The Clarence Thomas Controversy Shows Why the Supreme Court Is Irredeemable ~~ BENJAMIN MORSE

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/04/clarence-virginia-thomas-supreme-court-democracy-reform

In the wake of revelations that Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia, are deeply enmeshed in far-right networks, we shouldn’t shore up the Supreme Court’s legitimacy. We should attack the Court's undemocratic foundations.

~~ recommended by dmar3 ~~

Connecticut Offers Refuge to Red State Women with a “Fugitive Woman Act” ~~ Thom Hartmann April 29

https://hartmannreport.com/p/connecticut-offers-refuge-to-red?s=r

The situation for girls and women in red states is surprisingly analogous to that of enslaved people escaping their tormentors in the South

~~ recommended by larrymotuz ~~

STEVEN DONZIGER WALKS FREE AFTER 993 DAYS OF ‘COMPLETELY UNJUST’ DETENTION ~~ BY JAKE JOHNSON

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/25/steven-donziger-walks-free-after-993-days-completely-unjust-detention

“He should have never been detained for even one day,” said an Amnesty International official, “as it has been clear the whole process against him has been in retaliation for his human rights work that exposed corporate wrongdoings.”

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

NOBODY DEFUNDED THE POLICE: A STUDY ~~BY ANDY FRIEDMAN AND MASON YOUNGBLOOD APRIL 18, 2022

https://therealnews.com/nobody-defunded-the-police-a-study?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The+Real+News+Network&utm_campaign=60fcaa6001-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_04_25_05_53_Hedges_Ukrain&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_020676f7fe-60fcaa6001-425023606&mc_cid=60fcaa6001&mc_eid=2d87b78d52

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Understanding war: Lenin’s ‘imperialism: The highest stage of capitalism’ Posted Apr 23, 2022 ~~ Tom Bramble

https://mronline.org/2022/04/23/understanding-war-lenins-imperialism/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

As Elon Musk Seizes Twitter, Watch His Pentagon Moves ~~ S. Ackerman Aptil 26

 https://foreverwars.substack.com/p/as-elon-musk-seizes-twitter-watch?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NTI5MDM1MjcsIl8iOiJqajQ1QiIsImlhdCI6MTY1MTA2MTM0MywiZXhwIjoxNjUxMDY0OTQzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzkzNjY0Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.tohkNsBcpal88EqKXAMxGeAZNFvEqZMIfK6azIL5_CM&s=r

The Real Reason Socrates was Killed and why Class Society Must Whitewash his Death ~~ By Carlos Garrido

https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/the-real-reason-why-socrates-was-killed-and-why-class-society-must-whitewash-his-death

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

We Need Public Housing, Not Affordable Housing ~~ DAN DARRAH

 https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/04/us-canadian-social-housing-affordability-ownership-speculation

Homeownership is out of reach for millions in Canada and the US. One well-meaning response to this crisis has been to call for more affordable housing. But we should be demanding more social housing instead.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Heat waves melt ice at both poles of Earth ~~ G. Dunkel posted on April 21, 2022

 https://www.workers.org/2022/04/63487/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The US Has No Idea Where Its Ukrainian Military Aid Is Going ~~ BRANKO MARCETIC

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/04/united-states-military-aid-ukraine-war-weapons

US officials just admitted they don’t know where their arms shipments to Ukraine will actually end up, and that they could fall into dangerous hands.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The American retirement system is built for the rich ~~By Daniel Hemel

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/04/20/retirement-ira-inequality-budget/

Lawmakers proclaim they want to help the middle class save. But that’s not who benefits most from IRAs and 401(k) plans.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Ukraine, Bio-terror, Ruling Class Propaganda, Bioweapons

“John Mearsheimer On Who Gains The Most From The Ukraine-Russia War & What Could End Putin's Assault”, video of Zakka Jacob's interview with Mearsheimer, duration 23:16, CRUX, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgiZXgYzI84 >.

AND

“ 'One less traitor': Zelensky oversees campaign of assassination, kidnapping and torture of political opposition”, April 17, 2022, Max Blumenthal & Esha Krishnaswamy, The Gray Zone, at < https://thegrayzone.com/2022/04/17/traitor-zelensky-assassination-kidnapping-arrest political-opposition/ >.

AND

“Pentagon contractors worked in Ukrainian biolabs under $80 million program”, March 16, 2022, Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, DILYANA.org, at < https://dilyana.bg/pentagon-contractors-worked-in-ukrainian-biolabs-under-80-million-program/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

10 reasons communism will win ~~ Steven Johns

https://libcom.org/article/10-reasons-communism-will-win

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

May Day: A clarion call to free them all! ~~Ted Kelly posted on April 22, 2022

https://www.workers.org/2022/04/63516/

On May 1, 1886, the American Federation of Labor organized militant actions demanding the right of all workers to an eight-hour workday. On that day, workers walked off their jobs and withheld their labor from being exploited by the bosses.

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Inside North Carolina’s bail system: One woman’s story ~~ Jessica Snouwaert

  

https://www.thetimesnews.com/story/news/courts/2019/11/23/inside-north-carolinas-bail-system-one-womans-story/2226141007/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Winston Churchill, Imperial Monstrosity ~~Alex Skopic

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/04/winston-churchill-imperial-monstrosity/

Tariq Ali’s new book focuses on Churchill’s numerous imperial crimes, inverting the storied narrative of the British leader.

~~recommended by emil karpo ~~

The new right isn't conservative. They don't want to be. Forget MAGA — the right's cool kids are writing their own radicalism ~~ /samuel goldman

 https://theweek.com/conservatism/1012826/the-new-right-isnt-conservative-they-dont-want-to-be?utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20220422&utm_source=afternoon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&refid=36BED5BDCFB46680B79067A53235BAC0

~~recommended by emil karpo ~~

“The Powerful Ukrainian Far Right, the 2014 Coup, the Actual Role of Zelensky, and Secret CIA Training for Ukrainian Paramilitaries in the Southern U.S.”

 

1).  “Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace”, April 10, 2022, Aaron Mate, at < https://mate.substack.com/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us?s=w >

And

2).  “Yes, There Are Bad Guys in the Ukrainian Government: It's time for a frank conversation about some of the unsavory characters in Kiev”, March 18, 2014, Oren Kessler (a Tel Aviv-based writer and analyst) & Andrew Foxall, archived by Democracy Lab, at < https://archive.ph/lFRVs >, (Originally published by Foreign Policy at < https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/03/18/yes-there-are-bad-guys-in-the-ukrainian-government/ >)

And

3).  “CIA-trained Ukrainian paramilitaries may take central role if Russia invades”,January 13, 2022, Zach Dorfman, Yahoo News, at < https://news.yahoo.com/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html >

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

JARED KUSHNER FLAUNTED HIS INFLUENCE WITH SAUDI ARABIA, RUSSIA IN PITCH TO INVESTORS ~~Ken Klippenstein

 https://theintercept.com/2022/04/18/saudi-russia-jared-kushner-affinity-partners/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

Affinity Partners boasts of “accelerating transformation through connectivity” in a slide deck obtained by The Intercept.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Socialism is the Key to Peace ~~ Fred M'membe

https://www.blackagendareport.com/socialism-key-peace

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Pakistan, Afghanistan teeter toward a border war ~~By FM SHAKILAPRIL 18, 2022

 https://asiatimes.com/2022/04/pakistan-afghanistan-teeter-toward-a-border-war/

Pakistan launches lethal airstrikes on Afghan territory in response to cross-border militant attacks on its security forces

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Sri Lanka and the Neocolonialism of the IMF ~~By Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan March 31, 2022

 https://thediplomat.com/2022/03/sri-lanka-and-the-neocolonialism-of-the-imf/

Sri Lanka has few options other than an IMF bailout. But engagement with neocolonial international financial institutions is actually one of the causes of Sri Lanka’s economic woes.

~~recommended by emil karpo ~~

Kazakhstan slowly backing away from its Russian ally ~~By NIKOLA MIKOVICAPRIL 19, 2022

 https://asiatimes.com/2022/04/kazakhstan-slowly-backing-away-from-its-russian-ally/

Nur-Sultan says it won’t be ‘tool’ to circumvent Western sanctions while Moscow subtly squeezes Kazakh oil shipments through its territory

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

CLARIFYING AND INSPIRING REVOLUTION FOR 130 YEARS: MARX'S "CRITIQUE OF THE GOTHA PROGRAMME" ~~By Mazda Majidi and Derek Ford

https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/marxs-critique-of-the-gotha-programme

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Grassroots Unionism: Lessons from the Victory at Amazon ~~Tatiana Cozzarelli and James Dennis Hoff April 10, 2022

https://www.leftvoice.org/grassroots-unionism-lessons-from-the-victory-at-amazon/

Amazon workers in Staten Island defeated one of the wealthiest and most anti-union corporations in the world. Their victory is a repudiation of the failed strategy of the labor bureaucracy and shows the power of real rank and file organizing.

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

NOAM CHOMSKY AND JEREMY SCAHILL ON THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR, THE MEDIA, PROPAGANDA, AND ACCOUNTABILITY

 https://theintercept.com/2022/04/14/russia-ukraine-noam-chomsky-jeremy-scahill/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

“Chinese Exclusion Act 2.0” ~~ Cindy Li

https://mronline.org/2022/04/15/chinese-exclusion-act-2-0/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Finland Is Closer Than Ever to Joining NATO ~~ TATU AHPONEN

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/04/finland-nato-russia-ukraine-invasion-putin-sweden

Since 1945, Finland has sought cordial relations with its vast Russian neighbor. But Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has emboldened champions of Finnish NATO membership — and made things harder for left-wing critics of the military alliance.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Proposals for public banks move forward in several states April 15, 2022 9:38 AM CDT BY KEN BANK

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/proposals-for-public-banks-move-forward-in-several-states/

Reflections on Ukraine and the Broke-Brain “Left” ~~ PAUL STREET

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/15/reflections-on-ukraine-and-the-broke-brain-left/

No, Left-Wing Opponents of War Aren’t Isolationists ~~ BY BEN BURGIS

https://jacobinmag.com/2022/04/antiwar-internationalists-isolationists-eugene-debs-russia-ukraine?mc_cid=08c7c16d1c&mc_eid=2206b60e8c

The Left’s opposition to wars allegedly fought for democracy or human rights isn’t tantamount to “isolationism.” Opposing war has always been at the heart of socialist internationalism.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~ 

Why Hasn’t the US Been Kicked Off of the UN Human Rights Council? ~DAVE LINDORFF

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/08/why-hasnt-the-us-been-kicked-off-of-the-un-human-rights-council/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

The Role of Capitalism in the War in Ukraine ~~ RICHARD D. WOLFF

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/14/the-role-of-capitalism-in-the-war-in-ukraine/

Shanghai Covid -Benjamin Mateus, Evan Blake

“US orders non-emergency staff out of Shanghai consulate as a provocation against Zero-COVID policy”, 13 April 2022, Benjamin Mateus, WSWS, at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/13/chin-a13.html >

And

“Chinese authorities complete COVID testing for Shanghai’s population of 25 million in less than one day”, 5 April 2022, Benjamin Mateus, WSWS, at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/06/viru-a06.html >

And

“Finance capital demands an end to Shanghai’s lockdown and China’s Zero-COVID policy”, “Perspective”, 30 March 2022, Evan Blake, WSWS, at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/31/pers-m31.html >.

The U.S. proxy war in Ukraine ~~ John Bellamy Foster

 “The U.S. proxy war in Ukraine”, April 9, 2022, John Bellamy Foster, MROnline, at < https://mronline.org/2022/04/09/the-u-s-proxy-war-in-ukraine/ >.

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Neoliberalism Paved the Way for Book Banning to Take Hold in US Schools ~~ Graham B. Slater

https://truthout.org/articles/neoliberalism-paved-the-way-for-book-banning-to-take-hold-in-us-schools/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Pakistan’s new PM inherits an economic nightmare ~~By FM SHAKILAPRIL

 https://asiatimes.com/2022/04/pakistans-new-pm-inherits-an-economic-nightmare/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Arab Spring, a Decade Later ~~ Gilbert Achcar

https://catalyst-journal.com/2020/12/the-arab-spring-a-decade-later/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

A statement on Ukraine from the Black Liberation Movement

https://mronline.org/2022/04/11/a-statement-on-ukraine-from-the-black-liberation-movement/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

“The Origins of Ukraine’s Fascists & Why It Matters ~~Rania Khalek and Cyril Amar

“The Origins of Ukraine’s Fascists & Why It Matters, w/ Historian Tarik Cyril Amar”, April 5, 2022, interviewed by Rania Khalek, duration 1:44:00, Rania Khalek Dispatches on, BreakThrough News, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C7DE2KFJHs >.

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Abortion Rights: Beyond the Killing Confines of Liberal Mis-leadership ~~ PAUL STREET

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/08/abortion-rights-beyond-the-killing-confines-of-liberal-mis-leadership/ 

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

White Nationalism in the United States and Russia: Transnational Ties, Domestic Impact

https://hir.harvard.edu/white-nationalism-in-the-united-states-and-russia-transnational-ties-domestic-impact/ 

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

US Interest in War in Ukraine ~~ Jack Rasmus

“On US Imperialism’s Proxy War with Russia in Ukraine”, March 26, 2022, Jack Rasmus, Jack Rasmus: Predicting the Global Economic Crisis, at < https://jackrasmus.com/2022/03/26/on-us-imperialisms-proxy-war-with-russia-in-ukraine/ >.

And

“10 Reasons Why the US May Want Russia to Invade Ukraine (print)”, February 7, 2022, Jack Rasmus, Jack Rasmus: Predicting the Global Economic Crisis, at < https://jackrasmus.com/2022/02/07/10-reasons-why-the-us-wants-russia-to-invade-ukraine-print/ >

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Why Taking on Turbotax Matters ~~ Pat Garofalo

https://boondoggle.substack.com/p/why-taking-on-turbotax-matters?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NTE0MzYwMzYsIl8iOiJqajQ1QiIsImlhdCI6MTY0OTUzMTg5MiwiZXhwIjoxNjQ5NTM1NDkyLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTM3NDQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.-FbSymuoJA_X2SMjBdjbem4qFRJ9fNVMJbCCh5Ay0-A&s=r

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Far Right and Azov Battalion and Ruling Class Propaganda

“Nazis in Ukraine: seeing through the fog of the information war”, March 30, 2022, Gabriel Rockhill, Liberation News, at < https://www.liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/ > (re-posted, Apr 02, 2022, MROnline, at < https://mronline.org/2022/04/02/nazis-in-ukraine/ >)

“Corporate media parrots the Azov Battalion”, 5 April 2022, Jason Melanovski, WSWS, at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/06/azov-a06.html >

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

“Russia cannot afford to lose, so we need a kind of a victory”: Sergey Karaganov on what Putin wants ~~Bruno Maçãe

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/04/russia-cannot-afford-to-lose-so-we-need-a-kind-of-a-victory-sergey-karaganov-on-what-putin-wants

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

What Those Who Feed Us Deserve ~~ ENNEDITH LOPEZ

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/04/what-those-who-feed-us-deserve/

175 Years of border invasions: The anniversary of the U.S. war on Mexico and the roots of northward migration Posted Apr 24, 2021~~ David Vine

https://mronline.org/2021/04/24/175-years-of-border-invasions-the-anniversary-of-the-u-s-war-on-mexico-and-the-roots-of-northward-migration/#sidr-main

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

The History of Sanctions ~~ Nicholas Mulder

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-history-of-sanctions

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Bucha Massacre and Mariupol Maternity Hospital Airstrike

“Questions Abound About Bucha Massacre”, April 4, 2022, Joe Lauria, Consortium News, at < https://consortiumnews.com/2022/04/04/questions-abound-about-bucha-massacre/ >

And

“The Bucha Massacre”, April 4, 2022, Jason Michael McCann, Standpoint Zero: The Online Journal of Geopolitical Analysis, at < https://standpointzero.com/2022/04/04/the-bucha-massacre/ >

And

“New witness testimony about Mariupol maternity hospital ‘airstrike’ follows pattern of Ukrainian deceptions, media malpractice”, April 3, 2022, Kit Klarenberg, The Gray Zone, at < https://thegrayzone.com/2022/04/03/testimony-mariupol-hospital-ukrainian-deceptions-media-malpractice/ >

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Ukraine: US Policies and their Implications ~. JJ Mearsheimer, S. Cohen, M. Blumenthal

“Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin”,

Sept / Oct, 2014, John J. Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, pp. 1 – 12.

“The Ukrainian Crisis: It’s Not All Putin’s Fault: Here are the four US policies that have most offended Russia”, December 14, 2015, Stephen F. Cohen, The Nation, at < https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-ukrainian-crisis-its-not-all-putins-fault/ >

“The U.S. is Arming and Assissting Neo-Nazis in Ukraine: While Congress Debates Prohibition”, April 7, 2018, Max Blumenthal, The Gray Zone, at < https://thegrayzone.com/2018/04/07/the-us-is-arming-and-assisting-neo-nazis-in-ukraine-while-congress-debates-prohibition/ >.

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Don't Say Gay: anti-equality legislation spreading state by state in the US ~~ Chrissy Stroop

https://mronline.org/2022/04/04/dont-say-gay/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Ukraine War - Max Blumenthal and Alexander Rubenstein

“BBC correspondent-fixer shaping Ukraine war coverage is PR operative involved in 'war-messaging tool' ”, (“BBC reports on the suspicious destruction of a theater in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol were co-authored by a Ukrainian PR agent tied to a firm at the forefront of her country’s information warfare efforts”), March 25, 2022, Max Blumenthal, The Gray Zone, at < https://thegrayzone.com/2022/03/25/bbc-fixer-war-ukrainian-nationalist-pr-operative/ >

And

“US and NATO allies arm neo-Nazi units in Ukraine as foreign policy elites yearn for Afghan-style insurgency”, (“Corporate US media and foreign policy hardliners want to create a new Afghanistan in the middle of Europe by flooding Ukraine with weapons. The arms industry is very pleased”), March 20, 2022, Alexander Rubinstein, The Gray Zone, at < https://thegrayzone.com/2022/03/20/us-neo-nazi-ukraine-afghan-insurgency/ >

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

History Rounds off Skeletons to Zero ~~ Vijay Prashad

 https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/03/history-rounds-off-skeletons-to-zero/

History Rounds off Skeletons to Zero

by Vijay Prashad / March 31st, 2022

Marx & Shakespeare In Love: How Shakespeare influenced Marx & What Marxism Says About Shakespeare

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

‘Betting against the NHS’: £1bn private hospital to open in central London ~~.Julia Kollewe

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/17/betting-against-the-nhs-1bn-private-hospital-to-open-in-central-london

~~ Recommended by emil karpo ~~

MARIUPOL UKRAINE

“Mariupol and Donetsk: a tale of two cities”, Mar 28, 2022, Greg Butterfield, MR Online, at  < https://mronline.org/2022/03/28/mariupol-and-donetsk-a-tale-of-two-cities/ > 

(Originally published: March 25, 2022, Struggle La Lucha)

And

“Was bombing of Mariupol theater staged by Ukrainian Azov extremists to trigger NATO intervention?”, Mar 18, 2022, Max Blumenthal, The Gray Zone, at < https://thegrayzone.com/2022/03/18/bombing-mariupol-theater-ukrainian-azov-nato-intervention/ >

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Depicting Putin as ‘Madman’ Eliminates Need for Diplomacy ~~ JOSHUA CHO

 https://fair.org/home/depicting-putin-as-madman-eliminates-need-for-diplomacy/

Chris Hedges blasts YouTube for 'wholesale censorship' after it erased his show without warnin~ Chris Hedges

https://scheerpost.com/2022/03/28/hedges-on-being-disappeared/