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 ~~

Sunday, October 30, 2022

How the Ultra-Right Intends to Take & Consolidate Political Power” ~~ Brian Becker and Nicole Roussell

 

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 ~~

Friday, October 28, 2022

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 ~~

Thursday, October 27, 2022

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! ~~ Danny Haiphong

 

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 ~~ Danny Schecter

 

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 ~~

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

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 ~~

“US Brings World to Brink of Nuclear Armageddon As Europe Self Destructs, w/ Ali Abunimah

 

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 DispatchesBreak Through News, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ8oqv6Ph7I >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Monday, October 24, 2022

“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 ~~

“LIVE: Saudi Arabia to Join BRICS | Ukraine: Cuba Missile Crisis 2.0 | Margaret Kimberley Joins”, Oct 20, 2022, The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong,

 

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 ~~

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 ~~

“How the US Used Saudi Arabia to Fuel Fanaticism & Fight Progressive Movement

 

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 ~~

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

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 ~~

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 ~~

Saturday, October 8, 2022

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 ~~

Thursday, October 6, 2022

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 ~~

Monday, October 3, 2022

What America Taught the Nazis ~~ Ira Katznelson

What America Taught the Nazis

In the 1930s, the Germans were fascinated by the global leader in codified racism—the United States.

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Piercing The Corporate Climate Veil ~~ Rishika Pardikar

 https://www.levernews.com/email/c2667736-bdc1-4d44-ad4c-f652bfdfc05a/

While Shell is trying to blame its corporate malfeasance on consumers, activists are taking aim at the oil company’s board members.

 ~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Saturday, October 1, 2022

Ron DeSantis Changes His Position on Disaster Aid, Now that Florida Needs the Help.

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“New Reps. Ron DeSantis, Ted Yoho vote against Hurricane Sandy aid”, Jan. 4, 2013, Alex Leary | Times Washington bureau chief, Tampa Bay Times, at <https://www.tampabay.com/content/new-reps-ron-desantis-ted-yoho-vote-against-hurricane-sandy-aid/2104196>

Ron DeSantis changes with the wind as Hurricane Ian prompts flip-flop on aid”, September 30, 2022, Martin Pengelly, The Guardian, at <https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-changes-with-the-wind-as-hurricane-ian-prompts-flip-flop-on-aid/ar-AA12rSB4?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=bfce162e6e3e40f38ceb98e1385ca2e3


Voices: Ron DeSantis doesn’t think federal funds should be used for hurricane relief — except in Florida”, Sept 30, 2022, Opinion by Skylar Baker-Jordan, The Independent, at <https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/voices-ron-desantis-doesn-t-think-federal-funds-should-be-used-for-hurricane-relief-except-in-florida/ar-AA12s0qU?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=4565e6280d1c484ea0a9b8d63064e506>


Did Rubio and DeSantis vote against Hurricane Sandy aid?”, September 30, 2022, Amy Sherman, Politifact, (this selection consists of excerpts, not the entire article), at <https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/30/yuh-line-niou/did-rubio-and-desantis-vote-against-hurricane-sand/>


3 Full Articles that point out his hypocrisy and, in addition, excerpts from a Fact Check by PoliticFact

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~