(2022-10-03). Death toll from Hurricane Ian continues to climb as tens of thousands are left ruined and neglected by state and federal governments. wsws.org More than 80 have died and more bodies are being uncovered as recovery workers begin digging into the ruings left by the monster storm.
(2022-10-03). Foreign officials, experts wish 20th CPC National Congress success during celebrations of China's National Day. ecns.cn Foreign officials and experts expressed their good wishes for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and eyed further cooperation.
(2022-10-03). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government to slash public sector wages, pensions. wsws.org The PSOE-Podemos government is working with the CCOO and UGT unions to approve below-inflation raises for millions of civil servants and minimum wage workers.
(2022-10-03). Sri Lankan pseudo-left FSP backs imperialist manoeuvring at the UNHRC. wsws.org Workers in Sri Lanka can only defend their democratic and social rights by uniting with the international working class and fighting for socialism.
(2022-10-03). 7 million workers in contract struggles in Germany: Build independent action committees! wsws.org As was the case at the beginning of World War I, when the trade unions entered into a truce with the imperial government and the employers' associations, they are once again closing ranks with them.
(2022-10-03). Red Theory: The Leninist theory of the state. fightbacknews.org The central point of the Marxist-Leninist understanding of the state is that it is always and everywhere the product of antagonistic class contradictions. It arose from such contradictions, and as long as classes exist, so too will the state. Marx and Engels were the first to understand the state in this way, and it was Engels, in his book The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State, who did the most to develop the materialist understanding of how and why and the state arises in human history. | The state arises historically due to material conditions in society, namely due to the development of cl…
(2022-10-03). Labor and unions allow Norco to sack its workers in flood-torn Australian city. wsws.org In sync with the Labor government's pro-business stand, the three trade unions covering the workers refused to issue any call for workers at Norco, across the region and nationally to oppose the retrenchments.
(2022-10-03). In letter defending sellout of railroad workers, SMART-TD union president falsely claims US Constitution prohibits workers from striking. wsws.org In an open letter to railroaders Friday, SMART-TD union President Jeremy Ferguson tried to the justify the unions' avoidance of a national rail strike with a sellout tentative agreement brokered by the Biden administration.
(2022-10-03). Sunday 10/9: Support Amazon Workers Picket Whole Foods. indybay.org NoeValley WholeFoods-11AM Sun.Oct 9- | 3950-24th St,SF…
(2022-10-03). Santa Cruz City Workers to Begin Strike. indybay.org Santa Cruz City workers will strike starting tomorrow to stop the City's unfair labor practices, win equity for essential workers, and fund the front line to protect community services. Add your name in solidarity: bit.ly/protectsantacruzcityworkers | Show up on the strike line starting Monday, Oct. 3, at 7 AM, Santa Cruz City Hall, 809 Center St. Santa Cruz.
(2022-10-03). SEP (Australia) holds successful Sixth National Congress. wsws.org The Congress adopted four resolutions on key aspects of the political situation and elected the Socialist Equality Party's leadership for the next two years.
(2022-10-03). Ebola outbreak threatens to expand into densely populated Ugandan capital Kampala. wsws.org An outbreak of Ebola infections in Uganda's western-central districts has exploded since declared an outbreak in late September. Two healthcare workers have died among more than two dozen total deaths.
(2022-10-03). Ford and Stellantis workers back UAW candidate Will Lehman's campaign to fight job cuts and unify workers globally. wsws.org In the last several days, campaigners visited Ford and Stellantis factories in Chicago, Detroit and Toledo, Ohio and won enthusiastic support for Lehman's campaign to transfer power from the UAW apparatus to rank-and-file workers on the shop floor.
(2022-10-03). Apple Toxic Is It Above The Law? With Whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik. indybay.org Ashley M. Gjà∏vik an Apple employee discovers that her office is sitting on a super-fund dump site in Sunnyvale. She tries to get it tested by the EPA and is retaliated against and fired. She also discover that Apple has captured the agencies she is trying to get to protect her and her fellow worker.
(2022-10-03). Sunday 10/2: Global Call to Action for Jina Mahsa Amini. indybay.org Santa Cruz Clock Tower on Sunday, Intersection of Water St and N Pacific Ave…
(2022-10-03). Minnesota Allina mental health workers begin 3-day strike: Build rank-and-file committees to unite with nurses! wsws.org The strategy being pursued by the SEIU at Allina Health is aimed at dividing the struggle of mental health workers from nurses and other sections of health care workers.
(2022-10-03). Nurses' union announces ratification of sellout contract at Michigan Medicine. wsws.org The MNA-UMPNC (Michigan Nurses Association-University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council), after refusing to call a strike despite a massive strike authorization vote, has announced passage of a deal that meets none of the demands and needs of Michigan Medicine nurses.
(2022-10-03). Amid mounting crises, Chinese Communist Party to reappoint Xi Jinping as leader. wsws.org Xi's seemingly unchallengeable position stems not from any inherent strength. Rather, in conditions of acute class tensions, he has been elevated to prevent the CCP's divisions from blowing the party and government apart.
(2022-10-03). Fossils provide evidence on how human evolved from fish. ecns.cn 99.8% of the vertebrates on the earth, including human beings, have jaws, which are collectively referred to as jawed vertebrates or jawed.
(2022-10-03). Union Busting Kaiser Takes Hardline On NUHW Workers While Gov Newsom Is MIA. indybay.org Striking NUHW healthcare workers after 7 weeks on strike face a union busting attack by Kaiser executives and refusal of Governor Gavin Newsom and State Attorney General to enforce the law.
(2022-10-03). Saturday 10/8: San Jose: Women's Wave Rally & March for Reproductive Rights. indybay.org Rally at Plaza of San Jose City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St., San Jose 95113; then we march to Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park…
(2022-10-02). Cancer-Causing Pesticide exceeds State risk levels over the last decade at Monterey County. indybay.org Concerned about the use of the cancer-causing drift-prone pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D), more than pesticide reform advocates, including farmworkers, health professionals, teachers, and their allies held a news conference and rally at the Monterey County Government Center on Tuesday, September 27th — the 60th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. The group, organized by Safe Ag Safe Schools and the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, called on the County Ag Commissioner to reduce 1,3-D use and web-post warnings. | The news conference can be seen in its entirety at: https…
(2022-10-02). NATO in the Horns of a Dilemma after Former Ukrainian Regions Vote to Join Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter Moscow is flipping the bloc's script by moving to absorb Kiev's lost lands, thus switching the fight to its own turf By infusing tens of billions of dollars' worth of military aid into Ukraine, NATO produced a "game-changing" dynamic designed to throw Russia off balance. By undertaking the referendums in Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, and Lugansk,…
(2022-10-02). In Video: Russian Artillery Hit Two U.S.-Made M777 Howitzers Of Ukrainian Forces. southfront.org Ukrainian service members firing a M777 howitzer on an unspecified front in the Donbass region. Source: the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. | The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continue to sustain heavy human and material losses as a result of Russian artillery fire. | On October 2, a video documenting a recent Russian artillery strike on an AFU artillery battery made up of two U.S.-made M777 towed howitzers surfaced online. The Ukrainian battery was reportedly deployed near the settlement of…
(2022-10-02). The drums of war grow ever louder: Declaration of constitution of the Madrid Platform Against NATO and the Bases. iacenter.org September 30, 2022 By Madrid Platform Madrid, Sept. 20. Madrid Platform Against NATO and Bases. Translation: John Catalinotto The centers of power of Euro-U.S. imperialism have decided to resolve this deep capitalist crisis by applying the updated version of the same procedures they used in other times: massive destruction of capital and war. NATO and the military bases, the armed wing of imperialism, has set itself up as the governing body of the great reconfiguration of capitalism, necessary for its oligarchies to continue to hold power. NATO's war against Russia, under the pretext of the Ukraine war, is the o…
(2022-10-02). It Was a Surprisingly Wise Move by the West Not to Fast-Track Ukraine's NATO Membership. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko Their rejection is a major soft power embarrassment for the Ukrainian leader, who failed to marshal any meaningful response to Russia's reunification with its historical region of Novorossiya. The US-led West's Golden Billion has been provoking Russia for the past three decades like President Putin explained at length in his historic speech Friday afternoon ahead of signing…
(2022-10-02). Say NO to U.S. wars! Oct. 15-22 actions. iacenter.org September 28, 2022 The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) is organizing for protests the week of Oct. 15-22 in this call posted at unac.peace.org. Back to the streets! Say NO to U.S. wars! Stop Washington's war moves toward Russia and China. Stop endless wars: Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Palestine, everywhere. Join us in protest during the week of Oct 15-22. Organize an action in your local area, or join one at unac.peace.org. Today working people face escalating costs of food and energy, recession, growing insecurity and attacks on efforts to unionize. The continuing wars and military provocations have brought…
(2022-10-02). Movements in NATO countries mobilize against war. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto September 30, 2022 With an avalanche of anti-Russian propaganda in NATO-member and other European Union countries — and in the U.S. — the corporate media has created an obstacle to mobilizing antiwar actions. Nevertheless, the high economic cost of the war, including much higher prices for basic goods and shortages of energy sources, have created an opening that anti-imperialist and antiwar activists are starting to widen. In Germany, the antiwar movement has called for coordinated actions in cities around the country Oct. 1. In Spain, at least one coalition has called, in its Madr…
(2022-10-02). Xi pays tribute to national heroes on Martyrs' Day. ecns.cn Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China and the state attended a ceremony on Friday morning in Tian'anmen Square in Beijing to present flower baskets to fallen national heroes.
(2022-10-02). Xi meets C919 project team, urging more breakthroughs in high-end equipment manufacturing. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Friday commended the achievements made in the development of the C919 large passenger aircraft and called for more major breakthroughs in China's high-end equipment manufacturing.
(2022-10-02). Wang Yi: Making Every Effort For Peace And Development. popularresistance.org Delivering his September 24 speech, Wang began by noting that humanity was facing various challenges, including the continued resurfacing of the Covid-19 pandemic, uncertain global security, and fragile and unsteady global recovery. "The world has entered a new phase of turbulence and transformation…But we are also at a time full of hope. The world continues to move towards multipolarity…Around the world, the people's call for progress and cooperation is getting louder than ever before." | Posing the question of how to "ride on the trend of history to build a community with a shared future for mankind", he ex…
(2022-10-02). Yemen Ceasefire Expires Without Extension, Raising Fears of Escalation. news.antiwar.com The UN special envoy for Yemen said Sunday that the ceasefire between the Houthis and the US-backed Saudi-led coalition expired on Sunday without the two sides agreeing on an extension. The truce was extended twice before, and while there was some fighting on the ground, no Saudi airstrikes in Yemen were reported, marking the longest …
(2022-10-02). Ending Hunger, Reviving Agriculture: The MST's Vision for Post-Election Brazil. libya360.wordpress.com Joà£o Pedro Stedile of the national leadership of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) talks about the current crisis in the agrarian sector and the way forward. He explains how the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro has wrecked agriculture, leading to a rise in hunger. He also talks about the MST's proposals for reviving the sector which…
(2022-10-02). Ending Hunger, Reviving Agriculture: The MST's Vision For Brazil. popularresistance.org Joà£o Pedro Stedile of the national leadership of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) talks about the current crisis in the agrarian sector and the way forward. He explains how the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro has wrecked agriculture, leading to a rise in hunger. He also talks about the MST's proposals for reviving the sector which include both immediate steps to alleviate hunger and structural solutions to long-term problems. These include the key role cooperatives must play in the country.
(2022-10-02). Bolivia Presents Revolutionary Socialist Program To Transform World. popularresistance.org Bolivia's President Luis Arce used his platform at the United Nations General Assembly to propose a revolutionary 14-point socialist program to transform the world. | "Today we find ourselves facing a wide-ranging, systemic capitalist crisis that increasingly endangers the life of humanity and the planet," he warned. | Arce continued: "We should not only reflect on the economic, social, food, climate, energy, water, and trade crises, but also identify with clarity the origin, in order to change a system that reproduces domination, exploitation, and exclusion of the large majorities, that generates the concentrati…
(2022-10-02). Nurses At LGBTQ-Affirming Healthcare Provider Are Planning To Strike. popularresistance.org Unionized nurses at Howard Brown Health, a Chicago network of LGBTQ-affirming healthcare clinics, are set to go on strike Monday, Oct. 3 after what workers say are months of stalled contract bargaining negotiations. | The union is comprised of 30 nurses across 10 clinics, who are bargaining for their second contract, the first of which expired in August. The nurses' union, the Illinois Nurses Association, says that since June they have been negotiating with management on a weekly basis and have reached tentative agreements on more than 30 items, including staffing levels and a commitment to vaccinate workers agai…
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(2022-10-02). Brazil: An Election That Will Mark The Immediate Future Of Latin America. popularresistance.org This Sunday October 2, Brazil, Latin America's largest economy, will elect its president. This election is decisive not only for the South American country but also for the entire region, since its outcome will heavily influence the correlation of forces. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (progressive candidate of the Workers' Party)'s predicted victory would be a boost for the Latin America left and the rejection of neo liberalism, which has strengthened in the last 3 years. Meanwhile, if Jair Bolsonaro (ultra-right and Trump supporter) wins, it would mean a retrenching for the right-wing to resist. | Regarding this ele…
(2022-10-02). Water Crises Portend Socialism Or Barbarism. popularresistance.org It's 2022 and the climate has changed. Around the world, the new climate is making itself felt via droughts, heatwaves, floods, and storms. Many of these events are record breakers, and their effects go beyond local areas to affect global supply chains and the lives of millions of working-class people. These are more than just "natural" disasters, though: these multiple water crises are driven, sometimes even created, by a capitalist society organized to put short-term profit above long-term sustainability. Our untenable management of water illustrates the impossibility of addressing climate change under capitali…
(2022-10-02). Victory for Boston Starbucks workers in 64-day strike. liberationnews.org 
Boston Starbucks Workers United announced victory at 874 Commonwealth Avenue on September 21, ending the longest strike in SBWU history.
(2022-10-02). Philippines: Intensify mass struggles amid peso devaluation and rising prices. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The broad masses of workers, peasants, and the rest the Filipino people must firmly advance their urgent socioeconomic demands and intensify their national and democratic mass struggles in the face of increasing possibility of a sharp economic decline in the coming months. The steady devaluation of the Philippine peso is set to further worsen their conditions of high fuel and food prices, low wages, rural bankruptcies, and widespread unemployment and cause the accelerated deterioration of the people's li…
(2022-10-02). Brazil: On Lula's Majority. libya360.wordpress.com JoƒÅo Pedro Stedile, one of the national directors of Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST) provides an analysis of the situation in Brazil and the forces backing former President Lula. The current crisis has affected the historic interests of the bourgeoisie. To give you an idea, during the past six years 28,000 industries have closed down,…
(2022-10-02). Sunday 10/2: Support the Courageous Uprising in Iran. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley…
(2022-10-02). Britannia Unhinged: UK's Return to Trickle Down Economy is Suicide. commondreams.org The value of the British pound is already collapsing. And the strikes and protests proliferate.
(2022-10-02). Do You Hear Us? UAL Flight Attendants March Against Union Busting & Join SFO Unite Here. indybay.org Hundreds of UAL Association of Flight Attendants AFA flight attendants joined with 1,000 striking SFO Unite Here food service workers at the airport. The UAL AFA leaders charged that UAL is engaged in union busting practices and refuse to negotiate with the union over changes effecting passengers and the workers. SFO Unite Here workers have been without a wage increase since 2018 at the airport and cannot survive on their wages…
(2022-10-02). IRGC cheif calls on youth not to be deceived by enemy plots. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) — Saying that Iran is a barrier against enemies' plots, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) called on Iranian youth not to be deceived by the enemies.
(2022-10-02). Turkey conducts new airstrikes in north Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) — Turkish news sources on Sunday reported that Turkey has launched an airstrike on northern areas of Iraq.
(2022-10-02). UK rail and postal workers speak during Saturday's joint strike action. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to workers involved in Saturday's strikes in Britain. These saw ,000 rail workers almost completely shutdown the UK's rail network, alongside a national strike by 115,000 postal workers, and industrial action at two of the country's largest ports, Liverpool and Felixstowe.
(2022-10-02). Este domingo, retransmisión de " øOtra empresa estatal socialista es posible?" en Cuadrando la caja. cubadebate.cu Este domingo 2 de octubre Cuadrando la caja retransmitirá su emisión dedicada a la empresa estatal ya que por problemas relacionados con el impacto del huracán Ian en la situación energética del estudio donde hacemos el programa no ha sido posible realizarlo. Ofrecemos disculpas a nuestros televidentes y seguidores y agradecemos su comprensión.
(2022-10-02). Sao Paulo acoge actos de masas de Lula y Bolsonaro. telesurtv.net Una encuesta muestra al expresidente Lula con el 49% de los votos válidos y a Jair Bolsonaro con el 35%.
(2022-10-02). Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación en horario pico de 749 MW. cubadebate.cu Se estima para la hora pico una disponibilidad de 2181 MW y una demanda máxima de 2850 MW, para un déficit de 679 MW, por lo que de mantenerse las condiciones previstas se pronostica una afectación de 749 MW. De entrar en servicio la CTE Antonio Guiteras con 220 MW la afectación disminuirá a 529 MW.
(2022-10-02). Inclusive, expansive, revolutionary — New Family Code approved by Cubans 2-1. iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt September 27, 2022 After years of intense discussion, debate and an on-the-ground, neighborhood-by-neighborhood democratic process, the people of Cuba have passed a new Family Code. The provisions of this "Code of Affections," as it is familiarly known, are progressive, revolutionary and honor the reality of the wide range of families that people are creating in defiance of patriarchal capitalism. Members of the LGBT community carry a giant pride flag during the parade marking the country's International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, May 17, 2018.
(2022-10-01). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The End Of Super-Pollutants. levernews.com Good things are happening! The U.S. is finally taking action to phase out super-pollutants, New York becomes the next state to phase out gas-powered vehicles, and California is rolling out new policies to transition away from natural gas in homes. Also, a referendum in Cuba has redefined rights for families, while farmworkers have just won historic labor protections.All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It, available below.U.S. Eliminates Super-Pollutants: Last week, the Senate
(2022-10-01). Nord Stream Attacks, New Russia, Mobilization — Russian Ops in Ukraine (Oct. 1, 2022). libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for October 1, 2022 — Russian positions are still under pressure around Lyman and Kopiansk; — Ukrainian offensives are costing men and equipment Ukraine cannot replace; — Comparisons to the 1944-1945 Ardennes Offensive still apply; — Western media admits the lopsided nature of fighting in favor of Russia;…
(2022-10-01). The Multipolar World Has No Room for Fascist Ukraine's Ideology of War & Genocide. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Why is Russia determined to demilitarize Ukraine? Because since Obama's team forced through the installation of an extreme right government in Kiev eight years ago, the country's armed forces have been controlled by a ruling clique that's driven by the most destructive ideology in existence. An ideology that rationalizes the persecution, murder, and…
(2022-10-01). Glenn Greenwald Reflects on Values and Character v. Political Identity. scheerpost.com Former firefighter, union leader and Brazilian presidential candidate Cabo Daciolo gestures during the presidential debate ahead of the October 7, 2018 general election, on September 26, 2018. This year Daciolo is a candidate for the Brazllian Senate for the Democratic Labor Party (PDT) (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images) | By Glenn Greenwald / I published a short essay this week in Portuguese about an evangelic…
(2022-10-01). Palestinian and Arab youth organizations unite to support Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. samidoun.net 
Dozens of Palestinian and Arab youth organizations issued a collective statement in support of the 30 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to demand an end to their administrative detention. Released by the Handala Center for Prisoners, the statement calls for urgent action to confront normalization with Zionism throughout the region and to escalate the struggle …
(2022-10-01). Students for a Democratic Society to hold National Convention. fightbacknews.org On the weekend of October 15 – 16, hundreds of student activists will convene at Kent State University in Ohio for the annual Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) National Convention. The National Convention is held every fall semester and is an important event for building SDS and the broader student movement. This year's convention will be joined virtually by Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA). Nelson is also a key figure in the resurgence of militant, class-struggle based trade unionism. | SDS, re-founded in 2006, is the largest and most active progressive student organizat…
(2022-10-01). Separatists Kill 19 People, Including Senior IRGC Commander, In Southeastern Iran (Videos). southfront.org 
On September 30, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander died of wounds he sustained during clashes with armed separatists in southeastern Iran. | The separatists shot Ali Mousavi, commander of the IRGC's intelligence unit in the province of Sistan-Baluchestan, in the chest while attacking a police station by in the city of Zahedan. | The Iranian state TV said that armed separatists concealed themselves among worshippers and attacked a police base near the Makki mosque…
(2022-10-01). Brazil: A Presidential Election that Will Mark the Immediate Future of Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo A Maranges A man sits next to a graffiti of former Brazil's President and candidate for presidential election Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at his campaign headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares Interview with Latin American political scientist and filmmaker Micaela Ovelar on the current scenario in the South…