(2022-10-20). Putin Declares Martial Law in Annexed Ukrainian Territories. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in the territories that Russia annexed in Ukraine, which applies to the Russian-controlled areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson. Putin said that the territories were already under martial law before they were annexed by Russia. "Now we must introduce the same mode under Russian law. This …
(2022-10-19). Ukraine Aid May Be More Difficult to Pass in Republican-Controlled House. news.antiwar.com House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) suggested on Tuesday that major Ukraine aid may be more difficult to pass if the House is controlled by Republicans after the upcoming mid-term elections. "I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they're not going to write a blank check to Ukraine. They just won't …
(2022-10-19). American Advisor to Ukraine Commander Thinks Russia Wants Talks to Return to '2014 Lines'. news.antiwar.com Dan Rice, an American serving as an advisor to the commander of Ukraine's armed forces, told CNN's Outfront on Tuesday that he believes Russia is looking to negotiate to return to positions it controlled before the February 24 invasion. Rice made the comments when discussing Russia's strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and outlining what weapons he …
(2022-10-19). Amazon Labor Union's Chris Smalls: 'We shocked the world'. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Despite "no resources, no money, no guidance" and no mainstream media exposure, "we shocked the world" by defeating behemoth Amazon in the JFK8 union recognition election on Staten Island, Amazon Labor Union co-founder Chris Smalls says. And the independent union's win "shocked the labor movement, the country and most important of all the billionaires" determined …
(2022-10-19). How Corporate Media Help GOP Spread Inflation Misinformation. commondreams.org The insistence, that inflation is the only economic issue voters care about, reminds me of the situation a quarter century ago when there was a big push by Republicans, and many Democrats, to cut and/or privatize Social Security.
(2022-10-19). Up to 20 arrests at Sysco picket line in Plympton, Massachusetts. wsws.org Plympton and Marshfield police officers outside the Sysco warehouse loaded multiple people into the back of a police van in the predawn hours of October 17. Thirty to police officers have patrolled the picket line since the strike by 300 members of Teamsters Local 653 began October 1.
(2022-10-19). Teamsters president's message to railroad workers: Stop "complaining" about union betrayals to "outsiders" wsws.org No matter how shamelessly the union officialdom sells out workers, they are not allowed to air their grievances except "in-house," in narrowly confined channels where they can be controlled and smothered by the bureaucracy.