(2021-10-29). Power to the (working) people: The Great Resignation could change how we relate to work. nationofchange.org Only time will tell if working people, both those organized in unions and those who are not, will be able to take advantage of this moment to overthrow the mini dictatorships so many labor under.
(2021-10-29). Seeing the forest, and the trees: Labor backs trimmed Build Back Better. peoplesworld.org 
"Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made." —Attributed, erroneously, to famed German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck "Politics is the art of the possible." —A real Bismarck quote, from 1867 WASHINGTON—There's been a lot of sausage-making going on at the White House and on Capitol Hill over the last several months …
(2021-10-29). The Invisible Cost Of Care (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com In this episode, we dive into the high cost of caregiving labor for so many women, through the story of Daniela Contreras.
(2021-10-29). Workers at El Milagro Tortillería in Chicago Take On Bosses. latinorebels.com Workers at El Milagro tortilleria in Chicago are in a fight with management over illegal labor practices, including the denial of paid sick days, immigration threats, and armed surveillance.
(2021-10-29). US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh feigns support for Kellogg's strike in visit to picket line. wsws.org Walsh, the former mayor of Boston and ex-union bureaucrat, exemplifies the corrupt corporatist relations between the unions, the corporations and the capitalist state which Biden is seeking to develop in order to strangle the growing movement of the working class.
(2021-10-29). Why the Troubled U.S. Empire Could Quickly Fall Apart. independentmediainstitute.org The U.S. wars lost in Iraq and Afghanistan showed imperial overreach beyond what even 20 years of war could manage. That the defeats were drawn out for so many years shows that domestic politics and the funding of the domestic military-industrial complex were, more than geopolitics, the key drivers of these wars. Empires can die …
(2021-10-29). Biden's Plan For Mass IRS Surveillance Of US Bank Accounts Fails, Blocked By Sen. Manchin. moguldom.com After President Joe Biden made significant concessions on his Build Back Better economic plan, another of his proposals which calls for mass IRS surveillance of bank accounts has been blocked — and this time it's with the help of a member of his own party — Sen. Joe Manchin. The Biden administration said it proposed …
(2021-10-29). Biden Folds On Election Promise Of Paid Family Leave, Some Democrats Angry He Won't Fight For It. moguldom.com Another election promise seems to have bitten the dust. While campaigning, President Joe Biden vowed to institute paid family level. He included it in his massive Build Back Better spending package, but the initiative appears headed for the scrap heap. There have been weeks of negotiations and the Democrats have had to keep whittling the …
(2021-10-29). The Centerpiece of the Build Back Better Climate Plan Has Been Stripped Out. truthout.org 
Months into the Democrats' messy, public internal debates on President Joe Biden's Build Back Better spending plans — and despite a massive effort by Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speak Nancy Pelosi to seal the deal this week — it is still far from clear whether the factions of the party will work out a way to pass the reconciliation bill, which has already been chiseled down beyond recognition. | In an effort to prevent the bill from being gutted even furth…
(2021-10-29). Biden's incredible shrinking social "reform" bill. wsws.org The "Build Back Better" legislation has been reduced to a fig leaf of reformist pretense, without a single dollar of additional taxation on the wealthy.
(2021-10-29). Prospects for Chile: New president, new constitution, continuing turmoil. peoplesworld.org 
The 1973 U.S.-supported military coup against Chile's socialist government and the murder of President Salvador Allende may be old history. The Pinochet dictatorship ended in 1988 and democratic forms—elections, political parties, debate—are in place. And Chile's economy, recovering from the pandemic, is booming. For the U.S. State Department, Chile is now "a leader in promoting …
(2021-10-29). 10 Top Quotes From Legendary Political Thinker Fannie Lou Hamer. moguldom.com Fannie Lou Hammer isn't a legend by happenstance. The passionate civil, voting and women's rights activist rose to iconic status because she did iconic things. The youngest of 20 children born to sharecropper parents, Hamer wasn't a stranger to being trampled by white supremacy. As a result, she dedicated her life to fighting for economic …
(2021-10-29). Why Defending Nicaragua Is Important. popularresistance.org Since at least the start of the 21st century, if not earlier, two global trends have emerged very clearly. Firstly, increased North American and European aggression overseas has been accompanied by increased economic and political domestic repression in the US itself and its allied countries. This domestic repression has reached unprecedented levels over the last two years, | Secondly, despite the apparent demise of Western led economic globalization, North American and European corporate influence under various guises has co-opted international policy making and governance, as writers from Cory Morningstar to Ia…
(2021-10-29). Turkey Deports 7 Syrian Refugees For "Provocatively Eating Bananas" On Video, Mocking Economic Crisis. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Turkey announced it would deport seven Syrian migrants accused of making "provocative" social media posts about eating bananas. | This is yet another attempt to shift focus from the deepening economic and political crisis towards arbitrary nonsense. | One of the most popular
(2021-10-29). China Moves Onto USA's Doorstep by Signing Up Cuba to Belt & Road. Will it Cause a Standoff Like the 1962 Missile Crisis? orinocotribune.com By Tom Fowdy — Oct 21, 2021 | As the United States ratchets up its support for Taiwan as a regional chess piece against China, Beijing may also be positioning Havana as a counterweight. The move is sure to enrage Washington. | Cuba this week signed up to China's Belt and Road (BRI) Energy Partnership, which is expected to see Beijing invest in the island's energy industries with a focus on renewables. | Cuba's ambassador to China stated that the agreement ratified his country's commitment to the Belt and Road Initiative and called for the building of an international mega-platform for economic exchanges, und…
(2021-10-29). Neoliberalism and the crisis of higher education. mronline.org 
Neoliberalism is the dominant ideology of this historical moment. It includes a belief in the following: the efficiency of the free market and the deregulation and privatization of the public sector that markets require; tax reduction; abandoning the welfare state; and replacing the notion of the public good with a personal responsibility for one's own welfare.
(2021-10-29). COVID-19 cases detected in Christchurch as New Zealand outbreak grows. wsws.org The spread of COVID-19 to the South Island, which has remained free from the virus for nearly a year, highlights the dangers of the Labour Party-led government abandoning its previous elimination policy.
(2021-10-29). Who Will Pay For The Damage From Climate Change? popularresistance.org To people in developing countries, it seems clear, the wealthy countries that caused most of the problem of climate change should pay the most to adapt to it and to solve the problem. But instead, countries like the United States lecture low low-emitting countries to do more while they extract their resources and destroy their forests. | For example, Nicaragua was an outspoken critic of the Paris climate talks because they did not go far enough. It is one of the countries most impacted by climate change, yet its own greenhouse gas footprint is one of the smallest. Nicaragua initially insisted that the Paris Accor…
(2021-10-29). Democrats' Budget Deal Will Collect Billions from the Wealthy to Invest in Human Needs. inequality.org
(2021-10-29). Billionaire Political Meddlers, Disinformation Agents Launch 'Good Information Inc.'. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, billionaires Reid Hoffman and George Soros launched Good Information Inc., a "public benefit corporation" to serve as a conduit of funds to newsrooms that "cut through the echo chambers with fact-based information." On its website, Good Information further describes itself as a "civic incubator" aimed at fostering and financially backing projects that "counter disinformation where it spreads by increasing the flow of good information online." | But more than merely providing an alternative to bad information through their own reporting, the company suggests that censorship is also on the menu: "We bel…
(2021-10-29). The 'Smoke And Mirrors' Billionaires Tax. popularresistance.org With the introduction of these two 'smoke and mirrors' tax measures, negotiations enter the 'end game' phase of the corporate strategy to beat back the two stimulus bills—the traditional Infrastructure Bill (now $0.55T new spending reduced from $2.3T) and the Human Infrastructure/Reconciliation Bill (now $1.75T reduced from $3.5T). | The strategy to slash the level of spending in both bills has been driven behind the scenes by the corporate wing of the Democrat party, with Senators Manchin and Sinema as their negotiating 'point persons'. The strategy has always been to cut the magnitude of spending on both…
(2021-10-29). 'Topless XR Protester' Goes Nude at Downing Street, Calling for 'Naked Truth About Climate Change'. sputniknews.com The activist insisted on the necessity to invest in "100 percent renewable energy" and to stop "any new investment in coal, oil and gas".
(2021-10-29). Scientists In Study: Toxic Chemicals In McDonald's Food Linked To Smaller Testicles And Asthma. moguldom.com There are reasons fast food is known as junk food. It doesn't just make you fat. Scientists have found traces in food of toxic compounds that are used to make industrial tubing and rubber gloves, and they're calling for stronger regulations to help keep these harmful chemicals out of the food supply. These chemicals can …
(2021-10-29). Strikes erupt across Portugal as government fails to adopt budget. wsws.org António Costa's seven-year minority Socialist Party government is tottering as strikes for higher wages and better working conditions erupt across Portugal.
(2021-10-29). The Psychological Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic Measures: Lockdowns, Warnings, "Social Distancing", "New Variants". Drastic Increase in Depression and Anxiety. globalresearch.ca
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(2021-10-29). India Deploys US Weapons, Including Chinook Helicopters, to Ramp Up Defence at Disputed China Border. sputniknews.com India has increased its defence purchases from the US over the last five years, buying about $3.4 billion worth of armaments between 2016 and 2020. The country was designated as a "major defence partner" of the US in 2016. In 2018, the US granted it "license-free access" to a range of military and dual-use technologies that are otherwise regulated.
(2021-10-29). El columpio latinoamericano. globalizacion.ca Desde que surgieron gobiernos antineoliberales en América Latina, el área se ha convertido en epicentro de las grandes luchas políticas del siglo XXI y, al mismo tiempo, en un balancín, en que los gobiernos se instalan y son derrotados, regresan…
(2021-10-29). Campaign for Venezuela's 21N Regional Elections Begins: How Many Candidates are There? orinocotribune.com According to the schedule established by Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), the campaign for Venezuela's November 21 regional and municipal "mega-elections" officially began today. Venezuelans will select governors, mayors, city councilors, and regional legislators during the process. | It is an event that brings together almost 68,000 male and female candidates from the different opposition groups against 3,072 candidates nominated by the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP). This last alliance, that of Chavismo, has as its strength the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Venezuela's leading party since…
(2021-10-29). Afirman que el objetivo de EE.UU. es castigar al pueblo cubano. telesurtv.net Díaz-Canel afirmó que el socialismo es la única explicación que ha posibilitado que el país sobreviva a la política de EE.UU.
(2021-10-29). 5 Things To Know About What Elijah Muhammad And Malcolm X Said About Chinese Communist Party. moguldom.com Like many Black liberation activists and scholars, leaders of the Nation of Islam had a friendly relationship with Communist China. W.E.B. DuBois, for example, spent his birthday in 1959 celebrating in China. NOI head Elijah Muhammad and his one-time protege, Malcolm X, often spoke in glowing terms of China. Muhammad even held an audience with a group …
(2021-10-29). Communists face rare crackdown in Russia, upending old balance. mronline.org 
Boris Kagarlitsky, a veteran left-wing dissident, holds the distinction of having been a political prisoner under the regimes of Leonid Brezhnev and Boris Yeltsin. Now he can add President Vladimir Putin to that list.
(2021-10-28). The Battle for Workers' Rights and Democracy in South Korea. liberationnews.org 
Brian and Ju-Hyun Park discuss the rising tide of labor activism in South Korea demanding not only economic and social justice for workers, but also an expansion of democracy.
(2021-10-28). Report: Latinos Still Severely Underrepresented in Mainstream Media. latinorebels.com While the headline may not surprise anyone, a new report commissioned by the Latino Donor Collaborative reveals just how absent Latinos are in TV, film, journalism, and other mainstream media.
(2021-10-28). Imperial and Germany's TUM driving exciting collaborative research and education. imperial.ac.uk Imperial and the Technical University of Munich are deepening ties across a range of research fields as well as the innovative delivery of education.
(2021-10-28). African Union, World Bank Suspend Sudan, Demand Junta Relinquishes Power. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On October 27th, the African Union said it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an "unconstitutional" seizure of power. | The continent-wide bloc said it "strongly condemns the seizure of power" and was suspending Sudan from all AU activities "until the effective restoration of the civilian-led transitional authority". | Following that, the World Bank also suspended Sudan. | Sudan's PM is ba…
(2021-10-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Danish nurses continue 11-week-long one-hour wildcat strikes over pay and understaffing; ScotRail Sunday stoppages over equal overtime pay widen as workers to strike over pay offer during COP26 climate summit; protests across Lebanon over fuel price hikes as economy in collapse; workers in Cross River State, Nigeria, continue pay and conditions stoppage begun October 12, defying court order…
(2021-10-28). The Heat: U.S. politics & economy. america.cgtn.com 
As political divisions still persist, will U.S. President Joe Biden's efforts to overhaul infrastructure and social welfare ever get done?
(2021-10-28). Humanity Is Sleepwalking Towards Medical Apartheid. We Need an Honest Debate Before It's Too Late. strategic-culture.org 
The tragic state of affairs, justified by a disease with a better than 99 percent survival rate, cannot continue indefinitely. | Even as scientific studies show that vaccines alone cannot extricate humanity from the Covid-19 crisis, governments are rushing headlong towards the creation of a 'vaccinated economy' without any consideration for the consequences. It's time for an injection of sanity and informed democratic debate. | An astonishing thing happened this week that should have — were it not for a media industrial complex that coddles and cossets the powers that be — incited journalists to scream…
(2021-10-28). What's behind Tesla's $1 trillion market valuation? wsws.org Tesla's rise is bound up with both the debt bubble hanging over the economy and the growth of the electric vehicle market.
(2021-10-28). Honduran Campesino Leader Explains the ZEDEs. orinocotribune.com 
A wide range of sectors in Honduras are continuing to mobilize against the Economic Development and Employment Zones (ZEDEs) with the general election now one month away. Campesino, indigenous and
(2021-10-28). Eyewitness report from India. fightbacknews.org Kolkata, India – The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India has had a devastating effect, claiming more than 250,000 lives in a matter of three months, between April and June of this year. | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling government in India, failed to address the concerns of the people and enacted repressive policies that are against their interests. In India the number of people living in poverty outnumber the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, and privatized healthcare has led to the demise of countless people during this pandemic. | The callous attitude of the of BJP led to the shortage of v…
(2021-10-28). Amazon Canada workers need organizations of struggle, not pro-corporate Teamsters. wsws.org Amazon workers are brutally exploited, but the unionization drive launched by the corporatist Teamsters has nothing to do with mobilizing them to put an end to poverty wages and a punishing, injury-inducing work regime.
(2021-10-28). Vaccine Inequity: Meet the Doctor Refusing a Booster as Rich Nations Get 16x More Doses Than Poor. democracynow.org 
Wealthy nations have received over 16 times more COVID-19 vaccines per person than poorer nations dependent on the COVAX program backed by the World Health Organization, according to a new Financial Times analysis. COVAX, which was set up to ensure global equitable access to vaccines, has delivered only 400 million doses after promising 1.4 billion this year. Higher-income countries struck separate vaccine deals with manufacturers, leaving COVAX with less negotiating power. While the United States rolls out booster shots and stockpiles six vaccines per person, less than 3% of people in low-income countries have r…
(2021-10-28). Democrats abandon plans to tax corporations and the wealthy. wsws.org The collapse of various tax plans demonstrates the absolute power of the financial aristocracy over Congress and the White House.
(2021-10-28). Ecuadorians take the streets against president Lasso's government. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of Ecuadorians have taken to the streets across the country in rejection of a recent increase in fuel prices, which far exceeds the current prices in the world market. The protests are the largest anti-government protests in the five months of Lasso's administration…
(2021-10-28). GDP Slows Sharply in Third Quarter Due to Supply Chain Pressures. cepr.net Service consumption rose at a 7.9 percent rate, despite the delta variant. | GDP grew at just a 2.0 percent annual rate in the third quarter as supply chain issues hampered growth in several key areas. Durable goods consumption contracted at a 26.2 percent annual rate, knocking 2.7 percentage points off the quarter's growth. Equipment investment fell at a 3.2 percent annual rate, while housing construction dropped at a 7.7 percent annual rate, knocking 0.18 percentage points and 0.38 percentage points off the quarter's growth, respectively. | Even with Third-Quarter Declines, Vehicle Consumption Is Still Far Abov…
(2021-10-28). Fact Check: 30 Percent Of White College Applicants Lie About Being Person Of Color. moguldom.com There continues to be a pushback against affirmative action in college admissions with some states prohibiting the inclusion of any consideration of race in the admissions process. Yet some white college applicants are pretending to be Black or another race to gain entry or improve their financial aid odds. A recent survey by Intelligent, an online …
(2021-10-28). Moody's rating agency warns of "systemic risk" in private credit. wsws.org The private credit market has undergone an expansion since the global financial crisis of 2008 and its growth accelerated after the March 2020 crisis at the onset of the pandemic.
(2021-10-28). Headlines for October 28, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Set to Announce "Framework" for Revised Social Spending and Climate Bill, Iran to Rejoin Talks to Restore Nuclear Deal Abandoned by Trump, Top U.S. General Compares Chinese Hypersonic Missile Test to "Sputnik Moment", U.S. Voices Rare Criticism as Israel Announces Plans to Further Expand Illegal Settlements, COVID-19 Sickened Nearly 60,000 Meat Industry Workers During Pandemic's First Year, Inexpensive Antidepressant Fluvoxamine Shows Promise as COVID-19 Therapeutic, Merck to Allow Generic Manufacturing of Pill That Reportedly Can Cut COVID-19 Deaths by Half, Nor'easter Rips Through New England, Cutting Pow…