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“We want in our country this: To have no more exploitation of our people, not by white people nor by Black people. We don’t want any more exploitation. It is in this way we educate our people—the masses, the cadres, the militant…"
charted a path towards revolutionary education. His work influenced Paolo Friere, outlined here by Curry Malott in
https://www.newframe.com/how-amilcar-cabral-shaped-paulo-freires-pedagogy/
Max Ajl is a researcher at Ghent University and the Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty and the Environment.
Here at the launch of Rob Wallace's "The Fault in Our SARS" he speaks on reconsidering apartheid dualisms in eco-development.
In late winter of 2023, a community of radical thinkers and doers convened around "The Fault in Our SARS: COVID-19 in the Biden Era," a new book by Rob Walla...
Howard Waitzkin is a social medicine activist, professor, and author, most recently of "Social Medicine and the Coming Transformation".
Here at the launch of Rob Wallace's "The Fault in Our SARS" he speaks on “Science as Ideology".
In late winter of 2023, a community of radical thinkers and doers convened around "The Fault in Our SARS: COVID-19 in the Biden Era," a new book by Rob Walla...
David Frum and Max Boot, two neoconservatives who helped grease the wheels for the invasion of Iraq, have some thoughts they’d like to share with us as we approach the 20th anniversary of that horrific and unforgivable war. Caitlin Johnstone
David Frum and Max Boot, two neoconservatives who helped grease the wheels for the invasion of Iraq, have some thoughts they’d like to share with us as we approach the 20th anniversary of that horrific and unforgivable war.
Adia Benton is a cultural anthropologist at Northwestern University.
Here at the launch of Rob Wallace's "The Fault in Our SARS" she speaks on policing function and/of/within public health.
This video with Adia Benton, author, HIV Exceptionalism and “Race, epidemics, and the viral economy of health expertise,” is one of over a dozen talks from t...
That “one notable exception” was a group of journalists at the Washington, D.C. bureau of Knight Ridder—which was acquired by McClatchy in 2006—who published dozens of articles in several of the company’s papers. Common Dreams
"It should not be forgotten that this debacle of death and destruction was not only a profound error of policymaking; it was the result of a carefully executed crusade of disinformation and lies," said one prominent critic.
"Our hearts are also with our brothers in Cuba, who have shown that, even when surrounded by the sea, a people is capable of taking up arms and successfully defending its fundamental interests and of deciding its own destiny."
on solidarity at the Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies in Tanzania in 1965.
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is a historian, journalist, and author of forty books. He is Executive Director of The Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
Here at the launch of Rob Wallace's "The Fault in Our SARS" he speaks on socialism's response to COVID-19.
This video with Vijay Prashad is one of over a dozen talks from the book launch. Head here to see the rest of the event: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
According to the “Costs of War Project” at Brown University, the U.S. has invoked the post-09/11 AUMF as the legal basis for air strikes and operations in eight countries, detention in 1 (Guantanamo, Cuba), and support for “counter terrorism partners” in 13. Black Agenda Report
The call for the U.S. to end military involvements is often made in order to advocate for new wars against more powerful countries. It appears that the only choices are forever wars or the end of the world.
Read "The new normal," a poem by Marge Piercy:
A new poem by Marge Piercy.
While it was falsely presented by NATOized mass media as “humanitarian intervention,” in fact it was a war of NATO/U.S. geo-political expansion towards the East, towards Russian borders, setting precedent for other aggression which followed—Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria… – Rick Rozoff
This March 24th, the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, Generals and Admirals Association of Serbia, Veterans Association SUBNOR of Serbia and some other independent associations and think tanks, will mark the 24th anniversary of NATO’s aggression against Serbia and Montenegro (the Federal Repu...
"In May, 2012, the Obama Administration announced a project to commemorate the U.S. war in Vietnam. The project, funded by Congress for $65 million and administered by the Department of Defense, extended across the years 2012 to 2025, comprising a set of 50th anniversary events. The President announced his project at the Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., indicating that veterans themselves, not the war, would be the focus of the commemorations. Speaking to the cameras, the President called the Vietnam War “one of the nation’s most painful chapters.” He said the treatment of Vietnam veterans “…was a national shame, a disgrace that should have never happened” and promised that “we’re here today to see that it doesn’t happen again.” - Jerry Lembcke, coauthor of 'Dissenting POWs'
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There is no evidence that Vietnam veterans were spat on. Nor could they have been, at least not in the manner described in the most often told stories. Those stories tell of landing at San Francisco…
"We are with the refugees, the martyred refugees of , who have been tricked and driven from their own homeland by the maneuvers of imperialism.”
on solidarity at the Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies in Tanzania in 1965.
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Former Bush speechwriter David “Axis of Evil” Frum cooked up a lie-filled spin piece with The Atlantic claiming that “What the U.S. did in Iraq was not an act of unprovoked aggression.” Caitlin Johnstone
In order to narrative-manage the public conversation about the Iraq War on the 20th anniversary of the invasion, those who helped unleash that horror upon our world have briefly paused their relentless torrent of “Ukraine proves the hawks were always right” takes to churn out a deluge of “Actu...
The death throes of Canadian multiculturalism began on February 2023 over China-Canada science connections. Canada’s Innovation Minister said Canadian universities shouldn’t do research with China’s military, as 50 of them have since 2005. – Justin Podur Blog
How a rogue spy and two reporters are breaking the fragile system for integrating immigrants.
The U.S. government printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs and venture capital firms, paying them all of their uninsured deposits. Geopolitical Economy Report
The U.S. Federal Reserve printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs. 93% of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits were uninsured, over the FDIC limit of $250,000, but the government still paid them. 56% of SVB’s loans went to venture capitalist and pri...
In 1973, fifty years ago, Amilcar Cabral, the leader of the national revolution in Guinea and Cape Verde was murdered. Review of African Political Economy
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of national revolutionary leader Amilcar Cabral’s murder in 1973, over the next four weeks, ROAPE will be re-posting a collection of essays paying tribute to Cabral. The collection was first published in the ROAPE journal thirty years ago, and reflects on the extra...
As Europe struggles to keep the lights on, Bolivia’s nationalized electric company, ENDE, will provide Argentina with 132 thousand volts of electricity, announced Energy Minister Franklin Molina. Kawsachun News
For the first time in Bolivia’s history, the country is now an exporter of electricity.
Vicenç Navarro is a public policy professor at Pompeu Fabra University and Johns Hopkins.
Here at the launch of Rob Wallace's "The Fault in Our SARS" he speaks on what the U.S. could have learned from some (not many) European countries.
In late winter of 2023, a community of radical thinkers and doers convened around "The Fault in Our SARS: COVID-19 in the Biden Era," a new book by Rob Walla...
"We are with the Blacks of North America, we are with them in the streets of Los Angeles, and when they are deprived of all possibility of life, we suffer with them."
on solidarity at the Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies in Tanzania in 1965.
is a verb
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Amilcar Cabral led Guinea Bissau to near total liberation from Portuguese imperialism. In this interview, Cabral lucidly explains the demands of the struggle: freedom from exploitation and self-determination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O-obP3r6Hw
He expands on this line of thinking in speeches and texts collected in, “Return to the Source,” released next month: https://monthlyreview.org/product/return-to-the-source-new-expanded-edition
So, there is nothing new when Bezalel Smotrich, the minister of finance of Israel calls for the erasure of Huwwara. The Palestine Chronicle
I am writing this op-ed on March 10, 2023. Seventy-five years ago, on this date, the military command of the Zionist leadership publicized Plan Dalet, or Plan D, which, among other guidelines, instructed the Zionist forces on their way to occupy hundreds of Palestinian villages and several towns and...
For those who are interested in an Indonesian perspective on (we should all be!) and who also know ...
Or, forward to your friends in that part of the world...
Thank you very much to Sawyer Martin French, and the Indonesian publication, "The Suryakanta", for this review.
(Read on, if you know Indondesian) Dalam ekonomi global saat ini, sebagian besar produksi terjadi di negara-negara “berkembang” seperti Tiongkok, India, dan Indonesia. Namun…
The White House released its budget request for 2024. For the Pentagon, there is $824 billion. Adding armaments for military operations in Ukraine takes that figure to more than $950 billion. Struggle - La Lucha for Socialism
The White House released its budget request for 2024. For the Pentagon, there is $824 billion. Adding armaments for military operations in Ukraine takes that figure to more than $950 billion.
In an action that is a flat reversal of his election campaign pledge of “no more drilling on federal lands,” President Joe Biden decided Monday to approve an $8 billion oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, to be operated by ConocoPhillips. World Socialist Web Site
In an action that is a flat reversal of his election campaign pledge of “no more drilling on federal lands,” President Joe Biden decided Monday to approve an $8 billion oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, to be operated by ConocoPhillips.
Sources reported on Saturday that a peaceful demonstration is taking place in Washington DC to protest against military support for Ukraine and U.S. militarism in general. Al Mayadeen English
The rally coincides with the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.
The machine will churn no more. Nearly 80 years of top-down one-party rule in the United Auto Workers are coming to an end. Reformer Shawn Fain is set to be the winner in the runoff for the UAW presidency. Labor Notes
The machine will churn no more. Nearly 80 years of top-down one-party rule in the United Auto Workers are coming to an end. Reformer Shawn Fain is set to be the winner in the runoff for the UAW presidency.
Adelita Husni-Bey is an artist and pedagogue invested in anarcho-collectivism, theater, and critical legal studies.
Here at the launch of Rob Wallace's "The Fault in Our SARS" she speaks on teaching COVID through critical geography.
In late winter of 2023, a community of radical thinkers and doers convened around "The Fault in Our SARS: COVID-19 in the Biden Era," a new book by Rob Walla...
- We’re revisiting and radical historian ’s discussion of Amilcar Cabral’s work and legacy, particularly in developing rigorous, popular political education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL-mJYIitOQ
Read his expanded collected speeches and texts, “Return to the Source,” released next month.
https://monthlyreview.org/product/return-to-the-source-new-expanded-edition/
As of now, according to the list maintained by activists Alejandra Caraballo, Erin Reed, and Allison Chapman, over 400 bills targeting trans people have been filed with legislatures nationwide this year—more than in the past several years combined. Texas Observer
A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.
“Today’s fight is a continuation of the fight to defend our dignity, our right to have an identity—our own identity.” Amilcar Cabral led Guinea Bissau towards near total liberation from Portuguese imperialism and examined the role of culture in decolonial struggle.
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I MET Prof Thomas Kailath seven years back in Delhi, where he talked about how India was on par if not leading, with countries like China in science and technology in the 90s but falling rapidly behind China today with its much bigger investments. Peoples Democracy
Kailath, originally from Kerala but settled in the U.S., is one of the foremost names in the world in communications, control and signal processing. I remembered his words while reading the recent startling headlines that China has become the world leader in 37 of 44 critical technologies evaluated....
On 24 February 2023, the Chinese Foreign Ministry released a twelve-point plan entitled ‘China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis’. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
On 24 February 2023, the Chinese Foreign Ministry released a twelve-point plan entitled ‘China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis’.
The March 10 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves throughout the world economy. Since then, the U.S. government moved quickly and decisively to bailout the bank’s depositors to the tune of USD 151 billion. Peoples Dispatch
The U.S. is divesting from working people and investing in banks and venture capitalists, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.
I need to report a theft. Nassau County law enforcement stole $500 from my friend, Sylvester “Sonny” Jackson. – Re/creation
I need to report a theft. Nassau County law enforcement stole $500 from my friend, Sylvester “Sonny” Jackson.
Hundreds of mostly women gathered at Catholic University’s Maloney Hall during the first weekend of March to convene the first U.S.-based conference of a worldwide grassroots women’s network called the International Women’s Alliance. Toward Freedom
Hundreds of mostly women gathered at Catholic University’s Maloney Hall during the first weekend of March to convene the first U.S.-based conference of a worldwide grassroots women’s network called the International Women’s Alliance, as well as help strengthen its fledgling U.S. chapter.
One of the tragic victims of the FBI’s COINTELPRO operation was Annie Mae Aquash, a Micmaq from Nova Scotia and teacher who participated in the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation. CovertAction Magazine
February 27 through May 8 marks the 50th anniversary of the occupation by the American Indian Movement (AIM) of Wounded Knee on the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, the site of the last great massacre of the Indian Wars in December, 1890.
Greg Gonsalves is an associate professor of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health.
Here at the launch of Rob Wallace's "The Fault in Our SARS" he speaks on the financialization of medicine and the medicalization of public health.
In late winter of 2023, a community of radical thinkers and doers convened around "The Fault in Our SARS: COVID-19 in the Biden Era," a new book by Rob Walla...
FEATURED - John Ross - In its recent political propaganda, the U.S. has been claiming that its economy was doing well and the stimulus packages it launched during Covid were a big success.
The collapse in rapid succession of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank confirms the extremely damaging character of U.S. stimulus policies.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published its latest report of global arms sales, shows European states’ imports of major arms over five years between 2018 and 2022 increased by 47% compared to 2013-2017 period, while global arms decreased by 5.1%. TeleSur_English
As a result of military aid from the U.S. and many European states, Ukraine became the 3rd biggest importer of major arms during 2022.
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