(2022-03-08). Ukraine Is A Pawn In The United States' Fight To Prevent A Multipolar World. popularresistance.org This week, Clearing the FOG speaks with Brian Becker, a leader of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the host of The Socialist Program, for a socialist perspective of the war in Ukraine. Becker discusses why it was a mistake for Russia to invade and how it has shored up support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) even though Russia has legitimate security concerns and the United States did not appear to be willing to stop provoking an invasion. He also talks about the real racism exposed by this war, the impact of the media misinformation campaign on people on the left and the current state…
(2022-03-08). The German state tries to cover its tracks in latest far-right trial. wsws.org Between August 2018 and March 2021, hundreds of threatening letters were sent to artists, lawyers and politicians under the acronym NSU 2.0, which is a reference to the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground responsible for the murder of nine immigrants and a policewoman.
(2022-03-08). My LAST (for now) Morning Commute 3-8-22: Happy Women's Liberation Day! Saying goodbye, for Now! anchor.fm This is going to be my last podcast for a while! I recently began my candidacy for the PSL. I am going to take this time to learn, to organize, to experience, and to try to bill not only myself and my own understanding but also a movement. We must build a socialist revolution if we believe that any of the issues facing the masses today will ever be resolved. No war, no form of capitalism, no imperialism, no empire can or ever will be able to overcome these issues. It is only the people-the masses themselves- that will be able to eradicate exploitation and oppression from this world. It has been awesome getting to…
(2022-03-08). Celebrating International Women's Day. liberationnews.org 
IWD means acknowledging the root cause of women's oppression—class society—and its centrality to the system that oppresses our working class today—capitalism.
(2022-03-08). Eyewitness report from Venezuela: Second day of PSUV Congress. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The second day of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) 5th Congress, March 6, featured speeches and workshops about building the party among working people, while strengthening the role of women and youth. Facts and figures played an important part in educating the PSUV militants, with data and explanations appearing on giant video walls. However, it was the speaker's analysis of problems, and proposed solutions that kept everyone talking. | For example, there are 8 million registered to vote for the PSUV, but until now, no way to check how people participate in the party. There is…
(2022-03-08). Dallas rallies against war with Russia. fightbacknews.org Dallas, Texas – On March 6, over 30 anti-war protesters showed up at the Grassy Knoll in downtown Dallas to condemn NATO's involvement in Ukraine, its hostility to Russia, and to call for the disbanding of NATO. The protest was called by the Dallas Anti-War Committee, CODEPINK Dallas, Dallas Peace and Justice Center, Communist Party USA, Democratic Socialist of America, and Party for Socialism and Liberation. Signs present at the protest included "Peace in Ukraine! No to NATO!" "No to NATO expansion" and "Abolish NATO!" | "Over the past couple of weeks, a war has broken out between Russia and Ukraine. The Am…
(2022-03-08). How Union Workers Safeguard American Democracy. independentmediainstitute.org The guard shacks, razor-wire fences and gun-toting soldiers struck fear into Cynthia Overby when she traveled with an American university group behind the Iron Curtain in 1971. Even worse was the utter despair she witnessed in people living under the weight of authoritarianism, a memory that inspired her lifelong commitment to safeguarding liberty at home. …
(2022-03-08). New Zealand Increasingly Sucked into Vortex of U.S. Empire under Fake Progressive Leadership of Jacinda Ardern. covertactionmagazine.com Pro-imperial thrust governed by decades-long membership in the Five Eyes, an electronic spying agreement between the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia …
(2022-03-08). San Diego-based coalition marches to close migrant concentration camps. liberationnews.org 
"The money that is being used in these centers should be going to the community, the arts…instead of the inhumane conditions that exist in the centers," said Salvadoran migrant Hever Alberto Mendoza, incarcerated in the OMDC.
(2022-03-07). Does Germany Support the Nazi Regime in Kiev? journal-neo.org 
Recent developments around Russia's special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine have dotted the I's in terms of showing the true political face of the current leaders of many countries and their attitude towards neo-Nazism and the revival of an atmosphere of fascist intimidation of people. While it has been clear to everyone what the …
(2022-03-07). Vandana Shiva on the Dangers of Philanthrocapitalism. transcend.org 28 Feb 2022 – Physicist, ecologist and prolific author Vandana Shiva discusses her new book, "Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy," which identifies a new form of colonialism turning us away from each other and the Earth.
(2022-03-07). Australia's floods: An indictment of capitalism. wsws.org The floods have laid bare the failure of governments—Coalition and Labor—to protect the population from such disasters and the necessity for the socialist transformation of society.
(2022-03-07). Leninism: The Marxism of the current era. fightbacknews.org So far in our series on theory, we've looked at the historical emergence of Marxism. But by the time Marx finished writing Capital, capitalism was still developing and changing. The fundamental characteristics of the capitalist mode of production haven't changed. Commodity production and exploitation of workers' surplus value by the capitalists remain the driving force of the capitalist system. And it remains a system plagued by regular cycles of crises of overproduction, pushing poor and working-class people further down while the rich get richer and richer. But by the beginning of the 20th century the internal…
(2022-03-07). Socialist Planning Could Reverse Sober Findings In New UN Climate Report. popularresistance.org The latest UN Climate Report on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability released Feb. 28 once again urges immediate action and outlines the catastrophic effects that humanity faces with the continued lack of meaningful action. Compiled by 270 researchers from 67 countries, it outlines the impacts that are already unfolding and how these disasters will increase even if warming is limited to the 1.5 Celsius temperature threshold above pre-industrial levels. | The world is currently at around 1.1 C warming and we are already experiencing unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, floods, and extreme weather events…
(2022-03-07). PSUV Congress Emphasizes Ethics & Fight Against Corruption. orinocotribune.com "Zero tolerance for corruption and the moral rottenness of a few," Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro said at the Fifth Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Saturday. "If they are involved in acts of corruption, in criminal acts, wherever they are, whatever they have been," added the head of state, "they will be taken to court and to prison, and punished with the greatest penalties." | PSUV President Maduro recalled that the Venezuelan government, in recent months, has detained mayors, deputies, and other public officials involved in gasoline trafficking, and others implicated in drug t…
(2022-03-07). Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Begins. telesurenglish.net Several delegates filled the largest theater in the city of Caracas to participate in the inaugural session of the Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the largest political party in Latin America, founded by former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. | RELATED: | The Congress aims to update the party line to the new objectives outlined by the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, for the next 8 years, summarized i…
(2022-03-07). Twin Cities takes to the streets for International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 60 people gathered in Mayday Plaza on Sunday, March 6, for an International Women's Day protest organized by the Twin Cities district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Demands for reproductive rights and healthcare for all, justice for missing and murdered indigenous women and two-spirit people, an end to gender-based violence, queer and trans liberation, and justice for all stolen lives were raised. The demonstrators also stood in solidarity with Twin Cities educators preparing to strike, signs reading "Victory to the educators!" dotted the crowd gathered in the square, and sim…
(2022-03-07). Notes from the Editors for the April 2022 issue of Monthly Review. mronline.org 
As we write these notes at the beginning of March 2022, the eight-year limited civil war in Ukraine has turned into a full-scale war. This represents a turning point in the New Cold War and a great human tragedy. By threatening global nuclear holocaust, these events are also now endangering the entire world. To understand the origins of the New Cold War and the onset of the current Russian entry into the Ukrainian civil war, it is necessary to go back to decisions associated with the creation of the New World Order made in Washington when the previous Cold War ended in 1991.
(2022-03-07). (Franàßais) La Chute de Poutine — Un Déjà -vu. transcend.org J'ai travaillé par intermittence en Union Soviétique dans les années 1970 et 1980 et j'ai observé le crash de l'Empire Soviétique — de l'intérieur. Il y avait trois causes principales: la perte de valeur du rouble, la perte de la guerre en Afghanistan et la perte de confiance du peuple.
(2022-03-07). War-fueled racism and xenophobia rising 80 years after 'Internment'. workers.org 
People who knew about this sordid anniversary in the history of the United States empire marked it Feb. 19. On that infamous day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the mass incarceration of nearly everyone of Japanese ancestry who resided within the United . . . |
(2022-03-07). School teachers across Hungary gear up for major protests. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative government in Hungary led by Viktor Orban is trying to restrict teachers' strikes by issuing a special decree calling for mandatory teaching services in schools citing the COVID-19 crisis…
(2022-03-07). Greene Bought Oil, Defense Stocks While Complaining About War Profiteers. truthout.org 
New On February 22, Greene bought stocks in defense industry giant Lockheed Martin and military supplier Caterpillar. She also bought between $1,000 and $15,000 worth of stock in Chevron and NextEra Energy,…