(2023-09-02). The Climate Crisis Will End When Capitalism Ends. popularresistance.org The March to End Fossil Fuels will take place in New York City on September 17, days before the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit . Considering that July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded on earth, the role of fossil fuel production in the climate crisis surely needs public attention and action. | But there is something highly problematic about marches and meetings that don't address two large elephants in the room: capitalism and militarism. The United States military is the world's biggest emitter of fossil fuels, having emitted 1.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere since…
(2023-09-02). Marxism and the U.S. Response to the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 Pandemics. internationalviewpoint.org Over the last fifty years, few public health professionals have considered Marxism relevant, and few Marxists have treated pandemics as an imminent concern. We offer this paper to help both public health professionals and socialists view pandemics through a Marxist lens. Although our theory is global in scope, we focus on the U.S. because of its scientific prominence, its outsized global role in the AIDS pandemic, and its poor performance in the COVID-19 pandemic. Our hope is that this piece will strengthen efforts to protect public health and, better yet, help usher capitalism off the Earth before it makes the p…
(2023-09-02). Death and capitalism: The Johannesburg fire and the case for expropriation. wsws.org The deadly fire in Marshalltown, Johannesburg, is a horrific social crime triggered by the deplorable conditions confronting billions of people around the world.
(2023-09-01). 50 years after the coup against Allende, movements and intellectuals converge in Chile to discuss building socialism in Latin America. peoplesdispatch.org The Latin America and Caribbean Dilemmas of Humanity conference will take place in the Chilean capital from September 2-4. The conference seeks to provoke debate and discussion about building socialism and finding solutions to address the major crises generated by capitalism…
(2023-09-01). Women Have Finally Recovered Jobs Lost Since 2020, But Not Equally. truthout.org When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the labor market and women lost millions of jobs, the country plunged into the first women's recession. It was the first time women had experienced more job losses than men in one catastrophic economic contraction. Economists feared it could take decades for women to recover. But just three years later, that recovery has already arrived. As a group, women are back to… |
(2023-09-01). Mixed Jobs Report in August: Where Does the Economy Stand Now? cepr.net The August jobs numbers were mostly good with one big exception, a 0.3 percentage point rise in the unemployment rate to 3.8 percent. This is still a relatively low rate. Coming out of the Great Recession, many economists argued that the unemployment rate could not get below 5.0 percent without triggering spiraling inflation, so an …
(2023-09-01). Signs of Recession in US: Job Offers Continue to Fall. orinocotribune.com The United States is projected to be on the verge of a recession and some experts The BLS report, published this Tuesday, August 29, details that the number of available jobs in the US have fallen for the third consecutive month this year, which could…
(2023-09-02). Mohamed Al-Fayed, Father of Princess Diana's Late Beau Dodi, Dead at 94. sputnikglobe.com The successful Egyptian-born tycoon amassed a wealth of an estimated $2 billion by the time of his death. He also never stopped mourning the death of his son, which led him to spiral into conspiracy theories regarding the fatal car crash.
(2023-09-01). Unemployment Rate Rises to 3.8 Percent in August Due to Big Rise in Labor Force Participation. cepr.net This report should be good news in that it is showing slightly slower wage growth and also a pace of hours growth suggesting another quarter of good productivity growth.
(2023-09-01). British Company Sold Fake Spare Parts to Boeing and Airbus Airliner Engines. sputnikglobe.com Confidence in Boeing's ubiquitous narrow-body airliner has already been hit by a pair of disasters involving its newest B737Max model. Now British and European aviation regulators have found engine components with forged quality certificates.
(2023-09-01). NYC Police Plan to Use Drones to Surveil Labor Day Parties This Weekend. truthout.org The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is planning to use surveillance drones to patrol large gatherings, including private parties and barbecues, this Labor Day weekend. "If a caller states there's a large crowd, a large party in a backyard, we're going to be utilizing our assets to go up and go check on the party," Kaz Daughtry, the assistant NYPD Commissioner, said at a press conference. |
(2023-09-02). Policía sudafricana abate a 18 presuntos ladrones en un tiroteo. telesurtv.net Según la policía, que llevaba varios días siguiendo los movimientos de los sospechosos, en enero se inició una investigación con la ayuda de la unidad de inteligencia del país.
(2023-09-01). Russian troops repel four attacks of Ukrainian assault groups in Krasny Liman area. tass.com According to Spokesman Alexander Savchuk, the battlegroup's air defense systems shot down three drones and a HIMARS munition…
(2023-09-01). US-led coalition's aircraft violate Syrian airspace 353 times in August. tass.com According to the deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria Vadim Kulit, the coalition's fighter jets and drones violated Syria's airspace in the al-Tanf area, across which international air routes run, 12 times during the day…
(2023-09-02). US 'Laying Groundwork for Defeats' in 'Two Wars of Choice, Against Russia & China'. sputnikglobe.com The Biden administration recently unveiled another weapons package for Ukraine, while giving the green light to military aid for Taipei amounting to about $80 million. However, this military spending spree comes as the federal government is knee-deep in debt, with its own munitions stockpiles dwindling.
(2023-09-01). US Mulls Resumption of Nuclear Weapons Testing. U.S Strategy of "Nuclear Primacy". WWIII Scenario? globalresearch.ca