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The Country of the Rust Belt and the Broken Road: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2024)
From the 1942 ‘American century’ to Trump’s ‘American carnage’, the U.S. has shifted from a post-WW2 boom to decline, facing political divides, economic crisis, poverty, and social decay.
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Labour versus International law
The ICJ ruling finding Israel’s occupation unlawful makes the first test for David Lammy’s ‘progressive realism’ clear: either Labour opposes dispossession and genocide, or it is complicit.
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Illegal sale of Palestinian land embraced by Biden, governors, mayors and city councilmembers
As Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians continues, so does the theft of Palestinian land. Real estate events that sell off illegal settlements acquired through settler violence in the West Bank happen in the U.S. with the aid and permission from local elected leaders.
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The class struggle in every commodity: Use value and exchange value
Every year, Pew Research publishes a study on the U.S. population’s political priorities.
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More poverty for the poor
Many low-income countries (LICs) continue to slip further behind the rest of the world. Meanwhile, people in extreme poverty have been increasing again after decades of decline.
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American surgeon who volunteered in Gaza says IDF snipers shoot toddlers
‘No toddler gets shot twice by mistake,’ said Dr. Mark Perlmutter.
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U.S. media downplays and ignores ICJ ruling declaring Israeli occupation illegal
The New York Times and the rest of the U.S. mainstream media downplayed, covered up, and even ignored the historic ICJ opinion declaring the Israeli occupation illegal.
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Civil war in Donbass 10 years on
July 1st marked the 10th anniversary of a brutal resumption of hostilities in the Donbass civil war.
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Chavistas warn about escalation of media warfare against Venezuela’s elections (+Machado)
The Venezuelan deputy minister for anti-blockade policies, William Castillo, has warned that now that there are ten days before the presidential elections, international media is intensifying its media warfare against Chavismo and Venezuela.
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Just Stop Oil vows to continue civil resistance after activists jailed for 21 years over Zoom call
Judge Christopher Hehir set a disturbing precedent on Thursday after he jailed the activists for a total of 21 years at Southwark Crown Court.
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American inquisition (Part 2): What McCarthyism really destroyed
Taking down the “Soviet Menace” in America, (part 1) was, not a response to any real “national security threat,” but a very real threat to corporate profits and neocolonial domination by the U.S. ruling class.
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Settlers launch wave of attacks after UN’s highest court rules Israel must end colonisation of West Bank
The court said Israel had no right to sovereignty in the territories, was violating international laws against acquiring territory by force and was impeding Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
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Mister Netanyahu comes to Washington and will receive a warm welcome
Next week, on Wednesday, July 24th, Israeli Prime Minister and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit Washington, DC, although he has not yet received a formal invitation.
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“Parenting for Liberation”: An interview with Jalessah T. Jackson
Jalessah T. Jackson: Rooted in revolutionary love, parenting for liberation is an embodied practice in which, to paraphrase June Jordan, I aim to love and nurture my children into their own freedom.
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Adam Smith on Bengal and North America
In his opus ‘The Wealth of Nations’ published in 1776 Adam Smith drew a distinction between the progressive state, the stationary state and the declining state.
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The Pacific lands and seas are neither forbidden nor forgotten: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2024)
A powerful struggle is taking place in Kanaky (New Caledonia) between the indigenous people and French colonial authorities. In the background, the US-led militarisation of the Pacific intensifies.
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Global Wealth Report 2023: An orgy of enrichment for the super-rich
Multimillionaires around the world have benefited from the inflation year 2023, while the German super-rich alone increased their wealth by 10 percent to more than €2.1 trillion.
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Rethinking Holocaust memory after October 7
“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”
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Police violence, security breaches, and brawls mark the U.S.-hosted Copa America
The continent’s most important national team football tournament was overshadowed by serious incidents on and off the field. Many point the finger at the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) and the host country, the United States.
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Climate activists shuts down Aberdeen incinerator choking working-class kids
A £150 million waste-to-energy plant sited just 300 yards from a primary school and burning a staggering 150,000 tonnes of unrecycleable waste a year was brought to a standstill on Saturday as Climate Camp Scotland and local campaigners stood together on the picket line.