(2023-10-07). Comment] Equity, transparency, and accountability: open science for the 21st century. thelancet.com Knowledge is essential to saving lives and improving wellbeing. The term open science has been applied to improving the transparency of knowledge generation, but open science also has the potential to address many of the problems of inequity, inaccuracy, and misconduct that plague research, as well as to build public trust.1…
(2023-10-07). Comment] The Lancet's enduring legacy: speaking truth to power. thelancet.com When Thomas Wakley founded The Lancet 200 years ago, the publication was labelled as "aggressive, offensive and radical" in science.1 Speaking up against "incompetence, privilege, and nepotism" the journal inevitably caused controversy. Since then, while The Lancet has grown to be among the most celebrated and revered sources of scientific knowledge, it has stayed true to its roots with a commitment to equity and accountability.
(2023-10-05). Team Billionaire is Winning. counterpunch.org There are of course a million and one other ways that we structure the financial sector to benefit the rich: government deposit insurance, exemption from the sort of sales taxes that apply to almost everything else we buy, and nonsensical tax preferences like the carried interest deduction that fuel private equity and hedge funds. Yet, somehow progressive intellectuals look at all the rich and super-rich in finance and just see the market being left to itself.
(2023-10-06). Private Yachts As Long As Football Fields. inequality.org
(2023-10-05). The Who-bodies Blocking Donor-Advised Fund Reform. inequality.org
(2023-10-06). The Workers League's defence of the Theory of Permanent Revolution against the opportunism of the Workers Revolutionary Party. wsws.org The following lecture was delivered by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group of New Zealand, and Thomas Scripps, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
(2023-10-05). Exception To Cancel Culture: Calling For Killing Palestinian Children Is Fine In MSM. thelastamericanvagabond.com In the day and age of cancel culture, where it seems that anyone can be cancelled for nearly anything, there appears to be a loophole for a specific kind of racism and advocacy for murdering one group of people. If you call for the mass murder of Palestinian children, like Howard Stern, you won't only
(2023-10-07). Correspondence] Funding for global health research in Germany. thelancet.com Over the past 15 years, Germany has strategically expanded its role in global health against the backdrop of geopolitical developments, upheavals, and crises (appendix p 1) to become one of the largest political and financial contributors in the field. One of Germany's key priorities has been to fortify its strong but fragmented research landscape in global health. In January, 2020, a 5-year infrastructure programme from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; costing approximately ‚Ǩ3 million) culminated in the progressive establishment of the German Alliance for Global Health Res…
(2023-10-06). Putin: Russia to 'do utmost' to further develop 'already good' ties with Iran. presstv.ir Russia's President Putin says Moscow has very good relations with Tehran and will enhance them in every possible way.
(2023-10-05). Colleges Say They're Cash-Strapped Yet Pay Top Dollar for Anti-Union Consultants. truthout.org When D'Youville College (now D'Youville University) was established by the Catholic Church in 1908, its founders wanted to offer a high-quality liberal arts education to young women living in western New York state. Fast forward 115 years and the school, named to honor patron saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771), a French-Canadian widow who formed the Order of the Sisters of Charity… |
(2023-10-05). Putin: Russia to 'do utmost' to further develop 'already good' ties with Iran. presstv.ir Russia's President Putin says Moscow has very good relations with Tehran and will enhance them in every possible way.
(2023-10-05). Almost 9 Million Students Back to School in Venezuela (+Teachers' Wages). orinocotribune.com Approximately 8.8 million children have now begun the 2023-2024 school year throughout Venezuela, according to a report made by President Nicolás Maduro during his television program Con Maduro+. | President Maduro elaborated in the report made this Monday, October 2, that 28,304 educational centers—both public and private—have opened their doors to receive students in their classrooms. Around 80% of them belong to the free, quality ensured, scientific, and humanistic public education system, while the remaining 20% are other types of schools, including private schools. | "When the Revolution began, i…
(2023-10-07). Perspectives] Comma crunching: a week at The Lancet. thelancet.com A week at The Lancet tends to start on a Wednesday. Much of what the journal publishes these days is made available online as soon as it is ready, days or weeks before it is bundled up into an issue and dropped through a reader's letterbox or into an inbox. But the old weekly print cycle, which starts to gear up on a Wednesday, still dictates the rhythm of how The Lancet works. That momentum—the "dum…dum…dum…" repeated beat of issues going to press 51 times per year—has gone largely unbroken for two centuries.
(2023-10-06). Haiti As Empire's Laboratory. popularresistance.org In December 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R.2116, also known as the Global Fragility Act (GFA). Although this act was developed by the conservative United States Institute of Peace, it was introduced to Congress by Democratic Representative Eliot L. Engel, then chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and cosponsored by a bipartisan group of representatives, including, significantly, Democrat Karen Bass. The GFA presents new strategies for deploying U.S. hard and soft power in a changing world. It focuses U.S. foreign policy on the idea that there are so-called "fragile states," countries…
(2023-10-06). Reparations for Black Americans w/ William A. Darity. mronline.org 
We're joined this month by William A.( "Sandy") Darity to discuss reparations for Black Americans. A founding theorist of stratification economics and foremost scholar of the racial wealth gap in the United Stats, Darity is perhaps best known for his committed public advocacy for acknowledging, redressing, and resolving histories of racist violence against enslaved black people and their descendents through a federal program of reparations for black Americans.
(2023-10-05). British Government funded a plan for international censorship of critiques of NATO. mronline.org A leaked 130-page report made public here for the first time documents an international censorship campaign funded by the British government and led by a public relations contractor for U.S. Special Operations Forces.
(2023-10-05). Statement by Newsclick on Oct 3 raids by Special Cell of Delhi Police. mronline.org We have not been provided FIR copy, or informed about the exact particulars of the alleged offences. Electronic devices have been seized from Newsclick premises and homes of employees without any adherence to due process.
(2023-10-05). United States: End detention of Venezuelan Special Envoy, UN experts say. mronline.org 
Saab was appointed as a Special Envoy by the Government of Venezuela in April 2018 to undertake official missions in Iran to secure humanitarian deliveries to Venezuela, including of food and medicine.
(2023-10-05). Ukraine' assassination program has gotten so out of control that some of its members are starting to speak out. mronline.org On September 9th, The Economist ran a remarkable story entitled "Ukraine's Assassination Programme: Its Agents Have Become Expert in Dark Revenge."
(2023-10-05). 9 October, Online Event: The New McCarthyism and How We Can Fight Back. samidoun.net 
Monday, 9 October 5 pm Pacific — 8 pm Eastern Register on Zoom: bit.ly/fightmccarthyism Organizations working for justice in Palestine, like Samidoun, regularly face attempts to blacklist and criminalize our activities. Similarly, anti-imperialist organizations and activities face a broad array of attacks from imperialist powers. On October 9, 8pm EST, The Canada Files and CovertAction …
(2023-10-05). East Palestine residents still need help—the labor movement should be an ally. therealnews.com 
(2023-10-05). German city residents protest construction of weapons factory to equip Kiev. infobrics.org Germany's economy is set to hit a slump in 2023.
(2023-10-06). Japan Sues Okinawa Governor in Effort to Force Construction for US Base. news.antiwar.com Japan's land minister has sued Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki in an effort to force the construction of a landfill needed to relocate a US base on the island, a project the majority of Okinawans oppose. The aim of the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is to give itself the power to approve the construction without …
(2023-10-06). Headlines for October 6, 2023. democracynow.org Biden Defends Decision to Waive Federal Laws to Speed Construction of Border Wall, Mexico's AMLO Rejects Border Wall as U.S. Plans New Deportation Flights to Venezuela, Mayor Eric Adams Tours Latin America to Warn Asylum Seekers Against Coming to New York, Ukraine Says 51 Killed in Russian Missile Attack on Kharkiv Village , Drone Attack Kills Scores at Graduation Ceremony for Syrian Military Cadets, U.S. Downs Turkish Drone Over Syria as Turkey Escalates Attacks on Kurdish Fighters, Iranian "Guardians of Hijab" Force Accused of Beating Teenage Girl into a Coma, Iranian Human Rights Activist Nar…
(2023-10-05). 'Horrific Step Backwards': Biden Admin Waives Protections to Speed Border Wall Construction. scheerpost.com 
(2023-10-05). Biden Administration Waives 26 Laws to Speed Construction on Trump's Border Wall. truthout.org For the first time under President Joe Biden, officials are using authority established under former President Donald Trump to waive dozens of laws in order to continue construction on the racist southern border wall, sparking outrage from activists. The Biden administration is bypassing 26 laws, including crucial environmental, public health and cultural preservation laws, in order to continue… |
(2023-10-05). Headlines for October 5, 2023. democracynow.org Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise to Run for Speaker of the House After McCarthy's Ouster, Biden Suggests He Might Circumvent Congress to Continue Arming Ukraine, 11 Arrested at Protest Demanding Sen. Bernie Sanders Support Peace Talks for Ukraine, Record-Shattering September Heat Keeps 2023 on Track as Hottest Year on Record, Biden Administration Waives 26 Laws to Hasten U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Construction, Israelis Kill Two in West Bank, Days After Settlers Destroy Farm of Palestinian American Family, Gaza Medics See Increase in Ankle Injuries as Israeli Forces Shoot at Protesters' Legs, Candidate…
(2023-10-05). Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to resume construction of Trump's border wall. wsws.org Reneging on campaign promises to cease construction of Trump's border wall, on Wednesday, Biden's Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the "immediate" construction of dozens of miles of "roads, barriers, cameras and sensors" through a wildlife refuge in south Texas.
(2023-10-05). Destituyen al conservador McCarthy como presidente de Diputados. globalizacion.ca El ala de ultraderecha del Partido Republicano se opone con vehemencia a liberar fondos adicionales para la guerra en Ucrania, con el argumento de que el dinero debería destinarse mejor a atajar la crisis migratoria en la frontera entre Estados…
(2023-10-06). Labor Is Back and Standing Tall. scheerpost.com 
(2023-10-06). Senator Laphonza Butler & SEIU 2015: Ex-Union Bureaucrat Helping UBER & The Union Busters. indybay.org Governor Newsom has appointed former SEIU 2015 union president Laphonza Butler to become US Senator for California. This interview with SEIU 2015 member and homecare worker Bradley Weidmaier looks at her role as president of the local to suppress democratic rights. He also discusses the role of the California Democratic Party which these SEIU officials have been embedded in.
(2023-10-06). The Great Taking: Have the global elite devised an elaborate plan to take everything we own? expose-news.com In June 2023, hedge fund manager David Rogers Webb published a book titled 'The Great Taking'. The book, one commentator said, describes a legal framework for the seizure of trillions of dollars …
(2023-10-06). How the Waffen SS Galicia division is glorified on Ukrainian television. wsws.org After the standing ovation for Nazi collaborator Yaroslav Hunka by the Canadian parliament, the Waffen SS Galicia division has been openly glorified on Ukrainian television.
(2023-10-05). Where There Are Scabs, There Is Violence. popularresistance.org The province of Quebec was the first jurisdiction in North America to pass legislation banning replacement workers, in 1977, after significant increases in picket line violence across the province. One dispute was a 20-month-long strike involving UAW Local 510 and United Aircraft (later called Pratt & Whitney), which became one of the most violent strikes in Canadian history. In a blunt observation about replacement workers, Quebec's Minister of Labour, Pierre-Marc Johnson, stated on the floor of the legislature that "where there are scabs there is violence." Johnson said his government further supported a g…
(2023-10-05). University Of Maine Graduate Students Win Union Recognition. popularresistance.org The Maine Labor Relations Board last week certified the Maine Graduate Workers Union-UAW after an independent arbitrator determined it had a majority support among graduate workers, according to the Maine AFL-CIO. | The university system said in August it would recognize the union and began bargaining if an independent analysis found it had a majority support. | The graduate workers union will represent about 1,000 graduate assistants, research assistants and teaching assistants who make up a large percentage of the teaching and research workforce across the system's seven campuses, according to the Maine AFL-CIO…
(2023-10-05). The PRO Act Is Critically Important. But We Should See It as Just a Good Start. cepr.net Jacobin See original article on the Jacobin. Earlier this year, a wave of high-profile strikes ushered unions back into the national spotlight. But as the United States' so-called "hot labor summer" gives way to an equally enthusiastic fall, we must contend with the reality that while union activity is higher than it's been in years, union density remains dismally low. The share of …
(2023-10-05). Senator Laphonza Butler & SEIU 2015: Ex-Union Bureaucrat Helping UBER & The Union Busters. indybay.org Governor Newsom has appointed former SEIU 2015 union president Laphonza Butler to become US Senator for California. This interview with SEIU 2015 member and homecare worker Bradley Weidmaier looks at her role as president of the local to suppress democratic rights. He also discusses the role of the California Democratic Party which these SEIU officials have been embedded in.
(2023-10-05). Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin Largest Healthcare Strike In US History. popularresistance.org The largest health care strike in U.S. history has begun, as more than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente walked off the job this morning. The scheduled three-day labor stoppage comes after Kaiser failed to meet the demands of workers, continuing to prioritize their profits over patient care. | The striking coalition includes eight unions representing health care workers from a variety of job descriptions and covers Kaiser facilities in California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Virginia, and Washington City. This represents about 40% of all Kaiser Permanente staff, according to spokeswoman Renee Saldana of the S…
(2023-10-05). Blinken visita México para tratar temas de migración y narcotráfico. telesurtv.net El Secretario de Estado estadounidense insiste en que el Gobierno de México debe desmantelar más laboratorios de fentanilo.
(2023-10-06). Documentary about Fidel Castro premieres in Chile. plenglish.com Santiago, Chile, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The documentary "Fidel de Cerca" (Fidel at close range), a portrait of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution from the perspective of his friends, family, and collaborators, was premiered at the Culture House in Chile's municipality of San Miguel.
(2023-10-06). The Price of Amazon Prime's Business Model is Our Bodies. counterpunch.org Amazon is notorious for having one of highest injury rates in the warehouse industry. What's less well known is that Amazon will ignore, overcomplicate, or outright deny workers their right to disability accommodations, forcing them to perform physically impossible and excruciating work or risk giving up their income entirely. I should know — it happened to me
(2023-10-06). After a five day strike, Inghams Chickens' workers win better pay and conditions. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-10-06). American Automobile workers strike. presstv.ir A US government shutdown has narrowly been averted yet there's a strong possibility that lawmakers will find themselves battling it out once again in 45 days when the deadline is reached.
(2023-10-06). Friday 10/6: Revolutionary Friday: Stop U.S. Funding For Wars and Occupation. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | 90 7th Street (Mission & 7th Street) | San Francisco, CA…
(2023-10-06). Kaiser Permanente Workers Give Update from Picket Line in Largest Healthcare Strike in History. democracynow.org 
In the largest strike of healthcare workers in U.S. history, 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers across the country walked off the job this week, seeking higher pay, better staffing, improvements in their pension plans and other benefits. We go to the picket line in Clackamas, Oregon, to speak with Meg Niemi, president of SEIU Local 49, and Keven Dardon, a patient access representative and a member of the union local's bargaining team, on the final day of the strike outside of Kaiser Permanente's Sunnyside Medical Center. "Kaiser can do better," says Dardon, explaining how the unio…
(2023-10-06). Autoworkers angered over being kept in the dark as UAW moves towards sellout deal. wsws.org Whatever UAW President Fain announces at his Friday afternoon Facebook event, it will be aimed at continuing to isolate workers and wear down their resistance to a sellout that the UAW bureaucracy worked out with the corporations and the Biden administration long ago.
(2023-10-06). Australia: Fight the closure at Molycop! Form a rank-and-file committee to defend steelworker jobs! wsws.org The destruction of jobs at Molycop must be fought. What is at stake is not just the livelihoods of the 250 sacked workers and their families, but those of future generations of young people in the region, as well as throughout the steel industry and the broader working class.
(2023-10-06). As UAW reveals efforts to lengthen workday at Mack Trucks, workers voice opposition to sellout contract. wsws.org Workers have expressed overwhelming opposition to the tentative agreement the UAW is attempting to ram through—while the union boasts of its "joint partnership approach" with Mack Volvo…
(2023-10-06). Kaiser workers call for a united struggle with all workers for better wages and safe conditions. wsws.org Workers in the largest strike of healthcare workers in US history talk about chronic understaffing, low wages and the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2023-10-06). Kaiser strike deepens rift between union bureaucracies and rank-and-file healthcare workers. wsws.org The key demands of rank-and-file healthcare workers are diverging from the conduct of the union bureaucracies, which are cynically utilizing the struggle of these workers as a publicity stunt to promote themselves and the election campaigns of various Democratic Party politicians.
(2023-10-05). Parliamentary Investigation Of MST Ends With The Movement Strengthened. popularresistance.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…
(2023-10-05). Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin the Largest Healthcare Strike in U.S. History. scheerpost.com 
(2023-10-05). After a five day strike, Inghams Chickens' workers win better pay and conditions. greenleft.org.au
(2023-10-05). La huelga de los trabajadores automotrices se extiende a 38 depósitos. globalizacion.ca El reloj corre para dos de los tres grandes fabricantes de automóviles. Al mediodía del 22 de septiembre, otros 5.000 miembros del sindicato UAW (United Auto Workers) de 38 centros de distribución de piezas de Stellantis y General Motors abandonaron…
(2023-10-05). National Colesworth Strike! greenleft.org.au 
Members of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) at Coles and Wollworths are taking industrial action after negotiations over pay and conditions fell through, reports Nova Sobieralski.
(2023-10-05). Biggest Health Worker Strike In United States History Begins. popularresistance.org On October 4, 75,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in several US states are set to go on strike for three days following the breakdown of contract negotiations last week. A coalition of several unions representing health workers in California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Virginia, and Washington, DC is battling the nonprofit health giant for safe staffing levels, cost of living pay increases, and against a two-tier pay system that Kaiser is trying to introduce. | The largest union in the coalition is Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-United Healthcare Workers West (UHW) with 57,4…
(2023-10-05). 75,000 US health workers strike for fair pay and benefits. peoplesdispatch.org After walking off the job en masse on Wednesday morning, 75,000 striking Kaiser Permanente health workers have entered their second day of a three-day The strike is set to end early on Saturday morning. | The coalitio…
(2023-10-05). American Automobile workers strike. presstv.ir A US government shutdown has narrowly been averted yet there's a strong possibility that lawmakers will find themselves battling it out once again in 45 days when the deadline is reached.
(2023-10-05). Sri Lankan Appeal Court upholds government decision to terminate all CWE employees. wsws.org The dismissal of CWE workers poses the critical political issues before the entire working class: the fight to defend basic social rights is a fight against the Wickremesinghe government.
(2023-10-05). Kaiser workers speak out on first day of strike. wsws.org Reporters from the WSWS spoke to many Kaiser workers on the first day of the largest healthcare strike in US history.
(2023-10-05). 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers begin the largest healthcare strike in US history. wsws.org The strike opens up another front of the class struggle in the US and internationally.
(2023-10-05). Striking Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield workers angered over UAW silence on contract talks. wsws.org More than one thousand Blue Cross Blue Shield workers in Michigan, members of the UAW, have been walking the picket lines for three weeks while union officials have refused to provide updates on what is being discussed in negotiations.
(2023-10-05). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National one-day strike in Belgium opposing draconian laws against right to protest but unions keep railways running; Iranian aluminium workers in Arak strike over pay as further protests held against deaths of 100 including Mahsa Amini at hands of police; third week of pay strike at one of the world's largest coal terminals at Richards Bay South Africa…
(2023-10-05). Wall Street backs GM and Ford, while UAW bureaucracy accelerates moves towards sellout of Big Three autoworkers. wsws.org The UAW is floating the possibility that it may not call any additional plants out on strike Friday, as it continues to keep 83 percent of its members at the Big Three working without a contract.
(2023-10-06). China firmly opposes EV probe by EU. ecns.cn The Ministry of Commerce expressed strong dissatisfaction on Wednesday over the European Union's anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicle imports from China.
(2023-10-06). Armenians demonstrate in Brussels to denounce Alieyev and EU's inaction. presstv.ir Several thousand Armenians gathered in Brussels to protest against the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
(2023-10-06). Thursday 10/5: Speak Out! No Union Busting Senator From CA- Stop Cruise/Waymo Mayhem In San Francisco. indybay.org California State Building | San Francisco | 350 McAllister St. | San Francisco…
(2023-10-06). Mass auto parts layoffs expose UAW's fake "solidarity" with US-sponsored unions in Mexico. wsws.org The ruthless destruction of the livelihoods of 400 families explodes the narrative of a dawn of "democratic and independent" US-sponsored unions in Mexico.
(2023-10-05). Global Heat Record For September 'Shattered' By Wide Margin. popularresistance.org Earth's average temperature has "shattered" the previous record for September by more than 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit, the biggest monthly margin ever recorded. | According to separate analyses by climate scientists from Japan and Europe, last month temperatures all over the world were more like July, reported The Washington Post. | "It's astounding to see the previous record broken by so much," said Kristina Dahl, principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, as WIRED reported. "And astounding to see that the global temperature this September is on par with what we normally see in July — th…
(2023-10-05). China firmly opposes EV probe by EU. ecns.cn The Ministry of Commerce expressed strong dissatisfaction on Wednesday over the European Union's anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicle imports from China.
(2023-10-05). Ukraine and the world's unions — the view from Kyiv. greenleft.org.au 
Following his recent visit to Ukraine, LabourStart founding editor Eric Lee outlines the challenges in building trade union solidarity with the Ukrainian people following Russia's brutal invasion.
(2023-10-05). Armenians demonstrate in Brussels to denounce Alieyev and EU's inaction. presstv.ir Several thousand Armenians gathered in Brussels to protest against the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
(2023-10-05). Thursday 10/5: Speak Out! No Union Busting Senator From CA- Stop Cruise/Waymo Mayhem In San Francisco. indybay.org California State Building | San Francisco | 350 McAllister St. | San Francisco…
(2023-10-05). AU high-level dialogue analyzes free trade and governance area. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) The debates of the 12th High-Level Dialogue in the African Union (AU) will focus on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA), democratic governance, and in exploring their links to generate peace dividends.
(2023-10-05). European leaders gather in Granada for summits. plenglish.com The meeting of the European Political Community and the informal event of the 27 Heads of State and Government of the European Union are sponsored by Spain as acting president of the EU with the aim of giving a boost to the dynamics of the group and trying to add the other countries of the continent. | The meetings are considered turning points for the future with the ambition to draw a kind of roadmap around global challenges and Europe's leadership. | The deliberations cover, in addition to the European Union, the other 17 countries in the region. | The war in Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelensky's eventual particip…
(2023-10-05). Inicia III Cumbre de la Comunidad Política Europea en España. telesurtv.net En la apertura, Pedro Sánchez afirmó que Granada "es hoy la capital de Europa y también la capital de la paz".
(2023-10-06). Jobs Jump in September, but Wage Growth Moderates. cepr.net The establishment survey showed an increase of 336k jobs in September. The prior two months' numbers were also revised sharply higher, bringing the average for the last three months to 266k. In spite of the strong job growth, wage growth actually slowed somewhat, with the average hourly wage rising at just a 3.4 percent annual …
(2023-10-05). CEO Of Largest U.S. Bank Jamie Dimon Predicts AI-Driven 3.5-Day Work Week. moguldom.com Live to be 100, don't get cancer, and a 3.5-day work week — that's the quality of life JP Morgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon predicts for future generations thanks to artificial intelligence — even if some jobs get lost along the way. "Your children are going to live to 100 and not have …
(2023-10-06). Argentinian star Fito Páez isn't playing apartheid Israel. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-10-06). Woman, Life, Freedom: Narges Mohammadi, Imprisoned Iranian Activist, Awarded 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. democracynow.org 
Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work fighting against women's oppression in Iran. Mohammadi will not be able to personally receive the prize because she is currently incarcerated in Iran for her protest activities. To share more about Mohammadi, the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement and the potential impact of the Nobel on Mohammadi's imprisonment, we speak with Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian American journalist, host of The Iran Podcast and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.
(2023-10-06). Escalating struggle in the occupation prisons: Administrative detainees conduct solidarity strike with Kayed Fasfous as Ben Gvir raids Gilboa prison. samidoun.net 
The Palestinian prisoners' movement is continuing to resist occupation attacks behid bars as Kayed Fasfous enters his 65th day on hunger strike. On Thursday, 5 October, the Israeli occupation's Ofer military court yet again rejected Kayed Fasfous' appeal against his administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial, even as his health has continued to deteriorate. …
(2023-10-05). Palestinian administrative detainees launch solidarity hunger strike amid concerns over health of Kayed al-Fasfous. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians held under illegal and arbitrary administrative detention across Israeli jails carried out a one-day hunger strike on October 4, in solidarity with fellow detainee Kayed al-Fasfous. 34-year-old Fasfous entered his 63rd day on hunger strike on Wednesday in protest of his continued detention by the Israeli occupation, amid growing concerns over his physical and mental health. | In a statement on October 3, the National Committee for the Prisoners' Movement stated, "After our bitter experience in the assassination of the heroic martyr, Khader Adnan… the prisoners' movement of all kinds and in all pris…
(2023-10-05). After the referendum: Continue the struggle for justice. greenleft.org.au 
Socialist Alliance recommends a Yes vote for the referendum on the Voice. But we also recognise that substantial measures to benefit Indigenous people require a strengthening of the grassroots movements for change. This will be true whatever the outcome on October 14, writes Sam Wainwright.
(2023-10-05). 7 October, Webinar: Palestine & China in a multipolar world: The growing role of China in the Arab world and the Global South. samidoun.net 
Join the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, for a timely and pressing discussion on the changes in our world today and their impact on the Palestinian and Arab liberation struggle. PALESTINE AND CHINA IN THE MULTIPOLAR WORLD: The Growing Role of China in the Arab World and the Global South via Zoom …
(2023-10-05). Musaab Abu Atta speaks to "Palestine Today" about political bans in Germany. samidoun.net 
Musaab Abu Atta, a leading member of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, spoke to "Palestine Today" TV today during their news update, speaking about the political repression he and his comrades are facing in Germany. The Berlin immigration office imposed a comprehensive political ban …
(2023-10-06). U.S. lawmakers' visit seen as new window for dialogue. ecns.cn Beijing is displaying sincerity in working on its differences with Washington and in clearing up misunderstandings, analysts said on Wednesday as China made a welcome gesture to an upcoming visit by United States lawmakers.
(2023-10-06). Net Neutrality Is Back; Telecom Giants Are Again Playing Dirty. popularresistance.org Big Telecom's lobbyists and spin doctors are working overtime this week because the Federal Communications Commission has at long last announced the agency's plans to restore Title II net neutrality, which was repealed in 2017 by the Trump administration. | In a functioning democracy, this move would be noncontroversial. Basically no one outside of the telecom giants and their front groups supported the repeal of the rules. The Title II protections were put in place after millions of people from across the political spectrum demanded that the FCC use its authority to prevent internet providers from abusing their…
(2023-10-06). Oppose sending British troops to Ukraine! Mobilise the working class against imperialist war! wsws.org To openly place British military forces in Ukraine has only one possible aim: to provide a casus belli through the sacrifice of NATO military personnel. A third world war is the only logical outcome.
(2023-10-05). U.S. lawmakers' visit seen as new window for dialogue. ecns.cn Beijing is displaying sincerity in working on its differences with Washington and in clearing up misunderstandings, analysts said on Wednesday as China made a welcome gesture to an upcoming visit by United States lawmakers.
(2023-10-05). Bolivia: New US Chargé D'Affaires Is Known Expert In Destabilization. popularresistance.org The newly appointed US chargé d'affaires in Bolivia, Debra Hevia, has been condemned by Bolivian political analysts and public opinion as an expert in subversive activities and destabilization, according to a report published by the local news outlet La Época. | The publication—specialized in political analysis—noted that it is "very important to refer to the fact that she had a position in the Operations Center of the Department of State (DOS), which is characterized as a space for designing political destabilization strategies." | The article, written by Jacinto Roca, adds that the DOS is a working…
(2023-10-05). Bolivia: New US Chargé d'Affaires is Known Expert in Subversion and Destabilization. orinocotribune.com The newly appointed US chargé d'affaires in Bolivia, Debra Hevia, has been condemned by Bolivian political analysts and public opinion as an expert in subversive activities and destabilization, according to a report published by the local news outlet La Época. | The publication—specialized in political analysis—noted that it is "very important to refer to the fact that she had a position in the Operations Center of the Department of State (DOS), which is characterized as a space for designing political destabilization strategies." | The article, written by Jacinto Roca, adds that the DOS is a working…
(2023-10-05). UK Conservative government lurches to far-right on agenda of war and austerity. wsws.org The Conservative's party conference focused on British imperialism's preparations for war against Russia and China, escalating attacks on the working class and the abrogation of democratic rights.