(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.
(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…
(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…
(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.
(2024-07-01). France: With the New Popular Front against the deadly fascist threat! cadtm.org
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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…
(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 (…) | – |
(2024-07-01). Hungary: Joint statement in solidarity with Transparency International Hungary and Átlátszó. fidh.org
(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…