(2022-09-01). Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany celebrates 40th anniversary. fightbacknews.org Gelsenkirchen, Germany – The Marxist Leninist party of Germany (MLPD) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weekend of celebration from August 25-28. Among the 1500 who attended were party members from across Germany, their families, residents of the local community, and international guests representing revolutionary parties and organizations from 31 countries across five continents. Andy Koch, the National Organizer of Freedom Road Socialist Organization attended the celebration. | The climax of the weekend on Saturday, August 27, was the unveiling of a new statue of German revolutionary thinker Karl Marx, whi…
(2022-09-01). The death of Mikhail Gorbachev and the legacy of Stalinist counterrevolution. wsws.org Gorbachev, who is being hailed in the Western press as a statesman, was responsible for the final act of betrayal carried out by the parasites who raised themselves up above and fed off the Soviet working class—the full-scale restoration of capitalism in the USSR and the dissolution of that country into more than a dozen states.
(2022-09-01). Friday 9/2: Benchlands Meeting. indybay.org Join us at 3: 00 pm near the Water Street end of the Benchlands, San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz | Protest against the Benchlands sweep after the meeting in front of the County Building at 4: 30 pm…
(2022-09-01). Friday 9/2: Solidarity Vigil for Farm Worker Bill #2183. indybay.org Watsonville Plaza | 358 Main St, Watsonville…
(2022-09-01). Rail unions promote toothless regulation on two-man crews while working to ram through terms of pro-corporate PEB report. wsws.org The ruling contains numerous exceptions allowing for a massive increase in the use of one-man crews.
(2022-09-01). 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.
(2022-09-01). The Theory of Permanent Revolution in Turkey and throughout the world. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi, a leading member of the Sosyalist E≈üitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group, SEG) in Turkey, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US).
(2022-09-01). Australia: NSW premier denounces striking rail and bus workers. wsws.org Rail workers across New South Wales engaged in a one-day ban on crewing around 75 percent of the fleet. Unions ensured this was kept separate from industrial action by Sydney bus drivers.
(2022-09-01). After shutting down Indian Ford plant, union and management keep workers in the dark. wsws.org Ford Motor Company workers in Maraimalai Nagar, in the southern Tamilnadu state near the state capital Chennai, remain in the dark with no communication from the management and the union even after six weeks after plant closure. The union has not informed workers about whatever severance package it is negotiating in great secret behind the backs of the workers.
(2022-09-01). Australia's National Cabinet slashes COVID isolation time amid record deaths. wsws.org The Labor government and the anti-democratic National Cabinet are presiding over a new stage in the mass infection of the population for profits, which will result in even greater levels of death.
(2022-09-01). Sunday 9/11: The Other 9/11 — the AFL-CIO's support for the 1973 US coup in Chile betrayed workers. indybay.org us02web.zoom.us/j/3290219617?pwd=OTFGZUVKcDd4bzVkVjl5ZS94QmdoQT09…
(2022-09-01). Thursday 9/1: South Bay Indigenous Solidarity. indybay.org Via Zoom. Register at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpf-yrpzkvGtaNWy9uKZ0RwHJzlLXal-E0…
(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). 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). Khalil Awawdeh declares victory, ends 6-month hunger strike. electronicintifada.net Israel renews solitary confinement of Ahmad Manasra, who has severe mental illness.
(2022-08-31). Prisoners for Profit: From the Kononovich Brothers to U.S. Jails. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker Based on remarks given at "Free the Kononovich Brothers: International Campaign Meeting" on Aug. 25. Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich are leaders of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine. They were among hundreds of political opponents of the Ukrainian regime jailed this year, and thousands since the 2014 U.S.-backed coup. On July 18,…
(2022-08-31). US tightening its neocolonial grip over Ukraine. infobrics.org Washington exercises even more control over the Kiev regime, establishing its own military command, increasing the presence of numerous foreign-backed NGOs, as well as sending US corporate advisers and representatives.
(2022-08-31). SADC Rejects Anti-Russian Bill in United States Congress. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe 16-member regional organization in Southern Africa exerts in independence from Pentagon war in Ukraine Geopolitical Analysis A recent gathering of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has expressed its displeasure with recent legislation making its way through the United States Congress which is aimed at punishing the continent for its diplomatic and trade…
(2022-08-31). European Union Suspends Visa Facilitation Agreement With Russia. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borell announced that the EU foreign affairs ministers suspended the 2007 visa facilitation agreement that allowed Russian citizens to obtain Schengen visas. | RELATED: | "We agree today with EU foreign ministers on full suspension of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement," Borrell said at a press conference a…
(2022-08-31). Betting On A Wall Street Path To Congress. levernews.com In one of 2022's final contested congressional primaries between progressives and the Democratic establishment, party leaders are coalescing around a Rhode Island official who has used retirees' savings to pay more than a half a billion dollars in fees for high-risk financial investments.The schemes backed by General Treasurer Seth Magaziner delivered subpar returns for teachers, firefighters, and other public-sector workers already hit by
(2022-08-31). US Proxy War Against China Rages in Myanmar. libya360.wordpress.com The US government through one of its organizations, the US Institute of Peace, has recently called for more aid to opposition groups fighting the central government of Myanmar. What is the rest of the story and why has the US invested billions over decades to interfere in Myanmar's internal political affairs. Are we watching another…
(2022-08-31). Google Employees Protest Company's $1.2b Contract With Israeli Military. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, California – Google employees have protested their company's $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government and military called Project Nimbus, which aims to silence and profile pro-Palestine voices in the high-tech company and around the world. | "Google's Project Nimbus will be an ugly moment in Google's history and shameful and embarrassing engagement," said one employee who preferred to remain anonymous in fear of retaliation. | "I have found Google's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program to be a whitewash, it's more of a tool for censorship and control than for truly supporting employees,"
(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). Sri Lanka: The Struggle Continues. libya360.wordpress.com Rasika Ruwanpathirana Sri Lankan university students take part in a demonstration in Colombo on Aug. 18 Recent news of people overrunning the presidential palace in Sri Lanka, followed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country, took Western media by storm. What is not reported is the ongoing police repression by the current president, Ranil Wickremesinghe….
(2022-08-31). Australian Scientists to Harvest Resources From Wastewater. telesurenglish.net A team of Australian scientists has been awarded funding to develop technology that harvests resources from wastewater. | RELATED: | The Australian National University (ANU) and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Wednesday announced over US$685,000 in funding for the inaugural ANU-CSIRO Agri-Food Collaboration Program. | Inspired by breakthroughs in biological research, the team will seek to address the…
(2022-08-31). The "International Community" Is an Unreliable Broker in the Ethiopia Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Hermela AregawiTigray fighters The ongoing conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region has been fueled by support from the United States. It is yet another proxy war which has brought great suffering to thousands of people. The so-called "international community" is once again proving itself to be an expert at prolonging war. Its role in the nearly two-year…
(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). Albert Woodfox: 'a warrior who loved humanity'. workers.org 
Bunchy Crear, Albert Woodfox and Warren "D.K." Nelson, July 2016. John "Bunchy '" Crear joined Peoples Party 2 in Houston in June 1971. He went to Oakland, California, with Charles Freeman and Johnny Coward in August 1971 to ask for Houston to officially be made a chapter of the Black . . . |
(2022-08-31). Heat waves are literally killing UPS workers. therealnews.com 
"As blistering heat waves swept across the United States this summer, breaking temperature records and placing millions under heat advisories and warnings," Livia Albeck-Ripka writes at The New York Times, "workers… have continued to deliver America's packages for a variety of carriers, often in trucks that have no cooling mechanisms for drivers. Some UPS workers …
(2022-08-31). Over One Million Bolivians Mobilize To Support President Arce's Government. popularresistance.org On Thursday, August 25, under the banner of 'March in Defense of Democracy and Economic Reconstruction', over one million Bolivians mobilized in support of the government of President Luis Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca and its socialist economic policies. | Workers from diverse sectors, peasants, students, and members of various Indigenous organizations and social movements from all nine departments of the country arrived in capital La Paz to ratify their support for the national government of the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party. | The call for the march was given by the Pact of Unity (…
(2022-08-31). Inspired By Reparations Movement in California, Nevada Is Exploring Its Own Approach. moguldom.com As California moves forward with its study of possible reparations for residents who are ancestors of slaves, Nevada is now considering it own approach to reparations. Recently, during a Las Vegas-based webinar led by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada (ACLU), local leaders discussed whether Black Nevadans should receive reparations. The conversation was held …
(2022-08-31). Mikhail Gobachev Dies at 91. progressive.org Mikhail Gorbachev (March 2, 1931 — August 30, 2022), the last leader of the Soviet Union, died Tuesday at the age of ninety-one at a hospital in Moscow, Russia. Gorbachev also wrote for The Progressive.
(2022-08-31). France's neocolonial attempt to exploit Algerian gas likely to fail. infobrics.org Analysts believe Algeria is not able to replace Russian gas.
(2022-08-31). Casualties Reported After New Wave Of Russian Airstrikes On Syria's Greater Idlib (Photos). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On August 31, fighter jets of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is occupied by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups. | The airstrikes hit the outskirts of the town of Sarjah in the southern countryside of Idlib, where HTS maintain a number of posit…
(2022-08-31). How Intermodal Yard Workers Doubled Their Pay. popularresistance.org Like many of his co-workers, Levi Kamel was nearly ready to quit. But before he did, he decided to try one thing: win a union. | Kamel was making $18 an hour doing backbreaking work repairing container chassis—the trailers that attach to containers so they can be pulled down the road by semi-trucks—at the Port of Tacoma in Washington. He was a mechanic at P&B Intermodal, a logistics maintenance company that operates at intermodal yards across the country. | The job was a revolving door. In February 2021, Kamel had been there more than a year, but most workers lasted less than three months. And no…
(2022-08-31). These Starbucks Workers Demanded Fair Pay, Then Were Accused Of Kidnapping Their Boss. popularresistance.org Anderson, South Carolina – On August 1, Melissa Morris, a manager of a Starbucks location in Anderson, South Carolina, accused unionized workers at her store of kidnapping and assaulting her during her first week on the job. The shocking accusation resulted from workers holding a "march on the boss" to demand that they benefit from the same pay raise the company was providing to non-union stores, and, as a result, 11 workers have been suspended while the company and police investigate the issue. These workers call the allegations "ridiculous" and part of the company's broader anti-union campaign.
(2022-08-31). Michigan: ballot initiative huge advance for reproductive justice. workers.org 
Supporters of Michigan Reproductive Freedom for All petition after submitting over 753,000 signatures, Lansing, Michigan, July 11. The ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade was undeniably a gigantic setback for reproductive justice. It has already caused tremendous harm across the country. Nevertheless, the fight for abortion . . . |
(2022-08-31). Integration Processes Developing within the EAEU. journal-neo.org 
On August 25-26, a meeting of the heads of government of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries was held in Cholpon-Ata (Kyrgyz Republic), that served as a testament to the successful development of the integration processes of the member countries. A total of nine truly crucial issues was discussed at the meeting of the Eurasian …
(2022-08-31). UN Calls for Collective Action to Help Flood-Hit Pakistan. telesurenglish.net The Pakistani people are facing "a monsoon on steroids," United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, calling on the international community to take urgent action to help the Pakistani government and people. | RELATED: | "Pakistan is awash in suffering. The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids — the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding," he said in a video message on the launch of flash…
(2022-08-31). Where is Ayman al-Zawahiri or His Body? covertactionmagazine.com Taliban Said They Have Not Found Body of al-Qaeda Leader Allegedly Assassinated in a CIA Drone Strike On August 1st, Joe Biden emerged from COVID-induced isolation to give a dramatic press conference in which he announced the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top deputy who was believed to be a mastermind of the …
(2022-08-31). Palestinian Administrative Detainee Ends Hunger Strike. telesurenglish.net After more than 160 days of hunger strike, the Palestinian prisoner decided to end it following an agreement by Israel on his release, which is expected to come in October. | RELATED: | Under a practice known as "administrative detention," Khalil Awawdeh, aged 40, was detained by Israel in December last year without charge or trial. | Awawdeh's lawyer, Ahlam Haddad, said he would stay in hospital until he is disch…
(2022-08-31). Hungary & China: Mutually Beneficial Cooperation. oneworld.press China, with its capital surplus and dominant industrial position, is a viable alternative to the financial capitalism New World Order.
(2022-08-31). Interpreting Putin & Kosachev's Condolences Over Gorbachev's Death. oneworld.press It's not contradictory nor surprising for someone like President Putin to simultaneously acknowledge the urgent necessity of reforms during the late Soviet era, lament the ultra-disastrous geopolitical and humanitarian consequences of Gorbachev's related implementation, and defend his resultant Great Power's interests in line with international law, all while without ever pining for the restoration of that former communist superpower.
(2022-08-31). In OtherWords: August 31, 2022. otherwords.org It's back to school season, so this week we're proud to offer a suite of bold opinions on issues facing students, teachers, and the communities they serve. | First, Olivia Alperstein talks about But students aren't the only ones just scraping by. Bella DeVaan and Rebekah Entralgo explain how low wages and burnout are driving teachers out of the profession. But just in time for Labor Day, they also r…
(2022-08-31). Preview: Will Job Growth Finally Slow? cepr.net (The monthly Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, September 2nd, at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) | The two big questions that the Federal Reserve Board, and just about everyone else, will be asking with the August jobs numbers are: "Is job growth slowing to a sustainable pace?" and "Is wage growth falling back to a more normal rate?" | The 528,000 new jobs reported for July pushed total employment above the pre-pandemic level, but it is clearly not a sustainable growth rate for an economy with a 3.5 percent unemployment rate. (The preliminary benchmark revisions ann…
(2022-08-31). At Least One Person Dead after a New Day of Anti-Government Protests in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Since August 22, thousands of Haitians have been mobilizing across the country to protest against widespread insecurity, growing scarcity of fuel and the rampant cost of living crisis. (Photo: Jonas Reginaldy Y. Desroches/Twitter On August 29, in a new day of nationwide anti-government demonstrations, thousands of Haitians once again hit the streets in…
(2022-08-31). Scottish cleansing workers maintain unified picket lines involving members of three unions. wsws.org Twelve days of well supported strike action in Edinburgh by local authority cleansing workers testified to the enormous social power of the workers, underscoring their daily essential contribution to public health and safety.
(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). 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). UK: Royal Mail workers stage second 24-hour national strike with more to follow. wsws.org The WSWS spoke to postal and BT workers on picket lines who said they did not view theirs as an isolated dispute, spoke about the huge inequality between workers and the corporate establishment and the need for broader action against the Conservative government.
(2022-08-31). MOM's Organic Market workers vote to unionize Baltimore-area store. therealnews.com 
MOM's Organic Market boasts its values on walls and placards throughout its stores. Among the images of small farms, from which the company sources organic produce and meat, and infographics on the environmental harm of pesticides, a small quote attributed to Greenpeace USA's Annie Leonard sits tacked onto an endcap displaying reusable storage containers: "There's …
(2022-08-31). Vote "Yes" to strike for safe nurse-to-patient ratios! Mobilize hospital staff, university community against Michigan Medicine strikebreaking! wsws.org We have formed the MMRFC to unite all employees at Michigan Medicine in a common struggle for what we need, not what the hospital or the union says is possible.
(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). 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). British Postal Workers Are on Strike. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, workers of the former state-owned postal company Royal Mail began a new strike in rejection of their salary conditions. | RELATED: | Their action was called on Aug. 26 as part of a campaign to demand a "dignified and appropriate" wage increase from the company. Other protests will be held on Sept. 8 and 9. | Currently, the British workers are not happy with the proposal from Royal Mail, which offer…
(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). "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). 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). 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). "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). A Hot Topic for Labor Day: Extreme Heat Kills Workers. commondreams.org The richest country in the history of the world continues to subject millions of its people to senseless suffering and death, not even talking about this embarrassment, much less stopping it.
(2022-08-31). Portland movement celebrates Cuba. workers.org 
Maddi Johnson speaks at Portland's End the Blockade picnic, Aug. 28. By John Waller An Aug. 28 picnic organized by the Portland End the Blockade of Cuba Committee featured speakers, including this writer, who have just returned from Cuba as members of the Pastors for Peace Caravan. The speakers talked . . . |
(2022-08-31). Hate incidents targeting Quebec's religious minorities spike after passage of CAQ's Bill 21. wsws.org To counter mounting working class opposition, Quebec's ruling elite is using the campaign for the Oct. 3 provincial election to intensify its promotion of chauvinism and nationalism.
(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). 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). 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). Cuba solidarity activists restore mural. workers.org 
Cuba solidarity activists gathered Aug. 27 at the First Spanish Methodist Church, The People's Church in East Harlem, New York City, and then marched to the Dos Alas (Two Birds) Mural at 105th St. and Third Ave. The mural portrays Che Guevara, a leader of the Cuban Revolution, and Pedro . . . |
(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). 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). Condecoran a oficiales y trabajadores que contribuyeron a la extinción del incendio en la base de supertanqueros de Matanzas (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu En la ceremonia efectuada en el Salón de Protocolo del Laguito, en La Habana, se reconoció la labor de oficiales y trabajadores del Ministerio del Interior y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, los cuerpos de bomberos y de rescate y salvamento, así como a trabajadores de otros organismos de la Administración Central del Estado, quienes participaron directamente en la extinción del incendio y en la asistencia a las víctimas.
(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). '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). 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: "Now We're Playing the Long Game" libya360.wordpress.com Vladislav Shurygin The special operation in Ukraine entered the phase of a war of attrition August 24, 2022 is a landmark day. August 24 not only marked Ukraine's Day of Independence ("from common sense and humanity," as many add), but also marked six months since the beginning of Russia's special military operation in the Ukrainian theatre…
(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). US-Backed TPLF Resumes War in Northern Ethiopia. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni In December, with the support of Amharan and Afar militias, the Ethiopian federal army, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had recaptured towns from the TPLF, forcing them to surrender. Photo: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Government Communication Service Dismissing the AU-led peace negotiations, the TPLF called for Western intervention in Ethiopia before…
(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). U.S. Presses Japan to Cancel Constitution's Peace-Clause. libya360.wordpress.com Eric Zuesse China and Japan Must thus Finally Agree Now, to Avoid a War. The United States Government is pressing Japan's Government to revise its 1947 U.S.-created Constitution so as to eliminate its clause (Article 9) that prevents Japan from invading any country. The clause asserts that: the Japanese people forever renounce war as a…
(2022-08-30). The Biotech Plan To Destroy Us. thealtworld.com Dear Readers, This article by Lew Rockwell reporting on Jeffrey Sachs' investigation for the medical journal, The Lancet, of the origin of the Covid virus is of the utmost importance. The virus is man made and is only the tip of the iceberg of the ongoing creation of dangerous pathogens in biotech laboratories. This work, a form of criminal insanity, is kept secret. Legislative bodies are unaware, and there is no accountability of what is being done or of how the pathogens will be used. The situation for all of us is dangerous beyond belief. The risks are great and totally needless. Unlike nuclear weapons, there…
(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). The Other Americans: Residents Are Leaving one of Guatemala's Top Tourism Destinations. progressive.org With workers squeezed by the pandemic and the illicit drug trade, many who live near tourism hotspots are migrating to the United States.
(2022-08-30). Why the People's Republic of China Embraced Paul Robeson. libya360.wordpress.com Black King of Songs. His communism brought the great American singer Paul Robeson trouble in the US, but helped make him a hero in China Friends of Socialist China Editorial Comment: The below article by Gao Yunxiang (Professor of History at Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada and author of the critically acclaimed Arise, Africa! Roar, China!…
(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). 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). 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). The EU sensationalises hunger strikes and protects Israel's violations. thealtworld.com Had the wife of hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh not publicised photos of her husband's emaciated body, the EU would have felt no urge to
(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). Why Any Political 'Scientist' Who Calls U.S. a "Democracy" Is a Fake — NO Scientist. libya360.wordpress.com Eric ZuesseScientific empirical studies have uniformly proven that the U.S. Government is not a democracy (not a one-person-one-vote operation, nor anything even approximating that) but is instead an aristocracy (a one-dollar-one-vote Government). The U.S. Government represents actually not persons, but instead wealth. Voters go to the polls deceived by propaganda permeating the media, and voters…
(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). 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…