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The importance of Marxist materialism in an age of opinions
âThe philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.â â Karl Marx, âTheses on Feuerbachâ
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Michael Ratnerâs inspiring activist life culminated with dramatic change on Israel
Michael Ratner personally changed human rights law, and in doing so he let go childhood views of Israel. “I thought of [Israel] as the home of my people. I had my bedroom ceiling painted with the seven wonders of the world and a huge map of Israel. I had no idea how my view of Israel would change later in life.”
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DOCUMENT: James Weldon Johnson, Self-determining Haiti, 1920
Plan follows precedent of 1970s state-sponsored assassination campaign targeting leftists.
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Mending the metabolic rift: Marxism, nature and society
Karl Marxâs analysis of capitalism provides the key to understanding the environmental catastrophe weâre witnessing, and to gaining a clearer picture of whatâs needed to repair our damaged relationship with the Earth.
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How not to unite a class: a response to DSAâs Class Unity caucus
Felipe Bascuñån responds to a debate on the Left about the relationship between oppression and class and why getting the answer right is essential to forging a united class struggle.
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Shoplifting is big news; stealing millions from workers is not
Urban crime is the golden child of local media, as recent FAIR coverage (6/21/21) has shown. But as FAIRâs Julie Hollar recently noted, the amount of attention given to a topic does not always reflect the seriousness of the situation.
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#BetitaTaughtUs: Chicanisma and El Movimiento
With deep sadness and respect, Organizing Upgrade is sharing a few more tributes to movement elder Betita Martinez, who died June 29. In her 95 years she lived many lifetimes, and brought her commitment, wit and political clarity to several of the most significant social movements of our day.
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Peru to officially declare Pedro Castillo as the new President
Electoral authorities concluded an electoral review in which the leftist.
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Climate change and the Pacific Islands: âWhen the land disappears, we will all disappearâ
Climate change is already leading to rising sea levels, threatening island and coastal communities and devastating food security and access to fresh water. Long-term drought and changes in weather patterns are causing hunger and destroying farming land.
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AmĂlcar Cabral: Liberator, theorist, and educator
AmĂlcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was born September 12, 1924 in BafatĂĄ, Guinea-Bissau, one of Portugalâs African colonies. On January 20, 1973â48 years ago todayâCabral was murdered by fascist Portuguese assassins just months before the national liberation movement in which he played a central role won the independence of Guinea-Bissau.
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Former British Ambassador to Damascus says OPCW mere âpuppetâ of West against Syria
Comments by the former British ambassador to Syria came hours after the chairwoman of the Syrian mission to the OPCW said the U.S. and its allies had lowered the status of the international watchdog, and turned it into a political tool to level baseless accusations against Damascus and exert pressure on it.
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Haitian ruling families create and kill monsters
In March, hundreds of thousands of Haitians took to the streets of Port au Prince to demand an end to corruption and the departure of President Jovenel Moïse, whose term of office had expired.
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Behold: the fallacy of âtecho-inevitabilismâ
Director Werner Herzogâs documentary ‘Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World’ (2016) begins with âInternet pioneerâ Leonard Kleinrock, who welcomes us into the, yes, actual laboratory where it was âbornâ! To Wagnerian strains in the soundtrack, Kleinrock complacently calls the place âa holy shrineââquite a revealing phrase for this acolyte of possibly the last of the false religions.
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Arreaza calls cyberattack on Cuban Foreign Ministry imperial clumsiness
In his Twitter account @jaarreaza, Minister Arreaza wrote, âAnother characteristic of the international incitement of aggression against #Cuba. Imperialism is clumsy enough to leave traces of its misdeeds.â
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Pretending not to see brazen lies: the rule of law and nuclear madness
The latest brazen lie is the ârule of lawâ upheld by U.S. President Joe Biden at the G7 and NATO summits, especially lies about lawlessness surrounding nuclear weapons.
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Maintenance of denial
We are witnessing today the final days of a militaristic empire, the rapid descent of an obsolete failed United States. There is nothing unique about America. Empires rise and empires fall throughout time memorial. It is empirically calculated that the average civilization only lasts 340 years.Â
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted only eight strikes in 2020, Payday Report counted 1,200
In the era of COVID and digital movements, strikes look radically different from traditional labor strikes.
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Why Human Rights in China and Tigray, But Not in Haiti, Palestine or Colombia?
Over eight days, from June 25-30, Haiti had been subjected to increasing state-sponsored, imperial and gang violence. Massacres killed almost 60 people in Port au Prince, including in Cité Soleil, Delmas and Pétionville, as well as on on Rue Magloire Ambroise.
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Vygotskyâs revolutionary educational psychology
Vygotskyâs revolutionary theory of development is one that recognizes the many forms of capacity, intelligence, and potential in all beings.
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Food supply to 675,000 people cut off after Durban food bank ransacked
FoodForward SA closes branches nationwide because of insecurity.