(2022-02-18). Video: SGP chairman condemns NATO's war preparations against Russia. wsws.org In this video Christoph Vandreier, the chairman of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP—Socialist Equality Party), condemns NATO's preparations for war against Russia and explains the need for an international anti-war movement.
(2022-02-18). There Is a Limit to the Tyrant's Power: Ottawa Freedom Convoy Tears Down Illusion of Democracy in North America. dissidentvoice.org No, there is a limit to the tyrant's power! When the oppressed man finds no justice, When the burden grows unbearable, he appeals With fearless heart to Heaven, And thence brings down his everlasting rights, Which there abide, inalienably his, And indestructible as stars themselves. — Friedrich Schiller, Wilhelm Tell's Rutli Oath, from Schiller's play …
(2022-02-18). Would-be putschists and other leaders of Canada's far-right Freedom Convoy. wsws.org A powerful faction of Canada's ruling elite, Donald Trump, many of his co-conspirators in the Jan. 6, 2020 coup attempt and Fox News have sought to cast a movement initiated and led by notorious right-wing extremists and outright fascists as a grassroots mobilization of truckers.
(2022-02-18). Alaskans call for expulsion of fascist State Rep. David Eastman. liberationnews.org 
Eastman represents District 10 outside of Anchorage and has openly displayed admiration for Adolf Hitler and is a lifetime member of the Oath Keepers organization.
(2022-02-18). The Mythology, Ritual, and Art of Romantic Socialism. dissidentvoice.org 
Introduction For the most part socialists and members of organized religion seem to be opposites. After all, didn't Marx say religion was the opium of the people, the heart of a heartless world? But has it always been this way? Socialists in the 19th century had very different ideas about the importance of mythology, ritual, …
(2022-02-18). Zuckerberg's Facebook empire collapsing. rt.com 
Meta has lost nearly half its value in the last six months | Once the world's sixth largest firm with a valuation of over $1 trillion, Facebook's parent company Meta finished Thursday's trading with a value of $565 billion. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, the social media giant has tumbled out of the world's 10 largest companies by market value, hammered by its worst monthly stock decline ever. | The stock rout has placed Mark Zuckerberg's company in 11th place behind Chinese Tencent Holdings. Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) holds the ninth spot. The list of the world's mo…
(2022-02-18). Australia: Svitzer steps up pressure on workers to accept cuts to wages and conditions. wsws.org Determined to drive through a regressive new deal, Australia's largest tugboat operator is threatening to terminate the existing enterprise agreement covering workers.
(2022-02-17). Peace is Possible: The Solution to the Crisis in Ukraine. liberationnews.org 
There is a path to peace — and solution to the crisis — but it requires recognizing the neutrality of Ukraine, which has long been internally divided.
(2022-02-17). Ukraine reveals new gun plan. rt.com 
Legal gun ownership in Ukraine would make any aggressor think twice before attacking it, Kiev's defense chief believes | Allowing people in Ukraine to legally own handguns would greatly improve national security against outside "aggressors," Ukraine's Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov told news agency RBK Ukraine on Thursday. The move would "increase citizens' personal security, help law enforcement and certainly reduce crime rates," the minister claims. | Reznikov said on Thursday he has been a "longtime gun-rights supporter", adding that "as a lawyer" he believes a gun law is long overdue in Ukraine. In late…
(2022-02-17). Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists Calls For Escalating Aggression At Russia. popularresistance.org By the time that the scientists at the top-secret Manhattan Project had developed the atomic bomb and the US military had worked out the logistics for deploying it, World War II was for all intents and purposes over. By early May 1945, Germany had unconditionally surrendered; in large part due to the efforts of the Red Army defeating the Nazi Wehrmacht, but at the horrific cost of 27,000,000 Soviet lives. The Japanese too had been defeated militarily and had agreed to "unconditional surrender" with the one caveat that Emperor Hirohito be spared. | So, the world's emerging hegemon had a problem. It had the ultimat…
(2022-02-17). The Canada Truck Protest, Once Small, Now Has a Fascist Life of Its Own. truthout.org 
Mike Lindell, the now-infamous "MyPillow" guy who has been peddling false tales of Trump's electoral victory for a year now, tried to cross the Canadian border on Tuesday night in a truck laden with 10,000 pillows (and 10,000 Bibles), meant for the "Freedom Convoy" protesters in Ottawa. He was
(2022-02-17). European Parliament President Condemns Bulgarian MEP for Nazi Salute. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola on Thursday condemned Bulgarian MEP Angel Dzhambazki from the European Conservatives and Reformists Group for a "fascist salute" in the parliament hall in Strasbourg calling fascism the "darkest chapter" in history.
(2022-02-17). Trans Youth Are Facing Right-Wing Attacks and a Solidarity Shortage. truthout.org 
"What we have is a situation where our opponents are fixated on us and our allies are leaving us behind," says trans attorney and activist Chase Strangio. Republicans have made attacks on trans youth a signature policy item at the state level. In this episode of "Movement Memos," Kelly Hayes and Chase Strangio talk about the avalanche of transphobic legislation Republicans have generated, the role of fascist politics in this onslaught and why trans students are not getting the support they need from libe…
(2022-02-17). Progressives in Zurich protest spike in neo-Nazi manifestations in the city. peoplesdispatch.org Progressive sections in the Swiss city of Zurich have intensified their campaign against the spike in neo-Nazi activities in the city. On February 12, on the call of several groups including the Movement For Socialism (BFS), Feminist Strike Collective in Zurich and Swiss Party of Labor (PdA), thousands marched in Zurich denouncing the increasing presence of neo-Nazi groups in civil life in the city and across the country. The protesters stated, "We've had enough! We are many and we are angry! We will not tolerate the presence of Nazis on our streets!" A petition initiated by the GRA Foundation against Racism and…
(2022-02-17). Orange County bus drivers: Vote No on Teamster sellout! Prepare for strike! wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site calls on bus drivers in Orange County, California, to reject a new tentative agreement being voted on starting February 17, whose details are being withheld by the Teamsters.
(2022-02-17). Welcome To The Cryptoverse: A Conversation With The Blockchain Socialist. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Dr. Leon Tressell | On 3 January 2009 the genesis block of the Bitcoin blockchain was mined. Satoshi Nakmoto, the creator of Bitcoin, coded a message within the genesis block. It contained a headline from the Times newspaper, "Chancellor on brink of second bail out for banks". | This new digital currency represented a rejection of the failed capitalist system that in 2008 brought the world to the brink of complete financial meltdown. Since then, Bitcoin has gr…
(2022-02-17). In New Yorker interview, Ocasio-Cortez defends Biden and Pelosi, urges readers not to lose "hope" in reforming two-party system. wsws.org The New York congresswoman urges readers not to lose "hope" in reforming the two-party system, while disclaiming the label socialist.
(2022-02-17). U.S. turns on its puppet dictator, requests extradition of ex-Honduran president. liberationnews.org 
The United States installed the right wing National Party regime from which Hernández emerged by backing the overthrow of democratically elected progressive President Manuel Zelaya in a 2009 military coup.
(2022-02-17). Long before US extradition request, the streets of Honduras cried, 'Get out JOH narco-dictator'. peoplesdispatch.org 
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is accused of drug trafficking-related crimes and the US has sought the extradition of its former ally. For the people of the country, his 'narco-dictatorship' was a well-known fact…
(2022-02-17). The war that must be waged is the war on COVID-19. wsws.org While no cost is too great for the American ruling elites to wage imperialist war, there has been a full-scale capitulation to COVID-19 during the Omicron surge.
(2022-02-17). America's racist prison society produces profits but not safety. peoplesworld.org 
The United States is infamous for its prison system. With less than 5% of the world's population, the U.S. houses 25% of the world's incarcerated people. Nearly seven million people live in prisons, jails, immigrant concentration camps, and related facilities. They are on probation or parole and subjected to scrutiny and surveillance that leaves them …