(2022-09-14). Psychoanalysing reverence for the royals. greenleft.org.au Aleks Wansbrough argues that the queen's passing shows how modern capitalism has a tendency to uproot and decontextualise forms of cultural kinship and care, relativising everything as a commodity.
(2022-09-14). 9/11 versus Covid: 21 Years of Wandering in the Fog after 9/11 Has Opened the "Gates of Hell" globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-14). Fuel price hike sparks protests in Indonesia. wsws.org Fuel increases have previously sparked explosive struggles, including the mass movement that toppled the Suharto dictatorship in 1998.
(2022-09-13). Putin tells Scholz Russia fighting Nazism in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) — President Vladimir Putin on Friday insisted that Russia was fighting "Nazi ideology" in Ukraine in a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
(2022-09-13). South Korea is Leaving behind the Dark Heritage of its Past. journal-neo.org 
On October 17, 1972 Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, masterminded a constitutional coup, which he called October Yusin, or the October Restoration. The Fourth Republic (1972-1980) is described in both Korean and Soviet/ Russian sources as a period of extreme totalitarian rule and the most dictatorial government in modern Korean history. The Yusin began …
(2022-09-13). The Specter Of Germany Is Rising. popularresistance.org The European Union is girding for a long war against Russia that appears clearly contrary to European economic interests and social stability. A war that is apparently irrational — as many are — has deep emotional roots and claims ideological justification. Such wars are hard to end because they extend outside the range of rationality. | For decades after the Soviet Union entered Berlin and decisively defeated the Third Reich, Soviet leaders worried about the threat of "German revanchism." Since World War II could be seen as German revenge for being deprived of victory in World War I, couldn't aggress…
(2022-09-13). How royalty reinforces imperialism. workers.org 
As Britain's Queen Elizabeth was near death, a professor of Nigerian heritage at Carnegie Mellon University, Uju Anya, tweeted her view: "I heard the chief monarch of a thieving, raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating." This tweet brought down a torrent of condemnation. The countries . . . |
(2022-09-13). UIC students want free reproductive health clinic. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On September 7, 30 students marched at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to demand the administration open a reproductive health clinic on campus that is free for students and the community. | Despite its roughly $3.6 billion budget, the university hasn't taken any steps to provide reproductive healthcare for its students. Other demands included access to birth control and an end to the university's contracts with companies based in heartbeat bill states. | The action, which drew members from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) and Freed…
(2022-09-13). Silencing The Lambs — How Propaganda Works. popularresistance.org In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler's leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fuhrer. | She told me that the 'patriotic messages' of her films were dependent not on 'orders from above' but on what she called the 'submissive void' of the German public. | Did that include the liberal, educated bourgeoisie? I asked. 'Yes, especially them,' she said. | I think of this as I look around at the propaganda now consuming Western societies. | O…
(2022-09-13). The Deepening Assault on Core Democratic Rights in the USA. liberationnews.org The United States is in the midst of a political upheaval right now, after the 2020 uprising, the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, and the Dobbs decision that overturned one of the Supreme Court's biggest decisions — access to abortion under Roe v. Wade.
(2022-09-13). The Genius Of Ella Jo Baker. popularresistance.org Ella Jo Baker will be inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame as an "Unsung Hero" at a ceremony at the National Press Club on Oct. 6 in Washington DC. | Ella Baker is well-regarded as a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, known for her unique participatory grassroots organizing style and also for her ability to galvanize young people to bring a militancy in the struggle to end segregation. But Baker is less known for her innovative organizing prowess before the 1960s — forming a network of self-help cooperatives to bring economic relief to black people during the Depression. | "Ella Baker was one of the…
(2022-09-13). What Would the Elites Be Without Those Masses Who Shoot Themselves? libya360.wordpress.com Clodovaldo Hernandez If the life of contemporary societies were a little more rational, more mathematical, the anti-popular elites would have serious difficulties in staying in government and imposing their policies for the simple reason that they are increasingly a minority, and the dissatisfied masses (who are increasingly day they are more nourished) would throw them…
(2022-09-13). 'Monarchy is a survival of the tyranny'. workers.org 
Irish Freedom Fighter, Marxist and labor leader James Connolly wrote these words in 1910. Connolly, who along with James Larkin, was a leader of the Irish Transport and General Union during the 1913 Dublin Lockout. The British government executed Connolly by firing squad in 1916 for his leadership role in . . . |
(2022-09-13). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman challenges other candidates to debate. wsws.org On Tuesday, September 13, rank-and-file socialist candidate for UAW president Will Lehman issued a statement challenging incumbent UAW President Ray Curry to commit to attending the debate scheduled for September 22 at 6 p.m. (Eastern).
(2022-09-13). Ohio voters too are alarmed by right wing Republican extremism. peoplesworld.org 
In Ohio voters, like elsewhere in the U.S., are alarmed by right-wing extremism. The 2022 mid-term elections are like no other. Most pundits predicted a "red wave," sweeping Republicans to majorities in the U.S. House and Senate. But something happened on the way to November — alarmed voters are repulsed by GOP extremism and fascist-leaning …
(2022-09-13). The Death of a Queen and the Whitewashing of Empire. commondreams.org The queen will be mourned by the millions who loved her, but as Charles becomes king, a reckoning must be made with the monarchy's role in the world.
(2022-09-13). The US Against Assange: A Torrent of Evil. orinocotribune.com Few times has an empire demonstrated such cruelty and determination to destroy a single man as the US has in its crusade to silence Julian Assange, the activist who revealed the human rights abuses and permanent transgression of international law indulged in by the US throughout the world. | Interviewed by La Jornada during their visit to Mexico, John and Gabriel Shipton, the WikiLeaks founder's father and half-brother, respectively, told us of the inhumane treatment reserved for Julian in the UK's maximum security prison where he is fighting the near-complete attempt by the US to extradite him under the 1917 Esp…
(2022-09-12). Economist Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation & Class War. mintpressnews.com Economist Dr. Richard Wolff joins Lowkey where he exposes ways economic policy can be a code term used by the political establishment for class war. Wolff explains how the cost of enmity with Russia is being placed on the shoulders of the working class in the West, whom recently experienced one of the worst crashes of capitalism in its history.