(2021-10-26). The US Will Break Any Laws To Protect The Elites: The Saab And Assange Cases. popularresistance.org The United States government demonstrates repeatedly that it will do whatever it takes to protect the economic and political interests of the elites, even if it means total disregard for human rights and international law. Two cases that highlight this are the recent kidnapping and prosecution of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and the attempts to extradite the Australian Wikileaks publisher and journalist Julian Assange. Clearing the FOG speaks with Roger Harris of Task Force on the Americas who travelled to Cabo Verde where Saab was detained and tortured for over a year before his rendition to Miami and with Joe…
(2021-10-26). This Week In Fascism #121: Texas Cops Make Nice With Nazis; Facebook Feeds Off Qanon; GOP Promised DC Stormers Pardons. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! We've been away for a bit, but we return this week with a new massive column! From Facebook knowingly profiting off of far-Right content being promoted on its platform, to pro-Trump Republicans suppospedly meeting with 'Stop the Steal' organizers to plan January 6th, to the start of the Unite the Right trial,…
(2021-10-26). Internationalism during the Spanish Civil War. greenleft.org.au Alex Salmon reviews a book about the International Brigades that helped combat the Fascists during the Spanish Civil War.
(2021-10-25). Don't Believe the Corporate "Labor Shortage" Bullsh*t. scheerpost.com 
( By Robert Reich / For the first time in years, American workers have enough bargaining leverage to demand better working conditions and higher wages—and are refusing to work until they get them. | Here's where that leverage comes from. After a year and a half of the pandemic, consumers have pent-up demand for all sorts of goods and services. But employers are finding it hard to fill pos…
(2021-10-25). Historian Enrique Rivera says the history of capitalism needs a fresh narrative. peoplesworld.org 
International Publishers in New York has recently issued The Untold History of Capitalism: Primitive Accumulation and the Anti-Slavery Revolution by the young scholar Enrique S. Rivera. As a fellow student of Latin American history (a long time ago!) I read his book with awe at his scholarship and at the daring conclusions he draws. I …
(2021-10-25). España: El capitalismo contra el Estado social del bienestar. globalizacion.ca Por los acontecimientos que estamos viviendo en estos días, en los que la Justicia choca con la política, pretendiendo imponer su doctrina contra la voluntad del pueblo representada en el Parlamento, a través de los partidos y formaciones políticas, seguramente…
(2021-10-25). If UN Charter Were put to a Vote Today, Would it Pass? orinocotribune.com 
By Vijay Prashad — Oct 22, 2021 | Countries outside of the Western alliance don't get to define what the "international community" thinks, writes Vijay Prashad. | Each year in September, like last month, the heads of governments come to the United Nations headquarters in New York City for a new session of the General Assembly. The surrounding area becomes colorful, with delegates from each of the 193 member states milling about the U.N. building and going out to lunch in the array of restaurants in its vicinity that scraped through the pandemic. | Depending on the conflicts that abound, certain speeches are…
(2021-10-25). Striking Kellogg Workers Describe The Issues In Their Fight. popularresistance.org Now in their third week on strike, Kellogg workers at four facilities in the US are demanding wage increases that keep up with inflation, an end to brutal work schedules that keep them on the job for weeks at a time, and an end to the hated two-tier wage structure. | Striking workers at the Kellogg facilities in Battle Creek, Michigan spoke to the World Socialist Web Site describing the conditions they face. | A legacy worker spoke on the impact of the pandemic. "A quarter of the workers here had COVID. We got pieces of paper being told to carry it in case the police pull you over. It said, 'essential worker.' No…
(2021-10-25). øPor qué un "socialista" elogia a Colin Powell, un criminal de guerra? globalizacion.ca Sorprendente mensaje del diputado Jamaal Bowman -demócrata de Nueva York, autodenominado socialista y miembro de los Socialistas Democráticos de América- sobre la muerte de Powell: ´Colin Powell fue una fuente de inspiración… ª | Se podía esperar que las principales figuras del …