Jonathan Cook (2023-07-15). Weaponised Antisemitism Crushed the Political Left: Now it's the Cultural Left's Turn. dissidentvoice.org What does it mean to be antisemitic in modern Britain? The answer seems ever more confusing. We have reached the seemingly absurd point that a political leader famed for his anti-racism, a rock star whose most celebrated work focuses on the dangers of racism and fascism, and a renowned film maker committed to socially progressive …

A Guest Author (2023-07-14). Ukraine: Communist Kononovich brothers appeal for help. workers.org The following statement of July 5, 2023, from Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich updates a report published earlier in Workers World about the Kiev regime's persecution of leftists. (workers.org/2022/04/63662/) We Kononovich brothers, Ukrainian communists and anti-fascists, appeal to the World Federation of Democratic Youth, communists, all leftists and anti-fascists of Europe . . . |

Zane McNeill (2023-07-14). Trans Russians Prepare for "Fascist Law" That Would Strip Away Their Rights. truthout.org Russian lawmakers have passed an even more restrictive version of an anti-LGBTQ bill that would outlaw gender-affirming care and changing one's gender in legal documents and public records, adding clauses that would annul marriages that include a person who has "changed gender" and bar transgender people from fostering or adopting children. Yulia Alyoshina, Russia's first transgender politician… |

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-15). Ukraine and the "Politics of Anti-Semitism": Contemporary Neo-Nazi Threat against Ukraine's Jewish Community. The Complicity of US-NATO-EU. globalresearch.ca The US and the EU are supporting the formation of a coalition government integrated by Neo-Nazis which are directly involved in the repression of the Ukrainian Jewish community. There are about 200,000 Jews living in Ukraine, most of them in Kiev.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-15). Video: A Jewish-Russian Proxy President: Zelensky Transformed into a Nazi. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-07-15). Terrorist Kiev Regime Prepared Attempts On Russian Opinion Leaders Simonyan And Sobchak. southfront.org On July 15, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) reported that Kiev was preparing attempts on editor-in-chief of Russia Today Margarita Simonyan and Russian public figure Ksenia Sobchak. | Together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee, the FSB thwarted the attacks and detained Kiev's puppets in Russia. They turned out to be members of the neo-Nazi group "Paragraph-88", who conducted reconnaissance near the places of work and residence o…

Michael Welch (2023-07-14). Canadian Support for Ukraine Nazi Collaborators after World War II. "Lest we Forget" globalresearch.ca

Roberto Laxe (2023-07-14). La cuestión nacional en la guerra del siglo XXI. globalizacion.ca Desde el colapso de la URSS y la "muerte del socialismo" como proyecto social enfrentado al capitalismo en crisis, el debate en la izquierda está enrarecido por una ideología, el identitarismo sea nacional, de género o racial con una visión…

Martín Mikori (2023-07-15). La planificación económica en tiempos de cambio climático. globalizacion.ca El libro ´La planificación económica en tiempos de cambio climático ª, escrito por Paul Cockshott, Allin Cotrell y Jan Philipp Dapprich [1], desarrolla las implicancias del cambio climático en la actualidad y plantea por qué la planificación socialista es la única…

Teri Mattson, WtF is Going on in Latin America, the Caribbean. (2023-07-15). Sandinistas Speak: Nicaraguans Defend Their Revolution. popularresistance.org Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19. While on assignment, each week we will share with you segments of the documentary Nicaragua Against Empire. The film journals our March 2021 Sanctions Kill / Friends of the ATC, Nicaragua delegation. | In this episode, you hear directly from working-class Nicaraguans who support their socialist government. You also hear their thoughts about U.S. sanctions and regime change. These are perspectives rarely…

WSWS (2023-07-15). Oppose JVP trade union thuggery against SEP's fight to mobilise Sri Lankan workers against IMF austerity. wsws.org The JVP unions are desperately trying to prevent the working class discussing the Socialist Equality Party's call for independent action committees and its socialist and internationalist program.

teleSUR (2023-07-14). Venezuelan President Maduro Gets Massive Support in La Guaira. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, thousands of citizens took to the streets of La Guaira to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and reject the U.S. sanctions against their nation. | RELATED: | "The Bolivarian Revolution will continue to resist and fight in the face of adversity," the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) vice president Diosdado Cabello, said from the Maiquetia. | "We are not going to surrender to Imperi…

Peter Koenig (2023-07-15). Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): The Weaponization of Money? WHO's Health Tyranny: Towards a Totalitarian World Government? No Way! globalresearch.ca

F. William Engdahl (2023-07-15). The Dark Origins of the Davos Great Reset. globalresearch.ca Klaus Schwab is little more than a slick PR agent for a global technocratic agenda, a corporatist unity of corporate power with government, including the UN, an agenda whose origins go back to the beginning of the 1970s, and even earlier.

WSWS (2023-07-15). UAW white paper on EV battery plants promotes union's corporatist "joint" safety programs. wsws.org The UAW white paper on conditions at Ultium says nothing about establishing wage parity with Big Three workers in a clear sign that the union will accept substandard pay rates at EV plants.

Fight Back (2023-07-15). Minneapolis solidarity for Tampa 5 at Mayday Plaza. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – 30 people gathered at Mayday Plaza on July 12 to demand that charges be dropped against the Tampa 5. This was also the day of the Tampa 5's second court appearance. They chanted, "Justice for the Tampa 5! Down with Desantis! Protesting is not a crime!" | The Tampa 5 are members of Tampa Bay SDS who were brutalized and arrested by police on March 6. They were rallying and marching against Governor Ron Desantis' reactionary legislative attacks on education that primarily target Black, Chicano and LGBTQ+ students. The campus protesters were thrown to the ground, shoved against walls, and one even g…

Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-15). Peru's Black Misleadership Class Complicit With Coup Regime. popularresistance.org As the parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo heads into its seventh month, the popular uprising against the Boluarte dictatorship has remained mobilized in the streets and organized by neighborhoods and regions, with a major mobilization coming up on July 19th. But as protesters continue to make their voices heard, Congress has entrenched its powers even deeper into state institutions, giving it free reign and enacting what people have called a congressional dictatorship with Boluarte as a puppet leader. Late last month, the Constitutional Tribunal gave Congress the sole power in votes of confidence and impea…

Dr. James Gomez (2023-07-14). Singapore Under the Pandemic: The Normalisation of Digital Authoritarianism. asia-pacificresearch.com

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-15). Progressive Candidate Bernardo Arévalo: Guatemala's Elites Do Not Want Free Elections. orinocotribune.com

Mickey Z. (2023-07-15). NATO Lies, Jabs & Fries, Child Traffickers Rise, and a Man Steals a Woman's Prize. dissidentvoice.org As most compare Putin to Hitler, turn a blind eye to the U.S. sending cluster bombs to Zelenskyy the grifter, and witness the latest madness about Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), please remember: During the 1990 discussions to re-unify East and West Germany, the Western parties sought to defuse Moscow's fears that …

Eric Zuesse (2023-07-14). Why The Most Urgent Need, in Order to Prevent WW III, Is to End All Military Alliances Now. dissidentvoice.org World Wars I and II were contests between empires, and so America's President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was determined that after WW II, all empires would be outlawed and all international relations (between nations) would be controlled only by a global all-inclusive federation of nations, which in 1941 he referred to would be called "the …

Staff (2023-07-14). US Ruling Class United Against China But Split on How to Counter Empire's Decline, w/ Ben Norton. youtube.com Watch the full episode on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/full-video-us-on-86099475 The US is escalating a bipartisan Cold War, pumping up the military industrial complex, fueling proxy wars and gutting what's left of the welfare state. But there is a split in the ruling class on how best to guarantee US hegemony. On one side is the far-right …

Peter Koenig (2023-07-15). 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

WSWS (2023-07-14). Trump incites killing of Hunter Biden. wsws.org In a social media posting, the fascist ex-president denounced a US attorney for not seeking a "death sentence" for President Biden's son.

cameron orr (2023-07-13). Unity in action for the right to live. cpusa.org Presented to the CPUSA National Committee by Joelle Fishman, chair of the Political Action Commission, on Saturday, June 24th. | Joe Sims' report hit the ball out of the park! Thank you for laying out the challenges and opportunities in this critical moment. We need unity to block the fascist threat, while strengthening the rising fightback on all fronts and building our party. | I'll give a few general thoughts on the approach to our work in the 2024 election. Others from the Political Action Commission will speak on specific topics, including Joe Henry on the Latino vote and Lee Dlugin on the housing crisis.

Anonymous103 (2023-07-13). More Grumbling From Zelensky Because NATO Doesn't Want Direct War With Russia. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageZelensky's unhinged commentary is deeply dividing for virtually all NATO members, as none of them wants to be destroyed in minutes for the sake of a corrupt Neo-Nazi regime. | Written by In early October last year, Kiev regime frontman Volodymyr Zelensky called on NATO to launch a "preemptive nuclear strike" on Russia in order to "rule out the possibility of using nuclear weapons". At…

WSWS (2023-07-13). North Carolina neo-Nazi sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting police on January 6. wsws.org While on bail for attempted murder after shooting a 17-year-old Hispanic teenager in the head, then 20-year-old Beddingfield travelled to D.C. with his father to participate in the coup.

WSWS (2023-07-14). Writers and actors in Los Angeles speak to the WSWS: "I think we're seeing capitalism at its worst in a lot of ways" wsws.org The WSWS interviewed striking writers and their actor supporters, who were about to become strikers, outside Netflix operations at Sunset Bronson Studios in Los Angeles July 13.

Roberto Laxe (2023-07-14). La cuestión nacional en la guerra del siglo XXI. globalizacion.ca Desde el colapso de la URSS y la "muerte del socialismo" como proyecto social enfrentado al capitalismo en crisis, el debate en la izquierda está enrarecido por una ideología, el identitarismo sea nacional, de género o racial con una visión…

Paul Reynolds (2023-07-14). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-07-13). Video: Shut Down the COVID-19 Operation Now! globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-07-14). Venezuelan President Maduro Gets Massive Support in La Guaira. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, thousands of citizens took to the streets of La Guaira to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and reject the U.S. sanctions against their nation. | RELATED: | "The Bolivarian Revolution will continue to resist and fight in the face of adversity," the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) vice president Diosdado Cabello, said from the Maiquetia. | "We are not going to surrender to Imperi…

WSWS (2023-07-14). Video: Gary Tyler reflects on his frame-up and the fight for his freedom at solo art exhibition in Detroit. wsws.org In this video, Socialist Equality Party Assistant National Secretary Lawrence Porter spoke with Gary Tyler, who spent 42 years in Louisiana's Angola penitentiary for a crime he didn't commit.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-07-14). White House Deploys Troops To Bolster Right-Wing Coup Regime in Peru. orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe — Jul 12, 2023 | As unrest continues the United States-backed government of Dina Boluarte commits atrocious human rights violations | Geostrategic analysis | In early December of 2022, the socialist president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was overthrown in a political coup engineered by the conservative-dominated Congress and immediately thrown into prison. | Vice-President Dina Boluarte was installed as the new leader having received the endorsement of the military and the police. | Simultaneously, the United States administration of President Joe Biden recognized the new political order makin…

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-14). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

Erica Cirino (2023-07-14). Nanoplastics Are Entering Our Bodies. socialistproject.ca The air is plasticized, and we are no better protected from it outdoors than indoors. Minuscule plastic fibers, fragments, foam, and films are shed from plastic stuff and are perpetually floating into and free-falling down on us from the atmosphere. Rain flushes micro- and nanoplastics out of the sky back to Earth. Plastic-filled snow is accumulating in urban areas like Bremen, Germany, and Wind and storms carry particles shed from plastic items and debris through the air for dozens, even hundreds,…

WSWS (2023-07-13). Stop the censorship of socialists and opponents of war at Ruhr University Bochum! wsws.org Next Monday, the student representatives' conference of the Ruhr University Bochum is to vote on a motion to ban IYSSE events at the university and to ban socialist and anti-militarist positions from the campus.

Barnaby D. Dunn, Emily Widnall, Laura Warbrick, Faith Warner, Nigel Reed, Alice Price, Merle Kock, Clara Courboin, Rosie Stevens, Kim Wright, Nicholas J. Moberly, Nicole Geschwind, Christabel Owens, Anne Spencer, John Campbell, Willem Kuyken (2023-07-13). Articles] Preliminary clinical and cost effectiveness of augmented depression therapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of anhedonic depression (ADepT): a single-centre, open-label, parallel-group, pilot, randomised, controlled trial. thelancet.com These findings provide proof of concept for ADepT and warrant continuation to definitive trial.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-13). High-quality sleep promotes resilience to depression, anxiety. plenglish.com London, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) A study, led by researchers at the University of York, highlights that chronic stress is a major risk factor for a number of mental health disorders, including depression and pathological anxiety, but high-quality sleep and coping strategies – such as the ability to reframe a situation to see the positive side – can help to prevent poor mental health when faced with negative or stressful experiences.

Staff (2023-07-14). Macron marks Bastille Day by signing arms deal with India's Modi. thecanary.co Bastille Day marks the storming of the notorious Parisian fortress and political prison in 1789. The day is meant to embody the liberal and egalitarian values of the French Republic. On 14 July that year, locals rose up against monarchy and totalitarianism. The French stormed the fortress, killed its governor, and freed prisoners from their …

Mahmoud Hashem (2023-07-13). Egypt's decade of dictatorship and repression. peoplesdispatch.org On the 10th anniversary of the coup by then Defense Minister and current President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, an Egyptian journalist writes about the circumstances in which it took place and the struggles of the people over the past decade…

Erica Cirino (2023-07-14). Nanoplastics Are Entering Our Bodies. socialistproject.ca The air is plasticized, and we are no better protected from it outdoors than indoors. Minuscule plastic fibers, fragments, foam, and films are shed from plastic stuff and are perpetually floating into and free-falling down on us from the atmosphere. Rain flushes micro- and nanoplastics out of the sky back to Earth. Plastic-filled snow is accumulating in urban areas like Bremen, Germany, and Wind and storms carry particles shed from plastic items and debris through the air for dozens, even hundreds,…

WSWS (2023-07-13). Stop the censorship of socialists and opponents of war at Ruhr University Bochum! wsws.org Next Monday, the student representatives' conference of the Ruhr University Bochum is to vote on a motion to ban IYSSE events at the university and to ban socialist and anti-militarist positions from the campus.

Barnaby D. Dunn, Emily Widnall, Laura Warbrick, Faith Warner, Nigel Reed, Alice Price, Merle Kock, Clara Courboin, Rosie Stevens, Kim Wright, Nicholas J. Moberly, Nicole Geschwind, Christabel Owens, Anne Spencer, John Campbell, Willem Kuyken (2023-07-13). Articles] Preliminary clinical and cost effectiveness of augmented depression therapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of anhedonic depression (ADepT): a single-centre, open-label, parallel-group, pilot, randomised, controlled trial. thelancet.com These findings provide proof of concept for ADepT and warrant continuation to definitive trial.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-13). High-quality sleep promotes resilience to depression, anxiety. plenglish.com London, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) A study, led by researchers at the University of York, highlights that chronic stress is a major risk factor for a number of mental health disorders, including depression and pathological anxiety, but high-quality sleep and coping strategies – such as the ability to reframe a situation to see the positive side – can help to prevent poor mental health when faced with negative or stressful experiences.

Staff (2023-07-14). Macron marks Bastille Day by signing arms deal with India's Modi. thecanary.co Bastille Day marks the storming of the notorious Parisian fortress and political prison in 1789. The day is meant to embody the liberal and egalitarian values of the French Republic. On 14 July that year, locals rose up against monarchy and totalitarianism. The French stormed the fortress, killed its governor, and freed prisoners from their …

Mahmoud Hashem (2023-07-13). Egypt's decade of dictatorship and repression. peoplesdispatch.org On the 10th anniversary of the coup by then Defense Minister and current President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, an Egyptian journalist writes about the circumstances in which it took place and the struggles of the people over the past decade…

Dr. James Gomez (2023-07-14). Singapore Under the Pandemic: The Normalisation of Digital Authoritarianism. asia-pacificresearch.com

Michael Snyder (2023-07-13). List of 30 'Elites' That Support and Promote Worldwide Depopulation. globalresearch.ca

Eric Zuesse (2023-07-14). Why The Most Urgent Need, in Order to Prevent WW III, Is to End All Military Alliances Now. dissidentvoice.org World Wars I and II were contests between empires, and so America's President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was determined that after WW II, all empires would be outlawed and all international relations (between nations) would be controlled only by a global all-inclusive federation of nations, which in 1941 he referred to would be called "the …

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-07-13). Targeted for Tyranny: We're All Suspects Under the Government's Pre-crime Program. dissidentvoice.org We're all being targeted now. We're all guilty until proven innocent now. And thanks to the 24/7 surveillance being carried out by the government's spy network of fusion centers, we are all now sitting ducks, just waiting to be tagged, flagged, targeted, monitored, manipulated, investigated, interrogated, heckled and generally harassed by agents of the American …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-13). Turkey, Hungary Expected to Ratify Sweden's NATO Bid This Fall. news.antiwar.com Hungary has said it will approve Sweden's NATO bid now that Turkey has dropped its objection, but both the Hungarian and Turkish parliaments will not take up the issue until the fall. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that his country's parliament will approve Sweden's NATO bid when it comes back in session in …

WSWS (2023-07-13). Family of assassinated anti-fascist activist Michael Reinoehl files federal wrongful death lawsuit. wsws.org The killing of Michael Reinoehl by a US Marshals task force on September 3, 2020 was a state-sanctioned execution, which had the support of then-President Donald Trump, his Attorney General William Barr and the US Justice Department.

WSWS (2023-07-13). Trump lawyers seek indefinite delay in documents trial as legal cases pile up. wsws.org The fascist ex-president could face overlapping trials in New York, Washington DC, Georgia and Florida, in the midst of the presidential election campaign.

WSWS (2023-07-13). North Carolina neo-Nazi sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting police on January 6. wsws.org While on bail for attempted murder after shooting a 17-year-old Hispanic teenager in the head, then 20-year-old Beddingfield travelled to D.C. with his father to participate in the coup.

infobrics (2023-07-12). More grumbling from Zelensky because NATO doesn't want direct war with Russia. infobrics.org Zelensky's unhinged commentary is deeply dividing for virtually all NATO members, as none of them wants to be destroyed in minutes for the sake of a corrupt Neo-Nazi regime.

Editor (2023-07-12). Underestimate Russia at your own risk: A comparison of Hubris by Germany during WWII and today's collective West. mronline.org In honor of the NATO summit July 11 and 12, this is a comparison of how the Nazi leadership in World War Two and today's collective West similarly underestimated Russia and overestimated their capabilities.

Ed Rampell (2023-07-12). 'Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story': Brilliant one-woman theater. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — If you are a fan of plays featuring and exploring bravura acting, Hollywood history, LGBTQIA issues, creative stagecraft, feminism, anti-Semitism, one-person shows, illustrator Aubrey Beardsley and more, strap on those running shoes and dash, do not walk, to experience Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story, which is currently having a limited …

Paul Reynolds (2023-07-13). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.

Esteban Mercatante (2023-07-12). Decrecionismo y (eco)socialismo. globalizacion.ca En este artículo presentamos una mirada sobre los planteos decrecionistas como respuesta a los desastres ambientales producidos por el capitalismo, e interrogamos sus propuestas desde una perspectiva ecosocialista revolucionaria. | Los desastres ambientales en múltiples dimensiones que viene produciendo el capitalismo,…

WSWS (2023-07-12). Statements from France, Turkey and New Zealand oppose censorship of IYSSE by Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "In its move to suppress the IYSSE, Macquarie University is aligning itself with the most reactionary, pro-war forces, which are determined to stamp out the only organisation on campus that stands against imperialism and capitalism."

WSWS (2023-07-12). "Once in a 1,000 year" rain triggers flash flooding in Vermont and New York's Hudson Valley, killing 1. wsws.org The latest disasters in the United States are a sharp warning of the worsening effects of climate change, caused by the profit-driven exploitation of the environment under capitalism.

Ian Angus (2023-07-12). 'Golden Spike': Scientists choose site to mark the start of the Anthropocene. greenleft.org.au In a major step towards formal recognition of the Anthropocene as a new stage in Earth System history, scientists have identified a small lake near Toronto as the best marker of epochal change, writes Climate & Capitalism editor Ian Angus.

Alex Farr (2023-07-12). Communists clean up capitalism's mess, one mile at a time. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif.—With climate change bringing soaring heat waves and catastrophic floods on a mass scale around the world, the Sacramento Valley formational club of the Communist Party USA decided to take their efforts to clean up their community local—by adopting a highway. "We give a damn in practical ways, service to beautify our slice of …

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-07-13). Video: Shut Down the COVID-19 Operation Now! globalresearch.ca

Robert Reich (2023-07-12). Republicans don't own patriotism. nationofchange.org True patriots don't put loyalty to their political party above their love of America.

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-13). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

Ian Angus (2023-07-12). 'Golden Spike': Scientists choose site to mark the start of the Anthropocene. greenleft.org.au In a major step towards formal recognition of the Anthropocene as a new stage in Earth System history, scientists have identified a small lake near Toronto as the best marker of epochal change, writes Climate & Capitalism editor Ian Angus.

Alex Farr (2023-07-12). Communists clean up capitalism's mess, one mile at a time. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif.—With climate change bringing soaring heat waves and catastrophic floods on a mass scale around the world, the Sacramento Valley formational club of the Communist Party USA decided to take their efforts to clean up their community local—by adopting a highway. "We give a damn in practical ways, service to beautify our slice of …

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-07-13). Video: Shut Down the COVID-19 Operation Now! globalresearch.ca

Robert Reich (2023-07-12). Republicans don't own patriotism. nationofchange.org True patriots don't put loyalty to their political party above their love of America.

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-13). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-12). White House Deploys Troops to Bolster Right-Wing Coup Regime in Peru. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe As unrest continues the United States-backed government of Dina Boluarte commits atrocious human rights violations In early December of 2022, the socialist president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was overthrown in a political coup engineered by the conservative-dominated Congress and immediately thrown into prison. Vice-President Dina Boluarte was installed as the new leader having…

Fight Back (2023-07-12). Freedom Road Socialist Organization to hold online forum with rank-and-file UPS Teamsters. fightbacknews.org On Sunday, July 16 at 3 p.m. Pacific time (4 p.m. Mountain / 5 p.m. Central / 6 p.m. Eastern), Freedom Road Socialist Organization will be hosting an online event entitled "UPS Teamsters on the Frontlines" featuring rank-and-file Teamsters, some of whom are FRSO members, speaking on the latest in their current struggle for a contract with UPS. | "This Sunday we'll be hearing from the front lines of the class war," said Richard Blake, of Teamsters Local 512, "From real fighters who are leading the struggle on the shop floor." | IBT President Sean O'Brien has made it clear that if no tentative agreement i…

CFNU (2023-07-12). Nurses Rising Up To Demand Action to Fix Health Worker Crisis. socialistproject.ca

Barnaby D. Dunn, Emily Widnall, Laura Warbrick, Faith Warner, Nigel Reed, Alice Price, Merle Kock, Clara Courboin, Rosie Stevens, Kim Wright, Nicholas J. Moberly, Nicole Geschwind, Christabel Owens, Anne Spencer, John Campbell, Willem Kuyken (2023-07-13). Articles] Preliminary clinical and cost effectiveness of augmented depression therapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of anhedonic depression (ADepT): a single-centre, open-label, parallel-group, pilot, randomised, controlled trial. thelancet.com These findings provide proof of concept for ADepT and warrant continuation to definitive trial.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-12). MEP slams EP resolution against Cuba. plenglish.com Despite the infamous insulting resolution, the peoples of the world are with you (Cuba), he said in a message of fraternal greetings to Cuba. | According to the Left Group member, the European Parliament (EP) has become a loudspeaker for the most reactionary and extreme right-wingers. | Regarding the adopted document, Pineda asserted that it contaminates and stains what should be the house of Europe's sovereignty. | The text used the human rights issue to attack Cuba, with the clear intention of affecting the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement signed by the European Union (EU) and Cuba in 2016. | Pineda…

WSWS (2023-07-12). German President backs delivery of cluster bombs to Ukraine. wsws.org In the Second World War, Germany's ruling class committed the greatest crimes in history with the Holocaust and the war of extermination against the Soviet Union. Now, once again, it will stop at nothing to pursue its imperialist goals.

Chad Pearson (2023-07-12). Sober Up Liberals: The U.S. Constitution Sucks. mronline.org Review of Robert Ovetz, We the Elites: Why the U.S. Constitution Serves the Few (London: Pluto Press, 2022). People in the United States generally have confidence in the country's political system, believing that it has the capacity to solve meaningful problems. Conservatives and liberals alike sincerely respect what they consider the nation's sacrosanct Constitution, established …

Chris Edelson (2023-07-12). The Surreal Scenario of Another Trump Term. progressive.org The evidence supporting Trump's federal indictment demonstrates his unfitness to hold office, but that hasn't convinced Republican elites.

ecns.cn (2023-07-13). SOEs to step up power supply amid heat wave. ecns.cn China's State-owned enterprises, including power generators and grid operators, are making all-out efforts to ensure adequate power supply in the country in response to recent surging electricity demand caused by scorching temperatures in many parts of China.

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-07-13). Targeted for Tyranny: We're All Suspects Under the Government's Pre-crime Program. dissidentvoice.org We're all being targeted now. We're all guilty until proven innocent now. And thanks to the 24/7 surveillance being carried out by the government's spy network of fusion centers, we are all now sitting ducks, just waiting to be tagged, flagged, targeted, monitored, manipulated, investigated, interrogated, heckled and generally harassed by agents of the American …

John W. Whitehead (2023-07-12). Targeted for Tyranny: We're All Suspects Under the Government's Precrime Program. globalresearch.ca

scorinoco (2023-07-12). Today Solidarity Aid to Cuba Is Not Just a Symbolic Act to Challenge the Blockade. orinocotribune.com By Bill Hackwell — Jul 10, 2023 | I was part of a team of Cuban solidarity activists who just delivered several tons of medical aid here that was purchased and collected by IFCO Pastors for Peace. The duffel bags with needed pharmaceuticals will be taken to the island with their delegation that is going for the July 26 commemoration to celebrate with the Cuban people the 70th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks, that culminated in the 1959 Revolution. | Medical aid for Cuba. Photo: Bill Hackwell. | In the miles that our truck traveled I was able to reflect on all those Pastors' caravans that be…

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-12). The GOP Is Now A Fascist Party— Has That Made The Democrats A Fundamentally Conservative Party? downwithtyranny.com

Editor (2023-07-12). Underestimate Russia at your own risk: A comparison of Hubris by Germany during WWII and today's collective West. mronline.org In honor of the NATO summit July 11 and 12, this is a comparison of how the Nazi leadership in World War Two and today's collective West similarly underestimated Russia and overestimated their capabilities.

Ed Rampell (2023-07-12). 'Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story': Brilliant one-woman theater. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — If you are a fan of plays featuring and exploring bravura acting, Hollywood history, LGBTQIA issues, creative stagecraft, feminism, anti-Semitism, one-person shows, illustrator Aubrey Beardsley and more, strap on those running shoes and dash, do not walk, to experience Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story, which is currently having a limited …

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-12). 'NATO' is the Nazi Alliance Treaty Organization. theduran.com

infobrics (2023-07-11). Erdogan still firmly in NATO bloc despite blackmailing EU. infobrics.org Turkey breaks deal with Russia and releases Ukrainian neo-Nazis.

WSWS (2023-07-11). NATO summit in Vilnius: War plotting at the site of a historic crime. wsws.org Vilnius, once known as the "Jerusalem of Europe," was the site of some of the largest and most barbaric massacres in the history of the Nazi-led destruction of European Jewry.

_____ (2023-07-11). Is Sleepy Joe Biden Trying to Outdo Hitler and History? journal-neo.org History is the most interesting subject for many reasons. Not the least of which is the fact it tends to repeat itself. And the fact that some are doomed by ignorance of this is an important lesson for today. Take German tanks, for instance. First, let's rehash a little history about the steppes of Russia […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Chris Walker (2023-07-11). Alabama Senator Condemned for Claiming White Nationalism Isn't a Racist Ideology. truthout.org Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) has faced widespread criticism this week for refusing to condemn white nationalism as racist and for downplaying the ideology's growing influence in right-wing politics. In a CNN appearance on Monday night, host Kaitlan Collins asked Tuberville to clarify a comment he made on a Birmingham radio station in May, when he suggested that white nationalism and… |

Esteban Mercatante (2023-07-12). Decrecionismo y (eco)socialismo. globalizacion.ca En este artículo presentamos una mirada sobre los planteos decrecionistas como respuesta a los desastres ambientales producidos por el capitalismo, e interrogamos sus propuestas desde una perspectiva ecosocialista revolucionaria. | Los desastres ambientales en múltiples dimensiones que viene produciendo el capitalismo,…

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-12). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

Ian Angus (2023-07-12). 'Golden Spike': Scientists choose site to mark the start of the Anthropocene. greenleft.org.au In a major step towards formal recognition of the Anthropocene as a new stage in Earth System history, scientists have identified a small lake near Toronto as the best marker of epochal change, writes Climate & Capitalism editor Ian Angus.

WSWS (2023-07-12). Statements from France, Turkey and New Zealand oppose censorship of IYSSE by Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "In its move to suppress the IYSSE, Macquarie University is aligning itself with the most reactionary, pro-war forces, which are determined to stamp out the only organisation on campus that stands against imperialism and capitalism."

WSWS (2023-07-12). "Once in a 1,000 year" rain triggers flash flooding in Vermont and New York's Hudson Valley, killing 1. wsws.org The latest disasters in the United States are a sharp warning of the worsening effects of climate change, caused by the profit-driven exploitation of the environment under capitalism.

Paul Reynolds (2023-07-12). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.

Vince Quiles, The Real News Network. (2023-07-12). Why Companies Say 'You're Family' While Underpaying You. popularresistance.org Karl Marx once observed that "equal rights" under the inequality of capitalism simply means the right of capitalists to exploit workers. Anyone who's attempted to unionize their workplace has discovered the truth of this—as employers frequently stoop to unethical and dishonest measures to prevent workers from building collective power. Felix Allen, a Lowe's union organizer based in New Orleans, speaks with The Real News about his experience organizing his workplace for fair pay. Transcript: Vince Quiles: Hey everyone, Vince here. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up, a couple weeks after we recorded this…

Alex Farr (2023-07-12). Communists clean up capitalism's mess, one mile at a time. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif.—With climate change bringing soaring heat waves and catastrophic floods on a mass scale around the world, the Sacramento Valley formational club of the Communist Party USA decided to take their efforts to clean up their community local—by adopting a highway. "We give a damn in practical ways, service to beautify our slice of …

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-11). Capitalism is the Tumor, Solidarity Is Our Medicine. itsgoingdown.org Reflections from Peter Gelderloos on his ongoing crowdfunding campaign and its implications for health-care, capitalism, and solidarity. Support his GoFundMe campaign here. At the end of April I had a seizure and after some scans they found a brain tumor. At the end of June I had an operation in which they took out half…

Robert Reich (2023-07-12). Republicans don't own patriotism. nationofchange.org True patriots don't put loyalty to their political party above their love of America.

Fight Back (2023-07-12). Freedom Road Socialist Organization to hold online forum with rank-and-file UPS Teamsters. fightbacknews.org On Sunday, July 16 at 3 p.m. Pacific time (4 p.m. Mountain / 5 p.m. Central / 6 p.m. Eastern), Freedom Road Socialist Organization will be hosting an online event entitled "UPS Teamsters on the Frontlines" featuring rank-and-file Teamsters, some of whom are FRSO members, speaking on the latest in their current struggle for a contract with UPS. | "This Sunday we'll be hearing from the front lines of the class war," said Richard Blake, of Teamsters Local 512, "From real fighters who are leading the struggle on the shop floor." | IBT President Sean O'Brien has made it clear that if no tentative agreement i…

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-12). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

CFNU (2023-07-12). Nurses Rising Up To Demand Action to Fix Health Worker Crisis. socialistproject.ca

Staff (2023-07-12). Can U.S. Capitalists Really "Decouple" from China? soundcloud.com On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's trip to China for some of the highest-profile talks yet between the Chinese government and the Biden administration. As a fierce struggle over the future of the world economy plays out, the United States has maintained the Trump-era tariffs and is …

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-12). MEP slams EP resolution against Cuba. plenglish.com Despite the infamous insulting resolution, the peoples of the world are with you (Cuba), he said in a message of fraternal greetings to Cuba. | According to the Left Group member, the European Parliament (EP) has become a loudspeaker for the most reactionary and extreme right-wingers. | Regarding the adopted document, Pineda asserted that it contaminates and stains what should be the house of Europe's sovereignty. | The text used the human rights issue to attack Cuba, with the clear intention of affecting the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement signed by the European Union (EU) and Cuba in 2016. | Pineda…

WSWS (2023-07-11). Netanyahu presses ahead with neutering the judiciary, mobilising the police to suppress protests. wsws.org With Tuesday designated a "Day of Resistance," they are protesting against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right and ultra-religious government's introduction of legislation aimed at curtailing the powers of the judiciary as the crucial step toward assuming dictatorial powers.

WSWS (2023-07-11). Why were tanks and soldiers paraded through the streets of Adelaide, Australia? wsws.org People have responded with shock and anger to the military display, with many likening it to something that would be seen under a militarised, dictatorial regime.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-11). Chile pays tribute to journalists killed under Pinochet dictatorship. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, July 11 (Prensa Latina) In a ceremony at the La Moneda Palace, Chilean journalists and journalism students assassinated under the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship were recalled on Tuesday.

WSWS (2023-07-12). German President backs delivery of cluster bombs to Ukraine. wsws.org In the Second World War, Germany's ruling class committed the greatest crimes in history with the Holocaust and the war of extermination against the Soviet Union. Now, once again, it will stop at nothing to pursue its imperialist goals.

Chris Edelson (2023-07-12). The Surreal Scenario of Another Trump Term. progressive.org The evidence supporting Trump's federal indictment demonstrates his unfitness to hold office, but that hasn't convinced Republican elites.

Chad Pearson (2023-07-12). Sober Up Liberals: The U.S. Constitution Sucks. mronline.org Review of Robert Ovetz, We the Elites: Why the U.S. Constitution Serves the Few (London: Pluto Press, 2022). People in the United States generally have confidence in the country's political system, believing that it has the capacity to solve meaningful problems. Conservatives and liberals alike sincerely respect what they consider the nation's sacrosanct Constitution, established …

ecns.cn (2023-07-12). Gov't aims to bolster private firms' confidence. ecns.cn The heads of several central government departments have presided over at least six meetings with more than 67 private enterprises from home and abroad to address the companies' concerns and support their sustainable development.

ecns.cn (2023-07-12). Chinese, Solomon Islands firms deepen cooperation. ecns.cn Businesses from the two countries also moved swiftly to turn upgraded relations into actual cooperation during a high-level exchange between enterprises in Beijing on Tuesday.

John W. Whitehead (2023-07-12). Targeted for Tyranny: We're All Suspects Under the Government's Precrime Program. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-11). Africa and the Tyranny of the Cult of Mediocrity. libya360.wordpress.com Dr William J Mpofu One of the most stubborn truths about colonialism as a system and a power structure that was violently imposed on Africa is that it has remained alive and working many decades after the political independence of African countries. For the majority of Africans, economic and political conditions have remained colonial in…

ecns.cn (2023-07-12). Chinese, Solomon Islands firms deepen cooperation. ecns.cn Businesses from the two countries also moved swiftly to turn upgraded relations into actual cooperation during a high-level exchange between enterprises in Beijing on Tuesday.

John W. Whitehead (2023-07-12). Targeted for Tyranny: We're All Suspects Under the Government's Precrime Program. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-11). Africa and the Tyranny of the Cult of Mediocrity. libya360.wordpress.com Dr William J Mpofu One of the most stubborn truths about colonialism as a system and a power structure that was violently imposed on Africa is that it has remained alive and working many decades after the political independence of African countries. For the majority of Africans, economic and political conditions have remained colonial in…

WSWS (2023-07-11). NATO summit in Vilnius: War plotting at the site of a historic crime. wsws.org Vilnius, once known as the "Jerusalem of Europe," was the site of some of the largest and most barbaric massacres in the history of the Nazi-led destruction of European Jewry.

infobrics (2023-07-10). Turkey makes a mistake by releasing Ukrainian neo-Nazis. infobrics.org Attitudes in favor of NATO and the Kiev regime taken by Erdogan could have serious consequences for the country in the future.

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-11). Capitalism is the Tumor, Solidarity Is Our Medicine. itsgoingdown.org Reflections from Peter Gelderloos on his ongoing crowdfunding campaign and its implications for health-care, capitalism, and solidarity. Support his GoFundMe campaign here. At the end of April I had a seizure and after some scans they found a brain tumor. At the end of June I had an operation in which they took out half…

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-11). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

Paul Reynolds (2023-07-11). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.

Richard D. Wolff, Naked Capitalism. (2023-07-11). It's Hard To Engage In China-Bashing Without Tripping On Contradictions. popularresistance.org The contradictions of China-bashing in the United States begin with how often it is flat-out untrue. The Wall Street Journal reports that the "Chinese spy" balloon that President Joe Biden shot down with immense patriotic fanfare in February 2023 did not in fact transmit pictures or anything else to China. White House economists have been trying to excuse persistent U.S. inflation saying it is a global problem and inflation is worse elsewhere in the world. China's inflation rate is 0.7 percent year-on-year. Financial media outlets stress how China's GDP growth rate is lower than it used to be. China now estimates…

The Lever (2023-07-11). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Dude, Where's My Car? (w/ Devon Young). levernews.com

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-11). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

Independent Jewish Voices (2023-07-11). Canada Must Take Action Following Israel's Assault on Jenin. socialistproject.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-10). Young socialist activists in the forefront of mobilizing against Period Poverty in Africa. peoplesdispatch.org Young activists from Ghana and Lesotho talk about the crisis of Period Poverty in their countries and the urgent need for mobilizing on this issue. This follows a march in late June in Ghana calling for the removal of taxes on sanitary pads…

Staff (2023-07-11). French Prez Considers Some Dictator Moves. leecamp.com

WSWS (2023-07-11). Netanyahu presses ahead with neutering the judiciary, mobilising the police to suppress protests. wsws.org With Tuesday designated a "Day of Resistance," they are protesting against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right and ultra-religious government's introduction of legislation aimed at curtailing the powers of the judiciary as the crucial step toward assuming dictatorial powers.

WSWS (2023-07-11). Why were tanks and soldiers paraded through the streets of Adelaide, Australia? wsws.org People have responded with shock and anger to the military display, with many likening it to something that would be seen under a militarised, dictatorial regime.

Editor (2023-07-10). Canada's political elites are climate criminals in the pocket of Big Oil. mronline.org The promises of environmental stewardship from Canada's political establishment clash with its support for fossil fuel interests.

_____ (2023-07-11). Is Sleepy Joe Biden Trying to Outdo Hitler and History? journal-neo.org History is the most interesting subject for many reasons. Not the least of which is the fact it tends to repeat itself. And the fact that some are doomed by ignorance of this is an important lesson for today. Take German tanks, for instance. First, let's rehash a little history about the steppes of Russia […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

WSWS (2023-07-11). The German budget 2024—a declaration of war on the working class. wsws.org Immediately following the outbreak of the Ukraine war, the German government announced the biggest rearmament programme since Hitler. Now the enormous costs of this are being passed onto the working class through austerity and social cutbacks.

John Helmer (2023-07-10). Silence of the Lambs: How the Russian Communists Have Responded to the Wagner Mutiny and Prigozhin's Empire. mronline.org The calls have begun in Mosco, for keeping intact Yevgeny Prigozhin's conglomerate of military budget contractors. The reason argued is that they have established themselves so strategically in the logistics of the military services that they cannot be purged without doing greater damage than Prigozhin himself has caused. In short, a Russian oligarch who knows too much, with too many mouths to feed, too many pockets to fill, and so too big to fail.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-10). Today Solidarity Aid to Cuba is Not Just a Symbolic Act to Challenge the Blockade. libya360.wordpress.com Bill Hackwell Medical aid for Cuba arrives in Miami. photos: Bill Hackwell I was part of a team of Cuban solidarity activists who just delivered several tons of medical aid here that was purchased and collected by IFCO Pastors for Peace. The duffel bags with needed pharmaceuticals will be taken to the island with their…

WSWS (2023-07-11). Why were tanks and soldiers paraded through the streets of Adelaide, Australia? wsws.org People have responded with shock and anger to the military display, with many likening it to something that would be seen under a militarised, dictatorial regime.

Editor (2023-07-10). Canada's political elites are climate criminals in the pocket of Big Oil. mronline.org The promises of environmental stewardship from Canada's political establishment clash with its support for fossil fuel interests.

_____ (2023-07-11). Is Sleepy Joe Biden Trying to Outdo Hitler and History? journal-neo.org History is the most interesting subject for many reasons. Not the least of which is the fact it tends to repeat itself. And the fact that some are doomed by ignorance of this is an important lesson for today. Take German tanks, for instance. First, let's rehash a little history about the steppes of Russia […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

WSWS (2023-07-11). The German budget 2024—a declaration of war on the working class. wsws.org Immediately following the outbreak of the Ukraine war, the German government announced the biggest rearmament programme since Hitler. Now the enormous costs of this are being passed onto the working class through austerity and social cutbacks.

John Helmer (2023-07-10). Silence of the Lambs: How the Russian Communists Have Responded to the Wagner Mutiny and Prigozhin's Empire. mronline.org The calls have begun in Mosco, for keeping intact Yevgeny Prigozhin's conglomerate of military budget contractors. The reason argued is that they have established themselves so strategically in the logistics of the military services that they cannot be purged without doing greater damage than Prigozhin himself has caused. In short, a Russian oligarch who knows too much, with too many mouths to feed, too many pockets to fill, and so too big to fail.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-10). Today Solidarity Aid to Cuba is Not Just a Symbolic Act to Challenge the Blockade. libya360.wordpress.com Bill Hackwell Medical aid for Cuba arrives in Miami. photos: Bill Hackwell I was part of a team of Cuban solidarity activists who just delivered several tons of medical aid here that was purchased and collected by IFCO Pastors for Peace. The duffel bags with needed pharmaceuticals will be taken to the island with their…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-09). Climate Related News: Eco-fascism is coming to the fore. expose-news.com Finland has reminded us of the rise of eco-fascism as a Minister who called for "climate abortions" for African women four years ago is forced to resign. This comes as the World …

Anonymous103 (2023-07-10). Crimean Bridge Missile Attack Fails, Bringing No Results Ahead Of NATO Summit. southfront.org Illustrative ImageRussian President Vladimir Putin was right in his assessments that NATO-sourced long-range weapons in the hands of the Neo-Nazi junta would be an existential threat to Russia and that Moscow would never allow any mass deployment of such missiles along its western borders. | Written by In yet another major escalation, on July 9, the Kiev regime fired several missiles at Bryansk and Rostov oblast…

_____ (2023-07-10). (Italiano) Innovazione spaziale da Parigi a Torino. transcend.org 4 Luglio 2023 – Dal 19 al 25 giugno 2023 si è svolta a Parigi una importante esposizione: il Salone Internazionale dell'Aeronautica e dello Spazio. Il Salone di Parigi ha registrato la presenza di 130.000 professionsti (43% dall'estero) e 170.000 visitatori del grande pubblico; 322 delegazioni ufficiali, 1850 giornalisti accreditati.

infobrics (2023-07-10). Turkey makes a mistake by releasing Ukrainian neo-Nazis. infobrics.org Attitudes in favor of NATO and the Kiev regime taken by Erdogan could have serious consequences for the country in the future.

Vince Quiles (2023-07-10). Why companies say you're 'family' while underpaying you. therealnews.com Karl Marx once observed that "equal rights" under the inequality of capitalism simply means the right of capitalists to exploit workers. Anyone who's attempted to unionize their workplace has discovered the truth of this—as employers frequently stoop to unethical and dishonest measures to prevent workers from building collective power. Felix Allen, a Lowe's union organizer based in New Orleans, speaks with The Real News about his experience organizing his workplace for fair pay. | Studio Production: Adam Coley, David Hebden, Cameron Granadino | Post-Production: Cameron Granadino |
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greenleft.org.au (2023-07-10). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

midwesternmarx (2023-07-10). July 9, 2023- 50 years since the Panthers formed, Capitalism + Drugs still = Genocide By: Danny Shaw. midwesternmarx.com "Trapped in a vicious cycle of ignorance, poverty, disease, sickness and death, and there seems no way out. There seems to be no way of escape. And because there seems to be no hope, no way out, no means of escape, we turn to wine, we turn to whiskey, heroin, morphine, cocaine, opium, poison, nothing but poison." —Malcolm X " This article was originally published on Liberation School on February 11, 2016″ A Revolutionary Understanding of Addiction A&nbs …

Paul Reynolds (2023-07-10). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.

WSWS (2023-07-10). For a European movement against capitalism and war. wsws.org The only social force that can prevent another world war is the international working class—that is, the vast majority of the world's population, which today is more numerous and more interconnected than ever before.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-07-10). Is what we have "crony capitalism"? mronline.org Under monopoly capitalism of course this relationship between monopoly capitalists and the state becomes far closer. Rudolf Hilferding in his opus Das Finanzkapital had talked of a "personal union" between banks and industrial capital and the formation on this basis of a "financial oligarchy", and had suggested a similar "personal union" between the "financial oligarchy" and the State.

_____ (2023-07-10). Communism, Capitalism and Feudalism: How Nominalism Makes Us Fools. transcend.org 5 Jul 2023 – Nominalism can be thought of as a "rule of reasoning" governing which pathways our minds use as we move from ignorance to understanding on any topic imaginable. In essence, this school of thought presumes that reality can only be known through the names and definitions given to things and processes in the real world.

Colin Todhunter (2023-07-09). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

ecns.cn (2023-07-10). Xi urges Jiangsu to take lead in advancing Chinese modernization. ecns.cn It is imperative for the province to fully and accurately implement the new development philosophy on all fronts, continue to be a paradigm in reform and innovation and the advancement of high-quality development, play an exemplary role in serving the country to forge a new development pattern, and take the lead in achieving socialist modernization, and vigorously advance the new practice of Chinese modernization in the province, so as to write a new chapter of a modernized Jiangsu characterized by robust economy, affluent population, pristine environment and a high level of social civility.

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-10). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

WSWS (2023-07-10). The bankruptcy of DSA politics: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden reelection. wsws.org The supposed "left" and even "socialist" congresswoman declared her support Thursday, amid newspaper reports that Biden was about to approve the delivery of cluster bombs to Ukraine.

WSWS (2023-07-10). United Workers Union promotes Australian Labor government at API warehouse workers' strike event. wsws.org Union officials fawned over leading representatives of the big-business Labor government. At the same time they viciously attacked and slandered socialists calling for the strike to be broadened.

WSWS (2023-07-10). "I'm a supplemental / TPT / Stellantis slave": Message from a Warren Truck temporary part-time worker. wsws.org The text to the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter details the abuse of part-time workers by Stellantis management and the United Auto Workers union.

WSWS (2023-07-10). "I'm a supplemental/TPT/Stellantis slave": Message from a Warren Truck temporary part-time worker. wsws.org The text to the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter details the abuse of part-time workers by Stellantis management and the United Auto Workers union.

ecns.cn (2023-07-10). Xi urges Jiangsu to take lead in advancing Chinese modernization. ecns.cn It is imperative for the province to fully and accurately implement the new development philosophy on all fronts, continue to be a paradigm in reform and innovation and the advancement of high-quality development, play an exemplary role in serving the country to forge a new development pattern, and take the lead in achieving socialist modernization, and vigorously advance the new practice of Chinese modernization in the province, so as to write a new chapter of a modernized Jiangsu characterized by robust economy, affluent population, pristine environment and a high level of social civility.

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-10). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

WSWS (2023-07-10). The bankruptcy of DSA politics: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden reelection. wsws.org The supposed "left" and even "socialist" congresswoman declared her support Thursday, amid newspaper reports that Biden was about to approve the delivery of cluster bombs to Ukraine.

WSWS (2023-07-10). United Workers Union promotes Australian Labor government at API warehouse workers' strike event. wsws.org Union officials fawned over leading representatives of the big-business Labor government. At the same time they viciously attacked and slandered socialists calling for the strike to be broadened.

WSWS (2023-07-10). "I'm a supplemental / TPT / Stellantis slave": Message from a Warren Truck temporary part-time worker. wsws.org The text to the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter details the abuse of part-time workers by Stellantis management and the United Auto Workers union.

WSWS (2023-07-10). "I'm a supplemental/TPT/Stellantis slave": Message from a Warren Truck temporary part-time worker. wsws.org The text to the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter details the abuse of part-time workers by Stellantis management and the United Auto Workers union.

WSWS (2023-07-10). Right-wing judge bars federal agencies from restricting COVID-19 misinformation on social media. wsws.org The ruling shows how the Democrats have enabled the right wing to pose as defenders of free speech, while exposing details of state-sponsored censorship on social media that is aimed primarily against left-wing and socialist views.

Fight Back (2023-07-10). Rally to demand justice for Derek Diaz! Release the name of the killer cop! fightbacknews.org Fight Back! is circulating the following July 9 statement and call for a solidarity rally by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization in Orlando, Florida. | The Orlando district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns in the strongest sense the unjust murder of Derek Diaz, an unarmed 26-year-old by an unnamed Orlando Police Department (OPD) officer in the early morning hours of July 3, 2023. | During a press conference, OPD stated they were conducting "proactive patrols" in the area of Jefferson Street and North Orange Avenue when they stopped Diaz for what they deem as suspicious activity. OPD justif…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-10). Young socialist activists in the forefront of mobilizing against Period Poverty in Africa. peoplesdispatch.org Young activists from Ghana and Lesotho talk about the crisis of Period Poverty in their countries and the urgent need for mobilizing on this issue. This follows a march in late June in Ghana calling for the removal of taxes on sanitary pads…

_____ (2023-07-10). Cluster Bomb Strategy Will Be Cluster-f*** for Ukraine and NATO. strategic-culture.org Dumping tonnes of this particularly cruel explosive on the Ukrainian army seems like a good sticking plaster for what is in reality a gaping wound. | The news that NATO, or rather that the U.S., has decided to offload its aging stock of cluster bombs shouldn't really come as a surprise to those following the Ukraine War. From day one, western elites have been confused about what they are doing, what their objectives are and what the end game should be. NATO has shifted the goalposts so many times, in terms of unwritten rules, that it is becoming quite hard to see a clear picture. Even Stoltenberg himself seems fl…

Editor (2023-07-10). Canada's political elites are climate criminals in the pocket of Big Oil. mronline.org The promises of environmental stewardship from Canada's political establishment clash with its support for fossil fuel interests.

John Helmer (2023-07-10). Silence of the Lambs: How the Russian Communists Have Responded to the Wagner Mutiny and Prigozhin's Empire. mronline.org The calls have begun in Mosco, for keeping intact Yevgeny Prigozhin's conglomerate of military budget contractors. The reason argued is that they have established themselves so strategically in the logistics of the military services that they cannot be purged without doing greater damage than Prigozhin himself has caused. In short, a Russian oligarch who knows too much, with too many mouths to feed, too many pockets to fill, and so too big to fail.

ecns.cn (2023-07-10). Number of China's registered private enterprises exceeds 50 million. ecns.cn The number of registered private enterprises in China exceeded 50 million in early April 2023 and reached about 50.93 million by the end of May, an increase of 3.7 times compared with the end of 2012, or about 10.59 million, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Sunday.

Institute For New Economic Thinking, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-07-09). Solidarity Economics — A Path Away From Capitalist Exploitation. popularresistance.org Professor Jessica Gordon-Nembhard explores the potential of cooperatives and solidarity economics as pathways towards economic democracy and justice. Drawing on historical examples from the civil rights movement and the Knights of Labor in the 1880s, Nembhard demonstrates how cooperative economics can counteract the exploitation inherent in capitalist systems. She underlines the importance of communal ownership and shared decision-making as mechanisms for wealth redistribution, arguing that such models can liberate communities from economic exploitation.

Peter Koenig (2023-07-09). The Plan: WHO's Ten Years of Infectious Diseases (2020 to 2030), Leading to World Tyranny. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-09). Climate Related News: Eco-fascism is coming to the fore. expose-news.com Finland has reminded us of the rise of eco-fascism as a Minister who called for "climate abortions" for African women four years ago is forced to resign. This comes as the World …

Joe Piette (2023-07-08). Activists defend clinic from anti-abortion fascists. workers.org On the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which led to the imposition of anti-abortion laws and emboldened the right wing to push for more anti-trans legislation in many states, a crowd organized by a coalition of groups, marched to a local women's health-care center to defend it from anti-abortion . . . |

Editor (2023-07-08). Declassified Files Expose British Role in NATO's Gladio Terror Armies. scheerpost.com Newly declassified British files shed disturbing light on the origins and internal workings of Operation Gladio, a covert NATO plot deploying fascist terror militias across Italy. Have spies in London applied these lessons in Ukraine?

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-07-09). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-08). Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Military Training for Young Children, Para-military Recruits. globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.

Paul Reynolds (2023-07-09). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.

Colin Todhunter (2023-07-09). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-09). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2023-07-09). Xi urges Jiangsu to take lead in advancing Chinese modernization. ecns.cn It is imperative for the province to fully and accurately implement the new development philosophy on all fronts, continue to be a paradigm in reform and innovation and the advancement of high-quality development, play an exemplary role in serving the country to forge a new development pattern, and take the lead in achieving socialist modernization, and vigorously advance the new practice of Chinese modernization in the province, so as to write a new chapter of a modernized Jiangsu characterized by robust economy, affluent population, pristine environment and a high level of social civility.

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-09). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

A. Woodson, Hector Cordon, Philip Guelpa, World Socialist Web Site. (2023-07-09). Attacks On Rural Letter Carriers; Devastating Restructuring Of USPS. popularresistance.org More than 90,000 rural letter carriers for the United States Postal Service (USPS) are battling changes to their compensation which have led to massive pay cuts and longer workweeks. | The replacement of the pre-existing method of calculating rural carriers' hours and wages has resulted in wage cuts as high as $20,000 a year in some cases. Rural carriers' attempts to challenge and prove any discrepancies between their actual work and what is calculated by the new system have been derailed by the USPS's refusal to disclose the year-long electronic collection of data used by the system which they alone control.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-09). Socialist Sarah Hathway elected to the City of Greater Geelong Council. greenleft.org.au

John Clarke (2023-07-09). Canada's Political Elites Are Climate Criminals in the Pocket of Big Oil. socialistproject.ca With each mile of country that burns in wildfire, this unwavering support for the oil industry is looking more and more deranged. As wildfires spread across Canada, Justin Trudeau sought to showcase his commitment to responsible environmental stewardship. He

Fight Back (2023-07-08). Book review: "The East is Still Red" fightbacknews.org The new book, The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century, by Carlos Martinez and published by Praxis Press, is a valuable and important defense of socialism in the People's Republic of China today. As the U.S. ramps up propaganda and aggression against China, this book addresses an important need, for everyone who wants a better world, to understand and defend China. | The book begins by acknowledging that there is a great deal of ignorance and confusion, especially in the imperialist countries, about China. Martinez writes, "Even among socialists and communists, there are misconceptions and imp…

WSWS (2023-07-08). Young people around Australia speak out against Macquarie University's refusal to affiliate anti-war IYSSE club. wsws.org One young person said the attack on the IYSSE by Macquarie University is "an affront to democracy, intentionally crippling the ability of politically keen students to organise and fully voice their opinion from a socialist perspective."

A. Woodson, Hector Cordon, Philip Guelpa, World Socialist Web Site. (2023-07-09). Attacks On Rural Letter Carriers; Devastating Restructuring Of USPS. popularresistance.org More than 90,000 rural letter carriers for the United States Postal Service (USPS) are battling changes to their compensation which have led to massive pay cuts and longer workweeks. | The replacement of the pre-existing method of calculating rural carriers' hours and wages has resulted in wage cuts as high as $20,000 a year in some cases. Rural carriers' attempts to challenge and prove any discrepancies between their actual work and what is calculated by the new system have been derailed by the USPS's refusal to disclose the year-long electronic collection of data used by the system which they alone control.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-09). Socialist Sarah Hathway elected to the City of Greater Geelong Council. greenleft.org.au

John Clarke (2023-07-09). Canada's Political Elites Are Climate Criminals in the Pocket of Big Oil. socialistproject.ca With each mile of country that burns in wildfire, this unwavering support for the oil industry is looking more and more deranged. As wildfires spread across Canada, Justin Trudeau sought to showcase his commitment to responsible environmental stewardship. He

Fight Back (2023-07-08). Book review: "The East is Still Red" fightbacknews.org The new book, The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century, by Carlos Martinez and published by Praxis Press, is a valuable and important defense of socialism in the People's Republic of China today. As the U.S. ramps up propaganda and aggression against China, this book addresses an important need, for everyone who wants a better world, to understand and defend China. | The book begins by acknowledging that there is a great deal of ignorance and confusion, especially in the imperialist countries, about China. Martinez writes, "Even among socialists and communists, there are misconceptions and imp…

WSWS (2023-07-08). Young people around Australia speak out against Macquarie University's refusal to affiliate anti-war IYSSE club. wsws.org One young person said the attack on the IYSSE by Macquarie University is "an affront to democracy, intentionally crippling the ability of politically keen students to organise and fully voice their opinion from a socialist perspective."

Vijay Prashad (2023-07-08). The World Needs a New Socialist Development Theory. dissidentvoice.org Over the course of the past century, substantial changes have taken place in debates about social development. Dossier no. 66, The World Needs a New Socialist Development Theory, examines the historical evolution of development theory over four distinct eras, analyses the obstacles that stand in the way of development today, identifies processes that have the potential …

Sue Harris (2023-07-08). For-profit health care and the mental health crisis. workers.org As current living conditions get tougher for people, driving them into depression and despair, health-care CEOs are licking their chops at the profits to be made from increased demand for mental health services. St. Vincent's Hospital was dismantled in 2010 to build luxury condominiums. Credit: Crain's New York Business Mental . . . |

_____ (2023-07-08). The Capitalists Are Circling Over Ukraine. strategic-culture.org By Thomas FAZI | Two weeks ago, thousands of representatives from businesses and governments from across the world gathered in London to "support Ukraine's recovery". But was the gathering of all those Western corporate elites at the " data-widget-id="AR_2″>Last year, the Ukrainian government essentially outsourced the entire post-war "reconstruction" process to BlackRock, the world's largest asset management fi…

Ursula Huws (2023-07-08). The future is now: Rethinking public ownership. mronline.org Ursula Huws reflects on the history of 'prefigurative' approaches and community ownership models in the UK – and how these can be used to rethink public ownership amid the current cost-of-living crisis.

Peter Koenig (2023-07-09). The Plan: WHO's Ten Years of Infectious Diseases (2020 to 2030), Leading to World Tyranny. globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2023-07-08). 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

Basav Sen (2023-07-07). Why I Crashed the White House's Garden Party for Narendra Modi. fpif.org The White House's embrace of the Indian leader is normalizing fascism in the world's most populous country — and in the U.S. as well.

Joe Piette (2023-07-08). Activists defend clinic from anti-abortion fascists. workers.org On the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which led to the imposition of anti-abortion laws and emboldened the right wing to push for more anti-trans legislation in many states, a crowd organized by a coalition of groups, marched to a local women's health-care center to defend it from anti-abortion . . . |

_____ (2023-07-07). CIA Running Ukraine Blows Biden's Bluster About No U.S. Boots on the Ground. strategic-culture.org Ukraine is ground zero for the CIA's fascist origins | The American magazine Newsweek published a big "exclusive" report this week purporting to reveal the extent of CIA involvement in the Ukraine proxy war against Russia. It hardly merits the billing of "exclusive" since it is well known that the U.S. spy agency is up to its neck in orchestrating the conflict. | In truth, the CIA's nefarious role in Ukraine goes back decades to the end of World War Two. More on that further down. | Nevertheless, the Newsweek article provides a useful admission that Washington is recklessly — and criminally — fueling…

WSWS (2023-07-07). Brazil's Electoral Court bars fascistic former president Bolsonaro from running for office. wsws.org The bourgeoisie fears that the exposure of Bolsonaro's crimes will precipitate a working class confrontation with the entire Brazilian political establishment for which it is not yet prepared.

thecommunists (2023-07-07). Ukrainian communists threatened with death by Zelensky regime. thecommunists.org The Kononovich brothers of Ukraine have sent us this urgent appeal. They fear for their lives and ask for our urgent solidarity action. ***** We, the Kononovich brothers, Ukrainian communists and antifascists, call on the World Federation of Democratic Youth, communists, all left-wing militants and antifacists in Europe and throughout the world. We officially declare …

infobrics (2023-07-07). UK requests for taking extreme care of 'Challenger 2' tanks make them useless for Ukranian army. infobrics.org It seems the UK is now "expressing frustration" at the way its MBTs are being used, complaining that the "guarantees" given by the Kiev regime forces are "simply insufficient". Afraid of heavy losses, as demonstrated by the disastrous performance of German MBTs, long considered the best in NATO, London is looking for ways to limit their usage by the Neo-Nazi junta forces in order to prevent a similar fate for its prized MBTs.

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-07). Phyllis Bennis on the Poor People's Campaign and "This Extraordinary Opportunity" ips-dc.org Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, joins the "Discern This" podcast to discuss the Poor People's Campaign, the campaign's key issues, and intersectional social movements, among other things. |

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-08). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2023-07-07). The Marxist theory of the state: An introduction. mronline.org Our understanding of the state lies at the heart of our struggle to create a new society and fundamentally eliminate the oppression, exploitation, war, and environmental destruction characteristic of capitalism.

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-07). Phyllis Bennis on the Poor People's Campaign and "This Extraordinary Opportunity" ips-dc.org Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, joins the "Discern This" podcast to discuss the Poor People's Campaign, the campaign's key issues, and intersectional social movements, among other things. |

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-08). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2023-07-07). The Marxist theory of the state: An introduction. mronline.org Our understanding of the state lies at the heart of our struggle to create a new society and fundamentally eliminate the oppression, exploitation, war, and environmental destruction characteristic of capitalism.

Robert Reich (2023-07-07). How the super rich are killing Social Security. nationofchange.org It's going to run out of money before you can ever receive it if the rich don't start paying their fair share.

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-08). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

WSWS (2023-07-08). Young people around Australia speak out against Macquarie University's refusal to affiliate anti-war IYSSE club. wsws.org One young person said the attack on the IYSSE by Macquarie University is "an affront to democracy, intentionally crippling the ability of politically keen students to organise and fully voice their opinion from a socialist perspective."

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-08). Socialist Sarah Hathway elected to the City of Greater Geelong Council. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-07-07). Australian Pharmaceuticals Industry warehouse workers' strike in serious danger due to union's isolation tactics. wsws.org One API worker has told the World Socialist Web Site that since the strike began on June 23, significant numbers of workers have left the picket.

teleSUR (2023-07-07). Spain: July 23 General Elections Campaigning Kicks Off. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the campaign season for Spain's general election scheduled on July 23 kicked off. The incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, candidate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, and Alberto Nunez Feijoo from the People's Party, among others, are the major contestants for…

Sue Harris (2023-07-08). For-profit health care and the mental health crisis. workers.org As current living conditions get tougher for people, driving them into depression and despair, health-care CEOs are licking their chops at the profits to be made from increased demand for mental health services. St. Vincent's Hospital was dismantled in 2010 to build luxury condominiums. Credit: Crain's New York Business Mental . . . |

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-07). Citizen consultations on Chilean constitutional process conclude. plenglish.com The draft was prepared by the Constitutional Council and will be submitted to a referendum on December 17th. | The Constitutional Council in charge of the constitutional draft was elected on May 7th during elections where voting was compulsory. The winner was the far-right Republican Party, which can be considered a paradox, as the party had opposed the Agreement to move towards a Constitution that would replace the one imposed by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in 1980. | The Secretariat for Citizen Participation (SPC) is in charge of the process, and the University of Chile and the Pontificia Universidad…

_____ (2023-07-07). The State of Ukrainian Democracy Is Not Strong. strategic-culture.org One year after Russia's invasion, Ukraine is backsliding away from democratic freedoms and liberal pluralism. | By Branko MARCETIC | Few Ukrainians have spent as many years of their life fighting authoritarianism as Volodymyr Chemerys.The sixty-year-old Ukrainian human rights campaigner's record of activism reads like a history of Ukrainian protest: the 1990 "Revolution on Granite" against Soviet domination of the country, today dubbed the "first Maidan"; the 2000—2001 "Ukraine without Kuchma" protests targeting an independent Ukraine's later, similarly repressive president; founding human rights bodies…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-07). Presidents Keep Hiring Elliott Abrams Because the US Empire Is Just That Evil. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Jul 4, 2023 | CNN

ecns.cn (2023-07-07). Favorable policies, pro-business scene to buoy manufacturing sector. ecns.cn China will further push for the development of a high-end, intelligent and green manufacturing sector, and build a favorable business environment to nurture world-class enterprises.

ecns.cn (2023-07-07). Watchdog pledges to help boost private firms. ecns.cn China's top economic regulator has pledged efforts to tackle issues faced by private Chinese enterprises and create a better development environment for the private sector.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-07). Recommendations from Imperial to improve UK's competitiveness in key industries. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London has published new recommendations to boost the UK's competitiveness across Biopharmaceuticals, Medtech and Telecommunications.

Basav Sen (2023-07-07). Why I Crashed the White House's Garden Party for Narendra Modi. fpif.org The White House's embrace of the Indian leader is normalizing fascism in the world's most populous country — and in the U.S. as well.

_____ (2023-07-07). CIA Running Ukraine Blows Biden's Bluster About No U.S. Boots on the Ground. strategic-culture.org Ukraine is ground zero for the CIA's fascist origins | The American magazine Newsweek published a big "exclusive" report this week purporting to reveal the extent of CIA involvement in the Ukraine proxy war against Russia. It hardly merits the billing of "exclusive" since it is well known that the U.S. spy agency is up to its neck in orchestrating the conflict. | In truth, the CIA's nefarious role in Ukraine goes back decades to the end of World War Two. More on that further down. | Nevertheless, the Newsweek article provides a useful admission that Washington is recklessly — and criminally — fueling…

thecommunists (2023-07-07). Ukrainian communists threatened with death by Zelensky regime. thecommunists.org The Kononovich brothers of Ukraine have sent us this urgent appeal. They fear for their lives and ask for our urgent solidarity action. ***** We, the Kononovich brothers, Ukrainian communists and antifascists, call on the World Federation of Democratic Youth, communists, all left-wing militants and antifacists in Europe and throughout the world. We officially declare …

infobrics (2023-07-07). UK requests for taking extreme care of 'Challenger 2' tanks make them useless for Ukranian army. infobrics.org It seems the UK is now "expressing frustration" at the way its MBTs are being used, complaining that the "guarantees" given by the Kiev regime forces are "simply insufficient". Afraid of heavy losses, as demonstrated by the disastrous performance of German MBTs, long considered the best in NATO, London is looking for ways to limit their usage by the Neo-Nazi junta forces in order to prevent a similar fate for its prized MBTs.

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-07). Phyllis Bennis on the Poor People's Campaign and "This Extraordinary Opportunity" ips-dc.org Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, joins the "Discern This" podcast to discuss the Poor People's Campaign, the campaign's key issues, and intersectional social movements, among other things. |

Editor (2023-07-07). The Marxist theory of the state: An introduction. mronline.org Our understanding of the state lies at the heart of our struggle to create a new society and fundamentally eliminate the oppression, exploitation, war, and environmental destruction characteristic of capitalism.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-07). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

Robert Reich (2023-07-07). How the super rich are killing Social Security. nationofchange.org It's going to run out of money before you can ever receive it if the rich don't start paying their fair share.

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-07). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

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

teleSUR (2023-07-07). Spain: July 23 General Elections Campaigning Kicks Off. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the campaign season for Spain's general election scheduled on July 23 kicked off. The incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, candidate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, and Alberto Nunez Feijoo from the People's Party, among others, are the major contestants for…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-07). Citizen consultations on Chilean constitutional process conclude. plenglish.com The draft was prepared by the Constitutional Council and will be submitted to a referendum on December 17th. | The Constitutional Council in charge of the constitutional draft was elected on May 7th during elections where voting was compulsory. The winner was the far-right Republican Party, which can be considered a paradox, as the party had opposed the Agreement to move towards a Constitution that would replace the one imposed by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in 1980. | The Secretariat for Citizen Participation (SPC) is in charge of the process, and the University of Chile and the Pontificia Universidad…

_____ (2023-07-07). The State of Ukrainian Democracy Is Not Strong. strategic-culture.org One year after Russia's invasion, Ukraine is backsliding away from democratic freedoms and liberal pluralism. | By Branko MARCETIC | Few Ukrainians have spent as many years of their life fighting authoritarianism as Volodymyr Chemerys.The sixty-year-old Ukrainian human rights campaigner's record of activism reads like a history of Ukrainian protest: the 1990 "Revolution on Granite" against Soviet domination of the country, today dubbed the "first Maidan"; the 2000—2001 "Ukraine without Kuchma" protests targeting an independent Ukraine's later, similarly repressive president; founding human rights bodies…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-07). Presidents Keep Hiring Elliott Abrams Because the US Empire Is Just That Evil. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Jul 4, 2023 | CNN

Teri Mattson, WtF is Going on in Latin America, the Caribbean. (2023-07-07). Nicaragua Against Empire — Part II. popularresistance.org Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44th Annivesrary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19. While on assignment, each week we will share with you segments of the documentary Nicaragua Against Empire. The film journals our March 2021 Sanctions Kill / Friends of the ATC, Nicaragua delegation. From film producer and delegate Ramiro Sebastian Funez: | "In March of 2021, I traveled to Nicaragua as part of a 13-member delegation. The trip was organized by the Sanctions Kill coalition and the Friends…

ecns.cn (2023-07-07). Favorable policies, pro-business scene to buoy manufacturing sector. ecns.cn China will further push for the development of a high-end, intelligent and green manufacturing sector, and build a favorable business environment to nurture world-class enterprises.

ecns.cn (2023-07-07). Watchdog pledges to help boost private firms. ecns.cn China's top economic regulator has pledged efforts to tackle issues faced by private Chinese enterprises and create a better development environment for the private sector.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-07). Recommendations from Imperial to improve UK's competitiveness in key industries. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London has published new recommendations to boost the UK's competitiveness across Biopharmaceuticals, Medtech and Telecommunications.

Betsey Piette (2023-07-06). Philly is a trans city 'Moms for fascism not welcome here'. workers.org Activist Sam Rise leads chants against Moms for Liberty, Philadelphia, June 29, 2023. Philadelphia In multiple demonstrations and solidarity actions throughout Moms for Liberty's four-day convention in Philadelphia, thousands turned out to tell the hate group: "Philly is a trans city; Philly is a Black city, and you're not welcome . . . |

Horacio Duque (2023-07-06). Petro interviene, con Emergencia social y económica, los graves problemas de la Guajira. globalizacion.ca Presidente Gustavo Petro, rompe bloqueo de la ultraderecha fascista | Aunque los sectores de la ultraderecha reaccionaria quieren acorralar el gobierno del presidente Gustavo Petro para provocar su parálisis institucional y el colapso de todas las entidades públicas, lo que está…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-05). Gender Fascist "Mom's for Liberty" Conference Met with Resistance in Philadelphia. itsgoingdown.org Report from Philadelphia on the recent protests against the 'Mom's for Liberty' conference. What follows is a short blow-by-blow report from the streets of Philadelphia, as people turned out to shout down the gender fascist "Mom's for Liberty" conference which saw speeches from both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. Thursday Banner drop over I-95 this…

infobrics (2023-07-05). Kiev attacks Russian airport with possible Western help. infobrics.org The case shows how the neo-Nazi regime is really focused on targeting civilian Russian facilities.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-06). Socialist Sarah Hathway elected to the City of Greater Geelong Council. greenleft.org.au

The Tricontinental (2023-07-06). Dossier no. 66: The world needs a new socialist development theory. mronline.org Across the world, evidence of human misery is increasingly easy to find. The data collected and reported by international agencies is stunning. Billions of people around the planet lack access to adequate education, healthcare, food, and shelter, as well as information and culture.

Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. (2023-07-06). What To The Exploited Working Class And Poor In A Capitalist Dictatorship Is The Fourth Of July? popularresistance.org Here's a little Fourth of July Critical Race and Labor History for you: On July 2, 1777 , Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery when it ratified its first constitution and became a sovereign country, a status it maintained until its admittance to the union in 1791 as the 14th state in the United States. However, Harvey Amani Whitfield , author of The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810, writes that slavery in Vermont was gradually phased out over a period of multiple decades. Additionally, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) staff write in "Vermont 1777: Ea…

Editor (2023-07-06). America Has Just Destroyed a Great Empire. scheerpost.com By Michael Hudson / CounterPunch 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 …

Staff (2023-07-06). MintPress Brings Together The Crem De La Creme Of Investigative Reporting. youtube.com Live on Indiegogo: www.indiegogo.com/projects/sa… Hello everyone, My name is Kit Klarenberg, I'm a journalist and, proud to say, a regular contributor to MintPress News. Together we work week in, week out, to expose the lies and crimes of empire. Ultimately, it is you and the risk that you could see through pro-war narratives that the …

mforinoco (2023-07-05). Why Europe, US, China and Russia are Not the Same for Latin America. orinocotribune.com By Lucy Pagoada-Quesada — Jun 29, 2023 | For some time, I have been listening to a sector, supposedly on the left, say that they do not want European, U.S., Chinese or Russian empires. | And, to this, I reply that I don't see the relationship between the four of them. We Latin Americans have a very well-documented history of colonization, exploitation, and occupation with Europeans and North Americans, but not with China and Russia. | It was not the Russians or the Chinese who invaded the continent and began the colonization process from 1492 that produced one of the largest genocides of Indigenous peoples i…

Alan Macleod (2023-07-05). How a Notorious Georgia Army School Became America's Training Ground for Global Torture. mintpressnews.com In spite of undergoing several name changes and employing shrewd repackaging strategies under the pretext of human rights advocacy, the notorious School of the Americas remains actively committed to training foreign fighters, steadfastly advancing the cause of the American empire.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-06). "We no longer have freedom," says son of persecuted Canadian pastor to EU Parliament. expose-news.com On Tuesday, Nathaniel Pawlowski testified in the European Parliament about the tyranny in Canada. "Canada has fallen, we no longer have freedom of religion, freedom of speech, or the right to protest, …

teleSUR (2023-07-06). WHO: Urgent Action To Prevent Climate Change Impact on Health. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, at the 7th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Budapest, Hungary, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Dr. Hans Kluge said that the "triple threat" of climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity to health must urgently be addressed. | Related: | According to Kluge, an estimated 1.4 million deaths annually in the European region are attributable to environmental risk…

Staff (2023-07-06). Judge Smacks Down Big Pharma In Cancer Lawsuits & NY School Performed Illegal Surgeries On Children. trofire.com A court has ruled that Johnson and Johnson can NOT hide behind bankruptcy to avoid lawsuits. Plus, a special needs school in New York is being sued for running, what one former employee calls, a complete scam operation costing taxpayers millions. Mike Papantonio & Farron Cousins discuss more. Transcript: *This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, …

infobrics (2023-07-06). BRICS Health and Pharmaceutical Association of Africa Launches. infobrics.org BRICS Health and Pharmaceutical Association of Africa has been launched in South Africa to help the African continent improve its health systems and be prepared for future pandemics…