(2024-11-16). The crisis of Liberalism. mronline.org 
The political philosophy of classical liberalism, which provided the basis for liberal political praxis, was sustained by a long tradition of bourgeois economic thought, straddling both classical political economy and neo-classical economics.
(2024-11-16). China on track to reach growth targets. ecns.cn China has "full confidence" that it will meet the growth targets for this year and remain the biggest engine of world economic growth, President Xi Jinping said on Friday, reaffirming Beijing's pledge to open its door to the world even wider.
(2024-11-16). Framework pragmatic platform promoting free trade, experts say. ecns.cn APEC has become an increasingly valuable platform for fostering international cooperation and promoting trade liberalization, experts said.
(2024-11-16). New sea-rail service aids import flow from Peru. ecns.cn A newly opened sea-rail transportation service has facilitated the import of nonferrous metals from Peru to Northwest China's Gansu province, which is expected to expand business and benefit the economies of both sides.
(2024-11-16). Rosy prospects seen for trade exchanges. ecns.cn At the recently concluded China International Import Expo in Shanghai, Peru's fluffy alpaca toys became one of the most viral items.
(2024-11-16). Chile firmly supports China's accession to CPTPP, DEPA ⚪ Chilean president. ecns.cn Chile firmly supports China's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), said Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Friday.
(2024-11-16). U.S. retailers prepare for prospect of new tariffs. ecns.cn U.S. retailers are creating contingency plans to deal with the prospect of President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs as he heads back to the White House.
(2024-11-16). China-Europe train lifts trade. ecns.cn The China-Europe freight train service, a calling card of the Belt and Road Initiative, reached a major milestone on Friday, with the departure of the 100,000th train service, according to China State Railway Group, which manages and oversees the service.
(2024-11-16). GDP goal to be met on positive cues. ecns.cn China is poised to meet its annual growth target of around 5 percent this year as positive factors continue to accumulate heading into the fourth quarter, and as the effects of recent stimulus policies gradually take hold, economists said on Friday.
(2024-11-16). BRICS summit in Kazan: a turning point for Global South. strategic-culture.su 
ISAS academic Amitendu Palit notes that with four major Southeast Asian countries as partners, the BRICS is on its way to becoming a representative bloc from the global south with multiple regional identities. Greater economic integration through the launch of BRICS Pay will also help Russia and Iran increase their presence in the global economy.
(2024-11-16). Insights | Brazilian EXAME Editor-in-chief: Chinese companies boast fine products and technologies, lead Brazilian EV market. ecns.cn Brazilian leading business magazine EXAME Editor-in-chief Lucas Amorim and Editor in macroeconomics Luciano Pádua recently talked about the cooperation between Brazil and China in an interview with China News Network as this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
(2024-11-16). Amerexit: Oligarchy Comes to the United States. bylinetimes.com 
As the chaotic but iconic blonde with a chequered personal past took up the highest office in the land, it seemed like nothing could stop him. | What could stand in the way of his big economic policy goal of national exceptionalism? He would erect trade barriers against capitalists from competing nations. He would stop freedom of movement and protect his labour force. And, though appealing to the public about their pocketbook issues, the new leader's administration would open the way to a raft of crony appointments and favours to his super-rich backers. | Many said his coalition would dominate the nation…
(2024-11-16). Chris Ryan Declares Victory in the 50th State Senate District Race. urbancny.com 
I am deeply honored by the trust the people of the 50th State Senate District have placed in me. With the majority of ballots scanned and the margin greater than than the outstanding ballots remaining, I am proud to declare victory. Throughout the campaign, I listened to your concerns and hopes for our future. You've called for a senator who will fight for good-paying jobs, quality schools, health care access, safe and affordable communities, and smart economic investments for the future. Now, I am ready to get to work delivering on these issues. As a lineman who fought to save hundreds of jobs as a local union p…
(2024-11-16). Cold, Hungry, Mass Unemployment, No Cars, Blackouts—Welcome To Starmer's Dystopian Future. wattsupwiththat.com For too long, the impact and cost of the Climate Change Act has been deliberately hidden from the public. Partly this has been the result of a political conspiracy between all of the major political parties and establishment in general. It has also been aided and abetted by all of the media, with a handful of notable exceptions.
(2024-11-16). Leadbeater's euthanasia bill is the biggest threat we've faced since 2015; contact your MP and ask them to vote "No" expose-news.com UK Labour MP Kim Leadbeater's euthanasia bill is "the biggest threat we've faced since the Marris Bill in 2015. We defeated it then, and we can do so now, but we need …
(2024-11-16). Rediscovering the Boston 1974 National March Against Racism. workers.org 
Rediscovering the 1974 National March Against Racism and Labor-Left Organizing in Boston's School Desegregation Era JAMES GREEN MEMORIAL LECTURE AND PEOPLE'S HISTORY WALKING TOUR FIGHTING RACISM, DEFEATING FASCISM Date: Nov. 23 Location: Democracy Brewing, 35 Temple Place, Boston, 02111 10: 00 a.m. — 11: 30 a.m. WW PHOTO archives Fifty years ago, . . . |
(2024-11-16). Letter Carriers Are Organizing Against An Insulting 1.3 Percent Raise. popularresistance.org A wave of anger is cresting at post offices across the country. Letter carriers are looking at the big raises that other union members have won—38 percent over four years at Boeing, 62 percent in six years at the East Coast ports, $7.50 in five years at UPS. | They're comparing those gains to the tentative agreement their president handed them in October: 1.3 percent a year for three years. | "It doesn't account for everything we went through with Covid," said Saqia Talbert, a letter carrier in Allentown, Pennsylvania. "We were massively understaffed, and we were working 70 to 80 hours a week, every week, f…
(2024-11-16). Australian Labor government's social media ban for under-16s provokes mass anger. wsws.org The ban is transparent censorship, aimed at suppressing discussion and political activity among a generation that is being radicalised by the reality of war, climate catastrophe and dictatorship.
(2024-11-16). Australia: Tens of thousands of NSW public sector nurses walk out against Labor's pay caps. wsws.org NSWNMA officials have stepped up their divisive claims that nurses and midwives are being discriminated against because they work in a female dominated industry.
(2024-11-16). Australian Labor government and unions impose historic cut to workers' real wages. wsws.org As the Albanese government and the union bureaucrats work hand-in-glove, workers in Australia have lost about 9 percent of their purchasing power over the past three years.
(2024-11-16). University of California Service and Patient Care Workers will STRIKE over Unfair Labor Practices. indybay.org UC Service and Patient Care Workers Will Mount Statewide Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike, November 20th-21st…
(2024-11-16). Saturday 12/7: 22nd Annual Human Rights Awards. indybay.org South Bay Labor Council | 2302 Zanker Road, 2nd floor | San Jose, CA 95131…
(2024-11-16). Makkah, Madinah Most Preferred Real Estate Destinations for Rich Muslims. ummid.com Makkah al Mukarramah and Madinah al Munawwarah – the two holiest cities in the world, are the most preferred rear estate destinations to buy properties for wealthy Muslims from around the world, a latest survey has found.
(2024-11-16). Spokesman Denies Story That Musk Met with Iran's UN Envoy. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry denied a report by the New York Times that Iran's ambassador to the United Nations and Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person and a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, have met in New York.
(2024-11-16). Disability rights are workers rights! workers.org 
For the last few years, the monthly Second Sunday Dialogue public meetings of the Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party (DJRC) have been discussing the idea of a transitional demand: a "Disability Justice, Full Employment, Health care and Education Second Bill of Rights" amendment to the U.S. . . . |
(2024-11-16). UK government to fund geoengineering experiments to cool the Earth. expose-news.com In September, the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency ("ARIA") announced a significant investment of £57 million to fund researchers examining ideas for artificially cooling the planet through small-scale outdoor geoengineering experiments. …
(2024-11-16). Pro-Palestinian Non-Profit Killer Bill Up For Another Vote This Week. popularresistance.org While the first version of H. R. 9495 targeting pro-Palestinian nonprofits was defeated in the US House of Representatives on November 12 with 256 voting in favor the bill and 145 opposed, this week the bill will be brought back under a procedural ploy in which only a simple majority is needed to pass the bill instead of the 2/3rds majority needed last week. | The following members of the House of Representatives voted for the resolution and should be contacted by their constituents. | The legislation would take away the tax exempt status from nonprofit organizations by designating them as "terrorist supporting o…
(2024-11-16). March for Climate Justice: Activists rally against fossil fuels and war profiteering as COP29 gets underway. leftfootforward.org 'The same fossil fuel corporations driving the climate crisis and blocking a just transition are those funnelling Israel the oil it needs for its war machine: all to secure their profits.'
(2024-11-16). Striking nurses and midwives speak about wages and conditions in NSW hospitals. wsws.org "I have only worked two years and I feel like I am done. It's such an unsustainable job, the hours, the workload."
(2024-11-16). "Everything is going up except our wages": Striking University of Illinois nurses in Chicago speak from the picket line. wsws.org Reporters with the World Socialist Web Site spoke with striking nurses in Chicago at the picket line on Wednesday. Read their statements.
(2024-11-16). MIddle East Eye Features Noura Erakat: What is the link between Zionism, capitalism and the American empire? fightbackbetter.com FightBackBetter amplifies this presentation by Noura Erakat and reports her success in achieving a report by the esteemed Middle East…
(2024-11-16). Mass redundancies at auto parts suppliers Schaeffler and Continental in Germany. wsws.org Continental is set to close two plants next year and Schaeffler has announced mass sackings. The IG Metal union has agreed a new contract that imposes an "industrial peace" and so will not lift a finger to conduct a fight to defend jobs.
(2024-11-16). Xi urges China, Chile to expand cooperation with free trade, open industrial policies. ecns.cn China and Chile should expand bilateral cooperation to more sustainable and broader areas with high-level free trade and more open industrial policies, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.
(2024-11-16). BJP purchases govts in states where it fails to get elected: Mallikarjun Kharge in Ranchi. devdiscourse.com
(2024-11-16). 'The atmosphere was electric' — the fall and rise of Morocco's cinemas. aljazeera.com An important focus for socialising and learning until the 1980s, Morocco's art-deco cinemas are undergoing a revival.
(2024-11-16). 20th anniversary: Communist Party of India (Maoist). workers.org 
"Avenge every attack of the enemy and spread the struggle like waves! This is the only path, the only tested path for self-defense, and there is no other path. This is how a revolutionary peasant army can be built. This is so, because you are today the only revolutionary force, . . . |