(2021-10-20). Public health or private wealth? How digital vaccine passports pave way for unprecedented surveillance capitalism. thegrayzone.com The titans of global capitalism are exploiting the Covid-19 crisis to institute social credit-style digital ID systems across the West. The death by starvation of Etwariya Devi, a 67-year-old widow from the rural Indian state of Jharkhand, might have passed without notice had it not been part of a more widespread trend. Like 1.3 billion of her fellow Indians, Devi had been pushed to enroll in a biometric digital ID system called Aadhaar in order to access public services, including …
(2021-10-19). ILUW10, The Shipping Backlog & The Working Class with ILWU Local 10 Pres Trent Willis. indybay.org ILUW Local 10 president Trent Willis reports on the backup of cargo and the refusal of ocean carriers to move cargo through the Port of Oakland where there is no backlog. He also discusses the attacks on working people.
(2021-10-19). Forlorn Farmers, Fatal Fears. counterpunch.org The sinking local economy — weighed down by the years of drought, inflation and climate change — has exacerbated the farmers' problems. Their struggle for survival has become more difficult since the pandemic started, pushing many farmers to the brink of poverty
(2021-10-19). Emory Professor Dorothy Brown Explains Why The Tax Policy of The US Government Is Anti-Black. moguldom.com Dorothy Brown, a renowned scholar and law professor at Emory University, explains why U.S. tax policy in anti-Black in her new book, "The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans — and How We Can Fix It." Specializing her research in the area of race, class and tax policy, Brown got candid …
(2021-10-19). Taxi Drivers Plan Hunger Strike For Debt Relief. popularresistance.org Details of how the hunger strike will work are still being finalized, but Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the driver group New York Taxi Workers Alliance, said that dozens are signed up to join so far. "We cannot wait for the next administration," Desai said. "Leaving drivers at $300,000 (or) $500,000 in debt is not a resolution. It's a set-up for failure."
(2021-10-19). 'Just cancel the debt,' advocates say as Biden admin develops strategy for restarting student loan payments. nationofchange.org Student debt cancellation "is good economic policy that will change the lives of millions of families," said Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
(2021-10-19). Postal Banking Is Finally A Reality In (Some Of) The United States. popularresistance.org The crisis[Covid-19 pandemic] has wreaked economic havoc on working Americans. But U.S. billionaires have gotten 62 percent richer during the pandemic, while over 86 million Americans lost jobs, some 3 million households now report concerns of imminent eviction, and essential workers‚Äâ—‚Äâparticularly Latino, Indigenous and Black workers‚Äâ—‚Äâcontinue to die from Covid-19 at disproportionate rates.
(2021-10-19). Journalist Targeted For Reporting On Police Working For A Pipeline Company. popularresistance.org "For the first time in nearly three years, I woke up a few months ago without felony charges hanging over my head. I'm an investigative journalist and I'd been arrested twice in 2018, both times for allegedly trespassing on what's known as "critical infrastructure," a felony under a then-new Louisiana law that — at the urging of the oil and gas industry — redefined pipelines and their construction sites as critical infrastructure."
(2021-10-19). The Obama Presidential Center Will Displace Black People. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley — Oct 13, 2021 | The Obama Presidential Center will inevitably displace a working class Black community in Chicago. The center is in keeping with Obama's history of doing the bidding of the powerful, including accelerating gentrification. | The soon to be constructed Barack Obama Presidential Center poses a great danger to the surrounding Black neighborhoods on the South Shore of Chicago. In fact, thanks to this $500 million, 19-acre homage to the 44th president, there may not be any Black people living there much longer. | Families are already facing rent increases and homes that were…
(2021-10-19). Oppose the Sri Lankan government's massive price hikes! wsws.org The working class must organise an offensive against the government's austerity measures, independent of the trade unions, pseudo lefts and so-called opposition parties, and based on socialist policies.
(2021-10-19). Video: New U.S, Artificial Intelligence Battlefield Solutions. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-19). Minnesota nurses strike at Allina Health facility over pay and benefits. wsws.org Nurses have been working understaffed, leading to grueling conditions as patients have flooded the hospital during the pandemic.
(2021-10-19). The High-Paid Media Types are Unhappy Workers are Getting Higher Pay. counterpunch.org Many in the media are very upset that workers at the bottom end of the pay scale feel secure enough to demand higher pay and better working conditions. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching a television anchor, who earns $6 million a year, complain that 3 percent of the workforce quit their job in
(2021-10-19). Australian workers support John Deere strike in the US. wsws.org "Spread the word far and wide and link up with your class brothers and sisters—if unified, the working class will move mountains."
(2021-10-19). Is the 'Defund the Police' Movement Working? zcomm.org Some cities are restoring police budgets that had been cut in response to last year's uprisings, but that doesn't mean the 'defund the police' movement hasn't fueled innovation across the U.S.
(2021-10-19). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Construction workers at the site of a PEMEX refinery have clashed with police and strikebreakers while nurses in Quebec say they are burned out after 18 months of the pandemic and are not working overtime.