(2022-02-09). As far-right Ottawa occupation continues, Canadian authorities move to shred all anti-COVID measures. wsws.org Even as the capitalist establishment feuds over how to end the fascist-led Ottawa occupation, it is being used to shift Canadian politics further to the right.
(2022-02-09). United protest in New Orleans against US, NATO war on Russia. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Anti-war protesters gathered on February 5 in New Orleans at Lafayette Square Park to demand an end to NATO aggression against Russia. Activists carried signs and chanted slogans calling for peace and the disbandment of NATO. | The protest was organized by a coalition including the Communist Party USA, the Democratic Socialists of America, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. | Speakers decried the latest U.S. attempt to escalate the situation in Ukraine, which they said threatens us with a nuclear conflict with Russia. The protest also highlight…
(2022-02-09). Anatomy Of A Cancellation. popularresistance.org I'll just assume everyone knows who the Democratic Socialists of America are. If not, you can look them up easily enough, but they probably represent the biggest organized political group to the left of the Democratic Party today (or on the left of the Democratic Party, depending). As any sensible democratic socialist organization would do, they are actively supporting the Portland city workers in their contract negotiations with the city, and their plan for an imminent strike. | Then we need to introduce another prominent character in the sordid tale, me. Those of you reading this on my blog probably don't need…
(2022-02-09). Biden's task force on unionization: A corporatist agenda for austerity and war. wsws.org The task force proposals are all aimed at the strengthening of a labor police force, comprised of upper-middle class executives, to enforce the dictates of the ruling class.
(2022-02-08). Ukraine and Russia: History Matters. strategic-culture.org By Karsten RIISE | What is Ukraine? This is a difficult question. Russia was born in Kiev. The first historic Russian empire was Kievan-Rus, which was founded by the Vikings and the King Rurik, who sailed from the Baltic Sea through the rivers Daugava and Dnepr down to the Black Sea and Constantinople. In 882 CE they made Kyiv the capital of the first Russian kingdom. The Mongols put a final end to Kievan-Rus in the 13th century, but the Rurik dynasty then ruled from further north, in what was in the 15th century still just a small principality around another river city called Moscow. Only in 1598 did the ruling…
(2022-02-08). Canadian Tire Fire #28: Push Back Against Far-Right Convoys Spread as Anger Grows in Ottawa. itsgoingdown.org Our report this week will focus mainly on the ongoing anti-mandate, far-Right convoys and responses across so-called Canada. This week on @CdnTireFire, we look at how far-Right politics + conspiracy theories are driving the current #OttawayConvoy + some of the anti-Semitic + fascist forces hoping to use the growing anti-mandate protests to launch their own…
(2022-02-08). Canada convoy protest a truckload of anti-vax and white supremacist BS. peoplesworld.org 
(2022-02-08). Organizing Africans Against the Capitalist System. libya360.wordpress.com Ahjamu Umi Hood Communist Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt of Hood Communist Editor, Ahjamu Umi's, most recent work A Guide for Organizing Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence. He was also interviewed about it in Black Agenda Report. If you would like to read it in full, consider purchasing it. All proceeds go toward helping him…
(2022-02-08). Ahjamu Umi's "A Guide for Organizing Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence" libya360.wordpress.com Roberto Sirvent In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week's featured author is Ahjamu Umi. Umi is an organizer for the All African People's Revolutionary Party. He has engaged in many elements of revolutionary political work, including mobilizing protection for communities against violent white supremacist groups. He has…
(2022-02-08). Antiwar Groups Rally To Stop Us From Being Lied Into War With Russia. popularresistance.org Clearing the FOG provides excerpts from the speakers at the National Online Rally to stop war with Russia over Ukraine that was held on Feb. 5 as part of the national actions that took place in about 70 cities in Hawaii and coast to coast. The rally and actions were organized based on a unified call to action issued by 12 national and international antiwar organizations, which was endorsed by more than 200 more organizations. The demands include stopping the war with Russia, stopping the supply of weapons to Nazis in Ukraine, ending NATO, de-escalating the threat of nuclear war and resolving the current conflict…
(2022-02-08). Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Whither China? mronline.org 
A bimonthly podcast hosted by Professor David Harvey that looks at capitalism through a Marxist lens.
(2022-02-08). BONUS: "The Long March: an Untold Story" by Harrison E. Salisbury- Review and Thoughts. anchor.fm In this episode I go over a book titled the long march: an untold story, by Harrison E Salisbury. I talk about things like hero worship, the great men of history theory, understanding historical materialism, and some other things about Mao, Stalin, and the Chinese revolution as well as socialist revolutions across the world.
(2022-02-08). The 2020-22 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.
(2022-02-08). Canada: The Great Reset "Anarchists" who Hate Freedom Uprisings. libya360.wordpress.com Winter Oak What can we make of a bunch of so-called "anarchists" whose response to a major popular uprising taking place on their doorstep is to angrily oppose it? Anarchism has always been about people power, about the idea that we need to come together to overthrow tyranny and state-corporate power to create a world…
(2022-02-08). Pfizer Forecasts Record-Breaking 2022 Profits — as Billions Remain Unprotected. truthout.org 
Pfizer projected Tuesday that it will generate a record-shattering $32 billion in revenue from its "Big Pharma has made more than…