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2023-06-02: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-02). Georgi Dimitrov's "United Front: The Struggle Against Fascism and War" and its Value for Our Moment. libya360.wordpress.com Turner Roth Introduction In a period of increasing tensions, where world powers, caught in the systemic compulsions of our contemporary capitalism dominated by the United States axis, draw closer to forms of world-historical conflict, a third world war being that thing which may if it comes to pass seal the fate of the human species…

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-06-02). Democracy Under Capitalism – What is it? podcasters.spotify.com Does democracy exist? What is it? What isn't it? What are we told about it? Where do these ideas come from? Can capitalism, a system based on exploitation, profit, and oppression, truly be "liberal", "free" or "Democratic"? For more on this and maybe an answer or to, give this episode a listen!

Rainer Shea (2023-06-02). Bezos Is Planning To Replace the Present US Imperialism With a 'Decolonized' Version of Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 29, 2023 | The project by Jeff Bezos and other oligarchs to weaponize the concept of anti-colonialism towards reinforcing capitalism goes deeper than their "decolonial" NGOs. This is because whereas these NGOs are relatively easy for developing radicals to recognize as anti-revolutionary, there are other, more insidious ways that imperialism-compatible "anti-colonial" politics is getting normalized. The effort by Bezos to set up his "Earth Fund" so that he can

WSWS (2023-06-01). Strike wave grows in Portugal despite trade unions' attempt to strangle it. wsws.org Amid the deepest crisis of global capitalism since the 1930s, the PS is trying to impose austerity and the costs of a war economy on the backs of the working class.

Jim McMahan (2023-06-02). Workers World Party intersex candidate opens Seattle City Council campaign. workers.org Seattle Liv Morgan Liv Morgan, an intersex Workers World Party member, declared her candidacy for Seattle City Council, District 3, on May 25. Her campaign as an official write-in candidate is breaking new ground in the struggle of oppressed genders for representation, visibility and for socialism. Abandoned and orphaned, and . . . |

Federico Fuentes (2023-06-02). Brazil: Can Lula's plan bring peace to Ukraine? greenleft.org.au Israel Dutra, of the Brazilian Socialist Left Movement within the Socialism and Liberty Party, speaks to Federico Fuentes about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's peace proposal for the war in Ukraine.

Chloe DS (2023-06-01). Malaysia: Building solidarity in a time of climate crisis. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Chloe DS spoke to Cheong Huei Ting, Central Committee member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and Coordinator of the PSM's Environmental and Climate Crisis Bureau ahead of her participation in the Ecosocialism 2023 Conference in July in Naarm/Melbourne.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-06-01). How illegal Great Depression-era Pennsylvania coal miners fought cops, banks, and bosses to unionize. therealnews.com

teleSUR (2023-06-01). Second Tropical Depression Forms In The Atlantic. telesurenglish.net The National Hurricane Center (NHC), based in Miami, Florida, reported Thursday the formation of the second tropical depression of 2023 in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. | RELATED: | According to the most recent NHC bulletin, the tropical depression is moving at 2 mph (4 km/h) in a west-northwesterly direction with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 km/h). | The depression is 305 miles (490 kilometers) west-northwest of Ft.

WSWS (2023-06-02). Escalating assault on jobs and living standards in New Zealand. wsws.org The New Zealand Reserve Bank's agenda of deliberately engineering a recession is escalating the cost-of-living crisis and initiating an onslaught on jobs.

Dean Baker (2023-06-02). Economy Gains 339,000 Jobs in May Though Unemployment Rises to 3.7 Percent. truthout.org The establishment and household surveys told two different stories in May. The jobs numbers for the month were surprisingly high, with the survey showing a gain of 339,000 jobs. In addition, the numbers for the prior two months were revised up, so that the three-month average now stands at 283,000 jobs. At the same time, the household survey showed a drop in employment of 310,000… |

Staff (2023-06-02). Economy Adds 339,000 Jobs in May, but Unemployment Rises to 3.7 Percent. cepr.net If the goal of the Fed's interest rate policy was to weaken the labor market, they seem to have gotten their wish. With luck, we will not see further deterioration, but it is difficult to try to predict the future based on this report.

Dana Sanchez (2023-06-02). American Economy Adds 339,000 Jobs But Full-Time Employment Declines By 22,000. moguldom.com After near-record-low unemployment in April of 3.4 percent, the U.S. jobless rate rose to 3.7 percent in May, but employers are still finding it difficult to fill job openings and the U.S. economy continued cranking out jobs — just not for everyone. Public and private sector payrolls increased by 339,000 in May, the 29th straight …

Colonel Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2023-06-02). Why There Should Be A Treaty Against The Use Of Weaponized Drones. popularresistance.org Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible. Citizens have successfully pushed through the United Nations General Assembly treaties to abolish nuclear weapons and to ban the use of landmines and cluster munitions. | Of course, countries that want to continue to use these weapons will not follow the lead of the vast majority of countries in the world and sign those treaties. The United States and the other eight nuclear armed countries have refused to sign the treaty to abolish nuclear weapons.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-02). Russian defense forces shoot down several drones near Kursk. plenglish.com The senior official wrote on Telegram that the air defense forces shot down several unmanned aerial vehicles near Kursk, although he did not specify how many devices were downed. | Starovoyt did not say whether the attack had caused any casualties but urged Kursk residents to "remain calm," assuring that "the city is under the firm protection" of the Russian military troops and report suspicious objects to emergency services. | Russian provinces bordering Ukraine, such as Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, and Voronezh, regularly report shelling, drone strikes, and other attacks from across the border. | Since the beginn…

_____ (2023-06-01). Despite U.S. Denials… Kiev Regime Hasn't Gone Rogue With Strikes on Moscow — It's an Obedient Cat's Paw. strategic-culture.org Moscow's dilemma is how to show its Western aggressor that playing with fire means getting burned — without inciting a catastrophic Third World War. | If the United States and its NATO lackeys really wanted to avoid a direct war with Russia, then they know what to do: stop arming the reactionary Kiev regime and get down to serious diplomacy. | This insanely dangerous conflict could end right now. | This week saw a swarm of military drones

Brent Patterson, Peace Brigades International-Canada. (2023-06-02). Activists Block The CANSEC Weapons Show In Ottawa. popularresistance.org As more than 100 activists blocked the entrances to the parking lots of the CANSEC weapons show in Ottawa yesterday, traffic was snarled for a distance on Uplands Avenue and the Airport Parkway delaying many attendees getting inside the EY Centre. | Canada's Defence Minister Anita Anand, who was scheduled to speak at 7: 50 am, tweeted at 9: 51 am that she had "just delivered [her] remarks". There was also a tweet at 9: 17 am that suggests she was just then "officially open[ing] the event". | After Anand's speech, U.S. Ambassador David L. Cohen visited the booth of Lockheed Martin, the world's largest weapons company…

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-01). Mexican TV Spots Anti-Tank Missile Launcher That Has Been Sent to Ukraine in Hands of Cartel. news.antiwar.com Mexican TV has reported that a militant affiliated with Mexico's Gulf Cartel was spotted carrying an advanced rocket launcher, the same type that the US has shipped thousands of to Ukraine. Azucena Uresti, a news anchor for Milenio TV, identified the rocket launcher as a Raytheon-made Javelin anti-tank missile system, which the US has been …

Staff (2023-06-01). Headlines for June 1, 2023. democracynow.org House Approves Debt Ceiling Deal Slammed by Progressives as "Extortion" , 19 Killed, 100+ Injured as Shells Fall on Market Near Sudan's Capital, U.S. to Send Additional $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine, Failed North Korean Rocket Launch Triggers Evacuation Alert in Seoul, Protests Mount over Planned Release of Radioactive Water from Fukushima Plant into Pacific, Tennessee Woman Is Left Infertile After She's Denied Abortion Care, Georgia Police Arrest 3 Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters, Danny Masterson Found Guilty of Raping Women He Met Through Church of Scientology, NASA…

Walter Smolarek (2023-06-01). Four ways Democrats and Republicans just agreed to attack workers. liberationnews.org This piece of legislation contains provisions that would deepen hunger and weaken a wide range of public services, all while keeping the money flowing into the pockets of fossil fuel executives and weapons manufacturers.

Rick Rozoff (2023-06-01). Poland arms Moldova for suppression of Transnistria, Gagauzia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioJune 1, 2023 Poland donates police weapons, equipment to Moldova Poland has donated a shipment of weapons, ammunition and equipment to strengthen Moldova's police force amid Russia's attempts to destabilise the internal situation in that country, the Polish interior minister has said. Mariusz Kami≈Ñski announced the donation via social media on Thursday…. The Polish …

Anonymous669 (2023-06-01). U.S. Is Creating 'Free Army' In Raqqa To Destabilize Syria: Russia's UN Representative. southfront.org File image. | The United States is creating a "Free Syria Army" faction near the northern Syrian city of Raqqa in order to destabilize the war-torn country, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya warned on May 30. "We would like to once again point to the U.S. destructive policy. It looks like it is not enough for the U.S. to simply supply weapons to illegal armed groups they created in al-Tanf and on the Euphrates eastern bank," the senior diplomat said a…

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2023-06-01: News Headlines

Jack Rasmus, LA Progressive. (2023-06-01). Biden-McCarthy Deal: Neoliberal Fiscal Policy Continues. popularresistance.org Over the weekend, US House of Representatives speaker McCarthy and president Biden announced a tentative agreement on raising the debt ceiling. The deal—almost certain to pass Congress later this week—represents a typical Neoliberal fiscal policy deal. | Ever since neoliberal capitalism policies were introduced under president Carter in the late 1970s, and subsequently expanded dramatically under Reagan, Neoliberal fiscal policy has been characterized by accelerating Pentagon and war spending; simultaneous cutting of business-investor taxes; acceptance of consequent escalating budget deficits—an…

Chloe DS (2023-06-01). Malaysia: Building solidarity in a time of climate crisis. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Chloe DS spoke to Cheong Huei Ting, Central Committee member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and Coordinator of the PSM's Environmental and Climate Crisis Bureau ahead of her participation in the Ecosocialism 2023 Conference in July in Naarm/Melbourne.

WSWS (2023-06-01). DeSantis, Trump compete over who is the bigger fascist. wsws.org The two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are threatening, as part of a war against socialism, to destroy democratic rights embedded in the US Constitution.

WSWS (2023-06-01). Democratic New York City mayor uses Memorial Day speech to rail against socialism and communism. wsws.org Adams is increasingly channeling the red-baiting Senator Joseph McCarthy of the 1950s and the fascistic former president, Donald Trump.

Jacob Andrewartha (2023-05-31). New speakers announced for Ecosocialism 2023 conference. greenleft.org.au An exciting new range of guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2023 conference in Naarm/Melbourne July 1-2 have been announced. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

teleSUR (2023-06-01). Second Tropical Depression Forms In The Atlantic. telesurenglish.net The National Hurricane Center (NHC), based in Miami, Florida, reported Thursday the formation of the second tropical depression of 2023 in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. | RELATED: | According to the most recent NHC bulletin, the tropical depression is moving at 2 mph (4 km/h) in a west-northwesterly direction with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 km/h). | The depression is 305 miles (490 kilometers) west-northwest of Ft.


Maximillian Alvarez (2023-06-01). How illegal Great Depression-era Pennsylvania coal miners fought cops, banks, and bosses to unionize. therealnews.com

Peter Certo (2023-05-31). In OtherWords: May 31, 2023. otherwords.org This week, leaders in Congress are working to pass a so-called "compromise" between President Biden and House Republicans on the debt ceiling. | Republicans won some new "work requirements" on SNAP and clawed back some money that was supposed to help the IRS crack down on wealthy tax cheats. Democrats won… Republicans not crashing the global economy by defaulting on America's debt. It's not really the kind of thing you want to compromise on, as If the compromise passes, Biden will have fought off the mos…

teleSUR (2023-05-31). Unemployment In Brazil Stands At 8.5 Percent In February-April. telesurenglish.net The state-run Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported Wednesday, that unemployment in Brazil stood at 8.5 percent in the moving quarter between February and April this year. | RELATED: | According to the Continuous National Household Sample Survey, unemployment in the South American country increased in the reference period 0.1 percentage points compared to the November-January mobile qua…

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-31). U.S. provides Poland with 800 Hellfire missiles. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsMay 30, 2023 Poland buys 800 Hellfire missiles to arms its new attack helicopters The Polish government has signed a deal to purchase 800 Hellfire II missiles that are to be carried by a new fleet of attack helicopters, with a request to buy Boeing AH-64E Apaches still in the pipeline. The contract for …

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-01). Mexican TV Spots Anti-Tank Missile Launcher That Has Been Sent to Ukraine in Hands of Cartel. news.antiwar.com Mexican TV has reported that a militant affiliated with Mexico's Gulf Cartel was spotted carrying an advanced rocket launcher, the same type that the US has shipped thousands of to Ukraine. Azucena Uresti, a news anchor for Milenio TV, identified the rocket launcher as a Raytheon-made Javelin anti-tank missile system, which the US has been …

Rick Rozoff (2023-06-01). Poland arms Moldova for suppression of Transnistria, Gagauzia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioJune 1, 2023 Poland donates police weapons, equipment to Moldova Poland has donated a shipment of weapons, ammunition and equipment to strengthen Moldova's police force amid Russia's attempts to destabilise the internal situation in that country, the Polish interior minister has said. Mariusz Kami≈Ñski announced the donation via social media on Thursday…. The Polish …




Walter Smolarek (2023-06-01). Four ways Democrats and Republicans just agreed to attack workers. liberationnews.org This piece of legislation contains provisions that would deepen hunger and weaken a wide range of public services, all while keeping the money flowing into the pockets of fossil fuel executives and weapons manufacturers.

Staff (2023-06-01). Headlines for June 1, 2023. democracynow.org House Approves Debt Ceiling Deal Slammed by Progressives as "Extortion" , 19 Killed, 100+ Injured as Shells Fall on Market Near Sudan's Capital, U.S. to Send Additional $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine, Failed North Korean Rocket Launch Triggers Evacuation Alert in Seoul, Protests Mount over Planned Release of Radioactive Water from Fukushima Plant into Pacific, Tennessee Woman Is Left Infertile After She's Denied Abortion Care, Georgia Police Arrest 3 Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters, Danny Masterson Found Guilty of Raping Women He Met Through Church of Scientology, NASA…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-01). U.S. Is Creating 'Free Army' In Raqqa To Destabilize Syria: Russia's UN Representative. southfront.org File image. | The United States is creating a "Free Syria Army" faction near the northern Syrian city of Raqqa in order to destabilize the war-torn country, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya warned on May 30. "We would like to once again point to the U.S. destructive policy. It looks like it is not enough for the U.S. to simply supply weapons to illegal armed groups they created in al-Tanf and on the Euphrates eastern bank," the senior diplomat said a…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-01). Russia Warns U.S. Pilots Are Violating Safety Protocols Over Syria. southfront.org File image. | On May 31, the Russian military accused United States pilots of "gross violations" of protocols designed to avoid clashes over Syria. | Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, head of the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria, said that U.S. pilots were activating their weapons systems when approaching Russian planes over the east of the war-torn country. | The Russian military is present in Syria under an official request from the legitimate government to combat ISIS and other terrorist groups…

WSWS (2023-05-31). UK's BAE Systems announces plan to produce armaments in Ukraine. wsws.org BAE's plans to produce weapons in Ukraine is confirmation of the fact that Britain is in an undeclared war with Russia.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-31). US Announces $300 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration announced on Wednesday a new $300 million weapons package for Ukraine that includes Stinger anti-aircraft systems and ammunition for Patriot air defenses and the HIMARS rocket systems. The arms are being sent to Ukraine using the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows the US to ship weapons directly from Pentagon stockpiles. The funds …

Walter Smolarek (2023-06-01). Four ways Democrats and Republicans just agreed to attack workers. liberationnews.org This piece of legislation contains provisions that would deepen hunger and weaken a wide range of public services, all while keeping the money flowing into the pockets of fossil fuel executives and weapons manufacturers.

Staff (2023-06-01). Headlines for June 1, 2023. democracynow.org House Approves Debt Ceiling Deal Slammed by Progressives as "Extortion" , 19 Killed, 100+ Injured as Shells Fall on Market Near Sudan's Capital, U.S. to Send Additional $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine, Failed North Korean Rocket Launch Triggers Evacuation Alert in Seoul, Protests Mount over Planned Release of Radioactive Water from Fukushima Plant into Pacific, Tennessee Woman Is Left Infertile After She's Denied Abortion Care, Georgia Police Arrest 3 Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters, Danny Masterson Found Guilty of Raping Women He Met Through Church of Scientology, NASA…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-01). U.S. Is Creating 'Free Army' In Raqqa To Destabilize Syria: Russia's UN Representative. southfront.org File image. | The United States is creating a "Free Syria Army" faction near the northern Syrian city of Raqqa in order to destabilize the war-torn country, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya warned on May 30. "We would like to once again point to the U.S. destructive policy. It looks like it is not enough for the U.S. to simply supply weapons to illegal armed groups they created in al-Tanf and on the Euphrates eastern bank," the senior diplomat said a…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-01). Russia Warns U.S. Pilots Are Violating Safety Protocols Over Syria. southfront.org File image. | On May 31, the Russian military accused United States pilots of "gross violations" of protocols designed to avoid clashes over Syria. | Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, head of the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria, said that U.S. pilots were activating their weapons systems when approaching Russian planes over the east of the war-torn country. | The Russian military is present in Syria under an official request from the legitimate government to combat ISIS and other terrorist groups…

WSWS (2023-05-31). UK's BAE Systems announces plan to produce armaments in Ukraine. wsws.org BAE's plans to produce weapons in Ukraine is confirmation of the fact that Britain is in an undeclared war with Russia.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-31). US Announces $300 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration announced on Wednesday a new $300 million weapons package for Ukraine that includes Stinger anti-aircraft systems and ammunition for Patriot air defenses and the HIMARS rocket systems. The arms are being sent to Ukraine using the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows the US to ship weapons directly from Pentagon stockpiles. The funds …

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