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    The other side of ecocide

    Originally published: The other side of ecocide on July 2021 by Vishwas Satgar (more by The other side of ecocide) (Posted Jul 15, 2021)

    The other side of ecocide thrives in the fertile ground of radical socioecological theory.

  • The Waltons of Wal-Mart

    Billionaire dynasties: vampires on humanity

    Originally published: Red Flag on July 7, 2021 by James Plested (more by Red Flag)  | (Posted Jul 15, 2021)

    The first decades of the 21st century have been a gilded age for the world’s super-rich. While the mass of humanity has struggled through successive economic crises, accelerating climate and environmental breakdown and now a devastating global pandemic, the billionaire class’s wealth has piled up to ever more dizzying heights.

  • Woman carries looted goods Gold Spot Shopping Centre Vosloorus

    Food riots show the need for a basic income grant

    Originally published: New Frame on July 13, 2021 by Anna Majavu (more by New Frame)  | (Posted Jul 15, 2021)

    As rioters target supermarkets, activists call on the government to help those who cannot survive amid rising prices and mass unemployment.

  • American / Chinese currency

    China and the supply chain: a comment on the June 2021 White House review

    Originally published: Institute for New Economic Thinking on June 23, 2021 by James K. Galbraith (more by Institute for New Economic Thinking)  | (Posted Jul 15, 2021)

    Contrary to rhetoric from Democrats and Republicans, the U.S. has an economic interest in trade and peace with China

  • Marcello Musto

    York professor expands global understanding of Karl Marx and Marxism with seven books in three years

    Originally published: York University on July 11, 2021 (more by York University) (Posted Jul 14, 2021)

    Driven and passionate about the significance of Marx’s contributions in politics, sociology, the critique of political economy and philosophy, Musto has delivered seven books within the last three years.

  • Red hat protest

    Rethinking Japan’s Red Years

    Originally published: Spectre Journal on July 9, 2021 by Selim Nadi interviewing Gavin Walker (more by Spectre Journal)  | (Posted Jul 14, 2021)

    The New Left is generally seen globally as emerging from the aftermath of the “revelations” about Stalin in Khrushchev’s “secret speech”’ at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in early 1956, and the reaction to the Soviet invasion of Hungary later that same year.

  • Richard Lewontin

    Richard Lewontin: the dialectical biologist (1929-2021)

    Originally published: In Defence of Marxism on July 12, 2021 by Ben Curry (more by In Defence of Marxism)  | (Posted Jul 14, 2021)

    Rare among scientists, Lewontin’s science and politics were guided by a conscious philosophical outlook, which he staunchly and unapologetically defended throughout his life.

  • President Jovenel Moïse

    A preemptive counter-revolution in Haiti?

    Originally published: theAnalysis.news on July 11, 2021 by Greg Wilpert interviewing Kim Ives (more by theAnalysis.news) (Posted Jul 14, 2021)

    Haiti Liberté editor and writer Kim Ives talks about the possible motivations behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, revealing developments about a possible uprising that the U.S. press rarely reports.

  • Lytton, Canada wildfire

    North America’s heatwave hell

    Originally published: Red Flag on July 10, 2021 by Dave Blinderman (more by Red Flag)  | (Posted Jul 13, 2021)

    As temperature records were smashed all up and down the Pacific coast in the last week of June, reports emerged of rolling blackouts, buckling roads, damaged wires and newly sparked wildfires.

  • President Miguel Díaz-Canel in San Antonio de los Baños.

    Cuban president Díaz-Canel: Revolutionaries to the streets!

    Originally published: Newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation on July 11, 2021 by Liberation Staff (more by Newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation)  | (Posted Jul 13, 2021)

    This speech provides crucial context and information being covered up by the corporate media in the United States.

  • Photo: Reuters/B. Mathur

    The new ‘Republic of Fear’

    Originally published: The Wire on July 12, 2021 by N.C. Asthana (more by The Wire)  | (Posted Jul 13, 2021)

    The Indian state today seems to proclaim that everything in the country is in danger–whether it is religion, culture, communal harmony or public peace and tranquillity.

  • 10 new albums that resist racists and fascists

    10 new albums that resist racists and fascists

    Originally published: Green Left on June 28, 2021 – Issue 1314 by Mat Ward (more by Green Left)  | (Posted Jul 12, 2021)

    Here’s a look back at June’s political news and the best new music that related to it.

  • Black Lives Matter placard near Churchill statue

    The war on woke: how socialists should respond to the culture wars

    Originally published: Counterfire on July 7, 2021 by John Westmoreland (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jul 12, 2021)

    The Tories are trying to further divide the working class by fuelling culture wars, socialists must fight back on our own terms, argues John Westmoreland

  • Demonstrators protest critical race theory at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City, May 2021.

    I’ve been a critical race theorist for 30 years. Our opponents are just proving our point for us

    Originally published: Politico on July 8, 2021 by Gary Peller (more by Politico) (Posted Jul 12, 2021)

    Seemingly overnight, my obscure legal specialty became a national lightning rod. What would CRT say about that?

  • K. Michael Williams

    ‘Hard Day’s Work for the Poleeseman’

    Originally published: Re/Creation on 2021 by K. Michael Williams (more by Re/Creation) (Posted Jul 12, 2021)

    Hard Day’s Work for the Poleesman by K Michael Williams

  • Tokyo 2020 Olympic/Paralympic Games

    The Tokyo Olympics are in peril

    Originally published: Edge of Sports on June 8, 2021 by David Zirin (more by Edge of Sports) (Posted Jul 10, 2021)

    The masses of Tokyo want to postpone or cancel the games, but the government says it’s the IOC’s decision, not the host country’s, sovereignty be damned.

  • Claudia Jones

    The responsibilities of Caribbean intellectuals

    Originally published: Hood Communist on July 1, 2021 by Ready for Revolution – Aaron Kamugisha (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jul 10, 2021)

    The tradition of Caribbean intelligentsia insists on a grounding with the masses against the elites.

  • Palestinian boy looks on as Israeli soldiers destroy and confiscate residents’ belongings in Humsa

    Israel attempts to forcibly relocate Bedouin community

    Originally published: teleSUR English on July 9, 2021 (more by teleSUR English)  | (Posted Jul 10, 2021)

    The Israeli military forcibly entered the Palestinian village to demolish homes. During the operation, they destroyed tents, water tanks, and food supplies.

  • Israeli Arab Bedouin children play before a rally marking the 40th anniversary of Land Day and against a plan to uproot the village of Umm Al-Hiran, in Umm Al-Hiran, the Negev desert, southern Israel, Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Land Day commemorates the killing of six Arab citizens of Israel by the Israeli army and police on March 30, 1976 during protests over Israeli confiscations of Arab land. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

    Where infrastructure means prisons: a drive into the Naqab and the illusion of Israeli democracy

    Originally published: MintPress News on June 14, 2021 by Miko Peled (more by MintPress News)  | (Posted Jul 10, 2021)

    Out of close to 250,000 Palestinian Beduin in the Naqab, about half live in “unrecognized villages.” This means they get no roads, no electricity or running water, no schools or medical facilities—no services at all.

  • 2018 demonstration

    After Moïse assassination, popular sectors must lead the way

    Originally published: North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) on July 9, 2021 by Mamyrah Douge-Prosper and Mark Schuller (more by North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA))  | (Posted Jul 09, 2021)

    Analysis the day after the Haitian president’s assassination focused on liberal constitutionalism and elections. This narrow view overlooks the longstanding demands from organized popular sectors.

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