(2021-11-13). Regime Change In Belarus — Following The Same Script Used In Syria. popularresistance.org Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, and his Russian counterpart and key ally, Vladimir Putin, have come in for much criticism from the Western media since coverage of the crisis began, with both leaders being accused of 'orchestrating' the current situation, allegedly in a bid to destabilise the EU, and also as a retaliatory measure taken by Minsk in response to EU sanctions imposed as a result of it successfully repelling a Western-backed colour revolution launched against it last August following the re-election of Lukashenko — again, the warmongers who actually created the refugee crisis in the fi…
(2021-11-13). Why are Moderna's billionaires airbrushing scientists out of the vaccine patent picture? nationofchange.org Moderna has now filed for a patent on the key vaccine breakthrough these scientists helped produce.
(2021-11-13). We need our own party, a labor party. themilitant.com Statement by John Studer, Socialist Workers Party national campaign director, Nov. 10. | The only party that told the truth in the 2021 elections about how working people can fight back against mounting attacks we face today was the Socialist Workers Party. | Our candidates explained the root cause of the crisis — the capitalist rulers, who put their profits above all the needs of land and labor — and how workers can chart a course to take political power into our own hands. They set an example by joining union struggles and building solidarity that is crucial to the outcome and to strengthen the enti…
(2021-11-13). US appeals court rejects Biden's vaccine mandate. rt.com 
A US federal appeals court has again ruled against President Joe Biden's national vaccine mandate for companies with 100 or more workers, shredding the policy as "staggeringly overbroad" and an abuse of "extraordinary power." | The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stark rebuke to Biden's vaccine requirement for larger American companies in a
(2021-11-13). [Correspondence] Just how common is TTS after a second dose of the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine? — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We agree with Sue Pavord and colleagues about our analysis1 of very rare cases of potential thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after a second dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222)—that is, that most of the 13 cases do not fulfil the criteria to be catagorised as definite or probable vaccine-induced thrombosis with thrombocytopenia (VITT), as defined by the UK Expert Haematology Panel criteria.2 This failure to meet the criteria for definite or probable VITT is because crucial information regarding clinical and laboratory parameters was missing, which remains the key limitation of assessing…
(2021-11-13). [Comment] By any means necessary: why lowering insulin prices is relevant to racial health equity. thelancet.com When young revolutionaries in the 1960s sought to free Black people in the USA from lives of structured racism (ie, the differential access to opportunity, goods, and services by race) "by any means necessary",1 few people imagined this movement might one day include efforts to overcome exorbitant insulin prices. Yet organisations such as the Black Panther Party (BPP) understood long ago how poverty and other structural inequities lead to worse health, and were instrumental in creating a framework for cross-sector collaboration to address health disparities in low-income Black communities.
(2021-11-13). Another UAW executive charged with stealing dues money, as union announces "re-vote" on defeated Deere contract. wsws.org Every additional indictment and conviction only confirms what workers already know, that the UAW is organized and run by an apparatus that benefits from workers' exploitation, takes bribes from the companies and exists for the sole purpose of suppressing the class struggle.
(2021-11-13). Kellogg's workers strike for 'Equal pay for equal work!'. themilitant.com BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union negotiating committee voted down a Nov. 4 "last, best and final" set of contract demands from Kellogg's bosses. Since Oct. 5, 1,400 union members have been on strike at four plants — in Omaha, Nebraska; Memphis, Tennessee; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and here. | The bosses' offer "does not achieve what our members are asking for; a predictable pathway to fully vested, fully benefitted employment for all employees with no concessions," the union said. | Many signs you see on the picket line say, "Equal p…
(2021-11-13). Deere strikers: End divisive two-tier, raise all our wages. themilitant.com WATERLOO, Iowa — United Auto Workers members on strike at John Deere plants in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas, and distribution centers in Denver and Atlanta, rejected the bosses' second contract proposal Nov. 2. | While it contained a higher wage offer and some other concessions, the bosses made no movement on what workers consider a key issue — divisive two tiers in wages and benefits. The majority of workers felt they could win more by continuing the strike. | This Militant worker-correspondent went along with Mark Severs, a member of Teamsters Local 638 in Minneapolis, and met with Kirk Drape, one of t…
(2021-11-13). Living and Dying on the Factory Floor: An Interview with David Ranney. itsgoingdown.org Interview between David Ranney, author of Living and Dying on the Factor Floor: From the Outside In and the Inside Out, and the Industrial Worker, a publication of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). In his book Living and Dying on the Factory Floor: From the Outside In and the Inside Out, David Ranney…
(2021-11-13). Solidarity with striking miners at Warrior Met! themilitant.com 
NEW YORK — Led by a contingent of miners from the more than seven-month-long strike at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, over 400 people marched here Nov. 4 to support the strikers and to protest an Oct. 27 court injunction that bans picketing or other union activity of any kind within 300 yards of the mines. | "In Alabama we've got an injunction that says we can't picket," United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts told the marchers. "We've got an injunction that says we can't talk. We've go an injunction that says we can't gather up. | "I live in America and somewhere I've heard about th…
(2021-11-13). UAW announces re-vote on "last, best and final" offer which Deere workers already rejected. wsws.org The UAW is engaged in a last-ditch effort to overturn the results of the previous contract rejection and betray the month-long strike by 10,000 workers.
(2021-11-13). Set worker calls on membership to reject IATSE sellout contract. wsws.org "We've been patient," the worker said. "No more patience. Now is the time. Our strike authorization vote shocked them. Good. Stay shocked. They need to listen to us."
(2021-11-13). Brutal repression against striking public employees in Sà£o Paulo, Brazil. wsws.org Municipal workers were demonstrating against pension cuts approved by the City Council, without any reaction from their unions.
(2021-11-13). Kellogg's management ratchets up strikebreaking operation. wsws.org As the strike by 1,400 Kellogg's workers enters its sixth week, workers are determined to fight the company's scabbing operation and recoup the losses from the 2015 contract.
(2021-11-13). Canada's two largest provinces reject vaccine mandates for health workers. wsws.org Ontario's and Quebec's refusal to adopt this vital public health measure will result in still more unnecessary deaths. It is also a political gift to the far right.
(2021-11-13). Vital Medical History Denied–Book Whitewashed Class War as Cause of Workers' Illness from. indybay.org Eliminating the concept of class war, a deliberate attempt to bury the history of the worker's progressive role in fighting for better health and health care under the profit system.
(2021-11-13). Striking Kaiser workers must take up the fight to eliminate COVID-19! wsws.org Nearly 32,000 nurses and other Kaiser Permanente health workers are set to strike next Monday in southern California, Oregon, Washington state and Hawaii.
(2021-11-13). Vital Medical History Denied–Book Whitewashed Class War as Cause of Workers' Illness fro. indybay.org WORKERS struggles written out of medical history | (correction from the last submission)…
(2021-11-13). Howard University cafeteria workers denounce university efforts to scapegoat students for layoffs. wsws.org Students have denounced the university for allowing mold, vermin infestations, broken heating/air conditioning units and other hazardous conditions in their dorm rooms.
(2021-11-13). Australian union ends industrial campaign by Victorian mental health workers. wsws.org The mental health workers' dispute has worn the workers down with a long drawn out campaign, driving over-worked traumatised members to the point where they simply caved in.
(2021-11-13). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Thousands of Indonesian workers demonstrate for higher minimum wage; Bangladeshi private sector transport workers strike; South Australian health workers impose bans; Country Road warehouse workers strike in Melbourne…
(2021-11-13). Díaz-Canel: Somos una nación de paz y solidaridad, y defendemos nuestra Revolución socialista (+ Video). cubadebate.cu "En paz hemos logrado las primeras vacunas latinoamericanas, en paz hemos inmunizado casi al ciento por ciento de nuestra población, incluyendo nuestros niños y niñas; en paz las escuelas funcionan, y en paz iniciaremos el día 15 otra etapa del curso escolar; en paz nuestra economía se recuperará; en paz continuaremos avanzando con la estrategia económica y social; tranquilos, atentos y seguros. En paz, en el presente y en el futuro, Cuba vive y vivirá".
(2021-11-13). Chinese regime rewrites history as Xi Jinping prepares for third presidential term. wsws.org The CCP's reliance on Xi—a bland bureaucrat, who, unlike Mao and Deng, did not experience the upheavals that led to the 1949 Chinese Revolution—derives from political weakness, not strength.
(2021-11-13). Marx on the metabolic rift: How capitalism cuts us off from nature. mronline.org 
Marx and Engels were witnesses to and keen analysts of the environmental problems inherent in nineteenth-century capitalism. They wrote about the depletion of coal reserves, the destruction of forests, and, especially, about diminishing soil fertility, which Foster recognizes was the most pressing issue of the day.
(2021-11-13). Return of the Dialectics of Nature: Marxian Ecology and the Struggle for Freedom as Necessity —A Discussion of the Deutscher Prize 2020. mronline.org 
This session is a discussion of the Deutscher Prize Winning Book 2020 'The Return of the Dialectics of Nature: Marxian Ecology and the Struggle for Freedom as Necessity' — John Bellamy Foster…
(2021-11-13). Scranton teachers union seeks to divert strike with fruitless appeals to the Democrats. wsws.org The unions are seeking to divert and end the first teachers strike since the beginning of the pandemic, organizing a stunt protest outside the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday.
(2021-11-13). Joe Biden y Xi Jinping se volverán a reunir el 15 de noviembre. telesurtv.net La reunión del próximo 15 de noviembre responde al interés de Washington de mantener abierta la comunicación con China al más alto nivel.
(2021-11-13). School bus drivers launch wildcat strikes across the United States. wsws.org In recent weeks, school bus drivers in multiple states across the US have engaged in strikes, including numerous wildcat actions independent of the unions, to protest abysmal pay and workloads exacerbated by the pandemic.
(2021-11-13). Saturday 11/20: After Party for: SF Bay Area Climate Crisis People's Assembly. indybay.org Civic Center Park Berkeley CA (at MLK)…
(2021-11-13). Iran: Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends 21-day hunger strike. middleeasteye.net 
Iran: Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends 21-day hunger strike | Richard Ratcliffe ends latest attempt to persuade UK to secure wife's release, saying their daughter "needs two parents" | Sat, 11/13/2021 – 13: 55 | Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of jailed British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, ends his hunger strike outside the UK Foreign Office on 13 November, 2021 after 21 days (Reuters)…
(2021-11-13). Saturday 12/4: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Grp: "Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives. indybay.org
(2021-11-13). Amazon's Bezos predicts only limited number of people will get to remain on Earth. rt.com 
Humanity will move most industry into space and allow only a select few to remain on our planet, which will be turned into a natural resort, according to self-funded space explorer Jeff Bezos. | The Amazon billionaire enthusiastically shared his predictions for what human civilization will look like in the future — with him personally helping to bring that future closer — during a He expects vast cylindrical space colonies spinning to create artificial gravity for million…
(2021-11-13). The Existential Threat of Global Heating. dissidentvoice.org 
Once again, the hopes of billions have been raised, only to be dashed, this time by the cruel joke of COP26, the reality being that "By 2030, governments are planning to extract 110% more fossil fuels than their Paris Agreement pledge to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 ∞C above pre-industrial levels would permit". Misrepresentations abound: The United Nations upper …
(2021-11-12). Russian nuclear-capable bombers patrol over Belarus, as Minsk's standoff with Poland intensifies (VIDEO). rt.com 
Two Russian Tu-160 supersonic bombers took a spin in the skies over Belarus, on Thursday, as Poland amassed troops on the border and threatened an armed response to a standoff involving thousands of Middle Eastern asylum seekers. | The Russian Defense Ministry published a video of the sleek bombers carrying out their patrol, noting that they were accompanied by an Su-30SM of the Belarus Air Force, demonstrating a high level of interoperability between the two Collective Security Treaty Organization allies. The mission took four hours and 36 minutes, and the bombers traveled more than 3,000km. | While the mi…
(2021-11-12). Poland and Lithuania Using Migration Crisis to Obtain Funds From EU, Belarusian Diplomat Says. sputniknews.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — Poland and Lithuania are using the border crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border to gain additional funds from the European Union, Belarusian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Valentin Rybakov told Sputnik.
(2021-11-12). Edward Curtin: There is a Direct Link between JFK, 9/11, and Covid-19. dissidentvoice.org Edward Curtin returns to discuss deep politics and what links the assassination of JFK, 9/11, and Covid-19. No president since Kennedy has dared to buck the Military-Industrial-Complex, including Trump, who is part of the same system that produced both Obama and Biden. He discusses the 1967 CIA memo which told mainstream media to use the …
(2021-11-12). Belaboring the self-evident: Russian DM warns of deteriorating military situation in Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The truth is that there is war in Europe and there has been war since the U.S. and its EU and NATO allies conspired to violently overthrow the government of Ukraine in 2014 and plunge that nation into armed conflict in its east. But Europe has in fact been at war for almost thirty years, …
(2021-11-12). Strike at Kellogg's in danger as it enters sixth week. wsws.org While the company is pledges to meet its financial targets by running its plants with scab labor, importing cereal from its international operations, the BCTGM union is isolating the strike and promoting poisonous anti-Mexican nationalism.
(2021-11-12). 'Maid' on Netflix: Class struggle on the small screen. peoplesworld.org 
In the empty calorie candy store of American television entertainment, Netflix's new miniseries Maid does something different and does it very, very well. Maid breaks canon to show us actual working-class people on the job and at home. Not the doctors and detectives that seem to exclusively populate our screens. Not the cowboys or criminals. …
(2021-11-12). South Korea's KCTU union confederation to stage rally Saturday amid surge in working class anger. wsws.org The KCTU and its affiliated unions are working to prevent the outbreak of a larger working-class struggle, not lead it.
(2021-11-12). Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela as Existential Threats to the US. popularresistance.org Why do Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela pose such an existential threat to the U.S.? Why are they able to unite all the wings of the democrat party and the republican party against them? It boils down to two factors. First, the power of their example in attempting to build independent, self-determining projects that center the material needs and interests of the people over those of capital. Second, the class warfare politics of the U.S. state.
(2021-11-12). Class Warfare and Socialist Resistance: Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela as Existential Threats to the US. dissidentvoice.org Why do Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela pose such an existential threat to the U.S.? The promise of socialism and their resistance to US class warfare. One of the extreme ironies of the latest attack by the settler-colonial regime of the United States against the national democratic project of Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua, the second …
(2021-11-12). Aaron Maté: New Indictments Expose Democrats' Russiagate Obsession as a Historic Hoax. scheerpost.com Journalist, Aaron Maté. [Photo courtesy of Aaron Maté] | Click to subscribe on: After the 2016 general election, which saw Hillary Clinton defeated by Donald Trump, Democrats scrambled for someone to blame other than themselves. Rather than reflect on their many betrayals of the working class that once made up the core of their voting base, Democrats and their mos…
(2021-11-12). Hunger strike and public, political support bring N.Y. taxi drivers a win. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK —A long and determined campaign, capped by a hunger strike and backed by public and political support, brought the 25,000-member New York Taxi Workers Alliance a big win on Nov. 9. Yielding to the pressure, the city agreed to restructure the debts the drivers owe to the Big Apple for the city-issued "medallions"—legal …
(2021-11-12). Terry Crews Hired By Amazon As Leverage And Propaganda Against Workers, Workers Put Out Response Video. moguldom.com Actor Terry Crews has been hired by Amazon to promote the e-commerce giant as a great place to work. Fans are dragging him for it. Crews uploaded a now-viral 30-second commercial to TikTok on Tuesday, where he has over 20 million followers. In the ad, Crews is insanely happy and seems to be having the …
(2021-11-12). Kellogg's Workers Still On 'Str-R-R-Ike!' In Strikevember. popularresistance.org The members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee are now in their second month on strike. On Nov. 4, union negotiators announced they had turned down the company's latest offer, stating: "The company's last, best and final offer does not achieve what our members are asking for: a predictable pathway to fully vested, fully benefitted employment for all employees with no concessions." Kellogg's has threatened to cut hundreds of jobs and move work to Mexico.
(2021-11-12). Student Strike Enters Second Week At Columbia University. popularresistance.org Over 3,000 Columbia graduate student workers have been on strike since November 3. This is the latest in a series of actions by graduate students workers in universities across the US, many of which are extremely wealthy.
(2021-11-12). The Media Discover Real Wages. cepr.net 
At the start of the pandemic, many of the lower paid workers lost their jobs, which raised the average wage for people who were still working. This year we are seeing this composition effect in reverse.
(2021-11-12). Claudette Colvin: Catalyst for 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. workers.org 
Claudette Colvin's defiant action on a segregated Alabama bus in 1955 — before that of Rosa Parks — resulted in her arrest and conviction on two counts of violating Montgomery's segregation laws and one of assaulting an officer. Though the first two convictions were overturned on appeal, the third still . . . |