Daily Archives: May 14, 2021

2021-05-14: News Headlines

Joseph Stiglitz (2021-05-15). [Perspectives] A call to arms to change capitalism. thelancet.com In Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Mariana Mazzucato captures…

Helen Lewis (2021-05-14). How Capitalism Drives Cancel Culture. zcomm.org Beware splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact…

Rob Urie (2021-05-14). Capitalism and Fascism. counterpunch.org The revolutionary nature of capitalism goes far in explaining the political turmoil of recent years. Neoliberalism destroys social networks when it destroys economic relationships. Decades ago, autoworkers in Michigan and peasant farmers in Chiapas were faced with figuring out how to get by after their livelihoods were taken away. A fundamental question emerged: how was

Editorial Team (2021-05-14). Sussex Police: serving Capitalism locally. challenge-magazine.org Brighton and East Sussex Branch, Young Communist League | YCL Brighton & East Sussex Branch expose the longstanding and institutional racism, sexism and brutality of Sussex Police. | On Saturday 13th March YCL members attended the Sarah Everard vigil along with 150 other people held at Valley Gardens. Mirroring the events at the vigil held in Clapham Common the same day, multiple police vans pulled up and officers began trying to disperse the crowd. Shocking footage was posted on social media showing police harassing and threatening members of the public. Despite the event proceeding safely and peacefully pr…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Signs of depression in teens and how to help. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. Although depression can occur at any time in life, symptoms may differ between teens and adults. Issues such as peer pressure, academic expectations and changing bodies can bring a lot of ups and downs for …

Staff (2021-05-14). The Economic Recovery Is Mostly Benefitting White Families. truthout.org The United States is slowly emerging from the COVID-19 economic recession. The unemployment rate Yet these milestones mask an uncomfortable truth: The economic rec…

Staff (2021-05-14). 2-passenger plane crashes in east Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) — A two-seater plane crashed in eastern Tehran on Friday morning.

Mark Muhich (2021-05-14). Biden's Decisions This Year Will Determine US Nuclear Weapons Policy for Decades. counterpunch.org Nuclear weapons policies and the trillions of U.S. dollars proposed to fund them come into sharp focus this month and through next year as Congress and the Biden Administration engage the nuclear weapons threat. A threat viewed as existential by bombmakers, presidents, and arms control activists since the first nuclear weapons were detonated over Hiroshima

Staff (2021-05-13). Yemeni missiles, drones target Saudi Aramco, Najran Airport. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — A spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces announced a joint Yemeni drone and missile operation to target Aramco and Najran Airport in Saudi Arabia.

Brian Terrell (2021-05-13). Ban Killer Drones: International Campaign of Civil Disobedience Necessary. globalresearch.ca The headline of …

Brian Terrell (2021-05-13). Ban Killer Drones: International Campaign of Civil Disobedience Necessary. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The headline of …

The Socialist Program (2021-05-13). Capitalism in Crisis: Marx & Lenin on Monopoly Capitalism. liberationnews.org This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Brian and Prof. Wolff begin a series of discussions about the basics of Marxism — a method …

Evan Jones (2021-05-13). The Blemishes of John Stuart Mill's Liberalism. counterpunch.org John Stuart Mill is a key figure in Nineteenth Century British liberalism. Mill is a giant of liberalism per se, such that subsequent exegesis has been overwhelmingly praiseworthy, indeed idolatrous. However, Mill's vision was deeply contradictory. Mill was an integral member of the Radical Liberals, who lamented the miserly electoral gains from the 1832 Reform Act. Yet he remained committed to Classical Liberalism (in spite of his musings on socialism) to the end.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-13). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Signs of depression in teens and how to help. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. Although depression can occur at any time in life, symptoms may differ between teens and adults. Issues such as peer pressure, academic expectations and changing bodies can bring a lot of ups and downs for …

Editorial Team (2021-05-13). CP to host online 'Unemployment Fightback' events on 29 May & 5 June 2021. challenge-magazine.org The Communist Party is set to hold two high profile Unemployment Fightback events on 29 May and a week later on 5 June featuring speakers from across the labour movement. | Unemployment has risen by over a million during the pandemic and millions more, disproportionately the young, women and minorities, are expected, as furlough ends. There is obviously a need to build a movement to challenge unemployment and to go further, to demand investment in future well-paid jobs and apprenticeships. Class unity and workplace organisation will be necessary to build this movement which will also need to take on underemployme…

teleSUR (2021-05-13). China To Extend Pro-Employment Policies. telesurenglish.net China will extend some of its pro-employment policies until the end of this year, further facilitate flexible employment, and increase financial support for sectors that continue to be impacted by the epidemic, a State Council meeting said. | RELATED: | It also passed a draft regulation on the management of earthquake protection for construction projects. The government will continue to refund unemployment insur…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2021-05-13). Sanders Urges Labor Secretary to Protect Jobless Benefits as GOP Governors Race to Cut Them Off. commondreams.org Sen. Bernie Sanders warned that many workers "will be forced into poverty" if the Biden Labor Department allows GOP governors to end emergency unemployment benefits. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_labor_secretary.jpg

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