Revolution BooKs (2022-09-22). Sunday 9/25: Surge of Book Banning: Ominous Move toward Fascist America Panel Discussion. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley, CA…

WSWS (2022-09-22). America's "New World Order"— The historical and social roots of US plans for war with Russia and China. wsws.org The following is a report given by Andre Damon to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled "Mobilize the working class against imperialist war!"

A Guest Author (2022-09-22). Statement condemns OHCHR's 'Assessment of human rights concerns' in China's Uyghur Autonomous Region. workers.org As this map illustrates, U.S. imperialism menaces China with over 400 military bases. The following statement has been initiated by Friends of Socialist China. You can add your name as an individual signatory using the form at socialistchina.org. Once you do so, your name will appear on this page within . . . |

Lucine kasbarian (2022-09-22). The Shield of Pan-Turkism. indybay.org Armenia is the linchpin standing in the way of a Pan-Turkic empire.

Monica Moorehead (2022-09-22). Slap on Sarver's wrist, funds for Favre — capitalist culture in sports. workers.org NBPA Executive Director Tamika Tremaglio calls for lifetime ban on Robert Sarver on NBA Today, Sept. 16. U.S. sports — whether professional or amateur — like almost every institution under capitalism, is all about making profits before meeting human needs. Bosses of professional teams, usually referred to as owners, are . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-22). In the Italian election campaign, the establishment parties and media pave the way for the fascists. wsws.org The Italian election campaign suggests only one thing: the country's leading politicians and media are determined to pave the way for fascist Giorgia Meloni to enter Palazzo Chigi, the official residence of Italy's prime minister.

TeleSUR (2022-09-21). Russian FM Comments on Donbass, Zaporozhye & Kherson Referendum. telesurenglish.net In this regard, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Newsweek that these regions are making use of their right to self-determination, codified in the UN Charter, by announcing popular consultations on their intentions to join Russia. | RELATED: | The Russian diplomat said that "as for other Ukrainian territories liberated from the yoke of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime you mentioned, we proceed from the premise that t…

Contributing Writers (2022-09-21). Partial Military Mobilization in Russia to Defend Russia Against NATO, Nazis. marktaliano.net READ MORE: Putin: Terrorists Near Russian Nuclear Power Plants/ By Ray McGovern Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Organizations. History of America's Imperialist Expansion in Eastern Europe, NATO Enlargement…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-21). Address by the President of the Russian Federation as the Nation Moves to Partial Mobilization. libya360.wordpress.com President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Friends, The subject of this address is the situation in Donbass and the course of the special military operation to liberate it from the neo-Nazi regime, which seized power in Ukraine in 2014 as the result of an armed state coup. Today I am addressing you — all citizens of…

WSWS (2022-09-21). Podemos backs Madrid's commitment to NATO war on Russia. wsws.org Podemos' aggressive support for NATO's war in Ukraine against Russia, amid mounting working class anger at inflation and war, exposes it as a reactionary petty-bourgeois militarist party.

____ (2022-09-21). Drones used in project to measure plateau weather. ecns.cn China has started to explore using drones to observe and measure weather on its plateaus, according to the Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nation's leading aviation enterprise.

The Socialist Program (2022-09-21). Inflation Crisis & the March Towards Recession. liberationnews.org The capitalist class remains determined to drive the economy off a cliff to eviscerate workers' living standards and bargaining power.

TeleSUR (2022-09-21). Venezuela Demands the US Not to Manipulate the Migration Issue. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro demanded the U.S. President Joe Biden to refrain from politically manipulating the issue of Latin American migration. | RELATED: | "We demand that President Joe Biden not manipulate the issue of Latin American and Caribbean migration, and even less so with the issue of Venezuela, a country victim of the cruelest sanctions of the North American empire," Maduro said. | "The campaign again…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-09-21). Murder on Embassy Row—46 Years On: Remembering the Assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt. covertactionmagazine.com On the morning of September 21, 1976, a car bomb took the lives of Orlando Letelier, Minister of Foreign Relations and Ambassador to the U.S. under Chile's socialist president Salvador Allende (1970-1973), and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, a 25-year-old fundraiser for the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a left-wing think-tank in Washington, D.C. The Chevrolet Malibu in which they were traveling exploded near Sheridan Circle in Washington, D.C., on Embassy Row. Ronni's husband Michael survived the bombing with minor wounds, cursing the "fascists" who had killed Letelier and his young wife. Two years after the bombing,…

_____ (2022-09-21). UN Women & Blackrock. popularresistance.org An open letter signed by 700-plus feminist groups and activists sent on Aug. 8 to UN Women, protesting a recently announced partnership between the agency and BlackRock, a United States-based hedge fund, resulted in the cancellation of the arrangement. | The letter pointed out that BlackRock personifies "crisis-prone speculation-based capitalism" and that the May 25 joint press releases announcing the partnership by both parties offered no useful or explicit details on what it would accomplish. | Such vagueness, the letter writers contended, could give UN Women the appearance of "pinkwashing" BlackRock, since the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-21). This Odious Global System. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Cudenec Throughout my adult life I have tended to describe the thing to which I am primarily opposed as "capitalism". Over the last couple of years, however, I have started to wonder whether this is quite the right word. Not only does it hinder communication with people used to different political terminologies, but it…

Infobrics (2022-09-21). Could Brussels' threats to Hungary end EU as we know it. infobrics.org Given the troubles Hungary is going through for simply wanting to maintain its sovereignty, what can other current or prospective EU members expect?>

The Socialist Program (2022-09-21). How the Ultra-Right Intends to Take & Consolidate Political Power. liberationnews.org The right wing of the U.S. ruling class, using the Supreme Court and other undemocratic institutions, has begun eviscerating hard-fought economic, social, and political rights that have been achieved in past decades.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-21). President Gustavo Petro at the UN: A Damning Indictment of the US Empire and the United Nations. libya360.wordpress.com What follows is a transcription of the speech given by President of Colombia Gustavo Petro in General Debate of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 20, 2022. I come from one of the three most beautiful countries on earth. There is an explosion of life there. Thousands of multicolored species from…

_____ (2022-09-21). United Nations Women And Blackrock. popularresistance.org An open letter signed by 700-plus feminist groups and activists sent on Aug. 8 to UN Women, protesting a recently announced partnership between the agency and BlackRock, a United States-based hedge fund, resulted in the cancellation of the arrangement. | The letter pointed out that BlackRock personifies "crisis-prone speculation-based capitalism" and that the May 25 joint press releases announcing the partnership by both parties offered no useful or explicit details on what it would accomplish. | Such vagueness, the letter writers contended, could give UN Women the appearance of "pinkwashing" BlackRock, since the…

Julia Conley (2022-09-21). Majority of Republican Voters Say US Should Be Declared a 'Christian Nation'. commondreams.org More than 60% of GOP voters supported codifying Christian nationalism even as they said the U.S. Constitution does not support such a declaration.

Will Bunch (2022-09-21). Fascist Fingers in the Air: Terrifying American Nightmare Unfolds at Trump Rally. commondreams.org A terrifying Trump rally in Ohio—punctuated by a dictatorial rant backed by QAnon-associated music—highlights an alarming GOP turn.

WSWS (2022-09-20). Biden on "60 Minutes": American capitalism is at war with the world, at war with reality. wsws.org In the space of 25 minutes, Biden declared the COVID-19 "pandemic over," threatened a massive escalation of war against Russia and pledged US forces to a possible war with China.

Revolution BooKs (2022-09-21). Sunday 9/25: Surge of Book Banning: Ominous Move toward Fascist America Panel Discussion. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley, CA…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-21). Letter to President Biden: 'Enough Is Enough — War Is Not the Answer'. orinocotribune.com By Gerry Condon Sep 15, 2022 | Letter To President Biden From Gerry Condon, Former President Of Veterans For Peace. | Dear President Biden, | I am writing you as a proud member of Veterans For Peace and its former president. We have been following the war in Ukraine closely, since well before the Russian invasion on February 24 of this year. We were alarmed when you and President Obama supported the regime-change coup in Ukraine in 2014, which was openly cheered on by the State Department's Victoria Nuland, and spearheaded by self-described Nazis. | We watched in horror as those same self-described Nazis se…

WSWS (2022-09-21). Podemos backs Madrid's commitment to NATO war on Russia. wsws.org Podemos' aggressive support for NATO's war in Ukraine against Russia, amid mounting working class anger at inflation and war, exposes it as a reactionary petty-bourgeois militarist party.

____ (2022-09-21). Drones used in project to measure plateau weather. ecns.cn China has started to explore using drones to observe and measure weather on its plateaus, according to the Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nation's leading aviation enterprise.

The Socialist Program (2022-09-21). Inflation Crisis & the March Towards Recession. liberationnews.org The capitalist class remains determined to drive the economy off a cliff to eviscerate workers' living standards and bargaining power.

Staff (2022-09-21). Leader's meeting with War veterans. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) — Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei held a meeting with a group of Iranian war veterans, who defended the homeland against ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's war on Iran in the 1980s.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-09-21). Murder on Embassy Row—46 Years On: Remembering the Assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt. covertactionmagazine.com On the morning of September 21, 1976, a car bomb took the lives of Orlando Letelier, Minister of Foreign Relations and Ambassador to the U.S. under Chile's socialist president Salvador Allende (1970-1973), and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, a 25-year-old fundraiser for the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a left-wing think-tank in Washington, D.C. The Chevrolet Malibu in which they were traveling exploded near Sheridan Circle in Washington, D.C., on Embassy Row. Ronni's husband Michael survived the bombing with minor wounds, cursing the "fascists" who had killed Letelier and his young wife. Two years after the bombing,…

_____ (2022-09-21). UN Women & Blackrock. popularresistance.org An open letter signed by 700-plus feminist groups and activists sent on Aug. 8 to UN Women, protesting a recently announced partnership between the agency and BlackRock, a United States-based hedge fund, resulted in the cancellation of the arrangement. | The letter pointed out that BlackRock personifies "crisis-prone speculation-based capitalism" and that the May 25 joint press releases announcing the partnership by both parties offered no useful or explicit details on what it would accomplish. | Such vagueness, the letter writers contended, could give UN Women the appearance of "pinkwashing" BlackRock, since the…

Infobrics (2022-09-21). Could Brussels' threats to Hungary end EU as we know it. infobrics.org Given the troubles Hungary is going through for simply wanting to maintain its sovereignty, what can other current or prospective EU members expect?>

The Socialist Program (2022-09-21). How the Ultra-Right Intends to Take & Consolidate Political Power. liberationnews.org The right wing of the U.S. ruling class, using the Supreme Court and other undemocratic institutions, has begun eviscerating hard-fought economic, social, and political rights that have been achieved in past decades.

Julia Conley (2022-09-21). Majority of Republican Voters Say US Should Be Declared a 'Christian Nation'. commondreams.org More than 60% of GOP voters supported codifying Christian nationalism even as they said the U.S. Constitution does not support such a declaration.

Lucine kasbarian (2022-09-21). The Shield of Pan-Turkism. indybay.org Armenia is the linchpin standing in the way of a Pan-Turkic empire.

Jessica Corbett (2022-09-21). Noting High Stakes of Midterms, Jayapal Says, 'Trump Is a Fascist. Period.'. zcomm.org "We have to reject this dangerous movement across the country in November—our democracy depends on it"

Will Bunch (2022-09-21). Fascist Fingers in the Air: Terrifying American Nightmare Unfolds at Trump Rally. commondreams.org A terrifying Trump rally in Ohio—punctuated by a dictatorial rant backed by QAnon-associated music—highlights an alarming GOP turn.

Robert Reich (2022-09-21). What to do about candidates who won't commit to election results? zcomm.org Disqualify them from running…

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-20). Zelensky Quietly Deletes Photo of His Bodyguard's Pro-Hitler Patch. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein Sep 15, 2022 | The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler. | On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on his uniform. | When the image drew criticism on social media, the Ukrai…

WSWS (2022-09-20). Biden on "60 Minutes": American capitalism is at war with the world, at war with reality. wsws.org In the space of 25 minutes, Biden declared the COVID-19 "pandemic over," threatened a massive escalation of war against Russia and pledged US forces to a possible war with China.

____ (2022-09-20). China-ASEAN Expo a boost to shaping an open regional economy: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn Under the theme of "Sharing RCEP New Opportunities, Building a Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area", this year's China-ASEAN Expo saw 40 investment promotion activities with 1,653 enterprises participating in offline events and more than 2,000 enterprises participating in online events. A total of 267 cooperation projects were inked with a record high investment of 413 billion yuan, up by 37% from the previous expo.‚ÄÇ…

WSWS (2022-09-20). COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic. wsws.org Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis. We post today Evan Blake's introduction to the book.

Contributing Writers (2022-09-20). The Jimmy Dore Show: Zelensky Bodyguard Has Nazi Patch on Uniform. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

TeleSUR (2022-09-20). UN: Bolivia Asks for Peace and Blames Capitalism for Conflicts. telesurenglish.net The President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, advocated for world peace in his speech at the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and accused the transnational corporations of the capitalist system of generating global conflicts. | President of Bolivia, Luis Alberto Arce Catacora delivers his address during the 77th General Debate inside the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 20 September 2022.

Brianna Griffith (2022-09-20). Racist political opportunism, U.S. empire at the heart of immigrant busing scheme. liberationnews.org Both parties are complicit in the so-called "border crisis." The militarization of the border began in earnest under the Democratic Clinton administration.

Dean Baker (2022-09-19). NYT Spreads Myths on Inflation. cepr.net There is a common myth that Germany's hyperinflation led to the collapse of democracy in Germany and the rise of Hitler. That is a nice story for pushing the inflation hawks' agenda, but it doesn't correspond to reality. | The hyperinflation had

Fight Back (2022-09-19). Red Theory: What is neo-colonialism? fightbacknews.org In the previous two articles in this series, we've discussed imperialism, or monopoly capitalism, which Lenin called "the last stage of capitalism." We explained how imperialism and monopoly capitalism are synonymous, the laws of motion inherent in capitalism that lead to imperialism, how imperialism means war, and how imperialism has affected the national question. In our last article, we talked about how and why the contradiction between imperialism and the national liberation movements is the principal contradiction on a world scale. | In 1916, Lenin wrote, "Imperialism, as the highest stage of capitalism in…

WSWS (2022-09-20). Biden on "60 Minutes": American capitalism is at war with the world, at war with reality. wsws.org In the space of 25 minutes, Biden declared the COVID-19 "pandemic over," threatened a massive escalation of war against Russia and pledged US forces to a possible war with China.

Revolution BooKs (2022-09-20). Sunday 9/25: Surge of Book Banning: Ominous Move toward Fascist America Panel Discussion. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley, CA…

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-20). Zelensky Quietly Deletes Photo of His Bodyguard's Pro-Hitler Patch. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein Sep 15, 2022 | The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler. | On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on his uniform. | When the image drew criticism on social media, the Ukrai…

____ (2022-09-20). China-ASEAN Expo a boost to shaping an open regional economy: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn Under the theme of "Sharing RCEP New Opportunities, Building a Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area", this year's China-ASEAN Expo saw 40 investment promotion activities with 1,653 enterprises participating in offline events and more than 2,000 enterprises participating in online events. A total of 267 cooperation projects were inked with a record high investment of 413 billion yuan, up by 37% from the previous expo.‚ÄÇ…

Lucine kasbarian (2022-09-20). The Shield of Pan-Turkism. indybay.org Armenia is the linchpin standing in the way of a Pan-Turkic empire.

Peter Boyle (2022-09-20). Green Left Show #28: Republic, royal succession and radical democracy. greenleft.org.au Leading Socialist Alliance member Peter Boyle joins the Green Left Show to discuss the manufactured outpouring of pro-monarchist propaganda, the push for a republic and what real democratic change would look like.

Angela Carr (2022-09-20). Socialist Alliance candidate: 'Labor rejects real solutions to cost-of-living crisis'. greenleft.org.au The federal Treasurer tells us that cost-of-living pressures are only going to get worse before they get better. Angela Carr argues that Labor must abandon its neoliberal approach.

Revolution BooKs (2022-09-19). Sunday 9/25: Surge of Book Banning: Ominous Move toward Fascist America.Needed:Resistance & Revolution. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley, CA…

Anonymous103 (2022-09-19). 13 Civilians Fell Victims Of Precision Strike By Ukrainian Nazis In Donetsk (Photos, Videos 21+). southfront.org On September 19, Ukrainian militants committed another war crime against civilians in the Donetsk People's Republic which remained unnoticed by the global media. | In the morning a precise strike hit the bus stop and a grocery store on the Baku Commissars Square in the Kuibyshev district of the city of Donetsk. As a result of the inhumane attack of the Ukrainian military at least 13 civilians were killed, including two children, many more civilians were wounded. | According to the Represent…

Rqorinoco (2022-09-19). 2022 Russian MFA Report regarding: Situation with the Glorification of Nazism, Spread of Neo-Nazism, Other Practices That Contribute To Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. orinocotribune.com EXCERPTS CANADA | (Unofficial Translation) | Canada is at the forefront of countries that continue attempts to falsify the history of the Second World War. Ottawa has not outlawed the glorification of Nazi criminals at the legislative level. At the same time, the monuments to all those who fought against the USSR on the side of Nazi Germany are treated here with special care and respect. | In Edmonton, Alberta, at the cemetery of St. Michael, there is a memoria…

Rqorinoco (2022-09-19). 2022 Russian MFA Report on Canada's Glorification of Nazism & Spread of Neo-Nazism. orinocotribune.com EXCERPTS CANADA | (Unofficial Translation) | Canada is at the forefront of countries that continue attempts to falsify the history of the Second World War. Ottawa has not outlawed the glorification of Nazi criminals at the legislative level. At the same time, the monuments to all those who fought against the USSR on the side of Nazi Germany are treated here with special care and respect. | In Edmonton, Alberta, at the cemetery of St. Michael, there is a memoria…

Dean Baker (2022-09-19). NYT Spreads Myths on Inflation. cepr.net There is a common myth that Germany's hyperinflation led to the collapse of democracy in Germany and the rise of Hitler. That is a nice story for pushing the inflation hawks' agenda, but it doesn't correspond to reality. | The hyperinflation had

Fight Back (2022-09-19). Red Theory: What is neo-colonialism? fightbacknews.org In the previous two articles in this series, we've discussed imperialism, or monopoly capitalism, which Lenin called "the last stage of capitalism." We explained how imperialism and monopoly capitalism are synonymous, the laws of motion inherent in capitalism that lead to imperialism, how imperialism means war, and how imperialism has affected the national question. In our last article, we talked about how and why the contradiction between imperialism and the national liberation movements is the principal contradiction on a world scale. | In 1916, Lenin wrote, "Imperialism, as the highest stage of capitalism in…

WSWS (2022-09-19). Diary of a socialist Amazon worker: "Why is it so hot in the warehouses?" wsws.org The Amazon worker writes, "Why are warehouses so unbearably hot at Amazon and at other warehouses and workplaces across the country and around the world? The answer is capitalism."

Al Mayadeen (2022-09-19). When Zelensky Entourage Depicts Nazism, Photos Vanish Into Thin Air. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-09-19). Struggle To Save Oak Flats Exposes Ravages Of Colonization, Capitalism. popularresistance.org In 2014, Congress used a midnight rider added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to hand the Indigenous Sacred Land at Oak Flats in Arizona over to a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, Resolution Copper, to mine, which would destroy the land and pollute the local water. Apache Stronghold and its allies are fighting to protect the land and with it, their cultural identity and religious freedom. A new Bureau of Land Management report and conflict within the Ninth Circuit Court are promising for them. Clearing the FOG speaks with Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr. about the significance of Oak Flats and how it exposes the…

Editor (2022-09-19). Democracy Now Interviews Dr. Gabor Maté on New Book, "The Myth of Normal" scheerpost.com Dr. Gabor Maté discusses how the healthcare system has harmfully promoted the "mechanization of birth," how the lack of social services for parents has led to "a massive abandonment of infants," and how capitalism has fueled addiction and the rise of youth suicide rates.

Dr. Pierre Kory (2022-09-19). Video: Medical Journals and Agencies Are Controlled by Big Pharma. Dissenting Opinions Will be Attacked. Corona Investigative Committee with Dr. Pierre Kory. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-09-18). Un necesario análisis marxista-leninista. cubadebate.cu Mis alumnos corroborarán lo difícil que es llegar a las esencias de la naturaleza, la sociedad, el pensamiento humano y la red de interrelaciones que se suceden entre ellos. Solo el Marxismo-Leninismo, como ciencia, filosofía y teoría, con su método científico fundamental: el "materialismo dialéctico", puede ofrecer certeras respuestas.

Rqorinoco (2022-09-19). 2022 Russian MFA Report regarding: Situation with the Glorification of Nazism, Spread of Neo-Nazism, Other Practices That Contribute To Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. orinocotribune.com EXCERPTS CANADA | (Unofficial Translation) | Canada is at the forefront of countries that continue attempts to falsify the history of the Second World War. Ottawa has not outlawed the glorification of Nazi criminals at the legislative level. At the same time, the monuments to all those who fought against the USSR on the side of Nazi Germany are treated here with special care and respect. | In Edmonton, Alberta, at the cemetery of St. Michael, there is a memoria…

Fight Back (2022-09-19). Red Theory: What is neo-colonialism? fightbacknews.org In the previous two articles in this series, we've discussed imperialism, or monopoly capitalism, which Lenin called "the last stage of capitalism." We explained how imperialism and monopoly capitalism are synonymous, the laws of motion inherent in capitalism that lead to imperialism, how imperialism means war, and how imperialism has affected the national question. In our last article, we talked about how and why the contradiction between imperialism and the national liberation movements is the principal contradiction on a world scale. | In 1916, Lenin wrote, "Imperialism, as the highest stage of capitalism in…

Revolution BooKs (2022-09-19). Sunday 9/25: Surge of Book Banning: Ominous Move toward Fascist America.Needed:Resistance & Revolution. indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue | Berkeley, CA…

WSWS (2022-09-19). Diary of a socialist Amazon worker: "Why is it so hot in the warehouses?" wsws.org The Amazon worker writes, "Why are warehouses so unbearably hot at Amazon and at other warehouses and workplaces across the country and around the world? The answer is capitalism."

John Feffer (2022-09-19). Is Authoritarian Exceptionalism the Future? commondreams.org Can the heroine of this story, true internationalism, survive the onslaught of lawless maniacs bent on reviving a world of unaccountable sovereigns and promoting a war of all against all?

Al Mayadeen (2022-09-19). When Zelensky Entourage Depicts Nazism, Photos Vanish Into Thin Air. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-09-19). Trump headlines fascist rally in Youngstown, Ohio, calls for mass execution of "drug dealers" wsws.org Campaigning for his endorsed candidates, Trump spent the majority of his speech inciting violence against immigrants, his political enemies and transgender people, while appealing overtly to Q-Anon fascists.

Felicity Arbuthnot (2022-09-18). Ukraine: US Launches a Fascist Government, and World War Three? globalresearch.ca It all started on March 5, 2014: a US sponsored fascist coalition government under the disguise of democracy was installed in Ukraine. | With historical foresight this article by Felicity Arbuthnot was first published on March 15, 2014 in the immediate …

John Pilger (2022-09-18). Silencing the Lambs, How Propaganda Works. orinocotribune.com By John Pilger — Sep 13, 2022 | In an address to the Trondheim World Festival in Norway, John Pilger charts the history of power propaganda and describes how it appropriates journalism in a 'profound imperialism' and is likely to entrap us all, if we allow it. | In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler's leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fàºhrer. | She told me that the "patriotic messages" of her films were dependent not o…

Yuri Rubtsov (2022-09-18). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor editing by Global Research. Title as in the original. Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-18). The COVID-19 Endgame: Global Governance, "Digital Tyranny" and the Depopulation Agenda. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-09-18). Un necesario análisis marxista-leninista. cubadebate.cu Mis alumnos corroborarán lo difícil que es llegar a las esencias de la naturaleza, la sociedad, el pensamiento humano y la red de interrelaciones que se suceden entre ellos. Solo el Marxismo-Leninismo, como ciencia, filosofía y teoría, con su método científico fundamental: el "materialismo dialéctico", puede ofrecer certeras respuestas.

Charles Pierce (2022-09-17). Ukraine War, Divided Left: "Social Patriots" and the "Anti-Imperialism of Fools"! covertactionmagazine.com Since Russia's military operation commenced on February 24, the socialist left has been divided in its response to the armed conflict in Ukraine. On one side are those who align with the U.S., NATO and the Ukrainian state in denouncing Russia as the principal villain. In opposition are those who view the conflict as the outcome …

Thecommunists (2022-09-17). Outrageous 'assessment of human rights concerns' in Xinjiang by UN commission. thecommunists.org The following statement was initiated by Friends of Socialist China and has been signed by our party, among others. ***** We strongly condemn the publication by the office of the high commissioner for human rights (OHCHR) of its Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. In the …

_____ (2022-09-17). Sanctions Won't Stop Latin American Leaders From Talking With US Workers. popularresistance.org On September 24, leaders from Cuba and Venezuela will speak at an event titled "The People's Summit: Democracy Beyond the US Empire". The event is convened by the International Peoples' Assembly, an international network of people's movements and organizations. The event will be held in the historic Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, as the UN General Assembly convenes further downtown in Manhattan. | Speakers include Bruno Rodriguez, the Foreign Minister of Cuba, Carlos Faria, the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Kristin Richardson Jordan, District 9 Council Member for New York City, Vijay Prashad, Director…

Felicity Arbuthnot (2022-09-18). Ukraine: US Launches a Fascist Government, and World War Three? globalresearch.ca It all started on March 5, 2014: a US sponsored fascist coalition government under the disguise of democracy was installed in Ukraine. | With historical foresight this article by Felicity Arbuthnot was first published on March 15, 2014 in the immediate …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-18). The COVID-19 Endgame: Global Governance, "Digital Tyranny" and the Depopulation Agenda. globalresearch.ca

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-09-18). Sunday 9/25: Turning ideas into action: Taking to the streets with the FSP. indybay.org via zoom: tinyurl.com/FSP-Sept-25-mtg…

Staff (2022-09-18). Un necesario análisis marxista-leninista. cubadebate.cu Mis alumnos corroborarán lo difícil que es llegar a las esencias de la naturaleza, la sociedad, el pensamiento humano y la red de interrelaciones que se suceden entre ellos. Solo el Marxismo-Leninismo, como ciencia, filosofía y teoría, con su método científico fundamental: el "materialismo dialéctico", puede ofrecer certeras respuestas.

Charles Pierce (2022-09-17). Ukraine War, Divided Left: "Social Patriots" and the "Anti-Imperialism of Fools"! covertactionmagazine.com Since Russia's military operation commenced on February 24, the socialist left has been divided in its response to the armed conflict in Ukraine. On one side are those who align with the U.S., NATO and the Ukrainian state in denouncing Russia as the principal villain. In opposition are those who view the conflict as the outcome …

_____ (2022-09-17). Sanctions Won't Stop Latin American Leaders From Talking With US Workers. popularresistance.org On September 24, leaders from Cuba and Venezuela will speak at an event titled "The People's Summit: Democracy Beyond the US Empire". The event is convened by the International Peoples' Assembly, an international network of people's movements and organizations. The event will be held in the historic Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, as the UN General Assembly convenes further downtown in Manhattan. | Speakers include Bruno Rodriguez, the Foreign Minister of Cuba, Carlos Faria, the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Kristin Richardson Jordan, District 9 Council Member for New York City, Vijay Prashad, Director…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-17). Queen Elizabeth II's Death Resurfaces Seven Decades of British Crimes Against Iran. orinocotribune.com By Arvin Qaemian Sep 11, 2022 | Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, was like an immortal icon, like Big Ben. Yet, as Shakespeare put it, the "ominous and fearful owl of death" ultimately perched on Her Majesty's knees at Balmoral Castle. | Queen Elizabeth was the heiress of the British Empire's callous and ignominious legacy, once described as "the empire on which the sun never sets." Through their colonial reign, she and her forebears inflicted excruciating suffering on millions across the world. | Elizabeth II's long reign spanned seven decades, during which British dark and savage col…

Jenny Pierson (2022-09-17). Evil Empire: Let the Monarchy Die Along With Elizabeth. independentmediainstitute.org The death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of British royalty, has sparked global fascination and spawned thousands of clickbait reports of the details of her funeral. Americans, who centuries ago rejected monarchy, are seemingly obsessed with the ritualism, bizarrely mourning the demise of an elderly and fabulously wealthy woman who was born into …

Amy S Paller, Eric L Simpson, Elaine C Siegfried, Michael J Cork, Andreas Wollenberg, Peter D Arkwright, Weily Soong, Mercedes E Gonzalez, Lynda C Schneider, Robert Sidbury, Benjamin Lockshin, Steven Meltzer, Zhixiao Wang, Leda P Mannent, Nikhil Amin, Yiping Sun, Elizabeth Laws, Bolanle Akinlade, Myles Dillon, Matthew P Kosloski, Mohamed A Kamal, Ariane Dubost-Brama, Naimish Patel, David M Weinreich, George D Yancopoulos, John T O'Malley, Ashish Bansal, participating investigators (2022-09-17). [Articles] Dupilumab in children aged 6 months to younger than 6 years with uncontrolled atopic dermatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. thelancet.com Dupilumab significantly improved atopic dermatitis signs and symptoms versus placebo in children younger than 6 years. Dupilumab was well tolerated and showed an acceptable safety profile, similar to results in older children and adults.

Staff (2022-09-17). As U.S. Ships Immigrants Around, Ken Burns Claims He's Going to Tell the Truth About the Holocaust. davidswanson.org

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-17). Digital Tyranny: The EU Digital Covid Vaccine Certificate Framework. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-09-17). Bill proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham would ban abortion at 15 weeks nationwide. wsws.org Sen. Lindsey Graham's proposed legislation is aimed at enshrining in federal law the US Supreme Court's reactionary ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Staff (2022-09-17). Se iniciará este lunes la XIV Comprobación Nacional al Control Interno. cubadebate.cu La XIV Comprobación Nacional al Control Interno comenzará el lunes próximo y será hasta el 31 de octubre, con el objetivo de constatar cómo la empresa estatal socialista cumple las 43 medidas dirigidas a perfeccionarla y fortalecerla, como actor principal en la producción de bienes y servicios, muchos asociados a la calidad de vida de la población.

_____ (2022-09-17). A Socialist Take On The Women's March Convention. popularresistance.org On the weekend of August 12, over 1,700 people converged on Houston, Texas, for the Women's March Convention. | Upon check-in at the almost $200 per night Hilton hotel, the convention displayed in the lobby beautifully painted "protest signs" that read "My Body, My Choice," "El lugar de la mujer es en la resistencia (women's place is in the resistance)" and "The whole damn system is wrong." Images highlighted Black and Latinx women in particular, with radical imagery invoking the Black Panthers and indigenous women in struggle. | The conference was sponsored by the usual suspects — including the Women's Mar…

Erin McCarley (2022-09-17). It's Time to Call it What It Is: A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis. zcomm.org We must make ourselves useful to the movements around us that are already taking the biggest risks and doing the hardest work…

Jenny Pierson (2022-09-17). Evil Empire: Let the Monarchy Die Along With Elizabeth. independentmediainstitute.org The death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of British royalty, has sparked global fascination and spawned thousands of clickbait reports of the details of her funeral. Americans, who centuries ago rejected monarchy, are seemingly obsessed with the ritualism, bizarrely mourning the demise of an elderly and fabulously wealthy woman who was born into …

Staff (2022-09-17). As U.S. Ships Immigrants Around, Ken Burns Claims He's Going to Tell the Truth About the Holocaust. davidswanson.org

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-17). Queen Elizabeth II's Death Resurfaces Seven Decades of British Crimes Against Iran. orinocotribune.com By Arvin Qaemian Sep 11, 2022 | Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, was like an immortal icon, like Big Ben. Yet, as Shakespeare put it, the "ominous and fearful owl of death" ultimately perched on Her Majesty's knees at Balmoral Castle. | Queen Elizabeth was the heiress of the British Empire's callous and ignominious legacy, once described as "the empire on which the sun never sets." Through their colonial reign, she and her forebears inflicted excruciating suffering on millions across the world. | Elizabeth II's long reign spanned seven decades, during which British dark and savage col…

Amy S Paller, Eric L Simpson, Elaine C Siegfried, Michael J Cork, Andreas Wollenberg, Peter D Arkwright, Weily Soong, Mercedes E Gonzalez, Lynda C Schneider, Robert Sidbury, Benjamin Lockshin, Steven Meltzer, Zhixiao Wang, Leda P Mannent, Nikhil Amin, Yiping Sun, Elizabeth Laws, Bolanle Akinlade, Myles Dillon, Matthew P Kosloski, Mohamed A Kamal, Ariane Dubost-Brama, Naimish Patel, David M Weinreich, George D Yancopoulos, John T O'Malley, Ashish Bansal, participating investigators (2022-09-17). [Articles] Dupilumab in children aged 6 months to younger than 6 years with uncontrolled atopic dermatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. thelancet.com Dupilumab significantly improved atopic dermatitis signs and symptoms versus placebo in children younger than 6 years. Dupilumab was well tolerated and showed an acceptable safety profile, similar to results in older children and adults.

WSWS (2022-09-17). Bill proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham would ban abortion at 15 weeks nationwide. wsws.org Sen. Lindsey Graham's proposed legislation is aimed at enshrining in federal law the US Supreme Court's reactionary ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-16). Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard's pro-Hitler patch. thegrayzone.com The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler. On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on …

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-16). Israel's Gantz Says Iran Nuclear Deal in the 'ER Room'. news.antiwar.com Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz Israel has ramped up the pressure on the Biden administration to harden its stance in the negotiations with Iran, and it appears to have worked. "The Iran nuclear deal seems like it is in the ER room," Gantz said at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel, according to Reuters. | "There's a period maybe…

Combined Sources (2022-09-16). Party with neo-Nazi roots surges in Sweden; Social Democrats forced out of government. peoplesworld.org Sweden's Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson handed in her resignation as prime minister after a right-wing bloc won a narrow majority in parliament. Andersson met with Riksdag speaker Andreas Norlen to formally give up her role but will continue in a caretaker capacity until a new government is formed. On Wednesday, once 99.9% of votes …

_____ (2022-09-16). The Sickness Of The American Left And The Path To Recovery. popularresistance.org The U.S. has entered a dark period. Economic crisis wracks its capitalist system. Military instability and chaos reign supreme over its imperialist ventures. Political illegitimacy worsens by the year, at times by the month. These conditions sound favorable to the growth of revolutionary possibilities within the citadel of imperialism. | But such is not the case at the moment. Discipline and organization are at perhaps their weakest point in generations. Young people are moving toward socialist politics. However, a similar number of people have embraced the politics of a U.S.-led New Cold War against Russia and C…

____ (2022-09-16). Enterprises flock to Nanning for China-ASEAN Expo. ecns.cn The 19th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), scheduled for Sept. 16 to 19 in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has attracted a total of 1,653 enterprises to its offline event.

Fight Back (2022-09-16). Statement condemning the OHCHR's 'Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China'. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement initiated by Friends of Socialist China. Freedom Road Socialist Organization is among the signers. | We strongly condemn the publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of its Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. In the words of former OHCHR lawyer and human rights expert Alfred de Zayas, this document "should be discarded as propagandistic, biased, and methodologically flawed." | Based on substandard research methods and biased sources, the Assessmen…

_____ (2022-09-16). Ridiculous Right-Wing Grifters Cash In Posing As 'Patriotic Socialists'. popularresistance.org MAGA 'Communism'? Ben Norton and Danny Haiphong discuss the absurd concepts of MAGA "communism" and "patriotic socialism" in the imperialist US. Pro-Trump opportunists are posing as leftists to recruit the right – and make lots of money.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). Party with Neo-Nazi Roots Surges in Sweden. libya360.wordpress.com Ceren Sagir | Agencies Sweden Democrats' party leader Jimmie àÖkesson will be in a position to extract major concessions from the new right-wing government. His SD party's roots are in the violent neo-Nazi extremist movements of the 1980s, and anti-immigrant ideology remains at the core of its program. | Johan Nilsson / TT News Agency…

Staff (2022-09-16). 40 years on the massacre of Sabra and Shatila: The resistance continues for return and liberation. samidoun.net 16 September 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the infamous massacres of Sabra and Shatila, which took the lives of thousands of Palestinians and Lebanese, in the pinnacle of the criminal alliance of U.S. imperialism, Zionism and Arab ultra-reactionary forces. Today, we remember and honor the martyrs and demand justice and accountability for the perpetrators, …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-16). The Road Ahead: Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny" globalresearch.ca Bastille 2022 is not a "protest" movement. We do not seek to negotiate with corrupt government officials. We question their legitimacy. They are liars. Our intent is to confront the powerful actors behind this criminal endeavor which is literally destroying people's lives worldwide.

Erin McCarley (2022-09-16). It's Time to Call It What It Is—A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis. commondreams.org Capitalism as an economic system requires constant growth, constant profit, and endless extraction in order to achieve profit.

WSWS (2022-09-16). Oppose the reactionary smear campaign against Harvard Professor John Comaroff! wsws.org Should these reactionary forces succeed it would represent a major blow to academic freedom, democratic rights and serious scholarship.

WSWS (2022-09-16). The modern cult of Independence Day and the buildup of a fascist movement in Brazil. wsws.org The violent celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Brazilian Independence on September 7 amid the preparations for an electoral coup has laid bare the lack of any constituency for democratic forms of rule within the country's ruling class.

Mark Taliano (2022-09-15). In Praise of Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net Eva Bartlett is Canada's best journalist/reporter, by far. Why? She actually tells the truth. She recounts the truth about Gaza, Syria, and now Ukraine. She travels to places she writes about. She deserves accolades and protection. The Canadian Nazi-allied government offers her neither accolades nor protection. Pure shame that any citizen should be on a …

Laith Fadel (2022-09-15). Smart guns could be the future of firearm control. america.cgtn.com Gun ownership in the United States spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic — almost 20 million guns were purchased last year. And with that came more accidents. Firearms are the number one cause of death for young people in the country. Soon, there could be a …

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-16). Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard's pro-Hitler patch. thegrayzone.com The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler. On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on …

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-16). Israel's Gantz Says Iran Nuclear Deal in the 'ER Room'. news.antiwar.com Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz Israel has ramped up the pressure on the Biden administration to harden its stance in the negotiations with Iran, and it appears to have worked. "The Iran nuclear deal seems like it is in the ER room," Gantz said at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel, according to Reuters. | "There's a period maybe…

____ (2022-09-16). Enterprises flock to Nanning for China-ASEAN Expo. ecns.cn The 19th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), scheduled for Sept. 16 to 19 in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has attracted a total of 1,653 enterprises to its offline event.

Labor Video Project (2022-09-16). Chile's 9/11 & The Rise Of US Fascism. indybay.org Labor Historian & Professor Ruth Needleman talks about the lessons of Chile's coup in relation to the growing fascist movement in the US.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-09-16). Sunday 9/25: Turning ideas into action: Taking to the streets with the FSP. indybay.org via zoom: tinyurl.com/FSP-Sept-25-mtg…

WSWS (2022-09-16). The modern cult of Independence Day and the buildup of a fascist movement in Brazil. wsws.org The violent celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Brazilian Independence on September 7 amid the preparations for an electoral coup has laid bare the lack of any constituency for democratic forms of rule within the country's ruling class.

WSWS (2022-09-16). Oppose the reactionary smear campaign against Harvard Professor John Comaroff! wsws.org Should these reactionary forces succeed it would represent a major blow to academic freedom, democratic rights and serious scholarship.

Infobrics (2022-09-15). Hundreds of children included in Ukrainian kill-list. infobrics.org International organizations remain silent while children are threatened by Ukrainian neo-Nazi regime.

Mark Taliano (2022-09-15). In Praise of Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net Eva Bartlett is Canada's best journalist/reporter, by far. Why? She actually tells the truth. She recounts the truth about Gaza, Syria, and now Ukraine. She travels to places she writes about. She deserves accolades and protection. The Canadian Nazi-allied government offers her neither accolades nor protection. Pure shame that any citizen should be on a …

The Socialist Program (2022-09-15). Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky on Afghanistan War & the Fragility of US Empire. liberationnews.org The U.S. government has destroyed cities, countries, and towns around the world, through bombs and air raids, military ground invasions, naval attacks, economic sanctions and strangulation, coups, and more. Some say U.S. force is never ending, others say it's on a fast decline, almost gone forever. Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky argue in their new book, "The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power," that U.S. military might is somewhere in the middle: it's fragile.

Infobrics (2022-09-15). Half of Americans think US will lose superpower status within ten years. infobrics.org The very fact so many Americans think the US is turning into a dictatorship and that a civil war is a likely scenario speaks volumes of the unflattering state of the much-touted "American democracy".

Carlos L. Garrido (2022-09-15). The Failed Serotonin Theory of Depression: A Marxist Analysis. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido Sep 9, 2022 | A recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry sent shockwaves across the scientific community and popular outlets as it disproved the predominant "serotonin hypothesis" of depression. In just two weeks since its publication it has been accessed by nearly half a million people and the subject of dozens of subsequent articles. The researchers analyzed a total of seventeen systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other large studies focused on the following six tenets pertinent to the "serotonin hypothesis" of depression: | "(1) Serotonin and the serotonin metabo…

WSWS (2022-09-15). Veteran UK rail worker speaks on British and US rail struggles. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site interviewed a rail worker of more than three decades on the ongoing national strikes in Britain and the struggle of railroad workers in the United States.

Laith Fadel (2022-09-15). Smart guns could be the future of firearm control. america.cgtn.com Gun ownership in the United States spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic — almost 20 million guns were purchased last year. And with that came more accidents. Firearms are the number one cause of death for young people in the country. Soon, there could be a …

WSWS (2022-09-15). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Teachers continue strikes over pay and workload in Norway, Hungary, Kosovo and Latvia, as court bans nurses' strike in Finland; UK unions including RMT, CWU, Unite, RCN, PCS cancel strikes because of queen's death as attacks on living conditions continue, but further stoppages across all sectors including dockers loom; unions intervene with sellout deal including sackings to end Putco bus drivers' three-week wildcat strike in South Africa; Nigerian aviation workers including pilots and air traffic controllers ground flights to protest strike ban…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-09-15). Honoring Barbara Ehrenreich, Who Exposed How Toxic Positivity Is Used to Dismiss Economic Inequality. commondreams.org The late Nickel and Dimed author also laid bare the "positive thinking" industry that put a smiley face on inequality.

WSWS (2022-09-15). Democratic money helps pro-Trump election deniers win Republican primary contests in New Hampshire. wsws.org In the final primary contests before the November midterms, the Democratic Party once again spent millions of dollars to help fascistic Trump acolytes and "stolen election" liars defeat more moderate Republican opponents and advance to the general election.

____ (2022-09-15). Taiwan businesspeople support, promote peaceful development of cross-Strait relations. ecns.cn Over the past decade, Taiwan businesspeople and enterprises have been beneficiaries, staunch supporters and strong promoters of the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, a mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-09-15). A sordid fight over money between Black Lives Matter factions. wsws.org The sordid squabbling over cash exposes the venal and reactionary character of the purveyors of racial politics, and the hostility of these privileged social layers to the working class.

Staff (2022-09-15). Bajo los brillos de Hanoi. cubadebate.cu Pasados 40 años de la renovación del modelo socialista, Vietnam es hoy una nación pujante dentro de su propio entorno geográfico y en el mundo, que se proyecta vertiginosamente al futuro sin renegar de su pasado, mejor aun dignificándolo con el aliento de cambios que transpira su sociedad. "Cambio o muerte" es una de las ocurrentes y lapidarias sentencias con la que nos sorprenden.

Staff (2022-09-14). 24-29 October — Brussels: International Week of Action for Palestinian Liberation. samidoun.net The Palestinian liberation movement is a Palestinian, Arab and international movement, with a history of a century of struggle fighting back against imperialism, Zionism and reactionary forces. Today, as the Palestinian people and their resistance continue to struggle for return and liberation, the colonial occupation is continuing its extrajudicial killings and massacres, siege on Gaza, …

Infobrics (2022-09-15). Hundreds of children included in Ukrainian kill-list. infobrics.org International organizations remain silent while children are threatened by Ukrainian neo-Nazi regime.

Infobrics (2022-09-15). Half of Americans think US will lose superpower status within ten years. infobrics.org The very fact so many Americans think the US is turning into a dictatorship and that a civil war is a likely scenario speaks volumes of the unflattering state of the much-touted "American democracy".

Carlos L. Garrido (2022-09-15). The Failed Serotonin Theory of Depression: A Marxist Analysis. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido Sep 9, 2022 | A recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry sent shockwaves across the scientific community and popular outlets as it disproved the predominant "serotonin hypothesis" of depression. In just two weeks since its publication it has been accessed by nearly half a million people and the subject of dozens of subsequent articles. The researchers analyzed a total of seventeen systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other large studies focused on the following six tenets pertinent to the "serotonin hypothesis" of depression: | "(1) Serotonin and the serotonin metabo…

Erin McCarley (2022-09-15). It's Time to Call it What It Is: A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis. dissidentvoice.org One-third of Pakistan is under water. Record heat waves blanket the globe driving up temperatures beyond what humans can survive. Polar glaciers are melting much faster than scientists predicted. Droughts, fires and floods are ravaging the planet, forcing the displacement of tens of millions of people. And this is just the beginning. It's time to …

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-09-15). Sunday 9/25: Turning ideas into action: Taking to the streets with the FSP. indybay.org via zoom: tinyurl.com/FSP-Sept-25-mtg…

Lynda Carson (2022-09-15). King Charles lll, is friends with KKK David Duke campaign contributor Vaughn Miller. indybay.org Photo Of King Charles lll, Formerly Known As Prince Charles, With Five-Time Polo Player Of The Year Carlos Gracida, And Vaughn Miller, A Campaign Contributor To David Duke, An American White Nationalist, Politician, Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist, Holocaust Denier, Convicted Felon And Former Imperial Wizard Of The Ku Klux Klan.

Labor Video Project (2022-09-15). Chile's 9/11 & The Rise Of US Fascism. indybay.org Labor Historian & Professor Ruth Needleman talks about the lessons of Chile's coup in relation to the growing fascist movement in the US.

____ (2022-09-15). Taiwan businesspeople support, promote peaceful development of cross-Strait relations. ecns.cn Over the past decade, Taiwan businesspeople and enterprises have been beneficiaries, staunch supporters and strong promoters of the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, a mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-09-15). Democratic money helps pro-Trump election deniers win Republican primary contests in New Hampshire. wsws.org In the final primary contests before the November midterms, the Democratic Party once again spent millions of dollars to help fascistic Trump acolytes and "stolen election" liars defeat more moderate Republican opponents and advance to the general election.

WSWS (2022-09-15). A sordid fight over money between Black Lives Matter factions. wsws.org The sordid squabbling over cash exposes the venal and reactionary character of the purveyors of racial politics, and the hostility of these privileged social layers to the working class.

Staff (2022-09-15). Bajo los brillos de Hanoi. cubadebate.cu Pasados 40 años de la renovación del modelo socialista, Vietnam es hoy una nación pujante dentro de su propio entorno geográfico y en el mundo, que se proyecta vertiginosamente al futuro sin renegar de su pasado, mejor aun dignificándolo con el aliento de cambios que transpira su sociedad. "Cambio o muerte" es una de las ocurrentes y lapidarias sentencias con la que nos sorprenden.

Prof. Gerald Sussman (2022-09-14). Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Organizations. History of America's Imperialist Expansion in Eastern Europe, NATO Enlargement. globalresearch.ca

Contributing Writers (2022-09-14). Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Organizations. History of America's Imperialist Expansion in Eastern Europe, NATO Enlargement The CIA's 75 Year Old Proxy/By Prof. Gerald Sussman. marktaliano.net

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-09-14). Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich, Who Exposed the 'Cult of Positive Thinking'. otherwords.org The late Barbara Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 bestseller Nickel and Dimed, which showed that hard-working people simply weren't making it in America. | But Ehrenreich, who passed away this September at 81, made an equally great contribution to economic justice with her subsequent book, Bright-Sided was published in 2009, between the Great Recession and the Occupy Wall Street movement, which called a…

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-09-14). 9/11 versus Covid: 21 Years of Wandering in the Fog after 9/11 Has Opened the "Gates of Hell" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-09-14). 24-29 October — Brussels: International Week of Action for Palestinian Liberation. samidoun.net The Palestinian liberation movement is a Palestinian, Arab and international movement, with a history of a century of struggle fighting back against imperialism, Zionism and reactionary forces. Today, as the Palestinian people and their resistance continue to struggle for return and liberation, the colonial occupation is continuing its extrajudicial killings and massacres, siege on Gaza, …

WSWS (2022-09-14). Fuel price hike sparks protests in Indonesia. wsws.org Fuel increases have previously sparked explosive struggles, including the mass movement that toppled the Suharto dictatorship in 1998.

Sara Flounders (2022-09-13). How royalty reinforces imperialism. workers.org As Britain's Queen Elizabeth was near death, a professor of Nigerian heritage at Carnegie Mellon University, Uju Anya, tweeted her view: "I heard the chief monarch of a thieving, raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating." This tweet brought down a torrent of condemnation. The countries . . . |

_____ (2022-09-13). Silencing The Lambs — How Propaganda Works. popularresistance.org In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler's leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fuhrer. | She told me that the 'patriotic messages' of her films were dependent not on 'orders from above' but on what she called the 'submissive void' of the German public. | Did that include the liberal, educated bourgeoisie? I asked. 'Yes, especially them,' she said. | I think of this as I look around at the propaganda now consuming Western societies. | O…

The Socialist Program (2022-09-13). The Deepening Assault on Core Democratic Rights in the USA. liberationnews.org The United States is in the midst of a political upheaval right now, after the 2020 uprising, the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, and the Dobbs decision that overturned one of the Supreme Court's biggest decisions — access to abortion under Roe v. Wade.

Aleks Wansbrough (2022-09-14). Psychoanalysing reverence for the royals. greenleft.org.au Aleks Wansbrough argues that the queen's passing shows how modern capitalism has a tendency to uproot and decontextualise forms of cultural kinship and care, relativising everything as a commodity.

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-09-14). 9/11 versus Covid: 21 Years of Wandering in the Fog after 9/11 Has Opened the "Gates of Hell" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-09-14). Fuel price hike sparks protests in Indonesia. wsws.org Fuel increases have previously sparked explosive struggles, including the mass movement that toppled the Suharto dictatorship in 1998.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-09-13). Putin tells Scholz Russia fighting Nazism in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) — President Vladimir Putin on Friday insisted that Russia was fighting "Nazi ideology" in Ukraine in a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz…

_____ (2022-09-13). South Korea is Leaving behind the Dark Heritage of its Past. journal-neo.org On October 17, 1972 Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, masterminded a constitutional coup, which he called October Yusin, or the October Restoration. The Fourth Republic (1972-1980) is described in both Korean and Soviet/ Russian sources as a period of extreme totalitarian rule and the most dictatorial government in modern Korean history. The Yusin began …

_____ (2022-09-13). The Specter Of Germany Is Rising. popularresistance.org The European Union is girding for a long war against Russia that appears clearly contrary to European economic interests and social stability. A war that is apparently irrational — as many are — has deep emotional roots and claims ideological justification. Such wars are hard to end because they extend outside the range of rationality. | For decades after the Soviet Union entered Berlin and decisively defeated the Third Reich, Soviet leaders worried about the threat of "German revanchism." Since World War II could be seen as German revenge for being deprived of victory in World War I, couldn't aggress…

Sara Flounders (2022-09-13). How royalty reinforces imperialism. workers.org As Britain's Queen Elizabeth was near death, a professor of Nigerian heritage at Carnegie Mellon University, Uju Anya, tweeted her view: "I heard the chief monarch of a thieving, raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating." This tweet brought down a torrent of condemnation. The countries . . . |

Fight Back (2022-09-13). UIC students want free reproductive health clinic. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On September 7, 30 students marched at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to demand the administration open a reproductive health clinic on campus that is free for students and the community. | Despite its roughly $3.6 billion budget, the university hasn't taken any steps to provide reproductive healthcare for its students. Other demands included access to birth control and an end to the university's contracts with companies based in heartbeat bill states. | The action, which drew members from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) and Freed…

_____ (2022-09-13). Silencing The Lambs — How Propaganda Works. popularresistance.org In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler's leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fuhrer. | She told me that the 'patriotic messages' of her films were dependent not on 'orders from above' but on what she called the 'submissive void' of the German public. | Did that include the liberal, educated bourgeoisie? I asked. 'Yes, especially them,' she said. | I think of this as I look around at the propaganda now consuming Western societies. | O…

The Socialist Program (2022-09-13). The Deepening Assault on Core Democratic Rights in the USA. liberationnews.org The United States is in the midst of a political upheaval right now, after the 2020 uprising, the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, and the Dobbs decision that overturned one of the Supreme Court's biggest decisions — access to abortion under Roe v. Wade.

_____ (2022-09-13). The Genius Of Ella Jo Baker. popularresistance.org Ella Jo Baker will be inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame as an "Unsung Hero" at a ceremony at the National Press Club on Oct. 6 in Washington DC. | Ella Baker is well-regarded as a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, known for her unique participatory grassroots organizing style and also for her ability to galvanize young people to bring a militancy in the struggle to end segregation. But Baker is less known for her innovative organizing prowess before the 1960s — forming a network of self-help cooperatives to bring economic relief to black people during the Depression. | "Ella Baker was one of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-13). What Would the Elites Be Without Those Masses Who Shoot Themselves? libya360.wordpress.com Clodovaldo Hernandez If the life of contemporary societies were a little more rational, more mathematical, the anti-popular elites would have serious difficulties in staying in government and imposing their policies for the simple reason that they are increasingly a minority, and the dissatisfied masses (who are increasingly day they are more nourished) would throw them…

A Guest Author (2022-09-13). 'Monarchy is a survival of the tyranny'. workers.org Irish Freedom Fighter, Marxist and labor leader James Connolly wrote these words in 1910. Connolly, who along with James Larkin, was a leader of the Irish Transport and General Union during the 1913 Dublin Lockout. The British government executed Connolly by firing squad in 1916 for his leadership role in . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-13). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman challenges other candidates to debate. wsws.org On Tuesday, September 13, rank-and-file socialist candidate for UAW president Will Lehman issued a statement challenging incumbent UAW President Ray Curry to commit to attending the debate scheduled for September 22 at 6 p.m. (Eastern).

John Bachtell (2022-09-13). Ohio voters too are alarmed by right wing Republican extremism. peoplesworld.org In Ohio voters, like elsewhere in the U.S., are alarmed by right-wing extremism. The 2022 mid-term elections are like no other. Most pundits predicted a "red wave," sweeping Republicans to majorities in the U.S. House and Senate. But something happened on the way to November — alarmed voters are repulsed by GOP extremism and fascist-leaning …

Joe Gill (2022-09-13). The Death of a Queen and the Whitewashing of Empire. commondreams.org The queen will be mourned by the millions who loved her, but as Charles becomes king, a reckoning must be made with the monarchy's role in the world.

Kwjorinoco (2022-09-13). The US Against Assange: A Torrent of Evil. orinocotribune.com Few times has an empire demonstrated such cruelty and determination to destroy a single man as the US has in its crusade to silence Julian Assange, the activist who revealed the human rights abuses and permanent transgression of international law indulged in by the US throughout the world. | Interviewed by La Jornada during their visit to Mexico, John and Gabriel Shipton, the WikiLeaks founder's father and half-brother, respectively, told us of the inhumane treatment reserved for Julian in the UK's maximum security prison where he is fighting the near-complete attempt by the US to extradite him under the 1917 Esp…

Lowkey (2022-09-12). Economist Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation & Class War. mintpressnews.com Economist Dr. Richard Wolff joins Lowkey where he exposes ways economic policy can be a code term used by the political establishment for class war. Wolff explains how the cost of enmity with Russia is being placed on the shoulders of the working class in the West, whom recently experienced one of the worst crashes of capitalism in its history.

____ (2022-09-13). Comicomment: US, a hacking empire. ecns.cn China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) and cybersecurity company 360 respectively released investigation reports on the attacks on Northwestern Polytechnical University from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), which showed that the NSA-affiliated TAO mounted hundreds of thousands malicious cyber attacks targeting Chinese objectives.

Isaac Nellist (2022-09-13). Apple workers organise to fight for a fair enterprise agreement. greenleft.org.au Retail workers at Apple stores across the country have applied to the Fair Work Commission to take industrial action for a fair enterprise agreement. Isaac Nellist reports.

Labor Video Project (2022-09-13). Chile's 9/11 & The Rise Of US Fascism. indybay.org Labor Historian & Professor Ruth Needleman talks about the lessons of Chile's coup in relation to the growing fascist movement in the US.

WSWS (2022-09-13). Australia: Chris O'Brien Lifehouse nurse endorses "Open Letter" call to reject management enterprise offer. wsws.org "There's huge anger and disappointment about the offer and the union's stance. The nurses I've spoken to have said that they are voting no" — Jayne…

Staff (2022-09-13). Cuadrando la caja: øOtra empresa estatal socialista es posible? (II) (+Video). cubadebate.cu Este domingo 11 de septiembre conversamos sobre la empresa estatal socialista en Cuba… øHan condicionado las decisiones tomadas hasta ahora, una mejor gestión y un incremento de la eficiencia y la productividad? øQué frena las transformaciones necesarias: preparación de los directivos, tradición verticalista, falta de liderazgo?

____ (2022-09-12). The Ukraine Proxy War Has Been a Propaganda Win for Interventionists. transcend.org 6 Sep 2022 – Neocon erotica publication The Atlantic has a new article out titled "The Rise of the Liberal Hawks" which is infuriating as much for its sycophantic empire apologia as it is for the fact that much it is entirely correct.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-12). Urgent: Witch Hunt by Neo-Nazis in Kharkov, Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Borotba Borotba banner at a rally outside the Kharkov Regional Administration building in May 2014. Photo: Svetlana Licht. Borotba (Struggle) is a revolutionary Marxist organization based in Ukraine and the Donbass people's republics. It has been outlawed by the Kiev regime since the U.S.-backed coup in 2014. Sept. 10 — Very disturbing news comes from…

Anonymous103 (2022-09-12). In Video: Ukrainian Nazis Shot Their Comrades In Legs For Refusing To Fight. southfront.org

Editor (2022-09-12). Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation and Class War. scheerpost.com Economist Dr. Richard Wolff joins Lowkey where he exposes ways economic policy can be a code term used by the political establishment for class war. Wolff explains how the cost of enmity with Russia is being placed on the shoulders of the working class in the West, whom recently experienced one of the worst crashes of capitalism in its history.

Lowkey (2022-09-12). Economist Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation & Class War. mintpressnews.com Economist Dr. Richard Wolff joins Lowkey where he exposes ways economic policy can be a code term used by the political establishment for class war. Wolff explains how the cost of enmity with Russia is being placed on the shoulders of the working class in the West, whom recently experienced one of the worst crashes of capitalism in its history.

WSWS (2022-09-12). Sri Lankan farmers speak out over catastrophic conditions. wsws.org SEP members have been campaigning among farmers in northern parts of Sri Lanka as part of the party's struggle for the establishment of action committees and for a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses.

Shadrack Omuka (2022-09-12). Kenya's Deadly Land Tussles Make Forest Safer Than Houses. towardfreedom.org Rural Kenyans said they have been attacked while struggling for land in central Kenya since the 1960s. Land struggles between squatters and deed holders have continued unabated since Kenya's 1963 independence from the British empire. Shadrack Omuka reports.

____ (2022-09-12). Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. transcend.org 4 Sep 2022 – The U.S. posits itself as a champion of opportunity, freedom, human rights and civil liberties, even as half the country struggles at subsistence level, militarized police gun down and imprison the poor with impunity, and the primary business of the state is war. This collective self-delusion masks who we have become. Under inverted totalitarianism, there is no attempt, unlike fascism and state socialism, to address the needs of the poor.

Rqorinoco (2022-09-12). 'The Haitian People Need a Socialist State,' Says Journalist Jean Waltès Bien-Aimé. orinocotribune.com By Tanya Wadhwa — Sep 8, 2022 | Tens of thousands of Haitians have been taking to the streets, demanding the resignation of Ariel Henry. To understand the situation on the ground, we spoke with Haitian journalist Jean Waltès Bien-Aimé | Since August 22, under the banner of "Rise Up for Another Independence," tens of thousands of Haitians have been repeatedly taking to the streets in different parts of the country, demanding the resignation of de-facto Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry. Protesters have criticized that during the past year of his governance, the economic, political, and social c…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2022-09-12). Venezuelan Key Asset Monómeros Still Caught in Limbo as Colombia's Petro Weighs Takeover. venezuelanalysis.com The move to sell a majority stake of Monómeros to Colombia could serve as a trial balloon for other enterprises targeted by US sanctions.

WSWS (2022-09-12). Seattle educators speak out on the consequences of understaffing, inadequate support and low pay. wsws.org Several teachers at Seattle Public Schools spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about the key issues they are fighting to address in their ongoing strike, which began on September 7.

____ (2022-09-12). Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History. transcend.org 11 Sep 2022 – No institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy as effectively as the British monarchy.

____ (2022-09-12). Who Benefits from US Government Claims That the UFO Threat Is Increasing 'Exponentially'? transcend.org 5 Sep 2022 – The US government's newly named Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena Joint Program Office: someone's benefiting from this. And it's unreasonable to expect the most murderous and tyrannical regime on earth to tell us the truth about UFOs when it would stand nothing to gain. We ordinary people should do our best to understand what's happening for ourselves.

WSWS (2022-09-12). Nevada nurses refuse to clock-in due to understaffing. wsws.org Former Henderson Hospital ICU nurse, Diana, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site and described the terrible working conditions at the hospital.

Poppy Bilderbeck (2022-09-12). Former Colonies of the British Empire Want Diamonds Worth $800 Million Back From the Crown Jewels. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-09-12). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman discusses socialism with libertarian worker (and other correspondence). wsws.org Every week, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman, a socialist rank-and-file Mack Trucks worker from Macungie, Pennsylvania, receives letters from workers in the UAW and in other industries on his campaign to abolish the bureaucracy and give power to the workers on the shop floor.

Scorinoco (2022-09-11). Difficulties in Venezuela-Colombia Reintegration After Years of Hostility. orinocotribune.com Colombia and Venezuela are two historically linked nations and for centuries they even constituted the same territory, first as the Viceroyalty of New Granada during the Spanish Empire and then as Gran Colombia in the early years of the independence of the Americas from Spanish colonial rule. | However, political events in the late 20th century and so far in the 21st century, particularly the coming to power of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, have distanced the two nations to the extent that they broke diplomatic relations in 2019, despite sharing more than 2,200 kilometers of border. | This rupture, going on for a lon…