2024-06-17: News Headlines

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.

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