2023-04-16: News Headlines

John Mullen (2023-04-16). French fascism and the revolt against Macron. greenleft.org.au Continuing his analysis of the social explosion continuing in France, John Mullen looks at the far right and how it has reacted to the movement against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-16). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Asa Winstanley (2023-04-15). Ukrainian Nazi gets medical treatment from Israel. electronicintifada.net Azov Brigade sergeant Arseniy Fedosiuk pictured meeting diplomats.

Manlio Dinucci (2023-04-15). L'Italia alle Armi dall'Europa all'Indo-Pacifico | Grandangolo — Pangea. globalresearch.ca Inizia il 22 aprile l'esercitazione multinazionale Defender 23, diretta dallo US Army Europe, l'Esercito USA in Europa. L'esercitazione si svolgerà per due mesi in 10 Paesi europei. Vi parteciperanno 9.000 soldati USA e 17.000 di 26 Paesi alleati degli USA, …

Ian Angus (2023-04-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2023. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents a selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-16). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

John Mullen (2023-04-16). French fascism and the revolt against Macron. greenleft.org.au Continuing his analysis of the social explosion continuing in France, John Mullen looks at the far right and how it has reacted to the movement against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-16). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Asa Winstanley (2023-04-15). Ukrainian Nazi gets medical treatment from Israel. electronicintifada.net Azov Brigade sergeant Arseniy Fedosiuk pictured meeting diplomats.

Manlio Dinucci (2023-04-15). L'Italia alle Armi dall'Europa all'Indo-Pacifico | Grandangolo — Pangea. globalresearch.ca Inizia il 22 aprile l'esercitazione multinazionale Defender 23, diretta dallo US Army Europe, l'Esercito USA in Europa. L'esercitazione si svolgerà per due mesi in 10 Paesi europei. Vi parteciperanno 9.000 soldati USA e 17.000 di 26 Paesi alleati degli USA, …

Ian Angus (2023-04-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2023. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents a selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society.

Yanis Varoufakis (2023-04-16). Blow up the banking system! A free account for all is possible. indybay.org Harsh austerity policies for the vast majority of people and state socialism for bankers, both practiced at the same time in Europe and the U.S. after 2008 – this had two consequences, as they have characterized the financialized capitalism of the past 14 years. First, this course poisoned the West's money.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-04-15). OPEC+ and capitalism's fight against inflation. mronline.org Except in war-time, capitalism invariably seeks to control inflation by creating a recession; and this is so even when the inflation has been caused by an autonomous increase in capitalists' profit-margins which are downward inflexible and hence would not be reduced by a recession.

teleSUR, sar, SB (2023-04-16). Cuatro frases de Fidel en la proclamación del carácter socialista. telesurtv.net La isla caribeña conmemora este 16 de abril los 62 años de la proclamación del carácter socialista de la Revolución Cubana, liderada por Fidel Castro.

Editor (2023-04-16). Palestinian Trade Unions' Anti-Apartheid Call. socialistproject.ca The global trade union movement, which has played a key and inspiring role in its commitment to workers' rights and human rights more generally, has stood in principled solidarity with the oppressed across the world, adopting concrete, ground-breaking, labour-led sanctions against oppressive regimes. | Israel's systematic destruction of the Palestinian economy, discriminatory and racist laws, and restrictions on freedom of movement and association have a significant impact on the rights and working conditions of Palestinian workers. | Inspired by the massive workers' solidarity with the struggle that ended apa…

WSWS (2023-04-15). French pseudo-left POID calls for bourgeois government of national unity. wsws.org The Parti de l'égalité socialiste is irreconcilably hostile to all attempts to cobble together a new capitalist government to replace Macron.

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the IYSSE. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

WSWS (2023-04-15). An Open Letter to members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America from the Socialist Equality Party. wsws.org On every issue, the Democratic Socialists of America has shown itself not to be an instrument for realizing socialism or even the most meager social reforms, but a "left" cover for the shift ever further to the right of the political apparatus of the ruling class.

WSWS (2023-04-15). American Library Association registers a near doubling of efforts to censor, ban books in 2022. wsws.org The developing political and social crisis makes it all the more imperative for these reactionary social forces to block access to anything that does not uphold the official lies and mystifications.

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-16). Heavy Fighting Breaks out in Sudanese Capital, Imperiling Revolution. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Clashes erupted Saturday between the conventional Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), formerly known as the Janjaweed militias, in the capital Khartoum. The RSF had been deployed in 2019 by the military junta against the civilian revolutionary movement that overthrew dictator and war criminal Omar …

mforinoco (2023-04-15). 50 Years After Chile's Coup, the First Year of Popular Unity. orinocotribune.com By Taroa Zuñiga Silva — Apr 11, 2023 | A conversation with Miguel Lawner, who remembers life as a former political prisoner of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship while projecting his hope that Salvador Allende's government could improve the lives of Chileans onto the current progressive government. | Ten days after the 1973 coup against the Popular Unity (UP) government of President Salvador Allende, the military opened

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-04-15). If the U.S. can't boss the World, it will spitefully destroy it. mronline.org Unable to accept the reality of a growing multipolar world order, U.S. elites are willing to risk nuclear war.

Robert J. Burrowes (2023-04-15). Policing the Elite's Technocracy: How Do We Resist This Effectively? globalresearch.ca

JANET (2023-04-15). Imperialist relations are never based on 'trust'. iacenter.org By Global Times Apr 13, 2023 The recent leak of highly classified Pentagon documents is yet another proof that the US is the world's No.1 spying empire. Washington spies not only on its perceived adversaries, but also its allies, which puts the US' foreign relations in jeopardy. How will the leak incident affect allies' "trust" toward the US? Will the US spy on its allies more wantonly? "The US will continue to use every possible form of technology to spy on its allies, its own citizens and its opponents. Imperialist relations are never based on 'trust,'" said Sara Flounders (Flounders), a political writer and ac…

Maria Paez Victor (2023-04-16). Venezuela, Crime and Punishment? orinocotribune.com By Maria Paez Victor — Apr 14, 2023 | During the past couple of weeks, Venezuelans have witnessed something unheard of before in their country: many people in high-ranking government positions have been arrested for corruption. An entire network was discovered of public officials and private businessmen who have allegedly robbed the nation of billions of dollars centered around three key government enterprises, the public oil company PDVSA, the entity supervising the cryptocurrency (SUNACRIP), and the public steel industry. | In a heartfelt address to the nation, an indignant President Nicolás Maduro called…

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