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Ten Holocaust survivors condemn Israel’s Gaza genocide
Holocaust survivors say using the Holocaust to justify genocide in Gaza and repress student protest on college campuses is a complete insult to the Holocaust’s memory.
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Canada’s militarization of the Arctic threatens Indigenous communities and the climate
New defence policy promises to expand NORAD, NATO amid vulnerable oceanic ecosystem.
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‘These stores are unhealthy for our communities’
CounterSpin interview with Kennedy Smith on dollar store invasion
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Government debt is symptom, not cause
Developing country governments are being blamed for irresponsibly borrowing too much. The resulting debt stress has blocked investments and growth in this unequal and unfair world economic order.
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AI and employment
This problem, it must be noted, relates exclusively to the application of AI under capitalist conditions; but, capitalism being the reality over much of the world, the threat of AI to the working people remains extremely serious.
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Rich nation hypocrisy accelerating global heating
Addressing climate change requires a comprehensive, equitable, and pragmatic approach that prioritizes substantial emissions reductions and supports vulnerable populations most affected by global heating.
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An American flag, a pencil sharpener−and the 10 Commandments: Louisiana’s law to mandate biblical displays in classrooms is the latest to push limits of religion in public schools
Louisiana is not a stranger to controversy over religion in schools.
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Three lessons I learned on my visit to Cuba
The U.S. blockade on Cuba, in place since the 1960s, is an act of economic warfare.
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Current and former U.S. military personnel build a movement for Palestine within their ranks
On February 25, U.S. Air Force member Aaron Bushnell became the first active duty U.S. soldier to earn the title of “martyr” among oppressed people worldwide.
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China rejects U.S.-led auction of Venezuelan company CITGO
On Tuesday, China strongly condemned the seizure of CITGO Petroleum Corporation by U.S. authorities, calling the move a flagrant violation of international law.
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Dockworkers in Greece refused to load arms shipment destined for Israel, forced cargo ship to change route
The militant mobilization of dockworkers at Greece’s major port, Piraeus, on Saturday 15 June led to the cancellation of the arrival of “MSC ALTAIR”, a container ship transporting weaponry and ammunition to Israel.
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Feeling the pain: Inflation, wages, and the working class
Once again the mainstream press is touting a “blowout” jobs report.
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Biden torpedoes access to asylum at the U.S. Southern Border
The new Executive Order comes during a period of rising migration across the hemisphere.
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The U.S. power structure is blindly dedicated to Israel
When the board of the Columbia Law Review clumsily censored a pro-Palestinian article it revealed the degree to which pro-Israel ideology is enmeshed in the U.S. power structure. Luckily, a generational shift is changing this before our eyes.
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What is the realistic strategy for “de-dollarisation”?
As there can only be one price standard in any functioning economic system the transition from one price standard to another cannot take place gradually, or in a mixed way, but must take place sharply, and therefore completely in a very short time frame.
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Beverley Best – “The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx’s Capital”
Capitalist crises cannot only be measured by its catastrophic effects on society, but also by the reception of their most staunchest critique: Karl Marx’s Capital.
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Shifting power: New Zealand on U.S. decline
After meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken last April, New Zealand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, said that the two countries had pledged “to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests.” In recent moves exemplifying this support, New Zealand has deployed a targeting team to a United States-led coalition conducting strikes against Yemen, extended its military participation in the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine, and is considering membership of AUKUS, the anti-China military agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Global diffusion of production and the concept of imperialism
THERE has been a significant diffusion of production occurring in the world economy. Many call this phenomenon a shift from a U.S.-led world economy to a “multipolar world economy”, but no matter what one thinks of this description, the fact of diffusion is indubitable.
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We’ve seen this “antisemitism crisis on the Left” script before
It sure is a crazy coincidence how western politicians and media always start urgently telling us about an invisible epidemic of left wing antisemitism every time western military ties to Israel are subjected to widespread public scrutiny.
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Fascism and resistance in France today
John Mullen spoke to Green Left Weekly about the rise of the far right in France and prospects for the left in the upcoming election