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‘From Production to Livelihood – Raymond Williams on Ecosocialism’: Part 3
In ‘Socialism and Ecology’ and ‘Ecology and the Labour Movement’, Raymond Williams is arguing the case for a political convergence. Socialism and the labour movement on the one hand, and the ecological or environmental movement on the other, should join forces and both be transformed in the process.
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Rooftop solar to roll out on China’s public buildings
The latest county-level trials could boost rooftop solar power generation over the next five years but new business models are needed to make them successful.
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The Empire’s last stand
The origins of the first Cold War have been hopelessly blurred in the histories. We can watch this time. It is occurring before our eyes.
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Call for a Fossil Fuel non-proliferation treaty
The scientific consensus is clear that human activities are primarily responsible for global climate change, and that the climate crisis now represents the greatest threat to human civilization and nature.
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The new Australia, UK, and U.S. nuclear submarine announcement: a terrible decision for the nonproliferation regime
Named AUKUS, the partnership was announced together with a bombshell decision: The United States and UK will transfer naval nuclear-propulsion technology to Australia.
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Indigenous People of Brazil fight for their future
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has given new license to the killing of Indigenous people in Brazil. Before he came to power in 2019, it wasn’t clear what he wanted to build, but he knew exactly who and what he wanted to destroy: the Indigenous people and the Amazon rainforest, respectively.
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Paulo Freire’s centennial: Political pedagogy for revolutionary organizations
All revolutionary processes are educational.
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Big Pharma and vaccine apartheid
The webinar on ‘Vaccine Imperialism: Scientific Knowledge, Capacity and Production in Africa’ which took place on 5 August 5, 2021, was organized by the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) in partnership with the Third World Network-Africa (TWN-Africa).
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China and the power of healing
COVID-19 is the major public health emergency witnessed by human history in recent times. Covid has put humanity to a new test and shaped our World from individual new norms to a new world order.
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David Graeber’s real contribution to Occupy Wall Street wasn’t a phrase – it was a process
He showed us consensus-based politics actually works.
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The IPCC’s Red Alert
On Monday 9th August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered a climate report warning of ‘code red for humanity’.
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UN Expert Releases Full Report on Impact of U.S.-led Sanctions Against Venezuela
Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan reiterated her call for sanctions relief, stating they undermine Venezuelans’ human rights.
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Food and the struggle for Africa’s sovereignty
How early post-independence clarity on the link between food self-sufficiency and national sovereignty offers lessons for contemporary efforts.
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Norway turns left
The eight-year-long right-wing government, headed by conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg, was finally defeated.
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10th Anniversary Occupy Wall Street: The Rise of Occupy Wall Street–The Movement Moment That Revived The U.S. Left
The idea—that 20,000 people would set up a round-the-clock protest encampment at the foot of Wall Street—had been proposed by Micah White of the Canadian magazine Adbusters without consulting anyone in New York.
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50 years since Attica Rebellion: We salute ‘prisoners’ Paris Commune’
On Sept. 9, 1971, approximately 1,500 prisoners in Cell Block D seized the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York, after submitting a 27-point manifesto to the prison administration in an attempt to address the torturous conditions inside the prison.
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Buffalo’s developer class backing last-ditch attempt against socialist India Walton
A federal judge who wants Buffalo’s incumbent mayor back on the ballot is being scrutinized for his real estate ties.
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‘Brazilians are hungry because they have no income, not because of a lack of production’: João Pedro Stedile
For Stedile, large sections of the bourgeoisie have already manifested their deep dissatisfaction with the Bolsonaro government but have not reached a consensus about an alternative.
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Legal observers sue the NYPD over assault and detention at Bronx Protest
Police violated the constitutional rights of National Lawyers Guild observers during racial justice protests in Mott Haven, a new lawsuit alleges.
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China’s ‘mass line’ moves online
Over the past decade, the Chinese government has invested heavily in soliciting ideas, suggestions, and “constructive” feedback from the broader public. Is anyone listening?