(2023-10-10). Labor education starts in schoolÔøº. nationofchange.org Giving K-12 students the language, information, and tools they need to protect themselves from workplace exploitation is a critical tool to reversing the nation's capitalism-fueled inequality.
(2023-10-09). Conference on the "IHRA definition" of antisemitism launches new Institute. indybay.org The newly-formed Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) will hold its inaugural bicoastal conference, Battling the "IHRA Definition": Theory & Activism, on October 13-14. Through the lens of research on structural racism, state violence, and social justice movements, the conference will analyze political campaigns that seek to codify the "IHRA definition" of antisemitism, and efforts to oppose IHRA policies. This is the first research conference focusing on IHRA campaigns, which have been a feature of conservative strategy since 2016 and are linked to anti-Critical Race Theory campaigns. IHRA campaign…
(2023-10-10). Labor Education Starts in School. counterpunch.org
(2023-10-09). LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. levernews.com On this week's episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Frank Cappello is joined by Nikhil Goyal, sociologist, educator, and former senior advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders, to discuss his new book Live to See the Day: Coming Of Age In American Poverty. The book chronicles the lives of three Puerto Rican teenagers growing up in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, and explores the failures of America's public education and welfare systems through lived experience. On the show, Goyal discusses the "school choice" movement, which has largely become a vehic…
(2023-10-10). Anti-fraud campaign nets 17,000 suspects. ecns.cn About 17,000 telecom and online fraud suspects have been captured since June 25, said Zheng Xiang, deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, at a news conference on Tuesday.
(2023-10-10). Friday 10/13: No to APEC — Yes to Global Worker Solidarity! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street (near Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 ∑ wheelchair accessible | To attend online, register: bit.ly/No-APEC…
(2023-10-10). Sunday 10/8: Power Hour for Gaza: The Root of Violence is Oppression Teach-in. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-10-10). Tuesday 10/10: A Sanctioned World: A Crime Normalized – Voices from Sanctioned Nations. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-10-09). Cuba as a Country sponsoring international terrorism? mronline.org 
A few days before the end of its term in office, the Trump Administration once again included Cuba in the list of countries sponsoring international terrorism together with Iran, North Korea and Syria.
(2023-10-09). MOC extends investigation into Taiwan trade restrictions. ecns.cn The Ministry of Commerce has extended the trade barrier investigation regarding the Taiwan region's trade restrictions on the Chinese mainland, said the ministry's trade remedy and investigation bureau in an online statement.
(2023-10-09). Agencies that promote nuclear power are quietly managing its disaster narrative. mronline.org 
Let's start with the total amount of radiation that the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant STILL contains today. The spent fuel at the site contains 85 times more cesium-137 than Chornobyl and 50,000 to 100,000 times more than the Hiroshima bomb.
(2023-10-09). Communist Party of Israel and Hadash: "Netanyahu's fascist government bears full responsibility for the dangerous escalation" mronline.org 
In a statement concerning today's rapid escalation of military confrontation between Hamas and Israeli forces, the Communist Party of Israel (MAKI) and Hadash blame the criminal occupation policy of the far-right Netanyahu government, underlining the grave dangers that it poses for the peace in the region.
(2023-10-09). Friday 10/13: No to APEC — Yes to Global Worker Solidarity! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street (near Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 ∑ wheelchair accessible | To attend online, register: bit.ly/No-APEC…
(2023-10-09). Sunday 10/8: Power Hour for Gaza: The Root of Violence is Oppression Teach-in. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-10-09). Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That's Probably in Your Home Right Now. counterpunch.org "Oil palm is one of the world's most prominent and effective vegetable oils globally, and is contributing 40 percent of global trade volume in vegetable oils," said Beatriz Fernandez, who manages the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s partnership in the GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment Hub, during a high-level dialogue held on August 30, 2022, in Jakarta and online,
(2023-10-09). Did Hamas Just Give Israel a Dose of its Own Medicine? dissidentvoice.org 
In a surprise move Hamas launched a massive rocket attack on 6 October on various Israeli targets in the illegally blockaded Gaza Strip and made incursions through the border wire into nearby Israeli communities such as Sderot. Warmonger Binyamin Netanyahu's response, blurting out "we are at war", would have been faintly amusing if the situation …
(2023-10-09). Tuesday 10/10: A Sanctioned World: A Crime Normalized – Voices from Sanctioned Nations. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-10-09). Mobilise the working class against the Sri Lankan government's dictatorial Online Safety and Anti-Terrorism bills. wsws.org The new bills are aimed at vastly strengthening the repressive powers of the president and his government to suppress working-class opposition to its IMF-dictated attacks on jobs, wages and social conditions.
(2023-10-10). Main venue for 2023 Chengdu Science Fiction Convention>. ecns.cn The venue is located at the bank of Jingrong Lake of Science and Innovation New City, Pidu District, with a construction area of 59,400 square meters, and a total building height of 31.9 meters.
(2023-10-09). MVP Construction Halted In National Forest Due To Pipeline Resistance. popularresistance.org Peters Mountain, VA — On Saturday morning 10/7, pipeline fighter Mickey locked themself to a sleeping dragon blockade on the Virginia side of Peters Mountain, in the Jefferson National Forest. A banner at the site read, "Defend the Forest Everywhere!" Mickey prevented tree clearing on the mountain for the full day. Around 8 PM on Saturday, Mickey was extracted and arrested. They were charged with 3 misdemeanors and bail was set at $2,500. | Mickey stated, "The same thing is happening everywhere right now. Greedy corporations and politicians dirty the water and air for profit, then tell the people it's for their…
(2023-10-09). Defend the Forest Everywhere: MVP Construction Halted In National Forest Due To Pipeline Resistance. itsgoingdown.org 
Report on ongoing resistance to the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from Appalachians Against Pipelines. On Saturday morning 10/7, pipeline fighter Mickey locked themself to a sleeping dragon blockade on the Virginia side of Peters Mountain, in the Jefferson National Forest. A banner at the site read, "Defend the Forest Everywhere!" Mickey prevented tree clearing on…
(2023-10-09). Russia and China to Build Oil Transshipment Complex for $686 Mln. infobrics.org Russia's United Oil- and Gas-Chemical Co. (ONGK) and China's Xuan Yuan Industrial Development have agreed to jointly invest 5 billion yuan ($686 million) in construction of a transshipment oil complex in Russia's far east…
(2023-10-09). Border wall construction heats up U.S. immigration debate. america.cgtn.com 
Immigration is a key issue ahead of next year's presidential election in the United States. And it's only heating up following a decision last week by the Biden administration to build another part of the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. CGTN's Franc Contreras reports.
(2023-10-09). Angola and Palestine to discuss bilateral cooperation. plenglish.com Luanda, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Angolan Foreign Minister Téte António on Monday welcomed Palestine Ambassador Jubrael George Bishara Shomali in order to debate on bilateral cooperation in various areas. At the meeting, both diplomats paid special attention to issues related to cooperation in health and construction, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry.
(2023-10-09). DPRK condemned terrorist attack in Syria. plenglish.com The terrorist act is a product of the hostile intentions of internal and external forces to put obstacles in the Syrian government's efforts to resolve the crisis and push forward the reconstruction of the country, the Foreign Ministry said. | The ministry added that the enemies of Syria persist in their ambition to overthrow the legitimate power of the Arab country by creating instability and fear. | We categorically condemn the present terrorist act as an open violation to Syria's sovereignty and its people's anxiety for a peaceful and happy life, and express our deep condolences to the victims and their famili…
(2023-10-10). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…
(2023-10-09). 5 Years After Standing Rock, Native Tribes Still Fight Dakota Access Pipeline. truthout.org Morgan Brings Plenty, now 29 and a digital organizing fellow at Indigenous Environmental Network, was in their early 20s when they first heard about Energy Transfer Partner's Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in late 2015. A member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, they could feel the tension regarding the pipeline in their community — and they were always close to the action. Their late mom… |
(2023-10-09). How Cities Are Experimenting With Reparations In Urban Policy. popularresistance.org Even as politicians work to reenact Jim Crow-era silences about how white supremacy has shaped America, reparations are on the table as they have never been before. | After an upswell of grassroots organizing in 2020, we're seeing a new level of recognition that descendants of enslaved people, whose labor was stolen, are owed a debt. | While that organizing has fueled a collective understanding of the need for repair, progress has been bogged down by the weight of that debt and questions about how such debts can be repaid. These questions have been taken up across the country, from the California Reparations Task…
(2023-10-09). Any Antidote To Climate Anxiety Involves Organizing. popularresistance.org I first realized the ameliorative power of organizing when, as a teenager, awareness of the threat of nuclear war gave me overwhelming anxiety. In the 1980s people in the Reagan administration where talking about "fighting and winning" a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. A massive direct action movement rose up in opposition to this in Europe, where the U.S. hoped to station a new generation of "first strike" nuclear weapons, and it eventually rose in the U.S. as well. I threw myself into this movement, marching with 70,000 people in downtown Chicago and over a million in New York City; attending and organizing…
(2023-10-09). Saturday 10/14: SF Labor Party Discussion & Organizing Meeting. indybay.org 474 Valencia St. | San Francisco…
(2023-10-10). Some Israeli military personnel collaborated in al-Aqsa Storm: Report. presstv.ir An informed Palestinian official has reportedly said part of the Israeli military personnel collaborated with resistance groups in the recent surprise attack against the regime.
(2023-10-10). Gremio de la salud de Perú convoca a huelga indefinida. telesurtv.net EsSalud aseguran que el gobierno de Perú sostiene una política "antilaboral" con los profesionales del sector que exigen se cumplan los acuerdos pautados con anterioridad.
(2023-10-09). North Carolina Sanitation Workers Strike For $5K Bonuses. popularresistance.org "We're here to make a stand. At least 40 trucks should be on the road right now, and as far as we know, no trucks have gone out this morning," said Durham, North Carolina, sanitation worker Christopher Benjamin, flanked by 100 sanitation and other city workers at a September 6 press conference. | This was the first morning of a six-day strike by the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union (United Electrical Workers, UE, Local 150). | During the six-day "stand down," as they called it, sanitation workers would show up to the yard each morning and refuse to take out the garbage and recycling trucks, instead hol…
(2023-10-09). Imperial College London and CABI to forge new collaborations at Silwood Park. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London and CABI will collaborate to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.
(2023-10-09). Why I Am Ready To Explode… smoothiex12.blogspot.com each time I read some "analysis" from some pol.sci-journo "expert" in nothing who knows nothing but platitudes passed as "expertise". I spoke about this in my latest video, but I need to elaborate: |
(2023-10-09). MINREX congratulates Uganda on its 61st independency anniversary. plenglish.com On X social media, MINREX reaffirmed Cuba ¥s willingness to continue strengthening friendly and historic diplomatic relations with Uganda. | On September 14, Cuba ¥s the Vice President Salvador Valdés and his Ugandan counterpart Jessica Alupo opened the new Ugandan embassy in Havana, in the context of the G77+China Summit. | During the event, both nations signed collaboration agreements on political, agricultural, health and research matters. | Cuba and Uganda cooperate in various sectors, including the training of health personnel at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, at the initiative of…
(2023-10-09). Claudia Goldin gana el premio Nobel de Economía 2023. telesurtv.net El premio se otorgó "por haber avanzado en nuestra comprensión de los resultados de las mujeres en el mercado laboral".
(2023-10-10). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: 9 to 5 (w/ Patricia Resnick). levernews.com On this week's Movies vs. Capitalism, hosts Rivka Rivera and Frank Cappello are joined by Patricia Resnick, screenwriter of the iconic 1980 dark comedy 9 to 5, for a deep-dive conversation about the radical pro-labor film.üéßLISTEN NOW by selecting your podcast player of choice: |
(2023-10-09). Some Israeli military personnel collaborated in al-Aqsa Storm: Report. presstv.ir An informed Palestinian official has reportedly said part of the Israeli military personnel collaborated with resistance groups in the recent surprise attack against the regime.
(2023-10-09). Cuban President congratulates University of Sports. plenglish.com "Today, October 9, is the 50th anniversary of the University of Sport. Its performance goes from classrooms to courts and from these to the communities in order to contribute to a healthier society. | Congratulations to its workers, professors, students and founders", the Cuban leader posted on X social media. | The university, which has graduated 85% of Cuba's current Olympic champions, has announced there is a new plan afoot to recreational sports festivals, meetings with founders and graduations of master's and doctoral degrees, among other activities.
(2023-10-09). 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…
(2023-10-09). Pro-Trump election deniers vie for speakership of US House. wsws.org With no clear solution to the impasse in the House of Representatives at hand, Washington's political breakdown is eroding confidence within ruling classes around the world in US imperialism's ability to crush a growing insurgency of the oppressed masses in the Middle East as well as an emerging mass movement of workers in the centers of world capitalism, including the US.
(2023-10-09). 4,000 Mack Trucks workers walk out after rejecting sellout contract backed by UAW President Fain. wsws.org Four thousand Mack Trucks workers launched a strike in multiple states Monday at 7 a.m. after overwhelmingly voting to reject a tentative agreement backed by the United Auto Workers and UAW President Shawn Fain over the weekend.
(2023-10-09). Facing rank-and-file rebellion UAW president holds rally with Democrats in Chicago. wsws.org The day before Mack Trucks workers voted down his contract, UAW President Shawn Fain attended a mutual aid benefit with the Democrats.
(2023-10-09). For an all-out strike to win our demands! Join the Toledo Jeep Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org The Toledo Jeep Rank-and-File Committee was founded last week by workers at the Stellantis Toledo Jeep Assembly Complex in Ohio.
(2023-10-09). Cubans pay tribute to their heroes Camilo and Che. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Workers, students, and the people in all of Cuba's provinces pay tribute to their heroes on Monday as part of the Camilo-Che Day until October 28.
(2023-10-10). EU suspends aid to Palestine amid conflict. plenglish.com Brussels, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) Amid Israel's announcement of a total closure of the overpopulated Gaza Strip, in its conflict with HAMAS, the European Union (EU) suspended cooperation projects with Palestine.
(2023-10-10). Unión Europea suspende la ayuda humanitaria a Palestina. telesurtv.net Varhelyi ha dicho que ahora es necesario "abordar las bases de la paz, la tolerancia y la coexistencia" en la región de Oriente Próximo.
(2023-10-09). IYSSE at University of Melbourne holds successful meeting to re-establish club. wsws.org One year after being anti-democratically disaffiliated by the student union, the re-establishment of a genuine socialist, anti-war voice club at one of Australia's "sandstone" universities marks a significant development.
(2023-10-09). Police raid at VW: Works council members defend their high salaries. wsws.org The German industrial union IG Metall and its works councils at Volkswagen (VW) are always ready to sacrifice the jobs, wages and rights of the workforce upon the altar of "competitiveness" and "return on investment." If, however, their own six-figure salaries are on the line, they defend them by every means possible.
(2023-10-09). The Good And Bad About America's Blockbuster Jobs Report: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com A strong job market should be good news but in an environment of high inflation, where paychecks aren't keeping up with rising prices, a blockbuster jobs report may not make Americans feel good about the economy. The U.S. economy added 336,000 jobs in September — far more than the 170,000 expected by economists polled by …
(2023-10-09). Jobs Jump in September, But Wage Growth Moderates. counterpunch.org 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
(2023-10-10). US airlines keep their flights to Israel cancelled. plenglish.com The move follows the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after the surprise large-scale incursion of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) into Israel early Saturday morning. | The US Federal Aviation Administration issued advisories regarding the situation in the region and, on Saturday, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines suspended direct flights, normally operated from major cities such as New York, Chicago, Washington DC and Miami. | On the morning of October 7, Hamas fired numerous rockets into Israel and subsequently dozens of its militiamen crossed the guarded Gaza Strip bo…
(2023-10-10). Kashmir: Anti-neoliberal intifada convulses the Himalayas. greenleft.org.au 
A mass movement has erupted in Pakistani-administered Jammu and Kashmir against spiralling energy and food prices, report Farooq Sulehria and Harris Qadeer.
(2023-10-10). 'We Are Not Attacking Civilians': Hamas Says Amid Operation Al-Aqsa Storm. orinocotribune.com The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has rejected accusations of targeting civilians as the fighting rages across the occupied territories since the resistance groups launched Operation Al-Aqsa Storm on Saturday. | Osama Hamadan, senior spokesperson of Hamas, has told Al Jazeera that they are not attacking civilians. | "You have to differentiate between settlers and civilians; settlers attacked Palestinians," Hamdan said. | "We are not targeting civilians on purpose. We have declared settlers are part of the occupation and part of the armed Israeli force. They are not civilians," Hamadan added. | His remarks…
(2023-10-10). Hamas video shows resistance movement's air defense system. presstv.ir The Qassam Brigades showed in a new video what is described as its air defense system 'Mutber 1.'
(2023-10-10). Hamas: No negotiations on Israeli captives under fire, regime must pay high price. presstv.ir Palestinian Hamas resistance movement says it will not hold any negotiations on Israeli captives as long as the regime's attacks on Gaza continue.
(2023-10-09). Dismantling Columbus's Legacy Requires More Than Changing a Holiday's Name. truthout.org On September 28, 2023, a little over a week before Indigenous Peoples' Day, an Akimel O'odham and Hopi climate activist, Jacob Johns, was shot by a Trump supporter at a vigil in northern New Mexico confronting the political support for bringing back monuments of colonizers that had been removed during the 2020 mass movement against racial violence. The community rally was expressing discontent… |
(2023-10-09). Bolivia's Ruling Party Confirms Evo Morales' Candidacy. popularresistance.org The split in Bolivia's ruling political party has become official. President Luis Arce and vice-president David Choquehuanca are no longer part of the MAS (Movement towards Socialism) party, which ratified the decision, informally announced on the 24, to present former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) as its candidate in the 2025 elections. | The MAS held its tenth congress from October 3-4 in the town of Lauca àë, a coca growing region in the center of the country. On that occasion, the party decreed the "self-expulsion" of Arce and Choquehuanca, for not attending the meeting, and of 20 other deputies alig…
(2023-10-09). How the Fossil Fuel Industry Came to Love Climate Change. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Guillo Has Carbon Taxation Become an Expedient Way to Redistribute Wealth, Cover Up Environmental Crimes, Promote Hazardous Energy Policies, and Control the Working Class and Developing Nations? Does the Threat of Climate Change Misdirect the Anti-War Movement? During the early 2000s, only a few left-wing magazines with limited circulation warned about the threat of…
(2023-10-09). Omar Barghouti: 'Change can only come from a strong international grassroots movement to challenge the Israeli occupation'. greenleft.org.au 
Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Omar Barghouti was joined by author and journalist Antony Loewenstein for a webinar hosted by Jews Against the Occupation and the Tzedek Collective, on September 28, report Jim McIlroy and Laurie MacSween.
(2023-10-09). Government of Malaysia Acknowledges Root Causes Behind Escalation of Violence. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-10-09). Israel's Policy of Ongoing Torture. counterpunch.org Israeli policy toward Gaza and the other Palestinian Territories has been one of premeditated torture. The present Israeli government, through its support for the settlers' movement, has brought the real motive behind this policy to light and it is not "self-defense." The real motive is dispossession and ethnic cleansing until recently pushed incrementally so as
(2023-10-09). Lebanon's Hezbollah fires shells, guided missiles toward occupied territories. presstv.ir Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says it has fired shells and guided missiles toward Israeli-occupied territories.
(2023-10-09). Major airlines cancel dozens of flights to Tel Aviv. presstv.ir Major airlines cancelled dozens of flights to Tel Aviv this weekend after Palestinian Hamas resistance movement launched a surprise large-scale attack against Israel.
(2023-10-09). 'Our guns and rockets are with you': Hezbollah tells Palestinian fighters. presstv.ir A high-ranking official with Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says the group's "guns and rockets" are with Palestinian fighters who carried out a surprise offensive against the Israeli regime.
(2023-10-09). Hamas video shows resistance movement's air defense system. presstv.ir The Qassam Brigades showed in a new video what is described as its air defense system 'Mutber 1.'
(2023-10-10). Zello for Street Medics. indybay.org We recommend adding the Zello app to your smartphone, both as a means of communicating between street medics working in the field, and for having another communications channel to stay in touch with your friends, family, and support groups.
(2023-10-10). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.
(2023-10-09). Israel-Palestine and the Acceleration of Eternal Wars. Israel's "Long War… Working Towards Greater Israel" globalresearch.ca
(2023-10-09). Zello for Street Medics. indybay.org We recommend adding the Zello app to your smartphone, both as a means of communicating between street medics working in the field, and for having another communications channel to stay in touch with your friends, family, and support groups.
(2023-10-09). Thousands march in Rome for better working conditions, peace in Ukraine. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to demand better working conditions and an end to the conflict in Ukraine without sanctions and European arms supplies.
(2023-10-09). South Korean main opposition leader in court on corruption charges. wsws.org The government's targeting of Lee Jae-myung is meant to intimidate rival sections of the ruling class while also to prepare repressive measures directed at the working class.