(2021-11-11). Tens of thousands of CA healthcare workers ready strike vs. Kaiser greed. zcomm.org As workers' struggle spreads across the country, solidarity and unity with these workers can help defeat the corporate bosses who continue to place profits over the same people they called heroes at the onset of the pandemic…
(2021-11-11). Australian prime minister promises big business there will never be another lockdown. wsws.org Morrison's program of forcing the population to "live with the virus" in the interests of corporate profit, is supported by the federal Labor opposition and all of the state administrations, most of them Labor-led.
(2021-11-11). Wealth, power and corruption in China. greenleft.org.au Desmond Shum was a businessman in China during the period of market reform. Chris Slee reviews his book, which gives an insight into the corruption that accompanied the process of capitalist restoration.
(2021-11-11). The surging cost of living and the class struggle. wsws.org Amid massive increases in the cost of groceries, housing and gas, workers are entering into struggle to defend their social and economic interests.
(2021-11-11). Ecuador: President's neoliberal reforms face broad opposition. greenleft.org.au Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso's neoliberal capitalist economic policies and proposals are facing determined opposition from diverse social sectors, Harvey Goldberg reports.
(2021-11-11). Refuse collection workers strike across UK to demand better pay and conditions. wsws.org The GMB union is firefighting to prevent a national eruption of the class struggle in a heavily exploited section of the workforce which is now in a powerful position thanks to a tight labour market.
(2021-11-11). Getting High on Inflation. cepr.net There is no argument about what the numbers show, but the key questions are what caused this rise in inflation and what can be done to bring it down.
(2021-11-11). Profits àºber alles: German ruling class ends "national pandemic situation" despite record infections. wsws.org With its criminal profits before lives pandemic policy, the ruling class in Germany has created a surge in cases that exceeds the catastrophe of last winter.
(2021-11-11). The Struggle for Socialism in Nicaragua and Honduras: Interview with Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez. orinocotribune.com Sunday November 7th
(2021-11-11). Immunologist Dr. Anthony Leonardi speaks on Long COVID and the dangers posed by SARS-CoV-2. wsws.org Concluding part of a two-part interview with the World Socialist Web Site.
(2021-11-10). Biden admits prices 'too high' & promises to save Christmas. rt.com 
US President Joe Biden admitted everything from gasoline to bread costs more, but vowed to fix this and the supply-chain crisis through the recently passed $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and his "Build Back Better" agenda. | Speaking in the port of Baltimore on Wednesday to promote the infrastructure bill, he urged Congress to pass the even bigger and more sweeping BBB. Although he argued the US was experiencing the "highest growth rate in decades, fastest decrease in unemployment ever," he acknowledged most Americans see only the rising prices. | "Everything from a gallon of gas to a loaf of bread costs mo…
(2021-11-10). Upend This Damaging Narrative About Spending. otherwords.org The drama over the Build Back Better Act has revealed the power of narrative in our political landscape. | It is not enough to put forward policy proposals that actually help people, pay for them with taxes on the wealthiest, and then try to pass those proposals into law. You also need to fight a destructive, damaging narrative against "government spending." | Unfortunately,
(2021-11-10). The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua's Election is Full of US Spies. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Nov 8, 2021 | A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security state. | MANAGUA, NICARAGUA — Less than a week before Nicaragua's presidential election, social media giant Facebook deleted the accounts of hundreds of the country's top news outlets, journalists and activists, all of whom supported the ruling left-wing Sandinista government, a top Washington target for regime change. | Facebook <...
(2021-11-10). The Facebook team that tried to swing Nicaragua's election is full of U.S. spies. mronline.org 
A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security state.
(2021-11-10). Poverty and possibility: Terror could sabotage Taliban economic relations with China. peoplesworld.org 
The future of Afghanistan will be determined not only in Kabul, where the Taliban is now firmly in power but also in places such as the Wakhan Corridor. A narrow strip of land that runs along the northern fringe of Afghanistan, the Corridor was formed in 1893 as a buffer between the Tsarist empire of …
(2021-11-10). Getting Away With Murder — Britain to Protect its War Criminals. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Nov 8, 2021 | Every Empire is guilty of war crimes. Executing enemy combatants on the battlefield. Destroying hospitals, watercourses, and infrastructure. Carpet bombing cities. Murdering civilians. Torture. Raping men, women, and children. Starving the enemy into submission. Genocide. Mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing. | The British Empire was no different. | From North America to Australia. From New Zealand to Zimbabwe. From Ireland to Palestine, Britain has been accused of heinous war crimes against indigenous populations while extracting the wealth, minerals, and natural resources of th…
(2021-11-10). Lebanon: Drugs cheaper than food for Palestinian refugees. middleeasteye.net 
Lebanon: Drugs cheaper than food for Palestinian refugees | Amphetamine abuse is rife at the Beddawi camp near Tripoli, where Lebanon's economic crisis means no rehab facilities | Wed, 11/10/2021 – 11: 23 | A peddler pushes a cart along the Abu al-Foz street mainly inhabited by Syrian and Palestinian refugees, in the Baddawi Palestinian Camp on the outskirts of Lebanon's Tripoli o…
(2021-11-10). Inflation Is Worse Than Expected: Consumer Prices Up 6.2 Percent From 2020, Most In 30 Years. moguldom.com Inflation went into overdrive in October, pushing up U.S. consumer prices by 6.2 percent compared to a year ago in the fastest annual increase since 1990, according to Labor Department statistics. The pace of inflation ate away at workers' ability to pay for food, shelter, electricity and cars, despite rising wages, removing any doubt that …
(2021-11-10). Bitcoin Reaches New Record $69,000+ As Inflation Hits 30-Year High. moguldom.com The price of Bitcoin rose to a new all-time high of $69,044.77 Wednesday morning within minutes of the Labor Department's monthly consumer price index report. The report showed consumer prices rose 6.2 percent in October on a yearly basis — the fastest pace in 30 years — and exceeded economists' expectations. An increasing number of …
(2021-11-10). Liberian health workers organize amidst the pandemic. roarmag.org 
Ebola survivor Korlia Bonarwolo leads a training of health workers at a mock Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia. November 2014. Photo: Morgana Wingard / Sarah Grile | This essay is published in collaboration with Public Services International | | On October 26, the Liberian government declared that the country no longer had any active COVID-19 cases. Dixon Korveh heard the news and felt good, "no active case is proof of the hard work we did, despite challenges, we did this" he says. | The challenges Dixon talks about are major. During the…
(2021-11-10). We Won't Reestablish Haiti's Security: US Secretary Robinson. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Todd Robinson, U.S. assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, stressed that it is up to Haitian authorities to ensure their country's internal security. | RELATED: | "We have a long tradition of close collaboration with the Haitian police. Although we will continue such cooperation, we cannot rescue this Caribbean country from chaos. Haitian authorities m…
(2021-11-10). US consumers face highest inflation since 1990. rt.com 
Consumer prices in the US rose 6.2% in October compared with the same period last year, as Americans battle soaring food, gas and property costs, and the highest inflation rate since 1990. | Reporting the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures on Wednesday, the US Labor Department said soaring inflation has cut into the recent gains made in wages, as the country rebounds from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. | Read more | | The department's all-items index showe…
(2021-11-10). UN-Backed Banker Alliance Announces 'Green' Plan. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, an "industry-led and UN-convened" alliance of private banking and financial institutions announced plans at the COP26 conference to overhaul the role of global and regional financial institutions, including the World Bank and IMF, as part of a broader plan to "transform" the global financial system. The officially stated purpose of this proposed overhaul, per alliance members, is to promote the transition to a "net zero" economy. However, the group's proposed "reimagining" of international financial institutions, according to their recently published "progress report," would also move to merge these…
(2021-11-10). UK government attacks Palestine student protesters. electronicintifada.net Police investigation threatened after peaceful protest against Israeli ambassador at London School of Economics.
(2021-11-10). The federal poverty line struggles to capture the economic hardship that half of Americans face. nationofchange.org You can't work your way out of poverty in low-wage jobs.
(2021-11-10). Lasso Does Not Allow Press In Dialogue With Indigenous Peoples. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, militants from the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and the United Workers Front (FUT) will be mobilized in the streets of Quito while their leaders meet with President Guillermo Lasso to discuss solutions to the country's economic crisis. | Related | As a condition of attending the government's headquarters, CONAIE requested that the meeting be public so that citizens can see what really…
(2021-11-10). New Zealand recalibrates Pacific strategy countering China. wsws.org Labour's policy shift, set against the US-drive to war, aims to push back against China's influence as the economic crisis in the Pacific intensifies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-11-10). XI Urges Asia-pacific To Stride Toward Shared Future. telesurenglish.net Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged the Asia-Pacific region to face up to the responsibility of the times, be in the driver's seat, and strive hard to meet the goal of building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future. | Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit via video, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 11, 2021.
(2021-11-10). Iran's Politics in the Turbulent Middle East. journal-neo.org 
In his instructions to the new cabinet, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced US President Joe Biden as a "ravenous wolf," telling his ministers, "Diplomacy should not be influenced and linked to the nuclear issue." Instead, President Ebrahim Raisi's team intends to focus on east-oriented economic diplomacy. Both Raisi and Ali Khamenei condemned the previous President …
(2021-11-10). How the RCEP Could Derail the US Plans in the Indo-Pacific. journal-neo.org 
The recent ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) by Australia and New Zealand have opened up the possibility of meaningfully, if not fundamentally, altering the geo-political scenario in the Indo-Pacific in favour of China. The fact that this ratification has come within months of the AUKUS and the Biden administration's persistent attempts …
(2021-11-10). Negotiation On 'Carbon Markets' Unleashes Discord At COP26. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) was dedicated to addressing issues related to the use of technologies, gender and climate. Despite the official rhetoric, environmental and social activists worry that the discussions still lie far from a framework of gender justice, while ignoring how certain technologies have an impact on nature and territories. | RELATED: | These tensions were identified…
(2021-11-10). Museum Workers Say Fair Pay And Job Security Shouldn't Be A Privilege. popularresistance.org In 1930, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin became the Baltimore Museum of Art's first appointed curator of prints—and the first paid staff curator in the fine arts. A recent BMA exhibition, Adelyn Breeskin: Curating a Legacy, commended her work at the museum, which included helping to secure the Cone Collection and establish the print department. | According to curator Laura Albans, Breeskin was born into a wealthy Baltimore family, moved away for school, and later returned as a divorcee with three kids who needed a job. In 1942, when all the men had gone to war, Breeskin became interim director, and then in 1945 becam…
(2021-11-10). Wealthy capitalist countries owe climate reparations, developing nations tell COP26. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-11-10). The Global Climate Wall: Wealthy Nations Prioritize Militarizing Borders Over Climate Action. democracynow.org 
The world's richest countries have responded by militarizing their borders and treating the humanitarian crisis as a security issue. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attended this year's U.N. climate summit, marking the first time a top alliance leader came to the climate talks since they began. On Tuesday, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at COP26 raised the issue of security during a press conference. "The richest countries are building a climate wall against the consequences of climate change rather than dealing with the causes and rather than providing the money that would enable people to stay," says N…
(2021-11-10). Current Climate Negotiations Will Have Devastating Effects on Africa. truthout.org 
Today a draft agreement at COP26 was released, calling on nations to accelerate the phasing out of coal and fossil fuel subsidies and make pledges to cut emissions by the end of 2022. The draft also urges wealthy nations to "urgently scale-up" financial support for developing countries to help them adapt to the climate crisis. This comes as a new report by the group Climate Action Tracker estimates world temperatures are on track to rise by 2.4 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels based on current…
(2021-11-10). This Will Set Africa on Fire: Nnimmo Bassey of Nigeria Blasts Progress of Talks at U.N. Climate Summit. democracynow.org 
Today a draft agreement at COP26 was released, calling on nations to accelerate the phasing out of coal and fossil fuel subsidies and make pledges to cut emissions by the end of 2022. The draft also urges wealthy nations to "urgently scale-up" financial support for developing countries to help them adapt to the climate crisis. This comes as a new report by the group Climate Action Tracker estimates world temperatures are on track to rise by 2.4 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels based on current pledges to cut emissions — far higher than the 1.5 degree goal set in the 2015 Paris Agreement. To discus…
(2021-11-10). Big Jumps in Food and Energy Prices Push Inflation Higher in October. cepr.net The big increases here will be reversed, as is the case now with televisions. There are no grounds for slamming on the brakes at the Fed.
(2021-11-10). Homeowners Are Borrowing Against Houses To Buy Stocks, Biggest Debt Binge Since 2008 Subprime Financial Crisis. moguldom.com Betting on a sustained housing boom, homeowners are borrowing money against the value of their houses at the highest volume since the 2008 financial crisis. Many are using the borrowed cash for renovations as more people work from home during the covid-19 pandemic, but others are using it to buy stocks. Homeowners withdrew $63 billion …
(2021-11-10). Absent Any Proof, Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Groups "Terrorist" zcomm.org In an effort to cut off the financial lifelines of six of the most prominent Palestinian human rights groups, the state of Israel has baselessly designated them as "terrorist" organizations…
(2021-11-10). US Federal Reserve report points to financial risks. wsws.org One of the risk factors is the financial turmoil in China that has cast doubt over the future of the real estate giant Evergrande and other property developers, which have either defaulted on their debts or struggled to make payments.
(2021-11-10). HSBC: A Climate-Pledge Cautionary Tale. scheerpost.com 
By Julia Conley / Common Dreams An effort by global financial giant HSBC to water down an industry climate pledge exemplifies the fact that banks and other profit-driven companies "cannot be trusted" to end their complicity in the human-caused climate emergency, critics charged on Tuesday. According to new reporting by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ), HSBC …
(2021-11-10). COP26: Military pollution is the skeleton in the West's climate closet. mronline.org 
Leaders at the COP26 summit have no intention of tackling the growing environmental impacts caused by their 'defence' spending.
(2021-11-10). Howard University Students Denounce Deplorable Living Conditions. popularresistance.org As the student occupation of Howard University's Blackburn Center has entered its fifth week, protesters have garnered significant support for their demands that administration at the historically black university immediately address deplorable living conditions. | In early October, students occupied the Blackburn Center to protest vermin infestations, mold, asbestos and other conditions overseen by the for-profit building management company Corvias. Students have camped outside the building in tents demanding that Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick convene a school-wide town hall meeting to discus…
(2021-11-10). COVID-19 infections continue to explode in Germany. wsws.org Germany's federal and state governments are pursuing a deliberate policy of mass infection that places the protection of profits before human lives and endangers the health and lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
(2021-11-10). On American Patriotism: A Marxist Polemic. orinocotribune.com By Danny Haiphong — Nov 5, 2021 | The embrace of American patriotism, what some are calling "proletarian patriotism" within online circles, is yet another attempt to rebrand American nationalism. It is similar in character but different in form to the ongoing effort to rebrand the two-party system through the development of a "socialist" bloc within the Democratic Party's corporate jaws. Ideology is rendered an abstraction in each case rather than a reflection of the material conditions of society. The Democratic Party is a capitalist-owned party and therefore cannot but serve the interests of the capitalist…
(2021-11-10). 21N Elections: 1,895 Voting Machines Deployed in 19 States — EU Companions Work Without Restrictions. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, November 9, a total of 1,875 voting machines were deployed across 19 of Venezuela's 24 states, for use in the upcoming regional and municipal elections to be held on November 21. | Through a press release, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) reported that for the deployment of the machines, the fifteenth day of audit of the production of voting machines was carried out, and is ongoing in the industrial warehouse of the National Electoral Council in Filas de Mariche. | CNE indicated that on Tuesday, 35 teams corresponding to four municipalities in Anzoátegui state (Bolívar, Aragua, Diego Bau…
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(2021-11-10). Australian government funds Pacific telco purchase to head off Chinese influence. wsws.org The central objective of the deal is to stem the growth of China as a rival to the US and its allies in the Asia-Pacific.
(2021-11-10). Blacklisting the merchants of spyware. greenleft.org.au The US Department of Commerce revealed on November 3 that it would be adding Israeli-based spyware developers NSO Group and Candiru to its blacklist, reports Binoy Kampmark.
(2021-11-10). The Toronto International Film Festival and the world. peoplesworld.org 
One of the most revolutionary films at TIFF this year was Tug of War from the relatively unknown autonomous region of Zanzibar. There's never been a major movie from this island that lies just off the coast of mainland Tanzania, and certainly not one that makes communists the heroes. It's based on socialist Adam Shafi's …