Maurizio Guerrero (2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |

Akkanut Wantanasombut, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2024-01-10). Creating A Support System For Platform Cooperatives In Thailand. popularresistance.org Since its first proposal in 2014, Platform Cooperativism has evolved into a global movement as an alternative to Platform Capitalism. The concept has been adopted in over 546 known projects across 50 countries. The establishment of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), serving as a knowledge hub for the global community, marked a significant milestone. PCC fosters inspiration, knowledge, outcomes, and impacts—I am a testament to this, considering myself a small yet integral piece of the evidence. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I enrolled in the online course 'Platform Co-op Now!'

ATTAC (2024-01-10). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

Ian Angus (2024-01-10). Paul Burkett, rest in power. mronline.org In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024.

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Free the Elbit Seven! No cooperation with Israeli war crimes! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. In May 2022, nine members of Palestine Action occupied the Bristol headquarters of the international arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in protest against British complicity with Israeli war crimes. The trial of seven of those activists is now taking place at Bristol crown court, where they are pleading not guilty …

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel commemorates Julio Antonio Mella's murder in Mexico. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel commemorated the 95th anniversary of the murder, in Mexico, of student and communist leader Julio Antonio Mella, an act perpetrated by hitmen of dictator Gerardo Machado (1925-1933).

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Ronnie Kasrils on South Africa parallels and the Palestinian liberation struggle. thecommunists.org The following article, a reply to a scurrilous attack by western security-aligned commentator Greg Mills in South Africa's Daily Maverick, is reproduced from Politics Web, with thanks. The author is a communist and was a founding commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He later served as a …

Garrett Brown, Against the Current. (2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org With a new generation of socialist activists entering the workforce to build unions and the socialist movement, experiences from 45 years ago may provide lessons about what works and what does not work when talking socialism on the job. | I joined the Young Socialist Alliance in 1971 and the Socialist Workers Party in 1973, resigning from the party in December 1983. I was a student activist in California, Massachusetts, and Illinois, before becoming the labor reporter for The Daily Calumet newspaper in southeast Chicago in 1976. | While a journalist at The Daily Calumet I covered the United Steel Workers of Ameri…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org

Paul Burkett (2024-01-08). Marx's Vision of Sustainable Human Development. mronline.org With global capitalism's worsening poverty and environmental crises, sustainable human development comes to the fore as the primary question that must be engaged by all twenty-first century socialists in core and periphery alike. It is in this human developmental connection, I will argue, that Marx's vision of communism or socialism (two terms that he used interchangeably) can be most helpful.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). "OUR CAPACITY TO RESIST AND WIN IS BASED ON SOCIALISM" By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com Compatriots: We arrive at the 65th anniversary of the triumph of our socialist Revolution. Many have been the challenges we have had to face to reach this point; but it has been worth it, the work of the Revolution and its social achievements, even in the midst of difficulties, corroborate this.For Fidel has been the first thought of Cubans in this historic commemoration, especially here, in the heroic city of Santiago de Cuba that treasures his immortal remains, and also for all those who …

ATTAC (2024-01-08). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

ATTAC (2024-01-07). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). Genocide in Gaza By: John J. Mearsheimer. midwesternmarx.com I am writing to flag a truly important document that should be widely circulated and read carefully by anyone interested in the ongoing Gaza War.Specifically, I am referring to the 84-page "application" that South Africa filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 29 December 2023, accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.1 It maintains that Israel's actions since the war began on 7 October 2023 "are intended to bring …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). SUCCESS OF FAR-RIGHT PARTIES HIGHLIGHTS THE DEAD END OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com The far-right, anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged in the Bavaria's state election in October, coming third with just under 2 million votes and gaining 10 seats in the state legislature. This follows a trend of electoral success for AfD, which is now polling at around 20 percent across all of Germany.Interestingly, the far right enjoys large support in the formerly socialist east German states where until recently the working class largely supported the democra …

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Two senior officials expelled from CPC. ecns.cn Two former senior officials from China's State-owned enterprises have been expelled from the Communist Party of China for serious violations of discipline and the law, according to China's anti-graft watchdog.

thecommunists (2024-01-07). Who wants war with Iran? thecommunists.org John Bolton, erstwhile US national security advisor (and neocon blowhard for all seasons, in or out of office) wrote an article in the Telegraph newspaper shortly after Christmas. The article lambasted the inaction of the Biden administration over attacks on Israel-affiliated shipping, accusing it of "ignoring the reality of who is calling the shots in …

Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2024-01-08). Construction Workers Reject Labor Export Deal To Israel As 'Sinister Ploy'. popularresistance.org Over the past few weeks, at least two states in India, governed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have issued notices for the recruitment of construction workers to be sent to Israel. | Reports emerged towards the end of last year that Israel was seeking to hire up to 100,000 workers from India to replace Palestinian workers in its construction sector. After the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation began on October 7, Israel revoked the work permits given to all Palestinian workers from Gaza, where unemployment and poverty rates are rampant due to the ongoing 17-year-long siege imposed by the Zionist occupation.

Rick Baum (2024-01-08). In 2023: The Ludicrous Amount of Wealth of the U.S. Wealthiest Shot Up. counterpunch.org In 2023, we learned from the government that poverty and homelessness both increased in 2022. In 2023, there is also evidence of a massive surge in the already enormous wealth held by the wealthiest among us. On the last day of the year, one can read in the Guardian an article with the headline "Smiles

Guest Blogger (2024-01-07). Climate Change Weekly #492: Climate Goals Undermining Global Poverty Reduction. wattsupwiththat.com Efforts to rapidly restrict the use of fossil fuels is hampering the #1 goal of poverty reduction in Africa and is restricting Africa's efforts to develop and utilize its own oil and gas resources (goal #7), as funds previously used for development are being redirected to CO2 mitigation (goal #13).

scorinoco (2024-01-07). President-Elect of Guatemala Promises Radical Changes. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra García and Bill Hackwell — Jan 4, 2024 | Guatemala's president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León, will take office on January 14 with high expectations for radical change. It remains to be seen if his ambitious plan will succeed, but for the time being, any of his decisions will be a step forward in a country where 44% of the population of 17 million is Mayan and where more than 50% of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty. | In statements to foreign press, Arévalo stated that his first action upon assuming power will be to revoke "irresponsible" and "absurd" decrees of the outgoin…

ATTAC (2024-01-07). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

thecommunists (2024-01-07). Who wants war with Iran? thecommunists.org John Bolton, erstwhile US national security advisor (and neocon blowhard for all seasons, in or out of office) wrote an article in the Telegraph newspaper shortly after Christmas. The article lambasted the inaction of the Biden administration over attacks on Israel-affiliated shipping, accusing it of "ignoring the reality of who is calling the shots in …

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Two senior officials expelled from CPC. ecns.cn Two former senior officials from China's State-owned enterprises have been expelled from the Communist Party of China for serious violations of discipline and the law, according to China's anti-graft watchdog.

scorinoco (2024-01-07). President-Elect of Guatemala Promises Radical Changes. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra García and Bill Hackwell — Jan 4, 2024 | Guatemala's president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León, will take office on January 14 with high expectations for radical change. It remains to be seen if his ambitious plan will succeed, but for the time being, any of his decisions will be a step forward in a country where 44% of the population of 17 million is Mayan and where more than 50% of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty. | In statements to foreign press, Arévalo stated that his first action upon assuming power will be to revoke "irresponsible" and "absurd" decrees of the outgoin…

Guest Blogger (2024-01-07). Climate Change Weekly #492: Climate Goals Undermining Global Poverty Reduction. wattsupwiththat.com Efforts to rapidly restrict the use of fossil fuels is hampering the #1 goal of poverty reduction in Africa and is restricting Africa's efforts to develop and utilize its own oil and gas resources (goal #7), as funds previously used for development are being redirected to CO2 mitigation (goal #13).

Jeff Mackler (2024-01-05). Capitalism's Deepening Crisis and the Coming Fightback. counterpunch.org We are horrified to daily witness the monstrous deeds of a crisis-ridden world capitalism that knows no way out other than by inflicting new waves of catastrophe on the world's people. Today's US-backed and orchestrated Zionist genocide of the Palestinian people is but one more glaring example. But a broader assessment is essential. President Biden

Brenda Norrell (2024-01-05). Warrior Klee Benally Never Surrendered: A Life of Revolutionary Love: 'Regain Your Power'. indybay.org Our hearts are broken by the sudden passing of our friend Klee Benally. Reflecting on Klee's life, we remember the words of Che Guevara that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. Klee never surrendered, he never surrendered to capitalism, the media, or the forces of conformity that sought to change who he was.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). We Are Entirely Too Close To Another Major War In The Middle East By: Caitlin Johnstone. midwesternmarx.com The US and its allies have published a joint statement warning Yemen's Houthis to cease the attacks they've been making on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthis, officially known as Ansarallah, have successfully slashed Israeli port activity by an extremely massive margin with their maritime tactics in response to Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza.The statement asserts that the Yemeni attacks "are a direct threat to the freedom of navigation that serves as th …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). John Pilger (1939-2023) By: K.J. Noh. midwesternmarx.com A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out. One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away.John Pilger was always on the side of the oppressed. He denounced Imperialism and all its violent predations—war, genocide, exploitation—as well as its endless lies and propaganda. Till his death, he fought tirelessly for the freedom of Julian Assange, and his last article was a call to solidarity.John gave voice to the invisible and the …

cameron orr (2024-01-05). Dashiell Hammett: from Pinkerton spy to proletarian writer. cpusa.org Note from the author: I first wrote this tribute to Dashiell Hammett for Political Affairs in 2013. Today, literally thousands of books are being banned from school and public libraries by right-wing vigilante groups and Republican-dominated state governments. Pen America, which catalogs such bans, found 3,362 instances of individual book bannings this year, affecting 1,557 unique titles in 33 states, a 33% increase over last year. Today, works dealing in any way with the history of Black Americans and racism, women's liberation and sexism, and especially LGBTQ equality have joined Marxism and Communism as tar…

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). An education policy for colonizing minds By: Prabhat Patnaik. midwesternmarx.com IMPERIALIST hegemony over the third world is exercised not just through arms and economic might but also through the hegemony of ideas, by making the victims see the world the way imperialism wants them to see it. A pre-requisite for freedom in the third world therefore is to shake off this colonisation of the mind, and to seek truth beyond the distortions of imperialism. The anti-colonial struggle was aware of this; in fact the struggle begins with the dawning of this awareness. And sinc …

thecommunists (2024-01-05). Benjamin Zephaniah — lifelong champion of the oppressed. thecommunists.org One of Britain's most important and impactful cultural workers breathed his last breath on 7 December 2023, having been diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks previously. Benjamin Zephaniah was widely known as a poet, author and actor, but also as a tireless and courageous campaigner for justice. He never hesitated to speak his mind; …

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Top Party leadership hears series of annual work reports. ecns.cn A key meeting underlined on Thursday the need to uphold the Communist Party of China's overall leadership and focus on the most important political issue of advancing Chinese modernization as this year is a crucial year for fulfilling the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25).

W. T. Whitney (2024-01-05). Cuba's Government Analyzes and Responds to Economic Woes. counterpunch.org "Our joy is immense … We don't deceive ourselves thinking that everything ahead will be easy, when perhaps everything is going to be more difficult." That was Fidel Castro, hours after the victory of Cuba's Revolution. Difficulties were center stage 65 years later, at a plenary session of the Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party

Gregory Elich (2024-01-05). Migration as Economic Imperialism. counterpunch.org Numbering an estimated 169 million, [1] international migrant laborers are generally regarded in mainstream economic circles as playing a substantial role in poverty alleviation and economic development in their home countries. This is accomplished, it is asserted, through remittances sent home by migrants, reaching an estimated $647 billion arriving in low- and moderate-income countries in 2022, a

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2024-01-04). Saturday 1/6: The Conflict in the Middle East: NOT according to the New York Times. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Ave. | Berkeley, CA 94705…

Walden Bello (2024-01-04). Fascism 101: Why We Need To Spell It Out. indybay.org We need to have a transformative vision that can compete with that of the far right, one based on genuine equality and genuine democratic empowerment that goes beyond the now discredited liberal democracy. Some call this vision socialism. Others would prefer another term, but the important thing is its message of radical, real equality beyond class, gender, and race.

Brenda Norrell (2024-01-04). Warrior Klee Benally Never Surrendered: A Life of Revolutionary Love: 'Regain Your Power'. indybay.org Our hearts are broken by the sudden passing of our friend Klee Benally. Reflecting on Klee's life, we remember the words of Che Guevara that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. Klee never surrendered, he never surrendered to capitalism, the media, or the forces of conformity that sought to change who he was.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-04). Did the Iranians Bomb Themselves Too? By: Danny Shaw. midwesternmarx.com Will any Western media admit that Israeli and U.S. intelligence bombed an event commemorating the 4th anniversary of the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani in Tehran yesterday? How can we be sure who it was? Who has murdered all of the Iranian Nuclear Scientists to maintain a monopoly over nuclear weapons in Western Asia? Who murders children and families relentlessly in Gaza? Who thinks they are invincible and are "the chosen people," surrounded by "savage Indians?" Who …

thecommunists (2024-01-04). NHS: Murder by a thousand cuts. thecommunists.org As the NHS is gradually dismembered in the interests of privatisation, the rate of avoidable deaths in Britain is soaring. The Office for National Statistics has highlighted the fact that in the UK some extra 55,000 people a year are dying prematurely of preventable diseases — ie, more than 1,000 every week. The effect is …

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-02). Massive march for Palestine disrupts NYC on New Years Eve. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands marched down Manhattan on New Year's Eve, on one of the largest celebrations in the city, in solidarity with Palestine. The march was organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the People's Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, No Tech for Apartheid, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and around a dozen other organizations in the #ShutItDown4Palestine coalition. Protesters demanded an end to Israel's genocide and siege against Gaza, an immediate ceasefire, and an end to all US funding of Israel. | Participants such as PSL Presidential Candidate Claudia de la Cruz, told Peoples Dispatch why they were partic…

WSWS (2024-01-03). For a European movement against capitalism and war. wsws.org Millions of people around the world are taking to the streets to protest against the genocide in Gaza and the threat of world war. The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, in close cooperation with its comrades in France, the UK, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia, is participating in the European elections to give voice to this opposition and develop it into a powerful movement against the root cause of war, capitalism.

WSWS (2024-01-03). Australian protests against Gaza genocide: "Governments are trying to suppress the opposition" wsws.org "People are waking up to the inequity of capitalism, which is at the root of a lot of problems in the world."

Henry Giroux (2024-01-02). The Politics of Emergency Time and the Emerging Threat of Fascism. counterpunch.org The underbelly of contemporary violence is colonialism, the politics of disposability, religious fundamentalism, neoliberalism, and raw militarism. Violence seems to have engulfed the earth like a blinding sandstorm. Children are being killed en mass in Gaza, homelessness is increasingly spreading among youth in many countries, inequality exists at staggering levels, and a culture for justice has been replaced by a global culture of war. Gangster capitalism is waging a war on the working class, women's reproductive rights, gay rights, people of color, and democracy itself–brazenly wrapping itself in the discours…

Editor (2024-01-02). Jan 2, 2024. sitrepworld.info Platoon Soundtrack — Adagio for Strings The Great Clarification, by James Howard Kunstler US Foreign Policy Is a Scam Built on Corruption, by Jeffrey D. Sachs Is It Over Yet? Dissecting capitalism, by Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai (Transcript) The War Party Tantrum, by Matt Taibbi Tributes Pour in For John Pilger — Consortium News The End of Free Speech? by John Leake The China Convergence: Yes, the West is becoming more like China, by N.S. Lyons Happy Days Are Here Again? by Bill Astore 1984/2024 — the hidden hope in Orwell's warning, by Paul Cudenec Newyear's resolution: "be…

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). Israel's Genocide Betrays the Holocaust By: Chris Hedges. midwesternmarx.com Never Again and Again and Again – by Mr. Fish Israel's lebensraum master plan for Gaza, borrowed from the Nazi's depopulation of Jewish ghettos, is clear. Destroy infrastructure, medical facilities and sanitation, including access to clean water. Block shipments of food and fuel. Unleash indiscriminate industrial violence to kill and wound hundreds a day. Let starvation — the U.N. estimates that more than half a million people are already starvi …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). I Don't Care What Religion The Genocidal Child Murderers Are By: Caitlin Johnstone. midwesternmarx.com Unfuckingbelievable. It is un fucking believable that it's 2024 and the US-sponsored incineration of Gaza is still going on. They're just looking us dead in the eye and doing the worst things humans could possibly do, right in front of us. Against all laws. Against all opposition.‚ùñThe other day Tony Blinken posted an astonishingly obnoxious tweet fretting about how "This has been an extraordinarily dangerous year for press around the world," as though his own administ …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). The Death of Israel By: Chris Hedges. midwesternmarx.com Birth of a New Nation – by Mr. Fish​Settler colonial states have a terminal shelf life. Israel is no exception. Israel will appear triumphant after it finishes its genocidal campaign in Gaza and the West Bank. Backed by the United States, it will achieve its demented goal. Its murderous rampages and genocidal violence will exterminate or ethnically cleanse Palestinians. Its dream of a state exclusively for Jews, with any Palestinians who remain stripped of basic righ …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). Russia is on a path to becoming socialist again. In anticipation of this, we must unite the globe's anti-imperialist forces By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com The way that we interpret Russia's special military operation, and the events surrounding it, is going to determine how we wage the class struggle throughout…

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). Forge ahead with reform and opening-up By: Ken Hammond. midwesternmarx.com In December 1978 the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) made a momentous decision to open a new program of economic development. Over the first three decades of the People's Republic of China, a foundation for a modern socialist system had been built, but this had been an arduous process, with advances and retreats, successes and failures, and much contention about how best to pursue the goals of enhancing production in industry and agriculture and of improving the mat …

A Guest Author (2024-01-03). Bangladesh solidarity rally with Palestine. workers.org By the Socialist Party of Bangladesh On Dec. 29, a solidarity rally and march was held in Bangladesh with the slogan "Genocide, Free Palestine." The event occurred at Shahbagh Square in Dhaka. It was organized by the "Palestine Solidarity Committee, Bangladesh" Chapter, constituting communist, socialist, left progressive political parties, organizations, . . . |

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-02). Caravan of Freedom is being re-launched in Cuba. plenglish.com Santiago de Cuba, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) In front of the first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the Caravan of Freedom left Santiago de Cuba province for Havana, 65 years after the event.

Nancy Phillips (2024-01-02). Communist Abraham Lincoln Brigade volunteer Paul Wendorf's letters published in Spain. peoplesworld.org The letters of Paul Wendorf, a member of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, have been translated and published in Spain by Salamanca University Press as Vida y lucha de otro norteamericano en las trincheras de España. [At the site where Wendorf's letters are posted—see below—Nancy Phillips writes: "Paul Wendorf was my mother's first cousin and my …

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Optimizing Interventions for Early Childhood. jamanetwork.com Early childhood is a critical period for development. The estimated costs of children not reaching their full developmental potential during this period are high and persist throughout life, including lower economic productivity and poorer health. Attaining full developmental potential has been recognized as the right of every child, and investing in early childhood development is key to breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty, increasing human capital, and improving population health and well-being. Yet the most recent estimates indicate that about 43% of children younger than 5 years in low- and middle-inc…