Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of U.S. sanctions as “unfair competition.”
Archive | September, 2019
‘Value and Crisis’ by Alfredo Saad-Filho reviewed
It is very common for leftist commentators to use the term ‘neoliberalism’ in their analysis of a political situation or social struggle. The term is frequently used in socialist political economy, cultural studies, and even mainstream liberal newspapers.
Declaration of the Network in Defense of Humanity: Save the Amazon! Save the Planet!
The Network in Defense of Humanity joins the worldwide mobilization in protest against the ecological disaster caused by the fires in the Amazon and against the transnational corporations and politicians directly responsible for the catastrophe.
Soviet Archaeology in Theory and Practice
A Review of Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area: The History, Origin, and Development of Irrigated Agriculture by Boris V. Andrianov, and Soviet Archaeology: Schools, Trends, and History by Leo S. Klejn
Why Argentina’s elites are waging war against Milagro Sala
The leader of the Tupac Amaru Neighborhood Association is a symbol of the fight against the old order.
Climate change affects the German economy
In 2018, one of the longest dry spells on record left part of the Rhine in Germany at record low levels for months, forcing freighters to reduce their cargo or stop using the river altogether.
Music and film this time
The months ahead will show how many what degree traces of the revolutionary spirit—exemplified by two recent events in Berlin—will somehow find their way into the Berlin and German political scenes.
Venezuela: Despite U.S. sanctions Maduro delivers house number 2.8 million
As a part of Great Housing Mission Venezuela, the national program guarantees citizens’ access to adequate housing.
Wallerstein without anesthetics
The death of Immanuel Wallerstein deprives us of an exceptional mind and an astute critic of capitalist society. This is a doubly lamentable loss at a moment as critical as the present, when the international system suffers under the combined pressures of the tensions provoked by the decline of U.S. imperialism and of the systemic […]
Russia has ‘oligarchs,’ the U.S. has ‘businessmen’
In 150 NYT, CNN and Fox articles, ‘oligarch’ seems reserved for Slavic billionaires
The dogs in the street know
There are some very obvious facts in British politics which nobody seems to be saying.
Over 500 climate strikes planned in U.S. on September 20th; global climate strikes to take place in 117 countries
Activists of All Ages, Labor Groups, Faith Leaders, Businesses and More Join Youth-Led Climate Strikes in Intergenerational Demand for Climate Action
STRIKE FOR CLIMATE: WILL IT BE SOCIALISM OR EXTINCTION?
We must act now.
Which Way Out of Neoliberalism: Fascism or Socialism?
All eyes are on the ongoing struggle between forces of fascism (whether Democratic Party or Republican in character) and the social democratic forces of the Western world with the hopes that a decisive break from imperialism is on the horizon.
Marx’s lessons for today’s climate rebels
Call it “socialism” or something else — but that is the future we need.
