Daily News Digest June 3, 2024,
Images of the Day:
You’ve Reached Predatory Capitalism 
Since World War I, ‘the war to end all wars’, there have been perpetual wars for perpetual peace, this Laura Gray’s cartoon from the front page of The Militant August 18, 1945, Under the Banner Headline: “There Is No Peace”
The Rise of Capitalism was Under the Banner of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity! Now There is Less Liberty, More Inequality, and Less Fraternity of Humanity! Every Day, From Global Warming to Global War There is a New Example of Capitalism in Imperialist Decay!
Capitalism as a Failed System: World Capitalism Has Been Aware of the Comming Catastrophe of Global Warming Over 5 Decades Ago and Did Nothing!: Under Capitalism — Human Lives Don’t Matter Capitalism Does Not, and Never Has, Worked for the Masses! In Its Death Agony, Capitalism Is Traveling About The World Like The Four Horsemen of the The Apocalypse, Spreading Racism, War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death. The very future of Humanity Is Now At stake!
During This Economic Crisis, Capitalism’s Three-Point Political Program: Austerity, Scapegoat Blacks, Minorities, and ‘Illegal’ Immigrants for Unemployment, and The Iron Heel! For Decades, Blacks Have Been Subjected to The Iron Heel! Currently, the US Capitalist Class is Divided Over When — Not If, to Apply It to Everyone! Globaly, With the Current Gaza War, The Right of Assembly is Under Attack! Due to Years of Austerity, Cuts to Public Health Care, And An Anti-Science and Profiteering President, The United States Still Leads the World In Coronavirus Cases and Deaths in the World!
The Majority of the World, Despite the Media Monopoly’s Lies, are Opposed to the Palestinian Genocide and Global Warming — The 1% Minority Funds Them! At, this Time in History, Capitalism is Exposing the Fact That it is Opposed to Majority Rule/Democracy!
Always Remember: That President Obama, With a Majority Democrat Legislature Supported the Wall Street Bailout and Remember, That he Established, in writing, the United States Capitalist Austerity Program. — The Race to the Bottom/Pauperization of the 99%!
Democracy?: As the Capitalist Robber Barons Steal from the 99%, Only the 1% Voted For Austerity! The 99% Should Decide On Austerity — Not Just The 1%, Who Profit From Austerity!! Under Austerity, All of the World Will Eventually Be Pauperized, Humbled, and Desecrated Like Greece and Puerto Rico.! Socialism Means True Democracy, that the 99% Will Rule, Not the Few!
Quotes of the Day:
Now is the time to get beyond the lethal choice between the convicted criminal Donald Trump and the war criminal Joseph Biden! Finally, Trump receives some kind of accountability as a bonafide gangster and Biden is now an undeniable genocide enabler in Gaza! If there is to be some decency and justice left in America we must get beyond these two disgraceful politicians! This is why I am running for president – to reintroduce America to the best of itself! — Cornel West
From Israel’s Experiments in Gaza are the New Face of America’s Imperial Laboratory: For nearly eight months, Israel’s settler colonial, white supremacist genocide has systematically shattered international taboos with its military accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide. Israel has sought to obliterate Palestinian society by bombing hospitals, aid trucks, churches, mosques, schools, universities, UN facilities and tent encampments, while targeting women, children, the elderly, the sick, the disabled, journalists, healthcare workers and academics, among others. Yet, in the process, Israel has done more than devastate the besieged Gaza Strip. It has intensified an inevitable unravelling of its internal apartheid fabric, with significant implications for global neoliberal dominance. As Israeli actions continue with impunity – backed by financial, diplomatic, and military support from Western countries, led by the United States, and complicity of many countries in the Global South – they threaten to trigger a cascade of global acts of fascistic aggression.
Podcasts/Videos of the Day:
Prof. John J. Mearsheimer: How Ukraine War Started.
Ron Kovic: ‘A Dangerous Country: An American Elegy’
United States:
The United States is not a Democracy (A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly)! Only the 1%, through their ownership of the Republicrats and who profit from war and the war budget, vote for War and the war budget — A policy, which Gore Vidal called a Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace. — The 99% Should Decide On War — Not Just The 1% Who Profit From War! Under a Democracy, The 99% would have the right to vote on the policy of Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace! The United States takes from the poor and gives to the Rich. Tax the Rich! — They Can Afford ford To Pay! Both Parties Support U.S. Capitalism’s Wars! (The Only War the Democrats Opposed was the Civil War!)
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both. — Louis D. Brandeis Quotes
From the Viewpoint of United States Capitalism, There Is No World Law and Order — It Only Recognizes Pax Americana
After Rafah is Destroyed (Nothing Left to Bomb) — Biden Calls for Ceasefire!. 
Ted Rall: Oppose Democracy to Save Democracy /
Trump’s attempt at Planeticide was Worse than Hush Money Sex Pay-Off It is great good news, of course, that Trump was finally held accountable for his hush money pay off to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about their hook-up so as to win the 2016 presidential election. Had she gone public in October, 2016 in the wake of the release of the Hollywood Access tape about grabbing genitalia, he may well have lost. That he is now a felon invalidates his entire presidency. It does not erase all the harm he did, in reshaping the Supreme Court as a tool of white nationalist Christian patriarchy, and it won’t bring back the hundreds of thousands of people who died of COVID because of his wrongheaded public health policies. But it is some form of minor justice. The conviction, however, underlines that American law and politics is still primarily about property rather than about the value of human life.
‘The New McCarthyism’: NY Hospital Fires Nurse for Empathizing With Gaza Mothers NYU Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine called Hesen Jabr’s termination “a blatant attack on free speech and an appalling injustice.” A nurse was fired earlier this month from a New York City hospital for a speech lamenting the anguish felt byPalestinian mothers whose children were killed during the Gaza genocide—remarks that came as she was being honored for providing extraordinary care to mothers who’ve lost babies. NYU Langone Health labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr, who is Palestinian American, was terminated over her May 7 speech accepting the award, in which she said that “it pains me to see the women from my country going through unimaginable losses themselves during the current genocide in Gaza.” “Even though I can’t hold their hands and comfort them as they grieve their unborn children and the children they have lost during this genocide, I hope to keep making them proud as I represent them here at NYU,” she added.
U.S. Funded Palestinian Genocide:
Johnstone May 24: The Nightmare in Gaza Continues Nearly eight months in, and the waking nightmare of the US-backed genocide in Gaza shows no signs of stopping. The only ray of light in this unspeakably dark chapter of human history is that people around the world are beginning to awaken from the imperial propaganda matrix like never before, and are taking a stand against the war machine in ways that are making our rulers extremely nervous. The cover of this issue features a painting of Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda, whose existence personifies that small hopeful ray of light in the darkness more than anybody else I can think of.
When College and University Trustee Attack the Rights to Freedom of Speech They are Sating the Position of Their Capitalist Class: “It was a rare example of a university or college board of trustees publicly pressing for answers from the people who run the institutions they oversee. And it’s growing much more common. Populated largely by wealthy alumni and political appointees, university and college boards of regents and trustees have historically operated largely out of sight. But as tuition escalates, along with questions about what students and their families are getting for their money, boards are finding themselves in an unaccustomed spotlight — or are taking matters into their own hands — just as corporate boards of directors did in the wake of Enron-era scandals. Critics on one side of this issue say the boards have started meddling too much in affairs that aren’t their responsibility, sometimes on political or ideological grounds; on the other side, that boards don’t get involved enough in important decisions that affect the $407 billion higher-education sector.”
FYI: GUP-39 is a Bunker Buster Bomb
- Bunker busters are specialized munitions designed to penetrate deep into the ground or through heavy fortifications before detonating.
- The use of depleted uranium in some bunker busters poses environmental and health risks, due to its radioactivity.
- Nuclear bunker busters, like the B61-11, combine penetrating capabilities with nuclear explosive power, raising environmental, diplomatic and ethical concerns due to their immense destructive potential and the fallout they generate.
From, The Queen’s Death Star Depleted Uranium Measured in British Atmosphere from Battlefields in the Middle East, shows how depleted uranium spread worldwide after the “Shock & Awe” bombing during Gulf War II in Iraq: The Sunday Times Online, February 19, 2006, reported on a shocking scientific study authored by British scientists Dr. Chris Busby and Saoirse Morgan: “Did the use of Uranium weapons in Gulf War 2 result in contamination of Europe? Evidence from the measurements of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, Berkshire, UK”. The highest levels of depleted uranium ever measured in the atmosphere in Britain, were transported on air currents from the Middle East and Central Asia; of special significance were those from the Tora Bora bombing in Afghanistan in 2001, and the “Shock & Awe” bombing during Gulf War II in Iraq in 2003. Out of concern for the public, the official British government air monitoring facility, known as the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), at Aldermaston was established years ago, to measure radioactive emissions from British nuclear power plants and atomic weapons facilities.
US-Supplied GBU-39 Bombs Used in Israeli Attack on Rafah Camps: CNN The origin of the weapon used in the Rafah airstrike three days ago was the United States, a report published by CNN revealed. The revelation makes the US government a prime suspect in facilitating the war crime, especially as the US officials refuse to condemn the action. According to CNN, an analysis of the video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons experts has determined that the origin of the weapon put to use by Israeli occupation forces is in fact the United States:
Environment:
Fund Climate! — Not Genocide! One of Many Ways to Begin to End Global Warming: Expose ‘Greenwashing’ — Tax the Polluters 100%! After World War II Rosa Luxenburg Coined the Slogan: ‘S0cialism or Barbaism’! Now the Slogan Should Be: ‘Ecosocialism or Ecocide’!
Capitalism’s Wars for Oil: When Bodies Start Stacking Up From Climate Change-Related Disasters, Will These Monsters be Held to Account?
The Only Obstacle is Capitalism: Humanity’s Survival is Still Within Our Grasp – Just. But Only if We Take These Radical Steps In 2008, the late American climate scientist Wally Broecker warned of the global repercussions of polar ice loss. Today, his predictions echo louder than ever as Greenland ice haemorrhages at an alarming rate, threatening rapid sea-level rise. Over the past 15 years, the Arctic Circle region has been heating up at four times the global average; it’s now more than 3C above levels in the 1980s. In 2023, we witnessed a staggering loss of Antarctic Sea ice.
Delhi Heat Wave Suggests Underestimated Speed and Intensity of Global Warming Heat beyond the limits of human endurance is no longer a distant dystopian future. It’s here and now.
Climate Emergency: India’s Massive Heat Wave Signals extreme Danger for an Aging Global Population A deadly heat wave gripped large regions of Asia for weeks in spring 2024, sending temperatures in India’s capital region over 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 Celsius) in late May. Officials in Delhi warned residents that they could face power outages and water shortages. Earlier in the month, campaigning politicians, news announcers and Indian voters waiting in long lines had passed out in the oppressive heat. From as far north as Japan to as far south as the Philippines, the relentless heat wreaked havoc on everyday life. Students and teachers in Cambodia were sent home from school in early May, as their hand-held fans provided little protection against the stifling heat and humidity in their poorly ventilated classrooms. Farmers in Thailand saw their crops wither and mourned the loss of livestock that perished under the punishing sun. Hundreds of people died from the heat.
Texas Sees Snowploughs in May as ‘DVD-Sized’ Hailstones Strike State Western Texas briefly looked like a ‘winter wonderland’ amid dramatic temperature drop and hailstorm Just as people start bringing out their shorts for the start of summer, one Texas town had to reach for something rarely seen in late May: a snowplough. Parts of the state saw a dramatic 50F temperature drop on Wednesday thanks to a giant dump of hail, some “DVD-sized”.
Black Liberation/Civil Rights:
Systemic Environmental Racism: Heatwaves Increase Risk of Early Births and Poorer Health in Babies, Study Finds Research that looked at 53 million births says Black and Hispanic mothers and those in lower socioeconomic groups most at risk Heatwaves increase rates of preterm births, which can lead to poorer health outcomes for babies and impact their long-term health, a new study found. Black and Hispanic mothers, as well as those in lower socioeconomic groups, are particularly at risk of delivering early following heat waves. Extreme heat events are happening more frequently, lasting longer, and increasing in intensity due to the climate crisis. Last year saw record-breaking temperatures, with July 2023 bringing about the hottest day ever recorded for four days in a row globally.
Labor:
Worldwide, the Labor Bureaucracy, as the Labor Lieutenants of Capitalism, are Opposed to Workers Rights: Jon Stewart: Labour Banning Leftist Candidate ‘Dumbest Thing’ Since UK Elected Boris Johnson Leftist economist Faiza Shaheen said the party “has an ingrained culture of bullying, a palpable problem with Black and brown people, and thinks nothing of dragging a person’s good name through the mud.” Faiza Shaheen is formally challenging the U.K. Labour leadership’s Wednesday decision to block her from running for Parliament as the party’s candidate in Chingford and Woodford Green, and speaking out about “a systematic campaign of racism, Islamophobia, and bullying from some within the party” that she has endured. Shaheen discussed the move by Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to exclude her ahead of the July 4 general elections in an on-camera interview with the BBC late Wednesday. The leftist—an economist and visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)—described being in a state of shock.
- Related: Britain: Vote For Fiona Lali – Kick Out the War Criminals! , and with a surge of grassroots support, Fiona Lali is standing as a revolutionary communist candidate for Stratford and Bow in the upcoming British general election. Vote for Fiona! Bring down the warmongers
Economy:
World:
When Nicaragua Took Germany to Court, Media Put Nicaragua in the Dock When Nicaragua accused Germany of aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month, readers of corporate media might have seriously wondered whether Nicaragua’s case had any legitimacy. The case targeted Germany as the second biggest supplier of arms to Israel, because the US, Israel’s biggest supplier, does not accept the court’s jurisdiction on this issue.
Education, Health, and Welfare:
The government of the United States can pass laws in a few days to spend tens of trillions of dollars for war and the bailout of Wall Street and the bankers. Yet, those who, pass universal healthcare for themselves, but cannot spend even one trillion dollars for universal health for those who are ‘governed’! This is what is considered, by the powers to be, a democracy and part of the democratic way. — Roland Sheppard, Let the People Vote on Healthcare
Clinics That Serve Medicaid Patients Cut Staff and Services Amid “Unwinding” Nearly a quarter of community health center patients who rely on Medicaid were cut from the program.
Columbia Coincidentally Rewrites Disciplinary Rules Just in Time to Screw Over Student Protesters “It’s hard to see this wildly disproportionate response as anything other than an attempt to chill speech on this issue.” JUST AS SUMMER vacation is getting underway, students at Columbia University in New York are left dealing with a raft of looming disciplinary charges from their participation in campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza. But some students at the school said 11th-hour changes to disciplinary procedures are making it harder for students to defend themselves. On Wednesday night, a group of Columbia Law students wrote a 32-page letter addressed to Columbia administrators that accused the university of imposing “egregious and draconian restrictions on the already non-existent due process protections.” “Over the past year, we’ve seen Columbia really weaponize its disciplinary process against students speaking out for Palestinian human rights,” Bassam Khawaja, a lecturer at Columbia Law School, told The Intercept. “And unlike police arrests, this process happens in virtual silence, but carries significant consequences for their academic standing and future careers. It’s hard to see this wildly disproportionate response as anything other than an attempt to chill speech on this issue.”
https://theintercept.com/2024/05/31/columbia-gaza-student-protest-discipline-changes/