(2023-09-03). Report back from Xinjiang. By: Aymeric Monville. midwesternmarx.com 
We are very pleased to publish below the report by the progressive French academic Aymeric Monville of his recent (August 2023) trip to Xinjiang. The report responds directly to the obscene anti-Chinese propaganda that has been raging for several years in the Western media regarding ostensible human rights abuses against China's Uyghur population.Aymeric describes his visits, along with the writer Maxime Vivas, to Kashgar, Urumqi and assorted villages. The picture he paints is drama …
(2023-09-03). Chris Hedges Report: The Ruse Of Identity Politics. popularresistance.org There are very few intellectuals who have been as attacked, censored, and blacklisted as long and as ruthlessly as the Middle Eastern scholar, Norman Finkelstein. He has been hounded out of universities, denied speaking engagements, and had his books and scholarship either ignored or dismissed. It is surprising, perhaps, that Professor Finkelstein's latest book, I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It! Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom is a savage attack on identity politics. He likens the current woke culture of the left to red-baiting when his heroes, Paul Robeson, Pet…
(2023-09-04). Comicomment: The collapse of 'China collapse' and 'China threat' theories. ecns.cn For a long time, American politicians and media have been switching back and forth between the "China collapse theory" and the "China threat theory." Whenever there is a fluctuation in certain economic indicator in China, the "China collapse theory" becomes prominent, and as long as China's economic performance is impressive, the "China threat theory" dominates the discourse.
(2023-09-03). Comicomment: The collapse of 'China collapse' and 'China threat' theories. ecns.cn For a long time, American politicians and media have been switching back and forth between the "China collapse theory" and the "China threat theory." Whenever there is a fluctuation in certain economic indicator in China, the "China collapse theory" becomes prominent, and as long as China's economic performance is impressive, the "China threat theory" dominates the discourse.
(2023-09-03). Video: 9/11 and the Global War on Terrorism. globalresearch.ca 9/11 marks the onslaught of the "Global War on Terrorism" (GWOT), used as a pretext and a justification by the US and its NATO allies to carry out a "war without borders", a global war of conquest. A far-reaching overhaul of US military doctrine was launched in the wake of 9/11.
(2023-09-04). South Africa Says Inquiry Found No Evidence of Arms Shipment to Russia. news.antiwar.com On Sunday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said an independent inquiry found no evidence that a Russian cargo ship that docked in South Africa last year was loaded with weapons despite US claims. The Russian ship, the Lady R, docked at a naval base near Capetown in December 2022, angering the US because the vessel …
(2023-09-03). Typhoon Haikui prompts Taiwan to evacuate thousands, cancel flights. firstpost.com Domestic flights were cancelled, and almost 3,000 people were evacuated, as Taiwan braced for the arrival of Typhoon Haikui on Sunday, which is predicted to deliver torrential rain and high gusts to the island's south and east. | Haikui is expected to make landfall in Taiwan's hilly and sparsely populated far southeast late Sunday afternoon. Counties and towns in the east and south cancelled courses and announced a day off for employees. | Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen informed a gathering of disaster management authorities that this would be the first storm to make landfall on the island and pass its central mou…
(2023-09-04). South Africa Says Inquiry Found No Evidence of Arms Shipment to Russia. news.antiwar.com On Sunday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said an independent inquiry found no evidence that a Russian cargo ship that docked in South Africa last year was loaded with weapons despite US claims. The Russian ship, the Lady R, docked at a naval base near Capetown in December 2022, angering the US because the vessel …
(2023-09-04). 10 Quotes From C. Delores Tucker On Hip-Hop And Its Negative Programming Power. moguldom.com Some recall C. Delores Tucker as the acclaimed civil rights activist and politician who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, contributing significantly to advancing women's and voting rights. In 1984, Tucker and U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the trailblazing first Black woman to run for president, established the National Congress of Black …
(2023-09-04). Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day? newsone.com 
For many, Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and the start of the school year. But what else does the holiday signify and why do we celebrate it besides [most of us] having the day off from work?
(2023-09-04). Changing Tactics: Meta may remove ads from Insta, FB because of EU's DSA and ad transparency laws. firstpost.com Meta, the tech giant encompassing various platforms, has often displayed a predictable response to challenges, particularly when it involves new regulations aimed at enhancing transparency in its targeted advertising business. | However, Meta's compliance tends to come with its own set of conditions. The company behind Facebook and Instagram is reportedly contemplating a significant departure from its traditional business model, considering the introduction of a subscription option for users in the European Union. | Meta completely changes its course in the EU | According to The New York Times, citing information…
(2023-09-04). Kim Jong Un plans to visit Russia in September — newspaper. tass.com According to The New York Times, the North Korean leader may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok in Russia's Far East in mid-September…
(2023-09-04). The Unfinished Revolution of "The Joy of Sex" counterpunch.org The sexual revolution may have reached its high-water mark 50 years ago, the week of August 5, 1973, when The Joy of Sex: A Cordon Bleu Guide to Lovemaking first topped the New York Times list of nonfiction hardcover best sellers. Published the previous fall, the book had swiftly become a publishing phenomenon. For the first time, anyone in America