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How Cuba is dealing with the devastation of Hurricane Ian
The day before Hurricane Ian hit Cuba, 50,000 people were evacuated and taken to 55 shelters. By October 1, less than five days after landfall, 82% of the residents of Havana had their power restored with work ongoing for the western part of the island.
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Media spin Lula victory as defeat
Workers Party Candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by 6.2 million votes.
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Rich nation’s solution for inflation is a poor country’s problem
The Secretary-General of the UNCTAD is warning that “the current course of action is hurting the most vulnerable, especially in developing countries, and risks tipping the world into a global recession.”
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Will Biden know when to stop?
Dare Biden risk nuclear escalation to maintain the ideological equivalence?
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British Trade unions and leftist organizations hold massive mobilizations over cost of living crisis
On Saturday, over 100,000 people joined the protests called by the Enough is Enough Campaign across the country. Protests were also held on Sunday in front of the Tory party conference in Birmingham.
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Sea level acceleration
This article addresses the most current research on sea level rise, as well as adaptation measures being taken around the world. Of special interest, brilliant adaptation measures are taking place in the face of higher seas.
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Unprecedented melt of Swiss Glaciers, finds study
Switzerland’s glaciers are melting like never before, found a study. Switzerland has the greatest volume of glaciers of any country in Europe.
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Why is the great project of Ecological Civilization specific to China?
When the concept of ecological civilization came to prominence in China, beginning around 2002 it was depicted as a defining element of socialism with Chinese characteristics, requiring a transition away from the expropriation of nature endemic to capitalist modernity and pointing to the need for worldwide social transformations. It was thus closely related from the start to the Marxist critique of capitalism.
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Four breakaway territories of Ukraine ask to join Russia
The annexation process of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhie to the Russian Federation might be completed in just 12 days.
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Labour conference delegate suspended after opposing arming Ukraine
A Labour conference delegate who spoke against uncritical support for the Ukrainian government on Tuesday has been suspended.
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Biden lies at the United Nations
U.S. presidents routinely violate international law and the United Nations Charter. Yet every year they appear before that body and proclaim American innocence.
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Imperialism and capitalism are ‘bleeding the world dry’: At UN, Nicaragua calls for global rebellion
At the United Nations General Assembly, Nicaragua’s Sandinista government called for a global rebellion against the “imperialist and capitalist system” that is “bleeding the world dry.” Condemning illegal sanctions and war, it urged a new multipolar order.
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Study: Manchin’s Pipeline bill would be a climate nightmare
New data suggest Dems’ greenwashed permitting legislation could produce far more carbon emissions than it eliminates.
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Four straight years of nonstop street protest in Haiti
In recent weeks, the streets of Haiti have once again been occupied by large marches and roadblocks. Banks and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)–including Catholic charities–faced the wrath of the protesters who denounced U.S. interference in Haitian affairs.
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Faina Savenkova – Bad children
What about UNICEF, the UN, Amnesty International? Have they said anything about the children killed by the Ukrainian army? No, of course not. Like in the Myrotvorets story. They know.
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Amidst the Biden administration’s forever-wars policy in Africa, BAP launches a month of action against AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command)
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022—October 1, 2022 is the 14th anniversary of the launch of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). Yet, jihadist terrorist violence on the African continent has increased since the founding of AFRICOM and NATO’s destruction of Libya resulting in civilian casualties and instability, which the West has used as pretext and justification for the […]
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The Great Denial: Why they don’t want us to talk about class
This summer’s strikes in Britain and the announcement by the RMT’s Mick Lynch that ‘the working class is back’ will have sent a collective shudder through the ranks of the establishment.
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How Ashish Jha and Rochelle Walensky of Newton, MA protect their children from Covid (but not yours)
Built on seven hills, Newton was one of America’s earliest commuter suburbs.
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The New York Times on Ukraine: Vietnam déjà vu
The New York Times is going full-bore for war in Ukraine. It is difficult to explain the yellow journalism, but the so-called “paper of record” did the same thing on Vietnam.
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The war on Germany just entered its hot phase
I have argued that Germany must open the Nord Stream II pipeline which can bring Russian natural gas to Germany without crossing other countries’ territory.