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  • Africa

    The lies and secrets of French imperialism

    Originally published: Socialist Action on October 13, 2023 by Najete Michell and Paul Taylor (more by Socialist Action) (Posted Oct 18, 2023)

    The coups in sub-Saharan Africa have opened a new era for the African peoples rising against French imperialism.

  • Slovakia (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

    Slovakia election–a small but significant fracture in Europe’s subordination to the U.S.

    Originally published: Socialist Action on October 4, 2023 by Dennis Barton & Paul Taylor (more by Socialist Action) (Posted Oct 11, 2023)

    The Slovak parliamentary elections [30 September] were won by the anti-war, pro-negotiations party Smer-SD DIRECTION–Slovak Social Democracy led by Robert Fico.

  • The bombing of Nagasaki as seen from the town of Koyagi, about 13 km south, taken 15 minutes after the bomb exploded. In the foreground, life seemingly went on unaffected. (Wikipedia)

    Socialism and Ecological Survival

    Originally published: Socialist Action on September 5, 2023 by Charlie WIlson (more by Socialist Action) (Posted Sep 09, 2023)

    The recent article Socialism and Ecological Survival in Monthly Review by John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clarke makes three essential points about the past and future of the climate movement, is well worth reading in full and poses some crucial strategic questions that we have to confront and work through in praxis.

  • Ecocide, War and the “New American Century”

    Ecocide, war and the “New American Century”

    Originally published: Socialist Action on July 15, 2023 by Charlie Wilson (more by Socialist Action) (Posted Jul 21, 2023)

    Ecocide is the deliberate destruction of an environment so that it can no longer sustain life.

  • Ladies holding signs against sexual harassment.

    How capitalism uses gender oppression to rule

    Originally published: Socialist Action on November 3, 2017 by Christine Marie (more by Socialist Action) (Posted Nov 19, 2017)

    Following is the text of a talk delivered by the author on Nov. 4 at the “The Solution is Socialism” educational conference in Connecticut. The conference was hosted by the Youth for Socialist Action chapter at Central Connecticut State University, where the sessions were held.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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