2024-01-30: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-30). Crisis in the Red Sea: Death Blow to Global Capitalism. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara López On January 29th, Yemen's Shiite Houthi militias stated that they attacked a U.S. military vessel in the Gulf of Aden, in the southern Red Sea. Likewise, the shipping company Maersk assured this January 24 that two of its merchant ships were attacked by the Yemeni Armed Forces; these ships were carrying U.S….

Ian Angus (2024-01-29). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2024. greenleft.org.au From killer insects to trash to degrowth, Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six new books for understanding and changing the world…

Neal Meyer, Federico Fuentes (2024-01-30). United States: 'Biden's support for Israel's genocidal campaign has made it more likely that Trump will win'. greenleft.org.au Neal Meyer is a national leader of Bread & Roses, a caucus of Marxist activists in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). He spoke with Green Left's Federico Fuentes about the impact that Israel's war on Gaza is having on US politics.

Editor (2024-01-30). Lenin's 'Last Testament': The prophetic last words of a Marxist for our times. mronline.org The myth that Lenin led to Stalin is exposed by Lenin's Last Testament which argues for more democracy and removing Stalin from power, writes John Westmoreland.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-29). Beyond Palestine – A Time to Break Silence By: Jacan Stone. midwesternmarx.com ​King marching against the Vietnam War. I am happy to see that more and more people are giving attention to the actual radical history of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the bastardization of his radicalism by the establishment in its attempt to neuter his lessons in radical activism. That being said, on what would be today his 95th birthday, it is clear the transformative visions he had for the country's political, religious, social, and economic life are far from realized. A …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-29). Palestine notes: How Europe projected its unique antisemitism disease on the Middle East By: Palestine Will Be Free. midwesternmarx.com

midwesternmarx (2024-01-29). The Entry of a New German Left Party Shakes up the Country By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com In October 2023, 10 members of the German parliament (Bundestag) left Die Linke (the Left) and declared their intention to form their own party. With their departure, Die Linke's parliamentary group fell to 28 out of the 736 members of the Bundestag, compared to the 78 members of the far-right Alliance for Germany (AfD). One of the reasons for the departure of these 10 MPs is that they believe that Die Linke has lost touch with its working-class base, whose decomposition over issues …

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2024-01-30). Neoliberalism Plunges Ecuador Into A State Of Crisis; US Escalates Militarism. popularresistance.org On January 7, Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito", a leader of an Ecuadorian drug cartel, escaped from prison, which sparked uprisings across the country. In response, President Daniel Noboa declared a national state of emergency and decreed that the country is in a state of internal conflict, listing 20 gangs as terrorist groups. Clearing the FOG spoke with Alex Main of the Center for Economic Policy and Research about the conditions that have led to growing poverty, insecurity and violence in Ecuador. Main explains how the United States is exploiting the current situation to justify sending US weapons and military p…

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