(2022-05-03). Book review: My Whirlwind Lives: A Chronicle of Decades of Resistance and Struggle. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Dee Knight's My Whirlwind Lives is both a memoir and manifesto — chronicling more than five decades of anti-imperialist resistance and revolutionary engagement. "Being a revolutionary is like being a midwife for the future," he writes. "While there is blood and pain, its essence is hope and excitement for a future we can begin to see ahead of us." | Knight's first "whirlwind" started in the 1960s: "threats of nuclear catastrophe, rednecks with dogs terrorizing freedom marchers, Vietnamese children fleeing from napalm flame." His memoir is a response to current stormy events and trends that…
(2022-05-03). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — May 3, 2022. southfront.org 
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…
(2022-05-03). Ukrainian Bayraktar Struck Russian Boats. Response Was Not Long To Wait (Videos). southfront.org 
(2022-05-03). 'We Killed Innocent People': Retired Colombian Army Officials Confess to Murdering Civilians. orinocotribune.com 
By Tanya Wadhwa — Apr 29, 2022 | Ten retired soldiers and one civilian admit to kidnapping and murdering 120 innocent peasants, framing them as left-wing guerrilla fighters killed in combat | Ten retired members of the Colombian Military Forces confessed to kidnapping and murdering over one hundred civilians, them framing them to authorities as left-wing guerrilla fighters killed in combat during counterinsurgency operations in the 2000s. The admissions were made during public hearings organized by the Recognition of Truth Body of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in the Norte de Santander department…
(2022-05-02). Nazis and The Beast: The Arrest of Gonzalo Lira. covertactionmagazine.com Are American journalists collaborating with Nazi terrorists to silence dissent? There is another war going on in Ukraine. A war …
(2022-05-02). NATO prepares to repress mass protests at June 2022 war summit in Madrid. wsws.org Besides plotting NATO wars against nuclear-armed Russia and China, the NATO summit in Madrid will be a show of force targeting domestic opposition to war in the working class.
(2022-05-02). No to a New Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez The Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Solomon Islands. Various people who had barely heard of the Solomon Islands just a few weeks ago are now expressing grave concern that this small sovereign nation could be…
(2022-05-02). Ukraine: The American Tyranny Of Power. popularresistance.org The history of the US intelligence operations goes back to World War II. Stephen Bandera was released from prison by OSS officers in 1944. Bandera was a Nazi operative whose militia slaughtered Poles, Jews and communist workers on the eastern front. The OSS/CIA recruited Bandera so he could fight the advancing Soviet Union. In all the years since then, the CIA has never had an annual audit of its trillion dollar budget, and of course nothing has changed. | Just over ten years ago the CIA initiated its National Endowment for Democracy (NED) "Orange Revolution" to once more cravenly attempt to thwart the Russians,…
(2022-05-02). The Different Ways That US And Chinese Governments Use Their Power. popularresistance.org Russia's war on Ukraine both reflects and deepens a global split that should remind us of Karl Marx's famous remark: "No social order ever disappears before all the productive forces, for which there is room in it, have been developed; and new higher relations of production never appear before the material conditions of their existence have matured in the womb of the old society." The United Kingdom already lost its particular social order—its empire—while the United States is now losing its. | Despite differences, both of these social orders shared a mostly private form of capitalist relations of pro…
(2022-05-02). Poseidon: One of the Weapons of the Russian Federation. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara In a speech in St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that "if someone intends to intervene from outside in the ongoing events in Ukraine, creating unacceptable threats to us, he should know that our response to counterattacks will be lightning fast". The Russian Federation president stressed that he possesses "instruments (weapons) that…
(2022-05-02). International Workers' Day 2022: Behind bars and in the streets, Palestinian workers lead the resistance. samidoun.net 
"The imperialist-Zionist-[reactionary Arab regime] alliance safeguards not only the imperialist interests, but the Zionist interests and the interests of the ruling reactionary bourgeois class in the area as well. We must build the alliance of the workers and peasants, Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Arab, Middle Eastern, and internationally, that destroys this alliance. We are one hundred …
(2022-05-02). 'You've Got To Shut It Down': Lessons From Wisconsin's 2011 Worker Uprising. popularresistance.org Wisconsin – With the passage of Act 10 in 2011, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, Republican Gov. Scott Walker declared war on the labor movement in general and on public sector workers specifically. Act 10 was a hammer blow that essentially stripped collective bargaining rights from public sector workers, made it much more difficult for workers to organize, and forced unions to take massive concessions on healthcare, retirement benefits, and much more. Soon after, in 2015, Walker signed legislation that turned Wisconsin into a "right to work" state, issuing another blow to unions in a state once he…
(2022-05-02). How Border Deployment Led To Union Organizing In Texas. popularresistance.org When a group of Texas workers started discussing job problems and what to do about them a few months ago, their list of complaints would have been familiar to Starbucks baristas, Amazon warehouse staff, or restive young journalists at new and old media outlets. | With little notice, their employer changed work schedules and transferred employees to a new job location. Some of those adversely affected applied for hardship waivers, based on family life disruption, but many requests were denied. Meanwhile, access to a major job benefit—tuition assistance—was sharply curtailed. Even paychecks were no long…
(2022-05-02). It's past time for a $15 federal minimum wage. mronline.org 
President Biden's 2022 State of the Union Address included a call for a $15 federal minimum wage. According to an Economic Policy Institute study, a phased increase to a $15 federal minimum wage by 2025 would raise the earnings of 32 million workers—21% of the workforce, no small thing.
(2022-05-02). "Enough is enough!" Statements of sympathy pour in from nurses in response to suicide of a California nurse. wsws.org The World Socialist WebSite has received an outpouring of messages from nurses which paint a picture of the impossible conditions nurses and healthcare workers face on a daily basis.
(2022-05-02). UAW extends CNH contract "hour by hour," provoking growing discontent among workers. wsws.org Shortly after the midnight expiration of the previous six-year contract for approximately 1,000 CNH Industrial workers in Wisconsin and Iowa, the UAW announced that it would be extending the prior agreement.
(2022-05-02). Sellout contract at Vigor Marine shipyards passes amid widespread opposition from workers. wsws.org The Metal Trades Council of the AFL-CIO announced the passage of the third proposed contract for 900 shipyard workers at Vigor Marine, against massive opposition among workers, who recognize the "pay raise" as an effective pay cut in the face of skyrocketing inflation.
(2022-05-02). Chavismo Commemorates 3 Years since Failed Coup Led by Guaidó and López (Photos). orinocotribune.com 
This Saturday, April 30, three years after the People's Victory Day against the failed coup, which took place on the same day in 2019, was commemorated. From the Altamira bridge, Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), pointed out that, "today we can shout to the world that traitors will never return to Venezuela again." | During his speech, from the same place where the extreme right, led by former deputy Juan Guaidó and fugitive Leopoldo López, tried to carry out a coup against President Nicolás Maduro Moros, Cabello warned that "if today the Venezuelan oppositi…
(2022-05-02). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting discusses socialist program needed to advance mass anti-government struggle. wsws.org Speakers explained the SEP's international socialist perspective and how it was the only way to address the desperate situation facing masses of people demanding resignation of the Rajapakse government.
(2022-05-02). Marxist Ecology in the light of Contemporary Ecological Thought: reflections on the Ontological questions in dark, deep and Marxist ecology. mronline.org 
There has been an extensive debate within Marxism concerning the question of nature and its concomitant questions about the interaction of nature and culture or nature and society.
(2022-05-02). Russian Successes On Ukrainian Front. Multiple Trophies (Photos, Videos). southfront.org 
A Russian military next to an abandoned AFU tank | Today, on May 2, 2022, exactly 8 years have passed since the tragedy in the House of Trade Unions in the city of Odessa. The memory of the dead opponents of Euromaidan will not be honored in Odessa. A curfew is announced in the city until May 3. It was today that the allied armies of the LDPR and Russia achieved successes on the battlefield. | The Russian Ministry of Defense confirms the destruction of another MiG-29 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Ai…
(2022-05-02). Dangers And Conflict Resolution Efforts In Moldova. popularresistance.org Transnistria is de facto independent with many state-like attibutes and calls itself officially the Moldovian Republic of Dniestr. However, no other state, including the Russian Federation has recognized it as an independent state. There are, however, some 1500 Russian military permanently present in Transnistria. Transnistria had some 706, 000 inhabitants in 1991 at the time of the breakup of the Soviet Union. Today, there are some 450,000 – probably less. Many, especially young people, have left to study or work abroad. Many in Transnistria have Russian passports in order to travel. The Transnistrian economy is…
(2022-05-02). Striking signalmen at Toronto's Union Station must broaden their struggle to avoid a union-imposed sellout. wsws.org Co-owned by Canada's two largest railways, Toronto Terminals Railway is trying to impose a real-terms wage cut on its signal operators and technicians.
(2022-05-02). Texas Eco-Socialism Conference presents real, present solutions to fight climate change. liberationnews.org 
The overarching theme of the conference stressed, from beginning to end, that while the situation is dire, there are implementable solutions that will reverse the course of climate destruction and heal the planet.
(2022-05-02). Three NATO commands hold missile, air defense exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 29, 2022 NATO enhances Integrated Air and Missile Defence through tri-hosted exercise NATO's Senior Military Leaders and Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) experts conducted a tri-hosted IAMD Table Top Exercise (TTX) at STRIKFORNATO's headquarters in Oeiras, Portugal, 27-28 Apr, 22. Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) in conjunction with Allied …
(2022-05-02). Turkey continues to conduct airstrikes in northern Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) — The Turkish fighter jets on Monday once again conducted air raids on areas in the northern Iraqi province of Dohuk in the Kurdistan region.
(2022-05-02). Xi stresses healthy development of capital in China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday called for efforts to regulate and guide the healthy development of capital in China in accordance with the law and give play to the positive role of capital as an important factor of production.
(2022-05-02). Bolsonaro & rival Lula hold dual rallies ahead of Brazil election. america.cgtn.com 
Competing rallies were held across Brazil on this Labor Day, fueled by passion on both ends of the political spectrum.
(2022-05-02). Australian Labor Party's election launch pitches for corporate backing on restructuring and war. wsws.org Labor leader Albanese declared that Labor governments were the only ones that "reshape the economy," while accusing the Coalition government of committing a "foreign policy failure" by allowing Solomon Islands to sign a security treaty with China.
(2022-05-02). A revealing interview with Australian Labor leader Albanese. wsws.org The interview underscored that Labor is not advancing a program to meet the needs of working people but is presenting itself as the best option for imposing the ruling class's agenda of austerity and war.
(2022-05-02). Cinco libros para conocer al maestro brasileño Paulo Freire. telesurtv.net El pedagogo brasileño fue uno de los principales exponentes de la pedagogía crítica y dio a su labor magisterial un profundo sentido social.
(2022-05-02). Presidente chileno condena hechos violentos en marcha laboral. telesurtv.net El presidente Gabriel Boric indicó que harán uso de todos los recursos para dar con los responsables de los disparos.
(2022-05-02). Beijing ups restrictions to contain latest COVID-19 flare-ups. ecns.cn The Chinese capital city of Beijing intensified restrictive measures against COVID-19 on Saturday to best reduce cross-infection as high mobility is expected during the five-day Labor Day holiday starting from Saturday.
(2022-05-02). Samidoun statement on smear campaigns targeting Palestinian liberation and anti-Palestinian racism in Canada. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network condemns in the strongest terms the smear campaign targeting Palestinian Canadian leftist writer and community organizer Khaled Barakat as well as the work of Samidoun, by the right-wing National Post, intentionally forwarding the agenda of pro-Israel lobby organizations in Canada. It is clear that this is not a random attack; …
(2022-05-02). Iran Defense Min. urges for unity against enemies plots. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Defense called on the Islamic countries to unite with greater amity and solidarity against plots and conspiracies designed by the western powers.
(2022-05-02). Red Theory: On the negation of the negation. fightbacknews.org In our study of the three laws of dialectics presented by Engels, we've examined the law of contradiction and the law of the transformation of quantity into quality. Finally, Engels says that the third law of dialectics is the "law of the negation of the negation." | We have seen that Mao Zedong has argued that the law of contradiction is the primary law of dialectics. In our last article we looked at how the transformation of quantity into quality was, in fact, an instance of the law of contradiction. Here, we will examine Mao's argument against the negation of the negation as a dialectical law. | First, what…
(2022-05-02). Air pollution smothers industrial cities across Mexico. america.cgtn.com 
The health agency says fossil fuels are a major cause. The problem is playing out in a devastating way in Mexico.
(2022-05-02). Afghanistan Braces for New War. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR There is media buzz lately about an anti-Taliban insurgency struggling to be born in Afghanistan. A former Afghan army general, Sami Sadat, is returning home as the West's favourite to don the mantle of leadership of a pan-Afghan "resistance" movement against repressive Taliban rule. There is a lot of infighting amongst marginalised…