Texas Was Once a Hotbed of Socialism AN INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS ALTER II

 https://jacobin.com/2023/04/texas-socialist-party-meitzen-farmers-labor-bloc

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Carbon Offset Market Keeps Growing, Unfortunately ~~ Mark Gongloff

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/2023/04/19/the-carbon-offset-market-keeps-growing-unfortunately/21be70b0-dea9-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

No Fascism to See Here - Paul Street on Fucker Carlson

 https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/no-fascism-to-see-here?r=nsdhl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

In Montana, an Avalanche of Wealth Is Displacing Workers

 https://inthesetimes.com/article/displaced-montana-workers-luxury-housing-2

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Harry Belafonte: Singer, actor and unshakeable civil rights activist ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://news.yahoo.com/harry-belafonte-singer-actor-unshakeable-162926673.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Billionaire Space Flight Isn’t About Colonization. It’s Stoking a New Cold War.

 https://truthout.org/articles/billionaire-space-flight-isnt-about-colonization-its-stoking-a-new-cold-war/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Even as They Protest, Israeli Liberals Reject Solidarity With Palestinians

 https://truthout.org/articles/even-as-they-protest-israeli-liberals-reject-solidarity-with-palestinians/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Mining Giant Is One Court Ruling Away From Destroying an Apache Holy Site ~~LYRIC AQUINO

 https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/04/oak-flat-apache-resolution-copper-mining-rio-tinto-arizona

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

'Stand your ground' laws empower armed citizens to defend property with violence – a simple mistake can get you shot, or killed

 https://theconversation.com/stand-your-ground-laws-empower-armed-citizens-to-defend-property-with-violence-a-simple-mistake-can-get-you-shot-or-killed-204012

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Sudan Death Toll Grows Amid “Near-Total Collapse” of Essential Daily Necessities

truthout.org/video/sudan-death-toll-grows-amid-near-total-collapse-of-essential-daily-necessities/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

"Real public safety problems" Someone said the quiet part out loud ~~ ALEC KARAKATSANIS APR 23

 https://equalityalec.substack.com/p/real-public-safety-problems?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=881929&post_id=114646209&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

How to Support Your Local Librarians ~~ CHRISTOPHER HARRIS

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/21/how-to-support-your-local-librarians/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Capitalism, Racism and Selling the AR-15 ~~ ANDRES D. MEDELLIN

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/21/capitalism-racism-and-selling-the-ar-15/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off ~~ John Feffer

 https://ips-dc.org/colombia-adopts-an-unprecedented-energy-policy-but-needs-help-to-pull-it-off/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Caracas declaration: Latin America’s vital role in the world anti-imperialist struggle

 https://thecommunists.org/2023/03/22/news/platform-caracas-declaration-latin-america-vital-role/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Forever Wars - Official Autopsy of Cop City Protester "Tortuguita", Guantanamo Bay, China, Taiwan, AI ~~ Spencer Ackerman

 https://foreverwars.ghost.io/salar-abdoh-mesopotamia-guantanamo-taiwan-tortuguita/?ref=forever-wars-newsletter

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~ 

A BOMBSHELL NYT REPORT EXPOSED WIDESPREAD ILLEGAL CHILD LABOR. WHERE ARE ALL THE CALLS FOR PRISON TIME? ~~ Adam Johnson

 https://therealnews.com/a-bombshell-nyt-report-exposed-widespread-illegal-child-labor-where-are-all-the-calls-for-prison-time

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Ahmad Jamal - 1930-2023 - Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/ahmad-jamal-was-a-modest-colossus-of-jazz?utm_source=onsite-share&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The Role of Violence: In the Rule of U.S. Finance Capital

 1).  “Oklahoma sheriff, 2 staffers recorded discussing lynching Black people are suspended from sheriffs' association”, April 18, 2023, Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, at <https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/audio-coming-reporter-taped-oklahoma-leaders-talking-killing-reporters-rcna80299>  

2).  “Details Emerge in Deadly New York Shooting of Woman in Wrong Driveway”, Apr. 19, 2023, Jesse McKinley, Hurubie Meko & Jay Root, 1,323 words, The New York Times. 

3).  “Woodlands Elite cheerleaders shot in H-E-B parking lot near Austin, 1 person arrested”, April 18, 2023 Updated: April 19, 2023, Claire Partain, Staff writer, Houston Chronicle, at https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/moco/news/article/woodlands-elite-cheerleaders-shot-h-e-b-austin-17904664.php>

4).  “2 cheerleaders were shot in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one opened the door to the wrong vehicle. A suspect is under arrest”, April 19, 2023, Alisha Ebrahimji & Tina Burnside, CNN, at <https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/19/us/texas-cheerleaders-woodlands-elite-shooting/index.html> 

5).  “Struggling to Understand A Shooting in Kansas City”, Apr. 19, 2023, Mitch Smith and Julie Bosman, 1,547 words, The New York Times.  

6).  “Kaylin, Ralph, and the death of anonymous trust: A reflection on two shootings”, Apr 18, 2023, Anand Giridharadas, The Ink,  at < https://the.ink/p/kaylin-ralph-and-the-death-of-anonymous > 

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Organizers Are Resisting a 2-Tiered Legal System in Majority-Black Jackson, MS

 https://truthout.org/articles/organizers-are-resisting-a-2-tiered-legal-system-in-majority-black-jackson-ms/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Taiwan to buy 400 US anti-ship missiles intended to repel a China invasion ~~ Tony Capaccio

 https://www.theedgemarkets.com/node/663749

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The “Powell Memo” and the Supreme Court: A counteroffensive against the many – Liberation School

https://www.liberationschool.org/powell-memo-supreme-court-counteroffensive/

 ~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Low-cost, high-quality public transportation will serve the public better than free rides ~~ Nicholas Dagen Bloom Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College

 https://theconversation.com/low-cost-high-quality-public-transportation-will-serve-the-public-better-than-free-rides-202708?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20April%2014%202023%20-%202599426143&utm_content=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20April%2014%202023%20-%202599426143+CID_8091c2d3e435c91a0ce01183605456a7&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Low-cost%20high-quality%20public%20transportation%20will%20serve%20the%20public%20better%20than%20free%20rides

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Marxist Tradition ~~ Richard Wolff

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6szCMhrSPM

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

“Russia leaves neoliberal West to join World Majority - ….”

1).  “Russia leaves neoliberal West to join World Majority – Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain”, April 14, 2023, Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson, GeoPolitical Economy Hour, duration of video 56:10, at <https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/14/russia-neoliberal-west-world-majority/#comments >

Note: This is a video of a discussion with Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson that addresses the change in economic and politiczl alignment of Russia, from with The West to with the “Global Majority” from the Global South.  There is a transcript provided in Item 2). below.

2).  “Russia leaves neoliberal West to join World Majority – Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain”, (Transcript) April 14, 2023, Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson, GeoPolitical Economy Hour, Transcript, at <https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/14/russia-neoliberal-west-world-majority/#comments >

3).  “Escobar: Waiting For The End Of The World”, n.d., Pedro Escobar, ZeroHedge, at < https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-waiting-end-world >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Why China Continues to Call Itself a Communist State

 https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/why-china-continues-to-call-itself-a-communist-state-52947

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Another Truly Shocking Expose: How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor

 Another Truly Shocking Expose: (The Governmental Fleecing of Children and the Poor in General.  Daniel Hatcher Discusses his Recent Book: Injustice Inc. - How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor)

1).  “Injustice, Inc. - How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor”, (Video), March 7, 2023, C-Span 2 Book TV, Duration of Video 1:07:05.

University of Baltimore law professor Daniel Hatcher argued that the U.S. justice system commodifies the poor and children. Red Emma’s Bookstore in Baltimore hosted this event.

Note: This is a video of an interview with Daniel Hatcher discussing his latest book, Injustice Inc. - How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor

There is a transcript provided in Item 2). below.

2).  “Injustice, Inc. - How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor”, (Transcript), March 7, 2023, C-Span 2 Book TV, Transcript, at <https://www.c-span.org/video/?526518-1/injustice-inc-americas-justice-system-commodifies-children-poor>

University of Baltimore law professor Daniel Hatcher argued that the U.S. justice system commodifies the poor and children. Red Emma’s Bookstore in Baltimore hosted this event.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Venezuela, Crime and Punishment? BY MARIA PAEZ VICTOR

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/14/venezuela-crime-and-punishment/

~~ recommended by dreamjoehill2 ~~

A Tale Of Two Television Interviews ~~ Parker Molloy

 www.readtpa.com/p/a-tale-of-two-television-interviews?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2282&post_id=112419178&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Ongoing Developments in the Struggle for Reproductive Health-Care

1).  “US court’s abortion pill ruling: Another milestone in the assault on democratic rights”, April 10, 2023, Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site (WSWS), at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/11/pers-a11.html >

2).  “Florida Lawmakers Pass Six-Week Abortion Ban, One of Strictest in U.S.”, April 14, 2023, Patricia Mazzei, David W. Chen and Alexandra Glorioso, 1,926 words, The New York Times.

3).  “DeSantis quietly signs 6-week abortion ban law without ceremony after contentious state house debate”, Apr 14, 2023, Kimberly Leonard, Business Insider, at <https://www.businessinsider.com/dem-copies-disneys-power-move-in-attempt-to-stop-florida-abortion-ban-2023-4>.

4).  “Ron DeSantis knows his 6-week abortion ban could come back to haunt him — that's why he's doing it under the radar”,  Apr 14, 2023, Madison Hall,  Business Insider, at <https://www.businessinsider.com/ron-desantis-knows-his-new-abortion-ban-could-haunt-him-2023-4>

5).  “DeSantis could be walking into a general election trap on abortion: Democrats prepared to pounce after Florida governor backed a six-week abortion ban”, April 13, 2023, Sally Goldenberg & Alice Miranda Ollstein, Politico, at <https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/13/democrats-tie-anti-abortion-bill-around-desantis-swing-states-00091976?nname=florida-playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b4500000&nrid=b4685157-ada3-409f-bcdf-bbe5503e64c6&nlid=630310>.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Chinese Workers Are Facing Escalating Repression

https://jacobin.com/2023/04/china-workers-labor-movement-left-state-repression/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Ukraine, World Socialist Web Site, Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs Articles

 1).  “Leaked Pentagon documents expose US war propaganda”, April 11, 2023, Andre Damon, World Socialist Web Site (WSWS),                                                                              at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/12/pers-a12.html >.

2).  “Leaked documents show massive US involvement in Ukraine war”,  April 10, 2023, Andre Damon, World Socialist Web Site (WSWS),                                                                              at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/10/pers-a10.html >.

3).  “Pentagon leak shows perils of spying on your friends”, Apr. 13, 2023, Adam Taylor, 1,254 words, Washington Post.

4).  “The West Needs a New Strategy in Ukraine: A Plan for Getting From the Battlefield to the Negotiating Table”, April 13, 2023, Richard Haass and Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, at <https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/russia-richard-haass-west-battlefield-negotiations>

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Africa ‘All Out,’ 54-0, Against Joining Biden’s Proxy War On Russia ~~ Walt Zlotow, Antiwar.com

 https://popularresistance.org/africa-all-out-54-0-against-joining-bidens-proxy-war-on-russia/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Bill Evans, 1929-1980 ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

~~ recommended by fuster ~~

Throw Junk Fees in the Trash ~~ PAT GAROFALO APR 13

 

https://boondoggle.substack.com/p/throw-junk-fees-in-the-trash?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=13744&post_id=114108217&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

The Latest Corporate Far-Right Electoral Politics Gambit: The "No Labels" Hustle

 “America’s First Dark Money Ballot Line”, Apr 10, 2023, Andrew Perez, The Lever, at < https://www.levernews.com/americas-first-dark-money-ballot-line/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Why the Republi-fascists Won't Relent on Guns ~~ Paul Street

  https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/why-the-republi-fascists-wont-relent?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1085501&post_id=114157746&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Arab Americans are a diverse group ~~ Yasmin Moll

 https://theconversation.com/arab-americans-are-a-much-more-diverse-group-than-many-of-their-neighbors-mistakenly-assume-201930?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20April%2012%202023%20-%202596426111&utm_content=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20April%2012%202023%20-%202596426111+CID_df4453ca521b9d31505e799876da1993&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Arab%20Americans%20are%20a%20much%20more%20diverse%20group%20than%20many%20of%20their%20neighbors%20mistakenly%20assume

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Capitalism Hits Home: Individualism is a Capitalist Deception ~~ H. Fraad

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vur1Yvj7WGo

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Consequences of Forced-Birth Law: A Couple of Egregious Examples; from the American Fascist Laboratories: Florida and Texas

 “Two friends were denied care after Florida banned abortion. One almost died”, Apr. 10, 2023, Caroline Kitchener, 4,132 words, Washington Post.

“Texas woman almost dies because she couldn’t get an abortion”, November 16, 2022, Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNN, at  < https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/health/abortion-texas-sepsis/index.html >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

The New Pink Tide’s Favorite Economist ~~ NICK BURNS

 https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-new-pink-tides-favorite-economist/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Bad Thinking: Left, Center, and Right ~~ PAUL STREET

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/07/bad-thinking-left-center-and-right/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Will Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Close The Homan Square Black Site? ~~ Spencer Ackerman

 https://foreverwars.ghost.io/let-go-brandon-except-for-real/?ref=forever-wars-newsletter

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Who gets squeezed by austerity?

 https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/economy-and-ecology/who-gets-squeezed-by-austerity-6601/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Don’t Laugh Off Fascism ~~ Paul Street

 https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/dont-laugh-off-fascism?r=nsdhl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

~~  recommended by collectivist action ~~

Ukraine Proxy War: Questions of Ammunition

 1).  “Facing critical ammunition shortage, Ukrainian troops ration shells”, Apr. 8, 2023,  Isabelle Khurshudyan and Kamila Hrabchuk, 1,628 words, The Washington Post.

2).  “Ukraine's ammunition becomes defining issue in battle for Donbas; Analysis: as Soviet-era shells run low, Ukraine appeals for artillery that can use Nato shells, but deliveries are slow Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates”, June 27, 2022, Peter Beaumont, 507 words, The Guardian.

3).  “Pentagon Will Increase Artillery Production Sixfold to Aid Ukraine”, Jan. 25, 2023, John Ismay & Eric Lipton, 1,638 words, The New York Times.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Ralph Nader: Trump Arrest Was "Massively Overdue" After Turning White House into "Daily Crime Scene"

 https://youtu.be/t8ot56xAVTg

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Dramatic photos show how storms filled California reservoirs By TERRY CHEA, NOAH BERGER and JOSH EDELSON

 apnews.com/article/california-reservoir-levels-winter-storms-da455706e614b95fb49d98a211f788d3

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

U.S. Empire: On the Rocks, in the Proxy War against Russia in Ukraine

“Global Capitalism: The Second War In Ukraine [January 2023]”, Jan 2023, Richard Wolff Lecture, duration of video 55:09, Democracy At Work, at <
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGBAKRzoJ1o >

Note: This is a video of a monologue by Richard Wolff. There is no transcript, no direct text. 

“Global Capitalism: War, Sanctions, Deepening Splits: Economic, Political, and Cultural [July 2022]”, July 2023, Richard Wolff Lecture, duration of video 1:16:43, Democracy At Work, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGVfTS489IY >.

Note: This is a video of a monologue by Richard Wolff. There is no transcript, no direct text. 

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

“MICHAEL HUDSON ON BRICS DE-DOLLARIZATION, THE BANKING CRISIS, AND MULTIPOLARITY”

“MICHAEL HUDSON ON BRICS DE-DOLLARIZATION, THE BANKING CRISIS, AND MULTIPOLARITY”, Mar 30, 2023, Danny Haiphong interviews Michael Hudson, duration of entire video 2:20:19, the actual interview begins at a couple of minutes into the live streamed video and lasts until 1:31:39, Left Lens,           at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWQjYAg_M84 >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Blundering on the Brink The Secret History and Unlearned Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis ~~ Sergey Radchenko and Vladislav Zubok

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/missile-crisis-secret-history-soviet-union-russia-ukraine-lessons?utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=pre_release&utm_campaign=pre_release_040323_prospects&utm_content=20230403&utm_term=promo-email-prospects

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Mifepristone and the Ultra-Reactionary Amarillo, Texas Federal District Judge!!

 1).  “Judge Nullifies F.D.A.'s Approval Of Abortion Pill”, Apr. 8, 2023, Pam Belluck, 1,691 words, The New York Times. 

2).  “For Texas Judge in Abortion Case, a Life Shaped by Conservative Causes”, Apr. 8, 2023, Abbie VanSickle, 1,119 words, The New York Times. 

3).  “Texas judge suspends FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone”, Apr. 7, 2023, Ann E. Marimow, Caroline Kitchener & Perry Stein, The Washington Post

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Huey P. Newton's Account of his Visit to China During the GPCR (Audiotext)

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

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Food Delivery Workers Veer Into Warfare Over Breakthrough Wage Proposal ~~ CLAUDIA IRIZARRY APONTE CIRIZARRY@THECITY.NYC

  https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/4/5/23670441/app-food-delivery-workers-wage

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Clarence Thomas’ Bribery and Leonard Leo’s Federalist Society Funding

1).  “Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire”, April 6, 2023,  5 a.m. EDT, Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott & Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica, at <https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow> 

2).  “Revelations About Justice Thomas Prompt Calls for Tighter Ethics Rules”, Apr. 7, 2023, Zach Montague, New York Times.    

3).  “Conservative Activist Poured Millions Into Groups Seeking to Influence Supreme Court on Elections and Discrimination”, Dec 14, 2022, Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Andrew Perez and Aditi Ramaswami, The Lever, ProPublica, at <https://www.propublica.org/article/leonard-leo-scotus-elections-nonprofits-discrimination>

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~