AWSM send their solidarity to the oppressed people of Palestine. In doing so we highlight how the idea of the nation state and nationalism is used to justify the most horrific crimes, on this occasion the heavy and indiscriminate bombings of civilian areas by the Israeli forces. As Rudolf Rocker sai…
A Radical Guide helps produce the agitated podcast.As you know from the previous post, agitated. launched on May 1 and has been gaining a great following. This week, agitated. drops episode 2, featuring an interview with Eleanor Goldfield.Eleanor is a creative activist, singer and writer. She is t…
Israel, by helping develop industry within the âSocialistâ Republic, ensures it has another market to trade its goods in. Not only that, but factories like the one mentioned prior help create a flow of capital from Vietnam to Israel, directly benefiting the bourgeoisie. â Left-Communist Group…
Here we go again with Kyle Powell and his Nazi-tinged âVengeance Festâ! Yeah, heâs still crying about an-TEE-fa coming for him and his shows, but he wants to make it a challenge this time! There has only been scant buzz in about an annual black metal show known for inviting Nazi-embracing band…
Above photo: A Palestinian man runs as Israeli forces fire tear gas at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalemâs Old City, May 10, 2021. Mahmoud Illean | AP. There is every reason to believe the tragic (and seemingly unbelievable) scenario that one of Jerusalemâs holiest sites, and one of the w…
Above photo: Palestinians inspect an area destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, on 14 May. Ashraf Amra/APA images. Women and children account for nearly half of the more than 120 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Monday, according to Al-Mezan, a human rights group in the ter…
Above photo: Asiatic Island sailing. Show solidarity with Palestine. After discovering that a shipment of arms destined for Israel was arriving in Italyâs ports, workers refused to load the ship in support of the Palestinians fighting for their lives against Israeli occupation. This Friday the As…
Zionismâs Endgame Has Begun Above photo: Ashraf Amra/APA. Last week the Guardian newspaper in London expressed shame over one of its worst errors of judgment: that in 1917 it supported and facilitated the Balfour Declaration, the imperial document that awarded Jews the ârightâ to make a home…
Above photo: Mobilization on May 12 in BogotĂĄ. Colombia Informa. Enduring brutal police and military repression, hundreds of thousands of Colombians continue to remain on the streets against neoliberalism and violence, for life, peace, justice and democracy. Since April 28, hundreds of thousands of…
2021-05-15 Fyrtio Ă„r efter maj 68, vilka lektioner kan du lĂ€ra nĂ„gon som Ă€r 20 Ă„r idag?Jag Ă€r varken en mĂ€startĂ€nkare eller en lĂ€rare som ger lektioner. Jag vill bara att varje mĂ€nniska ska lĂ€ra sig att leva sitt liv enligt sina egna önskningar och i dess rikaste aspekter: en mĂ€nniskas…
2021-05-15 [ENGLISH BELOW] Israel haglar i detta ögonblick bomber över skolor och bostadsomrĂ„den. Idag har vi deltagit i en demonstration mot tvĂ„ngsförflyttningarna och det allt mer brutala vĂ„ldet frĂ„n israeliska civila och soldater i Sheikh Jarrah och resten av ockuperade Jerusalem. Dags att…
By Jeremy Brecher, Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Labor Network for Sustainability Last year Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called for âA Blue New Deal for our Oceans.â Since then, there have been many additional proposals for a Blue New Dealâincluding measures t…
By John Gentile, May 14, 2021 We are afraid that we have tragic news to report. Jack Terricloth has passed away. He was 50. The cause of death was not revealed. The band released a statement, which you can read below. Terricloth was born Peter Ventantonio. As a teenager, he was a member of the punk…
By Michael Fine MD AJPH April 7th, 2021 One year later, George Floydâs murder requires reflection from public health. The epidemic of police violence and the criminalization of Black lives have existed for generations. The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 was not new information. It was the…
As we said in the last issue of Aurora, bosses are seizing advantage of increasing unemployment to reduce âlabour costsâ. It is encouraging to see a growing number of workers refusing to take this lying down. Certainly the insulting 1% pay rise nurses got for their key role in the Covid line of…
New Frame May 5th, 2021 Robb Johnson writes on behalf of children, finding in them curiosity and empathy mixed with wonderment â before the voracious capitalist society drills it out of them. This is a lightly edited excerpt from The Peopleâs Republic of Neverland: The Child Versus the State (PM…
For fossil fuel companies, what drives their profit is ownership of carbon in the ground. Thatâs why they have spent billions of dollars stoking the climate denial industry and fighting regulations. By Cynthia Kaufman Common Dreams May 14th, 2021 First the good news: The technology needed for a ca…
Observing Roma Resistance Day and 500 years of that resistance against oppression this weekend. To whom it may concern Dear Sir/Madam, The 16th of May is Roma Resistance day. The Roma Political Autonomous Organisations are announcing an action for solidarity with Roma ancestors and all people who…
Above photo: Abdel-Al at Chicagoâs Haymarket monument. Jeff Schuhrke. In an address on Middle East policy last month, Bernie Sanders âthe first Jewish American to win a presidential primaryâââdid something virtually unheard of in contemporary U.S. politics when he called for an end to …
Above photo: In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a worker restocks chicken in the meat product section at a grocery store in Dallas. AP Photo/LM Otero. Surging prices for necessities like used cars, phones, and housing have caused the biggest jump in âcoreâ consumer prices in nearly four decades…
Above photo: New York Times (4/13/21) claims that the US occupation of Afghanistan has been âdevoted to nation-building, democratization and securing rights for womenââthough the nation it has built is not a democracy and has few rights for women. When President Joe Biden announced the â…
Above photo: Palestinians who fled their home due to Israeli air and artillery strikes fill bottles with water at a school hosting refugees in Gaza city, on May 14, 2021. Mohammed Abed / AFP via Getty Images.Weâre often told that creating a single secular democratic state with equal rights for Isr…
Above photo: Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a news conference on a proposed land exchange for Alaska Native Vietnam War veterans on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. The proposal comes during what is expected to be the final weeks of the regular legislative session. AP Photo/Becky…
The untold story of Sheikh Jarrahâ Middle East Monitor May 15, 2021 Colonialism in Israel was, and remains, a state-run project, which ultimately aims to achieve the same objective as that being carried out in Sheikh Jarrah: the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and Palestinians to ensure a Jewish de…
I have put no small amount of thought, as I was writing this series, on how to conclude it. Were it a younger version of myself writing this, or if I was writing for Novara/Tribune, I might try and tie it up with a convenient bow. I might say, full of confidence, that having established the blueprin…
