Daily Archives: 2023-04-13

2023-04-13: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-04-13). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Wednesday inspected the city of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

ecns.cn (2023-04-13). Chinese modernization has clear goals, plans, strategies: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Wednesday that Chinese modernization is based on the country's realities and conditions, and has clear goals, plans and strategies.

Shimbun Akahata (2023-04-13). LGBTQ gains: Japanese Communist Party introduces marriage equality bill in parliament. peoplesworld.org TOKYO—The Japanese Communist Party on March 29 submitted to the House of Councillors a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. JCP Dietmembers Nihi Sohei, Kurabayashi Akiko, and Ito Gaku handed the proposed bill to the House secretary general. The bill, if enacted, will codify both heterosexual and same-sex marriages and will accordingly change …

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Distinctive rural industries have broad prospects: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said distinctive rural industries have broad prospects.

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Maoming. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday inspected the city of Maoming, south China's Guangdong Province.

Fight Back (2023-04-13). Protest at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. fightbacknews.org Interview with Frank Chapman, executive director of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression | Fight Back!: The Democratic Party has announced that their convention will be held in Chicago, August 19 through 22, 2024. The National Alliance was part of the March on the Democratic National Convention Coalition in Milwaukee in 2020. Will you march again at the Chicago convention? | Frank Chapman: I think it is absolutely necessary for us to march again, given what has happened from 2020 until now. The crisis in democracy at this point is deeper and broader, involving everything from the continued s…

ecns.cn (2023-04-13). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Wednesday inspected the city of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

ecns.cn (2023-04-13). Chinese modernization has clear goals, plans, strategies: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Wednesday that Chinese modernization is based on the country's realities and conditions, and has clear goals, plans and strategies.

Shimbun Akahata (2023-04-13). LGBTQ gains: Japanese Communist Party introduces marriage equality bill in parliament. peoplesworld.org TOKYO—The Japanese Communist Party on March 29 submitted to the House of Councillors a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. JCP Dietmembers Nihi Sohei, Kurabayashi Akiko, and Ito Gaku handed the proposed bill to the House secretary general. The bill, if enacted, will codify both heterosexual and same-sex marriages and will accordingly change …

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Distinctive rural industries have broad prospects: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said distinctive rural industries have broad prospects.

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Xi inspects southern Chinese city of Maoming. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday inspected the city of Maoming, south China's Guangdong Province.

Fight Back (2023-04-13). Protest at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. fightbacknews.org Interview with Frank Chapman, executive director of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression | Fight Back!: The Democratic Party has announced that their convention will be held in Chicago, August 19 through 22, 2024. The National Alliance was part of the March on the Democratic National Convention Coalition in Milwaukee in 2020. Will you march again at the Chicago convention? | Frank Chapman: I think it is absolutely necessary for us to march again, given what has happened from 2020 until now. The crisis in democracy at this point is deeper and broader, involving everything from the continued s…

WSWS (2023-04-12). Biden navigates Brexit, Northern Ireland crisis in visit to Belfast. wsws.org Biden's task in his speech at Ulster University was to avoid inflaming the crisis, while lightly pressuring the Democratic Unionist Party into ending its boycott and scolding the UK government for failing to resolve the situation.

ecns.cn (2023-04-12). Provocations of DPP authority seeking 'independence' biggest threat to Taiwan Strait peace: mainland spokesperson. ecns.cn The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority's provocative actions to seek "independence" in collusion with external forces have posed the biggest threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

Robert Reich (2023-04-12). Is the GOP becoming the American fascist party? nationofchange.org What occurred in Nashville last week is a frightening reminder of the fragility of American democracy when Republicans obtain supermajorities and no longer need to work with Democratic lawmakers.

WSWS (2023-04-13). Australia: Right-wing figures vent racialist opposition to indigenous Voice plan. wsws.org The line-up at the Tamworth meeting brought together elements from the Labor Party to the Nationals and Senator Pauline Hanson's One Nation, which has a long record of inflammatory slurs against indigenous people.

WSWS (2023-04-13). Why is Britain's Socialist Workers Party downplaying the no-confidence petition against the RCN nurses' union leadership? wsws.org SWP members on Unison's national executive are playing a central role in blocking a rank-and-file insurgency against the health unions' pay deal with the Tory government.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-12). Moroccan journalist Hanane Bakour on trial over social media post. peoplesdispatch.org Moroccan journalist Hanane Bakour was back in court in Sale for the eighth time on Monday April 10 over a social media post she made on Facebook in 2021 criticizing the ruling party. The case against her has provoked widespread condemnation, with major international organizations such as Amnesty International calling it "absurd". | In a statement published April 10, Amnesty wrote, "It is shocking, heavy-handed and absurd that a journalist faces criminal charges over a Facebook post that was critical of Morocco's main political party. Hanane Bakour has a right to her opinions, even if politicians object to them."

WSWS (2023-04-13). Sri Lankan police attack rally to mark start of last year's popular uprising. wsws.org Notwithstanding the Socialist Equality Party's principled opposition to the pro-capitalist policies of protest organisers, we strongly condemn the violent government-ordered assault.

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