1. Facing fascists: President Emmanuel Macron suffers humiliating setback in French snap election

2. "Israel’s 'war' in Gaza was, in fact, conceived by its architects in Washington as a war of annihilation"

3. Fraudulent claims that US President Joe Biden is lucid and sharp “behind closed doors” leads to political operatives scrambling for his replacement

4. Reactionary US Supreme Court overturns 40-year precedent to weaken federal regulation of corporations and banks

5. Are 650,000 unhoused people in the United States criminals? The Supreme Court decides City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson

6. Utica, New York police kill a 13-year-old while investigating a spate of robberies

7. Netflix feature looks at the plight of India's migrant workers during their COVID-19 lockdown in 2020

8. Run-off to be held Friday to break contenders' tie in the Iranian presidential election

9. Kenyan president unveils savage austerity measures amid mass protests and martial law

10. After devastating defeats in the European elections, European governments step up war plans for Ukraine at a "crisis summit"

11. Sri Lankan Socialist Equality Party member interviewed on a Tamil Nadu podcast: video at YouTube

12. Politician announces a platform to revive debate about the need for Australia to build its own nuclear weapons

13. Australian media mutes response to a real right-wing terror plot amid posturing about the "threat" posed by anti-genocide protesters

14. Australia’s Labor government to establish a police force to be deployed to Pacific Region hot spots

15. US trade groups, including the US Chamber of Commerce, send an open letter urging the Biden administration to prevent an anticipated dockworker strike

16. California grocery workers must reject their unions insulting sellout contract

17. Grand jury indicts two Uvalde, Texas police officers for their failed response to the 2022 mass shooting at an elementary school

18. International Monetary Fund warns that the growing US public debt will lead to major problems in the global financial system 

19.  Vote for Joseph Kishore and Jerry White in 2024!