(2022-12-30). Buffalo 'bomb cyclone' exposes failure of capitalism. workers.org Buffalo, New York Buffalo is reeling from its worst snowstorm in a generation. From Dec. 23-25, Western New York state was ravaged by a "bomb cyclone," which brought hurricane-force winds, subzero wind chills and over 50 inches of snowfall to the region. But Winter Storm Elliot is as much a . . . |
(2022-12-30). Poverty, inequality and official indifference are to blame for the dozens killed by the Christmas weekend blizzard in Buffalo. wsws.org Freezing temperatures and massive snow fall have left over 60 dead nationally since last Friday, with the epicenter in Buffalo, New York.
(2022-12-29). Bolivia's Far-Right Governor Camacho Arrested. orinocotribune.com Caracas, December 29, 2022 ( Estefanía Morales, legislator of Bolivia's governing party, the Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Soverei…
(2022-12-29). Deadly winter storm created by capitalism. liberationnews.org Mainstream media has provided thorough coverage of this storm's devastating impacts, but does not raise the question of how the deaths could have been prevented.
(2022-12-29). The monsters of American capitalism. nationofchange.org Three of its prime exemplars: Trump, Bankman-Fried's, and Musk!
(2022-12-29). A call to the people: If capitalism is to be fought, it has to be fought in the DRC. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in This is the second of two stories on the ongoing crisis in the eastern provinces of the DRC. Part one can be read On Friday, December 23, the M23…
(2022-12-29). On Football, Opium and Popular Resistance: Not All Sports Are Created Equal. scheerpost.com By Ramzy Baroud / CounterPunch My friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the rights of disadvantaged groups. Therefore, I was taken aback when he surmised that "football is the opium of the people". The reference, which summons a famous Marxist …
(2022-12-29). Progressives In Belgium Protest Detention Of Migrants. popularresistance.org On Saturday, December 24, progressive groups in Belgium protested at the Vottem detention center in Liège, denouncing the state's unfair policy on migrants. The protest was organized by the Collective of Resistance to Centers for Foreigners (CRACPE). Hundreds of people including Wallonian MP Julien Liradelfo from the Workers Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA) and activists from the PTB and the Communist Party of Belgium (PCB/CPB) participated in the protest. The protesters asked the federal government to close down migrant detention centers across the county and release and regularize the incarcerated migrants. | Progre…
(2022-12-29). CPC continues self-reform as it embarks on new journey. ecns.cn Less than a week after the conclusion of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, led the newly elected top leadership on a visit to Yan'an, an old revolutionary base in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
(2022-12-29). On the Application of Xi Jinping Thought in an Imperialist Country. orinocotribune.com By Friends of Socialist China  ; Dec 23, 2022 | On 10 December, the first of two online seminars on the theme 'The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its World Significance', organised jointly by Friends of Socialist China and the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was held. We are pleased to publish below the contribution by Dr Hugh Goodacre, Managing Director of the Institute for Independence Studies and lecturer in the History of Economic Thought at University College London. Hugh's speech provides a profound and thought-provoking analy…
(2022-12-29). Hundreds More Injured in Anti-Coup Protests in Sudan As December Revolution Enters Fifth Year. towardfreedom.org Attempts by an alliance of foreign powers, domestic right-wing parties and the military junta to consolidate an authoritarian state in Sudan will be defeated by mass movements, said the Sudanese Communist Party. Pavan Kulkarni reports for Peoples Dispatch.
(2022-12-29). Jose Ma. Sison, founder of the Stalinist Communist Party of the Philippines, dies aged 83. wsws.org To take stock of the life of Jose Ma. Sison is to document the bloody history of betrayed workers' struggles in the Philippines of the past 60 years.