(2023-06-03). How capitalism drives climate catastrophe. iacenter.org By Maddi Johnson May 17, 2023 Portland, Oregon Since I moved to Oregon, all I've been hearing is: "This weather isn't normal. It's too hot in the summers, too cold in the winters." You hear the same story all across the globe. Every year, everywhere, new weather records are broken. Anecdotes aside, the data is indisputable. Already we've seen historical bread baskets start to fail. Places where crops have been grown for generations are suddenly no longer viable. Whether it's due to freak storms, temperature changes, lack of rain or water sources drying up, farmers are losing their livelihoods. The global economy…
(2023-06-03). Canada is burning. Capitalism stoked the flames. mronline.org 
Wildfires are tearing through the Canadian province of Alberta, the heart of Canada's lucrative oil and gas industry.
(2023-06-02). Democracy Under Capitalism – What is it? podcasters.spotify.com Does democracy exist? What is it? What isn't it? What are we told about it? Where do these ideas come from? Can capitalism, a system based on exploitation, profit, and oppression, truly be "liberal", "free" or "Democratic"? For more on this and maybe an answer or to, give this episode a listen!
(2023-06-02). Georgi Dimitrov's "United Front: The Struggle Against Fascism and War" and its Value for Our Moment. libya360.wordpress.com Turner Roth Introduction In a period of increasing tensions, where world powers, caught in the systemic compulsions of our contemporary capitalism dominated by the United States axis, draw closer to forms of world-historical conflict, a third world war being that thing which may if it comes to pass seal the fate of the human species…
(2023-06-02). Bezos Is Planning To Replace the Present US Imperialism With a 'Decolonized' Version of Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 29, 2023 | The project by Jeff Bezos and other oligarchs to weaponize the concept of anti-colonialism towards reinforcing capitalism goes deeper than their "decolonial" NGOs. This is because whereas these NGOs are relatively easy for developing radicals to recognize as anti-revolutionary, there are other, more insidious ways that imperialism-compatible "anti-colonial" politics is getting normalized. The effort by Bezos to set up his "Earth Fund" so that he can
(2023-06-02). Workers World Party intersex candidate opens Seattle City Council campaign. workers.org 
Seattle Liv Morgan Liv Morgan, an intersex Workers World Party member, declared her candidacy for Seattle City Council, District 3, on May 25. Her campaign as an official write-in candidate is breaking new ground in the struggle of oppressed genders for representation, visibility and for socialism. Abandoned and orphaned, and . . . |
(2023-06-02). Brazil: Can Lula's plan bring peace to Ukraine? greenleft.org.au Israel Dutra, of the Brazilian Socialist Left Movement within the Socialism and Liberty Party, speaks to Federico Fuentes about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's peace proposal for the war in Ukraine.
(2023-06-02). Escalating assault on jobs and living standards in New Zealand. wsws.org The New Zealand Reserve Bank's agenda of deliberately engineering a recession is escalating the cost-of-living crisis and initiating an onslaught on jobs.
(2023-06-02). Over 200 Killed And Hundreds Injured In India Train Crash. telesurenglish.net A collision between two passenger trains and a freight train on Friday in the northeastern Indian state of Odisha has left more than 200 dead and hundreds injured, officials said. | RELATED: | At least 207 people have died and about 900 have been injured in the accident in the Balasore district of Odisha state, Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said. The accident involved the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromande…
(2023-06-02). India: Major express train crash occurs in Odisha. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) Nearly 50 people on Friday died and 179 injured in a serious express train accident in Balasore district, as confirmed by the Chief Secretary of the Indian Odisha State Pradeep Jena.
(2023-06-03). US unemployment rate inches up despite 339,000 new jobs added in May. wsws.org The US jobs report delivered mixed signals Friday, with the unemployment rate rising to from 3.4 to 3.7 percent while the economy added 339,000 new jobs, well above expectations.
(2023-06-02). Economy Adds 339,000 Jobs in May, but Unemployment Rises to 3.7 Percent. cepr.net If the goal of the Fed's interest rate policy was to weaken the labor market, they seem to have gotten their wish. With luck, we will not see further deterioration, but it is difficult to try to predict the future based on this report.
(2023-06-02). American Economy Adds 339,000 Jobs But Full-Time Employment Declines By 22,000. moguldom.com After near-record-low unemployment in April of 3.4 percent, the U.S. jobless rate rose to 3.7 percent in May, but employers are still finding it difficult to fill job openings and the U.S. economy continued cranking out jobs — just not for everyone. Public and private sector payrolls increased by 339,000 in May, the 29th straight …
(2023-06-02). Economy Gains 339,000 Jobs in May Though Unemployment Rises to 3.7 Percent. truthout.org The establishment and household surveys told two different stories in May. The jobs numbers for the month were surprisingly high, with the survey showing a gain of 339,000 jobs. In addition, the numbers for the prior two months were revised up, so that the three-month average now stands at 283,000 jobs. At the same time, the household survey showed a drop in employment of 310,000… |
(2023-06-03). New Russian Suicide Drone Passed Tests In Special Military Operation Zone. southfront.org 
The Privet-82 suicide drone. Source: the Oko design bureau. | A new type of Russian suicide drones, dubbed Privet-82, have successfully completed tests in the special military operation zone in Ukraine and are now being prepared for their combat employment, the Oko design bureau told
(2023-06-03). Don't Ask, Don't Tell in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org America is sending more weapons to Ukraine, but is Ukraine using it to attack targets in Russian territory? | By Bradley DEVLIN | As June begins, Russia claims it has repelled further efforts by Ukrainian-linked fighters to cross Russia's border and enter the Belgorod region. The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), a paramilitary group of ethnic Russians fighting for the Ukrainians, however, claims they are still fighting in Belgorod. | Kiev still denies any direct involvement in the effort to capture Russian territory, though during the RVC's initial sally into Belgorod when videos posted to social media supposedl…
(2023-06-03). Military Situation In Donbass On June 3, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Nevskoye; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Avdeevka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of AFU near Serebryanka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of AFU near Otradnoye; | The AFU reportedly hit 1 missile system, 5 artillery units, 9 concentrations of weapons and military equipment in the past 24 hours; | C…
(2023-06-03). "In a Nuclear War the Collateral Damage would be the Life of All Humanity". Fidel Castro. globalresearch.ca Let us have the courage to proclaim that all nuclear or conventional weapons, everything that is used to make war, must disappear!" Fidel Castro…
(2023-06-02). American Economy Adds 339,000 Jobs But Full-Time Employment Declines By 22,000. moguldom.com After near-record-low unemployment in April of 3.4 percent, the U.S. jobless rate rose to 3.7 percent in May, but employers are still finding it difficult to fill job openings and the U.S. economy continued cranking out jobs — just not for everyone. Public and private sector payrolls increased by 339,000 in May, the 29th straight …
(2023-06-02). Economy Gains 339,000 Jobs in May Though Unemployment Rises to 3.7 Percent. truthout.org The establishment and household surveys told two different stories in May. The jobs numbers for the month were surprisingly high, with the survey showing a gain of 339,000 jobs. In addition, the numbers for the prior two months were revised up, so that the three-month average now stands at 283,000 jobs. At the same time, the household survey showed a drop in employment of 310,000… |
(2023-06-03). New Russian Suicide Drone Passed Tests In Special Military Operation Zone. southfront.org The Privet-82 suicide drone. Source: the Oko design bureau. | A new type of Russian suicide drones, dubbed Privet-82, have successfully completed tests in the special military operation zone in Ukraine and are now being prepared for their combat employment, the Oko design bureau told
(2023-06-03). Don't Ask, Don't Tell in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org America is sending more weapons to Ukraine, but is Ukraine using it to attack targets in Russian territory? | By Bradley DEVLIN | As June begins, Russia claims it has repelled further efforts by Ukrainian-linked fighters to cross Russia's border and enter the Belgorod region. The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), a paramilitary group of ethnic Russians fighting for the Ukrainians, however, claims they are still fighting in Belgorod. | Kiev still denies any direct involvement in the effort to capture Russian territory, though during the RVC's initial sally into Belgorod when videos posted to social media supposedl…
(2023-06-03). Military Situation In Donbass On June 3, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Nevskoye; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Avdeevka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of AFU near Serebryanka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of AFU near Otradnoye; | The AFU reportedly hit 1 missile system, 5 artillery units, 9 concentrations of weapons and military equipment in the past 24 hours; | C…
(2023-06-03). "In a Nuclear War the Collateral Damage would be the Life of All Humanity". Fidel Castro. globalresearch.ca Let us have the courage to proclaim that all nuclear or conventional weapons, everything that is used to make war, must disappear!" Fidel Castro…
(2023-06-03). 750 U.S. Military Bases Globally, $7.2 Trillion US Nuclear Weapons Expenditure Since Hiroshima, Nagasaki. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-03). It's About Time: "The Nuclear Weapons are Ready to Fly". "We have Entered a Time When the End of Time has Become Very Possible" globalresearch.ca