(2023-04-06). Greek workers intensify protests against further privatization of water utilities. peoplesdispatch.org On March 21, the Greek parliament passed a bill to revamp the Energy Regulatory Authority as the Waste, Energy, and Water Regulatory Authority, and expand its scope to include water and urban services. Unions and the communist party say that this will pave the way for further privatization…
(2023-04-05). French Communist Party leads workers in march on Macron's palace over retirement scheme. peoplesworld.org 
PARIS—French Communist parliamentarians marched to the Élysée Palace, the residence of President Emmanuel Macron, Monday to hand in a letter demanding he drop his unpopular plan to raise the retirement age by two years to 64. The proposal has sparked a wave of strikes and brought millions of people into the streets since it was …
(2023-04-05). Xi stresses Party theoretic study drive to enhance cohesion and pool strengths. ecns.cn A meeting on the education campaign about the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era was held on Monday in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the meeting and made an important speech.
(2023-04-06). Another fragmented election verdict in Bulgaria may worsen political crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The elections held in Bulgaria on April 2—the fifth in the last two years—have again resulted in a fragmented verdict as no single party or bloc managed to attain a simple majority in the 240-seat parliament, plunging the country into deeper political chaos. The polls saw a voter turnout of 40.63% as the majority of voters abstained from participating. As per the results, the conservative GERB-led coalition, led by former President Boyko Borisov, is in the front with 69 seats (2+) and 26.49% votes, while the liberal coalition of We Continue the Change (PP) and Democratic Bulgaria (DB), led by Kiril Pe…
(2023-04-06). Brandon Johnson, backed by Sanders, CTU and DSA, elected mayor of Chicago. wsws.org The April 4 runoff election defeating Democratic Party favorite Paul Vallas represented another electoral upset, after incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot failed to qualify in the February 28 primary.
(2023-04-05). Britain: Corbyn's ban 'a disgraceful attack on democracy'. greenleft.org.au In a move that has been condemmed as deceitful and undemocratic, the British Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC) voted on March 29 to bar former leader Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate in the 2024 general election, reports Alex Salmon.
(2023-04-06). Greek workers intensify protests against further privatization of water utilities. peoplesdispatch.org On March 21, the Greek parliament passed a bill to revamp the Energy Regulatory Authority as the Waste, Energy, and Water Regulatory Authority, and expand its scope to include water and urban services. Unions and the communist party say that this will pave the way for further privatization…
(2023-04-05). French Communist Party leads workers in march on Macron's palace over retirement scheme. peoplesworld.org PARIS—French Communist parliamentarians marched to the Élysée Palace, the residence of President Emmanuel Macron, Monday to hand in a letter demanding he drop his unpopular plan to raise the retirement age by two years to 64. The proposal has sparked a wave of strikes and brought millions of people into the streets since it was …
(2023-04-05). Xi stresses Party theoretic study drive to enhance cohesion and pool strengths. ecns.cn A meeting on the education campaign about the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era was held on Monday in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the meeting and made an important speech.
(2023-04-06). Another fragmented election verdict in Bulgaria may worsen political crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The elections held in Bulgaria on April 2—the fifth in the last two years—have again resulted in a fragmented verdict as no single party or bloc managed to attain a simple majority in the 240-seat parliament, plunging the country into deeper political chaos. The polls saw a voter turnout of 40.63% as the majority of voters abstained from participating. As per the results, the conservative GERB-led coalition, led by former President Boyko Borisov, is in the front with 69 seats (2+) and 26.49% votes, while the liberal coalition of We Continue the Change (PP) and Democratic Bulgaria (DB), led by Kiril Pe…
(2023-04-06). Brandon Johnson, backed by Sanders, CTU and DSA, elected mayor of Chicago. wsws.org The April 4 runoff election defeating Democratic Party favorite Paul Vallas represented another electoral upset, after incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot failed to qualify in the February 28 primary.
(2023-04-05). Britain: Corbyn's ban 'a disgraceful attack on democracy'. greenleft.org.au In a move that has been condemmed as deceitful and undemocratic, the British Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC) voted on March 29 to bar former leader Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate in the 2024 general election, reports Alex Salmon.
(2023-04-05). 19 years after the coup d'état: Statement from Fanmi Lavalas Political Organization. iacenter.org March 24, 2023 This Feb. 28 statement from Fanmi Lavalas, a people's party of Haiti, commemorates the February 29, 2004, coup d'état that overthrew Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Fanmi Lavalas honors those who fell during the coup and outlines its call for a Haitian solution to the crisis that has now engulfed the country. Unofficial translation by the Haiti Action Committee. San Francisco, July 28, 2021. Credit: Haiti Action Committee On the eve of the commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the bloody coup d'état of 2004, the harmful consequences of which we are living…
(2023-04-05). Pro-war Social Democrat-led government paves way for right-wing victory in Finnish elections. wsws.org Two days after the victory of the conservative National Coalition Party in Sunday's election set the stage for a sharp shift to the right in domestic politics, Finland formally joined NATO Tuesday in a vast escalation of the US-NATO war on Russia.
(2023-04-06). How The Global South Has Risen In The Face Of US Sabotage. popularresistance.org Ajamu Baraka is a former U.S. Green Party vice-presidential candidate, a longstanding political activist, and a spokesperson for the Black Alliance for Peace. He joins Lee Camp this week for an interview with "Behind the Headlines." China's rise, U.S. meddling worldwide, international resistance to Western domination, and much more are covered in the hour. | "It would be unbelievable just a few years ago to see that the Chinese are able to broker an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, that countries in Latin America would actually openly criticize U.S. policies," Baraka said, discussing signs that global pow…
(2023-04-06). The Dobbs Effect? In Seismic Shift for Wisconsin and the Nation, Progressives attain Majority on State Supreme Court. juancole.com 
By: Henry Redman — ( Wisconsin Examiner) — As Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz took the stage at her election victory party Tuesday night, the three current members of the liberal minority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court watched from off stage, arm-in-arm, as they took in the moment they became a majority. Protasiewicz, a …
(2023-04-05). April 9 meeting to honor Mary Pinotti-Kaessinger. workers.org 
A virtual meeting will be held to honor Mary Pinotti-Kaessinger, Revolutionary, Disability Justice and Rights Fighter, Labor Organizer — Rest in power! The Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party (DJRC) is hosting its monthly 2nd Sunday Dialogue, April 9 at 7: 00 p.m. EDT, to honor Mary and . . . |
(2023-04-05). The Party of "Family Values" Sees No Irony in Axing Child Labor Protections. truthout.org The New York Times's recent exposé on child labor in the United States wasn't about what might be called "child labor lite": examples, say, of kids working in candy stores, logging long hours as babysitters, or getting up early to do paper-delivery rounds. Instead, it was about truly Dickensian conditions: children, many of whom were unaccompanied migrants, getting mangled while working overnight… |
(2023-04-05). 15 million in the US to be kicked off of public health benefits. peoplesdispatch.org As US-based news is inundated with coverage surrounding the spectacle of former president Donald Trump's arraignment, 15 million people are being quietly phased out of receiving Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) benefits, beginning April 1 and going through May and July. | As the Joe Biden administration will end the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration on May 11, starting this past weekend states have already begun to kick people off of Medicaid and CHIP. These states are all Republican Party-controlled: Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire, and South Dakota. | Medicaid and CHIP…
(2023-04-05). Lucas Gage Interview — How The Two Party Illusion Maintains Division And Cultivates Hate. thelastamericanvagabond.com Joining me today is Lucas Gage, here to discuss the two party illusion (among many other things) and how this false paradigm not only maintains division among the people of the United States, but cultivates a hatred for one another based on our perceived differences. All of this is designed, as we see it, to
(2023-04-06). Transphobia — a product of capitalism. workers.org 
Portland, Oregon Note: The following talk was given during the Trans Day of Resistance, March 31 in Portland, Oregon. Johnson is a member of the Portland branch of Workers World Party. Maddi Johnson speaking at Trans Day of Resistance in Portland, March 31. Where does transphobia come from? Are we . . . |