(2023-10-03). Socialist Equality Party meeting discusses its campaign for an active boycott of Australia's Voice referendum. wsws.org The in-person and livestreamed meeting explained the geo-strategic and class-war considerations underpinning the Albanese government's promotion of the Voice and how the working class should respond.
(2023-10-02). Private Jet Excess Doesn't Justify Airport Expansion. inequality.org
(2023-10-03). LEFT WONDERING: Is Oil Extraction Tilting The Earth? levernews.com Welcome to a new edition of Left Wondering with Joel Stein, our advice column for paid subscribers of The Lever on how to lead an ethical life in an increasingly unethical world.Have a question about how to make a personal decision related to climate change, corporatization, politics, wealth inequality, globalization, or other matters that you'd like Joel to answer? Send it to .Dear Left Wondering,There was a report recently that pulling trillions of gallons of groundwater from the ground over the last many decades has caused the earth t…
(2023-10-03). TECH EXPERTS CALL FOR A STOP TO FACIAL RECOGNITION SURVEILLANCE. expose-news.com There has been a surge in police use of facial recognition technology despite independent reviews citing human rights concerns, discrimination, and many incidences of innocent people being wrongly identified as criminals. Despite …
(2023-10-02). MIT graduate workers win precedent-setting first contract. liberationnews.org 
On September 22, 2023 the MIT Graduate Student Union (GSU) – UE Local 256 ratified their first contract by a margin of 95.8%. After years of building their union and a year of contract negotiations, MIT graduate workers won a historic victory including protections from harassment, discrimination and bullying, an economic package with a net compensation improvement of more than 10% on average, and union security, which will allow for a strong union that can effectively enforce their contract.
(2023-10-02). U.S. Government Sues Tesla For Anti-Black Discrimination Against Workers. moguldom.com Twitter owner Elon Musk's electric car maker Tesla, one of the largest employers in Silicon Valley, has been sued by the federal government for discrimination and racial harassment against Black employees and for retaliating against those who complained about their treatment. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that …
(2023-10-02). Selected Articles: No Jab. No Education? Lockdowns and QR Codes Worldwide. Big Pharma's Stranglehold on Schools. globalresearch.ca 
(2023-10-02). 'Unbelievably cruel': GOP pushes astronomical cuts to education, housing, and food aid. nationofchange.org "The same party who provided $2 trillion tax giveaways to the wealthy wants to slash funding for WIC, devastating women and children," said Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore.
(2023-10-02). Israeli forces open fire in West Bank school during raid. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli forces open fire in West Bank school during raid | The Ministry of Education has suspended classes in the village of Burqa after a child was wounded by Israeli forces who raided the school | Mon, 10/02/2023 – 09: 54 | Israeli soldiers accompany Palestinian pupils heading to class on the first day of the academic new year at their school in al-Tuwani village on 19 August 2022 (AFP) | Classes were…
(2023-10-02). Kids shouldn't have to pay for school lunchesÔøº. nationofchange.org If education is free at the point of use, why aren't school meals?>
(2023-10-02). Kids shouldn't have to pay for school lunches. nationofchange.org If education is free at the point of use, why aren't school meals?>
(2023-10-03). Interest in Cuba grows in Crimea. plenglish.com Moscow, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Social activists from Crimea will develop joint projects in education and culture with universities and research centers in Cuba, the vice president of Crimea and head of the Crimean regional branch of the Society of Russia's Friendship with Cuba, Irina Kiviko, informed Prensa Latina.
(2023-10-03). Referee hit by hammer in stable condition. ecns.cn A referee who was accidentally hit by a hammer on Saturday night at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou is now in stable condition with surgery planned, according to the games' organizing committee.
(2023-10-02). Criminalized Survivor Tracy McCarter Discusses the Movement to Free Her. truthout.org October is National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and we look at how Black and Brown survivors of domestic abuse are further criminalized by police and prisons — and how activists have been organizing to win their freedom. In her first broadcast interview, we speak with Tracy McCarter, a nurse and grandmother who was jailed after her abusive husband, a white man, died of a stab… |
(2023-10-02). Referee hit by hammer in stable condition. ecns.cn A referee who was accidentally hit by a hammer on Saturday night at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou is now in stable condition with surgery planned, according to the games' organizing committee.
(2023-10-02). Grassroots Organizing in Red States Is at the Heart of Abolitionist Struggle. scheerpost.com 
(2023-10-02). Survived & Punished: Meet Tracy McCarter, a Nurse Jailed, Then Cleared, for Stabbing Abusive Husband. democracynow.org 
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and we look at how Black and Brown survivors of domestic abuse are further criminalized by police and prisons — and how activists have been organizing to win their freedom. In her first broadcast interview, we speak with Tracy McCarter, a nurse and grandmother who was jailed after her abusive husband, a white man, died of a stab wound when she defended herself during an altercation. McCarter, who is Black, describes being a criminalized survivor of both domestic violence and the criminal legal system. She was held at the notorious Rikers…
(2023-10-02). Berlin rally for Palestine confronts police repression: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! samidoun.net 
German police again demonstrated their dedication to repressing Palestinian organizing in the city — home to the largest Palestinian community in Europe — on Saturday, 30 September 2023, when over 200 Berlin police surrounded a rally in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners and against anti-Palestinian repression. Watch the video: Ôªø In a move clearly aimed at …
(2023-10-03). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-10-03). Video: Naarm/Melbourne forum discusses right wing character of Albanese's Labor. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-10-03). Laphonza Butler & SEIU 2015: An Ex-Union Bureaucrat Now Helping UBER & The Union Busters. indybay.org California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed former SEIU 2015 president Laphonza Butler US Senator to replace Senator Dianne Feinstein who passed away. After leaving the SEIU in California she became a consultant on how to stop labor and union busting.
(2023-10-03). Cost-of-living, jobs and social crisis deepening in Australia. wsws.org This deepening social crisis is fuelling discontent with the Labor government, reflected in media opinion polls reporting collapsing support for the government, and correspondingly for its Voice referendum.
(2023-10-03). Labor government starves Aboriginal schools of funds in Australia's Northern Territory. wsws.org The territory Labor government is continuing to impose a punitive schools funding model based on attendance, not enrolment, creating a cycle of worsening literacy rates.
(2023-10-02). Delcy Rodríguez Addresses Puebla Group Regarding US-Led Hybrid Warfare on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com In her speech to the Puebla Group, a collaborative political group of fourteen progressive governments, the vice president spoke of the blockade, sanctions, and lawfare against the country. | This Saturday, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez participated in the ninth meeting of the Puebla Group held in the central Mexican city of Puebla. | Rodríguez spoke about economic sanctions, blockades, legal wars and lawfare, and strategies applied by imperialism to bring the people of the Global South to their knees. | Speaking to the group, Rodríguez exposed the truth about the hybrid war against Venezuela, the ch…
(2023-10-02). Mexican Auto Parts Workers Face Blacklist After Union Campaign. scheerpost.com 
By Charlie Saperstein and Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes In August 2022, auto parts workers at VU Manufacturing won a landmark election to gain recognition for a new independent union, the Mexican Workers' League (La Liga). A year later, after refusing to negotiate a new contract, the company has shut down, leaving 400 workers jobless—and 71 …
(2023-10-02). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au
(2023-10-02). Video: Naarm/Melbourne forum discusses right wing character of Albanese's Labor. greenleft.org.au
(2023-10-02). Saturday 12/9: Creative Workshop: Collaborative Collage. indybay.org 901 E 3rd Street | Los Angeles, CA 90013…
(2023-10-02). UN Authorizes Kenyan-Led Military Intervention in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Haitians protest against possible foreign intervention in August (Photo: Radyo Rezistans/Facebook) The multinational security force will collaborate with Haitian National Police to conduct "targeted operations" to allegedly combat gang violence On Monday, October 2, the United Nations Security Council voted to authorize a year-long Kenyan-led security intervention in Haiti for the stated goals of curbing…
(2023-10-02). Government Shutdown: An Attack On All Workers! Gilbert Galam AFGE1230 TSA Worker & Leader. indybay.org The government is shutting down and millions of workers and the public will be affected. Gilbert Galam who is with AFGE Local 1230 where he Is legislative & political director and is a TSA worker talks about the last shut down and why this is an attack on the entire working class.
(2023-10-02). Headlines for October 2, 2023. democracynow.org Kevin McCarthy Reverses Course, Passes Deal with House Democrats to Avert Gov't Shutdown at 11th Hour, Gavin Newsom Picks EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler to Fill Dianne Feinstein's Senate Seat, Dianne Feinstein, Longest-Serving Woman Senator, Dies at 90 After Months of Declining Health, Record Rains Turn NYC Streets into Rivers as Gov. Hochul Warns Extreme Weather Is "New Normal", Labor News: UAW Ramps Up Strike; Kaiser Permanente Health Workers Inch Closer to Major Strike, Migrants Killed Near U.S. Border; Traffic Deaths Expose Dangers for Migrants Traveling Through Mexico, R…
(2023-10-03). Bolivia and Brazil discussed on energy collaboration. plenglish.com La Paz, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia and Brazil are promoting integration in the energy sphere as part of their bilateral collaboration agenda, said the Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy of Bolivia, Franklin Molina.
(2023-10-02). Katalin Karikó y Drew Weissman ganan el Nobel de Medicina 2023. telesurtv.net Se trata de los líderes del equipo de investigación de vacunas de ARN mensajero, clave para la elaboración de algunas de las vacunas anticovid.
(2023-10-03). At-home COVID-19 tests: A Mayo Clinic expert answers questions on expiration dates and the new variants. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 at-home antigen test At-home COVID-19 tests allow you to collect your sample and detect active COVID-19 infections. But what if you have at-home COVID-19 tests nearing expiration or expired on your shelf? Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, says companies set the original test dates arbitrarily due to these diagnostic at-home tests being developed rapidly. So, check your boxes before you toss them. "Now that we are 3 1/2 years into…
(2023-10-03). On the road again – thanks to collaborative cancer care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a matter of months, Bill McDermott went from having abdominal pain and learning he had lymphoma to being told it was time for hospice care. What his family did next would steer him in an entirely different direction. Although he doesn't remember all of the details, Bill McDermott says he began having abdominal issues and pain in mid-2021. He went in for some tests at a local hospital, where he got a diagnosis…
(2023-10-03). Mayo Clinic and GE HealthCare enter strategic collaboration to advance innovation in medical imaging and theranostics. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Combining the world-class clinical and research expertise of Mayo Clinic with the deep research, engineering, and product development expertise of GE HealthCare, this new collaboration aims to forge an integrated innovation engine to advance the practice of radiology and care to patients worldwide. ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Today, Mayo Clinic and GE HealthCare announce a strategic healthcare collaboration for research and product development programs aimed to transform the experience of patients and clinicians in the practice…
(2023-10-03). Week Three—The UAW Strike Expands Again. internationalviewpoint.org "A union that's not prepared to strike to win is like a fighter with one hand tied behind his back. Without the strike weapon, the war on workers is a rigged fight." | – | / |
(2023-10-03). Secret Jab Exemptions for Healthcare Workers in New Zealand Come to Light. globalresearch.ca
(2023-10-03). After a five day strike, Inghams Chickens' workers win better pay and conditions. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-10-03). "We all should be on strike at the same time": Ford Chicago workers speak out from the picket lines. wsws.org Ford Chicago workers spoke from the picket lines, demanding an all-out strike to win what they're fighting for, including massive wage increases, COLA, pensions and more.
(2023-10-03). Workers and young people support SEP campaign for active boycott of Australia's Voice referendum. wsws.org "I'm a supporter of the Active Boycott. I think it is a very good position because I do not see eye to eye with either side of the official Voice campaign."
(2023-10-03). Release the full UAW-Mack contract! Workers have a right to know what's in the agreement! wsws.org If the UAW does not release the agreement immediately, that can only mean that they called off a strike before they even had a contract, for the sole purpose of preventing us from joining our brothers and sisters at the Big Three on the picket lines.
(2023-10-03). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Health workers occupied Chile's Health Ministry to protest impending job cuts while Air Canada pilots are demanding significant pay improvements in contract negotiations.
(2023-10-02). Week Three—The UAW Strike Expands Again. internationalviewpoint.org "A union that's not prepared to strike to win is like a fighter with one hand tied behind his back. Without the strike weapon, the war on workers is a rigged fight." | – | / |
(2023-10-02). Kaiser Permanente Contract Expires: 75,000 Workers To Go On Strike. popularresistance.org A coalition of eight unions representing 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente said late Saturday that is has not reached an agreement with the company, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history on Wednesday. | The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, which has workers at hundreds of hospitals and medical offices in California, Oregon, Colorado, Virginia, Washington and Washington, D.C., said in a statement that it remains far apart with the company on important issues but still has had "good discussions with Kaiser." The healthcare workers are seeking across-the-board pay raises and imp…
(2023-10-02). After a five day strike, Inghams Chickens' workers win better pay and conditions. greenleft.org.au
(2023-10-02). Right-Dominated Supreme Court Is Poised To Do Grave Harm. popularresistance.org The 2023-2024 Supreme Court term will begin on Monday, October 2. Dominated by six right-wingers, the court has agreed to review cases in which voting rights, consumer protection, and the regulation of health and safety, workers' rights and the environment are in jeopardy. The cases present the issues of gerrymandering and the power of administrative agencies. In light of its recent conservative rulings, we should be wary about how the court will rule on these critical matters. | Besides the cases already on the Supreme Court's docket, the court will add more cases by mid-January. Their decisions will be issued b…
(2023-10-02). California Chamber of Commerce Targets Meager Paid Sick Leave Bill. truthout.org For a state whose politicians often obsess over being on the leading edge of progressive issues, California's approach to paid sick leave has put it surprisingly behind the curve. The current law — a minimum of three days or 24 hours per year for workers — only looks good in comparison with the majority of states that don't mandate any paid leave at all. Among the 15 states (and the District of… |
(2023-10-02). The Big Three Are Using Layoffs to Punish the UAW and Undermine the Strike. By: James Dennis Hoff. midwesternmarx.com 
The Big Three are retaliating against the UAW by laying off thousands of its members at plants across the country. Defeating these attacks will require the self organization and mobilization of all the workers. In a clear act of retaliation against striking auto workers, the Big Three have laid off thousands of employees since the United Auto Workers (UAW) strikes began on September 15. At Ford, more than 600 non-striking workers were laid off at the Wayne, Michigan plant jus …
(2023-10-02). "The workers are the liberators," declares UAW President, sending 7,000 more out on strike. By: Natalia Marques. midwesternmarx.com 
United Auto Workers are expanding their strike to put additional pressure on General Motors and Ford, playing the three largest automakers against each other On September 29, United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain announced that 7,000 more unionized auto workers are going out on strike, to join the 18,000 workers already participating in the "Stand Up Strike" against the three largest automakers in the United States.Since 146,000 UAW auto wo …
(2023-10-02). Mount Sinai postdoctoral medical researchers speak to the WSWS on their struggle. wsws.org Workers at the Icahn Medical Institute spoke to the WSWS on the struggles facing postdoctoral workers.
(2023-10-02). UAW announces tentative agreement at Mack Trucks minutes before strike deadline, provoking outcry by workers. wsws.org The decision that the UAW would not call a strike at Mack was no doubt made out of concern that a walkout there would lend fuel to the growing calls by Big Three workers for an all-out strike across the auto industry.
(2023-10-02). New Thai government seeks foreign investment. wsws.org The newly installed Thai government is seeking to further foist the country's economic crisis onto the backs of workers and farmers.
(2023-10-02). Kaiser pharmacy workers in Oregon and Washington begin 21-day strike. wsws.org The separate strike ultimately weakens the position of all Kaiser workers by allowing management to pursue a divide-and-conquer strategy.
(2023-10-02). "We need to all be out now": Autoworkers demand all-out strike to break corporate resistance to their demands. wsws.org Despite Fain's claims about making "substantial progress" at the bargaining table, the corporate executives have not budged in their opposition to workers' core demands.
(2023-10-03). 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." | – | / |
(2023-10-03). DiFiFoYum: Feinstein For Sale. indybay.org Diane Feinstein has a long record of conflicts of interest, war mongering, corruption and pushing privatization and union busting.
(2023-10-03). European Union foreign ministers meet in Ukraine to escalate war with Russia. wsws.org The leading European Union imperialist powers pledged to escalate the NATO war with Russia in Ukraine, announcing €5 billion more spending on the war.
(2023-10-03). California Governor Newsom picks long-time Democratic Party operative Laphonza Butler to replace Senator Feinstein. wsws.org A long-time union bureaucrat and former Director for the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve System, Butler is trusted agent of the financial oligrachy.
(2023-10-02). Argentina — øEn Unión por la Patria están dispuestos al optimismo de la voluntad? globalizacion.ca Hay una frase cada vez más remachada en el mundillo de palacio y del ámbito político. Candidatos, dirigentes, analistas serios, charlatanes, encuestólogos, operadores, de cualquier orientación, repiten que todo está abierto. | Esa figura remite exclusivamente al escenario electoral, sin expectativas…
(2023-10-02). 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." | – | / |
(2023-10-02). DiFiFoYum: Feinstein For Sale. indybay.org Diane Feinstein has a long record of conflicts of interest, war mongering, corruption and pushing privatization and union busting.
(2023-10-02). Are We Experiencing a "New Cold War" on an Ever-Warming Planet? truthout.org Tell me, what planet are we actually on? All these decades later, are we really involved in a "second" or "new" Cold War? It's certainly true that, as late as the 1980s, the superpowers (or so they then liked to think of themselves), the United States and the Soviet Union, were still engaged in just such a Cold War, something that might have seemed almost positive at the time. After all, a "hot"… |
(2023-10-03). Ukraine employs toxic substances in conflict zone. plenglish.com Moscow, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) The Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun using drones treated with toxic substances and "Cheremukha" (lit. "bird cherry") grenades loaded with tear gas in the areas where the special military operation is taking place, the Union of Russian Veterans reported.
(2023-10-02). Assukkargenera, an enterprise with a Cuban flavor. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) The MSME GRUPO SSUKKA S.R.L., Sweetery and Bread Assukkar; It stands out today as a dynamic actor in the Cuban economy, with extensive development in the productive chain and a manifest contribution to the generation of jobs and local well-being.
(2023-10-03). 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." | – | / |
(2023-10-03). 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." | – | / |
(2023-10-03). 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." | – | / |
(2023-10-03). Covidian Madness Infects Alberta's Criminal Justice System. The Truckers Movement and the Case of the "Coutts Four" globalresearch.ca
(2023-10-03). 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 | – | / |
(2023-10-03). Talk World Radio: Why Is the Peace Movement in Italy So Strong? davidswanson.org This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about peace activism in a country that has more of it than perhaps any other: Italy. Our guest Sergio Bassoli is senior officer at CGIL's International Department.
(2023-10-02). Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail. popularresistance.org There was a decade of popular uprisings from 2010 until the global pandemic in 2020. These uprisings shook the foundations of the global order. They denounced corporate domination, austerity cuts and demanded economic justice and civil rights. There were nationwide protests in the United States centered around the 59-day Occupy encampments. There were popular eruptions in Greece, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Turkey, Brazil, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Chile and during South Korea's Candlelight Light Revolution. Discredited politicians were driven from office in Greece, Spain, Ukraine, South Korea,…
(2023-10-02). What Sunrise El Paso Learned From Its Youth-Led Climate Charter Campaign. popularresistance.org First, she stumbled across Sunrise El Paso's Instagram account. Then, stuck at home during the pandemic, she began using her free time to organize for local environmental justice initiatives with them. | Before she knew it, 25-year-old El Paso resident Ana Fuentes was leading the grassroots campaign for Sunrise El Paso — part of the national youth movement demanding urgent action on climate change — to radically overhaul the city's policymaking to put climate impact first. | "This was a time when we were feeling very isolated, but for me, it was a time when I found my community," says Fuentes.
(2023-10-02). Chris Hedges: Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail. scheerpost.com
(2023-10-02). Oct 2, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Jean Sibelius, Valse Triste (Herbert von Karajan) Pepe Escobar: Russia-China Partnership Defangs US Empire The Mad Propaganda Push To Normalize War Profiteering In Ukraine, by Caitlin Johnstone This Trump Thing: Aspects of a Wrecking Ball, by Fred Reed Impeachment: 'Cognitive Warfare' on Capitol Hill, by Patrick Lawrence The Western World Is Now a Tyranny, by Paul Craig Roberts The 21st century Opium War, by Alex Krainer Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail, by Chris Hedges Gang/Counter-gang Operations: Dearlove's Sleight of Hand and the Wuhan Lab Psyop, by Matthew Ehret The Cluster B Society…
(2023-10-02). 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." | – | / |
(2023-10-02). 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." | – | / |
(2023-10-02). 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." | – | / |
(2023-10-02). "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." | – | / |
(2023-10-02). 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 | – | / |
(2023-10-02). All out to Lannemezan! All out to Toulouse! Free Georges Abdallah and all Palestinian Prisoners. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network calls on Palestinian communities in exile and diaspora, organizers and activists in solidarity with the Palestinian cause, anti-imperialist movements, and all people of conscience to join us this October 19-21, 2023 in Toulouse and Lannemezan, France, to mobilize for the liberation of Georges Abdallah and all Palestinian prisoners. For those …
(2023-10-02). In Toulouse and elsewhere, the launch of the international month of action for Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all to participate in the month of action to free Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab struggler for Palestine jailed in France for 39 years. On 19-20 October, the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, will hold two days of meetings in Toulouse, capped by a public event …
(2023-10-02). Misbah al-Suri and the Gaza prison break of 1987: Sparks toward the Intifada. samidoun.net 
October 2023 marks the 36th anniversary of the martyrdom of Misbah al-Suri, the leader of a daring escape from the Israeli occupation's Gaza Central Prison in May 1987, one of the sparks of the great popular Intifada of 1987. Al-Suri was one of the leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement and one of its …
(2023-10-02). Palestine and the Palestinian prisoners' movement at the Spanish Communist Party's 2023 Fiesta. samidoun.net 
From 29 September through 1 October, the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) organized its annual festival, the Fiesta, in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain. As in past years, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network had a strong presence at the Fiesta, together with Al-Yudur, the Palestinian Youth Mobilization in the Spanish …
(2023-10-02). UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman calls for overturn of UN refugee convention in fascistic speech. wsws.org Like far-right figures around the world, Braverman's broad political aim is to whip up a frenzied anti-immigration atmosphere to mobilise politically backward sections of the population as a battering ram against a growing movement of the working class.
(2023-10-03). Tobacco farmers in Cuban central province commit to larger harvest. plenglish.com Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) The tobacco farmers in the central province of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba's second largest producer, are working to exceed the sowing of the 2023-2024 harvest by 600 hectares, according to specialists from the sector.
(2023-10-02). What Every Child Should Know about Marx's Theory of Value. By: Michael A. Lebowitz. midwesternmarx.com 
Every child knows that any nation that stopped working, not for a year, but let us say, just for a few weeks, would perish. And every child knows, too, that the amounts of products corresponding to the differing amounts of needs demand differing and quantitatively determined amounts of society's aggregate labour. —Karl Marx [1] [2] Every child in Marx's day might have heard about Robinson Crusoe. That child might have heard that on his island Robinson had to work if he …
(2023-10-02). Iran's Khorsheed Media Festival To Bring Together 100 International Women Journalists. orinocotribune.com Iran's second-largest city of Mashhad is set to host a key gathering of notable women journalists working for alternative media platforms from across the globe in late September. | Organizers of the International Khorsheed Media Festival in a statement said the edition of the global event will be held in Mashhad, in northeast Iran, from September 29 to October 1. | A total of 100 women journalists from more than 40 countries will come together for the festival and share their experiences and thoughts on stories rarely covered by the mainstream media. | American-Iranian broadcaster and Press TV host Marzieh Hashem…
(2023-10-02). Far-Right Republicans Look to Oust Speaker McCarthy After He Averts Government Shutdown. democracynow.org 
Congress passed an 11th-hour short-term funding bill this weekend, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown for the next 45 days, but the House is in a state of turmoil as far-right lawmakers threaten to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for working on the bipartisan bill. "It's a crisis entirely of Kevin McCarthy's own making," says our guest Sasha Abramsky, the West Coast correspondent for The Nation, who also calls McCarthy's impeachment inquiry into President Biden "the most ill-prepared, ill-thought-out, poorly advised Republican inquiry you could possibly imagine," a…
(2023-10-03). Tobacco farmers in Cuban central province commit to larger harvest (+Photo). plenglish.com 
Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) The tobacco farmers in the central province of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba's second largest producer, are working to exceed the sowing of the 2023-2024 harvest by 600 hectares, according to specialists from the sector.
(2023-10-03). Mayo Clinic Minute: Red flags for heart failure during pregnancy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the U.S. Deaths from heart disease in women who are pregnant or delivered a baby within one year has increased over the previous 30 years. Dr. Demilade (Demi-lad-ay) Adedinsewo (Ah-ded-in-shay-woah), a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, explains the red flags for heart failure during pregnancy and how healthcare professionals are working to detect the condition earlier. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/DCgDX2yvUc0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg…