Inside US Afghanistan pullout, CIA opium ratline, pipeline conflict, new cold war ~~ Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/08/21/us-afghanistan-pullout-cia-opium-pipeline/

 ~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

Off the Rails: New report by Corporate-funded think-tank reveals how profit-driven motives drive New Cold War against China ~~ Danny Haiphong

https://mronline.org/2021/06/08/off-the-rails-new-report-by-corporate-funded-think-tank-reveals-how-profit-driven-motives-drive-new-cold-war-against-china/

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

Can ordinary people run society? ~~ Paul D'Amato

https://socialistworker.org/2007-1/620/620_11_RunSociety.php

The Meaning of “Open Borders” ~~ JACOB HORNBERGER

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/25/the-meaning-of-open-borders/

Things Have Changed ~~ PAUL STREET

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/27/things-have-changed/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

We Lost the War in Afghanistan. We Need to Say So ~~ William Rivers Pitt

 https://truthout.org/articles/we-lost-the-war-in-afghanistan-we-need-to-say-so/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Journalist: Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Mask Protesters in L.A. Attacked Me & Ripped Off My Mask

 https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/20/reporter_recalls_how_anti_vaccine_anti

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

What the Sunrise Movement Can Do Better ~~ JOHNATHAN GUY SAM ZACHER

jacobinmag.com/2021/08/sunrise-movement-green-new-deal-left-politics-local-organizing?mc_cid=8a9e8d27da&mc_eid=2206b60e8c

~~ suggested by a guest contributor ~~

The Sunrise Movement deserves enormous credit for putting the Green New Deal on the national political agenda. But the organization seems to have hit a wall as of late. It may be time for Sunrise to pursue a new direction in its tactics

What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me About the American Empire. ~~ Howard Zinn

https://scheerpost.com/2021/08/16/what-the-classroom-didnt-teach-me-about-the-american-empire/

“Antiwar Sentiment in the Military Is Stronger Than Ever.” AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE PRYSNER

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/08/antiwar-military-veterans-afghanistan-iraq-biden-troops

~~ posted for dmorista and introduction written by dmorista ~~

Iraq War veteran Mike Prysner on what the military-industrial complex gained by staying in Afghanistan so long, what’s next for US empire, and why antiwar sentiment is rising among active-duty soldiers.

Operation Tradewinds: Collective Militarized White Supremacy and Black Neocolonialism in the Caribbean ~~ Gerald A. Perreira

https://blackagendareport.com/operation-tradewinds-collective-militarized-white-supremacy-and-black-neocolonialism-caribbean

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Afghanistan ~~ Margaret Kimberley

 https://www.blackagendareport.com/afghanistan-0

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

How Complacency, Complicity of Black Leadership Led to Supreme Court Evisceration of the Voting Rights Act. ~~ Bruce Dixon

 https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-complacency-complicity-of-black-misleadership-class-led-to-supreme-court-evisceration-of-the-voting-rights-act/5340655

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

No Solutions Under Capitalism: Revolution is Required ~~ PAUL STREET

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/no-solutions-under-capitalism-revolution-is-required/

~~ and podcast link 

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/06/paul-street-2/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Workers organize a historic battle with Amazon in New York City ~~

https://www.workers.org/2021/08/58438/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

A monster pandemic

https://mronline.org/2021/08/18/a-monster-pandemic/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Afghanistan And The US Imperial Project ~~ Jack Rasmus

https://jackrasmus.com/2021/08/17/afghanistan-the-american-imperial-project/

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

American Coup D'etat Parts 1 and 2 ~~ Chris Hedges and David Kucinich

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cacJawinmFU

https://www.rt.com/shows/on-contact/531779-dennis-kucinich-on-contact-part-two/

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction written by dmorista ~~

Line 3 Drew Thousands of Protesters to Minnesota This Summer. Last Week, Enbridge Declared the Pipeline Almost Finished ~~ Kristoffer Tigue

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11082021/line-3-protests-minnesota-enbridge-pipeline-2/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

US EMBASSY STAFF FLEE KABUL AS THE TALIBAN TAKES CONTROL

https://popularresistance.org/us-embassy-staff-flee-kabul-as-the-taliban-takes-control/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

The fall of the Afghan puppet regime: A historic debacle for US imperialism

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/08/16/pers-a16.html

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

After the Dust Settles: What are the Consequences of the End of American Power in Afghanistan. ~~ dmorista

~~ written by and posted for dmorista ~~

The Last 24 Hours of Developments in Afghanistan ~~ dmorista

 ~~Written by and posted for dmorista ~~

The Ongoing Collapse of Imperial Forces in Afghanistan; and How it compares to the Collapse of the “South Vietnamese” Client State Between 1973 - 1975. ~~dmorista

~~ Written by dmorista ~~

The War on Wokeness ~~ KENN ORPHAN

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/12/the-war-on-wokeness/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

United States: Activision workers walk out against sexist oppression

https://mronline.org/2021/08/10/united-states-activision-workers-walk-out-against-sexist-oppression/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Afghanistan - US Imperialism

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/08/10/pers-a10.html

and 

Podcast https://popularresistance.org/the-afghanistan-war-was-a-disaster-veteran-danny-sjursen-on-us-pullout/.   Note:  the interview with Sjursen begins at about 20 minutes into the podcast.

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

10 Ways To Recognize War Propaganda In Western Media A Handy checklist ~~Thomas Römer

https://fort-russ.com/2021/04/10-ways-to-recognize-war-propaganda-in-western-media/

~~ postef for dmorista ~~

Mexico: Indigenous communities take over water-bottling plant to use as a social centre ~~ Tamara Pearson

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/mexico-indigenous-communities-take-over-water-bottling-plant-use-social-centre

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Global Climate Panel’s Report: No Part of the Planet Will be Spared. ~~ Bob Berwyn

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09082021/global-climate-panels-report-no-part-of-the-planet-will-be-spared-ipcc-science-cop-extremes/

~ ~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

SOCIAL BANDITRY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

https://popularresistance.org/social-banditry-for-the-21st-century/

 ~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Remembering the Battle of Blair Mountain ~~ DAVID ROVICS

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/06/remembering-the-battle-of-blair-mountain/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~ 

Revolutionary Socialism is the Primary Political Ideology of The Red Nation

 https://therednation.org/revolutionary-socialism-is-the-primary-political-ideology-of-the-red-nation-2/

~~ -postedfor collectivist ~~

Hiroshima Is A Lie ~~ David Swanson

https://scheerpost.com/2021/08/05/hiroshima-is-a-lie/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Why do U.S. history teachers in U.S. elementary schools today — in 2021! — tell children that nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan to save lives — or rather “the bomb” (singular) to avoid mentioning Nagasaki?

Bees ~~ Dimitri Pisarev

http://www.thebellforum.net/Bell2/www.thebellforum.com/content8304.html?r=22-Bees-by-Dimitri-Pisarev

"Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Booming" ~~ Max Fisher

 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

Sex Trafficking ~~ The Conversation

 https://theconversation.com/sex-trafficking-isnt-what-you-think-4-myths-debunked-and-1-real-world-way-to-prevent-sexual-exploitation-158852

~~ and ~~

 https://theconversation.com/4-questions-answered-on-sex-trafficking-in-the-us-120098

Genocide and Colonialism: Challenging the Canadian State ~~ Socialist Project

  https://mronline.org/2021/07/28/genocide-and-colonialism-challenging-the-canadian-state/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Glen Ford, Veteran Journalist And Founder Of Black Agenda Report, Dies At 71 ~~ Bruce C.T. Wright

 https://newsone.com/4178339/glen-ford-dies-black-agenda-report-founder/

~~ posted for dmorista with introductions by dmorista and collectivist ~~

Say No to Water Privatization in the Infrastructure Bill

https://inthesetimes.com/article/open-letter-bipartisan-infrastructure-water-privatization

Water costs have soared in recent years as federal funding for water infrastructure has shrunk. Privatization is the last thing we need.

Politics After Trump: A Conversation with Chris Hedges ~~ Chris Hedges with intro by dmorista

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69pEzsfX8Aw

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

Medicare for ALL ~~ Article by Natalie Shure

https://portside.org/2021-07-27/well-never-fix-hospitals-price-gouging-if-we-dont-break-their-stranglehold-congress

M4A

Rather than force hospitals to be up front with patients about their costs, we should strip them of the power to set them.

Nicaragua’s Sandinistas battle ‘diabolical’ US empire and poverty on 42nd anniversary of revolution ~~ BEN NORTON

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/24/nicaragua-sandinista-revolution-42-anniversary/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Global Capitalism: Biden’s Economic Plans and Likely Results ~~ Richard Wolff with introduction by dmorista

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9lWJB1jPVQ

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

“Global Capitalism: The Challenge of China”. ~~ Richard Wolff and Introduction by dmorista

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpD0Im5d9-c

~~ posted for dmorista with introduction by dmorista ~~

WORLD COMMUNIST MOVEMENT: CUBA WILL WIN!

https://mltoday.com/world-communist-movement-cuba-will-win/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Imperialism, Migrant Labor, and the Nation: The Canadian Example ~~ Zachary Reimer

https://mronline.org/2021/07/14/imperialism-migrant-labor-and-the-nation-the-canadian-example/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

What happens if the Supreme Court throws out Roe v. Wade? ~~ Zachary B. Wolf

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-happens-if-the-supreme-court-throws-out-roe-v-wade/ar-AAMvSD1?ocid=msedgntp

~~posted for dmorista ~~

Slavoj Žižek: Last Exit to Socialism ~~ SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/slavoj-zizek-climate-change-global-warming-nature-ecological-crises-socialism-final-exit

Slavoj Žižek writes in Jacobin that today's exploding ecological crises open up a realistic prospect of the final exit of humanity itself. Might socialism be our off-ramp, or is it already too late?

~~ recommended by a guest contributor ~~

“We Can’t Make the Bleeding Stop on Our Own”: Interview with a Native Water Protector in Minnesota ~~ Sam Carliner

https://www.leftvoice.org/we-cant-make-the-bleeding-stop-on-our-own-interview-with-a-native-water-protector-in-minnesota/

A Native water protector at the #StopLine3 actions in Minnesota spoke with Left Voice about 

how fossil fuel extraction connects to the history of violence against Indigenous Communities.

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Who Is A “Terrorist” In Biden’s America? ~~ Whitney Webb

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/06/investigative-reports/who-is-a-terrorist-in-bidens-america/

~~ recommended by a guest contributor ~~

The fundamental social division is class, not race or gender ~~ Patrick Martin (introductions by Collectivist and Dmorista)

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/05/pers-m28.html

~~ posted for dmorista with introductions by collectivist and dmorista ~~

A Nighttime Walk Without Bugs or Bats ~~ DAVE LINDORFF

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/20/a-nighttime-walk-without-bugs-or-bats/

Lawns....  and the environmental catastrophe they bring with them.  Very few authors are speaking up against the violent destruction of the prettification of the natural world...  I invite each person to go out and look around - daytime at night...  Listen to the silence...  Where are the insects and birds?  Kudos to Lindorff for writing this ~~ NB

No climate future without system change

https://mronline.org/2021/07/15/no-climate-future-without-system-change/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

“Going Into Trump World”: Bernie’s Trumpenproletarian Brain Worm and Fascism-Denial ~~ PAUL STREET

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/16/going-into-trump-world-bernies-trumpenproletarian-brain-worm-and-fascism-denial/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Socialism and the Intellectuals ~~ Paul Lafargue Socialism and the Intellectuals

https://www.marxists.org/archive/lafargue/1900/03/socint.htm

MARX AND ENGELS ON IDEOLOGY

https://mltoday.com/from-the-classics-marx-and-engels-on-ideology/

BLESS THE TRAITORS~~ Chris Hedges

https://popularresistance.org/bless-the-traitors/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Daniel Hale Exposed The Widespread And Indiscriminate Murder Of Noncombatants In The Global US Drone War.

For his heroism, he faces ten years in prison while those who oversee these war crimes continue their killing spree.

Critical Race Theory ~~ Articles written by D Haiphong and Gerald Horne

https://www.blackagendareport.com/critical-race-theory-debacle-signals-collapse-american-empire

~~ and ~~

https://theanalysis.news/why-the-right-attacks-critical-race-theory-gerald-horne/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Let Cuba live! End the blockade now!

https://www.workers.org/2021/07/57547/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Cuban President Díaz-Canel: Revolutionaries to the Streets!

https://www.liberationnews.org/cuban-president-diaz-canel-revolutionaries-to-the-streets/

Workers Are Funding The War On Themselves. ~~ David Sirota

https://www.dailyposter.com/workers-are-funding-the-war-on-themselves/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

How workers’ retirement savings are enriching billionaires and, in every way imaginable, financing the apocalypse.

India Walton Is a Sign of What the Socialist Movement Could Become ~~ GABRIEL WINANT

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/07/india-walton-buffalo-mayor-rust-belt-health-postindustrial-workers-socialist-black-vote-race-class

~~ recommended by a guest contributor ~~

THE NECESSITY OF DISMANTLING THE U.S.: A CONVERSATION WITH AJAMU BARAKA ~~ Kollibri terre Sonnenblume

https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/the-necessity-of-dismantling-the-us-a-conversation-with-ajamu-baraka

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Pinkwashing: Why Big Corporations Drape Themselves in Rainbows. ~~Pablo Herón

https://www.leftvoice.org/pinkwashing-why-big-corporations-drape-themselves-in-rainbows/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Nine-hour police standoff with “Moorish” sovereign citizen group closes interstate in Massachusetts ~~ Jacob Crosse

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/07/stan-j07.html

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

US imperialism’s criminal debacle in Afghanistan ~~ Bill Van Auken

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/07/uswi-j07.html

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Chile’s Neoliberal Nightmare, New Constitution, and Daniel Jadue ~~ W. T. WHITNEY

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/chiles-neoliberal-nightmare-new-constitution-and-daniel-jadue/

~~recommended by a guest contributor ~~

Principles of Radical Political Economics ~~Al Campbell, Ann Davis, David Fields, Paddy Quick, Jared Ragusett and Geoffrey Schneider

https://urpe.org/resource/principles-of-radical-political-economics/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Native Genocide, Native Liberation ~~ EVE OTTENBERG

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/02/native-genocide-native-liberation/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

How Trump’s Toothless IRS Let the Rich Off Easy David Cay Johnston ~~ DAVID CAY JOHNSTON

 https://www.dcreport.org/2021/06/26/how-trumps-toothless-irs-let-the-rich-off-easy/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

WATER PROTECTORS OCCUPY WORK SITES AND LOCK DOWN TO LINE 3 PIPELINE ~~ Unicorn Riot.

https://popularresistance.org/water-protectors-occupy-work-sites-and-lock-down-to-line-3-pipeline-construction/

~ posted for dmorista ~~ 

Donald Rumsfeld, Killer of 400,000 People, Dies Peacefully ~~ Spencer Ackerman

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-rumsfeld-killer-of-400000-people-dies-peacefully/

~~ suggested by a guest contributor ~~

SANDINISTA NICARAGUA, MORE DIGNIFIED AND VICTORIOUS THAN EVER By Carlos Fonseca Terán,

https://popularresistance.org/sandinista-nicaragua-more-dignified-and-victorious-than-ever/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

WHY DO THE MEDIA HATE DANIEL ORTEGA? By Gerry Condon,

https://popularresistance.org/why-do-the-media-hate-daniel-ortega/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Anti-War Crusader Mike Gravel Dead at 91 ~~ ANDREA GERMANOS, STAFF WRITER

 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/27/anti-war-crusader-mike-gravel-dead-91

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

"Mike Gravel was a truly good guy.  He was one of the first elected officials to publicly and loudly oppose the Vietnam, and later imperialist wars." ~~ dmorista

New Bill Would Require Biden to Declare Wildlife Extinction Crisis a National Emergency ~~ Jake Johnson

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/25/new-bill-would-require-biden-declare-wildlife-extinction-crisis-national-emergency

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

"Declaring the extinction crisis to be a national emergency would unlock key presidential powers that will halt the unraveling of the planet’s life-support systems."

'Horrible and Unconscionable Betrayal': Biden DOJ Backs Trump Line 3 Approval ~~Jessica Corbett

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/24/horrible-and-unconscionable-betrayal-biden-doj-backs-trump-line-3-approval

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

"You are siding with a handful of corrupt corporate elites over honoring treaty rights, climate, water, and the future of life on Earth."

Op-Ed: Quit Ignoring Natural COVID Immunity ~~Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH, and Noah Kojima, MD

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/92836

~~ posted for a guest contributor ~~

Jerry Mander - Overthrowing Capitalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyS7VsQ5jYQ

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Critique of the misunderstanding concerning Marx’s base-superstructure spatial metaphor ~~ Carlos L. Garrido

https://mronline.org/2021/06/24/critique-of-the-misunderstanding-concerning-marxs-base-superstructure-spatial-metaphor/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Terrifying UN Draft Climate Report Urges Total Transformation of Our Way of Life

https://truthout.org/articles/terrifying-un-draft-climate-report-urges-total-transformation-of-our-way-of-life/

~~posted for collectivist ~~

SitRep: Biden/Harris? Just More "Change We Can Believe In" ~~ Loren Bliss

SitRep: Biden/Harris? Just More "Change We Can Believe In"

BIDEN MUST STOP PIPELINES TO DELIVER CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

 https://popularresistance.org/biden-must-stop-pipelines-to-deliver-on-climate-change-and-environmental-justice/

~~posted for dmorista ~~

What does Biden’s summit spree tell us about the future of U.S. empire?

 https://mronline.org/2021/06/19/what-does-bidens-summit-spree-tell-us-about-the-future-of-u-s-empire/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~ 

America’s Gun Obsession is Rooted in Slavery ~~ Carol Anderson

https://www.blackagendareport.com/americas-gun-obsession-rooted-slavery

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

“ 0 GIVE $ Record Heat and Flimsy Power Grid Across US Illustrates Urgent Need for Green Infrastructure ~~ Julia Conley

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/16/record-heat-and-flimsy-power-grid-across-us-illustrates-urgent-need-green

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

'Surreal' and 'Distressing': Climate Experts' Predictions Come True With US Heatwave ~~JESSICA CORBETT

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/18/surreal-and-distressing-climate-experts-predictions-come-true-us-heatwave

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

LOCAL COPS SAID PIPELINE COMPANY HAD INFLUENCE OVER GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT ~~ Alleen Brown

https://theintercept.com/2021/04/17/enbridge-line-3-minnesota-police-protest/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

A Native-Led Fight Against Pipeline Construction Has Begun in Minnesota ~~ Sam Carliner

https://www.leftvoice.org/a-native-led-fight-against-pipeline-construction-has-begun-in-minnesota/

https://popularresistance.org/a-native-led-fight-against-pipeline-construction-has-begun-in-minnesota/

~ posted for dmorista ~~

The WPA’s Federal Theatre: Creating Jobs and Creative Achievement ~~ TRUDY GOLDBERG and SHEILA COLLINS

https://njfac.org/index.php/2021/06/10/the-wpas-federal-theatre-creating-jobs-and-creative-achievement/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

A Bird Summit (Pt. 2) or One Walked INTO the Cuckoo's Nest ~~ Collectivist

   A Bird Summit (Pt. 2)

or, One Walked INTO the Cuckoo's Nest

                 

                    A Playlet

Written by Collectivist

The Coup That is Taking Place in Peru Posted ~~ José Carlos Llerena Robles – Vijay Prashad

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/15/the-coup-that-is-taking-place-in-peru/

~~ posted for dreamjoehill2 ~~

Massive Inequality Is a Feature of Capitalism, Not a Bug ~~ Richard Wolff

https://inthesetimes.com/article/inequality-capitalism-biden-administration-economy

America's tax system is rigged to protect the rich and powerful ~~ Opinion by Jeffrey Sachs

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/10/opinions/america-tax-system-rigged-protect-rich-sachs/index.html

~~ posted for dmorista and with introduction written by dmorista ~~

MUSIC THREAD - Hallelujah I’m A Bum!

How about a music thread for a change?

FROM BLACK WALL STREET TO BLACK CAPITALISM ~~ Too Black

https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-black-wall-street-to-black-capitalism

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Motherhood and Labor in the Pandemic ~~ Ursula McTaggart

https://againstthecurrent.org/atc210/motherhood-and-labor-in-the-pandemic/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Corporations Are Trying to Co-opt Mindfulness to Avoid Meeting Workers’ Needs ~~ Robert R. Raymond

https://truthout.org/articles/corporations-are-trying-to-co-opt-mindfulness-to-avoid-meeting-workers-needs/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~

Red Alert: Only one Earth ~~ The Tricontinental

https://mronline.org/2021/06/03/red-alert-only-one-earth/

~~ posted for collectivist ~~