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Artificial Intelligence and the class struggle
Since the earliest days of the industrial revolution, workers have fought company owners over their use of automated machinery to step up the pace of exploitation.
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Sven-Eric Liedman – ‘The Game of Contradictions: The Philosophy of Friedrich Engels and Nineteenth Century Science’
Liedman portrays Engels’ alternative picture of science as a ‘non-reductive materialism’ characterised by a deep confidence in the unity of knowledge and by an equally deep resistance to treating any level of reality as totally determined by another. Engels’ account of scientificity—of what shape a legitimate theory can take—was modelled both on Marx’s theory of capitalism and on Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Another northern summer of climate catastrophe
Last year, an EU study estimated that more than 60,000 people across Europe died due to heat. This year is likely to be even worse.
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The eco collapse we were warned about has begun
This accumulation of tragic evidence, against all the denialist narratives, makes it undeniable that the climate crisis is already here, among us.
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Build the unity of the youth of the world: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2023)
From 28 July to 5 August 1973, eight million people, including 25,600 guests from 140 countries, participated in the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin (German Democratic Republic or DDR).
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BRICS problems, BRI solutions
While the five original BRICS states have their geopolitical differences, they are finding enormous common ground on the geoeconomic front as trade volumes surge and trade routes multiply.
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The struggle for environmental justice in Africa
The framework of our civilization is premised on the destruction of the planet.
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Planes on the brain
‘Ministry’ says follow scientific advice and stop advertising the fastest way to fry the planet as peak heat meets peak holiday flights.
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Low-meat diets can reduce the environmental impact of food production
Study looks at the real diets of over 55,000 people in the UK.
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The revolutionary spirit of the Buddha
Marx and Engels both took a surprising interest in the ideas of the great Indian spiritual leader, argues Sean Ledwith.
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The true cost of Julian Assange’s persecution: An exclusive interview with Stella Assange
It is now four years since Julian Assange was imprisoned in Belmarsh’s high-security prison in London and eleven since he was forced into hiding in the Ecuadorean Embassy in the same city. But even before then, the Australian publisher and WikiLeaks co-founder has been under relentless attack from powerful bodies his organization exposed.
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When can there be a fall in the rate of profit?
SEVERAL major economists have put forward theories predicting a falling tendency of the rate of profit under capitalism; Marx had seen in this fact an awareness on their part of the essential transitoriness of the capitalist system. But while some of these theories have logical validity, others do not. Among the latter is Adam Smith’s theory.
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If everybody’s going to join NATO, then why have the United Nations? The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2023)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 11–12 July in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Ecocide, war and the “New American Century”
Ecocide is the deliberate destruction of an environment so that it can no longer sustain life.
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Extreme heat prompts issue of safety warnings across several countries
Safety warnings have been issued in France where temperature levels on Wednesday reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Patriarchy and the origins of women’s oppression
Any vision of a world beyond capitalism involves the liberation of women from oppression, exploitation and discrimination. But just because we might have been able to win revolutionary social change, it does not mean that equal economic, social and cultural rights will be automatic for women.
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Inside the slaughterhouse: Child labour in the U.S.
A rise in highly systematic, typically immigrant, child labour is being abetted by state legislation in the U.S., and must be resisted, argues John Clarke.
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Needed: Either degrowth or two Earths
I think top leaders in Washington are using green-energy pipe dreams to distract us from the reality that they have given up altogether on reducing U.S. fossil fuel use.
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June 2023 was the world’s warmest June on record
June featured unprecedented Canadian heat and wildfires, record-low Antarctic sea ice, and a strengthening El Niño.
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Study shows methane leaks put climate risk from gas ‘on par with coal’
If fracked gas leaks, even a little, “it’s as bad as coal,” said the lead author. “It can’t be considered a good bridge, or substitute.”