(2024-08-28). Technofascism: The Government Pressured Tech Companies to Censor Users. dissidentvoice.org Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, has finally admitted what we knew all along: Facebook conspired with the government to censor individuals expressing "disapproved" views about the COVID-19 pandemic. Zuckerberg's confession comes in the wake of a series of court rulings that turn a blind eye to the government's technofascism. In a 2-1 decision in Children's …
(2024-08-28). Sunday 9/29: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Fascism! Writers' Hopes for Humanity. indybay.org In person at Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco | 1187 Franklin Street | Starr King Room | And on Zoom: zoom.us/j/96532335394?pwd=kUtwBJjEsHbTiIGZvOTvEp07F7EkTI.1…
(2024-08-28). ALBA-TCP Summit: Heads of State Warn of Fascist Threats Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The presidents of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel; Bolivia, Luis Arce; and Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, expressed their support for the government of Venezuela in the face of the onslaught of imperialist powers during the 11th Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America—Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP). | President Díaz-Canel said that on behalf of the people of Cuba, "we reiterate the congratulations already expressed to the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, for the victory achieved in the elections of July 28." | He said that at th…
(2024-08-28). The Zionist Hunters. dissidentvoice.org The Nazi Hunters was a US television docu-drama miniseries in 2009, that described the exploits of Zionist (mostly Mossad) pursuers of Nazi criminals post-WWII. It was made into a film in 2022. We have all seen films and read books about Nazis and the holocaust. Sometimes they went too far, such as the fanciful stories …
(2024-08-28). 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.
(2024-08-28). Release comrade Bogdan Syrotiuk unconditionally and immediately! wsws.org The persecution of Bogdan demonstrates that the defense of democratic rights is inseparable from the mobilisation of the international working class against imperialist war and capitalism.
(2024-08-28). 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.
(2024-08-28). Socialist Equality Group meeting on Wellington rail workers' dispute calls for rank-and-file committee. wsws.org The SEG in New Zealand held an online meeting to discuss the need for rail workers to form a rank-and-file committee, break from the union bureaucracy, and unite with workers internationally, following their rejection of a wage-cutting offer from Transdev and Hyundai Rotem.
(2024-08-28). Colleges reopen amid nation-wide escalation of attack on free speech. defenddemocracy.press Originally published: World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) on August 23, 2024 by Josh Andrews (more by World Socialist Web Site (WSWS)) (Posted Aug 26, 2024) University and college students are returning to campus amidst a fall offensive launched against free speech. The ruling class is determined to put students "in their place" after they have …
(2024-08-28). The future of China, the danger of a collapse of human civilization and the need of a "5th International" defenddemocracy.press By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (*) Shortly before his death, in a series of writings, Samir Amin unfolded the two issues that were mainly of concern to him. The first was the non-subjection of China to financial globalization, that is, to the totalitarian power of world financial capital; also the non transformation of the Chinese land into …
(2024-08-28). You Don't Get To Vote On Any Of Your Government's Most Consequential Actions. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The functioning of a globe-spanning empire is seen as too important to be left in the hands of the voting public‚Ää—‚Ääso it isn't. Nothing that is critical to the empire's operation is ever on the ballot.
(2024-08-28). 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.
(2024-08-27). Banning Fascist and Zionist Activities: A Conversation with Hindu Anderi. orinocotribune.com
(2024-08-27). Macron aligns with fascists to block New Popular Front government. peoplesworld.org Almost two months after the New Popular Front won France's parliamentary elections, President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a new tactic in his effort to delay allowing the left-wing coalition to form a government: joining forces with the fascists. The snap elections of early July put the NPF—an alliance of the French Communist Party (PCF), La …
(2024-08-27). Is secularism an obiter dictum. muslimmirror.com By Najmuddin Ahmad Farooqi The declining secularism and the secular values are no more a secret now€î Over a decade ago there used to be a covert attempt to redefining secularism€î After coming back to power in 2014 with a strong mandate BJP, the Hindu nationalist party pretend all along promoting cultural nationalism, de facto …
(2024-08-27). NTSB report on East Palestine, Ohio, rail derailment shows the need for public ownership of railroads. liberationnews.org The derailment is a story which exemplifies capitalism's wanton destruction of human life in the pursuit of profit.
(2024-08-27). Why poverty reduction under capitalism is a myth. nationofchange.org Capitalists and their biggest fans have long argued that the system is an engine of wealth creation.
(2024-08-27). Ukraine persecuting family of MP who voted against Orthodox Church ban. infobrics.org The Kiev regime has no limits in its dictatorial practices, even persecuting its own politicians.
(2024-08-27). The Mote in Your Brother's Eye: Is Venezuela's NGO Law Dictatorial? orinocotribune.com
(2024-08-27). John Kiriakou: The Slide Into Authoritarianism. scheerpost.com
(2024-08-27). Ethiopia makes progress in its national enterprise support programme. tvbrics.com The country's manufacturing output grew by more than 10 per cent last year…
(2024-08-27). Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts: The time of blind trust in WHO's narrative is over; it's now the age of "prove it" expose-news.com Malcolm Roberts, Senator for Queensland, has delivered a speech in the Australian about the World Health Organisation declaring monkeypox (now mpox) a global public health emergency. WHO is influenced by big pharmaceutical …
(2024-08-27). Egypt targets localising the production of raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry. tvbrics.com The initiative will help strengthen the country's economy…