Monthly Archives: October 2021

2021-10-31: News Headlines

Julia Rock (2021-10-31). WEEKEND READER: It's The Economy, Stupid. dailyposter.com

The Canary (2021-10-30). Fresh call to end global vaccine inequality ahead of G20 summit. thecanary.co Failure to tackle global vaccine inequality at this weekend's G20 summit could prolong the pandemic, civil society groups have warned. | Fresh calls were made to tackle structural problems that campaigners say have so far been ignored. This has allowed coronavirus (Covid-19) doses to be "hoarded" by rich nations. | The People's Vaccine Alliance is a coalition of more than 75 organisations including Oxfam, Amnesty International, the African Alliance, UNAIDS, and Global Justice Now. It urged G20 leaders to unblock global supply shortages by waiving intellectual property and sharing technology of vaccines, diagnosti…

WSWS (2021-10-30). Thousands of New Brunswick public sector workers strike against poverty wages. wsws.org The Canadian Union of Public Employees has refused to say if the strike will continue into next week, let alone advanced any strategy to counter Premier Higgs' vow to outlaw the stoppage.

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson (2021-10-30). The Democrats in DC promised consequential racial justice reform—where is it? nationofchange.org The message to Black Americans expecting more progress has largely been to wait—for a better political opportunity, for the racial wealth gap to widen, for another Black American to die at the hands of the police.

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2021-10-30: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-10-30). Thousands of New Brunswick public sector workers strike against poverty wages. wsws.org The Canadian Union of Public Employees has refused to say if the strike will continue into next week, let alone advanced any strategy to counter Premier Higgs' vow to outlaw the stoppage.

WSWS (2021-10-29). Biden's incredible shrinking social "reform" bill. wsws.org The "Build Back Better" legislation has been reduced to a fig leaf of reformist pretense, without a single dollar of additional taxation on the wealthy.

Brian Wakamo (2021-10-29). Missing from the Climate Talks: Corporate Powers to Sue Governments Over Extractives Policies. inequality.org

SAM (2021-10-29). Why We Need to Keep Our Super Rich 'Occupied'. inequality.org

WSWS (2021-10-29). Australia: University of Newcastle Student Association promotes management, defends anti-democratic guidelines. wsws.org The new clubs and societies guidelines serve the purpose of suppressing left-wing student opposition to militarism, inequality and a sweeping pro-business restructure of the university.

Sarah Anderson (2021-10-29). Democrats' Budget Deal Will Collect Billions from the Wealthy to Invest in Human Needs. inequality.org

_____ (2021-10-29). Who Will Pay For The Damage From Climate Change? popularresistance.org To people in developing countries, it seems clear, the wealthy countries that caused most of the problem of climate change should pay the most to adapt to it and to solve the problem. But instead, countries like the United States lecture low low-emitting countries to do more while they extract their resources and destroy their forests. | For example, Nicaragua was an outspoken critic of the Paris climate talks because they did not go far enough. It is one of the countries most impacted by climate change, yet its own greenhouse gas footprint is one of the smallest. Nicaragua initially insisted that the Paris Accor…

_____ (2021-10-29). The 'Smoke And Mirrors' Billionaires Tax. popularresistance.org With the introduction of these two 'smoke and mirrors' tax measures, negotiations enter the 'end game' phase of the corporate strategy to beat back the two stimulus bills—the traditional Infrastructure Bill (now $0.55T new spending reduced from $2.3T) and the Human Infrastructure/Reconciliation Bill (now $1.75T reduced from $3.5T). | The strategy to slash the level of spending in both bills has been driven behind the scenes by the corporate wing of the Democrat party, with Senators Manchin and Sinema as their negotiating 'point persons'. The strategy has always been to cut the magnitude of spending on both…

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