(2022-09-28). British pound collapse at centre of global currency and financial storm. wsws.org The turmoil reached a new level of intensity this week, sparked by the reaction of financial markets to the UK mini-budget, which handed out £45 billion in tax cuts to the wealthy while increasing government debt by £72 billion.
(2022-09-28). Amazon hires a former prison manager. workers.org 
Amazon, with its notorious multibillionaire owner Jeff Bezos, is universally known as one of the world's largest union-busting conglomerates. It is well documented that workers there have passed out due to heat and suffered physical injuries, mental anguish and other horrific working conditions that accompany the frenzied pace of packing, . . . |
(2022-09-28). Saturday 10/22: War, Inflation, Growth of the Far-Right … How Can the European Working Class Fight Back? indybay.org ZOOM Link: | us02web.zoom.us/j/82158800683?pwd=N2J6UjgxNWhNak1WRWdUdm9CUit4QT09 | Meeting ID: 821 5880 0683 | Passcode: 340756 | One tap mobile | +16699009128,,82158800683#,,,,340756# US (San Jose) +16694449171,,82158800683#,,,,340756# US | Dial by your location | +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) | +1 669 444 9171 US | +1 719 359 4580 US | +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) | +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) | +1 646 931 3860 US | +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) | +1 309 205 3325 US | +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) | +1 386 347 53 US | +1 564 217 2000 US…
(2022-09-28). Desert control efforts shared with Arab states. ecns.cn Twenty-six people from seven Arab countries took part in an online technical training course with experts from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region recently, learning how to prevent the desertification of land, avoid the degradation of vegetation and stop the deterioration of grasslands.
(2022-09-28). Santa Cruz Dismantles Camp of Hundreds of the Houseless. indybay.org The City of Santa Cruz, CA, in a county with the second highest rent in the country, is evicting an estimated 300 people living in wall-to-wall tents running along a riverbed right next to this largely wealthy city's downtown. The camp, in existence for about three years, was sanctioned by the City; houseless people were directed to go there because the City didn't have enough beds. Now, the City cites sanitation, drug use and complaints as reasons for closing the Benchlands camp. "This never needed to become a crisis for the hundreds of houseless people driven to the Benchlands by police and social service agenc…
(2022-09-28). UAW contract covering 48,000 University of California academic workers set to expire. wsws.org After September 30, all 48,000 UAW represented workers in the University of California system will be working under expired or extended contracts.
(2022-09-27). Director of Program Compliance & Risk Management. peoplesaction.org ABOUT PEOPLE'S ACTION/INSTITUTE People's Action Institute ( 1c3), and sister organization People's Action ( 1c4), are national progressive organizations supporting the mobilization and leadership of the grassroots in support of an agenda that reflects people over profits. People's Action/Institute builds the power of poor and working people in rural, suburban, and urban areas to win change through …
(2022-09-27). Haiti: Anti-Government Protests in Enter Sixth Week. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Since August 22, Haitians have been mobilizing against poverty, inflation, shortage of fuel, gang-related violence, and the devaluation of the national currency. (Photo: Radyo Rezistans/Facebook) Since August 22, Haitians have been mobilizing against poverty, food insecurity, soaring inflation, fuel shortages, and widespread kidnappings and killings Thousands hit the streets in Haiti once again…
(2022-09-27). Preparing for class war, Sri Lankan president declares "high security zones" wsws.org President Wickremesinghe is preparing for class war against the working class and poor as he is implementing savage austerity measures under the dictates of International Monetary Fund.
(2022-09-27). The Israel Files: WikiLeaks Docs Show Top Hollywood Producers Working with Israel to Defend Its War Crimes. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-27). Burning Books (or Rather Book Companies). tomdispatch.com No one listened better than Studs. For those of you old enough to remember, that's Studs Terkel, of course. The most notable thing about him in person, though, was this: the greatest interviewer of his moment, perhaps of any moment, never stopped talking, except, of course, when he was listening to produce one of his memorable bestselling oral histories — he essentially created the form — ranging from Working and Hard Times to The Good War. I still remember him calling my house. He was old, his hearing was going, and he couldn't tell that my teenage son had rushed to answer the phone, hoping it was on…
(2022-09-27). New York City rallies for Zimbabwe. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – A crowd of over 50 people gathered in front of the United Nations on Saturday, September 24 to rally in solidarity with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who spoke at the UN a couple days before. The group was also protesting the U.S. sanctions against Zimbabwe, which they stated are illegal. Despite the sanctions, President Mnangagwa has started making progress toward ending poverty and hunger, as well as implementing various infrastructure projects to help build Zimbabwe and maintain independence from U.S. influence. | The action was called for by the December 12th Movement and included sp…
(2022-09-27). Caribbean Activists Turn up the Volume for Reparations. orinocotribune.com By The Voice Sep 21, 2022 | The death of the queen is a reminder of the debt that Britain owes to Caribbean nations. Reparations are owed for slavery. | Demands for reparations are growing across the Caribbean, following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. | The British monarchy have come under heightened demands from several Caribbean countries to undergo the reparatory justice process and issue an apology for their part in the slave trade. | It comes after Royal tours of the Caribbean earlier this year led by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, followed by Prince Edward and Sophie, the Countess of Wessex we…
(2022-09-27). Youth join global strike for climate justice. workers.org 
Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, one of 450 global locations, were among hundreds of thousands demanding "climate reparations and justice" Sept. 23. Young people in Asia, Africa and Europe joined a coordinated Global Climate Strike that called for wealthy countries to pay reparations to poorer countries that have been the . . . |
(2022-09-27). Webinar: Where Has All the Money Gone? inequality.org
(2022-09-27). Germany's Energy Apocalypse. Uncontrolled Outages. Evolving Social Crisis. Mass Poverty on the Horizon? globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-27). Los Angeles: Family holds protest 1 year after California Highway Patrol killed beloved Leo Chavez. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — More than 50 community members gathered the morning of September 24 at Belvedere Park in East LA. The family of Leonel Chávez called for and organized the event to commemorate the upcoming one-year anniversary of the California Highway Patrol's stealing Chávez's life. | On September 28, 2021, Chávez was coming home after working out at the gym, when a car hit him at the intersection of Indiana and Medford in East LA. Instead of rendering aid, helping, or asking questions, CHP officer Daniel Castaneda opened fire on Chávez. Firing eight times, the shots mostly to the chest, Castaneda killed…
(2022-09-27). Iran to start working in Afghan mining sector within a month. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 27 (MNA) — Taliban has said that Iran will start mining in Afghanistan within a month.
(2022-09-27). Our best chance for peace is worldwide working-class unity. cpusa.org 
These remarks were delivered by CPUSA Co-Chair Rossana Cambron at the opening of the CPUSA International Conference 2022: Dismantling Imperialism in the 21st Century, September 11—12. Good morning, Comrades, Lenin once said, "Capital is an international force. To vanquish it, an international workers' alliance, an international workers brotherhood, is needed." As Marx and Engels …
(2022-09-27). Suit Against Student Debt Relief Slammed as 'Transparently Frivolous Publicity Stunt'. commondreams.org "Why would this group bring this baseless claim?" asked the White House. "Because opponents of the debt relief plan are trying anything they can to stop this program that will provide needed relief to working families."
(2022-09-27). Mussolini's heirs return to power in Italy. wsws.org The election of a far-right government is the product of the disenfranchisement of the working class by reactionary parties that the ruling elite falsely markets as the "left."
(2022-09-27). Applauding Biden Push to End US Hunger, Groups Demand 'Deeper' Structural Reforms. commondreams.org "To end hunger we need a serious effort to address poverty and its root causes," said one anti-hunger campaigner. "A framework that is focused on dismantling structural inequities and ensuring broad based prosperity for all is essential."
(2022-09-27). UK: Starmer offers a Labour government to rescue big business from catastrophe. wsws.org Starmer's promise to the ruling elite is that he can impose austerity measures by working with the trade unions to control and suppress rising opposition in the working class.
(2022-09-27). Weapons Firms Install Staff Inside UK Ministry of Defense. scheerpost.com 
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Main Building in Whitehall, London. Harland Quarrington, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via By Lucas Amin / More than paid employees of global arms companies are working inside the UK's Ministry of Defence, openDemocracy can reveal, sparking questions about conflicts of interest and national security. | They include n…
(2022-09-26). Chris Hedges: The Return of Fascism. scheerpost.com 
The Bankruptcy of the Liberal Ass — by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | Energy and food bills are soaring. Under the onslaught of inflation and prolonged wage stagnation, wages are in free fall. Billions of dollars are diverted by Western nations at a time of economic crisis and staggering income inequality to fund a proxy war in Ukraine. The liberal class, terrified by the rise of neo-fascism and demagogues such as Donald Trump, have thrown in their lot with discredited and reviled establishment politicians who slavishly do the bidding of the war industry, oligarchs and corporations…
(2022-09-26). It's Time to Do Away With Dark Money. inequality.org
(2022-09-26). Corporate America Suddenly OK with Paying Taxes… inequality.org
(2022-09-26). Poverty Correlates with the Recent Increase in Gun Violence. cepr.net Eliminating poverty will bring numerous social benefits to US society, and one of them might be a significant reduction in the country's extremely high rate of gun violence.