Monthly Archives: October 2022

2022-10-16: News Headlines

_____ (2022-10-16). The New York Times Has Been Friendly To Nazis For 80 Years. popularresistance.org The New York Times loves a good Nazi. And I don't just mean this past year. I mean, going back to World War II to the OG Nazis, the guy with the mustache. If any of you out there are still New York Times lovers; then you really shouldn't watch this episode. Just go back to playing with your Legos or something. | Back in 2019, an Australian white supremacist murdered 49 people in New Zealand. As discussed this week by Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting, at the time, the New York Times correctly reported that "On his flak jacket was a symbol commonly used by the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary org…

_____ (2022-10-16). Chris Hedges Report: Trauma, Addiction, And Illness Under Capitalism. popularresistance.org How does living in a consumer society at war with basic human needs affect our minds and, ultimately, our bodies? In his new book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Dr. Gabor Maté and his son Daniel argue that our culture's standards of normalcy are destructive to the health of human beings. In a society where profit and personal attainment are the highest values, traumas abound, and everyday people are left to endure their pain and shame in silence. The consequence of this dark ethic, Dr. Maté illustrates, plays out on our bodies, severely damaging our psyches, and pushing us to…

____ (2022-10-16). Xi calls for building cultural confidence, strength. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday called for building cultural confidence and strength and securing new successes in developing socialist culture."To build a modern socialist country in all respects, we must develop a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and be more confident in our culture," Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

____ (2022-10-16). Xi underscores role of education, sci-tech, talent in modernization drive. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday stressed invigorating China through science and education and developing a strong workforce for the modernization drive. Education, science and technology, and human resources are the foundational and strategic pillars for building a modern socialist country in all respects, Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi lists major principles in building modern socialist China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday listed major principles in the great and arduous endeavor to build a modern socialist China in all respects.

____ (2022-10-16). Building a modern socialist country in all respects under rule of law: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday that China must strive to build a modern socialist country in all respects under the rule of law."We must follow a path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, develop a Chinese system of socialist rule of law, and establish China as a socialist country under the rule of law," Xi said.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi stresses further modernizing national defense, military. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday achieving the goals for the centenary of the People's Liberation Army in 2027 and more quickly elevating the people's armed forces to world-class standards are strategic tasks for building a modern socialist country in all respects.

____ (2022-10-16). Whole-process people's democracy is democracy in its broadest, most genuine, most effective form: Xi. ecns.cn Whole-process people's democracy is the defining feature of socialist democracy; it is democracy in its broadest, most genuine, and most effective form, Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-15). China has confidence, capability to meet new goals, create greater miracles: spokesperson. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will envision the two stages toward building a great modern socialist country in all respects and set out strategic tasks and major measures for the next five years, a spokesperson said Saturday.

WSWS (2022-10-15). IMF report reveals dictatorship of finance capital. wsws.org With interest rate rising as central banks seek to crush the movement of the working class, the International Monetary Fund has opened a new front in the class war insisting that government spending must be cut to meet the demands of financial markets.

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2022-10-15). Russophobic Totalitarian Regimes in Europe. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-10-15). The historical background of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for global elimination. wsws.org This report was given by Evan Blake to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled "The COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for socialism"

WSWS (2022-10-15). What was Biden doing on January 6? wsws.org Video released as part of the final hearing before the midterm elections of the House committee investigating January 6 exposes both the seriousness of the fascistic coup and the political prostration of the Democratic Party.

WSWS (2022-10-15). Obituary: Australian Socialist Equality Party member Regina Lohr (June 21, 1956—October 10, 2022). wsws.org Regina was sustained during her difficult struggle against cancer by her belief in socialist internationalism and an unwavering determination to contribute to that historic fight.

Peter Koenig (2022-10-15). The Way to Defeat the Globalist Reset: Local Production for Local Consumption… globalresearch.ca We are currently undergoing the worst "tyrannification" of society in human history and in all western world countries. Covid-martial law overrules everything. This happened very fast.

Infobrics (2022-10-14). Jaishankar Defends India's Long-Standing Ties with Russia. infobrics.org Foreign minister S Jaishankar defended India's long-standing ties with Russia and chided the West for backing military dictatorship next door for decades…

Rann Miller (2022-10-14). Opinion: Jay-Z's Comments About Capitalism Attracted Vitriol But What Else Should Black People Expect? moguldom.com Jay-Z says that "capitalist" is a new slur to bring the Black community down. Of course, some folks are upset about it. But it makes sense that he said what he said. Jay-Z is a billionaire capitalist. On an Aug. 31 Twitter Spaces conversation with DJ Khaled, Lenny S. and Rob Markman, Jay-Z said: "Before …

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2022-10-13: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2022-10-13). Giorgia Meloni: The Great Replacement Moves In. dissidentvoice.org Demographic angst is a terrifying thing, especially to leaders concerned about poor returns from horizontal folk dancing. Viktor Orbán of Hungary is particularly apprehensive that precious Hungarian blood is not being propagated, facing dilution, if not disappearance, from hordes of swarthy immigrants from the Middle East and Africa. In Italy, the country's imminent first female …

Doug Mainwaring (2022-10-13). PayPal's Plan to Fine Users for 'Misinformation' Was a Totalitarian Trial Balloon. globalresearch.ca

John Laughland (2022-10-13). Europe's Descent Into Totalitarianism. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-10-13). Illinois governor's race highlights the reactionary politics of both Democrats and Republicans. wsws.org While dodging questions and taking pot shots are one another, both candidates made crime a central point.

WSWS (2022-10-13). The COVID disaster and the political crisis of Australian capitalism. wsws.org "The criminal 'let it rip' pandemic policies of governments—invariably enforced by the labour and trade union bureaucracies—have exposed the brutality of capitalism, and its readiness to sacrifice lives for corporate profit and private wealth accumulation."

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-10-13). Sunday 10/30: A Marxist Look at Capitalism's Meltdown. indybay.org 747 Polk St. @ Ellis, San Francisco or via zoom tinyurl.com/MarxistLookCapitalismMeltdown

WSWS (2022-10-13). Jacobin magazine promotes sellout of Michigan Medicine nurses as "groundbreaking contract" wsws.org Jacobin magazine, the primary voice of the Democratic Socialists of America, published an article on October 8 that fraudulently presents the recent sellout contract negotiated by the nurses' union at Michigan Medicine as a "pathbreaking win."

Vivien Miley (2022-10-13). Optus data breach exposes surveillance capitalism. greenleft.org.au The media's attention is largely focused on personal data and privacy, but we need to examine what data is being collected, how it is being used and better systems to protect personal data, argues Vivien Miley.

WSWS (2022-10-13). The Democratic Party, identity politics and the Los Angeles City Council scandal. wsws.org Leaked recordings of a discussion between racist Democratic politicians expose both the reactionary character of the political strategy of the Democratic Party and the rottenness of American capitalist politics as a whole.

____ (2022-10-12). China Development Bank offers loan support for specialized, sophisticated SMEs. ecns.cn 12 (Xinhua) — China Development Bank (CDB), one of the country's policy banks, has provided financial support for specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)."ÄÄ"ÄÄA total of 13.1 billion yuan (about 1.84 billion U.S.

____ (2022-10-12). Increases in SOE revenue to shore up nation's growth. ecns.cn The steady revenue growth of centrally administered State-owned enterprises is expected to shore up China's economic growth and propel the successful completion of its three-year (2020-22) action plan this year.

JANET (2022-10-12). In the end, who promotes fascism? iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo October 7, 2022 The author is editor of the Portuguese Marxist webzine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Sept. 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. One hundred years after Mussolini took power, fascism is once again governing Italy. For weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni's expected victory drew no comments from European leaders, and it seemed that they all saw it not only as inevitable but also as normal and acceptable. Only on the eve of Election Day, the Eurocrats' spokeswoman Ursula von der Leyen decided to issue a warning, as useless as it was stupid, brandishing th…

Len Yannielli (2022-10-12). The sinking of El Faro: Sailors take warning…of disaster capitalism. peoplesworld.org On September 29, 2015, the container ship El Faro, which means lighthouse, left port in Jacksonville, Fla. It was carrying 25 million pounds of cargo, including such diverse commodities as 149 cars and fructose syrup. Its destination was San Juan, Puerto Rico, but it never got there. How does a ship, stretching more than two-and-a-half …

WSWS (2022-10-12). In runup to November elections, Trump Republicans step up anti-Semitic rhetoric. wsws.org While speaking in support of Trump-endorsed candidates this past Sunday at the ex-president's "Save America" rally in Mesa, Arizona, Georgia Representative and self-described Christian nationalist Marjorie Taylor Greene incited political violence and invoked the neo-Nazi "Replacement Theory."

Editor (2022-10-12). Thomas Sankara remains a global icon. mronline.org His vision of a socialist, pan-Africanist model of development‚Å was not buried with him…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-10-12). Anarchists and Antifascists in the U.S. Must Act for Jennifer Laude where Filipinos Cannot. itsgoingdown.org Editorial from the so-called Philippines, a former colony of the so-called United States, on the horrific, transphobic murder of Jennifer Laude by Joseph Scott Pemberton, a Lance Corporal in the US Marine Corps, on October 11th, 2014. Pemberton claimed "self-defense" in the murder of Laude for not "revealing her gender identity." Pemberton was given an…

John Bellamy Foster (2022-10-12). Marxism and the climate crisis (John Bellamy Foster on the 'Historical Materialism podcast'). mronline.org Foster begins by referencing the fact that the 19th century, Newtonian view of nature, and the mechanistic, positivist approach to science originally penetrated socialist thought.

Night Owls (2022-10-12). Night Owls #2: Summer of Sabotage. itsgoingdown.org Download pamphlet: Print Tabloid [For a Risograph] Download action poster: Print Tabloid [For a Risograph] Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz writes in An Indigenous People's History of the United States, "Everything in U.S. history is about the land." All nation-states rely on maintaining control over a particular territory, while capitalism has forced people across the world…

Deweylaura (2022-10-12). Anti-imperialism is central to the struggle against capitalism. cpusa.org A feature which distinguishes our communist parties from other tendencies which define themselves as "socialist" is our emphasis on anti-imperialist solidarity. A starting point for anyone who wants to understand imperialism is V.I. Lenin's 1916 book Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism. In this important work, Lenin outlines the essential features of 20th-century imperialism …

Editor (2022-10-12). Patrick Lawrence: Our Shared Addiction to Empire. scheerpost.com "If the Columbus myth has been thoroughly discounted, what is it that causes us to continue closing the banks, stopping the mail, and marching in parades on a Monday around October 12 each year?"

Vijay Prashad (2022-10-11). Detener el peligro de la guerra nuclear debe estar en la parte superior de la agenda. peoplesworld.org Queridos amigos, Desde 1947, el Reloj del Juicio Final ha medido la probabilidad de una catástrofe provocada por el hombre, es decir, para advertir al mundo contra la posibilidad de un holocausto nuclear. El Boletín de los Científicos Atómicos, que se ocupan de este reloj, fijó originalmente el dispositivo en siete minutos para la medianoche, …

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-10-11). Evolving Big Brains Only To Go Extinct From Stupidity: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | It's really too bad that anyone who thinks it might be a good idea to stop exponentially escalating this proxy war is an evil Nazi Putin propagandist, because things are NEW: Russia unleashes fury over bridge "terrorism" by targeting Ukrainian cities this morning. George Beebe: this is the spiral of violence we have been warning about. MORE: — Responsible…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). US Increased Intelligence and Special Forces Operatives' Presence in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic The US intelligence presence in Ukraine has existed at least since the end of the Second World War. After the war was over, the CIA worked closely with the Ukrainian Nazi insurgents of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) who were tasked with carrying out acts of sabotage in western parts of the…

_____ (2022-10-11). Qatari and US gas won't save Europe. journal-neo.org Experts estimate that in order to avoid a catastrophic fall in GDP and the risk of a prolonged economic depression, the total public spending by European countries to mitigate the energy collapse unleashed by Washington will have to exceed ‚Ǩ1 trillion! A crisis of this magnitude would result in more bankruptcies and a domino effect …

Colin Todhunter (2022-10-11). Free Speech and the Tyranny of 'Kindness'. Jacinda Ardern in the Global Limelight. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-10-11). One week until the UAW elections begin: Rank-and-file workers' power vs. the bureaucracy. wsws.org For the first time in recent history, workers in the UAW will be able to cast a vote for a socialist proponent of rank-and-file power: Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman.

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2022-10-12: News Headlines

____ (2022-10-12). Increases in SOE revenue to shore up nation's growth. ecns.cn The steady revenue growth of centrally administered State-owned enterprises is expected to shore up China's economic growth and propel the successful completion of its three-year (2020-22) action plan this year.

JANET (2022-10-12). In the end, who promotes fascism? iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo October 7, 2022 The author is editor of the Portuguese Marxist webzine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Sept. 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. One hundred years after Mussolini took power, fascism is once again governing Italy. For weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni's expected victory drew no comments from European leaders, and it seemed that they all saw it not only as inevitable but also as normal and acceptable. Only on the eve of Election Day, the Eurocrats' spokeswoman Ursula von der Leyen decided to issue a warning, as useless as it was stupid, brandishing th…

WSWS (2022-10-12). In runup to November elections, Trump Republicans step up anti-Semitic rhetoric. wsws.org While speaking in support of Trump-endorsed candidates this past Sunday at the ex-president's "Save America" rally in Mesa, Arizona, Georgia Representative and self-described Christian nationalist Marjorie Taylor Greene incited political violence and invoked the neo-Nazi "Replacement Theory."

Chris Slee (2022-10-12). Spirits high at Knauf picket for a new workplace agreement. greenleft.org.au Spirits are high at the Knauf factory picket line as members of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union campaign for a decent enterprise agreement. Chris Slee reports.

Editor (2022-10-12). Patrick Lawrence: Our Shared Addiction to Empire. scheerpost.com "If the Columbus myth has been thoroughly discounted, what is it that causes us to continue closing the banks, stopping the mail, and marching in parades on a Monday around October 12 each year?"

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-10-12). Sunday 10/30: A Marxist Look at Capitalism's Meltdown. indybay.org 747 Polk St. @ Ellis, San Francisco or via zoom tinyurl.com/MarxistLookCapitalismMeltdown

Sabrina Syed (2022-10-12). Bangladesh: The struggle for liberation after colonial rule. greenleft.org.au The expansion of capitalism, through globalisation and imperialism, has caused social exclusion, poverty and environmental degradation in Bangladesh, writes Sabrina Syed.

Vijay Prashad (2022-10-11). Detener el peligro de la guerra nuclear debe estar en la parte superior de la agenda. peoplesworld.org Queridos amigos, Desde 1947, el Reloj del Juicio Final ha medido la probabilidad de una catástrofe provocada por el hombre, es decir, para advertir al mundo contra la posibilidad de un holocausto nuclear. El Boletín de los Científicos Atómicos, que se ocupan de este reloj, fijó originalmente el dispositivo en siete minutos para la medianoche, …

Contributing Writers (2022-10-11). Al Qaeda is a contract army for the US. marktaliano.net vanessa beeley | @vanessabeeley | 1,610 followers | Join | Following | Micheal Hudson in 2015 explains US funding Nazis in Ukraine. … | URL | lbry: //@vanessabeeley#6/al-qaeda-is-a-contract-army-for-the-us#9 | Claim ID | 9f6ba9671b1dabc249cb831c0632f3e79fcb4764 | 3.67 MB…

_____ (2022-10-11). Qatari and US gas won't save Europe. journal-neo.org Experts estimate that in order to avoid a catastrophic fall in GDP and the risk of a prolonged economic depression, the total public spending by European countries to mitigate the energy collapse unleashed by Washington will have to exceed ‚Ǩ1 trillion! A crisis of this magnitude would result in more bankruptcies and a domino effect …

Deweylaura (2022-10-11). Marching from the streets to the polls. cpusa.org The following is adapted from a report presented to the National Committee, Sept. 18, 2022. The fascist danger we identified is very real. Everything we do in the next weeks can make the difference in the outcome of the election and in the huge upsurge battles of the multi-racial working class underway. As Joe …

WSWS (2022-10-11). One week until the UAW elections begin: Rank-and-file workers' power vs. the bureaucracy. wsws.org For the first time in recent history, workers in the UAW will be able to cast a vote for a socialist proponent of rank-and-file power: Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman.

Anonymous103 (2022-10-10). Massacre In Kupyansk: Nazi Propagandist Failed To Whitewash Ukraine. southfront.org On October 9, a Ukrainian Nazi fighter, ex-commander of the Nazi regiment Azov, On October 10, Ukrainian propagandist made another attempt to whitewash himself and shared anoth…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-10). Washington's Biological Research Laboratories. libya360.wordpress.com Pablo Jofre Leal U.S. laboratories created, developed and operating under Pentagon leadership are scattered throughout Africa, Latin America and practically all the countries that made up the former Union of Socialist Republics. It is estimated that at least 200 biological research laboratories worldwide are financed by Washington. The presence of U.S. specialists in the construction…

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2022-10-11: News Headlines

Ben Norton (2022-10-11). Bolivia presents revolutionary socialist plan to transform world. greenleft.org.au At the United Nations General Assembly, Bolivian President Luis Arce outlined his ambitious vision for changing the global capitalist system. Ben Norton reports.

_____ (2022-10-11). Qatari and US gas won't save Europe. journal-neo.org Experts estimate that in order to avoid a catastrophic fall in GDP and the risk of a prolonged economic depression, the total public spending by European countries to mitigate the energy collapse unleashed by Washington will have to exceed ‚Ǩ1 trillion! A crisis of this magnitude would result in more bankruptcies and a domino effect …

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-10-11). Sunday 10/30: A Marxist Look at Capitalism's Meltdown. indybay.org 747 Polk St. @ Ellis, San Francisco or via zoom tinyurl.com/MarxistLookCapitalismMeltdown

WSWS (2022-10-11). One week until the UAW elections begin: Rank-and-file workers' power vs. the bureaucracy. wsws.org For the first time in recent history, workers in the UAW will be able to cast a vote for a socialist proponent of rank-and-file power: Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman.

_____ (2022-10-10). Exposing Fascists: Best Practices. popularresistance.org This document came out of numerous discussions with anti-fascists across the country. There has been repeated concern among ourselves and our comrades about a culture of anti-fascist activism that views exposing fascists online as the end-all be-all of anti-fascist organizing. Online exposés are one tool of many that anti-fascists use to materially disrupt fascist organizing in our communities. An exposé of a Nazi by itself is meaningless if it does not have a material impact on that fascist, their organizing, or the communities they threaten. | Here we address some common stumbling blocks and best practices for…

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2022-10-10). Stepan Bandera and Neo-Nazism: Why US-NATO Needs "Banderistan Ukraine"? globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2022-10-10). Massacre In Kupyansk: Nazi Propagandist Failed To Whitewash Ukraine. southfront.org On October 9, a Ukrainian Nazi fighter, ex-commander of the Nazi regiment Azov, On October 10, Ukrainian propagandist made another attempt to whitewash himself and shared anoth…

UnitedEditor (2022-10-10). Hungary and the European Union 2: What prevails in Budapest is national interest. unitedworldint.com In the second part of the interview with Ferenc Almassy, Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Post, we asked him about Hungary-US relations, the background of the campaign against George Soros and the strengthening ties with the Organization of Turkish States. Ferenc Almassy explained in detail Hungary's policy of "passive resistance", the impact of 1 ,000 Hungarians in Ukraine …

JANET (2022-10-10). In the end, who promotes fascism? iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo October 7, 2022 he author is editor of the Portuguese Marxist webzine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Sept. 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. One hundred years after Mussolini took power, fascism is once again governing Italy. For weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni's expected victory drew no comments from European leaders, and it seemed that they all saw it not only as inevitable but also as normal and acceptable. Only on the eve of Election Day, the Eurocrats' spokeswoman Ursula von der Leyen decided to issue a warning, as useless as it was stupid, brandishing the…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-10). Biden Might Turn Out To Be Even Worse Than Hitler. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse One of the reasons why the Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward Public Broadcasting System (PBS) documentary series The U.S. and the…

WSWS (2022-10-10). The "choice" in the 2022 US midterm elections: Fascist Republicans vs. war-crazed Democrats. wsws.org Whatever the results of the November 8 vote, the working class must break with the capitalist two-party system and build an independent political party of its own, based on socialist policies.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Build an international movement of the working class against imperialist war! wsws.org "The same contradictions and crisis of world capitalism are also propelling the working class into struggle, providing the basis for the building of an international anti-war movement."

WSWS (2022-10-10). German neo-Nazis remain at large after assassination attempt on journalists. wsws.org The verdict in the trial against the neo-Nazis reveals the extent of the rightward shift by the German judicial system. More than four years after the attack and after more than 30 days of trial, the perpetrators got off virtually scot-free.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Eugene V. Debs and the struggle of railroaders. wsws.org Debs' life—from locomotive fireman, to trade unionist, to socialist candidate for American president, to class war prisoner—holds crucial lessons for today's workers.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-10). Washington's Biological Research Laboratories. libya360.wordpress.com Pablo Jofre Leal U.S. laboratories created, developed and operating under Pentagon leadership are scattered throughout Africa, Latin America and practically all the countries that made up the former Union of Socialist Republics. It is estimated that at least 200 biological research laboratories worldwide are financed by Washington. The presence of U.S. specialists in the construction…

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-10-10). The Treason of the Intellectuals. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-10-10). Friedrich Nietzsche (15 Oct 1844 — 25 Aug 1900). transcend.org Friedrich Nietzsche's attempts to unmask the motives that underlie traditional Western religion, morality, and philosophy deeply affected generations of theologians, philosophers, psychologists, poets, novelists, and playwrights. He thought through the consequences of the triumph of the Enlightenment's secularism, expressed in his observation that "God is dead."

Lee Siu Hin, Action LA (2022-10-10). 10/7 LEE SIU HIN – Poison Ivy: Rupert Murdoch''s U.S. State-Sponsored Global Propaganda Ma. indybay.org How a public privately run neocon/CIA far-right top-down propaganda machine destabilized other countries and served U.S./Western empire building…

WSWS (2022-10-10). World Socialist Web Site interviews CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou about Julian Assange's extradition. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site spoke with Mr. Kiriakou at a recent rally in Washington D.C. about the implications of the US attempt to extradite Assange, the defense of democratic rights, as well as the importance of Assange's plight for working people…

Elias Khalil Jabbour (2022-10-09). Brazil at crossroads: Bolsonaro means subordination and deindustrialization, Lula means independence and development. multipolarista.com Round two of Brazil's presidential election offers deeply opposing visions: Bolsonaro would mean more subordination and deindustrialization. Lula would mean independence, economic nationalism, and multipolarity.

Peter Koenig (2022-10-09). Video: Digital Tyranny and the Rockefeller-Gates WHO "Vaxx-Certificate Passport": Towards a World War III Scenario. globalresearch.ca It's an electronic ID-program using the Covid-19 "vaccine as a platform for digital identity, linking everything to everything of each individual (records of health, banking, personal and private, etc.), managed by a state agency or in extremis, by the private sector.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-10-09). Digital Tyranny: The EU Digital Covid Vaccine Certificate Framework. globalresearch.ca

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2022-10-10: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-10-10). German neo-Nazis remain at large after assassination attempt on journalists. wsws.org The verdict in the trial against the neo-Nazis reveals the extent of the rightward shift by the German judicial system. More than four years after the attack and after more than 30 days of trial, the perpetrators got off virtually scot-free.

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2022-10-10). Stepan Bandera and Neo-Nazism: Why US-NATO Needs "Banderistan Ukraine"? globalresearch.ca

JANET (2022-10-10). In the end, who promotes fascism? iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo October 7, 2022 he author is editor of the Portuguese Marxist webzine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Sept. 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. One hundred years after Mussolini took power, fascism is once again governing Italy. For weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni's expected victory drew no comments from European leaders, and it seemed that they all saw it not only as inevitable but also as normal and acceptable. Only on the eve of Election Day, the Eurocrats' spokeswoman Ursula von der Leyen decided to issue a warning, as useless as it was stupid, brandishing the…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-10). Biden Might Turn Out To Be Even Worse Than Hitler. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse One of the reasons why the Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward Public Broadcasting System (PBS) documentary series The U.S. and the…

WSWS (2022-10-10). Eugene V. Debs and the struggle of railroaders. wsws.org Debs' life—from locomotive fireman, to trade unionist, to socialist candidate for American president, to class war prisoner—holds crucial lessons for today's workers.

WSWS (2022-10-10). The "choice" in the 2022 US midterm elections: Fascist Republicans vs. war-crazed Democrats. wsws.org Whatever the results of the November 8 vote, the working class must break with the capitalist two-party system and build an independent political party of its own, based on socialist policies.

WSWS (2022-10-10). Build an international movement of the working class against imperialist war! wsws.org "The same contradictions and crisis of world capitalism are also propelling the working class into struggle, providing the basis for the building of an international anti-war movement."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-10). Washington's Biological Research Laboratories. libya360.wordpress.com Pablo Jofre Leal U.S. laboratories created, developed and operating under Pentagon leadership are scattered throughout Africa, Latin America and practically all the countries that made up the former Union of Socialist Republics. It is estimated that at least 200 biological research laboratories worldwide are financed by Washington. The presence of U.S. specialists in the construction…

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-10-10). The Treason of the Intellectuals. globalresearch.ca

Lee Siu Hin, Action LA (2022-10-10). 10/7 LEE SIU HIN – Poison Ivy: Rupert Murdoch''s U.S. State-Sponsored Global Propaganda Ma. indybay.org How a public privately run neocon/CIA far-right top-down propaganda machine destabilized other countries and served U.S./Western empire building…

WSWS (2022-10-10). World Socialist Web Site interviews CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou about Julian Assange's extradition. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site spoke with Mr. Kiriakou at a recent rally in Washington D.C. about the implications of the US attempt to extradite Assange, the defense of democratic rights, as well as the importance of Assange's plight for working people…

____ (2022-10-10). Friedrich Nietzsche (15 Oct 1844 — 25 Aug 1900). transcend.org Friedrich Nietzsche's attempts to unmask the motives that underlie traditional Western religion, morality, and philosophy deeply affected generations of theologians, philosophers, psychologists, poets, novelists, and playwrights. He thought through the consequences of the triumph of the Enlightenment's secularism, expressed in his observation that "God is dead."

Jim McIlroy (2022-10-10). Vale Dave Riley — socialist, satirist and chef. greenleft.org.au Dave Riley, long-time socialist, artist, satirist and chef, was an enthusiast about trying out new ventures to broaden the socialist project. Jim McIlroy reports on his life.

Jessica Corbett (2022-10-10). Sanders Says Dems Ignoring Economy Before Midterms 'Would Be Political Malpractice'. commondreams.org "Now is the time for Democrats to take the fight to the reactionary Republican Party and expose their anti-worker views on the most important issues facing ordinary Americans."

_____ (2022-10-09). New Studies: Big Pharma Has Been Lying About Anti-Depressants For Years. popularresistance.org So I know that I'm supposed to cover the Most Censored News and the fact that massive new studies show antidepressants don't do nearly what we were told they do is on the cover of Newsweek does not exactly count as the most censored news. But I'll get to the censored part in a minute. | Newsweek reports, "In 2019, one in eight Americans—43 million in all—were taking a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI), and those numbers have likely risen among a public ridden with COVID-induced anxiety." | In fact, over the past few years, so many people were demanding Zoloft that the FDA warned there woul…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-09). In Video: Ukrainian Nazi Death Squads Operating In Kharkov Region. southfront.org Nazi tanks in Kharkov region in 1941 | Ukrainian militants have recently shared a video of fighting in the Kherson region. The brave video shows Ukrainian Nazis entering an empty village on the tanks with crossings like the Nazis did in 1941. | The video shows Ukrainian fighters shelling in the windows of civilian houses and launching grenades in the caves. No Russian servicemen are seen in the village. Ukrainian Nazis do not bother to check if there are civilians alive hiding in these caves. | <...

Elias Khalil Jabbour (2022-10-09). Brazil at crossroads: Bolsonaro means subordination and deindustrialization, Lula means independence and development. multipolarista.com Round two of Brazil's presidential election offers deeply opposing visions: Bolsonaro would mean more subordination and deindustrialization. Lula would mean independence, economic nationalism, and multipolarity.

Yuri Rubtsov (2022-10-09). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

Peter Koenig (2022-10-09). Video: Digital Tyranny and the Rockefeller-Gates WHO "Vaxx-Certificate Passport": Towards a World War III Scenario. globalresearch.ca It's an electronic ID-program using the Covid-19 "vaccine as a platform for digital identity, linking everything to everything of each individual (records of health, banking, personal and private, etc.), managed by a state agency or in extremis, by the private sector.

Kurt Nimmo (2022-10-09). Kyiv Nazis Manage to Blow Hole in Crimean Bridge. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-10-09). Rusia nombra nuevo general para dirigir la operación en Ucrania. telesurtv.net Serguéi Surovikin era el comandante de la agrupación sur de las tropas rusas durante la operación especial rusa de desmilitarización y desnazificación de Ucrania.

Fight Back (2022-10-09). Red Theory: Against the theory of a peaceful transition to socialism. fightbacknews.org Marxism-Leninism is the science of revolution. The purpose of revolutionary theory is to guide revolutionary practice. Nevertheless, since Marxism was young, there have always been opportunists and revisionists who tried to distort its revolutionary essence. The leading edge of this attack on Marxism – from the misleaders of the Second International, Eduard Bernstein and Karl Kautsky in the early 1900s, to Khrushchev's modern revisionism, beginning with the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1956 – has been the advocacy of a peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism. | Can t…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-10-09). Digital Tyranny: The EU Digital Covid Vaccine Certificate Framework. globalresearch.ca

Roberta Wood (2022-10-09). 'Watery beer and horrible politics!'. peoplesworld.org Communist Party Co-chair Joe Sims issued this indictment of America's biggest corporations — starting with the manufacturers of Coors's — in a YouTube video released this week by the Party to argue for collective action by this country's working class to defeat what Sims calls "the fascist caucus." Sims zeroes in on the role of …

Struggle, La Lucha (2022-10-09). Che as minister: the promotion of science and technology for Cuba's socialist development. struggle-la-lucha.org

Fight Back (2022-10-08). Join the effort to promote the political program of FRSO. fightbacknews.org To obtain a copy of the new FRSO Program book, reach out to your local FRSO organizers. If you are not in an area where FRSO has an organized district, you can order a copy at Comrades and friends, | The political program of Freedom Road Socialist Organization is being printed in book form. It is something that all revolutionaries will want to read and consider. It deals in a forthright manner with the enemy we are up against, the conditions we face, and most importantly what is to be done to move forward. | Members and supporters of…

UnitedEditor (2022-10-08). In Italy, Meloni is on Draghi's 'autopilot': Atlanticism and neo-liberalism. unitedworldint.com The elections in Italy following the fall of the government led by the quisling Mario Draghi lived up to expectations: the center-right coalition won. First party is Fratelli d'Italia, which reaches 26% or 7,302,517 votes. Other parties in the coalition with the Lega get 8.77% and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia reaches 8.11% of the votes. …

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Elias Khalil Jabbour (2022-10-09). Brazil at crossroads: Bolsonaro means subordination and deindustrialization, Lula means independence and development. multipolarista.com Round two of Brazil's presidential election offers deeply opposing visions: Bolsonaro would mean more subordination and deindustrialization. Lula would mean independence, economic nationalism, and multipolarity.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-10-09). Rusia nombra nuevo general para dirigir la operación en Ucrania. telesurtv.net Serguéi Surovikin era el comandante de la agrupación sur de las tropas rusas durante la operación especial rusa de desmilitarización y desnazificación de Ucrania.

Lee Siu Hin, Action LA (2022-10-09). 10/7 LEE SIU HIN – Poison Ivy: Rupert Murdoch''s U.S. State-Sponsored Global Propaganda Ma. indybay.org How a public privately run neocon/CIA far-right top-down propaganda machine destabilized other countries and served U.S./Western empire building…

WSWS (2022-10-08). Half of Ukrainian 2023 budget dedicated to NATO proxy war against Russia. wsws.org The proposed budget underlines the reactionary nature of the Zelensky government, which is dedicated to the NATO proxy war with Russia and austerity and poverty for the working class.

_____ (2022-10-08). A Radical Internationalist Perspective Is Not A Luxury. popularresistance.org Many eyebrows have been raised as a result of the surge to power of neo-fascists in Italy. Unfortunately, our community seemingly has the eyebrows of Whoopy Goldberg (meaning none) and thus far, the response has been radio silence. This is nothing new; since the Compromise of 1954 (not unlike the companion Compromise of 1850, which actually strengthened enslavers—contrary to advertisement—and instigated war) where in return for anti-Jim Crow concessions, tossed overboard were the internationalists among us– Paul Robeson in the first place– many of our leading organizations and intellectuals have ste…

_____ (2022-10-08). The Most Dangerous Situation That Humanity Has Ever Faced. popularresistance.org Since 1947, the Doomsday Clock has measured the likelihood of a human-made catastrophe, namely to warn the world against the possibility of a nuclear holocaust. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who attend to this clock, originally set the device at seven minutes to midnight, with midnight being, essentially, the end of the world. The farthest that the clock has been from midnight was in 1991, when it was set at 17 minutes from midnight. The closest to midnight that the clock has been is now. Since 2020, the clock has sat at 'doom's doorstep' — 100 seconds from midnight. The motivation for this alarmin…

____ (2022-10-08). Tax, fee incentives a strong boost to economy. ecns.cn China has ramped up its tax and fee incentives and supporting policies to enterprises, a move that has not only offered a "timely rain" to companies in financial drought but also served as a shot in the arm for the economy.

Fight Back (2022-10-08). Join the effort to promote the political program of FRSO. fightbacknews.org To obtain a copy of the new FRSO Program book, reach out to your local FRSO organizers. If you are not in an area where FRSO has an organized district, you can order a copy at Comrades and friends, | The political program of Freedom Road Socialist Organization is being printed in book form. It is something that all revolutionaries will want to read and consider. It deals in a forthright manner with the enemy we are up against, the conditions we face, and most importantly what is to be done to move forward. | Members and supporters of…

Staff (2022-10-08). Iran stresses necessity for OPEC+ countries cooperation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) — Iran's permanent Envoy in Vienna-based International Organizations Mohsen Naziri Asl in a meeting with the Secretary General of OPEC Haitham Al Ghais stressed the importance of cooperation among OPEC+ countries.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-08). Green Capitalism in Crisis: The End of a Chimera. libya360.wordpress.com Eder Peña In the face of the global climate crisis, which is now evident in the destructive force of meteorological events, the question arises once again as to how to deal with this phenomenon, the causes of which are associated with the civilizational model that has spread from the United States and Europe to the…

WSWS (2022-10-08). GM workers in Silao, Mexico speak out after co-worker loses his leg. wsws.org Deeply stirred by the accident, active and former workers of the Silao plant reached out to the World Socialist Web Site to register their anger, describe safety concerns and condemn the new and so-called Independent Union (SINTTIA) for its bankrupt response.

John Bachtell (2022-10-07). Republicans crank up their hypocrisy and lie machines in Georgia. peoplesworld.org Republicans, anti-abortion groups, and fascist Christian white supremacists have desperately rallied around Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker despite new revelations he paid for the abortion of an ex-girlfriend who was also the mother of one of his children. Walker is running on a "no exceptions" anti-abortion platform, even in the case of rape, incest, or …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-07). Gilmar Mauro: "Defeating Fascism in Brazil is Fundamental" libya360.wordpress.com Days after the first round of elections in Brazil, Gilmar Mauro, of the national board of the Landless Rural Workers' Movement spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the challenges ahead for people's movements in Brazil to secure the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party of Brazil.

Roberta Wood (2022-10-07). Communist leader indicts Coors for its watery beer and dangerous politics. peoplesworld.org "Watery beer and horrible politics!" Communist Party co-chair Joe Sims issued this indictment of Coors Beer, one of America's huge corporations, in a YouTube video released this week by the Party to argue for collective action by this country's working class to defeat what Sims calls "the fascist caucus." Sims zeroes in on the role …

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WSWS (2022-10-08). Half of Ukrainian 2023 budget dedicated to NATO proxy war against Russia. wsws.org The proposed budget underlines the reactionary nature of the Zelensky government, which is dedicated to the NATO proxy war with Russia and austerity and poverty for the working class.

_____ (2022-10-08). A Radical Internationalist Perspective Is Not A Luxury. popularresistance.org Many eyebrows have been raised as a result of the surge to power of neo-fascists in Italy. Unfortunately, our community seemingly has the eyebrows of Whoopy Goldberg (meaning none) and thus far, the response has been radio silence. This is nothing new; since the Compromise of 1954 (not unlike the companion Compromise of 1850, which actually strengthened enslavers—contrary to advertisement—and instigated war) where in return for anti-Jim Crow concessions, tossed overboard were the internationalists among us– Paul Robeson in the first place– many of our leading organizations and intellectuals have ste…

_____ (2022-10-08). The Most Dangerous Situation That Humanity Has Ever Faced. popularresistance.org Since 1947, the Doomsday Clock has measured the likelihood of a human-made catastrophe, namely to warn the world against the possibility of a nuclear holocaust. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who attend to this clock, originally set the device at seven minutes to midnight, with midnight being, essentially, the end of the world. The farthest that the clock has been from midnight was in 1991, when it was set at 17 minutes from midnight. The closest to midnight that the clock has been is now. Since 2020, the clock has sat at 'doom's doorstep' — 100 seconds from midnight. The motivation for this alarmin…

____ (2022-10-08). Tax, fee incentives a strong boost to economy. ecns.cn China has ramped up its tax and fee incentives and supporting policies to enterprises, a move that has not only offered a "timely rain" to companies in financial drought but also served as a shot in the arm for the economy.

Lee Siu Hin, Action LA (2022-10-08). 10/7 LEE SIU HIN – Poison Ivy: Rupert Murdoch''s U.S. State-Sponsored Global Propaganda Ma. indybay.org How a public privately run neocon/CIA far-right top-down propaganda machine destabilized other countries and served U.S./Western empire building…

WSWS (2022-10-08). GM workers in Silao, Mexico speak out after co-worker loses his leg. wsws.org Deeply stirred by the accident, active and former workers of the Silao plant reached out to the World Socialist Web Site to register their anger, describe safety concerns and condemn the new and so-called Independent Union (SINTTIA) for its bankrupt response.

_____ (2022-10-07). 'Now, All Of You Are Azov'. popularresistance.org This September, a delegation of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi-led Azov movement arrived in the United States, at a time when myth making about the far-right network's "depoliticization" had reached a fever pitch. By this time, the New York Times had ceased referring to Azov as "openly neo-Nazi," and was referring to the ultra-nationalist organization as "celebrated." | Since news broke of Azov's US tour, more information has come to light about the ultra-nationalist organization's outreach in the country, including efforts by Azov to reverse Congress' ban on supplying it with arms and training. | The Azov delegation inc…

_____ (2022-10-07). Neo-Nazis In Dominican Republic Work To Prevent Solidarity With Haiti. popularresistance.org The deployment of dozens of Members of the National Police, in coordination with a smaller group of neo-Nazi militants, occupied the surroundings of the Independence Park of Santo Domingo on Thursday to block the realization of an act of solidarity with the mobilizations in Haiti against imperialist interference. The event had been convened by the National Popular Coordinator, which brings together dozens of Dominican social organizations. Under police protection, neo-Nazis chanted slogans calling for the murder of "the traitors," a term by which they commonly refer to human rights defenders and left-wing activis…

Ukes, Kooks & Spooks (2022-10-07). "Now, All of You Are Azov": Ukrainian 'Neo-Nazis' Tour U.S. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-10-07). Congressional leaders of both parties welcome members of neo-Nazi Azov Battalion to Washington. wsws.org The embrace of neo-Nazis by both big business parties obliterates any notions that the US government is fighting for "democracy" or "human rights" in Ukraine, or anywhere else.

WSWS (2022-10-07). US Congressional leaders of both parties welcome members of neo-Nazi Azov Battalion to Washington. wsws.org The embrace of neo-Nazi's by both big business parties obliterates any notions that the US government is fighting for "democracy" or "human rights" in Ukraine, or anywhere else.

Lee Camp (2022-10-07). New Studies Show Big Pharma Has Been Lying About Antidepressants For Years. mintpressnews.com The Most Censored News with Lee Camp hosted by comedian/ writer/ raconteur/ provocateur/ saboteur Lee Camp is a twice-weekly look at the most censored stories within corporate media hosted by the new video platform Behind the Headlines — a MintPress video project that is 100% viewer supported. | Camp both brings to light stories that are (intentionally) ignored by the corporate media and digs deeper when the mainstream media only reports on the surface-layer reality. Having been a professional stand-up comic for 20 years, a writer for The Onion, and the host/head writer of Redacted Tonight, Camp is also un…

John Bachtell (2022-10-07). Republicans crank up their hypocrisy and lie machines in Georgia. peoplesworld.org Republicans, anti-abortion groups, and fascist Christian white supremacists have desperately rallied around Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker despite new revelations he paid for the abortion of an ex-girlfriend who was also the mother of one of his children. Walker is running on a "no exceptions" anti-abortion platform, even in the case of rape, incest, or …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-07). Gilmar Mauro: "Defeating Fascism in Brazil is Fundamental" libya360.wordpress.com Days after the first round of elections in Brazil, Gilmar Mauro, of the national board of the Landless Rural Workers' Movement spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the challenges ahead for people's movements in Brazil to secure the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party of Brazil.

Roberta Wood (2022-10-07). Communist leader indicts Coors for its watery beer and dangerous politics. peoplesworld.org "Watery beer and horrible politics!" Communist Party co-chair Joe Sims issued this indictment of Coors Beer, one of America's huge corporations, in a YouTube video released this week by the Party to argue for collective action by this country's working class to defeat what Sims calls "the fascist caucus." Sims zeroes in on the role …

WSWS (2022-10-07). Reinforcements for the CIA Democrats in the 2022 elections: Part two. wsws.org The coming together of the Democratic Party and the Pentagon-CIA axis refutes the notion, peddled by Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and pseudo-left groups like the Democratic Socialists of America, that it is possible to push the Democratic Party to the left and transform it into a vehicle for progressive social reform.

WSWS (2022-10-07). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman demands investigation into BP refinery deaths and a halt to the "carnage in America's workplaces" wsws.org The rank-and-file Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate for president of the UAW gave the following statement on the deaths of two young workers at the BP-Husky refinery in Ohio.

WSWS (2022-10-07). Diary of a socialist Amazon worker: trials and tribulations with transportation. wsws.org Every aspect of a workers' life is entirely dependent on clocking in on time for a paycheck. As a result, transportation is of upmost importance.

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Contributing Writers (2022-10-07). 'Now, All of You Are Azov': 'openly neo-Nazi' Ukrainian delegation meets Congress, tours US/By MOSS ROBESON ∑OCTOBER 5, 2022. marktaliano.net After meeting with at least members of Congress, soldiers of the neo-Nazi Azov Regiment toured the US to auction off swastika-inspired patches and lobby for an end to restrictions on US arms and training. This article was originally published by Moss Robeson's Ukes, Kooks and Spooks blog and lightly edited by The Grayzone. The Grayzone link …

WSWS (2022-10-07). US Congressional leaders of both parties welcome members of neo-Nazi Azov Battalion to Washington. wsws.org The embrace of neo-Nazi's by both big business parties obliterates any notions that the US government is fighting for "democracy" or "human rights" in Ukraine, or anywhere else.

WSWS (2022-10-07). Diary of a socialist Amazon worker: trials and tribulations with transportation. wsws.org Every aspect of a workers' life is entirely dependent on clocking in on time for a paycheck. As a result, transportation is of upmost importance.

Lee Siu Hin, Action LA (2022-10-07). 10/7 LEE SIU HIN – Poison Ivy: Rupert Murdoch''s U.S. State-Sponsored Global Propaganda Ma. indybay.org How a public privately run neocon/CIA far-right top-down propaganda machine destabilized other countries and served U.S./Western empire building…

WSWS (2022-10-07). Reinforcements for the CIA Democrats in the 2022 elections: Part two. wsws.org The coming together of the Democratic Party and the Pentagon-CIA axis refutes the notion, peddled by Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and pseudo-left groups like the Democratic Socialists of America, that it is possible to push the Democratic Party to the left and transform it into a vehicle for progressive social reform.

WSWS (2022-10-07). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman demands investigation into BP refinery deaths and a halt to the "carnage in America's workplaces" wsws.org The rank-and-file Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate for president of the UAW gave the following statement on the deaths of two young workers at the BP-Husky refinery in Ohio.

TeleSUR (2022-10-06). Hungary Secures Exemption From Crude Oil, Energy Sanctions. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto said that his country has secured exemptions from crude oil and nuclear energy sanctions at an European Union (EU) Heads of Missions meeting in Brussels. | RELATED: | "As a result of difficult negotiations, a price cap on crude oil will not be applied to pipeline deliveries or to emergency replacement seaborne deliveries," he said. | The Hungarian exemption a…

Charles Kennedy (2022-10-06). Russia Officially Claims Ownership of Ukraine Nuclear Plant. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-06). "Now, All of You Are Azov": Ukrainian 'Neo-Nazis' Tour U.S. libya360.wordpress.com Moss Robeson After meeting with at least 50 members of Congress, soldiers of the neo-Nazi Azov Regiment toured the US to auction off swastika-inspired patches and lobby for an end to restrictions on US arms and training. This September, a delegation of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi-led Azov movement arrived in the United States, at a time when…

WSWS (2022-10-06). University of Melbourne student union refuses to affiliate IYSSE despite successful affiliation meeting. wsws.org The student union is riding roughshod over the democratic rights of students who want to fight for a socialist alternative to war, austerity and dictatorship.

Deweylaura (2022-10-06). Anti-racist unity is essential. cpusa.org The following remarks were presented to the National Committee on behalf of the African American Equality Commission, on Sept. 18, 2022. In cpusa.org on September 7, 2022, Joe Sims wrote, "The Unity Imperative: Lessons for Building the Anti-fascist Alliance," in which he put before this Party the need to build united and popular front …

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Moss Robeson (2022-10-06). 'Now, All of You Are Azov': 'openly neo-Nazi' Ukrainian delegation meets Congress, tours US. thegrayzone.com After meeting with at least 50 members of Congress, soldiers of the neo-Nazi Azov Regiment toured the US to auction off swastika-inspired patches and lobby for an end to restrictions on US arms and training. This article was originally published by Moss Robeson's Ukes, Kooks and Spooks blog and lightly edited by The Grayzone. Read part one of Robeson's series on Azov's US tour here. This September, a delegation of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi-led Azov movement arrived in the United States, …

Staff (2022-10-06). Walking a Tightrope on Ukraine: How India Is Balancing Ties to Russia & United States. democracynow.org India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a phone call on Tuesday that he will help peace efforts with Russia, just days after India abstained from a United Nations vote condemning the Russian annexation of four regions in Ukraine. We speak to the prominent Indian activist Kavita Krishnan about the different stances of India's political parties toward the war in Ukraine and the interrelated struggles against authoritarianism in countries such as Iran and India. India's foreign policy is currently like "walking a tightrope," says Krishnan.

WSWS (2022-10-06). University of Melbourne student union refuses to affiliate IYSSE despite successful affiliation meeting. wsws.org The student union is riding roughshod over the democratic rights of students who want to fight for a socialist alternative to war, austerity and dictatorship.

Kelly Hayes (2022-10-06). Confronting the "Elite Capture" of Identity Politics in Our Movement Spaces. truthout.org "We have to be politically serious about how much agreement and how much alignment we're going to require in a world of a resurging far-right fascist movement across the globe," says philosopher and author Olúf·∫πÃÅmi O. Táíwà≤. In this episode of "Movement Memos," Táíwà≤ and host Kelly Hayes discuss the lessons of Táíwà≤'s book, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else). | Music by TRANSCRIPT: | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for…

Lee Siu Hin, Action LA (2022-10-06). 10/7 LEE SIU HIN – Poison Ivy: Rupert Murdoch''s U.S. State-Sponsored Global Propaganda Ma. indybay.org How a public privately run neocon/CIA far-right top-down propaganda machine destabilized other countries and served U.S./Western empire building…

Chloe DS (2022-10-06). Socialist Alliance's 'deep reach' shown at election campaign launch. greenleft.org.au Socialist Alliance's "deep reach" in the north west of Melbourne was reflected at the launch of its election campaign. Chloe DS reports.

Deweylaura (2022-10-06). Anti-racist unity is essential. cpusa.org The following remarks were presented to the National Committee on behalf of the African American Equality Commission, on Sept. 18, 2022. In cpusa.org on September 7, 2022, Joe Sims wrote, "The Unity Imperative: Lessons for Building the Anti-fascist Alliance," in which he put before this Party the need to build united and popular front …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-05). American Pravda: Of Pipelines and Plagues. libya360.wordpress.com Ron Unz Europe is facing its worst energy crisis in generations, with numerous factories shutting down and severe hardship expected during the approaching winter. Heavily-industrialized Germany has been especially hard hit, with more than half of all small- and mid-sized businesses fearful that they might be forced to close, an economic catastrophe of Great Depression proportions. The only…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-05). Zaporozhie NPP Pass Into Russia's Ownership. southfront.org The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant officially became the property of Russia after the territories of the Zaporozhie region that are under control of the Russian military entered into the Russian Federation. It was already reported that Rosatom will manage the largest NPP in Europe. | On October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to take into federal ownership the facilities of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant located near the city of Energodar. The Gov…

____ (2022-10-05). Behind C919: China's path to first self-developed large passenger aircraft. ecns.cn The C919 project has involved over 300,000 people from over 1,000 enterprises from over 20 provinces and cities of China, Wu Guanghui, the chief designer of the C919 and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told CMG.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-05). Neo-Nazis in the Dominican Republic Work with the Government to Prevent Solidarity with Haitian People. libya360.wordpress.com Socialist Movement of the Workers of the Dominican Republic Police in the Dominican Republic (Photo: Felix Leon) Any act of solidarity with the Haitian people in the Dominican Republic is blocked by the national police force and Neo-Nazi groups. The deployment of dozens of Members of the National Police, in coordination with a smaller group of neo-Nazi militants, occupied…

Michael Arney (2022-10-05). New York voters to play major role in "vulnerable" House districts. peoplesworld.org For the upcoming midterms, liberals and progressives should be on red alert. Even President Biden calls the opponent "semi-fascist." If the Republican Party of Trump wins back the Senate or the House (or both), all federal legislative progress ends. Biden will be reduced to issuing executive orders that will be overturned by a hostile successor. …

WSWS (2022-10-05). Australian university union tries to impose sellout at Western Sydney University College. wsws.org The NTEU's false claims of an "historic win" at Western Sydney University were further exposed at a sparsely-attended union meeting last week at the college, where union officials sought to push through an even worse enterprise agreement.

Michael Arney (2022-10-05). New York voters to play major role in 'vulnerable' House districts. peoplesworld.org For the upcoming midterms, liberals and progressives should be on red alert. Even President Biden calls the opponent "semi-fascist." If the Republican Party of Trump wins back the Senate or the House (or both), all federal legislative progress ends. Biden will be reduced to issuing executive orders that will be overturned by a hostile successor. …

John Bachtell (2022-10-05). New book, 'Power Concedes Nothing,' collects insights from on-the-ground electoral organizers. peoplesworld.org The future of U.S. democracy rests on a knife's edge. The November elections offer an opportunity to deal a blow to the GOP fascist movement, but the outcome depends on the ability and capacity of the broad pro-democracy coalition to turn out every voter possible. Like many of you, I'm deeply involved in this titanic …

WSWS (2022-10-05). CIA co-opts Harriet Tubman to boost its efforts to recruit spies and assassins. wsws.org The seamless marriage of identity politics and US imperialism is a devastating exposure of the real reactionary content of politics based on race, gender and sexuality.

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____ (2022-10-05). Behind C919: China's path to first self-developed large passenger aircraft. ecns.cn The C919 project has involved over 300,000 people from over 1,000 enterprises from over 20 provinces and cities of China, Wu Guanghui, the chief designer of the C919 and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told CMG.

WSWS (2022-10-05). Journalist Katie Halper censored and fired for telling the truth about Israeli apartheid. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site condemns the censorship and firing of Katie Halper by The Hill. It must be condemned by the working class and all defenders of free speech as an attack on basic democratic rights.

WSWS (2022-10-05). CIA co-opts Harriet Tubman to boost its efforts to recruit spies and assassins. wsws.org The seamless marriage of identity politics and US imperialism is a devastating exposure of the real reactionary content of politics based on race, gender and sexuality.

WSWS (2022-10-05). Australian university union tries to impose sellout at Western Sydney University College. wsws.org The NTEU's false claims of an "historic win" at Western Sydney University were further exposed at a sparsely-attended union meeting last week at the college, where union officials sought to push through an even worse enterprise agreement.

Socialist Alliance (2022-10-05). Mass protest movement in Iran needs international solidarity. greenleft.org.au Socialist Alliance extends its solidarity to the mass protest movement in Iran that has developed in response to the killing of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian authorities.

WSWS (2022-10-05). UK Tory government faces meltdown as Truss faces threat of removal. wsws.org The chaos at the Conservative Party conference is fundamentally an expression of the crisis wracking British and world capitalism…

Michael Arney (2022-10-05). New York voters to play major role in 'vulnerable' House districts. peoplesworld.org For the upcoming midterms, liberals and progressives should be on red alert. Even President Biden calls the opponent "semi-fascist." If the Republican Party of Trump wins back the Senate or the House (or both), all federal legislative progress ends. Biden will be reduced to issuing executive orders that will be overturned by a hostile successor. …

Michael Arney (2022-10-05). New York voters to play major role in "vulnerable" House districts. peoplesworld.org For the upcoming midterms, liberals and progressives should be on red alert. Even President Biden calls the opponent "semi-fascist." If the Republican Party of Trump wins back the Senate or the House (or both), all federal legislative progress ends. Biden will be reduced to issuing executive orders that will be overturned by a hostile successor. …

Media Lens (2022-10-05). Mass Media Omertà : Burying Al Jazeera's The Labour Files. dissidentvoice.org The damaging revelations about the Labour Party in the recent four-part Al Jazeera series, The Labour Files, and the almost totalitarian silence in response by British news media, should ram home the illusory nature of 'democracy' in the UK. Based on the largest leak in British political history, Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has exposed how …

John Bachtell (2022-10-05). New book, 'Power Concedes Nothing,' collects insights from on-the-ground electoral organizers. peoplesworld.org The future of U.S. democracy rests on a knife's edge. The November elections offer an opportunity to deal a blow to the GOP fascist movement, but the outcome depends on the ability and capacity of the broad pro-democracy coalition to turn out every voter possible. Like many of you, I'm deeply involved in this titanic …

Anatol Lieven (2022-10-04). The Blob's Dangerous Talk of War World III in Ukraine. commondreams.org These Washington foreign policy elites are recklessly suggesting that Russia is a universal threat that requires absolute victory over evil.

WSWS (2022-10-04). Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe's biography of Stepan Bandera: A devastating portrait of the figurehead of Ukrainian fascism. wsws.org Rossoliński-Liebe's biography of Bandera provides irrefutable evidence for the horrific crimes and fascist outlook of Stepan Bandera, who is now widely glorified as a "hero" by the Ukrainian regime.

Adam Ramsay (2022-10-04). Britain's Senseless Pursuit of Disaster Capitalism. commondreams.org As other nations return to state-led investment, Truss and Kwarteng act to weaken our democracy, economy and rights.

Atilio Borón (2022-10-04). It Won't be Easy for Giorgia Meloni to Keep Her Coalition Together. orinocotribune.com By Atilio Borón Sep 27, 2022 | The radical right has won a resounding victory in the Italian elections. Its parliamentary representation, from which the prime minister will emerge, has as many as 235 seats. This arises from the sum of the Brothers of Italy—by far the majority—the Northern League of Mateo Salvini, Forza Italia of the "cavaliere" Silvio Berlusconi, and the minimal contribution of the Moderates. The absolute majority, necessary to form a government, is 201 deputies. The center-left coalition (the Democratic Party plus the Green and Left Alliance, More Europe, and another minor forc…

Lucine (2022-10-04). Edmond Dantes' Last Laugh. indybay.org Dictators choose Preposterous Prepostoevsky while Scapegoats choose divine retribution…

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