(2022-11-29). Australians Against COVID holds vigil for 16,000 COVID deaths. wsws.org SEP National Secretary Cheryl Crisp told the vigil that the mass deaths were the result of "conscious, premeditated decisions in the interests of finance, production, profits and the wealth of the tiny elite."
(2022-11-29). Liberating Africa From Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations With the West. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud Nov 21, 2022 | Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashed the images of poor looking African children needing help. | Over the years, Norway has served as a relatively good model of meaningful humanitarian and medical aid. This is especially true if compared to other self-serving western countries, where aid is often linked to direct poli…
(2022-11-29). UN Climate Conference Agrees on Fund to Address Climate Change Impacts in Developing Count. indybay.org COP27 Agreement Asserts Climate Change Results in High Debts and Development Failures…
(2022-11-29). China welcomes Sri Lankan FM's rebuttal of so-called 'Chinese debt trap': spokesperson. ecns.cn
(2022-11-29). Social division in the schools and 7 challenges to the welfare state. indybay.org The most difficult task will be to redefine prosperity not only in philosophical concepts, but also in concrete tangible and experiential terms detached from consumption. Many are already working on this. The United Nations adopted a strategy for a "blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet" with the Sustainable Development Goals 2015.
(2022-11-28). Could China Help Brazil to Overcome Its Economic Crisis? independentmediainstitute.org The election victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the president of Brazil for a third term on October 30 is expected to revise the relations between Brasília and Beijing. Brazil is going through a serious economic, political, social, and environmental crisis. Fighting poverty, resuming economic growth with income redistribution, reindustrializing the country, and …
(2022-11-28). In First, Barbados Considers Plans To Make Wealthy Plantation Family Pay Reparations. moguldom.com Barbados has long been vocal about its belief that reparations are owed to help atone for the sin of slavery. Now leaders of the Republic are turning their attention to one of the most premier slave-holding families in its history and considering plans to make one of its prominent, wealthy descendant pay reparations if negotiations for …
(2022-11-28). Big Wallet Crypto Nerds Spending at Miami Nightclubs Hits Brick Wall: 'They were booking tables for $ ,000'. moguldom.com The crypto market has gone from bragging to bombing — and big wallet crypto nerds have ceased their extravagant partying in Miami nightclubs in the process. At least that's what nightlife insiders in the city have said. According to a report by the Financial Times, newly wealthy young traders went from spending millions at the Miami clubs …
(2022-11-28). COP27: Loss & Damage Deal, But No Fossil Fuel Phaseout. orinocotribune.com 
By Julia Conley — Nov 21, 2022 | Despite a hard-fought victory on a developing world fund, campaigners said COP-27 failed to call for a phaseout of all fossil fuels. | A decades-long pressure campaign by policymakers and advocates in the global south was credited last Sunday with finally pushing wealthy nations to drop their opposition to a "loss and damage" fund to help developing countries, which face some of the worst climate impacts, to be part of At the 27th United Nati…
(2022-11-28). Rev. Barber Breaks Down Why Democrats Must Engage With Low-Wealth Voters. commondreams.org In future elections, said the co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, Democrats must "focus clearly and intensely on poor and low-wealth voters who tend to, when they vote, vote progressive if they're targeted."
(2022-11-28). "A Forgotten Conflict": Sahrawi Activists Slam Moroccan Greenwashing Amid Western Sahara Occupation. democracynow.org 
As climate Sahrawi activists in occupied Western Sahara accuse Morocco of greenwashing, the Spanish Film Academy, the Spanish equivalent to the Oscars, has just given its social justice award to the Western Sahara International Film Festival and its film school. We feature our interview at the U.N. climate summit with Mahfud Bechri, who explains how Morocco sells the natural resources and wealth of Western Sahara without the consent of the Sahrawi people as part of an effort to greenwash its military occupation of Western Sahara, and his larger campaign to demand companies end complicity with the occupation. The…
(2022-11-28). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca
(2022-11-28). Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority Requests Indefinite LUMA Contract Extension. latinorebels.com Three days before LUMA Energy's contract is set to expire, the Public-Private Partnerships Authority requested authorization to extend LUMA's provisional contract until the debt restructuring process for the publicly owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is finalized.
(2022-11-28). Railroad Workers United Call Out Corporate Greed As Strike Looms. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – Around 55% of all US rail labor rejected a tentative contract agreement brokered in September, leaving the door open for a potential strike that could cost the country's economy an estimated $2 billion per day. According to Railroad Workers United Treasurer Hugh Sawyer, the decision was a long time coming. | A locomotive engineer at Norfolk Southern with 34 years' experience, Sawyer has witnessed firsthand how working conditions on the railways have deteriorated over the last decade. He attributes those changes to private companies putting profits over people, as corporate execs and financiers…
(2022-11-28). First reusable rocket test a success in Xi'an. ecns.cn China's rocket scientists and engineers have been working on creating reusable rockets for several years and have recently made substantial progress.
(2022-11-28). Missouri workers join worldwide strike against Amazon. peoplesworld.org 
ST. LOUIS — On Black Friday, 2022, Amazon workers went on strike over brutal working conditions in 30 countries across the world. Saint Louis's Amazon Fulfillment Center 8 would not be left out. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving, is the USA's largest shopping day of the year. It has been so for decades, generally …
(2022-11-28). South Korean government threatens striking truck drivers with back-to-work order. wsws.org Workers should reject attempts by the unions to sell out their strikes and expand their struggles throughout the working class.
(2022-11-28). Australian workers voting in state election express hostility to Labor, political establishment. wsws.org Anger toward Labor over the cost-of-living crisis, broken health system and lack of services was palpable in Melbourne working-class suburbs.
(2022-11-28). Australian workers voting in state election speak on hostility to Labor, political establishment. wsws.org Anger toward Labor over the cost-of-living crisis, broken health system and lack of services was palpable in Melbourne working-class suburbs.
(2022-11-28). Germany's coalition government adopts a budget for war and austerity. wsws.org The 2023 budget passed in the German parliament on Friday is a declaration of war on working people, at the centre of which is a massive increase in military spending and extreme cuts in the areas of health, education, and social welfare.
(2022-11-28). Abellio London bus drivers strike for £20 an hour pay: "I'm working a 60-hour week to keep my head above water" wsws.org A Beddington Cross driver explained, "What drivers want is for all of us to be on £20 an hour. And by the looks of it they are quite willing to stand their ground."
(2022-11-28). Australia: Victorian state election underscores crisis of major parties. wsws.org While Labor has retained office, its vote fell again in key working-class areas that once formed its principal base of electoral support.
(2022-11-28). Malaysian election presages deeper political crisis. wsws.org Far from resolving the country's social crisis, the new government headed by Anwar Ibrahim will carry out pro-market restructuring that will impose new burdens on working people.
(2022-11-28). 'Tis Always the Season for Billionaire Philanthropy. inequality.org
(2022-11-28). How to Stop Inequality That Kills. commondreams.org A new book rests on a grim reality: Americans have spent recent decades dying at much higher rates than people living in our peer nations.
(2022-11-28). Gobierno venezolano y líderes opositores llegan a un acuerdo para alimentar a los pobres. peoplesworld.org 
El acuerdo social alcanzado este sábado entre el gobierno venezolano y la oposición de derecha demuestra que la política de Estados Unidos de no reconocer a Nicolás Maduro como presidente elegido democráticamente ha fracasado, según activistas. Las dos partes acordaron en la reunión en Ciudad de México crear un fondo administrado por las Naciones Unidas …
(2022-11-27). Germany: More than one-third of all students at acute risk of poverty. wsws.org The already dramatic social plight of German students is growing worse. According to the latest figures from the German Federal Statistics Bureau, more than a third of all students were at risk of poverty in 2021.
(2022-11-27). VIDEO: Massive protest in Ireland over housing crisis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) — Thousands of people protested in Dublin on Saturday, calling on the government to address Ireland's housing and homelessness crises.
(2022-11-27). Educator Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade: Teachers Must Fight Inequality, Not Create It. truthout.org Like most public school teachers, Jeffrey M.R. Duncan-Andrade knows that educators are first responders: They are often the first non-family members to see children when they are unwell, angry, depressed or agitated. But unlike many of his peers, he sees his role, first and foremost, as promoting "wellness" of body, emotions, mind and spirit. His latest book,