Britain: No-confidence motions passed against leading Blairite MPs Cheers greeted the passing of a no-confidence motion, by 94 votes to 92, on Thursday night at a meeting of Enfield North Labour Party against Blairite Labour MP, Joan Ryan. Ryan, who chairs the Zionist Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), has been at the forefront of the campaign to oust Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/08/ryan-s08.html
Several rockets target Basra Airport, close to where US Consulate is located Numerous rockets were fired at Iraq’s Basra airport on Saturday morning following violent protests in the city. Officials said the sudden attack did not disrupt flights in or out of the city. rt.com/news/437942-iraq-basra-rockets/
Sweden’s far-right set to hold balance of power after election Sweden votes today in elections likely to force a historic realignment in the nation’s politics, as support for the established centre-right and centre-left blocs slumps in the face of a surge by the populist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/08/swedens-far-right-set-to-hold-balance-power-after-election
Officials Find A Mass Grave In Mexico Mexican authorities say they found a clandestine grave with the remains of at least 166 people in the state of Veracruz — the latest mass grave in a place that has been marred by disappearances, warring drug cartels and government-sponsored violence. npr.org/2018/09/07/645527631/officials-find-a-mass-grave-in-mexico
Apple Follows Twitter’s Lead, Permanently Bans Alex Jones’ Infowars From App Store The right-wing provocateur Alex Jones has one fewer digital platform to peddle his crazy conspiracy theories after Apple decided to remove Infowars from its App Store late Friday. outline.com/ZyTrXc
Rebels with a cause? Irexit party calling for Ireland to leave EU launches in Dublin A new party calling for Ireland to leave the EU launches in Dublin today with a conference discussing the possible benefits of ‘Irexit.’ The Irexit Freedom Party is pushing its agenda despite an apparent lack of public support. rt.com/news/437964-ireland-irexit-freedom-party/
UAW silent after Fiat Chrysler worker injured at Kokomo casting plant Autoworkers at Fiat Chrysler’s operations in Kokomo, Indiana face a wall of silence on the part of the United Auto Workers and management following the injury of a worker at the Kokomo Casting Plant Wednesday. wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/08/koko-s08.html
A motion of no-confidence (or non-confidence motion), alternatively vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, or (unsuccessful) confidence motion, is a statement or vote which states that a person(s) in a position of responsibility (government, managerial, etc.) is no longer deemed fit to hold that position, perhaps because they are inadequate in some respect, are failing to carry out obligations, or are making decisions that other members feel detrimental en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence
Chase Thomas
Okay, now who are the blairites?
Colton Lewis
Congratulations on being a human!
Blairites are right wing members of UK labour party. They are named after Tony Blair, a right wing former leader of Labour party. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blairism
Christopher Cox
The only thing I know about modern england is Thatcher being dead and Corbyn not being allowed a victory in the anglo version of a rat pen, its parliament, because hed get instantly ko'd by the sas
they won't snuff corbun though, because John McDonnel would take charge, who is a shameless socialist.
Carson Edwards
And if they expend one more bullet? What then?
David Murphy
make a collage of reports of blarites getting the boot with that as the background, and i'll super nut for sure.
Justin Ortiz
OP/ED
US Workers Are Striking Again In the 1980s there was a phrase used to describe the increasing unwillingness of US labor unions to go on strike. In the disastrous 1981 air traffic controllers’ strike, over ten thousand members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Association (PATCO) were fired by President Reagan. That was seen as the beginning of a rougher era of union-busting and increasingly adversarial labor relations, and large strikes in the US fell in the following years. The phrase “PATCO Syndrome” came to describe the fear of striking and losing. jakkkobinmag.com/2018/09/strikes-work-stoppages-united-states-bls
Elections, Power, & the Democrat Cops of America #1: The Failure of the Left in Power Along with obsession over “ANTIFA,” the growth of the Democrat Cops of America(DSA) in the wake of Bernie Sanders’ failed Presidential run has garnished mass attention in the press, been demonized by the Right, and also embraced by some sections of the liberal class as the new shepherds of the Democratic Party. itsgoingdown.org/elections-power-the-dsa-1-the-failure-of-the-left-in-power/
Libya in chaos seven years after NATO's 'liberation', but who cares? Libya remains a lawless land, with rival militias fighting battles in the streets of Tripoli and over 1 million people in need of aid. But the West's 'liberal interventionists' aren't interested in the catastrophe they created. rt.com/op-ed/437893-libya-chaos-nato-violence/
A record $31.5 trillion hoarded by corporate oligarchs According to the Wealth-X World Ultra Wealth Report 2018, 255,810 “ultra high net worth” (UHNW) individuals with a minimum $30 million in wealth now collectively own $31.5 trillion, an increase of 16.3 percent between 2016 and 2017. wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/08/pers-s08.html ..
Aiden Collins
unlikely. if corbyn went, that would make a lot of people twig. and if McDonnell went, there'd be chaos.
Blair is the Anglo equivalent of Obama. Charismatic 'third wave' neolib who ended up doing at least as much bad as good, extending military imperialism in support of Bush, and not quite getting any real leftist shit done in favour of reforming capitalism. With that in mind, it is fair to say he was kind of worse than Obama because he didn't have to compromise - he had big majorities in parliament for most of his terms, and still ended up putting his foot in it with 'Public-Private Partnerships' and continuing denationalisation. His great electoral success, like Obama's in 2008 was 'evidence' that the left was dead and the only way forward for labour was centrism and making peace with capital.
Alexander Edwards
>Ever since the failed 2016 leadership putsch against Corbyn, Ryan has been at the centre of the destabilisation campaign involving MI5, Mossad and the Central Intelligence Agency against the Labour leader. citation needed, large if verified
Kek, every time there are protests against a non us aligned government they are the CIA. You sound like a dumb Russiagater.
Charles Bailey
who are those "socialists"?
Jackson Brooks
But you are doing the same thing
Brayden Young
The fact that protest exist in there 1st place shows some problems exist I thin leftypol really likes the idea of fighting against USA(a falling empire) rather than an international system Not saying that imperialist are always not involved tho
Nolan Wright
Yeah nice try CIA.
Remember all those "socialists" in Syria? I remember.
Nathaniel Martinez
Socialists in syria support the legal goverment Not the jihadi infested rebels Also nice try GRU
Christian Myers
You going "Nice try CIA" doesn't really help your standpoint.
I agree with this, but also not all protests are socialist in their core. A "lot" of people protest the government in my country (rightfully so, because they are a bunch of opportunists and thieves) But at the same time, the people behind those protests are a monstrosity combined from: -The previous government (removed for the same reason) -Unironic nazbols -Socdems -Separatists And last but not least Monarchists and other types of right wingers.
Logan Diaz
Serbia or Russia?
Nicholas Gray
Serbia I imagine it's a similar situation in Russia, but I don't really know THAT much about their political scene.
Nathan Fisher
There is no offical group behind it, however the terminology "Down with the Tsar" (Долой Цара) which is around signifies it is a group called Left Front. They are a leftwing NGO aligned with the КПРФ & leftwing trade unions and are basically their protest wing with a strong anti-Putin bent. It isn't some magical new meme either, it has been around since 2008. How do we know Долой Цара links them with Left Front? Since that was the name of their Presidential Day rally, and their День Победы march (where they held a banner saying "WWII was not their victory" showing Putin and the modern Russian army, contrasted with soviet troops). The recent mobilisation of Russian workers against the pension reforms, which has been truely staggering in its geographical extent, has seen them take to the streets under the banners of socialism. The КПРФfucking the liberals out of the limelight on this issue has also done them a good-un [pic related, a leftwing anti pension reform poster from a week ago]. The big thing today is that there are major local elections (which include the Moscow Mayor, who is a major Putin Lt.). The reason there aren't any real banners is that have more than one within 100m is a crime, officially organised protests (like this one) can have more but still.
No, just this one. The dog Navalni is also organising anti pension protests but these are by a group call left front, which I explain above.
Sebastian Scott
Ah yes, I understand. By the way, what did you mean "it's a crime to have one within 100m"? Is this like some sort of ban on public protests?
Jordan Smith
It's a way to limit them: all the banners carried are held by a single person. This is obviously waved on days like Mayday and Victory Day, but any proper anti gov protest will be shut down under those rules.
Parker Morales
I'm in the North but I can't see the irexit thing taking hold. I think the Sinners might be the next big wave of votes down there, but it's hard to know. I lived in dub for a year and there's not much tolerence for the far right down there, remember they chased those pegida folks and barracaded them in a poundworld :L
Liam Thompson
Well with it looking like NI will vote for a 32 county republic if/when brexit happens, it could complicate things a lot.
Evan Nguyen
what if he's am*Rican?
Levi Smith
hmm
Carson Cook
wait are we third worldists now i thought we weren't
Leo Bennett
everything is in the third world now, except for Japan
Thomas Lopez
Japan is third world too. Look at the ghettos.
Only first world country is DPRK, skyscrappers everywhere with no ghetto on-sight (ghettos are bourgeois propaganda!)
