Daily Archives: November 1, 2021

2021-11-01: News Headlines

Alexa Pantuck (2021-11-01). Immigrant rights activists in Los Angeles demand: Ignore the Parliamentarian! liberationnews.org The rally was a reminder that organized mass struggle is the key to liberation and that a diverse, multicultural, and internationalist labor movement is essential for working class gains.

Sam Pizzigati (2021-11-01). Billionaires' shiny utopias are dulling our democracy. peoplesworld.org Great wealth can do great damage. Grand personal fortunes, we've come to understand, can menace our democracy and distort our economic life. But these fortunes can also wreak a much more hidden havoc: They can mess up the minds of people who hold them. Great fortunes can leave their owners feeling supremely sure they themselves …

teleSUR (2021-11-01). Argentina and Bolivia Propose IMF Debt-For-Climate Swap. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and Bolivian President Luis Arce ratified their joint position for the protection of the environment ahead to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). | RELATED: | "We bring the same voice to this conference. We will fight for the rights of Mother Earth and support each countries' challenges to curb climate change," Arce stated and demanded that developed countrie…

Paul Oboohov (2021-11-01). Vale Martyn Stevens, working-class fighter. greenleft.org.au Martyn Stevens was passionate about social justice and making the world a better place, writes Paul Oboohov.

WSWS (2021-11-01). Big Three automakers release earnings reports for third quarter of 2021. wsws.org In spite of overall year-over-year declines, the Big Three US automakers' earnings reflect a ramping up of the exploitation of the global working class in the face of a global pandemic and supply chain crisis.

WSWS (2021-11-01). Latest barrage of anti-vaccine protests in New York City aimed at building a far-right movement. wsws.org The wave of protests is backed by elements within the highest levels of the state, with support from the trade union bureaucracies, disaffected middle class layers and certain disoriented and destitute elements of the working class.

WSWS (2021-11-01). UAW-Deere contract "highlights" show deal again fails to meet workers' demands. wsws.org The contract, which the UAW is trying to ram through in a vote on Tuesday, once again fails to meet workers' demands for major wage increases, the restoration of retiree health care and significant improvements to working conditions.

Angela Carr (2021-11-01). Housing and homelessness workers push for better deal. greenleft.org.au Workers in the housing and homelessness sector are one of the most undervalued and unappreciated workers. Angela Carr reports.

WSWS (2021-11-01). Japan's ruling party maintains majority in general election. wsws.org Voters' rejection of the so-called progressive parties in Japan stems from their political bankruptcy and inability to address the needs of workers and youth.

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-11-01). Israel: Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike against detention reaches 100 days. middleeasteye.net Israel: Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike against detention reaches 100 days | Miqdad Al-Qawasmi and Kayed al-Fasfous have been on hunger strike for over 100 days protesting their imprisonment without charges or trial by Israel | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 12: 46 | Palestinian prisoner Kayed al-Fasfous with his mother Fawzia at an Israeli hospital while being on hunger strike for over 1…

_____ (2021-10-31). The Green New Deal From Below. popularresistance.org The Green New Deal is a visionary program to protect the earth's climate while creating good jobs, reducing injustice, and eliminating poverty. Its core principle is to use the necessity for climate protection as a basis for realizing full employment and social justice. | The Green New Deal first emerged as a proposal for national legislation, and the struggle to embody it in national legislation is ongoing. But there has also emerged a little-noticed wave of initiatives from community groups, unions, city and state governments, tribes, and other non-federal institutions designed to contribute to the climate prot…

Jubilee USA Network (2021-10-31). G20 Focuses on Vaccines, Health, Economy and Climate During Rome Summit. indybay.org President Biden joins G20 heads of state in Rome to discuss COVID response, vaccines, debt, economic crisis and climate policies. This is the first in-person meeting of the leaders since before the onset of the pandemic.

_____ (2021-10-31). COVID Hit The Working Class Hardest, But The Traditional Left Is Deaf To Them. popularresistance.org The ruling class across Europe and in the US would rather see people divided than united against oligarchy, that's why Left populism coupled with the working-class outlook represents a greater threat to the establishment. | In the aftermath of the recent German Federal election many people were wondering how Die Linke (The Left) had become so relegated to the sidelines as to lose 30 seats and become the smallest party in Germany's parliament. | Many liberal publications were quick to place blame on Sahra Wagenknecht, one of Die Linke's most prolific politicians, for the release of her book "The Self Righteous." I…

Muhammed Shabeer (2021-10-31). 'Landlord, Landlord, My roof has sprung a leak'. peoplesdispatch.org The COVID-19 pandemic and the socio-economic crisis worsened by it has affected people from all walks of lives across the world, with the working class being forced to bear the burden of the ongoing crisis. In most parts of the world, the common peoples' tax money has been used by governments to save big businesses, while small-scale enterprises and the livelihoods of millions of people have been ruined in this period due to lockdowns and other rotating restrictions to contain the pandemic. | Many sections of society have adapted to this 'new normalcy' and slowly started reconfiguring their lives, especially as d…

SAM (2021-10-31). American Tax Policy in the Age of Trillionaires. inequality.org

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-31). Israel reactivates administrative detention for Kayed al-Fasfous, who is on hunger strike. peoplesdispatch.org Kayed al-Fasfous, who has been on hunger strike for 108 days, will be in detention until December 14 at least. His health has deteriorated considerably and organizations have warned his life is in danger…

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