(2021-11-16). "I am Lenin" — Remembering the Bolshevik Revolution from India. orinocotribune.com By Suryashekhar Biswas — Nov 8, 2021 | In 1917, the worker-peasant alliance in economically-backward Russia began the formation of the first state in the world that truly belonged to the hardworking masses. The Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin, displayed to the whole world that it was possible for ordinary people to achieve self-determination. With counter-revolutionaries, loyalists, monarchists and revivalists attempting to purge Russia from within and imperialists waging war from outside, the tale the first "Really Existing Socialism" began under circumstances of great challenge. Nonet…
(2021-11-16). Vaccine capitalism: Moderna takes public money, demands private profit. liberationnews.org Despite the ongoing need for emergency action to address the pandemic, pharmaceutical giant Moderna is focused on asserting its property rights over the COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna would like to take full credit — and profit — for the vaccine's invention.
(2021-11-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents five new books for reds and greens.
(2021-11-16). Video: Capitalism, the climate-change catastrophe and the fight against Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org IYSSE members explain that the environmental crisis is a product of the capitalist system, and its subordination of all aspects of life to the profit interests of a tiny corporate elite.
(2021-11-15). At COP26, the only person arrested and charged was a Communist. peoplesdispatch.org Amid the deepening climate crisis, it has become increasingly clear that capitalism is not only the root of the problem, but it also offers no viable solutions. Police cracked down on those that bore the clarion call "socialism or extinction"
(2021-11-15). Thirteen theses of Marxism-Feminism. mronline.org The theses are a working tool and an insurance at the same time of what we are and where we want to go to, while both the path and the goal are open for joint discussion and thus for change.
(2021-11-15). Planning for a New, Better Future. dissidentvoice.org As the world prepares to depart 2021 and head into 2022, it is clear that the United States is a declining economic power and that China continues its rapid upward trajectory. While homelessness and poverty sully the debt-laden US, China has eliminated extreme poverty. What is the American response to economic disparities domestically? Institute a …
(2021-11-15). As poverty worsens in Brazil, movements demand action. peoplesdispatch.org Tens of thousands of people across Brazil took part in a 'March Against Hunger' on Saturday, November 13. They were protesting the rising food and energy prices across the country.