Daily Archives: February 1, 2023

2023-02-01: News Headlines

Bob Price (2023-02-01). Sunday 2/5: Confronting capitalism's crises with bold, revolutionary leadership. indybay.org New Valencia hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco (@ Ellis Street)…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-02-01). Rosa Luxemburgo y el ecosocialismo… indybay.org Rosa Luxemburgo y el ecosocialismo: | un amor correspondido…

ecns.cn (2023-02-01). Employment, prices key to stable growth. ecns.cn China has pledged more efforts to rein in unemployment among young people this year and ease inflation, in a broader move by central authorities to strengthen social safety nets for the vulnerable.

ecns.cn (2023-02-01). Boeing delivers its last 747 jet. ecns.cn Boeing on Tuesday delivered its last built "Queen of the Skies" — the 747 jumbo jet that helped change air travel forever more than a half-century ago.It contributed to what happened in the late 1970s with the deregulation of air travel," he said.




William J. Astore (2023-02-01). Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed? Cutting the Pentagon Budget in Half Would Finally Force the Generals to Think. juancole.com By William J. Astore | &#1 ; ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; My name is Bill Astore and I'm a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). Sure, I hung up my military uniform for the last time in 2005. Since 2007, I've been writing articles for TomDispatch focused largely on critiquing that same MIC and America's …

Amy Goodman (2023-01-31). The Debt Ceiling Benefits the Rich and Powerful, Says Economist Richard Wolff. truthout.org As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden prepare for their first face-to-face meeting this week to discuss raising the debt ceiling, we speak with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about why the limit on the federal government's borrowing lets politicians avoid making hard choices about taxing the wealthy. House Republicans are pushing for major spending cuts as part of any deal to raise… |

Staff (2023-01-31). Marxist Economist Richard Wolff on How the Debt Ceiling Benefits the Rich & Powerful. democracynow.org As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden prepare for their first face-to-face meeting this week to discuss raising the debt ceiling, we speak with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about why the limit on the federal government's borrowing lets politicians avoid making hard choices about taxing the wealthy. House Republicans are pushing for major spending cuts as part of any deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. "It's 99% theatrics," says Wolff, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the Gradu…

Staff (2023-01-31). Free Alex Saab, political prisoner of capitalism and imperialism. samidoun.net In a statement released on Monday, January 30, over 30 organizations that make up the Movement of Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in Madrid raised their voices to demand the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and all the political prisoners of imperialism. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a signatory of this statement. This …

William J. Astore (2023-02-01). Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed? Cutting the Pentagon Budget in Half Would Finally Force the Generals to Think. juancole.com By William J. Astore | &#1 ; ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; My name is Bill Astore and I'm a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). Sure, I hung up my military uniform for the last time in 2005. Since 2007, I've been writing articles for TomDispatch focused largely on critiquing that same MIC and America's …

Amy Goodman (2023-01-31). The Debt Ceiling Benefits the Rich and Powerful, Says Economist Richard Wolff. truthout.org As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden prepare for their first face-to-face meeting this week to discuss raising the debt ceiling, we speak with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about why the limit on the federal government's borrowing lets politicians avoid making hard choices about taxing the wealthy. House Republicans are pushing for major spending cuts as part of any deal to raise… |

Staff (2023-01-31). Marxist Economist Richard Wolff on How the Debt Ceiling Benefits the Rich & Powerful. democracynow.org As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden prepare for their first face-to-face meeting this week to discuss raising the debt ceiling, we speak with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about why the limit on the federal government's borrowing lets politicians avoid making hard choices about taxing the wealthy. House Republicans are pushing for major spending cuts as part of any deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. "It's 99% theatrics," says Wolff, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the Gradu…

Staff (2023-01-31). Free Alex Saab, political prisoner of capitalism and imperialism. samidoun.net In a statement released on Monday, January 30, over 30 organizations that make up the Movement of Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in Madrid raised their voices to demand the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and all the political prisoners of imperialism. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a signatory of this statement. This …

William I. Robinson (2023-01-31). La elite de Davos a la deriva frente a la ´policrisis ª del capitalismo global. globalizacion.ca La élite política y corporativa transnacional estuvo de regreso en Davos del 16 al 20 de enero para su cónclave anual en medio de la crisis más severa del capitalismo global desde la fundación del Foro Económico Mundial (FEM) hace…

Staff (2023-01-31). Cuba será sede del Primer Encuentro Internacional de Publicaciones de Izquierda. cubadebate.cu El Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) dio a conocer hoy que del 10 al 12 de febrero próximos tendrá lugar en La Habana el primer Encuentro Internacional de Publicaciones Teóricas de Partidos y Movimientos de Izquierda. El evento abordará temas como el imperialismo, el socialismo, la juventud, la solidaridad, la unidad de izquierda y el legado de Fidel Castro.

WSWS (2023-01-31). Democratic Socialists of America falsely tout New York State 2022 electoral victories as boon for socialist politics. wsws.org The Democratic Socialists of America are exploiting the results of the New York State 2022 elections to build their brand of pro-imperialist and corporate-friendly "socialism."

Stephen Gibbs (2023-01-31). Check out Venezuela's flying restaurant. america.cgtn.com After years of recession, some parts of the Venezuelan economy are witnessing a mini-boom with entrepreneurs seeing new opportunities. For example, in the capital Caracas, new restaurants are using some unusual marketing tactics. CGTN's Stephen Gibbs reports.

Andy Kroll (2023-01-31). Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed? tomdispatch.com My name is Bill Astore and I'm a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). Sure, I hung up my military uniform for the last time in 2005. Since 2007, I've been writing articles for TomDispatch focused largely on critiquing that same MIC and America's permanent war economy. I've written against this country's wasteful and unwise wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its costly and disastrous weapons systems, and its undemocratic embrace of warriors and militarism. Nevertheless, I remain a lieutenant colonel, if a retired one. I still have my military ID card, if only to get on bases, and I still tend…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-01-31). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-31). 324 Tanks, Now NATO Readies Warplanes and Entire Domestic Economies for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com 324 Tanks, Now NATO Readies Warplanes and Entire Domestic Economies for Ukraine Andy Corbley FULL ARTICLE MILAN, Italy. January 30th, 2023. High-ranking officials of both NATO and the Russian Federation have now admitted the two entities are at war, the former saying it outright, the latter saying NATO countries with supply lines of weapons to …

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