(2022-09-30). Brazil's Lula Goes into Sunday Election with Massive Lead. Will Bolsonaro Accept an Electoral Defeat? democracynow.org 
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro faces former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday's presidential election. Lula is a former union leader who held office from 2003 through 2010. He's running on a leftist platform to uplift Brazil's poor, preserve the Amazon rainforest and protect Brazil's Indigenous communities, and is supported by a broad, grassroots alliance, explains Brazilian human rights advocate Maria Luísa Mendonàßa. Polls show Lula has a strong lead over Bolsonaro, but it is unclear if he will win the majority of the vote needed to avoid a runoff. Th…
(2022-09-30). US announces plans to expand "industrial base" for war with Russia. wsws.org Amid claims that the United States has sent so many weapons to Ukraine that it verges on depleting the capabilities of the US military, the US and its allies have announced a major new initiative to expand arms production.
(2022-09-30). 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…
(2022-09-30). Nicaragua's President Ortega Calls Chile's President Boric a White House 'Lapdog'. orinocotribune.com Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega calls his Chilean counterpart a US "lapdog" after Boric attacked Nicaragua at the United Nations (UN). | "The government that wants to receive applause from the Yankee empire and from some governments of the European Union goes out there, like a lapdog, to talk about the need to release the political prisoners in Nicaragua, and they forget about the political prisoners that they have in their country in Chile," Ortega said on Wednesday, September 28, during a ceremony on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the founding of Nicaragua's National Police. | The Sandinista leader…
(2022-09-30). The Return of Industrial Warfare. southfront.org 
| Written by Alex Vershinin. Originally published on Can the West still provide the arsenal of democracy?: | The war in Ukraine has proven that the age of industrial warfare is still here. The massive consumption of equipment, vehicles and ammunition requires a large-scale industrial base for resupply — quantity still has a quality of its own. The mass sc…
(2022-09-30). 20 Militants Reportedly Killed In New Wave Of Russian Airstrikes On Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. IMAGE: AP PHOTO/VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | On September 30, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out at least 12 airstrikes on the northwestern region of Greater Idlib. | The airstrikes targeted positions of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater Idlib, and its allies near the towns of Mseibin and Ruweiha in the southern Idlib countryside. Syrian pro-government news so…
(2022-09-30). 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.
(2022-09-30). 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.
(2022-09-30). Xi pays tribute to national heroes in Beijing. ecns.cn Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China and the State attended a ceremony to present flower baskets to deceased national heroes at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on Friday morning.
(2022-09-30). "EU Harakiri"on Behalf of Washington. The Nord Stream Destruction, Is the EC Planning to Destroy the European Union? globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-30). US Hybrid War Against Venezuela Goes To Court. popularresistance.org Ambassador Alex Saab, a victim of the US economic war to achieve regime change in Venezuela, has been under arrest for over two years. This article recounts the developments in the diplomat's court case. Saab is fighting against his illegal detention and extradition before the 8th District Court in Miami. | As Venezuela's special envoy and a deputy ambassador to the African Union, Saab has diplomatic immunity from arrest and detention under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Although a party to the convention, the US has flouted this principle of international law. Alex Saab was targeted by the U…
(2022-09-30). 1 October, Manchester: Freedom for all Palestinian prisoners Solidarity with the Hunger Strike. samidoun.net 
Saturday, 1 October 12 pm Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester More info: www.facebook.com/386682871406134/posts/pfbid02P2LszbkrSejqb9MGtkJzvVvnAfE4sGU7cthQ317dnrPNkJs4wv7yLVfgFbVWaDy4l/ Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! and the Revolutionary Communist Group are organizing to support the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Manchester. We'll be out on the streets this week supporting the hunger strike of Palestinian political prisoners, building for the Walking tour of Engels' …
(2022-09-30). BRICS Countries Should Join Hands to Innovate Affordable Scientific Solutions. infobrics.org Union Minister of state for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh called for a joint fight against common challenges…
(2022-09-30). How Wall Street Profits Off Of The Sick And Elderly. levernews.com
(2022-09-30). Iran's Revolutionary Guards Say Operation Against Kurdish Insurgents In Northern Iraq Will Continue. southfront.org 
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has vowed to continue its operation against Kurdish-Iranian opposition groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. | In a statement released on September 29, the IRGC Ground Forces confirmed that the ongoing operation was launched in response to Kurdish-led protests in Iran. The guards accused opposition groups in Kurdistan of inciting and supporting the protests."In the wake of an uptick in the seditious acts of separatist and terrorist groups stationed in Iraq'
(2022-09-30). Turkey hits 16 PKK targets in N Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) — A total of 16 targets have been destroyed by the Turkish armed forces in a military operation against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday.
(2022-09-30). No Honors For Former Japan Prime Minister Abe Say Protesters In San Francisco. indybay.org
(2022-09-30). Dissenting union, Machinists District 19, negotiates new deal with railroads. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The one rail union whose members rejected the proposed national contract between the nation's big freight railroads and unions representing their 115,000 workers has negotiated a newand it says, a betterdeal. And now those 4,900 members of Machinists District 19 will vote on it. Their agreement, announced September 26, follows the basic plan all 13 …
(2022-09-30). No to another school year of mass infection and death! Mobilize Canada's education workers to fight for the global elimination of COVID-19! wsws.org Governments in every province, from John Horgan's New Democrats in British Columbia to the hard-right Ford Tories in Ontario, reopened schools at the beginning of this month after dismantling all remaining COVID public health measures.
(2022-09-30). 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…
(2022-09-30). Sunday 10/2: Support the Courageous Uprising in Iran. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley…
(2022-09-30). 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.
(2022-09-30). Meet Hayley Wong, President of Imperial College Union. imperial.ac.uk Hayley Wong is the new president of Imperial's students' union.
(2022-09-30). Hurricanes Don't Discriminate, So Why Do Puerto Ricans Remain 'Separate and Unequal'? (OPINION). latinorebels.com The Supreme Court now has a historic opportunity to begin taking apart the colonial framework undermining Puerto Rico by turning the page on the century-old Insular Cases and the legal precedent that has perpetuated systemic biases—and it should.
(2022-09-30). Saturday 10/8: The California Propositions Demystified. indybay.org
(2022-09-30). Murdoch media displays Australian Labor PM's close ties to business and dependence on the unions. wsws.org The Labor government is bringing together the country's top business chiefs and trade union bureaucrats against the working class.
(2022-09-30). San Francisco Airport fast food workers win raises, better health care. peoplesworld.org 
SAN FRANCISCO —It took a short strike, a peaceful sit-in which led to 41 arrests, and a viral video about workers who can't afford the fast-food meals they serve their customers, but 1,000 San Francisco Airport food service workers won tentative agreement on a better contract featuring "significant" raises and employer-paid family health care. Details …
(2022-09-30). Devastation from Hurricane Ian: Another disaster inflicted by American capitalism. wsws.org The death toll and destruction in Florida are of immense dimensions and demonstrate the failure of capitalist society. Such disasters are not "natural," but the predictable result of the inability of the profit system to address climate change and its environmental consequences.
(2022-09-30). Thursday 10/6: Lessons of the 2022 National Strike in Ecuador. indybay.org To register for the webinar: act.dsausa.org/signup/2022-national-protest-in-ecuador/…
(2022-09-30). Continúan labores para el restablecimiento del sistema eléctrico en Cuba tras huracán Ian. telesurtv.net Las principales acciones se centran en recuperar el servicio eléctrico el cual quedó con serias afectaciones.
(2022-09-30). MN Cuba car caravan presses for an end to the blockade on Cuba. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Twin Cities Cuba solidarity activists organized a car caravan, September 25, to "End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba." It is part of a campaign initiated by the Puentas de Amor (Bridges of Love) out of Miami. For over a year they have called on supporters of Cuba from around the world to hold car caravans on the fourth Sunday of the month. | This month, once again the Minnesota caravan drove along a busy street in a predominantly Latino neighborhood. Cars were decorated with Cuban flags and displayed signs that read, "Cuba si bloqueo no," "U.S. hands off Cuba" and "Let Cuba live!" Along the route, pe…
(2022-09-29). Facts Related To The Sabotage Attack On The Nord Stream Pipelines. popularresistance.org For decades the U.S. opposed European projects to receive energy from Russia. It wants Europe to buy more expensive U.S. oil and gas. | Europe's, and especially Germany's industry, depends on cheap energy from Russia. Without it Europe will be de-industrialized and go broke. | The U.S. had threatened to disable the pipelines connecting Europe to Russia. Currently the U.S. is winning its war on Europe's, mainly Germany's, industries and people. Yesterday's sabotage attack on the Nord Stream I and II pipelines, which are supposed to bring Russian natural gas to Germany, mean that the the war on Germany has entered…
(2022-09-29). EU parliamentarian calls to sanction Vanessa Beeley and all observers of Donbass referendums. thegrayzone.com MEP Nathalie Louiseau of France is lobbying for individual sanctions on all observers of the Russian-organized referendums in the Donbass region. She has singled out journalist Vanessa Beeley not only for her coverage of the vote, but for her reporting on the foreign-back war against Syria's government. A French Member of European Parliament (MEP), Natalie Louiseau, has delivered a letter to EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs, Joseph Borrell, demanding the European Union place personal sanctions on all international observers …
(2022-09-29). Referendum Observer from South Africa: 'People Really Wanted it For a Long Time'. libya360.wordpress.com The youth league of South Africa's ruling party has been slammed by the country's Ukrainian community after it endorsed the referendums on joining Russia that were held in four regions there. RT talked to Khulekani Skosana, the chairperson of International Relations for the African National Congress Youth League.
(2022-09-29). EU Parliamentarian Calls to Sanction All Observers of Donbass Referendums. libya360.wordpress.com Max Blumenthal, Anya Parampil MEP Nathalie Loiseau of France is lobbying for individual sanctions on all observers of the Russian-organized referendums in the Donbass region. She has singled out journalist Vanessa Beeley not only for her coverage of the vote, but for her reporting on the foreign-back war against Syria's government. A French Member of…
(2022-09-29). DPR Civilians on Why They Wanted a Referendum to Join Russia. libya360.wordpress.com My overview of the DPR referendum to join Russia. It's mainly the people themselves talking, over the course of 5 days, including door-to-door voting (no, not at gunpoint) and voting in voting stations on the 5th day. Western commentators would do well to listen to them (but we know they won't). Summary: -they waited 8…
(2022-09-29). Ukraine: Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0? libya360.wordpress.com Anatoly Antonov It is safe to assume that any use of nuclear weapons could quickly lead to an escalation of a local or regional conflict into a global one. As Henry Kissinger wrote in 2014, "The demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one." I have commenced my…
(2022-09-29). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold online public meeting against nuclear war. wsws.org The online public meeting "Build an international working class movement to stop nuclear war danger" will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 16.
(2022-09-29). PDF of September 29 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. Inclusive, expansive, revolutionary New Family Code approved by Cubans 2-to-1 Battling billionaire developers Saladin Muhammad remembered Editorial: U.S. hypocrisy and Iran Labor on the march At Philly's Home Depot California farmworkers Teamster women rally at Amazon HQ U.S. proxy war Western capital grabs Ukraine's farms Antiwar movement . . . |
(2022-09-29). Say NO to U.S. wars! Oct. 15-22 actions. workers.org 
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 . . . |
(2022-09-29). New growth drivers gain steam amid China's innovation push. ecns.cn After constant efforts to push forward innovation-driven development, China has made visible progress in industrial upgrading, with new growth drivers emerging and new business forms flourishing, a recent report showed.
(2022-09-29). Xi to attend Martyrs' Day event, present flowers to fallen national heroes. ecns.cn Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China and the state will join representatives from all walks of life in presenting flowers to fallen national heroes on Friday morning in Tian'anmen Square.
(2022-09-29). Fossil Fuels Subsidized at Rate of $11 Million Per Minute. mintpressnews.com A study by none other than the IMF found that the planet collectively spends $11 million per minute on subsidies for fossil fuels, all while the world barrels towards an impending climate catastrophe.
(2022-09-29). US and UK undermining Bosnian democracy with sectarian electoral law changes. multipolarista.com Bosnia and Herzegovina is already governed by a neocolonial system, but the US, UK, and Israel are further undermining democracy by pushing for sectarian election law amendments that could weaken the civil rights of minorities like Jews and Roma.
(2022-09-29). Scott Ritter on North Stream sabotage. marktaliano.net READ MORE: U.S. Act of War against the European Union: Did President Biden Order the Terror Attack against Nord Stream? Germany and EU Have Been Handed Over a Declaration of War…
(2022-09-29). COME TO A WORKERS ASSEMBLY AGAINST UNION-BUSTING SAT. Oct. 1, 3PM In UNION SQUARE. iacenter.org FROM STARBUCKS TO AMAZON and on and on…..SUPPORT THE UPRISING OF YOUNG WORKERS WELCOME IN "STRIKETOBER" 2022! The workers, most of them young workers, are rising up and transforming the labor movement. From Amazon to Starbucks, to Trader Joe's, Chipotle, REI, Apple and on and on and on… billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz, with the full support of Wall Street, are doing everything to crush this uprising. Come to the Workers Assembly Against Union Busting on Sat. Oct. 1, at 3pm in Union Square, and let's plan a strategy to support the uprising. October 1 is the first day of "STRIKETOBER" 2022…
(2022-09-29). India's Billionaire Gautam Adani: "Ecological Crossdresser" globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-29). US Citizen Killed in Rocket Strike in Iraqi Kurdistan. news.antiwar.com The US State Department has reported that Wednesday's attack on Iraqi Kurdistan The unnamed citizen was one of
(2022-09-29). United, Southwest flight attendants picket in US as airline workers reach breaking point. wsws.org United and Southwest airlines flight attendants picketed at airports in the US and other locations Tuesday to protest exhausting schedules, the lack of accommodation for stranded flight crews and the refusal of the carriers to increase pay in the face of surging inflation.
(2022-09-29). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting discusses a socialist program to fight state repression. wsws.org Speakers explained that the fight against state repression, and for the release of all political prisoners, had to be based on mobilising the working class against capitalism.
(2022-09-29). What South Sudan Needs and Doesn't Need. commondreams.org South Sudan is the embodiment of so many ills that affect the world—colonialism, militarization, civil war, climate change, famine, and sexual violence.
(2022-09-29). Twitter locks account of Will Lehman, rank-and-file candidate for UAW president, in act of censorship. wsws.org The lock on Lehman's account came without warning, occurring almost immediately after it tweeted a thread reporting on the support for his campaign among John Deere agricultural equipment workers.
(2022-09-29). PSL Editorial — Hurricane Ian: Relief now for the working class! liberationnews.org 
The everyone-for-themselves model of hurricane response is a perfect encapsulation of the incompetence and moral bankruptcy of the U.S. capitalist system.
(2022-09-29). Seattle/Teamster Women's Conference holds rally outside Amazon HQ. workers.org 
The fight to unionize corporate behemoth Amazon is being carried out on many fronts and by many unions. Teamsters Women's Conference descends on Amazon headquarters, Seattle, Sept. 20. Credit: teamsters.org Over 1,000 attendees at the Teamster Women's Conference, held in Seattle, rallied outside Amazon's world headquarters Sept. 20. They carried . . . |
(2022-09-29). On 50th anniversary of Philippine martial law ‚àí 'Never Forget, Never Again'. workers.org 
Sept. 24 — Dozens of people from ANAK Bayan and other local left organizations including Workers World Party met in Clark Park in Philadelphia on the 50th anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos' 1972 declaration of martial law in the Philippines. WWPHOTO: JOE PIETTE A special presentation was made to honor Baltazar . . . |
(2022-09-29). Youth join global strike for climate justice. workers.org 
Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, Sept. 23. 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 . . . |
(2022-09-29). Inter-American Development Bank Ousts Trump-Appointed President Mauricio Claver-Carone. orinocotribune.com Mauricio Claver-Carone was removed from the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for violating the institution's code of ethics. The departure from the position was promoted by the governors of the institution after it was discovered that he was having intimate relations with a close collaborator and coworker. | The now former president denied the accusations and threatened the bank with filing a lawsuit. For the moment, the executive vice president, the Honduran Queen Irene Mejía Chacón, will hold the presidency of the institution until the election of a new president. | The media is reporting…
(2022-09-29). 2 October, Vancouver: End Administrative Detention! Outreach and rally for justice in Palestine. samidoun.net 
Sunday, 2 October 2 pm Vancouver Art Gallery (Howe Side/Robson Square) Vancouver Facebook Join us on Sunday, October 2 outside the Vancouver Art Gallery (Howe Street Side) to support 30 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike for freedom. They are putting their bodies and lives on the lines to demand an end to administrative detention, Israeli …
(2022-09-29). From Crisis To Transformation: What Is Just Transition? A Primer. popularresistance.org We Are Living Through An Age Of Profound Transition. Political Upheaval Is The Order Of The Day. Economic Inequality Is Rising. People Around The Globe Are Being Displaced By Conflict And Climate Emergencies. Racism, Xenophobia, And Religious Intolerance Are On The Rise. The COVID-19 Pandemic Cast New Light On The Injustices And Irrationality Of Our Current Economic And Social Systems. | The Crises We Face Today Are Social And Political, But They Go Deeper. The Life Gi- Ving Systems Of The Earth Are Under Threat As A Result Of The System Of Production Which Has Been Foisted Upon The World Over The Last 250 Years.
(2022-09-29). Marching California farmworkers say 'Sí, se puede! Yes, we can!'. workers.org 
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of United Farm Workers, speaks to marchers in Stockton, California, Aug. 20. Despite a farmworkers' 24-hour vigil going on in Sacramento, California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is still stalling on signing Assembly Bill 2183, passed in May — a pro-farmworker bill that is also pro-union. Instead of an . . . |
(2022-09-29). JoƒÅo Pedro Stedile: Lula, BRICS and Latin American Integration. libya360.wordpress.com JoƒÅo Pedro Stedile, one of the national directors of Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST) provides an analysis (in Spanish) of the situation in Brazil going into the October 2nd election. Recorded by Kawsachun News in Sà£o Paulo on September 29, 2022. What's expected from Lula's foreign policy if he returns to the presidency? Kawsachun News…
(2022-09-29). In Video: Iran's Fath 360 Missiles, Shahed-136 Drones Hit Kurdish Insurgents In Northern Iraq. southfront.org 
The Fars News Agency has released footage documenting the The strikes, which were carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), targeted positions of Kurdish-Iranian opposition groups, including the Kurdistan Freedom Party, the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, the Free Life Part…
(2022-09-29). Former Australian PM Abbott weighs the cost of saving 40,000 lives and decides the price is too high. wsws.org The positions of the extreme-right, allowing the elderly and the sick to die in the interests of profit, have been adopted by the entire political establishment including the federal Labor government.
(2022-09-29). Unions offer help in Hurricane Ian Florida disaster. peoplesworld.org 
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—With Hurricane Ian devastating Florida, even as it was downgraded to a tropical storm before moving out to sea, the Florida Education Association, the state's joint NEA-AFT affiliate posted a comprehensive directory of where state residents could get hurricane aid. Besides FEA, which represents teachers and school staffers in every Florida county, aid is …
(2022-09-29). Electricians demand revote on rail contract after IBEW fails to mail ballots to many members. wsws.org Multiple members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have contacted the World Socialist Web Site to report serious irregularities in voting on the recent tentative agreement impacting the 4,000 IBEW members in the rail industry.
(2022-09-29). Lawsuits on mRNA technology show profit-driven struggle for control over vital scientific discoveries. wsws.org Recent lawsuits on mRNA technology are attempts by various corporations to take control of these vital discoveries for their own enrichment. Recent advances in molecular technology that allows for gene editing and protein manufacturing portend a revolution in medicine that can offer personalized treatments for a broad array of diseases.
(2022-09-29). Live Updates on the fight of rail workers: Meeting of rank-and-file workers passes resolution—"We have the right to take collective action, including a strike" wsws.org Dozens of machinists at BNSF's Argentine Yard in Kansas City held a series of informational pickets Wednesday to call for a united fight of rank-and-file workers.
(2022-09-29). Australian nurses' union "surveys" Lifehouse workers after wage-cut offer rejected. wsws.org The questionnaire is a desperate attempt by the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association to head off a developing rebellion of workers against the union and management.
(2022-09-29). The right-wing record of the "Quebec First" CAQ government. wsws.org The Coalition avenir Québec's (CAQ) first-ever term in office was marked by a disastrous response to the COVID-19 pandemic, brutal anti-worker measures and the promotion of virulent Quebec chauvinism.
(2022-09-29). Cuba will continue to raise its voice to reject domination and hegemonism. workers.org 
Speech by Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, at the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2022 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez at U.N., Sept. 21. Delegates: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, as never before, the true essence of the unjust and unsustainable prevailing international order. . . . |
(2022-09-29). Eight Reasons Why There Hasn't Been a Global Climate Revolt Yet. commondreams.org We are marching and meeting, but our levels of organization and resistance are vastly disproportionate to the anger and concern we feel, and the urgency of the situation.
(2022-09-29). Hezbollah, IRGC Moved Missiles To Palmyra In Central Syria: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
Iranian-backed forces massing around Deir Ezzor city | Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) moved large quantities of weapons, including missiles, from positions in the southwestern countryside of Homs to the city of Palmyra in the governorate's eastern countryside over the past two days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on September 29. | The London-based monitoring group said that the weapons were stored in fortified positions near Palmyra. They were alleged…
(2022-09-29). Deere workers voice support for Will Lehman for UAW president: "What he says, it's all true" wsws.org Supporters of Lehman visited several Deere plants in the Quad Cities region last weekend, encountering many workers who expressed keen interest in his program and denounced the corrupt UAW bureaucracy.
(2022-09-29). Collectivizing and yanking art out of its commodified prison: The 'lumbung' Documenta. peoplesworld.org 
KASSEL, Germany — This two-part article will consider the impact of a monumental event in the art world, the turning over of the every-five-year art festival Documenta, in Kassel, to a series of collectives under the organizational framework of the Indonesian group Ruangrupa, the first such direction of a major art festival in the West …
(2022-09-29). German workers support UAW president candidate Will Lehman: "It's time for us to stand up to union bureaucrats" wsws.org The campaign of Will Lehman, a 34-year-old worker at Mack Trucks in Pennsylvania (USA), for president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is also meeting with broad support in Germany.
(2022-09-29). Loggers, truckers, and sawmill workers hit lumber giant Weyerhaeuser. peoplesworld.org 
PORT ANGELES, Wash.—More than 1,100 sawmill workers, log truck drivers, and loggers are picketing Weyerhaeuser Corporation sawmills in Oregon and Washington, the first walkout to hit the giant lumber producer in 36 years. The vote to strike was 98% after the strikers overwhelmingly rejected Weyerhaeuser's take-it-or-leave it "best and final offer" Sept. 2. Brandon Bryant, …
(2022-09-29). Denial of Mental Healthcare: 'Your Therapist Will See You Now or Will They?'. commondreams.org The denial of timely mental health care is immoral and unethical and it's the reason why therapists employed by Kaiser are on strike in Northern California and Hawai'i.
(2022-09-29). Workers at Philadelphia Home Depot file for union. workers.org 
Philadelphia Home Depot workers file for first storewide union Sept. 20. Retail workers at a Home Depot store in northeast Philadelphia filed a petition on Sept. 20 with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union. Their request covers 274 employees organized as Home Depot Workers United. If successful, . . . |
(2022-09-29). Britain on the brink of a social explosion after pound's collapse. wsws.org In the face of an extraordinary crisis of rule, the Labour Party is being prepared for a role in government to save British imperialism from an insurgent working class.
(2022-09-29). Santa Cruz Dismantles Camp of Hundreds of the Houseless. indybay.org The City of Santa Cruz, CA, in a county with the second highest rent in the country, is evicting an estimated 300 people living in wall-to-wall tents running along a riverbed right next to this largely wealthy city's downtown. The camp, in existence for about three years, was sanctioned by the City; houseless people were directed to go there because the City didn't have enough beds. Now, the City cites sanitation, drug use and complaints as reasons for closing the Benchlands camp. "This never needed to become a crisis for the hundreds of houseless people driven to the Benchlands by police and social service agenc…
(2022-09-29). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Teachers strikes continue in Europe over pay, conditions and funding, as Norway's Labour government moves to impose strike ban, Hungarian government imposes minimum service levels; UK dock strikes in Liverpool and Felixstowe over pay and conditions as criminal barristers' strike continues; oil workers threaten to strike and join continuing protests in Iran after death of young woman at hands of morality police; Air traffic controllers in 18 African countries go on unofficial 48-hour strike over working conditions…
(2022-09-29). After weeks of silence from union, Mercedes-Benz begins mass firings in Brazil. wsws.org The fact that the union is responding to the layoffs not by denouncing them, but by covering them up, exposes its collaboration with the company.
(2022-09-29). Inmate strike spreads to all major Alabama prisons. wsws.org Republican Governor Kay Ivey has refused to enter discussion with the inmates and has said that their demands for better treatment and legal reform will not be considered.
(2022-09-29). Una acusación al capitalismo moderno. workers.org 
Imagínese que el gobierno de Joe Biden y el Congreso hubieran acordado gastar 54.000 millones de dólares para impulsar la atención sanitaria en Estados Unidos mientras las variantes del COVID-19 seguían cobrándose más vidas. En lugar de que la esperanza de vida disminuyera por segundo año consecutivo, se habrían salvado . . . |
(2022-09-29). Sunday 10/9: Reading & Discussion with Omar El Akkad, author of What Strange Paradise. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley…
(2022-09-28). Attack on Nord Stream Kills Prospects for Dialogue in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR The three leaks that were discovered on Monday at the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines connecting Russia with Germany — one after another within hours of each other in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and Denmark — were caused by blasts. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde tweeted that the…
(2022-09-28). Russia Shifts to a Zero-waste Nuclear Cycle in its NPPs. journal-neo.org 
The global energy crisis, arguably the worst since 1973, is forcing adjustments in nuclear energy policy in the European Union and many other parts of the world. Washington's policy of squeezing Russia out of the European energy market, decommissioning European NPPs and forcing a "green agenda," for the express purpose of strangling its main economic …
(2022-09-28). Jacques Baud: US, UK, Sabotaged Ukraine Peace Deal. libya360.wordpress.com AARON MATÉ Former Swiss intelligence officer and NATO adviser Jacques Baud on the next phase of the Russia-Ukraine war and new allegations that the US and UK undermined a peace deal that could have ended it. The West's aim "is not the victory of Ukraine, It's the defeat of Russia," Baud says. "The problem is…
(2022-09-28). The United States Is Waging A New Cold War: A Socialist Perspective. popularresistance.org At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos (Switzerland) on May 23, 2022, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger made some remarks about Ukraine that struck a nerve. Rather than be caught up "in the mood of the moment," Kissinger said, the West—led by the United States—needs to enable a peace agreement that satisfies the Russians. "Pursuing the war beyond [this] point," Kissinger said, "would not be about the freedom of Ukraine, but a new war against Russia itself." Most of the commentary from the Western foreign policy establishment rolled their eyes and dismissed Kissinger's comments. Kiss…
(2022-09-28). Experts Discuss Russia — India Cooperation in the Arctic. russiancouncil.ru On September 28, 2022 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk and Northern Forum international organization held a roundtable titled "Russia — India Collaboration in the Arctic: Interests and Opportunities"
(2022-09-28). How Britain's Labour Party Became a Criminal Conspiracy Against its Members. mintpressnews.com For many years, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's supporters have claimed that he, and they, were targeted in a coordinated attack from the right of the party, comprising a majority of Labour MPs as well as senior party staff. The aim was to sabotage Corbyn's chances of taking power. | Those allegations were dismissed as a wild conspiracy theory by the British media. But the first independent verification came as early as April 2020, shortly after Corbyn stepped down as leader, with the leak of a cache of internal Labour Party documents. They showed that Labour bureaucrats, responsible to the party's general s…
(2022-09-28). Imperialism and Capitalism Are 'Bleeding the World Dry': At UN, Nicaragua Calls for Global Rebellion. scheerpost.com 
By Ben Norton / Nicaragua's Sandinista government used its platform at the "It is time to say enough to the hypocritical imperialism that politicizes, falsifies, and denigrates human rights, that they themselves…
(2022-09-28). Four Straight Years of Nonstop Street Protest in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad A cycle of protests began in Haiti in July 2018, and—despite the pandemic—has carried on since then. The core reason for the protest in 2018 was that in March of that year the government of Venezuela—due to the illegal sanctions imposed by the United States—could no longer ship discounted oil to Haiti through the PetroCaribe scheme. Fuel prices soared by…
(2022-09-28). The "Leftism" of the Americas Collapses at the Door of Haitian Sovereignty. libya360.wordpress.com Jemima Pierre While many are celebrating the potential rise of another "Pink Tide" in Latin America and the emergence of a truly multipolar world, it seems clear that the fight for Haitian sovereignty will continue to be outside of "leftist" imaginations. It is an exhilarating time for the "leftists" of the Americas. This past week,…
(2022-09-28). Breaking the Influence of International Capital in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com ROAPE ROAPE interviews the Ruth First prize winner Japhace Poncian about the crippling influence of international capital on the continent, resource nationalism, and the need for Africa to break its dependence from foreign direct investment and technology and to harness its own resources. Japhace argues that Africa must build up its own technical, financial, and…
(2022-09-28). Imperialism And Capitalism Are 'Bleeding The World Dry'. popularresistance.org Nicaragua's Sandinista government used its platform at the United Nations General Assembly to call for a global rebellion against the "imperialist and capitalist system" that is "bleeding the world dry." | "It is time to say enough to the hypocritical imperialism that politicizes, falsifies, and denigrates human rights, that they themselves violate and deny every day," declared Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada. | "Imperialism and its coercive actions are anti-life, in all spheres, and because of this, they are contrary to international law," he added. In his September 26 UN speech, Moncada proclaimed, "A…
(2022-09-28). Western Sahara: Africa's Last Colony. libya360.wordpress.com Meriem NaàØli Meriem NaàØli writes about the continuing struggle for the independence of Western Sahara. Occupied by Morocco since the 1970s, in contravention of the International Court of Justice and the UN. The internationally recognised liberation movement, POLISARIO, has fought and campaigned for independence since the early 1970s. NaàØli explains what is going on, and…
(2022-09-28). Join the Social Media Storm to #EndAdministrativeDetention on Friday, 30 September. samidoun.net 
There are currently 30 Palestinian prisoners on an open hunger strike to bring an end to administrative detention, Israeli imprisonment without charge or trial. They are putting their bodies and lives on the line to take a stand for freedom and against this arbitrary form of detention used to routinely attack Palestinian community, student, farmer …
(2022-09-28). In Response to Antonio Guterres, Haitian Organizations Point to the Responsibility of the UN in the "Gangsterization of Haiti" libya360.wordpress.com AlterPresse Haitians protest over rising fuel prices during a nationwide strike, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 26, 2022. (Photo: REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol) The United Nations is complicit in what is referred to as the "gangsterization" of Haiti. The existence of criminal gangs is the result of UN Core Group interference yet is now the pretext for additional…
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(2022-09-28). Monterrey seeks new method to combat severe drought. america.cgtn.com Drought conditions in northern Mexico are so dire that the government declared a "national emergency" in the state Nuevo Leon this summer. With it, came new efforts at water rationing and redistribution. And as CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports, there is an exponential growth in …