WSWS (2022-12-01). Belgian rail workers mount three-day nationwide strike. wsws.org The strikes in Belgium adds to the growing wave of rail workers' struggles against job cuts, inflation, and dilapidated infrastructure internationally.
____ (2022-11-30). Chinese, European leaders seek stable ties. ecns.cn On Nov 10, a group of German business executives wrote a joint opinion article for the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, warning against pressure to withdraw from the vast China market that has served the German economy well.
____ (2022-11-30). Forecasts suggest 2023 may be good for China GDP and local equities. ecns.cn China's economy is expected to rebound next year and sustain the rally in Chinese equities, though market volatility could remain elevated, prominent investment banks and wealth managers said on Wednesday.
J Goldberg, A Leisewitz, G Wiegel & M Zander (2022-12-01). Lockdown light – Corona crisis and capitalism. indybay.org The pandemic and countermeasures have effects shaped by the neoliberal form of capitalism[6] that has dominated since the 1980s. Three aspects are worth mentioning: 1.the independence of the financial sphere,2.the fragmentation of the labor markets, and | 3.the weakening of social systems. In the financialized economy, measures to cushion the crisis strengthen the haves.
Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-01). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" Extends its Grip to Major Industrial Cities. globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.
____ (2022-11-30). Work starts on major high-speed rail projects. ecns.cn Construction has begun on two major high-speed railways in southwestern China, which are expected to be completed in 2027 and 2028, improving the region's high-speed railway network and boosting socioeconomic development.
____ (2022-11-30). Nov manufacturing activity weakens. ecns.cn China's factory activity contracted at a steeper pace in November amid renewed domestic COVID-19 cases and slackening domestic and external demand, adding pressure to the country's slow and bumpy economic recovery.
____ (2022-11-30). Foreign firms flourishing in Shanghai. ecns.cn As a move to better enhance foreign-invested enterprises' role in the city's economic development, four ranking lists for 2021 foreign-invested enterprises were unveiled.
WSWS (2022-12-01). Fed chief Powell spells it out: workers are its chief target. wsws.org In his Inflation and the Labour Market speech, Powell insisted even the sub-inflation wage increases of the recent period were considered to be too high and that economic growth would need to be suppressed for a "sustained period.
LaborFest (2022-12-01). Saturday 12/10: Get Your Ticket To Mars. indybay.org Twitter Headquarters San Francico | 1355 Market St. | San Francisco…
Mary Merkenich (2022-12-01). Labor's IR bill doesn't leave workers better off overall. greenleft.org.au Claims the IR amendments will close the gender pay gap and strengthen equal pay laws are welcome. But, as Mary Merkenich and Sarah Hathway argue the bill will divide workers and weaken the Better Off Overall Test.
UFCFLPU (2022-12-01). Saturday 12/3: UC UAW Labor Community Solidarity Rally: COLA & Housing For All. indybay.org UC Sproul Plaza…
____ (2022-12-01). China's auto export accelerates to new record. ecns.cn China's auto export industry registered steady growth amid headwinds such as chip shortage, rise of raw material prices, and the pandemic, with export totaling 2.46 million units in the first 10 months, up 54.1 percent on a yearly basis.
C, C Butterwegge & Sybille Pirklbauer (2022-12-01). Social division in the schools and 7 challenges to the welfare state. indybay.org The most difficult task will be to redefine prosperity not only in philosophical concepts, but also in concrete tangible and experiential terms detached from consumption. Many are already working on this. The United Nations adopted a strategy for a "blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet" with the Sustainable Development Goals 2015.
____ (2022-11-30). Ministry's regulation clarifies rules for talent agents. ecns.cn As the country's entertainment industry grows, so does the demand for talent management.
____ (2022-12-01). Patent Law regulation amended to improve IP protection system. ecns.cn IP protection as a major principle was highlighted in the Civil Code, the nation's fundamental law for regulating civil activities, and punitive damage was also supported in relevant IP laws, including the Patent Law and the Trademark Law.
____ (2022-12-01). China's Yunnan passes regulation on protecting centuries-old tea trees. ecns.cn Southwest China's Yunnan Province has passed a protection regulation on its ancient tea trees, stipulating that wild and cultivated tea plants aged over 100 years should be better protected in the province.
Matthias Brockers, Michael Haller (2022-12-01). Farewell to the unipolar world and Disaster capitalism: back to Marx! indybay.org The sanctions have already proved to be a dangerous boomerang because they hit Europe harder than Russia… It is a suicidal illusion to try to win a war against the raw materials giant Russia – which possesses more than a third of all fossil energies and raw materials on earth – and the world's largest high-tech workshop, China, which is united with it.
WSWS (2022-12-01). NZ tertiary union takes legal case over job cuts. wsws.org The Tertiary Education Union has suppressed any further national industrial action and isolated university staff in New Zealand in the face of attacks on jobs and wages.
Fight Back (2022-12-01). Dallas celebrates People's Thanksgiving. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, November 26, more than 60 activists gathered at the Pan-African Connection bookstore in Dallas to celebrate People's Thanksgiving, a celebration honoring those who struggle against imperialism, capitalism and national oppression. | The event was emceed by Ammar Hussein of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, who gave an opening speech welcoming the many organizations and participants to the event as well as praising the struggle of indigenous peoples for whom Thanksgiving is a national day of mourning. | "We reject the colonialist myth of Thanksgiving, and we stand in unwavering sol…
WSWS (2022-12-01). Ruben àñstlund's Triangle of Sadness: Today's "master class" and "subject class" wsws.org The English-language film is uneven, but its skewering of capitalism is certainly welcome.
____ (2022-12-01). Experts say COVID stress can be eased. ecns.cn Putting down the mobile phone, talking about negative feelings with friends or seeking professional counseling are some of the methods to help tackle depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak, experts said.
Fight Back (2022-12-01). Tallahassee FRSO hosts October Revolution event. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On November 6, the Tallahassee District of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization held a celebratory meeting at Florida State University to honor the 105th anniversary of the October Revolution. | The October Revolution is the 1917 revolution that saw the overthrow of the czar, a Russian monarch, and the establishment of working-class power led by the Bolshevik party. | About a dozen or so students and community members gathered to learn about the October Revolution and the lessons it presents for today. | The event was facilitated by FRSO members Alex Carson, Regina Joseph and Delilah Pierre.
Freedom Socialist Party (2022-12-01). Sunday 12/11: Speaker: Fight the Far Right to Win Reproductive Justice! indybay.org In person in San Francisco (or via ZOOM link below) | New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk Street (at Ellis), San Francisco | (7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near #5, 19, 27, 31, 38 Muni bus lines)…
Peter Boyle (2022-12-01). Challenges for Malaysia's new 'national unity government'. greenleft.org.au Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj from the Socialist Party of Malaysia discusses the recent election result and the challenges facing the new government.
WSWS (2022-12-01). Socialist candidate Will Lehman on pace to win thousands of votes in UAW election with suppressed turnout. wsws.org Initial results from the first-ever direct election in UAW history show an important level of support for rank-and-file socialist candidate Will Lehman, as well as widespread alienation from the UAW apparatus, as reflected in the abysmal 10 percent turnout.
WSWS (2022-12-01). Youth in Australia speak out against war, promote IYSSE global anti-war webinar. wsws.org "I am against war, as many others are. I also believe that international socialism is the only way to end war for good."
Staff (2022-12-01). Crean comisión de alto nivel para colaboración interparlamentaria entre Cuba y Rusia. cubadebate.cu El instrumento constituye un importante paso en aras de continuar fortaleciendo los vínculos entre los dos países, con acciones concretas para la venidera etapa de trabajo en áreas de interés mutuo.
Dan Beeton (2022-11-30). Preview: What to Expect in the November Jobs Report. cepr.net The November jobs report should provide further evidence of the economy normalizing after its rapid bounce back from the pandemic recession. The big questions will be whether wage growth has slowed to a pace consistent with the Fed's inflation target and whether job growth has slowed to a sustainable pace. Wage Growth Likely to Remain …
____ (2022-11-30). China's digital industry clusters power growth. ecns.cn China's digital industry clusters have gained momentum as the country's digital economy continues its rapid growth.
En.mehrnews (2022-11-30). Iran's Mahalat home to red willow tree. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) — Mahalat country in the Markazi Province of Iran is home to the red willow trees. As a natural resource, this kind of tree plays an important role in the local economy.
Hannah Story Brown (2022-11-30). Shame on "Union Joe" Biden for Not Siding With Railway Workers. commondreams.org If rail workers are so important to our economy that a single week of striking could cost the economy $1 billion, and if their demands are so modest that any decent employer would easily exceed them, then meeting their demands seems like the obvious solution.
Owen Fairclough (2022-11-30). Global economic year-end review. america.cgtn.com Inflation engulfed much of the global economy in 2022. See what the summary of the global economy is this year.
Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-30). The economic outlook is just another manipulation. thealtworld.com As some readers have remarked in their messages to me, I ceased a while back my monthly reports on the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs reports and inflation rate. The reason is that the numbers are not good enough to be able to discern what is the actual state of the economy. Yet every new number is treated with attention by the financial presstitutes. | The reports in the financial media make no sense. We hear simultaneously that consumer confidence is high but that a number of large firms are laying off 10,000 employees each, that credit card debt is reaching new highs, that housing prices are falling, but empl…
Sharon Zhang (2022-11-30). High-Ranking Senate Republican Reveals GOP Plan to Slash Social Security. truthout.org The GOP is preparing to use next year's debt limit talks to potentially hold the economy hostage in order to slash crucial anti-poverty programs like Social Security, according to a new interview with the Senate's second ranking Republican. Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota) said that slashing such programs would be a "solution" to the national debt — an issue that Republicans only bring up in… |
Victor Castellanos (2022-11-30). President Maduro Announces Reactivation of Loans for Tourism Industry. orinocotribune.com At the closing ceremony of FitVen earlier today, the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the availability of additional funding for the execution of tourism projects. | After speaking with the head of the economy, Delcy Rodríguez, it was decided "within the economic growth plan … to revive in a special plan the banking investment portfolio for tourism," said President Maduro. FitVen 2022, the International Tourism Fair of Venezuela, has been held since November 26 in Anzoátegui state. | The president announced that the plan includes "credits in international currency, in dollars, from private and publ…
____ (2022-11-30). COVID strategies optimized. ecns.cn Authorities will accelerate the lifting of unnecessary restrictions put in place after the recent Omicron-fueled outbreaks to reduce the disease control strategies' economic fallout and other resulting "inconveniences".
____ (2022-11-30). China remains source of driving force for global prosperity and development. ecns.cn In the face of complex and challenging situation both at home and abroad, the fundamentals sustaining China's steady and sound economic growth in the long run remain unchanged and China remains a source of driving force for global prosperity and development.‚ÄÇ‚ÄÇ…
Editor (2022-11-30). Could China Help Brazil To Overcome Its Economic Crisis? scheerpost.com 
The economic partnership between Brazil and China, which has advanced greatly in the last two decades, may be one of the keys to reversing the crisis that Brazil faces. But some challenges will need to be faced with diplomacy and strategic planning.
Scorinoco (2022-11-30). The Future of China-Cuba Economic Relations. orinocotribune.com By Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira Nov 25, 2022 | Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez embarked on a two-day visit to China at the invitation of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Díaz-Canel is the first head of state from Latin America and the Caribbean region to visit China after the 20th CPC National Congress. It's important to highlight that this visit carries more than a traditional friendship visit between two comrades and leaders of the communist parties. The Cuba-China relationship goes beyond good friends and good c…
____ (2022-11-30). Measures lift stock, currency markets. ecns.cn The Chinese stock and currency markets rebounded strongly on Tuesday amid more supportive measures and government policies.
_____ (2022-11-30). Every Union Contract Right Now Should Be The Best Ever. popularresistance.org If your union goes into negotiations right now and doesn't win its biggest raise ever, you're leaving money on the table. | Soaring inflation means it takes a bigger raise just to break even. And with unemployment low, labor has extra leverage to win more. | Dining hall workers at Northeastern University in Boston just approved a new contract that will raise them to $30 an hour by 2026—triple the $9 they were making in 2012 before they unionized. | After a rowdy mass picket, Sysco food delivery Teamsters in Massachusetts won a 39 percent raise over five years. | Here in Seattle, Providence Swedish hospital…
Martin Hart-Landsberg (2022-11-30). Recession alert: we need a new unemployment insurance system. mronline.org 
With the Federal Reserve pushing up interest rates, we appear headed for a new recession.
C.J. Polychroniou (2022-11-30). The Fed's Response to Rising Inflation Protects the Wealthy at Workers' Expense. truthout.org The specter of inflation is haunting the world's economies. Surging prices since 2020, especially in food and energy, have eroded global living standards, though inflation varies considerably across countries. However, inflation is hitting the working class and lower-income people harder than wealthier households, triggering protests around the world, especially in countries with strong trade… |
Dean Baker (2022-11-30). Census and WaPo at Odds Over Effect of Inflation on Low-Income Families. cepr.net 
It is getting almost as bad as propaganda from an authoritarian regime. We keep hearing major news outlets tell us that inflation is whacking lower-income families. The Washington Post did it yesterday in an editorial demanding more rate hikes from the Fed to throw people out of work. Lower-income people, like everyone else, are paying …
Dean Baker (2022-11-30). The Washington Post Tells Us Low Income Families Are Especially Hard Hit by Inflation but the Census Bureau Says Their Homeownership Rate is Up: Who to Believe? cepr.net It is getting almost as bad as propaganda from an authoritarian regime. We keep hearing major news outlets tell us that inflation is whacking lower-income families. The Washington Post did it yesterday in an editorial demanding more rate hikes from the Fed to throw people out of work. Lower-income people, like everyone else, are paying …
Editor (2022-11-30). Biden's Student Debt Relief Program Is Now in the Hands of the Supreme Court. scheerpost.com 
By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout More than 40 million lower-income people burdened with student loans are still waiting for clarity about how much they will owe and when their next payments will be due, as the Supreme Court decides if it will rule on whether to allow President Joe Biden's student debt relief program to …
Staff (2022-11-30). "Enough Is Enough": Rail Workers Decry Biden's Push to Impose Strike-Breaking Labor Deal. democracynow.org 
President Biden is pushing Congress to block a pending nationwide rail strike and push through a contract deal that includes no sick days and is opposed by four of the 12 rail unions. Biden's latest request is an attempt to "legislate us basically back to work, before we've even had a chance to strike," says locomotive engineer and Railroad Workers United organizer Ron Kaminkow. "Workers should have the right to take off work for a reasonable amount for whatever reason they need it," says labor professor Nelson Lichtenstein, who urges the rail workers to strike anyway.
Anonymous669 (2022-11-30). ISIS Says Its Leader Was Killed In Combat, Appoints New One. southfront.org 
In a surprise announcement on November 30, ISIS said that its top leader Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi had been killed. | In an audio message titled "They Kill and Get Killed," a spokesman for the terrorist group said that al-Hashimi, an Iraqi national, was killed "in combat with enemies of God", without elaborating on when or where this took place. | The spokesman identified the terrorist group's new "caliph" as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi. As of now, next to nothing…
David Sirota (2022-11-30). LEVER TIME: The Debt Ceiling Fight Is Already Brewing. levernews.com In the new episode of our weekly podcast Lever Time, Andrew Perez sits down with Lindsay Owens, executive director of the progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative, to talk about why the upcoming fight in Congress over the debt ceiling is so pivotal. Owens explains how inflation will play a role in the negotiations, and discusses whether or not President Joe Biden will allow the conflict to be used as an excuse to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits (7: 32).In addition, David Sirota is joined by comedy legend David Cross, known for his roles in Mr. Show and Arrested Development and one of the most sub…
Fight Back (2022-11-30). Biden: Hands off rail workers and their right to strike! fightbacknews.org On Monday, President Joe Biden publicly called on Congress to force union rail workers to accept the sub-par contract terms he helped craft. This is shameless union busting and pre-emptive strike breaking on behalf of the billionaire railroad bosses. | The members of four unions representing the majority of rail workers already voted down the contract terms negotiated by President Biden and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh. The Biden deal was widely criticized by the rank and file because it does not include any paid sick days – a basic right in most countries, and a sticking point for rail workers. | The votes to rej…
Imperial.ac.uk (2022-11-30). Imperial and NTU Singapore form wide-ranging partnership to expand collaboration. imperial.ac.uk Imperial and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have formed a wide-ranging partnership in research, education, innovation and enterprise.
John Wojcik (2022-11-30). Pro-labor lawmakers move to add sick days to Railway Deal. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON URGENT UPDATE: Contact your senator By a 221-207 vote, the House this afternoon put the Senate, President Biden, and freight railroads all on the spot, adding seven days of paid sick leave to a previously passed freight railroad contract. Three Republicans joined all 218 Democrats in voting for paid sick days. Rail workers and …
Kerry Smith (2022-11-30). Refugees demand Labor grants them permanent visas, as promised. greenleft.org.au Refugees and their supporters converged on Parliament to demand the federal government act on its promise to give 19,000 refugees permanent visas. Kerry Smith reports.
Paul Oboohov (2022-11-30). IPAN conference examines the US-Australia military alliance. greenleft.org.au The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network's annual conference criticised federal Labor for failing to pursue an independent foreign policy. Paul Oboohov reports.
Sharon Zhang (2022-11-30). House Passes Rail Contract With 7 Days Paid Sick Leave in Win for Workers. truthout.org In a win for workers, the House passed a resolution on Wednesday to force the adoption of a railroad labor contract with, crucially, the inclusion of a hard-fought amendment for seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers. The resolution advanced with a 290 to 137 vote, while the amendment providing sick leave passed largely on party lines, with only three Republicans joining all Democrats in… |
_____ (2022-11-30). The Greenwashing Scam Behind COP27's Flop. popularresistance.org As the annual UN climate conference, COP27, came to a close in late November, the talks produced a lot of lofty rhetoric but little concrete progress on the gravest threat facing humanity today. | There was one very important positive development: After years of demands by poor countries in the Global South suffering the worst impacts of climate disasters, the COP27 agreement finally established a "loss and damage" fund for the wealthy countries most responsible for climate change to compensate poor countries for climate disasters. | Much remains undecided, including the size of the fund, its governance structure…
WSWS (2022-11-30). Major study finds that bacterial infections were the second leading cause of death globally in 2019. wsws.org The study, based on data prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, found a marked disparity between the rate of fatalities due to bacterial infections between relatively wealthy and poor populations.
Yesenia Barrios (2022-11-30). Gentrification in East Harlem Forcing Latino Community Out. latinorebels.com Wealthier newcomers have been transforming New York City neighborhoods for generations, but what makes gentrification in East Harlem different is that it is changing the historical reputation of a working-class neighborhood that has held up against such forces for so long.
Marc Vandepitte (2022-11-30). High Fuel Prices Likely to Kill More Europeans Than Fighting in Ukraine. The Economist. globalresearch.ca
Peter Boyle (2022-11-30). Well-paid Reserve Bank chief demands we sacrifice. greenleft.org.au Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe apologised to those who took out home loans on the basis of his promise not to raise interest rates. But he had no apology for wage earners trying to make ends meet amid sharply rising prices. Peter Boyle reports.
____ (2022-11-30). Cross-border e-commerce surges tenfold. ecns.cn The cross-border e-commerce trade has become an important tool to stabilize foreign trade and promote consumption thanks to such advantages as online transaction, contactless delivery and short transaction chain.
Brett Wilkins (2022-11-30). As Corporations Enjoy Record-High Profits, Experts Urge Congress to 'Rein Them In'. commondreams.org "Today's record corporate profits mirror what we have been hearing on earnings call after earnings call: Corporations are gleefully reporting that their strategy to burden families with unnecessary price hikes is working."
Staff (2022-11-30). Striking Univ. of California Grad Students Speak Out on Nation's Largest-Ever Higher Education Strike. democracynow.org 
The largest higher education strike in U.S. history has entered its third week in an effort to secure livable wages, more child care benefits, expanded family leave and other demands. Some 48,000 academic workers at all 10 University of California campuses are on strike, including teaching assistants, postdoctoral scholars, graduate student researchers, tutors and fellows. We speak with a professor and graduate students at three campuses in the UC system, as a tentative deal with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers was announced Tuesday by the University of California that does not cover graduate stude…
WSWS (2022-11-30). Trade union leaders speak at UCU London rally—rhetoric and reality. wsws.org The aim of the trade union bureaucracy is not to reverse the catastrophic fall in their members' standard of living but to win back their seat at the table in enforcing cuts to wages, jobs and conditions as an industrial police force.
_____ (2022-11-30). DC Government's Racial Equity Plan Is Elite Capture By The State. popularresistance.org D.C. Mayor Bowser's "Draft Racial Equity Action Plan " (REAP) is a public relations document which reflects a continued commitment to the systemic foundations of racial inequities. As a follow-up to the empty gesture of painting the words "Black Lives Matter" on 800 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC and declaring that space "Black Lives Matter Plaza ", the REAP suggests that the state structures which maintain settler colonialism and capitalism can be a remedy for racial inequity. | "It is our charge and our responsibility to put in place policies that are intentional about ending structural racism and revers…
Ben Radford (2022-11-30). Deep-sea mining: Capitalism's next destructive frontier. greenleft.org.au Mining companies argue that deep-sea mining is necessary to achieve the global transition to renewables, reports Ben Radford, but this is a lie.
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-30). At Stake in Ukraine Is the Future of Globalized Capitalism. libya360.wordpress.com Samir Saul and Michel Seymour Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces/Twitter Ukraine is only one front in an all-round confrontation The far-reaching war in Ukraine is only one phase of a world-wide conflict that began earlier. In international relations, the driving forces are often obscured by surface occurrences, such as immediate military events and the din…
John Feffer (2022-11-30). What Climate Debt Does the North Owe the South? fpif.org To keep the planet from overheating, there's just so much more carbon that humans can pump into the atmosphere. From the onset of the Industrial Revolution until today, humanity has used up approximately Equ…
Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area (2022-11-30). Sunday 12/11: Conversation with an Australian Feminist: Fight the Far Right to Win Reproductive Justice. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St (@ Ellis), SF | (7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near #5, 19, 27, 31, 38 Muni bus lines) | Also online (REGISTER: bit.ly/Dec11AussieFeminist)…
Peter Boyle (2022-11-30). PSM's Jeyakumar on challenges for the Malaysia's new 'govt of national unity'. greenleft.org.au Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj from the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) spoke to Peter Boyle about the challenges for Malaysia's newly formed "government of national unity'" headed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from the Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope).
Peter Boyle (2022-11-30). Video: PSM's Jeyakumar on challenges for the Malaysia's new 'govt of national unity'. greenleft.org.au Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj from the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) spoke to Peter Boyle about the challenges for Malaysia's newly formed "government of national unity'" headed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from the Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope).
Peter Boyle (2022-11-30). Video: Socialist Party of Malaysia on challenges for the new 'government of national unity'. greenleft.org.au Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj from the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) discusses the challenges for Malaysia's newly formed "government of national unity", headed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from the Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope).
____ (2022-11-30). (100 great changes) China's aerospace shifts from follower to world leader. ecns.cn Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has made fruitful achievements in aerospace, shifting from "following" others to "leading" the world in some aspects.
Misión Verdad (2022-11-30). Myths About Chinese 'Police State' and Recent Protests Over COVID-19 Measures. orinocotribune.com The recent protests against government measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 infections in China cover the headlines of mainstream Western media. Given the rarity of the event, the opportunity to promote anti-China propaganda was obviously not going to be passed up. | The BBC, for example, argued that the protests are actually more against Xi Jinping's repressive communist government rather than the sanitary measures. What followed was to be expected: a romanticizing of the brave protesters standing up to the "monster" of the Chinese state. | "Across the country, 'want freedom' has become a rallying cry for a g…
TeleSUR, odr, JGN (2022-11-30). Irán e Irak firman acuerdo de seguridad fronteriza. telesurtv.net El convenio fue rubricado para ratificar la colaboración bilateral relacionada con los límites comunes.
Allan de Campos Silva (2022-11-30). Meatpacking Giant Tied to Child Labor, Deforestation and Mass COVID Infection. truthout.org In early November, the U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against the Brazil-headquartered, global industrial meatpacker JBS for hiring child labor. Children as young as 13 were hired through a contractor to clean up bloody meatpacking plants in Minnesota and Nebraska. The suit, filed in the name of U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin Walsh, alleged JBS hired children through Packers Sanitation… |
Staff (2022-11-30). Meet Puerto Rican Journalist Bianca Graulau, Featured in Viral Bad Bunny Video on Injustices in PR. democracynow.org 
Puerto Rico's financial oversight board has voted to extend a contract with LUMA Energy — the private U.S.-Canadian corporation that took over the island's power grid and is widely denounced by residents on the island for its inconsistent service and high prices. The privatization of Puerto Rico's power grid, supported by an unelected board appointed by the U.S. government, represents the "everyday consequences of colonialism," says independent reporter Bianca Graulau, whose latest documentary is called "País de Apagones," or "Country of Blackouts."…
John Perry (2022-11-30). Nicaragua's Inconvenient COVID Victory: Western Media Covered Up Its Success. orinocotribune.com By John Perry Nov 24, 2022 | In Nicaragua, Latin America's third poorest country, people who don't work don't eat. Three-quarters of jobs are in small businesses and farms or the informal economy. So, when its first Covid case was diagnosed on 18 March 2020, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega knew that shutting down the economy would be catastrophic. | He was under pressure from all sides to introduce strict restrictions. Among Nicaragua's neighbours, El Salvador registered its first case on 18 March and imposed a lockdown two days later; Honduras did the same; Costa Rica imposed a lockdown on 16 March and…
Editor (2022-11-30). Book Review: 'Before Crips' dismantles dominant narrative on gangs. mronline.org 
For the past several decades, the media has severely manipulated the question of gangs and their socio-economic origins. John C. Quicker and Akil S. Batani-Khalfani's new book, "Before Crips: Fussin', Cussin', and Discussin'" among South Los Angeles Juvenile Gangs, exposes the mainstream stigmas and half-truths surrounding gangs.
Anonymous103 (2022-11-29). Germany Will Not Send Patriot Missile Systems To Ukraine Despite Polish Hopes. southfront.org 
Poland hopes to coerce Germany into deploying troops to Ukraine. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Germany will not agree to deploy Patriot air defence missile systems to Ukraine despite insistence from Poland. Policymakers in Warsaw are aware of this fact, but this does not stop large elements of the Polish establishment and political class from trying to enforce this. | German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht recently announced an agreement with…
____ (2022-11-28). Policies to stabilize real estate financing. ecns.cn China's latest policies will pump more liquidity into the economy to boost growth, improve real estate financing, stabilize market expectations and help shore up economic recovery in the coming months, industry experts said.
____ (2022-11-28). China extends tariff exemption on certain US goods. ecns.cn China will continue to exempt certain US goods from additional tariffs until May next year, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council said Monday.
Infobrics (2022-11-29). BRICS Economies as a Basis for Creating or Developing National Digitalization. infobrics.org As the digital economy develops, new economic and political forces appear on the world stage that have to compete with the US and the EU. These economic systems are counterbalanced by the BRICS countries…
Brett Wilkins (2022-11-29). Justice Demanded After Qatari World Cup Official Admits Hundreds of Migrant Worker Deaths. commondreams.org "Until all abuses suffered by migrant workers in Qatar are remedied, the legacy of this World Cup will be severely tarnished by their mistreatment," said Amnesty International's head of economic and social justice.
____ (2022-11-28). U.S. urged to stop politicizing economic, trade and sci-tech issues: spokesperson. ecns.cn It is imperative to fully and faithfully enforce the law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
____ (2022-11-29). U.S. urged to stop politicizing economic, trade and sci-tech issues. ecns.cn
En.mehrnews (2022-11-29). Qatar to supply Germany with LNG under long-term gas deals. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) — Qatar is to supply liquefied natural gas to Germany under a 15-year deal as the European economic powerhouse scrambles to replace Russian gas supplies that were cut during the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-29). A New Age of Globalization: BRICS and the Challenge of Creating a Fair International Legal Order. libya360.wordpress.com Gabriel Dourado Rocha Initially, the so-called BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India and China — was coined in 2001, when it was predicted that the share of Brazil, Russia, India and China in the world's GDP would grow and that this would raise questions about the impact of these countries on economic policies. In this context,…
Misión Verdad (2022-11-29). The Countries Which Participate in the World Cup of Opportunism. orinocotribune.com by Ernesto Cazal Nov 24, 2022 | Venezuela is once again a protagonist on the international scene, and on its own merits. Of course, a lot has to do with the current international situation, with disaster capitalism having already devastated the global status quo and the economic dynamics being shattered. | All the factors converge to rekindle the importance of our country on the regional scene and in other latitudes. We can speak with certainty that oil and the political and diplomatic importance that Chavismo holds for other countries is essential for the resolution of multiple crises manifesting themselve…
_____ (2022-11-29). IEN Denounces COP27 Lack Of Progress For Indigenous Peoples And Climate Justice. popularresistance.org Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – The UNFCCC Conference of the Parties concluded its 27th session in the early hours of Sunday, November 20, 2022 with the adoption of the Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan. Despite the extended COP, Parties failed to take adequate steps and action to address climate change. The most glaring omission in the Plan is a failure of the Parties to cut fossil fuel emissions at the source and there were only vague references towards achieving the Paris Agreement temperature goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius. | False solutions such as REDD+, carbon markets, carbon offsets, climate-smart agriculture, cl…
_____ (2022-11-29). The Two Types Of Death Penalties. popularresistance.org A political prisoner is a person targeted or imprisoned because of their political actions, affiliations and/or beliefs. A political prisoner is also an individual, who while incarcerated, transforms themselves from a social prisoner by gaining clarity, embracing and maintaining political struggle. | Thirty-seven-year-old Kevin "KJ" Johnson is scheduled to be executed by the State of Missouri on November 29th; most would not view him as a "political prisoner." However, given the poverty, neglect, suffering and abuse that comes with being a captive in domestic colonies and urban enclaves within a capitalist and im…
Ramzy Baroud (2022-11-29). Liberating Africa From Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations With the West. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud Nov 21, 2022 | Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashed the images of poor looking African children needing help. | Over the years, Norway has served as a relatively good model of meaningful humanitarian and medical aid. This is especially true if compared to other self-serving western countries, where aid is often linked to direct poli…
En.mehrnews (2022-11-29). SA jails social media activist for criticizing unemployment. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) — The Saudi regime authorities arrested an activist for critical tweets about the House of Saud and unemployment in the kingdom, in yet another sign of the Riyadh regime's aggressive crackdown on dissent on social media.
Staff (2022-11-29). "Sportswashing & Greenwashing": Ex-Soccer Player Jules Boykoff on Qatar Hosting World Cup. democracynow.org 
We speak with author Jules Boykoff about the climate and political implications of the 2022 World Cup. The soccer tournament is being played in the winter for the first time due to Qatar's extreme summer temperatures. Boykoff says Qatar and FIFA have greenwashed the event by erroneously claiming the World Cup is "fully carbon neutral" despite blocking an independent review of the games. Boykoff also says Qatar is participating in "sportswashing" by using the games to deflect attention from labor abuses. Boykoff's article in Scientific American is "The World Cup in Qatar I…
_____ (2022-11-29). By Forcing A Contract On Railworkers, Biden Betrays Workers Everywhere. popularresistance.org Which side are you on? It's the most fundamental question in politics, and President Joe Biden has given us his answer. | Last night, the White House released a statement calling on Congress to impose a contract on railway workers, with more than a week remaining before the December 9 strike deadline. Describing himself as a "proud pro-labor president" and expressing his "reluctance," Biden nonetheless indicates his intention to try and force terms on workers that many already rejected earlier this year. The rhetorical triangulation was even more glaring in the statement released by outgoing House Speaker Nancy P…
_____ (2022-11-29). US Rail Workers Are Poised To Begin A National Strike Next Week. popularresistance.org Despite the intervention of the Biden administration, after nearly three years of contract negotiations, workers who operate the nation's freight railroads are poised to go on a nationwide strike as early as next Friday. | "Our members, and all rail labor in general, are frustrated," said Matt Weaver, a Toledo-based rail worker and member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED). "It feels like there's no respect for us." | Last week, the two largest rail unions announced a split decision on whether to approve a tentative, five-year agreement brokered ahead of a strike that was previousl…
_____ (2022-11-29). UC Faculty Announce Work Stoppage. popularresistance.org Hundreds of faculty across the system have committed to solidarity with the UAW strike against Unfair Labor Practices by the University of California, recognized by the Public Employment Relations Board. We support the four striking units' demands for wages adequate to their cost of living, workplace and community safety, disability justice, and other fundamental issues. We recognize that, while education should be the University's main mission, its core product is accreditation, which means degrees, which means grades. | 48,000 academic workers across the UC have been on strike since November 14th, 2022. This in…
Frank Cappello (2022-11-29). LEVER TIME: How To Be Funny In 2022 (w/ David Cross). levernews.com In the new episode of our weekly podcast Lever Time, David Sirota is joined by comedy legend David Cross, known for his roles in Mr. Show and Arrested Development and one of the most subversive comedians of the modern era. The two Davids discuss the state of modern comedy, the debate around cancel culture and free speech, and what is the most constructive way to make fun of people you disagree with (25: 46).In addition, Andrew Perez sits down with Lindsay Owens, executive director of the progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative, to talk about why the upcoming fight in Congress over the debt ceiling is so p…
Jacob Andrewartha (2022-11-29). Victorian election shows dissatisfaction is polarised. greenleft.org.au As the cost-of-living and housing crises hit hard, Labor was re-elected in Victoria, despite a 5.8% negative swing which went both to the right and left. The socialist vote was encouraging, reports Jacob Andrewartha.
Jake Johnson (2022-11-29). 'All of Rail Labor Is Going to Suffer': Workers Furious Over Biden Move to Preempt Strike. commondreams.org "This is a legacy-defining moment for Joe Biden," said Railroad Workers United. "He is going down as one of the biggest disappointments in labor history."
Kenny Stancil (2022-11-29). Congressional Labor Caucus Demands More Funding for NLRB Before GOP Takes House. commondreams.org "Workers need the NLRB to receive funding that allows it to fully implement its mission," several Democratic lawmakers told House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer.
WSWS (2022-11-29). COVID vigil participants denounce Australian Labor government's lifting of safety measures. wsws.org "We are sixteen, we shouldn't have to have our entire future put at risk because of a preventable pandemic. We thought we were safe but we were basically being lied to."
WSWS (2022-11-29). Universities Australia volunteers to channel students into war drive. wsws.org The UA submission to the Labor government's "strategic review" marks a new stage in integrating Australian universities into the military-intelligence apparatus.
Marjorie Cohn (2022-11-29). Evangelical Lobbying Threatens Supreme Court's Independence. truthout.org Recent exposés have uncovered an emerging pattern of improper lobbying of right-wing Supreme Court justices by wealthy evangelicals. They reveal serious threats to the independence of the judiciary. But equally alarming is that the Supreme Court is unconstrained by a code of judicial ethics. |
Reynard Loki (2022-11-29). Populist Climate Action Requires Thinking About Freedom From Specific Oppressors—Not Just Species Survival. independentmediainstitute.org 
The climate crisis is a form of oppression by a wealthy few. By Carter Dillard, Independent Media Institute 6 min read In September 2022, an international group of climate scientists published a study showing that the world was close to, or in some cases had even surpassed, key tipping points in the climate crisis that …
WSWS (2022-11-29). Australians Against COVID holds vigil for 16,000 COVID deaths. wsws.org SEP National Secretary Cheryl Crisp told the vigil that the mass deaths were the result of "conscious, premeditated decisions in the interests of finance, production, profits and the wealth of the tiny elite."
Brett Wilkins (2022-11-29). Australian Report Advises 'Urgent Action' to Combat Slavery in Clean Energy Supply Chains. commondreams.org "We need to see industry, government, the financial sector, and civil society working together to provide access to competitively costed, slavery-free renewable energy."
Maximillian Alvarez (2022-11-29). Striking Case New Holland workers prepare to spend the holidays on the picket line. therealnews.com 
This time last year, 10,000 workers and UAW members at John Deere waged a massive strike that became a national news story. This year, workers at another industrial manufacturer are spending Thanksgiving carrying on a strike that has lasted for seven months, but has received significantly less national attention. As Mel Buer reports, "CNH Industrial, a multinational corporation, is an agricultural machinery and construction equipment manufacturer with 13 locations across the United States producing its Case and New Holland brands of equipment. Workers at the Burlington and Racine locations are unionized wit…
Christopher Deane (2022-11-29). Leading 'sustainable' investment funds backing fossil fuels, research findsÔøº. nationofchange.org "Lack of regulation makes for a Wild West of sustainable fund management", Edward Lander from Ethical Consumer said.
Staff (2022-11-29). Headlines for November 29, 2022. democracynow.org NATO Pledges More Support for Ukraine as Some in Europe Accuse U.S. of Profiting from the War, China Eases Some COVID Restrictions as It Moves to Block New Protests, In Blow to Taiwanese Gov't, Voters Back Opposition Nationalist Party in Local Elections, Biden Sides with Big Business & Asks Congress to Block Potential Rail Strike, Teenage Gunman Pleads Guilty in Mass Shooting at Buffalo Supermarket in Black Neighborhood, Chesapeake, Virginia, Holds Vigil for Walmart Workers Shot Dead by Store Manager, Five Police Officers in New Haven, CT, Arrested After Man Is Paralyzed in Police Van, Arizona Sues Republic…
Barbara Moens (2022-11-29). Europe Accuses US of Profiting from War. globalresearch.ca
Sandra Laville, Bibi van der Zee (2022-11-29). Tentative COP27 agreement fails to call for 'phase-down' of all fossil fuels. peoplesworld.org 
The United Nations climate agency published a first draft on Thursday of what could be the overarching agreement from the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. However, much of the text is likely to be reworked in the coming days. The reaction from some nonprofits has been swift and frustrated, with one Greenpeace representative saying it paved the way for "climate hell." …
WSWS (2022-11-29). UK: Guardian suggests Conservative peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29 million from government COVID contract profits. wsws.org Tens of billions of pounds in get-rich-quick COVID contracts were handed out from Westminster, with almost £20 billion awarded without any form of tendering.
Niko Leka (2022-11-29). Challenger ticket wins 39% of NSW Nurses and Midwives Association vote. greenleft.org.au In the first contested election in the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Union since 2003, John-Paul Marx, who ran on "A Smarter Union" ticket, received 38.7% of the vote. Niko Leka reports.
WSWS (2022-11-29). Faced with CUPE propaganda campaign endorsing sellout, Ontario education support workers determined to defeat concessions-filled contract. wsws.org "I was there at the picket lines supporting my co-workers for those two strike days in early November and the anger, resentment, and at times full-blown outrage was on display. Unions missed another opportunity to galvanize that anger and demand a better collective agreement with fair and equitable wages and stronger workplace protections," said a Toronto-based teacher.
Fight Back (2022-11-29). Bookstore packed for FRSO program release party. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — About 70 activists packed Mayday Bookstore, November 20, for the release of the print edition of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization's (FRSO) political program. | FRSO Political Secretary Mick Kelly told the excited crowd, "Our program amounts to a declaration war against the existing order things. It is a clear statement that analyzes the conditions we face, lays bare the laws of capitalism, the need for revolution and socialism – and defines a clear strategy getting from here to there." | The room was filled with many of the movers and shakers in the Twin Cites people's struggles.
Anonymous103 (2022-11-29). The Actual Truth Of Bitcoin And Blockchain. southfront.org 
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Anonymous103 (2022-11-29). What Are The Advantages Of Stablecoins Over Bitcoin? southfront.org 
SPONSORED: | | With the volume of fiat currencies and assets trading hands, there's a lot of risk in each transaction. Even with central banks on hand to assist, significant variations in value can pose a risk and cause problems when converting funds into another currency. However, platforms like Rather than…
____ (2022-11-29). Draw for Paris 2024 ticket sales starts on Thursday. ecns.cn Sports fans will first enter a draw this week before they can purchase the 2024 Paris Olympic Games tickets.
Paul Haeder (2022-11-29). Black and Blue: The Many Ways of Domestic Violence World. dissidentvoice.org 
We are in a rape culture. We have a million examples in this neoliberal and neocon country of that. We have the fact of one out of 12 or 15 girls and women losing their viriginity through sexual assault. We have what — one out of five in this country experiencing sexual assault by the …
Staff (2022-11-29). PSUV on Mexico Talks: We Signed an Agreement With the UN, the Money is Going to the People and That is What Matters. orinocotribune.com On Monday, November 28, during the weekly PSUV press conference, Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Diosdado Cabello stressed that the agreement signed at the Mexico Talks is beneficial for the Venezuelan people. | He pointed out that although the resources will be returned to Venezuela through the United Nations (UN), they belong to the people and will be used for their benefit, which is what matters most. | "We [already] have some project agreements with the UN, and what happens if the UN is there? We don't care. That money belongs to Venezuela," he said, referring to the $3 billio…
Editor (2022-11-29). Western media has not much evolved from the era of the yellow peril in its routine China-bashing. mronline.org 
Distorted coverage of alleged removal of Hu Jintao from Communist Party Congress is par for the course along with other recent coverage.
UnitedEditor (2022-11-29). Rummaging through the documents of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China. uwidata.com By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * Delving into some of the documents of the XX Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), into its conclusions and repercussions, it is possible to discover aspects that are quite unknown or little disclosed in our countries. I am going to expose four of them that seem substantial to …
Staff (2022-11-29). Cuba fue elegida vicepresidenta de la Conferencia de Revisión de la Convención de Armas Biológicas. cubadebate.cu En reconocimiento a la labor pacifista y de respeto al derecho internacional, Cuba fue elegida Vicepresidenta, en representación del Movimiento de Países No Alineados, de la Novena Conferencia de Revisión de la Convención sobre la Prohibición del Desarrollo, la Producción y el Almacenamiento de Armas Biológicas y Toxínicas y sobre su Destrucción.
Staff (2022-11-29). Vietnam y Cuba apuestan por llevar a peldaños superiores los nexos en materia jurídica. cubadebate.cu El miembro del Buró Político y primer ministro, Manuel Marrero Cruz, recibió en la mañana de este lunes al titular de Justicia de la República Socialista de Vietnam, Le Thanh Long, a quien ratificó la voluntad de seguir ampliando los resultados de cooperación jurídica entre ambos países.
Schools, Labor Against Privatization (2022-11-29). Wednesday 11/30: Education Not Privatization. indybay.org 4: 00PM Meet at OUSD Headquarters (1000 Broadway) | 5: 00PM March to the School board meeting at La Escuelita (1050 2nd Ave)…
| Originally published on The biggest story of the past decade is not the covid pandemic, the January 6th protests, the war in Ukraine, the BLM riots, or even the stagflationary crisis in the US. Behind these major events is another story, one that connects them all together in a disturbing way. Even more important than the effects of geopolitical and economic chaos is the…
In March 2022, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported that "Europe is the new hotspot" of global arms import. While this development is attributed to the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine (US/EU/NATO), what's equally, or even more, important to understand is how most of this European purchase is coming from the …
CARACAS—Venezuela's economy is likely to grow faster than most this year and next, according to Credit Suisse. GDP is forecast to have grown by as much as 20% this year (the IMF reckons 6%), up from around 4% in 2021 (the IMF claims 0.5%), before easing down to 7 or 8% in 2023. But there …
I remember reading accounts of àÅlvaro Cunhal, leading Portuguese Communist, in the U.S. after the 1974 military coup and popular uprising ended the long fascist regime of Salazar and his successors. Cunhal was often denounced as a rigid and dogmatic "Stalinist" and defender of the Soviet Union. Fortunately, I had already learned to question capitalist …
| 2021 — Global military spending 2,113 billion dollars: | Increase of 0.7 % from 2022 | Increase of 12 % from 2012 | 1. USA ($801 billion, decrease of 1.4 % from 2020) | 2. China ($293 billion, increase of 4.7 % from 2020 | 3. India ($76.6 billion, increase of 0.9 % from 2020) | 4. Britain ($68.4 billion, increase of 3 % from 2020) | 5. Russia | | Ballistic missiles (21 launchers) | Yars | Avangard | Sarmat | Submarines (3) | Borey…
Orientation The golden age of left-wing economists In part because the 1960s was still a period of capitalist abundance, there were few socialists in Yankeedom who pointed to the economic contradictions of capitalism as a motivator for the coming revolution. "Western Marxists" ignored the economy, imagining capitalism could go on forever. As first anarcho-communist and …
"There is no sense that inflation is coming down," said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a November 2 press conference, — this despite eight months of aggressive interest rate hikes and "quantitative tightening." On November 30, the stock market rallied when he said smaller interest rate increases are likely ahead and could start in …
