(2024-09-12). Cal State Professors Targeted For Exposing School's Ties To Genocide. popularresistance.org Last month, in a tangible victory for the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement, San Francisco State University (SFSU) agreed to pull its investment from four companies tied to weapons manufacturing and Israel's genocide in Gaza. The four include Lockheed Martin, aerospace company Leonardo, military contractor Palantir, and construction equipment maker Caterpillar, whose bulldozers have been tearing up Gaza and the West Bank for decades. The success was four years in the making, as SFSU students successfully passed a divestment resolution in 2020.
(2024-09-12). Teacher Pay Rises—But Not Enough to Shrink Pay Gap. cepr.net Despite a small improvement in weekly wages, the pay penalty for teachers—the relative gap between the weekly wages of teachers and other college graduates—grew to a record 26.6% in 2023, according to a new report from CEPR Senior Economist Sylvia Allegretto jointly released with the Economic Policy Institute. This relative pay penalty—which is adjusted for …
(2024-09-12). 'Their Example Will Inspire Us: Five Black Communist Women': A book review. peoplesworld.org 
Historical amnesia, unfortunately, conditions much of our present consciousness. Dominant social institutions—media, schooling, and the political system—promote the deliberate habit of forgetting. This is especially true when it comes to our working-class history, the radical, even revolutionary struggles of workers against racism, exploitation, war, and the general submission to capitalist rule. Such institutionalized amnesia aims …
(2024-09-12). Mark Weisbrot's Remarks from CEPR's Webinar on Ending IMF Surcharge Policy — September 10, 2024. cepr.net I want to thank everybody for coming and welcome you. Thank you also for the work that so many of you do on these issues. Our panel today is about harm reduction. My colleagues here from the Center for Economic and Policy Research will examine and explain a particularly harmful policy of the world's most …
(2024-09-12). 51 Years Ago: Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup/ By Prof Michel Chossudovsky. marktanliano.net 
The main objective of the military coup was to impose the neoliberal economic agenda, which was conducive to mass poverty By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, September 11, 2024 Global Research. Unpublished Paper written in September, 1973 11 September 2003 Original Link Here: 51 Years Ago: Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup …
(2024-09-12). Hurricane Risk to Offshore Wind (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study still relevant). wattsupwiththat.com But such would increase cost, reduce output, and/or limit offshore wind below politically desired levels. All aggravate the already bad economics and poor prospects of offshore wind in the U.S.
(2024-09-12). Jain Irrigation Partners with SKUAST-Kashmir for Smart Farming Solutions. devdiscourse.com Jain Irrigation Systems announced on Thursday its collaboration with the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-Kashmir) to provide innovative, technology-driven agricultural solutions for farmers in Jammu and Kashmir.
(2024-09-12). The Heat: U.S. Presidential Race. america.cgtn.com 
With the U.S. presidential election less than two months away, voters had the chance to hear from Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in what can only be described as a contentious debate. | The Republican and Democratic presidential nominees discussed key issues including the U.S. economy, reproductive rights and immigration. | Joining the discussion: |
(2024-09-11). Airtel Africa Foundation unveils 'Airtel Africa Fellowship Program' at IIT Madras Zanzibar. independent.co.ug 
Zanzibar, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The Airtel Africa Foundation has announced the launch of the prestigious 'Airtel Africa Fellowship Program' for the undergraduate students at IIT Madras Zanzibar, the first-ever foreign campus established by an IIT. The Fellowship aims to support deserving students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in …
(2024-09-11). Starmer ignores question on impact assessment at PMQs that shows 'thousands of deaths from pension cuts'. thecanary.co It shows how shocking Keir Starmer's premiership already is when Rishi Sunak, however temporarily at Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), looks like a competent politician. Not least is his performance over the winter fuel payments cut and where the impact assessment for these was. But that's the whole trap of the two party system. The Labour […] | By
(2024-09-11). The Presidential Debate. Harris Vs. Trump. "It Went Down Hill" … There was No Positive Tone… globalresearch.ca Nearly all public polls in the USA today, and since the beginning of 2024, show that the number #1 issue for American voters is the condition of the economy. | But listening to the debate this evening one would have heard …
(2024-09-11). Appearance vs. Essence: A Marxist look at the Harris-Trump debate. peoplesworld.org 
Watching the Harris-Trump debate, an old idiom came to my mind: "Don't judge a book by its cover." Karl Marx had another way of saying much the same thing: "All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided." And since Trump called Harris a "Marxist" (though she's anything …
(2024-09-11). Census: U.S. median income finally passes pre-pandemic levels. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—In a note of statistical good news for U.S. workers, the Census Bureau reported that last year, the median income for all U.S. full-time workers finally surpassed the high it reached just before the coronavirus-caused shutdowns trashed much of the U.S. economy five years ago. It rose 4 percent last year but the inflation rate …
(2024-09-11). Free Khalida Jarrar, end the global prison-industrial genocide. mondoweiss.net 
The Palestinian Feminist Collective demands the immediate and unconditional freedom of Palestinian political prisoner and revolutionary leader Khalida Jarrar, who teaches us that "hope in prison is like a flower that grows out of stone."