(2024-02-15). Fascism seizes Ireland in the novel 'Prophet Song'. greenleft.org.au 
Bill Nevins revews Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning novel, set in a near-future Ireland, where fascists have come to power.
(2024-02-15). Alessandra Mussolini: from daughter of Benito Mussolini to Japanese popstar. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – Meet Alessandra Mussolini, the daughter of the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and a former Japanese City Pop star in the 80s! Despite being a current member of the European Parliament, the current Italian politician released a Japanese City Pop album under the name of 'Amore' which was exclusive to the Japanese audience back then. Alfa Records released the album in 1982which was produced by Miki Curtis and had Mussolini sing in Japanese, English, and Italian.Our favorite song on the album has to go to '
(2024-02-15). Bombing Muslims for Peace. tomdispatch.com Like many American boys of the baby-boomer generation, I played "war" with those old, olive-drab, plastic toy soldiers meant to evoke our great victory over the Nazis and "the Japs" during World War II. At age 10, I also kept a scrapbook of the 1973 Yom Kippur War between Israel and its various Arab enemies in the Middle East. It was, I suppose, an early sign that I would make both the military and the study of history into careers. I recall rooting for the Israelis, advertised then as crucial American allies, against Egypt, Syria, and other regional enemies at least ostensibly allied with the Soviet Union in tha…
(2024-02-15). THE NARCISSISTIC WESTERN ELITES: AN OPERATIONS MANUAL. sonar21.com 
all-nazi-scum | The last few years have been years of miscalculation for the West. Big things have been planned and put into action, and failed. All the wars, all the sanctions, all domestic and economic 'initiatives', and all responses to what the adversaries have done are failing or have already failed. In fact, the failure of any venture by the West has become almost guaranteed. This has a lot of people scratching their heads — they simply can't fathom how this can happen. | At the same time the real goals of the western political class have come under increased scrutiny. Everything they do seems to b…
(2024-02-16). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org
(2024-02-16). Defusing The Derivatives Time Bomb: Some Proposed Solutions. popularresistance.org This is a sequel to a Jan. 15 article titled "Casino Capitalism and the Derivatives Market: Time for Another 'Lehman Moment'?", discussing the threat of a 2024 "black swan" event that could pop the derivatives bubble. That bubble is now over ten times the GDP of the world and is so interconnected and fragile that an unanticipated crisis could trigger the collapse not just of the bubble but of the economy. To avoid that result, in the event of the bankruptcy of a major financial institution, derivative claimants are put first in line to grab the assets — not just the deposits of customers but their stocks an…
(2024-02-15). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org
(2024-02-15). 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…
(2024-02-15). Did Wall Street Just End the Class War? scheerpost.com 
By Les Leopold / Substack All workers can become capitalists, all workers can become rich! That's the future of the economy according to the infamous Wall Street buyout firm, KKR, (formerly Kohlberg Kravis, Roberts & Co.) Today, KKR says that the iron laws of capitalism don't have to pit workers against bosses. They claim …
(2024-02-16). Ukraine: 'Two years after the invasion, normalisation of war has led to a return of politics'. greenleft.org.au 
Green Left's Federico Fuentes interviewed Viktoriia Pihul , a council member of Ukrainian democratic socialist organisation Social Movement, regarding the situation in Ukraine two years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
(2024-02-15). Enabling Genocide: Trudeau, Joly and Poilievre. socialistproject.ca 
On December 29, 2023, the government of South Africa filed
(2024-02-15). The Economics Teacher of the New Generation: Cryptocurrency Ideology. mronline.org 
The widespread ownership of crypto currencies in countries like Turkey and Argentina has created the grounds for a very reactionary economic understanding among broad social segments, especially among young people.
(2024-02-15). Preventative Medicine Needed: Israel's Roles in Genocides, Dictatorships, and Repression Around the World. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-16). Anti-Zionist Jewish activist in New Zealand speaks out against genocide in Gaza. wsws.org Rick Sahar, the son of two Holocaust survivors, spoke to the WSWS about his decision to speak out publicly against Israel's genocidal war against the people of Gaza.
(2024-02-16). Camilo Torres Restrepo: Priest, revolutionary, and guerrilla fighter. peoplesdispatch.org 
Priest, intellectual, revolutionary and guerrilla fighter, Camilo Torres Restrepo is, along with Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, one of the most important figures in Colombian history. His commitment to popular and revolutionary causes has made him a symbol of social movements in Latin America and the world. | He was born in Bogota on February 3, 1929, into a privileged family of Bogotá belonging to the Colombian elites. After a brief semester in which he tried to study law at the national university, he withdrew to become a Catholic priest, thanks to the influence of some Dominican priests he met through his girlfriend's…
(2024-02-15). Winston Peters, a Great Political Survivor, Political Chameleon and Most Loyal Servant of the U.S. Empire, is Back in Power in New Zealand. covertactionmagazine.com And Surprise, Surprise: He's Pushing for New Zealand to Join AUKUS, an Anti-China Military Security Partnership of the U.S., Australia and Great Britain New Zealand held its triennial general election in October 2023 and the result was what had been predicted by the polls all along—the Labour Party, which had been in power since 2017, …
(2024-02-15). Winston Peters, a Great Political Survivor, Political Chameleon and Most Loyal Servant of the U.S. Empire, is Back in Power in Zew Zealand. covertactionmagazine.com And Surprise, Surprise: He's Pushing for New Zealand to Join AUKUS, an Anti-China Military Security Partnership of the U.S., Australia and Great Britain New Zealand held its triennial general election in October 2023 and the result was what had been predicted by the polls all along—the Labour Party, which had been in power since 2017, …
(2024-02-16). Imperial opens new Enterprise Fund to support its startups and spinouts. imperial.ac.uk
(2024-02-16). Soft prosthetics startup Koalaa raises nearly £1 million from investors. imperial.ac.uk The Imperial College Enterprise Fund joins investors backing Koalaa's innovative prosthetic limbs, which are helping people worldwide.
(2024-02-16). Drug Prices Should be Controlled. counterpunch.org 
Pharmaceutical companies are angry with Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator has vowed to force pharma CEOs to publicly answer for why their drug prices are so much higher in the United States than in other nations. Brazenly, the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck initially refused. An attorney for Johnson & Johnson accused the senator of
(2024-02-15). BioNTech and Moderna lobby the EU, Swiss and UK regulatory agencies to stop mRNA injections being classified as gene therapy. expose-news.com BioNTech and Moderna are frantically lobbying the European Parliament to stop a reclassification of mRNA injections as "gene therapy" in the upcoming revision to the European Union's ("EU's") pharmaceutical legislation. Moderna is …