(2022-09-06). Dark Brandon's Dark Side On Student Debt. levernews.com 
(2022-09-06). Headlines for September 6, 2022. democracynow.org "Famine Is at the Door": U.N. Issues Urgent Appeal for Somalia Amid Historic Drought, Emergency Systems Activated at Ukraine Nuclear Plant as Fighting Damages Power Lines, Energy Prices Surge Across Europe After Russia Cuts Off Gas Pipeline, California Temperature Records Shattered as Heat Wave Fuels New Wildfires, Super Typhoon Brings High Winds and 3 Feet of Rain to South Korea, Liz Truss Becomes U.K. Prime Minister After Leadership Battle to Replace Boris Johnson, Chilean Voters Reject Progressive Constitution to Replace Pinochet-Era Document, 35 Killed as Roadside Bomb Hits Burkina Faso Convoy, 6…
(2022-09-06). Report: Trucking And Imports At American Ports Showing 1st Signs Of Weakness. moguldom.com Covid pandemic shortages led to post-pandemic oversupply, and retail giants are now cutting or cancelling billions of dollars worth of orders and pricing down their inventory. The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to slow the economy and ease inflation. "It seems to be working," Barrons reported. "Freight volumes across many modes of transportation have been shrinking." The Los Angeles …
(2022-09-06). New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Has Extreme Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record. truthout.org The United Kingdom's Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain's next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of "extreme neoliberal policies," says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution. Monbiot also warns Truss will undermine the country's model public health system and labor rights for organizing workers. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may n…
(2022-09-06). George Monbiot: New U.K. PM Liz Truss Has "Extreme Neoliberal" Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record. democracynow.org 
The United Kingdom's Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain's next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of "extreme neoliberal policies," says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution. Monbiot also warns Truss will undermine the country's model public health system and labor rights for organizing workers.
(2022-09-06). The Pending Railroad Worker Strike Is A Fight For All Workers. popularresistance.org Railroad workers voted overwhelmingly this year to go on strike after more than two years of contract negotiations. The Biden administration prevented a strike by appointing a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to hold hearings. That board released its recommendations recently. Clearing the FOG speaks with Michael "Paul" Lindsey, a railroad engineer and member of Railroad Workers United, about the deterioration of working conditions, workers' response to the PEB and the high likelihood of a national strike this Fall. Lindsey explains why the railroad worker's plight is similar to that of many workers in the Unite…
(2022-09-06). In refusing to prioritize drivers' safety, UPS risks major strike. nationofchange.org As UPS drivers around the country struggle to do their jobs in triple-digit temperatures—literally baking inside non-air-conditioned trucks—their wealthy employer refuses to take action.
(2022-09-06). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.
(2022-09-06). "A vote for anyone else is a vote for more inequality in our workplace": Toledo Jeep supplemental employee backs Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president. wsws.org Describing the conditions of extreme exploitation faced by supplemental employees, the worker wrote, "The UAW likes it for the dues, and Stellantis likes it for the cheap labor."
(2022-09-06). Newsom Signs Bill Creating Fast Food Council With Power to Raise Minimum Wage. truthout.org California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that will likely lead to the creation of new standards that will improve working conditions for workers in the fast food industry. | The legislation, which Newsom announced he had signed on Labor Day, The law would not affect all…
(2022-09-06). Newsom signs big legislative win for California fast-food workers. peoplesworld.org 
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Now here's a real way to celebrate Labor Day: A big win in your state legislature—in this case, California. That day, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB257, a landmark labor measure establishing a state board, with enforcement powers, to impose minimum wages and working conditions for the state's 5 ,000 fast food workers. Fight For …
(2022-09-06). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman interviewed on popular US podcast. wsws.org On Sunday, September 4, socialist rank-and-file UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman spoke to Chris Richards, host of the Eclectic Radical podcast, about his campaign to build a unified movement of the working class against the corporations, pro-management union executives and the capitalist system.
(2022-09-06). Does Mexico's Wind Industry Deliver More Dirty Profits Than Clean Energy? truthout.org 
Almost all wind farms in Mexico are privately owned, typically by European and U.S. transnational companies. While wind farms are touted as climate solutions, the profit-hungry companies are actually causing widespread damage to the regions they're based in. | Almost
(2022-09-06). RIP Barbara Ehrenreich: Exposed Inequality in "Nickel and Dimed," Opposed Health-Industrial Complex. democracynow.org 
We remember the author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich, who has died at the age of 81 after a career exposing inequality and the struggles of regular people in the United States. In a brief interview, Democracy Now! co-host Juan González recalls working with Ehrenreich as part of the Young Lords and says she was instrumental for the movement against the American health-industrial complex. "She's really one of the towering figures of the radical and progressive movement in America, and it's a tremendous loss, not only to her family but to all who knew her and benefited from her work,…
(2022-09-05). Lapid Says Israel's Pressure on the US Against Iran Nuclear Deal Is Working. southfront.org 
(2022-09-05). The US Keeps Betting On Cuba Surrendering Out Of Desperation. popularresistance.org Last week, US President Joe Biden extended for one more year the sanctions on Cuba, arguing the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. This mechanism has been used for the last 60 years to back the countless sanctions that make up the US blockade against Cuba. | This time, Biden only limited himself to saying that it was a "matter of interest to the United States." By a stroke of the pen, he condemned the Cuban people to continue to suffer all the economic shortages caused by the blockade. Sanctioning and playing with the welfare of millions of people, with their very lives, seems to be a reflex action of US politic…
(2022-09-05). The US Keeps Betting on Cuba Surrendering Out of Hunger and Desperation. popularresistance.org Last week, US President Joe Biden extended for one more year the sanctions on Cuba, arguing the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. This mechanism has been used for the last 60 years to back the countless sanctions that make up the US blockade against Cuba. | This time, Biden only limited himself to saying that it was a "matter of interest to the United States." By a stroke of the pen, he condemned the Cuban people to continue to suffer all the economic shortages caused by the blockade. Sanctioning and playing with the welfare of millions of people, with their very lives, seems to be a reflex action of US politic…
(2022-09-05). African Heritage Food Co-Op. popularresistance.org The African Heritage Food Co-op(AHFC) was formed so that Black communities in Western New York State, including Niagara Falls and Buffalo, can take ownership of their food system, create jobs and use resources to improve the health and well-being of residents. For too long, the economic and political structures have failed Black residents creating little or no access to supermarkets, banks and political representation. AHFC is working to change that by overcoming systemic obstacles, empowering inner city neighbourhoods and reversing systems of oppression and discrimination. | Founder Alex Wright explains how this…
(2022-09-05). Free Ahmad and Adal Musa: Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike for 29 days. samidoun.net 
Two Palestinian prisoners — brothers from al-Khader, west of Bethlehem — have been on hunger strike for 29 days against their administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. Ahmad Hussein Musa, 44, and his brother Adal, 34, went on hunger strike when they were seized by occupation forces on 6 August 2022 and have continued …
(2022-09-05). Chris Hedges: Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. scheerpost.com 
Endgame by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | There is a fatal disconnect between a political system that promises democratic equality and freedom while carrying out socioeconomic injustices that result in grotesque income inequality and political stagnation. | Decades in the making, this disconnect has extinguished American democracy. The steady stripping away of economic and political power was ignored by a hyperventilating press that thundered against the barbarians at the gate — Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, ISIS, Vladimir Putin — while ignoring the barb…
(2022-09-05). The Most Important Election in the Americas Is in Brazil. transcend.org 31 Aug 2022 – Both Bolsonaro and Lula face an electorate that either loves them or hates them. There is little room for ambiguity in this race. Bolsonaro represents not only the far right, whose opinions he openly champions, but he also represents large sections of the middle class, whose aspirations for wealth remain largely intact despite the reality that their economic situation has deteriorated over the past decade.
(2022-09-05). Long COVID and the working class: Brookings Institution report finds millions have left the labor force. wsws.org A recent report by the Brookings Institution found that two to four million working-age adults have left the labor force due to the debilitating impact of Long COVID.
(2022-09-05). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman: "Mobilize the working class behind striking CNH workers!" wsws.org CNH workers have demonstrated enormous courage and determination. It is the responsibility of workers everywhere to come to the aid of this critically important struggle and break through its isolation.
(2022-09-05). The political issues confronting American workers on Labor Day 2022. wsws.org Labor Day 2022 presents the working class with two choices. One is with the AFL-CIO and the Biden administration, and the other is through the development of an independent movement of the working class.
(2022-09-04). The State Does Not Exist to Please Big Businessmen: Lula. telesurenglish.net At a meeting in Sao Luis in the state of Maranhao, Brazilian presidential candidate Lula da Silva told women working in coconut crafts that "no one chooses to be poor." | RELATED: | "The government does not exist to please big bankers, businessmen, or landowners. It exists to give people a chance because no one chooses to be poor. I don't want to take anything away from anyone, but I want everyone to have the right to the minimum," h…
(2022-09-04). Friday 9/2: Benchlands Meeting. indybay.org Join us at 3: 00 pm near the Water Street end of the Benchlands, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz | Protest against the Benchlands sweep after the meeting in front of the County Building at 4: 30 pm…