US Workers Need a Federal Paid Sick Leave Guarantee ~~ ADAM TOMASI

https://jacobin.com/2022/12/us-federal-paid-sick-leave-law-railworkers?mc_cid=f7f268e76c&mc_eid=2206b60e8c 

Workers nationwide lack a federal guarantee of paid sick leave in the United States. Establishing a federal paid sick leave guarantee would improve the lives of all American workers — railworkers included.

~~ recommended by emil karop ~~

How the Human Brain Is Wired for Romance ~~ Alan Lightman

https://portside.org/2022-12-09/how-human-brain-wired-romance

Humans are evolutionarily drawn to beauty. How do such complex experiences emerge from a collection of atoms and molecules?

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Billie Holiday (1915-1959) ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/holliday-billie-1915-1959/

~~ recommended by fuster ~~

No Room at the Texas Inn … or the US Naval Observatory ~~DAVE LINDORFF

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/29/no-room-at-the-texas-inn-or-the-us-naval-observatory/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Leaked List Shows Over 300 Oath Keepers Have Worked for Homeland Security

 https://truthout.org/articles/leaked-list-shows-over-300-oath-keepers-have-worked-for-homeland-security/

DHS is theoretically tasked with protecting the public against threats like the far right militia group.

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

War and Populism Dec 12, 2022 ~~ NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA

 https://www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ukraine-war-russian-complicity-western-populist-enablers-by-nina-l-khrushcheva-2022-12

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Court v. Chatbot ~~ Michael C. Dorf and Laurence H. Tribe

www.nybooks/online/2022/12/26/chatbot-supreme-court/

In a recent experiment, chatGPT showed a more developed moral sense than the Supreme Court’s current conservative supermajority.

December 26, 2022

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~ 

Tax Policy Is Helping Wall Street Gobble Up Single-Family Homes

https://truthout.org/audio/tax-policy-is-helping-wall-street-gobble-up-single-family-homes/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=ccd2ef61-dcbd-4334-8bf7-824c9b042b6f

Wall Street investors have concentrated their purchases of entry-level and single-family homes in communities of color.

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

A "Shortage" of Punishment Bureaucrats ~~ Alec

 https://equalityalec.substack.com/p/a-shortage-of-punishment-bureaucrats?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=881929&post_id=90425037&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

When the New York Times Is Like a PR Firm for Police Unions

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

‘Capital’s attack on nature endangers humanity ~~João Pedro Stedile

 https://climateandcapitalism.com/2022/11/14/capitals-attack-on-nature-endangers-humanity/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Smugglers reportedly selling Musk’s Starlink dishes in Iran as protesters battle regime’s internet shutdown

 https://www.intellinews.com/smugglers-reportedly-selling-musk-s-starlink-dishes-in-iran-as-protesters-battle-regime-s-internet-shutdown-259725/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Merry Christmas from the U.S. Ruling Class!!

 “Congress, Biden boost war spending at the expense of social programs”, Dec 22, 2022, Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site, at                                                             < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/23/vxoy-d23.html >

“Which States Are Givers and Which Are Takers? (And is that even the correct way to frame the question?)”, May 5, 2014 -  Updated on March 8, 2017. John Tierney, The Atlantic, at                                                                                         <https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Tell Your Fascist Uncle to F-Off On This Super-Cold XMas ~~ Paul Street

https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/tell-your-fascist-uncle-to-f-off?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Tidings of Discomfort and Joy: Christmas as Resistance

 https://truthout.org/articles/tidings-of-discomfort-and-joy-christmas-as-resistance/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=ccd2ef61-dcbd-4334-8bf7-824c9b042b6f

Christmas offers an opportunity for those who celebrate it to recommit to the love and solidarity its story teaches.

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Primitive communism ~~ Manvir Singh

   https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-of-primitive-communism-is-as-seductive-as-it-is-wrong

Marx’s idea that societies were naturally egalitarian and communal before farming is widely influential and quite wrong

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Is Homelessness Our “Malnutrition & Starvation” Applied to Housing? ~~ Thom Hartman

https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-homelessness-our-malnutrition?r=cb67r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

A Peruvian Socialist Perspective on the Crisis in Peru - Left Voice

 https://www.leftvoice.org/a-peruvian-socialist-perspective-on-the-crisis-in-peru/

The following is a statement by Peruvian socialists organized in the Corriente Socialista de las y los Trabajadores (CST, Socialist Workers Current), part of the Trotskyist Fraction-Fourth International, on the fast-developing political situation in Peru and the importance of an independent socialist perspective to condemn the attacks of the Right and provide an alternative for the exploited and oppressed in the face of a decaying regime tainted with the legacy of dictatorship.

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Milwaukee Has Elected Two Socialists, Reviving the City’s Pro-Worker Political Tradition ~~ PHILIP ROCCO SAM HARSHNER

  https://jacobin.com/2022/08/milwaukee-socialist-candidates-dsa-wisonsin-pro-worker-tradition

Milwaukee is sending two socialists to the state legislature for the first time in over 80 years. It’s the fruit of an impressive canvassing operation — and it marks the revival of working-class politics in Milwaukee, once a bastion of socialism.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Music Friday for Class Strugglers - In the spirit of the season ~~ newestbeginning

In the spirit of the holiday season, this is written with gratitude for all of the contributions you have made and continue to make to our little blog.  From the recommending of articles, to the research you have done, writing and participation in discussion, your contributions are much appreciated and add richness to the project.   

The holidays can be a difficult time for many of us, and we know not what trials others traverse.  One thing I do not take for granted is the kindness you have showered me with, despite whatever struggles are going on in your lives.  One thing is certain, we are stronger when we work together.

So in this spirit, I dedicate this thread to the kindness you have shown me.

Wishing peace and better days to come, Comrades!  Be well,

newestbeginninng

Ghost stories of capitalism: Racism is REAL, and it’s a class struggle ~~ Danny Haiphong (Posted Dec 20, 2022

 https://mronline.org/2022/12/20/ghost-stories-of-capitalism/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

‘A crucial part of colonization is taking our children’ ~~Janine Jackson

https://fair.org/home/a-crucial-part-of-colonization-is-taking-our-children/

Interview on Indian Child Welfare Act 

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Can the Left Disagree Without Being Disagreeable? ~~ VIJAY PRASHAD

Can the Left Disagree without being Disagreeable ~~ Prashad

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Fight for Your Right to Be Lazy ~~ NICHOLAS BURMAN

  https://jacobin.com/2022/12/paul-lafargue-marx-socialism-post-work

In the late nineteenth century, French Marxist Paul Lafargue put forward a demand that still resonates nearly a century and a half later: workers have a right to be lazy.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

‘Jewish dream’ turns into nightmare: ‘fantasy Israel’ faces moment of truth ~~ Ilan Pappé

 https://mronline.org/2022/12/20/jewish-dream-turns-into-nightmare/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The economic realities we face at the end of 2022 ~~ Richard D Wolff | Published: 00:00, Dec 20,2022

https://www.newagebd.net/article/189457/the-economic-realities-we-face-at-the-end-of-2022

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Talking Anti-Semitism ~~ STEPHEN F. EISENMAN

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/16/talking-anti-semitism/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Ukraine, The Fascist Movement There, and Its Importance to the Development of Fascist and other Far-Right Organizations in the U.S. and Europe.

“Challenge the U.S. justifications for this war”, (Ukraine), John Parker speaks at CovertAction event in New York City, Dec. 1.  Talk given at “Pushback Against Empire,” a holiday party and fundraiser for CovertAction Magazine in New York City.  Originally published at Struggle-La Lucha, Dec. 8, 2022, John Parker, at                               <https://www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2022/12/08/challenge-the-u-s-justifications-for-this-war/>. Posted at MRonline Dec. 13, 2022, at <https://mronline.org/2022/12/13/challenge-the-u-s-justifications-for-this-war/>. 

“Like, Share, Recruit: How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Radicalize and Train New Members”, January 7, 2021, SIMON SHUSTER/KYIV, UKRAINE and BILLY PERRIGO/LONDON, Time Magazine, at                                                                 < https://time.com/5926750/azov-far-right-movement-facebook/ >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Split Between Venezuela’s Communists and Maduro’s Ruling Party Deepens

https://libya360.wordpress.com/2022/12/13/split-between-venezuelas-communists-and-maduros-ruling-party-deepens/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Charlene Mitchell, Leader of the Campaign To Free Angela Davis ~~ The Mitchell Family

 https://portside.org/2022-12-18/charlene-mitchell-leader-campaign-free-angela-davis

Charlene (Alexander) Mitchell, a key leader of the movement in the early 1970s to free imprisoned activist Angela Davis, helped found NAARPR, and the CCDS, ran for President in 1968 on the U.S. Communist Party ticket.

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The End of Checks and Balances ~~ CLARK T. SCOTT

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/12/the-end-of-checks-and-balances/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Sanctions ~~ Barbara Slavin

 SANCTIONS

When will the US learn that sanctions don’t solve its problems?

Harsh economic penalties rarely, if ever, work to change a targeted regime’s behavior; so why do we still use them?

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Do Your Multiplication And Get on Board with Socialist Revolution ~~ Paul Street

 https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/do-your-multiplication

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Israeli Government Admits to Sterilizing Ethiopian Jews

 https://nftu.net/israeli-government-admits-sterilizing-ethiopian-jews/

~~ recommended by sherlockhemlock ~~

The Emancipators’ Vision ~~ Sean Wilentz

 https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2022/12/22/the-emancipators-vision-black-ghost-of-empire-kris-manjapra/?lp_txn_id=1405243

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

AI Learns To Write Computer Code in ‘Stunning’ Advance ~~ Matthew Hutson

 https://portside.org/2022-12-11/ai-learns-write-computer-code-stunning-advance

DeepMind’s AlphaCode outperforms many human programmers in tricky software challenges

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Record Turnout in Georgia? Not Quite. ~~ Greg Palast

 https://www.truthdig.com/articles/record-turnout-in-georgia-not-quite/

A 1-million-vote nosedive in turnout was well-concealed by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp to cover up the effects of “Jim Crow 2.O” at the launch his presidential campaign.

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Music Friday for Class Strugglers - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five ~~ dmorista

Louis Jordan was one of the innovators, and he was among the earliest musicians playing the early versions of what later became recognized as R & B and Rock n Roll.  His music always revealed its roots in the Swing Band music of the 1930s, but he was ahead of his time.  The R & B, and  Rock n Roll of the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s would not have been the same without his influence.  Jordan was an American Original of the first rank.  There are some links, to 6 records and to a video about Jordan, at the bottom of this article.

~~ written by dmorista ~~

Some of Those That Work Fusion Centers Are The Same As Constitution-Enders ~~ Spencer Ackerman

 DHS Infestation of Oath Keepers

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Socialist Feminists Win Abortion Sanctuary Legislation in Trigger Ban State – Dane County, Wisconsin ~~ Madison Socialist Alternative

 https://www.socialistalternative.org/2022/09/24/socialist-feminists-win-abortion-sanctuary-legislation-in-trigger-ban-state-dane-county-wisconsin/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Hakeem Jeffries and the railroad workers ~~ Margaret Kimberly

 https://mronline.org/2022/12/08/hakeem-jeffries-and-the-railroad-workers/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Kindred Review: Compelling FX Drama Takes a Modern-Day Look at the Horrors of Antebellum Life ~~ Quinci LeGardye

https://portside.org/2022-12-11/kindred-review-compelling-fx-drama-takes-modern-day-look-horrors-antebellum-life 

In this small-screen adaptation of Octavia Butler’s novel, a 21st-century woman has to protect her slave-owning ancestor

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

“The Jakarta Method”: Torture, Mass Murder, and U.S. Imperialism Throughout the Global South

“Cold War Terror Against the Left: The Jakarta Method & Why It Still Matters, w/ Vincent Bevins”, Dec 12, 2022, Rania Khalek interview with Vincent Bevins, Rania Khalek Dispatches, BreakThrough News, at   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFcj1f9K18&list=PLwZtBKjGSMzW-grFNiIzMyvqBYznqN2dg&index=1> 

“Anti-Communist Massacres Killed Indonesia’s Hopes for National Liberation and Socialism”, May.19, 2020, Benjamin Fogel interviews Vincent Bevins, Jacobin Magazine, at                       < https://jacobin.com/2020/05/anti-communist-massacres-indonesia-brazil-communism> 

“The Innocents at Risk From a U.S.-China Cold War: The People With the Most to Lose in a U.S.-China Cold War”, Sep. 2021, Vincent Bevins, The Atlantic, at                           <https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/09/us-china-cold-war/620223 >  

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could mean ‘near-limitless energy’

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/12/breakthrough-in-nuclear-fusion-could-mean-near-limitless-energy

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

How to smuggle ideology into the news ~~ Alec Karakatsanis

 https://equalityalec.substack.com/p/how-to-smuggle-ideology-into-the

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Marxist Fundamentals: 40th Anniversary of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa ~~ Tony Wilsdon

 40th Anniversary of How Europe Undeveloped Africa

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

On this dayDec 12, 1922 White Mob Lynches Arthur Young in Taylor County, Florida

 https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/dec/12

~~  recommended by collectivist action ~~

The Class Conflict Between Elites and Workers Goes Back to America’s Founding ~~ William Hogeland, Astra Taylor

 https://portside.org/2022-12-11/class-conflict-between-elites-and-workers-goes-back-americas-founding

You wouldn’t know it from the widespread glorification of America’s “founding fathers,” but the years around American independence were shot through with class conflict between elites and working people. And most of the founding fathers were on the wrong side.

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court ~~ Sheldon Whitehouse

 The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court.  Sheldon Whitehouse talks about his recent book on C-Span's Book TV. Duration of Show 1:12:40, November 21, 2022, at                                                                              < https://www.c-span.org/video/?524046-1/the-scheme > 

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

New changes to MAiD laws are 'a bridge too far' for some — including doctors

 Medically Assisted Death

As more medically assisted deaths are taking place than ever in Canada, the country is in the midst of a contentious debate about whether MAiD laws are expanding too far, too fast.

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Protests begin at the COP 15 conference in Montreal ~~ Brian Champ

 http://www.socialist.ca/node/4654

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Not Earning Enough Money to Put Food on the Table: Walmart’s Savage Capitalist ~~ EVAGGELOS VALLIANATOS

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/09/not-earning-enough-money-to-put-food-on-the-table-walmarts-savage-capitalism/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

In Turkey, a Child Bride Scandal puts Religious Cults in the Spotlight ~~ ARZU GEYBULLAYEVA12/10/2022

   https://www.juancole.com/2022/12/scandal-religious-spotlight.html

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Predictable Resurgence of Fascism and Nazism On Both Sides of the North Atlantic and Its Consequences Posted~~ Vicente Navarro

 Resurgence of Fascism and Nazism and Consequences

~~ recommended by dreamjoehill2 ~~

The crisis of Western imperialism and the imperative of war and repression ~~ Ajamu Baraka (Posted Dec 02, 2022)

 https://mronline.org/2022/12/02/the-crisis-of-western-imperialism-and-the-imperative-of-war-and-repression/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Music Friday for Class Strugglers - RICHARD PIERCE [“RICHIE”] HAVENS (1941-2013)

 https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/havens-richie-1941-2013/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Mass Abortion Program in Nigeria

 https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/nigeria-military-abortions/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-briefing&utm_term=12-07-2022

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Neo-Nazis Say Attack Leaving 40,000 Americans in Dark Is Only the Beginning

 “Neo-Nazis Say Attack Leaving 40,000 Americans in Dark Is Only the Beginning”, Dec 8, 2022, Tom O'Connor,  Newsweek, <https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/neo-nazis-say-attack-leaving-40-000-americans-in-dark-is-only-the-beginning/ar-AA152Xyc?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=b547b82403ae4317db37dfcf9b79c457>

“As Gas Prices Reshape Midterms, U.S. Extremists Plot to Attack Energy Sites”, Oct 27,  2022, TOM O'CONNOR AND NAVEED JAMALI, Newsweek, at                         <https://www.newsweek.com/gas-prices-reshape-midterms-us-extremists-plot-attack-energy-sites-1754554>

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Women’s Revolt in Iran reaches Household of Leader Khamenei, as his Sister denounces “Despotic Caliphate” ~~ JUAN COLE12/08/2022

  https://www.juancole.com/2022/12/household-denounces-caliphate.html

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Race, Class, and Replacement ~~ Paul Street

 https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/race-class-and-replacement?publication_id=1085501&isFreemail=true

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Moore v. Harper Heads to the High Court

 “Moore v. Harper Heads to the High Court”, Michael Waldman, Dec 6, 2022, Analysis, Brennan Center for Justice, at                                                                                            < https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/moore-v-harper-heads-high-court > 

“Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Transform Federal Elections”, Dec 7, 2022, Adam Liptak, The New York Times, at                                                                                <https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-hears-case-that-could-transform-federal-elections/ar-AA14ZVvO?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=0cb51d1c8df64fb9faf0c09195b086d9>

“Independent State Legislature Theory Undermines Elections Principles | Bipartisan Policy Center”, Oct 31, 2022, Michael Thorning,  Matthew Weil,  Rachel Orey, Bipartisan Policy Center, at                                                                                                                  < https://bipartisanpolicy.org/report/independent-state-legislature-theory/ > 

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

US Railroad Workers ‘Under the Thumb’ BY JACK RASMUS

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/05/us-railroad-workers-under-the-thumb/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Building Resilient Organizations ~~ Maurice Mitchell

 https://forgeorganizing.org/article/building-resilient-organizations

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Unequal Mercy: The West’s Approach to Refugees ~~ Helen Benedict

https://www.juancole.com/2022/12/unequal-approach-refugees.html

and 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWsWFjO9MlE

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Bigots A Little Too Excited Drag Show Canceled After Attack On North Carolina Power Station ~~ Robyn Pennacchia

 https://www.wonkette.com/bigots-a-little-too-excited-drag-show-canceled-after-attack-on-north-carolina-power-station

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years ~~ dylan sullivan, jason hickel

   https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/2/how-british-colonial-policy-killed-100-million-indians

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Spectacular Life of Octavia E. Butler

 www.vulture.com/article/octavia-e-butler-profile.html

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Surveilling and Judging Women ~~ Dianne Feeley

 https://againstthecurrent.org/atc221/surveilling-and-judging-women/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Wakanda, Whatever: A Radical Critique of Wakanda Forever ~~ Collectivist Action

Wakanda, Whatever:

A Radical Critique of Wakanda Forever

By Collectivist Action

Canada prepares war bonds for Nazi-infested Ukrainian government ~~ Daniel Xie

 https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/canada-prepares-war-bonds-for-nazi-infested-ukrainian-government

~~  recommended by collectivist action ~~

The Railway Labor Fight Is an Object Lesson in Democratic Party Hypocrisy ~~ LUKE SAVAGE

 https://jacobin.com/2022/12/railworkers-strike-biden-democrats-sick-leave

Joe Biden’s betrayal of railworkers is a case study in everything that’s wrong with the Democratic Party: a party that talks about workers’ rights while governing in the interests of capital.

~~ recommended by dmar3 ~~

We Can’t Afford NOT to Have a Wealth Tax 12/03/2022 ~~Jack Metzgar

 https://www.juancole.com/author/inequality-org

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

There Won’t be Much Left of Our Public Forests After the Forest Service Gets Done “Restoring” Them ~~ SARA JOHNSON

 Forestry Service Ecocide

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~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Capitalism Has Ended the Issue of Scarcity But Worsened the Crisis of Inequality

 https://truthout.org/articles/capitalism-has-ended-the-issue-of-scarcity-but-worsened-the-crisis-of-inequality/

Capitalism will never deliver material well-being for all. We need a new system.

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Music Friday for Class Strugglers - Laura Nyro

S. La Duron the Gray

Oct 19

Laura Nyro

~~ Recommended by fuster ~~

Michael Hudson: A New Bipolar World. US finance Capitalism vs. China's Mixed Public / Private Economy

 

“Michael Hudson: A New Bipolar World. US finance Capitalism vs. China's Mixed Public / Private Economy”, Youtube of a talk by Michael Hudson moderated by Mathew D. Rose, Nov 1, 2022, The video has a duration of 1:09:08, and is available from Helle Panke, posted on Nov 7, 2022, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_zY44YClCY >

“Germany’s position in America’s New World Order”, Nov 2, 2022, Michael Hudson, MichaelHudson(dot)com, at                                                                                                           < https://michael-hudson.com/2022/11/germanys-position-in-americas-new-world-order/ >.  This webpage also provides access to the youtube discussion noted in the entry above.

“Michael Hudson – The Euro Without German Industry”, Oct 4, 2022, Michael Hudson, MichaelHudson(dot)com, at                                                                                               < https://michael-hudson.com/2022/10/the-euro-without-german-industry/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes Was Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. Here’s Why That Matters~~ Jay Kuo

 statuskuo.substack.com/p/oath-keeper-stewart-rhodes-was-convicted

18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Campaign to impeach Philly DA Krasner masks capitalism’s role in violence ~~ Betsey Piette posted on November 22, 2022

https://www.workers.org/2022/11/67823/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

To Halt the Venezuelan Migration Crisis, Stop Banning Venezuelan Oil ~~ By Francisco Rodríguez

 https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/01/maduro-venezuela-migration-crisis-sanctions-ban-oil/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The World According to CPAC ~~ LAURA CARLSEN

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/25/the-world-according-to-cpac/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Imperialism suffocates humanity like a Boa Constrictor ~~ Vijay Prashad

Imperialism Sufficates Humanity like a Boa Constrictor

This is the best hour I have spent in a long time.  I don't generally care for podcasts, but this is a particularly worthwhile discussion for anyone interested in any of the subjects we harp on day in and day out here at the Class Struggle.

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~