Daily Archives: October 2, 2022

2022-10-02: News Headlines

_____ (2022-10-02). China Stands against the United States' Violation of International Law. journal-neo.org To date, US-China relations have steadily deteriorated. One of the reasons for the cooling of relations between the two countries is Beijing's growing ambition to gain control of the South Pacific region, while Washington intends to thwart China's growing military and economic power. To maintain their current position in the region, US leaders are strengthening …

Safe Ag Safe Schools (2022-10-02). 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…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-10-02). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

JANET (2022-10-02). The drums of war grow ever louder: Declaration of constitution of the Madrid Platform Against NATO and the Bases. iacenter.org September 30, 2022 By Madrid Platform Madrid, Sept. 20. Madrid Platform Against NATO and Bases. Translation: John Catalinotto The centers of power of Euro-U.S. imperialism have decided to resolve this deep capitalist crisis by applying the updated version of the same procedures they used in other times: massive destruction of capital and war. NATO and the military bases, the armed wing of imperialism, has set itself up as the governing body of the great reconfiguration of capitalism, necessary for its oligarchies to continue to hold power. NATO's war against Russia, under the pretext of the Ukraine war, is the o…

JANET (2022-10-02). Movements in NATO countries mobilize against war. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto September 30, 2022 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, have created an opening that anti-imperialist and antiwar activists are starting to widen. In Germany, the antiwar movement has called for coordinated actions in cities around the country Oct. 1. In Spain, at least one coalition has called, in its Madr…

____ (2022-10-02). China's policy bank lends billions more to agriculture. ecns.cn BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — The Agricultural Development Bank of China, the country's rural policy bank, has issued 2.14 trillion yuan (about 301.5 billion U.S.To ensure grain security, the bank has issued loans worth 372 billion yuan to help purchase summer and autumn grain over the past year, up 96 billion yuan year on year.

____ (2022-10-02). 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.

____ (2022-10-02). Production, new orders increase in September. ecns.cn China's factory activity returned to expansionary territory in September as production and new orders increased, reflecting that the nation's economic recovery is gaining momentum amid a better COVID-19 situation domestically and intensified macroeconomic policy support, officials and experts said.

____ (2022-10-02). 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.

____ (2022-10-02). (W. E. Talk) Why is Xinjiang's Prosperity and Development the most Powerful Counterattack to the U.S. Political Conspiracy of "Containing China through Disrupting Xinjiang". ecns.cn The truth is always a "shredder" for lies. In fact, Xinjiang has always adhered to the people-centered development ideology and has been promoting the people-benefiting projects on employment, healthcare and education, so that the fruits of the development can better benefit its people.

Uriel Araujo (2022-10-02). US Engineered Energy Crisis in Europe. Weaponizing the Dollar, Global Economic Depression. globalresearch.ca

JANET (2022-10-02). Cuba will continue to raise its voice to reject domination and hegemonism. iacenter.org September 29, 2022 Speech by Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, at the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2022 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez at U.N., Sept. 21. Delegates: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, as never before, the true essence of the unjust and unsustainable prevailing international order. Humanity never had this formidable scientific-technical potential nor this extraordinary capacity to generate wealth and well-being, and yet, never before has the world been so unequal and inequality so profound. Eight hundred and twenty-eight million people, 10% of…

Labor Video Project (2022-10-02). 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…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-10-02). Iran, India hold fourth round of political talks in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) — A senior Iranian official at the foreign ministry said that the fourth round of political talks between Iran and India in Tehran Sund., adding that a joint economic commission meeting will be held in New Delhi.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-02). 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.

____ (2022-10-02). French people prepare for energy shortages this winter. ecns.cn In order to reduce their energy consumption, she told Xinhua that they have a substantial stock of wood left from the previous winter that they will use in their fireplace.

____ (2022-10-02). 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.

Staff (2022-10-02). Iran gains leading position in GECF. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) — Iran has been selected as the head of the Energy Economics and Forecasting Department of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, known as GECF.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-02). Union Busting Kaiser Takes Hardline On NUHW Workers While Gov Newsom Is MIA. indybay.org Striking NUHW healthcare workers after 7 weeks on strike face a union busting attack by Kaiser executives and refusal of Governor Gavin Newsom and State Attorney General to enforce the law.

Staff (2022-10-02). Este domingo, retransmisión de " øOtra empresa estatal socialista es posible?" en Cuadrando la caja. cubadebate.cu Este domingo 2 de octubre Cuadrando la caja retransmitirá su emisión dedicada a la empresa estatal ya que por problemas relacionados con el impacto del huracán Ian en la situación energética del estudio donde hacemos el programa no ha sido posible realizarlo. Ofrecemos disculpas a nuestros televidentes y seguidores y agradecemos su comprensión.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-10-02). Organizaciones rechazan paro económico en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. telesurtv.net Convocan a movilización de apoyo al Gobierno de Luis Arce el próximo 3 de octubre.

JANET (2022-10-02). Inclusive, expansive, revolutionary — New Family Code approved by Cubans 2-1. iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt September 27, 2022 After years of intense discussion, debate and an on-the-ground, neighborhood-by-neighborhood democratic process, the people of Cuba have passed a new Family Code. The provisions of this "Code of Affections," as it is familiarly known, are progressive, revolutionary and honor the reality of the wide range of families that people are creating in defiance of patriarchal capitalism. Members of the LGBT community carry a giant pride flag during the parade marking the country's International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, May 17, 2018.

Ricardo Gomez (2022-10-01). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The End Of Super-Pollutants. levernews.com Good things are happening! The U.S. is finally taking action to phase out super-pollutants, New York becomes the next state to phase out gas-powered vehicles, and California is rolling out new policies to transition away from natural gas in homes. Also, a referendum in Cuba has redefined rights for families, while farmworkers have just won historic labor protections.All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It, available below.U.S. Eliminates Super-Pollutants: Last week, the Senate

_____ (2022-10-01). China Is Not The Enemy—It Is America's Indispensable Economic Partner. popularresistance.org China—along with Russia—shares the attention of an increasingly provocative United States. Confusing rhetoric regarding policy in Taiwan, unsanctioned trips from powerful American political figures to Taipei and other agitating measures point to a new chapter emerging in the relationship between China and the U.S. Author and columnist Zachary Karabell, who has extensive experience in writing about China and doing business there, joins Scheer Intelligence to remind us of the extensive economic relationship that exists between the two world powers. He focuses on his book "Super Fusion: How China and Ame…

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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). US Sanctions Will Make China Stronger. popularresistance.org For the past five years, with the rapid decline of the U.S. empire and the peaceful rise of China, the U.S. has rapidly developed a baffling policy of anti-China hysteria. From Trump to Biden, Republicans and Democrats, neo-cons and "progressives," are all now focused entirely on a racist cold war of China-bashing and Russophobia, rather than doing anything constructive for the people of the United States and global society. | From a never-ending trade war, financial war, sanctions and the war against Huawei they turned to spreading unfounded stories of Chinese communist "high-tech" spies in the U.S., and a "Wuha…

____ (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). 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.

Roger D. Harris (2022-10-01). US Hybrid War Against Venezuela Goes to Court: The Case of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com 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. | Judicial overreach on politic…

Warm Water Wellness (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…

WSWS (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.

David Skripac (2022-10-01). Why Capitalism Is Incongruous with Democracy. globalresearch.ca

Liberation Staff (2022-10-01). URGENT APPEAL: Let Cuba Rebuild! liberationnews.org This Sunday the New York Times will carry an ad with an urgent appeal to President Biden asking him to temporarily waive US sanctions so Cuba can directly purchase construction materials for rebuilding.

Answer Coalition (2022-10-01). Let Cuba Rebuild! Take Action Now! answercoalition.org This appeal was originally circulated by | On September 27th, Hurricane Ian made landfall on Cuba as a Category 3 storm. Over ,000 were evacuated, the island lost power, and over ,000 homes were destroyed. Now the efforts to rebuild are in full force, but the U.S. embargo and sanctions regime are preventing aid from arriving. | This Sunday the New York Times will carry an ad with an urgent appeal to President Biden asking him to temporarily waive US sanctions so Cuba can directly purchase construction materials for rebuilding. We also demand that Cu…

_____ (2022-10-01). Palestinian Erasure Starts In Preschool With Sesame Street. popularresistance.org Many children in the United States will never meet a Palestinian in person, and if they do, they may need to overcome the negative images and stereotypes that pervade popular culture: terrorist, religious extremist, misogynist, etc. For this reason, books are a critical if underused opportunity for kids to learn about the people of Palestine. | Palestinians are important because they are human beings, and also because they play a central role in US foreign policy in the Middle East, and are a major focus of US financial and military resources. If US kids are to grow up to be responsible global citizens, they must…

Staff (2022-10-01). Georges Abdallah launches one-day solidarity strike for Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net On Saturday, 1 October, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab communist struggler for Palestine jailed in France for the past 38 years, announced that he was going on a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with the 30 Palestinian prisoners striing for freedom. Since 25 September, 30 Palestinians jailed without charge or trial under "administrative detention" …

Rachel Simon-Kumar, Sonia Lewycka, Terryann C Clark, Theresa Fleming, Roshini Peiris-John (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).

Common Dreams staff (2022-10-01). California Gov. Newsom Proposes Windfall Profits Tax on Big Oil. commondreams.org Calls for windfall profits taxes have increased globally in recent weeks…

Anita Kar, Amruta Chutke, Charuta Gokhale, Supriya Phadnis, Bhagyashree Radhakrishnan (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.

WSWS (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.

Common Dreams staff (2022-10-01). 'Enough is Enough': Hundreds of Thousands March Across the UK. commondreams.org 'As wages fall while profits soar, our message is clear… We are here to win.'

The Lancet (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.

Melf-Jakob Kàºhl, Thandile Gondwe, Aggrey Dhabangi, Titus K. Kwambai, Amani T. Mori, Robert Opoka, C. Chandy John, Richard Idro, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Kamija S. Phiri, Bjarne Robberstad (2022-10-01). [Articles] Economic evaluation of postdischarge malaria chemoprevention in preschool children treated for severe anaemia in Malawi, Kenya, and Uganda: A cost-effectiveness analysis. thelancet.com PDMC under implementation conditions is cost-saving. Caregivers receiving PDMC at discharge is a cost-effective delivery strategy for implementation in malaria-endemic southeastern African settings.

____ (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.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-10-01). Saturday 10/8: The California Propositions Demystified. indybay.org

Paula Toko King, Bridget Robson (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.

Staff (2022-10-01). Huracán Ian afectó el 40 por ciento de las radiobases y el siete por ciento de los servicios telefónicos de Cuba. cubadebate.cu Etecsa informó que continuaban las labores de recuperación con la ejecución de tareas de limpieza, restablecimiento de cables y más de 1 200 postes afectados por la fuerza de los vientos y caída de árboles. La afectación reportada por este concepto es del 40% del total de sitios de radiobases y el 7% de los servicios telefónicos del país.

TeleSUR, DRL, MER (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.

Staff (2022-10-01). Aclaraciones sobre el tratamiento laboral y salarial en situaciones de desastres. cubadebate.cu Teniendo en cuenta las afectaciones provocadas en el territorio nacional como resultado del paso del huracán Ian se ratifica el tratamiento laboral y salarial a aplicar a los trabajadores, a partir de lo que se establece en el Código de Trabajo y su Reglamento.

Staff (2022-10-01). Viceprimera ministra de Cuba constata recuperación en provincia Artemisa. cubadebate.cu La viceprimera ministra, Inés María Chapman Waugh, visitó hoy el municipio San Cristóbal, en la provincia de Artemisa, para constatar el avance de la recuperación de los daños ocasionados por el huracán Ian. Chapman Waugh se interesó por la situación del abasto de agua a la población, la elaboración de alimentos, el avance de la recuperación eléctrica y los trabajos de limpieza.

Staff (2022-10-01). Finanzas y Precios informa sobre protección económica a damnificados por huracán Ian. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Finanzas y Precios informó hoy a través de su sitio web sobre la protección económica a los damnificados por el huracán Ian en las provincias occidentales del país. El Consejo de Ministros aprobó que el Presupuesto del Estado financie el 50% de los precios de los materiales de la construcción, tanques para agua y colchones que se vendan a la población damnificada.

Infobrics (2022-09-30). Western economic warfare backfired, new depression likely to come. infobrics.org What awaits Europe with Nord Stream pipelines possibly gone forever?>

Jenny Pierson (2022-09-30). Tech Billionaires Are Actually Dumber Than You Think. independentmediainstitute.org In mid-September, for just a few days, Indian industrialist Gautam Adani entered the ranks of the top three richest people on earth as per Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. It was the first time an Indian, or, for that matter, an Asian, had enjoyed such a distinction. South Asians in my circle of family and friends felt …

Jordan Uhl (2022-09-30). How Wall Street Profits Off Of The Sick And Elderly. levernews.com

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