Thomas Klikauer (2023-11-16). The Hidden Script of Capitalism. counterpunch.org Despite the hegemonic ideology of neoliberalism — featuring the hallucination of a deregulated market — in reality, capitalism still depends on the state and rafts of legal statutes regulating capitalism. Without state, there is no capitalism. For example, it is the state that issues money — the ultimate exchange object. Worse for the ideologues of

Bennett Shoop (2023-11-15). How Lenin (and International Publishers) changed my mind about Marxism. peoplesworld.org When I was just 18, I began to develop an interest in studying Marxism. I had been left-leaning in my political outlook for a few years before that, having a vague understanding of the inequalities of capitalism and professing a similarly vague opposition to it, but I lacked any kind of strong theoretical foundation that …

Pacifica's CRD (2023-11-15). Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco; Panama on Fire; US Blockade Strangling Cuba…

midwesternmarx (2023-11-15). Mokhiber: US officials can be prosecuted for complicity in Israel's genocide in Palestine. By: Decensored News. midwesternmarx.com The former UN human rights official recommends that a claim be brought to the World Court, since the ICC will "continue to drag its feet" due to political pressure from the West ​On her show last Friday, political commentator Katie Halper played Decensored News' recent video of journalist Sam Husseini confronting the U.S. State Department about the Genocide Convention for her guest Craig Mokhiber, asking for his reacti …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-11-16). What Happened to the Liberals? covertactionmagazine.com A New Biography of Frank Church Sheds Light on a Lost Breed of Liberal Crusader Whose Investigation into the Abuses of the Intelligence Agencies Resonates Today In his 1966 song "Love Me, I'm a Liberal," Phil Ochs mocked the pretensions of liberal Democrats of his era who supported the purge of communists from the AFL-CIO; …

WSWS (2023-11-16). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National wildcat strike over pay and conditions by thousands of Serbian postal workers continues to spread in teeth of union opposition and dismissal threats; steel and construction workers in Iran join strikes and protests over rising poverty and authoritarian rule; nationwide strike in Nigeria over state violence to try and intimidate workers' struggles over pay…

Pacifica's CRD (2023-11-15). Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco; Panama on Fire; US Blockade Strangling Cuba…

Frank Cappello (2023-11-14). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Clueless (w/ Karen DiConcetto). levernews.com

Bennett Shoop (2023-11-15). How Lenin (and International Publishers) changed my mind about Marxism. peoplesworld.org When I was just 18, I began to develop an interest in studying Marxism. I had been left-leaning in my political outlook for a few years before that, having a vague understanding of the inequalities of capitalism and professing a similarly vague opposition to it, but I lacked any kind of strong theoretical foundation that …

midwesternmarx (2023-11-15). Mokhiber: US officials can be prosecuted for complicity in Israel's genocide in Palestine. By: Decensored News. midwesternmarx.com The former UN human rights official recommends that a claim be brought to the World Court, since the ICC will "continue to drag its feet" due to political pressure from the West ​On her show last Friday, political commentator Katie Halper played Decensored News' recent video of journalist Sam Husseini confronting the U.S. State Department about the Genocide Convention for her guest Craig Mokhiber, asking for his reacti …

ecns.cn (2023-11-11). Xizang experiencing period of unprecedented development: white paper. ecns.cn Since the 18th Communist Party of China National Congress, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has experienced a period of unprecedented development and huge change, bringing more tangible benefits to the people.

thecommunists (2023-11-11). On the current state and problems of the communist movement. thecommunists.org The following article was written as a presentation for the Anti-imperialist Congress hosted by the Kommunistische Organisation (KO) in Berlin, 6-8 October 2023. A shortened version was presented to the seminar. ***** Looking at the communist movement today, we can see many problems — far from being a united and coordinated whole, it is characterised …

ecns.cn (2023-11-11). Per-capita income of people lifted out of poverty grows fast in Xizang: white paper. ecns.cn The per-capita income of those lifted out of poverty in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region reached 13,800 yuan (about 1,922 U.S. dollars) in 2022, growing faster than the region's per-capita disposal income of rural residents.

Kathleen Wallace (2023-11-10). Late-Stage Canal Capitalism. counterpunch.org Canals are always a bloody business to get completed. Estimates put the Suez death toll as high as 130,000 workers and the Panama Canal construction numbers are perhaps around 30,000. In our times, what if there is another canal in the works to eclipse even these grim numbers? A canal with a front-end hunger for

midwesternmarx (2023-11-10). How the War on Gaza Has Stalled the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com On September 9, 2023, during the G20 meeting in New Delhi, the governments of seven countries and the European Union signed a memorandum of understanding to create an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. Only three of the countries (India, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates or the UAE) would be directly part of this corridor, which was to begin in India, go through the Gulf, and terminate in Greece. The European countries (France, Germany, and Italy) as well as th …

midwesternmarx (2023-11-10). Western Left and the U.S.-China contradiction. By: Prabhat Patnaik. midwesternmarx.com SIGNIFICANT segments of the non-Communist Western Left see the developing contradiction between the United States and China in terms of an inter-imperialist rivalry. Such a characterisation fulfils three distinct theoretical functions from their point of view: first, it provides an explanation for the growing contradiction between the U.S. and China; second, it does so by using a Leninist concept and within a Leninist paradigm; and third, it critiques China as an emerging imperialist powe …

ecns.cn (2023-11-11). Xizang experiencing period of unprecedented development: white paper. ecns.cn Since the 18th Communist Party of China National Congress, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has experienced a period of unprecedented development and huge change, bringing more tangible benefits to the people.

Bruce Lerro (2023-11-10). Collectivist, Individualist and Communist Selves, Part I. dissidentvoice.org Orientation Preliminary social psychology questions and answers People's identity can be made sense of as existing in the cross-fire between our biological, psychological and social lives. This helps us to understand the differences between someone's temperament, personality and self. Among social psychologists such as George Herbert Mead, the species homo sapiens is not fully human …

ecns.cn (2023-11-10). Xizang experiencing period of unprecedented development: white paper. ecns.cn Since the 18th Communist Party of China National Congress, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has experienced a period of unprecedented development and huge change, bringing more tangible benefits to the people.

Independent Media Institute (2023-11-10). John Pilger: We are Spartacus. pressenza.com Spartacus was a 1960 Hollywood film based on a book written secretly by the blacklisted novelist Howard Fast, and adapted by the screenplay writer Dalton Trumbo, one of the 'Hollywood 10' who were banned for their 'un-American' politics. It is a parable of resistance and heroism that speaks unreservedly to our own times. | By John Pilger | Both writers were Communists and victims of Senator Joseph McCarthy's House of Un-American Activities which, during the Cold War, destroyed the careers and often the lives of those principled and courageous enough to stand up to a homegrown fascism in America. | 'This is a shar…

thecommunists (2023-11-11). On the current state and problems of the communist movement. thecommunists.org The following article was written as a presentation for the Anti-imperialist Congress hosted by the Kommunistische Organisation (KO) in Berlin, 6-8 October 2023. A shortened version was presented to the seminar. ***** Looking at the communist movement today, we can see many problems — far from being a united and coordinated whole, it is characterised …

thecommunists (2023-11-10). Mutiny at the BBC: 'gravest possible concerns' over Palestine coverage. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from The Wall Will Fall, with thanks. ***** In Israel's current genocidal war on Gaza, with almost 10,000 Palestinians dead and counting, it is no surprise that truth has also been a casualty. The violence in Palestine, perpetrated by Israel with increasing ferocity since Hamas attacks on Israeli targets on 7 …

ecns.cn (2023-11-11). Per-capita income of people lifted out of poverty grows fast in Xizang: white paper. ecns.cn The per-capita income of those lifted out of poverty in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region reached 13,800 yuan (about 1,922 U.S. dollars) in 2022, growing faster than the region's per-capita disposal income of rural residents.

ecns.cn (2023-11-10). Per-capita income of people lifted out of poverty grows fast in Xizang: white paper. ecns.cn The per-capita income of those lifted out of poverty in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region reached 13,800 yuan (about 1,922 U.S. dollars) in 2022, growing faster than the region's per-capita disposal income of rural residents.

midwesternmarx (2023-11-10). How the War on Gaza Has Stalled the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com On September 9, 2023, during the G20 meeting in New Delhi, the governments of seven countries and the European Union signed a memorandum of understanding to create an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. Only three of the countries (India, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates or the UAE) would be directly part of this corridor, which was to begin in India, go through the Gulf, and terminate in Greece. The European countries (France, Germany, and Italy) as well as th …

midwesternmarx (2023-11-10). Western Left and the U.S.-China contradiction. By: Prabhat Patnaik. midwesternmarx.com SIGNIFICANT segments of the non-Communist Western Left see the developing contradiction between the United States and China in terms of an inter-imperialist rivalry. Such a characterisation fulfils three distinct theoretical functions from their point of view: first, it provides an explanation for the growing contradiction between the U.S. and China; second, it does so by using a Leninist concept and within a Leninist paradigm; and third, it critiques China as an emerging imperialist powe …

ecns.cn (2023-11-10). Xizang experiencing period of unprecedented development: white paper. ecns.cn Since the 18th Communist Party of China National Congress, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has experienced a period of unprecedented development and huge change, bringing more tangible benefits to the people.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-09). Cuban President visits El Morao community in Havana. plenglish.com The head of State was accompanied by Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), and top Party and Government officials in Havana and the neighborhood, the Presidency of the Republic reported on its X account. | According to source, in El Morao, one of 11 neighborhoods undergoing transformation the Havana municipality of La Lisa, 1,500 people have benefited from the changes, mainly in social works, which consist of paved streets, sports and recreational areas, health care and education. | The transformation pla…

ecns.cn (2023-11-10). Per-capita income of people lifted out of poverty grows fast in Xizang: white paper. ecns.cn The per-capita income of those lifted out of poverty in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region reached 13,800 yuan (about 1,922 U.S. dollars) in 2022, growing faster than the region's per-capita disposal income of rural residents.

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-11-09). Law Center Statement on UN Report Decrying Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Against Unhoused People. indybay.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — (November 3, 2023) Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee highlighted serious and ongoing patterns of human rights abuses — including those against people experiencing homelessness and poverty — in the Concluding Observations from its recent convening that investigated the United States' compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-09). Cuba states that peace and sustainable development are urgent goals. plenglish.com Paris, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Minister of Education Naima Ariatne Trujillo called at the 42nd UNESCO General Conference on Thursday to maintain efforts tirelessly in pursuit of peace, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty.

WSWS (2023-11-08). Workers and young people speak out against Gaza genocide at SEP (Australia) public meeting. wsws.org "Mobilising the international working class is the only way that we can get out of this situation and prevent future wars. The only solution is socialism."

Michael Barker (2023-11-08). Naomi Klein in the Tracks of Her Double. counterpunch.org Marxists understand what it's like to have liberal intellectuals and hostile media pundits distort their ideas as if "refracted through a funhouse mirror". Similarly in Naomi Klein's book, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (2023), the bestselling writer explains what it has been like to have her progressive ideas fed "into a bonkers blender"

Michael Barker (2023-11-08). Naomi Klein in the Tracks of Her Double. counterpunch.org Marxists understand what it's like to have liberal intellectuals and hostile media pundits distort their ideas as if "refracted through a funhouse mirror". Similarly in Naomi Klein's book, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (2023), the bestselling writer explains what it has been like to have her progressive ideas fed "into a bonkers blender"

Peoples Dispatch (2023-11-08). Progressive forces condemn right-wing attack on PSOE headquarters in Madrid. peoplesdispatch.org Progressive and left-wing forces have condemned the attack on the headquarters of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in Madrid by a right-wing mob on Monday, November 6. | The ongoing protests by the conservative People's Party and far-right groups, including Vox, triggered by the PSOE-led acting government's plan to grant amnesty to the leaders of the Catalan independence protests, turned violent on Monday. | A section of protesters tried to barge into the PSOE office and clashed with the police. The leadership of the PSOE and the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) denounced the attack and termed the…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-09). Cuban President visits El Morao community in Havana. plenglish.com The head of State was accompanied by Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), and top Party and Government officials in Havana and the neighborhood, the Presidency of the Republic reported on its X account. | According to source, in El Morao, one of 11 neighborhoods undergoing transformation the Havana municipality of La Lisa, 1,500 people have benefited from the changes, mainly in social works, which consist of paved streets, sports and recreational areas, health care and education. | The transformation pla…

Zo HaDerekh (2023-11-09). Israeli Communists and others take peace protest ban to Supreme Court. peoplesworld.org JERUSALEM—Expect fewer peace demonstrations in Israel, thanks to a decision of the Supreme Court on Wednesday that sided with police who argued protests are a threat to public order. Though many Israelis—Jewish and Arab—have been taking to the streets to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war against Palestinians over the past month, the size of …

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-11-09). Law Center Statement on UN Report Decrying Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Against Unhoused People. indybay.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — (November 3, 2023) Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee highlighted serious and ongoing patterns of human rights abuses — including those against people experiencing homelessness and poverty — in the Concluding Observations from its recent convening that investigated the United States' compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

National Homelessness Law Center (2023-11-08). Law Center Statement on UN Report Decrying Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Against Unhoused People. indybay.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — (November 3, 2023) Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee highlighted serious and ongoing patterns of human rights abuses — including those against people experiencing homelessness and poverty — in the Concluding Observations from its recent convening that investigated the United States' compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-11-08). Seeing Through the Economic Bait and Switch. counterpunch.org Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, recently issued a scathing statement about the shameful state of the United States economy. On October 31, 2023, De Schutter called out several top private employers in the U.S., Amazon, Walmart, and DoorDash, for trapping their workers in a cycle of poverty.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-09). Cuba states that peace and sustainable development are urgent goals. plenglish.com Paris, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Minister of Education Naima Ariatne Trujillo called at the 42nd UNESCO General Conference on Thursday to maintain efforts tirelessly in pursuit of peace, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-11-09). Palestine's poverty ramps up due to ongoing Israeli onslaughts. plenglish.com Geneva, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Whether the war in Gaza pursues for another month, the poverty rate in Palestine will ramp up 34% and will push nearly half a million more people into misery, an official study warned on Thursday.