(2023-12-13). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, December 2023. greenleft.org.au 
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents eight important new books for rebels and revolutionaries on your gift list…
(2023-12-13). The 'brain drain' is a symptom of how capitalism has failed the healthcare sector. peoplesdispatch.org Every year, thousands of healthcare workers leave South Africa, in order to chase better opportunities, as wealthier countries exploit desperate working conditions faced by them. This brain drain is a direct result of neoliberal policies, especially austerity…
(2023-12-13). Three establishment candidates line up for Indonesian presidential election. wsws.org All three candidates are defenders of capitalism and, despite their populist electoral rhetoric, innately hostile to the interests of working people.
(2023-12-14). The 'brain drain' is a symptom of how capitalism has failed the healthcare sector. mronline.org 
Every year, thousands of healthcare workers leave South Africa, in order to chase better opportunities, as wealthier countries exploit desperate working conditions faced by them. This brain drain is a direct result of neoliberal policies, especially austerity.
(2023-12-13). Capitalism's rent-to-live society and the abolition of private property. peoplesworld.org 
Karl Marx quite famously says in The Manifesto of the Communist Party that "…the theory of the Communists may be summed up in a single sentence: Abolition of private property." This quote has been used over and over again by the capitalist class to scare workers away from contemplating socialism. After all, according to the …
(2023-12-13). After months of war and over 18,000 Gazans killed, US Senator Bernie Sanders calls for a ceasefire. peoplesdispatch.org The Senator, who repopularized socialism with an influential 2016 presidential campaign, had, until now, opposed the demand for a ceasefire…
(2023-12-14). Is Big Pharma Over-Selling Depression? counterpunch.org 
If you watch late-night television you've probably seen the ads for a new antidepressant drug called "Rexulti." It's billed as a break-through cure for people who've already been treated for depression but are still experiencing its symptoms. The manufacturer, Otsuka, is heavily promoting Rexulti just as it did its earlier controversial anti-depressant known as "Abilify."
(2023-12-14). Friday 12/15: Crash Congressman Jimmy Panetta's Fundraiser to Demand a Ceasefire Now! indybay.org
(2023-12-14). There Will Be Peace When We Achieve the Goals: Putin. telesurenglish.net During the television program "Direct Line", President Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia has achieved economic growth despite all the aggressions and blockades imposed by the United States and its allies. | RELATED: | "The Russian economy has a sufficient safety margin not only to feel secure but also to progress. Public external debt decreased from US$46 billion to US$32 billion. Unemployment stands at 2.9 percent,…
(2023-12-13). Milei's Argentina to Finalize Theft of Venezuelan 747 Cargo Jet. orinocotribune.com The airplane belonging to the Venezuelan firm EMTRASUR, affiliated with Conviasa, which was illegally detained at the Ezeiza International Airport in June 2022 was moved from the maintenance runway after an Argentine court ratified the confiscation of the aircraft following a US request. | The transfer took place one day after the inauguration of far-right president Javier Milei in the South American nation. | The Boeing 747-300 was detained in Argentina in June 2022 at the request of Washington, which alleged that its sales process was "illegal" because, according to a United States (US) judge, it violated the u…
(2023-12-14). Free Palestine Chants for Lockheed Martin. indybay.org Free Palestine chants directed at Lockheed Martin…
(2023-12-13). Free Palestine Chants for Lockheed Martin. indybay.org Free Palestine chants directed at Lockheed Martin…
(2023-12-13). Dutch Court Case Looks To Cut Off Military Supplies To Israel. popularresistance.org Strolling down the street or along a green pathway in the southern Netherlands, it's not uncommon to see F-35 stealth bombers roaring overhead. | They could be heading up to the Netherlands' largest F-35 base in northern Leeuwarden, or to another airfield in the southeast. | Or, perhaps, returning from an F-35 maintenance base in the southwest, near the small town of Woensdrecht. | Woensdrecht Air Base, at the top of the Scheldt estuary, is one of three European 'logistics hubs' for Lockheed Martin's "lethal," "survivable" and "connected" F-35 Lightning II stealth bomber. F-35 users from across Europe (and Israel…
(2023-12-14). Palestinian Student Shot in VT & Granddaughter of Holocaust Survivor Join Haverford Sit-In for Gaza. democracynow.org 
We look at student protests nationwide calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, including 41 students at Brown University arrested Monday at a sit-in demanding the school divest its endowment from weapons manufacturers like Raytheon and United Technologies, and a weeklong sit-in at Haverford College. One of the students who joined the protest has just returned to campus: Kinnan Abdalhamid, a junior who was shot two weeks ago along with his two friends, who are also of Palestinian descent, by a white man in Burlington, Vermont. We speak with Abdalhamid and Ellie Baron, an organizer with Students for Peace at Haverford Col…
(2023-12-14). Gaza war will end at once if US cuts off Israel's aid: Ex-CIA analyst. presstv.ir A former CIA analyst says the Israeli aggression against Gaza will end immediately if the US stops the flow of weapons to the occupying entity.
(2023-12-13). Friday 12/15: Peace Vigil — Call for Ceasefire + Diplomacy Not More Weapons for Ukraine or Israel! indybay.org in front of MLK Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…
(2023-12-13). U.S. blocks Gaza peace proposal at UN for 3rd time, holding world hostage. mronline.org The U.S. government has paralyzed the United Nations, voting against the rest of the world and preventing peace in Gaza by vetoing three different resolutions in the Security Council. Meanwhile, Washington continues giving weapons to Israel.
(2023-12-13). MAGA's Revanchist Roots: a Tale of Tropes. counterpunch.org 
Trump's defiance of political gravity has spawned a genre of Trump-studies, most focused on his character and the personalities of his devotees: The title of New York Times's Maggie Haberman's book Confidence Man is coda for her attribution of Trumpism to the perverse magnetism of his arrested development; Robert Draper's Weapons of Mass Delusion follows suit, psychologizing his followers' plunge "into a Trumpian cult of compulsive disassembling and conspiracy mongering."
(2023-12-13). Not a Single Car or Truck In: a Report Back on Blocking the Morning Shift at P&W, a Weapons Company Arming Israel. worldbeyondwar.org 
A blockade of 200 workers didn't let a single car or truck into Pratt & Whitney Canada for their entire morning shift! A report back of what we accomplished, media coverage, and how to support. #WorldBEYONDWar…
(2023-12-13). A Resounding Rejection of Nuclearism at the UN. counterpunch.org 
The non-nuclear majority met in New York between 27 November and 1 December for the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). This coming together was not simply 'non-nuclear' but decidedly anti-nuclear in outlook and approach.
(2023-12-13). A Resounding Rejection of Nuclearism at the UN. counterpunch.org The non-nuclear majority met in New York between 27 November and 1 December for the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). This coming together was not simply 'non-nuclear' but decidedly anti-nuclear in outlook and approach. The TPNW represents many things: a 'work in progress', a
(2023-12-13). New Zealand pseudo-left group whitewashes unions' complicity in Gaza genocide. wsws.org The International Socialist Organisation cited mealy-mouthed statements by unions in New Zealand, the US and Australia calling for a ceasefire, while covering up the role of the unions in preventing strikes and other actions to stop the supply of weapons for Israel's war machine.
(2023-12-13). Venezuela: US sold $32 billion in arms to Israel for killing Palestinian children. presstv.ir The Venezuelan president says the US has sold tens of billions of dollars in weapons to Israel to kill civilians in the Gaza Strip.
(2023-12-13). Not a Single Car or Truck in: a Report Back on Blocking the Morning Shift at P&W, a Weapons Company Arming Israel. worldbeyondwar.org A blockade of 200 workers didn't let a single car or truck into Pratt & Whitney Canada for their entire morning shift! A report back of what we accomplished, media coverage, and how to support.
(2023-12-14). 'Moral insanity': Biden admin bypasses Congress to rush tank shells to Israel. mronline.org "Rushing deadly weapons to the far-right and openly genocidal Israeli government without congressional review robs American voters of their voice in Congress," said one critic.
(2023-12-14). Jeremy Scahill: Gaza "Scorched-Earth Campaign" Is a "Joint U.S.-Israeli Operation" democracynow.org 
We discuss President Joe Biden's "full support for a scorched-earth campaign" in Gaza with The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill, who says the U.S. is providing "political cover and rushing weapons there and giving support to the most pernicious lies that Israel [is] telling." Despite the Biden administration's recent assertions that it is helping to restrain Israel, Israel's military and intelligence operation is significantly propped up by resources from the United States State and Defense departments, explains Scahill. "This is a joint U.S. operation militarily and po…