(2023-10-03). Some 2.66 million children at risk of poverty in Italy. plenglish.com Rome, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Some 2.66 million children are at risk of poverty in Italy, a situation that is worse than the one existing at the end of World War II, according to a report.
(2023-10-03). Thursday 10/12: "A Silent Transformation": Film Talk on Modern Economy & Increasing Poverty Gap w/ CBD. indybay.org Register here to view the films on demand: filmfestplus.com/get-pass/?festival=FJ23X6TGHKR3 | Register here to attend the webinars by selecting the session dates you want to attend: | biologicaldiversity-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JhlM5_EbSQqtgu-oNKfhZQ#/registration…
(2023-10-02). Thursday 10/12: "A Silent Transformation": Film Talk on Modern Economy & Increasing Poverty Gap w/ CBD. indybay.org Register here to view the films on demand: filmfestplus.com/get-pass/?festival=FJ23X6TGHKR3 | Register here to attend the webinars by selecting the session dates you want to attend: | biologicaldiversity-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JhlM5_EbSQqtgu-oNKfhZQ#/registration…
(2023-10-02). How a CBDC Created Chaos and Poverty in Nigeria. globalresearch.ca
(2023-10-02). The Hegemonic UN-WEF-NATO Triad: U.N. "Sustainable Development" (SDG 2030) = Endless Wars, Poverty and Famine Worldwide. globalresearch.ca "Those of us who do understand the nefariousness of the empire, and the ever-increasing danger it represents, must be clear that the effective defense of life on planet Earth, including that of the human species itself, inexorably demands the existence …
(2023-10-02). 'Unbelievably cruel': GOP pushes astronomical cuts to education, housing, and food aid. nationofchange.org "The same party who provided $2 trillion tax giveaways to the wealthy wants to slash funding for WIC, devastating women and children," said Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore.
(2023-10-02). The Voice referendum and the huge "reconciliation" march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2000. wsws.org In 2000, the widespread popular disgust and anger at the continuing appalling conditions of most Aboriginal people was channelled behind a pro-business agenda that has benefited only a small layer of wealthy indigenous entrepreneurs, bureaucrats and academics.
(2023-10-03). LEFT WONDERING: Is Oil Extraction Tilting The Earth? levernews.com Welcome to a new edition of Left Wondering with Joel Stein, our advice column for paid subscribers of The Lever on how to lead an ethical life in an increasingly unethical world.Have a question about how to make a personal decision related to climate change, corporatization, politics, wealth inequality, globalization, or other matters that you'd like Joel to answer? Send it to .Dear Left Wondering,There was a report recently that pulling trillions of gallons of groundwater from the ground over the last many decades has caused the earth t…
(2023-10-03). Tobacco farmers in Cuban central province commit to larger harvest. plenglish.com Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) The tobacco farmers in the central province of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba's second largest producer, are working to exceed the sowing of the 2023-2024 harvest by 600 hectares, according to specialists from the sector.
(2023-10-03). Socialist Equality Party meeting discusses its campaign for an active boycott of Australia's Voice referendum. wsws.org The in-person and livestreamed meeting explained the geo-strategic and class-war considerations underpinning the Albanese government's promotion of the Voice and how the working class should respond.
(2023-10-02). Government Shutdown: An Attack On All Workers! Gilbert Galam AFGE1230 TSA Worker & Leader. indybay.org The government is shutting down and millions of workers and the public will be affected. Gilbert Galam who is with AFGE Local 1230 where he Is legislative & political director and is a TSA worker talks about the last shut down and why this is an attack on the entire working class.
(2023-10-02). What Every Child Should Know about Marx's Theory of Value. By: Michael A. Lebowitz. midwesternmarx.com 
Every child knows that any nation that stopped working, not for a year, but let us say, just for a few weeks, would perish. And every child knows, too, that the amounts of products corresponding to the differing amounts of needs demand differing and quantitatively determined amounts of society's aggregate labour. —Karl Marx [1] [2] Every child in Marx's day might have heard about Robinson Crusoe. That child might have heard that on his island Robinson had to work if he …
(2023-10-02). Iran's Khorsheed Media Festival To Bring Together 100 International Women Journalists. orinocotribune.com Iran's second-largest city of Mashhad is set to host a key gathering of notable women journalists working for alternative media platforms from across the globe in late September. | Organizers of the International Khorsheed Media Festival in a statement said the edition of the global event will be held in Mashhad, in northeast Iran, from September 29 to October 1. | A total of 100 women journalists from more than 40 countries will come together for the festival and share their experiences and thoughts on stories rarely covered by the mainstream media. | American-Iranian broadcaster and Press TV host Marzieh Hashem…
(2023-10-02). Far-Right Republicans Look to Oust Speaker McCarthy After He Averts Government Shutdown. democracynow.org 
Congress passed an 11th-hour short-term funding bill this weekend, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown for the next 45 days, but the House is in a state of turmoil as far-right lawmakers threaten to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for working on the bipartisan bill. "It's a crisis entirely of Kevin McCarthy's own making," says our guest Sasha Abramsky, the West Coast correspondent for The Nation, who also calls McCarthy's impeachment inquiry into President Biden "the most ill-prepared, ill-thought-out, poorly advised Republican inquiry you could possibly imagine," a…
(2023-10-02). UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman calls for overturn of UN refugee convention in fascistic speech. wsws.org Like far-right figures around the world, Braverman's broad political aim is to whip up a frenzied anti-immigration atmosphere to mobilise politically backward sections of the population as a battering ram against a growing movement of the working class.
(2023-10-03). Tobacco farmers in Cuban central province commit to larger harvest (+Photo). plenglish.com 
Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) The tobacco farmers in the central province of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba's second largest producer, are working to exceed the sowing of the 2023-2024 harvest by 600 hectares, according to specialists from the sector.
(2023-10-03). Mayo Clinic Minute: Red flags for heart failure during pregnancy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the U.S. Deaths from heart disease in women who are pregnant or delivered a baby within one year has increased over the previous 30 years. Dr. Demilade (Demi-lad-ay) Adedinsewo (Ah-ded-in-shay-woah), a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, explains the red flags for heart failure during pregnancy and how healthcare professionals are working to detect the condition earlier. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/DCgDX2yvUc0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg…
(2023-10-02). Private Jet Excess Doesn't Justify Airport Expansion. inequality.org
(2023-10-02). Egypt elections: Sisi says hunger a price worth paying for country's progress. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt elections: Sisi says hunger a price worth paying for country's progress | In an unofficial campaign speech, the Egyptian president lashed out at critics and said he could sabotage the country by distributing drugs among the poor
| Mon, 10/02/2023 – 09: 45 | Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi speaking during a government-sponsored conference commemorating 9 years of his rule, 1 October 2023…
(2023-10-02). Egypt: Sisi says hunger a price worth paying for country's progress. middleeasteye.net 
(2023-10-02). Tunisia: More political prisoners announce hunger strike. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia: More political prisoners announce hunger strike | Five senior political detainees join Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Ennahda party who announced a strike on Friday | Mon, 10/02/2023 – 14: 47 | People lift placards demanding the release of political prisoners during an anti-government protest organised by the opposition National Salvation Front coalition in Tunis on 25 July 2023 (AFP) | More…
(2023-10-02). Kayed Fasfous on 60th day of hunger strike: Freedom Now! samidoun.net 
Palestinian political prisoner Kayed Fasfous is on his 60th day of hunger strike in occupation prisons against his administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. Fasfous, 34, entered his third month of hunger strike on 1 October 2023. On Monday, 2 October, an Israeli occupation military court is scheduled to hear another appeal by Fasfous …