(2024-05-01). Students push for divestment from military-industrial complex. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-05-01). University Of Utah Joins Gaza Solidarity Encampment Wave. popularresistance.org Salt Lake City, UT — Students at the University of Utah joined the wave of campus protests demanding that their school, which has close ties with weapons manufacturers, divest from Israel and condemn the genocide in Gaza. | Under the gaze of a multi-agency police response, over 300 protesters and students joined by faculty rallied at the admin building, marched to Presidents' Circle and started an occupation by setting up tents. | "Netanyahu, you cant hide, we charge you with genocide!" chanted the anti-genocide students. The students declared the university renamed as the People's University.
(2024-05-01). World Court rejects ban on German weapons exports to Israel. electronicintifada.net Judges decline Berlin's request to dismiss complaint made by Nicaragua.
(2024-05-01). University Investments: Divesting from the Military-Industrial Complex. dissidentvoice.org The rage and protest against Israel's campaign in Gaza, ongoing since the October 7 attacks by Hamas, has stirred student activity across a number of US university campuses and beyond. Echoes of the Vietnam anti-war protests are being cited. The docile consumers of education are being prodded and found interested. University administrators and managers are, …
(2024-05-01). Masked Israel Supporters Attack UCLA's Palestine Solidarity Encampment With Weapons. unicornriot.ninja
(2024-05-01). Pro-Israel Fascists Launched Mob Assault with Weapons on UCLA Encampment — US Media Ignores Proof Saying It Don't Know Who Started it. Al Jazeera has the Fingerprints of the Israeli Fascists — IDF Backed? Green Lit by Police? fightbackbetter.com
(2024-05-01). Israeli Weapons Firms Required to Buy Cloud Services from Google and Amazon. theintercept.com 
Google and Amazon are both loath to discuss security aspects of the cloud services they provide through their joint contract with the Israeli government, known as Project Nimbus. Though both the Ministry of Defense and Israel Defense Forces are Nimbus customers, Google routinely downplays the military elements while Amazon says little at all. | According to a 63-page Israeli government procurement document, however, two of Israel's leading state-owned weapons manufacturers are required to use Amazon and Google for cloud computing needs. Though details of Google and Amazon's contractual work with the Israeli ar…
(2024-05-01). Immigrant-Led Organizing Points the Way to a Better World for All Workers. truthout.org "A world without borders is necessary if we are serious about ending the ravages of imperialism, the violent extraction of capitalism, and the oppressive racial social organization of our world," writes migrant justice activist Harsha Walia. Walia's claim points to how the carceral, exclusionary immigration system weakens labor rights not just for immigrant workers, but for all workers. |
(2024-05-01). University Investments: Divesting from the Military-Industrial Complex. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). It's May Day! Understanding How Every Worker Is Exploited by Their Boss. soundcloud.com On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff explain why and how workers actually do make all of our goods, including what capitalists claim is what they bring to the table—the production equipment, buildings, desks, work tables, machines to harvest raw materials, and more. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the …
(2024-05-01). Australia: Fight the climate change disaster, become an SEP electoral member. wsws.org What is required is the struggle for socialism, based on a turn to the working class, the social force whose fundamental interests align with reconstructing society to address the climate crisis.
(2024-05-01). Colombia's military lost millions of bullets, grenades and missiles: Petro. colombiareports.com 
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro claimed on Tuesday that arms traffickers stole huge numbers of weapons, ammunition and explosives from the security forces. In a press conference, Petro said that weapons…
(2024-05-01). They Arrested Us. I Hope It Brings An End To Nuclear Weapons. progressivehub.net THOMAS C. FOX | NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER…
(2024-05-01). Kohei Saito: Greening Marx in Japan. newleftreview.org The Japanese context of decades-long economic stagnation has helped to generate an unexpected reading of Marx as a proto-degrowth proponent. Kōhei Saitō discusses his novel synthesis of Kuruma School historical materialism, German philology and American eco-socialism.
(2024-05-01). Extractive 'green' capitalists are abusing workers and communities in Europe and Asia for transition minerals. thecanary.co Rampant extractive, exploitative capitalism is rearing its ugly head — but this time, it's over the transition to greener, cleaner energy. As the world grapples with the transition away from fossil fuels to tackle the climate crisis, nations have been on the hunt for the vital minerals needed to power this shift to renewable technologies. …
(2024-05-01). Israeli soldiers mock Gaza women by dressing in their abayas. newarab.com 
New images have emerged on social media depicting Israeli soldiers dressed in clothes stolen from dead or displaced Palestinian The images, shared on X by the pro-Israeli army account "Torah IDF" on Monday, showed a group of seven soldiers dressed in traditional garments worn by women in Gaza known as abayas. | The soldiers can be seen grinning in the images as they pose holding their weapons and wearing combat clothes under the abayas. | The Torah IDF account said that the soldiers were marking…
(2024-05-01). US, foreign attorneys call on Biden to halt arms sales to Israel: Report. presstv.ir So far more than 90 attorneys have signed on to a legal letter in that regard, including 20 from inside the White House.
(2024-05-01). Israel using thermal weapons that melt, evaporate victims' bodies: Rights group. presstv.ir A Geneva-based rights group urges an investigation into Israel's potential use of banned thermal weapons in its genocidal war campaign against Gaza which could evaporate or melt victim bodies.
(2024-05-01). Yemen says its weapons stockpile 'unimaginable' as more European warships depart Red Sea. presstv.ir A high ranking Yemeni official has warned the United States against any hostile action against the Arab country.
US finds five Israeli military units guilty of 'gross human rights violations' | Weapons transfers to the units will not be impacted by the State Department's findings, spokesperson says | | Israeli soldiers of the Ultra-Orthodox battalion Netzah Yehuda take part in their annual unit training in th…
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Capitalism's existence depends on racism. Two important reasons: 1) capitalists use racism to divide workers, and 2) capital accumulation depends on the vilification of large sections of the working class to create conditions of super-exploitation. | White supremacy denies the humanity of people of color, and it is a core value of this country's ruling class and its non-capitalist class collaborators. | The national question, the Communist Party's way of understanding and explaining the complexities of race and racism, is dynamic. Demographic fluidity, migration across and within international borders, and cha…