(2023-05-30). Giorgia Meloni government is a regime of private corporations that is normalizing fascism. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Peoples Dispatch on May 30, 2023. It is shared here under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license. Peoples Dispatch (PD) speaks to Maurizio Coppola from the Italian leftist political party Potere al Popolo (Power to the People) regarding the policies of the far-right government in Italy led by Giorgia Meloni and the campaigns undertaken …
(2023-05-30). Valencians enjoy Buena Fe's concert. plenglish.com The recital, sponsored by the "Jose Marti" Friendship Association of Valencia, with support from the State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MESC), took place in the premises of Intersindical Valenciana. | According to a press release sent to Prensa Latina by Cubainformacion Coordinator Jose Manzaneda, it was "a resounding success and proof that fascism will not pass," according to Rocio Raya, president of the "Jose Marti" Friendship Association of Valencia. | The concerts also counted on the collaboration of the "Caguairan" Association of Cuban Residents in Valencia, who expressed their willingness to protect t…
(2023-05-30). Russian Fascist with Ties to Leading German Neo-Nazis Led Ukrainian-backed Incursion of Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-30). 'Novel' and 'news' have the same root: 'A Time Outside This Time' reviewed. peoplesworld.org 
Sometimes the experience of violence and trauma induces memory loss. As U.S. residents prepare psychologically to relive the lies and trauma of the 2016 Trump campaign and presidency, and the fascistic nightmare of a possible second presidency, a quick visit to the archive of that time is necessary. Novelist Amitava Kumar's A Time Outside This …
(2023-05-30). Banned books or banned author recommendations. indybay.org In Opposition To The Banning Of Books By Dangerous Fascist Right-Wing Extremists:…
(2023-05-29). Minnesota Not Very Nice: Opposing Medea Benjamin in Minneapolis. itsgoingdown.org 
Report on counter-demo against red/brown organizer Medea Benjamin from so-called Minneapolis, MN. On an unseasonably cool May evening even by Minneapolis standards, a small and diverse group of antifascists stood outside of a building used by a number of Minneapolis non-profits, among them the local chapter of "Veterans for Peace" (VFP) and "Women Against Military…
(2023-05-30). Moscow might cut all ties with London over UK's rabid Russophobic hostility. infobrics.org There's no indication London will stop escalating, as it's now at the forefront of the initiative to deliver F-16 fighter jets to the Neo-Nazi junta. Moscow is well aware of this and has made efforts to communicate with the UK, but to no avail. London's rabid Russophobia seems to be clouding its judgment, leaving Russia with no other option but to just cut contact.
(2023-05-30). Cuba's Prensa Latina and Italy's ANSA sign cooperation agreement. plenglish.com Havana, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The Latin American news agency Prensa Latina (PL), based in Havana, and the Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA), from Italy, on Tuesday signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen the flow of news.
(2023-05-29). Ucrania — Guerra y robo. globalizacion.ca Ucrania antes de la guerra era el segundo país más corrupto de Europa, solo superado por Rusia según Transparencia Internacional, un paraíso de contrabandistas, traficantes, mafiosos y nazis. | Cuando la guerra comenzó en el 2022 milagrosamente su colocación en el…
(2023-05-29). Torture Chambers Created By Ukrainian Nazis In Luhansk People's Republic (Video 18+). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | After the Russian military secured new settlements in the Donbass, Zaporozhie and Kherson regions, numerous evidences of crimes of the terrorist Kiev regime against the civilian population in the Eastern and southern regions have been revealed. Among them, there are numerous torture chambers which have been used by Ukrainian Nazis to threaten pro-Russian civilians for years. | Most recently, Russian security forces showed a torture chamber which was discovered in the town of Rubezhnoye in…
(2023-05-30). The Cultural Looting of Gaza. mintpressnews.com 
There needs to be a particularly high standard of cynicism and cruelty to rob destitute people. In many ways, this is what capitalism is all about. But to use the fact that people are near ruin to exploit them is as cold as it gets. | People in Gaza are confined to living with few resources in what amounts to a prison. They are permitted levels of nutrition and medicine that are just enough to prevent total starvation and disease. This is only because Israel, which controls the piece of land known as the Gaza Strip, does not want disease to spread into its own borders. | Exploiting Gazans: | Israel exploi…
(2023-05-30). Lee Camp: The Threat Of Dangerous Ideas And Why We Need Them. popularresistance.org Political comedian Lee Camp recently published his second book, "Dangerous Ideas," which provides a bitter dose of reality in a way that makes it hard not to laugh. He explains that most journalists avoid covering the major crises of our times with any depth, leaving the public grossly misinformed. Camp, who has the courage to take on difficult topics, such as the oligarchy, capitalism, militarism and racism, and what to do about them, has had his work censored, banned and erased in retaliation. On Clearing the FOG, Camp discusses the challenges of living in a country that is afraid or unable to face reality and…
(2023-05-30). Ralph Nader: Inverted Corporate Capitalism—Blocking Their Owner-Shareholders. scheerpost.com 
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org It is the season of annual shareholder meetings for giant corporations when CEOs go through the motions of elections for their Board of Directors and approval of other resolutions. People who own stock in General Motors (GM) receive the "GM Meeting Information" in an envelope emblazoned with this disingenuous message: …
(2023-05-30). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: The Succession Finale (w/ David Sirota). levernews.com On this week's Movies vs. Capitalism, Rivka and Frank are joined by David Sirota to break down the series finale of HBO's Succession.üéßLISTEN NOW by selecting your podcast player of choice:
(2023-05-30). Inflation in the Age of Finance Capitalism. indybay.org The shift of profit-striving from the real- to the financial-economy lowered economic growth Unemployment and atypical jobs soared. The welfare state was weakened. At the same time, financial wealth grew exorbitantly (the DAX increased 14-fold since 1988). The development of financial derivatives made possible profiting from short-term changes in stocks, currencies and bonds.
(2023-05-30). Socialist set to take Geelong council position, after councilllor resigns. greenleft.org.au Socialist Alliance will likely gain another councillor in Victoria if the count back in the City of Greater Geelong proceeds in line with past practice. Sue Bull reports.
(2023-05-30). Imperialist Hegemony and the Class Struggle in Africa and the Diaspora. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Kwame Nkrumah And Haile Selassie Note: The following solidarity statement was prepared and delivered in part to the African Liberation Day program organized by the All-African People's Revolutionary Party, (A-APRP-GC) under the theme "Pan-Africanism: Waging Class Struggle in Africa and the Diaspora, Fighting for the One United Socialist Africa!" on Sat. May 27,…
(2023-05-30). Low Pay and a Four-Day Workweek. socialistproject.ca 
Dolly Parton's signature song "9 to 5," and the
(2023-05-30). Wednesday 6/7: Feminists Fighting Transphobia. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St. (at Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49…
(2023-05-30). Introduction to Lawrence Porter's Marcus Garvey and the Reactionary Logic of Racialist Politics. wsws.org Mehring Books is pleased to announce the publication of Marcus Garvey and the Reactionary Logic of Racialist Politics by Lawrence Porter, assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US).
(2023-05-29). Fight Between PSUV and PCV is Unnecessary, Untimely, and Alien. orinocotribune.com By Clodovaldo Hernández — May 28, 2023 | Life turns on a dime: The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) has never had as much public attention as it does these days. It has even become a trending topic on social media platforms despite the fact that many of their leaders do not use those platforms because they are weapons (although not necessarily dented) of imperialism. | I have the slight impression that this was not the purpose of those who, hailing from the government and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), wanted to knock out their former ally. These are, apparently, shots that have backfired.
(2023-05-29). $26,000 pledged at online FRSO fundraising event. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than $26,000 was pledged at the May 25 Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) online fundraising event. The event featured Frank Chapman of the FRSO central committee member and executive director of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, FRSO Standing Committee Member Fern Figueroa, and the FRSO Labor Commission Chair Cherrene Horazuk. | This means about $70,000 has been raised in the $130,000 fund drive that will help FRSO expand its national office and put more full-time organizers in the field. | Fern Figueroa, states, "Fundraising is an important part of o…
(2023-05-29). South Africa's Abahlali baseMjondolo continues struggle for true freedom. peoplesdispatch.org Every year, April 27 is commemorated as Freedom Day in South Africa. It marks the first elections with universal voting rights after the fall of white supremacist apartheid rule, 29 years ago. However, for South Africa's socialist militant shack dwellers' movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), the occasion is an expression of how poor and otherwise marginalized communities in the country remain profoundly unfree. | Abahlali baseMjondolo's General Secretary Thapelo Mohapi talks about the true meaning of freedom for the masses of South Africa.
(2023-05-29). Las bases militares del imperialismo estadounidense. globalizacion.ca Para quienes consideran que los términos de imperialismo y colonialismo están pasados de moda, demodé, y prefieren utilizar eufemismos como globalización neoliberal o nuevo orden mundial, y refieren despectivamente a una ideologización de la ciencia social basada en un marxismo…
(2023-05-29). Liberalism And The Spectre Of Inverted Totalitarianism. popularresistance.org The conflict now raging between the West and Russia and China is a struggle for global power. At the end of the Second World War the economic weight and influence of the United States allowed it to dominate world trade and manufacturing but also to control financial markets as well as build a system of global political and military alliances and bases which reinforced its control. Today its imperial dominance is under threat. The US is trying to prevent the emergence of rivals for world hegemony and block the development of a multipolar world. But it still maintains a residual power based on the role of the dolla…
(2023-05-29). 300 march for LGBTQ youth at Louisiana Capitol. fightbacknews.org Baton Rouge, LA – On May 27, almost 300 people gathered at the Louisiana State Capitol to protest the attacks on LGBTQ rights. The demonstrators then marched to Governor John Bel Edwards' mansion and listened to several speakers. Protests like this are sweeping the nation as states move to pass anti-LGBTQ legislation. Many of the attendees and speakers were students and young people, who these reactionary bills directly attack. | Protesters demanded that Edwards, a Democrat, veto all anti-LBGTQ legislation. They condemned bills such as "Don't Say Gay" (HB 466), which would ban teachers from discussing gender ide…
(2023-05-29). Cuban President congratulates workers in the tobacco sector. plenglish.com The president stressed on his Twitter account that every May 29 is celebrated the day of tobacco workers in honor of the birth of Lázaro Peña, the captain of the working class in Cuba. | Peña (1911-1974) was born in Havana into a very humble family that barely managed to support his public education for two years, until the death of his father forced him, as a child, to work in various trades to ensure the family's livelihood. | At the end of 1929 he joined the ranks of the clandestine Communist Party, actively participating in the organization of workers to fight against the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado (1925…
(2023-05-29). CIA Front Company Extends Intrusive Surveillance Operations in Lithuania under Pretext of New Cold War. transcend.org 22 May 2023 – Creation of Orwellian surveillance apparatus belies claim that the U.S. is upholding democracy in the face of Russian authoritarianism.
(2023-05-30). Why do the lambs remain silent? indybay.org James Madison (1751-1836), one of the founding fathers of the constitution, proclaimed that every form of government should be designed "to protect the minority of the opulent against the | majority". Madison tried to solve the tense relationship between the common people and the elites with a "representative democracy", a de-facto oligarchy.
(2023-05-30). The Death Penalty for Homelessness. scheerpost.com 
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch You can measure the depth of a civilization by how it treats its poor, very young, elderly and mentally ill. By any such metric, ours here in the Exceptional Empire is barbaric. Take New York City mayor Eric Adams and his pronouncements on the homeless destitute. He made a name …
(2023-05-30). SOEs realize STAR Market funding power. ecns.cn China's push for innovation and upgrading in strategic emerging sectors will lead more State-owned enterprises to be listed on its Science and Technology Innovation Board — or the STAR Market — this year, said analysts and business leaders.
(2023-05-29). Federation University staff takes enterprise agreement protest to the CBD. greenleft.org.au National Tertiary Education Union members, students, families and community members joined a protest in the Wadawurrung/Ballarat CBD over an impasse in wages negotiations at Federation University. Jeremy Smith reports.
(2023-05-29). Is China's housing market in trouble? dongshengnews.org 
In recent years, China's housing issue has been prominently featured in the Western media. Rapid urban development, skyrocketing prices, the dependency of local governments on land revenues, and the most "shocking", the rumored bankruptcy of the real estate giant Evergrande, 13 years after the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008 shook the world economy, aroused the attention of financial analysts everywhere. However, what is the actual situation of the real estate market in China and what is the government doing?
(2023-05-29). At Least 4 People Injured In Ukrainian Strikes On Russia's Belgorod Region. southfront.org 
Click to see the full-size image | On May 29, two industrial facilities came under fire in the Shebekinsky district of the Belgorod region, one of them, a building with paint and varnish liquids, caught fire. | At least, four people were injured in the attack of the Kyiv regime. | The attack was confirmed by the Governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov."There are four victims — men, employees of the enterprise, moved to the Central District Hospital with burns of the respiratory tract and carbon monoxide p…
(2023-05-30). Homeownership Rate for Moderate-Income Households Hits Highest Level on Record. cepr.net That's what the Census Bureau data for the first quarter of 2023 showed, in a report completely ignored by the media. While NPR was telling us that the homeownership rate reported in the 2020 Census hit its lowest level in half a century (this was the top of the hour news summary, no link), …
(2023-05-29). 2 Large Lenders Roll Out 1 Percent Down Payment Mortgages: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com The two largest U.S. lenders are making homeownership more affordable for lower income Americans with a 1 percent down payment at a time when high home prices and interest rates have locked many would-be homeowners out of the market. For millennials, the downpayment is the No. 1 hurdle to homeownership, according to a report by …
(2023-05-29). WHO's Worldwide Power Grab: Beware of the New International Health Regulation and Pandemic Treaty, a Health Tyranny Never Heard of Before in Human History. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-30). Military Situation In Kosovo On May 30, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 30, Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian President met with Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko, Russian Ambassador to Belgrade; | On May 29, 30 NATO peacekeepers including 11 Italian contingent and 19 Hungarian contingent were wounded during unrest in the municipality of Zvecan; | 52 Serbs were wounded, three of them heavily, while one was wounded with two gunshots by Albanian special forces, according to the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic; | Demonstrators staged protests out…