2023-07-02: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-01). Canadian Armed Forces Complicit in Supporting Fascist Paramilitaries in Yugoslavia. libya360.wordpress.com Marthad Shingiro Umucyaba Serbian demonstrations against the arrest of Ratko Mladic. The current Vucic government handed him over to the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) in exchange for candidate status to the EU in 2011. Courtesy of The New York Times. Classified documents from the Canadian Armed Forces and an interview reveal the longstanding…

Tomasz Konicz (2023-07-02). The End of the "Golden Age" of Capitalism and the Rise of Neoliberalism. indybay.org The rise of the neoliberal world economic system marked by the dominance of financial markets — whose financial superstructure collapses over us — resulted from the radical economic crises of the early 1970s that seized nearly all western industrial countries. This crisis ended a period of economic prosperity in Western Europe and the US that continued since the early 1950s.

ecns.cn (2023-07-02). Xi gives important instructions on Party building and organizational work. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has recently given important instructions on Party building and organizational work. He stressed that how the CPC and the people fare makes all the difference to comprehensively building a modern socialist country in all respects and advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2023-07-02). Sunday 7/9: Defend the Tampa 5! Drop the Charges Now! indybay.org San Jose City Hall | 200 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose, Ca 95113…

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-02). Socialist Sarah Hathway elected to the City of Greater Geelong Council. greenleft.org.au

midwesternmarx (2023-07-01). Bertrand Russell on Hegel and Marx: Part Two Marx. By: Thomas Riggins. midwesternmarx.com ​Bertrand Russell discusses the philosophy of Karl Marx in chapter 27 of his A History of Western Philosophy (HWP). He begins by telling us he is not going to deal with his economics or politics, just his philosophy and its influence on others. While Lenin saw Marx's philosophy as developing from three sources— British economic theory, early French socialist thought, and classical German philosophy (Hegel) Russell sees only two sources. Marx's philosophy is t …

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-07-01). Falleció Hugo Blanco, histórico luchador social y ecosocialista peruano. indybay.org

Fight Back (2023-07-01). New Orleans: LGBTQ solidarity delegation, Cuban trans activist speak in panel. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Activists convened in an open forum, June 22, hosted by members of an LGBTQ delegation that visited Cuba in early May. About 25 others joined virtually. Gregory William from the Women in Struggle / Mujeres en Lucha and Serena Sojic-Borne of Real Name Campaign New Orleans spoke as delegation members. Speaker Verde Gil Jimenez, a coordinating member of the Trans Masculine Group of Cuba, attended remotely from Santa Clara. | The speakers reported on the Cuban Families Code, the LGBTQ movement in Cuba, and Cuban socialist democracy. "The basis for Cuban democracy comes from the people. Municip…

Gavrielle Gemma (2023-07-01). UPS Teamsters struggle is critical for all workers. workers.org JUNE 24, 2023 BY WORKERS VOICE Guest article, first published June 24, 2023, by Workers Voice Socialist Movement, Louisiana Some 340,000 workers, members of the Teamsters union (IBT), worked tirelessly during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite exhaustion from overwork, disease and family tragedies, they saved lives by delivering . . . |

ecns.cn (2023-07-01). Xi stresses improving quality of CPC's organizational work. ecns.cn Xi Jinping has underlined the critical role of the Party and people in building a modern socialist country and advancing national rejuvenation, calling for persistent efforts to improve the quality of the Party's organizational work.

Monica Moorehead, Workers World. (2023-07-02). SCOTUS's Latest Attack On Affirmative Action. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court of the United States confirmed once again what an utterly reactionary, rightwing institution it is by striking down the right to use affirmative action in college admissions. The 6-3 ruling, issued June 29, stems from two cases — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina — which claim that whites and Asians are victims of "reverse discrimination." | What this vote means is that "race-conscious admissions policies," can no longer be used to assure that working class students of color, especially if they are Blac…

Monica Moorehead (2023-07-01). WW commentary: SCOTUS's latest attack on affirmative action. workers.org The Supreme Court of the United States confirmed once again what an utterly reactionary, rightwing institution it is by striking down the right to use affirmative action in college admissions. The 6-3 ruling, issued June 29, stems from two cases — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and Students . . . |

Brian Berletic (2023-07-01). Washington's REAL Policy on China — "Repairing Ties" is Theater Ahead of Sanctions, War. thealtworld.com The US Build-Up for War with China | — Visit by US Secretary of State attempts to portray the US as "reasonable" versus a "belligerent" Chinese "dictatorship;" | — Secretary Blinken recited the US "One China" policy, omitting the many ways the US has and still is blatantly violating it and provoking China; | — US strategy follows similar pattern of the US "reset" with Russia or the US-Iran "nuclear deal," where the US sought to appear to have exhausted diplomatic options before moving on "reluctantly" to economic sanctions and war; | — Such a strategy is necessary for consensus building among…

_____ (2023-07-02). America has Just Destroyed a Great Empire. strategic-culture.org By Michael HUDSON | Herodotus (History, Book 1.53) tells the story of Croesus, king of Lydia c. 585-546 BC in what is now Western Turkey and the Ionian shore of the Mediterranean. Croesus conquered Ephesus, Miletus and neighboring Greek-speaking realms, obtaining tribute and booty that made him one of the richest rulers of his time. But these victories and wealth led to arrogance and hubris. Croesus turned his eyes eastward, ambitious to conquer Persia, ruled by Cyrus the Great. | Having endowed the region's cosmopolitan Temple of Delphi with substantial silver and gold, Croesus asked its Oracle whether he would…

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2023-07-01). The 1823 Monroe Doctrine and Its First Consequences for Global Politics: Making the U.S. a Global Empire. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-01). Video: Pfizer's "Secret" Report on the Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. globalresearch.ca Pfizer was fully aware that the mRNA vaccine which it is marketing Worldwide would result in a wave of mortality and morbidity. This is tantamount to a crime against humanity on the part of Big Pharma.

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