(2024-10-21). US postal workers outraged after poverty contract announced for city letter carriers. wsws.org The deal contains pathetic 1.3 percent annual wage increases, in addition to substandard cost of living adjustments, continued hyper-exploitation and surveillance, and the continuation of a vast restructuring program aimed at privatizing USPS.
(2024-10-21). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org
(2024-10-21). Health Activists Picket Against High Cost Of Nutritious Food. popularresistance.org On World Food Day, October 16, the People's Health Movement (PHM) South Africa organized a picket in front of the National Parliament to protest the high cost of healthy and nutritious food in the country. | While the South African Constitution guarantees the right to food, PHM South Africa argued that only the wealthy can afford healthy meals today. "The soaring prices of nutritious food have placed it beyond the reach of millions, forcing many to resort to cheaper, ultra-processed foods," they said. Ultra-processed foods, which have been linked to a long list of non-communicable diseases, including cancer and d…
(2024-10-21). U.S. and China Why Not a Deal? counterpunch.org 
An old theme within social theory holds that societies with very unequal distributions of wealth can sustain their social cohesion so long as total wealth is growing. Such total growth enables all who get a distributed share of that wealth—even those with the smallest shares—to experience at least some increase. The rich with the biggest shares can grab most of the growth so long as some is provided to those with small shares. The pie analogy works well: so long as the pie is growing all distributed shares of it can also grow. Some will grow more, others less, but all can grow. If all do grow, social…
(2024-10-21). Make America Supermacht agaIn? indybay.org Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election was based on his successful staging as an anti-establishment candidate. His predecessor, Barack Obama, had pursued a course of "internal devaluation" of costs and wages as a way out of the global financial crisis. Since then, income and wealth inequality, precariousness in the labor market have increased dramatically:…
(2024-10-21). IMF runs into deepening debt crisis and contradictions of global capitalism. wsws.org In a curtain raiser address in advance of the IMF-World Bank meeting this week the IMF chief drew attention to rising levels of government debt.
(2024-10-21). Austerity, dispossession and injustice: Facets of the debt crisis in Sri Lanka. cadtm.org
(2024-10-21). Climate Change and Africa's debt crisis. independent.co.ug 
A policy brief by 3 top economists warns continent is in the worst crisis in 80 years ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa has long struggled with a silent debt crisis, one that has exacerbated its vulnerability to climate shocks and constrained its economic potential. It is time to give voice to these challenges and address …
(2024-10-21). Arab Nations May Change Stance on Iran. ummid.com As the threat of a direct conflict between Israel and Iran grows, several Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia and UAE, are reportedly working actively to prevent potential Israeli attacks on Iran's oil facilities.
(2024-10-21). Why Are Young Working-Class Men More 'Conservative'? counterpunch.org 
It has been a safe assumption for generations that young people tend to be more liberal than their elders. However, in today's United States, some of the conventional wisdom around age and ideology is being upended. Young women are moving farther to the left than expected while their male peers are disturbingly tending toward conservatism, even in comparison to older men. The reasons behind this cleaving, broadly speaking, stem from the twilight of patriarchy and the failure of capitalism.
(2024-10-21). The Bolivarian Revolution: 25 years fighting imperialism. thecommunists.org Twenty-five years have passed since Hugo Chávez initiated Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution in February 1999. Twenty-five years of PSUV (United Socialist party) governments working to improve the economic, social and cultural conditions of the masses. Twenty-five years of participatory democracy; of empowering people to transform society on the road to socialism. Twenty-five years during which the …
(2024-10-21). First centrally-administered SOE starts working at new office building in Xiongan New Area. ecns.cn Aerial photo taken on Oct. 21, 2024 shows the new headquarters of China Satellite Network Group Co., Ltd in the Xiongan New Area, Hebei Province.
(2024-10-21). Billionaire Blowback on Housing. ips-dc.org Introduction: |
(2024-10-21). Nigeria: Admissions of malnourished children rise amid four-year high in food insecurity due to conflict and climate. icrc.org
(2024-10-20). Mahasen al-Khateeb: Artist who depicted war in Gaza killed in Israeli air strike. middleeasteye.net 
Mahasen al-Khateeb: Artist who depicted war in Gaza killed in Israeli air strike | Friends and family are mourning the 'professional, humble' artist who was killed at her home in Jabalia refugee camp | | Mahasen al-Khateeb working in her home in Gaza (Supplied) | Mahasen al-Khateeb used…
(2024-10-20). Starving since the day he was born: How famine stalks Gaza's children. aljazeera.com Bereaved parents, doctors, aid workers and former US officials describe the human toll of Israel's restrictions on aid.