(2024-08-29). China may keep RMB stable if Fed cuts rates. ecns.cn Chinese policymakers should strengthen monitoring of capital flows and prepare contingency plans against any potential sharp renminbi appreciation, analysts said.
(2024-08-29). Vehicle trade-in to boost consumption. ecns.cn China's new round of vehicle trade-in program, initiated recently, is part of the country's efforts to further catalyze the consumption of big-ticket items and boost economic growth in the second half, according to officials and experts.
(2024-08-29). The economy and the election: Democrats and Republicans can't deliver for workers. liberationnews.org Neither of the two capitalist parties have an answer for the cost-of-living crisis facing the working class.
(2024-08-29). Brazil's top court threatens to ban Elon Musk's X. aljazeera.com Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes says platform faces ban unless Musk names legal representative within 24 hours.
(2024-08-29). South Korea arrests battery maker CEO over fire that killed 23. aljazeera.com Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan arrested over alleged violations of industrial safety law.
(2024-08-29). Lebanon: Nationwide Electricity Blackout. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Lebanon's capital, Beirut, in the dark on July 27, 2020, due to widespread electricity blackouts caused by fuel shortages in the midst of a dire economic crisis. | © 2020 Patrick Baz/AFP via Getty Images | (Beirut) — The Lebanese government's continued mismanagement of the electricity sector and its failure to carry out key reforms is diminishing the public's already-limited access to electricity, Human Rights Watch said today.On August 17, 2024, Lebanon's only operational power plant shut down after the state-run electricity company, Electricité du Liban (EDL) ran out of fu…
(2024-08-29). Sam Hou-fai announces Macao leadership bid. ecns.cn Sam Hou-fai announced his candidacy on Wednesday for special administrative region chief executive, promising to improve governance efficiency and promote economic diversification.
(2024-08-29). Thursday 9/26: PILOT LAUNCH EVENT! THE FIRST GUARANTEED CARE INCOME. indybay.org 2973 16th Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco | 1/2 block from 16th Street BART…
(2024-08-29). "What the US calls 'criminal gangs' are in reality low-income-neighborhoods demanding social change" uwidata.com By Fernando Esteche With this interview we try to take a look at Haiti, the first independent black republic in the world, which is immersed in a deep political and social crisis. The Caribbean nation, recurrently hit by natural disasters and suffering from political storms caused by the colonization of its political class, faces political …
(2024-08-29). Project 2025: How the far-right's tax plan would hike middle-class taxes while slashing taxes for the wealthy. nationofchange.org Project 2025, a far-right agenda, proposes radical tax reforms that would disproportionately burden middle-income Americans while granting significant tax breaks to the wealthiest households and large corporations.
(2024-08-29). Worker Coops Bring Undocumented Workers Into The Labor Movement. popularresistance.org How can immigrants without work authorization avoid being hyper-exploited, and instead find work where they have some autonomy and collective power to raise standards? A movement that has been incubating in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, might offer some answers. | Sunset Park boasts one of the highest concentrations of worker cooperatives in the United States. | This business model, brought to the neighborhood by the Center for Family Life, guarantees all members standard and legal wages, a voice in their company's governance, and control over their schedules. Since members are business owners, not employees, they also…
(2024-08-29). China, U.S. to enhance collaboration. ecns.cn Beijing and Washington agreed to further roll out dialogues and collaboration involving areas such as the two nations' militaries, climate change and artificial intelligence.
(2024-08-29). Apple Toxic Crimes, Santa Clara FAB and The EPA With Fired Whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik. indybay.org Apple has been poisoning workers and residents in Santa Clara and fired Ashley M. Gjà∏vik who is a former Apple seinor engineering program manager who was poisoned at her office which was atop a toxic site and lived next to an illegal Apple fabrication plant in Santa Clara.
(2024-08-29). As Labor Day approaches, United Airlines Flight Attendants authorize strike call. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO —By a 99.99% share in a 90.21% turnout, the 28,000 unionized Flight Attendants at United Airlines authorized their officers to call a strike. The key reason: The company's refusal to even consider a decent contract to replace the one which expired three years ago. The strike authorization vote sends a signal to Chicago-based United's …
(2024-08-29). U.S. Partners with Pacific Islands to Combat Drug Trafficking. devdiscourse.com The United States is collaborating with Pacific Island nations to tackle the escalating issue of drug trafficking by Chinese criminal networks, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell announced Thursday.
(2024-08-29). DTB signs the UN Principles for Responsible Banking. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Diamond Trust Bank has taken a significant step toward advancing sustainability in the banking sector by signing the United Nations Principles of Responsible Banking. This is a single framework for a sustainable banking industry developed by collaborating with banks worldwide and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). …
(2024-08-29). Las BTJ próxima a las seis décadas. radiohc.cu La Habana, 29 ago (RHC) En la proximidad de su aniversario 60 las Brigadas Técnicas Juveniles, BTJ, en Cuba se preparan para participar en varios eventos en los que mostrarán resultados de su labor en la búsqueda de soluciones a los problemas territoriales a partir de la investigación y la innovación.
(2024-08-29). teleSUR anuncia el concurso "Sur Influyente" telesurtv.net El concurso invita a jóvenes, mayores de edad, creadores de contenidos a elaborar piezas audiovisuales de máximo 60 segundos en formato vertical (9: 16).
(2024-08-29). The Eight Families: A Financial Parasite (Part IV). expose-news.com The Eight Families are interconnected with various powerful people in the early 20th century. They are linked to significant historical events such as the creation of the Federal Reserve, World War I …
(2024-08-29). Ahead of key interview, five questions Kamala Harris hasn't answered yet. aljazeera.com From the Gaza war to immigration to inflation, Harris is yet to spell out how she will accomplish her agenda.
(2024-08-29). Is the fight against inflation turning a corner? aljazeera.com The US Fed has signalled rate cuts are coming, while other major central banks have started lowering borrowing costs.
(2024-08-29). Awareness of Capitalists' Use of Colonialism Encourages International Solidarity. counterpunch.org Studying capitalism, Karl Marx examined the Industrial Revolution in Europe. He explored conflict between worker and employer. In their book Capital and Imperialism (Monthly Review Press, 2021), authors Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik emphasize that Marx's followers believed that, with the onset of capitalism, "accumulation [has] occurred only on the basis of the generation of surplus value." (Surplus value signifies that part
(2024-08-29). Three Amigos No More? popularresistance.org Just a week ago, we wagered that the US and Canadian embassies would soon begin piling pressure on Mexico as the outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (aka AMLO) seeks to pass sweeping constitutional reforms to its mining laws, energy laws and judicial system, among other things, in his last month in office. Just two days later, the US Ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, sent a communique warning that the proposed judicial reforms could have serious consequences for the US' trade relations with its biggest trade partner: | Based on my lifelong experience supporting the rule of law, I believe popular direc…
(2024-08-29). Data system construction spotlighted. ecns.cn China will ratchet up resources to accelerate the building of basic systems for data and leverage innovative digital technologies to bolster industrial upgrading.
(2024-08-29). Peasants and Politics in Neoliberal India: The 2020-21 Peasant Movement. cadtm.org
(2024-08-29). The future of China, the danger of a collapse of human civilization and the need of a "5th International" mronline.org Samir Amin did not believe that the Chinese regime is a socialist one. "I will not say China is socialist, I will not say China is capitalist," he said in a speech at a prestigious University of Peking.