(2022-12-01). Democrats move to ban rail strike, impose settlement opposed by workers. wsws.org The House of Representative voted by 297-137 to force a contract on 120,000 rail workers, with a bill that would make a strike illegal.
(2022-12-01). US airline workers join railroaders in fight against abusive work conditions. wsws.org As railroad workers head toward a confrontation with the Biden administration and a bipartisan conspiracy by Congress against their interests, airline workers across the US are facing similar abusive conditions.
(2022-12-01). Taiwan's ruling party suffers major defeat. journal-neo.org 
At first glance, Taiwan's local elections on November 26 may seem like a sideshow when compared with the development of the current phase of the "Great World Game." However, this is a false impression, which is at the very least contradicted by the fact that the preliminary results (which were completely unexpected even for the …
(2022-12-01). Albanese must act to free Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au Anthony Albanese publicly revealed that he had been lobbying the Joseph Biden administration to stop proceedings against Julian Assange, reports Binoy Kampmark.
(2022-12-01). Asking for Leonard Peltier's Clemency, Senators' Co-Sign Letter to President Biden. unicornriot.ninja
(2022-12-01). Challenges for Malaysia's new 'national unity government'. greenleft.org.au Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj from the Socialist Party of Malaysia discusses the recent election result and the challenges facing the new government.
(2022-12-01). Taiwan's local elections a blow to ruling DPP and Washington. wsws.org In its efforts to goad China into a war over Taiwan, the US has relied on the support of Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen and her DPP.
(2022-12-01). Socialist candidate Will Lehman on pace to win thousands of votes in UAW election with suppressed turnout. wsws.org Initial results from the first-ever direct election in UAW history show an important level of support for rank-and-file socialist candidate Will Lehman, as well as widespread alienation from the UAW apparatus, as reflected in the abysmal 10 percent turnout.
(2022-12-01). Anti-hate, anti-Trump LGBTQ people protest at Twitter building. indybay.org Twitter protest report back to the community…
(2022-11-30). U.S. House Democrats elect new leadership. ecns.cn Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives elected new leaders on Wednesday for the next Congress.
(2022-12-01). Will Progressive Victories Mean a More Democratic, Inclusive Oakland? indybay.org The results were a significant defeat for the moderate, pro-big-business regime of outgoing Mayor Libby Schaaf, her corporate backers and the candidates she groomed and promoted as her legacy. The failure of Schaaf-backed candidates may have had a lot to do with the starkness of that legacy…
(2022-12-01). Hype About Democrats Passing the Torch: Don't Get Fooled Again. indybay.org The past masquerading as the future…
(2022-12-01). The new protest wave in China. greenleft.org.au Peter Boyle spoke about the new wave of protests sparked by harsh anti-COVID-19 restrictions with Choo Chon Kai, who is working with the movement for democracy in China.
(2022-12-01). Video: The new protest wave in China. greenleft.org.au Peter Boyle spoke about the new wave of protests sparked by harsh anti-COVID-19 restrictions with Choo Chon Kai, who is working with the movement for democracy in China.
(2022-12-01). What Comes After the Decline of American Democracy? scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-01). Rosa Louise McCauley Parks – Patron Saint – Women's Political Council of Montgomery, AL. indybay.org If the Women's Political Council of Montgomery, Alabama is known, then the efficacy of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement is placed in proper context, #Womanity.
(2022-11-30). Railroad Workers Protest Joe Biden's Interference In Fight For Their Rights. popularresistance.org As the date for a possible national railroad strike nears, President Joe Biden stepped in this week to force a contract on the railroad workers. | On Monday, November 28, the While House released this statement, which begins with: | I am calling on Congress to pass legislation immediately to adopt the Tentative Agreement between railroad workers and operators — without any modifications or delay — to avert a potentially crippling national rail shutdown. | After some encouraging words from progressives Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Jamaal Bowman on Tuesday, Lauren K. Gurley reported today t…
(2022-11-30). House, Senate Agree to Add $45 Billion to Biden's 2023 Military Budget Request. news.antiwar.com The House and Senate have agreed to increase the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by $45 billion more than President Biden requested, POLITICO reported on Wednesday. The $45 billion increase was agreed on by the House and Senate Armed Service committees, but other details of the NDAA are still being finalized. The increase the …
(2022-11-30). LEVER TIME: The Debt Ceiling Fight Is Already Brewing. levernews.com In the new episode of our weekly podcast Lever Time, Andrew Perez sits down with Lindsay Owens, executive director of the progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative, to talk about why the upcoming fight in Congress over the debt ceiling is so pivotal. Owens explains how inflation will play a role in the negotiations, and discusses whether or not President Joe Biden will allow the conflict to be used as an excuse to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits (7: 32).In addition, David Sirota is joined by comedy legend David Cross, known for his roles in Mr. Show and Arrested Development and one of the most sub…
(2022-11-30). China-U.S. relations are always important to the world: Indian scholar. ecns.cn To International observers, the China-U.S. relationship is deemed one of the world's most important bilateral relationships. Recently, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Chinese President Xi Jinping held face-to-face talks with U.S. President Joe Biden, with their meeting drawing global attention.
(2022-11-30). Biden's Student Debt Relief Program Is Now in the Hands of the Supreme Court. scheerpost.com 
By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout More than 40 million lower-income people burdened with student loans are still waiting for clarity about how much they will owe and when their next payments will be due, as the Supreme Court decides if it will rule on whether to allow President Joe Biden's student debt relief program to …
(2022-11-30). Inequality and Dishonesty Will Kill Democracy. scheerpost.com 
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost On November 2, 2022, less than a week before the recent national election, President Biden delivered a speech warning against voter intimidation, political violence and threats to democracy. He also added that those who question the results of any election they lose are attempting to "subvert the electoral …
(2022-11-30). Biden: Hands off rail workers and their right to strike! fightbacknews.org On Monday, President Joe Biden publicly called on Congress to force union rail workers to accept the sub-par contract terms he helped craft. This is shameless union busting and pre-emptive strike breaking on behalf of the billionaire railroad bosses. | The members of four unions representing the majority of rail workers already voted down the contract terms negotiated by President Biden and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh. The Biden deal was widely criticized by the rank and file because it does not include any paid sick days – a basic right in most countries, and a sticking point for rail workers. | The votes to rej…
(2022-11-30). Shame on "Union Joe" Biden for Not Siding With Railway Workers. commondreams.org If rail workers are so important to our economy that a single week of striking could cost the economy $1 billion, and if their demands are so modest that any decent employer would easily exceed them, then meeting their demands seems like the obvious solution.
(2022-11-30). Pro-labor lawmakers move to add sick days to Railway Deal. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON URGENT UPDATE: Contact your senator By a 221-207 vote, the House this afternoon put the Senate, President Biden, and freight railroads all on the spot, adding seven days of paid sick leave to a previously passed freight railroad contract. Three Republicans joined all 218 Democrats in voting for paid sick days. Rail workers and …
(2022-11-30). Biden administration proposes new rule targeting methane emissions on indigenous land. peoplesworld.org 
The Bureau of Land Management proposed a new rule Monday that aims to reduce wasted natural gas on federal and Tribal lands which will help tamp down methane releases. By preventing billions of cubic feet of natural gas emissions that come from unintentional equipment leaks or deliberate venting and flaring, the federal government hopes to curb the …
(2022-11-30). Lawmakers Set to Propose Record $847B for Defense, $45B Over Biden's Request. truthout.org The United States's already colossal and record-breaking defense budget is about to get even bigger, with congressional negotiators slated to propose a staggering $847 billion for defense for 2023, new reporting finds — a $45 billion increase over President Joe Biden's already massive defense budget request. Four people familiar with negotiations told Politico that House and Senate lawmakers from… |
(2022-11-30). "Enough Is Enough": Rail Workers Decry Biden's Push to Impose Strike-Breaking Labor Deal. democracynow.org 
President Biden is pushing Congress to block a pending nationwide rail strike and push through a contract deal that includes no sick days and is opposed by four of the 12 rail unions. Biden's latest request is an attempt to "legislate us basically back to work, before we've even had a chance to strike," says locomotive engineer and Railroad Workers United organizer Ron Kaminkow. "Workers should have the right to take off work for a reasonable amount for whatever reason they need it," says labor professor Nelson Lichtenstein, who urges the rail workers to strike anyway.
(2022-11-30). Colombia Asks for Legal Status for Its People Already in US. latinorebels.com Colombia wants the Biden administration to grant temporary legal status to its citizens now living in the United States, noting its own efforts to address regional migration by hosting two million Venezuelans who fled their homes.
(2022-11-30). What Biden and Congress' move to ban railroad strike reveals. wsws.org The move by Washington to override a clear vote by railroaders to reject a White House-brokered contract and impose it unilaterally is a major assault on the basic democratic rights of the working class. It is also a strategic experience whose lessons workers must learn.
(2022-11-30). Bahrain: what the recent elections have shown. journal-neo.org 
The fraudulent parliamentary elections in Bahrain (a small kingdom in the Persian Gulf) were roundly condemned in many countries, as all opposition parties were officially banned from participating. Those who could have stood for election and competed with the ruling regime were instead sentenced to death, sexual violence, beatings, sleep deprivation and other ill-treatment. But since …
(2022-11-30). Musk: Twitter Has "Interfered In Elections" southfront.org 
Originally published on Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday confirmed what everyone with two functioning brain cells and intellectual honesty already knew; the social media giant has "interfered in elections." | In a discussion over a Reuters article in which the company's former head of trust and safety says Twitter is 'not safer' under Musk, user @EvaFoxU posted: "Twitter has sho…
(2022-11-30). Oath Keepers Founder Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for Role in Jan. 6. truthout.org A federal jury in Washington D.C. has convicted two members of the far right Oath Keepers — including founder Stewart Rhodes — of seditious conspiracy for their involvement in the attack on the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, and for their attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Three other members of the group were also convicted of obstruction of an official… |
(2022-11-30). What's really at stake in a politically charged Supreme Court case on elections. nationofchange.org Moore v. Harper could transform the law—but not in the way that many pundits, or even politicians, anticipate.
(2022-11-30). Lula's Re-Election in Brazil Augurs Well for Brics Expansion. infobrics.org President is likely to call for more South American countries and others to be brought in…
(2022-11-30). The Defrocking of Saint Ron DeSantis. otherwords.org Breaking news: After years of failed Republican efforts to uncover any proof of widespread voter fraud by Democrats, Republican Governor Ron "Tough Guy" DeSantis of Florida found not one, but 20 ineligible people casting ballots. | Like Donald Trump and a gaggle of other GOP governors, DeSantis has used the phony bugaboo of an illegal voting epidemic as a political ploy to keep true believers believing. They spend millions of taxpayer dollars on partisan wild goose chases — DeSantis even created a new police bureaucracy, the "Office of Election Crimes," to snoop on voters. | It was all just silly political…
(2022-11-30). The GOP's Absurd and Cynical Hunt for Non-Existent Election Fraudsters. commondreams.org Republicans like Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida reached a new level of political degradation this year by literally gamifying their obsession with nonexistent voter fraud.
(2022-11-30). The GOP's Absurd, Disingenuous Hunt for Non-Existent Election Fraudsters. commondreams.org Republicans like Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida reached a new level of political degradation this year by literally gamifying their obsession with nonexistent voter fraud.
(2022-11-30). Escobari and Hoover's "Difference Estimates" Are Driven by Geography — Not by "Fraud" cepr.net 
This is the eighth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as we observe in our report Nickels Before Dimes. Here, we expand upon various claims and conclusions that Escobari and Hoover …
(2022-11-30). 'Donald Trump Has Finally Run Out of Places to Hide' as House Dems Get Tax Returns. commondreams.org "It's no longer a question of if he's hiding something big," one watchdog group asserted, "it's a question of what he's hiding."
(2022-11-30). Republican presidential wannabe Pompeo uses teachers, Weingarten as punching bag. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—How do you know the presidential campaign season is upon us? When a right-wing presidential hopeful, Mike Pompeo, uses U.S. teachers, in general, and Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, in particular, as a punching bag to harvest votes. Left unsaid is that Pompeo, former Oval Office occupant Donald Trump's last Secretary of State, is catering …
(2022-11-30). Blessings and curses of a losing Trump finale: A boon to Democrats could hurt the country, if not mankind. nationofchange.org It's not clear whether benighted, garden-variety Republicanism (or Democratism) is a better stimulant for Progressive politics vs. another vapid, sensationalized, chaotic Trump circus stunt.
(2022-11-30). Turkey Completed Preparations For Ground Operation In Northern Syria — Report. southfront.org 
FILE PHOTO: Turkish soldiers seen at the border town of Akcakale © Reuters / Murad Sezer | Turkey has completed all military and logistic preparations needed to launch a ground operation against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria,
(2022-11-30). Malaysia's New Prime Minister: The Impact on US-China Tensions in Asia. thealtworld.com Malaysia's new prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has spent decades in the service of US interests, chairing the IMF in the 1990s and working with the US National Endowment for Democracy ever since. | His opposition party, a street front he has helped lead, and media networks promoting him across Malaysia's information space have all received funding from the US government through the NED. | What impact has Anwar Ibrahim already had on Malaysia's sovereignty and development and what impact will his premiership have on Malaysia's future? | References: | US State Department, Office of the Historian Courses of Ac…
(2022-11-30). Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed. orinocotribune.com 
By Joe Lauria Nov 24, 2022 | [Joe Lauria gave the original version of this speech at a rally for Julian Assange in Sydney on March 3, 2019. The video of the speech can be watched In his 1971 opinion in the Pentagon Papers case, US Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black wrote: | In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was…
(2022-11-30). Progressives Say Congress Must Raise Debt Limit Now to Protect Social Programs. truthout.org Progressives on Wednesday warned that time is running out for Democratic leaders to take Republicans at their word regarding slashes to social safety net programs, as U.S. Sen. John Thune indicated the GOP will use a potential fight over the debt ceiling next year as leverage to push cuts — unless the Democrats act now to raise the debt limit while they still control the Senate and House. Thune (R… |
(2022-11-30). Lame-Duck Dems Must Lift Debt Limit, Advocates Say as GOP Doubles Down on Social Security Threats. commondreams.org "Democrats must do whatever it takes to defeat Republican attacks on our earned Social Security benefits," said one advocate. "That means raising the debt ceiling this year, before Republicans take control of the House."
(2022-11-30). Democrats, Progressive Groups Push DOJ to Publish Database of 'Corporate Lawbreaking'. commondreams.org "The Corporate Crime Database Act will bring transparency to the corporate crime crisis so that the DOJ and other law enforcement agencies can better reckon with this greed-driven menace," said one advocate.
(2022-11-30). House Passes Rail Contract With 7 Days Paid Sick Leave in Win for Workers. truthout.org In a win for workers, the House passed a resolution on Wednesday to force the adoption of a railroad labor contract with, crucially, the inclusion of a hard-fought amendment for seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers. The resolution advanced with a 290 to 137 vote, while the amendment providing sick leave passed largely on party lines, with only three Republicans joining all Democrats in… |
(2022-11-30). Headlines for November 30, 2022. democracynow.org Senate Passes Marriage Equality Act in Bipartisan Vote, House to Impose Deal Blocking Rail Strike Despite Objections from Workers, Progressive Dems, U.S. Announces Ukraine Infrastructure Aid as Europe Calls for Tribunal for Russian War Crimes, Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy, Qatari World Cup Official Says 400- 0 Migrant Workers Died While Working on FIFA Tournament, Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin Dies at 96, Blast at Religious School in Northern Afghanistan Kills at Least 15
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(2022-11-30). Striking Univ. of California Grad Students Speak Out on Nation's Largest-Ever Higher Education Strike. democracynow.org 
The largest higher education strike in U.S. history has entered its third week in an effort to secure livable wages, more child care benefits, expanded family leave and other demands. Some 48,000 academic workers at all 10 University of California campuses are on strike, including teaching assistants, postdoctoral scholars, graduate student researchers, tutors and fellows. We speak with a professor and graduate students at three campuses in the UC system, as a tentative deal with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers was announced Tuesday by the University of California that does not cover graduate stude…
(2022-11-30). Defending Democracy While Waiting for the Cavalry to Arrive. commondreams.org The progressive viewpoint of many young Americans didn't grow out of youthful wild-eyed idealism, but from the realities of their lives. They are the nation's best hope.
(2022-11-30). Study: Young Black Men Are Now Dying 10 Times More Than Average American From Guns. moguldom.com A newly released study found gun deaths have reached a 28-year high and the homicide rate of young Black men is now ten times that of the overall death by firearm rate in America. The study was published on Tuesday, Nov. 29, in JAMA Network Open, a new online-only open-access general medical journal. Researchers reviewed 1.1 million …
(2022-11-30). John Legend is Helping Build A Library In Louisiana State Penitentiary: Here Is How You Can Help. moguldom.com "Reading is fundamental" and "Education is the great equalizer" are well-known adages that speak to the transformative power of literacy. It's why mega-star John Legend is asking others to join him in funding a library at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. "I am supporting @million_book with @letsfreeamerica to fund a library at the Louisiana State Penitentiary …
(2022-11-30). Senate Passes Respect for Marriage Act to Protect Same-Sex Marriage Rights. truthout.org The U.S. Senate has passed the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation that aims to enshrine federal protections for same-sex marriages in the United States. The bill passed in the upper house of Congress on Tuesday evening by a vote of 61-38. Just 12 Republican lawmakers voted in favor of the bill, while the remaining members of the party voted against it. A similar bill passed earlier this year in… |
(2022-11-30). House Passes Paid Sick Leave for Railway Workers Despite Opposition of 207 Republicans. commondreams.org "Now let's get it through the Senate," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who led the fight to add seven days of paid sick leave to a White House-brokered contract that failed to provide any to railroad workers.
(2022-11-30). High-Ranking Senate Republican Reveals GOP Plan to Slash Social Security. truthout.org The GOP is preparing to use next year's debt limit talks to potentially hold the economy hostage in order to slash crucial anti-poverty programs like Social Security, according to a new interview with the Senate's second ranking Republican. Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota) said that slashing such programs would be a "solution" to the national debt — an issue that Republicans only bring up in… |
(2022-11-30). Hey CIJA! Conflating Jews with Israel is Racist. dissidentvoice.org 
Charges of "antisemitism" have been degraded to the point where they often sound like a 6-year-old telling other kids not to play with Johnnie because he has cooties. Recently federal NDP executive member Ryan Painter quote-tweeted me saying "Don't listen to anything Yves Engler says. He's Canada's leading antisemite and doesn't want anything more than …
(2022-11-30). British Medical Journal: "COVID-19 Vaccines and Drugs Were Developed at "Warp Speed"" globalresearch.ca
(2022-11-30). Imperial and NTU Singapore form wide-ranging partnership to expand collaboration. imperial.ac.uk Imperial and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have formed a wide-ranging partnership in research, education, innovation and enterprise.
(2022-11-30). EE.UU. y el FMI impusieron al nuevo presidente del BID. globalizacion.ca El apoyo de la administración del presidente Joe Biden fue fundamental, con Estados Unidos controlando el 30% de las acciones con derecho a voto del banco, casi el triple de la cantidad que ocupan Brasil y Argentina, que ocupan el…
(2022-11-30). Meet Puerto Rican Journalist Bianca Graulau, Featured in Viral Bad Bunny Video on Injustices in PR. democracynow.org 
Puerto Rico's financial oversight board has voted to extend a contract with LUMA Energy — the private U.S.-Canadian corporation that took over the island's power grid and is widely denounced by residents on the island for its inconsistent service and high prices. The privatization of Puerto Rico's power grid, supported by an unelected board appointed by the U.S. government, represents the "everyday consequences of colonialism," says independent reporter Bianca Graulau, whose latest documentary is called "País de Apagones," or "Country of Blackouts."…
(2022-11-30). Fallece expresidente chino Jiang Zemin a los 96 años de edad. telesurtv.net Jiang nació en la localidad oriental de Yangzhou en 1926 y fue nombrado secretario general del PCCh en 1989.
(2022-11-29). By Forcing A Contract On Railworkers, Biden Betrays Workers Everywhere. popularresistance.org Which side are you on? It's the most fundamental question in politics, and President Joe Biden has given us his answer. | Last night, the White House released a statement calling on Congress to impose a contract on railway workers, with more than a week remaining before the December 9 strike deadline. Describing himself as a "proud pro-labor president" and expressing his "reluctance," Biden nonetheless indicates his intention to try and force terms on workers that many already rejected earlier this year. The rhetorical triangulation was even more glaring in the statement released by outgoing House Speaker Nancy P…
(2022-11-29). US Rail Workers Are Poised To Begin A National Strike Next Week. popularresistance.org Despite the intervention of the Biden administration, after nearly three years of contract negotiations, workers who operate the nation's freight railroads are poised to go on a nationwide strike as early as next Friday. | "Our members, and all rail labor in general, are frustrated," said Matt Weaver, a Toledo-based rail worker and member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED). "It feels like there's no respect for us." | Last week, the two largest rail unions announced a split decision on whether to approve a tentative, five-year agreement brokered ahead of a strike that was previousl…
(2022-11-29). Biden accused of selling out rail workers by urging Congress to prevent strikeÔøº. nationofchange.org "Biden is siding with corporate rail bosses over the rank-and-file workers who voted against this agreement," said one progressive commentator after the president urged lawmakers to take action to force through a deal without paid sick leave.
(2022-11-29). US Officials Pushing for Military Intervention in Haiti. news.antiwar.com Some top Biden administration officials are pushing for an international military intervention in Haiti over concerns of a migration crisis, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The government of acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been under pressure over growing gang violence in the country and from demonstrators that are demanding Henry resign. Henry …
(2022-11-29). Biden Accused of Selling Out Rail Workers by Urging Congress to Prevent Strike. scheerpost.com 
"Biden is siding with corporate rail bosses over the rank-and-file workers who voted against this agreement," said one progressive commentator after the president urged lawmakers to take action to force through a deal without paid sick leave.
(2022-11-29). 'All of Rail Labor Is Going to Suffer': Workers Furious Over Biden Move to Preempt Strike. commondreams.org "This is a legacy-defining moment for Joe Biden," said Railroad Workers United. "He is going down as one of the biggest disappointments in labor history."
(2022-11-29). Progressives in Congress Begin to Push Back Against Biden Betrayal of Rail Workers. commondreams.org "What we're seeing is an inhumane deal being pushed onto workers even after a majority voted it down," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
(2022-11-29). Groups Blast Biden for 'Siding With Billionaires Over Rail Workers'. commondreams.org As criticism of the president's position mounts, some members of Congress are speaking out in support of including at least seven days of paid sick leave in any measure they pass.
(2022-11-29). PSL Editorial — Rail industry showdown: Joe Biden vs. the right to strike. liberationnews.org 
Who is Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi or any other millionaire politician to tell workers that they cannot exercise their right to strike?>
(2022-11-29). Rail unions protest Biden's move to have Congress impose new pact. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several rail union leaders, plus a top rank-and-file group, are protesting Democratic President Joe Biden's request to Congress to impose a new contract on the nation's 115,000 freight rail workers. But their ire may come too late. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., planned to bring the proposed four-year settlement—previously recommended by a …
(2022-11-29). Biden Is Breaking His Sick Leave Promise To Crush Rail Workers. levernews.com 
(2022-11-29). What If the U.S. and China Really Cooperated on Climate Change? fpif.org As President Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping arrived on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, for their November 14th "summit," relations between their two countries were on a hair-raising downward spiral, with tensions over Taiwan nearing the boiling point. Diplomats hoped, at best, for a modest reduction in tensions, which, to the relief of many, did occur. No policy breakthroughs were expected, however, and none were achieved. In one vital area, though, there was at least a glimmer of hope: the planet's two largest greenhouse-gas emitters agreed to resume their languishing negotiations on joint…
(2022-11-29). Workers Livid as Biden Urges Congress to Pass Rail Contract Without Sick Leave. truthout.org
(2022-11-29). Headlines for November 29, 2022. democracynow.org NATO Pledges More Support for Ukraine as Some in Europe Accuse U.S. of Profiting from the War, China Eases Some COVID Restrictions as It Moves to Block New Protests, In Blow to Taiwanese Gov't, Voters Back Opposition Nationalist Party in Local Elections, Biden Sides with Big Business & Asks Congress to Block Potential Rail Strike, Teenage Gunman Pleads Guilty in Mass Shooting at Buffalo Supermarket in Black Neighborhood, Chesapeake, Virginia, Holds Vigil for Walmart Workers Shot Dead by Store Manager, Five Police Officers in New Haven, CT, Arrested After Man Is Paralyzed in Police Van, Arizona Sues Republic…
(2022-11-29). Supreme Court Wrestles Over Biden's Immigration Enforcement Policy. latinorebels.com The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the Biden administration has the right to decide which undocumented immigrants federal agents should prioritize for deportation.
(2022-11-29). Paul Krugman defines one million US Covid deaths as a victory for democracy. wsws.org Princeton economist, New York Times columnist, and Biden administration flunkey Paul Krugman has posted a column titled, "How China Lost the Covid War." It is a devastating self-exposure of the intellectual, political and moral disintegration of American liberalism.
(2022-11-29). Biden calls on Congress to impose rail contract in a major assault on workers' democratic rights. wsws.org A congressional injunction would be an attack on the rights of all workers, including the basic right to strike and participate in a meaningful contract vote.
(2022-11-29). Biden calls on Congress to impose rail contract, in a major assault on workers' democratic rights. wsws.org A congressional injunction would be an attack on the rights of all workers, including the basic right to strike and participate in meangingful contract vote.
(2022-11-29). Senate Votes To Overturn Covid-19 National Emergency. popularresistance.org Just a week after the midterm elections, the Senate voted to end the National Emergency Declaration on Covid-19. This vote, in which Democrats joined Republicans 62-36, comes after the U.S. handled the Covid-19 pandemic in impressively pitiful fashion, with over 1 million dead and millions more grappling with long Covid-19 symptoms. It also comes as winter months approach and respiratory illnesses are on the rise, particularly among children as pediatric intensive care units reach capacity. | Ending the National Covid-19 Emergency declaration could affect anything from the access to medical supplies to helping co…
(2022-11-29). Prelude to Authoritarianism? tomdispatch.com Just in case you didn't notice, authoritarianism was on the ballot in the 2022 midterm elections. An unprecedented majority of candidates from one of the nation's two major political parties were committed to undemocratic policies and outcomes. You would have to go back to the Democratic Party-dominated segregationist South of the 1950s to find such a sweeping array of authoritarian proclivities in an American election. While voters did stop some of the most high-profile election deniers, conspiracy theorists, and pro-Trump true believers from taking office, all too many won seats at the congressional, state, and…
(2022-11-29). Trumpism Won't Be Defeated in a Single Election Cycle. truthout.org
(2022-11-29). Victorian election shows dissatisfaction is polarised. greenleft.org.au As the cost-of-living and housing crises hit hard, Labor was re-elected in Victoria, despite a 5.8% negative swing which went both to the right and left. The socialist vote was encouraging, reports Jacob Andrewartha.
(2022-11-29). Challenger ticket wins 39% of NSW Nurses and Midwives Association vote. greenleft.org.au In the first contested election in the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Union since 2003, John-Paul Marx, who ran on "A Smarter Union" ticket, received 38.7% of the vote. Niko Leka reports.
(2022-11-29). "This election is unfair": GM Flint workers denounce judge's rejection of 30-day exension of UAW elections. wsws.org "The low voter turnout is NOT due to workers' apathy, but due to the conspiratorial actions of the bureaucracy to limit voter turnout and to suppress the voices of the rank and file," the committee stated.
(2022-11-29). Transcript from hearing in Lehman v. UAW details arguments for extending UAW election deadlines. wsws.org A transcript of the November 22 court hearing for the case sheds further light on the indifference and even hostility of the UAW apparatus and court-appointed Monitor to workers' democratic right to participate in a fair election.
(2022-11-29). Congressional Labor Caucus Demands More Funding for NLRB Before GOP Takes House. commondreams.org "Workers need the NLRB to receive funding that allows it to fully implement its mission," several Democratic lawmakers told House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer.
(2022-11-29). Trump Says He's Been "Open" and "Transparent" Regarding Docs Kept at Mar-a-Lago. truthout.org
(2022-11-29). Press reports claim Liz Cheney blocks probe of FBI, Pentagon in January 6 attack. wsws.org The reports by NBC News and the Washington Post suggest that the House Select Committee is covering up key aspects of Trump's attempted coup d'etat.
(2022-11-29). Progressives Mobilize in Georgia for Dec. 6 Senate Runoff. commondreams.org Advocacy groups backing Sen. Raphael Warnock call the Democrat a "reproductive rights champion" who is also "fighting to stop the climate crisis and create good jobs in the process."
(2022-11-29). Beware Corporate Democrats "Passing the Torch" commondreams.org Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, but that affiliation for the heir apparent to the current House Speaker should not be taken at face value.
(2022-11-29). Warren, Sanders Lost Over 100k Twitter Followers Each After Elon Musk Takeover. truthout.org In the weeks following right-wing billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter in late October, Republican members of Congress gained hundreds of thousands of followers on the platform, while Democrats experienced a purge of followers, a new report finds. | According to
(2022-11-29). Abdullah Al-Arian on First Middle East World Cup & Western Media's "Orientalist Outlook" democracynow.org 
As the 2022 World Cup plays out in Qatar, the first Arab country to host the major sporting event, we speak with history professor Abdullah Al-Arian, who says the international media is projecting an "Orientalist outlook" in its coverage of the games. Al-Arian says despite mainstream discourse, football in the Middle East has historically been used by nationalist movements as "a means of organizing collectively on the basis of achieving their own liberation against colonial rule." His recent New York Times opinion piece is "Why the World Cup Belongs in the Middle East."…
(2022-11-29). "Sportswashing & Greenwashing": Ex-Soccer Player Jules Boykoff on Qatar Hosting World Cup. democracynow.org 
We speak with author Jules Boykoff about the climate and political implications of the 2022 World Cup. The soccer tournament is being played in the winter for the first time due to Qatar's extreme summer temperatures. Boykoff says Qatar and FIFA have greenwashed the event by erroneously claiming the World Cup is "fully carbon neutral" despite blocking an independent review of the games. Boykoff also says Qatar is participating in "sportswashing" by using the games to deflect attention from labor abuses. Boykoff's article in Scientific American is "The World Cup in Qatar I…
(2022-11-29). NYC DA Asks Judge to Drop Murder Charges Against Domestic Abuse Survivor Tracy McCarter. democracynow.org 
In a remarkable courtroom scene, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a New York judge Monday to dismiss murder charges against Tracy McCarter, who says she acted in self-defense when her estranged husband died from a stab wound in the chest in 2020. Bragg campaigned on a promise to fight to free McCarter of murder charges, though, when elected, advocates say his actions initially fell short. This comes as pressure is growing in New York to end the criminalization of domestic abuse survivors, which happens at a disproportionate rate against Black women. Advocates say 90% of women who are incarcerated in…
(2022-11-29). Tracy McCarter domestic abuse survivors criminalization. democracynow.org In a remarkable courtroom scene, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a New York judge Monday to dismiss murder charges against Tracy McCarter, who says she acted in self-defense when her estranged husband died from a stab wound in the chest in 2020. Bragg campaigned on a promise to fight to free McCarter of murder charges, though, when elected, advocates say his actions initially fell short. This comes as pressure is growing in New York to end the criminalization of domestic abuse survivors, which happens at a disproportionate rate against Black women. Advocates say 90% of women who are incarcerated in…
(2022-11-29). Form rank-and-file committees to lead a UK general strike! wsws.org Rank-and-file committees, democratically elected, must be formed in every workplace, dedicated to unifying the growing wave of struggles based on the demand for a general strike to bring down the Tories.
(2022-11-29). Announced in 2000, the International African American Museum is Finally Set to Open in Charleston, South Carolina. moguldom.com After more than two decades of planning, the International African American Museum (IAAM) announced it will open to the public the weekend on Jan. 21, 2023. The museum is located in Charleston, South Carolina, at the former site of Ghadsen's Wharf, once one of the nation's foremost slave ports. IAAM's mission is "to honor the …
(2022-11-29). Legendary Singer and 'Sparkle' Actress Irene Cara Passes Away at 63. moguldom.com Irene Cara, the beautiful and incomparable actress and singer known for her roles and songs in "Sparkle," "Fame" and "Flashdance" has died. She was 63. Cara's death was announced by her publicist, Judith Moose, in a tweet shared from Cara's official account on Friday, Nov. 26. "It is with profound sadness that on behalf of …
(2022-11-29). Survey: One Out of Every Three Americans Making At Least $2 ,000 Salary Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck. moguldom.com A survey conducted earlier this year found one-in-three Americans making at least $2 ,000 are living paycheck to paycheck. The survey was conducted by Pymnts.com and LendingClub Corp April 6-13 and a summary of the results were published in Bloomberg in June. The findings were most prevalent among millennials, more than half of whom said they …
(2022-11-29). E-Waste 101: Everything You Need to Know. globalresearch.ca
(2022-11-29). State Legislators Proposed 306 Bills Targeting Trans People in the Past 2 Years. truthout.org An analysis released Monday by NPR details what one rights advocacy group called the Republican Party's Lawmakers in every region of the United States have put forward "
(2022-11-29). Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin proposes right-wing revision of public school curriculum. wsws.org Youngkin's right-wing revision of the Virginia curriculum is part of a broader attack on public education being carried out by the Republican Party.
(2022-11-29). Covid positive toddler avoids hospital quarantine thanks to warmhearted neighbors. ecns.cn A 2-year-old kid who tested positive for Covid-19 has been allowed to be quarantined at home, with the aid and promise of a warm-hearted neighborhood in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
(2022-11-29). Presidenta de Honduras destaca avances en combate a la corrupción. telesurtv.net "Mi compromiso es levantar el velo de la corrupción e inequidad", refirió la mandataria Xiomara Castro.
(2022-11-29). República Dominicana celebrará comicios presidenciales en 2024. telesurtv.net La Junta Central Electoral precisó que los próximos comicios presidenciales se llevarán a cabo el 19 de mayo de 2024.
(2022-11-29). What took them so long? New York Times, Guardian finally call for Assange's freedom. wsws.org Ten years after Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange was forced to seek refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and three years after he was arrested and subjected to solitary confinement, the editors and publishers of the New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, El País and Der Spiegel have issued an open letter calling on US President Joe Biden to end his prosecution.