Daily Archives: February 9, 2022

2022-02-09: News Headlines

Fight Back (2022-02-09). Dallas rally protests US, NATO aggression against Russia. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On February 5, a crowd gathered at the Grassy Knoll in downtown Dallas to protest threats of war by the United States and NATO against Russia. The protest was organized by the Dallas Anti-War Committee, CODEPINK Greater Dallas, Dallas Peace and Justice Center, Party for Socialism and Liberation Dallas-Fort Worth, and Veterans for Peace North Texas. The rally was a part of a national day of action in which over 50 cities participated. | The protest called for total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Europe, an end to weapons sales to the reactionary government of Ukraine, and for the disbandment of NATO.

Fight Back (2022-02-09). United protest in New Orleans against US, NATO war on Russia. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Anti-war protesters gathered on February 5 in New Orleans at Lafayette Square Park to demand an end to NATO aggression against Russia. Activists carried signs and chanted slogans calling for peace and the disbandment of NATO. | The protest was organized by a coalition including the Communist Party USA, the Democratic Socialists of America, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. | Speakers decried the latest U.S. attempt to escalate the situation in Ukraine, which they said threatens us with a nuclear conflict with Russia. The protest also highlight…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-09). Morning Commute: 2-9-2022. anchor.fm Hope everyone is well! Today we're doing a little news coverage based on sources I've been reading like People's Dispatch, Hoodcommunist.org, By Any Means Necessary, Liberation News, Kawasachun News, TeleSur English, Guerrilla History Podcast, etc. We go over Russia/China Relations, the Olympics, the African Union meeting, Oakland and Chicago schools ongoing issues, movements against Police Brutality and the murder by Minneapolis Police Department (yup, that one!) of Amir Locke who was 22 years old! No justice, no peace!! Go organize!

Editor (2022-02-08). Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Whither China? mronline.org A bimonthly podcast hosted by Professor David Harvey that looks at capitalism through a Marxist lens.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-02-08). Battle of ideas: Anti-communism prolongs already long U.S. blockade of Cuba. peoplesworld.org Remarkably, the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba is 60 years old. It began with President John F. Kennedy's executive order signed on Feb. 3, 1962, that broadened existing restrictions on U.S.-Cuba trade. When the blockade reached its 35-year milestone, it was already "the longest embargo in modern history," according to one observer. Equally remarkable is …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-08). Enemies and Friends: Resolving Contradictions. libya360.wordpress.com Ready for Revolution Hood Communist Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt of Safiya Bukhari's The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison & Fighting For Those Left Behind. This section is titled "Enemies and Friends: Resolving Contradictions" and it was written sometime in the late 1980s…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-08). Organizing Africans Against the Capitalist System. libya360.wordpress.com Ahjamu Umi Hood Communist Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt of Hood Communist Editor, Ahjamu Umi's, most recent work A Guide for Organizing Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence. He was also interviewed about it in Black Agenda Report. If you would like to read it in full, consider purchasing it. All proceeds go toward helping him…

_____ (2022-02-08). How Targeting Programs To Poor People Leaves Out Poor People. popularresistance.org Less than one year ago, the United States government enacted one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in modern history. The Child Tax Credit (CTC), originally established in 1997, was expanded through the American Rescue Plan to provide families with children substantially larger payments, delivered monthly, while making low-income families eligible for the full benefits. This expansion changed the face of child poverty in the United States, lifting over 4 million children above the poverty line—a decrease in poverty of more than 40%‚Äâ—‚Äâand decreasing food…

Editor2 (2022-02-08). How US Meddling Split Sudan, Creating an Oil Republic Drowning in Poverty and Conflict. orinocotribune.com By T.J. Coles — Feb 1, 2022 | Following decades of US soft power aid interventions to exploit South Sudan's energy reserves and counter China's influence, the republic is trapped in humanitarian crisis. | Like most countries, the Republic of South Sudan is a complex nation of shifting alliances and external influences. | Recently, President Salva Kiir, who sports a Stetson hat

WSWS (2022-02-08). UK rail cleaners strike against poverty pay. wsws.org During the pandemic, rail cleaners have braved hazardous conditions to protect the public from infection. But outsourced cleaners have been paid a pittance and were even denied sick pay.

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