(2023-11-16). The Hidden Script of Capitalism. counterpunch.org Despite the hegemonic ideology of neoliberalism — featuring the hallucination of a deregulated market — in reality, capitalism still depends on the state and rafts of legal statutes regulating capitalism. Without state, there is no capitalism. For example, it is the state that issues money — the ultimate exchange object. Worse for the ideologues of
(2023-11-15). How Lenin (and International Publishers) changed my mind about Marxism. peoplesworld.org 
When I was just 18, I began to develop an interest in studying Marxism. I had been left-leaning in my political outlook for a few years before that, having a vague understanding of the inequalities of capitalism and professing a similarly vague opposition to it, but I lacked any kind of strong theoretical foundation that …
(2023-11-15). Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco; Panama on Fire; US Blockade Strangling Cuba…
(2023-11-15). Articles] An arts-literacy intervention for adolescent depression and anxiety symptoms: outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of Pre-Texts with Kenyan adolescents. thelancet.com Our findings suggest that a brief arts-literacy intervention with challenging school material in a group setting, implemented as an afterschool program, can reduce depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa. Future replication trials with larger sample sizes with extended follow-ups will help assess the strength and sustainability of these effects.
(2023-11-15). How long can America maintain a war economy? nationofchange.org The major challenge for the United States is the perennial trade-off between guns and butter.
(2023-11-16). New York Times Publishes Hit Piece on Bidenomics. cepr.net Can you imagine doing a 1300-word piece on how ordinary people are faring in the economy and never once mentioning unemployment? Apparently, the New York Times opinion page editors don't think jobs matter to people, since they ran a column by Karen Petrou (the managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics) that didn't mention unemployment once. …
(2023-11-15). Smart grids boost digitalization efforts for stable energy supply. ecns.cn State Grid Shandong Electric Power Co's Laiwu branch conducted autonomous grid inspections using drones in some of its grid networks, further expanding the scope of drone inspection operations and broadening the application scenarios for smart grids.
(2023-11-16). Latest American ICBM struggling with 'unknown unknowns', says USAF Secretary. infobrics.org The LGM-35A "Sentinel" is most likely inferior to the already existing Russian equivalents such as the RS-24 "Yars", which boasts a depressed flight path and limited maneuvering capabilities. In addition, Russian Strategic Missile Forces already possess 150-160 of these ICBMs, 90% of which are road-mobile, meaning that they have a much higher survivability than the LGM-35A "Sentinel" which will be entirely confined to silos. All this is without even considering hundreds of other strategic weapons in Moscow's unrivaled arsenal.
(2023-11-15). Russian defense industry powers through sanctions as its weapons dominate in Ukraine. infobrics.org Despite the March data published by the Swedish SIPRI which claims that the US share of global arms exports rose from 33% to 40%, while Russia's supposedly fell from 22% to 16% during the 2013-17 and 2018-22 period, respectively, the portfolio of orders of Rosoboronexport is stable and currently stands at over four trillion rubles (roughly $45-50 billion).
(2023-11-17). Pro-Palestine activists shut down BAE factory in England. presstv.ir Pro-Palestinian protesters block the entrances to the UK's BAE Systems weapons factory, calling for an end to arms sales to Israel.
(2023-11-16). Performance of Russia's Defense Industry: Buoyant Weapons Exports, Despite the Sanctions. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-15). Palestinians sue Biden to stop Gaza genocide. electronicintifada.net Suit seeks to stop transfer of weapons to Israel.
(2023-11-16). Pro-Palestine activists shut down BAE factory in England. presstv.ir Pro-Palestinian protesters block the entrances to the UK's BAE Systems weapons factory, calling for an end to arms sales to Israel.
(2023-11-15). Israel's Nuclear Weapons in the Spotlight. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-15). 'Economic asphyxiation': U.S. restricts food supplies in bid to strangle Cuban revolution. peoplesworld.org 
The civilian victims of U.S. war-making in Gaza—the U.S. government supplies the big weapons—are on full display right now, broadcast on television screens and Twitter feeds around the world. There's another group on the receiving end of U.S. imperialism whose plight is not being publicized very much at the moment, though, and that's the resistance …