(2021-10-17). Building towards climate resilience in the Caribbean. zcomm.org The climate crisis is posing an existential threat to the Caribbean — labor unions have a crucial role to play in preventing and preparing for impending disasters…
(2021-10-17). Mayo Clinic celebrates 35 years in Florida. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In the 35 years since its opening, Mayo Clinic in Florida has become one of the premier medical destination centers in the Southeast while garnering the No. 1 spot in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings in Florida and contributing more than $2 billion annually to Florida's economy. In 1986, Mayo Clinic brought its team approach to health care from Rochester, Minnesota, to the Southeast when it opened the clinic…
(2021-10-17). The Real Reason the Economy Might Collapse. zcomm.org The wealthy now own more of the economy than at any time since the 1920s. Meanwhile, millions in this country are barely scraping by…
(2021-10-17). Politicians, Journalists and Lawyers to put War on Terror 'on Trial' at People's Tribunal. orinocotribune.com Politicians, lawyers and journalists are to put the war on terror "on trial" at a people's tribunal next week, ahead of Julian Assange's latest extradition hearing. | The second round of hearings of the Belmarsh Tribunal will see left-wing figures including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, veteran anti-war activist Tariq Ali and Ecuador's former president Rafael Correa "hold the US accountable for its war crimes." | The event was launched last year by Progressive International, with the first hearings held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | It is inspired by the famous 1966 people's tribunal on the Vietnam…
(2021-10-17). The Embarrassment of Riches. zcomm.org The wealthy rob governments of at least $200 billion a year in lost tax revenues. It's time to force them to pay up…
(2021-10-16). Australian government, Labor silent over revelations CIA planned to kill or kidnap Assange. indybay.org Hardly any media outlets have even asked whether the Australian authorities knew about the US plans to murder or kidnap an Australian citizen and journalist.
(2021-10-16). As Australia hits record COVID infections, Victorian Labor government spearheads homicidal policies against children. wsws.org Labor is implementing policies that can only be described as a deliberate attempt to infect tens of thousands of school children with a potentially lethal disease.
(2021-10-16). AFT-UC Lecturers Rally/March For Wages & Against Contract Labor. indybay.org UCB AFT lecturers rallied and marched for living wages and also against contract labor which are the conditions that the workers face.
(2021-10-16). Biden Admits He Will Have to 'Build Back Better' With Less, Is 'Not Going to Get $3.5 Trillion'. sputniknews.com The size of Joe Biden's much-touted $3.5 trillion Build Back Better economic plan, aimed, among other things, at expanding child care, paid leave, Medicare, extending enhanced household tax credits and promoting green energy, has met with both staunch Republican opposition and driven a wedge between progressive and moderate Democrats.
(2021-10-16). 5 Charts Show How Tax Reform Can Tackle Bad Corporate Behavior. truthout.org 
The Build Back Better agenda under negotiation in Congress includes sweeping public investments to make our economy more equitable, sustainable, and resilient in the face of future crises. Another major potential benefit: several tax reforms on the table to help pay for the plan would also reduce economic inequality and curb harmful corporate behavior. | Here we highlight corporate tax proposals in play on Capitol Hill that are designed to discourage corporate tax dodging and offshoring, excessive CEO pay,…
(2021-10-16). Machin Lashes Out After Sanders Condemns Obstruction of Biden Agenda. truthout.org 
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia lashed out Friday after a major newspaper in his home state published an op-ed by Sen. Bernie Sanders that called out Manchin's obstruction of his own party's Build Back Better reconciliation package. | "Congress should proceed with caution on any additional spending and I will not vote for a reckless expansion of government programs," Manchin
(2021-10-16). Manchin Lashes Out After Sanders Condemns Obstruction of Biden Agenda. truthout.org Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia lashed out Friday after a major newspaper in his home state published an op-ed by Sen. Bernie Sanders that called out Manchin's obstruction of his own party's Build Back Better reconciliation package. | "Congress should proceed with caution on any additional spending and I will not vote for a reckless expansion of government programs," Manchin
(2021-10-16). If This is a Wage-Price Spiral, Why Are Profits Soaring? cepr.net 
That's the question millions are asking, even if economic reporters are not. The classic story of a wage price spiral is that workers demand higher pay, employers are then forced to pass on higher wages in higher prices, which then leads workers to demand higher pay, repeat. We are seeing many stories telling us that …
(2021-10-16). Georgian president invited by Schwab to attend Davos summit (with revealing photo). antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who is visiting Switzerland, has received an invitation to join the World Economic Forum in Davos from its Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab. The Swiss town of Davos will be hosting the annual forum on January 17-21, 2022.
(2021-10-16). IMF: Wealthy and Poor Countries Face COVID Economic Challenges. indybay.org
(2021-10-16). HTS' Police Chief, Interrogator Killed In Precision Syrian Artillery Strikes On Greater Idlib (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. | On October 16 afternoon, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) carried out a series of precision artillery strikes on the border town of Saramada in the northwestern region of Greater Idlib. | The strikes targeted HTS' main police station and several other positions of the terrorist group in Saramada, which is located in the northern Idlib countryside. The town is known to be a stronghold the terrorist group and an economic hub of its political front, the so-called Salvation Government. | | …
(2021-10-16). Localization: Taking Climate Action Beyond The COP. popularresistance.org As the world looks towards COP26 for climate action, a newly launched guide shows individuals, communities and policymakers how to make a real hands-on difference in their own localities. | Created by international nonprofit Local Futures, the Guide features no less than 146 actions that can help reduce emissions, pollution, consumption and waste, while strengthening local communities and economies. They include everything from growing organic food and moving your money, to setting up farmers' markets, community investment funds and co-operative businesses. They also include suggestions for those with an eye to p…
(2021-10-16). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government approves anti-worker 2022 budget. wsws.org The draft budget consists of half-measures and empty promises, which primarily benefit wealthy layers while leaving millions of workers in a desperate situation.
(2021-10-16). In just one year, Indians are paying almost 50% more for cooking gas. peoplesdispatch.org 
Meanwhile, prices for petrol and diesel have risen by 26% and 31% across the four metros. These hikes are due to the Narendra Modi government's relentless increasing of the excise duty on petroleum products…
(2021-10-16). Russia's Kamchatka Region will choose environment over profit — governor. rt.com 
The Kamchatka Region in Russia's Far East will reject potentially profitable projects if they are deemed to pose a danger to the environment, its Governor Vladimir Solodov announced this week. | "We turned down the project to build a hydroelectric power station on the Zhupanova River, abandoned plans to build a fish-breeding channel for Lake Kronotskoye and a number of other projects. We consider it important to explicitly discard them if the environmental harm from [the projects] is greater than the profits," Solodov said at a plenary session of the conference on Sustainable Development and ESG Transformation…
(2021-10-16). Bellingcat Funded by U.S. and UK Intelligence Contractors That Aided Extremists in Syria. strategic-culture.org 
Supposedly "independent" website Bellingcat raked in money from scandal-ridden Western intelligence firms that wreaked havoc — and reaped massive profits — in Syria. | By Kit KLARENBERG | Since its launch in July 2014, the self-styled open-source investigations website Bellingcat has cemented itself as a darling of mainstream Western media, with its dives into alleged Syrian government
(2021-10-16). *BONUS* Are Marxists just bossy? anchor.fm We're constantly told that Marxists are just trying to demand that people listen to them, or that we're just "classist" "elitist" because we say that there are correct or incorrect ways to struggle. But is that the case? You tell me!
(2021-10-16). Mike Healy: 'Marx and Digital Machines: Alienation, Technology, Capitalism'. mronline.org 
Healy's exquisite book applies several recent frameworks of alienation to two groups of workers—IT workers and academics.
(2021-10-16). Paulo Freire and the pedagogy of the pseudo-left. wsws.org No aspect of Freire's work has anything whatsoever to do with Marxism, the struggle to build a revolutionary party of the working class, or the development of a socialist pedagogy.
(2021-10-16). A Critique of Western Marxism's Purity Fetish. orinocotribune.com 
By Carlos L. Garrido — Oct 13, 2021 | Western Marxism suffers largely from the same symptom as Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby — each's fixation on perfection and purity leaves perpetually unfulfilled all that it claims to desire. On one hand, Jay seeks a return to the purity of his first encounter with Daisy, and in the impossibility of this return to purity, the actual potential for a relationship is lost. On the other hand, western Marxists seek a pure form of socialism, but in the impossibility of such a purity arising, they lose the potential to actuate or defend any socialist revolution. The purity…
(2021-10-16). Group Home Workers Launch Strike Against Low Wages And Benefits. popularresistance.org Group home workers in Connecticut went on strike on Tuesday morning after talks with their employer, Sunrise Northeast, broke down. The workers are demanding higher wages, affordable health benefits and pensions. | Sunrise runs 28 group home and day care programs for the intellectually disabled throughout Connecticut. Workers formed picket lines in front of the company's homes in New London, Hartford, Danielson and Columbia. | The workers' responsibilities include helping residents to shower and dress and reminding them to take their medication. Like other health care workers, the group home workers have been ris…
(2021-10-16). GM workers in Brazil reject contract, continue strike in defiance of union and courts. wsws.org The determination of GM workers to continue their struggle for jobs and decent wages expresses growing working class resistance in Brazil and worldwide.
(2021-10-16). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Ola and Uber drivers demonstrate in Tamil Nadu; Thai garment workers demand unpaid wages; Australia: Light rail drivers impose bans in Sydney…
(2021-10-16). France Continues Project For European Army And "Strategic Sovereignty" southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageAchieving European sovereignty is a long but necessary process. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | The conclusion of World War II saw new security structures emerge as the new struggle shifted to one between Capitalism and Communism in the context of the Cold War. Although France and the UK signed the Treaty of Dunkirk with a provision for Alliance and Mutual Assistance in 1947, which expanded in 1948 to include Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, it was quickly supplanted by NATO in 1949, an alliance that at the time also included the U.S., Canada, Portugal,…
(2021-10-16). Countering the UK's counter-terror industrial complex. roarmag.org A soldier and armed police take part in Op TEMPERER — the mobilization plan for military support to the police service in response to a major terrorist attack. Credit: Following the Taliban's return to power and the spectacular collapse of the Afghan shell government this August, much has been made of how little has changed since the United States and its allies launched the Global War on Terror on October 7, 2001, when they invaded Afghanistan. The lessons of the past two decades also seem to have…
(2021-10-16). Guaidó vs. the Opposition: The Fight is Public Now. orinocotribune.com 
The Venezuelan opposition is now in a publicly acknowledged feud with Juan Guaidó and its internal struggles are now in the open. The last few days have seen a "give and take" of remarks regarding the disaster surrounding Pequiven subsidiary Monómeros, Venezuelan state company based in Colombia that was taken over by former deputy Juan Guaidó and fugitive from Venezuelan justice Leopoldo López after Colombian President Iván Duque recognized Guaidó's "interim" government. | A few weeks ago, Monómeros filed for bankruptcy and this has been the trigger for a partisan war between Voluntad Popular (VP) and Primero Jus…
(2021-10-16). U.S. DEVCOM Working On Compression Algorithm That Would Revolutionize Battlefield AI. southfront.org 
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(2021-10-16). Cheap Grace and Climate Change: Australia and COP26. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | It was not for everybody, but the shock advertising tactics of the Australian comedian Dan Ilic made an appropriate point. Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a famed coal hugger, has vacillated about whether to even go to the climate conference in Glasgow. Having himself turned the country's prime ministerial office into an extended advertising agency, Ilic was speaking his language. | The language was promoted through sponsored imagery in Times Square, New York, with advertising space purchased by a crowdfunding campaign of considerable success. Billb…
(2021-10-16). U.S. to provide Georgia with more Javelin missiles. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com How will Georgian defence agencies be funded in 2022? In order to ensure the consistent and continuous development of the Georgian army, a higher defence budget has been outlined for the coming year. The 10-year plan includes: Purchase of an additional batch of Javelin anti-tank missiles from the United States in 2021 Start of production …
(2021-10-16). Next sale to Britain, then Turkish combat drones "flying in European skies" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey presents options to UK for armed drone purchase: Minister Turkey has presented options to the U.K. for the sale of armed drones, the Turkish industry and technology minister said on Oct. 15. "The U.K. is very interested in Turkish armed drones. Now, they have to decide. We presented them with the options. Right now, …
(2021-10-16). Vaccine Solidarity vs. Vaccine Diplomacy. orinocotribune.com By Becca Mohally Renk — Oct 14, 2021 | This week the Nicaraguan government announced that starting on October 20th it will be vaccinating children aged two to 17 with COVID-19 vaccines developed in Cuba. As soon as the announcement was made, my phone started buzzing as everyone I know sent each other the news. The excitement is palpable — two to 17 year olds represent nearly a third of Nicaragua's population, and with this announcement it feels like we are really on the home stretch of the pandemic. | After a slow COVID-19 vaccine roll out in due to unequal distribution of the vaccines around the world…
(2021-10-16). Hillary Clinton Installed as New Chancellor of Queens University Belfast. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Oct 12, 2021 | The promotion of a warmonger like Clinton to a seat of learning must surely be, at the very least, controversial, and at the very most a shameful act of denial of power abuse that she, her husband, and the corporate imperialist American political system represent. | A protest of 50 people organized by Lasair Dhearg, an Irish republican socialist and anti-imperialist party gathered on University road at 11 am as Hilary Clinton posed for journalists and television crews covering her inauguration as the first female Chancellor of Queens University Belfast. | People chanting 'shame…
(2021-10-16). Sunday 10/17: Cancel the Rents! Eviction Defense Workshop. indybay.org Snow Park (250 19th St, Oakland)…
(2021-10-16). Online meeting: No retreat from elimination! Mobilise the New Zealand and international working class to defeat COVID-19. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Group is holding an online public meeting on Saturday, October 23, at 4: 30 p.m. (NZ time) to discuss the urgent need for working people to organise a fight for a scientific strategy to eliminate COVID-19 nationally, and eradicate the deadly virus globally.
(2021-10-16). SEP (Australia) public meeting: A socialist program to eradicate COVID-19. Become an electoral member of the SEP today. wsws.org The October 31 online meeting will discuss a program to eradicate COVID-19, and the relationship between the homicidal pandemic policies of the ruing elite and the anti-democratic electoral laws.