(2022-12-13). To fight for the future we must fight for socialism! wsws.org These are the introductory remarks by Gregor Link, a member of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Germany, to the December 10 rally, "For a Mass Movement of Students and Youth to Stop the War in Ukraine!"
(2022-12-13). The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History. scheerpost.com By Tom Engelhardt | TomDispatch Author's note: I wrote this piece in May 2013, with a helping hand from the invaluable Nick Turse who came up with the word "terracide." In it, I focused on a planet warming far too quickly, thanks in significant part to the efforts of the giant fossil-fuel companies already profiting from …
(2022-12-12). China moves to boost foreign investment, trade as COVID-19 measures adjusted. ecns.cn Many localities across China are moving fast to boost foreign trade and investment as the country has adjusted its COVID-19 response to facilitate the orderly recovery of normal life and production.
(2022-12-12). China sues US in WTO over chip export control measures. ecns.cn China took legal action against the U.S. in the WTO over chip export control measures on Monday, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said in a statement posted on its website.
(2022-12-13). China sues U.S. in WTO over chip export control measures. ecns.cn China took legal action against the U.S. in the WTO over chip export control measures on Monday, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said in a statement posted on its website.
(2022-12-13). Thursday 12/15: Book launch, "Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy" indybay.org East Bay Media Center…
(2022-12-12). Businessmen, officials from China, U.S. call for strengthening trade, economic cooperation. ecns.cn Some 0 Chinese, U.S. businessmen and officials attending the 6th Annual Gala of the China General Chamber of Commerce-USA Chicago have called for strengthening trade and economic cooperation between the two sides.
(2022-12-13). Kash Kash and Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling: A movie immersed in social life and one that drifts away from it. wsws.org A documentary about young men who can't escape Lebanon's economic and political crisis contrasts sharply with one about an artist who turns away from social engagement to mull "how we organize our consciousness."
(2022-12-12). China-U.S. climate collaboration hailed despite difficulties. ecns.cn The potential for climate change collaboration between China and the United States has great significance for the world, although barriers remain, observers and experts have said.
(2022-12-13). Teamwork stressed on health crises. ecns.cn Infectious disease experts from the United States and China have put the case for collaboration on health threats, especially with the likelihood that public health emergencies will emerge at a faster pace in the coming decades.
(2022-12-13). Hundreds of UC UAW Strikers March & Rally In Sacramento At Capitol. indybay.org Hundreds of striking UC UAW education workers marched and rallied in Sacramento against the union busting and refusal of the administration to meet their demands for living wages, a COLA and. housing.
(2022-12-13). UC UAW 2865 Strikers Support Railway Workers: Your Fight Is Our Fight! indybay.org UCSC UAW 2865 striker Christoper Geary spoke at a solidarity rally at UCB Sproul Plaza connecting the railroad struggle with the UC UAW strike. He is a supporter of | UCSC4COLA @payusmoreucsc…
(2022-12-13). STOP Concession Bargaining! No COLA, No Contract! COLA & Housing for All Unions & Workers. indybay.org The United Front Committee For A Labor Party UFCLP opposes Concession bargaining No COLA/No Contract | COLA & Housing for All Unions & Working People | Time To Shut It Down With Mass Labor/Community Solidarity…
(2022-12-13). Australian strike wave continues despite union suppression. wsws.org This surge of industrial action is taking place despite the combined effort of the unions and the Labor government to shut down workers' opposition to real wage cuts and attacks on their standard of living.
(2022-12-13). Australian election surveys point to "fracturing" political establishment. wsws.org Two reviews shed further light on the breakup of voting support for both Labor and the Liberal-National Coalition, especially among working-class and younger voters.
(2022-12-13). Elected officials show support for a windfall profits cap on oil industry for price hikes. indybay.org State lawmakers and local elected officials urged legislation on a windfall profits cap on oil companies for the price gouging practices. The penalty would provide a rebate for CA consumers. Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) California local elected officials from frontline communities spoke about how their communities are being affected from gas prices as the oil industry continues to rake in billions of dollars in profits with no regard for how it hurts Californians, our climate and security.
(2022-12-13). Inaugural EOPA CA Climate Emergency & Energy Security Summit focused on offshore wind. indybay.org The Summit focused on the urgency for affordable clean energy security for all Californians — and highlighted energy solutions including scaling up offshore wind power. EOPA CA also supported Governor Newsom's windfall profits cap on oil companies that are price gouging Californians at the pump…
(2022-12-12). Chinese premier calls on China, ROK to jointly safeguard industrial, supply chains. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday called on China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to make joint efforts to maintain the stability and smooth flows of regional and global industrial and supply chains.
(2022-12-12). Beijing and Seoul to strengthen their friendship and global peace. ecns.cn State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday that Beijing is willing to work with Seoul to jointly safeguard the safety and smooth flow of industrial and supply chains, as well as maintain the international free trade system.
(2022-12-13). Nation builds momentum in computing power to drive industrial upgrading. ecns.cn In a world where computing power may become the next strategic competition area, China is expected to popularize computing applications into more industries for new momentum under the east-data-west-computing project.
(2022-12-13). Venezuelan Corn, Rice Growers Urge Gov't To Regulate Sector. orinocotribune.com The campesino protesters were received at the Agriculture Ministry but did not get a definitive answer to their demands. | Caracas, December 9, 2022 ( Small and midsize campesinos have denounced practices from agroindustrial groups and a lack of government policies that endanger their ability to produce. | Organizers reported around 200 participants in the mobilization, mostly coming from the agricul…
(2022-12-13). México será sede de la ronda de diálogo entre Colombia y el ELN. telesurtv.net Las representaciones del Gobierno de Colombia y del ELN destacan el ambiente respetuoso, transparente y cordial durante las semanas de labores.
(2022-12-12). The Twitter Files: The Corporate Media Ignores The Biggest Story Of The Decade. southfront.org 
| Originally published on The biggest story of the past decade is not the covid pandemic, the January 6th protests, the war in Ukraine, the BLM riots, or even the stagflationary crisis in the US. Behind these major events is another story, one that connects them all together in a disturbing way. Even more important than the effects of geopolitical and economic chaos is the…
(2022-12-12). US to continue providing Ukraine with military assisstance. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, reiterating Washington's commitment to continue providing Ukraine with security, economic assistance.
(2022-12-12). Washington wants Europe's total Dependence on the US. journal-neo.org 
In March 2022, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported that "Europe is the new hotspot" of global arms import. While this development is attributed to the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine (US/EU/NATO), what's equally, or even more, important to understand is how most of this European purchase is coming from the …
(2022-12-12). Split between Venezuela's Communists and Maduro's ruling party deepens. peoplesworld.org 
CARACAS—Venezuela's economy is likely to grow faster than most this year and next, according to Credit Suisse. GDP is forecast to have grown by as much as 20% this year (the IMF reckons 6%), up from around 4% in 2021 (the IMF claims 0.5%), before easing down to 7 or 8% in 2023. But there …
(2022-12-12). Cities unveil policies to stimulate economic recovery. ecns.cn Several Chinese cities are introducing concrete steps to stimulate consumption and maintain stable economic growth amid optimization of the country's COVID-19 rules in recent weeks.
(2022-12-12). BIS warns of dollar debt "black hole" wsws.org The Bank for International Settlements has described the unseen borrowing used in foreign exchange markets as "huge, missing and growing."
(2022-12-12). BIS warns of dollar debt 'black hole'. wsws.org The Bank for International Settlements has described the unseen borrowing used in foreign exchange markets as "huge, missing and growing."
(2022-12-12). Homegrown workers win election with Unite Here Local 8. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On December 8, workers at Seattle sandwich chain Homegrown won their National Labor Relations Board election to join UNITE HERE Local 8, a food service and hospitality union. With a vote count of 59-11 for their union, workers clearly showed they wanted a seat at the bargaining table. This election, representing 130 employees at ten different cafes, came after a separate vote by distribution drivers at Homegrown-owned company Catapult NW, who also voted to join the union. | Workers at the company went public with their campaign this July and have been fighting for increased wage and benefits, better…
(2022-12-12). Sri Lanka: Glenugie estate workers hostile to unions' collaboration with management. wsws.org Glenugie tea plantation workers are outraged after the CWC and NUW unions colluded with management to shut down a strike and enforce increased workloads. Two workers remain suspended for striking.
(2022-12-12). Australia and Japan boost military ties against China. wsws.org Australia's Labor government is presiding over an unprecedented expansion of collaboration with Tokyo, including plans to host Japanese fighter jets.
(2022-12-12). U.S. politicians' insider trading a tip of the iceberg of systemic corruption. ecns.cn Nearly 100 members of the U.S. Congress had traded financial assets that intersected with their duty or reported similar transactions by some of their close relatives between 2019 and 2021.
(2022-12-12). An invulnerable financial fortress on the sand?Ôøº. nationofchange.org Qatar has our world's attention, but nearby — and deeply unequal — Dubai might be charting our future.
(2022-12-12). Two-year-old killed by household mould exposes UK-wide public health crisis. wsws.org This public health crisis is a symptom of a housing system in which the basic human right to shelter is subordinated to the rampant profiteering of private landlords and cost-cutting of central and local government.
(2022-12-12). US COVID death toll surges in third winter of the pandemic. wsws.org The elderly account for 92 percent of recent deaths, the byproduct of a deliberate policy of "culling" the population of those who do not contribute to corporate profit.
(2022-12-12). Dakar Manifesto: Africa: From Resistance to Alternatives, 2001. orinocotribune.com By Black Agenda Report Nov 9, 2022 | The 2001 Dakar Manifesto had a simple but unassailable claim: the total and unconditional cancellation of the odious African debt. | Two recent incidents demonstrate in unembellished and unambiguous fashion how capitalism, to paraphrase the great Walter Rodney, continues to exploit and under-develop Africa. First, the UK's Serious Fraud Office convicted a subsidiary of the Anglo-Swiss multinational corporation Glencore of paying millions of dollars in bribes to state-owned companies in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Sudan, in order to buy pri…
(2022-12-12). Gov. Jim Justice's Coke Plant Fined $925,000 for Polluting Black Neighborhoods. truthout.org This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The owner of one of Birmingham, Alabama's oldest industrial plants has agreed to pay a nearly $1 million fine after releasing excessive amounts of toxic air pollution into nearby historic Black… |
(2022-12-12). Why Venezuela Has Resisted While Many Leftist Presidents Could Not. popularresistance.org Objectively reviewing the history of our times proves that Chávez faced—and Maduro has continued to face—all the strategies, tactics, maneuvers, games, and schemes that the US empire and its satellites and lackeys have successfully used throughout the rest of the continent, among other ploys that have been used in other parts of the world. | Let's conduct a thorough count from memory: coups d'état, military riots, public uprisings by high-ranking military officers, strikes and sabotages of the productive industrial apparatus, denunciations of electoral fraud with violent protests, interference through…
(2022-12-12). China's fast-moving consumer goods market resilient despite COVID-19: report. ecns.cn China's fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector showed a resilient performance despite the impact of COVID-19, an industrial report said.
(2022-12-12). Democratic Socialists of America provide cover for UAW and Democrats as they move to shut down University of California strike. wsws.org The DSA is promoting the lie that Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom can be relied on to "intervene" on behalf of striking UC academic workers.
(2022-12-12). Manuel Tiago's 'A Line in the Sand': How to beat back a fascist coup. peoplesworld.org 
I remember reading accounts of àÅlvaro Cunhal, leading Portuguese Communist, in the U.S. after the 1974 military coup and popular uprising ended the long fascist regime of Salazar and his successors. Cunhal was often denounced as a rigid and dogmatic "Stalinist" and defender of the Soviet Union. Fortunately, I had already learned to question capitalist …
(2022-12-12). Venezuela and Equatorial Guinea Agree to Increase Oil Cooperation. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, December 9, the foreign affairs minister of Equatorial Guinea, Carlos Faría, reported that the Caribbean nation and Venezuela will increase technical cooperation between their oil industries to boost the economic development of both nations. | The Venezuelan top diplomat announced through his social media accounts: "We agree to join efforts to increase the already initiated technical and scientific cooperation between PDVSA [Petróleos de Venezuela] and Gepetrol [Equatorial Guinea de Petróleo], in addition to continuing to develop the exchange of experiences of our oil industries in favor of the eco…
(2022-12-12). øCómo La Estancia saldrá de sus apuros productivos? cubadebate.cu Este año, La Estancia ha dejado de elaborar productos que equivalen a 75 millones de pesos debido a la falta de financiamiento para adquirir el material de envase que demanda su tecnología Tetra Pak. Desde junio, la planta se mantiene prácticamente parada e incluso dejó de elaborar las compotas Osito que se distribuyen por la canasta familiar.
(2022-12-11). High Fuel Prices Likely to Kill More Europeans Than Fighting in Ukraine. The Economist. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-11). Weapons Programs Of Russian Defence Ministry In Tables. southfront.org 
| 2021 — Global military spending 2,113 billion dollars: | Increase of 0.7 % from 2022 | Increase of 12 % from 2012 | 1. USA ($801 billion, decrease of 1.4 % from 2020) | 2. China ($293 billion, increase of 4.7 % from 2020 | 3. India ($76.6 billion, increase of 0.9 % from 2020) | 4. Britain ($68.4 billion, increase of 3 % from 2020) | 5. Russia | | Ballistic missiles (21 launchers) | Yars | Avangard | Sarmat | Submarines (3) | Borey…
(2022-12-11). Brian Berletic Sitrepping. . smoothiex12.blogspot.com Brian gives a good "spread" about NATO. This damn real economy;))
(2022-12-11). Warfare Development Conference: NATO touts successful operations on four continents. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Command TransformationDecember 9, 2022 Investigating the Future of Allied Warfare Development NATO's Allied Command Transformation held the Alliance Warfare Development Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, from December 6 — 8. The Alliance Warfare Development Conference is an annual event for military and civilian decision-makers to collaborate on warfare development. The conference investigates the future of …
(2022-12-11). Multiple Economic Fractures in Mordor. dissidentvoice.org 
Orientation The golden age of left-wing economists In part because the 1960s was still a period of capitalist abundance, there were few socialists in Yankeedom who pointed to the economic contradictions of capitalism as a motivator for the coming revolution. "Western Marxists" ignored the economy, imagining capitalism could go on forever. As first anarcho-communist and …
(2022-12-11). Unity And Resistance To Imperialism Drive West African Conference. popularresistance.org 150 people from political parties, trade unions, community-based organizations, women's groups, and other social movements across West Africa are gathering in Winneba, Ghana from December 8-10 to chart a joint strategy for struggle at a crucial time for the region. | The West African People for a New World Conference seeks to be a forum to share the demands and aspirations of the people in struggle in the region. The conference is being held at a time when there has been an upsurge of anti-imperialist sentiments across the region, as well as severe economic crises due to neoliberal policies. The bulk of the deleg…
(2022-12-11). Xi says China to continue supporting Iraq's reconstruction. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China will continue supporting Iraq's economic reconstruction and help it restore industries, improve people's livelihood and achieve sustainable development."ÄÄ…
(2022-12-11). Xi says China to support, help Somalia in reconstruction, anti-terror fight. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Friday that China is ready to provide assistance to the best of its ability for Somalia's reconstruction and social and economic development, and encourages the two countries' enterprises to explore cooperation in areas including agriculture, fishery and health.
(2022-12-11). Yemen warns Saudi coalition over any economic escalation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) — The Yemeni Minister of Oil and Minerals Ahmed Daris said that Yemen's Salvation Government will not stand idly by in front of any economic escalation of US-Saudi aggression.
(2022-12-11). U.S. "Weaponized" Dollar Economics. "This Global Instrument of Fraud and World Dominance Must be Broken Once and For All" globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-11). President Maduro Announces Special Measures to Control Exchange Rate. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, December 10, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced that he has instructed his economic team to apply "measures in defense of the official exchange rate," after a drastic devaluation of the national currency, bolívar, in recent weeks. | "Facing the attack of the criminal [black market] dollar exchange rate, I instructed the economic team to take measures in defense of the official exchange rate, for a healthy trade that respects the rights of the people," President Maduro announced. "We will guarantee a happy Christmas, defeating the mafias from Miami. No one will stop economic growth!
(2022-12-11). Making 'The Right To The City' Real For Urban Dwellers Worldwide. popularresistance.org This International Human Rights Day, as our mostly urban world is increasingly challenged by rising poverty, migration, inequality and climate risk, let us think about what it would mean to truly enjoy the "right to the city." | From the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the end of World War II to the ensuing drumbeat of further international rights covenants, conventions and declarations, the language of protection and universality of rights would seem to be ubiquitous and generally agreed. | Yet discrimination persists. In cities, it most often manifests itself against low-income families,…
(2022-12-11). How America Used WWI To Crush Internal Dissent. popularresistance.org Behind the triumphant narrative of the American entry into WWI is another story of a society riven by powerful contradictions. In 1917 the US was overwhelmed by labor disputes, rising anti-immigrant 'nativism,' and unrelenting racial violence, particularly against Black people. In his new book, American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, historian Adam Hochschild traces the untold story of how WWI reshaped America's domestic politics. The Great War provided the occasion to clamp down on the Socialist Party of America and the International Workers of the World, muzzle the p…
(2022-12-11). Iran Lab Expo 2022 inaugurated in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) — The 10th Exhibition of Iranian-Made Laboratory Equipment and Materials (Iran Lab Expo 2022) and 23rd Exhibition of Research and Technology Exhibition were inaugurated at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Sunday.
(2022-12-11). Workers Celebrate as Adjunct Strike Ends at The New School After Deal Reached. truthout.org Labor rights advocates nationwide celebrated after part-time faculty at the New School in New York City reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the higher education institution late Saturday, ending a strike that has spanned more than three weeks. "Collective action and worker solidarity wins!" "WE WON! We won our fair contract," tweeted Natasha Lennard, a columnist at The… |
(2022-12-11). UK postal workers speak on fight against Royal Mail and wider strike movement. wsws.org A postal worker from Tottenham said: "A group of billionaires want to have all the wealth and control the rest of us. That is what they want to do and we are saying no to it."
(2022-12-11). What Does the Fed's Jerome Powell Have Up His Sleeve. dissidentvoice.org 
"There is no sense that inflation is coming down," said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a November 2 press conference, — this despite eight months of aggressive interest rate hikes and "quantitative tightening." On November 30, the stock market rallied when he said smaller interest rate increases are likely ahead and could start in …
(2022-12-11). Open Veins of Africa Bleeding Heavily. orinocotribune.com By Ndongo Samba Sylla and Jomo Kwame Sundaram — Dec 7, 2022 | The ongoing plunder of Africa's natural resources drained by capital flight is holding it back yet again. More African nations face protracted recessions amid mounting debt distress, rubbing salt into deep wounds from the past. | With much less foreign exchange, tax revenue, and policy space to face external shocks, many African governments believe they have little choice but to spend less, or borrow more in foreign currencies. | Most Africans are struggling to cope with food and energy crises, inflation, higher interest rates, adverse climate ev…
(2022-12-11). Channel Islands: Up to 12 people killed in explosion at Jersey apartment block. wsws.org As many as 12 people could have died when an explosion collapsed a block of flats in St Helier, Jersey. The blast is likely to be yet another in a number of gas-related blasts rooted in poor maintenance, badly maintained and ageing infrastructure and the drive for profit.
(2022-12-11). Red Theory: The achievements of socialism in the Soviet Union. fightbacknews.org As Marxist-Leninists in the United States, we can draw lessons from the experiences of others in carrying out revolution and building socialism. While every revolutionary struggle must be firmly based on the concrete analysis of its own conditions, we should still study closely both the successes and failures in the rich experience of the Soviet Union. From that experience we can draw both lessons from their struggle as well as inspiration from their heroic achievements. In the next article we will examine the causes of the collapse of the USSR and draw lessons from it, but here let's look at all that it achieved…
(2022-12-11). China's EV charging points see rapid expansion. ecns.cn The number of new charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) in China grew at a rapid pace this year to meet the demand of the country's burgeoning EV community, industrial data showed.
(2022-12-11). América latina: Tierra inestable. globalizacion.ca Cuando el panorama general latinoamericano parecía encaminarse hacia un horizonte de estabilidad política, con mayoría de gobiernos antineoliberales, de los cuales la elección de Lula parece ser la cúspide, el continente vuelve a temblar. | En medio de una crisis interna…
(2022-12-11). EE.UU. y àÅfrica: øUna cumbre para la colaboración u otra recolonización? globalizacion.ca No pocas son las dudas de analistas sobre cuáles propósitos y resultados tendrá la cumbre entre EEUU y los jefes de Estado africanos que se celebrará del 13 al 15 de diciembre en Washington: øSerá para una colaboración genuina o…
(2022-12-11). Suspenden a vicepresidenta del Parlamento Europeo, Eva Kaili. telesurtv.net En la víspera el grupo de los Socialistas y Demócratas en la Eurocámara, al que pertenece Kaili, decidió suspender a la eurodiputada griega.
(2022-12-11). Protestan en Bangladés contra política económica del Gobierno. telesurtv.net Reclaman la dimisión del Ejecutivo y la convocatoria a nuevas elecciones.