(2023-12-24). We can either have billionaires or democracy. Not both. indybay.org Political debate on wealth redistribution is a fight for fairness | Call it socialism – as the wealthy GOP does – or call it progressive taxation or economic justice. It doesn't matter; the nation's fiscal conservatives will demonize any idea of redistributing wealth and try to stoke unfounded fears of creeping communism no matter what specific language we use around fairness.
(2023-12-23). We can either have billionaires or democracy. Not both. indybay.org Political debate on wealth redistribution is a fight for fairness | Call it socialism – as the wealthy GOP does – or call it progressive taxation or economic justice. It doesn't matter; the nation's fiscal conservatives will demonize any idea of redistributing wealth and try to stoke unfounded fears of creeping communism no matter what specific language we use around fairness.
(2023-12-24). So Long, and Thanks for All the Hamburgers. counterpunch.org 
Image by Li-An Lim. | It's not true that humanity is committing suicide, as exemplified by the COP28 farce of a climate summit. The world's industrialists and financiers are committing humanity to ecocide. More than ever, it's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. | Death by capitalism. That phrase has a certain catchy feeling to it. But it's no joke, is it? No, no joke at all. | To read this article, log in If you are logged in but can't read CP+ ar…
(2023-12-23). Capitalist contradictions and revolutionary struggle: An introduction. mronline.org 
Hearing or reading about the "contradictions of capitalism" in an article or at a rally might be intimidating, like a foreign language or a term only a certain group can understand.
(2023-12-24). Ajamu Baraka: Report Back From Peace Delegation To China. popularresistance.org On the issue of Chinese diplomacy, it is important to note that the Chinese approach is a significant departure from the crisis oriented, zero-sum diplomacy that is characteristic of diplomacy emanating from the West. | This was a particularly important element that we addressed in our discussions with members of Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament, various specialists on China and in a meeting with representatives from the Chinese Communist Party. | What is clear is that on the issue of diplomacy there is a fundamental divergence in core values. The principles articulated by President Xi Jinpi…
(2023-12-23). Defeat in war deepens the cracks in Ukraine and its backers. thecommunists.org The imperialist proxy war against Russia is now dead in the water, with the much-lauded Ukrainian 'offensive' stuck in the mud and all the previous claims of imminent victory ringing hollow. Attempts to soften the blow of defeat by rebranding it as a 'stalemate' fool nobody: there is neither an equality of rival forces nor …