(2022-09-23). Vowing "pain," Federal Reserve pledges to slash workers' wages. wsws.org Behind the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's rhetoric about "fighting inflation" is a brutal class policy of using mass unemployment to drive down wages.
(2022-09-22). Medvedev Says Russia Can Defend New Regions With Nuclear Weapons. news.antiwar.com Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Referendums to join Russia will be held in the Donbas republics of Donestk and Luhansk and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions starting Friday. "Referendums will be held, and the Donbas republics and other territories will be accepted into Russia," Medvedev wrote on Telegram. | Medvedev, who currently serves as…
(2022-09-22). Statement Condemns 'Assessment Of Human Rights Concerns' In China. popularresistance.org We strongly condemn the publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of its Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. In the words of former OHCHR lawyer and human rights expert Alfred de Zayas, this document "should be discarded as propagandistic, biased and methodologically flawed." | Based on substandard research methods and biased sources, the Assessment is completely lacking in credibility. It treats arms of the military-industrial complex, such as the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), along with professional a…
(2022-09-22). Fed makes clear recession and job losses are its goal. wsws.org In his opening remarks to a press conference at the conclusion of a meeting of the Fed's policy-making body, chair Jerome Powell said the central bank would "likely require maintaining a restrictive policy stance for some time" and "the historical record cautions strongly against prematurely loosening policy."
(2022-09-22). Slap on Sarver's wrist, funds for Favre — capitalist culture in sports. workers.org 
NBPA Executive Director Tamika Tremaglio calls for lifetime ban on Robert Sarver on NBA Today, Sept. 16. U.S. sports — whether professional or amateur — like almost every institution under capitalism, is all about making profits before meeting human needs. Bosses of professional teams, usually referred to as owners, are . . . |
(2022-09-22). Turkey Delivered 20 Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drones To UAE — Report. southfront.org 
A Bayraktar TB2 combat drone. Source: Baykar. | Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar has delivered 20 Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the beginning of the month and could sell more, Bayraktar TB2 drones saw major success in conflicts in Libya, Syria and the disputed region of Nagorno-K…
(2022-09-22). The Nicole Linton case: Deadly crash in Los Angeles sheds light on exhausting conditions, mental stress facing nurses. wsws.org The nurse behind the wheel of a deadly car crash is being demonized to cover up the social roots of the tragedy.