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On some peremptory ‘critiques’ of India’s Maoist movement
Revolutions are very costly in terms of human lives and suffering, and so “we” are shocked that “you” radicals even consider them as options. And so “we” have to express “our” rejection and condemnation.
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International lawyers and activists organize independent inquiry into U.S. police violence
The Trump administration thwarted an investigation specifically into the US. But that didn’t deter those who believe an independent inquiry is necessary.
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Cuba sends medical brigade to Mexico to fight COVID-19
The second group of a Cuban medical brigade to contribute to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic traveled to Mexico City on Thursday.
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The revolutionaries, when they rise, care for nothing but love
A decade has now slipped by since a man named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid on 17 December 2010. Bouazizi, a street vendor, took this extreme step after policemen harassed him for trying to survive.
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RESIST AFRICOM
AFRICOM: The expansion of U.S. military interests on African soil
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U.S. empire & decolonization
Mexie live streams with Dr. Nick Estes
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Venezuela’s Maduro proposes joint ALBA COVID-19 vaccination
The Venezuelan president announced a strict quarantine for January.
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Becoming Kwame Ture
In Guinea, doors fly open at the mere mention of Kwame Ture’s name. A senior government minister met me within a few hours’ notice.
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Dashiell Hammett
He was recognized immediately for lifting a previously disreputable style of fiction into literary prominence.
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Canada is choosing corporate property rights over the health of billions
Unequal distribution means the poorest countries are getting trampled in the stampede for COVID-19 vaccines.
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Who’s afraid of Glenn Greenwald?
Today, swarms of Corporate Media “self-limiting mosquitoes” are rejoicing–in their small buzzing ways–over the self-banishment of that notorious gadfly Glenn Greenwald from the Kingdom of Left-Liberal-“Woke!” orthodoxical rectitude.
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Lynchings by law
The U.S. death penalty has always been a symbol of white supremacy and a violation of human rights law. Having already executed 11 people this year, the Trump administration plans to execute five people (four of them Black) during a lame-duck session.
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U.S. Embassy caught scrubbing Tweets urging Venezuelans not to vote
It is not clear why the embassy decided to go back and delete its posting history, especially as undermining Venezuela’s elections continues to be the official line of the U.S. government.
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Resisting Amazon is not futile
Amazon represents the pinnacle challenge to union organizers and socialists throughout the country. Are we in a 1919 moment, still a generation of failures away from breakthrough success? Or closer to 1935, approaching the tipping point of winning real worker power?
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How the rich are cashing in on pandemic pain
Millions of day labourers in India lost their jobs overnight earlier this year when Narendra Modi’s central government hastily announced a national lockdown.
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Starmer’s purge turns against Palestine solidarity
The ongoing attack on the left in Labour is increasingly targeting those who are vocal in support for Palestine, writes Sybil Cock.
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Socialist election win masks deeper problems
With a majority of the opposition boycotting and an abstention rate of almost 70%, the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) obtained 69% of the vote in the country’s December 6 National Assembly (AN) elections.
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We can’t bank on climate action
Bank of England forced to deny taking basic climate actions after hoax from laughtervists, the Yes Men.
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Does automation spell the end of capitalism?
Capitalism will not ‘automatically’ morph into some ‘postcapitalist’ or socialist system due to technology replacing the human workforce. As the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY explains, ending capitalism will require a conscious, collective action on the part of ‘the many’—the working class.
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Secret Amazon reports expose the company’s surveillance of labor and environmental groups
Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon reveal the company’s use of Pinkerton operatives to spy on warehouse workers, labor unions and social movements.