(2024-09-12). Burkina Faso Nationalizes United Kingdom Gold Mines. popularresistance.org Burkina Faso will nationalize two gold mines at a cost of about US $80 million. The Boungou and Wahgnion mines were sold last year by London-listed Endeavour Mining to Lilium Mining for US $300 million. On August 27, the mines were purchased by Burkina Faso's government for a fraction of this cost. | "This strategic move is aimed at reclaiming Burkina Faso's mineral wealth," said Joe Hotagua of African Streams, "ensuring that a larger portion of the profits benefits Burkinabe people." | Endeavour Mining is based in London, UK, and claims to be the largest gold producer in West Africa. It also possesses assets in…
(2024-09-12). Monday 9/23: SF Summit: United Against Hate Day. indybay.org The Commonwealth Club of California | Taube Family Auditorium | 110 The Embarcadero | San Francisco, CA 94105 | Tickets are FREE or donation – in-person or online options…
(2024-09-12). Advocates praise action to resume Pennsylvania's Office of Gun Violence Prevention. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro put pen to paper Tuesday and signed an Executive Order to resume the state's Office of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP). The office is part of the Commonwealth's Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which builds on the progress made in the 2024-2025 bipartisan budget that will allocate $56.5 million towards gun violence prevention. | "I've spoken to too many Pennsylvanians who've lost loved ones to gun violence — that's why today, my Admini…
(2024-09-12). CADTM : what to do with the Financial sector and the Banks and, with the Sovereign Debt arbitration. cadtm.org Extract from "Social Movements and the Politics of Debt: Transnational Resistance against Debt on Three Continents"
| In this extract from his doctoral thesis, [1] Christoph Sorg summarises the CADTM's position on the financial sector and banks. This extract from the thesis corresponds to pages 184 to 186.
| As for financial sectors and national economies, CADTM has suggested a set of immediate (radical) Keynesian measures as well as the complete socialization of the banking sector (Fattorelli (…) | – | / | <...
(2024-09-12). The Debt System: The CADTM's analyses and theoretical foundations. cadtm.org Extract from "Social Movements and the Politics of Debt: Transnational Resistance against Debt on Three Continents"
| In this extract from his doctoral thesis, Christoph Sorg begins by drawing a distinction between the CADTM and Eurodad, a European NGO specialising in debt and development financing. Christoph Sorg then focusses on the analyses produced by the CADTM. This extract from the thesis corresponds to pages 167 to 171.
| CADTM ("Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt") shares (…) | – | / | <...
(2024-09-12). The worst ever global debt crisis. cadtm.org
(2024-09-12). Notes From a Phoney Campaign: Catfight in Philly. counterpunch.org 
"When a politician is in opposition, he is an expert on the means to some end, and when he is in office, he is an expert on the obstacles to it." | — G.K. Chesterton | + The title of this column comes from Jean-Paul Sartre's diary of the first eight months of World War II, when he was stationed in Alsace, working as a meteorologist, watching weather balloons and recording barometric pressure, while waiting for something, anything, profound to happen. | + So Harris pretty effectively rebutted GOP accusat…
(2024-09-12). Group of MPs issue call for four day week in government department. leftfootforward.org A group of MPs have issued a call for the UK government to trial moving staff at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) onto a four day working week. | The MPs have all The motion highlights the four day week trial in South Cambridgeshire District Council and claims that this "showed huge benef…
(2024-09-12). Rebecca Lossin: The Multiple Gaze. newleftreview.org Resisting the erasure of working-class life in the American rust belt, the critical photography of LaToya Ruby Frazier combines intimate portraiture with representations of capital's flight. Rebecca Lossin reflects on MoMA's recent retrospective of her work—and on the cultural politics of documentary image-making in an age saturated with the visual.
(2024-09-12). Boomerang effect: Sanctions on Russian seafood affecting West. infobrics.org Whittier Seafood files for bankruptcy while Russia's seafood industry continues to boom.
(2024-09-11). Pensioner denied pension credit — and winter fuel allowance — for £3. skwawkbox.org 
Refusal letter shows how many pensioners will be impoverished — and Labour already knows 4,000 a year will die Pensioners are being refused pension credit — and condemned to poverty and potential hypothermia — for the sake of just £3 a week. A letter sent to a pensioner turning down an application for pension credit …
(2024-09-11). Burkina Faso Nationalizes UK Goldmines. orinocotribune.com ( "This strategic move is aimed at reclaiming Burkina Faso's mineral wealth,"
(2024-09-11). 'Purgatory': Gaza's workers trapped in the West Bank. therealnews.com 
Since Oct. 7, the world has looked on in horror at Israel's brutal annihilation of Gaza. But Israel's collective punishment of Palestinians also includes thousands of laborers from this coastal strip who were working in Israeli territories. Stranded away from their families and homes, these workers were left destitute and unemployed, and many sought refuge in the occupied West Bank of Palestine, where they've become trapped after occupation forces closed all the checkpoints going in and out of this territory. | TRNN is on the ground in Tulkarem City, in the occupied West Bank, where a local guest house has…
(2024-09-11). 'Purgatory': Gaza's workers trapped in the West Bank. therealnews.com Since Oct. 7, the world has looked on in horror at Israel's brutal annihilation of Gaza. But Israel's collective punishment of Palestinians also includes thousands of laborers from this coastal strip who were working in Israeli territories. Stranded away from their families and homes, these workers were left destitute and unemployed, and many sought refuge …
(2024-09-11). US working to repatriate body of killed pro-Palestinian activist amid Israel-Turkey tensions. middleeasteye.net 
US working to repatriate body of killed pro-Palestinian activist amid Israel-Turkey tensions | US and Turkish leaders' responses to killing of dual national and activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi underscore sharp differences between Nato allies | | Palestinians carry the body of slain Turkish-…
(2024-09-11). Shawn Fain on class struggle, union wins, and the road ahead for UAW. peoplesdispatch.org 
In a conversation with PTB General Secretary Peter Mertens, UAW President Shawn Fain addresses the challenges of organizing the working class and the fight for workers' rights…
(2024-09-11). NHS using Imperial spinout's advanced prescription software to improve safety. imperial.ac.uk Imperial spinout Dosium is working with the NHS to roll out a clinical decision support tool that provides dosage guidance to increase patient safety.
(2024-09-11). Grants Pass and the Carceral conjuncture. mronline.org 
A look at the growing social crisis of housing and increasing attacks on the houseless following the recent Grants Pass decision. Originally posted by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation.
(2024-09-11). The Texas Oil Lawsuit which could Bankrupt Greenpeace USA. wattsupwiththat.com My question, how do I donate to the lawsuit?>
(2024-09-11). Hunger protests in Nigeria lead to arrests and raids. mronline.org 
Nigeria is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation. Annual inflation stands at more than 30%. Prices for food like yams, a staple food, are almost four times higher than last year.