Caitlin Johnstone (2024-01-25). Gaza Is Exposing Western Liberals For The Frauds They Are. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The entire western liberal worldview is currently balanced on the ability to psychologically compartmentalize away from the mass atrocities in Gaza and what western governments are doing to perpetuate them. | Everything that mainstream liberals claim to oppose is on full display in Israel's actions in Gaza. Racism. Fascism. Tyranny. Injustice. Genocide. Yet they must necessarily avoid throwing themselves into opposing these things there at all cos…

Staff (2024-01-24). "Trump Is the Nominee. Fascism Is on the Ballot." Author Jeff Sharlet on New Hampshire & Beyond. democracynow.org Former President Donald Trump trounced runner-up Nikki Haley in Tuesday's Republican primary, in what Jeff Sharlet, expert on the far right, says is another landmark in the acceleration of fascism in the United States. "Trump is the nominee. Fascism is on the ballot," says Sharlet, who describes how Trump is appealing to broader groups of Americans, why the political press is failing to capture the fascist movement, and the importance of resisting its growth. "It's popular front time. It's broad coalition time."…

Zane McNeill (2024-01-24). Bills in Georgia Aim to Suppress Cop City, Pro-Palestine Activists. truthout.org Right-wing lawmakers in Georgia are advancing two bills that would erode free speech and protest rights in the state. HB 30 would categorize criticism of Israel as antisemitic hate speech and SB 359 would significantly expand the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law, enhancing sentencing based on "political beliefs." "Don't sleep on this red clay fascism y'all,"… |

Democracy Now! (2024-01-24). Democracy Now! 2024-01-24 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 24, 2024; "MAGA vs. MAGA Polite": Trump Beats Haley in New Hampshire, Haley Vows to Fight On; "Trump Is the Nominee. Fascism Is on the Ballot." Author Jeff Sharlet on New Hampshire & Beyond; Should Trump Be Barred from the Ballot? A Debate over the Insurrection Clause | Headlines for January 24, 2024; "MAGA vs. MAGA Polite": Trump Beats Haley in New Hampshire, Haley Vows to Fight On; "Trump Is the Nominee. Fascism Is on the Ballot." Author Jeff Sharlet on New Hampshire & Beyond; Should Trump Be Barred from the Ballot? A Debate over the Insurrecti…

Thierry Meyssan (2024-01-25). Gaza Is Exposing Western Liberals For The Frauds They Are. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The entire western liberal worldview is currently balanced on the ability to psychologically compartmentalize away from the mass atrocities in Gaza and what western governments are doing to perpetuate them. | Everything that mainstream liberals claim to oppose is on full display in Israel's actions in Gaza. Racism. Fascism. Tyranny. Injustice. Genocide. Yet they must necessarily avoid throwing themselves into opposing these things there at all cost, because it would mean acknowledging that their own political allegiances are inseparably interwoven w…

gringus (2024-01-25). Antisemitic Flyers In Davis. indybay.org Davis Antifascists Remove Antisemitic Flyers From Downtown Area…

WSWS (2024-01-25). US presidential election heads toward Trump-Biden contest. wsws.org The choice between the Republican fascist and the Democratic warmonger and enabler of genocide in Gaza is no choice at all. The alternative must come from the working class.

WSWS (2024-01-25). LFI's response to new French government exposes its bankruptcy. wsws.org The admission that the Socialist Party gave birth to "horrors" such as the fascistic Attal-Macron regime highlights the bankruptcy of La France Insoumise (LFI), whose leaders emerged from the PS and still defend the counter-revolutionary negotiations of trade union bureaucracies with it.

gringus (2024-01-24). Antisemitic Flyers In Davis. indybay.org Davis Antifascists Remove Antisemitic Flyers From Downtown Area…

WSWS (2024-01-24). The Indian ruling class and imperialist powers embrace Modi as he erects a Hindu supremacist state. wsws.org The imperialist powers' embrace of the Hindu supremacist and pogromist Modi is at one with their full-throttle support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government as it mounts its genocidal assault on Gaza and their alliance with the fascist disciples of Stepan Bandera in waging war against Russia in Ukraine.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Trump wins New Hampshire primary. wsws.org The fact that an ex-president who sought to overthrow the results of the last election by means of a fascist attack on the Capitol will likely be the Republican presidential candidate in the November election is an indictment not only of the Republican Party, but of the entire two-party system.

Staff (2024-01-25). President Maduro: Goal of Far-Right Was My Assassination (+Bolivarian Fury). orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has made a statement revealing the objective of recently unveiled plans from far-right groups seeking his assassination. "In all their plans they had a single objective: they wanted to physically eliminate me," he said, during a popular rally in support of his government and in commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the ousting of Venezuela's last dictator, Marcos Pérez Jiménez. | "If one day the fascists do me some harm, through some attack, I leave it in your hands to do what you have to do to restore justice and peace in Venezuela, and activate the Bolivarian Fury,…

WSWS (2024-01-24). Khan Younis besieged as Netanyahu calls for the "eradication of the new Nazis" wsws.org The IDF's order to evacuate a swathe of Khan Younis, requiring more than half a million people to leave in a matter of hours with nowhere to go, was intended only to justify the mass killings of civilians.

Michael Zoosman (2024-01-24). Gassing Execution Horrifies Jewish Groups. counterpunch.org Let there be no doubt: lethal injection itself also is another direct Nazi legacy. It was first implemented in this world by the Third Reich as part of its infamous Aktion T4 protocol used to kill other such cognitively impaired individuals deemed "unworthy of life." That protocol was brought to fruition by Dr. Karl Brandt, personal physician of Adolf Hitler, who personally signed off on it. It is precisely this T4 protocol that is among those monstrosities condemned on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

infobrics (2024-01-25). Is Il-76MD shootdown part of Kiev regime's internal power struggle?>. infobrics.org There are many questions regarding the incident, particularly as the Kiev regime forces initially bragged about downing the large Russian transport aircraft. However, this soon gave way to silence, as the Neo-Nazi junta is refusing to take responsibility for the downing, as it would be "too inconvenient" having to explain the death of over 60 Ukrainian POWs, particularly to their families who were eager to see them after months or perhaps even years. On the other hand, the incident might be a part of the rapidly escalating internal power struggle in Kiev, particularly between the regime and the military.

Editor (2024-01-25). Learning from Lenin today. mronline.org One hundred years since Lenin's death, Nigerian socialist Abiodun Olamosu describes of the revolutionary on his own political development. As the preeminent organiser of the Russian revolution, Lenin helped to determine the course of Olamosu's life in Nigeria. Olamosu explores the development of Lenin's work and legacy. He regards Stalin's rise to power, and the Soviet Union, as an abomination to the body of ideas of Marxism and socialist internationalism.

Andreas Hellgermann (2024-01-25). Instrumental Reason and Left Politics. indybay.org In the neoliberal variant of capitalism, postmodern pluralism dominates and with it a reason that is no longer trusted to understand the whole.. For instrumental reason, the actual world is always the best of all possible worlds since the question of a better world cannot arise in it. No problem arises that makes another, not yet existing world necessary or desirable.

thecommunists (2024-01-25). Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: Parasitic imperialism, episode 1. thecommunists.org Joti Brar, vice-chair of the CPGB-ML, in an introductory discussion on the nature of imperialism, discusses with Garland Nixon the origins of monopoly in the womb of capitalism. They talk about how this huge concentration of wealth into a few massive fortunes, which is accompanied by the immiseration of the vast masses of the world's …

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-25). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

Abiodun Olamosu, Black Agenda Report. (2024-01-24). Learning From Lenin Today. popularresistance.org Not long after I joined the socialist movement as a student at the Polytechnic of Ibadan in 1980, I was introduced to Marxist literature at the Progressive and Socialist Bookshop which was the sole depot of many left-wing publishers from UK, USSR and China that included Zed Books. By the time I entered university as a mature student, I had already worked as a full-time revolutionary assisting Ola Oni, a foremost Marxist revolutionary and scholar at the University of Ibadan where he lectured. He also owned the bookshop. | My generation were inspired by the history of Russia, the only country that achieved a succes…

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Pudong to pioneer institutional reform. ecns.cn The newly released plan depicting the development path for Pudong New Area in the next five years will help the area fulfill its role as a pioneer of China's socialist modernization, said experts.

Editor (2024-01-24). "War and Lenin in the 21st Century" mronline.org As in Lenin's time, the conclusion is that socialist revolution will end imperialist war, enabling workers to meet their own needs.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-24). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

J.N. Cheney (2024-01-24). A Special Strike: The 2019 Special Metals Strike in New Hartford, New York. dissidentvoice.org The struggle of organized labor in Upstate New York and more specifically Central New York is one that has typically gone unnoticed on both a national and historical scale. This of course can be said about numerous regions throughout the United States among other sections of the global socialist movement for the enfranchisement of the …

WSWS (2024-01-24). "We just got to be adults about the situation": Ocasio-Cortez calls for vote for "Genocide Joe" Biden. wsws.org Appearing on the "I've Had It" podcast earlier this month, the Democratic Socialists of America Democrat said the decision to vote for Biden in the upcoming election "is not a difficult one for me."

Editor (2024-01-25). A Call for Peace. socialistproject.ca

Avi Lewis (2024-01-24). We Are in a Fight for Life. socialistproject.ca This talk was given by Avi Lewis as the opening keynote at the It is truly good to be here with you all on Treaty Six territory. I want to start with gratitude for the framing of this conference: we are at a crossroads,…

Editor (2024-01-25). Walter Rodney's radical legacy. mronline.org Contrary to those who cast Marxism as a Eurocentric "white ideology," the Guyanese revolutionary saw it as an essential component of struggles against colonialism.

unitedEditor (2024-01-25). The fusion of Marxism and ancient philosophy in China's current government. uwidata.com The triumphant Chinese revolution in 1949 introduced new variables for the construction of its own thought. Before, the philosophy of the country had emerged from the 6th and 5th centuries BC, with It's main but not only exponents in Confucius and Laozi. Since 1949, China's long history is full of innovative research and opinions in …

Sasha Abramsky (2024-01-24). Some GOP Strategists Want Haley to Keep Running, Despite Trump's NH Win. truthout.org I spent much of Tuesday trying to escape the endless horse race commentary on the New Hampshire primary. At the best of times the breathy nature of such reportage is a lousy way to cover politics; in the Trump era it's particularly destructive, normalizing his far right proposals, his dictatorial tendencies and his slashing personal insults as just yet more data points for the analysts to use in… |

WSWS (2024-01-24). Holocaust Survivor Rene Lichtman: "Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. We've got to fight back." wsws.org Rene Lichtman, born 1937, is a "hidden child" Holocaust survivor who opposes the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-25). Argentina: The Homeland is Not For Sale. libya360.wordpress.com Stella Calloni Argentina erupts in mass protests against "reforms". Faced with a scenario like the current one when authoritarianism tries to impose itself in Argentina with all its nuances behind the offer of a "freedom" that ceased to exist with the illegal imposition of the Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) and an omnibus law,…

Jenny Ricks, Portside. (2024-01-24). Davos Elites Talk About Rebuilding Trust; People Talk Of System Change. popularresistance.org With war threatening to escalate in the Middle East, as well as crises in Ecuador and many other parts of the world, most people are not even aware that the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is rolling around again this week. In the context of sharpening inequalities, and perilous global politics, what relevance does this gathering have outside the elite bubble? | The Forum's annual Global Risks Report itself posits misinformation, societal polarization, extreme weather conditions, conflict, and rising cost of living among the key risks to the global economy this year. What the WEF has failed to d…

Robert J. Burrowes (2024-01-25). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca

Pawe…´ Wargan (2024-01-24). Germany backs Netanyahu for the same reason it created Hitler. electronicintifada.net Gaza is a dress rehearsal for violence that threatens workers and the oppressed everywhere.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-25). Germany backs Netanyahu for the same reason it created Hitler. electronicintifada.net

WSWS (2024-01-25). Baltimore Sun newspaper sold to right-wing media conglomerate. wsws.org The 187-year-old Maryland newspaper, which has been sold multiple times over the last four decades, returns to local ownership under the control of the conservative scion of the Sinclair broadcast empire.

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2024-01-24). Japan's Growing Militarism: The Drums of War in Support of the American Empire. globalresearch.ca It seems that Japan is making strategic decisions to join their US and NATO allies in preparation for a global war against their long-time adversaries, China, North Korea, and Russia. The latest deal Tokyo made with Washington for the purchase …

ecns.cn (2024-01-25). Restructuring high on SOE agenda. ecns.cn China will initiate restructuring and integration activities within its centrally administered State-owned enterprises this year, focusing on sectors such as information communication, new energy and equipment manufacturing.

ecns.cn (2024-01-25). Stabilization fund talk spurs investor sentiment. ecns.cn Chinese authorities are seeking to mobilize about 2 trillion yuan ($278 billion), mainly from the offshore accounts of Chinese State-owned enterprises, as part of a stabilization fund to buy A shares via stock connect programs linking the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong bourses.

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). China further opens up financial market with 10 foreign firms approved for underwriting. ecns.cn NAFMII said on Tuesday that 10 more foreign-funded institutions have been approved as lead underwriters or underwriters of debt financing instruments for non-financial enterprises, in a major step for financial opening.

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Revenue of China's state-owned enterprises hit $5.5 trillion in 2023. ecns.cn Total revenue of China's state-owned enterprises hit 39.8 trillion yuan (about $5.5 trillion) in 2023, with a total profit of 2.6 trillion yuan, indicating steady and high-quality growth, according to a report from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council on Wednesday.

James C. Nelson (2024-01-24). Majoritarian Democracy or Minority Tyranny? counterpunch.org What is more American than that the majority rules—the principle that 50.1% carries the day when decisions affecting all of us are made. The majority wins, and the minority has to accept, even if not graciously, the decision of the greater number. That's how decisions are made in this Country. Right? Not necessarily!