(2022-12-04). 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.
(2022-12-04). The November Jobs Report Was Not as Strong as Advertised. cepr.net I confess, I am a card-carrying member of Team Transitory, and I have been wrong about the extent to which inflation would be persistent. This was largely due to subsequent rounds of Covid, China's zero Covid policy, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all factors which the inflation hawks did not anticipate either. But regardless …
(2022-12-04). The Volatility Of US Hegemony In Latin America, Part II. popularresistance.org The US has long considered Latin America and the Caribbean to be its "backyard" under the anachronist 1823 Monroe Doctrine. And even though current US President Biden mistakenly thinks that upgrading the region to the "front yard" makes any difference, Yankee hemispheric hegemony is becoming increasingly volatile. A "Pink Tide" of left electoral victories since 2018 have swept Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Honduras, Chile, Columbia, and Brazil. At the same time, China has emerged as an economic presence while tumultuously inflationary winds blow in the world economy. | In this larger context, the socialist tr…
(2022-12-04). Haiti in the Caribbean: A Political Economy Perspective on the Urgent Crisis of Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Tamanisha John Nov 23, 2022 | If Haiti is "the poorest country in the hemisphere" it is because imperialist policies continue to impoverish and destabilize that nation. | 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 especiall…
(2022-12-04). 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.
(2022-12-04). (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.
(2022-12-04). 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.
(2022-12-04). Bad Deal: Seeno's and Tagami's Newest Proposal for Concord. indybay.org The latest term sheet proposal by the Concord First (yes, really that's their name) Partners is a bad deal for Concord. Not only is it more of the same sprawl that fails at addressing climate challenges, the proposal reinforces the widening economic disparity in the region.
(2022-12-04). 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.
(2022-12-04). The Raider Spirit: The Unveiling of the B-21. dissidentvoice.org The US military industrial complex has made news with another eye-wateringly expensive product, a near totemic tribute to waste in a time of crisis. The $700 million B-21 Raider stealth bomber was unveiled by Northrop Grumman Corp. and the United States Air Force on December 2 at Airforce Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. There was …
(2022-12-04). 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.
(2022-12-04). Silvia Federici: Elogio del cuerpo que baila. indybay.org Un fragmento de "Ir más allá de la piel. Repensar, rehacer y reivindicar el cuerpo en el capitalismo contemporáneo", nuevo libro de Silvia Federici…
(2022-12-03). Alastair Crooke: Europe a VASSAL of the US, Destroying Itself Over Ukraine-Russia War! thealtworld.com Going Underground is back on air for the first time since April, now broadcasting to you from Dubai, the heart of the Middle East! For our return episode we speak to Alastair Crooke, the Founder and Director of Conflicts Forum. | He discusses Europe's and the US' declining narrative hegemony with China, India and Brazil taking their own independent positions on the Russia-Ukraine War, the coming showdown with China and the US using Europe as pawns in heating up the rivalry and attempts, the economic self-destruction of Europe via sanctions on Russia and economic divorce with China resulting in the US plucking non…
(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). New US B-21 Raider Illustrates Waste in Western Defense Spending Giving Russia-China the Edge. thealtworld.com The US has unveiled the stealth B-21 Raider its newest bomber; | The B-21 Raider may cost over 700 million US dollars per warplane; | It will not fly until next year at the earliest and still requires extensive design reviews; | Western analysts admit it faces major challenges going against modern integrated air defense systems produced by nations like Russia and China; | Rather than depend on its stealth, analysts suggest it could use tactics already used by conventional aircraft to carry out standoff strikes using long-range precision guided weapons; | If used to carry…
(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). "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). The Secret Reason the U.S. Is Still in Syria. strategic-culture.org By Lee CAMP | Syria has drifted from the headlines, but the U.S. is still stealing their oil, occupying large swaths of their land, and economically obliterating them. | This month, UN special rapporteur Alena Douhan came back from Syria and In her
(2022-12-03). Pentagon to Spend $200 Billion on New Nuclear Bomber as Millions Live in Poverty. truthout.org Peace and economic justice advocates responded to the imminent unveiling Friday of the United States Air Force's new $750 million-per-plane nuclear bomber by reiterating accusations of misplaced priorities in a nation where tens of millions of people live in poverty and lack adequate healthcare coverage. Military-industrial complex giant Northrop Grumman is set to introduce its B-21 Raider on… |
(2022-12-03). Let's Honor Kevin Johnson by Dismantling the Systems That Failed Him. truthout.org To be Black in the U.S. is to hope in the face of a continuum of social, political, economic and psychological "death sentences." As Black people, many of us have learned to hope against hope. It is hard because it is such a fragile thing — to hope that we might be shown grace. Despite what I have come to know about the anti-Black hydraulics of the criminal legal system… |
(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 struggles of the working class.
(2022-12-03). With No Child Tax Credit, Families Are Slipping Back Into Poverty Amid Inflation. truthout.org Originally published by The 19th A year ago, the expanded child tax credit ended. Between 2020 and 2021, the credit — which gave monthly payments of up to $300 per child — helped reduce child poverty by more than 40 percent. More than 36 million families received the credit in 2021, and the money helped push the child poverty rate below that of adults for the first time. But since the program… |
(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). Theory: Reproductive labor and the family. fightbacknews.org Mother Bloor, a Communist revolutionary who fought for women's suffrage, emphasized that women couldn't just stop at the right to vote. Working women still had to organize against the capitalist ruling class, which forced them to endure long hours, low wages and suffocating labor conditions. The vote was just another tool in that struggle. The suffrage movement relied on people like Bloor – workers who recognized that women's liberation depends on the struggle for socialism. | This struggle has always brought out the hardest fighters for women's liberation, and in recent decades it has empowered the LGBTQ movemen…
(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). Railroad Workers Slam Biden for Siding With Bosses to Avoid Strike. truthout.org Railroad workers lashed out at both Republicans and Democrats on Friday after Congress and President Joe Biden blocked their unions from striking over paid sick leave and unsafe work scheduling, with militant workers calling for the various railroad craft unions to unite under one organization and consider allying with a third political party. Biden signed legislation on Friday finalizing a labor… |
(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). Evangelical Lobbying Threatens Supreme Court's Independence. popularresistance.org 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 evangelical nonprofit Faith and Action executed "Operation Higher Court." It was an organized and systematic campaign "to wine, dine and entertain conservative Supreme Court justices while pushing conservative positions" on social issues pending before the court, *Politico* reports. | Faith…
(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). Teamsters Picket MonoSol Plant Over Forced Overtime, 60-Hour Workweeks. popularresistance.org LaPorte – Firewood was stacked high outside the MonoSol plant as bundled-up Teamsters huddled around burn barrels and open fires in the frigid chill. | The plant that normally cranks out water-dissolvable film for Tide Pods and other single-use detergents and dishwasher soaps sat quietly behind a barbed wire fence, its windows dark and its parking lot empty. | Workers picketed outside. They stood in circles in the bitter cold amid the acrid smell of wood smoke, a giant inflatable Scabby the Rat and a Teamsters semi-trailer truck. Passing trucks often blared their horns in solidarity in the industrial park. | Thei…
(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). President of Bolivia Calls for Unity to Defeat Coup Attempts. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 2, Bolivian President Luis Arce called for internal unity to defeat coup attempts in the country after recognizing the existence of conflicts within his own party, Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), the ruling party of Bolivia. | Arce said in a video message that both the right wing and "comrades from inside" are looking for ways for his government to fail. | The Bolivian president reiterated his fight for the Bolivian people and for the construction of a project that strengthens the nation's sovereignty. | "I know that there are those who want to see us fail, from outside, and unfortunately so…
(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). Municipal elections in Taiwan: Big defeat for US policy in the region. uwidata.com By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * The recently concluded 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) persisted in the guideline of peaceful reunification of the country under the idea of sustaining two political systems for a period of time. Under the one-China principle, the CPC has set out to promote "broad and in-depth consultations …
(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). Revolución bolivariana: entre reajustes político-institucionales y económicos. globalizacion.ca El reajuste político institucional que se produzca por efecto de la coyuntura económica por la que atraviesa el país y por las concesiones a Washington y a las diferentes dirigencias opositoras formalizadas por el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro y la…