Daily Archives: September 12, 2022

2022-09-12: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-09-12). Sri Lankan farmers speak out over catastrophic conditions. wsws.org SEP members have been campaigning among farmers in northern parts of Sri Lanka as part of the party's struggle for the establishment of action committees and for a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses.

Rqorinoco (2022-09-12). 'The Haitian People Need a Socialist State,' Says Journalist Jean Waltès Bien-Aimé. orinocotribune.com By Tanya Wadhwa — Sep 8, 2022 | Tens of thousands of Haitians have been taking to the streets, demanding the resignation of Ariel Henry. To understand the situation on the ground, we spoke with Haitian journalist Jean Waltès Bien-Aimé | Since August 22, under the banner of "Rise Up for Another Independence," tens of thousands of Haitians have been repeatedly taking to the streets in different parts of the country, demanding the resignation of de-facto Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry. Protesters have criticized that during the past year of his governance, the economic, political, and social c…

WSWS (2022-09-12). Nevada nurses refuse to clock-in due to understaffing. wsws.org Former Henderson Hospital ICU nurse, Diana, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site and described the terrible working conditions at the hospital.

WSWS (2022-09-12). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman discusses socialism with libertarian worker (and other correspondence). wsws.org Every week, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman, a socialist rank-and-file Mack Trucks worker from Macungie, Pennsylvania, receives letters from workers in the UAW and in other industries on his campaign to abolish the bureaucracy and give power to the workers on the shop floor.

Labor Video Project (2022-09-12). Chile's 9/11 & The Rise Of US Fascism. indybay.org Chile and the world will commemorate the 49th anniversary of the 1973 coup. The coup we organized and funded by the US government with the active support of the AFL-CIO American Institute For Free Labor Development. Labor professor Ruth Needleman from Indiana University was in Chile prior to the coup and interviewed many of the Chilean supporters and the AIFLD and US operatives. She talks about that coup and the rise of fascism in the United States.

WSWS (2022-09-12). Seattle educators speak out on the consequences of understaffing, inadequate support and low pay. wsws.org Several teachers at Seattle Public Schools spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about the key issues they are fighting to address in their ongoing strike, which began on September 7.

Lynda Carson (2022-09-12). King Charles lll, is friends with KKK David Duke campaign contributor Vaughn Miller. indybay.org Photo Of King Charles lll, Formerly Known As Prince Charles, With Five-Time Polo Player Of The Year Carlos Gracida, And Vaughn Miller, A Campaign Contributor To David Duke, An American White Nationalist, Politician, Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist, Holocaust Denier, Convicted Felon And Former Imperial Wizard Of The Ku Klux Klan.

_____ (2022-09-11). Michael Hudson On Debt Relief, Inflation, Ukraine And More. popularresistance.org This is Ben Norton of Multipolarista. I'm joined by one of my favorite guests today, the brilliant economist Michael Hudson. And there are a lot of things that we plan on talking about today. | We're going to address the partial student debt relief in the United States, and the problem of debt, which is something that Professor Hudson has written a lot about. | We're going to talk about the inflation crisis, and some of the history of responses to the inflation that we've seen in the US. For instance, I'm going to pick Professor Hudson's brain about Richard Nixon's response. Nixon imposed price controls and froze…

Fight Back (2022-09-11). Red Theory: The National Question in the era of imperialism. fightbacknews.org Imperialism means monopoly capitalism, but it brings along with it war and national oppression. Because of the peculiar dynamics of imperialism in the era of proletarian revolution, the national question takes on a particular importance, and, concretely, must be understood and dealt with practically in ways that differ from the pre-imperialist period of competitive capitalism. | What do we mean by the "national question" and why is this important? Essentially, Marxist-Leninists, when referring to the national question, are referring to the analysis of the problems posed to the revolutionary movement by the mater…

TeleSUR (2022-09-11). Chile On Anniversary of Coup D'état Against Salvador Allende. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, remembering President Salvador Allende and anticipating the work to be carried out on human rights and on the 1,192 detainees who disappeared during the dictatorship, President Gabriel Boric began a day of commemoration and reflection 49 years after the coup d'état in Chile. | RELATED: | "There are 1,192 disappeared detainees that we still do not know where they are, it is not acceptable, it is not tolerable, we can…

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-09-11). "Money is no Mystery"; Charles E. Coughlin. globalresearch.ca

Contributing Writers (2022-09-11). The Truth about the Soviet Gulag — Surprisingly Revealed by the CIA. marktaliano.net Fact and propaganda have been at odds for over a century, and the prospect that the Big Lie will finally vanish remains slim. Introduction Aleksandr Solhenitsyn, a misguided patriot and unapologetic reactionary was used for many years by the West as a propaganda battering ram against the USSR, and communism in general. "Humanitarian" lies serve to …

Scorinoco (2022-09-11). Difficulties in Venezuela-Colombia Reintegration After Years of Hostility. orinocotribune.com Colombia and Venezuela are two historically linked nations and for centuries they even constituted the same territory, first as the Viceroyalty of New Granada during the Spanish Empire and then as Gran Colombia in the early years of the independence of the Americas from Spanish colonial rule. | However, political events in the late 20th century and so far in the 21st century, particularly the coming to power of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, have distanced the two nations to the extent that they broke diplomatic relations in 2019, despite sharing more than 2,200 kilometers of border. | This rupture, going on for a lon…

Thomas Palley, Leo Ensel (2022-09-11). How the West betrayed Mikhail Gorbatchev. indybay.org Gorbachev wanted to transform the Soviet Union from a closed, repressive system into an open, communicative socialist system that would be part of the European family. This effort was called glasnost (openness) and was advanced through the reform movement called perestroika.

Peter Dreier (2022-09-10). Barbara Ehrenreich Showed Us the Need for Socialist Policies. commondreams.org "If we are serious about collective survival in the face of our multiple crises, we have to build organizations, including explicitly socialist ones, that can mobilize this talent, develop leadership, and advance local struggles," she wrote.

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