(2022-02-02). International Viewpoint supports war propaganda against Russia. wsws.org Under the misleading title "Time for International Anti-War Solidarity," unnamed "Ukrainian socialists" called on the "international left" to "condemn the imperialist policies of the Russian government."
(2022-02-02). US, Allies Wondering If They Can Count on Germany Against Russia. news.antiwar.com Germany's refusal to arm Ukraine and its trade relationship with Russia continues to irk the US and other NATO allies. Germany's new coalition government has adopted a policy of not sending weapons to potential conflict zones. Berlin has also cited history as a reason not to participate in the military buildup in the region, referring to Nazi war crimes in Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union. | Germany's reasoning is…
(2022-02-02). Headlines for February 2, 2022. democracynow.org Putin Accuses U.S. of Using Ukraine as "Tool" to Contain Russia, Pacific Nations, Incl. Tonga, Report First COVID Cases; South Africa, EU Nations Ease Restrictions, Guinea-Bissau's President Says He Survived Coup Attempt, Security Forces Killed in Attack, Two Babies Die in Freezing Syrian Camps for Displaced People, Major Coalition of States, Cities and Advocacy Groups Backs Mexican Effort to Sue U.S. Gunmakers, Native American Tribes Reach Tentative Settlement with J&J, Drug Distributors over Opioid Epidemic, ABC Suspends Whoopi Goldberg from "The View" After Saying Holocaust Was "Not About Race", Ex-NFL Coach F…
(2022-02-02). Erasing History: Holocaust Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman on "Maus" & Wave of Book Bans Sweeping U.S. democracynow.org 
As a wave of book bans sweeps schools and libraries across the United States, we speak with the celebrated graphic novelist Art Spiegelman on a Tennessee school district's recent vote to ban his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel "Maus" from its eighth grade language arts curriculum. The novel, which was targeted for profanity and nudity, tells the story of Spiegelman's parents who survived the Holocaust. Spiegelman says the bills put forth by conservatives are just a "displacement of their own anxieties" and warns of taking away "access to understanding a genocidal system built by fascists and authoritarians"
(2022-02-02). Spanish translations of pamphlets / manifestos published by Daraja Press. mronline.org 
We are delighted to announce the online Spanish translations of pamphlets/ manifestos published by Daraja Press and Monthly Review Essays. These pamphlets are parts of the series, Moving Beyond Capitalism — Now! and Thinking Freedom.
(2022-02-02). How to get teenagers to read important books? Ban them. nationofchange.org There's no better way to get a teenager to read a book than to ban it.
(2022-02-02). PSUV is Against Corrupt Officials, There will be No Impunity, Says Diosdado Cabello. orinocotribune.com Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), declared the resounding condemnation of the party against any act of corruption committed by officials in public posts, and stated that the full weight of justice should fall on those who get involved in criminal activities. | Cabello emphasized that there should be no impunity in cases such as the ones that recently led to the detention of a mayor and a deputy in the state of Zulia, who had been linked to drug trafficking; and a mayor in Anzoátegui state linked to fuel mafias. | At the press conference, the PSUV leader stat…
(2022-02-02). Non-capitalist mixed economies: what makes a socialist? mronline.org 
In this paper I attempt to provide a short overview of the subject. Words like democracy, freedom, anarchist, Marxist, communist are used in so many different meanings that they become meaningless. One such word is "socialist." — László Tàºt≈ë…
(2022-02-02). Banned Books Should Be Required Reading. otherwords.org In January, a Tennessee county school board voted unanimously to Decisions like these shortchange kids in every community. | Authors like Spiegelman didn't just write (or illustrate) their books for a Jewish audience. They wrote for a wider audience of people who don't know how horrific the Holocaust was, w…
(2022-02-02). NU Dissenters: Northwestern Is Complicit In US Militarism. popularresistance.org We are Northwestern Dissenters. | We are a revived campaign in which previous students laid the foundation for the fight against militarism on campus. | Dissenters is a national anti-militarist, anti-imperialist and abolitionist organization leading a generation of young people to take back what has been robbed of us from the war industry, reinvest in life-giving institutions and mend our relationships with the earth. Dissenters is building chapters of young people on college campuses all across Turtle Island that stigmatize militarism and force powerful elites and elected officials to divest from death and inves…
(2022-02-02). Maritime Union fights to keep enterprise agreements in place. greenleft.org.au The Maritime Union of Australia is fighting Patrick Terminals' attempt to cut maritime workers' pay by 50%. Jim McIlroy reports.
(2022-02-01). Headlines for February 1, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. and Russia Clash over Ukraine at U.N. Security Council, China Struggles to Stamp Out COVID Outbreaks Ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Pfizer Vaccine Could Be Made Available to U.S. Children Under 5 by March, Trump Sought to Seize Voting Machines in Swing States He Lost to Biden, Atlanta-Area Prosecutor Asks FBI for Protection After Trump Urges Followers to Protest, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Accuses Democrats of "Smears" over Nazi Rallies, Amnesty Report Finds Israel Guilty of "The Crime of Apartheid Against Palestinians", Three Israeli O…
(2022-02-01). Death toll continues to mount as pro-democracy protests rock Sudan. peoplesdispatch.org 
Amidst this country-wide civil rebellion, the military junta is speedily moving to reinstate the Islamist regime led by former dictator Omar al Bashir, who was ousted in April 2019…
(2022-02-01). Morning Commute 2-1-2022 . anchor.fm In this episode I discuss how identity is tokenized and weaponization by the Capitalist and Imperialist system, as well as health Fascism manifests itself within the American society and capitalist society's historically. We also talk about the need for organizing and other things along the way. I hope you enjoy…
(2022-02-01). Boise Community Mobilizes In the Face of Threats of Violence from Far-Right Group. itsgoingdown.org Report back on recent community mobilization against threats of violence from the Idaho Liberty Dogs, a far-Right group in so-called Boise, Idaho. For background information, go here. photo: @RedoubtAFA After a week filled with cops stealing survival items, being stink bombed, and facing multiple threats of violence from local fascists — folks experiencing houselessness and…
(2022-02-01). Antifascists Confront Neo-Nazis in Orlando; Police Offer Racists Protection. itsgoingdown.org Report back from Tequesta Black Star, about antifascists opposing recent neo-Nazi rally in so-called Orlando. Antifascists resisted the presence of the National Socialist Movement in two separate instances in the Orlando area, counter-protesting and redecorating the sites in which they rallied. On the 29th of January, 15-20 neo-Nazis representing the National Socialist Movement held a…
(2022-02-01). Death by disinformation: Anti-vaxxers, GOP, fascists, white supremacists unite against public health. peoplesworld.org 
Right-wing sabotage of public health measures to end the pandemic entered a dangerous new phase at the Jan. 23 "Defeat the Mandates" rally in Washington, D.C. Extreme right-wing and fascist movements opposing the COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates merged with the already existing anti-vaccination movement, forming a potent anti-science force. The rally deliberately served to …
(2022-02-01). Trump admits aim of January 6 plot was to "overturn election" and "change results" wsws.org Trump's statement not only explodes the claim that January 6 was nothing more than an out-of-control protest, it also reveals the type of fascistic regime he planned to establish had the plot succeeded.
(2022-02-01). Solidarity Forged from Slave Chains. dissidentvoice.org 
February is black history month and with conservatives challenging Critical Race Theory, there's one thing when studying history, we have to always remember and it is the victors that write the history. It is the duty, therefore, of every socialist to tell it like it was, and is, at every opportunity. In the battle of ideas that we wage against the ruling class, we must …
(2022-02-01). Socialist Green New Deal — Scottish style. greenleft.org.au Alex Miller reviews a new booklet from the Scottish Socialist Party that makes the case for a socialist green new deal.
(2022-02-01). The fight for Trotskyism and the political foundations of the World Socialist Web Site. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site is publishing today the text of a report delivered by David North 25 years ago, on February 1, 1997, motivating a decision to end publication of the SEP's printed newspaper and replace it with an international website.
(2022-02-01). Socialist: 'Government neglect to blame for COVID-19 crisis in aged care'. greenleft.org.au Socialist Alliance candidate Sue Bull says the federal government hand-out to aged care workers won't solve the mounting pandemic death toll among the aged. Sarah Hathway reports.
(2022-02-01). Socialist Party wins parliamentary elections in Portugal. peoplesdispatch.org In the general elections held to the Assembly of the Republic in Portugal on Sunday, January 30, the Socialist Party (PS) led by incumbent prime minister Antonio Costa secured a comprehensive victory by winning 41.7% of the votes and 117 out of 230 seats. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) emerged as the major opposition party, winning 76 seats and 29.3% votes. The elections saw a rise in the popularity of the far-right Chega (Enough) party which increased its tally to 12 seats from its previous score of one by securing 7.2% of the votes. Left-wing groups including the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) led by the…
(2022-02-01). Protests demanding affordable housing continue in the Netherlands. peoplesdispatch.org Progressive sections in the city of Amersfoort in the Netherlands organized a demonstration demanding affordable housing on Sunday, January 30. On the call of the housing rights coalition #Woonrevolte Amersfoort, activists from various youth/student groups, feminist groups, trade unions and political parties marched in the city. The Communist Youth Movement (CJB), FNV Vakbond, BIJ1 and the Socialist Party (SP) participated in the march to demand local and national authorities to immediately formulate policies to resolve the aggravating housing crisis in cities across the country. | Major cities in the Netherlands…
(2022-02-01). Wednesday 2/9: Live Conversation w/ Holocaust Survivor Irene Weiss at US Holocaust Memorial Museum. indybay.org Virtual event (FREE)…
(2022-02-01). New Gates Foundation Trustee Led Plot To Overthrow Zimbabwean Leader Alongside US Gov't. popularresistance.org In a shake-up of an institution named for one of the world's wealthiest and most influential oligarchs, Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa was appointed to the Gates Foundation's board of trustees this January. He will be joined on the board by a seemingly diverse cast of corporate elites known for their embrace of technocratic and neoliberal policies. | Back in 2007, Masiryiwa helped orchestrate a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe alongside the US and the Zimbabwean opposition party it was backing, the Movement for Democratic Transition.
(2022-02-01). New Gates Foundation Trustee Led Plot To Overthrow Zimbabwean Leader. popularresistance.org n a shake-up of an institution named for one of the world's wealthiest and most influential oligarchs, Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa was appointed to the Gates Foundation's board of trustees this January. He will be joined on the board by a seemingly diverse cast of corporate elites known for their embrace of technocratic and neoliberal policies. | Back in 2007, Masiryiwa helped orchestrate a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe alongside the US and the Zimbabwean opposition party it was backing, the Movement for Democratic Transition. | Both the Central Intell…
(2022-02-01). "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.