(2022-10-01). Cancer-Causing Pesticide exceeds State risk levels over the last decade at Monterey County. indybay.org Concerned about the use of the cancer-causing drift-prone pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D), more than pesticide reform advocates, including farmworkers, health professionals, teachers, and their allies held a news conference and rally at the Monterey County Government Center on Tuesday, September 27th — the 60th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. The group, organized by Safe Ag Safe Schools and the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, called on the County Ag Commissioner to reduce 1,3-D use and web-post warnings. | The news conference can be seen in its entirety at: https…
(2022-10-01). Spanish Pabloites hail gender politics of Podemos as it wages NATO war on Russia. wsws.org The petty-bourgeois Anticapitalistas tendency is signaling that its middle class supporters should rally to the support of Podemos' right-wing agenda based on identity politics.
(2022-10-01). French workers on one-day strike 29 September against inflation, war. wsws.org Around 2 ,000 workers demonstrated across France, according to trade unions, as working class anger mounts over the danger of hunger and cold this winter, linked to the war against Russia.
(2022-10-01). Xi meets C919 project team, urging more breakthroughs in high-end equipment manufacturing. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Friday commended the achievements made in the development of the C919 large passenger aircraft and called for more major breakthroughs in China's high-end equipment manufacturing.
(2022-10-01). China's services trade deficit narrows in August. ecns.cn China saw a narrowing deficit in its services trade in August, official data showed Friday.
(2022-10-01). China's SOEs post steady revenue growth in first eight months. ecns.cn China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) saw increased revenue and smaller profit drop in the first eight months of this year, official data showed.
(2022-10-01). Xi pays tribute to national heroes on Martyrs' Day. ecns.cn Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China and the state attended a ceremony on Friday morning in Tian'anmen Square in Beijing to present flower baskets to fallen national heroes.
(2022-10-01). Australia ends COVID isolation requirements: Business hails "freedom," medical experts warn of mass deaths. wsws.org The end of any infection control by the federal Labor government means that current COVID deaths, already at record levels, will be dwarfed by the mass casualties to come.
(2022-10-01). State Attorney General Urged to Investigate Sutter Health's Use of CARES Act Money. indybay.org DALY CITY — San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa announced that he has sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta urging him to investigate Sutter Health's use of federal CARES Act dollars. The not-for-profit health care giant received $853 million in CARES Act funding, yet closed the Mack E. Mickelson therapy pool, the only warm water rehabilitation facility of its kind on the Peninsula. | "The federal CARES Act of 2020 was passed for the express purpose of keeping vital medical and community resources like the Mickelson therapy pool open during the COVID pandemic," Canepa said. "Yet despit…
(2022-10-01). [Comment] Coloniality and racism impacts the health of young people. thelancet.com As Indigenous Māori health researchers, our vision is for all young people to thrive and flourish as our leaders of today and to live free from all forms of discrimination. Yet, in the nation state currently known as New Zealand, it is clear this experience is not shared by all. In The Lancet, Rachel Simon-Kumar, Sonia Lewycka, and colleagues1 examine experiences of racism and their effects in terms of socioeconomic inequities, interpersonal discrimination, and health inequities between and among the privileged majority and Indigenous Māori and ethnic minority young people in New Zealand.
(2022-10-01). Australia: Knauf locks out plasterboard workers in Melbourne. wsws.org The Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union is ensuring that the lockout will financially cripple workers, leaving them with no choice but to accept whatever rotten deal the company puts before them.
(2022-10-01). Saturday 10/8: The California Propositions Demystified. indybay.org
(2022-10-01). [Articles] Flexible resources and experiences of racism among a multi-ethnic adolescent population in Aotearoa, New Zealand: an intersectional analysis of health and socioeconomic inequities using survey data. thelancet.com Indigenous and ethnic minority experiences of racism are heterogeneous. Structural flexible resources (wealth) and, more substantially, embodiment flexible resources (perceived Whiteness) mitigate individual experiences of racism. In multi-ethnic western societies, anti-racist interventions and policies must address both structural deprivation and associated intergenerational mobility and colourism (ie, implicit and explicit bias against non-White youth).
(2022-10-01). Homegrown, high-quality goods prevail. ecns.cn Chinese consumers have become more conservative regarding buying nonessential goods and are paying more attention to the quality of purchased products, with homegrown brands gaining increased popularity among millennial and Generation Z consumers.
(2022-10-01). Apple Toxic Is It Above The Law? With Whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik. indybay.org Ashley M. Gjà∏vik an Apple employee discovers that her office is sitting on a super-fund dump site in Sunnyvale. She tries to get it tested by the EPA and is retaliated against and fired. She also discover that Apple has captured the agencies she is trying to get to protect her and her fellow worker.
(2022-10-01). [Correspondence] A healthy future for children and adolescents. thelancet.com The Lancet Series on optimising child and adolescent health and development disappoints by having a non-inclusive vision for the health and development of children and adolescents. Millions of children with lifelong disabilities, 95% of whom live in low-income and middle-income countries, are overlooked. True, children with disabilities are less likely to contribute to the country's human capital,1 but that does not justify their exclusion from a call to reinvigorate child health interventions.
(2022-10-01). Do You Hear Us? UAL Flight Attendants March Against Union Busting & Join SFO Unite Here. indybay.org Hundreds of UAL Association of Flight Attendants AFA flight attendants joined with 1,000 striking SFO Unite Here food service workers at the airport. The UAL AFA leaders charged that UAL is engaged in union busting practices and refuse to negotiate with the union over changes effecting passengers and the workers. SFO Unite Here workers have been without a wage increase since 2018 at the airport and cannot survive on their wages…
(2022-10-01). [Editorial] Polio eradication: falling at the final hurdle? thelancet.com The past 3 years have seen remarkable developments in the effort to eradicate polio. In 2019, global eradication of type 3 poliovirus was declared. In 2020, Africa was classified as free from endemic polio. Wild poliovirus was confined to pockets of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But optimism is receding. Polio has returned to many parts of the world, and the upcoming replenishment to fund the eradication initiative comes amid geopolitical crises and global economic difficulties. The final stages of eradication have long been stuttering.
(2022-10-01). Chinese enterprise helps renewable energy transition in Jordan. ecns.cn On the barren desert of southern Jordan, numerous towering wind turbines are working to generate the renewable energy that the country needs to spur its green transition.
(2022-10-01). Continúan labores para el restablecimiento del sistema eléctrico en Cuba tras huracán Ian. telesurtv.net Las principales acciones se centran en recuperar el servicio eléctrico el cual quedó con serias afectaciones.
(2022-09-30). US announces plans to expand "industrial base" for war with Russia. wsws.org Amid claims that the United States has sent so many weapons to Ukraine that it verges on depleting the capabilities of the US military, the US and its allies have announced a major new initiative to expand arms production.
(2022-09-30). Western economic warfare backfired, new depression likely to come. infobrics.org What awaits Europe with Nord Stream pipelines possibly gone forever?>
(2022-09-30). Who Profits from Pipeline Terror? "A NATO on NATO Attack" globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-30). China's Imports of Russian Coal Hit 5-Year High as Ties Deepen. infobrics.org Russian coal imports reach 8.54 million tonnes in August amid soaring energy demand in the world's second-largest economy…
(2022-09-30). Neo-Colonial Apologia, Imperialist Hypocrisy, & the Chauvinism Driving Pro-NATO Liberals. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea Sep 26, 2022 | None are more hypocritical than the Americans who say that Russia is waging an imperialist war. The same goes for when they say China is carrying out a colonial genocide, or when they say the DPRK violates its people's human rights, or when they say Cuba is anti-democratic. The biggest of these projections is the one in which Americans say the PRC is carrying out neo-colonialism. Because not only are the U.S. and its wealthiest allies themselves guilty of neo-colonialism, but the central motive behind their cold war escalations is to maintain this neo-colonial extraction. | The…
(2022-09-30). Movements in NATO countries mobilize against war. workers.org 
With an avalanche of anti-Russian propaganda in NATO-member and other European Union countries — and in the U.S. — the corporate media has created an obstacle to mobilizing antiwar actions. Nevertheless, the high economic cost of the war, including much higher prices for basic goods and shortages of energy sources, . . . |
(2022-09-30). Zachary Karabell: China Is Not the Enemy—It Is America's Indispensable Economic Partner. scheerpost.com 
Zachary Karabell. Photo credit: The New America Foundation | : China—along with Russia—shares the attention of an increasingly provocative United State…
(2022-09-30). China tightens e-cigarette regulations, requires firms to obtain licenses. ecns.cn China Tobacco issued a document on its official website on Thursday requiring domestic e-cigarette manufacturers and traders to obtain a license before operating their business, further tightening the regulations for e-cigarettes.
(2022-09-30). Xi pays tribute to national heroes in Beijing. ecns.cn Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China and the State attended a ceremony to present flower baskets to deceased national heroes at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on Friday morning.
(2022-09-30). China-Europe freight train route launched between China's SCODA, Samarkand. ecns.cn A freight train route between the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) in east China's Shandong Province and Samarkand in Uzbekistan was officially launched on Wednesday.
(2022-09-29). China on threshold of top 10 most innovative economies: WIPO. ecns.cn China has moved up to 11th place in the 2022 Global Innovation Index (GII) and firmly remains the only middle-income economy in the top 30, according to the latest ranking published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Thursday.
(2022-09-30). Policy steps to stabilize fund inflows. ecns.cn China will resolutely implement policy measures to stabilize foreign investment, as part of the expansion of the high-level opening-up policy, officials and experts said on Thursday.
(2022-09-30). Ministry updates official dictionary of careers. ecns.cn China launched an updated State-level professions dictionary on Wednesday that includes 158 new professions such as cryptography engineer and financial technician.
(2022-09-30). US Mortgage Rates Hit 7%: Understanding Adjustable Rate Mortgages And The Impact On Black America. moguldom.com Home prices are moving down, but not as fast as interest rates are moving up. As the Federal Reserve aggressively raises the federal funds rate to try and slow inflation, the average 30-year mortgage rate surpassed 7 percent this week, making homeownership even more inaccessible for millions of Americans. "As rent, housing costs, and mortgage …
(2022-09-30). Prison Strike Spreads In Alabama As Incarcerated Individuals Demand DOJ Protect Their Human Rights. thedissenter.org 
Jared Ware, journalist and co-host of "Millennials Are Killing Capitalism" | Jared Ware, journalist and co-host of the "Millennials Are Killing Capitalism" We begin with an overview of the strike, which was on its fifth day when the interview was recorded. Jared describes why the work stoppages were organized now and what the response of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has been to the organized prisoners.
(2022-09-30). US Hybrid War Against Venezuela Goes To Court. popularresistance.org Ambassador Alex Saab, a victim of the US economic war to achieve regime change in Venezuela, has been under arrest for over two years. This article recounts the developments in the diplomat's court case. Saab is fighting against his illegal detention and extradition before the 8th District Court in Miami. | As Venezuela's special envoy and a deputy ambassador to the African Union, Saab has diplomatic immunity from arrest and detention under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Although a party to the convention, the US has flouted this principle of international law. Alex Saab was targeted by the U…
(2022-09-30). How Wall Street Profits Off Of The Sick And Elderly. levernews.com
(2022-09-30). Whistleblower Objects to Pentagon Purchases of Browsing Data. orinocotribune.com 
(2022-09-30). Venezuela to Export Medicine to Colombia. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, September 27, The Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Promotion (VCEPI), Johann àÅlvarez Márquez, held a meeting with the Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (Cifar) to discuss the commencement of the process of exporting medicine to Colombia. Antibiotics, analgesics, and anti-inflammatories are some of the products that will be exported. | àÅlvarez Márquez reported that at this time the national government, collaborating with the private sector, is ready to cover the national production of medicine, protect the pharmaceutical industry, and export Venezuelan products of excell…
(2022-09-30). Inside Derrick Hayes And Pinky Cole's Goal To Sign Up 25,000 Black Men For Life Insurance, Pay 1st Year Of Coverage. moguldom.com 
Entrepreneurial power couple Pinky Cole and Derrick Hayes of Slutty Vegan and Big Dave's Cheesesteaks fame are not strangers to using their creative and financial prowess to give back to the community. One of those initiatives aims to help Black men in a major way. The Atlanta-based duo launched Square 1: The Liife Experience in June 2021 to provide 25,000 Black …
(2022-09-30). Non-Tenure-Track Skidmore College Faculty Votes To Unionize. popularresistance.org Saratoga Springs, New York – In a major milestone for an organizing effort that began in 2018, full-time and part-time, non-tenure-track faculty and other Skidmore College staff voted this month in favor of unionizing. | The National Labor Relations Board conducted two separate mail-in elections — one for full-time staff and one for part-time staff — and 65% of full-time staff voted to join with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 200United, while 67% of part-time employees voted in favor of joining the union, according to an SEIU news release. | The votes, announced Sept. 27, affe…
(2022-09-30). Venezuela's Central Bank Eliminates Minimum for Foreign Currency Purchases. orinocotribune.com In a September 26 statement, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) declared that the maximum amount able to be purchased of any currency remained at ‚Ǩ8, 0 (or its equivalent), but it did not specify a minimum amount, which was previously ‚Ǩ for individuals and ‚Ǩ 0 for companies. | The maximum amounts for foreign currency sales per client/user that banks and exchange houses may carry out are ‚Ǩ1,000 per day, ‚Ǩ4,000 per month, and ‚Ǩ8, 0 per calendar year. | "The accumulated balance will be considered when…
(2022-09-30). Iran's SCO membership can solve banking problems: Lawmaker. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) — Sanctions have brought about problems in the financial and baking transactions of the country, so that Iran's membership at Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will solve this problem significantly.
(2022-09-30). After the Bank of England intervention financial turmoil continues. wsws.org The universal view in financial markets is that nothing has been resolved and a new crisis could erupt at any time, not only in the UK but also in the US where bond markets are undergoing major swings, far beyond anything in "normal" times.
(2022-09-30). Democracy is on the line in November. cpusa.org 
The following is adapted from a talk given at the online Marxist School in 2022. People's life experience has a decisive influence on their reaction to events. But it is not always determinative. Someone influenced by progressive class-struggle ideas, racial and gender equality, and generally by mass democratic movements and who gains a relative …
(2022-09-30). Devastation from Hurricane Ian: Another disaster inflicted by American capitalism. wsws.org The death toll and destruction in Florida are of immense dimensions and demonstrate the failure of capitalist society. Such disasters are not "natural," but the predictable result of the inability of the profit system to address climate change and its environmental consequences.
(2022-09-30). Murdoch media displays Australian Labor PM's close ties to business and dependence on the unions. wsws.org The Labor government is bringing together the country's top business chiefs and trade union bureaucrats against the working class.
(2022-09-29). Who Profits from Pipeline Terror? libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Secret talks between Russia and Germany to resolve their Nord Stream 1 and 2 issues had to be averted at any cost The War of Economic Corridors has entered incandescent, uncharted territory: Pipeline Terror. A sophisticated military operation — that required exhaustive planning, possibly involving several actors — blew up four separate sections of…
(2022-09-29). PDF of September 29 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. Inclusive, expansive, revolutionary New Family Code approved by Cubans 2-to-1 Battling billionaire developers Saladin Muhammad remembered Editorial: U.S. hypocrisy and Iran Labor on the march At Philly's Home Depot California farmworkers Teamster women rally at Amazon HQ U.S. proxy war Western capital grabs Ukraine's farms Antiwar movement . . . |