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Qiao Collective on challenging U.S. aggression on China, the role of the Western left
On the domestic front, the U.S. propaganda machine mostly works instead to position China as this great, menacing oriental Other. We’ve seen this during the COVID-19 pandemic in Trump’s rhetoric about the “China virus” and in Biden’s attempts at one-upmanship.
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Australia sabotaged its own interests in China relations
The destruction over the past five years of Australia’s mutually beneficial diplomatic and trade relationship with China was probably a successful “Five Eyes” information warfare operation, writes Tony Kevin.
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Over 200 million workers and farmers protest against poverty and unemployment triggered by COVID Lockdown
The general strike occurred in the context of the devastation brought about by the coronavirus pandemic in India. Added to this are the millions of people who have lost income and who now face increased poverty and hunger, in a country where even before the pandemic 50 percent of all children suffered malnourishment.
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Fed up with capitalism, young Chinese brush up on ‘Das Kapital’
With a new generation increasingly burned out by the “996” grind and liberal platitudes of their elders, can Marxism make a comeback?
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The new-style pop histories making socialism cool again
Online and on social media, popular historians are helping young Chinese reframe the country’s leftist past in a more positive light.
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Pentagon to Biden: Latin America a major battlefield in war with China
The head of SOUTHCOM, Admiral Craig Faller, told Pentagon reporters Wednesday that U.S. imperialism’s “competitive edge [in the region]…is eroding, particularly when it comes to the Chinese influence.”
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“Awkwafina is Nora from Queens” demonstrates the depths of New Cold War propaganda against China
In the season finale, the liberal mask comes off and the program morphs into a screed for the U.S.’s New Cold War on China.
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The Mao-Roosevelt No meeting, 1945
In January 1945, Mao Tse-tung sent a message to U.S. President Roosevelt asking to visit the U.S. and discuss future relationships with China. The message got blocked by a U.S. diplomat in China, and Roosevelt apparently did not receive it.
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The pillage of resources: A glimpse into the lives and labor of marginalized women
Lives of women dependent on natural resources, such as land, forests, rivers, and mountains, are being tossed asunder by the appropriation and expropriation of these resources by corporations and the state.
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We are grass. We grow on everything
Farmers and agricultural workers from northern India marched along various national highways toward India’s capital of New Delhi as part of the general strike on 26 November.
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U.S.-China relations: Beijing slams State Department report ‘concocted by Cold War fossils’
China has described a U.S. report on how Washington should confront and contain Beijing as having been “concocted by Cold War fossils” who are destined to be “swept into the garbage dump of history”.
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Why imperialism is obsolete in Latin America
An interview with Jorge Arreaza, foreign minister of Venezuela.
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Capitalism and inheritance
IT is often believed that the ability to pass on property to one’s progeny is an essential element of capitalism, without which the capitalists’ incentives will dry up and the system will lose its dynamism.
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Why Biden will keep the U.S.-imposed Cold War rolling
Much will certainly change in the world of U.S. foreign policy when Joe Biden enters the White House. There will be a more measured tone, and less reliance upon Twitter to announce U.S. policy.
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The 1857 rebellion in Colonial India
The 1857 Rebellion against British rule in Colonial India hasn’t always received the attention it deserves, despite being one of the most important uprisings of the 19th century. Pranav Jani argues it’s high time we changed that.
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The jazz age
Amid the swirl of people, carts, and humidity on Shanghai’s Bund, American poet Langston Hughes scanned the streets for a free rickshaw. But no sooner had he secured a ride than he stood up in his seat and yelled out at a passing vehicle, “Hey, man!”
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India’s farewell to ASEAN as it boards RCEP train
It comes in the specific context of the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership [RCEP] on Sunday—the mega free trade agreement centred on the ASEAN plus China, Japan and South Korea.
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Democratic movement attacks the established order in Thailand
Led by young people and benefiting from broad support, the Thai democratic movement continues to mature. It is challenging the military-monarchist oligarchy, confronting the royal couple and harking back to the militant struggles of the past.
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China is working to expand its ties to Latin America
In mid-January 2020, 800 people gathered at Mexico’s Ministry of Economy to celebrate “China Day” with a seminar on Chinese-Mexican relations.
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Growing divergence between China and ‘Developing Asia’
The past year has brought into sharp relief the significant differences between China and the rest of the world.