(2024-05-01). Stephen Kapos: Holocaust Survivor "against Genocide in Gaza & conflating Jewishness with Zionism, which does nothing but increase antisemitism" — Message to Students: 'Keep Doing What You Are Doing!'. fightbackbetter.com Holocaust Survivor Message to US Campus Protesters: | This survivor of the Holocaust is against Genocide in Gaza & conflating Jewishness with Zionism, which does nothing but increase antisemitism. | Your protests are so persistent, large and global that eventually the Western…
(2024-05-01). Remember, All This Fascism Would Feel Way More Fascismy Under Trump. caitlinjohnstone.com.au If Trump was letting these horrible things happen, we'd feel outraged and upset. We might even feel obliged to get up and go protest the things he is doing, which as we all know can often cause us to miss brunch.
(2024-05-01). "Medicalization": Profit and Behavior-Control. dissidentvoice.org Thanks to the credulity and docility of the majority of Americans, Big Pharma has largely succeeded in medicalizing virtually every deviation from corporate-dictated, machine-like, behavioral uniformity. In an era of expanding ignorance, fear sells—especially through meticulously crafted TV ads. ("Ask your doctor if Viagra may be right for you.") The collusion between Big Pharma and …
(2024-05-01). May 1, 2024. sitrepworld.info 
We Say NATO's got to Go The West vs The Rest, by Michael Brenner For the U.S. Establishment, Violence Is the Answer, by Bill Astore Holocaust Survivor Message to US Campus Protesters, by Stephen Kapos (X) College Gaza Encampments: Scale, Tactics, Reaction, Prospects, by Lambert Strether World Wide Revolution Against Tyranny & Zionism Framed As Antisemitism — Ryan Cristián Video Biden is Risking Election and Country with his Embrace of Netanyahu's War, by Juan Cole Israel's Anti-UNRWA Campaign Falls Flat, by Binoy Kampmark Journalism Professors Urge Review of NYT Story on Oct. 7 Sexual V…
(2024-05-01). Israel's Post-Gaza Plan: Deepening Israel-UAE's "Abrahamic" Authoritarianism in the UK. muslimskeptic.com This is a guest post by Abdullah Noorudeen from Coolness of Hind. This is the seventh and final article in a special series of articles. The series aims to uncover the ideological component to…
(2024-05-01). Pro-Israel Fascists Launched Mob Assault with Weapons on UCLA Encampment — US Media Ignores Proof Saying It Don't Know Who Started it. Al Jazeera has the Fingerprints of the Israeli Fascists — IDF Backed? Green Lit by Police? fightbackbetter.com
(2024-05-01). Strike for Palestine this May Day and Nakba Day. socialistproject.ca 
This May Day and Nakba Day, we, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions — Gaza, urgently appeal to our brothers and sisters in the international trade union movement to take a stand in solidarity with Palestine by joining us in collective action to disrupt business as usual. We ask you to challenge the status quo in your workplaces and communities, refusing to support violence against Palestinians. Raise your voices and take action to disrupt the flow of commerce and trade that sustains Israel's military occupation and exploitation of Palestinian workers. | Our people, especially those in Gaza…
(2024-05-01). Venezuela Warns that Washington Is Trying to Divide Revolutionary Forces in Bolivia. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, warned that the United States intends to divide the popular and revolutionary forces in Bolivia in order to recolonize Latin America. | "The main goal of the US empire and the Bolivian fascists is to divide the Bolivian socialist and revolutionary forces, and to turn them against each other to a point impossible to reconcile the leadership of comrade Evo Morales, the leadership of President Lucho Arce, that is the plan," said the Venezuelan president on Monday, April 29, during the 43rd episode of his TV program Con Maduro+. | During the Digital Zone segment of the prog…
(2024-05-01). How Africa's National Liberation Struggles Brought Democracy to Europe. orinocotribune.com 
By Vijay Prashad — Apr 25, 2024 | Fifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, the people of Portugal took to the streets of their cities and towns in enormous numbers to overthrow the fascist dictatorship of the Estado Novo ('New State'), formally established in 1926. Fascist Portugal—led first by António de Oliveira Salazar until 1968 and then by Marcelo Caetano—was welcomed into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in 1949, the United Nations in 1955, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1961 and signed a pact with the European Economic Community in 1972. The…
(2024-05-01). Russians Call to Fight Fascism in Ukraine on Labor Day. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Russian Communist Party advocated the eradication of "fascism in Ukraine" during an event in Moscow on the occasion of the International Workers Day. | RELATED: | "Today we celebrate this holiday and set ourselves several concrete tasks, which are impossible to solve without consolidating all the state and patriotic forces that love the homeland," said Gennady Zyuganov, the 76-year-old leader of the Communist Party.
(2024-05-01). Immigrant-Led Organizing Points the Way to a Better World for All Workers. truthout.org "A world without borders is necessary if we are serious about ending the ravages of imperialism, the violent extraction of capitalism, and the oppressive racial social organization of our world," writes migrant justice activist Harsha Walia. Walia's claim points to how the carceral, exclusionary immigration system weakens labor rights not just for immigrant workers, but for all workers. |
(2024-05-01). The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z in America. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). War and Peace "Made in America": Adolph Hitler is "The Torchbearer of Democracy" in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). It's May Day! Understanding How Every Worker Is Exploited by Their Boss. soundcloud.com On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff explain why and how workers actually do make all of our goods, including what capitalists claim is what they bring to the table—the production equipment, buildings, desks, work tables, machines to harvest raw materials, and more. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the …
(2024-05-01). Demand the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk, socialist opponent of NATO's proxy war, from a Ukrainian prison. wsws.org On Thursday, April 25, Bogdan Syrotiuk—a socialist opponent of the right-wing Zelensky regime and the NATO-instigated Ukraine-Russia war—was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU, in his hometown of Pervomaisk in southern Ukraine.
(2024-05-01). May Day: Workers' Struggles, International Solidarity, Political Aspirations. socialistproject.ca For more than 100 years, May Day has symbolized the common struggles of workers around the globe.
(2024-05-01). Extractive 'green' capitalists are abusing workers and communities in Europe and Asia for transition minerals. thecanary.co Rampant extractive, exploitative capitalism is rearing its ugly head — but this time, it's over the transition to greener, cleaner energy. As the world grapples with the transition away from fossil fuels to tackle the climate crisis, nations have been on the hunt for the vital minerals needed to power this shift to renewable technologies. …
(2024-05-01). Murdoch Empire Hacked Politicians for Commercial Gain and Hid Evidence, New Report Suggests. bylinetimes.com 
Rupert Murdoch's company used criminal methods to The claims, which have featured in numerous court actions agai…
(2024-05-01). B-Sides: George S. Schuyler's "Black Empire" publicbooks.org "Black Empire" ends with an international revolution, led by a heroic Black genius preaching empowerment; it ends with a continental dictator clutching power through unremittent cruelty and cries of racial supremacy. Both statements are true.
(2024-05-01). Equality for women will help eliminate violence against them. socialist-alliance.org 
Labor's package to help women escape violence is welcome but not nearly enough. Angela Carr argues that we need to be clear on what drives men to commit violence against women and address that, as well as assisting victim/survivors.
(2024-05-01). Dr Motsuenyane: A torchbearer of black economic empowerment. sanews.gov.za Dr Motsuenyane: A torchbearer of black economic empowerment | Small Business Development Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, has described the late Dr Sam Motsuenyane as a doyen of black business and a torchbearer of black economic empowerment. | "He represents a generation of black entrepreneurs who, despite formidable odds, managed to take their destinies into their own hands and built business empires whose successes defied the apartheid logic," Ndabeni-Abrahams said. | The Minister said Dr Motsuenyane contributed enormously to the downfall of apartheid and was one of the architects of South Africa's new democr…