2024-10-15: News Headlines

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-10-15). El municipio, actor clave para el desarrollo en el ámbito local. radiohc.cu La Habana, 15 oct (RHC) La importancia de la reunión de rendición de cuenta del delegado a sus electores, como espacio ideal para seguir construyendo nuestro socialismo desde el barrio, fue ratificada por el miembro del Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido y presidente del Parlamento, Esteban Lazo Hernández.

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-15). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

Jason Hickel (2024-10-15). Jason Hickel explains why a liberated Palestine threatens global capitalism. indybay.org 'A liberated Palestine means a liberated Middle East. A liberated Middle East means capitalism really faces a crisis[…] & they're unleashing the full violence of their extraordinary power to ensure it doesn't.' | Video: 6m 14s at www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dBy4-6pn1M

Michael Roberts (2024-10-15). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

WSWS (2024-10-14). Sri Lankan SEP to hold first public election meeting in Colombo. wsws.org The SEP's election intervention aims to build an independent political movement of the working class based on international socialism against world war, austerity and dictatorship.

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2024-10-14: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-10-14). Sri Lankan SEP to hold first public election meeting in Colombo. wsws.org The SEP's election intervention aims to build an independent political movement of the working class based on international socialism against world war, austerity and dictatorship.

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-14). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

thecommunists (2024-10-14). Joti Brar: Whose side are the British communists on? thecommunists.org Watch this interview in Russian on YouTube. ***** In this interview for a Russian Marxist YouTube channel, Comrade Joti Brar explains our party's viewpoint on why we do not consider China or Russia to be imperialist powers and what we see as the main goal of the foreign policy of both countries. She and her …

Agence France-Presse (2024-10-14). UN urges Middle East ceasefires to avert 'major regional war' with 'global implications'. scmp.com An unprecedented 123 million people are already displaced by conflicts, persecution, poverty and climate change, says refugee agency chief.

Michael Roberts (2024-10-14). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

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2024-10-13: News Headlines

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-13). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

Michael Roberts (2024-10-13). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-10-13). Video: The 2020 Economic Crisis: Global Poverty, Unemployment, Despair. Prof. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca Author's Note | This video was published on July 1, 2020 in the immediate wake of the March 2020 Lockdown imposed on 190+ member states of the United Nations. | It was act of economic warfare. | A war against humanity. It's intent …

The Independent (2024-10-13). Rethinking Foreign Funding for Africa. independent.co.ug African countries' large and growing debt burdens have become a major obstacle to poverty reduction COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | How long can the complacent West continue to ignore Africa's sovereign-debt crisis? As African countries grapple with unsustainable debt burdens, restructuring negotiations with Western governments and multilateral institutions such as the International Monetary Fund have …

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2024-10-07: News Headlines

Korkut Boratav (2024-10-07). The Meaning of Marx in 21st Century Capitalism. counterpunch.org Two well-known economists from Turkey, Ahmet Tonak and Sungar Savran, have brought together a selection of their papers and essays presented as Chapters in their book, In the Tracks of Marx's Capital (Palmgrave). The authors are prominent representatives of contemporary Marxist social science in Turkey. These are papers on Marxist political economy. The scope is

Editor (2024-10-06). 100% Tariffs on China's EVs: Is this Canada's "Just Transition"? socialistproject.ca The Liberal government recently imposed a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs). What's at stake in this move? Is this simply another attempt to cozy up to America's new cold war against China? Is it an attempt to gain support from autoworkers in the leadup to the next federal election? EVs may not be the only answer to the climate catastrophe we face today, but are they part of the solution? Panelists discuss Canada-China relations and the environment. | Sam Gindin is co-author (with the late Leo Panitch) of The Making of Global Capitalism (Verso) and the former research d…

A A (2024-10-06). NATO further shackles 75 year-old Communist China in its spider webs of island chains. strategic-culture.su

Pablo Meriguet (2024-10-06). López Obrador and the Fourth Transformation. peoplesdispatch.org This piece is part three in a series about former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) who finished his term in office on September 30, 2024. AMLO made history by leaving office with a record 80% approval rating largely attributed to his efforts of poverty reduction and wealth redistribution.

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2024-10-06: News Headlines

Editor (2024-10-06). 100% Tariffs on China's EVs: Is this Canada's "Just Transition"? socialistproject.ca The Liberal government recently imposed a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs). What's at stake in this move? Is this simply another attempt to cozy up to America's new cold war against China? Is it an attempt to gain support from autoworkers in the leadup to the next federal election? EVs may not be the only answer to the climate catastrophe we face today, but are they part of the solution? Panelists discuss Canada-China relations and the environment. | Sam Gindin is co-author (with the late Leo Panitch) of The Making of Global Capitalism (Verso) and the former research d…

A a (2024-10-06). NATO further shackles 75 year-old Communist China in its spider webs of island chains. strategic-culture.su

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2024-10-03: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-10-03). Fighting against war means fighting capitalism! wsws.org Never before has the threat of nuclear annihilation been as great as it is today. It is high time to stop the unbridled escalation of the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine by the NATO powers.

Colin Todhunter (2024-10-03). What Was COVID Really About? Triggering a Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping Up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-10-03). Cubans recall creation of the Communist Party's Central Committee. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Cubans recall the creation, 59 years ago, of the first Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), an event that consolidated the ideological and organizational unity, vanguard of the Revolution.

Zo HaDerekh (2024-10-03). Communist lawmakers in Israel demand end to bloodshed in Gaza and Lebanon. peoplesworld.org TEL AVIV—The assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, who led Lebanese Hezbollah movement for more than three decades, will not bring peace or security for Israel. That's the warning being given by lawmakers from the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) coalition. The Israeli army announced Nasrallah's killing on Saturday morning, Sep. 28, which immediately prompted …

Eric Brooks (2024-10-03). Posobiec's "Unhumans": a fascist rewriting of history. cpusa.org A new book came to our attention recently, first because our Party's logo is on the cover, alongside an image denoting the Black liberation struggle, and second because it was endorsed by Ohio's junior Senator JD Vance, now a Vice Presidential candidate. Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them) was written by Jack Posobiec, alt-right One America News Network grifter known for his promulgation of the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory and his close ties to white supremacist and antisemitic forces. His co-author is Joshua Lisec, a ghostwriter from Dayton Ohio. The book was publish…

Pablo Meriguet (2024-10-03). AMLO and his eternal struggle to refound Mexico. peoplesdispatch.org This piece is part two in a series about former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) who finished his term in office on September 30, 2024. AMLO made history by leaving office with a record 80% approval rating largely attributed to his efforts of poverty reduction and wealth redistribution. After the defeat…

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead (2024-10-03). Reversing two-child limit would be 'cost-effective' way to pull 540,000 children out of poverty, says IFS. leftfootforward.org 'The recent rise in measured child poverty is entirely driven by higher rates of poverty among families with three or more children. Scrapping the two-child limit would be a cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.'

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2024-09-30: News Headlines

Hank Pellissier (2024-09-30). Party for Socialism & Liberation (PSL) presents Hugo Chavez documentary. indybay.org Film of failed coup attempt against Hugo Chavez is presented by PSL…

Mansa Musa (2024-09-30). 'I Am Maroon': The life of Black Panther Russell 'Maroon' Shoatz. therealnews.com For nearly half a century, Russell 'Maroon' Shoatz was a political prisoner of the United States. Prior to his incarceration, Shoatz fought against US capitalism and imperialism as a member of the Black Panther Party, and then as a soldier of the Black Liberation Army. Due to his two successful escapes from prison and organizing behind bars, Shoatz spent two decades in solitary confinement. Despite this brutal repression, Shoatz continued to struggle for liberation, leaving behind a trove of political writings that continue to inspire revolutionaries to this day. Shoatz's children, Russell Shoatz III and Sh…

Editor (2024-09-30). Remembering Fredric Jameson, 1934-2024. mronline.org In Fredric Jameson, who died on Sunday at the age of 90, we have lost probably the most creative Marxist thinker of our time.

aljazeera (2024-09-30). What is the legacy of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador? aljazeera.com Mexico's outgoing leader enjoys record popularity after slashing poverty, but divisive reforms have drawn outrage.

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2024-09-29: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2024-09-29). Xi: CPC leads Chinese nation in creating two miracles over past 75 years. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday that over the past 75 years the Communist Party of China (CPC) has led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in creating the twin miracles of rapid economic growth and long-term social stability.

ecns.cn (2024-09-29). Xi chairs CPC leadership meeting to analyze economic situation, arrange for economic work. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Thursday to analyze and study the current economic situation and make further arrangements for economic work.

ecns.cn (2024-09-29). Xi says great times call for heroes. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said great times call for heroes and foster heroes. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a ceremony conferring the country's highest state honors ahead of the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

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