Toward building a “New World” Posted Apr 29, 2022 ~~ Victor Wallis

https://mronline.org/2022/04/29/toward-building-a-new-world/

~~recommended by collectivist action ~~

RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index : a new era of polarisation

https://rsf.org/en/rsfs-2022-world-press-freedom-index-new-era-polarisation

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Increasingly Discredited U.S. Supreme Court

“Unequal Justice: The Treachery of Samuel Alito: His record of arch-conservatism makes him more closely akin to a Fox News host than a Supreme Court Justice.”, November 19, 2020, Bill Blum, The Progressive, at < https://progressive.org/latest/treachery-of-samuel-alito-blum-201119/ >

And

“Roe Will Fall. But the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Is Already Lost”, May 2, 2022, Dahlia Lithwick, Slate, at < https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/roe-falling-supreme-court-legitimacy-lost.html >

And

“The Supreme Court’s immense power may pose a danger to its legitimacy”, Sep 28, 2021, Richard L. Pacelle, Jr., The Conversation, at < https://theconversation.com/the-supreme-courts-immense-power-may-pose-a-danger-to-its-legitimacy-168600 >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

How US, China use their power to regulate capitalism ~~ By RICHARD D WOLFF APRIL 29, 2022

https://asiatimes.com/2022/04/how-us-china-use-their-power-to-regulate-capitalism/

China’s economic performance has carried the day even as Western capitalists try not to admit that publicly

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Revolution in a Courtroom: the Murder Trial of Huey Newton ~~ JONAH RASKIN

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/29/revolution-in-a-courtroom-the-murder-trial-of-huey-newton/

~~recommended by collectivist action ~~

Abortion Rights and Other Important Social Rights in the United States. Nowhere to Hide from the Partisan Hack Majority on the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows”, 05/02/2022, Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473 >

And

“10 key passages from Alito’s draft opinion, which would overturn Roe v. Wade”, 05/02/2022, Josh Gerstein, Politico, at <https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/abortion-draft-supreme-court-opinion-key-passages-00029470> 

~~recommended by dmorista ~~

Forced Birth and Misogyny... the theft of Womens' Bodily Autonomy

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/03/eqbq-m03.html

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/03/time-take-streets-mobilizations-planned-supreme-court-targets-roe

https://www.liberationnews.org/supreme-court-declares-war-on-women-and-abortion-rights-take-to-the-streets/

Peace Movement needs to demand dismantling of NATO Posted Apr 29, 2022 ~~ Harry Targ

https://mronline.org/2022/04/29/peace-movement-needs-to-demand-dismantling-of-nato/

~~recommended by collectivist action ~~

What You Need to Know About Cash Bail and Crime Rates ~~Trisha Trigilio

https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/what-you-need-to-know-about-cash-bail-and-crime-rates

Crime is not a monolithic problem, and jailing people cannot fix it.

Recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Blow to Farmworkers — And All Other Workers, Too ~~ MEAGAN DAY

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/07/cedar-point-nursery-v-hassid-ufw-california-labor-relations-act-migrant-labor-farmworkers-agriculture?mc_cid=adc29952cd&mc_eid=2206b60e8c

Agricultural bosses won a Supreme Court case barring California unions from talking to farmworkers on the job site. It’s a major setback not just for farmworkers but all other workers, too.

~~recommended by emil karpo ~~

I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread: The Seventeenth Newsletter (2022) Posted Apr 29, 2022 ~~ Vijay Prashad

https://mronline.org/2022/04/29/i-cannot-live-on-tomorrows-bread/

~~recommended by collectivist action ~~

Donziger: A Tale For Our Times ~~ Craig Murray

 https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2022/04/donziger-a-tale-for-our-times/

~~ recommended by calgacus ~~

Chemtrails over the country club Conservative politics has always intermingled freely with fringe nonsense ~~ Matthew Yglesias

https://www.slowboring.com/p/chemtrails-over-the-country-club?s=w

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Reality of the Ideological and Economic Struggle in Ukraine, and the Ongoing Battle for Control of the Narrative There

“Reply to the US ‘Left’ on the US-Russia Proxy War in Ukraine, Part 2”, April 16, 2022, by Jack Rasmus, Jack Rasmus: Predicting the Global Economic Crisis, at < https://jackrasmus.com/2022/04/16/reply-to-the-us-left-on-the-us-russia-proxy-war-in-ukraine-part-2/ >.

And

“ON UKRAINE, THE WORLD MAJORITY SIDES WITH RUSSIA OVER US”, April 29, 2022, By John V. Walsh, Popular Resistance, at < https://popularresistance.org/on-ukraine-the-world-majority-sides-with-russia-over-us/ >

And

“WESTERN CLAIMS OF RUSSIAN MASS GRAVES NEAR MARIUPOL ANOTHER FAKE NEWS HOAX”, April 25, 2022, by Eva K. Bartlett, Popular Resistance, at < https://popularresistance.org/western-claims-of-russian-mass-graves-near-mariupol-another-fake-news-hoax-i-know-i-went-to-see/ >

~~recommended by dmorista ~~

The Clarence Thomas Controversy Shows Why the Supreme Court Is Irredeemable ~~ BENJAMIN MORSE

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/04/clarence-virginia-thomas-supreme-court-democracy-reform

In the wake of revelations that Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia, are deeply enmeshed in far-right networks, we shouldn’t shore up the Supreme Court’s legitimacy. We should attack the Court's undemocratic foundations.

~~ recommended by dmar3 ~~

Connecticut Offers Refuge to Red State Women with a “Fugitive Woman Act” ~~ Thom Hartmann April 29

https://hartmannreport.com/p/connecticut-offers-refuge-to-red?s=r

The situation for girls and women in red states is surprisingly analogous to that of enslaved people escaping their tormentors in the South

~~ recommended by larrymotuz ~~

STEVEN DONZIGER WALKS FREE AFTER 993 DAYS OF ‘COMPLETELY UNJUST’ DETENTION ~~ BY JAKE JOHNSON

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/25/steven-donziger-walks-free-after-993-days-completely-unjust-detention

“He should have never been detained for even one day,” said an Amnesty International official, “as it has been clear the whole process against him has been in retaliation for his human rights work that exposed corporate wrongdoings.”

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

NOBODY DEFUNDED THE POLICE: A STUDY ~~BY ANDY FRIEDMAN AND MASON YOUNGBLOOD APRIL 18, 2022

https://therealnews.com/nobody-defunded-the-police-a-study?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The+Real+News+Network&utm_campaign=60fcaa6001-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_04_25_05_53_Hedges_Ukrain&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_020676f7fe-60fcaa6001-425023606&mc_cid=60fcaa6001&mc_eid=2d87b78d52

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Understanding war: Lenin’s ‘imperialism: The highest stage of capitalism’ Posted Apr 23, 2022 ~~ Tom Bramble

https://mronline.org/2022/04/23/understanding-war-lenins-imperialism/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

As Elon Musk Seizes Twitter, Watch His Pentagon Moves ~~ S. Ackerman Aptil 26

 https://foreverwars.substack.com/p/as-elon-musk-seizes-twitter-watch?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NTI5MDM1MjcsIl8iOiJqajQ1QiIsImlhdCI6MTY1MTA2MTM0MywiZXhwIjoxNjUxMDY0OTQzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzkzNjY0Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.tohkNsBcpal88EqKXAMxGeAZNFvEqZMIfK6azIL5_CM&s=r

The Real Reason Socrates was Killed and why Class Society Must Whitewash his Death ~~ By Carlos Garrido

https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/the-real-reason-why-socrates-was-killed-and-why-class-society-must-whitewash-his-death

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

We Need Public Housing, Not Affordable Housing ~~ DAN DARRAH

 https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/04/us-canadian-social-housing-affordability-ownership-speculation

Homeownership is out of reach for millions in Canada and the US. One well-meaning response to this crisis has been to call for more affordable housing. But we should be demanding more social housing instead.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Heat waves melt ice at both poles of Earth ~~ G. Dunkel posted on April 21, 2022

 https://www.workers.org/2022/04/63487/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The US Has No Idea Where Its Ukrainian Military Aid Is Going ~~ BRANKO MARCETIC

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/04/united-states-military-aid-ukraine-war-weapons

US officials just admitted they don’t know where their arms shipments to Ukraine will actually end up, and that they could fall into dangerous hands.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The American retirement system is built for the rich ~~By Daniel Hemel

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/04/20/retirement-ira-inequality-budget/

Lawmakers proclaim they want to help the middle class save. But that’s not who benefits most from IRAs and 401(k) plans.

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~