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2022-02-16: News Headlines

Fight Back (2022-02-16). No U.S. war with Russia, end U.S. intervention in Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is opposed to the Biden administration's war preparations against Russia and U.S. intervention in the Ukraine. We urge all progressives and revolutionaries to help organize, promote and participate in anti-war protests. We are against imperialist wars. | In recent years the Pentagon has ranked Russia as a "strategic competitor," making it one of the main targets of U.S. war plans. Currently the U.S. is sending mountains of weapons to the reactionary Ukrainian government, deploying more troops in Eastern Europe, and is making threat upon threat. The constant barrage of a…

VINS (2022-02-16). At Least 128 Members of Congress Invested in Fossil Fuel Industry. projectcensored.org A series of article written by David Moore and published by Sludge in November and December of 2021 reported that at least 100 Representatives and 28 Senators have financial interests…

WSWS (2022-02-16). Defend the Coventry bin workers from Labour's strike-breaking! wsws.org Starmer even took time out from his warmongering visit to NATO to endorse the clampdown by Coventry's Labour council, demonstrating that the wardrive against Russia will be accompanied by class war at home.

Staff (2022-02-16). China hits out at US over Ukraine. rt.com Intelligence reports claiming a Russian invasion could be imminent have hit the Ukrainian economy hard | Claims from Western politicians and spy agencies that Russian bombs could start falling on Ukraine at any moment as part of an all-out invasion have dealt a heavy social and economic blow to Kiev, Beijing has claimed. | Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin weighed in on the standoff on the border between the two Eastern European nations, arguing that Washington has contributed to rapidly rising tensions. | "Over the last few days, the US has been fannin…

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-16). Russia's Duma Asks Putin to Recognize Eastern Ukraine's Breakaway Republics. news.antiwar.com Russia's State Duma on Tuesday approved a resolution to ask President Vladimir Putin The resolution was put forward by the opposition Communist Party,

sputniknews (2022-02-16). Finland Says It Won't Send Weapons to Ukraine, Yet Raises Internal Security Level. sputniknews.com Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto rejected the notion that Helsinki was shying away from military help for Ukraine over fears of Russian reprisal and emphasised the country's rule of not exporting arms to conflict zones. Instead underscoring Finland's financial help to Ukraine, adding that another package is under consideration.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-16). Anonymous US Intelligence Officials Claim News Site Zero Hedge Is 'Amplifying' Russian Propaganda. news.antiwar.com In comments to The Associated Press, In response, Zero Hedge strongly denied the accusation and said the site tries "to publish a wide spectrum of views that cover both sides of a given story." Zero Hedge said it "has never worked, collaborated or cooperated with Russia, nor are there any links to spy agencies." | Ultimately, th…

WSWS (2022-02-16). Donor list leak exposes business and far-right forces sponsoring Canada's "Freedom Convoy" wsws.org According to the leaked data, $8.4 million had been raised from 92,844 donors, with the majority of funds being raised in Canada and the United States, including large donations from business owners and financial backers of the Republican Party.

_____ (2022-02-16). The Persecution Of Alex Saab. popularresistance.org "It's not a crime to fulfill a diplomatic mission. It's not a crime to evade sanctions that are harming an entire country. It can't be illegal to help a people." Camilla Fabri Saab made these impassioned remarks when explaining the situation behind the illegal arrest and extradition – the kidnapping, in essence – of her husband, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. | Alex Saab is virtually unknown in the United States, where he is currently languishing in a Miami prison, but he has been vital to Venezuela's ability to survive the brutal economic war being waged by the U.S. He is a political prisoner whose case has para…

_____ (2022-02-16). Unions And Worker Co-Ops: Economic Justice Requires Collaboration. popularresistance.org Unions and worker cooperatives have a lot in common when it comes to passions and principles for democratic workplaces. Where they differ is in strategy and tactics. At this moment in history, it is clear to many that much needs to be torn down and much needs to be built up. To face this challenge and change our economic system to achieve genuine workplace democracy requires new ways of doing business and a multi-pronged approach. | To explore these issues in greater depth, the Community and Worker Ownership Project at the City University of New York (CUNY) published a report titled A Union Toolkit for Cooperativ…

Staff (2022-02-16). Colombian President Duque in Desperation Mode, Begs EU to Pay for 'Venezuelan Migrants'. orinocotribune.com The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, asked the European Union (EU) to speed up the payment of donations to Colombia, supposedly destined to assisting Venezuelan migrants, although the majority of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia wonder where all these donations end up. This renewed plea occurred despite the fact that there are an increasing amount of Venezuelan migrants returning to Venezuela due to the terrible economic situation in Colombia, xenophobia, and concerns about their personal safety. This trend is also encouraged by the economic recovery in Venezuela. | "It is necessary to accelerate the disbursemen…

WSWS (2022-02-16). Pandemic and vaccine inequality have exacerbated global inequality. wsws.org While it does not say so explicitly, an International Labour Organisation report makes clear that the refusal to implement an elimination strategy, using both vaccines and stringent public health measures on the basis that it would cost too much, has worsened economic prospects.

WSWS (2022-02-16). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government approve anti-working class labor law. wsws.org In exchange for EU bailouts showering the banks with billions, the PSOE-Podemos government passed an anti-working class labour reform backed by the trade unions.

WSWS (2022-02-16). Defying management reprisals and state repression, Maharashtra public transport workers' strike surpasses 100th day. wsws.org To foil the attempts of management, aided by the corrupt unions, to starve them into submission, the MSRTC workers must make their strike the spearhead of a working-class counter-offensive against privatization and precarious contract labour jobs.

_____ (2022-02-16). An Inside Look At The The Day Without Immigrants Demonstration In DC. popularresistance.org Washington D.C. — Carlos Eduardo Espina walked to the White House on Monday morning a TikTok star with over 2.5 million followers. By day's end, the 23-year-old Texan from College Station had become an icon of immigrant rights organizing. | "It's cold," said Espina as he strolled through downtown Washington, D.C., at 6: 30 a.m. "I'm not used to this kind of weather." It was 27 degrees outside and windy. | Weeks earlier, Espina came up with the idea to spearhead "A Day Without Immigrants" on Valentine's Day. The rationale was simple: the holiday relies on immigrant labor, so what if immigrants simply didn't s…

_____ (2022-02-16). Democrats, The More Effective Evil. popularresistance.org When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% inflation rate, when your Build Back Better bill is gutted, when you renege on your promise to raise the minimum wage or forgive student debt, when you can't halt the Republican suppression of voting rights, when you have no idea how to handle the pandemic which has claimed 900,000 lives — 16% of the world's total deaths although we are less than 5% of the world's population — when the stock market fluctuates on wild rollercoaster rides of highs and lows, when what little help the government offered to the labor force — half of…

Rachel Evans (2022-02-16). Religious bigotry bill defeated, no thanks to Labor. greenleft.org.au Rachel Evans and Alex Bainbridge argue Labor's claim that its tactics defeated the Religious Discrimination Bill do not stack up.

United Front For A Labor Party (2022-02-16). Thursday 2/17: Stop Privatization & Union Busting! DUMP A's Fisher Stadium Scam & OUSD School Closures. indybay.org Oakland City Hall/Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland…

Staff (2022-02-16). Medio siglo del Centro de Estudios Demográficos: La población como objeto y sujeto del desarrollo. cubadebate.cu Si hay un centro que ha realizado múltiples investigaciones sobre la población cubana de temas vitales para la sociedad como lo son la fecundidad, la mortalidad, el envejecimiento, las migraciones, la familia, los recursos laborales, el medio ambiente, el desarrollo local y las políticas de población y desarrollo, es el Cedem.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-16). Golden Gate Bridge Workers Demand A Contract After Two Years Of Negotiations. indybay.org Dozens of Golden Gate bridge district workers rallied at the bridge to protest a failure to win a contract for over two years and a refusal to increase wages with the growing inflation.

Staff (2022-02-16). US housing bubble about to burst, leading economist warns. rt.com Higher interest rates could trigger collapse | The US real estate market could crash this year, leading economist Desmond Lachman predicted in an interview with Nikkei Asia on Tuesday. Adjusted for inflation, house prices in America are now higher than they were 15 years ago, before the last housing bust, he added. | Lachman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former deputy director at the International Monetary Fund, explained that last year the US government was buying large quantities of bonds, which created an equity price bubble, and led to "equity valuations at levels only seen once…

WSWS (2022-02-16). Congress holds hearings with Washington D.C. transit leaders over failure to resolve ongoing mechanical failures. wsws.org Congressional leaders denounced Metro's failure to resolve its continued rail service problems as a major financial crisis in the system continues to mount.

WSWS (2022-02-16). UK High Court bans pickets at Great Ormond Street Hospital: A frontal assault on the right to strike. wsws.org The High Court's injunction against GOSH workers takes place amid a wave of strikes and pay disputes sparked by rising inflation and fuelled by the bitter experience of workers during the pandemic.

VINS (2022-02-16). Employees of America's Largest Grocery Chain Can't Afford Groceries. projectcensored.org More than twenty percent of workers employed by Kroger, America's largest grocery chain, which employs some 460,000 workers and recorded profits of $4.1 billion in 2021, were receiving government assistance,…

WSWS (2022-02-16). Australian teacher speaks out against reckless reopening of schools. wsws.org "We have to rid the world of the virus permanently, but the media never raises this because the measures required would impact on profits."

Fight Back (2022-02-16). FRSO members meeting set for Feb. 17. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – The Freedom Road Socialist Organization is hosting another online meeting for the growing numbers of members on Thursday, February 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern time. We will use Zoom to welcome our new members who joined since the last meeting on capitalism destroying the environment. | Tom Burke, the organizational secretary of the FRSO, will speak about the growth of the FRSO, the importance of union solidarity with the George Floyd rebellion, the recent uptick in strikes, and how we can lead the American working class toward revolution. | Emily Butt, a union steward, will speak on the victories of t…

William J. Astore (2022-02-16). America's Disastrous 60-Year War: Three Generations of Conspicuous Destruction by the Military-Industrial Complex. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — In my lifetime of nearly 60 years, America has waged five major wars, winning one decisively, then throwing that victory away, while losing the other four disastrously. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, as well as the Global War on Terror, were the losses, of course; the Cold War being the solitary win …

Yanis Iqbal (2022-02-16). The Workings of Commodified Education. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal — Feb 11, 2022 | Under the neoliberal accumulation

Isaac Nellist (2022-02-16). Video: Socialist Alliance candidate Paula Sanchez applauds NSW Nurses and Midwives' strike. greenleft.org.au Socialist Alliance NSW Senate candidate Paula Sanchez explains why she is passionate about the nurses and midwives' campaign for safe ratios and better pay.

Alex Bainbridge (2022-02-16). Pat O'Shane inspires supporters at election launch. greenleft.org.au Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane's campaign for the seat of Leichhardt for Socialist Alliance in Far North Queensland was launched on February 13. Alex Bainbridge reports.

WSWS (2022-02-16). UK lecturers and students speak on conditions they face as strikes continue. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke with strikers and students as lecturers struck at 44 universities for a second day.

C.J. Atkins (2022-02-15). Pipeline ploy: How U.S. natural gas interests are fueling the Ukraine crisis. peoplesworld.org Along with trying to militarily absorb Ukraine into NATO, another major factor that's becoming more apparent in the Biden administration's unceasing talk of war with Russia is the desire of U.S. energy producers to invade European markets with fracked natural gas. Though the mainstream press is saturated with talk of a forever-imminent Russian assault on …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-15). Digest of TASS articles on the Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com TASSFebruary 22, 2022 State Duma to send appeal to Russian president on recognizing Donetsk, Lugansk republics The State Duma approved a resolution at its session on Tuesday to forward to the Russian president a draft appeal by the lower house of Russia's parliament as proposed by the Communist faction on recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk …

Editor (2022-02-15). U.S. needs Ukraine crisis to harm European economy, and legitimize its military presence. mronline.org The Chinese embassy in Ukraine released a notice on its WeChat public account Friday to urge Chinese nationals in Ukraine to "pay close attention to" changes in the local situation, as the U.S. and several other Western countries asked their nationals "to evacuate immediately" amid so-called warnings of an imminent invasion by Russia.

Brittani Banks (2022-02-15). How Young Workers Are Being Exploited in the COVID-19 Economy. independentmediainstitute.org The newcomer to Bob Garrou's high school wrestling program had won his first match, and was growing in confidence, when he abruptly quit the team. It sickened Garrou to learn why. A local store summarily fired the teen when he balked at working more than the 16 hours he already put in each week, leading …

jamanetwork (2022-02-15). The Medical Aspects of the Modern "Sky Scraper." jamanetwork.com The semi-revolution in urban architecture of the past few years, to which we owe the lofty structures that make a distant view of even the flattest of our cities picturesque, has a side that perhaps calls for some attention to be given it by the medical profession. The guardians of the public health have a right to investigate and, if needs be, pass judgment on any novelty that may directly or indirectly affect it, and it is quite possible that there exist in these sky-scraping structures, with all their advantages in economy of ground surface, some serious disadvantages that call for our professional considerati…

Leonardo Flores (2022-02-15). "It Can't Be Illegal to Help a People": The Persecution of Alex Saab. mintpressnews.com Saab is virtually unknown in the United States, where he is currently languishing in a Miami prison, but he has been vital to Venezuela's ability to survive the brutal economic war being waged by the U.S.

Staff (2022-02-15). "Adding Insult to Injury": Afghan Activist & 9/11 Mother Condemn Biden's Seizure of Afghan Funds. democracynow.org President Biden is facing mounting criticism for seizing $7 billion of Afghanistan's federal reserves frozen in the United States. Biden is giving half of the money to families of September 11 victims while Afghanistan faces a humanitarian catastrophe. We speak to two of the founders of a new campaign called Unfreeze Afghanistan, a women-led initiative to lift sanctions and other economic restrictions on Afghanistan, and a woman who lost her son in the World Trade Center attack, who says the money should stay in Afghanistan. "The suffering of the Afghan people at the hands of the United States and its…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-15). The Gains of Nicaraguan Women During the Second Sandinista Government. libya360.wordpress.com Stansfield Smith Women, particularly those in the Third World, often find themselves with limited ability to participate in community organizations and political life because of the bondage poverty and their traditional sex role imposes on them. On them falls sole responsibility to care for their children and other family members, especially when sick; they maintain…

WSWS (2022-02-15). UK university staff strike in defence of pensions. wsws.org Under the employers' proposal, the average higher education staff member would lose 35 percent of their retirement income.

Walden Bello (2022-02-15). Walden Bello: Why democratic socialism is the answer. greenleft.org.au National elections are due in the Philippines on May 9. The Partido Lakas ng Masa (Party of the Labouring Masses, PLM) and Laban ng Masa (Fight of the Masses) are jointly fielding a slate of candidates. Vice presidential candidate and Laban ng Masa (Fight of the Masses) chairperson Walden Bello spoke at the PLM/LNM election platform launch on February 8.

WSWS (2022-02-15). The political dead end of Britain's Stop the War Coalition: For a socialist anti-war movement, not opportunist manoeuvres. wsws.org What determines the STWC's stance is the political imperative of the petty-bourgeois stratum orbiting around the Labour and trade union bureaucracy to defend the interests of British imperialism.

Rubin R. (2022-02-15). COVID-19 and Blood Donation. jamanetwork.com Using laboratory tests to screen routine blood donors for COVID-19 isn't recommended, according to recently updated information from the FDA.

Staff (2022-02-15). Backed by AOC & Bernie, House Candidate Greg Casar Says "Big Progressive Change" Is Possible in Texas. democracynow.org Two competitive congressional races are heating up in Texas. Former labor organizer Greg Casar and immigrant human rights lawyer Jessica Cisneros have both gained national endorsements from progressive lawmakers like New York Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who traveled to the state to campaign for them this past weekend. "We have a real opportunity for big progressive change here in the heart of the state where we've seen so many oppressive laws be pushed through the pandemic," says Casar, who is running in Texas's 35th Congressional District, which covers eastern Austin and east…

Dana Sanchez (2022-02-15). Technologist Kelsey Hightower: They Are Pushing Crypto 'Like Penny Stocks And Lottery Tickets, Not Revolutionary New Monetary System'. moguldom.com The development of Bitcoin and thousands of other cryptocurrencies in less than 15 years has changed the way we think about money and generated a blizzard of alternative financial products and services, allowing crypto businesses to move into territory once considered the exclusive domain of traditional banks. The term crypto is now an umbrella for DeFi, NFTs, tokens such …

Kevin Mwanza (2022-02-15). 7 Things To Know About The Dramatic Fall Of Meta's (Facebook) Stock. moguldom.com Facebook, recently renamed Meta, saw its market capitalization slump on Feb. 2 after the tech giant announced its first-ever decline of average daily and monthly active users in the fourth quarter, which was underscored with "very disappointing" metrics and a grim outlook. Meta shares crashed 26 percent after the company released fourth-quarter financial report showing …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-15). New York AG James discloses more Trump frauds. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—When Donald Trump's accountants disavowed 10 years' worth of financial statements from the mogul's company—saying in essence their client lied—it turned out to be only the tip of the legal iceberg the former GOP White House occupant faces. The reason? Trump's accountants were replying to a detailed 113-page record of facts of fraud committed …

_____ (2022-02-15). Puerto Rico: March Of Indignation Against 'Shakedown Plan' Of More Austerity. popularresistance.org Tens of thousands of teachers and other public workers have taken to the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico in a March of Indignation to protest a debt restructuring plan given the green light by Judge Taylor Swain of New York. Puerto Ricans call it the "Shakedown Plan" because it will enforce more austerity on a land where disinvestment in education and health care and privatization of the energy system have already caused great hardship. A National Strike has been called for February 18. Clearing the FOG speaks with Monisha Rios, a Puerto Rican social worker and psychologist, about who and what are behind the pro…

Olujimi Alade (2022-02-15). Black History and the ongoing struggle for liberation. workers.org February, as we all know, is Black History month: a time to celebrate Black Americans and their accomplishments. Corporations and the bourgeois establishments will no doubt pay lip service to the African American experience by hawking items with Black historical figures on them, likely as another way to profit off . . . |

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2022-02-15: News Headlines

Montreal Counter-Info (2022-02-15). Report on Mobilization Against the Convoy in Montreal. itsgoingdown.org Report on antifascist mobilization against the far-Right convoy in so-called Montreal. Originally published to Montreal Counter-Info. Screenshot: @LRsocialiste We were more than 150 on Saturday morning gathered to oppose the far right, which is currently riding the wave of anger at health measures to advance its political agenda. Among the demonstrators we were confronted with, if…

WSWS (2022-02-15). As COVID-19 surges, Sri Lankan apparel workers support Global Workers Inquest. wsws.org The Rajapakse government's "profits before lives" policy has resulted in thousands of apparel workers being infected with the coronavirus.

David Swanson (2022-02-15). Talk World Radio: Jonathan Katz on What You Don't Know About Smedley Butler. warisacrime.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about Smedley Butler with the author of a terrific new biography called Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and …

Pip Hinman (2022-02-15). Photos: Nurses and midwives strike outside NSW parliament. greenleft.org.au The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association went on strike on February 15, defying the Industrial Relations Commission's order to cancel its action, write Pip Hinman and Viv Miley.

WSWS (2022-02-15). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Workers at an industrial park in the Haitian Capital of Port Au Prince are striking over pay while workers in the Dominican Republic have mobilized against rises in the cost of fuel and other basic necessities.

Canadian Tire Fire (2022-02-14). Canadian Tire Fire #29: Anti-Convoy Counter-Protests Spread; Truckers Win Back Stolen Wages; Montreal Fights Eviction. itsgoingdown.org photo: Chris Dixon This week, we provide an update on the status of far-Right "Freedom Convoy" protests across so-called Canada and actions folks have taken to counter them. We also take a look at some more inspiring truckers and their comrades, organizing with the Naujawan Support Network in the Greater Toronto Area. Finally, we cover…

_____ (2022-02-14). On Contact: The Precarious State Of The US Economy. popularresistance.org A bipartisan group of senators are crafting legislation to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia if it engages in what they consider hostile action of any kind against the Ukraine. New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, calls the legislation "the mother of all sanctions bill." The bill led in the House by Gregory Meeks of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, like Menendez a Democrat, demands that the administration "not cede to the demands of the Russian Federation regarding NATO membership or expansion." This cuts off the ability to discuss Moscow's core demands, includin…

teleSUR (2022-02-14). Rising Oil Prices in the Middle of Geopolitical Tensions. telesurenglish.net 3.22 U.S. dollars, or 3.6 percent, was added for March delivery by The West Texas Intermediate (WTI), which stands for 93.10 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In like manner, 3.03 dollars, or 3.3 percent, was added for April delivery by Brent crude, to settle at 94.44 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange. | RELATED: | The issue over tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border hasn't been resolved yet, despite the di…

Editor (2022-02-14). "My pink socialism became red as a wound": Impossible interview from Ukraine. mronline.org In 2000s Ukraine, Anatoli Ulyanov co-made online media dedicated to art, culture, and politics, and became recognized for his provocative writing style.

Editor (2022-02-14). The Black Alliance for Peace condemns the "America COMPETES Act" passed in House of Representatives. mronline.org On Friday evening, February 4th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521). The stated intent of the legislation is to strengthen "America's national and economic security and the financial security of families, and advance our leadership in the world."

Editor (2022-02-14). US vs. China in Laos: Two Nations, two approaches, one obvious difference. mronline.org The United States has elected to lock itself in a zero-sum conflict with China, attempting to stop China's inevitable rise as the world's largest, most powerful economy and thus nation.

Kim Petersen (2022-02-14). Western Media Continues to Flog a Dead Anti-China Horse. dissidentvoice.org When it comes to the ever ascending techno-economic colossus of China, it is year-round open season in the West for monopoly media and government officials to invoke whatever opprobrium, throw it against the wall and hope it sticks, if not repeat the defamation. Evidence does not matter. It can be cooked up. And the same …

Editor2 (2022-02-14). Israel to Establish 'Triangle of Relations' with UAE, India. orinocotribune.com In addition to the normalization deals between Israel and several Arab and Gulf states, Israel is looking forward to developing relations with India, hoping to establish a "triangle of Israeli-Indian-Emirati relations," Israeli sources reported. | In the first meeting of its kind held in October 2021 between the foreign ministers of India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Israel and the US, it was decided to establish an international forum for economic cooperation. | t.co/ada0JECRiu | — Muhabarishaji News Agency (@Muhabarishaji) Ediz Tiyansan (2022-02-14). Super Bowl brings in big bucks to LA. america.cgtn.com See how the economic benefits of the Super Bowl are helping the region amid COVID pandemic.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-14). Report estimates economic and social benefits of booster roll-out in Indonesia. imperial.ac.uk Rolling out a booster vaccination campaign would benefit Indonesia by US$381 billion in the next year according to the latest Imperial report.

Ellen Brown (2022-02-14). Rather Than Sink Main Street by Raising Interest Rates, the Fed Could Save It: Here's How. dissidentvoice.org Inflation is plaguing consumer markets, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to tighten the money supply. But as Rex Nutting writes in a MarketWatch column titled "Why Interest Rates Aren't Really the Right Tool to Control Inflation": It may be heresy to those who think the Fed is all-powerful, but the honest answer …

Anonymous Contributor (2022-02-14). Police Continue Harassment and Repression as Tent Protest Enters Week Four in Boise, Idaho. itsgoingdown.org Report on continuing police harassment and repression of ongoing tent protests in Boise, Idaho. Today marks 4 weeks of ongoing protest across from the Capitol building in so-called Boise, Idaho. The state and city continue to prove their insistence on criminalizing poverty and doing all they can to crush resistance. Another raid occurred, with tons…

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-02-14). Why capitalist governments worry more about inflation than unemployment? mronline.org Capitalist governments invariably seek to control inflation by enlarging unemployment.

_____ (2022-02-14). Cost Of Living Protesters Around The Country Say Enough Is Enough. popularresistance.org Protests were held in several regions on Saturday 12 February to highlight the injustice of of the cost of living crisis. | In Newcastle, a placard referred to "Tory tricksters". Meanwhile another sign held next to a baby said "I can do a better job than Boris". | Laura Pidcock, national secretary of the People's Assembly, said there's "real anger" at what she described as a "growing crisis". | The former Labour MP added: | Working people could not be working harder and yet life is getting so much more difficult.

_____ (2022-02-14). Despite Public Support, Southern Unions Still Face Barriers To Growth. popularresistance.org Public support for labor unions in the United States is at an all-time high. According to a Gallup survey last fall, 68% of U.S. residents approve of unions — the highest level of support the polling firm has registered since 1965. Pew Research similarly found last summer that 55% of U.S. adults believe unions have a "positive effect" on the country, including 69% of adults under 30. | But the latest federal data on union membership shows the share of workers belonging to unions actually declined in 2021. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of unionized workers declined by more than 240,…

Darrell Rankin (2022-02-14). Canadian labor movement united against reactionary trucker insurrection. peoplesworld.org WINNIPEG, Manitoba—Canadians are increasingly fed up with the reactionary big rig trucker protests blockading U.S.-Canada trade routes and closing major streets in several cities. Factories are closing on both sides of the border, leaving tens of thousands of workers without a job. By now it is clear that Justin Trudeau's Liberal minority government treats the …

Karen Arana (2022-02-14). NUWH workers at Kaiser strike on MLK Day. liberationnews.org On Jan. 17, while millions of workers across the country had the day off to honor Martin Luther King Jr., Kaiser health care workers in California were denied the day, prompting swift action from the National Union of Healthcare Workers. A hundred people gathered outside the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center to picket the health industry giant forcing its overworked health care professionals to work this holiday honoring a man who held the power of labor in such high regard. Close to 200 workers went on strike, joined in solidarity by labor organizers and community members.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-14). All readers invited to massive solidarity event for striking Alabama miners. peoplesworld.org BROOKWOOD, Ala.—Forced to strike since April 1, some 1,100 United Mine Workers at Alabama's Warrior Met mine are gaining solidarity around the U.S. and abroad and new visibility in the Nation's Capital. The national solidarity will come to the fore when People's World, the South Dakota AFL-CIO and the Coalition of Labor Union Women and …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-14). Anti-fascists in Bulgaria counter neo-Nazi 'Lukovmarsh' procession. peoplesdispatch.org Progressive sections in Bulgaria have been opposing the 'Lukovmarsh' torch processions organized in honor of the Nazi collaborator Hristo Lukov. These processions have been held in Sofia since 2003…

Brian Mier, Benjamin Norton (2022-02-14). From Canada to Brazil, rich right-wing elites are astroturfing 'trucker' protests. multipolarista.com Supported by wealthy right-wing elites, so-called "trucker" protests (led by non-truckers) have paralyzed the capitals of Brazil and Canada in less than six months. The campaigns have many similarities – including some of the same well-funded conservative networks.

Tom Engelhardt (2022-02-14). Tomgram: Belle Chesler, Teaching in a World No Student Deserves. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Honestly, it's been hell on earth for grown-ups. Thanks largely to Donald Trump and crew, we're in the country with by far the highest Covid-19 death rate of any wealthy nation on earth. The U.S. has already left …

Jake Johnson (2022-02-14). Biden Urged to Cancel Student Debt During Super Bowl at "Student Debt Stadium" truthout.org Of the many commercials and advertisements displayed during Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, perhaps the most prominent was for the personal finance company with naming rights to SoFi Stadium, the game's multibillion-dollar venue in Inglewood, California. | SoFi offers a range of financial products and services, but what drew the most attention — and ire — during Sunday's game was the company's role in the lucrative student loan refinancing business, which is set to receive a major boost…

Moderator (2022-02-14). Hedges: Democrats, the More Effective Evil. scheerpost.com "Let's Make a Deal," an original work by Mr. Fish. | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% inflation rate, when your Build Back Better bill is gutted, when you renege on your promise to raise the minimum wage or forgive student debt, when you can't halt the Republican suppression of voting rights, when you have no idea how to handle the pandemic which has claimed 900,000 lives — 16% of the world's total deaths although we are less than 5% of the world's population — when the stock market fluctuates on wild rollercoaster rides…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-14). Rather Than Sink Main Street by Raising Interest Rates, the Fed Could Save It. Here's How. transcend.org Today's price inflation was triggered not so much by "too much money" as by "too little supply," due to U.S. lockdowns and mandates. The Fed can help restock consumer supplies using tools that include Open Market Operations to counteract speculation, and the Discount Window to purchase loans from local banks willing to fund Main Street businesses if they had some help from the national Lender of Last Resort.

Alan Macleod (2022-02-14). 1 in 3 Big Defense Contractors Profit from US Prisoner Suffering. mintpressnews.com There exists a situation whereby prisoners earning pennies per hour are making multimillion-dollar weapons fired by individuals being paid barely $20,000 per year at civilians who might not make that much in their lifetimes.

Dana Sanchez (2022-02-14). Knowing The Probabilities: Actual Facts And Research On Day Traders Mostly Losing Money. moguldom.com The lure of being your own boss and making potentially unlimited profits while working in your pajamas proves irresistible but unachievable for 95 percent of day traders trying to make a living on very short-term price movements, and that may be generous. Day trading is defined as buying and selling on small price movements throughout a trading day, …

teleSUR (2022-02-14). Kenyan Traders Leverage E-Commerce To Boost Valentine's Sales. telesurenglish.net The downtown section of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, was a burst of the classic red color Sunday as traders strewed their wares on every available empty space, eager to profit from Valentine's Day sales. | RELATED: | "Before moving to the digital space last year, I sold from my store in Nairobi's Westlands district. When the health crisis came upon us, the importance of an online presence became apparent," said Mercy Mwend…

Editor (2022-02-14). 'Friedrich Engels and the Dialectics of Nature', by: Kaan Kangal. mronline.org Friedrich Engels' Dialectics of Nature has been arguably the most polemic 'book' within the corpus of classical Marxist literature.

Fight Back (2022-02-14). Minnesota public defenders, support staff, taking strike vote. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Public defense workers in Minnesota are ready to strike. The negotiating committees of both the lawyer bargaining unit and the support staff bargaining unit voted unanimously to reject a "last best final offer" from management. That unanimous vote carries with it a recommendation to strike if better terms are not reached. The membership of Teamsters Local 320 will begin voting on the offer next week, with ballots counted March 7. | At issue are wages and working conditions. Public defense workers in Minnesota are both underpaid and overworked. Pay parity with those who work in prosecutors' offic…

Editor (2022-02-14). Teachers in Puerto Rico strike for wages, benefits. mronline.org On Wednesday, February 9, teachers across Puerto Rico called for a national strike to protest the government and the Fiscal Control Board's (FCB) cutting of wages and pensions.

Staff (2022-02-14). V-Day to Earth Day: How Women in 70+ Countries Are Rising to End Violence Against Women & Our Planet. democracynow.org Valentine's Day kicks off a campaign by feminist leaders in 70 countries across the world to celebrate One Billion Rising, an initiative by V-Day to end violence against women — cisgender, transgender and gender nonconforming — girls and the planet. "COVID has ushered in a very strange and perplexing time for women. We are on the frontlines everywhere," says V-Day founder V (formerly Eve Ensler). The campaign seeks to resist "the broken systems of capitalism and neoliberalism," as well as the fascist governments upholding these broken systems, says Monique Wilson, global…

Ann Brown (2022-02-14). How The Feds Used A Cloud Warrant And Walmart Gift Card To Track Down $4B In Stolen Bitcoin. moguldom.com Netflix is already on it, making a docuseries about how federal agents nabbed the alleged masterminds behind the notorious $4.5 billion crypto heist by using a cloud warrant, as well as by tracing a Walmart gift card purchase. The Justice Department arrested the married couple on Feb. 8 and recovered 94,636 of the 119,754 Bitcoins …

Staff (2022-02-14). Argentine Patagonia Threatened by British, Israeli & US Citizens. orinocotribune.com By Stella Calloni — Feb 11, 2022 | While the Argentine government maintains its protest against its British counterpart over the extension of the military base located in the Malvinas Islands archipelago, colonially occupied by Great Britain since 1833, a serious incident between civil guards of a foreign businessman who illegally purchased more than 12,000 hectares in the Patagonian province of Río Negro, Argentina, and protesters who rejected the usurpation of Lago Escondido, a paradisiacal site and a reserve of drinking water, exposed the alienation and occupation of the extremely rich territory of Argent…

Pip Hinman (2022-02-14). Socialist candidate calls for support for NSW nurses strike. greenleft.org.au Paula Sanchez, who is running for the Socialist Alliance in the NSW Senate, has called on the public to back the nurses' strike on February 15. Pip Hinman reports.

Petrina Harley (2022-02-14). Socialist senate candidate: 'This bill was never about protecting lives — Christian or otherwise'. greenleft.org.au If we needed more proof that the "religious discrimination" bill was anything more than an attempt to discriminate against the LGBTIQ community, the Australian Christian Lobby provided it, argues Petrina Harley.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-14). The Science of Socialism and Socialism as a Science. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Pérez Soto The debates on contemporary national and global social issues, in our realities, become very complex. At the same time, determinations of diverse paradigms coexist in the academic, political, governmental, institutional, militant, individual and collective spheres. It is vital in the debate to achieve a dialogue that allows us to advance in the…

Janet Parker (2022-02-14). Socialists announce WA candidates. greenleft.org.au Climate activists Petrina Harley and Alex Salmon are running for the Socialist Alliance in the WA Senate while Sam Wainwright is standing for the House of Representatives seat of Fremantle. Janet Parker reports.

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2022-02-14: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-02-14). Oppose the US-NATO drive to war with Russia in Ukraine! wsws.org The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and the World Socialist Web Site unequivocally oppose the reckless drive of Washington and its NATO allies to instigate a war with Russia, using the fraudulent claim of an imminent invasion of Ukraine as a pretext.

WSWS (2022-02-14). US steals billions in Afghan bank funds. wsws.org The decision to seize $7 billion in central bank funds will further undermine the economy of Afghanistan under conditions of mass starvation.

_____ (2022-02-14). On Contact: Richard Wolff & The Precarious State Of The US Economy. popularresistance.org Chris Hedges interviews economist Richard Wolff on the precarious state of the US economy and its consequences…

Robert Kurz (2022-02-14). Interview on The Black Book of Capitalism. indybay.org The book is: 1) a history of the three great industrial revolutions (introduction of the manufacturing system with the steam engine at the beginning of the 19th century, Fordist "self-mobilization" with the assembly line and the rationalization of the corporate economy during the first half of the 20th century, and the microelectronic revolution.

Editor2 (2022-02-14). Israel to Establish 'Triangle of Relations' with UAE, India. orinocotribune.com In addition to the normalization deals between Israel and several Arab and Gulf states, Israel is looking forward to developing relations with India, hoping to establish a "triangle of Israeli-Indian-Emirati relations," Israeli sources reported. | In the first meeting of its kind held in October 2021 between the foreign ministers of India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Israel and the US, it was decided to establish an international forum for economic cooperation. | t.co/ada0JECRiu | — Muhabarishaji News Agency (@Muhabarishaji) Ellen Brown (2022-02-14). Rather Than Sink Main Street by Raising Interest Rates, the Fed Could Save It: Here's How. dissidentvoice.org Inflation is plaguing consumer markets, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to tighten the money supply. But as Rex Nutting writes in a MarketWatch column titled "Why Interest Rates Aren't Really the Right Tool to Control Inflation": It may be heresy to those who think the Fed is all-powerful, but the honest answer …

WSWS (2022-02-14). COVID-19 surges in New Zealand. wsws.org New Zealand has reported a record 981 cases of Omicron today, as infections soar due to the Labour government abandoning its previous elimination strategy.

Yanis Iqbal (2022-02-14). The workings of commodified education. mronline.org The product of pedagogical labour becomes something set apart from life and abstracted into the commodity of "degrees" which can be bought and sold on the educational market.

_____ (2022-02-14). Despite Public Support, Southern Unions Still Face Barriers To Growth. popularresistance.org Public support for labor unions in the United States is at an all-time high. According to a Gallup survey last fall, 68% of U.S. residents approve of unions — the highest level of support the polling firm has registered since 1965. Pew Research similarly found last summer that 55% of U.S. adults believe unions have a "positive effect" on the country, including 69% of adults under 30. But the latest federal data on union membership shows the share of workers belonging to unions actually declined in 2021. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of unionized workers declined by more than 240,00…

One of the Letters (2022-02-14). Concord Promoting Controversial Hillsong and Bethel Concert. indybay.org One of the the events in the Concord Pavillion 2022 Concert Series is a collaboration between Hillsong and Bethel Churches. Both organizations are wrought with controversy. The Pavilion is city property, and the city of Concord's official Twitter and Facebook accounts are being used to promote the event.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-14). Fascism, Imperialism & Labor With Vermont AFL-CIO David Van Deusen. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Vermont AFL-CIO president about the rise of fascism, imperialism and the role of labor.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-14). Golden Gate Bridge Workers Demand A Contract After Two Years Of Negotiations. indybay.org Dozens of Golden Gate bridge district workers rallied at the bridge to protest a failure to win a contract for over two years and a refusal to increase wages with the growing inflation.

WSWS (2022-02-14). Puerto Rico: Teachers strikes and protests continue against debt payment deal. wsws.org Over the last two weeks a powerful movement of Puerto Rican teachers and public employees has been defying the governor and the Financial Oversight Management Board which controls the island's finances.

Staff (2022-02-14). China rolls out world's largest 5G network. rt.com Nation's next-generation telecom technology expected to exceed 560 million users by 2023 | China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Monday the country has set up a total of nearly 1.43 million 5G base stations as of the end of 2021. The nation now hosts over 60% of the global network. | According to the ministry, about ten 5G base stations are currently serving every 10,000 people in China — nearly double the number at the end of 2020. The government's investment in 5G reached 184.9 billion yuan (about $29 billion) last year. | The ministry said that China aims to expand 5G s…

_____ (2022-02-14). When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord. popularresistance.org Amid A National Housing Crisis, Giant Private Equity Firms Have Been Buying Up Apartment Buildings En Masse To Squeeze Them For Profit, With The Help Of Government-Backed Freddie Mac. Meanwhile, Tenants Say They're The Ones Paying The Price.

WSWS (2022-02-14). Historic Rotterdam bridge to be cut up to make way for Bezos' mega-yacht. wsws.org There is no limit to how far capitalist governments will go to satisfy the indulgences of the super-rich, who have profited immensely from mass death during the pandemic.

Janet Parker (2022-02-14). Socialists announce WA candidates. greenleft.org.au Climate activists Petrina Harley and Alex Salmon will run for the Socialist Alliance in the WA Senate while Sam Wainwright will run in the House of Representatives seat of Fremantle. Janet Parker reports.

WSWS (2022-02-14). SEP (Australia) meeting on NSW nurses strike provokes lively discussion on role of unions, fight against pandemic. wsws.org The meeting, addressed by a health worker in the US, a nurse in Sydney and Socialist Equality Party leaders, opened up a discussion on the burning need for workers to form rank-and-file committees throughout the health sector.

Pip Hinman (2022-02-14). Socialist candidate calls for support for NSW nurses strike. greenleft.org.au Paula Sanchez, who is running for Socialist Alliance in the NSW Senate, calls on the public to back the nurses' strike on February 15. Pip Hinman reports.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-13). Venezuelan Minister El Aissami Responds to Gustavo Petro's Anti-Venezuela Narrative. orinocotribune.com The Sectorial Vice President of Venezuela for Economy and Oil, Tareck El Aissami, has issued a stern response to Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, counteracting the latter's attacks on Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro. | Through a thread in his Twitter account, El Aissami blasted Petro's recent remarks in which he had claimed that President Maduro "does not embrace democracy." | Minister El Aissami wrote in response, "From Colombia, the drunken voices of the cowardly left and the voices of the paramilitary right sing together in an out of tune chorus, meddling in our affairs and with our people.

_____ (2022-02-13). 'Politics As Usual' Will Never Be A Solution To The Current Climate Threat. popularresistance.org There is an ever-growing consensus that the climate crisis represents humanity's greatest problem. Indeed, global warming is more than an environmental crisis — there are social, political, ethical and economic dimensions to it. Even the role of science should be exposed to critical inquiry when discussing the dimensions of the climate crisis, considering that technology bears such responsibility for bringing us to the brink of global disaster. This is the theme of my interview with renowned scholar Richard Falk. | For decades, Richard Falk has made immense contributions in the areas of international affair…

Steve Lalla (2022-02-13). Attacks on Venezuela Harm Caribbean's Most Vulnerable (+Alex Saab). orinocotribune.com February 11, 2022 ( The US and its allies have waged a non-stop economic and informational war on Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998. These attacks intensified in recent years with the imposition of unilateral coercive measures—euphemistically…

JANET (2022-02-13). Labor-Indigenous solidarity spotlighted. iacenter.org February 11, 2022 On Jan. 20, hours before members of Boston School Bus Drivers, United Steelworkers Local 8751, were scheduled to take a strike vote, the drivers' transnational, private employer Transdev and its City of Boston client came to the negotiating table with substantially more wages than the union was officially demanding. But even in this unprecedented situation, the 1,000-strong Local 8751 made another pass which emphasized solidarity with the communities the union serves. Paid job training to recruit young drivers from the communities, COVID-19 protections, benefits for elder retirees and correcting…

_____ (2022-02-13). Rethinking Land And Relation In Berlin's Struggle For Housing Justice. popularresistance.org Across Europe, affordable housing is being pushed farther and farther out of reach. Homes are increasingly owned not by the people who live in them, but by companies who rent them out for profit. Housing is no longer treated as a public good, but as a commodity and vehicle for wealth and investment. | In Berlin, which currently boasts some of the fastest-rising housing prices in the world, the situation is particularly extreme. Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1992, private investors flocked to the city to capitalize on the state-supported financialization of the housing market. As of today, more than…

_____ (2022-02-13). Shell Needs To Be Dismantled — Here's How. popularresistance.org It has been a turbulent year for the oil and gas giant Shell. | Last May, Dutch courts ruled that Shell must drastically reduce its carbon emissions. In October, ABP, a major shareholder, divested from the company. The following month, the firm announced plans to move its headquarters from the Hague to London and drop its iconic prefix, 'Royal Dutch' (the company is now just Shell plc). And, in recent weeks, it has come under fire for its mammoth 14-fold increase in quarterly profits, having made $16.3bn ( £12bn) pre-tax profit in the last quarter of 2021, while gas prices surged across Europe. | Now, as Sh…

Dean Baker (2022-02-13). More Quick Thoughts on Inflation After the January CPI. cepr.net I have to say that I was surprised and disappointed by the data in the January Consumer Price Index. I expected to see evidence that some of the sharp runups in the prices of items like cars, clothes, and appliances were starting to be reversed. The idea was that the main factor in these runups …

ecns.cn (2022-02-13). China to keep prices stable in 2022 amid solid efforts. ecns.cn Looking into 2022, China has a solid foundation for stable prices, after prices remained within an appropriate range throughout 2021, experts said.

_____ (2022-02-13). CEO-Worker Pay Resource Guide. popularresistance.org Since 2018, U.S. publicly held corporations have had to annually report the ratio between their CEO and median worker compensation. Corporate lobby groups and allied Republicans fought hard to repeal, delay, or water down this disclosure mandate, a measure initially enacted as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation. But institutional investors weighed in heavily to defend pay ratio disclosure, as did hundreds of thousands of individuals outraged about the extreme pay gaps at the vast majority of large U.S. corporations. | The CEO-worker pay ratios the new disclosures have begun revealing are boo…

Frank Scott (2022-02-13). Old World Odor Needs Cleansing by a New World Order before the Stench Kills Everyone. dissidentvoice.org The imperial center of the capitalist attack on nature in pursuit of private profits that threaten ultimate public loss continues into the new year, but we're hopefully closer to a solution of our racial (human) problem at this most crucial time. With countless systemic breakdowns and divisions among people that seem, especially in America, to …

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2022-02-13: News Headlines

Robert Kurz (2022-02-13). Interview on The Black Book of Capitalism. indybay.org The book is: 1) a history of the three great industrial revolutions (introduction of the manufacturing system with the steam engine at the beginning of the 19th century, Fordist "self-mobilization" with the assembly line and the rationalization of the corporate economy during the first half of the 20th century, and the microelectronic revolution.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-13). Fascism, Imperialism & Labor With Vermont AFL-CIO David Van Deusen. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Vermont AFL-CIO president about the rise of fascism, imperialism and the role of labor.

One of the Letters (2022-02-13). Concord Promoting Controversial Hillsong and Bethel Concert. indybay.org One of the the events in the Concord Pavillion 2022 Concert Series is a collaboration between Hillsong and Bethel Churches. Both organizations are wrought with controversy. The Pavilion is city property, and the city of Concord's official Twitter and Facebook accounts are being used to promote the event.

Editor (2022-02-12). The Strategic Blunder That Set the Stage for Today's Ukrainian Crisis. scheerpost.com [ By Rajan Menon | Understandably enough, commentaries on the crisis between Russia and the West tend to dwell on Ukraine. After all, more than 100,000 Russian soldiers and a fearsome array of weaponry have now been emplaced around the Ukrainian border. Still, such a narrow perspective deflects attention from an American strategic blunder that dates to the 1990s and is still reverberating. | During that decade, Russia was on its knees. Its economy…

Aarathi Prasad (2022-02-12). [Perspectives] Deirdre Cooper Owens: bringing context to systemic medical racism. thelancet.com In the 1790s, Franàßois Marie Prevost, a young French surgeon fresh from his medical training in Paris moved to Port-de-Paix, Haiti. "Of course at that time Haiti was France's most economically valuable colony", says historian Deirdre Cooper Owens. "So there he began some experimental work on enslaved Haitian women, trying to perfect the caesarean section." Prevost's sojourn coincided with the leadership of Toussaint Louverture, who had been born a slave, the fight for Haitian independence, and the abolition of slavery.

Betsey Stone (2022-02-12). Socialist Workers Party campaign offers working-class road forward. themilitant.com OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 300 people, way over the 65 required, have signed the petition to put Eleanor García, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate, on the California ballot. In addition, over $5,000 has been raised to pay the filing fee. | Over the weekend of Feb. 5-6, campaigners fanned out to cities in the Bay Area and southern California, knocking on doors and setting up tables at supermarkets, introducing the party's program and the Militant. Supporters of the campaign from Seattle, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, traveled here to participate. | "I like what you are doing," Jo…

_____ (2022-02-12). Working Class In The UK Gears Up To Protest The Cost Of Living Crisis. popularresistance.org Broad sectors of the working class in the UK will take to the streets in cities across the country on February 12 against the rise in the cost of living. The protests are organized under the banner of the People's Assembly Against Austerity and have been endorsed by organizations such as the Communist Party of Britain (CPB), Young Communist League (YCL), Unite Trade Union, Socialist Appeal, Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), Fuel Poverty Action, and others. Around 30 cities are expected to mobilize on this day of action.

Editor (2022-02-12). The Left has culture, but the World still belongs to the banks: The Sixth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. '[T]here is great intellectual poverty on the part of the right wing', Héctor Béjar says in our latest dossier, A Map of Latin America's Present: An Interview with Héctor Béjar (February 2022). 'There is a lack of right-wing intellectuals everywhere'. Béjar speaks …

WSWS (2022-02-12). Unite tries to corral opposition to Labour's strike breaking against Coventry bin workers. wsws.org Labour has put into effect an openly prepared strike breaking operation which no Tory run council has attempted to mount.

WSWS (2022-02-12). New Zealand joins diplomatic offensive against Russia amid escalating war build-up. wsws.org The Labour-led government, the foreign policy establishment and a layer of pseudo-lefts have lined up with the escalating imperialist operation against Russia.

A Guest Author (2022-02-12). Boston school bus drivers' contract struggleLabor-Indigenous solidarity spotlighted. workers.org On Jan. 20, hours before members of Boston School Bus Drivers, United Steelworkers Local 8751, were scheduled to take a strike vote, the drivers' transnational, private employer Transdev and its City of Boston client came to the negotiating table with substantially more wages than the union was officially demanding. But . . . |

RECOVERY Collaborative Group (2022-02-12). [Articles] Casirivimab and imdevimab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. thelancet.com In patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19, the monoclonal antibody combination of casirivimab and imdevimab reduced 28-day mortality in patients who were seronegative (and therefore had not mounted their own humoral immune response) at baseline but not in those who were seropositive at baseline.

WSWS (2022-02-12). Australian defence minister accuses Labor Party of "appeasing" China. wsws.org The attempt to whip up a wartime atmosphere flows from the government's deep crisis and Australia's frontline role in the US-led preparations for conflict with China.

A Guest Author (2022-02-12). Boston school bus drivers' contract struggle — labor-Indigenous solidarity spotlighted. workers.org On Jan. 20, hours before members of Boston School Bus Drivers, United Steelworkers Local 8751, were scheduled to take a strike vote, the drivers' transnational, private employer Transdev and its City of Boston client came to the negotiating table with substantially more wages than the union was officially demanding. USW . . . |

Staff (2022-02-12). AI could already be 'slightly conscious', expert claims. rt.com Other experts are skeptical, accusing the OpenAI researcher of "trolling" | The co-founder of a San Francisco-based AI research laboratory claimed in a Twitter post this week that "today's largest neural networks" could already be "slightly conscious." | Ilya Sutskever from OpenAI did not clarify what system or systems he was referring to, or how exactly he defines "slightly conscious." | It is possible he was referring to OpenAI's GPT-3 — an advanced language processing system developed for translation, question answering, and filling in missing words. | Sutskever's cryptic tweet quickly engendered a deb…

Cristina Mussini, Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri (2022-02-12). [Comment] Another piece in the COVID-19 treatment puzzle. thelancet.com A new study1 from the RECOVERY Collaborative Group adds another piece to the puzzle of severe COVID-19 therapy. The RECOVERY trials have been pivotal in providing evidence on the efficacy of compounds within current treatment guidelines for COVID-19, such as dexamethasone, tocilizumab, and the casirivimab and imdevimab combination.1—3 In previous randomised trials, these monoclonal antibodies4 were effective in preventing infection and clinical progression when given in the early phase of infection.

Irvin Jim (2022-02-12). Solidarity is the road to liberation. peoplesdispatch.org This is a lightly edited version of a speech given to an international meeting held on 1 February under the banner: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and All Anti-Imperialist Freedom Fighters! Speakers included Abu-Jamal (via a recorded statement), Angela Davis and a number of trade unionists. | Around the world, imperialism — with its dehumanization and brute violence — has allowed for a small minority to permanently accumulate wealth at the expense of the masses of our people. In recent years, women and men have been killed — from Afghanistan and Iraq to South Africa and the prison archipelago of the US.

_____ (2022-02-12). Front Line In New Cold War On China. popularresistance.org With a diplomatic boycott by Western governments, corporate media propaganda has demonized China over the 2022 Winter Olympics. | Britain's major newspaper the Financial Times openly declared, "Beijing Winter Olympics: the new front line in the US-China cold war." | China expert Carl Zha joins Multipolarista to pick apart the propaganda and explain what's really happening.

Editor2 (2022-02-12). 'Freedom Convoy': A Dangerous Movement for the Working Class, but Useful for the Ruling Class. orinocotribune.com By Communist Party of Canada — Feb 4, 2022 | The Communist Party of Canada views the "Freedom Convoy" as a public expression of the increasingly organized and assertive far right. The clear links between the organizers of the convoy and far-right networks indicate that this is not a spontaneous working-class demonstration. On the contrary, it is part of a global phenomenon: the rise and mainstreaming of the far right, which is demonstrated by the strong support (ideologically and financially) from the US far right and circles close to Donald Trump and the Jan. 6thinsurrection. The convoy is filled with Nazi…

sputniknews (2022-02-12). US & European Partners Finalizing Anti-Russia Sanctions, SWIFT Ban Off Table – Reports. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States and its European partners are finalizing sanctions targeting major Russian banks should the Ukraine situation escalate, but banning Russia from the SWIFT financial system is off the table, Reuters reported citing US and European Union officials.

WSWS (2022-02-12). Unite secures sell-out pay deal to end strikes at First Bus Manchester. wsws.org Speaking to the WSWS as they voted, workers said the pay increase was around 6 percent according to their calculations. This is a real-terms pay cut—with Unite citing the Retail Price Index measure of inflation which stands at 7.5 percent and rising.

Matthew Wall, Ann Fordham, David Bewley-Taylor (2022-02-12). [Correspondence] The Global Drug Policy Index: its rationale and the role of civil society. thelancet.com One of our goals in creating the inaugural Global Drug Policy Index (GDPI) was to encourage debate about how to best measure and compare states' drug policies, and we therefore welcome well informed critical commentary. Although such commentary did feature in the World Report1 (for example, Harry Sumnall offered lucid and insightful criticism), we felt that this was not true across the piece.

Dominique McGee (2022-02-12). Movement Politics Field Manager. peoplesaction.org About PAI People's Action Institute (501c3), and sister organization People's Action (501c4), are national progressive organizations supporting the mobilization and leadership of the grassroots in support of an agenda that reflects people over profits. People's Action/Institute builds the power of poor and working people in rural, suburban, and urban areas to win change through issue …

Paul Haeder (2022-02-12). Blasphemy: How Many Circles of Hell are there for the Elite? dissidentvoice.org War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. ‚Äï Smedley Butler, War is a Racket: The …

Lyn Neeley (2022-02-12). Portland city workers warn: 'Don't force a strike'. workers.org Portland, Oregon Workers at Portland's Bureau of Development Services have been working without a contract for a year and a half. On Feb. 5, they held a rally and march of over 150 workers to demand that bosses and City Council agree to provide fair wages and respectful working conditions. . . . |

Editor (2022-02-12). °La solución a la desigualdad global es el socialismo! workers.org En todo el mundo, miles de millones de personas están sufriendo pérdidas increíbles como consecuencia de la incapacidad y la negativa del capitalismo a abordar seriamente la pandemia del COVID-19. Millones han perdido la vida o a sus seres queridos. Las familias se han quedado sin casa. Los trabajadores se . . . |

Anonymous Contributor (2022-02-12). Indigenous Binnizá Defend Their Communal Lands Against Industrial Park in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. itsgoingdown.org Below we publish two translated communiques from the Indigenous Binnizá community of Puente Madera, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, who are engaged in a struggle in defense of their communal lands against the construction of an industrial park, part of the Interoceanic Corridor megaproject being pushed by the AMLO administration Puente Madera, Isthmus of…

Industrial Workers of the World (2022-02-12). Dill Pickle Co-op Workers Walk Out Over Unsafe Conditions. itsgoingdown.org Report on recent job actions from Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) workers in so-called Chicago. Last month, workers at the Dill Pickle Food Co-op in Chicago walked out over unsafe working conditions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Workers at the grocery store are organized as the Dill Pickle Worker's Union with the Industrial…

Staff (2022-02-12). Biden is rooting for Russia to invade Ukraine, Tulsi Gabbard says. rt.com The former US congresswoman suggests US and NATO want Moscow to attack so they can impose "draconian" sanctions and enrich the military-industrial complex | President Joe Biden and his NATO allies could easily prevent war in Ukraine but would rather see Russia invade their ally to justify harsh sanctions against Moscow and spur a money-making cold war, former US congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard said on Friday in a Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson. | Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran who ran unsuccessfully for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, made her comments as Biden's administration and US media outl…

WSWS (2022-02-12). Sri Lankan nurses defy court ban and remain on indefinite strike with other health workers. wsws.org The court ban on industrial action by health workers indicates that the Rajapakse government is moving into direct confrontation with the entire working class.

Anonymous349 (2022-02-12). Military Situation In Iraq On February 12, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On February 11, the Iraqi Army killed four ISIS terrorists in the Adhim area | On February 10, Faleh al-Fayadh, head of the Iraqi Hashad al-Shaabi organization, announced the signing of new arms contracts and the purchase of modern, high-quality weapons for the organisation | MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

Fight Back (2022-02-12). Celebrate International Women's Day, Resist Attacks on Reproductive Freedom. fightbacknews.org Across the world, March 8th honors the contributions of women to the people's struggle. This year, Freedom Road Socialist Organization will hold events to celebrate International Women's Day (IWD). | | IWD was founded to honor the sacrifices of heroes named and unnamed. Some capitalists have tried to sanitize and co-opt International Women's Day. The origins of this day are clearly anti-capitalist. Our celebrations will carry forward that spirit. | | Long History, Global Reach | | International Women's Day originates in the struggle of working women in New York City. In 1908 there was a determined battle…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-12). From U.S. to Honduras: Socialism is Vital to Black Liberation. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker On Jan. 27, I was fortunate to be one of a handful of delegates from the U.S. to attend the historic inauguration of President Xiomara Castro in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Representing the Socialist Unity Party, I was part of an international delegation invited by President Castro and her Libre Party, founded by the National…

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2022-02-12: News Headlines

Camila Escalante (2022-02-11). How Nicaragua Fights Poverty & Empowers Women Through the Ministry of Family Economy (Interview). orinocotribune.com In Managua, Nicaragua, Kawsachun News interviewed Minister Justa Pérez of the Ministry of Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy, known as MEFCCA. | Could you start us off with a summary of what MEFCCA does to stimulate, develop and promote the popular economy? | With pleasure, greetings. I would like to tell you that the Ministry of Family Economy arose as part of the strategy of the Sandinista government in the fight against poverty. When Comandante Daniel took office in 2007, he decided to launch a National Plan for Human Development in which a number of public policies and a number of program…

_____ (2022-02-11). Snoqualmie Tribe Acquires 12,000 Acres Of Ancestral Forestland. popularresistance.org The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Tribe headquartered in King County, has acquired roughly 12,000 acres of its ancestral forestlands in the Tolt River Watershed. The forest has significant cultural, historic, environmental, and economic value to the Tribe and is near the lands originally promised to the Tribe as its reservation by the federal government in the 1930s — a promise the United States did not keep. The lands acquired by the Tribe were managed for industrial timber purposes for over a century. By acquiring these lands, the Tribe is concluding a decades-long effort to reclaim owne…

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-02-11). "Politics as Usual" Will Never Be a Solution to the Current Climate Threat. truthout.org There is an ever-growing consensus that the climate crisis represents humanity's greatest problem. Indeed, global warming is more than an environmental crisis — there are social, political, ethical and economic dimensions to it. Even the role of science should be exposed to critical inquiry when discussing the dimensions of the climate crisis, considering that technology bears such responsibility for bringing us to the brink of global disaster. This is the theme of my interview with renowne…

_____ (2022-02-11). New Survey: One In Four Temp Workers Reports Wage Theft. popularresistance.org A stunning 24% of workers in the temp industry say they have had their wages stolen from them by their employers, according to a survey, released Feb. 3, that examines cycles of poverty and precarity for the industry's disproportionately Black and Brown workers. | The findings are based on surveys carried out by seven worker advocacy groups, including the National Employment Law Project (NELP) and Temp Worker Justice, across the country. In the study, 1,337 temp workers in 47 states answered questions about pay, safety, job mobility, workplace discrimination and employer retaliation. | Temporary staff, or temp wo…

_____ (2022-02-11). The Left Has Culture, But The World Still Belongs To The Banks. popularresistance.org '[T]here is great intellectual poverty on the part of the right wing', Héctor Béjar says in our latest dossier, A Map of Latin America's Present: An Interview with Héctor Béjar (February 2022). 'There is a lack of right-wing intellectuals everywhere'. | Béjar speaks with a great deal of authority on these matters because, for the past sixty years, he has been intimately involved in the intellectual and political debates which have taken place in his native Peru and across Latin America. 'In the cultural world', Béjar notes, 'the left has everything, the right has nothing'. When it comes to the great cultural deba…

Asa Winstanley (2022-02-11). Labour blew $1.3 million pursuing "anti-Semitism" leakers. electronicintifada.net Top secret document shows how party tried to suppress leaked "anti-Semitism" report.

WSWS (2022-02-11). Jeremy Corbyn covers for Labour's filthy role in Ireland. wsws.org Corbyn expounded on a number of themes while never once mentioning the role of the Labour Party, in which he has spent almost his entire political career and which he led for nearly five years.

Staff (2022-02-11). Minister for Interior: Colombia Continues Attempting to Destabilize Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, General Remigio Ceballos, has reiterated his complaints regarding the involvement of the Colombian government in plans which seek to destabilize Venezuela. | His statement was made via Twitter in the wake of a number of operations which have been carried out in recent days by law enforcement agencies and the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) to neutralize criminal gangs, eradicate laboratories and drug crops in Venezuelan border territories, and expel what are known as the Armed Drug Trafficking Colombian Terrorist Groups (TANCOL) from Venezuela…

Stuckey (2022-02-11). Union election rematch: Bessemer workers continue to fight Amazon's anti-labor campaign. liberationnews.org Voting is now underway at Amazon's fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama after the NLRB ordered a second union election on the grounds that the company grossly violated workers' rights in the first vote…

WSWS (2022-02-11). Australia: COVID-19 swamps Northern Territory schools and Aboriginal communities. wsws.org Aboriginal medical organisations have condemned the Territory's Labor government for allowing the coronavirus to spread out of control.

Staff (2022-02-11). Anti-doping officials explain mystery Valieva test delay. rt.com Officials at RUSADA have issued a statement after figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance | Information about the positive doping test result for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was delayed because of issues caused by Covid-19 at a Stockholm laboratory, according to an explanation provided to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). | It was announced on Friday that Valieva had tested positive for a banned heart medicine which was detected in a sample taken on December 25 at the Russian national championships in St. Petersburg. | The statement from the International Testing Age…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-11). Working class in the UK gears up to protest the cost of living crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The rise in energy prices, cuts in wages and pensions, along with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has made the working class households across the UK reel under a devastating cost of living crisis.

_____ (2022-02-11). Rather Than Sink Main Street, The Fed Could Save It. popularresistance.org Not only will raising interest rates not fix the supply crisis, but according to Alasdair Macleod, head of research at GoldMoney in London, U.K., that wrong medicine is likely to trigger the next financial crisis. He thinks it is imminent and will start in Europe, where negative interest rates brought the cost of doing repo trades to zero. As a result, the European repo market is now over ‚Ç¨10 trillion ($11.4 trillion), far more than the capital available to unwind it (to reverse or close the trades). Rising interest rates will trigger that unwinding, says MacLeod, and the ECB lacks the tools to…

_____ (2022-02-11). Will Scathing Amnesty Apartheid Report Lead To Change In Israel's Criminal Practices? popularresistance.org The reality that this report has brought forward opens doors to a much more aggressive anti-apartheid campaign than we have seen so far. When Zionist organizations hold events, they do so in support of Israel; they encourage others to support Israel financially and politically. These organizations need to reserve conventions centers and hotels, the corporate offices of which should have copies of the Amnesty report on their desks alongside a demand that they refuse to cater to Zionist organizations. | According to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, "[i]nterna…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-11). US Household Debt Increased By $1T In 2021, The Most Since Before Financial Crisis In 2007. moguldom.com U.S. household debt is on the rise and it hit a peak in 2021 when Americans collectively took on $1 trillion-plus in debt — the highest since 2007 before the financial crisis. The total amount of household debt held by consumers jumped from $14.6 trillion to $15.6 trillion, according to a report by the Federal …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-02-11). Tehran, Moscow developing mechanism against sanctions. en.mehrnews.com The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that Tehran and Moscow are creating a mechanism to protect the two countries trade and financial exchanges from the threat of sanctions.

Ann Brown (2022-02-11). Donald Trump: America Is 'Going To Hell' Fast With Inflation And Covid. moguldom.com Former President Donald Trump, who is already preparing for a potential presidential run in 2024, claims the U.S. is going to "hell" due to inflation and the covid-19 pandemic. Trump held his first major campaign rally of 2022 in Florence, Arizona, where he promised to "Make America Great Again, Again." The Jan. 15 Save America rally was …

Dana Sanchez (2022-02-11). How A Surprise Fed Rate Hike Announcement Could Send Stocks And Crypto Into A Downward Spiral. moguldom.com Despite the hedge-against-inflation hype promoted by some crypto holders, Bitcoin has been correlated with the price action of traditional stocks and some investors worry that a surprise Fed rate hike announcement could send both into a downward spiral. In response to the hottest inflation in 40 years, Federal Reserve Bank of St. President James Bullard …

WSWS (2022-02-11). Widespread opposition from workers to USW sellout at Newport News naval shipyard. wsws.org Shipyard workers are demanding strike action and denouncing the United Steelworkers union for accepting a contract with raises way below the rate of inflation and sharp increases in out-of-pocket medical expenses.

WSWS (2022-02-11). As inflation surges, unions impose cuts in real wages. wsws.org US inflation rose at a 7.5 percent annual rate in January as unions worked in tandem with employers and the Biden administration to reduce the real wages of workers.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-02-11). Texas anti-BDS measure ruled unconstitutional — again. electronicintifada.net Lawmakers in Georgia and Virginia attempt to crush free speech rights in service to Israel.

Dongsheng News (2022-02-11). News on China | No. 86. dissidentvoice.org China and Argentina move closer together as Argentina joins the BRI and they reach agreements on investments. Russia and China signed a joint declaration opposing Taiwan independence and NATO expansion. Green China runs a low-Carbon Olympics. Gu Ailing wins a gold medal for China.

Staff (2022-02-11). Finland makes massive military investment with US. rt.com Helsinki signs a deal for 64 US-built F-35 stealth jets, at a reported cost of $9.4 billion | Finland has penned a multibillion-dollar deal with the US to purchase 64 American-built F-35 fighter jets, the Finnish Defense Forces announced on Friday. The radar-evading warplanes will reportedly cost the European country, which is traditionally militarily non-aligned, some $9.4 billion. | The aircraft will not enter service for some years, with Finnish officials previously saying deployment of the planes would begin in 2027. The new jets are being brought in to replace Finland's current Hornet fleet. | In addition…

WSWS (2022-02-11). "The working class has the most power it's ever had": US oil refinery workers speak out on contract battle. wsws.org In letters to the WSWS, oil refinery and petrochemical workers expressed their determination to fight the highly profitable energy companies and denounced the United Steelworkers for keeping them on the job and imposing an information blackout.

WSWS (2022-02-11). US oil refinery workers speak out on contract battle. wsws.org In letters to the WSWS, oil refinery and petrochemical workers expressed their determination to fight the highly profitable energy companies and denounced the United Steelworkers for keeping them on the job and imposing an information blackout.

Kristina Marusic (2022-02-11). States Will Consider More Than 210 Bills on Toxic "Forever Chemicals" in 2022. truthout.org Protecting people from exposure to toxic "forever chemicals" will be a top priority for new state regulations throughout the U.S. in 2022, according to a new analysis. | The analysis, published by the

Editor2 (2022-02-11). Second Declaration of Havana, 60th Anniversary. orinocotribune.com By Charles McKelvey — Feb 8, 2022 | Fidel speaks of the crisis of imperialism and the interest of humanity in socialism | It has been said of Fidel that he gave pedagogical discourses. This was illustrated on February 4, 1962, when Fidel offered a history lesson in a speech that came to be known as the Second Declaration of Havana, delivered to more than one million people in the Plaza of the Revolution, an event that was commemorated this past week in Cuba. In the historic discourse, Fidel presented an overview of world history that is a synthesis of Marxism-Leninism, written from the perspective of the rev…

_____ (2022-02-11). Wet'suwet'en Approach UN Over Militarization And Rights Violations. popularresistance.org As the movement against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project in Canada continues, indigenous Wet'suwet'en activists have approached the United Nations to raise their concerns about indigenous rights violations. In a submission filed to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, February 7, activists of the Gidimt'en clan of Wet'suwet'en raised the issues of forced industrialization, police militarization and violation of the rights of indigenous peoples. | The eight-page document points out that Canada has overlooked its international obligations under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UND…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-11). Enhanced NATO partner Finland to sign deal for 64 U.S. F-35s. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Finland has a population of only 5.5 million. The purchase represents over $1,700 for every person in the country. That's the cost of NATO interoperability. ==== Finland set to sign deal with U.S. for 64 F-35 jets — sources Finland's formal purchase agreement for F-35 fighter jets could be signed as soon as Friday, U.S.-based …

WSWS (2022-02-11). Australia to treat COVID like the flu amid mass school infections, record deaths. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has learned that this week, at least 6,888 students and 600 staff in Victorian schools have tested positive for COVID-19. Last week, 4,514 students and 800 staff tested positive.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-11). Cuba Battles COVID, Defying 60-Year U.S. Blockade. libya360.wordpress.com Struggle — La Lucha Presentation by Sharon Black, writer for Struggle-La Lucha and national spokesperson of the Socialist Unity Party, at the Europe for Cuba online forum Feb. 9, 2022. End the U.S. blockade of Cuba It has been 60 years this month since U.S. President John Kennedy first proclaimed Executive Order 3447, prohibiting "the importation into…

J. Hahn, Max Chandler (2022-02-11). Shen Yun: The Falun Gong cult's anti-communist propaganda roadshow. peoplesworld.org From February 15-20, 2022, Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will host a sensational retelling of China's history spanning thousands of years. Shen Yun—the stunning production that has graced stages in a perpetual roadshow across North America since 2006—is returning to the U.S. capital. The advertising for this affair across 96 cities …

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2022-02-11: News Headlines

Camila Escalante (2022-02-11). How Nicaragua Fights Poverty & Empowers Women Through the Ministry of Family Economy (Interview). orinocotribune.com In Managua, Nicaragua, we interviewed Minister Justa Pérez of the Ministry of Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy, known as MEFCCA. | Could you start us off with a summary of what MEFCCA does to stimulate, develop and promote the popular economy? | With pleasure, greetings. I would like to tell you that the Ministry of Family Economy arose as part of the strategy of the Sandinista government in the fight against poverty. When Comandante Daniel took office in 2007, he decided to launch a National Plan for Human Development in which a number of public policies and a number of programs and projec…

JANET (2022-02-10). LandBack: Indigenous peoples regain redwoods forest lands. iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt February 9, 2022 on unceded land of the Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee Confederacy The growing LandBack movement by Indigenous nations won another significant victory Feb. 1, when more than 500 acres of the "Lost Coast" in California was transferred to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. (sinkyone.org) Tc'ih-Léh-Dûñ (Fish Run Place) on the 'Lost Coast' of northern California. The council is a "nonprofit consortium of 10 federally recognized Northern California Tribal Nations with cultural connections to the lands and waters of traditional Sinkyone, Cahto and neighboring Tribal terri…

WSWS (2022-02-10). Continuing US-led economic blockade provokes North Korean missile tests. wsws.org North Korea's economy has suffered from years of sanctions, now compounded by the global pandemic.

_____ (2022-02-10). China & Russia Declare New Era of Multipolarity. strategic-culture.org Benjamin Norton reports on the meeting in Beijing between China's Xi and Russia's Putin designed to deepen the integration of the two Eurasian superpowers. | By Ben NORTON | Feb. 4, 2022 may very well be remembered in history textbooks as an important date in the shift of global politics. | That day was not only the inauguration of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing; it also saw a historic meeting between the presidents of China and Russia. | Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin signed a series of important economic and political agreements, deepening the integration of the two Eurasian superpowers. | Among the…

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-10). The Left Has Culture, but the World Still Belongs to the Banks. dissidentvoice.org Greta Acosta Reyes (Cuba), Women Who Fight, 2020. '[T]here is great intellectual poverty on the part of the right wing', Héctor Béjar says in our latest dossier, A Map of Latin America's Present: An Interview with Héctor Béjar (February 2022). 'There is a lack of right-wing intellectuals everywhere'. Béjar speaks with a great deal of authority on …

_____ (2022-02-10). National Day Of Action: Love To Afghanistan. popularresistance.org After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, Peace Action welcomed the withdrawal of troops from the country and an end to the war. | Yet when the United States military pulled out of Afghanistan, the Biden administration also responded by choking off assets to Afghan banks and the economy by freezing the reserves of the Afghan Central Bank held in the U.S. They also imposed sanctions on those doing business with Afghanistan and cut aid. Jobs and income disappeared, people cannot afford to buy food and mass starvation is now occurring. | The Afghan people are suffering now more than ever. Hunger could kill more now than…

G. Dunkel (2022-02-10). What's important for workers in BLS January jobs report. workers.org The corporate media shouted loud hosannas to greet the Bureau of Labor Statistics Feb. 4 announcement that the U.S. economy had added 467,000 jobs in January. Upward revisions to previously announced job totals for December and November 2021 increased the media's delight. Overall they concluded that the U.S. economy had . . . |

sputniknews (2022-02-10). US Senate at 'Impasse' Over Nord Stream 2 Sanctions in Anti-Russia Bill, Menendez Says. sputniknews.com The US Congress has prepared what Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) called "the mother of all sanctions" bills against Russia, which would aim to cripple the Russian economy by punishing nations who would continue trading with Moscow if Russian troops invaded Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-02-10). Wife of locomotive engineer describes BNSF's toll on family life. wsws.org "If there was a strike, it would have such a heavy impact on the economy," she said. "People don't want to disrupt the supply chain, but it's not worth their health, sanity and job safety. Every worker I've talked to is willing to strike because of that."

_____ (2022-02-10). Puerto Rico Hasn't Had The Opportunity To Develop Its Own Economic Future. popularresistance.org "Puerto Rico received approval from a federal judge on Tuesday to leave bankruptcy under the largest public sector debt-restructuring deal in the history of the United States." The executive director of the unelected Fiscal Oversight and Management Board declared it "truly a momentous day," and a "new day for Puerto Rico." How new, exactly, is the question of many who don't see this debt deal as fundamentally changing the story for most Puerto Ricans, because that story has everything to do with the more than 100-year colonial relationship to the United States, and their enforced inability to determine their own…

Editor (2022-02-10). Ellen Brown: Rather Than Sink Main Street by Raising Interest Rates, the Fed Could Save It. Here's How. scheerpost.com [ By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost | Inflation is plaguing consumer markets, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to tighten the money supply. But as Rex Nutting writes in a MarketWatch column titled "

WSWS (2022-02-10). Workers in Australia face soaring prices and debt. wsws.org For working-class households, the cost of living is rising far faster than incomes, deepening the decline in average real pay levels over the past decade.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-10). Guardian: British Labour leader damns Stop the War coalition for being enemies of NATO, Kremlin agents. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Thirty years ago this well-financed newspaper should have changed its named to The Wardian. Or La Guerrienne. The transition in the United Kingdom to New Labour, in the U.S. to New Democrats, in Germany to Die Neue Mitte (the New Middle) and moves in a similar direction in much of the rest of Europe and …

_____ (2022-02-10). Starbucks Fired Union Leaders In Memphis. popularresistance.org Starbucks fired seven union supporters at a store in Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday in what the union has portrayed as a retaliatory purge of the organizing committee. The terminations mark the most significant escalation in the battle between the world's largest coffee chain and the fast-growing Starbucks Workers United campaign. | The firings made national news, but the reality is that employers fire union activists all the time — whether it's justified or not. Labor law in the United States gives companies little to lose by ousting organizers. But due to the high profile of the Starbucks campaign, as wel…

Jacob Buckner (2022-02-10). Second Amazon warehouse on Staten Island files for union election. peoplesworld.org STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) has just filed for a union election at a second Amazon warehouse on Staten Island. News came on Feb. 2 after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the filing at the warehouse, known as LDJ5. This filing comes just one week after another Amazon warehouse …

WSWS (2022-02-10). Mobilise the working class to support Sri Lankan national health strike. wsws.org Over 65,000 Sri Lankan health workers, including nurses, paramedic services, public health inspectors, medical laboratory technologists and pharmacists, began an indefinite strike over wages, allowances and working conditions on Monday.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-10). Strike At CA College Of The Arts SF Campus: We Want A Contract & Living Wages NOW! indybay.org Staff and adjuncts went on a unfair labor practice at the California College of the Arts. A rally was held on February 8, 2022 on the first day of the strike.

David P. Goldman (2022-02-10). Worse to come from worst US inflation in 40 years. asiatimes.com US stocks took a nasty turn downward after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a higher-than-expected 7.5% jump in consumer prices over the last 12 months, the worst inflation in forty years. The month's gain of 0.6% for the Consumer Price Index also translates into an annual rate of 7.5%. Most worrying about the inflation …

Staff (2022-02-10). "Dignity in the Digital Age": Rep. Khanna Calls for Wealth Tax & Decentralizing, Diversifying Big Tech. democracynow.org We speak with Congressmember Ro Khanna, whose district is in the heart of Silicon Valley, about his new book "Dignity in the Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us." He argues more federal regulation in the tech industry can secure an equitable society while encouraging innovation. "We need to understand that if you care about social justice and racial justice, that you have to look at the wealth generation gap," says Khanna.

Karen Conner (2022-02-10). Supply Chain Problems Still Pushing Prices Higher in January, but Some Evidence of Turning. cepr.net There is definitely cause for concern here about inflation being more enduring, but these price turns, coupled with the sharp growth in inventories, provide some grounds for optimism.

Editor2 (2022-02-10). Millions of Dollars in Arms Sales to ISIS Originated in Turkey: Report. orinocotribune.com Several Syrian-born Turkish citizens and members of the Uighur extremist Turkistan Islamic Party have been linked to the scheme | A report by Turkey's Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) on the freezing of assets belonging to people linked to ISIS has revealed that for several years the most important supply chain of ISIS's military arsenal was based in Turkey. | According to the report, millions of dollars in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipment and tons of improvised explosive devices (IED) were sent to ISIS through three construction companies in Mersin, a port city in southern Turkey. | Based on i…

Dana Sanchez (2022-02-10). Bubblehead Investors Caught Off Guard: Key CPI Inflation Reading Hotter Than Expected, Highest Since 1982. moguldom.com The consumer price index, which measures the cost of everyday consumer goods, rose a higher-than-expected 7.5 percent in January compared with a year ago, surprising some investors and sending stocks lower Thursday Feb. 10 after a rally a day earlier. That's the highest CPI reading since 1982, exceeding the Dow Jones inflation gauge estimate of …

WSWS (2022-02-10). Bankers bare their teeth on wages. wsws.org Even though US wage increases are well below inflation, now at around 7 percent, a call by the Bank of America for seven interest rate increases this year reflects growing demands for what amounts to a pre-emptive strike.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-10). Great Barrier Reef fantasies: Morrison's electoral ploy. greenleft.org.au With the government in a spot of bother, expect some rather extravagant public spending promises. The Great Barrier Reef, one of the single most remarkable natural structures on Earth, is not one that has been spared. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-10). Dave Chappelle Under Fire For Opposing Housing Development That Included Affordable Housing Component. moguldom.com The village council in Yellow Springs, near Dayton, Ohio, has voted to nix an affordable housing component planned for an upcoming development after residents spoke out against the project and world-famous comedian Dave Chappelle threatened to pull his investments from the area. The "Sticks & Stones" comic joined other residents in his hometown who complained …

_____ (2022-02-10). Teachers In Puerto Rico Strike For Wages, Benefits. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, February 9, teachers across Puerto Rico called for a national strike to protest the government and the Fiscal Control Board's (FCB) cutting of wages and pensions. Other public sector workers, namely firefighters and police, have also joined them. Teachers are demanding a decent salary, an end to pension cuts, and the resignation of Puerto Rican governor Pedro Pierluisi. Teachers have been protesting since February 4. That same day, the FCB imposed by the US Congress that has been in charge of Puerto Rico since 2016, was boasting because it supposedly already put the end of the bankruptcy process on…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-10). Police repress workers' protest for living wages in Port au Prince and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at protests by textile workers in Port au Prince, Wet'suwet'en activists' report to the UN on rights violations by Canada, and more…

JANET (2022-02-10). Big union win for Mexico's GM workers. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt February 9, 2022 General Motors workers in Silao, Mexico, have made history. Brazilian unionists outside GM plant in Silao, Mexico, where workers were voting for the first independent union, Feb. 3. They have voted in the first independent union in any Mexican GM plant, defeating the bogus company union by a wide margin. For decades, company unions allied with the former ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), have colluded with auto companies to keep wages low and maximize exploitation. The highest-paid Mexican GM workers make in a 12-hour day little more than a U.S. autowork…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-10). Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records Brand, Pushes Into NFTs. moguldom.com Snoop Dogg is the embodiment of a full-circle moment. The West Coast rap icon recently became the official HDIC (Head Dogg in Charge) when he purchased Death Row Records — the label that launched his career with his debut album "Doggystyle." Snoop announced Wednesday, Feb. 9, he'd acquired the label that was co-founded by Dr. …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-10). Anticipating events: Germany, Estonia provide military field hospital to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ERR NewsFebruary 9, 2022 Estonia, Germany hand Ukraine 'keys' to new military field hospital Symbolic keys to a new ‚Ç¨5.3 million field hospital were handed to Ukraine by Estonia and Germany on Monday. The medical facility was funded and donated by the two NATO allies. Germany funded the purchase of the field hospital, while the …

The Socialist Program (2022-02-10). Revolution vs. Counter Revolution after World War Two — Lessons of Soviet History, Part 4. liberationnews.org No longer allies in the war against the Axis states, the "democratic" capitalist countries turned on the USSR and formed a global bloc of all the imperialist powers to confront the rising tide of socialist revolution…

Fight Back (2022-02-10). San José protests against U.S. war on Russia. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Saturday, February 5, anti-war protesters gathered in front of San José's City Hall to demand an end to imperial saber rattling in eastern Europe. Speakers from CODEPINK, Freedom Road Socialism (FRSO), National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the El Barrio Defense Committee gathered a crowd of 30 onlookers while calling for end to the war drive against Russia. | Mike Paradela of FRSO said "We called the protest because what the U.S. government is doing is not good for working people. NATO does not benefit working people, it began as an al…

Editor (2022-02-10). Portuguese elections — 'Socialist' party wins but defeat for Left. mronline.org Dave Kellaway looks at the Portuguese general election result.

Staff (2022-02-10). French administrative court refuses to order expulsion of Georges Abdallah: Continue the struggle for freedom! samidoun.net We republish the following statement of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra in response to the ruling of a French administrative court, which rejected a legal request to order the expulsion of Georges Abdallah from France to Lebanon. Abdallah, a Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine, has been imprisoned in France for over 37 years. The struggle …

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2022-02-10: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-02-10). Continuing US-led economic blockade provokes North Korean missile tests. wsws.org North Korea's economy has suffered from years of sanctions, now compounded by the global pandemic.

The Socialist Program (2022-02-09). Human Rights?? U.S. Hypocrisy on Full Display as Beijing Olympics Open. liberationnews.org Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the US corporate media subjected viewers to wall-to-wall war mongering propaganda targeting the government and people of China as the Olympics opened in Beijing…

_____ (2022-02-09). On Contact: The Gig Economy. popularresistance.org After the end of World War II, two generations of workers in the United States were blessed with a period of unprecedented prosperity. Wages for the working class were high. Jobs were stable and came with benefits and health insurance. Unions protected workers from abuse by the business elites. Taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations was as high as 91%. The public school system provided a quality education to the poor and the rich. The nation's infrastructure and technology were cutting edge and unrivaled. But by the 1970s, it all began to go south. Wages stagnated. Income inequality grew, until by 2…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-09). How Nicaragua Fights Poverty & Empowers Women Through the Ministry of Family Economy. libya360.wordpress.com Camila EscalanteMinister Justa Pérez of the Ministry of Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy (MEFCCA) in Managua. January 2022. In Managua, Nicaragua, we interviewed Minister Justa Pérez of the Ministry of Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy, known as MEFCCA. Could you start us off with a summary of what MEFCCA does to stimulate, develop…

WSWS (2022-02-09). Two right-wing figures to contest South Korean presidential election. wsws.org The candidates from the two main parties are both determined to further open the economy despite the surge of COVID-19 cases and have backed the US war drive against China.

Brittani Banks (2022-02-09). The Pandemic Has Created an Opportunity for Black Artists in Oakland to Reshape the City's Economy. independentmediainstitute.org In recent years the impacts of gentrification have displaced many BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) communities in cities across the United States. Oakland, California, had the highest rate of gentrification in the country according to a recent national study, detailed in the 2020 San Jose Mercury article, "Oakland, S.F. neighborhoods fastest gentrifying in …

_____ (2022-02-09). Black Alliance For Peace Condemns The 'America COMPETES Act'. popularresistance.org On Friday evening, February 4, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521). The stated intent of the legislation is to strengthen "America's national and economic security and the financial security of families, and advance our leadership in the world." While this claim, found in Nancy Pelosi's press statement on January 20th, seems to be addressing some of the most important political and economic issues currently plaguing the United States, from the supply chain to the shortage of semiconductors, the Black Alliance for Peace sees this piece of legislation as sinophobic…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-09). The Great Covid Class War. libya360.wordpress.com Alex Gutentag A panhandler in Genoa, Italy during lockdown. (photo: John Perivolaris / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The pandemic has created the perfect pretext for enacting economically destructive policies. On January 19, 2020, Washington state reported the first US case of coronavirus. By the end of March, 245 million Americans were under stay-at-home restrictions to "flatten the curve."…

Staff (2022-02-09). European banks panicking over Russia-Ukraine crisis — reports. rt.com Banks in Italy, France, and Austria are most exposed | European banks are concerned that the payment system which connects them to Russia could become a casualty of the Ukraine crisis, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing its sources. The banks describe the potential disconnection of Russia from SWIFT as an "atomic bomb" for the industry because it would prevent the repayment of debts, it said. | According to research by JPMorgan, European banks with subsidiaries in Russia are most at risk from economic restrictions. The study said a handful of lenders, including UniCredit, RBI, France's Societe Generale, and…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-09). NATO nations have delivered $1.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine: prime minister. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformFebruary 8, 2022 PM: International partners have supplied military aid worth about $1.5B to Ukraine To date, the international partners have provided Ukraine with military and defensive assistance to the tune of about $1.5 billion. "Ukraine today feels the highest level of support in the political, security, and economic spheres….Our partners have already supplied military …

Editor2 (2022-02-09). Modi Government Taking Revenge from Farmers for Victorious Struggle Through Budget, says SKM. orinocotribune.com By Ravi Kaushal — Feb 2, 2022 | The morcha also emphasised that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not mention about doubling of farmers' income even once as it failed to achieve the results in several years. | Coming down heavily on the Union Budget 2022—23, Sanyukta Kisan Morcha on Tuesday said that the Modi Government was punishing the country's farmers for leading the historic struggle against three central farm laws by slashing the allocation of agriculture and allied activities. The morcha emphasised that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not mention about doubling of farme…

WSWS (2022-02-09). Growing concern about New Zealand government allowing Omicron to spread. wsws.org There is growing concern and opposition to the Labour Party-led government's decision to reopen schools and businesses and allow masses of people to become infected with Omicron.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-09). ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions Workers Demand Justice At Oakland Education Rally. indybay.org ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions workers spoke out for justice on the job at the Oakland City hall rally against education cuts.

WSWS (2022-02-09). Biden's task force on unionization: A corporatist agenda for austerity and war. wsws.org The task force proposals are all aimed at the strengthening of a labor police force, comprised of upper-middle class executives, to enforce the dictates of the ruling class.

_____ (2022-02-09). How Lobstermen Formed A Union Co-Op To Claw Back Fair Prices. popularresistance.org When you think of workers hamstrung by the "independent contractor" label, you probably don't think of Maine lobstermen. | But it turns out that lobstermen—a title claimed by women as well as men who catch and sell lobster for a living—have something in common with warehouse temps and Uber drivers. As independent contractors they're denied the collective bargaining rights and various other workplace protections and benefits afforded (to some) by U.S. labor law. | And the strategy they used to confront low wages is one that similarly exploited workers might want to try too: they teamed up with a union…

Staff (2022-02-09). Workers at Largest GM Plant in Mexico Win Historic Vote for New Independent Union After 2019 Reforms. democracynow.org In Mexico, thousands of workers at the country's largest General Motors plant have won a historic vote to form an independent union, breaking from a tradition of corrupt unions tied to elites who cut deals with corporations to keep wages and benefits low. We go to Guanajuato, Mexico, to speak with historian Javier Bravo about the victory and the passage of critical labor reforms in 2019, which ensure workers can create new unions independent of the will of their employers, says Bravo.

Jim McIlroy (2022-02-09). Labor condemned for supporting Kurri Kurri gas. greenleft.org.au Criticism is being levelled at the Labor Party for switching to support a new gas-fired power station at Kurri Kurri in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, Jim McIlroy reports.

Amy Goodman (2022-02-09). Workers at Largest GM Plant in Mexico Win Historic Independent Union Vote. truthout.org In Mexico, thousands of workers at the country's largest General Motors plant have won a historic vote to form an independent union, breaking from a tradition of corrupt unions tied to elites who cut deals with corporations to keep wages and benefits low. We go to Guanajuato, Mexico, to speak with historian Javier Bravo about the victory and the passage of critical labor reforms in 2019, which ensure workers can create new unions independent of the will of their employers, says Bravo. | TRANSCR…

sputniknews (2022-02-09). Russia Can Increase Gas Supplies to EU if There Are Requests, Envoy Says. sputniknews.com BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – Russia can increase the volume of natural gas it supplies to European countries once there is a request for it, which is currently not being made due to high spot market prices, Russian Permanent Representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov told Sputnik in an interview.

_____ (2022-02-09). Cost Of Living Crisis Was Caused By Privatisation And Austerity. popularresistance.org On official forecasts, the British public is facing the biggest fall in living standards since records began. | This is in the headlines now because of the huge rise in energy bills, which will force more households into choosing between eating and heating. | Blaming Russia for the surge in energy prices is a classic conjuror's trick of misdirection. The US gets almost zero oil from Russia, but is currently experiencing even higher consumer price inflation. | In reality, a laissez-faire approach to the energy sector is at the root of the problem in both the UK and the US. In France, where EDF is largely nationali…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-09). Reasons for Tax on Large Financial Transactions Law in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Law of Tax on Large Financial Transactions (IGTF) reform is being carried out by the Venezuelan National Assembly, with the aim of strengthening the bolívar in commercial and financial transactions, as well as creating stability in regard to the exchange rates of foreign currencies. | It is also supposed that there will be a positive impact on price stabilization, which in turn will be effective in reducing speculation once the country has overcome the hyperinflation induced by financial warfare mechanisms of the US-imposed blockade. | "Our intention is to charge more those who have more, and charge less or n…

sputniknews (2022-02-09). 'Crocodile of Wall St' Arrested as DOJ Seizes Billions in Bitcoin Linked to Bitfinex Hack. sputniknews.com The Department of Justice has announced its biggest financial seizure ever ($3.6 billion), after arresting a New York couple for attempting to launder 119,754 bitcoins.

WSWS (2022-02-09). B&Q, Wincanton workers should reject below inflation pay offer! Mobilise a unified fightback against B&Q and its subcontractors! wsws.org While Unite called the strike, it has enforced the isolation of the dispute by warehouse workers even as conditions exist for a broader fightback within the workplace and across the logistics and distribution network of B&Q.

Ambrose Lark, Huitzilopochtli Marron (2022-02-09). SDG&E is robbing and endangering San Diego residents. liberationnews.org SDG&E's rate increases, which started in 2013, are expected to outpace inflation by almost 70% by 2030.

ALETH (2022-02-09). ww3 : a wall street crime against humanity. indybay.org wall street working both sides against eac other for double war profits…

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2022-02-09). Dystopia Disguised as Democracy: All the Ways in Which Freedom Is an Illusion. dissidentvoice.org The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the …

William Rivers Pitt (2022-02-09). Having Learned Nothing From 900,000 Deaths, Governors Lift Mask Mandates. truthout.org We've been here before, you and I, right here at the fulcrum between controlling COVID-19 and letting it run wild. Here we are again, swaddled in the dented surety that doing the same thing over and over will bring about a different conclusion, just because we really really want it to… wait, strike that: Just because capitalism really, really wants it to. The rest of that "we" is most of us, baggage stacked down in the dripping darkness of steerage, waiting for the next viral iceberg to smack thi…

Editor (2022-02-09). Neoliberal capitalism and the commodification of social reproduction, from our home to our classroom. mronline.org It is official: we are getting ready for another round of industrial action in the UK higher education sector.

Dana Sanchez (2022-02-09). Feds Recover $3.6B In Bitcoin From Hacker Attack, Couple Couldn't Figure Out How To Launder So Much BTC. moguldom.com The U.S. Justice Department has seized $3.6 billion from a married couple in New York who allegedly conspired to launder $4.5 billion worth of stolen BTC directly connected to a 2016 hacker attack of the Bitfinex crypto exchange. Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31 — who raps under the name "Razzlekhan" …

sputniknews (2022-02-09). US Court Allows $8Mln Bail for Spouses Arrested Over Stolen Bitcoins, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A US court authorised Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan who were arrested on charges of laundering $4.5 billion in stolen bitcoins to be released from jail on $8 million bail, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

Nathan King (2022-02-09). Record deficit in 2021 as Americans buy more from oversea. america.cgtn.com A new report shows the U.S. "purchased" more goods from foreign countries last year, but sold 'fewer' goods overseas. And while U.S. shipments to China were up, it wasn't enough to counter the amount Americans spent on goods from China.

Kevin Mwanza (2022-02-09). Solana Launches PayPal Competitor 'Solana Pay' As SOL Token Price Recovers Over $100. moguldom.com Solana Labs has launched a new payments protocol, Solana Pay, that allows merchants to accept payments in cryptocurrencies directly from consumers. Solana pay will accept USDC, SOL and other tokens on the Solana blockchain. The announcement came as Solana's price moved against a critical resistance of $100 and headed towards $120 on the back of …

Ann Brown (2022-02-09). Remembering When China's Chairman Mao Met With WEB Dubois. moguldom.com It may not be well known, but in 1959, civil rights activist, pan-Africanist and Black socialist W. E. B. Du Bois traveled to China to meet with Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung. A communist revolutionary, Chairman Mao was the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He ruled as the chairman of the Chinese …

Fight Back (2022-02-09). Dallas rally protests US, NATO aggression against Russia. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On February 5, a crowd gathered at the Grassy Knoll in downtown Dallas to protest threats of war by the United States and NATO against Russia. The protest was organized by the Dallas Anti-War Committee, CODEPINK Greater Dallas, Dallas Peace and Justice Center, Party for Socialism and Liberation Dallas-Fort Worth, and Veterans for Peace North Texas. The rally was a part of a national day of action in which over 50 cities participated. | The protest called for total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Europe, an end to weapons sales to the reactionary government of Ukraine, and for the disbandment of NATO.

_____ (2022-02-09). Anatomy Of A Cancellation. popularresistance.org I'll just assume everyone knows who the Democratic Socialists of America are. If not, you can look them up easily enough, but they probably represent the biggest organized political group to the left of the Democratic Party today (or on the left of the Democratic Party, depending). As any sensible democratic socialist organization would do, they are actively supporting the Portland city workers in their contract negotiations with the city, and their plan for an imminent strike. | Then we need to introduce another prominent character in the sordid tale, me. Those of you reading this on my blog probably don't need…

Fight Back (2022-02-09). United protest in New Orleans against US, NATO war on Russia. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Anti-war protesters gathered on February 5 in New Orleans at Lafayette Square Park to demand an end to NATO aggression against Russia. Activists carried signs and chanted slogans calling for peace and the disbandment of NATO. | The protest was organized by a coalition including the Communist Party USA, the Democratic Socialists of America, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. | Speakers decried the latest U.S. attempt to escalate the situation in Ukraine, which they said threatens us with a nuclear conflict with Russia. The protest also highlight…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-09). Morning Commute: 2-9-2022. anchor.fm Hope everyone is well! Today we're doing a little news coverage based on sources I've been reading like People's Dispatch, Hoodcommunist.org, By Any Means Necessary, Liberation News, Kawasachun News, TeleSur English, Guerrilla History Podcast, etc. We go over Russia/China Relations, the Olympics, the African Union meeting, Oakland and Chicago schools ongoing issues, movements against Police Brutality and the murder by Minneapolis Police Department (yup, that one!) of Amir Locke who was 22 years old! No justice, no peace!! Go organize!

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2022-02-09: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2022-02-09). Strike At CA College Of The Arts SF Campus: We Want A Contract & Living Wages NOW! indybay.org Staff and adjuncts went on a unfair labor practice at the California College of the Arts. A rally was held on February 8, 2022 on the first day of the strike.

ALETH (2022-02-09). ww3 : a wall street crime against humanity. indybay.org wall street working both sides against eac other for double war profits…

sputniknews (2022-02-08). Not By Diet Alone: Overweight People May Become Thinner by Sleeping Extra Hour. sputniknews.com The researchers touted their study as game-changing because it was carried out in a real-world setting rather than a laboratory. The overweight participants, who habitually slept in their own beds fewer than 6.5 hours a night, managed to add an extra 1.2 hours of sleep after they underwent counselling to improve their sleeping habits.

_____ (2022-02-08). Why on Earth Does George Soros Want Xi Jinping to Go? journal-neo.org Mister "Open Society," George Soros, the symbol of globalist regime change Color Revolutions since the 1980s, has just signaled that he and his globalist circles have targeted China's President Xi Jinping for what looks a lot like regime change. On the surface, Soros' latest sharp critique of Xi and his management of China's economy seems …

Matt Sedlar (2022-02-08). The Link Between Gun Violence and Economic Hardship in Black Communities. cepr.net If the US wants to reduce gun violence, it is important that to address the profound jobs crisis among Black men.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-02-08). Anticomunismo prolonga bloqueo de EE.UU. a Cuba. peoplesworld.org Cuba's answer to 60 years of the U.S. economic blockade | > >

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-02-08). Battle of ideas: Anti-communism prolongs already long U.S. blockade of Cuba. peoplesworld.org Remarkably, the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba is 60 years old. It began with President John F. Kennedy's executive order signed on Feb. 3, 1962, that broadened existing restrictions on U.S.-Cuba trade. When the blockade reached its 35-year milestone, it was already "the longest embargo in modern history," according to one observer. Equally remarkable is …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-02-08). The 2020-22 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Nicaragua Asks El Salvador to Abide by International Law. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Nicaragua recommended that El Salvador resolve any eventual territorial dispute through peaceful methods and using international norms and institutions. | RELATED: | Previously, the Salvadoran Naval Forces made statements claiming sovereignty in the Nicaraguan exclusive economic zone in the Golf of Fonseca. Since Feb. 5, Salvadoran military vessels remain less than 30 miles from the Nicaraguan coasts in a maritime terr…

JANET (2022-02-08). Olympic Games & U.S. propaganda: Have you been lied to about Xinjiang, human rights ‚àí and China? iacenter.org February 7, 2022 Feb. 6 update — The U.S. war propaganda machine is working overtime during the Olympics to defame China with false accusations of "human rights abuse" against the Turkic-speaking Muslim Uyghurs, based in its Xinjiang Province. As readers evaluate these claims, keep in mind these facts: 1) There is a centuries-long history of racist U.S. crimes — through state force and economic exploitation — against Indigenous, Black, Latinx and Asian and other oppressed peoples, on land now occupied by the U.S. These crimes, which continue to this day, are integral to U.S. tactics of military…

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Mexico To Strengthen Trade & Diplomatic Relations With Honduras. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced his willness to strengthen economic and diplomatic cooperation with Honduras' President Xiomara Castro. | RELATED: | "Castro is a woman of ideals and principles, a social fighter who knows how to face adversities and whose government has her people's support," AMLO stated and regretted not being able to attend her swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 27. | Cas…

TASS (2022-02-08). Political and humanitarian subgroups of Contact Group for Donbass start work. tass.com Meetings of working groups on security and economic issues are also scheduled for Tuesday, and the Contact Group is due to hold a meeting on Wednesday…

Staff (2022-02-08). Germany promises 'very tough sanctions' on Russia. rt.com If Moscow launches an invasion of Ukraine, it will be hit with "far-reaching" measures, Chancellor Scholz says | Russia will face serious consequences if it decides to launch a military incursion into Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned on Sunday, ahead of a trip to the US to meet President Joe Biden at the White House. | Speaking to German channel ARD, Scholz said that current Western efforts are aimed at ensuring there is no need to impose economic measures against Russia, but that a range of ideas had been discussed. | "We have very concrete preparations with our allies in the EU and the US. We ar…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Argentina joins China's Belt and Road Initiative. peoplesdispatch.org On February 6, the governments of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative, a global trade infrastructure project promoted by the People's Republic of China. | The memorandum, which promotes the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, was signed during President Fernández's official three-day visit to China. President Fernández visited China, at President Jinping's invitation, to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Februa…

WSWS (2022-02-08). Washington pushes UK Conservatives to impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs. wsws.org Washington is intent on using the war threats against Russia as a stick to beat its European allies, forcing them to fall in line with its broader economic and financial demands.

_____ (2022-02-08). How Targeting Programs To Poor People Leaves Out Poor People. popularresistance.org Less than one year ago, the United States government enacted one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in modern history. The Child Tax Credit (CTC), originally established in 1997, was expanded through the American Rescue Plan to provide families with children substantially larger payments, delivered monthly, while making low-income families eligible for the full benefits. This expansion changed the face of child poverty in the United States, lifting over 4 million children above the poverty line—a decrease in poverty of more than 40%‚Äâ—‚Äâand decreasing food…

Editor2 (2022-02-08). How US Meddling Split Sudan, Creating an Oil Republic Drowning in Poverty and Conflict. orinocotribune.com By T.J. Coles — Feb 1, 2022 | Following decades of US soft power aid interventions to exploit South Sudan's energy reserves and counter China's influence, the republic is trapped in humanitarian crisis. | Like most countries, the Republic of South Sudan is a complex nation of shifting alliances and external influences. | Recently, President Salva Kiir, who sports a Stetson hat

WSWS (2022-02-08). UK rail cleaners strike against poverty pay. wsws.org During the pandemic, rail cleaners have braved hazardous conditions to protect the public from infection. But outsourced cleaners have been paid a pittance and were even denied sick pay.

_____ (2022-02-08). Is The California Coalition Fighting Subsidies For Rooftop Solar A Fake Grassroots Group? popularresistance.org In the fight over California's rooftop solar policy, a coalition that claims to represent low-income, senior and environmental leaders is running ads warning about a cost shift that forces consumers to subsidize solar for people who live in mansions. | This message, by Affordable Clean Energy for All, is trying to influence the debate as California regulators consider rules that would sharply reduce the financial benefits of owning rooftop systems. | But Affordable Clean Energy for All is not a grassroots movement. It is a public relations campaign sponsored by big utility companies that stand to benefit from pol…

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2022-02-08: News Headlines

Editor (2022-02-08). Canada: The Left is nowhere on COVID. And that's a big problem. mronline.org They have failed to step into the current political climate and counter far-right protests, and get workers the income, housing and other social support they need.

WSWS (2022-02-08). New Zealand government to re-open borders amid escalating Omicron outbreak. wsws.org The dangerous border re-openings are the next stage in the New Zealand Labour-led government's pro-business strategy to end public health restrictions and let COVID run.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-08). Construction union leaders hail Biden's pro-union executive order. peoplesworld.org

Labor Video Project (2022-02-08). ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions Workers Demand Justice At Oakland Education Rally. indybay.org ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions workers spoke out for justice on the job at the Oakland City hall rally against education cuts.

Staff (2022-02-08). Valora Díaz-Canel necesidad de revitalizar programas sociales impulsados por Fidel (+ Video). cubadebate.cu En consonancia con una labor humanista que entraña continuidad, tuvo lugar en la tarde de este lunes, desde el Palacio de la Revolución y encabezada por el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, una reunión que versó sobre los programas sociales que el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz impulsara con particular empeño a inicios del siglo XXI.

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-08). Inflation in Venezuela Continues to Cool Down (+Tax on Transactions in US Dollars). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 7, 2022 ( The graphic below, prepared by Orinoco Tribune's editorial team, demonstrates how the inflation rate has behaved in Venezuela since 2020, based on official figures repo…

WSWS (2022-02-08). Turkish health workers strike as COVID-19 pandemic, living costs surge. wsws.org As COVID-19 cases explode and real annual inflation exceeds 110 percent in Turkey, many layers of the working class are increasingly taking strike action.

Liberation Staff, NYC (2022-02-08). Times Square action says:'Fight racism, not Russia!'. liberationnews.org It wasn't Russia that was forcing us to go back to work during a global pandemic so our bosses could grind out a little extra profit … It was Wall Street.

WSWS (2022-02-08). Democratic governors in the US northeast dropping school mask mandates. wsws.org While coronavirus cases have hit record levels among children, and hospitalizations and deaths overall continue to rise, the Democrats, like the Republicans are implementing the policy of profits over lives demanded by corporate America.

WSWS (2022-02-08). Health and Care Bill drives another nail in the coffin of the UK National Health Service. wsws.org The legislation will further enshrine the ability of the private sector to cherry pick the most profitable parts, while those that produce no "shareholder value" will be left to a cash-strapped NHS.

WSWS (2022-02-08). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Thousands of Puerto Rican teachers held protests to support demand for increases in pay, while Tijuana, Mexico parents are demanding the state government redress nonpayment of teachers' wages.

WSWS (2022-02-08). Columbia student workers ratify contract with cuts in real wages: The political lessons. wsws.org Throughout their struggle, Columbia University student workers confronted two hostile forces: the university administration, run by millionaires with close ties to the Democratic Party, and the United Auto Workers.

_____ (2022-02-07). Casual Racism And The New Cold War. popularresistance.org A quick Google search of "Russia" or "China" is all that is needed to identify the casual racism of the corporate media and its central role in the U.S.'s New Cold War. Add the word "fear" to the search and the agenda becomes even clearer. In a search for mainstream media articles on Russia conducted on January 26th, nine of the first ten articles that appeared contained the word "fear" in the headline. China fared a bit better than Russia, but not by much. Better than half of the headlines referenced the word "fear" or "worried" to describe affairs relating to the world's second largest economy. | What is the co…

rqorinoco (2022-02-07). As Biden Continues Trump's Cruel 'Maximum Pressure' Campaign, US Media Treats Crushing Iran's Economy as Anodyne 'Diplomacy Toolkit'. orinocotribune.com A harsh sanctions regime on Iran that has killed thousands and was heavily criticized under Trump is now casual bipartisan consensus in Washington. | By Sarah Lazare — Feb 2, 2022 | In US press outlets, the Biden administration's "maximum pressure" sanctions on Iran are, by and large, not presented as a moral issue, but as a piece of leverage in a diplomatic effort to get the best possible nuclear deal with Iran. They are ethically neutral, a tool in America's tool belt, a rook in a three-dimensional game of chess, where the components and pieces are already determined. "The US sees 'snapback' sanctions thre…

Shawgi Tell (2022-02-07). Miserable Bankruptcy of Mainstream Economics. dissidentvoice.org Capital-centered economics is unscientific and irrational. It does not provide people with a coherent, integrated, and cogent understanding of the economy. Instead it increases confusion every day, leaving people rudderless and disoriented about what is really happening. The capitalist economic system is always chaotic, anarchic, and violent, but the last two years have been more …

Staff (2022-02-07). Is a Peaceful Resolution Still Possible? Masha Gessen & Anatol Lieven on Ukraine, Putin & NATO. democracynow.org The U.S. warns Russia could soon invade Ukraine, as diplomatic talks continue in Moscow and Washington and the U.S. sends more military equipment to Ukraine. We look at the potential of war from the seldom-discussed perspective of citizens of Ukraine. "This Russian brinkmanship is having a devastating effect on the Ukrainian economy, even without an invasion," says Russian American journalist Masha Gessen, who just returned from reporting in Ukraine. Foreign policy expert Anatol Lieven says that while a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains a possibility, "there clearly is a desire in Moscow to pu…

Editor (2022-02-07). The end of growth? The capitalist economy & ecological crisis. mronline.org Many ecologists, activists and academics argue that an obsession with economic growth is the cause of our current ecological crisis and a commitment to "degrowing" the economy is the solution.

teleSUR (2022-02-07). US: "Miserable" Over COVID Pandemic, Economy: Business Insider. telesurenglish.net The percentage of Americans feeling "very happy" plunged from 32 percent in 2018 to 19 percent in 2021, as Americans feeling "not too happy" soared from 13 to 24 percent in the same time frame, a new survey has found. | RELATED: | "Americans are miserable. They're more miserable than they have been in half a century," the Business Insider reported on Sunday, citing the General Social Survey, an ongoing study at the…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Human Rights Group Alerts About Crisis in Colombian Department. telesurenglish.net The coordinator of the Indepaz Observatory of Human Rights and Conflicts pointed out that the ELN, paramilitary groups and at least nine other armed groups, remnants of the extinct FARC that abandoned the Peace Agreement, are vying for territorial control over the local economy based on the cocaine industry. | Colombia's horrific human rights crisis has carried on into 2022. January saw 14 social activists and 3 former FARC combatants killed, plus 13 massacres. It is a desperate situation.

Amy Goodman (2022-02-07). Is Russia-NATO Brinksmanship Over Ukraine Thwarting Diplomatic Resolution? truthout.org The U.S. warns Russia could soon invade Ukraine, as diplomatic talks continue in Moscow and Washington and the U.S. sends more military equipment to Ukraine. We look at the potential of war from the seldom-discussed perspective of citizens of Ukraine. "This Russian brinkmanship is having a devastating effect on the Ukrainian economy, even without an invasion," says Russian American journalist Masha Gessen, who just returned from reporting in Ukraine. Foreign policy expert Anatol Lieven says that wh…

Anonymous103 (2022-02-07). Lithuania Goes From Bad To Worse As Belarus Closes Vital Economic Railway Artery. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageEconomic situation in Lithuania is being strongly affected by tensions with China and Belarus. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Belarus since Monday, in response to the blocking of the transit of potash fertiliser through the Baltic port of Klaipƒóda, lowered the barrier against trains with Lithuanian petroleum products and fertilizers, especially those going to Ukraine. For several days now, economists and policymakers in the Lithuanian ca…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-02-07). The 2020-22 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.

rqorinoco (2022-02-07). Argentina to Russia: We Want To End Dependency On US. orinocotribune.com On February 3, the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, visited the Kremlin and told President Vladimir Putin that his country wants to end "dependency" on the US and strengthen economic ties with Russia instead. | Fernández

teleSUR, ajb, JGN, SH (2022-02-07). øPor qué Estados Unidos impuso en 1962 el bloqueo a Cuba?>. telesurtv.net A más 60 años de su implementación, el bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero de EE.UU. contra Cuba constituye el mayor obstáculo al desarrollo de la nación.

WSWS (2022-02-07). Ford, GM report massive 2021 pandemic profits. wsws.org In an indication of the unstable and even illusory character of the economic recovery in the auto industry, both Ford and GM sold fewer cars in 2021 than they did in 2020.

sputniknews (2022-02-07). As US Withholds Millions in Aid From Egypt, Local Expert Says It Won't Bring Cairo 'to Its Knees'. sputniknews.com Egypt has been the recipient of an average of $2 billion in annual military and economic aid from the US since 1979, when it signed a peace treaty with Israel. And an Egyptian professor claims that money has always been used as a tool to ensure political leverage.

_____ (2022-02-07). Why Airbnb Banned Me (And My Hubby, Too!). strategic-culture.org By Michelle MALKIN | So here is the grim reality of life in Woke America 2022. In November, I spoke at a peaceful conference held by an organization that is deemed a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League. The title of my talk was

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-07). Why Amnesty Is Taking Aim at the 'Root Causes' of Israeli Apartheid. transcend.org Amnesty International's Saleh Hijazi elaborates about his organization's new report, the Israeli government's harsh response, and why our analysis of Israeli apartheid needs to begin from 1948.

Editorial La Jornada (2022-02-07). La presencia china en América Latina. globalizacion.ca El presidente argentino, Alberto Fernández, firmó ayer en Pekín la incorporación de su país a la iniciativa Nueva ruta de la seda, un ambicioso proyecto de comercio, transporte, comunicaciones e infraestructura que China ha venido desarrollando en colaboración con otros…

Labor Video Project (2022-02-07). IT'S WAR! The Fight To Stop School Closures In Oakland As Hundreds Rally and March. indybay.org Hundreds of teachers, students and parents rallied and marched against the proposal to shut and merge many schools in the Flatlands in Oakland. These schools have large number of Black and Brown students and this is taking place as the state has a budget surplus of 45.7 billion dollars.

WSWS (2022-02-07). Vote No to Australian Education Union wage cutting agreement with Victorian Labor government! wsws.org The AEU bureaucracy is attempting to quickly ram through the deal by mid-March under conditions of an unprecedented explosion of COVID-19 infections within the schools.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-07). Apprenticeship boost for Imperial as new schemes welcome first trainees. imperial.ac.uk The Laboratory Technician and Maintenance Apprenticeship Schemes are up and running, with apprentices in Estates, Bioengineering and Chemistry.

rebekah (2022-02-07). America's Inherited Wealth Dynasties Park Trillions Out of Reach of Taxation. inequality.org

Staff (2022-02-07). Is the NFL Run Like a Plantation? Ex-Player Donté Stallworth Responds to Bombshell Racism Lawsuit. democracynow.org Ahead of the Super Bowl this weekend, we speak to former National Football League player Donté Stallworth about racism and anti-Blackness in the league. Last week, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores sued the NFL, as well as three teams — the Dolphins, Broncos and Giants — for discriminating against him as a Black candidate during his interview process. In his complaint, Flores says the NFL is "racially segregated and is managed much like a plantation," with wealthy white owners and head coaches at the top while the majority of players who risk bodily injury are Black. "Hop…

Ann Brown (2022-02-07). FBI Raids Home And Seizes Computers Of Famous Short Seller Andrew Left. moguldom.com As part of a far-reaching investigation into alleged wrongdoing by short-sellers, the Federal Bureau Of Investigations reportedly raided the home of Citron Research founder Andrew Left in 2021 Short-sellers bet that stock prices will drop in price. In short selling, a position is opened by borrowing shares of a stock or other asset that an …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-07). The Moral, Military and Financial Cost of Guantanamo Bay, 20 Years Later. transcend.org 2 Feb 2022 – 20 years ago, the first detainees in the U.S. War on Terror arrived at Guantanamo Bay. Many detainees were innocent, and tortured. Presidents since then have promised to close Guantanamo, and failed. They picked up human beings and moved them halfway around the globe without an idea of how to undo this. They're stuck with this mission. So, what's next?>

F. William Engdahl (2022-02-07). Colossal Financial Pyramid: BlackRock and The WEF "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca First published by …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-07). Progressive sections in Belgium slam government plan to increase military spending. peoplesdispatch.org On Saturday, February 5, peace groups and anti-imperialist sections in Belgium organized a demonstration in capital Brussels to protest the government's plans to increase its defense budget amid the simmering Russia-Ukraine conflict. The demonstration was attended by members of left parties and progressive organizations such as Intal Globalize Solidarity, Vrede vzw, Cnapd Asbl, the Workers Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA), the Comac youth movement, among others. They urged Russia and Ukraine to engage in dialogue to peacefully resolve the conflict. | The coalition government in Belgium has agreed to allocate EUR 10.2…

WSWS (2022-02-07). Australian government at war with itself as parliament resumes. wsws.org The Coalition's meltdown is part of a crisis of the entire political establishment, fuelled by mass popular opposition to the profits-before-lives pandemic policies, social inequality and onslaught on wages and conditions.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-07). Major Media Outlets That Use Invasive User Tracking Are Lobbying Against Regulation. transcend.org 1 Feb 2022 – The "surveillance advertising" industry makes online news possible. News outlets entrusted with promoting transparency and privacy are also lobbying behind closed doors against proposals to regulate the mass collection of data.

WSWS (2022-02-07). Pennsylvania Governor Wolf raises minimum wage for state employees, calls for a $15 statewide minimum. wsws.org Facing reelection in the fall, Wolf has called on the Republican-dominated state legislature to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour. There is little prospect the proposal will go into effect.

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2022-02-07: News Headlines

rqorinoco (2022-02-07). As Biden Continues Trump's Cruel 'Maximum Pressure' Campaign, US Media Treats Crushing Iran's Economy as Anodyne 'Diplomacy Toolkit'. orinocotribune.com A harsh sanctions regime on Iran that has killed thousands and was heavily criticized under Trump is now casual bipartisan consensus in Washington.: | By Sarah Lazare — Feb 2, 2022 | In US press outlets, the Biden administration's "maximum pressure" sanctions on Iran are, by and large, not presented as a moral issue, but as a piece of leverage in a diplomatic effort to get the best possible nuclear deal with Iran. They are ethically neutral, a tool in America's tool belt, a rook in a three-dimensional game of chess, where the components and pieces are already determined. "The US sees 'snapback' sanct…

TASS (2022-02-07). Russia is better prepared for Western sanctions than EU to gas supply cuts – Borrell. tass.com "Russia has enhanced its resilience against economic sanctions, by increasing its foreign currency reserves, more than we have done to enhance our capacity to face potential gas supply cuts", EU foreign policy chief said…

WSWS (2022-02-07). Portugal's Socialist Party wins legislative election as Left Bloc collapses. wsws.org The Left Bloc and the Portuguese Communist Party are deeply discredited after years of openly supporting the right-wing policies of the Socialist Party (PS) government.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-07). ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions Workers Demand Justice At Oakland Education Rally. indybay.org ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions workers spoke out for justice on the job at the Oakland City hall rally against education cuts.

F. William Engdahl (2022-02-07). Colossal Financial Pyramid: BlackRock and The WEF "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca First published by …

Tom Engelhardt (2022-02-07). Tomgram: Nan Levinson, How (Not) to Stop America's Wars. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Think of the U.S. military-industrial-congressional complex as a remarkably self-contained system. It's capable of funding itself at staggering levels, producing weaponry (however inefficient, ineffective, and anything but inexpensive) largely without oversight, and fighting wars (however disastrous) in a …

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-02-07). Venezuelans commemorate 30th anniversary of 1992 civic-military rebellion. peoplesdispatch.org The civic-military rebellion led by Commander Hugo Chávez against the government of president Carlos Andrés Pérez, despite its failure, marked the end of neoliberalism and the beginning of a new era of profound socio-political changes in the country…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-07). Morning Commute: 2-7-2022 #FREELEONARDPELTIER. anchor.fm In this episode I go over a few things that are on my mind like the continuous encirclement and harassment of Russia and China, as well as how we can learn from the ongoing peoples movements in socialist revolution of the past and the present in order to inform and help organize for our future. Let's get Organizing y'all!

Editor (2022-02-06). Chris Hedges and Louis Hyman on the Harmful Gig Economy. scheerpost.com After the end of World War II two generations of workers in the United States were blessed with a period of unprecedented prosperity. Wages for the working class were high. Jobs were stable and came with benefits and health insurance. Unions protected workers from abuse by the business elites. Taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations was as high as 91 percent. The public school system provided a quality education to the poor and the rich. The nation's infrastructure and technology were cutting edge and unrivaled. But by the 1970s it all began to go south. Wages stagnated. Income inequality grew,…

United Health Professionals (2022-02-06). International Alert Message about COVID-19. United Health Professionals. globalresearch.ca We are more than 1,500 members (including professors of medicine, intensive care physicians and infectious disease specialists) from more than 30 countries. The lockdown has not only killed people, it has destroyed physical and mental health, economy, education and other aspects of social life.

_____ (2022-02-06). The Economics Of Climate Accountability. popularresistance.org "The Enbridge terminal expansion is planned to be constructed in the ancestral settlement and land of the Karankawa Kadla, where thousands of sacred Karankawa artifacts remain and ceremony and prayer have continued for the past 2,000 years," said a news release from the Indigenous Environmental Network. The release also included a simple line asking for "accountability from Enbridge and Bank of America". That word "accountability" shifts the protest to another kind of action, one based on ESG standards; a metric that includes Environment, Social and Governance as well as the planning for net-zero carbon emissions…

Fight Back (2022-02-06). Baltimore: Protest demands: 'No U.S., NATO war on Russia and Donbass'. fightbacknews.org Baltimore, MD — Dozens of protesters gathered on February 5 in downtown Baltimore to speak out against a possible U.S./NATO war on Russia and Donbass. Speakers called on the U.S. government to fight COVID and poverty instead of Russia. | Protesters chanted demands for money for social investments in healthcare, housing and jobs instead of the military budget and war. Cars honked their horns in solidarity as they drove by the picket. A caravan of protesters drove throughout the city after the initial picket, before meeting up with another group for a joint closing rally at a different intersection. | A coali…

_____ (2022-02-06). Mexican GM Workers Vote In An Independent Union. popularresistance.org Auto workers at a General Motors plant in central Mexico delivered a landslide victory to an independent union in a vote held February 1-2. It's a major breakthrough for workers and labor activists seeking to break the vice grip of the employer-friendly unions that have long dominated Mexico's labor movement.

Carlos Aznarez (2022-02-06). Argentina: An Agreement of More Submission. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Aznárez and Roberto Perdía — Jan 30, 2022 | On Friday last week, President Alberto Fernández announced the new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by which he set the will of his government to extend the payment of the debts contracted by former right wing President Macri, and agreed to a series of commitments with the international financial organization where the US has the leading voice. | Since our incorporation into the IMF in 1956, this is the 22nd agreement, and in all of them there are mutual commitments to "lay the foundations for a sustained development". | In none of the…

Andrew Wong (2022-02-06). Congress restricts US investments in China. indybay.org Analyses of issues concerning the strategic confrontation with China were reported to the US Congress.

William Briggs (2022-02-06). Taiwan and Ukraine: How United States foreign policy operates in the service of capitalism. greenleft.org.au The sabre rattling of the United States and its allies grows as capitalism's crisis sharpens, writes William Briggs.

Editor2 (2022-02-06). The Siege of El Estor: Resistance to the Continuation of an Extractive and Repressive Neoliberal Status Quo in Guatemala. orinocotribune.com By Ben Gutman — Feb 1, 2022 First-hand reporting and analysis of the Maya Q'eqchi' resistance movement against multinational corporate…

_____ (2022-02-06). News Flash: Billionaires Don't Like Socialism. popularresistance.org In response to a rising progressive tide in the United States, a new genre of stories has emerged in corporate media: rich guys warning against taxing them, or really changing anything about the system at all. Just as the press are keen for you to know that Medicare for All is a very bad idea (FAIR.org, 4/29/19), they are equally anxious to make sure that the voices of beleaguered, unheard plutocrats are given as much of a boost as possible. | A case in point is CNBC's recent article (1/22/20) headlined, "BP's CEO Chides AOC and Bernie Sanders for Their 'Completely Unrealistic' Green New Deal Ideas." Reporter Jes…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-06). Morning Commute: 2-6-2022. anchor.fm In this episode I discuss more about George Jackson's "blood in my eye" as well as some other incredible works and articles I've read such as those from hoodcommunist.org, Black Alliance for Peace and Black Agenda Report. I discuss a bit about the liberal attempt to appear woke by co-opting black history month for white interests and white ideas. I also discuss the necessity to organize, arm yourself (if legal üòâ) And get building relationships with ongoing people movements wherever you can find them!

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