(2022-09-15). Half of Americans think US will lose superpower status within ten years. infobrics.org The very fact so many Americans think the US is turning into a dictatorship and that a civil war is a likely scenario speaks volumes of the unflattering state of the much-touted "American democracy".
(2022-09-15). PDF of September 15 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. Google, Amazon workers say 'No tech for Israeli apartheid' Michigan: Ballot access win Housing activists crash gentrifiers' party Buffalo workers fight for tenant Mine wars: Blair Mountain to Alabama Donovan Lewis' life matters Tear Down the Walls: Remembering 1971 Attica uprising Free Alex Saab documentary Editorials: Why . . . |
(2022-09-15). Defend Esquel and Aura workers jobs at the Koggala Free Trade Zone in Sri Lanka! wsws.org The destruction of jobs at the Esquel and Aura garment factories is part of an escalating attack on the living standards and basic democratic rights of the entire working class.
(2022-09-15). Warnings of financial turbulence amid rising workers' struggles. wsws.org The key issue for ruling circles in the US and elsewhere is how far and how fast interest rates must be raised to suppress the growing movement of the working class for wage increases.
(2022-09-15). BRICS Industrial Innovation Contest Final Kicks Off in Xiamen. infobrics.org Contestants compete in the industrial internet, intelligent manufacturing, and green development during the contest themed "industrial innovation for stronger, greener, and healthier global development"
(2022-09-15). The Failed Serotonin Theory of Depression: A Marxist Analysis. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido  ; Sep 9, 2022 | A recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry sent shockwaves across the scientific community and popular outlets as it disproved the predominant "serotonin hypothesis" of depression. In just two weeks since its publication it has been accessed by nearly half a million people and the subject of dozens of subsequent articles. The researchers analyzed a total of seventeen systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other large studies focused on the following six tenets pertinent to the "serotonin hypothesis" of depression: | "(1) Serotonin and the serotonin metabo…
(2022-09-15). Greece: All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) Solidarity with the Nurses' Strike in Minnesota and Wisconsin. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the influential Greek labor organization, the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME). | PAME that represents the class unions of Greece, expresses its solidarity with the strike of thousands of nurses in Minnesota and Wisconsin in the USA who are demanding 27% wage increases. | Health workers both before and during the pandemic have been on the front line of protecting the lives and health of the people. But governments and business groups that treat health as a commodity on the one hand treat the sick as customers who must pay to get well and on the…
(2022-09-15). Arlington, TX students speak out for reproductive rights on campus. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – On September 7, the Progressive Student Union held a rally here to speak out against the reversal of Roe v. Wade, as part of a wider national day of action called by Students for a Democratic Society. | Texas is one of the few states that has nearly banned abortion outright via its "trigger law" from 2019, but there are exceptions for the mother's life being in danger. Given this reality PSU organized the rally to call upon new University of Texas at Arlington President Jennifer Evans-Cowley to protect abortion on the UTA campus. This sentiment was echoed by many students over the course of planni…
(2022-09-15). It's Time to Call it What It Is: A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis. dissidentvoice.org One-third of Pakistan is under water. Record heat waves blanket the globe driving up temperatures beyond what humans can survive. Polar glaciers are melting much faster than scientists predicted. Droughts, fires and floods are ravaging the planet, forcing the displacement of tens of millions of people. And this is just the beginning. It's time to …
(2022-09-15). Justice for Teachers: The Strike That Started the Red Wave. commondreams.org Ten years ago, Chicago teachers modeled what a militant fight for public education looks like by walking off the job. A decade later, the legacy of social justice unionism continues to animate the U.S. labor movement.
(2022-09-15). BC Counter-Info is Now Live! itsgoingdown.org Announcing BC Counter-Info, a new anarchist counter-info site for so-called British Columbia. BC Counter-Info is now live! We at BC Counter-Info have gone to great lengths to create a secure and accessible platform for anarchist and anti-authoritarians of all stripes to upload their stories of inspirational revolutionary actions happening across so called 'BC' and eventually…
(2022-09-15). Canadian rail workers back strike action by their US colleagues. wsws.org "I support them! Fully!" said one rail worker, who is a member of the CP Workers Rank-and-File Committee's Facebook group. "I am a railway worker in Canada and am disgusted by how we (both countries) have been treated by the railway management!"
(2022-09-15). U.S. intercity passenger train carrier cancels all long-distance trains ahead of potential freight railway strike. ecns.cn Amtrak, the most important passenger railroad service in the United States, announced Wednesday it has canceled all of its long-distance routes starting Thursday in response to a potential nationwide freight railroad workers' strike.
(2022-09-15). Fall 2022 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org U.S. Political Prisoners Special Report: We Have Hundreds of Political Prisoners, Thousands of Asian-American Hate Victims, Half Million Child Farm Labors!
(2022-09-15). A sordid fight over money between Black Lives Matter factions. wsws.org The sordid squabbling over cash exposes the venal and reactionary character of the purveyors of racial politics, and the hostility of these privileged social layers to the working class.
(2022-09-15). CWA Officials Censored Report Criticising Microsoft's Military Contracts. indybay.org CWA Officials Doing Damage Control For US Imperialism | The Communications Union Of America national leadership prevented their international affiliate UNI Global Union from publishing a document exposing the role of Microsoft in supporting US-military and intelligence agencies…
(2022-09-15). UK rail workers support US railroad struggle. wsws.org Rail workers in the UK, who have taken part in repeated national strikes over the last three months, gave statements of solidarity with this critical struggle.
(2022-09-15). Saturday 9/17: How the end of Roe created 2 Americas-Fault Lines Documentary. indybay.org 2444 Durant Ave | Berkeley…
(2022-09-15). Chile's 9/11 & The Rise Of US Fascism. indybay.org Labor Historian & Professor Ruth Needleman talks about the lessons of Chile's coup in relation to the growing fascist movement in the US.
(2022-09-15). WW CNA Kaiser Nurses/Patients In Danger. PG&E Newsom Leg Corruption & UPS Oven In Trucks. indybay.org WorkWeek covers CNA Kaiser Nurses & Patients In Danger & PG&E Newsom Legislature Corruption & UPS "Oven In The Trucks" IBT Workers Heat & Labor Poet Tongo Issac-Martin…
(2022-09-15). Hundreds of hospitality workers in Hollywood, Florida prevented from striking after Unite Here announces sellout agreement. wsws.org A last minute deal by Unite Here blocked 4 Diplomat Beach Resort workers in Hollywood, Florida from striking South Florida Monday morning.
(2022-09-15). Australia: Rail union announces token industrial action to conceal plans for sellout. wsws.org New South Wales rail workers will turn off Opal readers in an "action" designed by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union to blind workers to its efforts to bury their dispute in the industrial courts.
(2022-09-15). Workers at GM plant in Silao, Mexico: US sponsored union 'destroyed our independence'. wsws.org The AFL-CIO and US government imposed a so-called "independent" union at the GM Silao factory that has acted no differently from the corrupt charro unions, according to six workers used in the process and then "thrown into the trash."
(2022-09-15). Australia: Chris O'Brien Lifehouse nurses overwhelmingly reject union sell-out agreement. wsws.org This important result follows the issuing of an open letter by Lifehouse nurses, urging their co-workers to reject the deal and demanding that the union call for a "no" vote.
(2022-09-15). Sunday 9/25: Turning ideas into action: Taking to the streets with the FSP. indybay.org via zoom: tinyurl.com/FSP-Sept-25-mtg…
(2022-09-15). Oppose the right-wing smear campaign aimed at silencing Canadian anti-COVID activist and former teacher Ryan Imgrund! wsws.org Imgrund, who built up a large following among workers in Ontario thanks to his advocacy for COVID-19 public health measures, has been targeted by a rabid alliance of far-right anti-vaxxers, COVID deniers, and "left" proponents of identity politics.
(2022-09-15). Terrorism, Racism & Union Busting Against SEIU1021 SF General Hospital Workers By HR DPH. indybay.org Workers and SEIU 1021 SF General Hospital union leaders reported on the epidemic of bullying, racist discrimination and union busting by DPH and CCSF HR. The City has spent over $100 million on paying for illegal discrimination, defendant lawyers and City lawyers to defend illegal racist attacks and systemic racism.
(2022-09-15). Bajo los brillos de Hanoi. cubadebate.cu Pasados 40 años de la renovación del modelo socialista, Vietnam es hoy una nación pujante dentro de su propio entorno geográfico y en el mundo, que se proyecta vertiginosamente al futuro sin renegar de su pasado, mejor aun dignificándolo con el aliento de cambios que transpira su sociedad. "Cambio o muerte" es una de las ocurrentes y lapidarias sentencias con la que nos sorprenden.
(2022-09-15). Villa Clara: Condecorados 25 combatientes del Cuerpo de Bomberos por su labor durante el incendio en zona industrial de Matanzas. cubadebate.cu En la actividad, que estuvo encabezada por Osnay Miguel Colina y Alberto López Díaz, máximas figuras política y gubernamental del territorio, respectivamente, el coronel Gustavo Díaz Villalobos, jefe del Minint en Villa Clara, dio lectura a una carta de felicitación del ministro del Interior a los condecorados, quienes colocaron flores ante la llama eterna ubicada en el Mausoleo.
(2022-09-14). Escalate or Grind On? Russian Ops in Ukraine Update for September 14, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Update for Russian military operations in Ukraine for September 14, 2022  ; Ukraine's recent offensive in Kherson remains stalled;  ; Ukraine's advance into Kharkov took place with an absence of Russian forces present;  ; Ukraine's offensive in Kharkov has slowed down as Ukrainian forces meet larger concentrations of Russian and local militia forces;  ; Russia…
(2022-09-14). Blinken Says Agreement on Iran Nuclear Deal 'Unlikely'. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said "What we've seen over the last week or so in Iran's response to the proposal put forward by the European Union is clearly a step backward and makes prospects for an agreement in the near-term, I would say, unlikely," Blinken told reporters while on a visit to Mexico City to discuss tra…
(2022-09-14). War propaganda threatens nuclear meltdown. workers.org 
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station The United States and its imperialist allies in the European Union have a big political problem. The embargo/boycott that they so swiftly and gleefully placed on Russia's energy exports, mainly oil and gas, had the unintended consequence of guaranteeing much higher profits to Russia in selling . . . |
(2022-09-14). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On September 14, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
The AFU attacked Russian positions in the Lyman area; | Russian forces claimed control of Mykolaivka-2 village; | Clashes between the AFU and Russian Army continue in the Belogorovka area; | Clashes between the AFU and Russian Army continue in the Soledar town; | Russian forces entered the industrial zone of Bakhmut; | Clashes continue in the Svyatogorsk area; | Russian-led forces are storming Ukrainian positions near Pervomaiske; | Clashes continue in Maryinka…
(2022-09-14). Ukraine Sliding into a Real War. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Bakhmut's desolate streets where intense fighting is expected A recurring feature of the Cold War was that the United States almost always placed great store on the optics of a Soviet-American affair while Moscow chose to concentrate on the end result. The Cuban Missile Crisis is the best known example where the…
(2022-09-14). Ukraine: the invasion of capital to take over agriculture. workers.org 
By Michael Roberts Marxist economist Michael Roberts worked in the City of London (the British Wall Street) as an economist for over 40 years. He published this article on his blog, thenextrecession.wordpress.com, Aug. 13. It details plans of Western imperialism to privatize and take over Ukrainian agriculture, taking advantage of . . . |
(2022-09-14). America's Billionaires Collectively Control the Hegemonic U.S. Imperial Government. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-14). Unite postpones London bus strikes out of respect for the Queen, puts below-inflation pay offer to members. wsws.org This regime of "national mourning", enforced through censorship and repression, is aimed against the working class…
(2022-09-14). Workers Used to Watch the Clock. Now the Clock Watches You. otherwords.org For generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the clock. But now, the corporate clock is watching workers. | Called "digital productivity monitoring," this surveillance is done by an integrated computer system including a real-time clock, camera, keyboard tracker, and algorithms to provide a second-by-second record of what each employee is doing. | Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pioneered use of this ticking electronic eye in his monstrous warehouses, forcing hapless, low-paid "pickers" to sprint down cavernous stacks of consumer stuff to fill online orders, pronto — beat the clock…
(2022-09-14). Corrupt French Dentist Arrested, Preyed On Low-Income Patients With Mutilation And Unnecessary Work. moguldom.com Lionel Guedj, 41, was a multi-millionaire dentist in France who has been sentenced to eight years in jail for deliberately mutilating patients from low-income neighborhoods of Marseille. In the horrifying money-making scheme, Lionel Guedj performed thousands of unnecessary procedures carrying out work on healthy teeth of low-income patients. His father, Carnot Guedj, 70, who worked part-time for …
(2022-09-14). Not Playing Around: Video Game Testers Aim to Unionize. inequality.org
(2022-09-14). In NYC & Cities Across the U.S.: Screening of new movie — 'Alex Saab, A Diplomat Kidnapped'; Fri at 6pm — NYC. iacenter.org In NYC & Cities Across the U.S. Friday, September 16 — 6 to 7pm The Solidarity Center 147 W 24th St, 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10012 On Friday September 16, 2022 President Maduro will be hosting the showing of the movie "Alex Saab, a diplomat kidnapped" at the Bolivar Theater in Caracas Venezuela. Alex Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat, was arrested illegally, held in isolation, tortured in 2020 for working to evade the illegal, unilateral and coercive sanctions of the United States against the Venezuelan people. The Saab case has drawn international condemnation & attention. Venezuelan activists are asking that indivi…
(2022-09-14). Argentina and Chile on Alert for New US Military Plans. libya360.wordpress.com Telma Luzzani The speed of international changes is precipitating (as a necessity and, at the same time, as a pretext) a thorough acceleration of the plans that the US already had in the pipeline to preserve its role as the only global hegemon. Europe and Asia are not the only ones included in the new…
(2022-09-14). University of Wisconsin Health backs down as nurses threaten to strike for union recognition. fightbacknews.org Madison, WI — On September 12, a tentative agreement was reached between nurses at University of Wisconsin Health (UW Health) and administration over management recognition of their union, represented by SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin. Nurses at UW Health had lost their union after their contract expired in 2014 and the administration refused to bargain, citing Wisconsin's "Act 10" law. The effort for renewed recognition was restarted as of 2019. | Demands to recognize their union, which represents approximately 2400 Nurses in Madison, had been rejected up to now. Nurses there submitted a ten-day notice to…
(2022-09-14). Documentary on Alex Saab: a kidnapped diplomat. workers.org 
Documentary on Alex Saab: a kidnapped diplomat On Sept. 16, President Maduro will be hosting the showing of the movie "Alex Saab, a diplomat kidnapped" at the Bolivar Theater in Caracas, Venezuela. Since Saab was arrested illegally in 2020 for working to evade the illegal, unilateral and coercive sanctions of . . . |
(2022-09-14). Life Expectancy And Human Development In The 21st Century. popularresistance.org Life expectancy is one of the best measures of human development. In hunter-gather societies, on average, about 57-67% of children made it to 15 years. Then 79% of those 15 year-olds made it to 45 years. Finally, those remaining at 45 years could expect to reach around 65-70 years. So we can see that life expectancy at birth in these societies was very low, given high child mortality. But some 40% did make it to about 65 years on average. It seems to have been worse in the class-based feudal and slave societies. The average medieval life expectancy for a peasant was only a mere 35 years of age at birth, but it wa…
(2022-09-14). Hundreds Protest As Starbucks Holds Investor Day Without Retail Workers. popularresistance.org Seattle, Washington – Hundreds of workers took to the streets in front of Starbucks's Seattle headquarters on Tuesday as the company hosted investors for its biennial investor day, in which executives and investors discuss the company's outlook — an event that has never once included representation from a Starbucks retail worker, the workers' union says. | Joined by other union members, workers with Starbucks Workers United are demanding that the company give them a say in its strategy and financial decisions and a place at the bargaining table for contract negotiations, which the company has been delaying.
(2022-09-14). 24-29 October — Brussels: International Week of Action for Palestinian Liberation. samidoun.net 
The Palestinian liberation movement is a Palestinian, Arab and international movement, with a history of a century of struggle fighting back against imperialism, Zionism and reactionary forces. Today, as the Palestinian people and their resistance continue to struggle for return and liberation, the colonial occupation is continuing its extrajudicial killings and massacres, siege on Gaza, …
(2022-09-14). South Africa: Civil Society, Human Rights Organizations Call for Urgent Intervention to Protect Abahlali baseMjondolo. libya360.wordpress.com PRESS STATEMENT 14 SEPTEMBER 2022 CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR URGENT NATIONAL INTERVENTION TO PROTECT ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO On Friday, 9 September 2022, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) sent a letter concerning the ongoing attacks on Abahlali baseMjondolo to various members of the South African executive and legislature, as well as commissioners of regional…
(2022-09-14). 10 killed in air strikes on capital of Ethiopia's Tigray. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) — Twin drone attacks hit a residential neighborhood in the regional capital Mekele, killing 10 people and injuring others, according to Ethiopian authorities.
(2022-09-14). Modern slavery: Number of enslaved increases by 10 million over five years. america.cgtn.com The number of people under modern slavery increased by 10 million people globally over the last five years, according to researchers from Geneva. Data gathered by the UN's International Organization for Migration, the International Labor Organization and the Walk Free Foundation human rights group show …
(2022-09-14). Down With the Corporate Bean-Counters Who Spy on Their Workers. commondreams.org When overpaid corporate boneheads substitute slogans and computer metrics for real solutions, they're admitting that they are the problem.
(2022-09-14). Queen City Workers' Center fights for tenant's rights. workers.org 
Pickets outside Brenner's landlords' house. By Lydian Standeford Buffalo For two months, fair housing activists with the Queen City Workers' Center (QCWC) have stood up for the rights of Debbie Brenner, a tenant who has suffered through a string of abuses at the hands of her now former landlords, Patricia . . . |
(2022-09-14). 15,000 Minnesota nurses complete second day of strike, as demands for open-ended walkout grow. wsws.org Calls among Minnesota nurses to transform the strike into an open-ended strike are growing all the while the MNA is doing everything to prevent a greater offensive by nurses.
(2022-09-14). "The bills don't stop when you're off work": Detroit autoworkers back Will Lehman's fight to defend jobs and abolish tiers. wsws.org In recent days, campaigners for UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman have gotten an enthusiastic response from hundreds of workers at plants owned by Chrysler (Stellantis), Ford and parts makers Dakkota and Flex-N-Gate.
(2022-09-14). Rail bosses try to force 'settlement' on workers. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—With a deadline looming when U.S. freight railroads and their workers could take the gloves off via an employer lockout or a worker strike, the nation's big freight carriers are trying to force a presidential board "settlement" on their key workers—engineers and conductors—by pressuring Congress to impose it. Their tactic: Refusing to ship key goods …
(2022-09-14). Australia: Baggage handlers' strike cancelled as union prepares sellout. wsws.org The strike by 3 DNATA workers was called off by the Transport Workers' Union as part of an attempt by the unions to prevent unified action by workers across the aviation industry.
(2022-09-14). One-day wildcat strike on North Sea oil rigs defies threats by employers and trade unions. wsws.org The strike went ahead in the teeth of bitter opposition by the Unite, RMT and GMB unions, who lined up squarely with the energy service firms contracted by the oil and gas corporations operating the rigs.
(2022-09-14). UK Royal College of Nursing union calls off strike ballot "out of respect" for the queen. wsws.org The NHS's million-plus strong workforce, the largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world, wields enormous collective power, but they have been systematically demobilized by the trade unions.
(2022-09-14). Fuel price hike sparks protests in Indonesia. wsws.org Fuel increases have previously sparked explosive struggles, including the mass movement that toppled the Suharto dictatorship in 1998.
(2022-09-14). Live updates: More than 0 rank-and-file rail workers hold meeting on strike action as companies, unions and Congress seek to force through agreement. wsws.org More than 0 workers from throughout the country participated in a meeting called by the Rail Workers Rank-and-File Committee that adopted a resolution rejecting any Congressional action to block a strike.
(2022-09-14). Rail unions grovel to Congress, as Washington makes contingency plans ahead of Friday strike deadline. wsws.org With less than three days to go before the deadline for a national railroad strike, the rail unions are working desperately to work out a deal with the seven Class I freight railroads.
(2022-09-14). Ethiopia: TPLF Makes Peace Overtures after Facing Military Setbacks. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni TPLF forces tells stories of forced conscription. (Photo: screenshot from Ethiopian state media video via Borkena) The Tigray People's Liberation Front, which had dismissed the African Union's mediation before launching an attack, has now agreed to a process led by the organization. Analysts have expressed skepticism of the sincerity of the offer In…
(2022-09-14). Iran, Pakistan call for expanding shared markets. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) — Iran and Pakistan stressed boosting joint border markets during Third Inter-Parliamentary Union Regional Seminar on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2022-09-14). As Strike Looms, Sanders Blocks GOP Bill to Force Rail Workers Into Deal With No Sick Days. commondreams.org "Republicans are viciously against collective bargaining, but carriers are going to have to respect people's lives and there's going to have to be respect for these workers," said one labor leader.
(2022-09-14). Possible freight rail strike could be costly to the U.S. economy. america.cgtn.com A potential logistical and economic crisis is looming in the United States if the nation's freight railroad workers go on strike in the next couple of days. Freight rail carries about 30% of U.S. goods into the market. A work stoppage would disrupt already strained supply chains. …
(2022-09-14). Surging cost of living in US drives class tensions to the breaking point. wsws.org The rise in living expenses–which has added $341 to a typical family's monthly costs—is escalating class conflict in the United States and internationally.
(2022-09-14). Seattle Education Association shuts down strike of teachers in antidemocratic maneuver. wsws.org Educators should reject this antidemocratic maneuver, vote down the still unreleased tentative agreement and organize themselves to take control of and continue the strike.
(2022-09-14). Turkish army launch fresh airstrikes on Iraq' Dohuk. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) — News sources reported on Tuesday night that helicopters of the Turkish army launched an airstrike on areas in Dohuk province in northern Iraq.
(2022-09-14). Live updates: Rail unions agree to sellout agreement with White House, companies in effort to avert strike. wsws.org More than 0 workers from throughout the country participated in a meeting called by the Rail Workers Rank-and-File Committee that adopted a resolution rejecting any Congressional action to block a strike.
(2022-09-14). Union opposes Michigan Medicine nurses' demands for strike action at informational meetings. wsws.org At a series of union meetings held nearly two weeks after an overwhelming vote to authorize a strike, the MNA-UMPNC told nurses to "be patient" and rely on "political influencers" in the Democratic administration of Michigan Governor Whitmer.
(2022-09-14). México cuenta con 277 médicos cubanos por colaboración. telesurtv.net Las entidades sanitarias de México anunciaron que durante el mes de septiembre, llegarían al país 333 nuevos médicos cubanos.
(2022-09-14). Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación máxima de 874 MW en el horario pico. cubadebate.cu La UNE pronostica para este miércoles una afectación máxima de 800 MW en el horario diurno y de 874 MW en el horario pico, debido al déficit capacidad de generación. Para el horario pico se prevé la entrada de la unidad 3 de la CTE Santa Cruz, la unidad 6 de la CTE Diez de Octubre (en proceso de arranque) y la utilización de 127 MW en motores diésel.
(2022-09-14). Ofensiva y contraofensiva en Ucrania. telesurtv.net En la zona de Járkov se ha establecido ya el terror contra los "colaboradores" de los rusos: profesores, administradores, empresarios que participaban de la normalización de la vida. Los informes de redes sociales hablan de oleadas de mercenarios sin control en las calles.
(2022-09-13). How royalty reinforces imperialism. workers.org 
As Britain's Queen Elizabeth was near death, a professor of Nigerian heritage at Carnegie Mellon University, Uju Anya, tweeted her view: "I heard the chief monarch of a thieving, raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating." This tweet brought down a torrent of condemnation. The countries . . . |
(2022-09-13). Silencing The Lambs — How Propaganda Works. popularresistance.org In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler's leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fuhrer. | She told me that the 'patriotic messages' of her films were dependent not on 'orders from above' but on what she called the 'submissive void' of the German public. | Did that include the liberal, educated bourgeoisie? I asked. 'Yes, especially them,' she said. | I think of this as I look around at the propaganda now consuming Western societies. | O…
(2022-09-13). The Deepening Assault on Core Democratic Rights in the USA. liberationnews.org The United States is in the midst of a political upheaval right now, after the 2020 uprising, the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, and the Dobbs decision that overturned one of the Supreme Court's biggest decisions — access to abortion under Roe v. Wade.
(2022-09-13). Democratic power of the people at the heart of Cuban socialism. liberationnews.org 
Cuba takes the democracy and power of the people more seriously than anything I have ever seen in the United States.
(2022-09-13). Strikes are brewing in Tallahassee. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On September 5, Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) and Serenity's Bartenders United called strikes. SBWU demanded delayed back pay and Serenity's Bartenders United wanted the reinstatement of a fired manager. | The Starbucks on North Monroe in Tallahassee was the first Starbucks in the state of Florida to file and win their union. This happened just over a month after the first store in the country was unionized. Ollie Carter, a Starbucks partner for seven years, explained how the pandemic spurred the organizing at the store and how quickly the "ugliness came" from corporate management. While none…
(2022-09-13). Spain's Ryanair cabin walkout enters second month, defying PSOE-Podemos government anti-strike laws. wsws.org The PSOE-Podemos government's minimum service laws are aimed at stemming the growing upsurge of the class struggle in Spain and internationally.
(2022-09-13). Labor history tour guide remembers his mail deliverer days. peoplesworld.org 
I hoist the mail bag over my shoulder. Damn, this thing is heavy. I begin to walk down the sidewalk, satchel bursting with papers. Drip, drip, drip. The sweat begins to roll down from my forehead and back of neck. My shirt becomes stained with perspiration as I struggle with the overbearing load. I haven't …
(2022-09-13). Chile's Boric Is Becoming More Right Wing by the Day. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Aznárez Marcelo Osses is one of the supporters of the communication project Radio Plaza de la Dignidad [Dignity Plaza Radio] born with the 2019 revolt [in Chile]. The station has lent its voice to that plaza that thousands of young people renamed and made their own every time they needed to demonstrate. With Osses,…
(2022-09-13). Reconocen labor de Venezuela en campaña de vacunación. telesurtv.net Durante los próximos meses la campaña de vacunación asegurará una cobertura del 95 por ciento en niños de Venezuela.
(2022-09-13). La herencia bolivariana contra la Doctrina Monroe. globalizacion.ca I | El pasado fin de semana participé, por invitación de un grupo de organizaciones y activistas de Estados Unidos y Canadá, en el panel Cumbre de las Américas vs. Celac: øDónde se Encuentra la Doctrina Monroe en sus 200 Años?;…