(2024-09-13). Democracy Now! 2024-09-13 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for September 13, 2024; War in Sudan: Both Sides Accused of Crimes Against Humanity as UAE, Russia, China, Serbia Send Arms; Imprisoned for 50 Years: Amnesty Calls for Leonard Peltier's Freedom as He Turns 80 Behind Bars; Uhuru 3 Found Guilty of Conspiracy, Acquitted of Foreign Agents Charge in Landmark Trial; "How We Do Freedom": V (Eve Ensler) on Fighting Fascism Through Community | Headlines for September 13, 2024; War in Sudan: Both Sides Accused of Crimes Against Humanity as UAE, Russia, China, Serbia Send Arms; Imprisoned for 50 Years: Amnesty Calls for Leonard Peltier's Free…
(2024-09-13). "How We Do Freedom": V (Eve Ensler) on Fighting Fascism Through Community. democracynow.org We speak with V, the playwright formerly known as Eve Ensler, about "How We Do Freedom: Rising Against Fascism," a daylong educational event to be held at New York City's Judson Memorial Church on Saturday. V is the founder of the global activist movements V-Day and One Billion Rising that is organizing the event. "The rise of fascism, from India to Italy, from Afghanistan to U.S., [is] the most pressing concern everywhere," says V, who ties the crisis to growing loneliness and isolation. "One of the antidotes to fascism we know is community, is solidarity, is coming together,…
(2024-09-13). Rethinking 9/11: Fascism, Memory, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century. counterpunch.org At this moment in history, we find ourselves in a society defined by relentless speed, overwhelming amounts of information, the proliferation of misinformation, and widening inequality.[1] Fascist politics are increasingly legitimized, long-term commitments are devalued, and the far-right's vision of society constantly shifts, maintaining control through chaos and confusion. In such an environment, memory becomes
(2024-09-13). An Anti-fascist Guide to the US 2024 Election. itsgoingdown.org An analysis from Atlanta Antifascists on the upcoming US election and how it might influence and accelerate state repression and far-Right violence. As a militant anti-fascist group, we have never endorsed any electoral candidate, and that will not change with this election. However, elections can impact the growth of fascist movements, as well as the…
(2024-09-13). The 1st International Antifascist Conference will take place in Porto Alegre in May 2025. cadtm.org
(2024-09-13). Republicans continue racist anti-immigrant agitation after bomb threats force closure of Springfield, Ohio City Hall. wsws.org Despite bomb threats and pleas from local residents to cease the racist attacks, Trump and his fascist allies continued to incite violence and terror against immigrants.
(2024-09-13). Elon Musk dubs Australia's gov't 'fascists' over misinformation law. aljazeera.com Tech billionaire's comments prompt rebuke from Australian officials.
(2024-09-13). On the history of Washington's ties to the Ukrainian Banderites and their role in the war against Russia. wsws.org Moss Robeson is a young, independent researcher in New York City who has run a prominent blog "Bandera Lobby," about the history and contemporary political role of the movement associated with the Ukrainian Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera.
(2024-09-13). One month into mpox PHEIC: Redux of vaccine nationalism and pandemic profiteering. wsws.org With life-saving mpox vaccines barely trickling into Africa, cases continue to rise rapidly, including in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC and home to 17 million people.
(2024-09-13). 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.
(2024-09-13). The Myth of Black Capitalism. counterpunch.org Mass protests across the US against Jim Crow drove the rise of the Black Power and Civil Rights movements generations ago. The impacts were far reaching across the lines of class, color and gender. Ruling circles in and out of the federal, state and local governments responded, the backdrop to Earl Ofari Hutchinson's The Myth
(2024-09-13). 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.
(2024-09-13). Uhuru 3 Found Guilty of Conspiracy, Acquitted of Foreign Agents Charge in Landmark Trial. democracynow.org A federal jury in Florida has found members of the pan-Africanist group African People's Socialist Party guilty of conspiring with the Russian government to "sow discord" and "interfere" in U.S. elections. They face up to five years in federal prison. In a major victory for the activists, however, the jury acquitted them of the more serious charge of acting as foreign agents. "The trial of the Uhuru Three is proving to be one of the most important First Amendment cases thus far in the 21st century," says attorney Jenipher Jones, who is on the legal support committee for d…
(2024-09-13). Socialist Sudoku — Nothing weird about this one. peoplesworld.org People's World offers you this Sudoku puzzle as we head into election season. Instead of the numbers 1-9, we offer a set of nine letters, in alphabetical order: A F L O P R V W Z Fill them in and read our message. Here's a clue about a certain #2: Nothing weird about this …
(2024-09-13). 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.