(2023-09-02). Contrary to What You Read in the NYT, the Typical Worker is Not $2,000 Behind Their Pre-Pandemic Pay. cepr.net 
The New York Times had a piece today on how the Biden administration is trying to turn around public opinion on its handling of the economy. At the end of the article it cites Jason Furman, a Harvard professor and head of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama. "Now he said it was …
(2023-09-02). (W.E.Talk) The UAE Ambassador: Fostering Engagement and Embracing Transformation: CIFTIS 2023 and the UAE's Economic Ties with China. ecns.cn The China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) convenes in Beijing each autumn, gathering together China's foremost economic decision-makers and leading representatives from the global business community. Since its inception in 2012, CIFTIS has established itself as a key event for international corporations and commercial institutions dedicated to the Chinese market. The largest specialized international fair of its kind, CIFTIS provides an indispensable platform for facilitating robust commercial interactions.
(2023-09-02). China to boost trade in services with Belt and Road countries — Xi Jinping. tass.com According to Xi Jinping, Beijing is ready to promote innovations and exchanges in the service sector together with other countries to put the global economy on the path of sustainable recovery…
(2023-09-02). Transmashholding to supply around 200 cars to Moscow metro by year-end – CEO. tass.com The company, together with the Moscow Department of Transport, is currently working to develop of technologically advanced metro cars…
(2023-09-02). EU fills UGS facilities to record level. tass.com LNG supplies fall by 11% in August…
(2023-09-02). Gazprom delivers 41.2 mln cubic meters of gas to Europe through Ukraine via Sudzha. tass.com The application for deliveries through Sokhanovka was rejected by the Ukrainian side…
(2023-09-01). BRICS Becoming Economic Powerhouse: Petrodollar Under Threat. popularresistance.org In its summit in Johannesburg, South Africa this August, BRICS invited six new members: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. | The bloc now represents 37% of global GDP (measured at purchasing power parity, or PPP), as well as 40% of global oil production and roughly 1/3rd of global gas production. | The inclusion of top oil producers like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which have long priced their crude in dollars, is a direct challenge to the US petrodollar system. | All of the invited nations have indicated that they will officially join the extended BRICS+ bloc on 1 January…
(2023-09-01). Is Bidenomics Working? Harvard University Researchers Say 46% Of American Renters Are Struggling To Make Ends Meet. moguldom.com When Joe Biden toured the U.S. in June on a mission to persuade the public that the economy has improved under his presidency, not everyone was buying it. "Americans are worse off under Biden," said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. The public agreed. A poll released in late June by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs …
(2023-09-01). Mixed Jobs Report in August: Where Does the Economy Stand Now? cepr.net The August jobs numbers were mostly good with one big exception, a 0.3 percentage point rise in the unemployment rate to 3.8 percent. This is still a relatively low rate. Coming out of the Great Recession, many economists argued that the unemployment rate could not get below 5.0 percent without triggering spiraling inflation, so an …
(2023-09-01). American Wage-Earners Living Hand-to-Mouth Under 'Evil' Democrats. sputnikglobe.com Americans are now struggling to make ends meet more than at any time for decades, figures show. Former Marine, libertarian economist and professor Mark Frost said the Biden administration was either incompetent or malignant in its management of the economy.
(2023-09-01). Brent oil price on ICE tops $87 per barrel first time since August 11. tass.com By 4: 41 a.m. Moscow time, Brent oil traded at $86.92 per barrel…
(2023-09-01). Cameroon offers cooperation with Russia in processing of agriculture products — envoy. tass.com According to figures provided by the National Institute of Statistics of Cameroon, Russia is the largest supplier of fertilizers to the Central African country, with a 43% share of the market…
(2023-09-01). Turkey has capacity for processing 1 mln tons of grain additionally from Russia — expert. tass.com Meanwhile, Haluk Gedikoglu expressed doubt that Ankara will join the grain initiative without receiving a certain approval from the US' side…
(2023-09-01). Putin backs placing shares of companies bought out from non-residents on stock exchange. tass.com Earlier, the Finance Ministry reported that one of the conditions for buying out Russian businesses of non-residents leaving the country could be the placement up to 20% of the shares of their Russian assets on the domestic stock exchange…
(2023-09-01). Russian stock indices show mixed dynamics on Friday. tass.com At the end of the day, the dollar-to-ruble rate edged up by 0.06% closing at 96.09 rubles, the euro rate edged up by 0.06% to 104.15 rubles…
(2023-09-01). Several thousand transactions with digital ruble made as part of pilot project — regulator. tass.com Olga Skorobogatova stressed that the platform of the Bank of Russia and interaction with banks are working…
(2023-09-01). Russia to build about 120 ships by 2035 for development of Northern Sea Route — Deputy PM. tass.com Denis Manturov noted that nuclear icebreakers are "the pride of the country"
(2023-09-01). Bank of Russia doing its best to solve issue of blocked assets — regulator. tass.com Elvira Nabiullina also said that the Bank of Russia and the Finance Ministry are working on a mechanism for exchanging frozen assets with foreigners, but negotiations with foreign regulators and investors are not currently underway…
(2023-09-02). Demand for diesel vessel engines in Russia estimated at 100 units by 2025. tass.com Transmashholding plans to deliver another 192 cars to the Moscow Metro by the end of the year…
(2023-09-02). North Korea's chronic food shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. internationalviewpoint.org The North Korean regime has faced a severely deteriorated economic situation due to international sanctions, floods, and the Covid-19 pandemic. In January 2020, the country blocked cross-border trade and expelled humanitarian workers and foreign diplomats facing the danger of the Covid-19 pandemic. The closure of the country delayed the arrival of the pandemic. However, as early as March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that a Covid-19 epidemic was developing in North Korea. Its strategy of sealing its external borders in January 2020 prevented essential supplies from entering the country, lead…
(2023-09-02). The Suwayda Protests: A Foreign-Backed Plot to Fragment Syria? orinocotribune.com By The Cradle's Syria Correspondent — Aug 29, 2023 | There are parallels between these Suwayda protests and the 2011 ones that morphed into a countrywide military conflict — namely, the foreign exploitation of sincere grievances strategically aimed at dividing Syria along sectarian and ethnic lines. | Thirteen years after the onset of the war on Syria, a domestic political eruption backed by foreign states has resurfaced, threatening to once again ignite conflict in the country despite years of relative calm. | Economic woes today underpin the public grievances expressed on the street. The much-heralded…
(2023-09-02). Chinese Feminists Face Paradoxical State Policies. internationalviewpoint.org Struggles for women's rights, and the state's responses, have shifted over the history of the People's Republic of China. In an initial period of socialist state feminism, the Chinese Communist Party celebrated "women's liberation" and offered child-friendly services to facilitate women's entry into the workforce. During the era of post-socialist economic modernization, services were curtailed, shifting family responsibilities back to women and reinforcing patriarchal norms. Most recently, a form of made-in-China feminism has emerged, characterized by everyday resistance to prevailing gender expectations. Now, th…
(2023-09-01). Tens Of Thousands Pledge To Resist An Imperialist Intervention In Niger. popularresistance.org Millions across the West Africa Sahel region and around the world have loudly objected to the imperialist-instigated threats against the newly installed National Council for the Defense of the Homeland (CNSP) government in Niger. | From left political groupings to more moderate and even conservative forces recognize the grave danger inherent in the proclamations of some members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to stage a military intervention into Niger aimed at restoring the former President Mohamed Bazoum. | In Niger itself, thousands of young people have appeared at the main stadium in…
(2023-09-01). Women Have Finally Recovered Jobs Lost Since 2020, But Not Equally. truthout.org When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the labor market and women lost millions of jobs, the country plunged into the first women's recession. It was the first time women had experienced more job losses than men in one catastrophic economic contraction. Economists feared it could take decades for women to recover. But just three years later, that recovery has already arrived. As a group, women are back to… |
(2023-09-01). No Respite for France as a 'New Africa' Rises. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Like dominos, African states are one by one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. Chad, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and now Gabon are saying 'non' to France's longtime domination of African financial, political, economic, and security affairs. By adding two new African member-states to its roster, last week's summit in Johannesburg heralding the…
(2023-09-01). Cuba to host Group of 77 plus China Summit on science and development. america.cgtn.com 
The Group of 77 was established in 1964 by 77 developing countries. The group will meet in Havana on September 15 and 16, the coalition will include more than 130 nations looking to promote their economic interests.
(2023-09-01). Saudi Arabia eyes $50bn Aramco listing as oil exports plummet. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi Arabia eyes $50bn Aramco listing as oil exports plummet | Saudi Arabia needs revenue from oil to fund its economic makeover, but has had to cut crude exports to boost global energy prices | Fri, 09/01/2023 – 19: 20 | Saudi Aramco set the record for the world's largest initial public offering in 2019 when it sold $29.4bn worth of stock (AFP/File photo) | Saudi Arabia is considering offering $50bn w…
(2023-09-01). The Suppression of Anti-Imperialists Depends on Discouraging Solidarity With Uhuru & the State's Other Targets. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 28, 2023 | To understand the nature of pro-imperialist psyops in the era after the Ukraine war's start, we need to understand what these psyops are about defending: monopoly capital. The context behind every attack against an anti-imperialist country; attempt to discredit a person or org that's helping the anti-imperialist cause; or act of state persecution towards these voices of dissent; is a situation where the economic basis for the power of our ruling class is being perpetually weakened. The Ukraine proxy war was supposed to give monopoly capital new strength by destroying the Euras…
(2023-09-01). Nicaragua and China Sign Historic Free Trade Agreement. orinocotribune.com Nicaragua and China have signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that will allow for greater commercial and economic exchange between the two countries, following historic negotiations that have lasted just one year. | During the FTA signing ceremony, which took place this Thursday, August 31, Nicaragua was represented by the son of Daniel Ortega and presidential advisor for the promotion of investment, trade, and international cooperation of Nicaragua, Laureano Ortega Murillo; the minister of finance and credit, Iván Acosta; and the minister of development, industry, and commerce, Jesús Bermúdez. The Chinese delegat…
(2023-09-01). Putin expects center of economic, political activity to gradually shift to Asia. tass.com The Russian President said it is "a completely objective and inevitable process"
(2023-09-01). Bolivia ready to offer lithium, food to BRICS countries — president. tass.com In his words, BRICS currently has "greater influence than the G7 from the economic point of view," that is why his country has applied to join…
(2023-09-01). Central African nations to hold emergency meeting on Gabon on September 4. tass.com Earlier, the Economic Community of Central African States condemned a coup in Gabon and called for the restoration of the constitutional order in the country…
(2023-09-01). France wants to talk with President Bazoum before it makes decision on Niger — Macron. tass.com French President reiterated his support for "the brave and clear decisions made by the Economic Community of West African States"
(2023-09-01). Unemployment Rate Rises to 3.8 Percent in August Due to Big Rise in Labor Force Participation. cepr.net This report should be good news in that it is showing slightly slower wage growth and also a pace of hours growth suggesting another quarter of good productivity growth.
(2023-09-02). Google Stop Nimbus! No TECH For Apartheid, Rally In SF At Google Cloud Conference. indybay.org A. rally was held at a Google cloud conference to call for Google to drop their contract with Nimbuus which is being used to spy on Palestinians and repress them.
(2023-09-02). Lessons From Lively Picket Lines. popularresistance.org The heat was scorching in Louisville, Kentucky, last Thursday. But what the windless day lacked in gusts, it made up in guts. | The union-made placards read: "United for a Strong Contract." That resonated with auto workers at Ford who hadn't been part of a contract rally for as long as anyone can remember. | And the picket line came alive when they broke away from the tedious repetition of "Who's got the power? We've got the power!" and used their own chants. | "We ready, we ready, we ready for a strike…" An auto worker led a syncopated chorus, breaking the monotony of the boring chants printed on the back of t…
(2023-09-02). Sunday 9/3: Reclaiming the Militant Legacy of Labor Day. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81133350622?pwd=dUUyUWppbWt6djVTaElISUhocXpSUT09…
(2023-09-02). Correspondence] Zanzibar's malaria elimination efforts: progress, challenges, and lessons. thelancet.com Malaria is of public health concern in many countries, including Tanzania. It is one of the most lethal parasitic diseases that can afflict human beings; nevertheless, over two decades, Zanzibar, Tanzania, alongside global collaborators, has made progress in combating the disease. These efforts have led to a substantial reduction in the incidence of malaria over time; in 2022, the prevalence rate was less than 1%, which is the lowest rate not only in Tanzania, but also across eastern and central Africa.
(2023-09-02). Popular Protest and Labor Insurgency in Iran. internationalviewpoint.org "The workers very carefully considered how best to advance their struggle in the face of the restrictions imposed on them both by the present regime and by the right-wing opposition. The mass uprising has provided fertile ground for them to voice demands linked to their daily existence and lived experience. " | – | / |
(2023-09-01). FRSO Labor Commission: Victory to the UE strike at Wabtec! fightbacknews.org The Freedom Road Socialist Organization stands in solidarity with the 1400 workers of UE Locals 506 and 618 who have been on strike against Wabtec Corp since June 22, 2023. | Members with the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE) Locals 506 and 618, who build locomotive engines for Wabtec Corporation in Erie, Pennsylvania voted down the company's last, best and final offer on June 22 and have been out on the picket line now for over two months. | The workers are striking to win wage increases, better vacation scheduling and more environmentally friendly production. However, some workers have…
(2023-09-01). Autoworkers Union Files Unfair Labor Charges Against Big 3 Automakers. truthout.org The United Auto Workers filed unfair labor practice charges against General Motors and Stellantis on Thursday, accusing the major carmakers of illegally refusing to bargain in good faith as the union seeks substantial wage increases and benefit improvements. UAW president Shawn Fain announced the charges during a livestream late Thursday, just two weeks before the union's contracts with GM… |
(2023-09-01). Pro-Labor Actions Give Workers More Reason to Celebrate This Labor Day. cepr.net Workers will have much to celebrate this Labor Day weekend following several recent pro-labor victories led by the Biden administration and Democratic appointees across the federal government. Coming on the heels of what many have deemed a "hot labor summer" with high union favorability ratings and high-profile union activism, these developments are promising steps toward a …
(2023-09-01). It's Nearly Labor Day, and Congress Has a Chance to Abolish Prison Slavery. truthout.org Johnny Perez was arrested and incarcerated two days after his daughter was born, a heart-wrenching fact by itself. Perez wanted to be there for his daughter, but he was stuck at a state prison in Coxsackie, New York. He worked hard to save money, but his prison job sewing bed sheets started at 17 cents an hour. There were no sick days, no time off and refusal to work could result in solitary… |
(2023-09-01). US Stocks Rise After New Jobs Report Suggests Fed May Not Hike Interest Rates. sputnikglobe.com The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its report on August employment trends on Friday, helping to assuage investors' fears that the Federal Reserve might again raise interest rates at its September meeting.
(2023-09-01). Wednesday 8/30: Labor Traitors Out Of Labor Movement-Demo Against Robo Taxis & Olga Miranda. indybay.org SEIU 87 | 240 Golden Gate St | San Francisco…
(2023-09-01). NYC Police Plan to Use Drones to Surveil Labor Day Parties This Weekend. truthout.org The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is planning to use surveillance drones to patrol large gatherings, including private parties and barbecues, this Labor Day weekend. "If a caller states there's a large crowd, a large party in a backyard, we're going to be utilizing our assets to go up and go check on the party," Kaz Daughtry, the assistant NYPD Commissioner, said at a press conference. |
(2023-09-02). Defriending Canada: Natural Disasters and Facebook's Information Scrub. dissidentvoice.org Australia experienced this in February 2021. Facebook had gotten nastily stroppy, wishing to dictate public policy to the Commonwealth government. To teach Canberra mandarins a lesson, it literally unfriended the entire country, scrubbing all news platforms of content and making any posted links through the platform inaccessible. It mattered not that the content involved the …
(2023-09-02). Mohamed Al-Fayed, Father of Princess Diana's Late Beau Dodi, Dead at 94. sputnikglobe.com The successful Egyptian-born tycoon amassed a wealth of an estimated $2 billion by the time of his death. He also never stopped mourning the death of his son, which led him to spiral into conspiracy theories regarding the fatal car crash.
(2023-09-01). Christie's Cancels Jewelry Auction From Heiress Fortune Made by Nazi Anti-Jewish Laws. sputnikglobe.com Christie's auction house in the United Kingdom has announced it is canceling a forthcoming auction of jewels from the fortune of an Austrian heiress whose wealth was made as a result of anti-Jewish discriminatory laws passed by the Nazis in the 1930s.
(2023-09-02). Citywalks boost domestic demand, unleash consumption potential. ecns.cn Citywalk is gaining popularity this summer, with social media and short video platforms deluged with related guides and shares.
(2023-09-02). Rapid growth of China's renewable energy supply to drive hydrogen consumption: report. ecns.cn A report titled "China Hydrogen Industry Outlook: was released in Beijing on Thursday, highlighting the role rapidly increasing renewable energy supply would play in hydrogen consumption.
(2023-09-02). China cuts down payments, mortgage rates. ecns.cn The minimum down payment will be uniformly set at 20 percent for first-time buyers and 30 percent for second-time purchasers, according to a joint statement from the People's Bank of China and National Administration of Financial Regulation on Thursday.
(2023-09-01). $22 Billion Worth of Venezuela's Assets Remain Frozen by Sanctions. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan Anti-Blockade Observatory has reported that over $22 billion belonging to Venezuela remains blocked in various international financial systems, due to the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States. | The information, published via social media this Wednesday, August 30, was released by the Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Anti-Blockade Policies, William Castillo, who pointed out that this amount currently resides "in private banks and in multilateral organizations." | Castillo added that of this amount, $5 billion was supposed to be part of Venezuela's special drawing rights—an internati…
(2023-09-01). Climate Justice Committee rallies against major fossil fuel funder Wells Fargo. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Wednesday, August 30, the Climate Justice Committee held a rally outside the corporate offices of Wells Fargo in downtown Minneapolis to call attention to the key role that big banks and their government allies play in funding fossil fuel projects and manufacturing the conditions for what is now the planet's hottest summer in recorded history. | The Wells Fargo offices are a sprawling complex of interconnected buildings, all loudly sporting its red and gold logo. Directly across the street looms the towering silhouette of another major financial institution, U.S. Bank, whose name adorns the T…
(2023-09-01). Clarence Thomas acknowledges undisclosed real estate deal with Harlan Crow and discloses private jet flights. nationofchange.org Writing in his annual financial disclosure form, Thomas said that he "inadvertently failed to realize" that the deal needed to be publicly disclosed.
(2023-09-01). Watch Russian Forces Wipe Out Ukrainian Tank. sputnikglobe.com Ukraine launched a counteroffensive against Russian forces in early June after a number of postponements. Citing the counteroffensive's needs, Kiev urged its Western donors to step up the military and financial aid.
(2023-09-01). China property market crisis deepens. wsws.org On Wednesday, the real estate developer Country Gardens, until recently held up as a model of financial stability, announced that it had made a record loss of 48.9 billion renminbi, the equivalent of $6.7 billion for the first half of a year.
(2023-09-01). Justice vs. Urgency Is a False Choice for Climate Action, Says GND Architect. truthout.org As the cost of the climate crisis continues to rise and climate justice groups demand more government action to halt the heating of the planet, we speak with policy expert Rhiana Gunn-Wright, one of the architects of the Green New Deal. She says the Inflation Reduction Act championed by President Biden, which is the largest climate bill in U.S. history, has many provisions that "structurally leave… |
(2023-09-01). Green New Deal Architect Rhiana Gunn-Wright Warns the Green Transition May Leave Black People Behind. democracynow.org 
As the cost of the climate crisis continues to rise and climate justice groups demand more government action to halt the heating of the planet, we speak with policy expert Rhiana Gunn-Wright, one of the architects of the Green New Deal. She says the Inflation Reduction Act championed by President Biden, which is the largest climate bill in U.S. history, has many provisions that "structurally leave out Black people." She urges a more inclusive green transition that centers the needs of communities of color. "There is an increasing sort of narrative about the tension between justice and urgency th…
(2023-09-02). Marxism and the U.S. Response to the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 Pandemics. internationalviewpoint.org Over the last fifty years, few public health professionals have considered Marxism relevant, and few Marxists have treated pandemics as an imminent concern. We offer this paper to help both public health professionals and socialists view pandemics through a Marxist lens. Although our theory is global in scope, we focus on the U.S. because of its scientific prominence, its outsized global role in the AIDS pandemic, and its poor performance in the COVID-19 pandemic. Our hope is that this piece will strengthen efforts to protect public health and, better yet, help usher capitalism off the Earth before it makes the p…
(2023-09-02). US 'Laying Groundwork for Defeats' in 'Two Wars of Choice, Against Russia & China'. sputnikglobe.com The Biden administration recently unveiled another weapons package for Ukraine, while giving the green light to military aid for Taipei amounting to about $80 million. However, this military spending spree comes as the federal government is knee-deep in debt, with its own munitions stockpiles dwindling.
(2023-09-01). Marjorie Taylor Greene Vows to Oppose Fed Funding Bill Unless Biden Is Impeached. truthout.org Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) announced at a town hall Thursday night that she won't vote for any federal spending packages unless several of her demands are met — chief among them, an impeachment of President Joe Biden and an end to investigations into former President Donald Trump. Like many Republicans in Congress who are pushing for an impeachment inquiry into Biden… |
(2023-09-01). JetBlue suspends all flights to Cuba. peoplesdispatch.org JetBlue, which became the first US airline in 50 years to fly direct to Cuba in 2016, is suspending all flights to the island due to "changes to the regulatory landscape"
(2023-09-02). China, Nicaragua sign free-trade agreement. ecns.cn China and Nicaragua signed a free-trade agreement on Thursday after a year of negotiations, which experts said will bring out the greater potential of trade and investment cooperation between the two countries and deliver concrete benefits to the two peoples.
(2023-09-02). UAW Mobilizing, Contract Deadlines Nearing. internationalviewpoint.org As UAW contracts with the Detroit Three expire at midnight September 14, it looks like the companies are far from settling. Having raked in over a quarter of a trillion dollars in the last decade, they are balking at newly elected UAW President Shawn Fain's demand that "Record profits deserve record contracts." | – | / |
(2023-09-02). In A New Climate Reality, Community May Be A Farmer's Greatest Resource. popularresistance.org The 10th of July had been a typical day at work for Caroline Hauser until she received an urgent email from the Intervale Center and its farms. They were calling for volunteers. The Intervale Center, a nonprofit farming cooperative in Burlington, Vermont, was bracing for intense rains and flooding forecasted to hit in the next 24 hours. It needed all hands on deck to harvest everything they could before disaster struck. Hauser messaged her manager to say she needed the day off. | Hauser has been a Burlington resident since 2015 and a regular volunteer at the Intervale Center since 2019. She and her husband are su…
(2023-09-01). Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro questioned by police over illegal gift sales. america.cgtn.com 
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his wife were among eight people summoned by Federal Police for questioning on Thursday. Authorities are investigating accusations that expensive gifts from foreign nations were illegally sold, with profits intended for Bolsonaro. See the latest.
(2023-09-01). 'Going to Be Here Until Midnight': Trump Reportedly Rambled Non-Stop During NY Deposition. sputnikglobe.com Last year, New York Attorney General Letitia James claimed the Trump Organization illegally increased their profits by hundreds of millions of dollars by exaggerating the value of their properties.
(2023-09-02). CPC leadership deliberates regulations, plan for training of officials. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Thursday to deliberate a set of regulations and a five-year plan (2023-27) concerning the education and training of officials. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.
(2023-09-01). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org 70,000 South Korean school teachers to strike over dangerous working conditions; Indian sanitation workers protest in Delhi over work deaths; Australia: University academics strike in Victoria over wages and conditions.
(2023-09-02). The Climate Crisis Will End When Capitalism Ends. popularresistance.org The March to End Fossil Fuels will take place in New York City on September 17, days before the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit . Considering that July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded on earth, the role of fossil fuel production in the climate crisis surely needs public attention and action. | But there is something highly problematic about marches and meetings that don't address two large elephants in the room: capitalism and militarism. The United States military is the world's biggest emitter of fossil fuels, having emitted 1.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere since…
(2023-09-02). Death and capitalism: The Johannesburg fire and the case for expropriation. wsws.org The deadly fire in Marshalltown, Johannesburg, is a horrific social crime triggered by the deplorable conditions confronting billions of people around the world.
(2023-09-01). 50 years after the coup against Allende, movements and intellectuals converge in Chile to discuss building socialism in Latin America. peoplesdispatch.org The Latin America and Caribbean Dilemmas of Humanity conference will take place in the Chilean capital from September 2-4. The conference seeks to provoke debate and discussion about building socialism and finding solutions to address the major crises generated by capitalism…
(2023-09-02). UAW: Our Members Are Willing To Do Whatever It Takes. popularresistance.org Workers and leaders at the United Auto Workers (UAW) are currently battling the three largest automakers in the US (General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis) in a massive campaign to negotiate the master contract for 144,000 "Big Three" auto workers. Their contract is set to expire on September 14, if no agreement is reached before then, workers will go on strike. | The UAW has set the tone for these negotiations with a set of militant demands that address the unsupportable conditions US workers, particularly industrial workers, have endured following neoliberal deindustrialization.
(2023-09-01). Selected Articles: Nation-States as "Business Models": Ukraine as Another Neoliberal Privatization Exercise. globalresearch.ca 
By Perhaps the leading two veteran critics of US policy in Ukraine, Colonel Douglas MacGregor USA and Major Scott Ritter USMC, have…
(2023-09-02). Tuesday 9/5: Reading Circle: The Planetary Crisis & the Crucial Role of a Revolutionary Party. indybay.org New Valencia Hall 747 Polk St. (near Ellis St.), San Francisco. | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or new Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Or register to attend via zoom: bit.ly/ReadingCircleRegistration…
(2023-09-01). PSUV Vice President Warns About Opposition Laundering Money Through Primaries. orinocotribune.com The first vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, made a statement that the Venezuelan right-wing opposition may be preparing to launder money using the upcoming opposition primaries as a cover. | During episode 444 of his television program Con el Mazo Dando, broadcasted this Wednesday, August 30, Cabello said that on the eve of the 2024 presidential elections, some sectors of the opposition want to take advantage of the political situation to legitimize and funnel illegal capital to themselves during the far-right primaries elections scheduled for October 20. | "Money…
(2023-09-02). Xi encourages newly enrolled cadets to strive for excellence. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has called on 20 newly enrolled cadets from a school in Anhui province to strive to become high-quality, professional military personnel and contribute to the modernization of national defense and the armed forces.
(2023-09-02). Eleventh National Congress of Returned Overseas Chinese and Their Relatives opens in Beijing. ecns.cn The 11th National Congress of Returned Overseas Chinese and Their Relatives commenced at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday morning. Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Han Zheng and other senior leaders of the Party and the state attended the event. Li Xi, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, delivered a speech.