In Defense of Liberation! (2021-10-17). Revolutionary Consciousness and Education. anchor.fm In this episode I discuss and try to argue as to why Marxists believe that ideology and consciousness play an incredible role in forming a mass movement. Why do Marxist think that they are right? Are they just a bunch of authoritarian assholes? Or do they have some kind of key through study that has brought them towards correct analysis time and time again? Who is to say, not me that's for sure. If you think I'm wrong, I'd love to discuss with you, and if for any reason other than that you'd like to reach out please do! I hope you enjoy the episode, no shade to anyone. I got here from years and years of ignorance…

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2021-10-16). Sunday 10/17: Cancel the Rents! Eviction Defense Workshop. indybay.org Snow Park (250 19th St, Oakland)…

Editor2 (2021-10-16). A Critique of Western Marxism's Purity Fetish. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Oct 13, 2021 | Western Marxism suffers largely from the same symptom as Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby — each's fixation on perfection and purity leaves perpetually unfulfilled all that it claims to desire. On one hand, Jay seeks a return to the purity of his first encounter with Daisy, and in the impossibility of this return to purity, the actual potential for a relationship is lost. On the other hand, western Marxists seek a pure form of socialism, but in the impossibility of such a purity arising, they lose the potential to actuate or defend any socialist revolution. The purity…

Editor (2021-10-16). Mike Healy: 'Marx and Digital Machines: Alienation, Technology, Capitalism'. mronline.org Healy's exquisite book applies several recent frameworks of alienation to two groups of workers—IT workers and academics.

Anonymous103 (2021-10-16). France Continues Project For European Army And "Strategic Sovereignty" southfront.org Illustrative ImageAchieving European sovereignty is a long but necessary process. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | The conclusion of World War II saw new security structures emerge as the new struggle shifted to one between Capitalism and Communism in the context of the Cold War. Although France and the UK signed the Treaty of Dunkirk with a provision for Alliance and Mutual Assistance in 1947, which expanded in 1948 to include Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, it was quickly supplanted by NATO in 1949, an alliance that at the time also included the U.S., Canada, Portugal,…

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-10-16). *BONUS* Are Marxists just bossy? anchor.fm We're constantly told that Marxists are just trying to demand that people listen to them, or that we're just "classist" "elitist" because we say that there are correct or incorrect ways to struggle. But is that the case? You tell me!

WSWS (2021-10-16). Paulo Freire and the pedagogy of the pseudo-left. wsws.org No aspect of Freire's work has anything whatsoever to do with Marxism, the struggle to build a revolutionary party of the working class, or the development of a socialist pedagogy.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2021-10-16). Sunday 10/17: Cancel the Rents! Eviction Defense Workshop. indybay.org Snow Park (250 19th St, Oakland)…

Anonymous103 (2021-10-16). France Continues Project For European Army And "Strategic Sovereignty" southfront.org Illustrative ImageAchieving European sovereignty is a long but necessary process. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | The conclusion of World War II saw new security structures emerge as the new struggle shifted to one between Capitalism and Communism in the context of the Cold War. Although France and the UK signed the Treaty of Dunkirk with a provision for Alliance and Mutual Assistance in 1947, which expanded in 1948 to include Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, it was quickly supplanted by NATO in 1949, an alliance that at the time also included the U.S., Canada, Portugal,…

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-10-16). *BONUS* Are Marxists just bossy? anchor.fm We're constantly told that Marxists are just trying to demand that people listen to them, or that we're just "classist" "elitist" because we say that there are correct or incorrect ways to struggle. But is that the case? You tell me!

WSWS (2021-10-16). Paulo Freire and the pedagogy of the pseudo-left. wsws.org No aspect of Freire's work has anything whatsoever to do with Marxism, the struggle to build a revolutionary party of the working class, or the development of a socialist pedagogy.

Graham Peebles (2021-10-15). Discontent by Design: The Lost World of the West. counterpunch.org A cursory glance at the 'State of the World' reveals what a mess things are: from the environmental emergency and war to injustice and poverty, a tightly woven man-made mess of interconnected issues, unprecedented in scale. The greatest crisis of all, however, is humanity, and the culture that we, specifically 'The West', have built and

Alex Salmon (2021-10-15). 'Squid Game': Holding a dystopian mirror to life under capitalism. greenleft.org.au Alex Salmon reviews Squid Games, a dystopian tale set in Asia's economic "miracle".

Editor (2021-10-15). How capitalism shackles the fight against climate change. mronline.org Journalists from the U.S. and Europe have warned that the summer of 2021 should be a wakeup call on climate catastrophe. Rightfully so.

It's Going Down (2021-10-15). Fire From Below: Zoe Baker on Lessons from Anarchist History. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with anarchist historian and YouTuber, Zoe Baker, about lessons from anarchist history, what past struggles can teach us about the social movements of today, just what the hell an 'anarcho-communist' is, and how anarchists in the past have dealt with the question of organization,…

Editor2 (2021-10-15). Xi Jinping: China's Way of Fighting Coronavirus for Stability, Growth. orinocotribune.com For over a year, the ravaging pandemic has put policymakers worldwide under the same unprecedented test: how to manage the intricate balance between safeguarding public health and mitigating the economic impacts. | Once the worst hit by the coronavirus, but now one of the very first to have contained the epidemic and restarted its economy, China has provided a clear and proven solution to the dilemma. | Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, with Xi Jinping at its core, the country has walked a fine line between virus control and economic reopening, saved lives at all cos…

sputniknews (2021-10-15). Europe's Fuel Crisis May Drive Households Into 'Energy Poverty', UN Agency Chief Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik), Andrei Savenkov – The ongoing fuel crisis in the European Union will undermine the economies of the bloc's most vulnerable countries and leave many households struggling to pay energy bills, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Olga Algayerova said.

Siddharth Joshi (2021-10-15). Solar panels on half the world's roofs could meet its entire electricity demand. zcomm.org Rooftop solar has huge potential to alleviate energy poverty and put clean, pollution-free power back in the hands of consumers worldwide…

Graham Peebles (2021-10-15). Discontent by Design: The Lost World of the West. counterpunch.org A cursory glance at the 'State of the World' reveals what a mess things are: from the environmental emergency and war to injustice and poverty, a tightly woven man-made mess of interconnected issues, unprecedented in scale. The greatest crisis of all, however, is humanity, and the culture that we, specifically 'The West', have built and

Alex Salmon (2021-10-15). 'Squid Game': Holding a dystopian mirror to life under capitalism. greenleft.org.au Alex Salmon reviews Squid Games, a dystopian tale set in Asia's economic "miracle".

It's Going Down (2021-10-15). Fire From Below: Zoe Baker on Lessons from Anarchist History. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with anarchist historian and YouTuber, Zoe Baker, about lessons from anarchist history, what past struggles can teach us about the social movements of today, just what the hell an 'anarcho-communist' is, and how anarchists in the past have dealt with the question of organization,…

Siddharth Joshi (2021-10-15). Solar panels on half the world's roofs could meet its entire electricity demand. zcomm.org Rooftop solar has huge potential to alleviate energy poverty and put clean, pollution-free power back in the hands of consumers worldwide…

Huitzilopochtli Marron (2021-10-14). Encore workers in San Diego fight for fair union contract. liberationnews.org On October 9, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 122, United Food and Commercial Workers 135, Unite Here, the Party for Socialism and Liberation's San Diego branch and others gathered at the Marriott Marquis in downtown San Diego. The various organizations and community members were supporting Encore audio visual technician workers in their …

_____ (2021-10-14). Propaganda War Against China To Eradicate Socialism. popularresistance.org Friends of Socialist China formed out of what we saw as a dire need to gather all information, original and otherwise, to counter the misinformation being spread about China. We didn't include the word "socialist" in our title for gimmick or display but rather to send a firm message of respect and admiration to the Chinese people's socialist path. In many ways, the propaganda war against China possesses a dual mission: the ramping up of a dangerous U.S.-led New Cold War against China and the demonization of the socialist mode of development. | We at Friends of Socialist China have identified an immense gap in the…

Peter Bohmer (2021-10-14). The Case for a Substantive Universal Basic Income. counterpunch.org A substantive and non-neoliberal Universal Basic Income (UBI) could substantially improve people's lives, is feasible and possible and can be a step towards a revolutionary transformation of a society towards participatory socialism. There is no conflict with related proposals for Universal Basic Services, a UBS, or with a Guaranteed Jobs Program. A UBI is expensive

Ted Kelly (2021-10-14). Free Leonard Peltier and all Native prisoners! workers.org Leonard Peltier During the era of colonial theft and conquest, North America became a proving ground for European imperialists. This was where strategies of biological warfare and genocide were honed, as well as the industry that has become a pillar of modern global capitalism: mass incarceration. One cannot talk about . . . |

Editor2 (2021-10-14). US Intervention and Capitalism Have Created a Monster in Honduras. orinocotribune.com By W.T. Whitney — Oct 13, 2021 | Chilean author and human rights advocate Ariel Dorfman recently memorialized Orlando Letelier, President Allende's foreign minister. Agents of dictator Augusto Pinochet murdered Letelier in Washington in 1976. Dorfman The Honduran government headed by president Juan Orlando…

Editor (2021-10-14). Where did the dependency approach go? mronline.org Many commentators and academics interested in African development have in recent decades shown a disinclination or disdain towards incorporating 'global capitalism' into their analyses of countries of the continent.

David Rosen (2021-10-14). Is "Progress" at a Standstill? counterpunch.org In 1788, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Edward Carrington, a fellow Virginian soldier and statesman, "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) and Karl Marx (1818-1883) offered different but complementary, if less critical, notions of progress. "Truth, in the great practical concerns of life, is

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-14). Washington Escalates: Secret Special Forces Operating for Past Year in Taiwan. libya360.wordpress.com Gary Wilson A Taiwan National Police Agency Special Operations force training in Taipei. Unless the U.S. government promptly removes its military forces from China's Taiwan province, China may send in its own military force to defend its territory, declared an Oct. 8 editorial in Global Times, the Communist Party of China's daily newspaper. Global Times…

Peter Bohmer (2021-10-14). The Case for a Substantive Universal Basic Income. counterpunch.org A substantive and non-neoliberal Universal Basic Income (UBI) could substantially improve people's lives, is feasible and possible and can be a step towards a revolutionary transformation of a society towards participatory socialism. There is no conflict with related proposals for Universal Basic Services, a UBS, or with a Guaranteed Jobs Program. A UBI is expensive

Ted Kelly (2021-10-14). Free Leonard Peltier and all Native prisoners! workers.org Leonard Peltier During the era of colonial theft and conquest, North America became a proving ground for European imperialists. This was where strategies of biological warfare and genocide were honed, as well as the industry that has become a pillar of modern global capitalism: mass incarceration. One cannot talk about . . . |

David Rosen (2021-10-14). Is "Progress" at a Standstill? counterpunch.org In 1788, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Edward Carrington, a fellow Virginian soldier and statesman, "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) and Karl Marx (1818-1883) offered different but complementary, if less critical, notions of progress. "Truth, in the great practical concerns of life, is

James Muldoon (2021-10-13). Regulating Big Tech is not enough. We need platform socialism. zcomm.org Facebook won't let state oversight trump shareholder interest, so alternatives — based on common ownership and community control — are needed…

Editor2 (2021-10-13). Cuba's President Holds Historic Meeting with LGBTI Activists. orinocotribune.com President Miguel Díaz-Canel opened the doors of the Palace of the Revolution to representatives of the LGBTI community on Friday, with aims of turning political will into guarantees, making him the first Cuban head of state in history to hear from and speak directly with a group of LGBTI activists. | The President and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee invited the leaders to participate in the construction of an increasingly inclusive nation towards a more "perfect socialism" and thanked them for the meeting, which he said puts the government in a position "to better understand a gro…

Rainer Shea (2021-10-13). US Socialists Must Back Existing Socialism and Support Land Back. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Oct 11, 2021 | In 1981, the Sixth Plenum of the 11th Communist Party of China's Central Committee The Party, the country and the people suffered from the most serious setbacks and the biggest loss during the "cultural revolution," which lasted from May 1966 to October 1976, since the founding of the PRC… The history of the "cultural revolution" proved that the…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2021-10-13). U.S. intervention and capitalism have created a monster in Honduras. peoplesworld.org Chilean author and human rights advocate Ariel Dorfman recently memorialized Orlando Letelier, former Chilean President Salvador Allende's foreign minister. Agents of dictator Augusto Pinochet murdered Letelier in Washington in 1976. Dorfman noted that Chile and the United States were "on excellent, indeed obscenely excellent, terms (like they are today, shamefully, between the United States and …

Staff (2021-10-13). Chomsky, Pollin and Lapavitsas: Are We Witnessing the Demise of Neoliberalism? truthout.org After 40 years of neoliberal rule, in which the state actively sought to eradicate the boundary between market, civil society and governance by making economic rationality the cornerstone of every human activity, advanced capitalism appears to be at a crossroads on account of the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. So-called "big government" has staged a dramatic comeback, and even conservative leaders have broken with some of the basic orthodoxies of neoliberalism. | Are we i…

W. T. Whitney (2021-10-13). US Intervention and Capitalism Have Created a Monster in Honduras. counterpunch.org Honduras, a dependent nation, is subject to U.S. expectations. These center on free rein for businesses and multi-national corporations, large foreign investment, low-cost export goods, low wages, foreigners' access to land holdings and sub-soil resources, and a weakened popular resistance. Meanwhile, the U.S. government casts a blind eye on Hernández's many failings.

teleSUR (2021-10-13). Argentine Solidarity Stops Attack Cuban Embassy in Buenos Aires. telesurenglish.net The attempt was made by a gusano-Cuban group financed by CADAL, Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America, an Argentine anti-communist NGO linked to the US State Department, the CIA and USAID. | RELATED: | The tiny anti-revolutionary group had the support of the right-wing faction of the Libertarian Party, which openly adheres to the policies of Bolsonaro in Brazil and VOX in Spain, and tries, with violent act…

Fight Back (2021-10-13). Philippines: Call for collective action to extend aid to victims of massive flooding. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 12 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Party calls on all revolutionary forces to lead in efforts to mobilize all possible resources to extend aid to all victims of massive flooding in various provinces, especially in northern Luzon. | Just several months after suffering from widespread economic devastation brought about by rains last December, millions of people of northern Luzon provinces have been ravaged again by widespread flooding following a few days of heavy rains and landslides brought by typhoon Maring. Widespread inunda…

WSWS (2021-10-13). Ascension: Social division and social ambition in China. wsws.org The movie, according to its director, is "observational and essayistic," examining, among other things, the "juxtaposition of wealth and poverty" and the "often coercive relationships between the various levels of capitalist enterprise."

James Muldoon (2021-10-13). Regulating Big Tech is not enough. We need platform socialism. zcomm.org Facebook won't let state oversight trump shareholder interest, so alternatives — based on common ownership and community control — are needed…

WSWS (2021-10-13). Ascension: Social division and social ambition in China. wsws.org The movie, according to its director, is "observational and essayistic," examining, among other things, the "juxtaposition of wealth and poverty" and the "often coercive relationships between the various levels of capitalist enterprise."

It's Going Down (2021-10-12). This Is America #149: The Mask on Biden Slips. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, October 11th, 2021. On today's episode, we dive into headline and resistance news, before switching to our discussion, where we offer an anarchist critique and analysis of Biden's continuing attacks on migrants and push to expand industrial petrol-capitalism. There's a lot to cover, so let's get to the news! Living…

Shawgi Tell (2021-10-12). No Substantive Economic Recovery In Sight. dissidentvoice.org One of the fundamental economic laws under capitalism is for wealth to become more concentrated in fewer hands over time, which in turn leads to more political power in fewer hands, which means that the majority have even less political and economic power over time. Monopoly in economics means monopoly in politics. It is the …

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2021-10-12). Cuban intelligence chief says 'U.S. government preparing final blow' to revolution. peoplesworld.org Fabián Escalante helped establish Cuba's state security services. He headed Cuba's Department of State Security from 1976 to 1996, served as vice minister of the Interior Ministry, and after 1993 led the Cuban Security Studies Center. His views on threats from the U.S. government and on protecting Cuba's Revolution carry weight. Writing Sept. 23 on …

Eric A. Gordon (2021-10-12). Steven Estrada, Army veteran and Communist, running for Long Beach City Council. peoplesworld.org LONG BEACH, Calif.—Steven Estrada, a community organizer, U.S. Army veteran, and proud member of Long Beach's working class, is running for the City Council seat in District 1. If elected, he would serve for a four-year term alongside eight others representing different council districts. All but one of the present City Council members are Democrats, …

WSWS (2021-10-12). Florida Governor DeSantis awards medal to Che Guevara's CIA assassin. wsws.org The move is aimed at whipping up anti-communist hysteria amid a growing radicalization of the working class.

Mark Gruenberg (2021-10-12). Poor People's Campaign petitions demand Build Back Better's passage. peoplesworld.org

It's Going Down (2021-10-12). This Is America #149: The Mask on Biden Slips. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, October 11th, 2021. On today's episode, we dive into headline and resistance news, before switching to our discussion, where we offer an anarchist critique and analysis of Biden's continuing attacks on migrants and push to expand industrial petrol-capitalism. There's a lot to cover, so let's get to the news! Living…

Shawgi Tell (2021-10-12). No Substantive Economic Recovery In Sight. dissidentvoice.org One of the fundamental economic laws under capitalism is for wealth to become more concentrated in fewer hands over time, which in turn leads to more political power in fewer hands, which means that the majority have even less political and economic power over time. Monopoly in economics means monopoly in politics. It is the …

WSWS (2021-10-12). Florida Governor DeSantis awards medal to Che Guevara's CIA assassin. wsws.org The move is aimed at whipping up anti-communist hysteria amid a growing radicalization of the working class.

Matthew Ehret-Kump (2021-10-11). The United Nations Endorses "The Great Reset": Has Global Capitalism Become a Time Bomb? globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2021-10-11). Guterres And The Great Reset: How Capitalism Became A Time Bomb. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Matthew Ehret. | During the 76 session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2021, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres lunged into a dire warning

teleSUR (2021-10-11). XI: The Chinese Way of Fighting Coronavirus for Safety, Growth. telesurenglish.net Once the worst hit by the coronavirus but now one of the very first to have contained the epidemic and restarted the economy, China has had a clear and proven solution for the dilemma. | Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee with Xi Jinping at its core, the country has walked a fine line between virus control and economic reopening, saved lives at all costs, fostered opportunities from the crisis, opened its door wider despite strict COVID-19 containment, and coordinated near-term tasks and long-term goals. | EFFICIENT CONTROL | It took China only six weeks this summer to…

Tom Morello (2021-10-11). 'We came within a baby's breath of a fascist coup in the US'. zcomm.org Poverty and hunger kill more people than anything else on the planet and they are human-made problems. Those are the things that we need to be digging into, rather than being sidetracked by this carnival barker bullshit…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-11). Women Hold Up Half the Sky: How China Eradicated Extreme Poverty. libya360.wordpress.com Tings Chak Tongren, Guizhou, China, 2021. Photo: Tricontinental. Artist and researcher Tings Chak writes for Capire on grassroots organizing and policies to fight poverty in China. Grandmother He was born three years after the Chinese Revolution, into a poor village in the southwestern province of Guizhou. At the time, China was the world's 11th poorest…

Anonymous103 (2021-10-11). Guterres And The Great Reset: How Capitalism Became A Time Bomb. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Matthew Ehret. | During the 76 session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2021, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres lunged into a dire warning

Matthew Ehret-Kump (2021-10-11). The United Nations Endorses "The Great Reset": Has Global Capitalism Become a Time Bomb? globalresearch.ca

Tom Morello (2021-10-11). 'We came within a baby's breath of a fascist coup in the US'. zcomm.org Poverty and hunger kill more people than anything else on the planet and they are human-made problems. Those are the things that we need to be digging into, rather than being sidetracked by this carnival barker bullshit…

Tings Chak (2021-10-11). Women hold up half the sky: how China eradicated extreme poverty. peoplesdispatch.org Grandmother He was born three years after the Chinese Revolution, into a poor village in the southwestern province of Guizhou. At the time, China was the world's 11th poorest country — that is, only eight African and two Asian countries were poorer than China in terms of per capita GDP. A "century of humiliation" at the hands of European and Japanese imperialism and a bloody civil war turned the world's largest economy in the early 19thcentury to one of the poorest by the time the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. This history left devastating imprints on the life of the people, particularly p…

Staff (2021-10-10). 16 October, Vancouver: Free Georges Abdallah! Free Palestine! Protest. samidoun.net Saturday, 16 October 2 pm Consulate of France in Vancouver 1130 W Pender Vancouver, BC, Canada Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/622303178937164/ Georges Abdallah, Lebanese Communist and struggler for Palestine, has been imprisoned in French jails for nearly 37 years, despite being eligible for release since 1999. Even when he has obtained rulings for his freedom through judicial processes, […] | The article

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-10-10). What is Imperialism and what can we do to stop it? anchor.fm In this episode I go into a discussion of the material and economic basis of imperialism as best as I can. I discussed briefly the historical development from early agricultural societies, to slave societies, to feudal society is, all the way up until capitalism as briefly and correctly as I can. I then discussed the "differences" between colonialism and imperialism, and argued that they are in fact two sides of the same coin. they both exist to exploit and oppressed the working people of the world, and they both do so for profits and power. Such is the capitalist, bourgeois system itself. This is why we need to…

scorinoco (2021-10-10). Climate Justice, Jobs and Peace — Parts of the Same Struggle (Communist Party of Quebec Statement). orinocotribune.com By Parti communiste du Québec (PCQ-PCC) — Sep 30, 2021 | After a summer marked by oppressive heat, devastating forest fires and, above all, by the alarming report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), September 24 saw worldwide mobilizations by environmental organizations, youth and students, unions and others to demand action for climate justice. In 2019, Quebec was the site of massive mobilizations—including 500,000 who marched in Montreal—and this year, the Parti communiste du Québec (PCQ-PCC) called for even larger demonstrations to defend the environment and build class st…

_____ (2021-10-10). Greek Youth Reiterate Resolve To Fight Fascism. popularresistance.org On the occasion of the first anniversary of the banning of Greek fascist party Golden Dawn, progressive sections organized massive mobilizations across the country on Thursday, October 7, resolving to strengthen the fight against fascism and the system that gives birth to it. The demonstrations, mainly called by student and youth organizations, included concerts and other cultural activities. Trade unionists from the All Workers Militant Front (PAME) and cadre of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) also participated in the mobilization in addition to people from all walks of life. Major mobilizations were witness…

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-10-10). What is Imperialism and what can we do to stop it? anchor.fm In this episode I go into a discussion of the material and economic basis of imperialism as best as I can. I discussed briefly the historical development from early agricultural societies, to slave societies, to feudal society is, all the way up until capitalism as briefly and correctly as I can. I then discussed the "differences" between colonialism and imperialism, and argued that they are in fact two sides of the same coin. they both exist to exploit and oppressed the working people of the world, and they both do so for profits and power. Such is the capitalist, bourgeois system itself. This is why we need to…

WSWS (2021-10-09). Pandora Papers reveal finance minister profited from offshore account as misery ravages Brazil. wsws.org The revelations stand as a testimony to the rampant social inequality that is the defining trait of Brazilian capitalism, provoking deep nervousness within ruling circles.

ecns.cn (2021-10-09). Socialism with Chinese characteristics only correct path toward national rejuvenation: Xi. ecns.cn Socialism with Chinese characteristics has proven to be the only correct path to realize national rejuvenation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday.

WSWS (2021-10-09). Pandora Papers reveal finance minister profited from offshore account as misery ravages Brazil. wsws.org The revelations stand as a testimony to the rampant social inequality that is the defining trait of Brazilian capitalism, provoking deep nervousness within ruling circles.

ecns.cn (2021-10-09). Socialism with Chinese characteristics only correct path toward national rejuvenation: Xi. ecns.cn Socialism with Chinese characteristics has proven to be the only correct path to realize national rejuvenation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday.

_____ (2021-10-08). Hope For Labor At The End Of History. popularresistance.org It was "the end of history": America in the 1990s. Francis Fukuyama published a book with that title in 1992. Things would continue to happen, according to the philosopher, but the underlying story line had come to a finish with the triumph of liberal democracy and capitalism. As the decade wore on, Fukuyama's prophecy seemed practically clairvoyant. At the turn of the millennium, Bob Dylan captured the zeitgeist: "I used to care, but things have changed." | Yet how could that be? Talk of a second Gilded Age of gross disparities in income and wealth was already commonplace. Homelessness, declining wages, a reemer…

Michael Albert (2021-10-08). This Is Revolution Interviews Albert. zcomm.org Perhaps one of the greatest paradoxes of the modern era is that, while capitalism is in perpetual crisis, there seems to be no alternative…

WSWS (2021-10-08). 10,000 Alberta Superstore workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. wsws.org The poorly-paid grocery workers are outraged over poverty wages, the company's erratic scheduling practices and the virtual absence of COVID-19 protections in the workplace.

WSWS (2021-10-08). ISU graduate students vote on union-backed contract enforcing poverty wages. wsws.org The Illinois State University Graduate Workers Union is working to push through a sellout contract that enforces poverty-like conditions in a no-strike contract.

Robert Reich (2021-10-08). The Democrats' one chance to cut child poverty in half. nationofchange.org Poverty is a policy choice. Congress must make the Child Tax Credit permanent.