(2022-11-30). Deep-sea mining: Capitalism's next destructive frontier. greenleft.org.au Mining companies argue that deep-sea mining is necessary to achieve the global transition to renewables, reports Ben Radford, but this is a lie.
(2022-11-30). Farewell to the unipolar world and Disaster capitalism: back to Marx! indybay.org The sanctions have already proved to be a dangerous boomerang because they hit Europe harder than Russia… It is a suicidal illusion to try to win a war against the raw materials giant Russia – which possesses more than a third of all fossil energies and raw materials on earth – and the world's largest high-tech workshop, China, which is united with it.
(2022-11-30). (100 great changes) China's aerospace shifts from follower to world leader. ecns.cn Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has made fruitful achievements in aerospace, shifting from "following" others to "leading" the world in some aspects.
(2022-11-29). Bookstore packed for FRSO program release party. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — About 70 activists packed Mayday Bookstore, November 20, for the release of the print edition of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization's (FRSO) political program. | FRSO Political Secretary Mick Kelly told the excited crowd, "Our program amounts to a declaration war against the existing order things. It is a clear statement that analyzes the conditions we face, lays bare the laws of capitalism, the need for revolution and socialism – and defines a clear strategy getting from here to there." | The room was filled with many of the movers and shakers in the Twin Cites people's struggles.
(2022-11-29). The Countries Which Participate in the World Cup of Opportunism. orinocotribune.com by Ernesto Cazal Nov 24, 2022 | Venezuela is once again a protagonist on the international scene, and on its own merits. Of course, a lot has to do with the current international situation, with disaster capitalism having already devastated the global status quo and the economic dynamics being shattered. | All the factors converge to rekindle the importance of our country on the regional scene and in other latitudes. We can speak with certainty that oil and the political and diplomatic importance that Chavismo holds for other countries is essential for the resolution of multiple crises manifesting themselve…
(2022-11-29). Challenger ticket wins 39% of NSW Nurses and Midwives Association vote. greenleft.org.au In the first contested election in the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Union since 2003, John-Paul Marx, who ran on "A Smarter Union" ticket, received 38.7% of the vote. Niko Leka reports.
(2022-11-29). Western media has not much evolved from the era of the yellow peril in its routine China-bashing. mronline.org 
Distorted coverage of alleged removal of Hu Jintao from Communist Party Congress is par for the course along with other recent coverage.
(2022-11-29). Rummaging through the documents of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China. uwidata.com By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * Delving into some of the documents of the XX Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), into its conclusions and repercussions, it is possible to discover aspects that are quite unknown or little disclosed in our countries. I am going to expose four of them that seem substantial to …
(2022-11-29). The Two Types Of Death Penalties. popularresistance.org A political prisoner is a person targeted or imprisoned because of their political actions, affiliations and/or beliefs. A political prisoner is also an individual, who while incarcerated, transforms themselves from a social prisoner by gaining clarity, embracing and maintaining political struggle. | Thirty-seven-year-old Kevin "KJ" Johnson is scheduled to be executed by the State of Missouri on November 29th; most would not view him as a "political prisoner." However, given the poverty, neglect, suffering and abuse that comes with being a captive in domestic colonies and urban enclaves within a capitalist and im…
(2022-11-29). Liberating Africa From Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations With the West. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud Nov 21, 2022 | Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashed the images of poor looking African children needing help. | Over the years, Norway has served as a relatively good model of meaningful humanitarian and medical aid. This is especially true if compared to other self-serving western countries, where aid is often linked to direct poli…
(2022-11-28). Red Theory: Socialism and the national question. fightbacknews.org The Russian Empire under the Tsar was rightly called a "prisonhouse of nations," because it oppressed, within its borders, whole nations of people. The Bolsheviks saw that it was a principal task of the socialist revolution to dismantle national oppression and support self-determination for the oppressed nations. | The United States is likewise a prisonhouse of nations, where the African American nation in the Black Belt South, the Chicano nation in the Southwest and the Hawaiian nation are all oppressed within the borders of the imperialist U.S. It will be a principal task of the socialist revolution in the U.S…
(2022-11-28). Beating around the bush: polycrisis, overlapping emergencies, and capitalism. mronline.org 
It is in vogue nowadays to describe the multifaceted and intertwined crises of capitalism without referring to capitalism itself. Obscure jargon of 'overlapping emergencies' and 'polycrisis' are brought up to describe the complexity of the situation, and they serve, with or without intention, to conceal the culprit, namely the totality of capitalist relations.
(2022-11-28). Friedrich Engels (28 Nov 1820 — 5 Aug 1895). transcend.org Friedrich Engels was a German author, political theorist and philosopher, best known for his monumental works with Karl Marx, 'The Communist Manifesto' and 'Das Kapital'. He is pegged as being the cornerstone of a development of Marxism that led to Soviet Marxists and the institution of dialectical materialism.
(2022-11-28). Brian Berletic on China's 'social credit score system': fact or fiction? thecommunists.org Across the internet and social media, the alleged existence of a draconian 'social credit score system' is given as evidence that China is an authoritarian state, particularly by those trying to disparage China's image. Various disturbing claims in western media are made about China's system, including that it violates privacy, monitors and records an untold …
(2022-11-28). Could China Help Brazil to Overcome Its Economic Crisis? independentmediainstitute.org The election victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the president of Brazil for a third term on October 30 is expected to revise the relations between Brasília and Beijing. Brazil is going through a serious economic, political, social, and environmental crisis. Fighting poverty, resuming economic growth with income redistribution, reindustrializing the country, and …