Monthly Archives: June 2022

2022-06-11: News Headlines

A Guest Author (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. . . . |

WSWS (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.

Staff (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?

MoveOn (2022-06-11). Call to Action: Sign Petition to Ban Assault, Military-Grade Weapons. indybay.org Sign the petition online: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ban-assault-weapons-now-5 | Find a March for Our Lives protest near you: marchforourlives.com/march22/

Dean Baker (2022-06-11). Socialism Ain't What It Used to Be: Ezra Klein Interview with Bhaskar Sunkara. cepr.net Liberal/left parties around the world in recent decades, have not only often supported policies that weakened unions, but they have also supported policies that directly redistribute money from the traditional working class to people with more education, you know, the ones carrying the flame of socialism.

____ (2022-06-11). 'Slashie' helps farmers with tractors, drones. ecns.cn Zou Xinv, head of Chunfeng Planting Cooperative in Binjiang Town, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province goes to fertilize the field with a sprayer on June 9.

MoveOn (2022-06-11). Saturday 6/11: Call to Action: Sign Petition to Ban Assault, Military-grade Weapons. indybay.org Sign the petition online: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ban-assault-weapons-now-5 | Find a March for Our Lives protest near you: marchforourlives.com/march22/https:…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-06-11). China air force fighter jet crashes during training. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) — A Chinese air force fighter jet crashed in central China during a training exercise on Thursday, killing one person and injuring two while the pilot successfully ejected.

Staff (2022-06-11). Five people killed in helicopter crash near Tuscany in Italy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) — Five people were killed after a helicopter crash in Italy, a regional governor said on Saturday, and two passengers were still missing two days after the aircraft vanished from radar screens.

Staff (2022-06-10). Headlines for June 10, 2022. democracynow.org House Jan. 6 Committee Says Trump Was at Center of Attempted Coup, Michigan GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ryan Kelley Arrested over Jan. 6 Riot, Maryland Gunman Who Killed 3 Arrested After Shootout with Police, Ukraine Asks Allies for Rapid Delivery of Heavy Weapons as Fight Rages in East, Blood Found in Boat Tied to Disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in Brazil, U.S. Secretary of State Dismisses Evidence Israel Killed Shireen Abu Akleh, U.S. Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Meets Chinese Counterpart , Iran Has Begun Removing Nuclear Site Surveillance Cameras, Warns U.N., Michigan Police Officer Charged with…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-06-10). Canada's arms exports to Israel skyrocket. electronicintifada.net Weapons approved by Ottawa could have been used to attack Gaza.

Thomas Klikauer (2022-06-10). Democratic ecosocialism or climate catastrophe? greenleft.org.au Thomas Klikauer and Meg Young review Hans A Baer's latest book, Climate Change and Capitalism in Australia — An Eco-Socialist Vision for the Future, which invites readers to imagine a world beyond capitalism.

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2022-06-10: News Headlines

Arjae Red (2022-06-10). Buffalo, New York: No more rainbow capitalism! workers.org Buffalo, New York Credit: Ellie Dorritie At the Buffalo corporate-sponsored Pride Parade June 5, members and friends of Workers World Party hit the streets to distribute literature on the radical history of Pride and the struggle of the LGBTQ+ community against police violence — especially against Black and Brown trans . . . |

WSWS (2022-06-10). The pandemic, the global crisis of capitalism, the resurgence of class struggles and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)—Part 1. wsws.org

Thomas Klikauer (2022-06-10). Democratic eco-socialism or climate catastrophe? greenleft.org.au Thomas Klikauer and Meg Young review Hans A Baer's latest book, Climate Change and Capitalism in Australia — An Eco-Socialist Vision for the Future, which invites readers to imagine a future beyond capitalism.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-09). Gen. Milley Details Plans to Train Ukraine on Rocket Systems. news.antiwar.com Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on Wednesday detailed US plans to train Ukrainian forces on the rocket systems the Biden administration has pledged to give Kyiv. As part of a $700 million weapons package that was announced last week, the US will send Ukraine High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, known …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-09). Congress Ramps Up Efforts to Increase $813 Billion Military Budget for 2023. news.antiwar.com Efforts to add more to President Biden's requested 2023 military budget are ramping up as hawks in Congress and US weapons makers are calling for more spending, Biden asked for an $813 billion military budget, which represents about a 4% increase from the $782 billion that was approved for 2022. But with inflation over 8%, Congress wants more, and the Biden administration appears poised to agree. | "I just think we have everything on our side on this thing," said Sen. J…

_____ (2022-06-09). How Inland America Is Adapting To High Water. popularresistance.org When scientists say climate change will bring flooding, most people think of big coastal cities: New Orleans, New York, Newport News. They picture TV coverage of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, crashing waves and blown-away beaches. | But across the U.S., flooding is arguably the most universal climate menace, threatening more than low-lying coastal cities and sandy beaches. The danger comes from saturated Great Plains, overwhelmed Appalachian creeks, and washed-out wildfire-ravaged hillsides, and it defies all forms of struggling infrastructure. Nearly 15 million properties across the country are at substantial ri…

Amarynth (2022-06-09). Will the Global South break free from dollarized debt? thesaker.is In his latest book, economist Michael Hudson pits socialism against finance capitalism and tears apart the 'dream civilization' imposed by the 1 percent. By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author's…

Workers World Party (2022-06-09). PDF of June 9 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. Profit-hungry company lures youth to guns editorial: LGBTQ+ for socialism: 'We want to live!' PRIDE: Class roots of anti‚Äëtrans laws Events challenge police, corporate control, transphobia Labor fights back: Lockout by war profiteers Seattle museum union Boston baristas strike Tear down the walls: Palestine Freedom Tunnel Stop . . . |

Ann Brown (2022-06-09). 'Five People Presumed Dead After Military Aircraft Carrying Nuclear Material' Crashes in California. moguldom.com A military aircraft crashed in California on June 8. The five people believed to be on board are presumed dead. The crash happened in the Imperial County area of California, near Route 78. The plane belonged to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. It crashed at 12.25 pm local time. The plane went down near Glamis, …

____ (2022-06-09). 1 killed in car ramming in Berlin. ecns.cn A car crashed into a crowd in Berlin's Charlottenburg locality on Wednesday morning, killing one person and leaving at least a dozen injured, local police said.

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