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2022-12-11: News Headlines

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2022-12-11). STOP Concession Bargaining! No COLA, No Contract! COLA & Housing for All Unions & Workers. indybay.org The United Front Committee For A Labor Party UFCLP opposes Concession bargaining No COLA/No Contract | COLA & Housing for All Unions & Working People | Time To Shut It Down With Mass Labor/Community Solidarity…

WSWS (2022-12-10). Senator Kyrsten Sinema declares herself an "independent" to push the Democrats further to the right. wsws.org Sinema's announcement deflated attempts to portray Senator Warnock's win in Georgia as a victory for "progressive values" and underscored the fact that the Democratic Party and the two-party system as a whole are lurching further to the right coming out of the midterm elections.

Margaret Kimberley (2022-12-10). Hakeem Jeffries and the Railroad Workers. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley Dec 7, 2022 | A New Black "First" Came Along At The Same Moment That The Democratic Party Showed Itself To Be A Servant Of The Ruling Classes. Hakeem Jeffries is a very willing tool of powerful people. There is no reason to celebrate his ascension to the House Minority Leader position. | "Israel today, Israel tomorrow, Israel forever." | — The Black Agenda Report team is proud to have coined the phrases "Black misleadership class" and "Black politica…

_____ (2022-12-10). Next On The US Supreme Court Chopping Block: Democracy. popularresistance.org On December 7, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the case Moore v. Harper, a case which could effectively eliminate the influence of the popular vote in presidential elections. In Moore, a case which the Court, now dominated by a far-right majority, will likely decide before July 2023, it is possible that justices will rule in favor of allowing state legislatures the authority to decide the outcome of presidential elections, regardless of the popular vote. | Peoples Dispatch spoke to Brian Becker, founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and part of the PSL's central…

Fight Back (2022-12-09). Philippines: Raise the demand for freedom of all political prisoners. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) extends its solidarity to all political prisoners, their families, friends and supporters in line with the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War. The Filipino people, in particular, demand the release of all political prisoners who continue to languish in jail under the Marcos regime. | The number of political prisoners Philippines continues to rise. Over the past six month, at least 25 have been arrested, adding to…

WSWS (2022-12-09). At the behest of world capitalism, Chinese Communist Party opens China to COVID-19. wsws.org The demand for mass infection in China comes not from the Chinese people but from international finance capital.

Chris Hedges (2022-12-09). How America used WWI to crush internal dissent. therealnews.com Behind the triumphant narrative of the American entry into WWI is another story of a society riven by powerful contradictions. In 1917 the US was overwhelmed by labor disputes, rising anti-immigrant 'nativism,' and unrelenting racial violence, particularly against Black people. In his new book, American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, historian Adam Hochschild traces the untold story of how WWI reshaped America's domestic politics. The Great War provided the occasion to clamp down on the Socialist Party of America and the International Workers of the World, muzzle…

Jon Queally (2022-12-09). Critics Slam Sinema for Leaving Democratic Party Days After Warnock's Win. truthout.org Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced early Friday morning that she has officially left the Democratic Party, registering as an independent in her state and surprising very few people who have seen her as a major obstacle to her party's progressive agenda while serving powerful corporate interests. "In the most shocking, surprising, and unexpected news in modern American political history,"… |

Mark Gruenberg (2022-12-09). Renegade Kyrsten Sinema bolts from Democratic Party. peoplesworld.org PHOENIX, Ariz.—The renegade from Arizona is at it again. After helping blockade progressive legislation in the Senate for years, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has left the Democratic Party, re-registering as an independent, two years before she must face Arizona voters again. Her decision, announced in an op-ed in the Arizona Republic, and in an interview with …

Peter Boyle (2022-12-09). The recent protests in China: An interview with Choo Chon Kai. greenleft.org.au Choo Chon Kai, a leading activist in the Socialist Party of Malaysia, has been building solidarity with democracy activists in China for many years. He discusses the recent protests in several cities in China.

Chauncey K. Robinson (2022-12-09). Black voters not fooled by Republicans' racial tokenism with Herschel Walker. peoplesworld.org Rev. Dr. Sen. Raphael Warnock has made history by being the first Black senator elected to a full six-year term in Georgia history. His victory was secured despite the Republican Party's racist voter suppression and "any other Black person will do" tactics. Black voters—who are more than a quarter of the Georgia electorate—made up the …

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