(2022-09-09). An indictment of modern capitalism — a WW editorial. workers.org 
Just imagine if the Joe Biden administration and Congress had agreed to spend $54 billion to advance health care in the U.S. as COVID-19 variants continued to claim more lives. Instead of life expectancy dropping for the second year in a row, more lives would have been saved. That $54 . . . |
(2022-09-09). Economic war instead of climate policy & Russia as enemy. indybay.org Sustainability and capitalism do not go together. Because capitalism needs growth and drives environmental destruction. The consequences: Species extinction, drought stress for trees, water scarcity. A consistent climate policy would have to get down to the nitty-gritty, but at present it is overshadowed by the economic war.
(2022-09-09). Saturday 9/10: Housing: Commodity or Human Right? indybay.org
(2022-09-09). Australia: Thousands of early childcare educators protest poverty-level conditions. wsws.org The poverty-level conditions faced by EC educators are the product of the privatisation of childcare services, implemented and overseen by both Labor and Liberal-National governments over decades.
(2022-09-09). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…
(2022-09-08). Xi Jinping stresses mobilizing national resources for core technology breakthroughs in key fields. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, president of the People's Republic of China, chairman of the Central Military Commission and head of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, presided over the commission's 27th meeting on Tuesday afternoon.
(2022-09-08). The Unity Imperative: Lessons for Building the Anti-Fascist Alliance. libya360.wordpress.com Joe Sims Members of the Communist Party USA and Young Communist League proceed along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the Poor People's Campaign's Moral March, June 18, 2022. | Jose Luis Magana / AP The call for unity resonates across a wide swath of today's democratic and social movements. Attend any demonstration and you're likely…
(2022-09-08). Labor Day rally demands recognition of Amazon and Starbucks unions. liberationnews.org 
On Sept. 5, hundreds of workers and organizers gathered in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City for a Labor Day March for Recognition rally. Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and Starbucks Workers United (SWU) organized the action to demand recognition of their respective unions and show support for labor struggles across the city. They were joined in solidarity by workers from Google's Alphabet Workers' Union, the Trader Joe's Union, the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), and members from the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
(2022-09-08). East and Horn of Africa Epicenter of Forced Migration – IOM. telesurenglish.net 13.2 million people were forcibly displaced in the East and Horn of Africa last year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). | Conflict, insecurity, climate stress, poverty, unemployment and pandemic-related shocks fuel the forced migration of vulnerable populations, namely women, children and youth, according to IOM report. Sep. 8, 2022.
(2022-09-08). 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.
(2022-09-08). Marxist IQ: Dismantling imperialism. cpusa.org 
The CPUSA is sponsoring an international conference this weekend on the topic of dismantling imperialism in the 21st century. This quiz is dedicated to the goals of that conference. 1. Empires have existed for thousands of years, but it was the rise of capitalism that led nations to a. face for the first time …
(2022-09-08). RMT, Unite and GMB unions denounce North Sea oil and gas rig wildcat strikes. wsws.org Those taking unofficial action are rebelling against the union/management collusion that is plunging them into poverty.