Sharp conflicts in South China Sea pose threat of future wars

Vol. 88/No. 26 - July 15, 2024
Map shows controversial “nine-dash line” used by China’s rulers to claim 80% of South China Sea. Beijing is building fortified islets in area leading to sharp conflicts with rival governments of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Taiwan, many backed by Washington.

China’s Coast Guard vessels repeatedly rammed and then troops boarded Philippine naval vessels, injuring several sailors in the Spratly Islands June 17. The clash was the most violent encounter to date between Chinese and Filipino forces whose rulers both claim…


Supreme Court rulings victory for constitutional freedoms

Vol. 88/No. 26 - July 15, 2024

In a victory upholding crucial constitutional freedoms, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the use of an anti-business fraud statute to target Joseph Fischer for his part in the Jan. 6, 2021, melee at the Capitol. This was rapidly followed…


Join fight against ban on ‘Militant’ in Florida prison

Vol. 88/No. 26 - July 15, 2024

Two dozen letters have been sent to the Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee urging it to reverse the ban prison authorities have placed on Militant issue no. 17 at Jackson Correctional Institution in Malone, Florida. More are on…



NTSB: Norfolk Southern’s actions ‘unprecedented and reprehensible’

Vol. 88/No. 26 - July 15, 2024
Plumes of smoke in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 6, 2023, after Norfolk Southern rail bosses deliberately set toxic chemicals on fire in “controlled” burn, three days after derailment.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — In its June 25 final hearing on the February 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment and disaster for residents here, the National Transportation Safety Board said the rail company bears full responsibility. Board Chair Jennifer Homendy called their…


Communist League: Protest rising attacks on Jews in Canada

Vol. 88/No. 26 - July 15, 2024

MONTREAL — Since the deadly Oct. 7 pogrom by Hamas in Israel there has been a rise in Jew-hating violence worldwide. Here in Canada, Hamas supporters have shot bullets at schools; carried out physical attacks, threats and vandalism at synagogues;…