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  • The Revolutionary Answers of C.L.R. James

    The revolutionary answers of C.L.R. James

    Originally published: Rebel News on September 11, 2020 by Bill Mullen (more by Rebel News)  | (Posted Sep 15, 2020)

    The Black Lives Matter movement across the U.S. against police violence and racist inequality is one of the most dynamic political developments in years.

  • Ernest Mandel - On the potential of history

    1987: Ernest Mandel – On the potential of history

    Originally published: IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education) on September 14, 2020 by Ernest Mandel (more by IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education)) (Posted Sep 15, 2020)

    For a materialist conception of history, it is necessary to understand that the world cannot be consciously changed without understanding it correctly.

  • After the Wedding. L.S. Lowry.

    The interconnectedness of everything-Capitalist contradictions and Marx’s metabolic rift theory

    Originally published: The Meaning of Life Type Stuff on September 11, 2020 by Daniel Tarade (more by The Meaning of Life Type Stuff) (Posted Sep 14, 2020)

    No person is an island. It takes a village. Circle of Life. We are stardust. Seven generations. These truisms reference connections between people and what we owe each other. Appealing to chaos theory, an action, no matter how small, dominoes around the world.

  • Police walk past evidence markers at a scene Thursday, Sept. 3, in Lacey, Wash., where Michael Reinoehl, 48, was killed by a federal task force. (AP Photo/Ted Warren)

    Eyewitness testimony: Death of Portland protester Michael Reinoehl was targeted assassination

    Originally published: World Socialist Web Site on September 11, 2020 by Patrick Martin (more by World Socialist Web Site)  | (Posted Sep 14, 2020)

    An eyewitness has come forward to contradict official claims that Michael Reinoehl, a left-wing opponent of police violence who was killed in Lacey, Washington on September 3, died in a shootout with police.

  • The Current on CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

    CBC owes the people of Palestine an apology

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on September 11, 2020 by Karen Rodman (more by Mondoweiss)  | (Posted Sep 14, 2020)

    Over 2,000 people have written to the CBC to condemn its deletion of the word “Palestine” and its subsequent apology for uttering it. Still, the broadcaster insists the word falls outside its standards.

  • A Victory for Students and Parents: SPLC, allies win case blocking DeVos from diverting COVID-19 relief funds away from public schools (Photo by iStock)

    A victory for students and parents: SPLC, allies win case blocking DeVos from diverting COVID-19 relief funds away from public schools

    Originally published: SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) on September 9, 2020 (more by SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center))  | (Posted Sep 14, 2020)

    A federal court has sent a clear message to U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos: You cannot use a national crisis as an excuse to advance your education privatization agenda by siphoning desperately needed COVID-19 relief money away from public schools.

  • Grand Central during Coronavirus Pandemic.

    The COVID-19 pandemic and the dual nature of science

    Originally published: Science for the People on August 23, 2020 by Frank Rosenthal (more by Science for the People)  | (Posted Sep 12, 2020)

    Over two decades ago, Professor Richard Levins, one of the founders of Science for the People, described this phenomenon as the “dual nature” of science.(1) On one hand, scientific investigations discover truths about material reality that are independent of ideology or politics.

  • The Insidious Workings of the Political Ratchet

    The insidious workings of the political ratchet

    Originally published: CrimethInc. on September 10, 2020 (more by CrimethInc.)  | (Posted Sep 12, 2020)

    Democrats Are Joining Trump and DHS in Demonizing Anti-Fascists. Here’s Why.

  • San Francisco skyline tainted orange from wildfire smoke, Sept. 9

    Gov’t silent as climate change unfolds

    Originally published: Liberation News on September 10, 2020 by Tina Landis (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Sep 12, 2020)

    From megafires, extreme heat waves, summer snow storms and hurricanes, millions across the United States are witnessing the effects of climate change first hand.

  • Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) Photo: Associated Press

    Michele Bachmann says “transgender Black Marxists” are trying to “overthrow the United States”

    Originally published: LGBTQ Nation on September 9, 2020 by Bil Browning (more by LGBTQ Nation)  | (Posted Sep 11, 2020)

    She says they’re going to start a Communist revolution to elect Joe Biden & bring about a global currency. Seriously.

  • A mobile advertising board with a "Don't Extradite Assange" message outside the Old Bailey, London

    Wikileaks helped end secret U.S. killings, Assange extradition hearing is told

    Originally published: Morning Star Online on September 1, 2020 (more by Morning Star Online)  | (Posted Sep 10, 2020)

    REVELATIONS published by Wikileaks helped to end a secret U.S. assassination programme and freed unlawfully detained prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, the Julian Assange extradition hearing was told today.

  • John O'Nolan/Unsplash, FAL

    Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous – here’s why

    Originally published: The Conversation on September 9, 2020 by Steve Keen (more by The Conversation)  | (Posted Sep 10, 2020)

    While climate scientists warn that climate change could be catastrophic, economists such as 2018 Nobel prize winner William Nordhaus assert that it will be nowhere near as damaging.

  • David Roedeger's book The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History

    How the middle half lives

    Originally published: Dissident Voice on September 6, 2020 by John Hawkins (more by Dissident Voice)  | (Posted Sep 10, 2020)

    A Review of David Roedeger’s book The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History

  • Extinction Rebellion: The real criminals sit in parliament!

    Extinction Rebellion: The real criminals sit in parliament!

    Originally published: Labour Left Alliance on September 7, 2020 (more by Labour Left Alliance)  | (Posted Sep 09, 2020)

    We applaud the successful blockades of a number of printing plants by activists of Extinction Rebellion. They have managed to seriously disrupt one of the key pillars of capitalism–the establishment press. Predictably, the Daily Mail, The Times and all the other right wing rags are complaining about this being an “attack on the freedom of the press”. A ludicrous charge.

  • Militant protests ongoing in Rochester, NY, demanding justice for Daniel Prude

    Militant protests ongoing in Rochester, NY, demanding justice for Daniel Prude

    Originally published: Liberation News on September 6, 2020 by Hannah Dickinson (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Sep 08, 2020)

    On Sep. 2 a news conference held by Free the People ROC and the family of Daniel T. Prude announced that Prude, a 41-year old Black man, had been killed by the Rochester Police Department on March 30.

  • Featured image: Photo courtesy of the Russian embassy in Caracas.

    850 thousand Insulin kits from Russia arrived in Venezuela (bypassing U.S. sanctions)

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on September 5, 2020 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Sep 08, 2020)

    This Friday, a shipment of 850 thousand vials of 4 types of insulin from Russia arrived in Venezuela, being the 8th and 9th delivery within the framework of the Strategic Trade Alliance signed in 2019 between Russia and Venezuela in the International Economic Forum of St. Petersburg.

  • David Graeber (Photo: Pier Marco Tacca)

    Remembering comrade and leftist academic David Graeber

    Originally published: Left Voice on September 3, 2020 by Meera Kumar (more by Left Voice)  | (Posted Sep 07, 2020)

    His death was sudden and a shock to his students and the scores of people influenced by his ideas. In a world where most academics value theorizing over activism and choose to abstain from public protest, Graeber was vocal about his anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist views. 

  • When the Powers That Be Are in Contempt of the People

    When the powers that be are in contempt of the people

    Originally published: Janata Weekly on August 23, 2020 by Radha Kumar (more by Janata Weekly)  | (Posted Sep 07, 2020)

    After decades, the issue of contempt has come alive. For this, we have to be grateful to Prashant Bhushan and the Supreme Court of India.

  • Jade, For Hire! - "The Case of the Wrinkled Egg"

    Jade, For Hire! – “The Case of the Wrinkled Egg“

    Originally published: The San Francisco Mime Troupe Youtube Channel on August 29, 2020 (more by The San Francisco Mime Troupe Youtube Channel) (Posted Sep 06, 2020)

    Tales of The Resistance – Episode 5 : Jade, For Hire! – The Case of the Wrinkled Egg The continuing story of “Jade, For Hire!”

  • For a new World Social Forum

    For a new World Social Forum

    Originally published: Latin America Movement on September 2, 2020 by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (more by Latin America Movement)  | (Posted Sep 05, 2020)

    The World Social Forum will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2021. A group of participants of the first WSFs launched a call for the revival of the WSF, now with a new character: to change the WSF to change the world. From an open space to a space of action. The call is open to new signatures.

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