(2022-10-03). Biden, Democrats approve spending bill with no funds for pandemic, $12 billion for Ukraine war. wsws.org The continuing resolution extends spending authorization through December 16, when Congress will face a new budget deadline to avert a federal shutdown.
(2022-10-03). Moscow City Tourism Committee Debuts in India to Tap Weddings Segment. infobrics.org The capital city of Russia, Moscow has identified India among its important priority markets, and has set its eyes on tapping the wedding and event segments here. In this direction, Moscow City Tourism Committee (MCTC) hosted the first-ever roadshow in India in Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai…
(2022-10-03). China's BRICS Presidency 2022: Iinitial Results. infobrics.org BRICS is an important mechanism of partnership between emerging markets and developing countries, as well as an effective platform for South-South cooperation. Since the creation of this mechanism, the BRICS member countries have passed over the changing global landscape and have become an influential association that cannot be ignored in the international arena…
(2022-10-03). (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.
(2022-10-03). 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.
(2022-10-03). Foreign officials, experts wish 20th CPC National Congress success during celebrations of China's National Day. ecns.cn Foreign officials and experts expressed their good wishes for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and eyed further cooperation.
(2022-10-03). 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.
(2022-10-03). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government to slash public sector wages, pensions. wsws.org The PSOE-Podemos government is working with the CCOO and UGT unions to approve below-inflation raises for millions of civil servants and minimum wage workers.
(2022-10-03). Sri Lankan pseudo-left FSP backs imperialist manoeuvring at the UNHRC. wsws.org Workers in Sri Lanka can only defend their democratic and social rights by uniting with the international working class and fighting for socialism.
(2022-10-03). Expansion of BRICS Would Offer Benefits Across Globe. infobrics.org Globalization, the grand movement that has powered the world's economy for decades by eliminating barriers to trade and facilitating international links, has taken multiple hits over the past few years…
(2022-10-03). Red Theory: The Leninist theory of the state. fightbacknews.org The central point of the Marxist-Leninist understanding of the state is that it is always and everywhere the product of antagonistic class contradictions. It arose from such contradictions, and as long as classes exist, so too will the state. Marx and Engels were the first to understand the state in this way, and it was Engels, in his book The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State, who did the most to develop the materialist understanding of how and why and the state arises in human history. | The state arises historically due to material conditions in society, namely due to the development of cl…
(2022-10-03). 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.
(2022-10-03). SEP (Australia) holds successful Sixth National Congress. wsws.org The Congress adopted four resolutions on key aspects of the political situation and elected the Socialist Equality Party's leadership for the next two years.
(2022-10-03). Labor and unions allow Norco to sack its workers in flood-torn Australian city. wsws.org In sync with the Labor government's pro-business stand, the three trade unions covering the workers refused to issue any call for workers at Norco, across the region and nationally to oppose the retrenchments.
(2022-10-03). Amid mounting crises, Chinese Communist Party to reappoint Xi Jinping as leader. wsws.org Xi's seemingly unchallengeable position stems not from any inherent strength. Rather, in conditions of acute class tensions, he has been elevated to prevent the CCP's divisions from blowing the party and government apart.
(2022-10-03). Santa Cruz City Workers to Begin Strike. indybay.org Santa Cruz City workers will strike starting tomorrow to stop the City's unfair labor practices, win equity for essential workers, and fund the front line to protect community services. Add your name in solidarity: bit.ly/protectsantacruzcityworkers | Show up on the strike line starting Monday, Oct. 3, at 7 AM, Santa Cruz City Hall, 809 Center St. Santa Cruz.
(2022-10-03). Québec Solidaire courts big business ahead of provincial election. wsws.org Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois used his appearance before Montreal's premier big business organization to reassure his audience that the pseudo-left Québec Solidaire is a "responsible" party dedicated to defending profits and can be trusted with the role of official opposition in Quebec's next parliament.
(2022-10-03). 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.
(2022-10-03). Where to now for the UK and global financial system? wsws.org Regulatory authorities responsible for the £1.5 trillion UK pensions sector, which almost imploded last week, have been holding daily talks with asset managers to stave off a fresh crisis when an emergency Bank of England bond-buying program ends next week.
(2022-10-03). 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). 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 …
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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). 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). 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). Inflation and energy protests explode in Europe. struggle-la-lucha.org 
(2022-10-02). US Engineered Energy Crisis in Europe. Weaponizing the Dollar, Global Economic Depression. globalresearch.ca
(2022-10-02). Bolivia Presents Revolutionary Socialist Program To Transform World. popularresistance.org Bolivia's President Luis Arce used his platform at the United Nations General Assembly to propose a revolutionary 14-point socialist program to transform the world. | "Today we find ourselves facing a wide-ranging, systemic capitalist crisis that increasingly endangers the life of humanity and the planet," he warned. | Arce continued: "We should not only reflect on the economic, social, food, climate, energy, water, and trade crises, but also identify with clarity the origin, in order to change a system that reproduces domination, exploitation, and exclusion of the large majorities, that generates the concentrati…
(2022-10-02). Brazil: An Election That Will Mark The Immediate Future Of Latin America. popularresistance.org This Sunday October 2, Brazil, Latin America's largest economy, will elect its president. This election is decisive not only for the South American country but also for the entire region, since its outcome will heavily influence the correlation of forces. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (progressive candidate of the Workers' Party)'s predicted victory would be a boost for the Latin America left and the rejection of neo liberalism, which has strengthened in the last 3 years. Meanwhile, if Jair Bolsonaro (ultra-right and Trump supporter) wins, it would mean a retrenching for the right-wing to resist. | Regarding this ele…
(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…
(2022-10-02). Philippines: Intensify mass struggles amid peso devaluation and rising prices. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The broad masses of workers, peasants, and the rest the Filipino people must firmly advance their urgent socioeconomic demands and intensify their national and democratic mass struggles in the face of increasing possibility of a sharp economic decline in the coming months. The steady devaluation of the Philippine peso is set to further worsen their conditions of high fuel and food prices, low wages, rural bankruptcies, and widespread unemployment and cause the accelerated deterioration of the people's li…
(2022-10-02). Victory for Boston Starbucks workers in 64-day strike. liberationnews.org 
Boston Starbucks Workers United announced victory at 874 Commonwealth Avenue on September 21, ending the longest strike in SBWU history.
(2022-10-02). Water Crises Portend Socialism Or Barbarism. popularresistance.org It's 2022 and the climate has changed. Around the world, the new climate is making itself felt via droughts, heatwaves, floods, and storms. Many of these events are record breakers, and their effects go beyond local areas to affect global supply chains and the lives of millions of working-class people. These are more than just "natural" disasters, though: these multiple water crises are driven, sometimes even created, by a capitalist society organized to put short-term profit above long-term sustainability. Our untenable management of water illustrates the impossibility of addressing climate change under capitali…
(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.
(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…
(2022-10-02). UK rail and postal workers speak during Saturday's joint strike action. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to workers involved in Saturday's strikes in Britain. These saw ,000 rail workers almost completely shutdown the UK's rail network, alongside a national strike by 115,000 postal workers, and industrial action at two of the country's largest ports, Liverpool and Felixstowe.
(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.
(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.
(2022-10-02). Exports of oil, gas condensates continue despite sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) — Iranian Petroleum Minister said that country's exports of crude oil and gas condensate to the target markets are ongoing incessantly despite the US sanctions.
(2022-10-02). Britannia Unhinged: UK's Return to Trickle Down Economy is Suicide. commondreams.org The value of the British pound is already collapsing. And the strikes and protests proliferate.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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). Glenn Greenwald Reflects on Values and Character v. Political Identity. scheerpost.com Former firefighter, union leader and Brazilian presidential candidate Cabo Daciolo gestures during the presidential debate ahead of the October 7, 2018 general election, on September 26, 2018. This year Daciolo is a candidate for the Brazllian Senate for the Democratic Labor Party (PDT) (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images) | By Glenn Greenwald / I published a short essay this week in Portuguese about an evangelic…
(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.'