Richard D Wolff (2021-10-31). Why the troubled US empire could quickly fall apart. asiatimes.com The US wars lost in Iraq and Afghanistan exposed 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 …

Labor Video Project (2021-10-31). SF Protest Against BlackRock & The Destruction of The Climate By Corporations & Government. indybay.org Healthcare workers, teachers, students and community activists protested against BlackRock in San Francisco because of their investments in fossil fuels. Many painted murals on the streets surrounding the $8 trillion hedge fund.

ecns.cn (2021-10-31). China starts wind power, photovoltaic projects in deserts. ecns.cn China has begun a series of large wind power and photovoltaic projects in its desert areas since mid-October, the country's top economic planner said Saturday.

sputniknews (2021-10-31). Second Day of G20 Leaders' Summit 2021 in Rome. sputniknews.com The leaders of the world's 20 largest economies gathered for a two-day in-person summit on in Rome in a bid to work out steps to end the COVID-19 pandemic, shore up the struggling global economy and discuss climate change.

Jubilee USA Network (2021-10-31). G20 Focuses on Vaccines, Health, Economy and Climate During Rome Summit. indybay.org President Biden joins G20 heads of state in Rome to discuss COVID response, vaccines, debt, economic crisis and climate policies. This is the first in-person meeting of the leaders since before the onset of the pandemic.

Julia Rock (2021-10-31). WEEKEND READER: It's The Economy, Stupid. dailyposter.com

Editor2 (2021-10-31). Ecuadorians Take the Streets Against President Lasso's Government. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, October 27, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians participated in mobilizations across the country for the second consecutive day against neoliberal economic policies of the government of President Guillermo Lasso. In some cities, protesters blocked the roads. In the capital Quito, officials of the national police force repressed the peacefully demonstrating protesters. The call to continue the mobilizations for a second day was given on the late night of October 26, after various demonstrations in different parts of the country were violently repressed by the police and military forces and over three do…

Institute for the Critical Study of Society (2021-10-31). Sunday 10/31: Cooperative Economics. indybay.org Join Zoom Meeting | us02web.zoom.us/j/87603046149?pwd=NXlmeTVWZkwrdVlFV25jaWVsblhqZz09 | Meeting ID: 876 0304 6149 | Passcode: ICSS1017rs | Dial by your location | +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) | Meeting ID: 876 0304 6149 | Passcode: 7184505660 | Find your local number: us02web.zoom.us/u/kdKZZtC2ub…

William Hawes (2021-10-31). Capitalism is Not Your Friend. dissidentvoice.org The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. — Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German Ideology, (1932) If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull …

_____ (2021-10-30). Billionaire Reveals Virtual Reality Experience Called 'Mainstream Media'. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | "We're calling it Mainstream Media, or MSM for short," Bezos told viewers. "MSM will allow users to interface with an alternate world of the imagination where capitalism is working fine for everyone, constant military expansionism is normal and desirable, Washington's enemies are all bloodthirsty monsters, and billionaires are just harmless job creators. Let's check it out." | Bezos explained that his 2013 purchase of The Washington Post ensured that consumers will remain psychologically plugged in to a virtual reality in which the sociopolitical status quo upon which his Amazon empire is b…

Dongsheng News (2021-10-30). News on China | No. 73. dissidentvoice.org China breaks the US-led blockade to assume its UN seat 50 years ago. A 10% drop in magnesium production has occurred. China accounts for 85% of global magnesium production. Pang Jianwei and collaborating scientists have established the first integrated quantum communication network, an "unhackable" network.

Staff (2021-10-30). Diplomat Alex Saab Will Plead Not Guilty to Charges Brought by the US. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who was kidnapped by the United States from Cape Verde on October 16, will plead not guilty to the charges of "money laundering" of which he is accused of by the US. This was informed by his defense attorney Henry Bell on Thursday, October 28. | With this decision by Saab, made public through a press release from the diplomat's legal defense, the claims of certain "sources" and mainstream media that Saab was "collaborating" and negotiating with the US government have been proved false. | Saab was illegally detained in Cape Verde on June 12, 2020, when the plane in which he was trave…

Labor Video Project (2021-10-30). We Want Our Jobs Back! Thousands Of Unite HERE2 Workers March In San Francisco For Jobs. indybay.org Thousands of San Francisco Unite HERE Local 2 hotel workers marched in San Francisco to demand their jobs back and a contract.

GBD 2019 Adolescent Mortality Collaborators (2021-10-30). [Articles] Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10—24 years, 1950—2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. thelancet.com Variation in adolescent mortality between countries and by sex is widening, driven by poor progress in reducing deaths in males and older adolescents. Improving global adolescent mortality will require action to address the specific vulnerabilities of this age group, which are being overlooked. Furthermore, indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to jeopardise efforts to improve health outcomes including mortality in young people aged 10—24 years. There is an urgent need to respond to the changing global burden of adolescent mortality, address inequities where they occur, and improve the availa…

WSWS (2021-10-30). Australian government deepens assault on democratic rights with voter ID bill. wsws.org This bill to disenfranchise thousands of working-class voters underscores the reactionary content of the party deregistration laws that were passed with the opposition Labor Party's backing in August.

Staff (2021-10-30). La alianza Cuba-Venezuela es un puente de solidaridad. cubadebate.cu Con total apego a la ética y al sentido del deber, más de 255 000 colaboradores de la Isla han prestado servicios en la República Bolivariana a través del Convenio Integral de Colaboración Cuba-Venezuela que este 30 de octubre celebra su vigésimo primer aniversario de existencia y evoca las firmas históricas de los Comandantes Fidel y Chávez.

Anonymous103 (2021-10-30). The Misanthropic Bankers Behind COP26 and the Green New Deal. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by A vast sweeping change towards a "green economy" is now being pushed by forces that may make an educated citizen rather uncomfortable. | Of course, news reports flash daily showcasing the brave young movement of "eco-warriors" led by Sweden's "forever 15 year old" Greta Thunberg or America's 17 year old Jamie Margolin who have become a force across Europe and America leading such movements as the Extinction Rebellion, This is Zero Hour, the Sunrise Movement and Children's eco-crusade. The young face o…

Editor (2021-10-30). Review: 'The Great Climate Cop Out'. mronline.org The 25 page pamphlet lays out concisely and effectively why we cannot look to heads of government under a capitalist system to come to an agreement on phasing out fossils fuels, cutting emissions and creating a more sustainable economy.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-30). "Switzerland (with the World Economic Forum) is a longstanding, valued partner for NATO" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Deputy Secretary General visits the Swiss Confederation On the first day of his visit, the NATO Deputy Secretary General [Mircea GeoanƒÉ] met with high-level officials from international organisations and other relevant international stakeholders, including Mr Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, Ms. Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission …

Peter Koenig (2021-10-30). The Post Covid World, The WEF's Diabolical Project: "Resetting the Future of Work Agenda" — After "The Great Reset". A Horrifying Future. globalresearch.ca They call "Resetting the Future" a White Paper, meaning it's not quite a final version. It is a draft of sorts, a trial balloon, to measure people's reactions. It reads like an executioner's tale.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-10-30). The 2020-21 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.

WSWS (2021-10-30). Thousands of New Brunswick public sector workers strike against poverty wages. wsws.org The Canadian Union of Public Employees has refused to say if the strike will continue into next week, let alone advanced any strategy to counter Premier Higgs' vow to outlaw the stoppage.

Julia Rock (2021-10-30). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: How To Cancel Debt. dailyposter.com Also: Georgia's senators deliver on a campaign promise, and Chicago is using federal funds to provide residents a guaranteed basic income.

Sarah Hodges, Julia Hornberger, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, Shalini Rudra, Christopher Sirrs, Nishpriha Thakur, Sharifah Sekalala (2021-10-30). [Correspondence] When suspicion replaces evidence in public health. thelancet.com The UK Government's decision not to recognise people as vaccinated if they received COVID-19 vaccines in most of Latin America, Africa, and south Asia received widespread condemnation.1 Many commentators have rightly called out this discriminatory policy, which unfairly targets people from low-income countries. However, as a group of scholars from the medical humanities and social sciences, we are particularly concerned that the way in which the government makes decisions about which countries are exempt from quarantine once fully vaccinated dispenses with evidence-based policy making.

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson (2021-10-30). The Democrats in DC promised consequential racial justice reform—where is it? nationofchange.org The message to Black Americans expecting more progress has largely been to wait—for a better political opportunity, for the racial wealth gap to widen, for another Black American to die at the hands of the police.

WSWS (2021-10-30). Philadelphia transit union calls off strike, announces deal with cuts to real wages. wsws.org The tentative agreement, which contains wage increases well below the rate of inflation, came after a unanimous strike authorization vote by SEPTA workers, who set a strike deadline for November 1.

sputniknews (2021-10-30). US Watchdog Says State Dept., DoD Pressured it to Redact Afghan Reports, 'Impeded' Honest Reporting. sputniknews.com In August, amid the chaos unleashed in Afghanistan as US troops withdrew from the country and Taliban swiftly gained ground, a Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) agency report questioned whether gains from America's intervention in Afghanistan were "commensurate with US investment or sustainable after a drawdown".

ecns.cn (2021-10-30). Moving data out of China may be subject to a security review. ecns.cn Entities who want to provide data abroad may go through an internal security review and, on some occasions, will be subject to a government review, according to a draft regulation released by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) Friday.

Pedro Brieger (2021-10-30). El nuevo fantasma ruso en América Latina. globalizacion.ca A mediados del siglo XIX Marx y Engels escribieron que el fantasma del comunismo recorría Europa. En el siglo XX ese mismo fantasma recorrió el mundo. Ahora, en el siglo XXI, la comunicación es el nuevo fantasma que acecha. Esto…

WSWS (2021-10-30). As UAW and Deere maintain information blackout, workers voice determination to fight: "We have a unique opportunity to win" wsws.org Wall Street is exerting immense pressure on Deere to meet extraordinarily high earnings targets, and so hold the line on workers' demands for significant improvements to wages and benefits.

Editor (2021-10-30). An unrealized political possibility: remembering the Grenada Revolution. mronline.org The United States overthrow of the Grenada Revolution in 1983 initiated a vicious and unrelenting regime of neoliberalism that has gutted the Caribbean nation. But revolutionary Grenada showed the world a radical alternative to capitalism and neocolonialism is possible.

Richard Horton (2021-10-30). [Comment] Offline: Living in an Age of Indecency. thelancet.com Political leaders will declare COP26 a success—an important staging post, although not UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's promised "turning point for humanity", on the way to decarbonising the planet's energy use. Historians will most likely look back and judge COP26 in Glasgow, UK, as a graveyard of opportunities. To be fair, the target set for COP26 was narrowly drawn—to keep alive the 2015 Paris Agreement. That landmark agreement committed nations to "holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 ∞C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperat…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-30). NYC taxi drivers go on hunger strike against debt. peoplesdispatch.org Taxi drivers in New York have been protesting demanding debt relief. Many drivers are highly indebted with over 900 having filed for bankruptcy over the past few years…

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WSWS (2021-10-30). The Glasgow summit, climate change, and the case for socialism. wsws.org The past two years have seen a series of escalating climate disasters in all regions of the globe, including massive wildfires from the Australian bush to the American west, devastating flooding in Europe, Asia and the Americas, and deadly heatwaves the world over.

Fight Back (2021-10-30). Philippines: Condemn Philippine National Police massacre of peasants in Masbate. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 25 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns in the strongest terms the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the massacre of at least five peasants yesterday early morning in Barangay Bugtong, Mandaon town in Masbate province. | Contrary to the PNP's claims in their press releases, the victims were not members of the New People's Army (NPA). The PNP identified one of the victims as Eddie/Arnold Rosero, a local resident. | According to the NPA's Regional Operational Command in Bicol,…