(2022-09-06). Economic war instead of climate policy & Russia as enemy. indybay.org Sustainability and capitalism do not go together. Because capitalism needs growth and drives environmental destruction. The consequences: Species extinction, drought stress for trees, water scarcity. A consistent climate policy would have to get down to the nitty-gritty, but at present it is overshadowed by the economic war.
(2022-09-06). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…
(2022-09-06). Anti-Fascists Fight Back at "Straight Pride" Rally. indybay.org Saturday August 27 was Straight Pride's 4th annual appearance in the Central Valley town of Modesto, California. This far right group is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate list.
(2022-09-06). LGBTQ+ theory, history, and the CPUSA (part 2). cpusa.org 
The following article has been adapted from a talk presented at the Little Red Schoolhouse in New York City, July 28, 2022. Part 1 was published here. Like other forms of oppression under capitalism, the oppression of gay people gave rise to resistance and struggle. Now let's quickly survey a few of the landmarks …
(2022-09-05). Red Theory: Imperialism, or monopoly capitalism. fightbacknews.org Now that we've spent some time looking at the basic concepts of Marx's critique of political economy, let's move on to Lenin's analysis of imperialism. Toward the end of the 1800s, the internal laws of motion of capitalism caused it to enter a new and final stage in its development — monopoly capitalism. In the essay "Imperialism and the Split in Socialism," Lenin defines it like this: | "Imperialism is a specific historical stage of capitalism. Its specific character is threefold: imperialism is monopoly capitalism; parasitic, or decaying capitalism; moribund capitalism. The supplanting of free competition…
(2022-09-05). Why the imperialists praise Gorbachev. workers.org 
When the last Secretary General of the ruling Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhael Gorbachev, died Aug. 30, the rulers of the imperialist world powers made it clear that they considered him their hero. That praise could only take place if his historic role was to facilitate the dismantling . . . |
(2022-09-05). Cyber surveillance = 21st century Taylorism. workers.org 
"In the factory we have a lifeless mechanism," Karl Marx wrote in "Capital," whereby the worker "becomes its mere living appendage." Although the monumental work was first published in 1867, Marx's words speak to the condition of many workers today — and not only to factory workers. Across all sectors . . . |