(2021-10-12). No Substantive Economic Recovery In Sight. dissidentvoice.org 
One of the fundamental economic laws under capitalism is for wealth to become more concentrated in fewer hands over time, which in turn leads to more political power in fewer hands, which means that the majority have even less political and economic power over time. Monopoly in economics means monopoly in politics. It is the …
(2021-10-12). Harvard University student workers overwhelmingly authorize strike. wsws.org About 92 percent of student workers voted in favor of a strike at Harvard, the oldest and wealthiest university in the US.
(2021-10-12). Omar Demands Release of Memo Detailing Biden's Authority to Cancel Student Debt. zcomm.org "With a single signature," the lawmaker and her colleagues wrote, "you can improve the economy, create new jobs, transform the lives of 45 million Americans, narrow the racial wealth gap, and maintain the trust of voters."
(2021-10-12). 24,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California authorize strike action by 96 percent. wsws.org The vote is a major development in the growing push by US workers for nationwide strike action against unbearable working hours, the erosion of wages and the continued spread of COVID-19 in workplaces.
(2021-10-12). Australia's largest state holds "freedom day" amid Delta outbreak. wsws.org The reckless reopening has been hailed by the corporate elite as a major step forward in compelling working people to "live with" the virus.
(2021-10-12). Anti-democratic election laws in Australia were passed to "make sure that the working class can't voice its opposition" wsws.org One electoral member of the SEP noted that in the pandemic, "The working class is being told that the people around them, family, friends, caregivers, are going to die and to just accept their deaths."
(2021-10-12). The 90 percent "no" vote at Deere and the Ôªøgrowing rebellion against the corporatist unions. wsws.org The margin of the contract rejections at Deere, Volvo, Dana and other companies expresses the real relationship between the so-called "unions" and the working class.
(2021-10-12). Florida Governor DeSantis awards medal to Che Guevara's CIA assassin. wsws.org The move is aimed at whipping up anti-communist hysteria amid a growing radicalization of the working class.
(2021-10-11). Pandora Papers: Who Is Targeted? strategic-culture.org 
No doubt the whole affair was done by "independent investigators" working hand in hand with the U.S. government. Note that Pandora Papers don't mention a single U.S. politician. Is this because there is no corruption in the United States? | (Click on the image to enlarge)…
(2021-10-11). 'We came within a baby's breath of a fascist coup in the US'. zcomm.org Poverty and hunger kill more people than anything else on the planet and they are human-made problems. Those are the things that we need to be digging into, rather than being sidetracked by this carnival barker bullshit…
(2021-10-11). Women Hold Up Half the Sky: How China Eradicated Extreme Poverty. libya360.wordpress.com Tings Chak Tongren, Guizhou, China, 2021. Photo: Tricontinental. Artist and researcher Tings Chak writes for Capire on grassroots organizing and policies to fight poverty in China. Grandmother He was born three years after the Chinese Revolution, into a poor village in the southwestern province of Guizhou. At the time, China was the world's 11th poorest…
(2021-10-11). La tecnología nos sacará de la pobreza… globalizacion.ca I | "El día en que cada indio [sic] tenga un celular, Guatemala habrá entrado en el desarrollo", dijo alguna vez el intelectual y empresario Manuel Ayau, fundador de la muy neoliberal Universidad Francisco Marroquín, centro de estudios superiores de alta…
(2021-10-11). Billions In Offshore Bank Accounts. Saving For A Very Rainy Day. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Eric Margolis, originally published on The really wealthy, vexed by tax collectors, pesky relatives, ex-wives and just plain thieves, long ago learned the wisdom of hiding their money and property. This is twice true for politicians. | An investigation by an international consortium of journalists just examined a massive leak of 11.9 million records of offshore financial firms that have been evading taxes and financial disclosure for their many clients. The r…
(2021-10-11). Capitalist dilemmas and The Greed for More. indybay.org The overexploitation of nature did not remain without resistance. However, these were ignored by both the left and the right due to the hopelessness of the capitalist form of wealth. The "requirements of shipping and agriculture" destroy original functions of the floodplain landscapes. "And if solutions within the system are so impossible to find, maybe we should change the system itself," said Greta Thurnberg…
(2021-10-11). UN Highlights Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health. telesurenglish.net The Covid-19 pandemic is taking a terrible toll on mental health and without determined action now, this impact may last for a long time, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed today. | RELATED: | On this World Mental Health Day, he urged everyone to commit to working together with urgency and purpose to ensure quality mental health care for all people around the globe. "We are now in the midst of a growing mental health…
(2021-10-11). COVID-19 "spreads like wildfire" through Dana plants as UAW and USW conspire with auto parts maker against workers. wsws.org The struggle of Dana workers takes place amid a backdrop of a growing strike wave involving nurses, teachers, service workers, miners and other sections of the working class in the US and internationally. There is also a growing mood for a strike at Dana, which requires the development of rank-and-file strike committees.
(2021-10-11). Anti-government strike by far-right in Bolivia diminished by counter-mobilizations by working class. peoplesdispatch.org In response to the anti-government strike called for by the far-right sectors in Bolivia, hundreds of citizens took to the streets in different parts of the country to express their support for the socialist national government. Meanwhile, local media reported that the business activities are running normally across the country…
(2021-10-11). Opel-Stellantis: Short-time working heralds closure of auto plant in eastern Germany. wsws.org The workforce in Eisenach fears that the current production stoppage heralds the complete closure of the plant.
(2021-10-11). Report: Police and DEA Teamed Up For 'Covert Surveillance' Of George Floyd Protests In 50 Cities. moguldom.com The protests that materialized nationwide following the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd were not only attended by people demonstrating against police brutality and racial inequality and also by undercover Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents. Following the murder of Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020, thousands of people took …