Fight Back (2022-10-25). Freedom Road Socialist Organization greets the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating this greeting sent by the Political Secretary Mick Kelly, of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China. | Dear Comrades, | Freedom Road Socialist Organization congratulates the leadership of the Communist Party of China, with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, for the great successes achieved at the 20th National Congress. We are certain that the thoughtful deliberations and correct decisions made at the Congress will lead to still more victories in constructing a modern socialist…

Staff (2022-10-25). Ni aun al borde del holocausto, este pueblo se doblegó. cubadebate.cu La trascendencia de los acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar en el mes de octubre de 1962 fue extraordinaria, tanto para Cuba como internacionalmente. Después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la humanidad no vivió momentos tan peligrosos, al borde del holocausto.

____ (2022-10-24). CPC unveils new top leadership for new journey toward modernization. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday unveiled its new top leadership, which will lead the world's most populous nation on its new journey toward a great modern socialist country in all respects.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-10-24). Research, enterprise and education excellence recognised by Institute of Physics. imperial.ac.uk Three academics and one team have been honoured in this year's Institute of Physics Awards.

WSWS (2022-10-24). Fascist Giorgia Meloni heads new Italian government. wsws.org For the first time since World War II, a party with fascist roots leads the government in a major European country.

Fight Back (2022-10-24). Red Theory: Bourgeois democracy and fascism. fightbacknews.org Communists have a proud history of fighting on the front lines of the resistance to fascism, from the International Brigades in Spain, to the Antifascist Resistance in occupied Europe, to the heroic struggle of the Soviet people to defend the USSR and defeat Nazi Germany. The Soviets liberated the survivors of the death camps and led the assault on Berlin. From that practice theory has been developed to analyze what fascism is, how it develops, and how it should be fought. | It is common on the left to hear the United States described as fascist. This is especially true among the youth and some petty bourgeois r…

WSWS (2022-10-24). New Zealand Stalinist Ken Douglas and the historic degeneration of the trade unions. wsws.org As president of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and head of the Stalinist Socialist Unity Party, Douglas played a pivotal role in suppressing the struggles of the working class against the right-wing 1984-90 Labour government and the subsequent National Party government.

____ (2022-10-24). CPC unveils new top leadership for new journey toward modernization. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday unveiled its new top leadership, which will lead the world's most populous nation on its new journey toward a great modern socialist country in all respects.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-10-24). Research, enterprise and education excellence recognised by Institute of Physics. imperial.ac.uk Three academics and one team have been honoured in this year's Institute of Physics Awards.

WSWS (2022-10-24). Fascist Giorgia Meloni heads new Italian government. wsws.org For the first time since World War II, a party with fascist roots leads the government in a major European country.

Fight Back (2022-10-24). Red Theory: Bourgeois democracy and fascism. fightbacknews.org Communists have a proud history of fighting on the front lines of the resistance to fascism, from the International Brigades in Spain, to the Antifascist Resistance in occupied Europe, to the heroic struggle of the Soviet people to defend the USSR and defeat Nazi Germany. The Soviets liberated the survivors of the death camps and led the assault on Berlin. From that practice theory has been developed to analyze what fascism is, how it develops, and how it should be fought. | It is common on the left to hear the United States described as fascist. This is especially true among the youth and some petty bourgeois r…

WSWS (2022-10-24). New Zealand Stalinist Ken Douglas and the historic degeneration of the trade unions. wsws.org As president of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and head of the Stalinist Socialist Unity Party, Douglas played a pivotal role in suppressing the struggles of the working class against the right-wing 1984-90 Labour government and the subsequent National Party government.

WSWS (2022-10-24). Jacobin and Labor Notes on the UAW elections: Defenders of the apparatus against the campaign of Will Lehman. wsws.org After months of silence the pseudo-left Jacobin magazine has published an article on the UAW election that fails to mention that a genuine socialist, Mack Trucks autoworker Will Lehman, is on the ballot.

_____ (2022-10-23). From BLM To Generation U: Uprising Persists In Today's Labor Movement. popularresistance.org The BLM movement may have left the streets, but its spirit lives on in Generation U and the fight against worker exploitation — combining the dynamism of social movements with the strategic position of labor to fight capitalism. | The United States is witnessing the phenomenon of Generation U. This generation is an expression of the shifted consciousness of young workers today — workers who are embracing socialist ideas, are in favor of labor unions, and who are challenging exploitation either through leaving their jobs in large numbers, or challenging corporate behemoths like Amazon and Starbucks dir…

____ (2022-10-23). (Multinational enterprises in China) China's high-level opening up to accelerate world economic recovery: global managing director of Roland Berger. ecns.cn China's high-level opening up and engagement in cooperation will not only benefit China but also provide more market opportunities, investment possibilities and growth potential to the rest of the world to speed up the world economic recovery, said Denis Depoux, global managing director of Roland Berger, while giving an exclusive interview with China News Network.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-10-23). Giorgia Meloni jura como nueva primera ministra de Italia. telesurtv.net Meloni juró como la primera mujer jefa del Gobierno en 76 años, cuyo partido Hermanos de Italia tiene raíces en el neofascismo italiano heredero de Benito Mussolini.

Allen Forrest (2022-10-22). 75th Anniversary of Nuremberg Code. dissidentvoice.org I have no doubt that the C19 shots are our modern holocaust, which will cost more human lives than WW2. The implementation of Agenda 2030 is rapidly accelerating. Many people stand on the sidelines and do nothing. They just say "wake me up when this is over". Their inaction contributes to the rapid, insidious …

____ (2022-10-23). (Multinational enterprises in China) China's high-level opening up to accelerate world economic recovery: global managing director of Roland Berger. ecns.cn China's high-level opening up and engagement in cooperation will not only benefit China but also provide more market opportunities, investment possibilities and growth potential to the rest of the world to speed up the world economic recovery, said Denis Depoux, global managing director of Roland Berger, while giving an exclusive interview with China News Network.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-10-23). Giorgia Meloni jura como nueva primera ministra de Italia. telesurtv.net Meloni juró como la primera mujer jefa del Gobierno en 76 años, cuyo partido Hermanos de Italia tiene raíces en el neofascismo italiano heredero de Benito Mussolini.

_____ (2022-10-22). Swapping Stories At The Alabama Troublemakers School. popularresistance.org Numerous unions and organizations were represented, with the Communications Workers (CWA) and Raise Up the South in particular showing up in a big way. There were some familiar faces from the Professional and Technical Employees, Hometown Action, the Mine Workers, Retail and Department Store Union, Birmingham Democratic Socialists of America, Starbucks Workers United, United Campus Workers, and more. | In how many other spaces will you find worker-led discussion and workshops with participants ranging from line cooks to rocket scientists in the same room? Folks from call centers to coal mines were learning from e…

_____ (2022-10-22). China Plans New Era Of Revolution. popularresistance.org On 21 October 2022, Friends of Socialist China co-editors Danny Haiphong and Carlos Martinez joined Multipolarista editor Ben Norton to discuss the CPC's 20th National Congress, currently drawing to a close in Beijing. | In the 90-minute stream embedded below, the three discuss some of the key themes emerging from the Congress, including the pursuit of China's Second Centenary Goal ("building a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful"), common prosperity, ecological civilization, whole-process people's democracy, and the need for self-re…

SouthFront5 (2022-10-22). Key Shifts In China's Political Leadership. Beijing Validated Its Way To US-free World Order. southfront.org The 20th Communist Party Congress was held in China: more than 2,000 delegates from all over the country attended the meeting. The Party Congress adopted a series of landmark decisions on the further development of Chinese society on the basis of "21st century Marxism with Chinese characteristics".The CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping: "People's security as our ultimate goal, political security as our fundamental task, economic security as our foundation, military, technological, cultural, and soc…

Allen Forrest (2022-10-22). 75th Anniversary of Nuremberg Code. dissidentvoice.org I have no doubt that the C19 shots are our modern holocaust, which will cost more human lives than WW2. The implementation of Agenda 2030 is rapidly accelerating. Many people stand on the sidelines and do nothing. They just say "wake me up when this is over". Their inaction contributes to the rapid, insidious …

WSWS (2022-10-22). Diary of a socialist Amazon worker: Why we need democracy in the workplace. wsws.org "Diary of a socialist Amazon worker," is a column authored by Austin Bailey, a socialist-minded worker in his twenties, who has followed the World Socialist Web Site since 2016.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-10-22). Nombran a Giorgia Meloni como nueva primera ministra de Italia. telesurtv.net La ultraderechista tendrá que volver a reunirse con el presidente Sergio Matarella para proponer sus ministros,…

Staff (2022-10-22). Concluye XX Congreso del Partido Comunista Chino: Ratifican rumbo pro desarrollo, equidad y coexistencia pacífica internacional. cubadebate.cu El cónclave ratificó la línea de la organización política gobernante pro desarrollo económico y planteó en sus conclusiones que "desde ahora, la tarea central del PCCh es unir y conducir al pueblo de las diversas etnias del país en la materialización del propósito de construir un Estado poderoso socialista y moderno".

TeleSUR, jm, JGN, SH (2022-10-21). øAsí fue la liberación de Belgrado de la invasión nazi en 1944. telesurtv.net El Frente Yugoslavo se fortaleció a partir de 1943 y enfiló esfuerzos para dar la libertad a los territorios invadidos por las fuerzas alemanas.

WSWS (2022-10-22). Diary of a socialist Amazon worker: Why we need democracy in the workplace. wsws.org "Diary of a socialist Amazon worker," is a column authored by Austin Bailey, a socialist-minded worker in his twenties, who has followed the World Socialist Web Site since 2016.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-10-22). Nombran a Giorgia Meloni como nueva primera ministra de Italia. telesurtv.net La ultraderechista tendrá que volver a reunirse con el presidente Sergio Matarella para proponer sus ministros,…

Staff (2022-10-21). øUna explosión nuclear en la atmósfera puede ser un arma efectiva para destruir satélites? cubadebate.cu Investigadores del Instituto de Tecnología Nuclear del Noroeste, en China, desarrollaron un modelo computacional que puede evaluar el rendimiento de armas nucleares antisatélite con un detalle y una precisión sin precedentes. La simulación sugiere que una ojiva nuclear podría crear una seria amenaza para los satélites si estalla a una altitud de 80 km sobre la atmósfera terrestre.

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-10-21). Pretending To Seek Peace In An Unwinnable Proxy War: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | We should probably talk more about the fact that the US empire is loudly promoting the goal of achieving peace in Ukraine by defeating Russia while quietly The narrative that Russia can be defeated by escalating against it makes sense if you believe Russia can be defeated, but the US empire does not believe that Russia can be defeated. It knows these escalations are…

Editor (2022-10-21). Ukrainian Nationalists have long history of anti-semitism which the Soviet Union tried to combat. mronline.org While Ivy League professors equate the Soviet Union with Nazi Germany, the Soviets fought the Nazis and ended violent anti-Jewish pogroms—which now threaten to return.

Editor (2022-10-21). The Chris Hedges Report: Noam Chomsky, Pt 1. scheerpost.com "In a wide-ranging discussion, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges discuss the war in Ukraine, the rising tide of global fascism, the climate catastrophe, and the role left to public intellectuals in an increasingly restrictive and censored media environment."

TeleSUR, jm, JGN, SH (2022-10-21). øAsí fue la liberación de Belgrado de la invasión nazi en 1944. telesurtv.net El Frente Yugoslavo se fortaleció a partir de 1943 y enfiló esfuerzos para dar la libertad a los territorios invadidos por las fuerzas alemanas.

Paul Haeder (2022-10-21). True Journalism Digs Even When a Tin Foil Hat Might Come in Handy. dissidentvoice.org There's so much to unpack when it comes to propaganda propagating a society, or in this case, the collective west, that is collectively insane. "Amazing" is not really the operative word, since there are so many allusions to and examples of "good Germans" throughout the collective west, even before Hitler and Bernays and Goebbels and …

Eric A. Gordon (2022-10-21). The Czech Communist Party continues its struggle against capitalism. peoplesworld.org CAPARICA, Portugal — Ondra Kazik, 37, member of the Central Committee of the Czech Communist Party, officially called the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM), was interviewed by People's World at the Avante! Festival in Portugal in early September. Before the defeat of socialism, in the late 1980s, what is now the Czech Republic …

WSWS (2022-10-21). UK trade unions prepare corporatist partnership with a Labour government. wsws.org Labour Party leader Starmer was given pride of place at the conference to advertise this partnership to the ruling class.

Editor (2022-10-21). Nomi Prins: How the Federal Reserve and Allied Central Bankers Wrote the Obituary for Competitive Capitalism. scheerpost.com

WSWS (2022-10-21). How global consultancy firm McKinsey helped craft Quebec's profits-before-lives pandemic policy. wsws.org Recent revelations showing that McKinsey, one of the world's largest consulting firms, helped determine essential elements of the Quebec government's disastrous response to the COVID-19 pandemic provide a graphic illustration of the dictatorship big business exercises over society.

Ana Perdigón (2022-10-20). Venezuela's Attorney General Initiates Investigation on 'Nazi Birthday Party'. orinocotribune.com Given the commotion caused on social media platforms by the celebration of a "Nazi birthday" in a restaurant in Caracas, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced this Tuesday, October 18, that the Public Ministry (MP) has appointed a prosecutor to investigate the incident, which could clearly be considered Nazi apologia. | Saab reported that he appointed the human rights prosecutor of the 94th national circuit to investigate the incident and those who were responsible for it. | He mentioned that the organizer of the "celebration" sat in a restaurant in Las Mercedes with groceries, clothing and ute…

WSWS (2022-10-20). The significance of the UK financial crisis. wsws.org The British experience has revealed in living events the naked power of finance capital and the way its exercises its dictatorship over every government, whatever its political stripe.

WSWS (2022-10-21). Russia evacuates tens of thousands from Kherson ahead of Ukrainian offensive. wsws.org Despite the disaster for the Ukrainian population, which is viewed as cannon fodder for American imperialism, the US is seeking to escalate the conflict.

Staff (2022-10-21). Four Killed by Ukrainian shelling in Russia's Kherson. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Ukrainian rocket artillery struck a ferry crossing in Kherson, leaving four people killed.

WSWS (2022-10-21). Broad audience at Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting against the threat of a nuclear war. wsws.org About 1 people from across Sri Lanka, as well as India, the US, Russia, Europe, the Middle East and several other countries participated in the online event, with speeches in Sinhala simultaneously translated into Tamil and presented with English subtitles.

WSWS (2022-10-21). German Chancellor Scholz announces more weapons for war against Russia. wsws.org Although the NATO war against Russia in Ukraine threatens to escalate into a nuclear conflict, the German coalition government is intensifying the war and making new threats against Moscow.

Staff (2022-10-21). Vienna talks future depends on Washington willingness. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Stating that reaching an agreement in JCPOA revival talks depends on Washington's readiness, the Russian envoy said that Washington decided to suspend the negotiations on the eve of the US mid-term elections.

Staff (2022-10-21). Iran relations serious problem to Israel: Lapid. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Zionist regime Prime Minister Yair Lapid expressed concern about the strategicTehran-Moscow ties, claiming that relations between Russia and Iran represent a serious problem for "Israel".

San Francisco Public Library (2022-10-21). Friday 12/9: Film: Chinatown Rising Screening and Filmmaker Discussion. indybay.org Chinatown / Him Mark Lai Branch Library | 1135 Powell Street | San Francisco, CA 94108…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-21). Exit Liz Truss; Enter Lettuce. southfront.org "When are you going to govern? The only thing you have governed for the past year is your own survival." | Written by Jess Phillips, Labour MP, October 20, 2022 | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | British politics has revealed hidden depths, each one being sought as each prime minister succumbs. The announcement by Liz Truss that she would be resigning came after a mere 45 days in office. In terms of duration, this would make her the shortest serving PM since the Tory George Canning, who died of tuber…

Peter Boyle (2022-10-21). Video: Stop Turkish military's illegal chemical warfare on Kurdish freedom fighters! greenleft.org.au Green Left journalist Peter Boyle called on the Australian government to condemn the Turkish military's continued use of banned chemical weapons against Kurdish freedom fighters in northern Iraq/south Kurdistan.

Staff (2022-10-21). Can War Ever Be Justified? Arnold Augusts Closing Remarks, Bipartisan War. orinocotribune.com October 19, 2022 ( David Swanson and Arnold August were the two debater and the moderation of the event was in charge of Youri Muckraker. | In his closing remarks, Arnold August challenged the bi-partisan nature of US war and aggression from 1776 to date. He put out a call to action for the peace-loving peoples of the world to support the forces in the U…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-21). Taiwan, US Sign Deal to Maintain Island's Patriot Missiles. southfront.org Click to see full-size image Technicians from Raytheon and Lockheed Martin will be sent to Taiwan under a contract worth about $78 million | Originally published on Taiwan has signed a contract with the US According to The…

Cine Mas SF (2022-10-21). Sunday 10/23: San Francisco Latino Film Festival -Closing Screening. indybay.org Roxie Theater | 3117 16th Street | San Francisco, CA 94103…

Sam Wainwright (2022-10-21). The Pacific is not 'our backyard'. greenleft.org.au Progressives need to build support for the right of the peoples of the Pacific to self-determination, free from interference, including from our own government, argues Sam Wainwright.

Friends of Cuba (2022-10-21). Thursday 11/3: The World Stand With Cuba! We Call On Nancy Pelosi: Let Cuba Live! indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building (7th + Mission)…

Haiti Action Committee (2022-10-21). Wednesday 10/26: Oppose Expanded US/UN Military Intervention in Haiti! indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building at 90 – 7th Street between Market and Mission Streets, near Powell Street BART.

Martha Hubert (2022-10-21). Friday 10/21: Justice, Not Jenkins! indybay.org San Francisco Police Officers Association | 800 Bryant (@ 6th) | San Francisco, CA…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-10-21). Sunday 10/23: Kickoff for World Dashiki Week 2022. indybay.org The African Outlet | 4942 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94124…

San Francisco Public Library (2022-10-21). Monday 12/12: Author: Zara Stone and Joe Loya in conversation, Killer Looks. indybay.org San Francisco Main Library | 100 Larkin St | San Francisco, CA 94102…

San Francisco Public Library (2022-10-21). Wednesday 12/14: Presentation: Damien Linnane, Illustrator of This is Ear Hustle. indybay.org [ONLINE] San Francisco Main Library…

San Francisco Public Library (2022-10-21). Friday 12/30: Author: Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods moderated by Piper Kerman. indybay.org San Francisco Main Library | 100 Larkin St | San Francisco, CA 94102…

San Francisco Public Library (2022-10-21). Tuesday 12/13: Film: Belly of the Beast, Screening and Filmmaker Discussion. indybay.org [ONLINE] San Francisco Main Library…

Staff (2022-10-21). Palestinian youth martyred in Zionist raid on Jenin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — The early morning attack of the Zionist forces on Jenin left one Palestinian martyred, wounding three others.

Staff (2022-10-21). Egypt's Carceral Climate Summit: Naomi Klein on the Crisis of COP27 Being Held in a Police State. democracynow.org Egypt is preparing to host world leaders next month at the U.N.'s annual climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, a move that prominent environmentalist and author Naomi Klein calls "greenwashing." While the government embraces superficial causes to mitigate climate change such as recycling or panels, "what is not welcome would be pointing out this enormous lucrative network of deals that the military itself is engaged in that are linked to fossil fuels, that are linked to destroying remaining green space in cities like Cairo," says Klein. She adds that the international community sh…

Staff (2022-10-21). Nueva planta de oxígeno medicinal prestará sevicios en 2024 (+Video). cubadebate.cu La inversión de la nueva planta de oxígeno medicinal que se construye en Granma prestará servicios a partir de 2024, según especialista de comunicación de la Empresa Gases Industriales y OxiCuba S.A. La entidad resolverá definitivamente situaciones complejas con el traslado del oxígeno medicinal hacia las provincias del oriente cubano.

TeleSUR, gao (2022-10-21). Dos atentados de Al Shabaab dejan al menos 21 muertos en Somalia. telesurtv.net Los recientes atentados del grupo terroristas en las ciudades de Jalalaqsi y Bulobarde dejaron varios heridos entre civiles y militares.

TeleSUR, YSM, SH (2022-10-21). Detienen a cuatro personas más por ataque a Cristina Fernández. telesurtv.net Los cuatro detenidos enfrentan cargos de incitación a la violencia, apología del delito e instigación a delinquir.

____ (2022-10-20). (Multinational enterprises in China) Microsoft confident about China's digital economy: Microsoft GCR leader. ecns.cn Microsoft is confident in the prospect of China's accelerating digital economy, Hou Yang, chairman and CEO of Microsoft Greater China Region (GCR), said in an interview with Chinanews.com.

TeleSUR, jm, JGN, SH (2022-10-20). øAsí fue la liberación de Belgrado de la invasión nazi en 1944. telesurtv.net El Frente Yugoslavo se fortaleció a partir de 1943 y enfiló esfuerzos para dar la libertad a los territorios invadidos por las fuerzas alemanas.

WSWS (2022-10-20). The significance of the UK financial crisis. wsws.org The British experience has revealed in living events the naked power of finance capital and the way its exercises its dictatorship over every government, whatever its political stripe.

Democracy in Color, partners (2022-10-20). Wednesday 10/19: Threat of White Nationalism: The Struggle Between Democracy and Whiteness in America. indybay.org Online for free…

Dmitri Kovalevich (2022-10-19). Ukrainian Nationalists Have Long History of Anti-Semitism which the Soviet Union Tried to Combat. covertactionmagazine.com While Ivy League professors equate the Soviet Union with Nazi Germany, the Soviets fought the Nazis and ended violent anti-Jewish pogroms—which now threaten to return. The July 21, 2022, issue of London Review of Books published an essay by Abigail Green reviewing Jeffrey Veidlinger's books In the Midst of Civilised Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-21 …

Bruce Lerro (2022-10-19). Are Socialists Going to Let Neoliberals Define Fascism? dissidentvoice.org Orientation The linear political spectrum is bankrupt! How does it explain why socialist China is making alliances with capitalist Russia and even with fundamentalist Saudi Arabia? Why is it that so-called socialist Social Democrats support imperialist United States rather than socialist China? Why is it that right-wing fundamentalist states like India and Brazil are supporting …

____ (2022-10-19). Chinese firms geared up for massive Canton Fair. ecns.cn Organizers of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, have launched a supply and purchase matchmaking event for leading multinational enterprises in order to help Chinese export-oriented businesses better make deals with global buyers.

Editor (2022-10-19). From Churchill to NATO: How the West built and empowered Italian fascism. mronline.org This year is the centenary of the March on Rome, the coup that brought Mussolini's fascist party to power in Italy in 1922.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-10-19). Hiding Behind a Mask of Genteel Humanism, Canada's Prime Minister Sells Out His People to Corporate Interests and Eagerly Participates in U.S. Imperialistic Wars Around the Globe. covertactionmagazine.com Canadian liberal Prime-Minister Justin Trudeau surprised many with his ruthless suppression of the truckers protest in Ottawa last winter. But anyone who was surprised just hasn't been paying attention. [This article continues CAM's series on Canada and its ties to the U.S. empire.—Editors] Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2015-present) gained notoriety last year for …

David Penner (2022-10-19). The Cult of the Branch Covidian and the Banality of Evil. dissidentvoice.org Everyone is the other and no one is himself. — Martin Heidegger, Being and Time, 1927 The Branch Covidian putsch is the most heinous crime ever perpetrated in the history of medicine, and some would argue, in the history of the world. Its success is attributable to the strong presence of Nazi bioethics within the …

WSWS (2022-10-19). The failure to eradicate polio: Capitalism cannot protect the world's population from a growing number of epidemic diseases. wsws.org A wastewater sample recently taken from a collection system that overlaps portions of the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City has tested positive for the poliomyelitis virus is the latest evidence of the resurgent spread of this deadly disease.

____ (2022-10-19). Chinese firms geared up for massive Canton Fair. ecns.cn Organizers of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, have launched a supply and purchase matchmaking event for leading multinational enterprises in order to help Chinese export-oriented businesses better make deals with global buyers.

WSWS (2022-10-19). The failure to eradicate polio: Capitalism cannot protect the world's population from a growing number of epidemic diseases. wsws.org A wastewater sample recently taken from a collection system that overlaps portions of the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City has tested positive for the poliomyelitis virus is the latest evidence of the resurgent spread of this deadly disease.

Democracy in Color, partners (2022-10-19). Wednesday 10/19: Threat of White Nationalism: The Struggle Between Democracy and Whiteness in America. indybay.org Online for free…

WSWS (2022-10-18). UK Supreme Court case on the Scottish referendum draft billa reactionary distraction. wsws.org The UK Supreme Court last week held a two day hearing on the Scottish government's draft referendum bill which legislates for a new independence poll, nine years after independence was rejected, in 2014.

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-10-18). We're being pushed toward nuclear war on a fiction: notes from the Edge of The Narrative Matrix. mronline.org We're being driven toward nuclear war on the completely fictional claim that Putin is a Hitler-like megalomaniac who's just invading countries completely unprovoked, solely because he is evil and hates freedom, and won't stop invading and conquering until he's stopped by force.

____ (2022-10-18). Leaders say report plays guiding role. ecns.cn Chinese leaders have hailed the report Xi Jinping delivered at the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sunday, saying it plays a guiding role in leading the nation to build a modern socialist country in all respects and to advance national rejuvenation.

____ (2022-10-17). Observers worldwide laud China's milestone achievements under CPC leadership. ecns.cn The CPC will score even greater achievements, lead the Chinese people to write a new chapter along the new journey toward building a modern socialist country in all respects, and to join the rest of the world in building a better future for all humanity.

Brian W. Major (2022-10-18). The 'Marxist' allies of transphobia? peoplesworld.org Much of the world was quite alarmed by the fact that Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy party, was recently elected as the new Prime Minister of Italy. Hers will be the furthest right-wing leadership in post-war Italy, and her party has direct roots in the fascist party of Benito Mussolini. She …

WSWS (2022-10-18). Trump's rant against Jews and the growth of anti-Semitism in the US. wsws.org The open embrace of anti-Semitism by Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene and other American fascists is a warning to the working class.

____ (2022-10-17). Wang Yang calls for striving in unity to build modern socialist country in all respects. ecns.cn Wang Yang on Monday called for striving in unity and gathering strength to build a modern socialist country in all respects.

William Manson (2022-10-18). Depression: Chronic Stress as a Way of Life. dissidentvoice.org A few decades ago, responding to the growing market for improved anti-depressant drugs, several drug companies developed "selective-serotonin re-uptake inhibitors" (Prozac, Zoloft, etc.). While under its exclusive patent (20 years), a new drug is expensively-priced, thus generating huge profits for its maker. (This accounts for the constant introduction of new drugs which, despite claims to …

WSWS (2022-10-18). Build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees! wsws.org A mass network of interconnected rank-and-file committees can and must serve as the foundation for the fight for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a workers' government based on a socialist program.

WSWS (2022-10-18). Vallourec, Germany: Build rank-and-file action committees to stop plant closures. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site calls on Vallourec workers in Màºlheim and Dàºsseldorf not to accept the closure of their two plants without a fight.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-18). Railroad workers say nationalization of rails is what democracy looks like. peoplesworld.org LAS VEGAS—For the first time in slightly more than 100 years Railroad Workers United, is demanding public ownership of railroad infrastructure in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Then, railroads "would be operated in the public interest," it says. Unlike the major media in the U.S. which tries to divorce the threat to democracy from the …

WSWS (2022-10-17). Tom Henehan: A revolutionary life. wsws.org Yesterday marked the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League—the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.

Piers Armstrong (2022-10-17). 'Never-Ending Youth': A poetic novel or an essayistic memoir? peoplesworld.org Never-Ending Youth is a 2017 novel by the Brazilian journalist Urariano Mota, active in the clandestine Communist Party of Brazil during the harshest period of the country's military dictatorship from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The novel is set in Recife, capital of Pernambuco state and a major city of Brazil's Northeast, a …

Contributing Writers (2022-10-17). On the West's On-Going Support for ISIS/ Commentary by Vanessa Beeley. marktaliano.net RIP heroes from Mhardeh special Defence Forces cleansing the Badia desert (east of Homs) of ISIS cells and mines. The vehicle hit a buried mine, left by US backed ISIS terrorists. Martyrs Ibrahim Habib Najm, Ahmed Hamad AlDarwish, Saber Mohammed Hussein. 5 more soldiers were injured. READ MORE: Empire Destroys Women's (and all rights) in …

____ (2022-10-17). CPC charts course for Chinese modernization as key congress opens. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday unveiled its blueprint for building a modern socialist China in all respects for the next five years and beyond as the 20th CPC National Congress opened.

TeleSUR, JDO, SH (2022-10-17). Xi Jinping llama a trabajar por un país socialista moderno. telesurtv.net Xi Jinping afirmó que la apertura económica ha colocado a China como primer socio comercial de alrededor de 140 naciones de todo el mundo.

Jake Johnson (2022-10-17). Debating Empty Podium, Warnock Blasts No-Show Walker: 'He Is Not Ready'. commondreams.org "I think Herschel Walker, if he were here, should tell the people of Georgia why he thinks they should pay for expensive insulin and pharmaceutical companies should be able to charge us whatever they like."

Fight Back (2022-10-17). Red Theory: The united front against monopoly capitalism. fightbacknews.org Our enemy is monopoly capitalism, the capitalist and imperialist system that exploits the working class here in the United States and oppresses whole nations of people, here and around the world. The monopoly capitalist class, the imperialists, are well organized, and control both the legal and political institutions of the government as well as the military and police. It will take the masses of the people in their millions to overthrow them. We can't do it alone. The working class must be organized, and it must organize together broadly with its allies. This "united front" against monopoly capitalism is the rev…

WSWS (2022-10-17). CDC: Over 212 nursing home workers have died from COVID-19 since August. wsws.org A certified nursing assistant said: "We are beginning to get slammed with COVID cases and deaths and the anxiety and depression among the staff has become worse and worse."

Darren Saffin (2022-10-17). Socialist Alliance candidate calls for an 'empty property tax'. greenleft.org.au Sue Bolton, Merri-bek Socialist Alliance councillor and Victorian election candidate, is calling for an 'empty property tax' to force landlords to stop land banking. Darren Saffin reports.

WSWS (2022-10-17). Tom Henehan: A revolutionary life. wsws.org Yesterday marked the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League—the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.

Chloe DS (2022-10-17). Capitalism's multiple crises and the fightback discussed at Ecosocialism 2022. greenleft.org.au The connection between the manufactured debt crisis in the global South, the collapse of public health systems and the continuing disastrous financing and use of fossil fuels were discussed at Ecosocialim 2022. Chloe DS reports.

____ (2022-10-17). Report sets course for socialist path. ecns.cn In the report Xi Jinping delivered at the opening session, he objectively summarized the progress of the Party and the nation over the past five years and the past 10 years of the new era, and provided a guideline for their joint development in the foreseeable future.

_____ (2022-10-16). Chris Hedges Report: Trauma, Addiction, And Illness Under Capitalism. popularresistance.org How does living in a consumer society at war with basic human needs affect our minds and, ultimately, our bodies? In his new book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Dr. Gabor Maté and his son Daniel argue that our culture's standards of normalcy are destructive to the health of human beings. In a society where profit and personal attainment are the highest values, traumas abound, and everyday people are left to endure their pain and shame in silence. The consequence of this dark ethic, Dr. Maté illustrates, plays out on our bodies, severely damaging our psyches, and pushing us to…

_____ (2022-10-16). The New York Times Has Been Friendly To Nazis For 80 Years. popularresistance.org The New York Times loves a good Nazi. And I don't just mean this past year. I mean, going back to World War II to the OG Nazis, the guy with the mustache. If any of you out there are still New York Times lovers; then you really shouldn't watch this episode. Just go back to playing with your Legos or something. | Back in 2019, an Australian white supremacist murdered 49 people in New Zealand. As discussed this week by Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting, at the time, the New York Times correctly reported that "On his flak jacket was a symbol commonly used by the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary org…

_____ (2022-10-16). Ecuador: Anti-Neoliberal Resistance. popularresistance.org A neoliberal 'redesign' of the State is underway in Ecuador, activated since 2017 through different surreptitious tactics, especially "lawfare", known for resorting to judicial and media plots as ruses to reverse alternative projects. Also on the scene are different expressions of authoritarianism, which are con-substantial to the pursuit of the neoliberal model, to impose the dominance of the market over the interests of society. It is a programmatic agenda, which is made possible by the conversion of State institutions into minimal operational agencies, in charge of executive aspects to attend primarily to priv…

____ (2022-10-16). Iran eyeing Russia's $20bn lucrative pharmaceutical market. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) — Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) said the ground is ready for Iranian companies following the withdrawal of Western companies from Russia's big pharmaceutical market.

____ (2022-10-16). Building a modern socialist country in all respects under rule of law: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday that China must strive to build a modern socialist country in all respects under the rule of law."We must follow a path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, develop a Chinese system of socialist rule of law, and establish China as a socialist country under the rule of law," Xi said.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi calls for building cultural confidence, strength. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday called for building cultural confidence and strength and securing new successes in developing socialist culture."To build a modern socialist country in all respects, we must develop a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and be more confident in our culture," Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

____ (2022-10-16). Xi lists major principles in building modern socialist China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday listed major principles in the great and arduous endeavor to build a modern socialist China in all respects.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi underscores role of education, sci-tech, talent in modernization drive. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday stressed invigorating China through science and education and developing a strong workforce for the modernization drive. Education, science and technology, and human resources are the foundational and strategic pillars for building a modern socialist country in all respects, Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Rainer Shea (2022-10-16). The Demonization of Stalin is About Hiding His Great Contributions to Revolutionary Theory. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Oct 7, 2022 | Why is "Stalinist" used as a pejorative, despite there not even being an actual ideology called "Stalinism?" Because under the worldview that anti-communist propagandists and their ideological lackeys seek to cultivate, studying Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory is associated with being complicit in the myriad of atrocities which Stalin is accused of. The false image of Stalin that these propagandists have manufactured is meant to serve as a representation of Marxism in general. | The dishonest nature of this rhetorical tactic is found in the very framing of the "Stalinist…

Peter Koenig (2022-10-16). Did Latin America Gradually Turn Left? Or Neoliberal? dissidentvoice.org To the superficial observer, it may be a blessing the despots and dictators, human rights abusers, like Argentina's Mauricio Macri, Colombia's Iván Duque; Ecuador's Lenin Moreno; Chile's Sebastián Piñera; to name just a few, are gone, have disappeared from the Latin American political arena, in what was made believe to be democratic elections. Good, you …

____ (2022-10-16). Xi stresses further modernizing national defense, military. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday achieving the goals for the centenary of the People's Liberation Army in 2027 and more quickly elevating the people's armed forces to world-class standards are strategic tasks for building a modern socialist country in all respects.

Editor (2022-10-16). The Chris Hedges Report: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Addiction and Illness Under Capitalism. scheerpost.com The renowned physician and author explores the links between trauma and illness in his new book, "The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture."

____ (2022-10-16). Whole-process people's democracy is democracy in its broadest, most genuine, most effective form: Xi. ecns.cn Whole-process people's democracy is the defining feature of socialist democracy; it is democracy in its broadest, most genuine, and most effective form, Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

Peter Koenig (2022-10-15). The Way to Defeat the Globalist Reset: Local Production for Local Consumption… globalresearch.ca We are currently undergoing the worst "tyrannification" of society in human history and in all western world countries. Covid-martial law overrules everything. This happened very fast.

_____ (2022-10-16). The New York Times Has Been Friendly To Nazis For 80 Years. popularresistance.org The New York Times loves a good Nazi. And I don't just mean this past year. I mean, going back to World War II to the OG Nazis, the guy with the mustache. If any of you out there are still New York Times lovers; then you really shouldn't watch this episode. Just go back to playing with your Legos or something. | Back in 2019, an Australian white supremacist murdered 49 people in New Zealand. As discussed this week by Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting, at the time, the New York Times correctly reported that "On his flak jacket was a symbol commonly used by the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary org…

_____ (2022-10-16). Chris Hedges Report: Trauma, Addiction, And Illness Under Capitalism. popularresistance.org How does living in a consumer society at war with basic human needs affect our minds and, ultimately, our bodies? In his new book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Dr. Gabor Maté and his son Daniel argue that our culture's standards of normalcy are destructive to the health of human beings. In a society where profit and personal attainment are the highest values, traumas abound, and everyday people are left to endure their pain and shame in silence. The consequence of this dark ethic, Dr. Maté illustrates, plays out on our bodies, severely damaging our psyches, and pushing us to…

____ (2022-10-16). Xi calls for building cultural confidence, strength. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday called for building cultural confidence and strength and securing new successes in developing socialist culture."To build a modern socialist country in all respects, we must develop a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and be more confident in our culture," Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

____ (2022-10-16). Xi underscores role of education, sci-tech, talent in modernization drive. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday stressed invigorating China through science and education and developing a strong workforce for the modernization drive. Education, science and technology, and human resources are the foundational and strategic pillars for building a modern socialist country in all respects, Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi lists major principles in building modern socialist China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Sunday listed major principles in the great and arduous endeavor to build a modern socialist China in all respects.

____ (2022-10-16). Building a modern socialist country in all respects under rule of law: Xi. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday that China must strive to build a modern socialist country in all respects under the rule of law."We must follow a path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, develop a Chinese system of socialist rule of law, and establish China as a socialist country under the rule of law," Xi said.

____ (2022-10-16). Xi stresses further modernizing national defense, military. ecns.cn Xi Jinping said on Sunday achieving the goals for the centenary of the People's Liberation Army in 2027 and more quickly elevating the people's armed forces to world-class standards are strategic tasks for building a modern socialist country in all respects.

____ (2022-10-16). Whole-process people's democracy is democracy in its broadest, most genuine, most effective form: Xi. ecns.cn Whole-process people's democracy is the defining feature of socialist democracy; it is democracy in its broadest, most genuine, and most effective form, Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

____ (2022-10-15). China has confidence, capability to meet new goals, create greater miracles: spokesperson. ecns.cn The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will envision the two stages toward building a great modern socialist country in all respects and set out strategic tasks and major measures for the next five years, a spokesperson said Saturday.

WSWS (2022-10-15). IMF report reveals dictatorship of finance capital. wsws.org With interest rate rising as central banks seek to crush the movement of the working class, the International Monetary Fund has opened a new front in the class war insisting that government spending must be cut to meet the demands of financial markets.

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2022-10-15). Russophobic Totalitarian Regimes in Europe. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-10-15). The historical background of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for global elimination. wsws.org This report was given by Evan Blake to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled "The COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for socialism"

WSWS (2022-10-15). What was Biden doing on January 6? wsws.org Video released as part of the final hearing before the midterm elections of the House committee investigating January 6 exposes both the seriousness of the fascistic coup and the political prostration of the Democratic Party.

WSWS (2022-10-15). Obituary: Australian Socialist Equality Party member Regina Lohr (June 21, 1956—October 10, 2022). wsws.org Regina was sustained during her difficult struggle against cancer by her belief in socialist internationalism and an unwavering determination to contribute to that historic fight.

Peter Koenig (2022-10-15). The Way to Defeat the Globalist Reset: Local Production for Local Consumption… globalresearch.ca We are currently undergoing the worst "tyrannification" of society in human history and in all western world countries. Covid-martial law overrules everything. This happened very fast.

Infobrics (2022-10-14). Jaishankar Defends India's Long-Standing Ties with Russia. infobrics.org Foreign minister S Jaishankar defended India's long-standing ties with Russia and chided the West for backing military dictatorship next door for decades…

Rann Miller (2022-10-14). Opinion: Jay-Z's Comments About Capitalism Attracted Vitriol But What Else Should Black People Expect? moguldom.com Jay-Z says that "capitalist" is a new slur to bring the Black community down. Of course, some folks are upset about it. But it makes sense that he said what he said. Jay-Z is a billionaire capitalist. On an Aug. 31 Twitter Spaces conversation with DJ Khaled, Lenny S. and Rob Markman, Jay-Z said: "Before …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-10-13). Giorgia Meloni: The Great Replacement Moves In. dissidentvoice.org Demographic angst is a terrifying thing, especially to leaders concerned about poor returns from horizontal folk dancing. Viktor Orbán of Hungary is particularly apprehensive that precious Hungarian blood is not being propagated, facing dilution, if not disappearance, from hordes of swarthy immigrants from the Middle East and Africa. In Italy, the country's imminent first female …

Doug Mainwaring (2022-10-13). PayPal's Plan to Fine Users for 'Misinformation' Was a Totalitarian Trial Balloon. globalresearch.ca

John Laughland (2022-10-13). Europe's Descent Into Totalitarianism. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-10-13). Illinois governor's race highlights the reactionary politics of both Democrats and Republicans. wsws.org While dodging questions and taking pot shots are one another, both candidates made crime a central point.

WSWS (2022-10-13). The COVID disaster and the political crisis of Australian capitalism. wsws.org "The criminal 'let it rip' pandemic policies of governments—invariably enforced by the labour and trade union bureaucracies—have exposed the brutality of capitalism, and its readiness to sacrifice lives for corporate profit and private wealth accumulation."

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-10-13). Sunday 10/30: A Marxist Look at Capitalism's Meltdown. indybay.org 747 Polk St. @ Ellis, San Francisco or via zoom tinyurl.com/MarxistLookCapitalismMeltdown…

WSWS (2022-10-13). Jacobin magazine promotes sellout of Michigan Medicine nurses as "groundbreaking contract" wsws.org Jacobin magazine, the primary voice of the Democratic Socialists of America, published an article on October 8 that fraudulently presents the recent sellout contract negotiated by the nurses' union at Michigan Medicine as a "pathbreaking win."

Vivien Miley (2022-10-13). Optus data breach exposes surveillance capitalism. greenleft.org.au The media's attention is largely focused on personal data and privacy, but we need to examine what data is being collected, how it is being used and better systems to protect personal data, argues Vivien Miley.

WSWS (2022-10-13). The Democratic Party, identity politics and the Los Angeles City Council scandal. wsws.org Leaked recordings of a discussion between racist Democratic politicians expose both the reactionary character of the political strategy of the Democratic Party and the rottenness of American capitalist politics as a whole.

____ (2022-10-12). China Development Bank offers loan support for specialized, sophisticated SMEs. ecns.cn 12 (Xinhua) — China Development Bank (CDB), one of the country's policy banks, has provided financial support for specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)."ÄÄ"ÄÄA total of 13.1 billion yuan (about 1.84 billion U.S.

____ (2022-10-12). Increases in SOE revenue to shore up nation's growth. ecns.cn The steady revenue growth of centrally administered State-owned enterprises is expected to shore up China's economic growth and propel the successful completion of its three-year (2020-22) action plan this year.

JANET (2022-10-12). In the end, who promotes fascism? iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo October 7, 2022 The author is editor of the Portuguese Marxist webzine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Sept. 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. One hundred years after Mussolini took power, fascism is once again governing Italy. For weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni's expected victory drew no comments from European leaders, and it seemed that they all saw it not only as inevitable but also as normal and acceptable. Only on the eve of Election Day, the Eurocrats' spokeswoman Ursula von der Leyen decided to issue a warning, as useless as it was stupid, brandishing th…

Len Yannielli (2022-10-12). The sinking of El Faro: Sailors take warning…of disaster capitalism. peoplesworld.org On September 29, 2015, the container ship El Faro, which means lighthouse, left port in Jacksonville, Fla. It was carrying 25 million pounds of cargo, including such diverse commodities as 149 cars and fructose syrup. Its destination was San Juan, Puerto Rico, but it never got there. How does a ship, stretching more than two-and-a-half …

WSWS (2022-10-12). In runup to November elections, Trump Republicans step up anti-Semitic rhetoric. wsws.org While speaking in support of Trump-endorsed candidates this past Sunday at the ex-president's "Save America" rally in Mesa, Arizona, Georgia Representative and self-described Christian nationalist Marjorie Taylor Greene incited political violence and invoked the neo-Nazi "Replacement Theory."

Editor (2022-10-12). Thomas Sankara remains a global icon. mronline.org His vision of a socialist, pan-Africanist model of development‚Å was not buried with him…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-10-12). Anarchists and Antifascists in the U.S. Must Act for Jennifer Laude where Filipinos Cannot. itsgoingdown.org Editorial from the so-called Philippines, a former colony of the so-called United States, on the horrific, transphobic murder of Jennifer Laude by Joseph Scott Pemberton, a Lance Corporal in the US Marine Corps, on October 11th, 2014. Pemberton claimed "self-defense" in the murder of Laude for not "revealing her gender identity." Pemberton was given an…

John Bellamy Foster (2022-10-12). Marxism and the climate crisis (John Bellamy Foster on the 'Historical Materialism podcast'). mronline.org Foster begins by referencing the fact that the 19th century, Newtonian view of nature, and the mechanistic, positivist approach to science originally penetrated socialist thought.

Night Owls (2022-10-12). Night Owls #2: Summer of Sabotage. itsgoingdown.org Download pamphlet: Print Tabloid [For a Risograph] Download action poster: Print Tabloid [For a Risograph] Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz writes in An Indigenous People's History of the United States, "Everything in U.S. history is about the land." All nation-states rely on maintaining control over a particular territory, while capitalism has forced people across the world…

Deweylaura (2022-10-12). Anti-imperialism is central to the struggle against capitalism. cpusa.org A feature which distinguishes our communist parties from other tendencies which define themselves as "socialist" is our emphasis on anti-imperialist solidarity. A starting point for anyone who wants to understand imperialism is V.I. Lenin's 1916 book Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism. In this important work, Lenin outlines the essential features of 20th-century imperialism …

Editor (2022-10-12). Patrick Lawrence: Our Shared Addiction to Empire. scheerpost.com "If the Columbus myth has been thoroughly discounted, what is it that causes us to continue closing the banks, stopping the mail, and marching in parades on a Monday around October 12 each year?"

Vijay Prashad (2022-10-11). Detener el peligro de la guerra nuclear debe estar en la parte superior de la agenda. peoplesworld.org Queridos amigos, Desde 1947, el Reloj del Juicio Final ha medido la probabilidad de una catástrofe provocada por el hombre, es decir, para advertir al mundo contra la posibilidad de un holocausto nuclear. El Boletín de los Científicos Atómicos, que se ocupan de este reloj, fijó originalmente el dispositivo en siete minutos para la medianoche, …

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-10-11). Evolving Big Brains Only To Go Extinct From Stupidity: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | It's really too bad that anyone who thinks it might be a good idea to stop exponentially escalating this proxy war is an evil Nazi Putin propagandist, because things are NEW: Russia unleashes fury over bridge "terrorism" by targeting Ukrainian cities this morning. George Beebe: this is the spiral of violence we have been warning about. MORE: — Responsible…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). US Increased Intelligence and Special Forces Operatives' Presence in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic The US intelligence presence in Ukraine has existed at least since the end of the Second World War. After the war was over, the CIA worked closely with the Ukrainian Nazi insurgents of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) who were tasked with carrying out acts of sabotage in western parts of the…

_____ (2022-10-11). Qatari and US gas won't save Europe. journal-neo.org Experts estimate that in order to avoid a catastrophic fall in GDP and the risk of a prolonged economic depression, the total public spending by European countries to mitigate the energy collapse unleashed by Washington will have to exceed ‚Ǩ1 trillion! A crisis of this magnitude would result in more bankruptcies and a domino effect …

Colin Todhunter (2022-10-11). Free Speech and the Tyranny of 'Kindness'. Jacinda Ardern in the Global Limelight. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-10-11). One week until the UAW elections begin: Rank-and-file workers' power vs. the bureaucracy. wsws.org For the first time in recent history, workers in the UAW will be able to cast a vote for a socialist proponent of rank-and-file power: Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman.