WSWS (2022-08-29). Baltic governments use war in Ukraine to accelerate removal of Soviet World War II monuments. wsws.org The reactionary campaign is designed to sow ethnic divisions and erase from historical memory the defeat of fascism and the massive victory it signified for both the Soviet and international working class.

WSWS (2022-08-29). Central bankers back Fed's war on the working class. wsws.org It is significant that in his very short speech to the Jackson Hole conclave, Fed chair Jerome Powell made two references to former chair Paul Volcker whose high interest rate regime in the 1980s resulted in economic devastation for millions of workers.

WSWS (2022-08-29). American University staff union calls off five day strike against poverty-level pay and management abuses. wsws.org The AU workers' strike brought them into a conflict against not just the campus, but against powerful sections of the Democratic Party and corporate apparatus.

Staff (2022-08-29). La crisis de precios desata el verano del descontento en Reino Unido: Pobreza energética y clubs de comida para la clase media. cubadebate.cu Cuando el kilo de mantequilla llega a las 10 libras (12 euros) y llenar el tanque gasolina te sale por 100 libras (120 euros), cuando te dicen que la luz y la calefacción te van a costar hasta 3.244 libras al año (3.800 euros), y cada vez más gente se ve en el dilema entre comer o pagar las facturas, es el momento de exigir respuestas a los políticos.

Benjamin Norton (2022-08-28). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. multipolarista.com France's President Macron warned of the end of "an era of abundance." Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing, having lost cheap Russian energy and cheap labor and consumer goods from China, and with regime-change ops failing.

WSWS (2022-08-28). Union-backed arbitration decision condemns Canadian Pacific Rail workers to real-terms pay cut, onerous working conditions. wsws.org The arbitration award, the outcome of the Teamsters' sabotage of last March's militant strike, retains the brutal scheduling regime and dangerous working conditions that prevail across North America's railroads.