(2023-09-28). DeSantis is using sports scholarships to 'purge' a Florida college. therealnews.com 
The New College of Florida has become a testing ground for Governor Ron DeSantis's war on "wokeness" in education. The state government has shut down entire departments, gutted the office of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and fired allegedly left-wing faculty en masse. And the student body itself is also in the crosshairs. As many students look for the exits in the face of these institutional attacks, the New College of Florida is replacing them by doling out sports scholarships, recruiting a whopping 150 student athletes from primarily Christian private schools since this spring (the school's entire stu…
(2023-09-29). Venezuela To Launch China-Backed Poverty Elimination Program. popularresistance.org Caracas, September 21, 2023 (venezuelanalysis.com) — The Venezuelan government has announced a new social program focused on fighting poverty and inequality, which will be supported by China's International Poverty Reduction Center. | On Monday, during his weekly TV program, President Nicolás Maduro said that the "Social Equality and Happiness Mission" was "almost ready" to be launched and its main purpose is to "optimize the fight against inequality, against poverty and to build a more harmonious country." | Although Maduro did not give details, he stressed that the social program will work alongside the C…
(2023-09-29). How About a General Strike Against Dollar General? inequality.org
(2023-09-28). Ralph Nader: GOP Debate Was "Pretty Embarrassing" truthout.org Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader responds to Wednesday's second Republican debate, saying, "It's pretty embarrassing that this is what they put forward to become the president of the most powerful country in the world." Nader discusses the debate's topics of social media, former President Donald Trump and wealth inequality in America. Nader also calls for the Democratic Party to "stop… |
(2023-09-28). To Fight Big Tech, We Must Seize the Means of Computation. truthout.org "If you've never tried to organize a movement without the internet, I'm here to tell you, it's really hard. We need to seize the means of computation, because while the internet isn't the most important thing that we have to worry about right now, all the things that are more important, gender and racial justice, inequality, the climate emergency, those are struggles that we're going to win or… |
(2023-09-28). Ralph Nader: Why Is GOP Not Debating Corporate Crime Wave & the Weakening of Our Democratic Society? democracynow.org 
Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader responds to Wednesday's second Republican debate, saying, "It's pretty embarrassing that this is what they put forward to become the president of the most powerful country in the world." Nader discusses the debate's topics of social media, former President Donald Trump and wealth inequality in America. Nader also calls for the Democratic Party to "stop engaging in candidate suppression" and respect third-party candidates such as Cornel West to run for public office as a constitutional right.
(2023-09-28). 1982: Marxism, the revolutionary party, and the critique of Healy's Studies in Dialectics. wsws.org The following lecture was delivered by Christoph Vandreier, the national secretary of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) of Germany to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
(2023-09-29). It's time to put Virginia's prisons on trial! workers.org 
News release from the tribunal's organizers. On Oct. 7, 2023, the Virginia Prison Justice Network and The Virginia Defenders For Freedom, Justice & Equality will co-sponsor the People's Tribunal on Virginia's Prisons, Jails & Detention Centers, an all-day hearing to be held at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. Testimony about . . . |
(2023-09-29). UN Report Reveals Systemic Racism in US Police & Justice System. telesurenglish.net A new United Nations report said that systemic racism against people of African descent pervades America's police forces and criminal justice system, and U.S. authorities must urgently step up efforts for reform. | RELATED: | The report was issued by the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement on Thursday. | The UN experts heard testimonies…
(2023-09-29). Is Ibram X Kendi's 'Anti-Racism' a Scam? (w/ Norm Finkelstein). scheerpost.com 
By Briahna Joy Gray / Bad Faith This week, Briahna spoke to writer and professor Norman Finkelstein about the latest scandal involving famed "anti-racism" advocate Ibram X Kendi. Financial mismanagement at BU is just the tip of the iceberg as Finkelstein applies his close reading of Kendi's work to the current crisis. As interesting as …
(2023-09-28). Keeping Affirmative Action for the Military Won't Guarantee Diversity. progressive.org The U.S. Supreme Court's exemption—leaving aside its hypocrisy and racism—won't achieve the goal of creating a diverse, equitable, or inclusive military.
(2023-09-28). George Floyd's Uncle Rips Denny's For Refusing To Serve Black Men In Viral Incident: 'Racism Is Still Very Real'. newsone.com 
George Floyd's uncle Selwyn Jones said Denny's refusing to serve Black men in South Dakota was "a disgrace" that underscores the lack of progress being made along racial lines in America.
(2023-09-28). Rights groups denounce Israel's entry into US visa waiver program. peoplesdispatch.org Many have pointed to the continuing Israeli discrimination against Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims with regard to travel and called the US decision tantamount to an endorsement of Israeli policies…
(2023-09-30). Correspondence] Striving to afford free health care in Greece during COVID-19. thelancet.com Greece is fortunate to have a public health-care system that provides free access to highly expensive investigations and treatments. However, the reality of understaffing and underfunding within the health-care system means that patients' relatives often have to accompany them day and night to assist with practical needs, such as dressing, eating, and the use of the lavatory. These dedicated, informal caregivers provide these services without any compensation or formal education, sacrificing their own physical, emotional, and social wellbeing.
(2023-09-29). Students Across The US Launch Green New Deal For Schools. popularresistance.org Students at more than 50 high schools across the United States are launching a Green New Deal for Schools campaign, with the hope of getting climate policies enacted that will require school districts to add climate education to their curriculums and plan for climate disasters. | The ultimate goal of the initiative, organized by the youth climate justice organization Sunrise Movement, is for federal legislation to be enacted to implement climate education policies in schools nationwide. | "The Green New Deal for Schools will transform public schools in America to face the climate crisis and ensure all students re…
(2023-09-29). Hong Kong delegation forges educational and cultural bonds in Beijing. ecns.cn A delegation comprising 27 young talents from leading Hong Kong universities embarked on a journey of exploration and collaboration in Beijing from Sept 18 to 22. This exchange program encompassed various facets of education, science, technology, and culture.
(2023-09-29). Chinese universities continue to climb. ecns.cn Two Chinese universities, Tsinghua University and Peking University, are steadily approaching the top 10 of the Times Higher Education, or THE's World University Rankings.
(2023-09-28). Hong Kong delegation forges educational and cultural bonds in Beijing. ecns.cn A delegation comprising 27 young talents from leading Hong Kong universities embarked on a journey of exploration and collaboration in Beijing from Sept 18 to 22. This exchange program encompassed various facets of education, science, technology, and culture.
(2023-09-28). Chinese universities continue to climb. ecns.cn Two Chinese universities, Tsinghua University and Peking University, are steadily approaching the top 10 of the Times Higher Education, or THE's World University Rankings.
(2023-09-28). Thousands of Borrowers File Appeals as Student Loan Payments Loom. truthout.org In 1972 the U.S. government reauthorized the Higher Education Act with new amendments that not only increased access to college for women and people of color but also left these same students at the "mercy of bankers." As a result, they were forced to debt-finance their education, as scholar Elizabeth Tandy Shermer wrote in Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations… |
(2023-09-29). UK government and education unions leave life threatening RAAC crisis unaddressed. wsws.org Educators and children face years in substandard buildings only fit for demolition, with schools neither structurally sound nor safe from the spread of COVID.
(2023-09-30). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Livingston G, Huntley J, Sommerlad A, et al. Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission. Lancet 2020; 396: 413—46—In table 1 of this Commission, data for risk factor prevalence, communality, and unweighted PAF of social isolation and physical inactivity dementia risk factors have been corrected. These corrections have been made to the online version as of Sept 28, 2023.
(2023-09-30). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com GBD 2021 Diabetes Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet 2023; 402: 203—34—In this Article, institutional affiliations have been amended for Bing-Fang Hwang, Made Ary Sarasmita, and Ming-Chieh Li. These corrections have been made to the online version as of Sept 28, 2023.
(2023-09-30). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Wilkoff BL, Filippatos G, Leclercq C, et al. Adaptive versus conventional cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with heart failure (AdaptResponse): a global, prospective, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2023; 402: 1147—57—In figure 4 of this Article, the colours representing the Conventional CRT group (dark blue) and the Adaptive CRT, LVp ‚â•85% group (light blue) have been transposed in the line graph so that they now match the correct legend label. This correction has been made to the online version as of Sept 28, 2023, and the printed version is correct.
(2023-09-29). For an inverted theatre. mronline.org 
The majority of theatre broadly falls under the umbrella of dramatic theatre. It will have a linear plotline, actors who wholly inhabit well-developed characters, structured, thought-out themes, etc. Bertolt Brecht, the German Marxist playwright, would call it escapism.
(2023-09-29). How Canada helped whitewash the Nazi SS Galicia Division. mronline.org 
How a 1986 commission came to be accused of whitewashing Nazi war crimes.
(2023-09-29). In the AI of the Beholder: Discussing Artificial Intelligence — Part 1. mronline.org 
In an introductory article discussing artificial intelligence, Memet Uludağ looks at the historical context around technological advancement and takes stock of some of the hype around AI. Will AI be the gamechanger it is being heralded as? To what extent will it change our societies? How will it affect work practices and workers?>
(2023-09-29). Poverty is growing in Puerto Rico, under U.S. colonialism. mronline.org 
Poverty is rising in one of the world's oldest colonies: In Puerto Rico, 41.7% of people, including 57.6% of children, live in poverty. This is nearly four times the U.S. rate. And Puerto Rican workers are getting poorer even while unemployment falls.
(2023-09-29). Scolding striking auto workers in advance for wrecking economy. mronline.org 
The first person quoted in the New York Times' rundown (9/19/23) on the United Auto Workers strike was a lawyer representing management from Littler Mendelson, the go-to firm for big corporations' union avoidance.
(2023-09-29). All Black Feminisms Ain't Created Equal. popularresistance.org My initial introduction to radical feminist politics was through convoluted, often antagonistic online discourses, where past works of radical feminists are engaged, discussed, and ultimately flattened. Audre Lorde has always been among the most popularly referenced Black feminists cited online, for example, but always for her gender critical analysis (which could be used as fodder in heated discourse) and never for her anti-imperialist analysis. It's much easier for one to gain attention and retweets through cherrypicking her words on gender and sexuality, but much less popular to dive into her works on the impe…
(2023-09-28). Canada Launches UN Declaration Targeting Online 'Disinformation'. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-28). Capitalism: an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. mronline.org 
Ah, money, the driving force behind life in the modern world.
(2023-09-28). Everybody knows the reef is dying. mronline.org 
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek last week welcomed a UNESCO World Heritage Committee decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger". But what is "great news" to Plibersek is not great news for the reef.
(2023-09-28). Hersh reveals U.S. motive for destruction of Nord Stream pipelines. mronline.org 
Seymour Hersh just published a new piece about the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines.
(2023-09-28). "This fight is Global": Workers around the World are standing with striking U.S. autoworkers. mronline.org 
From Brazil and Mexico to South Africa and Malaysia, international labor solidarity is aiding the UAW's fight to reverse the global race to the bottom.
(2023-09-28). The World's Most Dangerous Marxist | John Bellamy Foster | #182 HR. mronline.org 
Foster explains Marx's ecological critique of capitalism and how the concept of "metabolic rift" highlights the alienation between humans and nature caused by capitalism's focus on profit over sustainability.
(2023-09-28). Files expose Syrian 'revolution' as Western regime change. mronline.org 
Throughout August and September, anti-government protests have rocked Syrian cities. While the crowds are typically small, numbering only a few hundred, they show little sign of abating.
(2023-09-29). Breaking: Ex-LACCD Trustee Promised Fraud Investigation in 2020! indybay.org The Los Angeles Times broke the story about the Valley Academic and Cultural Center being a massive racketeering scheme to defraud Pinner Construction. New documents reveal that an ex-LACCD Trustee promised an investigation that never materialized.
(2023-09-28). Breaking: Ex-LACCD Trustee Promised Fraud Investigation in 2020! indybay.org The Los Angeles Times broke the story about the Valley Academic and Cultural Center being a massive racketeering scheme to defraud Pinner Construction. New documents reveal that an ex-LACCD Trustee promised an investigation that never materialized.
(2023-09-28). Ancient Mayan Grave Uncovered During Rail Project Construction in Mexico. sputnikglobe.com The grave, which could be more than 1,000 years old, was unearthed alongside the construction of the multibillion-dollar Maya Train project in southern Mexico.
(2023-09-29). DPRK strengthens fishing industry. plenglish.com KCNA reported on Friday that the modernization of fishing boats and gears, as well as the construction of fish farms and expansion of the existing ones, are progressing nationwide. | The Fishing Research Institute has developed a mathematical model to determine the areas where there are more fish for a rational exploitation of resources. | According to the Ministry of Fisheries, this work is part of a program to increase productivity in the sector to achieve self-sufficiency and food security. | Fish is one of the leading products in the diet of DPRK citizens.
(2023-09-29). Finland: Newest NATO Member Strikes Land Deals to Build Fortifications Near Russian Border — Reports. sputnikglobe.com According to Finland's largest newspaper, the Finnish Defense Forces have initiated the signing of agreements with landowners along the Russian border. These agreements grant permission for the construction of fortifications on these territories with only a day's notice.
(2023-09-28). Russian Air Defense Troops down Ukrainian drone near village where Kursk-2 NPP being built. tass.com A construction site of the Kursk-2 Nuclear Power Plant is located in Makarovka…
(2023-09-29). Petro to Travel to China to Discuss Transportation Projects. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that he will travel to Beijing, where he will meet with President Xi Jinping to discuss the future of Bogota's subway. Its construction is currently being handled by a Chinese consortium. | RELATED: | "I have an interview with the Chinese president on October 25," he said, adding that he hopes the Asian nation can help Colombia with transportation projects bas…
(2023-09-29). China opposes US decision not to invite Russia to APEC summit, envoy says. tass.com "As the host country, the US is organizing these events and, under generally accepted international practice, it needs to send invitations to all full and equal APEC members," Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui stressed…
(2023-09-28). Safety While Protesting: Protesting & Supporting Protests Safely. indybay.org The modern surveillance state is unparalleled. Many people are legitimately afraid of state repression. But this fear can easily become paranoia and paralysis. As a result, some people will not get involved in radical organizing at all. By developing a security culture we can be safe while protesting & supporting protests.
(2023-09-29). UN Report Urges End to Forced US Prison Labor—a 'Contemporary Form of Slavery'. scheerpost.com 
(2023-09-29). Naarm/Melbourne forum discusses right wing character of Albanese's Labor. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-09-29). SF Labor Community Rally To Defend Community Space at Redstone Labor Temple. indybay.org
(2023-09-29). Twenty-Five Thousand Auto Workers Are Now On Strike At The Big Three. popularresistance.org Seven thousand Auto Workers at two more assembly plants will walk off the job at noon ET today, UAW President Shawn Fain announced in a Facebook Live appearance this morning. Joining the strike are Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant and General Motors' Lansing Delta Township Assembly in Michigan. | Fain announced that Stellantis would be spared this time. The union had been expected to expand the strike today at all three companies, but, said Region 1 Director LaShawn English, three minutes before Fain was scheduled to go on Facebook Live, the UAW received frantic emails from company representatives.
(2023-09-29). Nazi Veteran Honored in Canada Was Part of Wave of Collaborators Harbored in West: Lev Golinkin. democracynow.org 
Poland says it's preparing to seek the extradition of a 98-year-old Ukrainian Nazi after he received a standing ovation in the Canadian House of Commons last week following a speech by visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Yaroslav Hunka was invited by the speaker of the House, who has since resigned his post, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized for the episode on Wednesday. Hunka fought during World War II with a Nazi unit composed of Ukrainian volunteers who were involved in numerous atrocities, including massacres of Jewish civilians. But Hunka is not an outlier, acc…
(2023-09-29). Market principles will not help in mitigating the problems of the elderly. peoplesdispatch.org The universal coverage of social security schemes for all elderly must be the immediate intervention point. Apart from this, the tendency to consider the elderly as a non-progressive labor entity and burden on the society must be shed…
(2023-09-29). All Out Support Striking UAW Members! 32 hours Work for 40 Hours Pay, No Two Tiers, & COLA. indybay.org The United Front Committee For A Labor Party UFCCLP supports the demands of the UAW for 32 hours work for 40 hours pay, an end to tiers and a COLA. It also supports uniting the entire working class for a general strike especially connected to the attack on the working class by the government shutdown. It also calls for workers to control and benefit from AI but that requires a mass workers party that will run the country for the working class.
(2023-09-29). Australian workers and youth express their support for the SEP active boycott campaign against Labor's Voice referendum. wsws.org In opposing the Voice a student remarked, "Why doesn't the population get a say on the housing crisis, or the cost-of-living crisis?"
(2023-09-28). Democratic Socialism Will Prevent the Catastrophes. dissidentvoice.org 
Capitalism gathered resources — land, labor, and capital to start an industrial revolution that brought prosperity and elevated standards of living to much of the earth's inhabitants. Once in motion, it generated additional capital that gathered more labor and more resources in a perpetual cycle of increased production that constantly benefitted populations. The achievements did …
(2023-09-28). First Tire Workers To Organize In 40 Years Win First Contract. popularresistance.org It was late summer 2017 at the Overtyme Bar and Grill, a hotspot off a busy highway in Macon, Georgia, and Kumho Tire plant worker Mario Smith had important questions for local United Steelworkers (USW) president Alex Perkins: he wanted to know how he could bring a union to the one-year-old factory. | Now six years later—after two elections, many National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) cases, a virulent union-busting campaign, and the triumphant solidarity of the factory workers—that union has gained its first-ever collective bargaining agreement with Kumho Tire management, the first tire workers to uni…
(2023-09-28). Housing activists say NSW Labor's budget fails the test. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-09-28). Nazigate: Canada's Top General Won't Apologize for Applauding Ukrainian Waffen-SS Vet. libya360.wordpress.com Wyatt Reed As Canada's top officials express embarrassment for honoring a WWII Nazi collaborator in parliament, the leader of the country's military, Gen. Wayne Eyre, refuses to apologize for his standing ovation. The Canadian military has trained Ukraine's notorious neo-Nazi Azov Battalion for years. Canadian politicians have been in frantic damage control mode since feting a…
(2023-09-28). Ford And GM Agree To End At Least One Tier; Stellantis Still Holding Out. popularresistance.org The Auto Workers announced encouraging progress in their negotiations with Ford and General Motors September 22, including an end to one of the many concessionary tiers in the union's contract. | In 2015 workers at Chrysler (now Stellantis) voted down a tentative agreement 2 to 1 because it continued an onerous two-tier wage system—and even introduced new tiers. UAW President Dennis Williams (later jailed for corruption) was pissed. At a meeting of local officials called to present that deal, Williams spluttered, "Ending two-tier is bullshit." | The UAW still has other tiers to address, but it looks like Wi…
(2023-09-28). Video: For an active boycott of Australian Labor's Voice referendum! wsws.org In this video, SEP National Secretary Cheryl Crisp explains why the party is calling for an active boycott of the Voice referendum.
(2023-09-28). Nazigate: Canada's top general won't apologize for applauding Ukrainian Waffen-SS vet. thegrayzone.com As Canada's top officials express embarrassment for honoring a WWII Nazi collaborator in parliament, the leader of the country's military, Gen. Wayne Eyre, refuses to apologize for his standing ovation. The Canadian military has trained Ukraine's notorious neo-Nazi Azov Battalion for years. Canadian politicians have been in frantic damage control mode since feting a former member of the Waffen-SS during a parliamentary reception for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on September 22. The Speaker of Canada's House of Commons, Anthony Rota, …
(2023-09-28). Peruvian labor confederation demands US security for Cuban embassy. plenglish.com Lima, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) on Thursday demanded that the Government of the United States guarantee the security of the Cuban Embassy in that country, and condemned the recent terrorist attack on the diplomatic mission.
(2023-09-28). México convoca una reunión para discutir sobre migración. telesurtv.net La Organización Internacional para las Migraciones advirtió este miércoles de que el flujo "sin precedentes" de personas atravesando las Américas requiere de una mayor colaboración entre los gobiernos de Centroamérica…
(2023-09-29). Roaming Charges: Our Man in Jersey. counterpunch.org I've been re-reading with great pleasure John Le Carré's mid-80s novel A Perfect Spy, which is a kind of roman à clef about the writer's turbulent relationship with his father, Ronnie Cornwell, an extravagant trickster and confidence artist, who, in one of his most elaborate hoaxes, ended up running for Parliament. But Le Carré's twisty tale of fraud and duplicity among the English moneyed classes (and those who would exploit their greed) can't really hold up to the career of New Jersey's own apex con man, Robert Menendez, whose personal embellishments and political fictions have become so labyrinthine that now t…
(2023-09-29). Fighting Banal Evil with the Truth of Trauma. counterpunch.org Few serve truth in truth because only a few have a pure will to be just, and of those again very few have the will to justice; and the most terrible sufferings have come upon man precisely from a drive to justice which lacks power of judgment. — Nietzsche Separated from the sphere of labor
(2023-09-29). If the government shuts down, so does the NLRB—that'll hurt the strikes. therealnews.com 
It is looking increasingly likely that Congressional Republicans will bring the federal government to a shutdown starting this weekend. "U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers would be furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1," Reuters reports. "Workers deemed essential would remain on the job, but without pay." Among the many agencies that will be furloughing workers in the event of a shutdown is the National Labor Relations Board. Not only will unionized staff workers at the NLRB itself be hurt by the…
(2023-09-29). Artist collaborations with social justice organizations propel change. splcenter.org
(2023-09-29). Philadelphia Youth React When Charges Are Dropped Against Killer Cop. popularresistance.org Reminiscent of the mass reaction in the aftermath of the George Floyd lynching in May 2020, angry youth reacted in a similar situation in Philadelphia in the wake of a Sept. 26 decision by Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Wendy L. Pew to dismiss all charges against Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry, Jr on Aug. 14. | As the evening developed, large groups of youth were taking to the streets across the city. Reports are coming in of youth expropriating expensive items from high priced Center City stores and in multiple shopping corridors — beyond what the cops can contro…
(2023-09-29). Parliamentary investigation of MST ends with the movement strengthened and failure of far-right. peoplesdispatch.org On Wednesday September 27, the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (also known as CPI) that investigated the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) came to a close and confirmed the total flop of the pro-Bolsonaro far-right in the Chamber of Deputies, particularly the participation of the federal deputy Ricardo Salles (Liberal Party), the commission's rapporteur. | Salles was the minister of the environment in the Bolsonaro government. For many analysts, Salles seems to have used the CPI as an extension of his work in the ministry. Throughout the 130 days of the CPI, the commission presented data from when Salles…
(2023-09-29). Electric Vehicle Factories Are Overwhelmingly Nonunion. The UAW Strike Could Change That. internationalviewpoint.org A key conflict in the United Auto Workers strike [which began on September 14] is over the electric vehicle industry. The vast majority of EV plants are low-wage and nonunion despite being publicly subsidized — and the UAW is trying to fix that. | – | / |
(2023-09-29). After a five day strike, Inghams Chickens' workers win better pay and conditions. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-09-29). Inghams Chickens workers strike for a decent pay rise. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-09-29). United States: Biden and Trump visit car plants as auto strike heats up. greenleft.org.au 
US President Joe Biden and former president Donal Trump both addressed autworkers in Michigan this week, as workers escalated their "stand up" strike at the "Big Three" car manufacturers, reports Malik Miah.
(2023-09-29). "The workers are the liberators," declares UAW President, sending 7,000 more out on strike. peoplesdispatch.org United Auto Workers are expanding their strike to put additional pressure on General Motors and Ford, playing the three largest automakers against each other…
(2023-09-29). Monday 10/2: SF Speak Out-Stop Attacks On Civil Service &. Outsourcing/Privatization Using Non-Profits. indybay.org San Francisco City Hall | Room 400 | San Francisco…
(2023-09-29). Biden's Picket Line Visit Doesn't Mean He Is On Our Side. popularresistance.org Yesterday, Joe Biden became the first sitting president to visit a picket line of striking workers. It is historic. | A few hours later, Jacobin published an article entitled "The Militancy of the UAW Strike Forced Joe Biden to Take a Side and Walk the Picket Line," by Nick French. Jacobin is right that Biden's visit to the picket line results from the UAW strike's strength. But Jacobin is dead wrong in its assessment that Biden is "on the side of the working class." | Instead, Biden's visit is a product of the capitalist crisis in which both Trump and Biden are vying for influence over the working class in a tig…
(2023-09-29). Build a Kaiser Workers' Rank-and-File Committee to prepare an all-out strike! wsws.org To ensure victory in their struggle, Kaiser workers must take control out of the hands of the pro-corporate CKPU bureaucrats and assert their own independent interests by forming rank-and-file committees at every Kaiser facility.
(2023-09-29). Will Lehman issues letter to Mack Trucks coworkers on eve of UAW contract expiration: "We must seriously prepare for a major battle" wsws.org It's clear the UAW hasn't been negotiating anything at Mack all this time, they've just been keeping us in the dark to prevent us from preparing to fight back against the company's ruthless demands.
(2023-09-29). Michigan teachers support autoworkers' struggle against Big Three and UAW apparatus. wsws.org The Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee discussed with teachers the pivotal struggle of autoworkers, its connection to wider social and political issues, and the struggle against the UAW's efforts to limit the strike.
(2023-09-29). New York City school bus workers form rank-and-file committee. wsws.org After being kept on job nearly three months following a 97 percent strike vote, New York City school bus workers have launched a rank-and-file committee to fight for their needs.
(2023-09-29). Leaked results reveal Ford Oakville production and skilled trades workers voted down Unifor's sham contract. wsws.org Close to 60 percent of Unifor members across Ford's Canada operations either voted "No" or did not participate in the anti-democratic ratification process.
(2023-09-29). US postal workers march against job cuts in Charlotte, North Carolina. wsws.org More than 300 jobs are being cut in the city as part of the early stages of a sweeping restructuring program that threatens tens of thousands of jobs nationwide.
(2023-09-29). "We need to call everyone out," say GM CCA workers on picket lines in Burton, Michigan. wsws.org A WSWS reporting team visited the picket line of striking GM workers at the company's large Burton, Michigan parts distribution center Thursday…
(2023-09-29). Sri Lanka workers begin sit-in strike at government-owned company to defend jobs. wsws.org The CWE is the first state-owned enterprise to be destroyed and all its workers sacked under International Monetary Fund austerity measures being implemented by the Wickremesinghe government.
(2023-09-28). Trump Says No GOP Candidate Running Against Him Should Be His VP. truthout.org On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump said that none of the Republican candidates running against him to become the party's 2024 presidential nominee are worth considering for his vice presidential running mate. Trump, by far the frontrunner in the race, made the comments in a speech to auto workers on Wednesday evening about half an hour north of Detroit, Michigan. Although the event was… |
(2023-09-28). "Unions for Trump" Signholder at Trump Rally Admitted They're Not a Union Member. truthout.org At least a few people who attended former President Donald Trump's speech to auto workers on Wednesday evening were not who they purported to be, according to a report on the event, with some admitting they were neither union members nor auto workers. According to a report written by The Detroit News's Craig Mauger, around 400 to 500 Trump supporters attended the speech, which was given at a Drake… |
(2023-09-28). Auto Workers Strike All of the Big Three Companies for the First Time. internationalviewpoint.org " I know that we're on the right side in this battle, because it's a battle of the working class against the rich, the halves versus the have nots, the billionaire class against everybody else." | – | / |
(2023-09-28). Can Artificial Intelligence Help Knock Out America's Inflation Problem? 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Experts say the latest artificial intelligence technology, generative AI, will help reverse a prolonged slowdown in productivity growth that has kept costs high for businesses and made inflation harder to reign in. It could also lead to lower wages for company workers. Widespread use of generative AI could put productivity on steroids, and although it could be …
(2023-09-28). Washington Post Columnist Charles Lane Wants Auto Workers to Lose Their Jobs. cepr.net The Washington Post has a long history of hating on powerful unions, like the United Auto Workers (UAW), or any factor that allows blue-collar workers to earn a decent living. In keeping with that tradition, editorial writer and columnist Charles Lane argued that the UAW strike is highlighting the "contradictions" in Bidenomics. Lane's argument is …
(2023-09-28). Electric Vehicle Factories Are Overwhelmingly Nonunion. The UAW Strike Could Change That. internationalviewpoint.org A key conflict in the United Auto Workers strike [which began on September 14] is over the electric vehicle industry. The vast majority of EV plants are low-wage and nonunion despite being publicly subsidized — and the UAW is trying to fix that. | – | / |
(2023-09-28). After a five day strike, Inghams Chickens' workers win better pay and conditions. greenleft.org.au
(2023-09-28). Inghams Chickens workers strike for a decent pay rise. greenleft.org.au
(2023-09-28). United States: United Auto Workers strike against the 'Big Three'. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-09-28). Canadian autoworkers ratify deal with Ford. greenleft.org.au 
While the United Auto Workers (UAW) "Stand Up Strike" in the US has received global attention, in Canada, unionists ratified a three-year deal with Ford on September 24 — the first target in their pattern bargaining with the Big Three, reports Jeff Shantz.
(2023-09-28). Canadian autoworkers ratify deal with Ford. greenleft.org.au 
While the United Auto Workers (UAW) "Stand Up Strike" in the US has received global attention, in Canada, unionists ratified a three-year deal with Ford on September 24 — the first target in their pattern bargaining with the Big Three, reports Jeff Shantz.
(2023-09-28). Monday 10/2: SF Speak Out-Stop Attacks On Civil Service &. Outsourcing/Privatization Using Non-Profits. indybay.org San Francisco City Hall | Room 400 | San Francisco…
(2023-09-28). 'Donald Duck' & Ukraine's 'Blank Check': Takeaways From GOP's Second Primary Debate. sputnikglobe.com The second debate yet again saw no participation from former US President Donald Trump, who instead opted to capitalize on the United Auto Workers' (UAW) strike in Michigan and blast his successor.
(2023-09-28). Trump Slams Biden for Joining UAW Strike, Claims His 'Entire Career Union Destruction'. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed President Joe Biden for joining the United Auto Workers' (UAW) strike the day before, saying the incumbent president's "entire career" has been "an active economic treason and union destruction."
(2023-09-28). Headlines for September 28, 2023. democracynow.org GOP Presidential Candidates Attack an Absent Trump, Each Other at Chaotic Debate, Trump Calls on Unions to Support Him in 2024 as He Addresses Nonunion Auto Plant, Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Authorize Strike, U.S. Gov't on Cusp of Shutdown Amid Republican House Dysfunction, Nagorno-Karabakh's Gov't to Self-Dissolve by Jan. 1 as 50,000 People Flee, Burkina Faso Military Coup Leaders Say They Thwarted Another Coup Attempt, North Korea Expels Soldier Travis King Back to the U.S., Palestinian Rights Advocates Condemn U.S. Visa Waiver for Israeli Travelers, Ethiopian Re…
(2023-09-28). Under new contract, former UPS air drivers in Northern Virginia working in record heat for nearly 50 percent less pay. wsws.org Since the new contract has gone into effect, the workers have been bumped up to $21.50 an hour, far less than the new top rate for air drivers of $36.69.
(2023-09-28). Unifor president seeks to steamroll growing opposition to sham Ford Canada ratification. wsws.org Workers at Ford have deluged Unifor officials with angry complaints, after learning that the union declared a sellout contract "ratified" in violation of a longstanding commitment that no Detroit Three contract would be adopted without the support of the majority of skilled trades workers.
(2023-09-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Teachers protest across Europe against lack of resources and poor conditions; daily protests at the border after Israeli authorities close the only pedestrian crossing from Gaza into Israel; Nigerian union bodies call for further action against removal of fuel subsidies, as other sectors pledge to join strike…
(2023-09-28). Verdi union supports German government's pro-war policies. wsws.org Verdi's federal congress fully supported the escalation of the war in Ukraine and the horrendous rearmament programme for Germany's armed forces. The union undertook to ensure that the billions this requires come at workers' expense.
(2023-09-28). Las Vegas-area hospitality workers vote by 95 percent to strike casinos at mass rally. wsws.org On Tuesday, thousands of workers gathered at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV to vote to strike major casino and resort operators, MGM, Caesars and Wynn/Encore.
(2023-09-29). UAW president again orders vast majority of Big Three autoworkers to continue working two weeks after contracts expired. wsws.org The UAW has refused to call out any production facilities in the Detroit metro area, which remains the center of the US auto industry, with tens of thousands employed in the auto and auto parts plants.
(2023-09-30). Zionists will always call us antisemitic. workers.org 
By Nicki Kattoura The author is a Palestinian editor, writer, and organizer based in Philadelphia. Ask any Palestinian or accomplice to the movement, and it is almost a guarantee that they were called antisemitic for expressing their anti-Zionist politics. The Zionist accusation has become so commonplace that it is to . . . |
(2023-09-30). 'Wuthering Heights' at four summits. workers.org 
A Venezuelan international relations expert, Rodriguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an adviser for international politics for TeleSUR. X: @sergioro0701 Translation: John Catalinotto. The title of this article alludes to an extraordinary . . . |
(2023-09-29). More at Stake for Auto Workers Than Wages and Benefits. counterpunch.org The United Auto Workers have struck now for two weeks. Using a novel strategy to keep management on its toes, namely walking out at various plants at unexpected times, a new, different union leadership hopes to wrest some benefits from the claws of a monstrously greedy industry that has already raked in $21 billion this year. Its CEOs pull down millions of dollars annually, while the average worker's pay has long stagnated.
(2023-09-29). Cuatro 'Cumbres borrascosas'. workers.org El autor es consultor y analista internacional venezolano, y fue Director de Relaciones Internacionales de la Presidencia de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela y Embajador de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela en Nicaragua. El título de este artículo alude a una extraordinaria novela escrita por Emily Brontà´ a mediados del . . . |
(2023-09-29). Seattle city workers fight for wages. workers.org 
Over 1,000 city workers rallied on the steps of City Hall Sept. 20 to demand an improved union contract. Sixteen unions in the Coalition of City Unions (CCU), representing 6,000 workers, took part. It was a huge manifestation of the workers who keep the city running every day. These workers . . . |
(2023-09-29). Writers' strike wins gains in tentative agreement. workers.org 
On strike since May 2, the Writers Guild of America announced a tentative agreement between the union and major studios that could end the strike. WGA East and WGA West, in a Sept. 24 statement, said: "What we have won in this contract — most particularly, everything we have gained . . . |
(2023-09-29). 'This is history': UAW workers from the picket lines. therealnews.com 
(2023-09-28). PDF of September 28 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. Auto strike spreads: 'No deal, no wheels!' Historic Palestine Writes Festival triumphs over opposition Download the PDF. More PDF back-issues here. |
(2023-09-29). Anti-imperialism of fools: The case of Imran Khan. internationalviewpoint.org "The politics of Khan have not benefitted anti-imperialism by an iota in Pakistan. On the contrary, his politics have gravely undermined, for the years to come, the gains made by the women's movement, democracy activism and the trade union struggles." | – | / |
(2023-09-29). Venezuela-Colombia Binational Trade Is Growing, La Union Bridge Reopens. orinocotribune.com Since Venezuela and Colombia resumed bilateral relations on September 26,2022, trade between the two countries through the border bridges has reached ‚Ǩ186.3 million (as of August 31, 2023) according to official sources. | One year has passed since the reopening of the Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander border bridges; the Atanasio Girardot bridge also opened in January of this year. During a binational trade meeting in Caracas on Thursday, September 28, Colombian Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Germán Umaña said "the situation is positive." The meeting will continue until…
(2023-09-29). Educators in Serbia demand fair wages, dignity for work. peoplesdispatch.org Teachers and their unions have been demanding basic wages at par with the average wage in the country and reduction in non-academic work. Unions held a massive rally in Belgrade on September 24 to press these demands…
(2023-09-29). Presidente de Venezuela destaca unión cívico-militar en la defensa de la Patria. telesurtv.net El mandatario aseguró que Venezuela es un país de paz y pidió llevar a todas las instancias militares los cuatro consensos de la Patria.
(2023-09-29). Writers' strike shut down as WGA attempts to ram through sell-out contract. wsws.org The WGA has functioned as the agent of the corporations and the government in this strike in precisely the same fashion as the UAW, Teamsters and every other section of the union officialdom in their respective industries.
(2023-09-28). Anti-imperialism of fools: The case of Imran Khan. internationalviewpoint.org "The politics of Khan have not benefitted anti-imperialism by an iota in Pakistan. On the contrary, his politics have gravely undermined, for the years to come, the gains made by the women's movement, democracy activism and the trade union struggles." | – | / |
(2023-09-28). EU-Tunisia migrant deal 'terrible for human rights', says HRW. middleeasteye.net 
EU-Tunisia migrant deal 'terrible for human rights', says HRW | Rights group condemns migration deal under which bloc paid Tunis more than $135m last week | Thu, 09/28/2023 – 12: 08 | Tunisia's President Kais Saied and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agree a deal on migration in Tunis in July 2023 (Reuters) | The European Union's decision to release $135m in migrant control assistance…
(2023-09-28). Protests against mining concession given to Canadian company intensify in Panama. peoplesdispatch.org 
Since early August, Panamanian trade unions, Indigenous groups, and people's movements have been taking to the streets in different parts of the country in rejection of a concession contract signed in March between the government of President Laurentino Cortizo and Minera Panamá S.A., a subsidiary of the Canadian multinational mining company First Quantum Minerals Limited. | The contract allows the mining company to continue operations at one of Central America's largest open-pit copper mines, Cobre Panamá, for 20 years, with the possibility of extending the period for another 20 years. It also authorizes the com…
(2023-09-29). Hungary opposes providing additional aid to Ukraine from EU budget. plenglish.com Budapest, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) Hungary opposes providing additional financial aid to Ukraine from the European Union (EU) if the bloc will have to grant or accept loans for it, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
(2023-09-29). Before his assassination, JFK sought peace with the Soviet Union. therealnews.com 
We will never know the world that could have been had President John F. Kennedy's assassination never taken place, but an inkling of how things could have been different can be found in the final months of his life. In his new book,
(2023-09-28). India imposes curfew in strife-hit areas of Manipur state. tribune.com.pk 
India imposed curfew in the capital and some areas of its restive state of Manipur on Thursday, after scores of students were injured in violence following protests against the alleged abduction and murder of two students, authorities said. | Ethnic violence has plunged the northeastern state bordering Myanmar into what many security experts describe as an intense civil war fought over land, jobs and political clout between its two largest local groups. | "Indefinite curfew had to be implemented in Imphal and in some other districts," L. Kailun, a senior police official based in the state capital, told Reuters…
(2023-09-29). Climate awards and dangerous jobs: News from Imperial. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
(2023-09-29). After the primaries, the elections. internationalviewpoint.org "The labour and popular movement face an all-out offensive against historical social achievements and the expansion of rights achieved in recent decades, but the country has social and political reserves to face this offensive." | – | / |
(2023-09-29). A breath of the 2011 resistance in Syrian protest movement. internationalviewpoint.org "While the resilience and courage of the Sweida demonstrators are to be welcomed, only an extension of the protest movement to other regions can allow it to continue and represent a real challenge to the regime." | – | / |
(2023-09-29). Tunisia: Opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi begins hunger strike. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia: Opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi begins hunger strike | Ghannouchi, who has been jailed since April, says he will not eat until restrictions on him and other prisoners are lifted | Fri, 09/29/2023 – 08: 14 | Ennahdha Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Tunisia's Islamist movement, greets supporters upon arriving at a police station in Tunis on 21 February 2023 (AFP) | Rached Ghannouchi, the leade…
(2023-09-29). We do not need "great symbols of authority" with double standards: expel patriarchal behavior and harassment from our social movements! internationalviewpoint.org "There is no future for a movement that turns its back on the changing times. And there will be no young next generation willing to take over such a movement." | – | / |
(2023-09-29). "It feels like the apocalypse" internationalviewpoint.org "The Russian Socialist Movement statement called on Azerbaijan to immediately cease hostilities and open negotiations without any preconditions, and on the international community to immediately impose sanctions against the leadership of Azerbaijan." | – | / |
(2023-09-29). Roots of today's Black reparations movement chronicled in new book on 1982 Tribunal. indybay.org "The Verdict Is In: Reparations Now!" is a collection of personal and empirical testimonies delivered at the first World Tribunal on Reparations for African People, held in 1982 in Brooklyn, New York.
(2023-09-29). One year after the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising. internationalviewpoint.org A point of view from the feminist solidarity movement in Brussels | – | / |
(2023-09-29). US Capitol Police Arrest 18 Climate Activists Occupying House Speaker's Office. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Eighteen members of the Sunrise Movement were arrested at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office during a climate funding demonstration, the activist group said in a statement.
(2023-09-29). Headlines for September 29, 2023. democracynow.org Ahead of Shutdown, Biden Says GOP Extremists Are Trying to "Burn the Place Down", Biden Warns Trump & MAGA Movement Are a Threat to Democracy, Activist Disrupts Biden Speech, Urges Him to Declare Climate Emergency, 18 Youth Climate Activists Arrested for Occupying Speaker McCarthy's Office, GOP Witnesses Admit No Evidence Yet to Support Impeaching Biden, GOP Lawmakers Refuse to Say Trump Should Be Held Accountable If Convicted, NY Appeals Court Rejects Trump Effort to Delay Civil Fraud Trial, Dozens Killed in Two Blasts in Pakistan, U.N.: Over 2,500 Migrants Have Died or Gone Missing This Year T…
(2023-09-28). After the primaries, the elections. internationalviewpoint.org "The labour and popular movement face an all-out offensive against historical social achievements and the expansion of rights achieved in recent decades, but the country has social and political reserves to face this offensive." | – | / |
(2023-09-28). Hamas calls for resistance, Israel threatens invasion. plenglish.com Ramallah, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) called Thursday for the intensification of the armed struggle against the Israeli occupation, shortly after that country threatened to launch a major military operation against the Gaza Strip.
(2023-09-28). We do not need "great symbols of authority" with double standards: expel patriarchal behavior and harassment from our social movements! internationalviewpoint.org "There is no future for a movement that turns its back on the changing times. And there will be no young next generation willing to take over such a movement." | – | / |
(2023-09-28). "It feels like the apocalypse" internationalviewpoint.org "The Russian Socialist Movement statement called on Azerbaijan to immediately cease hostilities and open negotiations without any preconditions, and on the international community to immediately impose sanctions against the leadership of Azerbaijan." | – | / |
(2023-09-28). Roots of today's Black reparations movement chronicled in new book on 1982 Tribunal. indybay.org "The Verdict Is In: Reparations Now!" is a collection of personal and empirical testimonies delivered at the first World Tribunal on Reparations for African People, held in 1982 in Brooklyn, New York.
(2023-09-28). Did India really win its independence through non-violence? internationalviewpoint.org Two years ago, Burma (Myanmar) saw a huge non-violent movement of civic disobedience in response to a military putsch. However, it was ultimately forced to engage in armed self-defense in the face of merciless repression. Was it any different in India? Was independence, the liberation from British colonial rule in 1947, effectively won through the civil disobedience movement embodied by Gandhi? We put this question to Sushovan Dhar. | – | / |
(2023-09-28). One year after the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising. internationalviewpoint.org A point of view from the feminist solidarity movement in Brussels | – | / |
(2023-09-28). "The GOP Hates Gen Z:" Teenagers Occupy Majority Leader McCarthy's Office to Demand He Avoid a Government Shutdown and Fund Climate Action. commondreams.org This morning, over a hundred and fifty teenagers from around the country flooded into House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office to demand he support bridge funding to keep the government open, including funding FEMA to respond to climate disasters. They held signs that said, "The GOP Hates Gen Z" and "McCarthy: Aren't you ashamed". Thirty young people are currently risking arrest blocking the entrance to his office until Speaker McCarthy agrees to a deal.
"We are fed up and we won't take it any more," said Adah Crandall, 17, a Sunrise Movement organizer currently inside the speaker's office. "As storms ra…
(2023-09-28). Poverty Is Growing In Puerto Rico Under US Colonialism. popularresistance.org Poverty in Puerto Rico, under US colonialism, is getting worse over time, not better. | More than two-fifths of Puerto Ricans suffer from poverty, and nearly three-fifths of Puerto Rican children live in poor households. | In 2022, the poverty rate in the colonized US "territory" grew from 40.5% to 41.7%, according to US Census Bureau data. | A staggering 57.6% of Puerto Rican children live in poverty. And 38.8% of families are below the poverty line. | Poverty has been growing in Puerto Rico even at a time when more people are working. The unemployment rate fell from 13.1% to 9.9% in 2022, while poverty got wors…
(2023-09-28). Russia continues to develop relations with African countries — Kremlin spokesman. tass.com Dmitry Peskov specified that today Putin "will hold Russian-South Sudanese talks and then have a working luncheon with President Kiir"
(2023-09-28). Court rejects call for South Korean opposition leader's arrest. wsws.org The corruption case against Lee Jae-myung is another warning sign that the government is preparing to crack down on any opposition to its policies, above all by the working class.
(2023-09-29). Patrols against migrant trafficking agreed in Europe. plenglish.com In this sense, the German Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, highlighted in a statement the importance of detecting and preventing unauthorized entries at an early stage. | The joint working group formed by Faeser and his Czech counterparts, Vít Rakusan; and Polish, Mariusz Kaminski, will operate under the protection of the European Police (Europol) and Empac, the continental Multidisciplinary Platform against Criminal Threats, the text specified. | But analysts consider that the solution to the migration issue in the regional bloc involves establishing a common policy on the issue, which today constitutes a…
(2023-09-29). German media and politicians launch smear campaign against refugees. wsws.org Refugees are being targeted in a campaign by the ruling class to advance its war against the working class and to strengthen the most right-wing forces in doing so.