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‘We are in nobody’s backyard’: rejecting geopolitical and historical fatalism
The catch-phrases “transnational criminal organizations,” “humanitarian assistance” and even “disaster relief operations” are worn-out euphemisms for the neo-colonial presence of the U.S. Empire and its European allies in Guyana and throughout the region.
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Make no mistake, the U.S. military will continue to thrive after Afghanistan
There are too many careers and too much money tied to American power projection. So expect it to shift, not recede from the stage.
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The household and the state
Just as a household cannot “live beyond its means” forever, and sooner or later its creditors not only stop giving loans but take away the assets of the household for defaulting on loan repayment, likewise, the State cannot “live beyond its means” forever and go on borrowing ad infinitum; sooner or later its creditors stop giving loans and even attach its assets.
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U.S. defeat in Afghanistan—A contrast with the Soviet experience
The U.S. has been defeated today in Afghanistan not by a super power with an advanced military, but by a rag-tag army of fanatical locals who perfected and consolidated their fanaticism under U.S., Saudi and Pakistani tutelage in the 1980s to fight the Soviets.
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Cedric J. Robinson
Cedric J. Robinson was a political scientist, a scholar, a radical theorist, but more importantly, an activist and political organiser.
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Climate change: the fault of humanity?
The sixth report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) runs to nearly 4,000 pages. The IPCC has tried to summarise its report as the ‘final opportunity’ to avoid climate catastrophe.
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What Fidel Castro means to us
In honor of Fidel Castro’s birthday, Vijay Prashad writes about his legacy for the peoples of the Third World and his clarity in raising the primary crises facing humanity.
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The end of growth? The capitalist economy & ecological crisis
The question of economic growth and its relation to the climate crisis is a subject of increasing discussion. Here we offer a Marxist view on this critical issue for the environmental movement.
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Marxism in Africa (1975)
As Cabral said, “There may be revolutions which have had a revolutionary theory and which have failed, but there have certainly been no revolutions which have succeeded without a revolutionary theory.”
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The arts, trade unions, and working-class identity
Anthony D. Padgett reflects on the arts, trade unions, and working-class identity.
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Apocalypse or cooperation?
The perfect storm of COVID-19 and climate change, and the resulting economic damage, will most likely trigger much more social and political instability. Although substantially increased international cooperation can still avert this nightmarish scenario, the current state of global politics provides few grounds for optimism.
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A day in the death of British justice
The reputation of British justice now rests on the shoulders of the High Court in the life or death case of Julian Assange.
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Show the children the green fields and let the sunshine into their minds: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2021)
The turn to digital education has emboldened mega-corporations to enclose the commons of public education, making it harder and harder for the masses of children to have access to any education at all. Big business sees the opportunity clearly.
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Cuban scientists pen letter to Biden rejecting ‘failed state’ claim
A broad representation of Cuban scientists will address a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden evidencing Cuba’s scientific and political capacity to face Covid-19, in an altruistic manner, despite the limitations of the U.S. blockade.
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In support of sovereignty
The dog-whistle calls of “Freedom for Cuba” that reverberated round the world on 11 July, emanating from a mix of forces in Cuba, which were carefully manipulated and crafted by the CIA and U.S. anti-Cuban forces abroad, shed a great deal of light not only on U.S. foreign policy hypocrisy but on left-wing hypocrisy and impotence, both here in Ireland and elsewhere.
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The Lima Group is falling apart
Latin American governments are abandoning the controversial regime change alliance. Now it’s time for Canada to follow suit.
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The nationalisation of banks in 1969
ON July 19, 1969, 14 major banks were nationalised in the country. Today, after 52 years there is some talk again of privatising the nationalised banks, which naturally raises the question: why were banks nationalised at all?
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Sports sovereignty in Puerto Rico
A few days ago, athlete Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won a gold medal for PR in the 100-meter hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Russia and Venezuela to implement energy security joint projects
Russia’s Rostec will provide “advanced technology” and train Venezuelan personnel to recover the country’s sanctions-hit power facilities.
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Karl Marx and the Iroquoi (Rosemont, 1989)
There are works that come down to us with question-marks blazing like sawed-off shotguns, scattering here and there and everywhere sparks that illuminate our own restless search for answers. Ralegh’s so-called Cynthia cycle, Sade’s 120 Days, Fourier’s New Amorous World, Lautremont’s Poesies, Lenin’s notes on Hegel, Randolph Bourne’s essay on The State Jacque Vaches War letters, Duchamp’s Green Box, the Samuel Greenberg manuscripts.