WSWS (2022-01-11). Winter of death: Two deadly housing fires in less than a week expose the reality of American capitalism. wsws.org New York City and Philadelphia saw their deadliest housing fires in decades amid a climate of official indifference to death as the COVID-19 pandemic has been allowed to rage out of control.

John Case (2022-01-10). Piketty says it's 'Time for Socialism,' but has no time for class struggle. peoplesworld.org Thomas Piketty has a new collection of essays, entitled, Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021. It is not possible to understate the positive impact that the French author's masterwork, Capital in the 21st Century, has had on the economics profession. The book, and the massive data collection projects on global and …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-10). Cognitive Warfare: Imperialist Psyops, Social Control, & Making Reality Malleable. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Since capitalism reached its highest stage, the stage where the imperialist countries export capital in order to perpetuate their dominance, the bourgeoisie have been aware that this system is crucial for more than merely gaining profits. It lets them project social control. Within the core imperialist countries, where capitalism's most brutal and extreme…

Prabir Purkayastha (2022-01-10). Holmes verdict: In the US, it is fine to lie to consumers, but not investors. peoplesdispatch.org Hyper-capitalism has systematically weakened regulations to help capital at the cost of consumers. The verdict on Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos simply illustrates the growing post-90s disregard for consumers…

Frederique Desrosiers (2022-01-10). After centuries of oppression, asylum is the least U.S. could offer Haitians. peoplesworld.org The American understanding of Haiti is stained with poverty, natural disasters, and political turmoil. As a result, some Americans think Haitians just need to figure it out and stop putting their hands out, while others take a paternalistic approach and think the United States should interfere and "help" even if that is not what Haitians …

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-01-10). Imperialism Isn't a Question: We Gotta Get Organized, and Mobilized now! anchor.fm In this episode I go into a discussion about some of the things facing a lot of people right now, poverty, houselessness, and other struggles. I also hit on the need to understand all of the contradictions that exist under the Capitalist-Imperialist system, how they manifest, who they affect, who's doing the suffering and who's doing the exploiting, and then we have to learn, listen and teach one another how to do something about this. By that I mean we must organize to overthrow the capitalist-Imperialist system, now.

Prabir Purkayastha (2022-01-10). Holmes verdict: In the US, it is fine to lie to consumers, but not investors. peoplesdispatch.org Hyper-capitalism has systematically weakened regulations to help capital at the cost of consumers. The verdict on Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos simply illustrates the growing post-90s disregard for consumers…

Zach Farber (2022-01-09). San Diego nurses, supporters mobilize for universal healthcare. liberationnews.org The California Nurses Association and National Nurses United organized a statewide day of action in support of single-payer healthcare legislation, Assembly Bill 1400 on Jan. 8. They were joined in San Diego by dozens of nurses, community members and organizations such as the Democratic Socialists of America San Diego, Activist San Diego, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the San Diego Peace and Freedom Party.

Editor (2022-01-09). Lee Camp: The Dark Secret History of Capitalism. scheerpost.com In this history lesson Camp takes you back to the feudal system, to the creation of corporations and currency, to the modern system that's destroying the lives of the poor today. The ruling class don't even try to hide the inhumanity that keeps the system running anymore now that it has become almost impossible to ignore. This leaves it up to popular movements to end the capitalist system and create something new. | Click

Thomas Klikauer (2022-01-09). Automation & (no) Future for Humanity. zcomm.org Capitalism's frequent crisis, outsourcing, off-shoring, and the persistence of automation will continue to force many workers out of manufacturing (first) and the service industry (soon)…

Bruce Lerro (2022-01-09). Building Bridges from Pierre Janet to Lev Vygotsky: Transitions to Communist Psychology. dissidentvoice.org Orientation In his time, the late 19th to mid-20th century, Pierre Janet was considered a great psychologist and rival to Freud. But in Yankeedom he is barely known today. I bring him up in this article, not only because his ideas are worthy of being known, but because in many ways his was a precursor …

_____ (2022-01-09). Inaction On Tax Credit Condemns Millions Of Children To Poverty. popularresistance.org Working-class families are faced with an extra burden as the new year begins — the expiration of the expanded child tax credit. The expansion provided support for families struggling during the pandemic by changing some key factors of the already existing credit. Namely, the expansion increased the annual amount per child from $2,000 to between $3,000 and $3,600, it paid the credit in monthly installments rather than in one lump sum, and it expanded the full benefits of the credit to families who previously had been ruled ineligible due to their income being too low. | On the same day that the CTC expansion…

WSWS (2022-01-08). Capitalism's perpetual pandemic. wsws.org The US government and media are demanding that COVID-19 become the "new normal," legitimizing mass death in perpetuity.

WSWS (2022-01-08). Squid Game and the survival drama genre. wsws.org While Squid Game presents a unique twist on the effort to represent capitalism as a fight to the death, it is only the most recent example of an international genre that began in the US in the 1970s.

WSWS (2022-01-08). Capitalism's perpetual pandemic. wsws.org The US government and media are demanding that COVID-19 become the "new normal," legitimizing mass death in perpetuity.

WSWS (2022-01-08). Squid Game and the survival drama genre. wsws.org While Squid Game presents a unique twist on the effort to represent capitalism as a fight to the death, it is only the most recent example of an international genre that began in the US in the 1970s.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-07). Culprits behind Capitol insurrection still not brought to justice. peoplesdispatch.org Trump and his followers had propagated numerous false claims stating that the 2020 elections were stolen from them by means of electoral fraud, rigging of voting machines, and an international communist conspiracy.

Robert Sanchez (2022-01-07). LA mobilizations demand justice for Valentina Orellana-Peralta and Daniel Elena Lopez. liberationnews.org On Jan 2., brought together by outrage and the necessity for action, a press conference was organized by the Coalition for Community Control over the Police (CCCOP), Project Islamic H.O.P.E, Party for Socialism and Liberation and other community activists in front of the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles.

Robert Sanchez (2022-01-07). LA mobilizations demand justice for Valentina Orellana-Peralta and Daniel Elena Lopez. liberationnews.org On Jan 2., brought together by outrage and the necessity for action, a press conference was organized by the Coalition for Community Control over the Police (CCCOP), Project Islamic H.O.P.E, Party for Socialism and Liberation and other community activists in front of the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles.

WSWS (2022-01-07). Historical falsification and the struggle for socialism. wsws.org In this work, Soviet historian and sociologist Vadim Rogovin (1937—1998) explodes the myth, shared by both anti-communists and Stalinists alike, that Stalinism evolved naturally and seamlessly out of Bolshevism.

WSWS (2022-01-07). Historical falsification and the struggle for socialism. wsws.org In this work, Soviet historian and sociologist Vadim Rogovin (1937—1998) explodes the myth, shared by both anti-communists and Stalinists alike, that Stalinism evolved naturally and seamlessly out of Bolshevism.

Rosa Astra, Benjamin Zinevich (2022-01-07). Yes, there really were only two COVID deaths in mainland China in 2021. Here's how they did it. liberationnews.org To someone who lives under U.S. capitalism, a medical system that can successfully curb a pandemic like COVID-19 may seem like fantasy. What did the people, government, and Communist Party of China do to accomplish this incredible result?>

Rosa Astra, Benjamin Zinevich (2022-01-07). Yes, there really were only two COVID deaths in mainland China in 2021. Here's how they did it. liberationnews.org To someone who lives under U.S. capitalism, a medical system that can successfully curb a pandemic like COVID-19 may seem like fantasy. What did the people, government, and Communist Party of China do to accomplish this incredible result?>

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-01-07). Intersectionality, and what it might lack. anchor.fm In this episode I try to give an analysis of liberal intersectionality from a Marxist perspective. I tried to go over the ways in which intersectionality avoids revolutionary politics and a unity and solidarity based on class struggle. We need an end to the Capitalist and imperialist system now, we do not need a slow transitionary period towards another form of oppression. We need the liberation of all oppressed people now! Go organize!

Robert Sanchez (2022-01-07). LA mobilizations demand justice for Valentina Orellana-Peralta and Daniel Elena Lopez. liberationnews.org On Jan 2., brought together by outrage and the necessity for action, a press conference was organized by the Coalition for Community Control over the Police (CCCOP), Project Islamic H.O.P.E, Party for Socialism and Liberation and other community activists in front of the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles.

Rosa Astra, Benjamin Zinevich (2022-01-07). Yes, there really were only two COVID deaths in mainland China in 2021. Here's how they did it. liberationnews.org To someone who lives under U.S. capitalism, a medical system that can successfully curb a pandemic like COVID-19 may seem like fantasy. What did the people, government, and Communist Party of China do to accomplish this incredible result?>

WSWS (2022-01-07). Historical falsification and the struggle for socialism. wsws.org In this work, Soviet historian and sociologist Vadim Rogovin (1937—1998) explodes the myth, shared by both anti-communists and Stalinists alike, that Stalinism evolved naturally and seamlessly out of Bolshevism.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-01-06). Assault on the Capitol: 24 questions and answers. liberationnews.org The Jan. 6 attack on Congress by a fascist-led mob was a pivotal moment in U.S. politics…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-01-06). "Capitalist Democracy": What is it? And it's connections to Fascism. anchor.fm In this episode I discuss some of the ongoing struggles facing people here in the United States, on the anniversary of the January 6 attempt to take over Congress, and overthrow the election, and how they connect to the history of capitalism's connection to fascism, and the use of democracy as a tool by the state of capitalist dictatorship to misconstrue and misinformed the masses into believing this democracy is for them.

Patrick Chura (2022-01-06). Anti-fascist lessons from a blacklisted Jewish Communist. peoplesworld.org With hate crimes on the rise and democracy in crisis, the literature we study in schools has new purpose. Discussing books with young people doubles as a gesture of resistance. At this moment, the great activist writers seem greater and affect us more powerfully. But of all the readings I used in my university classes …

Princess Harmony (2022-01-06). Queer people and the U.S. Communist movement, 1950-1969. workers.org The Compton's Cafeteria rebellion, San Francisco, 1966. Communists the world over fight for the liberation of the working class and the oppressed. From the very start, scientific socialism has also fought for the liberation of women from sexist and misogynistic worldviews and actions, ranging from the right to equal treatment . . . |

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-01-06). Tuesday 1/4: Press Conference: Stop the Mayor's War on the Tenderloin! indybay.org SF City Hall. Tune into the livestream via @PSLBayArea on Twitter…

Ray Lvey Uyeda (2022-01-06). Climate justice through divestment. nationofchange.org n recent years, a growing movement to achieve climate justice has connected the root cause of climate change not just with greenhouse gases but also with a more entrenched, insidious foe: capitalism. The United States supports a system that allows a few corporations and people to earn money off climate degradation, mainly through the extraction …

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-01-06). Yet another contradiction of capitalism. mronline.org In the United States there are still four million persons who remain unemployed compared to before the pandemic; and yet the Biden administration's attempt to stimulate the economy has already run into a crisis with the re-emergence of inflation not just in that country but elsewhere in the capitalist world as well.

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-01-06). Yet another contradiction of capitalism. mronline.org In the United States there are still four million persons who remain unemployed compared to before the pandemic; and yet the Biden administration's attempt to stimulate the economy has already run into a crisis with the re-emergence of inflation not just in that country but elsewhere in the capitalist world as well.

WSWS (2022-01-05). How American capitalism profits on death. wsws.org Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the correspondence between mass infection and stock prices is well established. The markets fall when they suspect measures will be taken to stop the spread of COVID-19, and they rise when the disease is allowed to spread unchecked.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-01-05). Tuesday 1/4: Press Conference: Stop the Mayor's War on the Tenderloin! indybay.org SF City Hall. Tune into the livestream via @PSLBayArea on Twitter…

WSWS (2022-01-05). World leaders mourn Archbishop Desmond Tutu in acknowledgement of services rendered to imperialism. wsws.org Post-apartheid, Tutu's greatest service by far to South African capitalism and world imperialism was as head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-05). Beyond the Capitalist Paradigm of Destruction: Generative Chaos. libya360.wordpress.com Leonardo Boff I believe that this leap, with our participation, especially the victims of the exploitation of capitalism, can occur and would be within the possibilities of the history of the universe and the Earth: from the current destructive chaos, we can move on to generative chaos of a new way of being and inhabiting…

WSWS (2022-01-05). How American capitalism profits on death. wsws.org Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the correspondence between mass infection and stock prices is well established. The markets fall when they suspect measures will be taken to stop the spread of COVID-19, and they rise when the disease is allowed to spread unchecked.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-01-04). Tuesday 1/4: Press Conference: Stop the Mayor's War on the Tenderloin! indybay.org SF City Hall. Tune into the livestream via @PSLBayArea on Twitter…

WSWS (2022-01-04). Book Review: The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland by Mark Kruger. wsws.org Kruger's book is a rebuke to the most basic lie of American history: that there has been no class struggle or socialism in the United States.

Chauncey K. Robinson (2022-01-04). bell hooks cambió nuestra forma de pensar sobre la feminidad, la clase y el capitalismo. peoplesworld.org Elijo volver a apropiarme del término 'feminismo', para centrarme en el hecho de que ser 'feminista' en cualquier sentido auténtico del término es querer para todas las personas, mujeres y hombres, la liberación de los patrones de roles sexistas, la dominación y opresión. — bell hooks en "Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism", …

William Rivers Pitt (2022-01-04). Capitalism Is Preventing Bold Steps to Curb COVID as Cases Skyrocket. truthout.org The conversation on shutting down massive swaths of the economy and daily life, in order to corral the dual COVID-19 variant explosions of Delta and Omicron, has become brittle. President Biden has stated repeatedly that the U.S. is not " Their hesitancy, while not as scientifica…

deweylaura (2022-01-04). Marxist IQ: Democracy hypocrisy. cpusa.org The Biden administration hypocritically portrays the U.S. as the leader of world forces advancing "democracy" against "authoritianism," holding global forums to propagate these ideas, yet targets the People's Republic of China with boycotts of the Olympics, Cuba with the continuation of a 60-year blockade, and other nations with covert and overt support for factions …

Colin Barker (2022-01-04). Neoliberal Era Was Rich in Revolutionary Lessons. Movements Must Learn Them. truthout.org Colin Barker, a leading British Marxist intellectual, died in 2019 before the publication of his final work,

Fight Back (2022-01-04). Philippines: Denounce gross lack of preparations for new pandemic surge. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Jan. 3 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Filipino people are outraged at the gross lack of preparations of the Duterte government for the rapid surge in Covid-19 infections. The new surge has long been anticipated by the scientific community with the identification of the Omicron variant which started to spread in the western hemisphere as early as November 2021. | The Duterte government's complacency is clearly manifested in the just signed 2022 budget which did not allocate enough funds to conduct free mass testing and ramp up…

Jake Johnson (2022-01-04). As Tax Credit Expires, "Huge Increase" in Child Poverty Feared Amid Omicron Wave. truthout.org The lapse of Democrats' expanded child tax credit program at the end of last month has progressive lawmakers and advocates vocally warning of a major spike in child poverty in the new year just as the Omicron variant wreaks havoc across the U.S., fueling a staggering rise in infections and hospitalizations. | While some

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-01-04). Tuesday 1/4: Press Conference: Stop the Mayor's War on the Tenderloin! indybay.org SF City Hall. Tune into the livestream via @PSLBayArea on Twitter…

WSWS (2022-01-04). Book Review: The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland by Mark Kruger. wsws.org Kruger's book is a rebuke to the most basic lie of American history: that there has been no class struggle or socialism in the United States.

Chauncey K. Robinson (2022-01-04). bell hooks cambió nuestra forma de pensar sobre la feminidad, la clase y el capitalismo. peoplesworld.org Elijo volver a apropiarme del término 'feminismo', para centrarme en el hecho de que ser 'feminista' en cualquier sentido auténtico del término es querer para todas las personas, mujeres y hombres, la liberación de los patrones de roles sexistas, la dominación y opresión. — bell hooks en "Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism", …

deweylaura (2022-01-04). Marxist IQ: Democracy hypocrisy. cpusa.org The Biden administration hypocritically portrays the U.S. as the leader of world forces advancing "democracy" against "authoritianism," holding global forums to propagate these ideas, yet targets the People's Republic of China with boycotts of the Olympics, Cuba with the continuation of a 60-year blockade, and other nations with covert and overt support for factions …

Fight Back (2022-01-04). Philippines: Denounce gross lack of preparations for new pandemic surge. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Jan. 3 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Filipino people are outraged at the gross lack of preparations of the Duterte government for the rapid surge in Covid-19 infections. The new surge has long been anticipated by the scientific community with the identification of the Omicron variant which started to spread in the western hemisphere as early as November 2021. | The Duterte government's complacency is clearly manifested in the just signed 2022 budget which did not allocate enough funds to conduct free mass testing and ramp up…

Ben Carroll (2022-01-03). Why is everything so expensive? workers.org The prices of all basic goods and services necessary for human survival have been going up — in some cases, way up — over the past six months or so. The November 2021 Consumer Price Index, which tracks annual and monthly increases in prices, rose by 6.8% this year — . . . |

Ben Carroll (2022-01-03). Why is everything so expensive? workers.org The prices of all basic goods and services necessary for human survival have been going up — in some cases, way up — over the past six months or so. The November 2021 Consumer Price Index, which tracks annual and monthly increases in prices, rose by 6.8% this year — . . . |

Will Froberg (2022-01-02). A New Economy for a Better World. zcomm.org Overall, No Bosses does an excellent job of answering the questions: "If you don't like capitalism, what would you replace it with?>

Will Froberg (2022-01-02). A New Economy for a Better World. zcomm.org Overall, No Bosses does an excellent job of answering the questions: "If you don't like capitalism, what would you replace it with?>

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-01). Left "Anti-Authoritarianism" Has Been Counterrevolution's Greatest Weapon. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Since workers states began to form in the early twentieth century, and bourgeois propaganda therefore first had highly tangible enemies to latch onto, capitalism's defenders have claimed that revolution will lead to dictatorship. The image of a grim, despotic dystopia that was projected onto the Soviet Union—and then onto the next socialist states…