Monthly Archives: June 2023

2023-06-20: News Headlines

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-20). On the Dialectics of Socialism and Western Marxism's Purity Fetish. orinocotribune.com By Gabriel Rockhill — Jun 13, 2023 | This is a transcript from Gabriel's presentation at the book launch of Carlos Garrido's The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may purchase Noah Khrachvik: Our next speaker is Gabriel Rockhill. Gabriel Rockhill is a Franco-American philosopher, cultural critic and activist. He is the founding Director of the Critical Theory Workshop and Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. His books include Counter-History of the Present: Untimely Interrogatio…

Staff (2023-06-19). "Get Down to Business": Harry Belafonte in 2016 on Trump, Socialism & Fighting for Justice. democracynow.org We continue our Juneteenth special with more from Harry Belafonte, the legendary actor, singer and civil rights activist, who died in April at the age of 96. Belafonte last appeared on Democracy Now! in 2016 at a special event at the historic Riverside Church in New York to celebrate Democracy Now!'s 20th anniversary. He co-headlined the event with Noam Chomsky. It was the first time they had done a public event together. Belafonte spoke about Donald Trump, who had just been elected president, and ongoing struggles for freedom and justice in the United States. "We just have to get out our old coats, dus…

unitedEditor (2023-06-19). Switzerland's road to socialism and the Chinese experience. uwidata.com A delegation of the Communist Party of Switzerland visited China in mid-May. The delegation led by Massimiliano Arif Ay, General Secretary of the Party, met and exchanged views with many Chinese individuals, organizations and institutions. The party also had talks with its Chinese counterpart, the Communist Party of China. Massimiliano Arif Ay answered our questions …

Roosevelt Institute (2023-06-20). Capital in the 2020s (with Thomas Piketty). indybay.org Inequality is not an accident. It's not like the weather. It actually is being driven by the way capitalism is functioning. You know what we need? We need state intervention, we need government action, and we need that to be very, very, very big. That is when he proposes a policy that seems like it's common sense now, but at the time, the idea of a wealth tax of 2 percent sounds radical.

Fight Back (2023-06-20). Event on FRSO program held in Orlando. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On July 3, the Orlando District of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) held a Political Program release discussion at a meeting attended by over 30 people representing other progressive forces in the area. | In an effort to build a unified progressive base in Orlando, FRSO Orlando members Jacob Muldoon, Edmund Anglero and Diego Gonzalez discussed the history of struggle in the United States, FRSO and their goal of building a new communist party, and the united front against monopoly capitalism. | "FRSO believes that only through a strategic alliance of the oppressed nations and working clas…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-06-19). Replacing the capitalist dream of AI-driven profits. nationofchange.org When asked to share alternatives to capitalism, ChatGPT offered many options, none of which rely on the fantasy that money hoarding at the top can eventually benefit the rest of us.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-19). The Battle Fronts in the Face of the Global Colonizing Offensive and the New Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com José Ernesto Guerrero Photo: Bill Hackwell We will only be able to successfully confront capitalism, its colonizing desires and the neo-fascism that beats in its entrails from a common class front, from a fully emancipated consciousness. At the end of June and beginning of July the XXVI edition of the Sao Paulo Forum will be…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-19). Our Systems Reward Dysfunction And Destruction: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Our civilization is sick because all its systems ensure that human behavior is driven by profit, and health isn't profitable. Nobody gets rich from everyone staying healthy all the time. The gears of capitalism will still keep turning if its populace is made shallow and dull by bad education and crappy art made for profit. Billionaires aren't made by leaving forests and oceans unmolested, consuming less, mining less, drilling less, using less energy. The economy doesn't soar when the world is at peace and nations are working together in harmony. | I…

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2023-06-20). Saturday 6/17: Marxist Transgender Liberation and LGBTQ Rights in Actually Existing Socialist Countries. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center (48 S 7th St #101, San Jose, CA 95112)…

midwesternmarx (2023-06-19). Dollar Mart By: Julie Stout. midwesternmarx.com The customer is well-groomed. Black, or African-American, and she has done something lovely with her edge hairs. They're curled into spirals and waxed to lay down flat along her crown. She has a French manicure, and she's buying Midol, a box of tampons, and an individually-wrapped pickle. We don't sell a lot of Midol. Mostly, people steal it. We don't sell a lot of those pickles. I've often thought if we took them out of the refrigerator nex …

midwesternmarx (2023-06-19). From Breadline to Box Office: the Frankfurt School and Film Noir. By: Ian Hall. midwesternmarx.com ​While Audre Lorde's proclamation that "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house" is so often borne out as sage—her thesis being woefully apropos to the milieus of contemporary American finance capital, electoral politics, and commercial artistry—there are myriad examples of creators and actors, acolytes to ideologies that are dead-left of the Overton window in their respective fields, weaponizing the means, methods, and te …

midwesternmarx (2023-06-19). Nicolás Maduro Makes Historic Trip to Brazil for South American Presidents' Summit By: Global News Service. midwesternmarx.com Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro participated in a joint press conference on May 29 from the Planalto Palace in Brasília, highlighting the importance of resuming ties. The press conference was held following a bilateral meeting between the heads of state ahead of the South American Presidents' Summit.As Lula told media, "This is a historic moment. After eight years, President Nicolás Maduro is bac …

Editor (2023-06-20). False Witnesses and Sinister Plots: Exposing the CIA Connection in the 'Chinese Police Station' Narrative. scheerpost.com By Kit Klarenberg / MintPressNews For months, mainstream media across the Western world — in particular English-language outlets based in the constituent members of the 'Five Eyes' global spying network — have been rabidly awash with terrifying news of secret "Chinese police stations" operating the world over. It is claimed these "stations" are unofficial, covert Chinese Communist …

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Youths urged to contribute to national rejuvenation. ecns.cn The nation's young people were called on to shoulder their responsibilities to build China into a strong socialist country and advance national rejuvenation at the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China on Monday.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-19). Leftist party members praise Cuban president's visit to Italy. plenglish.com Rome, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The Italian Communist Refoundation Party, one of the left-wing forces in this European nation, issued Monday a communiqué welcoming Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel who arrived a few hours ago in Rome.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). China's Communist Youth League starts national congress. ecns.cn The Communist Youth League of China convened its 19th national congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). President Xi's letter boosts confidence for Taiwan people. ecns.cn People from Taiwan said the congratulatory letter from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, has boosted their confidence in the integrated and peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi meets visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing on Monday.

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2023-06-19: News Headlines

Staff (2023-06-19). "Get Down to Business": Harry Belafonte in 2016 on Trump, Socialism & Fighting for Justice. democracynow.org We continue our Juneteenth special with more from Harry Belafonte, the legendary actor, singer and civil rights activist, who died in April at the age of 96. Belafonte last appeared on Democracy Now! in 2016 at a special event at the historic Riverside Church in New York to celebrate Democracy Now!'s 20th anniversary. He co-headlined the event with Noam Chomsky. It was the first time they had done a public event together. Belafonte spoke about Donald Trump, who had just been elected president, and ongoing struggles for freedom and justice in the United States. "We just have to get out our old coats, dus…

Roosevelt Institute (2023-06-19). Capital in the 2020s (with Thomas Piketty). indybay.org Inequality is not an accident. It's not like the weather. It actually is being driven by the way capitalism is functioning. You know what we need? We need state intervention, we need government action, and we need that to be very, very, very big. That is when he proposes a policy that seems like it's common sense now, but at the time, the idea of a wealth tax of 2 percent sounds radical.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-06-19). Replacing the capitalist dream of AI-driven profits. nationofchange.org When asked to share alternatives to capitalism, ChatGPT offered many options, none of which rely on the fantasy that money hoarding at the top can eventually benefit the rest of us.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-19). The Battle Fronts in the Face of the Global Colonizing Offensive and the New Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com José Ernesto Guerrero Photo: Bill Hackwell We will only be able to successfully confront capitalism, its colonizing desires and the neo-fascism that beats in its entrails from a common class front, from a fully emancipated consciousness. At the end of June and beginning of July the XXVI edition of the Sao Paulo Forum will be…

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2023-06-19). Saturday 6/17: Marxist Transgender Liberation and LGBTQ Rights in Actually Existing Socialist Countries. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center (48 S 7th St #101, San Jose, CA 95112)…

mforinoco (2023-06-18). The Purity Fetish and the Commodity Fetish. orinocotribune.com By Radhika Desai — Jun 13, 2023 | This is a transcript from Radhika's presentation at the book launch of Carlos Garrido's The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may purchase Thanks for the invitation to be part of this panel of some of the most acute thinkers discussing this very important book. It is important particularly for its focus on dialectics, which is a philosophical mode that is much maligned and misunderstood in the English speaking world, dismissed as 'Hegelian mystical fog.' Garrido's is a crystal…


ecns.cn (2023-06-19). President Xi's letter boosts confidence for Taiwan people. ecns.cn People from Taiwan said the congratulatory letter from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, has boosted their confidence in the integrated and peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi meets visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-19). China's Communist Youth League starts national congress. ecns.cn The Communist Youth League of China convened its 19th national congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). Xi sends congratulatory letter to 15th Straits Forum. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, sent a congratulatory letter to the 15th Straits Forum on Saturday.


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2023-06-18: News Headlines

Roosevelt Institute (2023-06-18). Capital in the 2020s (with Thomas Piketty). indybay.org Inequality is not an accident. It's not like the weather. It actually is being driven by the way capitalism is functioning. You know what we need? We need state intervention, we need government action, and we need that to be very, very, very big. That is when he proposes a policy that seems like it's common sense now, but at the time, the idea of a wealth tax of 2 percent sounds radical.

Jesse Carpentier (2023-06-17). Insurance industry refuses policies to those most in need as climate change unfolds. liberationnews.org Capitalism not only lacks a clear plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, it also falls very short on investing in resilient infrastructure that would help communities withstand climate-related hazards, or assisted relocation from areas that will become uninhabitable regardless.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2023-06-18). Saturday 6/17: Marxist Transgender Liberation and LGBTQ Rights in Actually Existing Socialist Countries. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center (48 S 7th St #101, San Jose, CA 95112)…

mforinoco (2023-06-18). The Purity Fetish and the Commodity Fetish. orinocotribune.com By Radhika Desai — Jun 13, 2023 | This is a transcript from Radhika's presentation at the book launch of Carlos Garrido's The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may purchase Thanks for the invitation to be part of this panel of some of the most acute thinkers discussing this very important book. It is important particularly for its focus on dialectics, which is a philosophical mode that is much maligned and misunderstood in the English speaking world, dismissed as 'Hegelian mystical fog.' Garrido's is a crystal…

ecns.cn (2023-06-18). Xi sends congratulatory letter to 15th Straits Forum. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, sent a congratulatory letter to the 15th Straits Forum on Saturday.

Kit Klarenberg, MintPress News. (2023-06-18). Exposing The CIA Connection In The 'Chinese Police Station' Narrative. popularresistance.org For months, mainstream media across the Western world — in particular English-language outlets based in the constituent members of the 'Five Eyes' global spying network — have been rabidly awash with terrifying news of secret "Chinese police stations" operating the world over. | It is claimed these "stations" are unofficial, covert Chinese Communist Party (CPC) security and intelligence cells concealed in private businesses run by Chinese émigrés, such as restaurants. From behind benign facades, they surveil and harass pro-democracy ex-pats, among other nefarious activities.

JANET (2023-06-17). Red Square/Molotov Club: 'Stop NATO! Peace to the People!'. iacenter.org June 16, 2023 The following is a memorandum issued by the VI Annual Conference of the expert community "Red Square/Molotov Club," held May 24-25 in Moscow. Participants of the VI Annual Conference of the expert community "Red Square / Molotov Club" (hereinafter: "Community"), held with the organizational support of the news agency M.A.R.T.corp., in Moscow from May 24-25, 2023, declare: In the years since the V Annual Conference of the Community (2020), the world has been subjected to increasing instability and turbulence. Thus, the Peace Movement in different countries, as well as the left, socialist and communis…

WSWS (2023-06-17). Intensifying witch hunt over Radio New Zealand's "pro-Kremlin" Ukraine war reports. wsws.org The manufactured furore presages a return to the reactionary atmosphere and methods of the 1950s anti-communist witch-hunts to prepare for a vast escalation of imperialist war abroad and class war at home.

thecommunists (2023-06-17). Why is Britain so set on escalating the war in Ukraine? thecommunists.org The recent announcement that Rishi Sunak's government would be providing first depleted uranium shells to Ukraine and then Storm Shadow long-range missiles represent two of the latest of examples of the British government's consistent and active efforts to escalate the war in Ukraine. It is doing so with zero concern for the lives of British …

Narges Neyazi, Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Alaa AbouZeid (2023-06-17). Correspondence] Non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan: a silent tsunami. thelancet.com Afghanistan is experiencing an untypical humanitarian crisis resulting from a chronic 40-year conflict and political upheavals. This crisis has led to a rapid economic collapse, inflation, drastic rises in poverty, hunger, and risk of malnutrition.1 Afghanistan is suffering from the double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Outbreaks of many communicable diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea, measles, dengue fever, pertussis, and Crimean—Congo haemorrhagic fever in addition to COVID-19 have worsened the situation.

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2023-06-17: News Headlines

Fight Back (2023-06-16). Book review: "The Revolutionary Science of Marxism-Leninism" is all about theory to transform the world. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — The Revolutionary Science of Marxism-Leninism, published by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, is a concise and fantastic book detailing the fundamentals of Marxism. Written by J. Sykes, the book is an excellent introduction for those looking to learn the science of revolution, the history, methods and outlook of scientific socialism. It breaks down complex questions of philosophy, organizing and others into easily understandable terms, making it good for beginners and an excellent primer for those who already have a grasp on Marxism-Leninism and are looking to sharpen their understa…

Jesse Carpentier (2023-06-17). Insurance industry refuses policies to those most in need as climate change unfolds. liberationnews.org Capitalism not only lacks a clear plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, it also falls very short on investing in resilient infrastructure that would help communities withstand climate-related hazards, or assisted relocation from areas that will become uninhabitable regardless.

Bruce Lerro (2023-06-16). Promethean City Builders vs Finance Capital Malthusians. dissidentvoice.org Orientation Summary of Part I In Part I of this article, I contrasted the differences between rising Multipolarism with a declining Anglo-American empire. Taking the side of the multipolarists of the East, I identified Lyndon LaRouche as someone who bridged the gap between East and West. His concept of "The American system" defends the Enlightenment …

Editor (2023-06-16). Don't Be Fooled by Rainbow Capitalism, Says Legendary Black Trans Activist. scheerpost.com

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2023-06-17). Saturday 6/17: Marxist Transgender Liberation and LGBTQ Rights in Actually Existing Socialist Countries. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center (48 S 7th St #101, San Jose, CA 95112)…

cameron orr (2023-06-16). Marxist IQ: a Juneteenth primer. cpusa.org This Marxist IQ celebrates Juneteenth, a day marking the historic struggle that ended racialized chattel slavery in the U.S., demonstrating the role of the slaves in emancipating themselves. W.E.B. DuBois said a turning point in the Civil War was achieved when there was a general strike of the enslaved Black population. 2023 marks the …

Carlos L. Garrido (2023-06-16). Book Launch Presentation: The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Jun 13, 2023 | This is a transcript from Carlos Garrido's presentation at the book launch of recent book, The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism. | In an 1875

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-16). Yuri Bezmenov: The four stages of Marxist ideological subversion. expose-news.com In an interview with G. Edward Griffin in 1984, former KGB informant and Soviet journalist Yuri Bezmenov discussed the four stages of "ideological subversion" created by radical Marxists to indoctrinate and weaken …

jacobin (2023-06-16). A Marxist Just Became the Head of Austria's Social Democratic Party. jacobin.com Andreas Babler, a Marxist who has described the EU as a worse military alliance than NATO, is the new head of Austria's Social Democratic Party.

WSWS (2023-06-17). Intensifying witch hunt over Radio New Zealand's "pro-Kremlin" Ukraine war reports. wsws.org The manufactured furore presages a return to the reactionary atmosphere and methods of the 1950s anti-communist witch-hunts to prepare for a vast escalation of imperialist war abroad and class war at home.

ecns.cn (2023-06-17). Xi sends congratulatory letter to 15th Straits Forum. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, sent a congratulatory letter to the 15th Straits Forum on Saturday.

thecommunists (2023-06-17). Why is Britain so set on escalating the war in Ukraine? thecommunists.org The recent announcement that Rishi Sunak's government would be providing first depleted uranium shells to Ukraine and then Storm Shadow long-range missiles represent two of the latest of examples of the British government's consistent and active efforts to escalate the war in Ukraine. It is doing so with zero concern for the lives of British …

cameron orr (2023-06-16). Oklahoma Communists say there's no pride in McCarthyism. cpusa.org Citing a 1955 law that declared the Communist Party illegal in the state of Oklahoma, organizers of Oklahoma City Pride blocked local Reds from having a booth alongside other community organizations and corporate sponsors at this year's "Pride on 39th" festival. "We have reviewed your application and have found that Title 21, Section 1266.1 …

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-06-16). President Diaz-Canel assesses recovery in Cuban central province. plenglish.com Alongside with the Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) Roberto Morales, the Cuban leader held a meeting with local authorities of the most affected sectors, in which he ordered that families in vulnerable situations must be top-priority. | Diaz-Canel pointed out that producing construction materials should be increased based on the territory's potentiality, and urged to update the disaster reduction plans.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-16). Legendary whistleblower and anti-war activist Daniel Ellsberg passes at 92. peoplesdispatch.org Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who made history in 1971 by releasing the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of the US military's invasion of Vietnam, passed away peacefully in his home in California on June 16. | The Pentagon Papers, a report prepared by the US government, revealed that the US state had lied to its people about the scope of the Vietnam War. The US had not bombed and invaded Vietnam to save the Vietnamese from communism, the papers revealed. | The New York Times was the first major newspaper to publish the papers, but others of its standing followed suit shortly after. The massive revelations…

thecommunists (2023-06-16). Communist message to Silk Mill rally: Ditch the Labour party! thecommunists.org Download a copy of this leaflet as a pdf. The Derby lock-out of 1833-4 is considered to be one of the key moments in the development of a working-class identity in Britain. Led by the trade unions, it was the first practical national example of the workers seeking to wrestle back a degree of control …

Narges Neyazi, Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Alaa AbouZeid (2023-06-17). Correspondence] Non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan: a silent tsunami. thelancet.com Afghanistan is experiencing an untypical humanitarian crisis resulting from a chronic 40-year conflict and political upheavals. This crisis has led to a rapid economic collapse, inflation, drastic rises in poverty, hunger, and risk of malnutrition.1 Afghanistan is suffering from the double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Outbreaks of many communicable diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea, measles, dengue fever, pertussis, and Crimean—Congo haemorrhagic fever in addition to COVID-19 have worsened the situation.

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2023-06-16: News Headlines

Fight Back (2023-06-16). Book review: "The Revolutionary Science of Marxism-Leninism" is all about theory to transform the world. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — The Revolutionary Science of Marxism-Leninism, published by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, is a concise and fantastic book detailing the fundamentals of Marxism. Written by J. Sykes, the book is an excellent introduction for those looking to learn the science of revolution, the history, methods and outlook of scientific socialism. It breaks down complex questions of philosophy, organizing and others into easily understandable terms, making it good for beginners and an excellent primer for those who already have a grasp on Marxism-Leninism and are looking to sharpen their understa…

Bruce Lerro (2023-06-16). Promethean City Builders vs Finance Capital Malthusians. dissidentvoice.org Orientation Summary of Part I In Part I of this article, I contrasted the differences between rising Multipolarism with a declining Anglo-American empire. Taking the side of the multipolarists of the East, I identified Lyndon LaRouche as someone who bridged the gap between East and West. His concept of "The American system" defends the Enlightenment …

Editor (2023-06-16). Don't Be Fooled by Rainbow Capitalism, Says Legendary Black Trans Activist. scheerpost.com

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2023-06-16). Saturday 6/17: Marxist Transgender Liberation and LGBTQ Rights in Actually Existing Socialist Countries. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center (48 S 7th St #101, San Jose, CA 95112)…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-16). Yuri Bezmenov: The four stages of Marxist ideological subversion. expose-news.com In an interview with G. Edward Griffin in 1984, former KGB informant and Soviet journalist Yuri Bezmenov discussed the four stages of "ideological subversion" created by radical Marxists to indoctrinate and weaken …

Carlos L. Garrido (2023-06-16). Book Launch Presentation: The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Jun 13, 2023 | This is a transcript from Carlos Garrido's presentation at the book launch of recent book, The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism. | In an 1875

jacobin (2023-06-16). A Marxist Just Became the Head of Austria's Social Democratic Party. jacobin.com Andreas Babler, a Marxist who has described the EU as a worse military alliance than NATO, is the new head of Austria's Social Democratic Party.

thecommunists (2023-06-16). Communist message to Silk Mill rally: Ditch the Labour party! thecommunists.org Download a copy of this leaflet as a pdf. The Derby lock-out of 1833-4 is considered to be one of the key moments in the development of a working-class identity in Britain. Led by the trade unions, it was the first practical national example of the workers seeking to wrestle back a degree of control …

thecommunists (2023-06-15). Ecology without class struggle is gardening! thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from the Communist Workers Party of Russia website with thanks. ***** The fifth of June was World Environment Day. This ecological holiday, designed to draw attention to environmental problems, is celebrated every year on 5 June. It was created by the United Nations general assembly in 1972. Since then, the day …

Narges Neyazi, Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Alaa AbouZeid (2023-06-17). Correspondence] Non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan: a silent tsunami. thelancet.com Afghanistan is experiencing an untypical humanitarian crisis resulting from a chronic 40-year conflict and political upheavals. This crisis has led to a rapid economic collapse, inflation, drastic rises in poverty, hunger, and risk of malnutrition.1 Afghanistan is suffering from the double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Outbreaks of many communicable diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea, measles, dengue fever, pertussis, and Crimean—Congo haemorrhagic fever in addition to COVID-19 have worsened the situation.

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-06-16). Saturday 6/24: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

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2023-06-15: News Headlines

Chloe DS (2023-06-15). Myanmar's spring revolution and the Rohingya genocide. greenleft.org.au Burmese educator, academic, and human rights activist, Maung Zarni, spoke to Green Left's Chloe DS ahead of his participation in the Ecosocialism 2023 conference, on July 1‚Äí2.

Jacob Andrewartha (2023-06-15). Indian Communist: 'Modi represents the Indian brand of fascism'. greenleft.org.au Clifton D' Rozario, a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, and guest speaker at the upcoming Ecosocialism 2023 conference, talks to Jacob Andrewartha about the rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and how the left is fighting back against his fascist regime.

José Carlos Llerena (2023-06-15). The Amauta Mariátegui and the Commander Che. peoplesdispatch.org June 14 marks the birth of two of the most important revolutionaries and Marxist thinkers in Latin America: José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira (1894-1930) and Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967). The Peruvian forefather of Indo-American Socialism and the Argentine internationalist of the Cuban Revolution may have not known each other personally, but they had a special relationship, proving themselves necessary and essential to each other. | The relationship between Mariátegui and Che Guevara is an ongoing one. It is thanks to Mariátegui's work we remember, in the way that we do, the revolutionary Che Guevara. And thanks…

midwesternmarx (2023-06-14). The Purity Fetish and Middle Class Radicalism: Review and Application of Garrido's The Purity Fetish. By: Paul So. midwesternmarx.com ​Carlos Garrido's book The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism is undoubtedly an essential reading for any revolutionary American Marxist who is serious about building socialism. It is an open secret, and an embarrassment, among leftists in the west that they are politically impotent. Despite the fact that an increasing number of millennials and generation z's in the United States have a positive attitude towards socialism and Marxism, Marxists remain relativ …

Cira Pascual Marquina, Resumen English. (2023-06-14). Chávez, UNASUR And The End Of Unipolarity. popularresistance.org A pivotal event that would push Chávez to proclaim the Bolivarian Process anti-imperialist (and later frame our project as "Socialism of the 21st Century") was the April 11, 2002 coup d'état — which involved imperialist interference — and also the popular mobilization to rescue him and bring him back to the presidency on April 12 and 13. From that moment on, he began to purge his government of the conservative and anti-popular elements in it. He did all this because he was listening and learning from the people. | In 2004 Chávez declared the Venezuelan process to be anti-imperialist.

Conor Gallagher, Naked Capitalism. (2023-06-15). What's Behind The US-Driven Reforms Coming To The World Bank? popularresistance.org Change is coming to the World Bank. While not expected to be formalized until October, it looks like the two big shifts will involve climate change and a bigger emphasis on middle income countries. It's difficult to predict exactly how the new mission will play out, but one thing is clear: the efforts are being driven by the desire to counter/thwart Beijing's expanding global influence. Both Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan devoted chunks of their big China speeches in April to the subject. And it looks like the reforms will go hand in hand with pushing the debunked narr…

Peter Boyle (2023-06-14). Kohei Saito: Why we need an ecosocialist future. greenleft.org.au Kohei Saito argues there are five important reasons why we need to move beyond capitalism to deal with the ecological and social crises besetting the world today. Peter Boyle reports.

Project Censored (2023-06-14). E-girls and Truth in Military Recruitment plus Gun Violence and the Intersections of Patriarchy and Capitalism in the US. projectcensored.org To open the program, Mickey and former Project Censored intern Reagan Haynie speak with Alan MacLeod, senior staff writer for MintPress News. He's just written about a new phenomenon in…

ecns.cn (2023-06-15). Steps taken to address youth mental health. ecns.cn The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League has offered professional psychological counseling services to young people across the nation to help ease day-today stress and guarantee sound physical and psychological development.

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-06-14). New book studies why Black women turned to the Communist Party in 1930s. peoplesworld.org In her innovative study of four Midwestern cities during the Depression era, historian Melissa Ford reveals an emergent pattern of social crisis, involvement, and Black women's radical activism. A Brick and a Bible examines the evidence and creates a framework for understanding this tradition of social action by Black women, naming it "Midwestern Black radicalism." …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-14). Communists in Austria demand freeze on rents amid soaring housing crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The Communist Party of Austria claims that the average housing cost in the country has increased by 12% over the past two years. The party has called for measures such as expansion of municipal housing and introduction of building rent caps…

Fight Back (2023-06-14). Philippines: Wyeth workers, supporters fight back against mass lay-off. fightbacknews.org Members of Wyeth Philippines Progressive Workers' Union (WPPWU) and their supporters mounted a series of mass protests and other activities to demand the reinstatement of 140 workers who were illegally dismissed by Wyeth-Nestlé Philippines on May 18, 2023 and five other workers who were fired earlier, reported Ang Bayan, official organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines, on June 7, 2023. | The WPPWU fought back with more than 20 picket protests to defend the company jobs of workers and defend the union's previous gains. | Ang Bayan said that the WPPWU protested on May 30 in front of the Nestlé Cabuyao Fact…

thecommunists (2023-06-14). EVENT: Book launch: Neo-nazi Nato's Proxy War Against Russia. thecommunists.org On Saturday 24 June, the CPGB-ML will be holding a book launch event in London for Neo-nazi Nato's Proxy War Against Russia by Giles Shorter — a brilliant blow by blow account of every important development in Ukraine over the last ten years. Event details 2.00pm on Saturday 24 June Saklatvala Hall, Southall, London, UB2 …

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-06-15). Saturday 6/24: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad (2023-06-14). The Boldest Step To Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Generations. otherwords.org Juneteenth celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States. But over 150 years later, discriminatory public policies have prevented African Americans from closing the racial wealth divide in this country they helped build. | Policy created that divide — and policy can close it. | One state is showing how to move forward in advancing racial economic equality. This year, Connecticut is launching the country's first "Baby Bond" program. | This program will invest $3,200 for every baby born into poverty in the state. The bonds are projected to grow to between $10,000 and $24,000 in value, depending o…

WSWS (2023-06-14). El-Sisi dictatorship plunges Egyptians into poverty, steps up repression. wsws.org General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who overthrew the elected government of Muslim Brotherhood affiliated President Mohammed Morsi in a bloody coup in July 2013, has ruled the country with an iron fist ever since.

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2023-06-14: News Headlines

Cira Pascual Marquina, Resumen English. (2023-06-14). Chávez, UNASUR And The End Of Unipolarity. popularresistance.org A pivotal event that would push Chávez to proclaim the Bolivarian Process anti-imperialist (and later frame our project as "Socialism of the 21st Century") was the April 11, 2002 coup d'état — which involved imperialist interference — and also the popular mobilization to rescue him and bring him back to the presidency on April 12 and 13. From that moment on, he began to purge his government of the conservative and anti-popular elements in it. He did all this because he was listening and learning from the people. | In 2004 Chávez declared the Venezuelan process to be anti-imperialist.

midwesternmarx (2023-06-13). On The Dialectics of Socialism and Western Marxisms' Purity Fetish. By: Gabriel Rockhill. midwesternmarx.com This is a transcript from Gabriel's presentation at the book launch of Carlos Garrido's The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may purchase HERE. Noah Khrachvik: Our next speaker is Gabriel Rockhill. ​Gabriel Rockhill is a Franco-American philosopher, cultural critic and activist. He is the founding Director of the Critical Theory Workshop and Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. His books include Counter-History of the Present: Un …

midwesternmarx (2023-06-13). The Purity Fetish of the Far Left. By: Alan Freeman. midwesternmarx.com This is a transcript from Alan's presentation at the book launch of Carlos Garrido's The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may purchase HERE. ​Noah Khrachvik: … Alan Freeman is a former principal economist with the Greater London Authority and is now a research affiliate of the University of Manitoba. With Radhika Desai, he is co-director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group. He is also co-editor of the Future of World Capitalism book …

Staff (2023-06-13). A new study quantifies the extent of extractive capitalism's colonial violence against Indigenous Peoples worldwide. thecanary.co A new study has highlighted that extractive projects are disproportionately harming Indigenous Peoples across the world. Published in the journal Science Advances, the analysis quantified the impacts of industrial and extractive projects on Indigenous communities. The study utilised information from the Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas) — a crowdsourced database — which holds details of over …

Sylvan Bachhuber (2023-06-13). Resisting 'Train Maya' and Other Destructive Development Projects in Mexico. progressive.org More than 1,000 activists, Indigenous leaders, and community members gathered for an international meeting entitled "Global Corporate Capitalism, Planetary Patriarchy, and Autonomies in Rebellion."

midwesternmarx (2023-06-13). 5 Key Takeaways from The Purity Fetish. By: Thomas Riggins. midwesternmarx.com This is a transcript from Tom's presentation at the book launch of Carlos Garrido's The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may purchase HERE. ​Noah Khrachvik: Awesome, our first speaker is Thomas Riggins. Thomas is a retired philosophy teacher from NYU, the New School for Social Research and others. He received a PhD from the CUNY Graduate Center in 1983 and he's the Consulting Editor for the Midwestern Marx Institute. He's been ac …

midwesternmarx (2023-06-13). Book Launch Presentation: The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism. By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com This is a transcript from Carlos Garrido's presentation at the book launch of recent book, The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may purchase HERE. ​In an 1875 letter to Wilhelm Bracke, Marx would say that "Every step of real movement is more important than a dozen programmes." This is the living spirit of Marxist analysis — the emphasis is laid on real struggles, on the forms of social formation these struggles discover in …

midwesternmarx (2023-06-13). The Purity Fetish and the Commodity Fetish. By: Radhika Desai. midwesternmarx.com This is a transcript from Radhika's presentation at the book launch of Carlos Garrido's The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may purchase HERE. Thanks for the invitation to be part of this panel of some of the most acute thinkers discussing this very important book. It is important particularly for its focus on dialectics, which is a philosophical mode that is much maligned and misunderstood in the English speaking world, dismissed as 'Hegel …

Fight Back (2023-06-14). Philippines: Wyeth workers, supporters fight back against mass lay-off. fightbacknews.org Members of Wyeth Philippines Progressive Workers' Union (WPPWU) and their supporters mounted a series of mass protests and other activities to demand the reinstatement of 140 workers who were illegally dismissed by Wyeth-Nestlé Philippines on May 18, 2023 and five other workers who were fired earlier, reported Ang Bayan, official organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines, on June 7, 2023. | The WPPWU fought back with more than 20 picket protests to defend the company jobs of workers and defend the union's previous gains. | Ang Bayan said that the WPPWU protested on May 30 in front of the Nestlé Cabuyao Fact…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-14). Communists in Austria demand freeze on rents amid soaring housing crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The Communist Party of Austria claims that the average housing cost in the country has increased by 12% over the past two years. The party has called for measures such as expansion of municipal housing and introduction of building rent caps…

thecommunists (2023-06-14). EVENT: Book launch: Neo-nazi Nato's Proxy War Against Russia. thecommunists.org On Saturday 24 June, the CPGB-ML will be holding a book launch event in London for Neo-nazi Nato's Proxy War Against Russia by Giles Shorter — a brilliant blow by blow account of every important development in Ukraine over the last ten years. Event details 2.00pm on Saturday 24 June Saklatvala Hall, Southall, London, UB2 …

C.J. Atkins (2023-06-13). No red in the rainbow? Cold War law blocks Oklahoma Communists from Pride. peoplesworld.org Citing a 1955 law that declared the Communist Party illegal in the state of Oklahoma, organizers of Oklahoma City Pride blocked local Reds from having a booth alongside other community organizations and corporate sponsors at this year's "Pride on 39th" festival. "We have reviewed your application and have found that Title 21, Section 1266.1 et …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-13). Swaziland: Campaign launched for release of political prisoners. greenleft.org.au The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) is set to launch a "Break the Chains" campaign to demand the release of political prisoners, including its Central Committee member Mvuselelo Mkhabela, reports Peoples Dispatch.

thecommunists (2023-06-13). Garland Nixon and Harpal Brar: India, Russia, China and anti-imperialism. thecommunists.org Following his discussion with Joti Brar, Garland Nixon invites Harpal Brar in to talk with him about Russia, India and China, dealing with such topics as the break-up of the Soviet Union, the Ukraine war, and India's relations with Russia and China in the context of the growing anti-imperialist sentiment around the world. Comrade Harpal …

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-06-14). Saturday 6/24: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

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2023-06-13: News Headlines

Peter Boyle (2023-06-12). Challenges for climate activists in Singapore. greenleft.org.au Kristian-Marc Paul, an activist in the Singapore climate justice movment, spoke to Green Left's Peter Boyle ahead of his participation in the Ecosocialism 2023 conference on July 1—2.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-13). Swaziland: Campaign launched for release of political prisoners. greenleft.org.au The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) is set to launch a "Break the Chains" campaign to demand the release of political prisoners, including its Central Committee member Mvuselelo Mkhabela, reports Peoples Dispatch.

People's Dispatch. (2023-06-12). Activists In Germany Protest NATO's 'Air Defender 23' Military Exercise. popularresistance.org On June 10, hundreds of activists from various anti-imperialist and anti-war groups as well as the Communist Party of Germany (DKP) marched to the Wunstorf Air Base in Hannover to protest the NATO's Air Defender 2023 exercise scheduled from June 12-June 23. A vigil was also held at the Spangdahlem Air Base near Trier, which will also serve as a base for the exercise. Die Linke organized protests against the NATO exercise on June 11. The protestors denounced war-mongering and projection of military might by NATO amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and demanded a ceasefire and peace negotiations in Ukraine, as well…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-06-13). Saturday 6/24: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.


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2023-06-12: News Headlines

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-11). Documentary: Unsustainable — The UN's Agenda for World Domination. expose-news.com Globalists in the power elite — working through the United Nations — are waging war against property rights, gun rights and capitalism to usher in a Marxist World Order. This war is …

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism. (2023-06-11). The US Economy — Surprisingly Resilient Or Potemkin Village? popularresistance.org For today's episode, we want to talk about what's going on in the US economy. Because when you look at the discussion that's going on, you see a lot of contradictory narratives. On the one hand, you have people like Bank of America's CEO Brian Moynihan, who said on Sunday that the country may face a mild recession later this year. You see a lot of major CEOs making similar predictions. By contrast, the Biden administration and much of the US mainstream media are insisting that the US economy is showing extraordinary resilience. So, Michael, I want to ask you, what is your analysis on the current state of the US e…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-12). Cuban party delegation travels to South Vietnam. plenglish.com Hanoi, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in Havana, and his accompanying delegation traveled to Ho Chi Minh City, in the follow-up of their visit to Vietnam.

Rainer Shea (2023-06-11). Hurting the Democratic Party is Essential for Revolutionaries, and Voting Cornel West is Our Best Way to Do This. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Jun 9, 2023 | At this moment, the best thing we can do to weaken the Democratic Party's monopoly over organizing spaces is back Cornel West. Communists should vote for him not because he's a communist, which he isn't, but because voting for him will have an impact that advances our cause. What it will do is greatly expand the fissure that's long been developing within the country's left, the fissure that makes the communist movement better able to grow outside the DNC's influence. | This fissure first became visible during recent decades when, in reaction to the Democratic Party's reactionar…


thecommunists (2023-06-11). Joti Brar on RT: Imperialism's fascistic proxy armies and MSM lies. thecommunists.org Joti Brar speaks to RT news about US and British imperialism's use and support of extreme right-wing forces and the media's condemnation, or support of, those same forces depending on which narrative the imperialists are spinning at the time. Osama bin Laden and the Afghan mujahideen were once heralded by the western press as 'freedom …

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-06-12). Saturday 6/24: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Poverty by America, by Matthew Desmond. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Curtis Daly, The Canary. (2023-06-11). England To Trial A Basic Income For The First Time. popularresistance.org England is about to pilot a basic income scheme for the first time. Thirty people will receive £1600 a month for two years. The trial, which will take place in central Jarrow and East Finchley, seeks to find out what effects this will have on the lives of the participants. | Will Stronge, director of research from thinktank Autonomy, said: | All the evidence shows that it would directly alleviate poverty and boost millions of people's wellbeing: the potential benefits are just too large to ignore. | Indeed, this seems like an interesting and positive scheme to tackle the hardship millions of people face in…


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2023-06-10: News Headlines

midwesternmarx (2023-06-10). THE PARTY RESPONDS TO CRISIS IN CUBA By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com ​The Communist Party of Cuba is a vanguard political party in a political system of people's democracy. As such, its role is to educate the people, guiding the people in the construction of socialism. The Party in Cuba possesses the moral authority to guide and educate, but it does not have the legal and constitutional authority to decide. The Constitution grants to the National Assembly of People's Power, the deputies of which are nominated by the dele …

isj.org.uk (2023-06-10). Feeling the heat: wildfires and capitalism. isj.org.uk Smoke is dense, choking, acrid and debilitating.

midwesternmarx (2023-06-10). Why China's socialist economy is more efficient than capitalism By: John Ross. midwesternmarx.com The difficulty the U.S. faces in its current attempts to damage China's economy was analysed in detail in the article "The U.S. is trying to persuade China to commit suicide". Reduced to essentials, the U.S. problem is that it possesses no external economic levers powerful enough to derail China's economy. The U.S. has attempted tariffs, technology sanctions, political provocations over Taiwan, the actual or threatened banning of companies such as Huawei …

cameron orr (2023-06-09). Marxist IQ: Imperialism past and present. cpusa.org As the Biden administration continues the blockade against Cuba, a Cold War revival against China, and a nearly $900 billion military budget, understanding V.I. Lenin's theory of imperialism, enunciated in Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism has rarely been more important. The following questions derive from that work. 1. Modern imperialism is the foreign …

Capitalism, Race & Democracy (2023-06-09). Pacifica's CRD Longshore Workers Shut Down Ports;Protests over Florida Anti-immigrant Bill. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy On Longshore Workers Shut Down Ports; Protests over Florida Anti-immigrant Bill; South Africa Stands Up to the ICC…

midwesternmarx (2023-06-10). Chris Hedges: Dr. Cornel West Announces He Is Running for President By: Chris Hedges. midwesternmarx.com ​Dr. Cornel West, in his first interview since deciding to enter the U.S. presidential race, explains why he is a candidate. Dr. Cornel West, the moral philosopher and civil rights activist, will formally announce today he is running for president on the People's Party ticket. Cornel will be a singular voice for serious social and political change in an electoral system saturated with corporate money and rigged to crush third parties. His decades-long commitment to …


midwesternmarx (2023-06-10). Revolution and counterrevolution: remembering Tiananmen 34 years later By: Amanda Yee. midwesternmarx.com This June 4 marks the 34th anniversary of what is known in the United States as the Tiananmen "massacre." The story we are typically told in the West is that young student activists had gathered in Tiananmen Square, uniting around the liberal demands of democracy and freedom, bravely defying the repressive Chinese government. After weeks of these ongoing protests, the Communist Party of China had had enough and cracked down on the peaceful protesters. As the story goes, i …

scorinoco (2023-06-10). President of Honduras Starts Official Tour of China. orinocotribune.com The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, started her six-day official visit to China on Friday, with a view to consolidating bilateral relations in various fields. Upon her arrival in Shanghai on Friday, June 9, the Honduran president was received by the highest authority of the Communist Party of China in the city of Shanghai. | The secretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Honduras, Enrique Reina, reported, "The highest authority of the Communist Party in Shanghai and secretary of the Municipal Committee, Chen Jining, received President Xiomara Castro, and expressed his support to promote…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-09). Party delegation from Havana pays tribute to Marti in Hanoi. plenglish.com Hanoi, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) in Havana, and his accompanying delegation paid tribute to Cuban National Hero José Martí in this capital on Friday.

thecommunists (2023-06-09). Who blew up the Kakhovka dam? thecommunists.org The collapse of Kakhovka dam (on the Dnieper river in the Kherson region that was recently reincorporated into Russia) and consequent release of a flood tide of water, swamping the area and causing great loss of life and widespread infrastructural damage, is the latest incident to be blamed on Russia by Washington and Kiev, as …

Matthew Ehret (2023-06-10). John F Kennedy Broke the Rules of the Zero Sum Game. Will his Nephew Learn How This Was Done? thelastamericanvagabond.com "Man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe." — President Kennedy, 1961 Inaugural Address Recently, presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy Jr delivered an interview

Joelle Fishman (2023-06-09). Connecticut caregivers strike attracts national support to end poverty wages. peoplesworld.org HARTFORD, CT — Striking group home and day program caregivers marked week two of their strike against poverty with a rally at Emanuel Lutheran Church, followed by a march to the State Capitol, as Nobel prize winning economist Paul Stiglitz issued a statement of support indicating that the strike is gaining national attention. The members …


Spencer Sunshine (2023-06-09). Far Right "Proud Boys" Group Has Continued to Grow Despite January 6 Charges. truthout.org The events of January 6, 2020, have been closely watched for their long-term impact on the far right. Members of two groups in particular, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, were hit with felonies for their participation in the breach of the U.S. Capitol. Now, two years later, the Oath Keepers have largely collapsed, while the Proud Boys have grown. These are the findings of the Southern Poverty Law… |

Spencer Sunshine (2023-06-09). Far Right "Proud Boys" Group Has Continued to Grow Despite January 6 Charges. truthout.org The events of January 6, 2020, have been closely watched for their long-term impact on the far right. Members of two groups in particular, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, were hit with felonies for their participation in the breach of the U.S. Capitol. Now, two years later, the Oath Keepers have largely collapsed, while the Proud Boys have grown. These are the findings of the Southern Poverty Law… |

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