(2022-09-13). South Africa: Brics Urged to Work Collectively in Global Food, Fuel Crisis. infobrics.org The Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has emphasised the need for a collective solution from the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) bloc to mitigate the global food, fuel and financial crisis…
(2022-09-13). BRICS' Reserve Currency: An Attempt to Reduce the Dollar's Dominance. infobrics.org Whilst Russia and China are leading de-dollarisation initiatives due to their geopolitical rivalry with the US, India, Brazil, and South Africa have supported BRICS' statements on altering the global financial system for their own interests…
(2022-09-13). Socialism 2022 Conference: The pseudo-left promote imperialist war. wsws.org The primary aim of the Socialism 2022 Conference was to promote the US-NATO war against Russia, in line with the policy of the Biden administration, while seeking to bolster the trade unions as instruments for the suppression of the class struggle.
(2022-09-13). Socialism 2022 Conference: The pseudo-left promotes imperialist war. wsws.org The primary aim of the Socialism 2022 Conference was to promote the US-NATO war against Russia, in line with the policy of the Biden administration, while seeking to bolster the trade unions as instruments for the suppression of the class struggle.
(2022-09-13). BRICS Ties Seen As Key to Global Recovery. infobrics.org China is willing to continuously enhance practical cooperation with other four BRICS countriesÔºçBrazil, Russia, India, and South AfricaÔºçto jointly benefit from the New Industrial Revolution…
(2022-09-13). Spanish Morenoites back Podemos government's moves to suppress struggles against inflation. wsws.org The CRT is terrified of growing working class struggles against massive price hikes being used to pass costs of the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine onto workers.
(2022-09-13). China invests more in water conservancy projects in past decade. ecns.cn China's investment in water conservancy projects during the past 10 years was five times as much as that in the previous decade, a water management official said Tuesday.
(2022-09-13). China's largest desert panel base in northwestern Ningxia starts construction. ecns.cn China's largest desert photovoltaic (PV) base, located at Tengger Desert in Zhongwei, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, has started construction.
(2022-09-13). Provinces take lead in stabilizing growth. ecns.cn China's major provincial economies are stepping up efforts to stabilize the growth in their regions, with strong focus on expanding effective investment and spurring consumption.
(2022-09-13). Google & Tech Workers With Community Demand No Tech For Apartheid! Cancel Project Nimbus. indybay.org Google workers who were members of CWA Alphabet Workers Union joined with other tech workers and community members rallied at San Francisco Google and Amazonn to protest the retaliation against Google worker Ariel Koren for speaking out against the Project Nimbus which uses Google technology to spy on Palestinian people for the apartheid regime.
(2022-09-13). Minnesota Nurses support call for open-ended strike: "I don't think they're going to budge until we do it." wsws.org 15,000 nurses began a strike in Minnesota yesterday against inadequate staffing levels, overwhelming workloads, shrinking pay exacerbated by inflation, and ongoing safety issues confronting nurses and their patients.
(2022-09-13). Minnesota Nurses support call for open-ended strike: "I don't think they're going to budge until we do it" wsws.org 15,000 nurses began a strike in Minnesota yesterday against inadequate staffing , overwhelming workloads, shrinking pay amid inflation and ongoing safety issues.
(2022-09-13). 15,000 Minnesota nurses launch historic strike to put 'patients before profits'Ôøº. nationofchange.org "We feel like this is the only thing we can do," said one nurse. "Hospitals tell us it's our fault, but we've been actively involved and getting nowhere."
(2022-09-13). The Jackson Water System Has Been Failing For Decades Due To Racism. popularresistance.org Residents of West Jackson are in the midst of a severe water crisis due to the failure of a water treatment facility and don't know when they will have clean water in their homes again. The state is failing to get water to everyone, so many local groups are organizing mutual aid efforts. The governor refuses to access federal funds to fully repair the city's water infrastructure, which has been failing for decades. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kali Akuno, a co-founder of Cooperation Jackson, about the current crisis, including how the wealthy residents were spared, how it fits into the bigger picture of systemic…
(2022-09-13). Chile's 9/11 & The Rise Of US Fascism. indybay.org Labor Historian & Professor Ruth Needleman talks about the lessons of Chile's coup in relation to the growing fascist movement in the US.
(2022-09-13). Effusive official response to Queen's death underlines deep political crisis in Australia. wsws.org Nervously, the Queen is being variously described as the "anchor," "ballast" and "bedrock" that held society together for 70 years amid economic, political and social turmoil.
(2022-09-13). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman launches new campaign website: "Put rank-and-file workers in power!" wsws.org Collected on the new site are a wide range of statements that Lehman has issued since launching his campaign in June which elaborate his program and perspective.
(2022-09-13). WW CNA Kaiser Nurses/Patients In Danger. PG&E Newsom Leg Corruption & UPS Oven In Trucks. indybay.org WorkWeek covers CNA Kaiser Nurses & Patients In Danger & PG&E Newsom Legislature Corruption & UPS "Oven In The Trucks" IBT Workers Heat & Labor Poet Tongo Issac-Martin…
(2022-09-13). New Zealand government ends COVID mask mandates. wsws.org New Zealand's Labour Party-led government has embraced the demands of the far-right, anti-vax protesters, removing almost all mask mandates, all vaccine mandates, and promoting the lie that the pandemic is over.
(2022-09-13). Apple workers organise to fight for a fair enterprise agreement. greenleft.org.au Retail workers at Apple stores across the country have applied to the Fair Work Commission to take industrial action for a fair enterprise agreement. Isaac Nellist reports.
(2022-09-13). US dollar surge causing financial and economic instability. wsws.org The rise in the dollar, which is fuelling price hikes in the rest of the world via imported goods, is one of the factors driving interest rate hikes by central banks, particularly in Europe.
(2022-09-13). Cuadrando la caja: øOtra empresa estatal socialista es posible? (II) (+Video). cubadebate.cu Este domingo 11 de septiembre conversamos sobre la empresa estatal socialista en Cuba… øHan condicionado las decisiones tomadas hasta ahora, una mejor gestión y un incremento de la eficiencia y la productividad? øQué frena las transformaciones necesarias: preparación de los directivos, tradición verticalista, falta de liderazgo?
(2022-09-13). Presidente ruso destaca planes económicos en medio de sanciones. telesurtv.net El mandatario indicó que el plan de medidas anticrisis posibilitó que el presupuesto ruso se encuentre en mejor situación que muchos países del G20 y de los Brics.
(2022-09-13). Reconocen labor de Venezuela en campaña de vacunación. telesurtv.net Durante los próximos meses la campaña de vacunación asegurará una cobertura del 95 por ciento en niños de Venezuela.
(2022-09-12). Putin Sees Future with Asia and Claims Western Economic Decline in New Speech. transcend.org 9 Sep 2022 – Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum, Putin addressed Western sanctions, Russia's growing relationship with Asia and an update on Ukraine.
(2022-09-12). The Widening Gap between Rich and Poor is Hastening the Transition to a Multipolar World. journal-neo.org 
According to the charity Oxfam, which fights against poverty throughout the world, the ten wealthiest people in the world have seen their combined assets double in the last two years, from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion. In its briefing on inequality, Oxfam points out that "central banks pumped trillions of dollars into financial markets to …
(2022-09-12). 15,000 Minnesota nurses begin statewide strike: Build rank-and-file committees to unite with health care workers in Wisconsin, Michigan, New York and California! wsws.org Health care workers everywhere want to end intolerable working conditions, the eating up of their meager paychecks by inflation, and the subordination of health care to corporate profit.
(2022-09-12). Urgent: Witch Hunt by Neo-Nazis in Kharkov, Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Borotba Borotba banner at a rally outside the Kharkov Regional Administration building in May 2014. Photo: Svetlana Licht. Borotba (Struggle) is a revolutionary Marxist organization based in Ukraine and the Donbass people's republics. It has been outlawed by the Kiev regime since the U.S.-backed coup in 2014. Sept. 10 — Very disturbing news comes from…
(2022-09-12). Massive propaganda machine behind Ukraine fakes. infobrics.org With direct financial backing from the US and NATO, spreading disinformation about Russia has become the mainstay in Western state-run mass media.
(2022-09-12). Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation and Class War. scheerpost.com Economist Dr. Richard Wolff joins Lowkey where he exposes ways economic policy can be a code term used by the political establishment for class war. Wolff explains how the cost of enmity with Russia is being placed on the shoulders of the working class in the West, whom recently experienced one of the worst crashes of capitalism in its history.
(2022-09-12). Economist Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation & Class War. mintpressnews.com Economist Dr. Richard Wolff joins Lowkey where he exposes ways economic policy can be a code term used by the political establishment for class war. Wolff explains how the cost of enmity with Russia is being placed on the shoulders of the working class in the West, whom recently experienced one of the worst crashes of capitalism in its history.
(2022-09-12). Students' enrollment rate on par with developed world. ecns.cn The gross enrollment rates of all levels of education in China have reached or exceeded those of middle- to high-income countries, Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng said on Friday.
(2022-09-12). Controversial Trump-era policy exacerbates U.S.-China tensions in academia. america.cgtn.com U.S.-China tensions may be bleeding into the academic sector, and specifically scientific collaboration, as Chinese American scientists feel the ugly legacy of the Trump-era China tensions.
(2022-09-12). Documents to be discussed at upcoming CPC Central Committee plenary session deliberated. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Friday held a meeting to deliberate documents to be submitted for discussion at the seventh plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.
(2022-09-12). Folha de S.Paulo: Brazil Becomes Main Country for Chinese Investment. infobrics.org The People's Republic of China (PRC) tripled its investment in Brazil in 2021, making the South American nation a major destination for Chinese capital…
(2022-09-12). Podcast Ep 64: Light in Gaza. electronicintifada.net A new anthology by Palestinian writers aims to break the intellectual blockade and imagine a liberated future.
(2022-09-12). AAR Report: Nationwide Rail Shutdown Could Cost $2 Billion Per Day. popularresistance.org According to the report, if negotiations between the remaining rail unions and the National Carrier Conference Committee (NCCC), which represents most Class I railroads and many smaller ones, remain unsettled by Friday, Sept. 16 at 12: 01 a.m., "Congress must act to prevent a service interruption that would immediately harm every economic sector served by rail." Failure to act, AAR says, could idle more than 7,000 trains daily and trigger retail product shortages, widespread manufacturing shutdowns, job losses and disruptions to hundreds of thousands of passenger rail customers. | Specifically, the report updates…
(2022-09-12). Billionaires Jay-Z And Jack Dorsey Airdrop $1000 Worth Of Bitcoin Each To Residents Of Marcy Projects. moguldom.com Billionaires Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Jack Dorsey have shared some of their wealth — their bitcoin wealth that is — with residents of Marcy Houses, the Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn-based public housing complex where Jay-Z grew up. The duo granted $1,000 in bitcoin to each adult Marcy resident who completed their Bitcoin Academy's inaugural cohort, a free …
(2022-09-12). Bankruptcies Are Starting: Owner Of Regal Cinemas Files Chapter 11. moguldom.com Twenty large U.S. companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the first half of 2022 — less than half the number in the first half of 2021 — but an uptick of smaller commercial bankruptcy filings in August could be a prelude to a wave of reorganizations in the fall. Higher interest rates, inflation, a …
(2022-09-12). Biden's Inflation Reduction Act: Here Are Tips To Qualify For Up To $14K In Home Upgrades. moguldom.com President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is incentivizing low- and middle-income Americans to help mitigate climate change with up to $14,000 in tax credits and direct cash rebates offered to people who upgrade their homes to be more energy-efficient. Consumers who buy energy-efficient appliances like dryers and stoves or install rooftop panels, for example, …
(2022-09-12). The Fed Should Wait and See. cepr.net With recent data showing that both inflation and inflation expectations have eased, it would be irresponsible for the US Federal Reserve to create much higher unemployment. Amid so much uncertainty, it should instead pause interest-rate hikes until a more reliable assessment of macroeconomic conditions is possible.
(2022-09-12). Australian retail lobby calls for working age to be lowered to 13. wsws.org Amid spiralling inflation and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ruling class is intent on destroying the hard-won rights gained by workers over a whole historical period, including restrictions on child labour.
(2022-09-12). As Inflation Eases, It's Time for Fed to Pause on Rate Hikes. commondreams.org Amid so much uncertainty, the Federal Reserve should pause interest-rate hikes until a more reliable assessment of macroeconomic conditions is possible.
(2022-09-12). Sri Lankan farmers speak out over catastrophic conditions. wsws.org SEP members have been campaigning among farmers in northern parts of Sri Lanka as part of the party's struggle for the establishment of action committees and for a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses.
(2022-09-12). Protests Throughout The Global South Signal Opposition To Austerity. popularresistance.org It has now been two months since tens of thousands of Sri Lankans stormed the presidential palace and toppled the country's president in a powerful rejection of price hikes on food and fuel. As shocking and inspiring as the news was, many economists and geopolitical experts were quick to point out that Sri Lanka would not be the last country to experience a mass-uprising. | Around the world, the policies of the neoliberal era are straining economies as the neoliberal system is pitched into crisis after crisis. In the last several years, these crises have been fueled by supply chain disruptions from the pandemic,…
(2022-09-12). Ten Years Ago, Chicago Teachers Gave Us All A Jolt Of Hope. popularresistance.org If you feel like your union needs a jump-start—whether you're a longtime shop steward or just started your first union job—this book is for you. | The impulse you have ("This union could be stronger and better, and I want to help change it") makes you part of a long tradition—what we at Labor Notes affectionately call the trouble-making wing of the labor movement. | One basic principle unites us troublemakers. We believe democracy, meaning broad member participation at every level of the union, is the heart of union power. | The Chicago Teachers Union's 2012 strike didn't just put the union on t…
(2022-09-12). "Working In An Oven" IBT UPS Teamsters Speak Out On Deadly Heatwave, Life and Death. indybay.org IBT UPS drivers and warehouse workers speak out about the dangerous temperature conditions that workers must operate in. Additionally many UPS trucks do not even have a fan.
(2022-09-12). Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. transcend.org 4 Sep 2022 – The U.S. posits itself as a champion of opportunity, freedom, human rights and civil liberties, even as half the country struggles at subsistence level, militarized police gun down and imprison the poor with impunity, and the primary business of the state is war. This collective self-delusion masks who we have become. Under inverted totalitarianism, there is no attempt, unlike fascism and state socialism, to address the needs of the poor.
(2022-09-12). 'The Haitian People Need a Socialist State,' Says Journalist Jean Waltès Bien-Aimé. orinocotribune.com 
By Tanya Wadhwa — Sep 8, 2022 | Tens of thousands of Haitians have been taking to the streets, demanding the resignation of Ariel Henry. To understand the situation on the ground, we spoke with Haitian journalist Jean Waltès Bien-Aimé | Since August 22, under the banner of "Rise Up for Another Independence," tens of thousands of Haitians have been repeatedly taking to the streets in different parts of the country, demanding the resignation of de-facto Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry. Protesters have criticized that during the past year of his governance, the economic, political, and social c…
(2022-09-12). Declassified Mossad Document Reveals Military Collaboration With Lebanese Christian Militias. orinocotribune.com The report establishes 1958 as the year when contact between Lebanese officials and the Israeli military establishment was first initiated | Almost a week before the 40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, a document submitted to the Israeli High Court of Justice has revealed Israel's role in Lebanon's bloody conflicts, dating back to the 19 's. | The report establishes 1958 as the year when contact was first made between Lebanese Christian leaders and the Israeli military establishment. | Then-Lebanese President Camille Chamoun requested armed assistance from the Israeli army to counter the 1958 powe…
(2022-09-12). The Big Myth About Inequality: It Just Happened! scheerpost.com 
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press/CEPR The standard line in policy circles about the soaring inequality of the last four decades is that it is just an unfortunate outcome of technological change. As a result of technological developments, education is much more highly valued and physical labor has much less value. The drop in …
(2022-09-12). My 70 years and the departed GDR. iacenter.org By Victor Grossman September 9, 2022 Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin August 2022 — It's a momentous day! Not for the world — for which it's nothing special. But for me! Just 70 years ago, in nervous panic, I took off my U.S. Army jacket, shoes and sleeve insignia, and stepped into the swift Danube River which, at Linz in still-occupied Austria, divided the U.S. Zone from the USSR Zone. Although very wet at this short sector, it was part of the long Iron Curtain. And I was swimming across it in what most [U.S.] Americans would consider a very wrong direction! Author Victor Grossman (left) greets Pete Seeger at…
(2022-09-12). US Labor Department Sues Texas Newspaper For Firing Reporter Who Complained About Bugs. thedissenter.org Killeen Daily Herald, a Texas newspaper, was sued by the US Labor Department for allegedly firing a reporter who complained about bugs…
(2022-09-12). Seattle educators speak out on the consequences of understaffing, inadequate support and low pay. wsws.org Several teachers at Seattle Public Schools spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about the key issues they are fighting to address in their ongoing strike, which began on September 7.
(2022-09-12). Electoral Conflicts and Political Polarization: What Can Mediators Do? transcend.org In conflict, our options ultimately boil down to two: go it alone or face it together. We make these choices every day, as individuals and neighbors, as organizations, societies, and nations. With the development of mediation, dialogue facilitation, collaborative negotiation, consensus building, and similar skills, we are better able to face our problems together and collaboratively.
(2022-09-12). King Charles III pledges 'lifelong service' as Britain's new monarch. ecns.cn Britain's King Charles III on Friday pledged "lifelong service" in his first address to the nation and the Commonwealth after assuming the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday.
(2022-09-12). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman discusses socialism with libertarian worker (and other correspondence). wsws.org Every week, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman, a socialist rank-and-file Mack Trucks worker from Macungie, Pennsylvania, receives letters from workers in the UAW and in other industries on his campaign to abolish the bureaucracy and give power to the workers on the shop floor.
(2022-09-12). Nevada nurses refuse to clock-in due to understaffing. wsws.org Former Henderson Hospital ICU nurse, Diana, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site and described the terrible working conditions at the hospital.
(2022-09-12). "They're trying to ram the same thing down our throats": US Steel worker in Gary, Indiana, denounces USW-Cliffs sellout deal. wsws.org A US Steel worker speaks out against union-management collaboration to deepen exploitation of the working class and plans to push through a concessions contract.
(2022-09-12). Canceling All Student Debt Would Cost About as Much as The Pentagon's F-35 Boondoggle. commondreams.org When it comes to military spending in the United States, money is no object—even for programs like the F-35, which has been criticized for many years as an expensive failure that should be phased out altogether.
(2022-09-12). 'We'll Meet Them Out in the Fields': Challenging the Pipelines to Nowhere. commondreams.org The primary purpose of these and other carbon pipeline systems was never to reduce atmospheric CO2. Its backers' aim is to turn a profit by spiffing up the environmental image of US feed-grain agriculture.
(2022-09-12). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org
(2022-09-12). Food prices skyrocketing in Argentina. america.cgtn.com In 2021 Argentina became the world ¥s second largest producer of corn. It also remained in the top three main exporters of beef and soy. So why are food prices so high for locals? Joel Richards reports.
(2022-09-12). Conflicts with Asteroid Mining. transcend.org 30 Aug 2022 – Questions abound about unregulated space mining. Before humans rush off into the heavens in a quest to extract wealth, that the institutions on Earth be enabled and prepared to monitor and regulate the process.
(2022-09-12). Dilapidated dormitory complex in Munich highlights drastic situation facing students. wsws.org The number of students facing the financial abyss continues to grow. A report by the charity Parità§tischer Wohlfahrtsverband makes clear that students have been fobbed off with meagre handouts by politicians for years.
(2022-09-12). First city in Southeast Los Angeles to win rent stabilization and just cause ordinance. liberationnews.org 
On August 22, the Bell Gardens City Council voted unanimously in favor of the first Rent Control and Just Cause ordinance in Southeast Los Angeles. This victory comes after 2.5 years of tireless organizing by the largely working class immigrant women and families that make up the Union de Vecinas of Bell Gardens, backed by non-profit California Latinas for Reproductive Justice. The ordinance still requires one more final vote of approval, but once passed will set an incredible precedent in a region of LA County that has been historically neglected, marginalized and victim to corruption scandals.
(2022-09-12). Cuadrando la Caja: Las nuevas medidas económicas. cubadebate.cu Y hace algunos días anunciábamos en este mismo espacio que dedicaríamos un programa para analizar, reflexionar, sobre las medidas que recientemente dio a conocer nuestro Viceprimer Ministro y Ministro de Economía Alejandro Gil para impulsar nuestra economía. Si le cuadra el tema por favor acompáñenos, porque hoy es el primero de un ciclo de programas que dedicaremos para abordar este tema.
(2022-09-11). Joe Biden, the US Military-Industrial Complex, and Arms Supplies to Ukraine and Taiwan. journal-neo.org 
It is an open secret that money plays a decisive role in US presidential election campaigns  ; all those advertisements and consultancy and PR services have to be paid for. Moreover, as the Democrats' strategy has made clear, organizing street protests and media and other Information campaigns is an expensive business  ; and a lot …
(2022-09-11). The President Gets an "F" in American History. scheerpost.com 
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost For 35 years I taught high school classes in politics, economics and American history. And for 35 years I struggled against a mythological past that is central to virtually every state-approved secondary American history textbook. I'm not referring to what might be called "conservative" texts or to those …