(2022-10-10). The Military Industrial Media Complex Wants You to Be More Media (I)Literate! transcend.org 4 Oct 2022 – A true media literacy education empowers students to be autonomous and sophisticated media users, who ask their own questions about who controls media messaging and interrogate the power structures behind them. When a student is left dependent on the military industrial complex to analyze content for them, it is not education, it is indoctrination.
(2022-10-10). Reforming the United Nations. transcend.org It is becoming clear that the concept of the absolutely sovereign nation-state is a dangerous anachronism in a world of thermonuclear weapons, instantaneous communication, and economic interdependence. Probably our best hope for the future lies in developing the United Nations into a World Federation.
(2022-10-10). Chinese Ambassador Thanks Elon Musk for Taiwan Proposal. news.antiwar.com China's ambassador to the US on Saturday thanked Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for suggesting a solution to the dispute over Taiwan, while his idea drew criticism from Taiwanese officials. In an interview with Financial Times, Musk said he believes a conflict over Taiwan is inevitable. War in the region could significantly hurt his …
(2022-10-09). Congress set to present road map for future. ecns.cn The upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will have the central task of presenting the Party's road map for the next five years and beyond, a key period in realizing national rejuvenation.
(2022-10-10). U.S.' new chip export curbs seen as tech hegemony. ecns.cn The US' politicization and weaponization of technology, economic and trade issues will not stop China's development, and will only hurt the US itself, Mao added.The latest US export controls include restrictions on the export of some types of chips used in artificial intelligence and supercomputing, and tightened rules on the sale of semiconductor manufacturing equipment to any Chinese company that produces advanced logic chips.
(2022-10-10). CPC's ability to adapt contributes to its success, says expert. ecns.cn The ability to meet people's needs and adapt to domestic and international changes has enabled the Communist Party of China (CPC) to lead China to successive victories, an expert said.
(2022-10-10). The fundamentals sustaining China's sound economic growth in the long run remain unchanged. ecns.cn
(2022-10-10). In the end, who promotes fascism? iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo October 7, 2022 he author is editor of the Portuguese Marxist webzine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Sept. 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. One hundred years after Mussolini took power, fascism is once again governing Italy. For weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni's expected victory drew no comments from European leaders, and it seemed that they all saw it not only as inevitable but also as normal and acceptable. Only on the eve of Election Day, the Eurocrats' spokeswoman Ursula von der Leyen decided to issue a warning, as useless as it was stupid, brandishing the…
(2022-10-10). Barrick Gold and Canadian imperialism—a predatory partnership. wsws.org The world's largest gold mining company extracts its multi-billion-dollar profits from underdeveloped countries like Tanzania through ruthless exploitation, bribery and corruption, with the full support of the Canadian state.
(2022-10-10). Fort Myers, Florida resident: Poverty, inequality fueled hurricane disaster. wsws.org "Florida is among the five states with the highest economic disparity in America. We are among those with the highest household debt and poverty rate. At the same time, we rank third in the number of billionaires."
(2022-10-10). Help us break the Sanctions Silence. iacenter.org With your help we can break the silence and publish a very needed book Sanctions — A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy A project of the SanctionsKill Campaign An anthology by social justice activists Donate by credit card at iacenter.org/sanctions-book Everyone who donates $25 or more will receive a copy of the 200 page book: Sanctions — A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy. The impact of sanctions on more than 40 developing and formerly colonized countries, one third of the world's population, was barely discussed in mainstream media for decades. The vibrations of hyperinflation, chronic short…
(2022-10-10). New Zealand university staff hold nationwide strike. wsws.org For the first time in 20 years, 7,000 academics and other university workers held a half-day nationwide strike to protest against below-inflation pay offers.
(2022-10-10). Australian Labor government to cut social spending to pay for tax handouts and war plans. wsws.org Labor's May election slogan of "a better future" has been replaced by chilling warnings of "global economic storms" and "the most challenging circumstances" since World War II.
(2022-10-10). The "choice" in the 2022 US midterm elections: Fascist Republicans vs. war-crazed Democrats. wsws.org Whatever the results of the November 8 vote, the working class must break with the capitalist two-party system and build an independent political party of its own, based on socialist policies.
(2022-10-10). Eugene V. Debs and the struggle of railroaders. wsws.org Debs' life—from locomotive fireman, to trade unionist, to socialist candidate for American president, to class war prisoner—holds crucial lessons for today's workers.
(2022-10-10). Build an international movement of the working class against imperialist war! wsws.org "The same contradictions and crisis of world capitalism are also propelling the working class into struggle, providing the basis for the building of an international anti-war movement."
(2022-10-10). 3 economists share Nobel economics prize. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022 was awarded to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, Philip H. Dybvig "for research on banks and financial crises".
(2022-10-10). IMF Predicts Global Economy to Lose $4 Trillion. indybay.org The global economy is more fragile noted IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
(2022-10-10). High Energy Costs Wreak Havoc On British Economy As Companies Close At Rapid Rate. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageBritain continues behaving in hegemonic manner despite not having means to enforce it. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | High energy costs continue to wreak havoc in Europe, with Britain being no exception to the crisis. British companies are becoming bankrupt at a rapid rate, one not seen since the peak of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2009. The Europe-wide crisis is mostly attributed to economic problems stemming from their own san…
(2022-10-10). Colombia to buy 3M hectares of arable land for rural reform. colombiareports.com Colombia's government agreed to purchase 3 million hectares in arable land from large landowners for redistribution among victims of armed conflict. President Gustavo Petro and the president of ranchers federation…
(2022-10-10). Astara crossing records $239mn non-oil products exports. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — An Iranian economic official with Astara customs said on Monday that more than $239 million worth of non-oil commodities were exported from the Astara crossing in the first six months of the current year (March 21—Sep. 22).
(2022-10-10). South Africa National Dockers Strike With RTUSA JV Dube, David Hemson & Namibia Workers. indybay.org Dock workers in South Africa have gone on a national strike against the state controlled Transnet. They are fighting for major wage increases and against privatization of the ports being pushed by the ANC government.
(2022-10-10). Sanders Says Dems Ignoring Economy Before Midterms 'Would Be Political Malpractice'. commondreams.org "Now is the time for Democrats to take the fight to the reactionary Republican Party and expose their anti-worker views on the most important issues facing ordinary Americans."
(2022-10-10). Deputy FM stresses removing barriers to Iran-Poland coop. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for the Economic Diplomacy stressed the need for the removal of barriers to cooperation between Iran and Poland in the economic field on Monday.
(2022-10-10). Saturday 11/12: SDBA Book Group: Doughnut Economics — 7 Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
(2022-10-10). Students forced into poverty to complete study, report finds. greenleft.org.au Thousands of students are forced into poverty to pursue their degrees, according to a damning report by the National Union of Students. Tyrus Maxwell reports.
(2022-10-10). Vale Dave Riley — socialist, satirist and chef. greenleft.org.au Dave Riley, long-time socialist, artist, satirist and chef, was an enthusiast about trying out new ventures to broaden the socialist project. Jim McIlroy reports on his life.
(2022-10-10). Free Julian Assange! Global Day Of Action In San Francisco At Harry Bridges Plaza. indybay.org
(2022-10-10). State trial begins for defendants in 2020 plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan. wsws.org The state trial of three men accused of collaborating in the far-right plot to kidnap and kill the governor of Michigan began in Jackson County Court on October 3.
(2022-10-10). The Good News About the Economy the Media Isn't Reporting On. commondreams.org For tens of millions of people, there is a huge amount of good news about the economy over the last year and a half.
(2022-10-10). Build a rank-and-file defense campaign for the reinstatement of Staten Island Amazon workers who refused to risk their health for profit! wsws.org As many as 80 workers were suspended without pay for protesting when Amazon management tried to make them return to work after a fire.
(2022-10-10). Informan tratamiento salarial para este 10 de octubre. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (MTSS) informó que, por celebrarse el 10 de octubre el Inicio de las Guerras por la Independencia y como se prevé en el artículo 94 de la Ley 116 del Código de Trabajo, recesan las actividades laborales, excepto las labores relacionadas con la zafra azucarera y otros trabajos agrícolas urgentes.
(2022-10-09). Two Sixties' Radicals Recall Fighting Times In US Labor. popularresistance.org The University of Wisconsin at Madison was a hotbed of student radicalism in the 1960s. Unlike some other centers of campus opposition to the Vietnam War, left-wing activists there were among the first of their generation to organize around issues related to their own mistreatment as workers. In 1963, undergraduates employed in campus jobs formed a Wisconsin Student Employees Union to force the administration to raise their wages to the federal minimum (a 50 cent per hour increase). Seven years later, the UW Teaching Assistants Association organized the first TA strike in U.S. history, a 24-day walk-out that won…
(2022-10-09). Iran's exports to Russia hit 70% growth in H1: lawmaker. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — The Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's Economic Commission said that the country's export capacity to Russia in the first six months of the current year registered a 70 percent growth.
(2022-10-09). China to release fifth batch of pork reserve to stabilize price. ecns.cn Chinese authorities will release the fifth batch of pork into the market from central reserves to maintain supply and price stability, the country's top economic planner said Sunday.
(2022-10-09). Brazil at crossroads: Bolsonaro means subordination and deindustrialization, Lula means independence and development. multipolarista.com Round two of Brazil's presidential election offers deeply opposing visions: Bolsonaro would mean more subordination and deindustrialization. Lula would mean independence, economic nationalism, and multipolarity.
(2022-10-09). French protestors call for withdrawal from NATO. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — Tens of thousands of French people protested the sharp increase in the cost of living and inflation in the capital and demanded their country's withdrawal from NATO.
(2022-10-09). French intellectuals urge protests against Macron. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — Numerous French intellectuals have urged the nation to revolt in protest at President Emmanuel Macron's failure to improve economic conditions amid soaring inflation.
(2022-10-09). Reject Go-Ahead's below-inflation pay offer of 10.5 percent for London bus drivers, vote NO! wsws.org The Merton garage rank-and-file committee is putting forward a strategy for London bus drivers to win their fight for a cost-of-living pay rise.
(2022-10-09). Reject Go-Ahead's below-inflation pay offer of 10.5 percent, vote NO! wsws.org The Merton garage rank-and-file committee is putting forward a strategy for London bus drivers to win their fight for a cost-of-living pay rise.
(2022-10-09). Monómeros Faces Financial Harassment (Illegal US Sanctions). orinocotribune.com Caracas, October 8, 2022 ( "Starting from October 17, 2022, the account will not be operational and the funds that enter will be returned with the note 'closed account,'" reads part of the letter published by Tellechea on his Twitt…
(2022-10-09). Red Theory: Against the theory of a peaceful transition to socialism. fightbacknews.org Marxism-Leninism is the science of revolution. The purpose of revolutionary theory is to guide revolutionary practice. Nevertheless, since Marxism was young, there have always been opportunists and revisionists who tried to distort its revolutionary essence. The leading edge of this attack on Marxism – from the misleaders of the Second International, Eduard Bernstein and Karl Kautsky in the early 1900s, to Khrushchev's modern revisionism, beginning with the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1956 – has been the advocacy of a peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism. | Can t…
(2022-10-09). President Arce in Vallegrande: "Che Guevara is Not Dead. He Continues to Be a Light for Many of Us". libya360.wordpress.com Andrés Figueroa Cornejo55 years after the fall of the revolutionary humanist and communist Ernesto Guevara, the President of the Plurinational State, Luis Arce Catacora, participated in his homage in Vallegrande, department of Santa Cruz, on the date and site where the heroic guerrilla and part of his comrades of the National Liberation Army, ELN, were…
(2022-10-09). LEVER WEEKLY: Infrastructure In Crisis. levernews.com From Mississippi to Massachusetts, this week The Lever revealed how some of the country's most basic infrastructure — our water systems and electric grids — are being used by Wall Street and investors as their own personal ATM machines, threatening people's ability to use their own tap water and build environmentally resilient infrastructure.The Lever team also revealed how the GOP is keeping citizen initiatives off ballots, crushing popular demand for higher taxes on the wealthy and expanded public health insurance. Also, we uncovered a last-minute dark money campaign with ties to Saudi operatives…
(2022-10-09). Investment in Iran's industry, mining witnesses 6% growth. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — Statistics show that the volume of foreign investment approved in the mining and industrial sector in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2022) has registered a 6% growth as compared to last year.
(2022-10-09). 'Watery beer and horrible politics!'. peoplesworld.org 
Communist Party Co-chair Joe Sims issued this indictment of America's biggest corporations — starting with the manufacturers of Coors's — in a YouTube video released this week by the Party to argue for collective action by this country's working class to defeat what Sims calls "the fascist caucus." Sims zeroes in on the role of …
(2022-10-09). Tibet's rural residents enjoy improved livelihood over past decade. ecns.cn After years of efforts, rural residents in Tibet have achieved fruitful results and seen improved livelihood, with their per capita disposable income maintaining double-digit growth for 19 consecutive years.
(2022-10-09). Cuba participará en Consejo de Complementación Económica del ALBA-TCP. cubadebate.cu Una delegación de Cuba participará mañana en el XI Consejo de Complementación Económica de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América—Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP), en Bolivia, informó la Cancillería. El encuentro, que tendrá por sede a la ciudad de Sucre, reunirá por primera vez tras la pandemia de Covid-19, a ministros y altos funcionarios del área.
(2022-10-09). Che as minister: the promotion of science and technology for Cuba's socialist development. struggle-la-lucha.org 
(2022-10-08). Combat Nihilism: Revolutionary Optimism In The Age Of US Imperial Decline. popularresistance.org Hurricane Ian. The threat of nuclear war. Inflation. Mississippi's water crisis. Any one of these developments have the potential to send even the most clear-headed individual into a state of nihilism and despair. And this is just the short list of calamities currently plaguing humanity. | Life under the decline of U.S. imperialism is far from easy. Little relief exists from the toxic stress induced by poverty, debt, racism, militarism, social isolation, and mainstream media propaganda. Exhaustion is widespread. Trust in the institutions that form the fabric of U.S. society is incredibly low. These conditions hav…
(2022-10-08). IMF allocates $1.3 billion for financial support to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved the disbursement of $1.3 billion to Ukraine, the organization said in a statement.
(2022-10-08). Bala Ramasamy: China has everything that is required for a great future. ecns.cn Bala Ramasamy, Professor of Economics at CEIBS has been living in China for more than 10 years. He praised China's digital transformation and said this country has everything that is required for a great future so he is fully confident in it.
(2022-10-08). (Red Star Over China in the New Era) Qianping Shi: The 20th CPC National Congress will open a new chapter of realizing Chinese dream. ecns.cn Qianping Shi, Chairman of DMI Industrial Group, seeks to utilize internationalization and localization to contribute to China's economic development. He believes the 20th CPC National Congress will open a new chapter of realizing Chinese dream.
(2022-10-08). (Red Star over China in the New Era) Marco Cepik: China's successes are made under the leadership of the CPC. ecns.cn Marco Cepik, Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul used to say that economic results and social results are related to the institutions. And in China, huge economic success and social success are made under the leadership of the CPC.
(2022-10-08). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Biden's Midterm Marijuana Play. levernews.com Good things are happening! For starters, ahead of the midterms, Biden is taking some steps (although not nearly enough) to change his position on cannabis policy. What's more, young Americans are taking the labor movement's message to heart, a new act in California rolls back the harmful effects of criminal records, workers have a new tool in salary negotiations, and researchers have found that embracing basic food waste practices could have major impacts on the climate crisis. All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It, available for supporting subscribers below.Biden (Somewhat) F…