China: Tech Self Reliance and Global Dominance

“China Pursues Tech 'Self-Reliance' Fueling Global Unease”, Dec 27, 2021, Joe McDonald (with contributions by Yu Bing & Edith M. Lederer), AP, at <  China pursues tech 'self-reliance,' fueling global unease (msn.com) >

"US has already lost AI fight to China, says ex-Pentagon software chief: Nicolas Chaillan speaks of ‘good reason to be angry’ as Beijing heads for ‘global dominance’ ", Oct 10, 2021, Katrina Manson, Financial Times, at < https://www.ft.com/content/f939db9a-40af-4bd1-b67d-10492535f8e0 >

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How Public Workers Can Stop The Privatization of Everything ~~ STEVE EARLY

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/24/how-public-workers-can-stop-the-privatization-of-everything/

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Bourgeois Idealism & the Promotion of Anti-Intellectualism ~~Ahjamu Umi

https://mronline.org/2021/12/23/bourgeois-idealism-the-promotion-of-anti-intellectualism/

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"Canada must prepare for America’s rapid decline", Dec 22, 2021 ~~ Dimitri Lascaris

 https://mronline.org/2021/12/22/canada-must-prepare-for-americas-rapid-decline/ >. 

"Salvador Allende’s Grandson Responds to Boric: The Human Rights Double Standard and ‘Chic’ Leftism" ~~ Sepulveda Allende

 < https://mronline.org/2021/12/24/salvador-allendes-grandson-responds-to-boric-the-human-rights-double-standard-and-chic-leftism/ >. 

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Edward O Wilson, naturalist known as a ‘modern-day Darwin’, dies aged 92

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/27/edward-o-wilson-naturalist-modern-day-darwin-dies

R.I.P. Ed Wilson, NB

• Harvard entomologist specialised in study of ants
• Influence on conservation extends to UN efforts
• Edward O Wilson: Guardian profile

A Year of Aggressive Fascist Offensive

https://revcom.us/en/year-aggressive-fascist-offensive

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Redeeming Justice

https://www.c-span.org/video/?515492-6/redeeming-justice

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Seasons Greetings from the Class Struggle - open thread

Last year, we posted this, a political article, on Christmas:

The Christmas Gift that Keeps on Giving:

http://libcom.org/news/gift-keeps-giving-hatred-ruling-classes-21122020

and the comment section turned into a complete mess of hostility...

So...  

We don't do music or open threads very frequently, but what the heck.  

China's Zero Covid Policy versus Herd Immunity Policy

"Mounting pressure on China to abandon its zero-COVID policy"

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/11/17/chin-n17.html >

                                          

"COVID-19 infections in South Korea hit record high following implemenation of 'with COVID' policy"

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/23/kore-d23.html >

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Private Equity Is Gobbling Up Hospice Chains And Getting Involved In The Business Of Dying ~~ Molly Redden

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hospice-private-equity_n_61c0f858e4b061afe39659ea

The monetization of hospice care burns me up...  NB

Chile's Boric seals leftist revival with election win

https://www.geo.tv/latest/388811-chiles-boric-seals-leftist-revival-with-election-win

~~ recommended by a guest contributor ~~

How Many Divisions Does Don Calloway Have? ~~ PAUL STREET

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/17/how-many-divisions-does-don-calloway-have/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Prison Labor and The Private Sector: The Corporate Exploitation of Prison Labor Reaches Deep into the Supply Chain Prison Labor and The Private Sector: The Corporate Exploitation of Prison Labor Reaches Deep into the Supply Chain

https://worthrises.org/blogpost/the-corporate-exploitation-of-prison-labor-reaches-deep-into-the-supply-chain

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Climate Crisis at the Top of the World Global Orders and Catastrophic Change ~~ ALFRED MCCOY

 https://tomdispatch.com/climate-crisis-at-the-top-of-the-world/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Socialism and the individual: Are they compatible? ~~ TIM LIBRETTI

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/socialism-and-the-individual-are-they-compatible/

America’s “Culture of Death”: COVID-19, Gun Insanity, White Supremacy, Ecological Destruction, and Public Indifference ~~ DAVID MASCIOTRA

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/17/americas-culture-of-death-covid-19-gun-insanity-white-supremacy-ecological-destruction-and-public-indifference/

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China's Zero Covid Policy ~~ WSWS

(1A)  "The misunderstood—and misrepresented—Zero COVID policy in China", Dec 13, 2021, a scientist, World Socialist Web Site, < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/13/chin-d13.html >

(1B)  "China’s Zero COVID policy proves that the elimination of COVID-19 is possible", Perspective, Dec 13, 2021, Joseph Kishore, World Socialist Web Site, at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/14/hluo-d14.html

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The Increasing Role of Vigilantism in the Rule of US Capital

https://www.leftvoice.org/from-the-tea-party-to-kyle-rittenhouse-the-far-rights-advances-within-the-republican-party/

 and 

https://www.vox.com/2021/4/25/22367019/gop-laws-oklahoma-iowa-florida-floyd-blm-protests-police

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Trump's Next Coup has Already Begun ~~ Barton Gellman

 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Kentucky to Investigate Termination Threats to Workers at Factory That Collapsed ~~ Chris Walker

https://truthout.org/articles/kentucky-to-investigate-termination-threats-to-workers-at-factory-that-collapsed/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

bell hooks, Black Feminist Scholar and Intellectual Giant, Has Died, aged 69

https://truthout.org/articles/bell-hooks-black-feminist-scholar-and-intellectual-giant-has-died/

and 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/15/bell-hooks-author-and-activist-dies-aged-69

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

In acclaimed works Ain’t I a Woman and All About Love the writer shared her ideas about race, feminism and romance with flair and compassion

The Democrats Just Voted To Give the Military Industrial Complex a Huge Raise ~~ Tatiana Cozzarelli

https://www.leftvoice.org/the-democrats-just-gave-the-military-industrial-complex-a-huge-raise/ 

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives just passed the highest military spending package since World War II. This budget is 5 percent higher than under the Trump administration and gives the military 24 billion dollars more than Joe Biden requested

Beyond Passive Resistance: Against Democratic Surrender in a Time of Fascitization ~~PAUL STREET

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/10/beyond-passive-resistance-against-democratic-surrender-in-a-time-of-fascitization/

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A Plan to Save the Planet ~~.Sachi Lorent

A Plan to Save the Planet, November 24, 2021,  Carlos Ron and Vijay Prashad,Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research,at <~~ posted for dmorista ~~ 

Recycling Science Denial ~~ CHRISTOPH IRMSCHER

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/10/recycling-science-denial/

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How Conspiracy Theories in the US Became More Personal, More Cruel and More Mainstream After the Sandy Hook Shootings ~~ AMANDA J. CRAWFORD

https://theconversation.com/how-conspiracy-theories-in-the-us-became-more-personal-more-cruel-and-more-mainstream-after-the-sandy-hook-shootings-17201

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Covid, Climate, and ‘Dual Metabolic Rupture’ ~~ Neil Faulkner

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2021/05/26/covid-climate-and-dual-metabolic-rupture/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Honduras Election - and American Role

“Hondurans Break the U.S.-imposed Narco Siege of their Government by Electing Xiomara Castro as New President”, Nov. 29, 2021, Patricio Zamorano, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, at < https://www.coha.org/hondurans-break-the-u-s-imposed-narco-siege-of-their-government-by-electing-xiomara-castro-as-new-president/ >

“Washington Tried to Destroy Honduras’s Left. Now It’s Back in Power”, Dec 3, 2021, Branko Marcetic, Jacobin Magazine, at  < https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/12/presidential-election-manuel-zelaya-coup-clinton >

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

A socialist reply to ‘leftwing’ antivax disinformation ~~ Chris Connor

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2021/11/29/a-socialist-reply-to-leftwing-antivax-disinformation/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Honduras Elections

 ~~ posted for and with introduction by dmorista ~~

Americans love a powerful Supreme Court, but it's not good for us ~~ Samuel Goldman

https://theweek.com/supreme-court/1007667/americans-love-a-powerful-supreme-court-but-its-not-good-for-us

Judicial review — or judicial supremacy?

THE BASE-SUPERSTRUCTURE: A MODEL FOR ANALYSIS AND ACTION. ~~ Derek Ford

https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/the-base-superstructure-a-model-for-analysis-and-action

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

SVR – United States push Ukraine to relaunch Donbass conflict, while accusing Russia of wanting to attack. ~~ Christelle Néant

https://www.donbass-insider.com/2021/11/30/svr-united-states-push-ukraine-to-relaunch-donbass-conflict-while-accusing-russia-of-wanting-to-attack/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

The Far Right Continues to Build Its International ~~ JOHN FEFFER

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/06/227693/

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White Supremacy, Nazism and Fascism R U.S. ~~ Philippe Gendrault, Wendy C. Ong

https://www.blackagendareport.com/white-supremacy-nazism-and-fascism-r-us

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Now He Tells Us: David Brooks Suggests That the Republican Party Has Embraced Fascism ~~ CHUCK CHURCHILL

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/11/29/now-he-tells-us-david-brooks-suggests-that-the-republican-party-has-embraced-fascism/

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Chris Hedges Interview

https://www.c-span.org/video/?515957-4/our-class

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From Strike to Class Struggle: Building a Fighting Labor Movement in the Ruins of Neoliberalism ~~ Tatiana Cozzarelli

https://www.leftvoice.org/from-strike-to-class-struggle-building-a-fighting-labor-movement-in-the-ruins-of-neoliberalism/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Workers are going on strike and millions are resigning from their jobs. But we should not see the current and recent strikes in a vacuum or solely analyze the potential of these strikes by looking at the working class in its workplaces. This is only half the picture. There is a broader rupture, amongst working-class and oppressed people, with what was considered common sense in the neoliberal era.