(2023-02-28). Philippines: Resist US-Marcos regime's plan to turn Samar to howling wilderness. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounces the US-Marcos regime and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the deployment of an excessive number of counterinsurgency troops in Samar over the past weeks. | The fascist surge aims to turn the Samar island back into a "howling wilderness," in the same manner that US colonial forces sought to crush the patriotic resistance of the people of Samar at the turn of the century. This excessive deployment of combat troops will not solve the socioe…
(2023-02-28). Medvedev Says West Pumping Weapons Into Ukraine Could Bring 'Apocalypse'. news.antiwar.com Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in an op-ed published on Sunday that the Western policy of pouring weapons into Ukraine could lead to "apocalypse." "One could continue to pump weapons into the neo-fascist Kiev regime and block any opportunity to revive negotiations," Medvedev wrote in the Russian newspaper Izvestiya. "Our enemies are doing just …
(2023-02-27). How and why is Pakistan assisting Ukraine? journal-neo.org 
Recently, reports that Pakistan, which previously attempted to portray itself as a supporter of Russia, started to provide assistance to Ukraine, including weapons, against the backdrop of the special operation carried out by Moscow against the neo-fascist regime of Kyiv, have been increasingly published by media outlets other than Ukrainian and Indian media. Islamabad's "political …
(2023-02-27). April 4 judgeship election in Wisconsin can determine the fate of the nation. peoplesworld.org 
MADISON, Wis.—If the election for a judgeship in Wisconsin on April 4 goes the wrong way right wing tinkering with the election procedures in that state could well tip the entire national election in favor of either Trump or whatever MAGA fascist runs for the presidency under the Republican banner. Trump carried Wisconsin by a …
(2023-02-27). Fascists stage provocation at Broadway show Parade about 1915 lynching of Leo Frank. wsws.org A group of neo-Nazis protested at a preview of Parade in New York City last week, a musical about the trial and 1915 lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish manager of a factory in Atlanta.
(2023-02-28). Philippines: Resist US-Marcos regime's plan to turn Samar to howling wilderness. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounces the US-Marcos regime and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the deployment of an excessive number of counterinsurgency troops in Samar over the past weeks. | The fascist surge aims to turn the Samar island back into a "howling wilderness," in the same manner that US colonial forces sought to crush the patriotic resistance of the people of Samar at the turn of the century. This excessive deployment of combat troops will not solve the socioe…
(2023-02-28). Medvedev Says West Pumping Weapons Into Ukraine Could Bring 'Apocalypse'. news.antiwar.com Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in an op-ed published on Sunday that the Western policy of pouring weapons into Ukraine could lead to "apocalypse." "One could continue to pump weapons into the neo-fascist Kiev regime and block any opportunity to revive negotiations," Medvedev wrote in the Russian newspaper Izvestiya. "Our enemies are doing just …
(2023-02-27). How and why is Pakistan assisting Ukraine? journal-neo.org Recently, reports that Pakistan, which previously attempted to portray itself as a supporter of Russia, started to provide assistance to Ukraine, including weapons, against the backdrop of the special operation carried out by Moscow against the neo-fascist regime of Kyiv, have been increasingly published by media outlets other than Ukrainian and Indian media. Islamabad's "political …
(2023-02-27). April 4 judgeship election in Wisconsin can determine the fate of the nation. peoplesworld.org MADISON, Wis.—If the election for a judgeship in Wisconsin on April 4 goes the wrong way right wing tinkering with the election procedures in that state could well tip the entire national election in favor of either Trump or whatever MAGA fascist runs for the presidency under the Republican banner. Trump carried Wisconsin by a …
(2023-02-27). Fascists stage provocation at Broadway show Parade about 1915 lynching of Leo Frank. wsws.org A group of neo-Nazis protested at a preview of Parade in New York City last week, a musical about the trial and 1915 lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish manager of a factory in Atlanta.
(2023-02-27). Anti-Defamation League: All "extremist" mass killings in the US in 2022 linked to the far right. wsws.org The ADL report concealed the fact that the three largest mass shootings last year were directly linked to the Republican Party, making the GOP the number one driver of fascist terrorist violence in the United States.
(2023-02-27). In Video: Nazi Tanks On Their Way Back To Russian Soil. southfront.org 
(2023-02-28). Left Party politician Sahra Wagenknecht's "Revolt for Peace": German nationalism instead of a fight against war. wsws.org The "Revolt for Peace" rally was not a call to fight war, but an appeal to the government to protect German interests more consistently.
(2023-02-28). To End War, We Must Fight Against Racism And Capitalism. popularresistance.org On March 18, the twentieth anniversary of the US/NATO invasion of Iraq, major antiwar organizations and social movements from across the United States will rally in Washington, DC to demand an end to wars and austerity. Clearing the FOG speaks with Jacqueline Luqman of the Black Alliance for Peace about the current state of the antiwar movement in the US and the long history of opposition to war within the black radical tradition. Luqman explains why it is critical to understand that struggles against racism and capitalism and for people's-centered human rights are inseparable from the work to end wars and the ri…
(2023-02-28). Maquillando el cadáver del capitalismo. cubadebate.cu Ya nadie habla de capitalismo. Capitalismo implica capital, que posee otro y tú no tienes. Capitalista es dueño, patrono, tipo que impone hacer lo que a él le da la gana. Ahora se habla del Mercado. Mercado suena impersonal, como el destino o las leyes naturales. Quien dice Mercado casi dice Supermercado, tan abarrotado de bienes que casi olvidamos que hay que pagar la factura.
(2023-02-28). One year on—Australia's floods: An indictment of capitalism. wsws.org None of the basic failures exposed by last year's floods crisis has been resolved, and the contemptuous and inadequate response of governments continues, underscoring the need for a social program.
(2023-02-27). The final system question Parts 1 and 2. indybay.org The enrichment elites of the West in particular have been trying for decades to extend their influence to the whole world. That is their declared concept. The worldwide "final victory", the "end of history" (4), the elimination of all competitors for raw materials and markets, have been part of capitalism and imperialism from the very beginning.
(2023-02-28). Wednesday 3/8: Black Liberation Reading Circle. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco, near Ellis St. Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49. Wheelchair Accessible, Also via Zoom…
(2023-02-28). Socialist Alliance calls for rent freeze, end to no-grounds evictions. greenleft.org.au Housing has become a significant election issue as rents skyrocket and tenants can be thrown out of their homes at the whim of a landlord. Jim McIlroy report.
(2023-02-27). In Homage to David Ray Griffin: Indispensable Public Intellectual. transcend.org I think it was the successful branding of the 9/11 skeptics as 'wacky' that proved more useful in squelching their influence than by labeling them as 'dangerous,' 'subversive,' and 'radical' or 'socialist.' It might be understood as the advent of a more advanced, more sophisticated version of McCarthyism, a discrediting ploy that George Orwell would have immediately understood.
(2023-02-27). China's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis. orinocotribune.com By Friends of Socialist China — Feb 24, 2023 | On February 23, with the first anniversary of Russia's launch of its Special Military Operation in Ukraine, China issued a 12-point document, setting out its official position on the conflict. | The 12 points are: | 1- Respecting the sovereignty of all countries | 2- Abandoning the Cold War mentality | 3- Ceasing hostilities | 4- Resuming peace talks | 5- Resolving the humanitarian crisis | 6- Protecting civilians and prisoners of war (POWs) | 7- Keeping nuclear power plants safe | 8- Reducing strategic risks | 9- Facilitating grain exports | 10- Stopping unilat…
(2023-02-27). SEP (Australia) candidates hold speak out in southwest Sydney ahead of NSW election. wsws.org SEP candidates Oscar Grenfell and Max Boddy, along with other party members, spoke to people in working-class Liverpool about the need for a socialist alternative to the program of war and austerity put forward by all other parties in the election.
(2023-02-27). The war in Ukraine and how to stop it: Online meeting advances a socialist anti-war strategy for the international working class. wsws.org Saturday's meeting, which was attended by a worldwide audience, presented a powerful case for a unified movement of the international working class for socialist revolution as the only realistic strategy to stop World War III.
(2023-02-27). Spain: Pedro Sánchez launches 'class war' election campaign. greenleft.org.au With elections due in the next 12 months, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) prime minister Pedro Sánchez is hoping his pro-worker posture will be enough to secure victory over the right and keep the independence movement at bay, writes Dick Nichols.
(2023-02-27). Against Trotskyism: Trotsky and the Soviet Union. fightbacknews.org Trotsky argued, before and after the revolution of 1917, that building socialism in one country was impossible, and that the success of the revolution was dependent on the immediate expansion of the revolution to Western Europe. Once this didn't happen, Trotsky's only way to persist in this theory was to say that the Soviet Union wasn't truly building socialism. | Despite Trotsky's protests to the contrary, the Soviet Union, in fact, accomplished a great deal. By putting the means of production under the control of the proletarian dictatorship, the Soviet Union, in just a few decades, went from a backwards count…
(2023-02-28). Sri Lankan SEP denounces police attack on Sunday protest against cancellation of local elections. wsws.org The massive police assault on the Sunday protest makes clear that the Wickremesinghe government will not tolerate any opposition to its reactionary political, economic and social policies.
(2023-02-27). Manichaeism and 'An Ideology of Liberal Empire' — Biden's Forever Cosmic War Against Russian 'Evil'. thealtworld.com When the U.S. begins its pivot away from Ukraine, and looks fully to Europeanise the war, the political class won't be seen 'for the dust'. | "Appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. They must be opposed. Autocrats only understand one word: "No." "No." "No." (Applause.). "No, you will not take my country." "No, you will not take my freedom." "No, you will not take my future … A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease [erase] the people's love of liberty. Brutality will never grind down the will of the free. And Ukraine — Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia. Never". (A…
(2023-02-27). Russian War Crimes Have Hardened Ukrainians Against Peace Talks, Activist Says. truthout.org The world held its breath when Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago. Would Kyiv fall to Russian forces, as President Vladimir Putin and a small inner circle had planned? Would the Kremlin install a puppet dictatorship and brutally crush dissent, just as Putin does at home? We soon learned Putin seriously underestimated his neighbor and its allies to the West, but today there is no end to the war in… |
(2023-02-27). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? transcend.org 21 Feb 2023 – Since the dawn of human civilization 5,000 years ago, ordinary people like you and me have been engaged in an endless struggle to resist efforts by elites, whether local, national, international or global, to assert complete control over us and the resources around us.
(2023-02-27). Putin Went to War but Refuses to Fight. thealtworld.com "Russia's elites have no stomach for this fight and a deal is being worked out through backroom channels." | As I have pointed out again and again and now again, Putin's idiotic—indeed mindless—way of conducting war has destroyed the credibility of the Russian military. I am becoming convinced that the outcome of the nonsensical "limited military operation" will be either Russian surrender or nuclear…
(2023-02-27). Free Speech Is for Fighting the Empire. transcend.org 22 Feb 2023 – My research has led me to conclude that there's an elite conspiracy to enslave us all and turn us all into brainwashed automatons mindlessly enacting the wishes of our rulers in a cruel dystopia built by the powerful, for the powerful. Haha, just kidding. That already happened.
(2023-02-27). China's Lithium Empire and the New Spheres of Sino-American Conflict. journal-neo.org 
For a long time, the world has been gripped by a rivalry between the two major superpowers, the People's Republic of China and the United States, which is primarily economic in nature but inevitably affects science and technology. Any significant technological advancement becomes a field of Sino-American competition. Lithium-ion batteries (LIB), for example, are now …
(2023-02-28). SOEs' restructuring set to advance. ecns.cn China plans to advance the strategic restructuring and professional integration of its State-owned enterprises in 2023, especially in the areas of medical and health care, equipment manufacturing and mineral resources.
(2023-02-28). Chinese enterprises to expand global presence. ecns.cn China's State-owned enterprises are forecast to post higher revenues and expand their world market presence this year as the government encourages them to advance in "going global", said experts and business executives.
(2023-02-27). Atlanta Activists Say Prosecutors Plan To Indict Them On RICO Charges. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia — Community organizations involved in the ongoing campaign to defend the South River Forest outside Atlanta, Georgia and 'Stop Cop City' say state prosecutors are planning on releasing indictments in the coming weeks charging them as a "criminal organization" under RICO statutes. | The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, targets organized criminal enterprises and was created in the 1970s to more effectively prosecute the mafia. Since then, RICO statutes have been used against participants in the 2019 college admissions scandal, anti-abortion groups, insider traders,…
(2023-02-27). The rail unions warned us. Greed is dangerous.Ôøº. nationofchange.org Following multiple, dangerous derailments across the country, those working the railroad have a solution to the nation's rail crisis: public ownership.
(2023-02-27). Hungary Welcomes Chinese Plan for Peace in Ukraine. telesurenglish.net On Monday, during the opening of the Parliament's spring session, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban showed his support for the Chinese plan to peacefully resolve the current conflict in Ukraine, considering it "important." | RELATED: | "We need a ceasefire and the start of peace talks; Hungary calls for peace in all international forums; I see that most states support peace and Hungary cannot isolate itself from most of the world (…) there…
(2023-02-27). Hungarian FM discusses Ukraine conflict with CGTN. america.cgtn.com 
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó recently sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the refugee crisis that has greatly affected his country. Szijjártó answered a series of questions related to the humanitarian impact caused by the conflict, along with his …
(2023-02-27). Democrats Praise Bush, Want More Small-Business War Profiteers. strategic-culture.org At a Friday event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) hosted by the George W Bush Institute, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke glowingly of the president who instituted the program in 2003 at the same time he was preparing to launch an invasion which would inflict unfathomable horrors upon our world which continue to unfold to this day.
(2023-02-27). Who's Winning and Losing the Economic War over Ukraine? transcend.org 21 Feb 2023 – After a year of war, Western expectations have gone up in smoke (and methane). The winners are the opportunists and war profiteers; the losers are the people of Ukraine, working/poor people everywhere, and hopes of halting the climate crisis, as half a million tons of methane rose from the sabotaged Nord Stream pipeline.
