
01/29/2021
Monthly Review | The great denial
A new poem by Marge Piercy.
A new poem by Marge Piercy.
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Operating as usual
A new poem by Marge Piercy.
A new poem by Marge Piercy.
Against the Grain Radio in conversation with John Bellamy Foster
C. S. Soong, host of Against the Grain (KPFA/94.1 FM) talks with John Bellamy Foster, author, most recently, of The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology. To what extent did Frederick Engels engage…
February 14 ❤️: socialist history society launches John Bellamy Foster's "The Return of Nature"
Twenty years ago, John Bellamy Foster’s Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature introduced a new understanding of Karl Marx’s revolutionary ecological materialism. More than simply a study of Marx…
Counterfire reviews "Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution"
Don Fitz’s Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution covers a wide range of topics including medical and sanitary advances prior to the 1959 revolution such as viral disease inoculation and…
The extensive commentary I have read on the Capitol Seizure of January 6 has not, to my knowledge, focused on two aspects of the event: The first is the class composition of the rioters. @NakedCapitalism
The extensive commentary I have read on the Capitol Seizure of January 6 has not, to my knowledge, focused on two aspects of the event: The first is the class composition of the rioters.
Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon’s edited collection "Standing with Standing Rock" tell a rich and complex story of decolonization and Indigenization from the frontlines of the movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017.
This article will be released in full online January 25, 2020. The story of the Indigenous movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017 has been the subject of numerous articles and…
In 1931 the British Colonial Office submitted a special report to the Council of the League of Nations on the “Progress of Iraq” in the previous decade. @LegalForm
In 1931 the British Colonial Office submitted a special report to the Council of the League of Nations on the “Progress of Iraq” in the previous decade. Since the First World War had ended with the…
The government has to mediate between these conflicting interests. But in India at present, the farmers have no desire to shift from food crops, even as consumers want food crops to be supplied through the public distribution system. The Telegraph
Protesting farmers are reclaiming the idea of the nation.
It was a highly symbolic event–except that Navalny was travelling by an aeroplane from Germany and not in a sealed train. @bhadrakumarmelkulangara
A regime change project in Russia was launched on Sunday with the return of political activist Alexei Navalny to Moscow. It was a highly symbolic event—except that Navalny was traveling by an airplane…
On 17 January 2021, we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961). CADTM
On 17 January 2021, we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961).
@anngarrison: "Thanks for going down to the Capitol to actually watch, photograph, and stream what you saw on January 6 and then talking about it on your Grayzone webcast." Black Agenda Report
The Grayzone founder notes that “such a disproportionate percentage” of the Capitol building attackers were former military, former law enforcement, or current law enforcement that began rappelling up…
This writer for a long time hesitated to go beyond the broad consensus that designated the oPt an apartheid regime while leaving open the proper legal description of the regime inside the Green Line. Mondoweiss
During the past two decades, many respected individuals and organizations designated the regime Israel has established in the occupied Palestinian territory—the West Bank, including East Jerusalem…
He estimated that the prices of food could go up by 400% if the ban continues. Peoples Dispatch
Mark Lowcock of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned that recent labeling of Houthis as a terrorist organization by the U.S. would likely trigger a “famine on…
COVID-19 has exposed the fissures caused by capitalism. It has uncovered the ecological, epidemiological, and economic vulnerabilities imposed by capitalism in the world. The Dispatch
In December 2019, China’s Wuhan city witnessed an abnormal rise of what was initially thought to be cases of pneumonia, as identified by the Wuhan Municipality Health Commission. However…
In its latest report on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) in Africa, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) discloses that US$88.6 billion from the continent go up in smoke every year. CADTM
Contrary to the dominant discourse, it is actually the case that the 54 African states finance developed countries and not the other way round.
All too many Americans now blame globalisation and foreign threats–especially immigrants and China–for many major problems the U.S. faces. IDEAs
The incoming Biden administration is under tremendous pressure to demonstrate better U.S. economic management. Trade negotiations normally take years to conclude, if at all. Unsurprisingly…
The Chilean media were quick to label the October 2019 popular uprising an ‘estallido social’, a social explosion. As the cry of ‘Chile despertó!’– Chile woke up!–rang out in the streets, the refrain in television studios was that ‘no one saw this coming’. New Left Review
The Chilean media were quick to label the October 2019 popular uprising an ‘estallido social’, a social explosion. As the cry of ‘Chile despertó!’– Chile woke up!–rang out in the streets…
Whatever may be the outcome of this great historic movement, Indian society will not be the same again. @ChamanLal
The nationalists to be effective must harness the nation into action, into revolt.… The nation will stir itself to action only on assurance of nationalization. i.e.… Freedom from slavery of…
Obviously, the precise composition of the worker-peasant alliance and the precise agenda of this alliance, will vary from country to country depending on concrete conditions. IDEAs
At a time when peasant masses in the country are engaged in a valiant struggle for the repeal of the Central government’s three infamous laws, and have laid peaceful siege to Delhi…
After seven months of job gains, although diminishing gains to be sure, we are again losing jobs. As the chart below shows, the number of jobs fell by 140,000 in December. @ReportsfromtheEconomicFront
A meaningful working-class recovery from the recession seems far away.
The United States prepares for moving out of the Trump era with the incoming President promising more rounds of stimulus spending to revive an economy ravaged by COVID-19. IDEAs
The evidence clearly is that the Covid-crisis has upended the fiscal conservatism that has been the hallmark of the neoliberal era since the 1980s.
As it turns out though, Aaron’s downloading wasn’t even illegal, as he was a Harvard Ethics Fellow at the time and Harvard and MIT had contractual agreements allowing Aaron to access those materials en masse. @AaronSwartzDay
November 8, 2020 would have been Aaron’s 34th birthday, but instead we mourn our friend and wonder what could have been, had he not taken his own life seven years ago after being terrorized by a…
Ruth Milkman’s latest book is a strong response to the “immigrant threat” narrative that has been central to U.S. politics in the last decades.
Ruth Milkman's latest book is a strong scholarly response to the "immigrant threat" narrative that has been central to U.S. politics in the last decades. In Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat…
Even today, we don’t have an international plan, reflected in the North-South divide over the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine. @YanisIqbal
A vaccine alone will not be enough to end the pandemic as it must also be made available at an affordable price and allocated in a way that achieves equity. It follows that suspending intellectual…
Musk is known for his unhinged outbursts online and generally bizarre behaviour. In this respect, he epitomises the increasing craziness of capitalism. Green Left
Elon Musk has been pronounced the wealthiest person on earth, slightly overtaking Jeff Bezos. Musk is known for his unhinged outbursts online and generally bizarre behaviour. In this respect…
Gerald Horne on Blog Talk Radio's The Roots & Roots Show...
Gerald Horne, author of the recently published The Dawning of the Apocalypse, talks to Greg Rasheed, host of Blog Talk Radio's The Root and Roots Show about the roots of white supremacy…
Around the world, people gaped at the bizarre pageant of Trump’s army running riot in the chambers of the body that calls itself the ‘world’s oldest democracy’. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
On 6 January, the world witnessed an interesting spectacle, an assortment of what appeared to be characters from fantasy television shows taking possession of the U.S. Capitol…
MR Online | “What abyss are we talking about?”
The essay published by Timothy Snyder in the New York Times Magazine on January 9 has a beautiful title, even if it is not very original.
The DEA was notified that “Work on laying the pipeline is scheduled to resume in Danish waters on January 15.” @bhadrakumar.melkulangara
Maas underscored that Berlin “does not need to talk about European sovereignty if that is understood as us (Germany) doing everything in future the way Washington wants.”…
Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is likely to be in for a bitter disappointment. The Dissident Voice
Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is likely to be in for…
Marxism and feminism have had a relationship which has been described famously as an ‘unhappy marriage’. Counterfire
Lindsey German discusses Marxism's contribution to analyzing women's oppression in this extract from Marxism and Women'
On January 5, 2021, the newly elected National Assembly took its seats in Venezuela’s capital. @Globetrotter
On January 5, 2021, the newly elected National Assembly took its seats in Venezuela’s capital. That day the Lima Group released a statement most of its members signed saying that they did not…
Rob Wallace in New Internationalist and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung: two new articles...
Rob Wallace, author of Big Farms Big Flu and Dead Epidemiologists, has become an international pundit in the conversation about the rise and spread of global epidemics. Here are two of his latest…
The growth in arms sales is structurally driven by the permanent crisis of capitalism. There has been a long-term decline in the rate of profit of the productive sectors of leading capitalist states. Orinoco Tribune
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced that weapons exports have risen by 2.8% to $175 billion in 2020. In their annual briefing on U.S. arms sales, the Pentagon and State…
The left would go crazy over Jewish American dissidents Abel and Anne Meeropol if they were alive today. Current Affairs
Orphaned after their parents were executed for espionage, the story of the Rosenberg boys is one all Americans should know.
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