What is a solidarity economy — and can it save us from capitalism?
Luke Ottenhof | zcomm.org | 2021-05-23
"Mutual aid has to exist because our other systems are so deeply failing us."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/what-is-a-solidarity-economy-and-can-it-save-us-from-capitalism/

Missouri set to squeeze workers by cutting unemployment benefits
John VanLiere | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-22
On June 12, Missouri will end the enhanced benefits provided as supplements to unemployment benefits that are part of the latest COVID-19 relief bill. I…
liberationnews.org/missouri-set-to-squeeze-workers-by-cutting-unemployment-benefits/

To End Fossil Fuels, End Settler Colonialism
The Red Nation | zcomm.org | 2021-05-22
Much environmental framing misses the point about capitalism and Indigenous sovereignty…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/to-end-fossil-fuels-end-settler-colonialism/

Misión àÅrbol: Ecosocialism in an Oil-Rich Nation
Dakotah Lilly | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-22
By Dakotah Lilly — May 21, 2021 | "We must change the system, not the climate." These are some of the words that the Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías opened up his remarks with at the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. He went on to say: | Capitalism is a destructive development model that is putting an end to life; it threatens to put a definitive end to the human species. And another slogan calls for reflection. It is very in tune with the banking crisis that swept the world and still affects it, and of how the rich northern countries gave aid to bankers and the big banks. The U.
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Anti-Global Warming PR
Thomas Klikauer | zcomm.org | 2021-05-22
Today a large section of capitalism's public relations machinery is fighting a new battle — the battle to preserve the profits of mineral extracting corporations and fossil fuel giants…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/1046839/

Poland Confirms Purchase Of Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drones From Turkey
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-22
Bayrakdar TB2 UCAV, source: ssb.gov.tr | On May 22, the Ministry of Defense of Poland announced that it would purchase 24 Bayraktar TB2 combat drones from Turkey. | "The Polish military will be equipped with modern equipment, with Bayraktar TB2 which have a striking force and have proven themselves in the wars in the east of our continent. They were also used in Africa," the ministry said on Twitter. | The deal was also confirmed by Poland's Defense Minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, who praised the Turkish-made drone in…
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The latest argument against federal relief: business claims that workers won't work
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2021-05-22
In reality there is little support for the argument that expanded unemployment benefits have created an overly worker-friendly labor market, leaving companies unable to hire and, by extension, meet growing demand. | May 22, 2021…
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