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The climate crisis will end when capitalism ends
Humans have an infinite capacity for wishful thinking, but a revolutionary project is by definition a recognition that wishes are for fairy tales.
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The NDP has been co-opted by Western imperialism
Since its founding, Canada’s ‘left-wing’ party has broadly supported the U.S. empire.
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The Kit Carson obelisk: Santa Fe’s cult like worship of a genocidal human trafficker and murderer
Historical analysis and context of the Kit Carson obelisk that was once again toppled in so-called Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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No respite for France as a ‘New Africa’ rises
Like dominos, African states are one by one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. Chad, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and now Gabon are saying ‘non’ to France’s longtime domination of African financial, political, economic, and security affairs.
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Gofundme freezes Grayzone fundraiser ‘due to some external concerns’
Gofundme has indefinitely frozen donations to The Grayzone “due to some external concerns.” The company’s actions follow a campaign of repression against our personnel by the British and Ukrainian governments.
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Burning out of control: Capitalism’s climate catastrophe
Canada’s unprecedented wildfires drive home the harsh realities of climate change, in all their enormity. We are fighting an incorrigibly destructive social and economic system, but we are also, at the same time, engaged in a struggle for survival.
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U.S. officials keep boasting about how much the Ukraine war serves U.S. interests
One of the most glaring plot holes in the official mainstream narrative on Ukraine is the way US officials keep openly boasting that this supposedly unprovoked war which the U.S. is only backing out of the goodness of its heart just so happens to serve U.S. interests tremendously.
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The many colours of hydrogen and the scam of carbon capture
THE fossil fuel industry, particularly the oil and natural gas lobby, always has new cards. Earlier, the fossil fuel industry came up with carbon credits: We, the rich countries, will burn coal, oil and natural gas so that we can continue with our current lifestyles but “compensate” by planting trees in poor countries.
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Cutting climate change research: cuts at the Australian Antarctic Division
It seemed utterly absurd that, even as the Australian federal government announced its purchase of over 200 tomahawk cruise missiles—because that is exactly what the country needs—there are moves afoot to prune and cut projects conducted by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
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‘Obama’s man in Africa’ under house arrest as popular coup rocks Gabon
Before his removal in a military coup, Gabon’s hopelessly corrupt President Ali Bongo was courted by Obama and feted from Washington to Davos. The U.S. war on Libya which destabilized the region may not have succeeded without him.
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The birth of dialectics in Ancient Greece
The inspired insights of the first materialists in antiquity laid the foundations of modern science, as Sean Ledwith describes.
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“Making Monsters”: How media encourage hatred of immigrants
“Yahtzee!! We’re full,” wrote Florida state operative Perla Huerta, once she had tricked enough desperate migrants to fill two Martha’s Vineyard–bound planes.
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Behind BRICS expansion
AT the Johannesburg summit of the BRICS countries, it was decided to expand the group beyond its original five, namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, to include six more countries.
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Maui: Deadliest U.S. fires in a century
The Aug. 8 wildfires that devastated parts of Maui are the deadliest in the U.S. since the 1918 Cloquet fire in northern Minnesota. Some two weeks after the fires, the official death toll stands at 115, and authorities in Hawaii have released the names of 388 people still unaccounted for. Tens of thousands have evacuated. Over 3,000 acres burned in Lahaina and neighboring communities.
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Review: Vivek Chibber – “The Class Matrix: Social Theory after the Cultural Turn”
The Class Matrix concisely and systematically argues the case for the continued importance of class for the radical left today. Vivek Chibber rigorously debunks various long held understandings that characterise radical left thought since the cultural turn.
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Agent Zelensky – Part 2
In the intelligence business, every agent is assigned tasks by his or her handlers. In the case of Agent Zelensky, I’ve identified ten obligations that define his relationship with his foreign intelligence masters.
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The news is full of headlines about ‘China’s economic collapse’ — ignore them
Once again, the Western media Establishment, and sadly some on the left, are talking up an impending economic disaster in China, when the truth is quite the opposite, argues JOHN ROSS.
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Abnormalize the empire
The primary job of both Hollywood and the mainstream western press is to is to put a friendly, normal-looking face on a globe-spanning empire which dominates the world using nonstop violence and coercion. Their job is to continually normalize freakish tyranny.
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Documents show Taiwan working with FBI to prosecute Chinese Americans, intimidate U.S. politicians
Amid a controversial visit from Vice President William Lai (the front-runner to be his country’s next leader), official documents reviewed by “MintPress News” show that the Taiwanese government is attempting to drum up anti-China hostility, influence and intimidate American politicians and is even working with the FBI and other agencies to spy on and prosecute Chinese American citizens.
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RESPONSE TO: Lawrence S. Wittner’s “Spinning Illusions: The Anti-American Left and the Ukraine War” – a new McCarthyism
Lawrence S. Wittner’s article, “Spinning Illusions: The Anti-American Left and the Ukraine War” is a throwback to McCarthyism, replacing analysis with name-calling.