____ (2022-09-29). Xi to attend Martyrs' Day event, present flowers to fallen national heroes. ecns.cn Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China and the state will join representatives from all walks of life in presenting flowers to fallen national heroes on Friday morning in Tian'anmen Square.

WSWS (2022-09-29). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting discusses a socialist program to fight state repression. wsws.org Speakers explained that the fight against state repression, and for the release of all political prisoners, had to be based on mobilising the working class against capitalism.

____ (2022-09-29). Winding roads benefit locals in Guizhou. ecns.cn A web of roads connecting settlements scattered in Guizhou's mountain area has been built and played an indispensable role in poverty eradication.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-09-29). Saturday 10/8: The California Propositions Demystified. indybay.org

Vashna Jagarnath (2022-09-29). The electricity crisis in South Africa continues to brew. greenleft.org.au Along with widespread food insecurity, South Africans also experience "energy poverty", making it difficult for them to cover other costs such as food, rent, and clothing, reports Vashna Jagarnath.

Editor (2022-09-28). Imperialism and Capitalism Are 'Bleeding the World Dry': At UN, Nicaragua Calls for Global Rebellion. scheerpost.com By Ben Norton / Nicaragua's Sandinista government used its platform at the "It is time to say enough to the hypocritical imperialism that politicizes, falsifies, and denigrates human rights, that they themselves…

Peter Certo (2022-09-28). In OtherWords: September 28, 2022. otherwords.org This week in OtherWords, Shailly Gupta Barnes explains the remarkable drop in U.S. poverty last year. | It's no miracle, she writes — it's the result of the federal government finally implementing common sense anti-poverty programs at scale. But with many of those programs winding down or already expired, she warns, poor people and their allies will have to pull together in the midterm elections to sustain this remarkable progress. | Also this week, Paul Armentano calls on leading Democrats to live up to their promises to reform U.S. marijuana laws, which he argues is good politics and even better policy. A…

Liberation Staff (2022-09-28). NEW BOOK: Socialist Reconstruction, A Better Future for the United States. liberationnews.org Liberation Media and the Party for Socialism and Liberation are proud to announce a new book that is currently available for pre-order: Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future for the United States.

Peter Certo (2022-09-28). Poor People Will Be Voting for Their Lives in the Midterms. ips-dc.org New poverty data reveals the effectiveness of pandemic aid programs that are now expired. Foor poor Americans, building on that success is a matter of life and death.

_____ (2022-09-28). Imperialism And Capitalism Are 'Bleeding The World Dry'. popularresistance.org Nicaragua's Sandinista government used its platform at the United Nations General Assembly to call for a global rebellion against the "imperialist and capitalist system" that is "bleeding the world dry." | "It is time to say enough to the hypocritical imperialism that politicizes, falsifies, and denigrates human rights, that they themselves violate and deny every day," declared Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada. | "Imperialism and its coercive actions are anti-life, in all spheres, and because of this, they are contrary to international law," he added. In his September 26 UN speech, Moncada proclaimed, "A…

Shailly Gupta Barnes (2022-09-28). Thanks to public programs, 20 million fewer Americans were poor in 2021. peoplesworld.org The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that poverty dropped notably in 2021. Amid a pandemic and widespread economic pain, this is a significant accomplishment. There are three lessons here—about government programs, about how we measure poverty, and about how far we have left to go. First, these numbers show that government programs work. After Social Security, refundable tax credits …

____ (2022-09-28). Xi Jinping visits exhibition themed "Forging Ahead in the New Era," stresses vigorousness, resoluteness and solidarity in striving for new success of socialism with Chinese characteristics. ecns.cn Xi Jinping visited an exhibition themed "Forging Ahead in the New Era" at Beijing Exhibition Center on September 27.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-27). Haiti: Anti-Government Protests in Enter Sixth Week. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Since August 22, Haitians have been mobilizing against poverty, inflation, shortage of fuel, gang-related violence, and the devaluation of the national currency. (Photo: Radyo Rezistans/Facebook) Since August 22, Haitians have been mobilizing against poverty, food insecurity, soaring inflation, fuel shortages, and widespread kidnappings and killings Thousands hit the streets in Haiti once again…

Deweylaura (2022-09-27). Our best chance for peace is worldwide working-class unity. cpusa.org These remarks were delivered by CPUSA Co-Chair Rossana Cambron at the opening of the CPUSA International Conference 2022: Dismantling Imperialism in the 21st Century, September 11—12. Good morning, Comrades, Lenin once said, "Capital is an international force. To vanquish it, an international workers' alliance, an international workers brotherhood, is needed." As Marx and Engels …