Author: Scott Scheffer

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In the U.S.

Los Angeles activists tell Biden: Roll back prices now!

December 22, 2022 Scott Scheffer
Los Angeles: Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice founder John Parker addressed shoppers and passers-by Dec. 18 in the first of a planned series of street meetings about the national wave of price-gouging by oil […]
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China

Zero COVID: Don’t be deceived by U.S. reports on the protests in China

December 11, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The opportunism of the major U.S. media was on full display in late November over the protests against China’s anti-COVID lockdowns. The protests began in the Xinjiang city of Urumqi after a terrible fire took […]
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In the U.S.

48,000 student-workers in California strike for their rights

December 4, 2022 Scott Scheffer
Los Angeles – Striking University of California workers – 48,000 strong — rallied throughout the state on Monday, Nov. 28. This highly exploited workforce is represented by Auto Workers Local 2865. This is the biggest […]
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Around the world

In latest election, Nicaraguans decisively reject attempted U.S. subversion

November 25, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) won big in Nicaragua’s municipal elections on Nov. 6. The party won every mayoral race nationwide with 73% of voters turning out. The high turnout was in spite of […]
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Environment

U.S. on hot seat at Sharm el-Sheikh climate meeting

November 12, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) is underway in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Delegates from all over the world are gathered to try to agree […]
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Labor and strikes

Kroger-Albertsons merger means layoffs, higher food prices

November 5, 2022 Scott Scheffer
A proposed deal between two of the biggest grocery chains in the U.S. — Kroger and Albertsons — has many thousands of workers worried about losing their jobs. It also raises the possibility of more […]
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Around the world

Pakistan’s floods, China’s heatwave and the climate crisis

October 18, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The next international climate change conference will start on November 4 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.  Tens of millions are struggling to recover from extreme weather disasters that spanned the entire world in 2022. Just a […]
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Environment

Pakistan floods and capitalist-fueled climate change

September 3, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The year 2022 has seen so much devastation from climate change. Deadly heat waves plowed through all-time temperature records in Europe, the U.S., and South Asia. Devastating floods from Eastern Kentucky and St Louis, Missouri, […]
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Korea

Massive protest in South Korea as U.S. launches ‘war games’

September 3, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The U.S. military and its counterparts in South Korea are wrapping up a week-long rehearsal for an invasion of North Korea and the assassination of North Korean President Kim Jong Un. The Ulchi Freedom Shield […]
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Around the world

A year later, Washington continues torture of Afghanistan

August 29, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan ended a year ago. For a year leading up to the U.S. troop pullout, Afghanistan’s national army had been surrendering its weapons to the Taliban. The process was transactional – […]