2023-07-05: News Headlines

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-05). Gender Fascist "Mom's for Liberty" Conference Met with Resistance in Philadelphia. itsgoingdown.org Report from Philadelphia on the recent protests against the 'Mom's for Liberty' conference. What follows is a short blow-by-blow report from the streets of Philadelphia, as people turned out to shout down the gender fascist "Mom's for Liberty" conference which saw speeches from both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. Thursday Banner drop over I-95 this…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-04). Kiev Regime Forces Under Increased Pressure To Step Up Counteroffensive Days Ahead Of NATO Summit. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe pressure comes amid stepped-up blackmail by Washington DC which is now threatening that it will slow down or ever cut so-called "military aid" to the Neo-Nazi junta in case its forces don't demonstrate they're capable of advancing, taking and holding Russian position. | Written by As if the situation for the Kiev regime forces wasn't bad already, the political West has now increased its already massi…

teleSUR (2023-07-05). Bolivian President Rejects US Restrictions, De-Dollarization. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Bolivian President Luis Alberto Arce Catacora rejected the constraints imposed by the U.S. financial system, urging the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to "reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar," and strengthen local currencies in South America for foreign trade, as survival mechanisms in the midst of a "structural crisis of capitalism". | Related: | "Our region is seriously impacted by the restrictions…

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-07-04). Happy July Fourth, Formally Known as Independence Day. globalresearch.ca

Derek Wall (2023-07-05). Hugo Blanco, peasant leader and ecosocialist, 1934—2023. greenleft.org.au Derek Wall pays tribute to Peruvian revolutionary leader and pioneering ecosocialist Hugo Blanco, who died in London on June 25.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2023-07-05). Sunday 7/9: Defend the Tampa 5! Drop the Charges Now! indybay.org San Jose City Hall | 200 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose, Ca 95113…


greenleft.org.au (2023-07-05). Socialist Sarah Hathway elected to the City of Greater Geelong Council. greenleft.org.au

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-05). Scholars discuss about Marxism at Casa de las Americas. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Scholars from eight countries are participating today in the International Summer Course "Marxist Thought and Political Practices in Afro-America", organized in Havana by Cuba's Casa de las Americas.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-05). Build the Parallel Polis to counteract totalitarianism. expose-news.com The common feature of all totalitarian systems is neither concentration camps, secret police, nor mass surveillance — as horrifying as all these are. The common feature of all totalitarian systems is the …

JANET (2023-07-04). SCOTUS's latest attack on affirmative action. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead June 30, 2023 The Supreme Court of the United States confirmed once again what an utterly reactionary, rightwing institution it is by striking down the right to use affirmative action in college admissions. The 6-3 ruling, issued June 29, stems from two cases — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina — which claim that whites and Asians are victims of "reverse discrimination." Oct. 31, 2022, protest in front of the Supreme Court. What this vote means is that "race-conscious admissions policies," can no long…

Nicholas Powers, Truthout. (2023-07-05). As We Celebrate Independence, The US Stifles Freedom Around The Globe. popularresistance.org As fireworks boom and politicians solemnize Independence Day, the United States betrays the freedom of people around the world. The 4th of July is a strange spectacle: In Washington, D.C., patriots wave American flags at a parade even as the U.S. approves Morocco's occupation of the Western Sahara, helping to crush the Sahrawi people's hope for independence. | Take your pick: Rwanda to Bahrain, Israel to Morocco; the U.S. is the boss of an international ring of client states that crush dissent. It has flooded dictatorships and settler-colonial regimes with military weapons and drone bombed the hell out of innocen…

Michael Hudson, CounterPunch. (2023-07-05). America Has Just Destroyed A Great Empire. popularresistance.org Herodotus (History, Book 1.53) tells the story of Croesus, king of Lydia c. 585-546 BC in what is now Western Turkey and the Ionian shore of the Mediterranean. Croesus conquered Ephesus, Miletus and neighboring Greek-speaking realms, obtaining tribute and booty that made him one of the richest rulers of his time. But these victories and wealth led to arrogance and hubris. Croesus turned his eyes eastward, ambitious to conquer Persia, ruled by Cyrus the Great. | Having endowed the region's cosmopolitan Temple of Delphi with substantial silver and gold, Croesus asked its Oracle whether he would be successful in the…


Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-04). Presidents Keep Hiring Elliott Abrams Because The US Empire Is Just That Evil. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | CNN

Carl Gibson (2023-07-04). The 2024 election could be Big Pharma's reckoningÔøºÔøº. nationofchange.org It's clear at this point that the 2024 election could very well hinge on which party can capture the populist mantle on Big Pharma.

WSWS (2023-07-04). Australian Pharmaceuticals Industry warehouse workers' strike enters second week. wsws.org The United Workers Union's privileged position within the warehousing industry is based on its long record of collaboration with employers and government, suppressing wages, enforcing productivity measures, and ensuring there is no resistance to mass layoffs as the automation-driven restructuring drive continues.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-07-04). Presidents Keep Hiring Elliott Abrams Because The US Empire Is Just That Evil. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | CNN

Carl Gibson (2023-07-04). The 2024 election could be Big Pharma's reckoningÔøºÔøº. nationofchange.org It's clear at this point that the 2024 election could very well hinge on which party can capture the populist mantle on Big Pharma.

WSWS (2023-07-04). Australian Pharmaceuticals Industry warehouse workers' strike enters second week. wsws.org The United Workers Union's privileged position within the warehousing industry is based on its long record of collaboration with employers and government, suppressing wages, enforcing productivity measures, and ensuring there is no resistance to mass layoffs as the automation-driven restructuring drive continues.

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