Noir, The Grayzone. (2024-07-03). Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion Profile Quietly Removed From Stanford Extremist Group List. popularresistance.org 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 the 12th Special Purpose Brigade "Azov") is a Ukrainian National Guard unit infamous for its use of neo-Nazi insignia, recruitment of far-right foreign fighters, and alleged war crimes. The Stanford MMP's mysterious removal of its Azov profile was followed about a month later by the U.S. State Department lifting its ban on military assistance to the u…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-07-03). Zelensky was not enthusiastic about peace plan, Hungarian PM says. plenglish.com Budapest, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not enthusiastic about a ceasefire in the negotiations, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday, according to Index.

WSWS (2024-07-03). Holocaust survivor leads Michigan vigil against US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. wsws.org Rene Lichtman, an 86-year-old Holocaust child survivor, led the vigil outside of the Zekelman Holocaust Museum.

infobrics (2024-07-03). Ukrainian insistence on war might seriously irritate Hungary. infobrics.org Viktor Orban showed goodwill by visiting Kiev and presenting a peace proposal, but Ukrainian authorities immediately rejected the Hungarian leader's recommendations.

WSWS (2024-07-03). Israeli regime escalates destruction of Bedouin villages. wsws.org The expulsion of Bedouin communities in the Negev region is part of the Netanyahu government's fascist program of ethnic cleansing of all Palestinians in Israel and the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

John Catalinotto (2024-07-03). Vienna: Oath reclaims anti-fascism for the anti-imperialist resistance. workers.org A remarkable event took place in Vienna, Austria, June 18 that marked a new step for anti-fascist organizations. The Mauthausen Oath was read out publicly at the memorial on Morzinplatz. For the first time the Oath's message was that the slogan "Never again" must apply to everyone, including the Palestinian . . . |

ANON (2024-07-03). Woodwalton PE285Y — The Village Where Nazis Are Always Welcome. indybay.org The inexorable march towards Fascism in the U.K. and U.S. continues unabated. And with each step, the inverted value system of the rich and powerful, is revealed in ever more hideous detail.

Editor (2024-07-03). Muzzling the dogs of war: The time to stop the madness is now. mronline.org It may be time to think the unthinkable: all the signs are pointing to the West preparing to launch a proper war in Europe. Once started it could bring, for the first time in living memory, millions of Western civilians into uniform and see the cities of the West attacked. Preposterous? Jumping the Shark? Listen to what the leaders in the West are saying. The time to stop the madness is now, not once the elites drive us into the abyss and civilians are stripped of all rights to oppose.

WSWS (2024-07-03). Democrats downplay Supreme Court immunity ruling, while Trump doubles down on plans for dictatorship. wsws.org The chilling implications for the working class of the Supreme Court's legal counterrevolution have already begun to emerge in the immediate aftermath of the 6-3 ruling by the court's far-right supermajority.

WSWS (2024-07-03). No to Macron and Le Pen! The French election crisis, the threat of fascism and the treachery of the New Popular Front. wsws.org The New Popular Front is setting a political trap for left-wing workers and youth, leaving them no perspective but a coalition government with France's despised "president of the rich."

newleftreview (2024-07-03). Cédric Durand: Landscapes of Capital. newleftreview.org A critical engagement with the work of Brett Christophers, whose books—The New Enclosure, Rentier Capitalism, Our Lives in Their Portfolios and The Price Is Wrong—unfold a novel critique of the 'rentier stage' of contemporary capitalism, in the tradition of radical historical geography developed by Lefebvre, Harvey and Davis.

ecns.cn (2024-07-03). Expert shares egg-citement of dinosaur discoveries. ecns.cn Tyrannosaurus rex, a dinosaur with a fearsome reputation, might actually have been a scavenger, as research has shown that its bones were unsuited to rapid running and hunting, according to Zhao Bi, a repairer of dinosaur fossils.

aljazeera (2024-07-03). Japan issues first new banknotes in 20 years. aljazeera.com Redesigned bills pay tribute to Japanese capitalism, women's equality and scientific innovation.

Gilbert Achcar (2024-07-03). When the accusation of antisemitism becomes a weapon in the hands of neofascism. links.org.au Gilbert Achcar — Netanyahu has become the darling of the global far right, not only as a role model but because of his efforts to clear his mates from the accusation of antisemitism and attach it to those they hate.

newleftreview (2024-07-03). Grey Anderson: Imperium Uncloaked. newleftreview.org Grey Anderson on Tom Stevenson, Someone Else's Empire. Lucid anatomization of the American imperium, with a devastating assessment of the UK's equerry role.

Hugo GABBERO (2024-07-03). Hungary: Joint statement in solidarity with Transparency International Hungary and Átlátszó. fidh.org

newleftreview (2024-07-03). Sanjay Subrahmanyam: Blood and Bombast. newleftreview.org Sanjay Subrahmanyam on Vinayak Chaturvedi, Hindutva and Violence and Janaki Bakhle, Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva. Intellectual biographies of Hindu nationalism's Mazzini-inspired theoretician.

Duade Borg (2024-07-03). Trump/Biden 'debate' a new low for decaying empire. independentaustralia.net

Maxime Duriez (2024-07-03). 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 (…) | – |

Judith Deutsch (2024-07-03). Water, Climate, Violence. socialistproject.ca "For Fanon, then, the right to indifference, or to ignorance, does not exist." The doctor's task "was to rise up in revolt, become indignant, show alarm… not to dissimulate the real." — Achille Mbembe Weather whiplashing, unprecedented heat waves, drought, and forest fires, are in the news. Storytelling may begin in the middle of an action such as in John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost," in media res (into the middle of things), as in common reporting about climate change. In this essay I will focus on what is oft…

(2024-07-03). CPJ, others express solidarity with journalists, NGOs targeted by Hungary's Russian-style Sovereignty Protection Office. transparency.hu

ptcnews.tv (2024-07-03). Italian employer arrested in connection with Punjabi farm labourer Satnam Singh's death. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: The owner of the agricultural enterprise that abandoned a 31-year-old Indian labourer on the road without providing medical attention after his arm was cut by heavy field machinery, resulting in his death—a tragic event that stunned the nation and its leaders—has been taken into custody by the Italian police.After a strawberry wrapping machine in Lazio, near Rome, cut Satnam Singh's arm last month, the ANSA news agency said that Singh died from "copious bleeding" and was left without support from his company. | After being evacuated to a hospital in Rome, the Sikh casual agricultural l…

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-07-03). France: With the New Popular Front against the deadly fascist threat! cadtm.org

WSWS (2024-07-01). Genocide by design: The Gaza massacre is made in Washington. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site calls on workers and young people throughout the United States to come to Washington D.C. on July 24 to protest the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Anthony Grasso, The Progressive Magazine. (2024-07-01). The Supreme Court Made Regulating Corporations Nearly Impossible. popularresistance.org On June 28, the Supreme Court published its decision in the case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. While the case has not attracted as much attention as some of the Court's recent spate of controversial rulings, it revoked a long held precedent and will limit government agencies' ability to do their jobs. | Loper Bright deals with seemingly mundane questions of commercial fishing regulation. Current federal law requires fishing companies to allow National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) monitors to board their boats for regulatory purposes. The NMFS, however, has interpreted federal law to create a new rule…

ecns.cn (2024-07-01). (W.E. Talk) 'If you are an intelligent person, you'll necessarily be interested in what Marx has to say'. ecns.cn In a BBC poll in 1999, revolutionary writer Karl Marx was voted the greatest thinker of the millennium. What was the reason behind it? What are the characteristics of Marxism? How can Marxism help us understand the relationship between people, artificial intelligence, and the natural world? | Speakers at the latest W.E. Talk included David McLellan, author of Karl Marx: A Biography, fellow of Goldsmiths College, University of London, and four scholars at the Central Institute of Socialism – Zuo Peng, director of the Marxist Theory Department, Xu Feng, deputy director of the United Front Theory Department, Weng He…

ecns.cn (2024-07-01). Disruptive AI set to transform industry. ecns.cn She said tech enterprises should pool more resources to improve computing power, algorithms and quality of data to narrow the gap with the US in the generative AI sector.

Yorgos Mitralias (2024-07-01). France: With the New Popular Front against the deadly fascist threat! cadtm.org

WSWS (2024-07-01). French snap elections: Macron's party collapses as New Popular Front, neo-fascists rise. wsws.org Voters rejected Macron's campaign, which was based on hypocritical claims to be defending democracy and his plans for troop deployments to Ukraine for war with Russia.

WSWS (2024-07-01). After the European elections: EU summit intensifies war against Russia. wsws.org French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz, who stand on the brink of the political abyss and have lost all connection to the reality of people's lives, are responding with war and dictatorship.

newleftreview (2024-07-01). 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.

Matthew Feldman (2024-07-01). Fascism, Politics and Terrorism: Lessons From History With Matthew Feldman. fairobserver.com This week's episode of The Dr. Rod Berger Show is a deeply insightful conversation that delves into the complex and often misunderstood world of modern fascism and radical right terrorism. Rod speaks with Professor Matthew Feldman, an esteemed expert in radical rights and lone-wolf terrorism. Matthew explains that fascism today isn't limited to its historically…

Maxime Duriez (2024-07-01). 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 (…) | – |

Hugo GABBERO (2024-07-01). Hungary: Joint statement in solidarity with Transparency International Hungary and Átlátszó. fidh.org

NEOB (2024-07-01). Eskom-owned transmission company officially commences trading. sanews.gov.za Eskom-owned transmission company officially commences trading | The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has officially commenced trading, marking the company's establishment as a distinct and wholly owned subsidiary of Eskom. | The move is a also a significant step in the reform of South Africa's electricity supply industry. | This is according a joint media statement released by Eskom, the NTCSA and the Department of Public Enterprises. | Eskom Board chairperson Mteto Nyati said the entity will focus on adding capacity to South Africa's power grid. | "We are pleased to announce that NTCSA begins t…

(2024-07-01). CPJ, others express solidarity with journalists, NGOs targeted by Hungary's Russian-style Sovereignty Protection Office. transparency.hu