(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 …
(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.
(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…
(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: …
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(2023-10-08). "Economic Miracle" or Mass Poverty in Greece? "A Strong Economy means Neoliberalism" globalresearch.ca
(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.
(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 …
(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.
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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
(2023-10-09). Nobel Committee to announce laureate of Memorial Prize in Economics. tass.com The founder's descendants do not endorse this nomination…
(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…
(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…
(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 …
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(2023-10-09). Oil prices jump more than $4 as Middle East violence rattles markets. channelnewsasia.com
(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…
(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…
(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.
(2023-10-09). Claudia Goldin wins Nobel for work on women in the labour market. channelnewsasia.com
(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.
(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…
(2023-10-09). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-10-09). Video: Naarm/Melbourne forum discusses right wing character of Albanese's Labor. greenleft.org.au 
(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…
(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".
(2023-10-09). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…
(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…
(2023-10-09). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au
(2023-10-09). Video: Naarm/Melbourne forum discusses right wing character of Albanese's Labor. greenleft.org.au
(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…
(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".
(2023-10-09). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…
(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…
(2023-10-08). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au
(2023-10-08). Video: Naarm/Melbourne forum discusses right wing character of Albanese's Labor. greenleft.org.au
(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.
(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 …
(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…
(2023-10-08). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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 . . . |
(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.
(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.
(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).
(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.
(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).
(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…
(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 …
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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 …
(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.
(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.
(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.
(2023-10-09). War as an "Investment." The Bizarre Business-Speak of Mass Killing. globalresearch.ca
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(2023-10-09). Who Lies? Who Dies? Who Pays? Who Profits? Why Veterans Are Calling for Peace in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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 …
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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 . . . |
(2023-10-09). Ex-chairman of China Everbright Group Li Xiaopeng expelled from Communist Party and post. channelnewsasia.com
(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 …
(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.
(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…