ecns.cn (2024-11-30). Rural road building program offers route out of poverty. ecns.cn China has made significant contributions to reducing poverty, improving people's well-being and promoting sustainable global development by sharing its experience and supporting rural road infrastructure construction in developing countries.

aljazeera (2024-11-30). How Suriname and Guyana plan to share oil and gas wealth with citizens. aljazeera.com Suriname will distribute revenues from new oil and gas discoveries among its more than 600,000 citizens.

Guest Blogger (2024-11-30). Time for Starmer to Be Honest About What Net Zero Means: Rationing, Blackouts and Travel Restrictions in the Next Five Years. wattsupwiththat.com The shamble at COP demonstrates that the world is moving away from the idea that hydrocarbons can be removed from a modern economy. But an accident of recent electoral politics has left Britain with a fanatical Government of Net Zero zealots. The anti-working class Labour party was returned to power with a popular vote count less than its losing Marxist leader obtained in 2019. The U.K. FIRES work demonstrates what lies in store. A resurgent America bounding ahead on cheap energy and unleashed entrepreneurial spirits will contrast with its European allies shutting down industrial manufacturing in pursuit of an in…

guest author (2024-11-30). Portugal: Belated fruits of the November 1975 coup. workers.org November 24, 2024 The analysis that Raposo, editor of jornalmudardevida.net, wrote about the Nov. 25, 1975, coup by the anti-communist wing of the Armed Forces Movement in Portugal contains important lessons for working-class revolutionaries worldwide. The most important lesson is that the essential step of the political class struggle is . . . |

WSWS (2024-11-30). Mass arrests at protest targeting Australian coal port in Newcastle. wsws.org The mass arrests, presided over by Labor, point to ruling-class fears of growing social opposition to environmental destruction, social inequality and war.

WSWS (2024-11-30). General strike in Italy opposes fascist Prime Minister Meloni's austerity budget. wsws.org The strike in Italy by half a million workers is part of a global wave of struggles against inequality, war and authoritarian rule.

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2024-11-30). The Peoples Summit Vs The G20. popularresistance.org The G20 Summit, and this year, is being hosted in Brazil with a special focus on food insecurity. The G20 is a summit of the leaders of the top 20 economies around the world coming together to discuss issues around, as I said this year, food sovereignty. Well, they don't necessarily call it food sovereignty, but food insecurity. Also there are climate change trade deals, including Mercosur , which would be essentially like a free trade deal package with the European Union and other European countries, which is being heavily protested by a lot of the social movements, not just from Brazil, but throughout Nuestra A…

WSWS (2024-11-27). French government on brink of collapse over 2025 budget vote. wsws.org A bitter debate is now unfolding inside the ruling class over how to recalibrate its policies, that will confront it, sooner rather than later, with explosive working class opposition.

Sharon Zhang (2024-11-27). Israel Fired on Journalists in Lebanon Just Hours After Ceasefire Began. truthout.org Israeli forces fired on two locations in southern Lebanon just hours after a much-vaunted ceasefire agreement began on Wednesday morning, declaring that the southern region is still a military zone. Lebanon's news agency reported that Israeli forces opened fire on two journalists in the southern town of Khiam. Both journalists, one working for The Associated Press and the other for Sputnik… |

Alan Macleod (2024-11-27). TikTok isn't anti-Israel: It's Hired Unit 8200 Agents to Run its Affairs. mintpressnews.com A MintPress News study has unearthed a network of former agents of Israeli spying agency Unit 8200 working at TikTok, a company charged with supposedly being a Chinese-owned hub of anti-Semitic content.

Alan Macleod (2024-11-27). TikTok isn't anti-Israel: It's Hired Unit 8200 Agents to Run its Affairs. mintpressnews.com A MintPress News study has unearthed a network of former agents of Israeli spying agency Unit 8200 working at TikTok, a company charged with supposedly being a Chinese-owned hub of anti-Semitic content.

Chen Maanit (2024-11-27). Israel wants U.S. involvement in new body to replace Red Cross in visits to Palestinian detainees. haaretz.com Red Cross visits to Palestinian detainees have been suspended since October 7, and following a High Court petition filed by Israeli human rights groups, it emerged that Israel was working to establish a replacement mechanism…

WSWS (2024-11-27). SEP/IYSSE public meeting: The political lessons of the US and Sri Lankan elections. wsws.org The meeting will discuss the urgent tasks that confronting the working class in the wake of the US and Sri Lankan elections and the socialist and internationalist strategy necessary to fight for the interests of working people.

WSWS (2024-11-27). Who owns Australia's Woolworths and what is driving its offensive against workers? wsws.org The Woolworths warehouse workers' strike raises decisive questions for the entire working class, not just in Australia but internationally.

WSWS (2024-11-27). Australia: Budget crisis means deeper attacks on the working class. wsws.org Excluding the pandemic, the turnaround in the budget, from surplus to deficit, is set to be the largest single-year reversal on record.

ecns.cn (2024-11-27). Nation ups support for migrants. ecns.cn China is gearing up for a better working and living environment for domestic migrant workers, with an aim to facilitate a more solid integration of rural and urban development and allow the workers to share the benefits of common prosperity.

aljazeera (2024-11-27). The difficulty of working as a medic in Gaza. aljazeera.com In this episode of Centre Stage, our guest is British plastic surgeon, Dr Victoria Rose.

Staff (2024-11-27). Talk World Radio: Emiliana Vegas on Working Within International Development Organizations. davidswanson.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio we are speaking with Emiliana Vegas, author of the new book Let's Change the World: How to Work within International Development Organizations to Make a Difference. Emiliana Vegas has …

Steve Topple (2024-11-27). Labour's Get Britain Working plan is based on a massive LIE the DWP has pushed for nearly 20 years. thecanary.co The frantic government and media propaganda campaign around economic inactivity has picked up a pace. The Labour Party-run Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally published Liz Kendall and Co's Get Britain Working White Paper. It sets out how the government plans to 'solve' the worklessness 'crisis'. Predictably, it's all the same kind of […] | By

SKWAWKBOX (2024-11-27). Exclusive: staff accuse Unite of 'union-busting tactics' in dispute vs gen sec's husband. skwawkbox.org Union under Graham promoted husband Clarke to manage unit despite final warning for bullying — now Unite has suspended staff accusing him and members of his management team of bullying GMB union members working in Unite's 'National Bargaining and Disputes Support Unit' (BDSU) scheduled to strike next week over alleged 'bullying and victimisation' by the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-11-27). Mayo Clinic hospitals score A grades for patient safety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic consistently ranks among the top providers nationwide regardless of the quality measure used. See how Mayo Hospitals did in the latest safety ratings. All nine eligible Mayo Clinic hospitals earned A grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization that provides safety ratings. The ratings are intended to help patients choose their preferred healthcare destinations. "While quality rankings only tell one part of our story and we are always working to…

Press Associates (2024-11-27). As holiday travel season starts, Charlotte plane cleaners are homeless and hungry. peoplesworld.org CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Some Charlotte, N.C., airport workers sleep in their cars. Others bed down in U-Hauls. Some doze off at night on the airport's own seats. They can't afford rent on a one-bedroom apartment. A gray-haired older woman barely can, but only by cutting down on her food and medicine. Welcome to what workers who toil …

Chris Worrall (2024-11-27). Why Labour must continue to lead the YIMBY revolution. leftfootforward.org "The status quo is not neutral. Every day that we fail to build enough housing, we are choosing to deepen inequality and stifle opportunity."

presstv.ir (2024-11-27). Spanish lawmaker on hunger strike in support of Palestine. presstv.ir Young Spanish lawmaker Jorge Pueyo says he is participating in a multi-day hunger strike in support of the besieged people of Palestine.

presstv.ir (2024-11-27). Millions of Nigerians go hungry as floods compound hardship. presstv.ir A brutal insurgency has made it hard for Nigerians in northeastern Borno State to feed their families.

ecns.cn (2024-11-23). Chinese path to modernization a model for Global South, experts say. ecns.cn China's rise from poverty to prosperity is a miracle that has contributed enormously toward global development, said Erik Solheim, former under-secretary-general of the United Nations.

ecns.cn (2024-11-23). Comicomment丨U.S. dollar hegemony: The global wealth extraction drill. ecns.cn In recent years, the United States has abused its dollar hegemony, and weaponized the international financial infrastructure, making more countries vigilant.

The Independent (2024-11-23). Kampala Parents strike re-ignites debate on plight of teachers in private schools. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A teachers' protest at Kampala Parents School has brought renewed attention to the poor working conditions faced by educators in Uganda's private schools. In a viral video, teachers held placards as they voiced concerns over delayed salaries, low pay, and favouritism toward Indian staff over other employees, allegations that have …

WSWS (2024-11-23). New Zealand opposition parties seek to contain mass protests against racist Treaty Principles Bill. wsws.org Labour, the Greens, Te Pāti Māori and the pseudo-left ISO have sought to keep the anti-government protests within the framework of capitalist politics by glorifying the Treaty of Waitangi, falsely promoting this colonial document as the means to end racism and inequality.

aljazeera (2024-11-22). Haiti's children 'dragged into hell' as gang violence rages. aljazeera.com Many Haitian children face stark choice of joining a gang or suffering from violence, poverty and hunger engulfing them.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-11-22). G20 Knocks Out G7 Agendas. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar This G20 in Rio was all about the power of the Global South, with poverty eradication and genuine economic progress trumping the old G7 agendas of war, profit, and arm-twisting. The G20 summit in Rio earlier this week offered the quite intriguing spectacle of a deeply divided world, geopolitically and geoeconomically, trying to…

WSWS (2024-11-22). European Central Bank points to return of sovereign debt crisis. wsws.org In a speech this week ECB president Christine Lagarde said the euro bloc risked facing "a future of lower tax revenues and higher debt ratios" which would mean "fewer resources for social spending."

The Sirius Report (2024-11-22). Fixing the US Economy is Mathematically Impossible. thesiriusreport.com We discuss why it's mathematically impossible to simultaneously cut US taxes, the debt, government spending, re-industrialize America and retain its world reserve currency status.

WSWS (2024-11-22). Wolfgang Weber (1949-2024): A revolutionary intellectual and fighter for Trotskyism. wsws.org Wolfgang devoted over 50 years of his life to building the Trotskyist party and fought tirelessly politically and theoretically for the independence of the working class.

Adi Hashmonai (2024-11-22). 'We've found that many settlers desperately want the hostages to return'. haaretz.com Meirav Leshem-Gonen, whose daughter, Romi, remains in captivity in Gaza, believes the hostages' return can only be achieved by working with Israel's current leadership…

Tunde Osazua, Black Agenda Report. (2024-11-22). The High-Tech War On Working Class Black Atlantans. popularresistance.org Modern technologies like facial recognition, predictive policing, and expansive surveillance networks are not mere tools of public safety; they are instruments of militarization, deeply embedded in the war against Black communities in Atlanta, the most surveilled city in the U.S. These technologies target Black poor and working class neighborhoods disproportionately, enforcing capitalist exploitation and reinforcing racial hierarchies. | Surveillance in Atlanta operates as a militarized extension of policing, transforming Black neighborhoods into domestic battlefields.

Special to People's World (2024-11-22). CPUSA calls on members to close the gap on People's World fund drive. peoplesworld.org There is an urgent need for working people to get our voices out there and combat the pro-corporate, right-wing propaganda media ecosystem so vital to Trump's victory. The fight for the truth has intensified in the era of mass disinformation. People's World produced outstanding daily election coverage, publishing over 500 articles that informed and inspired grassroots action. Our work …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-11-22). Mayo Clinic hospitals score A grades for patient safety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic consistently ranks among the top providers nationwide regardless of the quality measure used. See how Mayo Hospitals did in the latest safety ratings. All nine eligible Mayo Clinic hospitals earned A grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization that provides safety ratings. The ratings are intended to help patients choose their preferred healthcare destinations. "While quality rankings only tell one part of our story and we are always working to…

Nicole Santa Cruz, Asia Fields, Ruth Talbot, Pro Publica. (2024-11-22). Cities Say They Store Property Taken From Homeless Encampments. popularresistance.org When Stephenie came upon workers in Portland, Oregon, who had bagged up all of her belongings in a homeless encampment sweep, she desperately pleaded to get one item back: her purse. It contained her cash and food stamp card — what she needed to survive. | The crew refused to look for it, she said. The items workers had put in clear bags were headed to a city warehouse. Those in black bags were headed to a landfill. | They handed her a card with a phone number to call if she wanted to pick up her things.

Nicholis Hall (2024-11-22). In Peoria, like many other Illinois towns, being homeless is now a crime. peoplesworld.org PEORIA—Despite a packed room protesting the decision, Peoria, Ill., joined the growing list of central Illinois towns that have passed ordinances to fine and jail their unhoused residents for sleeping on the street. Peoria passed the measure 6 to 5, with Mayor Rita Ali joining the opposition. The new rule comes with fines and fees, …

John Clarke (2024-11-22). Developers Are In Charge Of Toronto's Housing Policies. socialistproject.ca Toronto's communities are being deeply impacted by a terrible lack of decent housing that people can afford to live in. This situation is the product of decades in which governments at every level have allowed housing to be provided according to the profit-driven interests of developers, speculators, investors, bankers and corporate landlords. The days when social housing played a major role in meeting the needs of communities are long gone and upscale redevelopment has done its destructive work. | As a result, homeless shelters are overflowing, people sleep out in public parks and hundreds of thousands of pre…

Jake Johnson (2024-11-21). Musk and Ramaswamy's Plan "Could Have a Devastating Impact on Americans" truthout.org The two right-wing billionaires President-elect Donald Trump has tasked with spearheading a new "government efficiency" commission outlined their vision Wednesday for the mass firing of federal employees, large-scale deregulation, and major spending cuts that could impact antipoverty programs, drug research and development, and more. For the first time since Trump announced plans to create… |

Amy Goodman (2024-11-21). Activist Points Out Rich Countries' Hypocrisy at COP29 as Negotiations Stall. truthout.org We continue our look at COP29's ongoing negotiations for an international climate finance agreement, which is still under contention as of Thursday morning due in large part to wealthy countries' refusal to commit to a proposed monetary target on the financing of developing nations' transition from fossil fuels. Countries that have already industrialized off the backs of fossil fuel exploitation… |

Binoy Kampmark (2024-11-21). Thank You for Emitting: The Hypocrisies of COP29. counterpunch.org COP29 was always going to be memorable, for no other reason than the hosting country, Azerbaijan, is a petrostate indifferent to the issue of emissions and scornful of ecological preachers. It has seen its natural gas supply grow by 128% between 2000 and 2021. Between 2006 and 2021, gas exports rose by a monumental 29,290%. A dizzying 95% of the country's exports are made up of oil and gas, with much of its wealth failing to trickle down to the rest of the populace.

Staff (2024-11-21). "They're Expanding Fossil Fuels": Indian Activist Harjeet Singh on Rich Countries' Hypocrisy at COP29. democracynow.org We continue our look at COP29's ongoing negotiations for an international climate finance agreement, which is still under contention as of Thursday morning due in large part to wealthy countries' refusal to commit to a proposed monetary target on the financing of developing nations' transition from fossil fuels. Countries that have already industrialized off the backs of fossil fuel exploitation have a "responsibility" to offset these "injustices," according to Indian climate activist Harjeet Singh. "Developed countries are trying to pose themselves as climate leade…

Brian Berletic (2024-11-21). US Foreign Policy vs. China Continues Under Trump. thealtworld.com The incoming Trump administration is poised to pick up where the Biden administration has left off on the decades-spanning centerpiece of US foreign policy ‚Äí the encirclement and containment of China. | This includes through an intense US military build up across the Asia-Pacific region, provocations over the island province of Taiwan, and continued interference in nations along China's periphery. | It also means a continuation of opposing cooperation between China and nations around the globe seeking alternatives to the debt, division, and destitution decades of US domination have imposed upo…

The Sirius Report (2024-11-21). ECB: Europe is Heading for Another Sovereign Debt Crisis. thesiriusreport.com We discuss the annual Financial Stability Report produced by the ECB, which suggests another sovereign debt crisis is on the horizon in Europe and how, in an ironic move, Europe is now demanding technology transfer from China.

____ (2024-11-21). Exploring Long-term Debt Schemes: Understanding Macaulay Duration. devdiscourse.com In the world of finance, understanding investment timelines and risks is paramount. One such tool is the Macaulay duration, particularly used in debt schemes. A recent focus has been on an open-ended debt scheme, with investments tuned to instruments that extend beyond a 7-year Macaulay duration.

Editor (2024-11-21). The planet under threat of breakdown. mronline.org There's a new trend in the world that's working against the planet, you know, the one you're standing on.

NDN Collective. (2024-11-21). NDN Collective Completes Landback Deal In Alaska. popularresistance.org Cordova, AK —Last week, NDN Collective through our community development arm, NDN Holdings, finalized a LANDBACK deal with the Eyak Community Land Trust in Alaska and transferred title to two acres of land back to the Eyak people. | In October 2021, NDN Collective was made aware of an opportunity to purchase land along Eyak Lake on the southern coast of the state. NDN Holdings purchased the land and began working with the Eyak community to transfer ownership. | As of this week, the two acre property will now be wholly owned by Eyak Community Land Trust, which was established in collaboration with Native Con…

Black Alliance for Peace (2024-11-21). No Matter Who Sits in the White Peoples' House the War Being Waged by the U.S. Colonial/Capitalist Class Against the Black Colonized Working Class and All Oppressed Peoples and Nations Will Continue. dissidentvoice.org Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories… — Amilcar Cabral (Revolution in Guinea, stage 1, London, 1974, p 70-72) It was under the Democrats and the first "Black" president that the Department of Defense 1033 program …

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-11-21). Economic ties between Iran and Venezuela discussed. plenglish.com Tehran, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) Representatives from Iran and Venezuela are working together to promote economic and commercial cooperation, technology transfers and joint investments, it was reported today in this capital.

Adam Fishbein (2024-11-21). The Mainstream Media's Big Lie Never Stops. cepr.net Eduardo Porter joined the chorus of people telling us that the inequality of the last four decades was just the result of the free market in his Washington Post column. As Porter puts it: "A paper last year by economists from Princeton and Columbia argues that Democrats started losing the working class back in the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-11-21). Losing weight as a couple. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As a nurse practitioner at Mayo Clinic in Florida, Angela Irizarry fully understands the health risks associated with excess weight, including the risk for diabetes and heart attack. But those reasons weren't why she decided to make a change in her own life. Angela had severe acid reflux and was tired of being in constant discomfort. She knew it was time to do something different. Her positive experience working with patients in Mayo's weight management…

Editor (2024-11-21). Blacks and Hispanics seeking parole face widening racial disparity, report finds. mronline.org After a damning revelation eight years ago, state leaders changed the make-up of the Parole Board to combat inequality. It didn't help.

presstv.ir (2024-11-21). Millions of Nigerians go hungry as floods compound hardship. presstv.ir A brutal insurgency has made it hard for Nigerians in northeastern Borno State to feed their families.

Editor (2024-11-18). Trump's racist, sexist, anti-science, anti-trans cabinet: A declaration of war on the working class. mronline.org Donald Trump's cabinet picks are a declaration of war against the entire working class. These choices are a domestic version of the Pentagon's "shock and awe" invasion tactics and are meant to smash any opposition.

Editor (2024-11-18). Implications of a second Trump term for working class and oppressed peoples. mronline.org Irrespective of the rhetoric that characterized the campaign, the world's majority will continue to be compelled to struggle against imperialist exploitation and oppression.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-11-17). Mexican President travels to Brazil for G20 meeting. plenglish.com Mexico City, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum left today for Brazil to attend the G20 Summit, to be held starting tomorrow with an emphasis on issues such as the fight against hunger and poverty.

____ (2024-11-17). Biden's Historic Amazon Tour Highlights Climate Battle. devdiscourse.com Joe Biden made history as the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest, spotlighting the critical issue of climate change—a topic often downplayed by President-elect Donald Trump. Biden traveled from Peru to Manaus, Brazil, the largest Amazonian city, where he engaged with local leaders dedicated to rainforest preservation. The president continued his journey to Rio de Janeiro for a G20 summit, where topics such as poverty, global governance, and climate change were discussed.

Tony Leah (2024-11-17). Book Launch: The Truth About the '37 Oshawa GM Strike. socialistproject.ca Author Tony Leah reveals what actually took place at the Oshawa GM plant in 1937 through the voices and actions of rank-and-file workers and shop-floor activists that have been covered up for decades. We need to study the lessons of the '37 strike; it can provide a guidepost for workers today who are striving to revive a fighting labour movement that can win. | "Oshawa has fallen!" wrote the monthly New Commonwealth. "One week ago it was known as 'The Home of General Motors.' Today it belongs to the United Automobile Workers, International Union." | How did autoworkers at the GM plant in Oshawa…

____ (2024-11-17). Health Challenges and Innovations: A Global Overview. devdiscourse.com In a significant development, CareMax, a medical services provider operating in multiple states, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas. The Miami-based company reported debts of $693 million against assets of $390 million.

mforinoco (2024-11-17). La Via Campesina Participates and Gives Inputs to the First In-Person Meeting of the UN Working Group on Rights of Peasants in Geneva. orinocotribune.com From the 21st to the 25th of October 2024, the United Nations Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (the Working Group) held its second session in Geneva. The Working Group on peasants was established in October last year when the member states of the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution tabled by Bolivia and a core group of states agreeing to further implement the La Via Campesina (LVC) delegat…

newarab (2024-11-17). Palestinian refugees in Iraq deprived of right to 'own taxis'. newarab.com Palestinian refugees in The legislation, detailed in a document from Iraq's Interior Ministry, clarifies that this does not prevent them from working "freelance" as taxi drivers. | According to the document issued in October, a copy of which was obta…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-11-17). Losing weight as a couple. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As a nurse practitioner at Mayo Clinic in Florida, Angela Irizarry fully understands the health risks associated with excess weight, including the risk for diabetes and heart attack. But those reasons weren't why she decided to make a change in her own life. Angela had severe acid reflux and was tired of being in constant discomfort. She knew it was time to do something different. Her positive experience working with patients in Mayo's weight management…

WSWS (2024-11-17). Record homelessness in London, surge in rough sleepers since Labour took office. wsws.org London is the epicentre of a national emergency, accounting for over half of England's homelessness figures.

tn.ai (2024-11-17). Yellow Vest Protesters Mark Sixth Anniversary across France. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Demonstrators gathered in Paris and cities across France on Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of the Yellow Vest movement, voicing discontent against President Emmanuel Macron's policies and economic inequality.

UMMID (2024-11-16). Makkah, Madinah Most Preferred Real Estate Destinations for Rich Muslims. ummid.com Makkah al Mukarramah and Madinah al Munawwarah – the two holiest cities in the world, are the most preferred rear estate destinations to buy properties for wealthy Muslims from around the world, a latest survey has found.

tn.ai (2024-11-16). Spokesman Denies Story That Musk Met with Iran's UN Envoy. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry denied a report by the New York Times that Iran's ambassador to the United Nations and Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person and a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, have met in New York.

Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes. (2024-11-16). Letter Carriers Are Organizing Against An Insulting 1.3 Percent Raise. popularresistance.org A wave of anger is cresting at post offices across the country. Letter carriers are looking at the big raises that other union members have won—38 percent over four years at Boeing, 62 percent in six years at the East Coast ports, $7.50 in five years at UPS. | They're comparing those gains to the tentative agreement their president handed them in October: 1.3 percent a year for three years. | "It doesn't account for everything we went through with Covid," said Saqia Talbert, a letter carrier in Allentown, Pennsylvania. "We were massively understaffed, and we were working 70 to 80 hours a week, every week, f…

WSWS (2024-11-16). General Motors cuts 1,000 salaried jobs, while UAW covers for its role with bogus "Keep the Promise" campaign. wsws.org The global character of the cuts requires an internationally unified response of the working class. Job cuts in the auto industry are escalating worldwide as employers seek to slash costs in the EV transition.

newarab (2024-11-16). Palestinian refugees in Iraq deprived of right to 'own taxis'. newarab.com Palestinian refugees in The legislation, detailed in a document from Iraq's Interior Ministry, clarifies that this does not prevent them from working "freelance" as taxi drivers. | According to the document issued in October, a copy of which was obta…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-11-16). Losing weight as a couple. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As a nurse practitioner at Mayo Clinic in Florida, Angela Irizarry fully understands the health risks associated with excess weight, including the risk for diabetes and heart attack. But those reasons weren't why she decided to make a change in her own life. Angela had severe acid reflux and was tired of being in constant discomfort. She knew it was time to do something different. Her positive experience working with patients in Mayo's weight management…

aljazeera (2024-11-16). Zambia's Kariba Dam crisis is one of inequality. aljazeera.com For far too long the Zambian and other African governments have prioritised urban over rural communities.

newarab (2024-11-16). New documentary details struggles of Afghan women under Taliban. newarab.com A rare inside account of the tyranny of the Produced by actress Jennifer Lawrence ("Hunger Games") and Nobel Peace Prize winner

eat veggies daily, survive (2024-11-16). Phone Zap: Political Prisoner Malik Muhammad on Hunger Strike. indybay.org Malik Muhammad has been brutalized by prison staff and is now on hunger strike in protest.

aljazeera (2024-11-16). 'Stripped of our human dignity': What it means to be hungry in Gaza. aljazeera.com Al Jazeera contributor describes what it's like to starve alongside her family under Israel's relentless bombardment.

Guest Blogger (2024-11-16). Cold, Hungry, Mass Unemployment, No Cars, Blackouts—Welcome To Starmer's Dystopian Future. wattsupwiththat.com For too long, the impact and cost of the Climate Change Act has been deliberately hidden from the public. Partly this has been the result of a political conspiracy between all of the major political parties and establishment in general. It has also been aided and abetted by all of the media, with a handful of notable exceptions.

James Wright (2024-11-15). 300 people a DAY are dying in poverty — and they're more likely to be working at the time. thecanary.co 110,000 people died in poverty last year, according to a report from end of life charity Marie Curie, with research from Loughborough University. That's up 19% from 2019 where the dying in poverty figure stood at 93,000. 18% of the total people who died in 2023 did so in poverty. That's 300 people every day. […] | By

The Sirius Report (2024-11-15). Dario: China Averts Financial Crisis & Germany's Subprime Bombshell. thesiriusreport.com Dario joins Paul today to discuss why China has taken measures to secure its economy and financial system, in stark contrast to the Western perception, and why there is a subprime crisis brewing in Germany and how private debt is spiraling out of control.

Editor (2024-11-15). Israeli drones shooting children in Gaza deliberately 'day after day', UK surgeon tells MPs. mronline.org Nizam Mamode, a retired NHS doctor who recently returned after working at Nasser Hospital, said he had 'never seen anything on this scale ever.'

Maximillian Alvarez (2024-11-15). "Let's unite!": Poisoned residents of America's sacrifice zones are banding together. therealnews.com Sacrifice zones are areas where people have been left to live in conditions that threaten life itself, from toxic industrial pollution to the deadly, intensifying effects of man-made climate change. In a more just and less cruel society, the very concept of a "sacrifice zone" wouldn't exist. And yet, in America, after decades of deregulation and public disinvestment, more working-class communities are becoming sacrifice zones, and more of us are being set up for sacrifice at the altars of corporate greed and government abandonment. | America's sacrifice zones are no longer extreme outliers; they are, in fac…

Eric Worrall (2024-11-15). Artificial Intelligence: A Working Demonstration, and Why Big Tech Ditched Big Green. wattsupwiththat.com The real reason Silicon Valley silent quit on the Democrats, and quietly backed President Trump's America first energy policies.

SAM (2024-11-15). In Baku, at the Latest Global Confab on Climate, Hand-Wringing Abounds. inequality.org

____ (2024-11-09). Nadda Lauds Modi's Leadership, Targets Jharkhand Poll Triumph. devdiscourse.com BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda praised India's progress under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, particularly in healthcare, infrastructure, and poverty alleviation, during a gathering in Ranchi.

ecns.cn (2024-11-09). Increased local gov't debt quota approved. ecns.cn China allocated 10 trillion yuan in new fiscal funding to replace local government hidden debt on Friday, the biggest move of its kind in recent years that analysts said will significantly mitigate financial risks while bolstering domestic demand amid external uncertainties.

____ (2024-11-09). Will give to the poor funds equivalent to debt of capitalists waived by PM Modi, claims Rahul Gandhi at Dhanbad rally in Jharkhand. devdiscourse.com

Matthew Green, DeSmog. (2024-11-09). How A Former ExxonMobil Employee Confronted Climate Disinformation. popularresistance.org Lindsey Gulden, a climate scientist, spent more than a decade working as a data scientist for ExxonMobil until she was fired in 2020 after internally reporting an allegedly fraudulent overvaluation of the company's assets in the Permian Basin, an oil and gas-producing region spanning Texas and New Mexico. (ExxonMobil says her termination was unrelated and denies fraud took place). | That experience prompted her to ask deeper questions about the oil and gas company's assurances to staff that it is committed to playing a leading role in the energy transition.

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead (2024-11-09). A thousand workers participate in four-day working week trial without loss of pay. leftfootforward.org 'We look forward to presenting the results of this latest trial to the new Labour government next summer.'

A A (2024-11-09). Trump, a product made from the moral bankruptcy of the Democratic Party. strategic-culture.su

aljazeera (2024-11-09). 'Strong likelihood' of imminent famine in north Gaza: Food security experts. aljazeera.com Famine thresholds 'may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future', Famine Review Committee warns.

aljazeera (2024-11-09). UN warns of imminent famine in Gaza, urges humanitarian action. aljazeera.com

ICRC (2024-11-09). Nigeria: Admissions of malnourished children rise amid four-year high in food insecurity due to conflict and climate. icrc.org

aljazeera (2024-11-09). UK activist's Gaza hunger strike reaches two-week mark. aljazeera.com Lizzie Greenwood's hunger strike over the UK's support for Israel's war on Gaza is nearing the two-week mark.

Staff (2024-11-06). "A Devastating Result": John Nichols on GOP Taking White House and the Senate. democracynow.org When Donald Trump reenters the White House, he will be met with a newly Republican-controlled Senate, consolidating power in the hands of a party now dominated by supporters of Trump. We take a look at the results of down-ballot races for the Senate and House, and the possibilities for congressional opposition to Trump's agenda with John Nichols, The Nation's national affairs correspondent. Nichols notes that losing Democratic Senate candidates missed opportunities to highlight working-class voters and economic issues, likely to their detriment.

Staff (2024-11-06). 7 States Vote to Protect Abortion Rights in Busy Year for Ballot Initiatives. democracynow.org While Democratic candidates suffered major losses in this year's U.S. elections, elsewhere on the ballot voters supported liberal positions. In the wake of tightening federal and state restrictions on abortion, historic ballot measures enshrining the right to an abortion passed in seven states, while other initiatives to raise the minimum wage and codify marriage equality also won by wide majorities. We're joined by Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center to examine the role of ballot measures, a form of direct democracy, in elections, and why this "powerful tool&#…