(2022-09-19). Red Theory: What is neo-colonialism? fightbacknews.org In the previous two articles in this series, we've discussed imperialism, or monopoly capitalism, which Lenin called "the last stage of capitalism." We explained how imperialism and monopoly capitalism are synonymous, the laws of motion inherent in capitalism that lead to imperialism, how imperialism means war, and how imperialism has affected the national question. In our last article, we talked about how and why the contradiction between imperialism and the national liberation movements is the principal contradiction on a world scale. | In 1916, Lenin wrote, "Imperialism, as the highest stage of capitalism in…
(2022-09-19). The Military-Industrial Complex Offensive. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-19). Russian airstrike in Syria's Idlib kills 45 terrorists. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — Forty-five members of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group have been killed in a Russian airstrike in Syria's Idlib province.
(2022-09-19). WorkWeek Google Tech Workers Fight Apartheid, Clean Water & Union Busting In Mississippi. indybay.org WorkWeek covers Google Tech Workers Fighting Apartheid, Clean Water & Union Busting In Mississippi andThe US, CIA, AFL-CIO, AIFLD &The 1973 Chilean Coup With Professor Ruth Needleman…
(2022-09-19). Barbara Lee & "Pete" Get An Earful In Oakland Over Tax Dollars For A's Owner John Fisher. indybay.org Congresswoman Barbara Lee, US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff joined together to talk about Federal funding for Oakland projects. Barbara Lee and "Pete" refused to say whether they supported Federal funds going to the GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher's proposed new A' stadium on Port of Oakland public land at Howard Terminal. "Pete" also refused to say whether this project would harm the Port of Oakland as a working port.
(2022-09-19). UNICEF warns of worsening child malnutrition in Sri Lanka. wsws.org Fearing the resumption of mass protests and strikes, Wickremesinghe's claim that "no citizen should be starved and no child malnourished" is a desperate attempt to hide the social catastrophe, even as his government prepares to unleash new IMF austerity measures.
(2022-09-19). Saturday 9/17: Benchlands Resistance Organizing. indybay.org Benchlands near the 2nd stairway down from the Courthouse parking lot as you walk from Water St. towards the Duck Pond in San Lorenzo Park.
(2022-09-19). Diary of a socialist Amazon worker: "Why is it so hot in the warehouses?" wsws.org The Amazon worker writes, "Why are warehouses so unbearably hot at Amazon and at other warehouses and workplaces across the country and around the world? The answer is capitalism."
(2022-09-19). Sunday 9/25: Surge of Book Banning: Ominous Move toward Fascist America.Needed:Resistance & Revolution. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley, CA…
(2022-09-19). Railroad workers' opposition builds to sellout deal to block national strike. wsws.org Nervous statements in the corporate press warn that Wednesday's deal reached with the rail unions could "fall apart" under the weight of amid rank-and-file anger.
(2022-09-19). Disrupt the military industrial complex at Land Forces. greenleft.org.au The Brisbane Exhibition Centre is about to play host to Land Forces, a weapons expo. As Miriam Torzillo and Lilli Barto report, it is not not about defence but the business of war.
(2022-09-19). Workers Building New US Embassy in Honduras Strike Over Severed Fingers, Illegal Contracts. orinocotribune.com By Judy Ancel — Sep 12, 2022 | The Biden administration has pledged that "the United States will work with governments to strengthen… the enforcement of labor laws, promote decent work, and support workers in exercising their freedom of association and collective bargaining rights," as one of four pillars of its strategy to address the root causes of migration from Central America. | In Honduras today the US has an opportunity to practice this with the 1,100 workers it has hired to build a new embassy. But it's blowing it. | Instead, police have been called in to bust a strike that's been going on at the…
(2022-09-19). Venezuela Will Go Back to School on October 3. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, September 17, Venezuelan minister of education, Yelitze Santaella, published the academic schedule for the 2022-2023 school year for all grades. | Through her Twitter account, Santaella detailed the academic schedule with the dates of the start of administrative and academic activities in educational institutions. She reported that classes will start next Monday, October 3, for all grades until December 16, making up the first educational term. | The academic schedule will continue as follows: | From September 19 to 30, administrative staff, teachers and workers will resume work for the registratio…
(2022-09-19). German trade unions and employers conspire against the working class in a new round of the "Concerted Action" wsws.org Wages, social gains and jobs can only be defended in a rebellion against the unions and their policy of "social partnership."
(2022-09-19). Oppose the anti-democratic shutdown of the EMU faculty strike! wsws.org EMU faculty should decisively vote down the sellout contract being foisted on them by the AAUP and begin now to organize independently of the union bureaucracy.
(2022-09-19). Monday 9/19: DDS / Regional Center Protest. indybay.org Department of Developmental Services (DDS) | 1215 O Street | Sacramento, Ca…
(2022-09-19). Saturday 10/1: Press Conf Keep Laguna Honda OPEN! Discharges = Deaths Say Labor, Community & Families. indybay.org Laguna Honda Hospital | (entrance in front of old building) | 375 Laguna Honda Blvd. | San Franciscco…
(2022-09-19). Qantas crisis the result of privatisation. greenleft.org.au Qantas CEO Alan Joyce's aggressive cost-cutting program at the start of the pandemic has been blamed for Qantas's poor performance. Jim McIlroy argues Labor's decision to privatise Qantas in the early 1990s is the root cause.
(2022-09-19). "We are ready to vote 'no' because this fails to meet student and community needs": Seattle teacher opposes union-backed sell out contract. wsws.org "My colleagues in my building are frustrated, angry, and upset. We are here first and foremost for our students, and it angers us to see the district leverage that against us in bargaining (and to see our union let them get away with it). However, we are still ready to fight and to vote 'no' on the TA becauseit fails to meet student and community needs."
(2022-09-19). US Rail Workers Fed Up & On Verge Of National Strike Over Working Conditions, Health/Safety. indybay.org Gabe Christenson a conductor and Co-chair of Railroad Workers United RWU is interviewed about the conditions and health and safety for railroad workers.
(2022-09-19). Australian workers striking at highest rate in almost two decades. wsws.org The growth of industrial action highlights the need for workers to break with the unions and form independent rank-and-file committees.
(2022-09-19). Illinois autoworker Travis Baker died after being injured the Belvidere Stellantis plant. One month later, his family has no answers. wsws.org An investigation is reportedly pending in the plant, which has been subjected to unrelenting job cuts as the Stellantis raked in mega-profits.
(2022-09-19). "I know about Will and think he's the best candidate running": Toledo Jeep workers welcome rank-and-file campaign for UAW president. wsws.org Although the UAW apparatus has done everything to keep information about the first-ever vote for the union's top leadership well concealed, several workers at the factory were familiar with Will's campaign and said they planned to vote for him next month.
(2022-09-19). New Zealand: Auckland University of Technology sacks over 230 staff. wsws.org The fresh assault on tertiary sector jobs follows 700 staff cuts at the height of the COVID pandemic, none of which were opposed by the Tertiary Education Union.
(2022-09-19). Seattle educators: Vote "no" on the sellout tentative agreement! wsws.org The strike was ended through with an entirely undemocratic process and the resultant TA meets none of the teachers' demands.
(2022-09-19). Presidente de Colombia expone a Guterres esfuerzos por lograr la paz total. telesurtv.net Guterres reiteró a Petro la disposición de la ONU a colaborar con su Gobierno en la consolidación de la paz, y "proteger a las comunidades de la violencia".
(2022-09-19). Gobierno colombiano se reúne con grupo disidente de las FARC. telesurtv.net El comisionado de paz de Colombia le explicó a los representantes de la disidencia del grupo insurgente el concepto de la Paz Total.
(2022-09-19). Unión Eléctrica informa afectación de 890 MW para el horario pico. cubadebate.cu Este lunes se estima para la hora pico una disponibilidad de 2160 MW y una demanda máxima de 2980 MW, para un déficit de 820 MW. Por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 890 MW en este horario. Se implementan las medidas de restricción del consumo en el sector estatal.
(2022-09-18). Financial Support For Syrian Opposition Coalition In Turkey Has Been Suspended. southfront.org 
The official logo of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. | The backers of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, commonly known as the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC), had suspended their financial support, Sputnik reported on September 18. | According to the Russian news agency, the decision to suspend financial support to the Istanbul-based coalition came as Syrian opposition leaders are preparing to travel to the United States to attend…
(2022-09-18). LEVER WEEKLY: Connecting The Dots Between Rail Workers And Nurses' Unrest. levernews.com Labor actions captured the nation's attention this week, as health care workers launched the largest nurses strike in U.S. history and railroad employees threatened to launch a major rail strike. In a series of stories, The Lever exposed the common denominator fueling labor unrest in these vital frontline industries: Executives and shareholders reaping exorbitant payouts from booming profits, while crying poor and denying workers better pay and benefits.The Lever also broke a number of other key stories, including how the architects of the 2008 financial crisis are funding the culture war, how President Joe Bi…
(2022-09-18). Louisiana Court Strikes Blow To Formosa's Giant Plastics Plant. popularresistance.org Louisiana – A years-long battle to stop the chemical company Formosa from building a massive petrochemical complex along the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana swung in favor of residents on Wednesday when a state district judge withdrew the air permits that the company needs to operate. | The Taiwan-based chemical giant first announced its plans to build the $9.4 billion petrochemical complex on a sprawling 2,400-acre site in St. James Parish in April 2018. If approved, the so-called "Sunshine Project" would have been one of the largest and most expensive industrial projects in the state's history. Governor…
(2022-09-18). The Fed's Secret Plan To Suck Workers Dry. popularresistance.org We're still getting over a pandemic. Healthcare costs are totally out of control. Everyone's in debt and hates their job. The insects are disappearing, which feels like a bad sign. I have to watch a Jeff Bezos interview just to see bug eyes anymore. | On top of all that, the bankers at the Federal Reserve have decided they're going to make things way worse. | As reported in Common Dreams, "Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said… that the U.S. central bank is ready to inflict 'pain' on households as it continues to fight inflation, remarks that drew widespread backlash from experts who warned the Fed appears p…
(2022-09-18). Unite declares "massive win" over below inflation agreement at London United after cancelling strikes. wsws.org London United bus workers have first-hand experience of the role of General Secretary Sharon Graham who boasts of her close relationship with the reps, and has hailed every de facto pay cut agreement as a victory.
(2022-09-18). Moments of Xi Jinping and non-CPC members. ecns.cn Lin Shangyuan, a member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang and veteran who participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, has met President Xi Jinping several times.
(2022-09-18). Seattle Teachers End Week-Long Strike. popularresistance.org Seattle, Washington – Six thousand Seattle educators walked out on strike September 7, which would have been the first day of school. The top issue was the district's proposal—disguised in social justice language—to end student-teacher ratios for many categories of special education. | Also key were struggles over class size, cuts to services, and wages, especially for substitutes and paraprofessionals, who often work most closely with students with disabilities. | Late in the day September 12 the bargaining teams announced a tentative agreement, but provided only a summary to members. On September 13…
(2022-09-18). Fight Back! Radio is dope. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Using the tag line, "Going to the Heart of the People's Struggle," our podcast has quickly spread across the country. Fight Back! Radio host Richard Berg noted, "We do interviews with the real leaders of the people's struggles. We go past the bourgeois think tanks by talking to activists that are organizing workers, oppressed nationality peoples, students and other fighters." | Since hitting the airwaves on May Day 2022, Fight Back! Radio has captured the imagination of revolutionaries and activists everywhere. In a very short time, the podcast has reached 10,000 downloads by interviewing the most s…
(2022-09-18). IMF Tells Bolivia To Drop Its Successful Economic Model. popularresistance.org The IMF released a report today on the Bolivian economy in which it recommends adopting drastic neoliberal measures, including; reducing workers' salaries, cutting public investments, and ending currency controls. These policies have turned Bolivia from one of the poorest countries in the region into it's fastest-growing economy. | The report takes aim at the government's spending on development, saying, "The government must restrict spending, including eliminating the end of year wage bonus for workers, they must restrict the growth of wages for public sector workers, and limit the growth of public investment an…
(2022-09-18). Colombia's Government Begins Informal Talks With FARC. telesurenglish.net Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that his government has begun an informal dialogue with dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). | RELATED: | Petro also attached two photographs in which emissaries from his administration are seen talking with members of the dissidents in a kind of "cambuche" in the middle of the Colombian jungle. | The dialogue began with the front called 'Jorge…
(2022-09-18). Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev. canadiandimension.com 
An untitled mural by Georg Lutz, painted in 1990, depicts former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev driving though a crack in the Berlin wall. Photo by Ilias Katsouras/ Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg discuss the significance of the life of Mikhail Gorbachev and what the deconstruction of the Soviet Union means for today's world. Noam and Daniel join Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news. Paul Jay is the founder and host of theAnalysis.news, a news analysis service. He was the founder, CEO and senior editor of The Real News Network (TRNN). |
(2022-09-18). Attack Hits US Helicopter Base In Syria's Al-Hasakah Hours After Israeli Strikes On Damascus. southfront.org 
Spc. Richard Pena, a crew chief assigned to C Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Saber, conducts pre-flight inspections of an AH-64E Apache helicopter at Erbil, Iraq, July 11, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephen James) | Late on September 17, an attack with indirect fire targeted a key base of the US-led coalition in Syria's northeastern region, according to reports in the Arab media. | The base, which is located in the southern outskirts of the town of al-Shaddadi in the southern…
(2022-09-18). 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!
(2022-09-18). Two Syrian Soldiers Killed Near Kobane In Turkish Revenge Airstrikes (Videos). southfront.org On September 18, two soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) were killed in a series of Turkish airstrikes that hit the eastern outskirt of the border town of Kobane in Syria's northeastern region. | Kobane, one of the largest urban centers in northeastern countryside of Aleppo, is a stronghold of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SAA established a network of positions in the town and its outskirts in the wake of the 2019 Turkish invasion of the northeastern region.
(2022-09-18). Full text: Xi Jinping's speech at SCO Council of Heads of State Meeting. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday delivered a speech at the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, calling for riding on the trend of the times and enhance solidarity and cooperation to embrace a better future.
(2022-09-18). Powerful storm strikes Alaska bringing historic surge: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — One of the strongest storms in at least a decade struck Alaska Saturday with hurricane force winds, high seas and rain that caused coastal flooding.
(2022-09-18). After the queen's funeral: the class struggle returns. wsws.org Millions in the UK have been made a captive audience, with hagiographic media reports, delivered in the necessary solemn tones, forcing the entire country to show their respects whether they like it or not.
(2022-09-18). Syrian Army Strike On Greater Idlib Claims Lives Of Three HTS Militants. southfront.org 
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev | On September 18, three militants of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) were killed when the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The militants were manning a position in the outskirts of the town of al-Atarib, one of HTS's few remaining strongholds in the western Aleppo countryside. | Two of the slain militants were reportedly minors. They were identified as Abu Abdo Basartun and Abu Ubaida al-Tah. Both of the…
(2022-09-18). Un necesario análisis marxista-leninista. cubadebate.cu Mis alumnos corroborarán lo difícil que es llegar a las esencias de la naturaleza, la sociedad, el pensamiento humano y la red de interrelaciones que se suceden entre ellos. Solo el Marxismo-Leninismo, como ciencia, filosofía y teoría, con su método científico fundamental: el "materialismo dialéctico", puede ofrecer certeras respuestas.
(2022-09-18). Venezuela rechaza informe de EE.UU. sobre productores de drogas. telesurtv.net "En esa infame publicación se desconoce el fiel cumplimiento de los compromisos internacionales del Gobierno bolivariano", indicó la cancillería.
(2022-09-18). Unión Electrica pronostica afectación para el horario pico de 513 MW. cubadebate.cu Con este pronóstico, se estima una disponibilidad de 2507 MW y una demanda máxima de 2950 MW, para un déficit de 443 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 513 MW en este horario. por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 513 MW en este horario.
(2022-09-18). Unión Europea pretende castigar a Hungría por no implemetar las reformas prometidas. cubadebate.cu La Comisión Europea (CE) propuso hoy eliminar el desembolso de fondos europeos a Hungría, argumentando supuestas violaciones a los principios del Estado de derecho, sobre todo en materia de lucha contra la corrupción y fraude en los procedimientos de contratación pública.
(2022-09-17). Ukraine Seeks F16s, Patriot Missiles, & Leopard Tanks Russian Ops in Ukraine Sept.18, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for September 18, 2022 Ukrainian offensives in Kherson and Kharkov have both ground to a halt; Near Kherson, a Russian strike on a dam up-river of the Ingulets has flooded crossings, isolating Ukrainian bridgeheads east of the river; Ukrainian forces have been fighting for days…
(2022-09-17). Ukraine War, Divided Left: "Social Patriots" and the "Anti-Imperialism of Fools"! covertactionmagazine.com Since Russia's military operation commenced on February 24, the socialist left has been divided in its response to the armed conflict in Ukraine. On one side are those who align with the U.S., NATO and the Ukrainian state in denouncing Russia as the principal villain. In opposition are those who view the conflict as the outcome …
(2022-09-17). Asian and NATO Countries Get Actively Engaged in the "Battle for the Arctic" libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov During the Cold War, Washington and Moscow fought hard for dominance in the Arctic. But then these tensions subsided in the 1990s, a period of "rapprochement between the West and Russia". The Arctic Council was even created, bringing the states of the region together and allowing them to coordinate their policies. After that,…
(2022-09-17). Sanctions Won't Stop Latin American Leaders From Talking With US Workers. popularresistance.org On September 24, leaders from Cuba and Venezuela will speak at an event titled "The People's Summit: Democracy Beyond the US Empire". The event is convened by the International Peoples' Assembly, an international network of people's movements and organizations. The event will be held in the historic Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, as the UN General Assembly convenes further downtown in Manhattan. | Speakers include Bruno Rodriguez, the Foreign Minister of Cuba, Carlos Faria, the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Kristin Richardson Jordan, District 9 Council Member for New York City, Vijay Prashad, Director…
(2022-09-17). Turkish Drone Strike Kills Five SDF Fighters In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org 
Late on September 16, a Turkish combat drone targeted a position of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the town of Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Syria's Raqqa. | The drone strike reportedly killed five members of the SDF. Two were fighters of the group, while the rest were members of its Military Police unit. | In an initial response to the deadly strike, the SDF targeted positions of the Turkish military and its proxies in the villages of Jahbal and al-Misherfah wh…
(2022-09-17). Evil Empire: Let the Monarchy Die Along With Elizabeth. independentmediainstitute.org The death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of British royalty, has sparked global fascination and spawned thousands of clickbait reports of the details of her funeral. Americans, who centuries ago rejected monarchy, are seemingly obsessed with the ritualism, bizarrely mourning the demise of an elderly and fabulously wealthy woman who was born into …
(2022-09-17). Chomsky and Ellsberg on the Death of Gorbachev (video). scheerpost.com By Paul Jay / theAnalysis.news Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg discuss the significance of the life of Mikhail Gorbachev and what the deconstruction of the Soviet Union means for today's world. Noam and Daniel join Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news. _______________________________________________ 00: 00 Introduction 01: 09 End of the Soviet Union and the Role of Gorbachev …