(2022-10-11). Online events w) Fred Hampton, Jr., Jenny Brown, Robin Hahnel, Richard Heinberg and others. indybay.org Here are some 10 online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting early tomorrow morning, 10/7), featuring people such as Fred Hampton, Jr., Judith Le Blanc, Jonathan Taplin, Jenny Brown, Robin Hahnel, Kate Booth, Richard Heinberg, David Camfield, Cynthia Kaufman, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, Australia, and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
(2022-10-11). Nobel Prize awarded to Svante Pà§à§bo for study of ancient human DNA. wsws.org Pà§à§bo and colleagues developed techniques to sequence ancient DNA despite tens of thousands of years of degradation, thus founding the field of paleogenetics, which has greatly advanced the study of human evolution.
(2022-10-11). Qatari and US gas won't save Europe. journal-neo.org 
Experts estimate that in order to avoid a catastrophic fall in GDP and the risk of a prolonged economic depression, the total public spending by European countries to mitigate the energy collapse unleashed by Washington will have to exceed ‚Ǩ1 trillion! A crisis of this magnitude would result in more bankruptcies and a domino effect …
(2022-10-11). Saturday 11/12: SDBA Book Group: Doughnut Economics — 7 Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
(2022-10-10). Fort Myers, Florida resident: Poverty, inequality fueled hurricane disaster. wsws.org "Florida is among the five states with the highest economic disparity in America. We are among those with the highest household debt and poverty rate. At the same time, we rank third in the number of billionaires."
(2022-10-10). Go and Tell the Hungry That Their Food Is Being Thrown in the Garbage. transcend.org 28 Sep 2022 – These are facts, not guesses: about 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted and lost… every single year, the equivalent of one ton per each of the one billion hungry people, many of them are those who produced the food.
(2022-10-10). Build an international movement of the working class against imperialist war! wsws.org "The same contradictions and crisis of world capitalism are also propelling the working class into struggle, providing the basis for the building of an international anti-war movement."
(2022-10-10). The "choice" in the 2022 US midterm elections: Fascist Republicans vs. war-crazed Democrats. wsws.org Whatever the results of the November 8 vote, the working class must break with the capitalist two-party system and build an independent political party of its own, based on socialist policies.
(2022-10-10). Can the US Labor Movement Rise Again? commondreams.org Is the working class experiencing a new CIO moment?
(2022-10-10). The class issues in New York City's "No More 24" home health aide bill. wsws.org Despite working 24 hours, workers are only paid for 13, under the pretense that they can sleep in their patient's homes, and should not be paid for that time.
(2022-10-10). High Energy Costs Wreak Havoc On British Economy As Companies Close At Rapid Rate. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageBritain continues behaving in hegemonic manner despite not having means to enforce it. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | High energy costs continue to wreak havoc in Europe, with Britain being no exception to the crisis. British companies are becoming bankrupt at a rapid rate, one not seen since the peak of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2009. The Europe-wide crisis is mostly attributed to economic problems stemming from their own san…
(2022-10-10). World Socialist Web Site interviews CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou about Julian Assange's extradition. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site spoke with Mr. Kiriakou at a recent rally in Washington D.C. about the implications of the US attempt to extradite Assange, the defense of democratic rights, as well as the importance of Assange's plight for working people…
(2022-10-10). African Bishops Call for Debt Relief and Aid to Address Multiple Crises. indybay.org G7 and African finance leaders should work together to remove the heavy burdens of debts in Africa, Catholic bishops and other faith leaders from the region said in Accra, Ghana, at the end of a two-day meeting.
(2022-10-10). (Castellano) Derrotar la Pobreza en Todas las Casas. transcend.org Una vez que se entiende el principio básico aquí destacado —que el empleo y por ende la dignidad no tienen que depender de las ventas, sino que pueden ser también fruto de la solidaridad, hay innumerables variaciones y extensiones posibles.
(2022-10-09). LEVER WEEKLY: Infrastructure In Crisis. levernews.com From Mississippi to Massachusetts, this week The Lever revealed how some of the country's most basic infrastructure — our water systems and electric grids — are being used by Wall Street and investors as their own personal ATM machines, threatening people's ability to use their own tap water and build environmentally resilient infrastructure.The Lever team also revealed how the GOP is keeping citizen initiatives off ballots, crushing popular demand for higher taxes on the wealthy and expanded public health insurance. Also, we uncovered a last-minute dark money campaign with ties to Saudi operatives…
(2022-10-09). 20 more Palestinian prisoners join hunger strike to end administrative detention. samidoun.net 
On Sunday, 9 October, 20 additional Palestinian prisoners joined the mass hunger strike launched by 30 administrative detainees demanding an end to detention without charge or trial. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society announced that the 20 prisoners include Palestinians jailed arbitrarily under administrative detention as well as people serving sentences imposed by Israeli occupation military courts …
(2022-10-09). 'Watery beer and horrible politics!'. peoplesworld.org 
Communist Party Co-chair Joe Sims issued this indictment of America's biggest corporations — starting with the manufacturers of Coors's — in a YouTube video released this week by the Party to argue for collective action by this country's working class to defeat what Sims calls "the fascist caucus." Sims zeroes in on the role of …