(2022-12-14). Patrick Lawrence: In Ukraine, the Autumn of Oligarchs. scheerpost.com 
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The nice thing about being an oligarch is that you are so wealthy it doesn't matter that you are looked upon as a predatory pariah. The nice thing about being an American oligarch, such as Jeff Bezos, is that America does not have oligarchs: It has highly successful …
(2022-12-14). Iran publicly hangs second anti-government protester after show trial. wsws.org The Iranian authorities' resort to ever harsher repression is rooted in their fear that under conditions of ever deepening poverty and ever-widening social inequality, the working class will erupt onto the scene.
(2022-12-14). U.N. steps in with amicus brief in Mumia Abu-Jamal's case. workers.org 
The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent filed an amicus brief Dec. 6 with Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Lucretia Clemons regarding the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Their primary message to Clemons is that no judicial time bar should be applied when the defendant . . . |
(2022-12-14). COP15: Goal is to secure biodiversity framework. ecns.cn The participants in the United Nations' COP15 are working toward finalizing…
(2022-12-14). STOP Concession Bargaining! No COLA, No Contract! COLA & Housing for All Unions & Workers. indybay.org The United Front Committee For A Labor Party UFCLP opposes Concession bargaining No COLA/No Contract | COLA & Housing for All Unions & Working People | Time To Shut It Down With Mass Labor/Community Solidarity…
(2022-12-14). As inflation eases slightly, Biden and the Fed say recessionary interest rises will continue. wsws.org Biden's remarks echo the demands of Wall Street, which insists there be no let-up in the drive to to make the working class pay the cost of inflation by holding down wage increases.
(2022-12-13). Azerbaijan: NATO consolidates presence on Caspian Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyDecember 12, 2022 Working meetings are being held as part of NATO's Defence Education Enhancement Programme Within the framework of NATO's Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP), a working meeting with the programme's coordinators for Azerbaijan and NATO's experts on various educational issues is being held at the National Defense University of the Ministry …
(2022-12-13). The Netherlands: Template for Ecomodernism's Brave New World? dissidentvoice.org 
Disaster capitalism and crisis narratives are currently being used to manipulate popular sentiment and push through a set of unpalatable policies that would otherwise lack sufficient political support. These policies are being promoted by wealthy interests that stand to make billions of dollars from what is being proposed. They seek to gain full control of food …
(2022-12-13). How Colombia Will Tax the Wealthy. inequality.org
(2022-12-13). Musk Pledged $6B to Solve World Hunger But Gave It to His Own Foundation Instead. truthout.org Recently uncovered financial documents reveal that last year, as Elon Musk was taunting the United Nations over his choice to withhold $6 billion that he said he would donate to solve world hunger, the right-wing billionaire gave the money to a different source: his own foundation. Late last year, Musk donated roughly $5.7 billion worth of Tesla shares, as many wealthy people do through donor… |
(2022-12-13). Climate Loss and Damage: The Time to Act is Now. fpif.org As the U.S.-Africa Summit gets underway, here are some concrete, cost-free steps the U.S. can take to help poorer countries suffering the effects of pollution by wealthier countries.
(2022-12-13). Chinese envoy rebuts 'debt trap' charge on Africa. ecns.cn Beijing's top envoy in Washington has rejected charges that China has used a "debt trap" to secure influence in Africa, a continent that he said should be a venue for international cooperation rather than competition for geopolitical gains.
(2022-12-13). To understand the Federal Reserve's inflation playbook, look to the 1979 Volcker Shock. therealnews.com 
The Federal Reserve has responded to runaway inflation with a spike in interest rates. The real cost of such measures is primarily paid by the working class, who are caught in a double-bind of rising prices of goods and falling wages. As TRNN has covered extensively in the past, the real culprits of rising inflation are multinational corporations and financial institutions, who have opportunistically raised prices, recycled billions of dollars in stock buybacks, and benefited from massive federal bailout packages. Why is the Federal Reserve squeezing workers, and how should the inflation crisis really be so…
(2022-12-13). 'Corporate Greed at Its Worst': Top US Utility Giants Reap $14 Billion in Profits as Households Suffer. commondreams.org "Utility companies have chased higher and higher profits and enriched investors rather than keep prices stable for working families."
(2022-12-13). 'Corporate greed at its worst': top US utility giants reap $14 billion in profits as households sufferÔøº. nationofchange.org "Utility companies have chased higher and higher profits and enriched investors rather than keep prices stable for working families."
(2022-12-13). As Far-Right Come to Power in Israel, J Street Struggles for Relevance. mintpressnews.com Strange things are taking place in the inner workings of the State of Israel, and here in the U.S., liberal Zionists must face the reality that they have not only failed, but unleashed the worst of the worst of the Zionist thugs who are now in power. The power in the "Jewish State" is no longer in the hands of so-called moderate Zionists who are palatable to Zionist liberals, but the most violent, dangerous thugs the State of Israel has ever seen. However, these individuals would never have been able to reach such power if it were not for the J Street liberals who keep the pie-in-the-sky myth of the liberal, peac…
(2022-12-13). Railroad workers visit Baltimore Amazon fulfillment center workers to explain their struggle and appeal for support. wsws.org The railroad workers' experience has significant lessons for Amazon workers, who suffer intense working conditions like their railway peers.
(2022-12-13). Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies. wsws.org Jiang presided over the acceleration of capitalist restoration following the crushing of the Tiananmen Square protests in June 1989, with devastating consequences for the working class.
(2022-12-13). Australian election surveys point to "fracturing" political establishment. wsws.org Two reviews shed further light on the breakup of voting support for both Labor and the Liberal-National Coalition, especially among working-class and younger voters.
(2022-12-13). Oppose the separatist agenda of the Scottish National Party and pseudo-left groups: For working class unity not national division. wsws.org The separatist agenda championed by the SNP, its Alba splinter and pseudo-left satellites articulates the interests of social forces bitterly hostile to the fundamental interests of the working class.
(2022-12-13). Rev. Barber Tells Senate Dems to Bring Voting Rights, Minimum Wage, Abortion Bills to Floor. commondreams.org "You can't say the rules keep you from doing something when you have the power to change the rules," says Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
(2022-12-13). Violence against refugees at EU external borders increases dramatically. wsws.org Illegal pushbacks, deprivation of liberty, beatings, sexual assaults are now part of the standard repertoire used by the European Union to repel refugees.
(2022-12-13). LA mayor declares homelessness state of emergency. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) — Mayor Karen Bass, who was sworn into office Sunday, used her first full day in the job to declare a state of emergency over spiraling levels of homelessness.
(2022-12-13). British Colonialism Killed 100 Million Indians in 40 Years. orinocotribune.com When they speak of forced famines, mainstream media tries to imply that the deadliest famines occurred in the Soviet Union, Maoist China, or North Korea. However, Britain's colonial policies killed far more people in the span of 40 years than any of the famines in the aforementioned nations. | Between 1880 and 1920, the British murdered at least 100 million Indians, a dark fact preferably ignored by those who speak nostalgically about the British Empire. The cynicism is so great that some "literature" indicates that British colonialism brought prosperity and development to India and other colonies. One would have…
(2022-12-13). Karen Bass sworn in as Los Angeles mayor, plans crackdown on homeless. wsws.org The new Los Angeles mayor has already hit the ground running, declaring a state of emergency to attack the homeless while pledging to significantly expand the size of the Los Angeles Police Department.
(2022-12-12). British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism. multipolarista.com 
A scholarly study found that British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India from 1880 to 1920, while stealing trillions of dollars of wealth. The global capitalist system was founded on European imperial genocides, which inspired Adolf Hitler and led to fascism.
(2022-12-12). Dakar Manifesto—Africa: From Resistance to Alternatives, 2001. orinocotribune.com By Black Agenda Report Nov 9, 2022 | The 2001 Dakar Manifesto had a simple but unassailable claim: the total and unconditional cancellation of the odious African debt. | Two recent incidents demonstrate in unembellished and unambiguous fashion how capitalism, to paraphrase the great Walter Rodney, continues to exploit and under-develop Africa. First, the UK's Serious Fraud Office convicted a subsidiary of the Anglo-Swiss multinational corporation Glencore of paying millions of dollars in bribes to state-owned companies in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Sudan, in order to buy pri…
(2022-12-12). Dakar Manifesto: Africa: From Resistance to Alternatives, 2001. orinocotribune.com By Black Agenda Report Nov 9, 2022 | The 2001 Dakar Manifesto had a simple but unassailable claim: the total and unconditional cancellation of the odious African debt. | Two recent incidents demonstrate in unembellished and unambiguous fashion how capitalism, to paraphrase the great Walter Rodney, continues to exploit and under-develop Africa. First, the UK's Serious Fraud Office convicted a subsidiary of the Anglo-Swiss multinational corporation Glencore of paying millions of dollars in bribes to state-owned companies in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Sudan, in order to buy pri…
(2022-12-12). BIS warns of dollar debt "black hole" wsws.org The Bank for International Settlements has described the unseen borrowing used in foreign exchange markets as "huge, missing and growing."
(2022-12-12). BIS warns of dollar debt 'black hole'. wsws.org The Bank for International Settlements has described the unseen borrowing used in foreign exchange markets as "huge, missing and growing."
(2022-12-12). As Long As We Are Here, We Will Keep Fighting. popularresistance.org On June 30, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, son of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was elected in the presidential election in the Philippines. His coming to power raised concerns about the status of human rights in the country, especially when it comes to red-tagging and other forms of repression of human rights activists. | Viva Salud, a Belgian organization working to protect and promote the right to health, met with Tinay Palabay, secretary-general of Karapatan, an alliance that conducts research and advocacy of human rights, to discuss what the new government will bring to health activists. I fear that Marcos wi…
(2022-12-12). As long as we are here, we will keep fighting: Filipino health activists brave repression. popularresistance.org On June 30, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, son of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was elected in the presidential election in the Philippines. His coming to power raised concerns about the status of human rights in the country, especially when it comes to red-tagging and other forms of repression of human rights activists. | Viva Salud, a Belgian organization working to protect and promote the right to health, met with Tinay Palabay, secretary-general of Karapatan, an alliance that conducts research and advocacy of human rights, to discuss what the new government will bring to health activists.
(2022-12-12). How WikiLeaks Revolutionised the World of Journalism. dissidentvoice.org 
Stefania Maurizi is an investigative journalist working for the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano. She has worked on all WikiLeaks releases of secret documents and partnered with Glenn Greenwald to reveal the Snowden Files about Italy. In an interview with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star, she talks about her latest book, Secret Power: WikiLeaks and Its …
(2022-12-12). Kyeretwie Opoku: 'We Must Unite Our Continent'. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Kyeretwie Opoku, Convener of the Socialist Movement of Ghana addresses the West African People For A New World conference. Photo: WAPO conference In his opening address at the West African People For A New World conference in Ghana, Opoku discussed the necessity of building working class unity in the region Last week, members…
(2022-12-12). COP15: Delegates working to slow biodiversity crisis. america.cgtn.com At the UN Biodiversity Convention, COP15, in Montreal, delegates are under pressure to draft a global agreement to slow the loss of the Earth's biodiversity. By some estimates, around a million animal and plant species could disappear, many within decades.
(2022-12-12). Australian "energy relief" plan to subsidise business while household bills continue to soar. wsws.org Even if the $230 "bill relief" eventuates—and that is by no means likely—it would make little difference to the cost-of-living crisis confronting the working class.
(2022-12-12). Notes on a Victory for D.C. Domestic Workers. inequality.org
(2022-12-12). Alertan sobre riesgo de violencia contra mujeres desplazadas. telesurtv.net Una elevada cantidad de mujeres, en especial de comunidades indígenas, sufre situaciones de pobreza extrema en el país de destino.