“Capitalism only asks whether fascism is profitable.”
Archive | October, 2018
Who will control the Earth’s thermostat?
Geoengineering is a risky business. So risky, in fact, that it should be banned.
Maduro slams ‘crazy extremist’ Mike Pence over claims Venezuela is funding migrant caravan
NICOLAS MADURO branded U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence a “crazy extremist” today after Washington accused the Venezuelan president of funding the migrant caravan which has been blocked from entering the U.S.a
The crisis of capital
It may be hard, but I want you to try to think back a decade, actually slightly less than a decade. In 2000, we were celebrating the millennium, and if you remember what was happening at that time, it was an enormous celebration of a new global capitalism, of globalization, of the end of conflict […]
Trump, or capital in the Oval Office
The moment was of course metaphysically necessary—that capital incarnate itself as man and come among us. The question we must ask rather is how this descent occurs, for that determines all that follows.
Twenty-first century capitalism—the means exist to break the chains that hold us
“The overwhelming character of the ecological crisis will eventually…[force workers to recognize] that the main material conditions determining their lives are both economic and environmental—and indeed that the latter are more far-reaching.”
Richard Wolff takes on Jordan B. Peterson
Prof. Wolff responds to Jordan Peterson’s assertions about Marxism.
The great un-blackening: the corporate project to erase black people from politics
Corporate rule imposes a duopoly system in which one party is overtly white supremacist and the other party refuses to tackle racial oppression–but both pursue austerity and war.
Socialism frightens Trump White House, publishes ‘red scare’ just before midterm elections
The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report earlier this week on “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism,” apparently based on the fact that “coincident with the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth, socialism is making a comeback in American political discourse,” even though Marx’s birth was in May (1818).
Brazil Elections: a conversation with social leader Frei Betto
The second round of elections in Brazil will take place Oct. 28, and this time two opponents will face off. On the one side is Fernando Haddad from the Workers’ Party (PT) who promises to continue the project started by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff.
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed
Mike Peters explores the legacy of Steve Biko, a radical who spent his life fighting for Black liberation and for the overthrow of the Apartheid government in South Africa.
Yes, ExxonMobil and Chevron are still distorting climate science
If you look at headlines from the last year, ExxonMobil, Chevron and other major fossil fuel companies have seemingly turned a new page on climate change.
Poor People’s Campaign – June 23, 2018
In this special episode, we offer a montage of interviews, songs, and speeches recorded during the Poor People’s Campaign’s June 23 rally on the National Mall and march on the US Capitol. To learn more about the 21st Century.
Trump and Bolton’s new motto: how I started to stop worrying and love the bomb
The key issue is the U.S.’s desire to return to the 90’s status of the world’s sole hegemon.
Why are thousands of Hondurans walking towards the U.S. border?
The migrant caravan, which has been met with threats from Donald Trump, is the result of poverty, growing crime and repression in Honduras. The U.S. has played a key role in propping up the government of Juan Orlando Hernández, who was reelected in November through blatant electoral fraud.
Costas Lapavitsas: socialism starts at home
“We have relations of domination, new ways in which imperialism manifests itself. That’s the reality of Europe, not the fairy stories of an alliance of nations, overcoming national borders, becoming one big, happy family.”
How can we make “Abolish ICE” a reality?
Two of the immigrant rights movement’s historic demands provide a basis for actually closing the agency, and beyond that for building a movement to demand more fundamental changes.
In ‘Historic Moment’ for climate action, Wales pledges to leave its remaining coal in the ground
“More countries must rapidly follow the path of Wales in leaving fossil fuels in the ground and transitioning to renewables.”
Sciences of inequality
Last month, Philip Alston, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights (whose important work I have written about before), issued a tweet about the new poverty and healthcare numbers in the United States along with a challenge to the administration of Donald Trump (which in June decided to voluntarily remove itself from […]
Women workers bring Glasgow to a standstill
Council staff make history with biggest strike over equal pay.
