2023-08-06: News Headlines

Dr. Albert Einstein (2023-08-05). Albert Einstein's 1948 Letter to the NYT Warning Of Zionist Fascism In Israel. globalresearch.ca Global Research Editor's Note: | Of relevance to recent developments in Israel, we bring to the attention of our readers the following letter by Albert Einstein, et al, to the NYT published on December 4, 1948. | It is of utmost significance …

WSWS (2023-08-05). The indictment of Trump and the threat of fascism in America. wsws.org Whatever the outcome of the legal proceedings against the ex-president, the drive towards dictatorship and war is rooted in the crisis of American and world capitalism.

Anonymous103 (2023-08-05). Kiev Killed Three Civilian Women, Shelled Donetsk With Cluster Munitions. southfront.org On August 5, the Ukrainian military failed to advance on the frontlines but continued bloody attacks on civilians in the regions that Kiev lost. As a result of the shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two women were killed, ten more civilians were wounded in the Donetsk city agglomeration over the past day. Another woman was killed as a result of the Ukrainian shelling in the Kherson region. | Two elderly women were killed by Ukrainian Nazis in the Kuibyshev district of Donetsk and the Nik…

Editor (2023-08-05). Caitlin Johnstone: Disrupt The Culture Wars. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / Substack One of the great challenges faced by westerners who oppose the political status quo today is the way the narrative managers of both mainstream factions continuously divert all political energy away from issues which threaten the interests of the powerful like economic injustice, war, militarism, authoritarianism, corruption, capitalism and ecocide …

youtube (2023-08-05). Nancy Fraser on capitalism, gender oppression, Marxism, and the post-left populist moment. youtube.com Nancy Fraser's many groundbreaking contributions to Marxism and feminism make her a legendary figure on the left.

mforinoco (2023-08-06). China and DPRK Mark 70th Anniversary of Historic Victory Over US Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Friends of Socialist China — Jul 31, 2023 | The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) organized a number of grand celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement on July 27, 1953, that ended just over three years of bitter fighting in the Korean War. Known as the Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK and as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea in China, July 27 is considered in both countries as a triumphant day when the two fledgling socialist states scored a historic victory over U.S. imperialism and its satellite forces. | A high-level Chinese party…

jacobin (2023-08-06). Which Way Forward, Socialist? jacobin.com Democratic Socialist of America members deciding the future of the country's largest socialist organization this weekend.

Jonathan Rosenblum (2023-08-06). The Landlords' Anti-Rent-Control Argument Is Pure BS. socialistproject.ca

mforinoco (2023-08-06). China and DPRK Mark 70th Anniversary of Historic Victory Over U.S. Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Friends of Socialist China — Jul 31, 2023 | The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) organized a number of grand celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement on July 27, 1953, that ended just over three years of bitter fighting in the Korean War. Known as the Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK and as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea in China, July 27 is considered in both countries as a triumphant day when the two fledgling socialist states scored a historic victory over U.S. imperialism and its satellite forces. | A high-level Chinese party…

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2023-08-06). Conozca cinco datos curiosos sobre Federico Engels. telesurtv.net Federico Engels fue uno de los padres del socialismo científico, también conocido como marxismo, y se destacó como dirigente socialista.

JANET (2023-08-05). 'Cuba will never renounce its socialist system of social justice' — Speech by Cuban Ambassador to U.N. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead August 2, 2023 New York City The following slightly edited talk was given by Ambassador Gerardo Peñalver, the Permanent Representative of Cuba at the United Nations and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a solidarity event held July 29 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks that helped spark the Cuban Revolution, which took power in 1959. Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations, Gerardo Peñalver, July 29, 2023. (WW Photo: Monica Moorehead) The event was held at The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational…

Margaret Kimberley (2023-08-05). The U.S. plot to finalize the theft of Venezuela's oil. mronline.org The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the U.S. claims as it's "backyard."

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Burkina Faso's President Traoré Delivers Anti-Imperialist Speech at Russia—Africa Summit. By: Steve Lalla. midwesternmarx.com On the second day of the Russia—Africa summit, the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, delivered an anti-imperialist address and employed slogans identified with the Cuban Revolution.​Traoré assumed the presidency on September 30, 2022. At age 35, he is the world's youngest head of state. Traoré has paid homage to Burkinabé socialist revolutionary Thomas Sankara who, in 1983, at age 33, took power in what was then Upper Volta. During hi …

JP Sottile (2023-08-06). There Is a Climate Conspiracy — But Not the One Climate Denialists Are Peddling. truthout.org Imagine, if you will, a plot. It's an evil plot concocted by a power-hungry global elite determined to ensnare all of mankind in its dystopian, totalitarian net. Even more ominously, it's specifically designed to deny the planet's "freest" people — Americans — their god-given rights. If successful, this plot will force them to live within walking distance of schools and shopping and work and… |

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-08-06). Ethiopian manufacturing SMEs generated more than 122,000 jobs. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector generated more than 122,000 jobs during the concluded fiscal year (2015, according to Ethiopian calendar), an official source revealed today.

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). African nations reject Western hegemony, embrace multipolarity. By: Shabbir Rizvi. midwesternmarx.com ​For centuries, Africa has been subject to hyper-exploitation by the colonial West. From the plunder of resources, the facilitation of multiple waves of the slave trade, and the outright genocide — the cruel subjugation of the continent and its resources has known no bounds. ​To this day, African countries are subjected to exploitation. France imposes a colonial-era tax that ensures Africans live subsistence-level lives while ensnaring state enterprises wi …

Philip Ball (2023-08-05). Perspectives] J Robert Oppenheimer and the social responsibility of science. thelancet.com The films of British-American director Christopher Nolan have never lacked for ambition, but with Oppenheimer he deserves credit merely for making the attempt. The scientific and political career of the mercurial American physicist J Robert Oppenheimer (1904—67) is a complex and tangled tale that has inspired several biographies; Nolan's film is loosely based on the epic tome, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2005), by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin. And the Manhattan Project to build the first nuclear bombs during World War 2, which Oppenheimer led, was an enterprise of…

ecns.cn (2023-08-05). New measures to boost smaller businesses. ecns.cn Chinese authorities are stepping up support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as well as self-employed individuals by extending and improving a series of preferential tax and fee policies amid broader efforts to drive development of the private sector.

Peter Koenig (2023-08-05). The Plan: WHO's Ten Years of Infectious Diseases (2020 to 2030), Leading to World Tyranny. globalresearch.ca

Patricia Harrity (2023-08-05). Bombshell: Pfizer Employees Were Given "Special" Batch of Vaccine. expose-news.com In a shocking revelation during a Senate hearing in Australia, a Pfizer spokesperson revealed that the pharmaceutical giant had imported a special batch of COVID-19 vaccines solely for their employee vaccination programme. …

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