Daily Archives: June 12, 2023

2023-06-12: News Headlines

Richard D. Wolff, Canadian Dimension. (2023-06-11). Market Fundamentalism Is An Obstacle To Social Progress. popularresistance.org A changing world order, a shrinking US empire, migrations and related demographic shifts, and major economic crashes have all enhanced religious fundamentalisms around the world. Beyond religions, other ideological fundamentalisms likewise provide widely welcomed reassurances. One of the latter—market fundamentalism—invites and deserves criticism as a major obstacle to navigating this time of rapid social change. Market fundamentalism attributes to that particular social institution a level of perfection and "optimality" quite parallel to what fundamentalist religions attribute to prophets and divinit…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-11). Documentary: Unsustainable — The UN's Agenda for World Domination. expose-news.com Globalists in the power elite — working through the United Nations — are waging war against property rights, gun rights and capitalism to usher in a Marxist World Order. This war is …

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism. (2023-06-11). The US Economy — Surprisingly Resilient Or Potemkin Village? popularresistance.org For today's episode, we want to talk about what's going on in the US economy. Because when you look at the discussion that's going on, you see a lot of contradictory narratives. On the one hand, you have people like Bank of America's CEO Brian Moynihan, who said on Sunday that the country may face a mild recession later this year. You see a lot of major CEOs making similar predictions. By contrast, the Biden administration and much of the US mainstream media are insisting that the US economy is showing extraordinary resilience. So, Michael, I want to ask you, what is your analysis on the current state of the US e…

Prabir Purkayastha (2023-06-11). India's worst train accident in 20 Years: Privileging vanity over safety. peoplesdispatch.org The three-train accident involving the Shalimar Coromandel Express, Yashwantpur Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train is India's worst train accident in 20 years. The confirmed deaths as of 7 June are 288 persons. | The accident occurred near Balasore—at the Bahanaga Bazar railway station—when the Coromandel Express from Howrah, going towards Chennai, crashed into a goods train. While the main line was free and the signal green, the Coromandel Express was diverted onto a loop line where a stationary goods train stood and crashed into it. This was the first collision. The second was when the derai…


Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2023-06-12). The surprising pervasiveness of pro-war propaganda. nationofchange.org An FPIF commentary criticized CODEPINK's position on the war in Ukraine. Here is our response.

WSWS (2023-06-12). US to sell drones to Taiwan in provocative intelligence-sharing plan. wsws.org Washington is not only supplying military hardware, as it has done in the past, but drawing Taipei into its framework of military alliances in the Indo-Pacific directed against China.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-11). Military Situation In Donbass On June 11, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Serebryansky; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Lastochkino; | The AFU reportedly hit 2 control points, 5 weapons and military equipment, 1 artillery unit, 4 important military objects in the past 24 hours; | The AFU entered the village of Neskuchnoye, but w…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-11). ISIS Attack In Northern Iraq Leaves Two Officer Dead, Three Soldiers Wounded. southfront.org File image. | ISIS terrorists attacked an Iraqi military barracks in the northern province of Kirkuk late on June 10, killing two officers and wounding three soldiers. | In a statement, Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC) said that the terrorist attack took place in the village of Multaqa in al-Dibis district."At 10: 00 pm yesterday, terrorist elements attacked with light and medium weapons a military barracks," reads the statement, which was released on June 11. | ISIS has not claimed responsibility for the at…


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