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2021-11-06: News Headlines

G. Dunkel (2021-11-06). Haiti in crisis, U.S. big-business press calls for intervention. workers.org Oct. 31 — The Haitian economy lacks the fuel it needs to function. Because Haiti's electric grid is unreliable, hospitals, factories, banks, cell phone towers, schools, taxis and the "tap taps" that provide public transport — are cutting back or shutting down. A general strike of fuel truck drivers and . . . |

Sonali Kolhatkar (2021-11-06). How the Wealthiest Countries Schemed to Avoid Economic Commitments at COP26. zcomm.org The G20, an exclusive club of mostly wealthy nations, met just before the COP26 in Glasgow and paid little more than lip service to the world's leading problems, while preserving their own financial dominance…

WSWS (2021-11-06). Inflation sets off gyrations in global bond markets. wsws.org While bond market movements are small in absolute terms, they can have major effects because they impact on large amounts of money—hundreds of billions of dollars—that surge through financial markets every day.

Sharon Zhang (2021-11-06). Sanders Slams Democrats' Tax Break for the Wealthy as "Beyond Unacceptable" zcomm.org Because the proposal almost exclusively favors the wealthy and the 1 percent, progressives are vehemently opposed to the idea…

Liz DeFriez (2021-11-06). Only one solution to Utah's rising housing prices: socialism. liberationnews.org According to a recent report from the University of Utah, housing price increases are unlikely to subside for some time.

Brett Wilkins (2021-11-06). Bolivian President Warns 'Carbon Colonialism' Won't Solve Climate Crisis. zcomm.org "The solution," said Luis Arce at COP26, "is to change the model of civilization and move towards an alternative model to capitalism, the concept of living well together in harmony with Mother Earth.

WSWS (2021-11-06). How Sri Lankan workers can fight privatisation. wsws.org Workers need to form action committees, independent of the trade unions, in every workplace and unify with other sections of workers in a common political struggle for socialist policies.

WSWS (2021-11-06). Argentine judge indicts Spanish Franco-era minister on murder charges. wsws.org Spain's Socialist Party-Podemos government is refusing to implement the arrest warrant issued in Argentina for former Francoite minister Rodolfo Martín Villa.

WSWS (2021-11-06). "People are getting killed and the government is indifferent"—SEP (Australia) electoral members support campaign to eliminate COVID-19. wsws.org "It is critical for the Socialist Equality Party to be registered, to be able to discuss the political situation with the working class."

WSWS (2021-11-06). Experts oppose "reckless" easing of COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand. wsws.org Auckland University associate professor of public health Collin Tukuitonga told the World Socialist Web Site the decision to reopen retail in Auckland next week, while COVID-19 numbers continue to soar, is "reckless."

WSWS (2021-11-05). Widespread support for Socialist Equality Party's lawsuit against the German secret service. wsws.org The SGP's complaint against its surveillance by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's secret service, is of great political importance, because the government wants to criminalize socialist ideas. Hundreds of WSWS readers and workers have quickly recognized this fact.

_____ (2021-11-05). Has Saudi Arabia Decided to Put an End to the Small and Defenseless Lebanon? journal-neo.org Recently, Saudi Arabia and its satellites Bahrain and Kuwait have decided to expel Lebanese ambassadors amid the rising tensions between Beirut and some countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC). In addition, Riyadh severed economic ties with Lebanon, which looks like a deliberately malicious move aimed at pushing Lebanon into a deeper …

Special to People's World (2021-11-05). Connecticut group home workers strike Sunrise for wages, pensions, dignity. peoplesworld.org HARTFORD, Conn.—From the moment over 100 courageous caregivers walked onto the picket line against group home company Sunrise Inc., they had the support of the community and the labor movement behind them. Part of the national post-pandemic strike wave and racial justice uprisings, these working-class Black, Latino, and white women are standing up for living …

WSWS (2021-11-05). In wake of rejection of Deere sellout contract, Sanders' "Labor Strikes Back" forum covers for union bureaucracy. wsws.org At a sparsely watched online forum Wednesday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders tried to falsely portray the unions as fighting organizations of the working class.

WSWS (2021-11-05). Pseudo-left and Labor promote unions, oppose socialist perspective at University of Sydney meeting. wsws.org International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia) and the Committee for Public Education members called for a unified movement of students and staff on an independent socialist perspective.

Staff (2021-11-05). Headlines for November 5, 2021. democracynow.org World's Biggest Polluters Remain on Sidelines as Over 40 Nations Pledge to Phase Out Coal, House Schedules Votes on Infrastructure Bill & Build Back Better Act, "We Want to Live!": Climate Activists Confront Sen. Joe Manchin over Climate Emergency, White House Announces Vaccine Mandate for Over 100 Million U.S. Workers by January 4, U.S. to Cancel Contract with COVID-19 Vaccine Maker That Ruined Millions of Doses, Moderna Reports $3.3B Third-Quarter Profit; Protesters Demand It Share Vaccine Recipe, U.S. Proposes New $650 Million Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia, Despite Yemen War Crimes, Two Indigenous Mapuche Leade…

Editor2 (2021-11-05). OPEC+ Rebuffs US Calls for Speedier Oil Output Increases. orinocotribune.com OPEC and its allies agreed at a meeting on Thursday to stick to plans to raise oil output by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) from December, despite calls from the United States for extra supply to cool rising prices. | The White House said Washington would consider a full range of tools at its disposal to guarantee access to affordable energy. | All oil producers suffered a drop in income during the COVID-19 pandemic and as demand recovers with the global economy it has allowed them to rebuild their balance sheets. OPEC+ supply restraint has underpinned a rally that has pushed global benchmark Brent crude to a thre…

Karen Conner (2021-11-05). Economy Adds 531,000 Jobs in October; Unemployment Falls to 4.6 Percent. cepr.net The rise in the index of aggregate hours since July is equivalent to adding 498,000 private sector jobs a month | The economy added 531,000 jobs in October, as the unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent, a level not reached following the Great Recession until February 2017. The jobs numbers for the prior two months were also revised upward by 235,000 to bring the three-month average to 442,000. | It's also worth noting that private sector employment grew even more rapidly, adding 604,000 jobs. The hours-worked index, which only measures private sector employment, has risen by 1.2 percent in the last three months,…

Peter Dolack (2021-11-05). China's winding road towards capitalism. canadiandimension.com There is perhaps no bigger controversy among partisans of the left than the nature of China and its economy. Is it socialist? Capitalist? State capitalist? A hybrid? That so much debate swirls around this issue is its own proof that the question doesn't have a definitive answer, at least not yet. | What can be agreed upon is that China has experienced decades of extraordinary economic growth. But the nature of that growth, and the base upon which it has been created, are also subject to intense debate, arguments that necessarily rest on how a debater classifies the Chinese economy. An additional debate is whet…

Dean Baker (2021-11-05). Combatting Global Warming: The Solution to China's Demographic "Crisis" zcomm.org If China wants a path through its "demographic crisis," or, in other words, coping with secular stagnation, devoting substantial resources towards greening its economy would be a great path forward…

_____ (2021-11-05). Wall Street's Latest Scheme Is Monetizing Nature Itself. popularresistance.org A month before the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP26) kicked off in Scotland, a new asset class was launched by the New York Stock Exchange that will "open up a new feeding ground for predatory Wall Street banks and financial institutions that will allow them to dominate not just the human economy, but the entire natural world." So writes Whitney Webb in an article titled "Wall Street's Takeover of Nature Advances with Launch of New Asset Class": | Called a natural asset company, or NAC, the vehicle will allow for the formation of specialized corporations "that hold the rights to the e…

Joris Leverink (2021-11-05). TNI Webinar series: China and the World. roarmag.org We are excited to announce a new China's economic rise in the last three decades is unprecedented and is shaping our world like never before. Global capitalism today would not survive in its current fo…

Staff (2021-11-05). "Too Little, Too Late": Global South Activists Decry 2050 "Net Zero" Goal by Wealthy Nations. democracynow.org After nearly a week of speeches, negotiations and protests at the COP26 U.N. climate summit, we speak with Meena Raman, head of programs at Third World Network, who says developing countries need more time and resources to adapt to the climate crisis and end the use of fossil fuels. Without a just transition that addresses inequality, she says, many countries will continue to suffer from both poverty and environmental devastation. "When the rich world has not been able to phase out fossil fuels, … it's really dubious to preach to the developing world that they have to get out of fossil fuels," says Raman.

Paul Haeder (2021-11-05). Quitting is a Mental Health Decision. dissidentvoice.org Well well, some of us try-try. We end up having to take pittance jobs, with pitiful nonprofits, where the bottom line is, well, poverty pimping. So in a time of Covid Capitalism, in a time of quick silver circling the drain, quitting after 5 weeks on the job may appear rash, or self-defeating. But here …

WSWS (2021-11-05). New Brunswick premier meets with top CUPE official in bid to shut down militant public sector strike. wsws.org New Brunswick's striking public sector workers must beware. The CUPE leadership is conspiring with Premier Higgs and his hard-right Tory government to smother their struggle for a wage "catch-up" after 15 years of declining real incomes.

WSWS (2021-11-05). Tonga's first COVID-19 case enters from New Zealand. wsws.org New Zealand's Labour-led government, having "transitioned" from its COVID-19 elimination strategy, is facilitating the export of the deadly virus into the Pacific.

WSWS (2021-11-05). UK Corbynite's Zero Covid campaign: "Zero" in name only. wsws.org The campaign exists solely to provide an apologia for the refusal of the Labour Party and trade unions to do anything that genuinely opposes the Conservative government's policy of allowing the virus to rip through workplaces and schools.

Alan Johnstone (2021-11-05). The Socialist Cooperative Commonwealth. dissidentvoice.org Since its origin in the early 19th century by followers of Robert Owen, the term "socialism" has evolved to mean many different things to many different people and has been misused by dictatorships to describe their draconian management of capitalism. At the present time "socialism" is an unpopular word. Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot have …

David Trujillo (2021-11-05). The underbelly of America. peoplesworld.org Under a concrete bridge lies an independent space. Worried, weary, broken, broke, women abused. Overused men. Lost lives chasing shadows. Challenging stories. A challenging life. Homeless camps here and there. Infested makeshift shelters. Overcrowded sidewalk nests. Living symbols of institutional failure. Immense wealth against homeless mayhem. Suppressing motivation, innovation, and personal growth. Unnoticed, unheard just …

WSWS (2021-11-05). "JobKeeper" billions boosted Australian corporate profits while casual workers axed. wsws.org The wage subsidy scheme, like all the COVID-19 "stimulus" packages in Australia and around the world, has been another historic transfer of wealth to big business.

Staff (2021-11-05). Has Fuel Distribution in Venezuela Improved? This is what Venezuelans Say. orinocotribune.com A tour made of service stations in Caracas and its surroundings this Thursday, November 4, by Laiguana.tv's team of reporters, led by the journalist Mirelvis Gutiérrez, found two contrasting realities. On the one hand, at the pumps that sell fuel at international prices, queues are practically non-existent and the supply is constant. Alternately, where subsidized gasoline is sold, long lines persist. | On Victoria Avenue in Caracas an interviewee told Gutiérrez that, although they still have to wait several hours to refuel, the situation has improved in comparison to previous months. | Since June 1, 2020, Venezue…

_____ (2021-11-05). Japan and Turkey Boost Cooperation in Central Asia. journal-neo.org Pragmatism has long been the backbone of the Japanese presence in Central Asia, expressed in billions of dollars in direct bilateral financial assistance and multilateral financing through the Asian Development Bank and other financial institutions. However, Japan has not yet learned how to firmly convert the returns on financial and other assistance provided to the region …

Dana Sanchez (2021-11-05). JP Morgan: Bitcoin Could Hit $146,000 And Is Acting Like Digital Gold. moguldom.com Bitcoin, a scarce product like gold, is increasingly competing with the most popular precious metal for investors' attention as a hedge against inflation, which is running at a 13-year high in the U.S. Inflation concerns in September and October 2021 appear to have renewed investor interest in using bitcoin as an inflation hedge, JPMorgan strategist …

MEE, agencies (2021-11-05). Israel's parliament approves 2022 budget in key win for governing coalition. middleeasteye.net Israel's parliament approves 2022 budget in key win for governing coalition | Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's coalition passes budget for next year, a day after passing belated spending budget for 2021 | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 09: 45 | Approval of the 2022 budget was seen as crucial for the four-year coalition because it stabilises the alliance up to when Bennett, pictured, is due to turn the…

Monica Cruz (2021-11-05). Striking Warrior Met coal miners arrested at protest in New York City. peoplesdispatch.org Seven members of the United Mine Workers of America were arrested after staging a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the multi-trillion dollar investment firm BlackRock, which is largest shareholder in Warrior Met Mines…

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2021-11-05). Michael K. Dorsey on Climate Summit, Nekessa Opoti on Haitian Refugees. fair.org This week on CounterSpin: The impacts of climate disruption are not theoretical; they are happening. Those already worst off are facing the worst of it, and those who profit from it continue to profit. There are finer points, but that's reality. And it's fair to measure journalism not by its cleverness, or by demonstrated …

Fight Back (2021-11-05). Join the FRSO General Members meeting. fightbacknews.org The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is hosting another meeting for general members this coming Thursday, November 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern time. We will use Zoom to again to welcome the scores of new members who chose to join the FRSO over the past four months. | Tracy Molm, an environmental justice activist, and Masao Suzuki, chair of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) Joint Nationalities Commission, will speak on how capitalism destroys the environment to achieve ever greater profits. This also harms the working class and puts the greatest burden on oppressed nationality communities. This inc…

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-11-05). Putting In Work: 5 Things To Know About The Sisters Of Watts Organization. moguldom.com "Don't bring me problems without solutions." It is a well-known sentiment among purpose-driven people and the Sisters of Watts live it out frequently in their community. The mission of the Los Angeles-based nonprofit is "to unite neighborhoods, promote community, strengthen families, and form meaningful relationships." They do so in a variety of ways. Here are …

Natasha Anderson (2021-11-05). Pfizer Has Secret Government Contracts for COVID Vaccines: Advocacy Group Says Company Puts Profits over Public Health and Reveals Seven of Its Contracts Are Worth $5 Billion. globalresearch.ca

Hayley McMahon (2021-11-05). Lord Mayoral Q&A: Socialist Alliance candidate Steve O'Brien. greenleft.org.au Steve O'Brien, who is running for Lord Mayor of Newcastle and councillor in Ward 1, discusses his people before profit campaign.

Betsey Piette (2021-11-05). Supply chain crisis: Driven by deregulation. workers.org Corporate media and the Biden administration have focused on major West Coast ports, specifically Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., as the pivot points in the global supply chain crisis impacting the U.S. But the problem is far more complex. It involves points of production, methods of global transport, points . . . |

Matt Sedlar (2021-11-05). With Rising Wages and Record Job Openings, Do We Still Have to Ask if the Minimum Wage Kills Jobs? cepr.net If we think work should be rewarded, a higher minimum wage is a great place to start.

WSWS (2021-11-05). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org Malaysian contract doctor threaten national strike; India: Spicejet engineers workers walkout over unpaid wages; FedEx drivers to strike in Australia…

Rebekah Entralgo (2021-11-05). Rediscovering the Power of Unions. zcomm.org Better wages, health care, paid leave, and real curbs on inequality may always face headwinds in Washington. But as workers across the country are rediscovering, a strong union can win those things directly…

Yusuf Selman Inanc (2021-11-05). Turkish drones: Kyrgyzstan becomes first Central Asian country to purchase TB2s. middleeasteye.net Turkish drones: Kyrgyzstan becomes first Central Asian country to purchase TB2s | Analysts say the deal highlights Central Asian attempts to counterbalance the dominance of Russia and China | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 10: 23 | A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone flies at Gecitkale military airbase near Famagusta in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 16 December 2019 (A…

Ann Brown (2021-11-05). Report: A New Paradigm Is Needed To Achieve Racial Justice And Move Beyond The Failures Of Neoliberalism And Racial Liberalism. moguldom.com Republicans are advocating violence. Democrats are running on policies that are going nowhere. It would seem obvious to most that change is needed. Almost one in three Republicans polled in a recent study from the Public Religion Research Institute agree with this statement, "Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may …

Vijay Prashad (2021-11-05). Ecuador's Neoliberal Government Announces State Emergency to Impose Austerity. zcomm.org On October 18, 2021, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency for 60 days…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-05). Portuguese communists kickstart celebrations for Jose Saramago's birth centenary. peoplesdispatch.org On Saturday, October 30, the Communist Party of Portugal (PCP) organized a cultural event in Lisbon titled: "Universal Writer, Intellectual of April, Communist Militant" to kick start the birth centenary celebration of renowned writer and communist Jose Saramago. November 16, 2022 is the 100th birth anniversary of Saramago, who was born in Santarém, Portugal. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998. Preparations for the official centenary celebrations by the Portuguese state and the Jose Saramago Foundation, headed by his wife Pilar del Río, are also underway. | Before becoming a full fledged writer, S…

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2021-11-05: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-04). Top NATO/EUCOM and Ukrainian military commanders: collaboration against Russia to intensify. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zaluzhny, Wolters discuss response to Russian aggression Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny has held his first phone call with NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe Tod Wolters, emphasizing the importance of NATO's continued military and naval presence in the Black Sea region. *** "…I informed him about…brazen ceasefire violations by the Russian occupation …

WSWS (2021-11-04). Students and young people must take up the fight against Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org "It is becoming clear to millions of young people that capitalism offers them no future. The government and Labor know this opposition exists and its one of the central reasons they have imposed these anti-democratic electoral laws."

_____ (2021-11-04). Japan's Energy Policy and its Significance for Russia. journal-neo.org Just as decades ago, coal remains a strategically important fuel for the world. Despite the constant talk of greenhouse gas emissions and the complete phase-out of coal, the disappearance of this fuel from the market would lead to the collapse of the global economy. It is quite natural that the world's four major coal consumers, …

WSWS (2021-11-04). The significance of the Democratic Party debacle on November 2. wsws.org The Democratic Party has long abandoned policies to improve the social and economic position of working people, in favor of the politics of race and gender.

WSWS (2021-11-04). Fed tapers asset purchases amid rising inflation and growing economic uncertainty. wsws.org Fed chair Jerome Powell reassured financial markets the decision to wind back asset purchases did not mean a rise in the central bank's base interest rate—now at virtually zero—was imminent.

WSWS (2021-11-04). Sudan's military seek to crush opposition demanding civilian rule. wsws.org The claim that the civilian-military transitional government established in 2019 would be capable of resolving the enormous social and economic problems confronting Sudanese workers was a dangerous trap.

Global Research News (2021-11-04). Selected Articles: "New Normal" Winter Is Coming: Social Purge on "The Unvaccinated" globalresearch.ca By An economic downturn during the first quarter of 2020 resulted in the loss of millions of jobs and hundreds of thousands of businesses. Governments …

WSWS (2021-11-04). Rampant inflation pushing Canada's low-income workers even further into poverty. wsws.org Inflation is slashing workers' real wages at an accelerating pace, propelling ever broader layers of the working class into struggle.

WSWS (2021-11-04). New Zealand COVID-19 cases surge as government plans to lift more restrictions. wsws.org Public health experts have warned that the Labour Party-led government's decision to open more businesses in Auckland, while case numbers are surging, will lead to more hospitalisations and deaths.

WSWS (2021-11-04). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Danish nurses continue one-hour wildcat stoppages over pay and staff shortages, begun in August; French transport workers continue strike wave over pay and conditions while unions prevent national strike; UK bus strikes planned in Wales and England at different companies over pay, while Unite union agrees below-inflation deals; Workers in Cross Rivers State, Nigeria defy court order and continue strike for minimum wage begun October 12…

Gideon Polya (2021-11-04). Climate Change-impacted Island Nations, Tropical Countries and Indeed the World Will Punish Climate Criminal Australia. dissidentvoice.org The corrupt, mendacious, racist, anti-science, and climate criminal National Party-Liberal Party Coalition that rules climate criminal Australia has succeeded in sabotaging the COP26 Climate Change Conference (as it has all previous climate conferences) in 10 key ways: (1). Racist ignoring of the right of Developing Countries with relatively low "GDP per capita" and "GHG pollution …

MEE, agencies (2021-11-04). Israel: Parliament passes first state budget in three years. middleeasteye.net Israel: Parliament passes first state budget in three years | Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had until 14 November to get the budget approved to prevent Knesset from being dissolved | Thu, 11/04/2021 – 07: 58 | It took until 5am for parliament to complete the vote on the 2021 budget, with hundreds of spending measures requiring individual votes through the night (AFP) | Israeli lawmakers p…

Zoi Parcharidi (2021-11-04). Public healthcare workers in Greece go on strike seeking greater investment, pay hikes. peoplesdispatch.org The Greek government has been taking advantage of the pandemic to reinforce the privatization of the healthcare sector by promoting public-private partnerships, contractual agreements and merging of healthcare units…

Editor (2021-11-04). Richard Lewontin, dialectical materialism, the relationship between evolutionary biology and Marxism. mronline.org Dialectical materialism combines two philosophical traditions: historical materialism formulated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and dialectics, an idealist philosophy formulated by German philosopher Georg Willhelm Friedrich Hegel.

Bruce Lerro (2021-11-04). New Agers vs Neo-Pagans: Can Either Be Salvaged for Socialism? (Part I). dissidentvoice.org Neopagans have a great deal to teach 21st Century socialists, if only we would listen. As capitalism has gone into deep decline in the United States and England beginning in the 1970s, two spiritual movements have sprung up outside Judeo-Christianity: The New Age and Neopaganism. Contrary to some sociologists' claims that Neopagan Wiccans, Druids and …

Yuri Martins Fontes (2021-11-04). Caio Prado e o fascismo como estratégia do capitalismo em crise (Parte II). globalresearch.ca Conforme apresentado na primeira parte deste artigo, em época de crise econà¥mica generalizada e consequente turbulência social — caso do período entreguerras (anos 1920 e 1930) e da época atual —, costumam se fortalecer os discursos irracionais, dentre os quais …

Editor2 (2021-11-04). As Chávez Said, 'Let's not Change the Climate, Let's Change the System!': A Conversation with Max Ajl. orinocotribune.com An anti-imperialist approach to global warming in the context of COP26. | This week and through November 12, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) takes place in Glasgow, Scotland. COP26 brings together heads of state and other prominent figures to talk about climate change. However, the conference won't address the central environmental problem: capitalism. In this interview we talk to

Markela Panegyres (2021-11-04). Capitalism makes people sick. greenleft.org.au Children and young people are experiencing a mental health epidemic. Markela Panegyres argues that resources are not being made available either for the treatment or to tackle some of the causes.

Staff (2021-11-04). Headlines for November 4, 2021. democracynow.org Global Carbon Emissions Near Record High as Nations Meet for Crucial Climate Summit, NJ Gov. Phil Murphy Narrowly Wins Reelection, in Ominous Sign for Democrats Ahead of 2022 Midterms, Socialist Candidate India Walton Concedes Hard-Fought Mayoral Race in Buffalo, NY, Senate Republicans Filibuster Voting Rights Legislation Again, U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 750,000, White House Warns of Vaccine Misinformation, Urges Parents to Get Children Vaccinated, Russia Records Another Record Daily COVID-19 Death Toll, WHO Approves Emergency Use of India's 2-Shot Coronavirus Vaccine Covaxin, U.S. Blacklists Israel's NSO G…

Fred Weir (2021-11-04). Communists face rare crackdown in Russia, upending old balance. zcomm.org Boris Kagarlitsky, a veteran left-wing dissident, holds the distinction of having been a political prisoner under the regimes of Leonid Brezhnev and Boris Yeltsin. Now he can add President Vladimir Putin to that list…

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2021-11-04: News Headlines

Hussain Abdul-Hussain (2021-11-04). How Hezbollah's grip on Lebanon wrecked ties with Riyadh. asiatimes.com Saudi Arabia may have dealt Lebanon's rulers — Hezbollah and the oligarchs — a fatal economic blow by scaling down its diplomatic ties and closing off Saudi markets to Lebanese exports. While it is tempting to think of the Saudi move as a welcome wake-up call for the Lebanese, judging by past behavior, the oligarchs …

Staff (2021-11-04). Nimotuzumab: El medicamento cubano contra el cáncer que reduce las secuelas pulmonares de la COVID-19. cubadebate.cu El Nimotuzumab es una molécula muy segura, que además evidencia una alta tasa de recuperación y permite la reducción de las secuelas pulmonares en pacientes que enfermaron de covid-19. La mejor de las pruebas está en historias como la de Marlon, o en las tantas batallas acumuladas de Leonor, Yaikiel y Raity, quienes desde dentro de la zona roja han visto en el Nimotuzumab traducirse la ciencia de un laboratorio, a la esperanza y la seguridad en salvar vidas.

Dolores Perez Heilbron (2021-11-04). Sunday 11/14: Labor, Forever Wars and Environmental Crisis – What's the Connection? indybay.org UUSF/Humanist Zoom event at 1: 00 PM: | us06web.zoom.us/j/89836429943?pwd=eUpoVXZJM0ZyMTRLODFaaEtQYXJxQT09…

Staff (2021-11-04). South Dakota governor sues Biden over vax mandate… after getting sued by Republicans. rt.com South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says her state has joined a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its latest "unconstitutional" vaccine mandate. However, Noem herself is facing a mandates-related lawsuit. | The Department of Labor's Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) revealed the details of its vaccine mandate for the private sector on Thursday. Threatening companies with fines of up to $136,000, the mandate requires all firms with more than 100 staff to force their employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19, or submit to regular testing and masking. | Within hours, Noem announced…

Staff (2021-11-04). US airline staff could 'end up on the street' for refusing vaccines, pilot tells RT. rt.com With details of President Biden's private-sector vaccine mandate revealed, commercial pilot Jason Kunisch told RT that such mandates already risk cratering the aviation industry, which is dealing with "severe" staffing shortages. | The Department of Labor's Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) on Thursday revealed the details of the Biden administration's controversial vaccine order for private companies. The order, which OSHA is considering making permanent, requires all companies with more than 100 staff to force their employees to get vaccinated by early January or submit to regular testing…

ecns.cn (2021-11-04). UK central bank keeps rates unchanged despite higher inflation expectations. ecns.cn The Bank of England, Britain's central bank, said on Thursday it will keep interest rates unchanged despite widespread speculation that it will raise rates to contain rising inflation.

Cian Walker (2021-11-04). 4 Key Ignored Points in the Inflation / MMT debate. realprogressives.org Inflation has caused great economic harm many times and in many places around the world throughout history. But, where we're stood now, is this time and place one where inflation should be a concern?

Cian Walker (2021-11-04). Capitalism is Bad for Business. realprogressives.org The reason debates about economic equality, social mobility, access to opportunity, capitalism, socialism, and politics are bogged down in stubborn, circular quagmires is because most people, on both ends of the political spectrum, see capitalism and commerce as the same thing.

ecns.cn (2021-11-04). Xi: China will steadfastly advance opening-up. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech via video at the opening ceremony of the fourth China International Import Expo and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum on Thursday. Here are some highlights:…

ecns.cn (2021-11-04). Economic, social interdependence between U.S., China makes decoupling impossible: Joseph S. Nye. ecns.cn Given the economic and social interdependence between the United States and China, it is impossible for the two countries to decouple, an American political scientist has noted.

Staff (2021-11-04). Going green? RT visits British town opening NEW coal mine (VIDEO). rt.com The English town of Whitehaven may soon have a brand-new coal mine for the first time in decades — and the locals told RT they're looking forward to seeing the project reversing an economic decline. | Whitehaven, located on the Cumbria coast, is not exactly a flourishing place. Once a booming port and a major centre of the coal and chemical industries, the town has been in decline, with its streets dotted by long-since boarded-up businesses. | Read more | | However, Whitehaven has be…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-04). Ultraconservative Triumph Puts Pakistan At Risk. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan may have averted for now further violence by caving in to demands of a militant, supremacist religious group. But in doing so, Mr. Khan is allowing radical ultra-conservatism to fester, undermining social cohesion, threatening economic development, and giving militants a say in foreign policy. | The government's surrender to Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan or 'I a…

sputniknews (2021-11-04). Pelosi and Democratic Leaders Aim for Thursday Vote on Social Spending Package. sputniknews.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Democratic leaders are aiming to hold a vote Thursday on their social spending package, with a Friday vote on the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure proposal, as progressives sought an agreement on the larger piece of President Joe Biden's economic agenda.

Tomasz Konicz, Robert Kurz (2021-11-04). Is China in danger of collapse? and Anti-economics and anti-politics. indybay.org In the process of modernization, the relationship between market and state can be boiled down to the formula of a general law: the more market, the more state… The bloated market and the bloated state can only live or die together.

WSWS Repost (2021-11-04). The significance of the Democratic Party debacle on November 2. indybay.org The Democratic Party has long abandoned policies to improve the social and economic position of working people, in favor of the politics of race and gender.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-11-04). Mayo Clinic, NAACP join forces to create new pathways to success for Black, underrepresented students. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and the Rochester Branch of NAACP today launched "RISE for Youth," an innovative program that will provide Black and underrepresented students with new pathways to success in education and employment, while also addressing the racial disparities that stand in the way of their success. The program is part of Mayo Clinic's $100 million commitment against racism. According to a Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development report, a huge employment…

Scott Foster (2021-11-04). RCEP trade pact good to go on Jan 1, 2022. asiatimes.com Australia and New Zealand have ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), paving the way for the Asia-Pacific trade deal to take effect on January 1, 2022. The government of Australia announced its ratification on Tuesday, November 2. New Zealand followed a day later. As noted by Phil Twyford, New Zealand's Minister of State for Trade …

Johannes Petry (2021-11-04). China's tech crackdown challenges Western notions. asiatimes.com China introduced new rules on November 1 that restrict the extent to which internet companies can collect and store user data. Known as the personal information protection law, it is said to be among the toughest data-protection regimes in the world. As part of the rules, tech giants are having to set up external bodies …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-11-04). Guiding values uncovered in century-old letter. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Every now and then, you hear about surprising finds at flea markets, yard sales or in an attic. Items that appear ordinary are actually extraordinary, maybe even priceless. Recently, a Minnesota man had just such an experience. But the value of his find wasn't monetary. It was historical. Watch: Lost Mayo letter from 1896 offers glimpse into Mayo values youtu.be/U9gOeRMYbSM Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (2: 22) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please…

Staff (2021-11-04). For Migrant Families, COVID-19 Made Precarious Housing Much Worse. shadowproof.com As the national lockdown went into effect in March 2020, Susana, a Latina woman in her early 60s, was living alone on the Northside of Minneapolis. She had been getting by as a childcare provider for an affluent family. But when her employer began working from home, that source of income became impromptu at best—and, …

Poor People's Campaign (2021-11-04). Thursday 11/4: Policies That Could Improve the Lives of Poor & Low-Income People w/ PPC. indybay.org Online teach-in…

Staff (2021-11-04). Court dismisses lawsuit by Bezos' Blue Origin over SpaceX/NASA contract. rt.com The lawsuit filed by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin against rival billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX firm — and the US government, which picked SpaceX over Blue Origin — has been dismissed. | The suit, filed in federal claims court, was dismissed by Judge Richard Hertling on Thursday. The ruling bars either party from further speaking out about the details of the decision until November 18, but no financial settlements were awarded. Bezos' effort to pry SpaceX from its privileged position as the beneficiary of the $2.9 billion NASA contract to return the US space agency…

Osman Quattara (2021-11-04). Why climate change poses a threat to central banks. asiatimes.com Ahead of a day of talks on climate finance at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, former Bank of England governor Mark Carney announced the launch of a coalition of financial companies committed to hitting net-zero by 2050. The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero says it is made up of more than 450 …

sputniknews (2021-11-04). Senior Republican Senators Want Hearings on $1.75 Trillion Budget, Claim Details Hidden. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The ranking Republicans on all 13 Senate committees demanded hearings, committee votes and the public release of legislative text of the Democrats' $1.75 trillion reconciliation budget that vastly expands US social welfare spending, in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released on Thursday.

_____ (2021-11-04). Moderna Reports 'Obscene' Profits From Covid Vaccine Funded by US Taxpayers. commondreams.org It doesn't pay to be right about America's wars, especially from the start. Nobody cares. Nobody remembers.

Fight for $15 (2021-11-04). Tuesday 11/9: Fast Food Workers Strike for Safe Conditions & Fair Wages in California. indybay.org Multiple strike locations in the SF Bay Area and Sacramento region…

tribunemag.co.uk (2021-11-04). If COP Wants to Save the Planet, It Has to Challenge Capitalism. tribunemag.co.uk COP26 could be an opportunity to tackle capitalism's destruction of the planet — if world leaders choose to take it.

Staff (2021-11-04). NYC mayor-elect vows to take first paychecks in BITCOIN. rt.com Newly-elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams will be taking his first three checks in his position in bitcoin, to make good on his promise to make the city the "center of the cryptocurrency industry." | Adams made his announcement on Thursday in a tweet sent as a reply to Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez, who said he would be taking his next paycheck "100% in bitcoin." | "NYC is going to be the center of the cryptocurrency industry and other fast-growing, innovative industries! Just wait!" Adams wrote in the tweet, which quickly drew attention from cryptocurrency watchers and supporters, with some even predicting…

Rosa Miriam Elizalde (2021-11-04). The US Has an Unhealthy Obsession With Cuba. socialistproject.ca The piggy bank was rattled again. In September 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2021-11-04). Saturday 11/13: The Glasgow Climate Summit — What The Sierra Club Won't Tell You. indybay.org Online, Please register in advance at bit.ly/Glasgow_SSS_211113 to receive your personal link for this event.

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2021-11-03: News Headlines

New Atlas (2021-11-03). US Economic Warfare vs China: Adrian Zenz & Xinjiang Cotton Lies. newatlas.report November 3, 2021 (The New Atlas — Brian Berletic) — Adrian Zenz is regularly cited as the source regarding alleged abuses in Xinjiang, China. More recently, his reports have become the cornerstone of not only accusations against China regarding supposed "forced labor," but also the justification for sanctions imposed by the US. He is regularly …

Peter Bolton (2021-11-03). Socialist International's Parroting of US Line on Nicaragua Shows What a Worthless Fossil It's Become. orinocotribune.com By Peter Bolton — Nov 1, 2021 | On October 25, about two weeks before Nicaragua's 2021 presidential election, the Socialist International (SI) released a statement titled Nicaragua: A Contemporary Victim of Absolute Power. Given the steady stream of tendentious twaddle about Nicaragua that's been disseminated from Washington and dutifully repeated by the corporate-owned media, one might reasonably assume that the global federation of social democratic and labor parties would at least provide some semblance of balance. | But far from adding nuance, the statement reads as if it were a press release sent direct…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-03). Facebook whistleblower's revelation on 'profits over safety' model. peoplesdispatch.org Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and tech expert Bappa Sinha discuss the Frances Haugen revelations on Facebook, the perils of its business model and what can be done to regulate the company…

Karen Conner (2021-11-03). Preview: What to Look for in the October Jobs Report. cepr.net (The monthly Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, November 5 at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) | The rate of employment growth has slowed sharply in the last two months, averaging just 280,000 jobs a month. However, this is not a story of weak demand for labor. The index of aggregate weekly hours rose by 0.8 percent in September. This suggests that employers who were unable to hire more workers instead met their demand by increasing hours. The September increase in hours would be equivalent to adding 1.2 million workers if the average workweek had remained unchanged.

Jim McMahan (2021-11-03). Prisoners win minimum wage victory. workers.org Incarcerated workers on strike against horrific conditions at the Northwest Detention Center were supported by La Resistencia, Dec. 15, 2020. Seattle After years of hunger strikes, immigrant workers detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., have won the right to be paid for their labor at the same . . . |

Emir Sader (2021-11-03). Chile: Laboratorio de experiencias políticas de América Latina. globalizacion.ca Engels llamó a Francia el laboratorio de experiencias políticas, donde los acontecimientos se desarrollarían de la forma más radical, desde la Revolución de 1789, pasando por la Revolución de 1848, hasta llegar a la Comuna de París. Chile es el…

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2021-11-03). Economic inequality means retirement insecurity for most U.S. households. mronline.org This is far from a "hot take": financial wealth in the United States is highly concentrated, with most households, especially Black and Hispanic households, owning few financial assets…

WSWS (2021-11-03). Global markets force Australian central bank to scrap major plank of monetary policy. wsws.org The Reserve Bank of Australia has been forced to abandon so-called yield curve targeting because of a major sell-off of short-term bonds in response to rising inflation.

ecns.cn (2021-11-03). Disposable income rises in China's Tibet. ecns.cn Rural and urban residents of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region witnessed rapid growth in disposable income in the first nine months of the year, according to local authorities.

Staff (2021-11-03). Kumi Naidoo at COP26: Will Rich Countries Deliver Pledged Billions for South Africa to Get Off Coal? democracynow.org On day three of the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, we look at the fight against Big Coal, starting with leading South African climate activist Kumi Naidoo. South Africa is one of the world's largest coal producers, and the United States has joined the European Union and other wealthy nations to announce a new deal to provide $8.5 billion to the country to help it decommission its coal plants and invest in renewable energy. "Let's see if the money actually flows and if those countries actually follow up with that commitment," says Naidoo, global ambassador for Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dign…

WSWS (2021-11-03). COVID-19 must not be the "new normal" wsws.org The perspective set forth by McKinsey & Company, speaking on behalf of the corporate-financial oligarchy, is that the coronavirus pandemic should be allowed to become "endemic."

_____ (2021-11-03). The Controlled Demolition of the EU: To Avoid It, Berlin Looked South When It Bet on Draghi (but Had to Look Northeast As Well). strategic-culture.org Draghi represents the forced continuity wanted by the Paris-Berlin axis for the EU: the Italians wanted to leave in 2020, the solution was the former head of the ECB as Prime Minister. How long will it last, with galloping inflation and Poland as anti-EU? | The EU is under attack, 360 degrees, from a variety of fronts. From the west, with the Brexit. From the south, with the Euro-weak countries in which people dream of leaving the euro, clearly crippled — perhaps I should say "looted" — by the so-called "expansive austerity" (an oxymoron) of Franco-German matrix. And now also from the northeast, with Po…

Ann Brown (2021-11-03). MAGA Ain't Playin': New Poll Shows 30 Percent Of Republicans Say Violence May Be Necessary To Save United States. moguldom.com Almost one in three Republicans polled in a recent study agree with this statement, "Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence to save our country." The findings come from the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization that studies political issues as they …

Staff (2021-11-03). CNE President: We will Investigate Electoral Campaign Violations — 21N Mega-Elections. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Pedro Calzadilla, assured this Tuesday, November 2, that as of the day before the electoral authority had begun investigations into possible violations of the electoral campaign regulations. Venezuela's upcoming regional and municipal elections are scheduled for Sunday, November 21. | In this year's electoral campaign regulations, social networks were added as an authorized means of transmission of messages. Thus, the accounts of political parties are being observed. | Calzadilla also pointed out that the CNE has a record of all official accounts of t…

Rosalind English (2021-11-03). Regulating the Professionals: a Shakeup in Healthcare. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the latest Episode of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to Robert Kellar QC of 1 Crown Office row about the proposed reforms to the regulation of doctors, nurses, opticians, chiropractors and a range of other professionals in the world of healthcare. It's particularly important to allow regulators to react to unexpected challenges, as …

Editor (2021-11-03). What to expect from COP26: climate action, climate justice or greenwashing? mronline.org If Karl Marx and Frederick Engels were writing the Communist Manifesto today, it is not inconceivable that they would begin with the sentence: "A spectre is haunting humanity—the spectre of extinction."

Fight Back (2021-11-03). Appleton, WI: SDS rallies for $15 an hour for students on campus. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI – The Appleton Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and Sunrise Fox Valley are continuing the "Fight for $15'' at Lawrence University. This campaign seeks to increase the on-campus student worker minimum wage to $15 per hour. At the moment, the average student worker is undercompensated with a meagre $7.25 wage, which is unable to meet the rising costs of tuition and other exorbitant living expenses. | Through consistent agitation and numerous flyer drives, Appleton SDS has been able to gain the support of hundreds of student workers and other sympathetic allies. With the assistance of S…

WSWS (2021-11-03). Dana fires temps en masse in apparent retaliation for leak that revealed they were making $25 per hour. wsws.org The revelation sparked outrage among full-time Dana workers at management and the UAW and USW unions, who had bullied them into accepting a contract with wages far below what Dana has been compelled to pay temps to maintain production.

WSWS (2021-11-03). Rank-and-file Canadian educators discuss "How to end the pandemic" webinar, vow support for John Deere strike. wsws.org At the latest meeting of the Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee, education workers drew the connection between the fight to stop the pandemic and the need to unify their struggles with other sections of workers battling low wages and punishing working conditions.

Staff (2021-11-03). Uproot the System: Filipina Activist Mitzi Tan on How Capitalism & Colonialism Fuel Climate Crisis. democracynow.org We speak to Mitzi Tan, a climate activist based in the Philippines, who will join Greta Thunberg of Sweden and Vanessa Nakate of Uganda in speaking at a major march and rally in Glasgow on Saturday. Among their demands are reparations from the Global North to the Global South to help rebuild the lives of those most impacted by the climate crisis. Tan has recently protested outside the offices of Standard Chartered Bank in London, which funds the most fossil fuel companies based in the Philippines, which she says contributes directly to their yearly typhoons that cause insurmountable destruction. "At this point, n…

George Monbiot (2021-11-03). Capitalism is killing the planet — it's time to stop buying into our own destruction. zcomm.org Our survival depends on piercing the glassy surface of distraction, and ceasing to obey…

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-11-03). Free Game: 6 Tips From 'Bitcoin & Black America' Author Isaiah Jackson. moguldom.com Crypto expert Isaiah Jackson has been very successful with bitcoin and he wants to help the Black community do the same. It's why he published "Bitcoin & Black America" in 2019 and continues to be an influential thought leader who gives free game on how best to move in the space. Through his book, his …

Dana Sanchez (2021-11-03). The Bubble Pumps Of Shiba And Doge Meme Coins Could Have Psychological Bias. moguldom.com A low-priced coin can make investors feel a little richer when they first start buying crypto with a relatively small amount of money. For example, $100 will buy 0.0016 of a single Bitcoin or 1.574 million Shiba Inu (SHIB). It's called unit bias, and it's a natural tendency and way of thinking about value among …

Anonymous765 (2021-11-03). SouthFront Survival Depends On You! southfront.org DEAR FRIENDS, | : | Since November 1, we've collected 100 USD. This is about 2% of the monthly budget needed to continue SouthFront work and further. | Today, you can send your donations via BTC or Bitcoincash. | In order to support the activities of SouthFront through PayPal, Western union or other traditional means, please write to , . | We stay still to save the vestiges of freedom of speech and to show you the real face of the world most dangerous crises. | BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE WIT…

Vijay Prashad (2021-11-03). Ecuador's neoliberal government announces state emergency to impose austerity. peoplesdispatch.org On October 18, 2021, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso

Hedelberto López Blanch (2021-11-03). Los argentinos no deben olvidar penurias pasadas. globalizacion.ca Cuando faltan pocos días para las elecciones legislativas de medio tiempo programadas para el 14 de noviembre, los argentinos no deben olvidar todas las penurias que sufrieron durante la dictadura militar (1976-1983) ni con los regímenes neoliberales de Carlos Menem…

Editorial La Jornada (2021-11-03). México — Neoliberalismo eléctrico: Atraco a la nación. globalizacion.ca La Jornada publica hoy una extensa entrevista con el director general de la Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Manuel Bartlett, en la que el funcionario desgrana los múltiples mecanismos de saqueo a la nación implementados en la Ley del Servicio…

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-11-02). Hi Chi Minh Should've Killed More of Your Grandparents (We Need Militant Anti-Imperialism, Now!). anchor.fm In this episode I continue on my discussion about the myths surrounding capitalism and communism. What are we going to do to stop the continuation of imperialist aggression across the world? How will we in the belly of the beast take down this empire? When will we recognize now is the time to act?

jamanetwork (2021-11-02). The Magnetic Field is Not a Health Hazard. jamanetwork.com Magnetism is a word before which the untutored stand aghast and with which the faker may conjure. Among the growing number of therapeutic projects constantly being brought to the attention of the American practitioner, "magnetotherapy" has not acquired any recognition, although it has actually received mention in medical literature. There are industries in which workmen may be exposed to magnetic fields of considerable strength in the course of the operations in which they are engaged; hence the problem of possible physiologic effects cannot be lightly brushed aside. Drinker and Thomson of the Laboratory of Appli…

_____ (2021-11-02). Three Starbucks Set For Vote On Union. popularresistance.org Workers hoping to unionize Starbucks stores in the U.S. have won a preliminary victory before the National Labor Relations Board. | The board said employees at three separate Starbucks stores in Buffalo, N.Y., can hold union elections in November in a new ruling. That means that workers need only a majority of votes cast at a single location to form a union. The company had argued that employees at all 20 Buffalo-area stores should vote in a single election. | If the effort is successful, the stores would be the first of Starbucks' 8,000 company-owned U.S. stores to unionize. The Seattle coffee giant opposes the…

Joris Leverink (2021-11-02). Rejecting the existential futility of neoliberal life. roarmag.org This is an excerpt of Neil Vallely's " Photo: Protester in Chile during the 2019 October uprising. abriendomundo / Shutterstock.com | For centuries, economists and philosophers have theorized the value of utility: how it shapes the division of labor, influences consumer choice, and contributes to conceptions of the good life or common good. Utilitarian philosophers, from Jeremy Bentham to John Stuart Mill, told us that maximizing utility [m…

jamanetwork (2021-11-02). Clinical Laboratory Service for Physicians. jamanetwork.com Laboratory methods now play a large part in the daily work of physicians. Chemical, morphologic, bacteriologic and serologic methods, as well as the roentgen ray, are in daily use everywhere, and new methods, for example, the electrocardiographic determinations and tests of metabolism, are being introduced. To meet the constantly growing needs for such methods, there have come into existence laboratories of health departments and of hospitals, with more or less differentiation into separate departments; also wholly private laboratories. The latter group includes those frequently referred to as commercial, because…

Sharon Zhang (2021-11-02). Manchin Headlined Invite-Only Coal Forum While Negotiating Reconciliation Bill. truthout.org Coal baron Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) recently appeared as a key speaker at a secretive, invite-only coal leadership forum — and shortly after attending, he made massive cuts to the climate portion of the Build Back Better Act. | The Coal and Investment Leadership Forum, uncovered

Ramzy Baroud (2021-11-02). The West's China Complex: Beijing as the Enemy and the Savior. dissidentvoice.org "Could China's economy collapse?" was the title of an October 15 article published by QUARTZ magazine. The article makes an ominous case of a Chinese economic crash and its impact on China's and global economies. This is one of numerous reports appearing in recent weeks in Western mainstream media, all motivated by recently published economic indicators pointing …

David Swanson (2021-11-02). It's the Weapons Sales, Stupid. warisacrime.org Image from Mapping Militarism. By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 2, 2021 U.S. presidential election campaigns have been known to focus on the slogan "It's the economy, stupid." Efforts to explain the behavior of the U.S. government ought to put a little more focus on a different slogan, found in the headline above. Andrew …

WSWS (2021-11-02). Worsening economic data coming out of China. wsws.org Figures on factory production fall for second month in a row after something of a pandemic recovery boom.

John Feffer (2021-11-02). Climate Change and the Limits of Economic Growth. zcomm.org If economic growth ushered in this era of climate change, how can economic growth also be part of the solution?>

Anonymous103 (2021-11-02). Nature of the COVID Era Public Health Disaster In The USA: From All-Cause Mortality And Socio-Geo-Economic And Climatic Data. southfront.org Written by by Prof Denis Rancourt, Dr. Marine Baudin, and Dr. Jérémie Mercier. Originally published on GlobalResearch Abstract We investigate why the USA,…

WSWS (2021-11-02). Opposition high among Deere workers on eve of second UAW contract vote. wsws.org While there is widespread resistance to the UAW-Deere agreement among workers, financial markets signaled their approval of the contract's terms Monday, driving Deere's stock up nearly 5 percent.

WSWS (2021-11-02). With opposition mounting to sellout deal, IATSE officials call for "unity" wsws.org The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is trying to push through a contract that would do nothing to end dangerously long work schedules, poverty pay for many workers and the undermining of health and pension benefits.

Brown HK, Vigod SN. (2021-11-02). Making Decisions About Antidepressant Treatment in Pregnancy. jamanetwork.com Depression is a common complication of pregnancy and is estimated to affect 9.2% of pregnant women in high-income countries, according to a 2017 meta-analysis. Prenatal depression is associated with negative outcomes, including elevated risk of postpartum depression and chronic mental illness in women, preterm birth and other perinatal complications, and child developmental, social, and behavioral problems. As such, treatment of depression in pregnancy is a priority for affected women, their children, and their families. Psychotherapies may be effective to treat depression of mild and moderate severity; however,…

WSWS (2021-11-02). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Long haul truckers in Brazil stage a national protest strike on October 25 over fuel prices and wages while truckers while transport workers in Haiti and Panama staged strikes and protests over deteriorating social conditions.

Muhdan Saglam (2021-11-02). Turkey: Hackers allegedly used streaming platform Twitch to launder $10m. middleeasteye.net Turkey: Hackers allegedly used streaming platform Twitch to launder $10m | Hundreds of streamers said to have taken 20 percent cut to help launder money stolen by hackers through credit cards | Tue, 11/02/2021 – 08: 47 | Twitch underlined that the company would continue to identify and remove any streamers found to have engaged in financial practices that were in violation of local laws or Twitch p…

WSWS (2021-11-02). UK: Unite calls off Arriva North West bus drivers strike, recommends below inflation pay offer. wsws.org Drivers told the World Socialist Web Site on Saturday that the deal has strings attached. It eliminates bonus pay for working Saturday afternoons, meaning for many drivers it is worse than the offer rejected last week.

_____ (2021-11-02). A World Without Police Is More Possible (And Necessary) Than You Think. popularresistance.org Calls to "defund the police" reverberated throughout communities across the US in the summer of 2020, when millions took to the streets to protest a brutal, unchecked, and racist system of police violence and control. Then came the backlash. Since the initial push by activists and protestors to get the public to consider alternatives to endlessly increasing police spending, a forceful chorus has pushed in the opposite direction, demanding more funding for more police who should be given more power over our lives. "Defund the police" has been criticized for being not only a "bad slogan" but a political pipe dream…

Sahni NR, Carrus B, Cutler DM. (2021-11-02). Administrative Simplification and the Potential for Saving a Quarter-Trillion Dollars in Health Care. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses a new report that describes steps that may be taken in specific areas to simplify administrative functions, reduce administrative spending, and boost overall productivity in US health care.

Jack Rasmus (2021-11-02). President Joe (Manchin) Moves the Goalposts Again. zcomm.org What we have here now is a triple-teaming of Democrat progressives: Manchin takes the lead, gives the appearance he'll maybe accept a lower total spending. Sinema then jumps in and adds more demands…

Manuel Pérez-Rocha (2021-11-02). Corporations Have the Power to Sue Governments Over Resource Extraction Policies. truthout.org International negotiators are meeting in Glasgow, Scotland to develop solutions to the climate change threat. But one major obstacle to global sustainability will be largely absent from the discussions: the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system. | This system gives transnational corporations the power to sue governments over actions — including policies to address climate change — that reduce the value of their foreign investments. Allowing corporations to continue t…

_____ (2021-11-02). Capitalism Has Never Really Worked Out For The Earth. popularresistance.org As we gather in Glasgow for two weeks of deliberations for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties #26, (COP26) otherwise known as the "Conference of Polluters" or the "Conference of Profiteers," we must be like Jesus in the temple overturning the tables of the money changers. We can no longer accept business as usual in the vein of moneyed interests suppressing ambition and holding us back from the bold commitments necessary to turn the tide of climate change. Too often, we members of frontline communities convene at these meetings, raise our voices and demands, yet find ourselves unw…

Julio Gumeta (2021-11-02). Milwaukee activists demand citizenship for all. liberationnews.org It is crucial to keep pressure on the Democrats to keep immigration reforms in the infrastructure bill.. At same time, we need to fight to uproot the capitalist system that seeks to exploit us all for profit.

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2021-11-02: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-11-02). Worsening economic data coming out of China. wsws.org Figures on factory production fall for second month in a row after something of a pandemic recovery boom.

WSWS (2021-11-02). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Long haul truckers in Brazil stage a national protest strike on October 25 over fuel prices and wages while transport workers in Haiti and Panama staged strikes and protests over deteriorating social conditions.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-02). Massive mobilization in Rome protests G-20 summit. peoplesdispatch.org Trade unions, progressive political parties, anti-imperialists, youth/student groups, climate activists, and others participated in the mobilization in Rome to denounce the neoliberal agenda of the 16th G20 summit that prioritize profits over people…

_____ (2021-11-02). Russia's Coal Export to India and its Connection to Eurasian Integration. journal-neo.org When the mass withdrawal of coal use in countries following green policies began, many experts predicted that this fuel would soon be forgotten entirely. Its extraction and exports would cease to be profitable for the countries implementing them. Even then, it seemed unlikely because "developed" countries such as all Western countries, which stopped burning coal …

Matthew Rozsa (2021-11-02). Nearly a Third of Republicans Surveyed Are Ready to Support Violence. truthout.org New public opinion research from the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute, part of its Close to one-third of Republicans in the survey, or 30%, agreed with the statement that "true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country." That was more than the combine…

_____ (2021-11-02). COP26 Will Showcase False Solutions That Protect Corporate Profits, Not The Planet. popularresistance.org The COP 26 United Nations climate meeting is underway in Glasgow Scotland. Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recent "Code Red" report that proves urgent action is critical, the world is looking at the corporate-dominated COP 26 to do what is necessary. Clearing the FOG speaks with Anne Petermann, executive director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, who says COP 26 is focused on 'false solutions' promoted by large corporations to protect their profits instead of the planet. Petermann describes a new publication, "Hoodwinked in the Hothouse," that explains what these false solutions are…

Marlee Kokotovic (2021-11-02). Biden admin's new methane regulations not enough according to environmentalists. nationofchange.org "Climate justice during a climate emergency means using every tool in the toolbox including not just a stronger rule, but also declaring a National Emergency on climate change."

Fight Back (2021-11-02). FRSO condemns murder of Ka Oris, beloved spokesperson for the New People's Army. fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the cowardly October 29 murder of New People's Army spokesperson Ka Oris (Jorge Madlos) by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Medical aid Eighfel Dela Peña (Ka Pika) was also killed in the ambush. Both were unarmed and had no opportunity to defend themselves. The killers are now lying to the media to cover up their crimes. | Ka Oris was a communist who devoted the whole of his life to building the revolutionary movement in the Philippines. He was a committed proletarian internationalist. He worked tirelessly to build and promote the New People's Army (NPA…

WSWS (2021-11-02). Jacobin magazine, the Democratic Socialists of America and the collapse of Biden's social reform bill. wsws.org The debacle refutes claims that major reforms could be enacted through the Democratic Party.

WSWS (2021-11-02). The record of the World Socialist Web Site on Trump's coup attempt of January 6. wsws.org On Sunday, the Washington Post published a three-part investigation of the January 6, 2021 insurrection detailing Trump's months-long plot to remain in power no matter the outcome of the 2020 election. Only one publication—the World Socialist Web Site—warned clearly and consistently about the existential danger posed by Trump's plot.

WSWS (2021-11-02). SEP holds online meeting to fight Australia's new anti-democratic election laws. wsws.org Speakers called on workers and youth to join and build the Socialist Equality Party in order to reject government dictates to "live with the virus" and embrace the promotion of militarism and war.

Editor (2021-11-01). Cuba-Vietnam: on the road to vaccine self-reliance. mronline.org Unlike the agreements entered into by Western multinational corporations such as Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, the Cuba-Vietnam agreement sets a precedent of solidarity and prioritizes people's health over business profits.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-01). Erdogan: Biden positive on adding, upgrading 120 F-16s. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Erdogan called Biden's positive position on Turkey's acquisition of F-16 "The question was raised about the modernization of Turkey's existing F-16 aircraft or the purchase of new ones. The defense ministers of the two countries keep the issue in the spotlight. I saw Joe Biden's positive approach to this issue," the Turkish head of state …

Rainer Shea (2021-11-01). All Communists Must Properly Grasp Geopolitics in Order to Win. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Oct 28, 2021 | The global class and anti-colonial war is a conflict that the imperialists have been able to rig at every turn. In the era of imperialism, where capital has gotten its tentacles into virtually every corner of the planet, those who seek to supplant capital must at all times carefully anticipate the next maneuvers of the forces of counterrevolution. This is because for as long as imperialism remains dominant, for as long as monopoly capital and finance capital have more leverage than the revolutionaries, the revolutionaries must navigate global markets. | This requires compromis…

Alexa Pantuck (2021-11-01). Immigrant rights activists in Los Angeles demand: Ignore the Parliamentarian! liberationnews.org The rally was a reminder that organized mass struggle is the key to liberation and that a diverse, multicultural, and internationalist labor movement is essential for working class gains.

Special to People's World (2021-11-01). Historic U.S.- Cuba cultural exchange coming to NYC. peoplesworld.org Chicago's iconic HotHouse announced they are proud to be a producer of the momentous cultural exchange "A Function at the Junction: Ancestral Bridge, Musical Streams" / "Una Función en el Cruce: Puente Ancestral, Corrientes Musicales," an historic and collaborative, multimedia event presented live and via exclusive online broadcasts. The first event of the series will …

teleSUR, JCM, SH (2021-11-01). Accidente en una cueva en Brasil deja nueve bomberos muertos. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 75 bomberos y socorristas trabajaron durante todo el día en las labores de búsqueda y rescate en el lugar de los hechos.

Pablo Manríquez (2021-11-01). Immigrant Rights Group Plans Times Square Protest for Pathway to Citizenship. latinorebels.com New Immigrant Community Empowerment is planning an 11-day protest in Times Square calling on Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) to include a pathway to citizenship in the Build Back Better Act, President Joe Biden's social spending bill.

Sharon Zhang (2021-11-01). Sanders Says He's Still Working to Get Drug Price Plan Into Reconciliation Bill. truthout.org On Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said that he is still fighting to incorporate his plan to expand Medicare and allow the program to negotiate drug prices into the Build Back Better Act. | "I spent all of yesterday on the telephone,"

Aseel Jundi (2021-11-01). How Israel's use of skunk water is damaging Palestinian health and economy. middleeasteye.net How Israel's use of skunk water is damaging Palestinian health and economy | Life is becoming unbearable for Palestinian business owners as repeated sprayings of skunk water by Israeli police ruin their wares | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 09: 45 | An Israeli police van fires skunk water in Jerusalem, 24 October, 2021 (MEE/Aseel Jundi) | Kamal Abu Qwaider is one of a number of businessmen who set up shop arou…

Sam Pizzigati (2021-11-01). Billionaires' shiny utopias are dulling our democracy. peoplesworld.org Great wealth can do great damage. Grand personal fortunes, we've come to understand, can menace our democracy and distort our economic life. But these fortunes can also wreak a much more hidden havoc: They can mess up the minds of people who hold them. Great fortunes can leave their owners feeling supremely sure they themselves …

John Feffer (2021-11-01). Climate Change and the Limits of Economic Growth. fpif.org Since the nineteenth century, human society has experienced extraordinary but uneven economic growth thanks to the energy unleashed from fossil fuels. That growth, and the greenhouse gasses released from fossil-fuel use, has also created the current climate crisis. The conventional solution put forward to this crisis, a putative compromise between economic and environmental imperatives, has been to maintain economic growth but on the basis of sustainable energy sources. | Not all ecologists or economists are enthusiastic about this "green growth" alternative. According to these critical views, which have now begu…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-01). Millions head to the polls amid socio-economic crisis in South Africa and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the local elections held in South Africa amid worsening conditions of poverty and unemployment; renewed protests in Thailand to demand a repeal of Section 112 or the royal defamation laws and other reforms to the monarchy; the start of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Scotland after the G20 Summit; and the 67% COVID-19 vaccination rate achieved by Venezuela despite U.S. sanctions.

Maxximilian Seijo (2021-11-01). Radical Heterodoxies & Parallel Institutions w/ Mat Forstater. mronline.org Mat Forstater joins Money on the Left to discuss the origins of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the vicissitudes of heterodox economics, and the challenges of building alternative institutions in and beyond the academy. As one of the principal architects of MMT, as well as teacher and advisor to many of the more recognized MMT scholars and advocates today, Forstater is perhaps the best equipped heterodox economist to give us the details on the innovative assumptions and arguments that created the firmament for what we now know as Modern Monetary Theory.

Editor (2021-11-01). Mexico's AMLO blasts IMF for causing global crisis, after Fund takes aim at his energy policy. mronline.org The IMF caused social and economic decadence in the world; they and other international financial organisations are responsible for the global crisis.

jamanetwork (2021-11-01). Error in Author Affiliation. jamanetwork.com In the Original Investigation titled "Association of a Community Campaign for Better Beverage Choices With Beverage Purchases From Supermarkets," published in May 2017 in JAMA Internal Medicine, the affiliation was incorrect for author Xun Li, PhD. This article was corrected online.

_____ (2021-11-01). World Gathering Of Peoples For Our Mother Earth. popularresistance.org The climate crisis is one of the gravest global threats that we face in the defense of life, which places our own existence and of our Mother Earth's at risk. | The current anthropocentric model, which places human beings above nature and other living beings, has produced the current climate crisis and it is modifying the vital cycles of Mother Earth, causing the collapse of many ecosystems, the extinction of species, the change of ways of life of hundreds of millions of people all over the world, expanding hunger and poverty in the world and an increasing climate migration. | We express the urgency of building a…

Ngo S, Kim AS, Chiong W. (2021-11-01). Evidence for the Ethics of Incentivizing Clinical Trial Enrollment? jamanetwork.com In clinical research ethics, using monetary incentives for clinical trial enrollment has been controversial. Proponents argue that such incentives can accelerate recruitment in socially beneficial clinical trials, address problems of diversity and external validity in research participation, and appropriately compensate participants for trial-related burdens. However, many institutional review boards have limited the use or magnitude of such incentives out of concern that they could unduly influence prospective participants or unjustly shift the burdens of research participation to people with lower income levels…

Staff (2021-11-01). Rich Countries Bring "Tough Talk on Climate" to COP26 But No New Plans or Money to Curb Global Emissions. democracynow.org As U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders gather amid massive protests in Glasgow for COP26, the U.N. Climate Change Conference, we look at the growing pressure on countries to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avert the most damaging effects of the climate crisis. Leaders of the G20, representing the 20 wealthiest nations, gathered ahead of COP26 and pledged to do more to curb emissions but offered few specifics on reaching that goal, despite representing the countries responsible for about 80% of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. "What we're seeing here is lots of t…

Rachel M. Cohen (2021-11-01). How to Cancel $3.2 Million of Debt. zcomm.org The Debt Collective, which has focused on other forms of debt, is turning its attention to the crushing financial burden on formerly incarcerated people…

David Swanson (2021-11-01). Save Tom Friedman's Mind: Restore Armistice Day. warisacrime.org By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 1, 2021 When the New York Times is paying Thomas Friedman many thousands of dollars to wonder whether Russia or China would help the United States if space aliens attack it, a few conclusions can be drawn. The ludicrousness of the UFO propaganda coming out of a U.S. …

Editor (2021-11-01). Right-wing Democrats gut social program budget after Biden refuses to fight. mronline.org After spending weeks conducting backroom negotiations with Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Krysten Sinema and other right-wing Democrats in Congress over the social program budget, the Biden administration announced yesterday a "framework" that abandons some of the most important elements of the original proposal.

John R. Platt (2021-11-01). The fossil fuel divestment movement is on fire. peoplesworld.org The decades-long push to get large investment funds to pull their money from destructive oil, gas, and coal has made several major leaps forward in the past month. One of the biggest occurred Oct. 18 when the Ford Foundation, a nonprofit built on profits from the combustion engine, announced it would divest its endowment from fossil fuel …

MEE, agencies (2021-11-01). Saudi Arabia deposits $3bn in Egypt central bank. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia deposits $3bn in Egypt central bank | The Saudi finance ministry said that it has made a $3bn deposit into Egypt's central bank and extended the term for existing deposit of $2.3bn | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 11: 04 | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arriving to attend a session of the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh on 26 October 2021 (AFP/Saudi Royal Palace/B…

Jolie McCullough (2021-11-01). Constitutionality of Texas governor's 'catch and jail' immigration policy challenged. peoplesworld.org This story is reprinted from The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government, and statewide issues. The article originally appeared here. More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. attorney general to investigate legal problems that …

WSWS (2021-11-01). Strikes at Huntington, West Virginia hospital and metal production facility. wsws.org Workers at two of the largest employers in Huntington are fighting against poor wages, health insurance premium hikes, and more.

WSWS (2021-11-01). SEP electoral members speak out on Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws and the socialist program to eliminate COVID-19. wsws.org "The virus has been used for the most enormous shift from the poor to the rich in the history of capitalism."

Schenker Y, Althouse AD, Rosenzweig M, et al. (2021-11-01). Effect of Primary Palliative Care Intervention on Patients With Advanced Cancer. jamanetwork.com This cluster randomized clinical trial evaluates the quality of life, symptom burden, and anxiety and depression reported by adults with advanced cancer who were receiving a primary palliative care intervention.

WSWS (2021-11-01). Japan's ruling party maintains majority in general election. wsws.org Voters' rejection of the so-called progressive parties in Japan stems from their political bankruptcy and inability to address the needs of workers and youth.

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Fight Back (2021-11-01). Spokesperson for New People's Army murdered by Armed Forces of Philippines. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 31 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Ka Oris (Jorge Madlos), spokesperson of the New People's Army (NPA), was not killed in an armed encounter. He was ambushed on the road between Impasug-ong town proper and the national highway at 8 pm of Oct 29. He and his medical aide were riding a motorcycle on their way to seek medical treatment. This is according to his wife Ka Maria Malaya. | Ka Oris and aide Eighfel Dela Peña (Ka Pika) were both unarmed when ambushed. Whether they were ambushed while moving or were accosted and thereafte…

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Rainer Shea (2021-11-01). All Communists Must Properly Grasp Geopolitics in Order to win. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Oct 28, 2021 | The global class and anti-colonial war is a conflict that the imperialists have been able to rig at every turn. In the era of imperialism, where capital has gotten its tentacles into virtually every corner of the planet, those who seek to supplant capital must at all times carefully anticipate the next maneuvers of the forces of counterrevolution. This is because for as long as imperialism remains dominant, for as long as monopoly capital and finance capital have more leverage than the revolutionaries, the revolutionaries must navigate global markets. | This requires compromis…

Richard D Wolff (2021-10-31). Why the troubled US empire could quickly fall apart. asiatimes.com The US wars lost in Iraq and Afghanistan exposed imperial overreach beyond what even 20 years of war could manage. That the defeats were drawn out for so many years shows that domestic politics and the funding of the domestic military-industrial complex were, more than geopolitics, the key drivers of these wars. Empires can die …

Labor Video Project (2021-10-31). SF Protest Against BlackRock & The Destruction of The Climate By Corporations & Government. indybay.org Healthcare workers, teachers, students and community activists protested against BlackRock in San Francisco because of their investments in fossil fuels. Many painted murals on the streets surrounding the $8 trillion hedge fund.

ecns.cn (2021-10-31). China starts wind power, photovoltaic projects in deserts. ecns.cn China has begun a series of large wind power and photovoltaic projects in its desert areas since mid-October, the country's top economic planner said Saturday.

Jubilee USA Network (2021-10-31). G20 Focuses on Vaccines, Health, Economy and Climate During Rome Summit. indybay.org President Biden joins G20 heads of state in Rome to discuss COVID response, vaccines, debt, economic crisis and climate policies. This is the first in-person meeting of the leaders since before the onset of the pandemic.

Julia Rock (2021-10-31). WEEKEND READER: It's The Economy, Stupid. dailyposter.com

sputniknews (2021-10-31). Second Day of G20 Leaders' Summit 2021 in Rome. sputniknews.com The leaders of the world's 20 largest economies gathered for a two-day in-person summit on in Rome in a bid to work out steps to end the COVID-19 pandemic, shore up the struggling global economy and discuss climate change.

Editor2 (2021-10-31). Ecuadorians Take the Streets Against President Lasso's Government. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, October 27, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians participated in mobilizations across the country for the second consecutive day against neoliberal economic policies of the government of President Guillermo Lasso. In some cities, protesters blocked the roads. In the capital Quito, officials of the national police force repressed the peacefully demonstrating protesters. The call to continue the mobilizations for a second day was given on the late night of October 26, after various demonstrations in different parts of the country were violently repressed by the police and military forces and over three do…

_____ (2021-10-31). Europe: The Subordinate Ally Of The United States. popularresistance.org In recent months, European countries and the European Union have been put under pressure from the United States to substantially break ties with the People's Republic of China as well as to orient Europe's military towards confrontation with China. The pressure campaign — which began with US President Donald Trump and continues with his successor Joe Biden — goes against the obvious interests of most European countries. China, not the United States, is Germany's largest trading partner and has been so for the past five years; Germany, the economic dynamo of Europe, would suffer if it attempts to cut c…

Muhammed Shabeer (2021-10-31). 'Landlord, Landlord, My roof has sprung a leak'. peoplesdispatch.org The COVID-19 pandemic and the socio-economic crisis worsened by it has affected people from all walks of lives across the world, with the working class being forced to bear the burden of the ongoing crisis. In most parts of the world, the common peoples' tax money has been used by governments to save big businesses, while small-scale enterprises and the livelihoods of millions of people have been ruined in this period due to lockdowns and other rotating restrictions to contain the pandemic. | Many sections of society have adapted to this 'new normalcy' and slowly started reconfiguring their lives, especially as d…

Institute for the Critical Study of Society (2021-10-31). Sunday 10/31: Cooperative Economics. indybay.org Join Zoom Meeting | us02web.zoom.us/j/87603046149?pwd=NXlmeTVWZkwrdVlFV25jaWVsblhqZz09 | Meeting ID: 876 0304 6149 | Passcode: ICSS1017rs | Dial by your location | +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) | Meeting ID: 876 0304 6149 | Passcode: 7184505660 | Find your local number: us02web.zoom.us/u/kdKZZtC2ub…

_____ (2021-10-31). The Green New Deal From Below. popularresistance.org The Green New Deal is a visionary program to protect the earth's climate while creating good jobs, reducing injustice, and eliminating poverty. Its core principle is to use the necessity for climate protection as a basis for realizing full employment and social justice. | The Green New Deal first emerged as a proposal for national legislation, and the struggle to embody it in national legislation is ongoing. But there has also emerged a little-noticed wave of initiatives from community groups, unions, city and state governments, tribes, and other non-federal institutions designed to contribute to the climate prot…

_____ (2021-10-31). Diesel Emissions In Major US Cities Disproportionately Harm Communities Of Color. popularresistance.org Studies have long pointed to air pollution in the United States disproportionately harming poor and minority communities. But a pair of recent studies that examined tailpipe pollution in major urban hubs suggest policymakers could craft regulations more effectively to reduce air pollution disparities by targeting emissions from diesel vehicles. | One of the studies, published by University of Virginia researchers earlier this month, used satellites to measure the near-daily emissions of nitrogen dioxide in 52 major U.S. cities, including Phoenix, Los Angeles and Newark, New Jersey. It found that low-income neighb…

William Hawes (2021-10-31). Capitalism is Not Your Friend. dissidentvoice.org The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. — Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German Ideology, (1932) If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull …

Matthew Ehret-Kump (2021-10-31). The History of "Transhumanism" and the Cult of the WEF's Fourth Industrial Revolution. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's "Insurgency against Christianity" globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2021-10-31). Will Ukraine Run Out of Energy Soon? southfront.org Illustrative ImageDEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | MONERO (XMR): 49HqitRzdnhYjgTEAhgGpCfsjdTeMbUTU6cyR4JV1R7k2Eej9rGT8JpFiYDa4tZM6RZiFrHmMzgSrhHEqpDYKBe5B2ufNsL: | BITCOIN (BTC): bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH (BCH): qzjv8hrdvz6edu4gkzpnd4w6jc7zf296g5e9kkq4lx: | PAYPAL, WESTERN UNION etc: write to , : | Ov…

Anish R M (2021-10-31). Cathy Rojas is NYC's socialist alternative for mayor. peoplesdispatch.org Peoples Dispatch spoke to the socialist candidate for the upcoming New York City mayoral election, Cathy Rojas, about the significance of a people-driven campaign in a largely corporate-driven electoral process and why alternatives are important for people's movements…

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-10-31). What role do anti-intellectual/anti-communist ideas play in organizing? And why is it important? anchor.fm In this episode I discuss and explain why the anti-intellectual mindset among the left and the general masses is a dangerous thing, and how/why we need to go about solving this issue!

scorinoco (2021-10-31). Cuban Leader: The US Government is the True Organizer and Promoter of the Provocation Planned for November in Cuba (+Video). orinocotribune.com The program La Mesa Redonda transmitted a special presentation by compañero Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), as part of

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Julia Rock (2021-10-31). WEEKEND READER: It's The Economy, Stupid. dailyposter.com

_____ (2021-10-30). Billionaire Reveals Virtual Reality Experience Called 'Mainstream Media'. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | "We're calling it Mainstream Media, or MSM for short," Bezos told viewers. "MSM will allow users to interface with an alternate world of the imagination where capitalism is working fine for everyone, constant military expansionism is normal and desirable, Washington's enemies are all bloodthirsty monsters, and billionaires are just harmless job creators. Let's check it out." | Bezos explained that his 2013 purchase of The Washington Post ensured that consumers will remain psychologically plugged in to a virtual reality in which the sociopolitical status quo upon which his Amazon empire is b…

Dongsheng News (2021-10-30). News on China | No. 73. dissidentvoice.org China breaks the US-led blockade to assume its UN seat 50 years ago. A 10% drop in magnesium production has occurred. China accounts for 85% of global magnesium production. Pang Jianwei and collaborating scientists have established the first integrated quantum communication network, an "unhackable" network.

Staff (2021-10-30). Diplomat Alex Saab Will Plead Not Guilty to Charges Brought by the US. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who was kidnapped by the United States from Cape Verde on October 16, will plead not guilty to the charges of "money laundering" of which he is accused of by the US. This was informed by his defense attorney Henry Bell on Thursday, October 28. | With this decision by Saab, made public through a press release from the diplomat's legal defense, the claims of certain "sources" and mainstream media that Saab was "collaborating" and negotiating with the US government have been proved false. | Saab was illegally detained in Cape Verde on June 12, 2020, when the plane in which he was trave…

Labor Video Project (2021-10-30). We Want Our Jobs Back! Thousands Of Unite HERE2 Workers March In San Francisco For Jobs. indybay.org Thousands of San Francisco Unite HERE Local 2 hotel workers marched in San Francisco to demand their jobs back and a contract.

GBD 2019 Adolescent Mortality Collaborators (2021-10-30). [Articles] Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10—24 years, 1950—2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. thelancet.com Variation in adolescent mortality between countries and by sex is widening, driven by poor progress in reducing deaths in males and older adolescents. Improving global adolescent mortality will require action to address the specific vulnerabilities of this age group, which are being overlooked. Furthermore, indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to jeopardise efforts to improve health outcomes including mortality in young people aged 10—24 years. There is an urgent need to respond to the changing global burden of adolescent mortality, address inequities where they occur, and improve the availa…

WSWS (2021-10-30). Australian government deepens assault on democratic rights with voter ID bill. wsws.org This bill to disenfranchise thousands of working-class voters underscores the reactionary content of the party deregistration laws that were passed with the opposition Labor Party's backing in August.

Staff (2021-10-30). La alianza Cuba-Venezuela es un puente de solidaridad. cubadebate.cu Con total apego a la ética y al sentido del deber, más de 255 000 colaboradores de la Isla han prestado servicios en la República Bolivariana a través del Convenio Integral de Colaboración Cuba-Venezuela que este 30 de octubre celebra su vigésimo primer aniversario de existencia y evoca las firmas históricas de los Comandantes Fidel y Chávez.

Anonymous103 (2021-10-30). The Misanthropic Bankers Behind COP26 and the Green New Deal. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by A vast sweeping change towards a "green economy" is now being pushed by forces that may make an educated citizen rather uncomfortable. | Of course, news reports flash daily showcasing the brave young movement of "eco-warriors" led by Sweden's "forever 15 year old" Greta Thunberg or America's 17 year old Jamie Margolin who have become a force across Europe and America leading such movements as the Extinction Rebellion, This is Zero Hour, the Sunrise Movement and Children's eco-crusade. The young face o…

Editor (2021-10-30). Review: 'The Great Climate Cop Out'. mronline.org The 25 page pamphlet lays out concisely and effectively why we cannot look to heads of government under a capitalist system to come to an agreement on phasing out fossils fuels, cutting emissions and creating a more sustainable economy.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-30). "Switzerland (with the World Economic Forum) is a longstanding, valued partner for NATO" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Deputy Secretary General visits the Swiss Confederation On the first day of his visit, the NATO Deputy Secretary General [Mircea GeoanƒÉ] met with high-level officials from international organisations and other relevant international stakeholders, including Mr Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, Ms. Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission …

Peter Koenig (2021-10-30). The Post Covid World, The WEF's Diabolical Project: "Resetting the Future of Work Agenda" — After "The Great Reset". A Horrifying Future. globalresearch.ca They call "Resetting the Future" a White Paper, meaning it's not quite a final version. It is a draft of sorts, a trial balloon, to measure people's reactions. It reads like an executioner's tale.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-10-30). The 2020-21 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.

WSWS (2021-10-30). Thousands of New Brunswick public sector workers strike against poverty wages. wsws.org The Canadian Union of Public Employees has refused to say if the strike will continue into next week, let alone advanced any strategy to counter Premier Higgs' vow to outlaw the stoppage.

Julia Rock (2021-10-30). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: How To Cancel Debt. dailyposter.com Also: Georgia's senators deliver on a campaign promise, and Chicago is using federal funds to provide residents a guaranteed basic income.

Sarah Hodges, Julia Hornberger, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, Shalini Rudra, Christopher Sirrs, Nishpriha Thakur, Sharifah Sekalala (2021-10-30). [Correspondence] When suspicion replaces evidence in public health. thelancet.com The UK Government's decision not to recognise people as vaccinated if they received COVID-19 vaccines in most of Latin America, Africa, and south Asia received widespread condemnation.1 Many commentators have rightly called out this discriminatory policy, which unfairly targets people from low-income countries. However, as a group of scholars from the medical humanities and social sciences, we are particularly concerned that the way in which the government makes decisions about which countries are exempt from quarantine once fully vaccinated dispenses with evidence-based policy making.

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson (2021-10-30). The Democrats in DC promised consequential racial justice reform—where is it? nationofchange.org The message to Black Americans expecting more progress has largely been to wait—for a better political opportunity, for the racial wealth gap to widen, for another Black American to die at the hands of the police.

WSWS (2021-10-30). Philadelphia transit union calls off strike, announces deal with cuts to real wages. wsws.org The tentative agreement, which contains wage increases well below the rate of inflation, came after a unanimous strike authorization vote by SEPTA workers, who set a strike deadline for November 1.

sputniknews (2021-10-30). US Watchdog Says State Dept., DoD Pressured it to Redact Afghan Reports, 'Impeded' Honest Reporting. sputniknews.com In August, amid the chaos unleashed in Afghanistan as US troops withdrew from the country and Taliban swiftly gained ground, a Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) agency report questioned whether gains from America's intervention in Afghanistan were "commensurate with US investment or sustainable after a drawdown".

ecns.cn (2021-10-30). Moving data out of China may be subject to a security review. ecns.cn Entities who want to provide data abroad may go through an internal security review and, on some occasions, will be subject to a government review, according to a draft regulation released by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) Friday.

Pedro Brieger (2021-10-30). El nuevo fantasma ruso en América Latina. globalizacion.ca A mediados del siglo XIX Marx y Engels escribieron que el fantasma del comunismo recorría Europa. En el siglo XX ese mismo fantasma recorrió el mundo. Ahora, en el siglo XXI, la comunicación es el nuevo fantasma que acecha. Esto…

WSWS (2021-10-30). As UAW and Deere maintain information blackout, workers voice determination to fight: "We have a unique opportunity to win" wsws.org Wall Street is exerting immense pressure on Deere to meet extraordinarily high earnings targets, and so hold the line on workers' demands for significant improvements to wages and benefits.

Editor (2021-10-30). An unrealized political possibility: remembering the Grenada Revolution. mronline.org The United States overthrow of the Grenada Revolution in 1983 initiated a vicious and unrelenting regime of neoliberalism that has gutted the Caribbean nation. But revolutionary Grenada showed the world a radical alternative to capitalism and neocolonialism is possible.

Richard Horton (2021-10-30). [Comment] Offline: Living in an Age of Indecency. thelancet.com Political leaders will declare COP26 a success—an important staging post, although not UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's promised "turning point for humanity", on the way to decarbonising the planet's energy use. Historians will most likely look back and judge COP26 in Glasgow, UK, as a graveyard of opportunities. To be fair, the target set for COP26 was narrowly drawn—to keep alive the 2015 Paris Agreement. That landmark agreement committed nations to "holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 ∞C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperat…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-30). NYC taxi drivers go on hunger strike against debt. peoplesdispatch.org Taxi drivers in New York have been protesting demanding debt relief. Many drivers are highly indebted with over 900 having filed for bankruptcy over the past few years…

Anonymous765 (2021-10-30). U.S. Ghostriders To Get Brand-New Laser Weapon. southfront.org | DEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | BITCOIN (BTC): bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH (BCH): qzj…

WSWS (2021-10-30). The Glasgow summit, climate change, and the case for socialism. wsws.org The past two years have seen a series of escalating climate disasters in all regions of the globe, including massive wildfires from the Australian bush to the American west, devastating flooding in Europe, Asia and the Americas, and deadly heatwaves the world over.

Fight Back (2021-10-30). Philippines: Condemn Philippine National Police massacre of peasants in Masbate. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 25 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns in the strongest terms the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the massacre of at least five peasants yesterday early morning in Barangay Bugtong, Mandaon town in Masbate province. | Contrary to the PNP's claims in their press releases, the victims were not members of the New People's Army (NPA). The PNP identified one of the victims as Eddie/Arnold Rosero, a local resident. | According to the NPA's Regional Operational Command in Bicol,…

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Jubilee USA Network (2021-10-30). G20 Focuses on Vaccines, Health, Economy and Climate During Rome Summit. indybay.org President Biden joins G20 heads of state in Rome to discuss COVID response, vaccines, debt, economic crisis and climate policies. This is the first in-person meeting of the leaders since before the onset of the pandemic.

Institute for the Critical Study of Society (2021-10-30). Sunday 10/31: Cooperative Economics. indybay.org Join Zoom Meeting | us02web.zoom.us/j/87603046149?pwd=NXlmeTVWZkwrdVlFV25jaWVsblhqZz09 | Meeting ID: 876 0304 6149 | Passcode: ICSS1017rs | Dial by your location | +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) | Meeting ID: 876 0304 6149 | Passcode: 7184505660 | Find your local number: us02web.zoom.us/u/kdKZZtC2ub…

Brittani Banks (2021-10-29). Why the Troubled U.S. Empire Could Quickly Fall Apart. independentmediainstitute.org The U.S. wars lost in Iraq and Afghanistan showed imperial overreach beyond what even 20 years of war could manage. That the defeats were drawn out for so many years shows that domestic politics and the funding of the domestic military-industrial complex were, more than geopolitics, the key drivers of these wars. Empires can die …

Miya Tada (2021-10-29). FILM SCREENING: SHADOW WORLD. peoplesforum.org Join us on Friday, October 29th, from 6: 00 to 8: 00pm EDT for a screening of Shadow World, a documentary on the billion-dollar global arms trade! Based on the book The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, Johan Grimonprez and Anadil Hossain collaborate with the author, Andrew Feinstein, to explore how the international weapons industry undermines democracy and perpetuates human suffering. This screening will also feature an introduction by the author and filmmaker, Andrew Feinstein! | Due to capacity limitations, we are asking that folks put in a $6 deposit per seat to reserve a spot. The screenings are fre…

Editor2 (2021-10-29). Letter to UNHRC About Political Exploitation of Indigenous Communities in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com This letter, signed by solidarity, human rights, religious, labor and other organizations, has been sent to the UN Human Rights Council and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. It denounces the misrepresentation and exploitation of disputes over land in Nicaragua's autonomous Indigenous territories for political purposes by local and international organizations which claim to represent the interests of Indigenous peoples. | To: The United Nations Human Rights Council and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights | Copy to: | CEJIL (the Center for Justice and International Law) | Center for Civil and…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-10-29). Seeing the forest, and the trees: Labor backs trimmed Build Back Better. peoplesworld.org "Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made." —Attributed, erroneously, to famed German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck "Politics is the art of the possible." —A real Bismarck quote, from 1867 WASHINGTON—There's been a lot of sausage-making going on at the White House and on Capitol Hill over the last several months …

Hector Luis Alamo (2021-10-29). Workers at El Milagro Tortillería in Chicago Take On Bosses. latinorebels.com Workers at El Milagro tortilleria in Chicago are in a fight with management over illegal labor practices, including the denial of paid sick days, immigration threats, and armed surveillance.

Derek Royden (2021-10-29). Power to the (working) people: The Great Resignation could change how we relate to work. nationofchange.org Only time will tell if working people, both those organized in unions and those who are not, will be able to take advantage of this moment to overthrow the mini dictatorships so many labor under.

Fight Back (2021-10-29). Young workers from Milwaukee join the John Deere UAW picket lines. fightbacknews.org Waterloo, IA – At Midnight on October 14, 10,000 United Auto Worker union members went on strike across four Midwestern states and Colorado, with over 90% of workers having voted to strike. The workers rejected a six-year contract that would eliminate their pensions, preserve a two-tier wage system that disadvantages new workers, and would have raises that don't keep pace with inflation. | Workers from Milwaukee representing the Young Workers Committee (YWC) of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council (MALC) visited UAW Local 838 workers in Waterloo, Iowa, where the largest number of John Deere union workers are employed…

WSWS (2021-10-29). US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh feigns support for Kellogg's strike in visit to picket line. wsws.org Walsh, the former mayor of Boston and ex-union bureaucrat, exemplifies the corrupt corporatist relations between the unions, the corporations and the capitalist state which Biden is seeking to develop in order to strangle the growing movement of the working class.

Latino USA (2021-10-29). The Invisible Cost Of Care (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com In this episode, we dive into the high cost of caregiving labor for so many women, through the story of Daniela Contreras.

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-10-29). Biden's Plan For Mass IRS Surveillance Of US Bank Accounts Fails, Blocked By Sen. Manchin. moguldom.com After President Joe Biden made significant concessions on his Build Back Better economic plan, another of his proposals which calls for mass IRS surveillance of bank accounts has been blocked — and this time it's with the help of a member of his own party — Sen. Joe Manchin. The Biden administration said it proposed …

Ann Brown (2021-10-29). Biden Folds On Election Promise Of Paid Family Leave, Some Democrats Angry He Won't Fight For It. moguldom.com Another election promise seems to have bitten the dust. While campaigning, President Joe Biden vowed to institute paid family level. He included it in his massive Build Back Better spending package, but the initiative appears headed for the scrap heap. There have been weeks of negotiations and the Democrats have had to keep whittling the …

Sasha Abramsky (2021-10-29). The Centerpiece of the Build Back Better Climate Plan Has Been Stripped Out. truthout.org Months into the Democrats' messy, public internal debates on President Joe Biden's Build Back Better spending plans — and despite a massive effort by Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speak Nancy Pelosi to seal the deal this week — it is still far from clear whether the factions of the party will work out a way to pass the reconciliation bill, which has already been chiseled down beyond recognition. | In an effort to prevent the bill from being gutted even furth…

WSWS (2021-10-29). Biden's incredible shrinking social "reform" bill. wsws.org The "Build Back Better" legislation has been reduced to a fig leaf of reformist pretense, without a single dollar of additional taxation on the wealthy.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2021-10-29). Prospects for Chile: New president, new constitution, continuing turmoil. peoplesworld.org The 1973 U.S.-supported military coup against Chile's socialist government and the murder of President Salvador Allende may be old history. The Pinochet dictatorship ended in 1988 and democratic forms—elections, political parties, debate—are in place. And Chile's economy, recovering from the pandemic, is booming. For the U.S. State Department, Chile is now "a leader in promoting …

Anonymous103 (2021-10-29). Despite A Slowing Economy, Inflation Remains: And Americans Find New Ways To Heckle Joe. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by William Stroock, observer, author of military fiction | American politics keep getting sillier. For a few months now fans at sporting events across the nation have taken up an obscene anti-Joe Biden chant. On 2 October, NASCAR driver Brandon Brown won the Xfinity Race series at Talladega Super Speed way, in Alabama. Alabama is a deep red state in the Deep South and a hotbed of anti-Joe Biden resistance. As Brown was being interviewed by NBC Sports Network, fans behind him took up the anti-Joe Biden chant. The interviewer said, '…as you can hear the chants from the crowd, let's go…

Matt Sedlar (2021-10-29). Special Drawing Rights: The Beginning of a Paradigm Change? cepr.net To discuss how countries can maximize the impact of the SDRs, on October 4 CEPR Senior Research Fellow Andrés Arauz participated in a panel alongside Nadia Daar of Oxfam International, George Gray Molina of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Patricia Miranda of the Latin American Network for Economic and Social Justice (LATINDADD), and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu of the IMF…

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-10-29). 10 Top Quotes From Legendary Political Thinker Fannie Lou Hamer. moguldom.com Fannie Lou Hammer isn't a legend by happenstance. The passionate civil, voting and women's rights activist rose to iconic status because she did iconic things. The youngest of 20 children born to sharecropper parents, Hamer wasn't a stranger to being trampled by white supremacy. As a result, she dedicated her life to fighting for economic …

_____ (2021-10-29). Why Defending Nicaragua Is Important. popularresistance.org Since at least the start of the 21st century, if not earlier, two global trends have emerged very clearly. Firstly, increased North American and European aggression overseas has been accompanied by increased economic and political domestic repression in the US itself and its allied countries. This domestic repression has reached unprecedented levels over the last two years, | Secondly, despite the apparent demise of Western led economic globalization, North American and European corporate influence under various guises has co-opted international policy making and governance, as writers from Cory Morningstar to Ia…

Anonymous007 (2021-10-29). Turkey Deports 7 Syrian Refugees For "Provocatively Eating Bananas" On Video, Mocking Economic Crisis. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Turkey announced it would deport seven Syrian migrants accused of making "provocative" social media posts about eating bananas. | This is yet another attempt to shift focus from the deepening economic and political crisis towards arbitrary nonsense. | One of the most popular

Editor2 (2021-10-29). China Moves Onto USA's Doorstep by Signing Up Cuba to Belt & Road. Will it Cause a Standoff Like the 1962 Missile Crisis? orinocotribune.com By Tom Fowdy — Oct 21, 2021 | As the United States ratchets up its support for Taiwan as a regional chess piece against China, Beijing may also be positioning Havana as a counterweight. The move is sure to enrage Washington. | Cuba this week signed up to China's Belt and Road (BRI) Energy Partnership, which is expected to see Beijing invest in the island's energy industries with a focus on renewables. | Cuba's ambassador to China stated that the agreement ratified his country's commitment to the Belt and Road Initiative and called for the building of an international mega-platform for economic exchanges, und…

Editor (2021-10-29). Neoliberalism and the crisis of higher education. mronline.org Neoliberalism is the dominant ideology of this historical moment. It includes a belief in the following: the efficiency of the free market and the deregulation and privatization of the public sector that markets require; tax reduction; abandoning the welfare state; and replacing the notion of the public good with a personal responsibility for one's own welfare.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-29). Struggle intensifies in Panama amid rising prices and persecution of homeless families. peoplesdispatch.org Since October 27, thousands of Panamanians have been taking to the streets in different parts of the country, demanding that the government of President Laurentino Cortizo take measures to face rampant inflation, rising unemployment, and deteriorating public services…

WSWS (2021-10-29). COVID-19 cases detected in Christchurch as New Zealand outbreak grows. wsws.org The spread of COVID-19 to the South Island, which has remained free from the virus for nearly a year, highlights the dangers of the Labour Party-led government abandoning its previous elimination policy.

_____ (2021-10-29). Who Will Pay For The Damage From Climate Change? popularresistance.org To people in developing countries, it seems clear, the wealthy countries that caused most of the problem of climate change should pay the most to adapt to it and to solve the problem. But instead, countries like the United States lecture low low-emitting countries to do more while they extract their resources and destroy their forests. | For example, Nicaragua was an outspoken critic of the Paris climate talks because they did not go far enough. It is one of the countries most impacted by climate change, yet its own greenhouse gas footprint is one of the smallest. Nicaragua initially insisted that the Paris Accor…

Sarah Anderson (2021-10-29). Democrats' Budget Deal Will Collect Billions from the Wealthy to Invest in Human Needs. inequality.org

_____ (2021-10-29). Billionaire Political Meddlers, Disinformation Agents Launch 'Good Information Inc.'. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, billionaires Reid Hoffman and George Soros launched Good Information Inc., a "public benefit corporation" to serve as a conduit of funds to newsrooms that "cut through the echo chambers with fact-based information." On its website, Good Information further describes itself as a "civic incubator" aimed at fostering and financially backing projects that "counter disinformation where it spreads by increasing the flow of good information online." | But more than merely providing an alternative to bad information through their own reporting, the company suggests that censorship is also on the menu: "We bel…

Sof Petros (2021-10-29). Young Climate Organizers Are Calling Out Wall Street. zcomm.org Why are young people going after financial institutions? Because we know that if we can stop the flow of money, we can stop the flow of oil…

Dean Baker (2021-10-29). Third Quarter GDP: More Good than Bad. cepr.net The 2.0 percent growth figure reported for the third quarter was widely viewed as disappointing. It was slower than most analysts had expected and certainly a large falloff from the 6.7 percent rate in the second quarter, but on the whole, it should be viewed as a positive report. | There are two key reasons for why I see the report as largely positive. First, there were extraordinary and temporary factors that prevented the growth from being considerably more rapid. Second, we need to get a fuller picture in assessing growth. In the pre-pandemic period, no one would have considered 2.0 percent growth particularl…

WSWS (2021-10-29). German public sector workers hold initial "warning" strike in contract negotiations. wsws.org The unions Verdi, GEW, IG BAU, GdP and civil servants organisations are doing all they can to offload the costs of the coronavirus pandemic onto workers.

_____ (2021-10-29). The 'Smoke And Mirrors' Billionaires Tax. popularresistance.org With the introduction of these two 'smoke and mirrors' tax measures, negotiations enter the 'end game' phase of the corporate strategy to beat back the two stimulus bills—the traditional Infrastructure Bill (now $0.55T new spending reduced from $2.3T) and the Human Infrastructure/Reconciliation Bill (now $1.75T reduced from $3.5T). | The strategy to slash the level of spending in both bills has been driven behind the scenes by the corporate wing of the Democrat party, with Senators Manchin and Sinema as their negotiating 'point persons'. The strategy has always been to cut the magnitude of spending on both…

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2021-10-29: News Headlines

Sarah Anderson (2021-10-29). Democrats' Budget Deal Will Collect Billions from the Wealthy to Invest in Human Needs. inequality.org

sputniknews (2021-10-29). 'Topless XR Protester' Goes Nude at Downing Street, Calling for 'Naked Truth About Climate Change'. sputniknews.com The activist insisted on the necessity to invest in "100 percent renewable energy" and to stop "any new investment in coal, oil and gas".

Kevin Mwanza (2021-10-29). Scientists In Study: Toxic Chemicals In McDonald's Food Linked To Smaller Testicles And Asthma. moguldom.com There are reasons fast food is known as junk food. It doesn't just make you fat. Scientists have found traces in food of toxic compounds that are used to make industrial tubing and rubber gloves, and they're calling for stronger regulations to help keep these harmful chemicals out of the food supply. These chemicals can …

WSWS (2021-10-29). Strikes erupt across Portugal as government fails to adopt budget. wsws.org António Costa's seven-year minority Socialist Party government is tottering as strikes for higher wages and better working conditions erupt across Portugal.

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2021-10-29). The Psychological Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic Measures: Lockdowns, Warnings, "Social Distancing", "New Variants". Drastic Increase in Depression and Anxiety. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous765 (2021-10-29). Help SouthFront To Stay Afloat! southfront.org DEAR FRIENDS, | : | Since October 1, we've collected 2355 USD. This is about 47% of the monthly budget needed to continue SouthFront work and further. | Today, you can send your donations via BTC or Bitcoincash. | In order to support the activities of SouthFront through PayPal, Western union or other traditional means, please write to , . | We stay still to save the vestiges of freedom of speech and to show you the real face of the world most dangerous crises. | BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE WI…

sputniknews (2021-10-29). India Deploys US Weapons, Including Chinook Helicopters, to Ramp Up Defence at Disputed China Border. sputniknews.com India has increased its defence purchases from the US over the last five years, buying about $3.4 billion worth of armaments between 2016 and 2020. The country was designated as a "major defence partner" of the US in 2016. In 2018, the US granted it "license-free access" to a range of military and dual-use technologies that are otherwise regulated.

Emir Sader (2021-10-29). El columpio latinoamericano. globalizacion.ca Desde que surgieron gobiernos antineoliberales en América Latina, el área se ha convertido en epicentro de las grandes luchas políticas del siglo XXI y, al mismo tiempo, en un balancín, en que los gobiernos se instalan y son derrotados, regresan…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-10-29). Campaign for Venezuela's 21N Regional Elections Begins: How Many Candidates are There? orinocotribune.com According to the schedule established by Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), the campaign for Venezuela's November 21 regional and municipal "mega-elections" officially began today. Venezuelans will select governors, mayors, city councilors, and regional legislators during the process. | It is an event that brings together almost 68,000 male and female candidates from the different opposition groups against 3,072 candidates nominated by the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP). This last alliance, that of Chavismo, has as its strength the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Venezuela's leading party since…

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2021-10-29). Afirman que el objetivo de EE.UU. es castigar al pueblo cubano. telesurtv.net Díaz-Canel afirmó que el socialismo es la única explicación que ha posibilitado que el país sobreviva a la política de EE.UU.

Ann Brown (2021-10-29). 5 Things To Know About What Elijah Muhammad And Malcolm X Said About Chinese Communist Party. moguldom.com Like many Black liberation activists and scholars, leaders of the Nation of Islam had a friendly relationship with Communist China. W.E.B. DuBois, for example, spent his birthday in 1959 celebrating in China. NOI head Elijah Muhammad and his one-time protege, Malcolm X, often spoke in glowing terms of China. Muhammad even held an audience with a group …

Editor (2021-10-29). Communists face rare crackdown in Russia, upending old balance. mronline.org Boris Kagarlitsky, a veteran left-wing dissident, holds the distinction of having been a political prisoner under the regimes of Leonid Brezhnev and Boris Yeltsin. Now he can add President Vladimir Putin to that list.

The Socialist Program (2021-10-28). The Battle for Workers' Rights and Democracy in South Korea. liberationnews.org Brian and Ju-Hyun Park discuss the rising tide of labor activism in South Korea demanding not only economic and social justice for workers, but also an expansion of democracy.

Hector Luis Alamo (2021-10-28). Report: Latinos Still Severely Underrepresented in Mainstream Media. latinorebels.com While the headline may not surprise anyone, a new report commissioned by the Latino Donor Collaborative reveals just how absent Latinos are in TV, film, journalism, and other mainstream media.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-10-28). Imperial and Germany's TUM driving exciting collaborative research and education. imperial.ac.uk Imperial and the Technical University of Munich are deepening ties across a range of research fields as well as the innovative delivery of education.

Anonymous007 (2021-10-28). African Union, World Bank Suspend Sudan, Demand Junta Relinquishes Power. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On October 27th, the African Union said it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an "unconstitutional" seizure of power. | The continent-wide bloc said it "strongly condemns the seizure of power" and was suspending Sudan from all AU activities "until the effective restoration of the civilian-led transitional authority". | Following that, the World Bank also suspended Sudan. | Sudan's PM is ba…

WSWS (2021-10-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Danish nurses continue 11-week-long one-hour wildcat strikes over pay and understaffing; ScotRail Sunday stoppages over equal overtime pay widen as workers to strike over pay offer during COP26 climate summit; protests across Lebanon over fuel price hikes as economy in collapse; workers in Cross River State, Nigeria, continue pay and conditions stoppage begun October 12, defying court order…

Mike Walter (2021-10-28). The Heat: U.S. politics & economy. america.cgtn.com As political divisions still persist, will U.S. President Joe Biden's efforts to overhaul infrastructure and social welfare ever get done?

_____ (2021-10-28). Humanity Is Sleepwalking Towards Medical Apartheid. We Need an Honest Debate Before It's Too Late. strategic-culture.org The tragic state of affairs, justified by a disease with a better than 99 percent survival rate, cannot continue indefinitely. | Even as scientific studies show that vaccines alone cannot extricate humanity from the Covid-19 crisis, governments are rushing headlong towards the creation of a 'vaccinated economy' without any consideration for the consequences. It's time for an injection of sanity and informed democratic debate. | An astonishing thing happened this week that should have — were it not for a media industrial complex that coddles and cossets the powers that be — incited journalists to scream…

WSWS (2021-10-28). What's behind Tesla's $1 trillion market valuation? wsws.org Tesla's rise is bound up with both the debt bubble hanging over the economy and the growth of the electric vehicle market.

Editor2 (2021-10-28). Honduran Campesino Leader Explains the ZEDEs. orinocotribune.com A wide range of sectors in Honduras are continuing to mobilize against the Economic Development and Employment Zones (ZEDEs) with the general election now one month away. Campesino, indigenous and

Fight Back (2021-10-28). Eyewitness report from India. fightbacknews.org Kolkata, India – The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India has had a devastating effect, claiming more than 250,000 lives in a matter of three months, between April and June of this year. | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling government in India, failed to address the concerns of the people and enacted repressive policies that are against their interests. In India the number of people living in poverty outnumber the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, and privatized healthcare has led to the demise of countless people during this pandemic. | The callous attitude of the of BJP led to the shortage of v…

WSWS (2021-10-28). Amazon Canada workers need organizations of struggle, not pro-corporate Teamsters. wsws.org Amazon workers are brutally exploited, but the unionization drive launched by the corporatist Teamsters has nothing to do with mobilizing them to put an end to poverty wages and a punishing, injury-inducing work regime.

Staff (2021-10-28). Vaccine Inequity: Meet the Doctor Refusing a Booster as Rich Nations Get 16x More Doses Than Poor. democracynow.org Wealthy nations have received over 16 times more COVID-19 vaccines per person than poorer nations dependent on the COVAX program backed by the World Health Organization, according to a new Financial Times analysis. COVAX, which was set up to ensure global equitable access to vaccines, has delivered only 400 million doses after promising 1.4 billion this year. Higher-income countries struck separate vaccine deals with manufacturers, leaving COVAX with less negotiating power. While the United States rolls out booster shots and stockpiles six vaccines per person, less than 3% of people in low-income countries have r…

WSWS (2021-10-28). Democrats abandon plans to tax corporations and the wealthy. wsws.org The collapse of various tax plans demonstrates the absolute power of the financial aristocracy over Congress and the White House.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-28). Ecuadorians take the streets against president Lasso's government. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of Ecuadorians have taken to the streets across the country in rejection of a recent increase in fuel prices, which far exceeds the current prices in the world market. The protests are the largest anti-government protests in the five months of Lasso's administration…

Karen Conner (2021-10-28). GDP Slows Sharply in Third Quarter Due to Supply Chain Pressures. cepr.net Service consumption rose at a 7.9 percent rate, despite the delta variant. | GDP grew at just a 2.0 percent annual rate in the third quarter as supply chain issues hampered growth in several key areas. Durable goods consumption contracted at a 26.2 percent annual rate, knocking 2.7 percentage points off the quarter's growth. Equipment investment fell at a 3.2 percent annual rate, while housing construction dropped at a 7.7 percent annual rate, knocking 0.18 percentage points and 0.38 percentage points off the quarter's growth, respectively. | Even with Third-Quarter Declines, Vehicle Consumption Is Still Far Abov…

Ann Brown (2021-10-28). Fact Check: 30 Percent Of White College Applicants Lie About Being Person Of Color. moguldom.com There continues to be a pushback against affirmative action in college admissions with some states prohibiting the inclusion of any consideration of race in the admissions process. Yet some white college applicants are pretending to be Black or another race to gain entry or improve their financial aid odds. A recent survey by Intelligent, an online …

WSWS (2021-10-28). Moody's rating agency warns of "systemic risk" in private credit. wsws.org The private credit market has undergone an expansion since the global financial crisis of 2008 and its growth accelerated after the March 2020 crisis at the onset of the pandemic.

Staff (2021-10-28). Headlines for October 28, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Set to Announce "Framework" for Revised Social Spending and Climate Bill, Iran to Rejoin Talks to Restore Nuclear Deal Abandoned by Trump, Top U.S. General Compares Chinese Hypersonic Missile Test to "Sputnik Moment", U.S. Voices Rare Criticism as Israel Announces Plans to Further Expand Illegal Settlements, COVID-19 Sickened Nearly 60,000 Meat Industry Workers During Pandemic's First Year, Inexpensive Antidepressant Fluvoxamine Shows Promise as COVID-19 Therapeutic, Merck to Allow Generic Manufacturing of Pill That Reportedly Can Cut COVID-19 Deaths by Half, Nor'easter Rips Through New England, Cutting Pow…

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Staff (2021-10-28). Extinction Rebellion activists blockade then break into UK's largest oil refinery to roll out 'no future in fossil fuels' banner. rt.com Extinction Rebellion has deployed its infamous pink boat to blockade the entrance to Hampshire's Fawley ExxonMobil oil refinery, with demonstrators cutting through the site's electric fence to unveil a banner over its oil silos. | In a statement released on Thursday, the climate activist group confirmed they had broken into the Fawley Oil refinery to "demand that the Government stops all new fossil fuel investments immediately." | 15 activists, including British Olympians Laura Baldwin and Etienne Stott, descended on the site in the early hours of the morning, with several of the activists breaching the electr…

WSWS (2021-10-28). No new anti-socialist laws! Defend the SGP against the German secret service! wsws.org On November 18, the Berlin Administrative Court will begin hearing the case of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) against the Federal Republic of Germany. The SGP is defending itself against being subject to surveillance by the secret service and being named as "left-wing extremist" in the secret service annual report.

ecns.cn (2021-10-27). Chinese FM elaborates on China's policy towards Afghanistan. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday briefed the media on his contact with the delegation of the Afghan Taliban's interim government before he left the Qatari capital of Doha.

ecns.cn (2021-10-27). White paper elaborates on China's initiatives in tackling climate change. ecns.cn Faced with unprecedented challenges in global climate governance, the international community needs to respond with unprecedented ambition and action, said a white paper released Wednesday by the State Council Information Office.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-10-27). Imperial Launches New Early Years Centre in White City. imperial.ac.uk In collaboration with Old Oak Primary School, Imperial now offers childcare services to its staff and student parents near Hammersmith and White City.

Fight Back (2021-10-27). Minneapolis forum: 'No New Cold War on China!'. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On October 23, the Twin Cities District of Freedom Road Socialist Organization held an educational event at the University of Minnesota titled "No New Cold War Against China!" The event was part of a yearly celebration of the October socialist revolutions which occurred in Russia (1917) and China (1949). The event's speakers were Autumn Lake of the Anti-War Committee, Mick Kelly of Freedom Road Socialist Organization and Danny Haiphong of the Black Agenda Report and Friends of Socialist China. | Speakers discussed a wide range of topics related to the ongoing intensification of U.S. aggress…

ecns.cn (2021-10-27). Washington should stop politicizing market economy rules. ecns.cn Common sense teaches that a market economy always features openness, fairness and the principle of non-discrimination.However, in recent years, those rules have been largely abused by the United States as a political tool to rake in self-interests in global competition.

Matt Sedlar (2021-10-27). IMF Surcharges: "Regressive" and "Bad News for the World Economy" cepr.net On October 5, CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot joined Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz, economics professor and CEPR Senior Fellow Jayati Ghosh, and Martín Abeles of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on a panel discussing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) surcharges policy.

Shawgi Tell (2021-10-27). Bad Economic News: Reality Trumps Capital-Centered Anticonsciousness. dissidentvoice.org For months, the ruling elite at home and abroad have used their media to incessantly repeat the nonsense that economies around the world are doing very well and rebounding nicely. Endless headlines from around the globe screamed wantonly about how economies everywhere were breaking all kinds of growth records and that everything looked bright and …

Anonymous103 (2021-10-27). Washington Tries To Sabotage Economic Cooperation Between China And Pakistan. southfront.org Illustrative ImagePakistani authorities reveal US' attempts to harm economic alliance between Beijing and Islamabad. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | In the contemporary world, cooperating economically with China is something practically inevitable for most countries, especially for emerging powers such as Pakistan. Sharing geographic proximity and common regional enemies, Pakistan and China have strengthened bilateral ties in recent years, building a solid economic alliance and integrating Islamabad into BRI's business route. However,…

Matt Sedlar (2021-10-27). Home Health Care: Latinx and Black Women are Overrepresented, But All Women Face Heightened Risk of Poverty. cepr.net Given the momentum of shifting to home-based, noninstitutional long-term care for the majority of aging adults, it is vital to raise wages and ensure sufficient hours, as well as to enhance the training opportunities and earnings associated with jobs in this industry.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-10-27). Hunger, poverty and disease: Tackling the triple burden of malnutrition. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Global Development Hub brought together world-leading experts to share insights on how to tackle malnutrition worldwide.

Staff (2021-10-27). "No Way Out": Taxi Drivers, Allies Enter 2nd Week of Hunger Strike Against Crushing Medallion Debt. democracynow.org New York City taxi drivers have entered their second week of hunger striking outside City Hall to demand that the mayor grant debt relief for thousands of drivers impacted by the taxi medallion price crash. Many drivers purchased taxi medallions, the permits required to drive a taxi, for upwards of $1 million. After the incursion of ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft, as well as more recent plummeting demand for taxis due to the pandemic, they are now only worth about $100,000. Faced with massive debt and financial ruin, at least nine drivers have died by suicide. Taxi driver Augustine Tang, who has been on hun…

WSWS (2021-10-27). Harvard graduate student workers to begin three-day strike October 27. wsws.org The university is offering below-inflation wages even as its endowment swells 27 percent to $53.2 billion.

WSWS (2021-10-27). Australian government announces sham net zero carbon emissions climate target. wsws.org Morrison hopes his target will reduce mounting international pressure, thereby allowing Australian capitalism to continue to function as one of the world's worst greenhouse gas emitters.

WSWS (2021-10-27). Right-wing LDP expected to maintain majority in upcoming Japanese election. wsws.org The likely victory of the Liberal Democratic Party is not an endorsement of their policies but stems from the political bankruptcy of the "progressive" bloc in Japan.

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Matt Sedlar (2021-10-27). Don't Be Fooled Squid Game Fans, the United States is More Unequal Than South Korea on Several Measures. cepr.net South Korea is an extremely unequal country, but at the same time, it has taken significant concrete steps to reduce inequalities, especially when it comes to families and children.

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