(2022-12-03). EU training 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers: Borrell. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — In continuation of the European military and financial aid to Ukraine, the EU Foreign Policy Chief announced that the first group of Ukrainian soldiers are currently spending their training services in Poland.
(2022-12-03). Chinese spokesperson says U.S. lets ally Europe pay price of crisis. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Friday said the United States is letting its ally Europe pay the price in the crisis.
(2022-12-03). (100 great changes) Mobile Payments Inject New Momentum into China's Economy. ecns.cn China has also moved quickly in Digital Currency Electronic Payment, piloting the new money in major cities including Beijing and Shanghai. Transactions using the digital money has surpassed 100 billion yuan (13.9 billion dollars).China will move forward building infrastructure of the digital money and its ecosystem and improving the system's security and reliability.
(2022-12-03). Climate and the Money Trail. globalresearch.ca The very mega-billionaires behind the globalization of the world economy who have wreaked so much damage to our environment are the leading backers of the "grassroots" climate movement. Is it pangs of guilty conscience, or could it be a deeper agenda of the financialization of the very air we breathe and more?
(2022-12-03). Lockdown light – Corona crisis and capitalism. indybay.org The pandemic and countermeasures have effects shaped by the neoliberal form of capitalism[6] that has dominated since the 1980s. Three aspects are worth mentioning: 1.the independence of the financial sphere,2.the fragmentation of the labor markets, and | 3.the weakening of social systems. In the financialized economy, measures to cushion the crisis strengthen the haves.
(2022-12-03). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" Extends its Grip to Major Industrial Cities. globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.
(2022-12-03). Stronger than expected US jobs report sparks calls for further interest rate hikes. wsws.org The financial markets reacted negatively to the jobs report for November, seeing the higher than expected employment numbers as a setback to plans to create a recession to crush the mounting strikes and wages struggles of the working class.
(2022-12-03). The Volatility of US Hegemony in Latin America (Part III). dissidentvoice.org A surging Pink Tide has brought left electoral victories in Latin America and the Caribbean protesting the neoliberal model imposed by the US and its collaborators. Neoliberalism has failed to meet the needs of the peoples of the region and is losing its legitimacy as a prototype for development. However, the countries of the region …
(2022-12-03). Biden & Republicrats Union Busting Bill Against Railway Workers & Their Fight For Sick Pay. indybay.org The Biden administration with the support of most of the Democrats and Republicans in Congress pushed a bill that imposes a reactionary contract that severely limits sick pay and benefits BNSF railroad owner Warren Buffet and the other railroad corporations.
(2022-12-03). Saturday 12/10: Get Your Ticket To Mars. indybay.org Twitter Headquarters San Francico | 1355 Market St. | San Francisco…
(2022-12-03). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: A Labor Revolution Arrives In The South. levernews.com Read the full story: | Sign up now to read the full story and get access to all paid posts. | Already have an account? |
(2022-12-03). [Comment] Offline: FRENCH-ARRIVE—elles accusent. thelancet.com The accusation is direct and unflinching. The FRENCH-ARRIVE trial "obeys a pseudo-scientific rational logic" that is "a denial of what childbirth and motherhood mean to women". Claudine Schalck and Raymonde Gagnon are both registered midwives. Their book, When Inducing Labor Compromises a Woman's Motherhood (L'Harmattan, 2022), is one of the most remarkable denunciations of an ongoing research study ever published. It is also a sustained critique of the contemporary approach to obstetric care in many western nations today.
(2022-12-03). Western Australian industrial court threatens to deregister nurses' union after strike. wsws.org The Industrial Relations Commission threat is in line with a broader assault, spearheaded by Labor and the unions, on the basic rights of workers to oppose attacks on their jobs, wages and conditions.
(2022-12-03). 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.
(2022-12-03). Jacobin promotes student debt bankruptcy. wsws.org Students are evidently expected to be grateful for the chance, compliments of the Democratic Party, to go into bankruptcy to avoid penury and homelessness.
(2022-12-03). What System Governs the People's Republic of China? "Socialism With Chinese Characteristics" globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-03). Will Lehman, socialist candidate for UAW president, wins 4,777 votes amid anemic turnout. wsws.org Despite a massive effort at voter suppression by the United Auto Workers bureaucracy in the union's presidential election, Lehman won 4.6 percent of the vote, having run on an explicitly socialist and internationalist program.
(2022-12-03). Profile: Jiang Zemin's great, glorious life. ecns.cn Jiang Zemin was an outstanding leader enjoying high prestige acknowledged by the whole Communist Party of China (CPC), the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups.
(2022-12-03). Lula se reúne con líderes sindicales y escucha demandas de trabajadores. telesurtv.net Presidente electo de Brasil continúa escuchando a sectores del país como parte del proceso de transición hacia su Gobierno.
(2022-12-03). Is AFL-CIO Pres Schuler Betraying US Labor Movement In Rail Fight? LA Union Leader Speaks. indybay.org AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler has said that " "I commend and thank | rail workers and their unions for tenaciously taking on some of the biggest corporations in America over the last three years to reach a contract." The bill that was passed imposed an agreement that left out sick pay. Los Angeles Roofer's Local 36 Business Manager Cliff Smith discusses why this is a betrayal during this interview.
(2022-12-02). Economy Adds 263,000 Jobs in November, Unemployment Steady at 3.7 Percent. cepr.net Wages grew at a 5.1 percent annual rate over the last three months. | The economy added 263,000 jobs in November, again coming in ahead of expectations. Perhaps more importantly, wages continue to grow at a rapid pace, as the October average hourly wage was revised up by 6 cents. The annual rate of wage growth over the last three months was 5.1 percent, the same as the rate over the last year. | Wage Growth is Still Rapid | The rapid pace of wage growth paints a very different picture than we were looking at in October, where the annualized rate was just 3.9 percent. Since we should expect some shift back to wage…
(2022-12-02). The right to strike can never be compromised. cpusa.org 
Yes, a strike of railroad workers could bring the national economy to a halt, including stopping the flow of millions of dollars a day in profits to the railroad companies. But let's keep in mind that it's big business—not workers—that has crashed the nation's economy at least three times in recent memory. There was …
(2022-12-02). Railroad struggle reminds us, interfering in the right to strike is never okay. peoplesworld.org 
Yes, a strike of railroad workers could bring the national economy to a halt, including stopping the flow of millions of dollars a day in profits to the railroad companies. But let's keep in mind that it's big business —not workers—that has crashed the nation's economy at least three times in recent memory. There was …
(2022-12-02). Unemployment Steady at 3.7 Percent as Economy Adds 263,000 Jobs in November. truthout.org The economy added 263,000 jobs in November, again coming in ahead of expectations. Perhaps more importantly, wages continue to grow at a rapid pace, as the October average hourly wage was revised up by 6 cents. The annual rate of wage growth over the last three months was 5.1 percent, the same as the rate over the last year. The rapid pace of wage growth paints a very different picture than we… |
(2022-12-02). China to conduct 5th national economic census in 2023. ecns.cn China will conduct its fifth national economic census in 2023 to take stock of the country's economic and social development.
(2022-12-02). China, EU enjoy strong economic symbiosis: commerce ministry. ecns.cn China and the European Union (EU) have formed a strong economic symbiosis under the guidance of their respective leaderships, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.
(2022-12-02). The Global South births a new game-changing payment system. mronline.org 
Challenging the western monetary system, the Eurasia Economic Union is leading the Global South toward a new common payment system to bypass the U.S. Dollar.
(2022-12-02). US aggressive subsidies package amid the crisis hurts Europe and could divide West. infobrics.org With post-Nord Stream reality, the so-called Ukraine's fatigue and the energy and economy crises, European-American relationship shows signs of decline.
(2022-12-02). Sanctions: Dec. 10 webinar exposes U.S. economic warfare. workers.org 
Intensifying U.S. sanctions, imposed on a third of humanity, are sending shock waves through the world economy. Sanctions have boomeranged on the U.S. and EU countries through inflation, supply chain shortages and a looming recession — causing hardship at home. But by far the greatest burden is borne by the . . . |
(2022-12-02). Chinese vice premier signals shift from Zero-COVID based on lie that Omicron is mild. wsws.org Sun Chunlan said Wednesday that "preventing the epidemic" would take place through vaccination, making medical resources available and preparing therapeutics, all the while "stabilizing the economy."
(2022-12-02). Gallic Rebuke: France and the US Rules-based Order. dissidentvoice.org Gérard Araud was not mincing his words. As France's former ambassador to Washington, he had seen enough. At a November 14 panel hosted by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft titled "Is America Ready for a Multipolar Word?", Araud decried the "economic warfare" being waged by the United States against China, expressing the view that …
(2022-12-02). China's Leadership Shines Bright In Asia's Moment. popularresistance.org Asia possesses many of the world's largest and fastest-growing economies. In this era of growing discord and crisis in the West, the majority of nations around the world are looking to Asia to set a different example. The region took center stage in the week of November 11 to 18 as the emerging economies of Cambodia, Indonesia, and Thailand hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, the G20, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting respectively. These important exchanges provided numerous opportunities for major countries to assert their leadership on the w…
(2022-12-02). America's Fate: Revolution or Fascism? thealtworld.com Daniel Lazare in this interview with Finian Cunningham says that the United States of America is locked in a fateful political and economic crisis that will produce either of two outcomes. Either the country is heading towards more authoritarian rule or there will be a second American revolution. | Daniel Lazare is a journalist, author and commentator who specializes in critically analyzing the politics and Constitution of the United States. He has authored several books, including The Velvet Revolution and the Decline of American Democracy. | The Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years exposes the pathological…
(2022-12-02). Powernomics Author Dr. Claud Anderson: I May Be Leaving Here Soon. moguldom.com Dr. Claud Anderson is among this time's most respected authors and scholars of race and economics. In a recent YouTube interview with on-air personality Vicki Dillard, Anderson expressed his belief that he may not be on earth much longer. "I've known it all my life," Anderson said at the 11: 55 mark in response to Dillard's question about his …
(2022-12-02). Iran To Increase Cargo Transit Between Russia and India to Record High. orinocotribune.com 
Iran's contribution to the INSTC will reduce transit costs by 30 percent and lower transportation time to just 25 days | The Economic Times of India The agreement was inked during a recent visit by the head of…
(2022-12-02). Venezuela's National Assembly Approves Communal Economic System Reform Law in First Discussion. orinocotribune.com
(2022-12-02). "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.
(2022-12-02). OECD forecasts worsening global economic outlook. wsws.org Global growth is becoming "increasingly imbalanced with the major Asian emerging market economies accounting for close to three-quarters of global GDP growth in 2023, reflecting their projected steady expansion and sharp slowdowns in the United States and Europe."
(2022-12-02). Macron warns of "fracturing" of NATO alliance on state visit to Washington. wsws.org Amid mounting economic conflicts between US and European imperialism, and fears of an energy crisis this winter, Biden and Macron united on escalating the war against Russia.
(2022-12-02). The Secret Reason the US Is Still in Syria. mintpressnews.com It's tough to overstate how bad things are in Syria. According to the UN, "90 percent of all Syrians today are forced to live below the poverty line with around 12 million grappling with severe food insecurity."
(2022-12-02). ÔªøDemocrats, Then Republicans Smite Rail Labor. popularresistance.org While Railroad Workers United (RWU) finds it despicable — but not surprising — that both political parties opted to side with Big Business over working people yesterday and vote against the interests of railroad workers – not once, but twice, within hours. We suffered a one-two punch at the hands of, first the Democratic Party; the second served up by the Republicans. | First, responding to the wishes of President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the House voted to legislate a contract that the majority of U.S. freight rail workers had previously voted to reject. The Senate would quickly follow s…
(2022-12-02). Joe Brewer's Bold Quest To Help Restore A Bioregion. popularresistance.org Disaffected with his way of life in the US and concerned about the multiple ecological crises bearing down on humankind, Joe Brewer set off on a journey to learn what he might be able to do. He had considerable background in the earth sciences, studied cognitive linguistics and philosophy, and had worked with the activist group, The Rules. But restoring an entire ecosystem would be a novel challenge. | In 2019, Brewer ended up in Barichara, Colombia, with his wife and infant daughter, where he soon found himself helping to catalyze a "living laboratory of regeneration" of a degraded landscape, an arid tropical fo…
(2022-12-02). Unjust Measures Imposed on Labor and African Americans After Midterm Elections. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-02). Labor Betrayed: Why Democratic Party Failure Is By Design. itsgoingdown.org Editorial from David Van Deusen, President of the Vermont AFL-CIO. See our interview with David on our podcast, here. Rail unions went into this bargaining season with not a single day of paid sick leave in their contract. Achieving paid sick leave was the top priority of union members. And today, because of an act…
(2022-12-02). The Pentagon's Trail in Ukrainian Anthrax Labs. libya360.wordpress.com Mission Verdad The NGO Judicial Watch obtained access to documents revealing U.S. funding of anthrax laboratories in Ukraine Before the start of Russia's special military operation to protect the Dombas region, it was not entirely clear how dangerous the activities of U.S. laboratories in Ukraine were. Now irrefutable evidence has emerged that their activities are…
(2022-12-02). Staughton Lynd: lifelong advocate for liberation. workers.org 
Longtime anti-racist and antiwar activist turned labor lawyer, Staughton Lynd died Nov. 17, five days before his 93rd birthday. (Left to right) Staughton Lynd, Workers World Party co-founder Ted Dostal and WW contributor 'Mose Peterson,' Youngstown, Ohio, circa 1995. WW PHOTO Born in Philadelphia in 1929, Staughton Lynd was raised . . . |
(2022-12-02). Saturday 12/3: UC UAW Labor Community Solidarity Rally: COLA & Housing For All. indybay.org UC Sproul Plaza…
(2022-12-02). Australia: Labor's new anti-strike industrial relations bill approved by parliament. wsws.org Hundreds of amendments, extra sitting days and horse-trading with an independent senator reflect the determination of Labor to urgently increase the capacity of the industrial courts and unions to crush a mounting wave of working-class unrest.
(2022-12-02). US youth observe Cuba's elections and learn about real democracy. multipolarista.com 
A delegation of youth from the United States observed Cuba's November 2022 municipal elections and offer an inside look into a true people's democracy, where workers decide who will govern them, not wealthy oligarchs and corporations.
(2022-12-02). Richard Wolff: The Fed's response to inflation is another upward transfer of wealth. therealnews.com 
The Federal Reserve has responded to runaway inflation by hiking up interest rates at the same time that Americans are drowning in historic levels of personal debt. With interest rates up, prices will only rise faster than wages, hitting the vast majority of people with stagnant or declining wages in real terms. The result is yet another upward transfer of wealth to the minority of capitalists responsible for the crisis in the first place. Economist Richard Wolff joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the origins of the inflation crisis, the Fed's response, and what this all means for working people. | <...
(2022-12-02). Evangelical Lobbying Threatens Supreme Court's Independence. scheerpost.com 
By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Recent exposés have uncovered an emerging pattern of improper lobbying of right-wing Supreme Court justices by wealthy evangelicals. They reveal serious threats to the independence of the judiciary. But equally alarming is that the Supreme Court is unconstrained by a code of judicial ethics. From 1995 to 2018, the right-wing …
(2022-12-02). 2022 global art market benefits from an "explosion of wealth" at the top. wsws.org The "robust" character of the art market mirrors the stratospheric rise in the wealth of the world's richest people over the same period.
(2022-12-02). Eurozone Faces Record-High Inflation. strategic-culture.org 
The euro area is facing rising prices, with energy prices being the main drivers of inflation. Having decided to cut energy ties with Russia, the EU is doing its best to keep energy prices growing. | (Click on the image to enlarge)…
(2022-12-02). The Fed's inflation mistake continues. nationofchange.org Most of the pain is borne by people who are already struggling to keep up with rising prices: lower-wage workers and the poor.
(2022-12-02). The Heat: U.S.-France Ties. america.cgtn.com 
U.S. President Joe Biden hosts his first state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders met earlier to discuss the Ukraine conflict, trade, cooperation in space, cyberspace and the ever-growing energy concerns in Europe. The touchiest topic though terms of the U.S. Inflation …
(2022-12-02). CNOOC ups investment in Brazil. ecns.cn CNOOC Petroleum Brasil has doubled its stake in the Buzios oilfield in Brazil to 10 percent from 5 percent, its parent China National Offshore Oil Corp announced on Thursday.
(2022-12-02). US Airline Workers Join Railroaders In Fight Against Abusive Work Conditions. popularresistance.org Growing militancy among US airline workers over intolerable work conditions and low pay is fusing with the rebellion by railroad workers, who are heading toward an historic confrontation with the Biden administration and the US Congress with the passage of legislation imposing a contract that workers have rejected. | Airline workers are in virtually the same situation as railroaders, with flight crews facing short staffing leading to overwork and potentially catastrophic pilot fatigue. While airlines are raking in bumper profits, boosted by massive government subsidies, airline workers, whose pay has long been st…
(2022-12-02). Putting 'Profits Over People', Senate Rejects Paid Sick Leave for Rail Workers. scheerpost.com 
"Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin have yet AGAIN failed working Americans by voting down seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers," lamented Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
(2022-12-02). Transformation of Political Language (Part 1). dissidentvoice.org In response to Jeff J. Brown's article "The Myth of Chinese Capitalism," Ron Leighton wrote an article published at Dissident Voice, Counterpunch, and elsewhere. Dr. T. P. Wilkinson has interviewed Jeff J. Brown about his article and much more. ***** The debate about what system actually governs the People's Republic of China has continued since …
(2022-12-02). Venezuela's Manufacturing Sector Grew 13.6% in Third Quarter of 2022 (Conindustria Report). orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, November 30, the ultra-conservative Venezuelan Confederation of Industrialists (Conindustria) The president of Conindustria, Luigi Pisella, noted that this represents an increase of 13.6 points in this sector as compared with the same period in 2021. | In 2021, the operation of the i…
(2022-12-02). U.S. Is Considering Supplying Ukraine With Rocket-Propelled Bombs That Can Hit Russia's Crimea. southfront.org 
The GLSDB system. Source: Saab Group | The Pentagon is considering a proposal by Boeing to supply Ukraine with rocket-propelled precision-guided bombs that would allow Kiev forces to strike far behind Russian lines, Sources in the United States military industrial complex told the news agency that B…
(2022-12-02). Puerto Rico Debt Restructuring Delayed, Again. latinorebels.com Debt restructuring efforts for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's $9 billion debt have come to a new standstill after almost six years of negotiation. Multiple failed attempts to exit bankruptcy have led nowhere.
(2022-12-02). U.S. Government Opens Investigation Into SBF's FTX: Substantial Allegations Of Criminal Fraud Committed By Executives. moguldom.com A U.S. Justice Department official is calling for an independent investigation into the sudden collapse of the FTX crypto exchange, describing it as "the fastest big corporate failure in American history" akin to the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy of 2008, according to a Dec. 1 court filing. Already looking into the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried's Bahamas-based …
(2022-12-02). UW-Milwaukee SDS rallies against transphobia and police violence for Trans Day of Remembrance. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On November 21, a dozen members from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at UW-Milwaukee and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) gathered in Spaights Plaza at UWM to condemn transphobic violence and to advocate for a hiring freeze on UWM's police department. A moment of silence was also observed to honor the victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado that occurred two days before the event. | Speeches condemned the increase in anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry that has occurred in recent years, the erasure and criminalization of trans people, and advocated for UWM Police Department funding to be redi…
(2022-12-02). 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)…
(2022-12-02). Conoce qué productos son fruto de la esclavitud moderna. telesurtv.net Algunos de los productos más comunes del día a día son fabricados gracias a la explotación de seres humanos que sufren terribles condiciones laborales.
(2022-12-01). The Academic Proles On The Barricades. popularresistance.org In her 2019 book Squeezed, Alissa Quart gave a name to the middle class that was just getting by in today's middle-class-unfriendly economy: the middle precariat. | One group that may just manage to ascend, wobbily, to the ranks of the precarious middle are the 12,000 striking postdoctoral scholars who reached a tentative agreement with the University of California earlier today to boost their wages and benefits. Under the agreement, which will shortly be presented to…
(2022-12-01). British PM: The "Golden Era" With China Is Over. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageRishi Sunak believes it was "naàØve" to think closer economic ties would lead to reforms in China. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | On November 28, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered his first long speech on foreign policy. Sunak said that the "Golden Era" with China was over. He also described the belief that closer economic ties would lead to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) making internal political reforms as "naà&…
(2022-11-30). Chinese, European leaders seek stable ties. ecns.cn On Nov 10, a group of German business executives wrote a joint opinion article for the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, warning against pressure to withdraw from the vast China market that has served the German economy well.
(2022-11-30). Forecasts suggest 2023 may be good for China GDP and local equities. ecns.cn China's economy is expected to rebound next year and sustain the rally in Chinese equities, though market volatility could remain elevated, prominent investment banks and wealth managers said on Wednesday.
(2022-11-30). Work starts on major high-speed rail projects. ecns.cn Construction has begun on two major high-speed railways in southwestern China, which are expected to be completed in 2027 and 2028, improving the region's high-speed railway network and boosting socioeconomic development.
(2022-11-30). Nov manufacturing activity weakens. ecns.cn China's factory activity contracted at a steeper pace in November amid renewed domestic COVID-19 cases and slackening domestic and external demand, adding pressure to the country's slow and bumpy economic recovery.
(2022-11-30). Foreign firms flourishing in Shanghai. ecns.cn As a move to better enhance foreign-invested enterprises' role in the city's economic development, four ranking lists for 2021 foreign-invested enterprises were unveiled.
(2022-12-01). Bondholders Hoping to Recover Bad Debt from Struggling Puerto Rico Ratepayers (OPINION). latinorebels.com Almost $9 billion in bad debt and a half-century of high electricity prices hang in the balance in Puerto Rico.
(2022-12-01). Fed chief Powell spells it out: workers are its chief target. wsws.org In his Inflation and the Labour Market speech, Powell insisted even the sub-inflation wage increases of the recent period were considered to be too high and that economic growth would need to be suppressed for a "sustained period.
(2022-12-01). The US Can Get To 100% Clean Power Without New Nuclear. popularresistance.org There is a widespread view that nuclear energy is necessary for decarbonizing the electricity sector in the United States. It is expressed not only by the nuclear industry, but also by scholars and policy-makers like former Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who recently said that the choices we have "…when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine" are "fossil fuel or nuclear." I disagree. | Wind and are much cheaper than new nuclear plants even when storage is added. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimated the cost of unsubsidized utility-scale plus batte…
(2022-12-01). We've (Probably) Averted A Rail Strike — Now What? popularresistance.org What I can share is that we have almost certainly averted the chance of a legal, national rail strike. The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to step in and force rail laborers to accept the tentative agreement brokered by the White House in September. The House also passed legislation guaranteeing seven days of paid sick leave. | The Senate likely votes Thursday on that legislation. | We've seen an interesting range of politicians speak out about Congress' intervention into this strike. As you could expect, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., spoke out against any legislation tha…
(2022-12-01). Labor Board outlaws T-Mobile's company union. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON The National Labor Relations Board majority decided in November that T-Mobile had set up a company union to counter the Communications Workers' organizing drive among its thousands of call center customer service representatives. And since company unions are illegal under U.S. labor law, a board panel, on a party-line 2-1 vote, ordered T-Mobile's …
(2022-12-01). Labor's IR bill doesn't leave workers better off overall. greenleft.org.au Claims the IR amendments will close the gender pay gap and strengthen equal pay laws are welcome. But, as Mary Merkenich and Sarah Hathway argue the bill will divide workers and weaken the Better Off Overall Test.
(2022-12-01). Labor's IR laws don't leave workers better off overall. greenleft.org.au Claims the new IR laws will close the gender pay gap and strengthen equal pay laws are welcome. But, as Mary Merkenich and Sarah Hathway argue, the laws will divide workers and weaken the Better Off Overall Test.
(2022-12-01). Starbucks Must Bargain With Hometown Union After Breaking Law, Labor Board Rules. truthout.org The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on Wednesday that Starbucks must negotiate with a union formed at an upscale Seattle location after officials determined that the company broke federal labor laws by refusing to bargain — an action the company has admitted to. Though the Starbucks roastery, located in the company's hometown, voted to unionize in April, the company has refused to… |
(2022-12-01). Populist climate action requires thinking about freedom from specific oppressors—not just species survival. nationofchange.org The climate crisis is a form of oppression by a wealthy few.
(2022-12-01). China's auto export accelerates to new record. ecns.cn China's auto export industry registered steady growth amid headwinds such as chip shortage, rise of raw material prices, and the pandemic, with export totaling 2.46 million units in the first 10 months, up 54.1 percent on a yearly basis.
(2022-12-01). Moldovan citizens dissatisfied with anti-Russian policy. infobrics.org Thousands of people protest against high energy prices, a consequence of the Moldovan government's refusal to negotiate gas supply with Moscow.
(2022-12-01). Latin America's plan to challenge US dollar with new currency and 'regional financial architecture'. multipolarista.com 
Advising Brazil's President-elect Lula, Ecuadorian economist and leftist presidential candidate Andrés Arauz made a blueprint for a "new regional financial architecture" to unite Latin America, including an international currency to challenge the hegemony of the US dollar and IMF.
(2022-12-01). Belgian rail workers mount three-day nationwide strike. wsws.org The strikes in Belgium adds to the growing wave of rail workers' struggles against job cuts, inflation, and dilapidated infrastructure internationally.
(2022-12-01). Walker-Warnock Race Most Expensive in 2022 Cycle as Runoff Intensifies. truthout.org The U.S. Senate race in Georgia is the most expensive contest of the 2022 cycle, according to OpenSecrets data, with spending by general election candidates and outside groups skyrocketing to $380.7 million as of Nov. 29. Money is still pouring into the Senate race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican nominee Herschel Walker. The Georgia contest advanced to a runoff… |
(2022-12-01). Ten Years Later, The Fight For $15 And A Union Continues. popularresistance.org On Nov. 29, 2012, over 100 fast food workers in New York City walked off the job to demand that their wages be increased to $15 an hour and to finally have a voice in their workplaces through union representation. That walkout was the beginning of a movement—a movement that articulated and emerged out of the need for human dignity and democracy in the workplace; a movement that has forcefully asserted that highly profitable industries dominated by multi-billion and multi-million dollar corporations can afford to pay their workers a living wage and allow workers to safely voice their concerns and address iss…
(2022-11-30). Ministry's regulation clarifies rules for talent agents. ecns.cn As the country's entertainment industry grows, so does the demand for talent management.
(2022-12-01). Patent Law regulation amended to improve IP protection system. ecns.cn IP protection as a major principle was highlighted in the Civil Code, the nation's fundamental law for regulating civil activities, and punitive damage was also supported in relevant IP laws, including the Patent Law and the Trademark Law.
(2022-12-01). China's Yunnan passes regulation on protecting centuries-old tea trees. ecns.cn Southwest China's Yunnan Province has passed a protection regulation on its ancient tea trees, stipulating that wild and cultivated tea plants aged over 100 years should be better protected in the province.
(2022-12-01). 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.
(2022-12-01). Workers in Germany reject IG Metall's collective bargaining agreement. wsws.org Following the union's acceptance of a miserable deal for the metal and electrical industries, workers' anger with a contract cementing the third consecutive cut in real wages is growing.
(2022-12-01). NZ tertiary union takes legal case over job cuts. wsws.org The Tertiary Education Union has suppressed any further national industrial action and isolated university staff in New Zealand in the face of attacks on jobs and wages.
(2022-12-01). Ways of seeing Australia through capitalist and Aboriginal eyes. greenleft.org.au Barry Healy reviews two Perth art exhibitions exploring the Australian landscape as seen through the eyes of invading capitalism and surviving Aboriginality.
(2022-12-01). Dallas celebrates People's Thanksgiving. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, November 26, more than 60 activists gathered at the Pan-African Connection bookstore in Dallas to celebrate People's Thanksgiving, a celebration honoring those who struggle against imperialism, capitalism and national oppression. | The event was emceed by Ammar Hussein of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, who gave an opening speech welcoming the many organizations and participants to the event as well as praising the struggle of indigenous peoples for whom Thanksgiving is a national day of mourning. | "We reject the colonialist myth of Thanksgiving, and we stand in unwavering sol…
(2022-12-01). Ruben àñstlund's Triangle of Sadness: Today's "master class" and "subject class" wsws.org The English-language film is uneven, but its skewering of capitalism is certainly welcome.
(2022-12-01). In the Netherlands, a Discriminatory Algorithm has Impoverished Thousands of Families. strategic-culture.org By Alexia EYCHENNE | Aided by an algorithm, the Dutch tax office has plunged into distress tens of thousands of families — in particular, foreign-born mothers, in wrongfully demanding from them staggering sums. The state is proving incapable of setting things right. | Rotterdam. Each day, Sabrina Sliep picks up her telephone to listen to the same despairing stories. There are families evicted from their residence, today camping with relatives or friends, mothers who work two jobs to keep their heads above water, parents who struggle with depression. Personal trajectories broken one day by a letter from the…
(2022-12-01). Experts say COVID stress can be eased. ecns.cn Putting down the mobile phone, talking about negative feelings with friends or seeking professional counseling are some of the methods to help tackle depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak, experts said.
(2022-12-01). CEO Thought To Be Modern 'Crypto Madoff' Gets Claps, Sympathy After $Billions Go Missing. moguldom.com Former FTX CEO Sam "Crypto Madoff" Bankman-Fried was applauded Wednesday while being introduced during his most high-profile public appearance since his $32 billion crypto exchange declared bankruptcy on Nov. 7, burning customers. FTX allegedly misused customer funds with $8 billion still owed to those who are out-of-pocket. Bankman-Fried said he was going against lawyers' advice by …
(2022-12-01). Pentagon, Raytheon to deliver $1.2 billon missile system to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioDecember 1, 2022 Pentagon signs $1.2 bn deal to produce NASAMS systems for Ukraine: report The US Department of Defense has signed a USD 1.2 billion contract for the production and purchase of advanced NASAMS air defense systems for Ukraine…. "Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was awarded a $1,216,207,829 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of …
(2022-12-01). Tallahassee FRSO hosts October Revolution event. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On November 6, the Tallahassee District of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization held a celebratory meeting at Florida State University to honor the 105th anniversary of the October Revolution. | The October Revolution is the 1917 revolution that saw the overthrow of the czar, a Russian monarch, and the establishment of working-class power led by the Bolshevik party. | About a dozen or so students and community members gathered to learn about the October Revolution and the lessons it presents for today. | The event was facilitated by FRSO members Alex Carson, Regina Joseph and Delilah Pierre.
(2022-12-01). Interview with the Socialist Movement of Ghana: The IMF and the class struggle. liberationnews.org 
"We need to take control of our system, our resources, and distribute them for the benefit of the ordinary Ghanaian and the ordinary African."
(2022-12-01). Challenges for Malaysia's new 'national unity government'. greenleft.org.au Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj from the Socialist Party of Malaysia discusses the recent election result and the challenges facing the new government.
(2022-12-01). Socialist candidate Will Lehman on pace to win thousands of votes in UAW election with suppressed turnout. wsws.org Initial results from the first-ever direct election in UAW history show an important level of support for rank-and-file socialist candidate Will Lehman, as well as widespread alienation from the UAW apparatus, as reflected in the abysmal 10 percent turnout.
(2022-12-01). Youth in Australia speak out against war, promote IYSSE global anti-war webinar. wsws.org "I am against war, as many others are. I also believe that international socialism is the only way to end war for good."
(2022-12-01). Despite the ban, queers made important contributions to U.S. Communist movement. peoplesworld.org 
Ordinarily a person cited, interviewed and profiled in a book wouldn't be the appropriate person to review it. But we are not dealing here with an ordinary book, an ordinary author, nor an ordinary reviewer! And what is "appropriate" anyway? Much of this book talks about who and what were considered "appropriate." The book under …
(2022-12-01). Crean comisión de alto nivel para colaboración interparlamentaria entre Cuba y Rusia. cubadebate.cu El instrumento constituye un importante paso en aras de continuar fortaleciendo los vínculos entre los dos países, con acciones concretas para la venidera etapa de trabajo en áreas de interés mutuo.