2022-09-26: News Headlines

Walden Bello (2022-09-26). Extreme Events Are the New Normal, and Not Just in the Weather. fpif.org September 21 is the day that dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines. For 49 years, it had been a day of mourning for Filipinos. This year, the fiftieth anniversary of martial law took place under the regime of his son, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., who was elected president by a landslide last May. | Many are asking if this is history's idea of a joke. Unfortunately, it's not. The son of the dictator addressed the UN General Assembly on September 20. His presence there should serve as a reminder to the world that the dark past is not really past and is often just waiting for the right circumst…

WSWS (2022-09-26). The UAW presidential debate: A rank-and-file socialist confronts the apparatus. wsws.org The debate revealed two irreconcilable positions. Lehman advanced a program of abolishing the UAW apparatus, which he called "a subdivision of the companies," and transferring power to the workers on the shop floor. All the other candidates who spoke represented and defended this apparatus.

Mariangela Paone (2022-09-26). Quién es Giorgia Meloni, la mujer que ha llevado a la ultraderecha al triunfo en Italia. globalizacion.ca A sus 45 años, la líder de Hermanos de Italia se prepara para ser primera ministra tras tres décadas de vida política y una militancia que empezó tocando a las puertas del partido fundado por los nostálgicos de Mussolini. | øQuién…

TeleSUR (2022-09-25). Swiss Referendum Rejects Ban on Intensive Livestock Farming. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Swiss attended a referendum in which they were consulted on the prohibition of intensive livestock farming, which would have also vetoed the import of products from this type of unsustainable exploitation. | RELATED: | The ban initiative, which was raised by the Greens and part of the Swiss Socialist Party, was widely defeated today by 63 percent of the vote in 25 out of 26 cantons in the country. | The propo…

TeleSUR (2022-09-25). Hungarian Chief Diplomat: Western Sanctions "Complete Failure" telesurenglish.net "This was a complete failure, as it is now clear that these sanctions have hurt Europe much more than Russia itself and are causing enormous damage to the EU's economy," Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said. | Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto speaks during a press event in Budapest, Hungary, on July 29, 2022.

WSWS (2022-09-25). Rail workers in Germany: "We face the same problems here as our colleagues in the US" wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site spoke with rail workers in Germany about the industrial struggle in the US where 100,000 railroaders are confronting the White House, billion-dollar rail companies and their trade unions.

_____ (2022-09-25). Chris Hedges Report: Julian Assange's Father Speaks Out. popularresistance.org The long campaign against Julian and WikiLeaks is a window into the collapse of the rule of law, and the rise of what the political philosopher Sheldon Wolin calls a system of inverted totalitarianism—where the outward symbols of capitalist democracy remain, but the system itself is captured by corporate interests. Assange has spent over a decade fighting imprisonment, extradition, and CIA espionage. On Oct. 8, Chris Hedges and others will gather in Washington, DC, to demand Assange's release at the same time that protestors surround the British Parliament. For this special episode of The Chris Hedges Repor…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-25). The Road Ahead: Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny" globalresearch.ca Bastille 2022 is not a "protest" movement. We do not seek to negotiate with corrupt government officials. We question their legitimacy. They are liars. Our intent is to confront the powerful actors behind this criminal endeavor which is literally destroying people's lives worldwide.

Staff (2022-09-25). Consejo funerario para aprendices de capitalismo. cubadebate.cu La propiedad privada no creó al Capitalismo. Este último la perpetúa y la hace "sacrosanta". Quien creó la propiedad privada fue el egoísmo humano. La corrupción, el burocratismo, la discriminación, la desigualdad, la injusticia social y la explotación humana y ambiental, no son creaciones comunistas. El pecado original del Socialismo fue reproducir esos vicios que lo matan.

Benjamin Norton (2022-09-24). 'War on drugs has failed': At UN, Colombia condemns 'addiction to money and oil'. multipolarista.com Colombia's first ever left-wing President Gustavo Petro delivered a historic UN speech declaring, "The war on drugs has failed." He warned capitalism is destroying the environment, with its "addiction to money and oil," and called for debt relief for the Global South.

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