Oct 30, 2024

1. 18 months-long civil war in Sudan, considered the “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” has officials at the United Nations wringing their hands

2. After its parliament bans the UN relief agency UNRWA from operating inside Gaza, Israel bombs a five-story residential building in Northern Gaza killing 93 people, including 25 children

3. A lamentable episode of censorship, complete with mealy-mouthed assurances, unfolds at the Aurora Cultural Centre near Toronto, Ontario

4. Even as the The NATO-Russia war spreads its tentacles into Northern Africa, French President Emmanuel Macron concludes a state visit to Morocco

5. Naked class rule: the accelerating disintegration of French democracy is exposed by President's Macron's imposition of a 2025 national budget without a parliamentary vote

6. A multi-million-dollar effort: ahead of the US presidential election, former President Trump and his supporters aggressively move to sow doubt in its final outcome

7. The way forward against the international closing of auto-manufacturing plants: expand the International Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees!

8. In the name of fiscal responsibility, the Left Party in Germany plays a pioneering role in a government consensus to pare back funding for hospitals and healthcare and impose austerity to pay for war

 9. Sri Lanka's newly-installed pseudo-leftist president dictates more austerity measures to repay defaulted foreign debts and boost big business profits

10. The US senatorial race in Nebraska between two right-wing candidates is taking place amid an escalation of global war and the open threat of dictatorship

11. Noting the difference between corruption and a government set-up: Australians comment on a recent meeting held by the Socialist Equality Party to thwart the government's plans to dictate to workers

12. Vote for Joseph Kishore and Jerry White in 2024!