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Workers from 31 plants opted to walk out after talks between the company and the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) hit an impasse as they tried to negotiate a replacement agreement when the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired. How long the labor action might last was uncertain. " The strike can take a little while longer, " Brian Rothenberg, a spokesman for the powerful union, told AFP. He said that only two percent of issues under negotiation had been agreed upon. " We have to find common ground on 98 percent of the remaining issues, " he said, after the strike began at midnight Sunday, with placard-waving strikers forming picket lines outside assembly plants. Talks were due to resume later in the morning, UAW officials said. Car production at the Detroit giant, which was saved by a multi-billion dollar bailout from the Obama administration after the 2008 economic crash, was brought to a complete standstill on Monday, Rothenberg said. On W

Russia and Iran will transfer payments using an alternative system to the internationally recognized SWIFT money transfer network, the governor of the Iranian central bank, Abdolnaser Hemmati, announced. Instead of SWIFT, a system that facilitates cross-border payments between 11,000 financial institutions in more than 200 countries worldwide, the two countries will use their own domestically developed financial messaging systems – Iran’s SEPAM and Russia’s SPFS. “ Using this system for trade and business exchanges between EAEU [Eurasian Economic Union] member states can help develop and expand trade exchanges between the member states as well, ” Abdolnaser Hemmati said, as cited by Mehr News Agency on Tuesday. Tehran is set to officially join the Russia-led free-trade zone, the EAEU, next month. The document on Iran’s participation was ratified in June by the nation’s parliament (Majlis) and President Hassan Rouhani has already ordered that the free trade zone agreement be im

 globinfo freexchange Real politics for me is about giving power to people who don't have a lot of money. And don't have friends in high places. We're ready to unleash the biggest people-powered campaign we've ever seen in this country and in this movement. In the next few weeks, the establishment will come after us with all they've got because they know we are not afraid to take them on. We're going after the tax avoiders. We are going after the bad employers. We are going after the dodgy landlords. We are going after the big polluters destroying our climate and natural world. In the next few weeks, the establishment will come after us with all they’ve got - because they know we're not afraid to take them on. pic.twitter.com/BQXolBwTg2 — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) September 16, 2019  

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was ordered to remain in prison once his 50-week prison sentence ends on September 22, over concerns that he will evade a US extradition request due to his "history of absconding," according to the BBC.  The 48-year-old Assange was arrested on April 11th and found guilty of violating the terms of his bail conditions nearly seven years earlier, after he claimed asylum at Ecuador's London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden where he was wanted for questining over an alleged sexual assault.  On May 1, he was sentenced to 50 weeks in London's Belmarsh Prison - however the reason for Assange's September release date (just 23 weeks later including time served) is unclear. " In my view, I have substantial ground for believing if I release you, you will abscond again, " said Westminster Magistrates' Court District Judge Vanessa Baraitser. Over the summer his lawyer and supporters have reported the 48-year

The Grayzone Lawrence Wilkerson, who served alongside John Bolton in the Bush administration, discusses the reasons for Bolton’s firing; Bolton's legacy as a war hawk who promoted regime change and undermined global arms control; the anti-interventionist views of a potential successor, Douglas Macgregor; and the lasting influence of neocons inside the national security state.

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Following another catastrophic mass shooting or crisis event, Orwellian “solutions” are set to be foisted on a frightened American public by the very network connected, not only to Jeffrey Epstein, but to a litany of crimes and a frightening history of plans to crush internal dissent in the United States. by Whitney Webb Part 3 - Israeli intelligence, Blackmail and Silicon Valley Though many of the individuals involved in funding or managing Carbyne have proven ties to intelligence, a closer look into several of these players reveals even deeper connections to both Israeli and U.S. intelligence. One of Carbyne’s clearest connections to Israeli intelligence is through its chairman and one of its funders, Ehud Barak. Though Barak is best known for being a former prime minister of Israel, he is also a former minister of defense and the former head of Israeli military intelligence. He oversaw Unit 8200’s operations, as well as other units of Israeli military intelligence, in

Venezuela’s opposition has long accused the Bolivarian government of corruption and mismanagement. But with Citgo on the verge of liquidation, Guaidó’s officials are too incompetent — or too devious — to save it. by Anya Parampil Part 5 - A growth lab for Venezuela’s US-backed opposition Hours after Venezuela’s Attorney General opened a criminal investigation into Hernández’s relationship with Crystallex, Guaidó’s US-based officials launched into a chorus of praise for their embattled colleague. “ In my professional career I have never worked with someone more capable, more hardworking, more dedicated, more knowledgeable about legislation, and more honest than Attorney General Hernández ,” vowed Ricardo Hausmann, Guaidó’s ambassador to the Inter-American Development Bank. Hausmann is the neoliberal Harvard economist previously exposed in The Grayzone for raking in fees from big banks and repressive and theocratic governments while attacking banks that work with Venezu

globinfo freexchange Bernie Sanders needs to review some of his positions, especially on foreign policy matters. In some cases he adopts many of the most hawkish neocon, pro-intervention positions, also fully adopted by Trump administration. Latest disappointment, his answer during the recent democratic debate concerning Venezuela. Bernie disorderly retreated against the attack of the anchor who made the question quite aggressively and actually demanded from Bernie to admit that Nicolás Maduro is a dictator.  Bernie did something even worse. He called the legitimate president of the country a "vicious tyrant". Here is Bernie's answer:                     First of all, let me be very clear. Anybody who does what Maduro does, is a vicious tyrant. What we need now is international and regional cooperation for free elections in Venezuela, so that the people of that country can create their own future. It's completely unacceptable for a progressiv

Taliban’s Qatar-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Russia's TASS news agency on Friday that the group's delegation had met with Zamir Kabulov, President Vladimir Putin’s envoy for Afghanistan, in Moscow to discuss recent developments regarding the peace process in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said that during the meeting, the Russian side had underlined " the necessity of the resumption " of US-Taliban talks and that the militant outfit had, in turn, reiterated its " readiness to continue dialogue with Washington. " Meanwhile, a senior Taliban leader in Qatar said, “ The purpose of these visits is to inform leaders of these countries about the peace talks and [US] President [Donald] Trump’s decision to call off the peace process at a time when both sides had resolved all outstanding issues and were about to sign a peace agreement. " Moscow has already hosted two rounds of talks between Taliban negotiators and promi