(2022-02-14). Oppose the US-NATO drive to war with Russia in Ukraine! wsws.org The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and the World Socialist Web Site unequivocally oppose the reckless drive of Washington and its NATO allies to instigate a war with Russia, using the fraudulent claim of an imminent invasion of Ukraine as a pretext.
(2022-02-14). Ukraine: US frustrates hopes for peace, arms fascist forces. greenleft.org.au The United States and its backing of far-right forces in Ukraine, is the biggest impediment to peace, reports Barry Sheppard.
(2022-02-14). How the U.S. Keeps Fascism Alive and Well in Italy Today—As It Has Kept It Alive Every Year Since 1943. libya360.wordpress.com Aidan O'Brien The U.S. Continues to Manipulate Italian Politics to Ensure that Italy Remains a NATO Vassal State "The impression was that the Americans would do anything to stop Italy from sliding to the left." —General Giandelio Maletti, Head of Italian Counter-Intelligence in the early 1970s.[1] "The Pentagon has turned the Italian peninsula into a…
(2022-02-14). Fascism, Imperialism & Labor With Vermont AFL-CIO David Van Deusen. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Vermont AFL-CIO president about the rise of fascism, imperialism and the role of labor.
(2022-02-14). Anti-fascists in Bulgaria counter neo-Nazi 'Lukovmarsh' procession. peoplesdispatch.org Progressive sections in Bulgaria have been opposing the 'Lukovmarsh' torch processions organized in honor of the Nazi collaborator Hristo Lukov. These processions have been held in Sofia since 2003…
(2022-02-14). REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner Event. indybay.org REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner Event Over South Sac Neighborhood…
(2022-02-14). V-Day to Earth Day: How Women in 70+ Countries Are Rising to End Violence Against Women & Our Planet. democracynow.org 
Valentine's Day kicks off a campaign by feminist leaders in 70 countries across the world to celebrate One Billion Rising, an initiative by V-Day to end violence against women — cisgender, transgender and gender nonconforming — girls and the planet. "COVID has ushered in a very strange and perplexing time for women. We are on the frontlines everywhere," says V-Day founder V (formerly Eve Ensler). The campaign seeks to resist "the broken systems of capitalism and neoliberalism," as well as the fascist governments upholding these broken systems, says Monique Wilson, global…
(2022-02-14). Ottawa Under Right-Wing Occupation: Progressives Push Back. popularresistance.org For more than 10 days, truckers opposed to vaccine mandates at the Canadian and U.S. borders have mobilized thousands of supporters to disrupt and terrorize the people of Ottawa. While beginning as a protest against vaccine mandates, the thousands who have poured into Ottawa have escalated the situation into a major occupation threatening the safety and well being of Ottawa residents. The true character of this seditious uprising is that this is not just about vaccine mandates. Throughout the crowds, Confederate flags from U.S.-based racists can be seen everywhere, and pro-Nazi signs and anti-Jewish signs can be…
(2022-02-14). Interview on The Black Book of Capitalism. indybay.org The book is: 1) a history of the three great industrial revolutions (introduction of the manufacturing system with the steam engine at the beginning of the 19th century, Fordist "self-mobilization" with the assembly line and the rationalization of the corporate economy during the first half of the 20th century, and the microelectronic revolution.
(2022-02-14). SEP (Australia) meeting on NSW nurses strike provokes lively discussion on role of unions, fight against pandemic. wsws.org The meeting, addressed by a health worker in the US, a nurse in Sydney and Socialist Equality Party leaders, opened up a discussion on the burning need for workers to form rank-and-file committees throughout the health sector.
(2022-02-14). Socialists announce WA candidates. greenleft.org.au Climate activists Petrina Harley and Alex Salmon will run for the Socialist Alliance in the WA Senate while Sam Wainwright will run in the House of Representatives seat of Fremantle. Janet Parker reports.
(2022-02-14). Socialist senate candidate: 'This bill was never about protecting lives — Christian or otherwise'. greenleft.org.au If we needed more proof that the "religious discrimination" bill was anything more than an attempt to discriminate against the LGBTIQ community, the Australian Christian Lobby provided the proof. Petrina Harley reports.
(2022-02-14). Socialist candidate calls for support for NSW nurses strike. greenleft.org.au Paula Sanchez, who is running for Socialist Alliance in the NSW Senate, calls on the public to back the nurses' strike on February 15. Pip Hinman reports.
(2022-02-14). How Wyoming Became a Tax Haven. indybay.org Allison Tate, law professor at the University of Richmond, is interviewed. The risk is that money is taken out of the tax base. This is documented in the Pandora Papers.
(2022-02-13). The United States, war on two fronts and loss of empire. greenleft.org.au The propaganda war against China and Russia got a whole lot worse in the past week. The very real danger of war either in our region, or in Europe, was made abundantly clear, argues William Briggs.
(2022-02-13). Barrett Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barrett's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his connections to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.
(2022-02-13). Hungary's gov't says no to extra NATO troops. ecns.cn The government of Hungary will not accept further North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops on the country's soil as part of maneuvers related to the Ukraine crisis, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said here on Friday.
(2022-02-13). REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner E. indybay.org REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner Event Over South Sac Neighborhood…
(2022-02-13). Class Struggle And Freedom Beyond Colonial Borders. popularresistance.org The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief how truly interconnected our world is, how superficial colonial borders are, and thus how the struggle for freedom must link localized organizing to broader global insurgencies. Of course, this is not new. Though our epoch offers unique challenges, problems, and articulations of the dialectic between repression and resistance, history doesn't repeat itself—but it rhymes. | In a world structured by racial capitalism, white supremacy, and imperialism, Blackness has often been the antithesis of freedom. After legal emancipation from racial slavery, fre…
(2022-02-13). Stop the Covid Holocaust! Open Letter. globalresearch.ca