(2023-02-04). The specter of socialism haunts US Congress. wsws.org Last week the US Congress spent three days denouncing socialism and pledging to reverse all the social gains made by the working class on a global scale in the century since the Russian Revolution of 1917.
(2023-02-04). On his 125th birthday, read Harry Haywood on Black power and the fight for socialism. fightbacknews.org One of the most important communists in U.S. history, Harry Haywood, was born 125 years ago today, on February 4, 1898. | Haywood was a member of the Communist Party (CPUSA), serving on the Central Committee from 1927 to 1938 and on the Politburo from 1931 until 1938. After the CPUSA's turn towards revisionism Haywood helped to found the New Communist Movement. | He is best known as the main theorist of the African American National Question. Specifically, Haywood developed the theory that African Americans make up an oppressed nation in the Black Belt region of the South where they have the right to self-determi…
(2023-02-04). 109 Democrats Join GOP's Ridiculous 'Horrors Of Socialism' Vote. scheerpost.com Emma Vigeland and Sam Seder look at the recent House vote to denounce socialism and what that means for the future of socialist policies like M4A, with 109 Democrats joining the Right on the vote.
(2023-02-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Postpartum depression is more than baby blues. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Postpartum depression is real. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 1 out of every 10 new moms suffer from it. It's much more than what's called the "baby blues" because it lasts longer and tends to be more severe. Symptoms include mood swings, anxiety, sadness, crying irritability and feeling overwhelmed. Prompt treatment is important, and Mayo Clinic experts say it works. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/WhmJuesp9ck Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 57) is…
(2023-02-04). Unauthorized Disclosure: Medea Benjamin & Ann Wright. thedissenter.org 
Sorry for sending this out later than usual. There were internet difficulties that delayed uploading this week's episode. | *** | Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK co-founder and co-author of War In Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, and Ann Wright, a CODEPINK member, retired Army colonel, and former State Department diplomat, join "Unauthorized Disclosure" hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to discuss the high stakes of a protracted conflict in Ukraine. | Initially, President Joe Biden said the United States would not ship tank to Ukraine. That line was crossed, and now Ukraine would like fighter jets. Bot…
(2023-02-04). The specter of socialism haunts US Congress. wsws.org Last week the US Congress spent three days denouncing socialism and pledging to reverse all the social gains made by the working class on a global scale in the century since the Russian Revolution of 1917.
(2023-02-04). On his 125th birthday, read Harry Haywood on Black power and the fight for socialism. fightbacknews.org One of the most important communists in U.S. history, Harry Haywood, was born 125 years ago today, on February 4, 1898. | Haywood was a member of the Communist Party (CPUSA), serving on the Central Committee from 1927 to 1938 and on the Politburo from 1931 until 1938. After the CPUSA's turn towards revisionism Haywood helped to found the New Communist Movement. | He is best known as the main theorist of the African American National Question. Specifically, Haywood developed the theory that African Americans make up an oppressed nation in the Black Belt region of the South where they have the right to self-determi…
(2023-02-04). 109 Democrats Join GOP's Ridiculous 'Horrors Of Socialism' Vote. scheerpost.com Emma Vigeland and Sam Seder look at the recent House vote to denounce socialism and what that means for the future of socialist policies like M4A, with 109 Democrats joining the Right on the vote.
(2023-02-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Postpartum depression is more than baby blues. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Postpartum depression is real. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 1 out of every 10 new moms suffer from it. It's much more than what's called the "baby blues" because it lasts longer and tends to be more severe. Symptoms include mood swings, anxiety, sadness, crying irritability and feeling overwhelmed. Prompt treatment is important, and Mayo Clinic experts say it works. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/WhmJuesp9ck Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 57) is…
(2023-02-04). Unauthorized Disclosure: Medea Benjamin & Ann Wright. thedissenter.org Sorry for sending this out later than usual. There were internet difficulties that delayed uploading this week's episode. | *** | Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK co-founder and co-author of War In Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, and Ann Wright, a CODEPINK member, retired Army colonel, and former State Department diplomat, join "Unauthorized Disclosure" hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to discuss the high stakes of a protracted conflict in Ukraine. | Initially, President Joe Biden said the United States would not ship tank to Ukraine. That line was crossed, and now Ukraine would like fighter jets. Bot…
(2023-02-05). Israel Will 'Carefully Study' Supplying Ukraine With Iron Dome System: Netanyahu. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Ministry of Defense. | Israel will carefully study the possibility of supplying Ukraine with defensive weapons, including the Iron Dome air defense system, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on February 5, answering a question on the matter by French news channel LCI. | The Israeli PM, who assumed his position very recently, stressed that his country does not want to start a confrontation with Russia in Syria."I'm going…
(2023-02-04). [Comment] Offline: Strange fruit. thelancet.com For a fleeting moment, guns re-entered the Oval Office. US President Joe Biden called for a federal ban on assault weapons. His plea, ignored, came after 11 people were killed in a Los Angeles ballroom dance studio and seven people were shot down in California's Half Moon Bay, near San Francisco. The Monterey Park killings were the deadliest since a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May, 2022, which left 19 children and two teachers dead. The killers in America's latest attacks were, unusually, in their 60s and 70s.
(2023-02-04). Much Ado About Nothing: Western Wunderwaffen. southfront.org 
(2023-02-04). In Video: Russian Tornado-S System Fires Precision-Guided Rockets At Ukrainian Targets. southfront.org 
Guided projectiles of multiple launch rocket system "Tornado-S" | © Press Service of the State Corporation Rostec. | On February 4, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage showing a Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) firing at Kiev forces in the special military operation zone. | The MLRS targeted equipment, weapons and ammunition which were accumulated behind the frontline, as well as a number of military positions. According to the ministry, all targets were completely destroyed. | The…