(2023-05-13). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China By: John Pilger. midwesternmarx.com 
Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies The Congress of American Writers that was held in New York City took a firm stand against fascism and war. Photo: Daily Worker / People's World Archives Speak up. Now.In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They cal …
(2023-05-12). 75 years since Israel's foundation: The Nakba and the struggle for Jewish-Arab unity. wsws.org The Zionist utopia of a national state in which the Jews of the world could find sanctuary has led instead to a headlong descent into police state forms of rule, the emergence of fascism, the eruption of civil war and war with the Palestinians and Israel's Arab neighbours.
(2023-05-12). Nazi Germany's Defeat… But a Pause for Fascism as NATO's Proxy War in Ukraine Demonstrates. strategic-culture.org Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 has proven to be only a pause in a longer historical struggle against fascism. We are seeing that struggle playing out in Ukraine, and with Washington's madcap psychopathic aggression toward Russia. | This week marked the 78th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945. While the evil Third Reich was vanquished, a deeper monster had not been slain. Nazi Germany was only one version of Western imperialist fascism, a force that reemerged postwar in full strength in the form of the United States of America and its various Western clients. | It is not hyperbole to describe Wa…
(2023-05-13). Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from Platform News, with thanks. ***** The Gwangju people's uprising was a popular uprising of the people of Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, south Korea, in May 1980, to oppose the fascistic dictatorship and to achieve democratic freedoms and rights. This armed uprising founded a people's commune that lasted for ten days, from 18 …
(2023-05-12). Israel at 75: Fascist, apartheid and genocidal watchdog for US imperialism. liberationnews.org 
All people who believe in justice need to join in solidarity with the heroic and long-suffering Palestinian people.
(2023-05-13). May 8 and the rehabilitation of Nazism in Germany. mronline.org 
On 8 and 9 May, Berlin traditionally hosts numerous commemorative events to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe.
(2023-05-13). Around 2,000 Nazi badges seized at Guangzhou airport. ecns.cn A total of 1,881 Nazi badges in a courier were intercepted by Guangzhou Customs before they were shipped overseas through the airport of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, recently.
(2023-05-13). Jordan Neely's murder on the New York City subway and the terminal crisis of capitalism. wsws.org Daniel Penny was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter ten days after he killed the 30-year-old homeless man with a chokehold.
(2023-05-13). Beware those who try to discredit Leninism from a "decolonial" angle By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com 
Capitalism will co-opt anything, so long as it can be used to make profits or to aid its narrative campaigns. It doesn't care about how "left" or "radical" an idea is, all it cares about is its potential utility within the class war. That's where the phenomenon I'm going to talk about comes from: a project by the narrative managers of bourgeois class power to create a controlled opposition. To cultivate a leftism, or even a "communism,&rdquo …
(2023-05-13). Why Can't I Question Capitalism without Being Called a "Socialist"? dissidentvoice.org 
"The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital." (Michael Parenti) For as long as I've been writing, giving public talks, and all that, I have offered informed critiques of capitalism. For as long as I've been offering informed critiques of capitalism, I get replies like this: "I suppose you …
(2023-05-13). When will they come for your job? workers.org 
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because . . . |
(2023-05-12). You Don't Have To Choose Between Happiness And Being Informed. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | I write about some dark, dark things in this space, and it's common to receive expressions of despair in response to the subjects I focus on. | This is perfectly understandable. Not only is our world hurtling toward nuclear armageddon and environmental collapse while surging authoritarianism threatens our ability to even talk about these things with each other, but most people are completely oblivious to it all. Even relatively politically engaged people tend to believe society's biggest problems are things like sexism or drag shows, and they genera…
(2023-05-12). SCOTUS Case May Slash Regulation of Everything From Workers' Rights to Clean Air. truthout.org In an ominous but unsurprising development, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that may well imperil our health, safety, labor, clean air and water, food and environmental protections. On May 1, the court decided to reconsider its 40-year-old precedent in the current case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. This right-wing court, which demonstrated its disregard for legal precedent… |
(2023-05-13). Cuban President praised Cirilo's gold medal in the World Cup. plenglish.com Havana, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated canoeist Yarisleidis Cirilo for the gold medal she won at the Canoeing World Cup – canoe and kayak – in Szeged, Hungary.
(2023-05-12). Senate investigation shows how GOP law enabled Big Pharma's 'extreme' tax avoidance. nationofchange.org "Big Pharma gets us coming and going—they charge Americans sky-high prices and they pay absolute rock-bottom taxes, not anywhere near a fair share."
(2023-05-13). World Report] Canadian drug cost reforms collapse. thelancet.com Several members of Canada's pharmaceutical price review board have resigned amid allegations of industry interference. Paul Webster reports.
(2023-05-13). Nucleus RadioPharma to open manufacturing facility in Rochester, Minnesota. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Facility aims to manufacture next generation of radiopharmaceuticals ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nucleus RadioPharma, a radiopharmaceutical company founded by Eclipse and Mayo Clinic, announced today it has received approval from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for its economic incentive request to support a facility in Rochester. The facility will be based in the Two Discovery Square building within Destination Medical Center's Discovery Square District. Nucleus was established to address the acute manufacturing…
(2023-05-12). Drug shortages in Europe endangering the lives of children and adolescents. wsws.org The alarming shortage of medicines suitable for children is a European-wide phenomenon due to the profit interests of the pharmaceutical corporations as well as the policies of capitalist governments.
(2023-05-12). SCOTUS Case May Slash Regulation of Everything From Workers' Rights to Clean Air. truthout.org In an ominous but unsurprising development, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that may well imperil our health, safety, labor, clean air and water, food and environmental protections. On May 1, the court decided to reconsider its 40-year-old precedent in the current case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. This right-wing court, which demonstrated its disregard for legal precedent… |
(2023-05-13). Cuban President praised Cirilo's gold medal in the World Cup. plenglish.com Havana, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated canoeist Yarisleidis Cirilo for the gold medal she won at the Canoeing World Cup – canoe and kayak – in Szeged, Hungary.
(2023-05-12). Senate investigation shows how GOP law enabled Big Pharma's 'extreme' tax avoidance. nationofchange.org "Big Pharma gets us coming and going—they charge Americans sky-high prices and they pay absolute rock-bottom taxes, not anywhere near a fair share."
(2023-05-13). World Report] Canadian drug cost reforms collapse. thelancet.com Several members of Canada's pharmaceutical price review board have resigned amid allegations of industry interference. Paul Webster reports.
(2023-05-13). Nucleus RadioPharma to open manufacturing facility in Rochester, Minnesota. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Facility aims to manufacture next generation of radiopharmaceuticals ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nucleus RadioPharma, a radiopharmaceutical company founded by Eclipse and Mayo Clinic, announced today it has received approval from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for its economic incentive request to support a facility in Rochester. The facility will be based in the Two Discovery Square building within Destination Medical Center's Discovery Square District. Nucleus was established to address the acute manufacturing…
(2023-05-12). Drug shortages in Europe endangering the lives of children and adolescents. wsws.org The alarming shortage of medicines suitable for children is a European-wide phenomenon due to the profit interests of the pharmaceutical corporations as well as the policies of capitalist governments.