Daily Archives: July 12, 2023

2023-07-12: News Headlines

Esteban Mercatante (2023-07-12). Decrecionismo y (eco)socialismo. globalizacion.ca En este artículo presentamos una mirada sobre los planteos decrecionistas como respuesta a los desastres ambientales producidos por el capitalismo, e interrogamos sus propuestas desde una perspectiva ecosocialista revolucionaria. | Los desastres ambientales en múltiples dimensiones que viene produciendo el capitalismo,…

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-12). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-07-12). Intro to Socialism (One of many!). podcasters.spotify.com In this episode, I discuss some of the different key characteristics of the process of Socialism, without getting much in depth, and hope to discuss more on this soon…

Ian Angus (2023-07-12). 'Golden Spike': Scientists choose site to mark the start of the Anthropocene. greenleft.org.au In a major step towards formal recognition of the Anthropocene as a new stage in Earth System history, scientists have identified a small lake near Toronto as the best marker of epochal change, writes Climate & Capitalism editor Ian Angus.

WSWS (2023-07-12). Statements from France, Turkey and New Zealand oppose censorship of IYSSE by Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "In its move to suppress the IYSSE, Macquarie University is aligning itself with the most reactionary, pro-war forces, which are determined to stamp out the only organisation on campus that stands against imperialism and capitalism."

WSWS (2023-07-12). "Once in a 1,000 year" rain triggers flash flooding in Vermont and New York's Hudson Valley, killing 1. wsws.org The latest disasters in the United States are a sharp warning of the worsening effects of climate change, caused by the profit-driven exploitation of the environment under capitalism.

Paul Reynolds (2023-07-12). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.

Vince Quiles, The Real News Network. (2023-07-12). Why Companies Say 'You're Family' While Underpaying You. popularresistance.org Karl Marx once observed that "equal rights" under the inequality of capitalism simply means the right of capitalists to exploit workers. Anyone who's attempted to unionize their workplace has discovered the truth of this—as employers frequently stoop to unethical and dishonest measures to prevent workers from building collective power. Felix Allen, a Lowe's union organizer based in New Orleans, speaks with The Real News about his experience organizing his workplace for fair pay. Transcript: Vince Quiles: Hey everyone, Vince here. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up, a couple weeks after we recorded this…

Alex Farr (2023-07-12). Communists clean up capitalism's mess, one mile at a time. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO, Calif.—With climate change bringing soaring heat waves and catastrophic floods on a mass scale around the world, the Sacramento Valley formational club of the Communist Party USA decided to take their efforts to clean up their community local—by adopting a highway. "We give a damn in practical ways, service to beautify our slice of …

Anonymous Contributor (2023-07-11). Capitalism is the Tumor, Solidarity Is Our Medicine. itsgoingdown.org Reflections from Peter Gelderloos on his ongoing crowdfunding campaign and its implications for health-care, capitalism, and solidarity. Support his GoFundMe campaign here. At the end of April I had a seizure and after some scans they found a brain tumor. At the end of June I had an operation in which they took out half…

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-07-12). Saturday 7/15: Banking Busts and Bailouts – A Marxist Look at Why and What Next. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., | San Francisco (near Ellis St.) | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near Muni #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 | Wheelchair accessible | To participate via Zoom, please register:…

thecommunists (2023-07-12). Nous sommes encouragés et inspirés par la combativité des travailleurs franàßais. thecommunists.org

ecns.cn (2023-07-12). Chief of SAR affairs office gets to work under new body. ecns.cn Xia Baolong made his debut as director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office, under the Communist Party of China Central Committee, as he chaired a meeting of the newly launched work office on Tuesday.

scorinoco (2023-07-12). Venezuela's Communist Party Members Request Supreme Court to Appoint Special Board for Party Restructuring. orinocotribune.com A group of Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) members requested the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to appoint a special board for restructuring the party. | The group's spokesperson, Victor Parra, spoke to the media outside the court. He explained that they went to the court to "ask for justice regarding the administration of the party." | Parra reported that the group filed an appeal before the Constitutional Chamber of the TSJ asking for a special board because they consider the current PCV leadership illegitimate and illegal for having been elected in a party congress where "more than 80% of the party members…

Staff (2023-07-12). Solidarity with Soha Bechara: Lebanese resistance struggler detained and deported from Greece. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces the Greek government and European Union's denial of entry to Souha Bechara, the Lebanese resistance struggler, former political prisoner and Communist activist. As she traveled from Beirut through Athens to Switzerland, she was stopped in the Athens airport by Greek officials, detained for multiple hours and deported to Lebanon, …

thecommunists (2023-07-12). Thames Water scandal — is the party drawing to a close? thecommunists.org As we go to press it has been announced that Sarah Bentley, the CEO of Thames Water, is resigning on the basis that the company is no longer financially viable. The Times is reporting that government ministers are drawing up contingency plans for the company's collapse. It seems that next year average water bills across …

thecommunists (2023-07-12). What exactly is the Orange Order celebrating? thecommunists.org The following article is reproduced from the Irish News, with thanks. Today (1 July) marks the start of the marching month of July. It is sometimes called the mad month which, just like clockwork, sees bonfires in built-up areas, parades (and feeder parades), speeches and resolutions, banners and all the rest. (The marching month is …

thecommunists (2023-07-12). Joti Brar: Nos anima e inspira el espíritu de lucha de los trabajadores franceses. thecommunists.org

Amanda Yee (2023-07-11). Red Scare reloaded: Chinese "foreign agents" and a new era of McCarthyism. liberationnews.org This new era of McCarthyism reproduces the same paranoia as the first iteration in the 1950s: that communist infiltrators both in government and throughout wider society are influencing policy and public opinion in the enemy's interests.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-11). Chile: Having a Good Constitution Doesn't Guarantee Social Change. libya360.wordpress.com Taroa Zúñiga Silva Graffiti in Chile, attributed to the Communist Youth, reads "For an free education #Iwantanewconstitution" (Photo via Marcelo Bernal on Twitter) Taroa Zúñiga Silva speaks to Bárbara Navarrete, secretary-general of the Communist Youth of Chile. "We are a generation totally interested in taking power," says Bárbara Navarrete, the new secretary-general of the Communist Youth of…

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