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Sleeping beauty and the masses–Fanon’s class analysis of the postcolony
In the wake of Frantz Fanon’s 100th birthday, Sam Chian offers a close reading of The Wretched of the Earth, arguing that Fanon’s primary intervention lies in his class analysis of colonial societies. He examines his critique of the national bourgeoisie and the urban working class, and his insistence on the revolutionary potential of the rural peasantry and radical intellectuals. Chian suggest that for Fanon, the social composition of the anti-colonial struggle decisively shapes the post-colonial order, and that the socialist path he outlines remains structurally constrained but politically urgent.
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New Corbyn Party renews challenge to neoliberal establishment consensus
Jeremy Corbyn’s strength lies in his ability to inspire a movement, but translating this into a viable party requires overcoming the same hegemonic forces that destroyed his Labour leadership.
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‘Sanctions as deadly as war’: Lancet study finds U.S.-led sanctions kill over 500,000 people annually
U.S.-led sanctions have functioned as ‘silent killers’ in countries such as Iraq, Syria, and Venezuela.
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Can the poorer Nations build a new architecture for development and sovereignty?: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2025)
Though still weighed down by debt and austerity, developing countries are beginning to chart alternative paths as a new mood takes hold in the Global South.
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Revisiting Paul Baran’s ‘The Political Economy of Growth’ for today
For Baran, the key to liberating the former colonies from the stranglehold of rapacious monopolies is not a reordering of international relations, not a campaign for a level international playing field, not alternative market institutions, nor a coalition of dissenters from the status quo, but a radical change in the social and economic structure of the oppressed country.
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel facts for kids
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (born August 27, 1770—died November 14, 1831) was an important German philosopher. He is known as one of the main thinkers in German idealism and a key person in modern Western philosophy.
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Not knowing the ‘enemy’
I am always amazed how little western governments are aware of their own (lack of) capabilities as well as of the nature and capabilities of their ‘enemies’.
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Europe’s imperial power play
Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Western imperialism’s key military alliance, describe recently announced increases in European arms spending as a collective effort to “safeguard our freedom and democracy”.
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America’s 25 year tax cutting & fiscal train wreck
Last week the U.S. Congress passed the Trump Tax Cuts.
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Amazon workers in B.C. have won Union certification
In many ways, however, the fight has only begun: the union must now secure a contract.
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What future for South Africa’s Tripartite Alliance?
Deeming the African National Congress’s electoral strategies as beyond the pale, the South African Communist Party has committed itself to a new strategy.
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“Tell no lies, claim no easy victories”: The Cuban Revolution, social vulnerability, and revolutionary ethics.
In one of the most enduring axioms of revolutionary integrity, Amílcar Cabral—African liberation theorist, freedom fighter, and martyr—urged those engaged in the struggle for liberation and justice to “Tell no lies, claim no easy victories.”
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Hard Truths About the US Labor Movement: An Interview with Chris Townsend
Chris Townsend has been organizing workers, conducting political work for labor unions, and teaching young workers to organize for almost all his adult life. He is, as we say, “the real deal.” While most of us opine and pontificate about labor, Chris does the dirty work. He organizes. His contributions over several decades have played […]
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Trump escalates Ukraine war-Putin acknowledges reality is turning out to be Marxist
By Russian as well as Anglo-American neurological and psychiatric standards, this man is a certifiable maniac.
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Uber drivers have unionized for the first time in Canada
UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.
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CUNY suspends student activist leader, fires four faculty members in escalation of repression against Palestine activism
Activists say the City University of New York is escalating its repression against Palestine activism by suspending a student leader and terminating the positions of four faculty members who have been active in protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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Who says a chicken feather can’t fly up to Heaven?: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2025)
China showcases a number of promising developments in the construction of socialism–though not without challenges and contradictions.
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Vilifying the Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy
It is very important to distinguish between the Left criticism and the neoliberal criticism of the dirigiste strategy.
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China strikes Diabetes
Diabetes is a silent epidemic, causing death and suffering on an unimaginable scale.
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Israeli Defense Minister orders plan to build concentration camp for Gaza’s civilian population
Israel Katz says the so-called ‘humanitarian city’ will be built on the ruins of Rafah.