Daily Archives: April 24, 2023

2023-04-24: News Headlines

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-24). Economic System in Islam Compared with Capitalism and Socialism. transcend.org Abstract: This paper covers some popular Islamic Economic topics in a short and lucid style for those who want to know the basic Islamic concepts of economy. The topic, the economic system in Islam, might cause astonishment among Muslims who received Western style education.

Camila Escalante (2023-04-24). Chris Matlhako: Remarkable South African Internationalist. towardfreedom.org Comrade Chris Matlhako, the Secretary for International Affairs of the South African Communist Party and Central Committee member, passed away in the morning of April 20, 2023, at the age of 58. He was a diligent friend to the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, and a partner in the construction of socialism internationally. Camila Escalante penned this tribute.

Ken Bank, Edward Bank (2023-04-24). By banning ESG considerations, Republicans seek to protect capitalism from ethics and morality. peoplesworld.org Last month, President Joe Biden cast his first veto of a Republican-inspired bill that would have effectively eliminated the option for fiduciary investment managers to make decisions taking into account environment, social, and governance (ESG) factors affecting their client's investments in tax-advantaged retirement accounts, even with specific approval and authorization from their clients to do …

Alex Bainbridge (2023-04-24). Video: Jonathan Sriranganathan on Greens, capitalism and social change. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Alex Bainbridge speaks to outgoing Greens Gabba Ward councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan about politics, social change and the role of elected representatives.

Editor (2023-04-24). Here comes everyone: climate, class and the movement we need. mronline.org As thousands prepare to surround parliament to demand climate action, Feyzi Ismail explains the scale of the crisis and the strategy the movement needs.

John Catalinotto (2023-04-24). Fred Goldstein, 1938-2023, Marxist writer and fighter. workers.org Fred Goldstein, who spent close to six decades as an organizer, educator, writer and thinker building Workers World Party, died in New York City on April 11 after a long illness. He was 84. Fred Goldstein. WW Photo In the decades following the counterrevolution of 1989-91 in the Soviet Union, . . . |

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-24). Economic System in Islam Compared with Capitalism and Socialism. transcend.org Abstract: This paper covers some popular Islamic Economic topics in a short and lucid style for those who want to know the basic Islamic concepts of economy. The topic, the economic system in Islam, might cause astonishment among Muslims who received Western style education.

Camila Escalante (2023-04-24). Chris Matlhako: Remarkable South African Internationalist. towardfreedom.org Comrade Chris Matlhako, the Secretary for International Affairs of the South African Communist Party and Central Committee member, passed away in the morning of April 20, 2023, at the age of 58. He was a diligent friend to the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, and a partner in the construction of socialism internationally. Camila Escalante penned this tribute.

Ken Bank, Edward Bank (2023-04-24). By banning ESG considerations, Republicans seek to protect capitalism from ethics and morality. peoplesworld.org Last month, President Joe Biden cast his first veto of a Republican-inspired bill that would have effectively eliminated the option for fiduciary investment managers to make decisions taking into account environment, social, and governance (ESG) factors affecting their client's investments in tax-advantaged retirement accounts, even with specific approval and authorization from their clients to do …

Alex Bainbridge (2023-04-24). Video: Jonathan Sriranganathan on Greens, capitalism and social change. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Alex Bainbridge speaks to outgoing Greens Gabba Ward councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan about politics, social change and the role of elected representatives.

Editor (2023-04-24). Here comes everyone: climate, class and the movement we need. mronline.org As thousands prepare to surround parliament to demand climate action, Feyzi Ismail explains the scale of the crisis and the strategy the movement needs.

John Catalinotto (2023-04-24). Fred Goldstein, 1938-2023, Marxist writer and fighter. workers.org Fred Goldstein, who spent close to six decades as an organizer, educator, writer and thinker building Workers World Party, died in New York City on April 11 after a long illness. He was 84. Fred Goldstein. WW Photo In the decades following the counterrevolution of 1989-91 in the Soviet Union, . . . |

krish-rad_ind (2023-04-24). Marxism And Anticolonialism: A Conversation With Vijay Prashad. popularresistance.org

Staff (2023-04-24). Marxism and Colonialism: An Interview with Vijay Prashad. orinocotribune.com Vijay Prashad is above all a militant. His intellectual work is an attempt to understand and respond to some of the great challenges of our time. Of Indian origin, this Marxist historian has displayed an intense vital activity that has taken him to numerous countries, always in defense of the cause of humanity.He currently works as executive director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a task that alternates with his work as a teacher and researcher at various universities, as well as with a prolific work in which we can highlight texts such as The Darker Nations, The Poorer Nations and the most…

Carlos Lopes Pereira (2023-04-24). Progressive Africa in solidarity with Cuba. workers.org This article was published in Avante, the weekly newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, on April 13. Translation: John Catalinotto. The South African Communist Party has reaffirmed its support for convening, later this year, an Africa-Cuba Solidarity Conference. According to the SACP, this is an important initiative to bring together . . . |

cameron orr (2023-04-24). Building unity in the fight for reproductive justice. cpusa.org The following updated report was given to the National Board of the Communist Party USA on April 19th, 2023. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe last June, it said it was done with abortion cases and was leaving it to the gerrymandered state legislatures to decide on abortion law. States controlled by extreme-right GOP …

thecommunists (2023-04-24). The 'incremental genocide' of the Palestinians continues. thecommunists.org The following article is reproduced from Palestine Chronicle, with thanks. ***** I am writing this op-ed on 23 March 2023. Seventy-five years ago, on this date, the military command of the zionist leadership publicised Plan Dalet, or Plan D, which, among other guidelines, instructed the zionist forces, who were on their way to occupy hundreds …

Staff (2023-04-24). Norwegian Refugee Council: Violence, Climate & Poverty Are Fueling Migration from Central America. democracynow.org We continue our conversation with Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, who has just returned from Honduras. He calls on the international community to do more to help in Central America, where one in three people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, and gangs, drug trafficking and violence are forcing many to flee north. North Americans, says Egeland, must "honor the legitimate asylum applications for protection of people" from their "own neighborhood."…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-24). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…

The Associated Press (2023-04-24). Mexico Migrant Camp Tents Torched Across Border From Texas. latinorebels.com About two dozen makeshift tents were set ablaze and destroyed at a migrant camp across the border from Texas this week, witnesses said Friday, a sign of the extreme risk that comes with being stuck in Mexico as the Biden administration increasingly relies on that country to host people fleeing poverty and violence.

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