Low Pay and a Four-Day Workweek

Sonali Kolhatkar

May 31, 2023

Shortening the work week should not mean losing 20 percent of your pay.

Countries Where America Has the Most Soldiers

AngeloYoung
May 29, 2023
The United States has an extensive global military network that by far is the world’s largest.

Countries That Buy the Most Weapons From the American Army

Maria Wood
May 27, 2023

Under a number of national and international laws, including the Arms Export Control Act, the U.S. State Department oversees roughly $55 billion in foreign military sales annually to allies and partner countries. In addition to the weapons, offshore buyers receive training and logistical support.

افسانهٔ خورشید

یکی‌ بود یکی‌ نبود، غیر از خلأ هیچی‌ نبود. بعد مهبانگ دنیا را فرا گرفت، و ستاره‌ها و سیاره‌ها و زمین و حیات و زندگی‌ و گیاه و حیوان و انسان، که یکی‌ یکی‌ به وجود آمدند، و انسانها شهر‌ها را ساختند. یکی‌ از این شهر‌ها، شهری بود خورشید نام که همیشه پر از گل و گیاه و درخت و میوه‌های مختلف بود. کمی‌ پائین‌تر، جائی که آخرین خانه‌های شهر به چشم میخوردند، جنگل شروع میشد، که این جنگل تا پائین کوه ادامه داشت. از عجایب این شهر اینکه آن قسمتی‌ از  کوه که خانه‌ها دور تا دور بالای آن ساخته شده بودند، از جنگل خبری نبود، و آنجایی که آخرین خانه‌های شهر قرار داشتند، جنگل شروع میشد. از پائین تپه به نظر میامد که خانه‌ها از وسط جنگل سیخکی بیرون زده بودند.

Russian fascist with ties to leading German neo-Nazis led Ukrainian-backed incursion of Russia

Clara Weiss

May 27, 2023

In the days after the Russian military was reported to have put an end to the two-day-long incursion of Russia’s Belgorod region, more and more information has come to light that proves the openly neo-Nazi character of the forces involved.

The next escalation in the war against Russia: US sends largest warship ever constructed to Norway

Andre Damon

May 26, 2023

Following the Biden administration’s announcement at last week’s G7 meeting that it would send F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine, the US and its Ukrainian proxy forces have carried out a series of provocative actions aimed at further escalating the conflict.

'Shooting the Messenger': German Police Target Climate Group Last Generation in Nationwide Raid

Olivia Rosane

May 24, 2023

"When will they raid the lobby structures and seize the government’s fossil fuel money?" the group wrote in response to the raids.

America’s Addiction to War Comes with a 15 Trillion Dollar Price Tag

Jeffrey D. Sachs

May 24, 2023

In the year 2000, the U.S. government debt was $3.5 trillion, equal to 35% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). By 2022, the debt was $24 trillion, equal to 95% of GDP. The U.S. debt is soaring, hence America’s current debt crisis. Yet both Republicans and Democrats are missing the solution: stopping America’s wars of choice and slashing military outlays.

YouTube Videos: CIA (Chris Hedges)- Ukraine War (Richard Wolff)- Ukraine War (Amy Goodman)

 We don’t need the CIA - The Chris Hedges Report - YouTube

 Wolff Responds: Ukraine War Reshapes World Politics - YouTube

 “The U.S. Should Be a Force for Peace”: Nat’l Security Experts Demand U.S. Push to End Ukraine War - YouTube

 

US imperialism’s relentless escalation in Ukraine

AndreDamon

May 22, 2023

On Friday, against the backdrop of the debacle for the Ukrainian army in Bakhmut, US President Joe Biden announced that the US has authorized members of the NATO alliance to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

نابینایی راست و چپ بر گردش چرخ روزگار

م. م ابوعسکر

ا.۲۱ اردیبهشت ۱۴۰۲.ا

از راست و چپ بسیار شنیده می شود که عملیات نظامی فدراسیون روسیه در اوکراین نه تنها موجب پیشگیری از توسعه سازمان تجاوزگر ناتو نشده که برعکس کشورهای دیگری، فنلاند، سوئد، ... را هم به این سازمان نزدیک یا به عضویت آن درآوده است و یا گفته می شود روسیه با این اشتباه راهبردی، باعث شد آلمان، ژاپن و برخی دیگر از کشورهای شکست خورده در جنگ جهانی دوم که بر اساس قوانین اساسی تحمیل شده به آنان، قادر به تشکیل ارتش تهاجمی نبودند، با چراغ سبز ایاالت متحد آمریکا در صدد تغییر این قانون و افزایش هرچه بیشتر بودجه نظامی خود باشند و هرچه بیشتر به ناتو نزدیک شوند تا صلح جهانی، در معرض خطری بسیار بیش از شروع عملیات ویژه روسیه در اوکراین، قرار گیرد . این موضوع در مورد دیگر کشورهای اروپای غربی و به ویژه شرقی که برخی از آنان تابع بی چون و چرای فرامین ایاالت متحد آمریکا هستند، نیز صدق می کند.ا

Nakba at 75: Israel’s state-building project is unravelling – from within

JohnathanCook

May 17, 2023

Israel’s undoing will not be an attack from Arab states or international sanctions. Rather, its leaders have created a monster they can no longer tame

Middle East Eye – 17 May 2023

مقاله‌ای از روزنامهٔ اعتماد به تاریخ ۲۸ اردیبهشت ۱۴۰۲

بررسي و نقد كتاب -كارنامه نئوليبراليسم در ايران

برون‌رفت از دوگانه خصوصي- دولتي

رضا اسدآبادي|نشست بررسي و نقد كتاب «كارنامه نئوليبراليسم در ايران؛ خصوصي‌سازي در آيينه پژوهش نشر گل آذين، ۱۳۹۹ ترجمه و تاليف مسعود اميدي در سراي ناشران داخلي سي و چهارمين نمايشگاه بين‌المللي كتاب برگزار شد. در اين جلسه ابتدا مسعود اميدي به بيان اجمالي مطالب كتاب پرداخت و در ادامه خسرو صادقي بروجني، پژوهشگر اقتصاد سياسي و نويسنده كتاب «نوليبراليسم در بوته نقد» به عنوان منتقد نظرات خود را در مورد كتاب مطرح کرد.ا  

A poem by Mark Twain شعری از مارک تووین

A poem by Mark Twain (from My Boyhood Dreams)

TO THE ABOVE OLD PEOPLE

شعری از مارک تووین

برای سالمندان

-از این قطعه به نظر می‌رسد که مارک تووین شاهنامه را خوانده بود-

Scoop: U.S. proposed conducting joint military planning with Israel on Iran

Barak Ravid

May 17, 2023

The Biden administration proposed to Israel a few weeks ago the idea of engaging in joint military planning concerning Iran, three U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios.

We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China

JohnPilger

May 17,2023

In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They called on “the hundreds of poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, short story writers and journalists” to discuss the “rapid crumbling of capitalism” and the beckoning of another war. They were electric events which, according to one account, were attended by 3,500 members of the public with more than a thousand turned away.

Man’s Place in the Animal World جایگاه انسان در دنیای حیوانات

جایگاه انسان در دنیای حیوانات اثر مارک تواین (سال نگارش: ۱۸۹۶ در لندن)

در آگوست ۱۵۷۲ اتفاقات مشابهی در پاریس و سایر نقاط فرانسه رخ داد،  به این صورت که مسیحی در مقابله با مسیحی بود. کاتولیک های رُمی، با سازماندهی قبلی، پروتستان های غافل و بی خبر را غافلگیر، و هزاران نفر از آنها را  - از هر جنسیتی و در تمام سنین - سلاخی کردند. این روز به یاد ماندنی روز سنت بارتولومیو بود. در رم پاپ و کلیسا وقتی که این خبر خوش رسید، خدا را شکر کردند.

Wolff Responds: Ukraine War Reshapes World Politics

Wolff Responds: Ukraine War Reshapes World Politics - YouTube

 

Jeffrey Sachs on the Path to Peace in Ukraine

Jeffrey Sachs on the Path to Peace in Ukraine - YouTube

2023 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to the apocalypse, scientists say

TeddyGrant/ Bill Hutchinson

January 24, 2023

Scientists revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been moved up to 90 seconds before midnight -- the closest humanity has ever been to armageddon.

Biden Administration Quietly Backs Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza

MitchellPlitnick, Mondoweiss

May 13, 2023

At least 29 Palestinians, including 6 children, have been killed in an Israeli bombing campaign with no end in sight.

America’s Mercenary Wars

WilliamJ. Astore
May 12, 2023
A very useful and informative site, Michigan War Studies Review, recently stopped publishing book reviews after 18 years. The site’s editor, James Holoka, posted several reviews written by yours truly, including this one in 2013 on Jeremy Scahill’s book, Dirty Wars.

You Don’t Have To Choose Between Happiness And Being Informed

Caitlin Jonstone

May 12, 2023

I write about some dark, dark things in this space, and it’s common to receive expressions of despair in response to the subjects I focus on.

Long Beach Plans a 400-Acre Facility for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Largest in World

Juan Cole
May 11, 2023

 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – City News Service reports that Long Beach is planning a 400-acre facility to manufacture and install offshore floating wind turbines off the coast of California.

The Debt Ceiling is a Massive Deception of the American Public

Richard D Wolff

May 10, 2023

Future historians will likely look back at the debt ceiling rituals being reenacted these days with a frustrated shaking of their heads. That otherwise reasonable people would be so readily deceived raises the question that will provoke those historians: How could this happen?

The Flight From the US Dollar

TedSnider

May 8, 2023

On March 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. In his article in the Russian media preceding the meeting, XI enthused that "China-Russia trade exceeded 190 billion U.S. dollars last year, up by 116 percent from ten years ago." Though it has reached 190 billion US dollars, it is no longer all being traded in US dollars. In his article in the Chinese media, Putin said that "the share of settlements in national currencies" of all that trade "is growing." 65% of that massive China-Russia trade is now being conducting in their Russian and Chinese currencies.

Sir Gawain and the Green King: What can Newly Crowned Charles III do to Combat the Climate Emergency?

Juan Cole

May 7, 2023

We can argue about the character of Charles’s philosophy of nature and whether it is conservative or not. I don’t really care about the origins of his concern for the dangers we face from the climate emergency. I’m just glad he takes this stance, unlike so many of his peers among the Judas American and British billionaire class who have actively attempted to wreck our planet in order to eke out their thirty coins of silver.

ماهنامه

یکشب گروهِ اُمّت، از جا جهیده بودند

از خانه‌ها شتابان، بیرون دویده بودند

 

A Kingly Proposal: Letter from Julian Assange to King Charles III

JulianAssange

May 5, 2023

To His Majesty King Charles III,

On the coronation of my liege, I thought it only fitting to extend a heartfelt invitation to you to commemorate this momentous occasion by visiting your very own kingdom within a kingdom: His Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh.

Russia oil floods global markets via major Asian intermediaries

Despite western sanctions, there is more Russian fuel being exported around the world than before the Ukraine crisis. It's just coming via Saudi Arabia, India, China, and other trading states – with steep commissions.

F.M.Shakil

May 4, 2023

Despite western sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, some Asian and specifically West Asian economies are importing significant amounts of Russian gasoline at discounted prices, and reselling it with windfall profits to the EU under their brand names.

آشکار شدن دو روی سکه در يک اتفاق ساده

م.م. ابوعسکر

۶ ارديبهشت ١۴٠٢

(شيادی و بلاهت آيينه تمام نمای وضعيت کنونی)

Iran seizes second oil tanker in a week amid US confrontation

MaziarMotamedi

May 3, 2023

Tehran, Iran – Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz in what is the second such incident in the region in a week, as tension with the United States continues.

Chris Hedges: The Enemy From Within

Chris Hedges

April 30, 2023

The war industry, a state within a state, disembowels the nation, stumbles from one military fiasco to the next, strips us of civil liberties and pushes us towards suicidal wars with Russia and China.

یک بیانیه‌ غیرقابل دفاع؛ درباره‌ی «بیانیه‌ی احزاب کمونیستی و کارگری به مناسبت یک سال جنگ امپریالیستی در اوکراین»

 مسعود امیدی

سه‌شنبه ۵ اردیبهشت ۱۴۰۲

در تاریخ ۲۸ مارچ ۲۰۲۳ بیانیه‌ای با عنوان «بیانیه‌ی احزاب کمونیستی و کارگری به مناسبت یک سال جنگ امپریالیستی در اوکراین» از سوی  سایت سولیدنت [۱] منتشرشد که ترجمه‌ی فارسی آن نیز در سایت اخبار روز  منتشر شده است[۲]. نظر به اهمیت مسئله‌ی جنگ در اوکراین و تأثیر آن بر روند تحولات جهانی، جا دارد مبانی تحلیلی و پیام‌های این بیانیه مورد بررسی قرارگیرد: