2022-09-03: News Headlines

In Modesto (2022-09-03). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.

Luana Alves (2022-09-03). Video: Brazil elections – Bolsonaro, Lula and the radical left: An interview with Luana Alves (PSOL/MES). greenleft.org.au Sà£o Paulo councillor Luana Alves from Brazil's Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) speaks to James Wyner and Federico Fuentes about the coming elections in Brazil.

WSWS (2022-09-03). Pennsylvania nursing home workers launch strike against poverty pay, low staffing. wsws.org Nurses and health care workers are striking against terrible overwork conditions, with a single nursing assistant (CNA) sometimes caring for as many as 30 long-term patients at a time.

Walden Bello (2022-09-02). Gorbachev Rode the Tiger and Ended Up Inside It. commondreams.org The late Soviet leader ended the Cold War, but his botched reforms opened the way to Russia's modern crony capitalism.

Ann Brown (2022-09-02). Black America Responds To Jay-Z's Defense Of American Capitalism In 'God Did' Lyrics. moguldom.com Some people are praising the four-minute verse Jay-Z dropped on of DJ Khaled's latest single, "God Did." Most are surprised he did it in one take. Some have latched onto the lyrics, which are getting both applause and thumbs down. The single also features Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, JAY-Z, John Legend. On his "God Did" verse, …

Deweylaura (2022-09-02). A Marxist IQ for Labor Day. cpusa.org This Labor Day comes in the midst of multiple crises facing working people in the U.S. This Marxist IQ looks at the history of Labor Day and its meaning. 1. The labor movement considers Peter McGuire, a late 19th-century trade unionist, to be the most important leader of the movement to establish Labor Day …

Chuck Idelson (2022-09-02). Behind the Rise in Union Support—And the Challenge Ahead. commondreams.org The inequities leading to the current moment largely derive from the policies of neoliberalism, a model of unfettered capitalism.

_____ (2022-09-02). Capitalism Created The Climate Catastrophe. popularresistance.org In November 2022, most member states of the United Nations (UN) will gather in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh for the annual UN Climate Change Conference. This is the 27th conference of the parties to assess the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, commonly referred to as COP 27. The international environmental treaty was established in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, with the first conference held in Berlin in 1995; the agreements were extended in the Kyoto Protocol of 2005 and supplemented by the Paris Agreement of 2015. No more needs to be said of the climate catastrophe, which threatens mass specie…

Fight Back (2022-09-01). Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany celebrates 40th anniversary. fightbacknews.org Gelsenkirchen, Germany – The Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weekend of celebration from August 25-28. Among the 1500 who attended were party members from across Germany, their families, residents of the local community, and international guests representing revolutionary parties and organizations from 31 countries across five continents. Andy Koch, the National Organizer of Freedom Road Socialist Organization attended the celebration. | The climax of the weekend on Saturday, August 27, was the unveiling of a new statue of German revolutionary thinker Karl Marx, whi…

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