Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2024-10-20). Censorship, War Propaganda And Fascism. popularresistance.org The F-word of the moment is fascism. Establishment pundits, Democratic Party politicians, and corporate media are of one accord and agree that a Donald Trump presidency will bring fascism to the United States. All of them ignore the authoritarian nature of the state that already exists and the actions taken to date which can accurately be described as fascistic. | On October 13, the same day that the Israel Defense Force (IDF) bombed refugees at the Al-Aqsa Hospital and burned patients alive, the U.S. announced it was sending troops to Israel to man the THAAD missile system which will be used in the imminent atta…
CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-20). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org
WSWS (2024-10-20). IAM union announces snap vote in bid to shut down Boeing strike. wsws.org The proposed contract confirms every warning made by the World Socialist Web Site since the beginning of the strike, that Boeing and the IAM are colluding to get a pro-company contract passed so that Boeing can resume production on its terms and force workers to pay for the company's mountain of self-inflicted debt.
Stephen Maher (2024-10-20). A Prime Competitor: Understanding Amazon's Market Power. socialistproject.ca A large body of scholarship has emerged in recent years attempting to assess if Amazon is a monopoly. Such accounts generally define monopoly in terms of the neoclassical "quantity theory of competition," which measures competition by the number of sellers in a market.
The Media Line Staff (2024-10-20). Pioneering Holocaust Scholar Yehuda Bauer Dies at 98. themedialine.org
____ (2024-10-20). Yehuda Bauer: Pioneering Holocaust Scholar Leaves a Lasting Legacy. devdiscourse.com Yehuda Bauer, renowned globally as a leading Holocaust scholar, has passed away at the age of 98 in Jerusalem. Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial, announced his death, though no specific cause was provided.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-10-20). The dynamic role of clinical research coordinators. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org At Mayo Clinic, clinical research coordinators support thousands of studies across the enterprise. The role is one of the most important in research— it's dynamic, full of opportunities for growth, and much more.
ecns.cn (2024-10-20). Washington urged to stop tarnishing Beijing. ecns.cn China expressed opposition on Friday to the sanctions imposed by the United States on its enterprises for alleged support of Russia in the Ukraine crisis, urging Washington to immediately stop tarnishing and oppressing Beijing.
James Wright (2024-10-20). Clive Lewis's water bill should have been front-page news this week. thecanary.co Labour Party MP Clive Lewis has brought a private members' bill to the Commons that seeks to solve the issues with our water system. Rather than boardrooms, citizens' assemblies would control the fate of our water utilities. Lewis and those backing the bill argue the current corporate shareholder system of water ownership is not "fit […] | By
Rhoda Wilson (2024-10-20). Corruption at the European Commission: Ursula von der Leyen, Pfizer and McKinsey. expose-news.com You may wonder what Ursula von der Leyen, management consulting company McKinsey and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have in common. The answer is: Corruption. Utmost corruption. Madame Von der Leyen, the unelected President of …
Staff (2024-10-20). Venezuela's VP Rodríguez: We Are Working to Reduce Exchange Rate Distortions. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, stated that President Maduro's administration is working to reduce the gap between the official exchange rate of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) and the parallel rate with the dollar. | During a meeting with the Federation of Chambers and Associations of Commerce and Production (Fedecámaras) on Thursday, October 17, the vice president said, "This gap is currently an issue, and we are already working, with concrete measures and actions. It is time to perform a surgical operation to reduce this gap." | "This gap creates many distortions, and profiteers use it to…
WSWS (2024-10-19). The Apprentice: From the McCarthyism of Roy Cohn to the fascism of Donald Trump. wsws.org The film, buoyed by an excellent cast, including an exceptional performance from Jeremy Strong as right-wing lawyer and Trump mentor Roy Cohn, highlights the continuity between 1950s McCarthyism and today's emerging fascist movement led by Cohn's protégé.
Briana L. Urena-Ravelo, In These Times. (2024-10-19). Mutual Aid And Mosh Pits. popularresistance.org Chicago‚Äâ—‚ÄâOn the Fourth of July, a group of punks and appreciators gather around the canal on the South Side for a mutual aid benefit show. They're raising funds for Comedor Comunitario ("Community Dining Room"), a weekly Tuesday dinner run by Venezuelan migrants at a community church. | With keffiyehs and Palestinian flags throughout the space, curious holiday revelers watched from their passing boats as folks slammed to the bands Hide and Stress Positions, their lyrics decrying American settler-colonialism and nationalism in a defiant take on the holiday. | All told,…
The Independent (2024-10-19). Is Capitalism really the cause of global inequality? independent.co.ug Western observers have treated inequality as a domestic issue but this framing often overlooks the plight of hundreds of millions of impoverished people around the world COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate and launching its author into …
Lev Deane, Fight Back! News. (2024-10-19). Lessons From The Tulane And Loyola Encampments For Gaza. popularresistance.org Baton Rouge, LA — On October 9, Louisiana State University's Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a panel on the Tulane and Loyola University encampments for Gaza as part of their October 7 Week of Rage. LSU SDS invited members of Tulane and Loyola SDS and a member of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) from New Orleans. They highlighted their wins and explored lessons learned from planning and implementing the encampment. | Last spring, the National Students for a Democratic Society put out a call for campuses across the country to enact encampments for Gaza on their universities' lawns to e…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-10-19). 'The Commune Is Nothing New Here': The Rio Cataniapo Commune. libya360.wordpress.com Chris Gilbert, Cira Pascual Marquina Las Pavas inhabitants in the Cataniapo River. (Rome Arrieche) A socialist commune in the Venezuelan Amazon draws inspiration from the collective practices of its Indigenous members. Early in the last decade a set of communities along the Cataniapo River started to organize themselves to protect the river's ecosystem and bolster their…
Eitay Mack (2024-10-19). Uzis, commando training and fish: How Israel propped up Nepal's dictatorial monarchy. haaretz.com From the time it established relations with Nepal, Israel sold it arms and offered its citizens and military various kinds of training programs. Declassified documents reveal that Israel knew it was helping the dictatorial monarchy suppress dissent…
Ofer Aderet (2024-10-19). Pioneering Israeli Holocaust and genocide scholar Yehuda Bauer dies at 98. haaretz.com Bauer was awarded the Israel Prize in 1998, and served as an academic advisor to Yad Vashem, among other roles. 'A good historian knows how much they don't know. Each time they read a new book, they realize there are things they haven't learned,' he said…
Editor (2024-10-19). Ralph Nader: Last Clear Chances for November. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Wouldn't you think the Republican Party, that is as gung-ho for Empire and Genocide as the Democratic Party, but domestically is blatantly open about its policies against women, children, workers, the environment, climate crisis, public lands, public education and fair share taxes for the wealthy would be easy to defeat? …
Staff (2024-10-19). Ralph Nader: Last Clear Chances for November. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Wouldn't you think the Republican Party, that is as gung-ho for Empire and Genocide as the Democratic Party, but domestically is blatantly open about its policies against women, children, workers, the environment, climate crisis, public lands, public education and fair share taxes for the wealthy would be easy to defeat? …
ecns.cn (2024-10-19). Washington urged to stop tarnishing Beijing. ecns.cn China expressed opposition on Friday to the sanctions imposed by the United States on its enterprises for alleged support of Russia in the Ukraine crisis, urging Washington to immediately stop tarnishing and oppressing Beijing.
Fran Quigley, Waging Nonviolence. (2024-10-19). Diabetes Patients Are Starting To Beat Big Pharma's Price Gouging. popularresistance.org T1International was born out of anger. | Elizabeth Pfiester had lived with type 1 diabetes since she was four years old. The daughter of a Monticello, Illinois railroad worker and library clerk, Pfiester and her family together had to learn the daily regimen of insulin injections, finger pricks for blood testing, and constant fear of blood sugar spikes and crashes. Fortunately, her dad's railroad job provided solid health coverage, which got even better when Pfiester enrolled in the London School of Economics, where she qualified for the U.K.'s National Health Service program.