2023-08-15: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-08-15). Facts, lessons still need to be told 78 years after Japan surrender in war. ecns.cn Seventy eight years ago, the Japanese government officially announced its unconditional surrender, signifying the end of World War II and the victory of people worldwide against fascism.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-08-14). THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF ALL TIME: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The 2024 presidential election will be THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF ALL TIME, because if Americans don't make the correct choice between the two candidates something terrible might happen to their country. The US might even turn into an abusive totalitarian dystopia where everyone's mind is controlled by propaganda engineered to shape them into unthinking gear-turners for a globe-spanning empire. | ‚ùñ | People on one side of the partisan divide are being trained to fear a future fascist takeover. | People on the other side are…

Middle East Eye (2023-08-15). Former Israeli General Compares Treatment of Palestinians to 'Nazi Germany' and 'Apartheid'. globalresearch.ca

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-15). The U.S. Government's Nazi-Like Arrogance. theduran.com

Anonymous834 (2023-08-15). The Nazi-Like Arrogance Of The U.S. Government. southfront.org Robert Menendez — | Written by The U.S. Government presumes that it, and NOT the United Nations, is the ultimate moral authority regarding international affairs, and that any Government which believes otherwise, must be overthrown and replaced, in order to be or become a democracy and to serve the interests of that nati…

Staff (2023-08-15). Moms For Liberty (Moms For Bigotry): Foot Soldiers for Capitalism. wibailoutpeople.org Adolf Hitler Quoted in Newsletter: | In a recent newsletter from the Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty, it was discovered that the group had quoted Adolf Hitler in its inaugural newsletter. In the first version of the letter, it included the quote, "'He alone, who OWNS the youth, GAINS the future,' and cited Hitler. While the origin of the quote is not entirely clear, it has been attributed in numerous historical texts to a 1935 rally speech by the Nazi lead…


Staff (2023-08-15). Moms For Liberty (Moms For Bigotry) Funded by Right-Wing National Network; Group Hates Kids, Quotes Hitler. wibailoutpeople.org Adolf Hitler Quoted in Newsletter: | In a recent newsletter from the Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty, it was discovered that the group had quoted Adolf Hitler in its inaugural newsletter. In the first version of the letter, it included the quote, "'He alone, who OWNS the youth, GAINS the future,' and cited Hitler. While the origin of the quote is not entirely clear, it has been attributed in numerous historical texts to a 1935 rally speech by the Nazi leader." W…

infobrics (2023-08-14). UK intelligence insists greenery's 'collusion' with Russia is hampering Kiev regime's counteroffensive. infobrics.org In yet another futile attempt of belittling Moscow's power, the United Kingdom keeps claiming that trees, shrubs, grass and other greenery are effectively "helping" the Russian military by "slowing down" the Neo-Nazi junta forces.

WSWS (2023-08-14). Sanders promotes UAW bureaucracy, economic nationalism in online event. wsws.org Sanders' and Fain's rhetorical appeals to social discontent were combined with a lying narrative which covered up for the Democratic Party and the UAW bureaucracy, which are both centrally responsible for creating the conditions workers now confront.

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-15). Drug Patents Are Stifling Progress and Making us Sicker. leftvoice.org

Frank Cappello (2023-08-15). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Trading Places (w/ Jamel Johnson). levernews.com

_____ (2023-08-15). U.S. Capitalism and Why the Glut of 'Wonder Weapons' to Ukraine Won't Make a Difference. strategic-culture.org This war in Ukraine is the ghoulish epitome of Western capitalism, writes Finian Cunningham. | Join us on , , and . | It is slowly and reluctantly dawning on Western officials and their servile media that the Ukraine counter…




Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-08-15). The rise of private cops: How not to tackle homelessness. nationofchange.org Like many cities with a serious housing problem, Portland is increasingly relying on private security to "clean up" the human debris of capitalism.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-15). Gustavo Petro: The New Zone for the World's Largest Cocaine Production is the Colombian-Ecuadorian Border. libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo Petro From the marijuana of welfare capitalism and its rebellious youth, we have moved on to cocaine, the drug of competitiveness and neoliberalism; and now we are entering the drug of death, fentanyl: the drug of the capitalism of the climate crisis and war. The structure of the cocaine market has changed. The areas…

Cecilia Paz (2023-08-14). Four sneaky ways capitalist health care kills poor people. liberationnews.org It is common knowledge that healthcare under capitalism is only guaranteed to those who can afford it.

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-08-14). "Struggling with the Old Enemies of Peace" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-08-15). University and College Union sanctions further UK strikes only to maintain control of its members. wsws.org The only Higher Education Committee faction to explicitly support an early strike ballot was the UCU Left, led by the Socialist Workers Party. But anyone looking to them for leadership will be cruelly disappointed.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2023-08-15). Tuesday 8/29: Chicano Moratorium. indybay.org 48 S 7th Street #101 | San Jose, CA 95112…





Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-08-15). The Deadly Intersection of Labour Exploitation and Climate Change. socialistproject.ca As temperatures soar in the United States this summer, some among us are lucky enough to be able to remain in air-conditioned interior spaces, ordering food, groceries, clothing, and other products to be delivered to us. The rest, toiling in the extreme heat to pull products off hot warehouse shelves and drop them off curbside in scorching delivery trucks, are risking health and even life. July 2023 marked the planet's In San Bernardino, California, where retail giant Amazon has a…

WSWS (2023-08-14). UK junior doctors speak on National Health Service strike. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke with doctors on the picket lines in London and Leeds.

WSWS (2023-08-14). UPS workers in Chicago and New York speak out: "Sean O'Brien talks out of both sides of his mouth and insults us with this garbage contract" wsws.org UPS workers in Chicago and New York spoke to the World Socialist Web Site over the weekend about the national tentative agreement, as well as the low pay and poor working conditions they face daily.

Jake Johnson (2023-08-14). Argentina's Presidential Primary Winner Has Vowed to "Chainsaw" Public Spending. truthout.org Javier Milei, an admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump who believes climate change is a "socialist lie" and wants to impose extreme austerity on Argentina's economy, won the Latin American nation's presidential primary on Sunday with just over 30% of the vote. The surprise result makes Milei — a self-described "anarcho-capitalist" — the slight frontrunner for the October general election… |

John Wojcik (2023-08-15). Communists discuss history of their relationship with U.S. labor movement. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—"Everyone agrees that the goal in the labor movement is unity within the working class. The path to that unity is difficult, and what Marxism does is uncover and overcome the obstacles on that path to unity," said Roberta Wood at a national gathering called by the Labor Commission of the Communist Party this week. …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-15). Is Imperialism Losing in Africa and Syria? Interview with Harpal Brar. libya360.wordpress.com The coup leaders in Niger and Burkina Faso say they want Africa to be relevant on the gran geopolitical chessboard. Is the political and economic independence of Africa and Syria possible? Harpal Brar, the founder and former chairman of the communist party in Great Britain answers. Proletarian TV: / proletariancpgbml Harpal is the author of many…




F. William Engdahl (2023-08-15). Why China Can't Pull the World Out of a New Great Depression. globalresearch.ca

Special to People's World (2023-08-14). Social Security turns 88, but how long can it survive Republican attacks? peoplesworld.org On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the first Social Security Act into law. In the aftermath of the Great Depression, during which poverty encompassed some 60% of the senior population in the United States, Social Security was a major plank of Roosevelt's "New Deal." The law was passed after an intense period of …

Larry Johnson (2023-08-15). How Will the War in Ukraine End? sonar21.com I will try to make this simple. It is a complex question, but it is something we should be contemplating if the world is going to avoid a nuclear holocaust….

_____ (2023-08-14). From Chi-Town Bagman to ECOWAS Chairman: Meet the Former Money Launderer Leading the Push to Invade Niger. transcend.org 5 Aug 2023 – Since the overthrow of Niger's US-friendly government, the chair of the ECOWAS block and Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, has threatened an invasion of their neighbor. Before, Tinubu spent years laundering millions for heroin dealers in Chicago, and has since been ensnared in numerous corruption scandals. Luckily for the West elites, compromised figures like Tinubu are still on hand to do their dirty work for them.

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-15). Kansas Newspaper Owner Died After Police Raid 'Hitler Tactics'. popularresistance.org

Editor (2023-08-15). 'These Are Hitler Tactics': Illegal Police Raids Effectively Shut Down Kansas Newspaper. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Joan Meyer, the 98-year-old co-owner of the Marion County Record in Kansas, had worked at the newspaper for over 50 years. She died after the newspaper was targeted in illegal police raids on August 11. Marion city police and the Marion County sheriff's office, according to the Record, raided …




Staff (2023-08-15). Demand Marcus Corporation Not Host the Hateful Moms For Liberty (Moms For Bigotry) in Milwaukee! — Say NO to the Adolph Hitler Quoting Bradley Foundation Funded Group! wibailoutpeople.org

Nayvin Gordon (2023-08-15). Sacrifice Life and Limb, the Empire Must Win. indybay.org Time to take action to stop militarism, war, and the Doomsday Clock…

A Guest Author (2023-08-14). Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition For the people of Niger and their new leadership. workers.org The Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition issued the following statement Aug. 10. Signers include Mobilization4Mumia, Mumia United Nations Liaison Group, International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Friends of Mumia Mexico, Workers World Party, Communist Workers League and Malcolm X Commemoration Committee. Graphic: Anastasya Eliseeva The new government of Niger . . . |

Sasha Abramsky (2023-08-14). As Trump Indictments Mount, His Rivals Finally Go on the Offensive. truthout.org On a near-daily basis, former President Donald Trump faces either entirely new indictments or add-ons to existing ones. He's now got a rap sheet that includes two separate sets of federal indictments and state charges in New York. He has been found liable, in a civil case, for sexual assault, and his business empire has been found guilty of a variety of malpractices. Fulton County, Georgia… |

ecns.cn (2023-08-15). SOEs foray abroad with greener roadmap. ecns.cn China's State-owned enterprises are actively building eco-friendly infrastructure projects in economies involved in the Belt and Road Initiative to enhance their development resilience and achieve green growth.

ecns.cn (2023-08-15). Ministry defends espionage law, welcomes foreign enterprises. ecns.cn China's Counter-Espionage Law protects national security and is in line with international practice, a government official said on Monday.




ecns.cn (2023-08-14). Anti-dumping moves target Taiwan's polycarbonate. ecns.cn The Ministry of Commerce said on Monday that anti-dumping deposits will be levied from Tuesday on imports of polycarbonate originating in the Taiwan region, which experts said will better safeguard the legitimate rights of relevant enterprises on the Chinese mainland and maintain sound market order.

ecns.cn (2023-08-15). Pharma industry eyes healthy business. ecns.cn China's pull for foreign pharmaceutical companies will only increase despite uncertainties in China-U.S. relations and the so-called de-risking strategy pursued by some Western countries, business executives and experts said.

ecns.cn (2023-08-14). Anti-dumping moves target Taiwan's polycarbonate. ecns.cn The Ministry of Commerce said on Monday that anti-dumping deposits will be levied from Tuesday on imports of polycarbonate originating in the Taiwan region, which experts said will better safeguard the legitimate rights of relevant enterprises on the Chinese mainland and maintain sound market order.

ecns.cn (2023-08-15). Pharma industry eyes healthy business. ecns.cn China's pull for foreign pharmaceutical companies will only increase despite uncertainties in China-U.S. relations and the so-called de-risking strategy pursued by some Western countries, business executives and experts said.

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