(2023-04-25). Regulation Won't End Bank Crises. We Must Put Shadow Banks Under Public Control. truthout.org Recent bank failures in the U.S. have raised the prospect of yet another financial crisis and brought about renewed calls for stricter bank regulations rules. Yet, key questions remain: Why have banking crises become an essential feature of contemporary capitalism? Are strict bank regulations in a capitalist society really the answer to a problem caused by capitalist financial institutions… |
(2023-04-25). U.S. pregnancy-related deaths skyrocket, capitalism is to blame. mronline.org 
A new report out from the National Center for Health Statistics finds that U.S. maternal deaths have increased by an alarming 40% since 2020.
(2023-04-25). How Ordinary People Become Nazis: A Review of Robert Gellately's "Hitler's True Believers" libya360.wordpress.com Charles Wofford Imagine a political speech so venomous, so hate filled, so threatening, that at times it is impossible to understand the speaker. He rages against enemies foreign and domestic, against capitalism, against communism, against ethnic and political minorities, against disabled people, and insists on the superiority of his own nation. Thousands of torch-bearing zealots…
(2023-04-26). The State and the future of socialism. mronline.org 
In his recent book, The Communist Hypothesis, Alain Badiou describes the past defeats of May 1968, the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Paris Commune as well as those of factory occupations and other such struggles as defeats 'covered with glory'.
(2023-04-26). 150 young organizers from the US travel to Cuba defying the blockade. peoplesdispatch.org 
Over 150 young leaders from a variety of organizations in the US are in Cuba to participate in a solidarity brigade organized by the International Peoples' Assembly. They are meeting with different sectors of Cuban society to learn about the impact of the US blockade and experiences in building socialism…
(2023-04-26). "Get Down to Business": Harry Belafonte in 2016 on Trump, Socialism & Fighting for Justice. democracynow.org 
Harry Belafonte last appeared on Democracy Now! in 2016 at a special event at the historic Riverside Church in New York to celebrate our 20th anniversary. He co-headlined the event with Noam Chomsky in their first public appearance together. Belafonte spoke about Donald Trump, who had just been elected president, and ongoing struggles for freedom and justice in the United States. "We just have to get out our old coats, dust them off, stop screwing around and just chasing the good times, and get down to business," he said. "There's some ass-kicking out here to be done. And we should do it."…
(2023-04-25). An Interview with Michael A. Lebowitz on 'Capital', "Real Socialism," and Venezuela. mronline.org 
"While socialists need to begin with the existing concepts of fairness as reflected in the moral economy of the working class, to the extent that those concepts of fairness are contrary to the principle advanced in the Communist Manifesto that 'the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all,' they must be rejected." —Michael Lebowitz…
(2023-04-26). First Republic Bank Stock Crashed on Wall Street. telesurenglish.net The shares of First Republic Bank (FRB), one of the U.S. banks hardest hit by the recent financial crisis, fell 15 percent in pre-opening electronic trading on Wall Street on Wednesday. | RELATED: | At the end of trading on Tuesday, its shares fell almost 50 percent, after this institution released its accounts, which show a huge loss of deposits. Earlier, on Monday, this San Francisco-based institution presented figures on…
(2023-04-26). Israeli Drone Crashes In Southern Syria Days After Strikes (Videos). southfront.org 
St. Inigoes, Md. (June 27, 2005) — A "Skylark" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on display at the 2005 Naval UAV Air Demo held at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain. | A drone of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) crashed in Syria's southern region, Syrian and Israeli news sources reported on April 26. | The sources didn't identify the type of the drone or locate the site of the crash. The IDF, which u…
(2023-04-26). Rusia aborta ataque terrorista en hospital naval en Simferópol. telesurtv.net En los últimos meses las autoridades rusas han denunciado numerosos ataques ucranianos contra la península de Crimea, en su mayoría con drones de asalto.
(2023-04-26). Matt Taibbi: Report on the Censorship-Industrial Complex. scheerpost.com By Matt Taibbi / Today you'll find two new #TwitterFiles threads out,
(2023-04-26). Sudan at a crossroads: Proxy war or revolution? peoplesworld.org 
The conflict that began on April 8 between Sudan's military and the country's main paramilitary force is a proxy war against the Sudanese people, backed by regional and international powers, who have enabled the warring factions to acquire wealth and weapons. It is a war between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Gen. Mohamed …
(2023-04-26). Headlines for April 26, 2023. democracynow.org Dozens of Drowned Refugees Found Off Coasts of Libya, Tunisia After Attempting to Flee to Europe, Fighting Continues in Sudan Despite Ceasefire as U.N. Pleads for End to Conflict, Harry Belafonte, Pioneering Singer and Civil Rights Activist, Dies at Age 96, Neil Gorsuch Failed to Disclose Conflict of Interest in Property Sale After Confirmation to SCOTUS, Graduate Workers at University of Michigan on Strike, Report Retaliation from University President, Washington Bans Assault Weapons as Part of New Gun Control Legislation, Somali Fighters Kill 21 People, Including 18 Militants, Iran Charges Two Prominent Actress…