(2022-10-06). Trump's death threat against McConnell and the silence of the Democratic Party. wsws.org Nearly a week after Trump issued an explicit death threat targeting Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell and his wife on social media, not a single leading member of either political party, including President Joe Biden, has denounced the ex-president's call to violence.
(2022-10-06). Report: US Looking to Ease Sanctions on Venezuela to Allow Chevron to Pump Oil. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration is preparing to ease sanctions on Venezuela to allow Chevron to pump oil in the country under a potential deal with the Venezuelan government, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Trump administration began imposing crippling economic sanctions on Venezuela in 2017. In 2019, the US …
(2022-10-06). University of Melbourne student union refuses to affiliate IYSSE despite successful affiliation meeting. wsws.org The student union is riding roughshod over the democratic rights of students who want to fight for a socialist alternative to war, austerity and dictatorship.
(2022-10-06). UCONN SDS fights to save cultural centers. fightbacknews.org Storrs, CT – Members of the University of Connecticut's Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter are rallying to defend the campus' cultural centers after the new UCONN president's attack on the Diversity and Inclusion program. On September 28, members of the UCONN board of trustees voted to appoint Radenka Maric as the new president of the University of Connecticut. This decision, without consent from the student body, comes on the heels of Maric's recent campaign to restructure funding for the diversity and equity program that cuts the budgets of many cultural centers. | In the case of the Native America…
(2022-10-06). Trump seeks Supreme Court intervention in Mar-a-Lago state secrets dispute. wsws.org Trump petitioned the US Supreme Court Wednesday to intervene in the special master's review of documents seized by the FBI at his Mar-a-Lago resort on August 8.
(2022-10-06). Ecological environment improved at Baiyangdian Lake in Xiong'an New Area. ecns.cn
(2022-10-06). Saturday 10/15: Elections Forum. indybay.org Roosevelt Community Center | 901 East Santa Clara Street | San Jose, CA 95116 | (Access Parking lot from North 21st Street)…
(2022-10-06). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman: Form rank-and-file election committees to build workers' power! wsws.org The UAW apparatus has done everything it can to prevent workers from knowing about the election or understanding the positions of the candidates.
(2022-10-06). Biden appears with DeSantis in Fort Myers as death toll from Hurricane Ian continues to rise. wsws.org President Joe Biden and Governor Ron DeSantis appeared in Fort Myers on Wednesday to deflect public anger away from their role in facilitating the death toll from the storm.
(2022-10-06). Reinforcements for the CIA Democrats in the 2022 elections: Part one. wsws.org Twelve Democrats from a military-intelligence background have entered the House of Representatives since 2018. Their ranks could nearly double this year.
(2022-10-06). Discover Gold, Reclaiming Our Past: California Pioneers of African Descent (1840-1875). indybay.org Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar, early 1848 Gold Mining towns continue to anchor the Historic Gold Mining District where the "African Founding Father of California" helped facilitate our California Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
(2022-10-06). Simone Tebet anuncia su apoyo a Lula para balotaje en Brasil. telesurtv.net Destaca el compromiso del candidato del PT con la democracia y la Constitución, cuestión que no reconoce en el presidente Jair Bolsonaro.
(2022-10-06). WorkWeek On LA SEIU 399 Organzing Struggles, Democracy & Business Unionism. indybay.org The struggle in Los Angeles SEIU 399 was central to the Justice For Janitors campaign. The workers however who led this struggle faced a struggle to continue the fight for the membership when they won control of the Local through the Multi-Racial Alliance. Prior to the AFL-CIO convention in LA they had a sit-in at their offices. The International sent in SEIU president's aid Bill Fletcher to end the sit-in. He promised that they would get control of the local but as soon as the sit-in ended they sold the building and merged the local into SEIU 1877.
(2022-10-05). The DNC Secretly Changed Its Rules To Help The Elite Establishment. popularresistance.org It's not a presidential election year — which explains my lack of gastrointestinal issues — so when better for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to quietly, behind closed doors, change their rules to make it even harder for regular people to have any impact on our completely unhinged government? | That's exactly what they did! But in their defense, they did send out invitations to all DNC voting members with one of Debbie Wasserman Schultz's inner thigh scabs in each envelope. | The DNC is best known for being the most hated organization in the United States for 26 years running! You'll never ca…
(2022-10-05). 'Our Health And Safety Is Not A Priority Here'. popularresistance.org Nearly 240 factory workers at the world's biggest independent bottler, Refresco, in Wharton, New Jersey, have been fighting for years to improve working conditions and win recognition of their union after voting twice to unionize their workplace. | Now, after winning their second election, Refresco workers are finally starting negotiations with the company. Refresco filed numerous appeals and stalled the bargaining process for as long as possible by claiming the election had been improperly run. The National Labor Relations Board did, in fact, overturn workers' first union victory in June 2021. The reason? An age…
(2022-10-05). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2022-10-05). Sanctioning the Horn of Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia have suffered from a variety of U.S. interventions over many years. Proxy wars and unilateral coercive measures, sanctions, are the tools used to prevent these nations from finding a means of peacfully coexisting. During Donald Trump's four years in office, he for the most part left the Horn of…
(2022-10-05). US attorneys reveal coordination between Stewart Rhodes and Roger Stone following Trump's defeat. wsws.org US prosecutors presented text messages Rhodes sent on November 7, 2020 to the "Friends of Stone" chat group, which included Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, and "Stop the Steal" lead organizer Ali Alexander.
(2022-10-05). In Video: Syrian Army's 4th Division, Republican Guards Conduct Large-Scale Drills. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On October 4, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced that different formations of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) conducted large-scale drills over the span of several days. | The drills, which mimicked a large offensive, began with a series of strikes with artillery, ballistic missiles and warplanes. Under the cover of the strikes, armored formations advanced across the frontline, while several commando units landed from helicopters behind enemy defenses…
(2022-10-05). Will Lehman joins Stellantis workers in denouncing job cut threats at Warren Truck plant. wsws.org Stellantis' Chief Manufacturing Officer Arnaud Debouef threatened the jobs of 5,200 workers during a visit to the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit Tuesday.
(2022-10-05). Former Head Of Mississippi Welfare Agency Enters Deal With Feds: Brett Favre Could Be Picked Off Over Missing Millions. moguldom.com John Davis, the former head of Mississippi's welfare agency, has pleaded guilty to charges he faced surrounding a massive welfare fraud case that also implicates retired quarterback Brett Favre. Davis made a plea agreement to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which could help officially incriminate the NFL hall-of-famer. Davis served as the director …
(2022-10-05). Democrats and Republicans Agree on One Thing: Democracy Is In Crisis. otherwords.org Seven out of ten Republicans — like seven of ten Democrats — believe that American democracy is Both sides correctly fear the end of our democracy. But they see the danger very differently. | As Democrats see it, GOP candidates are mouthing Donald Trump's "big lie" that the 2020 election was stolen and supporting the January 6 rioters at the Capitol as "patriots." Democrats see Republican legislatures attacking the right to vote based on phony claims of election fraud — and they see GOP plans to steal election…
(2022-10-05). NAASD Hosts Inaugural Reparations Summit In Atlanta, Trains And Recognizes Advocates Committed To Cause. moguldom.com 
The National Assembly of American Slavery Descendants (NAASD) recently hosted its inaugural Reparations Summit and attendees left giving glowing reviews. Held Sept. 30 thru Oct. 1 at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia, the conference included a variety of trainings, sessions, speakers, breakfast and lunch events, and a museum tour. …
(2022-10-05). Will Biden Know When to Stop? globalresearch.ca
(2022-10-05). New book, 'Power Concedes Nothing,' collects insights from on-the-ground electoral organizers. peoplesworld.org 
The future of U.S. democracy rests on a knife's edge. The November elections offer an opportunity to deal a blow to the GOP fascist movement, but the outcome depends on the ability and capacity of the broad pro-democracy coalition to turn out every voter possible. Like many of you, I'm deeply involved in this titanic …
(2022-10-05). The Heat: Brazil elections. america.cgtn.com 
Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off, after a surprisingly tight showing in first-round voting this weekend. It's set to be an epic match-up of left vs. right – but of course so much more as well.
(2022-10-05). Reviving the Child Tax Credit Is a Winning Campaign Message for Democrats This Coming Midterms. commondreams.org The expanded Child Tax Credit was the most impactful anti-poverty program in a generation. Democrats should campaign on bringing it back.
(2022-10-05). New York voters to play major role in "vulnerable" House districts. peoplesworld.org 
For the upcoming midterms, liberals and progressives should be on red alert. Even President Biden calls the opponent "semi-fascist." If the Republican Party of Trump wins back the Senate or the House (or both), all federal legislative progress ends. Biden will be reduced to issuing executive orders that will be overturned by a hostile successor. …
(2022-10-05). HKSAR gov't vows full cooperation to country's recruitment of payload specialists in Hong Kong. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Sunday that it will render its full assistance and cooperation to the country's selection exercise for recruitment of payload specialists in the HKSAR.
(2022-10-05). Prevent the Ford Saarlouis plant closure! Unite all Ford workers! No trust in the IG Metall union, works council and the corporation! wsws.org At the factory meeting on Wednesday, the works council and IG Metall union, supported by Saarland's Minister President Anke Rehlinger (Social Democrats, SPD), will do everything they can to seal the plant's closure.
(2022-10-05). New York voters to play major role in 'vulnerable' House districts. peoplesworld.org For the upcoming midterms, liberals and progressives should be on red alert. Even President Biden calls the opponent "semi-fascist." If the Republican Party of Trump wins back the Senate or the House (or both), all federal legislative progress ends. Biden will be reduced to issuing executive orders that will be overturned by a hostile successor. …
(2022-10-05). Manuel Marrero, primer ministro cubano, se reúne con el rey de Camboya. cubadebate.cu Como parte del programa de actividades de su visita oficial a Camboya, el primer ministro cubano Manuel Marrero Cruz, se reunió este miércoles en el Palacio Real con Norodom Sihamoni, rey de esa nación asiática. Durante el intercambio recordaron la amistad entre el Rey Padre Norodom Sihanouk y el líder histórico de la Revolución, Fidel Castro Ruz.
(2022-10-05). Partido Democrático de Brasil apoyará candidatura de Lula. telesurtv.net "Tenemos un presidente absolutamente incapaz, que dejó a millones de brasileños a su suerte, responsable de la muerte de otros 700.000 en la pandemia", refirió Carlos Lupi sobre Jair Bolsonaro…
(2022-10-04). What is the Likelihood of a "Reset" in Australia-New Zealand Relations? journal-neo.org 
On May 23, 2022 parliamentary elections resulted in the swearing-in of Anthony Albanese, head of Australia's victorious Labor Party, as the country's new Prime Minister. Many analysts were confident that Australia would see a major shift in its foreign policy as a result of the political reshuffle, as the South Pacific region has seen a …