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…

John Ripton (2023-06-08). Global Capitalism: Anti-Democratic Politics and Existential Crisis. dissidentvoice.org Though it is not often examined in these terms, the popular disaffection of Americans with government in general and the rise of anti-democratic politics around the world are seemingly predictable reactions to the contemporary global crises in the international capitalist economy. Persistent poverty, pandemics, military conflict, economic displacement, climate catastrophes, migration, widespread corruption and social …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-06-08). Why China's Socialist Economy Is More Efficient Than Capitalism. orinocotribune.com By John Ross — Jun 06, 2023 | The difficulty the U.S. faces in its current attempts to damage China's economy was analysed in detail in the

Henry A. Giroux (2023-06-08). Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: Art Exhibit Calls Viewers to Confront Fascism. truthout.org Neoliberal capitalism comes under scathing and thought-provoking artistic critique by renowned Spanish artist Isaac Cordal in his politically engaged new exhibition, "Smoke Signals," which includes miniature sculptures, photography and diverse installations. Cordal uses his miniature statuettes to refigure space, fragment time, point to larger social issues and stand as imperfect constructions of… |

David Bollier. (2023-06-08). Can We Move Beyond Philanthrocapitalism? popularresistance.org While the many philanthropies of the world address social injustice, gender discrimination, and countless other issues, there is one topic that is off-limits to most of them: changing the capitalist system itself, the source of many problems that philanthropy aspires to solve. | This conundrum is the focus of a new book, Post Capitalist Philanthropy, by Alnoor Ladha and Lynn Murphy, which is a bold inquiry into what they call "philanthrocapitalism." As Ladha puts it, "A few people have amassed so much wealth that they're now determining the agenda for a civil society. Ostensibly, we're told that this is for socia…

Jacob Andrewartha (2023-06-08). Podcast: Resisting Modi's India. greenleft.org.au Green Left speaks to Clifton D'Rozario, a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation about the rise of the Narendra Modi government in India.

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 …

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.

Staff (2023-06-08). Georges Abdallah files new appeal for release as campaign for his freedom escalates. samidoun.net Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist and struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France since 1984, has filed a new request for his release before the sentencing judge in Paris. Eligible for release since 1999, he has already made eight requests for parole, some of which have been accepted judicially before being blocked by politcal decisions …

thecommunists (2023-06-08). Joti Brar: We are heartened and inspired by French workers' fighting spirit. thecommunists.org The following interview was given by our vice-chair Joti Brar to communists in France (PRCF). You can read the French version on the Communist Initiative website. It has also been translated into Spanish and reproduced on the New Revolution website. ***** What is the situation in Britain from the perspective of the social movement? What …

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… |

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 …

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 …

WSWS (2023-06-08). SEP/IYSSE public meeting in Colombo: Oppose the Sri Lankan government's privatisation of state enterprises! Build workers' action committees to fight for jobs and wages! wsws.org The SEP/IYSSE public meeting will elaborate on the program and perspective of international socialism that the working class needs to fight the government's austerity measures.

Capitalism, Race & Democracy (2023-06-08). 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…

Editor (2023-06-07). Train horror in India: Another crime of decaying capitalism. mronline.org The deadliest train crash in India in more than a quarter of a century has killed nearly 300 passengers and injured more than 1,000. It is a tragedy that has horrified the world and exposed the criminal neglect of basic infrastructure by the ultra-right regime of Hindu chauvinist Narendra Modi and the capitalist governments that preceded it.

Amanda Yee, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-07). Revolution And Counterrevolution: Remembering Tiananmen 34 Years Later. popularresistance.org 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, in the early morning hours of June 4, 1989, People's Liberation Army tanks rolled into the square. They were said to be indiscriminately shooting and mowing down innocent, unarmed protesters, killing thousands. | To put it simply, this particular unde…

thecommunists (2023-06-07). Model motion: No cooperation with the imperialist drive to war. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* notes Britain's continued involvement in the war in Ukraine and its drive towards war in China and Korea, and calls for …

Editor (2023-06-07). Train horror in India: Another crime of decaying capitalism. mronline.org The deadliest train crash in India in more than a quarter of a century has killed nearly 300 passengers and injured more than 1,000. It is a tragedy that has horrified the world and exposed the criminal neglect of basic infrastructure by the ultra-right regime of Hindu chauvinist Narendra Modi and the capitalist governments that preceded it.

Capitalism, Race & Democracy (2023-06-07). 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…

John Ross (2023-06-06). Why China's socialist economy is more efficient than capitalism. mronline.org 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.

midwesternmarx (2023-06-06). Obsolete Cold War Attitudes Are Holding Europe Back By: Fiona Edwards. midwesternmarx.com Recently, the United States has been followed by a number of European countries in supporting a cold war policy toward Russia and China. This has created increasing problems in Europe—bringing a major war to the continent, creating serious economic difficulties, and intensifying a decline in living standards. In this context, the case for Europe establishing an independent foreign policy has gained support, as a way of ensuring security and prosperity. Starting with the most extrem …

midwesternmarx (2023-06-06). Science and Imperialism: Scientists as Workers for Peace By: Archishman Raju. midwesternmarx.com Imperialism and militarism have always disguised and justified themselves as the defense of freedom. The American President recently called for the unity of the free world, outlining the fight for democracy against autocracy as the defining challenge of our times.1 There is little doubt his fight for "democracy" means the continued funding of the American military apparatus around the world, which will continue to "free" unwilling people who have not yet reali …

midwesternmarx (2023-06-06). How "peaceful protests" in Nicaragua became an attempted coup By: John Perry, Daniel Kovalik. midwesternmarx.com Source: "Nicaragua: Guarimbas no 'carburan,'" Cuba, Isla Mía blog. The "groundwork for insurrection" in Nicaragua was laid down months and years before the coup attempt began, as our first article explained. But the coup could only succeed if it mobilized sufficient people into demanding that President Daniel Ortega should resign. How was this to be done, with polls showing his government had some 80% support in a country that had enjoyed se …

Harry Magdoff (2023-06-06). The Political Tragedy of Capitalist Rule. mronline.org Society is made up of parts that work together, sometimes more and sometimes less successfully, to produce its livelihood and reproduce itself.

thecommunists (2023-06-07). Model motion: No cooperation with the imperialist drive to war. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* notes Britain's continued involvement in the war in Ukraine and its drive towards war in China and Korea, and calls for …

Brittani Banks (2023-06-06). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Horrific Crash That Killed 275 People Exposes Structural Issues in Indian Railways LGBTQ+ Ugandans Face Deadly Threat as "Anti-Homosexuality Act" Signed Into Law Communist Party of Swaziland to Launch Campaign for Release of Its Member Mvuselelo Mkhabela and Other Political Prisoners Colombia Rejoins UNASUR [NEWS ITEM TEXT] Horrific Crash …

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-06-06). What is "Pride" without Organization and Political Power?>. podcasters.spotify.com In this episode I interrogate the capture of "pride month" and the uselessness of the commodification or "representation" or LGBTQIA+ folks if they do NOT have FIRST political power. We talk about what organizing is and what it isn't, and how to get involved, plus some examples of how reactionism and fat right ideology seeps in even to the progressive, anarchists, socialist or communists formations, organizations and groups and how to root it out…

Amanda Yee (2023-06-06). Revolution and Counterrevolution: Remembering Tiananmen 34 Years Later. orinocotribune.com By Amanda Yee — Jun 3, 2023 | 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, in the early morning hours of June 4, 1989, People's Liberation Army tanks rolled into the square. They were said to be indiscriminately shooting and mowing down innocent, unarmed protesters, killing thousands. | To…

Fight Back (2023-06-06). Tampa call center workers strike against layoffs. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Early in the morning June 5, over 40 Maximus employees, Communications Workers of America (CWA) members, and other supporters rallied in front of Maximus, a federally contracted call center, in Riverview, Florida. The rally was part of a nationwide one-day strike put on by the CWA in response to hundreds of layoffs nationwide and to demand a living wage. | As commuters rolled by, honking horns and waving in solidarity, picketers chanted, "Hey hey, ho ho, poverty wages have got to go!" Laid-off workers spoke about the type of abuse they received from management at Maximus such as timed bathroom breaks.

rebekah (2023-06-06). Protecting Safety Net Programs Means Protecting People From Poverty. inequality.org You could say the blues have followed me wherever I've gone. My mom came from a family of 18, picking cotton and peanuts in Georgia. My dad, who played the blues, couldn't read. He learned numbers selling produce. I was born in Massachusetts, where my mom worked in the factories and raised me alone after …

Trish Brown (2023-06-06). Prayer helped me survive poverty, but I needed government help too. nationofchange.org Our social safety net is flawed but vital. Let's work together to protect it from political attacks.

rebekah (2023-06-06). Protecting Safety Net Programs Means Protecting People From Poverty. inequality.org You could say the blues have followed me wherever I've gone. My mom came from a family of 18, picking cotton and peanuts in Georgia. My dad, who played the blues, couldn't read. He learned numbers selling produce. I was born in Massachusetts, where my mom worked in the factories and raised me alone after …

Trish Brown (2023-06-06). Prayer helped me survive poverty, but I needed government help too. nationofchange.org Our social safety net is flawed but vital. Let's work together to protect it from political attacks.

John Ross (2023-06-06). Why China's socialist economy is more efficient than capitalism. mronline.org 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.

WSWS (2023-06-05). Train horror in India: Another crime of decaying capitalism. wsws.org The government has been spending lavishly on the military, as part of its deepening strategic alliance with US imperialism against China, while refusing to make the necessary investments in a rail system that is a crucial means of transportation for the country's more than a billion people.

Amanda Yee (2023-06-06). Revolution and Counterrevolution: Remembering Tiananmen 34 Years Later. orinocotribune.com By Amanda Yee — Jun 3, 2023 | 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, in the early morning hours of June 4, 1989, People's Liberation Army tanks rolled into the square. They were said to be indiscriminately shooting and mowing down innocent, unarmed protesters, killing thousands. | To…

teleSUR (2023-06-05). Torrential Rains Leave 15 Dead and 8 Missing in Haiti. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Civil Protection Department (DPC) reported that fifteen Haitians died and eight people are missing due to the heavy rains that hit the country on Saturday. | RELATED: | These human losses occurred in the departments of the West, the Southeast, and the Northwest, which are regions plagued by extreme poverty, local outlet Rezo Nodwes reported. | According to provisional data, 5 out of 10 departments were severely affected. The…

WSWS (2023-06-05). Train horror in India: Another crime of decaying capitalism. wsws.org The government has been spending lavishly on the military, as part of its deepening strategic alliance with US imperialism against China, while refusing to make the necessary investments in a rail system that is a crucial means of transportation for the country's more than a billion people.

thecommunists (2023-06-04). Model motion: Defy the anti-trade union laws. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* notes that, since the defeat of the heroic 1984/5 miners' strike, several rounds of anti-trade union legislation have been enacted in …

Fight Back (2023-06-04). Are U.S. drones dropping bombs in the Philippines? fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The U.S. imperialists and its military forces are notorious for outright military intervention and violating the territorial sovereignty of countries around the world. Indeed, it is well known that the U.S. military has been freely operating their drones and other aircraft within Philippine airspace to transport war matériel and personnel in their various military bases and facilities, as well as take part in local military operations, including conducting drone surveillance, in the name of "counter-terro…

teleSUR (2023-06-05). Torrential Rains Leave 15 Dead and 8 Missing in Haiti. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Civil Protection Department (DPC) reported that fifteen Haitians died and eight people are missing due to the heavy rains that hit the country on Saturday. | RELATED: | These human losses occurred in the departments of the West, the Southeast, and the Northwest, which are regions plagued by extreme poverty, local outlet Rezo Nodwes reported. | According to provisional data, 5 out of 10 departments were severely affected. The…

Jon Queally (2023-06-04). Sanders Denounces Morality of System Where 3 Are Richer Than 165 Million People. truthout.org As President Joe Biden signed into law an agreement Saturday that would shield wealthy tax cheats from stronger IRS enforcement while at the same time enacting cuts to key anti-poverty programs, Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressive allies were busy denouncing the immoral, low-wage economic system in the United States in which just a small handful of mega-billionaires have accumulated more… |

JANET (2023-06-03). How capitalism drives climate catastrophe. iacenter.org By Maddi Johnson May 17, 2023 Portland, Oregon Since I moved to Oregon, all I've been hearing is: "This weather isn't normal. It's too hot in the summers, too cold in the winters." You hear the same story all across the globe. Every year, everywhere, new weather records are broken. Anecdotes aside, the data is indisputable. Already we've seen historical bread baskets start to fail. Places where crops have been grown for generations are suddenly no longer viable. Whether it's due to freak storms, temperature changes, lack of rain or water sources drying up, farmers are losing their livelihoods. The global economy…

Editor (2023-06-03). Canada is burning. Capitalism stoked the flames. mronline.org Wildfires are tearing through the Canadian province of Alberta, the heart of Canada's lucrative oil and gas industry.

Carlos L. Garrido (2023-06-03). The US Censors Dissenting Voices: On the Attacks Against the Midwestern Marx Institute. orinocotribune.com By Edward Liger Smith, Carlos L. Garrido, and Noah Khrachvik — May 31, 2023 | The First Amendment of the United States Constitution says that "Congress shall make no law… Abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Yet in 2023 the United States is attempting to extradite Julian Assange because he

Fight Back (2023-06-04). Are U.S. drones dropping bombs in the Philippines? fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The U.S. imperialists and its military forces are notorious for outright military intervention and violating the territorial sovereignty of countries around the world. Indeed, it is well known that the U.S. military has been freely operating their drones and other aircraft within Philippine airspace to transport war matériel and personnel in their various military bases and facilities, as well as take part in local military operations, including conducting drone surveillance, in the name of "counter-terro…

ecns.cn (2023-06-04). Xi calls for efforts to build modern Chinese civilization. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended a symposium on cultural inheritance and development on Friday and made an important speech. He stressed that it is our new cultural mission in the new era to further promote cultural prosperity and develop a great culture in China and a modern Chinese civilization from a new starting point. It is imperative to have greater confidence in our own culture, shoulder the mission, work diligently and proactively, and make concerted efforts to create a new cul…

thecommunists (2023-06-04). Model motion: Defy the anti-trade union laws. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* notes that, since the defeat of the heroic 1984/5 miners' strike, several rounds of anti-trade union legislation have been enacted in …

thecommunists (2023-06-03). Model motion: Break the link with Labour. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* condemns the Labour party's century-long history of prioritising the interests of Britain's imperialist ruling class over the interests of working-class people …

ecns.cn (2023-06-03). Xi visits a Beijing school ahead of International Children's Day. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Beijing Yuying School on Wednesday morning ahead of International Children's Day, which falls on June 1.

Chris Wright (2023-06-04). What "Security Threat" Does China Pose? covertactionmagazine.com If U.S. leaders were really interested in Americans security, they would upgrade public health and housing rather than upgrading the military and thereby encouraging a dangerous arms race with China. Everyone who abhors war, detests imperialism, and favors cooperation between nations on global warming, poverty reduction, protection of biodiversity, international disarmament, implementation of international law, …

Jon Queally (2023-06-04). Sanders Denounces Morality of System Where 3 Are Richer Than 165 Million People. truthout.org As President Joe Biden signed into law an agreement Saturday that would shield wealthy tax cheats from stronger IRS enforcement while at the same time enacting cuts to key anti-poverty programs, Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressive allies were busy denouncing the immoral, low-wage economic system in the United States in which just a small handful of mega-billionaires have accumulated more… |

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-06-04). Most Uruguayans live worse, warns the Broad Front. plenglish.com This is how it is signed in the document "Towards Uruguay of Hope and Development" an analysis of the situation adopted by the Plenary of the FA that debated the national panorama in the fourth year of the mandate of President Luis Lacalle Pou. | The country model of the government coalition increases inequality, poverty increases, the cost of basic necessities rises, the quality of employment worsens, real wages and retirement and pensions fall, social policies are cut, and Your security policy fails. The State withdraws", affirms the text. | He refers to what he qualifies as the worst water crisis in national h…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-04). Cholera death toll in South Africa rises to 26. plenglish.com The Health Ministry spokesperson Foster Mohale once afresh urged population to take precautionary measures to avoid the spread of the disease. | Most cholera cases in South Africa have been so far reported in the central province of Gauteng, specifically in the Hammanskraal district, north of Pretoria, where people in abject poverty are presently living. | Last week, health authorities in the northern province of Limpopo reported one cholera case, the first one in that district. | Phophi Ramathuba, a member of the Limpopo Health Executive Council, stated the patient was not infected from local sources from contam…

Jim McMahan (2023-06-02). Workers World Party intersex candidate opens Seattle City Council campaign. workers.org Seattle Liv Morgan Liv Morgan, an intersex Workers World Party member, declared her candidacy for Seattle City Council, District 3, on May 25. Her campaign as an official write-in candidate is breaking new ground in the struggle of oppressed genders for representation, visibility and for socialism. Abandoned and orphaned, and . . . |

Federico Fuentes (2023-06-02). Brazil: Can Lula's plan bring peace to Ukraine? greenleft.org.au Israel Dutra, of the Brazilian Socialist Left Movement within the Socialism and Liberty Party, speaks to Federico Fuentes about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's peace proposal for the war in Ukraine.

JANET (2023-06-03). How capitalism drives climate catastrophe. iacenter.org By Maddi Johnson May 17, 2023 Portland, Oregon Since I moved to Oregon, all I've been hearing is: "This weather isn't normal. It's too hot in the summers, too cold in the winters." You hear the same story all across the globe. Every year, everywhere, new weather records are broken. Anecdotes aside, the data is indisputable. Already we've seen historical bread baskets start to fail. Places where crops have been grown for generations are suddenly no longer viable. Whether it's due to freak storms, temperature changes, lack of rain or water sources drying up, farmers are losing their livelihoods. The global economy…

Editor (2023-06-03). Canada is burning. Capitalism stoked the flames. mronline.org Wildfires are tearing through the Canadian province of Alberta, the heart of Canada's lucrative oil and gas industry.

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-06-02). Democracy Under Capitalism – What is it? podcasters.spotify.com Does democracy exist? What is it? What isn't it? What are we told about it? Where do these ideas come from? Can capitalism, a system based on exploitation, profit, and oppression, truly be "liberal", "free" or "Democratic"? For more on this and maybe an answer or to, give this episode a listen!

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-02). Georgi Dimitrov's "United Front: The Struggle Against Fascism and War" and its Value for Our Moment. libya360.wordpress.com Turner Roth Introduction In a period of increasing tensions, where world powers, caught in the systemic compulsions of our contemporary capitalism dominated by the United States axis, draw closer to forms of world-historical conflict, a third world war being that thing which may if it comes to pass seal the fate of the human species…

Rainer Shea (2023-06-02). Bezos Is Planning To Replace the Present US Imperialism With a 'Decolonized' Version of Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 29, 2023 | The project by Jeff Bezos and other oligarchs to weaponize the concept of anti-colonialism towards reinforcing capitalism goes deeper than their "decolonial" NGOs. This is because whereas these NGOs are relatively easy for developing radicals to recognize as anti-revolutionary, there are other, more insidious ways that imperialism-compatible "anti-colonial" politics is getting normalized. The effort by Bezos to set up his "Earth Fund" so that he can

Carlos L. Garrido (2023-06-03). The US Censors Dissenting Voices: On the Attacks Against the Midwestern Marx Institute. orinocotribune.com By Edward Liger Smith, Carlos L. Garrido, and Noah Khrachvik — May 31, 2023 | The First Amendment of the United States Constitution says that "Congress shall make no law… Abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Yet in 2023 the United States is attempting to extradite Julian Assange because he

Editor (2023-06-02). The U.S. censors Dissenting Voices: On the attacks against the Midwestern Marx Institute. mronline.org The First Amendment of the United States Constitution says that "Congress shall make no law… Abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

ecns.cn (2023-06-03). Xi visits a Beijing school ahead of International Children's Day. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Beijing Yuying School on Wednesday morning ahead of International Children's Day, which falls on June 1.

thecommunists (2023-06-03). Model motion: Break the link with Labour. thecommunists.org This model motion for use by trade unionists and others is included in our upcoming pamphlet Manifesto for the Crisis, which will be available to buy soon in the party bookshop. ***** This [conference]* condemns the Labour party's century-long history of prioritising the interests of Britain's imperialist ruling class over the interests of working-class people …

Pavan Kulkarni (2023-06-02). Communist Party of Swaziland to launch campaign for release of its member Mvuselelo Mkhabela and other political prisoners. peoplesdispatch.org 21-year-old Mvuselelo Mkhabela, a Central Committee member of the banned Communist Party of Swaziland, who had continued organizing anti-monarchist resistance underground after escaping police custody with a bullet wound, was arrested in April and tortured again…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-02). U.S. Empire: Most Murderous Killing Machine in History. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov New study finds U.S. responsible for nearly 300 million deaths—and counting In September, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation—established by a bipartisan act of Congress in 1993—opened the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C., which aims to spotlight the plight of the alleged 100 million victims of Communist ideology. The 100 million figure was…

thecommunists (2023-06-02). Solidarity with the people of Serbia against Nato-backed violence in Kosovo. thecommunists.org The following statement and call for solidarity has been issued by the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ). ***** The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) strongly condemns the violent intrusion of police forces of the Albanian pro-imperialist authorities in Pristina (Kosovo) to the buildings of the municipalities of Zveƒçan, Leposaviƒá and Zubin Potok, in …

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-06-02). People's Health Tribunal Finds Shell and Total Energy Guilty of Harming African Communities. towardfreedom.org During a People's Health Tribunal, environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored extractive corporations in Africa for exploiting natural resources and for sowing poverty and disease. Peoples Health Dispatch reports.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-02). U.S. Empire: Most Murderous Killing Machine in History. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov New study finds U.S. responsible for nearly 300 million deaths—and counting In September, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation—established by a bipartisan act of Congress in 1993—opened the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C., which aims to spotlight the plight of the alleged 100 million victims of Communist ideology. The 100 million figure was…

thecommunists (2023-06-02). Solidarity with the people of Serbia against Nato-backed violence in Kosovo. thecommunists.org The following statement and call for solidarity has been issued by the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ). ***** The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) strongly condemns the violent intrusion of police forces of the Albanian pro-imperialist authorities in Pristina (Kosovo) to the buildings of the municipalities of Zveƒçan, Leposaviƒá and Zubin Potok, in …

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-06-02). People's Health Tribunal Finds Shell and Total Energy Guilty of Harming African Communities. towardfreedom.org During a People's Health Tribunal, environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored extractive corporations in Africa for exploiting natural resources and for sowing poverty and disease. Peoples Health Dispatch reports.

Jim McMahan (2023-06-02). Workers World Party intersex candidate opens Seattle City Council campaign. workers.org Seattle Liv Morgan Liv Morgan, an intersex Workers World Party member, declared her candidacy for Seattle City Council, District 3, on May 25. Her campaign as an official write-in candidate is breaking new ground in the struggle of oppressed genders for representation, visibility and for socialism. Abandoned and orphaned, and . . . |

Federico Fuentes (2023-06-02). Brazil: Can Lula's plan bring peace to Ukraine? greenleft.org.au Israel Dutra, of the Brazilian Socialist Left Movement within the Socialism and Liberty Party, speaks to Federico Fuentes about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's peace proposal for the war in Ukraine.

Chloe DS (2023-06-01). Malaysia: Building solidarity in a time of climate crisis. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Chloe DS spoke to Cheong Huei Ting, Central Committee member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and Coordinator of the PSM's Environmental and Climate Crisis Bureau ahead of her participation in the Ecosocialism 2023 Conference in July in Naarm/Melbourne.

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-06-02). Democracy Under Capitalism – What is it? podcasters.spotify.com Does democracy exist? What is it? What isn't it? What are we told about it? Where do these ideas come from? Can capitalism, a system based on exploitation, profit, and oppression, truly be "liberal", "free" or "Democratic"? For more on this and maybe an answer or to, give this episode a listen!

Rainer Shea (2023-06-02). Bezos Is Planning To Replace the Present US Imperialism With a 'Decolonized' Version of Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 29, 2023 | The project by Jeff Bezos and other oligarchs to weaponize the concept of anti-colonialism towards reinforcing capitalism goes deeper than their "decolonial" NGOs. This is because whereas these NGOs are relatively easy for developing radicals to recognize as anti-revolutionary, there are other, more insidious ways that imperialism-compatible "anti-colonial" politics is getting normalized. The effort by Bezos to set up his "Earth Fund" so that he can

WSWS (2023-06-01). Strike wave grows in Portugal despite trade unions' attempt to strangle it. wsws.org Amid the deepest crisis of global capitalism since the 1930s, the PS is trying to impose austerity and the costs of a war economy on the backs of the working class.

Pavan Kulkarni (2023-06-02). Communist Party of Swaziland to launch campaign for release of its member Mvuselelo Mkhabela and other political prisoners. peoplesdispatch.org 21-year-old Mvuselelo Mkhabela, a Central Committee member of the banned Communist Party of Swaziland, who had continued organizing anti-monarchist resistance underground after escaping police custody with a bullet wound, was arrested in April and tortured again…

ecns.cn (2023-06-02). Xi visits a Beijing school ahead of International Children's Day. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Beijing Yuying School on Wednesday morning ahead of International Children's Day, which falls on June 1.

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-06-02). People's Health Tribunal Finds Shell and Total Energy Guilty of Harming African Communities. towardfreedom.org During a People's Health Tribunal, environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored extractive corporations in Africa for exploiting natural resources and for sowing poverty and disease. Peoples Health Dispatch reports.

Chloe DS (2023-06-01). Malaysia: Building solidarity in a time of climate crisis. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Chloe DS spoke to Cheong Huei Ting, Central Committee member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and Coordinator of the PSM's Environmental and Climate Crisis Bureau ahead of her participation in the Ecosocialism 2023 Conference in July in Naarm/Melbourne.

WSWS (2023-06-01). DeSantis, Trump compete over who is the bigger fascist. wsws.org The two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are threatening, as part of a war against socialism, to destroy democratic rights embedded in the US Constitution.

WSWS (2023-06-01). Democratic New York City mayor uses Memorial Day speech to rail against socialism and communism. wsws.org Adams is increasingly channeling the red-baiting Senator Joseph McCarthy of the 1950s and the fascistic former president, Donald Trump.

Jacob Andrewartha (2023-05-31). New speakers announced for Ecosocialism 2023 conference. greenleft.org.au An exciting new range of guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2023 conference in Naarm/Melbourne July 1-2 have been announced. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

Jack Rasmus, LA Progressive. (2023-06-01). Biden-McCarthy Deal: Neoliberal Fiscal Policy Continues. popularresistance.org Over the weekend, US House of Representatives speaker McCarthy and president Biden announced a tentative agreement on raising the debt ceiling. The deal—almost certain to pass Congress later this week—represents a typical Neoliberal fiscal policy deal. | Ever since neoliberal capitalism policies were introduced under president Carter in the late 1970s, and subsequently expanded dramatically under Reagan, Neoliberal fiscal policy has been characterized by accelerating Pentagon and war spending; simultaneous cutting of business-investor taxes; acceptance of consequent escalating budget deficits—an…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-05-31). U.S. Empire Named Most Murderous Killing Machine In History. covertactionmagazine.com New study finds U.S. responsible for nearly 300 million deaths—and counting In September, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation—established by a bipartisan act of Congress in 1993—opened the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C., which aims to spotlight the plight of the alleged 100 million victims of Communist ideology. The 100 million figure was …

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-31). House Select Committee pushes for India to join NATO Plus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com FirstpostMay 27, 2023 US Select Committee on CCP recommends India to be part of NATO PlusNATO Plus currently has five members — Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, and South Korea. The group works toward boosting global defence cooperation A Congressional Committee or the Select Committee on CCP (Chinese Communist Party) in the US has recommended …

Liberation Staff (2023-05-31). Anti-communist backlash removes Elizabeth Gurley Flynn historical marker in Concord, NH. liberationnews.org New Hampshire lawmakers removed a historical marker honoring the communist, feminist and labor organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn just two weeks after its installation in Concord.

oliviaalperstein (2023-05-31). Criminalization of Race and Poverty Program at the Institute for Policy Studies Responds to the Debt Ceiling Deal. ips-dc.org "It makes it harder for poor and low-income families to access food benefits they deserve, while making it easier for wealthy people to cheat on their taxes."

Trish Brown (2023-05-31). Prayer Helped Me Survive Poverty, But I Needed Government Help Too. otherwords.org You could say the blues have followed me wherever I've gone. | My mom came from a family of 18, picking cotton and peanuts in Georgia. My dad, who played the blues, couldn't read. He learned numbers selling produce. | I was born in Massachusetts, where my mom worked in the factories and raised me alone after my parents separated. She was always telling me, "Keep praying we'll get by." | The prayers helped, but thankfully they were supplemented by government cheese and cash assistance. Our country's social safety net has always been flawed, under-funded, and over-complicated. But it's also essential — and we…