(2021-10-29). US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh feigns support for Kellogg's strike in visit to picket line. wsws.org Walsh, the former mayor of Boston and ex-union bureaucrat, exemplifies the corrupt corporatist relations between the unions, the corporations and the capitalist state which Biden is seeking to develop in order to strangle the growing movement of the working class.
(2021-10-29). Biden's incredible shrinking social "reform" bill. wsws.org The "Build Back Better" legislation has been reduced to a fig leaf of reformist pretense, without a single dollar of additional taxation on the wealthy.
(2021-10-29). Who Will Pay For The Damage From Climate Change? popularresistance.org To people in developing countries, it seems clear, the wealthy countries that caused most of the problem of climate change should pay the most to adapt to it and to solve the problem. But instead, countries like the United States lecture low low-emitting countries to do more while they extract their resources and destroy their forests. | For example, Nicaragua was an outspoken critic of the Paris climate talks because they did not go far enough. It is one of the countries most impacted by climate change, yet its own greenhouse gas footprint is one of the smallest. Nicaragua initially insisted that the Paris Accor…
(2021-10-29). Democrats' Budget Deal Will Collect Billions from the Wealthy to Invest in Human Needs. inequality.org
(2021-10-29). President Alberto Fernández: Argentina will not Bow to IMF. orinocotribune.com Argentina's President Alberto Fernández affirmed that his country "is not going to kneel" before the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and attached conditions to an agreement with the multilateral organization to renegotiate a debt of $44 billion, so that it "does not put at risk the future of the Argentines," international media reported. | "If we still do not come to an agreement [with the IMF] it is because we are not going to kneel, because we are going to negotiate until our people's future is not placed at risk because of debt payments," said Fernández during a tribute to former president Néstor Kirchner (…
(2021-10-29). It is time for a community approach to mental health. mronline.org 
Abolitionists and mental health advocates in the U.S. are working to replace both police and psychiatry by reimagining how we respond to mental health crisis.
(2021-10-29). "Shadow Units": How Secretive Border Patrol Teams Shield Agents from Accountability. democracynow.org 
A human rights network of 60 organizations working along the U.S.-Mexico border released a letter to Congress on Wednesday urging them to investigate "shadow police units" that have helped cover up beatings and killings by Border Patrol agents for more than three decades. The shadow units, identified in the letter as "Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams," are said to possibly be "the largest and longest standing shadow police unit that is operating today in the federal government." New details came to light when attorneys investigating the 2010 Border Patrol killing of Mexican father Anastasio Hernández Rojas f…
(2021-10-29). Strikes erupt across Portugal as government fails to adopt budget. wsws.org António Costa's seven-year minority Socialist Party government is tottering as strikes for higher wages and better working conditions erupt across Portugal.
(2021-10-29). Why We Need to Keep Our Super Rich 'Occupied'. inequality.org
(2021-10-29). Australia: University of Newcastle Student Association promotes management, defends anti-democratic guidelines. wsws.org The new clubs and societies guidelines serve the purpose of suppressing left-wing student opposition to militarism, inequality and a sweeping pro-business restructure of the university.
(2021-10-28). Democrats abandon plans to tax corporations and the wealthy. wsws.org The collapse of various tax plans demonstrates the absolute power of the financial aristocracy over Congress and the White House.
(2021-10-28). Amazon Canada workers need organizations of struggle, not pro-corporate Teamsters. wsws.org Amazon workers are brutally exploited, but the unionization drive launched by the corporatist Teamsters has nothing to do with mobilizing them to put an end to poverty wages and a punishing, injury-inducing work regime.
(2021-10-28). Eyewitness report from India. fightbacknews.org Kolkata, India – The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India has had a devastating effect, claiming more than 250,000 lives in a matter of three months, between April and June of this year. | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling government in India, failed to address the concerns of the people and enacted repressive policies that are against their interests. In India the number of people living in poverty outnumber the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, and privatized healthcare has led to the demise of countless people during this pandemic. | The callous attitude of the of BJP led to the shortage of v…
(2021-10-28). Vaccine Inequity: Meet the Doctor Refusing a Booster as Rich Nations Get 16x More Doses Than Poor. democracynow.org 
Wealthy nations have received over 16 times more COVID-19 vaccines per person than poorer nations dependent on the COVAX program backed by the World Health Organization, according to a new Financial Times analysis. COVAX, which was set up to ensure global equitable access to vaccines, has delivered only 400 million doses after promising 1.4 billion this year. Higher-income countries struck separate vaccine deals with manufacturers, leaving COVAX with less negotiating power. While the United States rolls out booster shots and stockpiles six vaccines per person, less than 3% of people in low-income countries have r…
(2021-10-28). What's behind Tesla's $1 trillion market valuation? wsws.org Tesla's rise is bound up with both the debt bubble hanging over the economy and the growth of the electric vehicle market.
(2021-10-28). Amid overwhelming debt and despair, NYC's yellow cab drivers begin hunger strike. peoplesdispatch.org 
"I was living the American dream. Now I'm in an American nightmare," Richard Chow lamented on his 8th day of hunger strike and 39th day participating in a driver-led encampment outside City Hall. He has been driving a yellow taxi since 2015, and he purchased a medallion, the physical license needed to operate a taxi, the next year. His brother Kenny followed in his footsteps, acquiring a loan to purchase a $700,000 medallion. Overwhelmed with this debt, Kenny committed suicide in 2018. His body was found in the East River, right by the New York City mayor's official residence. | Chanting "No more suicides! No mor…
(2021-10-28). Venezuela's Minister for Information: Public Media at the Disposal of Democracy as 21N Electoral Campaign Starts. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, October 27, Venezuela's Minister for Information and Communication, Freddy àëáñez, said that all state-owned public media in the country is at the disposal of over 70,000 candidates from the political parties participating in Venezuela's upcoming mega-elections. | "We want to make public the invitation to all political organizations to reach out to public media," stated àëáñez. "They can count on us to carry out their campaigns." | These statements were presented after the head of the communications portfolio held a working meeting with the president of the National Electoral Council (CN…
(2021-10-28). Floods in Greece expose the fatal consequences of climate change and austerity policies. wsws.org In recent decades, there have been repeated flood disasters in Greece, which have had a disastrous impact on the lives of the working class due to the governments' austerity policies under the dictates of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
(2021-10-28). Descent Into Madness: Germany Threatens Russia With Nuclear War. journal-neo.org 
On October 21 the German Defence Minister warned Russia that NATO will use nuclear weapons against it in case of a Russian attack on its members and then referred to non-existent Russian attacks in the Black Sea and Balkans as examples. This statement reveals the complete moral bankruptcy of the NATO nations, their contempt for …