(2023-05-13). Why Can't I Question Capitalism without Being Called a "Socialist"? dissidentvoice.org 
"The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital." (Michael Parenti) For as long as I've been writing, giving public talks, and all that, I have offered informed critiques of capitalism. For as long as I've been offering informed critiques of capitalism, I get replies like this: "I suppose you …
(2023-05-13). Beware those who try to discredit Leninism from a "decolonial" angle By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com 
Capitalism will co-opt anything, so long as it can be used to make profits or to aid its narrative campaigns. It doesn't care about how "left" or "radical" an idea is, all it cares about is its potential utility within the class war. That's where the phenomenon I'm going to talk about comes from: a project by the narrative managers of bourgeois class power to create a controlled opposition. To cultivate a leftism, or even a "communism,&rdquo …
(2023-05-13). Jordan Neely's murder on the New York City subway and the terminal crisis of capitalism. wsws.org Daniel Penny was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter ten days after he killed the 30-year-old homeless man with a chokehold.
(2023-05-13). Why Can't I Question Capitalism without Being Called a "Socialist"? dissidentvoice.org "The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital." (Michael Parenti) For as long as I've been writing, giving public talks, and all that, I have offered informed critiques of capitalism. For as long as I've been offering informed critiques of capitalism, I get replies like this: "I suppose you …
(2023-05-14). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…
(2023-05-13). Saturday 5/13: Climate Chaos: An Existential Crisis. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also by ZOOM Please register in advance at | bit.ly/ClimateChaos-230506 | to receive your personal link to participate in this event online…
(2023-05-13). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 13, the AFU shot down two Russian Mi-8 helicopters, a Su-34 fighter bomber and probably a Su-25 near Klintsy; | On May 12, Russian Mi-28 helicopter crashed in the Dzhankoy district in Crimea; | Russian forces struck military targets in Zhytomyr; | Russian forces struck military targets in Mykolaiv; | Russian forces struck military targets in Gulyai-Pole; | Russian forces struck military targets in Kramatorsk-Slavyansk region; | Russian forces struck military targets i…
(2023-05-13). UPDATE: Four Russian Aircraft Shot Down Over Bryansk Region (Video). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageUPDATE: Russian forces suffered significant losses in the border Bryansk region on May 13. In total, 2 Mi-8 helicopters, 1 Su-34 fighter bomber and probably a Su-25 were shot down. The pilots were killed. The fire was conducted by the SAM systems from the border areas of the Ukrainian Chernihiv region. | According to preliminary reports two Russian aircraft were shot down over the Russian border Bryansk region on May 13. | A Mi-8 helicopter was likely shot down and crashed in the town of Klintsy.
(2023-05-13). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 13, the AFU shot down two Russian Mi-8 helicopters, a Su-34 fighter bomber and probably a Su-25 near Klintsy; | On May 12, Russian Mi-28 helicopter crashed in the Dzhankoy district in Crimea; | Russian forces struck military targets in Zhytomyr; | Russian forces struck military targets in Mykolaiv; | Russian forces struck military targets in Gulyai-Pole; | Russian forces struck military targets in Kramatorsk-Slavyansk region; | Russian forces struck military targets i…
(2023-05-13). UPDATE: Four Russian Aircraft Shot Down Over Bryansk Region (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size imageUPDATE: Russian forces suffered significant losses in the border Bryansk region on May 13. In total, 2 Mi-8 helicopters, 1 Su-34 fighter bomber and probably a Su-25 were shot down. The pilots were killed. The fire was conducted by the SAM systems from the border areas of the Ukrainian Chernihiv region. | According to preliminary reports two Russian aircraft were shot down over the Russian border Bryansk region on May 13. | A Mi-8 helicopter was likely shot down and crashed in the town of Klintsy.
(2023-05-13). New York Congressman and serial liar George Santos indicted on 13 federal charges. wsws.org The 34 year-old freshman Republican is accused of several financial crimes, including embezzling money from campaign contributors and fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits for over a year.
(2023-05-14). Labor Organizers Launch New Model For The Fight Against Private Equity. popularresistance.org On May Day, a small group of labor advocates and workers weaved through midtown Manhattan, stopping at the shiny corporate headquarters of several firms with names like KKR, Sycamore Partners, Apollo Global Management, BC Partners and Roark Capital Group. | Most people don't recognize these names, or if they do, know very little about them. But these are some of the wealthiest and most influential firms on Wall Street, behemoths within the ultra-powerful but opaque financial sector known as private equity — the arm of Wall Street that oversees trillions in assets and specializes in buying out, restructuring…
(2023-05-14). A 21st Century Freeze On Nuclear Weapons: Will It Be A Reality? progressivehub.net THALIF DEEN | INDEPTHNEWS…
(2023-05-13). Play it Again Uncle Sam… Debunked Syrian Chemical Weapons Card in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org The CW card is a complete dud. That Western media are playing it shows that their role is as sinister as mass drug-dealing. | Western media are now
(2023-05-13). The Pentagon Has Been Recolonizing University Campuses. popularresistance.org Once upon a time getting a college degree meant reading classic literature and philosophy, learning about history and politics, studying mathematics and science, learning new languages, and debating the great issues of the day in student forums. | The billionaire class and Pentagon, however, do not want young people to think critically, or to be worldly and idealistic. | They want the university to function as a breeding ground for creation of a docile, technically skilled workforce that they can control, and as a laboratory for the development of new weapons systems and testing ground for those weapons that can…
(2023-05-13). Play it Again Uncle Sam… Debunked Syrian Chemical Weapons Card in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org The CW card is a complete dud. That Western media are playing it shows that their role is as sinister as mass drug-dealing. | Western media are now