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The Ukraine: The USA is responsible of the escalation, and must stop it before provoking a world war
Today, the Ukraine is not only the epicenter of a new cold war, but also one of the three most dangerous points on Earth, along with Iran and Taiwan, where a nuclear conflict could be ignited, leading to the end of mankind.
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The ecosocialist imperative
Thirty years ago, climate modeling scientists predicted exactly the global events–massive wildfires, intensified tropical storms, flooding and droughts–that we’re seeing right now.
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Omicron variant exposes danger of global vaccine apartheid
A new, heavily mutated Coronavirus variant, Omicron, is causing alarm around the world as scientists race to discover more about this new type of the virus and its potential resistance to vaccines.
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SVR – United States push Ukraine to relaunch Donbass conflict, while accusing Russia of wanting to attack
The head of the SVR, Sergey Naryshkin, told a journalist from the Rossia 1 channel that behind the reports that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine lies Washington’s desire to push Kiev to attack the Donbass.
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White supremacy, Nazism and fascism R U.S.
Despite many criticisms, white supremacy remains not only well and strong, but is also recognized and hailed by the United States on the world stage as an acceptable and legitimate ideology.
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‘They want us dead’: another year of devastating overdoses in Baltimore
Little legislative movement in Maryland over the past two years has left people who use drugs more vulnerable and even less safe.
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Obituary for Russiagate
The fraudulent fable has died, but its consequences live on.
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Supreme Court launches frontal assault on right to abortion
Two generations of Americans have no experience of the world before Roe v. Wade, during which obtaining an abortion was a surreptitious, often criminalized process, sometimes ending in physical mutilation and even death, and the right of women to make such decisions was subordinated to the reactionary ministrations of police, priests and politicians.
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British Columbia floods reveal our system’s skewed priorities
This recent disaster is just a hint of the climate-related challenges to come.
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The American prison system’s war on reading
This April, the Iowa Department of Corrections issued a ban on charities, family members, and other outside parties donating books to prisoners.
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Neoliberal apotheosisCOP26 creates the global fire market and offers it to capitalist arsonists, at the expense of the people
The balance sheet is clear: on paper, Glasgow clarifies the ambiguous Paris goal by making it more radical (1.5°C is now the target) and mentions the responsibility of fossil fuels; but in practice, the conference did not take any steps to stop the catastrophe.
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How to picket stores that sell your employer’s products
Note: Consumer picketing can be directed against all products that a struck employer manufactures, processes, distributes, transports, or otherwise enhances in value.
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Anti-neoliberal candidate Xiomara Castro dominates Honduras’ presidential election
With a significant advantage over the closest contender, Xiomara Castro has emerged as the likely next president of Honduras.
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Algorithms of injustice: Artificial intelligence in policing and surveillance
If anything, the use of computer algorithms to guide police appears only to entrench and exacerbate existing biased policing practices.
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Some striking Kellogg’s workers call for boycott of company products in U.S.
Union negotiators said they were prepared to meet the company for another round of negotiations next week but their offer was rebuffed by bosses, who claimed they were left with no choice but to permanently replace those on strike.
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In Kerala, a street food festival takes on communal forces
The DYFI took on the Sangh Parivar’s attempts to polarise people with misinformation on halal by serving beef, pork, chicken and mutton in most towns of the state.
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The base-superstructure: a model for analysis and action
Although Marx himself only mentioned the “base” and “superstructure” in (by my count) two of his works, the base-superstructure “problem” remains a source of serious contention for Marxists, our sympathizers, and our critics.
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Debunking the “Eco-Fortress Nationalism” of the AOC/Markey Green New Deal
Max Ajl’s ‘People’s Green New Deal’ is a brutal reminder for the American left that even the most celebrated and progressive developments in American politics are still simply American politics, in other words they are a politics for America, and America first.
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‘From what present are we historicizing the left?’ Arab Lefts: Histories and Silences — Alina Sajed
There has been renewed interest in the long 1960s over the last few years, not least spurred by the anniversary, in 2018, of the 1968 global uprisings.
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‘U.S. Capitalism Born in Blood: From the First Thanksgiving to Today’ w/ Dr. Gerald Horne
The Thanksgiving holiday is built around an insidious and false creation myth–that the so-called “settling” of North America was a peaceful and amicable process.