Author: Scott Scheffer

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Environment

Heat waves tied to Big Energy capitalism

July 14, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The population of the world is enduring crises from climate change that, until recently, climatologists thought may only happen decades from now.  Still, major energy companies and their banking partners are quietly investing heavily in […]
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Environment

Oil barons, Pentagon knowingly wreck the planet

May 27, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The U.S. government and all the corporations that profit from fossil fuels are cherry picking the actions that they are taking in response to the global climate emergency. Everything that they are pursuing is potentially […]
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In the U.S.

Los Angeles on May Day: Workers gear up to fight back

May 4, 2022 Scott Scheffer
Thousands participated in a beautiful, multinational May Day commemoration in downtown Los Angeles on May 1.  Beginning with a rally at the corner of Broadway and Olympic, unionists, immigrant rights fighters, socialists, environmentalists and activists […]
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Environment

Climate crisis rages as U.S. pushes war for energy profits

May 3, 2022 Scott Scheffer
For a brief period last summer, even as the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the headlines, climate change news burst to the forefront.  There were wildfires in several western U.S. states, where record-breaking droughts dried up the […]
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Around the world

Malvinas War: a challenge to imperialism

April 4, 2022 Scott Scheffer
This week the people of Argentina are commemorating the 40th anniversary of the April 2, 1982, war to take back the Malvinas archipelago from imperialist Britain. In the English-speaking world, the imperialist media usually calls […]
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Around the world

Why North Korea resists U.S. threats with military readiness

March 10, 2022 Scott Scheffer
Among the statements from numerous countries and left organizations around the world that condemn the U.S. manipulations that cornered Russia into carrying out military action in Ukraine is one from the Foreign Ministry of the […]
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China

While China successfully battles COVID, the U.S. targets China and loses the battle against COVID

January 28, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The U.S. media is spreading a message that the omicron variant of COVID-19 may be the final wave in the pandemic that has taken 5.63 million lives globally, and 875,000 in the U.S. – the […]
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China

China expands international medical solidarity to fight COVID

January 17, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has overseen a failed effort to combat COVID-19, and in fact, appears to have thrown up its hands in surrender. As of this writing, 843,000 people in the […]
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China

Want to know how to beat COVID? Look at China

December 17, 2021 Scott Scheffer
The world is now nearing the end of the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States has the highest death toll in the world – 823,390 as of Dec. 16.  With all the […]
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Labor and strikes

Why John Deere strike victory is a win for all workers

December 4, 2021 Scott Scheffer
Ten thousand John Deere workers in five states, represented by the United Auto Workers, have won their five-week strike against the giant equipment manufacturer. The victory is unequivocal.  Their strike began during what was popularly […]