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2023-02-15: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-15). Christian Democrats gain in repeat elections to Berlin State parliament. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative Christian Democratic Union emerged as the single largest party in Berlin even as the incumbent Social Democrats-Greens-Die Linke coalition retained its majority. Housing rights groups have urged the new State parliament in Berlin ensure the socialization of large housing stocks which was approved in a referendum in 2021…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-14). Communist Party of Swaziland Continues Campaign to Boycott 'Farcical' Elections Despite Arrests and Torture. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Bongi Mamba (Right) and Mvuselelo Mkhabela (Center) after being released. Photo: Communist Party of Swaziland) In Swaziland, only individuals approved by the local chiefs of King Mswati III can contest elections, and the parliament cannot hold the monarchy accountable. Pro-democracy activists have been calling for a boycott of the elections which are scheduled…

WSWS (2023-02-15). Bernie Sanders, flanked by union bureaucrats, issues pathetic moral appeal to railroad CEOs in press conference. wsws.org The press conference was an attempt at damage control for the Democratic Party and the trade union apparatus, two months after a bipartisan vote in Congress to impose a contract which railroaders had rejected.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-02-14). Democratic National Committee defeats bid to ban dark money. peoplesworld.org PHILADELPHIA—In a little-noticed but very important action, the Democratic National Committee defeated a progressive bid to ban "dark money," especially in party primaries. Former Communications Workers President Larry Cohen and Our Revolution's executive director, Joseph Geevarghese, launched the bid. The group, a successor to insurgent Sen. Bernie Sanders's 2016 Democratic presidential bid, lost to yet …

WSWS (2023-02-14). Democratic Socialists of America members in Congress join Republicans and Democrats in support of anti-China "spy balloon" resolution. wsws.org The DSA's support for the "spy balloon" resolution expresses the anti-socialist and pro-imperialist character of the Democratic Party faction.

WSWS (2023-02-14). Democratic Socialists of America members in Congress join Republicans and Democrats in support of anti-Chinese "spy balloon" resolution. wsws.org The DSA's support for the "spy balloon" resolution expresses the anti-socialist and pro-imperialist character of the Democratic Party faction.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-15). Christian Democrats gain in repeat elections to Berlin State parliament. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative Christian Democratic Union emerged as the single largest party in Berlin even as the incumbent Social Democrats-Greens-Die Linke coalition retained its majority. Housing rights groups have urged the new State parliament in Berlin ensure the socialization of large housing stocks which was approved in a referendum in 2021…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-14). Communist Party of Swaziland Continues Campaign to Boycott 'Farcical' Elections Despite Arrests and Torture. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Bongi Mamba (Right) and Mvuselelo Mkhabela (Center) after being released. Photo: Communist Party of Swaziland) In Swaziland, only individuals approved by the local chiefs of King Mswati III can contest elections, and the parliament cannot hold the monarchy accountable. Pro-democracy activists have been calling for a boycott of the elections which are scheduled…

WSWS (2023-02-15). Bernie Sanders, flanked by union bureaucrats, issues pathetic moral appeal to railroad CEOs in press conference. wsws.org The press conference was an attempt at damage control for the Democratic Party and the trade union apparatus, two months after a bipartisan vote in Congress to impose a contract which railroaders had rejected.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-02-14). Democratic National Committee defeats bid to ban dark money. peoplesworld.org PHILADELPHIA—In a little-noticed but very important action, the Democratic National Committee defeated a progressive bid to ban "dark money," especially in party primaries. Former Communications Workers President Larry Cohen and Our Revolution's executive director, Joseph Geevarghese, launched the bid. The group, a successor to insurgent Sen. Bernie Sanders's 2016 Democratic presidential bid, lost to yet …

WSWS (2023-02-14). Democratic Socialists of America members in Congress join Republicans and Democrats in support of anti-China "spy balloon" resolution. wsws.org The DSA's support for the "spy balloon" resolution expresses the anti-socialist and pro-imperialist character of the Democratic Party faction.

WSWS (2023-02-14). Democratic Socialists of America members in Congress join Republicans and Democrats in support of anti-Chinese "spy balloon" resolution. wsws.org The DSA's support for the "spy balloon" resolution expresses the anti-socialist and pro-imperialist character of the Democratic Party faction.

Nino Brown (2023-02-14). Marshall "Eddie" Conway (1946-2023): A life committed to the people and revolutionary change. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation sends our condolences to the family and loved ones of Marshall 'Eddie' Conway and salute his life of service, self-sacrifice, and struggle for the people.

repost (2023-02-15). Why The Rage Against The War Machine Rally Is #AntiWarSoWhite. indybay.org I'm looking at this Rage Against The War Machine rally that is being organized by the Libertarian Party and I am genuinely confused about how folks on the left are involved in this at all.

_____ (2023-02-14). Iranian-Israeli tensions are doomed to escalate in the absence of Russia. journal-neo.org After the collapse of the USSR and the weakening of Russia, Israel started to believe in its own exclusivity as the US's main ally in the Middle East. In the interests of national security and unity in the face of an external enemy, the Israeli leadership (particularly under the right-wing Likud party led by Benjamin Netanyahu) …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-14). United States is Planning to Interfere in 2023 Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Valeriy Krylko In October 2023, Ukraine will hold elections for the Verkhovna Rada, the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. In the previous elections Vladimir Zelensky's party "Servant of the People" received 43.16% of the vote. Since then the popularity of the party and Zelensky himself has been gradually declining, but in 2022 it rose again. However,…

People's Dispatch. (2023-02-14). Hundreds Of Thousands Rally Across Spain Against Attack On Public Health. popularresistance.org Spain – On Sunday, February 12, massive mobilizations took place in several cities across Spain, organized by health workers, trade unions, and left-wing groups. The protesters demanded an improvement in public health services, which are currently suffering from a lack of resources and understaffing. | Protesters at a major mobilization in Madrid, attended by hundreds of thousands of people, condemned the apathy of the regional government led by the conservative People's Party (PP) towards the needs of the public health sector. They also protested bids to privatize health care. The march in Madrid was organized b…

Valeriy Krylko (2023-02-14). Evidence Emerges: United States is Planning to Interfere in 2023 Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com In October 2023, Ukraine will hold elections for the Verkhovna Rada, the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. In the previous elections Vladimir Zelensky's party "Servant of the People" received 43.16% of the vote. Since then the popularity of the party and Zelensky himself has been gradually declining, but in 2022 it rose again. However, the U.S. …

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