When NBA players threatened to disrupt business as usual the ruling class deployed perhaps its most effective weapon of counterinsurgency: Barack Obama.
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Not just an orchard, not merely a field, we demand the whole World
When news of the revolution in the Tsar’s empire filtered into British-dominated India in 1917-1918, the reception was universal: if they could overthrow the Tsar, then we can overthrow the British Raj.
Wikileaks helped end secret U.S. killings, Assange extradition hearing is told
REVELATIONS published by Wikileaks helped to end a secret U.S. assassination programme and freed unlawfully detained prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, the Julian Assange extradition hearing was told today.
Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous – here’s why
While climate scientists warn that climate change could be catastrophic, economists such as 2018 Nobel prize winner William Nordhaus assert that it will be nowhere near as damaging.
How the middle half lives
A Review of David Roedeger’s book The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History
U.S. govt-linked PR firm ran fake news networks for right-wing Latin American regimes
A major U.S. PR firm located just a few blocks from the White House has been caught running an industrial grade propaganda operation on social media.
Bolivia Court denies Evo Morales candidacy for October 18 elections
“History shows that they will be able to disqualify Evo, but they will not be able to outlaw the people,” Evo Morales replied as he urged Bolivians no to “fall into any provocation,” instead “abide by that decision because our commitment and priority is for the people to come out of the crisis.”
U.S. sanctions Russian Research Institute that developed COVID-19 Vaccine
The U.S. Commerce Department blacklisted a Russian research institute that helped create the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine.
Extinction Rebellion: The real criminals sit in parliament!
We applaud the successful blockades of a number of printing plants by activists of Extinction Rebellion. They have managed to seriously disrupt one of the key pillars of capitalism–the establishment press. Predictably, the Daily Mail, The Times and all the other right wing rags are complaining about this being an “attack on the freedom of […]
Triple crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean
Scientists call them a ‘deadly trio.’ If acidification, oxygen loss, and overheating are not ended soon, a massive die-off of ocean life may be unstoppable.
Militant protests ongoing in Rochester, NY, demanding justice for Daniel Prude
On Sep. 2 a news conference held by Free the People ROC and the family of Daniel T. Prude announced that Prude, a 41-year old Black man, had been killed by the Rochester Police Department on March 30.
850 thousand Insulin kits from Russia arrived in Venezuela (bypassing U.S. sanctions)
This Friday, a shipment of 850 thousand vials of 4 types of insulin from Russia arrived in Venezuela, being the 8th and 9th delivery within the framework of the Strategic Trade Alliance signed in 2019 between Russia and Venezuela in the International Economic Forum of St. Petersburg.
A guide to flattening the curve of economic chaos
Well-thought-out policies can reverse the results of incompetence; the onus is on the Centre to spend now
The protracted crisis of capitalism
THERE is a commonly-held view that the current crisis in capitalism, which has resulted in a massive output contraction and increase in unemployment, is because of the pandemic; and that once the pandemic gets over, things will go back to “normal”.
Remembering comrade and leftist academic David Graeber
His death was sudden and a shock to his students and the scores of people influenced by his ideas. In a world where most academics value theorizing over activism and choose to abstain from public protest, Graeber was vocal about his anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist views.
Chart of the day
The number of continued claims for unemployment compensation, while below its peak, rose from the previous week and was more than 29 million American workers—a figure that includes workers receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
When the powers that be are in contempt of the people
After decades, the issue of contempt has come alive. For this, we have to be grateful to Prashant Bhushan and the Supreme Court of India.
The U.S. has long led the assault on human rights
The historical record on U.S. human rights policies, both domestic and international, is one of hypocrisy, deceit, and denigration.
Jade, For Hire! – “The Case of the Wrinkled Egg“
Tales of The Resistance – Episode 5 : Jade, For Hire! – The Case of the Wrinkled Egg The continuing story of “Jade, For Hire!”
For a new World Social Forum
The World Social Forum will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2021. A group of participants of the first WSFs launched a call for the revival of the WSF, now with a new character: to change the WSF to change the world. From an open space to a space of action. The call is open to […]
