~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
If the workers of the world want to win, all they have to do is recognize their own solidarity. They have nothing to do but fold their arms and the world will stop. The workers are more powerful with their hands in their pockets than all the property of the capitalists. --Joe Ettor (IWW labor organizer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IASdERt3-m0
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Pennsylvania’s Indigent Defense Crisis Goes to Court
https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/pennsylvanias-indigent-defense-crisis-goes-court
Show Biden the Door, Twist His Arm, and Usher Him into some Sort of “Honorable Retirement”
1). “Trump Was Terrible. But Biden Was Worse: Trump’s lies and unhinged ranting went unchallenged because Biden was incoherent and lost”, Jun 28, 2024, Jeet Heer, The Nation, at < https://www.thenation.com/
2). “To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race”, Jun 28, 2024, Opinion, The Editorial Board, The New York Times, at < https://www.nytimes.com/2024/
3). “Here’s how Democrats could replace Biden: The party would need to open a rulebook not used in decades — and for Biden to drop out in the first place”, Jun 28, 2024, Steven Shepard, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/
4). “Who could replace Joe Biden? Here are six possibilities: With Biden not yet officially endorsed as Democratic presidential nominee, it is in theory open to the party to choose another candidate”, Jun 28, 2024, Martin Belam, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/
5). “Debate debacle triggers panic in Democratic Party”, Jun 28, 2024, Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site (WSWS), at < https://www.wsws.org/en/
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Water, Climate, Violence ~~ JUDITH DEUTSCH
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/26/water-climate-violence/
~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~
What the United States Can Learn From China
https://dnyuz.com/2024/06/20/
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Monday, June 24, 2024
The Abortion Rights Struggle Continues:
1). “What Banning Abortion Travel Looks Like”, Jun 20, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/
2). “Meet the Coalition of Governors Determined to Protect Abortion Rights for All Americans”, Jun 20, 2024, Belle Taylor-McGhee, Ms. Magazine, at < https://msmagazine.com/2024/
3). “Ballot Tracker: Status of Abortion-Related State Constitutional Amendment Measures for the 2024 Election”, Jun 21, 2024, Anon, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), at < https://www.kff.org/womens-
4). “Where abortion is on the ballot in November”, May 23, 2024, Sareen Habeshian, Axios, at < https://www.axios.com/2024/04/
5). “A Good Friday funeral in Texas. Baby Halo's parents had few choices in post-Roe Texas”, Apr 6, 2023, Selena Simmons-Duffin, National Public Radio (NPR), includes link to a 3:43 audio version, at < https://www.npr.org/sections/
6). “Listen”, Jun 4, 2024, Past comments about abortion by current Republican candidate for North Carolina Governor Mark Robinson, 30 second campaign ad from Josh Stein Gubernatorial Campaign, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Trump’s Conviction Doesn’t Change the Fact That the Criminal Justice System Is Rigged In Favor of Rich Elites
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
Friday, June 21, 2024
Trumping the Shark on Lake Michigan ~~ MATTHEW STEVENSON
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/21/trumping-the-shark-on-lake-michigan/
~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~
Ella Fitzgerald - Music Friday for Class Strugglers
https://www.biography.com/musicians/ella-fitzgerald
~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Understanding what is Going on Now Requires Some Historical Context: 9-11 and its Consequences for the U.S. and the World
“Christopher Bollyn The Dual-Deception of 9-11 and the Fraudulent War on Terror”, Chris Bollyn presents a comprehensive talk on 9-11 at the Open Mind Conference, Sep 17 – 18, 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark, posted at Cornuti Contenti Jun 29, 2023, duration of video 1:58:00, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Juneteenth: Why Were the Enslaved in Texas?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/19/juneteenth-why-were-the-enslaved-in-texas/
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business
https://news.osu.edu/american-slavery-wasnt-just-a-white-mans-business/
~~ recommended by larrymotuz ~~
The U.S. / NATO, the Proxy war in Ukraine and Russia, the Deterioration of U.S. Capitalist / Hegemonic Power, and the End of Empire: Will it ever Happen??
1). “Are you ready for WWIII? The Russians are”, Jun 7, 2024, Eugene Doyle, Pearls and Irritations: John Menadue's Public Policy Journal, at < https://johnmenadue.com/are-
2). “Map Shows Ukraine's Record-Breaking Hits on Russian Nuclear Warning Sites”, May 28, 2024, David Brennan,
Newsweek, at < https://www.newsweek.com/map-
3). “Nato’s spiralling commitments to Ukraine risk catastrophe”, May 29 2024, Chris Bambery, Counterfire, at < https://www.counterfire.org/
4). “Ukraine Says Some of Its F-16 Fighter Jets Will Be Stored Abroad: Putin has previously warned that Russia could target bases in NATO countries if they’re hosting warplanes that are being used in Ukraine”, June 10, 2024, Anon, Defend Democracy Press, at < https://www.defenddemocracy.
5). “NATO Developing ‘Land Corridors’ To Rush US Troops to Frontlines in Event of War With Russia”, Jun 04, 2024, Dave DeCamp, Defend Democracy Press, at < https://www.defenddemocracy.
6). “The three great myths of NATO: The self-proclaimed defence alliance sees itself as the guardian of law and democracy. In reality, it is leaving a blood trail of devastation across the world”, May 24, 2024, Sevim Dagdelen, Schweizer Standpunkt (in English Swiss Standpoint), at < https://www.schweizer-
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Cobalt in Your iPhone Destroys Millions of Lives
https://youtu.be/PmEuzxgMSiY?si=y881bTucFCD7GWfp
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
HOW CAPITALISM REALLY WORKS
https://fpif.org/how-
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
House Republican claims every GOP colleague has an ‘AIPAC babysitter’ pressuring them to cast pro-Israel votes | MR Online
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Monday, June 17, 2024
Temporary Reprieve for Mifepristone in SCOTUS Ruling, Based on “Standing”: While Owning Machine Guns is Approved Once Again.
1). “SCOTUS Ruling: Mifepristone Access Remains the Same, For Now: Everything you need to know about the ruling and what happens next”, Jun 13, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/
2). “The Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Should Satisfy Nobody”, Jun 13, 2024, Dahlia Lithwick & Mark Joseph Stern, Slate, at < https://slate.com/news-and-
3). “Brett Kavanaugh Slipped a Big Poison Pill Into His Mifepristone Opinion”, Jun 13, 2024, Dahlia Lithwick & Mark Joseph Stern, Slate, at < https://slate.com/news-and-
4). “Opinion: The abortion pill ruling was a gift to Trump”, Jun 13, 2024, Mary Ziegler, CNN, at < https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/
5). “Medication Abortion Accounted for 63% of All US Abortions in 2023—An Increase from 53% in 2020”, Mar 2024. Rachel K. Jones & Amy Friedrich-Karnik, Guttmacher Institute, at < https://www.guttmacher.org/
6). “Trump walks fine line on abortion, but allies and activists have big plans for a second term”, June 14, 2024, Andrew Seger & Phil Mattingly, CNN, at < https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/
7). “Trump warns Republicans to talk about abortion 'correctly' ”, Jun 13, 2024, Andrew Solender, Axios, at < https://www.axios.com/2024/06/
8). “Anti-abortion groups to Trump: Don’t water down GOP platform by removing support for federal ban”, Jun 12, 2024, Steve Contorno & Alayna Treene, CNN, at < https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Sunday, June 16, 2024
What Africa Can Learn From China’s Rise
https://dnyuz.com/2024/06/12/
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024
Thursday, June 13, 2024
‘People’s Red Line’ Surrounds White House To Call Out Biden’s Empty Rhetoric on Rafah
https://youtu.be/klENZRvFMQ8?si=5-PkhUWbOCAyzYYr
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Scott Ritter Discusses Various Issues with Danny Haiphong
“Scott Ritter: Putin's Dire Warning to NATO is NO BLUFF - 'Brace for War' ”, Jun 10, 2024, Danny Haiphong interviews Scott Ritter, Danny Haiphong, duration of entire video 1:54:57, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Wolff Responds: Its time for U.S. leaders to accept the truth about China's economy (June 6, 2024)
https://youtu.be/vLGj1_puvPs?si=kiDYkmzZniNwgy0B
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Useful Analyses of the Major Forces that have Driven U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policy Since WW2
1). “Show 1200”, Len Osanic interviews Aaron Good, May 23, 2004, Black Op Radio, duration of pertinent audio 0:00 - 1:17:02, at < https://www.blackopradio.com/
2). “Empire and the Deep State - American Exception w/ Aaron Good”, Aaron Good comes on the show to discuss his book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State, Sep 01, 2023, Guerrilla History, duration of audio 1:23:49, at < https://guerrillahistory.
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Mukasa Ricks speaks on organizing with SNCC
https://youtu.be/4kNLBfvN0OM?si=CXdhP7oSuhZOeyAL
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Monday, June 10, 2024
Forced-Birth / Forced-Pregnancy and Abortion Politics Grow Ever More Vicious
1). “How Conservatives Are Rebranding Pro-Life: Their abortion legislation is costing them at the ballot, so Republicans are trying sneaky new tactics to push through policies Americans don’t want”, May 23, 2024, Jessica Valenti, The Rolling Stone, at < https://www.rollingstone.com/
2). “The Comstock Act, the long-dead law Trump could use to ban abortion, explained: A defunct federal law is Republicans’ best hope of banning abortion throughout the United States”, May 19, 2024, Ian Millhiser, Vox, at < https://www.vox.com/abortion/
3). “Surprise! The Worst Judge in the Country Just Landed Another Appalling Abortion Case”, June 07, 2024, Dahlia Lithwick & Mark Joseph Stern, Slate, at < https://slate.com/news-and-
4). “The Insidious Legal Movement to Make Pregnant Women Second-Class Citizens Is Growing: And the Supreme Court may only fuel it”, May 13, 2024, Jill Filipovic, Slate, at < https://slate.com/news-and-
5). “The chilling motive behind Louisiana’s new abortion pill bill: Many patients, aware that their use of such drugs will be tracked, will rightly fear prosecution”, May 21, 2024, Mary Ziegler, Professor of Law at UC Davis, MSNBC, at < https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/
6). “Watch: Trump brags about 'killing' Roe v. Wade”, Nov 8, 2023, Morning Joe Video Clip, MSNBC, Video duration 1:43, Trump Bragging about overturning Roe v. Wade from 0:00 – 0.44, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
7). “The World’s Abortion Laws: Globally, there is an overwhelming trend towards the liberalization of abortion laws”. “Only four countries have rolled back the legality of abortion: The devastating regression on abortion rights in the United States makes the country a stark outlier to the global trend toward liberalization”, The Center For Reproductive Rights, at < https://reproductiverights.
8). “How Project 2025 Turns Women into Handmaids: Think It's Unlikely? Click to See how its Already Started”, 2024, Anon, at < https://infogram.com/how-
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion or Class Struggle, Community Control and Socialist Reconstruction? Part 4 of 4 ~~ Collectivist Action
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion or Class Struggle, Community Control and Socialist Reconstruction?
By Collectivist Action
Part 4 of 4
Sunday, June 9, 2024
‘Somalia on Steroids’: Sudan Conflict Escalates
https://dnyuz.com/2024/06/05/
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Rolling Your Eyes at Sexual Assault?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3lJZGskRMQ
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Friday, June 7, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
He Fought the Law: Will the Law Win?
https://fpif.org/he-fought-
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
'Israelis Look Like Us': Bill Maher Wields IDENTITY POLITICS To Defend Israel: Briahna Joy Gray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLoCTQWkUGg
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Rehydration Formula ~~ larrymotuz
As I read about the record high temperatures in major parts of the U.S. I thought to post the following
~~ larrymotuz ~~
The New Dominionism Tries to Rule
https://www.splcenter.org/
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion or Class Struggle, Community Control and Socialist Reconstruction? Part 3 of 4 ~~ Collectivist Action
Part 1 of the series - https://ongoingclassstruggle.blogspot.com/2024/05/diversity-equity-inclusion-or-class.html
~~ and ~~
Part 2 of the series - https://ongoingclassstruggle.blogspot.com/2024/05/diversity-equity-inclusion-or-class_27.html
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
‘Finally’: See Mary Trump react to Uncle Donald’s historic guilty verdict
https://youtu.be/3c3xQqHamRQ?si=SYY8ewwLKPAOubXZ
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
The Shallow Roots of Iran’s War With Israel
https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/the-shallow-roots-of-irans-war-with-israel/
~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~
Monday, June 3, 2024
Right-Wingers IMPLODE Over Trump's 34-Count Guilty Verdict
https://youtu.be/pzGED-4-3Qs?si=f6I_uS1nT3P6Pb2I
~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Saturday, June 1, 2024
The Grim Work of Imperialism Grinds On:
1). “Genocide Joe's Not-So Red Lines: A Verdict-Interrupted Reflection on Amerika's Two-Faced, Single-Standard Imperialism”, May 31, 2024, Paul Street, The Paul Street Report, at < https://paulstreet.substack.
2). “Western arms supplies to Ukraine prevent peaceful solutions”, May 22, 2024, Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, at < https://www.blackagendareport.
3). “Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich: Ukraine Has Become a Private Mercenary Company of NATO to Fight Against Its Opponents (Interview)”, May 19, 2024, Anon Interview of Dmitri Kovalevich, Orinoco Tribune, at <https://orinocotribune.com/
~~ recommended by dmorista ~~