Monthly Archives: February 2024

2024-02-12: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-02-12). Long suppressed report sheds light on Canada's "Open Door Policy" for Nazi war criminals. wsws.org Reading the now largely unredacted Rodal report, one understands why it was kept secret for almost 40 years. It demonstrates that many of Justice Jules Deschenes' conclusions in the official Report on War Criminals in Canada were lies.

Andrés Madrid, Andrés Tapia (2024-02-12). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org

WSWS (2024-02-12). Amid furor over Biden's age and acuity: The deeper issues in the Democratic Party crisis. wsws.org The political crisis in the United States is rooted in the global crisis of capitalism, which threatens working people with war, social austerity and dictatorship.

Andrés Madrid, Andrés Tapia (2024-02-11). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org

Freedom Socialist Party (2024-02-12). Sunday 2/25: Building on the Leadership Legacy of Black Panther Women. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco | Located 7 blocks from Civic Center BART and on or near the #19, 31, 47, 48 & 49 Muni bus lines…

Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. (2024-02-12). Washington Sets Stage For Delegitimizing The Venezuelan Presidential Election. popularresistance.org Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution marks its 25th anniversary this month, despite continuous US-led hybrid warfare to overthrow the socialist project. The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro has successfully forced the US to de facto engage with it, although Washington still maintains the fiction that the defunct 2015 National Assembly is the "last remaining democratic institution" there. | The US has been relegated to vetting candidates for the upcoming Venezuelan presidential election. While still egregiously interventionist, the imperial power has failed to achieve outright regime change. The appe…

Freedom Socialist Party (2024-02-11). Sunday 2/25: Building on the Leadership Legacy of Black Panther Women. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco | Located 7 blocks from Civic Center BART and on or near the #19, 31, 47, 48 & 49 Muni bus lines…

Friends of Socialist China. (2024-02-11). US Peace Activists Call For Dialogue And Understanding With China. popularresistance.org At a time when China-United States relations are increasingly defined by narratives of rivalry, a recent visit by US peace activists to China offered a refreshing counterpoint. | Seeking to build bridges of understanding between the two nations, a delegation from the US Peace Council visited China last month at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament. | They shared their firsthand experience in China at a recent webinar to demonstrate that cooperation, not competition, is the path to a peaceful future. | "What we witnessed was a modernizing China focused on promoting peaceful…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-02-11). BRICS+ and the Future of the International Order. libya360.wordpress.com This thought-provoking article by Elias Jabbour — associate professor of theory and policy of economic planning at Rio de Janeiro State University, and member of the Friends of Socialist China advisory group — explores the shifting dynamics of global power and the emergence of BRICS+ as a significant factor in the evolving international order. The…

Larry Haiven (2024-02-11). What Kind of Holocaust Education? Preventing Racism and Antisemitism. socialistproject.ca As we mark the 19th Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day [27 January], the call to make Holocaust teaching "obligatory" in Canadian public schools has risen to fever pitch. British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario

Pressenza New York (2024-02-11). Washington Promotes Opposition Candidate Setting the Stage for Delegitimizing the Venezuelan Presidential Election. pressenza.com Despite continuous US-led hybrid warfare to overthrow the socialist project, this month marks the

Santa Cruz News (2024-02-11). DSA Santa Cruz Electoral Working Group Recommends Yes on Measure M, Housing for People. indybay.org The Electoral Action Working Group of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Santa Cruz recommends a yes vote on Measure M, the Housing for People initiative, which is on the ballot in the March 5 primary election in the City of Santa Cruz. If passed, Measure M will increase the ratio of inclusionary/affordable housing to 25% in new large projects of 30+ units, and will require a majority vote of the people before the city's General Plan can be amended to raise current building height limits or floor area ratios.

Editor (2024-02-12). Ernest Mandel — "Hope and Marxism: Historical and Theoretical Essays" mronline.org Some of Ernest Mandel's finest work on Marxist theory and revolutionary politics appeared in the form of short articles. "Hope and Marxism" collects eleven of Mandel's most significant articles and provides an excellent introduction to his thought.

WSWS (2024-02-12). Ahead of South Carolina primary, Trump pledges mass deportations, police state actions if elected president. wsws.org Speaking to a few thousand supporters, the aspiring dictator articulated his police state agenda which includes greatly expanding the border police.

Javier Belda (2024-02-12). Milei government and communication policies/Freedom was not for expression. pressenza.com "Consequently, the role of the press has changed radically. It no longer consists essentially of debating, but of interpreting and helping to underpin government decisions with the arguments it can bring to bear." | Max Ruchner, Neue Zàºrcher Zeitung, October 1933 | The sentence in the epigraph is not taken from Decree 117/2024 with which Milei has intervened in Argentina's public media. It belongs to the commentator of a Swiss newspaper, who explains with these words the German Law for Publishers, condemned a few months after Hitler had succeeded in utilizing the Enabling Law in March 1933 in transferrin…

Elijah Magnier (2024-02-11). Worldwide ceremonies mark anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution. thealtworld.com Ceremonies have been held across the world to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the glorious victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution. | Celebrations took place in the Vatican, as well as the capitals of Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Spain, Hungary, Bangladesh, Denmark and Ireland. | Each year on the 22nd of the solar calendar month of Bahman, which corresponds with February 11, Iranians mark the overthrow of the US-backed Pahlavi regime in a popular uprising led by Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini, the charismatic leader of the revolution. | Less than two months after the victory o…

People's Health Dispatch, People's Dispatch. (2024-02-12). Public Pharma For Europe, A Game-Changer For Access To Medicines. popularresistance.org "It's time to step up, promote health justice, and meet the real needs of people," says Alan Silva from the European chapter of the People's Health Movement (PHM), addressing the need for revolutionizing pharma policies in Europe. A long-time advocate for access to medicines, Silva understands how important it is for Europe to change the way it thinks about research and development, but also production and distribution of health technologies. | If the region were able to de-link itself from the interests of transnational pharmaceutical companies, it would be a true game changer, he says. "We need public pharma in…

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2024-02-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-02-10). Argentina's fascistic president Milei embraces Netanyahu in Jerusalem. wsws.org The Argentine ruling class is drenching its hands with the blood of Gazans as a means of renewing its historic counter-revolutionary relationship with the Israeli bourgeoisie.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2024-02-10). Let Them Eat Dirt. popularresistance.org There was never any possibility that the Israeli government would agree to a pause in the fighting proposed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, much less a ceasefire. Israel is on the verge of delivering the coup de grâce in its war on Palestinians in Gaza — mass starvation. When Israeli leaders use the term "absolute victory," they mean total decimation, total elimination. The Nazis in 1942 systematically starved the 500,000 men, women and children in the Warsaw Ghetto. This is a number Israel intends to exceed. | Israel, and its chief patron the United States, by attempting to shut down the United Natio…

Andrés Madrid, Andrés Tapia (2024-02-11). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org

Andrés Madrid, Andrés Tapia (2024-02-10). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org

Freedom Socialist Party (2024-02-11). Sunday 2/25: Building on the Leadership Legacy of Black Panther Women. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco | Located 7 blocks from Civic Center BART and on or near the #19, 31, 47, 48 & 49 Muni bus lines…

Friends of Socialist China. (2024-02-11). US Peace Activists Call For Dialogue And Understanding With China. popularresistance.org At a time when China-United States relations are increasingly defined by narratives of rivalry, a recent visit by US peace activists to China offered a refreshing counterpoint. | Seeking to build bridges of understanding between the two nations, a delegation from the US Peace Council visited China last month at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament. | They shared their firsthand experience in China at a recent webinar to demonstrate that cooperation, not competition, is the path to a peaceful future. | "What we witnessed was a modernizing China focused on promoting peaceful…

Pressenza New York (2024-02-11). Washington Promotes Opposition Candidate Setting the Stage for Delegitimizing the Venezuelan Presidential Election. pressenza.com Despite continuous US-led hybrid warfare to overthrow the socialist project, this month marks the

Santa Cruz News (2024-02-11). DSA Santa Cruz Electoral Working Group Recommends Yes on Measure M, Housing for People. indybay.org The Electoral Action Working Group of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Santa Cruz recommends a yes vote on Measure M, the Housing for People initiative, which is on the ballot in the March 5 primary election in the City of Santa Cruz. If passed, Measure M will increase the ratio of inclusionary/affordable housing to 25% in new large projects of 30+ units, and will require a majority vote of the people before the city's General Plan can be amended to raise current building height limits or floor area ratios.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-02-10). Washington Promotes Opposition Candidate Setting the Stage for Delegitimizing the Venezuelan Presidential Election. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris Image: HFAC Roundtable: "The Fight for Freedom in Venezuela: A Conversation with María Corina Machado" Despite continuous US-led hybrid warfare to overthrow the socialist project, this month marks the 25th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution. The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro has successfully forced the US to de facto engage with…

National Single Payer, Popular Resistance. (2024-02-10). What The US Can Learn From The Cuban Health Care System. popularresistance.org David Ramirez Alvarez is Second Secretary in the Cuban Embassy, representing Cuba's cultural and political forces sectors. He will be presenting an historical and current analysis of the Cuban health care system, how it differs from our profit-driven system, how Cuba provides comprehensive primary and quaternary health services in the face of a decades' long illegal and brutal U.S. blockade and still has better outcomes than ours. Ramirez Alvarez will also address how the training of health care providers and scientists in Cuba is intimately connected to the socialist culture derived from the Cuban Revolution. Is…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-10). Spain: Riot police are used to crush farmers' protests. expose-news.com Farmer protests have been taking place since Tuesday throughout Spain. Yesterday they announced that would they take their protest to the Socialist Party headquarters in Madrid today. The government has announced that …

WSWS (2024-02-10). The resignation of Maria Svart and the political crisis in the Democratic Socialists of America. wsws.org Svart's decision to step down from the top post in the DSA, one she has held for over 12 years, is one of many indications of a major political crisis in the organization, which functions as a faction of the Democratic Party.

Santa Cruz News (2024-02-10). DSA Santa Cruz Electoral Working Group Recommends Yes on Measure M, Housing for People. indybay.org The Electoral Action Working Group of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Santa Cruz recommends a yes vote on Measure M, the Housing for People initiative, which is on the ballot in the March 5 primary election in the City of Santa Cruz. If passed, Measure M will increase the ratio of inclusionary/affordable housing to 25% in new large projects of 30+ units, and will require a majority vote of the people before the city's General Plan can be amended to raise current building height limits or floor area ratios.

WSWS (2024-02-10). Leader of Sri Lanka's opposition JVP party visits India. wsws.org Dissanayake's five-day trip signifies a further rightward shift by the JVP, as it bolsters its relations with reactionary regimes throughout the region and internationally.

scorinoco (2024-02-10). Venezuela Condemns US Interference in Internal Affairs (+Fake Attack on Machado). orinocotribune.com The foreign affairs minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, condemned another attempt by the government of the United States to interfere in the internal affairs of Venezuela, and advised the US under secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, "to distance himself from such position." | "Mr. Nichols not only shows cynicism in speaking of violence from the bloodiest empire ever known, but he is also a great liar who shamelessly reproduces any bullshit from his failed protégés in our country," Minister Gil wrote in a Twitter post. "I advise him to move away from such position and avoid creating a…

teleSUR (2024-02-10). Hungarian President Katalin Novák Resigns. telesurenglish.net Katalin Novák, the Hungarian president since 10 May 2022, dismissed this Saturday after a week of controversy over a pardon granted to a manager of a children's home who tried to hide cases of pederasty. | RELATED: | "I issued a pardon that caused bewilderment and unrest for many people. I made a mistake," said the now former president of Hungary. | Today I resigned from my office as President of Hungary. Thank you for everyt…

Editor (2024-02-10). Feb 10, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 5 Eventful Events, by James Howard Kunstler Tucker Carlson Interview of Vladimir Putin, by Yves Smith Tucker Carlson interview with Putin: what went wrong? by Gilbert Doctorow Putin/Carlson Interview, by Karl Sanchez (Transcript) Tucker Carlson: The Putin Interview, by Tyler Durden Tucker Carlson Interviews Vladimir Putin, by John Leake The Great Reset Is Dead, Long Live The Great Reset, by Tom Luongo Norman Solomon, Everything at Risk Dualistic Thinking and Ego: The Roots of Global Conflict, by Eric Arnow President Biden Sees Dead People, by Bill A…

Nicholas Aderinto, Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori (2024-02-10). Correspondence] Health implications of GSK's departure from Nigeria. thelancet.com GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced plans to cease operations in Nigeria in the face of worsening economic conditions and declining revenues.1 GSK's departure as a crucial pharmaceutical provider in Nigeria holds substantial implications for the country's health-care sector, including disruptions in disease management, treatment access, and immunisation efforts, and potentially puts patients at risk due to supply chain disruptions for medicines and vaccines.2 The absence of GSK-manufactured medications such as Amoxil (amoxicillin), Cervarix (a human papillomavirus vaccine), and Bexsero (a meningitis vaccine) could le…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2024-02-10). Public pharma for Europe, a game-changer for access to medicines. peoplesdispatch.org "It's time to step up, promote health justice, and meet the real needs of people," says Alan Silva from the European chapter of the People's Health Movement (PHM), addressing the need for revolutionizing pharma policies in Europe. A long-time advocate for access to medicines, Silva understands how important it is for Europe to change the way it thinks about research and development, but also production and distribution of health technologies. | If the region were able to de-link itself from the interests of transnational pharmaceutical companies, it would be a true game changer, he says. "We need public pharma in…

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2024-02-10: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2024-02-09). Left groups in Italy demand safe return of anti-fascist activist imprisoned in Hungary. peoplesdispatch.org Italian school teacher Ilaria Salis has been imprisoned in Hungary for nearly a year, accused of assaulting neo-Nazis during an anti-fascist counter protest…

tickettailor (2024-02-09). Feb 9 Toronto: #FascistThreat and What it Means for #WorkingClass Politics. tickettailor.com Tonight in #Toronto Feb 9th, 7pm: "The #FascistThreat and What it Means for #WorkingClass Politics" – Feat. Adolph Reed Jr.

Victor Grossman (2024-02-09). Germany: Giant Rallies, Big Questions. counterpunch.org Germany has seen two major occurrences in recent weeks. Featured daily in the media have been the giant crowds demonstrating against the fascistic AfD, Alternative for Germany. Estimates were as high as 100,000 in Hamburg, 200,000 in Dàºsseldorf, up to 250,000 in Munich and already lasting over three weeks, with a second rally in Berlin

WSWS (2024-02-09). Pseudo-left maintains guilty silence on job cuts at UPS, Teamsters courting of fascist Trump. wsws.org It has now emerged that the pseudo-left has backed and provided cover for a Teamsters administration with extreme right and even fascist sympathies. This shows there is no line which the pseudo-left will not cross.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2024-02-10). Let Them Eat Dirt. popularresistance.org There was never any possibility that the Israeli government would agree to a pause in the fighting proposed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, much less a ceasefire. Israel is on the verge of delivering the coup de grâce in its war on Palestinians in Gaza — mass starvation. When Israeli leaders use the term "absolute victory," they mean total decimation, total elimination. The Nazis in 1942 systematically starved the 500,000 men, women and children in the Warsaw Ghetto. This is a number Israel intends to exceed. | Israel, and its chief patron the United States, by attempting to shut down the United Natio…

David Finkel (2024-02-09). From Ukraine to Palestine: Poisons of Denialism. counterpunch.org "Israel pursuing similar goals to Russia" — Sergel Lavrov RT News, Thursday 28 December 2023: "The fight against Nazism is what historically unites Russia and the Middle Eastern country, the foreign minister said. "The declared goals of Israel in its ongoing operation against Hamas militants in Gaza seem nearly identical to Moscow's in its campaign against

ecns.cn (2024-02-09). Switzerland to facilitate Chinese travel: Foreign Minister. ecns.cn Swiss Federal Councilor and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said in Beijing that Switzerland warmly welcomes Chinese tourists and will provide more visa facilitation for Chinese citizens and enterprises investing in the country.

Andrés Madrid, Andrés Tapia (2024-02-09). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org

Editor (2024-02-09). Feb 9, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ This Magnificent Russian Music Is Astonishing Imperialism, Lenin, and US Wars Abroad: The Problem is Capitalism, by Rob Urie The Vladimir Putin Interview (Video, X) Joe Rogan & Aaron Rodgers: "Stand Courageously For What You Believe In," by John Leake The US Keeps Bombing People While Saying It Doesn't Want To Fight, by Caitlin Johnstone Israel's genocide in Gaza: Let Them Eat Dirt, by Chris Hedges Israeli Government's Lies About Gaza Shouldn't Be a Surprise, by Yves Smith Rockets Falling on Us — Gaza's Newton Lights Up Tents and Hearts in Rafah Greenwald: Congress, in Chaos, Can't Eve…

Andrés Madrid, Andrés Tapia (2024-02-10). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org

albawaba (2024-02-09). Borussia Dortmund vs Freiburg predicted lineups – Bundesliga 2023-24. albawaba.com Borussia Dortmund host Freiburg at the Signal-Iduna-Park in Matchday 21 of the Bundesliga on Saturday.Match date: Saturday, 9 February | Kick-off time: 19: 30 (GMT) | Venue: Signal-Iduna-ParkBorussia Dortmund vs Freiburg predicted lineups: Dortmund possible XlManager: Edin TerzicAlexander Meyer; Marius Wolf, Niklas Sule, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ian Maatsen; Marcel Sabitzer, Salih Ozcan, Emre Can; Donyell Malen, Niclas Fullkrug, Jamie Bynoe-GittensFreiburg possible XlManager: Christian StreichNoah Atubolu; Lukas Kubler, Attila Szalai, Manuel Gulde, Jordy Makengo; Maximilian Eggestein, Nicolas Hofler; Ritsu Doan,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-02-10). Washington Promotes Opposition Candidate Setting the Stage for Delegitimizing the Venezuelan Presidential Election. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris Image: HFAC Roundtable: "The Fight for Freedom in Venezuela: A Conversation with María Corina Machado" Despite continuous US-led hybrid warfare to overthrow the socialist project, this month marks the 25th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution. The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro has successfully forced the US to de facto engage with…

National Single Payer, Popular Resistance. (2024-02-10). What The US Can Learn From The Cuban Health Care System. popularresistance.org David Ramirez Alvarez is Second Secretary in the Cuban Embassy, representing Cuba's cultural and political forces sectors. He will be presenting an historical and current analysis of the Cuban health care system, how it differs from our profit-driven system, how Cuba provides comprehensive primary and quaternary health services in the face of a decades' long illegal and brutal U.S. blockade and still has better outcomes than ours. Ramirez Alvarez will also address how the training of health care providers and scientists in Cuba is intimately connected to the socialist culture derived from the Cuban Revolution. Is…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-10). Spain: Riot police are used to crush farmers' protests. expose-news.com Farmer protests have been taking place since Tuesday throughout Spain. Yesterday they announced that would they take their protest to the Socialist Party headquarters in Madrid today. The government has announced that …

Ana Perdigón (2024-02-09). Diosdado Cabello: Chavismo Ready for Presidential Elections Whenever CNE Chooses. orinocotribune.com The vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, has stated that the party is ready for presidential elections to be held whenever the National Electoral Council (CNE) calls them. | During the broadcast of his television program Con el Mazo Dando this Thursday, February 8, Cabello said that the forces of Chavismo are prepared to take part in the electoral process whenever it is determined and convened by the CNE. "The ones who decide are the CNE, but I'm going to tell you something," he noted, "if the Electoral Power determines that the elections are in March, then we are re…

Santa Cruz News (2024-02-09). Democratic Socialists of Santa Cruz Endorses Measure M, the Housing for People Initiative. indybay.org Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Santa Cruz has endorsed Measure M, the Housing for People initiative, which is on the ballot in the March 5 primary election in the City of Santa Cruz. If passed, Measure M will increase the ratio of inclusionary/affordable housing to 25% in new large projects of 30+ units, and will require a majority vote of the people before the city's General Plan can be amended to raise current building height limits or floor area ratios.

Tim Beal, Friends of Socialist China. (2024-02-09). Asian NATO Under A New Guise. popularresistance.org Over the past couple of years there has been a flurry of activity linking NATO, and some of its constituent countries with the states of American East Asia, principally Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been a frequent visitor, and in December 2023, the US embassy in Seoul arranged for senior representatives from eight NATO countries to visit South Korea to "engage in discussions on the security situation in the Indo-Pacific region and other pertinent issues". Meanwhile back in Washington Representative Mike Lawler has introduced a bill in Congress aimed at…

WSWS (2024-02-09). AOC praises Biden for his "leadership" in MSNBC interview. wsws.org Trying to resuscitate Biden's plummeting standing among a vast majority of humanity, the fake socialist from New York was summoned to cable news to gin up support for "Genocide Joe."

Santa Cruz News (2024-02-10). DSA Santa Cruz Electoral Working Group Recommends Yes on Measure M, Housing for People. indybay.org The Electoral Action Working Group of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Santa Cruz recommends a yes vote on Measure M, the Housing for People initiative, which is on the ballot in the March 5 primary election in the City of Santa Cruz. If passed, Measure M will increase the ratio of inclusionary/affordable housing to 25% in new large projects of 30+ units, and will require a majority vote of the people before the city's General Plan can be amended to raise current building height limits or floor area ratios.

Howard Waitzkin, MD (2024-02-09). Preventative Medicine Needed: Israel's Roles in Genocides, Dictatorships, and Repression Around the World. counterpunch.org My first encounter with Israel's role in genocide happened while caring for patients, not in Palestine but in California. Compared to traumatization of ordinary people in Israel or deaths and injuries in Gaza now, that experience may seem small. But as possible Israeli genocide causes concerns worldwide, including South Africa's case against Israel in the

scorinoco (2024-02-10). Venezuela Condemns US Interference in Internal Affairs (+Fake Attack on Machado). orinocotribune.com The foreign affairs minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, condemned another attempt by the government of the United States to interfere in the internal affairs of Venezuela, and advised the US under secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, "to distance himself from such position." | "Mr. Nichols not only shows cynicism in speaking of violence from the bloodiest empire ever known, but he is also a great liar who shamelessly reproduces any bullshit from his failed protégés in our country," Minister Gil wrote in a Twitter post. "I advise him to move away from such position and avoid creating a…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-09). BRICS agenda and "Western Empire" agenda are the SAME agenda. expose-news.com In an article last month, Catte Black and Iain Davis argued that we should oppose the multipolar world order just as vigorously as we might any other model of tyranny. Why? Because …

Editor (2024-02-10). Feb 10, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 5 Eventful Events, by James Howard Kunstler Tucker Carlson Interview of Vladimir Putin, by Yves Smith Tucker Carlson interview with Putin: what went wrong? by Gilbert Doctorow Putin/Carlson Interview, by Karl Sanchez (Transcript) Tucker Carlson: The Putin Interview, by Tyler Durden Tucker Carlson Interviews Vladimir Putin, by John Leake The Great Reset Is Dead, Long Live The Great Reset, by Tom Luongo Norman Solomon, Everything at Risk Dualistic Thinking and Ego: The Roots of Global Conflict, by Eric Arnow President Biden Sees Dead People, by Bill A…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-02-09). Pfizer's "Secret" Report on the Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. globalresearch.ca Pfizer was fully aware that the mRNA vaccine which it is marketing Worldwide would result in a wave of mortality and morbidity. This is tantamount to a crime against humanity on the part of Big Pharma.

Nicholas Aderinto, Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori (2024-02-10). Correspondence] Health implications of GSK's departure from Nigeria. thelancet.com GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced plans to cease operations in Nigeria in the face of worsening economic conditions and declining revenues.1 GSK's departure as a crucial pharmaceutical provider in Nigeria holds substantial implications for the country's health-care sector, including disruptions in disease management, treatment access, and immunisation efforts, and potentially puts patients at risk due to supply chain disruptions for medicines and vaccines.2 The absence of GSK-manufactured medications such as Amoxil (amoxicillin), Cervarix (a human papillomavirus vaccine), and Bexsero (a meningitis vaccine) could le…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2024-02-10). Public pharma for Europe, a game-changer for access to medicines. peoplesdispatch.org "It's time to step up, promote health justice, and meet the real needs of people," says Alan Silva from the European chapter of the People's Health Movement (PHM), addressing the need for revolutionizing pharma policies in Europe. A long-time advocate for access to medicines, Silva understands how important it is for Europe to change the way it thinks about research and development, but also production and distribution of health technologies. | If the region were able to de-link itself from the interests of transnational pharmaceutical companies, it would be a true game changer, he says. "We need public pharma in…

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2024-02-09: News Headlines

This Week in Fascism (2024-02-08). This Week in Fascism #135: Proud Boys Split Into Factions, Resistance to TPUSA, Report from Ohio. itsgoingdown.org Welcome back fellow antifascists! It's been way too long since this column last came out — but with a new year and a growing need for an antifascist clearinghouse of action, information, and beyond — we felt it was time for this column to make a comeback. In this week's installment, you'll find a breakdown…

Victor Grossman (2024-02-09). Germany: Giant Rallies, Big Questions. counterpunch.org Germany has seen two major occurrences in recent weeks. Featured daily in the media have been the giant crowds demonstrating against the fascistic AfD, Alternative for Germany. Estimates were as high as 100,000 in Hamburg, 200,000 in Dàºsseldorf, up to 250,000 in Munich and already lasting over three weeks, with a second rally in Berlin

WSWS (2024-02-09). Pseudo-left maintains guilty silence on job cuts at UPS, Teamsters courting of fascist Trump. wsws.org It has now emerged that the pseudo-left has backed and provided cover for a Teamsters administration with extreme right and even fascist sympathies. This shows there is no line which the pseudo-left will not cross.

David Finkel (2024-02-09). From Ukraine to Palestine: Poisons of Denialism. counterpunch.org "Israel pursuing similar goals to Russia" — Sergel Lavrov RT News, Thursday 28 December 2023: "The fight against Nazism is what historically unites Russia and the Middle Eastern country, the foreign minister said. "The declared goals of Israel in its ongoing operation against Hamas militants in Gaza seem nearly identical to Moscow's in its campaign against

ecns.cn (2024-02-09). Switzerland to facilitate Chinese travel: Foreign Minister. ecns.cn Swiss Federal Councilor and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said in Beijing that Switzerland warmly welcomes Chinese tourists and will provide more visa facilitation for Chinese citizens and enterprises investing in the country.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2024-02-08). Zaluzhny apela a neonazistas para apoiá-lo contra Zelensky. globalresearch.ca As controvérsias em torno da rivalidade entre Vladimir Zelensky e Valery Zaluzhny continuam a aumentar. Segundo informaàßàµes de uma fonte familiarizada com o tema, o general ucraniano está atualmente a criar uma espécie de "exército privado", cooptando militantes neonazistas para …

Andrés Madrid, Andrés Tapia (2024-02-09). Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador: Two sides of the same coin. cadtm.org

Editor (2024-02-09). Feb 9, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ This Magnificent Russian Music Is Astonishing Imperialism, Lenin, and US Wars Abroad: The Problem is Capitalism, by Rob Urie The Vladimir Putin Interview (Video, X) Joe Rogan & Aaron Rodgers: "Stand Courageously For What You Believe In," by John Leake The US Keeps Bombing People While Saying It Doesn't Want To Fight, by Caitlin Johnstone Israel's genocide in Gaza: Let Them Eat Dirt, by Chris Hedges Israeli Government's Lies About Gaza Shouldn't Be a Surprise, by Yves Smith Rockets Falling on Us — Gaza's Newton Lights Up Tents and Hearts in Rafah Greenwald: Congress, in Chaos, Can't Eve…

Amiad Horowitz (2024-02-08). Hello Comrade Project educational delegation heads for Vietnam. peoplesworld.org HANOI—After the dissolution of the USSR, the reactionary intellectual Francis Fukuyama declared "the end of history." He claimed that capitalism had triumphed in the Cold War and that all pursuits of socialism or any other alternatives to the "free market" path were dead. Of course, anyone that looks around them today can clearly see that …

Michael Berkowitz (2024-02-08). 'Killing It': Before it kills us! peoplesworld.org One of the most trenchant recent critiques of late capitalism is Killing It, a droll television comedy show about killing Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades. Craig Foster is a solid believer in the American Dream. He aspires to become an entrepreneur. If he could only get a chance, Craig knows he would certainly become …

albawaba (2024-02-09). Borussia Dortmund vs Freiburg predicted lineups – Bundesliga 2023-24. albawaba.com Borussia Dortmund host Freiburg at the Signal-Iduna-Park in Matchday 21 of the Bundesliga on Saturday.Match date: Saturday, 9 February | Kick-off time: 19: 30 (GMT) | Venue: Signal-Iduna-ParkBorussia Dortmund vs Freiburg predicted lineups: Dortmund possible XlManager: Edin TerzicAlexander Meyer; Marius Wolf, Niklas Sule, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ian Maatsen; Marcel Sabitzer, Salih Ozcan, Emre Can; Donyell Malen, Niclas Fullkrug, Jamie Bynoe-GittensFreiburg possible XlManager: Christian StreichNoah Atubolu; Lukas Kubler, Attila Szalai, Manuel Gulde, Jordy Makengo; Maximilian Eggestein, Nicolas Hofler; Ritsu Doan,…

Santa Cruz News (2024-02-09). Democratic Socialists of Santa Cruz Endorses Measure M, the Housing for People Initiative. indybay.org Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Santa Cruz has endorsed Measure M, the Housing for People initiative, which is on the ballot in the March 5 primary election in the City of Santa Cruz. If passed, Measure M will increase the ratio of inclusionary/affordable housing to 25% in new large projects of 30+ units, and will require a majority vote of the people before the city's General Plan can be amended to raise current building height limits or floor area ratios.

Tim Beal, Friends of Socialist China. (2024-02-09). Asian NATO Under A New Guise. popularresistance.org Over the past couple of years there has been a flurry of activity linking NATO, and some of its constituent countries with the states of American East Asia, principally Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been a frequent visitor, and in December 2023, the US embassy in Seoul arranged for senior representatives from eight NATO countries to visit South Korea to "engage in discussions on the security situation in the Indo-Pacific region and other pertinent issues". Meanwhile back in Washington Representative Mike Lawler has introduced a bill in Congress aimed at…

WSWS (2024-02-09). AOC praises Biden for his "leadership" in MSNBC interview. wsws.org Trying to resuscitate Biden's plummeting standing among a vast majority of humanity, the fake socialist from New York was summoned to cable news to gin up support for "Genocide Joe."

Editor (2024-02-08). MST's Commitment to the Struggle and to the Brazilian People. socialistproject.ca The "We reaffirm the commitment we made forty years [founded January 1984] ago: we will fight until the evils of the latifundio (large land hold…

Frieda Afary (2024-02-08). US Left Must Link With Progressive Forces in Middle East to Stop Regional War. truthout.org There has been much talk of the possibility of a regional war in the Middle East ever since Hamas's brutal assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, and Israel's genocidal invasion of Gaza, in the context of a U.S. administration not willing to call for an immediate ceasefire. As an Iranian American socialist feminist activist with ties to activists in Iran, the U.S., Israel and Palestine… |

Pubudu Jayagoda, Janaka Biyanwila (2024-02-08). Sri Lanka: Building the people's movement is a priority. greenleft.org.au The Frontline Socialist Party actively contributed to the 2022 popular uprising in Sri Lanka. Green Left's Janaka Biyanwila interviewed Pubudu Jayagoda, who is the FSP's educational secretary and central committee member about the party's organising work.

Howard Waitzkin, MD (2024-02-09). Preventative Medicine Needed: Israel's Roles in Genocides, Dictatorships, and Repression Around the World. counterpunch.org My first encounter with Israel's role in genocide happened while caring for patients, not in Palestine but in California. Compared to traumatization of ordinary people in Israel or deaths and injuries in Gaza now, that experience may seem small. But as possible Israeli genocide causes concerns worldwide, including South Africa's case against Israel in the

Benjamin Zinevich (2024-02-08). Pinochet-apologist and neoliberal pundit: the legacy of Sebastián Piñera. peoplesdispatch.org On Tuesday, February 6, Chilean news outlets reported that former president Sebastián Piñera died in a helicopter crash in Lake Ranco in the Los Ríos region in southern Chile. He was 74 years old. The ex-president was a controversial figure in Chilean politics having led the most severe police crackdown on protests and social movement since the military dictatorship ruled over the country. However, less is widely known about Piñera's own links to the politics and political figures of the Pinochet era Chile. | From Harvard to the World Bank: | Piñera began building his public profile in the 1970s, in the e…

Editor (2024-02-08). Feb 8, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Two Steps From Hell — Heart of Courage — Geminna Tucker Madness is Good for America, by Scott Ritter Martin Jay: "Carlson Interview With Putin Could Topple Western Elites, End Ukraine War", by Karl Sanchez Tucker Carlson Interviews Vladimir Putin, by Bill Astore Prep for the Interview: Words from the Past, by Karl Sanchez The Newer World Order, by Aurelien The Empire Depends On Our Unwillingness To Look At Its Crimes, by Caitlin Johnstone America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, by Gilbert Doctorow Financial Big Brother is Watching You: A brief note on an overlooked nightmare,…

The Independent (2024-02-08). Will 2024 be the new 1933? independent.co.ug Many refuse to contemplate today's bleak prospects, just as liberals in 1933 predicted that Hitler would quickly fail COMMENT | MARK JONES | On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. To his supporters, it was a day of "national revolution" and rebirth. Germany, they believed, needed the restorative force of an authoritarian …

Colin Todhunter (2024-02-08). Letter from India: Stop World Health Organization's 'Pandemic Preparedness' Tyranny. globalresearch.ca

Nicholas Aderinto, Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori (2024-02-10). Correspondence] Health implications of GSK's departure from Nigeria. thelancet.com GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced plans to cease operations in Nigeria in the face of worsening economic conditions and declining revenues.1 GSK's departure as a crucial pharmaceutical provider in Nigeria holds substantial implications for the country's health-care sector, including disruptions in disease management, treatment access, and immunisation efforts, and potentially puts patients at risk due to supply chain disruptions for medicines and vaccines.2 The absence of GSK-manufactured medications such as Amoxil (amoxicillin), Cervarix (a human papillomavirus vaccine), and Bexsero (a meningitis vaccine) could le…

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2024-02-08: News Headlines

Editor (2024-02-07). Stop defunding UNRWA! workers.org Since October 7, the Israeli genocidal assault against Gaza has taken place on numerous fronts and all have been connected in one way or another with the fascist ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. One of those most recent fronts has been the targeting of the United Nations Relief and . . . |

infobrics (2024-02-07). Zaluzhny calling on neo-Nazis to support him against Zelensky. infobrics.org According to an intelligence expert, the Ukrainian general is sparing fascist militants from the frontlines in order to create a kind of "private army".

WSWS (2024-02-07). Over 200 film workers protest participation of fascist AfD at Berlin film festival. wsws.org By inviting the AfD, the Berlin Senate and the Green Party-led Culture Ministry are repudiating the Berlinale's 2019 pledge to deny a "platform for racist-nationalist propaganda."

Barry Sheppard (2024-02-07). Dossier of Zionist-Nazi collaboration sheds light on Zionist movement. greenleft.org.au Lenni Brenner's edited volume, 51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration With the Nazis is important reading today in the context of the United States-backed Israeli genocidal war in Gaza, writes Barry Sheppard.

Editor (2024-02-07). Feb 7, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Libera — Ave Verum by Albinoni (Adagio in G Minor) The Western Press Are Just Printing Straight Up Nazi Propaganda About Middle Easterners Now, by Caitlin Johnstone The Billionaire-Backed Campaign Attacking the Palestinian Cause, by Jessica Buxbaum Hamas Responds to the Ceasefire Proposal — This is What We Know So Far Hopeful and some positive news, by Mazin Qumsiyeh Palestine Chronicle: A Day of Joint Operations — Resistance Roundup — Day 123 The New Atlas: US Bombing Spree Won't Reverse Decline of US Primacy in ME (Video) More Billions for Ukraine! Israel Too! Democr…

WSWS (2024-02-07). Canada's prime minister invited Nazi war criminal Hunka to exclusive reception for Ukrainian president. wsws.org Trudeau's invitation to the Waffen-SS veteran underscores that all factions of the ruling elite, including its purported "liberal" wing, are ready to use far-right and outright Nazi forces in aggressive pursuit of their imperialist interests around the world.

Pubudu Jayagoda, Janaka Biyanwila (2024-02-08). Sri Lanka: Building the people's movement is a priority. greenleft.org.au The Frontline Socialist Party actively contributed to the 2022 popular uprising in Sri Lanka. Green Left's Janaka Biyanwila interviewed Pubudu Jayagoda, who is the FSP's educational secretary and central committee member about the party's organising work.

Mariana Riscali, Federico Fuentes (2024-02-07). Brazil's Socialist Left Movement (MES): Fighting the far right, building an independent left. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Federico Fuentes sat down with Mariana Riscali, a leader of the Socialist Left Movement (MES) tendency inside Brazil's radical left Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-02-07). Reading Cedric Robinson At a Time of Genocide. libya360.wordpress.com Alana Lentin Cedric Robinson's Black Marxism can be used as a tool to further expand our understanding of Israel's settler colonial domination over Palestine. No number of Palestinian deaths will be too big for Israel, Joe Biden, Marine Le Pen, the entire German state and almost all its intelligentsia, or The Jewish Chronicle. Writing in that…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-02-07). Argentina: With Milei and Bullrich a New Dictatorship is Born. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Aznárez Thousands in Argentina continue to protest President Javier Milei's mega omnibus bill despite police repression. Image: TRT World Now What happened on Friday evening in Congress was to be expected with the new law of infamy being passed in Congress 144-109. Meanwhile Milei's "sergeant" Patricia Bullrich is very upset that the people of Buenos…

Colin Todhunter (2024-02-08). Letter from India: Stop World Health Organization's 'Pandemic Preparedness' Tyranny. globalresearch.ca

T.P. Wilkinson (2024-02-07). The World of Yesterday. dissidentvoice.org Ninety years ago (1934), the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig began writing the book published posthumously in 1942 as Die Welt von Gestern. In 1932, Joseph Roth published Radetzkymarsch. Both authors died in exile essentially by what in German is so prosaically called "Freitod" or suicide. Their principal subject was the end of Austria-Hungary. However for both …

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2024-02-07: News Headlines

Editor (2024-02-07). Stop defunding UNRWA! workers.org Since October 7, the Israeli genocidal assault against Gaza has taken place on numerous fronts and all have been connected in one way or another with the fascist ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. One of those most recent fronts has been the targeting of the United Nations Relief and . . . |

WSWS (2024-02-07). Over 200 film workers protest participation of fascist AfD at Berlin film festival. wsws.org By inviting the AfD, the Berlin Senate and the Green Party-led Culture Ministry are repudiating the Berlinale's 2019 pledge to deny a "platform for racist-nationalist propaganda."

WSWS (2024-02-06). The case of Hans-Georg Maassen: A fascist at the summit of the German state. wsws.org Germany's main domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, revealed last week that it is pursuing its former boss, Hans-Georg Maassen, as a "right-wing extremist suspect." The agency has been forced to admit that it was led by a right-wing extremist for eight years.

Barry Sheppard (2024-02-07). Dossier of Zionist-Nazi collaboration sheds light on Zionist movement. greenleft.org.au Lenni Brenner's edited volume, 51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration With the Nazis is important reading today in the context of the United States-backed Israeli genocidal war in Gaza, writes Barry Sheppard.

Editor (2024-02-07). Feb 7, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Libera — Ave Verum by Albinoni (Adagio in G Minor) The Western Press Are Just Printing Straight Up Nazi Propaganda About Middle Easterners Now, by Caitlin Johnstone The Billionaire-Backed Campaign Attacking the Palestinian Cause, by Jessica Buxbaum Hamas Responds to the Ceasefire Proposal — This is What We Know So Far Hopeful and some positive news, by Mazin Qumsiyeh Palestine Chronicle: A Day of Joint Operations — Resistance Roundup — Day 123 The New Atlas: US Bombing Spree Won't Reverse Decline of US Primacy in ME (Video) More Billions for Ukraine! Israel Too! Democr…

WSWS (2024-02-07). Canada's prime minister invited Nazi war criminal Hunka to exclusive reception for Ukrainian president. wsws.org Trudeau's invitation to the Waffen-SS veteran underscores that all factions of the ruling elite, including its purported "liberal" wing, are ready to use far-right and outright Nazi forces in aggressive pursuit of their imperialist interests around the world.

aa.com.tr (2024-02-06). "Bàºyàºk deprem"de kucaƒüƒ±na aldƒ±ƒüƒ± kƒ±zƒ±nƒ± "asrƒ±n felaketi"nde topraƒüa verdi. aa.com.tr Malatya'da 14 Haziran 1964'te meydana gelen depremde kucaƒüƒ±na aldƒ±ƒüƒ± kƒ±zƒ± Fikriye'yi Kahramanmara≈ü merkezli depremlerde kaybeden Nazime Yalƒ±nkƒ±lƒ±àß, kƒ±zƒ±nƒ±n fotoƒüraflarƒ±yla teselli buluyor.

Editor (2024-02-06). "What Is Anti-Racism?" — review. mronline.org Arun Kudnani traces its roots to the campaigns of 1930s' cultural thinkers such as anthropologist Ruth Benedict and gay rights activist Magnus Hirschfield, who were theorising the rise of Nazism in Germany and urged the U.S. political elite to educate the working class, believing that without this, economic hardship would make racism more likely.

Emma Boyhtari (2024-02-06). Stellantis Layoffs Underscore Why Workers Should Self-Organize. truthout.org The beginning of last September marked the first time in history that the UAW went on strike simultaneously at all three auto companies: General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. After six weeks, the strike ended with a contentious tentative agreement that did not have complete approval by all members of the rank and file. Now Stellantis is doing what all corporations do under capitalism to keep and… |

Frank Cappello (2024-02-06). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Cradle Will Rock (w/ Harvey Kaye). levernews.com

Mariana Riscali, Federico Fuentes (2024-02-07). Brazil's Socialist Left Movement (MES): Fighting the far right, building an independent left. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Federico Fuentes sat down with Mariana Riscali, a leader of the Socialist Left Movement (MES) tendency inside Brazil's radical left Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL).

WSWS (2024-02-06). Australian pseudo-left slanders workers, defends unions' complicity in Gaza genocide. wsws.org Defending the union bureaucracy, prominent Socialist Alliance member Tim Gooden described workers as ignorant adherents of the "Murdoch media," whose attitude to the mass murder of Palestinians is "it's got nothing to do with us…"

Rania Khalek (2024-02-06). ECOWAS Exodus: Niger, Mali, & Burkina Faso's Anti-Colonial Uprising Continues. thealtworld.com On January 28, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a bloc condemned by West Africa's popular movements as a vestige of French neo-colonial control of the region. In a statement announcing the exit, the three countries stated, "Under the influence of foreign powers", the regional bloc of ECOWAS "has become a threat to its member states." | Kwesi Pratt, Jr. the General Secretary of the Socialist Movement Ghana (SMG), explains how West Africa's popular movements are rising up against French neo-colonialism and what the withdrawal means…

jamanetwork (2024-02-06). Psychedelic Tied to Better Function in Veterans With Head Injuries. jamanetwork.com Special Operations Forces veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) who were treated with ibogaine, a plant-based psychoactive substance, experienced improved symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety immediately after receiving the drug and at 1 month after treatment, a recent observational study found. The results might be the first evidence that a single treatment with ibogaine can improve chronic disability from TBIs after combat and exposure to blasts, the researchers reported in Nature Medicine.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-06). Tedros the Terrorist tries to push WHO's Pandemic Treaty using university students. expose-news.com Over the weekend, the University of Warwick concluded its Warwick Economics Summit. On the second day, 3 February, the World Health Organisation ("WHO") Dictator-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, joined the Summit via Zoom …

ecns.cn (2024-02-06). Xinjiang's RMB cross-border settlement soars 13.3% in 2023. ecns.cn The cross-border settlement of Chinese yuan, or RMB, of enterprises in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region registered a new high to 52.8 billion yuan (about $7.23 billion) in 2023, a year-on-year growth of 13.3 percent, said Xu Ke, vice governor at Xinjiang branch of People's Bank of China during a press conference on Monday.

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2024-02-06: News Headlines

Ron Jacobs (2024-02-05). Any Way You Look at It, You Lose. counterpunch.org Here it is, February 2024 and it's as if the US' two major parties had already held their nominating conventions. Biden vs. Trump. Two corpses of the US political system as the vaunted democracy's choices. Reactionary neoliberalism or reactionary fascism. The key word in both phrases is reactionary. At this point in history, I don't

Susana Khalil (2024-02-05). The Native Palestinian People Have the Right To Liberate Themselves. orinocotribune.com By Susana Khalil — Feb 3, 2024 | Let's be clear, no pirouettes please. | The native Palestinian people have the dignified right and duty to liberate themselves from Israel's Eurocentric colonial anachronism. | The native Palestinian people, not only have the dignified right to liberate themselves from colonialism, but they have the duty and obligation, since in their liberation they would be liberating the world from the most powerful fascism of our historical time, such as Zionism. | The liberation of Palestine is a just, noble and generous right. It is a fertile and fecund right. A right of universal honor…

WSWS (2024-02-06). The case of Hans-Georg Maassen: A fascist at the summit of the German state. wsws.org Germany's main domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, revealed last week that it is pursuing its former boss, Hans-Georg Maassen, as a "right-wing extremist suspect." The agency has been forced to admit that it was led by a right-wing extremist for eight years.

WSWS (2024-02-05). Republican governors join Abbott and fascist militias in Texas to denounce Biden and immigrant "invasion" wsws.org Coinciding with the far-right "Take our Borders Back" convoy, Republican governors descended on Eagle Pass, Texas Sunday to back Gov. Abbott's anti-immigrant campaign and his usurpation of federal authority over the border.

Final Straw (2024-02-05). Final Straw: Free Alex Stokes and Russian Anti-War Sabateur Ruslan Siddiqui. itsgoingdown.org Long running anarchist radio show The Final Straw reports on the case of antifascist prisoner Alex Stokes and beyond. Listen and Download HERE This week on the show, we're starting out with an interview with Lo and Meghan, two supporters of Jewish independent journalist, artist and antifascist leftist from Albany, NY, Alex Stokes Contompasis. Alex…

aa.com.tr (2024-02-06). "Bàºyàºk deprem"de kucaƒüƒ±na aldƒ±ƒüƒ± kƒ±zƒ±nƒ± "asrƒ±n felaketi"nde topraƒüa verdi. aa.com.tr Malatya'da 14 Haziran 1964'te meydana gelen depremde kucaƒüƒ±na aldƒ±ƒüƒ± kƒ±zƒ± Fikriye'yi Kahramanmara≈ü merkezli depremlerde kaybeden Nazime Yalƒ±nkƒ±lƒ±àß, kƒ±zƒ±nƒ±n fotoƒüraflarƒ±yla teselli buluyor.

_____ (2024-02-05). Reflections on the Holocaust and the Parallels between Nazi Brutality and Israeli Atrocities. transcend.org "At the end of World War II an august body, the United Nations, was formed as a global organization based on the horrors of the Nazi Regime against the Jews of Europe, a tragedy called The Holocaust. A unanimous resolution was made by world leaders at the time, Never Again, yet the same human catastrophe is being reenacted in the atrocities on Gaza by the Zionist Regime of Israel as a neo imperialist force."

newarab (2024-02-05). Israeli minister likens UK's David Cameron to Nazi appeaser. newarab.com Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli compared the In a post on X, Chikli shared a photo comparison of UK Foreign Minister David Cameron waving alongside the picture of former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain holding up a copy of the 1938 Munich Agreement that let Nazi Germ…

Rédaction Montréal (2024-02-05). Coalition for Women in Journalism and Women Press Freedom demanding police drop charges against Brandi Morin. pressenza.com "It is not healthy for Canadian democracy to have law enforcement agencies get in the way of journalistic work. Their job is to allow journalists access and get out of the way of independent newsgathering, a process necessary for a democracy, " says Coalition for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) and Women Press Freedom (WPF) founding director Kiran Nazish about the arrest and charges. | Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador and the B.C. SupremeCourt,have affirmed journalists' rights to witness and report on police actions, including arrests. Even the RCMP's civilian oversight body f…

Editor (2024-02-06). "What Is Anti-Racism?" — review. mronline.org Arun Kudnani traces its roots to the campaigns of 1930s' cultural thinkers such as anthropologist Ruth Benedict and gay rights activist Magnus Hirschfield, who were theorising the rise of Nazism in Germany and urged the U.S. political elite to educate the working class, believing that without this, economic hardship would make racism more likely.

_____ (2024-02-05). The Transnational Capitalist Class. The Billionaires, the Trillionaires. "Stake Holder Capitalism" and the New World Order. transcend.org 21 Jan 2024 – In 2011, the Great British Class Survey was conducted in collaboration with the University of Manchester, the London School of Economics, and the University of York. The British have always been obsessed with class, so it is not surprising that they would attempt something of this nature.

Andrés Tapia Arias, Andrés Madrid Tamayo, People's Dispatch. (2024-02-05). Capitalism And Drug Trafficking In Ecuador. popularresistance.org Ecuador is experiencing a wave of organized crime violence that is linked to structural problems. It is the product of a complex context divided between the increase in poverty, new drug routes worldwide and the emergence of a local narco-bourgeoisie. Amid all this, a global crisis of neoliberal capitalism, and consequently, the decomposition and rupture of the social pact between classes, peoples and hegemonic blocks. | In this context, the Government of Daniel Noboa has decided to confront the wave of drug crime that is drowning Ecuador through the declaration of internal armed conflict. In other words, war aga…

Binoy Kampmark (2024-02-05). When Much is Too Much: Elon Musk's Compensation Package. counterpunch.org When is the acquisitive nature of open frontier capitalism too much? When Elon Musk is told that US$56 billion as a pay package is unfair. This, at least, was the finding by Delaware Court of Chancery by Judge Kathaleen McCormick regarding the spellbinding 2018 compensation package for the planet's wealthiest human being. McCormick and Musk already have

Eugene Puryear (2024-02-05). Tales from the pages of COINTELPRO. liberationnews.org It is naive to assume that the ruling class and its institutions are not attempting to sow dissension in the ranks of the movements challenging capitalism and imperialism today.

WSWS (2024-02-05). Capitalism leads to genocide and war—youth and students must fight for world socialism! wsws.org The fact that genocide has been adopted as policy by all the major capitalist powers is a warning. Gaza is the test case, the imperialist powers are making clear that there are no "red lines" they will not cross in their struggle to sustain their hegemonic rule.

Drago Bosnic (2024-02-05). US and NATO Are "The Fourth Reich". Strikes Inside Iran are Contemplated. globalresearch.ca

Emanuel Pastreich (2024-02-05). Free Whistleblower Joshua Schulte. End Criminal Governance in the United States. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2024-02-05). US and NATO are the Fourth Reich. infobrics.org Anyone with a single functioning brain cell knows who the bad guys are. Except for the bad guys themselves. On the contrary, they're unequivocally convinced they're the "good guys". It's not entirely clear if this is a coping mechanism, self-delusion or perhaps simply a case of one lying to everyone (including themselves).

Rania Khalek (2024-02-06). ECOWAS Exodus: Niger, Mali, & Burkina Faso's Anti-Colonial Uprising Continues. thealtworld.com On January 28, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a bloc condemned by West Africa's popular movements as a vestige of French neo-colonial control of the region. In a statement announcing the exit, the three countries stated, "Under the influence of foreign powers", the regional bloc of ECOWAS "has become a threat to its member states." | Kwesi Pratt, Jr. the General Secretary of the Socialist Movement Ghana (SMG), explains how West Africa's popular movements are rising up against French neo-colonialism and what the withdrawal means…

WSWS (2024-02-06). Australian pseudo-left slanders workers, defends unions' complicity in Gaza genocide. wsws.org Defending the union bureaucracy, prominent Socialist Alliance member Tim Gooden described workers as ignorant adherents of the "Murdoch media," whose attitude to the mass murder of Palestinians is "it's got nothing to do with us…"

Editor (2024-02-05). Trudeau, Restore UNWRA Funding Now: An Open Letter. socialistproject.ca Dear PM Trudeau and Minister Hussen, | I am still reeling over your decision to cut aid to UNRWA. What a disgrace! And, this, at a time when the people of Gaza (and elsewhere in the Middle East) are in desperate need of help. Allegations levelled at UNWRA, which emanate (through torture) from the Israeli military, are highly suspicious. They come on the heels of the ICJ's preliminary ruling and can only be construed as a vicious riposte against the UN, and as an

Editor (2024-02-05). Book review: 'Pragmatism versus Marxism'. mronline.org Written by Marxist philosopher George Novack (1905-1992) and published in 1975 by Pathfinder Press, "Pragmatism versus Marxism: An appraisal of John Dewey's Philosophy" sought to explain the origins, emergence, class basis, and norms of pragmatism, which has been the predominant mode of thought in U.S. intellectual and political life.

Editor (2024-02-05). Feb 5, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Willie Nelson — Blue Skies (with Lyrics) There is no God Higher than Truth, by Alex Krainer "All Options Are On the Table," by Bill Astore It's now: people vs. the banks, by Alex Krainer "We are the Good Guys" — Prof Didier Raoult Calls for COVID-19 Vaccine Moratorium, by John Leake Understanding American Totalitarianism and Hegemony in 3 minutes (Video) The Worst US I've Ever Seen | Col. Larry Wilkerson (Video) Never Before Has The Empire Been So Exposed, by Caitlin Johnstone Tedros Dismayed at Global Hesitancy on WHO Plans w/Dr McCullough, Alison Stein (Video, Transcript) "Y…

geo.tv (2024-02-05). 'World's coolest dictator' Nayib Bukele declares presidential victory in El Salvador. geo.tv Polls closed at 5pm, about two hours before Bukele claimed victory…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-06). Tedros the Terrorist tries to push WHO's Pandemic Treaty using university students. expose-news.com Over the weekend, the University of Warwick concluded its Warwick Economics Summit. On the second day, 3 February, the World Health Organisation ("WHO") Dictator-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, joined the Summit via Zoom …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-02-05). The Hegemonic UN-WEF-NATO Triad: U.N. "Sustainable Development" (SDG 2030) = Endless Wars, Poverty and Famine Worldwide. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on October 2, 2023 | *** | February 5, 2024, we commemorate Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann. | "Those of us who do understand the nefariousness of the empire, and the ever-increasing danger it represents, must be clear that …

ecns.cn (2024-02-06). Xinjiang's RMB cross-border settlement soars 13.3% in 2023. ecns.cn The cross-border settlement of Chinese yuan, or RMB, of enterprises in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region registered a new high to 52.8 billion yuan (about $7.23 billion) in 2023, a year-on-year growth of 13.3 percent, said Xu Ke, vice governor at Xinjiang branch of People's Bank of China during a press conference on Monday.

albawaba (2024-02-06). Saudi $100B Alat appoints previous DELL executive CEO. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — New Saudi Arabia firm has announced the appointment of Amit Midha, previously president for Asia Pacific and Japan Global Cities at Dell Technologies, as Chief Executive Officer to lead Alat, a newly established technological advancement company backed by a $100 billion in capital investments from the Public Investment fund, which has been putting focus on funding advanced project with a $700 billion budget in line with the kingdom's 2030 plan to diversify economical income.Alat is described by Midha in a recent statement as an enterprise dedicated to transforming top international corporations a…

Staff (2024-02-05). Lakshagriha-Mazar Dispute: Court grants ownership rights of tomb and over 100 Bighas land to Hindus. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror News In a significant development, a court in Uttar Pradesh has delivered a verdict in the longstanding Lakshagriha-Mazar land ownership dispute, ruling in favor of the Hindu side. The dispute centered around a piece of land and a tomb in Baghpat, and the court's decision comes after years of legal battles and …

Staff (2024-02-05). Lakshagriha-Mazar Dispute: Court grants ownership rights of tomb and over 100 Bighas land to Hindus. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror News In a significant development, a court in Uttar Pradesh has delivered a verdict in the longstanding Lakshagriha-Mazar land ownership dispute, ruling in favor of the Hindu side. The dispute centered around a piece of land and a tomb in Baghpat, and the court's decision comes after years of legal battles and …

tvbrics (2024-02-05). Egypt and Tunisia discuss co-operation in the health sector. tvbrics.com The meeting between the two countries discussed achieving integration in the field of pharmaceutical industry…

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2024-02-05: News Headlines

Ron Jacobs (2024-02-05). Any Way You Look at It, You Lose. counterpunch.org Here it is, February 2024 and it's as if the US' two major parties had already held their nominating conventions. Biden vs. Trump. Two corpses of the US political system as the vaunted democracy's choices. Reactionary neoliberalism or reactionary fascism. The key word in both phrases is reactionary. At this point in history, I don't

Susana Khalil (2024-02-05). The Native Palestinian People Have the Right To Liberate Themselves. orinocotribune.com By Susana Khalil — Feb 3, 2024 | Let's be clear, no pirouettes please. | The native Palestinian people have the dignified right and duty to liberate themselves from Israel's Eurocentric colonial anachronism. | The native Palestinian people, not only have the dignified right to liberate themselves from colonialism, but they have the duty and obligation, since in their liberation they would be liberating the world from the most powerful fascism of our historical time, such as Zionism. | The liberation of Palestine is a just, noble and generous right. It is a fertile and fecund right. A right of universal honor…

WSWS (2024-02-05). Republican governors join Abbott and fascist militias in Texas to denounce Biden and immigrant "invasion" wsws.org Coinciding with the far-right "Take our Borders Back" convoy, Republican governors descended on Eagle Pass, Texas Sunday to back Gov. Abbott's anti-immigrant campaign and his usurpation of federal authority over the border.

scorinoco (2024-02-04). Venezuela Repudiates Vandalism of Bolívar Statue in Rome. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, denounced the desecration of the bust of Liberator Simón Bolívar in Monte Sacro, Rome, capital of Italy. | "I denounce the unacceptable aggression that fascist hordes in Italy have perpetrated in Monte Sacro, Rome, against Simón Bolívar, Father and Liberator of our free America," President Maduro wrote on X on Saturday, February 3. | Denuncio la agresión inaceptable que hordas fascistas en Italia han perpetrado en el Monte Sacro, Roma, en contra de Simón Bolívar, Padre y Libertador de nuestra América libre. Repudio totalmente esta agresión llevada adelante por quienes s…

newarab (2024-02-05). Israeli minister likens UK's David Cameron to Nazi appeaser. newarab.com Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli compared the In a post on X, Chikli shared a photo comparison of UK Foreign Minister David Cameron waving alongside the picture of former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain holding up a copy of the 1938 Munich Agreement that let Nazi Germ…

newarab (2024-02-04). Israeli minister likens UK's David Cameron to Nazi appeaser. newarab.com Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli compared the In a post on X, Chikli shared a photo comparison of UK Foreign Minister David Cameron waving alongside the picture of former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain holding up a copy of the 1938 Munich Agreement that let Nazi Germ…

_____ (2024-02-05). Reflections on the Holocaust and the Parallels between Nazi Brutality and Israeli Atrocities. transcend.org "At the end of World War II an august body, the United Nations, was formed as a global organization based on the horrors of the Nazi Regime against the Jews of Europe, a tragedy called The Holocaust. A unanimous resolution was made by world leaders at the time, Never Again, yet the same human catastrophe is being reenacted in the atrocities on Gaza by the Zionist Regime of Israel as a neo imperialist force."

Andrés Tapia Arias, Andrés Madrid Tamayo, People's Dispatch. (2024-02-05). Capitalism And Drug Trafficking In Ecuador. popularresistance.org Ecuador is experiencing a wave of organized crime violence that is linked to structural problems. It is the product of a complex context divided between the increase in poverty, new drug routes worldwide and the emergence of a local narco-bourgeoisie. Amid all this, a global crisis of neoliberal capitalism, and consequently, the decomposition and rupture of the social pact between classes, peoples and hegemonic blocks. | In this context, the Government of Daniel Noboa has decided to confront the wave of drug crime that is drowning Ecuador through the declaration of internal armed conflict. In other words, war aga…

Binoy Kampmark (2024-02-05). When Much is Too Much: Elon Musk's Compensation Package. counterpunch.org When is the acquisitive nature of open frontier capitalism too much? When Elon Musk is told that US$56 billion as a pay package is unfair. This, at least, was the finding by Delaware Court of Chancery by Judge Kathaleen McCormick regarding the spellbinding 2018 compensation package for the planet's wealthiest human being. McCormick and Musk already have

WSWS (2024-02-05). Capitalism leads to genocide and war—youth and students must fight for world socialism! wsws.org The fact that genocide has been adopted as policy by all the major capitalist powers is a warning. Gaza is the test case, the imperialist powers are making clear that there are no "red lines" they will not cross in their struggle to sustain their hegemonic rule.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2024-02-04). Forget the Kids: Social Media, Congress and Child Safety. "Monetize Information — Surveillance Capitalism — is Left untouched" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2024-02-04). Forget the Kids: Social Media, Congress and Child Safety. "Monetize Information — Surveillance Capitalism — is Left untouched" globalresearch.ca

_____ (2024-02-05). The Transnational Capitalist Class. The Billionaires, the Trillionaires. "Stake Holder Capitalism" and the New World Order. transcend.org 21 Jan 2024 – In 2011, the Great British Class Survey was conducted in collaboration with the University of Manchester, the London School of Economics, and the University of York. The British have always been obsessed with class, so it is not surprising that they would attempt something of this nature.

Drago Bosnic (2024-02-05). US and NATO Are "The Fourth Reich". Strikes Inside Iran are Contemplated. globalresearch.ca

Emanuel Pastreich (2024-02-05). Free Whistleblower Joshua Schulte. End Criminal Governance in the United States. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2024-02-05). US and NATO are the Fourth Reich. infobrics.org Anyone with a single functioning brain cell knows who the bad guys are. Except for the bad guys themselves. On the contrary, they're unequivocally convinced they're the "good guys". It's not entirely clear if this is a coping mechanism, self-delusion or perhaps simply a case of one lying to everyone (including themselves).

thecommunists (2024-02-04). Lenin's work remains a guide for our time: an introduction. thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known to us as Lenin, was a Russian Marxist who is best known for leading the 1917 October Revolution that brought socialism to Russia and to the territories of the former Russian empire, leading to the foundation and building of the world's first great socialist state, …

Editor (2024-02-05). Feb 5, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Willie Nelson — Blue Skies (with Lyrics) There is no God Higher than Truth, by Alex Krainer "All Options Are On the Table," by Bill Astore It's now: people vs. the banks, by Alex Krainer "We are the Good Guys" — Prof Didier Raoult Calls for COVID-19 Vaccine Moratorium, by John Leake Understanding American Totalitarianism and Hegemony in 3 minutes (Video) The Worst US I've Ever Seen | Col. Larry Wilkerson (Video) Never Before Has The Empire Been So Exposed, by Caitlin Johnstone Tedros Dismayed at Global Hesitancy on WHO Plans w/Dr McCullough, Alison Stein (Video, Transcript) "Y…

geo.tv (2024-02-05). 'World's coolest dictator' Nayib Bukele declares presidential victory in El Salvador. geo.tv Polls closed at 5pm, about two hours before Bukele claimed victory…

Staff (2024-02-04). India needs leadership that understands people's needs: Tharoor. muslimmirror.com Jaipur : Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday, February 4, accused the Centre of destroying India's democratic institutions and said the country is turning into an "electoral dictatorship". He also took an apparent dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said there has been talk of only one person in the last 10 years and …

Evan Jones (2024-02-04). Are Palestinians the New Jews? counterpunch.org Image by Ahmed Abu Hameeda. | The World War II mass murder of European Jewry took place mostly behind closed doors, as it were. Most of the living witnesses were the perpetrators. Not so the Gaza genocide. Like the American war in Vietnam, the destruction and the mass murder are reported in the media daily, even in the mainstream media that is right up Israel's arse. The media exposure proved fatal to the US cause in Vietnam. What chance a comparable development regarding Gaza? By contrast with the conditions of the Jewish holocaust, there is the knowledge and capacity to constrain Israel's bloodlust. | To rea…

Evan Jones (2024-02-04). Are Palestinians the New Jews? counterpunch.org Image by Ahmed Abu Hameeda. | The World War II mass murder of European Jewry took place mostly behind closed doors, as it were. Most of the living witnesses were the perpetrators. Not so the Gaza genocide. Like the American war in Vietnam, the destruction and the mass murder are reported in the media daily, even in the mainstream media that is right up Israel's arse. The media exposure proved fatal to the US cause in Vietnam. What chance a comparable development regarding Gaza? By contrast with the conditions of the Jewish holocaust, there is the knowledge and capacity to constrain Israel's bloodlust. | To rea…

teleSUR, JCM (2024-02-04). Cohete chino Smart Dragon-3 lanza nueve satélites desde el mar. telesurtv.net China lanzó el primer satélite comercial del mundo con inteligencia artificial.

Editor (2024-02-04). Patty Hearst Was Treated Gently At a Time When "Tough On Crime" Was Taking Hold. scheerpost.com Listen to Roger D. Rapoport discuss his latest book on Patty Hearst on Scheer Intelligence By Roger D. Rapoport / CounterPunch On February 4, 1974, a group of ragtag revolutionaries who called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army abducted Patty Hearst, an heiress to the Hearst media empire, from her Berkeley apartment. The bold act stunned …

Editor (2024-02-04). Patty Hearst Was Treated Gently At a Time When "Tough On Crime" Was Taking Hold. scheerpost.com Listen to Roger D. Rapoport discuss his latest book on Patty Hearst on Scheer Intelligence By Roger D. Rapoport / CounterPunch On February 4, 1974, a group of ragtag revolutionaries who called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army abducted Patty Hearst, an heiress to the Hearst media empire, from her Berkeley apartment. The bold act stunned …

Editor (2024-02-04). Feb 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info For those of you who keep returning to see if there's something new, thank you for your interest. I am now mostly recovered from my illness and am trying to get on my horse and figure out where to go from here. There are two competing destinations. The first is going back to publishing the links for the Daily Posts. And the other is to continue to blog about what I consider the most important and compelling process driving pretty much everything else, the Geopolitical Tectonic Shift (GTS), referring to the disintegration of the USraeli Empire, heir to the 500 year long European empire, while the RoW (the Rest of…

Editor (2024-02-04). Feb 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info For those of you who keep returning to see if there's something new, thank you for your interest. I am now mostly recovered from my illness and am trying to get on my horse and figure out where to go from here. There are two competing destinations. The first is going back to publishing the links for the Daily Posts. And the other is to continue to blog about what I consider the most important and compelling process driving pretty much everything else, the Geopolitical Tectonic Shift (GTS), referring to the disintegration of the USraeli Empire, heir to the 500 year long European empire, while the RoW (the Rest of…

Kathleen Wallace (2024-02-04). Abstractions and Mass Murder. counterpunch.org Israeli ground operations in Gaza, November 1, 2023. Photo: IDF. There is nothing new under the sun in terms of incitement to war methods or the dehumanization techniques necessary to create compliant and bloodthirsty populations. The only thing that is new are the shifting and doomed populations who find themselves in the way of empire. Students of history, generally without a shred of self-examination, congratulate themselves for being born to a more enlightened time knowing that even if they were transported to those historical eve…

Kathleen Wallace (2024-02-04). Abstractions and Mass Murder. counterpunch.org Israeli ground operations in Gaza, November 1, 2023. Photo: IDF. There is nothing new under the sun in terms of incitement to war methods or the dehumanization techniques necessary to create compliant and bloodthirsty populations. The only thing that is new are the shifting and doomed populations who find themselves in the way of empire. Students of history, generally without a shred of self-examination, congratulate themselves for being born to a more enlightened time knowing that even if they were transported to those historical eve…

tvbrics (2024-02-04). Cultural sector enterprises record remarkable expansion in China. tvbrics.com China has recorded significant growth in revenue and profits for major companies in the cultural sector in 2023…

tvbrics (2024-02-04). Cultural sector enterprises record remarkable expansion in China. tvbrics.com China has recorded significant growth in revenue and profits for major companies in the cultural sector in 2023…

Dean Baker (2024-02-04). The Young People Will Never Own Homes Lie that the Media Keep Pushing. cepr.net It is not hard to get access to government data on homeownership. You just need an Internet connection, that's it. Unfortunately, it seems that cost-cutting or other measures prevent reporters at CNN and the New York Times from getting the data that the Census Bureau publishes quarterly on homeownership rates among young people. They keep …

albawaba (2024-02-05). Samsung's Leader acquittal in fraud case unraveled. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman, Jay Y. Lee was acquitted of accounting fraud and stock manipulation charges as a Seoul court found him not guilty, citing lack of proof, after he was arrested in 2017 in accusation of manipulating a merger of Samsung C&T Corp, Samsung's construction and engineering arm, and Cheil Industries Inc. back in 2015, with Jay Y. Lee denying any wrongdoings.After Elliot Associates, an American hedge fund with 7.1 percent ownership of Samsung C&T had opposed the 2015 merger in court, Jay Y. Lee was later accused of bribing former president Park Geun-Hye and her confi…

tvbrics (2024-02-05). Egypt and Tunisia discuss co-operation in the health sector. tvbrics.com The meeting between the two countries discussed achieving integration in the field of pharmaceutical industry…

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2024-02-04: News Headlines

newarab (2024-02-04). Israeli minister likens UK's David Cameron to Nazi appeaser. newarab.com Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli compared the In a post on X, Chikli shared a photo comparison of UK Foreign Minister David Cameron waving alongside the picture of former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain holding up a copy of the 1938 Munich Agreement that let Nazi Germ…

Editor (2024-02-03). After Historic Strike, UAW Bureaucrats Sit By As Stellantis Lays Off Hundreds of Workers. scheerpost.com Only a few months after a historic contract struggle and strike, Stellantis announced job cuts in early December that have begun and will continue to take effect this month. A reminder that under capitalism the only way for workers to get what they need is self-organization, independent of the union bureaucracy, Democrats and Republicans.

Partido Humanista de Chile (2024-02-03). Empty shell after 17 years of pension discussion. pressenza.com The system installed under the dictatorship: | For those who want to observe the characteristics and main direction of the current pension system, it is a model that obliges workers to save, gathering with this money a fund that goes to a private administration system (AFPs) who have assured, in all events, their operating charges, independently of the results of their financial administration, in the speculative financial system. | These funds, month after month, place substantial flows of fresh, real money in the hands of the corporate and banking elite. In other words, workers finance the operations of…

Kit Klarenberg (2024-02-03). Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat Paved the Way for Israel's Slaughter in Gaza. orinocotribune.com By Kit Klarenberg — Jan 30, 2024 | In the wake of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) landmark ruling in a case brought by South Africa against Israel, which found the Jewish state could be committing genocide in Gaza and must immediately cease its indiscriminate, industrial-scale slaughter of unarmed, innocent Palestinians of all ages, many Western journalists, politicians, pundits and influencers have changed their tune on the savagery. Or at least gone eerily silent, having previously whitewashed, legitimized, or even outright endorsed a twenty-first-century Holocaust. | This abrupt volte-face cann…

Editor (2024-02-04). Patty Hearst Was Treated Gently At a Time When "Tough On Crime" Was Taking Hold. scheerpost.com Listen to Roger D. Rapoport discuss his latest book on Patty Hearst on Scheer Intelligence By Roger D. Rapoport / CounterPunch On February 4, 1974, a group of ragtag revolutionaries who called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army abducted Patty Hearst, an heiress to the Hearst media empire, from her Berkeley apartment. The bold act stunned …

Editor (2024-02-04). Feb 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info For those of you who keep returning to see if there's something new, thank you for your interest. I am now mostly recovered from my illness and am trying to get on my horse and figure out where to go from here. There are two competing destinations. The first is going back to publishing the links for the Daily Posts. And the other is to continue to blog about what I consider the most important and compelling process driving pretty much everything else, the Geopolitical Tectonic Shift (GTS), referring to the disintegration of the USraeli Empire, heir to the 500 year long European empire, while the RoW (the Rest of…

Kathleen Wallace (2024-02-04). Abstractions and Mass Murder. counterpunch.org Israeli ground operations in Gaza, November 1, 2023. Photo: IDF. There is nothing new under the sun in terms of incitement to war methods or the dehumanization techniques necessary to create compliant and bloodthirsty populations. The only thing that is new are the shifting and doomed populations who find themselves in the way of empire. Students of history, generally without a shred of self-examination, congratulate themselves for being born to a more enlightened time knowing that even if they were transported to those historical eve…

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-02-03). Never Before Has The Empire Been So Exposed. caitlinjohnstone.com.au I've been railing against the US war machine for around seven years now, and never during that time have I had more westerners on my side than right now.

tvbrics (2024-02-04). Cultural sector enterprises record remarkable expansion in China. tvbrics.com China has recorded significant growth in revenue and profits for major companies in the cultural sector in 2023…

newarab (2024-02-03). Saudi Arabia, Kuwait reaffirm Durra gas field ownership. newarab.com The two countries released a joint statement asserting their ownership of the gas field following a visit on Tuesday by Kuwait's

Patricia Harrity (2024-02-03). The First Casualty of War Is Truth. And Propaganda is the First Weapon Used in Times of War. expose-news.com "Propaganda is the way the ruling classes get the working classes to march off to war and how the billionaire CEOs of the multinational big Pharma, Big Medicine corporations (and Bill Gates, …

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2024-02-02: News Headlines

Paul Street (2024-02-02). The U.S. Bourgeois Democracy Farewell Tour. counterpunch.org US-Americans, let's get real: Donald "Take Down the Metal Detectors Cuz the Guys with the AR-15s Don't Want to Hurt Me" Trump is damn near on a glide path back to the White House. Fascism, So What? So what if the orange fascist Trump: + now openly channels Hitler by saying that: Marxists, socialists, and communists

WSWS (2024-02-02). French teachers hold nationwide one-day strike vs Attal government. wsws.org The WSWS interviewed striking teachers in Paris opposed to the fascistic policies of incoming Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's government.

WSWS (2024-02-02). Lula government rules out universal COVID-19 vaccination, deepening "herd immunity" policy in Brazil. wsws.org The Workers Party government is continuing and deepening the "herd immunity" policy initiated by fascistic ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, normalizing continuous waves of mass infection, debilitation and death.

WSWS (2024-02-02). Teamsters bureaucracy holds private "roundtable" meeting with Trump. wsws.org The top officials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters met for an hour behind closed doors with a fascist, who has already attempted once to overthrow the US Constitution.

Ed Rampell (2024-02-01). Perfect Days: An Interview with Wim Wenders. progressive.org In two new films, the renowned German director dramatizes working class life in Japan and documents an antifascist artist from Germany.

WSWS (2024-02-01). SPD leader Lars Klingbeil calls for faster mass deportation of refugees from Germany. wsws.org The German government is reacting to the mass protests against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) by adopting the fascists' programme.

WSWS (2024-02-01). Prime Minister Attal outlines fascistic agenda for French government. wsws.org Attal's policy speech outlined a program of cuts to social programs, intensified police repression and plans for universal military service amid the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine.

infobrics (2024-02-01). (Geo)political background of Il-76MD shootdown. infobrics.org Zelensky's strained relationship with the "Azov Battalion" was evident even before the SMO. Running as the supposed "peace candidate" back in 2019, Zelensky was immediately seen as a "threat" and even had heated discussions with them. Ever since, he always harbored doubts and distrust toward both the Neo-Nazi battalions and the military as a whole. Their political power and connections to his rivals always made Zelensky feel uneasy around them. His biggest fear is that "Azov Battalion" members will engage in politics and possibly even organize a "new Maidan".

Hank Kennedy (2024-02-01). Gerald L.K. Smith: The Ghost of Christian Nationalism's Past. progressive.org Today's Republican extremists are (perhaps unwittingly) influenced by a wannabe Christian Nationalist demagogue from the 1940s.

Neal Meyer, Federico Fuentes (2024-02-02). United States: 'We are living through a resurgence in labour struggles'. greenleft.org.au Neal Meyer a national leader of Bread & Roses (B&R), a caucus of Marxist activists in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) speaks to Green Left's Federico Fuentes about the recent rise in labour activism in the United States.

Otis Grotewohl (2024-02-02). Socialist Korea and People's China strengthen ties. workers.org Representatives of the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's of Korea (DPRK) held a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 26, that they described as productive. The meeting indicated growing solidarity between the two socialist countries. Sun Weidong, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Chinese ambassador to the DPRK . . . |

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2024-02-01). China Is 'World's Sole Manufacturing Superpower', 35% Of Global Output. popularresistance.org China has overseen world-historic economic growth through a government-led development model, in which state-owned enterprises control the natural monopolies and "commanding heights" of the economy, state-owned banks give favorable loans to strategic industries, and the state's robust industrial policy helps the country move up the value chain toward higher value-added forms of production. | This model, which Beijing officially refers to as a socialist market economy, has been so successful that a prominent European think tank has acknowledged that "China is now the world's sole manufacturing superpower". | In 20…

Joe Allen (2024-02-01). The Crisis in the Teamsters. counterpunch.org Last summer, the Teamsters were riding a wave of goodwill and favorable publicity. The union's year-long contract campaign at UPS raised expectations for a potential transformative national strike at the country's largest private-sector employer. Much of the US Left, especially the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), encouraged dozens of their members to get jobs at UPS, while over one

Joe Allen (2024-02-01). The Crisis in the Teamsters. counterpunch.org Last summer, the Teamsters were riding a wave of goodwill and favorable publicity. The union's year-long contract campaign at UPS raised expectations for a potential transformative national strike at the country's largest private-sector employer. Much of the US Left, especially the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), encouraged dozens of their members to get jobs at UPS, while over one hundred of their branches pledged support for their Strike Ready campaign. However ill-defined, the DSA and many other socialist activists expected to play an important role in the coming battle as the National UPS-Teamsters na…

Monica Moorehead (2024-02-02). 'Palestine has taken center stage in the world struggle against imperialism'. workers.org Excerpted from a talk given by Monica Moorehead, a Workers World newspaper managing editor and editor of "Marxism, Reparations and the Black Freedom Struggle,"at a panel she chaired on"Voices and Defenders of the Palestinian Resistance"during the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine. It was held on Jan. 21 . . . |

cameron orr (2024-02-01). Anti-monopoly democracy — a transitional stage. cpusa.org Lenin on Transitional Forms | In 1920, recognizing the temporary restabilization of the capitalist system, V.I. Lenin pointed out that Communist Parties in advanced capitalist countries faced a difficult task. Lenin stated that, | All efforts and all attention should now be concentrated on the next step … That step is: the search after forms of transition or the approach to the proletarian revolution. Since Lenin voiced this profound statement, the international Communist movement has sought a series of transitional forms, changing with each change in objective conditions, to reach the…

Richard Horton (2024-02-03). Correspondence] Offline: An arc of cruelty—and futility. thelancet.com Oct 7, 2023. An act of singular barbaric violence. "This was a Holocaust pure and simple." Israel has to defend itself or where will we go? "There is no safe place": residents in Gaza describe bombardments. WHO calls for access to health and humanitarian assistance. WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health and reduce suffering. Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured. Gaza humanitarian crisis grows as US bid to ease blockade falters.

Daniel Falcone (2024-02-02). A Radical Reinvention of the Enlightenment. counterpunch.org In this interview, exclusive for CounterPunch, Richard Whatmore discusses his latest book, The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis (Penguin, 2023). In a world that demands highly rational planning to abolish empire and combat the manifest exploitation of a capitalist society, Whatmore emphasizes that the left needs to sustain the critique of fanatical economic practices.

Ana Luisa Brown (2024-02-01). Spain endorses ownership of Quimbaya Treasure claimed by Colombia. plenglish.com Also called "Treasure of the Quimbayas", composed of 122 gold pieces, is a matter of special interest on which the Colombian government said it will work for its recovery through dialogue or even with legal resources. | To questions on the matter of the opposition Popular Party (PP), the Executive explained this Thursday in the Congress of Deputies that the works conserved in the Museum of America of Madrid, are part of the collections of the Spanish State since 1893. | That year the 'Quimbaya Treasure' was donated to Queen Maria Cristina by the then Colombian President Carlos Holguin Mallarino, in gratitude for…

ecns.cn (2024-02-02). Hungary ends row with EU over aid. ecns.cn The leaders of the European Union's 27 member nations unanimously agreed at a summit in the Belgian capital Brussels on Thursday to send financial aid to Ukraine, ending a row that had exploded between the bloc and member nation Hungary.

Dave DeCamp (2024-02-01). EU Gets Hungary to Agree on 50 Billion Euro Aid Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The EU successfully pressured Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to approve a 50 billion euro ($54 billion) aid package to Ukraine, and EU leaders agreed to push through the spending on Thursday. Ahead of the summit, Financial Times reported that the EU was threatening to sabotage Hungary's economy if Orban vetoed the spending package. A …

infobrics (2024-02-01). Thakur Family Foundation takes aim at Indian medicines to protect US pharmaceutical profits. infobrics.org India poses a great threat to US pharmaceutical dominance.

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