Daily Archives: September 29, 2022

2022-09-29: News Headlines

Max Blumenthal (2022-09-29). EU parliamentarian calls to sanction Vanessa Beeley and all observers of Donbass referendums. thegrayzone.com MEP Nathalie Louiseau of France is lobbying for individual sanctions on all observers of the Russian-organized referendums in the Donbass region. She has singled out journalist Vanessa Beeley not only for her coverage of the vote, but for her reporting on the foreign-back war against Syria's government. A French Member of European Parliament (MEP), Natalie Louiseau, has delivered a letter to EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs, Joseph Borrell, demanding the European Union place personal sanctions on all international observers …

WSWS (2022-09-29). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold online public meeting against nuclear war. wsws.org The online public meeting "Build an international working class movement to stop nuclear war danger" will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 16.

Workers World Party (2022-09-29). PDF of September 29 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. Inclusive, expansive, revolutionary New Family Code approved by Cubans 2-to-1 Battling billionaire developers Saladin Muhammad remembered Editorial: U.S. hypocrisy and Iran Labor on the march At Philly's Home Depot California farmworkers Teamster women rally at Amazon HQ U.S. proxy war Western capital grabs Ukraine's farms Antiwar movement . . . |

Infobrics (2022-09-29). Indo-Russian Trade Up 120% This Year So Far. infobrics.org According to Ushakov, the two nations are currently working on bilateral measures to expand the use of national currencies, the ruble and the rupee, in mutual settlements…

A Guest Author (2022-09-29). Say NO to U.S. wars! Oct. 15-22 actions. workers.org The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) is organizing for protests the week of Oct. 15-22 in this call posted at unac.peace.org. Back to the streets! Say NO to U.S. wars! Stop Washington's war moves toward Russia and China. Stop endless wars: Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Palestine, everywhere. Join us in protest . . . |

____ (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.

____ (2022-09-29). Reset in bilateral ties seen benefiting all. ecns.cn Putting China-U.S. relations back on the track of healthy and stable development at an early date serves the fundamental interests of the two peoples and meets the expectations of the international community.

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.

Scorinoco (2022-09-29). Venezuela and Colombia Are Taking Firm Steps to Restore Cooperation, President Maduro Says. orinocotribune.com President Nicolás Maduro thanked his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, for the binational border reopening that took place on Monday, September 26. The Venezuelan president stated that the reopening of the border represents "an immense step towards restoring relations of brotherhood, unity, cooperation and complementarity." He made these comments during the Award Ceremony of Distinguished Cultural Personalities of Venezuela, held on Monday at Miraflores Palace. | The president emphasized that even in the moments of greatest tension between the two countries, caused by the former president of Colombia, Maduro…

Staff (2022-09-29). Iran warns about rise of terrorist groups in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) — Iran's envoy and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN warns that terrorism and the emergence of terrorist groups pose a "serious threat" to Afghanistan, its neighbors, the region, and the entire international community.

Kathy Durkin (2022-09-29). Youth join global strike for climate justice. workers.org Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, Sept. 23. Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, one of 450 global locations, were among hundreds of thousands demanding "climate reparations and justice" Sept. 23. Young people in Asia, Africa and Europe joined a coordinated Global Climate Strike that called for wealthy countries to pay reparations . . . |

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-09-29). Marching California farmworkers say 'Sí, se puede! Yes, we can!'. workers.org Dolores Huerta, co-founder of United Farm Workers, speaks to marchers in Stockton, California, Aug. 20. Despite a farmworkers' 24-hour vigil going on in Sacramento, California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is still stalling on signing Assembly Bill 2183, passed in May — a pro-farmworker bill that is also pro-union. Instead of an . . . |

Victoria Torres (2022-09-29). Venezuela Condemns False Accusations of 'Independent' Mission on Human Rights. orinocotribune.com Venezuela repudiated the false accusations about the human rights situation in Venezuela, made by the so-called International Fact-Finding Mission in their report presented at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, September 26. The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Venezuela, through an official statement, also alerted the international community about the use of human rights as an ideological and political weapon. | An unofficial translation of the

Betsey Piette (2022-09-29). Workers at Philadelphia Home Depot file for union. workers.org Philadelphia Home Depot workers file for first storewide union Sept. 20. Retail workers at a Home Depot store in northeast Philadelphia filed a petition on Sept. 20 with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union. Their request covers 274 employees organized as Home Depot Workers United. If successful, . . . |

____ (2022-09-29). Night cruise tour showcases culture of Chengdu. ecns.cn 13 themed cruise boats were launched to present lines of Chinese famous poet Du Fu along the Jinjiang River ahead of the National Day holiday in Chengdu.

Staff (2022-09-29). Iran sovereignty over three islands non-negotiable. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) — In response to the Emirati minister's baseless claims about the three Iranian islands, a diplomat said that the territorial integrity of Iran and its sovereignty over the Iranian islands are non-negotiable.

____ (2022-09-29). IOC releases first visual identity. ecns.cn The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released its first-ever visual identity in order to bring the Olympic brand and its core values to life, the IOC announced on Wednesday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-28). Russia to Summon UN Security Council Over Pipeline Sabotage. libya360.wordpress.com Moscow wishes to call an emergency UN Security Council session over the "provocations" at the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday in a Telegram post. Both pipelines were severely damaged earlier this week in what many suspect was a deliberate attack. Russia requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting on…

Editor (2022-09-28). Explosions Cause Major Damage to Both Nord Stream Pipelines. scheerpost.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-28). Four Straight Years of Nonstop Street Protest in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad A cycle of protests began in Haiti in July 2018, and—despite the pandemic—has carried on since then. The core reason for the protest in 2018 was that in March of that year the government of Venezuela—due to the illegal sanctions imposed by the United States—could no longer ship discounted oil to Haiti through the PetroCaribe scheme. Fuel prices soared by…

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…

_____ (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…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-28). Sanctions on Russia Opens Markets for US Weapons Makers: White House Official. news.antiwar.com Sanctions that make it harder for Russia to export military equipment create an "opportunity" for US weapons makers to find new markets, a White House official "As a practical matter, countries that have had to rely on Russian equipment are going to find it very difficult to get even basic supplies from Russia's defense industrial base," Cara Abercrombie, the National Security Council's director of defense policy and arms con…

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-09-28). Inclusive, expansive, revolutionary — New Family Code approved by Cubans 2-1. workers.org After years of intense discussion, debate and an on-the-ground, neighborhood-by-neighborhood democratic process, the people of Cuba have passed a new Family Code. The provisions of this "Code of Affections," as it is familiarly known, are progressive, revolutionary and honor the reality of the wide range of families that people are . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-28). Attack on Nord Stream Kills Prospects for Dialogue in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR The three leaks that were discovered on Monday at the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines connecting Russia with Germany — one after another within hours of each other in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and Denmark — were caused by blasts. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde tweeted that the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-28). Jacques Baud: US, UK, Sabotaged Ukraine Peace Deal. libya360.wordpress.com AARON MATÉ Former Swiss intelligence officer and NATO adviser Jacques Baud on the next phase of the Russia-Ukraine war and new allegations that the US and UK undermined a peace deal that could have ended it. The West's aim "is not the victory of Ukraine, It's the defeat of Russia," Baud says. "The problem is…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-28). India's Gaffe at Samarkand. orinocotribune.com By M.K. Bhadrakumar Sep 20, 2022 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Samarkand on September 16 after the SCO Summit turned into a media scandal. The Western media zeroed in on six words culled out of context in the PM's opening remarks — "today's era is not of war" — to triumphantly proclaim that India is finally distancing itself from Russia on Ukraine issue, as the US and European leaders have been incessantly demanding. | Of course, this motivated interpretation lacks empirical evidence and is, therefore, malicious. Besides, Modi also spoke with…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-28). Ukraine: The Testing Ground for the USA's Own Fascist Terror Campaign. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea One of the most ominous chapters in history is the Jakarta Method. This was the campaign that the CIA carried out during the Cold War in which millions of people involved in the global class struggle were murdered. Starting with the mass violence effort orchestrated by the military dictatorship that U.S. imperialism installed…

Admin_ips (2022-09-28). Report: Billionaire Enabler States. ips-dc.org Billionaire Enabler States: How U.S. States Captured by the Trust Industry Help the World's Wealthy Hide Their Fortunes: | Kalena Thomhave | Chuck Collins: | Introduction: : | After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's allies zeroed in on a possible weak spot for the attacking country: the hidden fortunes of Russian elites. Russian wealth has been parked in assets such as homes, apartments, art, yachts, and more — from oligarch Igor Makarov's private trust company in Wyoming to Igor Sechin's superyacht docked in France. | Oligarchy, however, is not confined to Russia. The clandestine world…

Infobrics (2022-09-28). BRICS Judicial Forum: Top Courts of Emerging Economies Hold Annual Meeting. infobrics.org Chief justices from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met via video link to discuss potential fields of judicial cooperation. The forum is among the activities hosted by China after the 14th BRICS leaders' summit in June…

Infobrics (2022-09-28). Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Trade in Services Report Offers Insights for Growth. infobrics.org BRICS countries — Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa — are increasingly important players in global services markets, despite pandemic-induced setbacks. BRICS countries accounted for 10% of global services exports and 13% of global services imports in 2020…

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-09-28). Experts Discuss Russia — India Cooperation in the Arctic. russiancouncil.ru On September 28, 2022 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk and Northern Forum international organization held a roundtable titled "Russia — India Collaboration in the Arctic: Interests and Opportunities"

TeleSUR (2022-09-28). China Blasts US For Cyber Attacks on Chinese University. telesurenglish.net Wang made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to comment on a new investigation report on the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) cyber attacks released on Tuesday by China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center. | RELATED: | The report detailed how the NSA's Office of Tailored Access Operation (TAO) controled key infrastructure facilities in China and infiltrated into China's Northwestern Polytechnical Univer…

____ (2022-09-28). China expects 210 mln road passenger trips during National Day holiday. ecns.cn China is expected to see 210 million passenger trips made via the roads during the weeklong National Day holiday that starts on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Transport.

____ (2022-09-28). China's largest LNG reserve base put into operation. ecns.cn China's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserve base was put into operation on Monday, with a LNG carrier unloading the first shipment at Yancheng Green Energy Port of CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) in east China's Jiangsu Province.

Dan Cohen (2022-09-28). Ex-U.S. Special Envoy to Haiti Dan Foote: Send Special Forces to Haiti or 25,000 troops. mintpressnews.com As the Haitian government teeters on the brink of collapse amid a popular uprising, ex-U.S. Special Envoy to Haiti Daniel Foote insists the U.S. must either send special forces to train a Haitian National Police SWAT unit, or will invade with 25,000 soldiers at an "imminent" date.

Jim Hightower (2022-09-28). The GOP's 2022 Platform Is a Grab Bag of Nuttiness. otherwords.org Let me say one word to you: Nuts. | Now, let me say one name to you: Ted Cruz. | They've become synonymous, with the Texas lawmaker perennially topping national lists of goofy, right-wing political goobers. Only, Ted can't rightly be called a lawmaker, for he's not a serious participant in that process, instead devoting his senatorship to political stunts and picking silly PR fights with a growing list of enemies. | Running out of people to attack, Ted has found another species for his vitriol: Fictional icons. He's been padding his right-wing credentials by going after Mr. Potato Head, Mickey and Pluto, and, bel…

Monica Moorehead (2022-09-28). Amazon hires a former prison manager. workers.org Amazon, with its notorious multibillionaire owner Jeff Bezos, is universally known as one of the world's largest union-busting conglomerates. It is well documented that workers there have passed out due to heat and suffered physical injuries, mental anguish and other horrific working conditions that accompany the frenzied pace of packing, . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-28). The "Leftism" of the Americas Collapses at the Door of Haitian Sovereignty. libya360.wordpress.com Jemima Pierre While many are celebrating the potential rise of another "Pink Tide" in Latin America and the emergence of a truly multipolar world, it seems clear that the fight for Haitian sovereignty will continue to be outside of "leftist" imaginations. It is an exhilarating time for the "leftists" of the Americas. This past week,…

Jason Ditz (2022-09-28). Iran Attacks Kurds Along Iraq Border; 13 Killed. news.antiwar.com Continuing to reel from public protests and the international rebuke for their handling of them, Iran is going down the path so many others have tried, seeking a military solution. | To that end, While the Kurds a…

Misión Verdad (2022-09-28). USAID's New Stage of Pressure and Interference Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Sep 22, 2022 | On September 15, Marcela Escobari, current assistant administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), offered a testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate, in which she evaluated Washington's policy towards Venezuela, more specifically, that of that agency. | As we know, USAID, through financial support and training programs, is part of the US interventionist apparatus and has been influencing the internal affairs of Venezuela for several years, with less and less discre…

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…

TeleSUR (2022-09-28). Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall in South Florida: Category 4. telesurenglish.net Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that Ian was expected to be a "historic" storm with "a profound impact" on the state. Fleets of highwater vehicles, 42,000 linemen, 7,000 members of the National Guards, and 179 aircraft had been mobilized in response to the hurricane's impact. | Satellite image provided today by the United States National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the National Hurricane Center (NHC), in which it is recorded the location of Category 4 Hurricane Ian…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-28). Western Sahara: Africa's Last Colony. libya360.wordpress.com Meriem NaàØli Meriem NaàØli writes about the continuing struggle for the independence of Western Sahara. Occupied by Morocco since the 1970s, in contravention of the International Court of Justice and the UN. The internationally recognised liberation movement, POLISARIO, has fought and campaigned for independence since the early 1970s. NaàØli explains what is going on, and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-28). Breaking the Influence of International Capital in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com ROAPE ROAPE interviews the Ruth First prize winner Japhace Poncian about the crippling influence of international capital on the continent, resource nationalism, and the need for Africa to break its dependence from foreign direct investment and technology and to harness its own resources. Japhace argues that Africa must build up its own technical, financial, and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-28). In Response to Antonio Guterres, Haitian Organizations Point to the Responsibility of the UN in the "Gangsterization of Haiti" libya360.wordpress.com AlterPresse Haitians protest over rising fuel prices during a nationwide strike, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 26, 2022. (Photo: REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol) The United Nations is complicit in what is referred to as the "gangsterization" of Haiti. The existence of criminal gangs is the result of UN Core Group interference yet is now the pretext for additional…

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). Israel on the Eve of the Fifth Round of Elections. journal-neo.org Israeli interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid, in just 29 words from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly, radically changed the fifth electoral round of elections from the first four electoral cycles of the past two and a half years. From the rostrum of one of the world's largest international diplomatic forums, he said, "An …

TeleSUR (2022-09-28). Brigades of Workers Are Restoring the Cuban Electrical System. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Union Electrica technical director Lazaro Guerra announced that the work to restore the Cuban electrical system is advancing rapidly. | RELATED: | Previously, on Tuesday, the passage of Hurricane Ian through this Caribbean island caused the fall of power poles in the western provinces, thus precipitating a national blackout. | Despite the damage caused by this meteorological phenomenon, the transmission network is…

____ (2022-09-27). UN envoy sees need for engagement with Afghanistan's Taliban. ecns.cn A UN envoy on Tuesday stressed the need for the international community to engage with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Editor (2022-09-28). NYT Op-Ed Criticizes Biden for Not Being Hawkish Enough. scheerpost.com

Marilyn Bechtel (2022-09-28). Kaiser mental health clinicians reject Kaiser offer that wouldn't increase staffing. peoplesworld.org OAKLAND, Calif. — Kaiser mental health therapists in northern California and the Central Valley, now entering Week 7 of an open-ended strike to win adequate access to mental healthcare for the 4.6 million Kaiser Permanente members they serve, have overwhelmingly voted to turn down the giant HMO's latest contract offer. The clinicians' union, the National …

Betsey Piette (2022-09-28). Peoples' Townhomes on front lines of struggle for affordable housing. workers.org Residents in 69 low-income housing units at the University City Townhomes in West Philadelphia received welcome news Sept. 23. Their pending Oct. 8 eviction date was moved to Dec. 27, after the property owner IBID Associates applied for an extension of their federal contract with Housing and Urban Development. UC . . . |

Laith Fadel (2022-09-28). Monterrey seeks new method to combat severe drought. america.cgtn.com Drought conditions in northern Mexico are so dire that the government declared a "national emergency" in the state Nuevo Leon this summer. With it, came new efforts at water rationing and redistribution. And as CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports, there is an exponential growth in …

____ (2022-09-28). Education ministry backs English learning. ecns.cn Despite the teaching hours of English at Chinese schools being lower than that for Chinese language and math, its weighting in the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, is the same as those subjects and will not change.

_____ (2022-09-28). Britain In Strike Fever After Queen's State Funeral. popularresistance.org After the state funeral of the Queen, class struggle has returned to the forefront in Britain. In a treacherous act by the union leaderships, class struggle had been effectively paused for almost two weeks during the period of "national mourning." After several suspended strikes and the TUC postponing its annual congress, however, momentum is returning. | Those on the side of British capital are leaving nothing to chance: Liz Truss, the new prime minister and Boris Johnson's successor, prepared a series of neoliberal measures which were presented in Parliament last Friday. On the same day the Queen died, Liz Trus…

SP Editor (2022-09-28). Ben & Jerry's Pilot Project Aims to Halve Ice Cream Emissions by 2024. scheerpost.com By Christopher Bonasia | The Energy Mix Iconic ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's will work with 15 dairy farms to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2024 as part of its Project Mootopia pilot program. "Too often, corporations buy up carbon offsets from somewhere else to claim they are 'carbon neutral'," said Taylor Ricketts of …

____ (2022-09-28). Chinese envoy calls for engagement with Afghan Taliban. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called on the international community to engage with Afghanistan's Taliban.

SP Editor (2022-09-28). In Iran, Women Are at the Vanguard of Transformative Change Once Again. scheerpost.com Solidarity with protests that have broken out in Iran following the death of 22-year old Mahsa (also known as Jina or Zhina) Amini are taking place all over the globe. [ By On Sept. 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-yea…

WSWS (2022-09-28). Live Updates: "We believe we have the right to strike"—Kansas City railroad workers hold rank-and-file picket to build support for a unified fight. wsws.org Less than two days before the expiration of a Thursday strike deadline set by the International Association of Machinists (IAM), the union announced a "new" contract identical to the one that members rejected by 60 percent two weeks ago.

Editor (2022-09-28). 'Habitual Offender' Laws Imprison Thousands for Small Crimes — Sometimes for Life. scheerpost.com Left: Fate Winslow eats a pastry and drinks coffee. Right: Winslow and his daughter Faith Canada share a hug. (The Appeal) | By Tana Ganeva / For most of her life, Faith Canada had only known her father, Fate Winslow, behind bars. She didn't have much hope she'd see him as a free man—thanks to Louisiana's so-called

____ (2022-09-28). US lacks legitimacy to claim support for Iranians' rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Judiciary for International Affairs said that the United States has jeopardized lives of millions of Iranians with its unilateral sanctions and is not entitled to claim support for rights of Iranian people.

Peter Certo (2022-09-28). The Climate Legacy of the British Empire. ips-dc.org When Queen Elizabeth passed away, much of the Western establishment's reaction was one of uncritical mourning. Likewise, her successor King Charles' ascent to the throne was greeted with celebration. | It's one thing for world leaders to send formal condolences for a loss or congratulations for an ascendance. But in the United States, President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

WSWS (2022-09-28). Live Updates: As rail unions seek to block struggle, workers respond: "There's no reason for us not to strike" wsws.org Less than two days before the expiration of a Thursday strike deadline set by the International Association of Machinists (IAM), the union announced a "new" contract identical to the one that members rejected by 60 percent two weeks ago.

Editor (2022-09-28). The U.S. Sees an Unprecedented Investment in Policing Alternatives. scheerpost.com

Deborah Rodriguez (2022-09-28). Commentary on hurricanes/ 'Puerto Rico is not for sale'. workers.org On Sept. 23, 1868, el Grito de Lares erupted in the town of Lares, Puerto Rico, the island's first armed uprising for independence and against Spanish colonial rule. Farmers, enslaved Africans and workers led a revolt for Puerto Rico's independence, to abolish slavery and to end worker abuse and exploitation . . . |

Staff (2022-09-28). US Fugitive 'Fat Leonard' to Seek Asylum in Venezuela (+Alex Saab). orinocotribune.com Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," who escaped two weeks ago from house arrest in San Diego, California, USA, expressed his desire to request for asylum in Venezuela, according to sources in the Venezuelan judicial system. | "Fat Leonard," 58, born in Malaysia, is on trial for allegedly bribing high-ranking US Navy officers in exchange for favorable contracts for his shipping company Glenn Defense Marine, according to the Interpol file. He was arrested last Wednesday, September 21 at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira state, Venezuela, before boarding a flight to Mosc…

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 …

News You Can Use (2022-09-27). Concord Police and Theocratic Nationalists Endorse Same Council Candidate. indybay.org Robert Ring is endorsed by the Concord Police Department for the District 1 council seat. Robert Ring also has the support of the American Council, a Christian Nationalist PAC which is supporting like-minded candidates in city council and school board races.

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