(2024-10-14). Health and Safety: Amazon Fails to Deliver. socialistproject.ca 
"We are going to be Earth's best employer | and Earth's safest place to work." ( At the end of March 2021, a unionization drive in Bessemer, Alabama, by the Retail Workers (RWDSU) — one of the earliest attempts to organize an Amazon FC (Fulfillment Center) — failed to get the requisite numbers for certification. The campaign nevertheless highlighted workers' frustrations over health and safety and created anxieties among Amazon executives over future unionization drives. | That apprehen…
(2024-10-14). 'No Indians Allowed': An Open Letter To The Rapid City Community. popularresistance.org For those who have been following the news, they will remember the Grand Gateway Hotel and may have heard about the recent bankruptcy filing. This resulted in a delay in justice and accountability. By filing for bankruptcy, the owners of the Grand Gateway Hotel have bought themselves time and halted the federal civil rights lawsuit against them. | While justice is delayed, we are still fighting and holding the owners accountable to our people. This is not over. | As we work to challenge the systems and injustices our people face on a daily basis, we also reflect on the impacts such blatant racism has on our commu…
(2024-10-14). Jordanian Authorities Arrest Thousands In Year Since October 7. popularresistance.org Jordanian authorities have arrested thousands of citizens since October 7 last year in an increasingly repressive climate in the country. Despite the increasing repression, the people have continued to take to the streets every week to protest the ongoing US-funded Israeli genocide in Gaza. | Raya Sharbain, a digital security trainer, tells Mondoweiss that the crackdown on citizens, journalists, and activists is unprecedented. "It is difficult to know where the red line is. It seems that any slight criticism can lead to interrogation or detention," Sharbain says. | Hundreds have also been charged under Jordan's 2…
(2024-10-14). Washington keeps silent after Israel arrests U.S. journalist over report on Iran attack. mronline.org The U.S. government has yet to comment on the case of Jeremy Loffredo, an independent U.S. journalist who remains in Israeli police detention on suspicion of "endangering national security." Loffredo may potentially face life imprisonment or the death penalty after reporting the locations where Iranian missiles struck in the attack launched by Iran earlier this …
(2024-10-14). Tensions Rise as PTI Activists Arrested Ahead of Lahore Protest. devdiscourse.com Lahore police have apprehended more than 35 members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ahead of a scheduled protest on October 15, as reported by ARY News. These detentions occurred during police raids in areas such as Defence, Kot Lakhpat, and Johar Town, targeting individuals allegedly organizing the protest.
(2024-10-14). Leading SEP candidates contesting the Sri Lankan parliamentary elections. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) is standing in general elections to be held on November 14, with a list of 41 candidates in three electoral districts.
(2024-10-14). Euro-Med: "With booby-trapped robots, Israel escalates killing, destruction in northern Gaza" imemc.org 
Palestinian Territory, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor — The Israeli occupation army is using booby-trapped robots equipped with tons of explosives to commit massive acts of destruction and killing, including massacres, willful killing, enforced starvation, and widespread forced displacement in northern Gaza. Israel's army has completely cut off the northern Gaza Governorate from Gaza City by deploying military …
(2024-10-14). Opposing The Western War Machine Is The Most Important Thing You Can Do. caitlinjohnstone.com.au If there's one thing this past year has made clear, it's that opposing the foreign abuses of the western empire is the most important task you can undertake if you care about truth, justice, and human rights. There are other important fronts upon which this struggle takes place, but opposing western warmongering, militarism and empire-building is the most important. | It's the most important because it's the most consequential. Western warmongering is responsible…
(2024-10-14). Robert Jenrick denies he would drop hard-right policies if he became Tory leader. leftfootforward.org Jenrick has made pulling Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights a major part of his campaign,…
(2024-10-14). Iran: New Hijab Law Adds Restrictions and Punishments. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Iranian women, defying the mandatory hijab rule, take to the streets during nationwide protests that started after 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini died on September 16, 2022 in the custody of Tehran's "Morality Police," October 1, 2022. | © 2022 Anonymous/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images…
(2024-10-14). This week in history: October 14-20. wsws.org CIA role in bombing of Chinese embassy in Belgrade; Ford testifies on Nixon pardon; CPUSA leaders jailed under Smith Act; First Manifesto of Surrealism published.
(2024-10-14). Palestine And The Lessons Of East Timor. popularresistance.org Given the history of the Israeli invasion of Palestine it is easy to believe that the July 19 ruling by the International Court of Justice, which rules that Israel's continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and should end, will be ignored. | After all, in 1967, U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the occupied territories, emphasised the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, and called for a just and lasting peace.
(2024-10-14). Lebanese demand justice for journalist killed by Israeli fire. newarab.com 
(2024-10-14). DOJ Sues Virginia Over Enforcement of 2006 Law Removing Noncitizens From Voter Lists. globalresearch.ca The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it was filing a lawsuit against the "State of Virginia, Virginia State Board of Elections and Virginia Commissioner of Elections" over the state's enforcement of a 2006 law, removing non-citizens from voter lists….
(2024-10-14). 'Attack on Muslim establishments': Mandatory name display in UP, HP sparks fear. ummid.com Mandatory display of workers' name in restaurants and shops are 'thinly veiled attack on Muslim establishments' that will eventually lead to their boycott, the Muslims in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh said while talking to The Guardian.
(2024-10-14). Hezbollah drone attack kills, wounds soldiers in Israel. newarab.com 
This live-blog on Israel's wars on Gaza and Lebanon has now closed. We will be back at 0900 GMT with the latest from the region. | At least 300 people have been killed over nine days of Israeli siege in northern Gaza, with bodies strewn over the streets of the Israeli forces are committing "another massacre" there, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory says. | Francesca Albanese said Palestinian civilians in Jabalia "are killed — both in groups and one…
Journalist Bisan Owda describes the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital massacre
They burned people alivethese people are waking up, watching their bodies burning, turning into black and having their last breaths in front of the camera. Journalist Bisan Owda described the devastation caused by an Israeli missile that targeted the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
(2024-10-14). Global South Denounces Genocide; Nicaragua Ends Relations With Israel. popularresistance.org More and more countries in the Global South are cutting relations with Israel, accusing it of committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. | United Nations experts have stated that there "are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating the commission of the crime of genocide … has been met", adding that "the genocide in Gaza is the most extreme stage of a long-standing settler colonial process of erasure of the native Palestinians". | Scientific experts have estimated that 186,000 Palestinians will die due to Israel's war of extermination on Gaza, representing roughly 8% of the po…
(2024-10-14). It's not over! Fight back against the Uhuru 3 'conspiracy' verdict! workers.org 
The message below is excerpted from an Oct. 9 statement posted on handsoffuhuru.org. The Uhuru 3 — African People's Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela and supporters Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel — were acquitted on Sept. 13 of bogus federal charges accusing them of being Russian agents. However, they were . . . |
(2024-10-14). Cuban ambassador to Antigua/Barbuda calls for support for Palestine. plenglish.com According to a notice published on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Martínez urged people to reject the massacre perpetrated by the Israeli army during a mass celebrated at the Church of San Francisco de Asís. | In his speech, the diplomat asked how many children and defenseless beings should die, how many schools and hospitals should be destroyed, to stop the genocide against Palestine and other countries in the region. | He also recalled that the "Cuban Revolution has always been a tireless defender of peace, peaceful coexistence and the right of the Palestinian people to independence, a…
(2024-10-14). Israel burns displaced Palestinians alive in central Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org The images of displaced Palestinians being burned alive by Israeli attacks sparked outrage across the world as Israel appears to be no closer to heeding international calls for a ceasefire.
(2024-10-14). The questionable merit of Australia's official support for a two-state solution to the Palestine conflict. onlineopinion.com.au In Israel, more than twice as many people now do not support the two-state solution as support it (64% vs. 27%, respectively). In the West Bank and East Jerusalem, enthusiasm for the two-state solution was equally as low.
(2024-10-14). Israel attacks Jabalia aid distribution centre, kills at least ten. skwawkbox.org 
More civilians slaughtered for trying to survive Israeli troops have fired on an aid distribution centre operating from a school in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, where dozens of people were queuing for food aid, killing at least ten people. The atrocity comes only hours after occupation aircraft bombed refugees sheltering in tents on …
(2024-10-14). Israeli Strike On Northern Lebanon Christian Village Kills at Least 21. news.antiwar.com On Monday, Israeli warplanes carried out an attack on a small apartment building in the northern Lebanese village of Aito, in the Christian-majority Zgharta District. At least 21 people have been killed in the attack, according to the Lebanese Red Cross, and a number of others wounded. There has been no official comment from the …
(2024-10-14). Venezuela Sends Humanitarian Aid to Lebanon and Syria. orinocotribune.com Venezuela sent its first batch of humanitarian aid to Lebanon and Syria, consisting of almost 14 tons of medicines, food, and other supplies. | In solidarity with the peoples of the Middle East, Venezuela established a collection center in the Salvador Allende Hall of the Foreign Ministry in Caracas. | View this post on Instagram | The first shipment of humanitarian aid will…
(2024-10-14). Palestinians: At least 20 killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Gaza; Hezbollah rockets target Haifa. haaretz.com Four soldiers killed, dozens wounded in Hezbollah drone strike on IDF base ‚ñ U.S. confirms deployment of anti-ballistic missile system and crew to Israel ‚ñ Anti-tank fire wounds 25 IDF soldiers in two incidents in Lebanon ‚ñ Netanyahu to UN chief: Remove UNIFIL from Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon ‚ñ Iran has 'no red lines' in defending its people and interests, FM says…
(2024-10-14). Palestinians report at least 20 killed in Israeli attack in central Gaza. haaretz.com U.S. confirms deployment of anti-ballistic missile system and crew to Israel ‚ñ Anti-tank fire wounds 25 IDF soldiers in two incidents in Lebanon ‚ñ Netanyahu to UN chief: Remove UNIFIL forces from Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon ‚ñ Iran has 'no red lines' in defending its people and interests, FM says…
(2024-10-14). CIA Spy Network in Yemen Promoted Western Values, Normalization with Israel. libya360.wordpress.com Ahmed Abdulkareem While Yemen usually conjures images of conflicts with Israel and the Saudi-led coalition, a new dimension to the complex country and its people has emerged: Yemen's secret war of spies. MintPress News delves into the largest CIA spy cell ever uncovered in Yemen, revealing a major security operation that apprehended its members and…
(2024-10-14). 'Burned and charred bodies' as Israel hits tents at central Gaza hospital. aljazeera.com Videos from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital show rescuers scrambling to save people as they struggle to contain a major fire.
(2024-10-14). Israeli attack on Gaza hospital tent camp kills displaced Palestinians. aljazeera.com Several Palestinians have been killed and some injured in an Israeli attack on tents housing forcibly displaced people.
(2024-10-14). Cuba confirms willingness to strengthen ties with Bulgaria. plenglish.com "We confirm the willingness to strengthen relations of friendship and cooperation between our countries," says a publication of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in X. | The text was published on occasion of the 64th anniversary of official ties between both nations. | Cuba and Bulgaria formalized their diplomatic ties on October 14, 1960 and since then they have strengthened the friendship and collaboration between their governments and peoples, according to repeated messages from the Cuban Foreign Ministry. | The two States consider the exchange they have maintained for more than six decades to be important. | A…
(2024-10-14). Israel's Motto Is "We Can Have Peace Tomorrow If We Just Kill A Few More People Today" caitlinjohnstone.com.au Israel's permanent national security doctrine is basically "We can have peace tomorrow if we just kill a few more people today." | But it's always today. Tomorrow never comes. | Israel never succeeds in killing its way to peace, because that's not actually a thing. | You can't murder, oppress and tyrannize people into obedience. You can kill off the people who oppose you, but in doing so you just create more people who oppose you. You can scorch the earth killing…
(2024-10-14). Train crash in Egypt kills one and injures more than 20 people. newarab.com 
(2024-10-14). 'We are being annihilated': Jabalia residents call for help. newarab.com 
Hundreds of Many of those making the urgent pleas for help on social media said they were being "annihilated" and "exterminated", pointing out that Israeli forces are bombing people and…
(2024-10-14). In Germany thousands of protesters show their opposition to Ukraine aid program. infobrics.org It seems already impossible to avoid a crisis of legitimacy from starting in Europe, considering local people's high level of discontentment with their states' international policies.
(2024-10-14). The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II. globalresearch.ca
(2024-10-14). Shocking Government Reports: Are the C-19 Vaccinated at Risk of Developing AIDS?" expose-news.com UK PHE Vaccine Surveillance Report figures on Covid cases show that doubly vaccinated 40-70 year olds have lost 40% of their immune system capability compared to unvaccinated people. Their immune systems are deteriorating …
(2024-10-14). Teetering and Tears. counterpunch.org 
October 7th, for many, was a day of tears. Some were shed for family members who died or were captured during the attack by Hamas a year ago. Others — far, far more I fear — were in mourning for the more than 40,000 people who have since been killed in Gaza. Now, in addition,
(2024-10-14). Israeli strikes on Gaza school, refugee camps, kill 41. presstv.ir At least 41 people, including at least 13 children, have been killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza.
(2024-10-14). Liaoning aircraft carrier participates in drills to the east of Taiwan island. ecns.cn A carrier strike group led by the CNS Liaoning aircraft carrier has taken part in the ongoing "Joint Sword-2024B" exercise near Taiwan, according to the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army.
(2024-10-14). A Brave and Startling Truth. transcend.org We, this people, on a small and lonely planet | Traveling through casual space | Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns…
(2024-10-14). 17 injured after army occupies southwest Colombia guerrilla stronghold. colombiareports.com Seventeen people were injured in a drone attack that followed a military operation that uprooted guerrilla groups from a town in southwest Colombia. The drone attack on El Plateado was…
(2024-10-14). Shocking footage reveals horror as Israel burns more families in tents in Gaza — Starmer, Lammy silent. skwawkbox.org 
Warning — footage is not for the faint-hearted, but the world must know Skwawkbox warns readers that what follows is horrific, but makes no apology for it. The world must be made aware and people in the UK will not be told by 'our' so-called mainstream media or government. Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David …
(2024-10-14). Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #615. wattsupwiththat.com Nobody's honest. Scientists are not honest. And people usually believe that they are. That makes it worse. By honest I don't mean that you only tell what's true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all the information that is required for somebody else who is intelligent to make up their mind.
(2024-10-14). Indigenous Peoples Day: Celebrating Culture and Mobilizing Native Votes. devdiscourse.com Native Americans across the United States will observe Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, marking the event with celebrations of their rich history and culture, alongside a pressing focus on voter mobilization efforts.
(2024-10-14). The immense power of labels. independent.co.ug 
How assigning a name to something changes public perceptions of its character THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Words are used to obscure the truths. Attach a label to something, and people will see it in a particular way. For instance, in Uganda, a person who is a born-again Christian is assumed or seen to be …
(2024-10-14). The New York Times Finally Admits Gaza is an Outdoor Prison. counterpunch.org 
Fourteen years after British Prime Minister David Cameron charged the Israels with creating a "big outdoor prison" in Gaza, the New York Times finally acknowledged that the Palestinians in Gaza have been "effectively imprisoned…in a 141-square-mile strip of land between Egypt and Israel that has become a killing zone." On the same day, the Washington Post finally acknowledged that it would take "80 years to rebuild all of Gaza's destroyed homes" if the pace of construction "mirrors previous conflicts." Israel has bombed Gaza on several previous occasions, but the past year has seen "an unprecedented scale of de…
(2024-10-14). Protests in Turkey over double murder, violence against women. newarab.com 
Hundreds of women protested in Hundreds in Istanbul chanted slogans denouncing President "You are a government that lets young girls get kill…
(2024-10-14). Doctors Stage Nationwide Strike Over RG Kar Medical College Tragedy. devdiscourse.com The Federation of Medical Association (FEMA) has orchestrated a two-day pen-down strike in both private and government medical colleges and hospitals across Siliguri, spurred by the harrowing RG Kar rape-murder case. This protest comes in the wake of the brutal rape and murder of a female doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
(2024-10-14). Why SpaceX rocket catch is such a big deal. aljazeera.com After SpaceX's world-first success in catching a rocket booster as it returned to earth.
(2024-10-14). PLA conducts joint drill surrounding Taiwan island. ecns.cn PLA Eastern Theater Command is dispatching its troops of army, navy, air force and rocket force to conduct joint military drills code-named Joint Sword-2024B in the Taiwan Straits and areas to the north, south and east of Taiwan island.
(2024-10-14). Resistencia libanesa provoca numerosas bajas al ejército israelí. cubadebate.cu La Resistencia de Líbano anunció que llevó a cabo 38 operaciones este domingo, que incluyeron ataques contra el Centro de Rehabilitación y Mantenimiento 7200 y un campo de entrenamiento perteneciente a la Brigada Golani, al sur de Haifa, y concentraciones de soldados en emplazamientos y asentamientos militares en el norte de la Palestina ocupada. Mientras, Israel atacó nuevamente Gaza provocando al menos 19 muertes…
(2024-10-14). China's Provocative War Games Threaten Taiwan's Stability. devdiscourse.com China's military recently launched provocative war games near Taiwan, positioning the move as a warning against Taiwan's independent stance. This action has attracted criticism from both Taipei and Washington. The drills, dubbed "Joint Sword-2024B", occupied strategic positions in the Taiwan Strait, and areas around the island.
(2024-10-14). Mátalos suavemente: Cómo la USAID y la NED conspiran contra la democracia. cubadebate.cu La USAID, o bien la Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional, es un instrumento político del Departamento de Estado. Su objetivo: para someter las agendas internas de otros países a los intereses de la Casa Blanca. Funciona a través de un esquema de donaciones a actividades de organizaciones sociales, mediante convocatorias sobre temas afines a Washington.
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the autonomous island of Bougainville has been held in Papua New Guinea. The lawsuit against Rio Tinto and its subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is seeking compensation, expected…
We must focus on the present as conditions in Gaza worsen daily, but a clear strategy and political vision are crucial to inspire people around the world as to what is possible.
Thousands of people are trapped in Gaza's Israeli strikes killed at least 34 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday, with nearly half of the fatalities occurring in Jabalia, the northern district which is the largest…
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Northern Uganda Diocese Emeritus Bishop Rt Rev Nelson Onono Onweng has called on the people in the Acholi Sub-region to forgive Severino Kiberu Okoya, the father to former Holy Spirit Movement rebel leader Alice Auma Lakwena. Speaking to mourners during the burial of Okoya on Saturday, Bishop Onono-onweng says …
Update on anarchist prisoner Hybachi LeMar. For more information, check out Free Hybachi LeMar. We are sad to announce that, although Hybachi LeMar was scheduled to be released on parole from IDOC Jacksonville Correctional Center on October 4, 2024, he was instead picked up by Pennsylvania authorities on a warrant for an alleged parole violation…. 
On Saturday, Israeli forces injured Palestinian citizens and damaged their homes near Nablus in the northern West Bank, in addition to the Bethlehem and Hebron governorates, in the southern West Bank. Occupation soldiers invaded the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, on Saturday, sparking protests. Media sources said that Israeli …