Staff (2024-06-29). Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion profile quietly removed from Stanford extremist group list. thegrayzone.com The government-funded research project's mysterious removal of Azov's profile was followed by a State Department decision to allow the controversial right-wing unit to receive U.S. military aid. Editor's note: the following article was originally published by Sam Carlen and Iain Carlos for the Noir newsletter. Stanford University's Mapping Militants Project (MMP), a U.S. government-funded initiative that …

NOIR (2024-06-29). Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion profile quietly removed from Stanford extremist group list. thegrayzone.com The government-funded research project's mysterious removal of Azov's profile was followed by a State Department decision to allow the controversial right-wing unit to receive U.S. military aid. Editor's note: the following article was originally published by Sam Carlen and Iain Carlos for the Noir newsletter. Stanford University's Mapping Militants Project (MMP), a U.S. government-funded initiative that conducts research on "violent militant or extremist organizations," quietly removed their profile on the Azov Battalion early last month. The Azov Battalion (now known as …

Staff (2024-06-29). Venezuela's Presidential Elections: Voting Drill on Sunday. orinocotribune.com The head of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV) "Our Venezuela" presidential campaign staff, Jorge Rodríguez, called for massive participation in the voting drill this Sunday. He reiterated the strength of PSUV's robust electoral machine and called for Chavismo to "not only vote on July 28 but also stay in the streets in defense of the vote." | This Friday, June 28, Rodríguez reported that the National Electoral Council (CNE) will deploy many voting machines during the electoral drill this Sunday so that voters become familiar with the process amid the the upcoming presidential election. | He explain…

ecns.cn (2024-06-29). Japan probes 76 deaths linked to pharma products. ecns.cn Japan is looking into 76 deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical containing red yeast rice.

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-06-29). France: With the New Popular Front against the deadly fascist threat! cadtm.org

Manlio Dinucci (2024-06-29). Assange: L'Inquisizione dell'Impero Condanna il Giornalismo Eretico. globalresearch.ca Articolo e trasmissione a cura di Manlio Dinucci. "Il fondatore di WikiLeaks si dichiara colpevole e viene condannato per aver cospirato per ottenere e divulgare informazioni classificate sulla Difesa nazionale. Julian Assange, fondatore di WikiLeaks, si è dichiarato …

Tina Landis (2024-06-29). California's community solar program undermined by for-profit interests of utility companies. liberationnews.org Under capitalism, community-solar microgrids are a threat to private utilities' profits. In the end, ensuring continued profits for the ruling elite outweighs implementing real climate solutions in any meaningful way.

WSWS (2024-06-29). Zelensky replaces general at the behest of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. wsws.org The empowering of neo-Nazi figures such as Krotevych and the open backing of fascism by Western imperialism comes as the Zelensky regime is escalating the persecution of opponents of the war and suppression of democratic rights.

WSWS (2024-06-29). Oppose Sri Lankan trade unions attempt to subordinate class struggles to up-coming elections! Prepare a general strike against government austerity! Fight for socialist policies! wsws.org Without a political fight against the Wickremesinghe regime and the overthrow of the capitalist system, workers cannot defend any of their basic rights.

WSWS (2024-06-29). Oppose Sri Lankan trade unions attempt to subordinate class struggles to upcoming elections! Prepare a general strike against government austerity! Fight for socialist policies! wsws.org Without a political fight against the Wickremesinghe regime and the overthrow of the capitalist system, workers cannot defend any of their basic rights.

Hugo GABBERO (2024-06-29). Hungary: Joint statement in solidarity with Transparency International Hungary and Átlátszó. fidh.org

(2024-06-29). CPJ, others express solidarity with journalists, NGOs targeted by Hungary's Russian-style Sovereignty Protection Office. transparency.hu

Maxime Duriez (2024-06-29). European Union General Affairs Council must address continued rule of law and human rights violations in Hungary and Poland. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other international NGOs sent a letter to EU ministers ahead of the EU General Affairs Council's meeting on 25 June 2024 where member States will hold a hearing on the situation in Hungary under the Article 7.1 TEU procedure.
In the letter, the signatory organisations point to the continued deterioration of the situation in Hungary, which fails to comply with Europea Union rule of law recommendations. Major concerns include judicial (…) | – |

newleftreview (2024-06-29). 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.

Tom Tanuki (2024-06-29). The night the cookers were handed over to neo-Nazis at the Polish Club. independentaustralia.net

Staff (2024-06-29). Starmer's Labour will be "a midwife for fascism", says independent Sean Halsall. thecanary.co In the sixteenth of our video interview series #CanaryCandidates, we meet independent candidate Sean Halsall — standing against Labour's Patrick Hurley Sean Halsall is a councillor who is standing as an independent candidate in Southport in the general election. A former Labour Party member, he now says "it's hard to justify why anyone would stay …

Alan Macleod (2024-06-25). Maduro vs. US Election Interference: A Battle for Venezuela's Future. mintpressnews.com With upcoming elections scheduled for July 28, the United States is working overtime to dislodge the socialist government of Nicolás Maduro. Ten individuals are vying for the position, including nine in opposition to Maduro, who heads a coalition of 13 leftist groups. | Washington, though, has made clear that its preferred candidate is 74-year-old retired diplomat Edmundo González, and is spending big, bankrolling a myriad of opposition organizations, from political parties to NGOs and media outlets, all with the same goal in mind: ousting Maduro and returning Venezuela into the U.S. sphere of influence. | The U.

Maureen Skehan, Workers' World. (2024-06-25). Boston: No Cops, No Corporations, No Pride In Genocide! popularresistance.org In the spirit of global solidarity with oppressed people's resistance, from Stonewall to Palestine, over 70 queer/trans, pro-Palestinian and pro-working class organizations in the greater Boston area united under the banner of "Liberate Boston Pride," demanding "No cops! No corporations! and "No Pride in Genocide!" (liberatebostonpride.wordpress.com/) | Endorsing organizations included Students for Justice in Palestine, United American Indians of New England, North American Indian Center of Boston, ACT UP Boston, BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) Boston, Democratic Socialists of America Boston, the Dyke March,…

Lewis Raven Wallace, Truthout. (2024-06-25). Queer Activists Are Making BDS A Key Question Of Pride This Year. popularresistance.org Every June, as rainbow boas and blue and pink banners unfurl, and jello shots and plastic cups of light beer tumble onto the streets, borne by tens of thousands of happy gays, a cultural battle ensues. Pride season is here, and everyone is pissed. | On one side of the battle, you have the corporate gays, the nonprofit-industrial complex of LGBTQ organizations, the glitzy and boozy Pride parades and parties, and the representation of gay and trans identity as a fully assimilated, capitalism-compatible lifestyle. | On the other, you have all of us who recognize that Pride emerged from a legacy of anti-police uprisi…

Binoy Kampmark (2024-06-25). DINA: Pinochet's Directorate for Murder and Torture. dissidentvoice.org There are three sources of power in Chile: Pinochet, God and DINA. — Chilean intelligence officer, remarks to a US military attaché, 1974 Decree 521 of the Chilean government of June 18, 1974, was a chilling moment in the country's convulsed history. With the state now in the pathologically disturbed hands of a military dictatorship …

susan abulhawa (2024-06-25). Gaza is changing all of us. electronicintifada.net We are altered by a holocaust in real time.

UMMID (2024-06-25). Indigenous People of Palestine and its Real Owners. ummid.com Jews have no right over the land of Palestine. The reason behind it is that this land was given to the Israelites; when they, under the guidance of Allah's Prophets (Peace be upon them!), raised the flag of the Oneness of Allah and remained steadfast on Oneness. When they deviated then their disgrace and humiliation started.

Noa Shpigel (2024-06-25). Israel's top court 'wants to force religious war': Haredi MKs blast dramatic ruling on ultra-Orthodox draft. haaretz.com The High Court's unanimous ruling requiring the state to draft Haredim elicited strong reactions across the political spectrum, with one politician saying, 'There is no force in the world that can sever the people of Israel from Torah study' as others called the court a 'dictatorial body that has wrested power from the elected government'…

Editor (2024-06-25). Jun 25, 2024. sitrepworld.info This Song Will Lift Your Spirit | Oceans — Hillsong United Julian Assange Is Free! by Joe Lauria 'Draft Notice' from the Shop of Horrors, by Dennis Kucinich Here It Comes, by James Howard Kunstler Putin's "war" to re-shape the American Zeitgeist, by Alastair Crooke Bring Back Capitalism !?, by Matt Taibbi Stumbling Into Ruin: Reflections on senescence, amnesia, and war, by John Leake Belief in eternal progress has been a driving element of liberalism for generations, by eugyppius We're all buying more nukes. Here are the five main reasons why, by Martin Jay American Pravda: JFK, LB…

LaborFest (2024-06-25). LaborFest 2024 On 90th Anniversary Of The SF Gen Strike, Labor, Al & The Techno Fascists. indybay.org LaborFest 2024 schedule of events.

Binoy Kampmark (2024-06-25). Victory for the Disposables: The Sentencing of the Hindujas. counterpunch.org In his seminal work on modern slavery, Kevin Bales does away with certain, antiquated concepts. In its insidious, older form, one focused on the concept of natal alienation, slaves were chattels and assets, outrightly owned. Each slave system was distinct and protean, if marked by certain universal features. The universal feature of ownership, at least when it

Ashley Smith (2024-06-25). Answering the Call to Fight Injustice: An Interview with Barbara Smith. counterpunch.org Barbara Smith is one of the leading intellectuals and activists who developed the traditions of Black feminism. A part of a group of Black lesbian socialists, she co-authored the groundbreaking "Combahee River Collective Statement." A prolific writer, she has published many books and articles that have emphasized the interlocking nature of systems of oppression under

Don Fitz (2024-06-25). Lock Them Both Up! counterpunch.org During the 2016 election Trump fanatics chanted "Lock her up," referring to Hillary Clinton. The tables have now turned. Trump is a convicted criminal and Biden violates international law. In one of the most twisted forms of logic ever to appear in politics, liberals believe that screaming "Trump is a fascist" somehow proves that Biden is not. If

Rhoda Wilson (2024-06-25). Here's proof that covid injections cause cognitive decline; how does it happen and how do we treat it? expose-news.com Subtle and overt neurological injuries are one of the most common results of a pharmaceutical injury. The covid injections are no exception. They excel at causing damage to cognition and many of …

DPA (2024-06-25). EU ministers approve US$1.5 billion Ukraine military aid using Russian assets. scmp.com European Union governments agreed to use in profits from Russian frozen assets for arms and other aid to Ukraine, sparking Hungarian anger.

WSWS (2024-06-25). Teamsters union president to speak at Republican National Convention, in another sign of growing alliance with extreme right. wsws.org O'Brien will be speaking at a meeting that will be, for all intents and purposes, a fascist rally put on by one of the two main political parties.

WSWS (2024-06-25). An actor of the anti-establishment, Donald Sutherland, dies aged 88. wsws.org Unlike Jane Fonda, who has done everything in her power to make the public forget her onetime radical days and views, Sutherland retained a general hostility to capitalism until his death.

Maxime Duriez (2024-06-25). European Union General Affairs Council must address continued rule of law and human rights violations in Hungary and Poland. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other international NGOs sent a letter to EU ministers ahead of the EU General Affairs Council's meeting on 25 June 2024 where member States will hold a hearing on the situation in Hungary under the Article 7.1 TEU procedure.
In the letter, the signatory organisations point to the continued deterioration of the situation in Hungary, which fails to comply with Europea Union rule of law recommendations. Major concerns include judicial (…) | – |

Agence France-Presse (2024-06-25). German far-right politician back in court over banned Nazi slogan. scmp.com Controversial German far-right politician Bjoern Hoecke said he was 'completely innocent' as he went on trial for using a banned Nazi slogan that has already earned him a conviction.

Agence France-Presse (2024-06-25). German far-right politician back in court over Nazi slogan. scmp.com Bjoern Hoecke is on trial for using banned Nazi slogan and salute. Alternative for Germany member was fined in previous case linked to using Nazi slogan.

newleftreview (2024-06-25). 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.

Staff (2024-06-25). France, the new Popular Front, hopes and contradictions. defenddemocracy.press By Dimitris Skarpalezos After the thunderous victory of the far-right "National Rally" in the French European elections, under the pressure of the mass of their supporters, the parties of the broader left formed a coalition for the parliamentary elections called the "New Popular Front" in reference to the Popular Front of communists and socialists …

Harrison Dressler (2024-06-25). In Praise of Laziness. socialistproject.ca Walter A. Ratcliffe, a

| Peter Boyle | (2024-06-25). Why ecosocialism is not just a good idea but a necessity. socialist-alliance.org As the climate emergency and extinction crises deepen, there is no choice but to struggle to democratise the economy so that it can be made to serve social needs and ecological sustainability. Peter Boyle reports.

Isaac Nellist (2024-06-25). Retail union promises to fight dud Woolworths deal. greenleft.org.au The Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union has promised to contest the new enterprise bargainning agreement at Woolworths at the Fair Work Comission, after largest-ever No vote in Australian history. Isaac Nellist reports.

Prabhat Patnaik (2024-06-25). AI and employment. mronline.org This problem, it must be noted, relates exclusively to the application of AI under capitalist conditions; but, capitalism being the reality over much of the world, the threat of AI to the working people remains extremely serious.

ecns.cn (2024-06-25). (W.E. Talk) How to meet the challenges posed by AI using Marxism views. ecns.cn In the latest W.E. Talk with China News Service, Xu Feng, deputy director of the United Front Theory Department at the Central Institute of Socialism, said that the answer to the question of whether there will be an emergence of autonomous consciousness as a result of AI's autonomous learning is still controversial, and the standards and criteria for examining it are varied.In his opinion, there is still a high probability that humankind will be able to control AI as much as possible and make it work for humankind and will not rapidly go in the direction of alienation and dissimulation."ÄÄ"&…

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-06-25). France: With the New Popular Front against the deadly fascist threat! cadtm.org

hindustantimes (2024-06-25). Houthi Chief Roars At Biden After 'Forcing' U.S. Carrier To Leave Red Sea: 'Tyrant Of…' | Gaza. hindustantimes.com The Chief of Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a blistering attack on the United States. Sayyed Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi accused the U.S. of trying to impose its authority over Muslims. The Houthi leader described Washington as "the arrogant tyrant of this era". Watch for more.

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2024-06-23). Uncle Sam Wants You, To Kill And Die For The Empire. popularresistance.org The United States ended conscription, the military draft, in 1973. The all volunteer military came about because of mass protest over the Vietnam war. Richard Nixon believed, and not without reason, that opposition to the war would wane, and his re-election chances would improve, if young men didn't fear being called up for service. The draft was becoming more and more unpopular, as activists raided draft board offices and young men burned their draft cards. In so doing they forced the issue which led to the end of conscription. | But it was not long before a different kind of draft re-emerged. In 1980 under pres…

Nat Parry, Consortium News. (2024-06-23). Anti-Trump Anxiety Ignores History. popularresistance.org With President Joe Biden's poll numbers tanking, American liberals are doubling down on what they apparently consider the best hope for his re-election: a strategy that relies heavily on whipping up fears of a dictatorship led by Donald Trump — warning that he would not only trample constitutional rights but likely imprison his political opponents. | Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently raised this specter on a podcast called "On with Kara Swisher," openly fretting that President Trump would throw her in jail if he wins the November election. | "I mean, it sounds nuts," she said, "but I wouldn't be…

Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. (2024-06-23). Defeat The Fascist War On African People In The US And Abroad. popularresistance.org "Defeat the War on African People in the US and Abroad" has been the rallying cry for the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) since the formation's inception in 2017. As we rolled out and expanded the campaign, we were frequently met with the same question in the teach-ins, webinars, panel discussions, and outreach efforts we conducted among colonized and oppressed Africans across this country and even the world: "What war on Africans?" We were similarly asked as a follow-up, "Who is waging war on us?" | Those are excellent questions, but before we get to those questions, let us deal clearly with the relationship of t…

Maria Elena Saludas (2024-06-23). The 6th International Eco-socialist Meeting and the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Eco-socialist Meeting concluded successfully. cadtm.org

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-06-23). France: With the New Popular Front against the deadly fascist threat! cadtm.org

Bruce Neuburger (2024-06-23). Thursday 7/11: Book event: Postcards to Hitler: A German Jews Defiance in a Time of Terror. indybay.org 653 Chenery Street | Glen Park District | San Francisco, California…

LaborFest (2024-06-23). LaborFest 2024 On 90th Anniversary Of The SF Gen Strike, Labor, Al & The Techno Fascists. indybay.org LaborFest 2024 schedule of events.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-06-23). The Moribund vs. the Nascent. libya360.wordpress.com Tariq Marzbaan Painting by Hieronymus Bosch, An Angel Leading a Soul into Hell Much of the world is tired of monsters and seeks not a "re-set" but a rebirth of its original identities and historical legacies… which have been held too long hostage by a ruthless all-devouring Empire. Since the early 1900s, Mackinder's "Heartland doctrine"…

Staff (2024-06-23). Two European Thorns in the Empire's Side: Rightist Orban and Leftist Fico (and Look What Happened to Him). defenddemocracy.press by Eve Ottenberg Jun 14, 2024 Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban may be a far-right politician, but he also opposes the west's proxy war in Ukraine and that, much more than his extreme conservatism, is what infuriates imperial henchmen. The European Union is in a constant snit over Orban, because every time that organization turns …

WSWS (2024-06-23). Report on Alderney Channel Islands Nazi labour camps confirms perpetrators not tried because of "a succession of cover-ups." wsws.org The Alderney Expert Review Panel places the total death toll between 641 and 1,027 victims, with a likely upper limit of 1,134.

newleftreview (2024-06-23). 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.

Maxime Duriez (2024-06-23). European Union General Affairs Council must address continued rule of law and human rights violations in Hungary and Poland. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other international NGOs sent a letter to EU ministers ahead of the EU General Affairs Council's meeting on 25 June 2024 where member States will hold a hearing on the situation in Hungary under the Article 7.1 TEU procedure.
In the letter, the signatory organisations point to the continued deterioration of the situation in Hungary, which fails to comply with Europea Union rule of law recommendations. Major concerns include judicial (…) | – |

Anti*Capitalist Resistance (2024-06-23). Ecosocialist revolution: A manifesto. links.org.au Ecosocialist Revolution: A Manifesto is published by Anti*Capitalist Resistance. The document and was adopted by Anti*Capitalist Resistance at their 2024 conference.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-06-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Coping with cancer-related fatigue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org People can experience cancer-related fatigue before, during and after treatments. This is different from the typical tiredness. At times, your arms and legs might feel heavy, making it hard to move. It may be challenging to even get out of bed in the morning. Cancer-related fatigue can take a toll mentally too. It can sometimes lead to depression and other emotional distress. Dr. Touré Barksdale, a Mayo Clinic cancer rehabilitation and palliative medicine specialist, gives…

WSWS (2024-06-17). David North's The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide addresses the disastrous consequences of nationalist political programs. wsws.org The series of lectures on the historical development of Zionism expose the bankruptcy of all politics based on nationalism and race—and point the way forward for all those who want to fight against genocide, war and dictatorship.

Leila's Daughters (2024-06-17). Operation Campus Flood: A Call for a Week of Autonomous Action. indybay.org No more gradualism in the face of a genocide. A new phase of the the #Escalate movement on college campuses has begun. With Berkeley lighting the way. We are calling this OPERATION CAMPUS FLOOD. And it is an open invite for all who are sick of it all to join in displacing the displacers. From the outside in and the inside out, we need to raze the settler-empire academy that provides training, labor, capital, and a steady stream of propaganda and knowledge production for the Israel-Zionist entity.

Maria Elena Saludas (2024-06-17). The 6th International Eco-socialist Meeting and the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Eco-socialist Meeting concluded successfully. cadtm.org

Consortium News (2024-06-17). The hoax of "weaponized rape" in Gaza takes what seems a fatal hit. indybay.org Last Friday, while President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and other Western leaders, along with the reporters who clerk for them, were in Normandy busily airbrushing out the Red Army's heroism in defeating the Reich 80 years ago, something truer to history occurred in the pages of The Times of London.

Michael Hudson (2024-06-17). US Cryptocurrency as an Offshore Banking Center. counterpunch.org The Wall Street Journal ran a revealing op-ed today (June 14, 2024) by Paul D. Ryan, "Crypto Could Stave off a U.S. Debt Crisis." Mr. Ryan, libertarian Republican House Speaker 2015-2019 and now at the right-wing American Enterprise Institute, writes that: "Stablecoins backed by dollars provide demand for U.S. public debt and a way to

Catherine Curran Vigier (2024-06-17). The French Left Unite Against Fascism. counterpunch.org French politics has been in chaos since President Macron announced a snap general election after the victory of the far right Rassemblement Nationale (RN) in the European elections. Jordan Bardella's RN list took 31,37 % of the vote. Eric Zemmour's Reconquest list led by Marine le Pen's niece, Marion Maréchal Le Pen, took another 5, 47%

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2024-06-17). America and Britain Rehabilitate Nazism and Arm Fascist Militias in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2024-06-17). Fascism and resistance in France today. mronline.org John Mullen spoke to Green Left Weekly about the rise of the far right in France and prospects for the left in the upcoming election…

WSWS (2024-06-17). Fascist justices implicated in January 6 coup head up corruption on US Supreme Court. wsws.org The biggest Supreme Court bribe dispenser, Harlan Crow, has the distinction of owning and displaying at his Texas mansion Hitler and Nazi artifacts, including a signed copy of Mein Kampf, paintings by the Fàºhrer, and linens sporting the Swastika icon.

WSWS (2024-06-17). Social banditry: Oligarch Elon Musk takes record $45 billion payout. wsws.org The awarding by Tesla shareholders on Thursday of a massive pay package worth more than $45 billion to CEO Elon Musk is part of accelerating social inequality and the deepening economic, social, military and political crisis of world capitalism.

WSWS (2024-06-17). Popular Front works to tie French anti-fascist protests to capitalist rule. wsws.org As 640,000 people marched in France to protest the surging far right vote, Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Popular Front sought to tie the protest to the pro-war, big business Socialist Party.

WSWS (2024-06-17). Campaigning in Detroit, Trump incites violence against immigrants. wsws.org Speaking at a church in Detroit, Trump blamed immigrants for the poverty and unemployment caused by capitalism.

APR editor (2024-06-17). Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: FLNKS congress postponed due to splits. asiapacificreport.nz By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The national congress of New Caledonia's pro-independence platform, the FLNKS, was postponed at the weekend due to major differences between its hard-line component and its more moderate parties. The FLNKS is the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front. It consists of several pro-independence parties, including the Kanak…

theonion (2024-06-17). SATIRE: Smithsonian Under Fire For Collection Of Nazi Memorabilia. theonion.com WASHINGTON—Facing backlash from the public as well as prominent donors, the Smithsonian Institution was reportedly under fire Monday for its collection of Nazi memorabilia. "I've made financial contributions to the Smithsonian for years, but after finding out about some of the hideous and horrifying pieces inside the…

aljazeera (2024-06-17). Russia sets date for closed-door trial of US journalist. aljazeera.com Evan Gershkovich was detained in March 2023 accused of 'spying' on a Russian defence enterprise in Yekaterinburg.

newleftreview (2024-06-17). 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.

María Candela (2024-06-17). Francia se revuelve. radiohc.cu La Francia de la revolución de la libertad, igualdad y fraternidad, que tan profundamente repercutió en su momento en América Latina y el Caribe, está al borde de caer en las manos de las fuerzas más oscuras de la extrema derecha racista, xenófoba y fascista.

Leila's Daughters (2024-06-16). Operation Campus Flood: A Call for a Week of Autonomous Action. indybay.org No more gradualism in the face of a genocide. A new phase of the the #Escalate movement on college campuses has begun. With Berkeley lighting the way. We are calling this OPERATION CAMPUS FLOOD. And it is an open invite for all who are sick of it all to join in displacing the displacers. From the outside in and the inside out, we need to raze the settler-empire academy that provides training, labor, capital, and a steady stream of propaganda and knowledge production for the Israel-Zionist entity.

WSWS (2024-06-16). Socialist Equality Party election campaign wins support in Holborn and St Pancras, London. wsws.org Dozens of workers, youth and retirees stopped and spoke with SEP campaigners. The stall, with its large placards denouncing Labour's support for the Gaza genocide and NATO's proxy-war in Ukraine, attracted interest throughout the day.

WorkWeek (2024-06-16). WorkWeek on SEIU 1021 SF Mayoral Meeting, IBT AI Fascism & The Heat Wave, Kamala Harris. indybay.org WorkWeek this week presents On SEIU 1021 SF Mayoral Meeting, IBT AI Fascism & The Heat Wave, Kamala Harris Charged With Genocide & Argentina Fascist President Milei & Working Class…

Musa al-Sada (2024-06-16). Hezbollah and Syrian Blood. orinocotribune.com By Musa al-Sada — June 6, 2024 | Hezbollah fighters did not target nor spill the blood of Syrian civilians during the Syrian war. The preceding statement is accurate. It is not accurate because we want it to be, but because it is a fact, and because there is no evidence or witness that makes it contrary to the truth. And if there is evidence, then the burden of proof simply falls on the claimant. | The most important and obvious thing is that its correctness does not imply that statements like "the Syrian regime is dictatorial," or "the Syrian war has mobilized sectarian identities and narratives in the Leva…

Ali Azgar (2024-06-16). Israeli Druze leader: We must be equals in everyday life, not just in mourning. muslimnews.co.uk The head of the Beit Jann Local Authority, Attorney Nazih Dabbour, announced that all planned celebrations of the Muslim and Druze holiday of Eid-al-Adha are to be cancelled. The head of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Muafak Tarif, commented on the community's contribution and sacrifice to Israel's security following the announcement of the death of …

Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Fight Back! News. (2024-06-16). All Out For The March On The Republican National Convention. popularresistance.org Step onto the stage of history in Milwaukee, July 15, as thousands march on the Republican National Convention. | More than 100 organizations are participating in this effort, spearheaded by the Coalition to March on the RNC, and mobilizations are taking place in cities across the U.S. As Trump is raking in money from billionaire donors and stepping up his campaign for the White House, it's vital that all of was who support Justice, progress and peace should be in the streets raising the banner of opposition. | Everyone who can be there should be there. | On July 15, we will be marching under the slogans: Fight t…

Jeffrey Sachs, Friends of Socialist China. (2024-06-16). The Perils And Promise Of The Emerging Multipolar World. popularresistance.org In his recent article for Common Dreams, Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs describes the world's trajectory towards multipolarity over the past three decades. He notes that, "in 1994, the G7 countries constituted 45.3% of world output, compared with 18.9% of world output in the BRICS countries (Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Russia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates). The tables have turned. The BRICS now produce 35.2% of world output, while the G7 countries produce 29.3%." | The West's political influence is also waning, as exemplified by the failure of the US-led sanctions against Russia from 2022…

Maria Elena Saludas (2024-06-16). The 6th International Eco-socialist Meeting and the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Eco-socialist Meeting concluded successfully. cadtm.org

presstv.ir (2024-06-16). Leader calls for increased voter participation in presidential election. presstv.ir Ayatollah Khamenei calls for collective efforts to increase participation in the June 28 presidential election.

Harry Glasbeek (2024-06-16). Law At Work: Class, Property, Capitalism. socialistproject.ca This essay is an excerpt from Harry Glasbeek's new book For thousands of years, workers have produced goods and services for themselves and others, sometimes being paid, sometimes not. But, for the most part, workers had few legally recognized political or social rights. Workers were not free, at least not in the way in which we describe freedom in our time. It was not until the late 1800s that the goods and services provided for others by workers in the Angl…

tn.ai (2024-06-16). Leader: Youth Can Change Course of History. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the remarkable potential of young Iranian elites and their capacity to bring about transformative change throughout history.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-06-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: Coping with cancer-related fatigue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org People can experience cancer-related fatigue before, during and after treatments. This is different from the typical tiredness. At times, your arms and legs might feel heavy, making it hard to move. It may be challenging to even get out of bed in the morning. Cancer-related fatigue can take a toll mentally too. It can sometimes lead to depression and other emotional distress. Dr. Touré Barksdale, a Mayo Clinic cancer rehabilitation and palliative medicine specialist, gives…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-06-16). Mayo Clinic video stories earn Telly Awards. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Two Mayo Clinic video stories related to World War II earned global recognition from the 45th annual Telly Awards honoring outstanding video and television projects. A patient story published on the Mayo Clinic News Network, "A veteran's journey from Holocaust to hope at Mayo Clinic," received a Silver Telly Award in the category of Television, General, Biography. Mayo Clinic's Jason Howland, reporter; Kevin Sullivan, videographer; Tammy Goemaat, producer; and Eugene Kwon, M.D., urologist and supervising…

Isaac Nellist, Chloe DS, Jacob Andrewartha, Cyn Huang, Daniil Sapunkov, Amey (2024-06-16). US student socialists assess 'explosive' Gaza solidarity encampment movement. links.org.au Cyn Huang, Daniil Sapunkov and Amey discuss how the Palestine student movement plans to progress over the summer break and its impact on labour struggles, the left and the 2024 presidential elections.

newleftreview (2024-06-16). 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.

Nandita Bajaj (2024-06-11). How Patriarchal Pronatalism Dominates the Conversation about the Human Future. dissidentvoice.org "Global Population Growth Is Slowing Down. Here's One Reason Why," Scientific American Governments worldwide are in a race to see which one can encourage the most women to have the most babies. Hungary is slashing income tax for women with four or more children. Russia is offering women with 10 or more children a "Mother-Heroine" award. Greece, Italy, and South Korea are …

The People's Voice (2024-06-11). Video: Bill Gates Caught Telling Inner Circle 'Global Famine' Will Make Elites 'God-Like'. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2024-06-11). Right wing wave in Europe a reaction to EU's subservience to NATO. infobrics.org Analysts talking about "fascist wave" ignore that it is the EU itself, not the opposition parties, that is fomenting neo-Nazism against Russia in Ukraine.

Editor (2024-06-11). Jun 11, 2024. sitrepworld.info Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young — Deja Vu — Woodstock 1971 Israel and the Misjudgement of Reality, by Alastair Crooke Saving Gaza Is About More Than Saving Gaza. It's Also About Saving Ourselves, by Caitlin Johnstone Israel Murders 210 Palestinians And Rescues 4 Captives With US Backing, by Robert Inlakesh Gaza — the Next Fort Lauderdale? by Eric Margolis Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War Academia is only as free as powerful donors allow it to be, by Jonathan Cook Earth to Be Demolished to Make Way for Holocaust Museum, by Kevin Barrett Th…

Democracy Now! (2024-06-11). Democracy Now! 2024-06-11 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for June 11, 2024; "Clear Shift" Toward the Far Right: Anti-Immigrant Nationalists Gain Ground Across Europe; Doctor Just Back from Gaza: The Health System Has Totally Collapsed Due to Israel's Genocidal War; U.S. Jewish Army Intel Officer Quits over Gaza, Says "Impossible" Not to See Echoes of Holocaust | Headlines for June 11, 2024; "Clear Shift" Toward the Far Right: Anti-Immigrant Nationalists Gain Ground Across Europe; Doctor Just Back from Gaza: The Health System Has Totally Collapsed Due to Israel's Genocidal War; U.S. Jewish Army Intel Officer Quits…

Staff (2024-06-11). U.S. Jewish Army Intel Officer Quits over Gaza, Says "Impossible" Not to See Echoes of Holocaust. democracynow.org We speak with U.S. Army Major Harrison Mann, the first military and intelligence officer to publicly resign over the Biden administration's support for Israel's war on Gaza. Mann left his role at the Defense Intelligence Agency after a 13-year career, saying in a public letter explaining his resignation that "nearly unqualified support for the government of Israel … has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians." Mann submitted his resignation on November 1, just over three weeks into Israel's assault on Gaza, but his separation…

Victoria Torres (2024-06-11). Hitmen: Venezuelan Opposition's New Plan Against President Maduro. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro denounced members of the opposition for having hitmen at their disposal in Venezuela with the aim of assassinating the president during campaign rallies amid the upcoming July 28 presidential elections. | "They have a group of hitmen, the extreme right… They have a group of hitmen already in Venezuela, looking for me, looking for us [his presidential campaign staff], to harm us," President Maduro said this Sunday, June 9, during an event in Caracas with leaders of the governing United Socialist Party (PSUV). | The president pointed toward Leopoldo López, Antonio Ledezma, and…

Ana Vraƒçar, People's Dispatch. (2024-06-11). Far-Right Surge In Elections Shakes Up European Parliament. popularresistance.org The European Union woke up to a grim reality, albeit with few surprises, after the European Parliament elections concluded on Sunday, June 9. As predicted by polls, far-right parties emerged gleeful. According to preliminary results, combined, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and Identity and Democracy (ID) groups secured only four fewer seats than the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the second-largest group in parliament. Including mandates won by unaffiliated parties close to ECR and ID, the far-right easily overtakes the center. | The conservative European People's P…

Editor (2024-06-11). Caught on Tape, Alito Exposed as 'Crusader for Christian Nationalism'. scheerpost.com

Maria Elena Saludas (2024-06-11). The 6th International Eco-socialist Meeting and the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Eco-socialist Meeting concluded successfully. cadtm.org

Dave DeCamp (2024-06-11). US Lifts Ban on Arming and Training Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade. news.antiwar.com The State Department announced Monday that it has formally lifted a ban on arming and training the Azov Brigade, an infamous Ukrainian neo-Nazi military unit. The Azov Brigade celebrated the news, saying the "eligibility for US assistance will not only increase Azov's combat effectiveness. "This is a new page in the history of our unit. …

Drago Bosnic (2024-06-11). Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Junta Continues with PR 'Victories' While Its Lines Collapse. globalresearch.ca

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2024-06-11). Wednesday 6/12: Action to Protest Fascist Argentina Pres Melei's Attack on Workers Party PO & Polo Obrero. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | 90 7th St. | San Francisco…

WSWS (2024-06-11). Cornel West adapts to far-right in interview on Musk-boosted X program. wsws.org West assured cryptocurrency entrepreneur Mario Nawfal's right-wing audience that he opposed open borders, socialism and Marxism.

Guest Blogger (2024-06-11). Deputy Leader Of Germany's Centre-Right Party: Country in A "Green Fairy Tale World" wattsupwiththat.com The Deputy Leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union Jens Spahn warns that the current socialist-green government is leading the country into a "green fairy tale world" and sharply citicizes the country's the nuclear phase-out.

newleftreview (2024-06-11). 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.

Guest Blogger (2024-06-11). Vaclav Smil On The Two Cultures And Our "Fully Post-Factual World" wattsupwiththat.com The elites, for their part, wish to change everything: sex, the climate, our history, your automobile, your diet, even the straws with which you slurp your smoothie.

Paul Le Blanc (2024-06-11). Trumpism, fascism, and political realities in the United States. links.org.au Paul Le Blanc — Donald Trump represents a kind of politics that has powerfully transformed political realities in the United States, a kind of politics labeled by some as Trumpism.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-06-11). Invitan desde Venezuela a atestiguar comicios presidenciales. radiohc.cu La Habana, 11 jun (RHC) El primer vicepresidente del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, invitó a todas las personas amantes de la paz y la democracia a acompañar las venideras elecciones presidenciales en su país.

Susie Day (2024-06-09). The Need for Studying Zionism, Critically. counterpunch.org Since 1897, Zionism has been the religious and political impetus behind what is now the nation-state of Israel, which, like the United States, is settled on the lives, land, and cultures of millions of Indigenous peoples. Although today's Israel began as a refuge for European Jews fleeing the Holocaust, Zionism long ago broke out of its moral constraints to become a formidable geopolitical force that demands study. Which is why, in late 2023 America, the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism was created. And why, because the Institute is fundamentally antizionist, it's under attack for antisemitism. | To re…

George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence. (2024-06-09). Should Children Take Part In Nonviolent Struggle?‚Ä®. popularresistance.org In fifth grade I was introduced to children as nonviolent warriors. In one of our elementary school's story collections I ran into a tale from the Norwegian resistance to Nazi German occupation during World War II. It was centered on the problem of preventing Norway's store of gold bullion from falling into the hands of the occupiers. | The first step was moving the gold to storehouses on farms in Norway's mountainous western coast. The next step — of getting the gold on ships to Britain, where the country's royal family had already fled — was going to be a lot harder due to the patrols of German wars…

ecns.cn (2024-06-09). Far-right parties see big gains in European elections. ecns.cn A voter has his identity verified before casting his vote for the European elections in The Hague on Thursday.Labor is part of the Socialists and Democrats political group, while the Greens belongs to the Greens bloc."ÄÄ…

Pete Dolack (2024-06-09). Capitalism Can't Overcome the Laws of Physics. counterpunch.org Image by Dan Cristian PƒÉdure»õ. | You can't have infinite growth on a finite planet. That should be a commonplace idea. And that inevitably means facing up to the necessity of putting an end to capitalism in favor of an economic system of rationality, sustainability and equity for all the world's peoples. | It can't be said too many times that the concept of "green capitalism" is a chimera. Unfortunately, belief in that chimera is not limited to the world's center-left political parties; it extends to the world's Green parties. Various "Green New Deal" programs have been floated in re…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2024-06-09). Wednesday 6/12: Action To Protest Fascist Argentina Pres Melei's Attack On Workers Party PO & Polo Obrero. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | 90 7th St. | San Francisco…

IndyRadio (2024-06-09). Antifascist Protest Saturday in Brussels, Belgium. indybay.org The far right is expected to make gains in the upcoming European elections, so the Antifascist Front is taking necessary steps. They will be out in the streets, like they have been seen before in this photo.

Labor Video Project (2024-06-09). Trump's SF Pacific Heights Benefit With Techno-Fascist Billionaires & Supporters. indybay.org Trump came to San Francisco to raise millions of dollars from techno fascist billionaires and crypto speculators who don't want any regulation. His supporters and protesters rallied on the block of billionaire David Sacks $42 million dollar mansion.

WSWS (2024-06-09). TikTok bans video demanding Bogdan Syrotiuk's freedom, branding it "hate speech" wsws.org The TikTok ban comes just days after the Zelensky regime issued an order banning access to the World Socialist Web Site across Ukraine. The order was issued by the Ukrainian State Special Communications Service, a wing of the country's military-intelligence apparatus.

Mark David (2024-06-09). CARTOONS: Robodebt, racism and rich men's media empires. independentaustralia.net

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-06-09). Mayo Clinic video stories earn Telly Awards. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Two Mayo Clinic video stories related to World War II earned global recognition from the 45th annual Telly Awards honoring outstanding video and television projects. A patient story published on the Mayo Clinic News Network, "A veteran's journey from Holocaust to hope at Mayo Clinic," received a Silver Telly Award in the category of Television, General, Biography. Mayo Clinic's Jason Howland, reporter; Kevin Sullivan, videographer; Tammy Goemaat, producer; and Eugene Kwon, M.D., urologist and supervising…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2024-06-04). Twenty Years Of Building An Economic Alternative To Capitalism In The US. popularresistance.org The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives recently turned twenty years old. Clearing the FOG speaks with Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, a professor and author of "Collective Courage: A History of African-American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice," and a charter member of the USFWC, about the work to create a national cooperative organization and the rise of the cooperative economy in the United States. She spoke about the role that cooperatives have played in advancing social and economic justice, the benefits of cooperatives not only to the individual but also more broadly to their communities, and the his…

Freedom Socialist Party (2024-06-04). Wednesday 7/24: Reading Circle — General Strike: A Key to Unlocking Worker Power Today. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St (near Ellis), San Francisco | Also on Zoom: bit.ly/GeneralStrikeReadingCircle…

Marc Batko (2024-06-04). Trump and the Danger of Fascism. indybay.org Peace is the imperative that should outweigh escalation and the unspeakable risk of global war! The constitutional state must not be confused with the security state or the emergency state as Rousseau and the social contract must not be confused with Thomas Hobbes and the punishing or fearsome state. People would fight endlessly without the state or Leviathan, he said.

WSWS (2024-06-04). Australian Labor government ramps up anti-immigrant measures. wsws.org "Foreigners" are being blamed for the deteriorating social conditions being produced by capitalism's economic and cost-of-living crisis and the channelling of billions of dollars into military spending.

WSWS (2024-06-04). SEP (Australia) calls for release of Bogdan Syrotiuk on Hunter Valley radio. wsws.org Nick Beams and John Davis called on listeners to join the fight to free Syrotiuk, the victim of a gross frameup for his socialist opposition to war.

The Independent (2024-06-04). New 'game-changer' HIV drug sought for Africa. independent.co.ug More than 300 politicians, health experts and celebrities on Thursday called for US pharmaceutical giant Gilead to allow cheap, generic versions of a promising new HIV drug to be produced so it can reach people in developing countries most affected by the deadly disease ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The drug lenacapavir could be a "real game-changer" …

WSWS (2024-06-03). Portuguese Stalinists, pseudo-left ally with big-business PS to protect right-wing government. wsws.org The BE and PCP aim to subordinate the working class to the PS, to block a movement against the new PSD government, fascism, the Gaza genocide and the NATO war on Russia.

Jamal Kanj (2024-06-03). Gaza: The Donkey and the Fate of Western Civilization. counterpunch.org Blackened smoke in the background, the raging inferno ripped through tents long after Israel had bombed another designated "safe" zone for evacuated civilians from north of Gaza. A charred body, of a boy or a girl, pulled from the wreckage, still burning. It's the "bigger shoah," the bigger Holocaust, Matan Vilnai, Israel's deputy defense minister had promised Gaza in 2008.

Editor (2024-06-03). Jun 3, 2024. sitrepworld.info Country Joe Mcdonald — Feel Like i'm Fixing to Die Rag Scott Ritter,"We're Going to Destroy the World If We Go to Nuclear War" (Video) Watching Washington Foment Nuclear War, by Paul Craig Roberts America cannot be made great again. We need a NEW America, by Don Hank Easily 200,000 Dead in Gaza? On Destroying Gaza to Save It, by Bill Astore A Bloody Ratio: Israel's Tent Camp Massacre shows futility of its Rafah Campaign, by Binoy Kampmark Gaza: The Donkey and the Fate of Western Civilization, by Jamal Kanj Far Right Totalitarians in Israeli Cabinet threaten to Crash the Govt, by Juan Co…

Staff (2024-06-03). President Maduro: Electoral Victory Must Be Immense and in Peace. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, urged the people of Lara state to deploy the 1àó10 electoral outreach strategy in all the streets of the region. The 1×10 method has been used by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to bring more Chavista voters to the polls on election day. | During a phone-call with coordinator of the Venezuela Nuestra Presidential Campaign Staff, Delcy Rodríguez, who was present at an organizational meeting of electoral teams of the PSUV in Lara state, President Maduro pointed out that it is necessary to "renew all our discourse and our way of working" to opti…

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-06-03). The US Empire Isn't a Government That Runs Nonstop Wars, It's a Nonstop War That Runs a Government. globalresearch.ca

Marc Batko (2024-06-03). Trump and the Danger of Fascism. indybay.org Peace is the imperative that should outweigh escalation and the unspeakable risk of global war! The constitutional state must not be confused with the security state or the emergency state as Rousseau and the social contract must not be confused with Thomas Hobbes and the punishing or fearsome state. People would fight endlessly without the state or Leviathan, he said.

Labor Video Project (2024-06-03). Milei & Techno Fascists Protested in Silicon Valley at San Jose Bay Area Council "Summit" indybay.org

_____ (2024-06-03). Here Are the People—Where Is the Vision? transcend.org 1 Jun 2024 – Here are the people who can take advantage of the looming crash of the US empire and create a new world. We can see their faces in the streets, on the university campuses and in the city halls.

_____ (2024-06-03). (Franàßais) Voici le Peuple; Ou Est la Vision? transcend.org 1er juin 2024 – Voici ceux qui peuvent profiter du krach imminent de l'empire américain et créer un nouveau monde. | On peut voir leur visage dans les rues, sur les campus universitaires et dans les mairies.

aljazeera (2024-06-03). Euro 2024 preview: Hungary enters third straight Euros with high hopes. aljazeera.com Led by versatile Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungary has high expectations entering Euro 2024 in Germany.

ecns.cn (2024-06-03). Insights | Former Hungarian Prime Minister: 'When China develops successfully, the world can keep the pace'. ecns.cn "It can be seen that China's development has brought a new opportunity to the world because when China develops successfully, the world can keep pace," Peter Medgyessy, former Hungarian Prime Minister, highlighted the role of China's development in a recent interview.

newleftreview (2024-06-03). 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.

publicbooks (2024-06-03). On the Edges of Fascism and Other Unsettling Possibilities. publicbooks.org "Borders generate more human possibilities: citizens standing for the rights of noncitizens, finding them refuge, seeking them sanctuary, pushing at the margins of the state and its sovereignty."

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2024-06-03). The U.S. empire isn't a government that runs nonstop wars, it's a nonstop war that runs a government. mronline.org It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the U.S. empire is not a national government which happens to run nonstop military operations, it's a nonstop military operation that happens to run a national government.

Mazibuko Jara, Federico Fuentes (2024-06-03). South Africa: 30 years after Mandela's post-apartheid victory, ANC suffers historic election defeat. greenleft.org.au The African National Congress (ANC) lost its parliamentary majority in South Africa's May 29 elections. South African socialist Mazibuko Jara discussed the reasons for the ANC's declining support and the rise of the recently formed uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party, led by former ANC president Jacob Zuma with Green Left's Federico Fuentes just prior to the elections.

newarab (2024-06-03). Tommy Robinson far-right march sees anti-Islam chants in London. newarab.com Supporters of far-right activist According to the Socialist Worker around 5,000 people demonstrated through At the march both Tom…