Capitol Incident A Dress Rehearsal
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-10
With the normalization of mass shootings in the United States it is more than understandable that members of Congress feared for their lives when they learned protestors had forced their way into the Capitol in unknown numbers and were roaming around at will. | But by the time it was over we knew that: only five weapons were seized by police so most of the intruders were probably unarmed; the only shots fired were by police who killed an unarmed female protestor; video and photos showed the demonstrators taking pictures of chambers and art work like they were tourists; and the occupiers were peacefully led out of…
popularresistance.org/capitol-incident-a-dress-rehearsal/
After Attempted Coup, We Must Fight White Supremacy and Sow Revolutionary Love
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-01-10
Years ago my friend and teacher Mia Herndon listened patiently as I railed against capitalism and how broken the system was. Then she said, clearly, "Capitalism is not broken. It is working exactly as it was designed to work." A light bulb went on in my head that has illuminated how so many things we want to call dysfunction are actually oppressive and inhumane systems functioning exactly as they were intended to work. | This line of thinking beamed through the performative shock of the atte…
truthout.org/articles/after-attempted-coup-we-must-fight-white-supremacy-and-sow-revolutionary-love/
Wednesday 1/13: #Black Homes Matter Speak Out: Most Detroit Home Foreclosures Since the Great Depression
Coalition for Proptery Tax Justice | indybay.org | 2021-01-10
Virtual speak out…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/01/08/18839277.php
Wednesday 1/13: #Black Homes Matter Speak Out: Most Detroit Home Foreclosures Since the Great Depression
Coalition for Proptery Tax Justice | indybay.org | 2021-01-09
Virtual speak out…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/01/08/18839277.php
Plunge in Restaurant Jobs Due to COVID Leads to First Job Loss Since April
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-01-08
The economy lost 140,000 jobs in December, all of which can be attributed to a plunge in restaurant employment of 372,000. Other sectors highly sensitive to the pandemic, such as hotels and recreation, also lost jobs. The unemployment rate and employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) were both unchanged at 6.7 percent and 57.4 percent, respectively. | The resurgence of the pandemic further heightened the two-track nature of this recession. Construction and manufacturing, two sectors normally hard…
truthout.org/articles/plunge-in-restaurant-jobs-due-to-covid-leads-to-first-job-loss-since-april/
Jackson, Miss., schools 'Smart Restart' pushed by capitalism, not families
Liberation staff, Mississippi | liberationnews.org | 2021-01-08
JPS leaders are making the decision to reopen campus because our racist capitalist system refuses to prioritize public health and safety, even during a global pandemic.
liberationnews.org/jackson-miss-schools-smart-restart-pushed-by-capitalism-not-families/
Jackson, Miss. schools 'Smart Restart' pushed by capitalism, not families
Liberation staff, Mississippi | liberationnews.org | 2021-01-08
JPS leaders are making the decision to reopen campus because our racist capitalist system refuses to prioritize public health and safety, even during a global pandemic.
liberationnews.org/jackson-miss-schools-smart-restart-pushed-by-capitalism-not-families/
Pandemic-Caused Plunge in Restaurant Jobs Leads to First Job Loss Since April
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2021-01-08
The pain from the recession is heavily concentrated among the long-term unemployed. The economy lost 140,000 jobs in December, all of which can be attributed to a plunge in restaurant employment of 372,000. Other sectors highly sensitive to the pandemic, such as hotels and recreation, also lost jobs. The unemployment rate and employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) …
cepr.net/jobs-2021-01/
Capitalism on a Ventilator: A new book analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. and China
Danny Haiphong | mronline.org | 2021-01-08
While China contained COVID-19 and preserved its economy, the U.S. spins lies while hundreds of thousands of its people die for lack of even a semblance of a national health system.
mronline.org/2021/01/08/capitalism-on-a-ventilator-a-new-book-analyzes-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-u-s-and-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capitalism-on-a-ventilator-a-new-book-analyzes-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-u-s-and-china
"Forbidden Weapons" Used Against Gaza Strip Palestinians. Israel Deliberately Targets Palestinian Civilians
Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-08
The following research article will explore three forbidden weapons that were and are still being used against the Palestinian civilians of the besieged Gaza Strip. These weapons are the DIME, the Flechette Shells and the Vacuum Bomb. Furthermore, this research …
globalresearch.ca/forbidden-weapons-used-against-gaza-strip-palestinians-israel-deliberately-targets-palestinian-civilians/5733924
Does Parecon Escape the Logic of Capitalism?
Michael Albert | zcomm.org | 2021-01-08
An interview on participatory economics…
zcomm.org/zvideo/does-parecon-escape-the-logic-of-capitalism/
Wednesday 1/13: #Black Homes Matter Speak Out: Most Detroit Home Foreclosures Since the Great Depression
Coalition for Proptery Tax Justice | indybay.org | 2021-01-08
Virtual speak out…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/01/08/18839277.php
New weekly jobless claims at 797,000 amid signs of US economic slowdown
wsws.org | 2021-01-08
Weekly unemployment claims remained steady at just under 790,000 for the week ending January 2, as economic data pointed to a net loss of jobs in December after months of gains.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/08/jobs-j08.html
The Myth of the Perfect Victim
Too Black | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-08
The denial of Black humanity is essential to the order of racial capitalism, and dictates that Blacks deserve whatever treatment they get. "Cop talk conditions us to see each 'officer-involved shooting' through the eyes of the police."
counterpunch.org/2021/01/08/the-myth-of-the-perfect-victim/
The Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) Intrusion in Albania, Threatens Regional Stability in Middle East and Balkans
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-08
One can only imagine the risk when some citizens of a small country conceal hundreds of thousands of weapons and explosives. The nation becomes a powder keg, awaiting one small mistake to spark a deadly explosion. | This is the situation …
globalresearch.ca/the-mujahedin-e-khalq-organization-mko-intrusion-in-albania-threatens-regional-stability-in-middle-east-and-balkans/5733929
A New Book Analyzes The Impact Of COVID-19 On The US And China
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-07
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed China and the United States on the opposite ends of human progress. In the U.S., massive casualties of the pandemic have been coupled with the worst capitalist crash since the Great Depression. The story is much different in China. China began re-opening its economy as early as April of 2020. Deaths due to COVID-19 are virtually non-existent, and economists now predict that China's economy will surpass the U.S. economy in GDP terms two years ahead of schedule. Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China and the U.S. is an anthology comprised of more than fifty cont…
popularresistance.org/a-new-book-analyzes-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-us-and-china/
Joe Biden Should End the US Pretence over Israel's 'Secret' Nuclear Weapons
Desmond Tutu | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-07
Every recent US administration has performed a perverse ritual as it has come into office. All have agreed to undermine US law by signing secret letters stipulating they will not acknowledge something everyone knows: that Israel has a nuclear …
globalresearch.ca/joe-biden-should-end-us-pretence-israel-secret-nuclear-weapons/5733781
"Too late to be pessimist! Ecosocialism or collapse"
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-01-07
From the analysis of the struggle between the great powers for a lesser dependence on fossil fuels (which can shape their rivalries or push towards convergence between them), to the reminder of the need for every subject of oppression to develop its own ecological reflection. Daniel Tanuro gives us illuminating and pedagogical tools to confront …
mronline.org/2021/01/07/too-late-to-be-pessimist-ecosocialism-or-collapse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=too-late-to-be-pessimist-ecosocialism-or-collapse
Capitalism and catastrophe
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-01-07
The 2020 crisis we've endured isn't an aberration of the system but, as Alex Callinicos argues, an aspect of its permanent crisis.
mronline.org/2021/01/07/capitalism-and-catastrophe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capitalism-and-catastrophe