(2023-07-01). The End of the "Golden Age" of Capitalism and the Rise of Neoliberalism. indybay.org The rise of the neoliberal world economic system marked by the dominance of financial markets — whose financial superstructure collapses over us — resulted from the radical economic crises of the early 1970s that seized nearly all western industrial countries. This crisis ended a period of economic prosperity in Western Europe and the US that continued since the early 1950s.
(2023-06-30). Meet the World's Most Murderous Killing Machine: the United States of America. strategic-culture.org 
If the political culture in the U.S. changes, someone might open a museum dedicated to the victims of capitalism or the U.S. empire, whose death toll would be much greater than the 100 million blamed on Communism, writes CovertAction Magazine's Jeremy Kuzmarov. | (Click on the image to enlarge)…
(2023-06-30). Levy del àÅguila Marchena: 'Communism, Political Power and Personal Freedom in Marx'. mronline.org 
Marx diagnosed the oppression of the working class, the alienation of workers from their labor, as well as the alienation of all human beings living within capitalism from their own authentic selves, and proposed that it was objectively possible that emancipation, true liberation, would come one day.
(2023-06-30). RECALLING THE 1933 COMMUNIST PARTY EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE By: Chris Townsend. midwesternmarx.com 
As the Communist Party of the United States entered the fourth full year of the Great Depression in 1933, its leadership recognized that a major consolidation and refocus of Party effort was necessary to reach the vast potential of the moment. The communist movement had been established in the U.S. for 15 years by that point, and some advances had been made in rooting the Party in certain key sectors — but not in others.The left and socialist organizations were all growing amidst th …
(2023-07-01). U.S. Drones Are Violating Memorandum Of Understanding Over Syria, Russia Warns. southfront.org 
A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to another wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson). | The United States-led coalition's drones were spotted flying over Syria five times during the past day in violation of the memorandum of understanding with Russia, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria said on June 30. "During the day, five violations of the memorandum of…
(2023-07-01). Regulations address use of civilian drones. ecns.cn China has issued a set of rules to govern the use of civilian drones.
(2023-07-01). Russia Unveils Two New Anti-Drone Electronic Warfare Systems. southfront.org 
File image. | Russia's Kaysant Research and Production Association unveiled two new anti-drone electronic warfare systems on the sideline of the Special Gear exhibition that was held in Moscow on June 29-30. | The association's director for development Alyona Balandina told TASS that the first system, dubbed Argus-Kupol, was designed to provide all-around protection against drones."The Argus-Kupol is capable of thwarting the flights of one or several unmanned aerial vehicles within its operational range a…
(2023-07-01). Panama speeds up destruction of firearms. plenglish.com According to the report from the Ministry of Security (Minseg), the operation took place on Thursday in the presence of national and capital authorities, including Governor Carla García and the director of Patrimonial Assets at the Ministry of Economy and Finances, Orlando Barria. | Security Minister Juan Manuel Pino pointed out that this was the 37th ceremony of this kind during the administration of President Laurentino Cortizo (2019-2024). | The official explained specified that 349 of the total number of weapons destroyed came from criminal activities, 642 were property of the National Police and others belo…
(2023-07-01). Russian Army Strikes Ukrainian Command Posts In Donetsk, Repels Attacks In Other Sectors (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | Russian forces successfully targeted the command and control posts of Ukraine's Donetsk operational and tactical group, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced on July 1. "Russia's Armed Forces inflicted a strike with high-precision land-and sea-based weapons on the command posts of the Donetsk operational and tactical group," the spokesman said, confirming that the targets were hit. | Konashenkov added that Kiev forces launched several n…