(2022-09-01). One year since the US military's withdrawal from Afghanistan. wsws.org The Afghan withdrawal represented a debacle for US imperialism, which based its policy throughout thirty years of uninterrupted wars, beginning with the first Gulf War in 1990-91, on the conviction that military force could overcome Washington's precipitous economic decline.
(2022-09-01). Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany celebrates 40th anniversary. fightbacknews.org Gelsenkirchen, Germany – The Marxist Leninist party of Germany (MLPD) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weekend of celebration from August 25-28. Among the 1500 who attended were party members from across Germany, their families, residents of the local community, and international guests representing revolutionary parties and organizations from 31 countries across five continents. Andy Koch, the National Organizer of Freedom Road Socialist Organization attended the celebration. | The climax of the weekend on Saturday, August 27, was the unveiling of a new statue of German revolutionary thinker Karl Marx, whi…
(2022-09-01). Index shows China's thriving new growth drivers. ecns.cn New development drivers are increasingly underpinning China's growth, adding to economic vitality and innovation capability, an index shows.
(2022-09-01). High-speed cross-sea railway line to open next year in Fujian. ecns.cn China's first cross-sea high-speed railway line will open in Fujian province between June and September next year, and is expected to promote the development of economically dynamic coastal city clusters in southeastern China, the line's chief bridge designer said.
(2022-09-01). Sunday 9/11: The Other 9/11 — the AFL-CIO's support for the 1973 US coup in Chile betrayed workers. indybay.org us02web.zoom.us/j/3290219617?pwd=OTFGZUVKcDd4bzVkVjl5ZS94QmdoQT09…
(2022-09-01). The death of Mikhail Gorbachev and the legacy of Stalinist counterrevolution. wsws.org Gorbachev, who is being hailed in the Western press as a statesman, was responsible for the final act of betrayal carried out by the parasites who raised themselves up above and fed off the Soviet working class—the full-scale restoration of capitalism in the USSR and the dissolution of that country into more than a dozen states.
(2022-09-01). Only a progressive tax revolution can stop climate collapse. indybay.org There is an urgent need for a pluralistic opening of the economic sciences, so that the argumentative dispute about the ethically correct interpretation of market-competitive interaction relations and the status of market logic again becomes a normal part of economic discourse.
(2022-09-01). Hong Kong hailed as BRI's pivotal gateway. ecns.cn Hong Kong has served as a critical gateway to boosting progress in trade and investment under the Belt and Road Initiative since the BRI was launched nine years ago.
(2022-09-01). Rail unions promote toothless regulation on two-man crews while working to ram through terms of pro-corporate PEB report. wsws.org The ruling contains numerous exceptions allowing for a massive increase in the use of one-man crews.
(2022-09-01). Shenzhen passes China's first regulation of AI technology. ecns.cn Shenzhen has officially passed regulation of artificial intelligence, making it the first local government in China to establish targeted policies for the sector, according to a local government conference held on Wednesday.
(2022-09-01). Children crammed back into Philippine schools amid COVID-19 surge. wsws.org The criminal policies of the Marcos administration, prioritizing profit over the lives of working families, follow the pattern established by the major capitalist powers, above all the United States.
(2022-09-01). The Theory of Permanent Revolution in Turkey and throughout the world. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi, a leading member of the Sosyalist E≈üitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group, SEG) in Turkey, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US).
(2022-09-01). The financial industry is a lot bigger than a giant vampire squid. indybay.org The size of the financial industry bears no relation to the economy. Self-mythological panegyrics aside, the finance industry confiscates money; it doesn't create it. How much? Get out your calculators, and maybe you'll have to find a way to add a couple of digits to what your screen can hold.
(2022-08-31). Emerging Markets Rush to Join BRICS Alliance as High Energy Prices Persist. infobrics.org As emerging markets recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and face financial headwinds due to interest rate hikes in the US, the BRICS group — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is looking to expand its membership to tackle shared challenges…
(2022-08-31). Prisoners for Profit: From the Kononovich Brothers to U.S. Jails. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker Based on remarks given at "Free the Kononovich Brothers: International Campaign Meeting" on Aug. 25. Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich are leaders of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine. They were among hundreds of political opponents of the Ukrainian regime jailed this year, and thousands since the 2014 U.S.-backed coup. On July 18,…
(2022-08-31). Betting On A Wall Street Path To Congress. levernews.com In one of 2022's final contested congressional primaries between progressives and the Democratic establishment, party leaders are coalescing around a Rhode Island official who has used retirees' savings to pay more than a half a billion dollars in fees for high-risk financial investments.The schemes backed by General Treasurer Seth Magaziner delivered subpar returns for teachers, firefighters, and other public-sector workers already hit by
(2022-08-31). 'Simply Immoral': Leaked Doc Shows UK Energy Giants to Make £170 Billion in Excess Profits. commondreams.org "Record profits and record poverty are not a coincidence," said 3 .org Europe. "They are part of the same broken energy system."
(2022-08-31). Jerome Powell: Fed Must Keep Raising Interest Rates, U.S. Economy Should Brace For Pain. moguldom.com 
U.S. Stock prices have fallen for three straight days since Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank must keep raising interest rates for a while to control the fastest rise in inflation in 40 years, even if doing so dampens growth and causes unemployment. Failure to curb inflation now raises the risk of …
(2022-08-31). Inflation in Italy Surges to New High. telesurenglish.net Over the three months starting in June, Italy's annualized inflation rate has been 8 percent, 7.9 percent, and 8.4 percent, respectively — the three highest monthly totals on record since the formal creation of the euro currency in 1999. | People walk past a money exchange office in Rome, Italy, March 2, 2022.
(2022-08-31). Structural shifts in global economy driving central bankers' class war program. wsws.org At this year's Jackson Hole meeting, Fed chair Powell set the stage for the response, taken up by all participants, that central banks must not waver from interest rate hikes and, if necessary, go beyond the measures carried out by Fed chair Paul Volcker in the 1980s that produced economic devastation for the working class in the US and internationally under the banner of "fighting inflation."
(2022-08-31). Australian Scientists to Harvest Resources From Wastewater. telesurenglish.net A team of Australian scientists has been awarded funding to develop technology that harvests resources from wastewater. | RELATED: | The Australian National University (ANU) and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Wednesday announced over US$685,000 in funding for the inaugural ANU-CSIRO Agri-Food Collaboration Program. | Inspired by breakthroughs in biological research, the team will seek to address the…
(2022-08-31). There's No Place For Burnout In A Burning World. popularresistance.org By the age of 10, I was terrified about the state of the world. I wanted to quit school and volunteer for environmental and human rights groups. Instead, I distributed leaflets in my neighborhood and attended rallies with my dad. At 14, I watched "An Inconvenient Truth." At 15, I read a National Geographic article about coal — how it planted cancer in people's lungs, stole their breath, and polluted their water. This broke my heart and, in the midst of that brokenness, I devoted my life to stopping climate change. | Fast forward a decade, and I'd had the privilege of working in several nonprofits, including…
(2022-08-31). New Australian Labor government intensifies assault on working class and war preparations against China. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Cheryl Crisp, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Australia, to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-31). Over One Million Bolivians Mobilize To Support President Arce's Government. popularresistance.org On Thursday, August 25, under the banner of 'March in Defense of Democracy and Economic Reconstruction', over one million Bolivians mobilized in support of the government of President Luis Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca and its socialist economic policies. | Workers from diverse sectors, peasants, students, and members of various Indigenous organizations and social movements from all nine departments of the country arrived in capital La Paz to ratify their support for the national government of the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party. | The call for the march was given by the Pact of Unity (…
(2022-08-31). Preview: Will Job Growth Finally Slow? cepr.net (The monthly Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, September 2nd, at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) | The two big questions that the Federal Reserve Board, and just about everyone else, will be asking with the August jobs numbers are: "Is job growth slowing to a sustainable pace?" and "Is wage growth falling back to a more normal rate?" | The 528,000 new jobs reported for July pushed total employment above the pre-pandemic level, but it is clearly not a sustainable growth rate for an economy with a 3.5 percent unemployment rate. (The preliminary benchmark revisions ann…
(2022-08-31). ICS Brings Venezuela's Economic Recovery To Light. telesurenglish.net These data were released today by the head of the ICS, Juan Villamizar, who reported the results of a survey showing that 57.3 percent of Venezuelans believe the country's economy is recovering. | RELATED: | Of the 1 225 people surveyed in 22 states across the country between August 8 and 12, 30.1 percent see the progress of the economic recovery as certain and 27.2 percent see it as somewhat certain. | 16.2 percent belie…
(2022-08-31). The 'Noble Lie' Of A Democratic West. popularresistance.org As Westerners, we are deeply attached to the idea not only that we live in democracies but that our way of life is economically, socially and morally superior to that of citizens in authoritarian states. | Following on from these two assumptions is a further one — today held less consciously, for the obvious reason that it smacks a little too uncomfortably of racism — that we, as the people who fought for and created our democracies, are superior to those who did not. | Our largely unexamined premise is that modernity and democracy grew out of the particular circumstances of a Western Enlightenment. A…
(2022-08-31). How VCs Could Get Caught Up In The Crypto Crackdown. moguldom.com Venture capital firms that have invested in crypto exchanges are coming into the crosshairs of the Securities & Exchange Commission as the government regulator continues its crackdown against anything it considers to be an unregistered security. While the SEC regulates the securities markets and works to protect investors from fraud, the government has yet to …
(2022-08-31). Baltimore Guaranteed Income Experiment To Kick Off: 200 Young Parents To Get $1000 For 24 Months. moguldom.com Baltimore City began processing payments for its guaranteed income pilot that gives 200 young families $1,000 per month in unrestricted income for 24 months. Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the Baltimore Young Families Success Fund (BYFSF) completed its onboarding process, identified recipients and began processing payments on Aug. 15. "The Baltimore Young Families Success Fund puts …
(2022-08-31). In OtherWords: August 31, 2022. otherwords.org It's back to school season, so this week we're proud to offer a suite of bold opinions on issues facing students, teachers, and the communities they serve. | First, Olivia Alperstein talks about But students aren't the only ones just scraping by. Bella DeVaan and Rebekah Entralgo explain how low wages and burnout are driving teachers out of the profession. But just in time for Labor Day, they also r…
(2022-08-31). Hungary & China: Mutually Beneficial Cooperation. oneworld.press China, with its capital surplus and dominant industrial position, is a viable alternative to the financial capitalism New World Order.
(2022-08-31). Mexican Public-Private Lithium Company to Be Located in Sonora. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced that the new state-controlled lithium company will be open to private investment and will be installed in the state of Sonora, bordering the United States. | RELATED: | "We are developing a plan for the generation of renewable, clean energy and also for the production of lithium batteries to boost the automotive industry in Sonora," he said.
(2022-08-31). Interpreting Putin & Kosachev's Condolences Over Gorbachev's Death. oneworld.press It's not contradictory nor surprising for someone like President Putin to simultaneously acknowledge the urgent necessity of reforms during the late Soviet era, lament the ultra-disastrous geopolitical and humanitarian consequences of Gorbachev's related implementation, and defend his resultant Great Power's interests in line with international law, all while without ever pining for the restoration of that former communist superpower.
(2022-08-31). University of Minnesota Teamsters picket, march against poverty wages. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 300 University of Minnesota (UMN) service workers represented by Teamsters Local 320, along with members AFSCME, students, faculty, and others, protested on the school's campus, August 30, to demand an end to poverty wages and abusive employment practices. | Local 320 represents 1500 workers at UMN who clean buildings, service dormitories, maintain grounds, prepare food, maintain HVAC systems, care for research animals, drive trucks, and perform other activities across the university's five campuses. Many of the workers are Black, including immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia and…
(2022-08-31). South Africa SAFTA/COSATU General Strike For Workers & Communities. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the South African general strike called by SAFTU and COSATU on August 24,. 2022. Memetlwe Sebei, president of the General Industrial Union of South Africa. GIWUSA which is with SAFTU and Ayesha Rajah who is the chairperson of the Sotasonke Civic Organization are interviewed about the conditions that led to the strike, the organizing for the strike and the future.
(2022-08-31). The fight against mass COVID infection and militarism in New Zealand. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Tom Peters, the leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-31). YDSA helps kick Will Lehman volunteers from public event at Wayne State University in Detroit. wsws.org On Monday at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) campus president Harrison Cole orchestrated the police removal of a table set up by volunteers for rank-&-file autoworker Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president.
(2022-08-31). "The IAM has sold us out once more": Railroad machinists speak out after union announces sellout deal. wsws.org "We as Labor must unite against the bureaucracy; the outright dismissal of our contribution to the record profits, home life suppression and abuse we receive from the Carriers!"
(2022-08-31). Tianjin gets boost from coordinated regional growth. ecns.cn North China's Tianjin municipality has been committed to pushing its socioeconomic progress on a high-quality development track in the past decade, Mayor Zhang Gong said on Tuesday.
(2022-08-31). Tensions mount at West Coast ports as dockworkers enter third month without contract. wsws.org While ILWU bureaucrats are making every possible effort to prevent job actions, this is being challenged by the global resurgence of the class struggle.
(2022-08-31). China supports HKSAR to join RCEP at earliest date: MOC. ecns.cn The Ministry of Commerce supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to give full play to the advantages of its free, open and standardized business environment and join in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement as soon as possible, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said Wednesday.
(2022-08-31). Fujian highlights key role of private economy. ecns.cn The private economy has become an important growth engine for the economic development of Fujian province over the past decade, a senior official said.
(2022-08-31). A Hot Topic for Labor Day: Extreme Heat Kills Workers. commondreams.org The richest country in the history of the world continues to subject millions of its people to senseless suffering and death, not even talking about this embarrassment, much less stopping it.
(2022-08-31). Zhejiang makes great strides in promoting common prosperity. ecns.cn East China's Zhejiang Province has been striving to pursue common prosperity, with notable progress made in high-quality and green development over the past decade, according to local authorities.
(2022-08-31). Meeting of CPC Central Committee Political Bureau proposes convening 20th CPC National Congress on Oct. 16 in Beijing. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Tuesday held a meeting on the preparatory work for the seventh plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and the 20th CPC National Congress. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.
(2022-08-31). Australia: Unions, business and Labor deepen collaboration as Summit nears. wsws.org The purpose of the Jobs and Skills Summit is to bring unions, business and the government together to plan a tripartite assault on wages, conditions and social spending.
(2022-08-31). The same criminal "profits before lives" response by capitalism to COVID-19 and monkeypox is allowing the resurgence of polio. wsws.org Years of negligence and underfunding have created the current conditions under which a dread disease that causes severe, lifelong paralysis and sometimes death, which should have been eradicated from the globe decades ago, is resurging.
(2022-08-31). China's SMEs show stable development in January-July period. ecns.cn China's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) showed stable development in the first seven months of the year, laying a solid foundation for the steady operation of the country's macroeconomy, official data showed Tuesday.
(2022-08-31). Ministerio de Economía y Planificación aprobó 96 nuevos actores económicos. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Economía y Planificación (MEP) aprobó hoy 96 solicitudes de creación de micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas privadas. Con esta decisión, suman 4955 los actores económicos aprobados desde que inició el proceso en septiembre de 2021. De ellos, 4846 son mipymes privadas, 51 mipymes estatales y 58 cooperativas no agropecuarias.
(2022-08-31). Condecoran a oficiales y trabajadores que contribuyeron a la extinción del incendio en la base de supertanqueros de Matanzas (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu En la ceremonia efectuada en el Salón de Protocolo del Laguito, en La Habana, se reconoció la labor de oficiales y trabajadores del Ministerio del Interior y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, los cuerpos de bomberos y de rescate y salvamento, así como a trabajadores de otros organismos de la Administración Central del Estado, quienes participaron directamente en la extinción del incendio y en la asistencia a las víctimas.
(2022-08-31). Cuba y Angola abordaron relaciones bilaterales en los ámbitos económico y de cooperación. cubadebate.cu Representantes de los gobiernos de Angola y Cuba abordaron este martes en La Habana las relaciones bilaterales en los ámbitos económico y de cooperación, confirmó la cancillería de la nación caribeña. Según el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la isla, el encuentro "permitió pasar revista a las relaciones económicas y de cooperación entre ambos países".
(2022-08-31). Minister Says That Venezuela Ready To Sell Oil Worldwide. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Minister of Petroleum and Vice-President of the Economic Area, Tareck El Aissami, affirmed that the country is ready to market oil to any region or company in the world that is interested in Venezuelan crude. | Minister of Petroleum, Tareck el Aissami (l), while he greets the Colombian ambassador to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti,…
(2022-08-30). 'Bitter Street' in Lugansk: A Battle Line Drawn with Nazi Elements after 2014. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker From left: Alexey Albu of Borotba; John Parker of Socialist Unity Party; and Evgeniy Miroshnichenko, member of the Youth Parliament, State Duma of Russia. SLL photo From May 1 to May 12, I traveled to both Russia and the Lugansk People's Republic, an independent republic in the Donbass region, formerly part of eastern…
(2022-08-30). Drills & Development: Moscow Is Mixing Military & Economic Diplomacy In Its Far East. oneworld.press The latest US-provoked phase of the Ukrainian Conflict hasn't forced Russia to abandon Asia but has actually accelerated the comprehensive expansion of its influence there as proven by the latest coordinated practice of its military and economic diplomacy in the Far East.
(2022-08-30). Global Warming, Social Inequalities, & Multipolar World. oneworld.press The Economy of the Next is the natural path of humanity, because it creates the conditions for Economic Law, which is the Common Good, with new basis for the Physical and Virtual Territories.
(2022-08-30). How France Underdevelops Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 2022 (IPS) — Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally worse off than in other post-colonial African economies. Decolonization? Pre-Second World War colonial monetary arrangements were consolidated into the Colonies…
(2022-08-30). US in Latin America: Interference, Extortion and Blackmail in Times of Global Reconfiguration. libya360.wordpress.com Jorge Elbaum The disordered and brutal intentionality of the United States to control the political, economic, communicational, military and cultural orientations of Latin America is linked to the loss of its relevance in the region. Last Thursday, the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, arrogated to himself the right to give his opinion on the…
(2022-08-30). Organizers Have Fought For Debt Cancellation For Over A Decade. popularresistance.org Following over a decade of activism against the United States' massive student debt crisis, President Biden announced a plan on Wednesday to cancel a significant amount of student loan debt for tens of millions of low and middle-income Americans. | Many organizers, whose work made the announcement possible, have viewed the news as a major victory for their movement. However, they also see it as just a small first step in a country where many borrowers — especially Black and Brown borrowers — are saddled with far deeper debts, and the root causes of educational inequity remain largely unaddressed. | "T…
(2022-08-30). Residents Refuse To Be Forced From Homes Won Through Past Struggle. popularresistance.org Forty years ago, residents of Philadelphia won a subsidized housing community in the area known as Black Bottom after fighting the discrimination and displacement being used to clear the way for University City. Now the city is allowing that community, 72 residences called University City Townhomes (UCT), to be sold for gentrification. Clearing the FOG spoke with Rasheda Alexander, a resident of UCT, and Sterling Johnson of Philadelphia Housing Action about their efforts to protect UCT and stop the wave of evictions and displacement that primarily target low income black and brown people. Their organizing and act…
(2022-08-30). Why Any Political 'Scientist' Who Calls U.S. a "Democracy" Is a Fake — NO Scientist. libya360.wordpress.com Eric ZuesseScientific empirical studies have uniformly proven that the U.S. Government is not a democracy (not a one-person-one-vote operation, nor anything even approximating that) but is instead an aristocracy (a one-dollar-one-vote Government). The U.S. Government represents actually not persons, but instead wealth. Voters go to the polls deceived by propaganda permeating the media, and voters…
(2022-08-30). How Murdoch's Rogue News Corp Operates. popularresistance.org The way News Corp operates must be traced to Rupert Murdoch himself for he has told us that 'for better or worse (News Corp) is a reflection of my own thinking, my character and my values'. | Let me give some examples of how News Corp operates. | Ken Cowley was a very senior and loyal executive of News Corp for many years. He was my production manager in Sydney at News Ltd. Unwisely, three years ago Cowley told the Australian Financial Review that [Rupert's son] Lachlan Murdoch was not particularly smart and that The Australian 'is pathetic'. | People were wheeled out within 24 hours to defend Lachlan. Cowley was…
(2022-08-30). Why the People's Republic of China Embraced Paul Robeson. libya360.wordpress.com Black King of Songs. His communism brought the great American singer Paul Robeson trouble in the US, but helped make him a hero in China Friends of Socialist China Editorial Comment: The below article by Gao Yunxiang (Professor of History at Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada and author of the critically acclaimed Arise, Africa! Roar, China!…
(2022-08-30). Biden is Trying to Bring Down Xi Jinping and Organize a "Color Revolution" in China. journal-neo.org 
This autumn will be a momentous time for China  ; in the XX National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party the delegates will confirm China's strategy and development priorities, and elect the country's leader for the next five years. It is likely that Xi Jinping, the current head of the Party, will be reelected for …
(2022-08-30). New Orleans protest demands hurricane relief for all immigrants, defends DACA. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Dozens of protesters rallied at the statue of Benito Juarez on August 27 to demand hurricane relief funds for all immigrants, regardless of legal status. The rally also came in response to national call to action by the Legalization for All Network to defend DACA against legal attacks and to commemorate the Chicano Moratorium. | The rally was planned to coincide with the anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Ida, which both made landfall in Louisiana on August 29. Although it was largely the labor of immigrant workers that rebuilt New Orleans after both disasters, many immigrants face…