~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Monday, February 27, 2023
The State of Mississippi Fights Jackson's Black Leadership
https://www.blackagendareport.com/state-mississippi-fights-jacksons-black-leadership
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Who’s Afraid of Black History? ~~ Henry Louis Gates Jr.
https://asalh.org/whos-afraid-
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
The Geostrategic Issues Involved in the U.S. Ukraine War, Some Interviews You Won’t See on MSNBC.
1). “Ukraine War, China and the Decline of US Hegemony Under Biden”, Feb 23, 2023, Rania Kalek interviews Historian Daniel Bessner, duration of video 1:03:42, Dispatches, BreakThrough News, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrD5HoRH8PY > Note: This is an interview on Youtube, there is no text, no transcript.
2). Michael Hudson: The EU has DESTROYED its Economy for NATO’s Ukraine Proxy War ft. With Radhika Desai, February 20, 2023, Danny Haiphong interviews Michael Hudson & Radhika Desai, duration of video 26:36, Left Lens, at <https://www.greanvillepost.com/2023/02/20/michael-hudson-the-eu-has-destroyed-its-economy-for-natos-ukraine-proxy-war-ft/> Note: This is an interview on Youtube, there is no text, no transcript.
3). THE ECONOMICS OF THE UKRAINE PROXY WAR w/ MICHAEL HUDSON AND RADHIKA DESAI!, Feb 2, 2023, Danny Haiphong talks with Economists Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai. They join with Haiphong to break down the economics of the Ukraine proxy war between NATO and Russia as the one-year anniversary of the military operation approaches, duration of video 2:01:48, The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkQCSPM2QUY >. A transcript of this 2 hour long interview / discussion is posted here below.
4). A Transcript of the interview / discussion {an excerpt of which is presented in the video in 2). and a complete 2 hour version in 3). above} is provided at the bottom of this post after the three videos.
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Bernie Sanders: ‘Oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? They run the US as well’ ~~ Tim Adams
https://www.theguardian.com/
Recommended by emil karpo ~~
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Remember the Alamo: monument to white supremacy ~~ John Bell
http://www.socialist.ca/node/
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
Ukraine War Interviews and Shows from The Left Lens and The Freedom Side, BreakThrough News.
1). “Brian Berletic DESTROYS NATO Propaganda on Ukraine War One Year Later”, Feb 24, 2023, Danny Haiphong interviews The New Atlas’ geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic, duration of video 21:40, The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2HbmvZqNxM >
2). “Brian Berletic LIVE on NATO's War in Ukraine at One Year and What's Next”, Feb 21, 2023, Complete version of Danny Haiphong’s interview of The New Atlas’ geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic, duration of video 1:34:31 (first 26 minutes include the 21:40 of The Left Lens excerpt posted on Feb 24th and posted here above), The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQMrSaPNyRY >
3). “1 Year of Ukraine War: How Far Will it Go? w/ Vijay Prashad”, Feb 24, 2023, Rania Khalek & Eugene Puryear interview Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute, about the Ukraine Proxy War and other Geostrategic issues, duration of video 21:02, The Freedom Side, BreakThrough News, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOw60NNFUXY >
4). “Colonel Douglas Macgregor: NATO is NOT READY for Russia's Offensive”, Feb 23, 2023, Danny Haiphong discusses the current military situation in the Ukraine Proxy War using clips from a longer video (duration of that video 1:42:24) featuring Douglas McGregor conservative military analyst, duration of Left Lens video 31:15, The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMyB3LNK7JM >.
Note: These are all video podcasts. There is no text and no transcript available for any of them.
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Friday, February 24, 2023
All in the Family Debt - Boston Review
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/melinda-cooper-all-family-debt/
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Marvin Gaye, Jr (1939-1984) - Music Friday for Class Strugglers
https://www.blackpast.org/
~~ collaboration between fuster and newestbeginning ~~
The Proxy War in Ukraine Must End ~~ DAVID VAN DEUSEN
“The Proxy War in Ukraine Must End”, Feb 23, 2023, David Van Deusen, CounterPunch, at < https://www.counterpunch.org/
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Thursday, February 23, 2023
The Corporate Controlled Media Frenzy Supporting the Proxy War in Ukraine Heats up; as the 1-Year Anniversary Ar rives Tomorrow
“365 Days of Ukraine War: US Doubles Down, While Global South Realigns”, Feb 22, 2023, Brian Becker & Walter Smolarek, The Socialist Program from BreakThrough News, youtube, duration of video 49:59, no text or transcript, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YXzIQhsv24 >
NOTE: This is a youtube Video there is no transcript available
“Munich drama and red lines between China and collective west”, Feb 22, 2023, Alexander Mercouris & Alex Christoforou, The Duran Podcast, youtube, duration of video 32:00,, no text or transcript, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNGnrsAALrg >
NOTE: This is a youtube Video there is no transcript available
“Exclusive interview with Prof. John J. Mearsheimer on Ukraine crisis”, Feb 23, 2023, Dialogue on CGTN (a media outlet controlled by the Chinese Government), interview of John J. Mearsheimer, youtube, duration of video 32:00, no text or transcript, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4s7T-TLp6k > NOTE: This is a youtube Video there is no transcript available
“NATO: Seeking Russia’s Destruction Since 1949”, Dec 26, 2015, GARY LEUPP, The Millenium Report, at <http://themillenniumreport.com/2015/12/nato-seeking-russias-destruction-since-1949/> the text of the article was first published at CounterPunch on Dec. 25, 2015 at <https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/25/nato-seeking-russias-destruction-since-1949/>.
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
How Precision Scheduled Railroading at Norfolk Southern Caused a Toxic Vinyl Chloride Mushroom Cloud Over East Palestine, Ohio
“How Precision Scheduled Railroading at Norfolk Southern Caused a Toxic Vinyl Chloride Mushroom Cloud Over East Palestine, Ohio”, February 12, 2023, Lambert Strether, Naked Capitalism, at < https://www.nakedcapitalism.
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
The Lame Left (part 4) ~~ Paul Street
https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/the-lame-left-30e?utm_medium=email
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Comments on the Ukraine Proxy War and Biden's Visit to Kiev, Ukraine and Warsaw, Poland
“Russia has DEFEATED NATO Sanctions Thanks to De-Dollarization w/ Garland Nixon”, Feb 19, 2023, The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, Interview of Garland Nixon, by Danny Haiphong, discussing events in Ukraine, Europe, the U.S. and the Global South, duration of interview 29:05, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a7wgtahJZE >. Note: This is a video presentation of a discussion there is no transcript nor any text.
“Hope strategy at Munich Security Conference, The Duran Podcast”, Feb 17, 2023, Alexander Mercouris & Alex Christoforou, The Duran Podcast, Apple Podcasts, at <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hope-strategy-at-munich-security-conference/id1442883993?i=1000600259315>. Note: This is a video presentation of a discussion there is no transcript nor any text.
Iran-China Strategic Partnership: The Big Picture, Feb 18, 2023, Pepe Escobar, Dissident Voice, at < https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/02/iran-china-strategic-partnership/ >
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
U.S. sanctions block earthquake aid to Syria ~~ Sameena Rahman
https://www.liberationnews.org/us-sanctions-block-earthquake-aid-to-syria/
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Monday, February 20, 2023
Latest in State-level (Removal of) Reproductive Rights Legislation
“Abortion could be prosecuted as criminal homicide under bill filed by Kentucky lawmaker”, Feb 16, 2023, Ryan C. Hermens, Murray Ledger and Times, at <https://www.murrayledger.com/news/abortion-could-be-prosecuted-as-criminal-homicide-under-bill-filed-by-kentucky-lawmaker/article_e1b0beee-adaf-11ed-a15f-6384064b23ca.html>
“Abortion Bills Putting Doctors In Center Of Fray”, Feb. 17, 2023, David W. Chen, The New York Times.
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Nord Stream terror attack: The plot thickens ~~ Pepe Escobar (Posted Feb 18, 2023)
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
The Arab Muslim Slave Trade Of Africans, The Untold Story
https://apya.org/arab-slave-
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
Sunday, February 19, 2023
How Other Nations Pay for Childcare - The U.S. Spends Only a Tiny Amount on Child Care and Early Education When Compared to Other Developed Countries.
1). “How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.”, October 6, 2021, Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, at
< https://portside.org/2021-10-11/how-other-nations-pay-child-care-us-outlier >
Rich countries contribute an average of $14,000 per year for a toddler’s care, compared with $500 in the U.S. The Democrats’ spending bill tries to shrink the gap.
2). “Barry Ford on Economic Toll of Inadequate Child Care in the U.S”, February 18, 2023, Barry Ford of the Council for a Strong America discussed a new report on the growing economic toll of inadequate child care in the U.S., Washington Journal on C-Span, video and transcript (posted at the end of this entry for The Class Struggle), available at <https://www.c-span.org/video/?525870-3/washington-journal-barry-ford-discusses-economic-toll-inadequate-child-care-us&event=525870&playEvent>
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Saturday, February 18, 2023
Why Not Riot? Interview with Author Ben Case BY BOB BUZZANCO - SCOTT PARKIN
~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~
Friday, February 17, 2023
Jackson Browne ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers
https://www.jacksonbrowne.com/biography/
~~ collaboration between fuster and newestbeginning ~~
Thursday, February 16, 2023
The Real Limitations of NATO, and Prospects for Ukraine in the Current Proxy War with Russia
1). “Blinken concedes war is lost-offers Kremlin Ukrainian demilitarization; Crimea, Donbas, Zaporozhye; and restriction of new tanks to Western Ukraine if there is no Russian offensive”, Feb 06, 2023, John Helmer, MROnline(dot)org, at <https://mronline.org/2023/02/06/blinken-concedes-war-is-lost-offers-kremlin-ukrainian-demilitarization-crimea-donbas-zaporozhye-and-restriction-of-new-tanks-to-western-ukraine-if-there-is-no-russian-offensive/>: Originally published: Jan 25, 2023, John Helmer, Dances with Bears, at <http://johnhelmer.net/blinken-concedes-war-is-lost-offers-kremlin-ukrainian-demilitarization-crimea-donbass-zaporozhe-and-restriction-of-new-tanks-to-western-ukraine-if-there-is-no-russian-offensive/>
2). “Breaking Russia? More like breaking ourselves: America’s days as the primary player in Europe will close fast without a radical policy shift on Ukraine”, February 11, 2023, Brandon J Weichert, Asia Times, at < https://asiatimes.com/2023/02/breaking-russia-more-like-breaking-ourselves/ >
3). “US and NATO lack capability to supply a long war: As weapons inventories dwindle, there’s little chance the West today can build a surge hardware-making capacity”, June 24, 2022, Stephen Bryen, Asia Times, at <https://asiatimes.com/2022/06/us-and-nato-lack-capability-to-supply-a-long-war/ >
4). “U.S. and NATO Scramble to Arm Ukraine and Refill Their Own Arsenals”, Nov. 26, 2022, Updated Nov. 29, 2022, Steven Erlanger and Lara Jakes, New York Times, at <https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/world/europe/nato-weapons-shortage-ukraine.html>
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
The National, Bipartisan Loathing of Hospital Monopolies State legislators of all political leanings are fed up. ~~ PAT GAROFALO FEB 9
~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Robbing From the Poor to Educate the Rich ~~ By Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
https://www.thenation.com/
The bait of school vouchers—and the switch to strangling public education.
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Depopulation in China
“Will depopulation sink China?”, February 9, 2023, Adnan Akfirat, Friends of Socialist China, at < https://socialistchina.org/
“China’s growth rate falls as population declines”, January 19, 2023, Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site, at < https://www.wsws.org/en/
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Free Leaonard Peltier!
https://www.liberationnews.org/statement-from-leonard-peltier/
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Monday, February 13, 2023
The Real Origins of the Religious Right ~~ Randall Balmer
https://www.politico.com/
They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
The Ukraine Proxy War and U.S. Hegemony, and Analysis of the Covert U.S. Bombing of Nord Stream 1 & 2
“Nord Stream BOMBSHELL and Ukraine at One Year w/ The Duran!”, Feb 9, 2023, Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran return to the program to discuss their impressions and analysis of the last year of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, duration of discussion 1:55:34, The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQLaW8430HQ >
“How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline”, The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now, Feb 8, 2023, Seymour Hersh, Seymour Hersh Substack, 29–37 minutes read-time, at < https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream >
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Excellent New Analysis of the Ongoing Struggle Between the U.S. / NATO and the Global South
NATO’s Fascist Inheritance & the Long War On the Third World, w/ Pawel Wargan, Feb 8, 2023, Rania Khalek Dispatches, BreakThrough News, Interview of Pawel Wargan by Rania Khalek, duration of video 1:16:43, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9PZyz5uduw >
NATO and the Long War on the Third World, Jan 1, 2023, Paweł Wargan, Monthly Review(dot)org, Volume 74, Number 08, at <https://monthlyreview.org/2023/01/01/nato-and-the-long-war-on-the-third-world/#en25backlink>, reading time 46–58 minutes, Topics: Fascism History Imperialism Inequality Marxism Race War Places: Global.
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Friday, February 10, 2023
Burt Bacharach - RIP - Music Friday for Class Strugglers
https://www.biography.com/musicians/burt-bacharach
Lots of Backarach's music was played on the radio station my parents listened to growing up so there are many fond memories associated with it. He died from natural causes at 94. RIP
~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~
Thursday, February 9, 2023
The left and freedom
https://www.ips-journal.eu/
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
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