Image is of the Herðubreið tuya in northeast Iceland, formed when ice sheets covered Iceland thousands of years ago. It's not really relevant to the Grindavik situation but I think they look neat. The title also doesn't make much sense but I saw the pun and took it.

Off in Iceland, different kinds of tunnels are causing problems. Underneath the town of Grindavik in southwestern Iceland, not far from the capital of Reykjavik, tens of thousands of earthquakes are portending the movement of magma in tunnels underneath the peninsula, which could breach the surface and cause an eruption. The 4000 residents of the town have been evacuated as the magma has risen to less than a kilometer below the surface.TRG

Icelandic volcanism is pretty fascinating, with the country sitting on the mid-Atlantic ridge, the birthing line of new oceanic crustal rock running right down the Atlantic ocean for many thousands of kilometers, as well as a hotspot, an upwelling of mantle material of debated origin which also feeds otherwise-inexplicable volcanism in the middle of tectonic plates, like Yellowstone and Hawaii.

An additional factor here is the presence of glaciers. When a volcano erupts underneath a glacier, the melting water cools the lava rapidly, causing features usually seen in volcanoes that erupt under the sea like pillow basalts, but also unique features like tuyas, which are steep-sided but flat-topped volcanoes. The rapid melting of water can also cause glacial floods called jökulhlaups.

Icelandic volcanoes have had significant regional and even global impacts in the past. In 2010, the volcano Eyjafjallajökull, which was a volcano covered by an ice cap, erupted and the ash cloud spread across Europe, causing airline disruption for about a month which caused nearly $2 billion in total losses for airline companies - though this seems pretty quaint compared to the pandemic's impact on airlines in retrospect. Back in the 1780s, the Laki volcano killed a quarter of the Icelandic population due to sulphur dioxide causing massive crop failure and cattle death. This eruption's impacts spread to Europe and beyond, causing notable worldwide temperature drops and thus crop failures and may well have been a contributing factor to the outbreak of the French Revolution, which obviously heralded the death of the feudal order and the eventual primacy of capitalism in its place. That being said, any eruption at Grindavik is very probably not going to have any significant worldwide impacts - there are over a hundred volcanoes already in Iceland, and regular climate change is doing a great job at causing mayhem right now anyway. It's also still possible that there won't be an eruption at all, at least not in the short to medium term.

Friendly reminder: when commenting about a news event, especially something that just happened, please provide a source of some kind. While ideally this would be on nitter or archived, any source is preferable to none at all given.

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA daily-ish reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.

The Country of the Week is Iceland! Feel free to chime in with books, essays, longform articles, even stories and anecdotes or rants. More detail here.

This week's update is here!

Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.

Links and Stuff

The bulletins site is down.

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists

Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Add to the above list if you can.

Resources For Understanding The War

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.

Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.

Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.

On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Telegram Channels

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

Pro-Russian

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.

https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.

https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.

https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.

https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.

https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine

Almost every Western media outlet.

https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.

https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.

Last week's discussion post.

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    World economy “defying gravity”WSWS

    So far, the global economy appears to have dodged a bullet. Predictions of a recession resulting from the interest hikes by the world’s major central banks have not materialised. But there are warnings that beneath the surface, and not far below it, there are mounting problems, and the present situation is not sustainable.

    This was the theme of an editorial in the Economist magazine published over the weekend under the title: “The world economy is defying gravity. That cannot last.” In a reference to the road-runner cartoon character, some commentators have labelled it a Wile E. Coyote moment.

    Deepening uncertainty and fear in ruling financial circlesWSWS

    There is a swirl of uncertainty surrounding financial markets and the entire global financial system amid fears that one or other or a combination of ongoing inflation, rising interest rates, growing government debt, decoupling from China, a significant loss by firms involved in the so-called shadow banking system, and the escalation of war could set off a major crisis. And on top of this there is concern in ruling financial and economic circles, ever-present but seldom discussed publicly, of an eruption of struggles by the working class which break out of the efforts of the trade union apparatuses to contain them.

    The UN is Ineffective but There Are No Alternatives: RussiaTS
    The U.S. has increasingly found itself isolated on the world stageCGTN
    De-dollarisation interest jumps amid financial fragmentation, but US dollar dependence not ‘a very easy thing to overcome’SCMP
    BRI boosts internet development in less developed countries: reportCGTN

    Oil prices defy analysts’ expectations and fall rather than rise after the outbreak of the Israeli-Hamas warBNE
    Grove robbers target 'liquid gold' as olive oil prices triple globallyEN

    Europe:

    IMF predicts growth in Europe to slow to 1.3% in 2023CGTN
    Eurozone Inflation Plunges While Economic Growth StagnatesTS
    Young Arabs Stand against the Hypocrisy of the European UnionRS

    Opposition MPs set off flares, build chair barricade in Albanian parliamentBNE

    Czech PMI remained in decline in OctoberBNE

    Northern France remains on high alert after heavy rains and floodingEN

    Moldova’s ruling pro-EU party wins local elections but loses big citiesBNE

    Protesters rail against Spain's Socialist Party deal with Catalan separatistsEN
    Record number of African migrants land in Spain's Canary IslandsAN

    Serbian President Dissolves Parliament, Calls Early ElectionsTS
    Sanctioned pro-Russia Serbian intelligence chief quits ahead of general electionBNE

    Peak of England and Wales companies going bust highest since the 2009 financial crisisMP
    Multiple cost of living support benefits ahead of winter, announces UK Conservative governmentMP
    UK economy on flat growth track, with decreasing inflation, BoE reportMP
    Big Brother Unchained: UK Government to Abolish Biometrics and Surveillance Safeguards As It Embraces Facial RecognitionNC
    Abortions in prison fall by 75% despite rise in general populationOD

    Ukraine's international reserves fell for the third month in a row in October to $38.97bnBNE

    Western Asia:

    Railways Along the Belt and Road - Arab miracles rise from desertsCGTN
    China hopes to sell J-10C fighter jets in Middle East as aerobatics team heads for Dubai AirshowSCMP
    China Is Playing the Long Game in the Middle East: AnalystsCGS

    US Neocons Accidentally Act as Great Uniter in CaucasusNC
    UAE's Masdar to build 1 GW of clean energy plants in Azerbaijan in first phaseBNE
    Azerbaijan walks fine line as Turkey-Israel relations deteriorateEN
    First Karabakh Armenian convicted in AzerbaijanEN
    Armenia to offer refugee status to displaced KarabakhisEN
    Armenian PM sees "no advantage" in Russian troop presence as ties with Moscow deteriorate furtherEN
    Armenia says outline of a peace deal agreed with AzerbaijanEN

    Iraq wants to spend $100bn in turning its economy greenBNE
    Iraq Moves Further Out of U.S.’s Influence With New Russia and China DealsNC

    In crisis-ridden Lebanon and Afghanistan, already deficient public services are in a desperate stateET

    Saudi Arabia extends voluntary cut of 1 million barrels per dayCGTN

    Turkey extends measures keeping zombie companies afloat to end-2024BNE
    October PMI shows Turkish manufacturers scaling back production amid contracting demandBNE
    Turkish opposition leader of 13 years ousted, Ozgur Ozel takes helmBNE

    Central Asia:

    China, Afghanistan cultivate deeper ties with agriculture dealsSCMP

    Kazakhstan: Opposition politician on hunger strike over closed-doors trialEN
    October PMI shows new business in Kazakhstan manufacturing suffered first decline in 12 months;BNE Kazakh services PMI shows ongoing expansion in OctoberBNE

    Pakistan mounting campaign of state harassment and intimidation to expel 1.7 million Afghan refugeesWSWS

    Russia to continue Arctic LNG-2 project despite U.S. sanctionsPD
    Russia’s manufacturing PMI slips in October, inflation and labour pressures strong;BNE Russia’s service sector PMI continued expanding in October, but slowed from SeptemberBNE

    Uzbekistan to privatise drinking and sewage water supplyBNE
    Uzbekistan: President approves new safety rules following deadly warehouse blastEN
    Bishkek adamant China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway will be built, but remains short of a few billion dollarsBNE
    Uranium, solar and hydro business announcements feature during Macron’s Uzbekistan visitBNE

    Eastern Asia and Oceania:

    US suspends Indo-Pacific talks on key aspects of digital tradeBilaterals
    Albanese's visit to China expected to be new start for bilateral ties; relations with China should not be kidnapped by USGT

    Bangladesh enters new era with China-built first underwater tunnelCGTN

    October’s consumer, factory-gate price drops do not portend ‘deflationary spiral’, analysts saySCMP
    China's manufacturing PMI falls to 49.5 in October;CGTN China’s manufacturers ‘not in high spirits in October’ as factory activity contracts;SCMP China’s services activity picks up slightly in October, but sales soften and employment stagnatesSCMP
    CIIE makes history with whopping $78.41 billion dealsCGTN
    China’s soaring Dutch imports signal stockpiling of ASML kit ahead of US-backed export controlsSCMP
    Chinese chip maker SMIC’s sales fall for third straight quarter despite boost from Huawei’s 5G smartphone revivalSCMP
    China’s durian demand sees Philippines score CIIE trade deal despite heated South China Sea disputeSCMP
    Will China’s wilting cotton output in Xinjiang get a boost from Western satellite imagery?SCMP

    China’s top young scientists rewarded with exponential growth in research grantsSCMP China tops world with most sci-tech clustersCGTN
    China develops world's first super all-analog photoelectronic chipCGTN
    China says humanoid robots are new engine of growth, pushes for mass production by 2025 and world leadership by 2027SCMP
    Shenzhou-16 crew returns to Earth after 154 days in spaceGT
    China releases first BDS development index, sees thriving applicationsCGTN

    Not THAT BDS.

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      Taiwan’s economy inches upwards but misses target as AI tech demand fails to materialiseSCMP

      Heavy rains lash several states in south IndiaPD

      Indonesia’s EV Ambition May Be Underestimating Some Challenges. Relying On China Won’t Be EnoughCGS

      Japan begins 3rd round of contaminated water dumping amid international oppositionGT
      Japan detects above-limit radioactive cesium in locally grown mushroomPD

      Grown in a landlocked prefecture, therefore unrelated to the wastewater releases.

      China, Malaysia agree to further promote bilateral tiesCGTN

      Mongolia’s meat export dilemmaBNE

      China urges Myanmar to restore border stability as conflict between armed groups and junta intensifiesSCMP

      Nepal to supply relief materials to quake-hit areas;CGTN
      Earthquake Leaves at Least 69 Dead in Western NepalTS

      Xi Jinping tells North Korean leader China can make ‘greater contribution’ to strengthen relationsSCMP

      Sri Lanka’s debt trap and the vulturesMR

      Africa:

      Investors are unsettled as funding is drying up for Africa's startup ecosystemRoW
      Saudi Arabia to sign deals worth over $500 mln with African nations: ministerCGTN
      How the Israel-Hamas war is destabilizing the Horn of AfricaRS

      Burkina Faso, Russia discuss military cooperationAN

      A Billion Dollar Copper/Cobalt Mine is Up For Grabs in the DR Congo, Providing Rare Opening For the U.S. to Get in the MarketCGS
      UN says record 6.9 million people internally displaced in the DR CongoAN

      Former Guinean leader Dadis Camara escapes from prison in a jailbreakAN

      Africa’s First Non-Chinese Lithium Operation Gearing Up in GhanaCGS

      Biden commits to making Kenya an investment beacon for AfricaBilaterals
      Kenya Hosts China-Africa Investment Summit, Green TransitionTS
      Kenyan-Chinese Smartphone Assembly Plant DebutsCGS
      Kenyan president defends his government's tough economic measuresAN
      Kenya concedes 'millions of hectares' to UAE firm in latest carbon offset dealMEE

      Madagascar: Head of parliament lower house calls for suspension of Nov. 16 presidential electionAN

      UN peacekeepers leave Mali in a hurry and under fireAN

      China sets sights on Morocco as North African nation becomes centre of EV revolutionSCMP
      Delays in Morocco’s post-earthquake reconstruction may hasten its rural youth exodusET
      Relief efforts two months after the earthquake in MoroccoAN

      Namibia: 1 Billion USD Investment to Enhance Public HealthTS

      Niger: military regime asks Togo to mediateAN

      Somalia: IMF Agrees to 100-Mln-Usd LoanTS
      Somalia floods kill 10, displace more than 113,000 a year after droughtAN

      South African president deploys army to tackle illegal miningAN

      Sudan: Violent Clashes in the Capital and West of the CountryTS

      Tanzania set to ban raw lithium exports as of May 2024BNE
      German president apologizes for colonial-era crimes in TanzaniaAN

      Uganda agrees petroleum importation deal with Bahrain firmAN

      Lithium Sector Leads Big Increase in Chinese Investment into ZimbabweCGS
      Zimbabwean businesses welcome extension of multi-currency system til 2030PD

      North America:

      Food bank usage in Canada up one-third in a year as social crisis dramatically worsensWSWS

      Moody's downgrades outlook on U.S. credit rating to 'negative'CGTN
      US Sees Massive Retail Closures Amid Negative Economic TrendsTS
      Wolf Richter: Not Sure How Long It’ll Last: Spending on Factory Construction Does a Historic Spike, after Years of Going NowhereMC

      Commentators speculate that this is a mixture of inflation, uh, inflating the spike and that it's a little lower in real terms; the impact of the CHIPS Act; and also the EU shifting industry to the US, whether they want to or not.

      After more than two decades on the decline, US infant death rate rose significantly in 2022WSWS
      Why is there an epidemic crisis of congenital syphilis in the United States?WSWS
      Cuts to humanities in US universities are a symptom of an inhumane ageOD
      80+ Organizations Urge Biden to Reject Inhumane Cuts to Critical Programs in Upcoming Spending BillsCD
      UN Report Details Rampant US Human Rights Violations at Home and AbroadSP
      Los Angeles Mayor Orders Residential Hotels to Be Opened for Temporary ShelterSP
      Toxic Pesticides Are Sprayed Next to Thousands of US SchoolsICN
      Guantanamo: A Constitutional DebacleAW

      Latin America:

      200 years later, the Monroe Doctrine still haunts Central AmericaRNN
      EU-Mercosur: the European Union’s dirty plastic secretBilaterals

      Argentina makes payment to IMF in yuanMP
      Milei not sure he would concede defeatMP
      Price of fuel goes up in Argentine to secure supplyMP
      Gasoline supply must be normalized, or else... Massa warnsMP

      Brazil cuts basic interest rate to 12.25% per yearMP
      Record oil and gas output reported in BrazilMP
      Brazil to become world's leading chicken meat exporter in 2024MP
      Food production in Brazil is 74% of emissions, Climate Observatory study showsBNE

      Winds are changing in Colombia: Petro the big loser in Sunday's governor and mayor electionsMP
      China-Colombia steer trade towards cattle, but will US have a cow as Beijing makes Latin American inroads?SCMP
      Colombia to supply electricity to Ecuador to solve energy crisisMP

      Cuban PM in China on tourism mission to help ease post-pandemic slump at homeSCMP

      Jamaica Will Give Priority to Mining SectorTS

      Nicaragua Supports Venezuela's Referendum on EssequiboTS
      Executive Vice President: Venezuela Was Deprived of a Significant Extension of Its TerritoryTS
      Guyana asks The Hague court to stop Venezuelan referendum on the annexation of half of its territoryMP

      Killings of striking teachers in Panama fuel mass protests against major copper mineWSWS
      Panama explodes with protests against Canadian copper mineRNN
      Panama: President Announces Referendum on Mining ContractTS
      Panama Canal drought emergency, ships booking slots cut to 25 per day and to 18 next FebruaryMP

      Peruvian Parliament Prohibits Underage MarriageTS

      War:

      Palestine:

      Genocide:

      “Genocide” Joe is an Enemy of the PeopleRC
      The Proletarian Revolution and the Sheepdog SandersRC
      U.S. says it’s powerless to stop the genocide that it is directly funding and supplyingMR
      House passes Israel aid bill that is expected DOA in the SenateRS
      German government increases arms deliveries to Israel tenfoldWSWS
      Death toll exceeds 10,000 in Israel-Hamas conflictPD
      Israel bombs Gaza’s al-Maghazi, Bureij refugee campsWSWS
      100 Israeli doctors call for Gaza hospitals to be bombedMEE
      Israel Bombs Convoy of 30 Ambulances in GazaTS
      Biden wants arms deals with Israel to be done in complete secrecyRNN
      Hezbollah's Nasrallah says regional war a 'realistic possibility'MEE
      Israeli-US Ethnic Cleansing Plan To Salvage “New Middle East” ModelMPN

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        Politics:

        Israel declares most of humanity illegitimate and irrelevantMR
        Western Propaganda Gets More Desperate as World Majority Sides with China and Russia Against the US over GazaNC
        22 House Dems join GOP in voting to censure Tlaib, only Palestinian-American in CongressRNN
        Marine Le Pen's Far Right is Netanyahu-Washing Its AntisemitismJB
        11 councillors quit UK Labour Party over leader's Gaza stancePD
        Israeli Communists and others take peace protest ban to Supreme CourtPW
        Israel Is Cracking Down on Internal DissentJB
        Türkiye's president lashes out at West, Israel over Gaza conflictPD
        South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, recalls all diplomatsAN
        Palestinians Are Not Terrorists and Never Were: AlgeriaTS
        Mexicans Reject the Genocide Perpetrated by Israel in GazaTS
        Divergent positions: Argentina backs Israel, then condemns attacks in PalestineMP
        Honduras Recalls Its Ambassador to Israel for ConsultationsTS
        Bolivia Breaks-off Diplomatic Relations with Israel for ‘Crimes against Humanity’RS
        Chile recalls Ambassador to Israel as violence in Gaza growsMP
        Iran’s Proposed Embargo Could Cause Chaos in Oil Markets; but it won't ever happen so whateverNC
        Over half of businesses in Israel suffer severe revenue loss due to conflict: surveyPD
        Türkiye’s Middle Ground Position Becomes Untenable as US Intensifies ConflictsNC
        Egypt Is Playing an Extremely High-Stakes Game in Gaza That Could End in GenocideNC

        New York Times writer forced to resign after opposing Israeli genocide in GazaWSWS

        Protests:

        Israeli war on Gaza sparks ‘largest mass mobilization of Jews in American history’MR
        Jewish Americans hold a wave of protests, arrests across the country calling for ceasefire in Gaza — pledge more protests to comeCD
        'Not in our name’: Jewish collective occupies defence minister’s office over GazaGL
        Thousands of workers and youth participate in global protests against Gaza genocideWSWS
        Mass protests in Malaysia against Gaza genocideWSWS
        How is the Canadian labour movement responding to Israel’s attacks on Gaza?CD
        Over 100,000 march on Washington, DC for a free Palestine, demanding ceasefireRNN
        300,000 March in Washington, D.C. for PalestineWSWS
        Pro-Palestine activists in Baltimore demand immediate ceasefireRNN
        Mainstream media ignores massive civil disobedience for Palestine that shut down New York’s Grand Central StationMR
        Despite Intimidation, Union Voices Get Louder for Ceasefire in GazaLN
        Pro-Palestine protesters 'shut-down' Oxford CircusMEE
        Protests continue in New Zealand against genocide in Gaza, Labour MP booed off platformWSWS
        Huge protests throughout the Asia-Pacific against the Gaza genocideWSWS
        Economists for PalestineMR
        Thousands of UK academics oppose government censorship of Palestinian solidarityWSWS
        Brandeis and Columbia universities suspend pro-Palestinian student groupsWSWS
        Kyrgyzstan: Authorities sanction Palestine solidarity, while keeping lid on pro-Israel sentimentEN

        The ‘other’ Palestine protesters quietly shutting down arms factoriesOD
        Belgian port workers refuse to load weapons bound for IsraelPW
        As Blinken’s visit exposes Ankara’s complicity, Italian, Greek, Turkish unions call for industrial action to halt Israeli genocideWSWS
        Oakland activists blockade port, delaying U.S. weapons cargo bound for IsraelPW
        Barcelona port workers refuse to ship arms to IsraelWSWS
        Activists block Boeing facility supplying bombs to IsraelMR

        Left Critique:

        The Warsaw Ghetto and Gaza: Understanding HistoryRM
        ADL Data on Rise of Anti-Semitic Incidents Doesn’t Add Up; opposition to Gaza genocide is classified as "anti-semitic".MPN
        Al-Aqsa Flood: Imperialism, Zionism and Reactionism in the 21st CenturyMR
        Without Hamas, Gaza Would Still Not Be FreeSP

        China:

        Australian critical minerals vital for US war plans against ChinaWSWS
        China tightens controls over rare earth exports, imports of key commodities including crude oil, iron oreSCMP

        High-level China-US trade talks underscore the significance of healthy economic ties, dismiss 'decoupling'GT
        US media outlet The China Project to close over lack of funds, showing challenges of ‘neutral path’ amid power rivalrySCMP

        Biden, Xi set to pledge ban on AI in autonomous weapons like drones, nuclear warhead controlSCMP
        Don’t count on Xi Jinping-Joe Biden meeting to yield breakthroughs, provided it happensSCMP
        EU threatens tougher stance on China as concerns over Beijing’s economic policies grow in build-up to summitSCMP

        Chinese Shandong carrier strike group ‘sails through Taiwan Strait’ after western Pacific drillsSCMP
        Chinese warplane fired flares at Canadian chopper over South China SeaSCMP
        Chinese navy tries to address pilot shortage by widening recruitment drive to postgraduatesSCMP
        China urges Philippines to stop violations of China's territorial sovereignty near Ren’ai JiaoGT
        Philippines Fights ‘Pro-Beijing Narratives’ as South China Sea Spats SwellCGS
        Philippines Drops Railway Funding Request from China Amid South China Sea DisputesCGS
        US, Chinese diplomats meet in Beijing to discuss maritime issues including South China SeaSCMP
        Australian imperialism alarmed by East Timor, China “strategic partnership”WSWS
        Chinese, Japanese diplomats meet ahead of possible Xi-Kishida meeting at Apec summitSCMP
        Japan prepares to deploy fighter jets to Australia on a rotational basisWSWS
        Japan urged to ‘signal early’ it would be part of Taiwan’s defence in a war with BeijingSCMP

        "You guys better be ready and excited to sacrifice yourself for Taiwan!"

        Russia:

        Ukraine SitRep: Assassinations, Election Talk, Language WarMoA
        Zelenskiy under mounting pressure as Ukraine's allies suggest ceasefire talksBNE
        Zelensky: TIME may be on his side, but real time, isn'tRS
        Rob Urie: Biden Visits Hitler’s Bunker, Sends for a Decorator: Israel and Ukraine EditionNC
        The New Electric War Campaign – How the Russian Army Will Select the Ukrainian TargetsNC
        Is this the beginning of the end of the war in Ukraine?RS

        The walls are closing in.

        EU-China summit slated for December as wary Brussels eyes firms flouting Russia sanctionsSCMP

        Putin Warns of Intensification of Sanctions Against RussiaTS
        EC to investigate Bulgaria for exploiting Russian oil sanctions loopholes that earned the Kremlin €1bnBNE
        Serbia exporting dual-use goods to Russia despite pledge not to help bypass sanctionsBNE

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          Labour:

          After 112 years, there’s a permanent, onsite Triangle Shirtwaist Fire memorialPW

          ‘They’re making a huge mistake’: Master Lock workers speak out on plant closureRNN
          Reports: Amazon an “industry leader” in workplace injuries, sufferingPW
          Four GM plants vote down UAW deal as momentum builds against sellout contractWSWS
          Thousands of US pharmacy workers mount 3-day “pharmageddon” wildcat strikeWSWS
          Department of Labor investigates payroll “glitch,” which left tens of thousands of postal workers without paychecksWSWS
          US Artists and Studios Reach Tentative Deal to End StrikeTS

          South Australian public school staff strike again for better wages and conditionsWSWS
          Australia: Newcastle steelworkers strike over pay and conditionsWSWS

          Hundreds of thousands of Quebec public sector workers stage walkouts after CAQ government reiterates demand for real wage cutsWSWS

          Sri Lanka: Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers demand pay rises, oppose austerity measuresWSWS

          Left and Right:

          New Syriza leader Kasselakis exposed as pro-capitalist, austerity supporting Reagan worshipperWSWS

          Michael Roberts reviews Branco Milanovic's Visions of Inequality, particularly focussing on his treatment of Marx in the book and what he gets wrong (and, sometimes, right). Roberts also updates us on the global debt problem rising, both in developing countries and the United States.[MR](Debt distress) And finally, reviews a book recapping 50 years of dependency theory.MR

          From Gaza and Cuba, they ask–are you human like us?: The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2023).MR
          A Democratic Socialist Looks Back on 50 Years in Leftist ActivismCA
          The rise of the modern imperial systemGL
          Degrowth and the Global South: remarks on the twin problem of structural interdependenciesDE
          Book of Xi Jinping's discourses on Chinese modernization published;CGTN China’s Xi Jinping says Communist Party control too weak in rural areas, new book revealsSCMP Western Left and the U.S.-China contradictionMR

          Significant segments of the non-Communist Western Left see the developing contradiction between the United States and China in terms of an inter-imperialist rivalry. Such a characterisation fulfils three distinct theoretical functions from their point of view: first, it provides an explanation for the growing contradiction between the U.S. and China; second, it does so by using a Leninist concept and within a Leninist paradigm; and third, it critiques China as an emerging imperialist power, and hence by inference, a capitalist economy, which is in conformity with an ultra-Left critique of China. Such a characterisation ironically makes these segments of the Left implicitly or explicitly complicit in U.S. imperialism’s machinations against China.

          LGBTQIA:

          Content Warning - this section is not usually good news.

          Nearly All LGBTQ+ Youth Exposed to Online Bullying: HRC ReportAdvocate
          Idaho's Anti-Transgender School Restroom Law Blocked by CourtAdvocate

          Energy:

          Rooftop solar, an emerging solution to Bihar’s land shortage that’s stalling renewable progressMB

          Michigan Poised to Join States Requiring 100 Percent Clean ElectricityICN

          New Study Finds Overwhelming Evidence of Harms From FrackingDS
          Oil and Gas Companies Spill Millions of Gallons of Wastewater in TexasICN

          Review suggests few oil and gas companies committed to renewable energyAN

          Climate and Biodiversity:

          Chinese-led study suggests extreme weather is helping invaders replace native animals globallySCMP
          More funding needed for polar research as ice keeps meltingMP
          What the Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves Means for the PlanetICN
          Forests' 'catastrophic ecosystem collapse'EC
          New Study Warns of an Imminent Spike of Planetary Warming and Deepens Divides Among Climate ScientistsICN
          Drop in deforestation of Brazilian Amazon reportedMP
          Planned Fossil Fuel Production Vastly Exceeds the World’s Climate Goals, ‘Throwing Humanity’s Future Into Question’ICN
          Tourism Industry Emissions Are Still Significant WorldwideTS
          Revealed: ‘Greenwashing’ cruise ships burning diesel despite energy pledgeOD

          Shapiro Orders New Controls on the Oil and Gas Industry in Pennsylvania, Targeting Methane Emissions and Drilling ChemicalsICN
          Basically nobody in Britain believes world leaders will act on promises made at the most important conference in human historyEC
          Deep Rifts at UN Loss and Damage Talks Cast a Shadow on Upcoming Climate ConferenceICN

          Similar to Mexico’s Hurricane Otis, Storm Ciarán Took Europe by SurpriseICN

          Miscellaneous Analysis:

          How Declining Sperm Counts Have Seeded A Crisis of American IndividualismCA

          Boarding Schools Probe Tells US History of GenocideTS

          We Want Them Infected: The integration of pseudoscience into the US pandemic responseWSWS
          UK COVID Inquiry reveals how Johnson government planned mass murderWSWS
          Boris Johnson said Covid was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’OD

          Dipshittery and Cope:

          Blow to Putin as Russia faces UK trial over $60bn Yukos oil battleBiltarals
          DTEK energy company claims $ 267 million victory in The Hague against Russia over Crimea assetsBilaterals

          The walls are closing in.

          I Love My Trans Comrades!

      • ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml
        ·
        11 months ago

        War:

        Palestine:

        Genocide:

        “Genocide” Joe is an Enemy of the People[RC]9https://archive.ph/xGzSh)

        72T has fallen off, missed shift key when trying to make the link smh my head