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An Interview with Michael A. Lebowitz on ‘Capital’, “Real Socialism,” and Venezuela
“While socialists need to begin with the existing concepts of fairness as reflected in the moral economy of the working class, to the extent that those concepts of fairness are contrary to the principle advanced in the Communist Manifesto that ‘the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all,’ they must be rejected.” —Michael Lebowitz
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U.S. pregnancy-related deaths skyrocket, capitalism is to blame
A new report out from the National Center for Health Statistics finds that U.S. maternal deaths have increased by an alarming 40% since 2020.
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These Queers Bash Back: Pittsburgh anarchists organize in response to transphobic hate
Report on recent demonstrations in Pittsburgh against anti-trans grifter Michael Knowles.
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Here comes everyone: climate, class and the movement we need
As thousands prepare to surround parliament to demand climate action, Feyzi Ismail explains the scale of the crisis and the strategy the movement needs.
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The Culture War doesn’t exist
Call it what it is: class war.
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A critical look at Afrocentrism
Garveyism and Afrocentrism, while different, are grounded in their shared nature of being expressions of a call for National conscience.
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Peru’s coup-plotting congress has 6% approval, 91% disapproval (but full U.S. backing)
A polling firm found that Peru’s coup-plotting, right-wing-controlled congress has 6% approval and 91% disapproval. Unelected leader Dina Boluarte has 15% approval and 78% disapproval. But they have the full support of the US, Canada, and foreign mining corporations.
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Karl Marx beyond Europe
Marx’s views on historical development and his analysis of capitalism have been the subject of much debate and criticism over the years. While some critics have accused Marx of imposing a European model of historical development on the rest of the world, it is important to note that Marx himself rejected Eurocentric thinking and developed a more nuanced view of world history.
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Heidegger in ruins? Grappling with an anti-semitic philosopher and his troubling rebirth today
The story of German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) and his posthumous reception almost reads like the plot of an airport spy thriller.
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An African palenque: Cuba and Global Black Solidarity
When Black nationalist and poet Amiri Baraka returned from Cuba in 1959, his life was completely transformed. While there he met Afro Cubans, Black Americans such as Robert Williams and Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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Successive Governments in Ukraine have accommodated Nazis to counter Soviet nostalgia: Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich (Interview)
Dmitri Kovalevich described a range of issues to Orinoco Tribune, including the 2014 coup, Ukrainian President Zelensky’s rise to fame, war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, the economic collapse of the country, and many others.
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Florida’s abortion ban and “pro-life” hypocrisy
Women’s lives are on the line after Ron DeSantis, notoriously ultra-right Governor of Florida, signed a six-week abortion ban.
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The First International issue of Wenhua Zongheng is a landmark event for the Global Left
Wenhua Zongheng is a newly launched international publication bringing together articles originally produced in the Mainland China magazine of the same name in Chinese. It is jointly published in English, Spanish and Portuguese, by Wenhua Zongheng, the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, and Dongsheng—which produces the newsletter News on China.
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Starbucks ‘workers and consumers have the same foe’
CounterSpin interview with Saurav Sarkar on Starbucks organizing.
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Women’s work is not valued properly
In an interview with The Hindu, Ghosh talks about gender blindness of official policies, inequalities in society, the state of women empowerment and why women face multiple disadvantages in India.
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Socialist Party of Zambia attacked by members of ruling party, Dr. Fred M’membe arrested
According to the Socialist Party, their party members were attacked at a campaign meeting ahead of a by-election in the Serenje district and SP President Dr. Fred M’membe was later arrested.
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U.S. court’s abortion pill ruling: Another milestone in the assault on democratic rights
The ruling issued Friday by federal District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, overturning approval of the abortion pill mifepristone by the Food and Drug Administration, is the most flagrant attack on the democratic right to abortion since the Supreme Court’s decision last summer to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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America’s first dark money ballot line
The latest scheme to launch a centrist, third-party “unity” ticket comes from a dark money front for corporate interests.
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The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie
No, it’s not about another unknown Bunuel film. But if he had lived and knew about Finland’s election results, he could write a script and direct something similar.
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Women hold up 76.2% of the sky: The Fourteenth Newsletter (2023)
The idea of ‘equal pay for equal work’ was established in the ILO’s Equal Remuneration Convention (1951) in recognition of the fact that women had always worked in industrial factories, increasingly so during the Second World War.