(2023-06-08). Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: Art Exhibit Calls Viewers to Confront Fascism. truthout.org Neoliberal capitalism comes under scathing and thought-provoking artistic critique by renowned Spanish artist Isaac Cordal in his politically engaged new exhibition, "Smoke Signals," which includes miniature sculptures, photography and diverse installations. Cordal uses his miniature statuettes to refigure space, fragment time, point to larger social issues and stand as imperfect constructions of… |
(2023-06-08). Anti-fascist Pride demo denounces 'Moms for Liberty'. workers.org 
Jazmyn Henderson speaking outside Marriott in Philadelphia, June 2, 2023. Philadelphia An anti-fascist Pride event was held outside the Marriott hotel in downtown Philadelphia June 2, to tell the fascist group "Moms for Liberty" (M4L) that they are not welcome here. Moms for Liberty plans to hold a summit at . . . |
(2023-06-09). First There Were Neo-Nazis, Then There Were No Nazis, Then There Were. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-09). Malcolm Nance Was Wrong About The Nord Stream Pipeline And Nazis: Why Black America Shouldn't Trust Him On Ukraine. moguldom.com Former MSNBC defense analyst Malcolm Nance frequently offers his analysis of world events. But there have been times when his take doesn't hit. For example, some consider him to be wrong about the Nordstrom Pipeline and Nazis. So why should Black America trust him on his thoughts about the Ukraine war? On September 26, a …
(2023-06-08). Anti-LGBTQ+ Neo-Nazi Chased out of Anarchist Bookstore in Philadelphia Has History of Exposing Himself to "Teenage Girls" itsgoingdown.org 
Report from Philadelphia Antifa on neo-Nazi recently driven from the Wooden Shoe bookstore. Last week, a neo-Nazi entered the Wooden Shoe Books co-operative bookstore on South Street. He took a photo of a flyer hanging up there related to Paul Minton, the white supremacist groomer currently running "White Lives Matter PA" and "Embrace Struggle Active…
(2023-06-09). The Surprising Pervasiveness of Pro-War Propaganda. fpif.org Editor's note: The war in Ukraine has divided progressives like few other foreign policy issues in recent years. As a platform for progressive internationalism, FPIF has featured a range of viewpoints on the subject. In that spirit, we present this response from CODEPINK — a group that includes longtime collaborators with FPIF and our parent institution, the Institute for Policy Studies — to a recent critique by FPIF director John Feffer entitled " In the Foreign P…
(2023-06-09). Marxist IQ: Imperialism past and present. cpusa.org 
As the Biden administration continues the blockade against Cuba, a Cold War revival against China, and a nearly $900 billion military budget, understanding V.I. Lenin's theory of imperialism, enunciated in Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism has rarely been more important. The following questions derive from that work. 1. Modern imperialism is the foreign …
(2023-06-09). Pacifica's CRD Longshore Workers Shut Down Ports;Protests over Florida Anti-immigrant Bill. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy On Longshore Workers Shut Down Ports; Protests over Florida Anti-immigrant Bill; South Africa Stands Up to the ICC…
(2023-06-08). Global Capitalism: Anti-Democratic Politics and Existential Crisis. dissidentvoice.org Though it is not often examined in these terms, the popular disaffection of Americans with government in general and the rise of anti-democratic politics around the world are seemingly predictable reactions to the contemporary global crises in the international capitalist economy. Persistent poverty, pandemics, military conflict, economic displacement, climate catastrophes, migration, widespread corruption and social …
(2023-06-08). Why China's Socialist Economy Is More Efficient Than Capitalism. orinocotribune.com 
By John Ross — Jun 06, 2023 | The difficulty the U.S. faces in its current attempts to damage China's economy was analysed in detail in the
(2023-06-08). Can We Move Beyond Philanthrocapitalism? popularresistance.org While the many philanthropies of the world address social injustice, gender discrimination, and countless other issues, there is one topic that is off-limits to most of them: changing the capitalist system itself, the source of many problems that philanthropy aspires to solve. | This conundrum is the focus of a new book, Post Capitalist Philanthropy, by Alnoor Ladha and Lynn Murphy, which is a bold inquiry into what they call "philanthrocapitalism." As Ladha puts it, "A few people have amassed so much wealth that they're now determining the agenda for a civil society. Ostensibly, we're told that this is for socia…
(2023-06-09). Busting the 'paid what you're worth' myth. nationofchange.org It is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people while millions of Americans struggle to get by.
(2023-06-09). FBI Attacks The Black Liberation Movement…Again. popularresistance.org On July 29, 2022 the U.S. government initiated a watershed assault on the African Revolution headquartered in the U.S. with an attack on the home of the Chairman of the Black is Back Coalition, Omali Yeshitela, who is also the Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party and leader of the international Uhuru Movement. | This attack went beyond the harassment the anti-imperialist and black liberation movement have come to expect from the U.S. government when its class peace and domestic colonial domination are challenged. The July 29 attack on the African People's Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement are akin to…
(2023-06-09). UPS workers: Form rank-and-file committees independent of the Teamster bureaucracy to defeat the upcoming sellout, fight for a national strike! wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site urges workers to vote to authorize a strike by the widest possible margin. But in and of it itself, this resolves nothing. Workers must begin organizing themselves now to take the conduct of the fight out of the hands of the apparatus.
(2023-06-09). DOJ vs. African People's Socialist Party: Omali Yeshitela Blasts Charges of Being Russian Agent. democracynow.org 
We look at a federal indictment of four U.S. citizens for alleged election interference that has received little press attention despite its major implications for free speech and activism in the country. In April, the Biden administration charged four members of a pan-Africanist group with conspiring with the Russian government to sow discord in U.S. elections. Omali Yeshitela, chair of the African People's Socialist Party, faces charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, along with Penny Hess, Jesse Nevel and Augustus Romain Jr. Three Russians were also named in an indictment unsealed by the Just…
(2023-06-08). International Left Condemns 'Soft Coup' in Colombia. orinocotribune.com 
Nobel peace prize awardee Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzón, British socialist MP Jeremy Corbyn, former French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and three former presidents expressed their support for Gustavo Petro. | Left-wing intellectuals, politicians, and union leaders from 35 countries condemned the soft coup unrolling against Colombian President Gustavo Petro. | This Wednesday, June 7, signatories revealed a letter that had been signed by more than 370 personalities from countries across the world—from Canada to Argentina and from Belgium to Senegal. | According to the sig…
(2023-06-08). Winning Public Renewables. socialistproject.ca 
TUED interviewed two Coalition organizers, Michaelangelo Pomarico and Patrick Robbins. View the 40-minute interview Lala Peñaranda (LP): Thank you, Michaelangelo and Patrick, for joining Trade Unions for Energy Democracy in this up close and personal interview on your incredible victory of the BPRA, the Build Public Renewables Act, in New York State. Let's start with an introduction. How did you get involved in this work? | Michaelangelo Pomarico (MP): I'm the Engagement Coordinator for the mid-Hudson…
(2023-06-08). Homelessness surges in New York City. america.cgtn.com 
Homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In December 2022, there were close to 70,000 homeless people. Among them, about 20,000 children.
(2023-06-09). FBI Attacks The Black Liberation Movement…Again. popularresistance.org On July 29, 2022 the U.S. government initiated a watershed assault on the African Revolution headquartered in the U.S. with an attack on the home of the Chairman of the Black is Back Coalition, Omali Yeshitela, who is also the Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party and leader of the international Uhuru Movement. | This attack went beyond the harassment the anti-imperialist and black liberation movement have come to expect from the U.S. government when its class peace and domestic colonial domination are challenged. The July 29 attack on the African People's Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement are akin to…
(2023-06-09). UPS workers: Form rank-and-file committees independent of the Teamster bureaucracy to defeat the upcoming sellout, fight for a national strike! wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site urges workers to vote to authorize a strike by the widest possible margin. But in and of it itself, this resolves nothing. Workers must begin organizing themselves now to take the conduct of the fight out of the hands of the apparatus.
(2023-06-09). DOJ vs. African People's Socialist Party: Omali Yeshitela Blasts Charges of Being Russian Agent. democracynow.org We look at a federal indictment of four U.S. citizens for alleged election interference that has received little press attention despite its major implications for free speech and activism in the country. In April, the Biden administration charged four members of a pan-Africanist group with conspiring with the Russian government to sow discord in U.S. elections. Omali Yeshitela, chair of the African People's Socialist Party, faces charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, along with Penny Hess, Jesse Nevel and Augustus Romain Jr. Three Russians were also named in an indictment unsealed by the Just…
(2023-06-08). International Left Condemns 'Soft Coup' in Colombia. orinocotribune.com Nobel peace prize awardee Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzón, British socialist MP Jeremy Corbyn, former French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and three former presidents expressed their support for Gustavo Petro. | Left-wing intellectuals, politicians, and union leaders from 35 countries condemned the soft coup unrolling against Colombian President Gustavo Petro. | This Wednesday, June 7, signatories revealed a letter that had been signed by more than 370 personalities from countries across the world—from Canada to Argentina and from Belgium to Senegal. | According to the sig…
(2023-06-08). Winning Public Renewables. socialistproject.ca TUED interviewed two Coalition organizers, Michaelangelo Pomarico and Patrick Robbins. View the 40-minute interview Lala Peñaranda (LP): Thank you, Michaelangelo and Patrick, for joining Trade Unions for Energy Democracy in this up close and personal interview on your incredible victory of the BPRA, the Build Public Renewables Act, in New York State. Let's start with an introduction. How did you get involved in this work? | Michaelangelo Pomarico (MP): I'm the Engagement Coordinator for the mid-Hudson…
(2023-06-08). Homelessness surges in New York City. america.cgtn.com Homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In December 2022, there were close to 70,000 homeless people. Among them, about 20,000 children.
(2023-06-09). Empire Fables: Vladimir Gluten and the Country that Keeps Attacking Itself. dissidentvoice.org 
(2023-06-09). Chinese college, enterprise cooperate to cultivate railway professionals for Malaysia. ecns.cn The China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) signed a cooperation agreement with the Liuzhou Railway Vocational Technical College in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday to cultivate professionals for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project in Malaysia.
(2023-06-09). Probes into problems in SOEs continue. ecns.cn A scandal involving a former official over a video clip showing him holding hands with a woman has once again sparked public attention in the fight against corruption in State-owned enterprises.
(2023-06-09). Poland and the EU talk on migration issues. plenglish.com The measure was rejected by Polish and Hungarian representatives, two nations under scrutiny by the community body for issues related to respect for human rights and freedom of expression. | After years of disagreements, the representatives of the block reached an agreement that contemplates the solidarity distribution of migrants, in such a way that those who do not join this framework, can compensate it with the payment of 20,000 euros per migrant not relocated, or offer necessary material for an equivalent value. | The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, said that refusals such as those of Poland an…
(2023-06-09). Science Saturday: Pharmacists play key role in clinical research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When people think of a pharmacist, they usually think of someone dispensing medication. Pharmacists do fill prescriptions, but there's another type of pharmacist who plays a vital role in clinical research. The research pharmacist is skilled in making the clinical trial part of drug development possible. Indeed, research pharmacists are part of multidisciplinary teams that investigate new pharmaceuticals and drugs developed for patient care. There are two types of research pharmacists at Mayo Clinic. One…