Monthly Archives: October 2023

2023-10-31: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-10-31). China's factory activity contracts in October. ecns.cn China's factory activity unexpectedly shrank in October after resuming expansion for the first time in half a year in September, official data showed on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-10-31). China to send 'strong' business delegation to APEC business summit in San Francisco: CCPIT official. ecns.cn China will organize a "strong business delegation" consisting of Chinese entrepreneurs to attend the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco in November.

Daniel Volman (2023-10-30). Biden Faces Nigeria Crisis. fpif.org President Biden faces three simultaneous crises in his policy toward Nigeria in the aftermath of the elections on February 25, when 24 million Nigerians voted in national elections. Now, following the election of Bola Tinubu as president, they are all coming to a head. | First, Washington's efforts to get the previous government of Muhammadu Buhari to end or reduce official corruption in Nigeria, to end or reduce state violence against civilians (especially women and children) and non-violent demonstrators, to contain or defeat jihadi insurgencies, and to reform the economy completely failed. | Second, the govern…

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Middle East investors eye Chinese startups. ecns.cn China's smart vehicle makers and autonomous driving companies have become popular with investors in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia, as the oil-rich region is looking for new ways to drive its economy.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Focus on private, public sectors to boost economy. ecns.cn China's latest policy measures aimed at bolstering growth in the private economy and reforming State-owned enterprises will expand opportunities for private firms within the country, improving the overall economic landscape.

infobrics (2023-10-30). What Does South Africa Stand to Gain from an Expanded BRICS?>. infobrics.org It is difficult to assess what an expanded Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) grouping will mean for South African trade fortunes and broader economy amid the shifting global power dynamics between North and South, East, and West.


Matt Bruenig (2023-10-31). The Economy Versus the Economic System. peoplespolicyproject.org As we gear up for the next presidential election, various pundits are puzzling over how people can be dissatisfied with the Biden economy. Some of this puzzling, such as that which is focused on what survey responders actually mean when they answer generic questions about the economy, is fair enough. Personally, I think these surveys are not very insightful because so many respondents clearly use them as proxy questions about whether they like the president or not. | However, other puzzling on this question, such as that which accuses the left of being deliberately unfair and ridiculous in its assessment of th…

Subodh Varma (2023-10-31). Precarious jobs, low earnings, and unpaid work haunt India's economy. peoplesdispatch.org A recently released government report captures a reality where unpaid labor, especially of women, has increased significantly, informal work has increased, agriculture is increasingly the mainstay of work, and low-paying self-employment dominates the world of work…

Florence CGTN (2023-10-30). Is inflation affecting U.S. Halloween industry? america.cgtn.com Despite all the doom and gloom economically that could put a damper on Halloween, people are still celebrating the season but on a budget. According to research, rising inflation is affecting consumers' costume choices for this annual event that's filled with "thrills, chills, and spills."

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-31). Brazilian court resumes trial against Bolsonaro. plenglish.com Bolsonaro faces an investigation for the alleged abuse of political and economic power during the last elections and illegal conduct during the commemorations of the Bicentennial of Independence on September 7th, 2022. | The ministers participating in the case are discussing whether the former president made use of the official structure of the party of the Bicentennial of Independence to hold a campaign event to re-elect himself. | On September 7th of last year, Bolsonaro attended the official parade at the Esplanade of the Ministries in Brasilia and then boarded a sound truck a few meters away to make an elect…

WSWS (2023-10-31). Mack Trucks intransigently refusing striking workers' demands, as engines run low at Volvo Trucks plant in Virginia. wsws.org The company is demanding complete surrender on the economic front as the workers' strike enters the fourth week.

Ann Brown (2023-10-30). Risking Economic Implosion: U.S. War Appetite And Israel Alliance Fuel Inflation Fears. moguldom.com The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which has resulted in escalating violence and geopolitical tensions, is now causing concerns about a potential spike in global inflation. One of the primary factors contributing to these concerns is the surge in oil prices. Oil prices reached as high as $93 a barrel, reacting to the possibility …


Ann Brown (2023-10-30). 5 Takeaways From Torraine Walker's Interview With Reparations Scholar Dr. Sandy Darity. moguldom.com Many discussions over the last decade or so have usually involved Dr. William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr., an American economist and social sciences researcher. He is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke …

Jake Johnson (2023-10-30). UAW Scores Tentative Contract Deal With General Motors. truthout.org The United Auto Workers on Monday secured a tentative agreement with General Motors that reportedly includes a 25% general wage increase over the life of the four-year contract as well as cost-of-living adjustments. According to Bloomberg, the UAW's agreement with GM has similar economic terms as the historic tentative deal the union reached with Ford last week and a subsequent agreement with… |

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-30). Cuban residing in Nicaragua calls for defending Cuba. plenglish.com Managua, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Association of Cuban Residents in Nicaragua, Rafael Ruiz, affirmed that should actively defend the Revolution, as Cuba is growing through a complex economic crisis.

WSWS (2023-10-30). Death toll mounts after Category 5 hurricane destroys Acapulco, Mexico. wsws.org Amid already rampant inequality, the socio-economic impact will be felt for years, as hundreds of thousands of livelihoods have been erased overnight.

teleSUR (2023-10-30). US Sees Massive Retail Closures Amid Negative Economic Trends. telesurenglish.net Thousands of stores are closing across the United States this year, with some citing increased crimes as a reason, but industry experts said crime isn't the full story. | RELATED: | Rite Aid, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country, has joined the growing list of retailers to shed locations. The company filed for bankruptcy this month and is set to close more than 100 drug stores as the first step while negotiating a b…

WSWS (2023-10-30). Capitalism, German nationalism and fake populist demagogy—the program of Sahra Wagenknecht's new party. wsws.org The new party is intended to prevent resistance to social decline, poverty, war and oppression from challenging the capitalist social order and uniting with the struggles of the international working class.

Ann Brown (2023-10-30). 5 Takeaways From Torraine Walker's Interview With Reparations Scholar Dr. Sandy Darity. moguldom.com Many discussions over the last decade or so have usually involved Dr. William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr., an American economist and social sciences researcher. He is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke …

Jake Johnson (2023-10-30). UAW Scores Tentative Contract Deal With General Motors. truthout.org The United Auto Workers on Monday secured a tentative agreement with General Motors that reportedly includes a 25% general wage increase over the life of the four-year contract as well as cost-of-living adjustments. According to Bloomberg, the UAW's agreement with GM has similar economic terms as the historic tentative deal the union reached with Ford last week and a subsequent agreement with… |

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-30). Cuban residing in Nicaragua calls for defending Cuba. plenglish.com Managua, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Association of Cuban Residents in Nicaragua, Rafael Ruiz, affirmed that should actively defend the Revolution, as Cuba is growing through a complex economic crisis.

WSWS (2023-10-30). Death toll mounts after Category 5 hurricane destroys Acapulco, Mexico. wsws.org Amid already rampant inequality, the socio-economic impact will be felt for years, as hundreds of thousands of livelihoods have been erased overnight.

teleSUR (2023-10-30). US Sees Massive Retail Closures Amid Negative Economic Trends. telesurenglish.net Thousands of stores are closing across the United States this year, with some citing increased crimes as a reason, but industry experts said crime isn't the full story. | RELATED: | Rite Aid, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country, has joined the growing list of retailers to shed locations. The company filed for bankruptcy this month and is set to close more than 100 drug stores as the first step while negotiating a b…

WSWS (2023-10-30). Capitalism, German nationalism and fake populist demagogy—the program of Sahra Wagenknecht's new party. wsws.org The new party is intended to prevent resistance to social decline, poverty, war and oppression from challenging the capitalist social order and uniting with the struggles of the international working class.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. (2023-10-31). In defense of AMLO — understanding MORENA's project. therealnews.com US corporate media decries AMLO as an 'authoritarian.' Some in the US left have criticized AMLO's party, MORENA, for its emphasis on extractivism and its conflicts with some Indigenous communities. What's often left out of the narrative is that MORENA has successfully lifted 9 million Mexicans out of poverty since 2018. What's the true story of MORENA's political project?

Mohamed Elmaazi (2023-10-31). Detained Under UK Terrorism Law, Whistleblower Says Police Questioned His Support For Assange. thedissenter.org Support independent journalism on whistleblowers, government secrecy, and press freedom-related issues.  On his way back home from Iceland, British whistleblower and former diplomat Craig Murray was stopped by police and interrogated at Scotland's Glasgow Airport under Schedule 7 of the United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2000. | Murray was subjected to a barrage of questions on October 16 for nearly an hour. | The questions partly focused on his sources of income and his connection to WikiLeaks, the Don't Extradite Assan…

ecns.cn (2023-10-31). Legal experts agree on BRI cooperation. ecns.cn Domestic and foreign legal officials have pledged to strengthen collaboration in law enforcement and security, so that they can better serve and safeguard the building of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-31). Cambodia holds day against US blockade of Cuba. plenglish.com Members of the Cuba Solidarity Movement, Cuban collaborators, Cubans residing in Cambodia, faculty and university students, participated in the activities. | Flags of Cambodia and Cuba were raised at Wat Non, the largest natural elevation in the city, in support not only of the demand for the end of the blockade but also for the exclusion of Cuba from the list of states sponsoring terrorism. | The vice president of the Association of Cambodian Graduates in Cuba, Bun Therun, expressed his support for Cuba, hours away from the presentation to the United Nations General Assembly, of a resolution calling for the end…

WSWS (2023-10-31). Australian pseudo-left seeks to channel anger over Palestine behind pro-genocide Labor government. wsws.org Socialist Alliance is promoting illusions in the very Labor government that has given its aggressive support to the unfolding mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Albanese's visit to serve as booster for ties with China. ecns.cn An impending visit by Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to China is likely to help improve the relationship between the two countries and promote more collaboration, an expert says.

Sharon Zhang (2023-10-30). Thousands of Gazan Workers in Israel Have Gone Missing Since Gaza Siege Began. truthout.org Thousands of workers from Gaza who were in Israel on work permits have been unaccounted for since Israel began its current siege of Gaza on October 7, with their families fearing that the workers have been detained by Israeli forces. Roughly 4,500 Palestinian workers who were working in Israel are feared missing, Palestinian Minister of Labor Nasri Abu Jaish told The Independent. |

WSWS (2023-10-30). 24 migrant children illegally working at Ohio chicken slaughter house. wsws.org The latest discovery of children working in a poultry processing plant is the most recent example of the growing use of child labor throughout the United States.

WSWS (2023-10-30). 16-year-old Australian Aboriginal dies in maximum security adult prison. wsws.org he state Labor government bears criminal responsibility for the appalling incident.

WSWS (2023-10-30). Department of Labor orders re-run of rail mechanics' election marred by massive fraud. wsws.org The IAM bureaucrats in the incumbent slate used a mixture of harassment and intimidation, lengthy delays in sending campaign material, and finally the improper disqualification of ballots to ensure their own "re-election."

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-31). Cuba calls for unity at solar energy event in India (+Photo). plenglish.com New Delhi, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) Cuba called for for unity and international collaboration on Tuesday at the 6th Session of the General Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), which is taking place in this capital with the participation of representatives from 116 countries.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-10-31). Constitucional chileno aprueba texto de nueva Carta Magna. telesurtv.net Con 33 votos a favor, 17 votos en contra y ninguna abstención fue cerrada la labor de órgano redactor.

Danya Al-Saleh (2023-10-31). We are millions, we are billions, we are all Palestinians: Stand with Palestine in DC on November 4th. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in We are witnessing an emergent movement in the United States, one that upholds Black Lives from Ferguson to Minneapolis, champions Native sovereignty from the Hawaiian mountains to the Plains of the Dakotas, knows no borders from the Texas deserts to the California valley and reclaims our stolen labor from the classrooms of Oklahoma to the fa…

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Legal experts agree on BRI cooperation. ecns.cn Domestic and foreign legal officials have pledged to strengthen collaboration in law enforcement and security, so that they can better serve and safeguard the building of the Belt and Road Initiative.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-31). Mayo Clinic and Oxford Nanopore announce collaboration to advance precision medicine for cancer and genetic disorders. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Joint development collaboration to bring leading-edge nanopore sequencing into clinical laboratories at Mayo Clinic to increase understanding and improve treatment of cancer and genetic disorders ROCHESTER, Minn., and OXFORD, UK — Mayo Clinic and Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company delivering a new generation of nanopore-based molecular sensing technology, today unveiled a multi-year joint development collaboration to develop new clinical tests for diseases and improve patient care. Mayo Clinic and Oxford Nanopore have identified several areas…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-31). Protect your community; safely dispose of unused medications this Take Back Day. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — In collaboration with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Olmsted Medical Center, Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Mayo Clinic will host a community drop-off event to collect unused or expired medications on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m.—2 p.m. Anyone can anonymously drop off medications at Mayo's Gonda Building at the west entrance drop-off circle located at Third Ave. Southwest. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events are…

Sam Pizzigati (2023-10-31). A New Portrait of the World's Wealth — and Wealthiest. counterpunch.org How can we comprehend — truly comprehend — how concentrated the wealth of our world has become? We have some choices. We can choose to see the world of concentrated wealth through the eyes of those who directly serve the richest among us, people like the veteran Australian sea captain Brendan O'Shannassy, the author of

Editor (2023-10-30). 'Killers of the Flower Moon': U.S. director Martin Scorsese's film about the "Reign of Terror" against the Osage Indians. mronline.org The "Reign of Terror," which lasted from the end of World War I to 1931, involved the murder of at least 60 wealthy, full-blood Osage Natives, but Grann argues that the actual total of suspicious deaths may number in the hundreds.

WSWS (2023-10-30). Artists oppose firing of Artforum editor—under pressure from wealthy collectors—for defending Palestinians. wsws.org Over 50 employees and contributors to Artforum have also signed a letter to the owners of the magazine demanding that Velasco be reinstated.

Owen Fairclough (2023-10-30). Should the U.S. abandon interventionist policies? america.cgtn.com The U.S. response to the Hamas attack on Israel has been swift and strident. | It includes billions of dollars in extra financial aid for Israel, backed up by the deployment of military support. | But all this clashes with a growing isolationist impulse among some of the most conservative Republicans demanding less U.S. intervention around the world.

DB&V Union Local 1312 (2023-10-31). Deglaziers, Boosters & Vandal union Local 1312 now hiring at all Walgreens locations. indybay.org Direct action against financial district Walgreens claimed by Deglaziers, Boosters & Vandals Union Local 1312. Images show progress in moving out financial district Walgreens. Come join the fun we are hiring!

DB&V Union Local 1312 (2023-10-30). Deglaziers, Boosters & Vandal union Local 1312 now hiring at all Walgreens locations. indybay.org Direct action against financial district Walgreens claimed by Deglaziers, Boosters & Vandals Union Local 1312. Images show progress in moving out financial district Walgreens. Come join the fun we are hiring!

James G. Rickards (2023-10-30). March 9, 2022: Biden Signed the Death Warrant on American Freedom. The Digital Takeover of the Financial System. globalresearch.ca

Patricia Harrity (2023-10-31). Bill Gates Pushes Digital ID for Newborns in Kenya. expose-news.com Bill Gates is still pushing his digital ID programmes that are essentially tools to that make "governments more efficient at what they are already doing," according to the Financial Times, "and can …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-30). The US is Fueling, Not Avoiding, a Regional War. libya360.wordpress.com Hasan Illaik When Washington began orchestrating Israel's assault on Gaza, it became the magnet drawing together a constellation of regional and western armies, militias, navies and weapons systems that risk tipping West Asia into war. Israeli ground operations in the Gaza Strip have begun. The Financial Times says Israel will not reveal much about these military operations…

Lawrence Reichard (2023-10-30). The Remarkable Life of Lucy Poulin. counterpunch.org Lucy Poulin, a champion of Maine's rural poor for more than 50 years, died October 14 in her home in East Orland, Maine at the age of 83. Lucy was a founder and longtime director of H.O.M.E. Co-op (Homeworkers Organized for More Employment) in Orland, Maine. Founded in 1970, H.O.M.E. is a non-profit that provides

Staff (2023-10-30). Middle East Expert Lara Friedman: If Netanyahu Cared About Hostages, Why Did He Launch Ground Invasion? democracynow.org We look at the reluctance in Congress to censure Israel despite growing grassroots pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza. "The narrative on both sides of the aisle is mostly about the right of Israel to defend itself," says Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. "Congress has bought, completely, the framing which says that any Palestinian that dies in Gaza … that's all on Hamas." Friedman explains how the normalization of the racist Kahanist movement by Israel and the U.S. helped lead to today's crisis, and lays out Israel's approach to the ongoing…

Larry Johnson (2023-10-31). China and Russia Playing Military and Diplomatic Cards in the Middle East. sonar21.com The Western public, especially the Americans, while focused intensely on the Israeli war with Hamas and the Palestinian people, is paying little attention to what China and Russia are doing in the region to support Iran. There is strong sentiment among the political class in the United States to take advantage of this moment and attack Iran. | What they are failing to take into account is that China, using a flotilla of its navy, sent a clear signal that it is no longer a passive observer in the war between Israel and Hamas. Six Chinese war ships sailed into the Persian Gulf, spending five days in Kuwait…

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-10-30). Fasting for Gaza Ceasefire at Nancy Pelosi's doorstep. indybay.org CODEPINK and World Beyond War are sponsors of a fast for a ceasefire in Gaza, for the love of the children of Gaza. We are asking Nancy Pelosi to call for a cease fire and de-escalation, per 80% of Democrat voters and HR 786. We are asking Biden to support a ceasefire and to stop spending our $ on weapons for the Israeli military to use against civilians in Palestine.

WSWS (2023-10-30). Russia's war-time budget. wsws.org In order to offset a massive increase in spending on national defense and security, the Russian government is gutting funding for social spending, education, healthcare, and utilities.

ecns.cn (2023-10-31). Foreign companies rethinking India's biz environment. ecns.cn Multinationals face increasingly challenging business conditions in India as the South Asian nation's reputation as a lucrative investment choice increasingly appears to conceal significant risks for foreign investors, experts said..

ecns.cn (2023-10-31). Water conservancy taps into right efforts. ecns.cn China's local-level authorities are increasingly prioritizing investment effectiveness, focusing on water conservancy projects closely related to people's livelihoods.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Honduras to participate further in CIIE. ecns.cn Honduras will participate in the sixth China International Import Expo to be held in Shanghai from Nov 5 to 10, aiming to develop investments and tourism, said the news agency Prensa Latina on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Foreign companies rethinking India's biz environment. ecns.cn Multinationals face increasingly challenging business conditions in India as the South Asian nation's reputation as a lucrative investment choice increasingly appears to conceal significant risks for foreign investors, experts said..

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Water conservancy taps into right efforts. ecns.cn China's local-level authorities are increasingly prioritizing investment effectiveness, focusing on water conservancy projects closely related to people's livelihoods.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Hangzhou city strengthens regulation on high-precision maps. ecns.cn Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, has recently strengthened regulation on high-precision maps, requiring that related data be stored within Chinese border and cross-border data transfer need official approval.

midwesternmarx (2023-10-30). Germany Has a Historic Debt to the Palestinian People. By: Marcel Cartier. midwesternmarx.com ​The crimes of German fascism are of a magnitude so enormous that they are almost difficult to comprehend. Without question the most heinous in its breadth was the Holocaust, the systematic attempt by the Nazi regime to annihilate the Jewish people that ultimately led to the mass murder of around two-thirds of the European Jewish population. It is only correct that today's German state would see itself as having a historic responsibility towards Jews, both at home and abroad. …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-30). Let the whole world speak out against Israel's savagery against the Palestinian people. By: Rabi Sankar Bosu. midwesternmarx.com ​Exactly 75 years ago in 1948, the whole world watched in horror as millions of Palestinians fled their homes due to the Zionist Israeli aggression. According to the United Nations figures, Zionists have carried out massacres, 530 Palestinian villages were wiped off from the world map and 957,000 have lost their homes and become refugees living in the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, resulting in a devastating "Nakba" (Arabic word meaning "catastrophe"). The inhuman savag …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-30). Progressive Coups Against Empire. By: Yohan Smalls. midwesternmarx.com This article was Co-published with the Hampton Institute. Western leftists often explain socialism as an extension of democratic values. Across professional spheres, this belief is propagated by some of the most popular figures in our movement. For instance, the acclaimed academic Noam Chomsky described socialism as "an extension of democracy into the social sphere." Jacobin, the largest socialist publication in the United States, has published writers who explain the S …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-30). The Everyday Violence of Life in Occupied Palestine. By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com Driving along the Jordan River Valley in the Occupied Palestine Territory (OPT) of the West Bank is a stunning experience. The road is officially called Highway 90. The arable and irrigated land along this road is held militarily and illegally by Israeli settlers, many of whom are not actually Israeli citizens, but residents from the Jewish diaspora. A United Nations Commission report published in 2022 showed that this settlement activity is a crime against internation …

WSWS (2023-10-31). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Workers, students and teachers staged nationwide protests over a new government mining contract while 670 Vancouver, Canada, wastewater workers are in the third week of a strike over wages.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-30). Autoworkers brought car manufacturers to their knees and won big. peoplesdispatch.org The United Auto Workers' historic "Stand Up Strike" came to an end on Monday, October 30, after UAW negotiators reached tentative agreements with the "Big Three" largest automobile manufacturers in the US, Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors. Following a strike that began in waves on September 15, workers have secured major victories, ensuring that their wages will rise to In the three new TAs that have been won, UAW leaders have delib…

Frank Cappello (2023-10-31). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Bee Movie (w/ CJ Koepp). levernews.com

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-10-30). Colonial Connections: An Intro to the Relations of Colonialism, Capitalism, Fascism and Zionism. podcasters.spotify.com If the title wasn't long enough, wait till you hear how much information I packed into this one episode! This is my best attempt to try to put onto the table, all of the different historical connections and points of origin between colonial and imperial powers from Britain to the United States to Nazi Germany and to the state of Israel. Through discussing the means by which colonialism came to be, Europe, founded itself and created an institution of white supremacy, and how capitalism/imperialism was able to time and time again, assert its domination over the world through occupation, genocide, slavery, wage labo…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-31). Bolivia awaits credit from Chinese bank to industrialize zinc. plenglish.com La Paz, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia is waiting for a loan from the China Eximbank for 350 million dollars for the construction of a zinc refining plant in Oruro, after the delivery of the corresponding documentation by government authorities.

Molly Gott (2023-10-30). "A Textbook Case of Genocide Unfolding in Front of our Eyes." The Military Industrial Complex and the "Corporate Enablers" of Israel's War on Gaza. globalresearch.ca

JoAnn Wypijewski (2023-10-30). What Jurors Learned at the SBF Trial on Friday. counterpunch.org He'd worn shorts because they were comfortable. He'd grown his hair long because he was lazy. He worked 12 to 22 hours a day. He took a day off every month or two. He's trying to break the habit of using 'we' to mean 'I'. Sometimes he forgets.

WSWS (2023-10-31). Oppose the UAW-backed sellout contracts at Ford, GM and Stellantis! wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site urge workers to establish rank-and-file committees to fight for the broadest possible "no" vote and prepare a real struggle to win workers' demands.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-10-30). 'I'm in solidarity with Palestine!' Hundreds rally in Baltimore to demand end of Israel's Occupation. therealnews.com Over 200 demonstrators gathered in front of City Hall in Baltimore on Friday, October 20, and subsequently marched through the streets of downtown Baltimore, to protest Israel's retaliatory bombing of Gaza after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks, and to call for an end to Israel's 75-year occupation of Palestine. The rally and march, billed with the title "We Won't Back Down: All Out for Palestine!," was cosponsored by The Party for Socialism & Liberation (PSL), Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) Baltimore, Baltimore Student Union, Runners 4 Justice, Friends of Latin America, and Baltimore BLOC. | TRNN was on the gr…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-30). Indonesian socialists express solidarity with Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Xi stresses forging strong sense of community for Chinese nation and promoting the high-quality development of Party's work on ethnic affairs in the new era. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee conducted the ninth group study session on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation on the afternoon of Oct 27.

ecns.cn (2023-10-31). Xi stresses organizing, motivating women to contribute to Chinese modernization. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday called for efforts to organize and motivate women to contribute their strength to Chinese modernization.

thecommunists (2023-10-31). Students protest against Manchester university's complicity in Gaza genocide. thecommunists.org The following press release was issued by the Youth Front for Palestine and Manchester Leftist Action on 25 October 2023. ***** On Wednesday 25 October, the Youth Front For Palestine (YFFP) and Manchester Leftist Action (MLA) staged a student-led protest on University of Manchester's (UoM) campus to demand that University of Manchester's Graphene Institute stops …

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2023-10-30: News Headlines

Daniel Volman (2023-10-30). Biden Faces Nigeria Crisis. fpif.org President Biden faces three simultaneous crises in his policy toward Nigeria in the aftermath of the elections on February 25, when 24 million Nigerians voted in national elections. Now, following the election of Bola Tinubu as president, they are all coming to a head. | First, Washington's efforts to get the previous government of Muhammadu Buhari to end or reduce official corruption in Nigeria, to end or reduce state violence against civilians (especially women and children) and non-violent demonstrators, to contain or defeat jihadi insurgencies, and to reform the economy completely failed. | Second, the govern…

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Middle East investors eye Chinese startups. ecns.cn China's smart vehicle makers and autonomous driving companies have become popular with investors in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia, as the oil-rich region is looking for new ways to drive its economy.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Focus on private, public sectors to boost economy. ecns.cn China's latest policy measures aimed at bolstering growth in the private economy and reforming State-owned enterprises will expand opportunities for private firms within the country, improving the overall economic landscape.

infobrics (2023-10-30). What Does South Africa Stand to Gain from an Expanded BRICS?>. infobrics.org It is difficult to assess what an expanded Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) grouping will mean for South African trade fortunes and broader economy amid the shifting global power dynamics between North and South, East, and West.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-10-29). Acapulco struggles to rebuild after devastating Hurricane Otis. america.cgtn.com Following the devastating hurricane that hit Mexico's Pacific Coast last week, the beach resort of Acapulco is busy picking up the pieces. With the local economy dependent on tourism, the work being done is essential for the city's future. | CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports.

Grace Panetta (2023-10-29). Kentucky Governor's Race Highlights Ongoing Racial Justice Fight for Breonna Taylor. truthout.org Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the GOP nominee for governor, didn't prosecute the officers who fatally shot Taylor. Activists haven't forgotten. The economy, abortion and education: They're the big issues in the ads and debates in the Kentucky governor's race, just as in other races around the country. But the contest between Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Black Republican, and incumbent Gov. |

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Middle East investors eye Chinese startups. ecns.cn China's smart vehicle makers and autonomous driving companies have become popular with investors in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia, as the oil-rich region is looking for new ways to drive its economy.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). China to contribute over 30% of global economic growth in 2023. ecns.cn China is projected to contribute more than 30 percent of global economic growth in 2023, highlighting the anchoring role of the world's second-largest economy in a more vulnerable world, leading experts said at a forum on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Nighttime economy helps lift Lhasa. ecns.cn The nighttime economy continues to be a driving force of the socioeconomic development in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Focus on private, public sectors to boost economy. ecns.cn China's latest policy measures aimed at bolstering growth in the private economy and reforming State-owned enterprises will expand opportunities for private firms within the country, improving the overall economic landscape.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). China to contribute over 30% of global economic growth in 2023. ecns.cn China is projected to contribute more than 30 percent of global economic growth in 2023, highlighting the anchoring role of the world's second-largest economy in a more vulnerable world, leading experts said at a forum on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Nighttime economy helps lift Lhasa. ecns.cn The nighttime economy continues to be a driving force of the socioeconomic development in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region.

Ann Brown (2023-10-30). Risking Economic Implosion: U.S. War Appetite And Israel Alliance Fuel Inflation Fears. moguldom.com The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which has resulted in escalating violence and geopolitical tensions, is now causing concerns about a potential spike in global inflation. One of the primary factors contributing to these concerns is the surge in oil prices. Oil prices reached as high as $93 a barrel, reacting to the possibility …

Ann Brown (2023-10-30). 5 Takeaways From Torraine Walker's Interview With Reparations Scholar Dr. Sandy Darity. moguldom.com Many discussions over the last decade or so have usually involved Dr. William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr., an American economist and social sciences researcher. He is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke …

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-30). Cuban residing in Nicaragua calls for defending Cuba. plenglish.com Managua, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Association of Cuban Residents in Nicaragua, Rafael Ruiz, affirmed that should actively defend the Revolution, as Cuba is growing through a complex economic crisis.

WSWS (2023-10-30). Death toll mounts after Category 5 hurricane destroys Acapulco, Mexico. wsws.org Amid already rampant inequality, the socio-economic impact will be felt for years, as hundreds of thousands of livelihoods have been erased overnight.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). China continues to strengthen actions to address climate change: MEE. ecns.cn China will prioritize addressing climate change in national governance, strengthen actions to address climate change, and promote comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Renowned epidemiologist dies age 60. ecns.cn Wu Zunyou, one of China's top epidemiologists, died on Friday at the age of 60, as reported by the Economic Observer, a financial news outlet on Friday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-29). Africa vs Colonialism: Why Does the Continent's Struggle for Self-Sufficiency Remain so Difficult? libya360.wordpress.com Denis Degterev Regional organizations are trying to overcome the legacy of their dependence on the West Over the past three years, the political events in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger have attracted international attention and raised the issue of external influence in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Africa seems to stand…

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Forum calls for further deepening reform. ecns.cn China should scale up efforts to comprehensively deepen reform and opening-up as a crucial step to anchor market expectations, boost business confidence and unleash the country's economic growth potential.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Experts call for structural reforms. ecns.cn China is responsible for 60 percent of the world's zero-carbon technology manufacturing, creating millions of jobs and new economic activity in its territory.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Forum calls for further deepening reform. ecns.cn China should scale up efforts to comprehensively deepen reform and opening-up as a crucial step to anchor market expectations, boost business confidence and unleash the country's economic growth potential.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Experts call for structural reforms. ecns.cn China is responsible for 60 percent of the world's zero-carbon technology manufacturing, creating millions of jobs and new economic activity in its territory.

teleSUR (2023-10-30). US Sees Massive Retail Closures Amid Negative Economic Trends. telesurenglish.net Thousands of stores are closing across the United States this year, with some citing increased crimes as a reason, but industry experts said crime isn't the full story. | RELATED: | Rite Aid, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country, has joined the growing list of retailers to shed locations. The company filed for bankruptcy this month and is set to close more than 100 drug stores as the first step while negotiating a b…

Norbert Trenkle (2023-10-29). Qualitative Break: Why a Radical Critique of Work is Necessary Today. indybay.org Capital has increasingly decoupled itself from directly expended labor, and accumulation is now taking place predominantly on the level of financial markets… In large parts of the Global South, the majority has long since been declared 'superfluous'

WSWS (2023-10-30). Capitalism, German nationalism and fake populist demagogy—the program of Sahra Wagenknecht's new party. wsws.org The new party is intended to prevent resistance to social decline, poverty, war and oppression from challenging the capitalist social order and uniting with the struggles of the international working class.

Kennedy Smith, ILSR. (2023-10-29). How Do You Buy Groceries When There's No Grocery Store? popularresistance.org When a new mobile grocery market launched in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, its first stop was Maple City Apartments, a 40-unit complex for low-income, elderly relatives. Maple City's residents have felt the region's lack of grocery stores acutely. The nearest full-service grocery store is at least five miles away,[1] which leaves few options for people who don't have access to a car or good public transit. But the County's residents can now buy groceries from a farmers market on wheels. It started when the Cooperage Project, a regional nonprofit organization, wanted to get fresh, healthy food to people during the p…

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Albanese's visit to serve as booster for ties with China. ecns.cn An impending visit by Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to China is likely to help improve the relationship between the two countries and promote more collaboration, an expert says.

WSWS (2023-10-30). 16-year-old Australian Aboriginal dies in maximum security adult prison. wsws.org he state Labor government bears criminal responsibility for the appalling incident.

WSWS (2023-10-30). Department of Labor orders re-run of rail mechanics' election marred by massive fraud. wsws.org The IAM bureaucrats in the incumbent slate used a mixture of harassment and intimidation, lengthy delays in sending campaign material, and finally the improper disqualification of ballots to ensure their own "re-election."

Eleanor J. Bader (2023-10-29). Trump-Era Ruling Weakened Unions at Religious Colleges. Labor Is Fighting Back. truthout.org Kenneth Davis, an associate professor at Edward Waters University (EWU) — a private Christian and historically Black college in Jacksonville, Florida — says he was shocked and dismayed when he received a letter informing him that the college's administration was withdrawing recognition of the labor union that had represented the school's faculty for more than three decades. In addition to teaching… |

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Legal experts agree on BRI cooperation. ecns.cn Domestic and foreign legal officials have pledged to strengthen collaboration in law enforcement and security, so that they can better serve and safeguard the building of the Belt and Road Initiative.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). AIIB investing to accelerate clean energy. ecns.cn The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has announced that the multilateral development bank and the COP28 Presidency are collaborating to mobilize the much-needed climate investment capital and accelerate clean energy investments to address critical resource gaps in Asia and beyond.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Albanese's visit to serve as booster for ties with China. ecns.cn An impending visit by Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to China is likely to help improve the relationship between the two countries and promote more collaboration, an expert says.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). AIIB investing to accelerate clean energy. ecns.cn The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has announced that the multilateral development bank and the COP28 Presidency are collaborating to mobilize the much-needed climate investment capital and accelerate clean energy investments to address critical resource gaps in Asia and beyond.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-30). Can you get COVID-19 and the flu at the same time? A Mayo Clinic expert weighs in. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Influenza, COVID-19, the common cold and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are among the respiratory viruses that will be circulating this fall and winter seasons. These highly contagious viruses cause similar symptoms, making it difficult to differentiate between them. Those symptoms include: Fever Cough Sore throat Runny nose Body aches Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, says it is possible for people to contract more than one virus at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-30). Mayo Clinic and Oxford Nanopore announce collaboration to advance precision medicine for cancer and genetic disorders. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Joint development collaboration to bring leading-edge nanopore sequencing into clinical laboratories at Mayo Clinic to increase understanding and improve treatment of cancer and genetic disorders ROCHESTER, Minn., and OXFORD, UK — Mayo Clinic and Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company delivering a new generation of nanopore-based molecular sensing technology, today unveiled a multi-year joint development collaboration to develop new clinical tests for diseases and improve patient care. Mayo Clinic and Oxford Nanopore have identified several areas…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-30). Healthcare professionals, caregivers, people living with dementia to connect at Mayo Clinic Conference on Brain Health and Dementia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Artwork by Anne Labovitz ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and community partners working to advance the health of older adults and people impacted by dementia will host a conference Saturday, Nov. 4, to share the newest research and strategies for reducing dementia risk and living well with cognitive decline. The Mayo Clinic Conference on Brain Health and Dementia is hosted with collaborators AARP Minnesota and Alzheimer's Association Minnesota-North Dakota, and offers people living with dementia…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-30). Protect your community; safely dispose of unused medications this Take Back Day. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — In collaboration with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Olmsted Medical Center, Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Mayo Clinic will host a community drop-off event to collect unused or expired medications on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m.—2 p.m. Anyone can anonymously drop off medications at Mayo's Gonda Building at the west entrance drop-off circle located at Third Ave. Southwest. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events are…

Andrew Korybko (2023-10-29). Lavrov Elaborated On Russian Policy Towards The Israeli-Hamas War In His Latest Interview. thealtworld.com Bottom line: Russia blames Israel, Hamas, and the US for this war, and will try to mediate a resolution. | Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's latest interview with

Editor (2023-10-30). 'Killers of the Flower Moon': U.S. director Martin Scorsese's film about the "Reign of Terror" against the Osage Indians. mronline.org The "Reign of Terror," which lasted from the end of World War I to 1931, involved the murder of at least 60 wealthy, full-blood Osage Natives, but Grann argues that the actual total of suspicious deaths may number in the hundreds.

WSWS (2023-10-30). Artists oppose firing of Artforum editor—under pressure from wealthy collectors—for defending Palestinians. wsws.org Over 50 employees and contributors to Artforum have also signed a letter to the owners of the magazine demanding that Velasco be reinstated.

DB&V Union Local 1312 (2023-10-30). Deglaziers, Boosters & Vandal union Local 1312 now hiring at all Walgreens locations. indybay.org Direct action against financial district Walgreens claimed by Deglaziers, Boosters & Vandals Union Local 1312. Images show progress in moving out financial district Walgreens. Come join the fun we are hiring!

James G. Rickards (2023-10-30). March 9, 2022: Biden Signed the Death Warrant on American Freedom. The Digital Takeover of the Financial System. globalresearch.ca

Owen Fairclough (2023-10-30). Should the U.S. abandon interventionist policies? america.cgtn.com The U.S. response to the Hamas attack on Israel has been swift and strident. | It includes billions of dollars in extra financial aid for Israel, backed up by the deployment of military support. | But all this clashes with a growing isolationist impulse among some of the most conservative Republicans demanding less U.S. intervention around the world.

Staff (2023-10-30). Middle East Expert Lara Friedman: If Netanyahu Cared About Hostages, Why Did He Launch Ground Invasion? democracynow.org We look at the reluctance in Congress to censure Israel despite growing grassroots pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza. "The narrative on both sides of the aisle is mostly about the right of Israel to defend itself," says Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. "Congress has bought, completely, the framing which says that any Palestinian that dies in Gaza … that's all on Hamas." Friedman explains how the normalization of the racist Kahanist movement by Israel and the U.S. helped lead to today's crisis, and lays out Israel's approach to the ongoing…

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-10-30). Fasting for Gaza Ceasefire at Nancy Pelosi's doorstep. indybay.org CODEPINK and World Beyond War are sponsors of a fast for a ceasefire in Gaza, for the love of the children of Gaza. We are asking Nancy Pelosi to call for a cease fire and de-escalation, per 80% of Democrat voters and HR 786. We are asking Biden to support a ceasefire and to stop spending our $ on weapons for the Israeli military to use against civilians in Palestine.

WSWS (2023-10-30). Russia's war-time budget. wsws.org In order to offset a massive increase in spending on national defense and security, the Russian government is gutting funding for social spending, education, healthcare, and utilities.

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-10-29). Fasting for Gaza Ceasefire at Nancy Pelosi's doorstep. indybay.org CODEPINK and World Beyond War are sponsors of a fast for a ceasefire in Gaza, for the love of the children of Gaza. We are asking Nancy Pelosi to call for a cease fire and de-escalation, per 80% of Democrat voters and HR 786. We are asking Biden to support a ceasefire and to stop spending our $ on weapons for the Israeli military to use against civilians in Palestine.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-29). House Speaker Says Bill to Split Israel Aid from Ukraine Will be Brought to Floor. news.antiwar.com Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday that a stand-alone bill to provide Israel with billions more in military aid will be brought to the House floor this week instead of President Biden's $105 billion request that also includes spending for Ukraine, Taiwan, and the border. "We're going to move a stand-alone Israel …

_____ (2023-10-30). The Man in the Mirror: A Glimpse at the Heart and Mind behind TRANSCEND Media Service. transcend.org After spending a year of military service guarding the Brazilian President in Brasilia, he was arrested and tortured by agents of the 1964 coup d'état regime who suspected him of being a Communist based on a membership card to the Brazil-Russia Cultural Union. The 20-year-old had joined to learn how to play chess… Antonio told me he felt rage, powerlessness and the urge for revenge… But he found another way.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Honduras to participate further in CIIE. ecns.cn Honduras will participate in the sixth China International Import Expo to be held in Shanghai from Nov 5 to 10, aiming to develop investments and tourism, said the news agency Prensa Latina on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Foreign companies rethinking India's biz environment. ecns.cn Multinationals face increasingly challenging business conditions in India as the South Asian nation's reputation as a lucrative investment choice increasingly appears to conceal significant risks for foreign investors, experts said..

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Water conservancy taps into right efforts. ecns.cn China's local-level authorities are increasingly prioritizing investment effectiveness, focusing on water conservancy projects closely related to people's livelihoods.

Editor (2023-10-29). Reports Expose US Billionaires and Corporate Profiteers Enabling Israel's War on Gaza. scheerpost.com

Sam Gindin (2023-10-29). Bidenomics and the Left. socialistproject.ca "There's something happening here | But what it is ain't exactly clear." | — "For What It's Worth," Buffalo Springfield. | The Other Crisis: | The go-to crises of the socialist left have been "American declinism" and "inter-imperial rivalry." These crises have not only been predicted by the left but often wished for, the left seeing them as doing much of the heavy lifting it cannot do on its own. This is both bad analysis and worse politics. It overstates declinism, wrongly projects the (very real) tensions between the US and China into a contest over who will lead global capitalism, and assumes…

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Hangzhou city strengthens regulation on high-precision maps. ecns.cn Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, has recently strengthened regulation on high-precision maps, requiring that related data be stored within Chinese border and cross-border data transfer need official approval.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Global Insights on BRI | hail for Nepal-China friendship and hope for common growth under BRI: General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (UML). ecns.cn Cooperation between Nepal and China has an important contribution to the development of Nepal and through the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), both countries can achieve cooperative development, said Shankar Pokhrel, general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist), in an exclusive interview with China News Network.

midwesternmarx (2023-10-30). Germany Has a Historic Debt to the Palestinian People. By: Marcel Cartier. midwesternmarx.com ​The crimes of German fascism are of a magnitude so enormous that they are almost difficult to comprehend. Without question the most heinous in its breadth was the Holocaust, the systematic attempt by the Nazi regime to annihilate the Jewish people that ultimately led to the mass murder of around two-thirds of the European Jewish population. It is only correct that today's German state would see itself as having a historic responsibility towards Jews, both at home and abroad. …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-30). Let the whole world speak out against Israel's savagery against the Palestinian people. By: Rabi Sankar Bosu. midwesternmarx.com ​Exactly 75 years ago in 1948, the whole world watched in horror as millions of Palestinians fled their homes due to the Zionist Israeli aggression. According to the United Nations figures, Zionists have carried out massacres, 530 Palestinian villages were wiped off from the world map and 957,000 have lost their homes and become refugees living in the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, resulting in a devastating "Nakba" (Arabic word meaning "catastrophe"). The inhuman savag …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-30). Progressive Coups Against Empire. By: Yohan Smalls. midwesternmarx.com This article was Co-published with the Hampton Institute. Western leftists often explain socialism as an extension of democratic values. Across professional spheres, this belief is propagated by some of the most popular figures in our movement. For instance, the acclaimed academic Noam Chomsky described socialism as "an extension of democracy into the social sphere." Jacobin, the largest socialist publication in the United States, has published writers who explain the S …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-30). The Everyday Violence of Life in Occupied Palestine. By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com Driving along the Jordan River Valley in the Occupied Palestine Territory (OPT) of the West Bank is a stunning experience. The road is officially called Highway 90. The arable and irrigated land along this road is held militarily and illegally by Israeli settlers, many of whom are not actually Israeli citizens, but residents from the Jewish diaspora. A United Nations Commission report published in 2022 showed that this settlement activity is a crime against internation …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-30). Autoworkers brought car manufacturers to their knees and won big. peoplesdispatch.org The United Auto Workers' historic "Stand Up Strike" came to an end on Monday, October 30, after UAW negotiators reached tentative agreements with the "Big Three" largest automobile manufacturers in the US, Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors. Following a strike that began in waves on September 15, workers have secured major victories, ensuring that their wages will rise to In the three new TAs that have been won, UAW leaders have delib…

_____ (2023-10-30). Why Capitalism Cannot Finally Repress Socialism. transcend.org In fact, the capitalism-versus-socialism contest does not really resume because it never really stopped. As changing social conditions changed socialism—a process that took time—it sometimes seemed to wishful thinkers that the systems struggle had ended with capitalism's victory.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-30). El Salvador threatened by 19-E tropical depression. plenglish.com San Salvador, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador dawned today under orange alert, which may turn red in the next few hours, when tropical depression 19-E approaches its coasts, according to authorities.

Molly Gott (2023-10-30). "A Textbook Case of Genocide Unfolding in Front of our Eyes." The Military Industrial Complex and the "Corporate Enablers" of Israel's War on Gaza. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-10-29). Workers and young people protesting Israeli assault on Gaza speak from demonstrations across the UK. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site spoke with people protesting Israel's war on Gaza at demonstrations mobilising tens of thousands across the country this weekend, including in Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Manchester, Glasgow and Inverness.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-10-30). 'I'm in solidarity with Palestine!' Hundreds rally in Baltimore to demand end of Israel's Occupation. therealnews.com Over 200 demonstrators gathered in front of City Hall in Baltimore on Friday, October 20, and subsequently marched through the streets of downtown Baltimore, to protest Israel's retaliatory bombing of Gaza after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks, and to call for an end to Israel's 75-year occupation of Palestine. The rally and march, billed with the title "We Won't Back Down: All Out for Palestine!," was cosponsored by The Party for Socialism & Liberation (PSL), Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) Baltimore, Baltimore Student Union, Runners 4 Justice, Friends of Latin America, and Baltimore BLOC. | TRNN was on the gr…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-30). Indonesian socialists express solidarity with Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Xi stresses forging strong sense of community for Chinese nation and promoting the high-quality development of Party's work on ethnic affairs in the new era. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee conducted the ninth group study session on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation on the afternoon of Oct 27.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-10-29). There's Only So Much Propaganda Spin You Can Put On The Murder Of Thousands Of Children. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The thing is there's only so much propaganda spin you can put on the murder of thousands of children. | With other imperial military actions the propagandists had an easier time spinning things. Oh no those evil communists are taking over South Vietnam, we need to stop them! Oh no Saddam's got WMDs, we need to get him! Oh no Gaddafi's gonna rape and kill all those Libyans, we have a res…

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Xi stresses forging strong sense of community for Chinese nation. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation to promote the high-quality development of the Party's work on ethnic affairs in the new era.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Xi presides over meeting on promoting new breakthrough in full revitalization of Northeast China. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Oct 27 to review "The Guideline on Policies and Measures to Further Promote a New Breakthrough in the Full Revitalization of Northeast China in the New Era." Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Xi: Promoting progress, unity of all ethnic groups. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has emphasized forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation to promote unity and progress of all ethnic groups across the country.

ecns.cn (2023-10-30). Xi: Promoting progress, unity of all ethnic groups. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has emphasized forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation to promote unity and progress of all ethnic groups across the country.

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2023-10-29: News Headlines

The Lancet (2023-10-28). Editorial] Sri Lanka at 75: safeguarding its health achievements. thelancet.com This year, Sri Lanka marks 75 years of independence from the British as well as the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Malaiyaha Tamil community, brought from South India to work on colonial plantations. Much is owed to this community, whose labour powered the country's tea industry, generating substantial revenue to Sri Lanka's economy. Since independence, Sri Lanka has been mired in conflict and turmoil rooted in historical political tensions between ethnoreligious communities entrenched in the legacy of British imperialism and nationalist identity politics.

WSWS (2023-10-28). ECB keeps rates on hold as euro area moves towards recession. wsws.org In her opening press conference remarks ECB president Christine Lagarde said the euro area economy remained "weak."

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-10-29). Acapulco struggles to rebuild after devastating Hurricane Otis. america.cgtn.com Following the devastating hurricane that hit Mexico's Pacific Coast last week, the beach resort of Acapulco is busy picking up the pieces. With the local economy dependent on tourism, the work being done is essential for the city's future. | CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Middle East investors eye Chinese startups. ecns.cn China's smart vehicle makers and autonomous driving companies have become popular with investors in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia, as the oil-rich region is looking for new ways to drive its economy.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). China to contribute over 30% of global economic growth in 2023. ecns.cn China is projected to contribute more than 30 percent of global economic growth in 2023, highlighting the anchoring role of the world's second-largest economy in a more vulnerable world, leading experts said at a forum on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Nighttime economy helps lift Lhasa. ecns.cn The nighttime economy continues to be a driving force of the socioeconomic development in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Focus on private, public sectors to boost economy. ecns.cn China's latest policy measures aimed at bolstering growth in the private economy and reforming State-owned enterprises will expand opportunities for private firms within the country, improving the overall economic landscape.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). China continues to strengthen actions to address climate change: MEE. ecns.cn China will prioritize addressing climate change in national governance, strengthen actions to address climate change, and promote comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Renowned epidemiologist dies age 60. ecns.cn Wu Zunyou, one of China's top epidemiologists, died on Friday at the age of 60, as reported by the Economic Observer, a financial news outlet on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). Investment banks up growth forecasts. ecns.cn International investment banks have raised their forecasts for China's GDP growth in 2023 to above 5 percent after third-quarter growth figures pointed to signs of stabilization, indicating that the nation's economic performance will likely be in line with the official target.

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). China continues to strengthen actions to address climate change: MEE. ecns.cn China will prioritize addressing climate change in national governance, strengthen actions to address climate change, and promote comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-10-28). Profitable alliance in transportation sector in Cuban province. plenglish.com Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) The profitable alliance between the Provincial Transportation Directorate(PTD) in this central Cuban province and the new forms of economic management is evident today in the different services they provide.

Robert J. Burrowes (2023-10-28). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). Renowned epidemiologist dies age 60. ecns.cn Wu Zunyou, one of China's top epidemiologists, died on Friday at the age of 60, as reported by the Economic Observer, a financial news outlet on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Forum calls for further deepening reform. ecns.cn China should scale up efforts to comprehensively deepen reform and opening-up as a crucial step to anchor market expectations, boost business confidence and unleash the country's economic growth potential.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Experts call for structural reforms. ecns.cn China is responsible for 60 percent of the world's zero-carbon technology manufacturing, creating millions of jobs and new economic activity in its territory.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-29). Africa vs Colonialism: Why Does the Continent's Struggle for Self-Sufficiency Remain so Difficult? libya360.wordpress.com Denis Degterev Regional organizations are trying to overcome the legacy of their dependence on the West Over the past three years, the political events in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger have attracted international attention and raised the issue of external influence in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Africa seems to stand…

Norbert Trenkle (2023-10-29). Qualitative Break: Why a Radical Critique of Work is Necessary Today. indybay.org Capital has increasingly decoupled itself from directly expended labor, and accumulation is now taking place predominantly on the level of financial markets… In large parts of the Global South, the majority has long since been declared 'superfluous'

Norbert Trenkle (2023-10-28). Qualitative Break: Why a Radical Critique of Work is Necessary Today. indybay.org Capital has increasingly decoupled itself from directly expended labor, and accumulation is now taking place predominantly on the level of financial markets… In large parts of the Global South, the majority has long since been declared 'superfluous'

Leila Warah, Mondoweiss. (2023-10-28). 'Operation Al Aqsa Flood' Day 20: Israel Using Starvation As A Weapon. popularresistance.org Gaza's population of over 2 million, which continues to be carpet bombed, is still being denied fuel, clean water, and adequate food supply by Israel's ongoing siege on the enclave. | The situation is "horrific" as millions are being "collectively punished in full view of the world," says Oxfam, a British charity focused on alleviating global poverty. | "It's estimated that only three liters of clean water are now available per person. The UN said a minimum of 15 liters a day is essential for people in the most acute humanitarian emergencies as a bare minimum," they stated.

Kennedy Smith, ILSR. (2023-10-29). How Do You Buy Groceries When There's No Grocery Store? popularresistance.org When a new mobile grocery market launched in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, its first stop was Maple City Apartments, a 40-unit complex for low-income, elderly relatives. Maple City's residents have felt the region's lack of grocery stores acutely. The nearest full-service grocery store is at least five miles away,[1] which leaves few options for people who don't have access to a car or good public transit. But the County's residents can now buy groceries from a farmers market on wheels. It started when the Cooperage Project, a regional nonprofit organization, wanted to get fresh, healthy food to people during the p…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-28). Two members of the Ragnar Locker hacker group arrested in Spain. plenglish.com Madrid, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) Forces of the Guardia Civil, with the collaboration of Interpol, arrested in the province of Alicante two members of the hacker group Ragnar Lockek, official sources informed. A dispatch from the Spanish Crown indicated that one of those arrested was of Ukrainian origin and the other Estonian, who could be related to a ransomware attack against 168 national companies.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-10-28). India and UK's best scientists to make 'game-changing ideas' via new seed fund. imperial.ac.uk India's best scientists are to collaborate with Imperial on 'game-changing ideas' supported by a new seed fund.

Ray Tillman, Labor Notes. (2023-10-28). A Call For Openness In Letter Carriers Contract Negotiations. popularresistance.org One striking feature of the current labor resurgence is a trend for greater openness during national contract negotiations. This year the Auto Workers (UAW) at the Big 3 and Teamsters at UPS have provided members with detailed information about their bargaining proposals. | But the Letter Carriers (NALC) has yet to embrace this modern approach. The union is still clinging to the outdated practice of closed-door negotiations. | This year the NALC is engaged in negotiations with…

teleSUR, SH, JGN (2023-10-28). øCómo Venezuela logra la eliminación del analfabetismo?>. telesurtv.net La Unesco reconoció el 28 de octubre del año 2005 la labor del Gobierno venezolano, y dos años más tarde el país suramericano fue declarado territorio libre de analfabetismo.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). AIIB investing to accelerate clean energy. ecns.cn The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has announced that the multilateral development bank and the COP28 Presidency are collaborating to mobilize the much-needed climate investment capital and accelerate clean energy investments to address critical resource gaps in Asia and beyond.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Albanese's visit to serve as booster for ties with China. ecns.cn An impending visit by Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to China is likely to help improve the relationship between the two countries and promote more collaboration, an expert says.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-29). Can you get COVID-19 and the flu at the same time? A Mayo Clinic expert weighs in. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Influenza, COVID-19, the common cold and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are among the respiratory viruses that will be circulating this fall and winter seasons. These highly contagious viruses cause similar symptoms, making it difficult to differentiate between them. Those symptoms include: Fever Cough Sore throat Runny nose Body aches Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, says it is possible for people to contract more than one virus at the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-29). Mayo Clinic and Oxford Nanopore announce collaboration to advance precision medicine for cancer and genetic disorders. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Joint development collaboration to bring leading-edge nanopore sequencing into clinical laboratories at Mayo Clinic to increase understanding and improve treatment of cancer and genetic disorders ROCHESTER, Minn., and OXFORD, UK — Mayo Clinic and Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company delivering a new generation of nanopore-based molecular sensing technology, today unveiled a multi-year joint development collaboration to develop new clinical tests for diseases and improve patient care. Mayo Clinic and Oxford Nanopore have identified several areas…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-29). Healthcare professionals, caregivers, people living with dementia to connect at Mayo Clinic Conference on Brain Health and Dementia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Artwork by Anne Labovitz ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and community partners working to advance the health of older adults and people impacted by dementia will host a conference Saturday, Nov. 4, to share the newest research and strategies for reducing dementia risk and living well with cognitive decline. The Mayo Clinic Conference on Brain Health and Dementia is hosted with collaborators AARP Minnesota and Alzheimer's Association Minnesota-North Dakota, and offers people living with dementia…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-29). Protect your community; safely dispose of unused medications this Take Back Day. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — In collaboration with the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Olmsted Medical Center, Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Mayo Clinic will host a community drop-off event to collect unused or expired medications on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m.—2 p.m. Anyone can anonymously drop off medications at Mayo's Gonda Building at the west entrance drop-off circle located at Third Ave. Southwest. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events are…

teleSUR, SH, JGN (2023-10-29). øCómo Venezuela logra la eliminación del analfabetismo?>. telesurtv.net La Unesco reconoció el 28 de octubre del año 2005 la labor del Gobierno venezolano, y dos años más tarde el país suramericano fue declarado territorio libre de analfabetismo.

Gerald E. Scorse (2023-10-28). Taxes in America Are Unfair to Most Americans. dissidentvoice.org For decades, time and again, America's tax code has been twisted and tweaked to give tax breaks to the top and crumbs (or nothing) to the tens of millions on the bottom and in the middle. Levels of wealth and inequality have become so gross that experts are clamoring for change, painting unflattering portraits of …

Fight Back News. (2023-10-28). New Yorkers Shut Down Wall Street For Palestine. popularresistance.org New York, NY — Hundreds of people descended into Wall Street on October 27 for Palestine. The NYPD attempted to close off the entrances by barricading each access point, but that didn't deter those standing with the Palestinian resistance. | The protest was organized by Within Our Lifetime and endorsed by many other organizations. | Chants in front of the New York Stock Exchange included "Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel's crimes" and "Biden, Biden, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide!" | Protesters began marching and completely took over NYC's Financial District.

Vijay Prashad (2023-10-28). The suffocating occupation of Palestine is now a series of war crimes. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has grossly violated international humanitarian law in the last 3 weeks of incessant bombing of Gaza, all with the political and financial backing of the US…

WSWS (2023-10-28). Biobot Analytics files protest against CDC issuing wastewater surveillance contract to Verily. wsws.org The contract dispute highlights the financialization of public health, whereby critical information disease outbreak, the opioid crisis, and the population's general health indices can be accumulated and monopolized by giant conglomerates like Alphabet.

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-10-28). How The International Monetary Fund Continues To Shrink Poorer Nations. popularresistance.org From 9 to 15 October, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank held their annual joint meeting in Marrakech (Morocco). The last time that these two Bretton Woods institutions met on African soil was in 1973, when the IMF-World Bank meeting was held in Nairobi (Kenya). Kenya's then President Jomo Kenyatta (1897—1978) urged those gathered to find 'an early cure to the monetary sickness of inflation and instability that has afflicted the world'. Kenyatta, who became Kenya's first president in 1964, noted that, '[o]ver the last fifteen years, many developing countries have been losing, every year, a s…

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-10-29). Fasting for Gaza Ceasefire at Nancy Pelosi's doorstep. indybay.org CODEPINK and World Beyond War are sponsors of a fast for a ceasefire in Gaza, for the love of the children of Gaza. We are asking Nancy Pelosi to call for a cease fire and de-escalation, per 80% of Democrat voters and HR 786. We are asking Biden to support a ceasefire and to stop spending our $ on weapons for the Israeli military to use against civilians in Palestine.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-29). House Speaker Says Bill to Split Israel Aid from Ukraine Will be Brought to Floor. news.antiwar.com Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday that a stand-alone bill to provide Israel with billions more in military aid will be brought to the House floor this week instead of President Biden's $105 billion request that also includes spending for Ukraine, Taiwan, and the border. "We're going to move a stand-alone Israel …

F. William Engdahl (2023-10-28). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.

Editor (2023-10-29). Reports Expose US Billionaires and Corporate Profiteers Enabling Israel's War on Gaza. scheerpost.com

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). China's industrial enterprises profits in Sep surge 11.9% y-o-y: NBS. ecns.cn Profits of China's industrial enterprises above a designated size in September surged by 11.9 percent year-on-year, another double-digit growth following August.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Global Insights on BRI | hail for Nepal-China friendship and hope for common growth under BRI: General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (UML). ecns.cn Cooperation between Nepal and China has an important contribution to the development of Nepal and through the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), both countries can achieve cooperative development, said Shankar Pokhrel, general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist), in an exclusive interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). Global Insights on BRI | hail for Nepal-China friendship and hope for common growth under BRI: General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (UML). ecns.cn Cooperation between Nepal and China has an important contribution to the development of Nepal and through the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), both countries can achieve cooperative development, said Shankar Pokhrel, general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist), in an exclusive interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). Global Insights on BRI | General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (UML): BRI will boost development of Nepal and entire South Asia. ecns.cn "The Belt and Road Initiative is an achievement of humankind. The concept that China has put forward through the BRI will serve as an essential contribution to the modernization of China and bring benefits to the world," said Shankar Pokhrel, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist—Leninist) in an exclusive interview with China News Network.

Larry Patriquin (2023-10-29). How 'Cannibal Capitalism' is devouring the planet. canadiandimension.com Smoke from wildfires in Canada engulfs New York City, June 2023. Photo by Anthony Quintano/ | Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet — and What We Can Do About It: | Nancy Fraser | Verso, 2023 | The world is a mess. In her latest book,

Dongsheng News (2023-10-28). More US Controls on China's Chip Industry. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China. | ‚Ä¢ More US sanctions against Chinese chip industry | ‚Ä¢ China tightens graphite export controls | ‚Ä¢ Industrial renaissance in northeast China | ‚Ä¢ China approves GM soybeans and corn…

Rubén Armendáriz (2023-10-28). El neoliberalismo se suma a la ultraderecha en Argentina. globalizacion.ca Luego de un fracaso de la mesa directiva de la coalición neoliberal Juntos x el Cambio (JxC) y una reunión "secreta" del expresidente Mauricio Macri con Javier Milei, la fórmula perdedora de la última elección anunció que apoyará al ultraderechista…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-10-28). President Xi advocates for integral development of ethnic groups. plenglish.com Beijing, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that no ethnic group will be left behind in the construction of a great modern socialist country, according to local press.

WSWS (2023-10-28). Students and workers speak out against Israeli genocide in Gaza at IYSSE meeting in Chicago. wsws.org On October 25, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality hosted a successful meeting in Chicago to discuss the ongoing Israeli genocide against the Palestinians living in Gaza, and to build a socialist opposition to war.

WSWS (2023-10-28). Two Dartmouth College students arrested for peacefully protesting genocide in Gaza. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site received this submission from the Sunrise Movement at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, documenting the university administration's crackdown on a peaceful protest against Israel's attack on Palestinians.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Xi stresses forging strong sense of community for Chinese nation. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation to promote the high-quality development of the Party's work on ethnic affairs in the new era.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Xi presides over meeting on promoting new breakthrough in full revitalization of Northeast China. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Oct 27 to review "The Guideline on Policies and Measures to Further Promote a New Breakthrough in the Full Revitalization of Northeast China in the New Era." Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). Xi stresses forging strong sense of community for Chinese nation. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation to promote the high-quality development of the Party's work on ethnic affairs in the new era.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Xi: Promoting progress, unity of all ethnic groups. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has emphasized forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation to promote unity and progress of all ethnic groups across the country.

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2023-10-13: News Headlines

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-13). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-10-13). Nation may allow higher foreign stakes in certain JVs. ecns.cn China is studying the feasibility of further removing or easing the restrictions on the amount of equity stakes that multinational corporations can hold in joint ventures in certain industries, said the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-10-13). China-U.S. Track 2 economic dialogue adds to increasing efforts to stabilize relations. ecns.cn A senior Chinese diplomat met on Thursday with a U.S. delegation participating in the China-U.S. Track 2 economic dialogue, signaling continuously increasing interaction between the world's two biggest economies and improving signs in bilateral ties.

ecns.cn (2023-10-13). China's consumer prices flat in September. ecns.cn China's consumer prices remained flat in September while factory-gate prices fell at a slower pace, official data showed on Friday.

W. T. Whitney (2023-10-13). Colombia's Campaign Against Drug-Trafficking Favors Peace Prospects and Rural Life. counterpunch.org Colombian president Gustavo Petro on October 3 attended a big meeting of mostly small farmers in El Tambo, in Cauca, where "the coca economy is the main way of life for thousands of peasants." Colombia's first progressive president ever was presenting his government's National Drug Policy for 2023. Petro had insisted earlier that "war on drugs has failed." He

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF World Economic Outlook Report. indybay.org As world leaders arrive in Marrakesh for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF releases its flagship World Economic Outlook report. The IMF projects the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for two decades before the pandemic.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). China's robust economy drives multinational investment: report. ecns.cn Amid a world characterized by uncertainty, China's economic development shows robust resilience, and drives domestic investment by multinational companies, according to a report released by Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation…

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Central Huijin Investment increases stake in four China commercial banks. ecns.cn Central Huijin Investment Ltd, an arm of China's sovereign wealth fund, has increased its stake in China's four biggest commercial banks on Wednesday, sending the A-share market climbing on Thursday morning.

Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-10-12). How Could A BRICS+ Bank And Settlement Currency Work? popularresistance.org This first week of October has seen U.S. interest rates soar to the 5% level on long-term Treasury bonds. That has made long-term Treasuries one of most attractive investment vehicles in the world, or even the most attractive. | One obvious result is that countries aiming to de-dollarize their central-bank reserves would make an untimely decision to move out of the dollar at this point. To avoid holding dollars in the form of US Treasury securities would mean holding foreign reserves denominated in a currency that is declining against the dollar. No other government is willing to make its currency so attractive t…

Robert Reich (2023-10-12). From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is history repeating itself? nationofchange.org It is time to fight for an economy and a democracy that works for all rather than the few.

Staff (2023-10-12). IMF Projects Venezuela's Economy to Grow in 2023 and 2024. orinocotribune.com The latest report presented by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) contains positive forecasts for the economies of Latin America for the end of this year and 2024, largely thanks to the weight of Brazil and Mexico, the two largest economies in the region. | In the case of Venezuela, the IMF predicts, despite the ongoing illegal economic war waged on the country—euphemistically referred to as "sanctions"—the economy will grown by 4% in 2023 and 4.5% in 2024. | : 1.5% | Germany: 0.9% | France: 1.3% | Italy: 0.7% | Spain: 1.7% | Japan: 1.0% | Canada: 1.6% | China: 4.2% | India: 6.3% | Russia: 1.1% | B…

Dean Baker (2023-10-13). Putting Ukraine Spending in Context. counterpunch.org The United States support of Ukraine, following the invasion by Russia, has featured prominently in the news in recent days as Republicans in Congress have made it front and center in the budget debate. As usual, the media has reported U.S. spending on military and economic assistance without providing any context for the spending. This

ecns.cn (2023-10-13). BRI cooperation a strong impetus for global economic growth. ecns.cn The cooperation over the Belt and Road Initiative has provided a strong impetus for the world economic growth, Executive Vice-Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Friday.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Cuba displayed at ECLAC progress made in gender equality. plenglish.com Hernández participated in the Sixty-fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which took place at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Chile. | The delegate reported in an interview with Prensa Latina that Cuban women currently hold 55.7 percent of the seats in Parliament. "In Cuba, we have three autonomies: economic, physical and decision-making," she said. | She also recalled Cuba ¥s national program for the advancement of women aimed at promoting their empowerment, and also the proto…

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). A decade of BRI development transforms China's Xinjiang region into a core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt By: Li Xuanmin in Urumqi and Horgos>. midwesternmarx.com ​A decade of BRI development transforms the region into a core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt On Sunday morning, workers were harvesting grapes on farmland in Yining county in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The freshly-picked fruit was then uploaded onto a truck, headed to Kazakhstan via highway, and within six hours, it would be delivered to the Kazakhstani market and sold to the local consumers."It used to take two to …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Ukraine Receives $1.15 Billion in Direct Budgetary Aid from US. news.antiwar.com Ukraine on Wednesday received a $1.15 billion tranche of direct budgetary aid from the US that's disbursed through the World Bank. The budgetary aid the US has been providing Ukraine funds government services and salaries, subsidizes small businesses, pays farmers, and provides other types of economic support. According to Ukraine's Finance Ministry, the country has …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-12). Haiti: A New Affront? libya360.wordpress.com Mireille Fanon Mendes France A man holds a Haitian flag as Haitian Americansfrom throughout Miami-Dade and Broward Counties hold a demonstration August 4, 2001 in Miami, FL. The protest was against the continuing economic embargo against Haiti and in support of Haitian Democracy. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The dice have been cast: in October…

Mariana Lopes Simàµes (2023-10-12). Tackling malnutrition in an era of political uncertainty: the case of Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org During an era marked by the ascent of far-right governments and influenced by a neoliberal economic agenda, addressing malnutrition challenges — including undernutrition and its consequences, as well as overweight/obesity — demands the development of strategies to overcome systemic barriers that prevent countries from ensuring the right to health on the national level. The implementation of such strategies needs to be bulletproof to political changes and instability, as illustrated by some examples in Latin America. | Years ago, Brazil embarked on a journey to eliminate hunger, a mission grounded in a…

Peter Koenig (2023-10-12). Video: Ready for the Economic Crash? Reiner Fuellmich with Peter Koenig. globalresearch.ca

Ralph Nader (2023-10-12). Prevention of Dangers — Mark of a Compassionate Society. counterpunch.org If only canes, walkers, railings and banisters were sentient, what would their message be to humans on Earth? "Prevention is the Priority, Dummies," they would exclaim. "Look at how many trips and falls we prevent for our users compared to the enormous costs in pain, suffering, family disarray and economic expenses that would occur were

Pamela Merino-Salazar, Ada Avila Assunàßà£o, Marcelo Amable, Fernando G Benavides, David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras (2023-10-14). Comment] Informal employment as a fundamental determinant of mental health in Latin America and the Caribbean. thelancet.com Informal employment is a persistent structural feature of labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. This type of employment is a complex phenomenon that refers to all jobs outside of state employment regulation and social protection systems and can be found in the informal and formal sectors.1 According to the International Labour Organization, in 2022, 53 ∑7% of workers in Latin America and the Caribbean region engaged in informal employment, while in North America and Europe (excluding eastern Europe) the figures are 9 ∑6% and 13%, respectively.

The Lancet (2023-10-14). Editorial] The future of work and health. thelancet.com The world of work is changing rapidly. Estimates suggest that by as early as 2025, employers will divide work equally between human beings and machines, disrupting 85 million jobs globally. A move towards automation and outsourcing is in direct contrast to the political dialogue, which has framed employment as the antidote to poverty. Most people assume that employment with good working conditions is good for health: it offers connection, community, and purpose. Sustainable Development Goal 8 calls for achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all by 2030.

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-13). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-12). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

Kelsey Moore (2023-10-13). Subsidized Employment Can Help California's High-Unemployment Latino Cities. cepr.net The low national unemployment rate can obscure much variation across the country. In every state, many communities continue to experience high unemployment. This problem is particularly visible in a large state like California. In the second quarter of this year, the national unemployment rate was 3.5 percent. It was a bit higher for California overall, …

Roselena Ramirez (2023-10-13). Jackson Hole: A Tale of Income Inequality and the Vanishing Affordable Housing. america.cgtn.com Jackson Hole, located in the American state of Wyoming, boasts luxurious ski resorts and breathtaking scenery. It is also home to some of the wealthiest citizens in the country. However, the area has faced a significant issue of skyrocketing rents over the last decade, making affordable housing almost nonexistent. This has led to one of the highest rates of income inequality in America. In this context, Mike Kirsch explains why the situation in Jackson Hole is a cause for concern.

WSWS (2023-10-13). Reject all capitalist parties in New Zealand's crisis election! Join the Socialist Equality Group! wsws.org For workers and young people who want to fight against war and oppression, and for an end to capitalism, the only option is to oppose Labour, National and all their allies and build the Socialist Equality Group.

WSWS (2023-10-13). UK unions leaders' line up behind Starmer and Labour's agenda of austerity and war. wsws.org

Labor Education Project On AFL-CIO Operations (2023-10-13). Friday 10/20: Report On 50th Anniversary Of Chilean Coup With Chilean American UTPE Member Lisa Milos. indybay.org 518 Valencia St/16th St. | San Francisco…

Labor Video Project (2023-10-13). UESF Educators & Paras Fed Up! San Francisco SFUSD Workers Take Strike Vote. indybay.org Thousands of SFUSD UESF members came to Balboa High to take a strike vote.

WSWS (2023-10-13). Australian Labor government bans pro-Palestinian protest, threatens police rampage in Sydney. wsws.org Police are threatening to invoke "extraordinary powers" against a Sydney protest this Sunday, which could include mass searches, enormous fines and terms of imprisonment.

WSWS (2023-10-13). What the 2007 Northern Territory "intervention" reveals about Australia's Voice referendum. wsws.org The NT intervention initiated by the Coalition government of John Howard, with the bipartisan support of the Labor Party, demonstrates all too clearly the regressive agenda of both the Yes and No camps in the current Voice referendum.

WSWS (2023-10-13). Australian students denounce attacks on Gaza and hypocrisy of Labor's Voice campaign. wsws.org "In the referendum, the media is saying we need to acknowledge indigenous rights. But when something happens in Palestine, they ignore the rights of the Palestinians."

Keith Brower Brown, Labor Notes. (2023-10-12). Auto Workers Escalate: Surprise Strike At Massive Ford Truck Plant. popularresistance.org Every Friday for the past four weeks, Big 3 CEOs have waited fearfully for Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain to announce which plants will strike next. | But without warning on Wednesday afternoon, the union threw a haymaker: within 10 minutes the UAW would be shutting down the vast Kentucky Truck Plant. | This plant, on 500 acres outside Louisville, is one of Ford's most profitable—cranking out full-size SUVs and the Superduty line of commercial trucks. | "We make almost half of Ford's U.S. revenue right here," says James White, who has worked in the plant for a decade. | These 8,700 strikers join th…

Kelly Hayes (2023-10-12). Israel's Tools of Occupation Are Tested on Palestine and Exported Globally. truthout.org "The danger now is not just in Palestine for Palestinians. It's gone well beyond that now. It's exported, the idea that you can export occupation, you can export the tools of occupation, the tools of apartheid. That is where we currently are in the early 2020s," says The Palestine Laboratory author Antony Loewenstein. In this episode of "Movement Memos," host Kelly Hayes talks with Loewenstein… |

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-12). Trabajadores del Seguro Social y Salud continúan paro en Perú. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes demandan mejoras en las condiciones laborales de los trabajadores.

Liz Theoharis (2023-10-12). Abandoning the Poor. counterpunch.org On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols of wealth and the promise of progress for a city and a nation. In movies and TV shows, those buildings churn with activity, offices full

SAM (2023-10-12). Share the Wealth vs. Waste the Wealth. inequality.org

Media Lens (2023-10-12). The Achilles' Heel Of Propaganda: Julian Assange, Nick Cohen And Russell Brand. dissidentvoice.org In the second decade of the 21st century, after much empty talk of 'government of the people, by the people, for the people', it was discovered that people weren't even capable of governing their own media consumption. Huge, artificially intelligent computers revealed that while 49.5% of the population was drowning in a 'post-truth' sea of …

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF Global Financial Stability Report. indybay.org The IMF releases the Global Financial Stability Report and raises global concerns over continued inflation, the banking system and climate investments.

Karsten Riise (2023-10-12). US Hitting the Brick Wall of Military and Financial Self-destruction. globalresearch.ca

Derrick Crowe (2023-10-12). Maryland: Rent Stabilization in Montgomery County. peoplesaction.org On July 18, 2023, the Montgomery County Council — an 11-member legislative body elected by 1.1 million residents of the county just north of Washington, DC — voted 7-4 to pass permanent rent stabilization, becoming the first county in Maryland to do so. The new law caps annual rent increases at 3%+inflation with a hard …

WSWS (2023-10-13). As House Republican crisis deepens: Democrats seeking deal on Ukraine, Israel military aid. wsws.org The proposed tradeoff is to provide Democratic votes to elect a Republican House Speaker in return for approval of a further massive increase in military spending for the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Becky Grant (2023-10-13). CounterPunch is Feeling the Pain. counterpunch.org You already know that CounterPunch is a one-of-a-kind resource. You tell you to turn to CounterPunch year after year because you rely on CounterPunch to find different perspectives on the day's issues. But did you realize we're different behind the scenes as well? According to statistics, most donations to non-profits come from just six households.

Staff (2023-10-13). Gaza's Health System at a "Breaking Point" Amid Israeli Siege & Bombing. democracynow.org The World Health Organization warns Gaza's healthcare system is at a "breaking point" under Israel's unabated bombing of civilians, and its blockade of resources and medical supplies. The WHO also reports dozens of attacks on hospitals and ambulances. We speak with Dr. Zaher Sahloul, a physician specializing in disaster relief with the international medical nonprofit MedGlobal, which is supporting doctors in Gaza. He calls the situation there "beyond catastrophic" as the number of critically injured patients far outstrips available hospital beds. Sahloul says the U.S. must tell…

Jake Johnson (2023-10-12). Workers at Ford's Most Profitable Plant Have Walked Off the Job. truthout.org The United Auto Workers launched a surprise strike at Ford's most profitable plant on Wednesday evening, calling on nearly 9,000 members in Kentucky to walk off the job after the company did not come to the bargaining table with a new contract proposal. Speaking outside of Ford's Dearborn, Michigan headquarters, UAW president Shawn Fain said that "we came here today to get another offer from Ford."… |

Joe Maniscalco, Portside. (2023-10-12). NYC Transit Retirees Join Fight Against Medicare Advantage. popularresistance.org TWU Local 100 retiree Patricia Jewett put more than 30 years into the MTA New York City Transit. Now at 67, her knees are shot and bronchial asthma makes it hard to breathe. | But Jewett says she remains proud of being the first woman to ever work in the East New York Bus Depot's Maintenance Division — and she doesn't understand why she and her fellow retirees are now being stripped of their traditional Medicare coverage and pushed into a profit-driven Medicare Advantage plan. | "I spent years being the only woman in an all male atmosphere," Jewett told Work-Bites this past Friday outside the Downtown Marri…

ecns.cn (2023-10-13). Beijing sets stricter guidelines for childcare institutions. ecns.cn Beijing's childcare institutions will face tighter regulations starting from Jan 1 next year as the city's health commission has announced a set of new measures aimed at ensuring the safety and well-being of children.

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). Decades before Snowden, this American patriot waged war against illegal surveillance in the US By: Robert Bridge. midwesternmarx.com ​In the 1970s, US Army Captain Christopher Pyle blew the lid on government agencies' domestic spying Former undercover agent Christopher Pyle testifies before the Senate Constitutional Rights subcommittee that the Army has spied on politicians and thousands of ordinary Americans on February 24, 1971. © Bettmann Archive/Getty Images In 1970, a US Army captain went rogue after he discovered that the military was conducting surveillance on dissidents across …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). How Western media, social media influencers peddle lies to vilify Palestinians By: Shabbir Rizvi. midwesternmarx.com Since the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance operation "Al Aqsa Storm" on Saturday, mainstream Western media and social media influencers have been aggressively pushing Zionist narratives as part of a murky disinformation campaign against the resistance.The multi-front information war is designed to control the narrative around anything surrounding the Palestinian issue and the latest military operation that has shaken the foundation of the regime.Now more than ever, i …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). Israeli terror against Palestinians is behind the war in the Mideast By: John Wojick. midwesternmarx.com People stand outside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct.8, 2023. AP Photo/Yousef Masoud At a minimum hundreds of Israelis and even more Palestinians have already been killed in violence now marked by constant barbaric air raids Israel has unleashed on the territory of Gaza, a small enclave near the southern tip of Israel that is literally an outdoor prison for its 2 million Palestinian inhabitants.​People in Gaza cannot leave there a …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). The Moral Imperative of Unconditional Decolonization. By: Yanis Iqbal. midwesternmarx.com Naomi Klein's article "Why are some of the left celebrating the killings of Israeli Jews?" is a ragbag of liberal rhetoric. Some unspecified leftists are criticized for celebrating the anti-Jew violence of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. By minimizing the massacre of Israeli civilians, these leftists are said to be fueling the sense of insecurity among Jews that drives Zionist settler-colonialism. Klein desires for "n international left rooted in values that side with …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). The Savagery of the War Against the Palestinian People. By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com ​Who knows how many Palestinian civilians will be killed by the time this report is published? Among the bodies that cannot be taken to a hospital or a morgue, because there will be no petrol or electricity, will be large numbers of children. They will have hidden in their homes, listening to the sound of the Israeli F-16 bombers coming closer and closer, the explosions advancing toward them like a swarm of red ants on the chase. They will have covered their ears with their hands, c …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-12). From River to Sea: Interview with a Comrade of the PFLP. libya360.wordpress.com Beir Bua Resistance Reports Q: The PFLP is of course a socialist, Marxist-Leninist political party, and generally aims for a Palestine free from both national and class oppression. What is the specific program of the PFLP, and also what separates the PFLP from other Palestinian factions? A: The Arab popular movement, with its different nationalist,…

Juan Cole (2023-10-12). Is California's Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil a Gamechanger? counterpunch.org The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism can plunge mortal souls is incalculable. It should come as no surprise then that oil company executives and the officials of petrostates like Saudi Arabia have so assiduously lied to us about the catastrophic effects of climate change. After all, the executives of tobacco firms have been perfectly content

Demilitarize Western Mass, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-12). Massachusetts: Blockade Of L3Harris Protests Military Industrial Complex. popularresistance.org Northampton, MA – On the morning of Thursday, October 12, members and supporters of the Demilitarize Western Mass collective created a blockade at 50 Prince Street, Northampton, in front of L3Harris (the local subsidiary of weapons giant.) L3Harris is the ninth largest weapons manufacturer in the world, and this direct action is in protest of this part of the military industrial complex in the region, particularly their role in violence abroad and carceral surveillance systems. | The blockade consists of protesters locking themselves to a large boat and three trailers, preventing cars from entering either of the…

DJ Mouse (2023-10-13). Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough, Why We Need Alternative Media. indybay.org hosted be Marsha Feinland w/ panelists Ann Garrison, Frank Sterling and Ken Epstein…

WSWS (2023-10-13). For an active boycott of the Voice referendum! Build a socialist movement of the working class against war and austerity! wsws.org The referendum will solve nothing. The key issue is building a movement against the the entire political establishment, and its program of war, austerity and dictatorship.

DJ Mouse (2023-10-12). Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough, Why We Need Alternative Media. indybay.org hosted be Marsha Feinland w/ panelists Ann Garrison, Frank Sterling and Ken Epstein…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-12). People's movements around the world will gather in Johannesburg to dream up a socialist future. peoplesdispatch.org South Africa prepares to host historic conference on dialogues towards socialism featuring 500 political leaders, intellectuals, and members of mass movements…

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2023-10-12: News Headlines

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF World Economic Outlook Report. indybay.org As world leaders arrive in Marrakesh for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF releases its flagship World Economic Outlook report. The IMF projects the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for two decades before the pandemic.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). China's robust economy drives multinational investment: report. ecns.cn Amid a world characterized by uncertainty, China's economic development shows robust resilience, and drives domestic investment by multinational companies, according to a report released by Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation…

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Central Huijin Investment increases stake in four China commercial banks. ecns.cn Central Huijin Investment Ltd, an arm of China's sovereign wealth fund, has increased its stake in China's four biggest commercial banks on Wednesday, sending the A-share market climbing on Thursday morning.

TASS (2023-10-12). Legal framework for electronic gas trading platform in Turkey not ready yet — source. tass.com It is believed, however, that the parliament of the republic "may begin preparing and discussing" some amendments necessary for the implementation of the trading platform project…

TASS (2023-10-12). Dollar exchange rate down below 97 rubles on Moscow Exchange, euro below 103 rubles. tass.com As of 7: 15 a.m. the yuan exchange rate dropped by 3.1%, standing at 13.283 rubles…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF World Economic Outlook Report. indybay.org As world leaders arrive in Marrakesh for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF releases its flagship World Economic Outlook report. The IMF projects the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for two decades before the pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). China-Europe freight trains serve 25 European countries as BRI's 10th anniversary arrives. ecns.cn China-Europe freight trains now reach more than 200 cities in 25 European countries, and more than 100 cities in 11 Asian countries and regions, after their operations started in 2013.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Chinese mainland's probe of trade barriers set by Taiwan is 'normal procedure'. ecns.cn The DPP authorities in Taiwan have unilaterally restricted the import of products from the Chinese mainland on a large scale for a long time.

Julio Adamor, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-10-11). Haiti Is The Victim Of Orchestrated Chaos. popularresistance.org Haiti was once self-sufficient in grain production. In the early 1970s, it produced almost 100% of what it needed. Five decades later, the country buys 82% of the rice its population consumes from the United States. The causes are the structural adjustment policies imposed on the country, which encourage imports and prevent the state from financing the peasant economy. Among the consequences is unemployment, which today affects 70% of the population. | This is the assessment of Haitian scholar Camille Chalmers, leader of the Rasin Kan Pèp la (Socialist Regroupment for a New National Initiative) party. According t…

Michael Hudson (2023-10-11). How could a BRICS+ bank and settlement currency work? Economist Michael Hudson explains. geopoliticaleconomy.com Economist Michael Hudson details how BRICS could create a mutual settlement currency for payment imbalances among central banks and build an alternative to the financialized neoliberal model of the dollar/NATO bloc.

TASS (2023-10-11). Conflict in Middle East to affect energy market — Novak. tass.com According to the Russian deputy prime minister, such events in the world can alter the situation with consumption of energy resources "one way or the other"

TASS (2023-10-11). Russia, Saudi Arabia to discuss situation on oil market later in the day. tass.com Alexander Novak added that both countries had very good relations in recent years that enabled to act in a balanced way on the oil market…

TASS (2023-10-11). Pharmasyntez to supply insulin to Middle East, Southeast Asia — company CEO. tass.com The company's production facility has a capacity of over 5 mln units of products per year, Nikita Puniya informed…

TASS (2023-10-11). Global energy crisis fueled by green-driven dip in oil, gas investment — Gazprom executive. tass.com "For reference purposes, investment over the past two years has been at the lowest level for the past 15 years," Oleg Aksyutin pointed out…

TASS (2023-10-11). Russian cabinet not considering increase in tax burden on oil sector. tass.com The Russian authorities decided earlier to amend the Tax Code and resume, effective October 1, the fuel damper mechanism…

TASS (2023-10-11). Russia ready to boost supplies of petroleum products to Saudi Arabia — Novak. tass.com Moscow also expects Russian companies to cooperate with Saudi Aramco in the area of artificial intelligence, the deputy prime minister went on to say…

TASS (2023-10-11). Kazakhstan can supply 800 mln cubic meters of gas in transit to Uzbekistan — minister. tass.com The case in point is the supplies of about 2.8 bln cubic meters of gas at the initial stage, Almassadam Satkaliyev noted…

TASS (2023-10-11). Russia, Saudi Arabia discussing opening of dealership, service network for Aurus cars. tass.com The countries are also discussing deliveries of KAMAZ-54901 articulated trucks and Gazel Next trucks…

TASS (2023-10-11). Trade turnover between Russia, Saudi Arabia to rise to $7 bln by 2030 — Novak. tass.com According to the Russian deputy prime minister, Moscow also plans to expand cooperation in the area of peaceful atom with Saudi Arabia…

TASS (2023-10-11). Red Wings to increase temporarily number of flights to Israel. tass.com According to the press service, the airline will perform an additional "evacuation" flight on route Tel Aviv-Moscow from October 11 to 16…

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). BOJ's Noguchi says wage growth momentum is biggest focus for Japan economy. channelnewsasia.com

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Beijing Daxing International Airport hits 30 million passengers milestone. ecns.cn Beijing Daxing International Airport has welcomed 30 million passengers on Wednesday since it was first opened on September 25, 2019.

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Beijing Daxing International Airport hits 30 million passengers milestone. ecns.cn Beijing Daxing International Airport has welcomed 30 million passengers on Wednesday since it was first opened on September 25, 2019.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

Ralph Nader (2023-10-12). Prevention of Dangers — Mark of a Compassionate Society. counterpunch.org If only canes, walkers, railings and banisters were sentient, what would their message be to humans on Earth? "Prevention is the Priority, Dummies," they would exclaim. "Look at how many trips and falls we prevent for our users compared to the enormous costs in pain, suffering, family disarray and economic expenses that would occur were

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-10-11). Fascism Comes To America. popularresistance.org The parting gift, I expect, of the bankrupt liberalism of the Democratic Party will be a Christianized fascist state. The liberal class, a creature of corporate power, captive to the war industry and the security state, unable or unwilling to ameliorate the prolonged economic insecurity and misery of the working class, blinded by a self-righteous woke ideology that reeks of hypocrisy and disingenuousness and bereft of any political vision, is the bedrock on which the Christian fascists, who have coalesced in cult-like mobs around Donald Trump, have built their terrifying movement. | Trump, as the writer Jeff Shar…

Don Fitz (2023-10-11). Degrowth — How Anti-Worker Would It Be? counterpunch.org The year 2023 saw the hottest Summer on record in the northern hemisphere while those in the southern hemisphere felt the hottest winter on record. It was followed by a Fall with terrifying storms and floods across the globe. The number of people attributing climate catastrophe to economic growth is mounting. Not all agree that growth is the problem. Some respond that

midwesternmarx (2023-10-11). A decade of BRI development transforms China's Xinjiang region into a core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. By: Li Xuanmin in Urumqi and Horgos>. midwesternmarx.com On Sunday morning, workers were harvesting grapes on farmland in Yining county in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The freshly-picked fruit was then uploaded onto a truck, headed to Kazakhstan via highway, and within six hours, it would be delivered to the Kazakhstani market and sold to the local consumers."It used to take two to three days to ship goods from Xinjiang to Kazakhstan, but the time has been reduced to only half a day sin …

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Nation to advance building of high-quality overseas projects. ecns.cn China will further advance the construction of high-quality overseas projects and expand the network of free trade zones, as part of its efforts to increase the scale and enhance the quality of economic cooperation with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Nation to advance building of high-quality overseas projects. ecns.cn China will further advance the construction of high-quality overseas projects and expand the network of free trade zones, as part of its efforts to increase the scale and enhance the quality of economic cooperation with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Population survey to monitor development. ecns.cn The National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday that it will launch a nationwide population sample survey this year to accurately and promptly monitor demographic development and inform the formulation of economic and social development plans and population policies.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). A-share market set for further recovery. ecns.cn The A-share market will recover further in the fourth quarter as China's economic fundamentals continue to improve over the following months and supportive government policies provide more impetus for economic growth, experts said.

krish-rad_ind (2023-10-11). An Urgent Call For Debt, Climate And Economic Justice. popularresistance.org

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Asian shares rally as markets wager on Fed pivot; US inflation in focus. channelnewsasia.com

Herman Rosenfeld (2023-10-11). Similar Challenges, Different Narratives: A Tale of Two Unions. socialistproject.ca The 2023 auto bargaining between the auto unions and the Detroit "Big 3" is shaking out to be different in a way that few of us could have imagined. | The objective conditions favour an environment of working-class gains, with some countervailing factors. Job markets favour workers, despite a post-COVID inflationary period and high interest rates used to force neoliberal levels of inflation. Workers across the economies of both the US and Canada have been looking to make up for the huge losses resulting from previous concessions (since the early 2000s and inflation and the recent inflationary period). | The st…

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-12). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Cliff road leads to prosperity in Chongqing. ecns.cn The "sinkhole village" had long struggled against poverty until one day villagers decided to carve out a mountain road on their own. After 7 years, a 8-kilometer cliff road was carved out by villagers to the outside world in 2004.

Peter Certo (2023-10-11). In OtherWords: October 11, 2023. otherwords.org This week in OtherWords, we've got two more strong pieces on the structural causes of poverty to complement our issue from last week. | First, Amy Adams riffs on Jason Aldean's controversial country song, "Try That in a Small Town." It's not more fear or vigilantism that small towns need, Amy says — it's public investment. She shares Second, Jim Hightower calls out gentrification in a surprising plac…

WSWS (2023-10-11). WSWS speaks to workers and student ahead of New Zealand election. wsws.org Workers and students who spoke with the WSWS described worsening poverty, soaring living costs, and denounced the pro-imperialist positions of the Labour and National parties.

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-11). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

Jim Hightower (2023-10-11). Corporate Thievery in America's Mobile Home Parks. otherwords.org Over time, words with beautiful meanings occasionally get degraded into ugliness. "Gentle," for example. | Originally meaning good natured and kindly, it was twisted into "gentry" in the Middle Ages by very un-gentle land barons seeking a patina of refinement. Then it became a pretentious verb — to "gentrify" — meaning to make something common appear upscale. | And now the word has devolved to "gentrification," describing the greed of developers and speculators who oust middle-and-low-income families from their communities to create trendy enclaves for the rich. | The latest move by these profiteers i…

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Keir Starmer supports Israel's 'right' to cut Gaza's water and power. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Keir Starmer supports Israel's 'right' to cut Gaza's water and power | Leader of the UK's opposition Labour Party and frontrunner to be the British prime minister was previously a human rights lawyer | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 11: 42 | Under Starmer's reign as leader, Labour has taken a more pro-Israel stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict (AFP/Paul Ellis) | The leader of the UK's oppos…

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Labour Muslims condemn Starmer for backing 'collective punishment'. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Labour Muslims condemn Starmer for backing 'collective punishment' | The leader of the opposition Labour Party had earlier backed Israel's right to cut water and power to the besieged territory 'within international law' | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 16: 57 | Keir Starmer's Labour Party have not yet clarified how cutting water to Gaza can be done within international law (AFP) | Muslim membe…

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-11). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-11). Sustained Peace With Russia? Is It Possible? libya360.wordpress.com Alastair Crooke Reinhard Gehlen, from Nazi criminal to "honorable" collaborator with the United States and NATO This Ukrainian identitarian 'play' has a crucial part in the story of why sustained peace with Russia is foreclosed. Few people even know the name 'Gehlen', yet Reinhart Gehlen and his SS men not only shaped politically the newborn…

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Explorers Find Well-Preserved Roman Tomb With Frescoes Depicting Hounds of Hell. sputnikglobe.com Researchers discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb featuring images of the Labors of Hercules, a series of superhuman tasks undertaken by the legendary hero of ancient myth.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Thunderstorms Could Delay Psyche Asteroid Mission Launch on Thursday – NASA Engineer. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A high chance of thunderstorms could force NASA to postpone the launch of its nearly six year, 2.2 billion-mile unmanned mission to study the Psyche asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Psyche Mission Chief Engineer for Operations David Oh said on Tuesday.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-11). Continúan movilizaciones por beneficios laborales en Perú. telesurtv.net Al menos 150 sindicatos integrados por 25.000 trabajadores, demandaron al Ministerio de Trabajo el cumplimiento de los Convenios Colectivos de Trabajo.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-12). Mayo Clinic prepares to biomanufacture a new CAR-T cell therapy for recurring B-cell blood cancers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic research has developed a new type of chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) aimed at killing B-cell blood cancers that have returned and are no longer responding to treatment. This pioneering technology, designed and developed in the lab of Hong Qin, M.D., Ph.D., killed B-cell tumors grown in the laboratory and tumors implanted in mouse models. The preclinical findings are published in Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. Hong Qin, M.D., Ph.D. "This study…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-12). Trabajadores del Seguro Social y Salud continúan paro en Perú. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes demandan mejoras en las condiciones laborales de los trabajadores.

WSWS (2023-10-12). 30,000 postal workers demonstrate in Berlin against amendment of postal law. wsws.org The demonstration was the product of the close and routine collaboration between the Verdi union and the Deutsche Post management. Despite this, there was a pervasive determination to oppose the downwards spiral.

Taylor Berry (2023-10-11). Southern Black Girls And Women Consortium Partner With Megan Thee Stallion's Foundation For #BlackGirlJoyChallenge. newsone.com Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty | The Southern Black Girls and Women Consortium (SBGWC) announced its collaboration with Grammy Award-winning megastar and humanitarian Megan Thee Stallion's organization, the Pete and Thomas Foundation, on International Day of the Girl Child (Oct. 11), to With Nike's support, the alliance will maintain the Southern Black Girls' #BlackGirlJoyChallenge movement that inspires the youth and fosters mental health and wellness through joy. | "We are incredib…

Liz Theoharis (2023-10-12). Abandoning the Poor. counterpunch.org On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols of wealth and the promise of progress for a city and a nation. In movies and TV shows, those buildings churn with activity, offices full

sputnikglobe (2023-10-12). Chemists Make Exciting New Discovery About Leonardo's 'Mona Lisa'. sputnikglobe.com Leonardo's enigmatic "Mona Lisa" painting has captivated even those unfamiliar to the art world for decades. Researchers have noted the treasured portrait depicts Madam Lisa Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant from the early 1500s.

TASS (2023-10-12). Lavrov to discuss current international issues with CIS counterparts in Bishkek. tass.com The meeting participants will consider the prospects for cooperation in the commonwealth format, including taking into account Russia's upcoming chairmanship in the association from January 1, 2024…

Sharon Zhang (2023-10-11). Report: Harlan Crow Has a Stake in 4 SCOTUS Cases — and Thomas Hasn't Recused. truthout.org The firm that provided Justice Clarence Thomas's billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow with his business success and extreme wealth could stand to majorly benefit from several key Supreme Court cases that Thomas is set to rule on, new research reveals. Crow, his real estate firm Crow Holdings and subsidiary Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) — a real estate development company founded by Crow's father… |

Pavan Kulkarni (2023-10-11). The socialist solution to soaring prices of Zambia's staple food. peoplesdispatch.org The unchecked price rise of Zambia's staple maize meal is forcing a reduction of nutritional intake in a country with one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world…

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Report: US, Venezuela in Talks to Ease Oil Sanctions. sputnikglobe.com Amid high gas prices, the Biden administration is offering sanctions relief to spur oil production in the South American country in exchange for electoral reforms.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Scientists Use CRISPR Gene Editing Tech on Chickens to Fight Bird Flu. sputnikglobe.com According to a New York journal, the deadliest bird flu outbreak occurred between February 2022 and February 2023, killing 58 million farm-raised birds in the US, and leading to record high turkey prices.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF Global Financial Stability Report. indybay.org The IMF releases the Global Financial Stability Report and raises global concerns over continued inflation, the banking system and climate investments.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF Global Financial Stability Report. indybay.org The IMF releases the Global Financial Stability Report and raises global concerns over continued inflation, the banking system and climate investments.

Staff (2023-10-11). Venezuela's Vehicle Sales Increase in 2023, Still Far Below Pre-Sanctions Levels. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Automotive Chamber (Cavenez) reported that in the first three quarters of the year, 5,019 new vehicles have been sold, one of the highest figures since 2020. | According to Banca y Negocios, an outlet specialized in financial matters, "390 [vehicles were sold] in January, 414 in February, 491 in March, 459 in April, 713 in May, 596 in June, 642 in July, 569 cars in August, and 655 in September." | The Chamber's perspective is that the fi…

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Nation's 1st e-CNY park opens for biz. ecns.cn Shenzhen, Guangdong province, launched on Wednesday China's first digital renminbi industrial park in the city's Luohu district, with the first batch of nine financial companies, including Lakala Payment, settling in.

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Nation's 1st e-CNY park opens for biz. ecns.cn Shenzhen, Guangdong province, launched on Wednesday China's first digital renminbi industrial park in the city's Luohu district, with the first batch of nine financial companies, including Lakala Payment, settling in.

FP Staff (2023-10-12). India accuses China's Vivo of visa violations, siphoning off $13 billion. firstpost.com Many employees of Chinese smartphone maker Vivo and its Indian affiliates concealed their employment when seeking visas, and some breached rules by visiting the "sensitive" Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, India's financial crime agency has said. | The court statement comes as tension rises with Beijing over business activities after New Delhi tightened curbs on incoming investment and banned hundreds of Chinese apps following border clashes in 2020 that killed 20 Indian and four Chinese troops. | The accusations, detailed on Tuesday in a court filing that is not public, follow the arrest this week of a Viv…

Mehul Reuben Das (2023-10-12). EU, the next Taiwan? Suppliers to semicon factories now target Europe, bet big on new-age factories. firstpost.com It looks like the suppliers of Taiwan's major semiconductor companies are lining up for the EU and are betting big on upcoming industries and next-gen factories in the continent. | Suppliers to Taiwan's leading semiconductor manufacturing industry are coming up with strategies to expand their presence into Europe, capitalizing on the construction of advanced chip factories on the continent, marking a significant shift in its supply chain dynamics, as per a Financial Times report. | Vincent Liu, the President and CEO of LCY Group, a provider of cleaning agents and solvents to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co…

WSWS (2023-10-12). Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony files for bankruptcy days before beginning of 2023-24 season. wsws.org Music and the arts are not viewed as something worth supporting by the financial elite because they represent a drain on resources that could be, from the point of view of the capitalists, better spent on investing in the stock market or waging war.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). IMF: China has taken action on property market problems. ecns.cn China's near-zero inflation means it has space to ease monetary policy, and it has taken "welcome" measures to address its property market woes, a factor that led the International Monetary Fund to cut the country's GDP growth to 5 percent in 2023.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Meeting Notes Reveal US Federal Reserve Sees 'One or More' Rate Hikes as Necessary. sputnikglobe.com The Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates at least one more time before bringing them back down, which will only come after the central bank feels inflation is returning to the 2% benchmark it expects, according to notes from the Open Market Committee's September meeting.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Over 50% of Japanese Negatively View Prime Minister Kishida's 2 Years in Office – Reports. sputnikglobe.com TOKYO (Sputnik) – As many as 54% of Japanese view the two-year performance of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida negatively amid high inflation and other challenges, with 39% saying they could not assess his leadership positively and 15% "categorically refusing" to do so, a poll conducted by the Japanese broadcaster has showed.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Dollar hovers near two-week lows ahead of inflation data. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). US Fed official lauds 'very good' progress on inflation. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-11). South Korea central bank chief sees inflation just above 3% by year-end. channelnewsasia.com

TASS (2023-10-11). Defense firm delivers new batch of T-90M, T-72B3M tanks to Russian troops. tass.com "I would like to highlight the work of the enterprise's designers and engineers who continue improving the armor taking into account the experience of its combat employment," Denis Manturov stated…

infobrics (2023-10-11). China Benefits from Russia's Energy Trade with the Arctic. infobrics.org China is taking advantage of Russia's shift to the East and continues to expand its energy imports, particularly liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil from the Arctic. In 2022, Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia as China's largest supplier of oil, with China spending $58 billion on oil imports from Russia. Additionally, China purchased $8 billion of LNG primarily from the Yamal LNG plant in the Arctic…

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Mummified US Man Finally Given Burial After Spending 128 Years on Display. sputnikglobe.com "He weighs nothing," said the funeral home director. "He's that petrified."

Staff (2023-10-11). Can Peace in Ukraine Be Achieved Without War? Medea Benjamin & Barbara Smith Debate. democracynow.org So far this year, U.S. spending on Israel, typically the largest annual recipient of U.S. military aid, has been outstripped by military aid to Ukraine, though that balance could begin to change as President Biden plans to ask Congress to approve emergency funding to support Israel's retaliatory campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip following Saturday's attack by Hamas militants. For more on U.S. policy in Ukraine and Israel, we host a discussion with CodePink's Medea Benjamin and the Ukraine Solidarity Network's Barbara Smith. Benjamin urges diplomacy and deescalation, arguing t…

Betsey Piette (2023-10-12). House battle over speaker — time for working-class intervention. workers.org The eleventh hour 209-126 compromise vote between House of Representative Democrats and Republicans on Sept. 30, orchestrated by former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, provided a temporary extension of federal spending. But it has opened a hornet's nest of political wrangling which shows that the U.S. regime is in . . . |

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). In Numbers: Investment between China and BRI partner countries reaches $380 billion. ecns.cn

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Thailand seeks auto R&D investment to keep EV momentum going. channelnewsasia.com

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). In Numbers: Investment between China and BRI partner countries reaches $380 billion. ecns.cn

Colin Todhunter (2023-10-11). Fast-Food Graveyard — Sickened for Profit. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-11). WHO tries to sneak in IHR amendments without the approval of member states. expose-news.com On Saturday, the World Health Organisation ("WHO") released a statement claiming: "Governments make progress towards agreeing amendments to the International Health Regulations." However, as Dr. Meryl Nass pointed out, the main point …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-11). Remembering Allende and His Project Cybersyn. By: Prabir Purkayastha. midwesternmarx.com FIFTY years back, Pinochet's coup destroyed Allende's government and the structure of liberal democracy in Chile. Allende died with a machine gun in his hands, defending his attempt to build socialism in Chile against the combined power of the US and the forces of reaction in Chile, including the military. For people of my generation, this story is well-known, as along with liberation struggles in Vietnam and Africa, Chile was very much what brought us to the streets in solidarity. What i …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-11). The US Left Must Unwaveringly Stand for Palestinian Freedom. By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com The US "socialist" left currently playing the bothsides-ism game with Israeli genocide of Palestinians in the name of some bullshit notion of 'nuance,' must remember the words of Howard Zinn: "You can't be neutral on a moving train."Nothing is accomplished with an abstract support of Palestine when it's convenient. It is when the empire's ideological apparatuses are pumping out atrocity propaganda to dehumanize Palestinian anti-colonia …

Juan Cole (2023-10-12). Is California's Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil a Gamechanger? counterpunch.org The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism can plunge mortal souls is incalculable. It should come as no surprise then that oil company executives and the officials of petrostates like Saudi Arabia have so assiduously lied to us about the catastrophic effects of climate change. After all, the executives of tobacco firms have been perfectly content

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2023-10-11). Captain Rock: The Symbol of a Risen People. dissidentvoice.org Ralph Chaplin — Cartoon published in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) journal Solidarity on June 30, 1917. My unlucky countrymen have always had a taste for justice, a taste as inconvenient to them, situated as they always have been, as a fancy for horse-racing would be to a Venetian. — Thomas Moore (1779—1852), …

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). China-ASEAN Industrial Design City complete construction. ecns.cn The first phase of the China-ASEAN Industrial Design City has been completed in Liuzhou City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Mark Ashwill (2023-10-11). Death by System: A Two-Generation Tale of Loss and Betrayal. counterpunch.org Every trip from Vietnam, a place I have called home for nearly two decades, to my home state of Delaware includes a pilgrimage to my father's grave in Lawn Croft Cemetery, a stone's throw from the state border in the industrial wasteland of Linwood, PA. It is a short, somber, and depressing ride, the home

TASS (2023-10-11). Eurasian integration benefits all countries, including Kyrgyzstan — Putin. tass.com Kyrgyzstan's GDP and its industrial production increased by 2.3 times and exports doubled over eight years, the Russian leader stressed…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). Glass and leather industries from UP's Firozabad, Kanpur fear huge loss amid Israel-Hamas war. firstpost.com Uttar Pradesh's two industrial districts Firrozabad and Kanpur are fearing significant setbacks due to ongoing war between Israel and Hamas as businessmen from both cities complaining about order worth millions have come to a standstill ever since the war broke out. | Firozabad is known worldwide for its glass production. Industries here craft glass products on orders from foreign countries and ships them overseas. While Kanpur, a city known for its leather and leather product exports, is also grappling with the repercussions of the Israel-Hamas conflict. | The war has disrupted their business, causing orders wor…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-12). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Foods to help maximize your memory. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I enjoy cooking, but I prefer to work with the freshest ingredients. As such, I grow my own fruits and vegetables in a small garden and purchase other fresh produce from a local farmers market. I've read that certain foods may help with memory function. Are there foods I can eat to help boost my cognitive health? ANSWER: Research suggests that the ability to maximize memory function may be related to what…

Olena Slobodien (2023-10-11). Ucrania — La ferocidad antisocial de los neoliberales. globalizacion.ca Las recientes declaraciones de la ministra de Política Social de Ucrania, Oksana Zholnovich, sobre la "destrucción de todo lo social" y "la salida de los ucranianos de su zona de confort" han provocado una gran protesta y una ola de…

DJ Mouse (2023-10-12). Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough, Why We Need Alternative Media. indybay.org hosted be Marsha Feinland w/ panelists Ann Garrison, Frank Sterling and Ken Epstein…

DJ Mouse (2023-10-11). Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough, Why We Need Alternative Media. indybay.org hosted be Marsha Feinland w/ panelists Ann Garrison, Frank Sterling and Ken Epstein…

WSWS (2023-10-12). Freight industry publication discusses "surprise" Mack Trucks strike, "socialist fervor" among autoworkers. wsws.org An article in the industry publication Freight Waves expresses concern within corporate management that workers are not only increasingly militant, but are turning toward socialist politics.

Morning Star (2023-10-11). No one should cheer the slaughter in Israel. peoplesworld.org Editor's note: The following is an editorial that appears today in Morning Star, Britain's socialist daily newspaper. Those Israeli families in their homes, the young people at the music festival deserve to be alive. The small Israeli boy taken hostage and videoed being tormented deserves to be home and safe. And when Jews are massacred …

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). 18th National Congress of ACFTU opens in Beijing. ecns.cn The 18th National Congress of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the morning of October 9. Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state including Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi attended the meeting. Cai Qi delivered a speech on behalf of the CPC Central Committee.

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2023-10-11: News Headlines

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF World Economic Outlook Report. indybay.org As world leaders arrive in Marrakesh for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF releases its flagship World Economic Outlook report. The IMF projects the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for two decades before the pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). China-Europe freight trains serve 25 European countries as BRI's 10th anniversary arrives. ecns.cn China-Europe freight trains now reach more than 200 cities in 25 European countries, and more than 100 cities in 11 Asian countries and regions, after their operations started in 2013.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Chinese mainland's probe of trade barriers set by Taiwan is 'normal procedure'. ecns.cn The DPP authorities in Taiwan have unilaterally restricted the import of products from the Chinese mainland on a large scale for a long time.

TASS (2023-10-11). Conflict in Middle East to affect energy market — Novak. tass.com According to the Russian deputy prime minister, such events in the world can alter the situation with consumption of energy resources "one way or the other"

TASS (2023-10-11). Russia, Saudi Arabia to discuss situation on oil market later in the day. tass.com Alexander Novak added that both countries had very good relations in recent years that enabled to act in a balanced way on the oil market…


TASS (2023-10-11). Pharmasyntez to supply insulin to Middle East, Southeast Asia — company CEO. tass.com The company's production facility has a capacity of over 5 mln units of products per year, Nikita Puniya informed…

TASS (2023-10-11). Global energy crisis fueled by green-driven dip in oil, gas investment — Gazprom executive. tass.com "For reference purposes, investment over the past two years has been at the lowest level for the past 15 years," Oleg Aksyutin pointed out…

TASS (2023-10-11). Russian cabinet not considering increase in tax burden on oil sector. tass.com The Russian authorities decided earlier to amend the Tax Code and resume, effective October 1, the fuel damper mechanism…

TASS (2023-10-11). Russia ready to boost supplies of petroleum products to Saudi Arabia — Novak. tass.com Moscow also expects Russian companies to cooperate with Saudi Aramco in the area of artificial intelligence, the deputy prime minister went on to say…

Deb Nelson, Next City. (2023-10-10). Four Winning Models For Building Community Wealth. popularresistance.org If we're ever going to have a just economy, we'll have to build it from the ground up. | Flowing resources to front-line communities that face the worst of the climate crisis and the racial wealth gap is the ideal way to plant the roots of a new economy. Not only is it essential for justice, but it's also a practical, scalable strategy for seeding system change. | As executive director of the Just Economy Institute, I've collaborated with many JEI fellows who are leading promising community wealth-building initiatives. These financial activists share a set of principles: They support community self-determination…

ecns.cn (2023-10-10). China-BRI investment reaches $380 bln. ecns.cn Investment between China and countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative had accumulated to $380 billion from 2013 to 2022, Guo Tingting, vice-minister of commerce, said Tuesday.


Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-10). Haiti Is the Victim of Orchestrated Chaos That Prevents It From Setting Its Own Course, Says Camille Chalmers. orinocotribune.com By Julio Adamor — Oct 6, 2023 | Haitian scholar Camille Chalmers rejects yet another international intervention and says Haiti's issues have deeper roots which much be addressed | Haiti was once self-sufficient in grain production. In the early 1970s, it produced almost 100% of what it needed. Five decades later, the country buys 82% of the rice its population consumes from the United States. The causes are the structural adjustment policies imposed on the country, which encourage imports and prevent the state from financing the peasant economy. Among the consequences is unemployment, which today affects 70%…

TASS (2023-10-10). Dollar down to 99.3 rubles on Moscow Exchange. tass.com The euro grew by 68.75 kopecks, reaching 105.44 rubles…

TASS (2023-10-10). Gas prices in Europe above $500 per 1,000 cubic meters first time since August. tass.com The day before, Chevron halted production on the Tamar gas field in the Mediterranean for safety reasons amid escalation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel…

TASS (2023-10-10). Russian stock market indices plunging in early trading hours. tass.com The dollar gained 0.76% to 100.08 rubles, while the euro added 1% to 105.79 rubles…

TASS (2023-10-10). Autodesk completes winding-up of Russian subsidiary. tass.com The company made the decision earlier to suspend operations in Russia…

TASS (2023-10-10). NWF to grow by more than $5 bln in 2024 — Russian Finance Minister. tass.com The amount of target replenishment of NWF money can be about $11.9 bln this year, Anton Siluanov noted…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-10). Haiti Is the Victim of Orchestrated Chaos That Prevents It From Setting Its Own Course, Says Camille Chalmers. orinocotribune.com By Julio Adamor — Oct 6, 2023 | Haitian scholar Camille Chalmers rejects yet another international intervention and says Haiti's issues have deeper roots which much be addressed | Haiti was once self-sufficient in grain production. In the early 1970s, it produced almost 100% of what it needed. Five decades later, the country buys 82% of the rice its population consumes from the United States. The causes are the structural adjustment policies imposed on the country, which encourage imports and prevent the state from financing the peasant economy. Among the consequences is unemployment, which today affects 70%…

TASS (2023-10-10). Dollar down to 99.3 rubles on Moscow Exchange. tass.com The euro grew by 68.75 kopecks, reaching 105.44 rubles…

TASS (2023-10-10). Gas prices in Europe above $500 per 1,000 cubic meters first time since August. tass.com The day before, Chevron halted production on the Tamar gas field in the Mediterranean for safety reasons amid escalation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel…

TASS (2023-10-10). Russian stock market indices plunging in early trading hours. tass.com The dollar gained 0.76% to 100.08 rubles, while the euro added 1% to 105.79 rubles…

TASS (2023-10-10). Autodesk completes winding-up of Russian subsidiary. tass.com The company made the decision earlier to suspend operations in Russia…

TASS (2023-10-10). NWF to grow by more than $5 bln in 2024 — Russian Finance Minister. tass.com The amount of target replenishment of NWF money can be about $11.9 bln this year, Anton Siluanov noted…

TASS (2023-10-10). Russia to allocate over $2 bln for machine tool industry — minister. tass.com The sector of unmanned aerial system will also be developed with the government support, Anton Siluanov pointed out…

TASS (2023-10-10). Russian Finance Ministry can revise 2024 borrowing plan — minister. tass.com "Overall, our borrowing plans are feasible; the budget will be supported with financing sources," Anton Siluanov noted…

TASS (2023-10-11). Kazakhstan can supply 800 mln cubic meters of gas in transit to Uzbekistan — minister. tass.com The case in point is the supplies of about 2.8 bln cubic meters of gas at the initial stage, Almassadam Satkaliyev noted…

TASS (2023-10-11). Russia, Saudi Arabia discussing opening of dealership, service network for Aurus cars. tass.com The countries are also discussing deliveries of KAMAZ-54901 articulated trucks and Gazel Next trucks…

TASS (2023-10-11). Trade turnover between Russia, Saudi Arabia to rise to $7 bln by 2030 — Novak. tass.com According to the Russian deputy prime minister, Moscow also plans to expand cooperation in the area of peaceful atom with Saudi Arabia…

TASS (2023-10-11). Red Wings to increase temporarily number of flights to Israel. tass.com According to the press service, the airline will perform an additional "evacuation" flight on route Tel Aviv-Moscow from October 11 to 16…

TASS (2023-10-10). Kazakhstan posts 4.7% GDP gain in January-September 2023 — Kazakh economics minister. tass.com "Construction, retail trade, and information and communications demonstrated the highest growth," Alibek Kuantyrov elaborated…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). IMF and World Bank Meetings Wrestle with Low Growth, High Interest Rates, Debt Crises and. indybay.org As world leaders arrive for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF forecasts the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for the two decades before the pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Prospects for global economy bleak: IMF. ecns.cn The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund has said the prospects for medium-term global economic growth are "mediocre" in the organization's latest World Economic Outlook.

FP Staff (2023-10-11). X is spreading 'disinformation' on Hamas attack after Elon Musk promotes account known to lie, warns EU. firstpost.com On Tuesday, Thierry Breton, the European Union's digital chief, issued a warning to Elon Musk regarding his platform X, previously known as Twitter, alleging the spread of "illegal content and disinformation." | In his role as the European Union's commissioner for industry and the digital economy, Breton holds the responsibility of overseeing and regulating internet giants that operate within the European Union, with the authority to initiate legal actions as needed. | @elonmusk on #DSA obligations ⤵️ Julio Adamor, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-10-11). Haiti Is The Victim Of Orchestrated Chaos. popularresistance.org Haiti was once self-sufficient in grain production. In the early 1970s, it produced almost 100% of what it needed. Five decades later, the country buys 82% of the rice its population consumes from the United States. The causes are the structural adjustment policies imposed on the country, which encourage imports and prevent the state from financing the peasant economy. Among the consequences is unemployment, which today affects 70% of the population. | This is the assessment of Haitian scholar Camille Chalmers, leader of the Rasin Kan Pèp la (Socialist Regroupment for a New National Initiative) party. According t…

TASS (2023-10-11). Dollar rises to 100.65 rubles on Moscow Exchange. tass.com The euro declined by 24.5 kopecks, reaching 106.16 rubles…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-10). World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin. indybay.org World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-10). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF World Economic Outlook Report. indybay.org As world leaders arrive in Marrakesh for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF releases its flagship World Economic Outlook report. The IMF projects the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for two decades before the pandemic.

TASS (2023-10-10). Russian pipeline gas supplies may plummet next year — IEA. tass.com "Considering current flow profiles, Russian piped gas deliveries are set to decline by around 65% in 2023 to within a range of 20-25 bcm," the agency predicts…

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-10-11). Fascism Comes To America. popularresistance.org The parting gift, I expect, of the bankrupt liberalism of the Democratic Party will be a Christianized fascist state. The liberal class, a creature of corporate power, captive to the war industry and the security state, unable or unwilling to ameliorate the prolonged economic insecurity and misery of the working class, blinded by a self-righteous woke ideology that reeks of hypocrisy and disingenuousness and bereft of any political vision, is the bedrock on which the Christian fascists, who have coalesced in cult-like mobs around Donald Trump, have built their terrifying movement. | Trump, as the writer Jeff Shar…

Don Fitz (2023-10-11). Degrowth — How Anti-Worker Would It Be? counterpunch.org The year 2023 saw the hottest Summer on record in the northern hemisphere while those in the southern hemisphere felt the hottest winter on record. It was followed by a Fall with terrifying storms and floods across the globe. The number of people attributing climate catastrophe to economic growth is mounting. Not all agree that growth is the problem. Some respond that

midwesternmarx (2023-10-11). A decade of BRI development transforms China's Xinjiang region into a core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. By: Li Xuanmin in Urumqi and Horgos>. midwesternmarx.com On Sunday morning, workers were harvesting grapes on farmland in Yining county in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The freshly-picked fruit was then uploaded onto a truck, headed to Kazakhstan via highway, and within six hours, it would be delivered to the Kazakhstani market and sold to the local consumers."It used to take two to three days to ship goods from Xinjiang to Kazakhstan, but the time has been reduced to only half a day sin …

Debt for Climate. (2023-10-10). An Urgent Call For Debt, Climate And Economic Justice. popularresistance.org Communities all over the world are struggling and resisting the impacts of multiple crises. At a time of intensifying climate impacts and speculative increases of food and energy prices, governments, particularly in the Global South, are responding to unsustainable public debts and the lack of development and climate finance, with a rising wave of austerity, subjugation and extractivism. | We vehemently denounce the role of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that, together with other private and public lenders, perpetuate a flawed international financial architecture that exacerbates de…

Don Fitz (2023-10-10). Degrowth: How Anti-Worker Would It Be? dissidentvoice.org The year 2023 saw the hottest Summer on record in the northern hemisphere while those in the southern hemisphere felt the hottest winter on record. It was followed by a Fall with terrifying storms and floods across the globe. The number of people attributing climate catastrophe to economic growth is mounting. Not all agree that …

Eliza Daley, Resilience. (2023-10-10). Thoughts On Cultural Appropriation. popularresistance.org One conclusion that I can draw from this all this is that my goal of building a strong, localized, place-based community is not just economically intelligent, nor even an ecological necessity — it is the only path to a just system that will not allow for rubbishy things like holidays for colonizers and cultural theft. Living local is a moral imperative. I know many people don't like that word. Morals are quite passé because we moderns are loathe to admit that we live in community with others — whether we want to or not — and morals are the limits we impose on the self so that we do not harm our…

infobrics (2023-10-10). Russia and Hong Kong: The Trade and Investment Dynamics. infobrics.org Given the geopolitical tensions between Russia and Western countries, Moscow has actively sought to diversify its economic relations and reduce its trade dependency on the West. Strengthening ties with financial centers in Asia, including Hong Kong, offers a potential avenue for this diversification…

Jamal Kanj (2023-10-10). Gaza Seized the Initiative: Might vs Willpower. counterpunch.org I write as we watch the news of Palestinian fighters from the besieged and starved Gaza strip having seized the initiatives from the Israeli daily incursions on Palestinian camps, and towns murdering civilians. Israeli murders this year have reached more than 250 Palestinians, including 47 children. This is in addition to the desecration of Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and other occupied Palestinian communities. | Gaza has endured a harsh economic blockade for more than 18 years. Palestinians are lynched at the hand of the illegal ultra-Jewish colonizers in cities like Hawara and Hebron. The burni…

Paige Bennett, EcoWatch. (2023-10-10). Climate-Related Damage Costs $16 Million Per Hour On Average Globally. popularresistance.org Over the past 20 years, extreme weather events globally, like hurricanes, floods and heat waves, have cost an estimated $2.8 trillion, according to a new study. The study authors estimate the cost of the extreme weather damages from 2000 to 2019 to average around $143 billion, which breaks down to around $16.3 million per hour. | The researchers analyzed studies that used a methodology known as Extreme Event Attribution (EEA), which connects human-related greenhouse gas emissions and changes in extreme weather events. They compared these analyses to socio-economic costs from extreme weather events to determine ho…

sputnikglobe (2023-10-10). IMF Raises Russia 2023 Growth Forecast by 0.7 Points to 2.2%. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday improved its 2023 economic growth forecast for Russia by 0.7 percentage points to 2.2% but downgraded its 2024 projection to 1.1%.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Population survey to monitor development. ecns.cn The National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday that it will launch a nationwide population sample survey this year to accurately and promptly monitor demographic development and inform the formulation of economic and social development plans and population policies.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). A-share market set for further recovery. ecns.cn The A-share market will recover further in the fourth quarter as China's economic fundamentals continue to improve over the following months and supportive government policies provide more impetus for economic growth, experts said.

Sameena Rahman (2023-10-10). Israel calls Palestinians 'human animals,' denies Gaza civilians food and water amid mass bombing. liberationnews.org President Joe Biden has denounced the uprising, given unconditional support to the Zionists, even citing "Israel's right to defend itself."This is green light for Israel to do what it wants in Gaza.

TASS (2023-10-10). Israelis buy up water after authorities advise to stock up for 72 hours. tass.com According to the TASS correspondent, who visited several supermarkets in the south of Tel Aviv, large packages of still water were completely sold out by the evening…

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Asian shares rally as markets wager on Fed pivot; US inflation in focus. channelnewsasia.com

TASS (2023-10-11). Putin, Iraqi premier to address Russian Energy Week. tass.com The Russian president said Moscow and Baghdad were successfully coordinating their work within OPEC+ in the effort to stabilize global markets…

themoscowtimes (2023-10-11). IMF Lowers Russia's 2024 GDP Growth Forecast. themoscowtimes.com The updated growth forecast placed Russia at the bottom of the IMF's list of major emerging markets and developing economies.

Ayndrila Banerjee (2023-10-10). Israel-Palestine War: Locals rush to supermarkets in Jerusalem to stock on essentials as shops enforce purchase limit. firstpost.com As the war between Israel and Palestine rages on for the fourth day, authorities in the capital city of Jerusalem have asked residents to stock on essential commodities like water and food. | According to a report by PTI, locals in Jerusalem were seen rushing to supermarkets to stock essentials. The sudden surge in demand has led to a shortage of water in local stores. | VIDEO | "Authorities in Jerusalem city of Israel have asked locals to keep a good stock of water, food and essentials at home. People could be seen rushing to the supermarkets and stocking essentials. The local stores are facing a shortage of wat…

TASS (2023-10-10). Russia, UN delegation discuss supplies of Russian agricultural products for global markets. tass.com According to the statement, the goal is to ensure global food security and eliminate the obstacles "that have appeared due to the introduction of unlawful unilateral sanctions against Russia"

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Cliff road leads to prosperity in Chongqing. ecns.cn The "sinkhole village" had long struggled against poverty until one day villagers decided to carve out a mountain road on their own. After 7 years, a 8-kilometer cliff road was carved out by villagers to the outside world in 2004.

Peter Certo (2023-10-11). In OtherWords: October 11, 2023. otherwords.org This week in OtherWords, we've got two more strong pieces on the structural causes of poverty to complement our issue from last week. | First, Amy Adams riffs on Jason Aldean's controversial country song, "Try That in a Small Town." It's not more fear or vigilantism that small towns need, Amy says — it's public investment. She shares Second, Jim Hightower calls out gentrification in a surprising plac…

WSWS (2023-10-11). WSWS speaks to workers and student ahead of New Zealand election. wsws.org Workers and students who spoke with the WSWS described worsening poverty, soaring living costs, and denounced the pro-imperialist positions of the Labour and National parties.

Liz Theoharis (2023-10-10). Abandoning the poor. nationofchange.org Or confronting the needless scourge of poverty.

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-11). Beware the Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Us Towards Another Cold War! indybay.org If the United States can't learn to cooperate with China, our future will be one of constant escalation of wars and threats of wars and all that comes with them—including massive refugee flows, environmental destruction, and rising poverty.

Jim Hightower (2023-10-11). Corporate Thievery in America's Mobile Home Parks. otherwords.org Over time, words with beautiful meanings occasionally get degraded into ugliness. "Gentle," for example. | Originally meaning good natured and kindly, it was twisted into "gentry" in the Middle Ages by very un-gentle land barons seeking a patina of refinement. Then it became a pretentious verb — to "gentrify" — meaning to make something common appear upscale. | And now the word has devolved to "gentrification," describing the greed of developers and speculators who oust middle-and-low-income families from their communities to create trendy enclaves for the rich. | The latest move by these profiteers i…

Jessica Corbett (2023-10-10). Sanders Report: Major Nonprofit Hospitals Fail Poor Patients, Exploit Tax Breaks. truthout.org Nonprofit U.S. hospitals are legally required to provide affordable medical care for low-income patients, but many are failing to do so, while taking advantage of major tax benefits and enriching executives, according to a report released Tuesday by Sen. Bernie Sanders. "In 2020, nonprofit hospitals received $28 billion in tax breaks for the purpose of providing affordable healthcare for low… |

Newswire Editor (2023-10-10). Chairman Sanders Releases New Report Showing Major Nonprofit Hospital Systems Exploiting Tax Breaks and Prioritizing CEO Pay Over Helping Patients Afford Medical Care. commondreams.org A new report released today by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, shows that many nonprofit hospital systems across the country are failing to provide low-income Americans with the affordable medical care required by their nonprofit status — despite receiving billions in tax benefits and providing exorbitant compensation packages to their senior executives.

"In 2020, nonprofit hospitals received $28 billion in tax breaks for the purpose of providing affordable health care for low-income Americans," said Chairman Sanders. "A…

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Keir Starmer supports Israel's 'right' to cut Gaza's water and power. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Keir Starmer supports Israel's 'right' to cut Gaza's water and power | Leader of the UK's opposition Labour Party and frontrunner to be the British prime minister was previously a human rights lawyer | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 11: 42 | Under Starmer's reign as leader, Labour has taken a more pro-Israel stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict (AFP/Paul Ellis) | The leader of the UK's oppos…

Oscar Rickett (2023-10-10). The Jewish women no longer welcome in the Labour Party. middleeasteye.net The Jewish women no longer welcome in the Labour Party | Labour's conference in Liverpool is taking place against the backdrop of turmoil in Israel and Palestine. But for some local former members, accusations of antisemitism still rankle | Tue, 10/10/2023 – 09: 30 | Rica Bird (l) and Helen Marks (r) pictured in Liverpool before the Labour Party conference, 5 October 2023 (MEE/Oscar Rickett)…

sputnikglobe (2023-10-10). UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer 'Glitter Bombed' as Protester Storms Stage. sputnikglobe.com Polls show Keir Starmer, the leader of the United Kingdom's center-left Labour Party, is on track to win the next general election, although he is viewed with suspicion by some party activists.

WSWS (2023-10-10). Starmer sets out British Labour party's mission for government: authoritarianism, austerity and war. wsws.org Starmer's speech was a declaration of authoritarianism, celebrating the party's mass frame-up and ruthless purge of left-wing members. It was a speech that would be welcomed by dictators everywhere.

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-11). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-11). Sustained Peace With Russia? Is It Possible? libya360.wordpress.com Alastair Crooke Reinhard Gehlen, from Nazi criminal to "honorable" collaborator with the United States and NATO This Ukrainian identitarian 'play' has a crucial part in the story of why sustained peace with Russia is foreclosed. Few people even know the name 'Gehlen', yet Reinhart Gehlen and his SS men not only shaped politically the newborn…

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Explorers Find Well-Preserved Roman Tomb With Frescoes Depicting Hounds of Hell. sputnikglobe.com Researchers discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb featuring images of the Labors of Hercules, a series of superhuman tasks undertaken by the legendary hero of ancient myth.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Thunderstorms Could Delay Psyche Asteroid Mission Launch on Thursday – NASA Engineer. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A high chance of thunderstorms could force NASA to postpone the launch of its nearly six year, 2.2 billion-mile unmanned mission to study the Psyche asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Psyche Mission Chief Engineer for Operations David Oh said on Tuesday.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-11). Continúan movilizaciones por beneficios laborales en Perú. telesurtv.net Al menos 150 sindicatos integrados por 25.000 trabajadores, demandaron al Ministerio de Trabajo el cumplimiento de los Convenios Colectivos de Trabajo.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-10-10). Hollywood writers approve new contract. america.cgtn.com Hollywood writers' union announced the ratification of a new labor contract with a 99% approval rate. Members of the Writers Guild of America had been on a historic strike that lasted 148 days. | And despite the historic gains they've made in their new labor contract, many are going through job anxiety, at a time when Hollywood actors still continue with their own strike. | Ediz Tiyansan reports from Hollywood.

Frank Cappello (2023-10-10). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: 9 to 5 (w/ Patricia Resnick). levernews.com On this week's Movies vs. Capitalism, hosts Rivka Rivera and Frank Cappello are joined by Patricia Resnick, screenwriter of the iconic 1980 dark comedy 9 to 5, for a deep-dive conversation about the radical pro-labor film.üéßLISTEN NOW by selecting your podcast player of choice: |

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-10). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-10). Protests grow in Belgium against bill to restrict demonstrations. peoplesdispatch.org Working class sections and left-wing parties in Belgium have intensified the agitation against a bill proposed by Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne with provisions to ban 'rioters' from participating in protests. Due to fierce opposition from legislators of the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA), the coalition government has postponed voting on the bill in the parliament. | On October 5, around 10,000 demonstrated in Brussels demanding that the bill be withdrawn as it endangers the right to organize and the freedom of expression. The protest was called for by trade unions including the General Labor Fed…

presstv.ir (2023-10-10). Some Israeli military personnel collaborated in al-Aqsa Storm: Report. presstv.ir An informed Palestinian official has reportedly said part of the Israeli military personnel collaborated with resistance groups in the recent surprise attack against the regime.

Sharon Zhang (2023-10-10). Schultz Broke Law When He Threatened Pro-Union Starbucks Worker, Judge Rules. truthout.org Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz broke federal labor law when he told a pro-union worker to quit and find employment elsewhere in a company-sponsored town hall last year, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge ruled on Friday. In April of 2022, Madison "Mads" Hall, a former Starbucks barista at a store in Long Beach, California, was invited to a "collaborative session… |

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor Education Starts in School. counterpunch.org

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor Education Starts in School. counterpunch.org

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor education starts in schoolÔøº. nationofchange.org Giving K-12 students the language, information, and tools they need to protect themselves from workplace exploitation is a critical tool to reversing the nation's capitalism-fueled inequality.

teleSUR, MS (2023-10-10). Gremio de la salud de Perú convoca a huelga indefinida. telesurtv.net EsSalud aseguran que el gobierno de Perú sostiene una política "antilaboral" con los profesionales del sector que exigen se cumplan los acuerdos pautados con anterioridad.

UFCLP & RWF (2023-10-10). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-10). Israel ataca paso fronterizo de Rafah, único acceso a Gaza. telesurtv.net El Ministerio del Interior de Gaza ha informado que los bombardeos de este martes paralizaron las labores en el paso fronterizo.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-11). Israel ataca paso fronterizo de Rafah, único acceso a Gaza. telesurtv.net El Ministerio del Interior de Gaza ha informado que los bombardeos de este martes paralizaron las labores en el paso fronterizo.

Will Hodgkinson, Workers' World. (2023-10-10). Boston Demands Indigenous Peoples Day! popularresistance.org On Oct. 7, over 200 Indigenous activists and their allies gathered on Boston Common to demand that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts abolish Columbus Day and immediately designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. | This action continued the Indigenous-led movement to end the racist cult glorifying Christopher Columbus, a Genoese mercenary backed by Spanish monarchs and mercantile investors. He commanded the 1492 voyage to the Caribbean that initiated the transatlantic slave trade and began the ongoing settler-colonial genocide of Indigenous peoples.

_____ (2023-10-10). HMRC: Just 11 'Wealthy' People Prosecuted For Tax Fraud Last Year. truepublica.org.uk By Ed Siddons and Lucy Nash: HMRC investigations led to prosecutions against just 11 "wealthy" people last year, an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and TaxWatch can reveal. Critics say the figure, obtained by freedom of information requests, suggests the UK tax inspector is doing too little to punish rich tax cheats at …

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Report: US, Venezuela in Talks to Ease Oil Sanctions. sputnikglobe.com Amid high gas prices, the Biden administration is offering sanctions relief to spur oil production in the South American country in exchange for electoral reforms.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Scientists Use CRISPR Gene Editing Tech on Chickens to Fight Bird Flu. sputnikglobe.com According to a New York journal, the deadliest bird flu outbreak occurred between February 2022 and February 2023, killing 58 million farm-raised birds in the US, and leading to record high turkey prices.

Farooq Sulehria, Harris Qadeer (2023-10-10). Kashmir: Anti-neoliberal intifada convulses the Himalayas. greenleft.org.au A mass movement has erupted in Pakistani-administered Jammu and Kashmir against spiralling energy and food prices, report Farooq Sulehria and Harris Qadeer.

Pavan Kulkarni (2023-10-11). The socialist solution to soaring prices of Zambia's staple food. peoplesdispatch.org The unchecked price rise of Zambia's staple maize meal is forcing a reduction of nutritional intake in a country with one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world…

ecns.cn (2023-10-10). China's consumption potential further released during super Golden Week. ecns.cn China's consumption potential was further released during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday dubbed as super Golden Week, CCTV reported on Monday.

FP Staff (2023-10-11). Power-hungry: AI bots like ChatGPT will have higher energy demands than many countries by 2027. firstpost.com According to recent research published in the journal Joule, the energy consumption associated with artificial intelligence (AI) applications is projected to surpass the annual electricity requirements of entire nations like the Netherlands, Argentina, and Sweden by the year 2027. | This energy-intensive trend is attributed to the widespread adoption of AI, with particular emphasis on generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, which generate content by drawing upon the data they were trained on. The surge in the use of such AI systems has been notably prominent since 2022. | Training these tools is an energy-intens…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-11). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF Global Financial Stability Report. indybay.org The IMF releases the Global Financial Stability Report and raises global concerns over continued inflation, the banking system and climate investments.

Staff (2023-10-11). Venezuela's Vehicle Sales Increase in 2023, Still Far Below Pre-Sanctions Levels. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Automotive Chamber (Cavenez) reported that in the first three quarters of the year, 5,019 new vehicles have been sold, one of the highest figures since 2020. | According to Banca y Negocios, an outlet specialized in financial matters, "390 [vehicles were sold] in January, 414 in February, 491 in March, 459 in April, 713 in May, 596 in June, 642 in July, 569 cars in August, and 655 in September." | The Chamber's perspective is that the fi…

Ann Brown (2023-10-10). Fact Check: Iran Never Received $6 Billion from Joe Biden. Qatar Has Money. moguldom.com In the wake of Hamas' recent surprise attack on Israel, critics are wonder whether President Joe Biden inadvertently aided Iran and ultimately helped fund the assault. Some Republicans speculate that a hostage-release agreement gave Iran access to $6 billion in frozen funds, potentially enabling Iran to support Hamas financially. In August, the U.S. reached an …

Anthony Ballas (2023-10-10). Layoffs at West Virginia University Expose Right-Wing Trends Sweeping Higher Ed. truthout.org The current crisis at West Virginia University (WVU) is a case study demonstrating not only the telltale signs of manufactured neoliberal austerity, but also the underlying acceptance of right-wing extremist trends in higher education masquerading as "necessary" budget cuts for the financial survival of the university. On August 11, 2023, the board of governors at WVU released a long-anticipated… |

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-10). EXIMBANK, PEMEX, and extraterritoriality of US blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Washington, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The recent sanction by a US financial agency against the state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) for exporting fuel to Cuba shows the extent of the other dimension of Washington's blockade, its extraterritoriality.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Local debt swaps may forestall financial risks. ecns.cn China might have pushed ahead a "debt swap program" that could be worth 2.3 trillion yuan ($315.2 billion) at most.

FP Staff (2023-10-11). Hamas attack on Israel is 'an act of war', reflects 'an ancient evil', says EU chief. firstpost.com The massacre of Israeli civilians by the Palestinian organization Hamas was a cold-blooded act of war, according to EU leader Ursula von der Leyen, who also referred to it as an example of a "ancient evil." | "We have to be clear in defining this kind of horror," she stated. And there is only one way to respond to that. European nations support Israel. Additionally, we completely support Israel's right to self-defense. | Von der Leyen backed a thorough evaluation of the EU's multimillion-euro financial support for Palestinian projects as he opened a meeting of European commissioners. | More than 1,200 people were…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-10). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF Global Financial Stability Report. indybay.org The IMF releases the Global Financial Stability Report and raises global concerns over continued inflation, the banking system and climate investments.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). IMF: China has taken action on property market problems. ecns.cn China's near-zero inflation means it has space to ease monetary policy, and it has taken "welcome" measures to address its property market woes, a factor that led the International Monetary Fund to cut the country's GDP growth to 5 percent in 2023.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Over 50% of Japanese Negatively View Prime Minister Kishida's 2 Years in Office – Reports. sputnikglobe.com TOKYO (Sputnik) – As many as 54% of Japanese view the two-year performance of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida negatively amid high inflation and other challenges, with 39% saying they could not assess his leadership positively and 15% "categorically refusing" to do so, a poll conducted by the Japanese broadcaster has showed.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Dollar hovers near two-week lows ahead of inflation data. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). US Fed official lauds 'very good' progress on inflation. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-11). South Korea central bank chief sees inflation just above 3% by year-end. channelnewsasia.com

manager (2023-10-10). The Pandemic and Self-Employment: An Update. cepr.net Most of the patterns found in 2022 relative to the pre-pandemic period were still present in 2023. Last summer, we examined the impact of the pandemic on trends in self-employment, comparing the first six months of 2022 with the first six months of the three years prior to the pandemic, 2017-2019. We found a substantial …

TASS (2023-10-11). Defense firm delivers new batch of T-90M, T-72B3M tanks to Russian troops. tass.com "I would like to highlight the work of the enterprise's designers and engineers who continue improving the armor taking into account the experience of its combat employment," Denis Manturov stated…

infobrics (2023-10-11). China Benefits from Russia's Energy Trade with the Arctic. infobrics.org China is taking advantage of Russia's shift to the East and continues to expand its energy imports, particularly liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil from the Arctic. In 2022, Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia as China's largest supplier of oil, with China spending $58 billion on oil imports from Russia. Additionally, China purchased $8 billion of LNG primarily from the Yamal LNG plant in the Arctic…

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Mummified US Man Finally Given Burial After Spending 128 Years on Display. sputnikglobe.com "He weighs nothing," said the funeral home director. "He's that petrified."

Staff (2023-10-11). Can Peace in Ukraine Be Achieved Without War? Medea Benjamin & Barbara Smith Debate. democracynow.org So far this year, U.S. spending on Israel, typically the largest annual recipient of U.S. military aid, has been outstripped by military aid to Ukraine, though that balance could begin to change as President Biden plans to ask Congress to approve emergency funding to support Israel's retaliatory campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip following Saturday's attack by Hamas militants. For more on U.S. policy in Ukraine and Israel, we host a discussion with CodePink's Medea Benjamin and the Ukraine Solidarity Network's Barbara Smith. Benjamin urges diplomacy and deescalation, arguing t…

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-10). US Scrambles to Get More Arms to Israel, Ukraine. news.antiwar.com As Israel has declared a "complete siege" on Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on southern Israel, the US is scrambling to get more weapons in the hands of the Israelis. According to The Washington Post, the Biden administration is considering combining its request for more spending on the war in Ukraine with new …

channelnewsasia (2023-10-10). France and Spain oppose suspending aid to Palestinian territories. channelnewsasia.com

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). In Numbers: Investment between China and BRI partner countries reaches $380 billion. ecns.cn

FP Staff (2023-10-11). AMD set to acquire a major AI software company to challenge NVIDIA's dominance in GPUs. firstpost.com On Tuesday, AMD announced its intention to acquire the artificial intelligence startup known as Nod.ai. This strategic move is a pivotal step in augmenting AMD's software capabilities. | As AMD strives to keep pace with its competitor, NVIDIA, in the semiconductor industry, the company has earmarked substantial investments in essential software components required for its advanced AI chips. Over the course of more than a decade, NVIDIA has successfully established a dominant position in the AI chip market, thanks to its robust software offerings and the thriving ecosystem of software developers that support it.

Colin Todhunter (2023-10-11). Fast-Food Graveyard — Sickened for Profit. globalresearch.ca

Patrick Mazza (2023-10-10). Imagining the Future: How to Build in Place. counterpunch.org Ursula K. LeGuin, who broke science fiction out of its obsession with gadgets and gizmos to humanize it with stunning vistas of starkly different worlds, had vital insights into how imagination could illuminate other possibilities for human life. LeGuin saw imagination's subversive potential. "The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the

Patrick Mazza (2023-10-10). Imagining the Future: How to Build in Place. counterpunch.org Ursula K. LeGuin, who broke science fiction out of its obsession with gadgets and gizmos to humanize it with stunning vistas of starkly different worlds, had vital insights into how imagination could illuminate other possibilities for human life. LeGuin saw imagination's subversive potential. "The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-11). WHO tries to sneak in IHR amendments without the approval of member states. expose-news.com On Saturday, the World Health Organisation ("WHO") released a statement claiming: "Governments make progress towards agreeing amendments to the International Health Regulations." However, as Dr. Meryl Nass pointed out, the main point …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-11). Remembering Allende and His Project Cybersyn. By: Prabir Purkayastha. midwesternmarx.com FIFTY years back, Pinochet's coup destroyed Allende's government and the structure of liberal democracy in Chile. Allende died with a machine gun in his hands, defending his attempt to build socialism in Chile against the combined power of the US and the forces of reaction in Chile, including the military. For people of my generation, this story is well-known, as along with liberation struggles in Vietnam and Africa, Chile was very much what brought us to the streets in solidarity. What i …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-11). The US Left Must Unwaveringly Stand for Palestinian Freedom. By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com The US "socialist" left currently playing the bothsides-ism game with Israeli genocide of Palestinians in the name of some bullshit notion of 'nuance,' must remember the words of Howard Zinn: "You can't be neutral on a moving train."Nothing is accomplished with an abstract support of Palestine when it's convenient. It is when the empire's ideological apparatuses are pumping out atrocity propaganda to dehumanize Palestinian anti-colonia …

Fran Shor (2023-10-10). Skepticism of the Will. counterpunch.org The formulation, often attributed to the Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci — "pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will" — actually originated with the French writer and pacifist, Romain Rolland. Rolland, along with many other well-known pacifists, had opposed the slaughter called at the time, the "Great War," and, later designated, the First World War,

Fran Shor (2023-10-10). Skepticism of the Will. counterpunch.org The formulation, often attributed to the Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci — "pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will" — actually originated with the French writer and pacifist, Romain Rolland. Rolland, along with many other well-known pacifists, had opposed the slaughter called at the time, the "Great War," and, later designated, the First World War,

Annelise Whitley (2023-10-10). Getting Mad and Getting Even. tomdispatch.com The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism can plunge mortal souls is incalculable. It should come as no surprise then that oil company executives and the officials of petrostates like Saudi Arabia have so assiduously lied to us about the catastrophic effects of climate change. After all, the executives of tobacco firms have been perfectly content to sell consumers a product long known and virtually guaranteed to cut their lives short, while lying about its harmful effects for decades. Likewise, the courts have now made the pharmaceutical industry's responsibility for and grasp of the opioid crisis…

Juan Cole (2023-10-10). Is California's Climate Lawsuit Against Big Oil an Inflection Point? truthout.org The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism can plunge mortal souls is incalculable. It should come as no surprise then that oil company executives and the officials of petrostates like Saudi Arabia have so assiduously lied to us about the catastrophic effects of climate change. After all, the executives of tobacco firms have been perfectly content to sell consumers a product long… |

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2023-10-11). Captain Rock: The Symbol of a Risen People. dissidentvoice.org Ralph Chaplin — Cartoon published in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) journal Solidarity on June 30, 1917. My unlucky countrymen have always had a taste for justice, a taste as inconvenient to them, situated as they always have been, as a fancy for horse-racing would be to a Venetian. — Thomas Moore (1779—1852), …

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). China-ASEAN Industrial Design City complete construction. ecns.cn The first phase of the China-ASEAN Industrial Design City has been completed in Liuzhou City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Mark Ashwill (2023-10-11). Death by System: A Two-Generation Tale of Loss and Betrayal. counterpunch.org Every trip from Vietnam, a place I have called home for nearly two decades, to my home state of Delaware includes a pilgrimage to my father's grave in Lawn Croft Cemetery, a stone's throw from the state border in the industrial wasteland of Linwood, PA. It is a short, somber, and depressing ride, the home

TASS (2023-10-11). Eurasian integration benefits all countries, including Kyrgyzstan — Putin. tass.com Kyrgyzstan's GDP and its industrial production increased by 2.3 times and exports doubled over eight years, the Russian leader stressed…

Chris Hedges (2023-10-10). Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them. mintpressnews.com The next stage of this struggle will be a massive campaign of industrial slaughter in Gaza by Israel, which has already begun. Israel is convinced greater levels of violence will finally crush Palestinian aspirations. Israel is mistaken. The terror Israel inflicts is the terror it will get.

Greg Godels (2023-10-10). Our Dirty Little Secret Revealed. dissidentvoice.org I grew up in a small Midwestern town that was part of an industrial oasis located in the midst of corn and soybean fields. The oasis existed because bituminous coal had been discovered under the flat lands well over a hundred years ago. The mines attracted thousands of workers from Eastern and Southern Europe, including …

channelnewsasia (2023-10-10). Chinese EV startup WM Motor files for bankruptcy. channelnewsasia.com

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-11). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Foods to help maximize your memory. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I enjoy cooking, but I prefer to work with the freshest ingredients. As such, I grow my own fruits and vegetables in a small garden and purchase other fresh produce from a local farmers market. I've read that certain foods may help with memory function. Are there foods I can eat to help boost my cognitive health? ANSWER: Research suggests that the ability to maximize memory function may be related to what…

Olena Slobodien (2023-10-11). Ucrania — La ferocidad antisocial de los neoliberales. globalizacion.ca Las recientes declaraciones de la ministra de Política Social de Ucrania, Oksana Zholnovich, sobre la "destrucción de todo lo social" y "la salida de los ucranianos de su zona de confort" han provocado una gran protesta y una ola de…

Asoka Bandarage (2023-10-10). New Book: Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World. Colonial and Neoliberal Origins: Ecological and Collective Alternatives." globalresearch.ca

DJ Mouse (2023-10-11). Suds, Snacks, and Socialism at the Starry Plough, Why We Need Alternative Media. indybay.org hosted be Marsha Feinland w/ panelists Ann Garrison, Frank Sterling and Ken Epstein…

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-10-10). Friday 10/13: No to APEC — Yes to Global Worker Solidarity! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street (near Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 ∑ wheelchair accessible | To attend online, register: bit.ly/No-APEC

Joseph Grosso (2023-10-10). Planning the Future: Toward a Socialist Anthropocene. counterpunch.org It has been almost a year since OpenAI unleashed its ChatGPT program. Every day since the business press has been awash with stories of its effect, and the effects of AI in general. For instance, investors poured $40 billion worth of venture capital into AL start-ups in the first half of 2023, five times the

Joseph Grosso (2023-10-10). Planning the Future: Toward a Socialist Anthropocene. counterpunch.org It has been almost a year since OpenAI unleashed its ChatGPT program. Every day since the business press has been awash with stories of its effect, and the effects of AI in general. For instance, investors poured $40 billion worth of venture capital into AL start-ups in the first half of 2023, five times the

WSWS (2023-10-10). SEG and IYSSE hold public meeting ahead of New Zealand election. wsws.org Speakers presented a socialist program to unite the working class against war, austerity, and the racial divisions being whipped up by all the established parties ahead of the October 14 election.

Morning Star (2023-10-11). No one should cheer the slaughter in Israel. peoplesworld.org Editor's note: Following is an editorial that appears today in Morning Star, Britain's socialist daily newspaper. Those Israeli families in their homes, the young people at the music festival deserve to be alive. The small Israeli boy taken hostage and videoed being tormented deserves to be home and safe. And when Jews are massacred indiscriminately …

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). 18th National Congress of ACFTU opens in Beijing. ecns.cn The 18th National Congress of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the morning of October 9. Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state including Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi attended the meeting. Cai Qi delivered a speech on behalf of the CPC Central Committee.

ecns.cn (2023-10-10). Xi makes instructions on work of public communication and culture. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently made important instructions on the work of public communication and culture. He pointed out that the work is extremely crucial to the future and destiny of the Party, the long-term stability of the country, and the cohesion and centripetal force of the nation.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-10). China's CP expels former Everbright Group president for corruption. plenglish.com Beijing, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The Communist Party of China (CPC) expelled Li Xiaopeng, former chairman of China Everbright Group, accused of severe violations of discipline and law.

G. Dunkel (2023-10-10). Haiti, Kenya and imperialist maneuvering. workers.org Bulletin: According to an Oct. 9 comment from the Communist Party of Kenya on X, a "Nairobi Court has temporarily halted the planned deployment of police officers to Haiti," calling this ruling "a significant step in ensuring justice." About half of all Haitians don't get enough food on a daily . . . |

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ecns.cn (2023-10-10). China-BRI investment reaches $380 bln. ecns.cn Investment between China and countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative had accumulated to $380 billion from 2013 to 2022, Guo Tingting, vice-minister of commerce, said Tuesday.

Dana Sanchez (2023-10-09). The Good And Bad About America's Blockbuster Jobs Report: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com A strong job market should be good news but in an environment of high inflation, where paychecks aren't keeping up with rising prices, a blockbuster jobs report may not make Americans feel good about the economy. The U.S. economy added 336,000 jobs in September — far more than the 170,000 expected by economists polled by …

ecns.cn (2023-10-09). Report: Chinese economy to grow about 5.2% in 2023. ecns.cn BOC Research Institute predicted that the Chinese economy will grow about 5.7 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter to achieve yearly growth of around 5.2 percent this year, above the official annual growth target of 5 percent.

ecns.cn (2023-10-09). China to increase efforts in computing power. ecns.cn China will step up efforts to build its computing power, which will give the country an edge in building up its digital economy and injecting new vitality into the intelligent transformation of its industries…

Geopolitical Economy Report (2023-10-09). Palestinians Have a Legal Right to Armed Resistance against Israeli Colonialism. dissidentvoice.org International law clearly shows that the Palestinian people have a legal right to armed struggle against Israeli colonialism, just as South Africans did against apartheid. Gaza suffers under an illegal Israeli blockade that even a former British prime minister recognized to be a "prison camp." Journalist Ben Norton looks over the evidence. See related article: …


Laith Fadel (2023-10-09). Argentina's presidential election looms amid an economic crisis. america.cgtn.com In two weeks, Latin America's third largest economy, Argentina, will hold its presidential election. Outsider Javier Milei, a libertarian, appears to be the front-runner after winning 30 percent of the vote in the primaries. The election will be held against the backdrop of one of the country's worst economic crises in decades. CGTN's Joel Richards reports.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-09). Argentina applies measures to aid small and medium-sized companies. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) the Minister of Economy Sergio Massa announced that Argentina will begin to apply new incentives to encourage exports by small and medium-sized companies.

Peter Koenig (2023-10-09). El cerebro es el campo de batalla del futuro: el objetivo del Foro Económico Mundial es "alterar al ser humano" globalizacion.ca El Dr. James Giordano, neurólogo de la Agencia de Proyectos de Investigación Avanzados de Defensa (DARPA, por sus siglas en inglés) y jefe del Programa de Estudios de Neuroética de la Universidad de Georgetown, Washington DC , que también es…

Peter Koenig (2023-10-09). El cerebro es el campo de batalla del futuro: el objetivo del Foro Económico Mundial es "alterar al ser humano" globalizacion.ca

UAW. (2023-10-09). UAW Members At Mack Trucks Reject Tentative Agreement. popularresistance.org After voting by 73% to reject a tentative agreement, nearly 4,000 UAW members at Mack Trucks in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Florida walked out on strike at 7 a.m. on Monday, October 9. | "I'm inspired to see UAW members at Mack Trucks holding out for a better deal, and ready to stand up and walk off the job to win it," said UAW President Shawn Fain. "The members have the final say, and it's their solidarity and organization that will win a fair contract at Mack." | After weeks of failing to address core economic issues, the company reached a tentative agreement with just minutes to spare before the initial deadli…


infobrics (2023-10-09). Saudi Arabia and the BRICS Bloc. infobrics.org All parties are expected to mutually benefit from the opening of Saudi markets to their trade and vice versa. Overall, Saudi Arabia is the most important trading partner of BRICS members in the Middle East…

Frank Cappello (2023-10-09). LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. levernews.com On this week's episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Frank Cappello is joined by Nikhil Goyal, sociologist, educator, and former senior advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders, to discuss his new book Live to See the Day: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. The book chronicles the lives of three Puerto Rican teenagers growing up in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, and explores the failures of America's public education and welfare systems through lived experience. On the show, Goyal discusses the "school choice" movement, which has largely become a vehic…

presstv.ir (2023-10-10). Some Israeli military personnel collaborated in al-Aqsa Storm: Report. presstv.ir An informed Palestinian official has reportedly said part of the Israeli military personnel collaborated with resistance groups in the recent surprise attack against the regime.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor Education Starts in School. counterpunch.org

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor education starts in schoolÔøº. nationofchange.org Giving K-12 students the language, information, and tools they need to protect themselves from workplace exploitation is a critical tool to reversing the nation's capitalism-fueled inequality.

infobrics (2023-10-09). Saudi Arabia and the BRICS Bloc. infobrics.org All parties are expected to mutually benefit from the opening of Saudi markets to their trade and vice versa. Overall, Saudi Arabia is the most important trading partner of BRICS members in the Middle East…

Frank Cappello (2023-10-09). LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. levernews.com On this week's episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Frank Cappello is joined by Nikhil Goyal, sociologist, educator, and former senior advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders, to discuss his new book Live to See the Day: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. The book chronicles the lives of three Puerto Rican teenagers growing up in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, and explores the failures of America's public education and welfare systems through lived experience. On the show, Goyal discusses the "school choice" movement, which has largely become a vehic…

presstv.ir (2023-10-10). Some Israeli military personnel collaborated in al-Aqsa Storm: Report. presstv.ir An informed Palestinian official has reportedly said part of the Israeli military personnel collaborated with resistance groups in the recent surprise attack against the regime.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor Education Starts in School. counterpunch.org

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-10-10). Labor education starts in schoolÔøº. nationofchange.org Giving K-12 students the language, information, and tools they need to protect themselves from workplace exploitation is a critical tool to reversing the nation's capitalism-fueled inequality.

teleSUR, MS (2023-10-10). Gremio de la salud de Perú convoca a huelga indefinida. telesurtv.net EsSalud aseguran que el gobierno de Perú sostiene una política "antilaboral" con los profesionales del sector que exigen se cumplan los acuerdos pautados con anterioridad.

UFCLP & RWF (2023-10-10). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…

Ben Carroll, Labor Notes. (2023-10-09). North Carolina Sanitation Workers Strike For $5K Bonuses. popularresistance.org "We're here to make a stand. At least 40 trucks should be on the road right now, and as far as we know, no trucks have gone out this morning," said Durham, North Carolina, sanitation worker Christopher Benjamin, flanked by 100 sanitation and other city workers at a September 6 press conference. | This was the first morning of a six-day strike by the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union (United Electrical Workers, UE, Local 150). | During the six-day "stand down," as they called it, sanitation workers would show up to the yard each morning and refuse to take out the garbage and recycling trucks, instead hol…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-10-09). Imperial College London and CABI to forge new collaborations at Silwood Park. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London and CABI will collaborate to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.

Nik Heynen, Nikki Luke, Next City. (2023-10-09). How Cities Are Experimenting With Reparations In Urban Policy. popularresistance.org Even as politicians work to reenact Jim Crow-era silences about how white supremacy has shaped America, reparations are on the table as they have never been before. | After an upswell of grassroots organizing in 2020, we're seeing a new level of recognition that descendants of enslaved people, whose labor was stolen, are owed a debt. | While that organizing has fueled a collective understanding of the need for repair, progress has been bogged down by the weight of that debt and questions about how such debts can be repaid. These questions have been taken up across the country, from the California Reparations Task…

noreply (2023-10-09). Why I Am Ready To Explode… smoothiex12.blogspot.com each time I read some "analysis" from some pol.sci-journo "expert" in nothing who knows nothing but platitudes passed as "expertise". I spoke about this in my latest video, but I need to elaborate: |

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-09). MINREX congratulates Uganda on its 61st independency anniversary. plenglish.com On X social media, MINREX reaffirmed Cuba ¥s willingness to continue strengthening friendly and historic diplomatic relations with Uganda. | On September 14, Cuba ¥s the Vice President Salvador Valdés and his Ugandan counterpart Jessica Alupo opened the new Ugandan embassy in Havana, in the context of the G77+China Summit. | During the event, both nations signed collaboration agreements on political, agricultural, health and research matters. | Cuba and Uganda cooperate in various sectors, including the training of health personnel at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, at the initiative of…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-10-09). Claudia Goldin gana el premio Nobel de Economía 2023. telesurtv.net El premio se otorgó "por haber avanzado en nuestra comprensión de los resultados de las mujeres en el mercado laboral".

UFCLP & RWF (2023-10-09). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…

Frank Cappello (2023-10-10). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: 9 to 5 (w/ Patricia Resnick). levernews.com On this week's Movies vs. Capitalism, hosts Rivka Rivera and Frank Cappello are joined by Patricia Resnick, screenwriter of the iconic 1980 dark comedy 9 to 5, for a deep-dive conversation about the radical pro-labor film.üéßLISTEN NOW by selecting your podcast player of choice: |

presstv.ir (2023-10-09). Some Israeli military personnel collaborated in al-Aqsa Storm: Report. presstv.ir An informed Palestinian official has reportedly said part of the Israeli military personnel collaborated with resistance groups in the recent surprise attack against the regime.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-09). How the Fossil Fuel Industry Came to Love Climate Change. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Guillo Has Carbon Taxation Become an Expedient Way to Redistribute Wealth, Cover Up Environmental Crimes, Promote Hazardous Energy Policies, and Control the Working Class and Developing Nations? Does the Threat of Climate Change Misdirect the Anti-War Movement? During the early 2000s, only a few left-wing magazines with limited circulation warned about the threat of…

Farooq Sulehria, Harris Qadeer (2023-10-10). Kashmir: Anti-neoliberal intifada convulses the Himalayas. greenleft.org.au A mass movement has erupted in Pakistani-administered Jammu and Kashmir against spiralling energy and food prices, report Farooq Sulehria and Harris Qadeer.

ecns.cn (2023-10-10). China's consumption potential further released during super Golden Week. ecns.cn China's consumption potential was further released during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday dubbed as super Golden Week, CCTV reported on Monday.

noreply (2023-10-09). Ah, Poor Dreamers. . smoothiex12.blogspot.com Forget about England of knights in shining armor, Shakespeare, Admiral Nelson or, for that matter, Field-Marshal Bernard Viscount Montgomery. Great Britain doesn't produce anyone of this caliber anymore. She just doesn't, but she still loves to pretend that she matters by telling to herself fairy tales about London City's significance in the world of finances, or other meaningless financial legerdemain, which allegedly move the world around–whatever it takes to continue with palliative therapy for the cancer stricken patient in the geopolitical hospice. That is Great Britain today. For the country who had any s…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-09). If the Bilderbergers are a powerful think tank, where do they come from and what is the power behind them? expose-news.com The Bilderberg Group, formed in 1954, was founded in the Netherlands as a secretive meeting held once a year, drawing roughly 130 of the political-financial-military-academic-media elites from North America and Western Europe …

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-10-09). Watch: Day 3 roundtable on Gaza's Al-Aqsa Flood. electronicintifada.net Refaat Alareer reports from under Israeli assault in Gaza City.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-10). US Scrambles to Get More Arms to Israel, Ukraine. news.antiwar.com As Israel has declared a "complete siege" on Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on southern Israel, the US is scrambling to get more weapons in the hands of the Israelis. According to The Washington Post, the Biden administration is considering combining its request for more spending on the war in Ukraine with new …

Tanupriya Singh (2023-10-09). IMF pushes world's poorest countries into "starvation diet" as debt burdens spiral. peoplesdispatch.org As the IMF and World Bank commence their annual meetings, an Oxfam report shows how their failed policies of austerity will force the world's poorest countries to cut USD 229 billion in public spending while hemorrhaging billions in debt payments.

Bill Astore (2023-10-09). War as an "Investment." The Bizarre Business-Speak of Mass Killing. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-10-09). Police raid at VW: Works council members defend their high salaries. wsws.org The German industrial union IG Metall and its works councils at Volkswagen (VW) are always ready to sacrifice the jobs, wages and rights of the workforce upon the altar of "competitiveness" and "return on investment." If, however, their own six-figure salaries are on the line, they defend them by every means possible.

Patrick Mazza (2023-10-10). Imagining the Future: How to Build in Place. counterpunch.org Ursula K. LeGuin, who broke science fiction out of its obsession with gadgets and gizmos to humanize it with stunning vistas of starkly different worlds, had vital insights into how imagination could illuminate other possibilities for human life. LeGuin saw imagination's subversive potential. "The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the

Appalachians Against Pipelines, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-09). MVP Construction Halted In National Forest Due To Pipeline Resistance. popularresistance.org Peters Mountain, VA — On Saturday morning 10/7, pipeline fighter Mickey locked themself to a sleeping dragon blockade on the Virginia side of Peters Mountain, in the Jefferson National Forest. A banner at the site read, "Defend the Forest Everywhere!" Mickey prevented tree clearing on the mountain for the full day. Around 8 PM on Saturday, Mickey was extracted and arrested. They were charged with 3 misdemeanors and bail was set at $2,500. | Mickey stated, "The same thing is happening everywhere right now. Greedy corporations and politicians dirty the water and air for profit, then tell the people it's for their…

DVM 360. (2023-10-09). Seattle's Urban Animal Debuts Veterinary Worker Cooperative. popularresistance.org Urban Animal, a Seattle-based veterinary network, has announced it will become the first worker cooperative veterinary practice in the US this fall. This will enable its 110 employees to share in the governance and profits of the company with more than 50,000 clients.1 | Urban Animal joins about 30 worker cooperative-based businesses in Washington. By introducing the limited cooperative association (LCA), Urban Animal founder Cherri Trusheim, DVM, will gift a portion of the company to seed it, striving to become a completely employee-owned worker co-op over time. With the influx of veterinary corporatization, Tru…

Gerry Condon (2023-10-09). Who Lies? Who Dies? Who Pays? Who Profits? Why Veterans Are Calling for Peace in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Fran Shor (2023-10-10). Skepticism of the Will. counterpunch.org The formulation, often attributed to the Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci — "pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will" — actually originated with the French writer and pacifist, Romain Rolland. Rolland, along with many other well-known pacifists, had opposed the slaughter called at the time, the "Great War," and, later designated, the First World War,

WSWS (2023-10-09). Mobilise the working class against the Sri Lankan government's dictatorial Online Safety and Anti-Terrorism bills. wsws.org The new bills are aimed at vastly strengthening the repressive powers of the president and his government to suppress working-class opposition to its IMF-dictated attacks on jobs, wages and social conditions.

Speak Out Socialists (2023-10-09). Saturday 10/21: Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Everything to Lose and a World to Win. indybay.org 2727 Event Space, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 | CAN'T JOIN IN-PERSON? JOIN THE EVENT VIA ZOOM | TINYURL.COM/OCTOBER-TH-2023…

WSWS (2023-10-09). Pro-Trump election deniers vie for speakership of US House. wsws.org With no clear solution to the impasse in the House of Representatives at hand, Washington's political breakdown is eroding confidence within ruling classes around the world in US imperialism's ability to crush a growing insurgency of the oppressed masses in the Middle East as well as an emerging mass movement of workers in the centers of world capitalism, including the US.

infobrics (2023-10-09). Russia and China to Build Oil Transshipment Complex for $686 Mln. infobrics.org Russia's United Oil- and Gas-Chemical Co. (ONGK) and China's Xuan Yuan Industrial Development have agreed to jointly invest 5 billion yuan ($686 million) in construction of a transshipment oil complex in Russia's far east…

Vijay Prashad (2023-10-09). Tenemos aquí, en àÅfrica, todo lo necesario para convertirnos en un continente poderoso, moderno e industrializado. globalizacion.ca En su libro de 1963, àÅfrica debe unirse, Kwame Nkrumah, primer presidente de Ghana, escribió: "Tenemos aquí, en àÅfrica, todo lo necesario para convertirnos en un continente poderoso, moderno e industrializado. | Los investigadores de las Naciones Unidas han demostrado recientemente…

Ann Brown (2023-10-09). Will Elon Musk Tamper With The US Presidential Election? 5 Facts To Consider. moguldom.com Ever since tech titan Elon Musk purchased Twitter in 2022, his critics have bashed the changes he's made to the platform, which he is rebranding under the name X. His supporters are seemingly elated, however, with the moves he has made. But as the 2024 presidential campaign heats up, many political observers are concerned about …

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-10-09). Over 1.5 million cancer deaths in women worldwide could be avoided through proper prevention, says report by The Lancet. peoplesdispatch.org A recent The Lancet Commission analyzed data on the intersection of gender, power, and cancer distribution, issuing warnings about the unequal burden of disease still shouldered by women…

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-10-10). Friday 10/13: No to APEC — Yes to Global Worker Solidarity! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street (near Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 ∑ wheelchair accessible | To attend online, register: bit.ly/No-APEC

Joseph Grosso (2023-10-10). Planning the Future: Toward a Socialist Anthropocene. counterpunch.org It has been almost a year since OpenAI unleashed its ChatGPT program. Every day since the business press has been awash with stories of its effect, and the effects of AI in general. For instance, investors poured $40 billion worth of venture capital into AL start-ups in the first half of 2023, five times the

Brasil De Fato, People's Dispatch. (2023-10-09). Bolivia's Ruling Party Confirms Evo Morales' Candidacy. popularresistance.org The split in Bolivia's ruling political party has become official. President Luis Arce and vice-president David Choquehuanca are no longer part of the MAS (Movement towards Socialism) party, which ratified the decision, informally announced on the 24, to present former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) as its candidate in the 2025 elections. | The MAS held its tenth congress from October 3-4 in the town of Lauca àë, a coca growing region in the center of the country. On that occasion, the party decreed the "self-expulsion" of Arce and Choquehuanca, for not attending the meeting, and of 20 other deputies alig…

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-10-09). Friday 10/13: No to APEC — Yes to Global Worker Solidarity! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street (near Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 ∑ wheelchair accessible | To attend online, register: bit.ly/No-APEC

WSWS (2023-10-09). IYSSE at University of Melbourne holds successful meeting to re-establish club. wsws.org One year after being anti-democratically disaffiliated by the student union, the re-establishment of a genuine socialist, anti-war voice club at one of Australia's "sandstone" universities marks a significant development.

ecns.cn (2023-10-10). Xi makes instructions on work of public communication and culture. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently made important instructions on the work of public communication and culture. He pointed out that the work is extremely crucial to the future and destiny of the Party, the long-term stability of the country, and the cohesion and centripetal force of the nation.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-10). China's CP expels former Everbright Group president for corruption. plenglish.com Beijing, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The Communist Party of China (CPC) expelled Li Xiaopeng, former chairman of China Everbright Group, accused of severe violations of discipline and law.

Editor (2023-10-09). Communist Party of Israel and Hadash: "Netanyahu's fascist government bears full responsibility for the dangerous escalation" mronline.org In a statement concerning today's rapid escalation of military confrontation between Hamas and Israeli forces, the Communist Party of Israel (MAKI) and Hadash blame the criminal occupation policy of the far-right Netanyahu government, underlining the grave dangers that it poses for the peace in the region.

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2023-10-09: News Headlines

Dana Sanchez (2023-10-09). The Good And Bad About America's Blockbuster Jobs Report: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com A strong job market should be good news but in an environment of high inflation, where paychecks aren't keeping up with rising prices, a blockbuster jobs report may not make Americans feel good about the economy. The U.S. economy added 336,000 jobs in September — far more than the 170,000 expected by economists polled by …

ecns.cn (2023-10-09). Report: Chinese economy to grow about 5.2% in 2023. ecns.cn BOC Research Institute predicted that the Chinese economy will grow about 5.7 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter to achieve yearly growth of around 5.2 percent this year, above the official annual growth target of 5 percent.

ecns.cn (2023-10-09). China to increase efforts in computing power. ecns.cn China will step up efforts to build its computing power, which will give the country an edge in building up its digital economy and injecting new vitality into the intelligent transformation of its industries…

Geopolitical Economy Report (2023-10-09). Palestinians Have a Legal Right to Armed Resistance against Israeli Colonialism. dissidentvoice.org International law clearly shows that the Palestinian people have a legal right to armed struggle against Israeli colonialism, just as South Africans did against apartheid. Gaza suffers under an illegal Israeli blockade that even a former British prime minister recognized to be a "prison camp." Journalist Ben Norton looks over the evidence. See related article: …

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-09). Argentina applies measures to aid small and medium-sized companies. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) the Minister of Economy Sergio Massa announced that Argentina will begin to apply new incentives to encourage exports by small and medium-sized companies.

TASS (2023-10-09). Russian stocks up as Monday trading opens. tass.com Meanwhile, the dollar exchange rate was up by 0.65% at 101.06 rubles, the euro was up by 0.67% at 106.48 rubles…


TASS (2023-10-09). Global demand for energy resources to rise by 23% by 2045 — OPEC. tass.com OPEC also expects renewable energy resources to account for 11.7% of the global energy balance in 2045, up from 2.7% in 2022…

TASS (2023-10-09). Uzbekistan negotiating gas supply contracts with Gazprom — energy minister. tass.com Daily supplies are planned at 9 mln cubic meters, while annual deliveries are expected to reach almost 2.8 bln cubic meters…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-08). IMF Speaks: World Economy Loses $3.7 Trillion Due to Pandemic and Economic Shocks. indybay.org As World Leaders Head to Morocco, IMF Leader Raises Growth and Debt Challenges…

Dimitris Eleas (2023-10-08). "Economic Miracle" or Mass Poverty in Greece? "A Strong Economy means Neoliberalism" globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). China-Europe Chang'an freight train service completes 20,000 trips. ecns.cn The number of China-Europe Chang'an freight train, connecting Xi'an in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, with Moscow, Russia, has exceeded 20,000 trips since entering service on November 11, 2013.

Editor (2023-10-08). Palestinians Have a Legal Right to Armed Resistance Against Israeli Colonialism. scheerpost.com By Ben Norton / Geopolitical Economy Report International law clearly shows that the Palestinian people have a legal right to armed struggle against Israeli colonialism, just as South Africans did against apartheid. Gaza suffers under an illegal Israeli blockade that even a former British prime minister recognized to be a "prison camp". Journalist Ben Norton …




Justin A. Davis, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-10-08). United Campus Workers Rack Up Victories In 'Right-To-Work' Tennessee. popularresistance.org In recent years, U.S. labor organizing has turned an exciting corner. National headlines have burst with workers putting pressure on far corners of the economy for fair wages and safe, secure jobs — from employees at major logistics corporations like Amazon and UPS to auto workers and Hollywood writers and actors. The world of higher education is no different, and colleges and universities across the country have seen their own wave of new labor campaigns. Last fall, for example, 48,000 workers at the University of California went on a 40-day strike — the largest higher ed strike in U.S. history.

TASS (2023-10-08). Russia to have good harvest this year — Putin. tass.com The President of the Russian Federation noted that in 2022 a record volume of grain was harvested – almost 158 million tons…

Laith Fadel (2023-10-09). Argentina's presidential election looms amid an economic crisis. america.cgtn.com In two weeks, Latin America's third largest economy, Argentina, will hold its presidential election. Outsider Javier Milei, a libertarian, appears to be the front-runner after winning 30 percent of the vote in the primaries. The election will be held against the backdrop of one of the country's worst economic crises in decades. CGTN's Joel Richards reports.

TASS (2023-10-09). Russian Deputy PM Novak says ban on fuel exports helped saturate domestic market. tass.com "The prices of gasoline and diesel fuel on the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange went down by 16-21%, respectively," Alexander Novak specified…

TASS (2023-10-09). Novak says new policies on fuel market to facilitate market stability. tass.com "Changing the damper coefficient to 1 will allow for increasing the amount of compensation in sales of motor fuel in the domestic market to refineries," Alexander Novak noted…

TASS (2023-10-09). OPEC projects rise of global oil demand to 116 mbd by 2045. tass.com OPEC also projects global oil demand to rise by 10.6 mbd in 2028 compared with 2022 to 110.2 mbd…




_____ (2023-10-09). The Climate Costs of the US Military Machine. transcend.org Fall 2023 – It is entirely possible for next generation to grow up in an economy that's about nurturing life, not waging death.

Peter Koenig (2023-10-09). El cerebro es el campo de batalla del futuro: el objetivo del Foro Económico Mundial es "alterar al ser humano" globalizacion.ca El Dr. James Giordano, neurólogo de la Agencia de Proyectos de Investigación Avanzados de Defensa (DARPA, por sus siglas en inglés) y jefe del Programa de Estudios de Neuroética de la Universidad de Georgetown, Washington DC , que también es…

Peter Koenig (2023-10-09). El cerebro es el campo de batalla del futuro: el objetivo del Foro Económico Mundial es "alterar al ser humano" globalizacion.ca

TASS (2023-10-09). Nobel Committee to announce laureate of Memorial Prize in Economics. tass.com The founder's descendants do not endorse this nomination…

UAW. (2023-10-09). UAW Members At Mack Trucks Reject Tentative Agreement. popularresistance.org After voting by 73% to reject a tentative agreement, nearly 4,000 UAW members at Mack Trucks in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Florida walked out on strike at 7 a.m. on Monday, October 9. | "I'm inspired to see UAW members at Mack Trucks holding out for a better deal, and ready to stand up and walk off the job to win it," said UAW President Shawn Fain. "The members have the final say, and it's their solidarity and organization that will win a fair contract at Mack." | After weeks of failing to address core economic issues, the company reached a tentative agreement with just minutes to spare before the initial deadli…

Annelise Whitley (2023-10-08). Abandoning the Poor. tomdispatch.com On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols of wealth and the promise of progress for a city and a nation. In movies and TV shows, those buildings churn with activity, offices full of important people doing work of global significance. The effect is a feeling of economic vitality made real by the sheer scale of the buildings themselves. In stark contrast to those images of bustling productivity stands an outcropping of tall towers along the southern end of Manhattan's Centra…




mforinoco (2023-10-08). A Decade of BRI Development Transforms China's Xinjiang Region Into a Core Area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. orinocotribune.com By Li Xuanmin — Oct 1, 2023 | A decade of BRI development transforms the region into a core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. | On Sunday morning, workers were harvesting grapes on farmland in Yining county in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The freshly-picked fruit was then uploaded onto a truck, headed to Kazakhstan via highway, and within six hours, it would be delivered to the Kazakhstani market and sold to the local consumers. | "It used to take two to three days to ship goods from Xinjiang to Kazakhstan, but the time has been reduced to only…

_____ (2023-10-09). Sunak's Rhetoric On Climate Action May Embolden Britain's Far Right. truepublica.org.uk By Garrett L. Grainger (London School of Economics): In his speech at the Conservative Party Conference, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated that he and other Conservatives "love our natural world and want to be good stewards of it". However, he added, his government also had a "duty to treat household budgets with respect", which has …

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-09). India, Tanzania discuss trade in local currencies. firstpost.com According to Dammu Ravi, Secretary for Economic Relations in the Ministry of External Affairs, during a press conference on Monday, India is looking into trading local currencies with Tanzania. | "We are exploring new areas of cooperation including in trade in local currencies. This is one of the topics discussed by the two leaders," Ravi told reporters in the national capital. | The two leaders expressed a willingness to increase bilateral trade using local currencies earlier in the day, according to the joint statement that was issued following their discussion. | They pointed out that the Reserve Bank of India…

FP Staff (2023-10-09). American economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 for research on women's labour market outcomes. firstpost.com A professor at Harvard and labour economist Claudia Goldin has won the Nobel Prize for Economics 2023. Of all the Nobel Prizes, the one for Economics has the fewest number of women who have won, with just two recipients since it was first awarded in 1969 — Elinor Ostrom in 2009 and Esther Duflo in 2019. | Goldin won the Nobel Prize for Economics for "having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Goldin's research, has focused on inequality and the female labour force in global work spaces. | The prestigious award, formally known a…

teleSUR (2023-10-09). Claudia Goldin Wins 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to award the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, in memory of Alfred Nobel, to Claudia Goldin, "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes." | RELATED: | Goldin's work has provided the first comprehensive account of women's earnings and labour market participation through the centuries, the jury noted, adding that…

infobrics (2023-10-09). Saudi Arabia and the BRICS Bloc. infobrics.org All parties are expected to mutually benefit from the opening of Saudi markets to their trade and vice versa. Overall, Saudi Arabia is the most important trading partner of BRICS members in the Middle East…




channelnewsasia (2023-10-09). Oil prices jump more than $4 as Middle East violence rattles markets. channelnewsasia.com

Frank Cappello (2023-10-09). LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. levernews.com On this week's episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Frank Cappello is joined by Nikhil Goyal, sociologist, educator, and former senior advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders, to discuss his new book Live to See the Day: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. The book chronicles the lives of three Puerto Rican teenagers growing up in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, and explores the failures of America's public education and welfare systems through lived experience. On the show, Goyal discusses the "school choice" movement, which has largely become a vehic…

Julie Wark (2023-10-08). Human Rights and Basic Income. counterpunch.org Image by Markus Spiske. | Not long ago I was asked to speak about "minority" rights and basic income at a symposium in Barcelona leading up to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Among the human rights professionals, who were also speaking, the gagged elephant in the room was ginormous because it is, in fact, immeasurable: the crime of ecocide—the result, in particular, of capitalism, imperialism, and neoliberalism—which is also universal because it affects everyone and everything that is alive now and also future generations. Well, it may be univer…

WSWS (2023-10-08). Labour benefits from Scottish National Party collapse in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. wsws.org The Scottish National Party has suffered a disastrous by-election defeat to the Labour Party in the largely working class constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-09). Claudia Goldin wins Nobel for work on women in the labour market. channelnewsasia.com

WSWS (2023-10-09). UK Labour backs Israel's bloody reprisals against Palestinians, supports NATO military escalation against Russia and China. wsws.org The Labour Party conference is being staged with one central goal: to profile the party's readiness for government based on a programme of militarism and class war. Support for Israel's ongoing bloodbath serve as the touchstone for these efforts.




Ben Carroll, Labor Notes. (2023-10-09). North Carolina Sanitation Workers Strike For $5K Bonuses. popularresistance.org "We're here to make a stand. At least 40 trucks should be on the road right now, and as far as we know, no trucks have gone out this morning," said Durham, North Carolina, sanitation worker Christopher Benjamin, flanked by 100 sanitation and other city workers at a September 6 press conference. | This was the first morning of a six-day strike by the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union (United Electrical Workers, UE, Local 150). | During the six-day "stand down," as they called it, sanitation workers would show up to the yard each morning and refuse to take out the garbage and recycling trucks, instead hol…

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-09). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-09). Video: Naarm/Melbourne forum discusses right wing character of Albanese's Labor. greenleft.org.au

Nik Heynen, Nikki Luke, Next City. (2023-10-09). How Cities Are Experimenting With Reparations In Urban Policy. popularresistance.org Even as politicians work to reenact Jim Crow-era silences about how white supremacy has shaped America, reparations are on the table as they have never been before. | After an upswell of grassroots organizing in 2020, we're seeing a new level of recognition that descendants of enslaved people, whose labor was stolen, are owed a debt. | While that organizing has fueled a collective understanding of the need for repair, progress has been bogged down by the weight of that debt and questions about how such debts can be repaid. These questions have been taken up across the country, from the California Reparations Task…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-10-09). Claudia Goldin gana el premio Nobel de Economía 2023. telesurtv.net El premio se otorgó "por haber avanzado en nuestra comprensión de los resultados de las mujeres en el mercado laboral".

UFCLP & RWF (2023-10-09). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…

Ben Carroll, Labor Notes. (2023-10-09). North Carolina Sanitation Workers Strike For $5K Bonuses. popularresistance.org "We're here to make a stand. At least 40 trucks should be on the road right now, and as far as we know, no trucks have gone out this morning," said Durham, North Carolina, sanitation worker Christopher Benjamin, flanked by 100 sanitation and other city workers at a September 6 press conference. | This was the first morning of a six-day strike by the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union (United Electrical Workers, UE, Local 150). | During the six-day "stand down," as they called it, sanitation workers would show up to the yard each morning and refuse to take out the garbage and recycling trucks, instead hol…

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-09). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-09). Video: Naarm/Melbourne forum discusses right wing character of Albanese's Labor. greenleft.org.au

Nik Heynen, Nikki Luke, Next City. (2023-10-09). How Cities Are Experimenting With Reparations In Urban Policy. popularresistance.org Even as politicians work to reenact Jim Crow-era silences about how white supremacy has shaped America, reparations are on the table as they have never been before. | After an upswell of grassroots organizing in 2020, we're seeing a new level of recognition that descendants of enslaved people, whose labor was stolen, are owed a debt. | While that organizing has fueled a collective understanding of the need for repair, progress has been bogged down by the weight of that debt and questions about how such debts can be repaid. These questions have been taken up across the country, from the California Reparations Task…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-10-09). Claudia Goldin gana el premio Nobel de Economía 2023. telesurtv.net El premio se otorgó "por haber avanzado en nuestra comprensión de los resultados de las mujeres en el mercado laboral".

UFCLP & RWF (2023-10-09). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-10-08). Tens of thousands mobilize on the streets of Rome against far-right Meloni's policies. peoplesdispatch.org Tens of thousands of people filled Piazza San Giovanni in Rome on October 7 during a protest called for by the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL). The protesters united in a call against austerity and policies that undermine constitutional rights, pushed by the far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government. In addition to the trade unions, the protest was supported by more than 100 other groups, including political parties, peace initiatives, youth networks, and more. | Already in the lead-up to Saturday's event, CGIL leader Maurizio Landini said he expected a mass turnout — an expectation…

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-08). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-08). Video: Naarm/Melbourne forum discusses right wing character of Albanese's Labor. greenleft.org.au

Labor Video Project (2023-10-08). SF City Workers Against Firings Over Vaccine, Attacks on Civil Service & Privatization. indybay.org San Francisco city workers and non-profit workers spoke out against firings over refusal to take the vaccine, attacks on the merit system and civil service and outsourcing and privatization of public services.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-08). The secret collaboration of CIA, MI6 and Nazis and how Ukrainian Nazis have infiltrated Europe and North America. expose-news.com The extensive support from the United States and its allies for Ukrainian Banderites against Russia draws historical parallels to the early backing of Hitler's Germany against the USSR. The following article describes …

Sudip Bhattacharya, Labor Notes. (2023-10-08). New Jersey Nurses Two Months Into Strike For Safe Staffing. popularresistance.org There ought to be nine nurses on the day shift at 9 Tower, a trauma surgery unit inside the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. | Instead, some days there are just three. | "Sometimes I'd look at a patient's face and know that I won't be able to maybe help feed them when they need to be fed," said nurse Sophia Moccio, "or clean them when they need to be cleaned. It is distressing, and depressing for us." | Staffing levels this bad are a major reason why she and 1,700 of her co-workers at RWJUH have been on strike since August 4. | Nurses in her 34-bed unit often have to manage th…

UFCLP & RWF (2023-10-08). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…

presstv.ir (2023-10-09). Some Israeli military personnel collaborated in al-Aqsa Storm: Report. presstv.ir An informed Palestinian official has reportedly said part of the Israeli military personnel collaborated with resistance groups in the recent surprise attack against the regime.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-09). International youth teams overcome adversity, foster collaboration at robotics competition in Singapore. channelnewsasia.com CNA spoke to several teams that travelled far and wide to Singapore for the competition on their journey and aspirations.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Zheng'an county's guitars hit high note with BRI. ecns.cn After more than 200 elaborate and lengthy manufacturing procedures, exquisitely crafted guitars are revealed as signature products of Zheng'an county in Guizhou province.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-10-09). Imperial College London and CABI to forge new collaborations at Silwood Park. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London and CABI will collaborate to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.

Labor Video Project (2023-10-09). SF City Workers Against Firings Over Vaccine, Attacks on Civil Service & Privatization. indybay.org San Francisco city workers and non-profit workers spoke out against firings over refusal to take the vaccine, attacks on the merit system and civil service and outsourcing and privatization of public services.

teleSUR (2023-10-09). Demonstrations in the US in Solidarity With Palestine. telesurenglish.net Mass demonstrations have been held across the U.S. in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in rejection of Israeli aggression. | RELATED: | In Washington thousands of citizens rallied in front of the White House, while in the cities of New York, Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles there were also mobilizations in support of Palestine. | Citizens condemned Washington's collaborationist policy with the Zionist regime and denounce…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-09). How the Fossil Fuel Industry Came to Love Climate Change. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Guillo Has Carbon Taxation Become an Expedient Way to Redistribute Wealth, Cover Up Environmental Crimes, Promote Hazardous Energy Policies, and Control the Working Class and Developing Nations? Does the Threat of Climate Change Misdirect the Anti-War Movement? During the early 2000s, only a few left-wing magazines with limited circulation warned about the threat of…

Will Hodgkinson (2023-10-09). Boston demands Indigenous Peoples Day! workers.org Boston On Oct. 7, over 200 Indigenous activists and their allies gathered on Boston Common to demand that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts abolish Columbus Day and immediately designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. Boston march, Oct. 7, 2023. WW PHOTO: Maureen Skehan This action continued the . . . |

Farooq Sulehria, Harris Qadeer (2023-10-10). Kashmir: Anti-neoliberal intifada convulses the Himalayas. greenleft.org.au A mass movement has erupted in Pakistani-administered Jammu and Kashmir against spiralling energy and food prices, report Farooq Sulehria and Harris Qadeer.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Golden Week holiday data shows consumption boom. ecns.cn This year's combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday in China, from Sept 29 to Oct 6, saw a surge in consumption, as reflected in data.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Holiday travel boom, government vouchers drive up duty-free consumption in Hainan. ecns.cn South China's Hainan province recorded a boom in duty-free consumption during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday period, with offshore duty-free sales reaching 1.33 billion yuan ($182 million).

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Holiday shopping sprees up consumption figures. ecns.cn Chinese consumers unleashed their massive buying power during the eight-day combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday period, pushing up sales of high-quality intelligent home appliances and outdoor equipment.

ecns.cn (2023-10-09). Holiday travel boom, government vouchers drive up duty-free consumption in Hainan. ecns.cn South China's Hainan province recorded a boom in duty-free consumption during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday period, with offshore duty-free sales reaching 1.33 billion yuan ($182 million).

noreply (2023-10-09). Ah, Poor Dreamers. . smoothiex12.blogspot.com Forget about England of knights in shining armor, Shakespeare, Admiral Nelson or, for that matter, Field-Marshal Bernard Viscount Montgomery. Great Britain doesn't produce anyone of this caliber anymore. She just doesn't, but she still loves to pretend that she matters by telling to herself fairy tales about London City's significance in the world of finances, or other meaningless financial legerdemain, which allegedly move the world around–whatever it takes to continue with palliative therapy for the cancer stricken patient in the geopolitical hospice. That is Great Britain today. For the country who had any s…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-09). If the Bilderbergers are a powerful think tank, where do they come from and what is the power behind them? expose-news.com The Bilderberg Group, formed in 1954, was founded in the Netherlands as a secretive meeting held once a year, drawing roughly 130 of the political-financial-military-academic-media elites from North America and Western Europe …

channelnewsasia (2023-10-09). Commentary: Deadly Hamas attack is a pivotal moment for Israel. channelnewsasia.com Israel has long prided itself on the ability to pre-empt and crush threats to its borders and people. That Hamas could launch such an audacious attack suggests a massive failure, says the Financial Times' Middle East editor Andrew England.

ecns.cn (2023-10-09). Concerns over anti-subsidy inquiry by EU. ecns.cn The Financial Times and other influential Western newspapers are siding with executives from European automakers in voicing concern over the European Union's anti-subsidy investigation into imports of China-made electric vehicles.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-10-09). Watch: Day 3 roundtable on Gaza's Al-Aqsa Flood. electronicintifada.net Refaat Alareer reports from under Israeli assault in Gaza City.

Tanupriya Singh (2023-10-09). IMF pushes world's poorest countries into "starvation diet" as debt burdens spiral. peoplesdispatch.org As the IMF and World Bank commence their annual meetings, an Oxfam report shows how their failed policies of austerity will force the world's poorest countries to cut USD 229 billion in public spending while hemorrhaging billions in debt payments.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-08). Report: Biden Considering Huge $100 Billion Ukraine Spending Package. news.antiwar.com President Biden is considering asking Congress for a massive $100 billion spending package for the Ukraine war, The Telegraph reported on Saturday. The idea of the huge spending package would be to fund the proxy war through the 2024 election without having to worry about the growing opposition to the policy in Congress, as the …

Federico Fuentes, Akira Kato (2023-10-08). Japan: 'The government is taking advantage of Russia's invasion to push militarism'. greenleft.org.au Amid rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific, Japan's government is ramping up defence spending. Japanese revolutionary socialist Akira Kato discusses the background to this move with Green Left's Federico Fuentes.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-08). White House Mulls Asking Congress for $100Bln in Aid for Ukraine – Reports. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President Joe Biden is considering a "one-and-done" spending bill for Ukraine, and the White House is already drawing up plans to ask Congress to release a total of $100 billion in a single aid package for Kiev, news outlet reported Saturday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

themoscowtimes (2023-10-09). Russia to Hike Spending on 'Patriotic Education' Fourfold — RBC. themoscowtimes.com A total of $450 million will be allocated toward various youth movements, school officials engaged in "patriotic" education, state insignia, and monitoring of youth online.

Bill Astore (2023-10-09). War as an "Investment." The Bizarre Business-Speak of Mass Killing. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-10-09). Police raid at VW: Works council members defend their high salaries. wsws.org The German industrial union IG Metall and its works councils at Volkswagen (VW) are always ready to sacrifice the jobs, wages and rights of the workforce upon the altar of "competitiveness" and "return on investment." If, however, their own six-figure salaries are on the line, they defend them by every means possible.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). China remains largest investor in Cambodia. ecns.cn From January to September this year, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 191 investment projects exceeding 3.7 billion U.S. dollars. with China maintaining its position as the largest investor in Cambodia.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). China's first nuclear power plant with super-large cooling towers being built in Guangdong. ecns.cn State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) announced on Sunday that phase one construction of its Lianjiang nuclear power plant started on September 29.

ecns.cn (2023-10-09). China's first nuclear power plant with super-large cooling towers being built in Guangdong. ecns.cn State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) announced on Sunday that phase one construction of its Lianjiang nuclear power plant started on September 29.

FP Staff (2023-10-09). South Korean chipmakers allowed to ship US chipmaking tech to their Chinese factories. firstpost.com South Korea's presidential office and several tech companies like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, have announced that they are now authorized to continue providing US chip equipment to their Chinese factories without the need for separate approvals from the United States. | It had been anticipated that the US would extend a previously granted waiver to these South Korean chip manufacturers, relieving them from the obligation to obtain licenses for importing US chip equipment into China. | "Uncertainties about South Korean semiconductor firms' operations and investments in China have been greatly eased; they wil…

Appalachians Against Pipelines, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-09). MVP Construction Halted In National Forest Due To Pipeline Resistance. popularresistance.org Peters Mountain, VA — On Saturday morning 10/7, pipeline fighter Mickey locked themself to a sleeping dragon blockade on the Virginia side of Peters Mountain, in the Jefferson National Forest. A banner at the site read, "Defend the Forest Everywhere!" Mickey prevented tree clearing on the mountain for the full day. Around 8 PM on Saturday, Mickey was extracted and arrested. They were charged with 3 misdemeanors and bail was set at $2,500. | Mickey stated, "The same thing is happening everywhere right now. Greedy corporations and politicians dirty the water and air for profit, then tell the people it's for their…

DVM 360. (2023-10-09). Seattle's Urban Animal Debuts Veterinary Worker Cooperative. popularresistance.org Urban Animal, a Seattle-based veterinary network, has announced it will become the first worker cooperative veterinary practice in the US this fall. This will enable its 110 employees to share in the governance and profits of the company with more than 50,000 clients.1 | Urban Animal joins about 30 worker cooperative-based businesses in Washington. By introducing the limited cooperative association (LCA), Urban Animal founder Cherri Trusheim, DVM, will gift a portion of the company to seed it, striving to become a completely employee-owned worker co-op over time. With the influx of veterinary corporatization, Tru…

Gerry Condon (2023-10-09). Who Lies? Who Dies? Who Pays? Who Profits? Why Veterans Are Calling for Peace in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Mehul Reuben Das (2023-10-09). Google takes on Justin Trudeau, Canada, threatens to block news links over new law. firstpost.com Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, has taken a significant step towards restricting access to news links on its search engine for Canadian users. This development follows the company's rejection of government regulations aimed at addressing its concerns regarding an impending online content law, as per a Bloomberg report. | This move represents a setback for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's administration, which has been striving to compel both Google and Meta Platforms Inc. to engage in negotiations for compensating local publishers as mandated by the Online News Act set to take effect on December 19. | About…

WSWS (2023-10-09). Mobilise the working class against the Sri Lankan government's dictatorial Online Safety and Anti-Terrorism bills. wsws.org The new bills are aimed at vastly strengthening the repressive powers of the president and his government to suppress working-class opposition to its IMF-dictated attacks on jobs, wages and social conditions.

Speak Out Socialists (2023-10-09). Saturday 10/21: Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Everything to Lose and a World to Win. indybay.org 2727 Event Space, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 | CAN'T JOIN IN-PERSON? JOIN THE EVENT VIA ZOOM | TINYURL.COM/OCTOBER-TH-2023…

WSWS (2023-10-09). Pro-Trump election deniers vie for speakership of US House. wsws.org With no clear solution to the impasse in the House of Representatives at hand, Washington's political breakdown is eroding confidence within ruling classes around the world in US imperialism's ability to crush a growing insurgency of the oppressed masses in the Middle East as well as an emerging mass movement of workers in the centers of world capitalism, including the US.

Speak Out Socialists (2023-10-08). Saturday 10/21: Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Everything to Lose and a World to Win. indybay.org 2727 Event Space, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 | CAN'T JOIN IN-PERSON? JOIN THE EVENT VIA ZOOM | TINYURL.COM/OCTOBER-TH-2023…

WSWS (2023-10-08). Household water bills to soar in UK. wsws.org Neither Starmer's "new regulatory approach" or Corbyn's renationalisation under capitalism can solve the problems of a water industry that has been systematically looted.

infobrics (2023-10-09). Russia and China to Build Oil Transshipment Complex for $686 Mln. infobrics.org Russia's United Oil- and Gas-Chemical Co. (ONGK) and China's Xuan Yuan Industrial Development have agreed to jointly invest 5 billion yuan ($686 million) in construction of a transshipment oil complex in Russia's far east…

Vijay Prashad (2023-10-09). Tenemos aquí, en àÅfrica, todo lo necesario para convertirnos en un continente poderoso, moderno e industrializado. globalizacion.ca En su libro de 1963, àÅfrica debe unirse, Kwame Nkrumah, primer presidente de Ghana, escribió: "Tenemos aquí, en àÅfrica, todo lo necesario para convertirnos en un continente poderoso, moderno e industrializado. | Los investigadores de las Naciones Unidas han demostrado recientemente…

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Critical factor that's transforming nation's industrial structure. ecns.cn China's industrial structure has a new linchpin — trade in services — and it's injecting vitality into its value-added dimension.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). China rolls out pilot ethical reviews measures on scientific and technological activities. ecns.cn Chinese authorities released on Sunday the pilot review measures of science and technology ethics. As the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation accelerate progress, ethical issues have become a common challenge facing the whole world.

ecns.cn (2023-10-09). China rolls out pilot ethical reviews measures on scientific and technological activities. ecns.cn Chinese authorities released on Sunday the pilot review measures of science and technology ethics. As the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation accelerate progress, ethical issues have become a common challenge facing the whole world.

Ann Brown (2023-10-09). Will Elon Musk Tamper With The US Presidential Election? 5 Facts To Consider. moguldom.com Ever since tech titan Elon Musk purchased Twitter in 2022, his critics have bashed the changes he's made to the platform, which he is rebranding under the name X. His supporters are seemingly elated, however, with the moves he has made. But as the 2024 presidential campaign heats up, many political observers are concerned about …

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-09). Ukraine acquires 2,000 China-made drones to 'harass' Russia military. firstpost.com Ukraine has ordered 2,000 drones of Chinese origin as it gears up for yet another round of drone battles with Russia. Ukraine has managed a number of tactical wins by destroying Russian equipment but has lost most of its planes to electronic warfare and anti-aircraft fire. | Drones that are readily accessible for purchase are utilised for attack missions, ISR functions, and directing artillery fire. Even Russia used Chinese DJI drones for a long time to adjust the howitzer barrage and make sure the shells hit their targets. | Russia has considerably decreased the usage of UAVs built outside of the country. To les…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-10-09). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Foods to help maximize your memory. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I enjoy cooking, but I prefer to work with the freshest ingredients. As such, I grow my own fruits and vegetables in a small garden and purchase other fresh produce from a local farmers market. I've read that certain foods may help with memory function. Are there foods I can eat to help boost my cognitive health? ANSWER: Research suggests that the ability to maximize memory function may be related to what…

_____ (2023-10-09). The IMF and World Bank Talk "Good Governance" but Walk with Corrupt Governments. transcend.org There is a deeper reason for sustained corruption: Neoliberal ideology.

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-10-09). Over 1.5 million cancer deaths in women worldwide could be avoided through proper prevention, says report by The Lancet. peoplesdispatch.org A recent The Lancet Commission analyzed data on the intersection of gender, power, and cancer distribution, issuing warnings about the unequal burden of disease still shouldered by women…

Brasil De Fato, People's Dispatch. (2023-10-09). Bolivia's Ruling Party Confirms Evo Morales' Candidacy. popularresistance.org The split in Bolivia's ruling political party has become official. President Luis Arce and vice-president David Choquehuanca are no longer part of the MAS (Movement towards Socialism) party, which ratified the decision, informally announced on the 24, to present former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) as its candidate in the 2025 elections. | The MAS held its tenth congress from October 3-4 in the town of Lauca àë, a coca growing region in the center of the country. On that occasion, the party decreed the "self-expulsion" of Arce and Choquehuanca, for not attending the meeting, and of 20 other deputies alig…

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-10-09). Friday 10/13: No to APEC — Yes to Global Worker Solidarity! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street (near Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 ∑ wheelchair accessible | To attend online, register: bit.ly/No-APEC

WSWS (2023-10-09). IYSSE at University of Melbourne holds successful meeting to re-establish club. wsws.org One year after being anti-democratically disaffiliated by the student union, the re-establishment of a genuine socialist, anti-war voice club at one of Australia's "sandstone" universities marks a significant development.

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-10-08). Friday 10/13: No to APEC — Yes to Global Worker Solidarity! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street (near Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 ∑ wheelchair accessible | To attend online, register: bit.ly/No-APEC

mforinoco (2023-10-08). Evo Morales Will Stand for the Presidency, Luis Arce Expelled. orinocotribune.com The congress of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS-IPSP) has voted to present Evo Morales as its candidate for the presidency at the 2025 elections and has also voted to expel current President Luis Arce from the MAS, signifying the party's formal split with the government. | At the national party congress today in Lauca àë, Cochabamba, the plenum voted to approve two resolutions of the political co…

WSWS (2023-10-08). Netanyahu regime staggered by Palestinian uprising. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site condemns the vicious and obscenely hypocritical statements of President Joe Biden and leaders of the European Union denouncing the Palestinian resistance as "terrorism" while supporting without any reservations Israel's onslaught on Gaza.

Editor (2023-10-09). Communist Party of Israel and Hadash: "Netanyahu's fascist government bears full responsibility for the dangerous escalation" mronline.org In a statement concerning today's rapid escalation of military confrontation between Hamas and Israeli forces, the Communist Party of Israel (MAKI) and Hadash blame the criminal occupation policy of the far-right Netanyahu government, underlining the grave dangers that it poses for the peace in the region.

WSWS (2023-10-09). October 8, 1923 Letter from Leon Trotsky to the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission of the Russian Communist Party. wsws.org This letter, sent by Leon Trotsky on October 8, 1923, to members of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission, was one of the most important documents that led to the emergence of the Left Opposition.

A Guest Author (2023-10-09). The Communist Party of Kenya strongly condemns their nation's involvement in the impending occupation of Haiti. workers.org Bulletin: According to an Oct. 9 comment from the Communist Party of Kenya on X, a "Nairobi Court has temporarily halted the planned deployment of police officers to Haiti," calling this ruling "a significant step in ensuring justice." Reprinted from an article in HaàØti Liberté, Sept. 27 and that appeared . . . |

channelnewsasia (2023-10-09). Ex-chairman of China Everbright Group Li Xiaopeng expelled from Communist Party and post. channelnewsasia.com

Communist Party USA (2023-10-09). Stop the war! End the occupation! Free Palestine! peoplesworld.org The CPUSA expresses its growing alarm and concern at the horrific violence in Palestine and Israel over the weekend. We join with the Communist Party of Israel, the Democratic Front for Equality and Peace (Hadash), our fraternal parties in Palestine, and other democratic and progressive forces around the world in placing full responsibility on Israel's …

ecns.cn (2023-10-09). 3 former officials expelled from Party on suspicion of graft, rule violations. ecns.cn Three former officials — Du Zhaocai, Yin Meigen and Liu Liange — have been expelled from the Communist Party of China for severely violating disciplines and for allegedly participating in graft, according to China's top anti-corruption watchdogs.

Joe Sims (2023-10-09). Stop the war! End the occupation! Free Palestine! cpusa.org The CPUSA expresses its growing alarm and concern at the horrific violence in Palestine and Israel over the weekend. | We join with the Communist Party of Israel, the Democratic Front for Equality and Peace (Hadash), our fraternal parties in Palestine and other democratic and progressive forces around the world in placing full responsibility on Israel's government for this weekend's rapid escalation of military confrontation between Hamas and Israeli forces. | The U.S. government is the main contributor to Israel's military budget to the tune of $3.3 billion this year alone and also bears responsibility for th…

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2023-10-08: News Headlines

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-08). IMF Speaks: World Economy Loses $3.7 Trillion Due to Pandemic and Economic Shocks. indybay.org As World Leaders Head to Morocco, IMF Leader Raises Growth and Debt Challenges…

Dimitris Eleas (2023-10-08). "Economic Miracle" or Mass Poverty in Greece? "A Strong Economy means Neoliberalism" globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). China-Europe Chang'an freight train service completes 20,000 trips. ecns.cn The number of China-Europe Chang'an freight train, connecting Xi'an in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, with Moscow, Russia, has exceeded 20,000 trips since entering service on November 11, 2013.

Justin A. Davis, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-10-08). United Campus Workers Rack Up Victories In 'Right-To-Work' Tennessee. popularresistance.org In recent years, U.S. labor organizing has turned an exciting corner. National headlines have burst with workers putting pressure on far corners of the economy for fair wages and safe, secure jobs — from employees at major logistics corporations like Amazon and UPS to auto workers and Hollywood writers and actors. The world of higher education is no different, and colleges and universities across the country have seen their own wave of new labor campaigns. Last fall, for example, 48,000 workers at the University of California went on a 40-day strike — the largest higher ed strike in U.S. history.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-07). Pope Francis Releases "Laudate Deum" Ahead of Global Economy and Climate Meetings. indybay.org Pope Francis urged international cooperation to tackle environmental crises, in a document released today. Laudate Deum — which in Latin means "Praise God" — is a follow-up to his 2015 Laudato Si, the most comprehensive Encyclical on climate and the environment.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-07). IMF Speaks: World Economy Loses $3.7 Trillion Due to Pandemic and Economic Shocks. indybay.org As World Leaders Head to Morocco, IMF Leader Raises Growth and Debt Challenges…

Colin Todhunter (2023-10-07). What Was COVID Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). Over 40% of autumn grains harvested in China. ecns.cn Chinese farmers have harvested a total of 42.4 percent of autumn grain crops to date, with over half of the middle-season rice, over 40 percent of the corn and 40 percent of the soybeans having been reaped nationwide.

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). Hangzhou Asian Games sets new sponsorship income record. ecns.cn The total revenue from market development for the Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games has reached 5.316 billion yuan ($728 million), with both sponsorship income and the number of sponsors being the highest in the event's history.

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). U.S. move to place 42 more Chinese companies on 'entity list' is economic coercion, bullying: MOFCOM. ecns.cn Responding to the U.S. Commerce Department's adding 42 Chinese companies to a U.S. government export control list, China's Ministry of Commerce on Saturday said that it strongly opposes the U.S. move, which is a typical act of economic coercion and unilateral bullying.

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). MOC criticizes U.S.' move against Chinese companies. ecns.cn China has expressed its strong opposition to the recent decision by the United States government to add certain Chinese companies onto its so-called entity list for export control under the pretext of alleged connections with Russia.

Julia Kopstein (2023-10-07). NYC Nannies Built an Underground Care Economy That Should Inspire US Policy. truthout.org Faced with a labor market rife with adversity, a circle of nannies in New York City have done something extraordinary, overturning economists' assumptions about "self-interested" markets. Operating in the shadows, these workers have created microeconomies of their own, where they are able to share resources, and protect their jobs and pay. Transcending basic notions of mutual aid… |

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). Iran, UAE can turn into 'world's economic hub': Parliament speaker. presstv.ir Iran says the country and the UAE can join forces towards considerably enhancing the countries' economic standing in the world.

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). Iran, Saudi FMs stress need to speed up mutual cooperation in various fields. presstv.ir Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart have stressed the need to boost mutual cooperation in several fields, including economy and tourism.

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). US denies Iraq access to oil dollars depleted by sanctions. presstv.ir The US has refused to provide Iraq with the proceeds of its oil sales at a time that the Arab country is struggling with a crippled economy due to Washington's illegal sanctions.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-10-07). Cuban President congratulates Putin on his birthday. plenglish.com With the sincere affection of those who have felt the value of his friendship at difficult times for Cuba, I want to congratulate and wish good health on his birthday to the President of the Russian Federation, my friend Vladimir Putin, the Cuban head of State wrote on the social network x. | Havana and Moscow maintain historic relations of friendship and cooperation in various fields, such as economy, energy, transportation, industry, pharmaceuticals, among others, which were forged on the basis of mutual respect, since the time of the Soviet Union. | Russia has made humanitarian contributions of food, medicine…

mforinoco (2023-10-08). A Decade of BRI Development Transforms China's Xinjiang Region Into a Core Area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. orinocotribune.com By Li Xuanmin — Oct 1, 2023 | A decade of BRI development transforms the region into a core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. | On Sunday morning, workers were harvesting grapes on farmland in Yining county in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The freshly-picked fruit was then uploaded onto a truck, headed to Kazakhstan via highway, and within six hours, it would be delivered to the Kazakhstani market and sold to the local consumers. | "It used to take two to three days to ship goods from Xinjiang to Kazakhstan, but the time has been reduced to only…

Each For All, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-10-07). The Gulf Islands Food Co-Op. popularresistance.org The Gulf Islands Food Co-op was created in 2018 to foster inter-island co-operation and develop new resources and practical supports for food producers and consumers on Galiano, Mayne, Pender and Saturna islands (the Southern Gulf Islands SGI). | The co-op's main goals are to help sustainably increase island food production, food security and resilience by encouraging the growing and purchasing of local food. | Its initiatives range from educational programs, such as "healthy soils and regenerative agriculture," to sharing of local resilient seeds, supporting an Indigenous Venison/Deer workshop offered by The Gal…

Godfrey A Kisigo, Robert N Peck (2023-10-07). Comment] Integrating HIV, hypertension, and diabetes primary care in Africa. thelancet.com Hypertension and diabetes are to 2023 what HIV was to 2003—a global health crisis causing countless premature deaths and stunting global economic development with an epicentre in sub-Saharan Africa.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-10-07). Agricultural project benefits women in eastern province of Cuba. plenglish.com Guantanamo, Cuba, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) An agro-ecological urban project based on women's economic empowerment is contributing to local human development, environmental sustainability and the quality of life in this eastern Cuban province.

Mamadu Baldeh, Samuel Kizito (2023-10-07). Correspondence] Call to action: HIV among adolescents in Sierra Leone. thelancet.com Sierra Leone, a west African country with an approximate population of 8 ∑5 million people, is experiencing a steady increase in HIV prevalence, despite a low national HIV prevalence of 1 ∑7%.1 The country's vulnerability to an HIV epidemic is compounded by many risk factors, such as poverty, economic deprivation, and a history marred by a decade-long civil strife and an Ebola virus outbreak that claimed more than 4000 lives.2 These collective adversities pose major obstacles to effective HIV prevention and control measures, particularly among the population aged up to 24 years.

Ralph Nader (2023-10-07). Prevention of Dangers: Mark of a Compassionate Society. dissidentvoice.org If only canes, walkers, railings and banisters were sentient, what would their message be to humans on Earth? "Prevention is the Priority, Dummies," they would exclaim. "Look at how many trips and falls we prevent for our users compared to the enormous costs in pain, suffering, family disarray and economic expenses that would occur were …

Redacted (2023-10-07). Government Targeting Journalists in Canada. dissidentvoice.org The Trudeau government in Canada is doing the bidding of the World Economic Forum in creating its very own online news registry aimed at "disinformation". This is code for censorship and control. Canada is also rolling out the Online Safety Act which will protect you from nefarious truth-tellers that speak out against government propaganda.

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-10-07). We Have, In Africa, Everything Necessary To Become A Powerful, Modern, And Industrialised Continent. popularresistance.org In his 1963 book, Africa Must Unite, Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, wrote, 'We have here, in Africa, everything necessary to become a powerful, modern, industrialised continent. United Nations investigators have recently shown that Africa, far from having inadequate resources, is probably better equipped for industrialisation than almost any other region in the world'. Here, Nkrumah was referring to the Special Study on Economic Conditions and Development, Non-Self-Governing Territories (United Nations, 1958), which detailed the continent's immense natural resources.

Annelise Whitley (2023-10-08). Abandoning the Poor. tomdispatch.com On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols of wealth and the promise of progress for a city and a nation. In movies and TV shows, those buildings churn with activity, offices full of important people doing work of global significance. The effect is a feeling of economic vitality made real by the sheer scale of the buildings themselves. In stark contrast to those images of bustling productivity stands an outcropping of tall towers along the southern end of Manhattan's Centra…

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). Convenience stores record growth, more penetration into lower-tier cities. ecns.cn Most convenience stores in cities this year have achieved growths and more penetration into fourth- and fifth-tier cities and county-level markets, according to an industry survey.

Isaac Nellist (2023-10-07). Supermarket workers take historic 'superstrike'. greenleft.org.au Retail and Fast Food Workers Union members at hundreds of Coles and Woolworths supermarkets took part in a historic nationwide "superstrike" as they fight for better pay and working conditions, reports Isaac Nellist.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-10-07). The Hegemonic UN-WEF-NATO Triad: U.N. "Sustainable Development" (SDG 2030) = Endless Wars, Poverty and Famine Worldwide. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on October 2, 2023 | *** | "Those of us who do understand the nefariousness of the empire, and the ever-increasing danger it represents, must be clear that the effective defense of life on planet Earth, including …

Julie Wark (2023-10-08). Human Rights and Basic Income. counterpunch.org Image by Markus Spiske. | Not long ago I was asked to speak about "minority" rights and basic income at a symposium in Barcelona leading up to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Among the human rights professionals, who were also speaking, the gagged elephant in the room was ginormous because it is, in fact, immeasurable: the crime of ecocide—the result, in particular, of capitalism, imperialism, and neoliberalism—which is also universal because it affects everyone and everything that is alive now and also future generations. Well, it may be univer…

WSWS (2023-10-08). Labour benefits from Scottish National Party collapse in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. wsws.org The Scottish National Party has suffered a disastrous by-election defeat to the Labour Party in the largely working class constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

Ben Carroll, Labor Notes. (2023-10-09). North Carolina Sanitation Workers Strike For $5K Bonuses. popularresistance.org "We're here to make a stand. At least 40 trucks should be on the road right now, and as far as we know, no trucks have gone out this morning," said Durham, North Carolina, sanitation worker Christopher Benjamin, flanked by 100 sanitation and other city workers at a September 6 press conference. | This was the first morning of a six-day strike by the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union (United Electrical Workers, UE, Local 150). | During the six-day "stand down," as they called it, sanitation workers would show up to the yard each morning and refuse to take out the garbage and recycling trucks, instead hol…

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-10-08). Tens of thousands mobilize on the streets of Rome against far-right Meloni's policies. peoplesdispatch.org Tens of thousands of people filled Piazza San Giovanni in Rome on October 7 during a protest called for by the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL). The protesters united in a call against austerity and policies that undermine constitutional rights, pushed by the far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government. In addition to the trade unions, the protest was supported by more than 100 other groups, including political parties, peace initiatives, youth networks, and more. | Already in the lead-up to Saturday's event, CGIL leader Maurizio Landini said he expected a mass turnout — an expectation…

Labor Video Project (2023-10-08). SF City Workers Against Firings Over Vaccine, Attacks on Civil Service & Privatization. indybay.org San Francisco city workers and non-profit workers spoke out against firings over refusal to take the vaccine, attacks on the merit system and civil service and outsourcing and privatization of public services.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-08). The secret collaboration of CIA, MI6 and Nazis and how Ukrainian Nazis have infiltrated Europe and North America. expose-news.com The extensive support from the United States and its allies for Ukrainian Banderites against Russia draws historical parallels to the early backing of Hitler's Germany against the USSR. The following article describes …

Sudip Bhattacharya, Labor Notes. (2023-10-08). New Jersey Nurses Two Months Into Strike For Safe Staffing. popularresistance.org There ought to be nine nurses on the day shift at 9 Tower, a trauma surgery unit inside the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. | Instead, some days there are just three. | "Sometimes I'd look at a patient's face and know that I won't be able to maybe help feed them when they need to be fed," said nurse Sophia Moccio, "or clean them when they need to be cleaned. It is distressing, and depressing for us." | Staffing levels this bad are a major reason why she and 1,700 of her co-workers at RWJUH have been on strike since August 4. | Nurses in her 34-bed unit often have to manage th…

UFCLP & RWF (2023-10-08). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-07). Haiti as Empire's Laboratory. libya360.wordpress.com Jemima Pierre As the United States and its allies push renewed foreign intervention, the uses and abuses of the first Black republic as a testing ground of imperialism offer stark warnings. Haiti still struggles to be free. In December 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R.2116, also known as the Global Fragility Act (GFA)….

Labor Video Project (2023-10-07). Senator Laphonza Butler & SEIU 2015: Ex-Union Bureaucrat Helping UBER & The Union Busters. indybay.org Governor Newsom has appointed former SEIU 2015 union president Laphonza Butler to become US Senator for California. This interview with SEIU 2015 member and homecare worker Bradley Weidmaier looks at her role as president of the local to suppress democratic rights. He also discusses the role of the California Democratic Party which these SEIU officials have been embedded in.

Labor Video Project (2023-10-07). SF City Workers Against Firings Over Vaccine, Attacks on Civil Service & Privatization. indybay.org San Francisco city workers and non-profit workers spoke out against firings over refusal to take the vaccine, attacks on the merit system and civil service and outsourcing and privatization of public services.

Lucy Dean Stockton (2023-10-07). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Rent Control Lives (For Now). levernews.com Good things are happening! The Supreme Court won't listen to landlords, California incorporates labor rights into their curriculum, touring musicians get a big break, and consumer protection regulators get some much-needed help.Supreme Court (Sort Of) Saves Rent Control: The Supreme Court has

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-07). Chilean air traffic controllers announce new strike. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) Chilean air traffic controllers ended a strike for labor and safety improvements, but they warned about going back on strike on October 27 if they demands are not met.

Oleksiy Arunyan, Scheer Post. (2023-10-07). In Occupation, They Cared For The Vulnerable. popularresistance.org When the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman was occupied for five months last year, Valentyna Tkach and Tetiana Potapenko stayed behind. They volunteered to help their vulnerable neighbours. They cared for elderly residents, contacted the Russian occupation administration to ask for food and coal for them, and even buried dead bodies. | Now, both women are in detention, having been accused by Ukraine's Secret Service of collaboration with Russia — a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison. | Tkach and Potapenko were volunteers long before the occupation. Since Soviet times, Lyman's population has self-org…

Robert M. Schwartz, Labor Notes. (2023-10-07). Does Your Employer Have Illegal Rules On The Books? popularresistance.org On August 2, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), now controlled by Democratic appointees, issued a game-changing decision known as Stericycle. The ruling enables unions to effectively challenge company rules that intimidate or chill workers from engaging in protests, picketing, demonstrations, and other legitimate union activities. | Marvin Kaplan, the one dissenting Republican board member, bitterly complained that the new standard returns the board to "a bygone era… when the Board rarely saw a rule it did not find unlawful." | Stericycle, a Pennsylvania medical waste disposal company whose employees ar…

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Zheng'an county's guitars hit high note with BRI. ecns.cn After more than 200 elaborate and lengthy manufacturing procedures, exquisitely crafted guitars are revealed as signature products of Zheng'an county in Guizhou province.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram (2023-10-07). Debt-pushing as financial inclusion. mronline.org Ajay Banga was anointed World Bank president for promoting financial inclusion. Thanks to its success and interest rate hikes, more poor people are drowning in debt as consumer prices rise.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Golden Week holiday data shows consumption boom. ecns.cn This year's combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday in China, from Sept 29 to Oct 6, saw a surge in consumption, as reflected in data.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Holiday travel boom, government vouchers drive up duty-free consumption in Hainan. ecns.cn South China's Hainan province recorded a boom in duty-free consumption during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday period, with offshore duty-free sales reaching 1.33 billion yuan ($182 million).

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Holiday shopping sprees up consumption figures. ecns.cn Chinese consumers unleashed their massive buying power during the eight-day combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday period, pushing up sales of high-quality intelligent home appliances and outdoor equipment.

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). Golden Week holiday data shows consumption boom. ecns.cn This year's combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday in China, from Sept 29 to Oct 6, saw a surge in consumption, as reflected in data.

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). Banks beef up support for farming. ecns.cn China's banks have been pouring more funds into agriculture and rural areas this year as the country seeks to advance rural vitalization, latest data from the national financial watchdog showed.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-10-07). 22 Years Ago, US-NATO Invaded Afghanistan: Heroin Is "Good for Your Health": Occupation Forces Support Afghan Narcotics Trade. globalresearch.ca Multibillion dollar earnings for organized crime and Western financial Institutions…

Victoria Saint, Kayvan Bozorgmehr (2023-10-07). Correspondence] Funding for global health research in Germany. thelancet.com Over the past 15 years, Germany has strategically expanded its role in global health against the backdrop of geopolitical developments, upheavals, and crises (appendix p 1) to become one of the largest political and financial contributors in the field. One of Germany's key priorities has been to fortify its strong but fragmented research landscape in global health. In January, 2020, a 5-year infrastructure programme from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; costing approximately ‚Ǩ3 million) culminated in the progressive establishment of the German Alliance for Global Health Res…

WSWS (2023-10-07). As federal student loan repayments resume, President Biden covers up government abuse of borrowers. wsws.org While 28 million out of 43 million college loan borrowers are being forced to resume repayments this month, the Biden administration is continuing to protect the financial interests behind the fleecing of the public by the student loan system.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-08). Report: Biden Considering Huge $100 Billion Ukraine Spending Package. news.antiwar.com President Biden is considering asking Congress for a massive $100 billion spending package for the Ukraine war, The Telegraph reported on Saturday. The idea of the huge spending package would be to fund the proxy war through the 2024 election without having to worry about the growing opposition to the policy in Congress, as the …

Federico Fuentes, Akira Kato (2023-10-08). Japan: 'The government is taking advantage of Russia's invasion to push militarism'. greenleft.org.au Amid rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific, Japan's government is ramping up defence spending. Japanese revolutionary socialist Akira Kato discusses the background to this move with Green Left's Federico Fuentes.

Maia Cook (2023-10-07). Corporate Lobbyists Are Breaking Spending Records in 2023. truthout.org Midyear lobbying reports at the federal level have consistently set spending records since 2019, and 2023 was no exception. Spending across industries for the first two federal lobbying quarters came in around $2.1 billion, surpassing 2022's record by a whopping $86.6 million. A total of 12,112 lobbyists registered with the federal government lobbied during the first half of 2023. |

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). Eight-day National Day holidays sparks Greater Bay Area travel boom. ecns.cn Tourism has surged across the Guangdong—Hong Kong—Macao Greater Bay Area, with millions traveling north from Hong Kong and Macao, with more mainland travelers spending their holidays in the two cities over this year's "Golden Week" holidays.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). China remains largest investor in Cambodia. ecns.cn From January to September this year, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 191 investment projects exceeding 3.7 billion U.S. dollars. with China maintaining its position as the largest investor in Cambodia.

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). Regional diversification top of HK's focus. ecns.cn Hong Kong's bourse operator is eyeing enterprises in Southeast Asia and the Middle East to strengthen its listing business, and solidify trade and investment ties. Oswald Chan reports from Hong Kong.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). China's first nuclear power plant with super-large cooling towers being built in Guangdong. ecns.cn State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) announced on Sunday that phase one construction of its Lianjiang nuclear power plant started on September 29.

Appalachians Against Pipelines, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-09). MVP Construction Halted In National Forest Due To Pipeline Resistance. popularresistance.org Peters Mountain, VA — On Saturday morning 10/7, pipeline fighter Mickey locked themself to a sleeping dragon blockade on the Virginia side of Peters Mountain, in the Jefferson National Forest. A banner at the site read, "Defend the Forest Everywhere!" Mickey prevented tree clearing on the mountain for the full day. Around 8 PM on Saturday, Mickey was extracted and arrested. They were charged with 3 misdemeanors and bail was set at $2,500. | Mickey stated, "The same thing is happening everywhere right now. Greedy corporations and politicians dirty the water and air for profit, then tell the people it's for their…

Niko Georgiades, Unicorn Riot. (2023-10-07). Be Their Voices Presser: 'No More Jail Deaths!'. popularresistance.org St. Paul, MN — Five years after losing her son Hardel Sherrell to medical malpractice and improper care while in a Minnesota jail, Del Shea Perry leads another protest against in-custody deaths. At least 15 people have died this year while inside Minnesota jails and at least 65 since 2018, according to Be Their Voices, Perry's non-profit. | A press conference titled No More Jail Deaths! organized by Be Their Voices took place on Oct. 4 at noon central in front of the Minnesota Department of Corrections building in St. Paul. In a media release about the press conference, Perry says: "The Hardel Sherell Act w…

WSWS (2023-10-07). The Kaiser workers' strike and the fight for socialized medicine. wsws.org The central question posed by the strike is who will control the healthcare industry—the healthcare giants committed to profits or the working class committed to healthcare as a social right?

Carlos L. Garrido (2023-10-07). China and the Purity Fetish of Western Marxism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Oct 4, 2023 | The stakes of the imperialist West's New Cold War against China are as great as they can get. This means that the Western left's role as controlled counter-hegemony and left-wing delegitimizers of socialist states — a role ideologically grounded in their purity fetish outlook — is as dangerous as it can get. In our current geopolitical climate, all progressive forces in the West should unite against the US and NATO's anti-China rhetoric and actions. Unfortunately, what we find from large portions of this Western left is parroting of state-department narratives…

Speak Out Socialists (2023-10-08). Saturday 10/21: Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Everything to Lose and a World to Win. indybay.org 2727 Event Space, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 | CAN'T JOIN IN-PERSON? JOIN THE EVENT VIA ZOOM | TINYURL.COM/OCTOBER-TH-2023…

Speak Out Socialists (2023-10-07). Saturday 10/21: Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Everything to Lose and a World to Win. indybay.org 2727 Event Space, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 | CAN'T JOIN IN-PERSON? JOIN THE EVENT VIA ZOOM | TINYURL.COM/OCTOBER-TH-2023…

WSWS (2023-10-08). Household water bills to soar in UK. wsws.org Neither Starmer's "new regulatory approach" or Corbyn's renationalisation under capitalism can solve the problems of a water industry that has been systematically looted.

Dania Albaba, Mohammed Zaher Sahloul (2023-10-07). Correspondence] A plea for psychiatric and humanitarian support in northwest Syria. thelancet.com The Syrian conflict has taken a devastating toll on the mental health of its civilian population, resulting in high levels of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The traumatic events experienced by people in Syria (eg, bombings, shootings, chemical weapon attacks, attacks on crucial infrastructure, terrorism, and forced displacement) have all contributed to these problems. Furthermore, the fragmentation of health-care infrastructure, the exodus of health-care providers, ongoing crises, reduced international aid, and the shortage of mental health professionals all worsen the psychologic…

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-07). Cuba to host International Congress on Biotechnological Products. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) The 3rd International Congress on Biotechnological Products and Regulatory Affairs will bring together experts, managers, engineers and suppliers from the biomedical, agricultural and industrial sectors in Varadero, Cuba, it was announced recently.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). China rolls out pilot ethical reviews measures on scientific and technological activities. ecns.cn Chinese authorities released on Sunday the pilot review measures of science and technology ethics. As the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation accelerate progress, ethical issues have become a common challenge facing the whole world.

ecns.cn (2023-10-08). Critical factor that's transforming nation's industrial structure. ecns.cn China's industrial structure has a new linchpin — trade in services — and it's injecting vitality into its value-added dimension.

Brasil De Fato, People's Dispatch. (2023-10-09). Bolivia's Ruling Party Confirms Evo Morales' Candidacy. popularresistance.org The split in Bolivia's ruling political party has become official. President Luis Arce and vice-president David Choquehuanca are no longer part of the MAS (Movement towards Socialism) party, which ratified the decision, informally announced on the 24, to present former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) as its candidate in the 2025 elections. | The MAS held its tenth congress from October 3-4 in the town of Lauca àë, a coca growing region in the center of the country. On that occasion, the party decreed the "self-expulsion" of Arce and Choquehuanca, for not attending the meeting, and of 20 other deputies alig…

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-10-08). Friday 10/13: No to APEC — Yes to Global Worker Solidarity! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street (near Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 ∑ wheelchair accessible | To attend online, register: bit.ly/No-APEC

mforinoco (2023-10-08). Evo Morales Will Stand for the Presidency, Luis Arce Expelled. orinocotribune.com The congress of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS-IPSP) has voted to present Evo Morales as its candidate for the presidency at the 2025 elections and has also voted to expel current President Luis Arce from the MAS, signifying the party's formal split with the government. | At the national party congress today in Lauca àë, Cochabamba, the plenum voted to approve two resolutions of the political co…

WSWS (2023-10-08). Netanyahu regime staggered by Palestinian uprising. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site condemns the vicious and obscenely hypocritical statements of President Joe Biden and leaders of the European Union denouncing the Palestinian resistance as "terrorism" while supporting without any reservations Israel's onslaught on Gaza.

Answer Coalition (2023-10-07). JOIN A PROTEST NEAR YOU: Free Palestine! answercoalition.org People all around the world are mobilizing to stand with the Palestinian people's struggle! The ANSWER coalition and other organizations are initiating or supporting demonstrations in these cities. Check back to this page for frequent updates | New York City, NY, Sunday, October 8, 1: 00 p.m., Times Square (Broadway and 42nd), Sponsored by: Palestinian Youth Movement, Party for Socialism and Liberation, New York for Palestine, Th…

Editor (2023-10-07). 'Reform, Revolution, and Opportunism: Debates in the Second International, 1900—1910' — book review. mronline.org The debates between socialists in the Congresses of the Second International raised issues which remain of central importance to the left today, argues Chris Bambery.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-07). Camille Chalmers: "Haiti is the Victim of Orchestrated Chaos that Prevents it from Setting its Own Course" libya360.wordpress.com Julio Adamor Haitian Camille Chalmers is leader of the Rasin Kan Pèp la party, a socialist regroupment for a new national initiative — Daniel Jatimliansky Haitian scholar Camille Chalmers rejects yet another international intervention and says Haiti's issues have deeper roots which much be addressed Haiti was once self-sufficient in grain production. In the early…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-10-07). PSL statement: Free Palestine, free all Palestinian political prisoners, end all U.S. aid to the Israeli apartheid regime! liberationnews.org The unrelenting oppression, murder, torture and occupation carried out by the Israeli apartheid regime has precipitated a counter-offensive by Palestinian resistance forces.

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-10-07). Saturday 10/7: Fighting the Information Behemoth: Why We Need Alternative Media. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705…

WSWS (2023-10-07). Voices from Lahaina: Residents languish with little relief, fear health risks. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site interviewed people at distribution hubs throughout Maui who spoke on their experiences the day of the fire as well as the conditions they, and so many other residents, are still facing.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-07). Sri Lankan youths pay tribute to Che Guevara. plenglish.com Colombo, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) The Socialist Youth Union of Sri Lanka (SYUSL) paid tribute on Saturday to Ernesto Che Guevara on the 64th anniversary of his death, in an emotional event despite a persistent rain.

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2023-10-06: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-10-05). German city residents protest construction of weapons factory to equip Kiev. infobrics.org Germany's economy is set to hit a slump in 2023.

infobrics (2023-10-05). Pashinyan doubles down on his suicidal tilt toward increasingly impotent West. infobrics.org French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna stated that "Armenia needs to be able to defend itself", although it's highly questionable how much France cares, given that the fledgling economy of the South Caucasus country will hardly ever be able to afford French or any other Western arms shipments, especially not enough of such weapons to match Azerbaijan.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-06). Pope Francis Releases "Laudate Deum" Ahead of Global Economy and Climate Meetings. indybay.org Pope Francis urged international cooperation to tackle environmental crises, in a document released today. Laudate Deum — which in Latin means "Praise God" — is a follow-up to his 2015 Laudato Si, the most comprehensive Encyclical on climate and the environment.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-06). IMF Speaks: World Economy Loses $3.7 Trillion Due to Pandemic and Economic Shocks. indybay.org As World Leaders Head to Morocco, IMF Leader Raises Growth and Debt Challenges…

Dean Baker (2023-10-06). The Big Three's CEOs are Ripping Off Their Companies. counterpunch.org Robert Reich posted a table that tells us a huge amount about the U.S. economy. CEO pay of the largest carmakers in the world Honda: $2.3M Nissan $4.5M Toyota: $6.7M BMW: $5.6M Mercedes: $7.5M Porsche: $7.9M Ford: $21M Stellantis: $25M GM: $29M The reason this table is so informative is that the performance of these

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). China seeks unity with Himalayan neighbors. ecns.cn Beijing has called on its neighbors in the trans-Himalayan region to strengthen unity and achieve common progress in connectivity, the green economy and ecological preservation.

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). Role of BRI in Malaysia's growth hailed. ecns.cn Malaysian Prime Minister has highlighted the significance of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative in enhancing the growth of his country, lauding the BRI for creating job opportunities and building infrastructure, especially in the rural heartland.

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). China firmly opposes EV probe by EU. ecns.cn The Ministry of Commerce expressed strong dissatisfaction on Wednesday over the European Union's anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicle imports from China.

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). BRI proves beneficial for Xinjiang. ecns.cn The Belt and Road Initiative has provided the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with unprecedented opportunities for development and has helped improve the livelihoods of the residents, a senior official of the region said.

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). Tourists boost consumption numbers in holiday season. ecns.cn The prolonged holiday has seen 114 million people travel by train over the past seven days. Last year, only 72.16 million passengers took the train during the seven-day National Day holiday.

presstv.ir (2023-10-06). American Automobile workers strike. presstv.ir A US government shutdown has narrowly been averted yet there's a strong possibility that lawmakers will find themselves battling it out once again in 45 days when the deadline is reached.

presstv.ir (2023-10-06). Germany's economy headed for recession amid support for Ukraine. presstv.ir Latest figures from federal statistics agency Destatis show German exports fell more than expected in August.

presstv.ir (2023-10-06). Iran, UAE can turn into 'world's economic hub': Parliament speaker. presstv.ir Iran says the country and the UAE can join forces towards considerably enhancing the countries' economic standing in the world.

presstv.ir (2023-10-06). Iran, Saudi FMs stress need to speed up mutual cooperation in various fields. presstv.ir Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart have stressed the need to boost mutual cooperation in several fields, including economy and tourism.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-05). Pope Francis Releases "Laudate Deum" Ahead of Global Economy and Climate Meetings. indybay.org Pope Francis urged international cooperation to tackle environmental crises, in a document released today. Laudate Deum — which in Latin means "Praise God" — is a follow-up to his 2015 Laudato Si, the most comprehensive Encyclical on climate and the environment.

Asad Ismi (2023-10-05). Pakistan: An Economy on the Brink. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). Experts show confidence in economy. ecns.cn In August, China reported economic data that exceeded expectations, demonstrating the ongoing recovery of the world's second-largest economy.

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). Role of BRI in Malaysia's growth hailed. ecns.cn Malaysian Prime Minister has highlighted the significance of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative in enhancing the growth of his country, lauding the BRI for creating job opportunities and building infrastructure, especially in the rural heartland.

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). China firmly opposes EV probe by EU. ecns.cn The Ministry of Commerce expressed strong dissatisfaction on Wednesday over the European Union's anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicle imports from China.

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). BRI proves beneficial for Xinjiang. ecns.cn The Belt and Road Initiative has provided the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with unprecedented opportunities for development and has helped improve the livelihoods of the residents, a senior official of the region said.

presstv.ir (2023-10-05). American Automobile workers strike. presstv.ir A US government shutdown has narrowly been averted yet there's a strong possibility that lawmakers will find themselves battling it out once again in 45 days when the deadline is reached.

infobrics (2023-10-06). UAE Entry into BRICS Increases Its Diplomatic and Economic Options. infobrics.org The UAE will have to balance its allegiance to BRICS with its established security and investment partnership with the US…

infobrics (2023-10-05). Battle of the Blocs. infobrics.org In the past month or so, the world has witnessed two summits convened by major global economic forums — the Group of 20 (G20) and Brics (named after its five core member states: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). The goal of each of these summits was to shape the global economic, political and security environment to best meet the needs of their respective memberships…

Godfrey A Kisigo, Robert N Peck (2023-10-07). Comment] Integrating HIV, hypertension, and diabetes primary care in Africa. thelancet.com Hypertension and diabetes are to 2023 what HIV was to 2003—a global health crisis causing countless premature deaths and stunting global economic development with an epicentre in sub-Saharan Africa.

Mamadu Baldeh, Samuel Kizito (2023-10-07). Correspondence] Call to action: HIV among adolescents in Sierra Leone. thelancet.com Sierra Leone, a west African country with an approximate population of 8 ∑5 million people, is experiencing a steady increase in HIV prevalence, despite a low national HIV prevalence of 1 ∑7%.1 The country's vulnerability to an HIV epidemic is compounded by many risk factors, such as poverty, economic deprivation, and a history marred by a decade-long civil strife and an Ebola virus outbreak that claimed more than 4000 lives.2 These collective adversities pose major obstacles to effective HIV prevention and control measures, particularly among the population aged up to 24 years.

Daniel Warner (2023-10-06). Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: a Cold War Debate Re-ignites in Geneva. counterpunch.org If you think China is competing with the West only geopolitically in the South China Sea and materially in advanced technology, you are partially mistaken. As the Geneva Observer revealed, at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Chinese are proposing a resolution to prioritize economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights ahead of the traditional

Dimitris Eleas (2023-10-06). Poverty in Greece. dissidentvoice.org New York Times published a news article "Greece, Battered a Decade Ago, Is Booming" by Liz Alderman, with additional reporting from Niki Kitsantonis (Monday, Sept. 25 / in print on Saturday, Sept. 30, Section B, Page 1 with the headline: "A New Era of Prosperity for Greece"). The article informs us that Greece was hit by an economic crisis …

presstv.ir (2023-10-06). Iran urges regional cooperation to promote peace in Caucasus. presstv.ir Iran's Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian urges collective cooperation aimed at promoting peace and economic development in the Caucasus region.

Scott Ferguson (2023-10-06). Reparations for Black Americans w/ William A. Darity. mronline.org We're joined this month by William A.( "Sandy") Darity to discuss reparations for Black Americans. A founding theorist of stratification economics and foremost scholar of the racial wealth gap in the United Stats, Darity is perhaps best known for his committed public advocacy for acknowledging, redressing, and resolving histories of racist violence against enslaved black people and their descendents through a federal program of reparations for black Americans.

Shailly Gupta Barnes (2023-10-06). A Wake-Up Call on Poverty. counterpunch.org This fall, the Census Bureau released new poverty data showing a stunning reversal in economic security over the course of last year. The findings included a record jump in the Supplemental Poverty Measure just one year after hitting a record low. Child poverty doubled. Some 12.4 percent of Americans were poor last year, according to that measure. But

Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. (2023-10-05). Why China's Rapid Rise Is Terrifying The United States. popularresistance.org There is no doubt about it: China is rising. Whether it sparks hope and interest or fear and worry, it is impossible to ignore the country's rapid economic and social transformation. Just a few decades ago, the words "made in China" were a synonym for bad quality junk. But today, China leads the world in all manner of high-tech industries, including photovoltaic cells, semiconductors, 5G communications technologies, and electric vehicles. | Along with rapid economic growth has come a huge increase in living standards. By 2018, China overtook the United States in average healthy life expectancy, and wages are soar…

Dae-Han Song, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-05). Okinawa: A Bastion For Peace? popularresistance.org Recently, in Taiwan, the government unveiled its first home-built submarine. In Japan, the government will upgrade civilian airports and seaports to dual military use in preparation for conflict in Taiwan. The U.S. and allies maneuver to contain China, Russia, and North Korea, while the latter band together against the former's economic sanctions and military threats. Both blocs test the strength and resilience of the region's stability. And while North Korea has been the regional bogeyman for decades, if war breaks out, it will likely be in Taiwan. | While China has called for an "indivisible security" where sec…

Peter Koenig (2023-10-05). Is Trudeau Selling Out Canada to the World Economic Forum? globalresearch.ca

presstv.ir (2023-10-05). Havana: US responsible for exodus of Cuban refugees. presstv.ir Havana says the United States is responsible for the exodus of Cuban migrants by stoking an economic crisis in the Latin American country.

presstv.ir (2023-10-05). Iran urges regional cooperation to promote peace in Caucasus. presstv.ir Iran's Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian urges collective cooperation aimed at promoting peace and economic development in the Caucasus region.

Robert J. Burrowes (2023-10-05). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-06). DPRK delegation participates in Asia-Pacific International Forum. plenglish.com The state news agency ACNC reported that the meeting, sponsored by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, had as its central theme the balance of the protection of interests and rights of Asia-Pacific countries in international economic relations. | The meeting was attended by the delegation of the Central Court of the DPRK led by its president Choe Kun Yong; and the chief justices of China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, among other delegations and authorities from 16 countries. | On the occasion, various issues were discussed related to the protection of business rights and ensuring t…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-06). Cuba calls at UN for comprehensive, lasting solution to foreign debt. plenglish.com United Nations, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba called Friday for a comprehensive and lasting solution to the foreign debt during a debate on macroeconomic policies and financing for development at the United Nations.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-05). Bolivian expert denounces harmful intention of US rating agency. plenglish.com La Paz, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian economic analyst, Martín Moreira, denounced that the US-based international rating agency, Standard & Poor, is more interested in damaging Bolivia with its report on the Bolivian financial system, than in maintaining a constructive critical view.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-05). Russia in favor of Latin America's political and economic development. plenglish.com Saint Petersburg, Russia, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) The 6th International Forum "Russia and Ibero-America in the turbulent world" has reached its second day with the goal of analyzing the Russian Federation's commitment to the political and economic development of Latin America.

manager (2023-10-05). Conservatives' Obstruction Leads to a Tripling of American Indian Child Poverty. cepr.net The poverty rate of American Indian and Alaska Native children rose from 7.4 percent to 25.9 percent from 2021 to 2022 (Figure 1). This tripling of the American Indian child poverty rate has caused the group to have the highest child poverty rate by race in 2022. Without Congressional action to aid impoverished families, this …

manager (2023-10-05). Protected: Conservatives' Obstruction Leads to a Tripling of American Indian Child Poverty. cepr.net

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Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-10-05). The Hegemonic UN-WEF-NATO Triad: U.N. "Sustainable Development" (SDG 2030) = Endless Wars, Poverty and Famine Worldwide. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on October 2, 2023 | *** | "Those of us who do understand the nefariousness of the empire, and the ever-increasing danger it represents, must be clear that the effective defense of life on planet Earth, including …

Dan Lieberman (2023-10-05). The Contradictions of Ronald Reagan's America. dissidentvoice.org As the memory of President Ronald Reagan's administration recedes, estimation of his deeds grows, and for good reason. A cursory look at his end-of-office stats impresses the casual observer — 67% increase in GDP, from $3 trillion in 1981 to $5 trillion in 1988, net job addition of about 18 million, reduction in the unemployment …

Denise Kohr (2023-10-06). The Price of Amazon Prime's Business Model is Our Bodies. counterpunch.org Amazon is notorious for having one of highest injury rates in the warehouse industry. What's less well known is that Amazon will ignore, overcomplicate, or outright deny workers their right to disability accommodations, forcing them to perform physically impossible and excruciating work or risk giving up their income entirely. I should know — it happened to me

Jake Johnson (2023-10-05). Under Trump, IRS Audited Low-Income Families at Higher Rate Than Millionaires. truthout.org During the final year of Donald Trump's presidency, the Internal Revenue Service audited low-income families at a higher rate than millionaires for the first time, according to an Americans for Tax Fairness analysis released as congressional Republicans work to further hamper the agency's ability to crack down on rich tax cheats. Years of Republican-imposed budget cuts have left the IRS badly… |

Bill Cole, Labor Notes. (2023-10-05). Where There Are Scabs, There Is Violence. popularresistance.org The province of Quebec was the first jurisdiction in North America to pass legislation banning replacement workers, in 1977, after significant increases in picket line violence across the province. One dispute was a 20-month-long strike involving UAW Local 510 and United Aircraft (later called Pratt & Whitney), which became one of the most violent strikes in Canadian history. In a blunt observation about replacement workers, Quebec's Minister of Labour, Pierre-Marc Johnson, stated on the floor of the legislature that "where there are scabs there is violence." Johnson said his government further supported a g…

Eric Lee (2023-10-05). Ukraine and the world's unions — the view from Kyiv. greenleft.org.au Following his recent visit to Ukraine, LabourStart founding editor Eric Lee outlines the challenges in building trade union solidarity with the Ukrainian people following Russia's brutal invasion.

Editor (2023-10-06). Labor Is Back and Standing Tall. scheerpost.com

Jemima Pierre, Taylor, Francis Online. (2023-10-06). Haiti As Empire's Laboratory. popularresistance.org In December 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R.2116, also known as the Global Fragility Act (GFA). Although this act was developed by the conservative United States Institute of Peace, it was introduced to Congress by Democratic Representative Eliot L. Engel, then chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and cosponsored by a bipartisan group of representatives, including, significantly, Democrat Karen Bass. The GFA presents new strategies for deploying U.S. hard and soft power in a changing world. It focuses U.S. foreign policy on the idea that there are so-called "fragile states," countries…

Labor Video Project (2023-10-06). Senator Laphonza Butler & SEIU 2015: Ex-Union Bureaucrat Helping UBER & The Union Busters. indybay.org Governor Newsom has appointed former SEIU 2015 union president Laphonza Butler to become US Senator for California. This interview with SEIU 2015 member and homecare worker Bradley Weidmaier looks at her role as president of the local to suppress democratic rights. He also discusses the role of the California Democratic Party which these SEIU officials have been embedded in.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-06). The Great Taking: Have the global elite devised an elaborate plan to take everything we own? expose-news.com In June 2023, hedge fund manager David Rogers Webb published a book titled 'The Great Taking'. The book, one commentator said, describes a legal framework for the seizure of trillions of dollars …

WSWS (2023-10-06). How the Waffen SS Galicia division is glorified on Ukrainian television. wsws.org After the standing ovation for Nazi collaborator Yaroslav Hunka by the Canadian parliament, the Waffen SS Galicia division has been openly glorified on Ukrainian television.

Christopher Burns , Portside. (2023-10-05). University Of Maine Graduate Students Win Union Recognition. popularresistance.org The Maine Labor Relations Board last week certified the Maine Graduate Workers Union-UAW after an independent arbitrator determined it had a majority support among graduate workers, according to the Maine AFL-CIO. | The university system said in August it would recognize the union and began bargaining if an independent analysis found it had a majority support. | The graduate workers union will represent about 1,000 graduate assistants, research assistants and teaching assistants who make up a large percentage of the teaching and research workforce across the system's seven campuses, according to the Maine AFL-CIO…

Kelsey Moore (2023-10-05). The PRO Act Is Critically Important. But We Should See It as Just a Good Start. cepr.net Jacobin See original article on the Jacobin. Earlier this year, a wave of high-profile strikes ushered unions back into the national spotlight. But as the United States' so-called "hot labor summer" gives way to an equally enthusiastic fall, we must contend with the reality that while union activity is higher than it's been in years, union density remains dismally low. The share of …

Labor Video Project (2023-10-05). Senator Laphonza Butler & SEIU 2015: Ex-Union Bureaucrat Helping UBER & The Union Busters. indybay.org Governor Newsom has appointed former SEIU 2015 union president Laphonza Butler to become US Senator for California. This interview with SEIU 2015 member and homecare worker Bradley Weidmaier looks at her role as president of the local to suppress democratic rights. He also discusses the role of the California Democratic Party which these SEIU officials have been embedded in.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-10-05). East Palestine residents still need help—the labor movement should be an ally. therealnews.com

Mike Pappas, Left Voice. (2023-10-05). Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin Largest Healthcare Strike In US History. popularresistance.org The largest health care strike in U.S. history has begun, as more than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente walked off the job this morning. The scheduled three-day labor stoppage comes after Kaiser failed to meet the demands of workers, continuing to prioritize their profits over patient care. | The striking coalition includes eight unions representing health care workers from a variety of job descriptions and covers Kaiser facilities in California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Virginia, and Washington City. This represents about 40% of all Kaiser Permanente staff, according to spokeswoman Renee Saldana of the S…

Staff (2023-10-05). Almost 9 Million Students Back to School in Venezuela (+Teachers' Wages). orinocotribune.com Approximately 8.8 million children have now begun the 2023-2024 school year throughout Venezuela, according to a report made by President Nicolás Maduro during his television program Con Maduro+. | President Maduro elaborated in the report made this Monday, October 2, that 28,304 educational centers—both public and private—have opened their doors to receive students in their classrooms. Around 80% of them belong to the free, quality ensured, scientific, and humanistic public education system, while the remaining 20% are other types of schools, including private schools. | "When the Revolution began, i…

teleSUR, MS (2023-10-05). Blinken visita México para tratar temas de migración y narcotráfico. telesurtv.net El Secretario de Estado estadounidense insiste en que el Gobierno de México debe desmantelar más laboratorios de fentanilo.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-06). Documentary about Fidel Castro premieres in Chile. plenglish.com Santiago, Chile, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The documentary "Fidel de Cerca" (Fidel at close range), a portrait of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution from the perspective of his friends, family, and collaborators, was premiered at the Culture House in Chile's municipality of San Miguel.

Mac Slavo (2023-10-06). Ruling Class Plans to "Fix" the Wealth Gap by Enslaving Everyone with CBDC. globalresearch.ca

Ann Brown (2023-10-05). Black America Debates Billionaire Jay-Z Not Loaning Cousin $4800 For Business Idea. moguldom.com Rap's billionaire Jay-Z has recently found himself at the center of a social media storm following revelations about a financial decision involving a family member. The debate was sparked by a resurfaced interview clip with Kevin Hart, where Jay-Z mentioned declining a cousin's request for a $4,800 loan, triggering a discussion on wealth, family dynamics, …

Victoria Saint, Kayvan Bozorgmehr (2023-10-07). Correspondence] Funding for global health research in Germany. thelancet.com Over the past 15 years, Germany has strategically expanded its role in global health against the backdrop of geopolitical developments, upheavals, and crises (appendix p 1) to become one of the largest political and financial contributors in the field. One of Germany's key priorities has been to fortify its strong but fragmented research landscape in global health. In January, 2020, a 5-year infrastructure programme from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; costing approximately ‚Ǩ3 million) culminated in the progressive establishment of the German Alliance for Global Health Res…

Dean Baker (2023-10-05). Team Billionaire is Winning. counterpunch.org There are of course a million and one other ways that we structure the financial sector to benefit the rich: government deposit insurance, exemption from the sort of sales taxes that apply to almost everything else we buy, and nonsensical tax preferences like the carried interest deduction that fuel private equity and hedge funds. Yet, somehow progressive intellectuals look at all the rich and super-rich in finance and just see the market being left to itself.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-10-05). Naveed Sultan is appointed Co-Director of the Centre for Financial Technology. imperial.ac.uk Naveed Sultan, Former Managing Director at Citigroup has been appointed as Co-Director of the Centre for Financial Technology at the Business School.

WSWS (2023-10-05). Chinese property giant Evergrande another step closer to collapse. wsws.org Liquidation can set in motion a desperate scramble by creditors to grab what they can leading to unforeseen consequences for the financial system.

WSWS (2023-10-05). "Highlights" of UAW-Mack deal reveal sellout contract with below-inflation wage increases. wsws.org The tentative contract includes below inflation raises averaging roughly 4 percent a year, has no COLA clause and leaves untouched the hated tier system.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-05). EU Says It Can't Support Ukraine Without the US. news.antiwar.com The EU's top diplomat on Thursday said the European bloc could not provide Ukraine with enough support without the US amid uncertainty about when Congress might authorize the next tranche of spending on the proxy war. "Europe cannot fill the gap of the US," Josep Borrel said after arriving in Spain for a gathering of …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-05). EU Says It Can't Support Ukraine Without the US. news.antiwar.com The EU's top diplomat on Thursday said the European bloc could not provide Ukraine with enough support without the US amid uncertainty about when Congress might authorize the next tranche of spending on the proxy war. "Europe cannot fill the gap of the US," Josep Borrell said after arriving in Spain for a gathering of …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-05). US House of Representatives cuts funding to UN, WHO, WEF and climate change. expose-news.com Last Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed its annual State Department and Foreign Operations spending bill, which determines the budget for the State Department and its foreign operations. The legislation allocates …

WSWS (2023-10-05). Both camps in Australia's Voice referendum pledge to cut spending for impoverished Aborigines. wsws.org The yes and no camps are both promising to slash federal spending on indigenous programs, underscoring the fraud of the entire referendum.

Franz Segbers (2023-10-06). Housing is a human right. indybay.org To guarantee the human right to housing, a fundamental change in policy would be required at all levels. At all levels – federal, state and local – the social housing provision should be enforced against private profit interests. The non-profit status of housing must be revived. Housing must not be a commodity, it must not be the object of speculation and profit interests.

Animal Liberation Press Office (2023-10-05). California "Game Breeders" Who Hold Native Wildlife Captive. indybay.org The following businesses profit from imprisoning thousands of Pheasants, Ducks, Doves, Pigeons, Partridges, Quail, Turkey, and Geese.

Anna Maria Barry-Jester (2023-10-05). How a big pharma company stalled a potentially lifesaving vaccine in pursuit of bigger profits. nationofchange.org

Franz Segbers (2023-10-05). Housing is a human right. indybay.org To guarantee the human right to housing, a fundamental change in policy would be required at all levels. At all levels – federal, state and local – the social housing provision should be enforced against private profit interests. The non-profit status of housing must be revived. Housing must not be a commodity, it must not be the object of speculation and profit interests.

Mark Curtis (2023-10-05). Britain Always Seeks a Profit in Wars. globalresearch.ca

People's Dispatch. (2023-10-05). Biggest Health Worker Strike In United States History Begins. popularresistance.org On October 4, 75,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in several US states are set to go on strike for three days following the breakdown of contract negotiations last week. A coalition of several unions representing health workers in California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Virginia, and Washington, DC is battling the nonprofit health giant for safe staffing levels, cost of living pay increases, and against a two-tier pay system that Kaiser is trying to introduce. | The largest union in the coalition is Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-United Healthcare Workers West (UHW) with 57,4…

midwesternmarx (2023-10-05). 50 detained, over 100 homes raided in sweeping crackdown on press freedom in India. By: Zoe Alexandra. midwesternmarx.com The homes of over 100 journalists, contractors, and former employees associated with the progressive news outlets Newsclick and Peoples Dispatch, as well as Tricontinental Research Services were raided by Indian authorities in the early morning of October 3 in the capital New Delhi. Several raids were also carried out in the cities of Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Mumbai. According to local reports around 50 individuals were taken in to the police station for additional que …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-05). China and the Purity Fetish of Western Marxism. By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com In honor of the anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China Earlier this week, we are republishing the third chapter from Garrido's The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may find HERE. The stakes of the imperialist West's New Cold War against China are as great as they can get. This means that the Western left's role as controlled counter-hegemony and left-wing delegitimizers of socialist states — a role ideo …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-05). Despite Protests, UNSC Approves Deployment of Troops to Haiti. By: Steve Lalla. midwesternmarx.com ​On Monday, the Security Council of the United Nations (UN) authorized the deployment of Kenyan troops to Haiti. The intervention responds to a request issued by the acting prime minister and unelected head of Haiti, Ariel Henry, whose regime has been legitimized by support from the US, France, and Canada, among others.​With 13 votes in favor and two abstentions (Russia and China), the UN Security Council (UNSC) approved resolution 2699 to initiate an international mission. Pr …

WSWS (2023-10-06). Kaiser workers call for a united struggle with all workers for better wages and safe conditions. wsws.org Workers in the largest strike of healthcare workers in US history talk about chronic understaffing, low wages and the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Laith Fadel (2023-10-05). Wage expectations reach record high for U.S. job seekers. america.cgtn.com A recent survey revealed that U.S. job seekers have the highest wage expectations in recorded history when stepping into a new job. The average employee is unwilling to accept less than $78,000 annually, a report has found. CGTN's Karina Mitchell has more. | youtu.be/u8JBkgx4fd0

Speak Out Socialists (2023-10-06). Saturday 10/21: Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Everything to Lose and a World to Win. indybay.org 2727 Event Space, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 | CAN'T JOIN IN-PERSON? JOIN THE EVENT VIA ZOOM | TINYURL.COM/OCTOBER-TH-2023…

Dania Albaba, Mohammed Zaher Sahloul (2023-10-07). Correspondence] A plea for psychiatric and humanitarian support in northwest Syria. thelancet.com The Syrian conflict has taken a devastating toll on the mental health of its civilian population, resulting in high levels of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The traumatic events experienced by people in Syria (eg, bombings, shootings, chemical weapon attacks, attacks on crucial infrastructure, terrorism, and forced displacement) have all contributed to these problems. Furthermore, the fragmentation of health-care infrastructure, the exodus of health-care providers, ongoing crises, reduced international aid, and the shortage of mental health professionals all worsen the psychologic…

Nova Sobieralski (2023-10-05). National Colesworth Strike! greenleft.org.au Members of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) at Coles and Wollworths are taking industrial action after negotiations over pay and conditions fell through, reports Nova Sobieralski.

Vijay Prashad (2023-10-05). We Have Here, in Africa, Everything Necessary to Become a Powerful, Modern, and Industrialised Continent. dissidentvoice.org Wu Fang (China), Ë°å˵∞ ('Journey'), 2017. In his 1963 book, Africa Must Unite, Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, wrote, 'We have here, in Africa, everything necessary to become a powerful, modern, industrialised continent. United Nations investigators have recently shown that Africa, far from having inadequate resources, is probably better equipped for industrialisation than almost any …

William D. Hartung, TomDispatch. (2023-10-05). AI Goes To War. popularresistance.org On August 28th, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks chose the occasion of a three-day conference organized by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), the arms industry's biggest trade group, to announce the "Replicator Initiative." Among other things, it would involve producing "swarms of drones" that could hit thousands of targets in China on short notice. Call it the full-scale launching of techno-war. | Her speech to the assembled arms makers was yet another sign that the military-industrial complex (MIC) President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us about more than 60 years ago is still alive, a…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-10-06). Saturday 10/7: Fighting the Information Behemoth: Why We Need Alternative Media. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705…

WSWS (2023-10-06). The Workers League's defence of the Theory of Permanent Revolution against the opportunism of the Workers Revolutionary Party. wsws.org The following lecture was delivered by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group of New Zealand, and Thomas Scripps, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.

Sam Wainwright (2023-10-05). After the referendum: Continue the struggle for justice. greenleft.org.au Socialist Alliance recommends a Yes vote for the referendum on the Voice. But we also recognise that substantial measures to benefit Indigenous people require a strengthening of the grassroots movements for change. This will be true whatever the outcome on October 14, writes Sam Wainwright.

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-10-05). Saturday 10/7: Fighting the Information Behemoth: Why We Need Alternative Media. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-05). Promoting a Human Community with a Shared Future. libya360.wordpress.com We reprint below an important article by Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which first appeared in China Daily. In his article, Minister Liu outlines the key points and significance of the three major initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping, namely the Global Development Initiative…

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