Daily Archives: October 27, 2021

2021-10-27: News Headlines

Staff (2021-10-27). White Nationalists on Trial in Charlottesville over Deadly Rally After Victims Sued Under KKK Act. democracynow.org Four years after the deadly white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a federal civil trial charges the organizers with an unlawful conspiracy to commit violent acts. Defendants include Jason Kessler, the main organizer, and Richard Spencer, a white nationalist who spoke at the event. Neo-Nazi James Alex Fields, who slammed his car into a crowd of antiracist counterprotesters during the rally and killed activist Heather Heyer, has already been sentenced to life in prison. Plaintiffs in the case cite the careful advance planning done in online chatrooms to wreak irreparable harm. We l…

Fight Back (2021-10-27). Minneapolis forum: 'No New Cold War on China!'. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On October 23, the Twin Cities District of Freedom Road Socialist Organization held an educational event at the University of Minnesota titled "No New Cold War Against China!" The event was part of a yearly celebration of the October socialist revolutions which occurred in Russia (1917) and China (1949). The event's speakers were Autumn Lake of the Anti-War Committee, Mick Kelly of Freedom Road Socialist Organization and Danny Haiphong of the Black Agenda Report and Friends of Socialist China. | Speakers discussed a wide range of topics related to the ongoing intensification of U.S. aggress…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-27). Russian foreign minister blusters about "neo-Nazis-controlled regime in Kiev," pretends drone attack in Donbass didn't happen. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russia is probing into reports Kiev used Turkish drone in Donbass — Lavrov Ukrainian video "As far as reports the Ukrainian military has used a Bayratkar drone in Donbass are concerned, we are probing into them. There has been a downpour of statements from authorities in Kiev, and it is very hard to figure out …

_____ (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…

This Week in Fascism (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,…

Alex Salmon (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.

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-10-26). Myths of Capitalism and Communism: Part One (Parenti Says Anti-Communism is Wack). anchor.fm I ended up having to cut this episode short, so this is part one of a series about the myths of capitalism and communism. I will be discussing multiple things that I have learned recently, especially center around speeches and writings by Michael Parenti, I hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think!

The Socialist Program (2021-10-26). Congress Decides that Pentagon Spending is #1 Priority — Above All Else! liberationnews.org Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how Biden is giving away more and more in backroom negotiations with right wing Democrats in Congress like Joe Manchin, imperiling the most important measures in the social program budget.

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