(2021-11-02). Rejecting the existential futility of neoliberal life. roarmag.org 
This is an excerpt of Neil Vallely's " Photo: Protester in Chile during the 2019 October uprising. abriendomundo / Shutterstock.com | For centuries, economists and philosophers have theorized the value of utility: how it shapes the division of labor, influences consumer choice, and contributes to conceptions of the good life or common good. Utilitarian philosophers, from Jeremy Bentham to John Stuart Mill, told us that maximizing utility [m…
(2021-11-02). The West's China Complex: Beijing as the Enemy and the Savior. dissidentvoice.org 
"Could China's economy collapse?" was the title of an October 15 article published by QUARTZ magazine. The article makes an ominous case of a Chinese economic crash and its impact on China's and global economies. This is one of numerous reports appearing in recent weeks in Western mainstream media, all motivated by recently published economic indicators pointing …
(2021-11-02). Worsening economic data coming out of China. wsws.org Figures on factory production fall for second month in a row after something of a pandemic recovery boom.
(2021-11-02). Opposition high among Deere workers on eve of second UAW contract vote. wsws.org While there is widespread resistance to the UAW-Deere agreement among workers, financial markets signaled their approval of the contract's terms Monday, driving Deere's stock up nearly 5 percent.
(2021-11-02). With opposition mounting to sellout deal, IATSE officials call for "unity" wsws.org The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is trying to push through a contract that would do nothing to end dangerously long work schedules, poverty pay for many workers and the undermining of health and pension benefits.
(2021-11-02). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Long haul truckers in Brazil stage a national protest strike on October 25 over fuel prices and wages while transport workers in Haiti and Panama staged strikes and protests over deteriorating social conditions.
(2021-11-02). Turkey: Hackers allegedly used streaming platform Twitch to launder $10m. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey: Hackers allegedly used streaming platform Twitch to launder $10m | Hundreds of streamers said to have taken 20 percent cut to help launder money stolen by hackers through credit cards | Tue, 11/02/2021 – 08: 47 | Twitch underlined that the company would continue to identify and remove any streamers found to have engaged in financial practices that were in violation of local laws or Twitch p…
(2021-11-02). Corporations Have the Power to Sue Governments Over Resource Extraction Policies. truthout.org 
International negotiators are meeting in Glasgow, Scotland to develop solutions to the climate change threat. But one major obstacle to global sustainability will be largely absent from the discussions: the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system. | This system gives transnational corporations the power to sue governments over actions — including policies to address climate change — that reduce the value of their foreign investments. Allowing corporations to continue t…
(2021-11-02). Massive mobilization in Rome protests G-20 summit. peoplesdispatch.org 
Trade unions, progressive political parties, anti-imperialists, youth/student groups, climate activists, and others participated in the mobilization in Rome to denounce the neoliberal agenda of the 16th G20 summit that prioritize profits over people…
(2021-11-02). Russia's Coal Export to India and its Connection to Eurasian Integration. journal-neo.org 
When the mass withdrawal of coal use in countries following green policies began, many experts predicted that this fuel would soon be forgotten entirely. Its extraction and exports would cease to be profitable for the countries implementing them. Even then, it seemed unlikely because "developed" countries such as all Western countries, which stopped burning coal …
(2021-11-02). Milwaukee activists demand citizenship for all. liberationnews.org 
It is crucial to keep pressure on the Democrats to keep immigration reforms in the infrastructure bill.. At same time, we need to fight to uproot the capitalist system that seeks to exploit us all for profit.
(2021-11-02). Nearly a Third of Republicans Surveyed Are Ready to Support Violence. truthout.org 
New public opinion research from the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute, part of its Close to one-third of Republicans in the survey, or 30%, agreed with the statement that "true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country." That was more than the combine…
(2021-11-02). COP26 Will Showcase False Solutions That Protect Corporate Profits, Not The Planet. popularresistance.org The COP 26 United Nations climate meeting is underway in Glasgow Scotland. Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recent "Code Red" report that proves urgent action is critical, the world is looking at the corporate-dominated COP 26 to do what is necessary. Clearing the FOG speaks with Anne Petermann, executive director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, who says COP 26 is focused on 'false solutions' promoted by large corporations to protect their profits instead of the planet. Petermann describes a new publication, "Hoodwinked in the Hothouse," that explains what these false solutions are…
(2021-11-02). Biden admin's new methane regulations not enough according to environmentalists. nationofchange.org "Climate justice during a climate emergency means using every tool in the toolbox including not just a stronger rule, but also declaring a National Emergency on climate change."
(2021-11-02). FRSO condemns murder of Ka Oris, beloved spokesperson for the New People's Army. fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the cowardly October 29 murder of New People's Army spokesperson Ka Oris (Jorge Madlos) by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Medical aid Eighfel Dela Peña (Ka Pika) was also killed in the ambush. Both were unarmed and had no opportunity to defend themselves. The killers are now lying to the media to cover up their crimes. | Ka Oris was a communist who devoted the whole of his life to building the revolutionary movement in the Philippines. He was a committed proletarian internationalist. He worked tirelessly to build and promote the New People's Army (NPA…
(2021-11-02). Jacobin magazine, the Democratic Socialists of America and the collapse of Biden's social reform bill. wsws.org The debacle refutes claims that major reforms could be enacted through the Democratic Party.
(2021-11-02). The record of the World Socialist Web Site on Trump's coup attempt of January 6. wsws.org On Sunday, the Washington Post published a three-part investigation of the January 6, 2021 insurrection detailing Trump's months-long plot to remain in power no matter the outcome of the 2020 election. Only one publication—the World Socialist Web Site—warned clearly and consistently about the existential danger posed by Trump's plot.
(2021-11-02). SEP holds online meeting to fight Australia's new anti-democratic election laws. wsws.org Speakers called on workers and youth to join and build the Socialist Equality Party in order to reject government dictates to "live with the virus" and embrace the promotion of militarism and war.
(2021-11-01). Cuba-Vietnam: on the road to vaccine self-reliance. mronline.org 
Unlike the agreements entered into by Western multinational corporations such as Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, the Cuba-Vietnam agreement sets a precedent of solidarity and prioritizes people's health over business profits.
(2021-11-01). Erdogan: Biden positive on adding, upgrading 120 F-16s. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Erdogan called Biden's positive position on Turkey's acquisition of F-16 "The question was raised about the modernization of Turkey's existing F-16 aircraft or the purchase of new ones. The defense ministers of the two countries keep the issue in the spotlight. I saw Joe Biden's positive approach to this issue," the Turkish head of state …
(2021-11-01). All Communists Must Properly Grasp Geopolitics in Order to Win. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Oct 28, 2021 | The global class and anti-colonial war is a conflict that the imperialists have been able to rig at every turn. In the era of imperialism, where capital has gotten its tentacles into virtually every corner of the planet, those who seek to supplant capital must at all times carefully anticipate the next maneuvers of the forces of counterrevolution. This is because for as long as imperialism remains dominant, for as long as monopoly capital and finance capital have more leverage than the revolutionaries, the revolutionaries must navigate global markets. | This requires compromis…
(2021-11-01). Immigrant rights activists in Los Angeles demand: Ignore the Parliamentarian! liberationnews.org 
The rally was a reminder that organized mass struggle is the key to liberation and that a diverse, multicultural, and internationalist labor movement is essential for working class gains.
(2021-11-01). Historic U.S.- Cuba cultural exchange coming to NYC. peoplesworld.org 
Chicago's iconic HotHouse announced they are proud to be a producer of the momentous cultural exchange "A Function at the Junction: Ancestral Bridge, Musical Streams" / "Una Función en el Cruce: Puente Ancestral, Corrientes Musicales," an historic and collaborative, multimedia event presented live and via exclusive online broadcasts. The first event of the series will …
(2021-11-01). Accidente en una cueva en Brasil deja nueve bomberos muertos. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 75 bomberos y socorristas trabajaron durante todo el día en las labores de búsqueda y rescate en el lugar de los hechos.
(2021-11-01). Immigrant Rights Group Plans Times Square Protest for Pathway to Citizenship. latinorebels.com New Immigrant Community Empowerment is planning an 11-day protest in Times Square calling on Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) to include a pathway to citizenship in the Build Back Better Act, President Joe Biden's social spending bill.
(2021-11-01). Sanders Says He's Still Working to Get Drug Price Plan Into Reconciliation Bill. truthout.org 
On Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said that he is still fighting to incorporate his plan to expand Medicare and allow the program to negotiate drug prices into the Build Back Better Act. | "I spent all of yesterday on the telephone,"
(2021-11-01). How Israel's use of skunk water is damaging Palestinian health and economy. middleeasteye.net 
How Israel's use of skunk water is damaging Palestinian health and economy | Life is becoming unbearable for Palestinian business owners as repeated sprayings of skunk water by Israeli police ruin their wares | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 09: 45 | An Israeli police van fires skunk water in Jerusalem, 24 October, 2021 (MEE/Aseel Jundi) | Kamal Abu Qwaider is one of a number of businessmen who set up shop arou…
(2021-11-01). Billionaires' shiny utopias are dulling our democracy. peoplesworld.org 
Great wealth can do great damage. Grand personal fortunes, we've come to understand, can menace our democracy and distort our economic life. But these fortunes can also wreak a much more hidden havoc: They can mess up the minds of people who hold them. Great fortunes can leave their owners feeling supremely sure they themselves …
(2021-11-01). Climate Change and the Limits of Economic Growth. fpif.org Since the nineteenth century, human society has experienced extraordinary but uneven economic growth thanks to the energy unleashed from fossil fuels. That growth, and the greenhouse gasses released from fossil-fuel use, has also created the current climate crisis. The conventional solution put forward to this crisis, a putative compromise between economic and environmental imperatives, has been to maintain economic growth but on the basis of sustainable energy sources. | Not all ecologists or economists are enthusiastic about this "green growth" alternative. According to these critical views, which have now begu…
(2021-11-01). Millions head to the polls amid socio-economic crisis in South Africa and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the local elections held in South Africa amid worsening conditions of poverty and unemployment; renewed protests in Thailand to demand a repeal of Section 112 or the royal defamation laws and other reforms to the monarchy; the start of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Scotland after the G20 Summit; and the 67% COVID-19 vaccination rate achieved by Venezuela despite U.S. sanctions.
(2021-11-01). Radical Heterodoxies & Parallel Institutions w/ Mat Forstater. mronline.org 
Mat Forstater joins Money on the Left to discuss the origins of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the vicissitudes of heterodox economics, and the challenges of building alternative institutions in and beyond the academy. As one of the principal architects of MMT, as well as teacher and advisor to many of the more recognized MMT scholars and advocates today, Forstater is perhaps the best equipped heterodox economist to give us the details on the innovative assumptions and arguments that created the firmament for what we now know as Modern Monetary Theory.
(2021-11-01). Mexico's AMLO blasts IMF for causing global crisis, after Fund takes aim at his energy policy. mronline.org 
The IMF caused social and economic decadence in the world; they and other international financial organisations are responsible for the global crisis.
(2021-11-01). Error in Author Affiliation. jamanetwork.com In the Original Investigation titled "Association of a Community Campaign for Better Beverage Choices With Beverage Purchases From Supermarkets," published in May 2017 in JAMA Internal Medicine, the affiliation was incorrect for author Xun Li, PhD. This article was corrected online.
(2021-11-01). World Gathering Of Peoples For Our Mother Earth. popularresistance.org The climate crisis is one of the gravest global threats that we face in the defense of life, which places our own existence and of our Mother Earth's at risk. | The current anthropocentric model, which places human beings above nature and other living beings, has produced the current climate crisis and it is modifying the vital cycles of Mother Earth, causing the collapse of many ecosystems, the extinction of species, the change of ways of life of hundreds of millions of people all over the world, expanding hunger and poverty in the world and an increasing climate migration. | We express the urgency of building a…
(2021-11-01). Evidence for the Ethics of Incentivizing Clinical Trial Enrollment? jamanetwork.com In clinical research ethics, using monetary incentives for clinical trial enrollment has been controversial. Proponents argue that such incentives can accelerate recruitment in socially beneficial clinical trials, address problems of diversity and external validity in research participation, and appropriately compensate participants for trial-related burdens. However, many institutional review boards have limited the use or magnitude of such incentives out of concern that they could unduly influence prospective participants or unjustly shift the burdens of research participation to people with lower income levels…
(2021-11-01). Rich Countries Bring "Tough Talk on Climate" to COP26 But No New Plans or Money to Curb Global Emissions. democracynow.org 
As U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders gather amid massive protests in Glasgow for COP26, the U.N. Climate Change Conference, we look at the growing pressure on countries to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avert the most damaging effects of the climate crisis. Leaders of the G20, representing the 20 wealthiest nations, gathered ahead of COP26 and pledged to do more to curb emissions but offered few specifics on reaching that goal, despite representing the countries responsible for about 80% of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. "What we're seeing here is lots of t…
(2021-11-01). How to Cancel $3.2 Million of Debt. zcomm.org The Debt Collective, which has focused on other forms of debt, is turning its attention to the crushing financial burden on formerly incarcerated people…
(2021-11-01). Save Tom Friedman's Mind: Restore Armistice Day. warisacrime.org 
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 1, 2021 When the New York Times is paying Thomas Friedman many thousands of dollars to wonder whether Russia or China would help the United States if space aliens attack it, a few conclusions can be drawn. The ludicrousness of the UFO propaganda coming out of a U.S. …
(2021-11-01). Right-wing Democrats gut social program budget after Biden refuses to fight. mronline.org 
After spending weeks conducting backroom negotiations with Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Krysten Sinema and other right-wing Democrats in Congress over the social program budget, the Biden administration announced yesterday a "framework" that abandons some of the most important elements of the original proposal.
(2021-11-01). The fossil fuel divestment movement is on fire. peoplesworld.org 
The decades-long push to get large investment funds to pull their money from destructive oil, gas, and coal has made several major leaps forward in the past month. One of the biggest occurred Oct. 18 when the Ford Foundation, a nonprofit built on profits from the combustion engine, announced it would divest its endowment from fossil fuel …
(2021-11-01). Saudi Arabia deposits $3bn in Egypt central bank. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi Arabia deposits $3bn in Egypt central bank | The Saudi finance ministry said that it has made a $3bn deposit into Egypt's central bank and extended the term for existing deposit of $2.3bn | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 11: 04 | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arriving to attend a session of the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh on 26 October 2021 (AFP/Saudi Royal Palace/B…
(2021-11-01). Constitutionality of Texas governor's 'catch and jail' immigration policy challenged. peoplesworld.org 
This story is reprinted from The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government, and statewide issues. The article originally appeared here. More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. attorney general to investigate legal problems that …
(2021-11-01). Strikes at Huntington, West Virginia hospital and metal production facility. wsws.org Workers at two of the largest employers in Huntington are fighting against poor wages, health insurance premium hikes, and more.
(2021-11-01). SEP electoral members speak out on Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws and the socialist program to eliminate COVID-19. wsws.org "The virus has been used for the most enormous shift from the poor to the rich in the history of capitalism."
(2021-11-01). Effect of Primary Palliative Care Intervention on Patients With Advanced Cancer. jamanetwork.com This cluster randomized clinical trial evaluates the quality of life, symptom burden, and anxiety and depression reported by adults with advanced cancer who were receiving a primary palliative care intervention.
(2021-11-01). Japan's ruling party maintains majority in general election. wsws.org Voters' rejection of the so-called progressive parties in Japan stems from their political bankruptcy and inability to address the needs of workers and youth.
(2021-11-01). Turkey Pursues To Manage A Violent November In Syria's North. southfront.org 
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(2021-11-01). Spokesperson for New People's Army murdered by Armed Forces of Philippines. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 31 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Ka Oris (Jorge Madlos), spokesperson of the New People's Army (NPA), was not killed in an armed encounter. He was ambushed on the road between Impasug-ong town proper and the national highway at 8 pm of Oct 29. He and his medical aide were riding a motorcycle on their way to seek medical treatment. This is according to his wife Ka Maria Malaya. | Ka Oris and aide Eighfel Dela Peña (Ka Pika) were both unarmed when ambushed. Whether they were ambushed while moving or were accosted and thereafte…