Monday, October 31, 2022

The Unique Struggles of Women and Native Americans to Vote Sunday book excerpt: The Hidden History of the War on Voting ~~ Thom Hartmann

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-unique-struggles-of-women-and?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=302288&post_id=81410452&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by larrymotuz ~~

AMERICA’S WAR ON IMMIGRANTS HURTS ITS POOREST CITIZENS, TOO ~~ Shailly Gupta Barnes | October 19, 2022

https://fpif.org/americas-war-on-immigrants-hurts-its-poorest-citizens-too/

Playing politics with a humanitarian catastrophe eats up resources and erodes the civil rights of everyone, regardless of status.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Brazil Ejects Bolsonaro and Brings Back the Former Leftist Leader Lula ~~ Jack Nicas, Flávia Milhorance, Ana Ionova, André Spigariol, Laís Martins

https://portside.org/2022-10-30/brazil-ejects-bolsonaro-and-brings-back-former-leftist-leader-lula?utm_source=portside-general&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Mike Davis: 1946-2022 RIP

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Mike Davis Was the Best Socialist Writer of the Last Half Century ~~ OWEN HATHERLEY

https://jacobin.com/2022/10/mike-davis-socialist-writing-books-obituary?mc_cid=2175f9db96&mc_eid=2206b60e8c

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

We’d Be Better Without the Border BY LEE HALL

We'd be Better Without the Border

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

“The Deepening Assault on Core Democratic Rights in the USA”, September 13, 2022, Brian Becker and Nicole Roussell conduct a discussion on this topic, duration of audio 44:50, The Socialist Program, at < https://www.liberationnews.org/the-deepening-assault-on-core-democratic-rights-in-the-usa/ >: and “How the Ultra-Right Intends to Take & Consolidate Political Power”, September 21, 2022, Brian Becker and Nicole Roussell conduct a discussion on this topic, duration of audio 55:44, The Socialist Program, at < https://www.liberationnews.org/howthe-ultra-right-intends-to-take-consolidate-political-power/ >

Note: This is a link to two audio files in the Cloud; there is no transcript nor is there any text, the audios are available at < https://www.liberationnews.org/the-deepening-assault-on-core-democratic-rights-in-the-usa/ > and <https://soundcloud.com/thesocialistprogram/how-the-ultra-right-intends-to-take-consolidate-political-power>.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Music... Welcome to the Bar and Grill

Good morning to the Class Strugglers. If anyone would like to start us off with a musical selection, please contact me at newestbeginning @ gmail.

Thanks to milo for these selections!

~~ recommended by milo ~~

The West Must Stop Blocking Negotiations Between Ukraine and Russia ~~BY VIJAY PRASHAD

Stop Blocking Negotiations Between Ukraine and Russia

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Race and Sweden's Fascist Turn ~~Tobias Hübinette

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/race-and-swedens-fascist-turn/

~~recommended by collectivist action ~~

“Progressive" Democrats Retract Letter on Ukraine with Jill Stein!”, October 26, 2022, Danny Haiphong conducts an hour and 15 minute interview / discussion with Jill Stein, overall duration of the video 1:57:05, Left Lens, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeH1cem_YWQ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

The 'Transferable' Subsidy Scam ~~ Pat Garofalo

Transferable Corporate Subsidy Scam

Meet a big, under-the-radar problem.

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

“WHO RULES AMERICA - FULL DOCUMENTARY | Democratic Governing System Investigation”, 2013, Produced by Danny Schecter, FilmIsNow Movies & Trailers, duration of video 2:28:44, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx2gycZSdB8 >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Homeless in America ~~ EVE OTTENBERG

Homeless in America

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

One of Austria's most popular mayors is a Marxist ~~ Joseph Lobodzinski

Marxist Mayor!

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

How Iran’s Theocrats Allied With — and Then Crushed — the Left ~~ Interview by Liza Featherstone

https://jacobin.com/2022/10/chahla-chafiq-iranian-left-khomeini-protests-feminism?mc_cid=db36d1de04&mc_eid=2206b60e8c

Sociologist Chahla Chafiq was a 25-year-old Marxist activist during the 1979 Iranian revolution. Now in exile in France, she looks back on the tensions between socialism, feminism, and anti-imperialism that have roiled Iran’s opposition politics for decades.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

U.S. socialist explains the worldwide growing interests in China's system

Socialist Growing Interest in China's System

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

“US Brings World to Brink of Nuclear Armageddon As Europe Self Destructs, w/ Ali Abunimah”, “Russia, Ukraine, and Nuclear Destruction”, Oct 21, 2022, Rania Khalek interviews Ali Abunimah, Rania Khalek's Dispatches, Break Through News, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ8oqv6Ph7I >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Slavery is on the ballot in Oregon and 4 other states

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/10/slavery-is-on-the-ballot-in-oregon-and-4-other-states.html

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

“The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the crisis of media censorship”, Sep 2022, ~~ Chris Hedges

“Why the Media Censors Truth about Ukraine”, “The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the crisis of media censorship”, Sep 2022, Chris Hedges interviews Patrick Lawrence, duration 36:00, The Real News Network, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0H7PIJcEP0 >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Of, by, and for the elite: The class character of the U.S. Constitution Originally published: Liberation School on October 19, 2022 by Crystal Kim

~~recommended by collectivist action ~~

The Destruction of Venezuela’s Amazon Is Going Virtually Unnoticed ~~ CRISTINA VOLLMER BURELLI | OCTOBER 18, 2022

https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-destruction-of-venezuelas-amazon-is-going-virtually-unnoticed/

New reports highlight the scope of the crisis, but the international community has yet to respond.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

A massive attack on the working class ~~ Ben Hiller

https://redflag.org.au/article/massive-attack-working-class

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Lula: The Socialism That We Build Will Be Defined by the People ~~ Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

https://jacobin.com/2022/10/lula-da-silva-brazil-socialism-defined-by-the-people-workers-party?mc_cid=7114b8c38c&mc_eid=2206b60e8

~~recommended by emil karpo ~~

“LIVE: Saudi Arabia to Join BRICS | Ukraine: Cuba Missile Crisis 2.0 | Margaret Kimberley Joins”, Oct 20, 2022, The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRDVRzZ0_ic >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

How Capitalism—Not a Few Bad Actors—Destroyed the Internet Twenty-five years of neoliberal political economy are to blame for today’s regime of surveillance advertising, and only public policy can undo it ~~ Matthew Crain

Capitalism Destroyed the Internet

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Qatar: migrant workers deported without pay in advance of 2022 FIFA World Cup~~ Numan Biswas

https://www.marxist.com/qatar-migrant-workers-deported-without-pay-in-advance-of-2022-fifa-world-cup.htm

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Music - a Breath of Fresh Air

https://youtu.be/fPr3yvkHYsE

~~ recommended by fuster ~~

Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease ~~ Carry Gillam

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/20/syngenta-weedkiller-pesticide-parkinsons-disease-paraquat-documents

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Inflation Causing Hardship for Majority of US Households ~~ AGelbert

~~ written by AGelbert ~~

Georgia Says A Fetus Is A Person. The Implications Are Terrifying. Alanna Vagianos

Criminalizing Pregnancy...

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

The Tragedy of the Islamic Republic and the Progressives’ Dilemma ~~ SASAN FAYAZMANESH

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/14/the-tragedy-of-the-islamic-republic-and-the-progressives-dilemma/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

What Social Security Should Really Be Paying to Survive in This Economy ~~ SONALI KOLHATKAR

https://independentmediainstitute.org/economy-for-all/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

What Is a Terrorist Movement? ~~ Daniel Byman

https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-terrorist-movement

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Ukraine: Wage a class war against imperialist war ~~ John Catalinotto posted on October 18, 2022

War in Ukraine is a Class War

The latest U.S.-NATO-Kiev aggressions in the Ukraine war theater — bombing the bridge to Crimea and the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines — have escalated the fighting, threatening a continental or even a worldwide conflagration.

~~ recommended by newestbeginnging ~~

NLRB’s Division of Advice Determines Certain Workers in the Cannabis Industry Are Exempt From Federal Labor Law ~~ Keahn N. Morris

Workers Exempt from Federal Labor Law

~~ recommended by Just Me ~~

Preparing for the biggest global capitalist crisis in history − a clarion call to the movement ~~ Larry Holmes posted on October 14, 2022

Capitalist Crisis

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

France: state intervention against striking oil workers triggers call for a general strike~~ Jorge Martín and Joe Attard

https://www.marxist.com/france-state-intervention-against-striking-oil-workers-triggers-call-for-a-general-strike.htm

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Jan 6th Final Hearing Cold Open ~~ SNL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG2KrOpbjTU

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

4 Billion People by 2100 — The World’s Population Could Be Cut in Half by the End of the Century. ~~ Sylvain Saurel

Population Decline

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

The United States Declares War on Russia, Germany, the Netherlands and France ~~ Thierry Meyssan

https://libya360.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/the-united-states-declares-war-on-russia-germany-the-netherlands-and-france/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Scandal of Congressional Stock Trading ~~ EVE OTTENBERG

Scandal of Congressional Stock Trading

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~

s, w/ As’ad Abukhalil”, Oct 12, 2022, Rania Khalek Interviews Lebanese-American Scholar As’ad Abukhalil, duration of video 1:18:02, Break Through News, Rania Khalek Dispatches, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTSsMg3R-8g >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Booming cocaine production suggests the war on drugs has failed

https://www.economist.com/international/2022/10/13/booming-cocaine-production-suggests-the-war-on-drugs-has-failed?utm_content=ed-picks-article-link-6&etear=nl_weekly_6&utm_campaign=a.the-economist-this-week&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=10/13/2022&utm_id=1353228

Now some politicians in Latin America and Europe are saying so publicly

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

‘We Are Not Done Yet’: Railroad Track Workers Reject Deal ~~ Jonah Furman

https://www.labornotes.org/2022/10/we-are-not-done-yet-railroad-track-workers-reject-deal

~~ recommended by newestbeginnging ~~

Britain: pensions, speculation, and the casino of capitalism ~~ Nelson Wan 13 October 2022

https://www.marxist.com/britain-pensions-speculation-and-the-casino-of-capitalism.htm

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Music Friday Anyone?

https://youtu.be/V3Gi9M36gXs

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

How Cuba is dealing with the devastation of Hurricane Ian

https://mronline.org/2022/10/06/how-cuba-is-dealing-with-the-devastation-of-hurricane-ian/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Europe's surging far right

https://theweek.com/europe/1017294/europes-surging-far-right?utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20221009&utm_source=afternoon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&refid=36BED5BDCFB46680B79067A53235BAC0

Far-right parties in Sweden and Italy just had electoral breakthroughs. Why?

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Two Major Confrontations: Taiwan / China and Ukraine / Russia Test the Limits of U.S. Power ~~ dmorista

Two Major Confrontations: Taiwan / China and

Ukraine / Russia Test the Limits of U.S. Power

Written by dmorista for The Class Struggle

Doshman and the Massive Protests in Iran ~~ BEHROOZ GHAMARI TABRIZI

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/07/doshman-and-the-massive-protests-in-iran

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

End the Imperialist Ukraine War ~~ Communist Party of Greece, KKE

Demand an Immediate End to the War in Ukraine

The imperialist war being waged in Ukraine between the Euro-Atlantic forces and capitalist Russia is heading for a new devastating escalation. It is confirmed that the build-up of military forces and materiel on both sides does not lead to the end of the war, but instead feeds the vicious circle of the continuation and intensification of the conflict.

~~ recomended by newestbeginning ~~

European capitalism buckling under pressure of unprecedented crisis ~~ Jack Halinski-Fitzpatrick 07 October 2022

https://www.marxist.com/european-capitalism-buckling-under-pressure-of-unprecedented-crisis.htm

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Bad Republicans, Invisible Democrats ~~ PAUL STREET

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/07/bad-republicans-invisible-democrats/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

MHI, Hitachi reviving Japan’s nuclear power industry ~~ By SCOTT FOSTEROCTOBER 9, 2022

https://asiatimes.com/2022/10/mhi-and-hitachi-rebuilding-japans-n-power-industry/

Hitachi also targeting small modular reactors in the UK together with GE

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Destruction of China’s Socialist Economy

https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-5/rcp-china-economy.htm#:~:text=The%20substance%20of%20what%20is%20happening%20in%20China,economy%20is%20unhinged%20from%20a%20revolutionary%20political%20line.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~

Crimean Bridge Explosion

Link to Discussion on Left Lens. “Live Stream : Crimea Bridge DESTROYED! | Patrick Lancaster, The Left Lens, Reporterfy”, OCT 09/9AM Beijing OCT 08/9:00 PM New York, Alex from ( Reporterfy Media) & The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YYkBr7-B1M >.

~recommended by dmorista ~~

ABOUT THE CARE MANIFESTO

https://youtu.be/hPM9Lk4yyg4

and PDF of the book: https://www.uhn.ca/Research/Research_Institutes/The_Institute_for_Education_Research/Events/Documents/Care-Manifesto-Readings.pdf

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Biden’s Action on Weed Convictions Is a First Step — Let’s Push for Much More ~~ DeAnna Hoskins

https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-action-on-weed-convictions-is-a-first-step-lets-push-for-much-more/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Biography of Emmeline Pankhurst, Women's Rights Activist ~~ By Patricia E. Daniels

https://www.thoughtco.com/emmeline-pankhurst-1779832

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Federal Reserve Is Wrong: Corporations Should Pay To Stop Inflation, Not Workers ~~ By Marc Steiner

https://scheerpost.com/2022/08/31/the-federal-reserve-is-wrong-corporations-should-pay-to-stop-inflation-not-workers/

The Federal Reserve says wages should go down to get inflation under control. What if we just stopped corporate profiteering and the lax rules that make it possible?

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Iran risks becoming a nation bereft of its best minds ~~ KOUROSH ZIABARIOCTOBER 4, 2022

https://asiatimes.com/2022/10/iran-risks-becoming-a-nation-bereft-of-its-best-minds/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

What is Socialist Revolution ~~ Nino Brown

https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/what-is-socialist-revolution

~~recommended by collectivist action ~~

The number of people in modern slavery has increased to 50 million says new Global Estimates report

https://freedomcollaborative.org/newsletter-archive/the-number-of-people-in-modern-slavery-has-increased

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Nukes, War and Moral Sanity ~~ ROBERT KOEHLER

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/06/nukes-war-and-moral-sanity/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Scott Ritter on What's Next for the Ukraine Crisis

“LIVE: Scott Ritter on What's Next for the Ukraine Crisis”, Scott Ritter talks to Danny Haiphong, duration of interview 1:48 - 48:29, Left Lens, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_c6FOWdskU >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~