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2022-10-23: News Headlines

____ (2022-10-23). Xi Jinping elected general secretary of CPC Central Committee: communique. ecns.cn Xi Jinping was elected general secretary of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the committee's first plenary session held on Sunday, according to a communique.

____ (2022-10-23). Communique of 1st plenum of 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued. ecns.cn The communique of the first plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was issued on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-23). Xi Jinping leads CPC leadership in meeting the press. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), led the other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee in meeting the press Sunday at the Great Hall of the People.

____ (2022-10-23). Full text of resolution on Party Constitution amendment. ecns.cn The following is the full text of a resolution on an amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted Saturday at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress.

____ (2022-10-23). What does the 20th CPC National Congress mean to world economy. ecns.cn At week-long 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which concluded on Saturday in Beijing, a blueprint for China's future development has been mapped out.

____ (2022-10-23). China to open wider to the world: Xi. ecns.cn China will open its door wider to the rest of the world, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Sunday.

____ (2022-10-23). China's deep space exploration laboratory recruits young talents. ecns.cn China's deep space exploration laboratory launched campus recruitment, aiming to attract more young talents to devote themselves to the country's deep space exploration, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

____ (2022-10-23). Xi Jinping addressing the press. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, began to address the press on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-23). Xi stresses significance of 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said Sunday the 20th CPC National Congress was a congress of holding the banner high, pooling the strength, and promoting solidarity and dedication.

____ (2022-10-23). CPC sets course for new victories. ecns.cn A new central leadership of the Communist Party of China was elected on Saturday at a key Party congress that adopted a blueprint for the nation's development for the coming five years and beyond, as well as an amendment to the Party's Constitution.

____ (2022-10-23). Xi stresses self-reform of Party. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday said the Party should always press forward with self-reform on the journey ahead.

____ (2022-10-23). SAR youth welcomes integration strategies. ecns.cn The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has pointed out the development direction of the country and will help young people from Hong Kong and Macao better integrate into the development strategy of the motherland.

____ (2022-10-23). Xi presents new CPC central leadership. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, presented the Party's new central leadership when meeting the press Sunday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

____ (2022-10-23). Xi Jinping, other members of Political Bureau Standing Committee of 20th CPC Central Committee appear before the press. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and the other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee appeared before the press on Sunday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

____ (2022-10-23). Xi stresses acting for people, relying on people. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday said the Party should always act for the people and rely on the people on the journey ahead.

____ (2022-10-23). China keeps promoting building of human community with a shared future: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday expressed China's commitment to promoting the building of a human community with a shared future.

Alex Bainbridge (2022-10-23). Thousands rally for "Woman Life Freedom" in the Brisbane rain. greenleft.org.au The streets rang out with chants of "Be our voice", "Woman, Life, Freedom" and "One solution: revolution" as thousands marched through Brisbane rain on October 22, reports Alex Bainbridge.

WSWS (2022-10-23). New York jury dismisses sexual assault lawsuit against Kevin Spacey. wsws.org The New York federal court jury dismissal of the sexual battery lawsuit against the actor Kevin Spacey is a further exposure of the foul #MeToo witch-hunt and a vindication of the principled stand taken by the World Socialist Web Site in defense of the fundamental right to the presumption of innocence.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-23). Labor Speaks Out Port Of Oakland To Defend Rail Workers Health & Safety & Right To Strike. indybay.org

Schools & Labor Against Privatization Ed Comm (2022-10-23). Thursday 10/27: 10/27 Building Solidarity and Education From The Port To The Schools & SF City Workers. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 Henry Schimdt Room | 400 North Point | San Francisco…

Staff (2022-10-23). La Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación de 450 MW por déficit de capacidad de generación en el horario diurno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación máxima de 450 MW por déficit de capacidad de generación en el horario diurno de hoy. Para el pico nocturno, se estima la entrada de la unidad 8 de la CTE Mariel con 70 MW, la unidad 1 de la CTE Santa Cruz con 65 MW, la recuperación de 90 MW en motores diésel.

Staff (2022-10-23). Parliamentarians from Venezuela and Colombia Meet in Cúcuta. orinocotribune.com This Friday, October 21, the binational meeting of Venezuelan and Colombian parliamentarians was held in the Colombian city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, near the border with Venezuela. In Cúcuta, the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, said that the most important issues being discussed are trade, transportation, complete opening of the border, and security. | He pointed out that parliamentarians from the two countries will address these issues together with mayors, governors, councilors, merchants, business owners, farmers and peasants from the border areas, in order to accompany…

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-10-23). Sesiona dirigencia de la Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas de Cuba. telesurtv.net Díaz-Canel subrayó que "ningún joven debe sentir que todo está hecho ya en la Revolución, sería un gran error. Cada generación tiene una épica sobre la cual levantar una heroicidad.

Connor Freeman (2022-10-22). EU Will Provide Kiev With 1.5 Billion Euros Per Month Next Year. news.antiwar.com European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the bloc would give Kiev 18 billion euros next year while it continues fighting Russia, Reuters reported on Friday.The latest pledge was made during the second day of the EU leaders' summit in Brussels, where further support for Ukraine is being discussed. According to von …

____ (2022-10-22). 20th CPC National Congress concludes. ecns.cn The week-long 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded on Saturday in Beijing.

_____ (2022-10-22). Amy's Kitchen Workers Protested Their Working Conditions. popularresistance.org Organic convenience foods brand Amy's Kitchen maintains a carefully constructed image of ethical consumption and saving the planet, one vegan frozen burrito at a time. The company is owned by the Berliner family, and its website makes much out of being a small, family-owned business, with pictures of the founders joyfully making pot pies and surfing. | "We choose what's best for our customers, our farmers, our employees and our planet," the website reads. "It's a tall order, but we wouldn't have it any other way." | But Amy's has been under fire the past year as startling labor practices have come to light. | On…

_____ (2022-10-22). China Plans New Era Of Revolution. popularresistance.org On 21 October 2022, Friends of Socialist China co-editors Danny Haiphong and Carlos Martinez joined Multipolarista editor Ben Norton to discuss the CPC's 20th National Congress, currently drawing to a close in Beijing. | In the 90-minute stream embedded below, the three discuss some of the key themes emerging from the Congress, including the pursuit of China's Second Centenary Goal ("building a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful"), common prosperity, ecological civilization, whole-process people's democracy, and the need for self-re…

_____ (2022-10-22). Swapping Stories At The Alabama Troublemakers School. popularresistance.org Numerous unions and organizations were represented, with the Communications Workers (CWA) and Raise Up the South in particular showing up in a big way. There were some familiar faces from the Professional and Technical Employees, Hometown Action, the Mine Workers, Retail and Department Store Union, Birmingham Democratic Socialists of America, Starbucks Workers United, United Campus Workers, and more. | In how many other spaces will you find worker-led discussion and workshops with participants ranging from line cooks to rocket scientists in the same room? Folks from call centers to coal mines were learning from e…

_____ (2022-10-22). Despite Record Profits, Rail Companies Reject Union's Demand For Sick Leave. popularresistance.org A statement from the United States' major freight rail companies left railroad workers feeling increasingly "disenfranchised and undervalued," according to one labor organizer, as the National Carriers' Conference Committee rejected a proposal from the third largest rail workers union which called for just seven days of paid sick leave per year. | While claiming "the health, safety, and wellbeing of rail employees is a top priority for all railroads," the NCCC said it would not accept the proposal from the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED), which was introduced last week. | The BMWED ha…

_____ (2022-10-22). Court Finds Extinction Rebellion Scientists Not Guilty For Action At BEIS. popularresistance.org Five Scientists for Extinction Rebellion on trial for criminal damage have been acquitted by a magistrates' court in London. Dr Stuart Capstick, an environmental social scientist, Dr Abi Perrin, a biologist, Emma Smart, an ecologist, Dr Aaron Thierry, an earth-system scientist and Dr Caroline Vincent, a retired scientist and consultant, were facing a charge of criminal damage to the value of £2,000. | They were part of a group of nine scientists who pasted scientific papers, used chalk spray and glued themselves to the windows of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in an act o…

Staff (2022-10-22). 'Martyr Bagheri' vessel to be equipped with drone, missile. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) — The Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy said that about 60 drones can fly from the 'Martyr Bagheri' vessel's deck.

En.mehrnews (2022-10-22). Two killed in Ukraine strikes in Russia's Belgorod region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) — Two civilians were killed in Ukraine attacks on Russia's southern Belgorod region, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Saturday.

Pepe Escobar (2022-10-22). Xi's Keynotes from the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar Oct 18, 2022 | What drives China and Russia is that sooner rather than later they will be ruling the Heartland. | President Xi Jinping's 1h45min speech at the opening of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was an absorbing exercise of recent past informing near future. All of Asia and all of the Global South should carefully examine it. | The Great Hall was lavishly adorned with bright red banners. A giant slogan hanging in the back of the hall read, "Long Live our great, glorious and correct party." | Another one, below, functio…

Editor (2022-10-22). EU confesses 'our prosperity was based on China & Russia': Cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market. mronline.org EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell confessed the West's neoliberal economic model was "based on cheap energy coming from Russia," "access to the big China market," and low-paid Chinese workers. Europe has now lost that, and is thus in crisis.

JANET (2022-10-22). Major escalation against Russia in Crimea/ Kiev, the EU and NATO take world to the edge. iacenter.org October 21, 2022 By Fadi Kassem, Georges Gastaud and Aymeric Monville This statement, by three leaders in the PRCF (Pole for Communist Renaissance, France), was published Oct. 9. Translation: International Acton Center Attack on the bridge from mainland Russia to Crimea: An explosive charge placed in a vehicle or under the apron explodes at the passage of a fuel train, destroying three spans 64-meters-long on the lanes with traffic flowing north. The railway bridge, which also houses pipelines, was not seriously affected, despite the fire burning several tank cars. Whatever its modus operandi, the terrorist attac…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-22). Russia's Homage to Nord Stream Pipelines. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMARWho stands to gain? First pictures of Nord Stream pipeline show 50 metre hole after "powerful explosions" confirming sabotage. David Brinkley, the legendary American newscaster with a career that spanned an amazing fifty-four years from World War II once said that a successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with…

Dongsheng News (2022-10-22). What is China's Political System? dissidentvoice.org The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China is currently taking place and Dongsheng will be publishing a series of videos in order to better understand this political event. China is at the center of the world's economy and geopolitics, however little is known about its internal politics. So, what is China's political system? …

SouthFront5 (2022-10-22). Key Shifts In China's Political Leadership. Beijing Validated Its Way To US-free World Order. southfront.org The 20th Communist Party Congress was held in China: more than 2,000 delegates from all over the country attended the meeting. The Party Congress adopted a series of landmark decisions on the further development of Chinese society on the basis of "21st century Marxism with Chinese characteristics".The CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping: "People's security as our ultimate goal, political security as our fundamental task, economic security as our foundation, military, technological, cultural, and soc…

JANET (2022-10-22). Back to the streets! Say NO to U.S. wars! iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt October 18, 2022 The United National Antiwar Coalition issued the call "Back to the streets! Say NO to U.S. wars!" for Oct. 15-22, and growing protests of people answered. UNAC's goal is to "unify in collective action against the major perpetrator of war and injustice in the world: the U.S. government, along with its allies and proxies. (unacpeace.org) Organizer Richie Merino, Bronx Anti-war Coalition, rallies the crowd outside the U.S. Recruiting Center on Fordham Road, Oct. 15. (Photo Credit: WW Sue Harris The actions targeted U.S. aggression anywhere and everywhere — against China,…

____ (2022-10-22). Resolution on work report of 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection adopted at CPC congress. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday passed a resolution on the work report of the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

____ (2022-10-22). Resolution on Party Constitution amendment adopted at 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday passed a resolution on an amendment to the CPC Constitution.

____ (2022-10-22). New CPC leadership to meet press on Sunday. ecns.cn Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will meet the press on Sunday after they are elected at a plenary meeting on the same day.

____ (2022-10-22). List of members of 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. ecns.cn The following is a list of the 133 members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) elected at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress on Saturday…

____ (2022-10-22). Resolution on 19th CPC Central Committee report adopted at 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday passed a resolution endorsing the report of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

____ (2022-10-22). Xi Jinping presiding over 20th CPC National Congress closing session. ecns.cn Xi Jinping is presiding over the closing session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday.

____ (2022-10-22). CPC elects new Central Committee, new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. ecns.cn The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection have been elected at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress on Saturday.

____ (2022-10-22). Haroon Sharif: China will become pivotal in changing, uncertain world. ecns.cn The world is in a state of great uncertainty and China can play a very critical role in dealing with various challenges, said former Minister of State of Pakistan Haroon Sharif, while giving an interview with China News Network about the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

____ (2022-10-22). List of alternate members of 20th CPC Central Committee. ecns.cn The following is a list of the 171 alternate members of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) elected at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress on Saturday…

____ (2022-10-22). Highlights of foreign congratulatory messages on 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn Political party leaders worldwide have congratulated the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and General Secretary Xi Jinping of the committee on the convening of the 20th CPC National Congress.

____ (2022-10-22). List of members of 20th CPC Central Committee. ecns.cn The following is a list of the 205 members of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) elected at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress in Beijing on Saturday…

____ (2022-10-22). 20th CPC National Congress begins closing session. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its closing session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday.

Michael Waldman (2022-10-22). In America, Democracy Can Simply Be Bought by the Billionaires. commondreams.org Citizens United lets billionaires set the terms of debate.

JANET (2022-10-22). French workers resist increasing exploitation. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel October 21, 2022 France is in turmoil: Gasoline shortages affect more than 60% of households; inflation is increasing; oil company profits are off the charts. At the France Unbowed Party's rally, Paris, Oct. 16, the sign reads 'Our lives are worth more than your profits.' The pay of oil company executives has jumped 52%, but the bosses bitterly resist raising production worker salaries by 10%. While many European countries have had strikes and protests, France is where hundreds of thousands of workers have taken to the streets. The oil refinery strikes began Sept. 27 and are now in their third week.

JANET (2022-10-22). Britain: Rail strikes challenge inflation and job cuts. iacenter.org By Betsey Piette October 14, 2022 British railway workers demanding wage increases to keep pace with decades-high inflation have spearheaded a wave of industrial job actions across that country since this summer. British rail workers strike, Oct. 5. Their strikes brought a nearly complete shutdown of the rail network, coupled with a national strike by 115,000 postal workers and industrial actions at the country's largest ports in Liverpool and Felixstowe on Oct. 5. The rail unions have been staggering and dividing industrial actions since July, with demands targeting assaults on pay, jobs, and terms and condition…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-22). Sudan: The Military Push for an Agreement that Grants Them Immunity Reduces the Prospects for Peace. libya360.wordpress.com The agreement provides for the appointment of a non-military Head of state, and a prime minister chosen by civilians in exchange for immunity from prosecution The chances of ending the political crisis are minimal because negotiations took place between parts of civilian and military components and there are disagreements between armies and military entities While…

Ricardo Gomez (2022-10-22). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: An Immigration Detention Profiteer Faces The Music. levernews.com Good things are happening! A group of formerly detained immigrants can advance a lawsuit against a private corporation that operates detention facilities, while the president moved forward with "the single, biggest thing the Biden Administration can do on its own without Congress to improve the accessibility and affordability of health coverage." The largest federation of unions in the country, meanwhile, is finally pouring money into new worker organizing efforts, while indigenous tribes are recovering thousands of ancestral remains from universities that stole them.All this and much more in this week's editi…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-22). Ibrahim Traore Takes Over as Burkina Faso's Leader Amid Worsening Crisis and Anti-French Sentiment. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Ibrahim Traore Captain Ibrahim Traore came to power after deposing his senior officer Lt. Col Paul-Henri Damiba in a military coup on September 30. He faces the challenge of rising attacks by Islamist groups which have taken over 40% of the country's territory 34-year-old Capt. Ibrahim Traore, who deposed his senior Lt. Col…

Rqorinoco (2022-10-22). 'The Time for Revolution Has Come': Uprisings in Haiti to Continue Until PM Henry Leaves. orinocotribune.com

Labor Video Project (2022-10-22). "Town Destroyers" & The Victor Arnautoff GWH Murals With Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman. indybay.org WorkWeek looks at the new film "Town Destroyers" by Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow. It is about the struggle over the Victor Arnautoff murals at George Washington High.

WSWS (2022-10-22). Momentum builds for Will Lehman's campaign at GM Fairfax and Wentzville plants. wsws.org A leading member of the Railroad Workers Rank-and-File Committee joined supporters of United Auto Workers presidential candidate Will Lehman at the General Motors plant in Kansas City, before the campaign team moved on to St. Louis.

WSWS (2022-10-22). Diary of a socialist Amazon worker: Why we need democracy in the workplace. wsws.org "Diary of a socialist Amazon worker," is a column authored by Austin Bailey, a socialist-minded worker in his twenties, who has followed the World Socialist Web Site since 2016.

WSWS (2022-10-22). Boric orders violent police crackdown on anniversary of Chile's 2019 revolt. wsws.org At least 195 demonstrators were arrested at rallies on Tuesday, October 18 commemorating the third anniversary of the social explosion that shook Chile in 2019.

WSWS (2022-10-22). Australian rank-and-file groups call online public meeting: "Unite educators and health workers: Oppose the ending of COVID protection measures! Lives before profit!" wsws.org The Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee and the Committee for Public Education call on all workers, students and professional people to register for the November 20 online public meeting.

WSWS (2022-10-22). German chemical workers union agrees 15 percent real wage cut for 580,000 workers. wsws.org The chemicals workers settlement is the result of close cooperation between the trade unions, the big corporations and the German government.

WSWS (2022-10-22). International Longshoremen's Association to resume negotiations at Port of Mobile, preventing strike. wsws.org Less than 24 hour before a strike deadline, ILA Local 1410 agreed to a contract extension and federal mediation, blocking a walkout by 800 Port of Mobile dockworkers.

Staff (2022-10-22). Syrian air defenses repel Israeli airstrikes over Damascus. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) — Syrian forces activated air defense systems late Friday after detecting "hostile targets" over Damascus, state media has reported.

WSWS (2022-10-22). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Thousands of Punjab government administrative workers strike; Delhi Municipal Corporation sanitation workers strike indefinitely; Alumina refinery workers in Australia strike; New Zealand: Nurses, academics and SCG oil and gas workers strike for higher pay.

WSWS (2022-10-22). International Longshoremen's Association to resume of negotiations at Port of Mobile, preventing strike. wsws.org Less than 24 hour before a strike deadline, ILA Local 1410 agreed to a contract extension and federal mediation, blocking a walkout by 800 Port of Mobile dockworkers.

WSWS (2022-10-22). Opposition of railroaders to Biden-brokered contract points to breakdown of bureaucratic control. wsws.org Six weeks after President Biden announced a deal to avert a railroad strike, the settlement is on the verge of collapse. There was "only" one obstacle which Biden, the railroads and union negotiators had not foreseen: the 120,000 US railroaders who rightfully see the deal as a massive sellout.

Staff (2022-10-22). La Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación de 708 MW para el horario pico nocturno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima que para el pico nocturno de este sábado exista una disponibilidad de 2 162 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 800 MW, para un déficit de 638 MW. De mantenerse las condiciones previstas, se pronostica una afectación de 708 MW en este horario, informó el organismo en su comunicado habitual.

Staff (2022-10-22). Avanza la recuperación en los territorios afectados por Ian. cubadebate.cu Sobre cómo marchan las labores de recuperación en cada uno de los territorios afectados por el paso del huracán Ian se actualizó en la tarde de este viernes en la reunión que habitualmente, desde el pasado 27 de septiembre, encabeza el primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

Staff (2022-10-22). Concluye XX Congreso del Partido Comunista Chino: Ratifican rumbo pro desarrollo, equidad y coexistencia pacífica internacional. cubadebate.cu El cónclave ratificó la línea de la organización política gobernante pro desarrollo económico y planteó en sus conclusiones que "desde ahora, la tarea central del PCCh es unir y conducir al pueblo de las diversas etnias del país en la materialización del propósito de construir un Estado poderoso socialista y moderno".

_____ (2022-10-21). Peak Season For Action At Amazon. popularresistance.org Could this November see the biggest coordinated international day of action at Amazon yet? | Although Thanksgiving is a unique U.S. holiday, the day after—known as "Black Friday"—is celebrated in many countries as the opening of the Christmas shopping season. In Italy, for example, merchants offer Black Friday discounts that fill their stores with the same bargain-hungry shoppers as in the U.S. | That's why three Italian trade union federations chose it as a strategic day in 2017 to strike Amazon's million-square-foot distribution center in Castel San Giovanni, near Piacenza in Northern Italy. | The S…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-21). 'Peaceful Modernization': China's Offering to the Global South. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Xi Jinping just offered the Global South a stark alternative to decades of western diktats, war, and economic duress. 'Peaceful modernization' will establish sovereignty, economy, and independence for the world's struggling states President Xi Jinping's work report at the start of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) this past Sunday in…

Mickey Z. (2022-10-21). AIDS, Covid-19, Confederate Prisoners and a Million More Stories on Hart Island. dissidentvoice.org What if I told you this story connected poverty, Tony Fauci, the Military-Industrial Complex, the Prison-Industrial Complex, crack, the Civil War, Covid, AIDS, Lou Reed, and my grandfather — and that's just for starters? Hart Island is located at the western end of the Long Island Sound, off the coast of the northeastern Bronx. Despite being only …

Tom-Oliver Regenauer (2022-10-21). The music monument: Working class hero. indybay.org As soon as you're born they make you feel small, | By giving you no time instead of it all, | Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all. | A working class hero is something to be, | They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,…

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2022-10-22: News Headlines

____ (2022-10-22). 20th CPC National Congress concludes. ecns.cn The week-long 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded on Saturday in Beijing.

Michael Waldman (2022-10-22). In America, Democracy Can Simply Be Bought by the Billionaires. commondreams.org Citizens United lets billionaires set the terms of debate.

Rqorinoco (2022-10-22). 'The Time for Revolution Has Come': Uprisings in Haiti to Continue Until PM Henry Leaves. orinocotribune.com

WSWS (2022-10-22). New York City retirees protest attempts by Adams administration and unions to slash health benefits. wsws.org The protest is only the latest part of a year-long struggle by retired city workers against a plan that would force them to switch from Medicare to for-profit Medicare Advantage.

_____ (2022-10-21). Construction Workers Protest In Switzerland For Rights And Dignity. popularresistance.org On October 17, Monday, construction workers marched in the Swiss town of Bellinzona, protesting the apathy of employers and the state towards the pressing needs of the workers in the sector. More than 2500 people participated in the march called by the trade union Unia Ticino. Protesters denounced the attack on the rights of workers. More protests are planned for November 1 and November 7-8 in other cities. Progressive political parties including the Swiss Party of Labor and the Communist Party have expressed support and solidarity to the protesting workers. | According to reports, the workers in the construction…

_____ (2022-10-21). Johns Hopkins University Graduate Students Organize For A Living Wage. popularresistance.org The life of a graduate student looks much closer to that of an average worker than many universities care to admit. After completing core courses, most students at this level devote the equivalent of full time working hours or more towards research. Levels of compensation and protections vary across the country, but many graduate students are simply handed paltry stipends that hardly cover their needs, and ultimately amount to pathetic hourly wages. At Johns Hopkins University, many graduate students are producing much-needed research on the COVID-19 pandemic. These students produce vast profits for the universit…

_____ (2022-10-21). The Insidiousness Of Iowa's Chapter 20 Anti-Union Labor Law. popularresistance.org Iowa City, Iowa – On a chilly Friday morning In Iowa City, a handful of graduate students and members of UE Local 896 enter their union office and prepare to call as many fellow workers as they can. Most calls go to voice mail, but those who answer will hear something like this: "Hi there, this is Caleb from our labor union. We're just checking in with folks to see if you've had a chance to vote in our recertification election?" We briefly explain the importance of the election to those who don't know. We need a majority of all 1,932 TAs and RAs, not just members, to vote yes to keep the union legally recognized.

_____ (2022-10-21). Sysco Strikers Reach A Deal. popularresistance.org This week, two Teamster locals won new contracts with the behemoth food distributor Sysco, ending a nearly monthlong strike that drew national support. More than 200 workers for Sysco‚Äâ—‚ÄâAmerica's largest food distributor‚Äâ—‚Äâwent on strike in Syracuse, N.Y., on September 27. Days later, more than 300 drivers for Sysco Boston went on strike in Massachusetts. Workers in Arizona also reportedly struck in solidarity. | On October 17, workers at a Syracuse distribution center ratified their new contract with Sysco‚Äâ…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-21). 55% of Humanity Does Not Reject the Accession to Russia of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. libya360.wordpress.com Roger Stoll On October 12, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution rejecting the accession to Russia of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions in Ukraine. The resolution is titled, "Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Defending the Principles of the Charter of the United Nations." It reads, in part: "[The UNGA] Declares that…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-21). At Least 4 Civilians Killed By Ukrainian Forces In Kherson Region. southfront.org On the evening of October 20, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) hit a ferry crossing in the Kherson region which was used by civilians fleeing from from the right bank of the Dnieper River. | The AFU attacked a crowd of civilians waiting for the ferry near the Antonov bridge. As a result of the strike, 4 people were killed, more than a dozen of others were injured, including children. Twelve civilian vehicles were burned. | The attack was carried with US-made HIMARS MLRS which is a high-prec…

Editor (2022-10-21). Ukrainian Nationalists have long history of anti-semitism which the Soviet Union tried to combat. mronline.org While Ivy League professors equate the Soviet Union with Nazi Germany, the Soviets fought the Nazis and ended violent anti-Jewish pogroms—which now threaten to return.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-21). What is Behind the Growing US-China Crisis Over Taiwan? libya360.wordpress.com As the US wages proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, it is attempting the same process through Taiwan against China. However, there are some major differences that make America's hostility and encroachment on China even more dangerous including the fact that even Washington, officially, recognizes Taiwan as part of China while openly arming Taipei's administration,…

Staff (2022-10-21). More Than One Million Doses of Insulin From Russia Arrive in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 20, Venezuela received a shipment of 1.2 million doses of insulin from Russia, within the framework of a commercial alliance between the Socialist Company for the Production of Biological Medicines (Espromed BIO) and the Russian company Geropharm. The shipment arrived in a Boeing 747, similar to the aircraft that belongs to Venezuelan state owned EMTRASUR which has been grounded in Buenos Aires by Argentinian judicial authorities. | The Venezuelan Ministry of Health reported on the arrival of the insulin, explaining that it is the second such shipment to arrive, and the doses will be distribu…

Ben Norton (2022-10-21). China pledges wealth redistribution, full employment, anti-corruption fight in 20th CPC national congress. multipolarista.com In its 20th national congress, the Communist Party of China (CPC) pledged to redistribute wealth to reduce inequality, pursue full employment, promote gender equality, expand social security and health care, protect the environment, and fight the "cancer" of corruption.

____ (2022-10-21). National security is the guarantee for development. ecns.cn The report delivered at the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on Sunday stressed the importance as well as the urgency of modernizing China's national security system and capacity and safeguarding national security and social stability.

____ (2022-10-21). Xi chairs 3rd meeting of 20th CPC National Congress presidium. ecns.cn The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its third meeting on Friday morning. Xi Jinping presided over the meeting.

____ (2022-10-21). CPC national congress to bring China closer to rejuvenation: Pakistani ambassador. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will promote the high quality development of China and bring it one step closer to achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

____ (2022-10-21). China to uphold its core interests. ecns.cn China's diplomacy will resolutely safeguard its national sovereignty and security and development interests, Vice-Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Thursday at a news conference on the sidelines of the ongoing 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-10-21). Exit Liz Truss; Enter Lettuce. dissidentvoice.org When are you going to govern? The only thing you have governed for the past year is your own survival. — Jess Phillips, Labour MP, October 20, 2022 British politics has revealed hidden depths, each one being sought as each prime minister succumbs. The announcement by Liz Truss that she would be resigning came after …

Vijay Prashad (2022-10-21). The last thing Haiti needs is another neocolonial U.S. intervention. peoplesworld.org At the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 24, 2022, Haiti's Foreign Minister Jean Victor Geneus admitted that his country faces a serious crisis, which he said "can only be solved with the effective support of our partners." To many close observers of the situation unfolding in Haiti, the phrase "effective support" sounded like Geneus was …

WSWS (2022-10-21). Franco-German tensions shape EU summit. wsws.org The summit confirmed that the European Union embodies neither the "unity of the European peoples" nor "democratic values." It is an amalgamation of imperialist predators, each of which looks after itself.

WSWS (2022-10-21). CGT bureaucracy works to strangle French refinery strike. wsws.org Only the mobilization of workers in rank-and-file organizations, independent of the trade union bureaucracies, will create the conditions for a real struggle against Macron, war and inflation.

WSWS (2022-10-21). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman receives warm reception from co-workers at Mack Trucks in Macungie, Pennsylvania. wsws.org At Lehman's home plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania, numerous workers familiar with his campaign took stacks of leaflets to distribute to their coworkers.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-21). Flintlock: How Pentagon 'Failures' Enable Putschists & Terrorists in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova The Flintlock training program of the US Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA) seems to have become a cradle for rebels, while US military forces deployed in almost 22 African nations to curb terrorism have failed in their objectives over the past two decades, according to Rolling Stone. What has the US been really…

Eforinoco (2022-10-21). Lula da Silva: Juan Guaidó 'is Nothing Anymore in Venezuela'. orinocotribune.com At a press conference on Thursday, October 20, former Brazilian president Lula da Silva said that unlike President Jair Bolsonaro, he does not recognize Guaidó as the legitimate president of Venezuela. | "It is incredible that the Venezuelan ambassador in Brazil, María Teresa Belandria, is the ambassador appointed by Guaidó. She does not represent either Venezuela or Guaidó, who is no longer anything in Venezuela, and they continue to treat her as if she were an ambassador," Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said. | The leader of the Workers' Party (PT) reacted in this way to a video published on Tuesday by Bolsonaro, in…

_____ (2022-10-21). CICA on course to the establishment of the Asian Union. journal-neo.org The sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) an international forum uniting the states of the Asian continent with the mission of strengthening relations to ensure stability and security in the region has ended in Astana. Official representatives of more than 30 states of the Asian region …

Julia Conley (2022-10-21). Despite Record Profits, Rail Companies Reject Union's Demand for Paid Sick Leave. commondreams.org Paid sick leave "has become a norm in this society," said one labor organizer—one that rail carriers "can very easily afford."

WSWS (2022-10-21). Teachers in Haverhill, Massachusetts, defy injunction and continue strike for fourth day. wsws.org Educators in Haverhill remained on strike Thursday despite court injunctions and the union insisting that a settlement on wages had been reached Wednesday night.

WSWS (2022-10-21). Videos made public of Florida police arresting workers for voting "illegally" wsws.org The arrests were carried out by the new police unit established by the Republican-controlled state government targeted "election crime."

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-21). Pay cuts push 300 T-Mobile customer service reps to form union. peoplesworld.org SEATTLE —T-Mobile's pay cuts last year, which cost each worker thousands of dollars in yearly pay, and the firm's threat for more layoffs following at least 5,000 people it fired in 2021, pushed some 300 customer service reps at the firm to form their own union. They unveiled it during a company-wide zoom call on …

Chris Wright (2022-10-21). Only Class Struggle Can Save the Left. commondreams.org The latest book by Cedric Johnson targets the shortcomings of race reductionism at a time when such critiques are sorely needed.

WSWS (2022-10-21). How global consultancy firm McKinsey helped craft Quebec's profits-before-lives pandemic policy. wsws.org Recent revelations showing that McKinsey, one of the world's largest consulting firms, helped determine essential elements of the Quebec government's disastrous response to the COVID-19 pandemic provide a graphic illustration of the dictatorship big business exercises over society.

____ (2022-10-21). 5.1-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture: JMA. ecns.cn An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, the weather agency here said.

Marilyn Bechtel (2022-10-21). Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians ratify contract, ending 10-week strike. peoplesworld.org OAKLAND, Calif.—Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists in northern California and the Central Valley have voted by an overwhelming 1,561 to 36 to ratify a new contract with breakthrough provisions to retain staff and reduce patients' wait times, the therapists' union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, announced in an early-morning statement Oct. 21. NUHW said …

WSWS (2022-10-21). Six train derailments in 36 hours as conductors and engineers begin vote on sellout contract. wsws.org Six trains derailed in a 36-hour period across the country this week, demonstrating the dangerous conditions for workers on the American railroads.

WSWS (2022-10-21). UK trade unions prepare corporatist partnership with a Labour government. wsws.org Labour Party leader Starmer was given pride of place at the conference to advertise this partnership to the ruling class.

WSWS (2022-10-21). "They must be running scared": UAW officials tell Ford management to remove Will Lehman campaigners at Kansas City assembly plant. wsws.org Before campaigners were forced to leave, many workers spoke out about their frustration over the exploitative conditions they face and the corruption and impotence of their official union representatives.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-21). Uganda Needs Equipment and Solidarity in the Face of Ebola Outbreak. libya360.wordpress.com Denis Bukenya WHO and Ugandan health ministry officials train people in Bunyangabu and Madudu sub-counties on the risk of Ebola. Photo: WHO Uganda The health system in Uganda has faced the Ebola outbreak without enough personal protective equipment or effective vaccines, leading to concern among activists and health workers alike On October 15, the government…

Editor (2022-10-21). Nomi Prins: How the Federal Reserve and Allied Central Bankers Wrote the Obituary for Competitive Capitalism. scheerpost.com

WSWS (2022-10-21). Révolution Permanente covers French union bureaucracy's betrayal of refinery strike. wsws.org The Révolution permanente web site run by the French Morenoites is desperately trying to keep rank-and-file workers subordinated to pro-company union bureaucracies.

WSWS (2022-10-21). Engineers and conductors: Vote "NO" on sellout White House-brokered contracts! For rank-and-file oversight of balloting! wsws.org The experience in other unions shows that the union apparatus cannot be trusted to conduct a fair and impartial vote.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-21). National Nurses United adds 42k as New York State Nurses join. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK —National Nurses United added 42,000 new members on October 20, as the independent New York State Nurses Association joined it, both unions said. The unity, approved by NYSNA convention delegates, increases NNU to more than 220,000 RNs nationwide, cementing its status as the largest union for registered nurses in the U.S. "Covid-19 has …

Paul Haeder (2022-10-21). True Journalism Digs Even When a Tin Foil Hat Might Come in Handy. dissidentvoice.org There's so much to unpack when it comes to propaganda propagating a society, or in this case, the collective west, that is collectively insane. "Amazing" is not really the operative word, since there are so many allusions to and examples of "good Germans" throughout the collective west, even before Hitler and Bernays and Goebbels and …

Staff (2022-10-21). Future of Islamic Revolution brighter than ever: Cleric. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Saying that the judiciary must take serious measures against rioters, Ayatollah Khatami said that the future of the Islamic Revolution is brighter than the past.

WSWS (2022-10-21). Two workers killed in three days in Western Australian mines. wsws.org The latest deaths follow a spate of fatalities and serious injuries in mining operations across the state last year.

Press Associates (2022-10-21). Communications Workers: Big federal contractor Maximus breaks labor law. peoplesworld.org HATTIESBURG, Miss. (PAI)—A top federal contractor, Maximus, which runs call centers in Hattiesburg, Miss., Bogalusa, La., and elsewhere to handle customers of Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's exchanges, repeatedly breaks federal labor law while trying to fend off workers at those two centers who want to organize with the Communications Workers. As a result, …

Peter Lazenby (2022-10-21). Unions demand election as U.K. Conservatives' revolving door of prime ministers keeps spinning. peoplesworld.org LONDON—Growing clamor of demands for a "General election now!" in Britain reached deafening levels Thursday after Prime Minister Liz Truss finally quit amid scenes of mounting chaos in her government and the ranks of panicking Conservative Party MPs. After only 44 days in office, Truss's much-anticipated resignation made her the shortest-serving prime minister in British …

Eric A. Gordon (2022-10-21). The Czech Communist Party continues its struggle against capitalism. peoplesworld.org CAPARICA, Portugal — Ondra Kazik, 37, member of the Central Committee of the Czech Communist Party, officially called the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM), was interviewed by People's World at the Avante! Festival in Portugal in early September. Before the defeat of socialism, in the late 1980s, what is now the Czech Republic …

Staff (2022-10-21). Cuba ratifica voluntad de profundizar relaciones de cooperación con la Unión Económica Euroasiática. cubadebate.cu Resultan alentadores los intercambios sistemáticos entre nuestra Zona Especial de Desarrollo Mariel y la Comisión Económica Euroasiática, con vistas a establecer un parque industrial de la Unión en dicha zona. Aun así, existe un amplio potencial a lo largo de nuestro país, especialmente en la propia ZED Mariel, que puede ser aprovechado por los países de la Unión para el desarrollo de proyectos con inversión extranjera en diferentes sectores.

Staff (2022-10-21). Unión Eléctrica prevé afectación de 785 MW en horario pico. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica prevé una afectación máxima de 450 MW en el horario diurno y 785 MW en el pico, por déficit de capacidad de generación. La empresa informó que la disponibilidad del SEN a las 07: 00 horas es de 1 830 MW y la demanda 1 970 MW, con una afectación de 220 MW, de ellos, 41 MW por los daños del huracán Ian.

Staff (2022-10-21). Steve Bannon, exasesor de Trump, condenado a cuatro meses de cárcel. cubadebate.cu Un tribunal federal de Washington condenó este viernes a Steve Bannon, quien fuera asesor del expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump, a cuatro meses de cárcel por negarse a colaborar con el comité legislativo que investiga el asalto al Capitolio del 6 de enero de 2021. El juez aceptó también la petición de la fiscalía de que Bannon pague una multa.

Staff (2022-10-21). Base de supertanqueros de Matanzas: Se trabaja en nuevos proyectos que corrijan las vulnerabilidades en la zona. cubadebate.cu El presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel se encuentra este viernes en la base de supertanqueros de Matanzas con el objetivo de chequear las labores de recuperación en la zona devastada por el incendio ocurrido el 5 de agosto pasado. De acuerdo con Presidencia, en la reunión se informó que las labores de recuperación superan el 60%.

TeleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-10-21). Estado mexicano de Tabasco aprueba el matrimonio igualitario. telesurtv.net Solo restan los estados de Guerrero y Tamaulipas para que las uniones entre parejas LGTBIQ+ sean contempladas por la ley mexicana.

Odry Farnetano (2022-10-21). Venezuela to Urgently Review People's Power Legal Framework for 10th Anniversary of Chávez's 'Strike at the Helm' Speech. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 20, Venezuela celebrated the 10th anniversary of former President Hugo Chávez's famous "Strike at the Helm" speech that ended with the chant Comuna o Nada (Commune or Nothing), and which many call his political testament. At this year's celebration, the current president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced the need to urgently begin the process of implementing Venezuela's communal democratic model by reviewing and improving the laws of People's Power. | The president, speaking at the El Maizal Commune in Lara state, said, "I believe that we must undertake a new stage, a process of revisio…

Brett Wilkins (2022-10-20). In Defense of Workers, Sanders Says 'The Fed Must Stop Raising Interest Rates'. commondreams.org "Our goal must not be to 'get wages down,'" the democratic socialist senator asserted. "Our goal must be to end corporate greed."

JANET (2022-10-20). Prepare for the biggest global capitalist crisis in history. iacenter.org By Larry Holmes October 17, 2022 The writer is Workers World Party's First Secretary. This is a slightly edited version of the full article you can read at workers.org. According to the International Monetary Fund, most of the world, including the U.S., is either in or headed for a recession, or something worse, by sometime in 2023. All economic indicators are pointing to severe economic contraction. Businesses are being forced to rent more and more warehouse space to stockpile all the computers, televisions, furniture and other things that the workers can't afford to buy. This is no normal economic downturn. How…

Shailly Gupta Barnes (2022-10-20). The War on Immigrants Is a War on All Poor and Low-Income Workers. commondreams.org If low-income voters stick together, they can stop politicians from turning a humanitarian crisis into political theater.

WSWS (2022-10-20). Amid French refinery strike, Macron to impose 2023 budget without parliamentary vote. wsws.org Even as Macron reveals his weakness and his lack of support in parliament, factions of the union bureaucracy are capitulating to him, working to shut down the refinery strike.

CSIA Nitassinan (2022-10-20). PARIS: Indigenous Solidarity Urges Freedom for Leonard Peltier. indybay.org In Paris, today's Indigenous solidarity event focuses on freedom for imprisoned Leonard Peltier and honors Indigenous rights around the world.

Strike! (2022-10-20). SEIU Strike to Impact City Services in Santa Cruz. indybay.org City of Santa Cruz workers represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521 are scheduled to begin an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike starting Monday, October 17, at city hall. The ULP Strike will continue Tuesday, October 18 through Friday, October 21 at various locations, including city hall, wastewater treatment plant, water treatment plant, and corporation yard. Union leaders will hold a press conference at Santa Cruz City Hall on Monday, October 17 at 9 AM, and the public is invited to join the picket line there from 7 AM to 5 PM. An information flyer distributed by union members has…

Staff (2022-10-20). División de la Unión Europea desarrollará una cumbre crucial para hacer frente al "general invierno" cubadebate.cu

Reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-10-20). México_Poéticas de la resistencia: Arte zapatista, estética y decolonialidad. indybay.org Les hago llegar mi libro que recién salió: ´Poéticas de la resistencia: Arte zapatista, estética y decolonialidad ª. Es de libre circulación así que siéntanse en total confianza de compartirlo…

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2022-10-21: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2022-10-21). Exit Liz Truss; Enter Lettuce. southfront.org "When are you going to govern? The only thing you have governed for the past year is your own survival." | Written by Jess Phillips, Labour MP, October 20, 2022 | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | British politics has revealed hidden depths, each one being sought as each prime minister succumbs. The announcement by Liz Truss that she would be resigning came after a mere 45 days in office. In terms of duration, this would make her the shortest serving PM since the Tory George Canning, who died of tuber…

Labor Video Project (2022-10-21). "Town Destroyers" & The Victor Arnautoff GWH Murals With Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman. indybay.org WorkWeek looks at the new film "Town Destroyers" by Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow. It is about the struggle over the Victor Arnautoff murals at George Washington High.

Staff (2022-10-21). Nueva planta de oxígeno medicinal prestará sevicios en 2024 (+Video). cubadebate.cu La inversión de la nueva planta de oxígeno medicinal que se construye en Granma prestará servicios a partir de 2024, según especialista de comunicación de la Empresa Gases Industriales y OxiCuba S.A. La entidad resolverá definitivamente situaciones complejas con el traslado del oxígeno medicinal hacia las provincias del oriente cubano.

_____ (2022-10-20). Ballots Are Out In UAW Election, With Contrasting Visions Of Unionism. popularresistance.org Stakes are high in the United Auto Workers, with two polar-opposite visions of unionism up for leadership. On Monday ballots were sent to UAW members for the union's first direct election of top officers. | The rank-and-file vote comes about because members voted last fall to switch to that system, instead of having a far smaller number of convention delegates elect top leaders, as the UAW has done until now. The opportunity to let members decide was ordered by the U.S. Justice Department's monitor, installed in 2021 to oversee remedies to the union's blatant corruption. Over the past five years, more than a doze…

_____ (2022-10-20). Puerto Rico Contends With Two Storms: Fiona And Colonialism. popularresistance.org In mid-September of this year, Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico as a Category 1 storm. Despite Category 1 being the mildest ranking, the damage was devastating, triggering an island-wide blackout and leaving more than 760,000 without clean water. | After nearly a month since the storm, the reality on the ground is still grim. Officials estimate $172 million in damages to roads, excluding municipal roads, which are the majority. Around 900,000 Puerto Ricans have applied for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 59%, or three out of every five such applications have been approved…

_____ (2022-10-20). When Unions Back Corporate Mergers, Workers Lose. popularresistance.org There has always been a fundamental tension in the organized labor world between people who think that unions exist to counteract the self-serving tendencies of businesses, and people who think that unions should copy the self-serving tendencies of businesses. The gap between the view that unions should change capitalism and the view that unions should just help working people get their piece of capitalism is not just fodder for theoretical arguments‚Äâ—‚Äâbillions of dollars, thousands of jobs, and the entire direction of…

_____ (2022-10-20). Palestinians Observe General Strike To Honor Young Man Killed In West Bank. popularresistance.org Heeding a call from nationalist factions, Palestinians observed the one-day general strike on Thursday to pay homage to Udai Tamimi, who was gunned down during a reported firefight with the Israeli forces at the entrance of the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim in the east of the holy occupied city of al-Quds on Wednesday. | Businesses, schools and different facilities shut down their doors in different areas of the West Bank and al-Quds. The strike also included public transportation. | Tamimi, 22, was wanted by the Israeli military after killing an Israeli soldier, identified as Noa Lazar, at a checkpoint ne…

_____ (2022-10-20). EU Confesses 'Our Prosperity Was Based On China And Russia'. popularresistance.org The West's economic prosperity following the end of the first cold war in 1991 was built on a neoliberal capitalist economic model that was only made possible due to the extraction of wealth from China and Russia, the European Union's top foreign-policy official, Josep Borrell, has confessed. | "Our prosperity was based on China and Russia — energy and market," Borrell said. | China provided the US and EU with a massive market, low-paid labor, and cheap consumer goods. And after the Soviet Union was overthrown, mass privatizations in Russia and steps at integrating it into the West helped Europe secure huge…

_____ (2022-10-20). Senate Looks To Give Taiwan $10 Billion In Military Aid. popularresistance.org The Senate's version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will include $10 billion in military aid for Taiwan, *Defense News* reported on Monday. | The $10 billion would be given to Taiwan over five years in the form of Foreign Military Financing (FMF), a State Department program that gives foreign governments money to purchase US weapons. | However, Taiwan will be able to use $300 million of the FMF each year to purchase military equipment from its own industrial base, a privilege only currently enjoyed by Israel. Other FMF recipients need waivers to use the funds to purchase arms that don't com…

Anonymous669 (2022-10-20). Russian KUB-BLA Kamikaze Drones Hit Ukrainian Military Posts (Videos). southfront.org On October 19 and 20, and other Russian news sources shared two videos documenting recent strikes with KUB-BLA loitering munitions on the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). | The first video shows a strike on a fortified position of the AFU on an unedified front. The loitering munition scores a direct hit and as a result ammunition which were stored at the position exploded. | The second video documents a strike on personnel of the AFU who were moving military equipment in Mykolaiv region…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-20). China-Russia Friendship: A Guarantee of a Bright Future for the People. libya360.wordpress.com On the eve of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China the Chairman of the CC CPRF Gennady Zyuganov gave an interview to the popular Chinese newspaper Guangming Ribao Speaking at the International Forum of the CPC and Marxist Parties organized by the Communist Party of China you noted that the centenary of…

____ (2022-10-20). Press center for 20th CPC National Congress hosts fourth group interview. ecns.cn The spokespersons for delegations from Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi and Gansu to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) meet the press during a group interview in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 19, 2022.

____ (2022-10-20). (CPC Congress) Delegates to 20th CPC National Congress continue holding group meetings. ecns.cn Delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) continued holding group meetings on Wednesday.

____ (2022-10-20). China's modernization path offers inspiration for global peace and development. ecns.cn The report delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, to the 20th CPC National Congress on Sunday unveiled a blueprint for advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization.

____ (2022-10-20). Global parties, politicians congratulate congress. ecns.cn Parties and politicians of various countries have sent their congratulations on the opening of the 20th Communist Party of China National Congress, as they view the congress an important milestone of the CPC's history and providing solid guarantee for China's future development.

____ (2022-10-20). China's initiatives on development, security conducive to world peace, prosperity. ecns.cn With the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opening on Sunday, the world is paying close attention to the programs of action and overarching policies that will be formulated during the landmark event.

____ (2022-10-20). China opposes forcing political system on other nations, official says. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China will not point fingers at the internal affairs of political parties in other nations, nor will the Party seek to export the Chinese model or require other nations or parties to emulate its practice, an official said on Thursday.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-10-20). Difficult Months Ahead: Why Israel is Afraid of the Lions' Den. dissidentvoice.org This headline in the Israeli newspaper, the Jerusalem Post, only tells part of the story: "The Lions' Den, Other Palestinian Groups are Endless Headache for Israel, PA." It is true that both the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority are equally worried about the prospect of a widespread armed revolt in the Occupied West Bank, and …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-20). France: Labor Unrest Illustrates Worsening Economic Crisis within the EU. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe French Cgt Unions Confront Oil Companies Over Pay Hike Oil workers strike has prompted one of the largest trade union federations to hold a day of action across a key state within NATO French workers affiliated with the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) held a "Day of Action" work stoppage on October 18….

Peter Certo (2022-10-20). So-Called GOP 'Solutions' to Inflation Are Just Another Giveaway to the Rich and Corporations. commondreams.org If cutting corporate tax rates and making billionaires wealthier actually fixed inflation, it would have been fixed ages ago.

Dean Baker (2022-10-20). Is Inflation Forcing People to Live Paycheck to Paycheck? cepr.net We know that's what CNN told people, but that is far from clear from the data. The lowest paid workers have, on average, been seeing pay increases the that exceed inflation. Here's the picture for production and non-supervisory workers in the hotel and restaurant industry. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. The graph shows the …

WSWS (2022-10-20). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Teachers across Europe continue widespread strikes over funding, pay and conditions, joined by mass walkouts by French high school students; Greek healthcare workers on 24-hour national strike over funding and staff shortages fear collapse of healthcare system under impact of winter flu and COVID; rail strikes over pay, pensions and job losses continue in the UK, with further strikes planned by postal and telecom workers; Iranian Haft Tappeh sugar factory workers join protests entering fifth week over death of Mahsa Amini; South Africa's Transnet workers' unions agree below-inflation deal to end two-week strike a…

WSWS (2022-10-20). Philadelphia Museum of Art workers agree to end their strike and ratify tentative agreement. wsws.org The wage increases which the AFSCME union touts as a "victory" will be quickly eaten up by inflation.

Fvorinoco (2022-10-20). Venezuela Identifies Communities at Risk of Floods. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, Vice President of Planning Ricardo Menéndez indicated that cartography can help to provide preventative solutions and aid in organizing communities to asses their areas of risk and potential future threats from natural disasters. | Menéndez explained in an interview with VTV that work is currently being done in these areas to define recurring territorial problems, such as areas subject to flooding that may occur every five or ten years. | He added that these studies, carried out by the government, will allow the creation of early warning systems in the case of any threat, such as rising water leve…

Labor Video Project (2022-10-20). Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad! Rally In Oakland At US Federal Building. indybay.org An anti-war rally called by UNAC took place at the Oakland Federal Building on October 15, 2022…

Editor (2022-10-20). Unions call for transport strike to cause major disruptions. mronline.org French union groups call for a nationwide transport strike as disruptions continue amid fuel shortages and soaring prices.

_____ (2022-10-20). Germany is forced to give up its ambitions in Africa. journal-neo.org The US and the former European metropolises France, Britain and Germany have made desperate efforts in recent years to maintain their neo-colonial positions on the African continent. After all, the Western bloc views Africa primarily from a military-geopolitical and resource-based perspective, with projected prospects for global development. These aspects are viewed through the …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-20). Remembering Muammar Qaddafi. libya360.wordpress.com

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-10-20). Iran: The Revolution That Never Was. orinocotribune.com By Asa Winstanley Oct 16, 2022 | Don't Be Fooled: The CIA, MI6 And Mossad Are All Out To Impose Regime Change. | Iran has been in Western media headlines a lot recently — and as usual, it's for all the wrong reasons. | Despite the

Editor (2022-10-20). Cheng Enfu: The new pattern of international economy and politics is conducive to the development of world socialism. mronline.org In September 2021, I spoke at the launch meeting of the Manifesto: Through Pluripolarity to Socialism. The Manifesto has a clear theme, profound ideas, magnificent momentum, and clearly articulated the history of world socialism, its present status quo and future.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-20). Election 2022: Workers battle hordes of corporate campaign cash. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Even as workers and their allies hit the political hustings, campaigning door-to-door, explaining issues, phone banking and more, they face one big problem on the campaign trail: Hordes of corporate campaign cash fueling the drives of anti-worker—and anti-democracy—politicians. That's no surprise. For decades, the corporate class, their lobbyists, and their trade associations have outspent unions …

Staff (2022-10-20). President Díaz-Canel receives the Deputy Secretary General of the UN. en.cubadebate.cu "It is a pleasure to receive you on this visit to our country, which marks another moment in the strengthening of Cuba's relations with the United Nations Population Fund," said the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and president of the Republic. , Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, welcoming Dr. Natalia Kanem, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Organization and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, who is in Havana, at the Palace of the Revolution responding to an invitation from the Cuban Government.

WSWS (2022-10-20). Pilots at German airline Eurowings on strike for three days. wsws.org As a result of corporate greed and shareholder demands for profit, pressure on the pilots is constantly increasing. Since the drastic job cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic, the workload for the remaining pilots has increased considerably.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-20). California enacts hefty fines for government union-busting. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif.—In what its union backers hope will become a model for other states, California has a new law imposing hefty fines on local governments that try union-busting against their workers. SB931, by State Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, mandates that when faced with an organizing drive, state and local agencies cannot "repeatedly and illegally send …

Staff (2022-10-20). Iran condemns French police's brutality against protestors. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani slammed the brutality of the French police against the demonstrators and people who have been on strike in France recently.

Cameron orr (2022-10-20). Fascism, unity, and resistance. cpusa.org The following is adapted from a presentation given to the National Marxist School on May 14, 2022 It was just two years ago in the spring of 2020 that we in the Communist Party rolled up our sleeves and went to work with the Dump Trump voter pledge cards and the Vote Against Fascism …

Staff (2022-10-20). IRGC drill in Iran's Aras region continues for 4th day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces military drill at the north borders of the country entered its fourth day on Thursday.

ANON (2022-10-20). Beloved Mutual Aid Hub Omni Commons Launches Fundraiser to Save its Oakland Home. indybay.org Omni Commons is calling upon community members to help save its building in the | rapidly gentrifying Temescal district. Communally operated by a grassroots collective, the multi-purpose space functions | as a community center, event venue, mutual aid hub, free food distribution network, unhoused drop-in center, movement…

WSWS (2022-10-20). Growing COVID hospitalisations and cases in New Zealand. wsws.org The Labour Party-led government has removed all public health restrictions and is behaving as though the pandemic is over, despite unmistakable signs of a new wave of infections.

Strike! (2022-10-20). Santa Cruz City Workers Commence First Strike in City's History. indybay.org Santa Cruz City workers represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521 commenced the first strike in the history of the city today. Essential City workers are demanding concrete commitments to equity and an end to unfair labor practices. Picket lines have been established at various locations in the City of Santa Cruz, including city hall, municipal wharf, wastewater treatment plant, water treatment plant, and corporation yard. The ULP Strike will continue Tuesday, October 18 through Friday, October 21. The public is invited to join the picket line today at city hall until 5 PM.

WSWS (2022-10-20). The significance of the UK financial crisis. wsws.org The British experience has revealed in living events the naked power of finance capital and the way its exercises its dictatorship over every government, whatever its political stripe.

WSWS (2022-10-20). Mobile, Alabama port workers in powerful position in lead-up to strike deadline. wsws.org After working without a contract since October 2018 and voting down three previous company proposals brought to them by the union, around 800 members of ILA are primed to go on strike after midnight on October 20 if the union does not work out a deal with the CSA Equipment Company beforehand.

WSWS (2022-10-20). Australian university union promotes Labor Party at Sydney strike rally. wsws.org A state Labor leader was invited to address the National Tertiary Education Union rally, posturing as a parliamentary representative of "working people," but a striking worker was blocked from speaking to call for unified struggle of workers.

WSWS (2022-10-20). The lessons of the failed Amazon Labor Union campaign in Albany, New York. wsws.org The rejection of the Amazon Labor Union by a 2-to-1 margin contains important lessons about the strategy required to successfully mobilize rank-and-file workers against the transnational corporate giants.

Common Dreams staff (2022-10-20). 'Most Disastrous PM in Our History': UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns. commondreams.org The Tory leader's decision came after she reversed course on a proposed tax cut for the wealthy amid a massive cost-of-living crisis.

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-10-20). Inflación anual en la Unión Europea alcanza nuevo récord. telesurtv.net Los indicadores más elevados los tienen Estonia con el 24,1 por ciento de inflación, Lituania (22,5 por ciento) y Letonia con el 22 por ciento.

Staff (2022-10-20). Venezuela: Avanzan las labores de recuperación tras alud en Las Tejerías. cubadebate.cu Autoridades del gobierno venezolano continúan desplegadas para supervisar el avance de las labores de recuperación en las zonas afectadas por las fuertes lluvias registradas en el estado Aragua, particularmente en Las Tejerías y El Castaño. El presidente Nicolás Maduro reiteró al pueblo de Aragua que cuenten con todo el respaldo y apoyo para lo necesario.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-10-20). Avanzan labores de recuperación en Las Tejerías y El Castaño, Venezuela. telesurtv.net El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reiteró al pueblo de Aragua que cuenten con todo el respaldo "para lo que haga falta".

Staff (2022-10-20). División de la Unión Europea desarrollará una cumbre crucial para hacer frente al "general invierno" cubadebate.cu

_____ (2022-10-19). Hashtag Activism And US Imperialism. popularresistance.org The abundance of "hashtag activism" has created a false sense of importance for the everyday individual being driven by weaponized empathy to speak out about a cause or injustice happening internationally. This false sense of importance, brought on by the use of hashtags as awareness, is ignited by already held biases about the colonized world, which inevitably leads to both overt and covert calls for western intervention to "save" whoever has been deemed needing of saving. | The use of hashtag activism has certainly all but replaced in-person community organizing. It has allowed an array of people across the cou…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-19). Overview On October 19: Bloody Day For Ukraine On Kherson Front Lines. southfront.org US-made M113 APC captured by Russian paratroopers in the Kherson region. | On the morning of October 19, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched again offensive operations on the front lines in the Kherson region. The main strike of the AFU was aimed at breaking through Russian defences along the right bank 0f the Dnieper River. At the same time, Ukrainian forces attempted to advance on the western front lines in the region and fierce clashes broke out near D…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). Thailand: US-Backed Opposition's Violence Intimidates Critics, Paves Way for Regime Change. libya360.wordpress.com The US-backed opposition in Thailand replicates in many ways the violence and intimidation the US sponsored in Ukraine from 2014 onward just as Ukraine is meant as a proxy against Russia a US client regime in Thailand would transform the country into a proxy against China. An alarming incident of violence where a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine (19 October 2022). libya360.wordpress.com The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation. üí• In the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have continued launching attacks by high-precision long-range air- and sea-based armament at the military control and energy systems of Ukraine. All the assigned targets have been neutralised. üí• The Russian troops delivered a fire strike…

Finian Cunningham (2022-10-19). Ethiopia Exposes Western Hypocrisy Over Ukraine. thealtworld.com Ethiopia is a touchstone for exposing American and European crocodile tears and duplicity over their machination in Ukraine against Russia. | The two-year war in Ethiopia has flared up again in its besieged northern Tigray region where millions of people have been displaced and are suffering from famine. The United States, the European Union, and other Western governments are doing nothing to avert the war in the Horn of Africa. | The scale of suffering and violations in Ethiopia totally overshadows what is happening in Ukraine where the U.S. and its NATO partners are showering billions of dollars in financial ai…

____ (2022-10-19). Press center for 20th CPC National Congress hosts press conference. ecns.cn Journalists attend a press conference via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 19, 2022. The press center for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) hosted the press conference.

____ (2022-10-19). Stress on industry seen lifting economy. ecns.cn China's emphasis on developing the real economy and advancing new industrialization is expected to lay a solid foundation for long-term economic growth and boost the country's core competitiveness globally despite downward pressures and uncertainties both at home and abroad"ÄÇ…

Staff (2022-10-19). Iran's export to EU sees 31% hike: Eurostat. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) — The volume of Iran's export to the European Union (EU) has seen a 31 percent surge, Eurostat has reported.

Press Associates (2022-10-19). Amazon Labor Union's Chris Smalls: 'We shocked the world'. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Despite "no resources, no money, no guidance" and no mainstream media exposure, "we shocked the world" by defeating behemoth Amazon in the JFK8 union recognition election on Staten Island, Amazon Labor Union co-founder Chris Smalls says. And the independent union's win "shocked the labor movement, the country and most important of all the billionaires" determined …

WSWS (2022-10-19). Sri Lankan petroleum workers strike against privatisation, defying essential services laws. wsws.org About 4,000 Ceylon Petroleum Cooperation workers joined the action, but the trade unions halted it at noon, bowing to the government's threats.

WSWS (2022-10-19). Build rank-and-file power to fight layoffs and concessions! wsws.org UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman called for the mass mobilization of autoworkers to fight the attacks on jobs at Stellantis Warren Truck Assembly and other auto plants.

WSWS (2022-10-19). Up to 20 arrests at Sysco picket line in Plympton, Massachusetts. wsws.org Plympton and Marshfield police officers outside the Sysco warehouse loaded multiple people into the back of a police van in the predawn hours of October 17. Thirty to police officers have patrolled the picket line since the strike by 300 members of Teamsters Local 653 began October 1.

_____ (2022-10-19). The United States and Britain continue secret biological research in Central Asia. journal-neo.org Despite numerous publications about military research in secret US biology laboratories in…

Staff (2022-10-19). Momentum is building for the March for Return and Liberation: Join us in Brussels! samidoun.net From the streets of Brussels, to Wuppertal and Berlin, to Paris and Toulouse and Amsterdam, the word is spreading on the streets and in our communities: Join us for the grand march on 29 October 2022 as we raise up our collective voices for Palestinian Liberation! Join the March for Return and Liberation in Brussels, …

Labor Committee for Single Payer (2022-10-19). Wednesday 10/19: It's a Workers' Issue: Abortion Access, the Right to Healthcare, and Labor Unions. indybay.org

WSWS (2022-10-19). French high school students stage mass walkout in solidarity with striking refinery workers. wsws.org High schoolers across France blockaded 100 high schools and protested at hundreds more on Tuesday in support of striking refinery workers.

Eric A. Gordon (2022-10-19). A Portugal diary: People, places, and memory. peoplesworld.org This year's Avante! Festival, sponsored by the Portuguese Communist Party, was the occasion for my return visit to Portugal. I had been to the country twice earlier—both before the 1974 April Revolution. The first time had been in the summer of 1968, a time when no one but the PCP could even imagine a country …

TeleSUR, jaa, JGN (2022-10-19). Presidente ruso realizará reunión del Consejo de Seguridad. telesurtv.net El vicepresidente del Consejo de Seguridad de Rusia, Dmitry Medvedev, hará entrega de un informe respecto al tema migratorio.

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Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-20). What Putin's Declaration of Martial Law in Frontline Areas Will Mean for Kiev. libya360.wordpress.com Ilya Tsukanov President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday instituting martial law in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye, and indicated that the heightened security measures are being adopted in the face of Kiev's "openly terrorist methods," including the shelling of civilian areas, sabotage attacks, and assassinations of officials. Moscow's decision to introduce martial law in…

_____ (2022-10-20). Scott Ritter: We're In A Moment When One Mistake Could Start A Nuclear War. popularresistance.org This is a transcript of a recent interview with Scott Ritter on Clearing the FOG. Scott Ritter is a former Marine intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union. He was also a Chief Inspector for the United Nations in Iraq in the early 1990s and was a critic of the US war in Iraq. Now he has been speaking out, writing, and providing an important analysis of the situation in Ukraine. Ritter says the NATO military exercises simulating a nuclear attack against Russia that start this week could trigger a nuclear war and should be postponed, but "there are no adults in the room" willing to do that. Ritter…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-20). Russia's 300,000-Strong Mobilization: Facts and Fiction. libya360.wordpress.com Russia's mobilization continues preparing and deploying soldiers in support of military operations against Ukraine. The Western media, including the New York Times, is attempting to portray the mobilization as a disaster. However even other sources in the West admit that many of the problems pointed out are shared by all nations mobilizing (including Ukraine)…

Labor Video Project (2022-10-20). "Town Destroyers" & The Victor Arnautoff GWH Murals With Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman. indybay.org WorkWeek looks at the new film "Town Destroyers" by Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow. It is about the struggle over the Victor Arnautoff murals at George Washington High.

Tom-Oliver Regenauer (2022-10-20). The music monument: Working class hero. indybay.org As soon as you're born they make you feel small, | By giving you no time instead of it all, | Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all. | A working class hero is something to be, | They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,…

Staff (2022-10-20). División de la Unión Europea desarrollará una cumbre crucial para hacer frente al "general invierno" cubadebate.cu

_____ (2022-10-19). Prime Week Walkouts Hit Amazon, From Air Hub To Delivery Station. popularresistance.org Amazon's vast distribution network is staggering. There's the invisible lacework of surveillance algorithms and artificial intelligence. There are the visible footprints: trucks, robots, hulking warehouses. | And then there are the workers. It takes more than a million people, most of them low-paid and grindingly exploited, to pick, sort, unload, ship, and deliver packages to customers' doors within days of an order. | Last week workers took aim at disrupting this symphony of human capital with walkouts at four distinct warehouse types in the company's logistics chain—a cross-dock near Chicago, a delivery s…

_____ (2022-10-19). Supreme Court Orders DOJ To Explain Why It Let Chevron Prosecute Me. popularresistance.org The US Supreme Court — whose conservative justices I've criticized as of late — has ordered President Biden's Department of Justice to explain why it allowed an oil company (Chevron) to prosecute and detain me in the first and only private prosecution in US history. This is a good news for our campaign to hold Chevron accountable for its mass industrial poisoning of Ecuador's Amazon and for the legal effort to enforce the $9.5 billion pollution judgement against the company won by Indigenous peoples whom I helped represent. | Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland for almost two years have ignored…

_____ (2022-10-19). Doctors Renew Call For Assange's Release After COVID Infection. popularresistance.org Doctors For Assange sent a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland and the United Kingdom Home Secretary Suella Braverman yet again expressing their concern about the deteriorating health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | The coalition of over 300 doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other medical professionals have repeatedly called for Assange's release from Her Majesty's Prison Belmarsh in London and protested "health injustices" that have occurred as a result of the extradition case against him. | Worsening matters, as Doctors for Assange notes, is the fact that Assange tested posi…

Brian Berletic (2022-10-19). Russian General Surovikin Speaks, Kherson Battle Looms, Drone/Missiles Strikes Continue. thealtworld.com Update on Russian military operations against Ukraine for October 19, 2022 | Russian missile and drone strikes continue for over a week, knocking out much of Ukraine's electric grid; | Ukraine is wasting precious small arms ammunition in failed attempts to counter Russian Geran-2 drones; | NATO claims it will send means to counter them nothing of substance actually revealed; | Russian forces continue to advance in Bakhmut, indicating Ukrainian forces are stretched too thin; | Russian General Surovikin is focused on the defense of Kherson which is being evacuated; | Fighti…

Staff (2022-10-19). EU to sanction 8 Iranian people, entities over drone claim. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) — European Union governments have provisionally agreed to impose sanctions on eight people and entities over the accusation of delivering drones to Russia, which has strongly been rejected by Tehran.

Anonymous669 (2022-10-19). Russian Artillery Continue To Hunt Down Ukraine's U.S.-Made M777 Howitzers (Videos). southfront.org Ukrainian service members firing a M777 howitzer on an unspecified front in the Donbass region. Source: the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. | The Russian Missile Troops and Artillery continue to hunt down U.S.-made M777 155 mm towed howitzers which were recently supplied to Ukraine. | On October 14, Russian sources shared a video documenting a successful Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian M777 battery made up of three howitzers in the Zaporozhye region. The strike destroyed one of the howitzers and damaged…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). Executive Order Introducing Martial Law in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions. libya360.wordpress.com Russia has introduced emergency measures due to the continued threat posed by Ukraine and the need for a more efficient response to it, President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday. Speaking at a meeting of the National Security Council, Putin said he had signed several documents detailing the policy changes. He also reiterated accusations against Kiev,…

DLI (2022-10-19). UCS(Union of Concerned Scientists) article highlights Big Lie on N. Korea's nuclear aims. indybay.org The Summer 2022 issue of UCS Catalyst Quarterly highlighted a Big Lie on the dangers of North Korea's Nuclear Capabilities.

Anand Naidoo (2022-10-19). The Heat: Cuban Missile Crisis 60 Years Later. america.cgtn.com October, 1962. For 13 days the United States and Soviet Union came perilously close to nuclear war. We look back at lessons learned and how both superpowers managed to avoid a human catastrophe. Sixty years ago, the world was on the brink of nuclear war …

Dmitri Kovalevich (2022-10-19). Ukrainian Nationalists Have Long History of Anti-Semitism which the Soviet Union Tried to Combat. covertactionmagazine.com While Ivy League professors equate the Soviet Union with Nazi Germany, the Soviets fought the Nazis and ended violent anti-Jewish pogroms—which now threaten to return. The July 21, 2022, issue of London Review of Books published an essay by Abigail Green reviewing Jeffrey Veidlinger's books In the Midst of Civilised Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-21 …

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-19). American Advisor to Ukraine Commander Thinks Russia Wants Talks to Return to '2014 Lines'. news.antiwar.com Dan Rice, an American serving as an advisor to the commander of Ukraine's armed forces, told CNN's Outfront on Tuesday that he believes Russia is looking to negotiate to return to positions it controlled before the February 24 invasion. Rice made the comments when discussing Russia's strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and outlining what weapons he …

Julia Conley (2022-10-19). People of Ukraine Collectively Awarded EU's Highest Human Rights Prize. commondreams.org "This award is for those Ukrainians fighting on the ground. For those who have been forced to flee. For those who have lost relatives and friends. For all those who stand up and fight for what they believe in."

Editor (2022-10-19). In neocolonial rant, EU says Europe is 'garden' superior to rest of world's barbaric 'jungle'. mronline.org EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell showed the West's neocolonial mentality claiming "the world needs Europe" as a "beacon" and beautiful "garden" to civilize the barbarous "jungle" in the Global South. He also called for regime change to create a "post-Putin Russia."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). Europe Under Control of the U.S. Mafia. libya360.wordpress.com Margaret Kimberley Who benefits from the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines which connect Germany to natural gas in Russia? The U.S. has the means, motive, and opportunity and was publicly opposed to the project for many years. Yet the crime victims are strangely silent about identifying the probable perpetrator. "And ultimately this is also a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). China: Xi Gets Ready for the Final Countdown. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar What drives China and Russia is that sooner rather than later they will be ruling the Heartland. President Xi Jinping's 1h45min speech at the opening of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was an absorbing exercise of recent past informing near…

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-10-19). Russian and Armenian Experts Discussed Promising Paths for the EAEU in the New International Context. russiancouncil.ru On October 19, 2022, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with Integration and Development Organization and the Eurasian Expert Club held a roundtable titled "Promising Directions of the EAEU Development in the New Environment and New Opportunities for Collaboration with Other Partners in the Context of Their Transforming Foreign Economic Strategies."

Bruce Lerro (2022-10-19). Are Socialists Going to Let Neoliberals Define Fascism? dissidentvoice.org Orientation The linear political spectrum is bankrupt! How does it explain why socialist China is making alliances with capitalist Russia and even with fundamentalist Saudi Arabia? Why is it that so-called socialist Social Democrats support imperialist United States rather than socialist China? Why is it that right-wing fundamentalist states like India and Brazil are supporting …

Ben Norton (2022-10-19). EU confesses 'our prosperity was based on China & Russia': cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market. multipolarista.com EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell confessed the West's neoliberal economic model was "based on cheap energy coming from Russia," "access to the big China market," and low-paid Chinese workers. Europe has now lost that, and is thus in crisis.

Staff (2022-10-19). 10 terrorists killed in Russia Aerospace Forces strike. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) — Russia's Aerospace Forces on Monday killed up to 10 terrorists in Idlib that were involved in shooting at Syrian military positions, said Acting Deputy Head of Russia's Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria.

____ (2022-10-19). Int'l journalists share views on congress. ecns.cn Journalists from around the world are closely following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to better understand the country's achievements, past and future challenges as well as efforts in epidemic control and anti-corruption.

____ (2022-10-19). China's first virtual Earth laboratory enters operation officially. ecns.cn China's first virtual Earth laboratory for the simulation of climate, environmental, ecological, Earth and space weather systems, which can predict climate and environment variability, mitigate natural disasters more effectively, was officially put into operation on Monday.

____ (2022-10-19). Xi chairs 2nd meeting of 20th CPC National Congress presidium. ecns.cn Xi Jinping presides over the second meeting of the presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 18, 2022.

____ (2022-10-19). 'Chinese modernization' written into key CPC congress report. ecns.cn Chinese modernization, a key term defining China's journey to rejuvenation, has for the first time been written into a report to the national congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the world's largest Marxist governing party.

Editor (2022-10-19). Massive demonstrations taking place in the main European Capitals. mronline.org This weekend anti-government rallies toured the capitals of several countries of the European Union simultaneously. The most massive demonstrations gathered in Berlin, opposite the Bundestag building, as well as in the center of Prague.

WSWS (2022-10-19). French police assault workers marching against inflation and in support of refinery strike. wsws.org Over 300,000 workers and youth marched yesterday in France in a day of action protesting inflation and the Macron government's attempts to crush a nationwide refinery strike.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). RAND: How the US Planned the War and Energy Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Philippe Rosenthal The Rand Corporation think tank, which has 1,8 employees and a budget of $ 3 million, has the official objective ´ of improving policies and decision-making through research and analysis ª. It is mainly linked to the American Department of Defense [ Pentagon ] and is famous for having been influential in the…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-19). Amazon Labor Union vows to fight on at Albany warehouse. peoplesworld.org ALBANY, N,Y.—The independent grass-roots Amazon Labor Union, which gained world attention for breaking through the warehousing giant's anti-worker anti-union lawbreaking at a large Staten Island, N.Y., plant, vows to continue its fight after similar rampant company labor law violations cost it the election at the firm's Albany, N.Y., warehouse. And Amazon not only skewed the …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). Bolsonaro Pedophilia Crisis Engulfs Re-Election Bid and Allies. libya360.wordpress.com Brasilwire Five days into the worst crisis to hit Bolsonaro's re-election campaign, what emerged on social networks at the weekend is now a full blown media scandal and imminent, serious, criminal investigation. On Monday Bolsonaro called it "worst 24 hours of his life". Signs are that it will last a lot longer than that. It's the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). Haiti Invasion a Testing Ground for U.S. Imperialism's Conduct in the Age of Climate Collapse. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The "intervention" in Haiti that the U.S. is using false "humanitarian" pretexts to gain international support for is a fulfillment of the prediction which a 2019 Pentagon report made: that as climate disruption intensifies, Washington will carry out military operations in the places which are most impacted. The report, titled Implications of Climate Change for…

Staff (2022-10-19). Albertsons and Kroger Merger a Win for Private Equity and Loss for Workers. cepr.net Regulators must halt payment of this special dividend both because its payment will unfairly enrich its former PE owners and because payment of the dividend will set Albertsons up for failure and increase the probability that the merger with Kroger will be approved.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). Environmental Racism is Poisoning the Waters in the US. libya360.wordpress.com Natalia Marques In several cities across the United States, residents struggle with system-wide neglect of water systems and the failure of the government to provide access to what is arguably the most essential resource. Thousands of people in US cities have been left without access to clean water. Communities say institutional racism is to blame…

WSWS (2022-10-19). The failure to eradicate polio: Capitalism cannot protect the world's population from a growing number of epidemic diseases. wsws.org A wastewater sample recently taken from a collection system that overlaps portions of the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City has tested positive for the poliomyelitis virus is the latest evidence of the resurgent spread of this deadly disease.

Labor Committee for Single Payer (2022-10-19). Wednesday 10/19: It's a Workers' Issue: Abortion Access, the Right to Healthcare, and Labor Unions. indybay.org

____ (2022-10-19). Black stork captured in Qilian Mountain National Park. ecns.cn There are only about 2,000 black storks in the world and they are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species.

WSWS (2022-10-19). Teamsters president's message to railroad workers: Stop "complaining" about union betrayals to "outsiders" wsws.org No matter how shamelessly the union officialdom sells out workers, they are not allowed to air their grievances except "in-house," in narrowly confined channels where they can be controlled and smothered by the bureaucracy.

Brett Wilkins (2022-10-19). US Progressives 'Stand in Solidarity' With Women and Girls Defying Iran's Oppression. commondreams.org "We steadfastly support the Iranian people's demands of 'Women, Life, Freedom,' condemn the decades of oppression at the hands of the Iranian authorities, and call on them to halt their outrageous violence against peaceful protesters."

WSWS (2022-10-19). One year after strike, John Deere workers in Iowa back Will Lehman campaign. wsws.org Supporters of the United Auto Workers presidential candidate spoke with John Deere workers in Waterloo, Iowa about last year's strike, along with Stellantis workers facing the closure of the Belvidere Assembly Plant near Rockford, Illinois…

WSWS (2022-10-19). What does the "Labour and Freedom Alliance" in Turkey stand for? wsws.org The record of this alliance's constituent parties and its founding statement show it is a political extension of bourgeois opposition parties like the Kemalist Republican People's Party.

Morning Star (2022-10-19). Workers in France stage nationwide strike for higher wages. peoplesworld.org French workers took part in a nationwide strike today to demand higher wages to keep pace with the soaring cost of living. The strikes, principally in schools and transport, are an extension of the industrial action that has disrupted France's major refineries, causing severe fuel shortages. Transport Minister Clement Beaune said today there were severe …

Staff (2022-10-19). Scandal: The excessive fees paid by the Secret Service to stay in Trump hotels. en.cubadebate.cu According to bills seen by the Committee, federal employees paid up to five times the budgeted rate for one night's stay. There are more and more documents that show how the Trump Organization benefited greatly from the presidency of Donald Trump during the tycoon's four years in power. One of the benefits came through hosting hundreds of federal officials in the president's properties, sometimes with "exorbitant" charges.

WSWS (2022-10-19). Striking Liverpool dockers defy redundancy threats, announce further strikes. wsws.org The Docks and Harbour Company at the UK's second largest port responded to a second dock strike by issuing 132 redundancy notices.

WSWS (2022-10-19). Australia: NSW rail union ban on fare collection set to begin. wsws.org The Opal machine "action" is a farce, specifically intended by the union to sideline workers and not disrupt the regular operations of the railway network.

TeleSUR- hvh, JCM (2022-10-19). Irán responde a recientes sanciones de la Unión Europea. telesurtv.net El portavoz de la Cancillería persa, Naser Kanani, afirmó que "pronto se aplicarán y anunciarán sanciones recíprocas".

_____ (2022-10-18). France Braces For Nationwide Strikes Amid Fuel Shortage Tensions. popularresistance.org France – France on Monday, October 17, braced for nationwide transport strike actions as the government and unions remained in deadlock over stoppages at oil depots that have sparked fuel shortages. | Leading unions have called for strikes Tuesday in their biggest challenge yet to President Emmanuel Macron since he won a new presidential term in May. | It will come after workers at several refineries and depots operated by energy giant TotalEnergies voted to extend their strike action, defying the government which has begun to force staff back on the job. | Motorists scrambled to fill tanks as the fuel strike, wh…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-18). World Armies Prepare for the Worst. libya360.wordpress.com Alexandre Lemoine Several armies are training to counter a nuclear and ballistic attack, knowing that the next great battle could take place at sea. Monday, October 17, several military exercises and maneuvers began in northern Europe, Lithuania, northwestern Iran, South Korea, as well as an active phase of exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organization…

Misión Verdad (2022-10-18). EU Countries Increase Imports from Russia. orinocotribune.com When the special military operation in Ukraine began, the countries of the European Union agreed to sever their commercial relationships with Russia "to isolate it." Eight months later, this was not fulfilled. On the contrary, trade has expanded. | According to an analysis of national statistical data collected by for a total of 13 countries in the European Union (EU), imports of goods from Russia in June increased. | "Slovenia almost doubled its imports of Russian products compared to May. Spain (69%) and Sweden (48%) also increased their share of domestic imports. Fourth place went to Belgium, which inc…

Michael Roberts (2022-10-18). Xi's third term — part one: growth, investment and consumption. mronline.org China's Congress of the Communist Party takes place this week.

____ (2022-10-18). Audience in space applaud for the 20th CPC National Congress report. ecns.cn The Shenzhou XIV crew currently stationed in China's space station watched the live broadcast of the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and applauded for the country's ambitious space outlook.

Staff (2022-10-18). NATO strengthens military control over 55-nation African Union. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOOctober 17, 2022 Seventh round of military-to-military staff talks with the African Union On 17-18 October 2022, NATO's Cooperative Security division, under the auspice of its Director, Major General Francesco Diella, welcomed a delegation from the African union for military-to-military talks. Discussions focused on readiness, education and training, participation in exercises as well as capacity …

Fight Back (2022-10-18). Scabby the rat tours U of MN campus, Teamsters ready to strike. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — Scabby the rat has become a familiar figure on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus as the contract fight between Teamsters Local 320 and the administration intensifies. Teamsters voted by a 93% margin to strike if the university does not agree to their demands to end poverty wages. The university brought in a company called "Chefs On the Fly" to scab on the potential strike and has put them to work in dining facilities. They are being housed in a hotel near campus, the Hilton Garden Inn. | On October 17 Teamsters took Scabby the rat to Middlebrook, Comstock, Sanford and the 17t…

Marilyn Bechtel (2022-10-18). Kaiser mental health clinicians' strike now in third month, Sacramento mayor to mediate. peoplesworld.org Update: In a joint statement issued Oct. 18, NUHW and Kaiser Permanente announced they have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract, bringing the mental health clinicians' 10-week-long strike to a conclusion. They said the new four-year pact "will benefit Kaiser Permanente patients and drive collaborative efforts aimed at improving access to mental health …

WSWS (2022-10-18). Mobilize the working class against the requisition of French refinery workers! wsws.org Macron's requisition of refinery workers is aimed at breaking a strike that threatens to trigger a massive eruption of the class struggle in Europe.

WSWS (2022-10-18). "Everybody was traumatized": 25-year-old Chicago Ford worker dies on the job. wsws.org Workers at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant have denounced the indifference to their health and lives on the part of management and the UAW bureaucracy.

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Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). Russian General Surovikin Speaks, Kherson Battle Looms, Drone/Missiles Strikes Continue. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations against Ukraine for October 19, 2022 Russian missile and drone strikes continue for over a week, knocking out much of Ukraine's electric grid; Ukraine is wasting precious small arms ammunition in failed attempts to counter Russian Geran-2 drones; NATO claims it will send means to counter them…

WSWS (2022-10-19). AFT President Randi Weingarten: A longtime agent for American imperialism. wsws.org Weingarten's propaganda tour of war-torn Ukraine demonstrates the deepening integration of the unions with the US government and follows decades of AFL-CIO cover operations for the CIA.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-19). Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad! Rally In Oakland At US Federal Building. indybay.org An anti-war rally called by UNAC took place at the Oakland Federal Building on October 15, 2022…

Strike! (2022-10-19). Santa Cruz City Workers Commence First Strike in City's History. indybay.org Santa Cruz City workers represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521 commenced the first strike in the history of the city today. Essential City workers are demanding concrete commitments to equity and an end to unfair labor practices. Picket lines have been established at various locations in the City of Santa Cruz, including city hall, municipal wharf, wastewater treatment plant, water treatment plant, and corporation yard. The ULP Strike will continue Tuesday, October 18 through Friday, October 21. The public is invited to join the picket line today at city hall until 5 PM.

Labor Committee for Single Payer (2022-10-19). Wednesday 10/19: It's a Workers' Issue: Abortion Access, the Right to Healthcare, and Labor Unions. indybay.org

Tom-Oliver Regenauer (2022-10-19). The music monument: Working class hero. indybay.org As soon as you're born they make you feel small, | By giving you no time instead of it all, | Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all. | A working class hero is something to be, | They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,…

CSIA Nitassinan (2022-10-19). PARIS: Indigenous Solidarity Urges Freedom for Leonard Peltier. indybay.org In Paris, today's Indigenous solidarity event focuses on freedom for imprisoned Leonard Peltier and honors Indigenous rights around the world.

Strike! (2022-10-19). SEIU Strike to Impact City Services in Santa Cruz. indybay.org City of Santa Cruz workers represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521 are scheduled to begin an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike starting Monday, October 17, at city hall. The ULP Strike will continue Tuesday, October 18 through Friday, October 21 at various locations, including city hall, wastewater treatment plant, water treatment plant, and corporation yard. Union leaders will hold a press conference at Santa Cruz City Hall on Monday, October 17 at 9 AM, and the public is invited to join the picket line there from 7 AM to 5 PM. An information flyer distributed by union members has…

ANON (2022-10-19). Beloved Mutual Aid Hub Omni Commons Launches Fundraiser to Save its Oakland Home. indybay.org Omni Commons is calling upon community members to help save its building in the | rapidly gentrifying Temescal district. Communally operated by a grassroots collective, the multi-purpose space functions | as a community center, event venue, mutual aid hub, free food distribution network, unhoused drop-in center, movement…

Reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-10-19). México_Poéticas de la resistencia: Arte zapatista, estética y decolonialidad. indybay.org Les hago llegar mi libro que recién salió: ´Poéticas de la resistencia: Arte zapatista, estética y decolonialidad ª. Es de libre circulación así que siéntanse en total confianza de compartirlo…

_____ (2022-10-18). Why We Should Transfer 'Land Back' To Indigenous People. popularresistance.org "Land Back." | You may have seen this slogan recently on T-shirts or hashtags, but its roots are as old as the colonization and displacement of Native people in the U.S. | In recent years, Washington has seen several new Native land reclamation efforts, ranging from ancestral land purchased by tribes themselves to land returned to tribes that was purchased by conservation groups or other entities. | At their core, Land Back initiatives are intended to support the sovereignty and self-determination of Indigenous people. The reclamation efforts begin to remedy the injustice of government policies that stripped land…

_____ (2022-10-18). Italians Protest US-Led NATO Membership As Energy Crisis Spirals. popularresistance.org The massive demonstration, organized by the USB (Unione Sindacale di Base) union, saw people burning energy bills in protest against skyrocketing costs of living, which are taking a huge toll on ordinary people in the southern European country. | The demonstrators called on the government in Rome to leave the NATO military alliance and demanded an end to the Russian war in Ukraine, now in its eighth month. | The simmering war in Ukraine has resulted in a severe energy crisis across the continent, fueling strong anti-NATO sentiments among people. | Italy has been rocked by several such anti-government and anti-NAT…

_____ (2022-10-18). Philadelphia Museum Of Art And Union Agree To Contract After 19-Day Strike. popularresistance.org Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the PMA Union, an affiliate of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 47, reached a three-year agreement, union leaders and PMA museum director Sasha Suda announced Friday. | The PMA's board of trustees and the union's executive committee approved the deal's terms on Friday. The union's 180-worker membership voted overwhelmingly in favor of the contract on Sunday. The vote was 99 percent in favor. | "I feel good about the terms. They met everything that we asked for," Adam Rizzo, PMA union president, told the P…

Staff (2022-10-18). 22 countries eye on purchasing Iranian drones. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) — Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military advisor to the Leader of Islamic Revolution says that dozens of countries are interested in buying Iranian-made drones.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-18). Russian Communist Party Statement on the Situation in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CC CPRF GENNADY ZYUGANOV October 17, 2022 The situation in the zone of hostilities in Ukraine has recently seen a dramatic change. The terrorist acts on the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, on the Crimea bridge and daily shelling of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant show that the globalists would…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-18). Military Situation In Ukraine On October 18, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck Ukrainian energy facilities in Dnipro with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck Ukrainian energy facilities in Kyiv with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck industrial plant in Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions in Krivoy Rog with high-precision missiles; | Clashes between the Russian army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian army and the AFU continue near Davydov Brid; | The Russian…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-18). Interview with the Commander of the Russian Army in Ukraine, General Sergei Surovikin. libya360.wordpress.com Notes of interview with Commander of Joint Group of Troops (Forces) in special military operation area General of the Army S.Surovikin (18 October 2022) Good afternoon, Mr. Surovikin! You were appointed the Commander of the Joint Group of Troops in the area of the special military operation by a decree of the Minister of Defence…

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-18). Ukraine Says It Will Formally Request Air Defenses From Israel. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Kyiv will formally ask Israel to provide air defense systems amid a flurry of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. Up to this point, Israel has not provided Ukraine with weapons, and Israeli officials say that policy won't change. An Israeli official told Ynet that sending military aid …

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-18). Zelensky Says Russia Destroyed 30% of Ukraine's Power Stations. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Russia had destroyed 30% of Ukraine's power plants since it began launching strikes against energy infrastructure across the country last week. "Since October 10, 30% of Ukraine's power stations have been destroyed, causing massive blackouts across the country," Zelensky said. Russia began launching large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-18). War Advances According to the Rand Corporation Plan. libya360.wordpress.com Manlio Dinucci The United States, the European Union and other countries have so far ´ given ª to Ukraine around 100 billion euros in military supplies. It's money that comes out of our pockets directly or indirectly. This figure is increasing continuously. The European Union will train 15 thousand Ukrainian soldiers in two camps in…

Bruce Lerro (2022-10-18). Are Socialists Going to Let Neoliberals Define Fascism? dissidentvoice.org Orientation The linear political spectrum is bankrupt! How does it explain why socialist China is making alliances with capitalist Russia and even with fundamentalist Saudi Arabia? Why is it that so-called socialist Social Democrats support imperialist United States rather than socialist China? Why is it that right-wing fundamentalist states like India and Brazil are supporting …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-18). The Other Russia-West War: Why Some African Countries are Abandoning Paris, Joining Moscow. libya360.wordpress.com Ramzy Baroud The moment that Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was ousted by his own former military colleague, Captain Ibrahim Traore, pro-coup crowds filled the streets. Some burned French flags, others carried Russian flags. This scene alone represents the current tussle underway throughout the African continent. A few years ago, the discussion regarding the geopolitical shifts in Africa was not…

Pepe Escobar (2022-10-18). China: Xi Gets Ready for the Final Countdown. thealtworld.com What drives China and Russia is that sooner rather than later they will be ruling the Heartland. | President Xi Jinping's 1h45min speech at the opening of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was an absorbing exercise of recent past informing near future. All of Asia and all of the Global South should carefully examine it. | The Great Hall was lavishly adorned with bright red banners. A giant slogan hanging in the back of the hall read, "Long Live our great, glorious and correct party". | Another one, below, functioned like a summary of the whole repor…

Editor (2022-10-18). In Neocolonial Rant, EU Says Europe Is 'Garden' Superior To Rest of World's Barbaric 'Jungle'. scheerpost.com EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell showed the West's neocolonial mentality claiming "the world needs Europe" as a "beacon" and beautiful "garden" to civilize the barbarous "jungle" in the Global South. He also called for regime change to create a "post-Putin Russia."

Infobrics (2022-10-18). Chinese-Russian Energy Cooperation 'Integral Part' of Economic Partnership. infobrics.org Energy cooperation between China and Russia is an integral part of the bilateral economic partnership and has "great potential," Jian Jiao, Deputy General Director for Foreign Economic Cooperation at Chinese company Xuan Yuan Industrial Development, said…

Andrew Korybko (2022-10-18). There's Nothing Wrong With China Defending Itself With Military Force. thealtworld.com Faced with the objectively existing and easily verifiable national security threats posed by the US' tacit support of separatism in Taiwan in collusion with a few local collaborators, it makes perfect sense why President Xi said that China will never promise to renounce the use of force for defending itself. | Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed on Sunday during a speech at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that his country reserves the right to use military force to defend its UN-enshrined territorial integrity from external forces and their domestic collaborators. This policy…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-18). 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP): Xi Jinping Outlines the Asian Dragon's Roadmap. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara L. In the framework of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) the President of the People's Republic of China and Secretary of the CCP, Xi Jinping, delivered a historic speech in which he outlined what will be the future roadmap of the Asian dragon. First, he listed the achievements of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-18). The Importance of the 20th CPC National Congress to the World. libya360.wordpress.com Danny Haiphong The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) began on October 16 and gathered more than 2,200 party delegates to deliberate on the progress of the goals set forth in the 19th Congress and those to be achieved moving forward. With the opening of the 20th CPC National Congress, Western…

Michael Roberts (2022-10-18). Xi's third term — part one: growth, investment and consumption. mronline.org China's Congress of the Communist Party takes place this week.

____ (2022-10-18). Party's anti-graft efforts generate fruitful outcomes. ecns.cn The spread of corruption has been effectively contained in China as the Communist Party of China has made unprecedented efforts to tackle corruption in the past decade, senior Party officials said at a news conference on Monday.

____ (2022-10-18). Leaders say report plays guiding role. ecns.cn Chinese leaders have hailed the report Xi Jinping delivered at the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sunday, saying it plays a guiding role in leading the nation to build a modern socialist country in all respects and to advance national rejuvenation.

____ (2022-10-17). China's new journey a boon to world development. ecns.cn A report delivered on Sunday by Xi Jinping at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) struck Sean Slattery as "very forward-looking."

____ (2022-10-18). Xi Jinping attends group discussion with delegates from Guangxi to 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn Comrade Xi Jinping on October 17 joined a group discussion with delegates from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region who are attending the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

____ (2022-10-18). China's commitment to the world in key CPC blueprint bolsters global confidence. ecns.cn A key report that charts the course for Chinese modernization drive highlighted on Sunday by the Communist Party of China (CPC) at its 20th national congress has drawn world attention.

____ (2022-10-17). Observers worldwide laud China's milestone achievements under CPC leadership. ecns.cn The CPC will score even greater achievements, lead the Chinese people to write a new chapter along the new journey toward building a modern socialist country in all respects, and to join the rest of the world in building a better future for all humanity.

____ (2022-10-18). Non-CPC parties send congratulations. ecns.cn The central committees of non-CPC political parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce have sent congratulatory letters to the Communist Party of China on its 20th National Congress which opened on Sunday, and wished the congress great success.

____ (2022-10-18). Prospects for development lauded in HK, Macao. ecns.cn Xi Jinping's report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China sets out clear directions and brings fresh opportunities for the future development of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.

____ (2022-10-17). China's economy to gain new momentum from CPC congress. ecns.cn China's economic development is expected to gain new strong impetus from the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

____ (2022-10-17). Milestone CPC congress spells out China's unwavering development goals. ecns.cn The much-anticipated 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) commenced in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Sunday, amid considerable domestic and international attention.

____ (2022-10-17). Zhao Leji calls for pooling strength to implement strategic arrangements made at Party congress. ecns.cn Zhao Leji on Monday called for pooling strength to implement strategic arrangements laid out in a report of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to the 20th CPC National Congress.

____ (2022-10-18). Delegates to 20th CPC National Congress visit exhibition themed 'Forging Ahead in the New Era'. ecns.cn A delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) visits an exhibition themed "Forging Ahead in the New Era" at Beijing Exhibition Center in Beijing, capital of China, on Oct. 17, 2022.

WSWS (2022-10-18). Workers die in extreme heat during China's summer. wsws.org The deaths, which were entirely preventable, are an indictment of the Chinese government and its failure to end the often onerous and dangerous conditions in which workers are forced to toil.

____ (2022-10-18). Chinese people inspired by blueprint for national rejuvenation. ecns.cn People from across China have been reinvigorated by a sense of mission to build the country as the Communist Party of China (CPC) convenes its five-yearly national congress this week in Beijing.

____ (2022-10-18). Xi calls on Chinese to pull together with one mind to realize national rejuvenation. ecns.cn Xi Jinping joins a group discussion with delegates from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region who are attending the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing, Oct. 17, 2022.

____ (2022-10-18). Int'l community, media eye 20th CPC national congress. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened Sunday. Global media and the international community are keeping a keen eye on the congress, remarking that it would generate profound global impacts.

____ (2022-10-17). Han Zheng stresses firmly advancing great rejuvenation of Chinese nation on all fronts. ecns.cn Han Zheng on Monday expressed full support for the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), delivered Sunday by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, on behalf of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-18). Charting the Rise of Anti-French Sentiment Across Northern Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad (2014) A French military helicopter flies over the Nigerian town Madama, which served as a forward operating base for the French, Niger and Chad armies. Photo: Thomas Goisque/Wikimedia Anti-French sentiment has increasingly been on the rise across the Sahel and North Africa due to its role in destabilizing the region with military interventions…

Dana Sanchez (2022-10-18). Crypto Exchange FTX Under Investigation By Texas State Authorities For Securities Violations. moguldom.com Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX US — the U.S. affiliate of the FTX crypto exchange — are under investigation by the Texas securities regulator in an expanding probe by enforcement agencies into the billionaire founder and CEO's businesses. FTX US may be violating state law governing the registration and sale of securities because it offers a …

Dana Sanchez (2022-10-18). A Recession Is Coming: 10 Website Resources To Find Remote Jobs. moguldom.com With growing fears that the economy could soon be in a recession, the Federal Reserve has warned that it is committed to fighting inflation aggressively, even if that means weakening the job market and causing financial pain for families. The labor market has shown resilience. U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in September and …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-18). Haitians Intensify Protests against Foreign Military Intervention, While US Seeks Authorization for "International Mission" libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Since August 22, hundreds of thousands of Haitians have been demonstrating against chronic gang violence, poverty, food insecurity, inflation and fuel shortages, and demanding de-facto President Ariel Henry's resignation. (Photo: Radyo Rezistans/Facebook) Citizens flooded the streets across Haiti in rejection of President Ariel Henry's request for international military assistance, demanding that foreign powers…

WSWS (2022-10-18). At Paris march, French workers and youth denounce inflation, war. wsws.org As Macron requisitions strikers to try to crush a nationwide refinery strike, deep social anger and political opposition are building among workers and youth.

Anonymous103 (2022-10-18). France Is On Strike. The Spirit Of Bastille Makes Europe Tremble. southfront.org Written by Piero Messina | The Confédération générale du travail (CGT) has blocked the country to contest the high prices and the loss of purchasing power caused by inflation. With the march on October 16, hundreds of thousands of Parisians marched from Place de La Nation to La Bastille shouting "we have no petrol but the energy of our legs". And today it has been replicated | The sector in the front row is that of refinery workers: for weeks the petrol stations have almost all been dry. T…

WSWS (2022-10-18). Bali bombings anniversary used to promote war agenda. wsws.org While conducted in the name of honouring the victims, the commemorations of the 20th anniversary have been politically exploited by the Australian Labor government and the corporate media.

Brian W. Major (2022-10-18). The 'Marxist' allies of transphobia? peoplesworld.org Much of the world was quite alarmed by the fact that Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy party, was recently elected as the new Prime Minister of Italy. Hers will be the furthest right-wing leadership in post-war Italy, and her party has direct roots in the fascist party of Benito Mussolini. She …

WSWS (2022-10-18). Trump's rant against Jews and the growth of anti-Semitism in the US. wsws.org The open embrace of anti-Semitism by Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene and other American fascists is a warning to the working class.

Editor (2022-10-18). Statements from Alabama prisoners as strike enters third week. mronline.org Prisoners issue statements, as Alabama prison strike enters third week and the state continues to try and break the struggle.

Anonymous765 (2022-10-18). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — October 18, 2022. southfront.org This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air w…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-10-18). Hear California Reparations Task Force Chair Kamilah Moore Break Down The 5 Forms Of Reparations. moguldom.com California Reparations Task Force Chair Kamilah Moore recently broke down the five forms of reparations. An attorney and scholar, Moore was a panelist on the REVOLT Summit's "Dear America, Run My Check: The Definitive Reparations Discussion," held on Sunday, Sept. 25. She took a moment and used her expertise in human rights law to educate attendees about the five …

Bill Knight (2022-10-18). Election 2022: Illinois workers' rights amendment would pay off for workers. peoplesworld.org SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (PAI)Taxes for everyday Illinoisans would not go up if the voters pass the proposed Workers Rights Amendment on November 8. In fact, the financial burden on taxpayers would decline, according to a new study by researchers from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Illinois constitutional amendment …

WSWS (2022-10-18). Australia: Unions silent as court imposes fines over "illegal" strikes by teachers and nurses. wsws.org The New South Wales Supreme Court has handed down more than $100,000 in fines this year over limited industrial action carried out in defiance of strike bans.

WSWS (2022-10-18). Brazilian presidential run-off dominated by religious and law-and-order reaction. wsws.org Unable and unwilling to make any appeal to the working class, the Brazilian Workers Party has centered its campaign against Bolsonaro on opposition to abortion and defense of the Catholic Church.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2022-10-18). Saturday 10/22: Bay Area Solidarity Rally For Railroad Workers! Defend The Right To Strike! indybay.org Port Of Oakland | Shoreline Park | 2777 Middle Harbor Road, | Oakland…

WSWS (2022-10-18). Vallourec, Germany: Build rank-and-file action committees to stop plant closures. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site calls on Vallourec workers in Màºlheim and Dàºsseldorf not to accept the closure of their two plants without a fight.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-10-18). Child labor commemoration ceremony. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) — A ceremony was held at Tehran Milad Tower hall to mark National Children's Week as well as the national Unity Week which marks the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet with the participation of nearly 1,000 children.

Staff (2022-10-18). VIDEO: IRGC massive military drill in Aras Region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces held a massive military drill in the northwestern country.

WSWS (2022-10-18). "I will back him 100 percent": As ballots go out in UAW election, growing support for rank-and-file candidate Will Lehman. wsws.org With ballots going out this week in the historic UAW election, campaign teams for Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman visited auto plants across the US Southeast and Midwest.

Staff (2022-10-18). 53K liters of smuggled fuels seized in S Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) — Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has seized a vessel carrying thousands of liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.

____ (2022-10-18). Iran's FDI in mining, industrial sector hits $382mn in H1. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) — The total volume of foreign investment approved in the mining and industrial sector in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year in 1401 (from March 21 to Sep. 22) hit $382.4 million.

____ (2022-10-18). Larry's Excellent Elaboration On The Fate of MAD… smoothiex12.blogspot.com

____ (2022-10-17). Wang Yang calls for striving in unity to build modern socialist country in all respects. ecns.cn Wang Yang on Monday called for striving in unity and gathering strength to build a modern socialist country in all respects.

WSWS (2022-10-18). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Doctors across Peru began a two-day walkout to press funding demands, while 1, 0 University of Minnesota service workers are threatening strike action over contract issues.

Brett Wilkins (2022-10-18). Following 'Brutal Union-Busting Campaign,' Albany Amazon Workers Reject Unionization. commondreams.org "The voting process wasn't free and fair," said Amazon Labor Union founder and president Chris Smalls. "It was a sham election in which workers were subjected to intimidation and retaliation on a daily basis."

Revolution Books (2022-10-18). Friday 10/21: Film showing of: Persepolis. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley CA…

WSWS (2022-10-18). Build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees! wsws.org A mass network of interconnected rank-and-file committees can and must serve as the foundation for the fight for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a workers' government based on a socialist program.

WSWS (2022-10-18). Massachusetts: Teachers strike in Haverhill and Malden. wsws.org Public schools in Haverhill and Malden, Massachusetts, were scheduled to remain closed Tuesday after teachers walked out Monday over failed contract negotiations.

TeleSUR, ysm, JDO (2022-10-18). Presidente de Venezuela inspecciona labores de recuperación en Las Tejerías. telesurtv.net El mandatario Nicolás Maduro ratificó su apoyo a los habitantes y comerciantes en las acciones de recuperación de la comunidad afectada.

Staff (2022-10-18). No descuidar ninguna actividad en las labores de recuperación. cubadebate.cu El presidente del Consejo de Defensa Nacional, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, encabezó un nuevo encuentro de trabajo este lunes, desde el Palacio de la Revolución, para dar seguimiento a las labores de recuperación en los territorios afectados por el paso del huracán Ian.

Staff (2022-10-18). El deporte cubano ya tiene un Proyecto de Desarrollo Local. cubadebate.cu El pasado sábado en la Universidad de las Ciencias y la Cultura Física y el Deporte Manuel Fajardo se lanzó oficialmente el Proyecto de Desarrollo Local Deporte Total, ante la presencia de varios campeones cubanos y personalidades de la cultura. El presidente del nuevo PDL, Doctor Aldo Ernesto àÅlvarez, y el rector de esa casa de altos estudios, Silvano Merced, firmaron un convenio de colaboración deportiva.

Staff (2022-10-18). Heavy Rains in Venezuela: Flash Flood Wreaks Havoc in Maracay, 3 Dead (+President Maduro Visits the Area). orinocotribune.com Caracas, October 17, 2022 ( Las Delicias, a mostly wealthy neighborhood in the north of Maracay, was heavily affected by the flash floods. These events have increased fear among Venezuelans, as torrential rain…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-18). Railroad workers say nationalization of rails is what democracy looks like. peoplesworld.org LAS VEGAS—For the first time in slightly more than 100 years Railroad Workers United, is demanding public ownership of railroad infrastructure in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Then, railroads "would be operated in the public interest," it says. Unlike the major media in the U.S. which tries to divorce the threat to democracy from the …

_____ (2022-10-17). US Rehearses Dropping Nuclear Bombs In Europe. popularresistance.org On Monday, the NATO military alliance will hold a training exercise, known as Steadfast Noon, in which US B-52 bombers and F-16 fighters will simulate dropping atomic bombs over Europe amid a deepening nuclear standoff with Russia. | The training exercise comes just ten days after US President Joe Biden warned of a nuclear "apocalypse," saying the risk of nuclear war is the greatest since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. | "This is the exercise that practices NATO's nuclear strike mission with dual-capable aircraft and the B61 tactical nuclear bombs the US deploys in Europe," wrote Hans Kristensen of the Federat…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-17). Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine (October 17, 2022). libya360.wordpress.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-17). Russian Gains in Bakhmut, Ukraine Overextended, & US Lectures India. libya360.wordpress.com Update for Russian Ops vs. Ukraine for October 17, 2022 Russian forces are closing in on Bakhmut city with even the Western media noting the inevitability of Russia's victory there; Ukrainian offensives are grinding to a halt whatever additional gains they make will be temporary and inevitably reversed as Russia prepares…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-17). Demonstrations in Support of Recent Coup in Burkina Faso Highlighted Solidarity with Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Protesters Hold Pro-Russian Rally in Burkina Faso After Military Takeover Lessons for the Peace and Antiwar Groupings within the Imperialist States West African state witnessed youth-led attacks on French embassy and installations amid security challenges There have been two military coups in the West African state of Burkina Faso since January as attacks…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-17). The New Pattern of International Economy and Politics is Conducive to the Development of World Socialism. libya360.wordpress.com The International Manifesto Group (IMG), a discussion group of academics and activists in which Friends of Socialist China participates, held an online symposium on Sunday October 16 to mark one year since the launch of its manifesto, Through Pluripolarity to Socialism. Joining an impressive line-up of speakers, Professor Cheng Enfu, a leading academician at the Chinese Academy of…

____ (2022-10-17). 20th CPC National Congress delegates witness big changes in past decade. ecns.cn The past decade has seen notable changes in various fields across the country, according to delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), who spoke to the media on Sunday.

Staff (2022-10-17). Iran hopes EU adopts reasonable behavior, policy towards it. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) — Referring to the European Union's attempt to impose sanctions against Iran, the Foreign Ministry spokesman expressed hope that the Union adopts reasonable behavior and policy towards Iran.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-17). Iran: The Revolution that Never Was. libya360.wordpress.com Asa Winstanley Self-proclaimed leader of the Iran protests Masih Alinejad meeting with former CIA director Mike Pompeo in 2019. (US State Department) Don't be fooled: the CIA, MI6 and Mossad are all out to impose regime change. Iran has been in Western media headlines a lot recently — and as usual, it's for all the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-17). Haiti: An Exploited, Oppressed and Misunderstood Country. libya360.wordpress.com Choron Yasmel American political analyst Danny Shaw offered his perspective on the crisis in which Haiti is stagnant for more than a year and about how susceptible the neighboring nation is to a foreign military intervention. During an interview with journalists from Listín Diario, the professor at New York Public University also defined the socio-political challenges of Latin America and…

WSWS (2022-10-17). "Everybody believes that Daimler has the union in their pocket": Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president wins support on Ray Curry's home turf in North Carolina. wsws.org Workers at Daimler Freightliner plants in North Carolina expressed strong support for rank-and-file autoworker Will Lehman's campaign for UAW President to abolish the union bureaucracy, put power back in the hands of the rank and file and unite workers internationally.

Piers Armstrong (2022-10-17). 'Never-Ending Youth': A poetic novel or an essayistic memoir? peoplesworld.org Never-Ending Youth is a 2017 novel by the Brazilian journalist Urariano Mota, active in the clandestine Communist Party of Brazil during the harshest period of the country's military dictatorship from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The novel is set in Recife, capital of Pernambuco state and a major city of Brazil's Northeast, a …

WSWS (2022-10-17). Tom Henehan: A revolutionary life. wsws.org Yesterday marked the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League—the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.

WSWS (2022-10-17). Independent Task Force on COVID-19 calls for urgent action to combat emerging diseases. wsws.org The peer-reviewed report highlighted the dangers of future emerging infectious diseases and the need for comprehensive international collaboration to prevent further zoonotic spillovers.

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WSWS (2022-10-17). Strikes grow as Macron postpones threat to crush French refinery strike. wsws.org Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne backed off threats to requisition strikers, as a mass march against inflation took place in Paris with transport and energy workers set to strike tomorrow.

DLI (2022-10-17). UCS(Union of Concerned Scientists) article highlights Big Lie on N. Korea's nuclear aims. indybay.org The Summer 2022 issue of UCS Catalyst Quarterly highlighted a Big Lie on the dangers of North Korea's Nuclear Capabilities.

Anonymous103 (2022-10-17). Overview Of Russian Strikes Throughout Ukraine On October 17. southfront.org

____ (2022-10-17). Political parties, personages from Taiwan send congratulations on CPC national congress. ecns.cn Relevant political parties, organizations, and personages from China's Taiwan region have extended congratulations on the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that opened Sunday.

____ (2022-10-17). Xi calls on Chinese to pull together with one mind to realize national rejuvenation. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Monday called on all Chinese people to stay united as "a piece of hard steel" under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and pull together with one mind to power the giant ship of national rejuvenation through the wind and waves to reach its destination.

____ (2022-10-17). Xi Jinping presides over preparatory meeting for 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn Xi Jinping presided over a preparatory meeting for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of October 15.

____ (2022-10-17). CPC vows to boost modernization. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China has vowed to comprehensively advance national rejuvenation through a Chinese path to modernization, a central task the Party laid out for the next five years and beyond at the 20th CPC National Congress, which opened in Beijing on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-17). Presidium of 20th CPC National Congress holds its first meeting, Xi Jinping delivers speech. ecns.cn The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its first meeting at the Great Hall of the People on the afternoon of October 15.

____ (2022-10-17). CPC charts course for Chinese modernization as key congress opens. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday unveiled its blueprint for building a modern socialist China in all respects for the next five years and beyond as the 20th CPC National Congress opened.

____ (2022-10-17). Journalists experience 'smart transportation' in Beijing. ecns.cn Chinese and foreign journalists for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China visit the Beijing Metro Network Control Center in Beijing, Oct. 17, 2022.

____ (2022-10-17). Delegate Lin Zhanxi brings China's Juncao technology to the world. ecns.cn An official from Papua New Guinea has named his daughter after China's Juncao to commemorate China's assistance, said Lin Zhanxi, a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-17). Parties from around world laud congress. ecns.cn The ruling parties of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Laos and Cuba have sent their congratulations to the Communist Party of China on the opening of the 20th CPC National Congress.

TeleSUR, JDO, SH (2022-10-17). Xi Jinping llama a trabajar por un país socialista moderno. telesurtv.net Xi Jinping afirmó que la apertura económica ha colocado a China como primer socio comercial de alrededor de 140 naciones de todo el mundo.

Rebecca Pera (2022-10-17). Minnesota mental health workers strike: 'Those who provide care have no support'. peoplesworld.org MINNEAPOLIS—Mental health workers represented by the Service Employees International Union in Minneapolis and Fridley, Minn. initiated a three-day strike last week after Allina Health bosses refused to negotiate a first contract that includes safe staffing, adequate health care benefits, basic workplace protections, and fair wages during a period of skyrocketing inflation and an ongoing pandemic. The recently …

WSWS (2022-10-17). Trump posts anti-Semitic warning that "US Jews have to get their act together" wsws.org While Trump did not elaborate on his threat, world famous pianist Igor Levit, himself the target of anti-Semitic death threats, retweeted an image of Trump's post with the caption, "Before it is too late."

Jacob Buckner (2022-10-17). Amazon JFK8 warehouse fire: Interview with one of the workers who faced retaliation. peoplesworld.org On the afternoon of Oct. 3, a fire occurred at the sorting center at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y. The blaze started when a cardboard-box compactor at a loading dock ignited just before a scheduled shift changeover. With fumes and the smell of chemicals still hanging in the air after the fire was …

WSWS (2022-10-17). Chinese Communist Party congress convenes amid slowing economy and war threats. wsws.org Addressing the congress, Xi Jinping spoke of the party's need to navigate "abrupt changes" in the international situation and weather "high winds and dangerous storms."

Labor Video Project (2022-10-17). Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad! Rally In Oakland At US Federal Building. indybay.org An anti-war rally called by UNAC took place at the Oakland Federal Building on October 15, 2022…

Staff (2022-10-17). President Maduro Sends His Best Wishes to 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress. orinocotribune.com

Fight Back (2022-10-17). Red Theory: The united front against monopoly capitalism. fightbacknews.org Our enemy is monopoly capitalism, the capitalist and imperialist system that exploits the working class here in the United States and oppresses whole nations of people, here and around the world. The monopoly capitalist class, the imperialists, are well organized, and control both the legal and political institutions of the government as well as the military and police. It will take the masses of the people in their millions to overthrow them. We can't do it alone. The working class must be organized, and it must organize together broadly with its allies. This "united front" against monopoly capitalism is the rev…

Fight Back (2022-10-17). University of Washington students rally for reproductive rights. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – Sixty people gathered on the University of Washington campus, October 16, to rally for reproductive rights. Called by Progressive Students Union (PSU), this protest was in response to the national call to action by Students for a Democratic Society. | "While it's important to get educated on these issues, it is also important to take action!" declared Anjali Sinha of Progressive Student Union. Local labor organizers, activists and students at the University of Washington echoed this call and gave ways to get involved. | "Police budgets increasing while our rights are rolled back is a disturbing tren…

Fight Back (2022-10-17). Justice for Brieon Green Coalition kicks off in Milwaukee. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On October 13, dozens of community members, including organizers, concerned community members, and the family of Brieon Green gathered to officially launch the Justice for Brieon Green Coalition. The coalition will serve as the organizing body for leading the work around Green's case and is built around the following points of unity: Justice for Brieon Green; full transparency now; 24/48 now, and CPAC now. | It's been nearly four months since Green died while being held in the Milwaukee County Jail, and his family has yet to receive any information regarding the cause of death, the names of the of…

Jan Ritch-Frel (2022-10-17). Human prehistory—why new discoveries about human origins open up revolutionary possibilities. nationofchange.org It is one thing to analyze a given set of stone tools made by long-extinct hominin cousins and quite another to ask what their transposed significance to contemporary society might be.

____ (2022-10-17). Report sets course for socialist path. ecns.cn In the report Xi Jinping delivered at the opening session, he objectively summarized the progress of the Party and the nation over the past five years and the past 10 years of the new era, and provided a guideline for their joint development in the foreseeable future.

WSWS (2022-10-17). CDC: Over 212 nursing home workers have died from COVID-19 since August. wsws.org A certified nursing assistant said: "We are beginning to get slammed with COVID cases and deaths and the anxiety and depression among the staff has become worse and worse."

Staff (2022-10-17). IRGC military exercise kicks off in NW country. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces military drill began in the northwestern country on Monday morning.

CSIA Nitassinan (2022-10-17). PARIS: Indigenous Solidarity Urges Freedom for Leonard Peltier. indybay.org In Paris, today's Indigenous solidarity event focuses on freedom for imprisoned Leonard Peltier and honors Indigenous rights around the world.

WSWS (2022-10-17). As voting approaches for railroad engineers and conductors, union head refuses to release vote totals for firemen and oilers contract. wsws.org Tens of thousands of US railroad engineers and conductors in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and SMART-TD begin voting today on a White House-brokered contract that falls far short of their demands.

Tabitha Hutchison (2022-10-17). The Weekly Round-up: strike action, modern slavery, and electronic tagging. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The Home Office has reclassified modern slavery as an "illegal immigration and asylum issue". While it used to appear on the official list of ministerial responsibilities for the safeguarding minister, it is now listed at the bottom of the "illegal immigration and asylum" brief of immigration minister Tom Pursglove. According to official …

Peter Boyle (2022-10-17). NSW Labor lobbied to keep councils local. greenleft.org.au Residents concerned about local democracy from as far as Bombala and the Central Coast as well as Pittwater lobbied NSW Labor delegates to keep councils local. Video and report by Peter Boyle.

WSWS (2022-10-17). The mining disaster in Turkey and the case for socialism. wsws.org The mine explosion in Amasra that has killed at least 41 Turkish miners is an indictment of the capitalist system, the ruling class and the government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

WSWS (2022-10-17). After third rejection of contract proposal, Port of Mobile dock workers poised to strike. wsws.org A strike would undermine attempts by the Biden administration to prevent strikes and enforce substandard contracts in critical infrastructure with the assistance of the union bureaucracy.

ANON (2022-10-17). Beloved Mutual Aid Hub Omni Commons Launches Fundraiser to Save its Oakland Home. indybay.org Omni Commons is calling upon community members to help save its building in the | rapidly gentrifying Temescal district. Communally operated by a grassroots collective, the multi-purpose space functions | as a community center, event venue, mutual aid hub, free food distribution network, unhoused drop-in center, movement…

Peter Boyle (2022-10-17). Video: Rally in solidarity with the feminist uprising in Iran. greenleft.org.au Hundreds at a rally in Martin Place were urged to keep organising solidarity actions with the feminist uprising in Iran that have now run for a month following the death in custody of Kurdish woman Jina/Zina Mahsa Amini. Peter Boyle reports.

Chloe DS (2022-10-17). Capitalism's multiple crises and the fightback discussed at Ecosocialism 2022. greenleft.org.au The connection between the manufactured debt crisis in the global South, the collapse of public health systems and the continuing disastrous financing and use of fossil fuels were discussed at Ecosocialim 2022. Chloe DS reports.

WSWS (2022-10-17). New Zealand local elections highlight growing opposition to Labour government. wsws.org The turnout dropped to a record low of 36 percent, reflecting widespread hostility to the entire political establishment amid soaring inequality, poverty and a bipartisan policy of mass COVID-19 infection.

Strike! (2022-10-17). SEIU Strike to Impact City Services in Santa Cruz. indybay.org City of Santa Cruz workers represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521 are scheduled to begin an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike starting Monday, October 17, at city hall. The ULP Strike will continue Tuesday, October 18 through Friday, October 21 at various locations, including city hall, wastewater treatment plant, water treatment plant, and corporation yard. Union leaders will hold a press conference at Santa Cruz City Hall on Monday, October 17 at 9 AM, and the public is invited to join the picket line there from 7 AM to 5 PM. An information flyer distributed by union members has…

Strike! (2022-10-17). Santa Cruz City Workers Commence First Strike in City's History. indybay.org Santa Cruz City workers represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521 commenced the first strike in the history of the city today. Essential City workers are demanding concrete commitments to equity and an end to unfair labor practices. Picket lines have been established at various locations in the City of Santa Cruz, including city hall, municipal wharf, wastewater treatment plant, water treatment plant, and corporation yard. The ULP Strike will continue Tuesday, October 18 through Friday, October 21. The public is invited to join the picket line today at city hall until 5 PM.

Darren Saffin (2022-10-17). Socialist Alliance candidate calls for an 'empty property tax'. greenleft.org.au Sue Bolton, Merri-bek Socialist Alliance councillor and Victorian election candidate, is calling for an 'empty property tax' to force landlords to stop land banking. Darren Saffin reports.

____ (2022-10-17). Peace in a Cup of Tea (Part 2): The Exploitation of the Tribal Tea Plantation Workers in Assam. transcend.org While Enjoying a Cup of Tea, Reflect on Assam's Tea Gardens, Which Are Rooted in the Abuse and Torture of Labourers Since 1834…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2022-10-17). Saturday 10/22: Bay Area Solidarity Rally For Railroad Workers! Defend The Right To Strike! indybay.org Port Of Oakland | Shoreline Park | 2777 Middle Harbor Road, | Oakland…

WSWS (2022-10-17). As railroad engineers and conductors begin voting, union head refuses to release vote totals for firemen and oilers contract. wsws.org Tens of thousands of US railroad engineers and conductors in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and SMART-TD begin voting today on a White House-brokered contract that falls far short of their demands.

Labor Action Com. to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-10-17). Wednesday 10/26: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! indybay.org Federal Bldg., Oakland , CA | 1301 Clay St. (Clay and 14th St.)…

Revolution Books (2022-10-17). Friday 10/21: Film showing of: Persepolis. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley CA…

Labor Committee for Single Payer (2022-10-17). Wednesday 10/19: It's a Workers' Issue: Abortion Access, the Right to Healthcare, and Labor Unions. indybay.org

Staff (2022-10-17). Unión Eléctrica: Afectación de 1 050 MW en horario diurno y 1 329 MW en pico este lunes. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima para la hora pico de este lunes una disponibilidad de 1 941 MW y una demanda máxima de 3 200 MW, para un déficit de 1 259 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 1 329 MW en este horario, de ellos 60 MW por los daños ocasionados por el huracán Ian.

Julia Conley (2022-10-17). Protests and Strikes Spread in France Amid Economic Crisis and Climate Inaction. truthout.org A march including tens of thousands of people in Paris on Sunday represented a Demanding a greater investment in climate action, higher wages, and an emergency freeze on the prices of groceries, rent, and energy, people marched from the Place de la Nation to the Place de la Bastille in eastern…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-10-17). Venezuela iniciará un plan para recuperar empresas afectadas por deslave. telesurtv.net Se han identificado 23 empresas afectadas en Las Tejerías. Gobierno Bolivariano dispondrá financiamiento para su recuperación.

_____ (2022-10-16). Hunger Strikes and the Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders. popularresistance.org In episode 45 of The Watchdog podcast, Lowkey explores the issue of life inside Israeli prisons. Currently, 30 Palestinians are on hunger strike, protesting the Israeli government's policy of indefinitely detaining their political enemies without trial or evidence. Last week, 900 further prisoners refused their meals as a sign of solidarity.

_____ (2022-10-16). Statements From Alabama Prisoners As Strike Enters Third Week. popularresistance.org An estimated 80% of prisoners from Alabama's "major male facilities" went on strike on September 26th, in response to a wide range of conditions and grievances. Inside organizer Kinetik Swift Justice stated, "Basically, the message that we are sending is, the courts have shut down on us, the parole board has shut down on us. This society has long ago shut down on us. So basically, if that's the case, and you're not wanting us to return back to society, you can run these facilities yourselves." | The strike has now entered its third week, and at least five facilities, each with around 7,000 prisoners, continue to…

_____ (2022-10-16). Protesters Converge On State Capitol In Solidarity With Prison Strike. popularresistance.org Montgomery, Alabama — On the 19th day of the statewide prisoner work strike on Friday, about 100 people gathered in front of the Alabama State Capitol Building in support of the thousands of prisoners currently striking. | On Oct. 7, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) confirmed that five facilities remained at a standstill due to the historic statewide work stoppage. Posts to a private Facebook group run by family members of striking prisoners confirmed that prisoners at five facilities continued to strike as of this week. | The ADOC admitted the ongoing strike has caused significant disruptions t…

_____ (2022-10-16). Inside The Fight To Unionize Delta Air Lines. popularresistance.org "Flight attendants at Delta are currently pushing to form a union at the only major airline in the US where flight attendants are not unionized," journalist and friend of the show Michael Sainato recently wrote in The Guardian. "The aim is to allow the airline's 23,000 flight attendants to vote on whether to unionize with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) and will face fierce opposition from an airline that has fought previous efforts." Delta has fiercely fought off unionization efforts in the past, but workers and organizers are confident that this time they'll get a victory…

_____ (2022-10-16). Iran: The Revolution That Never Was. popularresistance.org Iran has been in Western media headlines a lot recently — and as usual, it's for all the wrong reasons. | Despite the media hype about a "revolution" coming to Iran, events over the last month have a distinctly counter-revolutionary whiff about them. This is clearly the case, despite the fact that there are no doubt legitimate grievances with the Iranian government to be had. | But the Western media, almost without exception, always follows the line of Western governments and intelligence agencies. | The very same agencies that have been working to overthrow the Iranian government for decades (and which car…

_____ (2022-10-16). Chris Hedges Report: Trauma, Addiction, And Illness Under Capitalism. popularresistance.org How does living in a consumer society at war with basic human needs affect our minds and, ultimately, our bodies? In his new book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Dr. Gabor Maté and his son Daniel argue that our culture's standards of normalcy are destructive to the health of human beings. In a society where profit and personal attainment are the highest values, traumas abound, and everyday people are left to endure their pain and shame in silence. The consequence of this dark ethic, Dr. Maté illustrates, plays out on our bodies, severely damaging our psyches, and pushing us to…

_____ (2022-10-16). Hunger Strikes And Criminalization Of Human Rights Defenders. popularresistance.org In episode 45 of The Watchdog podcast, Lowkey explores the issue of life inside Israeli prisons. Currently, 30 Palestinians are on hunger strike, protesting the Israeli government's policy of indefinitely detaining their political enemies without trial or evidence. Last week, 900 further prisoners refused their meals as a sign of solidarity. | "We will continue with our struggle, knowing what awaits us of repression, abuse, isolation, confiscation of our clothes and pictures of our children, thrown into concrete cells devoid of everything, except for our bodies and our pain," the prisoners said in a statement.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-16). Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine (October 16, 2022). libya360.wordpress.com The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued launching attacks with high-precision long-range air-based armament at the military control and energy system facilities of Ukraine. ‚óΩÔ∏è The goals of the attacks have been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised. üí• Pre-emptive fire attack launched by Russian artillery has resulted in the frustration of…

Anonymous767 (2022-10-16). Air Defense Is Activated In Russia's Belgorod To Repel Another Ukrainian Missile Strike (Videos). southfront.org On October 16, Russian air defense was activated in the city of Belgorod (Belgorod Region of Russia) to repell another Ukrainian missile strike. Severeal explosions were reported in the area of the city. | Local authorities said that at least 2 people were injured in the attack. | Regullar Ukrainian missile and terrorist attacks aimed against Russian cities and infrastructure demonstrate the real face of the Kiev regime that does not understand 'diplomatic signs' sent by Moscow. Thus, the…

Anonymous669 (2022-10-16). 11 Turkish-Backed Syrian Militants Killed Or Wounded In Rare Russian Airstrikes On Northern Aleppo (Videos). southfront.org 2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti | On October 16, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on positions of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) near the towns of Azaz, Qatmah and Kafr Jennah in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The airstrikes hit several posts of the al-Shamiya Front, a faction of the SNA's 3rd Corps,…

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-16). China's Xi Warns Against Outside 'Interference' Over Taiwan. news.antiwar.com On Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against "interference" from outside forces on the issue of Taiwan during a speech opening the 20th National Congress for China's Communist Party. Xi's speech did not mark a change in policy for Taiwan, and he didn't mention the US, but his warning against interference comes as Washington is …

Rania Khalek (2022-10-16). Xi Attacked Corruption & Poverty Last 2 Terms—CPC Congress Decides 'What's Next?'. thealtworld.com The Chinese Communist Party's 20th Congress, a multi-day decisionmaking event every five years, begins this weekend in Beijing to set the priorities and leadership for the Party. What has China achieved recently and where is it headed? Will CCP General Secretary and Chinese President Xi Jinping secure a third term and what does that mean for China and the globe? | Tings Chak, researcher at the Tricontinental Institute & a member of Dongsheng News collective, discusses the meaning of the Congress and what we might see from it.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi calls for advancing Beautiful China Initiative. ecns.cn Xi Jinping called for advancing the Beautiful China Initiative at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sunday."ÄÄ…

____ (2022-10-16). China opposes unilateralism, exclusive groups against particular countries: report. ecns.cn China opposes all forms of unilateralism and the forming of blocs and exclusive groups targeted against particular countries, according to a report submitted to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sunday.

Staff (2022-10-16). China opposes separatism in Taiwan, foreign interference. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) — China strongly opposes separatist attempts in Taiwan and foreign interference in the issue, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi stresses safeguarding national security, social stability. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday stressed modernizing China's national security system and capacity and safeguarding national security and social stability."National security is the bedrock of national rejuvenation, and social stability is a prerequisite for building a strong and prosperous China," said Xi at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

____ (2022-10-16). Full, rigorous Party self-governance an unceasing endeavor: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday that the Communist Party of China (CPC) members must bear in mind that full and rigorous self-governance is an unceasing endeavor and that self-reform is a journey to which there is no end.

____ (2022-10-16). China works to build major-country relations featuring peaceful coexistence, overall stability, balanced development: report. ecns.cn China works to enhance coordination and positive interaction with other major countries to build major-country relations featuring peaceful coexistence, overall stability, and balanced development, said a report submitted to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which opened on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-16). Innovation remains at heart of China's modernization drive: Xi. ecns.cn Innovation will remain at the heart of China's modernization drive, Xi Jinping said Sunday in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

____ (2022-10-16). CPC to unswervingly advance cause of national reunification: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday that the Communist Party of China (CPC) will implement its overall policy for resolving the Taiwan question in the new era, and unswervingly advance the cause of national reunification.

____ (2022-10-16). Winning tough, protracted battle against corruption: Xi. ecns.cn "Corruption is a cancer to the vitality and ability of the Party, and fighting corruption is the most thorough kind of self-reform there is," said Xi at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Editor (2022-10-16). Xi Jinping's Full Speech From 20th Communist Party Congress. scheerpost.com Editor's Note: Below is a summary from NPR of key points made in Xi Jinping's Speech. By John Ruwitch / NPR BEIJING, China — Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech that lasted nearly two hours at a Communist Party congress on Sunday, kicking off a conclave that is widely expected to extend his rule into a …

____ (2022-10-16). China opposes protectionism, decoupling: report. ecns.cn China opposes protectionism, the erection of "fences and barriers," decoupling, disruption of industrial and supply chains, unilateral sanctions, and maximum-pressure tactics, according to a report submitted to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi lists major principles in building modern socialist China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday listed major principles in the great and arduous endeavor to build a modern socialist China in all respects.

____ (2022-10-16). CPC outlines China's overall development objectives for year 2035. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) outlined China's overall development objectives for the year 2035, according to a report submitted to the 20th CPC National Congress, which opened Sunday.

____ (2022-10-16). Chinese people's lives see all-around improvement over past decade: report. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) has brought about an all-around improvement in Chinese people's lives over the past decade, according to a report submitted to the 20th CPC National Congress, which opened Sunday.

____ (2022-10-15). Presidium of 20th CPC National Congress holds first meeting. ecns.cn The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its first meeting in Beijing on Saturday.

____ (2022-10-16). China will never seek hegemony or engage in expansionism: Xi. ecns.cn China will never seek hegemony or engage in expansionism, Xi Jinping said on Sunday at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi underscores role of education, sci-tech, talent in modernization drive. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday stressed invigorating China through science and education and developing a strong workforce for the modernization drive. Education, science and technology, and human resources are the foundational and strategic pillars for building a modern socialist country in all respects, Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi stresses promoting high-standard opening up. ecns.cn Xi Jinping stressed promoting high-standard opening up in a report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-16). China dedicated to promoting human community with shared future: Xi. ecns.cn China is dedicated to promoting a human community with a shared future, Xi Jinping said on Sunday at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

____ (2022-10-15). Long-term growth prospects called promising. ecns.cn The long-term positive fundamentals of the Chinese economy have remained unchanged, with the economy showing strong resilience, immense potential and robust vitality, and China's development still faces favorable conditions, the spokesman for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China said on Saturday.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi calls for building cultural confidence, strength. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday called for building cultural confidence and strength and securing new successes in developing socialist culture."To build a modern socialist country in all respects, we must develop a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and be more confident in our culture," Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

____ (2022-10-15). China's fight against corruption yields tangible results. ecns.cn Over the years, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has been tackling corruption with swift and resolute measures, making marked achievements in the battle against corruption and accumulating valuable experiences, Sun Yeli, spokesperson for the 20th CPC National Congress, said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-16). Building a modern socialist country in all respects under rule of law: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday that China must strive to build a modern socialist country in all respects under the rule of law."We must follow a path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, develop a Chinese system of socialist rule of law, and establish China as a socialist country under the rule of law," Xi said.

____ (2022-10-16). CPC expounds on main objectives, tasks for next 5 years. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) unveiled the main objectives and tasks for the next five years in a report submitted to the 20th CPC National Congress, which opened on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-16). China to work toward carbon goals actively, prudently: Xi. ecns.cn China will work actively and prudently toward the goals of reaching peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, Xi Jinping said Sunday at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi pledges to improve people's wellbeing. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday pledged to improve the people's wellbeing and raise quality of life at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)."ÄÄ"ÄÄ"This country is its people; the people are the country.

____ (2022-10-16). Street interview shows Beijing residents' views on 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn A street interview was conducted on Saturday about Beijing residents' views and expectations for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Rania Khalek (2022-10-16). Unauthorized Disclosure: Asa Winstanley on Bombshell 'Labour Files'. thealtworld.com Asa Winstanley, associate editor for Electronic Intifada and co-host of the website's podcast, appeared on "Unauthorized Disclosure" to discuss "The Labour Files," a bombshell documentary series from Al Jazeera English based on an unprecedented leak of files from within the UK's Labour Party.

Staff (2022-10-16). EU monitors to arrive on Armenian-Azeri border in 2 weeks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) — It is expected that European Union monitors will arrive on the Armenian side of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border before the end of this month, media have reported.

Eric Zuesse (2022-10-16). U.S. Regime Threatens to "Hang" Pakistan's Deposed Leader if He Holds Anti-Coup March. dissidentvoice.org Imran Khan had been the extremely popular progressive populist secular (non-sectarian) democratically elected Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan during 18 August 2018 to 10 April 2022, when he then became overthrown by a U.S. coup and replaced by Shebaz Sharif, the younger brother of Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif, who was Pakistan's 5th-wealthiest billionaire and who had …

WSWS (2022-10-16). French motorists support striking refinery workers. wsws.org A team of WSWS reporters visited a petrol station in Drancy on the outskirts of Paris to interview motorists struggling with the petrol shortage and inflation.

WSWS (2022-10-16). French government threatens to requisition striking refinery workers at Total. wsws.org The strike in French refineries to demand higher wages in the face of inflation is defying official threats and the union bureaucracies' attempt to isolate the movement.

WSWS (2022-10-16). UK: Unite secures acceptance of below-inflation pay deal at Go-Ahead London buses. wsws.org Unite's refusal to hold a strike ballot at Go-Ahead was no accident. With rank-and-file workers starting to organise, Unite feared a strike there could become a rallying point for drivers across London.

WSWS (2022-10-16). Ontario education workers discuss way forward in contract struggle against the hard-right Ford government. wsws.org The meeting marked the first time that education workers from all professions, including teachers, education assistants and other support staff, could discuss a united struggle in opposition to the unions' attempts to divide them and suppress their struggle.

Rainer Shea (2022-10-16). The Demonization of Stalin is About Hiding His Great Contributions to Revolutionary Theory. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Oct 7, 2022 | Why is "Stalinist" used as a pejorative, despite there not even being an actual ideology called "Stalinism?" Because under the worldview that anti-communist propagandists and their ideological lackeys seek to cultivate, studying Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory is associated with being complicit in the myriad of atrocities which Stalin is accused of. The false image of Stalin that these propagandists have manufactured is meant to serve as a representation of Marxism in general. | The dishonest nature of this rhetorical tactic is found in the very framing of the "Stalinist…

Scorinoco (2022-10-16). Attorney General of Venezuela Provides Details on Fight Against Human Rights Violations. orinocotribune.com At an October 14 press conference held at the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic in Caracas, the attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported that so far in 2022, 533 officials and 20 private collaborators have been charged for human rights violations in the country. | Attorney General Saab highlighted that this figure is the highest in the last five years and is more than double the number of indictments made in 2021. He added that since he took charge as the attorney general, a total of 1,463 people have been charged for committing abuses and violations in the domain of human rights.

Staff (2022-10-16). IRGC Ground Force to hold military drill in NW Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces will hold a military drill in the general area of the Aras region in the north of East Azarbaijan province of Iran.

Labor Action Com. to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-10-16). Wednesday 10/19: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! indybay.org Federal Bldg., Oakland , CA | 1301 Clay St. (Clay and 14th St.)…

Juan Cole (2022-10-16). Revolt at Notorious Facility That Holds Political Prisoners as Iran Protests Enter 5th Week. commondreams.org Demonstrations were also held by youth in Tehran, Ardabil, Kermanshah, Hamadan, Rasht, Karaj, Isfahan, and several cities in Iranian Kurdistan.

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History (2022-10-16). Tuesday 11/8: Ancient Coastal Connections: Collaborative Archaeology on the Santa Cruz Coast with Mike Grone. indybay.org Free online talk. Register for Zoom link: | 64432.blackbaudhosting.com/64432/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=f922118f-b564-4528-a07a-3bbed48a0900…

Editor (2022-10-16). The Chris Hedges Report: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Addiction and Illness Under Capitalism. scheerpost.com The renowned physician and author explores the links between trauma and illness in his new book, "The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture."

Staff (2022-10-16). Iran, Eurasian union to start free trading in near future. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) — The head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) says that free trade with the Eurasian Economic Union will probably be implemented from the next Iranian year 1402 (Starting from March 21st, 2023).

____ (2022-10-16). Whole-process people's democracy is democracy in its broadest, most genuine, most effective form: Xi. ecns.cn Whole-process people's democracy is the defining feature of socialist democracy; it is democracy in its broadest, most genuine, and most effective form, Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi stresses further modernizing national defense, military. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday achieving the goals for the centenary of the People's Liberation Army in 2027 and more quickly elevating the people's armed forces to world-class standards are strategic tasks for building a modern socialist country in all respects.

Staff (2022-10-16). Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación de 1108 MW en horario pico. cubadebate.cu Con este pronóstico, se estima para la hora pico una disponibilidad de 2112 MW y una demanda máxima de 3150 MW, para un déficit de 1038 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 1108 MW en este horario, de ellos 80 MW por los daños ocasionados por el huracán Ian.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-10-16). Gobierno de Venezuela iniciará un plan para recuperar empresas productivas afectadas por deslave. telesurtv.net Se han identificado 23 empresas afectadas en Las Tejerías. Gobierno Bolivariano dispondrá financiamiento para su recuperación.

WSWS (2022-10-15). Workers and students support SEP (Sri Lanka) anti-war meeting. wsws.org "A dangerous nuclear catastrophe is waiting to happen because of the American war drive for world dominance." — Balakrishnan, a sacked Motherson auto parts worker in Tamil Nadu…

Anonymous669 (2022-10-15). Russian Loitering Munitions Take Out Ukrainian OSA, S-300PS Air-Defense Systems (Videos). southfront.org A Lancet-3 loitering munition, screen grab from Russia-24 report. | The Russian military is successfully hunting down the remaining air defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with Lancet loitering munitions. | On October 14, a video showing a Lancet loitering munition destroying a Soviet-made 9K33 Osa short-range air defense system of the AFU surfaced online. The loitering munition hit the system on the move. The location of the strike was not revealed. | Later on October 15, the RIA Novosti…

____ (2022-10-15). New CPC leadership to meet press: spokesperson. ecns.cn Members of the new Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will meet Chinese and foreign journalists after the conclusion of the first plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, a spokesperson said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). China remains important stabilizer, driving force of global growth: spokesperson. ecns.cn China remains an important anchor of stability and driving force of global economic growth, a spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). Xi presides over preparatory meeting for 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn Xi Jinping presided over a preparatory meeting for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held Saturday afternoon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-10-15). U.S. Act of War against the European Union: President Biden Ordered the Terror Attack against Nord Stream. High Treason against the People of Europe. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2022-10-15). Tallahassee: FSU graduate workers rally for higher stipends. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL — On Tuesday, October 11, Florida State University Graduate Assistants United (GAU) held a march and rally in support of graduate workers' rights. Some of the demands included an increase of the minimum stipend, raises in accordance with inflation, and no more pay-to-work fees. Around 30 people attended the march from Dirac Library to Landis Green. | Graduate assistants play an essential role at the university, including teaching undergraduate courses and running labs, all while being students themselves. | Speakers highlighted the situation of international GAs, who pay higher fees compared…

Ricardo Gomez (2022-10-15). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Gig Workers Get A Leg Up. levernews.com Good things are happening! A new Labor Department rule will expand the basic rights of gig workers. Also, an anti-abortion case with national ramifications was stopped in its tracks, unionized nurses in the Midwest are holding hospitals accountable, wind farms are proving to be a great return on investment, and Delaware is breaking cycles of debt with a bold new policy. All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It below, a weekly feature reviewing good news, progress, and action steps that's one of the many features available only to Lever supporting subscribers.Biden Admin Moves To…

WSWS (2022-10-15). At least 25 miners killed in a blast in Turkish coal mine after lack of precautions. wsws.org The workers were killed and dozens injured in an explosion at a state-owned coal mine where the Court of Accounts had issued a risk warning.

Staff (2022-10-15). US blockade causes millionaire losses to Cuban agriculture. en.cubadebate.cu The value of the damage caused to Cuban agriculture by the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States government on Cuba, only in the period from August 2021 to February of the current year, amounts to 270,852,548 dollars, they reported this Friday in Havana directors of the Ministry of Agriculture. At a press conference, Orlando Díaz Rodríguez, director of International Affairs of the Minag, explained that this figure summarizes the income lost from exports of goods and services.

WSWS (2022-10-15). Anger builds among railroaders as more unions claim passage of tentative agreements. wsws.org Stonewalling by union officials has failed to stem the tide of opposition, which found expression in a heated confrontation with machinists in Kansas City on Thursday.

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2022-10-16: News Headlines

DLI (2022-10-16). UCS(Union of Concerned Scientists) article highlights Big Lie on N. Korea's nuclear aims. indybay.org The Summer 2022 issue of UCS Catalyst Quarterly highlighted a Big Lie on the dangers of North Korea's Nuclear Capabilities.

_____ (2022-10-16). Statements from Alabama Prisoners as Strike Enters Third Week. popularresistance.org An estimated 80% of prisoners from Alabama's "major male facilities" went on strike on September 26th, in response to a wide range of conditions and grievances. Inside organizer Kinetik Swift Justice stated, "Basically, the message that we are sending is, the courts have shut down on us, the parole board has shut down on us. This society has long ago shut down on us. So basically, if that's the case, and you're not wanting us to return back to society, you can run these facilities yourselves." | The strike has now entered its third week, and at least five facilities, each with around 7,000 prisoners, continue to…

_____ (2022-10-16). Inside the Fight To Unionize Delta Air Lines. popularresistance.org "Flight attendants at Delta are currently pushing to form a union at the only major airline in the US where flight attendants are not unionized," journalist and friend of the show Michael Sainato recently wrote in The Guardian. "The aim is to allow the airline's 23,000 flight attendants to vote on whether to unionize with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) and will face fierce opposition from an airline that has fought previous efforts." Delta has fiercely fought off unionization efforts in the past, but workers and organizers are confident that this time they'll get a victory…

_____ (2022-10-16). Iran: the revolution that never was. popularresistance.org Iran has been in Western media headlines a lot recently — and as usual, it's for all the wrong reasons. | Despite the media hype about a "revolution" coming to Iran, events over the last month have a distinctly counter-revolutionary whiff about them. This is clearly the case, despite the fact that there are no doubt legitimate grievances with the Iranian government to be had. | But the Western media, almost without exception, always follows the line of Western governments and intelligence agencies.

WorkWeek (2022-10-16). WorkWork S.A National Dockers Strike, UAW Pres Candidate, ILWU & Ukraine War, Brazil Elect. indybay.org WorkWeek on KPOO on 10-13-22 covers the South Africa National Dockers Strike, UAW Pres Candidate Will Lehman Speaking Out, The Laguna Honda Hospital Closure, Brazilian Elections & ILWU & Ukraine War…

____ (2022-10-16). Xi Jinping presides over preparatory meeting for 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn Xi Jinping presided over a preparatory meeting for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of October 15.

____ (2022-10-16). Presidium of 20th CPC National Congress holds its first meeting, Xi Jinping delivers speech. ecns.cn The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its first meeting at the Great Hall of the People on the afternoon of October 15.

TeleSUR, JDO, SH (2022-10-16). Xi Jinping llama a trabajar por un país socialista moderno. telesurtv.net Xi Jinping afirmó que la apertura económica ha colocado a China como primer socio comercial de alrededor de 140 naciones de todo el mundo.

Andrew Chuter (2022-10-16). 'The Australian Wars' shatters the 'great silence'. greenleft.org.au Rachel Perkins' new three-part series, The Australian Wars, is a powerful history of Australia's colonial wars of occupation against First Nations peoples, writes Andrew Chuter.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-10-16). Greek working class intensifies protests against persecution, privatization, and cost of living crisis. zcomm.org Greece has been undergoing an acute cost of living crisis amid a relentless assault on workers by employers, with the support of the conservative New Democracy (ND) government…

Revolution Books (2022-10-16). Friday 10/21: Film showing of: Persepolis. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley CA…

ANON (2022-10-16). Beloved Mutual Aid Hub Omni Commons Launches Fundraiser to Save its Oakland Home. indybay.org Omni Commons is calling upon community members to help save its building in the | rapidly gentrifying Temescal district. Communally operated by a grassroots collective, the multi-purpose space functions | as a community center, event venue, mutual aid hub, free food distribution network, unhoused drop-in center, movement…

Labor Action Com. to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-10-16). Wednesday 10/26: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! indybay.org Federal Bldg., Oakland , CA | 1301 Clay St. (Clay and 14th St.)…

Labor Committee for Single Payer (2022-10-16). Wednesday 10/19: It's a Workers' Issue: Abortion Access, the Right to Healthcare, and Labor Unions. indybay.org

*Suzan Azadi (2022-10-16). Iran: Many believe this is the beginning of a revolution. greenleft.org.au For the first time since the Islamic revolution, Iranians are united and are targeting the central pillars of the Islamic republic, including the concentration of power and authority in the hands of the ruling clergy, reports *Suzan Azadi.

CSIA Nitassinan (2022-10-16). PARIS: Indigenous Solidarity Urges Freedom for Leonard Peltier. indybay.org In Paris, today's Indigenous solidarity event focuses on freedom for imprisoned Leonard Peltier and honors Indigenous rights around the world.

Labor Action Com. to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-10-16). Wednesday 10/19: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! indybay.org Federal Bldg., Oakland , CA | 1301 Clay St. (Clay and 14th St.)…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2022-10-16). Saturday 10/22: Bay Area Solidarity Rally For Railroad Workers! Defend The Right To Strike! indybay.org Port Of Oakland | Shoreline Park | 2777 Middle Harbor Road, | Oakland…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-10-16). Venezuela iniciará un plan para recuperar empresas afectadas por deslave. telesurtv.net Se han identificado 23 empresas afectadas en Las Tejerías. Gobierno Bolivariano dispondrá financiamiento para su recuperación.

_____ (2022-10-15). EU Calls China And Russia 'Threats' In 'War For Future Of The Entire World'. popularresistance.org The European Union is waging a proxy war on Russia in Ukraine, as well as an economic war aimed at destroying Russia's economy. But Moscow is not Brussels' only target. Beijing is also in its crosshairs. | European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made it clear that Europe sees both China and Russia as threats. And it is waging a new cold war aimed at undermining them, in order to maintain a so-called "rules-based order" dominated by Western hegemony. | Von der Leyen emphasized that the EU is raising hundreds of billions of euros to fund programs to weaken Chinese and Russian influence in Asia, Africa, a…

_____ (2022-10-15). Kaiser Strikers Insist You Should Be Able To Get An Appointment When Needed. popularresistance.org Psychologists, social workers, therapists, and chemical dependency counselors are in the ninth week of an open-ended strike at Kaiser Permanente in Northern and Central California. | The 2,000 mental health care workers walked out August 15; their contract has been expired since September 2021. They're members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which split from SEIU in 2010. | NUHW says Kaiser has failed to provide the staffing and wages to retain adequate and diverse staff—yielding unsustainable workloads and dangerous understaffing. After a mental health intake visit, even patients in crisis may…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-15). How Much Longer Can the U.S. Wage Economic War on Europe, and the World, Without Major Blowback? libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov Sabotage of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has awakened many people to the gangster methods that have been deployed for years by the U.S. government doing the bidding of multinational corporations. On September 26, the world was put on edge when "blasts equivalent to the power of several kilograms of explosives," according to a…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-15). Military Situation In Ukraine On October 15, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck positions of the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Dudchany with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Kupyansk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU positions near Konstantinovka with high-precision missiles; | The Russian Army is advancing in the industrial area in the east of Bakhmut; | The AFU took control of Tabaivka, Pishchan…

Staff (2022-10-15). All Iranian nuclear facilities are out of reach of enemies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) — Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) spokesperson Behrouz Kamalvandi said that all the Iranian nuclear facilities are invulnerable to any military strikes so, no option remains for the enemy but diplomacy.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-15). Chechen Jihadists Have Joined the Ranks of the Ukrainian Army. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent Brayard The Sheikh Mansour battalion is a unit formed in Ukraine with the contribution of Islamist fundamentalist Chechens, many of whom fought during the two Chechen wars before being finally crushed by Russia. These men dispersed throughout Western Europe, and for many also in Georgia and Turkey, before finally joining Ukraine. It was at…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-15). Why is India Arming Armenia Against Azerbaijan? libya360.wordpress.com Yeghia Tashjian Trade routes and national security interests in the South Caucasus are central to New Delhi's decision to arm Armenia After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and the shift in the South Caucasus balance of power toward Turkey, India has expressed concern that its vision to connect Europe and Russia to its Indian ports through the…

Carlos Martinez (2022-10-15). Manufacturing Consent for the Containment and Encirclement of China. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Oct 12, 2022 | "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." — Malcolm X | The Western media is waging a systematic and ferocious propaganda war against China. In the court of Western public opinion, China stands accused of an array of terrifying crimes: conducting a genocide against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang; wiping out democracy in Hong Kong; militarising the South China Sea; attempting to impose colonial control over Taiwan; carrying out a land grab in Africa; preventing Tibe…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-15). Ideological Work in the New Era of Socialism in China. libya360.wordpress.com Gabriel Martinez Part 1 The Reform and Opening policy, initiated by the Communist Party of China in 1978, has produced important transformations in the economic sphere of the country. The transformation in the structure of property has, little by little, caused the basic structure of property relations in the country to change to a system…

____ (2022-10-15). First China-made subway train exported to EU. ecns.cn Two subway trains developed by CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., one of China's major high-speed train manufacturers, left Tianjin Port for Portugal's Porto on Thursday. This is China's first metro project to be exported to a European Union country.

____ (2022-10-15). Journalists visit Beijing sub center ahead of 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn Journalists for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China paid a visit to Beijing sub-center on Thursday.

____ (2022-10-15). They Say: Communist Party of China a stimulator of Chinese socio-economic prosperity. ecns.cn

____ (2022-10-15). Spokesperson hails overwhelming victory in China's fight against corruption. ecns.cn China's fight against corruption has achieved an overwhelming victory and this momentum has been consolidated across the board, but the situation is still grave and complex, a spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China said here on Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). Preparations for 20th CPC National Congress complete: spokesperson. ecns.cn All preparations for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) are complete, Sun Yeli, spokesperson for the congress, said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). China to pursue broader, deeper opening-up: spokesperson. ecns.cn China will unswervingly advance opening-up to cover more fields in a broader scope and at a greater depth, a spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). China rolls out over 2,000 reform programs in past decade: spokesperson. ecns.cn China has introduced more than 2,000 reform programs in the past ten years, covering various economic and social fields, the spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). China has confidence, capability to meet new goals, create greater miracles: spokesperson. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will envision the two stages toward building a great modern socialist country in all respects and set out strategic tasks and major measures for the next five years, a spokesperson said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). Qualifications of 2,296 delegates to CPC national congress approved: spokesperson. ecns.cn Qualifications of 2,296 delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have been confirmed valid, a spokesperson for the congress said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). CPC Constitution amendment to incorporate major theoretical views, strategic thinking: spokesperson. ecns.cn The amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the upcoming 20th CPC National Congress will incorporate the major theoretical views and strategic thinking to be established in a report of the 19th CPC Central Committee to the 20th CPC National Congress, a spokesperson said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). Opening of 20th CPC National Congress on Sunday to be broadcast live. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

____ (2022-10-15). CPC has more friends all over the world: spokesperson. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) has extensive interactions with friendly political parties from other countries, and has more and more friends all over the world, a spokesperson said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). 20th CPC National Congress to be held from Oct. 16 to 22: spokesperson. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will open at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and conclude on Oct. 22, lasting seven days, Sun Yeli, spokesperson for the congress, said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). BRI already a popular international public good: spokesperson. ecns.cn The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become a well-received international public good and an important platform for building a community with a shared future for mankind, the spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). Opinions of over 4,700 people collected on draft report to CPC national congress: spokesperson. ecns.cn Opinions of more than 4,700 people were collected on a draft report of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to the 20th CPC National Congress, Sun Yeli, spokesperson for the congress, said Saturday.

____ (2022-10-15). Delegates to CPC National Congress arrive in Beijing. ecns.cn Delegates from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) arrived in Beijing on Thursday.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-10-15). "Shrink the World's Population": Secret 2009 Meeting of Billionaires "Good Club" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-10-15). Kroger announces purchase of Albertsons for $25 billion in deal to make grocery superchain. wsws.org While Kroger has claimed that it does not have money to pay its workers a living wage, it has billions to buy one of its largest rivals.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-15). There Will Be an Economic Crash, & it Will Break the U.S. Working Class. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea From the perspective of a proletarian in today's America, who's having their livelihood disrupted by inflation on top of half a century of neoliberal attacks against the working class, a depression is already happening. What happens next will only multiply the existing damage. The president is saying that he doesn't expect for there to be…

WSWS (2022-10-15). IMF report reveals dictatorship of finance capital. wsws.org With interest rate rising as central banks seek to crush the movement of the working class, the International Monetary Fund has opened a new front in the class war insisting that government spending must be cut to meet the demands of financial markets.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-15). Brazil: Electoral Fraud Casts a Shadow Over the October 30th Presidential Runoff. libya360.wordpress.com Brasilwire Vote For Bolsonaro Or Lose Your Pension: Election Fraud Brought 1 Million Extra Elderly To Polls A study by ValorData has demonstrated how Bolsonaro campaign misinformation which associated receipt of pensions with proof of voting for the far-right president, brought almost 1 million more elderly people to the polls in the 2022 first round than voted…

WSWS (2022-10-15). Obituary: Australian Socialist Equality Party member Regina Lohr (June 21, 1956—October 10, 2022). wsws.org Regina was sustained during her difficult struggle against cancer by her belief in socialist internationalism and an unwavering determination to contribute to that historic fight.

____ (2022-10-15). Iran to set up car production line in Armenia: TPOI chief. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) — The Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) on Friday announced the launch of an auto production line in Armenia aimed at exporting manufactured cars to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) states.

WSWS (2022-10-15). Australia: NSW teachers speak out against grueling conditions, government pay cuts. wsws.org "We are prepared to battle, prepared to do more. It would be good to unite with other workers like paramedics, nurses, teachers and rail workers."

WSWS (2022-10-15). The historical background of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for global elimination. wsws.org This report was given by Evan Blake to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled "The COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for socialism"

WSWS (2022-10-15). Rank-and-file action committees independent of IG Metall union needed to defend all jobs at all sites. wsws.org Workers at Mercedes/Daimler in Ludwigsfelde confront the task of taking the fight to defend their jobs into their own hands.

WSWS (2022-10-15). South Korean auto union reaches sellout deal with Kia Motors. wsws.org The autoworkers not only face the company in their struggle, but also the union, which is seeking to suppress working-class anger and discontent.

WSWS (2022-10-15). Floods, hunger, disease and IMF austerity devastate Pakistan's workers and poor. wsws.org The poverty-stricken flood victims face an explosion of disease and hunger which the ruling elite in Islamabad and the major imperialist powers are doing virtually nothing to combat.

WSWS (2022-10-15). Pregnant UPS employee commits suicide at Worldport air hub in Louisville, Kentucky. wsws.org "What makes me so mad is that employees had to reach out to the news, not UPS. This girl was a human being," one worker said.

WSWS (2022-10-15). Australian Apple retail workers to strike over proposed wage-cutting agreement. wsws.org The unions are highlighting the dire conditions at Apple, not out of any genuine concern for the interests of workers, but in a bid to build their membership at the "prestige" company.

Staff (2022-10-15). Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación de 1 121 MW durante el horario pico de este sábado. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica pronostica para este sábado una afectación máxima de 980 MW en el horario diurno y 1 121 MW en el pico, fundamentalmente por déficit de capacidad de generación. Se mantienen las limitaciones en la generación térmica (386 MW) y en la generación distribuida, están indisponibles por avería 1 043 MW y en mantenimiento 718 MW.

WSWS (2022-10-14). Sri Lankan workers and youth support forthcoming SEP-IYSSE public meeting on the danger of nuclear war. wsws.org "While the US always says it is defending the human rights of people in other countries it has destroyed many countries, such as Iraq, Syria and Libya." — R. Gophiraj…

Manlio Dinucci (2022-10-14). The War Moves Forward as Outlined by the RAND Corporation on Behalf of the Pentagon. "NATO is Not Part to the Conflict" globalresearch.ca The United States, the European Union, and other countries have so far "donated" about 100 billion euros of military supply to Ukraine. It is money directly or indirectly coming out of our pockets. This figure is constantly increasing. The European …

Infobrics (2022-10-14). Jaishankar Defends India's Long-Standing Ties with Russia. infobrics.org Foreign minister S Jaishankar defended India's long-standing ties with Russia and chided the West for backing military dictatorship next door for decades…

____ (2022-10-14). Journalists visit Beijing sub center ahead of ahead of CPC National Congress. ecns.cn Journalists for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China paid a visit to Beijing sub-center on Thursday.

Ali Abunimah (2022-10-14). Is Palestine on the brink of a full-scale revolt? electronicintifada.net Mounting Palestinian death toll foretells worse Israeli repression to come.

TeleSUR (2022-10-14). Turks Seek Alternative Heat Sources Amid Soaring Gas Prices. telesurenglish.net Millions of workers and retirees in Tàºrkiye are trying to make a living on a minimum wage of 5, 0 liras and pensions, mostly ranging from 3, 0 to 8,000 liras, in the face of climbing inflation rate that soared to 83.45 percent in September. | RELATED: | Despite soaring prices, store owners at the bazaar said the demand is robust, and their sales saw at least a 60 percent increase compared to 2021. | "I've been doing this job here for about 15…

Sanket Jain (2022-10-14). 'I Don't Want to Live Anymore': Suicides Rise 17% Since India's Lockdown Began. towardfreedom.org Within the first month of India's nationwide lockdown starting March 2020, 122 million people lost their jobs. Daily-wage laborers and small traders comprised roughly 75 percent. A report found that a year of the lockdown pushed 230 million Indians into poverty. By the end of 2020, 15 million workers were still out of jobs. Sanket Jain reports on the recently rising suicide rates in India.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-10-14). From the Hunt to the Auction of Che. orinocotribune.com By Hernando Calvo Ospina Oct 8, 2022 | In March 1967, some twenty men of the U.S. counterinsurgency special forces were installed in Bolivia, some of them transferred from South Vietnam. They were part of the Mobile Training Teams. They would be in charge of organizing and training a battalion of jungle "hunters", an elite corps also known as "Rangers". | They were led by Major Ralph "Pappy" Shelton, a veteran of the Korean War and of clandestine special operations in Laos and Vietnam. Shelton decided that a good part of the recruits should come from the Quechua Indians. According to this military man, know…

Stephen Karganovic (2022-10-14). "Orange Revolution" in Bosnia Gains Momentum. globalresearch.ca

PAI (2022-10-14). Newspaper giant Gannett's sudden job, pension, and pay cuts outrage News Guild. peoplesworld.org Sudden job, pension, and pay cuts announced by Gannett top brass in a seven-minute Zoom call with local editors—and with little to no notice to their staffers, unionized or not—have outraged the News Guild. It vows to fight back by organizing even more of the chain's newsrooms. "It was a seven-minute 'town hall' which a …

Editor (2022-10-14). The Scandal of Congressional Stock Trading. scheerpost.com Photograph Source: Steve Jurvetson — By Eve Ottenberg / Multimillionaires pack the halls of congress. That's because the only people who can afford congressional campaigns are rich. But what you might not know is that once these very wealthy individuals arrive in Washington, they use their committee assignments, and often the insider info those assignments provide, to make even more money — trading stocks. | On Septem…

WSWS (2022-10-14). Australian teachers' union leader concedes to government wage cutting offensive. wsws.org The New South Wales Teachers Federation president effectively stated that the union will do nothing until March 2023 when it will campaign for the Labor Party in the state election.

Staff (2022-10-14). Díaz-Canel: For us, Vietnam is a brother country. en.cubadebate.cu "We are convinced that your visit also marks a milestone in the already important relations between Cuba and Vietnam," said the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, welcoming the Palace of the Revolution this Friday to General To Lam, Minister of Public Security…

Staff (2022-10-14). President Díaz-Canel returns to Pinar del Río to check the progress of the recovery. en.cubadebate.cu The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, visits Pinar del Río this Thursday for the fifth time since the passage of Hurricane Ian to check the progress of the recovery efforts in the westernmost province of the country. On this visit, in which he exchanges with the people and authorities of Pinar del Río, the Cuban leader is accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Alejandro Gil Fernández.

Staff (2022-10-14). Trip to La Castellana, work of love, trust and hope. en.cubadebate.cu "Dad…", the young man said, from his seat in the craft workshop, to the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez. When the president left, sounds of intense and crystalline emotion were heard behind him, of a boy happy for the meeting. It did not happen anywhere on the island, but in one where love is the one who will always have the last word: the La Castellana Psychopedagogical Medical Center, located in the capital's municipality of Arroyo Naranjo.

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2022-10-13: News Headlines

____ (2022-10-13). Russia accuses Ukraine of organizing Crimean Bridge blast. ecns.cn The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian military was responsible for a recent deadly explosion on the Crimean Bridge.

____ (2022-10-13). Putin offers additional gas supply to Europe. ecns.cn Russia is ready to deliver additional volumes of natural gas to the European Union in the autumn-winter period, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-10-13). "By mid-month we have no money left"—Workers speak out against war and inflation at Job Centres in Berlin and Duisburg. wsws.org A number of workers at Job Centres spoke to WSWS reporters and opposed NATO's proxy war against Russia, which only benefits capitalist oligarchs.

WSWS (2022-10-13). For the organization of an international movement of workers and young people against war! wsws.org This statement was submitted by the Young Guard of the Bolshevik-Leninists (YGBL), an organization in Russia that has declared its political support for the International Committee of the Fourth International.

____ (2022-10-13). China commends EU words on trade. ecns.cn China commended recent remarks from European leaders, particularly German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, about trade cooperation between China and the European Union.

____ (2022-10-13). Press centers for 20th CPC National Congress open to journalists. ecns.cn The press centers for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) officially opened in Beijing Media Center and Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing on Wednesday.

____ (2022-10-12). Congress news center officially opens. ecns.cn The media center for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China officially opened on Wednesday.

____ (2022-10-13). Survey finds readers' topics of interest for CPC gathering. ecns.cn As the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is approaching, overseas readers eagerly await coverage of the discussions of topics such as China's economy, ecological protection and science and technology at this landmark event.

____ (2022-10-13). Delegates to CPC national congress arriving in Beijing. ecns.cn Delegates from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) arrived in Beijing on Thursday.

____ (2022-10-13). CPC Central Committee holds meeting to seek opinions from non-CPC personages on major report. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Aug. 31 to seek opinions and suggestions from non-CPC personages on the draft report to the upcoming 20th CPC National Congress.

____ (2022-10-12). CPC solving problems of formalism. ecns.cn Consistent efforts have been made by the Communist Party of China in the past five years to solve problems arising from the practice of formalities for formalities' sake to avoid placing unnecessary burdens on primary-level authorities.

____ (2022-10-13). Plenum makes full preparation for 20th CPC National Congress. ecns.cn The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded its seventh plenary session in Beijing on Wednesday with a communique issued.

____ (2022-10-12). Press center for 20th CPC National Congress opens. ecns.cn The press center for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) officially opened on Wednesday to provide services for journalists covering the congress.

WSWS (2022-10-13). Two German airport workers win case in Hessian State Court and must be rehired after their illegal dismissal. wsws.org The court cases coincide with a new international upsurge of the working class to which the court is not insensitive. The tide of labor strife is rising at the airport, too. Workers are fighting back against the sacrifices demanded of them due to the coronavirus pandemic, inflation and the war.

WSWS (2022-10-13). Rising protests among Amazon workers throughout the United States. wsws.org Protests at Amazon warehouses have been spreading across the country and internationally during the company's Prime Week sales holiday, the second such event it has held in 2022.

WSWS (2022-10-13). Australia: Industrial court orders end to Qenos lockout. wsws.org Declaring the ruling a "huge victory," the Australian Workers' Union has sent the workers back into the factory with none of their issues resolved.

WSWS (2022-10-13). Autoworkers speak out following tragic death at Stellantis Belvidere plant: "When will it stop?" wsws.org Nearly two months after Travis Baker's death, his family still does not have a death certificate from the Winnebago County coroner's office.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-13). Free Julian Assange! Global Day Of Action In San Francisco At Harry Bridges Plaza. indybay.org

WSWS (2022-10-13). The COVID disaster and the political crisis of Australian capitalism. wsws.org "The criminal 'let it rip' pandemic policies of governments—invariably enforced by the labour and trade union bureaucracies—have exposed the brutality of capitalism, and its readiness to sacrifice lives for corporate profit and private wealth accumulation."

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-10-13). Sunday 10/30: A Marxist Look at Capitalism's Meltdown. indybay.org 747 Polk St. @ Ellis, San Francisco or via zoom tinyurl.com/MarxistLookCapitalismMeltdown…

WSWS (2022-10-13). Jacobin magazine promotes sellout of Michigan Medicine nurses as "groundbreaking contract" wsws.org Jacobin magazine, the primary voice of the Democratic Socialists of America, published an article on October 8 that fraudulently presents the recent sellout contract negotiated by the nurses' union at Michigan Medicine as a "pathbreaking win."

Labor Video Project (2022-10-13). South Africa National Dockers Strike With RTUSA JV Dube, David Hemson & Namibia Workers. indybay.org Dock workers in South Africa have gone on a national strike against the state controlled Transnet. They are fighting for major wage increases and against privatization of the ports being pushed by the ANC government.

WSWS (2022-10-13). "Workers must fight to free Julian Assange!"—Will Lehman, candidate for UAW president. wsws.org The case of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is critical to the interests of all workers, in the US and throughout the world.

WSWS (2022-10-13). French government requisitions refinery workers as strikes spread. wsws.org Yesterday French police issued requisition orders against four strikers at the ExxonMobil refinery at Port Jérome-Gravenchon.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2022-10-13). Saturday 11/12: SDBA Book Group: Doughnut Economics — 7 Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

WSWS (2022-10-13). After murdering unarmed Akron, Ohio, worker Jayland Walker, 8 killer cops return to "service" wsws.org Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett said that without re-instituting the uncharged and unnamed killers, he would have to "cut some services to the community."

TeleSUR, JCM, MER (2022-10-13). Gobierno de Venezuela avanza en las labores de recuperación en Las Tejerías tras lluvias. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta ejecutiva, Delcy Rodríguez, informó que los afectados han sido censados para recibir la atención necesaria tras el desastre.

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-12). G7, NATO Vow to Continue Arming Ukraine After Russian Missile Barrage. news.antiwar.com Both the Group of Seven (G7) and NATO vowed on Tuesday to continue supporting Ukraine in the wake of a Russian missile barrage across Ukraine that marked an escalation in the war. Russian missile and drone strikes continued across Ukraine on Tuesday, but they were not as intense as Monday's strikes. According to Ukrainian officials, …

_____ (2022-10-12). A Guide To Decolonize Language In Conservation. popularresistance.org Scientific evidence shows that Indigenous people understand and manage their environment better than anyone else: 80% of Earth's biodiversity can be found in Indigenous territories. The best way to protect biodiversity is therefore to respect the land rights of Indigenous peoples — the best conservationists. | Nevertheless, the mainstream conservation model today is still, just as in colonial times, "Fortress Conservation": a model that creates militarized Protected Areas accessible only to the wealthy on the lands of Indigenous peoples. This "conservation" is destroying the land and lives of Indigenous peo…

_____ (2022-10-12). 'We Are Not Done Yet': Railroad Track Workers Reject Deal. popularresistance.org Members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, who build and maintain tracks and bridges, have voted down a national tentative agreement with the freight rail carriers. | Just under 12,000 of the union's 23,900 freight rail workers voted, the union announced October 10, with 56 percent voting against the deal. | Leaders said they're hoping to return to the bargaining table. The union is delaying any potential strike until November 19 at the earliest. | In a statement, BMWE President Tony Cardwell attributed the rejection to members' feeling that "management holds no regard for their quality of life,…

_____ (2022-10-12). Haitians Protest Threat Of Foreign Military Intervention In The Country. popularresistance.org On Monday October 10, under the banner of "Down with Ariel Henry, Down with the Foreign Occupation," hundreds of thousands of Haitians took to the streets across the country against a resolution passed by de-facto Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry, requesting the international community to send armed help to resolve gang-related crisis in Haiti. | In the capital Port-au-Prince, thousands of citizens gathered in the Cité-Soleil commune and marched towards the Pétion-Ville commune via the Delmas commune, demanding Henry's unconditional resignation and an end to all kinds of foreign interference in the…

_____ (2022-10-12). Forterra Staff Defy Bosses, Show Support For The Snoqualmie Tribe. popularresistance.org We, the undersigned, are former staff members and leaders of Forterra who are writing to express our solidarity and support for the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, which has made public very serious allegations of misconduct by Forterra. | It is clear from publicly available information that Forterra has, at minimum, behaved in an inappropriate, disrespectful, and misleading manner inconsistent with the organization's stated value: We show respect for people, place, culture and each other. It appears that Forterra has mistreated a sovereign Tribal Nation on its own ancestral lands while claiming to act in its best inter…

_____ (2022-10-12). BMWED Rejects Deal; Strike Not Imminent. popularresistance.org Four of 12 rail labor unions already have ratified tentative agreements with the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC), which bargains on behalf of most Class I railroads and many smaller ones. Seven other rail labor unions are currently conducting ratification votes. | All provisions of existing wage, benefits and work rules agreements will remain in force as contracts negotiated under the Railway Labor Act have no expiration date and are changed only by ratified amendments. | A work stoppage by BMWED—or any of the other seven unions that have yet to ratify—is not anticipated before late Nove…

_____ (2022-10-12). Manufacturing Consent For The Containment Of China. popularresistance.org The Western media is waging a systematic and ferocious propaganda war against China. In the court of Western public opinion, China stands accused of an array of terrifying crimes: conducting a genocide against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang; wiping out democracy in Hong Kong; militarising the South China Sea; attempting to impose colonial control over Taiwan; carrying out a land grab in Africa; preventing Tibetans and Inner Mongolians from speaking their languages; spying on the good peoples of the democratic world; and more. | Australian scholar Roland Boer has characterised these accusations as "atrocity propaganda…

_____ (2022-10-12). Los Angeles City Council's Racism Goes Far Beyond Racist Slurs. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, California – Los Angeles City Council members have been exposed for their offensive treatment of activists and community members. Private conversations, taped and leaked to the press, revealed President Nury Martinez, Council members Kevin De Leon and Gil Cedillo, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor president Ron Herrera using racial slurs during a "redistricting" meeting. | The four members, who are all Democrats, made fun of the adopted Black child of City Council member Mike Bonin, calling the toddler a "little monkey" in Spanish ("parece changuito"), saying he needed to be beaten for his b…

Scorinoco (2022-10-12). Armed Forces of Russia Continue Airstrikes on Ukraine Energy System and Military Command. orinocotribune.com The Russian military began large-scale precision missile strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, military communications and command posts on Monday, October 10, in retaliation to the terror attack against the Crimean Bridge and other acts of terror attributed to Kiev. | Russia is continuing its campaign of precision missile strikes on Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense has indicated. | "Today the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to conduct mass strikes using high-precision, long-range air and sea-based weapons at military command and control facilities and the energy system of Ukraine. The goa…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-12). Can Western Air Defense Systems Help Kiev Regime Forces? southfront.org Launch of Russian Kalibr missilesThe systems will hardly make any groundbreaking contribution, as the Kiev regime already operates longer-range SAMs. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | In late February, the Kiev regime was in possession of one of the largest and most advanced air defense networks in Europe, if not the world. After the Soviet Union's dismantlement in late 1991, Ukraine inherited approximately 30% of the Soviet military, the largest and the most powerful conventiona…

Andre Damon (2022-10-12). US Seeks "Turning Point" in Ukraine After Russian Strikes. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-12). In the Battle for the 'Global South', an Ancient Evil Rears its Head. libya360.wordpress.com Dr. Mathew Maavak World map showing a traditional definition of the North—South divide (red countries in this map are grouped as "Global South", blue countries as "Global North"). © Wikipedia There has been much chatter of late about an alleged Russian-Chinese plot to take over an artificial geopolitical construct called the Global South. These allegations…

Anonymous669 (2022-10-12). New Wave Of Russian Airstrikes Hit Syria's Greater Idlib (Videos). southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On October 11, a new wave of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib where several terrorist groups are present and active. | Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces targeted the outskirts of the towns of Qarqor and al-Za'aniyah in the northwestern Idlib countryside as well as Mount Turkmen in the northern countryside of Lattakia.

Anonymous669 (2022-10-12). In Video: Syrian, Russian Forces Conduct Live-Fire Exercise On Mountain Warfare. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On October 10, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced that one of the formations of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) held a tactical, live-fire exercise with the Russians military on mountain warfare over the span of several days. | The exercise, which reportedly took place in the northern Lattakia countryside, mimicked a large offensive in a rough mountainous area. | The offensive began with a series of artillery, rockets and mortar strikes. Fighter bombers and attack…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-12). Manufacturing Consent for the Containment and Encirclement of China. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez The following detailed article by Carlos Martinez explores the escalating propaganda war being waged by the imperialist powers against China. Carlos notes that "propaganda wars can also be war propaganda", and that the torrent of anti-China slander has a clear purpose of manufacturing broad public consent for the US-led New Cold War. Carlos…

____ (2022-10-12). China's first 120-TEU pure electric inland container ship makes maiden voyage. ecns.cn The electric container ship will operate on a 80-kilometer river route from Taicang port to Suzhou Industrial Port, marking the beginning of the "electric era" of inland river transportation in Jiangsu.

____ (2022-10-12). 19th CPC Central Committee concludes 7th plenary session. ecns.cn The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded its seventh plenary session in Beijing on Wednesday with a communique issued.

____ (2022-10-12). Economic growth gains speed as innovation steams up amid shift toward high-quality development. ecns.cn China has made significant progress in industrial upgrading, moving from a focus on light, export-oriented industries to more capital-intensive, self-contained ventures, kickstarting new growth drivers and business forms.

JANET (2022-10-12). In the end, who promotes fascism? iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo October 7, 2022 The author is editor of the Portuguese Marxist webzine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Sept. 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. One hundred years after Mussolini took power, fascism is once again governing Italy. For weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni's expected victory drew no comments from European leaders, and it seemed that they all saw it not only as inevitable but also as normal and acceptable. Only on the eve of Election Day, the Eurocrats' spokeswoman Ursula von der Leyen decided to issue a warning, as useless as it was stupid, brandishing th…

Staff (2022-10-12). EU agrees to impose sanctions on 15 Iranian people, entities. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — The European Union agreed on Wednesday to impose new sanctions on Iran according to EU diplomats.

WSWS (2022-10-12). Things to get much, much worse for UK workers. wsws.org The International Monetary Fund intervened Wednesday to insist that there could be no alternative to the Truss government, or any other, carrying out austerity as the main remedy for high inflation.

WSWS (2022-10-12). French government threatens to break nationwide refinery strike. wsws.org The state's threats to smash mounting strikes against inflation are a warning to workers in France and internationally that a massive escalation of the class struggle is underway.

JANET (2022-10-12). Youth join global strike for climate justice. iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin September 26, 2022 Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, one of 450 global locations, were among hundreds of thousands demanding "climate reparations and justice" Sept. 23. Young people in Asia, Africa and Europe joined a coordinated Global Climate Strike that called for wealthy countries to pay reparations to poorer countries that have been the hardest hit by the disasters caused by global warming. Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, Sept. 23. Demonstrators emphasized the more frequent, ferocious and deadly heat waves; floods; wildfires; and droughts wreaking havoc worldwide, causing devastatio…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-12). To Solve the Crisis Permanently, Force the US to Stop Backing Notorious White Warlords in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Jafrikayiti The U.S. protected drug trafficker Marc Antoine Acra, who in 2015 imported cocaine and heroin from Colombia to the U.S. Only a Black longshoreman was extradited. The New York Times reported the story only after the statute of limitations expired. Haiti's oligarchy of light skinned, "white" families are the rulers of the country and act…

JANET (2022-10-12). A long history of war lies. iacenter.org By Jorge Cadima October 10, 2022 This article was published Sept. 29 in Avante, the newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, in which the author contributes analytical articles, often about imperialist militarism. Translation: John Catalinotto. New York protest, September 2013. If hypocrisy and lies paid taxes, the speeches made by the leaders of the U.S., the EU and Britain at the recent United Nations General Assembly would have eliminated their colossal public debts. It is amazing how those responsible for practically all the wars and aggressions of the last three decades (at least) present themselves as p…

Jacob Buckner (2022-10-12). Amazon suspends 80 workers for refusing to work following dangerous fire. peoplesworld.org STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.—In the late afternoon of Oct. 3, a fire occurred at the sorting center at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse here. The blaze started when a cardboard-box compactor at a loading dock ignited just before the scheduled shift changeover. With fumes and the smell of chemicals still hanging in the air after the fire was …

Len Yannielli (2022-10-12). The sinking of El Faro: Sailors take warning…of disaster capitalism. peoplesworld.org On September 29, 2015, the container ship El Faro, which means lighthouse, left port in Jacksonville, Fla. It was carrying 25 million pounds of cargo, including such diverse commodities as 149 cars and fructose syrup. Its destination was San Juan, Puerto Rico, but it never got there. How does a ship, stretching more than two-and-a-half …

Fight Back (2022-10-12). AFSCME UMN workers turn up the heat on university administration. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — About 150 University of Minnesota AFSCME workers and their supporters joined a noon informational picket, October 10 to demand real raises, respect and racial equity. The action coincided with a meeting of President Joan Gabel and Twin Cities deans. The meeting was set for Walter Library, but the administration attempted to evade the picket, and moved the gathering to Coffman Union. Workers marched to Coffman, held a picket in front of the building and chanting, they marched up to the third floor meeting location. | Cherrene Horazuk, president of AFSCME 3800 states, "We are serious about g…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-12). Fifty Million People Were Living in Modern Slavery in 2021. libya360.wordpress.com Eduardo Camin Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021: 28 million of them were forced into forced labor and 22 million were trapped in forced marriages which, according to the latest Global Estimates on Modern Slavery, is the antithesis of social justice and sustainable development. These estimates reveal that nearly one in…

Scorinoco (2022-10-12). Roswell Cancer Center Praises Cuba's VSSP Cancer Drug Effectiveness. orinocotribune.com The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (RPCCC), located in Buffalo, New York, the United States, announced on October 6 that the effectiveness of Cuba ¥s VSSP cancer drug on metastatic kidney cancer paves the way for a new treatment of the deadly disease. | This comes as part of a collaborative effort among RPCCC researchers and Cuba ¥s Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) to create a new strategy to treat immune dysfunction in patients suffering from malignant tumors. | The report, which involved both lab studies and an early-phase clinical trial, showed that a new immune modulator, VSSP, can sign…

Staff (2022-10-12). New York demonstration amplifies call to #ShutElbitDown and support Palestine Action. samidoun.net Demonstrators in New York City gathered on Sunday, 9 October to stand in solidarity with Palestine Action and build the campaign to #ShutElbitDown. The demonstration, organized by Samidoun NY/NJ, Within Our Lifetime and the Palestinian Youth Movement, gathered outside the MetLife building, which has offices of both the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-12). U.S. Eyes Military Intervention in Haiti, Again. libya360.wordpress.com W.T. Whitney Jr. Protesters calling for the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry run after police fired tear gas to disperse them in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. | Odelyn Joseph / AP The news story begins: "The Council of Ministers [on October 8 in Haiti] authorized the prime minister to…

Staff (2022-10-12). 14-23 October: Global Week of Action for Palestinian Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is joining the Palestinian Youth Movement and over 30 other organizations, to call upon all supporters of the Palestinian struggle to join us on October 14th 23rd for a week of action in support of Palestinian political prisoners and their fight for freedom and dignity. On September 25th, 30 …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-12). For Peace in the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda Must Be Brought to Justice. libya360.wordpress.com Last month, Uganda paid the first installment (USD 65 million) of USD 325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of the Congo following an order from the International Court of Justice. This is for the crimes committed by Uganda during its occupation of the Congo in the 90s. While this was a positive first…

Fight Back (2022-10-12). Minneapolis: Campus rally demands more abortion access. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On October 7, over 40 students and community members gathered at Morrill Hall at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis to demand that the university administration take action to expand abortion access on campus. The crowd marched down Washington Avenue before arriving at Moos Tower, where the University of Minnesota medical school is located. | The action was organized by the UMN chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, who have been organizing around women and reproductive rights on the University of Minnesota campus, as well as the Twin Cities area more generally, since the overtur…

Brian Mier (2022-10-12). Media Spin Lula Victory as Defeat. orinocotribune.com By Brian Mier Oct 5, 2022 | From the way that the Anglo media are The Guardian (10/3/22) turns Lula's first-round victory into a loss to expectations. | Workers Party candidate…

WSWS (2022-10-12). Workers walk out at Iranian petrochemical plants, amid ongoing nationwide anti-government protests. wsws.org Monday's actions are the first sign of organised working-class involvement in the mass protests against Iran's bourgeois-clerical regime that erupted following the Sept. 16 death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

WSWS (2022-10-12). Hull Stagecoach bus workers mount all-out pay strike. wsws.org The fight to win a genuine pay rise will not be won based on entreaties to the employers. It requires breaking out of the isolation of the dispute imposed by Unite and mobilising the collective strength of bus workers.

Staff (2022-10-12). Iran-EEU mining, mineral trade hit $190m. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — Iran traded $190 million worth of mining and mineral products with member states of the Eurasian Economic Union in fiscal 2021-22 (ended March 20).

Staff (2022-10-12). Leader receives Expediency Council's members. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — Newly-appointed members of the Expediency Council met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday morning.

WSWS (2022-10-12). More evidence emerges about how unskilled contract labor may have contributed to deadly fire at BP Husky refinery in Ohio. wsws.org According to building trades workers, BP replaced as many as three-quarters of its unionized workforce with lesser skilled, nonunion contractors to do critical maintenance and repair work just weeks before the catastrophe.

WSWS (2022-10-12). United Nations, diplomatic preparations for military intervention in Haiti met with widespread protests. wsws.org Discussions among Haitian government officials and foreign diplomats have been held in recent days around how to crush the growing insurrectionary movement developing within Haiti's working class and prop up the illegitimate, US-installed Henry regime.

WSWS (2022-10-12). Indian Ford workers mount protests for jobs in defiance of union-management severance deal. wsws.org Hundreds of workers at the recently shuttered Ford assembly plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have rebelled against a management-union severance deal that sanctions the elimination of thousands of jobs.

____ (2022-10-12). Decoupling and disruption of industrial and supply chains is a double-edged sword. ecns.cn

Editor (2022-10-12). What an Alabama Prisoners' Strike Tells Us About Prison Labor. scheerpost.com

____ (2022-10-12). Primary school students experience rice harvest. ecns.cn Students from the No. 3 Primary School in the High-tech Industrial Development Zone of Xinyu had a special lesson on agriculture and experienced the joy of harvest on Monday.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-12). GEICO workers in Buffalo area join the union-organizing legions. peoplesworld.org GETZVILLE, N.Y.—Modeling their union on the successful independent Amazon Labor Union, a group of GEICO workers in one of the nation's least-unionized fields, insurance, are campaigning to organize 2, 0 of the giant insurer's workers in the Buffalo area. Bosses' "aggressive and unfair" union-busting tactics haven't stopped the drive, as organizers can point out one top …

Tenant, Neighborhood Councils (2022-10-12). Rent Strike: Solidarity and Repression at Renew on Merritt. indybay.org The Renew on Merritt Tenant Council formed in June, 2022 and began organizing with Tenant and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) to demand repairs and lower rent from landlord Kennedy Wilson. In August, Kennedy Wilson sold the building to FPA Multifamily, and the tenants launched a rent strike. The cops and the armed guards arrived a few weeks later. Why?>

Staff (2022-10-12). Artemisa avanza en su recuperación tras paso del huracán Ian. cubadebate.cu Artemisa muestra avances en la recuperación de los daños provocados por el huracán Ian, sobre todo en el servicio de electricidad, lo cual permite estabilizar el suministro de agua, aunque debe intensificar las labores en Bahía Honda, municipio más retrasado. De los 201 852 clientes de la Empresa Eléctrica Artemisa, se afectaron 6 147, el 96.95% cuenta con servicio.

JANET (2022-10-12). Commentary on hurricanes/ 'Puerto Rico is not for sale'. iacenter.org By Deborah Rodriguez September 27, 2022 On Sept. 23, 1868, el Grito de Lares erupted in the town of Lares, Puerto Rico, the island's first armed uprising for independence and against Spanish colonial rule. Farmers, enslaved Africans and workers led a revolt for Puerto Rico's independence, to abolish slavery and to end worker abuse and exploitation via the "libreta de jornalero" or day-laborer's passbook. They fought for social and economic improvements and control of the archipelago's finances. Statue of Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, called father of the Puerto Rican nation, who said 'I don't want colonial status,…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-10-12). Gobierno de Venezuela renueva esfuerzos para continuar labores de rescate en Las Tejerías. telesurtv.net El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reiteró que su Gobierno continuará la búsqueda de los desaparecidos en el deslave de Las Tejerías.

Staff (2022-10-12). Ministro de Salud chequea labores de recuperación en instituciones sanitarias de Pinar del Río. cubadebate.cu El ministro de Salud Pública, José àÅngel Portal Miranda, visitó este miércoles la provincia de Pinar del Río, para dar seguimiento a labores de recuperación en instituciones de salud afectadas por el paso del huracán Ian. El ministro evaluó cómo reforzar los servicios médicos en comunidades que así lo requieren.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-10-12). Presidentes de Rusia y Tàºrkiye se reunirán en Kazajistán. telesurtv.net El vocero del Kremlin señaló que "los temas obviamente son, desde luego, Ucrania y las relaciones bilaterales".

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-10-12). Avanzan labores de recuperación tras fuertes lluvias en Las Tejerías, Venezuela. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano destacó que el Poder Popular fue vital para salvar vidas y brindar las primeras atenciones.

WSWS (2022-10-12). After threatening railroaders with congressional intervention, rail union parties with Nancy Pelosi on Las Vegas Strip. wsws.org The convention casts a stark light on the vast contrast between the railroad engineers and the BLET bureaucrats who claim to represent them.

Vijay Prashad (2022-10-11). Detener el peligro de la guerra nuclear debe estar en la parte superior de la agenda. peoplesworld.org Queridos amigos, Desde 1947, el Reloj del Juicio Final ha medido la probabilidad de una catástrofe provocada por el hombre, es decir, para advertir al mundo contra la posibilidad de un holocausto nuclear. El Boletín de los Científicos Atómicos, que se ocupan de este reloj, fijó originalmente el dispositivo en siete minutos para la medianoche, …

Thierry Meyssan (2022-10-11). The European political Community : a sword striking water. thealtworld.com Since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, international relations are blocked. No position changes. President Macron thought he could change the rules of the game by reshuffling the cards on the occasion of a meeting of the European enemy brothers, the European Political Community. But President Putin took him by surprise by changing the borders and the game itself. | French President Emmanuel Macron does not know how to solve crises, but to reshuffle the cards in order to consider new solutions. This is why, noting the absence of discussion around the Ukrainian conflict, he launched an in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). US Increased Intelligence and Special Forces Operatives' Presence in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic The US intelligence presence in Ukraine has existed at least since the end of the Second World War. After the war was over, the CIA worked closely with the Ukrainian Nazi insurgents of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) who were tasked with carrying out acts of sabotage in western parts of the…

Brian Berletic (2022-10-11). Russia Responds: Missile Strikes Across Ukraine & What May Follow Next. thealtworld.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for October 11, 2022 | Russian missile strikes have spanned 2 days, targeting crucial infrastructure; | Power, water, and communication is suffering outages; | If strikes continue or outages made permanent, a Russian offensive may be underway; | If strikes relent, Russia retaliated and is warning of further strikes; | Ukraine is suffering from dwindling arms and ammunition; | It is not a matter of if Ukraine's offensive ends and Russia's begins, it's a matter of when; | References: | BBC Crimean bridge: Excitement and fe…

Thierry Meyssan (2022-10-11). La Communauté politique européenne : un coup d'épée dans l'eau. thealtworld.com Depuis le début de l'opération militaire russe en Ukraine, les relations internationales sont bloquées. Aucune position ne change. Le président Macron a cru pouvoir changer les règles du jeu en rebattant les cartes à l'occasion d'une réunion des frères ennemis européens, la Communauté politique européenne. Mais le président Poutine l'a pris de court en changeant les frontières et le jeu lui-même. | Le président franàßais, Emmanuel Macron ne sait pas trancher pour résoudre les crises, mais rebattre les cartes pour pouvoir envisager de nouvelles solutions. C'est pourquoi, constatant l'absence de discussion au…

PACBI (2022-10-11). Webinar – Camouflaging Injustice: Using Sport to Hide Oppression. bdsmovement.net

Anonymous103 (2022-10-11). Another ISIS Leader Reportedly Killed By US UAV In Northern Syria. southfront.org On October 10, the UAV of the US-led coalition struck northern Syria. According to the Kurdish-Syrian security official, the attack resulted in death of a high-ranking ISIS member. | The drone strike took place in the village of Hammam at-Turkman on the outskirts of Tell Abyad. The area is under control of Turkish-backed forces. The victim was reportedly killed when driving a motorbike. | The US Central Command is to comment on the reports and to take credit for the strike. | Earlier on Octo…

WSWS (2022-10-11). One week until the UAW elections begin: Rank-and-file workers' power vs. the bureaucracy. wsws.org For the first time in recent history, workers in the UAW will be able to cast a vote for a socialist proponent of rank-and-file power: Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman.

WSWS (2022-10-11). Australia: Knauf continues lockout of workers at Melbourne plasterboard factory. wsws.org The Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union is continuing to isolate the workers in preparation for a sell-out.

WSWS (2022-10-11). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org The union for Argentine public transport workers has set a strike for October 12 and 13, while teachers in Ecuador staged a protest October 6 against a new education law being advanced by the country's right-wing president, Guillermo Lasso.

WSWS (2022-10-11). After rejection of BMWED contract: Fight against union sabotage! Prepare a strike before the midterm elections! wsws.org BMWED members have not only voted against a contract but the entire state-controlled, pro-business framework in which the union apparatus is embedded. It is a vote of no confidence in the union negotiators and expresses the determination of workers to launch a national strike to bring the carriers and their government backers to their knees.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-11). Rail maintenance employees bounce tentative national freight rail pact. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—By a 57%-43% ratio in a heavy turnout, members of one of the bigger rail unions in the U.S., the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division/ Teamsters, rejected a tentative agreement between 13 national rail freight unions and the big Class I freight railroads. The key issue, as in a prior rejection by Machinists …

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2022-10-12: News Headlines

Morning Star (2022-10-12). Only negotiated settlement can stop Ukraine war from engulfing the world. peoplesworld.org The following is a slightly edited version of an editorial which appeared in Morning Star, Britain's daily socialist newspaper. The attack on Russia's main bridge to Crimea has prompted the most intense bombardment of Ukrainian cities since the early weeks of the war. While fighting across the Donbass and southern Ukraine has been fierce for …

Andre Damon (2022-10-12). US Seeks "Turning Point" in Ukraine After Russian Strikes. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2022-10-12). Staged Photos Of Civilian Victims In Ukraine Again Spread By MSM. southfront.org After Russian forces launched missile and UAV attacks on military and energy infrastructure facilities on October 10, all the MSM covered the 'bloody Putin's attack against Ukrainians'. | Unfortunately, civilian casualties were not avoided. Russian strikes on about 70 facilities resulted in deaths of 12. In fact, the number of victims is extremely low. It is comparable to daily deaths of civilians as a result of Ukrainian strikes in Donetsk alone. Moreover, the victims in Ukraine included no…

Amy Goodman (2022-10-12). 66 Countries at the UN General Assembly Urge Ukraine-Russia Negotiations. truthout.org The Biden administration has ruled out the idea of pushing Ukraine to negotiate with Russia to end the war, even though many U.S. officials believe neither side is "capable of winning the war outright," reports The Washington Post. This comes as the war in Ukraine appears to be escalating on a number of fronts, with Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing Ukraine of committing a "terrorist act" and launching the largest strikes on Ukraine in months. For more on the war, we speak with CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and independent journalist Nicolas Davies, the co-authors of the forthcoming book, War in Ukra…

Staff (2022-10-12). Medea Benjamin & Nicolas Davies: Negotiations "Still the Only Way Forward" to End Ukraine War. democracynow.org The Biden administration has ruled out the idea of pushing Ukraine to negotiate with Russia to end the war, even though many U.S. officials believe neither side is "capable of winning the war outright," reports The Washington Post. This comes as the war in Ukraine appears to be escalating on a number of fronts, with Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing Ukraine of committing a "terrorist act" and launching the largest strikes on Ukraine in months. For more on the war, we speak with CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and independent journalist Nicolas Davies, the co-authors of the forth…

Staff (2022-10-12). EU reiterates claims on Iran delivering drones to Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — The spokesman for the European Union made baseless claims about the involvement of Iranian drones in Russia's Ukraine operation on Wednesday, saying such actions would have serious consequences.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-12). Vladimir Putin's Remarks at the Russian Energy Week International Forum Plenary Session. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week International Forum. The topic of the panel discussion is Global Energy in a Multipolar World. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, friends, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to welcome all the participants and guests of Russian Energy Week, a respected and recognised platform for dialogue on key global energy topics. Such direct…

Night Owls (2022-10-12). Night Owls #2: Summer of Sabotage. itsgoingdown.org Download pamphlet: Print Tabloid [For a Risograph] Download action poster: Print Tabloid [For a Risograph] Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz writes in An Indigenous People's History of the United States, "Everything in U.S. history is about the land." All nation-states rely on maintaining control over a particular territory, while capitalism has forced people across the world…

Staff (2022-10-12). Enemies foment riots to stop nation's progress: Leader. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the enemies foment riots in the country after they were frustrated at the nation's progress despite all the pressures.

Sabrina Syed (2022-10-12). Bangladesh: The struggle for liberation after colonial rule. greenleft.org.au The expansion of capitalism, through globalisation and imperialism, has caused social exclusion, poverty and environmental degradation in Bangladesh, writes Sabrina Syed.

Editor (2022-10-12). What an Alabama Prisoners' Strike Tells Us About Prison Labor. scheerpost.com

Strike Debt Bay Area (2022-10-12). Saturday 11/12: SDBA Book Group: Doughnut Economics — 7 Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

Jersey Counter-Info (2022-10-12). Graffiti in Memory of Jennifer Laude in South NJ. itsgoingdown.org Report on graffiti action in New Jersey in solidarity with Jennifer "Ganda" Laude." Trans and queer anarchists in so-called southern New Jersey stand in solidarity with our siblings in the Philippines. We remember and lift up the memory of our international trans sister, Jennifer "Ganda" Laude, who was hate-crime murdered by U.S. Marine and transphobe…

____ (2022-10-12). Leader meets new members of Expediency Council. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received the new members of the Expediency Council on Wednesday morning.

Chris Slee (2022-10-12). Spirits high at Knauf picket for a new workplace agreement. greenleft.org.au Spirits are high at the Knauf factory picket line as members of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union campaign for a decent enterprise agreement. Chris Slee reports.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-12). South Africa National Dockers Strike With RTUSA JV Dube, David Hemson & Namibia Workers. indybay.org Dock workers in South Africa have gone on a national strike against the state controlled Transnet. They are fighting for major wage increases and against privatization of the ports being pushed by the ANC government.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-12). Free Julian Assange! Global Day Of Action In San Francisco At Harry Bridges Plaza. indybay.org

Josh Pallas (2022-10-12). Tell Labor to commit to repeal the anti-protest laws. greenleft.org.au The NSW Council for Civil Liberties is campaigning for NSW Labor Party delegates to commit to repealing the anti-democratic laws. Josh Pallas reports.

Sharon Zhang (2022-10-12). Workers Make $1.3 Million More Through Their Careers When They're in a Union. truthout.org As a union wave grips workers across the U.S. seeking more control over their working conditions and wages, new research illustrates the vast material benefits waiting in store for workers if they unionize their workplaces. | A

Sharon Zhang (2022-10-12). California Amazon Workers File to Join Amazon Labor Union. truthout.org

____ (2022-10-12). Decoupling and disruption of industrial and supply chains is a double-edged sword. ecns.cn

Mike Ludwig (2022-10-12). Palestinian Hunger Strikers Are Facing Harsh Retaliation Inside Israeli Prisons. truthout.org

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-10-12). Sunday 10/30: A Marxist Look at Capitalism's Meltdown. indybay.org 747 Polk St. @ Ellis, San Francisco or via zoom tinyurl.com/MarxistLookCapitalismMeltdown…

Staff (2022-10-12). Potencian capacitación en aras de garantizar la correcta aplicación del Código de las Familias. cubadebate.cu En materia legal, Pérez Díaz destacó que ya se han celebrado sin mayores inconvenientes matrimonios de personas del mismo sexo, y recordó que la norma plantea nuevos paradigmas en cuanto a las uniones de hecho afectivas, el divorcio de mutuo acuerdo y el reconocimiento socio-afectivo, entre otras distinciones jurídicas.

_____ (2022-10-11). Indigenous Peoples' Day: A Call To Higher Consciousness. popularresistance.org Indigenous Peoples' Day is a call to higher consciousness, and it is one that is not solely defined by human beings but emerges from the original instructions of what the Lakota people also call wotakuye (relations with all life). Lakota children are taught that the earth is their grandmother, and that they are participants in her story. She gives us life, shelter, food, warmth, joy, and many other gifts. In contrast, the settler-colonial was taught that Unci Maka (Grandmother Earth) was property and meant for exploitation and one's capitalist ambitions. However, it is time for the settler colonial to divest from…

_____ (2022-10-11). Beware The Copaganda Machine. popularresistance.org Why Are You Trying To Ruin My Favorite True-crime podcasts? | We're not, we swear! Copaganda is so pervasive it's almost impossible to avoid. We won't begrudge anyone the enjoyment of solving puzzles while watching Mare of Easttown or listening to the hosts of My Favorite Murder— whatever floats your boat. But it's important to consider the sum effect this genre has on our collective view of reality‚Äâ—‚Äânamely, that it warps it almost unrecognizably, framing everyday people as potential threats and police as the only real remedy.

_____ (2022-10-11). In First Public Action, Sodexo Workers Demand Fair Process For Unionization. popularresistance.org Austin, Texas — Sodexo workers normally spend their time at the Austin airport serving frequent travelers in the United and Delta lounges — an oasis for customers during chaotic travel experiences. Today, however, lounge workers alerted customers of their demand that Sodexo grant a fair and neutral process for workers to decide on unionization. UNITE HERE Local 23 represents food service workers for HMS Host, Delaware North, and LSG Sky Chefs at the Austin airport. Because of their union contract, these workers receive regular wage increases, affordable healthcare, and other benefits. | "I've been wor…

_____ (2022-10-11). Lula Vote Was Hit By Unexpected Abstentions. popularresistance.org At the October 2 first round of the presidential election, Lula da Silva picked up 26 million more votes than the Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad did in the 2018 first round, and bettered his 2006 highest tally by 10 million votes, near equaling the % vote share. The former president fell just 1.57% of taking the presidency, in an agonising night for supporters. | Abstentions were the highest since 1998. That was last time a presidential candidate won outright in the first round. | Lack of understanding of the runoff system, and media coverage of Bolsonaro's higher than expected percentage of the valid vo…

_____ (2022-10-11). The Puppets And The Puppet Masters. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. – Merrick Garland and those who work in the Department of Justice are the puppets, not the puppet masters. They are the faàßade, the fiction, that the longstanding persecution of Julian Assange has something to do with justice. Like the High Court in London, they carry out an elaborate judicial pantomime. They debate arcane legal nuances to distract from the Dickensian farce where a man who has not committed a crime, who is not a U.S. citizen, can be extradited under the Espionage Act and sentenced to life in prison for the most courageous and consequential journalism of our generation. | T…

_____ (2022-10-11). Three Amazon Warehouses Catch Fire; Workers Protest Unsafe Conditions. popularresistance.org Amazon warehouses caught fire in New York and Alabama this past week, endangering hundreds of workers. | In the unionized Staten Island facility, workers marched on managers and staged a sit-down in protest over Amazon's disregard for their safety—and the company lashed back with mass suspensions. | The HSV1 fulfillment center in Madison, a suburb of Huntsville in northern Alabama, caught fire Monday evening, October 3, for a second time in two weeks. | "Our plant caught on fire again," an Amazon worker at the HSV1 told WAFF. "This time it was in the same area, but it was a couple aisles over. You could sti…

_____ (2022-10-11). Listening Through The Social Stethoscope. popularresistance.org Antwerp, Belgium – Workers from Medics for the People's (MPLP/GVHV) health center in the district of Deurne in Antwerp are currently providing care from an alternative location, while their original building is being expanded. The idea behind the reconstruction is to create a space where patients can access care but also meet health workers and participate in planning joint actions for the improvement of health conditions in Belgium. | Social determinants of health are one of the core concepts around which Medics for the People's work is organized. Physicians, nurses, and other workers employed by MPLP take an ac…

_____ (2022-10-11). Ukraine — War Propaganda And News Items. popularresistance.org 'Civilian attacks' when, as the NYT itself reports,14 persons were killed and less than 100 wounded yesterday during 200+ missile and drone strikes. | How many of those were killed by Ukrainian air defense misses is not known. It is sad that people get killed in a war but sometimes unavoidable. | The Ukraine military has killed way more civilians by its artillery strikes on Donetsk city. In 2003 U.S. 'shock and awe' in Baghdad killed at least 10,000 people. Israel kills hundreds of civilians during each of its frequent onslaughts on Gaza. Russia is obviously avoiding to kill civilians but still gets accused of do…

Staff (2022-10-11). Russia does not threaten anyone with nuclear weapons: FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — Russia does not threaten anyone with nuclear weapons, Western capitals are introducing nuclear rhetoric, trying to make it look like Moscow is preparing to deliver strikes WMDs, Deputy FM Ryabkov said.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-10-11). Putin se reunirá con jefe de la OIEA por la central de Zaporiyia. telesurtv.net Vladímir Putin decretó el pasado 5 de octubre la apropiación de la central nuclear de Zaporiyia.

Anonymous103 (2022-10-11). Ukrainian Forces Struck Power Substation In Russian Belgorod Region. southfront.org Fire broke out at a power substation in the village of Shebekino in the Russian Belgorod region. The governor of the Belgorod region confirmed that the fire was the result of the strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. | There are no casualties among the civilian population as a result of the attack. However, the damage to the substation caused some problems with electricity in the region. At least two thousand citizens were disconnected from the grid. The Russian services began the repare wo…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Nicaragua Facing a Satanic West. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton In November 2010, when now President Vladimir Putin was Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, he proposed "the creation of a harmonious economic community stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok." The European Union never accepted that vision. Three years later, the United States staged a coup d'état in Ukraine with the complicity of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Russian Armed Forces Continue Massive Strikes on Ukraine Energy System & Military Command. libya360.wordpress.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Stoltenberg: Russia's Victory Will Be NATO's Defeat. libya360.wordpress.com Jens Stoltenberg meets the media during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 11, 2022 © AP / Olivier Matthys NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Tuesday that a military victory for Russia in Ukraine would spell defeat for the entire Western alliance. Despite providing "unprecedented support" to Kiev, Stoltenberg still…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). The European Political Community: A Sword Striking Water. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan Leaders of nations of the European Political Community pose for a photo during the inaugural meeting at Prague Castle. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, international relations are blocked. No position changes. President Macron thought he could change the rules of the game by reshuffling the…

Ryan Cristián (2022-10-11). Russia Strategically Strikes Ukraine As MSM Exposes Hypocrisy & COVID Narrative Continue To Collapse. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/10/22). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Infobrics (2022-10-11). Russia's retaliatory strikes mark new phase of conflict in Ukraine. infobrics.org Kiev is unlikely to change its behaviour and will continue to servilely carry out orders from the West.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Russia Responds: Missile Strikes Across Ukraine & What May Follow Next. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for October 11, 2022 Russian missile strikes have spanned 2 days, targeting crucial infrastructure; Power, water, and communication is suffering outages; If strikes continue or outages made permanent, a Russian offensive may be underway; If strikes relent, Russia retaliated and is warning of further…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Recrudescence of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Zelensky's Capitulation or Total Collapse of Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara López This Tuesday, October 11, the Russian Federation carried out a new massive attack against energy and military targets in Ukraine. According to information issued by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian Armed Forces used in the operation long-range precision weapons, both air and sea, against military installations and pre-selected targets of…

____ (2022-10-10). Russia launches missile strikes on Ukraine in retaliation for Crimean Bridge blast. ecns.cn Russia launched a large-scale attack against Ukrainian targets on Monday in retaliation for a deadly blast on the Crimean Bridge, President Vladimir Putin has announced.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Before Ukraine Blew Up Kerch Bridge, British Spies Plotted It. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg The secret British intelligence plot to blow up Crimea's Kerch Bridge is revealed in internal documents and correspondence obtained exclusively by The Grayzone. The Grayzone has obtained an April 2022 presentation drawn up for senior British intelligence officers hashing out an elaborate scheme to blow up Crimea's Kerch Bridge with the involvement of specially…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Western Pressure as an Incentive for Eurasian Integration. libya360.wordpress.com Dmitry Bokarev As is known, Russia has long been a supporter of the idea of Eurasian integration, and the most actively pursued integration project in Eurasia is the Chinese transport and economic project "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI). The BRI is designed to unite as many states as possible in a single economic space. Almost…

____ (2022-10-10). China expected to play greater role globally. ecns.cn The upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will chart the course for the country's development over the next five years and beyond, and international experts anticipate China will play a bigger role in global sustainability and peace efforts.

____ (2022-10-10). Party forms new friendships worldwide. ecns.cn During the past decade, the Communist Party of China has expanded its "circle of friends" as it works to forge a global network of political party partnerships to advance the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

____ (2022-10-11). Nearly 100 million jobs created in urban areas over past decade. ecns.cn A report released by China's National Statistics Bureau on Monday shows that 94.86 million jobs had been created in urban areas from 2012 to 2021, totaling 467.73 million workers.

TeleSUR (2022-10-11). Ipespe Poll Confirms Lula as Leader in Electoral Race. telesurenglish.net Considering the total votes, former president Luis Inácio Lula da Silva has percent voting intention, while current president Jair Bolsonaro has 43 percent. | The former president of Brazil and current presidential candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, meets with Senator Simone Tebet who has declared her support for the leader of the Workers' Party (PT)…

Reynard Loki (2022-10-11). Healthy Ecosystems Need Birds, but Billions Fatally Strike Our Windows Every Year. independentmediainstitute.org Birds cannot see glass windows, fatally crashing in alarming numbers. That's bad for them, humans, and the environment. By Daniel Klem Jr., Independent Media Institute 7 min read Glass windows have existed since as long ago as 290 CE, if only in a limited supply of small sheets. It seems fair to say that window …

TeleSUR (2022-10-11). Italian Companies Hit by High Energy Costs. telesurenglish.net Sentiment among Italian businesses worsened in the third quarter, the Bank of Italy's latest survey revealed Monday. | RELATED: | Declining confidence among businesses is due to expectations of high inflation, which has damaged the country's economic outlook in recent months and is set to continue well into the future, the survey said. | The central bank surveyed Italian companies in the industrial and service s…

WSWS (2022-10-11). An interview with Larry Ceplair, author of The Hollywood Motion Picture Blacklist—Seventy-Five Years Later: The biggest consequence 'was censorship and self-censorship, not officially, but unofficially'. wsws.org Immense pressure was exerted on individuals under conditions of the Cold War, anti-communist hysteria to "name names." The witch-hunters were implacable.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Qatari and US Gas Won't Save Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov Experts estimate that in order to avoid a catastrophic fall in GDP and the risk of a prolonged economic depression, the total public spending by European countries to mitigate the energy collapse unleashed by Washington will have to exceed ‚Ç¨1 trillion! A crisis of this magnitude would result in more bankruptcies and a…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-10-11). Is the CIA Supporting Another Color Revolution in Iran—Like the One that Installed the Shah in 1953? globalresearch.ca

PACBI (2022-10-11). Webinar – Camouflaging Injustice: Using Sport to Hide Oppression. bdsmovement.net

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). A Perfect Storm in US Foreign Policy. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR The old adage is that a good foreign policy is the reflection of the national policy. A perfect storm is brewing on the foreign policy front in America triggered by the OPEC decision on Thursday to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, which will on the one hand drive…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Another CIA Color Revolution in Iran. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov [Source: npr.org] CIA offshoot, National Endowment for Democracy, spent $631, 0 in Iran in 2021. In late September, protests erupted in Iran following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, after she had been arrested by morality police in Tehran purportedly for not wearing the hijab. Amini died allegedly of a cerebral hemorrhage…

Stan Cox (2022-10-11). The Real Climate Action Won't Be at COP27, But in a Thousand Rebellious Communities Worldwide. commondreams.org In the peril-filled decade ahead, local, collective struggles by people of all ages will be essential to advancing multiracial, pluralistic democracy, and climate justice.

____ (2022-10-11). Muslims must establish unity, solidarity in practice. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — The Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said that Muslims throughout the world must establish unity, amity, empathy and solidarity in practice.

Julia Conley (2022-10-11). Biden Labor Rule Aims to Help End Gig Company 'Exploitation' of Workers. commondreams.org "All work has value, all workers deserve fair compensation and legal protections from exploitation on the job," said one labor union in response to the rule.

Deweylaura (2022-10-11). Marching from the streets to the polls. cpusa.org The following is adapted from a report presented to the National Committee, Sept. 18, 2022. The fascist danger we identified is very real. Everything we do in the next weeks can make the difference in the outcome of the election and in the huge upsurge battles of the multi-racial working class underway. As Joe …

Julia Conley (2022-10-11). Former Starbucks Manager Tells NLRB He Was Ordered to Punish Pro-Union Workers. commondreams.org "We immensely appreciate David Almond's bravery for speaking out," said Starbucks Workers United, the union formed by employees from across the country.

Cameron orr (2022-10-11). Struggles of African American youth today. cpusa.org The following was adapted from a talk given at the online CPUSA Marxist School in 2022. The Black Lives Matter uprising of 2020 was a powerful demonstration of unity among a wide strata of people marching in cities and small towns against police oppression. It was led mostly by African American youth, who, like …

WSWS (2022-10-11). Campaigners for UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman win support from autoworkers in three states. wsws.org With ballots set to go out next week, over the last several days supporters of Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman spoke to autoworkers in Michigan, Illinois and Ohio.

WSWS (2022-10-11). United Steelworkers seeks to isolate workers at US Steel as it pushes concessions contracts at Cleveland-Cliffs. wsws.org Rank-and-file workers must have an independent strategy to fight as the United Steelworkers is collaborating with Cleveland Cliffs and US Steel to ensure that job, wage and safety cuts will continue.

Staff (2022-10-11). VIDEO: Footage of IRGC missile, drone op. against terrorists. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — The footage shows the moment when Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) missiles and drones hit the positions of terrorist groups operating near the country's northwestern borders in Iraq's Kurdistan region.

____ (2022-10-11). Iran model for Muslims in world: Nigeria's leader Zakzay. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — Stating that countries of world esp. Muslims took Islamic Revolution of Iran as a role model, the Leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria emphasized that Saudi Arabia on behalf of US and UK acted against Shias of Nigeria.

WSWS (2022-10-11). Supporters of UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman win support from autoworkers in three states. wsws.org With ballots set to go out next week, over the last several days supporters of Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman spoke to autoworkers in Michigan, Illinois and Ohio.

Paul Fitzgerald (2022-10-11). Resistance to British Colonial Brutality: Bhadshah Khan's Afghan Peace Movement. globalresearch.ca

Jorge Alemán (2022-10-11). La ultraderecha antiperonista. globalizacion.ca La presidenta Ayuso de la comunidad de Madrid por el Partido Popular (PP) e icono en alza de la ultraderecha, ha renovado su mantra. Quedando ya extenuada la referencia castrobolivariana con la que suelen atacar a la coalición Sánchez-Podemos ahora…

TeleSUR (2022-10-11). French PM to Order Refineries Workers Back as Strike Continues. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne ordered local authorities to requisition workers needed to ensure petrol supply to service stations across the country as France struggles with strikes at oil refineries operated by TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil. | Workers from TotalEnergies and Esso ExxonMobil release colored smoke bomb during a protest called by CGT union outside TotalEnergies refinery in La Mede, Chateau Neuf les Martigues, France, 11 October 2022…

Kwjorinoco (2022-10-11). ALBA-TCP Shows Solidarity with Venezuela After Landslide in Las Tejerías. orinocotribune.com ALBA-TCP countries have sent Venezuela messages of solidarity after the landslide in Aragua. | The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America—Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA—TCP) expressed solidarity with the people and government of Venezuela after the landslide that occurred this weekend due to heavy rains in the community of Las Tejerías, in the municipality of Santos Michelena in the state of Aragua, which so far has left 22 people dead and 52 missing. | The message of solidarity was published by the executive secretary of ALBA-TCP, Sacha Llorenti, via his Twitter account, through which he ex…

Staff (2022-10-11). Death Toll Rises to 35 in Venezuela's Las Tejerías Tragedy. orinocotribune.com On Monday, October 10, at 1: 44 p.m., Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reported that 35 people have been reported dead so far in Las Tejerías, a town in Aragua state, after being affected by a landslide that occurred during heavy rains this weekend. As of noon on Monday, 317 homes have been completely destroyed by the landslide, and another 757 homes have been affected. Rodríguez said that because of this, the coordination of shelters by the Somos Venezuela Movement and the National government's Social Protection System, alongside the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB), remains active. | In an assessm…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-10). Ahead of UN Session, Sahrawis Recollect Decades of Betrayal that Enabled Moroccan Colonization. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Photo: freewesternsahara.org The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) became "hostage to the Moroccan authorities," unable even "to report on the human rights situation in the territory," said Kamal Fadel, Western Sahara's representative to Australia and the Pacific Amid the ongoing war for the liberation of Western Sahara from Morocco,…

_____ (2022-10-10). The visit of a US carrier strike group to the ROK and its aftermath. journal-neo.org On September 23, for the first time since October 2017, a US Navy carrier strike group led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan arrived in South Korea's Port of Busan. The strike group consisted of three ships: USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier; USS Chancellorsville, a Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser; and USS Barry, an …

Staff (2022-10-10). NATO, EU react to Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reacted to Russia's Monday attacks on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and many cities across the country.

Paul Craig Roberts (2022-10-10). OVERVIEW OF RUSSIAN STRIKES ON UKRAINE. thealtworld.com Fifteen cities plus smaller towns in Ukraine have had their infrastructure damaged in Russian strikes today. The EU advisory mission in Kiev was also hit. The best current account is on Southfront reports: "RUSSIA STARTS TO FIGHT FOR-REAL," but more likely it is a wrist slap for Ukraine's attack on the Crimea bridge. If the Kremlin saw these strikes as part of the…

Kit Klarenberg (2022-10-10). EXPOSED: Before Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge, British spies plotted it. thegrayzone.com The secret British intelligence plot to blow up Crimea's Kerch Bridge is revealed in internal documents and correspondence obtained exclusively by The Grayzone. The Grayzone has obtained an April 2022 presentation drawn up for senior British intelligence officers hashing out an elaborate scheme to blow up Crimea's Kerch Bridge with the involvement of specially trained Ukrainian soldiers. Almost six months after the plan was circulated, Kerch Bridge was attacked in an October 8th suicide bombing apparently overseen by Ukraine's SBU …

Fight Back (2022-10-10). Texas: Time to deal with former university President Hereford's racist legacy. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is one of the most diverse campuses in the state of Texas, and the United States as a whole — yet it has a history of segregation and racism that the current administration attempts to whitewash and ignore. A man responsible for some of the most egregious aspects of UTA's history is none other than former university President E. H. Hereford, who has a bust located in the University Center (UC) named after him. | Progressive Student Union has a campaign to bring down the racist symbols that UTA has propped up, and to this end we are wanting to remove He…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-10). Washington's Biological Research Laboratories. libya360.wordpress.com Pablo Jofre Leal U.S. laboratories created, developed and operating under Pentagon leadership are scattered throughout Africa, Latin America and practically all the countries that made up the former Union of Socialist Republics. It is estimated that at least 200 biological research laboratories worldwide are financed by Washington. The presence of U.S. specialists in the construction…

WSWS (2022-10-10). GM Flint workers support Will Lehman's call to unite US and Mexican workers. wsws.org Campaigners for Will Lehman traveled to the General Motors truck assembly plant in Flint, Michigan last week and spoke with GM workers about the program Lehman is fighting for in the upcoming UAW elections.

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Staff (2022-10-10). Critical infrastructure hit in Kyiv as many cities bombed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — Ukraine's presidency says missile strikes have been reported in many cities across the country after several explosions hit the center of Kyiv.

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-10). Biden Changes Drone Strike Policy. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Friday issued guidance requiring presidential approval for drone strikes outside of Iraq and Syria, which are the only two countries officially recognized as active US war zones. This means that drone strikes in countries like Somalia, Yemen, and Afghanistan would need to be approved by President Biden. The guidance comes as the …

____ (2022-10-10). The Military Industrial Media Complex Wants You to Be More Media (I)Literate! transcend.org 4 Oct 2022 – A true media literacy education empowers students to be autonomous and sophisticated media users, who ask their own questions about who controls media messaging and interrogate the power structures behind them. When a student is left dependent on the military industrial complex to analyze content for them, it is not education, it is indoctrination.

_____ (2022-10-10). The Call Heard Around The World. popularresistance.org On Saturday, October 8, thousands of people in the UK gathered for a massive act of solidarity with political prisoner and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Protestors formed a human chain around the Parliament in London to demand that the government cancel Assange's looming extradition to the US, and for him to finally be freed. Stella Morris, Assange's partner, told The Independent that the action had been organized because Parliament was the "seat of democracy" and that Assange represented "democracy at its strongest— government accountability and democratic movement…It is to remind people that this is…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-10). Ukraine Is Behind Attacks On Civilians In Zaporozhie. southfront.org In the recent days, several strikes The Kiev regime had already spread fake news blaming Russia for its own crimes. This time, the truth was fastly revealed. | At night on October 10, another house was d…

Anonymous349 (2022-10-10). Military Situation On Battleground Amid Russian Strikes On Military And Energy Infrastructure Of Ukraine. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-10-10). Russia Starts To Fight For-Real: Overview Of Strikes In Ukraine. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-10-10). Ukrainian National Police Counted Victims Of Russia's Strikes In Ukraine. southfront.org Yury Zaskoka | The National Police of Ukraine reported that 10 people were killed and 60 others were injured as a result of the According to the report, Zaskok…

Staff (2022-10-10). Response to be harsh if attacks continue against Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday's deadly missile strikes targeting cities in Ukraine were in retaliation for its "terrorist action" against Russian territory.

SouthFront5 (2022-10-10). Lukashenko Announced: Belarus And Russia Are Creating Joint Grouping Of Troops. southfront.org Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus and Russia are activating a joint regional grouping of troops in the region."Due to the aggravation on the western borders of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, we have agreed to deploy a regional grouping of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus." | It is expected that this grouping may be engaged in the nearest future. | The basis of this grouping is formed by the Armed Forces of Belarus."I have to inform you that the formation of this g…

____ (2022-10-10). CPC's ability to adapt contributes to its success, says expert. ecns.cn The ability to meet people's needs and adapt to domestic and international changes has enabled the Communist Party of China (CPC) to lead China to successive victories, an expert said.

____ (2022-10-09). Congress set to present road map for future. ecns.cn The upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will have the central task of presenting the Party's road map for the next five years and beyond, a key period in realizing national rejuvenation.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Fort Myers, Florida resident: Poverty, inequality fueled hurricane disaster. wsws.org "Florida is among the five states with the highest economic disparity in America. We are among those with the highest household debt and poverty rate. At the same time, we rank third in the number of billionaires."

WSWS (2022-10-10). New Zealand university staff hold nationwide strike. wsws.org For the first time in 20 years, 7,000 academics and other university workers held a half-day nationwide strike to protest against below-inflation pay offers.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Australian Labor government to cut social spending to pay for tax handouts and war plans. wsws.org Labor's May election slogan of "a better future" has been replaced by chilling warnings of "global economic storms" and "the most challenging circumstances" since World War II.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Build an international movement of the working class against imperialist war! wsws.org "The same contradictions and crisis of world capitalism are also propelling the working class into struggle, providing the basis for the building of an international anti-war movement."

WSWS (2022-10-10). The "choice" in the 2022 US midterm elections: Fascist Republicans vs. war-crazed Democrats. wsws.org Whatever the results of the November 8 vote, the working class must break with the capitalist two-party system and build an independent political party of its own, based on socialist policies.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Eugene V. Debs and the struggle of railroaders. wsws.org Debs' life—from locomotive fireman, to trade unionist, to socialist candidate for American president, to class war prisoner—holds crucial lessons for today's workers.

Staff (2022-10-10). IRGC commander warns enemies behind recent riots again. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami once again warned the enemies who were behind recent riots in the country.

Staff (2022-10-10). New website for Brussels actions: 29 October, March for Return and Liberation! samidoun.net The Masar Badil (Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement) launched a new website today to highlight the March for Return and Liberation taking place in Brussels, Belgium, on 29 October 2022, as well as the Week of Action for Palestinian Liberation leading up to that date. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is one of the endorsers …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-10-10). Is the CIA Supporting Another Color Revolution in Iran—Like the One that Installed the Shah in 1953? covertactionmagazine.com CIA offshoot, National Endowment for Democracy, spent $631,500 in Iran in 2021. [This is the first of two CAM original articles on the Iraninan protests and potential CIA role behind them.—Editors] In late September, protests erupted in Iran following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, after she had been arrested by morality …

Labor Video Project (2022-10-10). Free Julian Assange! Global Day Of Action In San Francisco At Harry Bridges Plaza. indybay.org

Jim McIlroy (2022-10-10). Vale Dave Riley — socialist, satirist and chef. greenleft.org.au Dave Riley, long-time socialist, artist, satirist and chef, was an enthusiast about trying out new ventures to broaden the socialist project. Jim McIlroy reports on his life.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Build a rank-and-file defense campaign for the reinstatement of Staten Island Amazon workers who refused to risk their health for profit! wsws.org As many as 80 workers were suspended without pay for protesting when Amazon management tried to make them return to work after a fire.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-10). South Africa National Dockers Strike With RTUSA JV Dube, David Hemson & Namibia Workers. indybay.org Dock workers in South Africa have gone on a national strike against the state controlled Transnet. They are fighting for major wage increases and against privatization of the ports being pushed by the ANC government.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2022-10-10). Saturday 11/12: SDBA Book Group: Doughnut Economics — 7 Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.

Staff (2022-10-10). VIDEO: Woman taking selfie video 'captures blast in Kyiv'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — The clip is thought to have been taken during a missile strike in the centre of Kyiv on Monday morning.

____ (2022-10-10). Apology far from enough to make up for injuries caused by unethical medical experiments in U.S. ecns.cn U.S. city Philadelphia has apologized for unethical medical experiments conducted on mostly black men in one of its prisons last century, unveiling the county's disgraceful history of racial injustice.

WSWS (2022-10-10). State trial begins for defendants in 2020 plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan. wsws.org The state trial of three men accused of collaborating in the far-right plot to kidnap and kill the governor of Michigan began in Jackson County Court on October 3.

Staff (2022-10-10). 2nd National Congress of Sports Martyrs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — The second National Congress of Sports Martyrs was held in the presence of the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Salami and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hamid Sajjadi.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Australian state teachers' union capitulates before Liberal government wage cutting drive. wsws.org Rejecting strike action, the union bureaucracy has announced a so-called "day of action" while the government imposes significant real wage cuts.

Staff (2022-10-10). Leader meeting with members of congress of athlete martyrs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on September 11, received a group of mothers of Iranian athletes martyrs and members of the congress of athlete martyrs.

Staff (2022-10-10). Iran athletes refusal to compete with Zionists real victory. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — Depriving of reaching a medal for refusing to compete with the representatives of the Zionist regime is a real victory, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, hailing Iranian athletes for doing so.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-10-10). Colombia to buy 3M hectares of arable land for rural reform. colombiareports.com Colombia's government agreed to purchase 3 million hectares in arable land from large landowners for redistribution among victims of armed conflict. President Gustavo Petro and the president of ranchers federation…

WSWS (2022-10-10). The class issues in New York City's "No More 24" home health aide bill. wsws.org Despite working 24 hours, workers are only paid for 13, under the pretense that they can sleep in their patient's homes, and should not be paid for that time.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Family, friends and co-workers pay last respects to Detroit Sterling Stamping worker who died September 30. wsws.org The death of Thomas "Tank" McAuliffe is only the most recent in a string of tragedies at Sterling Stamping and other Detroit area auto plants during the pandemic.

Tenant, Neighborhood Councils (2022-10-10). Rent Strike: Solidarity and Repression at Renew on Merritt. indybay.org The Renew on Merritt Tenant Council formed in June, 2022 and began organizing with Tenant and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) to demand repairs and lower rent from landlord Kennedy Wilson. In August, Kennedy Wilson sold the building to FPA Multifamily, and the tenants launched a rent strike. The cops and the armed guards arrived a few weeks later. Why?>

Staff (2022-10-10). IRGC declares ceasefire to give KRG another chance. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — After days of intensified shelling, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) halted its missile strikes against bases of Iranian Kurdish terrorist groups.

Staff (2022-10-10). Leader meeting with members of Congress of Sports Martyrs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on September 11, received a group of mothers of Iranian athletes martyrs and members of the second National Congress of Sports Martyrs.

Tyrus Maxwell (2022-10-10). Students forced into poverty to complete study, report finds. greenleft.org.au Thousands of students are forced into poverty to pursue their degrees, according to a damning report by the National Union of Students. Tyrus Maxwell reports.

Staff (2022-10-10). Informan tratamiento salarial para este 10 de octubre. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (MTSS) informó que, por celebrarse el 10 de octubre el Inicio de las Guerras por la Independencia y como se prevé en el artículo 94 de la Ley 116 del Código de Trabajo, recesan las actividades laborales, excepto las labores relacionadas con la zafra azucarera y otros trabajos agrícolas urgentes.

Staff (2022-10-10). Esta jornada en La Habana carrera en homenaje al 10 de octubre. cubadebate.cu Con arrancada desde las nueve de la mañana, hoy se celebra en La Habana la carrera por el 10 de octubre, en homenaje al inicio de la Guerra de Independencia en Cuba contra el colonialismo español, en igual fecha de 1868. Convocada por el Inder, como es tradicional ese evento saludará también el Día Mundial de la Alimentación.

WorkWeek (2022-10-10). WorkWeek On LA SEIU 399 Organzing Struggles, Democracy & Business Unionism. indybay.org The struggle in Los Angeles SEIU 399 was central to the Justice For Janitors campaign. The workers however who led this struggle faced a struggle to continue the fight for the membership when they won control of the Local through the Multi-Racial Alliance. Prior to the AFL-CIO convention in LA they had a sit-in at their offices. The International sent in SEIU president's aid Bill Fletcher to end the sit-in. He promised that they would get control of the local but as soon as the sit-in ended they sold the building and merged the local into SEIU 1877.

Staff (2022-10-10). Las Tejerías Landslide Tragedy: 22 Deaths and 58 Missing, Three Days of Mourning in Venezuela (Photos & Videos). orinocotribune.com This Sunday, October 9, President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro reported through his Twitter account that, "Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, the social cabinet and all security agencies, [are at] a maximum deployment for the comprehensive care of the people. They are not alone!" This comes after, "the difficult and painful situation caused by heavy rains in Las Tejerías," Aragua state. | More than a thousand men and women from the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB), firefighters, civil protection and police forces were deployed to serve communities in Las Tejerías, after Saturday's tragedy that was the result of…

_____ (2022-10-09). Two Sixties' Radicals Recall Fighting Times In US Labor. popularresistance.org The University of Wisconsin at Madison was a hotbed of student radicalism in the 1960s. Unlike some other centers of campus opposition to the Vietnam War, left-wing activists there were among the first of their generation to organize around issues related to their own mistreatment as workers. In 1963, undergraduates employed in campus jobs formed a Wisconsin Student Employees Union to force the administration to raise their wages to the federal minimum (a 50 cent per hour increase). Seven years later, the UW Teaching Assistants Association organized the first TA strike in U.S. history, a 24-day walk-out that won…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-09). Russia-Ukraine Update: Crimean Bridge Traffic Resumes, Ukraine's Growing Arms/Ammo Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Crimean Bridge is back in operation further repairs are required but road and rail traffic resumes; Western media notes the US is out of ammunition to send Ukraine and that US allies have even less; Nations like France have reached the limits of what they can send in terms of heavy weapons;…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-09). Ukraine is Preparing a Law on Full Control Over the Media, as the Last Vestiges of Press Freedom Disappear in Kiev. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya Ukrainian journalists hold placards reading (from left to right) 'No censorship', 'Azarov (referring to Prime minister Mykola Azarov) is the enemy of the press!' during their protest in front of the Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev. © SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP While fierce battles continue to rage between the Ukrainian and Russian armies…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-09). The Terrorist Attack on the Crimean Bridge Must Lead Russia to Step Up its Military Operation. libya360.wordpress.com Christelle Néant On 8 October 2022, at around 6am, a terrorist attack (most likely carried out by Ukraine) damaged part of the Crimean Bridge and killed five people. Unsurprisingly, several Ukrainian officials celebrated the news, pointing an accusing finger at Ukraine themselves, and its nature as a terrorist state. At 6.07 a.m. on 8 October…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-09). Jeffrey Sachs Interview on Ukraine: US Biotech Cartel Behind Covid Origins and Cover-up. libya360.wordpress.com Jeffrey Sachs joins The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté to discuss the investigation into the origins of Covid-19. As chair of the Lancet COVID-19 commission, Sachs alleges that SARS-CoV2 originated from dangerous gain of function experiments sponsored and conducted by US biotech institutions. He alleges a vast cover-up of Covid origins, including by former…

Anonymous669 (2022-10-09). Central Syria: Russian Airstrikes Hit ISIS Caves In Southern Raqqa. southfront.org Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / | On October 9 morning, yet another wave of Russian airstrikes targeted ISIS's areas of influence in the central region of Syria. | Two fighter bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out at least four airstrikes on the outskirts of the town of al-Resafa in the southern countryside of the Raqqa. The targets were reportedly caves where ISIS cells had been taking shelter. The exact results of the airstr…

Zero Hedge (2022-10-09). Zelensky's Call for NATO "Preemptive Strikes" on Russia an Attempt to Spark WW3: Kremlin. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-10-09). Macao science workers actively join payload specialist selection for manned space program. ecns.cn Science workers in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) have responded actively to payload specialist selection for the country's manned space program.

Elias Khalil Jabbour (2022-10-09). Brazil at crossroads: Bolsonaro means subordination and deindustrialization, Lula means independence and development. multipolarista.com Round two of Brazil's presidential election offers deeply opposing visions: Bolsonaro would mean more subordination and deindustrialization. Lula would mean independence, economic nationalism, and multipolarity.

Staff (2022-10-09). French intellectuals urge protests against Macron. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — Numerous French intellectuals have urged the nation to revolt in protest at President Emmanuel Macron's failure to improve economic conditions amid soaring inflation.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-09). Climate Tipping Points, Capitalist Collapse, & War as a Death-Denial Tool. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer SheaIn his book The Denial of Death, Ernest Becker observes how human beings are unique as the only creatures with the mental capacity to know that death is coming for them. The other types of animals don't live with this knowledge as far as we're aware, and therefore they don't have to experience the…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2022-10-09). Imperialist Militarism and the African Crisis. towardfreedom.org Since the beginning of the Transatlantic slave trade, European colonialists have used systematic violence to control and exploit the African people and other oppressed geopolitical regions, writes, Abayomi Azikiwe.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-09). Under Suella Braverman, UK Set for an Ever Harsher Policy Towards Refugees. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh British Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Suella Braverman is considering banning people crossing the English Channel from claiming asylum in the UK. She added that it was her "dream" and "obsession" to have asylum seekers deported to Rwanda. Activists and campaigners in the UK have slammed a slate of measures targeting asylum seekers announced…

Samidoun Deutschland (2022-10-09). Hamburg: Activities in solidarity with Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. samidoun.net The following is a republication of a report by Bàºndnis gegen imperialistische Aggression (BgiA) and Netzwerk Freiheit fàºr alle politische Gefangenen on two actions organized in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the "action month for the release of Georges Ibrahim Abdullah". Samidoun Germany participated in these actions: On 06 and 07 October 2022, different organisations …

Staff (2022-10-09). 20 more Palestinian prisoners join hunger strike to end administrative detention. samidoun.net On Sunday, 9 October, 20 additional Palestinian prisoners joined the mass hunger strike launched by 30 administrative detainees demanding an end to detention without charge or trial. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society announced that the 20 prisoners include Palestinians jailed arbitrarily under administrative detention as well as people serving sentences imposed by Israeli occupation military courts …

Ricardo Gomez (2022-10-09). LEVER WEEKLY: Infrastructure In Crisis. levernews.com From Mississippi to Massachusetts, this week The Lever revealed how some of the country's most basic infrastructure — our water systems and electric grids — are being used by Wall Street and investors as their own personal ATM machines, threatening people's ability to use their own tap water and build environmentally resilient infrastructure.The Lever team also revealed how the GOP is keeping citizen initiatives off ballots, crushing popular demand for higher taxes on the wealthy and expanded public health insurance. Also, we uncovered a last-minute dark money campaign with ties to Saudi operatives…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-09). State of Emergency Declared in NYC Over Influx of Asylum Seekers. libya360.wordpress.com Natalia Marques NYC Mayor Eric Adams holds press conference with other city leaders and declared a state of emergency. Photo: NYC Mayor's Office Latin American migrants seek refuge in the United States only to be shuttled around as political pawns and sleep in tents in the richest city On October 7, New York City Mayor…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-09). President Arce in Vallegrande: "Che Guevara is Not Dead. He Continues to Be a Light for Many of Us". libya360.wordpress.com Andrés Figueroa Cornejo55 years after the fall of the revolutionary humanist and communist Ernesto Guevara, the President of the Plurinational State, Luis Arce Catacora, participated in his homage in Vallegrande, department of Santa Cruz, on the date and site where the heroic guerrilla and part of his comrades of the National Liberation Army, ELN, were…

Fight Back (2022-10-09). Red Theory: Against the theory of a peaceful transition to socialism. fightbacknews.org Marxism-Leninism is the science of revolution. The purpose of revolutionary theory is to guide revolutionary practice. Nevertheless, since Marxism was young, there have always been opportunists and revisionists who tried to distort its revolutionary essence. The leading edge of this attack on Marxism – from the misleaders of the Second International, Eduard Bernstein and Karl Kautsky in the early 1900s, to Khrushchev's modern revisionism, beginning with the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1956 – has been the advocacy of a peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism. | Can t…

Tafi Mhaka (2022-10-09). Filmmakers Should Tell the Truth About Slavery: A Critique of "The Woman King" commondreams.org Contrary to what the movie suggests, Africans did sell other Africans into slavery. That tremendously significant detail cannot be bent or avoided. Nor must it, of course, be weaponized to minimize or dismiss the culpability of European slave traders.

Staff (2022-10-09). Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (SCCR) meeting. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR) held a meeting on Sunday morning chaired by President Ebrahim Raeisi.

South Bay Indigenous Solidarity (2022-10-09). Thursday 10/6: South Bay Indigenous Solidarity general meeting. indybay.org Via Zoom. Register at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcuCuqz4iH9YWQ1VB0khUvgEr_zxugXaz…

____ (2022-10-09). Investment in Iran's industry, mining witnesses 6% growth. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — Statistics show that the volume of foreign investment approved in the mining and industrial sector in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2022) has registered a 6% growth as compared to last year.

WSWS (2022-10-09). Peru lifts safety measures against COVID. wsws.org Lifting COVID safety measures can only inflame an already raging class struggle.

Staff (2022-10-09). Persian Gulf security should be maintained by regional states. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — The Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy says that Iran can ensure the security of the Persian Gulf with the contribution of neighboring countries in the region.

Michael Sozan (2022-10-09). Poll Workers Will Play Key Role in Midterm Elections. commondreams.org An estimated 1 million poll workers, who will voluntarily help administer this year's election, are essential to strengthening our democracy and preserving the hallowed right to vote.

WSWS (2022-10-09). UK: Oppose communalism in Leicester, fight for workers' unity. wsws.org There can be no solution to the violence and provocations of Hindu nationalists based on tit for tat reprisals by Muslims.

____ (2022-10-09). Unity Week manifestation of Shia, Sunni solidarity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that Unity Week is the symbol of the concrete manifestation of amity, empathy, and solidarity among Shia and Sunni communities in all areas.

Roberta Wood (2022-10-09). 'Watery beer and horrible politics!'. peoplesworld.org Communist Party Co-chair Joe Sims issued this indictment of America's biggest corporations — starting with the manufacturers of Coors's — in a YouTube video released this week by the Party to argue for collective action by this country's working class to defeat what Sims calls "the fascist caucus." Sims zeroes in on the role of …

Staff (2022-10-09). Unión Eléctrica prevé una afectación máxima de 1119 MW en el horario pico nocturno. cubadebate.cu En el día de ayer se afectó el servicio por déficit de capacidad de generación durante todo el día. La máxima afectación en el horario de la noche fue 1124 MW a las 19: 30 horas, coincidiendo con la hora pico, de ellos 116 MW por los daños ocasionados por el huracán Ian. Se estima una afectación máxima de 850 MW por déficit de capacidad de generación en el horario diurno.

Staff (2022-10-09). Cuba participará en Consejo de Complementación Económica del ALBA-TCP. cubadebate.cu Una delegación de Cuba participará mañana en el XI Consejo de Complementación Económica de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América—Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP), en Bolivia, informó la Cancillería. El encuentro, que tendrá por sede a la ciudad de Sucre, reunirá por primera vez tras la pandemia de Covid-19, a ministros y altos funcionarios del área.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-09). Che's Last Battle in Bolivia. libya360.wordpress.com Pedro Rioseco In the narrow Quebrada del Yuro the smell of gunpowder can still be felt. There, behind a rock that keeps the marks of many shots, Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara fought his last battle in Bolivia and the first of the Heroic Guerrilla in his immortal example. It was October 8, 1967 when 17…

Struggle, La Lucha (2022-10-09). Che as minister: the promotion of science and technology for Cuba's socialist development. struggle-la-lucha.org

_____ (2022-10-08). Combat Nihilism: Revolutionary Optimism In The Age Of US Imperial Decline. popularresistance.org Hurricane Ian. The threat of nuclear war. Inflation. Mississippi's water crisis. Any one of these developments have the potential to send even the most clear-headed individual into a state of nihilism and despair. And this is just the short list of calamities currently plaguing humanity. | Life under the decline of U.S. imperialism is far from easy. Little relief exists from the toxic stress induced by poverty, debt, racism, militarism, social isolation, and mainstream media propaganda. Exhaustion is widespread. Trust in the institutions that form the fabric of U.S. society is incredibly low. These conditions hav…

____ (2022-10-08). (Red Star Over China in the New Era) Qianping Shi: The 20th CPC National Congress will open a new chapter of realizing Chinese dream. ecns.cn Qianping Shi, Chairman of DMI Industrial Group, seeks to utilize internationalization and localization to contribute to China's economic development. He believes the 20th CPC National Congress will open a new chapter of realizing Chinese dream.

Ricardo Gomez (2022-10-08). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Biden's Midterm Marijuana Play. levernews.com Good things are happening! For starters, ahead of the midterms, Biden is taking some steps (although not nearly enough) to change his position on cannabis policy. What's more, young Americans are taking the labor movement's message to heart, a new act in California rolls back the harmful effects of criminal records, workers have a new tool in salary negotiations, and researchers have found that embracing basic food waste practices could have major impacts on the climate crisis. All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It, available for supporting subscribers below.Biden (Somewhat) F…

WSWS (2022-10-08). After WestRock paper mill workers in Alabama reject second contract, company enforces lockout. wsws.org Five hundred workers at the Mahrt Mill paper mill in Cottonton, Alabama, were locked out Thursday by multinational conglomerate WestRock, which operates the mill.

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