(2022-08-30). Australia hosts major war games simulating aerial combat. wsws.org The US and its key allies are carrying out exercises preparing for a major air war, as Washington wages a proxy-conflict with Russia in Ukraine and ratchets up its confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific.
(2022-08-30). China issues over 2.71 mln certificates of origin from January-July. ecns.cn Over 2.71 million certificates of origin were issued by Chinese authorities during the first seven months of the year, involving 233.31 billion U.S. dollars, up 23.7 percent year on year, official data showed on Monday.
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(2022-08-30). China's major services trade fair starts tickets booking. ecns.cn Visitors are able to purchase and reserve e-tickets for the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which is scheduled to open on Wednesday in Beijing, on digital platforms from Aug.27, according to the official WeChat account.
(2022-08-30). Catholic Church: "Take the Money and Run" indybay.org An access to information request exposes Canada's secret deal that allows the Catholic Church to renege on its promise of $25 million for residential school survivors. When the deal to renege was exposed this week, the Catholic Church announced that it is quickly moving all of its financial assets to the Vatican Bank. The Catholic Church confessed to genocide in July. Demands continue for Nuremburg-style trials in the international court.
(2022-08-30). New Zealand Labour government to expand exploitative migrant labour schemes. wsws.org While tight restrictions remain on permanent residency for immigrants, the Labour government is expanding exploitative and low-paid temporary work schemes.
(2022-08-30). Nation a vital market for Europe's companies. ecns.cn China remains a key market for European companies as its economic resilience and large domestic market are vital for them to stay globally competitive, according to a survey released on Monday by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
(2022-08-30). Task forces to speed up stimulus package. ecns.cn A worker cuts a steel part at the construction site of the T3B terminal project of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Southwest China's Chongqing, July 11, 2022.
(2022-08-30). New revolutionary epoch opens doors for building the ICFI in Brazil. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Tomas Castanheira, a leading member of the the Socialist Equality Group in Brazil, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-30). South Africa SAFTA/COSATU General Strike For Workers & Communities. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the South African general strike called by SAFTU and COSATU on August 24,. 2022. Memetlwe Sebei, president of the General Industrial Union of South Africa. GIWUSA which is with SAFTU and Ayesha Rajah who is the chairperson of the Sotasonke Civic Organization are interviewed about the conditions that led to the strike, the organizing for the strike and the future.
(2022-08-30). The fight against Canadian imperialism and for socialist internationalism. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Keith Jones, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-30). China to release pork reserves from September. ecns.cn Chinese authorities will release pork from government reserves in batches from September to ensure pork supplies, the country's top economic planner said Monday.
(2022-08-30). China remains ASEAN's largest trading partner. ecns.cn China has remained the largest trading partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 13 consecutive years, a commerce official said Monday.
(2022-08-30). De vallados, puentes levantados y el giro de la historia. cubadebate.cu El atropello al Estado de Derecho perpetrado por la "Justicia" Federal en la causa Vialidad en contra de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y algunos de sus colaboradores, en donde lo que brilló por su ausencia fueron los hechos, las evidencias y las pruebas concretas, procuró ser disimulado montando un festival de logomaquia en donde lo importante eran la vacía verborragia y la espectacularidad de los gestos del fiscal Diego Luciani.
(2022-08-30). Minint: Ante solicitud de auxilio, se realizan labores de búsqueda de involucrados en salida ilegal del país. cubadebate.cu Mediante una llamada realizada al 107 (número de emergencia marítima), se supo de la solicitud de auxilio de un número indeterminado de personas, involucradas en una salida ilegal por vía marítima, este 28 de agosto, por la localidad de Isabela de Sagua, Villa Clara. Fuerzas cubanas realizan labores de búsqueda en la zona.
(2022-08-30). Presidente de Irán destaca estabilidad económica pese a sanciones. telesurtv.net El mandatario calificó de injustas las sanciones y resaltó que deben terminar rápidamente.
(2022-08-30). Gobierno chileno ratifica convenio laboral contra la violencia. telesurtv.net De aprobarse en el Congreso esta ley tendría obligatoriedad en todos los sectores públicos y privados y abarcaría la economía formal e informal.
(2022-08-30). New Orleans protest demands hurricane relief for all immigrants, defends DACA. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Dozens of protesters rallied at the statue of Benito Juarez on August 27 to demand hurricane relief funds for all immigrants, regardless of legal status. The rally also came in response to national call to action by the Legalization for All Network to defend DACA against legal attacks and to commemorate the Chicano Moratorium. | The rally was planned to coincide with the anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Ida, which both made landfall in Louisiana on August 29. Although it was largely the labor of immigrant workers that rebuilt New Orleans after both disasters, many immigrants face…
(2022-08-29). US pushing war on China: Malaysia's ex PM explains imperialism's roots in capitalism. multipolarista.com Malaysia's ex Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned the US is provoking war with China over Taiwan. He also explained how imperialism is rooted in capitalism.
(2022-08-29). Afghanistan: One Year of Taliban Rule, Event Transcript. cepr.net August 15, 2022 marked one year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and the Biden administration's subsequent decision to block the Afghan central bank from accessing roughly $7 billion of its international reserves held in the United States. In that year, Afghanistan has become home to the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with more than half the population facing acute food insecurity, and near-universal poverty. | In advance of that anniversary,
(2022-08-29). 'Genocide of His People Is Complete': Last Member of Isolated Brazilian Tribe Found Dead. commondreams.org "For this was indeed a genocide—the deliberate wiping out of an entire people by cattle ranchers hungry for land and wealth," said one Indigenous rights campaigner.
(2022-08-29). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…
(2022-08-29). West's Neoliberal 'Age Of Abundance' Is Over. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…
(2022-08-29). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued US Dominance. libya360.wordpress.com Colin Todhunter In March 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a "hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system" in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine. Guterres said food, fuel and fertiliser prices were skyrocketing with supply chains being disrupted and added this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for…
(2022-08-29). Jaishankar Justifies India's Decision to Buy Russian Oil. infobrics.org Justifying India's decision to import Russian crude oil amidst the Ukraine war, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that his moral duty is to ensure the best deal for Indians, most of whom cannot afford high energy prices…
(2022-08-29). Vera Sharav: When a Holocaust Survivor Confirms the Parallels, We Need to Listen. transcend.org 22 Aug 2022 – This is the New Eugenics. It is embraced by the most powerful global billionaire technocrats who gather at Davos: Big Tech, Big Pharma, the financial oligarchs, academics, government leaders & the military industrial complex. These megalomaniacs have paved the road to another Holocaust. This time, the threat of genocide is Global in scale.
(2022-08-29). China allocates 10 bln yuan for drought relief, autumn grain production. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Finance on Friday earmarked 10 billion yuan (about 1.46 billion U.S. dollars) central reserve funds to support drought relief and the production of autumn grain.
(2022-08-29). "The Worldwide Corona Crisis, Global Coup d'Etat Against Humanity" by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca My objective is to inform people worldwide and refute the official narrative which has been used as a justification to destabilize the economic and social fabric of entire countries, followed by the imposition of the "deadly" COVID-19 "vaccine". This crisis affects humanity in its entirety: almost 8 billion people.
(2022-08-29). To Write Off its Debt, the US Stages Wars Everywhere. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov The global economic crisis that has engulfed countries due to Washington's openly voluntarist and Russophobic policies has not only thrown the United States itself into chaos, but has also destroyed the world's multipolar model, changed the status of many states, and led to an increase in contradictions between states and coalitions. It is…
(2022-08-29). The IRA Didn't Include Crucial Funding Needed for the Disabled. commondreams.org I can't applaud the Inflation Reduction Act when it leaves out funding for an essential program for disabled folks.
(2022-08-29). Central bankers back Fed's war on the working class. wsws.org It is significant that in his very short speech to the Jackson Hole conclave, Fed chair Jerome Powell made two references to former chair Paul Volcker whose high interest rate regime in the 1980s resulted in economic devastation for millions of workers.
(2022-08-29). Transforming the Real Estate Market: Using the Crisis in the Localized Real Estate Market To Promote Healthy Development and Economic Growth. scheerpost.com 
By Xià Bƒ´n (§èÊñå) Editor's Note: This article was distributed by a Chinese government accepted source, but we believe it is worthy of a wider audience because it provides documentation of important ongoing dialogue within top circles in China unavailable elsewhere. The current situation of the real estate market is very serious. On a year-on-year basis, real …
(2022-08-29). Strikes Across The UK As Regulator Lifts Energy Price Cap By 80%. popularresistance.org A new wave of strikes are underway across the UK. From postal workers to barristers, organised labour is turning out on picket lines against the backdrop of looming energy cost hikes. Workers across the UK are fighting back by withdrawing labour, sharing their experiences and, on one occasion, surfing around ports at high speed! | The strikes come as Don't Pay, which is campaigning to encourage people to refuse to pay extortionate energy bills, reported an 80% hike had been nodded through by regulator Ofgem. Don't Pay's East London branch also announced a protest at Canary Wharf for Saturday 27 August. Postal wor…
(2022-08-29). Red Theory: Capitalist accumulation and overproduction. fightbacknews.org It is a fact of historical materialism that the development of the productive forces reduces the amount of labor required by production. As technology and techniques improve, the amount of work required to meet human needs is reduced. This should be a fact that liberates humanity from toil, freeing us to pursue our interests, hobbies, goals of self-development, and so on. | But that's not what has happened, and there is a material reason why that hasn't happened. In fact, under capitalism, it cannot happen. The capitalist relations of production – the relations of class, division of labor and ownership – stand i…
(2022-08-29). Sept 8: National organizing call — Demand Amazon, Starbucks recognize unions now! iacenter.org Demand Amazon and Starbucks recognize unions now! Attend the virtual solidarity mobilization meeting for coordinated mass actions across the country Thursday, September 8 7pm et | 6pm ct | 5pm mt | 4pm pt Register for the call We have proposed these dates for coordinated mass actions across the country: Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day (or around that date, depending on the city): Organize a presence at Labor Day marches or organize your own action; the Amazon Labor Union is holding an action with Starbucks Workers United in New York City, Sept. 5. Thursday, Sept. 29: Put on a pro-u…
(2022-08-29). Khalil Awawdeh's message to the world: "Our cause is just, regardless of the high price paid" samidoun.net 
Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, on his 180th day of hunger strike, issued a video message to the people of the world, where he speaks slowly and laboriously, with his emaciated body visible, highlighting the justice of the Palestinian cause: "Oh, free people of the world, this suffering body, of which nothing remains but skin and …
(2022-08-29). 'We deserve help': NYC comptroller denies every single claim seeking assistance for Hurricane Ida flooding. liberationnews.org 
Almost a year after Hurricane Ida hit New York City, flooding subways, streets, and stadiums, and killing 13 people, the City Comptroller has denied all citizens' financial claims for personal property damage brought by the storm…
(2022-08-29). The Pandemic Rise in Self-Employment: Who Is Working for Themselves Now? cepr.net Key Findings: | The increase in self-employment was disproportionately among women and especially non-white women. | The rise in self-employment is much larger among workers with young children (under age 6) in the household than those without young children. | Although reasons for choosing self-employment vary, the ongoing childcare crisis has made it difficult for working-class mothers with young children to seek or maintain conventional payroll jobs. Part of the rise in self-employment is likely due to some of these mothers shifting from payroll jobs to self-employment in order to meet work-family res…
(2022-08-29). One Year Later, the US Must Evacuate the Kabul Drone Strike Survivors. aclu.org 
One year ago, my phone rang in California at what I knew was 2: 00 a.m. in Afghanistan. It was the country director of Nutrition & Education International, the non-profit food aid organization I founded 18 years ago and lead as president. "Dr. Kwon, Zemari is no longer with us," he told me. "Zemari has died with his children due to a drone strike." In my immediate shock, this news hardly made any sense at all. | Zemari was one of the first six people NEI ever hired. He grew up poor, like many Afghans, and started with us in 2006 as a handyman. He never attended school for formal training, but was extraordinaril…
(2022-08-29). Climate Change Causes Torrential Flooding In Pakistan. popularresistance.org Devastating floods are occurring across Pakistan due to monsoon rains. Since June, more than 1,000 people have been killed by floods, with thousands more being displaced and having to go without food. Capitalism makes these disasters the new normal, with workers, particularly those of the Global South, bearing the brunt. | Just this weekend, tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes in Northern Pakistan due to floods. There are many more that still need to be rescued. More than 33 million people have been affected over the past few weeks, millions of homes have been destroyed, and infrastructure su…
(2022-08-29). PSUV Celebrates Election of Community Delegates. orinocotribune.com 
"More than 45,000 communities in popular assemblies have elected their respective delegates and I express all my support. We are all winners," said President Maduro. | On Saturday, August 27, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, congratulated the country on the election of the new community delegates of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). | "More than 45,000 communities in popular assemblies have elected their leaders. I e…
(2022-08-29). American University staff union calls off five day strike against poverty-level pay and management abuses. wsws.org The AU workers' strike brought them into a conflict against not just the campus, but against powerful sections of the Democratic Party and corporate apparatus.
(2022-08-29). Major League Baseball Players Launch Drive to Unionize 'Outdated, Exploitative' Minors. commondreams.org "Minor leaguers represent our game's future and deserve wages and working conditions that befit elite athletes who entertain millions of baseball fans nationwide."
(2022-08-29). European Central Bank Says Cash 'Not Fit' for Digital Economy, Dismisses CBDC Privacy Concerns. transcend.org 25 Aug 2022 – In the digital economy, cash is no longer a useful tool, and a Central Bank Digital Currency is the "only solution" to continue the existing monetary system, according to a new paper, "The Economics of Central Bank Digital Currency."
(2022-08-29). 'EXISCO' investment bedding for Shanghai members. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — The head of the international event Iran EXISCO says that EXISCO provides a platform for prosperous overseas trade in the presence of authorities and creates a suitable opportunity for investment.
(2022-08-29). New Thinking on Military Defense Needs. transcend.org 28 Aug 2022 – The US Pentagon FY 2021 budget calls for $705.4 b. up from $704.6 in FY2020, amounting to more than half of all discretionary funding and exceeding the military spending of the next 10 counties combined: supporting 800 military bases in 70 countries…. A better and more peaceful world is possible. We must envision it, promote it, and let our leaders know that we require it.
(2022-08-29). Demercaptanization Unit of S Pars refinery phases 2, 3 online. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji officially launched the demercaptanization unit of South Pars Refinery Phases 2 and 3 which was built with ‚Ǩ74 million of investment.
(2022-08-29). Premier hails nation's booming NEV industry. ecns.cn China's new energy vehicle industry has been developing rapidly in recent years and will continue to deepen international cooperation with an open attitude to inject fresh impetus into the sustainable development of the global economy and society, Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday.
(2022-08-29). Exchange with a railroad worker and Will Lehman, socialist candidate for UAW president: How to build rank-and-file committees. wsws.org Lehman is running on a platform of abolishing the UAW apparatus and to build workers' power through rank-and-file committees.
(2022-08-29). Consumption, infrastructure get green tinge. ecns.cn Given a choice between buying a laptop complete with attractive packaging and purchasing one that comes in simple packaging made of recycled materials, most consumers might wonder a bit. But not those at the China International Consumer Products Expo held in July in Haikou, Hainan province, where US tech company Dell Technologies displayed a laptop encased in 100 percent environmentally friendly packaging materials.
(2022-08-29). Iran ready to expand economic ties with Bolivia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister voiced the readiness of Iran's private sector to develop economic relations with Bolivia, implement infrastructure projects in this country, and increase bilateral trade.
(2022-08-29). The necessary breach and Rackets and Rockets. indybay.org The climate movement should not be afraid of being accused of radicalism. Given the civilization-threatening dimensions of the climate crisis, it is a matter of sheer collective will to survive to solve this monstrous problem. It is obvious that global capitalism, in its boundless compulsion to grow, is incapable of reducing resource consumption and emissions.
(2022-08-29). Xinjiang's foreign investment covers over 60 countries and regions: official. ecns.cn Xinjiang has invested in more than 60 foreign countries and regions, and four overseas economic and trade cooperation zones have been established, said Erkin Tuniyaz, chairman of the Xinjiang regional government, at a press conference Saturday.
(2022-08-29). Acertijos de dos colaboradores y un ejercicio de pensamiento creativo de actualidad. cubadebate.cu Este acertijo que cierra agosto será a seis manos y tres: Marga, RARJ y yo. Marga, siempre fiel a nuestra columna, no nos olvida y aún lleva un tiempito por la Ciudad Luz. RARJ no quiere dejar pasar el homenaje al reciente aniversario de la FMC. Y yo voy con un exprimidor de neuronas para lidiar con los apagones. °Manos y mente a la obra!
(2022-08-29). Afirman que México cuenta con el mejor aeropuerto de América Latina. telesurtv.net "Durante los gobiernos neoliberales nunca hicieron una obra como esta. El AIFA se construyó en dos años y medio", señaló el mandatario mexicano.
(2022-08-28). Philippines: Free Adora Faye de Vera, poet, patriot and warrior for women's liberation. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 27 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | We join the clamor of women's groups, artists, poets, rights defenders and other democratic organizations for the immediate release of Adora Faye de Vera. Adora Faye was arrested by police last Wednesday afternoon in her place of residence in Quezon City, and later brought to Calinog town, Iloilo, where she is being made to face false criminal charges. She joins at least 800 other political prisoners in the Philippines who continue to suffer unjust incarceration. | Adora Faye is an artist, a poe…
(2022-08-28). Is Vietnamese-Israeli Defense Cooperation Facing Problems? journal-neo.org 
On July 12, Israel and Vietnam marked the 29th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and emphasized in official statements that there is great potential for the further development of economic and diplomatic cooperation that could bring significant benefits to both sides. Vietnam, as you know, is a member of the Association of Southeast …
(2022-08-28). China's Development Path: Indigenous Innovation And Global Competition. popularresistance.org In our INET working paper, "China's Development Path," we employ the "social conditions of innovative enterprise" framework to analyze the key determinants of China's development path from the economic reforms of 1978 to the present. First, we focus on how government investments in human capabilities and physical infrastructure provided foundational support for the emergence of Chinese enterprises capable of technological learning. Second, we delve into the main modes by which Chinese firms engaged in technological learning from abroad—joint ventures with foreign multinationals, global value chains, and exp…
(2022-08-28). How Rural America's Assets Have Been Systematically Stripped Away. popularresistance.org Since the 1980s, financial capital has developed imaginative new ways to strip and seize the assets present in rural zones, whether these be mutually-owned banks, industries, cooperatively-owned grain elevators, local newspapers, hospitals, people's homes, or stores located in towns and malls." In the wake of the fiscal austerity agenda enacted by financial and political elites in the late 20th century, the vast majority of the wealth created in America's countryside "has accrued to shareholders in corporations and financial institutions headquartered in a handful of distant, economically dynamic urban centers."