Archive | August, 2024

Is there a migration crisis in England? Yes, there is, says John Wight. And it’s not the fault of the migrants.

NATO’s growing militarism doesn’t just risk widening war, but is deeply implicated in the mounting climate catastrophe, argues Nandita Lal.

The stock market crashed on August 5, in a new “Black Monday”. What caused it? Is the USA on the verge of a new financial crisis? Ben Norton is joined by economist Michael Hudson to discuss the extreme volatility.

Counterfire members attended demonstrations across the country and sent the following reports of the heartening mobilisations against racism and fascism.

The racist pogroms on the streets of Britain are the result of British support for genocide in Palestine and the construction of a “migrant threat”.

There is a problem, fundamentally, in viewing the regime change in Bangladesh as a ‘stand-alone’ event.

The U.S. and UK ambassadors to Japan will not attend the Nagasaki atomic bomb victim memorial on August 9 due to the Nagasaki administration’s decision not to invite the Israeli envoy.

Workers in the Global South—from farm workers to scientists—power the world economy but face a yawning wage gap.

Venezuela’s opposition yet again cries fraud in the 28 July presidential but fails to provide evidence. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Chavistas, their frustrations grounded in the understanding that the US-hybrid war is the root of the crisis, take to the streets and chant no volverán: they [the oligarchy] will not return.

Vijay Prashad reflects on the last several weeks in Bangladesh of protests and convulsions, which culminated in the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

James Baldwin was born one hundred years ago in Harlem, New York, 2 August 1924.

DELIVERY drivers in the gig economy are fearing for their lives because of the wave of far-right riots that continue across the country.

H. Bruce Franklin, who died on May 19, 2024, at the age of 90, ranks among the great public intellectuals of our time. Carolyn L. Karcher writes on his immense legacy as a teacher, activist, and scholar.

While Ava Moayeri and her team argue that the conviction represents a violation of free speech, the judge claims it challenged “Israel’s” right to exist.

“Let them show the records!” has become the buzzword to refer to Venezuela and its recent electoral process.

On August 4, the Israeli army bombed a group of tents inside the compound of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, killing three people. The bombing caused a number of tents to catch on fire, resulting in the injury of dozens of displaced civilians.

CounterSpin interview with Keith McHenry on criminalizing homelessness.

What democracy would accept a member of parliament agreeing that it was permissible and acceptable for its soldiers to sexually abuse political prisoners?

By sanctioning so many countries so readily, the Empire has in effect sanctioned itself–and convinced an ever-increasing number of states to seek alternative economic and financial structures.

Vladimir Lenin made many valuable contributions to Marxist political economy.