(2022-10-15). The All-Encompassingness of the U.S. Government's Secret Global Police-State. southfront.org 
| Written by The U.S. Government is controlled by its Deep State, America's billionaires, whom their Government has been assisting, ever since 25 July 1945, to extract the world's wealth by control of not only their 'news' media but the social 'sciences' — duping the public. They have thus been gradually taking control over, and replacing, international law that comes…
(2022-10-15). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Gig Workers Get A Leg Up. levernews.com Good things are happening! A new Labor Department rule will expand the basic rights of gig workers. Also, an anti-abortion case with national ramifications was stopped in its tracks, unionized nurses in the Midwest are holding hospitals accountable, wind farms are proving to be a great return on investment, and Delaware is breaking cycles of debt with a bold new policy. All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It below, a weekly feature reviewing good news, progress, and action steps that's one of the many features available only to Lever supporting subscribers.Biden Admin Moves To…
(2022-10-15). IMF report reveals dictatorship of finance capital. wsws.org With interest rate rising as central banks seek to crush the movement of the working class, the International Monetary Fund has opened a new front in the class war insisting that government spending must be cut to meet the demands of financial markets.
(2022-10-15). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued U.S. Dominance. globalresearch.ca The issue is not food shortage but speculation on food commodities and the manipulation of an inherently flawed global food system that serves the interests of corporate agribusiness traders and suppliers of inputs at the expense of people's needs and genuine food security.
(2022-10-15). Colombia and Venezuela Review Agenda for Bilateral Relations. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 13, the Colombian ambassador to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, reported that ministers and ambassadors from Venezuela and Colombia addressed air connectivity, binational trade, judicial cooperation, and other issues of binational interest at a recent meeting. | "We continue working on the reopening of our borders," Benedetti wrote on Twitter. "With the deputy foreign ministers of Colombia and Venezuela, Francisco J. Coy and Rander Peña Ramírez, and with my counterpart Félix Plasencia, we talked about air connectivity, binational trade, and judicial cooperation, among other issues. We are movin…
(2022-10-15). Floods, hunger, disease and IMF austerity devastate Pakistan's workers and poor. wsws.org The poverty-stricken flood victims face an explosion of disease and hunger which the ruling elite in Islamabad and the major imperialist powers are doing virtually nothing to combat.
(2022-10-15). South Korean auto union reaches sellout deal with Kia Motors. wsws.org The autoworkers not only face the company in their struggle, but also the union, which is seeking to suppress working-class anger and discontent.
(2022-10-15). Emerging markets, developing countries being hit by "triple blow": IMF chief. ecns.cn Emerging markets and developing countries are being hit by a stronger dollar, high borrowing costs, and capital outflows — a triple blow particularly heavy for countries that are under a high level of debt, the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday.
(2022-10-15). Raise Corporate Taxes, Not Interest Rates. zcomm.org To protect working families, policymakers should directly address the problem of corporate price gouging…
(2022-10-15). Importancia de las mujeres rurales para la reducción de pobreza. telesurtv.net La ONU llama a mejorar las condiciones de las mujeres rurales y empoderarlas en los ámbitos social, económico y político.
(2022-10-14). Zelensky Does Not Know How To Fight, But He Knows How To Beg. southfront.org 
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(2022-10-14). Hunger Strikes and the Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders. mintpressnews.com Lowkey and guests explore life inside Israel's prisons, where 30 Palestinians are on hunger strike protesting the indefinite detention of Israel's political enemies without trial or evidence.
(2022-10-14). Turks Seek Alternative Heat Sources Amid Soaring Gas Prices. telesurenglish.net Millions of workers and retirees in Tàºrkiye are trying to make a living on a minimum wage of 5, 0 liras and pensions, mostly ranging from 3, 0 to 8,000 liras, in the face of climbing inflation rate that soared to 83.45 percent in September. | RELATED: | Despite soaring prices, store owners at the bazaar said the demand is robust, and their sales saw at least a 60 percent increase compared to 2021. | "I've been doing this job here for about 15…
(2022-10-14). World Bank chief says global economy 'dangerously close' to a recession. ecns.cn The global economy is "dangerously close" to a recession, as inflation remains elevated, interest rates rise, and growing debt burden hits the developing world, World Bank President David Malpass said Thursday.
(2022-10-14). UK Chancellor Kwarteng Sacked Amid Mini-Budget Chaos. telesurenglish.net "You have asked me to stand aside as your Chancellor. I have accepted," Kwarteng said in his resignation to Prime Minister Liz Truss posted on Twitter. | Kwarteng's time in office — 38 days — made him one of the shortest-serving UK chancellors in history. | RELATED: | The mini-budget he presented last month, which contained controversial debt-funded tax cuts, has been blamed for the economic turmoil which saw the Bri…
(2022-10-14). 'I Don't Want to Live Anymore': Suicides Rise 17% Since India's Lockdown Began. towardfreedom.org Within the first month of India's nationwide lockdown starting March 2020, 122 million people lost their jobs. Daily-wage laborers and small traders comprised roughly 75 percent. A report found that a year of the lockdown pushed 230 million Indians into poverty. By the end of 2020, 15 million workers were still out of jobs. Sanket Jain reports on the recently rising suicide rates in India.
(2022-10-14). One African To Die from Hunger Every 36 Seconds: OXFAM. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Oxfam warned that one person is likely to die every 36 seconds from hunger in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, three countries that are experiencing the worst drought recorded over the last forty years. | RELATED: | According to this humanitarian organization, a daily average of 2,421 people might die during October in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, where over 6 million children will soon suffer from "acute malnutriti…
(2022-10-14). A Drug Lord and His Hungry, Hungry Cocaine Hippos. dissidentvoice.org Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had so much money that he literally could not spend it fast enough. He and the Medellín cartel he started dominated the cocaine trade in the 1980s. By then, he was earning about $420 million per week. Storing piles of cash in fields and warehouses, he'd write off 10 percent …
(2022-10-14). Having a Chronic Illness Without Paid Leave Is Nearly Impossible and Needs to Change Now. commondreams.org It's long past time for our elected officials in Congress to step up and pass a comprehensive federal paid leave policy that provides every single working individual in America with paid family and sick leave.
(2022-10-14). The Scandal of Congressional Stock Trading. scheerpost.com 
Photograph Source: Steve Jurvetson — By Eve Ottenberg / Multimillionaires pack the halls of congress. That's because the only people who can afford congressional campaigns are rich. But what you might not know is that once these very wealthy individuals arrive in Washington, they use their committee assignments, and often the insider info those assignments provide, to make even more money — trading stocks. | On Septem…
(2022-10-14). Washington D.C. protest honors memory of Amazon COVID tester Poushawn Brown. wsws.org Thursday's protest took place amid a growing movement of Amazon workers against poverty wages and unsafe working conditions.
(2022-10-13). Take Action: Charitable Giving Must Go to Charities. inequality.org
(2022-10-13). What Threatens Florida More, Hurricanes or the Rich? inequality.org
(2022-10-13). 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.
(2022-10-13). The COVID disaster and the political crisis of Australian capitalism. wsws.org "The criminal 'let it rip' pandemic policies of governments—invariably enforced by the labour and trade union bureaucracies—have exposed the brutality of capitalism, and its readiness to sacrifice lives for corporate profit and private wealth accumulation."