra determinación tiene que ser, ahora y siempre, que saldremos adelante, nunca nos rendiremos. cubadebate.cu No dejemos que gerencien nuestra irritación para manipularnos de acuerdo con una agenda política bien trazada. Después del fracaso de la cumbrecita de Los àÅngeles están desesperados por lograr una explosión social que les justifique la infamia de habernos excluido. Esta es una operación de laboratorio, nada espontánea y detrás de ella, los sospechosos habituales.
(2022-06-11). Time for a Taxpayer Revolt: How Corporatist Politicians Make You Subsidize Big Corporations. commondreams.org New York's Kathy Hochul is just getting started in her enormous giveaways to the super-rich and greedy. She is the plutocrats' Governor.
(2022-06-11). New Zealand hospitals inundated, healthcare system "imploding" wsws.org Hospitals are delaying thousands of operations due to being inundated with COVID cases and other winter illnesses, thanks to the Labour Party-led government's homicidal "let it rip" policy.
(2022-06-11). [Perspectives] Obstetric violence in historical perspective. thelancet.com Although improvements in perinatal care have helped save many lives worldwide, reproductive health inequities remain rife. Racial, geographical, and class-based disparities shape divergent maternal and infant health outcomes, as well as unequal access to vital forms of health care such as abortion. Present-day reproductive injustices are contextualised by many factors, including the under-recognised history of obstetric violence. Obstetric violence refers to harm inflicted during or in relation to pregnancy, childbearing, and…
(2022-06-11). Sanders and Gillibrand Call on Amazon to Recognize Historic Union Victory. commondreams.org "It is time for Amazon to end its blatant disregard of labor law and treat workers with the respect and dignity they deserve."
(2022-06-11). The pandemic, the global crisis of capitalism, the resurgence of class struggles and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)—Part 2. wsws.org As in every corner of the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has sharply intensified the crisis of the Sri Lankan capitalist class and President Gotabhaya Rajapakse's government.
(2022-06-11). Six pandas in Chongqing celebrate birthday together. ecns.cn Chongqing Zoo holds a collective birthday party for six giant pandas on June 10. They are three-year-old "Shuangshuang", "Chongchong", "Xixi" and "Qingqing" and one-year-old "Xingxing" and "Chenchen".
(2022-06-11). Iran warns neighbors against letting Israel in region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) — Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has warned neighboring countries against allowing Israelis into the Persian Gulf, saying such a move would bring nothing but chaos and instability to the region.
(2022-06-11). Sri Lankan president imposes essential public services order, banning power and health workers strikes. wsws.org The EPSA gazette is a warning that the Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe government will unleash all manner of repressive measures against the working class.