2023-07-24: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Videos from Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au

infobrics (2023-07-24). The BRICS Dream Towards 2050. infobrics.org The BRIC group thesis, defended in the essay "Dreaming with BRICS: The Road to 2050", held that Brazil, Russia, India and China — South Africa had not yet been accepted — had promoted global capitalism have changed their political systems to adopt…

Jorge Alemán (2023-07-24). Capitalismo invisible/antagonismos borrosos. globalizacion.ca La insistencia en el carácter digital del nuevo capitalismo financiero no es suficiente. Hay una mutación antropológica testimoniada por los 23000 millones de dispositivos conectados a la red. Como bien señala Mauricio Ferraris el siervo de la gleba que trabajaba…

Editor (2023-07-24). Why Capitalism Is Leaving the US in Search of Profit. scheerpost.com By Richard Wolff / CounterPunch Early U.S. capitalism was centered in New England. After some time, the pursuit of profit led many capitalists to leave that area and move production to New York and the mid-Atlantic states. Much of New England was left with abandoned factory buildings and depressed towns evident to this day. Eventually …

Editor (2023-07-24). The revolutionary spirit of the Buddha. mronline.org Marx and Engels both took a surprising interest in the ideas of the great Indian spiritual leader, argues Sean Ledwith.


midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Western Marxism and the Politics of Abstract Humanism By: Yanis Iqbal. midwesternmarx.com Western Marxism is dominated by the use of empty phrases when the need arises for a practical intervention in the conjuncture. Slavoj Žižek, for instance, has been calling for a "stronger NATO" in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so that "European unity" can be preserved. The analytical focus is wholly tilted towards ahistorical cultural symbols. For Žižek, a "Eurasian" project is not about the reduction of European count …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun By: José Seoane. midwesternmarx.com In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level.​Thus, in June, the surface temperature in the North Atlantic reached the maximum increase of 1.3 degrees Celsius with respect to preindustrial values. In a similar direction—although in lower values—the average temperature of the seas at the global level increased. On the other hand, the retraction of Antarctic ice reac …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Price By: Sonali Kolhatkar. midwesternmarx.com Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry. Hollywood has come to a standstill this summer as actors join their writer colleagues on the picket line. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced that it would be on strike starting July 14, 2023, over negotiations breaking down with t …

thecommunists (2023-07-24). Seven decades of US imperialist interference in Ukraine. thecommunists.org This short video gives a quick run-down of the divide in Ukraine between the east and the west that has been fuelled in order to lay the groundwork for today's war against Russia on Ukrainian soil. A divide known to, studied, and exploited by the USA and its Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since at least …

Taroa Zúñiga Silva (2023-07-24). In Chile, having a good constitution doesn't guarantee social change. greenleft.org.au Bárbara Navarrete, newly-elected secretary general of the Communist Youth of Chile speaks to Taroa Zúñiga Silva.

scorinoco (2023-07-24). President of Cuba: Solidarity Remains an Indestructible Weapon of Struggle and a Message of Peace. orinocotribune.com The following is the English translation of the speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic of Cuba, at the People's Summit Solidarity Festival, in Brussels, Belgium, on July 17, 2023 (stenographic version from the Presidency of Cuba). | Brother Centella; | Brother Manu; | Sisters and brothers from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe; | Comrades who fight for social justice (Applause): | I was told that someone was asking if we were going to be at this event, and we ask you: do you think we would ha…


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