Daily Archives: November 29, 2022

2022-11-29: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-11-29). Australians Against COVID holds vigil for 16,000 COVID deaths. wsws.org SEP National Secretary Cheryl Crisp told the vigil that the mass deaths were the result of "conscious, premeditated decisions in the interests of finance, production, profits and the wealth of the tiny elite."

____ (2022-11-28). Policies to stabilize real estate financing. ecns.cn China's latest policies will pump more liquidity into the economy to boost growth, improve real estate financing, stabilize market expectations and help shore up economic recovery in the coming months, industry experts said.

____ (2022-11-28). China extends tariff exemption on certain US goods. ecns.cn China will continue to exempt certain US goods from additional tariffs until May next year, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council said Monday.

Infobrics (2022-11-29). BRICS Economies as a Basis for Creating or Developing National Digitalization. infobrics.org As the digital economy develops, new economic and political forces appear on the world stage that have to compete with the US and the EU. These economic systems are counterbalanced by the BRICS countries…

____ (2022-11-28). U.S. urged to stop politicizing economic, trade and sci-tech issues: spokesperson. ecns.cn It is imperative to fully and faithfully enforce the law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

____ (2022-11-29). U.S. urged to stop politicizing economic, trade and sci-tech issues. ecns.cn

Ramzy Baroud (2022-11-29). Liberating Africa From Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations With the West. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud Nov 21, 2022 | Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashed the images of poor looking African children needing help. | Over the years, Norway has served as a relatively good model of meaningful humanitarian and medical aid. This is especially true if compared to other self-serving western countries, where aid is often linked to direct poli…

Jacob Andrewartha (2022-11-29). Victorian election shows dissatisfaction is polarised. greenleft.org.au As the cost-of-living and housing crises hit hard, Labor was re-elected in Victoria, despite a 5.8% negative swing which went both to the right and left. The socialist vote was encouraging, reports Jacob Andrewartha.

LaborFest (2022-11-29). Saturday 12/10: Get Your Ticket To Mars. indybay.org Twitter Headquarters San Francico | 1355 Market St. | San Francisco…

UFCFLPU (2022-11-29). Saturday 12/3: UC UAW Labor Community Solidarity Rally: COLA & Housing For All. indybay.org UC Sproul Plaza…

WSWS (2022-11-29). COVID vigil participants denounce Australian Labor government's lifting of safety measures. wsws.org "We are sixteen, we shouldn't have to have our entire future put at risk because of a preventable pandemic. We thought we were safe but we were basically being lied to."

WSWS (2022-11-29). Universities Australia volunteers to channel students into war drive. wsws.org The UA submission to the Labor government's "strategic review" marks a new stage in integrating Australian universities into the military-intelligence apparatus.

C, C Butterwegge & Sybille Pirklbauer (2022-11-29). Social division in the schools and 7 challenges to the welfare state. indybay.org The most difficult task will be to redefine prosperity not only in philosophical concepts, but also in concrete tangible and experiential terms detached from consumption. Many are already working on this. The United Nations adopted a strategy for a "blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet" with the Sustainable Development Goals 2015.

Matthias Brockers, Michael Haller (2022-11-29). Farewell to the unipolar world and Disaster capitalism: back to Marx! indybay.org The sanctions have already proved to be a dangerous boomerang because they hit Europe harder than Russia… It is a suicidal illusion to try to win a war against the raw materials giant Russia – which possesses more than a third of all fossil energies and raw materials on earth – and the world's largest high-tech workshop, China, which is united with it.

Niko Leka (2022-11-29). Challenger ticket wins 39% of NSW Nurses and Midwives Association vote. greenleft.org.au In the first contested election in the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Union since 2003, John-Paul Marx, who ran on "A Smarter Union" ticket, received 38.7% of the vote. Niko Leka reports.

WSWS (2022-11-29). Faced with CUPE propaganda campaign endorsing sellout, Ontario education support workers determined to defeat concessions-filled contract. wsws.org "I was there at the picket lines supporting my co-workers for those two strike days in early November and the anger, resentment, and at times full-blown outrage was on display. Unions missed another opportunity to galvanize that anger and demand a better collective agreement with fair and equitable wages and stronger workplace protections," said a Toronto-based teacher.

Fight Back (2022-11-29). Bookstore packed for FRSO program release party. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — About 70 activists packed Mayday Bookstore, November 20, for the release of the print edition of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization's (FRSO) political program. | FRSO Political Secretary Mick Kelly told the excited crowd, "Our program amounts to a declaration war against the existing order things. It is a clear statement that analyzes the conditions we face, lays bare the laws of capitalism, the need for revolution and socialism – and defines a clear strategy getting from here to there." | The room was filled with many of the movers and shakers in the Twin Cites people's struggles.

Anonymous103 (2022-11-29). The Actual Truth Of Bitcoin And Blockchain. southfront.org SPONSORED: | | For some, the lack of transparency and traceability can serve as a disadvantage in price estimation and negotiation; for others, it can be a security concern. You can check websites like

Anonymous103 (2022-11-29). What Are The Advantages Of Stablecoins Over Bitcoin? southfront.org SPONSORED: | | With the volume of fiat currencies and assets trading hands, there's a lot of risk in each transaction. Even with central banks on hand to assist, significant variations in value can pose a risk and cause problems when converting funds into another currency. However, platforms like Rather than…

Paul Haeder (2022-11-29). Black and Blue: The Many Ways of Domestic Violence World. dissidentvoice.org We are in a rape culture. We have a million examples in this neoliberal and neocon country of that. We have the fact of one out of 12 or 15 girls and women losing their viriginity through sexual assault. We have what — one out of five in this country experiencing sexual assault by the …

Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area (2022-11-29). Sunday 12/11: Conversation with an Australian Feminist: Fight the Far Right to Win Reproductive Justice. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St (@ Ellis), SF | (7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near #5, 19, 27, 31, 38 Muni bus lines) | Also online (REGISTER: bit.ly/Dec11AussieFeminist)…

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-11-29). Sunday 12/11: Speaker: Fight the Far Right to Win Reproductive Justice! indybay.org In person in San Francisco (or via ZOOM link below) | New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk Street (at Ellis), San Francisco | (7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near #5, 19, 27, 31, 38 Muni bus lines)…

Staff (2022-11-29). Vietnam y Cuba apuestan por llevar a peldaños superiores los nexos en materia jurídica. cubadebate.cu El miembro del Buró Político y primer ministro, Manuel Marrero Cruz, recibió en la mañana de este lunes al titular de Justicia de la República Socialista de Vietnam, Le Thanh Long, a quien ratificó la voluntad de seguir ampliando los resultados de cooperación jurídica entre ambos países.

Schools, Labor Against Privatization (2022-11-29). Wednesday 11/30: Education Not Privatization. indybay.org 4: 00PM Meet at OUSD Headquarters (1000 Broadway) | 5: 00PM March to the School board meeting at La Escuelita (1050 2nd Ave)…

_____ (2022-11-28). Railroad Workers United Call Out Corporate Greed As Strike Looms. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – Around 55% of all US rail labor rejected a tentative contract agreement brokered in September, leaving the door open for a potential strike that could cost the country's economy an estimated $2 billion per day. According to Railroad Workers United Treasurer Hugh Sawyer, the decision was a long time coming. | A locomotive engineer at Norfolk Southern with 34 years' experience, Sawyer has witnessed firsthand how working conditions on the railways have deteriorated over the last decade. He attributes those changes to private companies putting profits over people, as corporate execs and financiers…

____ (2022-11-28). China's digital economy seeing growth, CAST official says. ecns.cn The value of China's digital economy reached 45.5 trillion yuan ($6.32 trillion) last year, accounting for 39.8 percent of the nation's GDP.

Editor (2022-11-28). Haiti in the Caribbean: A political economy perspective on the urgent crisis of imperialism. mronline.org If Haiti is "the poorest country in the hemisphere" it is because imperialist policies continue to impoverish and destabilize that nation.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). Iran trade balance becomes positive in 13th govt.: figures. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — Iran's Ministry of Economy on Monday evening announced that the country's trade balance became positive in the 13th government under President Raeisi, showing that Iran's exports exceeded imports.

Liberation Staff (2022-11-28). PSL Editorial — End the U.S. economic war on Venezuela now! liberationnews.org The United States should immediately cease all coercive measures targeting the Venezuelan economy and instead adopt a policy of respect for the country's independence.

Richie Merino (2022-11-28). Nicaragua's humane response to COVID-19 crisis. workers.org When Nicaragua identified its first COVID-19 case on March 18, 2020, President Daniel Ortega understood that shutting down the economy would be catastrophic for the country's informal farmworkers. In Nicaragua, three-quarters of all jobs are in farming. If workers don't work, they don't get paid. Public health care worker from . . . |

_____ (2022-11-28). Study Throws New Light On Impact Of Great Depression On Human DNA. popularresistance.org Did the Great Depression of 1929 have an impact on people's genetics? This sounds an enthralling question and scientists have now found more information on this issue. In research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), it was reported that the economic recession impacted how people would age, even before they are born. The findings suggest that the cells of those conceived during the Great Depression show signs of faster ageing. | The question arises as to how the scientists map the genes of people conceived almost a century ago and how did they come to this conclusion? The answer li…

Brittani Banks (2022-11-28). Could China Help Brazil to Overcome Its Economic Crisis? independentmediainstitute.org The election victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the president of Brazil for a third term on October 30 is expected to revise the relations between Brasília and Beijing. Brazil is going through a serious economic, political, social, and environmental crisis. Fighting poverty, resuming economic growth with income redistribution, reindustrializing the country, and …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). US Sanctions and Economic Conditions Drive Nicaraguan Migration. libya360.wordpress.com John Perry Blaming migration on "repressive dictatorships" allows Washington to pretend that its policies are helping Nicaraguans, when in fact they are impoverishing them. Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this…

John Perry (2022-11-28). US sanctions and economic conditions drive Nicaraguan migration, while Washington blames repression. thegrayzone.com Blaming migration on "repressive dictatorships" allows Washington to pretend that its policies are helping Nicaraguans, when in fact they are impoverishing them. This article was originally published on November 23, 2022 by COHA. Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this has become a story, and government detractors argue, with little evidence, that people are fleeing political …

Mihai Macovei (2022-11-28). The Global Semiconductors Crisis: The US Chip Blockade Against China Is Intent Upon "Containing China's Technological and Economic Progress" globalresearch.ca

Tom Clifford (2022-11-28). Accept to Lockdown, Be Arrested, Queuing for Covid Tests: China's Changing Social and Economic Landscape. globalresearch.ca

Tom Conway (2022-11-28). Why Raphael Warnock's reelection could tip the balance for America's economic future. nationofchange.org "He's there to work. He's not there to make the backdoor deals. I wish we could have more senators like that."

WSWS (2022-11-28). The protests in China and the lifting of Zero-COVID. wsws.org In the past week, as COVID-19 infections have reached all-time highs in China, a series of protests have taken place reflecting the response of different class forces to the growing public health and economic crisis.

Anonymous103 (2022-11-28). USA's Military Empire: A Visual Database. southfront.org Originally published by The United States of America, unlike any other nation, maintains a massive network of foreign military installations around the world. | How was this created and how is it continued? Some of these physical installations are on land occupied as spoils of war. Most are maintained through collaborations with governments, many of them brutal and oppressive governments benefiting from the bases' presence…

____ (2022-11-28). World Cup in Qatar Is "Deadliest Major Sporting Event" in History, Built on a Decade of Forced Labor. transcend.org 21 Nov 2022 — A look into Qatar's labor and human rights record. Minky Worden, of Human Rights Watch, describes how millions of poor migrant workers have faced deadly, forced labor conditions on the $2 billion infrastructure. By one count, 6, 0 migrant workers have died in Qatar since 2010, when it was awarded the hosting of the games.

Jake Johnson (2022-11-28). "Congress Must Stand With Rail Workers," Sanders Says Ahead of Potential Strike. truthout.org A House Republican from Pennsylvania said Sunday that Congress will intervene to stop a nationwide strike if rail companies and unions don't reach a contract agreement soon, a step that would likely force workers to accept a deal without any paid sick days. | Acknowledging that rail workers "have a very reasonable ask" for better benefits and wages as they continue to labor under a

Jonah Furman (2022-11-28). Could We See a Rail Strike? therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Despite fanfare from the White House and Secretary of Labor about averting a rail strike, some freight rail unions could walk out as soon as Dec. 9. | Members of the SMART-Transportation Division, representing 28,000 workers, mainly conductors, last week became the latest union to vote down a tentative agreement. Meanwhile, the next-biggest union, the Teamster-affiliated Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a…

Otis Grotewohl (2022-11-28). Strike wave rocks Britain. workers.org Workers in Britain have been in motion conducting walkouts and strikes, with hundreds of thousands of workers expected to carry out more labor actions before the new year. Rail workers have led the charge, encouraging workers in a range of occupations to follow suit. British Postal workers strike, Nov. 24. . . . |

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-11-28). University of California Comes to a Standstill as Academic Workers Strike. socialistproject.ca Nearly ,000 academic workers at the University of California (UC) launched a historic strike on November 14 after contract negotiations with their employer failed. Postdoctoral scholars, researchers, trainees, fellows, graduate student instructors, readers, and tutors, who are from ten UC campuses across the state and are Such workers are not traditionally associated with militant labor actions as intellectual work has historically been well-compensated in the United States. But, as universities have…

WSWS (2022-11-28). Australian workers voting in state election express hostility to Labor, political establishment. wsws.org Anger toward Labor over the cost-of-living crisis, broken health system and lack of services was palpable in Melbourne working-class suburbs.

WSWS (2022-11-28). Australian workers voting in state election speak on hostility to Labor, political establishment. wsws.org Anger toward Labor over the cost-of-living crisis, broken health system and lack of services was palpable in Melbourne working-class suburbs.

WSWS (2022-11-28). Australian Labor governments and unions inflicting real pay cuts on public sector workers. wsws.org Labor governments are spearheading real wage-cutting, setting pay limits even lower than those of major corporate employers.

WSWS (2022-11-28). Australia: Victorian state election underscores crisis of major parties. wsws.org While Labor has retained office, its vote fell again in key working-class areas that once formed its principal base of electoral support.

Julia Conley (2022-11-28). COP27: Loss & Damage Deal, But No Fossil Fuel Phaseout. orinocotribune.com By Julia Conley — Nov 21, 2022 | Despite a hard-fought victory on a developing world fund, campaigners said COP-27 failed to call for a phaseout of all fossil fuels. | A decades-long pressure campaign by policymakers and advocates in the global south was credited last Sunday with finally pushing wealthy nations to drop their opposition to a "loss and damage" fund to help developing countries, which face some of the worst climate impacts, to be part of At the 27th United Nati…

Julia Conley (2022-11-28). Rev. Barber Breaks Down Why Democrats Must Engage With Low-Wealth Voters. commondreams.org In future elections, said the co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, Democrats must "focus clearly and intensely on poor and low-wealth voters who tend to, when they vote, vote progressive if they're targeted."

Staff (2022-11-28). "A Forgotten Conflict": Sahrawi Activists Slam Moroccan Greenwashing Amid Western Sahara Occupation. democracynow.org As climate Sahrawi activists in occupied Western Sahara accuse Morocco of greenwashing, the Spanish Film Academy, the Spanish equivalent to the Oscars, has just given its social justice award to the Western Sahara International Film Festival and its film school. We feature our interview at the U.N. climate summit with Mahfud Bechri, who explains how Morocco sells the natural resources and wealth of Western Sahara without the consent of the Sahrawi people as part of an effort to greenwash its military occupation of Western Sahara, and his larger campaign to demand companies end complicity with the occupation. The…

Anonymous103 (2022-11-28). EU Accuses US Of Profiteering From Ukraine Crisis. southfront.org "The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the US because they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons," a senior EU official stated. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | When talking about the political West, one of the most common misconceptions is that the thalassocratic power pole is a giant geopolitical monolith with a near-constant consensus on all matters. One of…

Anonymous103 (2022-11-28). Future Prediction Of Bitcoin And Blockchain Technology. southfront.org SPONSORED: | | Traditional banking and financial institutions have slowly adopted new technologies like blockchain and bitcoin from a supply chain perspective. Moreover, platforms like The rise of bitcoin and bloc…

Brittani Banks (2022-11-28). The Global Push for Population Growth Shows We're Not Grappling With the Climate Crisis. independentmediainstitute.org In all of the news surrounding Vladimir Putin, it might have been easy to overlook that he had recently revived a Soviet-era policy called the "Mother Heroine" award, which goes to women who bear 10 or more children, offering financial incentives and other benefits in a bid to spur population growth. He is not alone, …

____ (2022-11-28). MNC earnings reports put nation's appeal under spotlight. ecns.cn The Chinese market has proven to be a reliable earnings engine many multinational firms cannot afford to lose or even neglect in a tough time, as the latest financial reports from many world-renowned brands have revealed.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). Two Thirds of NATO Countries Have Depleted Their Arms Stockpiles for Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Pierre Duval The conflict in Ukraine is draining the arms stocks of Western countries. The situation has become critical for the arms and ammunition stocks held by Western countries. The military engagement of the West in Ukraine is threatening their security. A financial and military stockpile drain The conflict in Ukraine, an abyss: "The war…

Neville Spencer (2022-11-28). IMF report torpedoes 'wage-price spiral' myth. greenleft.org.au The IMF has debunked the myth that heightened inflation means workers should accept below-inflation wage rises — real wage cuts. Neville Spencer reports.

Unicorn Riot (2022-11-28). 'Distribute Now!' Protest Against Inflation Effects in Germany. unicornriot.ninja

Sam Bishop (2022-11-28). Leonard Peltier Supporters Walk Over 1,000 Miles To Demand Freedom For Native American Activist. shadowproof.com Hundreds of supporters of incarcerated Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier rallied at the nation's capital on Sunday to demand President Joe Biden grant clemency to the long-held prisoner. | "He's 78-years-old, he has type 2 diabetes and an abdominal aortic aneurysm that's fatal if it ruptures. He had a stroke where he lost 80 percent of the vision in one of his eyes," Rachel Thunder, one of the organizers for the rally, told Shadowproof. "He should be spending the remainder of his life with his family, not locked up in a cage." | Thunder was one of many Peltier supporters who walked across the cou…

WSWS (2022-11-28). Germany's coalition government adopts a budget for war and austerity. wsws.org The 2023 budget passed in the German parliament on Friday is a declaration of war on working people, at the centre of which is a massive increase in military spending and extreme cuts in the areas of health, education, and social welfare.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-11-28). Industry Minister visits UK Dementia Research Institute in White City. imperial.ac.uk Minister for Industry and Investment Security Nusrat Ghani MP visited the White City Campus last week.

Editor (2022-11-28). Furious With Biden, Europe Says US Is Profiting Off Ukraine War. scheerpost.com

Brett Wilkins (2022-11-28). Biden Mulls Sending Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine. commondreams.org While Ukrainians and supporters welcomed Boeing's proposal to arm Ukrainian forces with long-range precision-guided bombs, one anti-war voice accused the American military-industrial complex of "dictating the U.S. foreign policy and profiteering from wars."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). EU Accuses the US of Profiteering from the Ukraine Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic When talking about the political West, one of the most common misconceptions is that the thalassocratic power pole is a giant geopolitical monolith with a near-constant consensus on all matters. One of the pillars of the political West's power is creating an illusion that precisely this is the case. By creating a semblance…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). Washington is Running Out of Weapons to Give Ukraine. Is This Checkmate for U.S. Imperialism? libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The imperialist media's big secret at the moment is that Washington is exhausting its arms supply for Ukraine. With a global series of occupations to maintain, and a military-industrial complex that prioritizes profits over outcome, the U.S. can no longer keep sending optimal or sufficiently numerous equipment. It's having to tap into its lower-quality spare…

Jake Johnson (2022-11-28). Sanders Vows to 'Stand With Rail Workers' as Republican Says Congress Will Prevent Strike. commondreams.org "Last year, the rail industry made a record-breaking $20 billion in profits," Sen. Bernie Sanders noted. "Meanwhile, rail workers have ZERO guaranteed paid sick days."

Thom Hartmann (2022-11-28). Ending the For-Profit Algorithms Before They End Us. commondreams.org Those who own the social media giants are often focused more on revenue than the consequences of their algorithms.

____ (2022-11-28). Friedrich Engels (28 Nov 1820 — 5 Aug 1895). transcend.org Friedrich Engels was a German author, political theorist and philosopher, best known for his monumental works with Karl Marx, 'The Communist Manifesto' and 'Das Kapital'. He is pegged as being the cornerstone of a development of Marxism that led to Soviet Marxists and the institution of dialectical materialism.

WSWS (2022-11-28). Australia: Oppose sell-out rail deal in New South Wales! wsws.org Hailed as a "victory" by the union bureaucrats, the deal will deliver substantial cuts to real wages.

Editor (2022-11-28). Beating around the bush: polycrisis, overlapping emergencies, and capitalism. mronline.org It is in vogue nowadays to describe the multifaceted and intertwined crises of capitalism without referring to capitalism itself. Obscure jargon of 'overlapping emergencies' and 'polycrisis' are brought up to describe the complexity of the situation, and they serve, with or without intention, to conceal the culprit, namely the totality of capitalist relations.

____ (2022-11-28). China Life: Made-in-China souvenirs all the rage at World Cup. ecns.cn As the 2022 Qatar World Cup gets underway, football fans around the world are introduced to a "super-skilled player" named La'eeb. The tournament's official mascot may be born in the Middle East, but the family of souvenirs grew up in the southern Chinese industrial town of Dongguan.

Editor (2022-11-28). VIDEO: Alex Rubinstein on Nazism in Ukraine, NAFO and Information Warfare. scheerpost.com By ScheerPost Staff ScheerPost's Diego Ramos and Max Jones talk to journalist Alex Rubinstein about his recent work. Alex is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in publications like The Grayzone and MintPress News. He has written extensively and broken news about the international effects of neoliberalism and regime change policies of the United …

_____ (2022-11-28). Alex Rubinstein On Nazism In Ukraine, NAFO And Information Warfare. popularresistance.org ScheerPost's Diego Ramos and Max Jones talk to journalist Alex Rubinstein about his recent work. Alex is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in publications like The Grayzone and MintPress News. He has written extensively and broken news about the international effects of neoliberalism and regime change policies of the United States.

Asad Ismi (2022-11-28). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2022-11-28). Red Theory: Socialism and the national question. fightbacknews.org The Russian Empire under the Tsar was rightly called a "prisonhouse of nations," because it oppressed, within its borders, whole nations of people. The Bolsheviks saw that it was a principal task of the socialist revolution to dismantle national oppression and support self-determination for the oppressed nations. | The United States is likewise a prisonhouse of nations, where the African American nation in the Black Belt South, the Chicano nation in the Southwest and the Hawaiian nation are all oppressed within the borders of the imperialist U.S. It will be a principal task of the socialist revolution in the U.S…

Infobrics (2022-11-28). Turkic nationalist battalion forms in Ukraine to "destroy the regime" in Russia. infobrics.org This suggests of a growing pan-Turkic ultra-nationalism emerging in the formerly communist Central Asia region.

Thecommunists (2022-11-28). Brian Berletic on China's 'social credit score system': fact or fiction? thecommunists.org Across the internet and social media, the alleged existence of a draconian 'social credit score system' is given as evidence that China is an authoritarian state, particularly by those trying to disparage China's image. Various disturbing claims in western media are made about China's system, including that it violates privacy, monitors and records an untold …

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-11-28). Ascienden a 321 los fallecidos por terremoto en Indonesia. telesurtv.net El organismo de rescate indicó que las labores de búsqueda y rescate para once personas que permanecen desaparecidas continuarán este lunes.

_____ (2022-11-27). Haiti: A Political Economy Perspective On The Urgent Crisis Of Imperialism. popularresistance.org Often, when you mention Haiti in conversation and the anti-imperial struggle that has consistently been waged by the Haitian people against imperialist forces for centuries, you are met with minor acknowledgement and some confusion by the listener. Even in cases where there are those who understand Haiti's battle against imperialist interventions and incursions — many people are still unclear about: "why Haiti." This is especially true in the present, where there exists a propagandized belief that there are no broader imperialist aspirations in the Caribbean, insofar as those interests cannot be tied to int…

Anonymous103 (2022-11-27). Russian Civic Society Forces Military Bureaucracy To React Promptly. southfront.org | A few days ago, pro-Russian telegram channels were blown up by the news about problems with importing so-called dual-use items from China to Russia. First of all, the subject is quadcopters, body armor, radios, helmets, first-aid kits, and other items of equipment that are purchased by Russians for troops taking part in the war in Ukraine. Obviously, despite the restructuring of the Russian economy into a war industry, improving the military supply is a difficult and time-consuming process. Since the b…

_____ (2022-11-27). How The US And Saudi Crashed Crude Prices To Hurt Russia, Iran, Venezuela. popularresistance.org In a 2014 "oil war," the US pressured Saudi Arabia to overproduce crude and intentionally crash prices on the global market, in order to hurt the export-reliant economies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. | The United States and Saudi Arabia waged a very important yet little-known "oil war" in 2014, which had huge geopolitical and economic consequences for the world. | Washington pressured Riyadh to significantly overproduce crude and intentionally crash prices on the global market, in order to hurt the export-reliant economies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. | Multipolarista host Ben Norton analyzed this crucial h…

The Global Research Team (2022-11-27). "The Worldwide Corona Crisis, Global Coup d'Etat Against Humanity" by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca My objective is to inform people worldwide and refute the official narrative which has been used as a justification to destabilize the economic and social fabric of entire countries, followed by the imposition of the "deadly" COVID-19 "vaccine". This crisis affects humanity in its entirety: almost 8 billion people.

WSWS (2022-11-27). Germany: More than one-third of all students at acute risk of poverty. wsws.org The already dramatic social plight of German students is growing worse. According to the latest figures from the German Federal Statistics Bureau, more than a third of all students were at risk of poverty in 2021.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-27). Weapons Handed Over to Ukraine Returned to Western Terrorists and Criminal Gangs. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov A year ago, the whole world was actively debating the fate of United States weapons supplied to Afghanistan, which ended up in the hands of terrorists and criminal gangs. It should be recalled that according to Joe Biden, the total US military spending in 2001-2021 on military operations in Afghanistan exceeded $2 trillion,…

_____ (2022-11-27). Pennsylvania Prison Strike Letter For Fellow Incarcerated People. popularresistance.org We at SPARC [Subaltern Peoples Abolitionist Revolutionary Collective] have been organizing in PA prisons for years. We've been building our movement with focus on addressing the struggles going on right now. It's clear from the failure to return to pre-COVID normal procuedure that the administration intends to keep us under elevated restrictions indefinitely. Not only that, but there are many problems with the Pennsylvania injustice system that are not being remedied by politicians and lawyers. We intend to do our part. | Prisons are modern day slave plantations which only make profits for our exploiters if we do…

____ (2022-11-27). Comicomment: Gun violence, US' other epidemic. ecns.cn The United States has recorded 611 cases of mass shootings so far this year, Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a non-profit organization that tracks gun-related violence in the country tweeted on Saturday.

_____ (2022-11-27). Rebellion Against The Legalized Robbery. popularresistance.org The following commentary was written by Marxist economist, politician and former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis. He follows the first part of the debate "Ecological Catastrophe, Collapse, Democracy and Socialism" between the renowned American intellectual Noam Chomsky, the Chilean exponent of the new ideology of Collapsist Marxism Miguel Fuentes and climate scientist Guy McPherson. One of the main characteristics of Varoufakis' comment (who describes himself as a "Libertarian Marxist") is offering a balanced review of some of the main ideas expressed earlier in this debate. The latter from the perspe…

Chris Jenkins (2022-11-27). 3000 WA nurses and midwives rally for better wages and conditions. greenleft.org.au Three thousand nurses and midwives rallied outside the Western Australian parliament as part of a state-wide strike for better wages and conditions. Chris Jenkins reports.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-27). The Billionaire Plot to Impose Full Corporate Dictatorship in the Core of a Declining Empire. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The arc of capitalism is one where the system contracts, losing the robustness that it had when it was in the process of replacing feudalism. Its demand for limitless growth inevitably runs into obstacles, and that forces it to eat itself. Because there's no way for capital to reverse its decline, and the…

Thenarwhal (2022-11-27). Six developers bought Greenbelt land after Ford came to power. thenarwhal.ca Over half the parcels of land set to lose long-standing Ontario Greenbelt protections include properties purchased since the Progressive Conservatives won the 2018 election.

Hans A Baer (2022-11-27). Seeking to jumpstart the dialogue between ecosocialism and ecoanarchism. greenleft.org.au In his new self-published e-book, long-time Australian ecoanarchist Ted Trainer argues for a Simpler Way, where people shift from competition to cooperation, individualism to collectivism, and acquisitiveness to gaining life satisfaction from non-material pursuits. Hans A Baer reviews.

Stefan Kipfer (2022-11-27). Did Someone Say Housing Supply? A View from Toronto. socialistproject.ca

Felix Abt (2022-11-27). Western Media Has Not Much Evolved From the Era of the Yellow Peril in Its Routine China-Bashing. covertactionmagazine.com Distorted coverage of alleged removal of Hu Jintao from Communist Party Congress is par for the course along with other recent coverage. It is common for Western media to automatically imply or label everything that happens in China as "evil." The most recent case concerns the events surrounding former Communist Party Chairman Hu Jintao at …

Felix Abt (2022-11-27). Western Media Has Not Much Evolved From the Era of the Yellow Peril in Its Routine-China Bashing. covertactionmagazine.com Distorted coverage of alleged removal of Hu Jintao from Communist Party Congress is par for the course along with other recent coverage. It is common for Western media to automatically imply or label everything that happens in China as "evil." The most recent case concerns the events surrounding former Communist Party Chairman Hu Jintao at …

Thecommunists (2022-11-27). Oppose US 'special measures' against sovereign Nicaragua! thecommunists.org The following statement was initiated by the US-based Nicaragua Advocacy Network and has been signed by our party. ***** On 10 November 2022, an online White House statement announced that President Biden had invoked emergency powers on 24 October, declaring Nicaragua a continuing "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of …

TeleSUR, lvm, JDO (2022-11-27). Gobierno chileno reanuda diálogo con camioneros tras paro. telesurtv.net Los camioneros reclaman una rebaja en el precio de los combustibles y mejores condiciones de seguridad para desarrollar su labor.

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