2023-09-12: News Headlines

Fight Back (2023-09-12). Minneapolis: UFCW 663 workers fighting for better pay, respect at Seward Co-op; management walks out of bargaining. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – United Food and Commercial Workers 663 workers at Seward Community Co-op have been working without a contract since their previous one expired on August 20 of this year, and in bargaining for a new agreement, management has fought against workers' demands on nearly every issue. | The key demands from workers in bargaining have included increased pay, an additional week of paid parental leave, wage equity and cost of living raises, and pushing against automation, such as self-checkout lanes. A tentative agreement was reached only on one demand so far in bargaining, that being increased autonomy o…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-11). Finnish Left slams government's decommunization attempts in the name of anti-discrimination. peoplesdispatch.org The government has been widely criticized for defending two ministers in the right-wing coalition with a history of making racist comments and for trying to use a recently announced anti-discrimination drive to ban communist symbols…

ecns.cn (2023-09-12). Cybersecurity week to raise awareness. ecns.cn Great efforts should be made in education and innovation around cybersecurity to help the country strengthen its security system and governance capability, an official from China's top internet regulator said.

ecns.cn (2023-09-12). Education Ministry warns off-campus training institutes. ecns.cn The Ministry of Education has tightened the supervision of off-campus training agencies to create a healthier environment for students' development.

Meghan Krausch, Truthout. (2023-09-12). Grassroots Organizing In Red States Is At The Heart Of Abolitionist Struggle. popularresistance.org In Republican-controlled regions across the country, people are engaged in abolitionist organizing: Even though conditions vary, people are organizing for freedom virtually everywhere. This is nothing new. The South, for example, has been a site for abolitionist organizing for centuries, and it continues to be one, despite the attacks on long-settled civil rights being organized by Republican supermajorities in statehouses. | Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson is the first Black woman to codirect the Highlander Research and Education Center, a century-old nexus for abolitionist and labor organizing in Tennessee and beyond…

Phil Pasquini (2023-09-12). Teach-In on the 50th Anniversary of the Brutal Chilean Coup & The AFL-CIO. indybay.org At and educational conference sponsored by the Labor Education Project on The AFL-CIO International Operations reports were made about the US AFL-CIO supported and organized coup in Chile on 9/11/73.

ecns.cn (2023-09-11). Experts from nine countries discuss international education and urban development. ecns.cn On Sept. 9, international education and urban development exchanges organized by Dalian Art College and the China-France Educational Exchange Association were held in the Jinpu New Area of Dalian.

MomsRising (2023-09-12). Wednesday 9/13: Learn How to Bust Book Bans Virtual Training. indybay.org Online via Zoom: www.mobilize.us/momsrising/event/579576/ | Join from anywhere…

Oakland Privacy et al (2023-09-12). Wednesday 9/13: Let's Talk, Let's Learn Community Series: Shotspotter Gunshot Detection System. indybay.org Online via Zoom (Register: forms.gle/3ndS1aHkPnudEXSHA)…

Tes Welborn (2023-09-12). Thursday 9/14: District Elections – The Case for Them. indybay.org Please join us on Thursday, Septem ≠ber 14, at 7: 00 pm. This will be a hybrid meeting. | ‚Ä¢ Join us in person at Flywheel Coffee Roasters, 672 Stanyan Street (between Haight and Page) or join us online. Please note that seating is limited. | ‚Ä¢ To join the meeting online, copy this link: zoom.us/j/970019 85280?pwd=Nkx2UVFPSTRVWG VXUVZEbFRkb0xwQT09 | ‚Ä¢ Or, with the Zoom app: Meet ≠ing ID: 970 0198 5280 Passcode: 333544 | ‚Ä¢ Zoom also provides telephone numbers. These are NOT toll-free numbers. Check with your phone company before yo…

WSWS (2023-09-12). "The rank-and-file workforce needs to unite globally": Big Three autoworkers in US and Mexico give voice to growing militancy in meeting Sunday. wsws.org Autoworkers from the US and Mexico expressed their determination to unite and ensure their needs are met in an online meeting hosted Sunday afternoon by the Autoworkers Rank-and-File Committee Network and the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter.

Dana Sanchez (2023-09-11). 12 Facts About The Current Economics And Science Of Podcasting: Spotify And Industry Trends. moguldom.com Contrary to popular belief, podcasting is experiencing robust growth. However, several myths and misconceptions are holding the industry back from reaching its full growth potential, according to marketing and technology insight provider Mar Tech Series. The portion of Americans who listen to online audio and podcasts has reached record highs, Edison Research said in its …

ecns.cn (2023-09-11). Top online sales host apologizes for insensitive comments. ecns.cn China's top online sales host Li Jiaqi apologized on Monday after he blamed viewers who found the price of an eyebrow pen expensive, that they were not working hard enough to make more money during a live-streaming session.

Editor (2023-09-11). Chile: This is how they killed Allende. mronline.org For the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état in Chile against the then president, Salvador Allende, analysis and publications are flourishing.

Editor (2023-09-11). Cuban soldiers in the Russian army? mronline.org The "news" that Cuban troops are participating in combat actions on the Russian side in Ukraine, that comes well seasoned with melodramatic stagings, is grabbing headlines in the main counterrevolutionary media and their affinities in the world.

Editor (2023-09-11). Review: "Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Fuel Capitalism" mronline.org Nicolas Graham's book on forces of production and fossil-fuel capitalism gives an important analysis of why fundamental change is needed to solve the climate crisis, finds John Clarke…

Editor (2023-09-11). The U.S. announces 1 billion in new aid for Ukraine. mronline.org Washington also provided a US$203-million funding for support to transparency and accountability of institutions.

Editor (2023-09-11). Washington's expanding military footprint on China's doorsteps. mronline.org A series of announcements by the US reflect its large and still growing military presence across Asia-Pacific, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Together, they reflect a continued and increasingly desperate desire by Washington to encircle and contain China.

MomsRising (2023-09-11). Wednesday 9/13: Learn How to Bust Book Bans Virtual Training. indybay.org Online via Zoom: www.mobilize.us/momsrising/event/579576/ | Join from anywhere…

Oakland Privacy et al (2023-09-11). Wednesday 9/13: Let's Talk, Let's Learn Community Series: Shotspotter Gunshot Detection System. indybay.org Online via Zoom (Register: forms.gle/3ndS1aHkPnudEXSHA)…

teleSUR Desk (2023-09-11). Salvador Allende's last words to the nation. mronline.org "History is ours, and people make history." | Salvador Allende…

Tes Welborn (2023-09-11). Thursday 9/14: District Elections – The Case for Them. indybay.org Please join us on Thursday, Septem ≠ber 14, at 7: 00 pm. This will be a hybrid meeting. | ‚Ä¢ Join us in person at Flywheel Coffee Roasters, 672 Stanyan Street (between Haight and Page) or join us online. Please note that seating is limited. | ‚Ä¢ To join the meeting online, copy this link: zoom.us/j/970019 85280?pwd=Nkx2UVFPSTRVWG VXUVZEbFRkb0xwQT09 | ‚Ä¢ Or, with the Zoom app: Meet ≠ing ID: 970 0198 5280 Passcode: 333544 | ‚Ä¢ Zoom also provides telephone numbers. These are NOT toll-free numbers. Check with your phone company before yo…

Victor Grossman (2023-09-11). Othello and the war: Berlin Bulletin, September 11, 2023. mronline.org The war in Ukraine, a horrific tragedy for the people of that unhappy country, fateful as well for many young Russians and potentially menacing for all the world, with burnished weapons of every size and destructive power waiting in silos or submarines for a slip, a blunder, a provocation.

HASAN (2023-09-12). Elevate Your Earnings: Online Opportunities in Pakistan. indybay.org Online shopping, sometimes known as e-commerce, has completely changed how individuals acquire goods and services. It entails making online purchases from the convenience of one's home or from any location with an internet connection. Online shopping offers convenience, a large selection of options, and the chance to read reviews and compare costs before making a purchase. The use of online platforms and marketplaces by customers to fulfill their purchasing needs has grown in popularity in recent years. The ease of browsing and purchasing, the availability of safe payment methods, and doorstep delivery are some o…

Ana Perdigón (2023-09-12). President Maduro Continues China Tour, Meets With BRICS Bank Chief and CPC Authorities. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, met with the president of the New Development Bank (NBD) of the BRICS, Dilma Rousseff, as part of his official visit to China. | The meeting took place at the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) headquarters in Shanghai, on Sunday, September 10. | Maduro and Rousseff discussed NDB's impact in the construction of a new world economic system. | @N…

ecns.cn (2023-09-12). World's first alpine canyon landscape cable-stayed bridge under construction in Guizhou. ecns.cn The 1,260-meter bridge is equipped with sightseeing tour glass trails, sightseeing elevators and aerial viewing platforms and the world's first alpine canyon landscape bridge with a roadway and a glass walkway sharing the same deck.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-09-11). Dominicans to build dam on Dajabon river ahead of border conflict. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Dominican President Luis Abinader ordered Monday the start of Don Miguel dam construction over the Dajabon River, which delimits part of the border with Haiti.

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-09-12). As A Working Class-Led Global Movement Rises, Elites Are Panicking. popularresistance.org Around the world, a major organizing effort is underway, led by civil society and unions with the International People's Assembly, to build a working class movement for alternative systems that address the many crises we face. A series of regional conferences called the Dilemmas of Humanity are taking place in preparation for an international conference in South Africa in mid October. Clearing the FOG speaks with Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News about the recent meeting in Atlanta, which is part of this process. Puryear speaks about the significance of the Stop Cop City movement and the necessity of leadership…

Pauline Lipman, Rico Gutstein, Convergence. (2023-09-12). Learning From Chile: Navigating Complexities Of Political Crises. popularresistance.org Twenty years of grassroots organizing by Black and Latinx community organizations, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), and the broad Left propelled CTU organizer Brandon Johnson to victory in the April 2023 Chicago mayoral race. Similarly, across the country, progressive and left organizations are focusing on electoral politics as a central arena of struggle. These campaigns are part of a larger motion—a new generation of social movements, union organizing, and Black-led uprisings against racist state violence—provoked by intertwined political, economic, social, and ecological crises in the US and globa…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-12). Labor needs to step up support for Palestine, meeting hears. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-12). Socialists slam Queensland Labor for locking up children indefinitely. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-09-12). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Educators from across Argentina staged National Day of Educators' Struggle to highlight their issues including pay while more than 1,000 Hormel meatpackers rallied on Labor Day as their contract deadline neared.

WSWS (2023-09-12). Australia's Labor government and its phony Voice referendum in deepening crisis. wsws.org The crisis of the Voice, a proposed indigenous advisory body to parliament, is directly connected to growing popular hostility to the cost of living crisis and the entire political establishment.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Labor needs to step up support for Palestine, meeting hears. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Socialists slam Queensland Labor for locking up children indefinitely. greenleft.org.au

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-11). 50 Years After Chile's Coup, Salvador Allende's Grandson Speaks About Britain's Role in the Rise of Pinochet. libya360.wordpress.com John McEvoy and Pablo Navarrete Pablo Sepúlveda Allende speaks to Declassified UK in Santiago, Chile, 2023 In Santiago, Declassified spoke with Pablo Sepúlveda Allende about Margaret Thatcher's friendship with Chile's dictator and how Labour helped him evade justice for crimes against humanity. "The colonialist countries in general have collaborated so that the decolonised countries can't become independent",…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-11). Boric and former Chilean presidents sign commitment for democracy on 50th anniversary of coup. peoplesdispatch.org The leaders committed to always take care of and defend democracy, face the challenges of democracy, defend and promote human rights, and strengthen spaces for collaboration among states…

WSWS (2023-09-11). Australia: Qantas CEO resigns early amid public anger. wsws.org The move came after multiple scandals emerged, involving not just Australia's largest airline and "national flag carrier," which Joyce had led since 2008, but the Labor government.

WSWS (2023-09-11). New York school bus workers kept on the job despite strike authorization. wsws.org The union is collaborating with the Adams administration to sabotage the struggle by thousands of school bus workers.

WSWS (2023-09-11). Pseudo-left Socialist Alternative promotes Australian Labor government's Voice referendum. wsws.org Socialist Alternative is lining up with a pro-war, pro-business Labor government, while slandering the majority of the population as "racist" for opposing its right-wing policy of establishing an indigenous Voice to parliament.

Working Families Party, partners (2023-09-12). Sunday 9/10: Show Solidarity w/ United Auto Workers Union Virtual Rally. indybay.org Virtual rally to support UAW: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event/578744/

WSWS (2023-09-12). Unifor maintains information blackout as strike deadlines approach for Canadian and US autoworkers. wsws.org The union bureaucracy is providing workers with as little information as possible in the hopes of tamping down militant demands for a significant increase in wages and benefits amid surging inflation across Canada, the elimination of multi-tier employment, and the preservation of jobs in the transition to the manufacture of EVs.

WSWS (2023-09-12). Trump pledges to stop EVs, issues ultra-nationalist appeal to autoworkers. wsws.org In the run-up to the contract deadlines for 170,000 autoworkers in the US and Canada, Trump is appealing directly to autoworkers, grotesquely posturing as their champion.

WSWS (2023-09-12). Sri Lankan government begins looting workers' pension funds. wsws.org The Employee Provident Fund holds the superannuation savings of hundreds of thousands of low-paid free trade zone workers, apparel factories employees and plantation workers.

Raging Grannies (2023-09-11). Thursday 9/14: Grannies Stand with Workers! Starbucks Palo Alto. indybay.org Starbucks | 2000 El Camino Real (x-street Stanford Ave) | Palo Alto 94306…

Ricardo Vaz (2023-09-11). Venezuelan Socialist Party Activist Calls for Scrap Metal Corruption Investigation. venezuelanalysis.com Workers' organizations have repeatedly denounced the dismantling of factories to be sold as scrap.

Working Families Party, partners (2023-09-11). Sunday 9/10: Show Solidarity w/ United Auto Workers Union Virtual Rally. indybay.org Virtual rally to support UAW: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event/578744/

WSWS (2023-09-11). Democratic Socialists of America debates two ways to remain within Democratic Party. wsws.org Jacobin magazine, which is affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, published two articles illustrating the debate within the upper-echelons of the DSA as to how best to continue to channel the growing movement of workers behind the pro-imperialist Democratic Party.

WSWS (2023-09-11). Sri Lankan government moves to impose draconian media laws and Anti-Terrorism Bill. wsws.org When enacted, the main target of these repressive measures, will be workers, youth and the rural masses seeking a way to defeat Wickremesinghe's IMF-dictated austerity measures.

WSWS (2023-09-11). The UAW bureaucracy is making massive concessions behind autoworkers' backs. wsws.org Statements from the UAW, Biden administration and Big Three auto corporations make clear that a massive sellout is being worked out behind the backs of 150,000 autoworkers in the US and 18,000 in Canada whose contracts expire over the next week.

WSWS (2023-09-11). "Oppose the system designed to steal our wages": US Postal Service workers found rank-and-file committee. wsws.org The following the founding statement of the USPS Rank-and-File Committee, which was established in a meeting held September 3 to organize a fight against…

Editor (2023-09-11). Lessons from Chile, 1973. workers.org Fifty years ago, on Sept. 11, 1973, the generals and admirals in the Chilean armed forces led a coup against the elected Popular Unity government. They murdered President Salvador Allende and the world-famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and songwriter Victor Jara. In the following months, the coup makers massacred 3,000 . . . |

A Guest Author (2023-09-11). Filadelfia: °Justicia para Junito (Eddie Irizarry Jr.)! workers.org Por D Sólo pasaron cinco segundos entre el momento en que el agente de policía Mark Dial salió de su coche y el momento en que disparó y asesinó a Eddie Irizarry Jr. la tarde del 14 de agosto, en el barrio de East Kensington de Filadelfia. Otro asesinato sancionado . . . |

Ana Perdigón (2023-09-12). Colombian President: West's Economic Blockade Against Venezuela is Reason Behind Migration Crisis. orinocotribune.com Colombian President Gustavo Petro stated that the migration crisis in the region originated because of the economic blockade against Venezuela imposed by the United States and the European Union. | Making a joint statement with his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador during the Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Life, Peace and Decelopment, held in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday, September 9, Petro stated that the US blockade against Venezuela started a series of migratory waves. | "In the case of migration, it was the economic blockade that began waves of exodus, first from Venezuela to Colombi…

Catherine Crockett (2023-09-12). Wednesday 10/25: A Conversation with Paul Hawken: An Evening of Hope. indybay.org Otter Student Union at CSU Monterey Bay. 3118 Inter-Garrison Rd, Seaside, CA, Building #552. | Map and Directions: csumb.edu/map/ | Parking Permits: pmb.csustan.edu/dailypermits/#!/

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-12). Presidente de Venezuela sostiene reunión con autoridades del Comité Provincial de Shandong. telesurtv.net El presidente resaltó que el oriente de Venezuela tiene un inmenso potencial para unir inversiones, producción y comercio con Shandong.

teleSUR, SH (2023-09-12). Kim Jong-un llega en tren a Rusia para reunión con Putin. telesurtv.net Fuentes oficiales de Corea del Norte y Rusia siguen sin confirmar la hora y lugar del encuentro entre ambos presidentes.

WSWS (2023-09-12). "Socialism 2023" conference: Imperialist warmongering and Democratic Party politics. wsws.org The "Socialism 2023" conference was dominated by the self-absorption and reactionary politics of the upper middle class milieu populating the DSA, the fraudulent "reformists" of the trade union bureaucracy and pro-imperialist state operatives.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-09-11). Nigerian Trade Unions Stage Two-day Strike Amid Economic Crisis. globalresearch.ca

Adam H Johnson (2023-09-11). New At 6:30: Anti-Union Propaganda. levernews.com

Catherine Crockett (2023-09-11). Wednesday 10/25: A Conversation with Paul Hawken: An Evening of Hope. indybay.org Otter Student Union at CSU Monterey Bay. 3118 Inter-Garrison Rd, Seaside, CA, Building #552. | Map and Directions: csumb.edu/map/ | Parking Permits: pmb.csustan.edu/dailypermits/#!/

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-09-11). G20 and African Union (AU) Membership: Implications for Africa. globalresearch.ca

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-09-11). Biden Announces Deal Connecting Europe And West And South Asia. popularresistance.org US President Joe Biden announced a multinational rail and ports deal linking Europe, West Asia, and South Asia on 9 September at a gathering on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi. | The deal, known as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), comes as the White House seeks to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Russia and Iran's North-South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) by pitching Washington as an alternative partner and investor for developing countries. | A memorandum of understanding for the deal was signed by the European Union, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emi…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-09-11). ITU Secretary General to attend G77+China Summit. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Doreen Bogdan-Martin on Monday confirmed to attend the upcoming G77+China Summit in Havana, the Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX) informed.

Staff (2023-09-11). Headlines for September 11, 2023. democracynow.org 6.8-Magnitude Quake Kills 2,500+ in Morocco as Rescuers Struggle to Reach Remote Areas, African Union Joins G20; U.S., EU, India Unveil Alternative to China's "Belt and Road", In Vietnam, Biden Denies Strengthening Ties with Vietnam Is an Effort to "Contain" China, Dutch Police Detain 2,400, Unleash Water Cannons on Massive Climate Protest, Activists Confront Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer over Climate Crisis Hypocrisy, Airstrike in Khartoum Kills 40+ Civilians Amid Ongoing Fighting Between Sudanese Army and RSF, At Least 4 Die as Fighting Resumes Between Rival Groups in Palestinian Ref…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-11). Presidente de Venezuela asiste a banco de los Brics en Shanghái. telesurtv.net El mandatario Maduro se entrevistó con la presidenta de la institución financiera y exjefa de Estado de Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, quien asumió el cargo desde marzo de 2023.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-09-11). Presidente venezolano dialoga con secretario del PCCh de Shanghái. telesurtv.net La entrevista se llevó a cabo en el marco de la visita histórica que el jefe de Estado de Venezuela efectúa por la nación asiática.

ecns.cn (2023-09-12). Short-video app opens new horizons for rural residents. ecns.cn The effort has created a total 250,000 jobs in about 25,000 townships nationwide, Kuaishou said in a report released on Tuesday.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-12). Monash NTEU calls for pay rises, secure jobs. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Monash NTEU calls for pay rises, secure jobs. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2023-09-12). Sep 12, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris — Done With Bonaparte Remembering the 9/11 Truth Movement, by Ron Unz 9/11 After 22 Years, by Paul Craig Roberts Patrick Lawrence: Exceptionalism & Its Consequences If The US Really Was What It Pretends To Be, by Caitlin Johnstone The Mackinder Strategic 'Bible' Reconsidered, by Alastair Crooke A Day that Never Ended, by Matt Taibbi The Dogs of War Are Winning, by Bill Astore The Mills of the Gods, by James Howard Kunstler Chance Encounters as the Walls Close In, by Edward Curtin Greenwald: Was Musk's Refusal to Comply with All of Ukraine's Demands Treason…

Karla Martin, Sebastian Link (2023-09-11). 50 years after the coup against Allende: Lessons from the Chilean revolutionary movement. liberationnews.org September 11, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Salvador Allende's overthrow in a CIA-backed coup that ushered in a blood-soaked fascist dictatorship.

Melissa Garriga, Tim Biondo, Peace, Planet News. (2023-09-11). The Pentagon Is The Elephant In The Climate Activist Room. popularresistance.org With nearly 10,000 people expected to take to the streets of New York City on September 17 for the March to End Fossil Fuels, the climate justice movement seems more organized than ever. But, there's a big elephant in the room, and it has the Pentagon written all over it. | The U.S. military is the world's largest institutional oil consumer. It causes more greenhouse gas emissions than 140 nations combined and accounts for about one-third of America's total fossil fuel consumption. The Department of Defense (DoD) also uses huge amounts of natural gas and coal, as well as nuclear power plants at its bases around t…

PACBI (2023-09-11). 'Pride Not Apartheid' — Activists Hold Symbolic Action During Netta Barzilai's Performance at EuroPride in Malta. bdsmovement.net

People's Dispatch. (2023-09-11). Manifiesta To Kick Off A New Political Year For The Left In Europe. popularresistance.org Left-wing forces in Belgium are unofficially kicking off a new political year as thousands of people pour into the coastal city of Ostend to participate in yet another edition of Manifiesta, the fest of solidarity, scheduled for the weekend of September 9-10. Launched for the first time in 2010, Manifiesta has evolved into a gathering of at least 15,000 people who convene not only for discussions and debates but also for bonding and evenings of music. | The festival provides passersby with a glimpse of the diversity of left-wing movements. The program is shaped to address pressing topics such as workplace rights…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-11). Socialist "movement incubator" celebrates five year anniversary in the heart of NYC. peoplesdispatch.org The People's Forum in New York City, founded in 2018 as a "movement incubator" to unite working class movements in the US and abroad, celebrated its five year anniversary on Saturday, September 9. In its five years of existence, TPF has been able to support the strengthening of progressive and socialist organizations from the heart of world capitalism. | "Over the past five years, TPF has become a reference for people who are seeking to understand what's going on in the world around them, and who want a place where they can ask questions and exchange ideas, and where there's space for socialist and internationali…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-09-11). Massacre in the DRC: 56 killed in protests against UN forces. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Several roads in Goma in the DRC's eastern province of North Kivu were barricaded and commercial establishments shut down as part of a "dead city" protest organized by civil society movements on Monday, September 4. | The action was called in response to the killing of at least…

Uhuru Solidarity Movement (2023-09-11). Monday 10/2: Oakland Day of Reparations to African People 2023: "No to FBI War on Black Liberation" indybay.org OakStop | 1721 Broadway | Oakland, CA 94612…

WSWS (2023-09-12). The social roots of the Moroccan earthquake disaster. wsws.org The Moroccan earthquake catastrophe is not primarily a natural but a social disaster, caused by the inability of the capitalist system to deliver earthquake-resistant housing and emergency services to the working population.

WSWS (2023-09-12). Public meeting: A socialist perspective against war and austerity in New Zealand's crisis election. wsws.org The SEG and IYSSE are holding a meeting in Wellington on October 4 to explain the socialist perspective needed to unite the working class against the agenda of war and austerity shared by Labour, National and all the parliamentary parties.

James Kilgore (2023-09-11). "E-Carceration" Is the Newest Surveillance Trend Spreading Across the Globe. truthout.org From the shanty town favelas of Rio de Janeiro, to working-class community housing estates in New Zealand, to the battle-weary streets of Chicago's South Side, electronic monitors — digital tracking devices that monitor the location and behaviors of people facing increased surveillance by police — have become normalized. Like police cars and bodegas, they are part of the social landscape. |

WSWS (2023-09-11). Zelensky government cracks down on conscription loopholes. wsws.org Amidst the failure of the counteroffensive and declarations by the US that it will fund the war for "as long as it takes," the Zelensky government is ramping up its attacks on draft dodgers and the Ukrainian working class as a whole.

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2023-09-11: News Headlines

The Lever (2023-09-10). LEVER WEEKLY: "His Existence Literally Perpetuates Inequity." levernews.com This full story is for paid subscribers.: | Sign up for a paid subscription to The Lever now to gain access to this story and more. | Already have an account?

Helen Flannery, Inequality. (2023-09-10). Over Half Of 20 Top Public Charities Are Donor Advised Funds. popularresistance.org Last year, we wrote about how donor-advised funds, or DAFs, had become the top recipients of charitable giving in the United States. At the time, we were astounded to discover that DAF sponsors made up six of the top 10 and nine of the top 20 most successful public-charity fundraisers in the country. | We've updated the data for 2021 — the most recent year for which complete data is available — and the picture has only gotten more stark. Donor-advised fund sponsors now make up seven of the top 10 and eleven of the top 20 public charities in the United States. Public charities are nonprofits that rely…

Ana Perdigón (2023-09-10). Venezuela to Allegedly Receive $3.2 Billion of Frozen Funds, El País Claims. orinocotribune.com Once again the $3.2 billion of Venezuelan funds illegally frozen abroad and discussed in the Mexico Talks' Second Agreement for the Social Protection of the People are in the news, with Spanish newspaper El País claiming that the funds will finally be released in the coming weeks. | According to sources consulted by El País, the $3.2 billion that were agreed to be unfreezed in November 2022 by the US government and the Venezuelan far-right opposition under its tutelage, as part of an agreement with the United Nations to finance education, electricity, and healthcare projects in Venezuela, will finally be release…

ecns.cn (2023-09-11). Experts from nine countries discuss international education and urban development. ecns.cn On Sept. 9, international education and urban development exchanges organized by Dalian Art College and the China-France Educational Exchange Association were held in the Jinpu New Area of Dalian.

Dana Sanchez (2023-09-11). 12 Facts About The Current Economics And Science Of Podcasting: Spotify And Industry Trends. moguldom.com Contrary to popular belief, podcasting is experiencing robust growth. However, several myths and misconceptions are holding the industry back from reaching its full growth potential, according to marketing and technology insight provider Mar Tech Series. The portion of Americans who listen to online audio and podcasts has reached record highs, Edison Research said in its …

ecns.cn (2023-09-11). Top online sales host apologizes for insensitive comments. ecns.cn China's top online sales host Li Jiaqi apologized on Monday after he blamed viewers who found the price of an eyebrow pen expensive, that they were not working hard enough to make more money during a live-streaming session.

Editor (2023-09-11). Chile: This is how they killed Allende. mronline.org For the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état in Chile against the then president, Salvador Allende, analysis and publications are flourishing.

Editor (2023-09-11). Cuban soldiers in the Russian army? mronline.org The "news" that Cuban troops are participating in combat actions on the Russian side in Ukraine, that comes well seasoned with melodramatic stagings, is grabbing headlines in the main counterrevolutionary media and their affinities in the world.

Editor (2023-09-11). Review: "Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Fuel Capitalism" mronline.org Nicolas Graham's book on forces of production and fossil-fuel capitalism gives an important analysis of why fundamental change is needed to solve the climate crisis, finds John Clarke…

Editor (2023-09-11). The U.S. announces 1 billion in new aid for Ukraine. mronline.org Washington also provided a US$203-million funding for support to transparency and accountability of institutions.

Editor (2023-09-11). Washington's expanding military footprint on China's doorsteps. mronline.org A series of announcements by the US reflect its large and still growing military presence across Asia-Pacific, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Together, they reflect a continued and increasingly desperate desire by Washington to encircle and contain China.

MomsRising (2023-09-11). Wednesday 9/13: Learn How to Bust Book Bans Virtual Training. indybay.org Online via Zoom: www.mobilize.us/momsrising/event/579576/ | Join from anywhere…

Oakland Privacy et al (2023-09-11). Wednesday 9/13: Let's Talk, Let's Learn Community Series: Shotspotter Gunshot Detection System. indybay.org Online via Zoom (Register: forms.gle/3ndS1aHkPnudEXSHA)…

Tes Welborn (2023-09-11). Thursday 9/14: District Elections – The Case for Them. indybay.org Please join us on Thursday, Septem ≠ber 14, at 7: 00 pm. This will be a hybrid meeting. | ‚Ä¢ Join us in person at Flywheel Coffee Roasters, 672 Stanyan Street (between Haight and Page) or join us online. Please note that seating is limited. | ‚Ä¢ To join the meeting online, copy this link: zoom.us/j/970019 85280?pwd=Nkx2UVFPSTRVWG VXUVZEbFRkb0xwQT09 | ‚Ä¢ Or, with the Zoom app: Meet ≠ing ID: 970 0198 5280 Passcode: 333544 | ‚Ä¢ Zoom also provides telephone numbers. These are NOT toll-free numbers. Check with your phone company before yo…

Zane McNeill (2023-09-10). Oral History of Political Prisoners Shows Enduring Power of Revolutionary Hope. truthout.org Political prisoners "are our messengers, our dreamers, and our pioneers," writes celebrated Marxist and abolitionist Angela Davis in the preface to Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners. "They teach us that we do not have to accede to existing modes of organizing our collective existence. They remind us that there is life beyond racial capitalism… |

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Labor needs to step up support for Palestine, meeting hears. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Socialists slam Queensland Labor for locking up children indefinitely. greenleft.org.au

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-11). 50 Years After Chile's Coup, Salvador Allende's Grandson Speaks About Britain's Role in the Rise of Pinochet. libya360.wordpress.com John McEvoy and Pablo Navarrete Pablo Sepúlveda Allende speaks to Declassified UK in Santiago, Chile, 2023 In Santiago, Declassified spoke with Pablo Sepúlveda Allende about Margaret Thatcher's friendship with Chile's dictator and how Labour helped him evade justice for crimes against humanity. "The colonialist countries in general have collaborated so that the decolonised countries can't become independent",…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-11). Boric and former Chilean presidents sign commitment for democracy on 50th anniversary of coup. peoplesdispatch.org The leaders committed to always take care of and defend democracy, face the challenges of democracy, defend and promote human rights, and strengthen spaces for collaboration among states…

WSWS (2023-09-11). Australia: Qantas CEO resigns early amid public anger. wsws.org The move came after multiple scandals emerged, involving not just Australia's largest airline and "national flag carrier," which Joyce had led since 2008, but the Labor government.

WSWS (2023-09-11). New York school bus workers kept on the job despite strike authorization. wsws.org The union is collaborating with the Adams administration to sabotage the struggle by thousands of school bus workers.

WSWS (2023-09-11). Pseudo-left Socialist Alternative promotes Australian Labor government's Voice referendum. wsws.org Socialist Alternative is lining up with a pro-war, pro-business Labor government, while slandering the majority of the population as "racist" for opposing its right-wing policy of establishing an indigenous Voice to parliament.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-10). Labor needs to step up support for Palestine, meeting hears. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-10). Socialists slam Queensland Labor for locking up children indefinitely. greenleft.org.au

Manlio Dinucci (2023-09-10). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.

midwesternmarx (2023-09-10). Nigerian president Bola Tinubu weathers challenge to electoral victory but faces resistance from labor By: Tanupriya Singh. midwesternmarx.com The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has dismissed all petitions filed by the opposition challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 polls. The ruling was issued in the midst of a two-day strike organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress against the government's economic policies Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. (Photo: @officialABAT/Twitter) The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) of Nigeria has dismissed all petitions challenging the victo …

Raging Grannies (2023-09-11). Thursday 9/14: Grannies Stand with Workers! Starbucks Palo Alto. indybay.org Starbucks | 2000 El Camino Real (x-street Stanford Ave) | Palo Alto 94306…

Working Families Party, partners (2023-09-11). Sunday 9/10: Show Solidarity w/ United Auto Workers Union Virtual Rally. indybay.org Virtual rally to support UAW: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event/578744/

WSWS (2023-09-11). Sri Lankan government moves to impose draconian media laws and Anti-Terrorism Bill. wsws.org When enacted, the main target of these repressive measures, will be workers, youth and the rural masses seeking a way to defeat Wickremesinghe's IMF-dictated austerity measures.

WSWS (2023-09-11). "Oppose the system designed to steal our wages": US Postal Service workers found rank-and-file committee. wsws.org The following the founding statement of the USPS Rank-and-File Committee, which was established in a meeting held September 3 to organize a fight against…

Derek Seidman (2023-09-10). Unionized Auto Workers Are Taking on a Three-Headed Behemoth of Big Capital. truthout.org We may be days away from the biggest U.S. auto worker strike in years. The contracts between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the "Big Three" automakers (Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis) expire on September 14. The agreements cover nearly 150,000 workers at the three corporations. So far, news reports indicate that the union and the auto giants remain far apart in negotiations. |

midwesternmarx (2023-09-10). Canadian foreign worker program a 'breeding ground' for slavery — UN expert By: RT. midwesternmarx.com ​The United Nations has called on Ottawa to guarantee the rights of tens of thousands of migrant workers who enter the country annually Migrant workers remove weeds surrounding strawberries plants at a farm in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on July 30, 2023 © Getty Images / Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images Canada's temporary foreign worker program, under which up to 60,000 people a …

WSWS (2023-09-10). Autoworkers speak out as UAW contract deadlines looms: "Everyone says they are ready to strike" | Updates on the Big Three autoworkers struggle. wsws.org "Many workers think the strike is going to happen," a Ford worker told the WSWS in advance of the contract expiration. "People are very angry. They are broke. They can't survive."

WSWS (2023-09-10). Communication Workers Union joins regulator Ofcom in review to end Royal Mail's six-day letter delivery service. wsws.org Any claim that the yes vote represented a popular endorsement of the sellout agreement has been refuted by the conduct of Communication Workers Union leaders Ward and Furey since, who have effectively gone to ground.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-09-11). Nigerian Trade Unions Stage Two-day Strike Amid Economic Crisis. globalresearch.ca

Adam H Johnson (2023-09-11). New At 6:30: Anti-Union Propaganda. levernews.com

Catherine Crockett (2023-09-11). Wednesday 10/25: A Conversation with Paul Hawken: An Evening of Hope. indybay.org Otter Student Union at CSU Monterey Bay. 3118 Inter-Garrison Rd, Seaside, CA, Building #552. | Map and Directions: csumb.edu/map/ | Parking Permits: pmb.csustan.edu/dailypermits/#!/

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-09-11). G20 and African Union (AU) Membership: Implications for Africa. globalresearch.ca

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-09-11). Biden Announces Deal Connecting Europe And West And South Asia. popularresistance.org US President Joe Biden announced a multinational rail and ports deal linking Europe, West Asia, and South Asia on 9 September at a gathering on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi. | The deal, known as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), comes as the White House seeks to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Russia and Iran's North-South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) by pitching Washington as an alternative partner and investor for developing countries. | A memorandum of understanding for the deal was signed by the European Union, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emi…

Staff (2023-09-11). Headlines for September 11, 2023. democracynow.org 6.8-Magnitude Quake Kills 2,500+ in Morocco as Rescuers Struggle to Reach Remote Areas, African Union Joins G20; U.S., EU, India Unveil Alternative to China's "Belt and Road", In Vietnam, Biden Denies Strengthening Ties with Vietnam Is an Effort to "Contain" China, Dutch Police Detain 2,400, Unleash Water Cannons on Massive Climate Protest, Activists Confront Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer over Climate Crisis Hypocrisy, Airstrike in Khartoum Kills 40+ Civilians Amid Ongoing Fighting Between Sudanese Army and RSF, At Least 4 Die as Fighting Resumes Between Rival Groups in Palestinian Ref…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-11). Presidente de Venezuela asiste a banco de los Brics en Shanghái. telesurtv.net El mandatario Maduro se entrevistó con la presidenta de la institución financiera y exjefa de Estado de Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, quien asumió el cargo desde marzo de 2023.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-09-11). Presidente venezolano dialoga con secretario del PCCh de Shanghái. telesurtv.net La entrevista se llevó a cabo en el marco de la visita histórica que el jefe de Estado de Venezuela efectúa por la nación asiática.

Andy Kroll (2023-09-10). A Global Maui Moment. tomdispatch.com From the earliest kingdoms to late last night, history has been the story not just of the rise of great powers but of their decline and fall. So, normally, there would be nothing particularly out of the ordinary about the aging America of Joe Biden and Donald Trump, a classic imperial power distinctly in decline and threatening to split into pieces. As it happens, though, there's something all too new about the twenty-first-century decline and fall of that other great power of the Cold War era — you know, not the Soviet Union. After all, the present downhill slide of this country is happening on a planet th…

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-09-10). Sanctions Failing: EU Imports More Russian Gas, China Beats US Tech War. popularresistance.org Western sanctions are backfiring: The European Union is now importing Russian liquified natural gas at record levels, and China has made high-tech breakthroughs despite US export restrictions. | Washington's and Brussels' economic warfare is, ironically, strengthening the economic sovereignty of Beijing and Moscow while blowing back on Europe. | The world is living through a new cold war: Cold War Two. And one of the main ways in which this war has been waged is through economic means. | Sanctions are the principal instrument of economic warfare. When they are imposed unilaterally by a country, without the suppor…

Ben Norton (2023-09-10). Western Sanctions Failing: EU Imports More Russian Gas, China Beats US Tech War. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Sep 6, 2023 | Western sanctions are backfiring: The European Union is now importing Russian liquified natural gas at record levels, and China has made high-tech breakthroughs despite US export restrictions. | Washington's and Brussels' economic warfare is, ironically, strengthening the economic sovereignty of Beijing and Moscow while blowing back on Europe. | The world is living through a new cold war: Cold War Two. And one of the main ways in which this war has been waged is through economic means. | Sanctions are the principal instrument of economic warfare. When they are imposed unilateral…

People's Health Dispatch. (2023-09-10). Activists Announce Campaign Against Effects Of Commodification Of Health. popularresistance.org In a joint effort to combat the growing marketization of health services in Europe, three organizations—the European Public Services Union (EPSU), the European Network Against Commercialization of Health and Social Protection, and the People's Health Movement (PHM) Europe—have announced a renewed regional campaign. The initiative was announced during a public meeting held on Thursday, September 7, aiming to bring health to the forefront of the European Union's (EU) agenda. | The coalition has expressed deep concern over the EU's prioritization of financial and fiscal matters, such as free competition…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Monash NTEU calls for pay rises, secure jobs. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-10). Monash NTEU calls for pay rises, secure jobs. greenleft.org.au

Karla Martin, Sebastian Link (2023-09-11). 50 years after the coup against Allende: Lessons from the Chilean revolutionary movement. liberationnews.org September 11, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Salvador Allende's overthrow in a CIA-backed coup that ushered in a blood-soaked fascist dictatorship.

Melissa Garriga, Tim Biondo, Peace, Planet News. (2023-09-11). The Pentagon Is The Elephant In The Climate Activist Room. popularresistance.org With nearly 10,000 people expected to take to the streets of New York City on September 17 for the March to End Fossil Fuels, the climate justice movement seems more organized than ever. But, there's a big elephant in the room, and it has the Pentagon written all over it. | The U.S. military is the world's largest institutional oil consumer. It causes more greenhouse gas emissions than 140 nations combined and accounts for about one-third of America's total fossil fuel consumption. The Department of Defense (DoD) also uses huge amounts of natural gas and coal, as well as nuclear power plants at its bases around t…

PACBI (2023-09-11). 'Pride Not Apartheid' — Activists Hold Symbolic Action During Netta Barzilai's Performance at EuroPride in Malta. bdsmovement.net

People's Dispatch. (2023-09-11). Manifiesta To Kick Off A New Political Year For The Left In Europe. popularresistance.org Left-wing forces in Belgium are unofficially kicking off a new political year as thousands of people pour into the coastal city of Ostend to participate in yet another edition of Manifiesta, the fest of solidarity, scheduled for the weekend of September 9-10. Launched for the first time in 2010, Manifiesta has evolved into a gathering of at least 15,000 people who convene not only for discussions and debates but also for bonding and evenings of music. | The festival provides passersby with a glimpse of the diversity of left-wing movements. The program is shaped to address pressing topics such as workplace rights…

Uhuru Solidarity Movement (2023-09-11). Monday 10/2: Oakland Day of Reparations to African People 2023: "No to FBI War on Black Liberation" indybay.org OakStop | 1721 Broadway | Oakland, CA 94612…

Editor (2023-09-10). Ukrainian Dissident Resists NATO's Proxy War. scheerpost.com By Max Blumenthal / YouTube Ukrainian journalist and exiled antiwar dissident Ruslan Kostaba has been jailed and brutally attacked for his years of opposition to his government's war in the Donbas, and his calls for peace with Russia. From exile, he speaks to The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal about the growing movement in Ukraine against escalating …

Fight Back (2023-09-10). Atlanta community groups protest RICO charges against Stop Cop City activists. fightbacknews.org Atlanta, GA – Community members gathered outside of the Georgia Supreme Court on the evening of September 8 to display their opposition to the extreme state repression that was brought upon activists in the movement to Stop Cop City. The crowd of 70 people chanted "Drop the charges now!" and "Cop City will never be built!". The protest was quickly put together by Community Movement Builders, the Weelaunee Coalition, and other supporting groups following the state RICO indictment earlier this week. | The indictment aims to shut down the Stop Cop City movement entirely, painting with broad strokes to criminalize l…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-10). Somali army kills 60 Al Shabab militants. plenglish.com Mogadishu, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The Somali Army on Sunday killed more than 60 members of the Islamist movement Al Shabab (The Youth, in Arabic) during actions in the Lower Shabelle region in south Somalia.

WSWS (2023-09-11). Zelensky government cracks down on conscription loopholes. wsws.org Amidst the failure of the counteroffensive and declarations by the US that it will fund the war for "as long as it takes," the Zelensky government is ramping up its attacks on draft dodgers and the Ukrainian working class as a whole.

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WSWS (2023-09-09). The ICFI's exposure of Ernest Mandel's "neo-capitalism" and the analysis of the global economic crisis: 1967—1971. wsws.org This lecture was delivered by Max Boddy, assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.

SAM (2023-09-09). The Tie That Truly Binds Grand Fortune and Great Talent. inequality.org

ecns.cn (2023-09-09). Special education provides love for children in Tibet. ecns.cn Nagqu City in Tibet Autonomous Region sits at an average altitude of more than 4,500 meters, with a sparse population and harsh natural environment. It is also the only city in Tibet Autonomous Region with two special education schools.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-09). Argentine candidate reiterated commitment to workers. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) I come to commit myself to the workers and to those who dream of a sovereign Argentina with autonomous decisions, said the presidential candidate of Unión por la Patria, Sergio Massa, today during an event in San Miguel de Tucumán. Accompanied by governors, deputies and leaders, the Minister of Economy promised members of social and union organizations to defend the national industry, education, retirement, scientific-technical development and the growth of all regions of the country.

TASS (2023-09-10). Over 2.1 million Moscow residents vote online to elect mayor. tass.com In-person and absentee voting will take place in the Russian capital and Moscow region for three days – September 8, 9 and 10…

Editor (2023-09-09). The twisted Israeli logic of murdering Palestinian children, and what can we do to stop it? mronline.org The problem for Palestinians is not just that of Israel's violence, but also the lack of international will to hold Israel accountable.

ELEL (2023-09-09). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Li RHW, Lo SST, Gemzell-Danielsson K, Fong CHY, Ho PC, Ng EHY. Oral emergency contraception with levonorgestrel plus piroxicam: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2023; published online Aug 16. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01240-0—In this Article, the ineligibility information in figure 1 has been updated. This correction has been made to the online version as of Sept 7, 2023, and the printed version will be correct.

ELEL (2023-09-09). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Lafayette R, Kristensen J, Stone A, et al. Efficacy and safety of a targeted-release formulation of budesonide in patients with primary IgA nephropathy (NefIgArd): 2-year results from a randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet 2023; 402: 859—70—In the Discussion of this Article, line 17 in paragraph 3 has been updated to "Among 175 patients with time-averaged UPCR of 0 ∑44—0 ∑88 g/g, approximately 30% developed kidney failure within 10 years, and among 215 patients with time-averaged UPCR below 0 ∑44 g/g, this rate was approximately 20%." This correction has been made to the online version a…

MomsRising (2023-09-09). Wednesday 9/13: Learn How to Bust Book Bans Virtual Training. indybay.org Online via Zoom: www.mobilize.us/momsrising/event/579576/ | Join from anywhere…

Oakland Privacy et al (2023-09-09). Wednesday 9/13: Let's Talk, Let's Learn Community Series: Shotspotter Gunshot Detection System. indybay.org Online via Zoom (Register: forms.gle/3ndS1aHkPnudEXSHA)…

Tes Welborn (2023-09-09). Thursday 9/14: District Elections – The Case for Them. indybay.org Please join us on Thursday, Septem ≠ber 14, at 7: 00 pm. This will be a hybrid meeting. | ‚Ä¢ Join us in person at Flywheel Coffee Roasters, 672 Stanyan Street (between Haight and Page) or join us online. Please note that seating is limited. | ‚Ä¢ To join the meeting online, copy this link: zoom.us/j/970019 85280?pwd=Nkx2UVFPSTRVWG VXUVZEbFRkb0xwQT09 | ‚Ä¢ Or, with the Zoom app: Meet ≠ing ID: 970 0198 5280 Passcode: 333544 | ‚Ä¢ Zoom also provides telephone numbers. These are NOT toll-free numbers. Check with your phone company before yo…

Sam Gindin (2023-09-09). A Missed Opportunity? A Closer Look at the Teamster-UPS Agreement. internationalviewpoint.org "The crisis in the labor movement is not primarily about union density but about the nature of unions today." | – | / |

Andreína Chávez Alava (2023-09-09). President Maduro Makes 'Historic' Visit to China to Reinforce Alliance. venezuelanalysis.com Maduro thanked China for support against US sanctions and said his visit would promote "the construction of a new world geopolitics."

Appalachians Against Pipelines, Popular Resistance. (2023-09-09). 'Rocking Chair Rebellion' Blocks Mountain Valley Pipieline Access. popularresistance.org Summers County, WV — Six pipeline fighters took action and put their bodies on the line today at Mountain Valley Pipeline's construction site at the Greenbrier River crossing. They made it clear they will not stand down while the world faces the imminent threat of environmental catastrophe. Four were part of the self-proclaimed "Rocking Chair Rebellion," a contingent of elder protesters in rocking chairs blocking an MVP access road, with their legs locked into concrete barrels. Two more locked themselves to the drill that MVP will use to drill under the river. Nearby, a rally of over a dozen people gathered…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-09). Syria approves new investments. plenglish.com Of these projects, two have entered the production phase and include a plant for processing, preserving and packaging fruits and vegetables, which offers 60 jobs, while the second is a complex for poultry breeding and meat production, and offers 17 opportunities. labor. | According to what was announced by the Council, 64 projects have been implemented so far under Investment Law number 18 of 2021, and they offer 5,149 jobs. | In May 2021, Syria passed a law that encourages establishing projects that contribute to the reconstruction of the country and the achievement of economic development. | The legislation enc…

Matt Scott, Nolan Huber-Rhoades, Lev Omelchenko, Atlanta Community Press Collective. (2023-09-09). Construction Work Stopped Briefly As Cop City Protesters Enter Site. popularresistance.org Thursday morning a group of Cop City activists invoked a "people's stop work order" and chained themselves to equipment at the construction site for the proposed Atlanta Safety Public Training Center, more commonly known as Cop City. | "This is a war happening against protesters," Ayeola Omolara Kaplan, one of the five activists arrested, said via written statement. "If we don't stand up for our right to protest now, standing up in the future will be vain. Cop City is in the process of being built, and this can only continue if we allow it." | Kaplan, a self-described Atlanta based revolutionary artist, was joine…

Caitlyn Clark, Labor Notes. (2023-09-09). Countering Dangerous Work At Amazon. popularresistance.org Amazon workers at the STL8 fulfillment center in St. Peters, Missouri, filed an OSHA complaint August 3 against the company for health and safety violations in their warehouse. The complaint claims that the company deliberately discourages workers from receiving medical care when they are injured. | Workers say that AMCARE, Amazon's in-house medical staff, repeatedly dismiss medical complaints and keep Amazon workers on the job despite sustaining sprains, torn ligaments, slipped discs, pinched nerves, and concussions. | Amazon employs more than 3,000 workers at STL8, northwest of St. Louis.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-09). Labor needs to step up support for Palestine, meeting hears. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-09). Socialists slam Queensland Labor for locking up children indefinitely. greenleft.org.au

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-09). ManiFiesta, a Solidarity festival in Ostend, Belgium. plenglish.com Ostend, Belgium, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) From 15 to 20 thousand people of all ages converged today for the first day of ManiFiesta in Ostend, Belgium, the Solidarity Festival organized by the Belgian Labor Party (PTB).

Karen Yamanaka (2023-09-09). North Korea's chronic food shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. internationalviewpoint.org The North Korean regime has faced a severely deteriorated economic situation due to international sanctions, floods, and the Covid-19 pandemic. In January 2020, the country blocked cross-border trade and expelled humanitarian workers and foreign diplomats facing the danger of the Covid-19 pandemic. The closure of the country delayed the arrival of the pandemic. However, as early as March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that a Covid-19 epidemic was developing in North Korea. Its strategy of sealing its external borders in January 2020 prevented essential supplies from entering the country, lead…

MEE, agencies (2023-09-09). Morocco earthquake: Race to find survivors as death toll tops 2,000. middleeasteye.net Morocco earthquake: Race to find survivors as death toll tops 2,000 | Over 2,000 people also injured, many critically, after devastating 6.8 magnitude quake hit late Friday night in a mountainous area southwest of Marrakech | Sat, 09/09/2023 – 20: 41 | Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, al-Haouz province, on 9 September 2023, after Morocco was…

Raging Grannies (2023-09-09). Thursday 9/14: Grannies Stand with Workers! Starbucks Palo Alto. indybay.org Starbucks | 2000 El Camino Real (x-street Stanford Ave) | Palo Alto 94306…

SEIU 1021 (2023-09-09). Thursday 9/14: Oakland: Solidarity Action Day w/ Starbucks Workers Unionizing. indybay.org Lakeshore Starbucks | 3347 Lakeshore Avenue | Oakland, CA 94610 | United States…

Working Families Party, partners (2023-09-09). Sunday 9/10: Show Solidarity w/ United Auto Workers Union Virtual Rally. indybay.org Virtual rally to support UAW: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event/578744/

WSWS (2023-09-09). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE holds memorial meeting in Jaffna to honour Wije Dias. wsws.org About 50 people, including workers, farmers, fishermen, youth and students attended the Weerasingham Hall meeting in Jaffna…

WSWS (2023-09-09). Russia strengthens ties with African military juntas calling to expel French troops. wsws.org Bitter historical experience, including the 1987 toppling of pro-Soviet Burkinabè president Thomas Sankara, shows African workers cannot rely on military alliances with Moscow to oppose imperialism.

WSWS (2023-09-09). Kaiser healthcare workers must prepare for their fight: Study betrayal of 2019. wsws.org In order to prevent another sellout, the experiences of 2019, as well as other betrayals by the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and Alliance of Health Care Unions, must be studied.

Yasir Alshareefy (2023-09-09). Correspondence] The promise of peace talks for Yemen's health-care system. thelancet.com The possibility of peace in Yemen presents a glimmer of hope for the country's beleaguered health-care system, which has been gravely impacted by years of conflict that first began in 2014. Hospitals and clinics have been destroyed, medical supplies and equipment are scarce, and health-care workers are struggling to provide care during the violence.1 In addition to the collapsed health-care system, Yemen is in the middle of a famine that has resulted in one of the highest current rates of child malnutrition globally.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-09-10). Gobierno de India da la bienvenida a la Unión Africana al G20. telesurtv.net "Me gustaría dar la bienvenida al presidente de la Unión Africana como miembro oficial del G20", dijo Modi en la apertura de la cumbre.

Catherine Crockett (2023-09-09). Wednesday 10/25: A Conversation with Paul Hawken: An Evening of Hope. indybay.org Otter Student Union at CSU Monterey Bay. 3118 Inter-Garrison Rd, Seaside, CA, Building #552. | Map and Directions: csumb.edu/map/ | Parking Permits: pmb.csustan.edu/dailypermits/#!/

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-09). Argentine president celebrated the incorporation of the UA to the G20. plenglish.com New Delhi, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) The Argentine president, Alberto Fernández, celebrated today in India the incorporation of the African Union (AU) to the G20 and expressed his wishes that the same thing happen with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-09). Summary of a busy day at G20 Summit in India. plenglish.com New Delhi, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) The African Union as a full member of the Group of Twenty (G20) and the approval of the Delhi Declaration stood out today in a busy first day of the bloc's Summit in the Indian capital.

People's Dispatch. (2023-09-09). G20 Summit Set To Begin In New Delhi; Faultlines Among Members Widen. popularresistance.org The 18th G20 summit is set to open in the Indian capital New Delhi on Saturday, September 9. The two-day summit of the grouping would be the first to be held in India and is being keenly watched due to disagreements among member states on several economic and geopolitical issues. | The G20 consists of some of the world's 20 largest economies, including 19 countries and the European Union (EU). Apart from the members, 11 more countries have been invited as guests, including Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, and the UAE. The meeting will also be attended by representatives of different international organizations —…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-09). Modi Announces Inclusion of African Union to G20 as Permanent Member. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the inclusion of the African Union to the G20 as a permanent member during the first session of the G20 leaders' summit in New Delhi.

TASS (2023-09-09). Developing Russia-North Korea ties in line with ensuring regional security — Putin. tass.com Putin also pointed out that the Soviet Union was the first to recognize the new sovereign state…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-09-09). Presidente de Venezuela se reúne con secretario general del PCCh en Shenzhen. telesurtv.net La entrevista "permitió intercambiar experiencias en el área política, así como también fortalecer los lazos de integración y respeto mutuo".

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-09-09). Gobierno de India da la bienvenida a la Unión Africana al G20. telesurtv.net "Me gustaría dar la bienvenida al presidente de la Unión Africana como miembro oficial del G20", dijo Modi en la apertura de la cumbre.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-09). African Union becomes a full member of the G20. plenglish.com New Delhi, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the Summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) with the announcement of the inclusion of the African Union as a full member of the bloc.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-09). Monash NTEU calls for pay rises, secure jobs. greenleft.org.au

Yumna Khabir (2023-09-09). Correspondence] Pakistan's economic and health crisis: calls for urgent action. thelancet.com Pakistan is experiencing one of the worst inflation rates in its history. The response by the outgoing Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif's Government to the International Monetary Fund's (IMFs) conditions, including the devaluation of the Pakistani rupee and increases in fuel prices, has exacerbated the situation. Those on low incomes have been hit the hardest by economic difficulties, with many experiencing job losses and reduced earnings. As a result, they have had to cut back on the amount and quality of food they can afford, seek out less expensive transportation options, and work multiple jobs to make ends meet.

Becky Brown (2023-09-09). Report from the Fourth International's Revolutionary Youth Camp. internationalviewpoint.org This summer, younger comrades met to foster international solidarity across the socialist movement. | – | / |

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-09). Presented a book on Cuban insurrectional process. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) The book ®Revolutionary Directory and the July 26 Movement, Labyrinths of unity in insurgent Cuba ®, by researcher and Doctor of Historical Sciences Frank Josué Solar, was presented today in this capital.

Uhuru Solidarity Movement (2023-09-09). Monday 10/2: Oakland Day of Reparations to African People 2023: "No to FBI War on Black Liberation" indybay.org OakStop | 1721 Broadway | Oakland, CA 94612…

Mark Keenan (2023-09-09). 1500 Scientists Say "Climate Change Not Due to CO2" — The Real Environment Movement Was Hijacked. globalresearch.ca

TASS (2023-09-10). G20 leaders call for greater role of developing nations in financial institutions. tass.com The G20 is also reportedly working to improve the effectiveness of and ease of access to multilateral development banks…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-09-09). Help Support Anti-Authoritarian Efforts In Solidarity with Migrants in Chicago. itsgoingdown.org Announcing solidarity efforts in so-called Chicago to support migrants "becoming co-organizers within anti-oppression frameworks." We are a small group of Brown and Indigenous anti-authoritarians working with Tenants United in "Chicago" to support global south migrants who've been entering Chicago in rising numbers. The manufactured scarcity, statecraft, ruling class depredations, and arbitrary borders are turning Chicago…

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-09-09). Congressman Jamaal Bowman And Black Misleadership. popularresistance.org Everyone knows what it means to mislead. The simplicity of the word gives it a lot of power. Black elected officials are beholden to the Democratic Party and their corporate, neo-liberal and imperialist interests. Working in concert with them is by definition working against the interests of Black people. | Of course the misleaders can't be obvious about their subterfuge. They have to at least go through the motions of opposing the Republican Party, the white people's party, and anyone who is seen as a prominent representative of that group. Performance is the order of the day, while any concrete actions made on…

WSWS (2023-09-09). One month after deadly wildfires in Maui, public anger grows over government response. wsws.org With hundreds still missing and Lahaina in ruins, government and media officials are working to coverup of the scale of the disaster.

WSWS (2023-09-09). Scholz's "Germany Pact": A war alliance against the population. wsws.org The budget, which is currently being discussed in the Bundestag, is a declaration of war on the working population. It contains massive cuts and aims to launch the largest rearmament offensive since the end of World War II.

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