2023-10-29: News Headlines

Chris Hedges, The Real News. (2023-10-29). Is The US Turning Into A Christofascist State? popularresistance.org Jeff Sharlet has spent two decades covering the intersection of extreme Christian nationalism and the far-right. In his new book, Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, he gives snapshots of a country rapidly devolving into a Christian fascism state. He captures the rage, the despair, the dislocation, the alienation, the aesthetic of violence, and the magical thinking that are the foundations of all fascist movements—forces that are now coalescing around the Trump-led Republican Party. The bizarre conspiracy theories and buffoonish quality of many who lead and embrace this movement, such as Republican Rep.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-29). When Free Speech ended. expose-news.com Many people believed that it was a victory when historian David Irving was sent to prison for questioning the extent of the Holocaust. But ironically, it was a victory for fascism and …

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-10-28). Syria calls Israeli aggression against Gaza fascism. plenglish.com The atrocities perpetrated by Tel Aviv against the Palestinian people surpass those of fascism, Al-Mekdad wrote on the Foreign Ministry's page on the social network X (formerly Twitter). | Syria denounced that during the last three weeks, the Israeli regime's army murdered three thousand children, destroyed approximately half of the houses in the Gaza Strip and besieged Palestinians by depriving them of water and medicine. | They even cut off electricity, telecommunications and the Internet, to cover up war crimes and crimes against humanity that it is committing or will commit later, the Syrian Minister clarifie…

WSWS (2023-10-28). Australian Nazis treated with kid gloves, pro-Palestine protesters vilified and threatened. wsws.org Amid the relentless lies branding pro-Palestinian protesters as anti-Semites, a Melbourne judge addressed two Nazi leaders as "gentlemen" and wished them "good luck with the future."

Larry Patriquin (2023-10-29). How 'Cannibal Capitalism' is devouring the planet. canadiandimension.com Smoke from wildfires in Canada engulfs New York City, June 2023. Photo by Anthony Quintano/ | Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet — and What We Can Do About It: | Nancy Fraser | Verso, 2023 | The world is a mess. In her latest book,

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-10-28). President Xi advocates for integral development of ethnic groups. plenglish.com Beijing, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that no ethnic group will be left behind in the construction of a great modern socialist country, according to local press.

WSWS (2023-10-28). Students and workers speak out against Israeli genocide in Gaza at IYSSE meeting in Chicago. wsws.org On October 25, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality hosted a successful meeting in Chicago to discuss the ongoing Israeli genocide against the Palestinians living in Gaza, and to build a socialist opposition to war.

WSWS (2023-10-28). Two Dartmouth College students arrested for peacefully protesting genocide in Gaza. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site received this submission from the Sunrise Movement at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, documenting the university administration's crackdown on a peaceful protest against Israel's attack on Palestinians.

Alejandra Hayon, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-10-28). Chile's Proposed New Constitution Threatens Women's Rights. popularresistance.org Chilean society is once again at the culmination of a transformative constitutional process. This pivotal juncture will decide whether the constitution drafted by a legislature dominated by conservative and right-wing parties will replace the current constitution which was established during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. After a first failed attempt to establish a new constitution, this new draft introduces stricter measures concerning irregular migration, firmly entrenches the existing pension and healthcare systems—both subjects of substantial critique. It additionally introduces provisions that pose s…

Editor (2023-10-28). Israel Is Now a Full-Scale Dictatorship. scheerpost.com

Col. Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-29). Costs Of Occupation And Blockade: Destruction Of The Gaza Ghetto. popularresistance.org I deplore the killings done by Hamas on October 7 in which 1100 Israelis and 328 from other nations died. | And I deplore the massive retaliation and revenge that the State of Israel is wrecking as collective punishment on the civilians in Gaza in the name of destroying Hamas. Over 8,000 Palestinians, including over 3000 children, have now been killed in the three weeks of massive air and artillery attacks on Gaza and over 20,000 have been injured with hundreds, if not thousands, missing under rubble. | As documented in Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center located in Jerusalem, in November 1940, 380…

Robert J. Burrowes (2023-10-28). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). China's industrial enterprises profits in Sep surge 11.9% y-o-y: NBS. ecns.cn Profits of China's industrial enterprises above a designated size in September surged by 11.9 percent year-on-year, another double-digit growth following August.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Focus on private, public sectors to boost economy. ecns.cn China's latest policy measures aimed at bolstering growth in the private economy and reforming State-owned enterprises will expand opportunities for private firms within the country, improving the overall economic landscape.

U.S. Tour of Duty (2023-10-28). Eyewitness to Israeli Atrocities in Gaza. dissidentvoice.org Eva Bartlett joins Scott Ritter and Jeff Norman to relate an on-the-ground perspective — a perspective entirely missing or marginalized from western mass media — of what Palestinians endure daily from the Israeli siege on the open-air concentration camp of Gaza. People have a right and a moral duty to be aware of what their …

Editor (2023-10-29). Reports Expose US Billionaires and Corporate Profiteers Enabling Israel's War on Gaza. scheerpost.com

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