Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic, Policy Research. (2023-10-16). Ecuador's Election Could Have Lasting Consequences. popularresistance.org Imagine a developing country where a 43-year-old economist with a PhD from the University of Illinois, who is relatively unknown as a politician, runs for president and wins. Despite the preceding decades of corruption and institutional rot, he puts together a competent government and gets the economic policy right. The numbers tell much of the story: in the 10 years of his presidency, poverty fell by 41 percent; income per person grew at more than twice the rate of the previous 25 years; and public investment and government expenditure on health services doubled as a share of the economy.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-17). UNDP prioritizes poverty eradication with a female approach. plenglish.com Panama, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) Putting an end to multidimensional poverty with focus on women is priority for the UN Development Program (UNDP), the UNDP Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Michelle Muschett said.

ecns.cn (2023-10-17). Pakistan's PM says Belt and Road comes with benefits. ecns.cn Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has lauded the Belt and Road Initiative for having "advanced inclusive development to reduce poverty and inequality, improved people's ability to pay taxes and enhanced governments' ability to retire their debts".

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-10-17). øCuáles son las principales causas de pobreza en el mundo?>. telesurtv.net Más de 4.000 millones de personas continúan totalmente desprotegidas en el mundo.

Staff (2023-10-17). Oligarch Daniel Noboa Wins Ecuador's Presidential Elections (+Tax Evasion). orinocotribune.com The results of the runoff of the presidential elections in Ecuador show the winner as the wealthy heir Daniel Noboa, 35 years old, candidate of the National Democratic Action (ADN) alliance and son of oligarch àÅlvaro Noboa, who on five occasions sought the Ecuadorian presidency without success. According to data from the National Electoral Council (CNE), with 93.02% of the valid votes counted, Noboa reached 52.21% of the votes (4,983,195), while Luisa González from the Citizen Revolution movement (RC) got 47.79% (4,561,646). | "Ecuador has practically Daniel Noboa Azín as president," said CNE President Dia…

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-10-16). Unmasking Russia's Influence and Changing Situation Within the Commonwealth of Independent States. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-17). Ecuador elects new right-wing president linked to big banana business. peoplesdispatch.org With 97.3% of the votes counted, Daniel Noboa Azin, son of one of the wealthiest men in Ecuador, was elected as the new president of the Andean nation on Sunday, October 15. | 35-years old Daniel Noboa of the right-wing National Democratic Action (ADN) alliance, accepted his victory and thanked the Ecuadorian people for their confidence and for voting for him. | "Today we have made history. Ecuadorian families chose the New Ecuador. They chose a country with security and employment," Noboa wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) account. | Noboa added that he looks forward to changing the country to a place "of realiti…

infobrics (2023-10-16). Militarism will inevitably lead America to bankruptcy. infobrics.org The US debt-to-GDP ratio is nearly 130%, but Washington DC keeps raising the debt ceiling. Namely, in January 2023, the belligerent thalassocracy hit its debt limit and by June 2023, it was forced to suspend it to avoid default.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-17). Morocco G20 Finance Meetings Make Few Decisions on Crisis Response. indybay.org G20 finance ministers met on global economic growth, debt, inflation, expanding development bank aid, the pandemic and other crises.

ecns.cn (2023-10-17). Top economist ardent on continued success. ecns.cn China will not follow in Japan's footsteps of the 1990s and fall into a so-called balance-sheet recession period characterized by income being used to pay down debt rather than spend, according to a top economist.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-17). Israel Asks US for Additional $10 Billion in Military Aid. news.antiwar.com Israel has asked the US for an additional $10 billion in military aid amid its onslaught in Gaza, The New York Times reported on Monday night. The report said lawmakers in Congress are working with the White House to craft a spending package that will include military aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan and additional …

WSWS (2023-10-17). Australian workers oppose the Voice, call for better conditions for Aboriginal people. wsws.org "The Labor government is not working class, it is an elite group of people, setting up a puppet called the Voice."

Cira Pascual Marquina (2023-10-16). The commune is a comprehensive reworking of social relations: A conversation with Chris Gilbert. mronline.org A new book exploring the theory, practice and history of socialist commune building in Venezuela.

Jonathan Cook (2023-10-16). What the Media Forgets to Tell You about Israel and Gaza. dissidentvoice.org The missing context for what's happening in Gaza is that Israel has been working night and day to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people from their homeland since even before Israel become a state — when it was known as the Zionist movement. Israel didn't just cleanse Palestinians in 1948, when it was founded as a …

Mnar Adley (2023-10-16). How Media Outlets Work With Israel To Control Gaza Narrative. mintpressnews.com From watchdogs to lapdogs: Mnar Adley reveals the disappointing state of the fourth estate in the West, exposing how biased media, often working directly with the Israeli government, has been complicit in whitewashing Israeli crimes in Palestine.

National HR (2023-10-16). Climate Justice Senior Strategist. peoplesaction.org About People's Action/Institute People's Action Institute (501c3) and its sister organization People's Action (501c4) are national progressive organizations supporting the mobilization and leadership of the grassroots in support of an agenda that reflects people over profits. People's Action/Institute builds the power of poor and working people in rural, suburban, and urban areas to win change …

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-10-16). Presidents Maduro and Lula discuss issues of common interest. plenglish.com The Bolivarian head of State revealed on X that they had a "pleasant conversation," in which they addressed important issues of the cooperation map between the countries. | Brazil and Venezuela have a clear path to continue working alongside for the welfare, development and prosperity of our peoples, Maduro said. | Caracas and Brasilia resumed diplomatic relations in January 2023, after being disrrupted for three years during the government of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022). | With Lula's return to power, both executives advanced in the reestablishment of bilateral relations and agreed to…

WSWS (2023-10-16). As the UAW prepares to suppress US auto strike, GM and Mercedes-Benz announce new round of layoffs in Brazil. wsws.org Just as in the US, unions in Brazil have suppressed the struggles of the working class, collaborating with companies and the capitalist state in increasing unemployment and slashing workers' living standards.

WSWS (2023-10-16). Defeat of Australian Labor's Voice referendum highlights massive class divide. wsws.org The result is not the outcome of widespread racism and hostility to indigenous people. Instead it demonstrates the growing hostility of working people to the entire political establishment.

teleSUR (2023-10-16). WHO Delivers Medical Supplies to Lebanon Amid Border Escalation. telesurenglish.net The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent critical medical supplies to Lebanon in case of further casualties as fighting on the Lebanon-Israel border intensifies. | RELATED: | The U.N. agency said in a statement that "WHO is working with the Ministry of Public Health and health partners in Lebanon to strengthen readiness within the health system to respond to possible increases in casualties due to the escalating violence." | Two ship…

Mnar Muhawesh (2023-10-16). How Media Outlets Work With Israel To Control Gaza Narrative. thealtworld.com From watchdogs to lapdogs: Mnar Adley reveals the disappointing state of the fourth estate in the West, exposing how biased media, often working directly with the Israeli government, has been complicit in whitewashing Israeli crimes in Palestine. | Israelis were killed, while Palestinians merely "died." | That's the leading headline Some media outlets are <...

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-16). How California's Fast-Food Workers Won $20 an Hour. counterpunch.org The origins of this momentous victory can be traced back to a movement that began on the opposite side of the country more than a decade ago. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU)'s Fight for $15 campaign, launched in the form of a walkout in New York City in 2012 demanded a wage floor that, at the time, sounded audacious. While it's no longer terribly bold to demand $15 an hour in an economy where inflation has disproportionately impacted low-wage workers and where billionaires continue to enjoy unimaginable riches, consider this: there are more than a dozen states in the U.S. where the minimum wage r…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-17). The stock market is waking up to Pfizer's greedy, unethical and reckless behaviour which Facebook, Google and corporate media have helped to hide. expose-news.com The stock market may be waking up to the possibility that Pfizer may go bankrupt due to the upcoming covid injection claims. Many parallels can be drawn between the corporate behaviours of …

Drago Bosnic (2023-10-16). Militarism Will Inevitably Lead America into Bankruptcy. globalresearch.ca

Sarah Anderson (2023-10-17). Fifth-Grader Takes on the Powerful Climate-Polluting Private Jet Set. inequality.org EDITOR'S NOTE: Kalea Foo, a fifth-grader from Lexington, Massachusetts, delivered this speech at an October 2 protest against the proposed expansion of Hanscom Field, an airport outside Boston that already serves as New England's largest private jet port. She joined IPS's Chuck Collins in speaking at the rally, calling for "no new private jet expansion …

Lucrecia Franco (2023-10-16). Brazil's food insecurity. america.cgtn.com October 16 is World Food Day, commemorating the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, in 1979. | This year in Brazil, Latin America's largest and most populous country, there is not much to celebrate. | Tens of millions of Brazilians suffer "moderate" to "severe" food insecurity. | This past weekend in Rio de Janeiro, directors and volunteers of Brazil's biggest movement against hunger, took to the streets to protest and launch one more Christmas food drive for those in need.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-10-16). Hunger, thirst may kill Gazans spared by Israeli bombs. electronicintifada.net Palestinians dig mass graves as more than 1,000 remain under the rubble.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-10-15). A Losing Voice: The Fall of an Indigenous Referendum Measure. dissidentvoice.org Even before October 14, The Voice, or, to describe in full, the Referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, was in dire straits. Referenda proposals are rarely successful in Australia: prior to October 14, 44 referenda had been conducted since the creation of the Commonwealth in 1901. Only eight had passed. …

krish-rad_ind (2023-10-15). Share The Wealth Vs. Waste The Wealth. popularresistance.org

D. W. Livingstone (2023-10-15). Class Leaders and Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism. socialistproject.ca We are living in the most dangerous time for the human species since our early origins. The massive numbers of wildfires destroying large swaths of Canada and elsewhere this summer are one sign among many that we are mere years away from irreversible environmental degradation. The Ukraine War reminds us that we are within a few minutes of nuclear winter. We are witnessing historic highs in the inequitable concentration of wealth and lows in popular confidence in elected governments. The capitalist system is driven by the obsessive need to turn every conceivable material good and service into profitable commodi…

Mnar Adley (2023-10-16). How Media Outlets Work With Israel To Control Gaza Narrative. mintpressnews.com From watchdogs to lapdogs: Mnar Adley reveals the disappointing state of the fourth estate in the West, exposing how biased media, often working directly with the Israeli government, has been complicit in whitewashing Israeli crimes in Palestine.

WSWS (2023-10-16). As the UAW prepares to suppress US auto strike, GM and Mercedes-Benz announce new round of layoffs in Brazil. wsws.org Just as in the US, unions in Brazil have suppressed the struggles of the working class, collaborating with companies and the capitalist state in increasing unemployment and slashing workers' living standards.

WSWS (2023-10-16). Defeat of Australian Labor's Voice referendum highlights massive class divide. wsws.org The result is not the outcome of widespread racism and hostility to indigenous people. Instead it demonstrates the growing hostility of working people to the entire political establishment.

ecns.cn (2023-10-15). Chinese scholar Lu Haina elected as member of UN Human Rights Council Special Procedures. ecns.cn Chinese human rights scholar Lu Haina was elected as a member from the Asia-Pacific States to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on discrimination against women and girls at the 54th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, on Friday.

Luis De Jesus Reyes (2023-10-15). Moving from rhetoric to action to build socialism. peoplesdispatch.org The organization of the working class internationally, the right of people to health and housing, food sovereignty and the rights of immigrants were at the center of the discussion on Sunday October 15 of the III International Conference Dilemmas of Humanity taking place in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. | On the second day of the meeting, attended by around 500 delegates from more than 70 countries, the presentations were once again centered around the main dilemmas facing humanity today due to the prevailing capitalist system and the advance of imperialism in every corner of the planet. | The day began…

WSWS (2023-10-15). Mobilize workers and youth throughout the world against Israel's genocide! wsws.org The strength of the working class in every country must be mobilized to stop the developing genocide against more than two million Palestinians in Gaza.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-15). Arab League accused Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza. plenglish.com Cairo, Oct 15 (Prensa Latina) The Arab League accused Israel of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip and affirmed that it is working to reach a cease-fire that will allow humanitarian aid to be brought to the Palestinian population of the enclave.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-16). How California's Fast-Food Workers Won $20 an Hour. counterpunch.org The origins of this momentous victory can be traced back to a movement that began on the opposite side of the country more than a decade ago. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU)'s Fight for $15 campaign, launched in the form of a walkout in New York City in 2012 demanded a wage floor that, at the time, sounded audacious. While it's no longer terribly bold to demand $15 an hour in an economy where inflation has disproportionately impacted low-wage workers and where billionaires continue to enjoy unimaginable riches, consider this: there are more than a dozen states in the U.S. where the minimum wage r…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-10-16). Hunger, thirst may kill Gazans spared by Israeli bombs. electronicintifada.net Palestinians dig mass graves as more than 1,000 remain under the rubble.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-15). Agenda 2030's goal is "no farmers, no food" — if we can't own property, we become the property. expose-news.com The UN's latest report on global hunger shows we are moving backwards. At least 828 million people went hungry one way or another on a daily basis last year. The prices of …

The Lancet (2023-10-14). Editorial] The future of work and health. thelancet.com The world of work is changing rapidly. Estimates suggest that by as early as 2025, employers will divide work equally between human beings and machines, disrupting 85 million jobs globally. A move towards automation and outsourcing is in direct contrast to the political dialogue, which has framed employment as the antidote to poverty. Most people assume that employment with good working conditions is good for health: it offers connection, community, and purpose. Sustainable Development Goal 8 calls for achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all by 2030.

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-13). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-12). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

Mariana Carbajal (2023-10-12). Argentina — Milei quiere empobrecer a las mujeres. globalizacion.ca El candidato presidencial Javier Milei niega que exista la brecha salarial de género —como también niega la violencia de género y el terrorismo de Estado durante la última dictadura militar— y su postura quedó en evidencia en el primer debate…

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Central Huijin Investment increases stake in four China commercial banks. ecns.cn Central Huijin Investment Ltd, an arm of China's sovereign wealth fund, has increased its stake in China's four biggest commercial banks on Wednesday, sending the A-share market climbing on Thursday morning.

Liz Theoharis (2023-10-12). Abandoning the Poor. counterpunch.org On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols of wealth and the promise of progress for a city and a nation. In movies and TV shows, those buildings churn with activity, offices full

SAM (2023-10-12). Share the Wealth vs. Waste the Wealth. inequality.org

Roselena Ramirez (2023-10-13). Jackson Hole: A Tale of Income Inequality and the Vanishing Affordable Housing. america.cgtn.com Jackson Hole, located in the American state of Wyoming, boasts luxurious ski resorts and breathtaking scenery. It is also home to some of the wealthiest citizens in the country. However, the area has faced a significant issue of skyrocketing rents over the last decade, making affordable housing almost nonexistent. This has led to one of the highest rates of income inequality in America. In this context, Mike Kirsch explains why the situation in Jackson Hole is a cause for concern.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-13). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-13). African Catholic Bishops: Marrakesh Meetings Should Act on "True Jubilee of Hope in Africa. indybay.org World leaders attending the annual IMF, G20 and World Bank meetings should promote urgent debt relief, aid and lending policies to address the interlinked crises African countries face, noted a body that represents African Catholic Bishops.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). African Catholic Bishops: Marrakesh Meetings Should Act on "True Jubilee of Hope in Africa. indybay.org World leaders attending the annual IMF, G20 and World Bank meetings should promote urgent debt relief, aid and lending policies to address the interlinked crises African countries face, noted a body that represents African Catholic Bishops.

Keerti Gopal (2023-10-12). A Plan To Stop The Vulture Funds Fueling Global Debt. levernews.com

imperial.ac.uk (2023-10-13). Imperial President – College making big moves to accelerate medical innovation. imperial.ac.uk Professor Hugh Brady says that Imperial is working to speed development of innovations that have potential to be as transformational as penicillin.

Stephen F. Eisenman (2023-10-13). We Need a Working-Class Environmental Movement. counterpunch.org

WSWS (2023-10-13). For an active boycott of the Voice referendum! Build a socialist movement of the working class against war and austerity! wsws.org The referendum will solve nothing. The key issue is building a movement against the the entire political establishment, and its program of war, austerity and dictatorship.

WSWS (2023-10-13). Australian educators rank-and-file committee endorses Voice referendum active boycott campaign. wsws.org Education workers, parents and students call for a unified struggle by the working class, indigenous and non-indigenous, against the racialist policies of both the Yes and No camps.

Derrick Crowe (2023-10-12). Massachusetts: "Working Class as F***!" Movement Politics in the field. peoplesaction.org Natasha Megie-Maddrey, our Neighbor to Neighbor MA member running for office in Lynn, won her primary for ward councilor in early September! Many met her during the convention in D.C. where she went on stage and said: "I've been working since I was 14 years old and I'm working class as FUCK!" Natasha is facing …

Derrick Crowe (2023-10-12). Washington: Building Alignment. peoplesaction.org For the past year, ONE America and Washington CAN have been working together to develop a powerbuilding alignment table with 7 other organizations across Washington State. The purpose is to build and wield serious electoral power in Washington State and advance a shared political power building strategy that deepens their bases through field and elections. …

Palestine Action. (2023-10-12). Launch Of 50-Target-Map Of Companies Complicit In Israel's Weapons Trade. popularresistance.org Israel has now declared a 'full siege' on Gaza, dropping 1,000 tonnes of bombs on the 25-mile long Strip and cutting off all supplies, food, energy and water to its 2 million inhabitants. Over 700 Palestinians have been killed, over 180,000 made homeless, and Gazans are preparing for worse to come — until now, it was unthinkable that their 17 years of captivity and starvation could be made any worse. At this moment, those of us living in the globe's imperial core face a choice: between silence and complicity in the decades-long brutalisation of Palestine, or standing with the liberation efforts of those sub…

Robert Inlakesh (2023-10-13). "Beheaded Israeli Babies", "Raped Women" And Other Disinformation To Justify Gaza Massacre. thelastamericanvagabond.com Following Israel's onslaught against Gaza, killing over a thousand civilians, rendering hundreds of thousands homeless and cutting off the water, food, international aid, electricity, and fuel to what Israel's Defense Minister called "human animals" in Gaza, an immense focus has been placed upon the nature of the initial Hamas attack against Israel. By now you

WSWS (2023-10-13). Laid-off Yellow workers struggling to find work as Wall Street prepares billion dollar sale of bankrupt freight company. wsws.org Wall Street is preparing to reap billions of dollars from the sale of Yellow's assets while many Yellow workers struggle to find new jobs…

Harvey Wasserman (2023-10-12). How "Dumb Money" Nukes Boil & Bankrupt The Earth. counterpunch.org No new U.S. reactors, big or small, fission or fusion will be built here within at least the next five years…more like ten. Those that try will do nothing but divert resources away from the Solartopian technologies needed to save the Earth. They'll also lose big money for their billionaire backers and the taxpayers who'll

Ali Abunimah (2023-10-12). Germany affirms support for famine and extermination in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Chancellor Olaf Scholz offers Israel military aid to facilitate mass killing of Palestinians.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-10-12). Famine looms in Gaza amid Israeli carpet bombing. electronicintifada.net Rights groups call for immediate international intervention to stave off humanitarian catastrophe.

Tamara Pearson (2023-10-13). There is a Way Out of the Global Love Crisis. counterpunch.org An infestation of coldness haunts me, particularly on Friday nights. Heart hunger, perhaps, and a wash of sadness. Like many people, I'm very worried, and vulnerable. Then I scroll through social media and the message is that people who have been treated badly should work on themselves. But while we all need to learn and

Mariana Lopes Simàµes (2023-10-12). Tackling malnutrition in an era of political uncertainty: the case of Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org During an era marked by the ascent of far-right governments and influenced by a neoliberal economic agenda, addressing malnutrition challenges — including undernutrition and its consequences, as well as overweight/obesity — demands the development of strategies to overcome systemic barriers that prevent countries from ensuring the right to health on the national level. The implementation of such strategies needs to be bulletproof to political changes and instability, as illustrated by some examples in Latin America. | Years ago, Brazil embarked on a journey to eliminate hunger, a mission grounded in a…

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-12). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Cliff road leads to prosperity in Chongqing. ecns.cn The "sinkhole village" had long struggled against poverty until one day villagers decided to carve out a mountain road on their own. After 7 years, a 8-kilometer cliff road was carved out by villagers to the outside world in 2004.

Peter Certo (2023-10-11). In OtherWords: October 11, 2023. otherwords.org This week in OtherWords, we've got two more strong pieces on the structural causes of poverty to complement our issue from last week. | First, Amy Adams riffs on Jason Aldean's controversial country song, "Try That in a Small Town." It's not more fear or vigilantism that small towns need, Amy says — it's public investment. She shares Second, Jim Hightower calls out gentrification in a surprising plac…

WSWS (2023-10-11). WSWS speaks to workers and student ahead of New Zealand election. wsws.org Workers and students who spoke with the WSWS described worsening poverty, soaring living costs, and denounced the pro-imperialist positions of the Labour and National parties.

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-11). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

Nicolás Centurión (2023-10-11). Uruguay: infancias empobrecidas, futuro hipotecado. globalizacion.ca Los últimos datos de pobreza, correspondientes al primer semestre del 2023, presentados por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) proclaman que en Uruguay sobreviven casi 160.000 niños bajo la línea de pobreza. | Es decir que el 50 % de los…

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Central Huijin Investment increases stake in four China commercial banks. ecns.cn Central Huijin Investment Ltd, an arm of China's sovereign wealth fund, has increased its stake in China's four biggest commercial banks on Wednesday, sending the A-share market climbing on Thursday morning.

Liz Theoharis (2023-10-12). Abandoning the Poor. counterpunch.org On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols of wealth and the promise of progress for a city and a nation. In movies and TV shows, those buildings churn with activity, offices full

sputnikglobe (2023-10-12). Chemists Make Exciting New Discovery About Leonardo's 'Mona Lisa'. sputnikglobe.com Leonardo's enigmatic "Mona Lisa" painting has captivated even those unfamiliar to the art world for decades. Researchers have noted the treasured portrait depicts Madam Lisa Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant from the early 1500s.

TASS (2023-10-12). Lavrov to discuss current international issues with CIS counterparts in Bishkek. tass.com The meeting participants will consider the prospects for cooperation in the commonwealth format, including taking into account Russia's upcoming chairmanship in the association from January 1, 2024…

Sharon Zhang (2023-10-11). Report: Harlan Crow Has a Stake in 4 SCOTUS Cases — and Thomas Hasn't Recused. truthout.org The firm that provided Justice Clarence Thomas's billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow with his business success and extreme wealth could stand to majorly benefit from several key Supreme Court cases that Thomas is set to rule on, new research reveals. Crow, his real estate firm Crow Holdings and subsidiary Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) — a real estate development company founded by Crow's father… |

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). African Catholic Bishops: Marrakesh Meetings Should Act on "True Jubilee of Hope in Africa. indybay.org World leaders attending the annual IMF, G20 and World Bank meetings should promote urgent debt relief, aid and lending policies to address the interlinked crises African countries face, noted a body that represents African Catholic Bishops.

Ashley Smith, Éric Toussaint (2023-10-12). Debt Abolition Activists Gear Up for Countersummit as World Bank and IMF Meet. internationalviewpoint.org

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

Ashley Smith, Éric Toussaint (2023-10-11). Debt Abolition Activists Gear Up for Countersummit as World Bank and IMF Meet. internationalviewpoint.org

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). African Catholic Bishops: Marrakesh Meetings Should Act on "True Jubilee of Hope in Africa. indybay.org World leaders attending the annual IMF, G20 and World Bank meetings should promote urgent debt relief, aid and lending policies to address the interlinked crises African countries face, noted a body that represents African Catholic Bishops.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-11). US Yellen, PBOC's Pan to meet for talks including on debt. channelnewsasia.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-10-11). An Urgent Call For Debt, Climate And Economic Justice. popularresistance.org

SAM (2023-10-11). To Win In 2024, Biden Should Run On Mass Debt Relief. progressivehub.net SCOTT REMER | IN THESE TIMES…

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-10-11). Fascism Comes To America. popularresistance.org The parting gift, I expect, of the bankrupt liberalism of the Democratic Party will be a Christianized fascist state. The liberal class, a creature of corporate power, captive to the war industry and the security state, unable or unwilling to ameliorate the prolonged economic insecurity and misery of the working class, blinded by a self-righteous woke ideology that reeks of hypocrisy and disingenuousness and bereft of any political vision, is the bedrock on which the Christian fascists, who have coalesced in cult-like mobs around Donald Trump, have built their terrifying movement. | Trump, as the writer Jeff Shar…

TASS (2023-10-11). Russia's defense chief inspects production, repair of cargo aircraft in Ulyanovsk. tass.com According to the Defense Ministry, Sergey Shoigu also held a working meeting in which he pointed to "an almost manifold" increase in the workload of Russian military cargo aviation…

WSWS (2023-10-11). Walgreens Pharmacy employees walk out against unsafe working conditions. wsws.org Non-union pharmacy employees stage a three-day walkout to protest unsafe working conditions that have only been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic.

WSWS (2023-10-11). Walgreens Pharmacy employees walk out across the US against unsafe working conditions. wsws.org Non-union pharmacy employees stage a three-day walkout to protest unsafe working conditions that have only been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic.

Betsey Piette (2023-10-12). House battle over speaker — time for working-class intervention. workers.org The eleventh hour 209-126 compromise vote between House of Representative Democrats and Republicans on Sept. 30, orchestrated by former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, provided a temporary extension of federal spending. But it has opened a hornet's nest of political wrangling which shows that the U.S. regime is in . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-12). Homing in on the importance of diversity in research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Minerva Carrasquillo, Ph.D. Hispanic Heritage Month pays tribute to the history, culture and traditions of Americans of Hispanic ancestry. In this Q&A, Minerva Carrasquillo, Ph.D., a neurogeneticist at Mayo Clinic in Florida, shares a snapshot of her current research and why she believes fostering diversity in research is critical. What is your research focus and what are you working on now? I am an assistant professor and associate consultant in the Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic in…

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Afghanistan: More homes destroyed as another earthquake strikes Herat province. firstpost.com Following a series of devastating quakes on Saturday, authorities were forced to redeploy relief and rescue workers already on the ground after a major earthquake shook Afghanistan's western province of Herat on Wednesday. | Provincial officials said that hundreds of homes had been demolished, but disaster management spokesperson Janan Sayeeq told Reuters that there were no current figures on casualties. | Without providing further information, the governor of Herat's administration claimed that some localities had sustained "huge losses." | "Mobile medical teams and officials have been working together and have…

Herman Rosenfeld (2023-10-11). Similar Challenges, Different Narratives: A Tale of Two Unions. socialistproject.ca The 2023 auto bargaining between the auto unions and the Detroit "Big 3" is shaking out to be different in a way that few of us could have imagined. | The objective conditions favour an environment of working-class gains, with some countervailing factors. Job markets favour workers, despite a post-COVID inflationary period and high interest rates used to force neoliberal levels of inflation. Workers across the economies of both the US and Canada have been looking to make up for the huge losses resulting from previous concessions (since the early 2000s and inflation and the recent inflationary period). | The st…

Palestine Action. (2023-10-12). Launch Of 50-Target-Map Of Companies Complicit In Israel's Weapons Trade. popularresistance.org Israel has now declared a 'full siege' on Gaza, dropping 1,000 tonnes of bombs on the 25-mile long Strip and cutting off all supplies, food, energy and water to its 2 million inhabitants. Over 700 Palestinians have been killed, over 180,000 made homeless, and Gazans are preparing for worse to come — until now, it was unthinkable that their 17 years of captivity and starvation could be made any worse. At this moment, those of us living in the globe's imperial core face a choice: between silence and complicity in the decades-long brutalisation of Palestine, or standing with the liberation efforts of those sub…

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Israeli bombing of Gaza leaves Press TV journalist 'homeless'. presstv.ir A Press TV correspondent in Gaza saw his home entirely destroyed in an Israeli assault.

Harvey Wasserman (2023-10-12). How "Dumb Money" Nukes Boil & Bankrupt The Earth. counterpunch.org No new U.S. reactors, big or small, fission or fusion will be built here within at least the next five years…more like ten. Those that try will do nothing but divert resources away from the Solartopian technologies needed to save the Earth. They'll also lose big money for their billionaire backers and the taxpayers who'll

WSWS (2023-10-12). Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony files for bankruptcy days before beginning of 2023-24 season. wsws.org Music and the arts are not viewed as something worth supporting by the financial elite because they represent a drain on resources that could be, from the point of view of the capitalists, better spent on investing in the stock market or waging war.

Élodie Gavrilof (2023-10-12). Nagorno-Karabakh condemned to famine in the indifference of the international community. internationalviewpoint.org "Peace cannot be achieved under these conditions, but that is not what the Azerbaijani authorities are seeking. Their policy is intended to force Armenians in the region to leave or die." | – | / |

Élodie Gavrilof (2023-10-11). Nagorno-Karabakh condemned to famine in the indifference of the international community. internationalviewpoint.org "Peace cannot be achieved under these conditions, but that is not what the Azerbaijani authorities are seeking. Their policy is intended to force Armenians in the region to leave or die." | – | / |

infobrics (2023-10-11). Crimes against humanity committed in responses to Palestinian attack. infobrics.org Israel and the West use Hamas attack as an excuse to foment war and famine.

Victoria Kim (2023-10-12). Rep. Jasmine Crockett Is Gathering The Government. newsone.com Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on September 28, 2023. | Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty | The Texas Representative who went viral for her blunt takedown of impeachment-hungry Republicans, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, is the latest guest on the Small Doses with Amanda Seales podcast. | A video of Rep. Crockett (D-Texas) is making the rounds in which she swiftly gathers House Republicans at the first hearing on the

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Cliff road leads to prosperity in Chongqing. ecns.cn The "sinkhole village" had long struggled against poverty until one day villagers decided to carve out a mountain road on their own. After 7 years, a 8-kilometer cliff road was carved out by villagers to the outside world in 2004.

Peter Certo (2023-10-11). In OtherWords: October 11, 2023. otherwords.org This week in OtherWords, we've got two more strong pieces on the structural causes of poverty to complement our issue from last week. | First, Amy Adams riffs on Jason Aldean's controversial country song, "Try That in a Small Town." It's not more fear or vigilantism that small towns need, Amy says — it's public investment. She shares Second, Jim Hightower calls out gentrification in a surprising plac…

WSWS (2023-10-11). WSWS speaks to workers and student ahead of New Zealand election. wsws.org Workers and students who spoke with the WSWS described worsening poverty, soaring living costs, and denounced the pro-imperialist positions of the Labour and National parties.

Liz Theoharis (2023-10-10). Abandoning the poor. nationofchange.org Or confronting the needless scourge of poverty.

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-11). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

Nicolás Centurión (2023-10-11). Uruguay: infancias empobrecidas, futuro hipotecado. globalizacion.ca Los últimos datos de pobreza, correspondientes al primer semestre del 2023, presentados por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) proclaman que en Uruguay sobreviven casi 160.000 niños bajo la línea de pobreza. | Es decir que el 50 % de los…

Deb Nelson, Next City. (2023-10-10). Four Winning Models For Building Community Wealth. popularresistance.org If we're ever going to have a just economy, we'll have to build it from the ground up. | Flowing resources to front-line communities that face the worst of the climate crisis and the racial wealth gap is the ideal way to plant the roots of a new economy. Not only is it essential for justice, but it's also a practical, scalable strategy for seeding system change. | As executive director of the Just Economy Institute, I've collaborated with many JEI fellows who are leading promising community wealth-building initiatives. These financial activists share a set of principles: They support community self-determination…

Will Hodgkinson, Workers' World. (2023-10-10). Boston Demands Indigenous Peoples Day! popularresistance.org On Oct. 7, over 200 Indigenous activists and their allies gathered on Boston Common to demand that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts abolish Columbus Day and immediately designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. | This action continued the Indigenous-led movement to end the racist cult glorifying Christopher Columbus, a Genoese mercenary backed by Spanish monarchs and mercantile investors. He commanded the 1492 voyage to the Caribbean that initiated the transatlantic slave trade and began the ongoing settler-colonial genocide of Indigenous peoples.

_____ (2023-10-10). HMRC: Just 11 'Wealthy' People Prosecuted For Tax Fraud Last Year. truepublica.org.uk By Ed Siddons and Lucy Nash: HMRC investigations led to prosecutions against just 11 "wealthy" people last year, an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and TaxWatch can reveal. Critics say the figure, obtained by freedom of information requests, suggests the UK tax inspector is doing too little to punish rich tax cheats at …

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

Ashley Smith, Éric Toussaint (2023-10-11). Debt Abolition Activists Gear Up for Countersummit as World Bank and IMF Meet. internationalviewpoint.org

Ashley Smith, Éric Toussaint (2023-10-10). Debt Abolition Activists Gear Up for Countersummit as World Bank and IMF Meet. internationalviewpoint.org

Debt for Climate. (2023-10-10). An Urgent Call For Debt, Climate And Economic Justice. popularresistance.org Communities all over the world are struggling and resisting the impacts of multiple crises. At a time of intensifying climate impacts and speculative increases of food and energy prices, governments, particularly in the Global South, are responding to unsustainable public debts and the lack of development and climate finance, with a rising wave of austerity, subjugation and extractivism. | We vehemently denounce the role of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that, together with other private and public lenders, perpetuate a flawed international financial architecture that exacerbates de…

WSWS (2023-10-10). Bond market "rout" a result of major structural shifts. wsws.org There is a recognition that the period in which the escalation of US government debt could be endlessly financed because interest rates were at historic lows has come to an end.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). African Catholic Bishops: Marrakesh Meetings Should Act on "True Jubilee of Hope in Africa. indybay.org World leaders attending the annual IMF, G20 and World Bank meetings should promote urgent debt relief, aid and lending policies to address the interlinked crises African countries face, noted a body that represents African Catholic Bishops.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-11). US Yellen, PBOC's Pan to meet for talks including on debt. channelnewsasia.com

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Local debt swaps may forestall financial risks. ecns.cn China might have pushed ahead a "debt swap program" that could be worth 2.3 trillion yuan ($315.2 billion) at most.

Debt for Climate. (2023-10-10). An Urgent Call For Debt, Climate And Economic Justice. popularresistance.org Communities all over the world are struggling and resisting the impacts of multiple crises. At a time of intensifying climate impacts and speculative increases of food and energy prices, governments, particularly in the Global South, are responding to unsustainable public debts and the lack of development and climate finance, with a rising wave of austerity, subjugation and extractivism. | We vehemently denounce the role of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that, together with other private and public lenders, perpetuate a flawed international financial architecture that exacerbates de…

WSWS (2023-10-10). Bond market "rout" a result of major structural shifts. wsws.org There is a recognition that the period in which the escalation of US government debt could be endlessly financed because interest rates were at historic lows has come to an end.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). African Catholic Bishops: Marrakesh Meetings Should Act on "True Jubilee of Hope in Africa. indybay.org World leaders attending the annual IMF, G20 and World Bank meetings should promote urgent debt relief, aid and lending policies to address the interlinked crises African countries face, noted a body that represents African Catholic Bishops.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-11). US Yellen, PBOC's Pan to meet for talks including on debt. channelnewsasia.com

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Local debt swaps may forestall financial risks. ecns.cn China might have pushed ahead a "debt swap program" that could be worth 2.3 trillion yuan ($315.2 billion) at most.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-10). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-10). Sri Lanka, EXIM Bank of China, reach pact on debt disposal -China. channelnewsasia.com

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-10-11). Fascism Comes To America. popularresistance.org The parting gift, I expect, of the bankrupt liberalism of the Democratic Party will be a Christianized fascist state. The liberal class, a creature of corporate power, captive to the war industry and the security state, unable or unwilling to ameliorate the prolonged economic insecurity and misery of the working class, blinded by a self-righteous woke ideology that reeks of hypocrisy and disingenuousness and bereft of any political vision, is the bedrock on which the Christian fascists, who have coalesced in cult-like mobs around Donald Trump, have built their terrifying movement. | Trump, as the writer Jeff Shar…

TASS (2023-10-11). Russia's defense chief inspects production, repair of cargo aircraft in Ulyanovsk. tass.com According to the Defense Ministry, Sergey Shoigu also held a working meeting in which he pointed to "an almost manifold" increase in the workload of Russian military cargo aviation…

WSWS (2023-10-11). Walgreens Pharmacy employees walk out against unsafe working conditions. wsws.org Non-union pharmacy employees stage a three-day walkout to protest unsafe working conditions that have only been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic.

Global Research News (2023-10-10). Selected Articles: Israel-Palestine and the Acceleration of Eternal Wars. Israel's "Long War… Working Towards Greater Israel" globalresearch.ca By In the meantime, on the same day of Hamas' Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, declared war …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-10). Protests grow in Belgium against bill to restrict demonstrations. peoplesdispatch.org Working class sections and left-wing parties in Belgium have intensified the agitation against a bill proposed by Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne with provisions to ban 'rioters' from participating in protests. Due to fierce opposition from legislators of the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA), the coalition government has postponed voting on the bill in the parliament. | On October 5, around 10,000 demonstrated in Brussels demanding that the bill be withdrawn as it endangers the right to organize and the freedom of expression. The protest was called for by trade unions including the General Labor Fed…

PNW Street Medics (2023-10-10). Zello for Street Medics. indybay.org We recommend adding the Zello app to your smartphone, both as a means of communicating between street medics working in the field, and for having another communications channel to stay in touch with your friends, family, and support groups.

presstv.ir (2023-10-10). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.

WSWS (2023-10-11). Walgreens Pharmacy employees walk out across the US against unsafe working conditions. wsws.org Non-union pharmacy employees stage a three-day walkout to protest unsafe working conditions that have only been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic.

WSWS (2023-10-10). IMF withholds second installment of bailout loan to Sri Lanka. wsws.org President Wickremesinghe's regime is being ordered to escalate its attacks on the working class and poor, which means even more brutal increases in taxes and the cost of essentials and basic services.

WSWS (2023-10-10). SEG and IYSSE hold public meeting ahead of New Zealand election. wsws.org Speakers presented a socialist program to unite the working class against war, austerity, and the racial divisions being whipped up by all the established parties ahead of the October 14 election.

WSWS (2023-10-10). Israeli army lays siege to Gaza. wsws.org Halting the escalation of the bloodshed being planned by the Israeli government, backed by the NATO imperialist powers, requires mobilizing opposition in the international working class.

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Afghanistan: More homes destroyed as another earthquake strikes Herat province. firstpost.com Following a series of devastating quakes on Saturday, authorities were forced to redeploy relief and rescue workers already on the ground after a major earthquake shook Afghanistan's western province of Herat on Wednesday. | Provincial officials said that hundreds of homes had been demolished, but disaster management spokesperson Janan Sayeeq told Reuters that there were no current figures on casualties. | Without providing further information, the governor of Herat's administration claimed that some localities had sustained "huge losses." | "Mobile medical teams and officials have been working together and have…

FP Staff (2023-10-11). Indian embassy assures help for all stranded Indian nationals in Israel. firstpost.com Urging Indian nationals in Israel "to remain calm, vigilant," the Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv on Wednesday reassured them that it is "monitoring the situation closely" and "working constantly to help our fellow citizens in Israel." | In a recorded message on X, the social media platform, India's Ambassador to Israel, Sanjeev Singla, said: "This is to assure you that the embassy is working constantly for your safety and welfare. All of us are going through very difficult times but please do remain calm and vigilant and follow the local security guidelines." "We are here to help you, and we thank many of you who hav…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-11). Homing in on the importance of diversity in research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Minerva Carrasquillo, Ph.D. Hispanic Heritage Month pays tribute to the history, culture and traditions of Americans of Hispanic ancestry. In this Q&A, Minerva Carrasquillo, Ph.D., a neurogeneticist at Mayo Clinic in Florida, shares a snapshot of her current research and why she believes fostering diversity in research is critical. What is your research focus and what are you working on now? I am an assistant professor and associate consultant in the Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic in…

TASS (2023-10-10). Russian diplomat highlights risk of further escalation in Israel-Palestine conflict zone. tass.com "The current priority goal is to ensure the safety of our fellow citizens and provide an opportunity to be evacuated to those who are interested in that, which is what we are working on at the moment," Sergey Ryabkov added…

Palestine Action. (2023-10-12). Launch Of 50-Target-Map Of Companies Complicit In Israel's Weapons Trade. popularresistance.org Israel has now declared a 'full siege' on Gaza, dropping 1,000 tonnes of bombs on the 25-mile long Strip and cutting off all supplies, food, energy and water to its 2 million inhabitants. Over 700 Palestinians have been killed, over 180,000 made homeless, and Gazans are preparing for worse to come — until now, it was unthinkable that their 17 years of captivity and starvation could be made any worse. At this moment, those of us living in the globe's imperial core face a choice: between silence and complicity in the decades-long brutalisation of Palestine, or standing with the liberation efforts of those sub…

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Israeli bombing of Gaza leaves Press TV journalist 'homeless'. presstv.ir A Press TV correspondent in Gaza saw his home entirely destroyed in an Israeli assault.

presstv.ir (2023-10-10). Israeli bombing of Gaza leaves Press TV journalist 'homeless'. presstv.ir A Press TV correspondent in Gaza saw his home entirely destroyed in an Israeli assault.

FP Explainers (2023-10-11). Gaza has one exit route and Israel is bombing it. Where do its people go?>. firstpost.com They call it the world's largest open-air prison. And right now there is no escaping it. After Hamas's stealth attack on Israel, its military continues to pound Gaza, home to more than two million people. In five days, 900 people have died and around 2,60,000 persons have been rendered homeless. | Residential buildings, schools, hospitals and mosques have been reduced to rubble. Two days ago, the Israeli military asked Palestinians to flee

channelnewsasia (2023-10-10). Chinese EV startup WM Motor files for bankruptcy. channelnewsasia.com

Élodie Gavrilof (2023-10-11). Nagorno-Karabakh condemned to famine in the indifference of the international community. internationalviewpoint.org "Peace cannot be achieved under these conditions, but that is not what the Azerbaijani authorities are seeking. Their policy is intended to force Armenians in the region to leave or die." | – | / |

infobrics (2023-10-11). Crimes against humanity committed in responses to Palestinian attack. infobrics.org Israel and the West use Hamas attack as an excuse to foment war and famine.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor education starts in schoolÔøº. nationofchange.org Giving K-12 students the language, information, and tools they need to protect themselves from workplace exploitation is a critical tool to reversing the nation's capitalism-fueled inequality.

Cesar Chelala (2023-10-10). Women are Key to Ending World Hunger. counterpunch.org It is one of the world's greatest tragedies, and it is still neglected. In 2021, the world reached a new, although unwelcome landmark: the number of people affected by hunger rose to 828 million, an increase of about 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, according to a United Nations report, The

Cesar Chelala (2023-10-10). Women are Key to Ending World Hunger. counterpunch.org It is one of the world's greatest tragedies, and it is still neglected. In 2021, the world reached a new, although unwelcome landmark: the number of people affected by hunger rose to 828 million, an increase of about 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, according to a United Nations report, The

FP Staff (2023-10-11). Power-hungry: AI bots like ChatGPT will have higher energy demands than many countries by 2027. firstpost.com According to recent research published in the journal Joule, the energy consumption associated with artificial intelligence (AI) applications is projected to surpass the annual electricity requirements of entire nations like the Netherlands, Argentina, and Sweden by the year 2027. | This energy-intensive trend is attributed to the widespread adoption of AI, with particular emphasis on generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, which generate content by drawing upon the data they were trained on. The surge in the use of such AI systems has been notably prominent since 2022. | Training these tools is an energy-intens…

Frank Cappello (2023-10-09). LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. levernews.com On this week's episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Frank Cappello is joined by Nikhil Goyal, sociologist, educator, and former senior advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders, to discuss his new book Live to See the Day: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. The book chronicles the lives of three Puerto Rican teenagers growing up in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, and explores the failures of America's public education and welfare systems through lived experience. On the show, Goyal discusses the "school choice" movement, which has largely become a vehic…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-09). How the Fossil Fuel Industry Came to Love Climate Change. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Guillo Has Carbon Taxation Become an Expedient Way to Redistribute Wealth, Cover Up Environmental Crimes, Promote Hazardous Energy Policies, and Control the Working Class and Developing Nations? Does the Threat of Climate Change Misdirect the Anti-War Movement? During the early 2000s, only a few left-wing magazines with limited circulation warned about the threat of…

Nik Heynen, Nikki Luke, Next City. (2023-10-09). How Cities Are Experimenting With Reparations In Urban Policy. popularresistance.org Even as politicians work to reenact Jim Crow-era silences about how white supremacy has shaped America, reparations are on the table as they have never been before. | After an upswell of grassroots organizing in 2020, we're seeing a new level of recognition that descendants of enslaved people, whose labor was stolen, are owed a debt. | While that organizing has fueled a collective understanding of the need for repair, progress has been bogged down by the weight of that debt and questions about how such debts can be repaid. These questions have been taken up across the country, from the California Reparations Task…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-10-09). IMF pushes world's poorest countries into "starvation diet" as debt burdens spiral. peoplesdispatch.org As the IMF and World Bank commence their annual meetings, an Oxfam report shows how their failed policies of austerity will force the world's poorest countries to cut USD 229 billion in public spending while hemorrhaging billions in debt payments.

PNW Street Medics (2023-10-10). Zello for Street Medics. indybay.org We recommend adding the Zello app to your smartphone, both as a means of communicating between street medics working in the field, and for having another communications channel to stay in touch with your friends, family, and support groups.

presstv.ir (2023-10-10). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.

Peter Koenig (2023-10-09). Israel-Palestine and the Acceleration of Eternal Wars. Israel's "Long War… Working Towards Greater Israel" globalresearch.ca

PNW Street Medics (2023-10-09). Zello for Street Medics. indybay.org We recommend adding the Zello app to your smartphone, both as a means of communicating between street medics working in the field, and for having another communications channel to stay in touch with your friends, family, and support groups.

presstv.ir (2023-10-09). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.

WSWS (2023-10-09). Mobilise the working class against the Sri Lankan government's dictatorial Online Safety and Anti-Terrorism bills. wsws.org The new bills are aimed at vastly strengthening the repressive powers of the president and his government to suppress working-class opposition to its IMF-dictated attacks on jobs, wages and social conditions.

WSWS (2023-10-09). South Korean main opposition leader in court on corruption charges. wsws.org The government's targeting of Lee Jae-myung is meant to intimidate rival sections of the ruling class while also to prepare repressive measures directed at the working class.

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-10-09). U.S. Receives Failing Grades on Human Right to Housing Report Card. indybay.org Limited Progress During Pandemic Offset By Inactions Since…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor education starts in schoolÔøº. nationofchange.org Giving K-12 students the language, information, and tools they need to protect themselves from workplace exploitation is a critical tool to reversing the nation's capitalism-fueled inequality.

Cesar Chelala (2023-10-10). Women are Key to Ending World Hunger. counterpunch.org It is one of the world's greatest tragedies, and it is still neglected. In 2021, the world reached a new, although unwelcome landmark: the number of people affected by hunger rose to 828 million, an increase of about 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, according to a United Nations report, The

Cesar Chelala (2023-10-09). Women are Key to Ending World Hunger. counterpunch.org It is one of the world's greatest tragedies, and it is still neglected. In 2021, the world reached a new, although unwelcome landmark: the number of people affected by hunger rose to 828 million, an increase of about 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, according to a United Nations report, The

infobrics (2023-10-09). Kiev regime's hunger for weapons exacerbated by latest Israel-Gaza conflict. infobrics.org If the fighting in Gaza ends up becoming a stalemate, Israel will need a constant supply of artillery munitions, which isn't a very good prospect for the Neo-Nazi junta forces.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor education starts in schoolÔøº. nationofchange.org Giving K-12 students the language, information, and tools they need to protect themselves from workplace exploitation is a critical tool to reversing the nation's capitalism-fueled inequality.

Cesar Chelala (2023-10-10). Women are Key to Ending World Hunger. counterpunch.org It is one of the world's greatest tragedies, and it is still neglected. In 2021, the world reached a new, although unwelcome landmark: the number of people affected by hunger rose to 828 million, an increase of about 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, according to a United Nations report, The

Cesar Chelala (2023-10-09). Women are Key to Ending World Hunger. counterpunch.org It is one of the world's greatest tragedies, and it is still neglected. In 2021, the world reached a new, although unwelcome landmark: the number of people affected by hunger rose to 828 million, an increase of about 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, according to a United Nations report, The

infobrics (2023-10-09). Kiev regime's hunger for weapons exacerbated by latest Israel-Gaza conflict. infobrics.org If the fighting in Gaza ends up becoming a stalemate, Israel will need a constant supply of artillery munitions, which isn't a very good prospect for the Neo-Nazi junta forces.

Frank Cappello (2023-10-09). LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. levernews.com On this week's episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Frank Cappello is joined by Nikhil Goyal, sociologist, educator, and former senior advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders, to discuss his new book Live to See the Day: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. The book chronicles the lives of three Puerto Rican teenagers growing up in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, and explores the failures of America's public education and welfare systems through lived experience. On the show, Goyal discusses the "school choice" movement, which has largely become a vehic…

Dimitris Eleas (2023-10-08). "Economic Miracle" or Mass Poverty in Greece? "A Strong Economy means Neoliberalism" globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-09). How the Fossil Fuel Industry Came to Love Climate Change. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Guillo Has Carbon Taxation Become an Expedient Way to Redistribute Wealth, Cover Up Environmental Crimes, Promote Hazardous Energy Policies, and Control the Working Class and Developing Nations? Does the Threat of Climate Change Misdirect the Anti-War Movement? During the early 2000s, only a few left-wing magazines with limited circulation warned about the threat of…

Annelise Whitley (2023-10-08). Abandoning the Poor. tomdispatch.com On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols of wealth and the promise of progress for a city and a nation. In movies and TV shows, those buildings churn with activity, offices full of important people doing work of global significance. The effect is a feeling of economic vitality made real by the sheer scale of the buildings themselves. In stark contrast to those images of bustling productivity stands an outcropping of tall towers along the southern end of Manhattan's Centra…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-10-09). IMF pushes world's poorest countries into "starvation diet" as debt burdens spiral. peoplesdispatch.org As the IMF and World Bank commence their annual meetings, an Oxfam report shows how their failed policies of austerity will force the world's poorest countries to cut USD 229 billion in public spending while hemorrhaging billions in debt payments.

Ashley Smith, Éric Toussaint (2023-10-09). Debt Abolition Activists Gear Up for Countersummit as World Bank and IMF Meet. internationalviewpoint.org

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-08). IMF Speaks: World Economy Loses $3.7 Trillion Due to Pandemic and Economic Shocks. indybay.org As World Leaders Head to Morocco, IMF Leader Raises Growth and Debt Challenges…

Ashley Smith, Éric Toussaint (2023-10-08). Debt Abolition Activists Gear Up for Countersummit as World Bank and IMF Meet. internationalviewpoint.org

channelnewsasia (2023-10-09). Emerging economies face $220 billion in budget cuts amid debt crisis -Oxfam. channelnewsasia.com

Peter Koenig (2023-10-09). Israel-Palestine and the Acceleration of Eternal Wars. Israel's "Long War… Working Towards Greater Israel" globalresearch.ca

PNW Street Medics (2023-10-09). Zello for Street Medics. indybay.org We recommend adding the Zello app to your smartphone, both as a means of communicating between street medics working in the field, and for having another communications channel to stay in touch with your friends, family, and support groups.

presstv.ir (2023-10-09). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.

TASS (2023-10-09). Lavrov, Arab League Secretary General to discuss Gaza escalation, other issues. tass.com The Secretary General arrived in the Russian capital with a working visit under invitation from Lavrov…

WSWS (2023-10-09). Mobilise the working class against the Sri Lankan government's dictatorial Online Safety and Anti-Terrorism bills. wsws.org The new bills are aimed at vastly strengthening the repressive powers of the president and his government to suppress working-class opposition to its IMF-dictated attacks on jobs, wages and social conditions.

WSWS (2023-10-09). South Korean main opposition leader in court on corruption charges. wsws.org The government's targeting of Lee Jae-myung is meant to intimidate rival sections of the ruling class while also to prepare repressive measures directed at the working class.

PNW Street Medics (2023-10-08). Zello for Street Medics. indybay.org We recommend adding the Zello app to your smartphone, both as a means of communicating between street medics working in the field, and for having another communications channel to stay in touch with your friends, family, and support groups.

presstv.ir (2023-10-08). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-08). Arab League Secretary General Leaves for Moscow at Lavrov's Invitation. sputnikglobe.com CAIRO (Sputnik) – Secretary General of the League of Arab States (LAS) Ahmed Aboul Gheit left Sunday for Moscow on a working visit at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the LAS said.

WSWS (2023-10-08). Labour benefits from Scottish National Party collapse in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. wsws.org The Scottish National Party has suffered a disastrous by-election defeat to the Labour Party in the largely working class constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

Mehul Reuben Das (2023-10-09). Electri-flying: Japan bets big on electric aircraft, allocates $205nm to boost development. firstpost.com According to a recent report in the business daily Nikkei, Japan has announced a subsidy of 30.6 billion yen, equivalent to $205 million, for hydrogen fuel cell systems and related equipment. This government initiative has been designed to bolster the advancement of components required for electric aircraft, with the goal of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, as detailed in the newspaper. | The Ministry of Trade is anticipated to introduce this policy during an upcoming session of the ministry's council working group. | The government is set to earmark 17.3 billion yen for the development of hydrogen fuel c…

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-10-09). U.S. Receives Failing Grades on Human Right to Housing Report Card. indybay.org Limited Progress During Pandemic Offset By Inactions Since…

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-10-08). U.S. Receives Failing Grades on Human Right to Housing Report Card. indybay.org Limited Progress During Pandemic Offset By Inactions Since…

FP Staff (2023-10-09). American economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 for research on women's labour market outcomes. firstpost.com A professor at Harvard and labour economist Claudia Goldin has won the Nobel Prize for Economics 2023. Of all the Nobel Prizes, the one for Economics has the fewest number of women who have won, with just two recipients since it was first awarded in 1969 — Elinor Ostrom in 2009 and Esther Duflo in 2019. | Goldin won the Nobel Prize for Economics for "having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Goldin's research, has focused on inequality and the female labour force in global work spaces. | The prestigious award, formally known a…

Cesar Chelala (2023-10-09). Women are Key to Ending World Hunger. counterpunch.org It is one of the world's greatest tragedies, and it is still neglected. In 2021, the world reached a new, although unwelcome landmark: the number of people affected by hunger rose to 828 million, an increase of about 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, according to a United Nations report, The

infobrics (2023-10-09). Kiev regime's hunger for weapons exacerbated by latest Israel-Gaza conflict. infobrics.org If the fighting in Gaza ends up becoming a stalemate, Israel will need a constant supply of artillery munitions, which isn't a very good prospect for the Neo-Nazi junta forces.

presstv.ir (2023-10-08). Thousands of South Sudan returnees at risk of hunger: UN. presstv.ir Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese refugees fleeing Sudan's brutal war are facing hunger.

Dimitris Eleas (2023-10-08). "Economic Miracle" or Mass Poverty in Greece? "A Strong Economy means Neoliberalism" globalresearch.ca

Mamadu Baldeh, Samuel Kizito (2023-10-07). Correspondence] Call to action: HIV among adolescents in Sierra Leone. thelancet.com Sierra Leone, a west African country with an approximate population of 8 ∑5 million people, is experiencing a steady increase in HIV prevalence, despite a low national HIV prevalence of 1 ∑7%.1 The country's vulnerability to an HIV epidemic is compounded by many risk factors, such as poverty, economic deprivation, and a history marred by a decade-long civil strife and an Ebola virus outbreak that claimed more than 4000 lives.2 These collective adversities pose major obstacles to effective HIV prevention and control measures, particularly among the population aged up to 24 years.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-10-07). The Hegemonic UN-WEF-NATO Triad: U.N. "Sustainable Development" (SDG 2030) = Endless Wars, Poverty and Famine Worldwide. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on October 2, 2023 | *** | "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 …

Annelise Whitley (2023-10-08). Abandoning the Poor. tomdispatch.com On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols of wealth and the promise of progress for a city and a nation. In movies and TV shows, those buildings churn with activity, offices full of important people doing work of global significance. The effect is a feeling of economic vitality made real by the sheer scale of the buildings themselves. In stark contrast to those images of bustling productivity stands an outcropping of tall towers along the southern end of Manhattan's Centra…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-08). IMF Speaks: World Economy Loses $3.7 Trillion Due to Pandemic and Economic Shocks. indybay.org As World Leaders Head to Morocco, IMF Leader Raises Growth and Debt Challenges…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-07). IMF Speaks: World Economy Loses $3.7 Trillion Due to Pandemic and Economic Shocks. indybay.org As World Leaders Head to Morocco, IMF Leader Raises Growth and Debt Challenges…

Colin Todhunter (2023-10-07). What Was COVID Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Jomo Kwame Sundaram (2023-10-07). Debt-pushing as financial inclusion. mronline.org Ajay Banga was anointed World Bank president for promoting financial inclusion. Thanks to its success and interest rate hikes, more poor people are drowning in debt as consumer prices rise.

PNW Street Medics (2023-10-08). Zello for Street Medics. indybay.org We recommend adding the Zello app to your smartphone, both as a means of communicating between street medics working in the field, and for having another communications channel to stay in touch with your friends, family, and support groups.

presstv.ir (2023-10-08). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.

Isaac Nellist (2023-10-07). Supermarket workers take historic 'superstrike'. greenleft.org.au Retail and Fast Food Workers Union members at hundreds of Coles and Woolworths supermarkets took part in a historic nationwide "superstrike" as they fight for better pay and working conditions, reports Isaac Nellist.

Last Real Indians. (2023-10-07). Tribes To Consider Asserting Primary Jurisdiction Over Yellowstone Bison. popularresistance.org West Yellowstone, MT – As the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service considers the need to list Yellowstone Bison as a threatened or endangered species, there is a growing momentum among the interested Tribes to assert their inherent jurisdiction over wild buffalo and usher in a new era of stewardship over America's national mammal. According to Nez Perce environmental scientist James Holt, the executive director of Buffalo Field Campaign, such an historic agreement between sovereign nations working with federal stewards would represent nothing less than the beginning of "true reparations" for the long-standing practi…

WSWS (2023-10-07). The Kaiser workers' strike and the fight for socialized medicine. wsws.org The central question posed by the strike is who will control the healthcare industry—the healthcare giants committed to profits or the working class committed to healthcare as a social right?

WSWS (2023-10-07). Capitalist parties promise sweeping attacks on working class in New Zealand election. wsws.org The campaign for New Zealand's October 14 election enters its final week with both major parties deeply unpopular and united in preparing escalating attacks on the working class at home and war abroad.

WSWS (2023-10-07). Bond market selloff: Finance capital's call for deep attacks on the working class. wsws.org Rapid moves could trigger problems in what is already a fragile Treasury market that has become increasingly unpredictable because of hedge funds making big bets with large amounts of borrowed money.

WSWS (2023-10-07). Mail carriers in eastern Tennessee issue open letter describing their working conditions. wsws.org "Appeals to our management and grievances filed with the union to address conditions have been ignored. Therefore, we are writing this letter to inform workers everywhere of what is happening at…

WSWS (2023-10-08). Labour benefits from Scottish National Party collapse in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. wsws.org The Scottish National Party has suffered a disastrous by-election defeat to the Labour Party in the largely working class constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-10-08). U.S. Receives Failing Grades on Human Right to Housing Report Card. indybay.org Limited Progress During Pandemic Offset By Inactions Since…

WSWS (2023-10-07). The Kaiser workers' strike and the fight for socialized medicine. wsws.org The central question posed by the strike is who will control the healthcare industry—the healthcare giants committed to profits or the working class committed to healthcare as a social right?

WSWS (2023-10-07). Capitalist parties promise sweeping attacks on working class in New Zealand election. wsws.org The campaign for New Zealand's October 14 election enters its final week with both major parties deeply unpopular and united in preparing escalating attacks on the working class at home and war abroad.

WSWS (2023-10-07). Bond market selloff: Finance capital's call for deep attacks on the working class. wsws.org Rapid moves could trigger problems in what is already a fragile Treasury market that has become increasingly unpredictable because of hedge funds making big bets with large amounts of borrowed money.

WSWS (2023-10-07). Mail carriers in eastern Tennessee issue open letter describing their working conditions. wsws.org "Appeals to our management and grievances filed with the union to address conditions have been ignored. Therefore, we are writing this letter to inform workers everywhere of what is happening at…

WSWS (2023-10-08). Labour benefits from Scottish National Party collapse in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. wsws.org The Scottish National Party has suffered a disastrous by-election defeat to the Labour Party in the largely working class constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-10-08). U.S. Receives Failing Grades on Human Right to Housing Report Card. indybay.org Limited Progress During Pandemic Offset By Inactions Since…

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-10-07). U.S. Receives Failing Grades on Human Right to Housing Report Card. indybay.org Limited Progress During Pandemic Offset By Inactions Since…

WSWS (2023-10-07). Governments prepare to slash benefits for Ukrainian refugees. wsws.org In Britain, whose government has given billions to the Ukrainian military, at least 4,740 Ukrainian families with children are now homeless.

presstv.ir (2023-10-08). Thousands of South Sudan returnees at risk of hunger: UN. presstv.ir Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese refugees fleeing Sudan's brutal war are facing hunger.

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). Thousands of South Sudan returnees at risk of hunger: UN. presstv.ir Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese refugees fleeing Sudan's brutal war are facing hunger.

Mamadu Baldeh, Samuel Kizito (2023-10-07). Correspondence] Call to action: HIV among adolescents in Sierra Leone. thelancet.com Sierra Leone, a west African country with an approximate population of 8 ∑5 million people, is experiencing a steady increase in HIV prevalence, despite a low national HIV prevalence of 1 ∑7%.1 The country's vulnerability to an HIV epidemic is compounded by many risk factors, such as poverty, economic deprivation, and a history marred by a decade-long civil strife and an Ebola virus outbreak that claimed more than 4000 lives.2 These collective adversities pose major obstacles to effective HIV prevention and control measures, particularly among the population aged up to 24 years.

Dimitris Eleas (2023-10-06). Poverty in Greece. dissidentvoice.org New York Times published a news article "Greece, Battered a Decade Ago, Is Booming" by Liz Alderman, with additional reporting from Niki Kitsantonis (Monday, Sept. 25 / in print on Saturday, Sept. 30, Section B, Page 1 with the headline: "A New Era of Prosperity for Greece"). The article informs us that Greece was hit by an economic crisis …

scorinoco (2023-10-06). Europe, Migrant Flows, and the Refusal to Admit the Origin of the Phenomenon. orinocotribune.com By Carmen Parejo Rendón — Sep 27, 2023 | Mass movements of populations have been a recurring phenomenon throughout history and are key to the development of all societies, both past and present. These substantial population shifts are typically precipitated by various environmental factors, including natural occurrences such as disasters and famines, as well as human-induced events like plundering, wars, violence, or poverty. | One notable instance occurred during the

Shailly Gupta Barnes (2023-10-06). A Wake-Up Call on Poverty. counterpunch.org This fall, the Census Bureau released new poverty data showing a stunning reversal in economic security over the course of last year. The findings included a record jump in the Supplemental Poverty Measure just one year after hitting a record low. Child poverty doubled. Some 12.4 percent of Americans were poor last year, according to that measure. But

manager (2023-10-05). Conservatives' Obstruction Leads to a Tripling of American Indian Child Poverty. cepr.net The poverty rate of American Indian and Alaska Native children rose from 7.4 percent to 25.9 percent from 2021 to 2022 (Figure 1). This tripling of the American Indian child poverty rate has caused the group to have the highest child poverty rate by race in 2022. Without Congressional action to aid impoverished families, this …

manager (2023-10-05). Protected: Conservatives' Obstruction Leads to a Tripling of American Indian Child Poverty. cepr.net

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-10-05). The Hegemonic UN-WEF-NATO Triad: U.N. "Sustainable Development" (SDG 2030) = Endless Wars, Poverty and Famine Worldwide. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on October 2, 2023 | *** | "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 …

Jorge Majfud (2023-10-06). La deshumanización de los (inmigrantes) pobres. globalizacion.ca El discurso de la inmigración legal ha sido la tradicional muletilla para justificar cada uno de los ataques contra los inmigrantes pobres que, en Estados Unidos, desde la Doctrina Monroe y el Destino Manifiesto se lava con la excusa de…

Mac Slavo (2023-10-06). Ruling Class Plans to "Fix" the Wealth Gap by Enslaving Everyone with CBDC. globalresearch.ca

Scott Ferguson (2023-10-06). Reparations for Black Americans w/ William A. Darity. mronline.org We're joined this month by William A.( "Sandy") Darity to discuss reparations for Black Americans. A founding theorist of stratification economics and foremost scholar of the racial wealth gap in the United Stats, Darity is perhaps best known for his committed public advocacy for acknowledging, redressing, and resolving histories of racist violence against enslaved black people and their descendents through a federal program of reparations for black Americans.

Ann Brown (2023-10-05). Black America Debates Billionaire Jay-Z Not Loaning Cousin $4800 For Business Idea. moguldom.com Rap's billionaire Jay-Z has recently found himself at the center of a social media storm following revelations about a financial decision involving a family member. The debate was sparked by a resurfaced interview clip with Kevin Hart, where Jay-Z mentioned declining a cousin's request for a $4,800 loan, triggering a discussion on wealth, family dynamics, …

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-06). IMF Speaks: World Economy Loses $3.7 Trillion Due to Pandemic and Economic Shocks. indybay.org As World Leaders Head to Morocco, IMF Leader Raises Growth and Debt Challenges…

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). No letup in concerns seen over Evergrande stock leap. ecns.cn The ongoing investigation into China Evergrande Group's founder and the heavily indebted property developer's offshore debt restructuring plan may continue to weigh down market confidence.

Karsten Riise (2023-10-06). America on the Verge of the Debt Trap. globalresearch.ca

Ann Brown (2023-10-05). Popular Author And Journalist David Dennis: I'm Not Paying My $100K Of Student Loans Back. moguldom.com David Dennis Jr., a well-known author and journalist, is taking a resolute stance against paying back his student loans, totaling over $100,000. His decision not to make good on this debt is rooted in a complex journey that reflects the student debt crisis in the U.S. In 2008, Dennis graduated and pursued graduate school, despite …

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). No letup in concerns seen over Evergrande stock leap. ecns.cn The ongoing investigation into China Evergrande Group's founder and the heavily indebted property developer's offshore debt restructuring plan may continue to weigh down market confidence.

Shenali D Waduge (2023-10-05). Debt Colonization by IMF and World Bank: Sri Lanka Should Take Lessons from Argentina. globalresearch.ca

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-06). Cuba calls at UN for comprehensive, lasting solution to foreign debt. plenglish.com United Nations, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba called Friday for a comprehensive and lasting solution to the foreign debt during a debate on macroeconomic policies and financing for development at the United Nations.

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). U.S. lawmakers' visit seen as new window for dialogue. ecns.cn Beijing is displaying sincerity in working on its differences with Washington and in clearing up misunderstandings, analysts said on Wednesday as China made a welcome gesture to an upcoming visit by United States lawmakers.

Evan Greer, Fast Company. (2023-10-06). Net Neutrality Is Back; Telecom Giants Are Again Playing Dirty. popularresistance.org Big Telecom's lobbyists and spin doctors are working overtime this week because the Federal Communications Commission has at long last announced the agency's plans to restore Title II net neutrality, which was repealed in 2017 by the Trump administration. | In a functioning democracy, this move would be noncontroversial. Basically no one outside of the telecom giants and their front groups supported the repeal of the rules. The Title II protections were put in place after millions of people from across the political spectrum demanded that the FCC use its authority to prevent internet providers from abusing their…

WSWS (2023-10-06). Oppose sending British troops to Ukraine! Mobilise the working class against imperialist war! wsws.org To openly place British military forces in Ukraine has only one possible aim: to provide a casus belli through the sacrifice of NATO military personnel. A third world war is the only logical outcome.

WSWS (2023-10-06). Australia: Fight the closure at Molycop! Form a rank-and-file committee to defend steelworker jobs! wsws.org The destruction of jobs at Molycop must be fought. What is at stake is not just the livelihoods of the 250 sacked workers and their families, but those of future generations of young people in the region, as well as throughout the steel industry and the broader working class.

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). U.S. lawmakers' visit seen as new window for dialogue. ecns.cn Beijing is displaying sincerity in working on its differences with Washington and in clearing up misunderstandings, analysts said on Wednesday as China made a welcome gesture to an upcoming visit by United States lawmakers.

Orinoco Tribune. (2023-10-05). Bolivia: New US Chargé D'Affaires Is Known Expert In Destabilization. popularresistance.org The newly appointed US chargé d'affaires in Bolivia, Debra Hevia, has been condemned by Bolivian political analysts and public opinion as an expert in subversive activities and destabilization, according to a report published by the local news outlet La Época. | The publication—specialized in political analysis—noted that it is "very important to refer to the fact that she had a position in the Operations Center of the Department of State (DOS), which is characterized as a space for designing political destabilization strategies." | The article, written by Jacinto Roca, adds that the DOS is a working…

Staff (2023-10-05). Bolivia: New US Chargé d'Affaires is Known Expert in Subversion and Destabilization. orinocotribune.com The newly appointed US chargé d'affaires in Bolivia, Debra Hevia, has been condemned by Bolivian political analysts and public opinion as an expert in subversive activities and destabilization, according to a report published by the local news outlet La Época. | The publication—specialized in political analysis—noted that it is "very important to refer to the fact that she had a position in the Operations Center of the Department of State (DOS), which is characterized as a space for designing political destabilization strategies." | The article, written by Jacinto Roca, adds that the DOS is a working…

Staff (2023-10-05). 9 October, Online Event: The New McCarthyism and How We Can Fight Back. samidoun.net Monday, 9 October 5 pm Pacific — 8 pm Eastern Register on Zoom: bit.ly/fightmccarthyism Organizations working for justice in Palestine, like Samidoun, regularly face attempts to blacklist and criminalize our activities. Similarly, anti-imperialist organizations and activities face a broad array of attacks from imperialist powers. On October 9, 8pm EST, The Canada Files and CovertAction …

WSWS (2023-10-05). Sri Lankan Appeal Court upholds government decision to terminate all CWE employees. wsws.org The dismissal of CWE workers poses the critical political issues before the entire working class: the fight to defend basic social rights is a fight against the Wickremesinghe government.

WSWS (2023-10-05). UK Conservative government lurches to far-right on agenda of war and austerity. wsws.org The Conservative's party conference focused on British imperialism's preparations for war against Russia and China, escalating attacks on the working class and the abrogation of democratic rights.

WSWS (2023-10-05). Wall Street backs GM and Ford, while UAW bureaucracy accelerates moves towards sellout of Big Three autoworkers. wsws.org The UAW is floating the possibility that it may not call any additional plants out on strike Friday, as it continues to keep 83 percent of its members at the Big Three working without a contract.

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-10-06). U.S. Receives Failing Grades on Human Right to Housing Report Card. indybay.org Limited Progress During Pandemic Offset By Inactions Since…

presstv.ir (2023-10-05). 'A perfect storm': Canada facing growing homeless crisis. presstv.ir Canada is grappling with a growing homelessness crisis, forcing a rising number of people into life on the streets, shelters, or substandard living conditions.

SAM (2023-10-06). Private Yachts As Long As Football Fields. inequality.org

isabella (2023-10-05). The Who-bodies Blocking Donor-Advised Fund Reform. inequality.org

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-05). Palestinian administrative detainees launch solidarity hunger strike amid concerns over health of Kayed al-Fasfous. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians held under illegal and arbitrary administrative detention across Israeli jails carried out a one-day hunger strike on October 4, in solidarity with fellow detainee Kayed al-Fasfous. 34-year-old Fasfous entered his 63rd day on hunger strike on Wednesday in protest of his continued detention by the Israeli occupation, amid growing concerns over his physical and mental health. | In a statement on October 3, the National Committee for the Prisoners' Movement stated, "After our bitter experience in the assassination of the heroic martyr, Khader Adnan… the prisoners' movement of all kinds and in all pris…

presstv.ir (2023-10-06). Thousands of South Sudan returnees at risk of hunger: UN. presstv.ir Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese refugees fleeing Sudan's brutal war are facing hunger.

Staff (2023-10-06). Escalating struggle in the occupation prisons: Administrative detainees conduct solidarity strike with Kayed Fasfous as Ben Gvir raids Gilboa prison. samidoun.net The Palestinian prisoners' movement is continuing to resist occupation attacks behid bars as Kayed Fasfous enters his 65th day on hunger strike. On Thursday, 5 October, the Israeli occupation's Ofer military court yet again rejected Kayed Fasfous' appeal against his administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial, even as his health has continued to deteriorate. …

presstv.ir (2023-10-05). Thousands of South Sudan returnees at risk of hunger: UN. presstv.ir Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese refugees fleeing Sudan's brutal war are facing hunger.

Alina Ramos Martin (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.

Center for Biological Diversity (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…

Center for Biological Diversity (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…

Jan M. Fijor (2023-10-02). How a CBDC Created Chaos and Poverty in Nigeria. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (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 …

Jake Johnson (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.

WSWS (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.

Joel Stein (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…

Alina Ramos Martin (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.

WSWS (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.

Labor Video Project (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.

midwesternmarx (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 …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (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…

Staff (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…

WSWS (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.

Alina Ramos Martin (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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (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…

isabella (2023-10-02). Private Jet Excess Doesn't Justify Airport Expansion. inequality.org

MEE staff (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…

MEE staff (2023-10-02). Egypt: Sisi says hunger a price worth paying for country's progress. middleeasteye.net

MEE staff (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…

Staff (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 …