2024-10-21: News Headlines

thecommunists (2024-10-21). The Bolivarian Revolution: 25 years fighting imperialism. thecommunists.org Twenty-five years have passed since Hugo Chávez initiated Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution in February 1999. Twenty-five years of PSUV (United Socialist party) governments working to improve the economic, social and cultural conditions of the masses. Twenty-five years of participatory democracy; of empowering people to transform society on the road to socialism. Twenty-five years during which the …

Natalia Marques (2024-10-21). "A third party option takes away consent from the ruling class" – Claudia De la Cruz. indybay.org Why are the most progressive Democrats so committed to war and genocide? Because ultimately, regardless of whether they are Democrats or Republicans, their commitment is to US capitalism and their commitment is to the US empire. That's the project that Democrats, Republicans, the ruling class of this country and the colonial state of Israel defend. | They are going to be perfectly okay signing off on bills to continue a genocide, because ultimately, it's [about] the protection of capital, US empire, and colonialism, not the people. They could care less about the people.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2024-10-21). Why Are Young Working-Class Men More 'Conservative'? counterpunch.org It has been a safe assumption for generations that young people tend to be more liberal than their elders. However, in today's United States, some of the conventional wisdom around age and ideology is being upended. Young women are moving farther to the left than expected while their male peers are disturbingly tending toward conservatism, even in comparison to older men. The reasons behind this cleaving, broadly speaking, stem from the twilight of patriarchy and the failure of capitalism.

WSWS (2024-10-21). IMF runs into deepening debt crisis and contradictions of global capitalism. wsws.org In a curtain raiser address in advance of the IMF-World Bank meeting this week the IMF chief drew attention to rising levels of government debt.

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-21). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

WorkWeek (2024-10-21). WorkWeek On UCSF Health Workers For Palestine, SFSU Palestine Action, UAL Mechanics & AFA. indybay.org WorkWeek On UCSF Health Workers For Palestine, SFSU Palestine Action , UAL Mechanics & Flight Attendants, Lessons Of Bhopal, Extraction Industries & Capitalism With Kakoli Matri…

ecns.cn (2024-10-21). Xi urges strategic missile troops to enhance capabilities. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, learns about the history of a brigade, on Oct.17, 2024. Xi inspected a brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2024-10-20). Xi urges strategic missile troops to enhance capabilities. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, learns about the history of a brigade, on Oct.17, 2024. Xi inspected a brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force on Thursday.

WSWS (2024-10-21). US postal workers outraged after poverty contract announced for city letter carriers. wsws.org The deal contains pathetic 1.3 percent annual wage increases, in addition to substandard cost of living adjustments, continued hyper-exploitation and surveillance, and the continuation of a vast restructuring program aimed at privatizing USPS.

Michael Roberts (2024-10-21). Measuring global poverty. cadtm.org

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