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U.S. moves previously banned missiles closer to China and Russia
The U.S. military openly describes the “Typhon” as a “strategic weapon system that would be used against higher-value targets like air defense assets and command and control nodes.”
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China’s unfair ‘overcapacity’
China is the only country in the world that produces all categories of goods classified by the World Customs Organization (WCO).
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Washington’s New Cold War: U.S. Special Forces train Taiwan troops in drone warfare
The Green Berets are training Taiwanese forces on the use of military drones including the Black Hornet Nano, like those being used by U.S.-advised forces in Ukraine.
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U.S. imperialism creates refugees, then criminalizes them at the border
U.S. imperialism creates refugees, then criminalizes them at the border.
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Part-time jobs, no benefits: The real state of the working class
In his March 6 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden declared, “We have the best economy in the world.” He said millions of new jobs had been created in the last three years and that unemployment was at record lows.
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‘Let them eat flakes’: Highest food costs in 30 years
Kellogg’s has launched an ad campaign suggesting you “give chicken the night off.”
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More than a million and a half people hit the streets against Milei’s ‘adjustment’
The general strike against the austerity measures and the Omnibus Law was strongly felt throughout the country yesterday.
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Which side are you on? Far-right deepens threats to trans lives, Biden stays silent
Threats of violence by neo-Nazis grow in tandem with the “official” attacks. Incursions by hate groups aimed at queer events and spaces are becoming more common even in “safe” cities like Los Angeles and Boston.
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“War and Lenin in the 21st Century”
As in Lenin’s time, the conclusion is that socialist revolution will end imperialist war, enabling workers to meet their own needs.
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‘Lethal assets’: U.S. finance capital owns the bombs falling on Palestine
Lenin on the economic essence of war.
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U.S., Big Oil exploit Guyana border dispute to attack Venezuela
Until recently Guyana was the third-poorest country in Latin America. U.S. business journals have been painting a picture of Guyana potentially becoming the richest country in Latin America.
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‘Standing up for trans people is self-defense for every worker’
Interview with Oct. 7 organizer.
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Imperialism and the new Cold War
War and Lenin in the 21st century, part 4
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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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Ecuador: National referendum ending oil exploitation in the Amazon is victorious
While most of the focus was on the general elections in Ecuador, a national referendum was held on oil exploitation in the Amazon.
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Biden sends $345 million weapons to Taiwan: Activists protest U.S.-Australia anti-China war games
This is the first part of a $1 billion weapons transfer directly from Pentagon stockpiles to Taiwan this year.
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The U.S. ‘Act of War’ against China
The U.S. export controls (the act of war) on computer chips aim to cripple China’s ability to produce or purchase high-end chips, which are crucial for the development of advanced technologies such as supercomputers and artificial intelligence (AI). Some call this a Silicon Curtain in the New Cold War against China.
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Deadly hazards of capitalist profit system
The beginning of July saw the hottest days on record globally.
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A trans person reflects on Cuba and Florida
Melinda Butterfield: “As I sat in Miami, I was keenly aware that Gov. Ron DeSantis was preparing to sign several laws aimed at banning trans people from public life and getting the health care they need to live.” (DeSantis did sign these laws just a few days later, not by coincidence, on May 17 – the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia.)
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The First Nations at the frontline of Canada’s fires
As smoke and smog choke the Northeast, Alberta’s Indigenous Nations face down apocalyptic wildfires and the provincial government’s “let-it-burn” climate policy.