(2022-09-07). Putin slams US sanctions, calls them threat to entire world. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that the 'sanctions fever' instigated by the so-called collective West is a threat to the whole world.
(2022-09-07). Friday 9/9: Ukaine, The Working Class, Russia, China & US Imperialism-A Global Working Class Panel. indybay.org To register: | us02web.zoom.us/j/89698353349?pwd=VmhPNWpiZXMwdGU4L3JKc1Z5WkRydz09 | 996012…
(2022-09-07). Economic war instead of climate policy & Russia as enemy. indybay.org Sustainability and capitalism do not go together. Because capitalism needs growth and drives environmental destruction. The consequences: Species extinction, drought stress for trees, water scarcity. A consistent climate policy would have to get down to the nitty-gritty, but at present it is overshadowed by the economic war.
(2022-09-07). Sunday 9/18: Ukaine, The Working Class, Russia, China & US Imperialism-A Global Working Class Panel. indybay.org To register: | us02web.zoom.us/j/89698353349?pwd=VmhPNWpiZXMwdGU4L3JKc1Z5WkRydz09 | 996012…
(2022-09-07). Century-old Zhongshan bridge takes on new look. ecns.cn Workers clean the century-old Zhongshan bridge over the Yellow River in Lanzhou, northwest China's Ganxu Province, Sept. 6, 2022.
(2022-09-07). No stage 3 tax cuts: Spend $243 billion on First Nations, JobSeeker, women, energy transition. greenleft.org.au The rising cost of living and the strain on public services mean Labor must junk its support for the Coalition's stage 3 tax cut policy, argues Mary Merkenich.
(2022-09-07). "I can't afford to live in the district I work in": 6,000 Seattle teachers and support staff strike, cancelling first day of school. wsws.org The Seattle strike is part of the growing resistance of educators to the unsafe reopening of schools, austerity and surging inflation.
(2022-09-07). People's uprising a 'defining moment in Sri Lankan politics'. greenleft.org.au Green Left and Socialist Alliance hosted a discussion on the Sri Lankan uprising against the government of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, featuring activists from Sri Lanka and the solidarity movement in Australia. Susan Price reports.
(2022-09-07). IMF announces preliminary bailout loan agreement with Sri Lanka. wsws.org The working class must prepare its counteroffensive against the government's austerity drive relying on its own class methods and rallying the rural poor.
(2022-09-07). "Working In An Oven" IBT UPS Teamsters Speak Out On Deadly Heatwave, Life and Death. indybay.org IBT UPS drivers and warehouse workers speak out about the dangerous temperature conditions that workers must operate in. Additionally many UPS trucks do not even have a fan.
(2022-09-07). We Need a World Without Borders on Our Increasingly Warming Planet. zcomm.org Mass migration is the outcome of the actual crises of capitalism, conquest and climate change…
(2022-09-07). Digital Currency Leads Us by the Hand Down the Primrose Path to Slavery. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-07). Video: The Rule of Law and Nuremberg: The Current Threat against our Civilization. Vera Sharav and Uwe Alschner, Corona Investigative Committee. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-07). MN Cuba car caravan demands an end to the blockade on Cuba, a stop to FBI intimidation. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – The Solidarity Committee on the Americas (SCOTA) and the Minnesota Cuba Committee held their monthly rally and car caravan, August 28, demanding the end to the blockade against Cuba. The caravans have been continuing for over a year as a part of an international effort with the participation of many cities across the world, most notably inspired by Cuban Americans who oppose the blockade in Miami, Florida. | As the rally started, Sarah Martin, a member of SCOTA, rallied the crowd with the chant, "Cuba sí, bloqueo no! | Martin addressed the crowd, "This month's caravan is particularly impor…
(2022-09-07). Teachers unions, White House host town hall to demand in-person learning as school year starts. wsws.org US teachers unions and White House held a school reopening town hall to cover up the danger of COVID-19 in schools and demand schools remain fully in-person, while highlighting the "partnership" between the unions and Biden administration.
(2022-09-07). Sunday 9/11: Biden's Imperialist Climate Bill: The Devil Lies in the Big Picture. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley…
(2022-09-07). Saturday 9/24: Abort the "Walk for Life" organizing meeting. indybay.org 17th and Folsom St in SF (it will be in the park, outside, come masked)…
(2022-09-07). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…
(2022-09-07). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org
(2022-09-07). NT Labor conference passes three motions to close Don Dale. greenleft.org.au Pressure is mounting on the NT Labor government to close Don Dale Youth Detention Centre sooner than it said it would. Stephen W Enciso reports.
(2022-09-07). Shahid Soleimani Patrol-Combat Vessel Enters Service With Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Video). southfront.org 
Shahid Soleimani-class patrol-combat vessel as seen in footage released by the Iranian state media. | On September 5, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) officially took delivery of the first Shahid Soleimani-class patrol-combat vessel during a ceremony that was held at its base in Bandar Abbas. | The new patrol-combat vessel is named after Iran's Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a US drone strike near the airport of Iraq's capital Baghdad in January 2020.
(2022-09-07). How Petro plans to achieve "Total Peace" in Colombia. colombiareports.com 
The government of Colombia's President Gustavo Petro released the draft proposal of its flagship "Total Peace" policy. Additionally, the president ordered a strategic redeployment of the security forces to confront…
(2022-09-07). The Weekly Round-up: Truss to review workers' rights; drive for recruitment in health and social care; storm overflows and damage to rivers. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news Liz Truss has been confirmed as the new prime minister. She is expected to freeze energy bills at approximately £2, 0 a year and to provide a £400 universal handout. She has reportedly ruled out the idea of a windfall tax on oil companies, which was proposed by Labour. She is apparently considering …
(2022-09-07). Why UAW university employees should vote for Will Lehman for UAW president. wsws.org "To those of you who do not come from working class backgrounds, you must understand that it is both necessary and possible to build a socialist movement in the American working class," Lehman said.
(2022-09-07). Protected by police, fascist Patriot Front holds march aimed at menacing Labor Day festival in Indianapolis. wsws.org Social media video posted on Saturday shows the fascist band marching, chanting xenophobic slogans and holding metal shields.
(2022-09-07). Readings workers fight for better pay, conditions. greenleft.org.au Workers at Readings bookshops in Victoria are taking industrial action for a living wage, secure jobs and better working conditions. Isaac Nellist reports.
(2022-09-07). NZ government's "Working with Survivors" continues cover-up of Pike River mine disaster. wsws.org The Labour Party government's promises to "be upfront" and "empower" the survivors of catastrophic events are a fraud, as the experience of the Pike River victims' families makes clear.
(2022-09-07). A Farm Worker Speaks Truth to Power in Washington. inequality.org
(2022-09-07). Jackson, Mississippi's water disaster is a crime of capitalism. wsws.org The current disaster has been years in the making and was preceded by systemic failures as the city's public water infrastructure became the target for corporate looters and was subjected to criminal neglect by local, state and federal governments.
(2022-09-07). Gorbachev, Obama & U.S. Imperial legacy. indybay.org U.S. media exploitation of Mikhail Gorbachev began right after the Soviet Union imploded in December of 1991. But the latest torrent of "crocodile tears" eulogies after his recent passing simply serve to reinforce the NeoLiberal narrative that the Western Capitalist "rules-based" world order is here to stay, until the "end of History." Really? Is there an alternative, perhaps more apropos, analysis of the checkered Gorbachev legacy?>
(2022-09-07). Court bounces another union try for permanent federal coronavirus protection. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —The National Nurses United and the AFL-CIO are disappointed by another federal appellate court ruling bouncing their demand the government permanently force firms to protect workers against the coronavirus. On August 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C., said it lacked the jurisdiction to force the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to …
(2022-09-07). Build rank-and-file committees, the organs of 21st century working class struggle! wsws.org This report was given by Eric London to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled "Build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees! For a global counteroffensive of the working class!"
(2022-09-07). How the West betrayed Mikhail Gorbatchev. indybay.org Gorbachev wanted to transform the Soviet Union from a closed, repressive system into an open, communicative socialist system that would be part of the European family. This effort was called glasnost (openness) and was advanced through the reform movement called perestroika.
(2022-09-07). Australia Post to close retail outlets as cost-cutting continues. wsws.org The publicly-owned mail carrier is introducing further changes under the union-backed Sustainable Delivery Model (SDM) that will increase the already crushing workload of postal workers.
(2022-09-07). Cuba y Laos corroboraron los nexos de colaboración bilateral. cubadebate.cu La visita a Laos del viceministro primero de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Gerardo Peñalver, permitió corroborar las hondas raíces que sostienen hasta hoy los más de 50 años de nexos de colaboración bilateral. Peñalver y su homólogo Bounleua Phandanouvong suscribieron el Plan de Colaboración 2022-2025 entre los ministerios de Relaciones Exteriores.
(2022-09-07). Anger among Columbia University support staff as SEIU rams through sellout contract with de facto pay cuts. wsws.org Facing opposition from the rank-and-file, SEIU leadership resorted to anti-democratic measures and intimidation tactics to bully workers into passing the contract.
(2022-09-07). G-7 Baviera, delirio colectivo. globalizacion.ca Los jefes de gobierno de los siete países más industrializados del mundo se reunieron en el castillo bávaro de Elmau, su agenda de discusión incluyó poner un tope al precio del petróleo ruso y prohibir las importaciones rusas de oro….
(2022-09-07). Presidente turco critica sanciones de la UE contra Rusia. telesurtv.net Subraya que la actual crisis energética europea tiene su origen en las medidas restrictivas unilaterales contra Moscú.
(2022-09-06). UNSC: Russia Comments on IAEA Nuclear Plant Report. libya360.wordpress.com Statement by Permanent Representative V.A. Nebenzi at the UN Security Council meeting on the attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces on the Zaporizhzhia NPP Mr. Chairman, We thank UN Secretary-General A. Guterres and IAEA Director General R. Grossi for their briefings. We commend Mr. R. Grossi for his decision to carry out the Agency's mission…
(2022-09-06). IAEA Report on Zaporozhye NPP Mentions "Mysterious Shelling" 52 Times, Doesn'tnewsauthor"> Culprits. libya360.wordpress.com Ilya Tsukanov The United Nations nuclear energy watchdog sent a high-level delegation of experts to the massive nuclear power plant last week. Moscow accused Kiev of trying to sabotage the mission via a botched offensive, and of engaging in "nuclear terrorism" by repeatedly attacking and shelling the facility with mortars, drones, and artillery. The International…
(2022-09-06). Kherson: What Happens Next? — Russian Ops in Ukraine Update September 6, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for September 6, 2022 — While fighting continues around Kherson, it remains positional, signifying the end of Kiev's long-planned offensive; — Western sources continue citing factors they believe limit Russian operations consistent with flawed Western thinking regarding Russian military capabilities stretching back to 2014-2015; — Elements of Ukraine's…
(2022-09-06). Today the Threat of Nuclear War is Real: "Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map", 204 Atomic Bombs against 66 Major Cities, US Nuclear Attack against USSR Planned During World War II. globalresearch.ca According to a secret document dated September 15, 1945, "the Pentagon had envisaged blowing up the Soviet Union with a coordinated nuclear attack directed against 66 major urban areas.
(2022-09-06). EU Foreign Policy Chief Says Iran Nuclear Deal 'In Danger'. news.antiwar.com The European Union's top diplomat on Monday said that the prospects of reviving the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, "The positions are not closer‚Äâ…‚ÄâIf the process does not converge, then the whole process is in danger," said Josep Borrel, the EU's foreign policy chief. | Borrel has been brokering the negotiations between the US and Iran, and the EU recently put forward a "final" proposal to revive the JCPOA. Monday'
(2022-09-06). PSL Editorial — Energy crisis shows urgent need to end sanctions on Russia. liberationnews.org 
Workers are now paying the price for politicians' extraordinarily reckless approach to the war in Ukraine, facing soaring heating costs as the winter months approach amid an already-extreme wave of inflation.
(2022-09-06). Tens of thousands in Prague say no war, sanctions. workers.org 
Some 70,000 people, according to police — and 120,000 per organizers' estimate — marched in the Czech capital, Prague, on Sept. 2 to protest the Czech Republic government's participation in the NATO-backed war in Ukraine against Russia. Under the slogan, "Czech Republic first," the demonstrators objected to the sanctions against . . . |
(2022-09-06). Ukraine: How British Intelligence Globalized Online Trolling. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Since the conflict in Ukraine began, numerous commentators have drawn attention to the blatant weaponization of social media in service of the proxy war. Legions of users on Facebook, Twitter, and other major platforms, many anonymous and recently registered, have relentlessly propounded pro-intervention, pro-Ukraine propaganda, viciously attacking all those deviating even slightly from established Western…
(2022-09-06). U.S.-Russia Relations: Bill Perry's Lies — Versus the Truth. libya360.wordpress.com Eric ZuesseWilliam J. Perry, the U.S. Secretary of Defense during Bill Clinton's first term (ending 20 January 1997), issued an article on September 5th, "How the U.S. Lost Russia", whose concluding paragraph opened with "There is no organic reason why Russia should be our enemy. Putin is the enemy, not Russia." In other words, he's…
(2022-09-06). European Union suspends its visa agreement with Russia. wsws.org The 27 governments of the European Union have agreed on a "complete suspension" of the visa agreement between the EU and Russia…
(2022-09-06). News on China | No. 114. dongshengnews.org
(2022-09-06). China's industrial robot output surges in 2021. ecns.cn China is the world's largest market for industrial robots, with its production reaching about 366,000 units in 2021, a 10-fold increase from 2015, Guo Shougang, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told a press conference on Tuesday.
(2022-09-06). The Sickness of the American Left and the Path to Recovery. orinocotribune.com By Danny Haiphong  ; Sep 2, 2022 | Leftists in the United States are suffering from a propaganda-induced delirium. Revolutionary discipline can get us through the winter storm. | The U.S. has entered a dark period. Economic crisis wracks its capitalist system. Military instability and chaos reign supreme over its imperialist ventures. Political illegitimacy worsens by the year, at times by the month. These conditions sound favorable to the growth of revolutionary possibilities within the citadel of imperialism. | But such is not the case at the moment. Discipline and organization are at perhaps their weakest p…
(2022-09-06). Israeli Airstrikes Shut Down Syria's Aleppo Airport. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, Israeli airstrikes in Syria targeted the Aleppo International Airport Syria's No casualties were reported in the strikes, but…
(2022-09-06). Denver SDS marches to campus police station, demands withdrawal from Pentagon 1033 Program. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On August 31, two dozen students and community members marched to the Auraria Campus Police Department to demand the end of their participation in the Pentagon 1033 Program, which provides military grade weapons to domestic law enforcement agencies. Other demands included the defunding and demilitarization of ACPD by surrendering their weapons. The march was led by Denver Students for a Democratic Society. They were joined by the Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee, Movimiento Poder, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | Around 4 p.m., the crowd gathered for communal sign making before the…
(2022-09-06). Sri Lankan workers discuss the fight for a democratic and socialist congress. wsws.org Socialist Equality Party campaigners have held important discussions on the party's program with Colombo harbour and irrigation department workers in recent weeks.
(2022-09-06). New York City march backs unions at Amazon, Starbucks. workers.org In the first of a series of solidarity actions with workers' organizing drives this September, hundreds of workers and supporters answered a joint call by the Amazon Labor Union and Starbucks Workers United to march for union recognition on Labor Day. They gathered outside Starbucks owner Howard Schultz's Manhattan luxury . . . |
(2022-09-06). Companies Are Required To Report Their Union Busting, But Many Don't. popularresistance.org $4.3 million in one year spent on anti-union activities at Amazon. $2,625 a day to stop UPS drivers from fighting for their survival amid heat waves and a lack of air-conditioning in their trucks. Over $1 million spent on the union-busting firm Labor Relations Institute to stop stressed-out truck drivers at concrete distributor Cemex from unionizing. | Without the mandatory filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) of 1959, few of us would know about the extent of companies' union busting or the consultants they engage to lurk in warehouses and…
(2022-09-06). From Coast to Coast: Open Letter by Anarchist Prisoner Toby Shone. popularresistance.org I've previously written about the need to recreate an Atlantic bridge, based on international revolutionary solidarity and reciprocal knowledge, that moves towards affinity and direct action in support of our imprisoned comrades. Since then, I was recently visited by a comrade from Anarchist Black Cross Philadelphia here at the G4S facility in which I'm held. G4S is originally an American company, Wackenhut, which has pioneered the private prison and security industry all over the world. As part of our discussion between the comrade from ABC Philadelphia and myself, we spoke of the need to prevent our groups and…
(2022-09-06). Happy Anti-War Day! The weapons must be silent! indybay.org The DGB (the German alliance of unions) and its member unions, an important voice in the German peace movement, commemorate the barbaric consequences of war and fascism on September 1. Trade unionists fight for peace, democracy and freedom.
(2022-09-06). Unions warn new British PM Truss of 'fierce resistance' if she targets workers. peoplesworld.org 
LONDON (Morning Star)—Unions warned Liz Truss Monday that she faces "fierce resistance" if she attacks workers' rights after entering Downing Street. Truss came under intense pressure to drop her campaign rhetoric to slash workers' rights as soon as she was announced as the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest. She also faced fresh demands …
(2022-09-06). Texas prison abolitionists confront the state. workers.org Abolitionists from the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement traveled from Houston to Galveston on Aug. 26 to address the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) about issues affecting those incarcerated in Texas. TBCJ is in charge of nearly 1 ,000 imprisoned people. The families and friends of these people went to . . . |
(2022-09-06). Kaiser Mental Health Strike Enters Day 3 With Picket Line Moving to Maui. popularresistance.org The mental health strike at Kaiser moves to Maui today as the open-ended event enters Day 3. Clinicians with the National Union of Healthcare Workers will hold a picket today, Aug. 31, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kaiser Maui Lani Medical Office, located at 55 Maui Lani Parkway in Wailuku. | Across the state, Kaiser Permanente mental health care workers, represented by the NUHW union began the strike Monday with picket lines in Honolulu and other locations on O ªahu. After today's Maui picket, the strike line will move to the Hawai ªi Island on Thursday before returning to O ªahu during the Labor D…
(2022-09-06). Israeli Attack on Aleppo Airport in Northern Syria Denounced. telesurenglish.net This is the second attack on Aleppo's international airport in less than a week. Syrian state media reported on August 31 that Israel had fired rockets at the airport, causing material damage. | RELATED: | The Syrian Information Ministry said the Israeli missile strike was launched from the Mediterranean Sea, west of the coastal city of Latakia, at 20: 16 local time. | According to reports, the attack included at least five missiles and knocked A…
(2022-09-06). The Crisis Of Success In The United States. oneworld.press The case to be presented here is that none of the internal problems of the United States are matters of "decline." It will be shown, rather, that the problem is that the United States has become too rich, too productive, and too developed to continue much longer as a capitalist country. Or, as Karl Marx said, "The problem with capitalism is capitalism."
(2022-09-06). Let's Stop Pretending America Is A Functioning Democracy. popularresistance.org There is a fatal disconnect between a political system that promises democratic equality and freedom while carrying out socioeconomic injustices that result in grotesque income inequality and political stagnation. | Decades in the making, this disconnect has extinguished American democracy. The steady stripping away of economic and political power was ignored by a hyperventilating press that thundered against the barbarians at the gate — Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, ISIS, Vladimir Putin — while ignoring the barbarians in our midst. The slow-motion coup is over. Corporations and the bi…
(2022-09-06). Justice 4 Jackson. Help us fix Jackson's Water System and Build more autonomy and people power in the city. popularresistance.org Jackson, Mississippi Is Currently Suffering Through An Unprecedented Water Crisis. After Decades Of Systematic And Intentional Neglect Due To Environmental Racism, Capital Flight And Deindustrialization, The City's Water System Has Collapsed. | This Collapse Didn't Have To Happen. As A Result Of The City's Declining Tax Base Over The Decade, It Cannot Pay For The Repairs By Itself. Nor Should It Have To. Jackson Is The Capitol Of The State Of Mississippi, Which Means It Is The Base Of State Government And Resources. In Addition, It Is Also Where The Federal Government's Administrative Resources In The State Are C…
(2022-09-06). Kaiser Mental Health Strike Enters Day Three With Picket Line Moving To Maui. popularresistance.org The mental health strike at Kaiser moves to Maui today as the open-ended event enters Day 3. Clinicians with the National Union of Healthcare Workers will hold a picket today, Aug. 31, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kaiser Maui Lani Medical Office, located at 55 Maui Lani Parkway in Wailuku. | Across the state, Kaiser Permanente mental health care workers, represented by the NUHW union began the strike Monday with picket lines in Honolulu and other locations on O ªahu. After today's Maui picket, the strike line will move to the Hawai ªi Island on Thursday before returning to O ªahu during the Labor D…
(2022-09-06). PSUV: Grassroots Delegates' Renewal is Evidence of Unity & Strength. orinocotribune.com The first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, said this Monday, September 5, that the process of renewal of the party's grassroots structure was a manifestation of unity, strength, and political coherence. | "[An] extraordinary process, throughout the country," said Cabello during a press conference. "A splendid manifestation of unity, strength, and political coherence. What we have received from our people is very valuable for the organization of our party, from now on." | He also indicated that there are still some pending tasks, such as the renewal of state, muni…
(2022-09-06). Protest of 'Penntrification' shuts down UPenn convocation. workers.org 
University City Townhomes, renamed the Peoples Townhomes by residents and activists, sits next to the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. On Aug. 29, over 100 residents and supporters converged on UPenn's convocation for the 2, 0 students of the incoming class of 2026, shouting down President Liz Magill with chants . . . |
(2022-09-06). üéß LEVER TIME: Amazon And Starbucks Finally Feel The Heat. levernews.com
(2022-09-06). The Pending Railroad Worker Strike Is A Fight For All Workers. popularresistance.org Railroad workers voted overwhelmingly this year to go on strike after more than two years of contract negotiations. The Biden administration prevented a strike by appointing a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to hold hearings. That board released its recommendations recently. Clearing the FOG speaks with Michael "Paul" Lindsey, a railroad engineer and member of Railroad Workers United, about the deterioration of working conditions, workers' response to the PEB and the high likelihood of a national strike this Fall. Lindsey explains why the railroad worker's plight is similar to that of many workers in the Unite…
(2022-09-06). Winter is Coming: Prague's 70,000-Strong Protest Shows What's in Store for Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Bradley Blankenship Around 70,000 people gathered in Prague's Wenceslas Square on Saturday to demand the resignation of their government in response to what they see as a failure to address the ongoing energy crisis. The protesters were also explicitly against the two foremost Western institutions that the formerly Eastern-aligned nation is a part of, namely the European…
(2022-09-06). Venezuelan Authorities Make Biggest Drug Bust in Decade. orinocotribune.com The biggest marijuana bust of the decade was made three days ago in the Puerto Escondido area in Cabo San Román, Falcón, said General Domingo Hernández Lárez, the leader of the Strategic Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB). | Hernández Lara commented on the bust from the coasts of Falcón, just a few steps from Aruba and the Venezuelan waters where the Working Force (a civilian and military body) detected the suspicious shipment. When the authorities went to investigate the vessel, the crew threw heavy objects into the water. They were presumably firearms. | According to Hernández Lara, who co…
(2022-09-06). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — September 6, 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…
(2022-09-06). Justice 4 Jackson: Help Us Fix Jackson's Water System. popularresistance.org Jackson, Mississippi – Jackson, Mississippi Is Currently Suffering Through An Unprecedented Water Crisis. After Decades Of Systematic And Intentional Neglect Due To Environmental Racism, Capital Flight And Deindustrialization, The City's Water System Has Collapsed. | This Collapse Didn't Have To Happen. As A Result Of The City's Declining Tax Base Over The Decade, It Cannot Pay For The Repairs By Itself. Nor Should It Have To. Jackson Is The Capitol Of The State Of Mississippi, Which Means It Is The Base Of State Government And Resources. In Addition, It Is Also Where The Federal Government's Administrative Resou…
(2022-09-06). Workers Speak Out as UPS Continues Retaliation against Union Activists. popularresistance.org Starting at 8: 00 a.m. on September 1, workers and allies began to congregate at the steps of the Metro Queens UPS facility. The rally built on two-days of tabling, where dozens of coworkers posed for solidarity photos and encouraged coworkers to sign a petition defending "all fired activists." Veterans of the 2014 'Maspeth 250' wildcat strike, a struggle against the unjust firing of union militant Jairo Reyes, were quick to show their solidarity. So far, approximately 150 workers from the two Maspeth UPS buildings signed the petition, with plans in place to get many more signatures. | For a long time, UPS has enc…
(2022-09-06). The Chilean Constituent Process Was Tied Up: President Maduro. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro lamented the outcome of the Chilean plebiscite and affirmed that the constituent process was bound from the beginning. | RELATED: | "What pain for the Latin American peoples!," he said regarding the results of a plebiscite in which 61.87 percent of the voters rejected the new constitutional text, which was to replace the Constitution inherited from the dictatorship of August…
(2022-09-06). Sunday 9/11: The Other 9/11 — the AFL-CIO's support for the 1973 US coup in Chile betrayed workers. indybay.org us02web.zoom.us/j/3290219617?pwd=OTFGZUVKcDd4bzVkVjl5ZS94QmdoQT09…
(2022-09-06). Starbucks Workers Ask People of Buffalo to Condemn Company for 'Disgusting Union-Busting'. commondreams.org Rallying outside 20 Starbucks stores across Buffalo, organizers aim to show the company that "Buffalo is a union town and we won't accept union-busting here."
(2022-09-06). Lack of Labor Threatens Central America's Coffee Industry. america.cgtn.com Central America produces some of the best coffee in the world. But a combination of factors is hurting the industry. The biggest challenge to overcome? Finding farmers to work at the plantations. Harris Whitbeck reports.
(2022-09-06). Bea Lumpkin, still going strong at 104, leads Chicago Labor Day parade. peoplesworld.org 
Longtime People's World contributor and supporter Bea Lumpkin served as Grand Marshall for the Chicago Labor Day Parade. She got her start as an activist with the Young Communist League in the 1930s, fighting against rising tuition fees, fascism, and militarism. She organized hunger strikes for unemployment relief during the Great Depression and protested the …
(2022-09-06). The Roots of the Water Crisis in Jackson. commondreams.org Thinly veiled racism enshrined the idea that rugged individualism, not collective care, should be the ethic of government.
(2022-09-06). Iran surpasses big powers in constructing air defense sys. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) — Major General Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that Iran now matches and even supasses world powers in constructing air defense systems and other military equipment.
(2022-09-06). Bernie Sanders at RMT rally in London: Hawking the myth of a trade union revival. wsws.org Sanders visited the UK as a political emissary of Biden and the US ruling class seeking to bolster efforts to contain the class struggle on both sides of the Atlantic.
(2022-09-06). Newsom signs big legislative win for California fast-food workers. peoplesworld.org 
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Now here's a real way to celebrate Labor Day: A big win in your state legislature—in this case, California. That day, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB257, a landmark labor measure establishing a state board, with enforcement powers, to impose minimum wages and working conditions for the state's 5 ,000 fast food workers. Fight For …
(2022-09-06). Chileans reject new constitution in plebiscite, President Boric promises new constitutional process. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in On Sunday, Sept. 4, in the exit plebiscite, Chileans voted against a new progressive constitution, which was set to replace the current neoliberal one adopted in 1980 under the US-backed military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). | According to the results issued by Chile's Electoral Service…
(2022-09-06). On Joe Biden, FDR, and the Promise of Labor Day. commondreams.org If there is any day on which it is important to remember the connection between defense of democracy and defense of the labor movement—and social and economic rights more generally—it's Labor Day.
(2022-09-06). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman interviewed on popular US podcast. wsws.org On Sunday, September 4, socialist rank-and-file UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman spoke to Chris Richards, host of the Eclectic Radical podcast, about his campaign to build a unified movement of the working class against the corporations, pro-management union executives and the capitalist system.
(2022-09-06). Collective Self-Delusion: Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. commondreams.org A functioning democracy could easily dispatch Donald Trump and his doppelgà§ngers. A failed democracy and bankrupt liberalism assures their ascendancy.
(2022-09-06). Australian childhood educators holding protests on Wednesday. wsws.org The United Workers Union has refused to call a genuine strike. Instead its token rallies are aimed at dissipating workers' anger and promoting illusions in the big business Labor government.
(2022-09-06). While Hoping for a Deal, Seattle Teachers Vote to Strike on the Eve of First Day of School. commondreams.org "We are ready and willing, if we need to, to let the district know that we're not going to show up if we don't have everything our students need."
(2022-09-06). LGBTQ+ theory, history, and the CPUSA (part 2). cpusa.org 
The following article has been adapted from a talk presented at the Little Red Schoolhouse in New York City, July 28, 2022. Part 1 was published here. Like other forms of oppression under capitalism, the oppression of gay people gave rise to resistance and struggle. Now let's quickly survey a few of the landmarks …
(2022-09-06). Arriva UK Bus hit by pay strikes in south of England. wsws.org This cycle of division and company-union pay deals to maintain Unite's sweetheart arrangements with management can only be broken if bus workers form rank-and-file committees to fight for demands protecting workers' living standards not the bottom line of the companies.
(2022-09-06). Minnesota union calls three-day walkout as 15,000 nurses press for open-ended strike. wsws.org The MNA announced the decision to strike after months of attempting to constrain the struggle of nurses behind appeals to the CEOs of the hospitals as part of their "Patients Before Profits" campaign.
(2022-09-06). Australia: NSW teachers union blocks industrial action yet again. wsws.org Just as thousands of public sector nurses and rail workers took action, the NSWTF gave Premier Dominic Perrottet's Liberal-National Coalition state government a virtual no-strike pledge for Term 3.
(2022-09-06). Dozens shot in multiple U.S. cities during bloody holiday weekend. ecns.cn Dozens of Americans were shot – 15 people fatally – in multiple cities over the U.S. Labor Day weekend.
(2022-09-06). "A vote for anyone else is a vote for more inequality in our workplace": Toledo Jeep supplemental employee backs Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president. wsws.org Describing the conditions of extreme exploitation faced by supplemental employees, the worker wrote, "The UAW likes it for the dues, and Stellantis likes it for the cheap labor."
(2022-09-06). Presidente chileno se reúne con líderes del Senado y Cámara de Diputados. telesurtv.net Se trató de una cita realizada a eso de las 09H00 horas en La Moneda, luego del plebiscito de salida, donde se impuso la opción Rechazo.
(2022-09-06). Costos y eficiencia: vital para la economía cubana. cubadebate.cu Todos los actores económicos, fundamentalmente la Empresa Estatal Socialista y las Mipymes, deben conocer el costo predeterminado de sus producciones y/o servicios y el costo real de los mismos, para poder comparar y detectar las reservas de eficiencia económica que tiene la entidad…
(2022-09-06). Bélgica se siente amenazada por "una economía de guerra" si la Unión Europea no interviene. cubadebate.cu Los precios crecientes de la energía amenazan la economía belga y el país no puede aguantar más si la Unión Europea no toma una decisión colectiva, señaló el primer ministro Alexander de Croo. "La Comisión Europea tardó mucho en dar señales de que entiende la necesidad de proteger a la población. Nos vemos amenazados de llegar a una economía de guerra real", añadió.
(2022-09-06). The Media in Latin America: New Spotlight, Old Tricks. orinocotribune.com While El Clarín in Argentina teaches its readers how to use a firearm, to avoid "errors" like the one that spared the vice president's life, the Chilean media has dusted off old "communist ghosts" to protect the Pinochet constitution. These events are proof that Latin America, that scene of symbolic disputes, is more alive than ever. | It is no surprise that the South is once again a headache for the North, after a period which saw the rise of right-wing governments in which Colombia was a leader, thanks to its leading role in the conspiracy against Venezuela. | Gustavo Petro's victory, the immanent return of Lul…
(2022-09-05). Who Owns Solomon Islands Now? libya360.wordpress.com Sofia Pale On August 26, 2022, news broke that the Solomon Islands had refused to allow a US Coast Guard ship to refuel in its port. In the history of the South Pacific, only New Zealand did so in 1985, when it barred a US nuclear-powered naval vessel from visiting its port. In 1987, Wellington…
(2022-09-05). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org For the second time workers at the VW Puebla, Mexico plant voted down a below inflation wage offer while the union for BC government employees ended a limited strike action without securing an agreement.
(2022-09-05). "Our union is growing stronger every day": Kansas City janitors win major contract gains. liberationnews.org 
In Kansas City, 900 janitors who are members of Service Employees International Union Local 1 won a historic new contract.
(2022-09-05). Columbus teacher strike secures victory. liberationnews.org 
After a historic strike and fight against inhumane school conditions, Columbus teachers scored a victory for themselves and their students…
(2022-09-05). Strike of 6,000 Seattle Public Schools teachers looms as 3,000 teachers in neighboring Kent School District enter second week. wsws.org Teachers in both Washington districts must form independent rank-and-file strike committees to unite their struggle for similar issues including increased mental health options for students, smaller class sizes and caseloads for teachers, a livable wage and protection from COVID-19.
(2022-09-05). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman responds to questions from workers. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site regularly publishes correspondence between UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman and UAW members. What follows are a selection of the most recent correspondence.
(2022-09-05). Strike of 6,000 Seattle Public Schools teachers looms as walkout by 3,000 teachers in neighboring Kent School District enters second week. wsws.org Teachers in both Washington districts must form independent rank-and-file strike committees to unite their struggle for similar issues including increased mental health options for students, smaller class sizes and caseloads for teachers, a livable wage and protection from COVID-19.
(2022-09-05). Cyber surveillance = 21st century Taylorism. workers.org 
"In the factory we have a lifeless mechanism," Karl Marx wrote in "Capital," whereby the worker "becomes its mere living appendage." Although the monumental work was first published in 1867, Marx's words speak to the condition of many workers today — and not only to factory workers. Across all sectors . . . |