Daily Archives: September 30, 2022

2022-09-30: News Headlines

Alan MacLeod (2022-09-30). The Israel Files: Wikileaks Docs Show Top Hollywood Producers Working With Israel To Defend Its War Crimes. orinocotribune.com By Alan MacLeod Sep 23, 2022 | The Israel files is a new MintPress series exploring and highlighting the Many revelations about the Israeli occupation of Palestine that Wikileaks documents disclosed. It hopes to shed light on Many of the most important and underreported revelations the publishing group exposed. | As Israel was launching a

WSWS (2022-09-30). Sri Lanka: Massive fire destroys dozens of shanty homes in Kajeemawatte, Colombo. wsws.org Survivors of Tuesday's fire told WSWS reporters that politicians falsely pledged to provide accommodation to homeless families after previous fires, and that similar empty promises would be made again.

SAM (2022-09-30). In Italy, a Setback for a More Equal Future. inequality.org

WSWS (2022-09-30). Murdoch media displays Australian Labor PM's close ties to business and dependence on the unions. wsws.org The Labor government is bringing together the country's top business chiefs and trade union bureaucrats against the working class.

WSWS (2022-09-29). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold online public meeting against nuclear war. wsws.org The online public meeting "Build an international working class movement to stop nuclear war danger" will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 16.

Infobrics (2022-09-29). Indo-Russian Trade Up 120% This Year So Far. infobrics.org According to Ushakov, the two nations are currently working on bilateral measures to expand the use of national currencies, the ruble and the rupee, in mutual settlements…

WSWS (2022-09-29). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting discusses a socialist program to fight state repression. wsws.org Speakers explained that the fight against state repression, and for the release of all political prisoners, had to be based on mobilising the working class against capitalism.

Ariel Gold (2022-09-29). What South Sudan Needs and Doesn't Need. commondreams.org South Sudan is the embodiment of so many ills that affect the world—colonialism, militarization, civil war, climate change, famine, and sexual violence.

Kathy Durkin (2022-09-29). Youth join global strike for climate justice. workers.org Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, Sept. 23. 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 . . . |

Dean Baker (2022-09-29). The Market Did Not Cause Inequality, No Matter How Much the New York Times Insists. cepr.net It is a complete article of faith in intellectual circles that the market is responsible for the rise in inequality that we have seen in the United States and elsewhere over the last half-century. Intellectual types literally cannot even consider the alternative that inequality was the result of government policies, not the natural workings of …

_____ (2022-09-29). From Crisis To Transformation: What Is Just Transition? A Primer. popularresistance.org We Are Living Through An Age Of Profound Transition. Political Upheaval Is The Order Of The Day. Economic Inequality Is Rising. People Around The Globe Are Being Displaced By Conflict And Climate Emergencies. Racism, Xenophobia, And Religious Intolerance Are On The Rise. The COVID-19 Pandemic Cast New Light On The Injustices And Irrationality Of Our Current Economic And Social Systems. | The Crises We Face Today Are Social And Political, But They Go Deeper. The Life Gi- Ving Systems Of The Earth Are Under Threat As A Result Of The System Of Production Which Has Been Foisted Upon The World Over The Last 250 Years.

Liberation Staff (2022-09-29). PSL Editorial — Hurricane Ian: Relief now for the working class! liberationnews.org The everyone-for-themselves model of hurricane response is a perfect encapsulation of the incompetence and moral bankruptcy of the U.S. capitalist system.

Ann Brown (2022-09-29). Term vs. Whole Life Insurance: Is Whole Life The Right Vehicle To Build Wealth? moguldom.com Life insurance is not just to insure your life and to pass on funds to your heirs. Life insurance can be used as a tool to build wealth. In fact, many of the rich and famous use the technique of borrowing against mega-million dollar policies to buy other assets. It's something hip-hop artist/reality show Waka …

Staff (2022-09-29). 2 October, Vancouver: End Administrative Detention! Outreach and rally for justice in Palestine. samidoun.net Sunday, 2 October 2 pm Vancouver Art Gallery (Howe Side/Robson Square) Vancouver Facebook Join us on Sunday, October 2 outside the Vancouver Art Gallery (Howe Street Side) to support 30 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike for freedom. They are putting their bodies and lives on the lines to demand an end to administrative detention, Israeli …

Brett Wilkins (2022-09-29). 'Gut Punch': Biden Pulls Student Debt Relief for Millions as GOP States Sue. commondreams.org "The Biden administration told several million people they'd see their debt reduced by $10-20K, and a month later quietly wrote 'just kidding' on a website," said one affected borrower.

WSWS (2022-09-29). Britain on the brink of a social explosion after pound's collapse. wsws.org In the face of an extraordinary crisis of rule, the Labour Party is being prepared for a role in government to save British imperialism from an insurgent working class.

WSWS (2022-09-29). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Teachers strikes continue in Europe over pay, conditions and funding, as Norway's Labour government moves to impose strike ban, Hungarian government imposes minimum service levels; UK dock strikes in Liverpool and Felixstowe over pay and conditions as criminal barristers' strike continues; oil workers threaten to strike and join continuing protests in Iran after death of young woman at hands of morality police; Air traffic controllers in 18 African countries go on unofficial 48-hour strike over working conditions…

WSWS (2022-09-29). White House hunger conference offers only token "solutions" to a mounting social crisis. wsws.org The conference was the first in more than a half century to discuss the ongoing scandal of hunger and malnutrition in the richest country in the world.

____ (2022-09-29). Winding roads benefit locals in Guizhou. ecns.cn A web of roads connecting settlements scattered in Guizhou's mountain area has been built and played an indispensable role in poverty eradication.

David Sirota (2022-09-29). Student Debt Relief Would Boost GOP States. levernews.com

People's Tribune (2022-09-29). 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…

TeleSUR (2022-09-28). Cuba Makes Progress in Restoring Electricity After Hurricane. telesurenglish.net "Considerable progress is being made in the recovery of power lines affected by the hurricane to provide service to the capital of Cuba, an army of dedicated people is working uninterruptedly to restore in the shortest possible time," UNE reported on the social network Twitter. | RELATED: | UNE's technical director, Lázaro Guerra, added in the televised forum Mesa Redonda that the system is still fragile and tha…

Staff (2022-09-28). Join the Social Media Storm to #EndAdministrativeDetention on Friday, 30 September. samidoun.net There are currently 30 Palestinian prisoners on an open hunger strike to bring an end to administrative detention, Israeli imprisonment without charge or trial. They are putting their bodies and lives on the line to take a stand for freedom and against this arbitrary form of detention used to routinely attack Palestinian community, student, farmer …

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