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2022-09-01: News Headlines

Fight Back (2022-09-01). Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany celebrates 40th anniversary. fightbacknews.org Gelsenkirchen, Germany – The Marxist Leninist party of Germany (MLPD) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weekend of celebration from August 25-28. Among the 1500 who attended were party members from across Germany, their families, residents of the local community, and international guests representing revolutionary parties and organizations from 31 countries across five continents. Andy Koch, the National Organizer of Freedom Road Socialist Organization attended the celebration. | The climax of the weekend on Saturday, August 27, was the unveiling of a new statue of German revolutionary thinker Karl Marx, whi…

WSWS (2022-09-01). The Theory of Permanent Revolution in Turkey and throughout the world. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi, a leading member of the Sosyalist E≈üitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group, SEG) in Turkey, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US).

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2022-08-31). Betting On A Wall Street Path To Congress. levernews.com In one of 2022's final contested congressional primaries between progressives and the Democratic establishment, party leaders are coalescing around a Rhode Island official who has used retirees' savings to pay more than a half a billion dollars in fees for high-risk financial investments.The schemes backed by General Treasurer Seth Magaziner delivered subpar returns for teachers, firefighters, and other public-sector workers already hit by

A guest author (2022-08-31). Albert Woodfox: 'a warrior who loved humanity'. workers.org Bunchy Crear, Albert Woodfox and Warren "D.K." Nelson, July 2016. John "Bunchy '" Crear joined Peoples Party 2 in Houston in June 1971. He went to Oakland, California, with Charles Freeman and Johnny Coward in August 1971 to ask for Houston to officially be made a chapter of the Black . . . |

WSWS (2022-08-31). New Australian Labor government intensifies assault on working class and war preparations against China. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Cheryl Crisp, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Australia, to the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

_____ (2022-08-31). Over One Million Bolivians Mobilize To Support President Arce's Government. popularresistance.org On Thursday, August 25, under the banner of 'March in Defense of Democracy and Economic Reconstruction', over one million Bolivians mobilized in support of the government of President Luis Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca and its socialist economic policies. | Workers from diverse sectors, peasants, students, and members of various Indigenous organizations and social movements from all nine departments of the country arrived in capital La Paz to ratify their support for the national government of the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party. | The call for the march was given by the Pact of Unity (…

_____ (2022-08-31). Small-Town Residents Get Creative In Black Hills Uranium Mine Fight. popularresistance.org Hot Springs, South Dakota — A budding national reputation for healing mineral waters spawned this town of 3,400 in the early 1900s. Appreciative of that source, today's area residents have fended off proposed radioactive uranium mining in the aquifers for more than four decades. This summer of 2022, they scored a breakthrough. They collected enough signatures to obtain a ballot measure that would declare the activity a "nuisance" in Fall River County. | If the measure passes in the county's Nov. 8 general election, then an interested party could take legal action to prevent or stop the nuisance, according t…

WSWS (2022-08-31). Biden to address nation on threat of fascism. wsws.org On Thursday, Joe Biden will deliver a national address from Philadelphia in which he will tell the country that "our democracy is at stake." But the statements and actions of the Biden administration make clear that the Democratic Party is not fighting fascism, it is paving the way for the further strengthening of the far right.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Nineteen months after January 6, Biden discovers the threat of fascism. wsws.org On Thursday, Joe Biden will deliver a national address from Philadelphia in which he will tell the country that "our democracy is at stake." But the statements and actions of the Biden administration make clear that the Democratic Party is not fighting fascism, it is paving the way for the further strengthening of the far right.

____ (2022-08-31). Meeting of CPC Central Committee Political Bureau proposes convening 20th CPC National Congress on Oct. 16 in Beijing. ecns.cn The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Tuesday held a meeting on the preparatory work for the seventh plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and the 20th CPC National Congress. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Greece's secret service illegally tapped phone of leader of social democratic PASOK party. wsws.org The fallout has prompted calls from within the EU parliament and Greece's parliament for an inquiry probe into the spying allegations. Probes in such sensitive issues are typically set up in order to pacify public anger and conclude with no real light shone, under the pretext of "national security."

WSWS (2022-08-31). The fight against mass COVID infection and militarism in New Zealand. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Tom Peters, the leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from July 31 to August 5, 2022.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). 'Bitter Street' in Lugansk: A Battle Line Drawn with Nazi Elements after 2014. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker From left: Alexey Albu of Borotba; John Parker of Socialist Unity Party; and Evgeniy Miroshnichenko, member of the Youth Parliament, State Duma of Russia. SLL photo From May 1 to May 12, I traveled to both Russia and the Lugansk People's Republic, an independent republic in the Donbass region, formerly part of eastern…

_____ (2022-08-30). Biden is Trying to Bring Down Xi Jinping and Organize a "Color Revolution" in China. journal-neo.org This autumn will be a momentous time for China in the XX National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party the delegates will confirm China's strategy and development priorities, and elect the country's leader for the next five years. It is likely that Xi Jinping, the current head of the Party, will be reelected for …

Editor (2022-08-30). How to Elect Progressives and Defeat Republicans in the Midterms. scheerpost.com By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Almost all the primaries are behind us now, and the current outlook is still grim for the midterm elections this fall. The semi-fascist Republican Party is very well-positioned to win control of the House and has a decent chance of also gaining a majority in the Senate. But demagoguery …

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