(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…
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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 . . . |
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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."
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(2024-07-03). Hungary: Joint statement in solidarity with Transparency International Hungary and Átlátszó. fidh.org
(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.
(2024-07-03). Trump/Biden 'debate' a new low for decaying empire. independentaustralia.net 
(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 (…) | – |
(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). 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…
(2024-07-03). France: With the New Popular Front against the deadly fascist threat! cadtm.org