(2023-06-02). Ecofascism Is a Rising Threat. We Should Take Modi's Ascendance as a Warning. truthout.org As the walls of global climate apartheid solidify, the barriers to climate refugees intensify, and "ecofascist" mass killings multiply, the enduring acceptability of fascist politics is disturbingly apparent in the amazing reincarnation of India's far right Hindu nationalist (Hindutva) regime on the world stage. Less than 20 years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and company were shunned… |
(2023-06-02). Chapeando: Se llama fascismo (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu No importa el carácter de la obra ni la posible militancia o no de los creadores. Los atacan porque no se suman a las campañas contra Cuba. Cuando se permiten esas prácticas de abierto perfil fascista, terminan por naturalizarse como se naturalizó la razzia contra los judíos y los comunistas en Alemania primero y en el resto de Europa después.
(2023-06-01). El retorno triunfal del fascismo. globalizacion.ca En Italia gana las elecciones como primera ministra alguien que reivindica el lema "dios, patria y familia", igual que como hacía el Duce Benito Mussolini casi un siglo atrás. Fascismo puro y duro. En muchos países europeos los planteos abiertamente…
(2023-06-01). Cop City Is Only the Beginning, Unless We Fight. truthout.org "This is a global struggle against fascism, it's a global struggle against the militarization of the police and state violence against folks whose dissent is being oppressed," says Jasmine, an organizer in Atlanta. In this episode of Movement Memos, host Kelly Hayes talks with authors Alex Vitale and Stuart Schrader about the frightening trajectory of policing in the United States. |
(2023-06-02). Trump Is Bad Because He's Similar To Other US Presidents, Not Because He's Different. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | We're already seeing a ton of ridiculous drama queenery about Trump's second presidential run, claiming he's grown even more extremist and fascistic than when he was president in what amounts to a repeat of the "Trump is a second Hitler" narrative that dominated US political discourse in his first run. | A Washington Post article titled "
(2023-06-01). 'Behavior of a Fascist Police State': Legal Aid Organizers Arrested After Backing Cop City Protesters. scheerpost.com 
(2023-06-01). Declaración del Minrex: "Asedio del odio fascista a la cultura cubana" cubadebate.cu La cultura cubana, que sufre el impacto del inhumano e ilegal bloqueo, es portadora de mensajes de paz, diálogo y tolerancia. Rechaza la barbarie, el odio y la violencia que tratan de imponer intereses monopólicos imperialistas desde Estados Unidos y algunos de sus aliados. Cuba no renunciará a exponer su cultura en cualquier rincón del mundo y ante cada agresión responderá con firmeza y unidad.
(2023-06-01). Ukrainian Conflict Has Far-Reaching Negative Impact: Italy's CB. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Italian Central Bank Governor Ignazio Visco said that the Ukrainian conflict has had a sprawling impact on the European economies, pushing the median wealth and consumer confidence lower. | RELATED: | In his annual report, he pointed out that the Ukraine crisis has also had an impact on energy prices, which resulted in an increase in interest rates by the European Central Bank (ECB), all of which…
(2023-06-02). Bezos Is Planning To Replace the Present US Imperialism With a 'Decolonized' Version of Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 29, 2023 | The project by Jeff Bezos and other oligarchs to weaponize the concept of anti-colonialism towards reinforcing capitalism goes deeper than their "decolonial" NGOs. This is because whereas these NGOs are relatively easy for developing radicals to recognize as anti-revolutionary, there are other, more insidious ways that imperialism-compatible "anti-colonial" politics is getting normalized. The effort by Bezos to set up his "Earth Fund" so that he can
(2023-06-01). Strike wave grows in Portugal despite trade unions' attempt to strangle it. wsws.org Amid the deepest crisis of global capitalism since the 1930s, the PS is trying to impose austerity and the costs of a war economy on the backs of the working class.
(2023-06-02). The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America's culture wars. nationofchange.org The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America's culture wars.
(2023-06-01). The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a 'partisan standoff'. nationofchange.org Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?>
(2023-06-02). Brazil: Can Lula's plan bring peace to Ukraine? greenleft.org.au Israel Dutra, of the Brazilian Socialist Left Movement within the Socialism and Liberty Party, speaks to Federico Fuentes about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's peace proposal for the war in Ukraine.
(2023-06-01). Royal Mail workers speak out: "My life is turned upside down. Will I survive?" wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is publishing a further round-up of comments received from UK postal workers condemning the Communication Workers Union sell-out deal with Royal Mail.
(2023-06-01). Malaysia: Building solidarity in a time of climate crisis. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Chloe DS spoke to Cheong Huei Ting, Central Committee member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and Coordinator of the PSM's Environmental and Climate Crisis Bureau ahead of her participation in the Ecosocialism 2023 Conference in July in Naarm/Melbourne.
(2023-06-01). Imperialist Hegemony and the Class Struggle in Africa and the Diaspora (Statement). orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe -May 29, 2023 | Africa Liberation Day comes amid an escalating campaign by the West and their allies to stifle sovereignty and sustainable development. | 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. The event was broadcast over the "Africans on the Move" internet radio program hosted by Lee Robinson of the A…
(2023-06-01). How illegal Great Depression-era Pennsylvania coal miners fought cops, banks, and bosses to unionize. therealnews.com 
(2023-06-01). Second Tropical Depression Forms In The Atlantic. telesurenglish.net The National Hurricane Center (NHC), based in Miami, Florida, reported Thursday the formation of the second tropical depression of 2023 in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. | RELATED: | According to the most recent NHC bulletin, the tropical depression is moving at 2 mph (4 km/h) in a west-northwesterly direction with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 km/h). | The depression is 305 miles (490 kilometers) west-northwest of Ft.
(2023-06-02). Milwaukee Alliance pickets Mayor Johnson's home to demand a fair shared revenue plan. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On Wednesday, May 31, the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression held a picket outside Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson's house. The Milwaukee Alliance recently launched their Fair Share Campaign in order to fight back against the strings attached to Milwaukee's shared revenue increase being proposed by state Republicans. | This picket specifically targeted Mayor Johnson because he has been reluctant to voice firm support for the people of Milwaukee. Instead, he has been "negotiating" with these reactionary state officials behind closed doors. Johnson has refused to put togethe…
(2023-06-01). British novelist Martin Amis: The voice of a horrible era. wsws.org Amis was lauded in life and now in death because he was a man not simply of his time, but of a deeply reactionary upper-middle-class social milieu.
(2023-06-01). Despite U.S. Denials… Kiev Regime Hasn't Gone Rogue With Strikes on Moscow — It's an Obedient Cat's Paw. strategic-culture.org Moscow's dilemma is how to show its Western aggressor that playing with fire means getting burned — without inciting a catastrophic Third World War. | If the United States and its NATO lackeys really wanted to avoid a direct war with Russia, then they know what to do: stop arming the reactionary Kiev regime and get down to serious diplomacy. | This insanely dangerous conflict could end right now. | This week saw a swarm of military drones
(2023-06-02). Dictatorship's torturers were sentenced in Uruguay. plenglish.com Judge María Elbia Merlo sentenced the defendants for "continuous crimes of deprivation of freedom, aggravated in real repetition with countless crimes of torture." | Seven people denounced in 2021 that they had been deprived of their freedom, sexually abused and tortured in the Infantry Battalion Number Six in San José during the 1973-1985 dictatorship. | According to the judgment, the complainants identified the repressors. | The ruling stated that they were hooded and subjected to cruel and degrading treatment during captivity.
(2023-06-01). Israel has Failed to Fight Latvia, Lithuania's Holocaust Distortion — Opinion. strategic-culture.org
(2023-06-02). Stop the state-led censorship of opponents of the US/NATO war against Russia! Defend the IYSSE's Toronto June 4 meeting! wsws.org The open intervention of a government minister in the campaign to shut down an antiwar meeting organized by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Toronto marks a new stage in the efforts of ruling elites around the world to censor opponents of imperialist war.
(2023-06-02). 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.
(2023-06-01). UK Minister Says It's OK for Ukraine to Conduct Air Strikes Inside Russia. strategic-culture.org What's behind the UK foreign minister's comments and what can we expect from NATO in the longer term? Escalation. Escalation. Escalation. | What's behind the UK foreign minister's comments and what can we expect from NATO in the longer term? Escalation. Escalation. Escalation. | Much has been talked about in recent weeks about the war in Ukraine being taken to the next level. For NATO and western elites, this is a natural progression based on misguided policies and ideas which have been carried out for over a year and have not achieved the goal. Furthermore, it is interesting to examine Jens Stoltenberg's intervi…
(2023-06-02). Washington Is Using the Ukraine War to Rebuild Its Global Power. jacobin.com With no peace in sight, the war has provided the opportunity to rebuild America's tattered informal empire.
(2023-06-01). Traditional Owners demand Empire Energy stop plans to frack Beetaloo Basin. greenleft.org.au More than 30 people took action outside Empire Energy's Annual General Meeting in Gadi/Sydney, demanding that the company stop its plans to frack the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory. Rachel Evans reports.
(2023-06-01). WHO: The Reckless Power Grab. Health Tyranny Postponed? globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-03). Perspectives] Sofia Okunevska-Morachevska: Ukrainian nationalist and early practitioner of radiation therapy. thelancet.com The devastating and protracted current invasion of Ukraine by Russia is the most recent phase of a struggle for self-determination that has lasted for centuries. Living under a succession of repressive powers from Austria—Hungary to the Soviet Union, the physician Sofia Okunevska asserted her identity as a Ukrainian woman and became the first female doctor in her country to qualify and practise. Hers was a life of struggle and heartbreak, but she remained true to her dedication to medicine and to Ukraine.
(2023-06-02). Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers. nationofchange.org "The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."