White US marine murdered homeless 30-year old black man, Jordan Neely on the New York Subway in-front of an applauding crowd. The event highlights the extreme decline in mental healthcare for US veterans and active duty members alike. It is normal to see unhoused people in US cities, and it is common to see them suffer from neglect, starvation, lack of healthcare and more. But it cannot become normal for US citizens to become self-appointed vigilantes and carryout extrajudicial murders. It is especially troubling that this was a white marine choosing to kill a black man.

Jordan Neely Was Executed for Being Poor, Black, and Disabled. - Left Voice

One thing is clear: the marine was trained to use lethal vs non-lethal force. This shows the marine knew what he was doing as the event unfolded and chose to execute Neely. At minimum, the marine should stand trial for homicide. But this also shows that the training he received was suspect at best.

Like anyone that has been to a major US city, you know to expect people suffering mental crisis to gather in places like the subway for help. In the case of Jordan Neely, he was begging for food and money when an unhinged US marine executed Jordan with the help of others. Neely was forcibly restrained and held in a headlock until he stopped moving, reminiscent of the execution of George Floyd.

By releasing the killer without charge and protecting him by not releasing his name, the police deputized him, and the capitalist media is complicit. We should denounce the police as agents who empower killer vigilantes like the man who strangled Jordan Neely. This murderer must be exposed, not coddled. - Left Voice

Source: https://www.leftvoice.org/jordan-neely-was-executed-for-being-poor-black-and-disabled/

The caption says, “Video of the drone attack on the Kremlin. Smoke was visible over the building at night.

According to the presidential press service, the Kremlin was attacked by two drones. As a result of timely actions taken by the military and special services with the use of radar warfare systems, the vehicles were put out of action. As a result of their fall and scattering of fragments, there were no victims and material damage.

The press service reports that Putin's work schedule has not changed and continues as usual:

"The Russian side reserves the right to take retaliatory measures where and when it sees fit."

It has happened once again. On a Saturday afternoon in Ohio, neo-Nazis displaying swastikas and chanting neo-Nazi slogans threatened people with their flags and chants while at a drag brunch.

For the second time in as many months, neo-Nazi white supremacist skinhead Christopher Pohlhaus led his group, Blood Tribe, to protest LGBTQ-affirming events.

As part of the drag brunch event, Land Grant Brewing Company in Columbus hosted a fundraiser for Kaleidoscope Youth Center, an Ohio-based organization dedicated to providing safe and affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ youth in the community, according to local TV station WBNS.

As the affair started, a group of about two dozen right-wing extremists, some chanting and waving Swastika flags, protested the event, videos posted online show.

In contrast to most neo-Nazis in attendance, Pohlhaus did not cover his face to hide his identity.

The group held a banner reading “There will be blood,” behind which they performed Nazi salutes while chanting about “no transgenders on our streets” and other bigoted sentiments.

Pohlhaus led a similar protest last March against a drag queen story hour in Wadsworth near Akron, the video of which was jarring and widely distributed online.

At times, he led the crowd of his adherents in chants of “blood” and “under the Aryan sun” as onlookers observed and members of the Columbus Police dialogue team monitored the interactions.

Among the neo-Nazi group members was at least one who wore tactical gear and carried an AR-15-style rifle.

In response to the presence of actual neo-Nazis in Columbus, council president Shannon Hardin tweeted his dismay.

“LGBTQ+ kids & families shouldn’t have to deal with obscene hate from literal nazis. While

@ColumbusCouncil

has an existing budget earmark for

@KYCOhio

I’m donating today to support the great work they do & show that our community stands with KYC and the community they serve,” he wrote.

https://www.advocate.com/news/ohio-neo-nazi-drag-brunch

Below you can read two other disturbing news stories from World Socialist Web Site:

Tennessee governor signs anti-transgender and anti-drag bills

Democrats in the Tennessee House voted for the anti-trans bill and played a role in the campaign leading up to the passing of the law.

www.wsws.org

Far-right Texas attorney general attempts to compile list of transgender residents

The attacks on transgender people are part of a far-right campaign that is attempting to mobilize backward social prejudices and undermine democratic consciousness.

www.wsws.org

1. "A large force of Israeli Police and its gendarmerie, the "Israel Border Police", raided, Wednesday afternoon, the headquarters of the Communist Party, demanding to take down the Palestinian flag."
2. Read here: http://www.idcommunism.com/2023/04/israeli-police-forces-raids-communist-party-premises-in-nazareth.html

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In Defense of Communism: Workers' May Day 2023 in Greece: The struggles of the workers of the whole world will win!

Original Source:

http://www.idcommunism.com/2023/05/workers-may-day-2023-in-greece-the-struggles-of-the-workers-of-the-whole-world-will-win.html

Read here translated into English: Classical May Day and the struggle for socialism

Original Source:

https://pcdob.org.br/noticias/1o-de-maio-classista-e-a-luta-pelo-socialismo/

May 4th, 1970 — today marks 53 year commemoration of the Kent State University massacre where unarmed students protesting Nixon, US imperialism, anti-communism, and the expansion of the war against the Vietnamese people and the occupation of their campus by the Ohio National Guard, were killed by US fascist police

Read about it here: https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy

On this day, 6 May 1933, Nazis of the German Student Union raided the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Sexology Institute) in Berlin. Run by Magnus Hirschfeld, the institute was a pioneering organisation that supported gay and transgender rights and equality for women. Hirschfeld coined the term “transsexualism.” The institute employed at least one transgender worker and had begun offering the first modern gender affirmation surgery.

A few days after the raid, the institute’s huge library was burned in the streets while propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels delivered a speech. The Nazis then stepped up persecution of all LGBT+ people, although, in particular, gay men and trans women were targeted, with thousands sent to concentration camps. Some of them were forced to serve out their sentences by Allied authorities after “liberation.”

More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10648/nazis-raid-sex-institute