(2022-09-17). Is Progress Obsolete? The United States Is Now an 'Un-Developing' Country. commondreams.org The rankings include the absence of poverty and hunger, good health and education, gender equality, clean air and water, and reduced inequality.
(2022-09-17). It's Time to Call it What It Is: A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis. zcomm.org We must make ourselves useful to the movements around us that are already taking the biggest risks and doing the hardest work…
(2022-09-16). Ridiculous Right-Wing Grifters Cash In Posing As 'Patriotic Socialists'. popularresistance.org MAGA 'Communism'? Ben Norton and Danny Haiphong discuss the absurd concepts of MAGA "communism" and "patriotic socialism" in the imperialist US. Pro-Trump opportunists are posing as leftists to recruit the right – and make lots of money.
(2022-09-16). Hiding in Plain Sight: The Capture of South African 'Independent' Media by the U.S. State and Big Capital. towardfreedom.org It is time we knew who the masters of South African media really are, write Phillip Dexter and Roscoe Palm of Pan-African Institute for Socialism.
(2022-09-16). Queen's Funeral Shuts Food Banks Amid Cost of Living Crisis. scheerpost.com 
Elizabeth II's coffin leaves Holyrood Palace. Taras Young, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / The Queen's funeral will shut down food banks and other cost of living services while the country grapples with its worst poverty crisis in decades. | Critics say millions at risk…
(2022-09-16). UN Decries High Child Labor Rates in Africa Amid Rising Poverty. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the International Labour Organization (ILO) decried the high child labor rates in Africa amid the rising poverty. | RELATED: | ILO Country Director for Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda Wellington Chibebe told journalists in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, that Africa accounts for about 92 million out of 160 million child laborers in the world. | "Africa stands out as the region with the highest p…
(2022-09-16). It's Time to Call It What It Is—A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis. commondreams.org Capitalism as an economic system requires constant growth, constant profit, and endless extraction in order to achieve profit.