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Still debating the lab leak theory of the origins
Jeffrey Sachs Presents Evidence of Possible Lab Origin of Covid-19
Against their previous customary practice, the IMF is calling for governments to intervene and subsidize the economy to tackle the cost of living rising prices.
But what concessions will he make?
I believe Ukraine has given up hope of ever getting Crimea back but will it recognise the two breakaway republics or compromise on the gains made by Russia in the Donbas.
Easy to say you are willing to talk for appearance’s sake. Real negotiations are about give and take.
What is he going to give and what is Russia going to take?
Omar Leads Call for Probe of Baby Formula Industry Amid National Shortage
Ilhan Omar and 25 other House Democrats on Friday called for a federal probe of the nation’s concentrated baby formula industry
“We are writing to urge the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to work with relevant federal agencies to investigate the U.S. baby formula industry and study any unfair or unsustainable practices, like deceptive marketing, price gouging, and stock buybacks, that may be weakening our nutritional formula supply and ultimately harming our constituents,”
An analysis on why Bongbong won the election
“…the Millennial and Gen Z generations were not inspired by a vision of the future but by a fabricated image of the past…The times called for Gramsci, but much of the left here stuck with Lenin. This vanguardism in mass organizing was coupled, paradoxically, with an electoral strategy that de-emphasized class rhetoric, threw overboard practically all references to socialism, and satisfied itself with being a mini partner in elections with contending factions of the capitalist elite… ”
The media’s misleading language.
Just read this article where it calls the Republican nominated for governor “most radical”.
Why not say the “most reactionary”
Another plague arising?
The Weekly Worker take
https://www.weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1396/making-anti-zionism-a-crime/
“…leftwing anti-racist language is now being routinely deployed against the anti-Zionist/anti-imperialist left itself – against which it often has no defence. Only by upholding the principle of unrestricted free speech can we fight back effectively – something which too much of the left has abandoned, forgotten or even positively fears.”
39 nations and financial institutions that signed the statement promised to end “direct public support” for the fossil fuel sector by the end of 2022 have only six months left to meet a collective commitment made at last year’s United Nations Climate Conference to end public financing of fossil fuels.
Our late member Cde. Peter Newell wrote a short article on the Ukrainian ‘Socialist’ Party
https://marxthecoldwarandthespooks.blogspot.com/2012/03/ukrainian-socialist-party.html
The Israeli military is not planning to investigate the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, according to Israeli media
Israel’s Military Police Criminal Investigation Division believes an investigation that treats Israeli soldiers as suspects will lead to opposition within Israeli society, the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reported
Elon Musk switches to the Republicans
“The issue here is that the Democrat Party is overly controlled by the unions and by the trial lawyers – particularly the class action lawyers,” he explained. “And generally if you see something that is not in the interest of the people on the Democrat side, it’s going to come because of unions – which is just another form of monopoly – and the trial lawyers.”
He did add that the Republican’s problems came from problems come from “corporate evil and religious zealotry.”
So it is clear he nevertheless considers labor unions a greater threat to his interests
The cost of war
According to Russian Ministry of Finance data released Tuesday, Russia has spent nearly 1 billion rubles — or a burn rate of approximately $15.5 million per hour — on the Ukraine war.
Cumulatively, in January-April, the budget spent 1.681 trillion rubles on military items – three times more than on education (517 billion rubles) and health care (615 billion rubles) and 10 times more than on environmental protection (167 billion rubles).
