(2024-05-07). Architect of Israel's judicial coup jeered at Holocaust memorial ceremony in New York. haaretz.com Ceremony was disrupted by a group of Israeli expats outraged by the presence of Simcha Rothman — a lawmaker from the far-right Religious Zionism party — among the guests of honor…
(2024-05-07). Jail Awaits Neo-Nazi Who Called for Women's Forced Prostitution. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Criminal Court of Lisbon sentenced far-right extremist Mario Machado to two years and 10 months in prison for inciting hatred on social media, where he called for the "forced prostitution" of left-wing women. | RELATED: | The sentence from the Portuguese judges also includes Ricardo Pais, who was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison with a suspended sentence. | In his militant history, Mac…
(2024-05-07). Cuban President Diaz-Canel Arrives in Russia on a Working Visit. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in Moscow to discuss bilateral issues during a working visit that will extend until May 9. | RELATED: | During his stay in Russia, he will attend the military parade on May 9th commemorating Victory Day, the 79th anniversary of the Soviet Union's triumph over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). | Diaz-Canel will also participate for the first time in the Supreme Council of the Euras…
(2024-05-07). Wednesday 5/8: Book Talk on Confronting White Christian Nationalism w/ author Rev Dr Pamela Cooper-White. indybay.org St Mark's Episcopal Church | 600 Colorado Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94306 | Accessibility: Venue is wheelchair accessible; closed captioning will be available.
(2024-05-07). Sri Lankan Tamil parties debate tactics in the presidential election. wsws.org Workers and poor in the North and East must reject the sordid political manoeuvres of the Tamil parties which represent the interests of the Tamil elites not those of working people.
(2024-05-07). Half the US Senate notifies Biden they oppose WHO's Pandemic Treaty. expose-news.com Last Wednesday, 49 members of the US Senate threw down the gauntlet to President Joe Biden over his administration's secretive plan to make the World Health Organisation ("WHO") Dictator-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, …
(2024-05-07). University Leaders are Teaching Us How Holocausts Happen. counterpunch.org 
Most people, reasonably fearing arrest and its potential consequences, are then less likely to protest, less likely even to speak out. They look away from the violence, foreign and domestic, carried out by their government. They avoid asking how universities, supposedly society's institutional stewards of humane values, might be complicit in the violence. Later, after many innocents have been murdered, they will claim ignorance about what was going on.
(2024-05-07). Jason Hickel: Climate, energy and natural resources. links.org.au 
Jason Hickel — Ecological breakdown is being driven by the capitalist economic system, and — like capitalism itself — is strongly characterized by colonial dynamics.
(2024-05-07). No books burned this time in Berlin despite ominous parallels. peoplesworld.org 
BERLIN — It was May10 in Germany's terrible year, 1933. Hitler had been in power for hardly three months, when students and staff emptied the university libraries of forbidden books and threw them, an estimated 20,000 books by over a hundred authors, into the flames of a giant bonfire. Most authors were German — Jewish, …
(2024-05-07). Fourth International: Draft manifesto of revolutionary Marxism in the age of capitalist ecological and social destruction. links.org.au 
Fourth International — An ecosocialist society is needed, and can be achieved only through a revolution. This manifesto tries to assess the best ways and means towards this aim.
(2024-05-07). No books burned this time in Berlin despite ominous parallels. peoplesworld.org BERLIN — It was May10 in Germany's terrible year, 1933. Hitler had been in power for hardly three months, when students and staff emptied the university libraries of forbidden books and threw them, an estimated 20,000 books by over a hundred authors, into the flames of a giant bonfire. Most authors were German — Jewish, …
(2024-05-07). How Enid, Okla., united to remove a local fascist from office. peoplesworld.org 
ENID, Okla.—In February 2023, Judd Blevins was elected to the Enid City Commission just as his fellow participants in the white supremacist torch-light rally on the University of Virginia campus were facing criminal charges under Charlottesville's burning object statute. The march, held on the eve of the Unite the Right rally in August 2017, was …
(2024-05-07). Iran Urges Islamic Universities to Advocate for Palestinian Rights. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Secretary of the Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution of the Islamic Republic of Iran urged university presidents and academic elites worldwide to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and condemn the crimes of the Zionist regime.
(2024-05-07). Smart Ass Cripple: When Worker Insecurity Is a Must. progressive.org Devotion to capitalism requires leaving a lot of people behind. Our system has made about as much room as it is going to make for disabled people, columnist Mike Ervin writes.
(2024-05-07). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.
(2024-05-07). Afirma Díaz-Canel que el mundo debería celebrar Día de Victoria contra Fascismo. radiohc.cu Moscú, 7 mayo (RHC) El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, expresó hoy satisfacción por su nueva visita a esta ciudad que calificó de bella y entrañable, con motivo de la celebración mañana del aniversario 79 del Día de la Victoria contra el fascismo.
(2024-05-07). The singularity and importance of the 1st World Anti-Fascist Conference to be held in Porto Alegre from 17 to 19 May 2024. cadtm.org
(2024-05-07). Towards the 6th International Ecosocialist Meeting. cadtm.org
(2024-05-07). Putin Takes Oath As Russian Pres; NATO & EU Nations 'Sulk,' Boycott Kremlin Ceremony | Watch. hindustantimes.com NATO Nations U.S., UK and Germany, Baltic states Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, the Czech Republic and some EU members have boycotted the swearing in of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The grand event is taking place at the Kremlin in Moscow. Ukraine echoed the nations who boycotted the ceremony, saying it doesn't recognize Putin to be the democratically elected president of Russia. Meanwhile, ambassadors from France, Hungary and Slovakia are attending the inauguration. Watch this video for more details. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…