Daily Archives: February 5, 2023

2023-02-05: News Headlines

Ben Bartee (2023-02-04). Pfizer's Business Model is Actual Fascism. "The Merger of Corporate Power and State Power" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-02-04). Republicans remove Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs Committee, Democrats capitulate. wsws.org House Speaker McCarthy has allotted an outsized number of slots on key committees to members of the fascistic House Freedom Caucus who held up his election for Speaker for 15 ballots, as well as other far-right lawmakers who supported his bid for the speakership.

Mickey Z. (2023-02-04). Never Again? The Same Criminals Who Funded Hitler are Imposing Tyranny on Us Today. dissidentvoice.org Like many of you, I watched parts of Vera Sharav's new documentary series, Never Again is Now Global, this week. With its sharp focus on the Holocaust and Nazi tactics in general, I felt the need to reach back into some of my older research and remind readers who was supporting and enabling the rise …

Manlio Dinucci (2023-02-04). Cooperazione a 360 ∞ Con la Libia". Ma con quale Libia? globalresearch.ca La Presidente Meloni, in visita ufficiale a Tripoli, ha impegnato l'Italia a una "cooperazione a 360 gradi con la Libia". Ma con quale Libia? Il "Governo di Unità Nazionale" libico, "internazionalmente riconosciuto", presieduto da Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. Esso è stato …

WSWS (2023-02-04). "It is impossible to defeat imperialism based on bourgeois nationalism" wsws.org The following letter on the political situation and moods in Russia was sent by the Young Guard of Bolshevik Leninists in Russia to the International Committee of the Fourth International.




Emanuel Pastreich (2023-02-04). Propping up the Wobbly Dollar. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-04). Madhav Kumar Nepal on threat of extreme right in Nepal. peoplesdispatch.org Madhav Kumar talks about the ongoing political instability in the country, the threat posed by the rising influence of the far right, and the path ahead for the left to defend Nepal's socialist and secular values enshrined in the constitution.

Brian Williams (2023-02-04). Help get out book by Socialist Workers Party leaders, widen reach of 'Militant'. themilitant.com

Editor (2023-02-04). 109 Democrats Join GOP's Ridiculous 'Horrors Of Socialism' Vote. scheerpost.com Emma Vigeland and Sam Seder look at the recent House vote to denounce socialism and what that means for the future of socialist policies like M4A, with 109 Democrats joining the Right on the vote.

Joel Britton (2023-02-04). Mary Lou Montauk, 78 years a builder, supporter of the SWP. themilitant.com OAKLAND, Calif. — More than people gathered here Jan. 21 to celebrate the life and political contributions of Mary Lou Montauk, a member and supporter of the Socialist Workers Party for 78 years. She died Jan. 5. | "Mary Lou stayed the course," SWP leader Betsey Stone told the gathering. "She was a cadre of the Socialist Workers Party, ready to do whatever was needed to strengthen the revolutionary party and the working class." | Born in 1930 in Minnesota, Montauk grew up during a time of labor battles and approaching war. Her father, Farrell Dobbs, was the central organizer of the Teamsters' 11-state ove…

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-02-04). Propping up the Wobbly Dollar. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-04). Madhav Kumar Nepal on threat of extreme right in Nepal. peoplesdispatch.org Madhav Kumar talks about the ongoing political instability in the country, the threat posed by the rising influence of the far right, and the path ahead for the left to defend Nepal's socialist and secular values enshrined in the constitution.

Brian Williams (2023-02-04). Help get out book by Socialist Workers Party leaders, widen reach of 'Militant'. themilitant.com

Editor (2023-02-04). 109 Democrats Join GOP's Ridiculous 'Horrors Of Socialism' Vote. scheerpost.com Emma Vigeland and Sam Seder look at the recent House vote to denounce socialism and what that means for the future of socialist policies like M4A, with 109 Democrats joining the Right on the vote.

Joel Britton (2023-02-04). Mary Lou Montauk, 78 years a builder, supporter of the SWP. themilitant.com OAKLAND, Calif. — More than people gathered here Jan. 21 to celebrate the life and political contributions of Mary Lou Montauk, a member and supporter of the Socialist Workers Party for 78 years. She died Jan. 5. | "Mary Lou stayed the course," SWP leader Betsey Stone told the gathering. "She was a cadre of the Socialist Workers Party, ready to do whatever was needed to strengthen the revolutionary party and the working class." | Born in 1930 in Minnesota, Montauk grew up during a time of labor battles and approaching war. Her father, Farrell Dobbs, was the central organizer of the Teamsters' 11-state ove…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Postpartum depression is more than baby blues. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Postpartum depression is real. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 1 out of every 10 new moms suffer from it. It's much more than what's called the "baby blues" because it lasts longer and tends to be more severe. Symptoms include mood swings, anxiety, sadness, crying irritability and feeling overwhelmed. Prompt treatment is important, and Mayo Clinic experts say it works. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/WhmJuesp9ck Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 57) is…

americanthinker (2023-02-04). Biden outright lies about inflation, blaming Trump. americanthinker.com We are well into totalitarian territory now, with the regime propounding and the state-affiliated media reinforcing blatant lies.

WSWS (2023-02-04). Musician Steve Van Zandt propagandizes for imperialist war. wsws.org Van Zandt's reactionary, bloodthirsty comments would have no significance whatsoever—they would simply be more pro-war propaganda from the wealthy upper middle class in America—were it not for his celebrity and his musical history.

_____ (2023-02-04). We're Trying To Crush The Happiest Country On Earth. popularresistance.org Some of the countries the Western media claims are horrific repressive dictatorships are way happier than the U.S. So let me ask: Are you happy? Do you spend a lot of time laughing in the sun? Do you feel at peace in your life? | If you live in the U.S., like me, then I'll bet you a KFC Family Bucket meant for one person; the answer is, "No! What are you? Crazy? Have you looked around? We've got a climate crisis, a wage slave society, tainted water, smoggy air, most of our meals have more pesticide than food particles, and the only human interaction we get is when someone clicks thumbs down on the Instagram photo…

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-02-04). Commemorating January 29, 2022: Democracy, Authoritarianism and Canada's Truckers Movement. globalresearch.ca

americanthinker (2023-02-04). Ukraine between two empires. americanthinker.com How deep and reliable is the cooperation between the Iranian Islamic Republic, which believes that Christianity must disappear, and Christian Russia?

Roy Landersen (2023-02-04). Ukraine fighters battle Putin's push in Donetsk. themilitant.com Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, he is intensifying efforts to bomb its people into submission. His regime, whose origins lie in the KGB political police apparatus of the former Soviet Union, aims to reimpose the former czarist empire by annihilating the country's independence. As assaults on civilians and urban areas expand, working people in Ukraine continue to throw themselves into the fight to defend their country's sovereignty. | Following months of airstrikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, Moscow Jan. 26 targeted the largest cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv,…

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