(2022-12-03). Profile: Jiang Zemin's great, glorious life. ecns.cn Jiang Zemin was an outstanding leader enjoying high prestige acknowledged by the whole Communist Party of China (CPC), the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups.
(2022-12-03). Jacobin promotes student debt bankruptcy. wsws.org Students are evidently expected to be grateful for the chance, compliments of the Democratic Party, to go into bankruptcy to avoid penury and homelessness.
(2022-12-02). ÔªøDemocrats, Then Republicans Smite Rail Labor. popularresistance.org While Railroad Workers United (RWU) finds it despicable — but not surprising — that both political parties opted to side with Big Business over working people yesterday and vote against the interests of railroad workers – not once, but twice, within hours. We suffered a one-two punch at the hands of, first the Democratic Party; the second served up by the Republicans. | First, responding to the wishes of President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the House voted to legislate a contract that the majority of U.S. freight rail workers had previously voted to reject. The Senate would quickly follow s…
(2022-12-02). Labor Betrayed: Why Democratic Party Failure Is By Design. itsgoingdown.org Editorial from David Van Deusen, President of the Vermont AFL-CIO. See our interview with David on our podcast, here. Rail unions went into this bargaining season with not a single day of paid sick leave in their contract. Achieving paid sick leave was the top priority of union members. And today, because of an act…
(2022-12-02). Sunday 12/11: Speaker: Fight the Far Right to Win Reproductive Justice! indybay.org In person in San Francisco (or via ZOOM link below) | New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk Street (at Ellis), San Francisco | (7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near #5, 19, 27, 31, 38 Muni bus lines)…
(2022-12-02). Staughton Lynd: lifelong advocate for liberation. workers.org 
Longtime anti-racist and antiwar activist turned labor lawyer, Staughton Lynd died Nov. 17, five days before his 93rd birthday. (Left to right) Staughton Lynd, Workers World Party co-founder Ted Dostal and WW contributor 'Mose Peterson,' Youngstown, Ohio, circa 1995. WW PHOTO Born in Philadelphia in 1929, Staughton Lynd was raised . . . |
(2022-12-01). British PM: The "Golden Era" With China Is Over. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageRishi Sunak believes it was "naàØve" to think closer economic ties would lead to reforms in China. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | On November 28, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered his first long speech on foreign policy. Sunak said that the "Golden Era" with China was over. He also described the belief that closer economic ties would lead to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) making internal political reforms as "naà&…
(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). Labor Board outlaws T-Mobile's company union. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON The National Labor Relations Board majority decided in November that T-Mobile had set up a company union to counter the Communications Workers' organizing drive among its thousands of call center customer service representatives. And since company unions are illegal under U.S. labor law, a board panel, on a party-line 2-1 vote, ordered T-Mobile's …
(2022-12-01). Turkey's MİT 'Neutralized' PKK Intelligence Commander In Special Operation. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Anadolu Agency (aa.com.tr) | Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has "neutralized" a senior intelligence commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Anadolu Agency reported on November 30. | A Turkish security sources told the state-run news agency that the commander, Fatma Onur, was targeted while she was moving from Qandil Mountains, a stronghold of the PKK, to the district of Sinjar.
(2022-11-30). Chinese premier meets with Lao president. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao president, on Wednesday in Beijing, calling for enhanced bilateral cooperation.
(2022-11-30). Xi holds talks with Lao president. ecns.cn Xi Jinping held talks Wednesday with Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and Lao president.
(2022-12-01). Tallahassee FRSO hosts October Revolution event. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On November 6, the Tallahassee District of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization held a celebratory meeting at Florida State University to honor the 105th anniversary of the October Revolution. | The October Revolution is the 1917 revolution that saw the overthrow of the czar, a Russian monarch, and the establishment of working-class power led by the Bolshevik party. | About a dozen or so students and community members gathered to learn about the October Revolution and the lessons it presents for today. | The event was facilitated by FRSO members Alex Carson, Regina Joseph and Delilah Pierre.
(2022-12-01). Workers' Party of Turkey's Erkan Baş's call for a "Peace Accord": A middle class delusion. wsws.org The TİP's call for a "peace accord" aims to direct growing social opposition against the cost of living and war behind pro-imperialist establishment parties.