sputnikglobe (2023-09-28). Theory or Theater: What's the Difference Between Bidenomics and Trumponomics? sputnikglobe.com US President Joe Biden looks likely to face off against his predecessor Donald Trump for a second time in the 2024 presidential election. Despite the hostile rhetoric between the two figures, Marxist economics professor Richard Wolff argues that both are peddling the same economic policy.

Dan Lieberman (2023-09-28). Democratic Socialism Will Prevent the Catastrophes. dissidentvoice.org Capitalism gathered resources — land, labor, and capital to start an industrial revolution that brought prosperity and elevated standards of living to much of the earth's inhabitants. Once in motion, it generated additional capital that gathered more labor and more resources in a perpetual cycle of increased production that constantly benefitted populations. The achievements did …

Editor (2023-09-28). Capitalism: an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. mronline.org Ah, money, the driving force behind life in the modern world.

Homeless Romantic (2023-09-28). The World's Most Dangerous Marxist | John Bellamy Foster | #182 HR. mronline.org Foster explains Marx's ecological critique of capitalism and how the concept of "metabolic rift" highlights the alienation between humans and nature caused by capitalism's focus on profit over sustainability.

WSWS (2023-09-28). The Voice referendum and the fraud of Australian parliament's Stolen Generations apology. wsws.org The current Voice proposal is the latest in a long line of false claims to redress the crimes of Australian capitalism, including the 2008 parliamentary apology to the tens of thousands of children removed from their families.

Tomasz Konicz (2023-09-29). We are Zombies. indybay.org Zombie movies are an apocalyptic genre, in which there is an inkling that the given social order cannot last & has reached its development limits. The first great wave of zombies hit the Western culture industry during the crisis period of the seventies of the 20th century, when the "Golden Age" of post-war capitalism, full employment and mass consumption, came to an end.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-29). "It's Not Socialism": China is a Capitalist Cheap Labour Economy, Based on Exceedingly Low Wages. globalresearch.ca

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-28). President Díaz-Canel denies zero fuel situation in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel confirmed on Thursday that Cuba has not and will not reach a situation of total fuel shortage, despite the tightening of the United States blockade. On his account on the social network X, he wrote, "The reinforced blockade seeks that, but socialism is planning, participation and the people in power. All problems will have a response."

sputnikglobe (2023-09-28). Pashinyan 'Betrayed' Karabakh Armenians Following West's Empty 'Political Declarations'. sputnikglobe.com The long, blood-soaked dispute between ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis over the remote, mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh came to a crashing conclusion Thursday as the self-proclaimed republic announced plans to disband. Sputnik turned to one of Russia's top Caucasus affairs experts to find out how Karabakh's autonomy could have been saved.

Editor (2023-09-29). Poverty is growing in Puerto Rico, under U.S. colonialism. mronline.org Poverty is rising in one of the world's oldest colonies: In Puerto Rico, 41.7% of people, including 57.6% of children, live in poverty. This is nearly four times the U.S. rate. And Puerto Rican workers are getting poorer even while unemployment falls.

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-09-28). Poverty Is Growing In Puerto Rico Under US Colonialism. popularresistance.org Poverty in Puerto Rico, under US colonialism, is getting worse over time, not better. | More than two-fifths of Puerto Ricans suffer from poverty, and nearly three-fifths of Puerto Rican children live in poor households. | In 2022, the poverty rate in the colonized US "territory" grew from 40.5% to 41.7%, according to US Census Bureau data. | A staggering 57.6% of Puerto Rican children live in poverty. And 38.8% of families are below the poverty line. | Poverty has been growing in Puerto Rico even at a time when more people are working. The unemployment rate fell from 13.1% to 9.9% in 2022, while poverty got wors…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-29). Russia Destroys 11 Ukrainian Drones Above Kaluga, Kursk Regions. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian air defenses destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones at night: one of them over the Kaluga Region and 10 over the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-28). Russia develops AI for simultaneous control of drones. plenglish.com Moscow, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) Russian researchers created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) capable of controlling up to 500,000 drones at the same time, the non-profit organization National Technology Initiative Platform reported.

TASS (2023-09-28). Russian electronic warfare systems force two drones to land outside Kursk. tass.com No damage or casualties have been reported, according to the governor…

Howard Altman (2023-09-28). Russia's Shahed-136 Drones Now Feature Tungsten Shrapnel. thedrive.com Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images | Russia is stepping up its attacks with Overnight Thursday, Russia attacked with 44 Shaheds drones, all but 10 of which were destroyed in the air, the Ukrainian Air Force claimed on its Telegram channel. | The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down 34 of 44 Shahed drones launched Thursday. (Ukrainian Air Force Telegram)…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-29). Killing by algorithm: Australia lacks adequate ethical restraints. greenleft.org.au

infobrics (2023-09-29). How Soviet-era doctrine and weapons trump American warfighting. infobrics.org Ukrainians are better soldiers than Americans, says US combat veteran.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-09-29). Kiev Producing Weapons Abroad. globalresearch.ca

Andrea Mazzarino (2023-09-28). We Must Contemplate the Unimaginable Costs of a Nuclear War to Prevent It. truthout.org Despite Russian hints about the use of nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, consider it strange — amid other world-endangering possibilities — how little attention nuclear destruction gets anymore. And that's despite the fact that there are now nine (yes, nine!) nuclear powers on this planet, ranging from the United States, Russia, and China to Israel and North Korea. Still, at some point in… |

Andy Kroll (2023-09-28). At the Brink? tomdispatch.com Despite Russian hints about the use of nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, consider it strange — amid other world-endangering possibilities — how little attention nuclear destruction gets anymore. And that's despite the fact that there are now nine (yes, nine!) nuclear powers on this planet, ranging from the United States, Russia, and China to Israel and North Korea. Still, at some point in your life, you've probably heard about the theory of "nuclear deterrence" embraced by so many in our military and those of other major powers globally. The idea is that nuclear weapons actually keep us all "safe…

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-28). Zelensky Discusses Joint Weapons Production With Western Officials. news.antiwar.com French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday and discussed joint weapons production a day before Ukraine will host a forum of international arms contractors. "I discussed with your ministers very specifically how French industry can help you. We, of course, will continue this work," Lecornu said in a …

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-28). Killing by algorithm: Australia lacks adequate ethical restraints. greenleft.org.au

infobrics (2023-09-28). Kiev producing weapons abroad. infobrics.org Kiev regime was forced to relocate defense industry facilities due to Moscow's intense high precision strikes, according to Ukrainian officials.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-28). North Korea Unanimously Amends Constitution on 'Accelerated Development' on Nuclear Weapons. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – North Korea develops nuclear weapons to guarantee the country's rights to existence and development, deter war and protect peace and stability in the region, North Korean state-run news agency reported Thursday, citing Choe Ryong Hae, the chairman of the Standing Committee of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-28). Rosatom Involved in Creation of Advanced Arms Capable of Maintaining World Balance – Putin. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is engaged in the creation of advanced weapons that are capable of maintaining a strategic balance in the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

Staff (2023-09-28). Why Is Washington Arming the Palestinian Authority with Israeli Approval? orinocotribune.com By al-Carmel News — Sep 18, 2023 | Why did the Israeli government agree to supply the Palestinian Authority with weapons and armored vehicles? | Hussein al-Sheikh, the secretary-general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the official responsible for security coordination with the Israeli occupation, confirmed that the Palestinian Authority (PA), like the Israeli army, is unable to confront the "diffuse resistance cells" in Jenin, Nablus, and Tulkarm. This prompted the US side to "recognize the needs of the Authority for use [of weaponry] in incursions and clashes."

TASS (2023-09-28). Russia warns against speculating on use of nuclear weapons — diplomat. tass.com "These are very dangerous games. We are able to deal with existing challenges with the means that we have at our disposal. Our defense industry is growing," Konstantin Gavrilov noted…

TASS (2023-09-28). West seeking ceasefire to flood Ukraine with weapons, says Lavrov. tass.com When asked if there were any signs that talks on Ukraine could be launched in the fall, he answered in the negative…

TASS (2023-09-28). North Korean parliament amends constitution to accelerate development of nuclear forces. tass.com According to the draft amendments and additions, as a responsible nuclear state, North Korea seeks to accelerate the development of nuclear weapons to guarantee the country's right to existence and development…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-28). Russian Aerospace Force Receives New Su-57 Multirole Fighter Jets. sputnikglobe.com In August, during a meeting with Rostec chief executive Sergei Chemezov, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for an increase in the share of production of the latest weapons, noting that the Su-57 and Su-35 fighters had "proved themselves perfectly".

Andrea Mazzarino (2023-09-28). Contemplating the Unimaginable Costs of a Nuclear War. counterpunch.org Despite Russian hints about the use of nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, consider it strange — amid other world-endangering possibilities — how little attention nuclear destruction gets anymore. And that's despite the fact that there are now nine (yes, nine!) nuclear powers on this planet, ranging from the United States, Russia, and China

Michail Kokkorakis, Pytrik Folkertsma, Sipko van Dam, Nicole Sirotin, Shahrad Taheri, Odette Chagoury, Youssef Idaghdour, Robert H. Henning, José Castela Forte, Christos S. Mantzoros, Dylan H. de Vries, Bruce H.R. Wolffenbuttel (2023-09-25). Articles] Effective questionnaire-based prediction models for type 2 diabetes across several ethnicities: a model development and validation study. thelancet.com Our findings suggest that easy-to-implement, questionnaire-based models could be used to predict prevalent and incident type 2 diabetes with high accuracy across several ethnicities, providing a highly scalable solution for population-wide risk stratification. Future work should determine the effectiveness of these models in identifying undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, validated in cohorts of different populations and ethnic representation.

Richard D. Wolff (2023-09-25). Artificial intelligence: profit versus freedom. nationofchange.org As with previous technological breakthroughs, AI places on society's agenda both new issues and old contentious ones.

Richard D. Wolff (2023-09-25). AI: Profit vs. Freedom. counterpunch.org

Editor (2023-09-25). Sep 25, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ For What It's Worth — Buffalo Springfield Bill Kristol's Refreshingly Honest Ukraine War Ad, by Caitlin Johnstone West Crumbles While Eurasia Rises, by Matthew Ehret (Video) Lavrov's UNGA Speech — Amazing what can be said in 15 minutes, by Karl Sanchez 'Silent Coup': How capitalism defeated decolonization, by Chris Hedges (Video, Transcript) What is wrong with the Western political class? by Gaius Baltar Western powers are falling behind in technology, held back by systemic rot, by Alex Krainer Ukraine Counteroffensive: 'I'm Ready to Die … 90% of the Guys Here Will Die Too,' by A…

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2023-09-24). 'Silent Coup': How Capitalism Defeated Decolonization. popularresistance.org The 20th Century saw a great global uprising against European imperialism as the former colonial countries shook off their shackles and rose up for independence. More than a half century later, global inequality is sharper than ever before. To understand the current predicament of the vast majority of the world's people, we must understand the intervening decades. Matt Kennard and Claire Provost's book, Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy, looks inside the international architecture of global corporate governance that exists to flout and crush any attempts by the former colonial world to enact devel…

scorinoco (2023-09-24). It's Cuba or Daniel Blake. orinocotribune.com By Ana Hurtado — Sep 20, 2023 | The world is in turmoil. As the Western powers and their economic policies continue to tear apart the world, the countries of the South have united to demand justice. | This is a long story, one that continues and has been there on a planet where human beings have gone straight into an invisible plane. Since the emergence of capitalism, we have witnessed the progressive destruction of people, their cultures, communities, their environment and their freedoms by oppressive forces that increasingly abuse all people. | Is this what we human beings are destined for? | In 2016, the…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-24). Kim Jong Un thanks China for supporting DPRK. plenglish.com Pyongyang, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the Labor Party and president of State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, acknowledged China's support for his country's struggles in defense of socialism.

infobrics (2023-09-25). How could Russia respond when Kiev gets ATACMS missiles and armed drones?>. infobrics.org Having the Neo-Nazi junta do all the heavy lifting and dying for "a NATO mission" while the belligerent alliance collects battlefield data is perfect for the political West, but only as long as they can maintain plausible deniability of involvement. However, as Moscow is losing patience for this sort of insolence, the conflict that is still largely limited to Ukraine could inevitably escalate, as Russia can decide to legally redefine what constitutes direct involvement.

Alexander Rubenstein, Anya Parampil, The Grayzone. (2023-09-25). Trial Of Honduran Ex-President Reveals Washington's Protection Of 'Narco-State'. popularresistance.org "Juan Orlando effectively operated Honduras as a narco-state, acquiring political power through narcotics-fueled bribes and maintaining it by allowing the free flow of drugs through Honduras," US government prosecutors alleged in a May 1 motion filed in the Southern District of New York. | Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment targeting Hernández on April 21, 2022, the same day that Honduras extradited him to the US. He currently faces three drug and weapons smuggling charges in the Southern District of New York, including one count of conspiracy to import cocaine to the United States. His trial begins this…

Drago Bosnic (2023-09-25). US Bioweapons in Nigeria Endanger Africa and the Whole World. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-09-25). Ukrainian-Polish relations deteriorating with Warsaw no longer sending weapons. infobrics.org Polish role as a strategic Ukrainian partner can no longer be taken for granted, as anti-Ukrainian feelings are on the rise in Poland.

Richard C. Cook, Scheer Post. (2023-09-25). Is World War III About to Start? Part I: Drift Toward War. popularresistance.org Is likely that billions of people around the world view the conflict in Ukraine as a proxy war being waged by the U.S. against Russia. US President Joe Biden has pledged to aid Ukraine's pursuit of victory "for as long as it takes," without defining what the end state might be. Russian President Vladimir Putin has interpreted U.S. intentions to mean a fight "to the last Ukrainian." | Anyone with a discernible pulse is aware of the danger that the conflict could escalate into a conflagration large and destructive enough to morph into World War III. The threshold would likely be crossed once nuclear weapons were un…

Connor Freeman (2023-09-24). Kyiv Launches More Attacks on Sevastopol in Crimea. news.antiwar.com Kyiv launched cruise missile attacks on the Crimean Peninsula with weapons provided by NATO on Friday. This was followed by another missile strike on Sevastopol, where Russia's Black Sea fleet is based, on Saturday morning. Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's intelligence chief, told Voice of America — the US state-funded media outlet — that at least nine …

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-24). US in Talks With Vietnam on Major Weapons Deal. news.antiwar.com The US and Vietnam are in talks on a major arms deal in what would be the largest-ever weapons transfer between the two nations, Reuters reported on Friday. The report said the deal could include Vietnam buying a fleet of US-made F-16 fighter jets, but sources told Reuters the talks were still in the early …

JANET (2023-09-24). NYC Rally and March to End the U.S./NATO Proxy War in Ukraine! iacenter.org Sunday, October 1st, 2: 00pm Rally begins at W 58th St & 8th Avenue (CNN Studios) March to W 41st St. & 8th Ave. (NY Times Building) New York City, [Sept 24] — A majority of people in the U.S. oppose additional U.S. funding for the war in Ukraine, according to a CNN poll. In a united effort to call for peace and an end to the U.S./NATO proxy war in Ukraine, an emerging coalition of organizations is organizing a strong rally and march in the heart of New York City. This action aims to raise awareness about the U.S./NATO's role in provoking the war against Russia in Ukraine, demand an end to U.S. weapons and fu…