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Stain on human conscience – World countries react to U.S. veto
Despite 14 member states voting in favor, the U.S., as a permanent member, exercised its veto for the fifth time since October 2023.
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From Nixonomics to Trumponomics
The 50-Year Evolution of the GOP.
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Capitalism is perpetual crisis
Crisis is endemnic to capitalism, writes Alex Snowdon in his monthly Marxism 101 column.
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The crisis of Liberalism
The political philosophy of classical liberalism, which provided the basis for liberal political praxis, was sustained by a long tradition of bourgeois economic thought, straddling both classical political economy and neo-classical economics.
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Swimming in mud in the fifth circle of hell: The Forty-Sixth Newsletter (2024)
Instead of solving the problems of the majority, the ‘far right of a special type’–a right that is intimately tied to liberalism–cultivates a politics of anger.
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No thanks to these 52 Dems, House defeats Bill enabling Trump assault on nonprofits
“Every single Democrat who voted for this is not taking the threat of Trump remotely seriously and should be disqualified from any leadership positions moving forward,” said Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman.
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Truth takes a side
Understanding and truth are our best weapons against an exploitative society based on lies.
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Putin approves supply of 80,000 tons of fuel to Cuba
Russia has announced a $60 million diesel shipment to Cuba during bilateral meeting in Havana.
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Clare Daly: ‘We need an activist left that has anti-imperialism at its heart’
Michael Lavalette speaks to former Irish MEP, Clare Daly about her political history, her view on the current situation and her forthcoming general election campaign.
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Bernie’s statement about the election
It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.
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The Kazan summit of BRICS
The BRICS declaration presumes that the international institutions in their current state are flawed because they are dominated by imperialist countries and are not representative enough; but they are flawed because their very essence is flawed, no matter how they are governed.
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Brett Christophers on our growing ‘asset-manager society’
Many people now live in homes and rely on infrastructure that are owned by pension funds, insurance companies, and banks.
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The Valencia floods have one clear culprit: Capitalism
Capitalism and Spain’s right wing parties are responsible for Valencia flooding deaths.
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Fascism, from The Theory of Capitalist Development
Unearthing the chapter on fascism from Paul Sweezy’s The Theory of Capitalist Development (Monthly Review Press, January 1942).
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The mainstream western worldview pretends the Global South does not exist
Mainstream western politics and culture pretend the rest of the world does not exist.
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Claudia Sheinbaum de-privatizes two major oil and energy companies
The measure de-privatizes two large Mexican companies, one dedicated to the extraction and commercialization of oil, and the other dedicated to providing electricity and internet to Mexicans.
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The economic war against China has backfired
Just 15 years ago, Chinese consumers were flocking to Western brands. Now they prefer Chinese ones.
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Boots and Boosts: Berlin Bulletin No. 228, November 28, 2024
While so many in the world hold their breath for Harris or Trump it would also be wise to keep an eye on Germany. A sharp eye!
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Why Brazil opposes Venezuela’s BRICS membership
The 16th Summit of the BRICS organization is taking place this week in the Russian city of Kazan. President Nicolás Maduro was invited by the Russian president himself, Vladimir Putin, at the beginning of August, and is attending with a Venezuelan delegation.
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BRICS countries call for a multipolar, equitable and democratic world order
In the Summit held in the Russian city of Kazan, BRICS members condemned the genocidal Israeli war on West Asia, the illegal sanctions regimes imposed on the people of the world by the U.S. and its allies, and Western dominated multilateral institutions.