(2023-06-14). A record 110 million across the globe are forcibly displaced, says UNHCR report. peoplesdispatch.org The report claims that today, one in every 74 people is displaced due to reasons ranging from war and conflict to climate change. Contrary to the rhetoric of refugees flooding Europe, the majority of them (over 76%) is being hosted by middle or low income countries…
(2023-06-14). Stop the ILWU's threats of blacklisting against workers for talking with reporters! wsws.org A local president in the San Diego area has doubled down on threats against workers' jobs the day after an initial outburst was caught on video.
(2023-06-13). Cuba Does Not Host a Chinese Espionage Center, FM Stresses. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Cuba described the claims of the U.S. government regarding the presence of a Chinese espionage center on the island as a new disinformation operation. | RELATED: | "The statements made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the presence of a Chinese spy base in Cuba are false… Our position on this matter is clear and categorical… Blinken's statements 'lack evidence'," Foreign Affairs M…
(2023-06-13). Take Action To Stop The Growing Assault On Transgender Rights. popularresistance.org In the first five months of 2023, over 500 pieces of legislation were introduced in the US to restrict the rights of transgender people. This is part of a growing assault, fueled by the corporate media, on transgender existence. Clearing the FOG speaks with journalist and activist Morgan Artyukhina about the history of transgender struggles, the impacts of the current hostile environment on people, how transgender rights are being used to divide and weaken the ruling class and what people can do to show solidarity and stop the assault. Morgan also discusses the importance of education in creating an inclusive soc…
(2023-06-13). S&P: Corporate Bankruptcies Spike To Highest Since 2010, 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Vice Media, Party City and Bed Bath & Beyond are just three of the 230+ corporate bankruptcies filed so far in 2023 that are attributed to rising inflation, supply chain disruptions and interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve as lenders pull back on loans after the banking crisis. Hit hardest by bankruptcy: consumer discretionary …
(2023-06-13). Silvio Berlusconi, herald of Italy's far-right. peoplesdispatch.org Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister and billionaire right-wing politician, died in Milan on June 12, at the age of 86. | In a decades-long career marred by financial and other scandals and prosecutions, the leader of the Forza Italia party would assume the role of prime minister four times between 1994 and until he was forced to step down in 2011. | Considered to be Italy's first true populist, his influence in shaping the national discourse extended beyond the time he spent in office, both through the role he had played in the privatization of television in the 1980s, and subsequently in the mainstr…
(2023-06-13). Airborne Drones War. Episode X. southfront.org 
The war in Ukraine is the biggest armed conflict in the world since the Korean War in 1950-1953. It can be argued with 90% probability that this is either the eve or the beginning of World War 3, regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine itself. | In Eastern Europe today, we are witnessing the formation of the shape of 21st century wars. The military doctrines of the second half of the 20th century are completely irrelevant, but will continue to be used by the warring parties by inertia. At the same time, e…
(2023-06-13). Fact Check of US Lies Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net The recent claim spreading in Washington that China built an "eavesdropping" facility in Cuba has been rejected by Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, who called the allegation "fabricated," "totally false and unfounded." | RELATED: | Since the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s, the U.S. administration has consistently spread lies about the island with the purpose of discrediting the socialist…
(2023-06-14). Since the Pandemic, Food Prices Have Risen 23.5 Percent, People the NYT Interviews Have Seen Much Sharper Increases. cepr.net 
It is always good to hear from some real people who can put some meat on the bones of dry economic data. For this reason, it's great that the New York Times sought to interview some shoppers about how they are seeing food prices, now that food price inflation has slowed sharply. Unfortunately, the people …