(2023-04-02). US Threatened to Invade International Criminal Court. Now it Loves ICC for Targeting Putin. orinocotribune.com
(2023-04-02). China's RMB becomes Brazil's second-largest international reserve currency. ecns.cn The Central Bank of Brazil announced on Friday that the Chinese currency renminbi (RMB), or the yuan, has surpassed the euro to become the country's second-largest international reserve currency.
(2023-04-01). UN lies about US military occupation of Syria, reporter calls out Ukraine hypocrisy. geopoliticaleconomy.com US troops have illegally occupied Syria's oil-rich territory for years, but a top United Nations official, Farhan Haq, falsely claimed "there's no US armed forces inside of Syria". Chinese reporter Edward Xu called out the UN's hypocrisy on Ukraine.
(2023-04-01). US invites authoritarian far-right regimes to 'Summit for Democracy'. geopoliticaleconomy.com The Joe Biden administration invited numerous authoritarian far-right leaders to the US State Department's so-called "Summit for Democracy", including Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, Poland's Andrzej Duda, India's Narendra Modi, Italy's Giorgia Meloni, and Pakistan's coup regime.
(2023-04-01). High-profile Boao forum sends message of robust growth. ecns.cn In an ever-changing world full of uncertainties, people are in dire need of strong certainty to drive toward a better future.
(2023-04-01). Mexico's AMLO Calls Out US 'Oligarchy' At Biden's 'Democracy' Summit. popularresistance.org AMLO strongly implied that the United States is an oligarchy, not a real democracy. He argued that the government needs to challenge the power of the economic elites if it truly wants to be democratic. | López Obrador opened his speech warning, "Many of the great crimes against humanity have been committed in the name of God or in the name of democracy". | "In some countries, the oligarchy reigns with the faàßade of democracy", he said, not so subtly referencing his northern neighbor. | "How can we talk about democracy if there is no separation of economic power and political power?" AMLO asked. | He added…
(2023-04-02). Mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Fires Up Environmentalist Wrath. indybay.org While the mountains in general, and Mont Blanc in particular, are now being forced to rethink their future and their economic activities in a context of accelerated climate change, some municipalities seem to be taking these considerations rather lightly.
(2023-04-02). Senile Economics: Bubble Ontology and the Pull of Gravity. indybay.org The entire banking system is closing in on folding, which is why it so desperately needs new inflationary liquidity to keep afloat. The Great Reset is our owners' authoritarian attempt to respond to this systemic threat by taking control of the collateral (our lives) and remain in the driving seat. All the rest is perception management.
(2023-04-01). Insights | Chinese path to modernization serves as model for development of many countries. ecns.cn The Chinese path to modernization is vital to regional and global economic development. China provides momentum to global economic growth, and serves as a model for the development of many countries, especially those in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
(2023-04-01). Hunger in Haiti made in the U.S. workers.org The United States under enslaver president Thomas Jefferson imposed a blockade of Haiti in 1806, which lasted until 1862. This was the first of a multitude of sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Haiti, which have hindered, distorted and delayed its economic development. Haiti's historic lack of economic independence and . . . |
(2023-04-01). 15 Million People May Lose Health Coverage as Medicaid "Purge" Begins. truthout.org Beginning on Saturday, states across the U.S. will start the process of stripping Medicaid coverage from millions of people as pandemic-related protections lapse, part of a broader unraveling of the safety net that was built to help families withstand the public health crisis and resulting economic turmoil. Medicaid's continuous coverage requirements were enacted early in the COVID-19 pandemic to… |
(2023-04-01). [Correspondence] No climate change justice in lieu of global authorship equity. thelancet.com The 2022 Countdown on health and climate change1 highlighted the impacts of climate change due to human-made disasters on the overall physical and socioeconomic fabric of human life. This Countdown aims to highlight the global experiences but fails to translate the global point of view in terms of the report's authorship.
(2023-04-01). Biden's Proposed Budget Is Nothing But Empty Promises. popularresistance.org On March 9, Joe Biden announced his budget plan for fiscal year 2024. Not much of it is likely to pass, since there's a slim majority by Republicans in the House, and much of it is in preparation for the 2024 election. He proposed many social programs and tax increases on the wealthy, many things which he didn't even fight for when Democrats controlled both the House and Senate. Biden likely made these proposals because he knows they won't pass, but he can still say he's at least trying. He touts the paltry things he was able to pass and continues to promote his rose-colored outlook and some elements of economic…
(2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Geography education to help understand discrimination in climate change and health. thelancet.com Thilagawathi A Deivanayagam and colleagues1 have highlighted that the effects of climate change are not equally distributed around the world, creating discrimination related to climate change and health. The authors mentioned briefly that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognises education as one way to address this issue.2 However, the problem is so large and multidimensional that it should be answered with cross-disciplinary solutions. The effects of climate change vary across countries and regions due to differences in geography, history, and economic development.
(2023-04-01). The Fight Against Corruption, the Banner of Chavismo. orinocotribune.com By Jesús Faría — Mar 31, 2023 | The Bolivarian Revolution was born in a historical confrontation against multiple forces and phenomena that plunged the country at the end of the 20th century in one of the greatest crises in the nation's history. It was an economic, social and political crisis, as well as a moral crisis of enormous proportions. Let us remember that the military rebellion of February 4, 1992 condemned the disgusting moral decomposition of the political and economic elites. Punto Fijismo [two-party system in Venezuela before the Bolivarian Revolution] was crumbling in the swamp of corruption, w…
(2023-04-01). China's Historical Destiny Is To Stand With The Third World. popularresistance.org On 20 March 2023, China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin spent over four hours in private conversation. According to official statements after the meeting, the two leaders talked about the increasing economic and strategic partnership between China and Russia — including building the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline — and the Chinese peace initiative for the war in Ukraine. Putin said that 'many of the provisions of the peace plan put forward by China are consonant with Russian approaches and can be taken as the basis for a peaceful settlement when the West and Kiev are ready fo…
(2023-04-01). Housing Crisis Pushes Once-Thriving Co-op Movement Back Into Spotlight. popularresistance.org When Eric Tuck lost two jobs at separate times in the 1980s, the Greenhill housing co-operative where he lived provided emergency assistance to him and his family. | First, Tuck was laid off from National Steel in Hamilton, Ont. Two years later, he was laid off again from Firestone Tire Factory, only six months after he'd taken the job. | Tuck was the sole breadwinner back then, raising two young children with his partner. Thrown out of work, he was forced to go on unemployment insurance, which was not enough to supplement his lost wages. But his co-op came through—both times—with a subsidy to reduce…
(2023-04-01). [Correspondence] No climate change justice in lieu of global authorship equity — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Climate change is the biggest threat to individual and public health of this century.1 But although no country is immune, people living in low-income settings (which historically contributed the least to the climate crisis) are disproportionately affected.2 Through its annual reports, the Lancet Countdown has exposed the low prioritisation of climate change and health in countries' political agendas and how the failure of high-income countries to deliver a robust response and international climate finance has so far undermined timely action.
(2023-04-01). Biden's Proposed Budget Is Nothing But Empty Promises. popularresistance.org On March 9, Joe Biden announced his budget plan for fiscal year 2024. Not much of it is likely to pass, since there's a slim majority by Republicans in the House, and much of it is in preparation for the 2024 election. He proposed many social programs and tax increases on the wealthy, many things which he didn't even fight for when Democrats controlled both the House and Senate. Biden likely made these proposals because he knows they won't pass, but he can still say he's at least trying. He touts the paltry things he was able to pass and continues to promote his rose-colored outlook and some elements of economic…
(2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Geography education to help understand discrimination in climate change and health. thelancet.com Thilagawathi A Deivanayagam and colleagues1 have highlighted that the effects of climate change are not equally distributed around the world, creating discrimination related to climate change and health. The authors mentioned briefly that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognises education as one way to address this issue.2 However, the problem is so large and multidimensional that it should be answered with cross-disciplinary solutions. The effects of climate change vary across countries and regions due to differences in geography, history, and economic development.
(2023-04-01). The Fight Against Corruption, the Banner of Chavismo. orinocotribune.com By Jesús Faría — Mar 31, 2023 | The Bolivarian Revolution was born in a historical confrontation against multiple forces and phenomena that plunged the country at the end of the 20th century in one of the greatest crises in the nation's history. It was an economic, social and political crisis, as well as a moral crisis of enormous proportions. Let us remember that the military rebellion of February 4, 1992 condemned the disgusting moral decomposition of the political and economic elites. Punto Fijismo [two-party system in Venezuela before the Bolivarian Revolution] was crumbling in the swamp of corruption, w…
(2023-04-01). China's Historical Destiny Is To Stand With The Third World. popularresistance.org On 20 March 2023, China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin spent over four hours in private conversation. According to official statements after the meeting, the two leaders talked about the increasing economic and strategic partnership between China and Russia — including building the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline — and the Chinese peace initiative for the war in Ukraine. Putin said that 'many of the provisions of the peace plan put forward by China are consonant with Russian approaches and can be taken as the basis for a peaceful settlement when the West and Kiev are ready fo…
(2023-04-01). Housing Crisis Pushes Once-Thriving Co-op Movement Back Into Spotlight. popularresistance.org When Eric Tuck lost two jobs at separate times in the 1980s, the Greenhill housing co-operative where he lived provided emergency assistance to him and his family. | First, Tuck was laid off from National Steel in Hamilton, Ont. Two years later, he was laid off again from Firestone Tire Factory, only six months after he'd taken the job. | Tuck was the sole breadwinner back then, raising two young children with his partner. Thrown out of work, he was forced to go on unemployment insurance, which was not enough to supplement his lost wages. But his co-op came through—both times—with a subsidy to reduce…
(2023-04-01). [Correspondence] No climate change justice in lieu of global authorship equity — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Climate change is the biggest threat to individual and public health of this century.1 But although no country is immune, people living in low-income settings (which historically contributed the least to the climate crisis) are disproportionately affected.2 Through its annual reports, the Lancet Countdown has exposed the low prioritisation of climate change and health in countries' political agendas and how the failure of high-income countries to deliver a robust response and international climate finance has so far undermined timely action.
(2023-04-02). Pajaro Farmworkers, Class, Climate & Justice With Pamela Sexton & Elon Ortez. indybay.org Thousands of farmworkers and their families are fighting for survival after a flood and dangerous health and safety conditions.
(2023-04-02). $41 million federal grant to help Mayo Clinic, collaborators advance multiethnic Alzheimer's research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Alzheimer's disease affects people of all ethnic groups. Armed with $41 million in new federal funding, Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from 13 other institutions around the country are pursuing three multiethnic projects to identify targets for treatment. Alzheimer's disease robs victims of their memories and families of quality time with their loved ones. Deaths from Alzheimer's more than doubled from 2000 to 2019, and the number of people living with the…
(2023-04-02). Dan alta hospitalaria al papa Francisco tras infección respiratoria. telesurtv.net Francisco al ser dado de alta del Hospital Universitario A. Gemelli saludó al Director General del Policlínico, Marco Elefanti, y al personal médico y de apoyo que le colaboró en estos días.
(2023-04-02). India y Cuba exploran oportunidades de colaboración en la transformación digital y el desarrollo de las tecnologías 5G y 6G. cubadebate.cu Representantes de India y Cuba evaluaron la cooperación en la capacitación y entrenamiento para el despliegue de infraestructura en zonas rurales, así como proyectos de ciencia e innovación para desarrollar las tecnologías 5G y 6G. Dichos temas serán incluidos en el acuerdo de colaboración que ambos países proyectan suscribir, aseveró la viceministra Grisel Reyes a Prensa Latina.
(2023-04-01). From county farm to statewide fame, Nellie Stone Johnson's journey. cpusa.org As we round out Women's History Month, we honor Nellie Allen Stone Johnson, radical farmer, African American union leader, NAACP and Urban League civil rights activist, Farm-Labor organizer, and Young Communist League member, who left an inexhaustible and distinguished legacy of struggle. Born Nellie Allen in 1905 to a rural Minnesota family of radical …
(2023-04-01). Mask Study: "Makes little or no Difference" in COVID-19 Transmission" globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-01). What If We Owned The Tracks? popularresistance.org When it comes to energy efficient transportation in America, no transportation option is better than the railroads. They have been the freight transportation backbone of America for nearly 200 years, which is why all the recent news about train derailments and union strikes deserves our attention. While more profitable then they have ever been for investors, the railroads are moving less freight and employing fewer workers now then they did in 2006. After underinvesting in their labor force, rolling stock, and tracks for decades, are America's railroads entering a state of decline, and if so, should we start disc…
(2023-04-01). What Unionized Starbucks Workers Think Of Howard Schultz' Testimony. popularresistance.org The latest round in the fight between Starbucks and its nascent barista network‚Äâ—‚ÄâStarbucks Workers United (SBWU)‚Äâ—‚Äâcame to a head on Wednesday with the appearance of former CEO and current board member Howard Schultz at the Senate Committee on Housing, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). | "It was honestly hard not to laugh out loud at some of the [bald-faced] lies he told," said James Greene, a fired Starbucks shift supervisor in the Pittsburgh area. | "He denied breaking the law repeatedly as senators were listing off mu…
(2023-04-01). Starbucks' Howard Schultz testifies on "scorched earth union busting" before Senate. liberationnews.org Howard Schultz, board member and former CEO of Starbucks, testified Wednesday the 29th before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee on what Starbucks workers describe as the company's "scorched earth" union busting campaign. Schultz finally agreed to testify one day before a scheduled subpoena vote against him.
(2023-04-01). Innovadores de La Habana impulsaron casi 800 iniciativas en 2022. cubadebate.cu Los innovadores de la capital de Cuba impulsaron durante 2022 casi 800 iniciativas con un impacto económico de más de 181,3 millones de pesos (unos 7,5 millones de dólares), se conoció hoy en una reunión del sector. Resulta importante seguir consolidando el papel de las universidades y fortalecer sus relaciones con las entidades laborales.
(2023-04-01). Sebastián Piñera será citado a declarar por la causa de crímenes de lesa humanidad. cubadebate.cu La fiscal de Alta Complejidad Centro Norte, Ximena Chong, ha citado a declarar al exmandatario chileno Sebastián Piñera en calidad de imputado en la investigación de las violaciones de los derechos humanos durante el estallido social de 2019. Piñera "ha colaborado permanentemente con la investigación" y "ya prestó declaración en esta causa".
(2023-04-01). Aerolínea británica cancela más de 60 vuelos por huelga de personal. telesurtv.net El sindicato Unite decidió llevar a cabo un paro laboral que durará desde este viernes hasta el próximo 9 de abril.
(2023-04-01). Preview release of ChatGPT shows potential of artificial intelligence. wsws.org ChatGPT, released as a free prototype by the research laboratory OpenAI last November, is a powerful artificial intelligence technology with socially transformative potential that is being used under capitalism to eliminate jobs, increase exploitation and automate warfare.
(2023-04-01). Australian Labor government refuses to defend Assange as it backs US plans for war against China. wsws.org Foreign Minister Penny Wong contemptuously rejected calls to intervene in defence of Assange, the Australian citizen and journalist persecuted for exposing the war crimes of the US and its allies.
(2023-04-01). Comicomment: U.S. summit makes a mockery of democracy. ecns.cn The United States, with its tattered version of "American-style democracy," hosted the second so-called "Summit for Democracy" this week. However, the country is plagued by chronic issues such as money in politics, racial discrimination, gun and police violence, and wealth polarization. Human rights legislation and justice have suffered an extreme regression, further undermining the basic rights and freedoms of the American people.
(2023-04-01). April 4 Runoff May Determine Whether Chicago Remains Playground for the Wealthy. truthout.org Tensions are high in Chicago, where early voting is underway in a hotly contested mayoral runoff. Incumbent Lori Lightfoot was roundly rejected by voters in the first round of voting on February 28, leaving Brandon Johnson, a progressive school teacher and Chicago Teachers Union organizer, to square off with neoliberal favorite Paul Vallas, who was CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) from 1995 to… |
(2023-04-01). [Editorial] Nigeria: health as a political prerequisite. thelancet.com 1 year ago, we published The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation, which carefully laid out how investing in health would enable Nigeria to fulfil its immense potential and power—in the region, the continent, and on the world stage. The report was led by Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (UCL, London) and written by Nigerians, for Nigerians. The Commission called for health to be placed at the centre of a new social contract, to energise engagement in society, to generate wealth, and ultimately to help inspire a new generation of Nigerians, as the country becomes one of the m…
(2023-04-01). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.
(2023-04-02). EU wants member states to extend reduced gas consumption target. strategic-culture.org The European Commission intends to propose to EU Member States to renew their successful gas reduction target, adopted last year in the face of the shock of the war in Ukraine, for the coming winter. | By The Brussels Times with Belga | In an effort to cushion the fall in Russian supplies and reduce their dependence on imported hydrocarbons, the EU-27 agreed last July to reduce their gas demand over the period August 2022-March 2023 by 15% compared to the average over the past five years. | This "voluntary" target has been largely surpassed, thanks to mild weather and high tariffs that have prompted households an…
(2023-04-02). Former PDVSA Executives Aryenis Torrealba and Alfredo Chirinos Declared Not Guilty of All Charges, Granted Full Freedom. orinocotribune.com Two former executives of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Aryenis Torrealba and Alfredo Chirinos, have been declared not guilty of all charges against them and the house arrest order against them has been lifted. | In February 2021, the two PDVSA executives were sentenced to five years in prison, for the crime of "disclosure, reservation or supply of information," after they had reported about financial crimes in PDVSA that were very similar to those unveiled recently, although those complaints involved some other top executives. The Venezuelan judiciary finally granted Torrealba and Chirinos full freedom, somethi…
(2023-04-01). The Rockefeller Way: The Family's Covert 'Climate Change' Plan. globalresearch.ca First published in December 2016, this article is of relevance to an understanding of the ongoing debate on Climate Change as well the Green New Deal, largely controlled by the financial establishment. The Rockefellers also play a key role in …
(2023-04-01). Popular Expectations About BRICS' New Currency Project Should Be Tempered. thealtworld.com There's no doubt that BRICS' planned creation of a new reserve currency will accelerate de-dollarization processes and advance financial multipolarity, but that's very different from the dollar's death that many folks prematurely predicted. | Duma Deputy Chairman Alexander Babakov's remarks last week in Delhi during the
(2023-04-02). Inflation, Ukraine and China. indybay.org What impresses me is China's diplomatic engagement. And I say that also in terms of their role in restoring diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Our diplomacy, American diplomacy, seems to me reactive, unimaginative, and ineffective. | Chinese diplomacy, on the other hand, seems to me to be more imaginative and potentially more effective. (Andrew Bacevich)…
(2023-04-01). Major projects worth over 500 bln yuan start in central China. ecns.cn Central China's Hunan Province on Thursday launched 1,158 major projects with a total investment of 522.1 billion yuan (about 75.98 billion U.S. dollars), according to the provincial government.
(2023-04-01). How Billionaires Fund Scholars Who Pump U.S. Imperialism. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by The super-rich have always profited enormously from imperialism — and that means from invasions, coups, and other international regime-change operations. | Right now, they are especially pumping for WW III (to conquer Russia and China, above all), or at least for increasing the likelihood that it will happen; and here's how they do this [mdas…
(2023-04-01). Sri Lankan government deploys military and police against petroleum workers' strike. wsws.org The SEP calls on all workers to oppose the government's strike-breaking and defend the jobs, wages and democratic rights of petroleum workers.
(2023-04-01). Services union Verdi accepts arbitration to stall all-out strike in Germany's public sector. wsws.org German public sector workers are indignant over the employers' demands for cuts in real wages, but the services union Verdi has accepted arbitration in an attempt to wear down the workers' militancy and prevent a strike.
(2023-04-01). Mexico: Resistance and Repression in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. itsgoingdown.org The vultures of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism, and nation-states continue to circle over the Indigenous and campesino communities and lands of so-called southern Mexico. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is the latest feeding ground. There, a multiplicity of national and international state and private interests seek the imposition by any means necessary of the Interoceanic Corridor of…
(2023-04-02). Science Saturday: Understanding the speed of brain communication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It often was thought that the speed of information transmitted among regions of the brain stabilized during early adolescence. A new study in Nature Neuroscience by Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from the Netherlands found transmission speeds continue to increase into early adulthood. Because problems such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorders can emerge in late adolescence and early adulthood, a better understanding of brain development may help clinicians offer therapies to treat these disorders. "A fundamental understanding…
(2023-04-01). Politicizing trade, tech issue will eventually backfire: Chinese FM. ecns.cn To politicize, instrumentalize and weaponize trade and tech issues and destabilize the global industrial and supply chains will benefit no one and will eventually backfire, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday.
(2023-04-01). The Simple Reason Why the US Wants 'Full Spectrum Dominance' of the Earth. libya360.wordpress.com Roger McKenzie US troops on patrol in Iraq in 2006 (Photo: US Department of Defense) The United States demands that the world bow down to its leadership. A failure to do so is met with the full force of the international military-industrial complex controlled by the US The guardians of capital are highly organized and…
(2023-04-01). SNB 62: Industriales, Villa Clara y Mayabeque lideran. cubadebate.cu Los cómodos triunfos de Industriales y Mayabeque, unidos al fracaso de Villa Clara, propiciaron hoy un triple empate en la cima de la 62 Serie Nacional de Beisbol, todos con cota de 3-1 al cumplirse la cuarta fecha competitiva.
(2023-04-01). U.S. to deliver 800 Hellfire missiles to Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 1, 2023 US Congress OKs sale of Hellfire missiles to Poland: defence minister The US Congress has cleared the sale of 800 Hellfire missiles to Poland, the Polish defence minister has announced, amid Russia's more than 13-month-long war in neighbouring Ukraine. "The US Congress has approved the purchase by Poland of 800 Hellfire …
(2023-04-01). No, Trump's Arrest won't be Unprecedented for an Executive Officer: Former Vice President Aaron Burr was Arrested and Tried. juancole.com Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The United States does not have much of a history of holding its high office-holders to account. No former president or vice president has been convicted of crimes committed while in office. It is not true, however, as some commentators are now implying, that it is unprecedented for a …
(2023-04-01). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-02). Xi stresses advancing study, implementation of Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday stressed further advancing the study and implementation of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
(2023-04-02). Senior Chinese diplomat meets president of National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. ecns.cn Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in Beijing on Friday.
(2023-04-01). A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century. strategic-culture.org BY Jacob SIEGEL | PROLOGUE: THE INFORMATION WAR | In 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy claimed that he had proof of a communist spy ring operating inside the government. Overnight, the explosive accusations blew up in the national press, but the details kept changing. Initially, McCarthy said he had a list with the names of 205 communists in the State Department; the next day he revised it to 57. Since he kept the list a secret, the inconsistencies were beside the point. The point was the power of the accusation, which made McCarthy's name synonymous with the politics of the era. | For more than half a century, McCarthy…
(2023-04-01). Israeli persecution of Palestinians taken to a new level in January. thecommunists.org In January 2023 alone, 35 Palestinian people were murdered by either the so-called Israeli 'Defence Force' (IDF) or by the even more bloodthirsty (if that is possible) zionist settler movement, a horrific fact that was marked mostly by its near total absence from the TV and newspaper reports emitting from within the multiheaded imperialist western …