(2022-01-30). Hungary does not need NATO reinforcements amid Ukraine standoff — minister. rt.com 
Hungary continues to oppose Ukraine's NATO aspirations, as it deems Kiev's actions "unacceptable" for the alliance | Hungary doesn't need any NATO troops deployed to its territory amid the ongoing Ukraine standoff, defense minister Tibor Benko told local broadcaster InfoRadio in an interview on Thursday. | The official confirmed reports that the US and NATO have been negotiating with all the member states bordering Russia, Ukraine, or both, on additional deployments of troops from the bloc. Budapest, however, believes its own military is capable of providing all the security it needs, without any help from NAT…
(2022-01-30). Lee Camp and Legendary Journalist John Pilger on Assange, Ukraine, & More. scheerpost.com 
Lee Camp has a very important guest this week. John Pilger is a brilliant journalist with a long history of award-winning reporting. They discuss the show-trial faced by Julian Assange and the current situation on the border of Russia and Ukraine. Julian Assange recently received some good news after a decade of torturous detainment when a British court decided that he could appeal his extradition into the hands of a government who had tried to assassinate him. They then dive into the current reality of a collapsing U.S. Empire and how it's leading into a dangerous period of nuclear brinkmanship between the…
(2022-01-30). Requiem for a People-Centered World Dream. dissidentvoice.org 
My dream is to invite a reader into a room and pour a nice cup of tea . . . and then nail the door shut. — author Charles Bowden, 2010 NPR interview There is so much daily that expresses so much about the slippery slopes we are in globally because of predatory-penury-parasitic-pugilistic capitalism. In the …
(2022-01-29). Endless War Is The Empire's Last Dance. popularresistance.org This moment of history will be remembered for the massive shift in global relations currently underway. On one side stands the forces of peace and multipolarity led by China, Russia, and their allies in the Global South. On the other is the forces of empire and conquest spearheaded by the U.S. and its allies. The conflict between these two "camps" is about much more than competing visions for planetary development. World politics have transitioned from a war between socialism and capitalism to a protracted struggle for the survival of humanity itself. | The forces of Empire have reached the following conclusion:…
(2022-01-29). 'I'm a dictator,' Belarusian leader jokes. rt.com 
Alexander Lukashenko has revealed that his vision of democracy is somewhat exceptional | Just a year and a half on from Belarus' hotly disputed presidential election, the Eastern European nation's long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko has admitted, at least jokingly, that he might not be entirely focused on maintaining a positive public opinion. | Asked to provide his take on the "essence of Belarusian democracy" by a journalist during a major speech during a state-of-the-nation address on Friday, Lukashenko gave an unorthodox review of his 27 years in power. | "I'm a dictator, it's hard for me to understand d…
(2022-01-29). Central China's Zhengzhou launches first China-Europe train to Hungary. ecns.cn Carrying mechanical accessories, electronic components, as well as medical and hygiene products, a new China-Europe train linking Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, with Budapest was launched Friday.
(2022-01-29). True Colors: Red, White, Black & Blue. dissidentvoice.org 
With a bold and completely self-sabotaging diplomatic blunder, one which fails on every level including the least rigorous sanity test, this past Wednesday the U.S. was one of two nations to vote against a UN resolution designed to discourage the glorification and promotion of Nazi ideology. The other nation was Ukraine, which currently is overrun …
(2022-01-29). Anti-Fascism At The Intersection Of Ella Baker And Clara Zetkin. popularresistance.org This article is a continuation of a previous one titled "Rethinking Revolution for an Age of Resurgent Fascism." Ella Baker's work leading the Young Negroes' Cooperative League (YNCL) from 1930-1933 is here used to further inform today's anti-fascism. Overall, this article relates Baker's work to the dissenting views of German Communist Party (KPD) co-founder Clara Zetkin, specifically her views on fascism and the systemic alternative she referred to as a "Soviet Congress for a Soviet Germany." This was a federation of autonomous councils formed in neighborhoods and workplaces for mutual aid, self-defense, and as…
(2022-01-29). To the People of Cuba: Is Washington Preparing a "Soft Coup"? The Co-optation of Cuban Intellectuals. globalresearch.ca The Cuban Revolution constitutes a fundamental landmark in the history of humanity, which challenges the legitimacy of global capitalism. In all major regions of the World, the Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration and struggle…
(2022-01-29). With 900,000 dead from COVID-19, US capitalism doubles down on mass infection. wsws.org Even as thousands die each day, the Biden administration and US media demand the end of any remaining restrictions on the spread of COVID-19.
(2022-01-29). To a socialist future/Build Workers World. workers.org 
Workers World newspaper's articles and editorials analyze major global and U.S. developments, always with an anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist perspective. Our pages report on people's movements here and abroad, to not only inform our readers but to promote those struggles and show solidarity with them. And, WW aims to advance the struggle . . . |
(2022-01-29). 'Cuba's socialist revolution sets an example for working people'. themilitant.com 
Halfway through the Jan. 1 to Feb. 15 international "I worked in hospitals for decades," Militant reader Jannie Jackson told SWP members Kaitlin Estill and Jacquie Henderson when they stopped by her home in Cincinnati Jan. 18…
(2022-01-29). An interview with Mark Kruger, author of The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with Mark Kruger about his new book, the 1619 Project, and the current state of American politics.
(2022-01-29). Socialist Workers Party conference launches 2022 California campaign. themilitant.com 
LOS ANGELES — Socialist Workers Party members in California met in a statewide convention here Jan. 23 and voted to run Eleanor García, a retired aerospace worker and party leader with long experience in working-class struggles, for U.S. Senate and Joel Britton, a longtime SWP campaigner, unionist, and member of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 125, for governor. | As part of the party's bold national campaign in 2022, the candidates will present the need for the working class to fight today's attacks by the bosses and their political parties, and to chart a course to take poli…
(2022-01-29). On the significance of the polemical in Marxism. mronline.org 
A polemic for revolutionaries is a militant dialogic practice to reveal the contradictions of a position, hammering it down to break open its hardened crust in order to rescue life from the stifle of the canon.
(2022-01-29). Michael Ratner Was A Revolutionary Lawyer Like No Other. popularresistance.org When Michael Ratner died in 2016, the world lost one of the great human rights lawyers of the past century. A descendant of holocaust survivors, Ratner embodied the courage and integrity that is often sorely lacking among his peers in the legal field, taking on cases that seemed impossible to win, but were always essential to protecting human rights. He served as president of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) as well as the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and spent much of his life advocating for the protection of civil liberties and civil rights. | One of his greatest achiev…
(2022-01-29). Wednesday 2/9: Live Conversation w/ Holocaust Survivor Irene Weiss at US Holocaust Memorial Museum. indybay.org Virtual event (FREE)…
(2022-01-29). "The US is lying to itself" indybay.org The U.S. government, he said, should recognize the "brutal fact" of spheres of influence. Washington cannot continue to claim that "only brutal tyrants like Putin want to influence neighboring countries." Because the U.S. would be "lying to itself" by doing so.
(2022-01-29). Putting Trudeau On Notice, Our Governments are No Longer Legitimate: Throwing Off the Tyranny of Canada's Mandatory Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2022-01-29). [Editorial] Neglected tropical diseases: ending the neglect of populations. thelancet.com 2022 sees the tenth anniversary of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), a pivotal event at which governments, pharmaceutical companies, foundations, and NGOs committed to collaborate in their efforts to stop NTDs. This initiative was inspired by the WHO NTD Roadmap 2012—2020, a plan for the control, elimination, and eradication of 17 neglected tropical diseases by 2020. Not all of the targets were met, but much progress has been made. In 2020, 600 million fewer people required interventions against NTDs than in 2010, and 42 countries eliminated at least one NTD.