The Lever (2022-09-06). Dark Brandon's Dark Side On Student Debt. levernews.com

Staff (2022-09-06). Headlines for September 6, 2022. democracynow.org "Famine Is at the Door": U.N. Issues Urgent Appeal for Somalia Amid Historic Drought, Emergency Systems Activated at Ukraine Nuclear Plant as Fighting Damages Power Lines, Energy Prices Surge Across Europe After Russia Cuts Off Gas Pipeline, California Temperature Records Shattered as Heat Wave Fuels New Wildfires, Super Typhoon Brings High Winds and 3 Feet of Rain to South Korea, Liz Truss Becomes U.K. Prime Minister After Leadership Battle to Replace Boris Johnson, Chilean Voters Reject Progressive Constitution to Replace Pinochet-Era Document, 35 Killed as Roadside Bomb Hits Burkina Faso Convoy, 6…

Dana Sanchez (2022-09-06). Report: Trucking And Imports At American Ports Showing 1st Signs Of Weakness. moguldom.com Covid pandemic shortages led to post-pandemic oversupply, and retail giants are now cutting or cancelling billions of dollars worth of orders and pricing down their inventory. The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to slow the economy and ease inflation. "It seems to be working," Barrons reported. "Freight volumes across many modes of transportation have been shrinking." The Los Angeles …

Amy Goodman (2022-09-06). New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Has Extreme Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record. truthout.org The United Kingdom's Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain's next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of "extreme neoliberal policies," says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution. Monbiot also warns Truss will undermine the country's model public health system and labor rights for organizing workers. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may n…

Staff (2022-09-06). George Monbiot: New U.K. PM Liz Truss Has "Extreme Neoliberal" Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record. democracynow.org The United Kingdom's Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain's next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of "extreme neoliberal policies," says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution. Monbiot also warns Truss will undermine the country's model public health system and labor rights for organizing workers.

_____ (2022-09-06). The Pending Railroad Worker Strike Is A Fight For All Workers. popularresistance.org Railroad workers voted overwhelmingly this year to go on strike after more than two years of contract negotiations. The Biden administration prevented a strike by appointing a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to hold hearings. That board released its recommendations recently. Clearing the FOG speaks with Michael "Paul" Lindsey, a railroad engineer and member of Railroad Workers United, about the deterioration of working conditions, workers' response to the PEB and the high likelihood of a national strike this Fall. Lindsey explains why the railroad worker's plight is similar to that of many workers in the Unite…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-09-06). In refusing to prioritize drivers' safety, UPS risks major strike. nationofchange.org As UPS drivers around the country struggle to do their jobs in triple-digit temperatures—literally baking inside non-air-conditioned trucks—their wealthy employer refuses to take action.

In Modesto (2022-09-06). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.

WSWS (2022-09-06). "A vote for anyone else is a vote for more inequality in our workplace": Toledo Jeep supplemental employee backs Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president. wsws.org Describing the conditions of extreme exploitation faced by supplemental employees, the worker wrote, "The UAW likes it for the dues, and Stellantis likes it for the cheap labor."

Chris Walker (2022-09-06). Newsom Signs Bill Creating Fast Food Council With Power to Raise Minimum Wage. truthout.org California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that will likely lead to the creation of new standards that will improve working conditions for workers in the fast food industry. | The legislation, which Newsom announced he had signed on Labor Day, The law would not affect all…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-06). Newsom signs big legislative win for California fast-food workers. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Now here's a real way to celebrate Labor Day: A big win in your state legislature—in this case, California. That day, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB257, a landmark labor measure establishing a state board, with enforcement powers, to impose minimum wages and working conditions for the state's 5 ,000 fast food workers. Fight For …

WSWS (2022-09-06). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman interviewed on popular US podcast. wsws.org On Sunday, September 4, socialist rank-and-file UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman spoke to Chris Richards, host of the Eclectic Radical podcast, about his campaign to build a unified movement of the working class against the corporations, pro-management union executives and the capitalist system.

Tamara Pearson (2022-09-06). Does Mexico's Wind Industry Deliver More Dirty Profits Than Clean Energy? truthout.org Almost all wind farms in Mexico are privately owned, typically by European and U.S. transnational companies. While wind farms are touted as climate solutions, the profit-hungry companies are actually causing widespread damage to the regions they're based in. | Almost

Staff (2022-09-06). RIP Barbara Ehrenreich: Exposed Inequality in "Nickel and Dimed," Opposed Health-Industrial Complex. democracynow.org We remember the author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich, who has died at the age of 81 after a career exposing inequality and the struggles of regular people in the United States. In a brief interview, Democracy Now! co-host Juan González recalls working with Ehrenreich as part of the Young Lords and says she was instrumental for the movement against the American health-industrial complex. "She's really one of the towering figures of the radical and progressive movement in America, and it's a tremendous loss, not only to her family but to all who knew her and benefited from her work,&#8…

Anonymous103 (2022-09-05). Lapid Says Israel's Pressure on the US Against Iran Nuclear Deal Is Working. southfront.org

_____ (2022-09-05). The US Keeps Betting On Cuba Surrendering Out Of Desperation. popularresistance.org Last week, US President Joe Biden extended for one more year the sanctions on Cuba, arguing the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. This mechanism has been used for the last 60 years to back the countless sanctions that make up the US blockade against Cuba. | This time, Biden only limited himself to saying that it was a "matter of interest to the United States." By a stroke of the pen, he condemned the Cuban people to continue to suffer all the economic shortages caused by the blockade. Sanctioning and playing with the welfare of millions of people, with their very lives, seems to be a reflex action of US politic…

_____ (2022-09-05). The US Keeps Betting on Cuba Surrendering Out of Hunger and Desperation. popularresistance.org Last week, US President Joe Biden extended for one more year the sanctions on Cuba, arguing the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. This mechanism has been used for the last 60 years to back the countless sanctions that make up the US blockade against Cuba. | This time, Biden only limited himself to saying that it was a "matter of interest to the United States." By a stroke of the pen, he condemned the Cuban people to continue to suffer all the economic shortages caused by the blockade. Sanctioning and playing with the welfare of millions of people, with their very lives, seems to be a reflex action of US politic…

_____ (2022-09-05). African Heritage Food Co-Op. popularresistance.org The African Heritage Food Co-op(AHFC) was formed so that Black communities in Western New York State, including Niagara Falls and Buffalo, can take ownership of their food system, create jobs and use resources to improve the health and well-being of residents. For too long, the economic and political structures have failed Black residents creating little or no access to supermarkets, banks and political representation. AHFC is working to change that by overcoming systemic obstacles, empowering inner city neighbourhoods and reversing systems of oppression and discrimination. | Founder Alex Wright explains how this…

Staff (2022-09-05). Free Ahmad and Adal Musa: Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike for 29 days. samidoun.net Two Palestinian prisoners — brothers from al-Khader, west of Bethlehem — have been on hunger strike for 29 days against their administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. Ahmad Hussein Musa, 44, and his brother Adal, 34, went on hunger strike when they were seized by occupation forces on 6 August 2022 and have continued …

Editor (2022-09-05). Chris Hedges: Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. scheerpost.com Endgame by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | There is a fatal disconnect between a political system that promises democratic equality and freedom while carrying out socioeconomic injustices that result in grotesque income inequality and political stagnation. | Decades in the making, this disconnect has extinguished American democracy. The steady stripping away of economic and political power was ignored by a hyperventilating press that thundered against the barbarians at the gate — Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, ISIS, Vladimir Putin — while ignoring the barb…

____ (2022-09-05). The Most Important Election in the Americas Is in Brazil. transcend.org 31 Aug 2022 – Both Bolsonaro and Lula face an electorate that either loves them or hates them. There is little room for ambiguity in this race. Bolsonaro represents not only the far right, whose opinions he openly champions, but he also represents large sections of the middle class, whose aspirations for wealth remain largely intact despite the reality that their economic situation has deteriorated over the past decade.

WSWS (2022-09-05). Long COVID and the working class: Brookings Institution report finds millions have left the labor force. wsws.org A recent report by the Brookings Institution found that two to four million working-age adults have left the labor force due to the debilitating impact of Long COVID.

WSWS (2022-09-05). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman: "Mobilize the working class behind striking CNH workers!" wsws.org CNH workers have demonstrated enormous courage and determination. It is the responsibility of workers everywhere to come to the aid of this critically important struggle and break through its isolation.

WSWS (2022-09-05). The political issues confronting American workers on Labor Day 2022. wsws.org Labor Day 2022 presents the working class with two choices. One is with the AFL-CIO and the Biden administration, and the other is through the development of an independent movement of the working class.

TeleSUR (2022-09-04). The State Does Not Exist to Please Big Businessmen: Lula. telesurenglish.net At a meeting in Sao Luis in the state of Maranhao, Brazilian presidential candidate Lula da Silva told women working in coconut crafts that "no one chooses to be poor." | RELATED: | "The government does not exist to please big bankers, businessmen, or landowners. It exists to give people a chance because no one chooses to be poor. I don't want to take anything away from anyone, but I want everyone to have the right to the minimum," h…

Santa Cruz Homeless Union (2022-09-04). Friday 9/2: Benchlands Meeting. indybay.org Join us at 3: 00 pm near the Water Street end of the Benchlands, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz | Protest against the Benchlands sweep after the meeting in front of the County Building at 4: 30 pm…

Bernie Sanders (2022-09-04). The US has a ruling class — and Americans must stand up to it. zcomm.org In the year 2022, three multibillionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society — 160 million Americans. This is unsustainable…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-09-04). In Refusing to Prioritize Drivers' Safety, UPS Risks Major Strike. zcomm.org As UPS drivers around the country struggle to do their jobs in triple-digit temperatures their wealthy employer refuses to take action…

Santa Cruz Homeless Union (2022-09-04). Friday 9/2: Benchlands Meeting. indybay.org Join us at 3: 00 pm near the Water Street end of the Benchlands, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz | Protest against the Benchlands sweep after the meeting in front of the County Building at 4: 30 pm…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: How staring at screens can affect your vision. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More people working from home these days often means more hours looking at computer screens and mobile devices. And eye experts at Mayo Clinic say that could create some temporary vision problems. Reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/sO6ClDDtyyA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 12) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If you stare at a computer…

In Modesto (2022-09-04). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.

_____ (2022-09-03). Pakistan's Floods Show The Climate Crisis Is Also A Debt Crisis. popularresistance.org The flood in Pakistan is a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions. Entire towns, vital infrastructure, homes, farmlands, and crops are being washed away. With a third of the land under water, 33 million people affected, and the death toll over a thousand and rising, the human and economic cost is set to be astronomical. | It is estimated that the extensive damage to the country will cost at least $10 billion. The country faces both the immediate challenges of immense displacement, homelessness, hunger, and the spread of water-borne diseases as well as the longer-term costs of rebuilding and reconstruction. Pakis…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-03). At Least One Person Dead After a New Day of Anti-Government Protests in Haiti. orinocotribune.com Since August 22, thousands of Haitians have been mobilizing against the Ariel Henry administration's inability to combat crime, inflation and poverty | On August 29, in a new day of nationwide anti-government demonstrations, thousands of Haitians once again hit the streets in different parts of the country to protest against widespread insecurity, growing scarcity of fuel and the high cost of living. | In the town of Petit Goâve, in western Haiti, citizens held a massive demonstration demanding the resignation of Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry, arguing that during the past one year of his managem…

Colin Todhunter (2022-09-03). 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…

_____ (2022-09-03). 96% Of Freight Rail Workers Want To Strike, Survey Finds. popularresistance.org 96 percent of freight rail workers still want to strike as soon as they can under federal law, despite a Joe Biden-appointed emergency mediation board recently drawing up terms for a potential compromise contract, according to a survey conducted by a railroad worker group. | The survey is the latest indication that the deep, years-long cleavage between workers and management centering on working conditions, pay, and health care benefits at the country's freight rail lines will not be easily reconciled. | "People are pretty furious," said Railroad Workers United secretary Ron Kaminkow, who conducted the survey. He…

Eforinoco (2022-09-03). President Maduro Reiterates Commitment to Fight Against Racial Discrimination. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reiterated the commitment of the Bolivarian government in the fight against racial discrimination. . | The president made this comment on the occasion of the International Day for People of African Descent, celebrated on August 31. He stated that the Venezuelan state will continue its fight against all sorts of inequality that Afro-descendant communities face. |

WSWS (2022-09-03). Pennsylvania nursing home workers launch strike against poverty pay, low staffing. wsws.org Nurses and health care workers are striking against terrible overwork conditions, with a single nursing assistant (CNA) sometimes caring for as many as 30 long-term patients at a time.

Brett Wilkins (2022-09-02). 6 Million Afghans Facing Famine as US Refuses to Return $7 Billion in Seized Funds. globalresearch.ca

Julia Rock (2022-09-02). Biden Stalls Crackdown On Student Debt Predators. levernews.com

Project Censored (2022-09-02). Music, The Clash Between Capitalism and Art, and Solutions to the Student Loan Debt Crises. projectcensored.org On the first half of this week's show Eleanor speaks with musician, producer, and songwriter Samantha Blanchard talking to her about the exploitation of artists in today's often cookie…

G. Dunkel (2022-09-02). Hungry Haitians have had enough. workers.org August 22 is the day the Haitian revolution began in 1791. The date commemorates the fact that an enslaved people, a majority of whom were born in Africa, organized an army that defeated the highly praised, veteran French military, on the battlefields of Vertières and elsewhere — giving the oppressed . . . |

Chauncey K. Robinson (2022-09-02). 7 movies to celebrate Labor Day weekend. peoplesworld.org Held on the first Monday of September, Labor Day is not just an excuse for a (much needed) three-day weekend. Instead, the holiday sprung forth from the struggles and victories of the labor movement in the United States. It's a way to celebrate how far the working class has come, and the present day battles …

Special to People's World (2022-09-02). Labor Day weekend: Unions launch biggest election push in history. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON The AFL-CIO today kicked off a massive voter mobilization to elect pro-worker candidates in November, aiming to empower working people to make the difference in scores of close races around the country. The 2022 mobilization kicks into high gear at a time when labor unions enjoy their highest approval rating in more than five decades, according to …

Eforinoco (2022-09-03). President Maduro Reiterates Commitment to Fight Against Racial Discrimination. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reiterated the commitment of the Bolivarian government in the fight against racial discrimination. . | The president made this comment on the occasion of the International Day for People of African Descent, celebrated on August 31. He stated that the Venezuelan state will continue its fight against all sorts of inequality that Afro-descendant communities face. |

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-03). Mayo Clinic Minute: How staring at screens can affect your vision. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More people working from home these days often means more hours looking at computer screens and mobile devices. And eye experts at Mayo Clinic say that could create some temporary vision problems. Reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/sO6ClDDtyyA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 12) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If you stare at a computer…

Santa Cruz Homeless Union (2022-09-03). Friday 9/2: Benchlands Meeting. indybay.org Join us at 3: 00 pm near the Water Street end of the Benchlands, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz | Protest against the Benchlands sweep after the meeting in front of the County Building at 4: 30 pm…

In Modesto (2022-09-03). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.

WSWS (2022-09-03). Pennsylvania nursing home workers launch strike against poverty pay, low staffing. wsws.org Nurses and health care workers are striking against terrible overwork conditions, with a single nursing assistant (CNA) sometimes caring for as many as 30 long-term patients at a time.

Brett Wilkins (2022-09-02). 6 Million Afghans Facing Famine as US Refuses to Return $7 Billion in Seized Funds. globalresearch.ca

Bernie Sanders (2022-09-02). US Working Class Must Stand Up to This Nation's Oligarchs. commondreams.org In the year 2022, three multibillionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society—160 million Americans. This is unsustainable.

WSWS (2022-09-02). Surging prices in Europe: The ruling class makes workers pay for the capitalist crisis. wsws.org Europe's working class is facing the greatest assault on its standard of living in a century, when postwar inflation and the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash destroyed the livelihoods of large segments of the working and middle classes.

_____ (2022-09-02). Is The US Legal System At War With Its People? popularresistance.org The very laws and government agencies created to protect the people in the United States are increasingly being weaponized against those who are often marginalized in society: people of color, the poor, and the working class. In just the last few months, there have been many incidents of this kind of violent abuse of power. | On July 28, the state of Alabama performed a "botched" execution on Joe Nathan James Jr., who journalists believe may have suffered medical malpractice akin to "torture" for hours before his death. On August 12, around midnight, a police officer threatened to kill a Black pregnant woman duri…

Ann Brown (2022-09-02). New Pew Research: 77% Of Black Americans Support Reparations, 44% Don't See Racial Equality Ever Happening. moguldom.com More American may have been discussing or have been aware of the striking race inequity in the u.S, but according to a new report from Pew Research, most Black Americans don't think this new awareness was making any difference. In fact, two-thirds of Black Americans say that recent increased focus on race and racial inequality …

WSWS (2022-09-02). Australia: Escalating government threats against rail workers a warning for the working class. wsws.org The RTBU has now launched its own legal case, asking the pro-business FWC to impose a "good faith bargaining order" on the government.

____ (2022-09-02). Climate, conflicts raise stakes in hungry world. ecns.cn Millions of people struggling for food every day are seeing their hopes dimmed by soaring grain prices and tight supplies amid the impact of climate change and Western sanctions on Russia.

_____ (2022-09-02). Biden's Student Loan Scam. popularresistance.org The Biden administration announcement of so-called student loan debt relief does little to alleviate the problem it claims to solve. Forgiving $20,000 for Pell grant holders and $10,000 for all who earn less than $125,000 is questionable for a variety of reasons. It is a midterm election bait and switch that pleases gullible democrats, helps only a minority of borrowers, and is nothing like what candidate Biden proposed during the 2020 campaign. | Americans owe $1.7 trillion in student loan debt. This crisis did not occur by happenstance. Universities did not escape the neoliberal onslaught and are fund raising m…

TeleSUR (2022-09-02). Argentine President Condemns Attack on Cristina Fernandez. telesurenglish.net Argentine President Alberto Fernandez condemned the attack against Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner that occurred on Thursday night and declared Friday a non-working day for society to peacefully express its rejection of political violence. | RELATED: | During a national network broadcast on television a few minutes after the events, Fernandez maintained that the attack against the former president is the "most…

SAM (2022-09-02). Our Super Rich Are Fretting About Their Great-Great-Grandkids. inequality.org

G. Dunkel (2022-09-02). Hungry Haitians have had enough. workers.org August 22 is the day the Haitian revolution began in 1791. The date commemorates the fact that an enslaved people, a majority of whom were born in Africa, organized an army that defeated the highly praised, veteran French military, on the battlefields of Vertières and elsewhere — giving the oppressed . . . |

Julia Conley (2022-09-02). 'Honor Her Memory… by Fighting Like Hell': Barbara Ehrenreich Dies at 81. commondreams.org "We've lost a gifted writer and a relentless fighter for the working class," said one admirer of the journalist, author, and labor rights champion.

Deweylaura (2022-09-02). A Marxist IQ for Labor Day. cpusa.org This Labor Day comes in the midst of multiple crises facing working people in the U.S. This Marxist IQ looks at the history of Labor Day and its meaning. 1. The labor movement considers Peter McGuire, a late 19th-century trade unionist, to be the most important leader of the movement to establish Labor Day …

Special to People's World (2022-09-02). Labor Day weekend: Unions launch biggest election push in history. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON The AFL-CIO today kicked off a massive voter mobilization to elect pro-worker candidates in November, aiming to empower working people to make the difference in scores of close races around the country. The 2022 mobilization kicks into high gear at a time when labor unions enjoy their highest approval rating in more than five decades, according to …

WSWS (2022-09-02). Philadelphia Museum of Art workers authorize a strike. wsws.org The workers at the Philadelphia art museum are part of a growing wave of anger and militancy among cultural workers generally, which is in turn a part of the emerging movement of the working class in the US and internationally.

Chauncey K. Robinson (2022-09-02). 7 movies to celebrate Labor Day weekend. peoplesworld.org Held on the first Monday of September, Labor Day is not just an excuse for a (much needed) three-day weekend. Instead, the holiday sprung forth from the struggles and victories of the labor movement in the United States. It's a way to celebrate how far the working class has come, and the present day battles …

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-09-02). Lula destaca solidaridad de Venezuela en lucha contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net El expresidente de Brasil criticó nuevamente la pobre gestión del Gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro en el enfrentamiento a la pandemia.

Felix Abt (2022-09-01). Sanctions on Russia Threaten Fertilizer Production and Could Lead to Famine. covertactionmagazine.com The media are concealing an outrageous scandal in the context of the Russia sanctions—while distracting with a sideshow by spreading silly lies about Switzerland. Does Der Spiegel, an opinion leader in much of Europe, deserve the disqualification "lying press"? Far be it from me to call mainstream journalists liars across the board, because first of …

G. Dunkel (2022-09-02). Hungry Haitians have had enough. workers.org August 22 is the day the Haitian revolution began in 1791. The date commemorates the fact that an enslaved people, a majority of whom were born in Africa, organized an army that defeated the highly praised, veteran French military, on the battlefields of Vertières and elsewhere — giving the oppressed . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-02). Surging prices in Europe: The ruling class makes workers pay for the capitalist crisis. wsws.org Europe's working class is facing the greatest assault on its standard of living in a century, when postwar inflation and the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash destroyed the livelihoods of large segments of the working and middle classes.

____ (2022-09-02). Climate, conflicts raise stakes in hungry world. ecns.cn Millions of people struggling for food every day are seeing their hopes dimmed by soaring grain prices and tight supplies amid the impact of climate change and Western sanctions on Russia.

SAM (2022-09-02). Our Super Rich Are Fretting About Their Great-Great-Grandkids. inequality.org

Nick French (2022-09-02). The Right's Unhinged Whining About Canceling Student Debt Shows Why It's a Great Idea. zcomm.org The Right's desperate response shows exactly why student debt cancellation makes for good politics…

Santa Cruz Homeless Union (2022-09-02). Friday 9/2: Benchlands Meeting. indybay.org Join us at 3: 00 pm near the Water Street end of the Benchlands, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz | Protest against the Benchlands sweep after the meeting in front of the County Building at 4: 30 pm…

WSWS (2022-09-02). Philadelphia Museum of Art workers authorize a strike. wsws.org The workers at the Philadelphia art museum are part of a growing wave of anger and militancy among cultural workers generally, which is in turn a part of the emerging movement of the working class in the US and internationally.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-02). Mayo Clinic Minute: How staring at screens can affect your vision. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More people working from home these days often means more hours looking at computer screens and mobile devices. And eye experts at Mayo Clinic say that could create some temporary vision problems. Reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/sO6ClDDtyyA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 12) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If you stare at a computer…

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-09-02). Lula destaca solidaridad de Venezuela en lucha contra Covid-19. telesurtv.net El expresidente de Brasil criticó nuevamente la pobre gestión del Gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro en el enfrentamiento a la pandemia.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-01). Moscow Says US, Russia Discussing Possible New START Commission Talks. news.antiwar.com Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Wednesday that the US and Russia were discussing the possibility of resuming talks on New START, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers. | "The topic has been repeatedly discussed through working channels of late. We are hopefully at a stage where debates on the prospects for holding another meeting of our Bilateral Consultative Commission as part of this (New START) treaty may begin," Ryabkov said, The Bilateral Consultative Commission is a compl…

TeleSUR (2022-09-01). EU Foresees Persistent High Energy Prices. telesurenglish.net During a press briefing on Thursday, Tim McPhie, European Commission spokesperson, said that the bloc's experts foresee that high energy prices will remain over the coming winter and beyond. | RELATED: | "The prices will fall again in 2024-2025. But they are subject to some fluctuations," said the EC spokesperson, adding that the European Union administration is working to deal with the gas demand, intended to o mitigate the effect of high…

WSWS (2022-09-01). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Airline and airport workers in Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Germany continue fight to reverse cuts to pay and conditions; educators begin pay and conditions strikes in France, Hungary, Poland and Serbia as new school term begins; refuse workers in Newham, London walk out and further bin strikes planned across Scotland as inflation hits low paid; protests in Soweto, South Africa against energy cut-offs to poverty-stricken workers making illegal connections to electricity grid…

Staff (2022-09-01). Is the US legal system at war with its people? peoplesdispatch.org The very laws and government agencies created to protect the people in the United States are increasingly being weaponized against those who are often marginalized in society: people of color, the poor, and the working class. In just the last few months, there have been many incidents of this kind of violent abuse of power. …

Infobrics (2022-09-01). India-Russia Working on New Payment System for Defence Deals. infobrics.org Hit by more Western sanctions on Russian banking channels, Moscow and New Delhi are now working out a new payment system for defence equipment already ordered…

Felix Abt (2022-09-01). Sanctions on Russia Threaten Fertilizer Production and Could Lead to Famine. covertactionmagazine.com The media are concealing an outrageous scandal in the context of the Russia sanctions—while distracting with a sideshow by spreading silly lies about Switzerland. Does Der Spiegel, an opinion leader in much of Europe, deserve the disqualification "lying press"? Far be it from me to call mainstream journalists liars across the board, because first of …

United Nations (2022-09-01). Video: Afghanistan: Extreme Poverty and Despair: Child Malnutrition, Six Million "at Risk of Famine." U.N. Security Council Meeting. globalresearch.ca

Julia Rock (2022-09-01). Why Is Biden's DOJ Still Targeting Student Debtors? levernews.com Just days after President Joe Biden announced student debt cancellation, his administration is under fire for continuing to try to deny bankruptcy protections to the most beleaguered debtors.Earlier this year, The Lever broke the news that contrary to Biden's campaign pledge, his administration officials have been

Dean Baker (2022-09-01). Will Remote Work Lead to International Competition for Professionals? Contrary to the Washington Post, the Optimists Say Yes. cepr.net The Washington Post ran a piece last week that raised the possibility that workers who are now working remotely may see their jobs outsourced to countries with lower cost labor. It raised the possibility that this might lead to the same sort of hit to jobs and wages that the rise in imports from China …

Staff (2022-09-01). Labor Day: Unions Have a Stake in Ending Minority Rule in the United States. cepr.net Two months from this Labor Day, members of unions, as well as working people throughout the country, will have some important choices to make in our national elections.

TeleSUR (2022-09-01). Colombia and Venezuela Work on Reopening of Their Land Border. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro confirmed that technical task forces are currently working for the reopening of the Colombo-Venezuelan land border that has remained closed to vehicular traffic since 2015. | RELATED: | "We are taking firm steps for a progressive, productive, and happy opening of the 2,229 kilometers of border with Colombia. We are working in specialized technical work commissi…

Staff (2022-09-01). New victory for Palestinian prisoners' movement as occupation retreats from repressive measures. samidoun.net The Palestinian prisoners' movement announced a new victory on Thursday, 1 September 2022, in which the occupation prison administration retreated from its new repressive measures imposed upon the prisoners. In light of this achievement, the united prisoners' movement announced that they would not head into a collective mass hunger strike, saluting the prisoners, the Palestinian …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-01). Railroad Workers United: Presidential board's proposals 'concessionary'. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—A Presidential Emergency Board's recommendations for settling railroad bosses' long-running refusal to negotiate a new contract fairly with rail unions are "concessionary," says the leading grass-roots organization of rail craft workers, Railroad Workers United. The key reason, its long formal statement says, is complete avoidance of a top issue: Working conditions. And a prior …

Olivia Alperstein (2022-09-01). I'm Living Proof That Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief Is Good Policy. commondreams.org I borrowed modestly, worked on campus, and still had to skip meals to make loan payments—and I was one of the lucky ones.

WSWS (2022-09-01). The death of Mikhail Gorbachev and the legacy of Stalinist counterrevolution. wsws.org Gorbachev, who is being hailed in the Western press as a statesman, was responsible for the final act of betrayal carried out by the parasites who raised themselves up above and fed off the Soviet working class—the full-scale restoration of capitalism in the USSR and the dissolution of that country into more than a dozen states.

WSWS (2022-09-01). Children crammed back into Philippine schools amid COVID-19 surge. wsws.org The criminal policies of the Marcos administration, prioritizing profit over the lives of working families, follow the pattern established by the major capitalist powers, above all the United States.

WSWS (2022-09-01). Rail unions promote toothless regulation on two-man crews while working to ram through terms of pro-corporate PEB report. wsws.org The ruling contains numerous exceptions allowing for a massive increase in the use of one-man crews.

WSWS (2022-09-01). Routine COVID testing ended in English hospitals, care homes, prisons and homeless shelters. wsws.org COVID is being treated as no worse than a mild seasonal cold despite its long-term severely debilitating impact, leaving the continually evolving virus free to circulate.

_____ (2022-08-31). There's No Place For Burnout In A Burning World. popularresistance.org By the age of 10, I was terrified about the state of the world. I wanted to quit school and volunteer for environmental and human rights groups. Instead, I distributed leaflets in my neighborhood and attended rallies with my dad. At 14, I watched "An Inconvenient Truth." At 15, I read a National Geographic article about coal — how it planted cancer in people's lungs, stole their breath, and polluted their water. This broke my heart and, in the midst of that brokenness, I devoted my life to stopping climate change. | Fast forward a decade, and I'd had the privilege of working in several nonprofits, including…

Fight Back (2022-08-31). University of Minnesota Teamsters picket, march against poverty wages. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 300 University of Minnesota (UMN) service workers represented by Teamsters Local 320, along with members AFSCME, students, faculty, and others, protested on the school's campus, August 30, to demand an end to poverty wages and abusive employment practices. | Local 320 represents 1500 workers at UMN who clean buildings, service dormitories, maintain grounds, prepare food, maintain HVAC systems, care for research animals, drive trucks, and perform other activities across the university's five campuses. Many of the workers are Black, including immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia and…

Patrick Eaton-Robb (2022-08-31). At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt. peoplesworld.org HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished. When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford home she and her siblings inherited. It said she owed $83,762 to cover the cost of her 2 1/2 …

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-01). Moscow Says US, Russia Discussing Possible New START Commission Talks. news.antiwar.com Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Wednesday that the US and Russia were discussing the possibility of resuming talks on New START, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers. | "The topic has been repeatedly discussed through working channels of late. We are hopefully at a stage where debates on the prospects for holding another meeting of our Bilateral Consultative Commission as part of this (New START) treaty may begin," Ryabkov said, The Bilateral Consultative Commission is a compl…

Infobrics (2022-09-01). India-Russia Working on New Payment System for Defence Deals. infobrics.org Hit by more Western sanctions on Russian banking channels, Moscow and New Delhi are now working out a new payment system for defence equipment already ordered…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-09-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: How staring at screens can affect your vision. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More people working from home these days often means more hours looking at computer screens and mobile devices. And eye experts at Mayo Clinic say that could create some temporary vision problems. Reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/sO6ClDDtyyA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 12) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If you stare at a computer…

WSWS (2022-09-01). Children crammed back into Philippine schools amid COVID-19 surge. wsws.org The criminal policies of the Marcos administration, prioritizing profit over the lives of working families, follow the pattern established by the major capitalist powers, above all the United States.

Juan Cole (2022-09-01). CO2 highest in a Million Years, Seas Rising, and a new "Ocean" arises in Flood-Hit Pakistan. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) CNN reports that satellite photos show that the overflowing Indus has created a new body of water in southern Pakistan some 62 miles (100km) wide. It will take days or weeks for the water to recede, and in the meantime millions are left homeless and over all, 33 million people …

Santa Cruz Homeless Union (2022-09-01). Friday 9/2: Benchlands Meeting. indybay.org Join us at 3: 00 pm near the Water Street end of the Benchlands, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz | Protest against the Benchlands sweep after the meeting in front of the County Building at 4: 30 pm…

WSWS (2022-09-01). The death of Mikhail Gorbachev and the legacy of Stalinist counterrevolution. wsws.org Gorbachev, who is being hailed in the Western press as a statesman, was responsible for the final act of betrayal carried out by the parasites who raised themselves up above and fed off the Soviet working class—the full-scale restoration of capitalism in the USSR and the dissolution of that country into more than a dozen states.

WSWS (2022-09-01). Rail unions promote toothless regulation on two-man crews while working to ram through terms of pro-corporate PEB report. wsws.org The ruling contains numerous exceptions allowing for a massive increase in the use of one-man crews.

Infobrics (2022-08-31). Indian, Russian Banks in Talks to Conduct Bilateral Business in Local Currencies. infobrics.org Indian Banks' Association (IBA) is reportedly working to facilitate talks between over 15 Russian banks with Indian lenders so as to clear the way for bilateral business in their respective local currencies…

Tamara Nassar (2022-08-31). Khalil Awawdeh declares victory, ends 6-month hunger strike. electronicintifada.net Israel renews solitary confinement of Ahmad Manasra, who has severe mental illness.

Staff (2022-08-31). 'Simply Immoral': Leaked Doc Shows UK Energy Giants to Make £170 Billion in Excess Profits. commondreams.org "Record profits and record poverty are not a coincidence," said 3 .org Europe. "They are part of the same broken energy system."

WSWS (2022-08-31). Structural shifts in global economy driving central bankers' class war program. wsws.org At this year's Jackson Hole meeting, Fed chair Powell set the stage for the response, taken up by all participants, that central banks must not waver from interest rate hikes and, if necessary, go beyond the measures carried out by Fed chair Paul Volcker in the 1980s that produced economic devastation for the working class in the US and internationally under the banner of "fighting inflation."

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-08-31). CovertAction Bulletin: The Truth Behind the Africa-China 'Debt Trap' Myth. covertactionmagazine.com Allegations and accusations that China is trapping Africa into unsustainable debt agreements have dominated the conversation around Africa-China relations in Western media, but what does the data tell us? The reality is that China is canceling 23 loans to African countries amid this 'Debt Trap' debate. We look at the international implications of this claim, what debt trap diplomacy is, and who owns most of Africa's external debts. Featuring Sri Lanka, the African Development Bank, and the "secret" lenders they don't tell us about, with Mikaela Nhondo Erskog researcher at TriContinental Institute for Social Resea…

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). Australian Scientists to Harvest Resources From Wastewater. telesurenglish.net A team of Australian scientists has been awarded funding to develop technology that harvests resources from wastewater. | RELATED: | The Australian National University (ANU) and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Wednesday announced over US$685,000 in funding for the inaugural ANU-CSIRO Agri-Food Collaboration Program. | Inspired by breakthroughs in biological research, the team will seek to address the…

_____ (2022-08-31). There's No Place For Burnout In A Burning World. popularresistance.org By the age of 10, I was terrified about the state of the world. I wanted to quit school and volunteer for environmental and human rights groups. Instead, I distributed leaflets in my neighborhood and attended rallies with my dad. At 14, I watched "An Inconvenient Truth." At 15, I read a National Geographic article about coal — how it planted cancer in people's lungs, stole their breath, and polluted their water. This broke my heart and, in the midst of that brokenness, I devoted my life to stopping climate change. | Fast forward a decade, and I'd had the privilege of working in several nonprofits, including…

WSWS (2022-08-31). New Australian Labor government intensifies assault on working class and war preparations against China. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Cheryl Crisp, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Australia, to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

Colin Todhunter (2022-08-31). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued U.S. Dominance. globalresearch.ca The issue is not food shortage but speculation on food commodities and the manipulation of an inherently flawed global food system that serves the interests of corporate agribusiness traders and suppliers of inputs at the expense of people's needs and genuine food security.

Staff (2022-08-31). Victory for Khalil Awawdeh: Palestinian prisoner suspends hunger strike, to be released 2 October. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Khalil Awawdeh, Palestinian prisoner jailed without charge or trial, who suspended his hunger strike today, 31 August, on the occasion of his victory that confirms his upcoming liberation. Awawdeh will be released on 2 October 2022 and his administrative detention will not be renewed. In a video message filmed …

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). Palestinian Administrative Detainee Ends Hunger Strike. telesurenglish.net After more than 160 days of hunger strike, the Palestinian prisoner decided to end it following an agreement by Israel on his release, which is expected to come in October. | RELATED: | Under a practice known as "administrative detention," Khalil Awawdeh, aged 40, was detained by Israel in December last year without charge or trial. | Awawdeh's lawyer, Ahlam Haddad, said he would stay in hospital until he is disch…

WSWS (2022-08-31). Licensed therapist explains the terrible working conditions behind strike of Kaiser mental health workers. wsws.org "Aside from the workload and the number of patients that we are expected to hold, the bigger struggle for me and many of my colleagues is that we're forced under a Kaiser system to practice unethically."

____ (2022-08-31). Iran, Turkey pursuing ties within framework of Working Group. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Interior said that the two countries of Iran and Turkey will pursue the issues of enhancing bilateral ties within the framework of joint Working Group.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Hate incidents targeting Quebec's religious minorities spike after passage of CAQ's Bill 21. wsws.org To counter mounting working class opposition, Quebec's ruling elite is using the campaign for the Oct. 3 provincial election to intensify its promotion of chauvinism and nationalism.

Fight Back (2022-08-31). University of Minnesota Teamsters picket, march against poverty wages. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 300 University of Minnesota (UMN) service workers represented by Teamsters Local 320, along with members AFSCME, students, faculty, and others, protested on the school's campus, August 30, to demand an end to poverty wages and abusive employment practices. | Local 320 represents 1500 workers at UMN who clean buildings, service dormitories, maintain grounds, prepare food, maintain HVAC systems, care for research animals, drive trucks, and perform other activities across the university's five campuses. Many of the workers are Black, including immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia and…

Sarah Anderson (2022-08-31). Rep. Jamie Raskin on Chile's Proposed New, More Equitable and Democratic Constitution. inequality.org

WSWS (2022-08-31). Climate-change driven floods ravage Pakistan, killing more than 1,100 and threatening millions with hunger and disease. wsws.org 33 million people, about 15 percent of Pakistan's population of 225 million, are said to have been directly impacted by the floods.

Patrick Eaton-Robb (2022-08-31). At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt. peoplesworld.org HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished. When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford home she and her siblings inherited. It said she owed $83,762 to cover the cost of her 2 1/2 …

WSWS (2022-08-31). UK: Royal Mail workers stage second 24-hour national strike with more to follow. wsws.org The WSWS spoke to postal and BT workers on picket lines who said they did not view theirs as an isolated dispute, spoke about the huge inequality between workers and the corporate establishment and the need for broader action against the Conservative government.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). How France Underdevelops Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 2022 (IPS) — Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally worse off than in other post-colonial African economies. Decolonization? Pre-Second World War colonial monetary arrangements were consolidated into the Colonies…

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-08-30). Two Imperial academics awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships. imperial.ac.uk Researchers working on water-splitting catalysts for hydrogen fuels and magnetic computing for more efficient AI have received fellowship funding.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). Why Any Political 'Scientist' Who Calls U.S. a "Democracy" Is a Fake — NO Scientist. libya360.wordpress.com Eric ZuesseScientific empirical studies have uniformly proven that the U.S. Government is not a democracy (not a one-person-one-vote operation, nor anything even approximating that) but is instead an aristocracy (a one-dollar-one-vote Government). The U.S. Government represents actually not persons, but instead wealth. Voters go to the polls deceived by propaganda permeating the media, and voters…

_____ (2022-08-30). If Biden Can Cancel Some Student Debt, He Can Cancel All Student Debt In The US. popularresistance.org "I cosigned for 70K in loans to put my disabled grandchild through a private college that would meet his specific needs," said a 70-year-old debtor I met during the Debt Collective's virtual older debtors' assembly in mid-August. "I don't think I'll be able to pay off these loans in my lifetime," another debtor told me. | As I listened to these stories in a Zoom breakout room, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the conclusion that debt controls the lives of millions of people in the U.S., especially our most vulnerable. The Debt Collective, the nation's first debtors' union, is known for opening and facilita…

_____ (2022-08-30). Organizers Have Fought For Debt Cancellation For Over A Decade. popularresistance.org Following over a decade of activism against the United States' massive student debt crisis, President Biden announced a plan on Wednesday to cancel a significant amount of student loan debt for tens of millions of low and middle-income Americans. | Many organizers, whose work made the announcement possible, have viewed the news as a major victory for their movement. However, they also see it as just a small first step in a country where many borrowers — especially Black and Brown borrowers — are saddled with far deeper debts, and the root causes of educational inequity remain largely unaddressed. | "T…

Ramona Wadi (2022-08-30). The EU sensationalises hunger strikes and protects Israel's violations. thealtworld.com Had the wife of hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh not publicised photos of her husband's emaciated body, the EU would have felt no urge to

Don Thompson (2022-08-30). California weighs rules giving fast food workers more power. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Since she came to California from Mexico 24 years ago, Maria Bernal has been supporting her family by often working two jobs at fast food restaurants. But she says she wound up living in a small Kia with her two youngest children, then ages 3 and 15, for six months after …

Infobrics (2022-08-31). Indian, Russian Banks in Talks to Conduct Bilateral Business in Local Currencies. infobrics.org Indian Banks' Association (IBA) is reportedly working to facilitate talks between over 15 Russian banks with Indian lenders so as to clear the way for bilateral business in their respective local currencies…

WSWS (2022-08-31). Structural shifts in global economy driving central bankers' class war program. wsws.org At this year's Jackson Hole meeting, Fed chair Powell set the stage for the response, taken up by all participants, that central banks must not waver from interest rate hikes and, if necessary, go beyond the measures carried out by Fed chair Paul Volcker in the 1980s that produced economic devastation for the working class in the US and internationally under the banner of "fighting inflation."

WSWS (2022-08-31). New Australian Labor government intensifies assault on working class and war preparations against China. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Cheryl Crisp, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Australia, to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-08-31). Beggars in Surplus: Australia's University Gangsters. dissidentvoice.org With the election of a new government in Australia in May, the begging bowls were being readied by administrators in the university sector. Bloated, ungainly, ruthless and uneven in quality, the country's universities, for the most part, had inadvertently made their case for more public funding harder. Initially ravaged by poor investment decisions, notably in …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: How staring at screens can affect your vision. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More people working from home these days often means more hours looking at computer screens and mobile devices. And eye experts at Mayo Clinic say that could create some temporary vision problems. Reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/sO6ClDDtyyA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 12) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If you stare at a computer…

WSWS (2022-08-31). Climate-change driven floods ravage Pakistan, killing more than 1,100 and threatening millions with hunger and disease. wsws.org 33 million people, about 15 percent of Pakistan's population of 225 million, are said to have been directly impacted by the floods.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Licensed therapist explains the terrible working conditions behind strike of Kaiser mental health workers. wsws.org "Aside from the workload and the number of patients that we are expected to hold, the bigger struggle for me and many of my colleagues is that we're forced under a Kaiser system to practice unethically."

Fight Back (2022-08-31). University of Minnesota Teamsters picket, march against poverty wages. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 300 University of Minnesota (UMN) service workers represented by Teamsters Local 320, along with members AFSCME, students, faculty, and others, protested on the school's campus, August 30, to demand an end to poverty wages and abusive employment practices. | Local 320 represents 1500 workers at UMN who clean buildings, service dormitories, maintain grounds, prepare food, maintain HVAC systems, care for research animals, drive trucks, and perform other activities across the university's five campuses. Many of the workers are Black, including immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia and…

Staff (2022-08-30). Romania: U.S. B-52s placed under NATO command for first time, practice offensive strikes. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandAugust 29, 2022 B-52s brought under NATO command for the first time during mission over Romania U.S. B-52s came under NATO command and control for the first time ever during a Bomber Task Force training mission over Romania working out offensive and defensive manoeuvres with Allied fighters. The Allied aircraft from Canada, Romania …

Brett Wilkins (2022-08-30). 6 Million Afghans Facing Famine as US Refuses to Return $7 Billion in Seized Funds. commondreams.org "Biden should immediately reverse his executive order," said one humanitarian. "With millions of Afghans impoverished and starving, the U.S. must return to the Afghan people what is rightfully theirs."

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-30). One Year After Afghanistan Withdrawal, Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation as US Maintains Sanctions. news.antiwar.com Tuesday marked one year since the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan. While violence Martin Griffiths, the UN's humanitarian chief, urged donors to raise $770 million for Afghanistan aid and warned that six million Afghans are facing famine in an address to the UN Securit…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). How France Underdevelops Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 2022 (IPS) — Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally worse off than in other post-colonial African economies. Decolonization? Pre-Second World War colonial monetary arrangements were consolidated into the Colonies…

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-08-30). Two Imperial academics awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships. imperial.ac.uk Researchers working on water-splitting catalysts for hydrogen fuels and magnetic computing for more efficient AI have received fellowship funding.

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-30). Famous 'Black Swan' Author And Philosopher: American Universities Should Pay For Debt Forgiveness. moguldom.com Universities, not taxpayers, should pay for student loan debt forgiveness, author Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote in a tweet critical of liberal arts degrees. Many have argued that President Joe Biden's $10,000 college student loan debt cancellation will benefit Black students and help close the racial wealth gap as Black students hold a disproportionate amount of …

Rep. Ron Paul (2022-08-30). Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Scheme Is Unforgivable. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-08-30). If Biden Can Cancel Some Student Debt, He Can Cancel All Student Debt In The US. popularresistance.org "I cosigned for 70K in loans to put my disabled grandchild through a private college that would meet his specific needs," said a 70-year-old debtor I met during the Debt Collective's virtual older debtors' assembly in mid-August. "I don't think I'll be able to pay off these loans in my lifetime," another debtor told me. | As I listened to these stories in a Zoom breakout room, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the conclusion that debt controls the lives of millions of people in the U.S., especially our most vulnerable. The Debt Collective, the nation's first debtors' union, is known for opening and facilita…

_____ (2022-08-30). Organizers Have Fought For Debt Cancellation For Over A Decade. popularresistance.org Following over a decade of activism against the United States' massive student debt crisis, President Biden announced a plan on Wednesday to cancel a significant amount of student loan debt for tens of millions of low and middle-income Americans. | Many organizers, whose work made the announcement possible, have viewed the news as a major victory for their movement. However, they also see it as just a small first step in a country where many borrowers — especially Black and Brown borrowers — are saddled with far deeper debts, and the root causes of educational inequity remain largely unaddressed. | "T…

WSWS (2022-08-30). Enough is Enough campaign: A political fraud in service to the Labour Party and TUC. wsws.org Enough is Enough has been launched to police and suppress immense social anger in the working class, to shield the Labour Party and trade unions from political challenge and prevent an uncontrolled eruption of the class struggle that would threaten the survival of British imperialism.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-08-30). The Science Of College Debt In Black America: 11 Actual Facts And Numbers Black America Needs To Know. moguldom.com Since President Joe Biden announced his administration would forgive up to $20,000 in student loans per borrower, the conversation surrounding college debt has reached pitch. Some are celebrating the move, others have criticized it as too little too late, while others are outraged at the announcement and see it as giving an undeserved bailout to people who …

Don Thompson (2022-08-30). California weighs rules giving fast food workers more power. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Since she came to California from Mexico 24 years ago, Maria Bernal has been supporting her family by often working two jobs at fast food restaurants. But she says she wound up living in a small Kia with her two youngest children, then ages 3 and 15, for six months after …

____ (2022-08-30). China Space Station: Experimental cabinets work well. ecns.cn The Wentian space application system of China's Space Station has been working well since the lab was launched and started operation on July 24, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on Monday.

WSWS (2022-08-30). Australia: NSW inquiry points to breakdown of public health services in rural areas. wsws.org Decades of underfunding have endangered the health of working people in rural areas, denying them essential services.

Julia Conley (2022-08-30). As US Workers Fight for Labor Rights, Public Support for Unions Soars to Five-Decade High. commondreams.org "Working people recognize the need for a collective voice and it shows," said one union leader.

Colin Todhunter (2022-08-30). Una crisis de alimentos y pobreza diseñada para asegurar el dominio permanente de EE. UU. globalizacion.ca En marzo de 2022, el secretario general de la ONU, Antonio Guterres , advirtió sobre un "huracán de hambre y el colapso del sistema alimentario mundial" a raíz de la crisis en Ucrania. | Guterres dijo que los precios de los…

_____ (2022-08-29). To Write Off its Debt, the US Stages Wars Everywhere. journal-neo.org The global economic crisis that has engulfed countries due to Washington's openly voluntarist and Russophobic policies has not only thrown the United States itself into chaos, but has also destroyed the world's multipolar model, changed the status of many states, and led to an increase in contradictions between states and coalitions. It is becoming increasingly …

_____ (2022-08-29). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…

_____ (2022-08-29). West's Neoliberal 'Age Of Abundance' Is Over. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…

Jeffgang (2022-08-29). Thanks for Taking Action with Inequality.org. inequality.org

Staff (2022-08-30). Romania: U.S. B-52s placed under NATO command for first time, practice offensive strikes. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandAugust 29, 2022 B-52s brought under NATO command for the first time during mission over Romania U.S. B-52s came under NATO command and control for the first time ever during a Bomber Task Force training mission over Romania working out offensive and defensive manoeuvres with Allied fighters. The Allied aircraft from Canada, Romania …

Anonymous Contributor (2022-08-30). Lillington, NC: 16-Person Hunger Strike Announced at Harnett Correctional. itsgoingdown.org Report on hunger-strike kicking off in Lillington, NC. The following is a statement from sixteen of the participants in the strike. On August 30th, sixteen prisoners housed in the SC-S 24 building of Harnett Correctional, in Lillington, NC went on an indefinite hunger strike. A supporter received the following statement, signed by all sixteen participants,…

____ (2022-08-30). China Space Station: Experimental cabinets work well. ecns.cn The Wentian space application system of China's Space Station has been working well since the lab was launched and started operation on July 24, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on Monday.

WSWS (2022-08-30). Australia: NSW inquiry points to breakdown of public health services in rural areas. wsws.org Decades of underfunding have endangered the health of working people in rural areas, denying them essential services.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: How staring at screens can affect your vision. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More people working from home these days often means more hours looking at computer screens and mobile devices. And eye experts at Mayo Clinic say that could create some temporary vision problems. Reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/sO6ClDDtyyA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 12) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If you stare at a computer…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-29). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued US Dominance. libya360.wordpress.com Colin Todhunter In March 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a "hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system" in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine. Guterres said food, fuel and fertiliser prices were skyrocketing with supply chains being disrupted and added this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for…

WSWS (2022-08-29). Baltic governments use war in Ukraine to accelerate removal of Soviet World War II monuments. wsws.org The reactionary campaign is designed to sow ethnic divisions and erase from historical memory the defeat of fascism and the massive victory it signified for both the Soviet and international working class.

Staff (2022-08-29). Afghanistan: One Year of Taliban Rule, Event Transcript. cepr.net August 15, 2022 marked one year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and the Biden administration's subsequent decision to block the Afghan central bank from accessing roughly $7 billion of its international reserves held in the United States. In that year, Afghanistan has become home to the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with more than half the population facing acute food insecurity, and near-universal poverty. | In advance of that anniversary,

_____ (2022-08-29). To Write Off its Debt, the US Stages Wars Everywhere. journal-neo.org The global economic crisis that has engulfed countries due to Washington's openly voluntarist and Russophobic policies has not only thrown the United States itself into chaos, but has also destroyed the world's multipolar model, changed the status of many states, and led to an increase in contradictions between states and coalitions. It is becoming increasingly …

_____ (2022-08-29). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…

_____ (2022-08-29). West's Neoliberal 'Age Of Abundance' Is Over. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…

WSWS (2022-08-29). Central bankers back Fed's war on the working class. wsws.org It is significant that in his very short speech to the Jackson Hole conclave, Fed chair Jerome Powell made two references to former chair Paul Volcker whose high interest rate regime in the 1980s resulted in economic devastation for millions of workers.

Zero Hedge (2022-08-29). UK "Passed Debt and Death Sentence on Millions" by Increasing Energy Price Cap by 80%, Driving Millions into Poverty. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-08-29). Real Problem Is Tuition Costs Being Out of Control in US: CNN. telesurenglish.net Canceling student debt won't fix the problem that tuition costs are out of control in the United States, said CNN in an analysis report published on Sunday. | RELATED: | U.S. President Joe Biden announced a sweeping effort last week to cancel up to 20,000 U.S. dollars in student loan debt for eligible borrowers. The decision has sparked controversy in the country. | The report pointed out that "whatever your opinion is on Biden…

Daven McQueen (2022-08-29). Boston Liberation Center celebrates a year of organizing, education and struggle! liberationnews.org Over 100 people gathered at the Boston Liberation Center on Aug. 21 to celebrate the organizing center's first anniversary. The Boston Liberation Center is a working class community center located at 194 Blue Hill Avenue in the heart of Roxbury, a historically Black neighborhood and one of the oldest neighborhoods in Boston.

Jim McMahan (2022-08-29). Kent educators' strike opens school year. workers.org Seattle Over 1,700 educators went on strike in working-class Kent, Washington, near Seattle, to open the school year. On Aug. 22, 1,600 school workers voted by 94% to walk out, according to Kent Education Association Vice-President Layla Jones. Picket lines of the KEA went up Aug. 25, and by the . . . |

Staff (2022-08-29). The Pandemic Rise in Self-Employment: Who Is Working for Themselves Now? cepr.net Key Findings: | The increase in self-employment was disproportionately among women and especially non-white women. | The rise in self-employment is much larger among workers with young children (under age 6) in the household than those without young children. | Although reasons for choosing self-employment vary, the ongoing childcare crisis has made it difficult for working-class mothers with young children to seek or maintain conventional payroll jobs. Part of the rise in self-employment is likely due to some of these mothers shifting from payroll jobs to self-employment in order to meet work-family res…

Jeffgang (2022-08-29). Thanks for Taking Action with Inequality.org. inequality.org

Staff (2022-08-29). Khalil Awawdeh's message to the world: "Our cause is just, regardless of the high price paid" samidoun.net Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, on his 180th day of hunger strike, issued a video message to the people of the world, where he speaks slowly and laboriously, with his emaciated body visible, highlighting the justice of the Palestinian cause: "Oh, free people of the world, this suffering body, of which nothing remains but skin and …

Brett Wilkins (2022-08-29). Major League Baseball Players Launch Drive to Unionize 'Outdated, Exploitative' Minors. commondreams.org "Minor leaguers represent our game's future and deserve wages and working conditions that befit elite athletes who entertain millions of baseball fans nationwide."

Jon Queally (2022-08-29). 'Genocide of His People Is Complete': Last Member of Isolated Brazilian Tribe Found Dead. commondreams.org "For this was indeed a genocide—the deliberate wiping out of an entire people by cattle ranchers hungry for land and wealth," said one Indigenous rights campaigner.

WSWS (2022-08-29). American University staff union calls off five day strike against poverty-level pay and management abuses. wsws.org The AU workers' strike brought them into a conflict against not just the campus, but against powerful sections of the Democratic Party and corporate apparatus.

Staff (2022-08-29). La crisis de precios desata el verano del descontento en Reino Unido: Pobreza energética y clubs de comida para la clase media. cubadebate.cu Cuando el kilo de mantequilla llega a las 10 libras (12 euros) y llenar el tanque gasolina te sale por 100 libras (120 euros), cuando te dicen que la luz y la calefacción te van a costar hasta 3.244 libras al año (3.800 euros), y cada vez más gente se ve en el dilema entre comer o pagar las facturas, es el momento de exigir respuestas a los políticos.

_____ (2022-08-28). How Rural America's Assets Have Been Systematically Stripped Away. popularresistance.org Since the 1980s, financial capital has developed imaginative new ways to strip and seize the assets present in rural zones, whether these be mutually-owned banks, industries, cooperatively-owned grain elevators, local newspapers, hospitals, people's homes, or stores located in towns and malls." In the wake of the fiscal austerity agenda enacted by financial and political elites in the late 20th century, the vast majority of the wealth created in America's countryside "has accrued to shareholders in corporations and financial institutions headquartered in a handful of distant, economically dynamic urban centers."

_____ (2022-08-28). China's Development Path: Indigenous Innovation And Global Competition. popularresistance.org In our INET working paper, "China's Development Path," we employ the "social conditions of innovative enterprise" framework to analyze the key determinants of China's development path from the economic reforms of 1978 to the present. First, we focus on how government investments in human capabilities and physical infrastructure provided foundational support for the emergence of Chinese enterprises capable of technological learning. Second, we delve into the main modes by which Chinese firms engaged in technological learning from abroad—joint ventures with foreign multinationals, global value chains, and exp…

Staff (2022-08-28). First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba begins working visit to Vietnam. en.cubadebate.cu The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Gerardo Peñalver Portal, arrived in Hanoi this Sunday to co-chair the seventh round of political consultations between foreign ministries. Gerardo Peñalver Portal was received at the N·ªôi Bà i international airport by Le C·ªông Tien, deputy director general for the Americas of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Cuban ambassador Orlando Hernández Guillén. The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba makes his first tour of the Indochina region.

Dave LIndorff (2022-08-28). Enough With the Unseemly Whining About Student Debt Forgiveness! thiscantbehappening.net The greed, self interest and racism of US citizens never ceases to amaze and appall me. President Biden was dragged, against his own wishes, into using his executive authority to cancel a paltry $10.000 in federally insured student college debt for all those former students with current income of less than $125,000, and an … |

WSWS (2022-08-29). Baltic governments use war in Ukraine to accelerate removal of Soviet World War II monuments. wsws.org The reactionary campaign is designed to sow ethnic divisions and erase from historical memory the defeat of fascism and the massive victory it signified for both the Soviet and international working class.

WSWS (2022-08-29). Central bankers back Fed's war on the working class. wsws.org It is significant that in his very short speech to the Jackson Hole conclave, Fed chair Jerome Powell made two references to former chair Paul Volcker whose high interest rate regime in the 1980s resulted in economic devastation for millions of workers.

WSWS (2022-08-29). American University staff union calls off five day strike against poverty-level pay and management abuses. wsws.org The AU workers' strike brought them into a conflict against not just the campus, but against powerful sections of the Democratic Party and corporate apparatus.

Staff (2022-08-29). La crisis de precios desata el verano del descontento en Reino Unido: Pobreza energética y clubs de comida para la clase media. cubadebate.cu Cuando el kilo de mantequilla llega a las 10 libras (12 euros) y llenar el tanque gasolina te sale por 100 libras (120 euros), cuando te dicen que la luz y la calefacción te van a costar hasta 3.244 libras al año (3.800 euros), y cada vez más gente se ve en el dilema entre comer o pagar las facturas, es el momento de exigir respuestas a los políticos.

Benjamin Norton (2022-08-28). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. multipolarista.com France's President Macron warned of the end of "an era of abundance." Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing, having lost cheap Russian energy and cheap labor and consumer goods from China, and with regime-change ops failing.

WSWS (2022-08-28). Union-backed arbitration decision condemns Canadian Pacific Rail workers to real-terms pay cut, onerous working conditions. wsws.org The arbitration award, the outcome of the Teamsters' sabotage of last March's militant strike, retains the brutal scheduling regime and dangerous working conditions that prevail across North America's railroads.

Benjamin Norton (2022-08-28). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. multipolarista.com France's President Macron warned of the end of "an era of abundance." Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing, having lost cheap Russian energy and cheap labor and consumer goods from China, and with regime-change ops failing.

WSWS (2022-08-27). Pledging "pain," Federal Reserve declares war on the working class. wsws.org Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech outlined a policy of class war on workers aimed at sustaining record profits, with US corporate profit margins recently hitting a 72-year high.

Omar Ocampo (2022-08-27). A Proposed Wealth Tax on Colombia's 4,700+ Richest Would Raise $1 Billion. commondreams.org The progressive tax proposed by Colombian President Gustavo Petro would impact a small percentage of the nation's wealthiest while raising millions to address widening inequality.

WSWS (2022-08-27). German workers pay the cost of war as gas and electricity prices skyrocket. wsws.org A price rise tsunami is racing toward working-class households, which means ruin for many. Experts predict that the official inflation rate at the end of the year will be 10 percent, several times higher than the wage settlements agreed by the trade unions.

_____ (2022-08-27). The Terrifying Research Nuclear Powers Don't Want You To See. popularresistance.org Humanity is, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation." The warning , made at the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, arrives at a time of alarmingly heightened tensions around the world. Just a few days after Guterres made that statement, Nature Food published a harrowing scientific paper that drove home the UN Secretary General's message: "Global food insecurity and famine from the reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate d…

WSWS (2022-08-27). Warning strike at Frankfurt University Hospital in Germany. wsws.org A two-day warning strike left the Frankfurt University Hospital paralyzed until Friday evening. More than 4,000 non-medical employees are taking part, protesting against staff shortages and catastrophic working conditions.

WSWS (2022-08-27). Contra Costa County Educators move towards a potential strike over pay and class sizes. wsws.org Potential strike of 90 teachers, who educate students with mental and physical disabilities, after working in unsafe conditions for months.

_____ (2022-08-27). Teachers Suspect Mayor Tried To Fire Them For Opposing New Scrapyard. popularresistance.org Chicago, Illinois – In late July, Lauren Bianchi and Chuck Stark, two teachers at George Washington High School on the Southeast Side of Chicago, were on the verge of losing their jobs. In what Chicago Teachers Union officers suspect was an act of retaliation from Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Public Schools recommended that Bianchi and Stark be fired for their involvement in the student-, teacher-, and community-led effort to stop the relocation of the General Iron metal shredder from the wealthy Northside neighborhood of Lincoln Park to a site half a mile from their school. With the union and their community be…

_____ (2022-08-27). Don't Charge Trump With Espionage. popularresistance.org Former President Donald Trump shouldn't be charged with espionage for taking classified documents with him —some of them apparently very highly classified — when he left the White House for semi-retirement at his Mar-a-Lago home. | Nobody should be charged with espionage unless they are working for a foreign power and mean harm to the United States. The Espionage Act, which was written 105 years ago to combat German saboteurs, is rarely used now to target spies and traitors. Instead, it's used as a cudgel to silence whistleblowers, journalists, and occasionally a stupid former president. | To understa…

Scorinoco (2022-08-27). Chinese Company Ships Crude From Venezuela, Defying US Sanctions. orinocotribune.com China has entrusted a defense-focused state firm to ship Venezuelan crude oil, in a clear defiance of US sanctions against Venezuela. | Since November 2020, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) has been in charge of transporting millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil as part of a deal to offset Caracas' debt to Beijing. This was reported as an exclusive by British news agency Startin…

WSWS (2022-08-27). Pledging "pain," Federal Reserve declares war on the working class. wsws.org Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech outlined a policy of class war on workers aimed at sustaining record profits, with US corporate profit margins recently hitting a 72-year high.

WSWS (2022-08-27). German workers pay the cost of war as gas and electricity prices skyrocket. wsws.org A price rise tsunami is racing toward working-class households, which means ruin for many. Experts predict that the official inflation rate at the end of the year will be 10 percent, several times higher than the wage settlements agreed by the trade unions.

WSWS (2022-08-27). Warning strike at Frankfurt University Hospital in Germany. wsws.org A two-day warning strike left the Frankfurt University Hospital paralyzed until Friday evening. More than 4,000 non-medical employees are taking part, protesting against staff shortages and catastrophic working conditions.

WSWS (2022-08-27). Contra Costa County Educators move towards a potential strike over pay and class sizes. wsws.org Potential strike of 90 teachers, who educate students with mental and physical disabilities, after working in unsafe conditions for months.

Juan Cole (2022-08-27). Pakistan: Climate Emergency-Driven, biblical Floods affect 33 million People Leave Millions Homeless. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Heavy flooding in southern Pakistan has destroyed or damaged 670,000 homes, according to Reliefweb. During an ordinary monsoon season in Pakistan beginning in June and ending in September, there would be four waves of precipitation. There have been eight such waves since June. Households in that country have an average …

WSWS (2022-08-26). Former Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, pardoned by Trump for war crimes, provided "training" to police in Tallahassee, Florida. wsws.org Terrified by growing socialist consciousness and militancy in the working class, police departments are actively seeking paramilitary training from murderous war criminals.

Staff (2022-08-26). Twitterstorm Friday, 26 August: #FreeKhalil #FreeThemAll Our Social Media Toolkit. samidoun.net #FreeKhalil #FreeThemAll Twitterstorm Friday, 26 August 2022 10 am Pacific 1 pm Eastern 7 pm central Europe 8 pm Palestine Link to sample tweets: bit.ly/freekhaliltweet Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh has continued his hunger strike for the 176th day. Since his detention was "suspended" on Friday, 19 August, he has been held in …

Ann Brown (2022-08-26). Do You Qualify For $10,000-$20,000 Federal College Debt Cancellation? The Official Black American Guide. moguldom.com On Aug. 24, President Joe Biden announced his long-awaited plan to cancel billions of dollars in college student loan debt, a campaign promise that many said took too long to be fulfilled. Under the plan, the government will cancel up to $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 a year, or …

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-26). 2 Former Obama Administration Economists Warn Biden's College Debt Cancellation Is Inflationary. moguldom.com Economists who have worked inside the government and out disagree on the effect President Joe Biden's student loan debt forgiveness plan will have on the economy, and whether or not it will exert an inflationary pull on already overheated consumer prices. The plan will forgive $10,000 to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for borrowers …

Isabella (2022-08-26). You Can't Fix the Economy by Hurting People. inequality.org

WSWS (2022-08-26). Union representing 55,000 Ontario, Canada education support workers delays strike vote, as Ford government unveils wage-cutting plan. wsws.org The government's proposed four-year deal is a declaration of war on the working class. The below-inflation pay offer sets the stage for an intensification of the assault on public education and an escalation of attacks on the living standards of all workers.

_____ (2022-08-26). Congress Considers A National Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights. popularresistance.org $71,610.03: the back wages, interest, and civil penalties paid to a live-in domestic worker by their negligent employer in Seattle. In July, King5 News reported, the city's Office of Labor Standards orchestrated the employer's settlement — redress for their failure to pay minimum wage, provide overtime pay, and track payment. | "I would encourage other domestic workers to come forward and not to be afraid if they believe that the contracts and the form of payment are not being fulfilled according to the work that is done," the anonymous domestic worker shared in the wake of her repayment. | In 2018, exactly…

WSWS (2022-08-26). South African trade unions organise "stay away" as warning to ANC. wsws.org COSATU and Saftu are desperately seeking to restore the credibility of the trade unions, guaranteeing the political ties necessary for the capitalists to maintain their exploitation over the working class, and to warn the African National Congress it is sitting on a social volcano.

Ryan Black (2022-08-26). One Way Out Of The White House Political Box On Student Debt. progressivehub.net DAVID DAYEN | THE AMERICAN PROSPECT…

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-26). Biden Government Pulls 'This You?' On MAGA, Exposes Millions Of Forgiven PPP Loans Distributed To Members Of Congress. moguldom.com After conservative critics called President Joe Biden "unfair" for canceling student debt with a policy that will forgive up to $20,000 in loans per borrower, the White House responded by exposing millions of dollars in forgiven covid relief loans given to members of Congress. Frequent Biden critic Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized President Joe …

Dean Baker (2022-08-26). How Biden Got It Just Right on Student Loan Forgiveness. cepr.net The Biden administration's debt forgiveness plan is not perfect, but it is a big step that will help tens of millions of people. That's pretty good for government work.

JANET (2022-08-26). A Marxist view of the search at Mar-a-Lago. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto August 23, 2022 Aug. 21 — The most recent conflict among U.S. ruling institutions displays the depth of the crises wracking U.S. imperialism. As U.S. worldwide dominance declines and the government at home fails to stem growing inequality or resolve health and climate disasters, internal conflicts are sharpening. U.S. ruling-class organizations are battling for control of the U.S. capitalist regime —which decides how and for whom $3 trillion is spent each year. What's unusual is that politicians and pundits have taken public positions contrasting with their past positions. How the…

Rebekah (2022-08-26). Want More Teachers? Start Valuing Education. inequality.org

Jordan Jace (2022-08-26). Inmates declare hunger strike in Rhode Island's maximum security prison. liberationnews.org Inmates at Rhode Island's maximum security prison began a hunger strike August 21, sparked by the recent heat wave sending prisoners to the hospital.

Staff (2022-08-26). 29 August, NYC: Emergency rally to free Khalil Awawdeh and all Palestinian Prisoners. samidoun.net Monday, 29 August | 5 pm | Washington Square Park, NYC | Meet under the Arch | Info: Come show your support for Khalil Awawdeh, on hunger strike for over 177 days, and all Palestinian prisoners!

Staff (2022-08-26). China's illegal timber business is stripping Suriname's forests. aninews.in Paramaribo [Suriname], May 22 (ANI): China's hunger for timber is stripping Suriname's forests.

Brett Wilkins (2022-08-26). 'Historic Victory': Chipotle Workers in Michigan Vote to Form Fastfood Chain's First Union. commondreams.org "What this vote shows is that workers are going to keep taking the fight to big corporations like Chipotle and demand the working conditions we deserve," said an 18-year-old organizer at the chain eatery's Lansing location.

WSWS (2022-08-26). The social and political crisis in the UK and the tasks of the working class. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Chris Marsden, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

Robert Norse (2022-08-26). Letter to Mayor Brunner on City Council's Latest Homeless Hayride. indybay.org I wrote a letter to Mayor Brunner regarding the City's end run around human decency in the Benchlands. Item 19 is a double-barreled blast at those outside–showcasing an empty report that has no significant expansion of shelter for the planned Benchlands demolition. As well as a seizure of homeless funding–using it as demolition money.

Brett Wilkins (2022-08-26). Ted Cruz Worries Working Class Might 'Get Off the Bong' and Vote After Student Debt Relief. commondreams.org "Republicans revealing what they REALLY think about the working class," said one progressive commentator.

WSWS (2022-08-26). The CDC minimizes the danger of monkeypox among children as students begin returning to school. wsws.org The CDC's cursory guidance posted as answers to Frequently Asked Questions only downplays and minimizes the concerns working families have about the safety of schools for their children.

WSWS (2022-08-26). Britain's TUC launches farcical campaign for £15 an hour minimum wage by 2030. wsws.org The Trades Union Congress' announcement reveals an organisation hostile to the working class, and indifferent to the social distress gripping millions.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-08-26). Pandemic resulted in more worker militancy among other workplace changes. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The coronavirus pandemic, which isn't over yet, has wreaked massive changes on the world of work. At the height of the coronavirus-caused closures in June 2020, 31.3% of U.S. workers teleworked from home, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, through its American Community Survey, reported. That totaled 44.64 million workers, including 41% of working women in …

WSWS (2022-08-26). Columbus Kroger workers: Vote NO on the UFCW's "new" contract! Build support in the working class for a counter-offensive for better wages and working conditions! wsws.org The "new" contract is no different than the one which workers rejected in July. Little wonder it only took the UFCW a day to "negotiate" it with Kroger management.

WSWS (2022-08-26). Biden announces limited student debt relief. wsws.org For most students, $10,000 of loan debt would be forgiven, eliminating less than a third of the total.

_____ (2022-08-25). Cancel All The Student Debt Now. popularresistance.org President Biden announced today that his administration was taking two actions with regards to the student debt crisis affecting tens of millions of people in the United States. The administration pushed back the deadline for the resumption of student loan payments until the end of the year, and up to $10,000 of student debt will be forgiven for those making less than $125,000 a year (or $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients). | The cancellation of student debt — which now totals over $1.7 trillion — has been a longstanding demand of the mass movements of the past decade. The popularity of this demand and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-25). Nehanda Abiodun and the Legacy of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe African American revolutionary exemplified the movement to end national oppression and the criminalization of a people Black August Series No. 4 Since the early 1980s, the prison population in the United States has grown exponentially with African Americans, Latin Americans and other working class people making up the majority of those incarcerated in…