(2022-11-19). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…
(2022-11-19). UC strike pits academic workers in battle against the Democratic Party. wsws.org Striking workers are trying to break through the limits imposed by the United Auto Workers apparatus, which is working to impose a deal acceptable to the budgetary restraints set by the Democrats.
(2022-11-19). Economic hardship, COVID and political instability dominate today's Malaysian election. wsws.org Political turmoil and the harsh economic conditions prevailing for the working class and rural poor make the election outcome far from certain.
(2022-11-19). Meeting of Sà£o Paulo Forum Working Group Starts in Caracas. orinocotribune.com 
On Friday, November 18, the meeting of the expanded Working Group of the Sà£o Paulo Forum started in Caracas, Venezuela, to work on consolidating the strategic plan to advance towards regional integrity and the sovereignty of Latin America and the Caribbean. Adán Chávez, vice-president of International Affairs of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), inaugurated the event, which is being held at the headquarters of the International University of Communication (IUCOM), in Caracas, during November 18-19. | During these two days, representatives of leftist parties from various countries of the world…
(2022-11-19). Xi's speech at 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech titled "Shouldering Responsibility and Working Together in Solidarity to Build an Asia-Pacific Community with a Shared Future" on Friday at the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting.
(2022-11-19). Oklahoma's "Child Abuse" Law Doesn't Protect Children — It Criminalizes Mothers. truthout.org Karina had been looking forward to Christmas. In November, she had reunited with her 6-year-old daughter, who had been staying with Karina's sister after Karina was evicted. That month, the family celebrated Karina's younger daughter's first birthday — complete with her first teetering steps. | Karina moved in with her father and, trying to save for her own apartment, had been working two full-time restaurant jobs, often going straight from one to another. Although she was an enrolled member of the Shawnee, she was too far from the tribal area to utilize their assistance. | Instead, she relied on her boyfri…
(2022-11-19). Musk's attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse. wsws.org Media outlets and technology experts are warning that Twitter may collapse or go bankrupt following the mass exodus of another 1,200 employees from the company.
(2022-11-19). You're Living in a World Wrought by the Federal Reserve. Notice Anything Wrong? scheerpost.com 
In her new book, veteran Wall Street watcher and economist Nomi Prins warns that central bank strategies deployed since the financial crisis are destroying the real economy, worsening inequality, and creating societal chaos.
(2022-11-19). COP27 finaliza y aún no alcanza consenso para acuerdos clave. telesurtv.net Los países pobres y ONG reclaman voluntad de los países desarrollados para establecer un fondo para pérdidas y daños.
(2022-11-18). Build the Assange defence campaign in the working class! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (UK) Congress resolution states, "The international working class must take the lead in the fight to free Assange. It is the sole constituency for the defence of democratic rights, and it alone has the power to wrest the WikiLeaks founder from his captors."
(2022-11-18). Euthanasia Used in Canada to Get Rid of Poorest People. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad Pentobarbital, an anesthetic drug, is used in euthanasia. Euthanasia, also called "assisted death," is a measure available in some countries that allows people suffering from incurable illnesses to request medical assistance for a painless death. However, in Canada, it is increasingly used by people living alone and in poverty, yet it is not…
(2022-11-18). Support our nurses' struggle for decent pay! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf Way beyond breaking point, nurses across the NHS have finally voted to take strike action. The last time they had a real-terms pay increase was back in 2010, since when pay settlements have fallen further and further behind inflation. Throughout that time, many have descended into poverty, as is …
(2022-11-18). Evictions in Detroit return to pre-pandemic levels. wsws.org A study conducted by Poverty Solutions, a University of Michigan research organization, shows that the number of impoverished working class families in Detroit being evicted have returned to rates that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-11-18). Reimagining Food, Farming and Humanity: Ecomodernism's Dystopia. dissidentvoice.org Ecomodernists offer no solutions to contemporary problems other than technical innovation and further integration into private markets which are structured systematically by centralized state power in favour of the wealthy… Chris Smaje "Ecomodernism: a Response to my Critics", Originally published September 10, 2015 by Small Farm Future In 2017, the then Monsanto Chief Technology Officer …
(2022-11-18). Major Corporations and Institutions Are Helping to Build "Cop City" in Atlanta. truthout.org In 2021, LittleSis and Color of Change profiled Despite the United States spending upwards of $100 billion on policing each year, police foundations act as a backchannel for corporate and wealthy interests by funding policing even further, adding to already overinflated budgets without any requi…
(2022-11-18). FDA Oversight of Clinical Trials Is 'Grossly Inadequate,' Say Experts. strategic-culture.org Covid-19 vaccines and drugs were developed at "warp speed" and now experts are concerned that the US Food and Drug Administration inspected too few clinical trial sites. Maryanne Demasi reports | On 25 September 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received a complaint by Brook Jackson who had been working for Ventavia Research Group, a Texas based company hired to run clinical trials for Pfizer's covid-19 mRNA vaccine. Jackson, a regional director, had witnessed problems at three trial sites she was overseeing and complained to an FDA inspector about a range of problems including falsified data, un…
(2022-11-18). How Union Solidarity Improves Everyone's Health Care. independentmediainstitute.org Alyssa Stout and her 800 coworkers banded together to keep Oroville Hospital open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, working around the clock to save countless lives. But these union members didn't stop there. They brought that same unwavering solidarity to the bargaining table earlier in 2022 and won a new contract with safety enhancements and other …
(2022-11-18). Midterm Mayhem and the Economy for Working People. commondreams.org Our country continues on a trajectory that corrodes its best spiritual and secular values. This occurs while a tiny number of oligarchs manipulate and deceive working people into voting against their own economic interests.
(2022-11-18). Organizing Under and Against Apartheid: The New Unions in Palestine. socialistproject.ca 
The Palestine New Federation of Trade Unions (the New Unions) started as a small union organizing workers in the agricultural sector, known as the Union of Workers Associations in the Food Industries and Agriculture (UWAFIA). In October 2007, eighty Palestinian workers who used to work in Seoul Orr, one of the seven factories located in the illegal industrial settlement zone of Nitzani Shalom (on land confiscated by an Israeli military order from Palestinians in Tulkarm, occupied West Bank) went on an open strike. | The strike was a protest against the animal-like working conditions the workers endured for yea…
(2022-11-18). Online events w) Nikole Hannah-Jones, Medea Benjamin, Jeremy Lent, Naomi Klein, and others. indybay.org Here are about 14 online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting at 4: 00 pm today (Thursday, 11/17), featuring people such as adrienne maree brown, Susan Raffo, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Cornel West, Prachi Patankar, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Medea Benjamin, Dean Spade, Mariana Mazzucato, Jeremy Lent, Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada 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.
(2022-11-18). Australian wages data shows historic cut to working-class living standards. wsws.org Wages rose by less than half the official inflation rate over the past year—the greatest decline on record.
(2022-11-18). Rail workers vote to extend UK national strike action as RMT union holds closed door talks with employers. wsws.org Since the last national one-day stoppage on October 8, the RMT executive has been working overtime to prevent further strike action as it seeks an accommodation with Network Rail and the train operating companies.
(2022-11-18). Seattle human service workers demand improved wages, services. workers.org 
Seattle Unionized Seattle human services workers rallied at City Hall Plaza Nov. 8 to demand wage increases and better services for the homeless. With the rising cost of living, austerity has forced many of these workers, stuck with low wages, to quit, leaving 300 vacant positions for homeless services. Seattle . . . |
(2022-11-18). How The Pandemic Changed The Landscape Of U.S. Labor Organizing. popularresistance.org The story of essential workers during the pandemic is part of the long unraveling of the New Deal. The destruction of the welfare state, the attack on unions, and the rise of neoliberalism provide the historical backdrop for the pandemic labor unrest. As workers' fortunes came under renewed attack in the early 1970s, the historic gains of the New Deal were rolled back decades. Inequality became the defining feature of our economy as we arrived at a second Gilded Age. This was more than unfair‚Äâ—‚Äâduring the pandemic it had deadly consequences. A 2020 study found that in o…
(2022-11-18). The Pandemic Treaty, Crypto, and Inequality. cepr.net The World Health Organization is in the early phases of putting together an international agreement for dealing with pandemics. The goal is to ensure both that the world is prepared to fend off future pandemics by developing effective vaccines, tests, and treatments; and that these products are widely accessible, including in low-income countries that don't …
(2022-11-18). How The Pandemic Changed The Landscape Of US Labor Organizing. popularresistance.org The story of essential workers during the pandemic is part of the long unraveling of the New Deal. The destruction of the welfare state, the attack on unions, and the rise of neoliberalism provide the historical backdrop for the pandemic labor unrest. As workers' fortunes came under renewed attack in the early 1970s, the historic gains of the New Deal were rolled back decades. Inequality became the defining feature of our economy as we arrived at a second Gilded Age. This was more than unfair‚Äâ—‚Äâduring the pandemic it had deadly consequences. A 2020 study found that in o…
(2022-11-18). "A Near-Death Experience": U.K.-Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Almost Dies on Prison Hunger Strike. democracynow.org 
The family of imprisoned British Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah visited him on Thursday for the first time since he ended his full hunger and water strike, which they say occurred after he collapsed inside his prison shower last week. El-Fattah had intensified his strike on the first day of the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh to draw international attention to the country's human rights violations and protest his seemingly indefinite imprisonment. We go to Cairo to speak with his aunt, Ahdaf Soueif, who was among the visitors and says El-Fattah may resume his hunger strike if t…
(2022-11-18). Declaración de la Casa de las Américas: Una cumbre neofascista en Nuestra América. cubadebate.cu Las esperanzadoras victorias de la izquierda en los últimos años en nuestra región deben ser defendidas. Nos corresponde desenmascarar todas las trampas y conjuras que amenazan los esfuerzos por expandir la justicia social y la reivindicación de los pobres de la tierra.
(2022-11-17). University of California strikers remain determined to end poverty wages. wsws.org As the strike of 48,000 educators and researchers wins powerful support in the working class, the UAW is maneuvering to shut it down.
(2022-11-17). Is COP27 Already Too Lost and Too Damaged? commondreams.org To date, the world's wealthy countries have so far refused to pay for "loss and damage," that is, to admit that they've massively polluted the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gasses.
(2022-11-17). William Robinson: How COVID-19 will lead to a global capitalist police state. therealnews.com 
Capitalism was in crisis before the COVID-19 pandemic, and existing conditions of inequality, dispossession, and ecological ruin set the stage for the deadly success of the coronavirus. But how has COVID-19 changed capitalism, and where is the system headed now? The system shock of the pandemic has provoked growing resistance from the working class. At the same time, the wealthiest fraction of society has exploited the crisis of COVID-19 to accelerate their accumulation of wealth and violent dispossession of the world's majority. Professor William I. Robinson argues that humanity is now on a path towards th…
(2022-11-17). Low-Wealth Voters Made the Key Difference in Midterms. commondreams.org If you need more than a minimum wage, go vote. If you need to decide between paying for rent or medications, go vote. If you still don't have decent health care or potable water, go vote.
(2022-11-17). Chilean State to Address Historic Land Debt With Mapuche Indigenous Communities. scheerpost.com 
(2022-11-17). Biden Administration Caves To Pressure On Student Debt Bankruptcy. levernews.com
(2022-11-17). Saturday 12/17: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Less Is More. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
(2022-11-17). TikTok to address U.S. security concerns. ecns.cn Short-video app TikTok is working on an initiative called "Project Texas" to address the U.S. government concerns about data security, its CEO said on Wednesday.
(2022-11-17). Democrats Can Defeat GOP Extremism by 'Fighting for Working People': Warren. commondreams.org "Democrats need to do more for American families—not less," said the progressive lawmaker from Massachusetts.
(2022-11-17). FTX Crypto Crash Threatens Life Savings of Working People. truthout.org The dramatic collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX sent shockwaves around the world last week, especially after it emerged that company managers allegedly stole at least $1 billion in customer funds to finance risky gambles that never paid off. About 1 million people have money frozen in the bankrupt exchange, in a collapse that also looks set to hurt poor and working class people worldwide who never owned so-called "digital assets." | In Canada, pensions managers had to reassure public school teachers that their exposure to FTX was limited after it emerged that the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan invested $…
(2022-11-17). University of California strikers erupt in anger as UAW proposes major concessions in wage demands. wsws.org As the strike of 48,000 educators and researchers wins powerful support in the working class, the UAW is maneuvering to shut it down.
(2022-11-17). World Socialist Web Site readers in North Asia support online public meeting to fight "let it rip" COVID policies. wsws.org Sunday's public meeting will outline a political perspective, including the building of independent rank-and-file committees, to unify health workers, teachers and other sections of workers in the fight for decent wages, working conditions and the elimination of COVID-19.
(2022-11-17). From the archives: What was the "victory" on the Australian waterfront? wsws.org This article was originally published in 1999, one year after Patrick Terminals sacked its entire workforce, initiating a bitter dispute involving maritime workers and the working class as a whole.
(2022-11-17). Build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees in Britain! For a global counteroffensive of the working class! wsws.org The International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC), is the democratic organ of international working-class struggle in the 21st century.
(2022-11-17). All Eyes on Delaware — and a Promising Challenge to the World's Richest Man. inequality.org
(2022-11-17). In Deep Red South Dakota and Nebraska, Voters Used Ballot Initiatives To Curb Inequality. inequality.org