Abortion in Cuba vs U.S. shows which country is truly democratic. ~~ Calla Walsh

https://mronline.org/2022/05/25/abortion-in-cuba-vs-u-s-shows-which-country-is-truly-democratic/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Critical resources, imperialism and the war against Russia ~~ Gabriel Black 27 May 2022

“Critical resources, imperialism and the war against Russia”, May 27, 2022, Gabriel Black, WSWS, at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/28/mine-m28.html >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Anti-US axis creeping into view in Asia ~~ ANDREW SALMON MAY 25, 2022

https://asiatimes.com/2022/05/anti-us-axis-creeping-into-view-in-asia/

Are China, Russia and North Korea starting to coordinate their military provocations against America’s Asian allies?

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Print

 Questions are swirling around whether China, Russia and North Korea coordinated their acts of provocation around South Korea earlier this week. Image: Getty / Twitter / Newsweek

SEOUL – Russian and Chinese warplanes buzzed South Korea on Tuesday (May 24) evening, then this morning (May 25) North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles.

The incidents will have Japanese, South Korean and US defense planners knotting their brows for this convergence of events has an unmistakable precedent: The sequence of events exactly mirror a series of joint Chinese and Russian flypasts that preceded a North Korean ICBM test on March 24.

While huge questions hang over coordination between Beijing, Moscow and Pyongyang – or lack thereof, given that no official security architecture links the three nations – the timing of the events looks far from coincidental.

 

On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden was in Japan, winding up the first Asia trip of his presidency following three days in South Korea.

In Japan, Biden unveiled the new, US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, summited with leaders of the Quad security dialog bloc and in a shock announcement stated that the US would defend Taiwan militarily in the event of a Chinese invasion.

Though White House handlers talked back the statement, a person familiar with military affairs told Asia Times that Biden is seeking to signal to Beijing that the US would not take the same hands-off approach to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan that it has taken in Ukraine.

Prior to Russia’s February 24 invasion, Washington and London, the source stated, had revealed that they would not fight for Ukraine, which may have influenced Russian decision-making.

Biden may thus be seeking to dissuade Beijing from any military adventurism around Taiwan by signaling less “strategic ambiguity” and more “strategic clarity.” He is certainly working to rally democratic allies against Russia while strengthening security ties in the Indo-Pacific.

 

But these various moves may be generating unintended pushback as Asian powers aligned against the US look to be upgrading their own military coordination.

Asked about the possible emergence of two opposed trilateral security groupings in the region, Chun In-bum, a retired South Korean general, said he did not know if that shift was underway but acknowledged the risks that configuration would present.

“That is a scary question – South Korea, the US and Japan versus China Russia and North Korea,” Chun told Asia Times. “This is a bad omen”

 Chinese troops under a Russian flag in a file photo. Image: RT

According to South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff, at 7:56 AM on May 24 two Chinese H-6 bombers entered the South Korean Air Defense Identification Zone, or KADIZ, from northwest of Ieodo, a submerged rock south of the Korean island of Jeju. It then exited the zone at around 9:33 AM.

The ownership of the reef is disputed between China and Korea, and Seoul maintains a naval base on Jeju, a popular holiday destination. Korea scrambled its own warplanes to monitor the sortie.

 

Later, the two Chinese warplanes joined four Russian warplanes, including two TU-95 bombers and entered the KADIZ together at 9:58 AM. They then left the zone at 10:15 AM.

Though Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi expressed “grave concern” over the flights, which traversed part of the Sea of Japan, the news generated only mild interest.

An ADIZ is a unilaterally drawn geometry with no force in international law. Neither South Korea’s nor Japan’s sovereign air space – i.e. the space above its territory, extending 12 nautical miles outward from its coastline – was penetrated.

But regional defense chiefs were on alert again this morning when North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles, including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM. The missiles were fired from Sunan, close to Pyongyang and the site of the capital’s international airport, between 6:00 AM and 6:42 AM.

This morning’s test firings took place just hours after Biden had left Tokyo on Tuesday evening. In a typical response, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs called the launches “a serious provocative act.”

 

The source familiar with military affairs – who spoke to Asia Times on condition of anonymity as he did not have clearance to speak to media – was confident that the Chinese and Russian drills were coordinated but doubted North Korea had joined the huddle.

Yet this morning’s and yesterday’s events exactly mirror – in terms of the parties involved; the incidents themselves; and the sequencing – Chinese, Russian and North Korean actions two months ago in March.

On March 23, Chinese warplanes flew through the KADIZ. Russian warplanes flew through the KADIZ the following day, March 24 – exactly one month after the invasion of Ukraine.

Also on March 24, hours after the Russian jet sorties fly-by, North Korea tested-fired an ICBM, marking its first test of such a long-range weapon since 2017.

 This screen-grab image taken from North Korean broadcaster KCTV in 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watching the launch of a ballistic missile at an unknown location. Photo: AFP / KCTV

The near-identical patterns of March 23/24, and May 24/25, could simply be a coincidence. After all, North Korea has conducted 19 missile tests this year while China and Russia have staged multiple flights in the air space around the flashpoint peninsula.  

A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul confirmed to Asia Times that there had been a similar flypast by Chinese and Russian warplanes in January but did not have wider data on the number of incidents, nor did he confirm the date.

North Korea conducted six missile tests that month. Earlier sorties by Russian and Chinese planes took place on November 11, 2021. There were no North Korean missile tests that month.

As Washington extends its web of regional defense networks – from its bilateral defense treaties with Australia, Japan and South Korea to the more recent Quad and AUKUS multilaterals – regional competitors appear to be closing ranks.

While China and Russia have strong defense ties and share similar doctrines and kit, they are not linked by any formal treaty. They have, however, been conducting an increasing range of joint drills since the giant Vostok 2018 military drills in the Russian Far East. Their ongoing joint exercises include both aerial and naval components.

Moreover, in February, three weeks before the assault upon Ukraine, Beijing and Moscow announced an “Unlimited Partnership” that was strongly defined by security issues: Both supported each other’s positions on Taiwan and NATO expansionism, and critiqued AUKUS.

Independently-minded North Korea operated closely with both the USSR and China during the Korean War but, though it shares Beijing and Moscow’s anti-US posture, has sought strategic independence in the decades since.

“The Chinese and the Russians are not very fond of the North Korean nuclear missile program,” said Andrei Lankov, a Russian expert on North Korean who teaches at Seoul’s Kookmin University: Neither county, after all, favors events that compel the US to upgrade military activities in the region.

Even so, China and North Korea maintain a mutual treaty that dates back to the post-Korean War era. Neither country has any such treaty with another nation. And recent events suggest North Korea may be betting into bed with China and Russia once more.

 A US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber flying over South Korea with US and South Korean fighter jets during a joint military drill. Photo: South Korean Defense Ministry via AFP

In January, China and Russia stymied US moves in the UN Security Council to add further sanctions on North Korea. And China and North Korea have both refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or join Western sanctions on Moscow.

But how far the three nations are on the same page as regards their ongoing military moves is a mystery.

“The Chinese and Russians did a joint press conference about joint tabletop exercises in 2018, and the question about the third triangulation point, North Korea, is a very interesting one,” said Alexander Neill, a Singapore-based security consultant. “It is difficult to corroborate conjecture but the timing [of the sorties and launches] is interesting and it has happened twice.”

Lankov wondered if the change global situation since the invasion of Ukraine was influencing matters. “Before February 24, I would have smiled at this,” Lankov said, referring to trilateral security moves. “But now, I am not so sure.”

A fog of opacity around a possible emerging anti-US axis is – naturally – in place.

“The Chinese have unofficially denied any coordination with the North Koreans,” said Chun. “But there was definite coordination between the Chinese and Russians, and it would make sense that the Chinese and the Russians would have notified the North Koreans [of their aerial drills] – and a notification is, itself, coordination.”

These matters will not go unnoticed by generals and admirals. “Anyone on the security side has to think of worst-case scenarios,” Chun said.

 

 

This Happened Here: A Draft Dystopian Movie Script ~~ PAUL STREET

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/27/this-happened-here-a-draft-dystopian-movie-script/

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A human-trafficking case exposed farmworker abuses. The government is promising change Facebook Twitter Flipboard May 27, 20222:01 PM ET ~~ Ximena Bustillo

 

https://www.npr.or-------g/2022/05/27/1101741366/human-trafficking-farmworker-abuse-georgihttps://www.npr.org/2022/05/27/1101741366/human-trafficking-farmworker-abuse-georgia

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/27/1101741366/human-trafficking-farmworker-abuse-georgia

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You Guys Actually Worship Cthulhu ~~ Sam Thielman May 27

 https://foreverwars.substack.com/p/you-guys-actually-worship-cthulhu?utm_source=email&s=r

The Southern Baptist Church has pledged to handle their accusers with "Christlike compassion." In a moment when they must repent and pay restitution, they still see themselves in Jesus' sandals.

Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate: Only Christians can be my running mate ~~ HEMANT MEHTA

https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/colorado-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-only-christians-can-be-my-running-mate/

Greg Lopez said he would institute a No Jews, No Muslims, No Atheists policy when selecting a possible Lt. Governor

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Texas: Once Again the Harbinger of the Horrors of American Finance Capital. ~~ dmorista

~~written by dmorista ~

Juliana v. the US, the Climate Case of the Century: When Reality Bites ~~ Joel Stronberg, originally published by Civil Notion July 29, 2021

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-07-29/juliana-v-the-us-the-climate-case-of-the-century-when-reality-bites/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The War in Ukraine, and the Attendant Western Disinformation Operation Both Grind on

 

“Western media run blatant atrocity propaganda for the Ukrainian government”, May 21, 2022, Caitlin A. Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone.com, at <

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/05/21/western-media-run-blatant-atrocity-propaganda-for-the-ukrainian-government/ 

And:

““Surrender of Ukrainian soldiers entrenched in Azovstal”, May 21, 2022, Christelle Néant, MRoline, at < https://mronline.org/2022/05/21/surrender-of-ukrainian-soldiers-entrenched-in-azovstal/ >).

And:

“In the wake of Russian victory in Mariupol”, May 21, 2022, M. K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Punchline, at < https://www.indianpunchline.com/in-the-wake-of-russian-victory-in-mariupol/ >

~~recommended by dmorista ~~

Response to Buffalo massacre: Smash white supremacy! ~~ Nigel Bouvart posted on May 20, 2022

https://www.workers.org/2022/05/64102/

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'Defund the Police' Is Dead But Other Reform Efforts Thrive In U.S. Cities ~~ STEVE FRIESS ON 05/24/22

https://www.newsweek.com/2022/06/24/defund-police-dead-other-reform-efforts-thrive-us-cities-1709393.html?utm_source=PushnamiMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=automatic&UTM=1653478141852&subscriberId=613fc0137aeb51cecb2f7be1

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Venezuela Continues To Be the Model for True Democracy in the Americas ~~ Jacqueline Luqman 03 May 2022

https://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-continues-be-model-true-democracy-americas

Who is leading the United States to war? ~~ Deborah Veneziale

https://mronline.org/2022/05/19/who-is-leading-the-united-states-to-war/

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Fascism and the Radical Right ~~ Gustavo Corni

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/fascism_and_the_radical_right.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Fact Finding Mission to Donbass ~~ John Parker

https://www.blackagendareport.com/fact-finding-mission-donbass-0

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CPAC Speakers in Hungary Embrace Plan for “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy ~~ Kathryn Joyce, Salon

https://truthout.org/articles/cpac-speakers-in-hungary-embrace-plan-for-vast-right-wing-conspiracy/

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TREES SHOULD HAVE STANDING – Sierra Club v. Morton: some Justice Wm. Douglass dissent

https://therealtamishow.com/2020/02/14/trees-should-have-standing-sierra-club-v-morton-some-justice-wm-douglass-dissent/

From Justice Douglass’ masterful dissent in Sierra Club v. Morton often referred to, especially by Justice Douglass, as Mineral King v. Morton, and this is Mineral King. ➷

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Prices Hit Two-Decade High, Threatening the World’s Poorest ~~ GT Staff and The New York Times February 4, 2022

https://www.goodtimes.sc/food-prices-hit-two-decade-high-threatening-the-worlds-poorest/

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The Struggle Continues: Developments and Discussion from Activists who Worked to Try to Stop the Massive Line 3 Expansion in Minnesota and to Close Line 5 in Michigan: (They Report on the Outrageous and Environmentally Disastrous Ramifications of the Athabascan Tar Sands, and the Coercion Used to Build the Pipeline Projects to Transport the Dilbit, across Various Environments and Through the Waters of the Great Lakes Region.)

“Anishinaabe Resistance to Line 3 Pipeline - Water Protectors seeing Dismissals of Criminal Cases”, May 16, 2022, Anon, Global Land Alliance, at < https://www.globallandalliance.org/gla-news/anishinaabe-resistance-to-line-3-pipeline-water-protectors-seeing-dismissals-of-criminal-cases >.

And

“Drop the Charges”, N.D., anon, Stop Line 3, at < https://www.stopline3.org/drop-the-charges >

And

“Shut Down Line 5”, N.D., anon, Stop Line 3, at < https://www.stopline3.org/line5 >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

ICE Is Tracking Your Every Move ~~ BRANKO MARCETIC

 

https://jacobinmag.com/2022/05/ice-surveillance-data-dmvs-immigration-citizens-palantir?mc_cid=8b7b81a43a&mc_eid=2206b60e8c

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has become known for both mass deportations and unmarked-van snatchings of peaceful protesters. ICE also turns out to be operating a vast intelligence system that tracks the movements of hundreds of millions of Americans.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Is Iran's 'Bread' Subsidy Reform a Half-Baked Idea?

https://www.bourseandbazaar.com/articles/2022/5/13/is-irans-bread-subsidy-reform-a-half-baked-idea

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Crop Breeding for Low Input Agriculture: A Sustainable Response to Feed a Growing World Population ~~ Tiffany L. FessORCID,James B. Kotcon andVagner A. Benedito

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/3/10/1742/htm

~~ recommended by just me ~~

This Palestinian refugee witnessed the Nakba, and would go home tomorrow if he could ~~ Eman Abusidu

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220516-this-palestinian-refugee-witnessed-the-nakba-and-would-go-home-tomorrow-if-he-could/

~~ recommended by alteng ~~

Call for ‘Workers Summit of the Americas’ - Tijuana, Mexico - June 10-12, 2022

https://www.workers.org/2022/05/64053/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Parts 1 & 3 of the “Donbass Diaries”

 “The Donbass Diaries, Part I: The Azovstal will be captured within two weeks”, May 12, 2022, Mehmet Perincek, United World, at < https://uwidata.com/24766-the-donbass-diaries-day-i-the-azovstal-will-be-captured-within-two-weeks/ >

And

“Donbass Diaries Part III: We managed to enter the power plant they called 'the Second Chernobyl' ”, May 16, 2022, Mehmet Perincek, United World, at < https://uwidata.com/24877-donbass-diaries-part-iii-we-managed-to-enter-the-power-plant-they-called-the-second-chernobyl/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Flight data shows China Eastern jet deliberately crashed: Report

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/flight-data-shows-china-eastern-jet-deliberately-crashed-report?utm_source=emarsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ST_Newsletter_AM&utm_term=Flight+data+shows+China+Eastern+jet+deliberately+crashed%3A+Report&utm_content=18%2F05%2F2022

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Investigation Shows Hundreds of US Cops Being Trained by Far-Right Extremists ~~ Kenny Stancil 11 May 2022

https://www.blackagendareport.com/investigation-shows-hundreds-us-cops-being-trained-far-right-extremists

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Monoculture Farming ~~ SARA POPESCU SLAVIKOVA

https://greentumble.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-monoculture-farming/

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The Donbass Diaries Part II: The Azov Battalions – ordinary Fascism ~~ Mehmet Perinçek

https://mronline.org/2022/05/14/the-donbass-diaries-part-ii/

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Should You Worry About Inflation? The Answer Depends On Your Economic Class ~~ David Edwards 05/16/22 AT 4:30 PM

 https://www.ibtimes.com/should-you-worry-about-inflation-answer-depends-your-economic-class-3509331?utm_source=ibt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ibts_fast_start&utm_content=After%20Delay%2C%20U.S.%20Senate%20Edges%20Toward%20Passing%20%2440%20Billion%20Ukraine%20War%20Aid

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Lebanon’s ‘useless’ election will be neither free nor fair ~~ HUSSAIN ABDUL-HUSSAINMAY 12, 2022

https://asiatimes.com/2022/05/lebanons-useless-election-will-be-neither-free-nor-fair/

Hezbollah coercion has occurred in the weeks and months leading up to this Sunday’s vote

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

MAY 16, 2022 The Buffalo Shooting and the Great Replacement ~~ DAVID ROSEN

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/16/the-buffalo-shooting-and-the-great-replacement/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash the Wild on Your Backyard

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-ecologist-who-wants-unleash-wild-backyard-180974372/

Fed up with invasive species and sterile landscapes, Douglas Tallamy urges Americans to go native and go natural

This is highly related to some of the vital concerns noted in our recent article by George Monbiot 

https://ongoingclassstruggle.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-secret-world-beneath-our-feet-is.html

Georgia’s Transition to Joining the West Will Never End ~~ BRYAN GIGANTINO

 

https://jacobinmag.com/2022/05/georgia-us-russia-abkhazia-ossetia-nato-alignment

Since the fall of the USSR, Georgia has aligned with Washington, marketized its economy, and seen living standards tumble. Yet Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revived claims that Georgia’s ills owe to its supposed lack of pro-Western ardor.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The American Civil War has Already Begun. The Decent People Need to Begin Using Appropriate Tactics to Resist the Attacks of the Right.

“The fall of Roe v. Wade will only embolden the fascists: How will America respond?”, “This decision signals that 'democratic norms' are gone, and old-style politics is useless. So what can we do?”, May 13, 2022, Chauncey DeVega, Salon, at < https://www.salon.com/2022/05/13/the-fall-of-roe-v-wade-will-only-embolden-the-fascists-how-will-america-respond/ >

And

“Republicans want Supreme Court demonstrators arrested. Is that legal?”, “The Justice Department has not yet signaled that it will be pursuing legal action against any of the protesters”, May 14, 2022, Jon Skolnik, Salon, at < https://www.salon.com/2022/05/14/want-demonstrators-arrested-is-that-legal/ >

And

“Alito's False Call to Return the Issue of Abortion to 'The People' ”, May 12, 2022, Paul Blumenthal, Huffington Post, at < https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/samuel-alito-s-false-call-to-return-the-issue-of-abortion-to-the-people/ar-AAXcnHm?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=74c58339887148e98eacfe98dc2ee42d >.

~~recommended by dmorista ~~

If abortion becomes illegal, could contraception be next? Joel Mathis

https://theweek.com/briefing/1013378/if-abortion-becomes-illegal-could-contraception-be-next?utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20220510&utm_source=afternoon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&refid=36BED5BDCFB46680B79067A53235BAC0I

Why progressives are alarmed about potential fallout from Justice Alito's leaked opinion

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Israel ‘murdered’ reporter, Rep. Tlaib charges, drawing condemnation from ambassador.~~ TOBIAS SIEGAL 12 May 2022, 11:17 pm

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-murdered-reporter-rep-tlaib-charges-drawing-condemnation-from-ambassador/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Trump Saved Christian Nationalist Billionaires a Bundle in Taxes ~~ Paul Jay

https://theanalysis.news/trump-saved-christian-nationalist-billionaires-a-bundle-in-taxes/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing – and the key to our planet’s future ~~ George Monbiot

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/07/secret-world-beneath-our-feet-mind-blowing-key-to-planets-future

Don’t dismiss soil: its unknowable wonders could ensure the survival of our species

Should We Meekly Accept the Roe v. Wade Ruling, by the Discredited Partisan Hack Dominated U.S. Supreme Court; Or Should We Resist with Every Means Possible?

I want to recommend these 3 articles for posting, usual situation with introduction and title.

“Overturning Roe v Wade will destroy our civil rights – so don’t ask us to be ‘civil’ ”, May 10, 2022, Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/10/overturning-roe-v-wade-will-destroy-our-civil-rights-so-dont-ask-us-to-be-civil >.

And

“The Anti-Abortion Movement Has a Long History of Terrorism. A Roe Repeal Will Make It Worse”, May 6, 2022, Kathy Spillar, MS Magazine, at < https://msmagazine.com/2022/05/06/anti-abortion-violence-terrorism-roe-v-wade/ >.

And

“Violence to Abortion Providers”, n.d., anon, Feminist Majority Foundation, at < https://feminist.org/our-work/national-clinic-access-project/violent-attacks-on-abortion-providers-murders-attempted-murders-kidnapping/ >

~~recommended by dmorista ~~

Texas Soldiers Are Unionizing After Facing Attacks by a Right-Wing Governor ~~ STEVE EARLY AND SUZANNE GORDON

https://jacobinmag.com/2022/05/texas-soldiers-unionizing-right-wing-governor-greg-abbott-tseu-national-guard-organizing

In Texas, National Guard members faced painful cuts and absurd assignments by Republican governor Greg Abbott. So they did what many exploited workers before them have done: they organized a union.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Russia and the Ukraine crisis: The Eurasian Project in conflict with the triad imperialist policies Posted May 07, 2022 ~~ Samir Amin

https://mronline.org/2022/05/07/russia-and-the-ukraine-crisis-the-eurasian-project-in-conflict-with-the-triad-imperialist-policies/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Innovative Fish Farms Aim to Feed the Planet, Save Jobs and Clean Up an Industry’s Dirty Reputation ~~By Ellen Ruppel Shell

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/innovative-fish-farms-aim-to-feed-the-planet-save-jobs-and-clean-up-an-industrys-dirty-reputation/

From giant land-based salmon tanks to submersible shellfish platforms, experiments in aquaculture are dotting Maine’s coasts

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One of the More Sordid Motivations for the so-called “Right-to-Life Movement”, and its Incessant Attacks on Abortion Rights: Supply and Demand in the “Adoption Marketplace”

1). “Adoption has a supply-and-demand problem. Amy Coney Barrett and her pals on the Supreme Court have the solution - Adoption means abortion just isn't necessary, SCOTUS claims: That's even worse than it sounds , May 3, 2022, Kathryn Joyce, Salon, at < https://www.salon.com/2022/05/03/adoption-makes-abortion-unnecessary-claims-the-right-thats-even-worse-than-it-sounds/ >

And

2). “Texas Republicans say if Roe falls, they’ll focus on adoptions and preventing women from seeking abortions elsewhere”, May 9, 2022, Zach Despart & James Barragán, Texas Tribune, at < https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/09/texas-republicans-roe-wade-abortion-adoptions/ >

And

3). “Texas isn’t ready to support more parents and kids in a post-Roe world, advocates warn”, May 9, 2022, Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune, at < https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/09/texas-abortion-law-medicaid-contraception/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

About those kill-switched Ukrainian tractors

https://doctorow.medium.com/about-those-kill-switched-ukrainian-tractors-bc93f471b9c8

What John Deere did to Russian looters, anyone can do to farmers, anywhere.

Abolition Democracy W.E.B. Du Bois and the making of Black Reconstruction. ~~ Gerald HorneMAY 3, 2022

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/web-du-bois-black-reconstruction/

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Children’s Lives in a Dangerous World CESAR CHELALA

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/09/childrens-lives-in-a-dangerous-world/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a controversial plan for the southern border. Is it working ~~BRIGID KENNEDY MAY 7, 2022

https://theweek.com/briefing/1013076/abbott-and-the-border-busing-etc?utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20220507&utm_source=afternoon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&refid=36BED5BDCFB46680B79067A53235BAC0

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The Long Hand of Slave Breeding, Redux ~~ JOANN WYPIJEWSKI

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/06/the-long-hand-of-slave-breeding-redux/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The Ugly Truth About Ukraine: the 2014 Massacre in Odessa; the History of Ties to the CIA and the Nazis; and the Present Day Involvement of U.S. / NATO Imperialist Violence and Coercion in Ukraine.

“Curfew for Anniversary of Odessa Massacre That Sparked Rebellion”, April 30, 2022, Joe Lauria, Special to Consortium News, at < https://consortiumnews.com/2022/04/30/curfew-for-anniversary-of-odessa-massacre-that-sparked-rebellion/ >

And

“Ukraine: The American Tyranny of Power”, April 30, 2022, Tim Duff, L.A. Progressive, at < read://https_www.laprogressive.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.laprogressive.com%2Fwar-and-peace%2Fukraine-american-tyranny-of-power >. {The url above is for the “reader version”; the url for the webpage version is < https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/ukraine-american-tyranny-of-power >}.PR 30, 2022

AndAPR 30, 2022

“Former CIA Contract Pilot Tosh Plumlee: 'There are many more American soldiers like Willy Joseph Cancel already in Ukraine' ”, May 4, 2022, Phillip F. Nelson, Covert Action Magazine, at < read://https_covertactionmagazine.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcovertactionmagazine.com%2F2022%2F05%2F04%2Fformer-cia-contract-pilot-tosh-plumlee-there-are-many-more-american-soldiers-like-willy-joseph-cancel-already-in-ukraine%2F >. {The url above is for the “reader version”; the url for the webpage version is < https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/05/04/former-cia-contract-pilot-tosh-plumlee-there-are-many-more-american-soldiers-like-willy-joseph-cancel-already-in-ukraine/ >}.

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This is Happening Here and Now: Fight Back ~~ PAUL STREET

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/05/this-is-happening-here-and-now-fight-back/

NB note - here is a link (from the article) to various protests around the country this coming week.  See you at the barricades!  https://riseup4abortionrights.org/

Our Hypocrisy on War Crimes ~~ Fintan O’Toole

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2022/05/26/our-hypocrisy-on-war-crimes-fintan-otoole/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%2005-05-22%20OToole%20Franklin%20Judah%20Bell&utm_content=NYR%2005-05-22%20OToole%20Franklin%20Judah%20Bell+CID_2b1dc6ff2143d10a7a152df241e9c48f&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=Our%20Hypocrisy%20on%20War%20Crimes

Town council leader and lawyer Khalid Salman by the graves of his sister and her children, who were among the twenty-four Iraqi civilians killed by US Marines in the 2005 Haditha massacre, Haditha, Iraq, 2011

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Despair Is Premature And Rage Is Insufficient ~~ Molly Crabapple

https://foreverwars.substack.com/p/despair-is-premature-and-rage-is?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNTc2NzAxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MzUwMDY4MCwiXyI6IldHelJzIiwiaWF0IjoxNjUxNzE5NDA4LCJleHAiOjE2NTE3MjMwMDgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zOTM2NjQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.MdnjpGRVQXezuF8g60lD06EhdRzYKpmRnHVvsVMlz3A&s=r

When the country that considers itself the definition of freedom takes away the most basic freedom of more than half its people, the only response is to resist until the end.