WSWS (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."

Toward increased Networking (2022-10-10). 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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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."

Strike Debt Bay Area (2022-10-10). 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.

Anjoulie Woodhead (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.

WSWS (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.

Staff (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). Michigan Nurses Just Won A Groundbreaking Contract. popularresistance.org In the spring of 2021, as the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout promised to lift the burden of overwhelmed hospitals, nurses at the University of Michigan were working harder than ever. Understaffing has been a problem for University of Michigan nurses since the 1980s, but it worsened during the pandemic, as patient surges met with hospital-wide cost containment measures that further thinned staff and resources. | Over the first year of the pandemic, University of Michigan nurses filled gaps in staffing mainly by volunteering for overtime. As elective procedures resumed, management turned to mandatory overtime [m…

Ricardo Gomez (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…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-10-09). Iraq paid debts to Iran over gas imports: electricity spox. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — Ahmad Musa, spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity said that his country paid all its debts for gas imports to Iran, adding an Iraqi delegation will visit Iran to discuss an increase in gas imports.

Roberta Wood (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 …

_____ (2022-10-08). Combat Nihilism: Revolutionary Optimism In The Age Of US Imperial Decline. popularresistance.org Hurricane Ian. The threat of nuclear war. Inflation. Mississippi's water crisis. Any one of these developments have the potential to send even the most clear-headed individual into a state of nihilism and despair. And this is just the short list of calamities currently plaguing humanity. | Life under the decline of U.S. imperialism is far from easy. Little relief exists from the toxic stress induced by poverty, debt, racism, militarism, social isolation, and mainstream media propaganda. Exhaustion is widespread. Trust in the institutions that form the fabric of U.S. society is incredibly low. These conditions hav…

Toward increased Networking (2022-10-09). 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.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2022-10-09). 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.

WSWS (2022-10-08). Half of Ukrainian 2023 budget dedicated to NATO proxy war against Russia. wsws.org The proposed budget underlines the reactionary nature of the Zelensky government, which is dedicated to the NATO proxy war with Russia and austerity and poverty for the working class.

WSWS (2022-10-08). Sri Lankan workers and youth support October 16 SEP meeting on nuclear war danger. wsws.org "The war in Ukraine affects every aspect of the lives of people in the world—from children to the elderly. But I also believe that this war can be stopped by uniting the working people of the world against it."

____ (2022-10-08). Ei Sun OH: China's future economic development is important to the world. ecns.cn Ei Sun OH, principal advisor of the Pacific Research Center in Malaysia, has paid attention to China's achievements concerning poverty alleviation and environmental protection in the past decade. He also expects his optimism for China's future.

____ (2022-10-08). Josef Mahoney: China will meet global challenges better than others. ecns.cn Josef Mahoney, professor at the School of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University, has witnessed China's achievements in digitization, poverty elimination, and green development. Though the world faces challenges, he's confident in China's future.

WSWS (2022-10-08). Endless Australian university union betrayals result in election debacle. wsws.org While the incumbent NTEU leadership scraped back into office with small votes, "opposition" groups failed in their bankrupt appeals to "rebuild" or "renew" the discredited union.

WSWS (2022-10-08). GM workers in Silao, Mexico speak out after co-worker loses his leg. wsws.org Deeply stirred by the accident, active and former workers of the Silao plant reached out to the World Socialist Web Site to register their anger, describe safety concerns and condemn the new and so-called Independent Union (SINTTIA) for its bankrupt response.

WSWS (2022-10-07). Millions driven into poverty by pandemic, soaring prices and recession. wsws.org A World Bank report has found that in 2020 global median income declined by 4 percent, the first such decline since it began measurements in median income in 1990, with the most impoverished suffering "setbacks in education and health, with massive learning losses and shortened lifespans."

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-10-07). A Recap Of The Reparations And Political Panels At The Revolt Summit. moguldom.com Paying the debt of reparations to Black Americans is not a new idea. Black leaders have been advocating for them since the 1800s when President Andrew Johnson reneged on the promise of his assassinated predecessor, President Abraham Lincoln, to give each newly freed man 40 acres and a mule to atone for slavery. However, no one can …

TeleSUR (2022-10-07). 27 Countries Reported Cholera Outbreaks Throughout 2022 – WHO. telesurenglish.net At a press conference in Geneva, Dr. Tedros pointed to poverty, conflict, and climate change as the factors fueling the current cholera outbreak in the world. | RELATED: | According to the Director General, "the average number of fatalities so far this year is almost three times that of the last five years." | In this regard, Tedros brought up the alarming situation in Syria and Haiti. Syria has reported more than 10 000 suspected cases…

Roberta Wood (2022-10-07). Communist leader indicts Coors for its watery beer and dangerous politics. peoplesworld.org "Watery beer and horrible politics!" Communist Party co-chair Joe Sims issued this indictment of Coors Beer, one of America's huge corporations, 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 …

Jake Watkins (2022-10-07). Indianapolis union local steps up to aid the homeless. peoplesworld.org INDIANAPOLIS, In. On "Community Day," Sept. 25 at the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), Local 372A offices, clothing, and shoes were given away, donations accepted to purchase hygiene products, and food was cooked and distributed to those who needed it. "I believe that everyone will, at some point in …

WSWS (2022-10-08). Half of Ukrainian 2023 budget dedicated to NATO proxy war against Russia. wsws.org The proposed budget underlines the reactionary nature of the Zelensky government, which is dedicated to the NATO proxy war with Russia and austerity and poverty for the working class.

WSWS (2022-10-08). Sri Lankan workers and youth support October 16 SEP meeting on nuclear war danger. wsws.org "The war in Ukraine affects every aspect of the lives of people in the world—from children to the elderly. But I also believe that this war can be stopped by uniting the working people of the world against it."

____ (2022-10-08). Ei Sun OH: China's future economic development is important to the world. ecns.cn Ei Sun OH, principal advisor of the Pacific Research Center in Malaysia, has paid attention to China's achievements concerning poverty alleviation and environmental protection in the past decade. He also expects his optimism for China's future.

____ (2022-10-08). Josef Mahoney: China will meet global challenges better than others. ecns.cn Josef Mahoney, professor at the School of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University, has witnessed China's achievements in digitization, poverty elimination, and green development. Though the world faces challenges, he's confident in China's future.

Toward increased Networking (2022-10-08). 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.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2022-10-08). 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.

WSWS (2022-10-08). GM workers in Silao, Mexico speak out after co-worker loses his leg. wsws.org Deeply stirred by the accident, active and former workers of the Silao plant reached out to the World Socialist Web Site to register their anger, describe safety concerns and condemn the new and so-called Independent Union (SINTTIA) for its bankrupt response.

WSWS (2022-10-08). Endless Australian university union betrayals result in election debacle. wsws.org While the incumbent NTEU leadership scraped back into office with small votes, "opposition" groups failed in their bankrupt appeals to "rebuild" or "renew" the discredited union.

SouthFront5 (2022-10-07). Moscow And New Delhi Circumvent Sanctions To Modernize Su-30MKI Jets. southfront.org Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst. | In recent times, India has been working hard to develop a plethora of domestic defense industry capabilities. In this regard, Russia's help has been of prime importance and this has not gone unnoticed in New Delhi. Despite tremendous pressure from the political West to cut ties with Moscow, India has been adamant it will do no such thing. Although this sovereigntist stance is causing frustration in the US, UK and EU, New Delhi seems unconc…

Staff (2022-10-07). Russia negotiating oil, gas swaps with Iran: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) — Russia and Iran continue working out an option of oil and gas swaps, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak told reporters.

WSWS (2022-10-07). Scottish local authority dispute betrayed by trade union bureaucracy in alliance with SNP government. wsws.org Scottish local authority workers have voted to accept a sub inflation pay offer ending a dispute that was on the brink of mobilising large sections of workers against soaring costs of living and poor working conditions.

WSWS (2022-10-07). Millions driven into poverty by pandemic, soaring prices and recession. wsws.org A World Bank report has found that in 2020 global median income declined by 4 percent, the first such decline since it began measurements in median income in 1990, with the most impoverished suffering "setbacks in education and health, with massive learning losses and shortened lifespans."

WSWS (2022-10-07). Millions driven into poverty by pandmeic, soaring prices and recession. wsws.org A World Bank report has found that in 2020 global median income declined by 4 percent, the first such decline since it began measurements in median income in 1990, with the most impoverished suffering "setbacks in education and health, with massive learning losses and shortened lifespans."

SAM (2022-10-07). America's Rich Dominate the Ranks of Our World's Wealthiest. Why? inequality.org

Roberta Wood (2022-10-07). Communist leader indicts Coors for its watery beer and dangerous politics. peoplesworld.org "Watery beer and horrible politics!" Communist Party co-chair Joe Sims issued this indictment of Coors Beer, one of America's huge corporations, 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 …

Jake Watkins (2022-10-07). Indianapolis union local steps up to aid the homeless. peoplesworld.org INDIANAPOLIS, In. On "Community Day," Sept. 25 at the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), Local 372A offices, clothing, and shoes were given away, donations accepted to purchase hygiene products, and food was cooked and distributed to those who needed it. "I believe that everyone will, at some point in …

Sarah Baron (2022-10-07). Raise Corporate Taxes—Not Interest Rates—to Protect Working Families. commondreams.org Instead of just relying on job-killing interest rate hikes, policymakers should directly address the problem of price gouging.

Jeremiah Mosteller (2022-10-06). Hidden Taxes Don't Belong Anywhere, Least of All in Our Justice System. aclu.org Picture this: On your way home from work after a long week, you're pulled over and issued a ticket for rolling through a stop sign. The fine is $75 — but once mandatory fees are tacked on, the ticket's total cost is over $300. | What would happen if you couldn't afford to pay this cost immediately? In most places in the U.S., your government would tack on additional fees and interest charges, suspend your driver's license, or even issue a bench warrant — meaning that police could arrest and jail you. | Fees are a hidden, regressive tax that harshly punish hard-working families living paycheck to pa…

Staff (2022-10-07). Russia negotiating oil, gas swaps with Iran: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) — Russia and Iran continue working out an option of oil and gas swaps, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak told reporters.

WSWS (2022-10-07). Millions driven into poverty by pandemic, soaring prices and recession. wsws.org A World Bank report has found that in 2020 global median income declined by 4 percent, the first such decline since it began measurements in median income in 1990, with the most impoverished suffering "setbacks in education and health, with massive learning losses and shortened lifespans."

WSWS (2022-10-07). Millions driven into poverty by pandmeic, soaring prices and recession. wsws.org A World Bank report has found that in 2020 global median income declined by 4 percent, the first such decline since it began measurements in median income in 1990, with the most impoverished suffering "setbacks in education and health, with massive learning losses and shortened lifespans."

Toward increased Networking (2022-10-07). 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.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2022-10-07). 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.

Brett Wilkins (2022-10-06). After Dumping $15 Billion Into Fossil Fuels, World Bank Urged to Stop 'Investing in Climate Disaster'. commondreams.org "If the World Bank wants to be a part of the solution rather than the problem, it needs to stop funding fossil fuels and unlock billions in order to support the transition to renewable energy across the globe and end poverty and inequality," said one campaigner.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-06). Republican-ruled states let rich hide $5.63 trillion in U.S. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—A growing number of U.S. states, and not just small ones like corporate-friendly Delaware and deep-red South Dakota, but big ones such as Florida and Texas, are scheming to or actually hiding the wealth of the rich, letting the upper class get away with not paying their fair share for maintaining society, or democracy, a …

WSWS (2022-10-06). Modi booster Gautam Adani becomes world's second richest man amid social misery for Indian working class. wsws.org Pro-investor economic reforms‚ÄÜcarried out since 1991 by successive Indian governments, led by both the Congress Party and Modi's BJP, have dramatically deepened social inequality and concentrated wealth in the hands of rapacious billionaires like Adani.

WSWS (2022-10-06). Modi booster, Gautam Adani becomes world's second richest man amid social misery for Indian working class. wsws.org Pro-investor economic reforms‚ÄÜcarried out since 1991 by successive Indian governments, led by both the Congress Party and Modi's BJP, have dramatically deepened social inequality and concentrated wealth in the hands of rapacious billionaires like Adani.

F. William Engdahl (2022-10-06). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.

Jeremiah Mosteller (2022-10-06). Hidden Taxes Don't Belong Anywhere, Least of All in Our Justice System. aclu.org Picture this: On your way home from work after a long week, you're pulled over and issued a ticket for rolling through a stop sign. The fine is $75 — but once mandatory fees are tacked on, the ticket's total cost is over $300. | What would happen if you couldn't afford to pay this cost immediately? In most places in the U.S., your government would tack on additional fees and interest charges, suspend your driver's license, or even issue a bench warrant — meaning that police could arrest and jail you. | Fees are a hidden, regressive tax that harshly punish hard-working families living paycheck to pa…

TeleSUR (2022-10-06). Ecuador: At Least 13 Dead, Some 20 Injured in Guayaquil Prison. telesurenglish.net The National Service of Integral Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) said, "We regret to inform that, as a result of the clashes of persons deprived of liberty in the Center of Deprivation of Liberty Number 1, there are 13 dead." | RELATED: | The authorities reported that control was resumed at the prison and expressed "their solidarity with the families in these moments of grief." | This event triggered a demonstratio…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-10-06). The Science Of The Vending Machine Side Hustle: I Make $300,000 But Only Work 4 Hours A Week. moguldom.com When Marcus Gram started a vending machine business on the side, he didn't know it would eventually lead to him earning over $300,000 per year by just working four hours per week. It's done that and more for the 31-year-old entrepreneur and coach. According to an article Gram wrote for CNBC, he just a few years ago …

Sarah Anderson (2022-10-06). To Protect Working Families, Raise Corporate Taxes — Not Interest Rates. inequality.org

Brett Wilkins (2022-10-06). 'Next Up? Legalize It': Advocates Cheer Biden Move to Pardon Marijuana Convictions. commondreams.org "This is what pressure and advocacy look like," said anti-poverty activist Joe Sanberg. "This must be the first of many steps to ending our decadeslong failed policies on marijuana."

WSWS (2022-10-06). Modi booster, Gautam Adani becomes world's second richest man amid social misery for Indian working class. wsws.org Pro-investor economic reforms‚ÄÜcarried out since 1991 by successive Indian governments, led by both the Congress Party and Modi's BJP, have dramatically deepened social inequality and concentrated wealth in the hands of rapacious billionaires like Adani.

_____ (2022-10-05). 'Our Health And Safety Is Not A Priority Here'. popularresistance.org Nearly 240 factory workers at the world's biggest independent bottler, Refresco, in Wharton, New Jersey, have been fighting for years to improve working conditions and win recognition of their union after voting twice to unionize their workplace. | Now, after winning their second election, Refresco workers are finally starting negotiations with the company. Refresco filed numerous appeals and stalled the bargaining process for as long as possible by claiming the election had been improperly run. The National Labor Relations Board did, in fact, overturn workers' first union victory in June 2021. The reason? An age…

_____ (2022-10-05). We Need A Labor Movement That's A Lot More Militant. popularresistance.org Class struggle unionism is based on a very simple idea, which is that workers create all wealth. Through the employment process this wealth gets separated from the workers and flows to a handful of people in society. That is why and how we get billionaires. | This view of employment is very different from business unionism, which was the main competing form of unionism to class struggle unionism. Business unionism sees itself as having a very narrow role of negotiating the sale of labor. The view can be summed up with the slogan "a fair days wage for a fair days work." Business unionists see themselves as narrowl…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-05). Why Western Countries Are Interested in Maintaining Energy Poverty in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim criticized the West on Monday for obstructing African nations' effort to develop their own hydrocarbon reserves and constantly ignoring the energy poverty problems of the Global South. What's behind the Global North's political short-sightedness and who benefits from the controversy? Even though Africa boasts roughly 12% and 9% of…

C.J. Atkins (2022-10-05). The Fed's intentional recession: Higher interest rates mean fewer jobs, smaller paychecks. peoplesworld.org Whenever the Federal Reserve announces interest rate hikes, a lot of working people wonder what it means for them. If you're buying a home or have an adjustable rate mortgage already, then you can expect the interest offer you get from the bank to be higher. Perhaps the loan you want to take out for …

Dean Baker (2022-10-05). NYT Headlines Piece on National Debt Crossing $31.1 Trillion for the First Time! cepr.net It might have been helpful if we had some context … instead of just trying to scare readers with the really big numbers.

Maureen Bowling (2022-10-05). Revive the Child Tax Credit. Our Children Deserve Nothing Less. otherwords.org I like to think I'm an American success story. | I was born into homelessness, grew up in the foster care system, and suffered unthinkable domestic abuse as an adult. Now I'm on track to graduate with a Master's degree in social work next spring. | But don't mistake my story for the "pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" trope that conservative lawmakers like to call the American Dream. That idea is mythical, and my own success story proves it. | I'm one hero of my story, certainly. My children, friends, and community members are, too. | But so are the well-funded foster care services I received growing up in…

Jim Pugh (2022-10-05). Reviving the Child Tax Credit Is a Winning Campaign Message for Democrats This Coming Midterms. commondreams.org The expanded Child Tax Credit was the most impactful anti-poverty program in a generation. Democrats should campaign on bringing it back.

WSWS (2022-10-05). Re-elected Coalition Avenir Québec government will come into headlong conflict with the working class. wsws.org Legault and his CAQ benefited from mass popular alienation with the traditional parties of provincial government and the right-wing campaign mounted by the pseudo-left Québec Solidaire.

WSWS (2022-10-05). The global strike wave and the crisis of revolutionary leadership. wsws.org Across the world, a surge of working-class opposition to inequality and capitalist exploitation is developing in the form of strikes and protests on every continent.

Global Research (2022-10-05). Libro para descarga libre: "Globalización de la pobreza y nuevo orden mundial" Michel Chossudovsky. globalizacion.ca Nota del Editor: El Centro de Investigación sobre la Globalización (Global Research) pone a su disposición de sus lectores el libro "Globalización de la pobreza y nuevo orden mundial" del profesor Michel Chossudovsky, publicado en español el año 2002 por…

WSWS (2022-10-05). The global strike wave and the crisis of revolutionary leadership. wsws.org Across the world, a surge of working-class opposition to inequality and capitalist exploitation is developing in the form of strikes and protests on every continent.

WSWS (2022-10-05). Re-elected Coalition Avenir Québec government will come into headlong conflict with the working class. wsws.org Legault and his CAQ benefited from mass popular alienation with the traditional parties of provincial government and the right-wing campaign mounted by the pseudo-left Québec Solidaire.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-04). Wrong Children: An Essay by Faina Savenkova, a Child of Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong Photo: Faina Savenkova This week, I am working on a lengthy but paid (!) translation project, so in lieu of writing more articles, I am publishing the work of the child writer from Donbass, Faina Savenkova. She is just 13-years old and has been writing since the age of 11. She has…

WSWS (2022-10-04). Massive vote in favour of strike against Ford government's austerity agenda by 55,000 Ontario education support workers. wsws.org While rank-and-file workers are determined to strike to put an end to over a decade of stagnating wages and miserable working conditions, the union bureaucracy has no intention of calling a work stoppage. Instead, the OSBCU leadership's main concern is to work out a sellout agreement with Ford at the "bargaining table."

Staff (2022-10-04). Brussels court lifts ban on extraditing diplomat to Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) — A court in Belgium canceled the ban on the extradition of an Iranian diplomat "Asadollah Asadi" working in Vienna who was arrested four years ago based on unproven allegations.

WSWS (2022-10-04). Child hunger "single biggest challenge" facing UK schools. wsws.org the Chefs in Schools charity reports a "heart-breaking" increase in hungry children, with school chefs "actively going out and finding the kids who are hiding in the playground because they don't think they can get a meal and feeding them."

Sarah Anderson (2022-10-03). In Long Fight for Climate Justice, Activists Win Key Victory Against Manchin and Fossil Fuel Industry. inequality.org

WSWS (2022-10-03). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government to slash public sector wages, pensions. wsws.org The PSOE-Podemos government is working with the CCOO and UGT unions to approve below-inflation raises for millions of civil servants and minimum wage workers.

WSWS (2022-10-03). Sri Lankan pseudo-left FSP backs imperialist manoeuvring at the UNHRC. wsws.org Workers in Sri Lanka can only defend their democratic and social rights by uniting with the international working class and fighting for socialism.

____ (2022-10-03). Towards Understanding Injustice, Inequality, Violence and Social Problems Blocking Human Progress. transcend.org Our Human Culture and Our Problems…

_____ (2022-10-03). Wealthiest 10% Responsible for Nearly % of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds. popularresistance.org The paper, published in Nature Sustainability Thursday, looked at the difference in per-capita emissions across the global economic spectrum between 1990 and 2019. During this time, the top one percent of emitters were responsible for nearly a quarter of all emissions contributing to the climate crisis and the top 10 percent are now responsible for nearly half of the total.

Steve Wamhoff (2022-10-03). Will Congress Extend Corporate Tax Breaks But Not Tax Provisions That Reduce Child Poverty? commondreams.org If lawmakers believe it's worthwhile to extend corporate tax breaks, then it would be entirely unreasonable for them to not conclude the same about tax provisions that help low-income children.

Sarah Anderson (2022-10-03). In Long Fight for Climate Justice, Activists Win Key Victory Against Manchin and Fossil Fuel Industry. inequality.org

____ (2022-10-03). Václav Havel (5 Oct 1936 18 Dec 2011). transcend.org Václav Havel, Czech playwright, poet, and political dissident, who, after the fall of communism, was president of Czechoslovakia (1989—92) and of the Czech Republic (1993—2003). Havel was the son of a wealthy restaurateur whose property was confiscated by the communist government of Czechoslovakia in 1948.

WSWS (2022-10-03). Truss U-turns on scrapping top tax rate as Tories' UK budget crisis deepens. wsws.org As it did during the long process of removing Boris Johnson in a palace coup, the Labour Party is working with the Tories to help replace a failing leader without triggering a social and political opposition in the working class.

WSWS (2022-10-03). Brazil's elections yield runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro amid mounting political crisis. wsws.org The threats to living standards and democratic rights cannot be confronted at the ballot box on October 30, but only by the mass struggles of the Brazilian and international working class.

Staff (2022-10-03). Grenada to Pay $140 Million in Debt to Venezuela & Resume PetroCaribe Agreement. orinocotribune.com Caracas, October 2, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—On Tuesday, September 26, the government of Grenada announced that it has already begun preliminary talks with Venezuela to pay off a debt of more than $140 million and resume the PetroCaribe agreement, according to Caribbean news reports. | Petrocaribe is an oil alliance consisting of 18 Caribbean countries that was founded on June 29, 2005 in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, by former President Hugo Chavez. Venezuela offered preferential payment for oil shipments to its members with an upfront payment of 5- % of the bill and payment of the remaining balance in a per…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-02). Ending Hunger, Reviving Agriculture: The MST's Vision for Post-Election Brazil. libya360.wordpress.com Joà£o Pedro Stedile of the national leadership of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) talks about the current crisis in the agrarian sector and the way forward. He explains how the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro has wrecked agriculture, leading to a rise in hunger. He also talks about the MST's proposals for reviving the sector which…

JANET (2022-10-02). Cuba will continue to raise its voice to reject domination and hegemonism. iacenter.org September 29, 2022 Speech by Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, at the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2022 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez at U.N., Sept. 21. Delegates: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, as never before, the true essence of the unjust and unsustainable prevailing international order. Humanity never had this formidable scientific-technical potential nor this extraordinary capacity to generate wealth and well-being, and yet, never before has the world been so unequal and inequality so profound. Eight hundred and twenty-eight million people, 10% of…

Fight Back (2022-10-02). Philippines: Intensify mass struggles amid peso devaluation and rising prices. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The broad masses of workers, peasants, and the rest the Filipino people must firmly advance their urgent socioeconomic demands and intensify their national and democratic mass struggles in the face of increasing possibility of a sharp economic decline in the coming months. The steady devaluation of the Philippine peso is set to further worsen their conditions of high fuel and food prices, low wages, rural bankruptcies, and widespread unemployment and cause the accelerated deterioration of the people's li…

WSWS (2022-10-03). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government to slash public sector wages, pensions. wsws.org The PSOE-Podemos government is working with the CCOO and UGT unions to approve below-inflation raises for millions of civil servants and minimum wage workers.

WSWS (2022-10-03). Sri Lankan pseudo-left FSP backs imperialist manoeuvring at the UNHRC. wsws.org Workers in Sri Lanka can only defend their democratic and social rights by uniting with the international working class and fighting for socialism.

____ (2022-10-03). Towards Understanding Injustice, Inequality, Violence and Social Problems Blocking Human Progress. transcend.org Our Human Culture and Our Problems…

WSWS (2022-10-03). Truss U-turns on scrapping top tax rate as Tories' UK budget crisis deepens. wsws.org As it did during the long process of removing Boris Johnson in a palace coup, the Labour Party is working with the Tories to help replace a failing leader without triggering a social and political opposition in the working class.

____ (2022-10-03). Václav Havel (5 Oct 1936 18 Dec 2011). transcend.org Václav Havel, Czech playwright, poet, and political dissident, who, after the fall of communism, was president of Czechoslovakia (1989—92) and of the Czech Republic (1993—2003). Havel was the son of a wealthy restaurateur whose property was confiscated by the communist government of Czechoslovakia in 1948.

JANET (2022-10-02). Say NO to U.S. wars! Oct. 15-22 actions. iacenter.org September 28, 2022 The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) is organizing for protests the week of Oct. 15-22 in this call posted at unac.peace.org. Back to the streets! Say NO to U.S. wars! Stop Washington's war moves toward Russia and China. Stop endless wars: Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Palestine, everywhere. Join us in protest during the week of Oct 15-22. Organize an action in your local area, or join one at unac.peace.org. Today working people face escalating costs of food and energy, recession, growing insecurity and attacks on efforts to unionize. The continuing wars and military provocations have brought…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-02). Ending Hunger, Reviving Agriculture: The MST's Vision for Post-Election Brazil. libya360.wordpress.com Joà£o Pedro Stedile of the national leadership of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) talks about the current crisis in the agrarian sector and the way forward. He explains how the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro has wrecked agriculture, leading to a rise in hunger. He also talks about the MST's proposals for reviving the sector which…

_____ (2022-10-02). Ending Hunger, Reviving Agriculture: The MST's Vision For Brazil. popularresistance.org Joà£o Pedro Stedile of the national leadership of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) talks about the current crisis in the agrarian sector and the way forward. He explains how the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro has wrecked agriculture, leading to a rise in hunger. He also talks about the MST's proposals for reviving the sector which include both immediate steps to alleviate hunger and structural solutions to long-term problems. These include the key role cooperatives must play in the country.

Liberation Staff (2022-10-02). Victory for Boston Starbucks workers in 64-day strike. liberationnews.org Boston Starbucks Workers United announced victory at 874 Commonwealth Avenue on September 21, ending the longest strike in SBWU history.

JANET (2022-10-02). Cuba will continue to raise its voice to reject domination and hegemonism. iacenter.org September 29, 2022 Speech by Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, at the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2022 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez at U.N., Sept. 21. Delegates: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, as never before, the true essence of the unjust and unsustainable prevailing international order. Humanity never had this formidable scientific-technical potential nor this extraordinary capacity to generate wealth and well-being, and yet, never before has the world been so unequal and inequality so profound. Eight hundred and twenty-eight million people, 10% of…

_____ (2022-10-02). Water Crises Portend Socialism Or Barbarism. popularresistance.org It's 2022 and the climate has changed. Around the world, the new climate is making itself felt via droughts, heatwaves, floods, and storms. Many of these events are record breakers, and their effects go beyond local areas to affect global supply chains and the lives of millions of working-class people. These are more than just "natural" disasters, though: these multiple water crises are driven, sometimes even created, by a capitalist society organized to put short-term profit above long-term sustainability. Our untenable management of water illustrates the impossibility of addressing climate change under capitali…

Fight Back (2022-10-02). Philippines: Intensify mass struggles amid peso devaluation and rising prices. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The broad masses of workers, peasants, and the rest the Filipino people must firmly advance their urgent socioeconomic demands and intensify their national and democratic mass struggles in the face of increasing possibility of a sharp economic decline in the coming months. The steady devaluation of the Philippine peso is set to further worsen their conditions of high fuel and food prices, low wages, rural bankruptcies, and widespread unemployment and cause the accelerated deterioration of the people's li…

____ (2022-10-02). Chinese enterprise helps renewable energy transition in Jordan. ecns.cn On the barren desert of southern Jordan, numerous towering wind turbines are working to generate the renewable energy that the country needs to spur its green transition.

TeleSUR (2022-10-02). Cuban President Visits Again the Province Most Affected by Ian. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, President Miguel Diaz-Canel visited Pinar del Rio for the third time, evaluating the reconstruction work in the Cuban province most affected by hurricane Ian. | RELATED: | During his visit to the provincial capital, he met with citizens and students who are working on various tasks related to population support and damage management. | "We are going to recover. Be sure of it!", Diaz-Canel said while walking th…

WSWS (2022-10-01). In cave-in to the banks, Biden changes student loan forgiveness rules to make 800,000 people ineligible. wsws.org The rule change reverses the previous guidance and makes 800,000 people, whose loans are guaranteed by the government but held by private banks, ineligible for the $10,000 debt write-off.

____ (2022-10-02). Chinese enterprise helps renewable energy transition in Jordan. ecns.cn On the barren desert of southern Jordan, numerous towering wind turbines are working to generate the renewable energy that the country needs to spur its green transition.

WSWS (2022-10-01). For the independent mobilization of the working class against the threat of dictatorship in Brazil. wsws.org The Brazilian political crisis is one of the epicenters of a globally interconnected process of dissolution of democratic forms of rule by the ruling class in all countries.

WSWS (2022-10-01). French workers on one-day strike 29 September against inflation, war. wsws.org Around 2 ,000 workers demonstrated across France, according to trade unions, as working class anger mounts over the danger of hunger and cold this winter, linked to the war against Russia.

Staff (2022-10-01). Georges Abdallah launches one-day solidarity strike for Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net On Saturday, 1 October, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab communist struggler for Palestine jailed in France for the past 38 years, announced that he was going on a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with the 30 Palestinian prisoners striing for freedom. Since 25 September, 30 Palestinians jailed without charge or trial under "administrative detention" …

Staff (2022-10-01). Palestinian and Arab youth organizations unite to support Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. samidoun.net Dozens of Palestinian and Arab youth organizations issued a collective statement in support of the 30 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to demand an end to their administrative detention. Released by the Handala Center for Prisoners, the statement calls for urgent action to confront normalization with Zionism throughout the region and to escalate the struggle …

Rachel Simon-Kumar, Sonia Lewycka, Terryann C Clark, Theresa Fleming, Roshini Peiris-John (2022-10-01). [Articles] Flexible resources and experiences of racism among a multi-ethnic adolescent population in Aotearoa, New Zealand: an intersectional analysis of health and socioeconomic inequities using survey data. thelancet.com Indigenous and ethnic minority experiences of racism are heterogeneous. Structural flexible resources (wealth) and, more substantially, embodiment flexible resources (perceived Whiteness) mitigate individual experiences of racism. In multi-ethnic western societies, anti-racist interventions and policies must address both structural deprivation and associated intergenerational mobility and colourism (ie, implicit and explicit bias against non-White youth).

WSWS (2022-10-01). In cave-in to the banks, Biden changes student loan forgiveness rules to make 800,000 people ineligible. wsws.org The rule change reverses the previous guidance and makes 800,000 people, whose loans are guaranteed by the government but held by private banks, ineligible for the $10,000 debt write-off.

WSWS (2022-10-01). For the independent mobilization of the working class against the threat of dictatorship in Brazil. wsws.org The Brazilian political crisis is one of the epicenters of a globally interconnected process of dissolution of democratic forms of rule by the ruling class in all countries.

WSWS (2022-10-01). French workers on one-day strike 29 September against inflation, war. wsws.org Around 2 ,000 workers demonstrated across France, according to trade unions, as working class anger mounts over the danger of hunger and cold this winter, linked to the war against Russia.

Rachel Simon-Kumar, Sonia Lewycka, Terryann C Clark, Theresa Fleming, Roshini Peiris-John (2022-10-01). [Articles] Flexible resources and experiences of racism among a multi-ethnic adolescent population in Aotearoa, New Zealand: an intersectional analysis of health and socioeconomic inequities using survey data. thelancet.com Indigenous and ethnic minority experiences of racism are heterogeneous. Structural flexible resources (wealth) and, more substantially, embodiment flexible resources (perceived Whiteness) mitigate individual experiences of racism. In multi-ethnic western societies, anti-racist interventions and policies must address both structural deprivation and associated intergenerational mobility and colourism (ie, implicit and explicit bias against non-White youth).

WSWS (2022-10-01). In cave-in to the banks, Biden changes student loan forgiveness rules to make 800,000 people ineligible. wsws.org The rule change reverses the previous guidance and makes 800,000 people, whose loans are guaranteed by the government but held by private banks, ineligible for the $10,000 debt write-off.

____ (2022-10-01). Chinese enterprise helps renewable energy transition in Jordan. ecns.cn On the barren desert of southern Jordan, numerous towering wind turbines are working to generate the renewable energy that the country needs to spur its green transition.

Rainer Shea (2022-09-30). Neo-Colonial Apologia, Imperialist Hypocrisy, & the Chauvinism Driving Pro-NATO Liberals. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea Sep 26, 2022 | None are more hypocritical than the Americans who say that Russia is waging an imperialist war. The same goes for when they say China is carrying out a colonial genocide, or when they say the DPRK violates its people's human rights, or when they say Cuba is anti-democratic. The biggest of these projections is the one in which Americans say the PRC is carrying out neo-colonialism. Because not only are the U.S. and its wealthiest allies themselves guilty of neo-colonialism, but the central motive behind their cold war escalations is to maintain this neo-colonial extraction. | The…

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.

_____ (2022-09-30). Employers' Productivity Standards Are Not Real Science. popularresistance.org Whether you're working in a warehouse or piano factory, processing insurance claims, or taking care of patients, the use of worker productivity monitoring continues to expand. | Workplaces where jobs are monitored and measured—and workers required to meet certain performance metrics—pose a particular set of challenges for stewards. | Most historians recognize Fredrick Winslow Taylor and his 1911 book The Principles of Scientific Management as the genesis of these schemes. Taylor's technology was basic by today's standards: clipboards and stopwatches. | Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (of Cheaper by the Doz…

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

Staff (2022-09-30). Growing solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on sixth day of hunger strike to #EndAdministrativeDetention. samidoun.net 30 Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strike for the sixth day to demand an end to their administrative detention without charge or trial. As they have continued their strike, the occupation prison authorities have imposed new sanctions upon them: their rooms have been turned into isolation sections and fines were imposed on the hunger strikers, …

Julia Conley (2022-09-30). 'Time to Take to the Streets': Working Class Hold 'Enough Is Enough' Rallies Across UK. commondreams.org "Does a CEO need an extra zero at the end of their salary—or should nurses, posties, and teachers be able to heat their homes?" said one supporter ahead of the #EnoughIsEnough National Day of Action.

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.

Indie Left (2022-09-29). 9/29: Sending BILLIONS to Ukraine while clearing homeless encampments at home | #BernieorBust, again? | Russell Brand Censored! | 2 brothers DIE at BP refinery | @FiorellaIsabelM on #JulianAssange. independentleftnews.substack.com

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 …