(2022-09-24). Why Manchin's Side Deal Or 'Permitting Reform' Must Be Blocked. popularresistance.org It seems the mainstream narrative is that the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) is a big step toward addressing the climate crisis while the side deal is a step backwards, but we may not be able to stop it. I disagree; from my perspective, the giveaways to the fossil fuel and nuclear industries in the IRA make it most likely a net negative for the environment. | Renewable energy has been outcompeting fossil fuels in most places; they are much cheaper than nuclear power everywhere. Won't giving subsidies to all three help the previously losing industries most? In any case, subsidies for buying outsize electric vehicle…
(2022-09-24). COP27 To Be Held In Egypt Amid Global Challenges. popularresistance.org African nations are preparing for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) scheduled to take place in the Egyptian resort area of Sharm-el-Sheikh from November 6-20. | This gathering is taking place during a period of rising uncertainty due to burgeoning food deficits along with the crisis of accumulation and distribution related to agricultural products in general. | Energy costs have skyrocketed due to several important factors including the Pentagon-NATO war in Ukraine; the failure of the United States government to curtail inflation through price controls utilizing higher taxation rates against corporati…
(2022-09-24). [Comment] Using data to improve care: childhood cancer in China. thelancet.com The last decades have seen substantial improvements in childhood cancer treatment, with cure rates of more than 80%.1 Although these statistics represent hope for families, they are only relevant to those treated in high-income countries. Cure rates are far lower in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where more than 80% of children with cancer reside.2 This survival gap is one of the starkest inequalities in global child health. In this context, Xin Ni and colleagues3 established childhood cancer incidence rates across China by leveraging new health services databases that approach population-level c…
(2022-09-24). [Articles] Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and access to health services among children and adolescents in China: a cross-sectional study. thelancet.com Our study showed that the burden of cancer in children and adolescents in China is much higher than previously nationally reported from 2000 to 2015. The distribution of the accessibility of health services, as a social determinant of health, might have a notable role in the socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence among Chinese children and adolescents. With regards to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, policy approaches should prioritise increasing the accessibility of health services for early diagnosis to improve outcomes and subsequently reduce disease burdens, as well as narrowing the socioe…
(2022-09-24). PDVSA Reports Income Recovery in First Two Quarters of 2022. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA's accumulated income in the first eight months of this year reached $10 billion, which is 62% higher than what it earned during the same period in 2021, according to a report by the website specializing in economics, According to data presented by Petroguía, the average volume of exports for the last two quarters is 617,000 barrels per day, and the Merey crude, a marker used to brand the oil that Venezuela e…
(2022-09-24). Iran, EAEU trade value hits $5bn: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — The Advisor to the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) for Trade Agreements and International Affairs put the current value of trade between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) at $5 billion.
(2022-09-24). Raising interest rates to fight inflation is a crazy idea. indybay.org Monetarism was conceived in the 1960s as a kind of liberal answer to the teachings of John Maynard Keynes, tracing back directly to the neoliberal mastermind Milton Friedman. The core of the monetarist doctrine is that the money supply mono-causally determines the value of money.
(2022-09-24). [World Report] Uncertainty over the future of Sri Lankan health care. thelancet.com An economic crisis is hampering the provision of care for many Sri Lankans. Talha Burki reports.
(2022-09-24). Railroad contracts: Biden, Walsh thwart use of strike weapon. workers.org 
As the deadline for a national railroad strike loomed, President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh hammered out a tentative agreement between the rail freight bosses and those railroad unions which had not already agreed to a contract. For now, this maneuvering has averted a strike that . . . |
(2022-09-24). A People's Analysis Of A World On Fire. popularresistance.org As several popular movements, together with many organic intellectuals, have been warning, we are undergoing a crisis of the capitalist system globally. The results of this crisis are unpredictable. Contrary to what liberals and even some heterodoxy argue, this crisis is a product of neoliberalism. That is to say, the crisis is a product of the intrinsic development of capital itself and not a problem alien to the "normal functioning of the system". It is the very development of capital itself that creates all the contradictions which, when they become more acute, lead to crisis. | This crisis does not affect the…
(2022-09-24). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Schools Take Off. levernews.com Good things are happening! Schools are getting into energy in a big way, while the health care industry is feeling the heat for its investments in fossil fuels. Meanwhile, a young activist scored a big victory against Idaho's far right, while a major library just took a stand against banned books. Finally, unionization efforts are spreading, this time to Home Depot stores and a big metro newspaper.All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It, available below for supporting subscribers. | Read the full story: | Sign up now to read the full story and get access to all paid po…
(2022-09-24). [Comment] Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System: 70 years of responding to the expected and preparing for the unexpected. thelancet.com When a cluster of respiratory viral infections occurs, early recognition by clinicians linked to a global network is essential for rapid identification of the causal pathogen and subsequent risk assessment and public health response. Crucial to this process are sentinel physician and hospital networks where samples are collected from patients with febrile respiratory infections; trained laboratory staff to identify the causative pathogen; and epidemiologists and public health staff to collect data and evaluate pathogen spread and disease severity in susceptible populations.
(2022-09-24). Wood Street Community Faces Eviction. indybay.org In light of serial evictions, a self-organized community of unhoused and advocates at Wood Street in West Oakland have presented an elegant plan to build a tiny home community and resource center, however the City of Oakland and Caltrans have fallen short on collaborating or providing access to real resources.
(2022-09-24). Direct Cash Transfers Lifted 28 Million Americans Out of Poverty During Pandemic. commondreams.org Nevertheless, 112 million people in the United States were still poor or one emergency away from being poor in 2021, showing how far we have left to go.
(2022-09-24). It's Lower-Income Families Who Will Be Hit Hardest by Fed Rate Hikes. commondreams.org Let's not pretend we don't understand who will be punished here.
(2022-09-24). Shanghai lifts restrictions on roadside stalls. ecns.cn Nearly 20 years after Shanghai banned roadside stalls for the sake of maintaining the city's appearance, the city finally lifted the ban, a move widely applauded by netizens and experts for not only having economic benefits, but bringing convenience to people's lives.
(2022-09-24). Iran's non-oil exports to SCO member states up by 29% in Q1. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — The Director-General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance for Financial and Commercial Markets announced the 29 percent growth of non-oil goods with Shanghai Cooperation Organization's member states in 1st quarter.
(2022-09-24). Is It Time to Dissolve the British Commonwealth? globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-24). "My turn is to workers on the factory floor": Highlights from UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman's debate with the union bureaucracy. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site is publishing excerpts from the historic debate for UAW president, in which rank-and-file worker Will Lehman challenged the entire union apparatus.
(2022-09-24). Autoridades cubanas impiden tráfico ilícito de fósil de pez cubano de 23 millones de años de antigàºedad. cubadebate.cu La labor de autoridades cubanas impidió la salida del país del fósil de un pez con unos 23 millones de años de antigàºedad, el día 8 último, trascendió en una conferencia sobre tráfico ilícito de bienes culturales durante el VII Taller de Museología y Sociedad. Se trata de un esqueleto fósil casi completo de pez actinopterigio, en buenas condiciones.
(2022-09-24). LA Protest Shuts Down FCMAT Meeting:Protesters Say Stop Closures, Charters/Privatization. indybay.org Community activists, kids and public education supporters protested at the LA meeting of FCMAT. They spoke out and shut it down when the FCMAT refused to provide answers.
(2022-09-23). Ontario education support workers: Vote YES to strike! Build rank-and-file committees to defend public education and stop COVID! wsws.org A decisive vote for strike action must be made the starting point for the political mobilization of all education workers to defend public education, defeat the hard-right Ford government's austerity agenda, and secure inflation-busting wage and benefit increases.
(2022-09-23). Ukraine War Escalates—And Nuclear War Threats Grow. liberationnews.org The Ukraine war is escalating—dramatically…
(2022-09-23). Brainwashed For War With Russia. popularresistance.org Thanks to Establishment media, the sorcerer apprentices advising President Joe Biden — I refer to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jacob Sullivan, and China specialist Kurt Campbell — will have no trouble rallying Americans for the widest war in 77 years, starting in Ukraine, and maybe spreading to China. And, shockingly, under false pretenses. | Most Americans are oblivious to the reality that Western media are owned and operated by the same corporations that make massive profits by helping to stoke small wars and then peddling the necessary weapons. Corporate leaders, and…
(2022-09-23). 87% Of World Doesn't Support West's New Cold War On Russia. popularresistance.org Two former US diplomats have acknowledged that the vast majority of the global population does not support the West's new cold war on Russia. | In a Newsweek op-ed titled "Nearly 90 Percent of the World Isn't Following Us on Ukraine," ex diplomats Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell wrote: | While the United States and its closest allies in Europe and Asia have imposed tough economic sanctions on Moscow, 87 percent of the world's population has declined to follow us. Economic sanctions have united our adversaries in shared resistance. Less predictably, the outbreak of Cold War II, has also led countries that we…
(2022-09-23). Chinese premier calls on China, Japan to enhance economic cooperation. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday said China is ready to work with Japan to upgrade the all-round, wide-ranging and multi-level cooperation.
(2022-09-23). China's consumption market expands with strong impetus over decade: report. ecns.cn China's consumer market has logged rapid development in the last decade, with its structure becoming more balanced and new business forms gaining steam, an official report showed on Thursday.
(2022-09-23). Nation to advance FTA strategy. ecns.cn China will advance its free trade agreement strategy to effectively connect domestic and foreign markets and relevant resources, in terms of "expanding scope, improving quality and raising efficiency".
(2022-09-23). Decade-long efforts to safeguard cross-Strait peace and stability, promote China's reunification. ecns.cn The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has effectively safeguarded peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and advanced the process toward the reunification of the motherland over the past decade.
(2022-09-23). Steady China-Japan ties beneficial to both, Li says. ecns.cn Premier Li Keqiang emphasized on Thursday Beijing's readiness to work with Tokyo to enable the upgrading of bilateral cooperation in all dimensions, wide-ranging areas and multiple levels, calling on the two sides to better tap into the potential for regional economic growth.
(2022-09-23). Xi extends greetings ahead of farmers' harvest festival. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has extended festive greetings and sincere regards on behalf of the CPC Central Committee to farmers and people working on agricultural and rural fronts ahead of the fifth Chinese farmers' harvest festival.
(2022-09-23). White House Says Migrants 'Fleeing Communism'—Plus, Toxic Lead In Chicago Water. thedissenter.org 
Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola had a limited amount of time for this week's episode. Rania was in New York to cover the UN General Assembly meeting, where a number of Latin American leaders condemned US imperialism. | Rania and Kevin talk a bit about some of the speeches and also respond to Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying the migrants being flown by Republican governors to blue cities are "fleeing communism" in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
(2022-09-23). Where Do the Largest Number of Traffickers and Victims of Human Trafficking Live? orinocotribune.com By Francisco Arias Fernández Sep 19, 2022 | The International Labor Organization estimates there are 24.9 million victims of trafficking globally, a criminal activity that generates around $1 billion annually in illicit profits. | Online Internet prostitute services; foreign and resident women victims of smuggling, forced and coerced to work in the sex industry; regular customers; pimps; online child traffickers; lifeguards, computer scientists and corrupt Disney amusement park waiters; and other collateral merchants were part of an alarming police finding in early 2022. | More than 100 people, several Dis…
(2022-09-23). German government spends 29 billion euros on gas importer Uniper. wsws.org The biggest part of the €29 billion for Uniper will flow into the coffers of the large energy concerns, who are making record profits as a result of the energy shortage and astronomical prices on the spot markets.
(2022-09-23). This Constitution Week Let's Stop Using Brands That Support Prison Slavery. commondreams.org An estimated $14 billion in wages are stolen every year from incarcerated workers across the country.
(2022-09-23). US Dow Hits Bear Market Territory on Inflation Woes. telesurenglish.net The Dow ended below the 30,000 mark and at one point fell to a new low for this year. The losses reflect investors' fears that inflation is not fading as fast as they thought, which has prompted the U.S. Federal Reserve to continue on its aggressive rate-hiking path. | A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, the United States, on Aug. 26, 2022.
(2022-09-23). How Will the Fed's Rate Hikes Help the Poor? cepr.net Those at the bottom end of the income distribution will be paying the biggest price for the Fed's anti-inflation policy, and it is important to recognize this fact.
(2022-09-23). The Fed's Interest Rate Hikes Are Going to Hit the Most Vulnerable. cepr.net The Fed should pause before it hikes further and see the extent to which its hikes to date, along with supply chain fixes, have quelled inflation.
(2022-09-23). Vowing "pain," Federal Reserve pledges to slash workers' wages. wsws.org Behind the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's rhetoric about "fighting inflation" is a brutal class policy of using mass unemployment to drive down wages.
(2022-09-23). The Heat: Bolivian President Luis Arce and UN Head of Biodiversity Elizabeth Mrema. america.cgtn.com 
How did Bolivia escape rampant global inflation? And why is biodiversity critical to the survival of our planet?>
(2022-09-23). UK Business Activity Falls at Fastest Rate Since Early 2021. telesurenglish.net The United Kingdom's business activity fell in September at the fastest rate since January 2021, as cost pressures remain high and demand wanes. | RELATED: | The S&P Global/CIPS Flash UK PMI Composite Output Index slipped to 48.4 from 49.6 in August, hitting a 20-month low and pointing to a further decline in UK private sector output. | Falling business activity indicates that the economy is likely in recession, said…
(2022-09-23). "Through this brutality, Sri Lanka's government is imposing IMF burdens on the people": Support builds for SEP meeting against state repression. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) is holding a meeting this Sunday to outline a revolutionary socialist program to mobilize the working class and and oppressed masses against the wave of repression unleashed by the newly installed government of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
(2022-09-23). Military Whistleblower Challenges Pentagon's Warrantless Purchase Of Internet Data. thedissenter.org 
(2022-09-23). Philly Museum of Art workers strike. workers.org 
During a one-day strike Sept. 16, workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art picketed the renowned institution as a warning to senior management of what will happen if the bosses continue their unfair labor practices. With 180 members, the PMA Union (Local 397 of AFSCME District Council 47) has been . . . |
(2022-09-23). Washington's "Long War" Against Us All. marktaliano.net The West, led by Washington is leading a "long war" (1) against humanity. It is global. The war is even extending to local populations. Some call it internal colonialism, neoliberalism, eugenics (2). It is all three. The jabs kill and the "controllers" know it. In Syria and beyond the Western miitary -intelligence operations support the …
(2022-09-23). 'Only Way Out Is Emancipation': Mapuche Ponder Future As Chile Rejects Constitution. towardfreedom.org Chile's population rejecting a proposed constitution on September 4 will hit hard one group: Indigenous people, who are socially and economically disadvantaged, thanks to generations of land dispossession and invisibility in Chile's political landscape. Carole Concha Bell reports.
(2022-09-23). Decorations are awarded for the anniversary of the CDR, with the presence of Díaz-Canel. en.cubadebate.cu With the presence of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and president of the Republic, the National Directorate of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) celebrates in Havana the act of decorations in salute to the 62nd anniversary of the cederista organization. The ceremony, in the El Laguito Protocol Hall, recognizes the work of outstanding members and groups in the fulfillment of their tasks, with relevant revolutionary trajectory and loyalty to the Homeland.
(2022-09-23). Without Culture, Freedom Is Impossible. popularresistance.org In 2002, Cuba's President Fidel Castro Ruz visited the country's National Ballet School to inaugurate the 18th Havana International Ballet Festival. Founded in 1948 by the prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso (1920—2019), the school struggled financially until the Cuban Revolution decided that ballet — like other art forms — must be available to everyone and so must be socially financed. At the school in 2002, Castro remembered that the first festival, held in 1960, 'asserted Cuba's cultural vocation, identity, and nationality, even under the most adverse circumstances, when major dangers and…
(2022-09-23). World Economic Forum Cites Compliance with COVID Mandates to Promote 'Climate Change' Lockdowns. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-23). Jamaica Calls for Climate Action to Save Small Island States. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness stressed the need for climate action to ensure the survival of small island developing states (SIDS). | RELATED: | "Climate Change is an immediate existential threat for small island developing states like Jamaica," Holness said at the UN General Assembly, noting that a single climate event could wipe out 100 percent of the economy of a small island developing state…
(2022-09-23). Poverty Is A Public Policy Choice. popularresistance.org It should not have taken a pandemic to realize poverty is a public policy choice. | Public investments in safety net programs continue to be extremely effective poverty reduction tools, as newly released Census income data show. Government social programs kept tens of millions of people out of poverty in 2021. Because of expansions to programs like unemployment insurance benefits and the child tax credit, poverty rates were actually lower in 2021 than they were prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. | The poverty reduction achieved through expanded social insurance programs highlights how much policymakers' choices can…
(2022-09-23). Support & Pre-Order New Book 'Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy'. iacenter.org Donate! Pre-Order your book now! Help an international campaign opposing US sanctions on more than 40 countries. A Crime Against Humanity. Help cover our printing costs. All donations of $25 or MORE will receive a copy of Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy A 200 page book produced by the SanctionsKill Campaign, delivered in November, 2022.
(2022-09-23). Botswana Seeks to Reduce Its Reliance on Diamonds. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Botswana should diversify its economy to reduce its heavy dependence on diamonds, President Mokgweetsi Masisi told world leaders attending the general debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. | RELATED: | Botswana is facing "an uphill battle" to attract investors to diversify its economy away from dependence on diamonds, the president said, while pointing out the resource is still the "bedrock" of its economy. | When Botswan…
(2022-09-23). Lula Reaches 49 Percent 9 Days Before the Brazilian Elections. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Brazil's Institute for Social, Political and Economic Research (IPESPE) published the results of its most recent voting intention poll, which was conducted from Sept. 19 to Sept. 21 with a sample of 2,000 field interviews nationwide. | RELATED: | It shows that the Workers' Party candidate Lula da Silva has already reached 49 percent of citizen preferences and could easily exceed the percent of valid votes neede…
(2022-09-23). Stop The Uberisation Of Royal Mail. popularresistance.org This morning, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) leadership met with Royal Mail Group's senior management. We hoped this meeting would begin resolving the ongoing industrial strife that has seen hundreds of thousands of employees take strike action against degrading real-terms pay cuts and the deterioration of workplace conditions. | However, they had other ideas. While we waited, managers began being briefed across the country about new plans for the 'modernisation' of the company. One of the company's CEOs, Simon Thompson, handed us two letters.
(2022-09-23). The US Response to the World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Seize and Privatize. orinocotribune.com 
By Andres Arauz Sep 19, 2022 | On August 10, more than 70 economists, including Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, former economy minister for Argentina Martín Guzmán, and myself, sent a In the letter, we describe how the seizure of the reserves is contributing to mass death and starvation:…
(2022-09-23). South Africa Raises Policy Rate by 75 Basis Points. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had decided to raise the policy rate by 75 basis points to 6.25 percent per annum with effect from Friday. | RELATED: | This means the current repurchase rate of 5.5 percent will now increase to 6.25 percent and the prime lending rate to 9.75 percent. The bank has raised the repurchase rate for the sixth suc…
(2022-09-23). After Expanded Child Tax Credit Slashed Poverty, Letting It Lapse Was Enormous Mistake. commondreams.org All in all, child poverty was the lowest on record in 2021, largely due to key expansions of the Child Tax Credit. Unfortunately, that's where the good news ends.
(2022-09-23). Boston Marches for Indigenous Peoples Day. workers.org 
By K. James Protesters will march through the streets of Boston on Oct. 8 to demand that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day (IPD) instead of Columbus Day. For decades, Indigenous peoples in the United States have been demanding an end to the public celebration of Christopher Columbus, . . . |
(2022-09-23). New Zealand government promotes complacency about COVID-19. wsws.org After removing nearly all mask mandates and other public health measures, the Labour Party-led government is scrapping regular COVID press briefings, as it seeks to normalise mass infection and death.
(2022-09-23). Arriva London North bus drivers to strike indefinitely from October as Unite prevents city-wide pay fight. wsws.org The role of the Unite leader Sharon Graham as British capitalism's chief industrial fire fighter is coming into sharp focus.
(2022-09-23). On eve of Brazil's election, Workers Party covers up collaboration in Bolsonaro's COVID-19 "herd immunity" policy. wsws.org The Workers Party's claim that it will "rebuild and transform" Brazil is directly refuted by the role it played in implementing the herd immunity policy in Brazil.
(2022-09-23). First time in over 20 years: Japan takes action to curb yen's slide. ecns.cn The Japanese government on Thursday took steps to intervene in the foreign exchange market to stem the yen's decline for the first time since 1998, according to a senior Finance Ministry official.
(2022-09-23). Poor People's Campaign's 400,000-strong network to mobilize five million voters. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Seeking to build on success in 2020, the Poor People's Campaign is undertaking a massive campaign across multiple states not just to register new poor and low-income/low-wealth people to vote, but to ensure those who already are registered actually do vote this year. And, given some of the states with the highest concentrations of such …
(2022-09-23). Report: Chinese enterprises banking on digitalization for global expansion. ecns.cn Despite external uncertainties, Chinese enterprises are actively expanding their overseas footprint, with investments mainly focusing on advanced manufacturing and technology.
(2022-09-23). Working-class tribune Barbara Ehrenreich exposed inequality and capitalism's positive thinking cult. peoplesworld.org 
The late Barbara Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 bestseller Nickel and Dimed, which showed that hard-working people simply weren't making it in America. But Ehrenreich, who passed away this September at 81, made an equally great contribution to economic justice with her subsequent book, Bright-Sided. It argued that the cult of "positive thinking" was putting …
(2022-09-23). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Gujarat tuberculous health workers strike; Tamil Nadu railway workers oppose mass sackings; Australia: Pacific National train drivers in Queensland hold more strikes; South32 miners' strike enters sixth week New Zealand aircraft engineers in ninth week of industrial action[…
(2022-09-23). In historic debate, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman calls for abolition of union bureaucracy, power to the rank and file. wsws.org The debate largely took the form of efforts by the various representatives of the apparatus to defend themselves against Lehman, who combined a fight for rank-and-file power with a call for a socialist and internationalist perspective.
(2022-09-23). Prison labor helped build U.S. capitalists' business empires. peoplesworld.org 
More than 1 years ago, a prison complex known as the Lone Rock stockade operated at one of the biggest coal mines in Tennessee. It was powered largely by African American men who had been arrested for minor offenses—like stealing a hog—if they committed any crime at all. Women and children, some as young as …
(2022-09-23). Poor People's Campaign's 400,000-strong network to mobilize 5 million voters. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Seeking to build on success in 2020, the Poor People's Campaign is undertaking a massive campaign across multiple states not just to register new poor and low-income/low-wealth people to vote, but to ensure those who already are registered actually do vote this year. And, given some of the states with the highest concentrations of such …
(2022-09-23). What You Need to Know About the Energy Crisis. commondreams.org Every discussion about energy should begin or end with a reminder that building a global industrial economy on the basis of ever-increasing rates of extracting and burning finite fossil fuel resources, with polluting byproducts, was and is utterly insane.
(2022-09-23). State Council executive meeting calls for more measures to bolster recovery. ecns.cn Premier Li Keqiang heard a report on the ninth round of the State Council's accountability inspection. He called for greater efforts in policy implementation to bolster the recovery and growth of the economy.
(2022-09-23). A Welfare System Built to Exclude Will Never Reduce Poverty in the US. commondreams.org To fix its broken welfare system, the U.S. must move away from its fixation on fraud, exclusions by design, and the stigmatization of people in poverty.
(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 . . . |
(2022-09-22). New bombshell film exposes Israel lobby role in UK Labour Party. electronicintifada.net Al Jazeera obtains huge leak of internal documents revealing dirty tricks.
(2022-09-22). The Pentagon Is Waging War on Planet Earth. scheerpost.com 
[ By On October 1st, the U.S. military will start spending the more than $800 billion Congress is going to provide it with in fiscal year 2023. And that whopping sum will just be the beginning. According to the
(2022-09-22). Swedish Krona Falls to Record Low Against US Dollar. telesurenglish.net The Swedish krona fell to a historic low against the U.S. dollar on Thursday. | For a brief, the krona traded at 0.090 dollars, its lowest ever, against the backdrop of staggering inflation and a string of domestic and international rate hikes, TT news agency reported. | RELATED: | The krona weakened despite Tuesday's decision by the Swedish central bank (Riksbank) to raise its main policy rate by 100 basis points t…
(2022-09-22). Bitcoin Influence The Material Area Over Globe. southfront.org 
SPONSORED: | | The textile industry has expanded the supply chain by entering into the modern culture and leaving the traditional functions behind in stage production. It is charming to witness the culture of the new systems in the sector of growth and interaction. The Desire for a person indirectly develop a cultural relationship with the consumer from their smartphone is a beautiful way of communicating and controlling the mindset. The exact circulations of the transactions are done through the digital…
(2022-09-22). Census Data Proves Anti-Poverty Measures Work. otherwords.org The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that poverty dropped notably in 2021. Amid a pandemic and widespread economic pain, this is a significant accomplishment. There are three lessons here — about government programs, about how we measure poverty, and about how far we have left to go. First, these numbers show that government programs work. …
(2022-09-22). Caitlin Johnstone: America's Perverse Poverty Draft. scheerpost.com 
(2022-09-22). New York: Prosecutor sues Trump and three of his children for more than 200 cases of fraud. en.cubadebate.cu The 214-page lawsuit is the culmination of a three-year investigation showing that Donald Trump and his children Ivanka, Eric and Donald Trump Jr., as well as Trump Organization executives Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney, allegedly used the image of wealth and opulence of the former president to make him look like a great businessman who earned millions of dollars when he was a television presenter, as well as during his presidency. James announced the details of the lawsuit at a news conference, where she said the case was civil, not criminal.