News 5/28/19

Corbyn says Labour now backs a new Brexit referendum in all circumstances
Jeremy Corbyn says that Labour now supports holding a referendum on any Brexit deal in a significant shift towards the party becoming an unequivocal pro-referendum party.
businessinsider.com/corbyn-says-labour-backs-a-new-brexit-referendum-in-all-circumstances-2019-5

Serbia places forces on alert after Kosovo police operation in Serb-populated north
Serbia ordered its troops on full alert on Tuesday and Russia accused Kosovo of provocation after a Kosovan police anti-crime operation in a region populated mainly by Serbs led to clashes.
reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-security/serbia-places-forces-on-alert-after-kosovo-police-operation-in-serb-populated-north-idUSKCN1SY0QS

Food, fuel ships to Venezuela are being sabotaged, says Maduro
Ships carrying food and fuel intended for Venezuela have been sabotaged to prevent them from reaching their destination, President Nicolas Maduro has said, labeling the acts “torture to the economic body of the country.”
rt.com/news/460455-maduro-fuel-food-ships-sabotage/

Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz ousted in no-confidence vote
Austria’s chancellor has been ousted in a no-confidence vote just a day after his centre-right party enjoyed a triumphant night in the European elections, after opposition politicians lost faith in his handling of a corruption scandal that has engulfed his former far-right coalition partner.
theguardian.com/world/2019/may/27/austrian-far-right-party-likely-to-back-motion-to-oust-chancellor-eu-election

“Yellow Vest” Facebook group with 350,000 members frozen on European election day
On Sunday, polling day in the European elections, the largest Facebook group associated with the “yellow vest” protests in France, with more than 350,000 members, was frozen so that members could not publish or share information in it.
wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/28/vest-m28.html

French rights group moves to block Saudi arms cargo
A French humanitarian group is seeking to block a delivery of munitions to a Saudi ship docked at a port in southern France, arguing the weapons will be used to commit war crimes in Saudi Arabia’s conflict with Yemen.
rt.com/news/460495-french-group-blocks-saudi-arms/

France will take 'necessary steps' to seek to avoid Iraq executing four of its nationals
France on Monday confirmed that an Iraqi court that sentenced four French citizens to death as members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant had jurisdiction to do so but said it would take "the necessary steps" to try to prevent them from being executed.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/27/france-will-take-necessary-steps-seek-avoid-iraq-executing-four/

From Colombia, Venezuelan defectors arm themselves to 'liberate' their homeland
Wearing camouflage shirts and combat boots, a Venezuelan militia group stands in formation in the Colombian city of Cucuta as their commander, a former Venezuelan army sergeant, outlines plans to seize towns across the border before heading to Caracas to help oust President Nicolas Maduro.
reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-colombia-militia/from-colombia-venezuelan-defectors-arm-themselves-to-liberate-their-homeland-idUSKCN1SY1A0

Maoist rebels attack Indian government forces, wounding 11
Police say Maoist rebels have triggered a blast in eastern India, wounding eight paramilitary soldiers and three police officers carrying out a search operation in a forested area.
redspark.nu/en/peoples-war/maoist-rebels-attack-indian-government-forces-wounding-11/

Malaysia to Return Plastic Waste to Western Nations
Malaysia announced on Tuesday that their government is planning on sending over 3,300 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste to several Western nations.
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Burger here who wishes he was a lot more in-tune with the Brexit fiasco, is this a smart move? What's Jezza's endgame?

Brexit needs to happen though. What the fuck is Corbyn thinking?

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They could just do what Poland does, and just ignore whatever they don't like about the EU.

He's trying to stop bleeding to libdems, who they would not like to form a coalition with.

I hope he listens to varoufakis' advice here

Fresno Grizzlies apologize to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Memorial Day tribute video
A minor-league baseball team apologized late Monday for "some misleading and offensive editing" in a Memorial Day tribute video that aired at its stadium.The Class AAA Fresno Grizzlies said the video, which was broadcast between the two games of its doubleheader Monday, was intended to be "a moving tribute" to the armed forces. But as the voice of President Ronald Reagan mentioned "enemies of freedom," the video showed an image of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., between images of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/minors/2019/05/28/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fresno-grizzlies-apologize-memorial-day-video/1256080001/
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‘We’re going to use steam’: Trump declares downgrade to US carrier launch systems
During his Memorial Day address to some 1,000 sailors and Marines on board the USS Wasp, US President Donald Trump took the opportunity to, once again, push for steam-powered catapults on America’s aircraft carriers.
rt.com/usa/460428-trump-steam-catapults-aircraft-carriers/

'American Soil' Is Increasingly Foreign Owned
American soil.Those are two words that are commonly used to stir up patriotic feelings. They are also words that can't be taken for granted, because today nearly 30 million acres of U.S. farmland are held by foreign investors. That number has doubled in the past two decades, which is raising alarm bells in farming communities.
npr.org/2019/05/27/723501793/american-soil-is-increasingly-foreign-owned

Nolan Brewer: Nazi sympathiser who painted swastikas on synagogue 'radicalised by Fox News and Ben Shapiro', claims lawyer
Brewer's case has brought national attention since the ruling, not because of discourse over the length of his sentence - but because of a name Mr Ansell mentioned in his sentencing memo: conservative commentator and Daily Wire editor in chief Ben Shapiro.
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nolan-brewer-indiana-nazi-swastika-synagogue-ben-shapiro-fox-news-a8932526.html

Tornadoes slam suburbs of major Ohio city; 60 million people still under severe weather threat
Three massive tornadoes that tore through Ohio, including the suburbs of one of the state's largest cities, leveled homes and entire apartment complexes Monday night and knocked out power and water to tens of thousands of people.
abcnews.go.com/US/80000-power-deaths-reported-ohio-tornado/story?id=63314869
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Johnson & Johnson faces trial over opioid crisis in Oklahoma
Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's largest drug manufacturers, has gone on trial in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit by the US state of Oklahoma.Prosecutors accuse the firm of deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying addiction risks, fuelling a so-called "opioid epidemic".
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48437082

The US-China trade war could slash economic output across the world
Further escalation in the US-China trade war could slash global gross domestic product by $600 billion annually within two years, according to estimates by Bloomberg Economics.
markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/us-china-trade-war-slashes-global-gdp-600-billion-2019-5-1028234313

The video.
youtube.com/watch?v=E85cJBAWrK8

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oh shit european what are you doing

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Oh look I was right about what a disaster Corbyn's ambiguous Brexit policy has been :^)

Shame he didn't change his mind until it reinvigorated the Libdems but hey

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The WSWS has always reported that Corbyn would betray the working class and this analysis got a ton of backlash from people in this site as they are mostly incapable of conducting a class analysis of political events.

"The last thing Corbyn would contemplate is to come to power as a result of a movement of the working class he might not be able to control. He wants only to serve British imperialism and continue the efforts to suppress the class struggle that have characterised his leadership. May’s overture is confirmation that the ruling class has Corbyn’s real measure as an essential ally against the working class.

These are strategic experiences for the working class in Britain, Europe and internationally. Corbyn has been held up as a model to be emulated by pseudo-left formations the world over. But before Corbyn, the same service was provided for Syriza in Greece, Podemos in Spain, the “Left Bloc” in Portugal and Bernie Sanders in the US—always with the same disastrous impact.

From the outset, the Socialist Equality Party warned: “Corbyn represents the last desperate effort to resuscitate a policy that has failed time and time again and has played a crucial role for the bourgeoisie in stemming a revolutionary development in the working class—the policy of attempting to push Labour to the left.”

We drew particular attention to how, when Syriza came to power in January 2015 as a result of its pledges to oppose EU-backed austerity measures, “this was hailed by pseudo-left organizations everywhere as a transformative event that would change the trajectory of European politics. Instead, Syriza spent months pleading with the EU for paltry concessions on the terms for imposing EU austerity measures before repudiating the landslide vote against further austerity in the July [2015] referendum and agreeing to impose even harsher spending cuts than its predecessors.”

The claims of the pseudo-left are in tatters. This week, the Socialist Party writes of “a screaming silence from the trade union leaders,” who have “failed to articulate the desperate situation in working class communities,” and “the faint, hardly audible, voice of Jeremy Corbyn”—without even mentioning his talks with May. The Socialist Workers Party describes the talks as “a trap for Labour” and “a cover for delivering the bosses' interests.” “The missing element is an independent working class intervention into the crisis. That is why the government has not collapsed,” they conclude, without ever criticising Corbyn.

The impasse over Brexit is rooted in a global eruption of inter-imperialist antagonisms provoked by the bitter competition between rival powers for control of the world’s markets. Under Donald Trump, the US has turned sharply towards protectionism, trade war and stepped up threats of war. Europe’s major powers respond by seeking to reinforce the EU as a protectionist trade bloc with its own military capability—even as the antagonisms between them threaten its break-up.

Everywhere the growth of national tensions finds political expression in a lurch to the right by all the major parties and imperialist governments. To remain globally competitive means an endless assault on the jobs, wages and conditions of the working class, which in turn demands authoritarian forms of rule. In Europe, this has spurred the growth of far-right and fascistic movements that exploit popular hostility to the EU’s austerity policies and benefit from the scapegoating of migrants and refugees. They are already in government in Italy, Hungary, Austria and Poland and are major opposition parties in France, Germany and the Netherlands—promoted by the media and the state apparatus as a shock force against the working class.

Continued support for Corbyn and Labour facilitates this dangerous development. The election of Trump, the rise of Marine Le Pen in France and the Alternative for Germany entering the Bundestag were all made possible by the venal role played by the official “left” parties and trade unions and their pseudo-left apologists."

wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/05/pers-a05.html