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Outcome of Assange case could undermine the rights of millions
If Australia reneges on its obligations to protect Assange and fight for his rights, the implications such actions would hold for every other citizen of the country are as vast as they are chilling.
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The ideal of a free media died long ago
Should the media include positive editorial content secretly paid for by major corporations, as London’s Evening Standard newspaper has begun doing, according to new revelations?
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Trump’s incoherence reflects a long-term attrition in U.S. power
Vijay Prashad talks about the contradictions of Donald Trump’s policies in the context of emerging multipolarity on the global scene.
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Can someone inform Donald Trump that Muhammad Ali doesn’t need his pardon?
“The power to pardon is a beautiful thing,” said Trump.
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Utopia and technology
Forget Bitcoin. It’s the underlying technology, blockchain, that is generating the most excitement. Even utopia!
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The problem with “overpopulation”
The problem with “overpopulation”
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All the best: the Leo Panitch show
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin sit in starstruck awe as Professor Leo Panitch explains how the world works in a dulcet Canadian accent.
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Living on the edge: Americans in a time of “prosperity”
These are supposed to be the good times—with our current economic expansion poised to set a record as the longest in U.S. history.
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Maduro is re-elected in a show of popular resistance
The May 20, 2018 elections in Venezuela were a victory for the popular sectors and a defeat for the U.S. backed opposition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD).
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How can the resistance of the Venezuelan people and Nicolás Maduro’s government be explained?
Despite economic war, sabotage, low oil prices, international sanctions, and political violence, the Venezuelan people are still standing and supporting the leaders of the Bolivarian Revolution.
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Office of renowned economists Prabhat Patnaik and Utsa Patnaik double-locked by JNU administration
The two retired professors are internationally reputed scholars, and are serving the honourary position of Professor Emeritus.
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Facebook partners with Hawkish Atlantic Council, a NATO lobby group, to “protect democracy”
The partnership between Facebook and the Atlantic Council is an attempt to ensure the grip of dominant imperialist powers – militaries, multinationals, banks, and philanthropists – who feel threatened by the unrestricted flow of information and anti-systemic narratives on social media.
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Karl Marx & the social sciences
In this bicentennial year of Karl Marx’s birth, there has been a great deal of celebration of his work and ideas. Many essays appeared in the global media during the first week of this month –Marx was born on May 05, 1818 – emphasized the relevance of his critique of capitalism even today.
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The surprising popularity of ‘far Left’ policies
“The Far Left Is Winning the Democratic Civil War” was the headline over a Washington Post report (5/16/18) on the results of recent primary elections.
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Meeting Marx: Chinese youth dig Marxism’s appeal
Meet Karl Marx. This is not only a wreath and a silent tribute before Marx’s grave in London’s Highgate cemetery.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales warns of plan ‘to invade Venezuela’ by U.S., OAS
Morales explained that “the empire acts out of fear of the sovereign vote and knows that it will never again subject the free people.”
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Iran sanctions, imperial problems
Trump’s anti-Iran move on Tuesday was deeply worrying for allies of the US. It is a blow for those countries, especially in Europe, that were hoping to build on the big expansion of trade with and investment in Iran after the July 2015 nuclear deal was signed.
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Commemorative Karl Marx stamp celebrates economist’s 200th birthday
The German postal service has released a postage stamp, designed by visual artist Thomas Mayfried, to commemorate the 200th birthday of Karl Marx.
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Marx at 200
A specter is haunting human affairs these days: it’s the thought that Karl Marx (on his 200th birthday this week) may have been more right than wrong about rich-get-richer bourgeois economics.