(2022-12-07). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship — Conclusion. wsws.org The historical lies and falsifications of Bloodlands are not only part and parcel of the rehabilitation of fascism and preparations for a new imperialist world war. They also constitute a fundamental assault on historical consciousness and the very concept of history as a science.
(2022-12-07). Manhattan jury finds Trump family companies guilty on all charges. wsws.org While Trump himself was not on trial, the verdict makes it clear that the former president's business empire is a criminal enterprise.
(2022-12-07). Red Theory: Socialism and patriarchy, women's liberation and LGBTQ liberation. fightbacknews.org The historic task of the working class in the socialist revolution is to eliminate all oppression. This includes the oppression of women and LGBTQ people from the shackles of patriarchy. | In her 1949 article "We Seek Full Equality for Women," Claudia Jones states, "Marxism-Leninism exposes the core of the woman question and shows that the position of women in society is not always and everywhere the same, but derives from woman's relation to the mode of production." | In The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State, Friedrich Engels gives us a historical materialist analysis of patriarchy's foundat…
(2022-12-07). Berlin Humboldt University Student Parliament: IYSSE rejects anti-democratic campaign of Social- and Christian-Democratic youth organizations. wsws.org Last Tuesday, the Berlin Humboldt University student parliament (StuPa) faction of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) youth organization—the Young Socialists (Jusos)—introduced a motion denouncing any "joint struggle" of Palestinian and Jewish workers against the Israeli state apparatus as "anti-Semitic."
(2022-12-07). Australia: Pseudo-left "Victorian Socialists" seek to divert working-class discontent. wsws.org Amid a deepening crisis of the political establishment, VS is seeking to deflect the growing disaffection in the working class, particularly toward Labor and the unions.
(2022-12-07). Silvia Federici: Elogio del cuerpo que baila. indybay.org Un fragmento de "Ir más allá de la piel. Repensar, rehacer y reivindicar el cuerpo en el capitalismo contemporáneo", nuevo libro de Silvia Federici…
(2022-12-06). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship — Part 4. wsws.org The perhaps most disturbing component of the relativization of the crimes of fascism in Bloodlands is Snyder's systematic distortions of the Nazi-led genocide of 6 million European Jews and his attempt to whitewash the crimes of Ukrainian fascists and collaborators.
(2022-12-06). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship — Part Four. wsws.org The perhaps most disturbing component of the relativization of the crimes of fascism in Bloodlands is Snyder's systematic distortions of the Nazi-led genocide of 6 million European Jews and his attempt to whitewash the crimes of Ukrainian fascists and collaborators.
(2022-12-06). Counter-Protesters Defend Ft. Lauderdale from Anti-Trans Hate Rally and Proud Boys. itsgoingdown.org Report back from antifascist counter-mobilization against a gender fascist rally in so-called Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Originally published to Iron Snowflake. On the 3rd of December, the Proud Boys, so-called "Gays against Groomers," "Moms4Liberty," and other far-Rights groups rallied on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to support DeSantis's attacks on transgender people. Counter-protesters outnumbered the fascists,…
(2022-12-06). DeSantis-backed school boards begin firing superintendents and enacting reactionary measures across Florida. wsws.org Following the election of 25 out of 30 school board candidates endorsed by fascistic Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, school boards across Florida begin firing superintendents who previously enforced school mask mandates in 2021.
(2022-12-06). UN Resolution 181: 75 Years Of Myth Making And False Israeli Legitimacy. popularresistance.org Seventy-Five years after the United Nations' fatal decision to partition Palestine, the carnage and oppression of Palestinians by those who would claim they represent the Jewish people continues — and it promises to get much worse. | Some claim that Zionism came to save the Jewish people from another Holocaust, that they speak for defenseless Jews so that they will never again have to endure a genocide the likes of the Nazi genocide of the Jews in Europe. But these assertions are merely excuses to allow the Zionist regime to exercise its cruelty and brutality without interruption. | The United Nations Parti…
(2022-12-06). Bloody Ukrainian Attacks Claimed Lives Of 8 Civilians In Donetsk (Photos, Videos 18+). southfront.org 
On December 6, the Ukrainian military carried out another bloody attack on the city of Donetsk. The Kiev regime continued shelling of public facilities in different city districts, claiming lives of innocent civilians. This is the way the Nazi Kiev regime celebrate the day of the AFU in Ukraine. | Today, Kiev militants hit their favorite targets, which include shopping centers "Green Plaza", "Centaurus Plaza", "Factory", "TSUM" and "Yellow", youth center, high school, art Museum, University,…
(2022-12-06). Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Regime Bans Russian Orthodox Church. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-06). Thousands March In Morocco To Protest Worsening Economy. popularresistance.org Thousands of people gathered at the Bab Al-Ahad Square in Moroccan capital Rabat on Sunday, December 4, as part of a national march against "high prices, political repression, and social oppression." The action was organized by the Moroccan Social Front (FSM), a coalition of left-wing political parties and trade unions, with support from leading human rights groups as well as various political, civil society, and sectoral organizations and unions. | "We came to protest a government that embodies the marriage between money and power and supports monopoly capitalism," declared Younes Ferachine, a coordinator at FSM…
(2022-12-06). Cabello: We Are Waiting for the Venezuelan People's Assets to be Released. orinocotribune.com Despite the agreement with Chevron, PSUV has no hope that the US will change its policy towards Venezuela. | This Monday, regarding the return of Venezuela's seized assets to their rightful owner—as was agreed upon at the national dialogue table—the vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, said that they are still waiting for the money to be released. | He recalled that the seized money is in the hands of the right wing and urged the opposition to return the assets to the people: "We are here waiting for the money to appear… They say that they have it prote…
(2022-12-06). Democratic Socialists of America scrambles to defend its role in imposing rail contract. wsws.org The Democratic Socialists of America, a pseudo-left faction of the Democratic Party, has been thrown into crisis after three of its four members in the House of Representatives voted in favor of the dictatorial law banning a national rail strike.
(2022-12-06). New Indonesian law: No sex outside marriage, no abortion, no Marxism. peoplesworld.org 
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)—Indonesia's Parliament unanimously passed a long-expected revision of the country's penal code on Tuesday that criminalizes sex outside of marriage for citizens as well as foreigners, prohibits promotion of contraception, forbids progressive political thought, and bans defamation of the president and state institutions. The amended code also expands an existing blasphemy law and …
(2022-12-06). Biden & Republicrats Union Busting Bill Against Railway Workers & Their Fight For Sick Pay. indybay.org The Biden administration with the support of most of the Democrats and Republicans in Congress pushed a bill that imposes a reactionary contract that severely limits sick pay and benefits BNSF railroad owner Warren Buffet and the other railroad corporations.
(2022-12-06). Transformation of Political Language (Part 2). dissidentvoice.org Perhaps one of the most amazing phenomena of the 20th and now 21st century is not Anglo-American empire, understood as military and economic power. Far more remarkable is the fact that in the scope of some two hundred years the English-speaking world; i.e., the British Empire and the American Empire, have produced a cultural and …
(2022-12-06). Victoria could lead the country in climate action. greenleft.org.au Getting the Victorian government back in the game on energy ownership is good policy and appears to have been widely welcomed in the elections, argues Cam Walker.
(2022-12-06). The WEF Reveals the Agenda for Davos 2023. "Cooperation in a Fragmented World". Triggering Economic Chaos, Debt, Poverty and Social Tyranny Worldwide… globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-06). Patient Groups Push Congress to Combat Big Pharma Greed in Spending Bill. scheerpost.com 
"As Congress works toward finalizing an end-of-year budget package, we urge the chambers to include bipartisan legislation to address abuse of the Food and Drug Administration's citizen petition process in order to reduce drug prices and save the government hundreds of millions of dollars."
(2022-12-05). Arnold August: Dems Seek Political Gain by Pretending Opposition To Right-wing Fascism (Interview). orinocotribune.com A Canadian expert on American internal affairs, Arnold August, says the Democrats' opposition to the "right-wing fascism" is not genuine. | "The interest of the Democrats and its media, such as CNN, is not to oppose right-wing fascism but rather to build a straw man for political gain in order to cover their own traces," August, a member of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), tells the Tehran Times. | August also says people in Europe and the United States know that "the US/NATO war against Russia" is cause of the recent inflation, unprecedented in decades. | Following is the text of the interview: | Q: Inflation…
(2022-12-05). Arnold August: Dems Seek Political Gain by Pretending Opposition To Right-wing Fascism. orinocotribune.com By Mohammad Hassan Nikbin — Nov 22, 2022 | A Canadian expert on American internal affairs, Arnold August, says the Democrats' opposition to the "right-wing fascism" is not genuine. | "The interest of the Democrats and its media, such as CNN, is not to oppose right-wing fascism but rather to build a straw man for political gain in order to cover their own traces," August, a member of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), tells the Tehran Times. | August also says people in Europe and the United States know that "the US/NATO war against Russia" is the cause of unprecedented inflation in recent decades. | Follow…
(2022-12-05). (Italiano) Verso un Nuovo Ordine InternazionaleUna Prospettiva Nonviolenta. transcend.org Come l'industria delle armi sta portando l'umanità all'autodistruzione.
(2022-12-05). Nigerian President: Ukraine Weapons 'Filtering' to Lake Chad Region. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Despite months of allegations that Western weapons being supplied to the Kiev regime are ending up in black markets around the world, the Neo-Nazi junta keeps insisting that this is not the case and that it's all just "Russian propaganda" aiming to cause a rift between Kiev and the political West. However, the…
(2022-12-05). Intervista a Olga Zinoviev: "L'intero Occidente in guerra contro la Russia" globalresearch.ca In questa puntata di Grandangolo Dentro la Notizia riportiamo l'intervista integrale (di cui abbiamo anticipato un estratto in Grandangolo 72), effettuata a Mosca da Jean Toschi Marazzani Visconti, a Olga Zinoviev, responsabile del Centro internazionale di ricerca e …
(2022-12-05). Does Elon Musk have a right to destroy Twitter? nationofchange.org Do we really think that the super-wealthy should be allowed to control so much wealth and wield so much influence?>
(2022-12-05). Green Left Show #30: WA nurses and midwives defy intimidation. greenleft.org.au Nursing union activist and Socialist Alliance member Chris Jenkins explains the dispute between the Australia Nursing Federation WA and the WA government on the latest Green Left Show.
(2022-12-05). Will Lehman, socialist candidate for UAW president, receives nearly 5,000 votes despite bureaucratic suppression of election turnout. wsws.org The substantial support Lehman received among rank-and-file workers across the US is an event of historic significance for the development of the class struggle globally.
(2022-12-05). Engels and the second foundation of Marxism. mronline.org 
John Bellamy Foster, Editor of Monthly Review (New York, USA) gives our annual Engels Memorial Lecture, joint with the Working Class Movement Library.
(2022-12-05). US Tax Dollars at Work: Neocolonial Dictatorship, Paramilitary and Police Terror in Haiti Today. transcend.org 2 Dec 2022 – Sending additional foreign troops into Haiti: it misses the fact that it was subjected to such an intervention culminating in the foreign occupation of Haiti since 2004. Similarly, the call for greater US-funding and training of the Haitian police camouflages the following fundamental realities:…
(2022-12-05). U.S. youth get inside look at how Cuban elections really work. peoplesworld.org 
HAVANA—Cuba held elections for its organs of local government, the Municipal Assemblies of People's Power, on Nov. 27. A delegation of youth from the United States observed the vote first-hand as part of the U.S.-Cuba Youth Friendship Meeting. Coming from the fundamentally undemocratic U.S. empire, it was the first time that many participants saw a functional …
(2022-12-05). Federal public servants organise to demand a real pay rise. greenleft.org.au Federal public servants will start enterprise bargaining from next May. Many agencies have received only small pay rises of 2% a year, at most, throughout the nine years of Coalition government. Stanley Blair reports.
(2022-12-05). US Youth Observe Cuba's Elections And Learn About Real Democracy. popularresistance.org Cuba held elections for its organs of local government, the Municipal Assemblies of People's Power, on November 27. A delegation of youth from the United States observed the vote first-hand as part of the US-Cuba Youth Friendship Meeting. | Coming from the fundamentally undemocratic US Empire, it was the first time that many participants saw a functional electoral system in which the masses actually participate, and in which the majority truly rules. | We observed voting in La Corbata, a neighborhood in La Habana currently undergoing transformation. | The polling site was inside a newly constructed cultural-techn…