2023-06-03: News Headlines

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-06-02). 'Never-Ending Youth': Urariano Mota's novel-memoir of resistance to Brazilian fascism. peoplesworld.org The illusion of a constant present hides how most of our lives are experienced through memory. The physical imminence of the present—the sensation of concreteness, odors, sounds, vividness of sight, or tastes of the objectivity of the immediate now—continuously slips into memory. Still, memory may haunt the present, rendering it painful with an overwhelming sense …

Azeezah Kanji (2023-06-02). Ecofascism Is a Rising Threat. We Should Take Modi's Ascendance as a Warning. truthout.org As the walls of global climate apartheid solidify, the barriers to climate refugees intensify, and "ecofascist" mass killings multiply, the enduring acceptability of fascist politics is disturbingly apparent in the amazing reincarnation of India's far right Hindu nationalist (Hindutva) regime on the world stage. Less than 20 years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and company were shunned… |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-02). Georgi Dimitrov's "United Front: The Struggle Against Fascism and War" and its Value for Our Moment. libya360.wordpress.com Turner Roth Introduction In a period of increasing tensions, where world powers, caught in the systemic compulsions of our contemporary capitalism dominated by the United States axis, draw closer to forms of world-historical conflict, a third world war being that thing which may if it comes to pass seal the fate of the human species…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-06-03). Argentinians condemn aggression against Cuban artists, intellectuals. plenglish.com Recently, the Buena Fe duo was attacked by individuals who tried to prevent their concerts in Spain and right-wing extremists boycotted the participation of writer Nancy Morejon as honorary president at the Poetry Market in Paris, France. | These fascist attacks are not isolated events, but a reflection of the radicalization of extreme right-wing groups at the service of decadent and dying imperialism in its war for survival, FIEL said in a statement. | We not only repudiate these actions, but we make ourselves available in the fight for the peoples' self-determination, the Federation added. | It also expressed…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-02). Trump Is Bad Because He's Similar To Other US Presidents, Not Because He's Different. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | We're already seeing a ton of ridiculous drama queenery about Trump's second presidential run, claiming he's grown even more extremist and fascistic than when he was president in what amounts to a repeat of the "Trump is a second Hitler" narrative that dominated US political discourse in his first run. | A Washington Post article titled "

JANET (2023-06-03). How capitalism drives climate catastrophe. iacenter.org By Maddi Johnson May 17, 2023 Portland, Oregon Since I moved to Oregon, all I've been hearing is: "This weather isn't normal. It's too hot in the summers, too cold in the winters." You hear the same story all across the globe. Every year, everywhere, new weather records are broken. Anecdotes aside, the data is indisputable. Already we've seen historical bread baskets start to fail. Places where crops have been grown for generations are suddenly no longer viable. Whether it's due to freak storms, temperature changes, lack of rain or water sources drying up, farmers are losing their livelihoods. The global economy…


Editor (2023-06-03). Canada is burning. Capitalism stoked the flames. mronline.org Wildfires are tearing through the Canadian province of Alberta, the heart of Canada's lucrative oil and gas industry.

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-06-02). Democracy Under Capitalism – What is it? podcasters.spotify.com Does democracy exist? What is it? What isn't it? What are we told about it? Where do these ideas come from? Can capitalism, a system based on exploitation, profit, and oppression, truly be "liberal", "free" or "Democratic"? For more on this and maybe an answer or to, give this episode a listen!

Rainer Shea (2023-06-02). Bezos Is Planning To Replace the Present US Imperialism With a 'Decolonized' Version of Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 29, 2023 | The project by Jeff Bezos and other oligarchs to weaponize the concept of anti-colonialism towards reinforcing capitalism goes deeper than their "decolonial" NGOs. This is because whereas these NGOs are relatively easy for developing radicals to recognize as anti-revolutionary, there are other, more insidious ways that imperialism-compatible "anti-colonial" politics is getting normalized. The effort by Bezos to set up his "Earth Fund" so that he can

Robert Reich (2023-06-02). The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America's culture wars. nationofchange.org The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America's culture wars.

Federico Fuentes (2023-06-02). Brazil: Can Lula's plan bring peace to Ukraine? greenleft.org.au Israel Dutra, of the Brazilian Socialist Left Movement within the Socialism and Liberty Party, speaks to Federico Fuentes about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's peace proposal for the war in Ukraine.

Peter Koenig (2023-06-03). Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): The Weaponization of Money? WHO's Health Tyranny: Towards a Totalitarian World Government? No Way! globalresearch.ca


Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-02). Professor Kees van der Pijl: ´ NATO and the EU Will Dissolve! ª. libya360.wordpress.com Mohsen Abdelmoumen Dutch professor Kees van der Pijl. D. R. How can we organise a global resistance to the criminal capitalist system and the devastating imperialism that has ravaged entire countries? Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You wrote the book translated into French: ´ Pandémie de la peur: projet totalitaire ou révolution? ª (Pandemic of fear: totalitarian project or revolution?). In…

Fight Back (2023-06-02). Milwaukee Alliance pickets Mayor Johnson's home to demand a fair shared revenue plan. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On Wednesday, May 31, the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression held a picket outside Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson's house. The Milwaukee Alliance recently launched their Fair Share Campaign in order to fight back against the strings attached to Milwaukee's shared revenue increase being proposed by state Republicans. | This picket specifically targeted Mayor Johnson because he has been reluctant to voice firm support for the people of Milwaukee. Instead, he has been "negotiating" with these reactionary state officials behind closed doors. Johnson has refused to put togethe…

Amiad Horowitz (2023-06-02). Under Israeli government standards, any criticism of its policies is anti-Semitism. peoplesworld.org Recently, the billionaire owner of Twitter and Tesla, Elon Musk, tweeted out an attack on fellow billionaire George Soros, comparing him to the fictional Holocaust survivor and Marvel Comics super-villain Magneto. While the tweet garnered near-universal condemnation, many were surprised to see the Israeli government—the government of the so-called "Jewish State" and self-appointed representative of …

Rainer Mausfeld (2023-06-03). Why do the lambs remain silent? indybay.org James Madison (1751-1836), one of the founding fathers of the constitution, proclaimed that every form of government should be designed "to protect the minority of the opulent against the | majority". Madison tried to solve the tense relationship between the common people and the elites with a "representative democracy", a de-facto oligarchy.

WSWS (2023-06-02). Stop the state-led censorship of opponents of the US/NATO war against Russia! Defend the IYSSE's Toronto June 4 meeting! wsws.org The open intervention of a government minister in the campaign to shut down an antiwar meeting organized by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Toronto marks a new stage in the efforts of ruling elites around the world to censor opponents of imperialist war.

_____ (2023-06-02). U.S. Empire Named Most Murderous Killing Machine In History. strategic-culture.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-02). Professor Kees van der Pijl: ´ NATO and the EU Will Dissolve! ª. libya360.wordpress.com Mohsen Abdelmoumen Dutch professor Kees van der Pijl. D. R. How can we organise a global resistance to the criminal capitalist system and the devastating imperialism that has ravaged entire countries? Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You wrote the book translated into French: ´ Pandémie de la peur: projet totalitaire ou révolution? ª (Pandemic of fear: totalitarian project or revolution?). In…

Fight Back (2023-06-02). Milwaukee Alliance pickets Mayor Johnson's home to demand a fair shared revenue plan. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On Wednesday, May 31, the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression held a picket outside Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson's house. The Milwaukee Alliance recently launched their Fair Share Campaign in order to fight back against the strings attached to Milwaukee's shared revenue increase being proposed by state Republicans. | This picket specifically targeted Mayor Johnson because he has been reluctant to voice firm support for the people of Milwaukee. Instead, he has been "negotiating" with these reactionary state officials behind closed doors. Johnson has refused to put togethe…

Amiad Horowitz (2023-06-02). Under Israeli government standards, any criticism of its policies is anti-Semitism. peoplesworld.org Recently, the billionaire owner of Twitter and Tesla, Elon Musk, tweeted out an attack on fellow billionaire George Soros, comparing him to the fictional Holocaust survivor and Marvel Comics super-villain Magneto. While the tweet garnered near-universal condemnation, many were surprised to see the Israeli government—the government of the so-called "Jewish State" and self-appointed representative of …

Rainer Mausfeld (2023-06-03). Why do the lambs remain silent? indybay.org James Madison (1751-1836), one of the founding fathers of the constitution, proclaimed that every form of government should be designed "to protect the minority of the opulent against the | majority". Madison tried to solve the tense relationship between the common people and the elites with a "representative democracy", a de-facto oligarchy.

WSWS (2023-06-02). Stop the state-led censorship of opponents of the US/NATO war against Russia! Defend the IYSSE's Toronto June 4 meeting! wsws.org The open intervention of a government minister in the campaign to shut down an antiwar meeting organized by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Toronto marks a new stage in the efforts of ruling elites around the world to censor opponents of imperialist war.

_____ (2023-06-02). U.S. Empire Named Most Murderous Killing Machine In History. strategic-culture.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-02). Review of Pisces Moon: The Dark Arts of Empire. libya360.wordpress.com Hugo Turner Doug Valentine's new book "Pisces Moon: The Dark Arts of Empire" takes the reader on a voyage into the dark and hidden history of the world. It forces the reader to confront the horrors unleashed by the American empire. It is a memoir that reads like a great novel, you won't be able…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-02). U.S. Empire: Most Murderous Killing Machine in History. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov New study finds U.S. responsible for nearly 300 million deaths—and counting In September, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation—established by a bipartisan act of Congress in 1993—opened the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C., which aims to spotlight the plight of the alleged 100 million victims of Communist ideology. The 100 million figure was…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-02). The Biggest Problem With The Western Left Is That It Doesn't Exist. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The biggest problem with the western left is that it doesn't exist. | To look at a lot of leftist discourse today you might think the left's biggest problem is that some leftists have the wrong beliefs about this or that issue, or that the left pays too much or not enough attention to identity politics, or places too much or not enough emphasis on electoral politics, or is too sympathetic toward enemies of the US empire or not sympathetic enough, or that this or that faction gets it all wrong — but it's not. The biggest problem is that there a…

jacobin (2023-06-02). Washington Is Using the Ukraine War to Rebuild Its Global Power. jacobin.com With no peace in sight, the war has provided the opportunity to rebuild America's tattered informal empire.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-03). Covid Related News: The threat is not Russia or China; it's Big Pharma and Big Tech. expose-news.com Below is a collection of articles from the last few days which you may have missed. They detail fears of covid cover-ups, an admission that "zero" healthy young Israelis died from covid, …

Brett Wilkins (2023-06-02). Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers. nationofchange.org "The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."

Colin Todhunter (2023-06-03). Hunger Profiteers, Granny Killers and Skin-Deep Morality. globalresearch.ca

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