(2024-05-17). Can Jews be Nazis? counterpunch.org 
For many people, the question is inflammatory. The crimes of the German Nazis were of such magnitude that comparison with any other historical violence is invidious. The genocide of the Jews was deliberate and methodical and intended to eliminate every last one. The goal was the same with the Romani and Sinti people. By comparison, the Israelis — currently accused of genocide — are rank amateurs. They have so far killed some 35,000 Palestinians in Gaza out of a population of 2.3 million.
(2024-05-17). 'Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation'. peoplesworld.org 
When wealthy, Harvard-trained ultra-right Senator Tom Cotton described racial slavery as a "necessary evil" in 2020, he made two crucial admissions. First, the enslavement and consequent genocide of millions of Africans by Europeans and Euro-Americans between 1492 and the 1880s was a necessary feature for the development of capitalism (and consequent European and U.S. imperialism …
(2024-05-17). Seven Features of Ancient Enterprise. counterpunch.org 
There are multiple differences between antiquity's economic practices and those of the modern world, and these should be borne in mind when considering the changing context for enterprise through the centuries. Whereas modern business largely operates on credit, in archaic and classical times handicraft workshops were located on basically self-sufficient landed estates, including those of
(2024-05-17). COVID-19 Pandemic Response: A Military-Pharmaceutical Apparatus. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-17). Selected Articles: Western Liars Aggressively Promote WWIII in Europe. globalresearch.ca 
By Now facing the worst economic collapse ever, unable to heat their homes and factories during the winter, the West is undergoing the elites' controlled demolition, gutting …
(2024-05-17). The way forward after strike vote by 48,000 California academic workers against police crackdowns. wsws.org The vote is a major step forward because it poses the entry of the working class into the struggle as the basic political force against war and police dictatorship.
(2024-05-17). UK Labour Party rail policy: A pro-capitalist rescue plan. wsws.org Labour's rail plan is not a programme of "renationalisation" but an effort to save a collapsed privatisation strategy and to safeguard the interests of British capitalism.
(2024-05-17). Major Trump trials delayed until after election. wsws.org Three out of four criminal proceedings against the aspiring dictator, including the most serious cases concerning the failed January 6 coup, have been delayed in the last month.
(2024-05-17). Anti-work is anti-socialist. cpusa.org 
This piece is a contribution to the Pre-Convention Discussion for our 32nd National Convention. During Pre-Convention Discussion, all aspects of the party's program, strategy, and tactics are up for consideration and debate. The ideas presented here are those of the author or authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Communist Party USA, its membership, or their elected leadership bodies. — Editors | There is a peculiar trend in the western left. It goes by many names, by many different modes of expression, but it remains the same essential thought: Anti-work. Whatever one wishes…
(2024-05-17). On fascism and other maladies: A conversation with Luis Britto García. mronline.org One of Venezuela's most respected intellectuals talks about fascism and corruption scandals in the lead-up to the presidential elections.
(2024-05-17). 'Beyond the Wall' brings the GDR's contradictions to life. greenleft.org.au 
The German Democratic Republic (GDR) is often painted as a "walled-in, Russian-controlled Stasi land". However British-German Historian Katja Hoyer's 2023 book Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-1990 presents a more interesting and contradictory picture of a state where socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning and barbed wire co-existed, writes Alex Salmon.
(2024-05-17). Fujian opens one-stop service center for Taiwan people, firms. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland's first labor security and service center for Taiwan compatriots and enterprises was founded in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, in mid-April, providing better services to companies and residents from the country's biggest island.
(2024-05-17). R1.5 million irrigation system to boost vegetable farmers. sanews.gov.za R1.5 million irrigation system to boost vegetable farmers | Vegetable farmers in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, are set to increase their agricultural productivity and income, thanks to a brand-new irrigation system received from the Provincial Rural Development and Agrarian Reform Department. | Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC, Nonkqubela Pieters handed over an irrigation system worth R1. 5 million to vegetable farmers at Nonkobe in Orange Grove village, Mthatha, in a bid to support the enterprise to access formal markets. | The enterprise has 24 members, including 18 females and six young people p…
(2024-05-17). Oliver Eagleton: Stakeholder Capitalism, Again. newleftreview.org Oliver Eagleton on Will Hutton, This Time No Mistakes. Lessons for the incoming Labour government on humanizing British capitalism, from a proselytizer of Blair's Third Way.
(2024-05-17). Thomas Sankara remains a global icon. mronline.org 
His vision of a socialist, pan-Africanist model of development‚Å was not buried with him.
(2024-05-17). Towards the 6th International Ecosocialist Meeting. cadtm.org
(2024-05-17). The singularity and importance of the 1st World Anti-Fascist Conference to be held in Porto Alegre from 17 to 19 May 2024. cadtm.org