(2023-10-24). The Commons Is An Antidote To The Crisis Of Capitalism. popularresistance.org Building on a recent interview with climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann where he talked about the severity of the climate crisis and the urgent necessity of action, Clearing the FOG speaks with David Bollier of the Schumacher Center for a New Economy about the paradigm-shifting concept of The Commons. Bollier travels around the world, particularly to European and Global South countries where The Commons is part of everyday public discourse and activities to learn about ways that people are creating structures to meet their needs outside of the market and the demand for growth.
(2023-10-23). How Community Energy Initiatives Can Be An Effective Tool For Degrowth. popularresistance.org The consensus among scientists is resounding: climate change poses a grave threat to both human wellbeing and the overall health of our planet. We need to dramatically cut down on emissions across all sectors and industries, with bold actions in this decade. This process must be fair and prioritize equity, inclusion, climate and environmental justice, and social justice. | At its heart, this process calls for a reevaluation of our approach to "development". It is evident that ceaseless economic growth driven by capitalism is neither sustainable nor desirable in the long run. Instead, we should strive to downsize…
(2023-10-24). Integrating the Basic Tenets of Marxism With China's Specific Realities and Traditional Culture. orinocotribune.com By Friends of Socialist China — Oct 17, 2023 | In the following article, the Theoretical Study Group under the Executive Council of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee gives a systematic explanation and historical background to General Secretary Xi Jinping's concept of the "two integrations", namely of the basic tenets of Marxism with C hina's specific realities and traditional culture. | The article quotes Xi Jinping as saying: | "Given the rich foundations of our more than 5,000-year-old civilisation, the only path for pioneering and deve…
(2023-10-24). Wang Yi to visit U.S. ecns.cn Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will visit the United States from Thursday to Saturday.
(2023-10-23). Xi urges returned scholars to pool talent, strengths. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has called on the Western Returned Scholars Association to rally talent from around the world and pool the strength of creativity for the development of the cause of the Communist Party of China and the country.
(2023-10-24). Cuba expresses solidarity with the Palestinian cause. plenglish.com Members of the National Association of Small Farmers condemned the attacks against the Palestinian civilian population, which so far have left 5,182 deaths and 17,101 injured. | Students from various levels of education denounced the atrocities perpetrated by the Zionist occupiers for decades in Palestine, in a solidarity event organized by the Union of Young Communists of Cuba. | Professors and students of the José Antonio Echeverría Technological University of Havana held an act of solidarity with Palestine on Monday, in which they reminded warnings from Fidel Castro regarding Israel's policy of aggression, ex…