(2022-07-12). Chris Hedges: NATO — The Most Dangerous Military Alliance on the Planet. mintpressnews.com The massive expansion of NATO, not only in Eastern and Central Europe but the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia, presages endless war and a potential nuclear holocaust.
(2022-07-12). How Shinzo Abe Whitewashed Genocidal Imperial Crimes. popularresistance.org Japan's longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe tried to rewrite the history of the fascist Japanese empire and its genocidal crimes. And he and his Nazi-collaborating grandfather enjoyed staunch Western support. | After World War II, the US government pardoned and recruited many of the fascists who had led imperial Japan, putting in power war criminals who had committed genocide in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia, carrying out biological warfare, human experimentation, and mass sexual slavery. | Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton discusses how Japan's political system still today is a one-party right-wing…
(2022-07-12). Kiev Regime Targets Officials In Regions Under Russian Control. southfront.org July 11 was marked by a series of attacks of Ukrainian saboteur against officials in the regions which are under Russian control. | The head of the local administration in the town of Veliky Burluk was killed in a car bomb explosion. The village is located in the Kharkov region and is under control of the Russian military."The car bombing in Veliky Burluk, which resulted in the death of the head of the local administration Yevgeny Yunakov, is a planned terrorist act organized by those fascists…
(2022-07-12). Survey Reveals How Much Voters Dislike Companies Funding Seditious GOP Lawmakers. commondreams.org "Given this survey's findings, CEOs should certainly note: they face an undeniable threat to their bottom lines once consumers are made aware of their funding of fascists."
(2022-07-12). Pharmacogenomic Testing for Next-Step Antidepressant Selection. jamanetwork.com Among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), less than 40% achieve clinical remission after an initial treatment with an antidepressant. For those who do not improve after 2 or more antidepressant treatment trials (ie, treatment-resistant depression), the rates of remission are less than 20%. Because each of these failed treatments translates to several months of prolonged illness, a series of multiple ineffective treatments contributes to the substantial disability and morbidity associated with MDD, as well as to an increase in the suicide risk. There is a critical need for validated biomarkers to predic…
(2022-07-12). Ryanair on strike in Spain as airline strikes spread across Europe. wsws.org European airline workers are continuing strikes, defying state threats to ban strikes using reactionary "minimum service" laws against which unions are organizing no opposition.
(2022-07-12). January 6 committee hearings resume with focus on ties between fascist groups and Trump camp. wsws.org Tuesday's hearing will present evidence of direct connections between the Trump White House and groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
(2022-07-12). Police crackdown continues in Akron, Ohio, as Democratic mayor keeps curfew in place. wsws.org Defying police violence and fascist threats, thousands marched in support of Jayland Walker over the weekend.
(2022-07-12). Wednesday 7/13: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Session 5: Beyond "Bread & Butter" indybay.org Zoom (Register at http: //bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…
(2022-07-12). German Socialist Equality Party files constitutional complaint against criminalisation of Marxism. wsws.org On 2 June, the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP, Socialist Equality Party) filed a constitutional complaint with the Supreme Court against its surveillance and defamation by the Secret Service.
(2022-07-11). Ruins of Azov Steel Factory display Nazi insignia and signs of NATO support. mronline.org Owner of plant, Rinat Akhmetov, is allegedly connected to organized crime.
(2022-07-11). (Italiano) Medio Oriente e giornalismo mancante su conflitto e pace. transcend.org 8 Luglio 2022 – Due immagini di affari internazionali, affari umani a dire il vero, due discorsi: l'approccio securitario e l'approccio pacifista; che competono per la nostra attenzione trattando la stessa preoccupazione per la violenza ma in modo diametralmente opposto.
(2022-07-11). NATO: The Most Dangerous Military Alliance on the Planet. transcend.org 10 022 – The massive expansion of NATO, not only in Eastern and Central Europe but the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia, presages endless war and a potential nuclear holocaust.
(2022-07-11). Oath Keepers brought grenades, rifles, "suitcases full of ammunition" to Washington D.C. on eve of January 6. wsws.org The new evidence comes as the January 6 House Select Committee prepares to hold its seventh hearing, centered on the nexus between fascist militia groups and the Trump White House.
(2022-07-11). Wednesday 7/6: Labor History Online Discussion Group – Rise of the Excluded. indybay.org Zoom (Register at http: //bit.ly/FSFD-Labor)…
(2022-07-11). Cuba Should Be Removed from the U.S. List of State Sponsors of Terrorism. transcend.org 8 022 – There are currently four countries on that list: Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria. Cuba, rather than exporting weapons around the world, has a long history of medical internationalism with an international campaign for Cuban doctors to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Why would a country that floods the world with health care be targeted as a state sponsor of terrorism?>
(2022-07-11). Bosses blame workers for inflation, but it's really about war and profits. peoplesworld.org Capitalism is a system that has an innate tendency to get into a cul-de-sac of crisis, and the only way it knows for coming out of a crisis is by further exploitation of the working class. The cost-of-living crisis—caused by inflation, which eats up the earnings of the working class by price increases—and starvation have …
(2022-07-10). Is The US Now Trying To Destabilize Uzbekistan? popularresistance.org Unfortunately, the failure of the recent attempt to create an armed conflict in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAR) has not dampened Washington's ardor in searching for ways to destabilize the situation in Central Asia and in creating an additional inconvenience for Russia, which at present is conducting a special military operation to de-Nazify Ukraine, by creating a "second front." The United States, to this end, continues to use its sponsored NGOs, media and US intelligence capabilities to foment old conflicts in the region to put pressure on regional security, with a subsequent threat to Russia, as…
(2022-07-10). War Scars The Earth. To Heal, We Must Cultivate Hope, Not Harm. popularresistance.org "No War 2022, July 8 — 10," hosted by World BEYOND War, will consider major and growing threats faced in today's world. Emphasizing "Resistance and Regeneration," the conference will feature practitioners of permaculture who work to heal scarred lands as well as abolish all war. | Listening to various friends speak of the environmental impact of war, we recalled testimony from survivors of a Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin, Sachsenhausen, where over 200,000 prisoners were interned from 1936 — 1945.
(2022-07-10). The U.S.'s Cynical Misuse of Human Rights. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez Global politics seems to be moving in two opposite directions. On the one hand, the US and its closest allies are stepping up their efforts to consolidate and expand US hegemony. On the other hand, the countries of the developing world, the socialist countries and the formerly-colonised countries are increasingly united in their…
(2022-07-10). US-backed fascism in Japan: How Shinzo Abe whitewashed genocidal imperial crimes. multipolarista.com Japan's longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe tried to rewrite the Japanese empire's genocidal history. After World War II, the US rehabilitated fascist war criminals, like Abe's grandfather Nobusuke Kishi, putting them in power in a right-wing one-party regime.
(2022-07-10). Red Theory: The revolutionary significance of Marx's critique of capitalism. fightbacknews.org Thanks to Marxism, we know that ideological superstructure of society arises from and supports the material, economic base of society. What we think is shaped primarily by our practical activity in production, class struggle and scientific experiment. Furthermore, Marx was fundamentally a revolutionary organizer, interested in helping the working class to understand and overthrow its exploitation. This is why Marx devoted the bulk of his theoretical work to an analysis of political economy. | Marx's historical materialism explains how any given mode of production arises historically, based on dialectical and mate…
(2022-07-10). LGBTQ community defeats fascist assault on Pride event in Woodland, California. liberationnews.org When the Proud Boys attempted to forcefully enter, they were maced and forced to retreat across the street.