(2022-04-17). The Parapolitical Hypothesis. libya360.wordpress.com Apparatchik Smashing the whole system, "striking at hidden nests, connections, connivances, and plans," requires actionable knowledge of the mechanisms with which resistance is destroyed. Whereas communist revolution is the product of proletarian class consciousness, conspiracy is the product of bourgeois class consciousness. Understanding the latter makes possible the former. In 1972 Walter Rodney, describing the…
(2022-04-16). The Power And Potential Of Democratic Public Ownership. popularresistance.org In most cases, it would be absurd to think that the same approach that created a problem would also be the one best suited to solve it. Yet this is exactly what we are expected to believe regarding the existential ecological threats our world now faces. As predicted by many since its inception, capitalism and its core interconnected tenants — private ownership of the means of production, market allocation, and exponential economic growth — have brought us to the precipice of both environmental and social disaster. Yet, year after year we continue to be told that capitalism will save us. Just a few mor…
(2022-04-16). Philippines: New Peoples Army units dispatched for rescue efforts following typhoon Agaton. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following April 9 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today said units of the New People's Army (NPA) in areas affected by typhoon Agaton are being dispatched to carry out efforts to help in rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Parts of Eastern Visayas, Cebu and northern Mindanao have been hit by floods due to continuous rains over the past days. | CPP Chief Information Officer Marco Valbuena said, "it is the civic duty of the NPA to extend all possible assistance to the people in the face of calamitie…