(2023-03-23). GOP Is Seeking Rich, Self-Funding Candidates as Party Is Outraised by Democrats. truthout.org As the Republican Party veers further into fascism, the party is facing an election fundraising problem: Democrats in competitive Senate races are consistently outraising Republican candidates, and the party has lost control of the chamber. The party's solution? Turning to ultra-rich candidates who can afford to fund their own campaigns, according to new reporting from Politico… |
(2023-03-23). The Eight-Year-Old's Iraq. strategic-culture.org Twenty years after the Iraq invasion: It was the last period of true optimism, with a sense that somewhere in the unknown unknowns we would meet destiny. | By Jude RUSSO | Iwas an avid supporter of the Iraq invasion in 2003. I believed that Saddam Hussein was a tyrant and a danger to American interests; I believed that, as a civilization, we had a God-given mission to the world, helping those we've subdued and warring down the still-arrogant. We beat Nazism; we beat communism; now it was time to beat radical Islam (although the "radical" got left out as often as not in those heady days), or, as the real connoisse…
(2023-03-23). UK violates new red lines by sending depleted uranium weapons to Kiev's neo-Nazi regime. infobrics.org The situation could lead to a major escalation, possibly having nuclear impacts.
(2023-03-23). Anti-AUKUS demonstration in Australia promotes nationalism, "effective" military spending. wsws.org "Truth Not War" organisers express the sentiments of that wing of Australia's ruling elite that has tactical differences with AUKUS and its submarine program and want a more effective and "independent" Australian imperialism.
(2023-03-24). Bankstown: A microcosm of Australia's social crisis. wsws.org The social situation in Bankstown, with soaring rents and mortgages, stagnant or declining incomes and mounting social distress, shows that capitalism offers no future for the working class.
(2023-03-24). The value American capitalism places on workers' lives: BP fined $156,250 for the deaths of two refinery operators in Ohio explosion. wsws.org Ben and Max Morrissey were burned to death in an explosion and fire at the BP Husky oil refinery in Oregon, Ohio, just outside of Toledo. For American capitalism, the life of a worker is very cheap.
(2023-03-23). GOP Is Seeking Rich, Self-Funding Candidates as Party Is Outraised by Democrats. truthout.org As the Republican Party veers further into fascism, the party is facing an election fundraising problem: Democrats in competitive Senate races are consistently outraising Republican candidates, and the party has lost control of the chamber. The party's solution? Turning to ultra-rich candidates who can afford to fund their own campaigns, according to new reporting from Politico… |
(2023-03-23). The Eight-Year-Old's Iraq. strategic-culture.org Twenty years after the Iraq invasion: It was the last period of true optimism, with a sense that somewhere in the unknown unknowns we would meet destiny. | By Jude RUSSO | Iwas an avid supporter of the Iraq invasion in 2003. I believed that Saddam Hussein was a tyrant and a danger to American interests; I believed that, as a civilization, we had a God-given mission to the world, helping those we've subdued and warring down the still-arrogant. We beat Nazism; we beat communism; now it was time to beat radical Islam (although the "radical" got left out as often as not in those heady days), or, as the real connoisse…
(2023-03-23). UK violates new red lines by sending depleted uranium weapons to Kiev's neo-Nazi regime. infobrics.org The situation could lead to a major escalation, possibly having nuclear impacts.
(2023-03-23). Anti-AUKUS demonstration in Australia promotes nationalism, "effective" military spending. wsws.org "Truth Not War" organisers express the sentiments of that wing of Australia's ruling elite that has tactical differences with AUKUS and its submarine program and want a more effective and "independent" Australian imperialism.
(2023-03-24). Bankstown: A microcosm of Australia's social crisis. wsws.org The social situation in Bankstown, with soaring rents and mortgages, stagnant or declining incomes and mounting social distress, shows that capitalism offers no future for the working class.
(2023-03-24). The value American capitalism places on workers' lives: BP fined $156,250 for the deaths of two refinery operators in Ohio explosion. wsws.org Ben and Max Morrissey were burned to death in an explosion and fire at the BP Husky oil refinery in Oregon, Ohio, just outside of Toledo. For American capitalism, the life of a worker is very cheap.
(2023-03-23). What is the struggle by workers at Deutsche Post about? wsws.org The struggles in France, Britain, Greece and here in Germany must be linked to the fight against war and its cause, capitalism. No social problem can be solved without breaking the power of the financial oligarchy.
(2023-03-24). U.S. Politics and the "Ugly Truth of 9/11". Richard Gage Interviews Emanuel Pastreich, Independent Candidate for President of the U.S. (2000). globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-24). NATO pushes European Socialists for thirty more years, eternity of new wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From Bosnia to Ukraine, NATO has been waging war — on three continents — for thirty years. Evidently permanently, "for the long term." It could be argued that NATO has presented the world with its first Socialist/Social Democratic wars. (Think of Blair, Schroeder, Jospin, Solana, etc. in 1999.) And a plethora of them at that. …
(2023-03-24). Teachers around the world send in support for striking Los Angeles school workers. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received numerous statements from educators involved in independent rank-and-file committees across the world supporting the three-day strike by Los Angeles school workers this week.
(2023-03-23). Massive anti-war rally held at White House on anniversary of Iraq War. fightbacknews.org Washington, DC – On Saturday, March 18, several thousand people gathered at Lafayette Plaza in front of the White House to protest ongoing U.S. wars and interventions. The rally was organized and attended by the Answer Coalition, United National Antiwar Coalition, Codepink, Veterans for Peace, Black Alliance for Peace, Students for a Democratic Society, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Workers World Party, and Socialist Unity Party, amongst many other organizations. First the crowd heard speeches from various organizers of the rally. | Christly Carpio of Students for a Democratic Society gave a speech condemn…
(2023-03-23). Vote for the Socialist Equality Party in NSW state election! Take up the fight against war, austerity and "let it rip" COVID policies! wsws.org Only the SEP has advanced a socialist program to reorganise society to meet the pressing social needs of the vast majority, not the private profits of the super-rich.
(2023-03-23). UK postal workers condemn corporate greed at Royal Mail and betrayal by Communication Workers Union. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is publishing correspondence from postal workers exposing the systemic run down of the service by Royal Mail and the unbearable workloads imposed based on an agreement between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
(2023-03-24). War poker and Imperial moralism. indybay.org After the fall of the Soviet Union, the "war on terrorism" began, which, according to George W. Bush, would end "tyranny in the world." Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq – the U.S. democratic crusades not only cost several million lives, they also brought the restriction of freedoms, McCarthyism, the hunt for whistleblowers. And a series of alliances with dictators…
(2023-03-23). Bloodshed, Tear Gas Bombs And Mudslides: 100 Days Of Dictatorship. popularresistance.org Perú has plunged into chaos since the December 7th congressional coup that ousted President Pedro Castillo. This past Friday the 17th of March marked 100 days of terror from the Peruvian coup regime, with deaths topping 80 , severely injured over 1000 and political prisoners also over 1000 taken. Protesters from the various provinces and Lima marked the day with vigils to honor the 3 months of the massacre in Ayacucho on March 15th, a march to Barbadillo where President Castillo is held as a political prisoner and demonstrations throughout the capital city and country. We caught up with a delegation from Asillo,…
(2023-03-23). Peru Dictatorship Denies Castillo Right to Phone Calls. orinocotribune.com Pedro Castillo is being denied his right to a phone call by Peru's dictatorship, led by Dina Boluarte. Since the December 7 US-backed coup, Castillo has been detained without charge and without direct contact with his wife and children who are currently exiled in Mexico. | This was denounced by Castillo's wife, Lilia Paredes, and his daughter, Yenifer Castillo, on Saturday in a joint interview with
(2023-03-23). "Disaster": Iraqi Journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on U.S. Invasion, Sanctions, Occupation & What's Next. democracynow.org 
As we continue to mark the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we are joined by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, an award-winning Baghdad-born Iraqi journalist and author. Abdul-Ahad has received the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, the British Press Awards' Foreign Reporter of the Year and the Orwell Prize. His new book is A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War. "I want the history to be told properly," says Abdul-Ahad about his hopes for the future of Iraqi society after decades of dictatorship, sanctions, war, occupation and corruption.
(2023-03-24). Operation Enmity: A Holding Action. journal-neo.org 
My country is failing, falling into the same dismal slough all dying empires are swallowed by. The Senators and Caesars of America have one last hope of holding onto their gain. If they can sew hatred and bitterness between brothers on the Russian steppe, the old western world order can buy time. They can hang […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-03-24). The Pentagon's "Ides of March 2021": Best Month to Go to War? globalresearch.ca or the Romans, the month of March (Martius) marked "the time to start new military campaigns." As in the heyday of the Roman Empire, the Pentagon has a mandate to plan and implement a precise "timeline" of military operations.
(2023-03-23). Global War: The 101s of US Empire – the USA is a WAR MACHINE! podcasters.spotify.com Welcome to a (possible) new series – Global War – where we will focus on the developing conflicts, events, wars and regime change efforts of the US Empire and its NATO and other allies. In this episode we discuss, very very briefly, how the US came into existence, Spanish, English, Dutch and other European "exploration", corporations, and colonization. We talk about the many many wars the US has and is fighting since it's "founding" as a "Constitutional Republic" in 1787, before then, after then, and today. We bring up WW1 and WW2, Korea, Vietnam, China and the Opium Wars, Iraq, Iran, Guatemala, Venezuela, Peru,…
(2023-03-23). The British Empire: Culture War and Actual War. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-24). China vows green future for oil and gas works. ecns.cn China has vowed to vigorously promote the integrated growth of oil and gas exploration and development with new energy, while actively expanding the scale of green electricity utilization by oil and gas enterprises.
(2023-03-23). San Francisco labor opposes racist land ownership bill in Texas. workers.org 
San Francisco Recalling California's shameful history of prohibiting Chinese and Japanese residents from owning land in the state, the San Francisco Labor Council voted March 13 to condemn a similarly racist bill currently before the Texas state Senate. The vote by SFLC delegates was unanimous. Texas Senate Bill 147, if . . . |
(2023-03-24). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Hungarian teachers begin indefinite strike over pay in year-long dispute; strike across West Bank in response to killings by Israeli military as teachers' stoppage continues; Nigerian public sector workers to begin general strike over cost of living…
(2023-03-23). India-Russia Explore Market Access in Railways and Other Sectors. infobrics.org India-Russia trade and economic partnership across sectors including railways, agriculture and pharmaceuticals have received a boost with slew of meetings and arrangements held during the past week…