2022-01-10: News Headlines

Prabir Purkayastha (2022-01-10). Holmes verdict: In the US, it is fine to lie to consumers, but not investors. peoplesdispatch.org Hyper-capitalism has systematically weakened regulations to help capital at the cost of consumers. The verdict on Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos simply illustrates the growing post-90s disregard for consumers…

Zach Farber (2022-01-09). San Diego nurses, supporters mobilize for universal healthcare. liberationnews.org The California Nurses Association and National Nurses United organized a statewide day of action in support of single-payer healthcare legislation, Assembly Bill 1400 on Jan. 8. They were joined in San Diego by dozens of nurses, community members and organizations such as the Democratic Socialists of America San Diego, Activist San Diego, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the San Diego Peace and Freedom Party.

Editor (2022-01-09). Lee Camp: The Dark Secret History of Capitalism. scheerpost.com In this history lesson Camp takes you back to the feudal system, to the creation of corporations and currency, to the modern system that's destroying the lives of the poor today. The ruling class don't even try to hide the inhumanity that keeps the system running anymore now that it has become almost impossible to ignore. This leaves it up to popular movements to end the capitalist system and create something new. | Click

Thomas Klikauer (2022-01-09). Automation & (no) Future for Humanity. zcomm.org Capitalism's frequent crisis, outsourcing, off-shoring, and the persistence of automation will continue to force many workers out of manufacturing (first) and the service industry (soon)…

Bruce Lerro (2022-01-09). Building Bridges from Pierre Janet to Lev Vygotsky: Transitions to Communist Psychology. dissidentvoice.org Orientation In his time, the late 19th to mid-20th century, Pierre Janet was considered a great psychologist and rival to Freud. But in Yankeedom he is barely known today. I bring him up in this article, not only because his ideas are worthy of being known, but because in many ways his was a precursor …

_____ (2022-01-09). Inaction On Tax Credit Condemns Millions Of Children To Poverty. popularresistance.org Working-class families are faced with an extra burden as the new year begins — the expiration of the expanded child tax credit. The expansion provided support for families struggling during the pandemic by changing some key factors of the already existing credit. Namely, the expansion increased the annual amount per child from $2,000 to between $3,000 and $3,600, it paid the credit in monthly installments rather than in one lump sum, and it expanded the full benefits of the credit to families who previously had been ruled ineligible due to their income being too low. | On the same day that the CTC expansion…

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