(2022-08-31). Structural shifts in global economy driving central bankers' class war program. wsws.org At this year's Jackson Hole meeting, Fed chair Powell set the stage for the response, taken up by all participants, that central banks must not waver from interest rate hikes and, if necessary, go beyond the measures carried out by Fed chair Paul Volcker in the 1980s that produced economic devastation for the working class in the US and internationally under the banner of "fighting inflation."
(2022-08-31). Militants kill at least 40 villagers in east Congo attacks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — Suspected militants killed at least 40 civilians in a string of attacks on several villages in the east Democratic Republic of Congo between Thursday and Monday, a local human rights group and a hospital worker said Tuesday.
(2022-08-31). New Australian Labor government intensifies assault on working class and war preparations against China. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Cheryl Crisp, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Australia, to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-31). Former Soviet leader Gorbachev dies at 91. ecns.cn Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91, Russian media reported Tuesday.
(2022-08-31). Licensed therapist explains the terrible working conditions behind strike of Kaiser mental health workers. wsws.org "Aside from the workload and the number of patients that we are expected to hold, the bigger struggle for me and many of my colleagues is that we're forced under a Kaiser system to practice unethically."
(2022-08-31). Mikhail Gorbachev died at age 91. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the first president of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, the Central Clinical Hospital said on Tuesday.
(2022-08-31). Meeting of CPC Central Committee Political Bureau proposes convening 20th CPC National Congress on Oct. 16 in Beijing. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Tuesday held a meeting on the preparatory work for the seventh plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and the 20th CPC National Congress. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.
(2022-08-31). South Africa SAFTA/COSATU General Strike For Workers & Communities. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the South African general strike called by SAFTU and COSATU on August 24,. 2022. Memetlwe Sebei, president of the General Industrial Union of South Africa. GIWUSA which is with SAFTU and Ayesha Rajah who is the chairperson of the Sotasonke Civic Organization are interviewed about the conditions that led to the strike, the organizing for the strike and the future.
(2022-08-31). Australia: Expand strike action by NSW nurses! Form rank-and-file committees to fight for unified struggle! wsws.org The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association is stepping up its isolation of the nurses' struggle, confining a statewide strike to protests at individual hospitals.
(2022-08-31). University of Minnesota Teamsters picket, march against poverty wages. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 300 University of Minnesota (UMN) service workers represented by Teamsters Local 320, along with members AFSCME, students, faculty, and others, protested on the school's campus, August 30, to demand an end to poverty wages and abusive employment practices. | Local 320 represents 1500 workers at UMN who clean buildings, service dormitories, maintain grounds, prepare food, maintain HVAC systems, care for research animals, drive trucks, and perform other activities across the university's five campuses. Many of the workers are Black, including immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia and…
(2022-08-31). "The IAM has sold us out once more": Railroad machinists speak out after union announces sellout deal. wsws.org "We as Labor must unite against the bureaucracy; the outright dismissal of our contribution to the record profits, home life suppression and abuse we receive from the Carriers!"
(2022-08-31). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Police savagely attacked a protest over soaring fuel and food costs in Haiti, while teachers in Uruguay held a nationwide protest strike over budget cuts last week.
(2022-08-31). "Unless people take a stand, nothing will ever change": Volvo Trucks workers in Virginia back Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president. wsws.org UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman met with Volvo Trucks workers in Dublin, Virginia who built a rank-and-file committee to lead the three-month-long contract battle last year.
(2022-08-31). Australia: Unions, business and Labor deepen collaboration as Summit nears. wsws.org The purpose of the Jobs and Skills Summit is to bring unions, business and the government together to plan a tripartite assault on wages, conditions and social spending.
(2022-08-31). Tensions mount at West Coast ports as dockworkers enter third month without contract. wsws.org While ILWU bureaucrats are making every possible effort to prevent job actions, this is being challenged by the global resurgence of the class struggle.
(2022-08-31). YDSA helps kick Will Lehman volunteers from public event at Wayne State University in Detroit. wsws.org On Monday at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) campus president Harrison Cole orchestrated the police removal of a table set up by volunteers for rank-&-file autoworker Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president.
(2022-08-31). Only a progressive tax revolution can stop climate collapse. indybay.org There is an urgent need for a pluralistic opening of the economic sciences, so that the argumentative dispute about the ethically correct interpretation of market-competitive interaction relations and the status of market logic again becomes a normal part of economic discourse.
(2022-08-31). The same criminal "profits before lives" response by capitalism to COVID-19 and monkeypox is allowing the resurgence of polio. wsws.org Years of negligence and underfunding have created the current conditions under which a dread disease that causes severe, lifelong paralysis and sometimes death, which should have been eradicated from the globe decades ago, is resurging.
(2022-08-31). The fight against mass COVID infection and militarism in New Zealand. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Tom Peters, the leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-31). Fallece Mijaíl Gorbachov, expresidente de la Unión Soviética. telesurtv.net El exdirigente de la Unión Soviética se habría internado para recibir un tratamiento por una enfermedad.
(2022-08-31). Saturday 9/24: Article deadline for Slingshot issue #136. indybay.org Long Haul infoshop – 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705 – 510 540 0751 – 2 blocks from Ashby BART – corner of Shattuck and Woolsey across from La Pena…
(2022-08-30). Energy Sanctions on Russia Have Been a Boon for China and India. infobrics.org When the UK and the U.S. banned Russian oil imports, and the European Union approved sanctions that made it a lot harder to trade in Russian oil, media reports highlighted the argument that Russian could not possibly replace Europe with Asia as its biggest oil client…
(2022-08-30). George H. W. Bush carrier strike group, anti-missile warships enter Mediterranean. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U. S. European CommandAugust 25, 2022 George HW Bush Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea as part of a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) area of operations, Aug. 25, 2022. The strike …
(2022-08-30). Romania: U.S. B-52s placed under NATO command for first time, practice offensive strikes. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandAugust 29, 2022 B-52s brought under NATO command for the first time during mission over Romania U.S. B-52s came under NATO command and control for the first time ever during a Bomber Task Force training mission over Romania working out offensive and defensive manoeuvres with Allied fighters. The Allied aircraft from Canada, Romania …
(2022-08-30). The Stakes in Brazil's Election Couldn't Be Higher. orinocotribune.com By Francisco Dominguez  ; Aug 25, 2022 | Ahead of October's election, with leftist Lula leading the polls, fears are rising of a Bolsonaro coup — meaning it's the entirety of Brazil's democracy at stake. | After four years of a right-wing Bolsonaro government, Brazilians will vote for a new president on 2 October 2022. Former president Lula—currently high in the polls—is confronting an increasingly delirious incumbent, who appears to have threatened violent unconstitutional action should he lose. | Bolsonaro's victory came two years after the impeachment of Workers' Party president Dilma Rous…
(2022-08-30). Biden is Trying to Bring Down Xi Jinping and Organize a "Color Revolution" in China. journal-neo.org 
This autumn will be a momentous time for China  ; in the XX National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party the delegates will confirm China's strategy and development priorities, and elect the country's leader for the next five years. It is likely that Xi Jinping, the current head of the Party, will be reelected for …
(2022-08-30). Residents Refuse To Be Forced From Homes Won Through Past Struggle. popularresistance.org Forty years ago, residents of Philadelphia won a subsidized housing community in the area known as Black Bottom after fighting the discrimination and displacement being used to clear the way for University City. Now the city is allowing that community, 72 residences called University City Townhomes (UCT), to be sold for gentrification. Clearing the FOG spoke with Rasheda Alexander, a resident of UCT, and Sterling Johnson of Philadelphia Housing Action about their efforts to protect UCT and stop the wave of evictions and displacement that primarily target low income black and brown people. Their organizing and act…
(2022-08-30). Israel sentences Gaza aid worker to 12 years after sham trial. electronicintifada.net Conviction and recent raids on rights groups increase "chilling effect" in Palestine.
(2022-08-30). 'Bitter Street' in Lugansk: A Battle Line Drawn with Nazi Elements after 2014. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker From left: Alexey Albu of Borotba; John Parker of Socialist Unity Party; and Evgeniy Miroshnichenko, member of the Youth Parliament, State Duma of Russia. SLL photo From May 1 to May 12, I traveled to both Russia and the Lugansk People's Republic, an independent republic in the Donbass region, formerly part of eastern…
(2022-08-30). Ukraine's Anti-Worker Law Comes Into Effect. scheerpost.com 
Workers on McDonald's Facade  ; Odessa, Ukraine 2016. Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 By ODR Team / On 17 August, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyi ratified Law 5371, which removes rights for workers at small and medium-sized…
(2022-08-30). French Energy Firm Seek Deal to Increase Algerian Natural Gas Supply. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Holds Talks With French Counterpart Emmanuel Macron President Emmanuel Macron spends three days in the North African state in efforts to mend relations strained over colonial legacy Geostrategic Analysis Since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in neighboring Ukraine, the United States and the European Union (EU)…
(2022-08-30). Ukraine: Somewhere Between Afghanization and Syrianization. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Ukraine is finished as a nation — neither side will rest in this war. The only question is whether it will be an Afghan or Syrian style finale. One year after the astounding US humiliation in Kabul — and on the verge of another serious comeuppance in Donbass — there is reason to believe…
(2022-08-30). Russia: A Strategic Challenge for NATO in the Arctic. libya360.wordpress.com NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday warned of the "strategic challenge" posed to the Atlantic Alliance by Russia's increased presence in the Arctic. Stoltenberg concluded a three-day visit to Canada at Cold Lake Air Base in northwestern Canada where North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) fighter jets tasked with patrolling the Arctic are based….
(2022-08-30). BT and Openreach workers return to picket lines across the UK. wsws.org With inflation climbing to over 12 percent, compounded by household energy bills rising by 80 percent in October, anger is growing.
(2022-08-30). Malaysia's Ex PM Explains Imperialism's Roots In Capitalism. popularresistance.org Malaysia's longest-serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned that the US is trying to start a war with China over Taiwan. He also explained how imperialism is rooted in capitalism and detailed its economic exploitation of the Global South. | It's quite obvious that when the Eastern bloc was still there, it was a bustle between capitalism and communism. Once communism was defeated, then capitalism could expand and show its true self. It's no longer constrained by the need to be nice, so that people will choose their so-called free-market system as opposed to the centrally planned system. | So because of that,…
(2022-08-30). How France Underdevelops Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 2022 (IPS) — Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally worse off than in other post-colonial African economies. Decolonization? Pre-Second World War colonial monetary arrangements were consolidated into the Colonies…
(2022-08-30). "The Rank-and-File needs to be brought back!": As West Coast dockworkers approach two months without a contract, casual worker calls for unity. wsws.org The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has kept workers on the job without a deal, in maneuvers coordinated with the Pacific Maritime Association and the Biden Administration.
(2022-08-30). Southern Workers Are Teaching Each Other How To Organize. popularresistance.org This summer I went on strike at Dollar General in Holly Hill, South Carolina. My coworkers and I were standing up for our rights and fighting back against a company that put our safety at risk, stole our wages, and made it impossible for us to take care of our families. | Our organizing started when my coworker Tara Thompson called us to a meeting at her house. I said, "I don't feel safe at work," and everyone nodded. The store had been robbed three times since I've been here. One day a customer came into the store with a gun, having some mental health problems and talking about how he can't trust anyone. I calle…
(2022-08-30). If Biden Can Cancel Some Student Debt, He Can Cancel All Student Debt In The US. popularresistance.org "I cosigned for 70K in loans to put my disabled grandchild through a private college that would meet his specific needs," said a 70-year-old debtor I met during the Debt Collective's virtual older debtors' assembly in mid-August. "I don't think I'll be able to pay off these loans in my lifetime," another debtor told me. | As I listened to these stories in a Zoom breakout room, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the conclusion that debt controls the lives of millions of people in the U.S., especially our most vulnerable. The Debt Collective, the nation's first debtors' union, is known for opening and facilita…
(2022-08-30). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — August 30, 2022. southfront.org 
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air w…
(2022-08-30). How Can Americans Tolerate U.S. Government's Crucifixion of Julian Assange? libya360.wordpress.com Eric Zuesse Julian Assange has long been in solitary-confinement imprisonment in Britain awaiting extradition to America on charges which could bring him 175 years in prison, but he has never been convicted of anything, and the U.S. Government has violated both the U.S. Constitution and U.S. laws by having thus imprisoned him for over a…
(2022-08-30). US in Latin America: Interference, Extortion and Blackmail in Times of Global Reconfiguration. libya360.wordpress.com Jorge Elbaum The disordered and brutal intentionality of the United States to control the political, economic, communicational, military and cultural orientations of Latin America is linked to the loss of its relevance in the region. Last Thursday, the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, arrogated to himself the right to give his opinion on the…
(2022-08-30). Organizers Have Fought For Debt Cancellation For Over A Decade. popularresistance.org Following over a decade of activism against the United States' massive student debt crisis, President Biden announced a plan on Wednesday to cancel a significant amount of student loan debt for tens of millions of low and middle-income Americans. | Many organizers, whose work made the announcement possible, have viewed the news as a major victory for their movement. However, they also see it as just a small first step in a country where many borrowers — especially Black and Brown borrowers — are saddled with far deeper debts, and the root causes of educational inequity remain largely unaddressed. | "T…
(2022-08-30). Outrage among Columbus teachers as union pushes through concessions contract. wsws.org After having called off the strike by 4, 0 public school teachers, nurses, librarians, councilors and other educators early Thursday morning, the union pushed through a contract Sunday which meets none of the teachers' basic demands.
(2022-08-30). Candidate for UAW President Will Lehman: "For a united struggle of US, Mexican and Canadian workers!" wsws.org Our struggle against the corrupt, gangster-ridden unions or charros on either side of the border depends on organizing internationally and mustering our combined forces through the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and File Committees (IWA-RFC).
(2022-08-30). CA Tribes and Delta E.J. groups ask State Water Board to reconsider Delta Plan. indybay.org "The State Water Board has made a public commitment to addressing the State sponsored racial inequity baked into the water rights system," said Rica Garcia, an attorney with the Environmental Law Clinic at Stanford Law School. "It now needs to act in alignment with that commitment by addressing the issues raised in the Petition."
(2022-08-30). The fight against Canadian imperialism and for socialist internationalism. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Keith Jones, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-30). Senior Chinese official stresses accelerating media integration. ecns.cn Huang Kunming, a senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official, on Tuesday urged swifter action to deepen media integration and muster great strength to work together and achieve progress.
(2022-08-30). Iran, EAEU to expand trade ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are poised to take giant strides in line with promoting bilateral trade and business.
(2022-08-30). Unions announce first tentative agreements with US railroads, as bureaucracy employs divide-and-conquer strategy. wsws.org The announcement of tentative agreements which workers did not want and did not ask for is fresh proof of the need for railroaders to organize themselves independently, and in opposition to, the corrupt union bureaucracy.
(2022-08-30). Why is the MNA-UMPNC saying Michigan Medicine nurses will receive no strike pay? wsws.org The MNA-UMPNC has posted a series of FAQs on its website in advance of the work stoppage authorization vote this week, one of which says that nurses will not receive any strike pay if they vote to walk out at Michigan Medicine to fight for their rights.
(2022-08-30). New Zealand Labour government to expand exploitative migrant labour schemes. wsws.org While tight restrictions remain on permanent residency for immigrants, the Labour government is expanding exploitative and low-paid temporary work schemes.
(2022-08-30). New revolutionary epoch opens doors for building the ICFI in Brazil. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Tomas Castanheira, a leading member of the the Socialist Equality Group in Brazil, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.
(2022-08-30). Task forces to speed up stimulus package. ecns.cn A worker cuts a steel part at the construction site of the T3B terminal project of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Southwest China's Chongqing, July 11, 2022.
(2022-08-30). Enough is Enough campaign: A political fraud in service to the Labour Party and TUC. wsws.org Enough is Enough has been launched to police and suppress immense social anger in the working class, to shield the Labour Party and trade unions from political challenge and prevent an uncontrolled eruption of the class struggle that would threaten the survival of British imperialism.
(2022-08-30). Sunday 8/28: LEPAIO: Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO International Operations. indybay.org ZOOM LINK | GOOD FOR SUNDAY, August 28, 2022 | Join Zoom Meeting | us02web.zoom.us/j/81133350622?pwd=dUUyUWppbWt6djVTaElISUhocXpSUT09 | Meeting ID: 811 3335 0622 | Passcode: ICSS2717rs | One tap mobile | +16694449171,,81133350622#,,,,*5892135124# US | +16699006833,,81133350622#,,,,*5892135124# US (San Jose) | Dial by your location | +1 669 444 9171 US | +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) | +1 719 359 4580 US | +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) | +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) | +1 646 931 3860 US | +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) | +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) | +1 309 205 3325 US | +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)…
(2022-08-30). øOtra empresa estatal socialista es posible?, el próximo domingo en Cuadrando la Caja. cubadebate.cu El domingo 4 de septiembre conversaremos sobre la empresa estatal socialista en Cuba… øPor qué la empresa estatal cubana es y debe seguir siendo socialista? øQué obstáculos frenan su desarrollo? øQué le falta para lograr sostener en el tiempo productividad y eficiencia? øCómo dinamizarla?
(2022-08-30). Apoyo popular a Luis Arce: Nunca más un golpe de Estado en Bolivia. globalizacion.ca La movilización popular fue convocada por el llamado ´Pacto de Unidad ª, que reúne a los sindicatos y organizaciones de campesinos e indígenas afines al gobernante Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS). | El presidente de Bolivia, Luis Arce, advirtió que "jamás vamos a…
(2022-08-30). De vallados, puentes levantados y el giro de la historia. cubadebate.cu El atropello al Estado de Derecho perpetrado por la "Justicia" Federal en la causa Vialidad en contra de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y algunos de sus colaboradores, en donde lo que brilló por su ausencia fueron los hechos, las evidencias y las pruebas concretas, procuró ser disimulado montando un festival de logomaquia en donde lo importante eran la vacía verborragia y la espectacularidad de los gestos del fiscal Diego Luciani.
(2022-08-30). Gobierno chileno ratifica convenio laboral contra la violencia. telesurtv.net De aprobarse en el Congreso esta ley tendría obligatoriedad en todos los sectores públicos y privados y abarcaría la economía formal e informal.
(2022-08-30). New Orleans protest demands hurricane relief for all immigrants, defends DACA. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Dozens of protesters rallied at the statue of Benito Juarez on August 27 to demand hurricane relief funds for all immigrants, regardless of legal status. The rally also came in response to national call to action by the Legalization for All Network to defend DACA against legal attacks and to commemorate the Chicano Moratorium. | The rally was planned to coincide with the anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Ida, which both made landfall in Louisiana on August 29. Although it was largely the labor of immigrant workers that rebuilt New Orleans after both disasters, many immigrants face…
(2022-08-29). West's neoliberal 'age of abundance' is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…
(2022-08-29). West's Neoliberal 'Age Of Abundance' Is Over. popularresistance.org France's President Emmanuel Macron, a former banker, warned that "we are living the end of what could have seemed an era of abundance," calling it "a kind of major tipping point or a great upheaval." | Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing. | Neoliberalism has lost the key pillars it was built on: cheap energy and raw materials from Russia, cheap labor and consumer goods from China, an unsustainable bubble of household debt, low to zero interest rates, and Washington's ability to organize regime-change operations in any country where a governmen…
(2022-08-29). 2022 War Abolisher Awards to Go to Italian Dock Workers, New Zealand Filmmaker, U.S. Environmental Group, and British MP Jeremy Corbyn. davidswanson.org By World BEYOND War, August 29, 2022 World BEYOND War's Second Annual War Abolisher Awards will recognize the work of an environmental organization that has prevented military operations in state parks in Washington State, a filmmaker from New Zealand who has documented the power of unarmed peacemaking, Italian dock workers who have blocked the shipment …
(2022-08-29). Climate Change Causes Torrential Flooding In Pakistan. popularresistance.org Devastating floods are occurring across Pakistan due to monsoon rains. Since June, more than 1,000 people have been killed by floods, with thousands more being displaced and having to go without food. Capitalism makes these disasters the new normal, with workers, particularly those of the Global South, bearing the brunt. | Just this weekend, tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes in Northern Pakistan due to floods. There are many more that still need to be rescued. More than 33 million people have been affected over the past few weeks, millions of homes have been destroyed, and infrastructure su…
(2022-08-29). Strikes Across The UK As Regulator Lifts Energy Price Cap By 80%. popularresistance.org A new wave of strikes are underway across the UK. From postal workers to barristers, organised labour is turning out on picket lines against the backdrop of looming energy cost hikes. Workers across the UK are fighting back by withdrawing labour, sharing their experiences and, on one occasion, surfing around ports at high speed! | The strikes come as Don't Pay, which is campaigning to encourage people to refuse to pay extortionate energy bills, reported an 80% hike had been nodded through by regulator Ofgem. Don't Pay's East London branch also announced a protest at Canary Wharf for Saturday 27 August. Postal wor…
(2022-08-29). Sept 8: National organizing call — Demand Amazon, Starbucks recognize unions now! iacenter.org Demand Amazon and Starbucks recognize unions now! Attend the virtual solidarity mobilization meeting for coordinated mass actions across the country Thursday, September 8 7pm et | 6pm ct | 5pm mt | 4pm pt Register for the call We have proposed these dates for coordinated mass actions across the country: Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day (or around that date, depending on the city): Organize a presence at Labor Day marches or organize your own action; the Amazon Labor Union is holding an action with Starbucks Workers United in New York City, Sept. 5. Thursday, Sept. 29: Put on a pro-u…
(2022-08-29). In Bolivia, a massive rally says 'The coup plotters shall not pass'. workers.org 
Andrés Figueroa Cornejo wrote this article from Bolivia (under a Creative Commons license) about a massive popular preemptive action aimed at stopping a U.S.-backed military coup before it got rolling. The article was published in rebelion.org on Aug. 27. Translation: John Catalinotto. La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 25: Mass rally counters . . . |