2021-05-28: News Headlines

Jenny Farrell (2021-05-28). The Paris Commune: 'In future we will turn the guns on you'. peoplesworld.org As we mark the 150th anniversary of the French proletariat's heroic first bid to set up La Commune in Paris, let us examine German playwright Bertolt Brecht's interpretation of this great event in his play The Days of the Commune. The Commune broke out spontaneously on March 18, 1871. War with Germany, hardship, unemployment, and …

WSWS (2021-05-28). UK billionaire wealth explodes amid devastation of the working class. wsws.org The richest 250 people on the Rich List increased their wealth by 16.3 percent, up to £658.1 billion. The 171 billionaires increased their combined wealth by £106.5 billion (21.7 percent) to £597.3 billion.

Jeffrey Sachs (2021-05-28). How a Third Reconstruction Could End American Poverty. zcomm.org The Third Reconstruction should aim to end — once and for all — the oligarchy of rich Whites by creating an America in which all are equal at the voting booth, the school, the clinic and the workplace…

Liza Featherstone (2021-05-28). Andrew Yang Doesn't Know What He's Talking About. thenation.com Andrew Yang Doesn't Know What He's Talking About…

Tanya Wallace-Gobern (2021-05-27). America Cannot Afford Another Lost Decade for Black Workers. counterpunch.org Black workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic. We are more likely to lose income because of Covid-related layoffs and shutdowns, and by last August—five months into the pandemic—Black unemployment was nearly double that of white unemployment. But the impact is not just economic. We are three times more likely to be exposed to

Joel Wendland-Liu (2021-05-27). What has the working class gotten from the Biden administration so far? peoplesworld.org Reports say Biden has dropped his limited proposals to cancel student loan debt. The most recent draft of the administration's budget eliminates key promises, including a public option for health insurance, important programs to address climate change, and a proposed wealth tax. The White House claimed that it took these steps to strengthen its position …

John Wojcik (2021-05-27). GOP offers inadequate infrastructure plan that lets the rich off free. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Republican senators outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal Thursday that drastically slashes what President Joe Biden has proposed and sets things up so that the wealthy, unlike the rest of the country, will pay nothing toward fixing the nation's crumbling infrastructure. In fact, in what is perhaps the most unacceptable part of their "counter-offer" to …

Rosemarie Ho (2021-05-27). The History of Publishing Is a History of Racial Inequality. thenation.com The History of Publishing Is a History of Racial Inequality…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-27). Protests over struggling economy and unemployment in Oman enter fourth day. peoplesdispatch.org The police crackdown on protesters using British-manufactured tear gas has led a UK-based campaign group to demand the review of sale of arms and riot/crowd control equipment to the Gulf state by the British government…

Kit Klarenberg (2021-05-27). Secret Documents Expose British Cloak and Dagger Activities in Lebanon. covertactionmagazine.com Classified UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) documents released by hacktivist collective Anonymous raise serious questions about London's cloak-and-dagger activities in Lebanon, and whether they may have led to the ouster of the country's government. Due to Lebanon's position at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and Arabia, and borders with Israel and Syria, …

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