1. Israeli murder of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah demonstrates that the US has no intention of establishing peace in the Middle East
2. With war and austerity in the making, US President Biden sends wishes for peace and prosperity to Sri Lanka's new president
3. The determined strike by 33,000 Boeing workers enters its third week and has the potential of spreading to other industries and workers
4. Installation of new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba will accelerate Japan's remilitarization and preparations for war against China
5. 45,000 rank-and-file US East and Gulf Coast dockworkers are determined to carry out a strike to defend jobs and working conditions
6. "Biblical devastation" in Western North Carolina: Hurricane Helene leaves a wake of destruction and death across Appalachia
7. CEO of Chicago Public Schools refuses to resign amid fiscal problems that portend system-wide school closures; Democrats split about how best to manage a deepening fiscal crisis while preventing a workers rebellion against austerity
8. Fourth largest outbreak of the incurable Marburg hemorrhagic fever virus emerges in Rwanda
9. The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, settles a strike by its musicians that lasted less than a day
10. Vote for Joseph Kishore and Jerry White in 2024!