2023-03-18: News Headlines

Staff (2023-03-17). President Maduro: 'Revolution is Alternative to Rottenness of Capitalism'. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, March 15, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, stated that the Bolivarian Revolution is an alternative to the decadent capitalist system of the world, during a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of Commander Hugo Chávez. The president led a massive popular march that carried Hugo Chávez's cadet saber from the Military Academy to Barracks 4F (El Cuartel de la Montaña), where the remains of the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution rest. | "Let us show that ethically and morally, the Bolivarian Revolution is an alternative to the rottenness of savage neol…

Editor (2023-03-17). Karl Marx: Before all else a revolutionist. mronline.org On the 140th anniversary of Karl Marx's death, Katherine Connelly discusses his revolutionary contribution.

Vijay Prashad (2023-03-17). East Germany & the True Test of a Civilization. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Mar 2, 2023 | Vijay Prashad recalls the DDR's efforts to create a humane and just health care system, with few resources available, in a country devastated by World War II. | A few years ago, a minor medical problem took me to the Hospital Alemán-Nicaragàºense in Nicaragua's capital, Managua. While I was being treated, I asked the doctor, a kindly older man, if the hospital had been built in association with a German missionary organisation, given its name (in Spanish, alemán means 'German'). | No, he said: this hospital used to be called the Carlos Marx Hospital, and it was built in…

ecns.cn (2023-03-18). HKSAR, Macao SAR chief executives support formation of Hong Kong and Macao work office of CPC Central Committee. ecns.cn Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee and Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Ho Iat Seng on Thursday expressed firm support for the formation of the Hong Kong and Macao work office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

Alexander Rubinstein, The Grayzone. (2023-03-17). US: Destroy Taiwan Semiconductor Factories If China Invades. popularresistance.org Former White House National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien has hinted at a sinister US contingency plan in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Rather than see Taiwan's semiconductor factories fall into the hands of the Communist Party of China, the US and its allies would simply pull a Nordstream. | "The United States and its allies are never going to let those factories fall into Chinese hands," O'Brien told Semafor, a news outlet that has been funded by jailed Democratic financier Sam Bankman-Fried and his brother. O'Brien went on to compare the destruction of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa…

ecns.cn (2023-03-17). Decision to set up new HK, Macao work office receives wide support. ecns.cn Central government departments and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions expressed firm support for a decision to establish a new Hong Kong and Macao work office under the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

Editor (2023-03-17). Former US NatSec Advisor: Destroy Taiwan Semiconductor Factories if China Invades. scheerpost.com Rather than see Taiwan's semiconductor factories fall into the hands of the Communist Party of China, the US and its allies would simply pull a Nordstream.

Roger McKenzie (2023-03-17). Dictator? French Communists slam Macron for imposing pensions bill without a vote. peoplesworld.org French communists have slammed the decision of President Emmanuel Macron to impose his highly unpopular bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron shunned parliament Thursday by opting to push through his controversial plans by triggering a special constitutional power known as Section 49.3. The rarely-used maneuver will likely spark a …

thecommunists (2023-03-17). Why I left my first teaching job: 'No support, no training, no care for the kids'. thecommunists.org The following interview was conducted by one of our members with a young teacher who left her first job within months of starting it. ***** When did you graduate from your teaching course? July 2022. How did you get your first job as a teacher? Through an education agency. Why did you have to leave …

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