(2022-09-16). Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard's pro-Hitler patch. thegrayzone.com The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler. On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on …
(2022-09-16). Israel's Gantz Says Iran Nuclear Deal in the 'ER Room'. news.antiwar.com Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz Israel has ramped up the pressure on the Biden administration to harden its stance in the negotiations with Iran, and it appears to have worked. "The Iran nuclear deal seems like it is in the ER room," Gantz said at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel, according to Reuters. | "There's a period maybe…
(2022-09-16). Enterprises flock to Nanning for China-ASEAN Expo. ecns.cn The 19th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), scheduled for Sept. 16 to 19 in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has attracted a total of 1,653 enterprises to its offline event.
(2022-09-16). Chile's 9/11 & The Rise Of US Fascism. indybay.org Labor Historian & Professor Ruth Needleman talks about the lessons of Chile's coup in relation to the growing fascist movement in the US.
(2022-09-16). Sunday 9/25: Turning ideas into action: Taking to the streets with the FSP. indybay.org via zoom: tinyurl.com/FSP-Sept-25-mtg…
(2022-09-16). The modern cult of Independence Day and the buildup of a fascist movement in Brazil. wsws.org The violent celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Brazilian Independence on September 7 amid the preparations for an electoral coup has laid bare the lack of any constituency for democratic forms of rule within the country's ruling class.
(2022-09-16). Oppose the reactionary smear campaign against Harvard Professor John Comaroff! wsws.org Should these reactionary forces succeed it would represent a major blow to academic freedom, democratic rights and serious scholarship.
(2022-09-15). Hundreds of children included in Ukrainian kill-list. infobrics.org International organizations remain silent while children are threatened by Ukrainian neo-Nazi regime.
(2022-09-15). In Praise of Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net Eva Bartlett is Canada's best journalist/reporter, by far. Why? She actually tells the truth. She recounts the truth about Gaza, Syria, and now Ukraine. She travels to places she writes about. She deserves accolades and protection. The Canadian Nazi-allied government offers her neither accolades nor protection. Pure shame that any citizen should be on a …
(2022-09-15). Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky on Afghanistan War & the Fragility of US Empire. liberationnews.org The U.S. government has destroyed cities, countries, and towns around the world, through bombs and air raids, military ground invasions, naval attacks, economic sanctions and strangulation, coups, and more. Some say U.S. force is never ending, others say it's on a fast decline, almost gone forever. Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky argue in their new book, "The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power," that U.S. military might is somewhere in the middle: it's fragile.
(2022-09-15). Half of Americans think US will lose superpower status within ten years. infobrics.org The very fact so many Americans think the US is turning into a dictatorship and that a civil war is a likely scenario speaks volumes of the unflattering state of the much-touted "American democracy".
(2022-09-15). The Failed Serotonin Theory of Depression: A Marxist Analysis. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido Sep 9, 2022 | A recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry sent shockwaves across the scientific community and popular outlets as it disproved the predominant "serotonin hypothesis" of depression. In just two weeks since its publication it has been accessed by nearly half a million people and the subject of dozens of subsequent articles. The researchers analyzed a total of seventeen systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other large studies focused on the following six tenets pertinent to the "serotonin hypothesis" of depression: | "(1) Serotonin and the serotonin metabo…
(2022-09-15). Veteran UK rail worker speaks on British and US rail struggles. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site interviewed a rail worker of more than three decades on the ongoing national strikes in Britain and the struggle of railroad workers in the United States.
(2022-09-15). Smart guns could be the future of firearm control. america.cgtn.com Gun ownership in the United States spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic — almost 20 million guns were purchased last year. And with that came more accidents. Firearms are the number one cause of death for young people in the country. Soon, there could be a …
(2022-09-15). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Teachers continue strikes over pay and workload in Norway, Hungary, Kosovo and Latvia, as court bans nurses' strike in Finland; UK unions including RMT, CWU, Unite, RCN, PCS cancel strikes because of queen's death as attacks on living conditions continue, but further stoppages across all sectors including dockers loom; unions intervene with sellout deal including sackings to end Putco bus drivers' three-week wildcat strike in South Africa; Nigerian aviation workers including pilots and air traffic controllers ground flights to protest strike ban…
(2022-09-15). Honoring Barbara Ehrenreich, Who Exposed How Toxic Positivity Is Used to Dismiss Economic Inequality. commondreams.org The late Nickel and Dimed author also laid bare the "positive thinking" industry that put a smiley face on inequality.
(2022-09-15). Democratic money helps pro-Trump election deniers win Republican primary contests in New Hampshire. wsws.org In the final primary contests before the November midterms, the Democratic Party once again spent millions of dollars to help fascistic Trump acolytes and "stolen election" liars defeat more moderate Republican opponents and advance to the general election.
(2022-09-15). Taiwan businesspeople support, promote peaceful development of cross-Strait relations. ecns.cn Over the past decade, Taiwan businesspeople and enterprises have been beneficiaries, staunch supporters and strong promoters of the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, a mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday.
(2022-09-15). A sordid fight over money between Black Lives Matter factions. wsws.org The sordid squabbling over cash exposes the venal and reactionary character of the purveyors of racial politics, and the hostility of these privileged social layers to the working class.
(2022-09-15). Bajo los brillos de Hanoi. cubadebate.cu Pasados 40 años de la renovación del modelo socialista, Vietnam es hoy una nación pujante dentro de su propio entorno geográfico y en el mundo, que se proyecta vertiginosamente al futuro sin renegar de su pasado, mejor aun dignificándolo con el aliento de cambios que transpira su sociedad. "Cambio o muerte" es una de las ocurrentes y lapidarias sentencias con la que nos sorprenden.
(2022-09-14). 24-29 October — Brussels: International Week of Action for Palestinian Liberation. samidoun.net 
The Palestinian liberation movement is a Palestinian, Arab and international movement, with a history of a century of struggle fighting back against imperialism, Zionism and reactionary forces. Today, as the Palestinian people and their resistance continue to struggle for return and liberation, the colonial occupation is continuing its extrajudicial killings and massacres, siege on Gaza, …