(2024-09-10). James Earl Jones, actor and voice of Darth Vader, has died aged 93. aljazeera.com Born in poverty in segregated Mississippi, Jones went on to become one of the world's most celebrated actors.
(2024-09-10). 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…
(2024-09-10). Are You Ready for Some Private Equity Football? counterpunch.org 
The billionaires who run the world's most phenomenally profitable sport have just decided to "share the wealth" — with the greediest of their fellow rich. By a 31-1 margin, the owners of the 32 pro football franchises that make up the NFL have just voted to crack open their money-making machine to the investment fund
(2024-09-10). 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 (…) | – | / | <...
(2024-09-10). From the "Committee for the Cancellation of Third World Debt" to the "Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt" cadtm.org
(2024-09-10). 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 (…) | – | / | <...
(2024-09-10). The worst ever global debt crisis. cadtm.org
(2024-09-10). Despite Netanyahu's claims, Israeli army finds no signs Hamas preparing to smuggle hostages to Egypt via Philadelphi route. haaretz.com Israeli defense officials estimate that Hamas leader Sinwar lacks the capacity to transfer hostages to Rafah and from there to Egypt, despite Netanyahu's claims that one of the main reasons to keep troops in the Philadelphi route is the fear that Hamas will attempt to smuggle hostages out of Gaza…
(2024-09-10). Xi extends Teachers' Day greetings to teachers. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent greetings to teachers and other people working in the education sector across the country at a national meeting on education held in Beijing from Monday to Tuesday.
(2024-09-10). Typhoon-hit Hainan limping back to normalcy. ecns.cn The island province of Hainan, battered by the devastating impact of Super Typhoon Yagi on Friday, is working to return to normalcy, including facilitating efforts to restore electricity and telecommunications by Wednesday, said the local government.
(2024-09-10). Maryland sanitation workers strike over working conditions, low wages. wsws.org Sanitation workers are picketing in Anne Arundel County over working in hot weather, ill-equipped garbage trucks and with a lack of protective equipment.
(2024-09-10). Strike wave erupts across Kenya despite trade unions' attempt to strangle it. wsws.org The working class is confronting a supposed "broad-based" government—a newly installed coalition of President William Ruto and his United Kenya Party and the main opposition party—that is committed to IMF austerity and enjoys the backing of the bureaucrats who run the Central Organization of Trade Unions.
(2024-09-10). Mass protests oppose Macron's naming of far-right government in France. wsws.org Mélenchon's strategy of uniting with Macron in the name of blocking the rise of the far right proved disastrous for the working class, paving the way for the forming of a far right government.
(2024-09-10). Sri Lankan presidential candidates silent over the threat of WWIII. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party opposes the direct and indirect support of Sri Lanka's ruling and opposition parties for the US-led imperialist war agenda and urges the working class to do the same.
(2024-09-10). 'Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price' available on new album. peoplesworld.org 
Last year, a hardworking music publicist alerted me to a rare performance of Damien Geter's spirituals-based Justice Symphony up in Fresno, paired with Beethoven's 9th, and I took the bait. The amazing soprano soloist (in both) was Karen Slack, who is presently enjoying a stellar career (about which said publicist continues to inform me). She's …
(2024-09-10). Keir Starmer promises to 'rewrite the rules of our economy' in speech to TUC Congress. leftfootforward.org The prime minister also pledged to deliver growth which 'serves the interests of working people'
(2024-09-10). Cambodia's National Assembly president to visit China. plenglish.com Sudary is responding to an invitation from Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, who will not only visit Beijing but will also make a working trip to Shanghai to meet with Huang Lixin, chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, and tour the city's industrial zone. | Sources in the Cambodian legislature announced that the visit comes when the friendship between the two countries is growing and cooperation between the two parliaments has reached an unprecedented level. | During her sojourn in China, the Cambodian National Assembly pr…
(2024-09-10). 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.
(2024-09-10). Homeless Man Attacked in Fresno. indybay.org This is a video of a homeless man being attacked in Fresno.
(2024-09-10). Where Can We Live? counterpunch.org 
In 2019, a group of homeless folks were living on a deserted piece of land along the Chehalis River, a drainage basin that empties into Grays Harbor, an estuary of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of the state of Washington. When the city of Aberdeen ordered the homeless encampment cleared out, some of those
(2024-09-10). Caste Inequality and Untouchability in India – Historical Perspective. ummid.com The issue of caste has been the core issue in strengthening of Hindu right wing politics.
(2024-09-10). US Food Insecurity Rate Rose to 13.5% in 2023 as Government Benefits Declined and Food Prices Soared. counterpunch.org 