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‘Karl Radek on China: Documents from the Former Secret Soviet Archives’ – a review
Sometimes, the greatest theoretical works come to us in the form of lectures rather than systemic books. This is the case with Karl Radek, whose lectures on the Chinese Revolution have recently been published by the Historical Materialism book series.
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Ernest Mandel – Selected Writings I
The IIRE has released the first volume of the Selected Writings by Ernest Mandel (1923-1995).
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Covid capitalism
General tendencies, possible “leaps”
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Leonard Peltier may finally get out of prison after more than 4 decades
Peltier has served about four-and-a-half decades in prison for a crime–the killing of two FBI agents in a 1975 gun battle at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota–that even his erstwhile prosecutor now admits that Peltier did not commit.
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Prestigious weaponry expert censored after demonstrating that a deadly poison gas attack—blamed on the Syrian government—was really a false-flag operation by U.S.-funded terrorists
Theodore Postol, a physicist with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, he is Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a former top policy adviser to the chief of naval operations.
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Elections in Honduras: the challenge of ending twelve years of neoliberalism
Honduras is at the most important crossroads of its recent history.
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Thanksgiving glorifies the abhorrent colonization of Indigenous Peoples
From Columbus Day to Independence Day to Thanksgiving, the U.S. pretty much specializes in taking dates that celebrate genocide and discrimination, and repackaging them as family-friendly holidays.
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Totalitarian cyber-creep: Mark Zuckerberg in the Metaverse
Never leave matters of maturity to the Peter Panners of Silicon Valley. At their most benign, they are easily dismissed as potty and keyboard mad.
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Dominant PSUV sweeps Venezuela’s ‘mega-elections’
The ruling party won at least 19 governorships with a highly divided opposition landing three.
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Can Joan Robinson’s ideas cast some light on today’s profound economic challenges?
2023 marks the fortieth year since the passing of Joan Robinson and her one-hundred-and-twentieth anniversary.
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Texas’ abortion ban is having a ‘domino effect’ on clinics across the U.S.
“We are seeing massive ripple effects across the country for other states taking on displaced patients.”
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Climate injustice at Glasgow COP-out
Former Irish President Mary Robinson observed, “People will see this as a historically shameful dereliction of duty,… nowhere near enough to avoid climate disaster.”
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Anti-communism, anti-Blackness, and imperialism
In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition‘s Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control.
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Helena Sheehan – ‘Science and Technology Studies: A Marxist Narrative’
The author of several books, including the definitive study ‘Marxism and the Philosophy of Science: A Critical History’, Professor Sheehan traces the historical entanglements of Science and Technology Studies with Marxist thought, as well as her own biography as a scholar and activist.
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Sino-Russian collusion over Taiwan, Ukraine seems improbable but isn’t
U.S. has whipped up war hysteria over satellite image of Russian military camp in Yelnya, over 500 kms from Ukraine border, to allege Moscow’s invasion plans and to justify NATO involvement.
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What role does the military play in climate change?
A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined.
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Millions more want to quit
The “Great Resignation” refers to the millions of people who have quit their job over the past 20 months, “more than 4.4 million alone in September” which is about the same as the previous month.
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African Feminisms–a decolonial history: an interview with Rama Salla Dieng
In her new book ‘African Feminisms – a decolonial history’, the Senegalese scholar-activist Rama Salla Dieng interviews feminist activists about their work, struggles and lives. Interviewed by Coumba Kane, Dieng speaks about what it means to be a feminist in Africa today.
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‘Saddening, infuriating, and utterly unsurprising’: Rittenhouse acquitted
The verdict, said the Huber family, sends the “unacceptable message” that armed vigilantes can “use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street.”
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UN Commission objects to OPCW report on Syria
The UN Commission on Syria does not consider as proven the alleged chemical weapons attack in April 2018.