Daily Archives: September 22, 2022

2022-09-22: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-09-22). America's "New World Order"— The historical and social roots of US plans for war with Russia and China. wsws.org The following is a report given by Andre Damon to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled "Mobilize the working class against imperialist war!"

A Guest Author (2022-09-22). Statement condemns OHCHR's 'Assessment of human rights concerns' in China's Uyghur Autonomous Region. workers.org As this map illustrates, U.S. imperialism menaces China with over 400 military bases. The following statement has been initiated by Friends of Socialist China. You can add your name as an individual signatory using the form at socialistchina.org. Once you do so, your name will appear on this page within . . . |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-22). IMF Tells Bolivia To Drop Its Successful Economic Model. orinocotribune.com The IMF released The report takes aim at the government's spending on development, saying, "The government must restrict spending, including eliminating the end…

____ (2022-09-22). Pass-through game 'Sheep A Sheep' becomes overnight sensation in China, while questions remain over durability. ecns.cn A new pass-through mini game named "Yang Le Ge Yang," translated as "Sheep A Sheep," has become a national online sensation in China over recent days but also aroused controversy over its likely profitability and game rules.

Contributing Writers (2022-09-22). Interview with Australian Dr. Tim Anderson over Syria. marktaliano.net Syria Insider September 20, 2017 ∑ Professor Tim Anderson, senior Lecturer in Political Economy at Sydney University and honorable writer of the" The Dirty War on Syria", highlighted the victory of the Syrian Arab Army over the imperialist powers and their auxiliaries in Deir Ezzor, saying" the defeat of Daesh in the area would …

Edu Montesanti (2022-09-22). Latin American Economy Under the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interview With Ladislau Dowbor. orinocotribune.com For Pointing out neoliberal governments, in the following interview Doctor Dowbor observes that Latin America is "systemically dysfunctional," which has caused the region the world's most severe economic crisis under the new coronavirus, since the disease got to the region in February 2020. Latin Am…

UFCLP (2022-09-22). Saturday 10/1: Press Conf Keep Laguna Honda OPEN! Discharges = Deaths Say Labor, Community & Families. indybay.org Laguna Honda Hospital | (entrance in front of old building) | 375 Laguna Honda Blvd. | San Franciscco…

Monica Moorehead (2022-09-22). Slap on Sarver's wrist, funds for Favre — capitalist culture in sports. workers.org NBPA Executive Director Tamika Tremaglio calls for lifetime ban on Robert Sarver on NBA Today, Sept. 16. U.S. sports — whether professional or amateur — like almost every institution under capitalism, is all about making profits before meeting human needs. Bosses of professional teams, usually referred to as owners, are . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-22). The Forgiven: The accidental death of "a nobody" wsws.org The 2021 film concerns the consequences of a wealthy couple, on the verge of divorce, accidentally hitting and killing a young boy, while driving to a party in the Moroccan desert.

WSWS (2022-09-22). French auto workers at Hourdain Stellantis plant on wildcat strike. wsws.org Stellantis workers at Hordain revolted against rapidly deteriorating economic conditions in France and across Europe and the treacherous role of pro-company union officials.

Madison Park Tenants Council (2022-09-22). Monday 9/19: Vulcan Tenants Defend Rent Control Before RAP Board. indybay.org Join Zoom Meeting | us02web.zoom.us/j/87047860266?pwd=MHNFd21hRkFEMGljKzNIRS9vWDBSUT09 | Meeting ID: 870 4786 0266 | Passcode: 892339 | Or | Dial from your location | +1669 900 9128 US {San Jose) | Meeting ID: 870 4786 0266…

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-09-22). Cuba denuncia ante ONU que bloqueo de EE.UU. es un acto de guerra en tiempo de paz. telesurtv.net El canciller indicó que EE.UU. presiona a Gobiernos, instituciones bancarias y compañías del mundo interesados en relacionarse con Cuba para provocar el colapso económico.

TeleSUR, ysm, JCM (2022-09-22). Argentina elimina uso obligatorio de mascarillas. telesurtv.net El uso del barbijo será optativo, pero se insta a llevarlo en centros laborales, educativos y el transporte público.

WSWS (2022-09-21). Podemos backs Madrid's commitment to NATO war on Russia. wsws.org Podemos' aggressive support for NATO's war in Ukraine against Russia, amid mounting working class anger at inflation and war, exposes it as a reactionary petty-bourgeois militarist party.

Infobrics (2022-09-21). China's Relations with Russia in a New Age. infobrics.org It's gone under the radar, but China's trade and investment in the Russian Far East is significant and growing fast…

_____ (2022-09-21). The Orientation of World Political Power Moves Inexorably Eastward. journal-neo.org Vladivostok recently hosted the Eurasian Economic Forum where it was addressed by Russia's president Vladimir Putin. Vladivostok itself is an important centre of development in the Russian Far East and therefore appropriate as the host of the conference whose theme centred on the "path to a multipolar world." The conference was attended by representatives from …

____ (2022-09-21). Experts: Major regions to keep trade resilient in H2. ecns.cn China's foreign trade is expected to stay resilient in the second half of the year as key regions have ramped up efforts to further boost imports and exports-and this will likely help shore up the national economy.

____ (2022-09-21). Media registration opens for 5th China International Import Expo. ecns.cn Media registration for the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE) will begin on Wednesday, announced the organizers.

____ (2022-09-21). Region's diplomats praise ties with key trade partner. ecns.cn Regional ambassadors to China have spoken highly of China-ASEAN cooperation at a recent expo amid hopes the two sides can further explore economic and trade opportunities under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP.

____ (2022-09-21). RCEP delivers prominent dividends: Chinese official. ecns.cn Trade between China and the other 14 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) members reached 8.32 trillion yuan (about 1.20 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of this year, accounting for 30.5 percent of China's total foreign trade.

____ (2022-09-21). Interest rate cut feasible tool to spur growth. ecns.cn While a number of central banks are expected to announce big tightening steps this week to beat inflation, China may continue to go in the opposite direction by tamping down interest rates in the coming months to spur growth.

Prof. James Petras (2022-09-21). How Billionaires Become Billionaires. globalresearch.ca America has the greatest inequalities, highest mortality rate, most regressive taxes, and largest public subsidies for bankers and billionaires of any developed capitalist country. One of the most likely sources of billionaire wealth is through tax evasion in all of its guises and forms.

____ (2022-09-21). One year on, Universal Beijing Resort spreads cheer, increases sales. ecns.cn Universal Beijing Resort, a 40 billion yuan ($5.75 billion) joint venture between Chinese and U.S. companies, celebrated its first anniversary on Tuesday, in the process showing the consumption power of the Chinese has not waned despite COVID-19.

Labor Video Project (2022-09-21). Barbara Lee & "Pete" Get An Earful In Oakland Over Tax Dollars For A's Owner John Fisher. indybay.org Congresswoman Barbara Lee, US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff joined together to talk about Federal funding for Oakland projects. Barbara Lee and "Pete" refused to say whether they supported Federal funds going to the GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher's proposed new A' stadium on Port of Oakland public land at Howard Terminal. "Pete" also refused to say whether this project would harm the Port of Oakland as a working port.

The Socialist Program (2022-09-21). Inflation Crisis & the March Towards Recession. liberationnews.org The capitalist class remains determined to drive the economy off a cliff to eviscerate workers' living standards and bargaining power.

TeleSUR (2022-09-21). Fed: Third Straight Big Hike To 3.25% Amid Persistent Inflation. telesurenglish.net The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted the third consecutive three-quarter-point rate hike, as it continues to ramp up its fight against surging inflation. | Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference after the Fed decided to once again raise interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building in Washington, DC, USA, 21 September 2022.

Dale Walker (2022-09-21). Don't Be Fooled by Republicans. The Inflation Reduction Act Is a Big Win for Tax Fairness in America. commondreams.org Democrats should ignore their specious arguments and, instead, use this tax initiative as a rallying cry for the upcoming midterm elections.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-21). AFL-CIO panel: Blame corporate greed, not workers, for inflation. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—With the Federal Reserve Board poised to "fight inflation" by raising prime interest rates again—driving up the interest costs consumers pay on everything from credit cards to kids' college loans—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and a panel of pro-worker economists warned policymakers to blame corporate greed, not workers, for inflation. "Today's inflation really is rooted in …

WSWS (2022-09-21). Key question from today's policy meeting: Where the US Fed is heading? wsws.org The phrase "fighting inflation" is essentially a cover for the Fed's real agenda which is the suppression of wage claims being advance by workers to try to compensate for the biggest price hikes in four decades by contracting the economy and driving up unemployment.

Steve Gillis, Jim McMahan, Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-09-21). Amazon, Starbucks say 'get back': Workers say fight back! workers.org Big Business would like to believe that the wave of class struggle by U.S. workers is fading — despite being so visible in Amazon Labor Union's historic victory at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, and in the lightning spread of Starbucks Workers United (SBWU). Hundreds of Starbucks . . . |

Contributing Writers (2022-09-21). BBC Collaborates with Facebook to Purge Vaccine-Injured Groups Online/ Peter Gabriel MD. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: www.trialsitenews.com/a/bbc-collaborates-with-facebook-to-purge-vaccine-injured-groups-online-f05740be A major media member of the Trusted News Initiative (TNI) has warned a primary tech member about vaccine injury groups gaming the system to avoid algorithm detection and thus scrutiny. In what could be described as a dangerous move, the BBC collaborates with Facebook to shut down vaccine injury support groups …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-21). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Editor (2022-09-21). Busing migrants, targeting socialism. workers.org Playing with human lives in a despicable political stunt, Greg Abbott, right-wing governor of Texas, has bused thousands of undocumented migrants north from the U.S. border with Mexico since the beginning of August. The buses dump homeless, jobless, hungry people — far from their own countries, with few to . . . |

_____ (2022-09-21). UN Women & Blackrock. popularresistance.org An open letter signed by 700-plus feminist groups and activists sent on Aug. 8 to UN Women, protesting a recently announced partnership between the agency and BlackRock, a United States-based hedge fund, resulted in the cancellation of the arrangement. | The letter pointed out that BlackRock personifies "crisis-prone speculation-based capitalism" and that the May 25 joint press releases announcing the partnership by both parties offered no useful or explicit details on what it would accomplish. | Such vagueness, the letter writers contended, could give UN Women the appearance of "pinkwashing" BlackRock, since the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-21). This Odious Global System. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Cudenec Throughout my adult life I have tended to describe the thing to which I am primarily opposed as "capitalism". Over the last couple of years, however, I have started to wonder whether this is quite the right word. Not only does it hinder communication with people used to different political terminologies, but it…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-09-21). Murder on Embassy Row—46 Years On: Remembering the Assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt. covertactionmagazine.com [This article continues CAM's series on political assassinations.—Editors] On the morning of September 21, 1976, a car bomb took the lives of Orlando Letelier, Minister of Foreign Relations and Ambassador to the U.S. under Chile's socialist president Salvador Allende (1970-1973), and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, a 25-year-old fundraiser for the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a …

_____ (2022-09-21). PRC-ROK Relations from the End of 2021; the Economic Aspect. journal-neo.org The Chinese market, including Hong Kong, accounts for 33% of Korea's total trade, but several distinct trends can be identified in the two countries' economic relations. The first trend is the development of economic cooperation in several areas. For example, on December 22, 2021 South Korea's SK Hynix received Chinese approval to buy Intel's NAND …

Scorinoco (2022-09-21). Venezuela Offers 5 Million Hectares for Agricultural Investment from Iran. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Agriculture Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo said that Caracas has offered at least 5 million hectares of land following agricultural investment agreements with producers from Iran and other countries. | He made the remarks on September 12 at a presentation ahead of the Iran-Venezuela Scientific, Industrial and Technological Expo Fair, which was held in Caracas during September 14-18. | "We are making available 5 to 7 million hectares [of land] that our country has to develop to reach 30 million cultivable hectares," the minister said. | He added that Venezuela is offering the farmlands to foreign produc…

TeleSUR (2022-09-21). UN: Latin American Leaders Call For End to US Blockade of Cuba. telesurenglish.net At the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Alberto Fernández of Argentina, Xiomara Castro of Honduras, and Luis Arce of Bolivia demanded an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. on Cuba for over half a century. | RELATED: | The President of Argentina said that "according to the UN Charter, the only legitimate sanctions are those imposed by the Security Council to e…

Dana Sanchez (2022-09-21). Largest Hedge Fund Bridgewater: If Interest Rates Go To 4.5%, That Means Stocks Crash Another 20%. moguldom.com The Federal Reserve is expected this week to deliver a third consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate hike following a higher-than-expected consumer price index reading in August and hawkish comments on rate hikes from Fed leaders that have put pressure on stock prices. Legendary hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has a pessimistic prediction for stocks and …

_____ (2022-09-21). Finally We Have A Global Registry Of Fossil Fuels. popularresistance.org New data published today shows that producing and combusting the world's reserves would yield over 3.5 trillion tons of greenhouse gas emissions, over seven times the remaining carbon budget for 1.5C and more than all emissions produced since the industrial revolution. | The finding comes from the Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, launched today by Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor. | To date, climate change policy efforts have focussed on reducing demand and consumption of oil, gas and coal, but ignored the supply of those fuels. The Paris Agreement, for example, does not even mention fossil fuels, despite…

TeleSUR (2022-09-21). Over 300 French Companies Ask for Solutions to the Price Crisis. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, over 300 French companies alerted the French government to the negative effects of the surging energy prices, Minister Delegate for Industry Roland Lescure said. | RELATED: | He mentioned that the risk of the companies going under remains limited, and that President Emmanuel Macron's administration has no plans to extend the energy tariff shield to companies with more than 10 employees. | According to Lescure, these com…

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The Socialist Program (2022-09-21). How the Ultra-Right Intends to Take & Consolidate Political Power. liberationnews.org The right wing of the U.S. ruling class, using the Supreme Court and other undemocratic institutions, has begun eviscerating hard-fought economic, social, and political rights that have been achieved in past decades.

_____ (2022-09-21). Detroiters Say 'Hell No!' to DTE's Proposed Electricity Rate Hike. popularresistance.org Recurring power outages have become a fact of life in Detroit and Southeast Michigan. The most recent mass outage left hundreds of thousands in Metro Detroit without power following a brief windstorm on August 29th. Four days on, tens of thousands were still unable to run their medical devices and prevent their food from spoiling. With outages becoming more severe and more frequent as the climate crisis worsens, profit-driven utilities want to take more out of the pockets of working people struggling to afford their unreliable energy service. | Even before the most recent outages, the frustration in Detroit and s…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-09-21). Backed By Bloomberg, Former National Security Agency (NSA) Official To Lead Data Research Center On Black Wealth. moguldom.com National Security Agency (NSA) veteran Natalie Evans Harris has been tapped to lead Bloomberg Philanthropies' new Black Wealth Data Center (BWDC). The center's launch was announced on Thursday, Sept. 15, from its official Twitter account. "We are the Black Wealth Data Center, a go-to resource for wealth equity data that public and private sector leaders can …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-21). Political Cartography of a World in Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Katu Arkonada After 40 years of neoliberal order, the crisis of the world-system and of the capitalist mode of production is deepening. World trade, which represented twice the world GDP, is now equal in value to a world GDP which has seen its value reduced by a third, as a result of the economic crisis…

_____ (2022-09-21). United Nations Women And Blackrock. popularresistance.org An open letter signed by 700-plus feminist groups and activists sent on Aug. 8 to UN Women, protesting a recently announced partnership between the agency and BlackRock, a United States-based hedge fund, resulted in the cancellation of the arrangement. | The letter pointed out that BlackRock personifies "crisis-prone speculation-based capitalism" and that the May 25 joint press releases announcing the partnership by both parties offered no useful or explicit details on what it would accomplish. | Such vagueness, the letter writers contended, could give UN Women the appearance of "pinkwashing" BlackRock, since the…

TeleSUR (2022-09-21). Brussels, Scene of Mass Demonstration on Cost-of-Living Crisis. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Belgian capital was the scene of a massive rally of over 10 000 demonstrators who took to the streets to protest the price hikes. | Representatives of trade unions during protest for better wages and against rising energy prices in Brussels, Belgium, 21 September 2022. Organizers are expecting up to 10,000 representatives in the streets of Brussels.

_____ (2022-09-21). Supporting Native American Students In Higher Education. popularresistance.org In 2019, 25% of Native Americans over the age of 25 had an associate degree or higher. When compared to 42% of all those over the age of 25, the gap is evident. Coupled with challenges that many Native higher education students face — including financial instability, the need for support in more ways than one is apparent. From the research done on the matter to the strides made in tuition assistance and how institutions of higher education can go the extra mile in creating a more inclusive academic environment, here's what you should know. | With regard to Native Americans and higher education data, one For…

James Magnus-Johnston (2022-09-21). Pandemic and the Policy Roots of a Steady State Economy. indybay.org We are in the midst of a radical disruption and nurturing the roots of a just transition. Whichever way events unfold over the coming years, it's clear that returning to the pre-pandemic status quo is less realistic and more difficult than embracing the change that's well underway. James Magnus-Johnston is a PhD researcher at McGill University.

Karen Dolan (2022-09-21). Data Reveals Poverty Is a Political Choice. commondreams.org New data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that there were a whopping 45 million fewer Americans in poverty in 2021 than in 2020.

____ (2022-09-21). Universal Beijing Resort marks first anniversary with surging visits. ecns.cn Universal Beijing Resort celebrated its first anniversary on Tuesday, and despite the COVID-19 epidemic it has remained popular, with visits surging. It has also boosted consumption at surrounding hotels and restaurants.

Joe Sims (2022-09-21). CPUSA leader: Democracy itself is on the ballot this November. peoplesworld.org The following is adapted from a report presented by Communist Party USA Co-Chair Joe Sims at the party's National Committee meeting, Sept. 18, 2022. Watch a video of his remarks here. In just a few weeks, voters will decide who controls Congress. Will it be those who outlawed abortion, blocked voting rights, and now want to …

WSWS (2022-09-21). Boil-water notice lifted in Jackson, Mississippi, but serious problems remain. wsws.org Since late July, the state's health department instructed the more than 1 ,000 residents of the state's capital to bring all water used for consumption, food preparation, and hygiene to a boil.

____ (2022-09-21). FM focusing on promoting Iran's foreign trade in intl. arenas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for the Economic Diplomacy Affairs said that Ministry of Foreign Affairs is making its utmost efforts to enhance country's foreign policy in the international arenas.

Staff (2022-09-21). President Petro to Attend Border Reopening Ceremony. orinocotribune.com Next Monday, September 26, the reopening of the border between Colombia and Venezuela will take place. Earlier today, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro announced, from the United Nations in New York, that he will be in attendance. | "We are working to participate in the launching of the economic, commercial and human opening, which is the most important thing," Petro told the media. "Hopefully the end of the humanitarian crisis that, violating human rights, affected millions of people [and] family members, on both sides of the border." | "Estamos evaluando asistir a al comienzo de una apertura económica, comerci…

WSWS (2022-09-20). Biden on "60 Minutes": American capitalism is at war with the world, at war with reality. wsws.org In the space of 25 minutes, Biden declared the COVID-19 "pandemic over," threatened a massive escalation of war against Russia and pledged US forces to a possible war with China.

Ahmed Al-Sammak, Aya Emad (2022-09-20). Suicide in Gaza: "A message of anger" electronicintifada.net Poverty, unemployment and hopelessness are some of the reasons why Palestinians in Gaza are dying by suicide.

Tamara Nassar (2022-09-20). Palestinians protest PA collaboration with Israel. electronicintifada.net Man killed as Palestinian security forces do Israel's dirty work in Nablus.

Jack Gilroy (2022-09-20). Exposing the Merchants of Death. covertactionmagazine.com The village of Endicott, New York, is where the computer age began. International Business Machines, or IBM, has roots in Endicott back to 1916 as a time clock company. It later became the acclaimed leader in the design and building of business machines and, in 1981, introduced to the world the first personal computer. At …

_____ (2022-09-20). Iran's Membership in the SCO Only Strengthens It. journal-neo.org The irreversible fundamental changes that have recently emerged in world politics and economics make the growing role of the new centers of power increasingly clear. They interact with each other based on the universally recognized principles of the primacy of international law and the Charter of the UN, to ensure equal and indivisible security, respect …

Colin Todhunter (2022-09-20). Agricultores holandeses resistiendo la transición tóxica. globalizacion.ca En los últimos años, los gobiernos han estado demostrando su sumisión a sus amos multimillonarios en Big Finance, las fundaciones Gates y Rockefeller, BlackRock y toda la gama de fuerzas en el complejo militar-financiero-industrial detrás del 'Gran reinicio', 'Nueva normalidad'…

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